Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-11

stand the climate without shelter
that natice cattle, the ancestors Of
which had long been aIomesticated,
could do the same. These scholars
who maintained these ideas had
never read Darwin.
Many Of the old Bismarck people
came to MedOra in the early days OF
De Mores. viz: Bob Roberts, Lloyd
Roberty. Peter Malloy, Sam Whitney,
Bill Jones, James H%annigan, and 9th.
ers whom / do not recall. Bob Rob
erts had been an old business part.
ner oil, H.. N. Griffin. He was In the
saloon business here; selling out in
the fall of 'S6. Tn 1890, after the
prohibition law, he came back. and
was selling, for a time, "In Original
Packages" that is, two ounces of
whisky put in a small bottle in st.
Paul, and shipped here as an origin.
al package. He went back to Bis.
marck in the winter Of 90 and there
got into trouble. ! won't say what.
Lloyd Roberts owned a small ranch
IA miles sonth of Medora, on the riv.
or: known as the "Sloping Bottom
He was a butcher and considered one
of the best judges of cattle in the
comfy, for which reason he was Of,
ten employed to visit tho states to
purchase stock for those who wish.
ed to start ranches; or who wanted
to place more stock on ranches al.
ready started. In September, 1886,
he left here for st. Cloud. Mimi, to
purchase stock. He never again was
heard from. excepting once, after his
arrival there. He disappeared com.
pletely OF the face OF the earth, so
far as his again being heard from.
His wife a left on the. ranch with
five children. all girls, and who were
quite young. The wife was left In a
lonely country, with no near neigh.
bors, and only q. small amount OF
property. Most any other woman,
under like conditions, would have be.
come discouraged; not 50 with Mrs.
Roberts. She stayed by the ranch,
raised her, children, and never asked
the help of anyone. The family are
all Well married, and Mrs. Roberts
is now an hOnOred resident of Dick
inson. and independent. May she
live long. She deserves All she has
and more. She is a living example
to women who may be left in like
condition. One Of her daughters is
married to Frank Roberts, an old
time resident, end who We. left out
of II last article.
John Tyler is another old timer,
and, while his face is black, his heart
Is good, and he is a gentleman. He
went into the stock business on his
own account and mas been more than
successful. ~
Peter Malloy is another Bismarck
man, who opened a hotel on the west
side, which he named the western
House." The alkali water did not
agree with Peter, and from it's effects
he died many years ago. .s '
j. B. Walker was the keeper of a
saloon on the west side in 1888; and
afterwards was proprietor Of the Pyr.
amid Park hotel. until the west side
was deserted, when he came over the
river, and ran the Cosmopolitan hotel
for a time. In 1886, while the hotel
was apparently doing a good bust.
ness, both bar and, dining room, ]. 3,
took a train for dickinson. He was
never heard of here again. Another
man to disappear.
Dan Tracey had a small ranch on
Davis creek and, while the hard VIM
ter destroyed some of his stock, not
all Voro kiIlo6 Troooy diconpoor oI
in the spring. of 1887 and was never
heard of again.
James Hanntgan was another Bis.
marck man who was in business here
with Bob Roberts Hannigan has
been in Helena for, many years.
In my next l will tell something
about the Hard Winter of 1867