Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-16
YELLOWSTONE LETTER.
Local NeWs-BaskW ward Spring-New
Fefry-How Some OF the Yellow.
stoners Like the Game Law and
she Bozeman sportihs Club.
UPrER YELLOWSTONE VALLEY, Mt,
May 10th, 1878. J

uPrsR YELLOWSTONE V ALLEY, NJ. T.,
May 10th, 1878.
To the Editor Of the Avamt Courier:
Noticing your cordial invitation to the
young men and ladies of the surrounding
country to write from their respective To-
calities anything of interest Transporting, l
thought might try and write something
that would probably interest some of your
readers.
Times are unusually dull, and money
is scarcer over here this Spring than usual,
farming on the rise, and we do not expect
to be eaten out by little choppers but
there are some fears of the transient ones.
There are several new ranches taken up
in this vicinity and are being TILED.
AS the Spring has been very cold and
stormy, the farmers are very backward in
getting in their cereals.
The Yellowstone is rising very fast, on
account Of the deep snow in the mountains
ard recent rains. 1t is not fordable now.
George Reese is preparing to put in ferry
boat below the mouth of Emigrant. lie
stretched the rope last week and will soon
have the boat in.
The farmers and miners who get their
meat by hunting are every ,ne indignant
at the Bozeman Sporting Club that organ
lied for the purpose of preventing any
person from killing game, even for their
own lise, and to see that the law is carried
into effect. but l do not think it will have
very much effect, as they will all hereafter
cross over the river for game where the
county marshal has no jurisdiction Whit
ever, and at least kill what they want will,
impunity. But We Yellowstoncrs always
take notice that when any of us take wild
meat into Bozcman that they always give
good price for it, and are glad to get it at
that. The game over here used to be kill
ed for the hides alone, rs they brought
good price then, but that hides are not
worth the skinning now will be pretty
well illustrated by the fact that one of our
farmers sending in town seven or eight fine
deer skins, killed during the winter, fol
the worth of them to be returned in gro
ceries, tobacco, etc, only received tor
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tobacco about four inches square.
All the men who used to follow hunting
and trapping for living over here have
settled down to ranching or mining, most
ly the latter, and all the game that is killed
now is only what is needed tor the table.
l think the law is right. "',ris an ill wind
that blows nobody good" And many a
tender little deer, antelope and sheep will
be saved its mother, which otherwise the
cruel hunter might kill for the sport of it
and leave the little thing to perish vr be
caught by some ravenous wolf.
l see you promised to correct all mis-
takes and put in shape, 50 that it can be
read, whatever Is written to you. am
afraid you will go back on your bargain;
that is, if you receive many letters similar
to mine, but as this is my first attempt to
write anything for publication, it may pos
sibly be excused. 1 am tempted to write
more of various things, but expect this
will be enough to correct for once.
If this is printed will write again.
Yours truly,
SPOONBILL.