Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-09-03

being used now is the greatest injustice
to both the army and the people on the
frontier.
The Postal Commission Visited Bis
Hons. Gardner 6. Hubbard, of Bos-
ton, and Daniel M. Fox, of Philadelphia,
of the U. S. Postal Commission, have vis-
tied our ombryo metropolis in the dis
charge Of their official duties. Their ar
rival and their proposed meeting with
our citizens was noticed in the last issue
of the TRIBUNE. The meeting was held
at the parlors of the Sheridan, which
had been kindly rendered by its accom-
nodating and gentlemanly host, Mr.. Will
ley. The organization was completed by
electing Mayor Mclean chairman and
DR.. Bentley. secretary. Mayor Mclean
with a few remarks in reference to
the object of meeting, introduced Hon.
G. G. Hubbard, of Boston, chairman OF
the commission, who proceeded to ex-
plain the object Of their visit to our en-
terpr1sing city. He was followed by
Daniel M. Fox, of Philadelphia, the 9TH
er member Of the commission present. 1t
appears that this commission was appoln-
ted for the purpose of equalizing the mail
service of the whole country. That is,
granting to every locality mail service
commensurate with its business impor-
tance. The policy in the past has been
to make the postal department self-sus-
tanning. The question now is whether
the importance and benefit to be derived
from increased mail facilities will warrant
the additional cost. These gentlemen
requested the appointment of commit
tee Of seven to compile facts and figures as
to the commercial Importance Of Bis
marck and the country north and west
of us, to be submitted to them and incer-
porated in their report to congress. The
committee as announced by the chair
man will be given in the report Of the
sec1 etary in our local columns. We re-
gard this opportunity of getting the truth
in regard to the commercial importance
and agricultural resources of Bismarck
and surrounding country before the con-
gress of the United States and the people
east and south of us as of vital impor-
tance. In the short time we have been
in Bismarck we have endeavored' to i'm
press upon the readers of the TRIBUNE
the value of Bismarck as radiating COM
mercial point. and also as the center of
as fine an agricultural country as the con-
tinent affords. We are aware that quite
a number have invested in lands here on
our representations, but our scope is linn.
tied and there has been SO much said
about 1.-the arid plains of Dakota" by
such specimens of egotistical assinine
would be scientists as one MajaA Powell /,
who is even now in the face and eyes of
our glorious crops endeavoring to bolster
up his former false representations by
maps and theories showing that it is i'm
possible for us to succeed as agricultural
lists that it is of the utmost importance
that we improve every opportunity, both
public and private, to let the country
know the truth. We now have chance
to place the truth before the people of
this country from official sources. It
seems from the representations of these
commissioners that we have been looked
upon as half-breed trading post situa-
ted in the bad lands of Dakota, some
what valuable as shipping point, SIM
ply because we were at the terminus of
the Northern Pacific Railroad, and one of
them received telegram from Philadel-
phia while here which read as follows:
care you scalped yet? Let's hear from
you." It is most unfortunate for us that this
country has been SO scandalously misrep-
resented; but such an opportunity as the
present will go far to correct public SEN
timent. The commissioners were per-
fectly delighted with Bismarck and sur
roundings, and agrecably astonished to
find instead of a rude hamlet, and Indian
trading post, an intelligent, cultured peo-
pie, with energetic, persistent business
men, with stocks Of goods larger than
are carried by nine tenths Of the dealers
in Eastern cities; with hotel that would
do credit to any city in the land; and al
though this is the dull season they were
surprised at the thrift and energy mani