Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-05
Observations by a Traveller Through
the ElickertaiI State.

"a luDOT Dttal1e u~ISConl cHtcu WIN NV
long wait. and deserted. Not more
Than ten per cent of the grain has been
,hreshed. Even with plenty Of men 1t
IS going to be a hard job TO get 1t
thrcshed in 60 days. and the chances
are that some OF it will not be reached
until next spring.
The crop throughout North Dakota
IS the biggest in three years, and there
will be prosperous times II the grain
can be marketed. Many of the farm.
crs have to be carried over for a whole
year by the merchants until the wheat
cent interest.
That is the trouble with a One.crOp
country. and some of the best farmers
arc turning their attention to dlversl.
fled farming, stocking up with cows,
raising stock and corn. There are
some good corn fields in North 0a-
kota. and where the native seed was
planted it matured in good condition.
Bismarck, the capital of the state, Is
a prosperous looking city. 1t has
three fine hotels. the newest one, The
Mex enzie. costing $270,O0O. and it is
strictly M to date. An addition Is
heing built on the Grand Pacific cost
ing about 800. 900, and Jones Broth
crs, who managed the roller rink in
This city last summer, preside over tho
big kitchen OF this house. one as stew
lard and the other rs chef.
The state capitol. which is on the
edge Of the city, looks as though it
had been built on the installmeat
lplan. The front is of red brick, the
middle section pink and the rear
white brick. The attraction OF the
Icapitol lawn is the log cabin that
Roosevelt occupied when he was a
real cowboy of that state. An at
|tempt to purchase a picture postal OF
the capitol was not successful, but
lone OF the penitentiary was offered in
its place. 1t may be that the people
lof North Dakota have as high a re.
gard for the inmates OF the pen as
+, they do for those of the capitol and
the prison is the handsomer building.
Il lblSTluTck HAS Ill tuc llIDulc Uuliu'
} ing one of the most complete news
paper plants in the west, and the ,Trib-
luae, which is a stand patter, is pros.
porous. and enjoys a large circulation.
The city has a METROPOLITAN appear
ance, with its many fine buildings and
, its White Way-all except its unpaved
streets, and following a two weeks
rain they were simply two feet OF
, black, sticky mud. Fargo, which has
the same richness Of soil, has paved
-, its business section, and is thus ahead
or its western sister. jamestown M
, Valley City look prosperous, and tho
: latter has the more picturesque loca.
!, ton. nesting in the valley between
, the high hills.
One resident offered an explanation
) why Bismarck did not have paved
, STREETS. 1.-The city is spending twenty
> thousand dollas a year prosecuting
blind piggers. and has no money to
. take care of its streets" The COIL
! census of opinion is that prohibition
: does not prohibit. Eeer is shipped, IN
: in carload lots, and the thirsty and
: wise can get all the red liquor" they
. can pay for, it is said. At Wilton, \
y remarkably prosperous village Of 600
: people. n pigger was pulled the other
, day, and 100 pint bottles were found,
y all filled with alleged whiskey. His
; defense was that he purchased it for
. his sick wife, as he was tired,o paying
= doctors bills. a friend Offering him
; consolation on the loss Of his stock,
was informed that the loss was not
> so great as it appeared. as the stuff
:, only cost him 10 cents a bottle, and
: his selling price was n dollar. ltis
, the fighting kind. and not even tae
, flavor came from Old Kentucky.
=. II was at Wilton where a ~threshing
; crew. waiting for the rain to quit,
sampled some of this whiskey, and
forgot to sober up when the weather
; cleared. When the boss rounded them
;up. one was so full OF fight that ne
had to be thrown into a wagon. tied
hand and foot, and carted off 10 the
. harvest field. The men are paid three
dollars a day. with steady work for
the next SO days. and there is room Tor
10000 more men in the state.
The greatest need OF North Dakota
lis more farmers, and better farmers.
A majority of them e TO be work
ing for the manufacturers Of farm
machinery. The expensive machinery
is never put under cover by a large
majority OF the farmers and the result
lis that they last quick" 1t is no UNI
common thing to see three or four
lbluders standing around the farm
buildings. in all stages OF decay. when
the first one purchased would have
filled all demands, had it been protect
ed IRON the elements. !
.Ehe country along the Missouri val.
Icy is rolling. good quality of soil, and
Especially we'll adapted TO stock, al
though it will grow big crops Of grains
land yeRufahieS When the stare has