Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-09-07
THE BIGGEST BOOM YET.
sanborn and the cooperatown Rail
way Company Astonish tho
Worlds Eminents.

The Favorable lmpre sion of
Barnes and Griggs Counties
Made upon the Distin-
gllished Tourists.
Notes and Nndgets Of the Great Gala Day.
In Difference to her position us the
southern terminus of the Cooperstown
and us the seat OF much bllsi-
ness backbone, Sanborn was paid es-
pecial attention by President Willard, on
Tuesday last, being distinguished as the
only stopping place Of his party between
Fargo and Jamestown. Sanborn was
equal to- the occasion, and her depot was
not only highly ornamented with the
products Of Dakota soil, but besides this
Il very tasty booth was erected in which
to display our vegetable kingdom. On
the opposite side of the depot two steam
threshers stood pounding out the No. !
Hard, to the greatdelight of many guests.
The first section Of the party arrived
at 3 p. H., and consisted of ten palatial
cars, occupied by the German guests, a
few of the English nobility, Carl Schultz,
and President Willard himself. \ very
neat reception speech was delivered by
lawyer e. \. VanWorlner and replied
to in a happy complimentary manner by
Mr.. Willard. After the party had adj
mired the display Carl Schultz was called
for and made we'll known speech which
ran thusly: "If were not a resident
of New York should certainly live in
Sanborn." This section moved OH, with
cheers from the multitude.
The second section wasdelayed several
hours by Il broken axle at Tower City
and did not arrive until about p. IN.
The leading figure was Gen. Grant, who
passed through the cheering throng
with his accustomed smiles and silence.
Secretary Teller and Ex-Sec. Evarts at
tracted some attention, us did also sew
eral other notables, among whom were
EXPIRES. Billings, of the n. T., and
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon. This por-
tion of the party were also very profuse
with their praise of the land they were
passing through.
The third section can be said to have
contained tile livliest men in the whole
party, for their very souls seemed ell
gagged in a grand frolic. Gov. Rusk, of
Wis, mounted a tlreshing machine and
displayed his aptness by feeding the an
imal, while other members of the party
made speeches and took in the display.
The Courier scribe had the pleasure of
meeting ten or twelve of the newspaper
men, prominent among whom were w.
Penn Nixon, editor OF the great Chicago
Inter-O Ocean, and one of the warmest
friends Dakota has among metropol-
itan journalists, and w. IL. Smith, gen.
eral manager for the United States of
the Associated Press. All of the jour-
nalists of the party were on this section
and they seemed hugely pleased. Con-
gresham Kasson, Of Iowa, made a
tiowery little speech and on they passed.
The fourth and last section consisted
of American statesman, capitalists, jur-
lists and few Englisllmen. The GUS
tomary program was carried out with
the addition of an elogistic address by
member of the English House of Lords,
who, we believe, was sintroduced as Lord
Darlington.
The Sanborn people-and especially
n. L. Lenham, who we learn was prime
mover OF the entertaining and decoration
program-deserve great praise. The re-
ward for their efforts will come sure and
substantially, for there is no gainsay-
ing the assertion that the impression made
upon these eminent capitalists must re-
dound to the great good of Barnes and
Griggs counties. Very tasty boquets were
distributed among the excursionists to
each Of which was appended on silk the in
scription: ''Compliments of Sanborn,
Barnes County, and Cooperstown, Griggs
County, North Dakota" Aside from
the boquets Sanborn presented each ex-
cursionist with neat little descriptive
souvenir of the place. All in all, it was
a great gala day for Sanborn and this
section of Dakota.
eEFall goods in great array and more
ON the way. Come and get the first
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