The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-07-01

Fort Logan, and two of them kill
ed The people Of Diamond were
very much worked up, and a party
was formed to head off the raiders
Will Sutherlin was one Of them
They struck up the hills, through
the timber, and on the way up, Will,
in his excitement, got a cartridge
stuck in his rifle which he could
neither get out nor in. When the
boys left him and went on ahead he
was still working with that car
fridge, and nothing was seen OF him
from Sunday until Wednesday after
noon, just as we were going to press,
with the forms all locked up. In
the meantime Capt. Clifford's party
had been in Diamond, and from the
captain had received a full account
Of the skirmish and the killing of
the Indians, which I had put in type,
it being my first attempt at report-
ing. When Will got in he wanted
the paper held until he could write
his report Of the affair. He wouldn't
listen to the reading Of my report,
but after a few gentle words to :thc
effect that the darn paper would not
come out that day he consented to
read my article, which suited him
after all. win was and is a mighty
good fellow, but he is a little head
strong at times and needs a father
to talk to him. ] never heard what
became Of the cartridge. Perhaps
viii will tell us next year.
In Diamond City, also, | wrote my
first editorial. a prostrating epi-
dcmic went through the town and
knocked nearly everybody off their
feet except myself. Will Sutherlin
was in Bcavcrhead county on one OF
his trips, Bob and ''Tar IIccln were In
bed. In those days one could not 60
out and find printer like he can
now, and people in Diamond said the
paper would not come out. They
didn't know what a printer could do
when put to it. The paper came
out, but it was a day and night job.
1t was in 1878, just after the battle
Of the Big Hole, and Immediately
after the Virginia City volunteers
campaign Of glory against the Nez
perccs at Hcnry's Lake. That first
editorial was a western comment on
Gen. HoWard's conduct Of the cam
paign. The article was submitted
to Tim Collins, then county clerk
and probate judge Of Meaghcr county,
and, meeting his approval, was pub
liShcd. A three months lay-otf on
| account Of typhoid fever was the re-
suit (of the overWork, not, as some OF
you are doubtless supposing, Of the
articlc). When recovered q differ
ence Of opinion with the Sutherlin
Bros. in regard to wages sent me
back to Helena to take charge OF the
Herald job rooms, Tom Street TAX
About that time the Fathers at
st. Ignatius Mission, in Missoula
county, got up Il Bible or Testament.
printed in the Indian language.
Dick Butler, who l met again for
the first time since 1880 last fall in
Anaconda, where he was reporting
the races for the Butte Miner, went
to the Mission and did the work for
them. After Dick got back he
sometimes, in setting type, got a
peculiar motion on his hand, and lie
used to tell us boys he got into that
style while working on the Indian
languages lie called it 'shis Indian
notion" When anyone of!us got in
to an argument with Dick he would
fire long string of Flathead words
at us. We passed at once.
At one time some Of the Fathers
from the Mission were visiting Hell
cna and Dan Fisk showed them
around the Herald office. They
talked about their Office at the Mis-
sion, and said they needed some new
rollers for their press. Dan, who
knows as much about rollers as Bill
Stone does about hard work, pro-
cccdcd to tell them all about how to
make rollers, aud then escorted them
politely into the business office. 4
general chorus Of what, in those
DAYS was equivalent to ''Rats!" went
f up from the boys.
During the summer Of 1879 ! was
very much in need Of 4 new job
stone, the old one being 50 badly
cracked that type dropped through
it. | kept asking Jack Fisk, who
,. ran the business end Of the Herald,
to get Il new one. lie put me oil
: until nearly fall, and then concluded
! to get it, When he had SO decided.
!, Billy McClatchv wanted one for the
newspaper, and Jack ordered both,
One day in October Jack came into
: the Office, and in q voice OF anguish
' cxclamation: ''My God, Stcvc.'
asked him what the matter was, and
he replied: ''Those stones are at
Franklin, and there is 800 freight
q charges on them: 1t seems that
Jack had q contract with tue trans
] portation companies for freight dur.
/ ing the summer at cents q pound
g from Chicago. The contract ran
+ until the lst Of October, and Jack
had delayed SO long in ordering the
! stones that they had hardly got
@ started before the freight contract
: had expired. The stones had cost
S36 and weighed 800 pounds. In
| stead of the freight being S27, under
: the Sc rate, they had Pun the rate "
s on him to lie per pound. told him
Y it served him right and hoped he
o would have to pay the s99. | never
!; knew how Jack settled with tho
G transportation company, but l go1
+ the stone.
!, About the time we were speaking
@ Of J i'm Forbis, now Il wealthy laWyc
r of Butte CITY, was an apprentice II