Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-04

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WHAT'S now known As North Dakota
Inc az Tar west as Fort Benton, Mon
tana. The trip covered 1920 mites
q today stands as the longest
single run ever made by g steamer In
America Justta minute, till I get the
ofgone OF my boats Inc you can
sonc ofsthese things for your,
sell. It's Ill little easier for Won to get
the Information that way
SO saying, he leaves the room, re-
turning IN q few minutes with a pack
ct OF SoM papers which he lays before
us.
.aThert you are-read what you
wiAh-they're8 interesting
w unwrap one Of the bundles
which bears the title Minnie II the
1st.' Here's what we read:
There are a number of excursion-,
lists aboard on this trip. from st. Paul.
We enjoyed fair weather until we
reached Lake Pippin which il. On the.
dividing line between Minnesota and
Wisconsin, about t~nirty-five miles be-
low St. Paul. a heavy wind suddenly
arose. shifting suddenly from one di-
back and forth in its fury. We spent
the entire night in the storm, with,
the whole crew out cutting down trees
along the shore, making spars to keep
the vessel from, being wrecked on the
reeks..The passengers were all hud-,
dad into a little cabin that we found
alons n ~shore-line, seeking protec-,
ton frorn#the storm. 1T wa not until
morning that we had an opportunity,
to get out into the lake again. and!
then only with the protection Of high
shores and bluffs were We able to
proceed at all. aYs
Further up the, river at Buffalo
hoAi we saw great herds OF buffalo.
This Buhale Shoals fs The only spot
along the Missouri River from Fort
Benton 70 bismarck thai the bunalo
could lord strear1,szA distance OF
four miles; SO that at
this point great herds woul line both
SIDES OF the shore. ] decided to have
lltties fun with them so We pro
eeeded down q I've blowing the
whistles full blast, stampeding the
bunalo along both sides CT the stream,
until we..had h prettiest race. be-
tween punAlo n tnat lShave
eVer seen. the pilot OF the camel
foilo.winE me tells me that he was
5forcedSto delay lis boat for two hours.
rs ne MAKE no progress until
nespunalo nad 1oraed n river: II
4 ssnolid. say that there We're 10000
Sahlfnals IN -Inls nero, l should be U
~tNs1 AsgSEFa0, $500 yt Z, -.
One OF the bufalo swan out into
tne stream; ana we TO nose
n a Alongside It.. That was the
ma e. 800 We dropped a moose
e MS pig shaggy mead. swung him
] into the air with the q foot der
rick ana neld> MIN dangling there
apoVe 7 ~iorecastle. We b~utchered
sKlnned ana. quartered MIN, n had
q great 1east; Tor rreeh meat was a
rareSthihs1 those. days IN this part
OF g ountry
go the log runs on With stories
OF IpraVery. stories OF danger.
But now dld YOU happen to leave
TINS steamboat business and settle IN
Nortn Q l asked, as read
OF me- flelds OF
Wen IN OF 1857 the M1iwau:
Rees ana st. Paui railroad paralleled
my business on the east bank OF the
Rlver.: where Il had con-
troHed the shipping for these many
Years with coming OF the rail.
ROAD, people no longer patronlzed the
slower I1ovins steamers. and there ]
was left with all this equipment or
my lands: u n twelve licensed
steamers ina ! operated at that tim
! \ carrying On this enormous trade tc