The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-31
TALK OF THE TOWN.

The Castle altitude seems to have a pecn-
liar effect on some of the Helena mon who
visit that camp. There are half a dozen
stories going the rounds of the experiences
they have recently had there. Agent I'd
gar, who returned Yesterday from that sec
ton, is telling ono which includes q fall
down a shaft and three broken ribs. Y. 5.
Wells tells another, but like MIR. Edgar,
gives no names. He says: "One of Hele-
mas prominent railway officials, noted for
his size, genial ways and business capacity,
recently made a trip to Castle. He was in
yited by some of the officers of the Cumber-
land to make a tour of inspection through
that famous mine. After satisfying him
self thoroughly that the cage had recently
been inspected by the inspector Ct eleva-
tors, and had a certificate that
it would safely carry six tons,
he consented to make the trip.
Accordingly he started down in the cage
with a number of the officers of the Cum
berland and several of Castles leading bus
mess men. All went we'll going down the
shaft and through the various drifts and
tunnels until the party were compelled to
| climb a ladder about fifty feet i'll order to
reach one of the upper levels Of the mine.
The solid man, on account of his weight,
size and breadth, insisted upon going up
the ladder last. This the party agreed to,
and all climbed the ladder and reached the
upper level in safety except the s.. M, who
stuck in tho opening between the levels.
and there he remained, unable to get either
up OF down. Ropes and tackle we're low
cred and fastened around his arms and
legs. and the entire party tugged and
worked until out of breath to get him
through the opening, but all to no avail.
and it was not until the carpenter was sent
for and he and his assistants sawed and
chopped until the opening was made
sufficiently large to admit the 8. MIS-
body to get through that he was
enabled to again reach his friends. He
Immediately insisted upon at once being
at once taken to the surface, and the last
seen of him he was going down the hill
toward the town muttering: 'Ill be blasted
if ever I go through a boys mine again.
The manager assured the party that at
least 1900 men had gone up that ladder
and through the opening and he never
knew one to stick before"
Quong Hing, the Chinese merchant Oh
West Main street. is one of the most intel.
ligent and best educated of his race in Hell
ena, if not in the country. He has ar
opinion Of his own on the proposed new
Chinese exclusion act. LET the two coun-
tries make a treaty for five, ten or fiftee1
years" he says. IF you don't want the
workingmen, keep them out. Working
men come here to get work. If they dom
get it, they go away. But you give then
work because you think they do it cheaper
But it ia all wrong about keeping out
merchant who don't do $4,000 worth O
business. Some years a merchant doe
, more, some years less. The merchants VIII,
1 come here build up a trade between tn
9 two countries. 1t is all wrong to say the
shall net remain unless they do so mucI
business a year. How many merchants o.
p Main street can depend on doing SO nue.
business every year?:'
Street Commissioner Kluge intends to Fl
. up the streets on the east side as soon rs b
thinks the spring has come to stay. Whe
he does he intends to rig up an apparatu
that will cure one of the little peculiaritie
r of human nature. ''You lay a new macao
amized street, says tho commissions
IAN in a few months you will fine or
roadway down it. and the balance of tx
y street untouched. The first man that driv,
over it makes a trail for everybody else
II follow: If his horse SHES at a dog and go,
off to one side, the man who follows keel
in the trails made by his predecessor. III
result is a winding, zigzag road. which &c
beaten Town hard, while the remainder
ID the street seldom has q vehicle on it. VIII
" | get the east side streets macadamized,
a will put ur ~treBtles during the day so as
: keep wagons and other vehicles movil
along first on one side and then on Il
~ other. BY shifting the trest.es the road f
w. travel will shift and in that way T.
I" macadam will be packed hard all over T.
1t, street."
of -
g Chief Justice Blake was among the vi
he itors to John L. Sullivan's dressing roc
% when he appeared at Ming's opera hou
-, in."Honest Hearts and Willing Hands,"
is well known, the chief justice is fro
~ Boston and he always likes to meet PEG,
I'LL from the Athens of America. The cha
pion of the world and the chief justice
r. the greatest mining state on the gle
AS chatted for some time about their nat
ais town. John l.. went to school about a h
an mile from the judges old home. AT
nj John L.. left the dressing room to appear
a scene duncan B. Harrison told the visi
" that Sullivan had Il remarkable memo
He could easily recall tho smallest eve
ar in his life. and mastered his part in