Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-18
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ax "scoop.

bles out of Valley City, you settl
yourself for q long ride. But You ar
mistaken. Ten minutes Of ridin;
through the night and again the Uhis
tie blows, the cars slow down an
stop, while outside you see a s:1,al
crowd busy greeting returned friend
and in seeing others of. What i
it," you ask. HAS this train gath
cred speed, or is it a local train, ate
all?" !"
Neither is the invariable answer
"The train couldn't gather speed 10
1t has been travelling its limit all tn
time. And it isn't a local passenge
as you knew when you boarded
at st. Paul"
"Then why does it stop in this on;
of-the-way hamlet" is your. mex
question.
BECAUSE" is the reply, "this Il
Sanborn."
The reply explains itself. In thu
darkness your unfavorable comment
on the "hamlet" might pass unchid
ed. There was nothing to be seen but
the dimly lighted platform, but IL
the light Of day a remark like the
above would hardly be apropos.
A Railroad junction.
All trains except the coast trains
stop at Sanborn, because it is the
junction between the main line o.
the Northern Pacific and the branch
which goes northward to CoOpers-
town. Trains on the main lima make
connections with the branch for the
convenience Of the travellers on the
northern string Of towns. This &C
counts for the existence of Sanborn
on the railroad map of the fast
trains, and the extra amount Of trat'
fc is doing a great deal toward
building up the town in a business
way.
Sanborn at a Glance.
Sanborn- twenty miles west OF
Valley City-is a town Of six hun.
dred souls. 1t has II of the finest
school systems in the state, one that
towns of far larger size would find
It hard to beat. 1t has fine churches
and residences, and plenty OF con
crete walks. Trees are everywhere.
They meet above the walks, a green
and shady testimonial to what can be
done with Nature If it's forces are
properly directed. ~
Sanhorn Of the Eighties.
Sanborn is a town with a history.
The history is that of a frontier
town, with barrooms and drunken
brawls, with lawlessness and made
quate police. Lake Eckelson, a few
miles to the west, now a stagnant
body of water, was once the scene
of a military camp of United States
troops, and this made that part OF
the country more or less under mill:
tary rule. At any rate, order was
impossible and every pay night was
marked by one or more shooting
scrapes.
Fire Wrought its Ruin.
Sanborn flournished in those days,
for money flowed freely, but in later
years when the soldiers were with
drawn. the town settled back to a
steady, u%nobtrusive growth. This
would have brought Sanborn up to
a town of a much greater size than
It now is, we're 1t not for a number OF
disastrous fires which repeatedly
burned out important business places
with such loss that they were hard
to replace. This accounts for the
fact that sanborn, after years of ex.
perience in the early pioneer days,
Is still a town of six hundred, less Of
a town than 1t was in bygone days.
-. q 4H,-T"Gj
The Oldest Settler.
VIM. Mexican, editor Of the Enter
prise, Is one Of the oldest settlers
n the state. He has spent nearly a
lifetime In and around Sanborn, and
Is thoroughly familiar with it's past.
He has confidence in its future, and