The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-14

There Is Q wonderful amount of cleo
tricity in this atmosphere. The resist
ance shown in pulling sheet Of letter
paper lengthwise off a stack is fully
equivalent to pulling pound weight.
This ID prevalence Of electricity is doubtless
one cause Of the great vitality of any one
who lives in this climate. 1t takes hard
and continued labor to tire a man In this
country, and then a rest Of few min
utes is sufficient to completely restore his
energies. No one feel sthat lassitude 50
common in the East. Y & ss ,l53s
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 Nedora. 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. Four-fifths Of this amount will
be spent here. That is, about $4,000 q
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 8 Merrifeld have struck a 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 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 q well-moWn 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 il, but even for home consump-
ton 1t is IA valuable find for Ferris 6
Mortified. 81 Is s8;!.S 55is
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 overcoat, 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
tered 48 degrees below zero. The reason
for its seeming 50 mild was that the air
was perfectly still Yesterday it was on
" 10 degrees below, but the slight wind
made it seem colder than 1t was Sunday.
i This very appearance Of mildness is,
however, the one thing to be guarded
against. A certain number OF degrees
there will freeze as much as the same
number Of degrees anywhere. person
starting on an overland trip is liable to
4 think it much warmer than It. really Is
and not dress warmly enough. There
are few deaths from freezing In this
country, but the most Of them can be
i traced either to carelessness or Ignorance
In this respect. s 81
There is a man In the East who Is
making great splurge by offering to
4 bet that he can beat any man In q TWEEN
1ty-fye mile race, Spanish fashion, with
broncho horses. he also challenges any
man to throw 9 lasso Of shoot from q
running horse with him. Thess facts "a
to prove nothing except that the man lisa
braggart. In the East these things are
not practiced and broncho horses are I'M
known. Let him come West and he will
find plenty of men to take his bets. We
4 will find q man in Little Missouri who
| win throw lasso with any man living
J for any reasonable amount. The Span
ish fashion Of racing is to take any mum
her Of horses which have never had q
rope on them, each contestant to lasso
his own horses, the man getting over the
distance first winning the race. We will
also find q man who will run this kind Of
q race with any man living. Should
4 this article come under the notice Of the
person alluded to above, he is hereby
challenged for $500 or upward to throw q
lasso at running horses within dis.
!, lance Of twenty-five feet, he to throw In
the usual way and our man viii throw
with his foot, the loop lying on the
ground and only the slack held in the
/, hand. At the same time, 800 will be
wagered that onr man will fire two Re:
yolyers sumultaneo usly from q running
i horse, both balls to come nearer the
4 mark than does the one Of the other
man. Here's q chance for some one ia
q Ego broke" {: i
Sioux Ponies. 81:
'The possibilities Of the Sioux pony
B filsTe never been dreamed 81, !" said 8 COW.
Il gsntleman Zone Of the aristocraey OF the
4 gems cowboy toa Pioneer Press reporter
{ recently. sYon know the old plains say.
4 ing, Let white man.ride an Indian
q nnnv until ha canst Smnka him nova :