Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-14

! gan his literary career while resi-
dent of North Dakota In his Hunt
ing Trips of Ranchman.'
In Barnes county there is little
! town called Dazy. but how many of
you know that it takes its name from
it's former illustrious citizen. Chas.
l.. Darcy. now famous playwright,
author of AN American King,
THAT Girl From Texas" I'm Old Ken
lucky" 1.-The Suburban Home Folks,
etc. He had more or less extensive
interests in our state at one time. as
to my knowledge he was possessed OF
some town lots in my old town Of
Bathgate.
Rev. Wilson, a Presbyterian minis
ter. who some years ago delighted a
federation audience by his Indian stor
les, at one time took up his residence
at Mandan with the avo"ed purpose
Of studying and preserving the Indian
legends of that vicinity. He has EN-
bodied the results in a book.
Mrs. Cheney of jamestown, has won
many prizes as short story writer.
Ruth kimball Gardner, former
Fargo girl, is doing some splendid
work now in the way of fiction.
But by far the greatest literary Gen.
ter of our state has been this Slope
country where we now stand Of which
Bismarck is the head and center. For
some reason, just why, | know not,
Bismarck has seemed to be the liter
airy center of our young state, the
Boston or Concord, as we might call
it, in a rough way. Has it been that
something in the nature of the coun-
try. a prairie with undulating hills,
blue misted, surrounding the valley
Of the lazy, wandering Missouri, has
given more of an impetus to the ar
tistic, beauty loving sense than have
our more level and fertile valleys?
Has more of romance centered here
where military post and military life
and adventure have lent color to an
otherwise prosiac life? Has the very
hurry and engrossing character of the
more productive gold winning life
precluded the life of poetry and song ?
The Slope was rich in Indian lore
and the Indian life with it's adventure
and vicissitudes; in tales of pioneer
hardship, struggle and victory, but so
too. is the valley of the Red. From
some or all Of these causes the Mis-
souri, valley has had more seeing eyes
and cunning hands to chronicle and
interpret to us it's life. | shall speak
of her writer's in two classes. first,
those who were associated with the
Tribune, and who wrote tales there
because it was their vocation to write
and, second, of her other writers who
simply took up the pen to chronicle
and preserve what was passing before
them.
The Tribune was founded by Col
Lounsberry, but has for most of its
life been under the editorship of Mr.
Jewell TO him, still prominent
citizen of our state we owe great
debt of gratitude. Mr.. Jewell has
not only brought to our state many
able writer's who have served upon
his editorial corps, but he has him
self, with his own pen, maintained Z
high standard of editorial writing.
understand that he has had under
consideration the plan of writing {
history of our state, which, If carried
out, will giev us a worthy history
both because he, through his exten
sive knowledge of the subject anC
his opportunities for gathering data
will produce an authentic chronicle
and because he will also clothe il
with the literary style and polish O.
which he has already given large evi
dence. AS the head Of the chic
Capital City daily paper has al
ways gathered about him a staff o
able writer's. From this office wen
out the late Kirke La Shelle to be
come dramatic critic on the Chicago
Herald, and now we'll known to you
as the famous playwright who has Civ
en- to us The Armeer," 1.-THE Prin