Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-14

Sir ohm Fender of London. The late
fEber Fl. Bly, was the pioneer OF the.
hotel business along the line of the
/ Northern Pacific railroad, and at the
time Of its building preceded civiliza-
tion with hotels at Fargo, Bismarck and
/ Medora. The house at the latter place
was indifferently styled Pyramid Park
or Little Missouri"
Until the purchase Of the cantonn1ent
by Gorringe and Fender the town lay
i dormant. 1t consisted of the hotel, log
icantonment and two or three wooden.
shacks-this was the condition in the
5Ispring Of 1883 Then for time Pyra-
mid Park arose from its sack-cloth and
ashes to new life, for Theodore Roose-.
j welt and Marquis de Mores appeared
Ion the scene These two in ternpera
ment and ideas were the antithesis of
leach other. This was especially marked
1 in their personal appearance. Hence,
while oiitWardly friendly the time
i spent in the Bad Lands was really an
q armed truce between them. De Mores
q was tall, broad-shouldered, thin-waist-
led, broad hipped and Realistically hand
Isome of face with all the SAVIOR faire
of the educated, accomplished noblenlen
Iof the regime. Roosevelt was then
much Simmer, and in every way he is
much improved now He was young
widoWer and very lonely and unpopu-
/ lar outside Of the few with whom he
consorted. He bought a ranch and
brought in a bunch of states cattle.
Il The cold facts are that the Marquis
q had scripted his water rights. The
Roosevelt cattle were accustomed to the
sights of barns and outhouses, and in
cold weather loved the sight of CHM
/ ney smoke These cattle had all been
winter fed before brought into the
country and were not accustomed to
rustic, and when the snow and intense
cold came refused to leave the out
buildings and would return from the
,. hills and draws as soon as left by the
. cowboys At the end of the second
year when the remnant of the bands
, brought in by Roosevelt were rounded
UP and sold the attendant loss
was great The truth is that Roose-
welt as cattle man was a rank
!, failure, and would have been
7 quoted as such had he not after
: wards risen to his present heighths
Fortunately for the nation. Roosevelt
returned to the east-and politics-and
: rightfully occupies the position of the
. peoples leader and idol That he was
unsuccessful then in no way detracts
from his making a great political sue
cess. The Marquis adventures lin the
!. end, went the same way, only he spent
: more time in the country and lost more
money. He originally came to Medora
with the idea Of purchasing the can.
tonments belonging to Gorringe anc
: pender and to ascertain whether Or moi
E it would be profitable to the ranches
and the country. ~
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At that time Commander Gorringe
had achieved fame and cnotoriety b,
bringing from Alexandria, Egypt tt
: New York City the obelisk known a:
Cleopatra's Needle, which now: stand:
in the main circle Of Central park.
The Marquis spent money like water
. Je%n -taI +1o - &c IL,
= river, which he named for his wife
--Medora.. She was Miss Medor;
Van Hoffman, daughter of wealth.
banker who lives in New York City
built a large residence at Medora wher,
Madam de Mores joined him ant
: where open house was kept for. hi
friends. The travelled, titled foreigne
!. was much in evidence, and hunting
parties, in season, common. Packina
houses were built and many residence
:. for the working men erected. Thu
county seat, Medora was also established
at this time and is still the county seat
The town boasted a paper which Dor,
4 eilS SupIiOliSOuS tIdiIlC OIt tlle ~ DdQ LdIlQ
Cowboy. The paper was in its wa,
unique With only handful of sub
scribers it was paying sheet, for ever,
ranchman and cattle man in the sur
rounding country published his brant
and paid liberal subscription. Abou
this time. was established the Medor;
stage line. It ran from that town t.
Deadwood in the Black Hills and at on,
time a branch line on the Northern Pa
eific was planned and came near be-
ling built but later all these plans wer.
dropped when the Marquis plans wen
aWry. Why they went wrong is no
in the scope Of this paper to explain
Suffice to say that only a year ago tn,
refrigerating plant and packing house.
were burned to the ground. The HON,
now stands and is esSnpied by Nv
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