The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-09-20
MARQUIS DE MoREs.
Forsaken stand the Empty buildings
Erected by Him In 1854.


Erected by Him In 1854.
MANDAN, ". H., sept. ia special 10 the
Efoncer frosa Medora says
Almost forsaken stand the big buildings
that were erected here In the palmy days of
1884 by the Marquis dc Mores, for his big
packing business, The Office OF the Bad
Lands Cowboy stands here. with the odd
name Of the paper still painted on the roof
Of the building that sheltered the plant.
There Is little here now but the depot build
ing general store. hotel aud two OF three
dwellings. The population of the county
lies ovcr the hills and far away. Among
some of the hills 20 the north aud the south
in this country, there some very cam
Portable and commodious residences. The
men who live in these houses know how To
look after cattle, bat good many Of them
are gentlemen, too, in every sense of the
word aud know how 90 treat "a stranger.
Pierre wibaux, the cattle man OF this
region, was la France this summer and
ihcre hc saw the Marquis de Mores. Pierre
cxt-rv--trt astonlshment that the marquis
should have allowed himself To get into the
muss lac did on account of the woFkingmen
BA AAAN hAAthtAs ny tht HAhENhiAs
Don't YOU know that was working for the
workingmcn OF America when l put up
those buildings at Medora. wanted the
poor people of the nation To bo able to get
good beef aud mutton at IOWsF pFfCus thuu
they could get them under the existing sys-
TENS" ,
Cattle Men Dlsgasted.
IL l. putting IL very mildly "a say that tho
stockmen Of this region are dlsgustcd at the
brand law that was passed az the last ses-
sion of the legislature They regard that
Law as being OF no advantage Co anybody-
! neither to the men who have cattle nor
those who have none. 10 requires n many
cases that men having thousands of cattle,
shall go aud brand them oyer again, and In
other ways IL subjects the cattle mea 10
great trouble and expense. The Billings
county people would like 10 see few strong
men Ia the legislature during the coming
winter who will use their abilities To- have
the present law repealed. IL is a question,
anyhow, whether the law l. constitutional,
for II plays battledore and shuttlecock with
vested rights IN a way that no law should.
| And all 20 no purpose, IL any man can see
what good the Law does anybody except
| that IL makes few fees for officials he
| must have sharper eyes than the average
citizen.
All the old timers here are bcmoaning the
fact that they did not know. az the time of
the passing buffalo, how valuable buffalo
heads aud robes would become in few
short years. Prior 20 1858 there were stacks
of buffalo killed on the plains la this and
adjoining counties sorely for their hides,
these brought from ~ down. at the depot
here. Heads that would be worth from $500
| 10 $500 each were left 60 be picked BY the
hirds. II Is interesting 90 hear sorae Of the
old buffalo hunters tell some of the idiosyn-
\ cracios Of the bisson while be was still on
earth. Mr. MerriAeld was telling number
| of IA In u store of the way they would carry
on their wounded A shot Cred into herd
might disable one-break It's Neg, perhaps
/ The other members Of the herd would press
/ up together, and with the Wounded animal
/ In the middle, and bear Il of with them. II
a stray animal on the outskirts OF che band
| we're injured they would sweep around and
4 take II away, where u was At all possible.