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DUPUYER ACANTHA.
VOL 7.
DUPUYER, TETON COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY, JAN. 3i, 1901.
NO. 21
TtetP Store
Ttem Stock
Of General flerchandise
CL partis.
Hontana.
Pondera
Stock Inspectors.
S enitor Conrow, of Park county, in
troduced a hill providing for the inspec
tion of ca-tle slaughtered for market
within the state, and providing for an
inspection of brands and marks in each
county and for keeping a record of each
animal killed. Tbe bill is designed to
prevent cattle rustling as far as possible.
It provides:
The board of stock commissioners shall
appoint at least one inspector or detec
tive for each county for the protection
of the live stock interests of the state
and the inspectors or detectives shall
have tbe same power as sheriffs to sum
mon a posse when necessary to make
arrests. The stock inspectors or detec
lives may, deputized by the sheriff,
exercise the powers of deputy sheriffs,
Iwit must not receive any fee or other
emolument from the state or any county.
Section 2972 of the political code is
amended as follows:
It is the duty of the slock inspector or
detective to arrest all persons who in
their presence violate the stock laws of
the st ite and upon being notified that
acy person or persons desire to slaughter
any cattle for the purpose of selling
meat, then the inspectors or detectives
«hall as soon as poE3ible proceed to the
place deslgna.ed in the notice and make
a record of all marks and brands togeth
er with a record of the physical condi
tion of the cattle, the name of the person
or persons slaughtering such cattle and
from whom bought, such record to be
kept in a book furnished by the county.
Any stock suspector or detective upon
information that any person has com
mitted any offense against the laws of
the state in felonously branding or steal
ing any stock or killing any cattle foi
.sale or any offense against the laws of
the state for the protection of the rights
and interests of stock owners, must
make the necessary affidavits .for the
arrest and examination of such persons,
and upon a warrant issued therefor,
immediately arrest such person aua
bring him before the proper officer and
notify the board of his acts."
Section 2,941 is amended as follows:
"All persons slaughtering for the pur
pose of se'li.ii; the meat must first notify
the 'stock inspector or detective of the
county in which such person or persons
desiring to slaughter auy cattle f-»r the
purpose of selling the meat, may live,
and must give ;he inspector or detective
notice so tnat he will have suffic
ient lime to re n:a the place designated
which pi -uv m. us:, e stated injthe notice.
Any perso ; I arsons violating any of
the provision* this Section shall be
a misdemeanor and
lion therefor, shall be
$500 or more than
i:- m meat in the county
JO davs nor more than
<le med =
and upon s •
fined not f _•
61,000 or iiy
jail not les
a misdemeanor and
lion therefor, shall be
$500 or more than
i:- m meat in the county
JO davs nor more than
<le med =
and upon s •
fined not f _•
61,000 or iiy
jail not les
six mouth- '
Section 2345 amended as follows:
t'Any per;v.i, r persons other than
inspectors lives giving evidence
leading to u. i,.;v3t and conviction of
any perso» « ■ >a • who shall violate
the provisi «.his act shall be entitl
ed to one-hat: «> any vines collected from
any persons convicted."
The bill pi-.- -s ih. it it shall go into
effect May 1st.
The Mother's Favorite.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the
mother's favorite. It is pleasant and
eafc for children to take and always cures.
Jt is intended especially foe. coughs,
colds, «.-roup an « whooping cough, and
is the beet .«edicinc made for these dis
eases. There is not the least danger in
givingifc to chil.Vi n \:i' it contains no
opii-.« - . injurious drug and may
l.e - ".dently to a babe as to
au ; :TîTi.;;. Thos. B. Magee
Swiii Carrent Mining District.
When the ceded str ) rom
the Blacfcet Indians by the governnie t
for a consideration of $1,500,000, wns
thrown open on the first day of April.
1897, the majority of the prospectors
turned their attentior to the ountry in
the immediate vicidity of St. Mary's
lake and quite a town sprang up at the
foot or the upper lake. The land wac
claimed, however, under the Indian
Allotment Act and was awarded to the
claimant, so that the camp hid to be
vacated and now there is nothing left to
tell the tale bat a few log cabins with
grass on the roofs and window lights
knocked out, rapidly falling into decay
But a few prospectors had pushed on up
the Swift Current river, and at the bead
of this beautiful stream had found a
moat desirable spot for a mining camp.
Here was plenty of water, plenty ot tim
ber, in fact plenty of everything necessary
for the progress of a camp. Great de
posits of copper were found here, and it
was not long before the outside world
heard of this rich district. Ail the land
at the head of the stream has been locat
ed as placer ground, being the only way
that it could be faken under the preseut
law. The qnartz properties here have
attracted the actentiou of mining men
in all parts of this country emd England.
The leads are of an immense size and
very rich. Some of the most prominent
are the Bull's Heaa, Josephine, Cracker
Jack, Jumbo, Medicine Horse, Mountain
Chief and the Ptarmigan. The lasj.
mentioned lead is 120 feet in width, and
is at the head of the north fork of Swift
Current on Appekunny mountain, cut
ting through from the head of th^ north
fork to the head of Kennedy's creek, and
is at a distance of about 9 miles from
Swift (Jurrent falls
Away up Canyon creek is a log cabin
which was built several years ago by
prospectors and used to stav^D iu the long
winter months, and on one occasion it
whs used as a hiding place when the
soldiers were sent into the hills to run
down sooners. One sooner with his
snow shoes made enough tracks for a
dosen men, and when the colored soldiers
ran onto these queer looking tracks they
at onee took them for b. ar tracks, aud
there being so many, the poor fellows
thought the hills were full of them and
dared not venture any further. It is
said that gouie of them were so badly
scared that they turned black in the
face. Anyway the sooners were not dis
turbed. Que man staid in the top of a
tree right over the head of the soldiers,
where he saw all that went on and was
not in the least suspected.
A concentrator was erected at the
Cracker mine during the past summer
by the late Mr. A. M. Eder, of Helena,
ond stock in this mine is quoted at
$03.50 per share and none on the market.
P . Stark, S. Stark, Mr. Gleason and
Mr. McGivern are the original *locaters
o the noted Josephine and Bull's Head
mines, which contain immense bodies of
copper ore of the highest grade, termed
bornite. A pure piece of bornite con
tains 55 per cent, copper.
Prank Stevenson is the original locater
of five claiui3 in the vicinity of Iceberg
lake, which promises to be valuable
property. So far nothing has been done
beyond assessment work. Ed. Ferguson
Mr. Stevenson and Supt. W. II. Mat
son are the original loeaters of the
Ptartnigan,gr ou pof claims. Assessment
work is all that has been done on these
properties. There are a great many
more claini3 just as good as these men
tioned; one is a claim held by a prospec
tor well known in this section as "Bacon
Rind Dick." Some of the best ore in the
c.imp has come from his claim'-.
Away up here in the heart of the great
Rockies, surrounded by pine forests an I
hemmed in on fill sides,except the east
I %(,- im men e uu> a tains of ro:;ks, is where
the town or camp of Altyn is located.
A townsite was platted here during the
last summer and now where there was
not a half dozer men one year ago, a
flourishing mining camp exists. The
town of Altyn has all the appearance of
a mining camp, being built among Jthe
stumps, and to a great extent of logs.
A sawmill was erected during the latter
part of the summer and as a result a
large number of frame buildings
have sprung up.
At present there are three first class
saloons, a two story general merchandise
store, "three or four restaurants, two
barber 6hops, blacksmith shop, a meat
market, office of the A. M. Esler Mining
Milling and Concentrating Co., two
livery stables and a large number of pri
vate dwe'lings. All this has sprung up
in the last 3ix months and it is only the
starter for what promises to be one of
the greatest camp in the world.
Copper King.
Continued Next Week.
How's Eccentricities.
James Eads How, who put aside
riches inherited from his father and be
came.! day laborer, is visiting bis mother
in St. Liauis. Some time ago Mr. How
walked from St. Louis to Chicago to
work in the slums, and later walked
from Chicago to Copville, N. C., a dis
tance of 1,500 miles, because he did not
Wave the money to pay his railroad ^fare
though thousands would be his on de
mand. Mr. How now makes his home in
Copville, where he is learning the print
ing trade and at night lecturing to cot
ton mill hands on social and economic
conditions, from the point of Christian
socialism. In a recent interview he said:
"I want no money beyond what I earn
by the sweat of my brow. I an; out of
the (wild struggle for existence, for
wealth, for power. None of those thiugs
interest me. I '.am living nearly as my
frail nature will permit, an unselfish
life. There \t> nothing of mine that I
would not give to help a needy person.
"My time, my talents, if I have any,
and my small earning capacity are held
by me in trust for tne benefit of man
kind. I do not regret the course I
have pursued in refusing to take what I
baye irherited from my father. I re
gard that as unearned increment. That
represented what my father did not
need and what his laborers earned for
him. They should have it. If I have a
factory and employ 100 men and they
earn $200 a day it is not a fair distrilu
tion of profits if I take 810 l and givo
the other £>100 to the men. I get $100
to SI for the men. My legitimate share
is what an equal division would bring
mo. The other is unearned increment
the rainy day fund of the laboring man,
which I no justly take. That was the
way I regarded my inheritance. Hence,
I refuse it." His father was vice presi
dent of the Wabash railroad and l«ft a
large estate, and How has not touched
one dollar of it.—-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Tiiß Crow Treaty.
The bill flow pending before congres.?
for the ratification of tue Crow treaty
made on the 14th day of August, 11393,
provides for the cession of 1,036,003 acres
0. the Crow reservation to the govern
ment for the sum of £1,100,000. The
portion to be ceded is the north western
part of the reservation and comprises
about one-third of its area. The items
of the bill cover appropriations of $10,00J
for individual ditches and 89 j,000 for
the extension aud completion of the
system of irrigation now being construct
ed and $210,000 for the purchase-of two
year-old heifers for the herd held in
common by the Indians, which herd is
to bo.distributed snare and share alike
co every man, woman and child ..during
the present year. Fifteen thousand
1.-j to be expended in the purchase of
jacks, £40,000 for two year oi l e a* es and
830,000 for fencing the reservation,
uther items provide for school buildings
a hospital, two grist mills, aiVI the bal
ance of the money is tobe placed it> the
treasury to tüe credit of the Crows-,
bearing interest at the rate of four per
cent compounded annually. If a major
i y of the Indians ddsire, a sum o" $200,
003 may be expended in cattle. Indian
settlers o a the lands ceded have the
option to remain where they are, or
move to thp reservation, and iu the lat
ter case their improvements will be sold
for their benefit. The agent o" the
Crows testifies that 317 Indians consti
tute a luajoiity of the male adults.
Population by Townships.
The following are the official census
data relating to some of the northern
Montana counties, the population of
unincorporated towns and villages being
included in that of the townships in
which they aro located ;
TETON COUNTY.
Choteau township 1,489
Dupuyer township 724
Marias township 500
St. Mary township Ill
Blackfeet Indian reservation 2,256
CHOTEAU CORNTY.
Big Sandy township 757
Chinook township 1,5S0
Port Benton township, including
Fort Benton town 2,861
Fort Benton town 1,024
Harlem township 631
Havre township, including Havre
town 2,332
Havre town 1,033
High wood township 574
Landusky township 146
Sweet Grass township 717
! Fort Belknap Indian reservation.. 1.312
FERGUS COUNl Y.
I Cottonwood district 761
Deerfield district 550
Gilt Edge, Maiden and Grass
Range district 1,163
Flat Willow district 270
Halbert Hightield district 320
Lavina district 323
Lewistown district including Lew
istown village 1826
Lewistown village 1,096
Philbrook and Übet district 731
Uliea. Denton and Stanford dist... 990
VALLEY COUNTY.
I Culbertson township 262
! Glasgow township 1,078
! Malta township 650
Saco township 313
Springdale township 103
Fort Peek Indian reservation 2,256
— G. F. Tribune.
Tiie Rounder.
Ii was a close shave, but a miss is as
good as a mile. If that bill for the in
noculation of wolves had pas3ed the
legislature and the mange, the bubonic
plague or something eba as bad be scat
tered among the range stock, the Round
er would tiave been under the necessity
of warning his people to refrain from
eating range animals and then starva
tion would have been the result. That
might have been a gojd thing in the
opinion of some, nut the Utopians know
a thing or two different from that.
The Rounder has heard great things
about Dupuyer of late. It is said that
a missionary from the enlightened land
of Augusta has found his way
among the benighted natives of that
town. At first iie was received with
suspicion and doubt but his smiling
countenance and beardless innocence
soon won the more 'suceptible half of the
degenerate population. They worked
on the other half and soon ho was the
most popular man in the tribe. The
people flocked to hear his messages of
glad tidings with great joy and sjine got
so enthused that they set 'em up two or
three times in succession. The worst
part of it was that the local authority on
theology. medicine and politics ca-me
nearly losing his status. Au air of sane
tity prevails over the town and now it is
with solemn expression that a drunken
sheep herder is robbed aud in a moral
tone the bar keeper refuses to loosen up
more than one eye opener in the morn
ing. The merchant sells his goods at a
big profit for the lo-.e of God and money
is loaned on better security than ever
lest borrowers be led into temptation.
The fellow that comes along now to this
thrifty town looking for a soft thing will
be met by the inquiry as to what church
he belongs to. Ii he is orthodox be may
be allowed to deal, but it will be the
same old s ory. he will go away consider
ably wiser and wonderfully impressed
with the sagacity of the Christian relig
ion. It a good thing and the pity is that
the missionary coul 1 not remain, for in
his absence some of the converts n ay
forget and drop b .ck into their oid
habits of swearing when they are paung
their debts or refraining from taikii g
scandal for fear of a thumping.
While all this has been going on in
Dupuyer a few reprobates m ade a sneak
on several bands of horses and went into
business for themselves. . Instead of
applauding this enterprising spiiit,
along comes a fellow clad with the maj
esty of the law and claps bracelets onto
the heroes. It is strange how it js that a
mm is abused because, he is poor aid
t am clapped into jail when he tsiei n >t
♦u waste any time getting rich. ,
J. B. HcCOLLUn,
Hf
Expert Optician and Eye alist.
Graduate of the Chicago Opthalmic
College. 22 years experience in re
fraction.
Gla3ees çoirectly fitted for all defects < f
the eyes known to the profession.
Granulated sere eyes cured by a
painless method. Free examinations.
Office 509 2nd Avenne South, 2 blocks
south of Hotal* «rand GREAT,
PALLS, Mont.
Dr. EARL STRAIN,
OCULIST AND AURIST.
317 Firii Ave. North, GREAT FALLS,
Office hours: 1 p m to 4 ; m.
J E. ERiCKSON„
Qrtorney=ai='£axt>.
Choteau, —
Montana.
J G. BAIR,
Attorney.
Choteau,
— Montana.
H. STEARNS,
Physician anb Su
Dupuyer,
QR. T. BROOKS, -
Successor to WAMâLEy à j
Physician anb Sui\j« ,
Coteau, v uv...»
H, TITUS,
Physician airô Surgeon.
Dupuyer,. « Montana.
Surveyor
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Hair Cutting, Shaving,
Land Surveying, Ditch Work, Etc
Giioteau, * Monta ua.
aub notary, public.
Land Filings and Proofs....
Mortgages, Conveyances. Etc., Etcv,
Dupuyer,
Montana.
|-j C. KUNKEL,
Censorial Ctrtisr.
Shampooing..
Hot and Cold I Baths.
Dupuyer,
Montana.
Woinaiii
novv entirely recovered, saved a
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t'®® and suffering,, aivi I. w
without this splendid medicine agai.ej
For sale by Thos. 14. M»< yc ,
A Prominent Cliicagp*
Speaks.
Prof. Roxa Tyler, of Chicago, Vice
President Illinois Woman's Alliance, ii*
speaking of Chamerlain's Cough Reme
dy, saysv "I suffered with a severe cold
this winter w 'v u threatened to run into
pneumonia. I trjed dilxereEt remedies
but I seemed ro grow worse and the med
icine upset my stomach. A friend ad
vised me to try Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and I found it was pleasant b,
take and it relieved me at once. 1 am
doctor'.*
11 never