The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-27
UP At THE SNOW LINE
college Professors Make a Trip in
the High Attitudes.
TO BREAK ELK TO HARNESS
Charles Backes Has Two of These
animals Which RE Proposes to
Fut to Good Use-Sozeman
News and Personals.
Special Correspondence OF the Standard

special Correspondence OF the Standard
Bozeman, May 25.-Profs. A. NJ. Ryon
and IL. +. Maiden of the faculty of the
Agricultural college went up Middle
Creek canyon Friday evening, pushing
through to the cabins at Lick creek be-
fore dark
| Professor Ryon. engineering and min
ing engineer, for the past two years has
oeen making many careful observa-
tons ana measurements of the water
courses of Montana and especially
those OF this valley. where he can per
sonally superintend the placing of
water guages for this purpose and is
better able to direct the work of those
who have so freely undertaken this for
the government, in the interest of bet
ter irrigation and placer mining Be
cause OF this he was mucn interested i'm
the conditions back i'm the mountains
at this time of the year. He and Pro-
iesosr Maiden had rolled up their bed
ding and three days rations. which
they tied on behind their saddles, and
hnding the snow two feet deep at Lick
creek they did not attempt to push on
Iufther but camped there with a couple
or bear hunters who are making the
cabin their home and looking for
bruins pelt From this point Profess
sors Ryon and Maiden made trips up
side gulches to the higher ridges for
two days, returning on Sunday even
ing TO Bozeman. They found the snow
rapidly settling and the creeks Just be-
ginning to rise with the general out
look for water for this summers irri-
CATION hardly that of an average
year.
Charles Backes, proprietor of the
IurI Exchange. has a magnificent pair
OF bull elk which he keeps in an en-
closure at the back of his residence
here and he has decided to break them
to drive, both singly and as a double
team. "Rattlesnake Jack" formerly of
Beveridge's wild West show, will break
the animals. taking them one at a time
with an old mule until they become
used to being driven. Jack is a bron-
enc buster" of the first water having
acquired the art through being born
mere and growing up on a ranch where
he has become thoroughly acquainted
with the handling of wild horses. Mr..
Backes Will probably place these ami
mails on the track at the races this
summer should they become sufficiently
docile
= The .Bozeman opera house has a new
drop curtain which was made and
painted by travelling artist who WIS.,
tied here last week. The center is quite
pretty water scene which is sur
rounded by advertisements of business
houses here which are tastitly painted
in banners. etc. about the rest OF the
canvas. By reason of these advertise |
ments the curtain was put in at no ex-
pense TO the city-the city owning the |
opera house.
Mrs. f. NJ. Gardner is visiting her
son, Charles +. Baker or Baker. Mont. /
this week.
l.. c. Haskell of the Butte Dry Goods I
company was over Sunday to visit his 1
family here.
r.. r. Fowler, the Castle mining man,
whose home Is at Mcleod, Mont was /
here on Saturday visiting his old-time
friends at this place.
Bert Maynard of Ennis is spending a
few days with his mother who is here
sending her daughters to school and
visiting his many friends here.
T. j. Lynde is I'm the city for a few
days, coming over from Butte Sun
day.