The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-15
ON THE CASTLE ROAD
Work Is Progressing, Dirt Flying and
Money Scarce.
THE BOYS ARE CONFIDENT
In Some Camps the Mess Boxes
Are Not Anywhere Near Full
Bozeman's Salvation Army
IL Hard at 1t.

Special Correspondence OF the Standard.
Bozeman, Nov. 13.-The Castle rail-
road is still progressing onward toward
Castle, or as the contractors say, for
Castle, Lewistown and the Missouri
river, which is to be it's northern ter
minal. The Is miles of road from Tos-
ton to Baker is about three-fourths
graded. One grading outfit Is In the
narrow canyon above Bakers ranch,
and another on through the canyon
pushing the work with evidence of sin
certify. The company owes consider
able to the ranchmen along its line and
1t is rumored that one ranchman Of
fered a check at the company's bank
at Helena this week and was told 1t
had no money there, having already
overdrawn its deposit. The camps are
almost a second Valley Forge, except
ing they have no Washington. Many
of the camps have run out of grub and
have quit work until the promised pro-
visions arrive. while the surveyors
party, which is usually the best fed
and cared for, has been borrowing
flour, lard, butter. bacon and other
necessaries from the nearby ranchmen.
This is the way things look upon the
line of the new road. AS one of the
contractors has dubbed 1t, "the jaw
bone road" stating that that Is what
the road has been built on to large
extent thus far, but a pay day is prom
ised for this week and this will change
everything.
1t is a very noticeable fact that al
though a deprecated bank account
seems to be the hardest thing to grade
up" yet struck by the Montana rail-
road company, 1t does not cause suspi-
cions detrimental to the company
among the ranchmen along the line OF
the new road, but that there is great
er faith shown In the road to-day by
contractors and ranchmen than has
been the case before since the first
sod was turned.
Bozeman's branch of the Salvation
Army is popular. Major Friedrich of
Spokane. being here the first Of the
week Eight of the converts were en-
rolled into the army and presented with
the army badge. The meetings this
week have been so crowded as to drive
many away who could not get into the
building, and people stand upon their
tiptoes away out on the sidewalk try
ing to get a glimpse of the room inside
and to hear the music. More than 30
have come forward and asked for
prayers during the two months and a
half in which the Salvation Army has
been in Bozeman. The barracks were
changed two weeks ago and the new
room is one OF the neatest store rooms
in the city. 1t has new seats and
raised platform at the rear and for the
members OF the army, the speakers,
etc. This week a drum arrived and
there are now two tambourines and the
bass drum for enlivening the meetings.
The army needing quite bit of money
to close the year with, 5000 has beeen
apportioned as Bozeman's share, this
amount to be raised by Christmas.
In he.
this place, is asked to raise only $500.
Captain Woodrow and Lieutenant Zie-
brath have charge OF the army at this
place, and too much cannot be said of
the great influence for good which is
being created by them here. The new
barracks was formerly a political head
quarters and upon learning that where
political meetings had formerly been
were now being held Salvation Army
meetings. Captain Woodrow remarked
why. the building has got con-
verted.'
On Tuesday six postal cards and
three letters dropped into the Bozeman
postoffice were noticed to be very dirty
and worn as If they had been carried
for long time in someone's pocket
Upon looking more closely the mailing
clerk found they had been written on
July 20 and % of this year by members
of a party who were touring the park
and someone to whom they were en-
trusted to mail had carried them about
in their pockets for almost four
months.