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Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

In the number Of land patents issued
during the fiscal year ending July 9th,
Dakota leads all states and territories
in fact doubles the record of Kansas
which is next in size. The total number
of patents issued in the United States
was 1865, of which 5,435 were in Da-
kota, 1920 in Kansas, 1,742 in Arkansas,
and in Nebraska 1889. The smallest
number Of patents was in New Mexico, 8.
Acting Commissioner Stone in his letter
TO Secretary Noble says: q take pleas
ure in stating that the policy Of the
present administration, fully explained
to me by you, upon my assuming the
duties Of this Office, Of prompt and i'm
partial examinations Of the claims o
settlers upon the public domain, liberal
to the extent Of the law, is being faith.
fully carried out, and shall be contin-
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06
BIsMARCK WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, SEPT 8, 1889

has been rewarded for his faithful seryi-
ces with the nominate ion for the first
place on the first state ticket. The nom
ination OF o. s. Clifford for congress is
a just recognition Of man whose ex-
perience makes him q suitable candidate.
The nomination of Major Picker is the
most significant Of all. He will 20 to
Washington aa the avowed champion Of
woman suffrage, prohibition and the
Farmers alliance. Notwithstanding all
this he is republican, an old soldier, q
good talker, true friend and bitter
foe. Major Picker will get there, and
after he reaches Washington and finds
that to have any standing at the national
capital one must be either republican
or democrat, he will have sagacity
enough to be republican first, an ''ism''
second. The ticket nominated in South
Dakota will prove strong one with the
people and its majority, October 1st, will
be over $4,000.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

South DAKOTA is getting heartily sic
of the plan she has adopted for settling
the capital question. The South Da-
kota correspondent of the Pioneer Press
says:
North Dakotans ought not to find fault
with the manner in which their capitol and
other state institutions were located by
the constitutional convention. The cues.
tiOn is settled with them-it is an ACCOM-
plished fact. 1t is different here. 1t re-
quires four heats for us to win the prize.
We had one In 1885; we go over the same
thlng this year; next year we vote on its
permanent location, which won't better il;
so in 1892 we will have another test Of
strength upon the question. There are more
suggestions OF corruption, more acts done
tnaI lean little away from the truest
rectltude. than there ought to be. There
may have been no buying and selling Of
votes, but there is some regular dickering
alleged, like unto that which horse Jockeys
practice when each tries to best the other.
All such proceedings are bunting and
bllghtlng, and it will require decade to
recover from the effects. The south state
cOngratulates the north state upon its
happy escape from these generally demOr-
allZlng influences, and hopes that we NAV
never see another such wrangle. which
must result in heart burnings and recrimi-
nations innumerable.
The Sioux Falls Press says:
Had the constitutional convention of 1895
realized how much bitterness this capital
campaign could generate. it would likely
nave adopted some different plan of lOca-
tiOn.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

IT seems that Mr.. Quinn, after shout
ing until the effort threatened the loss Of
his voice, succeeded in gaining the at
tention Of the democratic state conven-
tion long enough to withdraw from the
congressional race in which Budd Reeve
and Dennis Hannifin had got lin we'll
under way. Mr.. Quinn's name being
withdrawn, left the track clear fer Capt.
Maratta. By the way, Capt Maratta will
be remembered by all old time Bismarck
ers. He was for years superintendent of
the Coulson line of steamers on the Mis-
souri, river, with headquarters at Bis
marck. He has many personal friends
outside of his party but they will count
for little in the coming campaign. The
republicans desire to know the exact
strength of the party in North Dakota and
they will not wander off after false gods
this trip. Capt. Maratta is an old fresh
water tar but in this instance he will
find the waters decidedly briney.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

wanted me to run for governor and others
thought they could get, my influence byl
giving me the lieutenant- -gOvernOrshfp b.
but laughed at them. i was promised
the land Office by my friends, hut that has
practically been settled, and 4 must now
20 In for the United States senatOrship. It
Is about the only thing LETT and the Scan
.dinavians demand further rec0gniti0n.
What they have on the ticket Is only
thrown out to catch voters, and il practf-
cally no recognition. II gives two posi-
tiOna, with less emOluments th m some Of
the county Offices, and without any special
honor. This Is not enough. The Scandi-
3navians want me in congress, and L think
lsshall be a very strong candidate.
Mr.. johnson Is misrepresenting his
people. It's an insult TO the intelli-
gence Of the Scandinavian element to
declare that IL remains in the republican
party just to please johnson, and that he
must be q senatorial aspirant to keep
his friends IN the party. The patriot
ism, the intelligence, the sagacity Of the
Scandinavian people must revolt against
such an egotistical, demag gogical assump-
tion as Mr.. johnson puts forth. It'll
high time that Mr.. Johnson was made TO
realize the existence in the republican
party Of that in which he himself is sad
" deficient political honesty and sound
judgment. $ 59s
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

The report that the eloquent Colonel
Ingerson had been retained to prosecute
Justice Field and Marshal Nagle for the
killing of Judge Terry is denied by the
colonel in the following words: II will
not 60. There is not enough money in
California to take me there on such an
errand. Why, we might as well Danish
all courts Of law if judges are to be ter
rorized and assaulted for rendering hon
est decisions. From all I have seen and
heard Justice Field has committed no
offense, unless it be one to be insulted.
I believe in perfectly free judiciary. II
q Judge renders corrupt decision, the
law provides for his impeachment: II
suitors who are defeated resort to brute
force and the people sustain such a
course, then the courts should be abol-
ished. Individuals must submit to the
laws as administered and expounded by
the courts and must seek the remedy
within the law. That, think, is all I
care to say on the subject
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

PROFESSOR BLAKE the Kansas weather
prophet, in his predictions for 1889,
issued last winter, gives to West Dakota
.42of an inch of rain fall for August and
to East Dakota an even half inch. The
meteorological summary for the month,
furnished by Signal Officer Newman,
shows total PRECIPITATION at Bismarck Of
.53 Of an inch. Blake's calculation for
the year has been very, close. The aver
age for August for many years in West
Dakota is 2.3O. Mr.. Blake prognosti-
Gates total rainfall in West Dakota for
1889 Of only 11.O9 inches while the aver
age for many years has been 21.38
inches. To East Dakota he allows only
1903 inches for 1889, while the average
for many years has been 2.24 inches.
With this great deficiency Of rainfall it
is really astonishing the crops that are
being harvested this year. Except in
1877 and 1882 this country never ex-
perienced such dry weather in July and
August.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

Qu1aa's letter from Spokane Falls to
the New York Tribune, written a few
days before the fire which swept away
the business portion Of the city gives a
vivid account Of the progress and devel-
opment Of the unfortunate metropolis Of
eastern Washington. In commenting
editorially on the letter, the TRIBUNE
takes the ground that the fire will inau-
gurate new architecture and q more sub
stantial style Of buildings. II is plain
that the man who penned the editorial
had not visited Spokane z for it was
built as substantially and solidly Of brick
and stone as any city in the country.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

The Dickinson Press pays the repub-
lican candidate for Judge in this district
the following compliment: "Hon. w. ii.
Winchester, Of Burleigh county, has re-
ceived the unanimous nomination for
Judge Of the Sixth district. He will make
a fair and impartial Judge and should re-
ceive the hearty support Of all republi-
cans. He has an honorable record and
is an able attorney. He was one Of those
brave soldiers who faced the bullets Of
the enemy and was honorably discharged
at the close Of the war. Give Win
chester your votes and he will be an
honor to the bench Of the Sixth judicial
district.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

NEARLY all the papers in North
Dakota have been supplied with consti-
tuition supplements containing an error
in the apportiontment to the thirteenth
district. An investigation shows that
the district is entitled to two represen-
tatives instead Of three. All the early
supplements printed by the TRIBUNE as
we'll as those printed by other houses.
contain this error. The TRIBUNE this
morning contains the constitution IS
certified TO by the chief clerk, and all.
supplements hereafter printed BY the.
TRIBUNE will be "oficial.', II q assS I5s:s
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

The forest fires Of Montana, Idaho and
Washington, are attracting the attention
Of the people Of the entire country, and
it is evident that some means of preven.
ton will be adopted by the legislatures
of these territories. The damage done
by the fires in Montana alone during the
past week is incalculable. Some claim
that the fire was started by sparks
from a locomotive, while others insist
that it was the work of campers or wood
choppers. Laws on this subject cannot
be too strict.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

AcHANGE seems to have come over
the dreams of Editor McC Clure, and he is
again supporting Hon. N. q. Ordway
for the United States senate. Here is
what the last issue of the Devils Lake
Capital says: "The Capital is for N. g.
Ordway for United State senate. Mr..
Ordway is man of brains large ex-
perience and has done much to promote
the interests of Dakota. Mr.. Ordway
can do much to help Dakota in the
national legislature .
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

The Yankton Press and Dakotian OBJ
jects to that portion Of the report Of the
senate commission appointed to atudythes
subject Of irrigation in the western arid
lands, which speaks Of the existence of
the large area Of Dakota to be benefited,
BY irrigation. The truth is while the
rainfall is ufilcient all over Dakota to5
produce abundant crops, some years tho
rainfall af = not seasonable, and partial
failure of crops is the result. This is5
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

NEVER was convention held leaving
less bitterness and dissatisfaction than
that at Fargo last week. There is not q
kick from any source farmers alliance,
prohibitionists, corporations, defeated
candidates all satisfied all in line to
fight the common enemy, the democratic
party. Such a majority will be rolled up
for the republican ticket this fall as was
never heard Of in state Of like popula-
tion. Not a county in North Dakota
will give democratic majority.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

TIE Yankton Press and Dakotan
knows go little about the political COM
binations in the North -since division
it is really amusing to read Bowen's edi-
torials. Combinations have changed,
Mr.. Bowen, since two years ago. You
will see on the surface, what is now an
undercurrent, later in the season. Cal
of the Sioux Falls Press is better posted,
Mr.. Bowen. You may s'catch on" little
by perusing some of Calls effusions-
when he effuses.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

iued as vigoro ously as the limited force al
lowed me by Law will permit. 81 conei.
IDENTIFY expect that from and after the
first Of August, the issue Of patents will
be not less than 500 daily, at which rate
Ihope I shall be able, during the pres
ent year, to bring up the entire work Of
this Office now much delayed, to the first
of January, 1882"
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

GOVERNOR ME1IErrE ought to feel
proud Of the handsome endorsement
given him by the people Of South Da-
,kota. To be chosen unanimously for
governor Of 3 great state like South Dar
kota is no small honor. Governor Mel.
lette has always been an earnest cham
pion Of admission and division, even
before there was hope of success. He
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

to New Orleans, finding General Banks
then in command, and on demand Of that
officer, declining to take the oath OF al
legiance, were refused q landing and re-
turned to New York, is part of this
history, vividly recalled by the inacu-
racy of the statement in the quotation
from the Century.
The Norfolk minister who was Of the
Baptist persuasion, was pastor over a
Portsmouth flock on Sunday, and the ed
itor Of newspaper printed in Norfolk,
and known as the 'Old Dominion" !" on
week days. That his .belief and action
were disloyal so far as he dared to make
them SO, there was no gainsaying. His
editorial utterances were generally
offensive. He was not much Of a
man. His name was Dobbs, and in
piping times of peace his mischief-mak-
ing platitudes would have attracted no
more attention than the "leading editor
ials' or drivelings of sBetsey' IN Da-
kota paper. But his "plan of salvation,
as exhibited in his church management
was what gave his belief ''away." The
color line was what troubled him. One
of the incipient stages of the outgrowth
of emancipation was the very laudable
desire to encourage the "little darkeys'
to attend Sunday school. Parson Dobbs'
church had vestry in which the chill
dren, without regard to color" ETC., as
sembled at midday on Sundays where
they we're taught in the usual manner the
right road for all good little boys and
girls to travel. Now, in the primative
days of rural New England the prudent
housewife who manufactured most of the
fabrics for home use, always encouraged
the keeping of "black sheep" in the small
flock SO that by commingling their Aeeces
with the white color could be produced
without resorting to pasture weeds, the
bark of trees and the alchemy of the
"dye tub" Truely "dyed in the wool"
articles were thus produced that were an
improvement on the absence of all colors.
But Domino Dobbs and most of
his congregation wanted no black lambs
in their flock. AS once displayed on an
Irish transparency in a political pro-
cession their motto was: "White is a
good color" The result of this anti
mingling sentiment was that one Sunday
at the usual hour of assembling the key
had been turned on the vestry door. The
white scholars had been gathered in the
room above for their exercises and the
colored lambs were left out in the
heathenish cold, as the color line was
distinctly drawn at the threshold of the
church door. Adding this straw to
several Others that had been gathered up
along the pathway of the Rev.-Editor
General Butler came to the conclusion
that Dobbs was not '.reconstructing'
quite fast enough even for a Virginian,
and sought to discipline him in the way
indicated by the authors of the mar
rative quoted from whose statement in
this instance is substantially correct.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06
LEG1sLAT1vG CONVENTIONS.

Legislative conventions have been
called for the following dates in the dis
tricts mentioned:
Fifth district at Larimore, Sept. Is.
Sixth district at Grand FU ks, Sept. II.
Seventh district at Grand Forks. Sept. IL.
Fourteenth district at Lisbon. Sept. IL.
Twenty-firss district at Devils Lake.
Sept. IL.
Twenty fifth district at Glendale, Sept. 9.
Twenty-sixth district at Napoleon.
Sept 4. 'N'''
. Twenty eighth district at Willow City,
. rw,snty-ninth district at Coal Harbor,
Thirtieth district at Mandao, Sept. "a.
Thirty-frst district at Dickinson, Sept. Z.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06
CHAPTER OF EARLY HISTORY.

A CHAPTER OF EARLY HISTORY.
May IA, 1872, the first location or set
Element was made at Bismarck by a
party in the employ of the Lake Superior
and Puget Sound company, an organiza-
tion among those interested in the North
ern Pacific railroad for the purpose Of
speculating out Of townsites to be lo-
Gated along the line Of the Northern
Pacific railroad. George w. Sweet, now
of Sauk Rapids, Mimi, then attorney for
this company and for the Northern Pa
clic railroad, led this party and located
the townsite. It was the original inten-
tion Of Mr.. Sweet to locate the city, which
was then called Edwinton, in honor Of q
relative of one Of the directors Of the Pu-
get Sound company, at a point between
the present site and the Missouri river,
but party consisting Of ]. J. Jackman,
John Richards, now register Of deeds Of
Burleigh county, Maj VIM. Woods and
two or three others, hearing Of the plans
Of the company, gained q few hours the
start and occupied the lands on which
the town was to be located, forcing Col
ionel Sweet and party back from the river
to the grounds upon which the city now
stands. The country was then wholly un-
occupied by the whites, not foot Of
land west of Fargo on the ine Of the
Northern Pacific having been surveyed;
nor was there white settler at that time
in all northwestern Dakota and eastern
Montana, excepting the attaches Of the mil
itary posts and Indian agencies, and an
occasional wood-chopper on the Missouri
river. Among the latter was Henry SUIT
tie, now living retired and comfortable
life in Bismarck. 5
Fort Rice, now abando thirty miles
below Bismarck, was then the principal
military post, although there were small
garrisons at Forts Stevenson and Buford.
Fort Abraham Lincoln, then known as
Fort McKean, was established about this
time, as was also Fort Seward, near
jamestown, now abandoned.
The United States land Office was then
located at Pembina, four hundred miles
distant, and the register, i. B. Brasher,
q nephewiof Columbus Delano, then seq
retary Of the interior, formed a co,nbi-
nation with parties at Bismarck to steal
the townsite and lands ajoining, while the
receiver, George F. Potter, amused him
self by stealing the money paid in.
When they came to examine the books
two years afterwards, they found the
records clean an entry had never been
made in them. He had given several
memorandum receipts for money paid
him for three Or four quarter sections
about Bismarck, but as the receipts were
not official, they were not counted III
the settlement Of his accounts, and
Edmond Hackett, first mayor of Bis
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06
The 8isn1artk Tribn,.e.
THE DAILY TRIBUNE,
supsoR1pTloN RArEl
BY M. n. JEWELL

Published every morning, except Monday, at Bis
OF the city at 25 cents per week. 81 per month.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

WudC IL uOW Gu0 pr1uclpA1 pOTGlOu OIL CQ6
city. j. s. Mann, who came in with the
Northern Pacific boarding cars after
wards, also filed claim for this part of
the city. 1t was held by Mr.. Hackett
and associates that if the town-site
could be occupied by any one under the
pre-emption laws (for agricultural pur-
poses), it could be by them as we'll as by
the Sweet outfit. Sweets party was un-
der the pay of the Puget Sound COM
pany and J.J. Hill and parties footed
the bills for the Jackman party. An at
tempt was made to divert the attention
Of the whole outfit by grading the line Of
the road mile and a-half south of Bis
marck and establishing town called
Burleigh City. This town aourished for
few months, but failing in it's object
the road was completed as originally in
tended. The road was graded to a point
about fifty miles east Of Bismarck in
1872, and in October Of that year train
and the grade was blockaded at that
point and work suspended until the fol-
lowing spring. Work was resumed in
the spring, and June 5, 1873, the first To-
comotive whistled for Bismarck.
Up to that time the town was called
Edwinton. During the winter Sam Will
keson, secretary of the Northern Pacific,
conceived the idea of advertising the
road at the Vienna exposition, and with
view to attracting German capital an
immense map of the world was prepared
and afterwards sent to the worlds fair at
Vienna, showing the line Of the North
ern Pacific and a great city to be called
Bismarck, very near the heart Of
the universe. Whether or not
this map had the desired effect the fact
remains that an immense amount Of
German capital found its way to the
great trans-continental line, and is still,
under the advice Of that great financier
Henry Willard, investing in it's securities.
The town-site troubles and litigation
continued until 1876, when compromise
: : fg 7
was effected whereby citizens occupying
lots secured them at an appraisement Of
$40 to $15 each and the railroad, OF
Puget Sound company, took two-thirds
Of the unoccupied lots. But the COM
promise was not fully accomplished,
however, 80 that title could be given un-
til 1877, and not until February 10, 1881,
was the change Of name Of the city Of
fcially made and the plat Of Edwinton
made the legal plat Of the city Of Bis
marck.
This in brief is the early history Of
Bismarck, called forth by an inquisitlve
eastern publisher, who desires to know
how the city obtained it's name.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06
WEEKLY TRIBUNE.

Eigh. pages, containing summary of the news Of
the week, both foreign and local; 3lished every
Friday, sent postage paid toany address, for one
year 81; six months, 81; three months. 7b cents.
The WEEKLY ThIBuNE is the oldest paper In
North Dakota and the aim is made to make it q
perfect encyclopedia Of Dakota afairs. It's circu.
lation is large. both In the territory and the
states.
The DAILY TRIBUNE, like the weekly edition,
con tanning the full Associated Press dispatches,
is . desirable advertising medium through which
O reach all northwestern towns and military
posts remote from railroad lines.
The DAILY TRIBUNE will be found on file ct
vertising agents, Chicago. and at reading rooms
and news dapots throughout the country.
The general eastern advertising agent Of the
TR!BTSE is "a A. e kichardso1 Room Ss IE1b4pe n 9p
TRIBUNE from points east OF Illinois should1 be
SAINT to him.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-06

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