The Bismarck Tribune from Bismarck, North Dakota • Page 2

PAGE TWO SEFEpJMBER 14,1922 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1922 Bronze plate at either end of new vehicular bridge across Missouri 6F STATE, STEADILY, MD FACES FUTURE WITfl CONFIDENCE (Continued from Pane 1) California Joe Reynolds who used to be a partner of Joe Dietrich's was killed in the Custer fight, Yellowstone Kelly, Texas Jack, and pthers of lesser note. In the "spring of 1877, the Northwestern Rage and Transportation Co. put on a line of stage coaches that ran from Bismarck to Deadwood in the Black Hills with stations every 20 miles. They jjjso had hundreds of teams hauling freight to the Hills. It was a sight to see ten or twelve yoke of wild Montana cattle string out pulling two or ibree large wagons loaded with freight.

The stage company had good experienced men-in their employ and everything'moved smoothly. It did not Jake the teamsters long to, break in the unruly cattle. Steamer Leaves Third Street On a Trip to Mandan The greatest flood in the history of the northwest occurred in the jjpring of 1881. There was a very heavy fall of snow that winter and when the river broke up in the spring it overflowed all of the bottom lands and gkused a lot of damagi. All the bridges along the stage line between Bismarck and Deadwood were washed away.

TKfe river overflowed the bottom south of the town and the water came up to the foot Third Street. Captain Braithwae who owned the Steamer Eclipse landed his boat at the foot of Third Street and ran an excursion across the river to a point this side of Randan. I will always remember that boat ride. Everybody danced and had a Rood time. Mrs.

Logan said that that'boat ride was her first wedding trip. The flood did a great deal of damage all along the Missouri bottoms far south as Yankton, many men were caught in the flbod and drowned. jQthcrs had to climb trees and had their feet badly frozen. Hundreds pf Kend of cattle were drowned, and deer could be seen standing on cakes of ice floating down the river. Work on the railroad bridge started in August 1881, and the bridge was completed in the fall of 1882.

The work was done under the direction of George S. Morrison, engineer in chief. The bridge cost over one million dol- Ihrs. While the bridge was being built, the trains were crossed on two ferry boatsr, and in the winter time the track was laid on the ice across the The first train crossed on the ice Feb. 18, 1879.

When the bridge completed in October 1882, nearly everybody was on the hill where the reservoirs of the water company are now located to see the bridge tested. Large engines came from each side of the river and met in the center of the bridge. Everybody cnoered. When the engines returned in safety, kept blowing the whistles until they arrived into Bismarck and Man. n.

1( Last Big Buffalo Hunt Was in the Year 1882 The last biff buffalo hunt was in 1882. A great many buffalos were ant near where New Salem, is, and at other points. In the fall after weather set in the hunters would ship in the hind quarters to Bis- a'rck. The depot platform would be piled high with buffalo That inter every one was eating buffalo steaks. In conclusion, I want to say that the stories that some writqrs have the -press about the early days in Bismarck were far from being true.

Some of these writers pictured Bisnjarck as being a very tough town. If we are to beleivc their stories, there would not be a day go by unless some one died with his boots on. It is true that a few men were killed, but they were the aggressors, and Probably got what was coming to them. There was a certain class, cele- "brlties, who held forth on some of the streets, but they always kept their places. Through all those stirring times, either night or day, a respectable vomffn could walk the streets in safety and there is not one instance known where a respectable woman was ever insulted or molested, either on or off the streets' of the city in Bismarck.

There were no thefts or burglaries in never thought of locking their doors during the night. Those were wonderful They are now gone forever! Anno Another mark states it was tested by Ulyses Pudwaski in 1823. Mr. Burch obtained the violin from a brother-in-law in a trade. The brother-in-law got it from Capt.

Nathaniel Crane, who took the violin from an officer in the Civil War. Capt. Crane lived in county, Inidana. Mr. Burch has.

had the violin over, 40 years. He did not discover the name that appears to be that of the maker until a score of years ago when he took it to a repair shop. violin- wat taken apart by the 1epaif man an? hf lipunfl fbe name. CITY'SNETWORK JPIONEER WOMEN MET HARDSHIPS IN EARLY (Continued from page 1.) Pullman service was offered by the Northern Pacific only between Miri- neapolis and Braincrd. From Brain- -erd to Fargo, a day's journey, Hay coach service was offered; fr.om to Jamcsttwn, a third day's "travel, box car service was given; from Jamestown Crystal Spring, fourth day's service was continued.

But here the railroad ended in May of '73, so a lumber wagon was used to complete the -trip to Bismarck. No Mails For Months. Along with the bridal party were "John Jackman, Lnited States marshal; John a store clerk; Mason, saloon keeper; Jim Marshall, first shocman in Bismarck, and J. W. Raymond, banker.

The other conveniences of city life Jn Bismarck were similar to the comforts of railroad travel at that time. There were no malls for months at a houses or the shacks in which the people lived, were cottonwood trees. The logs in 'the houses were three or four inches apart, so that when it rained Ihcy would not turn themselves com- "pletely inside out. Cooking utvnslls limited to the few the travelers could manage to transport across the Household furniture in 'most of the homes consisted of cotton wood benches and couches and boxes. 'If "there were more than one carpet in 1873 no one recalls it at this day.

While were the conveniences fifty years ago, the present day Tomforts of home life in Bismarck stand out as the best proof of the possessed by the pioneer women. They were willing to live in endure hardships, and lack the conveniences even of fifty years ago in order to build up a new community, they were not willing to lack these comforts any longer than it was nec- essary for them to build up a community to which they might all be brought Most of these pioneer women came here when they were young. They were filled with idealism and enthusiasm. They smiled at danger, and discomfort, and loneliness. They struggled through poverty, crop failures, and death.

They fought for their lives in the early days and later struggled tot political rights which have made of Bismarck one of the most beautiful and progressive cities in the west. GILBERT PIERCE FIRST SENATOR Gilbert-A. Pierce was North Dakota's first senator. At a the state legislature in November of 1889 he was elected to represent his state at Washington, D. C.

Mr. Piercv was a native of 6attaragus county, New York, but moved with his parents to Indiana at an early age. Ho studied law at the Chicago university. In 1861 he enlisted with the Indiana volunteers and was elected second lieutenant of the company. At the end of three moj.ths of service he was appointed a captain and assistant quartermaster by President Lincoln; was at Paduvah, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Grand Gulf and Vicksburg.

After serving throughout the war and holding various important governmental and newspaper positions, he was elected to the Vnited States senate a Republican. After a short career in diplomatic and political life he entered newspaper work again, VIOLIN MADE IN 1680 IS SHOWN W. J. Burch of Bismarck has a violin that, according to'the record on it, was macte in 1680. The violin, said to be one of the of tts kind in existence, will he displayed during the three-day celebration next week.

The violin contains the inscription: "Giovani Paulo Maggini. In NEWSPAPER! Reach Into Every Direction, Giving Unusual Facilities Bismarck is not only on the main line of the Northern Pacific railway, but one of the five branches of the Soo comes into Bismarck. The Dakota division begins at Fargo and ends at Mandan, its length being 199 3-4 miles, and in practically a due east and west line, the termini being in precisely the same latitude, and the road diverging' at no point more than six miles from a straight line drawn on a map from one to the The work of construction was begun in the spring of 1872, and the track reached Jamestown, miles by the end of the working season. During the spring and summer of 1872 the road was built to Bismarck, a new town on the east bank of the Missouri river which remained the western terminus until 1878. There was not a solitary set clement between the Red River and the Missouri at the time, save those created by the advance of the Northern Pacific tracks.

At Bismarck there was a river navigation, and the railroad opened a (ink in a line of transportation for the shipment of goods and supplies to the government posts and the Indian agencies on the upper Missouri, and to the mining towns in remote Montana. Its business was too scanty, however, to pay for the running of trains over the Dakota division the first winter after it was opened, and the second winter the division was only operated to Jamestown. Railroads now radiate in seven directions from Bismarck, giving the city unusual railroad facilities for its sze. The tlorth and south branches of the N. P.

whch terminate in Mandan, the main line east and west, the N. P. branch south from McKenzie and the $00 line, running north and south, enabl' travelers to penetrate any direction from Bismarck by train. The Milwaukee railroad has a terminal site in Bismarck and expecjts to push' on eventually. OLDEST SETTLER CAME TO STATE 71 YEARS AGO Charles Turner 'Cavalier, North Dakota's oldest settler, arrived in Pembina 71 years ago.

Although not the first white man to come into the Red River valley, he Was the first white settler to secure a patent for land in the state. He lived for almost SO consecutive years in Pembina, although he was born in Springfield, Ohio, March 6, 1818, attended the public schools until he was 17, when he was seized by a spirit of wanderlust and as a result of this went to live with his uncle, Charles Constable, a lawyer, who resided at Mount Carroll, 111., where he took up the saddlers' trade, While at Springfield he often played euchre with his uncle and Abraham Lincoln, during his spare time. He was appointed territorial librarian in 1849 and held the position until October 1850 when President Millard Fillmore appointed him as collector of customs for the district of Minnesota, and inspector of revenue for the post of Pembina. From 1864 until the time of his death in 1002 he was cither postmaster or assistant postmaster at Pembina. His fellow townsmen state that they remember him best as an intorcstinf? story teller of talcs 61 pioncr days.

North Dakota produces more spring wheat than any other state; more rye than any other two states, and half the entire flax production of the entire United States. I CHURCHES OF CITY BUILT BY HARDEFFORT Perserverence and Faith of Pioneer Women Made Them Possible ONE STILL STANDING When one drives over Bismarck today and beholds its twelve churches which provide-facilities of worship for almost every religious denomination, he ean scarcely believe that it was less than fifty years ago when the first cHnrch was erected in the city. When he is told that there are 4,000 active church members affiliated with the various churches that the- churches have a seating capacity is with difficulty that he-visualises the lack of means of worship in the city fifty years ago. People of today arc likely to take our fine big churches and the small churches as a matter of course. Thjy do not stop to.

consider the years ot struggle and privations which have been put into their building. Three Days, on First Church If one tells visitor that it took but three days to erect Congregational ehareh, the first church to be eonsructed in Bismarck, building 80x40 feet in July ot 1878, he is likely to think the speaker ii exaggerating considerably, put such, is not the ease, it is actual fact. The first church in Bismarck, was buift by Rev. B. N.

Gates, a Congregational missionary. Religious services, however, held in' 1872. The Catholic sooWar had the first missionaries the ground. After May of 18.72, mass was frequently celebrated 'at private homes by Rev. Fr.

Heller of Duluth and other priests, according to a letter written by Mrs. Linda W. Slasgh tef. The fkst protestant ministerial service held in the city was conducted by Bev. Swift the Episcopal March 8, "1873 when Jamie, second ion of Lieutenant Bumbet, was baptised.

The service was held in the upper story of their ished Capitol hotel in the presence of officers and their wives and early settlers of the city. Among the audience were Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. BftHey, Mrs, Emmons, Mrs. Davij, and women of the pioneer village.

Service In Unfinished On May 11, 1878 Bev. P. C. Lyon of the Presbyterian church held ssr- vices in Mrs. John Mason's- unfinished building on the corner of Main and Fifth streets.

In that wave the members of the Sunday school class which Mrs, Slaughter ganfoed at Camg Hancock, Atqnfti 15, 1872. One can scarcely, MaUssi bow was the. beginning of the Presbyterian chu.rch. He sees only large brick church, its big. ences at morning and evening worship, and the hundreds, of who'regularly attend Sunday school services, During August of 1872 H.

Gates, home missionary of the Congregational church, preached In the large frame tent belonging 'to' John Crummy on the site of the McLean store. He wished' at that tirte to form a congregation 0f that faith, but none present except Deacon and Mrs. Mann were members of that church, so the idea was given up, Rev. Gates said that if people of Bismarck would raise 990 to pay for the, erection of the building, the materials could be shipped from Duluth ready for framing and -the building, could also be used as a union church. A woman present at the meeting guaranteed.the amount and it was raised by canvassing the gamblers, saloon men, all contributed, and the building was shipped here and erected, but all future attempt to form a Congregational'congregation to take charge of the church property failed.

Rev. Gates also held services in Mr. Raymond's new building. Mrs. Slaughter asserts in her letter that the audience was as orderly and decorous as any eastern congregation.

In Express Office Rev. M. Lyons held church and Sunday school services in the express ofice on the corner of Meigs (Broadway) and Third streets. "If the little band ot faithful workers who wrought here in discouragement could have looked forward to the laying of the cornerstone of the magnificent new church, their faith would have been materially strengthened, and if the good pastor and present congregation could have looked baek axd seen the almost hopeless prospect under which thb first feeblo work was done, they would be assured that that under the fixed laws of development and progress that rule this wonderful west, their grand work will eventually reach successful completion," declared Mrs, Slaughter in her let- Could the people of half a century ago walk into Bismarck today they would undoubtedly declare that their aspirations had reached fulfillment. And the peoplo of today owe gratitude to the vision and perseverance of these early pioneer men and women who laid the foundation for a city of churches.

This fiftieth anniversary of the founding of city, of Bismarck is appropriate time in which to pay tribute to f6nndcrs of 'our churches. FREE TICKETS ARE PROVIDED Merchants of Bismarck are giving away to non-residents between 1,200 and 1,500 tickets to the pageant to be given September 18. A booth has been erected in the Northern'Pacific park and the first 1,200 to 1,500 non-residents to ply in person will be given the tickets. Merchants of Bismarck are praised by Mrs. B.

L. general manager of the Historicn for their generosity in this regard, in advertising the pag-, eant and in loaning windows fori use of the relics committee. 1 Where There Is Work To Do? You will find International Trucks in service. Internationals a built in sizes and styles to meet every a i requirement. There is a speed truck for and trucks in 3QOp, 4000, 6000 and capacities.

Call Write or phone. fftternatibnal Harvester Company' of America (Incorporated) BISMARCK, NO. DAK, A I Why a Provident Policy The policy holders in the Provident Life Insurance Company are protected by the stringent laws of North Dakota, which specify certain provisions which must be in every policy and other provisions which must not be contained therein, and Provident policies are all issued in strict conformity with these laws. 'The State of North Dakota provides safeguards for policy holders by the Reserve Deposit Law, under which the Company desposits'the en--tire reserve on every policy according to the North Dakota standard, in (the form of securities which must be approved by the Insurance- Department of the state. The policy, holder can thus be assured that there will 'always be sufficient funds on hand to carry out insurance obligation of the Company.

By insuring in a home company; prompt payment in case of a claim by death or casualty, is secured. Every feature of every policy is absolutely guaranteed, not a single estimate appears in any of the contracts, which are as clearly stated as the English language will permit." assets are and will be for many years, far greater in proportion to its liabilities than in most companies, due to the ratio of its- reserve with capital stock added, as against its policy obligations. With its careful selection' ot risks all newly examined and in first class physical condition, its rate of mortality should be less than in older companies. By its investment at home of money received for premiums on its policies, in the form of loans secured by mortgages, and in state and municipal bonds, many hundreds of thousands of dollars being paid to institutions organized in distant states will be kept here and distributed by sjuch investments, among its people. Provident Life Insurance Co.

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