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THE DAILY YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL.
VOLUME VI. No. 152 MILES CITY, MONTANA, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 888. PRICE FIVI CENTS.
'HE DAILY JOURN AL
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Every Morning Except Monday.
epnlatioa ol Miles City, - - 8.000.
Terms of ubecriptioa:
a 3 AII,--I ADVACI--POITAO PAID.
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Advertisiln Rates.
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SDse..... 1.004 40, 7.00 11.H 11.01 16.00 2.00
t Des.- 6... .00 8.00,14.00 1.00 21.001 10.00
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4 jWek. 7.0 10.00 12 S.00 1. 32.6 4.00
s ,Ws.... 8.00 12.00 14.00 2200'.00 11.00 0800
SWs.th ... 10.0 14.00 1.06 21.60 o .0 42.00 60.06
I j e.ths.. 14.00 16.0022.00,1.00 42.00 62.00 06.0
death.. 1 00 22. 00 1.00 42.00 0.001 6:.00100.00
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*IU*ss furulbed on all klnds of carpentel
N.rk
PMOrI IOEAA L
DMYOND B1ITLER.
M u~ti AT LAW.
at Cs enspsy. h;alm street, MIle. ('lip.
PM !WICIAN4.
5 3 O. . DD,
l"HMnuWIAW AND ICROiBON.
at W. IC. Maeys's drug stare. 12 it
S. 5 5WnOOD.
FMTBICIaN AND oboeRON.
at g ap'sg drug stre.
DL I~t· CUM 60NO AD ONIITSICIAN
D3t. w adan d (kburbcllr.) Us lt
upwo drug stae., YiNl city, 1. T.
V I. ENIY.Dtsiur.
UIa aret, ae Usoekpe'e National Bask.
AM lL kr guarated sad at resaslg rates.
kmasael Church (Episcopal) Palmer St.-S.r
l uodtys at Y:B Ia. . ad 7:30 p. m. Wan.
1, secser.
assMi Churchi-Servies unday. 11 a. n., 7 p.
G . D. Powney, piswr.
ethodi. Church-dervics Beudyl, II a. an.,
SkL p.m a. F. Maider,. pastor.
Fr ebyterian Church--tervicel Sunday, I1 a. a..
spp... . . C. Armstroul, 1.ator.
As she of ecred Heart, ('etbolie-Sunday, l(
an .. 1. W. J.Liadesemath, chatMlab, I. . A.
A. O. H.--Divislon No. I mee f Art ad secono
badaysof **h monbth.
K. e H.l-Meets Brat end third Wednesdays at
.-.0p. .,, at Odd Feolows' Hail.
A. F. A. .-Yellowstone Lodge, No. 26, i rt
n t"ird Wedanedays.
L A. M.-Yellowetome Chapter, No.6, second
aterda, I. eeeh month
h. i.-Damacus Uommeadery,uarth Thurs
I. o. O. F.-Custer Lodge. He. 1S every
Me ]day at their hall.
L O. O. FIr.--ntinl n eaampmelt. No. e, , rt
and third Friday.
L-a p.-.rueader lodge, No. 7, Thursday
eoalag at Odd VeIlow Hall.
C. K. et A.-Mile City Iraaeh, every hendy at
. f .,--First and third Fridas,.
0. A. L-U. 8. Urat Poet, No. 14, Irt and
liId Tedays.
1.0. O. T.-uat o the West, No. 24, every
beend eovning.
. V--GlbOu Camp No. 4. Meets Grit and
Sife Tsodays each moash at Good Teoplasn'
nt .
*3. ?ASKS&. a. W. TOPPING
NORTHERN PACIFIC
FOUNDRY
?ARKER&TOFPII(IG
Wuamr nn of all ddO of
WOXInd .B$SS
CASTINGS.
BBIINERD, gINNEBOTA
TIE P~tIINi W1il KILL.
Ii:
It has be., I. conhtaut is
ofr I6 roar, with a vicar
Sqinte by .ono..
WARSUMTED
.Me to blewdow,, .tn tie,
94001 pwet Iith o ba.t BaJ wind that do..
501tlaN. au1hal .ibtha lam b to he ; oa. b
to ar ~ M work han say ethe mill
A~guts Wtaate&
bud4 for Otal~eg.o CtaSUI.. ad him.g.
Abm, PUIKI WS wow MI & AX ..
Ub1hemba s ladiam
LEIGHTON & JORDAN,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
AND
RANCHMEN'S SUPPLIES,
Goods Delivered at Ranches.
TIE OLDEST An LARIGEST HOUS
IN EASTERN MONTANA.
STOCK GROWERS
NATIONAL BANK,
MII.aES OITY. MONT.
THE LARGEST BANK IN EASTERN MONTANA
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $105,000.00
INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS.
W. R. STEBBINS. President, WM. HARMON Vice President.
H. F. rAT wELOR, Cashier. ELMER E. BATCHELOR, Ast. Cash.
NATIONAL BANK.
op
Trrr COZ;t, ZZONCWIT
TH. OLDEST AD LARGEST BAHL IN EASTIER IOlTA.i
CAPITAL - - 50o.ooo
SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS 870,000
JOSEPH LEIGHTON, President.
W. B. JORDAN Vice President.
E. B. WEIRICK. Cashier.
H. B. WILEY, Assistant Cashier.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
CHARLES W. SEYDE,
NOTARY PUBLIC
Rea Estate, Insuance and Covyancing
LIVE STOCK BOUGHT and SOLD
SOME IESII15LE IIICIIES. AtIE AID CITY PFOPFEIT FOR SALE.
HOVSES FOR RETT.
Agent For First Ulass Steamship Lines For Europe.
Foreign Exchange, International Collections and Consular Bdusness Attended to
GOVERNMENT AND PENSION CLAIMS A SPECIALTY.
Live Stock, Loans, Real Estate and Notary Public
LIVE STOCK A SPECIALTY.
Agent for the eldest sad not reliable
FIRE, LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COS,
Asd the oldest aent Ia tewa.
Money Loaned on First Class Security.
Cattle and sheep ranches, and improved farms for
sale at a bargain with easy terms of payment.
Houses to Rent and Collections Made.
Several comfortable and commodious dwelling houses
and well located business and residence lots for sale cheap;
also N. P. R. R. Co.s lots and lands, and grazing lands
in the Northwest Territory for lease or sale.
Montana, Western, Wyoming, Texas and Eastern
GATTLE FOR SALE
In lots to sait purchasers. Also several choice bands of shoep and
Pennsylvania "Black Top," registered rams and Short Horn thoroughbred
and grade bulls for sale.
WILLIAM COURTENAY, MAIN STREET.
NORTHWESTERlN ROWN
GARDEN, FLOWER, FIELD AND GRASS
SEEDS.
All kinds at Eastern Prices, freight added.
Send fbr oatalogue and prices. Orders
by mail promptly filled.
Miles, Strevell & Ulmer.
NO SICKNESS HERE.
Malarial Possoned Invalids from
the East Find Permanent Cure
Through Nature's Hygiene.
A Physician's Digest of the
Wonderful Climate of East
ern Montana.
A Sanitarium in the Far West
Where Robust Health is
Everybody's Portion.
Eleven Months of Sunshine in
Every Year-Natural
Drainage.
The 3N.o CImate.
The climate of all eastern Montana.
in the heart of which Mile. City is lo
eated, Is uunsurpaseed by that of any
,ther section of the Union, considered
not only from a esoltary but from var.
sous other aspects. True there are
times duilng the summer peasun when
the weather Is very warm and in win
Ler when it sl very cold, but these
changes tend to relieve the monotony
of an even temperature. The air is
dry and pure, and, as a coonqnenoe.
we are particularly protected from all
forms of contagious and infectious die
eases. I challenge anyone to name a
city of equal size, numerically speakt
ing, so absolutely free from epidemias
of all kilnd. Never since the found.
ing of the place, has the city been vie
lied by an epidemic. In the early
days of the place some three or four
ouses of scarle fever were reported,
but these were among recent arrivals,
showing that the virus of the disease
must have been lnooulated else
where and developed Itself here. In a
population of something less than
three thousand souls, a goodly num
ber must neessarily be children. (I
think the average attendanooe at school
has been about two hundred); yet
oince eighteen hundred and seventy.
eight, when the city was flirt laid out,
to the present time, the number of
asees of scarlet fever, measles, whoop.
Ing cough, membraneous croup, etc.,
combined is lees than a dozen. And
amoung theadults the usual complainto
prevalent in ev*ry other section of the
states, are Isolated and nearly always
of a mild type. In a word the climate
in and about Miles, together with na
lure's hygienic precautions, is so ea
lubrious that the city might fairly be
termed a ".asltarlum in the far west"
I do not wish to be understood as as
sorting that no siokness ever comes
among us, for suoh a statement would
be untrue. We do have some sickness
which Is generally Inflommatory in
character, mild and of short duration.
At long Intervais we bear of eases of
mountain fever and typhold fever, a
disorimination withbout a differene.
Tbe oilmate here ha also the effect of
radicatiog many diseases. It Is well
known that people aflted with rhbeu
maltlm sod suffrlog from the oune
quences of malarial poison in the east,
become bale and hearty out here; and
bhis efflet Is usually permanent. I
have thus far omitted to menttio the
faoo that smallpox onoe raged among
us. Several years ago, when the
Northern Paioo railroad was belou
built through this valley, and when
some three thousand men were em
ployed In the work, smallpox made it
appearanee, but neither sinoe nor be
fore haus a solitary ows been reported.
This state of affirs is not oonly appi
a.ble to Miles City, but to the Yellow.
stone and Tongue river valleys gpner.
ally. All eastern Montana is so thor
oughly purified by natural drainage
hbat contaglous and infeolous diseases
ind no soil in which to germinate.
The entire eastern air or e territory
abounds In elecu streams whlon take
the placeo of swere and these in turn
empty into the main drains, the Yel
lowstoone, Rosebud, Tongue and Pow
der riverl on the south and the big
Missouri and its tributaries on the
north. These carry away the entire in.
flux of the hundreds of minor streamr
and unite at Fort Buford in the msrk
upof the main channel of the Mismourl
river. This again drains the country
through which it fow sand finally
jolns with the Missilippi in oating
their entire sooumulation in the Gulf
of Me io.
Our easooealso, , re so favorably
divided, as not only to make this coun
try a desirable one for habitation but
to render it pattleularly oonduoive to
health. Our winter weather seldom
begins before the last week into Dee
bert ad usually terminates before the
openlig of lamk. Dartagthbl peeled
there are days when the mercury In.
dicates extreme cold, but owling to the
dryness of the atmosphere, one toler
atee the cold without suffering. Dur
log the months of January and Febru.
ary we are often visited by the Japan
winds, commnonly called "chinooks"
or warm winds, which modify to a
great extent the severity of winter.
Our sprlogs open early and fall ex
tends far into December. We have no
data except mental impressions by
wblhch to calculate the oexol numoer
of days during whiob this locality is
not blessed with pure, unadulterated
sunshine, but I venture the statement
that in the aggregate it cannot exceed
one calendar month. uusebine Is a
sinoe qua non, in the restoraton as well
as maintenance of bodily vig *r. The
weather here from March to Decem
ber is superb and exhilerating, the
days being warm and radiant, aid
the nights cool and agreeable. Sleep.
"gentle nature's sweet restorer," is.
under such circumstances unmolested
by the uiual aunoyanues of other
climes. One awakes after a night's
rrst, tbo'oughlly refressed meutally
anld physically and once again is esn
ailed to continue life's unoeaeing
struggle. It must be admitted that the
granonivora on our ranges are mor'
hardy and have greater powers of en
durance than those of any portion of
tbe states. This cams is also peroepti
ble in the human family. To sum up
toe matter in a few words, our child.
ran are universally stout and rugged
and our adult popJlation active and
uale. E. F. FIsH, al. D.
MOUNTAINS OF COAL.
Natare's ProviLsio for the Comfort of Dwel
lers In This Land of Few Forests.
The fuel supply of eastern Montana
is spparently inexhaustible and with
out doubt underlies the whole region
wblch I sball hereafter refer to. And
both on account of its superior quality
and its ccessibility it constituoes a
maine of wealt, perhaps not second to
the gold and silver mines of the wes
tern portion of the territory.
Referriug more particularly [to the
supple continguous to Miles City I
will briefly outline what has come un
der my pers nat ob.-rvation through
my residence in this valley since 1876.
Leaving Males City and going north
we first find eoal eropping out from
bluff tbuls of tbe YellowAtone about
ones mle iromn town. Here one can
trace about tl ve distinct veins or etratae
of coal from the outeropplrgs vary
ing tu thickness frum two to four feet.
Only one of these Ie at present being
operated.
Leaviug the river and proceeding
north some two or three males we find
souiethilug be:ter in theway of a ten fout
strata and a much better quality. As
we continue to leave the valley going
north the coal depoilts continue grow
larger and quality better. This fact is
apparent tle entire Iengt'i of the val
I.y. That lying sdjaeeut to the riyer
the veins are all small and broken and
quality lnferior. Commencinug again
at Miles City and going east about one
and one-hall miles we again strike the
hills and find a three foot vein from
which the principal supply of Miles
City and Fort Keogh is now furnished
at prices rangiug from two dollars
and fifteen cents to three dollars i,er
ton. Tots coal makes a very hot.
quick fire and is quite satisfactory for
turnaces and staLionary boilers. Hav
aog such immense quanitities and be
ing so cheap people hardly appreciate
it as they would under other conai
tions. Upon the south side of Tongue
river as we cootiuue east and south
numerous deposits are fo-ud until
aboutseven miles give s u aLotber
vein of about ten feet, showing in a
radius of about six miles something
like ten "different coal strata. all lu
pig it as nature bha left them; bow
many more remain in this area unde
veloued. is a a r tter of conjecture.
Oue would naturally conclude from
thils outlook that we were bountifully
suppited with fuel for many moons to
come. No doubt all will concede this,
but still it is nut a starter. Pausing
ovor somefnlfteen and tweuty foot stra.
ta in tbse vicinity of Pumpkin ereek
(abult twelve miles from our city) as
unworthby of notice and ioiiu south
some fifty miles is where we strike the
bonanza, a veritable mountain of coal,
which will utilize every Inch of a for
ty foot tape line. It can be traced for
miles running south auto Wyoming
territory and east towards the Black
Hills. It is hard to estimate the extent
of hlis body of ooal but I think I
can safely say that I have seen evi
dences of this mammoth deposit at
Ieast one hundred miles so.th from
the starling point. In many places
this body of coal is exposed by land
sltdes and washouts and Is on fre at
two points to nmy own knowledge,
O)e place south to Wyoming and a Is
near Tongue river in Moto .ol ttle
sud ame oongregat at these B re der
Ing severe weatber to winter eseoeo I
reelved the benefS of bthe heat. A
the warmth oowmon from one of these
ire s hlike a young obinook. This
way seem like a Munobausen tale,
warming our range castle lo Moataas
with ooal fire., but if anyone double
my asser',.on I refer them to the gen
ial and well known ranbhmsa of
Tongue river, leo. Lisoomb and other
resident of that vicinity. This soal
has never been tested as far as I know
eloept by the ranch and catUtemen iL
LIba vmaunily, but I am informed by a
reliable genltiemn who lives In the
vicuity of It, that he utilizes I ftor
blacksmith purposes at his place with
good results and this, as any blaok
smath will wtll you, is an ezoeedingly
tryian test of coal.
A railroad heading for Miles City
from the sIJuth will tap this coal field
duU who kuowa what great osmlbilU
tsw are contained therein. It Las been
demuputrated further ·suth in Wyo
wing that they have immenew bodis
of oil of a uomparative shallow depth.
Why nout in Motua? The writer
bhas een within a day's ride of this
city, crude oil seepinr from a cr. vice
iu the bills and with oil why not gas?
It le quite possible that in the near
future we wmight ourselves get up a gas
trust company or so oil trust, wa.ch
seems to be so poular with our east
ern friends at preesent.
I have no doubt In my own mind
but that this coal can be used for rail
road fuel, but providing they could
not exolusively, they could load their
traius with coal as readily as they
now do with rocks or gravel and ship
it tbruugh Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Colorado and perhaps furtber, and
sell it cheaper than the same states
could produce it from their own mines
No expensive plant is required to op
eratein this coal field. It s i js a
question of bow much coal a dago
will heave upon scar in a day. Ask
some railroad man (Major Wyman for
instaneo) who will know beter, bait
we will place it at forty tons, whisk
will orlog the cost to about five coats
per too. Now add five ents for strip
plug uo the dirt and we have ten
cents per ton on board the car. Doe
ble tblh estimate, which makes it
twen y cents per ton, and would, ia
my opinion, be ample, as it could be
loaded with chutes at much less thean
toe first estimate, which leaves the
traurportation, the main considers
tion.
You will, no dcubt, by this time be
glu to form lsme idea of my estimate
of the fuel supply for Miles City when
I u3dertake to furnish some half dos
en states for a century or so, hebaper
then they can mine it themselves, and
more, we will hardly miss it. Somey
peple will think itha overdrawn, but
let themn ask and practical miner
bhi idea of the capabilities of a eal
field of say fifty miles square with a
minimum thickness of forty feet and
near the surface and see what he will
reply.
My inferenoeiay be wrong, but
nevertheless I doot think so, and as
far as the supply is concerned none
can question my poeltion. I have
every reason to believe that the same
body of coal lies north of us at about
the same distance. I do not assert it
to be a fact, but there are plenty bene
who no doubt can.
I would like to be in a position to
uspak more positively regarding the
quality of these larger bodies of onid as
that only remains, to establish theb
largest coal bonanza In the world.
We may be short on bananas in
the Yellowstone valley, but we ae
long on coal which, like Dakota's
blizzards, is In exsoas of the demand.
W. L. LAxsIro.
Came to Blew..
Constable We. H. Carr got into as
alIteration with Konrad Bobmid, yes.
terday, coooeraing the arrangelmete
that bad been made for the reeeptio
of the grsnd jury in rooms in the
Schbmd block, Carr being baillf is
charge of the Jury. Words were fl.
lowed by blows, or rather a blow, (Ur
slappoin Mr. echmid's face. Mr. Uar
say. he was incensed beyond endar
auce by Mr. S.chmid's manner at the
time and Mr. Carr's record for e.
treme urbanity, even to the point of
luofteosivenesa, being well knows It
may be admitted that be subebed
great provocation, However, Mr.
aobm;id's side of the story is yet
untold.
A warrant web sworn out for Carr's
arrest, before the probate judg, Imme.
diately after the affair bad ooarred,
but (!arr being In charge or tCie ried
jury remained uneorved and as yet n
erved, for as soop as the grand Jry
adjourneo Mr. Carr west bere P
lies Magistrate Butler. plead guilty to
asnault, paid his fne and departed.
Mien paer Milolges al e Mm
me mreelved at Pah 's. *