St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-05
CONDUCTORS AS PASSENGERS.
The Trip of the Ticket Punchers to
the Far West.
What They Saw and How They Passed
Their Time.


Their Time.
After the brief delays caused by a hot box
OH our trip through the splendid Park
region OF Minnesota, we sped along in fine
shape toward the Red river. The after
noon was delightful, and the royal repast
served in the dining car was hugely enjoyed
as we traversed the pastoral beauties Of the
country. A delicious supper was served at
the Grand Pacific, Moorhead, the bill of
fare being printed on the back of an imita-
ton round-trip ticket 1t was witty and
novel souvenir. The train pulled on to tho
Northern Pacific railway, and during the
stay there the passengers strOlled
about and admired the city.
They accepted an invitation to
become the guests of the city on their re-
turn. Here the comfortable couches were
made up for the first time and each guest
was provided with handsomely engraved
berth ticket on the reverse of which were
the following conditions:
''This ticket is not transferable and does
not entitle any other person to occupy the
accommodation with the holder unless the
holder is willing.
beds will be made up head and foot"
and there must be no kicking about it.
Gears will be divided in sections and no
double-headerS allowed, except in extreme
cases.
''Guests will place their valuables in the
safe before retiring.
We reached Bismarck early on Saturday
before the good people of the capital city
were stirring and it being decoration day
great number of flags were procured and
the train was decorated prOfusely from cow
catcher to the rear platform. About an
hour was spent here and the time
was passed in walking about the handsome
city and the passengers made up their
minds that "way-Out-weSt" towns were not
far behind those down East They now
fully expected to pull out into wild cOun-
try where they would see nothing but wild
Indians, wild cowboys and wild cattle, with
an occasional water-tank as an evidence Of
civilization. Imagine their surprise when,
on crossing the great muddy Missouri river,
they drew up in another splendid town,
Mandan. The evidences of prosperity, and
the fine, substantial buildings, produced an
impression, and caused many to wonder
when they would
a REALLY GET OUT WEST.
Preparations were made during the
morning for the observance Of Decoration
day, musical rehearsal being held in the
sleeper ''Anoka," Miss Minnie Decker pre-
siding at baby organ. The good old tunes
were raised with will. The celebration
took place in Mandan in the evening, the
program consisting of brief. appropriate
speeches, recitatiOnS, solos and chOruSeS. 1t
was decided success. During Saturday
we made the run from Bismarck to Glendive
and all were delighted with the handsome
rolling country, which is fast filling with
good settlers. They were astonished at the
thrifty towns that had sprung up in two
years and at learning that in that time
$4,000 settlers had established on the line
between the points named. This division
is becoming one of the best paying on the
line. The whole country is underlaid with
coal and every farmer finds plentiful sup
ply at thirty to forty feet under his farm.
There are very large areas Of oats planted
about here, and as an extensive Touring
mill will soon be erected at Mandan by Bos-
ton capitalists wheat raising will be made
profitable, as this will be the most western
mill. The run through the Bad Lands or
Pyramid Park, was a source of constant de-
light and wonder to the tourists, who have
been throughout the trip as enthusiastic as
children with new toys.
At MedOra, where the Little Missouri in
tersects the railroad in the Bad Lands,
quite stop was made, and the courteous
and enterprising
MARQUIS DE MORES
escorted the party through his extensive
and beautiful domain. He has quite vii
lage here, surrounded by picturesque bluffs
and rugged hills, the buildings painted uni
formly and neatly arranged about the
broad, circular plateau. The population is
about 700. The marquis has just COM
pleted a very extensive slaughtering and
packing establishment, with a capacity for
killing over 500 beeves per day. He will
slaughter about 25 900 head this year, and
will probably kill $4,000 next year. His
arrangements through every detail are the
most perfect possible. His possessions here
include 25, 600 acres of grazing lands, and he
has now $4,000 head of cattle on them.
There is not farm allowed on the domain,
but dairying is extensively carried on. The
marquis has large and ornate residence,
handsomely located on a terrace over
looking the town, and a fine
brick hotel accommodates visitors.
Glendive was reached early in the evening
and the Glendive cornet band, located Oh
the platform of the station, gave pleasant
welcome to the travellers. The usual in
spection of the town was INDUCED ill., and
the novelty of the occasion was augmented
by the appearance of party of mounted
cowboys, who kindly exhibited their
skill at horsemanship and made some
creditabl edisplays of the use of the lariat by
lassoing their dogs. Glendive made very
fine impression on the visitors and it is, in
deed, a prosperous appearing town. A nights
rest, after the Decoration day services be-
l. ~I,4
ingStOn.
Quite stop was made at Livingston, at
the base of the Belt mountains, and from
here the train switched off for the Yellow
stone park, the line constantly ascending
town. Cinnabar, the end of the park branch,
fifty-one miles from Livingston, was
reached. The trip over this
mountain road was the finest part of
the railroad journey. The road follows
the banks of the Yellowstone river; some
times running through the meadows Oh it's
shores, and again winding high above on
rocky shelf. 1t passes through canyon
No. 2, OF
YANKEE JIMs CANYON"
which is wonderfully grand and impressive.
The river dashes through narrow gOrgeS,
battling with huge rocks, throwing foam
high in air, now gliding smoothly and
calmly through verdant meadows, and
now widening into an extensive
lake, in which the fronts of
the huge rugged bluffs are reflected.
Yankee jim, for whom the canyon is
named, is an original character. He has
been in the same gulch for seventeen years,
and during all that time had not seen
locomotive until the Northern Pacific built
their line down through his domain. He
has spent much money, earned by trapping
small fur-bearing animals, in building
toll road to the park, and he of course
looks with ill-faYOr nnon the railroad