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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28

bank accounts and financial standing
bear witness.
Farming has not been entirely re-
elected by the ranchers, but, owing
to the distance from market, the grain
has been consumed where it was rails.
ed. As early as 1883 the Northwest
Magazine spoke of the Knife river
as attracting settlement" In the
eastern part of the county and in the
Knife river valley more farming has
been done than farther west, but
there stock raising has been the great
source of wealth.
Settlers In Eastern Dunn
Among the prosperous older set
| tiers of the eastern part of the coun
ty, who are residents still, are ]. K.
Slack, Erland Paulson, the Keyseths
and Hansens of Marshall, H. w. Brad
meyer, Paul liner Capt. H. Sieverts,
Aft Olafson, Ole Christensen, John
Riemer, Sam Juel, Dick Dohrmann,
I H. f. Tyler, Jim Wilson, Ed. Part
; ridge, Fred Ableman, John Gunwall,
Henry Myran, Sam Vaughan and liver
| Ingbutson.
Crops in 1907
In 1907 the yield of oats at the Ow-
ems ranch was 5000 bushels and at
the Eyer ranch about the same. A
nearby homesteader raised in 1907
| from 20 acres 1903 bushels of oats by
weight Ben Collins of Collins, last
season raised 1900 bushels of fax
from 100 acres and in 1906, his first
year farming, he raised 5000 bushels
of grain. Mr. Collins feeds ais grain
at home and takes it to market in
| the form of large porkers, having at
his ranch now 40 hogs, which acreage
over 400 pounds.
First White Child
According to the Press files the
first white child born in the count,
was son to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Brennan, born at Kildeer, January u,
4 1885.
| Kildeer was visited in 1893 by PAR
ties prospecting for gold. but arpar-
4 emily they did not meet with sue
cess
Il Theodore Roosevelt made little
history FOL Dunn county. When living
at the Elkhorn ranch, 80 miles north
!. of Medora, sneak thieves s. z: his
) boat and went down the river with 1T
Deputy Sheriff Roosevelt started II
hot pursuit, overlook then: not ia,
. form Kildeer, and arrested them. The
, same energetic fearlessness standing
: him in good stead then as deputy
sheriff and rancher as it does now as
president of the United tSates.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28

LEGATION has been made for post
Office at Manning in section 6-143-95,
which will be supplied from Dickin-
son.
At Halliday John Bang has good
general store; Ole Peterson has a
store at the Rockspring postofhce;
Cuskelly Bros do heavy business at
Oakdale; and the Fayette Mercantile
Co, at Fayette, well supply the needs
of a large number of customers.
Early History
A little early history may not be
uninteresting.
About 1882, the idea of securing the
removal of the capital from Yankton
in the extreme southeastern part of
the then territory of Dakota, began
to be agitated. 1t was first proposed
to make Aberdeen the capital, if any
change was to be made Western
North Dakota did not then amount to
much, at least in the eyes of any but
her own people. All the territory
west of Morton county, extending
from Ft. Berthold to Pierre, was in
cluded in the county of Howard. b..
A. Williams of Bismarck, Alex. Nc
J Kenzie and Geo. P. Flannery took up
the capital matter in earnest and got
the, Northern Pacific interested in a
financial way to such an extent that,
when the capital once began to move
from Yankton, it was kept on wheels
until it reached Bismarck; and, al
though Aberdeen pulled hard for it,
she was not able to stop it or move
it. Once located at Bismarck, Yank-
ton put up hot fight and got out an
Injunction, and it was at that stage
of the game that the great county of
Howard was divided and the present
western North Dakota counties, in.
Guiding, Flannery, now, Williams, Bu-
ford, Alfred and Wallace, now includ-
ed in Others, were formed with the
idea Of giving greater Importance and
Vi
political strength to Bismarck as the
+ capital J. P. Dunn, mayor Of Bis
marck, had the honor OF perpetuating
his name in that Of Dunn county.
The t squlIy Expedition
Many Of our readers are already
familiar with the expedition Of Gen
eral Sully against the Indians in 1864,
in which At. Crowl Of. this city took
part, having enlisted in the 9Th Mimi
infantry. Starting from st. Paul in
the spring, the soldiers proceeded in
to the Dakotas, establishing TT. Rice
on the Missouri river, abandoned
some years since, and at Kildee1
mountain = Oakdale in July was
fought the principal battle of the cam.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28

the former hunters were directed to
gathering and shipping buffalo bones.
While not all came from Dunn county,
1t may interest our readers to know
that on June Z, 1884, Beckett & Foote
had shipped that season 100000
| pounds of bones and rs tons were
later shipped in one week. In some
of these bones arrow heads were
found embedded, showing that Indian
! aim had laid that monarch of the
plains low All this cleared the way
| for what has since been the most pro-
| fitable. and the leading industry of
Dunn county-stock raising.
Curious Petrifactions
In May, 1888, E. F. Messersmith
| and Sam Bierline put few young cat
| tie on the south side of Kildeer noun
tain, locating on the site of the old
Indian village. This was an ideal
ranch, Il location, with fine shelter in
| the timber and good water from a
| spring falling four or five leet from a
coal vein. When Mr.. Messersmith To-
Gated there, Indian relics of all kinds
were numerous and among the curl
osities found was petriied buffalo
! head lodged in an arm of an alkali
creek. Hair was still visible around
| the base of one horn, but all else had
turned to stone. A similar petrifac-
ton was found in 1900 on Knife river
by L. A. Watkins. Dead Mans Gulch
was named by MIR. Messersmith, who
/ found there human skeleton, but
whether white nan or Indian nobody
knew. How Hungry Mans Butte re-
] ceived its name is well known to all
old timers, who well remember the
hungry man." In "a w. L. Crosby
! purchased the Messersmith-Bier
ranch, since known as the Diamond
c.. Mr. Messersmith went on further
west, where for several years he main
tanned a ranch always with profit.
i stockmen's Paradise
L i. . ! . H. .
! George and August Edgar Beisigl
were. among. the first to put cattle in
Dunn county. Henry Edgar. having
charge of them at first and later Chas.
Colgrove, and JEFF. Med Donald held cat.
tie there for H. I. Dickinson. In "a
George Gibbs, now in California, and
i Joe. BRAY. hunted through Dunn corn.
4 ty and in. IS located there, having d
;. few. horses. at what is now Palmer's
place atsthe ..big spring on Crooked
creek That year there was large
influx Of cattlemen into Dunn county
Among them were the Chases, Geo
Frye, Cuskelly Bros, J. Granteer, Geo
B Bacon, Jap. Hoist, Dan Manning, III
c. Christensen, A. H. Arnett, Jim
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28

Converse, R. Jensen and Chris Ander-
son. Captain Brown, on the Anton
Sadowsgy place, was well-known
character at that time.
Old Timers
George Rand in 'S5 built the first
house at Indian Springs and kept
there way-house for travellers, as
did Ed. Dodd a year or two later. Of
late years it has been the property
of A. C. McGillivray and the home of
his famous Polled Angus cattle. Tom
Fishers ranch is few miles east.
In "a and 'S5 Charles Trask and
Robert Fuller were located on creek
since known in their honor as the
Charlie Bobb creek. In 'S6 Mr.. Trask
started a ranch at what is now Fay
ette About the same time Tim Rand
all took the Dickinson cattle and the
ranchmen were reinforced by the
coming of the Connolly Bros, Muir
ply Bros, John Friesch, Reynolds
Bros, A. N. Jefferies and Mr.. Sperry.
W. L. Richards came from Texas in
'85, but it was not until '89 that he
went as manager to the Diamond
C" in Dunn county. Robert Wilcox
joined the ranks in 80, and the Sadow-
, skys have been prominent cattle rails
ers for many years.
The Knife River Valley
| On Knife river at the Manning
Christensen ranch trail crossing,
where the new county seat of Manning
is located, Jim Colgrove was first to
| locate. Later the ranch was ownei
by Sandy Robinson and Jack Will
liams A. G. Elstrom later purchased
it and was one of the first to come
in from outside and purchase ranch
improvements. He sold to the Owens
Land & Cattle Co., who own it at
the present time.
Upon the hill northwest of the new
town of Manning and overlooking il
and the fertile valley of the Knife, al.
| the graves of four of Sully's picke(s
who were surprised and murdered b.
the Indians one night when in camp
there. Their comrades buried the:,
on the top of this hill and enclose
the graves with a stone wall, a par
! of which still remains.
Another prosperous rancher is L
Eyer. who, with his son, have thei
home down Knife river a few mile
from the Owens ranch
! Hard Wintsr 6f 'se and 's7
The winter of 's6 and 81 was !,
hard one and serious setback tt
many of the ranchers, but the majorit.
continued in the business and thu
they have succeeded their presen
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28
(First publication Jan. %, 1eos)
Notice and Citation, Hearing of Fina
Account and Distribution of

1
Estate
| State of North Dakota, county Of
Burleigh
In county court, before Hon. M. J..
Mckenzie, judge.
In the matter of the estate of Eben
H. BLY,, deceased.
Harriet S. Bly,, petitioner, VS. all
persons interested. respondents.
The state of North Dakota to the
above named respondents:
You, the said all persons interest
ed, are hereby notified that the final
account of the executrix of the will of
Eben H. Bly,, late of the city of Bis
marck, in the county of Burleigh and
state of North Dakota, deceased, has
been rendered to this court, therein
showing that the estate of said de-
ceased is ready for final settlement
and distribution, and petitioning that
her account be allowed, the residue
of said estate be distributed to the per-
sons thereunto entitled, her admins
tration closed and she be DISCHARGED.
that Saturday. the 4th day of March,
A. D.. 1908, at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon of that day, at the court rooms
of this court in the court house, in the
city of Bismarck, county of Burleigh,
and state of North Dakota, has been
duly appointed by this court for the
settlement thereof, at which time and
place any person interested in said
estate may appear and file his excep-
tons, in writing, to said account and
petition and contest the same
And you, the above named respond
ents, and each of you, are hereby Cit
ed and required then and there to be
and appear before this court, and show
cause, if any you have, why said ac-
count shall not be allowed, the resi-
due of said estate distributed, the ad-
ministration of said estate closed and
said executrix be discharged
Dated the Gath day of January, A.
D., 1908.
By the court:
(SeaD NJ j. MCKENZIE,
Judge of the County Court.
w. H. Stutman,
Attorney for ExecutriX
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28
Heading In" After His Relative

Heading In. After His Relative
The H. s. Massingham who is re-
ported as being arrested at Billings
charged, with forgery was formerly in
the painting business here, under the
firm name of Massingham & Anderson,
but left here over a year ago. He has
relatives in this county and it is claim.
ed that one of them is in the peniten-
tiary at Bismarck. So far as known
Massingham has not been in trouble
before, but when Anderson closed up
the business here there were some
creditors left to mourn his loss.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28

pa1gn After marching all night, Sui
ly's men, in the early morning, came
In from the east and surprised the
big Indian village on the south slope
OF Kildeer mountain. The Indians
fled precipitately over the mountain
north, leaving behind them in their
mad flight all their. camp parapher.
MALTA. ,sully lost six men in this bat
tie who are buried at Kildeer noun
tain. In the eighties, when a ranch
was established on the site of the In
dian camp and battle-ground unex-
Iploded shells and solid shot were found
in the bank and teepee poles, arrow
heads and cooking utensile in abund-
ance. Among the latter were brass
kettles which the Indians had stolen
from settlers in their Minnesota raids.
Sully's expedition, led by Blackfoot
guide, were the first white men to
traverse the famous Bad Lands, after
which they returned in the fall to st.
Paul.
Up to 'S2 and 'S3 Dunn county was
known to white settlers only as a
good hunting ground The volume
I. files of the Dickinson Press are full
of references to the incoming of hunt
ing parties. Joe. Bray and George
Rand are among those noted as bring.
ing in large loads Of deer and elk meat
in 1883. J. H. Colgrove and Charles
Angel had their feet badly frozen on
the buffalo range in 81. Beckett &
Foote are also mentioned in connec.
tion with the procuring and shipping
of hides. Dickinson became in 1883
a great center for the hunters and a
shipping point for hides, horns and a
little later bones.
In the Press of that year is told the
pathetic story of the wanton slaugh
ter of the buffalo. A Bozeman party
contracted for 10000 buffalo hides to
be delivered at Dickinson, and we
read that on June End, 5000 hides
were brought in; on June 9th, 81 OK
teams brought in hides, the weeks
record being 1000. Beckett &Edgar's
teams brought in 1000 hides in July
And so the war Of determination went
on. In the fall Of, the same year came
reports FROM Kildeer that parties were
slaughtering deer for the hides alone
leaving the carcasses on the prairie
and 1T was suggested that the law i'm
posing a fine of $25' and maximum
fine OF $500 be enforced.
4 The Last Of the Buffalo
| We find in the record of the follow
ing year little or no mention of buf
falo huntington the buffalo were nc
more-and note that the activities Of
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28
suing FOR. TAXES
PURCHASER OF LAND HAS HARD
LUCK TRYING TO RECOVER FOR
BACK TAKES HE PAID.

Friday the case if William Baehm
against Roy Kuntz was IN trial be.
fore Justice Kennedy, having been
brought there on a change of venue
from Justice Thurston. s.j
It seems that some time ago Viii.
liam Baehm bought some land from
Kuntz, Baehm getting warranty deed
It developed later that about seventy
dollars OF back taxes stood against
the land which Baehm paid and for
the recovery OF which this action was
brought. AS the wife Of the defend.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28
Jim Is a Democrat

The statement has been made in
some of the papers that Attorney
James Campbell is candidate for
judge on the republican ticket. He
wishes this statement corrected as it
is not true, for the reason as he
states, that he is now democrat, has
always been democrat, and as far
as he knows at this time will always
be democrat.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28

ant signed the deed, but not having
been made party defendant, it was
the contention of the defendants at.
torney that the action should be dis
missed, which contention was sus
tanned by the justice.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28
Made a Skatinu Rink

By the bursting of hydrant on Third
avenue northwest, which flooded the
street an open air skating rink has
been started and as it is free to all
it is greatly enjoyed by the .youngs.
tiers.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28
Pig Cases Continued

The cases brought against Alexand,
er Fraelich and Joe. Winbauer for
blind pigging have been continued,
Fraeiich's until Tuesday afternoon an:
Winbauers until Thursday.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28
Very likely.

John.
We'll, what is it now he growled.
When Rudyard Kipling whote that
poem about a bear that walks like a
man. dent yon think he must have had
Fcp I'd ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28
PERSONAL

John Singletary, w. E. Martin and
E. H. Dreveskracht were in Bismarck
yesterday.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28

the southern part of the county as
witnesses
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-28
Here's 4 Starter.

The prudent jokesmith will begin his
Christmas shopping jokes early this
rear
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11
MOTORISTS WAGER $4,000 ON THE
LOS ANGELES TO PHOENIX RACE

m HE Los Angeles-Phoenix race is
a certainty. The entry of three
l. cars has been announced and
there is the possibility of more before
the entries close.
An additional Interest in the event
will be $1,000 wager made last night
by F. c. Fenner president of the
White garage, and r. j. .Leavitt, head
of the new Locomobile agency. Mr..
Leavitt declared his intention of en-
tering a Loco and the side bet of $1,000
was made with Mr.. Fcnner.
AS a result of this wager all con-
cerned have forgotten talks of handi-
caps and it will be race from start
to finish with no stops.
Mr.. Leavitt. who is a new conner IN
the local field, and Mr.. Fenner met
last night at local hotel. Talk Oh
the race arose.
II am willing to eEter." said Mr..
Leavitt, 'but | do not like the idea of
racing a high price car that distance
for a suver cup. 1 would like to wager
$1,000 as side bet"
With a clap of the hand Mr.. Fenner
accepted the wager and with that
three starters in the 450-mile race
across mountains and desert is as
sured.
Mr.. Shelter. who has entered a Kas-
sci Kar, has posted his entry money.
The others will deposit the fee with
John S. Mitchell, the local representa-
tive for the event, this week.
The race promises to be one of the
noteworthy events in western motor
ing history. The three cars alone,
should there be no more starters, as
sures a keen interest and the contest
will be watched by the entire west.
Never was a road race planned over
such a course. There are deep sand,
steep mountains and the toughest of
roads.
Every motorist who has ever under
taken the trip has found pick and
shovel and block and tackle much
needed articles. 1t is a run which
tests the skill of the drivers as well
as the stability of the machines.
A, ]. Smith has expressed his in
tention of racing a 1905 Elmore.
Kar. Mr.. Leavitt and Mr.. Fenner
say they Will pilot their respective
cars. Fenner will be accompanied by
George Adair, we'll known locally.
Adair has participated in many rec
ord runs and is a thorough White
man.
1. That the race is to start at the
Hollenbeck hotel at midnight on No
vember 5, 1908: the cars starting thirty
minutes apart. choice of start to be
decided by Tipping a coin at exactly
fifteen minutes before midnight.
2. That the official route of the race
shall be as follows, towit: North on
Spring street to intersection of Main
street, thence north on Main street to
Eastlake park, thence south to Mission
road, thence east through the following
towns: Ell Monte, Puente, Pomona,
Ontario, Upland, Cucamonga, San Ber-
nardino, Beaumont, Palm Springs, In
dio, Mecca, Dos Palms, Chuckawalla
Springs, Ehrenberg, Quartzite, Salome,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11
BY FREDERIC PABsr

of ruts, and it was a severe test which
was often greater than fifty miles an
hour.
The Franklin made the first seven
teen miles to Norwalk in twenty-five
minutes and reached Santa Ana in
one hour and one minute. This was
six minutes behind the schedule as
prepared by Hamlin.
From Santa Ana to Capistrano IS
over a smooth road. over which both
cars touched the fifty-five mark. The
Franklin made the twenty four miles
in thirty-nine minutes. Despite the
stretch along the beach and the nu-
merous sharp turnsSipto the hills and
the gullies. in the ] country, the air
cooled car reeled = the next forty
miles from Capistrano to Oceanside in
in one hour and twenty-five minutes.
1t was along this stretch that Ham
lin decided to cut out for the former
one-way record His original intention
| had been to try for the round trip rec
| ord but when he was with his schedule
and running good, he decided to open
up and try for the one-way mark. The
| fifteen miles from Oceanside to Delmar
| was made in forty-three minutes. There
| is some difficult going in that section.
Out of Oceanside Hamlin lost five
minutes, but considered himself lucky
to get out of his difficulty with a short
near the fifty gait when he saw ahead
several men frantically waving their
arms. He slammed on the brakes and
the car came to a stop at the very
edge of a bridge which was being re-
paired. He was told that he couldn't
get over Hamlin took in the situation
at a glance, and seeing a small ditch
at one side decided he could get
through and wheeled his car into it.
In few second he was mired in an
alkali mudhole. The distress signal
was out, but Hamlin did not lost his
head for a second. Every minute was
! valuable and by a united effort the
four men succeeded in getting the car
out of the mud, and when told that
the machine was on a record run the
bridge repairers put some boards down
so the car could cross. The racer went
into San Diego without any further
trouble excepting a broken auxiliary
oil tank.
There was a stop of twenty-three
minutes at San Diego. AS Hamlin left
| for the dash up the valley the big
crowd cheered. He took the time to
congratulate Latham on his drive and
| then once more it became question of
counting the miles and the minutes.
After a speedy run up the long
stretch of asphalt pavement the car
dropped down the Hospital hill and
to his disgust Hamlin ran into a
plowed road. For three miles he was
| forced to make the slowest kind of
progress, going into the low gear in
places. Once out of the heavy going
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