Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-08-13
AMONG THE MINING CAMPS
MORE TROUBLE IN THE LIE ROI.

Another Sensational Move in the
- Eu; ton1iict-The Republic out
uf Debt and Ready for Dividends
New Town Of kellnr-MininE
Notes and Briefs.
There was new lie Roi sensation last
week. The y. a. G. furnished It. me
minority would not accede to the wishes
Of the parties who had lately acquired
control OF a majority OF the stock, and
the managers cf the big syndicate ap-
piled to the court at Rossland for an in
junction taking control OF the property
out Of the hands Of the trustees, who
were working at cross purposes with the
Ros,land syndicate and placing it in the
hands OF W. 4. Carlyle, who was ap-
pointed by the court to take charge OF the
mine.
The regular monthly meeting Of the Le
Poi trustees was held last Tuesday even
ing The gentlemen were unanimous IN
asserting after the session was over that
nothing had been done. I'VE just met
and adiourned,' they said.
IN strictly parliamentary sense, the
meeting did nothing, and thereby hangs
Il tale Judge Hepburn was present at
the meeting as the legal representative Of
lie British American corporation which
bought the Peyton interests few weeks
since At his suggestion a motion was
introduced providing for the appointment
of w. A. Carlyle, the chief engineer for
the b. A. c., as manager Of the mine.
1t was understood that this was done at
the request of the holders of the majority
of the stock. The motion was made by
members of the Pcyton faction, who are
still on the board, notwithstanding they
have disposed OF their holdings III the
company. Colonel Turner was in the
chair, and he ruled the motion out Of or
der A row cnsued, and the threat was
made to put the motion and carry with
ullt regard to the man i'll the chair. There
were votes enough to do it, but one OF
the muscular members OF the minority
asserted just at this juncture that he
would throw the first man out of the win
dow who undertook such a step 1t is
said that the threat caused Judge Hey
burn to smile. At any rate it had its
effect with the members of the board,
and the meeting adjourned at once with
out further ceremony.
That was not the end of the matter.
The Wednesday morning train took Judge
Hepburn to Rossland, and within a few
hours after his arrival he obtained
through a Canadian court the thing
which he could not obtain from the board
of directors, while Colonel Turner pre-
sided. Judge Spinks granted the injunc-
1ion prayed for and at late hour the
sheriff accompanied representatives OF
The =. A. &. TO the mine, and placed W.
a. Carlyle in control Of the property.
Woodbury. Creek Trail.
Among the many Improvements to
roads and trails being made by the gov
elnment this year III the Kootenays, none
will give more general satisfaction to
those interested than the trail now in
course of construction up Woodbury.
creek. This stream empties into koo-
tcnay lake from the west about Il miles
It'ioN hdNlD anu iiitC lilii1o t'pSNI -hiit'
worth. and has some exceedingly prom
iSinr claims located all along its tribu
taries up to the headwaters of the
creek The work now going on has been
in progress about four weeks and will
take two or three weeks longer to com
plttc, when the facilities for getting III
and out of this rich mineral section will
be greatly improved.
The trail building is being done under
veteran in this section, who has y men
employed on the work. 1t is being con
structed in thorough manner, on a
wagon road grade, and will extend about
l3 miles up the creek. In many places
there has been much rock work, but that
part is pretty we'll done and the balance
is plain sailing
One Of the first results Of the building
of this important artery is shipment OF
Il carload of high grade galena ore now
being made from the Pontiac and Tecum-
sch mines on this creek. These are the
properties on which J.. A. Scowden spent
some $4,000 last winter and then aban-
doncd, and in which the original owners,
to whom it reverted, afterwards struck
it rich The present shipment is the first
one made from the property and is for i
snclter test.
New Town of Kellar.
TIE young busy mining camp on the
San Poll in the recently organized min
ing district is finally definitely named.
1t is called Kellar in honor Of the first
merchant who opened general store II
the place. a variety Of names have been
suggested but it is said to be definitely
settled by the people most interested, the
inhabitants Of the camp itself, that kel-
lar is the proper name. B. K. Short has
been in that vicinity since June q, was
one Of the sooners, in fact, though he had
not 50 extended an experience lodging
Indian police as had some Of the Spokane
men who spent weary weeks waiting foi
congress to act and Mckinley to sign.
"1Ne have busy little camp" said Mr.
Short. "We have three general stores
and more coming and several other lines
of business are represented. Application
has been made for the establishment Of a
pOstofticc. There is prospect that the
town will have to move, however. 1t is
located on the fiat by the river, on both
sides OF the stream, in fact. There was
Il townsite boom there shortly after the
reservation was opened and town lots
were staked for mile and a half along
the stream. Unfortunately this was on
an Indians ranch and | understand thai
Major Anderson has said that he intend:
to opst the squatters. If that is the case
the town will have TO move to the bench
es above the fiat
Over Sixty Thousand in July.
The Republic mine produced about $63,,
600 worth Of ore in July. The shipments
to the smelter were 293 tons averaging
STA to the ton, making about $4,000 and