The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1914-06-13

ORTIZ DAKOTA SATURDAY, j.
tent engineers say that the springs
will furnish the town with al
never failing supply of water.
5th. It was a hard drive, especially
the four miles this side of the Mis-
souri, river through the Bad Lands,
knows locally as the "Jungles."
Frank Mcintosh operates the gravity
ferry. He stated that the June rains
had brought the river up about 8
was not considered safe to ferry but
three autos at a time, thus requiring
three trips to get the cars across.
The Missouri is ordinarily but 16 #.
deep at this point but it was about "a
tt. deep at the time the Simpson men
crossed. Skirting along the river
banks on the north side and plowing
through the mud for a distance of
four miles into Williston was no easy
task. ..-'..-~
It was about 2 o'clock when the
party finally reached Williston.
Among the old timers there was w.
G. Rawson, one of the largest hard
ware dealers in the state. Miss Reba
graduated in the spring from the
Miles City school. Their son is 8
years old.
E. E. Preble has the daily mail
route to Marmon. He was glad to
look up members of the party as he
has a,gson with the Dickinson Fire
and Pressed Brick Co.
Williston is a fine city and has
some good buildings, including a
$4,000 Congregational church and
| $4,000 public library. Just now the
merchants Of the city are feeling the
loss of trade in Mckenzie county on
account of the new railroad but this
matter will adjust itself in time.
The Simpson car went north from
Williston and, the Hanson car re-
turned via Sidney and Glendive, leav-
ing six cars bound for Minot the
morning Of the 9Th, but some of them
were compelled to go in southeast
erly direction after reaching Noun
trail county. The roads were terrible
and another heavy rain fell Satur-
day night. Those looking for good
roads from Williston to Minot will
never find them until miles and miles
Of stones have been dug and other
/ work done. AT Stanley, the county
seat of Mountrail, three cars, bearing
twelve Of the Simpson party, took the
high divide and made all possible
haste for Elbowood. More rain had
fallen in the Minot territory and the
southeastern route seemed expedient.
At Epworth the party tarried with
the Newman families, taking an
early Sunday breakfast before push
ing on toward Plaza. The drive over
the Berthold reservation was good,
but the Elbowood ferry had been
washed away and it became neces-
sary to leave the Missouri bottoms,
Iclimb the divide and run to Garrison
for the night. The morning Of the 9th
the cars were driven seven miles to
the Big Bend ferry. Here it became
necessary to plow through "brush
jungles' for two miles. The river
was very high and the current was
running about 10 miles an hour. It
required two trips to safely land the
lparty on the south shore. Other cars
of the party in crossing the next day
had difficulty on account of the wind.
By keeping on the divides the three
autos came through Mercer and east
ern Dunn counties on Monday with
little difficulty until they ran into a
. rain storm north Of Richardton and
then there was more trouble. How
ever, the party reached Dickinson at
I8 o'clock the night of the 9Th and
their speedometers indicated total
Of 600 miles for the six days out.
The Hanson car, by driving Sunday
night, reached home Monday morn
j ing. Other members of the party
were coming along Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week. The
Blanchard car made Minot and took
in many Mclean county towns be-
fore crossing the Missouri.
The following people accompanied
1. A. Simpson on his trip north: R
H. johnson, J. F. Brodie, c. B. Han.
son, Nick Hartung, M. L. Ayers
Oliver Whaley, Max Hendrick, S. M
Ferris, Alf. White, w. A. Mcclure
; u. Tobias, H. J. Blanchard, C. c
Turner, n. A. Burgeson, H. F
!: Schroeder, B. M. Rigler, J. K. Swi.
hart, John M. Connolly, Adam, John
Thomas and Jacob Lefor, H. C
Berry, w. w. Beebe, Dave Coutts
Harry Dence, n. A. Mackoff, Lester
and Irving Crist, Ernest Angliss
Geo. j. Brown, Ellis Hollst, Fred
,lWestmeyer and J. C. F. Parker.
4 The Lefor car had to turn back on
: account of trouble with the stearing
{ Egear. The different make of cars
which made the trip to Williston and
| north are: The White, Cadillac, two
! IOverlands, Pope Toledo, Buick, Hup:
i mobile and Flanders. =
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! S. ROOD-MUMBY
t; a very pleasant affair occurred al
j. the residence of Superintendent E. Fl
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