The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-10
SPRAY OF THE FALLS.
SATURDAYS DAILY.

If the present severe weather does not
last longer than the middle of February
do not anticipate any loss Cf stock AS
the people of our state are well fixed to
bring their stock through.-White Sui
phur Springs lusbandman.
A United States patent to John II.
May for the south half Of the southeast
quarter. the northwest quarter Of tie
southeast quarter, and the southeast
quarter Of the southwest quarter Of sec
ton 5. township 20 north, range ; east.
100 acres. was filed for record in the re-
corder's office yesterday.
Dan Samples of this city. one of the
largest cattle owners in northern Mon
tana, says that the cattle on the rar ges
can stand four weeks more of as cold
weather as we have been having before
they will commence 10 die. The feed is
good and the snow is not deep. and they
will rustic d good living if it don't get
too cold with "a crust on the snow.
In the last issue of the Montana
Lodge Record a compliment is paid to
the PRESIDENT of the Great Falls Sons of
Veterans as follows: We must COM
pliment j. q. Gregg Camp at Great Falls
on electing Sherman Payne as their cap
tain for the coming year. We
are intimately acquainted with him
and know him to be a conscientious
and earnest worker and if that camp
does not prosper during his term of of
flee it will be entirely the members
fault and not his.
William Dcyinc Of Sun river atriAcd
in the city lat night and reports rX-
tremely cold weather in that section,
lie says that quite a number of cattle
have been frozen to death in the last
week. There is plenty of feed for them
but they refuse to move about and
freeze TO death in their tracks. He
counted several dead ones in fields along
the road as he was coming to the city.
1t is not the lack Of feed but the intense
cold that is killing them oil,
The train from Butte arrived on time
yesterday and went IN through to liayre.
where it will connect with the first
through train for st. Paul. \ train is
expected in from the east some time to-
day. as the snow and cold blockade in
the Dakotas and Minnesota has been
outgencraled by the railroad men. Two
rotary snowplOws and other heavy ma
chiuery have been kept al work clearing
the tracks. but the snowbanks have been
very deep on the Montana division. and
also west of Ilavre on the main line.
The management of the Great Falls
Street Railway company deserves credit
for the enterprise displayed during the
present cold snap in keeping their lines
in working order. Not a trip has been
missed day or night. The severity of
the weather is hard on the employees, but
they stand up to their work like veteran
soldiers. They are literally supplied
with invigorating beef tea before start
! ing out on their round trips. which is a
great "hracer" against the cold. The
record is one that the company can well
bc proud Of.
The Boston * Montana Co.. has made
arrangements with the Casualty In
surance company to insure its employees
in the mlnc and smeitcrs at a rate III
one per cent Il day On the amount Of
wages earned hy each man. II Il man at
any time meets with an accident, even
when laying oil, he IL paid ha!t the
amount Of his wages, for II weeks, In
case a m,an is killed his family receives
half the amount Cf wages he would
have earned for one year. the arrange
mput was made at the request ~ the
men.
Bioody Ratchet and Buffalo Horn,
two Cree Indian chiefs, were in the city
Yesterday laying in ii supply of grub for
the cold snap, They are camped a short
distance vest Of the city along Sun river.
Bloody Ratchet says they are getting
Il .- r..,.. ,,.ll l4,t tlrt - ,,-,. sen ,rnl,
cold" and the eQuaws and children had
to stay close to the tire in their tents.
Buffalo Horn said the cold weather
would last for several days- until after
the next change in the moo These
chiefs were warmly dressed in the latest
Indian fashion and didn't look as if
hunger was pressing them.
4. few days ago a well-known lawyer
of this city left a boy in charge Of his
Office while he went to the court house
to attend to some legal business, y.
short time after he left a client entered
| the Office and as the boy didn't want to
turn away business he asked the client
10 state his case. lie did SO and left and
when the lawyer returned the boy told
| him about the case and said: Il took
$50 as IA retaining fee That wasn't
enough said the lawyer. but" said
the boy. IL took all the man had
"Wc.l.' said the lawyer, Il suppose that
would he called professional IN Helena
or Bate. hut in Great Falls we lawyers
are strict cOnstructionists Of the fee bill,
aud when il client has not money enough
to pay all down we take a chdttel mort.
gage ON his household goods This OF
course was only Il Joke used as Il meta
| phorical illustration.