Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-01
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had not seen a newspaper man at all.
h He said there had been no shortage
Of fuel for more than day, notwith-
standing the tales to the effect that
the schools had to be closed and that
the people had to go from house to
house at night in parties in order to
economist on oil He did not believe
these stories would injure the state
as there is land to be had here for
nothing or for song and there was
all kinds of money to be made in this
section, and that would draw the peo-
pie.
No Loss in Morton.
G. L. Zimmerman of Mandan, in
dorsed all that Mr.. Frye had said as
to conditions west of the Missouri
river. He had considerable stock out
through the storms and they were in
as prime condition as stock is in this
section any winter, There had been
no loss in Morton county beyond the
usual per cent in the winter time. He
knew of some families that had a
rather strenuous time simply because
they We're too shiftless to take their
teams and go to the mines for coal
but preferred to wait until they were
out OF it before making the trip. He
had no sympathy for this class as they
were urged time and again to protect
themselves, and this was the class
4 which made the roar when storm
came along and tied them up. The
rural mail carriers had not missed a
trip during the winter; he had seen
much worse winter weather in other
countries but had never seen so fine
February as this has been, and that
he had not lost a single head Of sheep,
which was very unusual in any coun-
try in the winter time &
People Too Prosperous.
Ex-senator Martin jacobson of
Minot, said the only people in Ward
county who suffered for the lack Of
fuel were those who lived close to
the many coal mines in that county
and depended upon getting coal as
they needed it. and these people were
not distressed to any great extent.
We have been too prosperous said
Mr.. Jacobson. Long before the win
ter came the railroads were congested
with the wonderful flow of golden
grain from the prairies of North Da-j
kota and when the unusual snow came.
the low temperature, and the unex-
pected demand for snow bucking ap-
pHances it was simply Impossible for
the roads to open their lines and keep
them open. Shortage Of cars and not
the weather was the principal cause
for the fuel shortage and the conse-
quent scare that spread ali over the
state. The weather bureau states the
average fall Of snow for the entire
state for the whole winter up to the
close OF January was only a little
over twelve inches, and much of that
had melted before January. That
there was not more loss Of life is re-
markable considering the distances
between farmhouses in this new coun-
B try The fact of the matter is the
81 people were more scared than hurt
and imagined a lot Of things which
never came to pass
Hauled Hay Every Day.
g. Loerch OF Steele, said there
was only one day In the entire winter.
that his man did not haul hay from
Quite a distance from his ranch. Cat
tie had done well and the rural mail
carrier had not missed day and had
been late but four times. There was
no suffering of any kind.
]. 2. Tanberg OF Driscol1, said there
had been no suffering or shortage Of
food or fuel in Burleigh county. One
I man, he said had died Of heart failure
in his shack and some bright party
t.s5y IlSs ~
had reported it was case OF freezing
to death. The country mails had
come and gone without a skip all win
\ ter, even in the hardest storms.
r. Larson Of Wilton, told Of the
suffering in the early days OF Iowa and
said every new state had to go
through just SO much tribulation, and
yet the lands In the older states were
4 now over hundred dollars per acre,
Z the hard luck stories evidently not
having hurt them.
Q. Renesland Of Belfeld, said that
4 q few days ago he had received re-
vised lists Of land holdings from east
ern parties and that they were in
variably higher than last year, which
showed that t1,asa land omn r,r::, I,r,7