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R EAT FALLS T IDUR NE,
VOL, 1, GREAT FALLS, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1886, NO, 35
A CHAPTER ON O WLS.
The Members of This Great Fa iily i
Residents of 3ontana. The
Superstition in Regard
to Them.
WRITTEN 1FOR TIIE TRIUNE.
In all ages, ancient and modern,
owls have occupied a tprominent place
among birds. Not only in their form
and voice peculiar, but their nocturn- 1
al habits envelop them with an air of
mystery that could be acquired in no 1
other way. In the old world they are 1
constantly associated with ruins and
dessolation and solitude. There, vari
i ous species have made their home for
!hundreds, even thousands of years,
among the remains of former civiliza
tions. Was it not written of Baby
lon: "But wild beasts of the desert
shall lie there: and their houses shall
be full of doleful creatures: and owls
i shall dwell there, and satyrs shall
dance there." With us in this newly 1
peopled land, these birds are more apt I
to recall the damp, still wood, or se- I
cluded glen, where the rays of the sun I
scarcely penetrate; some vertible
sleepy hollow where in the night 1
hours any superstitious fears we may
possess would be greatly augmented i
by thoughts of all sorts of hob goblins I
and evil things that might pounce
down upon one at a moment's notice. t
Possibly could we behold two thous
and years into the changing future, I
we might see the descendants of our t
owls, having long ago deserted the I
scant forests, hovering about the ruins
of this XIX century. We may be
s.ur they would be regarded with the I
same carious gaze by the looker on, c
accorded them when living among ox- C
isting ruins, and they would return -
that gaze with the same slow stare, as l
much at to say "we are the same, 5
whatever our surroundings."
But. to return to some of the peculi- c
ar attrilbutvs and characteristics of I
owls. ihey have ever been esteemed c
the bird pre-eminent of wisdom. Was
not the owl, Minerva's favorite philo- x
pher? And if we may belives the 1
poet:
"Mid all the tribes of airy fowl, t
Nought. is so wise as the horned owl;
If in daylight he opens his eyes by
chance, C
tHe shuts them again with a satisfied I
glance, t
For the rays of the sun make all things c
dim,
And the light within is enoughg for I
him."
But what has this hermit, as he is
often called, done to gain such a rep
utation? Very little, I believe. It is
utation? Very little, I believe. It is
one of those not totally unknown
cases where "appearances go a long 01
way." The bird's physiognomy isi
peculiar among all its class. The in
skull is broad and short, and the eyes i
so placed in front that both can be
directed at the same object without
turning the head. This, itself, at
times imparts a sort of half human
aspect. Then too, they stand erect,
with the whole face forward, and have u'
all the slow, deliberate actions often n
acquired with wisdom. The large,
round, yellow eye itself adds rather a
ludicrous aspect to the otherwise quite l
solemn demeanor. I was never more
impressed by this than once when
coming suddenly upon a great horned
owl perched just above my head. The
bird heard a rustle, and, after much
blinking, gazed about inquiringly, sc
but without seeing the cause of his
disturbance. Again, after making a
slight noise, he drew his head back
and loolked down at me square in the
face. The view seemed unsatisfactory
however, for he raised his head and
gazed into the distance.as if to better e
adjust the focus of his vision. Again
he looked square at me and was again
unsatisfied. Another adjustment and
another gaze, when suddenly he
seemed to discern some frightful ob
ject, and bethinking himself of his re
wings make off in all haste. He was
evidently in much the same condition
as the man, who steps out from a per
fectly dark room into the bright sun- se
light.
Owls belong to the Strigidma, or
nocturnal birds of prey, but some
species can be found about at nearly sl
all hours of the day, and all can see
quite well in sunlight if given time to in
adjust the eye to its surroundings. pf
Compare, for an instant, the eye of
the nearly related hawk -with that of
the owl. The rapidly dilating and ar
contracting iris and power of de
pression of the upper eyelid, gives an
air of energy and fierceness to the for- si
mer, totally wanting in the latter. v
When once an owl gets his eyes fairly
opened they are round and yellow,
with all the expressionless gaze of a
glass eye in the human being.
The hearing of these birds is al
ways acute. The ear is large and
well developed. It is whblly coneeal
ed from view by feathers, but these tb
ie o lightly over the opening as to
o'er little or noimpediaentto sound
Several species have tufts of feathers
standing up ovor the eyes and often
called ears, although really these
tufts have no connection with the
sense of hearing. As to plumage, no
birds have a covering better adapted
to passing through the air without
noise. At night they may glide by
within a few feet of one, but not the s
rustle of a feather will be heard more
than from some passing shaddow. It
is no shaddow however, to the prey
they are it s,.rrch of when transfixed b
by long, sharp talons. Then rather, g
it becomes the very embodiment of
bone and sinew. f
The owl most commonly met with d
in this country is the Great Horned a
Owl above mentioned. (Bubo Vir c
ginianus, var?) Specimens measure ti
about two feet in length, and four and t1
one-half feet from tip to tip of out
stretched wings. The female is some
what the largest, as is common among c
birds of prey. The loud, resonant
hooting of ihis bird and answer by its ri
mate is wel known to almost every
body, but. the bird has another utter
ance not so cften heard, or recognized s.
when heard, as coming from the same
source. This last is a harsh scream, ti
uttered with the falling accent and at
regular intervals for sometimes hours
at a time. It is heard, if in the day- s
time, just before a storm, but oftener sl
on some still evening, and it is the e:
harshest and most disagreeable note a
that comes fr)m the throat of any
bird I know. Listening to the sound d
at night as it pierces the air from n
Rome heavy clump of timber, far re
moved from all the deadening effects
of civilization on the imagination, ti
one is ahnost inclined to believe some it
of the superstitions, of the quaint or I.
gloomy, connected with the bird him- ri
$elf. tl
The Great Gray Owl, (Ulnla cin- b
?rea) larger o.en than the one we h
The Great iray UVwl, (Uln.a cln
ýrea) larger c~,en than the one we
lave been speaking about, and with
mt horns; and the Snowy Owl,
Myctea scaudiea) more or less pure
rhito all over, (this last only a winter
ird from the regions far northward),
ire other large species found in MIon
ana. Then there is the long-eared
tnd the short-eared owl, (Asio Aneri
anus and Asi- accipitrinus) neither
>f which are oftien met with here, and
.he Burrowing Owi, (Speotyto cuni
nularia hypogi a) often seen about
rairio dog towns, and the Hawk Owl,
Lurnia funerea) combining some of
he characteristics of both hawks and
)wls, and last and least of those found
n this Territory, is the California
'igmy Owl, (Glaucidium gnoma) one
>f the oddest little fellows imaginable.
[his dwarf amnng his tribe stands
ittle more than six inches high, but
n his frame areall the characteristics
if the larger birds, and in addition,
noreover, quite a pleasing voice. My
irst acquaintance with him was made
,bile living at Gold Run some years
tack. Out hunting one day half way
tp a mountain side, I heard a strange
ioise, evidently made by a bird that
oeemed to be on the mountain appo
ite and nearly a mile distant. The
tote might be represented by the syl
able c-o-r p, uttered in a clear. rather
nusical tone, without inflection and
t short, regular intervals. Listening
or some time, I at length determined
o hunt out the source of so curious a
ound. Passing down into the narrow
'alley I had not gone over a one
bird of a mile before the direction of
he sound seemed to change and hap
)ening to look upward there was the
>ird, perched on the very tip of a tall,
lead pine close by, although the sound
eemed no louded than when first
leard. On shooting and examining
he prize, it proved to be this specie
rhich is said to be common on the
?acific slope, but not known before to
te on this side of the range. When
eturning, I met a man carrying a ri
le, who lived far back in the timber.
3e said he had heard a curious sounid
ll the morning and was going out "to
ee what was up." I told him what I
tad been doing and accordingly he
urned back with me.
This httle owl in his joy at coming
pring, had wrought far more than
ie intended with his mellow "hoot
ng." Here, at least, two or more
ersons with more or less murderous
utent had started out to hunt him
[own. "In silence there is wisdom,"
nd herein ordinarily lies the wisdom
-f this bird. Only on two or three
ocasions have I heard its call, but
ince I have ran across several indi
iduals in heavy timber quite distant
rom mountains. This, as well as the
arger species, live to a great exterit
in mice, and as a class owls may be
onsidered most useful birds.
R. S W.
Sharon, P tarribly excited over
he mysteric of COL.
hompson, wn and
realthy .y.
A FOREST RESERVE.
Senator Edmunds Has Presented a
Bill to Set Aside a Forest
Reserve in Montana.
Senator Edmunds has before the
senate a bill to seb4apart a forest re
serve in the northwestern Montana
which, says the Pioneer Press, is so
wise and necessary that it is almost
too much to hope it will suicceed in
getting through both houses of con
gress. It adds:
"No thoughtful man who has watch
ed the steady disappearance of our
forests and studied the effect of their
destruction upon soil, upon climate,
and upon the character of water
cources and the prospects of agricul
ture, can for a moment doubt that
these wasteful generations are prepar
ing the way for a painful and tedious
period in the future, when it will be
come necessary to build up by the
processes of nature what has been
recklessly and uselessly torn down.
Not much can be done to stay the
course of destruction, but can be done
should not be emitted. Millions could
not now purchase from the nation
the great Yellowstone Park, whose
wonders would to-day be partly ruin
ed and partly the prey of private
showmen were it not for the act which
set it apart for public purposes forev
er. An act as trifling may now secure
a forest reserve and establish a pre
cedent for like in the future. The
district included in Montana is emi
nently adapted for this purpose. It
is mountaneous, and therefore unfit
for the ordinary operations of agricul
ture. It is now practically uninhab
ited, and no rights will be disturbed.
It lies near the source of several great
rivers, and may help to keep constant
their water supply. If, as provided
by the act, no one is permitted under
heavy penalties to live, hunt or lum
ber there, nature would have one lit
tle tract in all our portion of the con
tinent to call her own. A similar rule
might be followed profitably in many
instances where Indian reservations
are opened to settlement. If, when
these embrace suitable tracts, a por
tion were kept as a forest reserve
something could be done in practical
aid of the cause of forestry. We earn
estly hope that this may prove to be
somebody's business, that the bill of
Senator Edmunds may become a law,
and that it may be but the prototype
of many to follow, which shall secure
to all time for forestry purposes some
small part of the public domain yet
remaining unappropriated, and
adapted more perfectly to this admir
able use than to any other.
T.IE BIG HOLE PLACERS.
Town Talk: M. L. Pratt, one of
the Big Hole placer claimants, has
been in town during a few days past.
He speaks very confidently about the
mines, and says that over $1 per pan
is no unusual result of prospecting.
His claim is on :Gibbon's battle field,
and the placer area is quite large. He
says that no one should come there
this winter, as they can do no work
whatever, and those who might expect
to depend on the camp for a living
through the cold weather would inev
itably suffer.
THE STAGE DRIVER.
While we lavish our sympathy upon
those who suffer in parson and purse
from the pitiless attacks of the wind,
the wave and the rain, we think the
stage driver should come in for a
share. He must start at the time, re
gardless of the weather and must not
cease his endeavor to get the mail and
passengers through on time if possi
ble, although to do so he must encoun
ter pitchy darkness, deep mud, pelt
ing rain, sweeping blasts of wind and
dangerous washouts. To him day
and night are the same-it is only go
ahead till he reaches the end of his
drive and then turn around and go
back. We fret if the mail be delayed
but the one who has real cause to fret
is the driver, who is himself delayed
by the almost insurm.mntably diffi
culties through which he is obliged to
force his way. Give the stage driver
a friendly greeting.-Ex.
THE CATTLE BUSINESS.
Says W. A. Paxton, a cattle king, in
the Chicago Inter-Ocean: "The cat
tle business is on such a basis now
that a man must have money as well
as luck to do well in it. In other
words, it has passed under the con
trol of big companies, and there is at
present but one owner where a few
years ago there were forty. Last year
was a bad one on account of the de
preciation m prices, but 1Inow believe
that we have reached bottom, andithat
the reaction will soon be felt Atleast
Ihave been playing in that way. I
have bouwht over 4d am e in three
herds, on the strength of my opinion.
It may happen that I have gone in a
year too soon, but I feel that I have
got in in time to take advantage of
the rise next year. English cattle
men, I should judge, are not of my
opinion. Anyway, they have not been
investing much money in our country
this year, but that is where they have
made a mistake.
BOOMING NEIHART.
LeRoy Leavett, a resident of Nei
hart, is in town visiting friends and
transacting business. He says Nei
hart has excellent prospects and will
be an excellent camp. A company of
which the Toole Brother of Helena,
are the leading members, offer a bond
for $80,000, $10,000 of which is to be
paid in cash, for one of the leads, and
the owner is still considering the
proposition.--Town Talk.
A DESEIRTED) VILLAGE.
A strange story is told of the dis
covery in British Columbia, 500 miles
north of the Little Dalles, of a desert
ed town. There are twenty-six stores,
some of them containing goods, two
saloons, one of which contained two
billiard tables, and a postoffice con
taining letters dated 1856. But there
was no human being in the neighbor
hood. Old miners say that the story
has foundation, though probably ex
aggerated. About 1855 gold diggings
were discovered in that locality,jand a
considerable town sprang up, only to
be abandoned when the placers play
ed out and a new Eldorado was found
and caused a stampede.
A PIONEER.
Dr. Hunter, the discoverer of Hun
ter's Hot springs in Montana, says
the Pioneer Press, who during his
early residence on the frontier had
many encounters with the Indians,
said, while in St. Paul recently, refer
ring to these encounters, that he would
not mind fighting the Indians if they
would only keep quiet. They scared
a white man half to death, he said, by
uttering the most unearthly yells all
the while they were engaged in the
attack. There bullets were generally
harmless, as they were not provided
with the best of rifles for long range,
but their shouts unnerved the white
forces so that their shots were not as
effective as would be the case under
ordinary circumstances. He said you
could always tell when the Indians
had enough fighting, as they would
give their lungs and voice a recess.
When the Indians become quiet an
experienced frontiersman knew that
the attack was over and that the In
dians were prepari g to retreat.
South Carolina negroes are emi
;rating to Arkansas because of the
poor crops and high rents.
George Francis Train thinks that
it is a singular commentary on the
Drient when he has to go to the
Dccident, three thousand miles away,
to print a book that everybody is
inquiring for.
The independent nailers and feeders
,f the Ohio valley, including all work
nen at manufacturers' 17 cents scale,
)rganized a national lodge at Wheel
ng. Branches are expected to be
established at Chicago, Terre Haute
md elsewhere as fast as mills begin
work.
Nearly two hundred new laws were
enacted by the last South Carolina
Legislature. The law exempting
Eactories from taxation for a term of
ten years was repealed. An effort to
re-establish the whipping post and
n attempt to re-enact the divorce
Law proved unsuccessful.
Governor Hill in his message to the
legislature, it is said, will call atten
Lion to the vast increase in the state's
3xpenditures since 1880. Nearly all
Af the state,s great income of $1;600,
)00 yearly from the corperation tax
Law; which was passed in 1880, has
been swallowed up by those new ex
penses.
A Kentuckian recently unearthed a
huge swindle in Havanah, by which
scores of confiding Americans have
peen inveigled into paying out mon
ey to some sharpers who pretended
they had buried several hundred
thousand dollars in the ground near
New York, and were willing to divide
the money.
It is understood that Senator Payne
will oppose the confirmation of Judge
Stallo, nominated minister to italy.
Judge Stalb isopposed also by the
eligious element. who afrm that he
aparticular religions belief. As re
igionentered into, the rejection of
B'eit will probably paysome
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NEWSOF THE WORLD.
The Indiana Republican state con
vention will meet Feb. 11
Dorlin F. Clapp for thirty years
treasurer of Peekskill, N. Y. died
Thursday.
The consumption of anthracite coal
has been larger this year than ever
before.
A site has been selected at Albany,
N. Y. for a magnificent union Jewish
temple.
A fire in the rag warehouse of
Philip Jacobs & Son, St. Louis, caus
ed a loss of $23,000.
The Brown woolen mill at Occum,
Conn. was burned. Loss, $40,000;
insurance, $30,000.
A certain Scotch firm. through
their agent at Boston, has been fined
;1,500 for undervaluing goods.
Frank Quinn, who was nearly one
hundred years of age, burned to
death in his house at Lewiston, Me.
John H. Lester, a member of the
Wall street firm of J. B. Colgate &
Co., died in a hack of heart disease.
Thomas H. Hill, for ten years past a
member of the Woburn, Mass., board
,f selectmen, was bound over for for
-ery.
The wagon manufacturers at Hom
ar, N. Y., have ordered their employ
as to give up the Knights of Labor
,r quit work.
D. M. Graham, a prominent manu
facturer of Pulaski, Tenn., commit
Led suicide on the cars near the place
ly shooting himself.
W. C. McCray of Terra Haute, has a
little old-style flat-iron with which
his great grandmother used to iron
Washingtons frilled shirts.
All members of the Democratic
flub at Canton, Ohio, who had a hand
n hanging out an effigy of Senator
Payne, are to be expelled.
The reduction of wages in the ship
,uilding industry in England during
,he past two years aggregate from
L7, per cent to 45 per cent.
Rev. Daniel James Noyes, D. D.
-ho for nearly half a century was
ne of the most valuable instructers
n Dartmouth college, died last
Thursday.
A Mennonite preacher at Reading
?a., is a strong advocate of faith cure
,nd is making many converts and
oaptising them in the river.
John Gourlay, of the "Slkipped by
he Light of the Moon" company, re
'ently thrashed Mr. Dalziel, editor of
he Chicago News Letter, for an
ittack on the company.
The first case of cremation was per
ormed yesterday at the crematory of
he Buffalo Cremation society. The
tame of the deceased was withheld
or private reasons.
Fire at Artesia, Miss., destroyed
very store in the place. The insur
nce is nominal, and is all in New
)rleans companies, except $2,250 in
he Phoenix of Hartford. Loss $22,
100.
A man giving the name of Morn
on, and claiming to be from Guelph,
)nt., claims to have been robbed of
3,700 at Detroit Mich. Jack Cum
nings was arrested charged with the
obbery.
Gen. George C. Burling, a well
:nown official of the Pennsylvania
ailroad, died at Philadelphia. He
erved all through the war and was
>reveted brigadier geeeral for bra
rery at Gettysburg.
James McDade, the owner of the
D00-acre tract on which oil was bis
overed at Kane, Pa,, sold the same
or $95,000. Thomas Griffiths, the
tdjoining tract, has realized about
)100,000 out of his land.
William E. Corry,.who for .twenty
tears has lived a hermit's life in the
woods near Brown's Mills, N. J., died
'huraday. He was a man of more
han orbinary intelligence, and was
ed to adopt that life by domestic
nfelicity.
In a short time, it is said, the lead
ng downtown wholesale houses.ain
few York, many of which now close
t 3 or 4 o'clock on .Saturdays, will
lose at 1. There is also strong feel
ng in favor of the movement among
he publishing houses.
Mayor Grace ordered that the dog
ound shall be opened today, and
hus given his sanetion t tthe pop
Clar notion that dogs are' going mad
a December. -Dog fanciers and
iwners of valnabile hunting dg
loubt whether dogs are raly dying
f rabies.
Two victims of Franklin urane,
breo sident o hehohaire
ounty, (N. Y) national bank, inter
lewed him at Hamilton, OQ* &, n
omsa` ofther fruds Crezý
I the Aid'woul giveup utat g