The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-02-20

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there some Oncewho looks like Beecher'
passing himself off for me? suspect So
Cannot some one catch him, examine
him in theology. make him preach, and
so detect the rascalo
! An Helena correspondent Of the New
York Sun tells the following: Hop Lee
is laundryman in junction City. A
tribe Of Indians was encamped across
| the river, and, as usual, visited the town.
| Hop became enamored Of female of the
party, and offered to share his rice and
laundry back room with her, a proposal
she at once accepted. Hop sent IS to a
st. Paul firm to get wedding present
| fo. the bride. and received in return an
elegant silk dress, with a train about
five feet long. Arrayed in her new gar
ments, Mrs. Hop crossed the river to ex-
hibit herself to her people. After the
frst murmur Of astonishment at her ap-
pearance the warriors held brief con-
sultation, and agreed to alter the dress 50
as to conform strictly with their idea Of
the proper thing for 4 squaw to wear.
! They set to work with their knives, and
carefully cut away that portion Of the
I dress below her knees, distributing the
waste among themselves. When the
| squaw returned to her husband he turn
cd her out Of the house, and she return
ed to her people to receive the sympathy
| due heart-broken bride
Rufus Hatch, according to the New
| York Times. is very much disglsted witt,
/ the way in which the affairs of the Vel
| lowstone National Park company have
become involved. but he expresses de-
termination to pull the company through.
in dispatch published from Livingston,
Montana, stating that certain pr perty of
! the company had been attached by tieo.
H. Carver. one of the directors. it was
said that the ''company's embarrassment
has arisen trcm Rufus Hatrh's neglect or
refusal to fulfill his contract with the
company to take $500 0Oo its stock
In regard to this statement Mr.. Hatch
said: Il never agreed or obligated my
self in any way extraordinarily or Indirect
ly. to take 100000 or any amount of the
company's stock, and no stock or bonds
of the company have yet been issued. |
subscribed 100000 in cash to the COM
pany, and it has been paid in and ex-
pended, with about S25,000 advanced by
my friends on my personal guarantee.
We have built hotel 4I4 long and four
stories high. under the most disadvan-
tageols circumstances. We went into
the mountains and cnt the timber, and
had to draw it to the saw mills over 100
miles across the mountains in the depth
of winter The money has been expend-
ed for the improvement Of the park in
good faith, and the embarrassments
which now threaten us are caused wholly
by the bad faith with which the govern
mcnt has treated US and still threatens TO
treat u.s.
II went to London last winter" said
Mr. Hatch, intending to try and place
some Of the bonds Of the company, but
the adverse legislation of congress made
it imprudent to attempt it, and l came
back without making the effort. The
government at first made contract for
the leasing Of hotel sites III the park. for
the transportation of tourists through
the park, and giving the right to build
and operate lines Of telegraph. The
grantees of these franchises agreed on
their part that for all services rendered
TO the public under the contract they
should charge only schedule prices ap-
proved by the government. In. consid-
Grafton of this they received exclusive
privileges Tor ten years in September,
1882, and these privileges they assigned
to the company with the consent OF the
secretary of the interior. At the last
session of congress, under the leadership
Of Senator Vest, legislation was intro
duced, the object of which was to re-
strict this contract after the company
had expended over $4,000 under it in
good faith. The legislation was finally
passed in the form Of rider to the civil
APPROPRIATION bill while was in London.
Its aim was to restrict from the moment
of it's passage the exclusive privileges
granted to the company. Now, we don't
for moment consider this legislation as
valid. 1t is clearly unconstitutional. but
it had its effect in hindering the work OF
the company. We organized and went
on doing work with our private funds,
but ii frightened investors, and now that
Senator Vest is proposing still further
hostile legislation, capitalists are natur-
ally careful about investing in the enter
prise. In the meantime our agents at
the park have involved us in debt with
out the knowledge Of the director, and
this attachment is the result OF that .
A New Englander, fresh from home,
commenting on the item that the Mar
uuis de Mores will make his home in St.
! Paul. ). id: "You have no idea how the
East depends ON Chicago's refrigerated
| beef In all the hotels where | made in
ouirv I was told their steaks came from
the West. The local shambles are wholly