The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 22, 1919, Page 2

Medora, it. in Rooseve vas the t which the publicity man for the Ni Dakota eon Memorial had in mind} n ving met Bill McCarty nor just. shipped away t carlaad | when he ‘ * : ‘t Mambered a pion) oF lof bucking horses, old stagers, heroes'| do” the rough ri old stamping | him, when one clambered down from 4¢ many a wild west rodeo and round- id Land: omehow ground in the The hill and eight s in these da is rougher, but_that's the end After one has “spent a few d a modern ranch home with fur heat and electric lights and running water and a Steinway grand in the big living room and a cuisine equal to “ROUGHING IT IN ROOSEVELT LAND” PROVES SMOOTH GOING, THANKS TO M’CARTY AND MOTHER M’GREGOR Men and Women of the 'Liltle Missouri Bad Lands Below Medora Show Same True Western Spirit That Made Them Beloved of the Great Rough Rider. , 22.—Roughing | where General George Custer camped itle rth !over the Montana line after Sitting f the Roosevelt | Bull une his fiery Sioux. But that} the lordly North Coast loughs are rough, it|of \ s they go in| him out from the crowd. He was “The f it, | great epic of the plains, and when he the best that North Dakota’s biggest ; city affords, and has slept\between fine linen, and has poked around in libraries which abound in the best literature of all the ages, and has talked with a host who has met Queen Victoria and rubbed shoulders with the biggest men on th: ide of pond, that idea of “roughing it” somehow j doesn’t seem to fit. But it must have been rough, in-|Creek school house, and then we aed Dklehoms, whey, sold gut. ang deed, ‘way back in 1883, when young |scooted away across the tracks for a otic to Texas. X nere Bill an. ehed came to{dip into the Real Bad Lands. Rarly|Mexico and old Mexico Bill learne: Theodore Roosevelt first these parts to hunt buffa Was then winning its asa live cow town. saloons and dance halls and every- thing that went with them. There were bad men and bad women, and there | ick tempers and ner- | and a man, to! to be a man in} were men with qui vous trigger finge get away with it, those day The Owner of Custer Trail Such a man is Bill McCarty, owner of the famous Custer Trail ranch, NEGLECTING. THAT . 14 COLD OR COUGH? ‘Why, when Dr. King’s New _ Discovery so promptly r} _ checks it Ea T natural you don’t want t Be co) eless and let that old cold or ugh drag on er that new at- tack develop seriously. Not when ou can get such a proved succes® | iuildings of that day, excepti Y gs y, excepting the it rene iy ag Dr. King’s New Dis bunk house, are afl gone. “When Bill f2 * McCarty bought the'place he had no Cold, cough ‘srippe croup, does need for so-many~ dwelling houses Re ane: Its quality is as high Being accustomed to achieving the} today as it always has been—and | impossible, he conceived the idea of | it’s been growing steadily in popu- Yarity for more than fifty yeara, '@0c.,and $1.20 a bottle at all drug- “gists. Give it a trial. Tardy Bowels, Inert Liver 7. They just. won’t let you put “pep” fate your work or play, . Sick head- ache comes from retaining .waste “moatter and impurities in the body. “ Feel right for anythingy—-make othe liver lively, the bowels function fopulariy: with Dr, King’s New Life Pills. Smoothly yet positively they (Produce results that cleanse the ssystem and make the liver and bowels respond to,the demands of ‘a strong, healthy body. Still 25¢— {pt all druggists, ‘Try them tonight y reputation | There were | 1 { | | twisted like an angle-worm. ; mous show places of the ‘west. j owners, who were there in Roosevelt’s ands outfitted for ‘his last fatal dash Although limit as it » to a dead stop at the little town dora one just naturally singled Virginian” in person, from the stepped fresh leaves of Owen Wister’s with his slow southren wl, the picture became perfect. 1, lanky, lithe, with one of those utable faces which might belong man of thirty or of seventy, but , in this instance, has actually weathéred the winds and suns and snows of fifty summers and winters, in the open, he is all that we love to think of our plainsmen heroes, Bundled into a high-powered tour- ing car, 4 short stop at the postoffice and a longer one at the village store, where Bill had to talk over the even- ir basket social and dance at Davis in our ride we discovered why Bill’s tires last so long. He uses but two of them at a time. First we mono- railed on one-side and then on the other, aS Bill writhed and twisted in and out of the hills, executing double- eights, hairpin curves and zigzags h all the nonchalance of a man who s always been accustomed to riding hard and who is sure if himself. Going Some From Medora to Custer Trail ranch is five miles. We did it in fifteen flat, including, two stops to open and close} fences. Most of the way was over a prairie trail, and all of it was up and down hills, through roads ~ which wi clared it poor. “If I wanted to step; on her, I could have done it in ten, easily,” he said. And were gladj{ that he hadn’t wanted to “step on her.’ Custer Trail ranch not a great ‘many years ago was one of the fa- The} Donaldson Bros. of Minneapolis pur- chased it from the Eatons, its original} time, and they made a great resort! spot of it. Hunting parties and: tour- ! ists came from all parts of the ‘coun- | try to enjoy-the hospitality: of Custer | Trail ranch. The eleven or more} skidding seven of those houses down, the bottoms and up over the hills, un-} der bridges and through creek beds | to the Medora townsite, and he did it, Bill de-}, ‘or in town, and-many’s the time I’ve} \wild days; in a wi 1 a principally ‘dealing with thé outdoors and with adventure, line the walls of the big living room. It is the place where one might lose himself for years and be content. i Guster Trail ranch comprises eleven sections, something over ten thousand acres, all under fence. On these ranges’ McCarty gradés his heyls of registered Percherons whose dams and’ sires cost from $1,000 to $5,000 apiece in France. Off and on these pasttires fatten huge herds of Here- fords in which McCarty deals, al- though he is not’a cow-man. Horses ate his long suit. He sends his horses to the International each year and comes back with ribbons a-plenty. Un- sake he had | ;up, and, some of them, veterans of | Buffalo Bill’s last European tour. Wild West or Rancher? “IT had ‘to give up the wild west or ranching, and I’ve vot to a time of : life where I decided I’d ‘better stick to business,” said Bill, with a regretful pat for his own particular saddle horse.’ “I’ve only got’ seven saddle orses on the place now. That old flea-bitten thoroughbred is 25 years old. and I’ve got another, one of the best buckers I evey had, and just as ynéan today as he ever was. They’re on pension. ‘That bucking hoss put two men in the hospital last winter. He’s a ood one.” Bill MeCarty was born -on his fa- ther’s ranch in Oklahoma. He was in the saddle before he could walk. When sheenmen became too promiscu- the ranching game.. He was practi- callv brotght up with the Miller Boys of “101” rajich fame, and for years, until a Very recent date, he was one of the star riders. of their wild west show. He trouved for years with Buffalo Bill in the old days when “The Bill Show” Was a real outfit, and the late Col. W. F. Cody haa no greater admirer living than Bill McCarty. He went abroad ‘with the “Bill Show” and performed for Queen Victoria and other crowned heads, and he saw a lot of the World, but always at the end of the season he returned to’ his real _gamg—herding horses. He be- van herding on his oWn,hook with a Texican boy on the other side of the Rio, Grande when he was fourteen. | He brought trail herds of horses over the Long Trail all the way from Texas and New Mexico to the Bad Lands, and on up into Canada ‘way hack im- 1889, and now he’s quit the; Long Trail and trouping and he’s set- if there is such a thing as old. age for men of Bill McCarty’s type. We were welcomed to the ranch house by an old friend and neighbor | of. Bill’s—Mother McGregor, a beauti- | ful, white-hairéd lady who came to the Bad Lands as a bride ago.. “I’had only been married a} month when I paid my first visit to} this ranch,” remarked Mother Mc- Greger. “The Eaton boys were here then, and it was here that I first met Mr. Roosevelt. J often nret him after- wards, at his Chimney Butte ranch, | years | yes, those were | , but they were happy days. I came out here from} danced with him. My, hewing a wide road through virgin timber for much of the way. Houses | were in demand in Medora, they rent: { ed well, and amply repaid McCar' for his expense. They are’ still: in} service, although he is no longer! their owner. | Trail is a long, rambling building of | modern construction, equipped with an efficient hot air furnace. running n water, electric lights anda ive, old-fashioned square piano| mahagony alone would. buy teers. Booke: filled with! of every ‘description, but! tled. or thinks he is, for his old age—| f a ey oe: * PRN A he instrument special! made to play Victrola Records by these famous artists. . Alda Rutfo @ ‘ a é Bori “ Eames ~ Sammarco, Braslau Elman Schumanr-Heink : Calvé Farrar Scotti : Catuso oy Galli-Curci McCormack Sembtich Clement. Garrison Re Tetrazzini Gluck ‘Hamlin Heifetz Homer Cortot Culp De Gogorza De Luca . you want to hear these. artists exactly as they wish you to hear them,you must play their Victrola Records on the Ohio, and everything was new and strange, and I never in, my life saw such wonderful people, such kind and! | generous peonle.” The Same People Today i As they were in Theodore Roose- } honeymoon time, so we found them} that evéning, when with the as-! sistance of Bill’s well-stocked larder | lave fixed up a hasty basket lunch and} whirled away over hills and through! half-filled river beds to the Davis Creek school, five miles distant. Cow- boy hats and “chaps” were hanging about the walls. Outside an occasion- al cow-pony was tethered in between the long string of automobiles. The crowd was still gathering: The fam- | ilies came with babies and children of all ages. A sheepskin robe or bundle of blankets made a comfortable bed for the babies, and the space beneath the benches which surrounded the little. twenty-by-twenty school room soon was filled with peacefully snooz- ing -tots, oblivious to the music and the chatter of the people who sat over them. e Then the music, furnished by the new school piano, on which some money. still’ owing had been made an occasion for this affair, began, and everyone danced. And it wasn’t any old’ stuff, at that. The youngsters in- troduced all of’ the latest steps, all the newest “cinch holds,” that their The present ranch house at Custer ,Velt’s day and in Mother McGregor’s | J VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO. \ CAMDEN NJ: i} | Give the world ’ | | the once over. The Navy goes all over the world—sails. the Seven Seas— sguints at the six cantinents— that’s its businéss. You stand to sée more odd sights, wonder- ful scenery aiid strange péople than you ever dreamed of." You'll work: hard. while you work. You'll play hard while you ISTEN, fellows, to some Straight talk. Many a ima when he get3 to be 46, misses some- thing. He. may: have Z lots of moncy, and'a fine ® ‘ farhily but— P Ve > He never “gat out and ‘ saw’ things”. “After he play: You'll. earn and learn. < gets'settled down, zt’s tod You'll gct, in addition to ‘‘shore- Jate: leay "38 ae stecigtt veces Evéry man wants to see Wate Welch ATS TOE . the wotld.~ No thai likes Egar A, PenH President can to stand ‘still all his life. The best time to TRAVEL is. when you're yolirig aid > livély—right NOW'! } a . > Right NOv ‘your Unote Sam ‘ ik calling, “Shove ofi!”” He wants men for bis Navy. He’s inviting» It’s the biggest chance. l ever get to give Fld, ; You can join for two years. When you-get through you'll be physically and mentally ‘‘tuned up’). for the rest of your life: Mou'll_ be .céady.. through ~and through for SUCCESS. , ~ There's a Reeruiting Station ight: mear you. If you, don’t hd icnow Where iy Porth Post- i) » ‘raster wall be diad’to fell, you. ’* city brothers and sisters know. And they were garbed jyst asa city boys and girls at a similat gathering would have been. Here and there, among the boys, was visible a slight bending of the knees inherited from a lifetime én the' saddle, but’ it ‘didn’t interfere with ‘their dancing. Everybody one- stepped. We werd fortunate in getting Mrs. Connell for a waltz. She was born in the Bad-Lands and has never been east of Fargo, although the west coast is familiar ground -to her.. “It was-at a dance just like this that 'I'first met Mr. Roosevelt,” she said. “He always caime in to our social affairs. He was always one of the boys,' ‘and we treated him just like one of us.” People of Teddy’s Day All. of. the Connells: were ‘there. There was three granddaughters of Old Man Lebo, who was Roosgevelt’s favorite scout and guide on hunting and trapping expeditions, One of them, who played the piano and held her little baby: the while, :was the wife of Louie Pelliser, son of Old Pete) Pelliser; a pal of Roosevelt’s in the latter’s Chimney Butte ranching days. Everyéne—even the yo jters— knew ‘Mr. Roosevelt,” eiffier” from fireside tales around the home hearth or through his visits of recent ‘years to Medora. And, just ag they did al- most four decades ago when Roosevelt first came among them,’they took “in the stranger*and made him feel: at At midnight Bill McCarty auctioned c® the baskets, Wonderful creations some of thém were, The school- ma’ani’s wag the prize, and bidding was spirited, A lithe young fellow whose | panther-like grace made him conspicuous was visibly put out when a married man_finally. ovyerbid him and won the honor of sharing the school teacher's lunch, There was hot coffee by the boilerful, and lots of | ctéam, ahd eake and pickles ahd po- tato-salad, and after everyone eaten to the bursting point, and: the youngsters duel with bread pellets “ and - other enjpyed a bombing | who dances divinely, “so many of. us live so far away arid the roads dfe so bad that it really isn’t saf@ to leave till daylight—so we. just keep ‘on a ” j : min. the old: days,” said Mrs. Riley, authoress ofthe perfectly scrumptu- ous picklés which made the lunch per- missles, the worst offenders were singled out and,made to sweep up the mess, and dancing was. resumed. Bill and His. Banjo Now Bill McCarty trotted out’ the banjo which had beén jwith him so many years on the Wong. Trail, and music: showed. new pep. “On and on) sc4 “wwe used t6 begin dancing eatly |f they danced, yoting folk anid old, while | ; ieht, Still slumberea re, tenet oT ng [dafice until dinner time. | ‘Then we'd fire dat hifted €hé babiesand un- eat and star} in dancing again. Many’s sapeet ae rents /went hofie with the dance Pve been to in those days the ue by ring, but we decided where: there were only.a tiles re it Agent Hoe te as to.try. it here. eis end ny Ha a 468i 5 1|.we nice. We’ Besiies, rheee foe hed i ead’ as well until wiid-afternoon of the next, day.” “They were'still dancing at 3 in: the y The, Coyote Chorus ’ morning when. we: were forced:to give tumbled. fromthe car at up and beg the’most important mem- ‘ranch, dolorous coyotes ber-of the orchestra to-drive-us home, fom 4 Picket “You see,” explained Mrs. Billy. 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