Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1916 — MAN FROM WEST SHOCKS MILWAUKEE HOTEL CLERK [ARTICLE]

MAN FROM WEST SHOCKS MILWAUKEE HOTEL CLERK

Hell, He Tells His Skeptics is on the Union Pacific, Sixty Miles From Paradise Milwaukee, Wis—He was a short, man, mild mannered, and had a pleasat the Hotel Maryland when he reg istered, “Paul M. Fredericks, Hell.' “You hadenotta do that,” protested the clerk. “Don’t pull that hell stuff hero.’’ “But there’s where I come- from," spoke Fredericks. “Hell’s in North Dakota.” “Tell us some more,’’ Fredericks was asked by Manager F. B. Sweeney. “Well, Hell (sometimes spelled Hell) is sixty miles from Paradise,” explained Fredericks to the consternation of his hearers, “and we have some fine country. You see you ro to Hell on the U. P., on the Mott branch, seven miles east of Elgin. Paradise Is inland, and the only wdy that you can get there Is by stage, and you can only go to Paradise three times a week from Morristown, ,S. D. Both of the 1 owns are in Morton county, in southwestern North Dakota.” "How large are the towns?” asked ehe of the auditors. "We’ve got it all over Paradise; Hell’s more than twice as large,’ replied Fredericks "Why we have three churches in Hell now, while they only have one in Paradise. “Bill Hell is postmaster at Hell and Dick Hell does most of the driving; he has a fine livery business. "Over in Paradise there is not much doing. They have a woman handle the mails there, Eva Welnrlch. “Do you like Milwaukee?” Fredericks was asked. "Well, yes; Milwaukee is ’iveller than Hell and much larger. I think I’ll stay a while.”