Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-03
LEGISLATORS Ride.
The Northern Pacifio's Special Train
Carries Members Of tho Lee;sla-
ture to the Bad Lands.
Sims, Lehigh and Dickinson Visited
and the Party Learn How Ignite
Coal L. Mined.
Ar Excellent Entertainment 1t the
Atheneum Last Evening BY
the M%instrels.
Wednesday's Excurrion.

Wednesdays Excursion,
When the special train provided by the
Northern Pacific for the excursionists,
pulled out from the Bismarck station
Wednesday morning, it bore a jolly crowd,
many of whom were legislators, and some
the wives, sisters and friends of legislators
OR other people. By the time those who
boarded the train after it reached Mandan
had found their places, it was evident that
a good guess had been made by somebody.
as to the amount of accommodations
needed.
Very many of those who took the trip
were wholly u~nacquainted with the coun-
try in the vicinity of the Bad Lands, so
that all that was to be seen was of interest
to them, even under the unfavorable con-
ditions of the season. Although the snow
concealed alike the unutterrble badness of
the really bad parts of the Bad Lands and
the substantial value of other parts as a
grazing or mining country, the locality is
so wholly unlike anything afforded in the
scenery of other regions that it is we'll
worth visiting at almost any time of year
The train stopped at Sims for a while to
enable the party to witness the manner
and methods of working Ignite coal. A
couple Of tram.cars havil. z been pulled out
of the way, the visitors plunged into low
wood shanty, expecting, doubtless, to turn
cent cave, beautiful with the wild shapes
and designs of natures moulding, brilliant
with the rays of a hundred miners lamps
refracted from the polished surface Of
countless gems of black, embedded in
sclntillating splendor In pillared walls and
arching dome and smoothly level floor.
That is not precisely what they saw.
Erebuss the straight and narrow Way"l led
DOWNWARD rather than up, and keptlat it so
industriOusly that, after proceeding Y dis.
lance variOusly estimated at from one
block to two miles as the crow flies, most
Of those who went in concluded that they
were not intensely interested in the meth
ods OF mining Ignite coal, anyway they
mind, and varying shades of Completion,
retreated in good order to the tram.
And the train sped onward. 1t was
presently discovered however that some
who had been of them were not then with
them, and there was great anxiety lest the
absentees had foolishly pursued that path
way AuVO tuO ydWulux UdCkucSSs u0tl
they had fallen at last into that 'hole in
the bottom of the sea-" the familiar sub
ject of hymn aud story. The train didn't
speed any more for a while, and whether
the delinquents walked, flew or tele.
graphed themselves the distance this de-
ponent saith not; but when the excursion
again proceeded, all were present and &C.
counted for.
At Lehigh an especially interesting tour
of the mine was made, which developed
| strong indications that there was more i'm
the methods Of mining ignite coal to foster
his financial instincts and interests than
to stimulate the aesthetic side of his ma.
ture. A coal mine. evidently, has a tend
ency to corruscating gems purely through
il an inspection Of the mine was in the
nature of q disenchantment, it could not
fail to fOrctbly present to ones mind the
\ vast possibilities of this infant industry
in our young state, and a reflection that
the infant industry is q great thing i'll
politics, as we'll as in private life.
Dickinson had many charms. She has a
the shape of round sandwiches with a
sprinkling of apple pie. now and then a
dOughnut, and, percOlating through all
GALL the charms), an excellent article of
weiner. Strange to say, these features all
were young: the freshness of youth was
upon them, they filled the bill. The other
enticements of that thriving city of cows
One could readily believe the frequent
asseveration that not until the vernal
June. time a the attractions of thrifty
Dickinson be observed in all their glory.
Medora was the western terminus of the
trip. A short time was spent in viewing
what remains of DeMores' gigantic estab-
lishment, and wondering how the pieces of
what looked like brick, and the bottles
marked with a red triangle. could have be.
come embedded there high up on the
butteS where they were found. A great
many questions were asked at MedOra,
which were out of place. No thoughtful
person would inquire why it was thirsty
there and there only in the wide, wide
world, unless he were where he could
climb to the pinkest ear of the sphynx, and
whisper his question in its dark recesses.
| When Dickinson was reached on the return.
those who paid their money were allowed
to take their choice and call it dinner or
supper. Most everybody called it, and the
majority raised it several, some of them
| even visiting the hospital, on reaching Bis
marck at midnight.
1t was a right good time. There were
none of the discOmfOrts 50 frequently con.
nected WITH such atfairs-nO reason why
every n on the special train, except Gen.
eral Hughes, should not have enjoyed the
eAcuTSlOn CNOTOukuly. IL was q decided
novelty To the majority, and many gained
a better comprehension Of the grand re
sources of that portion of the state, than
they could have obtained from months of
reading. General Hughes was peculiarly
unfortunate in being the victim IF a pain
full accident-haying two Of his fingers
crushed quite badly BY a sliding door in
the baggage car. The earnest thanks OF
all who participated in the excursion are
due HIM for his thoughtful kindness in its
arrangement and management, and to the
railroad company for the courtesies eX'
tended.
Wednesdays Excursion.
Space is gladly given the following com.
munication. expressing appreciation of the
courteous treatment accorded the legis-
lators and others by the Northern Pacific:
The committee appointed ut an Informal
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