Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1878-05-31
NO. So.
The Caster Route t. the Hills.

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The Custer Route t. the Hills. ~,
The Sidney Telegraph Of the 18th inst.
indulgcs in almost two columns of editorial
which, for real malicious lying We have
rarely seen equaled, and the object of this
mighty. disagreement of viciou. misrepre.
sentation is the Custer Route 10 the )Hilla
We believe it just and proper for news.
paper to advocate the advantages of It's To-
cality and TO manfully battle for its pros:
perity, to advance its interests in every IL
2gitimate manner, but when these means
are exhausted it i'll becomes any newspaper
10 attempt to build up either itself OF its
town by slanderous falsehoods of any rival.
When this is all their stock in. trade to AL
vance their interests, they are indeed short
of ammunition. If the fellow could lie
decently there might be some little excuse
for him, but his entire two columns are
mass Of falsehoods 50 bungling that any
one the least acquainted with the different
routes to the Hills would brand them at
once as purely malicious. No doubt the
intention of the writer was to have them
effective but he ovcrdocs the job and shows
the animus which permeates his malicious
screed too plainly to deceive any save en-
tire strangers, and were it not that the ar
ticle IN question may be copied into East
ern papers and deceive innocent parties,
we should never notice this bungling at
tempt to build up the Sidney route by vii
lifying competing routes. He starts in by
copying special telegram" to the Bos-
ton Herald, from Deadwood, and compli-
ments it as fair and unprecedented state
melt. Now think me m .n:; who would
be to the trouble of sending special to a
Boston paper for the purpose of lying up
a particular route to the Hillsand lying
down another unless he were a party in
interest. Too thin, Mr.. Sidney man, alto
gcther too thin. But We will give sam
pie of this fellows lying. He seems to do
it naturally or at least has been paid for
doing that kind of business so long that it
has become second nature. He saws:
1.-THE merccnaries of both Cheyenne and Bis
marck have persistently vilihed sidney. lied about
our route to the Hills and incnmbered 1t with all
sorts ofincomprehen.ible and prePostcrons dan
gers II farther proOfwerc wanted that the Sid
ney routc il superior to either OF them than IL
foundin the tniveraal commendation ofthefrcight-
ers Who sa55y 1, ne Of all the freight Into
which is indulgcd In by Bismarck and Cheyenne
would furnish that proof. 1t was proven conclu-
sivcly few months ago that tho Bismarck outfit
had entered into conspiracy with the highway
robbers. one compact Of the agreement being that
the robbers should confne themselves to the
southern routes, while the bismarck line should
be unmOested. IT is but fair to preaume that for
this consideration on the part Of the highway
men they were to receive certain per cent. Of
the earnings Of the Bismarck line. Yet this is
the Dick Turpins and Claude Duvals Of America.
who are seeking to steal the mail contract from
Sidney, and thfs is the route over which they
propose to carry the q. s. mailsl''
This is refreshing coming from a town
which, travellers who have been taken in
and done for have cautioned the public to
avoid, and yet while these stories were be-
ing told about Sidney We never repeated
them through the columnsof the TRIBUNE
or in any manner misrcprescnted, or said
anything about the Sidney route further
than to claim the Custer route as the best
and most feasible and this claim was based
upon the authority of old frcighters who
have tried all the different routes to the
Hills. This charge of bclying the route
is purely fictitious as far as Bismarck is
concerned, she has enough business other
own 10 attend to without meddling with
others routes, and this is, in our opinion,
what ails the Sidney man. His editorial
is simply two column squeal because the
people and the government are fast learn
ing that the Cnster route is the preferable
one to the Hills We are confident we are
correct in this as we have picked up the
first Dcadwood paper within reach and
make the following extract from the daily
Pioneer: .. r..,.
. ARRIVALS. NAY 16. -..... ...
Via Cheyenne: Geo B. Scrimson, Robt Irwin.
Sr.. Robt irwin. Jr.. W Crumpton: Of the Chi
ton, Edith 81. Clair, Thomas Boyd, Frank How
ard .- .ra., +ra
Via Sidney: Robt Gregg.
and three children. Jno Martin. Taylor Erickson.
Chas Waldgren, VIM. Krogcr, Henry Brown, Fer
dinand Smith, Fred Saucr. ..-t.--
DEPARTURES. .4-. ...
Via cheyenne: Jos. Fasnot, J. B. Carr, Mrs
II E Davis and son. .I .-..
Via sidney: I. NJ. Moore. ~
Via Bismarck: II Barnard, c schurtz
This is plainly the cause of the Telc-
graphs spasm of virtuous economy all in
the interest of the dear government of
course. Perhaps, Mr.. Telegraph, if you
open out another two column lie you may
get another passenger. We notice the fol-
lowing in the Lead City Telegraph Her
aid of May 2lst:
"RED CLOUD. May 91-The Sidney coach left
Red Cloud at p. m, with the following passen-
George Donaldson. .....,
So it seems you got him. Our Sidney
friend says that nine-tenths of the freight
going into the Hills goes over that route.
Then why this squeal! We havn't the
freight records but we presume the above
lists are but a type of the freight
business. These matters in a great meas
urc regulate themselves; and if the Sidney
route is such a lovely thoroughfarc why
don't it get the travel!
In regard to the charge ofcollusion with
road agents, made againt the Northwest
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