The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-07-01


rapidly advancing. The stock is not on on
display vet but il will pc Latef. IA 3he
prosperous city Of Mandan was killed py
battle mt Mandan.
From the present capital of the stare
-FOUR CORRESPONDENT witnessed q ga..le
in 1873 between Custer and the tNu l r,
in which seven Indians were nle Two
was on the bluffs back OF Mandan. iL.:ss
ground over which Custer marched 10 MS
death in 1876, then given up to tne an,
dians and rattleSnakes. now prouucSs
millions Of pounds OF wool and hundTe &c
of train loads Of cattle ANNUALLY. I.e
grasses mature before frost ana remain
stock feed and grow fat on them. There
is no rain during the winter, u IN tne
western part of the state but little snow.
l have seen December, January, and ven
ruary with but five cloudy days, anu
the weather much Of the time as peas,
SHOWS come and fit the ground through
the deposit of moisture for the spring
crop or the growth of grass. 49,
Returning to the state building. we
notice the display of flowers, beautitully
arranged, which have been placed on
ing. Two large bundles Of wheat III
stucco have been placed one on either
side of the main entrance. photographs
showing the state institutions or Incl
dents in the history of North Dakota are
on the walls or in racks for their proper
display. Heads Of animals are beauti.
fully mounted. The clays II minerals
are given appropriate place, and there IS
a. fair showing as to fruits. Souvenir
bags Of grain have been furnished by the
ladies Of Pembina, Grafton and other
points. -,
1t is meet and right that credit should
To Alfred Dickey. executive manager,
who has given his best energies and long
experience and devotion born OF love for
the state, greatest credit is due, but he
has been right royalty supported by the
state board and BY the, Yy2msp's auxil-
nary boaf1. me Woman's work was Or
was through interest enlisted by her that
the ladies of Cass. Stutsman, Grand
Forks, Trail, Burleigh, Foster, Walsh,
Morton, Ramsey and Nelson counties re-
sponded so nobly. r., :"
Considered in connection with the new.
ness of the state and the meagerness OF
exceedingly well. She has less than 81
for her dis ploy where Illinois, California,
New York and other great states had
hundreds. The advances from our state,
aside from the appropriation, were very
neager. The ladies alone took an inter-
est. In Minnesota one firm contributed
over $4,000 for the good the display may
do them. There are no interests in North
Dakota which can afford this. The rail-
roads have helped largely inthe Minneso-
ta display, but North Dakota contributes
to the glory of the roads rather than the
roads to her glory by the direct contri5u.
ton to her exhibit. But ~
North Dnk"tc Shines
nevertheless in. the exhibits Of both the
Great Northern and the Northern Pa
cilc. Farmer Wallace is with the North
ern Pacific cars where the products of
the seven states through which the road
passes are represented in one of the finest
displays on earth, and he never forgets
to draw special attention to North Da-
kota. The picture Of the Dalrymple
farm in the display of Washburn & Cros-
by milling interests also calls attention
ting Bulls cabin and the Wild West
show have features also which are sug-
gestive of North Dakota. Over the North
Dakota booth, but belonging to another
interest, there is a large buffalo which
appears to be a part of the North Dakota
Dakota was the favorite home of the
buffalo: Their old trails and wallows
are to be seen on every hand. The early
settlers and travellers learned to follow
tnese trallS 10 water. thousands of
tons of bones representing millions of
animals. have been shipped from North
Dakota. An incident Of the battle Of
White Stone Hills was told me a few
years ago by Capt. Robert Mason. 1t
was during the Indian war of 1862. They
found the Indians in camp, and, routing
them. burned their outfit, and a stream
of fat literally ran from the burning
buffalo meat. This was in the vicinity
of Steele. 1t was the buffalo trails and
the prairies strewn with their bones
which suggested the value of North Da-
kota grasses for stock growing purposes.
They are short and dry, and would not
be regarded with favor by those unfa-
miliar with them. The late Senator J.
3. Black of Kentucky told me that he
examined the dropping from the animals
in this country and protested against
the ranchmen feeding so much grain
and was surprised to learn that none
had been fed and that none was neces-
sary. Animals feeding on the plains
keep fat the year round. except when the
winters are unusually severe, and even
then there are no losses if care is taken.
Sheep are rapidly becoming the favorite
interest IN the western part of the state
and the wool interest is well represented
in the proper exhibit. >