Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-08-05
EN- ROUTE.
LEM, the Bicyclist, Arrives in the
City, On His Tour Around
the World.
A Resume of the Weeks Weather, as
1t Affects North DakOta's
Crop Prospects.
The L%iliratians Arrive-Sheriff O'C0n
ner Brings In Five Prisoners
From Pembina County.
Lenx Arrives.


Lenx Arrives.
At about seven o'clock Wednesday
might have been seen riding into town
from the east, a solitary bicyclist. He
displayed in his riding an ability extraor-
binary, and he came into the city amid
a cloud of dust, and at a rate of speed
surprising To the casual observer his
outfit was a queer one, and one was
forced to stop and look twice at the
bicycle and rider. Valises galore we're
strapped all over the wheel, and the
cyclist rode through the street, closely
watched by a number of spectators.
He finally rode up to the Sheridan,
took his wheel inside, re-
moved from it some of his bag
gage and registered as "F. G.. LEM,
Worlds Tour A'Wheel." Immediately
it was known that he was the young fell
low who has been employed by that
wide-awake magazine, "Outing," to make
a tour of the world on a bicycle, and
write his descriptions Of the trip for the
magaz inc, and the interest in him in
creased accordingly. A crowd soon
gathered and began to inspect his
wheel, baggage, now and then casting
furtive chances at LEM, himself, as he
stood removing the stains of travel from
his face.
@ ute q young fellow is LEM, slight
and not tall. His face displays a more
than ordinary amount of grit and de-
termination, and his figure is we'll built
and muscular.
His wheel is a beauty, and attracts
much attention from the wheelmen of
the town, besides creating some title
envy. It is a Victor of the safety pat
tern, having very large pneumatic tires.
1t bears evidence Of having received
some pretty hard usage and is broken in
a couple of places.
LEM makes on an average about sixty
miles a day. He came yesterday from
Happen, about ffty-eight miles, but
seemed quite fresh after supper, leaving
the hotel and walking about the town.
He will remain in the city to-day, and
will probably leave for the west some
time tomorrow.
Weekly Crop Report.
Under the beneficial effect of the past
weeks weather, all crops made a rapid
and healthy growth, and are now
Fastening toward maturity. The har-
vest of barley has begun in a few local.
ties; some pieces of winter rye we're cut
in Walsh county, and the correspondent
in the northeast section of Pembina
county reports that some farmers
started the cutting of wheat the LIST.
The consensus of opinion of farmers is
that the harvesting of wheat will be
general in about two weeks. The work
OF gathering the hay crop has been
vigorously pushed, and the yield is re-
ported as enormous.
The temperature during the week was
extremely cratic. It was above the
normal in the northwest section, about
the average in the eastern counties,
while in the central and southwest por-
tions of the state it was considerably be-
low-the average daily departure at the
Bismarck station being 8 degrees below
the normal. Very cool waves occurred
on the mornings of the 28th and 10Th,
with light frost in the western courties
causing slight damage only to gardens
10 the western portion Of Stark county.
The precipitation throughout the en-
tire state vas greatly deficient, falling
on but n or two days in most localities
and in very light showers. The average
fall for the week at regular weather
bureau stations was but .08 of an inch,
or about 81 per cent below the normal.
More rain is needed at once in all locali-
ties, except in the Red River valley.
Normal precipitation for past week,
about go of an inch. The following re-
ports of rainfall for the same period are
received: Bismarck, IA; Fort Buford,
.08; Moorhead, 90; Saint Vincent, .O2;
Milton, Is; Valley City, .O5; Gallatin, 81;
Napoleon, .12; Grand Rapids, %; Sey-
mour, 80; Ashley, .27; Church's Ferry,
.04; Glendale, At; Grafton, 90; Mimic,
.O5; Wild Rice, .25.
Some Bandits
Sheriff O'Connor arrived from Penn
bina Wednesday morning, with five of the
Pembina mountain bandits, whose rob-
berries and plunderings and whose sub
sequent capture, trial and conviction
have excited such great interest through
out the state. There were a dozen or
more in the gang originally, but of these,
two gave bonds of $1,000 each, and then
jumped the. bail; there are yet in the
jail at Pembina, and one has had one
trial, which resulted in a disagreement
of the jury, so he wa SO con fined In Jail,
to await another term Of court.
They were closely guarded by the