The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-09
GOSSIP Of THE CAMERA
A Good Week for, the Expert
Amateurs.
SOME SPLENDID RESULTS
Night Photographing by w. E Graham
A Tour of the Mission Valley
by E. H. Boos-1n the
B tier Root.

taken in Missoula in past years, but
the record this year bids fair to sur
pass all previous efforts. The weather
and the country has been looking its
best this summer, so that the man who
could not take a good picture this sea-
son could not take one at all The
photographs that were the products of
the circus and the Fourth have begun
to appear and are in demand. Those of
the circus and it's crowd are excellent
and recall pleasant memories. The
Fourth pictures, as pictures, are all
right, but there are some who would
like to see them all destroyed. In fact,
it might be well to remove all records
of the Fourth for obvious reasons. These
pictures will remain to show how Ell
fective the work of the Missoula knock
ers can be when they go at it in earnest.
The members of the committee that
managed the celebration have nothing
to be ashamed of. but the time is not
far distant when those who did all they
could to defeat the plans of the COM
mittee will regret that the Camera club
has preserved record of their pusil-
lanimity.
But to return to the pictures. The
splendid results of the night photogra-
ply of w. f. Graham have been men
toned in the Standard during the week.
Mr.. Graham has finished some of the
pictures that he succeeded in getting OF
the lightning during the storm that
preceded the Fourth, and they are all
that was expected of them from the
proofs that We're shown. The flash OF
lightning is shown as clearly as place
.Af DO Ia plE
clouds from which the flash emanated
is distinctly shown and the two forks
of the electrical discharge stand out
sharp and clear from the dark back
ground IT is fine piece of work and
Mr.. Graham has reason to feel proud
of it, The same artist has completed
some fine floral studies. These include
bouquets of cut flowers and masses of
growing plants in bloom. All are char
acterized by sharp outlines and clear
detail that make them splendid exam
pies of the particular class of work that
they represent
f. H. Boos has returned from a tour
of the Mission valley, which he took
with his camera in his hand, and the
results of the trip are some of the most
satisfactory pictures that have been
taken of the scenes of the valley Of the
reservation. Most conspicuous among
this lot of pictures is series OF views
of the Allard herds of bufalo. Mr.
Boos succeeded in getting some remark
ably fine photographs of these huge
animals, singly and in groups. one
picture in particular shows bunch
of buffalo bulls on the plain, with the
dim outlines of the Mission mountain:
in the background. The scene is one
that will recall old times to those who
remember the days when herd of bur
falo was a more common sight than a
band of cattle. One of these pictures
has been added to the Standard office
collection by Mr.. Boos and has been
much admired by all who have seen it
These pictures furnish excellent ma
terial for souvenirs of Missoula,s coun'
try to send to friends in the East
Messrs. Wagner and Wolf have beer
on a photogrMphing tour of the Bitter
Root valley in the interest of their pup
LEGATION and have some remarkably
good pictures. Notable among these are
orchard views taken in the neighbor'
hood of Hamilton and of the Bittel
Root stock farm. The pictures of the
farm are very good. Especial pains
were taken to show the irrigation sys'
TEN of the ranch and, while all of these
views have a practical value as snow
ing what is being done to reclaim tht
lands of the valley, the artist did no
overlook the picturesque features OF TN
country and some of the pictures OF tht
fumes and bitches are gems of land
scape work The town of Hamilton ma!
also furnished some good material. IL
fine buildings. hotels and schools, III
unusually large number of churchet
and its hotels and mills have all beel
transferred to paper and Will give
fine exposition of the attractiVeness 0
the town that is the center or the BIT
ter Root country.
One picture in this group is OF especla
interest 1t shows the big dam at TN
Hamilton mills just before the hisl
water partially wrecked it. AT this TIM
the water was at its greatest heigh
and the view shows the apron OF tn
dam with the flood rushing over II
Every gate in the dam is VIDE ope
and the water PUSHES out in vas
streams that indicate the terrible forc
of the torrent that for days had the pee
pie of the lower valley terrified.
DIR. Joe Oettinger was among IN
camera sharps who did good work Whll
the crowds were in town and he has
| choice collection of views to snow 10
! his work. He has shots taken at III
| parades and at the crowds IS they en-
| joyed themselves in their own peculla
/ ways. IheSe pictures u the ,ioNN
| are interesting for the number of type
of people that they represent There
! material for many a good story in tn
! throngs that filled the city for two {
| three days.
| Dr.. Lombard has taken some historl
views this summer that will be espe
| cially valuable as time passes. IN
| scenes that they portray are being II
moved as the growth of the city ref
| ders necessary the destruction of oil
buildings and in d short time it Will b
| impossible to secure these pictures.
+. NJ. Ingalls, has done some of I'll
best landscape work this summer tha
he has ever shown and that is sayin
| much. Mr.. Ingalls, work is of the hes
and he has surpassed himself this sun
| mer in transferring to plate and fill
| the scenes that combine to make Mis-
soula one of the most beautiful spots o
| earth. His recent collection of view
would attract attention anywhere.