The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-19


now going to Pierre, and it looks as
though the Northwestern railroad has:
made special rates to get thu traffic. Mr..
stated that the route from Dead
wood to MedOra is q very hard one, there
being thirty miles Of very bad lands In one
stretch and twenty-five In another, and
most Of these stretches is full Of gumbO,
through which hauling Is very difficult.
Avery little rain makes the ground so
sticky that it soon clogs the wheels Of the
wagons. Yellowstone Journal.
The above would require no answer,
all the readers OF the article
were acquainted with the facts. It has
b .en copied several times, however ead
We look for q correction in each case.
The Stage line between Medora and
Deadwood has not been given up BY any
means, Those thinking it has, can
come here and Ego broke little easier
than In any way we know. The stage
company has been fnlly organized and
stages will be run in less than two
weeks. It will be started as a tri-week-
" and increased to a daily as soon as
the rail-road is begun.
That freight is going in BY the way Of
Pierre we do not and have not denied.
But will the persons who have been 50
anxious to defame our route, please an
swer the following question: sWhy is It
that all but one or two Of the fifty out
fits that have loaded here, have come
from the Pierre route, where they had
constant employment hithofto3r It is q
matter Of no question that more freight
is shipped from here than from Pierre.
The article also states that our route
is q very hard one and that there are fif-
ty-fye miles OF Bad Lands. We would
like to know whose word should be
taken in this case if it is not that Of the
freighters themselves. Their testimony
ts unanimous that it is the best road
over which they have ever travelled.
We care not what freighter's word is TAX
on, provided he is unprejudiced. Again
there are but fifteen miles Of Bad Lanes
on the road and if man could 70 over
this distance, seeing the road only and
having the surrounding country shut
out. from view, he would never know
that he was not ON !, the prairie. The
route in the Bad Lands is as level and
hard as any well-trayelled road.
The article further says that these
stretches .is" full Of gumbo and a very
little rain ..makes the ground SO sticky
that It soon clogs the wheels Of the wag
|6ns. 2 This Is q lie, pars md simple ant
without q mitigating Circumstance
All kinds Of weather have been expert
enced since the route was started. vi
have personally inquired Of nearly every
outfit that has come. III and the inyaria
BILE answer has been that there was al
most no gumbo and tllat would not de.
lay freighting q minute except for a lit,
tie while during the spring thaw ant
then only for short distance at the
Deadwood endof the route. Bob. Rob
erts started with the first train that eyel
went over the route, his and Jos. Pen.
nell's, with not even bride path tx
guide him. He started Immediately at
ter q weeks steady rain and snow and
did not even drop a trail wagon on the
whole trip. In spite of all these draw;
backs, he made the round trip in shorte,
time than was ever made from Pierre OF
any other point into the Hills and re
turn. The weather just previous to thit
trip was the worst of the season and the
time made is a sufficient answer as tt
the "impracticability" Of our route.
And now, whence do all, these charges
cmanate? From one Maxwell who il
running a one-horse, blackboard, stage
line(2) from Miles City to Deadwood
OF course from such source the Medors
route is worthless. With the beginning
Of our route Maxwell will have no far
ther use for his team or two Of cayuses
and his buckboards can bo chopped NJ
for kindling wood.
In another article, Maxwell states tina,
he will not come to Medora. OF course
he won't, but he forgot to mention tht
reason. It is that he knows as soon a
he shows his nose here, he will be ar
rested for the larceny Of a bateau, stoler
from Bly, & Co. Considering all the cir
cumstances, it would be as well for. Mr.
Maxwell to put a bride on his tongue ol
be sure he is telling the truth when HI
turns it loose.
A perusal Of the statutes calls to ligh,