The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1928, Page 3

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1928 FISK PROVES NORTH ROUTE I$ PRACTICAL Leads Party of Immigrants From Minneapolis to Wash- ington Territor: Grand Forks, N. D. (AP)—Practicability of route across the continent first was established by Captain James L. Fisk in 1862, according to researches by 0. G. Libby, head of the suey department at North Dakota Uni- versity. In that year Fisk, with a military escort, led a party of im- migrants from Minneapolis to Wash- ington territory. The latter part of “the journey is described by Dr. Libby in the following article, the thirty-first of a series on the history written for the news! trip by the Fisk ex described in the last previous article. ‘ae By 0. G. Libby Between the Mouse and the Mis- souri rivers the party met the first and only resistance from the Indians. Broken Arm, chief of a band of Assiniboines, and some well-armed warriors tried to frighten the escort into turning back. But a prompt display of rifles and pistols and the businesslike eee of the gun crew of the howitzer seemed to cause a speedy change of heart pee ‘gd members of this fight- ing band. At Fort Union the wagon train passed 15 miles north of the river and only a few of the men rode down to visit the fort. The chief scout, Bottineau, left the train here and the agent at Fort Union, Mel- drum, volunteered to guide the party to Fort Benton, This latter fort was reached by the emigrants on September 5. The fort is thus described by Mr. Bond: “Fort Ben- ton is a trading post of the American Fur company, very similar in size and character to Fort Union except that the walls are built of adobe, of unburnt brick, instead of wood. Above the main fort, about half a mile, is another fort of Tike char- acter, which was built by an oppo: sition company but afterwards pw chased by the traders of Fort ton; and about half a mile still further up the flat, a large fort or trading fort is in process of being erected by the firm of LaBarge, Harkness and company, traders from St. Louis. Fort Benton was estab- lished in 1847 and a large trade has since been conducted here with the Blackfeet and other Indians, 10,000 of whom were encamped close to the walls of the fort but a few days before our arrival.” Military Escort Dismissed At Fort Benton Captain Fiske dis- missed his military escort but agreed to accompany the emigrant train to its destination at the mining town of Walla Walla, Washington Terri- tory. When this point was reached, November 1, Captain Fisk disposed of such property as had been brought out on the journey and returned by boat from San Francisco to New York. Most of the emigrants, how- ever, had left the trail before reach- ing this point, being determined to try their fortunes as gold seekers along the banks of a small stream konwn as Prickly Pear creek. Before leaving Captain Fisk and his assitants, they presented with a statement, signed by the en. tire party, expressing their appreci: tion of his invaluable services their long journey. up his experiences by saying: “I cannot do less than say that the route over which we traveled is an eminently practicable one for the purpose of futuré ‘émigration, more so, I have ever: believe by what I have ed from those who have crossed the plains by the usually traveled route, than any other route across the contin- en’ “I cannot doubt that the greater | Saturday portion of future emigration from the Northwest to the gold fields on both slopes of the Rocky mountains, the extent and richness of which are yet but little known and hardly imagined, will pursue the general overland route over which we Rae and that by way of the souri River and Fort Benton; and that the whole route will, before many years, be marked by a con- tinuous line of settlements which the country, is fully capable of sus- taining. New Electric Rates Approved For Great Bend and Donnybrook New electric rates applicable at Donnybrook and Great md have Power company, The commission also has author- ized the purchase of electric ,erties at Bowman and Reeder ty the Dakota Public Service company. Both of the properties were owned the Bowman Electric company. the Dakota Public Service also has purchased the electric pient at “Hettinger from the ‘tinger Electric Light and Power board offices, the same per- Sar eet ike clock in both cooks ‘panies. CHILDREN Pontarda’ we, P Rivoli Mr. and Teakene Wheo™ 6. i0ston 8} UND SLEEPERS 5) Ruth’s Daughter. Mother, Brother ———~-_ THR BISMARCK TRIBUNE Admire Mrs. Barber All who have seen M: bar $4 jbaby and suvervised has received official visitor. fri attended dents and friend: Ryrroge ied ‘husband. The baby was bor:. ehort- : ly before her husba:.d was kidnaped. torney general, ret of the local Lions club Monday on clut George Shafer Is Principal Speaker at Lions Meeting Shafer of Bismarck, at- Kren add ssed members “Foreign Relations.” Percy Trubshaw of Valley City, J. H. Burkhart of Berthold and Wal- ter F. Cushing of Beach, who are in the city for the special session of legislature, were led upon to speak to the club. . J. Gravem, photographer. pre- sented a framed photograph of the Li Christmas party to the local and each member received a picture. : Elk meat, contributed by Dr. A. M. Fisher, was served at the club ‘| luncheon Monday. Three immediate relatives of Mrs. Ruth Snyder share her solicitude over Governor Al Smith's forthcoming action on a plea for commutation of her death sentence. They are her daughter, Lorraine (top); her mother, Mrs. Josephine Brown, pictured with Mrs. Snyder at the lower right, and her brother, Andrew Brown, of New York, lower left. Mrs. Snyder and Judd Gray are under sentence to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison, New York, the week of January 9. Lorraine has been in the care of her grandmother, Mrs. Brown, ever since the murder. LOS ANGELES MINING ENGINEER WHO WAS KIDNAPED BY MEXICAN BANDITS OWES HIS LIFE TO BOTTLE OF COGNAC corn field and jumped on the horse’s Lyman F. Barber Slays Guards] tare back. As they spurred him on, With Bottle and Stones Aft- 4'the next party, wchedaled for Val scl or l= entine's ‘Da pond Mra, F. B. Strauss is general chairman. Women, Weak, Tired, Rundown and Nervous or wh» suffer ovaria: F cagead pains in the lower part of stomach, bearing down pains, female weak- mer eee backaches, mnt ancholia, lespondency, nervous: rangements, flushes of heat, fleet- ea ees ea el or al ae eh Mrs. lee Lovell 7568 lass., Kansas » Mo. we eth tl i = and rer ad- site of . convenient Fig method whereby she and other women say they have successfully relieved sim- ilar troub! 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On night-he and his servant, who was kidnaped with him from the Monte Carlo mines near Zacualpan on December 15, over- heard the guards discussing them: The captives learned that they would iat ani tt Pesos was by that time. decided to. make @ desperate effort to aeee bude ode eee r smuggled cognac and passed it around among the bandits who guarded him and shots rang out from the other band-| She has nothing to sell.—Adv, its. The captives were pursued, but were not wounded... The horse blundered and stumbled. Then the riders discovered that he was blind. For several hours they rode him, until he was spent. ‘When the horse tumbled into a ra- vine and died, they continued their aes afoot. jarber was suffering from an in- jured eye, received previously when thrown from a horse while being moved from one camp of the band- its to another. The fleeing men ran most of the night. Sometimes when exhaustion overwhelmed them, they stopped for breath. 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