The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-29

near Bismarck, and still another near
Kildeer mountain, north Of Dickinson.
With the aid of one or two old timers
who participated in the marches to
these battle grounds, the society is
seeking to make definite the extent of
the battle fields and the line of march.
Eventually there may be state re-
serves of these grounds. The route of
Custer from Fort Lincoln through the
western part Of the state has never
been permanently marked, although
this could be done without great diff
flcult and may be done shortly.
And in this connection, 1t is worthy
of note that Buffalo Bill" whose last
appearance in this section was as a
messenger to Sitting Bull, at shortly
before the time the old medicine man
was killed in 1890, and who was called
off after he had arrived here to set out
on his mission, is making his first tour
of the state as a Snowman. Bill was
thought to have great influence with
Bull, and to be a good man to find
and convince the wildly old warrior
that the motives of the white men
were peaceful. But it was at last de-
cided that his mission might seriously
miscarry and Bill did not make the
trip. And shortly afterward an at
tempt at Bulls arrest led to riot
among the Indians and the old chief
was shot down.
Ideal Weather for Harvest.
The harvesting Of grain, except for
late flax and corn, is about finished in
the state. and threshing machines are
taking advantage of the clear weather
to clean UP the fields. Farmers are
being urged to save all the straw to
help out the feed crop. Yields are fair,
except in some exceptionally dry locali-
ties. State bankers insist that there
is plenty of crop to carry the people of
the state over the year without hard
ship, and ample resources to finance
the agricultural population over the
year. The weather has been ideal for
both harvest and threshing and the
frost is holding off, giving late flax and
corn time to mature Some rather
heavy frosts have been reported in
spots, but not generally, and they have
done no great damage.
"Mott's the Spot"
Just as an example of North Dakota
pluck and energy, attention may be
called to the town Of Mott, down in
Hettinger county, a community of 400
or 500 souls, with good stores, resi-
dences, streets, public buildings and
everything that goes to meet the re-
quirements of live western town.
This town was established several
years ago and every stick of timber,
bit of lumber, hardware, brick,
merchandise and what not, either
for building or for selling, was freight
ed over the hills forty miles from Dick
inson, for there was no railroad nearer
than forty miles to Mott.
And having hauled their goods that
distance and built their town, the cour"
ageous people of Mott waited for the
railroad to come to them. and they
now have not one, but two. For the
Northern Pacific grade into Mott is
completed and will be ironed within
three weeks, trains now running as far
as Flasher. The st. Paul road is also
graded to Mott and will soon be ironed
ready for business. Three big elevators
have been erected to care for the grain
business, there are general stores
worthy of town three times the size
of the town, a new $4,000 hotel is
being completed, and in fact the whole
town is alive and up to date, before
the first whistle of railroad locomo-
tive has been heard. And the people of
Mott declare that Motifs the spot"