The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-01
HAD A PLEASANT TRIP
The Kangaroo Club in the Clear
water Country.
PLENTY OF GAME WAS SEEN
Fishing Was Excellent-Elk in Abund-
ance-Three Monstrous Bears and
a Mountain Lioness-Saw
Lots of Birds.

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WEIGH, Marcus Daily, jr., and r. Deb.
Smith, who has just returned from
their outing trip into the Clearwater
country are looking and feeling fine,
and express great satisfaction with
the pleasures of the trip.
The young men left Hamilton on the
morning of Aug. l, and with them
went Albert Hammond and Thomas
Running as guides, Jesse Printz and
| Jack Mclean, as packers. and Frank
| Van ALstyne. as cook They took with
| them no less than % horses, eight of
which were saddle horses and II pack
| animals, an American flag, the flag of
| the Kangaroo club-designed by Mas
! ter WEIGH, a three cornered red flag,
with white kangaroo in the center
| "a tent designed by Mr.. Smith, rub
| Der mattresses and all the parapher-
MALTA which the hunter or fisherman
| might want.
| The first day out they camped about
| six miles from the mouth of Lost
| Horse, the second night found them
| at the Twin lakes on the summit. At
| the latter place they spent three days,
| and among other things saw a COW elk.
which was allowed to pass unmolested.
| From the Twin lakes they moved some
| 10 miles to Elk Lick, where they saw
another COW elk, and after one night
| there they journeyed eight miles to
Indian lake. Here they found every
! thing backward and no game to be
| seen, and so they Travelled on to the
| big ticks at Deadmans Flats in the
| Three Forks country Of the Clearwa-
| ter. Here they spent a week and had
lots of hunting and saw plenty of
game. At Deadman's Flats they saw
the old cabin where Murphy and
haI Tod nf fa,c
ago, their only companion reaching the
Bitter Root in safety, but more dead
than alive. They also saw what is
known as the lost cabin and the old
gold pan and other things that the
lost cabin miners had used. From this
point the party went up Moose creek
where they ran across three monstrous
bears, but they hadn't lost any bears,
and did not attempt to corral these
fellows AT this place, also, Welch
and Running saw a big mountain lion
ess and cub, to which they gave the
right of way. From Moose creek the
party went to Elk Summit lake, or
Hoodoo lake, where they spent five
days, and had all the fishing they
wanted, besides seeing lots of deer and
band of six COW elk and a bull. Their
next stop was at Sand lake, which Is
almost back of Blodgett creek on this
side of the range, but very hard to
get into from here on account of the
bad trail. They stayed at Sand lake
for three days, and became surfeited
with the fishing. On their trip the
boys had taken an Acme No. 2 portable
boat, and at the various lakes they
had put it together and enjoyed the
boating. At Sand lake they had out
their boat, and say that they never saw
such fishing: one had only to drop a
hook to have a fish on it. From Sand
lake they journeyed in loop toward
the back trail, and the three boys left
the summit at Twin lakes on the
morning of Tuesday, Aug. 20, and rode
40 miles home to Hamilton. Their
outfit got in yesterday.
During the whole trip the party was
without accident of any kind. Three
horses were left on the trip one at
Deadman's Flat which got kicked, but
which will be brought in, and two an
imals were left at the summit on the
return to recuperate, they being tired
and little lame. Early on the trip
Mr. Smiths fine Llewellyn setter re-
fused to follow some of the men left
there to the last. and wandered off
with another party which came along
after. but on the return the setter |
turned up and Joined his original par
ty, coming in with them. The boys
saw lots of birds on the trips grouse
and fool hens, and they say that coun- |
try is full of them They had 10 rainy |
Gays on the trip. but We're very little |
Inconvenience on that account be- |
cause of their preparedness When |
they We're obliged to stay in the tent
Welch got out his. mandolin and Smith |
his banjo, while DAILY Joined the en-
thusiastic audience. On their trip the
party met five men from Granger.
Idaho, who were in search of the Lost
Mine that has lured so many into that
country in search of it's reported rich
ness. They also met Mr.. Coleman and
party, which left from this point The |
latter had only killed one mountain |
goat at the time and did not appear |
to have had much luck
The party is very earnest in praise !
of the two guides. Running sand Ham |
mond, and unhesitatingly state that as !
a trailer, guide and hunter Running |
cannot be excelled, while Hammond is !
thoroughly familiar with the country. |
Both men are good company and very |
obliging. Indeed, young Welch seems |
TO think there is no companion for an |
outing like Running. They also have |
good word for the rest of the men |
With them. On the trip the boys took |
many kodak views of the country |
which will no doubt delight their many |
friends. They expect to repeat their
trip next year, and will possibly make
headquarters at Sand lake, making eX-
cursions from that point.
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