The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-19
WAS VERY SHY ON HAIR
But He Received a Pair of Hair
Brushes.
kENNETTS TALE OF WOE
He Travelled Two Days to Distribute
Only $50 Trout Fry Now He Has
a Kick Coming Against the
Fish Commission.

Nissoula, Dec. 1s.-There is we'll
known professional man in this city
whose dome of thought has been be-
reft of most of the hirsute covering
with which nature originally bedecked
st. His Uranium is as smooth as an
egg. He is not at all sensitive about
st. however. and treats his condition
with pleasant jest He was telling
some of his friends the other night
about his last Christmas presents, ana
he said that when he opened the par
eel that his fond wife handed him on
Christmas morning, he felt as he had
never felt before in his life. the
package contained a pair of beautiful
military hair brushes, handsomely
mounted and with his monogram. en-
srayed upon the back. He didn't
know whether it was a joke or wheth-
er his wife had bought them in seri-
business. One glance at her face how
ever, showed him that ii was seri-
Gus matter and he accepted the splen-
did gift with a smile. He is fellow
who appreciates a good joke. however,
and he could not hold off long. lie
burst out laughing and laughed for
long time at high pressure. To his
wife's wondering and solicitous gaze he
finally replied. when there was an in
PERMISSION in the laughter sufficiently
dong. He said:
do at this moment. ] know that your
love for me has so blinded you that IN
all of these years you have never made
the discovery that ] am bald.
Then she saw the joke for the flrst
time, and she laughed, toe. Now the
man is wondering what this Christmas
will bring him.
II. p. Kenneth. receiver for the Hell
ena & Victor Gold Mining company,
has a tale of woe to tell in connection
with the recent distribution of young
fish in the streams of the Bitter Root.
There were 5000 of these small trout
delivered to Judge Woody here at
Missoula, and the judge sent them all
up the valley. distributing them at the
various stations along the line. Victor
WAS the last station to receive any OF
the fish, and its proportion was 70 haN
been 1.250. but the men who received
the fish at the other stations had been
over jealous, and had taken more than
their shares, so that there were only
$50 left when the train reached Victor.
The men who received them there.
Messrs. Blake and Kennett. thought
that the lot looked small for more than
thousand of the youngsters. but as
stunned that the size of the fish made
the aggregate occupy but little space.
Accordingly. Mr.. Kenneth prepared TO
take the fish to the lake in the noun
planting place, and started out with
the fish in a can on packhorse. while
he rode another animal. The lake is 50
miles from the railroad. and the trail
is one of the toughest of all the rough
trails in the Bitter Root mountains.
Leading along the rocky sides of a
canyon. sometimes 200 feet above the
stream that makes it's way down
through the pass il is hard travelling,
especially as 1t was necessary TO take
The can containing the fish down t.
the creek every hour to change the
water. The journey occupied day
and a half, and when the lake was
reached. horses and men were worn
cut. and the fish were not any toe
lively. But they We're poured out OF
the can into the clear. cold water Of
the lake and swan away, apparently
leontented in their new location. rs
they were poured out ii occurred &c
Mr.. Kenneth to count them. and he
soon discovered that he had Travelled
two days for $50 fish.
He made another discovery. too, that
did not tend to make him any happier
the trout We're the native variety in
stead of the rainbow trout that he had
been told he would receive. Then liz
was warm under the collar. As soor
as he reached home he sat down and
wrote a letter to friends in Washing
ton, expressing a decided opinion of this
enee be used to secure for the Bitter
Rect stream some Eastern trout anf
some of the Califnfnia varieties. IL,
said that, now that he had undertaken
A. do something in this line. he wa:
determined to do Ii right Since tina
time he has received a promise tina
the fish commission will next summe'
send out here a carload Of the yarie
ties asked for, and then Mr. Kennel
will count out his own fish.
II you own big dog in Mlssouli
and don't want to lose him. the onl,
safe plan is not to let him get out o
your sight Within the past feN
weeks there have been numerous ca
mines Of value conscripted for servic
owners are making efforts 10 secur
them again. but thus far they hay
not been successful. Jim Moses mourn
the loss Of his handsome ST. Bernard
and several other railroad men haN
reported that their big. long haired ca
mines have disappeared. Some Of theE
have been good hunting dogs. and ne
few of them have been trained b
boys to draw loads. Dog Officer Jo
McGregor has had a good offer for a
Of the big dogs that get into the poun
and this win probably save him III
trouble of drowning them. There al
plenty of dogs that Will make goo
material for the Kiondyke in tow
and unless their taxes are paid the
are likely to be given a free trip norti
ward.
II is more than likely that hon
industry club will be organized in III