The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-10-14


has been grading The streets of the
county seat.
The G 2 round>up has been
working this section of the county
this week under the direction of S.
Acton.
The first real cold weather of the
season came this week when on
Wednesday a blizzard blew from
the north west.
Frank Campbell, who has been
working in the Cut Bank country
this summer, succeeded in trapping
"a few splendid specimens Of prairie
wolves. One pelt measured over
seven feet. He says there are
p.enty more of them in that Sec
ton.
Several good looking specimens
of gold quartz have been brought
down from the summit at the head
of Birch creek, The first float was
found five miles from where the
lead was found. The lead is ovtr
the range in Flathead county and
the assay is thought 20 be excel
lent.
This week a number Of prospect
e ors were found by the Indian police
e on the reservation near Midvale.
aud they refused to go wien order
:. ed by the police. One OF them
S pulled a qua ana was arrested anu
is now lying in Jail at the agency.
;. ]. Shields and G.. W. Conrad,
J the former of Anaconda, and a
brother-in-law of Marcus Daily,
i are spending day or two this
o week ;ookins at ter their mineral
r prospects on the coded strip. They
n were guided into the mountains
by Dutch Louie. who is supposed
to be familiar with the best pros
poets on the strip,
A grand wedding eliminating in
d a ball was celebrated on the reser>
walton yesterday, when Joseph
10 Brown aud Miss Arnold were unit
a ed in the bonds OF wediock. The
q marriage ceremony was performed
r at the Hoy Mission, Dan Haggerty
IS supporting the groom. The party
a then adjourned to the residence OF
l.obt. Stewart, where a b%ounteous
q repast, was spread. From there
n The party, went to the agency
% where they were met by host of
ID friends Of the young couple, VIII
had assembled to offer their con
gratu,a ions and celebrate the
+ =
e event by joining in a grand bali
Ii goes without saying that the
whole affair was a complete success:
Mt and the event of the season at tn
agency.
as
Johnny Carruthers is dead. o.
- Saturday afternoon he was arount
town taking and shaking hand
with friends, and that night hi
corpse was laid out in a room il
the Dupuyer hotel by kind AM
sympathetic hands. He left t W
IL in the evening accompanied b.
en- William Sellew, who had the run
a ming gears of a wagon, havlni
brought a load of logs to town
ed When about six miles from tow
in they were both sitting on the iron
IA bolster of the wagon and Johnn
lad was in the act of returning to hi
pocket a flask of whisky fro:
'en which he had been taking a drink
1t. when he fell forward or. his fac
in front OF the wheel. Before tn
riff horses could be stopped the whet
The passed over his body. The horse
ire were stopped before the hind whe'
got TO him. Mr.. Sellew saw thu
in Mr.. Carruthcrs was hurt and Wen
he down to VIM. Cowgill's ranch an
'ho there he met Ira Holorook Wi
as nitched up a team to a wagon an
the brought the unfortunate nau t
I'm town. He was taken to the Dup
am yer hotel and DR.. Titus summon.
-" but 1t was too late and the ma
Tue was dead d few minutes after
was laid ON the bed. The count
uld officials were telephonrd to and the
Fhe lefC Immediately for Dupuye
eau where they arrived before dayligI
ted on Sunday morning. The sheriff