Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1879-12-19
FUN AT THE HEADQUARTERS

FUhA1 The Headquarters
RE- OPENING OF FAIeGtvS PAL
ACE HOTEL.
A Magnificent Structure---Inciden
Of the Grand Bal1-..The Tribune
Man at the supper Table and /,
Amongst the Crowd.
Editorial Correspondence Of The Tribune.
THE FORMER BUILDING.
FARGO, Dec. 3, 1879.-Five years ago to-
night the Headquarters hotel nf this city
was opened by ball and grand supper
The writer then travelled three hundred
miles to be present on the occasion. Many
were present from St. Paul and Minneap.
oils, and the people of Fargo and Moor
head generally came in, and all were as
happy as good cheer could make them.
The origina! Headquarter hotel was built
in 1872, and burned in the fall of 1874 and
in about sixty days from the date cf the
fire the present magnificent structure was
opened for business on the ground where
the other stood. When the first was built
there was not half dozen buildings in
Fargo where now is a city of two thous-
and people. Two years later, when this
hotel was rebuilt, there were but Few
Struggling, wooden shanties where now
stand long rows of brick blocks. and scores
of elegant little cottages may be seen
where there were only an occasional log,
earth covered hut. For hundreds of miles
west the prairie was unbroken and
LESS THAN DOZEN FARMS
had then been opened in Cass county
which now has thousands of thrifty farm
ers and the grandest farms in the world,
and between Bismarck and Fargo there
are now more thrifty villages, each of
them larger than Fargo then was, than
there were then settlers between these
points. Five years ago Cass county did
not supply even Its then small number of
inhabitants with bread stuff, nor its horses
with grain. THIS year it has shipped a
million bushels of grain. Not furrow
was broken then between Fargo and Bis
marck, and now in the proper season hun
dreds Of self-bindlng reapers and scores of
steam threshers may be seen. When The
Headquarter hotel was opened by far the
greater portion of it was unused. The
expense of heating the dining room was
moi justified and the hall leading to The
dining room was used instead. Two years
I sew, II htAcNN,n unnor. nf hat th,o hrtnl
COULD NOT DO THE BUSINESS
of the town and three story house was
built across the street: Both became
crowded and other hotels were built. Men
were provided with cots in halls and par
! lors and still all were not accommodated
81 the proprietor of the Headquarters hotel
at last surrendered to the press OF business
! and TWO months ago commenced the crcc.
! ton of large addition which is opened
| for business toni ght, which is why the
writer ngain travels two hundred miles to do
the occas,oa for TIE BISMARCK TrlBuNE Among
| the many inslitui ions of which Fargo boasts IL
| hapin's Hall, much larger and better arranged
thar: any public hall in Minnesota, nd, of course
larger and better than any other Ii! Dakota. This
| hall wan secured lor the dancers while the hotel
| wns open IT. those who did not to dance.
Th: parlo:s We're filled with gay and gallant
guests were gathered here and there i'll little
Nv.e ~ .vnso' s". ~, In ~ w nti 'oun'e Wis
Vt Eucmre par!lcs nSnt :. 3. nave oeen 1ouhu ~ inc
'e w.t. groups -. alers m @ o te
p Isopsa .aM!ers ~. ta'aihs VI VIC case:; o' PoiI
! - a.ss ~ - .-g
| Use oiN1N1 "ooA
! displovin, tables loaded with Cs,;ro mi. ond
| trnn!cxi fruits. with rich md c"stIv n".,rv.
wh.,e in. nils of fnrr shox - that ev"rvip ,h,t
one could wish in the line of fish yulne uud tner
| meats had been pruvdrd Th,,s smnner w,nId
munico's even. The IIeaduuarter ,iu;cl xas ar.
iyi.al iy structure 4Ox10;, three stories und an
| l. 36xt;0 with dining nal, 3,x;O Darl,r a;xaO suit
rooms. The addition which mas ;ust besn un,.,;.
Cd. is StsS1 three stories, uAorlin" an elegant