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Addr.e INallcoo GtoaA ,.to tLLe , VOL, 1. GREAT FALLS, MONTANA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, FERBUARY 27, I886. NO. 42
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CLIMATE OF ALASKA.
WRITTEN FOR THE TRIEUtNE.
The climate of Alaska in many re
spects resemble that of Washington
Territory, where it. rains only seven
days in the week. The density of the
forests in both of those Territories.
may account tfor he heavy rainfall.
In the spring and fall seasouis in
southern Alaska, the rainfall is light
but continuous, coming down eternal
ly and forming the most hazy, misty.
murky, cloudy and foggy of all atmos
pheres. In the winter rain and snow
seems to have entered into an agree
ment, as both decend together, getting
well mixed up, forming slush in the
streets in such a way as to make trav
eling disagreeable. In course of time
side walks were completed, and elean
ted enough from the streets to afford
being kept dry and clean. During
the winter months in Alaska the sun
has got some hiding place and can
not be seen. From this, however, it
must not be inferred as existing the
six months days and nights of the
Esquimaux region.
All winter is bright enough and
clear enough to perform out door
work from 8 a. m. until 3 or 4 p. m.
This fact is potent to any one having
any knowledge of the Territory or
ever been there. Notwithstanding
this, reports have been pullished
about the great ice field, and the con
tinual six months days and nights of
those latitudes. I have seen such re
ports furnished by an assistant surgeon
of the army, stationed for a time at
Sitka, Alaska. In extenuation of such
an immense draw on the imiagration
faculty it must be said the doctor was
a young man, inexperienced in the
world's ways, unused to travel munch
away from home, and therefore in
need of friendly sympathy on account
of loneliness. wtant of comforts, and
so far away from ever'y joy, accounts
of such a nature given to random, and
without any forethought or reflection
are calcu!ated to mislead and do not
deserve publicity or attention.
The snow fall at Sitka varies from
four to eight inches on the level, sel
dom remaining on the ground for any
length of time, and very often melt
ing as it falls. The mountain ranges
are wrapped in perpetual snow from
pre-historic ages. It has been affirm
ed by the old residents in employ of
the Russian American fur company,
that some thirty years ago the snow
fall on the streets in the town of
Sitka, reached the depth of fifteen to
twenty feet creating a constant requisi
tion for the shovel,.in order to make a i
passage way from house to house.
'nere is no Intense cold in s5outh
ern Alaska. no cold weather at all in
comparison to what prevails inl the
states and territories of the great
Northwest. The softening of climate
in such high latih,tle-. are attri.nted.l
to the warm wind- we vle-,' inc
Montana throughut the wi .ter
months, and to the shelter ,f the
mountain ranges and the fore-ts.
In the more northern portion of the
country the winds are more severe as
at Kdiak and Kenay. Near the latter
place grass is most abundant, and
grass to a height of six feet. Some
such consideration as grass and hay
in abundance weighed with Li"out.
Schwatka, when resigning his commis
sion in order to go in with capitalists
in the business of stock raising on a
large scale. The knowledge derived
from three years experience exploring
in Alaska, has familiarized Lieut.
Schwatka with the many advantages
presented for stock raising, and other
varied resources. It is very possible
that a portion of that vast Territory
may be converted into agricultural
settlements; cereals of all kinds have
been grown already-so far back as
seventeen years ago, potatoes, onions,
cabbage, lettuce, carrots and parsnips
were raised on the islands by the sol
diers, the yield was excellent and
abundant. The Indians have been in
the habit of raising potatoes from time
immemorial, and disposing of them in
the markets. Some of the Russians
have raised as fine a crop of potatoes
as could be seen anywhere, and culti
vation has been carried on in rather a
crude way. It is within the range of
possibility that grain crops with prop
er cultivation and care can be brought
to mature. The months of April, May,
June, July and August give the very
best kind of weather, the four last
named show the most agreeable cli
mate and temperature in the world.
The days are rather long, but are
warm, clear and full of sunshine. The
sun riseq between 2 and 3 a. m., and
appears behind the mountains be
tween 8 and 9 p. m.. The soldiers
found reveille and tattoo at Varianse,
with previous experience, the -calls,
however,'were sounded, the boys in
blue turned out to answer rdll call, to
turn in again. The attention oft the
Division Uminmandet, at San Francis
co being called to the subject a change
was made to conform to the general
usages of the service. During the
summer months the nights are very
short; on those fine nights one can
read out doors at 11 o'clock, after that
a good smoke, and look to the east the
skies are red presaging the coming
Here is to be seenn in all their glory
and grandeur the Northern Lights,
the most magnificant spectacle the
human eye can gaze upon or the mind
dwell. Beholding the aurora bore
alis in other sections -. but a poor in
dication of the brilliancy and length
ness exhibited in Alaskan latitudes
In the summer time everything is
green, the scenery and surroundings
grand. The numerous islands dot
ting the bays, clad in verdure and cov
ered with wild fruit and flowers, the
volcanic mountains in the distance
the great ranges- -snow capped
through the lapse of ages; someine cover
ed with timber, some rocky and pre
cipitous -and Mt. St. Elias and Fair
weather 18,0)00 feet above the level of
the sea.
On the mountain side (Mt. Davis)
and close to the summit, there is a
green patch such as would make a
good sized park, in the center of
which there grows a large, tall pine
in the form of a cross. Tradition has it
that this tree was planted in its irXes
Sent position and grafted in its present
shape by a Catholic Missionary Priest
many years ago. It can be seen quite
plain from the town of Sitka, a distance
of six miles, reminding the observer
that the pioneer of christianity and
civilization preceded Russian discov
ery or occupation of Alaska.
In referring to the forestF of Alas
ka, that able writer Mr. E. V. Smally
writes in The Northwest. "Alaska
forests contain enough timber to sup
ply the world. The forests of pine.
spruce, fir and hemlock cover every
island of the Archipelego and a goodly
portion of the mainiaud. The trees
are straight and tall, and grow close
together. The only sawmill at pres
ent in o.peration is at Douglas Island,
and so far there has not been a cord
of timber cut for shipment. The
trees. as a rule, do not always cut up
into good sized board :. For fuel,
however, the wood is excellent, and
much of it is available for building
purposes. There is little decorative
wood, although the yellow pine is
rickly colored and might be used to
advantage in interior work. Alaska
spruce is an excellent variety, and of
ten measures five feet in diameter. It
is considered the best spruce in the
world and the supply is very abund
ant. In the interior of the country I
timber is of much heavier growth[
than on the coast and on the islands.
Regarding the hemlock, there is a
large supply, and the bark compares
favorably with that of all the eastern
i rees used in tanning establishments."
In "69 the Government established a
sawmill at Sitka and turned out excell
ent lumber for building purposes. Mr.
Seward when in Alaska sent some de
corative wood to New York (referred
to in a former article) it is, however,
useful information imparted through
the columns of the TrBUNE to the
people of the United States, that a
fragment of the public's domain con
tains timber sufficient to supply the
world, which cannot be said of any
other country on God's green foot
stool. During the operation of the
Government mill at Sitka, there was a
corner in coal, and somebody was
clearly defrauding Uncle Sam. Coal
was delivered at Sitka from Boston at
the cost of $26 per ton, on the plea
that a particular quality of coal was
needed to run that particular sawmill.
At the same time Mr. Peck of Nanai
mo, B. C., a few days sail from Sitka,
was delivering coal at $7 per ton, the
coal being of a superior quality. An
American citizen living at Sitka, had
fitted up a small steamer to ply in
shallow water around Sitka, helping
to load or unload as the case might
be-there was no wharf at the time in
the port of Sitka, consequently all in
coming vessels came to anchor in the
channel, some few hundred yards
from the store houses, and all freight
taken by lighters from the ship to
shore. Such was the condition of af
fairs when the cargo of coal arrived,
and the citizen here referred to ten
dered his steamer to bring the coal to
the storehouse, but was not employed.
Subsequently M. Rudolph a Jew, got
loan from the army Quartermaster of
the Government scows, and hired a
number of Russians to sack the coal,
place it in the scows, row it to the
store house and secure it: When the
wort was done, as agreed Mr. Ru
dolph paid the workers in pieces of
pasteebetrd, good only at his own
store. The Russians demurred to the
kind of currency placed in de.irlation
by fr.- Rudolph, `ott there appeared
no remedy -they must taike the paste
board and trade at his store and get
shaved without stint. In the mean
time a prominent citizen and a lead
ing merchant of the town informed
the local paper that the coal contract
belonged in its entirety to the Depu
ty Collector of customs, and the Jew's
allowance was all he could make out
of the Russians by extortion. On the
other hand, Captain Chaplan and
John Peterson came and complained
at the newspaper office of the outrage
committed on the Russian people in
withholding payment for the work
performed. As those gentlemen
spoke English and honestly represent
ed their fellow counutrymen, indigna
tion toward Mr. Rudolph became
quite natural, as he had the reputa
tion of being the biggest rogue out of
jail. Messrs Chaplan and Peterson
were men of considerable property,
they were advised to purchase the
script given to the Rnssians, present
it in bulk for redemption, and in case
of refusal apply to the court for re
dress. This advice was adopted and
Rudolph came to time and paid the
money.
How the Government settled ac
counts with the smart little man who
came out from Washington to be Dep
uty Collector of customs in Alaska,
was not ascertained. The idea of the
people paying 26i a ton for coal when
it could be had for $7, caused consid
erable local controversy. It is a no
ticeable fact, that in remote sections
of the country, such as Alaska the
worst stamp of officials are to be found.
Tha greatest diligence is needed to
Irmake all that is possible out of the
position held, regardless of right or
justice, or the wishes of the people.
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Tropical Petrification.
A conglomerate rock from Austin
Bluffs is exhibited at Colorado
Springs, Colorado, which bears the
impress of a palm leaf originallly
over two feet long, but now broken off
below the tip. There are many other
rocks at Austin bearing impressions
of tropical flora.
uround Hog Day.
The boss weather prognosticator of
Wood River says that ground-hog
day comes on the 14th day of Febru
ary instead of the 2d, as many erron
eously claim. He says he kept a pet
ground-hog ten years, and he would
always crawl out on th 14th; and if
it was a clear day, so he could see his
shadow, he would go back and h-1
would pop for six weeks among the
elements in the way of snow storms,
cold snaps and blizzards.
Gambling in Oregon.
Baker City Tribune: Under the
Oregon law a person who loses money
at the gaming table is entitled to re
cover double the amount, and a Port
land party who deposited $125 in a
faro bank has recovered judgment for
$250. This idea, an exchange thinks,
might word well in the suppression
of other vices. For instance, if a per
son who took a drink at a bar and
paid for it should be entitled to go
back and demand two more drinks
free, the saloons would soon go out of
business.
Boycotting Chinese at Laramie.
At Laramie, Wyo., the Chinese have
been ordered boycotted and this is the
way the Boomerange puts it:
There is mourning among the moon
eyed wrestlers of the washtub. for
they have heard that a boycott against
Chinese laundrymen is about to be in
augurated. The patient wearer of the
pigtail is perplexed, for he doesn't
know whether "boycott" means de
capitation or expulsion. In the mean
time he continues to mangle shirts
and mutilate collars and cuffs in his
buttonhole-destroying foundry.
Want the Earth.
Big Horn Sentinel: There is a
foreign corporation whose herds range
in .ohnson county that is pressing
the scheme of grasping the public
domain a little too far. This is one
of their old tricks. A man who was
in their employ as a cowboy for the
period of four years lost his job last
summer for refusing to prove up and
turn over to this foreign corporation
a desirable tract of land, on which he
laid claim about the time he entered
into the employ of this company.
They did not stop here, but wrote let
ters to other outfits, requesting that
the man they discharged be not given
work on account of his refusing to
comply with their wishes. Some
people want the earth and the full
control thereof.
The Montana Central.
Operations of this companiy re be
ing pushecd nith undiminished vigor
at all points.
C6ntracts already let on the trunk
line include grading for the full dis
tance of the upper canyon of the
Prickly Pear between Johns' and
Mitchell's ranches. Enginelis are
cross- sectioning and brush cutting is
proceeding through the bottoms.
The three surveying parties are mak
ing rapid progress with preliminary
and locating lines through and north
the lower canyon.
Grading contracts on the Rimini
branch have all been awarded. Brush
cutting along that part of the line tra
versing the Ten Mile is under way.
Jurgens & Price have sixty men cutt
ing and delivering ties.
In all 250 men, including surveying
parties, are now in Ihe employ of the
company. This forcc will be doubled
and threlbb:ed as soon as they can be
handled to advantage.--Herald.
The Cascade Tunnel.
Portland Standard: When Y. G.
Bogue, principal assistant engineer of
tho Northern Pacific, was in town last
Saturday. he was asked by a Standard
reporter when work on the Cascade
tunnel would be commenced by con
tractor Bennett. Mr. Bogue said that
the work had practically begun
already. Bennett is sending provis
ions. camp equipments and supplies
of all kinds into the mountains by
sleds. Tents and camp houses are
being erected as rapidly as possible.
and every preparation is being made
so as to commence the opening of con
struction work by the 1st of April.
Work will be commenced on both
sides of the tunnel, and 200 or more
men will be employed regularly. It
is the way generally with contractors
in boring a tunnel to sink a shaft
midway letween the portals of the
tunnel and then commence from this
central point to work both ways to
wards the openings. In the case with
the present tunnel the circumstances
are different, as the tunnel is bored
through a very high point and the
distance in the centre from the surface
to the floor of the tunnel is something
over 1.000 feet. For this reason work
can only be pushed from the two por
tals onward. Mr. Bogue said that
the contract with Mr. Bennett was
a bona fide one, and will be carried
out to the letter, as the other contracts
with that gentleman have been.
A Doubter.
The Rural Spirit is of the opinion,
says the Herald, that S. S. Huntley,
in claiming to have driven a team of
"the Montana horse" one hundred
miles in less that twenty-four hours,
tells a big yarn--in other words, the
story is disbelieved. The Rural Spir
it is respectfully informed that he can
satisfy himself of the endurance of
Montana raised horses by stepping
out here and taking a hundred mile
spin on his own account. We have
plenty of native teams left that can
travel the distance-100 miles-with
in the time stated without distress.
However incredulous people of the
States m a y b e regarding
the recorded performances of
Montana roadsters like that related
by Mr. Huntley they stand good and
remain unquestioned here. Some
years ago Neal Howie, U. S. Marshal,
on a summer's day, made the distance
between Helena and Virginia City-
125 miles-between sun up and sun
down. Excepting the intervening
mountain divides of Prickly Pear and
Boulder, up and down which he eas
ed his animal by leaving the saddle,
he rode his horse on alternate walk
and lope, from point of departure to
point of arrival. The time actually
consumed in the journey, counting in
halts for rest and feed, was fifteen
hours and some minutes. In all can
dor we say to the Rural Spirit, never
attach improbability to a Montana
horse story,
Crowfoot and Riel
A Montreal special says: Crowfoot,
tLe celebrated Blackfeet chief, has
been telling a government agent how
Riel urged him to join in a general
Indian war. He asserts that Riel vis
ited him in Montana in 1880, saying
that he intended to unite the Metis,
Crees and Blaekffeet and the Ameri
can Sioux under Sitting Bull on the
border. At that time Sitting Bull
was in bad order in the United States,
owing to the Ouster massacre. An in
terpeter who was with Crowfoot du
ring the interview with Riel eorrol.r
ates the story of the Blackfeet chief,
and adds that Riel told them that he
was backed by influential persons in
eastern Canada. Crowfoot complahins
that the grass onhis reserve at Black
foot Orsiag has been destroyed by
fire for two years from sparks froun
the Canadian Paoifio loeomotives, and
that his laim for comupe.ation has
not been settcd at Ottawa. Ofther
wise he spaeesto wU atfe with
his treatment
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MELANGE.,
J. A. Campbell came down from
near Custer early in the week. He
had received a "greeting" from his
excellency President Cleveland, re
questing him to be here and explain
about some fencing he had on some
of our Uncle Samuel's arl' estate:
Campbell is a jolly, big hearted, good
natured, accommodating gentleman,
and he agrees that whenever Grover
makes the music he will waltz to it,.
and says it will afford him a great.
deal of pleasure to roll up his wire
and file it away for future reference.'
He would advise those who have
fences around public lands to tear"
them away at once and save expense,.
as the Department of the Interior are
determined to inforce the President's
proclamation and the laws relating to
fencing the public domain. By giv
ing prompt assurance that his fences.
will not be standing after the first of'
June, the suit against him has been
discontinued, and he will not again
bring down the wrath of the govern
ment by intruding on its real-estate.-.
-Stockgrowers' Journal
Col. W. F. Sanders is quoted by a.
Pioneer Press reporter as saying: ."I
have just returned from Washington,
where I find the sentiment for the ad
mission of Montana and Dakota very:
strong. It is not so much of a parti
san question as it has been represent
ed, either. It is assumption to claim
that there is a compromise with a.
political bias at the bottom of the deal..
The question of -population and ma- -
terial resources of the territorial ap
plicants enter more generally into the •
question than has been generally ad
mitted. Gov. Hauser and Delegate
Toole of Montana, with myself, regard
Montana's prospects for statehood as
quite promising. Of course Dakota
would be admitted at the same time
as Montana. As to the pending legis
lation as to the forfeiture of the North
ern Pacific land grant, I can but
say that it is a question for the courts
rather than for congress or Commis
sioner Sparks to determine.
In an interview in the Chicago
News, Gov. Pierce of Dak., says: "I had
a conference with President Cleve
land, and found him very favorably
disposed toward Dakota. Instead of.
the bulldog, domineering disposition
which he has been pictured as having, -
I found him, unassuming and ap-
proachable, You would have no more .
trouble in talking with him than ap
proaching anyone with whom you are
intimate. He puts you at your ease
at once and sits at his table and chats
with you quite glibly and pleasantly.
He recommended Judge Church,
whom he appointed chief justice of
the territory, to my attention saying
that I would find him a good one.
There were probably twenty-fivemen
who had been pressing the claims of
candidates for the place, but Mr.
Cleveland told me the appointee had
no papers on file at Washington, and
had never sought the place. He had
rembered having met Judge Church,
and having a conviction that he would
be a good man for the position, had
appointed him."
There is quite a probability that
the government will appoint a com
mission of officers and locate them
here for the purpose of purchasing
cavalry horses for that portion of the
army stationed in this part of the
northwest. There is no place in the
country that affords better facilities
for the purchase of good strong cav
alry horses than Miles City. Arrange
ments are already being made to put
something like a thousand head of
good heavy saddle horses on this mar
ket in the spring, and others would be
drawn here when it is once know that
this is a horse market. Montana is
famous for producing the best boned,
pest winded and hardiest horses
known to the country, and Miles City
being in the hear, of the stock raising
section of the territory, would be a
convniient place for government pur
chasers to locate in order that they
wight have the pick of a large lot of
good horses.-Stockgrowers' Journal.
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Chinese Burials in 8an Francisco.
All Chinamen who die in San Fran
cisco must be buried "in abox of suit- •
able dimensions made of redwood
boards, not less than one inch iq
thickness, and lined with sheet lead
notless than fivepoundstothesquaro
foot, which shall be soldered a
licensed pi amber. Such a box
shall have a brass vent serew ome ai
a half inctes in diameter, with a
flange and lock-cut, which said
screw shall be spidered to th bIsdoi
the inside of the bottom the bo,
six inches from the qttu t
ibox"