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SUNDAY, JAOUARY 2.. 012.
SPASSING EVNTS
Bo absorbed have l In Mluosso
,, been for a weep wb e har6d fail
to keep tab op he uoublc. Wo,
row Wit aid could t'new
nocurately ? ninqCiry conelming tl
Chibpso re oiut op. The coeseation
te `county coa~missioner, ~lerks at
a7mor., whioh was in seulon In ti
.Soul. county oUb'*houi., was
a tbtat(he Untverl(y city h,
ster anythitg l*e exce
of the .orest inupervso'
was in sesston all last wed
Will not adjourn for several da]
Swas a busy convention wee
Sbanquet and there was
r~ by way of diversion but thei
was a lot of hard 'work along with it
eereation.' The visitors were here ft
suilness and they attended to I
disoussed many Important tol
and took some important actlo
of the recommendations whic
decided to make, will, we bellev
lreatly to the bonefit of the stal
they are carried out. The conr
uloners are well able to give expel
lon upon many of the udministrr
'4 e laws which are in force in Mtor
tlaaj they are closely in touch wit
t Operation of these statutes; the
j ,.bhad experience enough to kno
e the defects lie. On this accoun
eieve that much good may coa
4 h, e dlscussions of the week ju
Certainly, the men were I
They gave the impressilon c
i ,but one purposeo I, view an
the Improvement of the effi
y of the managenent of publi
rs.
ICIENCY-In all of the discus
of the week-fn the sessions o
e and assessors, a.s well as thos
ihe comnznlssoners-the purpose wai
g-. the greatest efficiency out o
heequlpment which is provided. This
quiproent consists of the laws ant
f the men who are elected to enforce
he ilp. Ths combination is what we
;st depend upon f,'r' the manage.
,en of our public husiness. The more
/ l~ s-like the laws and the more
le the men, the better the re
t which the public, will receive.
ost effective assessment is That
ent which gives not accurately
ttive valuation of the propl,
county: the basln does not
t : spch as a factor, pro.
I itlform and Is regarded
ely It is "scEOpted as the
e reguatlon of weights
S for the protection of the
h blic will be effective If
are correct and the law
7 enforced. The whole
~iness proposition. There
t ll': comp(ated, bout it,
tieg feat e, fiwyver, I.
of the pblic officery to
busines upon a, practical
ii, con lhlv gP, a new
0i4 0 e, t IeL so very
Sou.ld
the
4t the
to. ·b
Wyg nep the
the topto of
.eneral ip.
.l.ta and
Setnyears.
each year,
is V 'r IW lami nearer
to6 tof last
Ut ented sreu
t atng. There is
1 ·Uestoto .M. 0e detrability of a
it ppeals strongly to
St1ifer and it places
tl evy Upon a uniform bas
9 oi Oof Other states. The way
S. low levy is to have a
hElt h* ss t. The amount of
Will be no greater. This
S alone, turnishes sufficient
apptars to us, to warrant the:
c Montana to the higher bas
is t. It is admitted, as a
of course, that each county
ske the change and that the
at be uniform. We are firm
tvlnced, moreover, that a change
to4ie "full valuation" basis of assess
meot would relieve the smaller prop
r w owneroft the unjust share of the
0bilo expense, Which he now bears.
2ere is no question that the smaller
property owner is assessed more heav
ly, proportionitely, than are the great
corporations ond other large holders.
The man whose entire holdings con
alut of his home pays taxes all out of
proportion with the amount which in
charged against the big owners. A
"full valuation" basis would tend to
equalize this.
0000 ROADS-But, though there
was some difference of opinion re
garding the basis of taxation, there
was perfect unanimity when it came
- to the discussion of the road question.
There were, of course, varying degrees
of enthmslasm, but the sentiment ex
pressed at the week's convention re
vealed the fact that the indifference
which once existed in Montana toward
the road question has entirely disap
r peered. The almost ceaseless discus
slon of this subject In the newspapers
fand upon the platforms of the state
d during the past few years has had its
effect if we may judge by the talks of
last week. There was not a county
amongst those represented in the con
vention, which was not on record as
indorsing the idea that systematic and
scientific road building is the best in
vestment which the state can make.
The general proposition received
hearty approval. There were special
cases discussed by some of the coun
e ties which have mutual interests. The
counties which are concerned in the
development of the Flathead reserva
tion lands took definite and positive
action which promises to hasten the
construction of needed roads in that
regilbn. There was informal discus
e sion of the proposition of building a
e park-to-park highway through the Big
Hole, Bitter Root, Mission and Flat
head valleys. It seems likely that
steps will be taken toward the con
struction of units In this proposed
highway, which will join into the de
sired whole when completed. In so far
as the road question went, the con
vention's work Iwas entirely successful.
FAIR MEASURE-The county clerks
gave much time and thought to the
consideration of the added responsibil
ity which has been placed upon them
by the law which makes them the
sealers of weights and measures. The i
protection of the public by the stan
dardization of the scales and scoops
of the stores is an important proposi
tion. The clerks were given expert
instruction In the use of the standard
weights and measures which are to
be used in determining the accuracy
or the lack of accuracy of the meas
ures by which we buy our daily sup.
plies. At least one weighing machine
which was tested 'was found to be so
far wrong as to warrant condemna
tion. The further investigation of the
scales in the city may reveal the ex
Istence of other unfair machines. Per
haps these will be found to have bear
ing upon the alleged high cost of liv
Ing, Even if they are not discovered
to be generally at fault, it will be a
source of satisfaction to know that
the scales which weigh our sugar and
salt, our flour and our fuel, are cor
rect. A man likes to know that he is
getting his money's worth. Of course,
a crooked dealer can cheat with a
correct scale. The week brought from
New York a story of a provision dealer
who had 'weilhted his turkeys with
lead. He didn't need any crooked
scales. But the safeguarding of the
public to the extent of insisting that
the scales and measures in our stores
shall be correct and 'up to standard,
this Is a step in the right liroction
and will receive the applause of a Tt
long-suffering public, to
soy
CO'OPERATION-There were many Ri
eloquent and earnest speeches whose lnl
theme was "get together." The power gea
of the pull-together Is becoming rea- brI
ogtisesd. There are o d fat i
ataonuntleý ! the s ta*idb
vwht a rid ririoua-whlo '1.ieh tu e
emnpatt dsenSlstratli o0* Ute t.de'
'which lie in thorough co - rattloR a,
we are to have etofficienocy ina our -
110 service, there iust beon alt.'t {.
operation amongst-ft ts*eet iii .
The assessors and the eonmm ni
must work in harmony and with 1ii
of purpose it their work 4s to b it
fbotlve. This is merely by way of I
illustration. There Is no intent to M-.
ply that the relations between the as
sesors and the commissioners are not I
completely. in accord with the es
preed purpose of co*operation. In a
private business there can be no de- n
gree of succes attained it ed depart
ments do not pull together. This 1
equally true of th, publlc's busing.s I
affairs. All branches of the publio
service must work as pert of the I
whole; there must be thordbgh organ- t
isation and proper division of work.
The effectiveness of the ommislsion
form of city government lies In the dl- 1
vision of labor and responsibility;
with commisaioners who are hot mill
Ing to share the duties of the city's
affairs and who are not in accord as
to policy, the commission form of gov
ernment will fall far short of its pos
sibilitlen. With thorough co-opetralon
and with complete understanding as v
to the mode of procedure, the public
will be saved much expense and will
get better results.
r A GENERAL DEMAND-And; as we
read the news each day, we find am
mple evidence that the tendency to
ward placing the administration of I
public affairs on a business basis is
more general all the while. The gIeat
departments of the federal government I
are working that way; the elimination c
of the ,old red-tape methods is goingT
on as fast as possible. It is a vast
undertaklng to reorganise a system so a
e great as our government executive t
machinery, but the proces Is going
C on. The first step toward the aso
Sc'omlllshment of this purpose is, of c
course, the substitution of ability for 5
s political favor as the basis for ap.
- polntmnnt: this is the most diffloult
change to make; our government was ,
inaugurated upon a merit baals and c
ran along pretty well upon that plan t
until Andrew Jackson instituted the
spoils system; the spoils habit has be.- i
come so firmly fixed that the politician, a
is extremely unwilling to see it brok- t
en up. But the civil-service provisilon
are being extended gradually to the t
r several branches of the government; b
it Is not vain imagination to foreses a
the time when all of our public work
will be in the hands of men who are ,
specially trained and who are by digs- t
position adapted to the work. Our
consular service Is becoming something
more than a joke, under the applical
tion of this system. We are getting
real results from the salaries .whloh
we pay our foreign representatives. a
The cry now Is for trained men in the ar
postoffice department; when we get
them, we shall have a business-like o
management' of the greatest business h
which the government handles.
FOR HOME8TIA0DER --.Unques
tionably, one of the most cumbersome
of government methods is that which h
controls the business of the land de- sI
partment. There is much red tape at
tached to the procedure of getting title tl
to a homestead. Surely it was not the si
intent of the land laws, when they
were framed, that the homesteader
should be harassed and- perplexed by n
technicalities in acquiring title to his
land. These laws ,were framed upon
the assumption that all homesteaders tg
were honest. Unfortunately for those
who are honest, it developed that there
are many who are not on the square. wI
Through connivance, there have been
hundreds of thousand resf acres of the
(- __._ .I
To Marry Governor of Nevada
San Francisco, Jan. 97.-Governor
Tasker L. Oddle of Nevada ls going
to be married In a few days in Cair
Mon City, and his bride will be Mrs.
Dale Hartley Baker, widow of the late
Rives Baker of Oakland and slatert
in-law of Cleveland H. Baker, attgrpie]
general of Nevada, Friends of the tWo
families, both here and in the ;-.
brush capital, are busily whir llgj
,.t ture. , "r
a at t "-.T h.,.
faittl `to btai& o at .* obe
But ith lithead) tup '
But there 1 ow # in oh
has p tromisel ti lt sort of , t to.v
ient for omes t o ler t? J'sn foTrestr
twill te a cutting t lme at ti head
which wlths I t OsVtv O i Ulm` to
become the, bbeaSut b ; the land
which he b4on anted that his nehot.
It will, .owis, apeays be necessary
to guard gapinst the jobber.
The orst thind that has mbermn sa
have smtarted t larett sort ofy thiove
nt or thate has been lty' foreoasted
schoof this pull with f coprs adn will
benefit bothure t ll pull wth you.the
The .Duke' "of .lozihaught is a like
a6e sort of neighbor. We hope he
wtoll reofma. at on time, at the head
of thed .l ioulon and that his nestl
visit will be to o u. "
The worst thing that has been said
about Mayor Duncan of Butte in that
he smokeh.,oigarettes. We nay thi.,,
realising that'.. be has been roasted
plenty aJong other lines.
The jlliaoulian class ad offers a
griiat oiaportunity tor' the pull-together.
If pol tWill pull with the clans ad, you
may: be sure It will pull with you.
The kind words of the official vis.
itors of lst eweek are much appre
elated by Mdissoula, who can honestly
may "The name to ',ou."
t 'ake time to read carefully the ad
, vertising columns of The Mlssanrllan
a this morning and you ,will be well paid
for the hour thus spent.
H[owver, the soclalisti should not
f complain if every man's hand is
r against them, for they seem to be
against every man.
The arguments angainst the army
cansteen Indicate how unfamiliar the e
I opponents are with the conditions in
the army.
The proposed sale or low-priced(1
lands In' Sanders county will open iup
t, a rich agricultural empire to real set- I
tiers.
The beef trust was checked Just in
time to prevent the slmhstitutlon of a
bull's head for the spreadeagle on our
# colns.
The robbery of Vancouver banks Is
so easy that the thieves do not take
the. trouble to disguise themselves.
'Great Falls wants no twilight zone. I
Bie wants limelight on everything,
which is quite the proper thing.
President Taft's reference to China
as "a'slster nation" seems to imply a
recognition of the Sun republic.
President Taft cannot be accused 1
of partlson motives in his asking for
help for the starving Chinese. n
The Missoullan class ad is effective C
babq4'p The Missoultan reaches all the h
dIePl~ b.f western Montana. a
Wbht' shall It lprOit a man if his a
hen is decked with blue ribbons, if d.
she giveth him no r.ggs?
lut the dispatches, every day, show 01
that there are crooked lawyers out. hi
side of Montann. U
iOur Mr. Tineancon gets Missoula Into
the Associated Press dispatches in the
right way. l,
ts
Remember l'rlday's condition of Hig- ti,
gins avenue, when you hear pavement ft
talk. 1
J. (Oarfleld doesn't say much but sp
what little he does say is significant. tit
lIs
No matter what it is, if you can get VI
It at home, home is the place to get It. W1
the ftrst news of tb. engagement,
whioeqji t~ale known otfiolally In the
holi~da sasoIn.
Q441e i well known In San Fran
cidanka.Ap1 in his own £ste be is the
,t'oarmoopolitical flg, wiwth a pLc
tureique history etiml, Ot er £ score
C `yeawr, *htYUgbhti Iei . yet 40.
*?er. "dsklr 4f 1an .M..~ belle "
tfw vll cra afro tad _ 4: ' knpow
eaoltlyp,
r'T' V
ý/ yS 4 j1 v t j, P
C ·* t 9
of
ttagesq its* a ttui*
oanyon wid nalntt ' er ý
of the Mtioudk valley, oe.b.
seat as roltken only by th bae
of the rhut whtdh Oacourd Ite eatite
length, Indian trais wound throulgh
its grovey of pine ae fire a" tm
laok or Ollmbed he steep end roky
eldes wh-oh tbbsk oe becin e too
aerrow. e. the hllrIt cet perstItee
oaf uanh i. Igh e pouaUe of the
stream-btl lgda k. iense and ig
ging he O a obuepeo there-unit Mhre
has been raomn enough intledr two
seret theile of. steel unn tobeol s
highwar over which espre wee -at
mobile end along whio, egas t We
eaowsr-moeeing kt aon of the w.ld
tanule ot the Iarn~tr. it i4 siele Gate
canyon yet, but it Is not the trll Gate
through which th Indian, the trlpper
and the prospeotor moved. It. high
wanls have hanged but little,- save
where they have been tunnelol for a
way for the railway or where a shelf
has been blasted out upon whloh to
lay the lines of steel. But its narrow
floor bears now lsight resemblance
to the Hetl Gate canyon whioh the
first white men found as they groped
their way through the mountains, seek
Ing the new oountry beyond.
In an earlier atory of the Old Tralle
I have written of the origin of the
name-Hell Gate-of this mountain
eass "The n place of amnbui" was
Hsat the Indians called it. The voy.
atgeure caught the idea in "Le Porte
du Infer" and thle was naturally e
angiloised into Hell Gate. t is a for-.
bidding name. Par pleasante in sound
is "Missoula" whiclh we got directly {
from the Indian words. We should be
glad that Worden and Higgins didn't
brink the name along when they moved i
the town of Hell Gate up to Missoule,
but the pleasanter name to the new
location. However, the Frendwnan's s
name ldug to the river and to the
anyo. and dt Is through Hell Gate I
that the traveler reaches the Bitter I
Root anoutry. And, as it as a matter I
of habit to become accustomed to al-.
most anything, so has "Hell Gate" I
lost its disagreeable suggestiveness. I
It has become assoclated with the t
really beautiful canyon Iwbich it desig- I
nltes rather than the painful mem- A
orie a of warfare and carnage from I
which It was derived. liven now, after t
the canyon has been remodeled by man I
and much of the picturesqueness has I
been destroyed by the diversion of the t
stream into a channel Ilke a canal. I
there remains much beauty in Hell t
Gate canyon. Though it was but, a i
highway for the Indian it has been t
the scene of some of the most Im- f
portant events connected with the t
white man's development of the west. t
Picturesquely beautiful, it has yet C
played a wonderful part in the e
utilitarian movements of the civilisa- c
tion of the west.
Hell Gate might appropriately be
called "The Canyon of First Things."
d Though Lewis and Clark anlssed the
,r Hell Gate pass in their westward jour
ney and crossed Into the (Bitter Root
from the Big Hole over the difficult
SOGibbon pass, rwhen they might have
e had easier traveling by the longer way
around had they swung north to Sliver
Bow creek-there has been hardly any
s other first thing associated with the
it development of this region which has
not been initiated in Hell Gate can
yon. Wonderful indeed is. the history
v of this mountain pass! Remarkable
has been Its importance in relation to
the reclamation of the one-time
wilderness about Itt
In Hell Gate canyon it was that
e Granville Stuart and his companions
discovered the first gold found in Mon
tana-a discovery which started the
tide of Immigration toward Montana,
t fully two decades earlier than it
would have ordinarily set in. In Hell
Gate canyon was driven the golden
t spike which compjpted the construc
tion of the Northern Pacific and,
later and within sight of the scene of
Villard's triumph, the hammers swung
which pounded home the last spike
In the building of the Milwaukee. In
Hell Gate canyon was done the first
commercial lumbering in Montana.
Through Hell Gate canyon journeyed
the first white settlers of Montana-
Father Delmet and his companions.
At the mouth of Hell Gate canyon
was signled the first treaty with Mon.
tana Indians. In the shadow of Hell
Gate canyon's portal were planted the
first apple trees In Montana. Close
to the eajnyon was born the first white
child to sae the light in Montana.
'There are many interesting chapters
of Montana history which center here.
Volumes might. be written of the
movements which have had their
origin here.
There are other stortes-many of
them--which -might be told of events
which have had their stage-setting in
Hell Gate canyon. Not all peaceful
have been the incidents in Its history.
As its name came from Its baptism in
Indian blood, so has the canyon held
true to its appellatiOn in many of its
subsequent events. In Hell OGte can
yon the now great lumber industry of
western Montana was Inaugurated by
a battle over a millsite and there are
in Missoula sqme men who were par
ticipants In the "Oramer gulch war."
It was In Hell Gate canyon that
b&ndits perpetrated their daring hold
ups of the limited express; the death
of Dan O'Neal, the more successtfu
resistance by George Wilson, the pur.
suit of the holdups and their thrill.
ing oedape In one instance and their t
ineal rapture hi. another-al41 thepe are
o ars1 'hin.. the alnuitnary side of e
Then there i the story of the years- a
long ritle of engineers with the river a
bM, tt#e 0,or the right of way through a
#Ji ayOn, tliis long struggle cosat a
anill$iis of, dollars and not a fw 41
4th , . tY ; ie flr did not aura b
; to the teord
X n
tt he welt be tx tba e * ot4
-as It
b t $toJdh
o backwnea ovf thei history of Hell
eta cuayen. It mer ee. a bhat of
Storeen. nell Gab lt. he Icecord
wai't wcrll be uwhle t a11 thee "OM
Trait" ocune;e f eood many maln
- h It 'sre bpwmiwr, a y wergor e at
*eat tinie ta rrto e to Eta intpota i of
the p hEa owheth llE esn* haos ~hbe
,,the .ndrat hltorto - r muele -l of iho
a Tai o 1 .P 4n thrlmre e statehl
s. wthe b o sounth . lis bees
.fowdead into aela ee1aoe . .ty
dad there re hundtt edu of people who
trve, op and own sthe .ayon in the
trains of two greet ralwarya. Thbr
must, perore, admire the beeauty of
tLe scenea through Whi$ob they gaw.
Noe many of them realte that the tow
open course of the cayron w"e once a
densely timbered place. Much of its
beauty remains, but it Mhe lost a good
deae of the picturesque cherm which
theyr descrlbe who were early travelers
over Its old trail.
Though the white mane main
thoroughfare ast and west rune the
whole length of Hell Gate canyon. this
was not tie main-traveled trall of thb
Indian in Ihis pliarimeges over the hills
to the buffalo country. His, way led
from Holl Gate up the Big Blackboot
and thence into the Sun river country.
He went up the hell Gate trail, how
ever, for. the flints with whioh he
tipped his arrows. The stream wbhdl
runs down from Granite mountain and
enters the Hell Gate at Drunmond is
I even now celled F1?nt erwer. There
were also pligrimages to the Deer
I Lodge valley-called by the red teen
"The Lodge of the Wlhtetailed Deer,"
Fthe name being derived from the
i abundance of whitetsil in the violonty
of the lodge-ehaped mound at Whim
Springs. But as a gener.l.utility trail,
the path up Hell Gete wease little used
by the weet-side Indians. However, It
was one pf the early trails biased by
the whites. The voyageurs seem to
have adopted it early. When the cen
ter of activity in Montana became fixed
for a time In the placer region aound
Alder gulch, it was the natural route
for westward travel and, before long
the pack trail of the earliest travelers
became widened into the stage road
and the route of the tlyst north
transeontinental ralway was thus
fixed. But, even then, it was a beau
tiful place There are many references
In the annals of the stagecoach days,
to the beauty and pleasure of the ride
from Deer Lodge to Missoula. One of
the pleasantest stories of stagecoach
travel is that recently written by Mis.
Catrle A. Strehorn of 8pokane. An
early experience of hers, which she
charmingly relates, was the rids down
Hell Gate canyon. -Mrs. Atrahom, In
the late 70's, wee traveling through
the west with her husband. They left
Helena in the morning and in the old
Concord Ooech came by way of Deer
Lodge to Missoula. They had supper
at the old McBurney house in Deer
Lodge and then, after a brief rest,
climbed back into the coach for the
night ride westward. The trip from
Deer Iodge to Missoula, Mrs s8trahan
describes thus:
"A night in an overcrowded coach
Is never a Joy to be antlolpated, but it
Is a deal of discomfort to be avoided.
Just as one loses himself In a mo
ment's drowsiness the wheels either
fall into a chuckhole that 'wll send one
peawing air for something to grapple,
or It the wheels etrike a rook In the
roadway it will stagger the mole
coaoh and give each a lurching as will
throw one's head nearly oft the shoui
ders. Then some one giet cramps and
everyone else must readjust his pool
tion to acconmmodate the peculiarity of
that knotting muscle. As the night
progreasee and nearly everyone Is
overcome with the stupor of fatJgue,
someone becomes remiiolcent ani
wants to tell a life history that should
have closed before that trip began. No
one wants to hear it, yet no one has
the courage or the discourtesy to esay
so, and the narrator croons on Ultil
he hau added to the record all the
chestnut stories of the tenderfoot, and
he himself has ftalen to the foot-of the
ladder ae an entertalner. We :had one
such. who also related such. thrilling
Indian tales of massacres in that very
canyon through which we wer'pasMing
'hut we 'fully expected some revenge
to be taken upon our own stage otad
of people by the watohdul Indlans.
"But mornings have a way of coring
around about once in so often and so
it came again at last, sheeddinl rich
glow over the mountain tops and re
vealing through the dissolving tlaut
the beauteous landscape along soam of
the headwaters of the Columbia river.
"From Deer Iodge to Milssoula, we
lorded the river Ueven times and
roneed it twdce on brldges. It wa aw
vertable Lover' Lane leading titrough
towers of wild osees; oftentknes the
rosebushe. arched over the stageoogd
sad Jokied their blooms In a wealth ,
fr beauty and untrammeled luxuriance,
iting the sir with their tm'agence and
our hearts with dmtration aend joy. It
lhe an expanse of earth set apart for
wild growth, not only of flowers but of r
wlid berries and wild animals.
"Prom the seat with the driver there t
erare views of Mg avenues ahead and a
tmost too often glinting 'ater in tle
Ilstance betokened another fording of a
he river, Though clear as eryt, c
t 'Was deep and swift and when the
dssr of our (fur-home team reluO .o
atly made the leap down the
a.n It always sent creep.6" p
pine, The water grew epr ,ut
nd, fromn the mamiy itejtl e
'fon eparloes, and my breath
rid choked a little highebr I
a I leaned forwardW
Ugoless, it helped
air heavy uardtenover
d.l
it ts
t late on tha a -
te t.t e ,
' de sadd eams ae ld
but the bear reiehed h ih
a.d by - e time thte W iee
fordo old Brnl w IW" lati hisl
of, of the 'matnr easy dowead°s
the Hell Gateiver. It seemed '
curious m e obhe W spuat . boa
theti and aemrly to the arlotUik
-he Hell ate rive It samee th
tifrl stream but it cromes* mn the
blsek and Intlatrlte passage the eas
rame nolr Mssoula. Iblout o wa ot
ot nouth Importance to wewn we 0sS*
on the ewn but it wae a poetleatl
etiokn that hau snoe made itself
known to the world. Persheh pairs
an meloa-my, how good they were
Iater a lo. mine aeof suh l.oa u rlesl"
A pleasant picture. Is it not? RIdtin
Mdon the canyon now, In one of. the
O0-mileen-tour tralan that trwvers
the route oS the old stagecoach, t Is
not difficult to pict.te the canyon ia
it looked in those daysr. He aned
there are some eo the old slbat-ple
that have some way eescaped the wod.
mula Again one ses toan stretches
of new forest, quwing up to Itdle the
-acr left by the relentless advance of
the lumberman. In the summqrc, the
wild ree may yet be seen blossomi
everywhere. If you know where to
look Sor them yon can see some reles
at the old stagecoach days. 'nee are
some of them left hona the 'oeweat
railway consructlon and the latest
sing flood removed some of them
.able had endureed until Just a few
years go.
There are many farms scattered
along the canyon now. Some of them
were there in the stagecoach days, iut
•mst of them have come In the wake
f the uxeman and hi cealte#., "he
'e.et beauty of the Hell G~ete canon
Is difleret from that st.oh Imypreed
the early traveler. The. ewness Is.
neo. but theme lngers some of te
old charm: the hlls are there d
the snowfed treams. The bear h
hiked back Into the mountain ledgsI
but one does not have to stray hf
wnom the beaten path to find hlmel
In a deer country.
Verily, It Is a wonderful trail, taJe
whti leads down Hell at, eanyon. It
-a- it the footfall of many a traveler.
Iltes been the scene of meany an aend
Sstirring Interest: In ite spin oil
niies there has been much histoiry
wrItten.
Indian, priest, proepecto' explorpr,.
a englneer, tretshter, tighter, fugive,
i victor, vanquished-all have had plaeoa
in the one procession eWhich has enmov
up eand down, or a full senleation
throug Hell Ote canyon. Theb . tqr
of. moocaelne test have ulvn way to
t he sorsaping et steel shoes agint the
racks as the paktmrin wound tit rwy
over the trail. The rattling stage
r ooah and the rumbling wagon have
followed, only to give place, in ,turn,
to the. trains which now whirl over
°the newer steel trails. Into Golodrgde,
Swhios esalde yielded ths firt Montanla
"ooMro" down to Bear Puath and on,
tttouad, to Cedar rushed te stampedo
of goldneekrs along toe Hell Oate
trail. Over this trail, too, eame w.e
Blaek RIobe, pioneer of pioneesn to
bring the wond of God to the Indiae
*of the west. Along this tail eans
ie ilway nsMeers, seeking a&mas.
wad route. Here, esatr swarmed the
builders and the rallway became a
fact.
Dowt Hell tme eanryonq glloped
tse tet ortn messreolo 4dl p sh
by the aontana Yviltanbea--ganopgp
in the dark nor chek*d their oourme
until the final obhete had been writtn
In the tale o Jutw vengeance and tour .
f.rms that had once been men dangled
from a . ude gallows at old Jiedl Gate
Minlng and lumber and hostloult tu
in Montana, all datel back to beginnle
in Hell Gate canyon. Out of 4h dJ .
ooverilo and the, expe amnatm in IHe
Gate there aave com the greet indua.
thae of the 'tate-eha bestned 4e4.
ve)opment and the uredy 0population l f
a great tate. Tias e Is a . ide In
]tna morye lnierlnir thae the
Journey dowa Hell ate canyon. Ht
is taattting it you travel. by rail, bt
It is pecially Italr.ating it you, make
the trip over the wagon r.afd, tagfah
time to look carefully as yk€ Journey
over this histlorio eround. aTyee Ir s
. cely a mile o the trail hrou
Hall .Gate which is not assoniated with
ome important event in Montana kil-.
tory.
It we continue these weekl, jats
over old .otana trail
comin suamnr, I thpplk oao iuib
a good bit ofe ou time slag
splendid old roa, ere is RIu et
ther, to *i 'tn
some Wiasttgi
and I
will t be,
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