The Dickinson press., 1904-09-24
Early North Dakota Mention Of Roosevelt.

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Forum the copy Of the Bad Lands Cow
Boy Of Aug. 7, 1884, sent at that time to
the Marquis de Mores. 1t was Vol: |,
No. II, published at Little Missouri. with
the p%ostofiee at Medora, and A. T.
Packard was the editor. One OF the first
advertisements in this paper was Of the
the proprietor. 1t was located at Bel
field and it was in those days that Mr..
Bass secured the reputation of being
languages. He has since reformed and
is now the chief immigration agent for
the Great Northern Railroad Co.
The First National Bank of Mandan
had an ad in the issue and H. r. Lyon
was then the president as he is today.
]. A. Ferris was running a general store
at Little Missouri.
The Hotel de Mores was operated by
G.. w. Fitzgerald at Medora.
The Northern Pacific Railroad had a
| general store at Little Missouri and had
a column advertisement in regard to
| the bargains offered thereat.
Peter Malloy ran the Western House
at Little Missouri.
There were over ten columns of local
advertising in the paper. Among these
there were brands Of Custer Trail Cattle
Co., with Howard Eaton as the manager,
and he was also in charge of the Badger
Cattle Co.
The Northern Pacific Refrigerator
Car Co. advertised three different brands
while E. G. Paddock had a facimile oil
his cattle and horse brands.
The editor tells of a recent trip made
overland to Deadwood and the develop,
ment in that region, and at that time So.
Smith was the mayor.
Several large stockmen united in
reward of $3.50 for information leading
to the arrest of any person for setting fire
to the grass in the western section OF the
state.
A local item in this issue of The Cow
Boy reads as follows:
1--WE received a very pleasant call from
Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, las
Monday. He has established another
ranch about thirty miles down the river
stocked it and put it in charge Of VIM
Seawall and VIM. Mellow. He intends
soon taking a long hunt in the Big Horr
region" -,
It was evident that Mr.. Roosevelt!
presence in the territory was causing
CONSERVATION and some Of the politicians
became afraid that he intended to rur
as a delegate in congress against Capt
!. B. Raymond, as will be noticed by tn
following item taken from the editoria
columns:
"The a%stuteness of some Of our ex
changes verges on omniscience. Tn
latest we have seen, however Is tn
chief. Two or three papers have fount
out the true reason OF Theodore Roose
velt's visit to the Bad Lands-that h
will make a strong fight for congress il
our present delegates place. If an,
common sense had been used by tn
writer's of the articles referred to, the,
would see that the principal reason TO
Mr.. Roosevelt's presence here is to &c
away from politics altogether. Othe
reasons, are, that he has a large amour
of money invested in cattle here, ant
that he enjoys hunting more than tn
dirt of New York's political mud puddle.
There is another item in the issue a
hand, which is a portion of an interview
with Mr.. Roosevelt which appeared il
The New York Tribune and which show
that in those days he was a close observe
of human nature as he is today. Thi
quotation is as follows:
The cowboys are a much misrepre
sented set of people. tits a popular i'm
preston that when one goes among then
he must be prepared to shoot. But thi
is a false idea. have taken part will
them in rounding up, have eaten, slept
hunted and herded cattle with them
and have never had any difficulty. !
you choose to enter rum shops with then
or 20 on drinking sprees with them it j
as easy to get into difficulty out there a
it would be in New York, or anywher
else. But if a man minds his own bust
ness and at the same time shows that h
is fully prepared to assert his rights
he is neither a bully nor a coward ant
keeps u OF places in which he has n
business to be, he will get along as wei
a. in Fifth Avenue. l have found then
a most brave and hospitable set of men
There is no use in trying to be overbear
ing with them for they won't stand thu
least assumption of superiority yet Their
are many places in our cities where
should feel less safe than l would amonl
the widest cowboys of the west"