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LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE OF FINAL ENTRY.
L.\no OFFICE 1T ItELENA,
April' ), iSS4 4
Notie is herehy given that the following named
settler has tiled notice of his intention to nake
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will he made hetire the Register and tie
ceiver of the U. S. Land Office at Illena, M. T.,
on June 6, 1555. viz:
Charles Triplett, who made Homestead appli
cation No. 15,1) for the SE 's of Section 21t, town
ahip 17, N of R 1 W.
Hle names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence unont, and cultivation of
said land, viz: '1 homas L. tiorham, Ulidia, M. T..
John P. Austin, Chestnut. M T William McKee
and Alvin Hodson of Ulidin. M T.
F. ADKINSON, Register.
Notice of Final Entry.
LAND OFFICE AT HELFNA, M T. ?
April 15, 1585.
OTICE is hereby given that t e following
named settler has filed notice 5f his inten
tion to makefinal proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made dbefore T. G.
Woods, Notary Public in and for Lewis and
Clarke county, Montana, at Florence, M1 T, on
May 30, 1855, viz:
Lucien H. Bailey, who made Pre-empc-n 1). S.
No. 6864 for the E2 of NI' of SWk, N3711 SE 1
NW's, seet32, township lb N of 7 W.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upt n. and cultivati n of.
said land, viz: Nelson J Singleton, James 1 Me
Donald, John Terral and William Felty. all of
Augusta, M T.
F. AiKINSON, liegister.
Notice of Final Entry.
Land Office at Helena, Montna, I
April '2), li5.
NOTIC is hereby given that the following
named settler has fib d no tice of his intention
to make final proof in suppi r. of his claim, and
that said proof will be made behoe the liegi-ter
and Receiver of the U. S. Lard iffice at Hele ,
Montana. M P'. on June ii. I-+5, viz:
Jolhn P Austin, who mnacdo hotin' stetil cpplics.
tion No 2155 for the ;;': NWi4c Ni, SW's. sec 27.
township 17, N of R 4 WV.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residectie upon. and ent.tivation of,
said Land, viz: Ilhas 'ripLett, of I 'hestonit. Thoe
L Gerham, Wm McKee and ALvin tiedson, of
ULidia, Montana.
F. ADKINiON, lIegiet r.
NOTICE OF FINAL ENTRY.
LAND OITICE AT ItET FNA, M T,
Mary 27, 1ei.
Notice is hereby civen that the following-nam
cd settler has filed norice of his intention to
make final proof in -upport of his claim. and
that atid proof will he mtade before J P Dyns, a
Notary Public. in and for Meagher county, Mon
tana. at Ulidia, M T., on July 11). lx5, viz:
Samuel Adams, who mida D. S. No. 6732 for
lots 2 and :3 section :9, lots 7 and S section 19, .nd
lot 10iaction 'a),tp1Ill N of R2 E.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation of,
said land. viz: Samuel Dere More, of sun River.
M T. ('harley B. Holt. of Rohnstown. M T. Lewis
SI u'tz and David C. Eaton, of Sun River. M T.
F. ADKINSON. Register.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JB. NEWMAN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Sun River, - - Montana.
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rights mad. a specialty.
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HELENA, M. T.
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ROLFE & PARKER,
Attorneys & Counselors
Special attention given to Land and Mining
('lain's and Collections.
l P. ROLFE,
SP U. Se.Dep. Mineral Surveyor.
GREAT FALLS
CHARLES G (BIFFITH EDMUND INGERSOLL
County Surveyor
GRIFFITH & INGERSOLL,
Civil Engineers & I)e9. U. S.
Mineral & Land Surveyors,
Irrigating ditches and ranch surveys a specialty.
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VOL. 1. GREAT FALLS, MONTANA TERRITORY, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1885, NO. 5,
M ONTANA'S WI LD) FLOWERS.
The Great Variety and Beauty of Our
Wild Flowers.
It is a difficult matter to write un
der the above Leading; because, nearly
all of our Montana flowers are rare in
- the east. In fact, very few of them
are to be found there at all.
t We have many rare and beautiful
flowers here, and few of them have
other than scientific names.
Any observant person walking over
the prairie in early ,pring is apt to
ee a pretty little yellow lily called
Fritellaria pudica, or Chequered lily.
It first appears in the coulees. The
stem is simple, bearing a solitary
orange-yellow flower. The leaves are
bright green, and the plant would
form a pleasing ornament to any flow
or garden. There is also another
species, which is somewhat rarer, be
ing found only in the mountains.
False Solomons' Seal is very plenti
ful. It also appears in the spring. It
is not a showy plant, but is neverthe
less pretty. Its flowers are small and
whit;. The fruit is dark purple, fin
ally almost black.
Near the mountains we find Calb
chartus Nuttallii. Thii is a very showy
plant. with long, slender, green leaves.
It bears one large, white f!ower two
or three inches in diameter. The pet
als of these flowers are very thin and
are easily bruised. A species of this
same genus found in the mountains
exclusively is much prettier. Inside
of the flower are spots of dark brown
and black which form a pleasing con
trast with the other coloring of the
flower.
All of the foregoing plants belong
to the Lily Family and should be cul- I
tivated f( r their beauty.
We have very few ferns in this part
of Montana and only one species is
really graceful. It is the Bladder
Fern, cistoplevis fragilis. This fern
has fronds from six inches to a foot
high. They are delicate and graceful
and would make an excellent house
plant or the fronds would look well in
a bouquet.
Everybody knows what Arnica is as
a liniment, but very few know the
plant in its native state. We have
several species in this Territory. All
of them would look well in a garden,
Leoause of their bright yellow flowers
and soft, downy leaves.
A species of l`dazing Star" is very
common here, that is not found in the
east. The flowers of this plant are on
a spike and in color are rose-purple.
Then we have several kinds of "Gold
en-rod" not found east of the Missis
sippi.
Lark-spur is often found in gar ens
in the east and we know of several
parties who sent east for seed. They
could just as well have procured
young plants of our Montana Lark
spur. It is quite as pro tty .s the g:r
den varieties and being a native here
it should claim the first attention from
all lovers of flowers. This kind of
Lark-spur begins to bloom when it is
only two or three inches out of the
ground and continues to do so until
it is a foot and a half and sometimes
two feet in height. The flowers are
numerous and of a fine blue-purple
color.
The Golden or Missouri cumrant is
abundant here, while in the east it is
totally unknown, except as an orna
mental bush in gardens. It is a na
tive here, whereas in the east it is an
introduced plant. The many bright,
yellow flowers are borne on lax ra
cemes. The flowers are very fragrant.
Professor Wood remarks that it is "a
beautiful shrub six to ten feet high,
common in cultivation." The fruit
of this currant makes good sauce and
the juice boiled down with sugar and
strained make an excellent jelly of a
fine color.
We have another plant of the same
genus which also is good. It is a spe
cies of goose-berry peculiar to the
west. In about two weeks or so from
this time its fruit will be large enough
to pick. Last season the writer pick
ed about a quart of these berries
while green and boiled them down
with sugar. The result was a rich
sauce of a beautiful red color. Several
parties who saw the sauce and after
wards were shown some uncooked
berries, thought that some coloring
matter had been added, because the
color was so rich. However, such was
not tLe case. We would recommend
our friends to try these gooseberries.
They are common all along this river.
We have an Evening Primrose
which is very pretty and which has a
pleasant perfume. The flowers are
about two inches in diameter, at first
white, latterly changing to pink.
In Montana there are fourteen spe
cies or more of Artemisia or Worm
wood. Some of the species resemble
in the shape of their leaves and in
their smell, the garden sage of the
east; hence arises the name which has
Ien given to this genus by Montani
ans, viz: Sage-brush.
Along this river there grows a spe
cies of Pennyroyal not found east. It
is aromatic and pungent, and is sim
ilar to the eastern Pennyroyal in flavor.
For those who like climbing vines
around their windows or over their
porches there is Clemalis (Virgins'
Bower) which is a nice plant and very
hardy; while in flower it is very pret
ty. Most plants lose their beauty af
ter flowering: but, if anything, -this
Clemalis is prettier in fruit than it is
in flower.
Montana can show a g3od represen
tation in most plant families and
among other pretty plants the little
blue-bell or hare-bell is worthy of
mention. The plant is fine and deli
cate with blue bell-shaped flowers.
The stem is a foot or more high and
smooth. This little plant is a perrenial
herb. It dies down every autumn,
but grows again the next season from
the same root-stalk, thus obviating the
necessity of sowing fresh seed each
year when the plant is being cultivat
ed. Blue-:ells and ferns usually go
together in thL more humid of the
eastern States. but here they do not
affiliate, although both plnts like
moist. rocky localities.
We find here three species of Lupine.
The plant has no common name. But
its name comes from the Latin- lupus,
a wolf: because it overruns the fields
and devours their fertility. Although
the genus has an unsavory reputation
in this respect, we find four or live
species and varieties cultivated in
gardens for ornament. Two of our
specie.; are pretty.
The edible mushroom is common
here on the open prairies in the spring. I
This spring has been :o dry that they
are rather scarce this season.
In the mountains we find the Or
egon gral e. A pretty little plant
whose leaves bear sharp sp'nes some
thing like one sees on holly leaves,
only much smaller and not so strong.
It is said that the fruit is good when
cooked. It is not so bad raw.
We have several trees here that
would be nice for ornament or for
shade. The only one we will mention
is the Aspen Poplar (quaking ash) as
the miners call it. It is straight and
symmetrical. For its successful
growth it requires a large quantity of
moisture.
We also find in the mountains rev
eral kinds of pretty lichens, which de
pend from the limbs of the spruce,
etc. These lichens often attain two
feet in length. One kind is bright
yellow and ai o her might be called a
cre:amy green. They would be nice
for ornamenting flower baskets and
other similar auticles.
Of course this little sketch does not
take in even one-tenth of our prettier
and rarer plants, Put it will serve to
illustrate that this Territory is as rich
in useful and ornamental vegetation
as it is in mineral wealth. Many of
our Montana plants could be made
useful and profitable if our people
would only turn their attention to
them. FRED ANDERSON.
A HAUNTED HOUSE.
Some very mysterious occurrences
have been noted for some time in a de
serted cabin on Clore street. It seems
to be pretty generally known in that
immediate vicinity that very strange
and unaccountable phenomena are in
some way associated with the old
cabin, such as shrieks of apparently
suffering persons, groans, rappings on
the dcor, white specters instantly dis
appearing in the air, &c. A short
time ago, a little after midnight, one
of the city police in maLintg his accus
tomed walk near the cabin, heard the
groans of some one whom he suppos
ed was in the very act of breathing
his last. Thinking that some one was
suffering foul play, he broke into the
cabin, lighted a match and to his ut
ter surprise found nothing.
From an old timer we learned that
this cabin was occupied in the early
days of the city by an old wench who
was suspected of murdering more
than one unfortunate who had "struck
it rich in mining camp days." The
evidence of foul play became so clear
that the old fiend was notified by
3-7-77 to "pack her kit and skip," and
she did so.
Since the first experience of the of
ficer others have been keeping close
watch of the haunted cabin, and it is
asserted a reasonable explanation
found for these mysterious happen
ings. We hope to give a satisfuctory
solution of the problem in our next.
Helena Independen'.
It costs each of the colleges whose
crews participate in the annual boat
race on the Thames about $7,000 for
the sport.
Australia s lost $44,000,000 from
pleuro-pneumonia, introduced by a
single cow that was supposed to have
recovered.
IA) TIE POOR INDIAN.
Stories That Give an Isiusht Into the
Character of the Red Man.
The Indian is progressive. He is
fast becoming civilized. An Indian
shot and killed his squaw and then
blew his own brains out. He did it
within two miles of Fort Assinaboine.
The Indian was known as -Bull.
It is remarkable, writes a Miles
City, Montana, correspondent of the
New York Sun, what a fascination
the name Bull bas for Indians, They
uso it with every qualification-- Sit
ting, Standing and. BEingy The
indiaji Bulls are rropcrtionately as
numerous as the white Smiths. This
particular Bull, who does not appear
to have been provided with the usual
descriptive adjetive, but to have been
plain Bull, was on his way to the fort,
accompanied by his squaw. When
near the fort he drove her into the
brush and shot her dead. It is be
lieved the squaw had-some money
which she declined to turn over to the
brave: hence the sudden and bloody
act. After the murder Bull went to
ward the fort. At a hunter's camp
near by he told an Indian boy what
he had done. Afterward he started
back to the place where the body of
the murdered equaw lay. A white
scout in the employ of the govern
ment happened to be in the noighbhr
hood looking for seie stray horses.
Ball, seeing him, supposed he was
rooming to arre:.t him. He sat down,
[fut the muzzle of the gun to his fore
iead and blew his brains out.
Suicide is rare among the red men,
but I have known several instances
within the past eight or nine years.
A young squaw shot herself through
the heart in 1877, when she was held,
with her mother and other squaws, in
temporary captivity at Fort Keogh as
a hostage for the performance of cer
tain agreements by White BeL's
band of Cheyennes to which she be
longed. She was one of the captives
taken on the eve of the fight at Wolf
mountain, Wyoming. A chief was
seeply endmure<t of hei; afinitte first
offers of his band of Cheyeanes to
surrender were due, in some measure,
to this tender sentiment, and not
wholly to the Indian reverses at Wolf
mountain. After the Tongue river
expedition had returned to Ft. Keogh
and the captives were safely lodged
under guard, truce-bearers were sent
in by the tribe to negotiate for the
iet: ri of the captive-. Negotiations
were reopened for the surrender of
the Cheyennes. A large party, head
ed by White Bull, who was enwrap
ped in an old calico American flag,
was allowed to come into the canton
ment to have a talk. They were also
allowed to see the captives and talk
with them. After the first day's coun
cil it was seen that the Cheyennes
were playing a diplomat:c gamne The
Cheyennes were allowed to return to
their tribe still in the field. Their re
quests that the squaws be allowed to
accompany them were firmly refused.
The v arriors who feared a forcible
'etention, were much pleased when
they were allowed to return to their
tribe. During till Eprevious night an
ominous stillness reigned among
them. They were all camped in the
center of the parade ground. They
evidently feared treachery or bad
faith. Next morning the scene was
changed.
They were feeling good. They san
dled their ponies and packed their
mules. The captives wcre allowd-to
remain with their relatives during
these preparations. The young
squaw, with a face beaming with
smiles, was saddling her pony, and
the young buck, her fiance, was not
far away. She expected to go with
the party, but she was detained, with
the other captive squaws, as a hos
tage for the return of White Bull and
his party in twenty days. A very dis
tinguished young warrior, Buffalo
Hump, also remained a voluntary
hostage. The party moved out in the
usual Indian fashion, and promised
their spcely return with the rest of
the tribe.
The young squaw, when she found
she could not go with ,the band, was
deeply grieved. Shy could not be
made to believe that they would ever
return again. The sight of her de
parting lover and her friends was
more than she could bear. The Indi
an-male or female-is a creature of
impulse. She drew a small pis
which she had in some way seer
in her clothing, and shot
through the heart. At the ap
Limo the Cheyennes returned
rendered. Her lover came
thei, but found his inter
lead and buried on the b
rellowstone. For ~seve
nether and relatives
bo their grief in tb
pashing tbeir limbs
letting their blood stream upon her
grave.
There were also four very deter
mined suicides of Indians here in 1880
and 1881. The suciides were Chey
ennes of the north. They had wound
ed a cavalry sargeant detached on sig
nal duty between Deadwood and Ft.
Keogh and killed a rancher. They
were captured by a detachment from
Ft. Keogh. turned over to the civil
authorities here, and all four confined
n the some cell. They considered
themselves as bad as hanged, and they
decided to save the government the
trouble of strangling them. They
could procure only one rope: Thet
first hanged himself. The other
three took him down, and the second
had his turn at the rope. He made
no botch of the job. Then he wes
taken down and the third hanged
himself. The third was taken down
by the fourth, and the last was found
hanging and dead by the jailer next
morning.
THE MOON INHABITED.
At the astronomical observatory of
Berlin, says a translation from Nya
Pressen Holsingfor, a discovery has
lately been made, which, without
doubt, will cause the greatest sensa
tion not only among the adepts in
science, but even among the most
learned. Professor Blendmann, in
that city, has found, beyond a doubt,
that our old friend, the mcon, is not a
mere lantern which kindly furnishes
light for the loving youth and gas
companies of our planet, but the
abode of living, intelligent beings,
for which he is prepared to furnish
proofs most convincing.
This question has agitated humani
ty from time immemorial, and has
been the object of the greatest inter
est. But the opinions have always
differed very widely, and no two
minds held one and the same. Already
in ancient times the belief prevailed
that the moon was inhabited with
some higher organized, intelligent
beings, somewhat resembling man,
and to commntnicate with them the
earthly enthusiasts planted rows of
trees several miles in length so as to
form the figure of the Pythegorean
theorem. The celebra e 1 astronomer
Schroder, in the beginning of the
present century, fancied that he could
detect places on the surface of the
moon which periodically grew lighter
and darker, and from this fact he de
rived the conclusion that the phenom
enon was a prcof of existing vegeta
tior. During the last few decades,
however, the idea of life on the moon
has been held up to ridicule, and to
tally scorned by men of learning.
But, nevertheless, it has now been
proved to be correct.
By accid. nt Dr. Blendman found
that the observations of the moon
gave but very unsatisfactory results,
owing to the intensity of the light
power of the moon's atmosphere,
which is that strong that it affects
the correctness of the observation in
a very high degree. He then con
ceived the idea of making the object
g;las of the refractor less sensitive to
the rays of light, and for that pur
pose he darkened it with the smoke
of camphor. It took months of ex
perimenting before he succeeded in
finding his right degree of obscurity
if the glss, and when finally found
Eo then with the refractor took a very
,courate photo of the moon's surface.
Phis he placed in a sun microscope,
shicli gave the picture a diameter of
55} feet. The revelation was most
startling. It perfectly overturned all
aitherto entertained ideas of the
noon's surface. Those level plains
which formerly were held to be
)zeans of water proved to be. verdant
lelds, and what formerly was consid
3red mountains turned out as deserts
)f sand and oceans of water. Towns
mad habitations of all kinds were
lainly discernable, as well as signs
)f industry and traffic. The learned
)rofessor's study and observations of
ild Luna will be repeated every full
noon when the sky is clear, and we
renturo to predict that the time is
iot far off when we shall know more
mbout the man in the moon.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean thinks
hat if President Cleveland, instead
d excusing himself for a bad choice
if men for office by saying thathbe had
mo means of obtaining correct inform
tiofl, would announce the applicants
en days before he made a choice he
dget more information in a day
- nnow obtain in the entire
appointment.
g man may be too ingenious
n good, as, for example, the
inJackson, Conn., whose duty
to lend an extra street car horse
from the top of the bill, ready to
the next car. He trained the
al to turn on his own accord and
e himself in position for the next
rip, imnd now uis rervicca ha're been
tisp~ensed with.
BETTER THAN OFFICE.
Experience of a Georgia Yan at the
National Capital.
One man who came for an office
has succeeded so much better than he
expected that his case is worth re
cording. He came from Georgia and
relates his experience thus: "Being a
Democrat, and not having much lnch
at getting ahead at home, I thought I
would get an office in Washington if
I could. Letting no one but my wife
and a friend know what I was up to,
I started. After landing hero I saw
just as plain as day tiat the w44yr
was too deep for me; besides, iun
dreds of others a great deal smarter at
the business were ahend of me. I
had not much money, and so, instead
of paying much attention to the office,
I began to look around for work or
something to make a living while I
stayed. To tell you the truth, I had
not been much away from home, and
never in so large a place before.
Somehow I kinder felt I could make
it go if only I got a chance; and after
I had looked around some and clap
ped my eye over things I thought I
saw chances, if only they were worked
right. I have a fancy I have a nat
ural gift for knowing a chance as soon
as I see it. I got this idea all at once
when I saw so many ways and things;
so many persons selling everything
and so many buying. I had about
$15, and with it I concluded to start.
I had looked around the market,
where more money is spent in a day
than in my town in a whole year.
Why can't I have some of it? thought
I. Well, I launched out $4 for Flor
ida oranges and 50 cents more for a
basket. That day I sold half the
oranges and had my money back.
How I did work, though--went every
where, into the houses and stores, and
somehow people bought willingly.
Maybe it was because I was so earnest
about it. The third day I hal all the
oranges sold, with nearly $5 profit in
my pockets. Better'n i.ffce, I began
to think. While I was looking around
for another chance the dealer from
whom I had had bought offered me
two other boxes. the last of a lot, for
$^.50; nice orrnges, too. I knew at
once what I could do with them. The
next morning I sold them for $4 a
box, $2.50 profit without breaking
bulk. I had never before made money
so fast in all my life. I kept on for
two weeks, and I couldn't be hired to
take the office I was after. I begin to
think how well I could fix myself
right hero in Washington, with my
little wife and baby and the boy, who
by rights ought to be going to school.
You don't want to hear it all. It's
but two months and two days since I
came, and I have got $80 and every
thing paid up. What's better, there
are a couple of dealers in the market
who say they will back me for any
thing in reason I want to Co. I'm
thinking I'll keep on the line I've
been going for the present. I see so
many chances that sometimes I don't
know which to take. I wonder any
body that can work wants an office
here. Some of the Georgia fellows
branging around here have come to me
!or money, but I toll 'em to go to
work, for there is a heap more money
in it than in any office I know of."
Washington Letter.
A BIG "WELL" IN ARIZONA.
In some sections of the noit'ern
portion of Arizona the question of
water supply, even for domestic pur
po ;es, is a very serious one. This is
part~ctilarly the case at A h Fork, a
station on the Atlantic & Pacific rail
road. A series of very lovely and
fertile valleys surround the place, and
plently of grass grows for the sup
port of large herds of cattle, but no
water can be had except from an oc
casional "tank" during the winter
season. At Ash Fork the railroad
company attempted to sink an artesi
an well, but after reaching a depth of
900 feet the drill became fastened and
could not be removed. Many futile
attempts were made to extract it, but
at last it was abandoned in despair.
All water now used at that station
and by the residents of the town is
brought by rail from Pach Springs,
sixty-five miles to westward, and is
sold at 50 cents per barrel.
A short time ago a prospector, stim
ulated by the Inquiry for water, re
ported that he had discovered a huge
well, about eight miles from Ash
Fork, sunk in a level plain. Parties
at once repaired thither with ropes
and other paraphernalia to exp'o:e
the wondrous discovery. They found
the locality, but to this day they do
not know the exact nature of the on
rious cavern that met their gaze. It
isloeated on a level plain and cannot
bseen until i appr very nte
floenis no evidence of the earth or
rrik ving been removed fromte
GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE.
ADVEIITISLNG1 11 TE i.
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1week.4. S2.IS 3.I$ 4.;$ 6. 9.I2 12.
1 month. 5. ti.I 7. r io 15. ! 25.
3 months 7. I H. I110- 15. 34. 55.
6 month J. I 10. 153. 30. 55, . 110.
1 year.... 12. I 1:. "25. 50. 1 1(1. L200.
Bucinces notices in reading matt:-r, 25 cents
per line.
Business notices 15 cents p-r line for first in
sertion, and 10 cents per line for each subsequent
inset tion of same met aer.
pit, which was found to be 150 feet in
diameter and 320 feet deep, with per
pendicular walls. No one in the
party was brave enough to descend
and explore the "well," when the rope
had been lowerel, and the explorers
returned to Ash Fork scarcely wiser
than they were before tha'r trip. It
I is certainly a greit curiosity, and
there passibly exists a supply of water
somewhere in its depths or in the nu
merous caverns or tunnels that appar
ently emerge into the dark earth be
low from this curious threshold of
sunlight.--Tucsun Citizen.
DFMONT'.4 ( ARACTEII.
The announcement of the capture
of Dumont, ioil's licatenant in the
late insurrection, at Fort Assinoboine,
has led to inquirit s being made here
as to who Dumont is, and the result
is thus shown:
He was born within three miles of
Winnipeg, nearly fifty years ago, and
belongs to a well known half-breed
family. He received some education,
and was always a devout Catholic, but
being of stern and romantic nature,
early adopted the nomadic mode of
life. When but a child he was always
with a gun on his shoulder, following
the game. As he advanced in years
I he took to trapping, and soon turned
his profesuicn to good account, as the
eager demand for furs by the Hudson
Bay company afforded him a ready
sale for the product of the hunt. He
soon saved money and began to be re
garded among the Metis as a man of
wealth. He settled near Winnipeg
twenty years ago, and took part in
the Red River rebellion in 1869. He
did not figure prominently, as active
warfare was never resorted to. Dis
gusted with the municipal organiza
tion after the province was formed,
and having a horror of paying taxes,
he, in company with .about one hun
dred other half-breeds, moved north,
settling on the banks of the Saskatch
ewan near Batoche, the scene of the
late conflict. Although his father and
sons tilled the land, Gabriel devoted
most of his time to the chase, as game
was abundant in that district He
would go off for five and six months -
at a time and he return laden with
game. He was both respected and
feared by all the Indian fibes through
whose country he ranged. Being
powerful, bold and fearless, he always
deemed himself a match for five red
skins, and even a larger number have
been known to run from him after in
curring his displeasure. The proposi
tion to have a rebellion readily caught
Dumont, as it afforded him an oppor
tunity to gratify his love for adven
ture and change. On his own request
to the council iL is said he was made
director of military movements, a
position which he ably filled; and it
is stated that he wept with chagrin
when informed of his suppoiters de
serting the rifle pits and leaving him
with a mere handful to fight alone.
Riel says he was the last man to leave
the pits, and it was only when the
troops were charging down on the
pit he occupied that he leaped from
the pit, and casting his blood-stained
rifle on the prairie, ran with great
speed for the bushes, half mile away.
How he reached Montana without be
ing seen is strange, in view of the
large number of scouts kept patrol
ling the country through which he
must have passed.
AEOUT U REEP.
Don't forget, says the Stockman
that only the best sheep will yield a
profit, and the poorer ones are a bur
den on the balance of the flock,
which often leads the farmer to de
cide that sheep don't pay. If such
men would cull out all sheep that
clip a fleece this spring below a cer
tain average, and then care for the
rest better, they might find that sheep
were not so unprofitable after all.
The same paper also well says:
"Place no confidence in any scheme
which seems to promise to make the
business profitable without icsisting
oa the highest improvement of the
stock, for it cannot be done. The
sheep must be made to attain a high
avrg n ality of both fleece and
=a :as Al~l profitableness begins
and ends in the excellence or low
grade of the sheep, and the wise
shepherd will recognize this and
make the improvement of his sheep
his constant study and labor. Pro.
tection of course is a great help, and
one which all sheepmen most earn
estly desire, but it can only be regard
ed asan incideatal - 4
every dheep owncr owes it to
and to the interest at large to 0i
his stock up to such a degree .
cellenoe that his help will b.
needed to aske bia flock po