The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-25
HAVING FUN WITH MIKE
The Expert Guide Who Lost
Judge Brantly.
THE HORSES HAD ESCAPED
The Chief Justice Had a Pretty Touch
Time of 1t and Spent Many Anx-
ious Hours-Ths Smallpox
Scare Is Over,

special Correspondence OF the Standard
Libby, Sept. 22.-The recent expert
ence of Judge Brantly in getting lost
on the north side of the Kootenai river
at this place has not yet ceased to be a
subject of conversation, and while all
admit that it was his honor's fault,
there Is great deal of fun being poked
at Mike Wallace, the expert guide who
was hired by the party to look out for
them on the trip. 1t seems that on the
morning on which the judge got lost
that he was accompanied for a por-
ton of the way by Wallace, who showed
a disposition to accompany him all the
way out. Judge Brantly informed him
tnat he knew the way back and that
there was no Use in both leaving camp.
After giving him all the directions that
ne could Mike turned back to camp
ana the judge continued on his way
And got lost, as has been reported. The
reason for the judge leaving camp on
loot for town was that the horses were
lest and could not be found, and rather
than wait until they were found he de-
cided that 1T would be better for him TO
walk back, as the distance was only
about six miles But a short time after
getting back to camp Wallace succeed
ed in finding the horse and he and DR..
Howsley, the other member of the
party, came out, leading the judges
horse. thinking that they would pick
him up on the trail. When they got
into town and found that he had not
shown up they at once returned and
began search, which was continued
until the lost man returned on the aft
ernoon of the following day Judge
Brantly had pretty tough time of it
and was rather pleased when he got
back. Although he put on bold front
when he marched through town with
all eyes turned upon him, yet he was
pretty tired and looked as if he had
| passed some anxious hours.
Postmaster Mccarthy has received
| letter from the department requiring
him to weigh all mail matter, commence
| ing with the Sd of October and extend
| ing over a period of 81 days from that
| date. 1t is for the purpose of ascer-
| tanning the amount of mail matter car
| ried by the steam railroads in the Unit
| ed States. The business Of the Libby
| postoftice has grown so the past year
| that under the rules of the department
| it is now entitled to be graded as
third-class office and the postmaster
| should receive a salary instead of the
| cancellation. Under the rules, when an
office of the fourth grade earns to ex-
coed $3.50 for three successive quarters,
1t is entitled to be raised to the third
grade. The earnings of the Libby office
the past year will exceed these require
mentS by over $780,
Reports from kalispell are to the eff
feet that the smallpox scare is all over
and that the quarantine recently placed
on some of the sawmills near that place
has been raised and that the officials
of Kalispell have Issued an order per-
hitting public gatherings. All the pa
tients at the pest house are well or get
ting well and the danger point has been
safely passed. Nearly everyone in Libby
was vaccinated, including all the school
children, by order of the board of trus-
tees, and as a result the whole town is
going around with a sore arm.
Libby's payroll for the month ending
on the 18th was about $4,000. AS a con-
sequence the past few days have been
very lively and the merchants report a
good business in all lines.
Chief Engineer ]. f. Stevens of the
Great Northern has his private car on
the sidetrack at Libby and it will re-
main here While he takes a trip over
some new lines which his engineers
have been running in this vicinity.