The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-03
IRyBBdGE ron 4 TOWy SITE.
Tho Open Prairie Wa. the ro,rd. and tho
Game Was Nip aud Tuck.

From {" Chir-ro Tims'R,-dit
Shortly before the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company sold 10 the oil st. Paul MINNEAPOLIS
and Manitoba Company Its branch lines in North
Dakota, north Of Its mHiN lin" there was a dis
pute htwecn a number Of real estate men rs To
whether the town site Of Good Hone should hn
located on the Goose River or thrcr miles from
tina, sedEy stream. near where Portland now il
The dispute started in Cassclton. was carried
20 Arthur, thence to Ncwbcrg and Grand Forks
and one afternoon resolved itself into the promo
sition that the disputng factions should settle
the matter by game OF crihbagr. Each side
WAS ~ choo . Us lie player. and whichever side
won the victory was 10 be abidcd by II may
be stated that crhbnge Is a game idolizcd on tho
'rontier and understood as IL is not in IN. Trtc
East In this particular party Of real estate
Spectators no crtNhhge board was 10 b. found
no without ceremony lol holes were followed
out on the prairie wagon stakes were sclrrtcd
Tor pegs and two trusted m'n-"nc from each
side were selected TO move these pigs rs tho
cards were played. Such a game OF Cribbaro
was never played before.
The titles Of the two factions were River Site
and Prairie Site. The man who played for The
river men was named Sun1bcrC, n hraCirr Young
Norwegian; MS onooncn, was called EllIe, ani
htterward lost his life in n flood at the kolamH
River crossing. Each man had learned The gamr
In mininr camn, trat place where imagination
Of it, The deck h o Of cards Was thrown ~" out srh s
spectators stood up. the nlnvcrs snt asquat
Strctching far out on the prniric's level was Tho
sol. on the cut of the cards Ellis won the deal
and crib, The Prairie Site faction checrrd hut
n,y sSerT Who fsvored T he River Sit, SS c,seJ
demonstrations 10 cease.
Fills threw, out six cards to his ornonen', took
each, the crib formed and Sundberg led with
try, Fills covered this with a Ten sro, leaving
eenwc atoriouslr thr rs, peg eS was s moved ,
two holrs Nothing sensational occurred inter
this snd when 'he nrs, hand and crib was counted
Now, j. ms Surdberg's Glib and deal, When
be had finished his discard h" held in his hand
two sevcns and two sighis on the tuTn;Ip Of the
hand AT least twenty points Fills opened tho
hand with lead q a six spot, dangerous move
Eli slipped in a seven, secured run Of three
and scored thTer points Sundhcrg paired and
two, and counted two more, POINTS At thr end Of
this hand the score stood; .SundberC, 80, md
Ellis Ell IA Sn Th,s %rs very niGh glayicS in points
made The wagers ran in horses pistols, acres
Of land III, hup, ming outfits and cattle There wns
ahead y E NS'u gun winner AZ S"S' Ven points
On the third handling Of the cards, and they
the turn'up Of the crib was ten spot Sundhcrg
held three sif 1,S spots and ming When the cards
The Deputy. ShrTd's Indian horse drew his lariqt-
pin at this lnnc'nre and made across the rrHirie.
ns sd S Ss as f0 f ID
the side to teach him better manners The Deputy
also. IN show bis possession Of the animal shot
Il through the left ear and the game went on.
The sun was making the western sky look
as u the heavens were afirr when the score pegs
Of the two players stood at q ll2 each, and there
were but nine points 10 BE- PLAYED for one q the
other To be the winner. Sundhcrg held the crib
and deal situation not altogether 10 his liking.
Ellis was certain 10 have the FIRST count, Ai"I
the discard Sundbcrg held In his hand nine
spot, deuce, a Sven and a ten-as nasty com
hination as any cribhagc player ever cares TO hold
Ellis, sngulahy enough, held also nine, deuce,
a seven and ven. Such things happen In crib
bage once every ten MILL years
The card turn-up was nye spot Ellis led
his deuce and IL was paired by Sundherg, who
thus made two points. Ellis then led his ten,
and that was paired by Sundherg, who made
two more points The next card Of Fills was
a s~vcn. giving him Thirty -onr-two. and two
Sundberg led with his seven and Ellis added
a nine 10 It. Sundterg pa red the nine and gn ned
a count for last card, which mad his eight POI II
in all or a total Of 100 Ellis countcd his hand
and found that IL held in points Iusitwo Sundlerg
counted and held in his hand two points. which
gave him the game and located the site Of Good
Hope on the banks OF the River Goose.
II Is immatrrial 10 the story that in the end
the town Of Good Hop was never laid out For
a long time, though, in ,hc tales Of the territory
this game Of T image held a place. The peg
holes WEIR In sight for many a day and were often
pointed out 10 "tendcrie.t" from the Fss, cone To
see tho banana belt The man from McCau
lryyle. lost his mich cows ano, another man
his horsa. Some land changed hands and con.
adorable money. In all there were involved
In the outcome Of the game about Q thousand
dollars worth Of wageS.