Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-11-03
AUTUMNAL NOTES
To be Digested with Sundays
Matutinal Meal for
Relish.
The Mandamus Receives its Share of
Consideration. Indignant Citi-
zens at Willow City.
THAT INTERVIEW .
Mr.. l.. u. Rea Makes Some Things Clear in
Regard 10 10.

With view TO ascertaining what
Mr.. Rea Lad TO FAY in regard to the
now fsmous interview claimed tn have
been bad with him at st. Paul by the
Pioneer Press, a representative Of the
JOURNAL called on Mr.. Rea lsst night
at bitresidence and found him swathed
10 blankets and suffering from heavy
cold contracted while on trip to the
north side range during the early part
Of last week. The reporter called Mr..
Rea's attention 10 that portion Of the
Pioneer Press wherein he IL reported
to have said that "in western Montsna
the grass is literally withered for want
Of rain; that many thousand head Of
cattle had starved TO death Tor want OF
grass and famiebed for lack of water;
that many rsnchers were paying $50
to SOS for hay which it would soon be
impossible to get; that water was be-
ing hauled as far as twenty miles, and
that many rsnchmen had made prepsr.
ations to 90 farther west" and asked
him what truth, If any, there was in
the report.
Mr.. Rea replied that In the fret
place there was no truth whatever in
the report that he had been inter
viewed by the Pioneer Press or any
other paper. As subsequently ex-
plained. the alleged interview rests IN
no broader foundation than this:
When In ST. Paul Mr.. Rea met with
four or five other cattle men at the
South st. Paul Stock yards, and as
was natural a conversation ensued be-
tween them regarding the outlook for
their business in the localities from
which each man came. All CON-
plained of the unusually dry season,
and Mr.. Rea remembers that he spoke
of the unusual drought In Montana as
affecting both feed aud hay, but he Is
10 positive he did not go into IL with
the particularly sscribed to him In
the Pioneer Press or that he made any
statement whatever ~ regard to cattle
dying from this cause In any part of
Montana, for no such information had
ever came 10 him, aud he would not of
course originate IL. Neither did he
say anything shout the price Of hay,
the hauling of water to ranches OF the
moving OF settlers outside Of Montana
on account of drought. This conversa-
tion took place when he WAS on bis
was to Chicago and on his return few
days later, being again at the st. Paul
stock yards he was shown.the Pioneer
Press by one of the attaches and his
attention directed to the alleged inter
view with the remark, "Do you re-
member q conversation you had with
so and so when you were here last
week? Here is what came of it, And
this was the first intlmation Mr.. Rea
had Of being interviewed. Why his
name WIS used instead OF some Of the
Others he cannot explain. except per.
haps that he was from Montana the
words could be more appropriately put
In his mouth. The whole thing, how
ever, from beginning tn end, is q gar
bled and exaggerated report Of what
half a dozen men said In the course Of
an hours conversation while discuss
ing their own affairs. not being aware
that there was = newspaper man with
In mile OF them.