Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-10-02
Stories Of CurbStone and
Corridor

o. A. Thompson and C. H. Shells,
who had charge of the LaMoure coun-
ty booth at the exposition Saturday,
were voted stingy, hard natured men
by many young ladies'. OF course
there are not two more liberal, gen.
erous hearted gentlemen in the state
and the trouble all came about
through a combination o circum-
stances, as Micawber would say, over
which they had no control. 1t all
come about through a display of
apples grown in LaMoure county. The
fruit is inviting and calculated to in
spire epicurean designs. There were
many young lady visitors at the ex-
position Saturday and the LaMoure
county booth was the center of at
traction. 1t many not have been the
apple display solely which was re.
slorsible for this. Mr.. Shells insists
that a display of "the best corn il
the state" was the rule, while Thomp-
son says the magnet was the tomato
display, but there are those who will
think differently, but that is no part
of this story. In an unguarded mo-
ment and when Mr.. Thompson's at.
tention was directed to sightseer
from Indiana, Mr.. Shells slipped a
big red apple to a pretty girl. Just
how the other pretty girls learned
that big red apples were accessible at
the LaMoure county booth will prob.
ably never be known, but they came
in squads, platoons and swarmed
about the booth demanding apples as
their right The situation was seri-
Gus and threatening but Shells and
Thompson possess courage, and firm.
ness, and discretion. They had been
sent to Bismarck to guard red apples
and talk the virtues of corn. 1t was
plain that the apple exhibit would not
lastten minutes under the threatened
raid, so they stamped their right
foot, and their left feet, and all four
feet together and said "No!" Then
the wise virgins and the foolish viz.
gins threatened to camp on the
ground and lay siege, but the gentle
men from LaMoure are resourceful.
They covered the apple heap with
corn and filled the booth with Iowa
farmers and the pretty maidens were
shut out and departed with terms not
very complimentary to Messrs.
Thompson and Shells.
Among the visitors Saturday were
a party of young Indians. boys and
girls. They occupied street corner
and amused themselves with remarks
and gibes more or less complimentary
directed at the events. And their
conversation was conducted in very
good English, 90. One OF the girls
remarked as the marshal OF the day
rode by Get onto mis- nihs; he rides
like a cake of soap on the Big
Muddy This remark naturally at
tracted attention. and then came an
other from one of the boys: Look
at the Rube in the dinky buzz wagon.
He must be lost in the Wilderness -
Similar remarks flowed on until the
end of the procession showed two
mounted policemen in full uniform
Pipe the cops. Bill. Beat it, beat
it, and the whole party headed for
the river.
An upstate guest gave the 5ellboys
d luz lOI tucii 4A1OAc. dL TIC vi duu
Pacific last night About every FIVE
minutes the bell from certain room
would sound and the boy would grab
his ice water bucket and rush up
stairs. This was kept up some time
when the discovery was made that
the disturbed guest was trying TO put
out his light and vas working The
wrong button