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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-11
TRIBUNE FOUNDED BY COL. L0UNSBERRY, AS
WEEKLY, JULY11, 1878, CHR0NICLED
STIRRING DRAMA OF PIONEER DAYS

| the call of the west he was publish
ing the Martin County Atlas at Fair
mount, Mimi. This he leased in 1872
and took employment in Minneapolis
while he prepared for his western
trip. He reached Fargo April 4,
1873. In May he secured passage on
a construction train as far as James
town and came on as far as Steele by
hand car. The track of the Northern
Pacific ending there, he travelled to
Bismarck by team and it was not un-
til June that printing material and
presses arrived by train.
Never Missed an Issue
Never has the Tribune missed an
issue since it's regular publication
day July IL. Through fire, snow
blockades and other vicissitudes, it
always appeared on scheduled time.
Once when it's paper supply was held
up by snow blockades, it was printed
upon wrapping paper.
The following article from the pen
Of its founder Col. c. A. Lounsberry
tells the chief historical facts of the
early days of the Bismarck Tribune.
ION it's first appearance the Bis
marck Tribune was seven column
folio, we'll filled with advertising of
every business concern, including sa-
looms, sporting houses of every class
incident to the frontier being repre-
sented in it's columns.
Lombard Foreman
"Charles Lombard was foreman at
the time the Tribune was established.
Mark Kellogg, who represented the
ment through Colonel Lounsberry the
New York Herald, on the Custer ex-
petition to the Big Horn, and was
slain with Custer and his men, as
sisted in the editorial work of thu
early numbers. Amos C. Jordan was
also connected with the Tribune lat
err in the season, and Theodore F.
Singhiser was a contributor. Jordan
and Singhiser were responsible for
the articles which led to the midnight
raid on Bismarck by the Seventh U.
S. Cavalry, resulting in the death of
Dave Mullen.
Raided Office
"Dave Mullen and Jack O'Neil
were running dance hall at Bis
marck. There were several shooting
scrapes at their place, some result
ing fatally, and the Tribune editor
tally urged the formation of vigil
ance committee to handle the lawless
characters in the absence of any civil
organization competent to deal with
them.
"Soon after the Tribune containing
this article appeared both Mullen and
O'Neil, heavily armed, approached
the Tribune office. Colonel Louns-
berry met them and said he had
heard that they threatened to do
some shooting on account of the Tri-
bune's position; that if there was any
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of the Red. From some or all Of
these causes the Missouri valley has
had more seeing eyes and cunning
hands to chronicle and interpret to
US it's life"
Coterie of Brilliant Writer'S
In this environment were develop
ed such men as Lounsberry, Jewell,
Huntley, Quinn, Kirke La Shelle,
Foley and host of others whose
pens wrote into news stories, poetry,
tales of romance, the great develop
ment into an empire that was in pro-
gress before their eyes. Unfortun-
ately much that they have written
has not been preserved, disastrous
fires have swept away much Of the
precious record which these men pre-
served in newspaper style as they
told the story of each days activity.
But enough remains to fix their
names indelibly as the chief chronicl
ers Of great past, in which the
foundations Of this city we're laid
and in which center much Of the de-
velopment Of the great Slope country
was conceived and planned.
The Tribune plant was established
July 6, 1873, and trial number
printed but the first regular issue of
the paper bearing the significant Vol
l. No. ! was July II. 1t appeared as IA
seven column eight page weekly fill
ed with a variety of advertisements
reflecting the business and social ac-
tivities of the frontier life.
Hanifin A Booster
Dennis Hanifin, whom the director
les Of those days classified as "specu-
lator", later known as the squatter
governor, most interesting bizarre
character, friend and often counselor
of the various editors of The Tri-
bune, met Col. Lounsberry in st.
Paul and told him of the fine oppor-
tunity that presented itself for a
rising young journalist in the town
of Bismarck then known as Edwin
ton.
Col. Lounsberry as early as 1868
conceived the idea of establishing q
at the Northern Pacific
crossing of the Missouri river when
the road finally reached that point.
In 1878, The Tribune was the only
published in what is now
North Dakota so it enjoys the dis
tinction of being North Dakota's
oldest newspaper.
From 1873 until 1881 when the
Bismarck Daily Tribune was estab-
lished, the Weekly Tribune took a
leading part in territorial politics
and did much to attract settlers to
this section of the state. It gave to
the world the news of the Black
Hills district as thousands on their
way to that section passed through
the little frontier town of Edwinton.
1t printed the first authentic account
of the Custer Massacre.
Call of the West
When Col. Lounsberry first heard
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In her address October 10, 1910,
upon the occasion of the Fourteenth
Annual Meeting Of the North Dakota
Federation Of Women's club, q gath
ering made historic by the unwilling
of the statue of Sakakawea, Mrs. N.
G. Young of Fargo characterized the
Slope country as the greatest liter
airy center of our state"
Bismarck" she continued, "has
seemed to be the literary center of
our young state, the Boston or Con-
cord as we might call it in rough
way"
Directed Literary Energies
The Bismarck Tribune founded by
Colonel Clement A. Lounsberry, July
II, 1873, played no small part in di-
recting the literary engeries of this
gained fame in the world of letters.
Upon the event of it's golden jubi-
lee, it is most fitting for The Tri
bune to recount in its columns some
of the outstanding features in it's
career and the men who shaped it's
destinies.
Into this section full of romance,
the stir, vim and hustle Of pioneer
life came young active men whose IL
terary skill wove it's story of pro-
gress and whose faith in this section
of North Dakota never wavered in
the face of the many vicissitudes of
those early days.
Points Out Significance
In her address delivered in Bis
marck, Mrs. Young has we'll defined
the literary significance of this sec
tion of the state. After paying
tribute to the newspaper craft in
other sections of the state Mrs.
Young said:
Bismarck the Center
"But by far the greatest literary
center of our state has been this
Slope country where we now stand of
which Bismarck is the head and CEN
ter. For some reason, just why l
know not, Bismarck has seemed to be
the literary center of our young
state, the Boston or Concord, we
might call it in rough way. Has it
been that something in the nature of
the country, prairie with undulat-.
ing hills, blue misted, surrounding
the valley of the lazy, wandering Mis-
souri,, has given more of an impetus
to the artistic, beauty loving sense
than have our more level and fertile
valleys? Has more of romance CEN
tered here where military post and
military life and adventure have lent
color to an otherwise prosaic life?
Has the very hurry and engrossing
character of the more productive gold
winning life precluded the life of poe
try and song? The Slope was rich
in Indian lore and the Indian life
with its adventure and vicissitudes;
in tales OF pioneer hardship, struggle
and victory, but so too is the valley
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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE

shooting to be done the quicker It
commenced the better it would please
HIM; that he had heard bullets fly
before. They said they had come to
talk it over, that they had been run
out of several places and they had
come to Bismarck determined to 20
no further; that they expected to
die right here and to die with their
boots on; that they looked upon every
stranger as an officer hunting them
or as some one cunning for them,
and we're determined that no one
should get the drop on them; that
this accounted for some of the shoot
ing; and they would try to avoid any
unnecessary trouble but did ask that
the editor refrain from melting at
tacks upon them, which they thought
articles of that kind might have a
tendency to do.
County Organized
"The force of this argument was
recognized. County organization fol-
lowed and the evil was remedied to
some extent. Both lost their lives as
they had anticipated. Mullen was
killed by the Seventh Cavalry, which
came in search of one accused Of
numbering one of their comrades,
who was supposed to have taken re-
fuge at their place, and O'Neil by
one lying in wait for him who shot
him on the streets. They both died
as they predicted.
Edited BY Telegraph
"The Northern Pacific closed the
road from Fargo to Bismarck during
the winter of 1874, the last tram
leaving early in October. Colonel
Lounsberry returned to Minneapolis
to report the Minnesota legislature
for the Minneapolis Tribune, editing
the Bismarck Tribune by telegraph,
supplying by that method his editor
ial matter and weekly synopsis of
the news. Nathan H. Knappen was
left in charge of the paper. The
quartermaster at Fort Abraham Lin
coin supplied the Bismarck post Of
flee with mail. Col. Lounsberry left
Bismarck by team the latter part of
November, paying SIS for team to
take him from Bismarck to James,
own, where he borrowed team from
the quartermaster at Fort Seward
and drove on to Fargo, making the
trip in six days. He carried the mail
from Fort Lincoln to Fargo, and a
large amount of money to be ex-
pressed to the banks at St. Paul and
Minneapolis, for the Bismarck mer-
chants.
No Settlers Near
"There were no settlers then be-
tween Bismarck and Jamestown, none
between Jamestown and Valley City,
and none between Valley City and
Mapleton. Winter stations had, how
ever, been rugged up in dugouts or in
the railroad buildings, so that the
trip was made in reasonable COM
fort. 1t required two days by rail
to reach St. Paul from Fargo, trains
then stopping over night at Brain
erd.
"In 1874 George w. Plumley came
to the Tribune, also from the Mimi
eapolis Tribune, and had charge Of
its mechanical features for a time.
E. w. Knight was with the Tribune
three years following George w.
Plumley.
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naming a year, when the terms Of
sale not being complied with, Col.
Lounsberry again assumed charge.
Mr.. Jewell in 1881, became associated
with Colonel Lounsberry and the
Daily Tribune was established. I'm
der this joint ownership the Tribune
continued until 1884, when Colonel
Lounsberry sold his interest to Mr..
Jewell, under whose control the paper
has since been published.
"The object of Colonel Lounsberry
in retiring from the Tribune was to
establish the Bismarck Journal,
which was run as daily during the
first session of the legislature held
in Bismarck and afterwards for a
time as family weekly"
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Editorial Squibs
From Pen of
Stanley Huntley

Editorial squibs published in the
Bismarck Daily Tribune were after
wards copied in the Brooklyn Daily
Eagle. Stanley Huntley, editor of
the Tribune in 1889, wrote the fol-
lowing:
"The Brooklyn Eagle mentions in
a complimentary way that Richard
Huntley has been nominated for Con-
gress in the Third, New York dis
trict.. "That's our dad, but we
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a those
fortuna who have been permitted participate n
remaining National Ar
be remembered especially History North Dakota
years Of life
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-11

Fifty years ago the leading occu-
patton was teaming and stage driv-
ing. More than 200 were engaged
in this business. Next highest were
mechanics of which there were more
than ninety. There were more than
20 saloons.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-11
LOUNSBERRY TELLS OF FOUNDING
0FTRIBUNE, FIRST NEWSPAPER
MSTATE, FIFTY YEARS AGO

washington, u. ", July o, 1870
Congratulations. Fifty years ago
today the Bismarck Tribune was es-
tablished by me. I was thirty years
of age fresh from active service in
connection with daily newspapers at
St. Paul and Minneapolis, specially
trained for Legislative Reporting.
The Bismarck Tribune was the
first newspaper established in North
Dakota. The only villages in the
state at that time were Pembina,
Grand Forks, Valley City, jamestown,
and Bismarck, and the settlement
at Fargo, then unceeded Indian lands.
There was no farming or farms in
North Dakota, excepting in connec-
ton with Indian Agencies or Mill
tary posts; no roads aside from
military or Indian trails; no rail-
roads only the Northern Pacific un-
der construction; no public schools;
no banks; no organized churches
outside of the Catholic Missions, and
it was my fortune to be one of the
five to organize the first establish
ed Protestant church organized in
the state, the Presbyterian church
at Bismarck. A Land Office had
been created at Pembina and few
tracts entered by the use of the
Sioux Script, for speculative purpos-
es hut less than a dozen homesteads
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
HOUSES FOR SALE
NEW AND NICE

Five-room. new bungalow, gas. bath.
cleo. furnace heat, close to cars; real
home at 5000 cash and $50 month.
Move in.
Six-room modern bungalow close to
cars; $3.50. $1,000 cash, balance like
rent.
Five-room new bungalow, large light
cellar in one-fare zone. $4,000 $500
cash and $50 month.
Attractive 5roOm bungalow,
ready to move in; close to cars; large
light cellar. good bargain at $3.50.
$500 cash and $50 month
Beautiful new 5-roOm bungalow,
INV. h.. large foored attic, good loca-
ton. concrete walk to trolley. Only
$500. $500 cash and $50 month.
Five room new bungalow, $500 cash
and $3.50 month
Two family house new. modern. 10
rooms 2 baths, $3.50; 500 cash, balance
like rent.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
APARTMENTS q FLATS TO 81
KENT UNFURNISHED


LAMONT ST. y. w. 523-3 lovely large
rms. and glassed-in Sleep. porch; re-
ined sur. Cony. to both car lines and
buses. Reas rent. Cali any time.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
Columbia Road Near
the Soldiers Home
Woodbridge Bungalow

$3.50; cash required, $500;
rooms and bath !, h,-w. h. and cleo;
garage; lot 50x140. A rare oppor
tunity to acquire a property of this
kind.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
S "Rgh Now There Are Many Strangers Washington, Most
S of Them Looking for Rooms Phone M. $500 E$S$*&
AUTOMOBILES
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE
10l
1922 sTUDEBAKER COUPE

1922 STUDEBAKER COUPE
Has been reprinted and looks like new.
5-cord tires. Is guaranteed for a period
of 80 days against any mechanical de-
feet Terms, $3.50 cash. Balance month
ly. A Bonded Car.
H. B. LEARY, JR.,
1921 14TH ST. n. w. Main 4105
Opening evenings and Sunday.
TWO-TON TRUCK. Continental motor
Thinker worm drive; first-class me-
chanical condition. Bargain.
LIBERTY AUTO REPAIR SHOP,
REAR 929 M ST. NJ W.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25

It'll. G. MAYNOR,
3s1S 33D ST, MT. RAINIER, MD.
PHONE HYATTS. EXCHANGE S93-W.
DUPONT CIRCLE SECTION
$3.50
Just off New Hampshire Ave, 3
rms, and baths. 3-story brick: fur
mace heat. cleo, good condition. Terms.
600 BLOCK NINTH ST. N. E.
$500
Substantial rm. and bath brick. fur
mace heat, cleo; porches, room for ga
rage: good condition.
EUCLID ST. NEAR COL. RID.
$4,000
$500 cash 10 rms and bath, brick
with bed rooms; steam heat, cleo.
porches, hardwood floors; flrst-class
condition.
I'm BROOKLAND-$8,5O0
Six rms. and bath, frame: furnace
heat, cleo. porches, haru"oou 1io"lS ;
garage on large lot.
ALLAN E. WALKER & CO., Inc,
813 18th ST, N. w. Main I4So
SA CRIFICE-Beautif bungalow, Tako-
ma Park, ami, garage etc owner
leaving country. 202 Maple ave. Col
. ON NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE.
Near 21st st. N. w. Two blocks from
Dupont Circle. rms and bath, bay
window brick dwelling; h.-w.-h.; cleo.
light. Property in fine condition. Price
$l4,5O0.
p. j. WALSETE, INC,
11O7 EYE STREET N. w.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
REAL ESTATE
HOUSES FOR SALE
SHORE PROPERTY FOR SALE.
REAL. ESTATE WANTED.

If you pay more for a home
than the price of our new six
room brick houses a block from
the Eastern High School it.=your
own fault.
We believe these homes are the
best value to be had today. To
reproduce these-at present cost
of material and labor--tke price
would be much more.
Investigate. Telephone Main
1907 and salesman will call co
take you for inspection, or 60 to
18th and B streets S. E. to see
sample home.
OPEN AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS
CONVENIENT TERMS.
NATIONAL REALTY CO.,
Owners,
MAIN 1907 BOND BUILDING.
MEMBER WASHINGTON REAL
ESTATE BOARD.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
AUTOMOBILES
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE 10

1921 DODGE COUPE
Complete with many extras. Car has
been handled carefully and is a cheap
buy at $3.50. Terms. 1926 cash. Balance
monthly. 30-day guarantee with this
A Bonded Car.
II. B. LEARY, Jr.,
1921 14th ST. N. W. Main 4106.
Open Evenings and Sunday.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
MUTUAL TIRE co.,
9OS PENNA AVE. N. w FIR. s746.
QUALITY TIRES
At Low Prices.
Not the cheapest advertised prices-but
real tires backed by real guarantee.
ALL STRICTILY EIRSTS

Special 32x4 tire and tube. $1450.f
Open Evenings and Sundays.
PEOPLES TIRE co.
1914 lAth St. N. w.
FRANKLIN 9195.
SERVICE STATION
AUTOS washed, polished an9 delivered,
81; Kreasing done thoroughly; day or
night. Peck's garage. 2l2l 14tb n. w.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25

Successors to j. d. Garman.
District National Bank Bldg. Main S32e
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
CAN YOU BORE A
SQUARE HOLE?

Yes, it can be done-it took
fourteen years of experience and
effort to perfect this machine-an
achievement.
We are not boring holes, how
ever, but selling automobiles,
backed by a reputation unbroken
in 20 years-something to think
ohOI1t
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
FEDERAL
UNDERWRITERS, INC,

soils Woodward Bldg,
Washington, D. c.
Gentlemen: Please send me
complete information regarding
your extremely liberal financial
plan. 1t is understood that this
request does not obligate me in
any way.
Address ...,..
The Washington times., 1923-05-25

Other cars low in price-high
in value.
Premier only run 5000 miles;
electric gear shift; many extras.
See this before you buy.
$500 to 500 will buy several
Studebakers all reconditioned and
guaranteed to give you salts
factory service.
Bring Your Deposit.
STUDEBAKER
1915 CONN. AVE.
Main 264S Main 2647
SPORT ROADsTER-6-cylind SIO0
Gas Station, 10th and Il SITS r. 2O29.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08
New High-Power station.
Broadrastinx Statistics.

Two hundred and thirty-one Of the
$40 broadcasting stations in the United
States are operated by electrical manu-
facturers and dealers. Newspapers and
publications come second on the list
with seventy-flve stations. while educa-
tional institutions are a close third with
sixty-flve stations. Churches and Y. NJ.
C. AS operate ten stations; eight are
run by plumbing and hardware stores;
automobile dealers have seventeen: de-
partment stores, thirty: musical insti-
buttons and stores, ten; banks. five;
clubs and societies, four; railroad and
power companies, four, and laundrtes.
one.
The remainder Of the total number
are operated by stock yards, poultry
farms, grain dealers, mine supply
houses, oil companies, telephone and
telegraph compapies. parks. state bu-
reaus, theaters, and one Is conducted
by a tombstone maker. Eighty-six sta
lions are listed as business engaged in
by the owner unknown"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08
$3.50, 900 ALLEGED
BADGER GAME LOSS
New York Woman, Accused by
Jewelry Salesman, Held in
5000 Bail.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 7.-Christina
Magruder, a modiste. was held in
$4,000 bail today on charge of
stealing jewelry from Max Bernstein,
q jewelry salesman. after Bernstein's
lawyer had accused her of partici-
pating in a badger game by means
of which Bernstein had lost nearly
$4,000 in gems.
Opposing Miss Magruder's plea for
an adjournment, Benjamin A. Hart
stein, Bernstein's lawyer said to
Magistrate Simms: 81 denounce this
woman as clever badger worker,
who preys on rich married men, and
charge that she is somewhat i'm
plicated in q Quarter-of-a- million
dollar robbery In Baltimore in 1921,
when my client was robbed Of q
large quantity of jewelry by two
men. who, we believe. are friends
Of hers and who now are serving
terms of ten and twenty years"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08
PLAN TO SAVE MILLIONS
TO BUILDERS OF HOMES
New Government Code Of Standards
Will Greatly Simplify
Construction.

More than a billion dollars was
spent in this country last year in the
construction Of small ono ana two
family homes, built under the vary
ing restrictions and standards i'm
posed by three hundred odd building
Codes about forty of which are
changed every year with such per-
sistent regularity that contractors
tear their hair and weep in impotent
rage.
Bright promise for tho relief Of
such a situation is held out In the
publication Of q report by the De-
partment Of Commences division Of
building and housing and advisory
committee on building codes, which
has tust gone to pres, Under the nj t.
ouirement. for Small Dwslhng Con-
struction."
Boiled down, the chief recommen-
dations contained in this report
Which i t Is Sa,s T Be msd.
show that eight-inch walls are
strong enough for two and three
story houses under certain conditions.
whereas many building codes now In
use require twelve-inch walls; FLOOR
timber construction, and thirty for
monolithic types are considered suf.
nciont AZ q basis for calculation Of
strength, instead OF the sixty and
seventy pound loads now required In
some cities.
within a short time q subcommit-
tee Of plumbing codes, which IL work
ing with the division Of building and
housing, expects to make recon-
mendations which probably viii be
embodied in the standard building
codes. The Bureau of Standards Is
house plumbing installation. and
these tests already chow that three
inch soil pipe n adequate for small
houses, in place Of the four-inch pipe
now required by half tha building
codes In tho countrN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08
wJH-white & Boyer Co. $3.50
MAYOR ONE OF TRIO
GIVEN PRISON TERMS
Jurors in Rock Island, Ill, Saluted
After Finding Politicians
Guilty.

ROCK ISLAND. Ill, April Mayor
H. NJ. Schriver, Thomas Cox, former
chief of police. and Lawrence Pedigo
were found guilty today by jury in
circuit court of conspiracy to sell and
protect lawless privileges. and sen
fenced to the penitentiary for indie
terminate terms. Cox received, in
addition, q fine of $4,000.
The jury reached a verdict after
having deliberated sixteen hours.
When the jurors walked out of the
courtroom and into the street. pas
sersby lifted their hats to them.
The three convicted men have been
a power in local and state politics
for years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08
DIVIDENDS DECLARED,

NEW YORK, April National
Department Stores, Inc, has declared
an initial quarterly dividend of "
per cent on first preferred, payable
May I on stock of record April 20,
and an initial dividend Of 2h per
cent on second preferred. covering
four months period to June /, being
at the rate of per cent per annum,
payable June 1 on stock Of record
May 20. Dividends hereafter on sec
ond preferred will be payable quar-
terly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08
SHOOTS FELLOW OFFICER.

NEW YORK, April 7.-Patrolman
Paul A. Del Gardo today shot and
seriously wounded fellow police
man, Frank J. CSrlson. who is alleged
to have stolen a taxicab in the Bronx.
Carlson, it is charged. stepped into
a taxicab left standing at the curb
and speeded away. Del Gardo.
warned to be on the lookout for the
stolen car, stopped it and started to
place the driver, unknown to him
at the time, under arrest.
Carlson started to draw his pistol.
according to Del Gardo, and the lat
ter fired in self-defense. Carlson was
sent TO a hospital under arrest