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

became school teacher in MissOula
county, was sheriff and treasurer of
the county, was elected the first
state auditor Of Montana in 1888,
and now does editorial work on the
Evening Republican. That SER
geant was Hon. e. A. Kcnncy, Of
M issoula Also at Bozeman l had
the pleasure Of listening to some
very eloquent and powerful sermons
by Rev. w. W. Anderson, now pub
Usher of the Courier and a member
Of the press gang here.
Joe Wright, long since deceased,
was publishing the Ayant Courier, Of
which he was the founder, and his
brother George, still sticking type in
eastern Montana, l believe, was
working for him.
Leaving Bozeman in the spring Of
1875, the next summer was spent in
placer mining in Ophir gulch, below
Blackfoot City, and not far from the
present town Of Avon Not far
from where / was working was an
other placer claim worked blythe late
Peter Roman, the old newspaper man
Of the Gazette, afterwards agent at
the Tlathcad Indian agency and
whose death a few years ago brought
sadness to the heart Of all old timers
The next winter was spent on the
Herald, and at that time G. Wallace
Taylor. now a successful stock grow
cr Of Northern Montana, was trying
to learn the trade there. If l re-
member right, it was about that
time that small paper was started
in Helena called the News Letter. The
Office was on Bridge street, opposite
Mike Rcinig's grocery store, and
among those who were connected
with it were the celebrated "Bricl"
Van Waters, and Harry Lambert,
the latter since clerk at the Jocko
agency, and now a bookIccpcr in the
office of the Missoula Mercantile
company in this city. Very few pco-
pie know that Harry is printer, but
he was a pretty fair one.
In 1876, / think it was, Dr.. c. W..
Lombard, a leading dentist Of Mis-
soula and one OF your city fathers,
worked at the case on the Helena
Herald. He had formerly studied
dentistry in Minnesota, and shortly
after formed partnership with Dr..
Frary.
In the winter Of lS7G-77, Charley
Whtford, since Il physician in Butte
and now one Of the staff at Arkansas
Hot Springs, worked in the Herald
office, having learned to set type in
the office Of the New Northwest at
Deer Lodge.
In 1877 ! was engaged by W. II.
Suthcrlin to 60 to Diamond City as
foreman on the Rocky Mountain
1Iusbandman, succeeding Thomas p.
Street, recently publisher: Of !!y tn!
ranchcr in the Bitter Root valley
near Carlton. t'ar Heel JIM wa
then working for the Suthcrlins, !;
position he held until his death, anG
Dave Marks, now Il prominent poll
tician and member Of the association
through later connection with the
Helena independent, was the "towl
boy"
While working for the Husband
man, several amusing incidents oc.
cured Will Suthcrlinr who
Travelled all over the territory and
wrote articles for the paper, used t(
make a practice Of noting every fine
animal q ranchman owned. lie haC
a great habit of leaving the name:
blank, filling them out afterwards
before mailing. but frequently III
would forget. "'Tar Heel" and | usct
used to ask Bob Sutherln what wa
the name Of, for instance, the fin
stallion owned by Anthony Chatln
in the Bitter Root valley. OF cours
Bob wouldn't know, and finally
told ssTar Heel" that whenever 1T
came to blank in Wits manuscript
to put in tJohn Smith.' Two Q
three letters came in before Will 60
home, and items about somebody
thoroughbred Short Horn bull
'..John Smith," or another farmer
, fine Jersey COW, ".Iohn Smith," oC
CURED very frequently in them. Q
course viii came home on the wa
path, but We just informed him tina
"JOlln Smith'' went from that or
!, We in Diamond were not suppose
to know the names Of every horse
bull or COW in Missoula, Deer Lodg
, or Madison county.
I While in Diamond, also, some roy
ing Sioux raidcd up the Mussclshc
l and Smith river valleys, and cam
over the range into the Missouri va
ley. 1t was in an encounter wit
p them that Jeff Sharp, OF Povcrt
Flat, near where Townsend no
stands, got shot in the knee, frol
, which wound he laid in the Sister
q hospital at Helena for Il long time
!, An effort was afterwards made
+ pass through the territorial lcgisl;
t turc a bill for his relief, giving hiI
= $500, but the legislature thought
would be establishing an unwis
r. precedent. And referring to Jc
Y Sharp reminds me Of his brothc
+ Anthony. Anthony and jeff, bot
! Of whom are dead several years, wei
J Sufferers, but Anthony could dis
: count JEFF in that accomplishment
@ The brothers used to be intcrcstc
), in some drift di~gings in Confcdc
Il ate gulch. On ono of these claim
q was an old Shaft which was partl
( full Of water, and it was decided
: clean out the shaft and resume Wol
at that point 10 ascertain til
depth Of the water, Anthony was It
. down with a rope around him, Wit
II the understanding that when |
ronn1n1 0t or l)n I rH II ont