The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-24
1877 and rscaptursd. after a hot pursuit, by Gen.

1877 and rscaptursd. after q hot pursuit, by Gen.
Among the distinguished persons who. have
travelled in It are: ten. Garfield before no bs-
came president.
1888.
Ten. sherman, ON his tour Of inspection in
1871.
coach travelled from Fort Ellis to Helena lOs
miles in eight hours. six horses being the team.
with frequent relays. h. 7. Clark. enc Of the
propriotors OF tho stage company drove the
whole distance.
Another place where you meat with .
Montana reception il on the south end of
Wooded island. Here nestled among the
trees on . cape extending ont into tue
lagoon ia a hunters cabin. Everything
within and without 10 truly western. Al
you approach you spy standing In . lump
you recognize as the genuine prairie
schooner" Harness. worn ont and SIN.
hangs upon the tongue. a. in she Rocky
mountain camp. Elk horns. bleached and
monsttous, keep vigil at the door. Step
inside the cabin and il you have ever taken
camp you feel at home. A wild delight
takes possession of You and you can
scarcely resist taking one Of the long range
guns from above tine fireplace to test its
quality. Again youE ears pine for the crack
Of the rifle. Jour eyes ache to sos . moun-
tHlus Out you ~ I0hlly Au y A0uvVg
Over the rudy plastered fabric that serves
as a mantel 10 the skull Of . grizzly bear.
Snowshoos, snowskates. skins OF elk, white
tailed deer. lassos. pack and riding Saddlss,
field glasses, weapons of long n shorS
varieties are forcible reminders of the wild
and woolly west. But BY far the most in
teresting furnishing Of the cabin 10 E.
MIR. Hofer has the reputation Of being
one of the best hunters in the United States.
He il a youug man of education and OF
lineage. tor he ONE from the family that
gave Andreas Hofer to help maks Swiss
history. Having gone to Montana from
lived there ever since. Mr.. Hofer insists
that there ia no place like the Treasure
state" He is authorized by the secretary
of the interior to take animals in tho park
for the national ZOO and the Smithsonian
institute. So he might be called the gov
eminent hunter.
Mr.. Hoier says that every article that
goes to make up this exhibit comes tom
Montana. "Oi course it is given out that
the cole ction is from tho Yellowstone Ma
tional park. but then, you know. the park
is q part Of Montana. At least IL seems 80.
for every one goes through that state to get
to it," Out back Of the hut are . couple of
| swans from the Flathead lake making a
nest. They have got used to the people
and fight anybody who approaches too near
| to their home.
"Ihe exhibit" says the Montana MIN.
rod, ''is made by the Boone and Crockett
club. The object of the organization IL tho
preservation OF the large game of the
United states and ESPECIALLY that in the
Yellowstone park"
One day last week she club INDUCED in a
barbecue in this cabin. Besides a menu
of baked beans, wild duck and fried trout
with tiapjncks. the feasters were served
with hunting stories. Several of these had
u fshy smack but were Just rs palatable,
for the boys were out on = lark in the wilde
of Wooded island. jackson park. and didn',
stop fot triaes. Among those present, who
are, BY the way, the original founders OF
the Boone and Crockett club, wore: Theo-
dore Roosevelt, widely known as the apostle
of civil service; Archibald Rogers, known
in yachting circles, who has nj
ways been interested in the de.
tense of the American cup that hal
been unsuccessfully fought for by the
Thistle and othsr Britishers. Albert Bier
stadt, an artist of note who has painted
many Of the most beautiful scenes in thu
National park, in the Yellowstone valley
BENJAMIN Bristow, an e1-ssoretary of the
treasury. having held office under Grant
terested in the srortsmen's paper. Fores
and Stream. Arnold Hague, who is ON the
United States survey in the Yellowstone
park division. Col. Pickett, the southerne
of wide acquaintance who 10 perhaps tn
finest amateur bear hunter in the Unite'
states and who has brought In twenty-fou'
O. izzlies in a single season. Capt. Georg
Anderson, superintendent of tho Nations
pnrk.