Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-01-07
TRACY BANGS suescRlees.
Characteristic Letter From the Grand
Forks Attorney Who Wants, The
Tribune Sent to Him ION Sus-

~i'N
Forks Attorney Who Wants The
Tribune Sent to Him ION Sus-
picion.
The following letter from Hon.
Tracy r.. Bangs. of Grand Forks. in
answer to a Tribune circular, is char
octer;stic and worth preserving for fu-
trre generations:
Grand Forks, Jan. 5, 1903.-My Dear
Jewell: A few days g | re-
ceived a printed circular contain
ing a great deal of valuable in
formation. Among other things, that
The Tribune is the Oldest paper in
North Dakota. That back in the early
days, in the days when the husky
Sioux divided his time between the
chase of the believing bison and the
et~ong iimbed dusky maiden. a hardy
pioneer commenced the publication of
this paper at Bismarck. That later.
after the advancing civilization had
reached the Missouri the Daily Trib-
une was established. This was in 1881.
What The Tribune and The Tribune
editor had been living on from rs to
81 history doth not record, that is. it
hasn't yet. but if the Palladium keeps
on it probably will before the winter
is over. .
Another item CLEANED from this cir
cular is that The men of mighty brain
the statesmen of this great north
west who in their collective capacity
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law of this state, prohibition and
otherwise. will oon gather at the
capitol. and there without fear or
favor. without hope of reward, with
no actuating cause except a sincere
regard for the welfare of the people
will proceed to elect a United States
senator and tackle the mode of as.
sessment of railways. elevators and
other great corporations. Again the
circular says, that The Tribune
will Guido all previous efforts in GOV.
ering the official proceedings. learn
from your esteemed contemporary
that The Tribune has been most sue.
cessful in the past in not only cover
ing official proceedings but anything
else that "a within reach. and If it is
to Guido all previous efforts, the Lord
only knows what we may expect. And
then again, l read that the gossip OF
the lobby will be in The Tribune.
take it you have eschewed the mails
and we may expect our papers by
express.
But what convinced me more thar
ever that The Tribune was indis
pensable was to read that the debates
delivered by the orators who ~frequen,
the classic halls of the North Dakota
legislature will be published in The
Tribune. and l said to myself. "I will
send for the paper" But Their as
, read IN. | struck the point where
it is said 'The paper will be sent
postpaid for one dollar" and | thought
it meant cash. and as l realized thai
the reading of the circular had sim
ply raised my hopes and an~ticipations
r to dash them to the ground again.
threw it down in disgust and walked
away. Later. however. my eye caught
l the last two sentences, 'If yol
haven't funds convenient. pay wher
) you can. Send for the paper and le
us do the worrying and though
that was all right. A man who hat
l worried as much as you have of lat.
can't be injured by a little more. ant
, while / dislike to impose upon an,
one. | accept the suggestion ant
would ask YOU to kindly send a cop,
OF The Tribune to my address. alst
+ one to Charles NJ. Cooley, Gran,
: Forks. N. d., and some time. if l can
may pay you. Yours sincerely,
TRACY r. BANGS.
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