Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1876-06-28
BISMARCK, d. I, WEDNESDAY, JUNE Is, 1876

d. T, WEDNESDAY,, S DAY,
THE NEAREST ROUTE TO TIE Hills
California Joe told me that for short
ness Of distance, good grazin& fuel,
water and smooth, easy roads, there
was nc route to the Hills at all cempar-
able with this. The Terry expedition
against the Indians is fairly under way,
and the crafty red-skinned scalp.hunt-
ers, with Mr.. Sitting Bull, are likely to
get 6rst class tanning. The sooner
they. are utterly exterminated, and dthsse
fair plains and valleys are opened 70
settlement, the better for civilization.
It is queer gospel and understandable
evidence of human weakness TO feed
these red devils 1T tho sgencies IN win.
ter and permit them to-, slaughter and
outrage helpless women and chlfdren drn1
IN summer. II the government had
turned,the whole Indian business over
to the frontiersmen . dozen years ago,
lit would have been movement in the
interest Of humanity. and saved the
country at large q great deal Of precious.
human life and millions of treasure.
Bismarck is Tt1 :Lt@'. ~ '..,.ss ..s'-3.. 7.
'1s:.A coon PACE 70 DO BUSINESS. s.%.'5
It is four hundred and fifty miles west
Of Duluth, at the present terminus Of
the North Pacific road. + Is located
upon the Missouri river, seven hundred
and atty miles shove Yankton. It is
Central TO che imms snse grazing fields of
Northwestern Dakots. Ferts IincolnE1
and Hancock, with the Indian agencies,
afford large annual trades Which ls
being rapidly augmented ~ travel TO
ana lrom' 'the' Hills, and trade With their
new mining settlements. Il Fhe grain
farmer and herdmans will soon contri:
butte their share to. the growth and ssls-
ten,ance tof the new city, and in half !
dozen wears it Will have become = cen.
trsi commercial town, and be upon the
border no longer. $50 5E@1a IS ~
9ns52s. TIE BUSINESS MEN -
are earnest, faithful, progressive and
hospitable. Like all .centers Of trade
upon the border, there aIe congregated
here men Of superior business ability,
good culture, great nerve and indomit-
abfe energy. They trade and build up
stown ana extend The tines Of busi1ess
as If the9 were born to: compsrce.
Nothing checks or discourages them.
They move right on, bending everything
to their purpose as the green Why1ne
sea Of prairie grass bends to the west
wind. They never doubt, butt hope
full and confident. Generosity, breadth
Of view. quickness and clearness OF per-
ception are begotteri Of their surround.
ines. The atmosphere is rare and the
range of vision is wonderful. Every
thing and everybody is charged with
electricity. Whatever is not absolute
.ly non.conducting is charged to the ut
most tention. Thought is quickened,
life is elastic, strong impulse is given
to each. Men do not come here to eat
and drink and Sleep these are secondary.
The prsn,ary thing is destiny. Each man
I is looking out for fortune and working
for it too tits quite wonderful to see
the display of energy on the border.
They do nothing by halves. If man
have native goodness, bravery, self
command. forecast, ambition, or any
noble quality, it is brought out to per-
fection. 70 the average man Of the
border "every thing is possible. Here
ia Bismarck I found dozen men who
have IN themselves the possibilities OF
town building anywhere. ..-.. ..
Mclean & Macnider, dealers in staple
and fancy dry goods, groceries, miners
supplies, clothing, and at wholesale ana
retail have trade of 100000 a year
Thew have large up river trade, and
have grown into fortune from a
modest beginning. Mr.. Mclean is a
Scotchman, has fine qualities Of brain
and heart. and is the honered Mayor Of
the city. Mr.. Macnider is native OF
Canada, and has the chlvalrous habits
of his partner and the esteem OF every
body. ...,
J. w. Raymond & Co., are wholesale
and retail dealers in groceries, croekerV,
house furnishing goods; are storage ano
comu ission merchants; own and run
the bank of Bismarck, and are doing q
large business in collections: Their up
river trade is large, and their annual
business cannot fall below $lOo, OoO.
Mr.. RAYMOND is post trader at Fort
Berthold. He came on the North Pacl-
fic line with the building of the road,
has acquired fortune here, and IS one
of the foremost men in the Territory.
X s.
| Col. G. A. Lounsberry, OF the IRI'
IL . In