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THE RED LODGE PICKET.
tVOL. X III. 2 $gtrg RED LODGE, .ONTANA, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1901. NO.1..
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THE RED LODGE PICKET
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AND CI'TY OF RED LODGE.
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OFFICERS OF CARBON COUNTY.
State Senator .....................W. F. Meyer
Representative.................. C. H. Gregory
Coanty Clerk and Recorder......Jesse L. Smith
(3.I1 'District Court........... E. E. Esselstyn
. .........................M. W. Potter
.....................Charles E. W right
......................W. R. Crockett
attorney ..............L. O. Caswell
,up't of Schools.... Martha R. Dilwortlh
;urveyor .....................F. W. Hine
dministrator .........David Smethurst
Coroner................. . B. Kelley
ele W. F. Tinkcem, Chairman
Asioners.... John Mulherin
N -Harry Duffleld.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
LULU B. HAMILTON,
OSTEOPATHIST.
GRADUATE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF
OSTEOPATHY, KIRKSVILLE, MO.
e three doors north of Congregational
Church
Residence at W. F. Tinkcom's.
.onoe, , - - MONTANA.
IEDRICK C. WOODWARD
ATTORNEY AT LAW
U. S. Commissioner. Ranches for Sale.
Gebo - Montana.
D R. GEORGE DILWORTH
DENTIST
Graduate of University of Michigan College of
Dental Surgery.
Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty.
Permanantly Located at Red Lodge, Montana.
JOHN P. ARNOTT
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Will practice in all courts.
Basin - - - Wyoming.
M F. MEYER
COUNSELOR AT LAW
Billings Avenue
Red Lodge . - - Montana.
LO. CASWELL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND NOTARY PUBLIC
Billings Avenue - - Red Lodge.
GEORGE H BAILEY
LAWYER
Red Lodge Improvement Co.'s Block.
Red Lodge - - Montana.
SYDNEY FOX
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office in Spotford Block
Red Lodge - - Montana.
B.B. KELLEY, M. D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Office Hours 10 to 12 a. m. and 3 to 6 p. m.
Red Lodge Montana.
CL. MERRILL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Bridger - Montana.
G.W. PIERSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Second Floor Carbon County Bank
Red Lodge - - - Montana.
E DOTY, S. M. SOUDERS, M. D.
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
Office in Improvement Co.'s Block.
OFFICE HOURS: 1 to 3 and I to 8 p.m.
Red Lodge - - Montana.
LUTZ & RYBURN R. T. LUTZ, M. D.
. HR. H. RYBURN.
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
Office in O'Shea Block
Red Lodge . Montana.
B. RENO
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Chane Montana.
ELMEN
HOUSEm
- A. MORRISON, Prop.4/s
Newly Furnished
and Renovated....
- RATES $s.oo PER DAY.
Board and Lodging
by Day, Week or Month.
! Opposite Opera House
RED LODGE MONT.
CARBON COUNTY BANK
(Incorporatied under the state banking lanws)
Red Lodge, Montrh.
Paid Up Capital, - $50,000
Undivided Profits, $10,000
W. A. CLARK ......... .......President
GEO. L. RAB;SEY........Vice President
B. E. VAILL ................. Cashier
L. H. YERKES........ Assistant Cashier
Money to loan at all times at reasounble
rates of interest
County warrants, bonds and bounty cer
tificates purchased at highest market
price.
General banking business transacted.
OSEKAM P'S....
j *.4"""* Is the Place Where You Get
S ONE HUNDRED CENTS
S WORTH OF
......MERCHANDISE......
.i FOR EVERY
)DOLLAR EXPENDED.
2 A
long
and varied
acquaintance with
the people of Carbon
Scounty and vicinity has made
Losekamp
Store
r Their headquarters in Bil
.ý 2 lings. The store has
never been better
I ~equipped
with
First-Class Line of Goods at
Lower Prices Than Now.
I Everyone should know
that it is the best place to
buy Guaranteed Clothing, i
Warranted Shoes, Stetson
Hats, California Wool
Shirts and Blankets, Bed
ding and all other requisites
to a complete ranch outfit.
HONEST GOODS
AT REASONABLE PRICES.
SJOHN D. LOSEKAMP
S ' t The Famous Clothier and Outfitter
BILLINGS, : : MONT.
Your Mail Orders Taken Care ot.
THE PLACE
LARKIN & FLEMING, Dispensers
FINE WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Billiard and
Pool Parlors
Wholesale Dealers in
Minneapolis Brewing Company's Beer
Extra Pale, Gilt Edge, Grain Belt,
Bottled Goods.
Billings Avenue, - RED LODGE
Hotel
Spofford
* T. F. POLLARD, Prop'r
4 Montana.
Only' First Class Hotel in City I
Steam Heat!
Electric Lights!
i Best of Baths!
Barand Sample Rooms Connected
A Paint Ureek Rancher Killed at His Oabin
and His Body Thrown Into a
Washout.
FOUND BY HIS BROTHER
The Terrible Orime Was Doubtless Com
inmitted While the Victim Was Pre
paring Evening Meal.
Murdered while cooking supper and
his body thrown into a washout tells the
story of the recent mysterious disap
pelilancs of Saul C(ourtsen, a bachelor
rincher of Paint creek, \Vyo., about
fifty miles south of Red Lodge.
Two weeks ago Courtsen's brother left
the ranch, which 'is situated at the foot
of Bald ridge, four miles this sideofJohn
Chapman's place, and went to James
Hogan's sheep camp to assist in shear
ing operations. On his return a few
days' later he found the cabin deserted
and the horses picketed and nearly
famished for want of food and water.
Further investigation revealed a pot of
rice partly cooked on the stove and a
batch of light bread dough in a mouldy
state. As it was the habit of the broth
ers to have rice and light bread for their
evening meal, and as these things were
found in stages of preparation, the con
clusion is reached that Courtsen met
death while preparing supper and that
the foul crime was committed two or
three days prior to his brother's return
home.
In looking around the premises the
brother discovered that a tire had been
built just outside the cabin and in the
ashes he found pieces of partly burned
wearing apparel that did not belong to
either himself or the missing man. All
these things aroused a suspicion of foul
play and this suspicion was further ex
cited by the fact that a suit of clothes
was missing from the cabin and the
finding of his brother's blood stained
hat. The rifle which hung in the cabin
was also gone from its accustomed place
and was found lying on the ground just
inside the flap of the tent which was
pitched near the house.
A shearching party was organized and
the surrounding country was scoured for
several days without avail. Just as the
search was about to be abandoned the
party made a ghastly discovery by find
ing the dead body of Courtsen lying in a
washout not a great distance from the
cabin. It was partly covered with rocks
and blood spots were found leading from
the house to the ravine. A critical ex
amination of the surroundings showed
the foot marks of three persons, one of
whom wore about a No. 10 boot. It
was found that the body had been partly
dragged and partly carried to the place
of concealment and it is reported that a
spot was found near the house showing
that a bloody shovel or axe or something
had been wiped on the grass and sand.
It is not known here at this writing
whether the dead man had been brained,
but it is stated that he was shot through
with a rifle ball, which entered his side
under the arm. The supposition is that
he was shot to death while he had his
arms raised to his head to ward off a
blow.
A coroner's inquest conducted by Big.
Horn county authorities was held, but
no particulars of the findings have yeL
reached this city. No cause can be
assigned for the murder, neither is there
any tangible clue to the identity of
the perpetrators of this seemingly un
provoked crime. It is reported that the
sheriff of B3ig Horn county is on the
scene endeavoring to find some trace of
the murderers.
MEETING AT ABSAROKEE.
Three Members of Stock Association Fired for
Alleged Fradulent Work.
The following report of the meeting of
the Carbon County Stock association,
held at Absarokee, July C, was sent to
The Picket, with the request that it be
published:
House called to order by the president,
Joe Kern, H. C. Jewett, acting secretary.
First in order was the report of com
mittee sent to Red Lodge to act with the
Clarke Fork Stock association in regard
F to letting contract for the printing of the
brand books. The Clarke Fork associa
tion have nominated three candidates
and have balloted on them for the office
of stock inspector for this year and ask
F the support of the Carbon County as
sociation. Whereas, next year the Car
bon County' associaticn are to make the
nominations and get the support of the
Clarke Fork association. The candi
dates voted on were W. Arthur Date, F.
B. Jennings and Manford Ingles. Vote
cast for inspector, 14.
As there has been some misunder
standing in regard to the paying of one
bounty, and the parties interested have
not done as agreed, action was taken
in behalf of the association as redress
thereto by expelling from the C'an ion
(7ounty Stock association the following
members: Leo Smith. Robert Hudson
and John 1iidson. ('harge preferred,
obtaining money for what is believetd to
he a "fraudulant bounty."
WR.R. lanzenby presented the assocria
tion with tive wolf pup hides, for which
the bounty of 830 was paid. Whereupon
the meeting adjourned.
Regular Imeetings irst Saturday each
month.
Everybody invited to attend.
liy order of exec,-utive cotmmnittee.
II. C. J swm"r.,
,\cting Secretary C'. C. S. A.
ORIGINAL ORDER STANDS.
City Council Won't Let Armstrong Move
Building Into the Street.
A special meeting of the city council
was held Wednesday evening to review
the action taken the previous night
whereby Maj. it. J. Armstrong was re
fused permission to move his frame drug
store building into the street there to re
main pending the erection of a brick
block which he contemplated building
on the corner. Both sides of the quaes
Lion were fully exploited and W. 1'.
Meyer, reinforced by J. A. Virtue, re
newed the objection previously mtade to
the removal of the building into the
street. Major Armstrong presented his
side of the case and challenged several
of the statements made by Mr. Meyer.
Aldermain Dunn seemed to be about the
only member of the council not under a
hypnotic spell and he moved that the
order of the previous meeting be rescind.
ed. There was no second to the motion
and the special session was dissolved
without any change in the order denying
the major the privilege of using the
street for the purpose desired.
The major declares that he isn't so
badly stuck on spending $5,000 or $i,0(00
in the city as some people imagine and
has concluded not to put up the con
templated brick block. He says he will
put a stone foundation under his old
building, erect an addition to the rear
and let it go at that for all time to come.
BIT IN BED.
A Crazy Rattlesnake Bunks With a Sheepc
herder and Gets In Its Work.
John Vetge, a sheepherder in the em
p>',y olf .1 ,ohn Sulherg of Red Lodge creek,
Iet with a peculiar experience while in
camp last Sunday night. Ife retired
early and was awakened from his sluii
bers by the sting of a snake, which had
erawled into bed while the sheelpherder
slept. The snake was a rattler and im
mediately proceeded to business by.
sticking its fangs into the herder's hand.
This stinging caress caused the slumber
or to awake with a start and lie imlmedi
ately made tracks for the ranch, some
three miles distant, but was so overcome
fromn the effects of the poison that hle
didn't reach there until 3 o'clock in the
morning, although he left camp several
hours before midnight. Mr. Solberg
brought the herder to town Monday
morning and took him to Dr. I)oty's
office, where he was given antidotes and
came near dying, either from the effects
of the bite or the stuff' hypodermnically
injected into his anatomy. Later Ihe
was removed to the "Old Kentucky
Home," back of the Elmen house. It is
stated that the herder will survive, but
that the snake will doubtless die.
CANCER CAUSED HIS DEATH.
Olna otf Earkna Inu. l /.slnht Wall.(am.m,n D..akhn.,
One of Carbon County's Well-Known Ranchers
Completes His Life's Work.
1red W. J)raper of Willow creek who
had been in poor health for more than a
year past, was forced to take to his bed
last Saturday and it proved to be the
couch of death. F rolm the first his sym
tom' were very alarming and on Sunday
he sent for Attorney L. O. Caswell and
made his will. The patient sank rapidly
after this and death occured at I o'clock
Tuesday morning. The funeral was
held yesterday afternoon from the ranch
residence, Iev. W. I. 1. Watson ofliciating,
and was in charge of the local cam p of
Woodmen of the World. of which the
deceased'was an honored memlbler. A
large nulliiher of the ince:bers of the or
der attended the ohsequiles and the in
terment was made in the Henry come
tery. The funeral cortege consisted of
nearly forty carriages and the big attend
ance served to demonsitrate the high es
teem in which the deceased was held.
HI- leaves a widow and three children
to mourn the loss ot a devoted husband
and kind father.
In order to demonstrate the exact na
ture of the disease a post mortem was
conducted by Dr. Lutz of this city, I)r.
Smetters of Hunters Hot Springs and
Dr. Johnson of Bridger. It was found
that death was due to a malignant
growth, properly termed tumor of the
pancreas, and that this growth was of
probably eighteen months standing.
Monday night's west-bound Northern
Pacific passenger train, going thirty-five
miles an hour. plunged into a washout
west of Forsyth and all the cars except
the two hind sleepers left the track. The
passengers were badly shaken up, but
nobody was seriously injured.
Red Lodge Cl0ub Has Been Materially
Strengthened by New Home Talent
And Is Now Hot Stuff.
A. SPECIAL TO BILLINGS
Big Excursion Will Accompany the Boys
to That City Sunday to Root
Like Sixty.
I)urine the past week thi Red Lodge
lBaseball club has 1)e1n1 rejuvenated and
reorganized by the inltroduction of sev
eruln new laye'rs, all home talent, and is
now in ii position to challenge and he
challenged by the best clubs in thestate.
The Red Lodge club hlis always been
known ri a i ill superior organiziion of
players through the envia >le reputation
of the FIleming boys and now that they
are to have excellent silpport it is safe to
say that the toenn will fully measure upi
to the exingencies of the situation and
cover themtselves with glory as of yore
on the field of conflict.
It is prol)osed to meet the various
clubs of the state that are not afraid to
enter into ii contest on the diamond with
the brawny miners, and arrangements
have this week been made with the Bil.
lings team to iplay a game in thatItcity
next Sunday. A letter received by Rog
er lleming from Manager M. S. (Gillette
of the Billings nine states that the peopic
down there will do their beost to give Red
Lodge a good recelption and expresses
the hope that the loial clulb will take
along "a good lot of rooters."
Captain Fleming has chartered a spec
ial train for this event and the indica
tions are that the excursion of Sunday
will number between one and two, hun
dred people. Quite ai large number of
ladies have already signified their pur
pose of joining the throng and it is hop
ed that the Miners City Ihand will fur
nish music and inspiration. The club
isn't in piosition to pay the expenses of
the hand boys, ast it did on a like excur
sion last sulml1er', and the hand, in view
of the excellent support it hlas always
received at the hands of the people of
this city, ought to trIn out for this oc
casion without asking that their expens
es be paid. It will bIe a1 enjoyabhle out
ing for them and it is earnestly ihopled
that they will join withll the crowd.
The excursion train will leave the Red
Lodge depot iat , o'clock Sunday lmorn
inlg and returning will leave Biillings
about I9 o'clock Sunday evening. A
special rate of $.L. 7 for tie round trip
has been made for the levent and Agent
Maxeinior yesterday received word by
wire from (Generail lalsseoger Agent Fee
of St. Paul that an equilpntent of two
coaches and three ae1iotllllodatiotin tl'rs
would be provided for the special train.
The Red Lodge tein will line up is
follows:
Catcher Fitz Hilton.
Pitcher Pladdy l"leining.
fIirst Ilase Roger "lming.
Second Base Frank lrose.
Third Base Henry St. Clair.
Short Stop .(rirmes.
Left Field William Bailey.
('enter Field James J. Fleming.
Right Field Clemns.
GREAT NORTHERN TRAIN ROBBERS. t
They Prove to Be the llole-in-tle-Wall iang
and Are Now Surrounded.
A St. Paul dispatch quotes G(enral t
Auditor Elliott of the (Ireat Northern as
saying that the exact amou ntsecured by
the robbers was $1I1,5(0). All but $300
was culrrencly seant froml Washlillngton to
the Montana National bank of Ulelena,
the rest being (reat Northern iintley in
the through safe.
The consignma nt to thi Mlontana balnkl
consisted of bank notres lrinted in shi-ts
of $10 and $20 bills. Only nine wiere
signed by the president and cashier of
the bank. but all coul Id Ie readily passed
without their signatures.
The state of Montanai has added 81,000
to the reward fund of $5.000 olfered by I
the Great Northern Express company
for the arrest and convic·tion of the three
men who held up and robbed the (;reat
Northern train near AMalta on July 3.
MrN.vi:-.iwLin, July 9. --A special to
the Tiries from Great FaIls, Mont.. says:
"In a deep canyon about i0 miles south
of Malta, 15 miles east of-Rock Point
and five miles north of the Missouri I
river, Sheriff (riffith has at lastcornered I
the Great Northern train robbers. The 1
canyon is a veritable fortress, as it is full
of caves where the robbers can hide and
hold at bay an army if need be. This
news left the camp of the posse at an 1
early hour on the morning of the 8th.
The following account is taken from
Tuesday's Anaconda Standard, which I
sent a correspondent with the posse. i
This correspondent returned from the I
chase last Monday. He says:
At the time the Standard correspond- I
ents left the field the posse was working i
along the Missouri river, more than 100 1
miles from a telegraph wire, and doubt- -
less it will be several days before any
more news is heard from it unless some
mermbers return. Beside this posse,
men are working up from the Yellow
stone in the hole of intercepting the
fugitives. hut thie latter know the coun
ly try so well and doubtless made their
preparations in advance with such care
that a capture in that country is not prob
able. The men who are chiefly interested
in the capture of the highwaymen are
gradually settling down to the opinion
S that they will not be taken until they
arlt picked up perhaps months hence
when thley strike some city.
There are a number of reasons why
the men were not taken before. they had
such a long start. One is that all diffi
cultie~; were thrown in the way of gath
ering a properly equipped posse. Malta
is a town. a large portion of whose popu
Slation is either in sympathy with the
d robbers or at least not in sympathy with
the chase The loose element, which
is contains some mien who would havebeen
e admirable nmaterial for a posse, shows its
. sympathy for the robbers not openly,but
by cursing the Great Northern and the
)f posse. "Why,' says these men, "I
n1 wouldn't be seen dead riding with that
, hunch of sheepherders that is out with
the sheriff."
On the other hand, there are more
( substantial men in the vicinity, who own
. many horses, and who could have gone
themselves or who could have sent good
i men, who declare that it isn't their busi
ness to look after the Great Northern
h robbers. They carefully abstain fromn
lending any assistance to the posse, yet
when last Friday night Smith & Traf
ton's ho|rse herd of 300 head were ran off
by highwaymen all these men rallied to
the alssistance of their neighbors and
Ic put a first-class posse in the field. It
S'was successful in recovering every horse
that had been run off.
But when the posse to chaseothe train
robbers were being organized the best
horses and the best men were not to be
had. The justice of the peace at Malta
rounded up a bunch of good horses to
await the coming of the under sheriff
if and his men from Glasgow, but while
waiting some one rian the herd off. The
result was the under sheriff's outfit did
not get out until midnight, and then it
hv went poorly mounted. The sheriff and
his four men started quicker, but also
were mounted poorly, two of the horses
v being work stock. One of the four men
was siumply a p:id guide who had no. in
terest in the chase. Some owners of
horses absolutely refused to let their
animals be taken.
All this explains why the robbers got
ia start. The Standard men in the field
took thei pains to trace accurately the
d rate taken by the robibers, and it de
velops that the three nie| utade remark
able time. It has been piroven that they
covered about :10 mi: in ait little more
than two hours.
SA fter crossiwng the river firom the train,
Sthe three robbers mounted their horses
o and struck out, southeast, over the rolling
I fidge of the prairie. They had one led
horse, t(he four horses being respectively
a buckskit, a buy, a brown and at gray.
s They passed two sheepherders on the
way, but at some little distance, and,
passing what is known asi Alkali---an
alkali basin they struck into the road
from Malta to Landusky about 1,4 miles
south of Malta. They followed that road
to the 50),000-acre ranch of Senator Phil
lips, 25 miles south of Malta, and passed
it half a mile from the ranch house.
Near there they met hiill Jackson and
therei the incident reported by Jackson
took place. lie says "Kid" Curry was
Sonei of the three, and recognizing him
called out "'Iullo, bIill. If anybody asks
tell them we are going south."
A mile and a half furthetr on, the hog
ranch owned by Jack Ellis was passed.
The men were tlhen riding hard. Ellis
and his wife, who saw themr, say they
and their horses were dusty and covered
with perspiration. The men called to
k l'llis and rilpeatedtl what they had told
Jacksonl: "'Tll thtm that we are going
sout h."
This was the last seen of the robbers.
The posse went on to the Circle C outtit,
about 15 lmiles further on,, and then
struck out for the Missouri, hbut at last
reports had no trace of the men. The
older men in the country say that the rob
hers instead of following the course taken
by the posse, went east of the Circle C
outfit and got into the rough and inac
cessable country beyond what. is known
as the lig Warm.
There has been some criticism of
Sheriff Grifliths' conduct on the train at
the time of the robbery. It is not justi
lied. The sheriff was seated in a car
with his wife when the train was stopped.
lie put his head out of the window, saw
the man supposed to be Jones with a
gun near the engine and realized that
the train was being held up. He drew
his revolver at once and fired twice at
the man. The latter wheeled and fired
his rifle at the sheriff. The ball crashed
into the window sill beside the sheriff's
head. The revolver is not a match for a
rifle, so the sheriff drew back. The rail
road and the express people have the
utmost confidence in the sheriff and be
lieve that he has done and will do all :in
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