The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-01
How the CLAIMS and Quahaugs Will
Be Prepared To- Day at
Baxendale.
The Menu vii Comprise a Great
Many Things Dear to the
Yankee Heart
How /. Z. Mensgo Managed 20 Pat Out of
sight = Cool Million Dollars-The
Story Of tho Land Ofices.

C0OWuoE oluUa 0uu tO-uoy eASJ W." N'
their annual clam bake at Baxendale. Last
year the bake was not q success. The CLAIMS
were obtained from the Pacific coast and
they we're not very good; h no seaweed
vas received with them, and the CLAIMS were
ss.'d sss:.., d nsd n ss' t ssesT' w ssa
they were eatinR the sweet rosa-
toes and clams whether they were
chewing on timothy hay or oats. To-day 1t
will b. different and the clam bake will be
right up 10 the New England notch. And
this how II will be done: Out at B~axendale
Ahere 10 = circular pit, five feet
deep and seven feet across at is
widest part. This ia lined with granite.
4 For two days there has been a roaring hre
OF pine wood In this pin. heating the stones.
This morning the wood will be taken ont.
and the pit will be thoroughly cleaned.
Yesterday tina clAms, quahaugs. sea weed
and lobsters arrived from Providence. Il.
l., and with the other necessary edibles
we're taken out. The first thing after the
pit ID Steamed will be to put in a layer OF
Sea weed; then will follow a layer Of CLAIMS;
then . layer OF sea weed; then a layer OF
sweet and Irish potatoes; then a layer of
sea weed; then a layer Of green corn. from
which only half the h1sk has been removed;
then . layer Of sea wed; shen a layer of
quahauas; thsn layer Of sea
weed; then . layer of dressed
spring chicken. each chicken being split
down ths back; thsn . layer Of seaweed and
another Of CLANS. This fills the pit nearly
10 the top. On top of the last layer of
clans eunnv sacks which have been wet in
salt water are placed; on top Of the sacks
10 placed q covering Of vet turf; then a
canvas is spread over IL all and soil
thrown ON TOP Of II. The pit Ia so hot that
In from two 10 two hours and half every
thing In II has been steamed TO a nicely
and 10 ready to be served. While the arsi-
cles Ia the pit are steaming, the clam
ehowder. which 10 made in the house. IL
eaten. In addition 10 the articles enumer-
atsd here. the clam bakers to-day will have
lobstsrs. tomatoes. watermslons, beer BY
the kea. punch, and, TO top of.
pie, plum duff add dunderfunk.
II any of tho participants are miss
ing from their accustomed avocations
tomorrow il will be due to the plum duff
and dunderfunk. The doctors say the
average clam baker can eat at one sitting
without i'll effects half q bushel Of CLAIMS.
-six ears of corn. two spring chickens. four
Irish potatoss. six sweet potatoes, one-half
watermelon, six tomatoes, half a loaf OF
bread and one pie. and drink five bottles of
beer and two punches; but II he adds to this
plum dun and dundsrfunk. the rssulta are
almost sure to be . severe illness.
The interest In Helena over the affairs of
the recent Louis +. Msnsge. president OF
the Northwestern Guaranty Loan company,
will no doubt DO increased when It is
learned that a former resident of this city
has at last given information that tends 10
show where all the money OF tho missing
Rnsnoier went. ". B. Richards. who some
three years & was in the real estate bust
ness In Helena. was, in June of 1899. and
for some time Afterwards, engaged by Men.
age to act in the capacity of his private
financial agent" at a salary of Is. 900 per
annum and expenses. From certain sig.
niGeant remarks made by Richards. the
statement that Menage went away with
his pockets we'll lined seems almost cor.
tain. On the night of May % last Richards
and a party Of Minneapolis men were on
their way there from Chicago. The party
Wok0 Al oUOAAAS VoAip wv bA6
news of the Guaranty Loan troubles
vas being discussed. Some of those
present were under the impression
that Menage was to be pisied.
The great work he had done in booming
Minneapolis real estate was mentioned and
expressions of sympathy were passed around
for the man who had lost everything when
II things had been different he would have
been worth millions. As these EXPRESSIONS
Of sympathy for his employer we're heard.
Richards smiled and remarked to the man
next to him: "All this sympathy for Men
age makes me laugh. People don't need to
waste any pity on him. because he's all
right" Later on he said: II know what
I'm talking about. You needn't say any
thing about it, but l have been down TO
New York for a year now, turning all Men
ages securities into cash, and You can rest
assured that MenaRe is all right" 1t is a
we'll known fact that the safest and
most convenient investment one could
make under Manages circumstance would
be to put this cash into government coupon
bonds. the coupons OF which are payable to
bearer all over the world and no questions
asked. A Minneapolis man who is familiar
W1tu tue hAhtI6 Oh tue lNSOlFent concern
states. on the authority of parties close to
Ieuage, that the runaway has invested a
cool million during the past year or SO in
United States government bonds. Putting
Rioka.ds' statement with the others, and
many see in the former Helena real estate
dealer the agent through whom Menape
converted the INSTRUCTED monica of the
Guaranty Loan company into government
bonds to keep him during his retirement
from the United States.
As q rule government reports are verv
dry reading; but when one studies the fig
ares and makes comparisons, in many in
stances they become very interesting. In a
new country the department that has par
ticulnr interest for residents Ia that dealing
with public lands. Every year the general
land ONCE at Washington issues a report
showing the business lone for the preced-
ing twelve months. One section of the re-
port gives in dollars and cents the amount
of public land disposed of at the different
local Offices. In looking over these reports
yesterday an INDEPENDENT reporter discov-
cred that the Helena land office, has the
most even record, and at the
same time the business done. talk.
Ing . term Of years. averages up
with any land office In the country.