The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-26
CITY NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Something Must be Done to Prevent
the Wholesale Destruction
of Montana Fish.
It ia Said That a Very Tough Gang
is Trailing Robinsons
Circus.
Colonel Curtis Preparing tho Report OF
His Recent Visit to the Cheyenne Coun-
try for the Governor.

1t is gratifying to learn that many own
ers of irrigating bitches have placed wire
screens at the entrance to the streams to
land. It is earnestly hoped that all other
ditch owners will follow this example and
thus preserve the stock of fish in this state
as long as possible. The giant powder man
needs looking after. He is killing fish by
the thousands in various parts of the state.
One of the best illustrations of this whole
sale destruction is in the case of the Demp-
sey lakes on Mount Powell, about twenty
miles west of Deer Lodge. These beautiful
lakes. some seven or eight in number, once
formed one of the finest fishing grounds in
Montana. They were plentifully stocked
with mountain trout and one of the lakes
contained very rare and gamey species of
land locked salmon. Any enthusiastic
sportsman could visit the lakes for few
days and catch all the fish he wanted.
Matters are now changed and it Is
difficult to find any really good fishing on
the lakes. This is the result of the giant
powder men. They kill all the fish possible
aud use only the largest ones, which they
ship to Anaconda for market. While this
imposes penalty there seems to be no Of
fective way of stopping it, because no one
takes sufficient interest to hunt out the law
breakers. The Rod and Gun club of Deer
Lodge should take hold of the matter and
secure the appointment of good game
warden for the county. It is ALEC within
the province of the district attorney of Deer
Lodge county to look after this infringe
ment of the law. The railroads which ad-
vertise Montana as the sportsman's paradise
will be forced to withdraw this attraction
from their guide books unless something is
done to preserve the truth of the state
ment. The facts in the above case are
learned from loyal sportsman who travels
about the state on business. He says there
are many similar cases.
Col. G. D. Curtis will hand in the official
report of his visit to the Cheyenne country
to Governor Toole within few days. 1t
will cover twenty pages of type written pa
per and will cover the entire subject in an
exhaustive manner. The colonel says there
will be danger to the settlers until the gov
eminent gives sufficient food to the Chey-
ennes and keeps them on the reservation.
In the event of trouble he believes the best
way is to arm the cowboys in that country.
He says they can outride the Indians and
are their equals in all forms of strategy
Miss Dolly Foster, of the Soap Bubble
company, writes to The INDEPENDENT from
Fargo, N. D. She thinks that the criticism
of the performance was fully deserved. Al
to her own work, she explains that she wat
very sick and was compelled to leave the
stage during the performance that evening
She further says that she had no fault tt
find with the criticism and that it was Miss
Davenport who participated in the row al
the theatre after the second performance.
VIM. Sprague, on seeing a corpulent
friend wearing a broad brim straw hat yes
} terday, stated that it was the very best
thing a man of his averdupois could wear
) He said he wore just such hat four years
ago in Colorado. He purchased the hat
, early in the season and weighed at the time
215 pounds. BY the time the leaves began
to fall he had reduced his weight to SC
pounds. The season was very windy anG
he found himself daily chasing the hat, and
estimates the distance traversed during the
: summer at 1900 miles. At the end of the
> season Sprague says he was as thin as Jacl
Q Russell.
t "Instead of reducing the circus licens
; the city should have increased it to 81, 900,
a said Treasurer Folk yesterday, land l tel
= you why. have it from reliable source
: that notorious gang of bunco steerers ant
= thieves are trailing up Robinson's big show
l. and Jim DAILY. a well-known bunco man, il
: at the head of the gang. If not propcrl
d watched they are liable to rob the people o
!, a great deal of money, and it will be neces
sary to appoint large number of extr
policemen that day, and this will cost tn
/ city at least 800. The people should kee
d their hands on their pocketbooks when the
10 go to the circus"
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