Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1902-08-29
THE 500 SUITS.
Slope People Pleased 1vttl. the
Ne,0 Rail,Ooy Line to the
Capital City.

urudy was SOGGen up III lew Gays, IL
was success In every way, and
the 500 officials and the people of Bis
marck deserve great credit for the
tact and energy which made last Sat-
urday's function a success. A good
sized party Of Emmons county folks
went to Braddock to take the first
passenger train over the Soo's Bis
marck extension. Promptly on time
the train pulled into Braddoek station.
There was long line of passenger
coaches, we'll filled, and about 100 peo.
pie got aboard at Braddock. Although
the weather was cloudy in the morn
ing, the clouds gradually, passed away,
just as frontier conditions are passing
from the Missouri Slope, and the day
was pleasant. although tri1e warm.
Probably no happier crowd has gath
cred for many day than was to be
found on the pioneer train. From as
far away as Minneapolis bad come
few who had taken advantage Of the
low rates to see the Missouri Slope as
it appeared during the harvest time,
and to visit the noted City that has
just arisen from its slumbers and for
a couple of years has been making gi,
ant strides toward the position Of
prominence which its location war;
rants. BUT the most enthusiastic Of
all the passengers were those from
stations within hundred or so miles
of Bismarck-pe0ple who for many
years had waited, and waited, and
waited" and who could hardly per-
suade themselves that iittwas not all a
dream, and that the end Of their hap
py trip would come by falling out
Of bed. And it did indeed seem odd
to those who for years ha,i travelled
the long and lonely journey to Bis
marck by team. A part Of the time
the train would pass over country
somewhat unfamiliar, and then would
swing across familiar trail or through
the farm of some old-timer whose
name for nearly score of years has
been a household word with ealry set
tiers in the Williamsport country and
other pioneer sections Of this county.
The grade is old and in most places
solid, as all but the recent repairs was
built in 1887, and the motion Of the
train was smooth and rapid.
| Bismarck was reached about ten
minutes ahead of time, and the crowd
disembarked to the music of the Lid
gerwood band, who were among the
excursionists. 81
| The writer had not been in Bismarck
for nearly two years, and the changed
appearance Of the town was revela.
tion to him. Solid, substantial stone
or cement sidewalks have taken the
place of the old ricketty wooden path.
that only a short time ago made bust
ness for the shoe dealers and CAUSED
many a goodly man Of the Slope to uss
unparliamentary langu guage. And thai
new depot, and the beautiful parl
around 1.-THE change must be seen t,
be appreciated.
All factional differences had been Al
least temporarily laid aside ly th'
Capital City folks, and all had worked
hard to make the occasion success
Every visitor who expressed himself
had a good word for the city and IT
people. Each inhabitant seemed Il
have constituted himself committe,
, OF one on entertainment. Even thos'
folks who claim the right to rang
their cows on the public streets hal
|, tied up their hossies for that pasticula
day, so that they might not hook th
country children or bite any estra
populist politician tho might happel
to,b be In town.
i The exercises opened with . gram
) procession Of military and citizens
Il We haven't space to describe the pm
! cesslon, but it would have done credi
a toa a city twice as large as Bismarck.
B After the parade the crowd gathere
= at the speakers stand. Mayor Re1
n Lister, in well-chosen language, We
VI coined the excursionists TO the cit,
+ Col. Plummer, the sllyer-tongue
sI orator of North Dakota, was the prir
ell cipal speaker Of the day. The piozrel
l.lof the Missouri Slope was 9 gran