The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-10
IT HAD NO FOUNDATION
The Smallpox Scare Proved to Be
Baseless.
LAKES ALIVE WITH CARP
Thirty Pound Fish in Private Ponds A
Thousand Trout in One Day
Caught in the Cabinet
Mountains.

special Correspondence OF the standard.
Libby. Aug. IA report was brought
to Libby that there was a case of
| smallpox at Troy, which is IS miles
west of here on the line of the Great
Northern, and there was quite little
excitement over it. DR.. w. NJ. Hows-
ley, who has recently located here,
promptly took the matter up and at
once wired the board Of county COM
missioners at Kalispell Of the report,
and the board wired back authorizing
him to go to Troy and investigate the
matter at the expense of the county
After making thorough examination
of the town, the doctor reported that
there was no foundation for the rumor
and that there was not a sick person in
the place. Where the report originated
is not known. Owing to the fact that
the disease has developed in several
places in the state of Washington, and
on account of so many men coming
from that section into the Libby dis
trict, the report caused a great deal Of
uneasiness, and the prompt action on
the part of DR.. Howsley and the board
ed by the people.
Carp Fish Lakes.
J. T. Hills, superintendent of trans
portation for the Snowshoe Mining
company, has returned from visit to
Troy, where he went to accept an in
vitation to fish in the private ponds
of Messrs. Miner and Savage, near
tyyn Ia
is three miles around and the other
about one mile in circumference, and
the former is owned by Mr. Savage and
the latter by Mr.. Miner. Four years
ago the United States government
stocked these lakes with carp, putting
about small pailfull into each one.
Some of these fish will now weigh from
20 to 80 pounds, and the lakes are liter
ally alive with them. In fact, they
have multiplied so rapidly that it is
now problem how to get rid of them
1t is the intention of the owners to put
in a series of traps and catch them for
the market They are considered a
good fish and will no doubt command
a good price in the market. These
lakes are private property, and the
only way one can get to fish in them is
through an invitation of the owners.
Mr.. Hills caught 16 while he was
there but was not fortunate enough to
saw a great number of them. While
these big fellows can now and then
| be caught with hook and line, the Gus
| tomary way to get them is by shooting
| them. They have habit of lounging
around in the shade of the leaves of
| the water lily, which grows in pro-
fusion around the edge of the lakes,
and while enjoying their daily siesta
| they generally have small portion of
| the back out of the water. While in
| this position they are easily killed. AS
| an experiment, this one was certainly
a success, and if others desire to start
| a carp ranch all they have to do is to
| send in their application and the gov
| eminent will be more than glad to put
| in the seed The best bait for carp is
| found to be common bread dough, and
next to that a little minnow is good.
Mr. Hills used the former while at
| Troy.
Fine Fishing Grounds.
One of the most successful fishing
| trips ever made in the state of Mon
| tana or anywhere else was that of a
| party Of enthusiasts who went up to
| Granite lake, about Is miles from Lib
| by, in an almost inaccessible part of
! the Cabinet mountains. There were
four in the party, which was made up
| of William Hills, who recently cap
ture dthe medal at the Spokane North
western shoot. Messrs. Kellogg and
Potter of Chicago and Mr., Garret, rep
resenting the Gorham Rubber company
of San Francisco. They were gone
three days, and one day they kept
| track of the number of fish the party
caught. When the tally keeper reached
the 1000 mark they called all bets off
and quit. During the catch Hills, who
| is also a great fisherman as well as
a crack shot, caught 400 of the little
speckled beauties in less than three
hours They We're so plentiful that the
sport ceased to be sport in short
time. The trout would fight for the
| fly when it was cast. and they finally
| got so that they would hold the fly a
| little above the water and watch the
trout jump for it. The fish were put
back into the lake as soon as caught.
| This is considered to be one of the