The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-12-15
TRIBUNE MOVING INT0NEW HOME
INSANE BLOCK WHEREIT CAME
INTO BEING WAY BACK in 1878

Palace Hotel Building, First
Brick Structure Erected in
Bismarck - Initial Edition
From Main Street Quarters
Planned For January 2
Some Interesting History of
North Dakota's Oldest News.
paper
The Bismarck Tribune. North Da-
kota's eldest newspaper, is moving in
to new home, George D. Mann, the
publisher, having acquired a livc-years
lease on the Gussuer bnilding, former
]y occupied by the Palace hotel and
Der StaatZ Anzciger and more recent
" by the Western Sales Co. The Tri-
bune's new home was the first brick
building erected in Bismarck, and'it is
only a few doors removed from thA
site upon which Col. Clement a. Louns-
berry built the first Tribune plant in
tho spring of 1873.
Tic Tribune in its existence Of al
most half century has occupied
three different locatiOns-the first on
the south side Of Main. not far from
the weather bureau grounds, which
was the site of Camp Hancock; the
second on Main, between Third AMI
Fourth, west of where Webb Bros. arc
now located, and the third the present
Tribune building, at the corner OF
Fourth and Broadway. Both Of The
Trihunes previous moves were made
necessary by fires, in which The Tri'
bune was twice left homeless.
Upon The Tribune's present site ii
first built a comparatively small stru,.
ture following Blsmarck's last big fire
about 20 years ago. The editorial room!
were on the corner, where IloSkinS
store is now located Later the build
ing was enlarged to its present size
The Tribune occupying the whole
ground floor, with the exception OF
the corner room.
The Tribune's new home was on1'
occupied by the offices Of the Bismarct
spice mill, later by the Bismarcf
hank. and still more recetnly by the
Palace hotel. the Missouri Valley
Motor co. and last by the Western
Sales CO. 1t is now owned by George
Gucssner, and was completely remod
eled and thoroughly moderniZad FOL
the Western Sales CO. Other improve
mcnts are being made on The Tri
bunc Co. Moving operations Will oc
cupy number of weeks. and Inc Iri
hume hopes to publish it's first edition
from tho; new location January =.
Founded By Lounsberry.
The Tribune, North Dakota's frs
newspaper, was founded by Col
Clement A. Lounsberry, who teame'
into Bismarck from the terminus Q
the Northern Pacific tracks, May al
1873. when he filed on soldier
homestead which is now part OF TN
city. and determined to establish
newspaper for the frontier post thel
less than year old.
The Tribune plant" Including
Taylor cylinder press and most com
plese for that day, arrived June IL
1873, The Tribune moved into it's tlrs
home June ", and on July 6, 1877;
The Bismarck Tribune, the first news
paper published in North Dakota
made its appearance.
,Andreas' historical atlas of Dakots
published in 1884. says Of The BIS
marck Tribune: 1T was a seven-co
umn folio and attracted Very genera
attention, and from that day to this
The Tribune has never missed a
issue. 1t was published as week.
until April, 1881, when it commence {,
the publication OF daily edition.
s Colonel Lounsberry retained WI
interest in The Tribune for more tina
= quarter of a century, with the e,
cention of six months during the VIII
ter of 1S7S-1S79, when The Tribun
was owned and edited by the lat
Marshall H. Jewell and the lat
Stanley Huntley, who afterward, a
.spookendyke" e" of the Brookly
Eagle, became the foremost humorls
Of his day. Much OF 'Huntleys pes
work with the Brooklyn Eagle dea
with pioneer days in Bismarck, an
with such early citizens as the lal
Dennis Hannitin.
In 1881, when The Tribune becam
a daily. Marshall III. Jewell acquire
d half-interest in the property an
became editor OF the paper, a po:
in which he remained until his dealt
In the meantime, Colonel Lounsberl
disposed OF his interests to Marsha
Jewell, and when the latter passe
away, the property passed into tn
hands Of stock company, fro1
which it was purchased by the pre-
ent owners two years ago.
Has Bred Famous Meen.
The Tribune has given to II
world some famous newspaper me-
In addition to Huntley, there wei
associated with the paper inoits ear
days, J. Matthew Quinn, who lat
returned to his home in New Yol
and went to congress and became
political power in the empire stat
Mark Kellogg, who covered \the Gu
ter expedition against Sitting Bull Il
the New York Tribune and The Bi
marck Tribune, was a noted corr
spondent of that day. He perisht
with the gallant Seventh cavalry ar
It's commander at Little Big Hor
and his dispatch bags and the la
notes which he wrote in this car
naign are now in the archives of Il
North Dakota historical library her
Kirk LaShelle, later to become +
nous as the writer of successful lig