The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-20

tinued I'm his reminiscent way, 10 discuss
upon dangerosis ground, 10 y was
therefore with u feeling of relief that the
OF b republican, party f1r TOY
by u warning wink from the willy Mantle.
Mr.. Power did not have much tai say; af-
ness and had brought two able statesmen
with him hc fell tn the rear. This per
united the ''father Of the Australian sys-
waItz To the front and say his say. As this
gentleman WAS wound up the gang w.,nt
out tn drink and those an the
stage had to stand and take their punish
mcnt. After q regular knock down and
drag out of winks and imploring gestures
tn let go, the professor rum down and was
taken tn the rear greatly exhausted. The
chairman once again amblcd To the
front. and with thc utmost grace
and bad English handed Mr.. Bo'kin
Botkin did the hest hc could, and in as
short "a time possible. He waved the
bloo<iy shirt is usual and in the most VIZ
cal record of Toolc and Maginnis most
numerically. After ~exhausting himself
,h; q season "f ~ i"v T, ag", and t sScrs,
fore of good government, he said some
thing about the q. q. p. and Tom Power
To the rear To give room To Mr.. Mantle.
After the retirement of Mantle, there be-
ing Al move ON foot to collect hall rent,
tate manner Imaginable, and going
over 10 weinstcin's ~ccllcr, cautiously
swallowed u few drops of his continuation
the law. fled to their homes, and several
lofts, where, in uneasy rest, they
dwell the night hours away. lighting ths,
interininRlin0 of republican oratory with
the buried ISSUES of the great civil war and
the vilcst whisky ever accredited "a copper
slistilling plant. The performance WAS
repeated at Granite last evening, and the
sixteen men who attended will please call
around tn the office of the secretary OF the
Phillipsburg Democratic club and receive
the amount promised them for services
ON that occasion.
leaving The domain of politics. Interest
the writer upon the incident and event of
daily occurrence within the limits of the
oldest silver mining ramp IN Montana"
discussion of thei ISSUES presently existing
betwecn the veteran temperance lecturer:
th ".' P 81 h,iiHiThx M I'M sn1 and M Hi eo% n.
pany. The Colonel IL so well known as tn
require hut little mention other than tai
of soap and water. and in general appear.
Is AN imitator Of the Buffalo Bill
type of public men. Al present the Col
c~ahoose, i'm the lower end of town, by
which the warriors downfall was brought
OF 'ss ..OId ST." while upon a tour
through the territory. wandered in
to Philip. burg and hanging out his shingle
to the death upon the principal industry
of the camp. viz our whisky traffic.
With his banners hung ON the. outer wall
the old gentleman fought the enemy until
the panHs of starvation compelled him to
take i'm the canvass. But IL he made Al
failure i'm his chosen field he nevertheless
possessed that indomitablc energy largely
characteristic of the pioneers who blazed
the trials i'm the frontier. history of the
country west of the Mississippi, and did
NOT Ia, I'LL. a. ..s..neRt 1xNakin.r ..iN.s.t him
the veteran concluded to go into mining,
and. as the field suited him, ne %swoopssl
into his am ancient miner OF
thisd district. T.. n. Freeman by name, who
for twenty odd years had been working
some claims i'm the lime country near the
granite contract. The ''colonel' secured
a bond on the property aud Immediately
put men to work prospecting IL. The mere
Fact that he was without means tai develop
to procure all the money necessary by
syInstcmatic tongue work. and when he
started in to raise the wind, worked the
employed and the Mystery 4 Vanderbilt
CONSOLIDATED. Mining company" In full
blast. The colonel in the progress of his
assisted him i'm opening ont the bonanxas
of the NJ. Il W. and 10y persistent effort
captured the attention and means OF sew
specially of doing business ON "a sure
thing basis. But the colonel was unfor-
tnnate; for the life of him he could not
stlt INV tsttk's abst t"tth MI
experience dating back to an early period
in tlk, mining history at California. Idaho
and Colorado, he felt assured that he was
''oir hut "a few feet from the ledge" never
thcless that few feet was "a bar to progress,
and the colonel was compelled to suspend
operations; tho tunnel was closed, and
the labor discharged with instructions to
get their money IL they could they
AZ this stage several OF those
who had assisted the colonel concluded to
Robbln mp the business, work il ON their
own hook, and IL possible get even and.
maybe, suddenly rich. Old man Freeman
was looked up. the papers bstwcen him
and sold 81" examined. and lo, the Phil
ipslnirg Mining 4 Milling
sprung into existence. men were
put to work. and "Silas' was duly
warned to interfere at his peril.
During all of this time Hawkins was
brushing the flies oil of himself. III the
other side had legal advice that his papers
were no good, he. too, had advice that
they were. He kept on the trssii ~ the
new corporation and was aggravatinvly
persistent in asserting his rights. He incor-
poritesl his company and ISSUED the stock,
and although he had never kept one single
promise made To Freeman, had never
paid but five dollars on the purchase ,and
this he tried to borrow back the next day.
he 0ravely sought out The owner of the
claims i'm controversy, and gravely ten
dcrcd him "a certificate calling for iOD.OOO
shares of stock I'm the NJ. 4 v. To say
that old Freeman was paralyzed with as
constituent AT this exhibition of gall is
speaking quite conscrvativcly. A. soon
as he could get his wind he informed
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