The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14
There Is 3; 3 wonderful amount Of I'll cleo ..

( There is wonderful amount Of cleo
Ericity In this atmosphere. The resist
ance shown in pulling sheet Of letter
paper lengthwise off a stack is fully
equivalent to pulling a pound weight.
This prevalence Of electricity is doubtless
one cause Of the great vitality of any one
who lives in this climate. It takes hard |
and continued labor to tire man in this |
country, and then rest of few min
utes is sufficient to completely restore his
energies. No, one feel SHAT lassitude 50 |
common in the East. ~ BIN i
Should the proposed freight line turn
out to be all that is expected Of it, there
Is big boom in store for Little Missouri
and Medora. When the line is in full
operation, it will furnish employment
for fully five hundred men. Each man
will receive forty dollars per month or
more. Fonr-ffths Of this amount will
be spent here. That is, about $4,000 a
month will be put into circulation.
This means successful business for a
town Of q thousand inhabitants. Taken
in connection with the cattle and other
industries, our rapid growth is certain
Ferris & Merrifeld have struck bon
ANA on their rancho, about eleven miles
up the river. They have discovered q
coal vein eighteen feet high from the sur
face Of the Little Missouri river. How
far, below the surface it goes is, not
known and is in fact a matter Of small
Importance as the vein in sight ispracti-
cally inexhaustible. Only a little from
the surface has been used and this is su-.
perior in every way to the Ignite now in
use here. It is well-known fact that
coal grows better the farther in the shaft
is sunk, and this alone speaks volumes
for the newly discovered vein. At the
present price Of coal it will hardly pay to
market it, but even for home consump-
ton it is a valuable find for Ferris &
Merrifeld. n
It is utterly impossible for any one in
the East to realize the effect Of the cold
here unless they have experienced it.
Last Sunday morning on the way to
breakfast, without gloves or oyercoat, we
decidedly conceded with the remark that
it was very mild and that the cold snap
was broken. What was our surprise then
on seeing that the thermometer regis
1. tered 4s degrees below zero. The reason
for its seeming so mild was that the air
was perfectly still. Yesterday it was on.
ly 10 degrees below, but the slight wind
made it seem colder than it was Sunday,
This very appearance Of mildness is
however, the one thing to be guarded
against. A certain number Of degrees
here will freeze as much as the same
number Of degrees anywhere. A person
starting on an overland trip is liable tt
think it much warmer than treaty i
and not dress warmly enough. There
are few deaths from freezing In thif
country, but the most Of them can bt
traced either to carelessness or Ignorance
in this respect.
There is a man In the East who il
making great splurge by offering Il
bet TINT he can beat any man in q TWEEN
\ ty-aye mile race, Spanish fashion, will
4 broncho horses. He also: challenges an!
man to throw a lasso OF shoot from
running horse with him. These facts q
to prove nothing except that the man is /
braggart. In the East these things ar
not practiced and 5broncho horses are I'M
known. Let him come West and he viii
find plenty of men to take his bets. VI,
: will find man in Little Missouri VIII,
will throw lasso with any man living
for any reasonable amount. The Span
ish fashion Of racing is to take any mum
Der Of horses which have never had ,
rope on them, each contestant to lass,
his own horses, the man getting over tn
distance first winning the race. We viii
also find a man who will run this kind o
Ia race with any man living. Shoul'
l this article come under the notice of tn
person alluded to above, he is hereb,
IS t
challenged for $500 or upward to throw
lasso at running horses within a dis
lance Of twenty-five feet, he to throw Il
the usual way and our man win throw
3 with his foot, the loop lying on tn
ground and only the slack held In th
: hand. At the same time, 500 will b
3 wagered that our man will fire two re
! yolyers sumultane ously from running
horse, both balls to come nearer til
mark than does the one Of the othe
man. Here's a chance for some one t
Ego broke" -. 34
Sioux Ponies. = :t
i sThe possibilities Of the Sioux pom
: iiilaTe never been dreamed or said q COW
s gentleman Zone Of the aristocraey Of th
genus cowboy to q Pioneer Press reporte
5 recently. You know the old plains gay
) ling, Let q white mansride an Indial
i pony until he can't make him move !;