The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-19
WAS COLD AZ YEARS AGO
Judge Woody Falls Into
Reminiscent Mood.
SAROINES ARE 7ABOOED
The Toothsome Morsels Will Be Cut
Out OF the Bill OF Fare-Indian
Dance Under Natural Con-
dit!ons-More Campers.

Missoula. Aug. 1S.--Judge Woody be-
came reminiscent the other night when
somebody found fault with the cold
weather. "Forty-two years ago on
August A." he said, there was heavy
frost In this valley that destroyed all
the wheat that had been sown that year.
1t was the first crop that was planted in
this valley. I had helped to put it in
early in the spring. 1t was on the land
that is now embraced in the farm of
Gaspard Deschamps in Grass valley. l
worked for the two men who We're try
ing to farm there until the early sum-
mer and then went up to Fort Owen to
work. In August | joined a hunting
party that was going to Deer Lodge val
ley and we started off with some half
breeds who were to go with us. | re-
memh it was August II Nnn we
camped in this valley. ard that nisht
there was white frost all over the W
lands. The next day we went on up TIL
canyon and two days later were at Gar
rison. That night ice half an inch thick
formed in the camp where there was
any standing water. The wheat that
we had planted down at Grass valley
was at that time in the milk and the
frost ruined it all. The smell from
that field of wheat after the weather
turned warm again was worse than the
odor from a slaughter house. So. you
see, this year is not the worst that has
been experienced in this section and
the statement that the climate is get
ting worse is not correct
Not much is heard from the campers
at Poison, where the young people who
went out under the guidance of Will
Murphy and Frank Worden are locat-
ed. but now and then bit of news
drifts down from there. One item that
has come down by underground tele-
graph is to the effect that nearly a of
the young people there have lost their
liking for sardines. A party from the
camp crossed the lake to the point
where the biological camp is located.
using the steam launch for the voyage.
They had delightful journey up TO
the head of the lake and We're royalty
entertained by their hosts at the upper
camp. A ball was given in their hcnor
at the old club house and they had a
fine time. but when they started hCme
they were overtaken by a storm that
made the water on the lake exceedingly
rough. Just before the storm struck
they had eaten lunch that was
largely composed of sardines, and when
the waves began to run four or five feet
high these sardines became very un-
easy and did not remain as quiet as
well regulated sardines should. The
result was that the members of the
party poured sardines and oil upon the
water in a primitive sort of way, to
their own great relief and with the eff
feet of stilling the waves so that they
were able to make land without acct
dent. They tied up for the night and
t,al 10 flr hriI
where they remained till mCrn'ne.
When the sun rose it was good sailing
again and camp was reached without
accident. But these sailors have no,
eaten sardnes since.
Among the diversions that are max
ing life pleasant for the campers is
In addition to the dance re
ferred to above. Charles Allard enter
tanned the members of the party at fi'
ranch the other night He had soo1
music and the occasion was a merry
one. The campers gave dance ITEM
selves this week and had a royal time
There is an Indian fiddler who fuIn-
ishes the music, and he is said to D.
all right. This Indian is also the chief
tom tom player of the Indian orchestra
t hat furnishes music for the native
dances. He is an all-ruund artist and is
in demand everywhere. Some of the
returning members of the camping
party whose vacation leave has eX-
pred, in coming across the Mission
valley last week witnessed the inter
estng spectacle of an Indian dance
under natural conditions. Cliff Rit-
tenour describes the incident interest
ingly He says that the Indian host
had killed a beef and that the women
had ii cut into strips when he came
along. These strips they We're smOk-
e., hal, Ito, Loo Of
pairing a feast. While this was going
on the bucks were dancing in a pavil-
ion that had been built by sticking
brush into the ground. Against one
wall of this pavilion was squatted the
band, composed of men who beat upon
the tom toms with willow wands. deco
rated with bright-colored strips of
cloth. The ceaseless beating upon these
drums was accompanied by a chant
which the drummers droned out, while
a line of women standing behind them
added treble to the weird chorus. The
host stood near the entrance, and when
he blew a whistle the dancing began.
The dancers numbered from eight to
twenty, and their dancing was more
vigorous than graceful. Each dance
continued until the host gave the sig
nal to stop by blowing his whistle
again. Then there would be an interval
of rest until the whistle sounded again.
The dancing continued from 4 o'clock
in the afternoon till midnight, when all
hands attacked the smoked beef and
ate enough to last them for two or
three days.
With the resumption of business by
the fair weather clerk. the camping
fever has broken out again and there
will be new parties starting out in a
few days. These parties are going to
take advantage of the shooting season
and will stay all through from chicken
to bear, Ducks are said to be fine this
season, and some good shooting is
promised in this line to compensate for
the poor chicken shooting this fall. The
ranges that will be covered by these
campers extend from NermilliOn on
the west to the BlackfOot on the east
and there is hardly a stream between
these limits that will not have a camp
or two along its banks. In the mean
time the farmers are rushing their
crops into the stack, and when their