The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1875-06-16

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and 10 in the immsdiats viciDity ef the
largest and most important military
post 81 this department, aAd, o ! mat
ter Of course, desperadoes fremaH parts
Of the country. flock to it. Outlaws end
| outcssts, desiring to get beyond the
confnss of Gods country seek Bismarck
! lof the purpose of taking boats for
| points sin5the great northwest as nstur-
ally ~ water flows to IFS Level; while
the came class, in escaping, from the
"Whoop mp region il British America
| or the mining region in ths. northwest,
end it convenient to reach Bismarck by
means Of steamers 81 1nackinacs which
give them stranspo ortation on the Mis-
souri, for thirteen hundred miles above,
Bismarck being the FIRST, village. SO
that in the very nature Of things we
must have bad men among u.s.; but we
have, efficient county, and. city goyern-
ments, in which .rogues were early in.
vited to take back seats The better
elements - society have complete CON
troll, and are pot only disposed to dosso
butsare ablssto keepit,T and theresis,
ana has been, mo occasion, for ques
tionihg the integrity Of our people. d j
The very fact that Bismarck i. so sit
uated that the worst elementsof socie-
| sydrit toward it, is feaspb enough
WHY it should make . great city, and
! numbers of far seeing business men
haye already reached Us, and Bismarck
to.aAy, while it contains some ,of 'the
worst villains III the ACE q the eartth,
has +; predoninating element composed
largely of ,businessmenp of intsgrity md
capacity, a1saests mechanics Ind labor
sfs, sna professional men Who afe;above,
rsprioaeh. Our people realize that they
are laying the foundationsfor the future
and they sre building carefully.
THIS JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
The 1mpor' 'tta1nace Of this judicial dis,
trict viii readily be ssen from what ap-'
| psafs above and from ithe charge Of
JaassSs bsnie Iss sxtlsnt IS almost as,
gsffe.t 9 Is The State Of Ohio, containing,,
aajtldoes, nearly :seventy.iye Thousand,
sqaare miles, 1t sxtendsifoh the 46th,
lPafsilef Is British 'Amsrica, '18b miles
and. from the Red River Of The North toj
Montana-four hundred miles. 1T con-,
tains,t as sisted, by Judge Barnes, nihe.
hilitsry posts Of Importance, .sana sev-, ssev
eral large indian reservations; it has:
the Missouri, nayigable for 600 miles
within its borders, the Yellowstone for
500 ARA the Red River for 600. The
ofspses against the United States are
almost as varied as the district is ex-:
tensive, and embrace smuggling and it's
attendant ofenses,, introducing whisky
| into, tie Indian country and sales to
Indians, violation ofsrevenue and n.vi-.
ton laws, mott speak Of the more fire.
qTaent o@fasnses growing out of TIE traffic
in government property, aiding desert
Z ers, &C., &c. :.@i3rt 27&,. Jc~ adv t$nl
,'ravy me Expenses. .;---3@t;. - ~
| The administration of Justice in a.
district so vast in extent must neces-
sariauy be somewhat expensive. Wit
nesses are brought long distances, and
as much time necessarily consumed in
reaching TIE plaee, Of holding court;
steps, must be taken early to secure:
witnesses in order to have them when
wanted, sometimes, in keeping them
waiting and on expense, for several raj,
days. Even now The. Grand Jury is be be;
ing held three,days for witnesses that
every effort was made ssnd all means;
used to secure them 1t the proper time:
The country is sparsely / settled and
every facility lis presented for the es.
cape Of culprits, while witnesses
are often run Of, and sometimes detain,-
cd b force Or intimidated. All Of these;
things should be taken into considera-a
ton in caavassing this subject Of expen.?
ses. At the last term Of court two or
three witnesses were given certificates
for 1900 miles travel. and even then