The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-13
CITY NEWS AND GOSS|P.
Smuggling Cinnamon Across the
Line Into Montana viii
Be Watched.
Special Meeting Of the Board of
Trade to Consider I'm
portant Matters.
Benefit to Francis Murphy and Mrs. Muir.
ply This Notwithstanding
About Pixies Peak.

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ply This Notwithstanding
About Pixies Peak.
Since the arrest Of the nine Chiname
near Fort Benton who were being smuggle
across the border the United States official
In Montana have determined to keep a yer
close watch over the strip of country Dor
derina ON the international line in tn
state. 1t is quite a scope Of country, and i,
places not on regular ines of travel. maxim,
it difficult under the present system t
watch for smucelers. Some of the Q ficer
believe that there are a number of China
men TO- in Montana who are not entitled
to be here. They are said to be principal.
in the small mining camps. 1t is a yer.
difficult matter to locate them. and afte
that is done it is still more difficult to prov
that they are here unlawtully.
1.-THE Parlor Match and several other at,
fractions are supposed to be responsible fol
the lack Of \ quorum at the Board of Trade
rooms last evening. 1t takes fifteen mem
bers to make q quorum. Secretary Walker
counted the members present over several
times, but could only find twelve. There
are several important matters which are to
be taken up, among them being the coming
excursion to the Coeur d'Alenes. President
Parchen was not at the rooms last night,
being out of the city. Vice President Muth
says another meeting will be called in a day
or two so that the pressing business may be
disposed of before the next regular meet
ing, which will not take place until the Sec
ond Wednesday in September.
Francis Murphy will close his work here
for the present this evening at st. Paurs
church. A Number of his friends have ar
ranged to make this meeting the occasion
for a benefit to Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy. An
impression seems to prevail that the famous
temperance worker travels about the coun-
try In receipt of a large salary. This is not
10. Mr.. Murphy is dependent upon the
kind offers of the people who attend his
meetings. His expenses while here are
paid by the several evangelical churches in
the city, but otherwise Mr.. Murphy has to
provide for himself. He expects to open a
series Of meetings in Butte on Sunday, Aug.
%. In the meantime he will take q much
needed rest.
The highest bill posting ever lone in the
world was seen last week on Pixies peak.
There is a law in Colorado against the deco
ration Of natural scenery by advertising on
rocks or objects of nature, but the man who
visits Pixies peak will find "Wait for Fore
paugh' in big red letters. As his breaks
kna raOorl IL 10 -Drkh ~no@;-z nj.
Whiting Allen, n of Forepaugh's advance
men, was in town last night. He kindly
left the following description of the affair:
"Chief Campbell's one idea was to do the
highest advertising in the world. Several
weeks ago he pat up three stands of bills
that were lis feet high from the ground up.
That u high bill posting could be lone
was not believed, and that it was really &C.
complished was doubted. To establish an
unbreakable record he conceived the idea to
post bills on the top of Pixies peak. He
kindly left the arrangements with the au-
thorities to me. I soon convinced them that
no vandalism was intended and that the sole
object was to establish such a record, and
showed how easy Ii would be to evade the
letter of the laws. Only implied consent
Who kAtCA dIlu We WSuU duGAu. were L
master Of all languages and could condense
their comprehensiveness into an attempt to
describe the scenes from this peak where we
were at work | would fall still far short of
conveying any adequate idea of their mag
niiceut sublimity. Suffice it to say that
the horizon in all directions was scarcely
%perceptible. To the east the plains were as
one vast spread of cloth, golden in the sun
shine, green in the shadow of the clouds.
Colorado Springs, eighteen miles distant
and nearly two miles below, was as a plaid
patch upon the cloth-no objects, not even
the largest buildings, d~iscernible. To the
north, south and west the mountains rose
grandly, gloomy above the valleys tillstheir
snow covered brows commingled with and
were lost in the clouds. Details there were
shat would beggar the genius of poetry and
art while the ensemble was beyond human
expression"
Deputy United States Marshal Warren
Evans will start to-day for the interna-
tlonal boundary line where he is to deliver
q. Z. Hathaway to Sheriff Murphy, of
Moosomin, N. w. L. Hathaway was
caught about Blk weeks ago in North Da-
kota and brought to Helena by one of Mar
shall Furay's deputies. The officials on the
tie other side OF the line sent a Gro WI
counsellor here to institute extradition pro-
ceedings before the United States circuit
court. The testimony Of several witnesses
who were brought here from Moosomin
showed that Hathaway had run off with an
other mans horse and buggy. Sheriff
Murphy arrived here yesterday and will 90
along with the prisoner, who will be form
ally handed over to him when the boundary
Is reached. Thig is the first exhibition
case in Montana since it became a state.
Drs. Essig g. Foote, dentists, rooms SO
and 511 Power biock-ffth floor.
Mems nccktiesi in tecis and four-in-hands, only
loo at The Bee Hive.