The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-30

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FIX heodors Roosevelt has dess
INNS lf and in own
aaiss II tins Gsonsedu ent1y the CITE
szets Ms lttl ii tow puiatiou
ttil and m etfopolts OF
s3nIi I'll Forth DaKot natu7
RIM FseT 1Srottis md are taking on
IfsS ae IS seyp ense Of New York
flere Ieresid len Swas born,
mere he has his
ssi Eat S North Dakota, one
ggst sfates of the Union,
fedora title frontier village
ears old, have seem
ct zen e1ected to the P res
ADJ the United States;
osloreS roosevelt was q man of
hen he first came out
Bad Iands Of the Little M fsso,l-
IA rath eI3tsSl &countr Ihen.
settled by catt lemen and
che Northern Pacific rail-
"a cen put llrodgh it.
tfes farther vest ian this point. Lit.
sfissnuri just across the river OF
sha anne name vas "a typical West
Roosevelt wentIint the
b1siness and 4 had two ranches
lIkhorns about 20 miles down
and he NJ altese Cross about
1aSniiIes above. Here he the usual
he catt 1eman and cowboy,
the range going on the animal
NJ Ipin 81 to brand calves
Its. and sto break the bounding
oranss ts5 IS to- II of him that he
hand and played
every hing that went on,
work, however hard
agreeab1 and there were
tImes fhen life Of the cowbov
pro per1y be termed "a
Iife..ss 8 matter what the
hgrs and the ere S som etimes very
eathers IN Il his blizzardbitten re-
he cowboy must be in the sad
die dosing after he herds on the.
pgairtes q. he travis and coulees
lands
Marquis de- Mores,
snobI eman since murdered by
ToIaregs Of Northern Africa,
out here and started the town
Little missouri. The town across the
passed out Of existence. De
aores bTiilt zi;5 large beef-packins
and intended to ship dressed
sect The East, rather than on the
There was some hitch in tho
for the great plant was i:.-
tien1oresth ian put into operation when
lts as shut down and still stands a
choEy monument to busine ::
Characterization But Medora was
NE town while the Marquis mones
Efass being spent, and Theodore Roose-
geI was one of he active figures of
khe section. He attended the dances
toWn, mad e Fourth of July
speeehes. acted as deputy sheriff
md arrested certain marauders,
& br5i and sold cattle, hunted, and
The material for those expert
ssnces So interestingly told in his
Hunting Trips of a Ranchman-
to the East he entered
publ Iife and was in a neasure
rom the Bad Lands. But he
occasiona always receiv-
S5 Engs nm welcome, his last visit be
spring OF 300 when on his
way to the elf G coast. Tie ranch 4
came m for miles around. there
b public reception in the MARQUIS
de lore Old storercom, and a pho
took a, picture ofzthe Pres
u fdsn SURF bundled by lis old friends,
eopie which are to be seen in
ranch along the Little Mis-,
n
hat he President was popular
the people all over the West
most convincingly set forth by
he recent election: That he had no
stronger hold upon their affections
& yvyEere than in Billings county,
va North Dakota. is told by the returns
4 Bill ngs county is as large in area as
some Eastern States, but is only
sparsely settled. The total vote cast
Is 9or President was 2e3. of which Theo
sa lore r. Roosevelt received 256 and AL