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Newspaper
Golden Valley Chronicle
Location
Beach, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
1
The Chronicle proudly announces the installation of a Simplex typesetting machine. It doubles output and improves news service with a largely expanded county correspondence network. Expert 8. S. Wolcott from Chicago installed it and will train operators. another machine was set in Dickinson.
September activity on the Northern Pacific at Beach shows a strong rise with 97 cars of grain shipped and incoming freight of 2 836 720 pounds. Incoming freight charges exceed 12 000 dollars while outgoing freight surpasses 16 000 dollars, totaling over 28 000 dollars in gross freight for September. Passenger receipts reach 1 958 dollars, lifting Beach’s total gross earnings to over 30 000 dollars. August local receipts include incoming freight 4 732 dollars, outgoing freight 1 600 dollars, and passenger receipts 1 177 dollars. Beach is rapidly developing as a business center.
Northern Pacific passenger train No 16 from Helena to Billings collided with a freight near Young's Point. Twenty four were killed and nine injured. The express car crushed the smoker. many victims listed with names and places. The flagman failed to warn due to a snowstorm. The Burlington line runs Seattle to Billings, arriving Billings next day. This is the third major NP wreck in a month. Also notes North Dakota to hold a corn show in Fargo January 1922 with ten cars sought for展示 awards.
Manager Reed of Trondson and Witting announces the new yard office nearing completion as the firm rapidly increases lumber stock and readiness to meet demands. Beach operates three well stocked yards, all reporting strong business and growth.
Mrs. Harve Robinson wife of the Sentinel Butte bank president died last Saturday evening leaving three young children Addison Dorothy and an infant. Funeral was at the Robinson home Sunday afternoon with Rev. Douglas officiating. Interment followed at the cemetery one mile east of Sentinel Butte. She was a daughter of H. Gilbert postmaster of Sentinel Butte.
C W Hobbs aged 40 a homesteader 14 miles northeast of Beach died last Tuesday afternoon after a month long illness from typhoid fever He came from Kentucky to Billings county and filed a homestead about two years ago He leaves a wife and baby The funeral was held yesterday and the remains were interred on the homestead with Rev Douglas officiating.
Notice to members of the Commercial Club of Beach North Dakota that a meeting will be held at the fire hall in the Village of Beach on Saturday evening at eight o'clock to consider any properly brought business. E E Noble president.
James Haigh received two barrels of apples this week from the Haigh farm near Pickett Wisconsin where he was born and raised and where his parents still live. The apples are not very large this year but they taste better than they look.
The Chronicle reports strong early momentum as many names join a contest and voting begins. It urges young ladies to enter now for free subscriptions and entry blanks, promising publication of a contestant list next week and noting that those with gumption will win.
Special train carrying William Howard Taft arrives in Grand Forks and Fargo after noon. Taft, despite a cold, makes brief speeches at Y M C A, Jack's roller rink, and opera house to packed crowds. Large turnout, with estimates around twenty five thousand. parade ends at Island Park with a barbecue before an outdoor address. Continued on last page.
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