The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1897-02-19
SCEpYRR COMPANY
Judge Brantly Interviewed Regarding
That Property.
HAS RETURNED FROM THE EAST
He also Tells Of an Unpleasant Exper-
iencc With Snow Blockade and
q Dakota Blizzard.

Judge Theo Brantly, of Deer Lodge,
arrived in Mlss)ria this morning and
is at the Florence. Ee WIS q passen-
ger from the east and was one OF the
unfortunate passengers on the train
which was stuck in the snow bank this
side Of Valley City, N. D., for forty
hours. To Missoulian reporter Judge
Brantly said this was his first exper
ience with a Dakota blizzard and al
though the train men and residents of
the vicinity where they were anchored
in the snow said the blizzard was not
as bad as other storms of the season,
the passengers came to the conclusion
that the others must have been tcrrors.
The train on which be was a passenger
left Valley City short time behind a
mammoth suow plow called a "bucl,
er The bucller passed through cut
about seven miles west OF town III
safety. The passenger train ran into
the cut but from the time the snow
plow run through until the train caln0
considerable loose snow had blown III
and before the train got half way
through it got stuck and could not go
either way There they stayed until 70
rotary DlOW was sent from Fargo.
which cleared the rack up to within Il
few feet of the train aud then went
back to Valley City 10 allow an engine
to come out and pull the train back.
BY the time the engine could get there
the cut was filled so that it could lot
get within Il quarter of a mile Of the
train. SO the rotary had TO be sent out
AGAIN. The storm was not abating,
ana when the rotary bad cleared the
tack the second time in engine was
sent out, bringing in one car ut Il time
until all the train, including the eu-
gine on their train, was Oh the side
track at Valley City. Then tine rotary
plow went ahead, clearing the track
without any difficulty. The experience
was not bad one, tor there was plen-
| ty to eat and the cars were comfort
able.
Speaking of the times in the east,
the Judge said that he was in Chicago
and Southern Illinois, where his ralaa
tives reside. Everywhere ne wenJ'tlle
people are complaining of dull times.
! Among the farmers the price of pro-
ducts are low. Last year they had a
bounteous crop, still they complain
bitterly of the times. AS a rule the
farmers in the section of Illinois where
he visited are republicans and attribute
the dull times to q want OF confidence
throughout the land but look Tor bet
ter times before long. Wages are low
in every branch Of wo1.l. His brother,
who is running a weekly paper, EN-
ploys six men and pays his best men
only 81 to $40 per week, aud the meD
are glad to receive that-the way other
wages are around them. Another rel
ative of his is the chairman OF the
county commissioners. He claimed
there was not much distress among the
poorer people. In Chicago it was far
different for it is estimated that al the
way from thirty to forty Thousand peo-
pie are fed daily by the combined
charity of the City Of Chicago. Men
and women by the thousands are walk
ing the streets looking for work which
is unobtainable. There are the coun-
ty city. churches, and citizens ar
liable institutions, and they are all
busy. The best of them is the citi-
zens' charitable institution which en-
ploys hundreds of men and women
who are on the go night and day Look
ing after the distressed in the slums
and elsewhere. We're is not for the
combined efforts of the charitable in
stltutions Of Chicago there would be
more suffering within the city thar
anyone could estimate; as it is, the
condition is pitiable. One reason why
the citizens' charity surpasses al
others is from the fact they give work
to those they can, making the condi
tion of the poor less burdensome
Many of the steel works in Chicago
and other parts of the state are opening
up, thus giving employment to thous
ands of men. In fact, the steel indus
try is more active now than the major
ity of manufactures. There is nt
comparison between Montana and Hi
nois as far as general business is con
cerned, and1the citizens have every
reason to feel grateful.
When asked what he knew about thu
affairs of the Golden Sceptre Mining
company. the judge said Receiver W
S. Quigley would return from the eas