The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1891-01-08

ty. puagsst fragrance that would hava
oliIen SKUNK Wild with envy. As tho
elerk oisappeared il the outer circle Of
Darkness he heard the tall man sav to
Ills companion, Wen take some of those
rooes on tho oeanter and roll up in thau:
10 HI w1td the cold, ugh.''
As the IVAN disappeared round tina
brow OF The Deer Lodge Canyon the fol.
io"lag norning the clerk. who baa been
eaoily gazing after them through the
nan opsh store ,wonderingly ejscuIal-
ea "lnat old man's feet would ariIa a
dog away from gut wagon
now II that Infamous scoundr.l and
romanosr Loag vet lives, he mead NOT
draw on his imagination for sonathino
upon winch to base biographical sketch
OF The great Helena banker. but bv mars.
y dropp!ng hin a postal care Of Cha.
Dshler) 1all particulars will be submitted
hun. as TO the Identity Of the tallest of
the two Cedar Creek prospsctors.
1ne olner msa Was neither Ed Zim-
mernaa nor c. X. Wells In far, Ia
never gave himself away.
As 70 the charge (sss exhibit "A"l that
MI Cruise purchased the famous Iros
Mountain mlns, | question it's accuracy
Ia the interest Of truth it may be said
lnat peiofs nlanv Who are now at mans
estate were SorE. the Drum lummon
was discovered, staked and recorded,
Thomas Cruse was The locator He knaw
he had a good mine. and never for IN.
purpose OF satisfying himself az tn tha
correctness OF his surmise. appliea to
Sam Houser TO get ratification Of bis
oplnlon, or aruG stake to live on.
Now II the Irlbune desires to effectua!-
~ restore ltself IN tbs good opinion and
esteem OF the old timers" Of Montana. it
should oatht the weatherbsaten yellow
backed menstroslty that interviewed
Long, ana slip him out here to do some
OF MS 1ancy sketch work upon the bio
aphlca! record OF few of our remain
ing bank presidents, who, by reason of
residence ana wealth, have the same dis
tlngulshlnE marks Of the respected
gentleman around whom has been prouD
ed the incident and data set forth IN tho
annexed paper, marked exhibit "A" and If
the reporter, III bis search fer the truth,
encounters 40 more veracious lnfornan Mt
than Long. then the huge and elephan-
tine footprints Of loved champion of
ths workingman has left marks 10 pain
fully apparent that the state of Montana
| weuld arise as one man in entbusiaatic
recognition of the able and masterly
handiwork Of Buttss most sacred writer.
the inimitable and only Penrose.
10 simplify matters, in advance Of the
arrival Of the reporter it strikes me that
under suitable headings, and for tho pur
pose Of bringing into bold relief the
strong contrast between the two extremes
Of "absolute, ,grovelling poverty and extra
ordinary affiuencs," something like tho
following would be most appropriate:
Saml Houser, Banker. A poem of the
west; an accident Of the frontier.
Ed. Larrabee, baafer Early davs in
Blackfoot.
A. J. Davis, Jr., banker. My Uncle
| and L. roHSncs OF the Rockies
Jos A. Hyde, banker. Deer Lodge in
the COS; tale OF county scrip.
Jas. A. Murray, banker. A disssrta-
ten upon the hsalthgiving qualities of
the sui ulphurous fumes of the great copper
camp of Butte, Montana diseases of tho
larvax. etc.
". A. Clark, banker Remlniscep sos
| OF placer camp; politics and money
Z. A. Broadwater, banker. From tho
bull team to the Pullman eoach; an idyl.
Each OF the above named gentlemen
has personal history that would read
like a romance. Each ono Of them has
swung an axe into the standing timber
o'erhadowing the dim trail that led into
this great state quarter of century
ago, which, despite long an weary days,
tolllag and struggling in search of the
golden fleece" has left blaze mark
that tHe alone can efface, if it ever does
Type may yet meandsr down the corri-
eors Of time with the life history OF the
pioneers Of Montana. 1t will convey to
those who have followed after them "a
PLAN, unvsrnished tale" of the sufferings
and tribulations that attended the emil
grant Of 40 to 6;1, ia his long and weary
tramp across the boundless prairies anu
burning deserts lying between the Mis-
slssippi river and the Pacific ocean.
Many of these men are yet alive and in
the majesty Of magnificent manhood.
And every one Of the81 would but too
aheerfully collect under the umbragious
foliage of ssms ancient cottonwood tree,
if tho occasion was the taking up of the
slack OF a rope from whose noosed and
knotted end SWUNG the foul mouthsd
villain to whom may be accredited the au
thorshlp Of the article hsreunto annexed,
marked ''exhibit A" PIONEER
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