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


tough on the young tcnderfoot at
the time, and ''sidelcaps for grub
was the principal labor performed
for about six weeks. Then a days
work was given on the Independent
and after that things came a little
easier. And it is very fitting to
mention here that our old friend,
Judge J. G. Kcrley, now present and
among our hosts, was the first man
that gave the boy chance. kerley
was the editor of the independents,
and besides worked at the case to
keep himself from getting too fat.
L. +. LaCroiX was business manager,
while Hugh McQuadc, now a Mon
tana mining magnatc, and who was
the other partner, played at getting
locals and rctailed stories to new
comers about "Me and Colonel So
and So" One OF the printers on the
Independent at that time was N. T.
Chemidlin, now one Of the proprie-
tors Of the Fort Benton River Press,
and one Of the best fellows that ever
stuck type in Montana.
Speaking Of Judgc'Kerley, rcmcnds
me Of an incident connected with
his work Oh the Independent at
Deer Lodge, before it was removed
to Helena to take the place Of the
Gazette, which had been conducted
by Wilkinson, Roman & Maginnis,
but which a second fire had knocked
out Of existence. A certain Young
man, Of the class that might be re-
garded as tough, had got into some
trouble about woman at 4 country
dance, and Kerley wrote an article
which raked the man pretty thorough
ly. A few days after the article ap-
pearel, while Kcrley was sitting on
his stool with handful of type in
! his hand, he suddenly found the fell
Flow and his brother on either side OF
him, with the inquiry of whether he
was the writer Of the article, which
he said,referred to him. Kcrley re-
piled that he didn't know that he
had anything to say in the matter,
as he was not q subscriber to the
paper and therefore had no Eight to
question what appeared in it. The
fellow was bluf1cd at this stand, but
still persisted in knowing whether
he wrote it. Kerlcy shifted his
handful Of type to his right hand, as
a convenient weapon, and looking the
fellow in the eye said he was the
author and demanded what he was
going to do about it. The fellow
said he wanted an apology in the
paper, and after a little talk the
Judge said lie would give it. So the
next week the paper stated that MI.
So and So, had been to the office and
stated that he was the individual re-
fcrrcd to in the former articlc-and
that was all tho apology that was
eyer pHHhhl.shtSeds rs svr The Il N nan lvS vent 1o
bring an action, but Brown told him
that Kcrlcy had agreed to apologize,
and had done so, and that he had no
case. But telling q man that be-
cause he was not subscriber he had
no right to question anything which
appeared in q paper, was Il new
way of bunlng. 1t might well be
followed by some of us in these days.
The foreman Of the Herald at tho
time I arrived in Helena was the
same Billy McClatcley who still holds
that position, Among the printers
was Billy Shouc and Billy Coync,
the latter now the superintendent OF
the Iron Mountain mining company
in this county. James a. Stevens,
familiarly known as ':Tar Heel jim
he was from North Caroina--an(
who died in 1889 at White Sulphur
Springs, was the "dcyil." In con
nection with "Tar Hecl's' dcatl
came an unique experience to me
, The Chicago Evening journal, In th'
} Job rooms OF which establishment
had worked just previous to coming
to Montana, saw the death notice il
t some Montana paper, and us til'
s name was the same with the cxccp
tion Of the middle initial. cook i
J for me, and gave nc a very nice Oh
t ituary notice, which I had the pleas
urc Of reading and then publisllin!
: in the Missoula Evening Item
c which | was then trying to carr
O through. And want to tell 20
: people that if you never read tina
l. obituary notice YOU never will kno'
c what fine fellow I really am.
: didn't know it myself before theE
G H"Tar Heel left Helena to go to TIL
L Husbar(mun at Diamond City, 'an
/ was succeeded in the exalted pos
t ion Of ''cub" on the Herald by
C now wcll-known and successful cit
L zen Of Cascade county, Prof. @. {
If Morrison, then known to the printt
% bows as "Tommy."
Is Shortly after this the late Colont
Black engaged me to go to Hozcma
Ii and take mechanical charge Of IT,
IS Bozcman Times, Il new paper jus
If started by j. Y. Bogcrt and Mat
g. Black. There | met the able bt
m cratic II. n. Mcguire, the formt
Il. publisher Of the old Pick and Plov
N and who at that time was probat
Il Judge Of Gallatin county. Charlie
ID Bruce, since dead, Il former slave
n. Major Bruce, an old southern new
Il, paper publisher before the war, an
st who (thc major) was living in Boz
,r man at the time and dabblcd in tt
D. Montana newspaper field aftcrWa?d
It worked the ''devil's tail'' on the O.
= Washington hand press on which tt
H. Times was printed. Charley W;
l. quite a good prcssman, having Wor|
is ed at it for the major in the sout'
Ill BY the way, after Charley died, h
en- widow, Il very pretty colorcd woma
of married Sammy Lewis, very mu(