The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-25
NOT ALL DEAD YET
There Are Many Buffalo Left in the
National Park.
THOMAS NEWCOMB SAYS SO
He IL a Scout In Those Parts and
His Reports Are Considered Cor
rect-Captain Anderson Still
Holds the Fort.

Special Correspondence OF the Standard.
Livingston, Dec. 22.-Tom Newcomb,
one of the civilian scouts employed In
the National park last summer and
fall, came down from Gardiner Satur-
day and remained a day in the city.
Asked IL there was any truth In the
published report that but 10 or Is buff
falo were left in the park he said there
was not.
IT know" said he, that there are
more buffalo than that in the park,
for late last fall / counted 16 in one
band and saw three and four and five
together in other portions of the reser-
walton. The buffalo are not all in one
herd by any means, and no one can tell
just how many there are left; 1t is my
opinion, however, that there are some
where near 200 head.
Three, or four years ago." continued
Mr.. Newcomb, "the National park herd
of buffalo numbered fully 700. The
slaughter has not all taken place in the
park. Quite a number have been killed
by poachers in that region, 1t is true,
but the greatest slaughter has taken
place outside the park limits. Some OF
the buffalo have wandered over the
line into Idaho and Wyoming. and
others have been stampeded across the
border by hunters. / don't believe there
is very much poaching going on In the
park now, though; the recent arrest
of Courtney at Butte has frightened
the other pot hunters, and they are
laying low, awaiting the outcome.
Courtney is now in the guard house
at Fort Yellowstone. His trial is set
for next Thursday the 26th inst, and
the United States district attorney will
be on hand to prosecute the case. III
he is cinched II will do much toward
putting a stop to the practice OF
poaching in the park. Heretofore,
when a buffalo hunter was caught in
the park, the only punishment infiict-
ed was the confiscation of his property
such as he had with him-and his
summary expulsion from the great
game preserve, or perhaps he was
given a term in the guard house. The
trial of Courtney will be the first
under the new law now in force in
Wyoming"
Anent the rumor that Capt. George
s. Anderson. superintendent of the
park, Is to be removed and returned to
his regiment, Mr.. Newcomb said: II
think the removal of Captain Ander-
son would be a serious mistake. He
takes a great pride in the National
park and has done all in his power to
protect the game and preserve the nat
ural wonders of that region. He has
tect the game by not having an APP
preparation with which to employ CT
william scouts. II he could keep or 10
men on constant parade of the park,
good scouts, not soldiers, but civilians
men who are not gun shy there
would be no poaching I'm the preserve.
J.. =. Richardson, treasurer OF the
Montana Coal & Coke company, was
in the city Sunday from Horn. He
stated that the so new coke ovens re-
Gently completed by the company at
the coal camp have all been fired up.
The coking plant now consists OF 103
ovens, all of which are in use, enab-
ling the company to produce coke at
the rate of i20 tons. or seven carloads,
per day. The product is of a superior
quality and finds a ready market
The company proposes to still further
increase its cooking plant next spring
by the erection of 100 additional ovens,
which will make Horn the greatest
coke producer of any camp in the
West.
Sheriff Young, who was called to
Crevasse to again take possession of
the McCauley mine and stamp mill on
Palmer creek. returned from that
camp Saturday. The mill, which was
being operated by the Homestake peo-
pie of the Black Hills. under an agree
ment with the attaching creditors,
WOulu probably nave Deen kept run
ming until the expiration of the option
had not the water supply given out.
The representatives of the Homestake
company turned everything over to the
sheriff and came to Livingston on the
same train with Mr.. Young. They left
Sunday for Lead. S. ID. They were
very reticent concerning the test run
at Crevasse and declined to be inter-
viewed concerning their future plans
with reference to the purchase of the
property. They simply said that they
relinquished possession of the prop
erty on account of the scarcity of
water.
Guy Young and Roy Campbell will
spend their holiday vacation hunting
on the ceded portion of the Crow res
ervation. They left Saturday for the
Haskins ranch near Nye City.
Miss Sarah Horner. a student OF st.
ElScent's academy of Helena, has re-
turned TO the city and will spend the
holidays with her parents.
Jess Ate Goose.
Hamilton News: During the last