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was created from the lower portion
Of Burleigh county, and at this ses-
sion Of the legislature a bill was
passed authorizing the county COM
missioners of Burleigh county to call
a special election for the purpose of
voting bonds to build a courthouse
and Jail in the sum Of 10000 dollars.
The voting places were at the office
Of the county clerk in Bismarck. and
the house of w. H. H. Mercer, at
Painted Woods, at the house Of Ge-
orge Hay, at Apple Greek, and the
house Of P. r. Barrett at 18th Sid
ing. The election was held on the
10th of June, 1879. and the bond issue
carried by a good majority and in
August the commissioners adertised
for bids to build a courthouse and
Jail.
During the late fall of 1879, the
officials of the Northern Pacific be-
gan operations to extend their road
west of the Missouri river. and when
the river froze over solid, ties and
rails were laid on the ice. and that
winter all Of the company's engines
cars, and building material were car
! ried over on the ice to be in readiness
for extending the road west the fol-
lowing spring.
The contract for building the court
house and Jail was awarded to p. j
Pauly and Brothers, st. Louis, MO
in the sum of $40, 1000, building to be
completed by Sept. l. 1880. Prior tc
letting the contract. it was discovered
that Burleigh county had no deed tc
the lots upon which the new court
house was to be built, and a deed
was procured for Is lots in Block 1O2
of the original plat Of the City OF
Bismarck. The deed was signed by
George Peoples. mayor of the City
of Bismarck, dated Dec. 30, 1879, the
purchase price being $1,000. FranR
Donnelly, James A. Emmons and 10
seph Hare were the county commits
sioners Of Burleigh county when tne
courthouse was completed In tne
summer of 1880.
The greatest flood in the history
of the northwest occurred In TIT
spring of 1881. There was a heav!
fall of snow that winter and Wher
the river broke up in the spring, i
oyerflowed all of the bottom lands
There was eight feet of water on tn
bottom, south of Bismarck, and Cap
tain Braithwaite, who owned thf
steamer Eclipse, landed his boat a
the foot of Third Street in Bis
marck. He ran an excursion up TN
river as far as Rock Haven. IN
boat; was crowded and the peopl'
danced and had a good time. The bl!
flood did a great deal of damage al
along the Missouri bottoms. Man,
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CAPITAL Located Here

On June 2, 1883, the capital Of d.
kota Territory was located at Bis
marck, which caused the greatest real
estate boom ever seer in the west.
People simply went wild and bought
lots at unheard of prices. Real estate
dealers flocked to Bismarck, and adj
ditions to Bismarck were laid out and
plated in every direction, and it was
at this point that Bismarck COM
menced to look like a real city. In
the fall of 1883, President Willard of
the Northern Pacific Railroad invited
a large number of notable people to
be his guests and to be present at the
celebration of driving the golden
spike on the completion of the build
ing of the road. About this time, the
contract for building the capitol was
awarded to Charles w. Thompson, OF
Bismarck, in the sum Of 100000 dol
lars, and work on the building COM
menced on Aug. Is, 1883. The Willard
party reached Bismarck on the night
of Sept. 4 in four special trains, COM
posed of Pullman coaches which were
sidetracked in the railroad yards In
Bismarck. Bright and early the next
morning the march to the capitol
grounds for the laying of the corner
stone began. Governor N. G.. Ordway
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people were caught in the flood and
drowned, and hundreds of head OF
cattle were swept away by the high
water. Work on the railroad bridge
commenced in August, 1881, and was
completed in the fall of 1882. The
bridge and trestle on the west side
of the river was over a mile long,
and when completed the bridge cost
more than one million dollars.
In the spring of 1882, the Bis
marck Chamber of Commerce put on
a drive to bring new settlers into
Burleigh county. They got out a
boom edition of the Bismarck
Tribune, which attracted many new
settlers to the county. and it was In
the year of 1882 that real substantial
farming operations commenced IN
Burleigh county.
In the fall of 1882, President
Willard of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road company gave a silk banner as
a prize to the county situated along
the line of railroad that would have
the best exhibit of grain and vege-
tables on display at the Minnesota
state fair that year. Burleigh county
was awarded first prize and the ban
ner for having the best exhibit at
the entire fair. TIL Burleigh county
exhibit was in charge of Alexander
Mckenzie, Farmer Wallace and j. A.
Field.
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during the season of 1875: Key West,
Carroll, Josephine, Benton. E. H,
Durfee, Nellie Peck, Western. Far
West, Peninah, c. w. Mead, Yellow
stone, Silver Lake, John M. Cham
bers, G. K. Peck and F%ontenelle.
H. F. Douglas, who owned the first
hardware store in Bismarck, was ap-
pointed Indian trader at Standing
Rock Indian agency.
On March Is, 1877, Bismarck re-
ceived it's first baptism of fire, result
ing in a loss of about 2 1000 dollars,
with no insurance. The fire origin
ated about 3 o'clock in the morning
in the Arcade Saloon, occupied by
Con Lowney. The flames spread rap
idly, communicating with the adjoin-
ing buildings, and by 6 o'clock in the
morning the following buildings were
totally destroyed: Miners Hotel
operated by Thomas McGowan; John
Ostlund's livery stable; doe Hare's
billiard hall; Dunn and Company
drugstore; John Yegen. City Bakery
Arcade Saloon; John Boyleis Saloon
Western Hotel, owned by Malloy
Brothers; Sloan's Meat Market. INT
buildings destroyed were situated OF
Main, between Fourth and F1ftf
Streets. =.
In the spring of 1877, the NORTH
Western Express State and Transpor'
tation company. owned by BlakelI
and Carpenter. put on a line OF Con
cord stage coaches running from Bis
marck to the Black Hills, with sta
tons every 90 miles. They also hat
hundreds Of teams hauling freigh
from Bismarck to Deadwood. 1t wa
a sight to see 10 yoke OF wild Mon
tana cattle strung out hauling tWt
and three large canvas covered wag'
ons loaded with freight. The stag
company had good experienced mel
in their employ, and everything
moved smoothly.
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In the fall of 1875, Bismarck had its
s:-st real Indian scare N. P. Clark
OF st. Cloud, Mimi, had the contract
to furnish beef at Fort Abraham Lin
coin, and kept his herd of cattle on
of Bismarck. Geo. E. Lewis and John
Wright were the herders and lived in
q shack on Burnt Creek. On the day
that Wright was in charge of the
herd, he failed to show up at night,
and Lewis sent in word by a man
that was hauling wood to town that
Wright was missing. Search was
made, and the body of Wright found
horribly mutilated. Wright was shot
In the back of the head, and his head
split open by a tomahawk. Near the
body a coup stick vas planted. The
killing of Wright by the Indians Gre
ated q commotion among the people
OF Bismarck, and Mayor Mclean
wired to General Custer for troops
to come at once. Captain Yates came
with his troop of cavalry, accom-
panied by the Indian scout, Bloody
Knife, and proceeded to the scene OF
the murder. A trail was found and
followed in the direction of Standing
Rock but, after fruitless search, the
command returned to Fort Lincoln
The Indians were not caught.
Peter SeimS, in the late fall OF
1875, put an a weekly stage line be-
tween Bismarck and Fargo. assuring
Bismarck regular weekly mail service
It took about four days to the
trip from Bismarck to Fargo.
About the middle of February
1876. Al teams loaded with provisions
and passengers left Bismarck for the
Black Hills. California Joe piloteo
the party, assisted by Ed Donahue
and Tom winston as scouts. Inc
party was we'll armed and mounted
and able to take care of themselves
if attacked by the Indians. Henry
Collins. better known as Hunter Col
Inns, killed a fine buffalo within 8
few miles from town.
At the spring election held II
April, 1876. John A. Mclean was
again elected mayor of Bismarck
and it was during his second term a.
mayor that the troublesome townslte
contest was settled. and the citizens
we're given deeds to their propert!
that they had resided on and I'M
proved during the long contested
townsite litigation.
In the spring of 1876, the streets
of Bismarck were alive with people
and teams getting ready to start TO
the Black Hills. and j. c. Dodge, VIII
was enrout6I to the Black Hills will
a herd of cattle, was killed by tn
Indians. MI. Dodge had been prevl
ously elected county commissions
for Burleigh county at the Novembe
election.
Many officers and soldiers wer
over in May calling on friends an
making purchases before they left o.
the ill-fated expedition, and in les
than two months Of the departure o
the Custer expedition. the steamboa
Far West arrived at the river lardin
on July 5 at II p. M, bringing dow
the wounded and the first news Q
the Custer tragedy. The followin
are the names of some of the steam
boats on the Missouri river runnin
out Of Bismarck for up-river point
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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, JUL Is, 1881

trains pulled out of the yards amid
the. waving of banners to complete
the remainder OF their journey to
witness the driving Of the golden
spike. The road was completed and
the golden spike driven at Gold
Creek, Mont, Sept. 8, 1883.
The first session of the Territorial
Legislature held in Bismarck was IN
January, 1885, and at this session
Burleigh county was again reduced
in size. One row of townships on the
east side, Range "a, was cut off and
given to Kidder county, and three
townships in the extreme northwest
portion CT Burleigh county we're cut
off and given to Mclean county.
In the fall of 1887. Bismarck ana
Burleigh county had visions OF a new
railroad. MI. J. T. Butler, agent 1or
the Aberdeen, Bismarck and North
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western Railway company, came into
the county and procured deeds Tor
right Of way purposes from Long Lake
to Bismarck. and later a railroad
grade was built through the county.
This grade and right of way was
afterwards taken over by the 500
Railroad company. On May Is. 1889,
Hon. E. A. williams, Harvey Harris
and John E. Garland were elected
members of the Constitutional con-
vention. On the day Of election there
vas a foot of snow on the ground ana
in Bismarck the voters were taken to
the polls In sleighs and cutters. Inc
constitutional convention met at
Bismarck July 4, 1889. and remained
in session for 60 days, and at the
election held on Oct. l, 1889, the con-
stitution was adopted. North Dakota
became a state Nov. 2, 1889, by proc
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was in charge of the ceremonies, and
introduced the speakers. But very
little of the building had been COM
pleted at this time, and a rude plat
form was erected at the southwest
corner of the building, where the cor
nerstone was to be laid. It was the
greatest gathering of notable men
ever witnessed in any city In the
West. Governor Ordway, after well
coming the distinguished guests, in
PRODUCED the following gentlemen,
who made appropriate remarks:
President Henry Willard, Baron Won
Eisender. Frederick Billings, General
Grant, Mayor Harrison of Chicago,
Carl Schurz, Rufus Hatch, Secretary
Teller. and our own distinguished
American, Sitting Bull. At the COM
pletion of the ceremonies of the lay
ing Of the corner stone, the four large
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-25
Grain Farming Begun

During the summer OF 1877. the
first real attempt at grain farming
in Burleigh county was commenced
George Stark, at one time president
of the Northern Pacific Railroad
company, owned a section of land
about five miles southeast Of Bis
marck. which was known as the
Stark farm. Mr.. Stark sent teams
and men from Minnesota, and broke
up 100 acres of the prairie sod. and
the next year, Mclean and Macnider
seeded the land to oats. When the
grain began to head out, people
would drive from town to see the
fine field Of grain.
During the Territorial legislature OF
1879, the present county OF Emmons
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President Benjamin

laf16tI0n OF T1cC10o1'
Harrison.
The writer has endeavored TO give
. sketch of some Of the early history
of Burleigh county up to the time
~ statehood. and as the story has
Consumed more space than was In
tended originally, the history OF Bur
leigh county from statehood to the
nresent time will have to be onitted
until a later date.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-25

The worlds largest single store o.
radium is said to be held by the Me-
mortal Hospital in New orr.
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Those who walk on Delawarsk
highways at night must carry
lirhted lantern or a white handkerS
chief
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P. C. HANSEN, Pres.
F. REDLINGER, Vice Pres.
C! L. DEAN, Sec'y. and Treas.
j. REDLINGER, Asst. Sec'y.
p. F. JOHNSON, Construction Supt.
Evening star., 1931-11-04
Household Methods
NJ BETSY cArLIsTER.

One reader complains that an up
holstered chair is spotted in the back.
She wishes to know how to clean It.
First brush it thoroughly with
clean whiskbroom This will remove
some at least of the dust that makes
the spot visible Many spots are grease,
and In the grease dust collects, max
ing them worse and worse as time
goes on. So the first corrective meas
ure is TO brush out as much as posi-
bic Of the dust.
After brushing thoroughly, apply a
soft soapguds. To make this dissolve
cake Of bland soap in q quart of
boiling water. shaving the soap fine
10 make the dissolvine easier. Now
make a suds by mixing q little Of this
soft soap with hot water and beating
up until a frothy soapsuds Is the re-
suit Apply the soapsuds to the spot,
beginning at the outer edge of 1t, in a
circular molten. working evenly and
firmly from the outer edge to the CEN
ter. Rinse with a little clear water in
which salt has been dissolved table
spoon TO a pint. Use a blotter as you
clean and rinse to take up as much
of the surplus moisture as possible,
and don't soak with the rinsing water.
After as much of the moisture as pos
sible has been absorbed, rub the outer
edges OF the spot with little alcohol
to prevent the formation of rings. You
can always try the effect of alcohol or
anything else on the upholstery by rub
bing an undersection somewhere.
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pests. The tiny negro bug is polished
black, found on blackberTies and rasp-
berries. This one, I am sure, you have
met unpleasantly.
The eggs OF the stink bugs are always
pretty. They are laid in clusters on
leaves or other objects. They are often
bronze in color and get verv much
darker before Matching time. The up
per part Of the egg has irregular rows
Of short gpines and around the edge Is
q row of curved, knobbed spines.
In about eight days the insect
matches and outgrow five coats. They
grow slowly and change color. Three
generations are the average through
the Summer. The last set, when grown,
seeks the seclusion of sheltering bark
and under boards. They await the call
Of Spring and the thought, no doubt,
Of the luscious berry.
The atomizer which is used with so
little provocation, is their method of
defense. There are many insects which
are prone to annoy this creature. She
is q public spirited soul in some ways.
She goes after enemies of ours that are
much larger than she. The gas fumes
are too strong for them. They turn
and flee, even though no stink bug pur-
sues them.
There are two species of stink bug
that like sweet corn. They puncture
the kernels through the husk. They
suck the milk from the kernel. The
kernels become sunken and mold.
Some of these insects are very pref
ty and, If you are interested in ma
ture, you may be tempted to examine
them / have been frank with you and
told you where the guns are located. 1t
Is impossible to handle them with care.
They are almost mind readers.
(Copyright, 193I)
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Methods for Home Bookshelf


correspondence cards come In. II k
always possible 20 ask for the return OF
q book without causing ofTense IL one
says that another friend wishes 10 read
the same book or course a reasonable
time must elapse before taking this
nneasure--perhaps four or i've weeks
but at the end Of that time the owner
is justified In suggesting the return Of
the volumes loaned
A book plate in the front of ones
volume will facilitate the borrower in
recalling from whom The book was bor-
rowed Sometimes Il Is the borrower
who IL distracted and unable to know
whence the borrowed volume came. It
might almost be said that the loaner of
a book who Is so careless as TO neglect
either having a book plate or writing
his or her name In the front OF vol
un1e deserves 10 lose what may be
treasured possession.
IL may be added that it is very
Dangerous practice INDUCED In by some
TO loan books already borrowed from
one friend TO another interested in their
perusal. If this is done, the closest sort
CT track OF the book must be kept, and
a limit of two or three days set before
reclaining 1t for its original owner.
Copyright ie3i1
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the Capitol, about which very little is
heard And he brings to it an en-
thusiasm which at times takes on the
appearance of passion.
The Job is that Of housekeeper for
his colleagues in the Senate ONCE
Building. AS chairman of the Rules
Committee he is charged with the duty
of keeping the ONCE Building in order.
To hear him tell it, previous house
keepers of the Senate must have been
negligent.
He started right in to remedy the
situation. He made the Senate increase
his allowance from 500 900 to 1928, 600.
He hired a small army of charwomen
and gave orders that the white marble
floors and walls were to be scrubbed
until they shone and that they be kept
that way.
He had the rugs in the Senators Of
fees pulled out and sent to the clean
ers. When one Senator thanked him
for new rugs, Moses proudly told him
they were his old ones washed, and
that no new rugs had been bought since
the building was first put in use.
Senator Moses declared war on cock
reaches, and though some Senators re-
marked that they had never seen any
in their Offices, he proceeded to show
them.
Today he says proudly that there's
not a cockroach in the building, and he
defies Senator to produce one.
Dirty mops have been outlawed.
Shining brass cuspidors adorn the cor
ridors. Women with cloths parade the
halls and Offices searching for specks
Of dust. There is a pervading atmos-
phere of cleanliness and "spickneSs and
spanness' wherever you turn.
Some of the Senators were unaware
of the Transformation wrought by Moses
in their quarters. One had the temer-
ity to tell him so. Moses, the house
keeper was on him in flash. Much
as wife would reprimand an unob-
serving husband, he snapped:
There is a very great difference.
Not a cockroach in the place!"
North Carolina farmers purchase
about 100000 tens Of hay from other
States annually.
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place for us to be. This is where
Reddy Fox and MRS. Reddy live, and
one Of them may be &C home. We must
get away from here rs quickly as we
cam
MolIy'g soft eyes twinkied. but peter
didn't see the twinkle. He never had
called her my dear" before and he
didn't know he had this time. But
Molly did. "Oh," said she, "I am not
afraid being with you. ! wouldn't dare
come over here alone, but with you IL
Is different, for you told me yourself
that you are not afraid of Reddy or
Mrs. Reddy. 1t must be splendid not
to be afraid"
'But--but I am afraid for you"
stammered Peter. looking this way and
that way anxiously. "Of course they
can't catch me, but they might catch
you. just keep right at my heels and
I'll soon lead you where It is safe"
So Peter led the way and Molly fol.
lowed, but she didn't hurry and she
would stop to get a bite here or peek
into bush there Peter was so nervous
he couldn't keep still. At every little
sound, the rustic OF q leaf or the tiny
snap of q twig under Molly's careless
feet he would start nefvously and
abruptly sit up to listen and look.
What he didn't know and Molly did
was that Reddy and Mrs. Reddy were
not In the Old Pasture. They had left
early that evening TO hunt In the Green
Forest and Molly had seen them 90.
tCopyrlght 1891
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Who hehtly from truths pathway swsrves
- Ap' 70 nave a touch of 1sryss. ~,..
To have heard Peter Rabbit Dragging
TO Molly. the lady friend he had dis
covered over in the Old Pasture, you
might have thought him afraid OF no
one and nothing. That is what Molly
pretended to believe and what Peter
wanted her to believe. As q matter of
fact Peter is very timid fellow. Most
rabbits are. He Is always ready to
jump and run at the least alarm. To
do this is second nature. It is Just
what he had done when, as ne was
boasting TO Molly of not being afraid
of Hooty the Owl, shadow had moved
across patch Of moonlight. He had
dived headlong into a tangle of briars
without waiting to see who had made
the shadow. 1t was the right thing TO
DO, the thing he had been taught to do
when he was young and preparing TO
start out In the Great World, and
which he had done ever since
1t Is better" his mother had ex-
plained to run when there Is no cause
than to fail to run when there Is
cause
But to have to run from the shadow
OF q harmless old friend like Boomer
the Nighthawk, and to have done It at
the very moment he was boasting OF
not being afraid of even that terrible
fellow, Hooty the Owl, was rather
mortifying. What must Molly think?
Anyway. she ran. too, and she prob
ably ran before I did and doesn't know
I ran," muttered Peter in an effort to
restore his self esteem.
Molly hadn't run away. She had
been safe in bramble-tangle and had
merely slipped away chuckling to her
self, while Peter was trying to recover
his dignity and smooth his rumpled
coat. BY the next evening, when he
found her waiting at the usual place,
he had convinced himself that she
hadn't seen his sudden fright and was
sure of it when she told him again, as
she had told him so often since their
first meeting, how wonderful he was.
It was that evening that she suggested
that he show her the safest places in
the Old Pasture as he had several
times offered to do. Peter was de-
lighted. He would have q chance to
show Off
50 Peter started to lead the way, but
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tlgan OF Colorado.
Although neither Pinchot nor any of
the Senators would discuss what they
talked about, political observers were
quick to see In the visit an element of
presidential politics.
Brookhart strengthened this belief by
saying that he hadn't backed down"
as Pinchot supporter. The Iowan
has advanced the Pennsylvania as a
candidate of the Republican Progress
sives" for the presidential nomination
in opposition to President Hoover.
Perhaps there's a reason why these
Senators are SO reticent about what
they and Pinchot talked about. Some
of them have a way of being quite reg
ular around presidential election time,
fer all their "insurging" at other times
They are politicians as well as Pro
gressives" And their knowledge Of
political history in this country Is ex-
tensive
Perhaps one reason why they are so
reticent is because they hold some
choice jobs In the Senate which they
might lose should third party be born.
Such party might do no more than
split the Republican organization,
throwing the election to the Democrats.
II so, then their committee assign
merts might be lost.