The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-01
NORTH DAKOTA.
D. W. Fraker Tells What lie Saw Spend.
ing a Day at Devils Lake.

crs' Grain end Shipping Com
psny S Excursion to DEVILS Lake,
leaving Olmstcad, N. d., $50 a.
M, arriving at 10:30 u. IN, at
Great Northern Depot, Devils
Lake, and taking a car on the
Chatauqua railroad, we arrived
on the grounds, Sunday, July
l4th. Being an ideal day follow
ing refreshing showers during
the night before, one is in a phys
cal as well as psychi :al condition
to inject little rest and recrea-
tion IN through the pores where
the persplration oozed out during
the strenuous period of seed time
10 our locality here.
Nature has been busy ever
since the great "Ice Sheet''-pro.
verbal as well as geographically
demonstrated on the topography
of N D.-slld and melted away
to the northern sections of the
"Globe" and left the natural de
preston which makes the Lake
region known in all our geograph-
les, clothing the terraces of the
Lake shore with natural fauna
and flora, until now it stands on
the fringes of the lake as beau
tiful forest, respondent in trees,
grasses, ana flowers, in truth and
sentiment as in the songs of Hia
watha and Minehaha. Even these
woods hold few remaining
numbers Of our dusky aborigin-
es on the southern shore. Due
south of the now famous summer
res ort above mentioned, stands
the buildings and site of Fort
Totten, Indian reservation, which
tourists visit at this season Of the
year, oy crossing over from the
Chatauqua grounds by steamers
that ply on the Lake between the
two points on schedule time. Tie
regular as well as the popular
price is one Eagle Dollar round
trip, seven miles being the dis
tance between the two points
The grounds are laid out in regu
lar roadways and sylvan by paths
with substantial buildings for the
accommodation OF visitors, while
aside beautiful cottages have been
built on regular lots on the
grounds; also hundreds of tents
are erected each season to serve
as temporary quarters for faml-
lies camping for the season,
which, this year, began June goth
and closed July 10th.
Various amusement are enjoy
ed on week days; as Athletic Park
Shooting gallery, bathing build
lngs, with an excellent approach
to the lake, Merry go rounds
and other minor sports of an in
nocent nature abound on the
grounds; Grand band stand il
the celter of the grounds, an
auditorium holding 5000 specta
tors, commodlous hotel quarters,
refreshment rooms; also. temper
ary headquarters for military
troops during the State Militia s
annual encampment, of 3 battal
Ions of regulars, comprising 4
companies from Fort Lincoln,
miles west of Bismarck, overlook
ing the States capital and Mis-
souri, river, where the famous ex,
plorers, Lewis and Clark, winter
ed with the MAJ dan Indians, dur
ing the winter of 1904 -1805. Four
companies &, f, G., IL, commands
ed by Maj Steadman, were en-
camped with 500 Militia south OF
the Park in commodious quarter
Governor Burke, beng present
on Sunday, reviewed the troop,
on parade and drill Sunday even
ing at Z p. M. While the writer
and friend Hansen Byers, wer,
converslng with number of reg
ulars, were requested TO taxi
Major Steadman's and Governor
Burke's horses up to the parade
ground; so we arose to proml
nencevery rapidly as we rode al
the line to the camp ground annie
the cheers of perhaps 10000 spec
tators STRETCHED along the roat