The Anaconda standard., 1898-01-20
.BOzEMAN THE LITERARY
She's Cutting Wide Swath as
the Athens of Montana.
YOUNG IDEAS SHOOTING
Unrivaled Opportunities for Them to
Become Crack Shots-Mr. Darnell
Looking for Imaginary Muir
derers With Gun.

7If11ldl l'dliesDDfutHGe OF the StdnudIu.
i Bozeman, Jan. 17.-Nearly every state
| In the union has what is called a col
| lege town." and from all indications
Bozeman is destined to bear that title
for the state of Montana. All towns of
any size have some particular feature
to distinguish them from their neigh
bors and as Anaconda and Butte are
known for the number and richness of
the mines in and adjacent to them, and
Helena for its social and financial su-
pfemacy so is Bozeman, With the high
grade of its schools and college, along
educational lines. Probably there could
not have been selected a more favorable
site for an educational center than
Bozeman, situated as il is in a quiet
farming district, with citizens of con-
servative character, endowed by nature
with pure water in close proximity,
beautiful scenery and pleasant drives,
and large field for botanical re-
searches and the like The public schools
consists OF two well-built and hand
some structures, one situated III the east
end of the city and the other, the High
school, in the west end. In these school
buildings all the rooms Of which are in
use, there are nearly 900 children who
are being instructed in the three RS
and the more advanced theories of mod
ern education. These schools are pre-
sided over by Superintendent Harmon
and corps of Is teachers. Then there
is the agricultural college, with its three
main buildings fast nearing completion,
which has attached to 1t the experiment
station, farm and buildings all of which
are equipped with the most modern ma
chlnery, electric plant and chemical ap-
pliances, not to mention the handsome
furniture with which each is furnished
the best college of its kind west of the
Mississippi The faculty of the college
consists of President Reid and II other
professors, most of whom are gradu-
ates from the most reputable colleges in
the United States and Europe. So.
counting the attendance of nearly 800
pupils in the public schools and some
thing over 200 students for the college.
BoZeinan. with a population of a little
less than 5000, has over one-fifth. in
the aggregate. climbing the ladder of
knowledge. 1t has been said that Boze-
man has no payroll. but for the teachers
and professors alone there is more than
$4,000 paid out annually, which is per-
haps conservative estimate.
A man named Elum Darnell came TO
Belgrade last Thursday and asked Press
johnson to take charge of him.a as the
sheriff was looking for him, and he did
not want to give him any trouble john
son telephoned TO Sheriff Fransham,
but he did not know anything about the
man, but told Johnson to bring Darnell
10 town. 1t seems that Darnell had be-
ing to kill him and had been hunting
in the brush for maginary murderers
all Wednesday night with shotgun.
and while doing SO held UP some ranch
ers going to Belgrade to meet the west
bound train. but on being informed that
they did not want him he let them go
He has been confined in the jail since
his arrival in town with a view to find
ing out whether he is insane or not. it
being thought that he had imbihed too
much of the stuff that makes men see
snakes.
Sheriff Fransham brought in a man
on Saturday from Bear canyon for get
ting too brave and firing off his shoot
ing iron in the city while on his way
home after having drunk a little too
much whiskey. The man, Morrison by
Eame, pleaded guilty, was very peni
tent. paid his fine and returned home
rejoicing that the matter was no worse
than il was.
Randolph Brooks. formerly under
sheriff of this county, sold his ranch a
few days ago for about $4,000. Ranches
in the valley are not so easy to obtain
nowadays and when they are a good
consideration is always paid for them.
p. +. Leavy, general agent for the
states of Montana and Idaho of the
Union Central Life Insurance company.
passed through BoZeman on Saturday
Oh his way to attend meeting of the
general agents OF this company al Gin
cinnati, TO take place January 20. Mr..
Leavy stated that the Gallatin valley
WAS the best part of his territory. and
although the farmers We're harder to do
business with than most people, yet they
We're the most substantial class of eti-
zenS, especially the Gallatin valley far
mef, this year al least.