The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-14
THEY ARE SCIENTIFIC
Gallatin County Farmers Watch
the Barometers.
WHEAT CROP MEN SMILED
When the Rain Came Down-It Meant
Dollars to Them-Little Work
Accomplished in the Dis
trict Court.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Bozeman, Aug. 12.-There are several
barometers in Bozeman, but the two
principal ones are located, one at the
drug store of Lee Warren and the
other at H. A. Pease's jewelry store.
When the weather is not quite as it
should be there are generally several
farmers in close proximity to both of
these weather machines. The weather
was never So good but what some one
had to demur to it, and farmers are
so peculiarly circumstanced that GER
tain kinds of weather suit some, but
ment to others.
During the recent dry weather the
above mentioned barometers were
| watched very closely by every one, as
nearly all wished for rain to help their
| crops, especially those farmers with
winter wheat crops, who are not bless
ed with an iron-clad water right.
| In this particular instance all prayed
| for rain, but rain it would not for six
weeks or more This, of course did
not injure very extensively the farm
| ers in the central portion of the val
| ley, but it was the ruination of the
| crops around the base of the mountain
| ranges. The drought finally came to
| an end about a week ago, and these
| aforesaid barometers began to go down
| and predict rain a. few days before the
! change came. There was Farmer Wis
ner, whose wheat was in the dough,
| and rain would make him several
hundred dollars more, as it would en-
able it to fill out better and become
plump instead of shriveled. was heard
to remark, Darn it, l wish it would
rain; 1t would help me wonderfully.
| bet it would make my crop worth
$500 more than l am expecting to get
out of it, He inspected first one bar
ometer and then the other, making
some similar remark, sometimes add
ing, THE sky has been creased down
my way all the summer, so the rain
can't get through, 50 l guess I'll have
to let it go. But I've hopes it'll rain"
Farmer Huffine has a lot of clover and
timothy hay down, so he goes to look
at the weather glass, and Farmer
WEIGH does the same, as he is in a
similar predicament Gosh, she is go
ing down, isn't she? Lord l hope it
amt going to rain, but it looks mighty
like it would" wish that big stack
was topped out" are some of the ex-
pressions made on this side of the
question. And then it rained. Farmer
Wisner looked around and got on a
high place to see if the storm had
reached his ranch Che was serving on
turned to a wet and rainy one, while
| the owners of the hay went around
| trying to console themselves with the
| hope that it was but a thunder show
| er, but it rained off and on for nearly
| a week, and haying was stopped, but
the man with the wheat crop smi,ad
| still Each day, however, the hay
men would anxiously look for rise
| in the barometer, and when 1t did
! start to raise once more their counte-
nances were wreathed in smiles, and
haying commenced again. Thus doth
| the weather glass prophesy, and the
| fulfillment of its prophecy affect the
| interests of farmers, and the rest of
the community at large.
The district court has been in ses-
sion the whole of this week, but very
little work has been accomplished. The
first jury case was the civil case of
Fred Smith vs. White Caldwell, which
when called, was put off for the term
as the principal witness was not on
hand and has not put In an appearance
yet. The case of Cook e Woldeon VS.
Gallatin Railroad company, in which
the plaintiffs claim a large sum of
money from the said railroad company
for grading, clearing and building the
track on the Trail Creek branch, was
set for Thursday. The parties an
nounced to the court that they were
trying to effect a settlement, which
has not been accomplished yet in
spite of the efforts of five attorneys
and several stenographers. On Thurs
day, however, the case of the state VS.
Kifeather was tried. Kilfeather had
taken some 500 from the possession Of
Joe jefferson, a cOlored gentleman,
just after eating supper in the Boze-
man restaurant, one day last week.
| and ran away with it, but got caught
| The men had been drinking and Kill
| feather thought the colored man had
| taken his money, and so tried to get
| it back. He afterward found his own
| dollars In a tobacco sack and then felt
| sorry. The jury believed his story and
| turned him loose. Saturday found the
| defendants in Steel VS.. Dunn ct ux.
| not ready, but the plaintiff was given
| judgment by the judge. Next Tues
| day the case of the state VS.. Adams
will commence. This case will be OF
| interest to every one in the state, es-
pecially the legal fraternity, as the
| question whether man can set a
| trap gun in his house and leave it
there while he is away, and which
| kills an innocent person, is guilty of
| murder. or not, has never been decid-
| ed in this state. The defendant Adams
set the trap gun in his cabin near
| Chestnut, and on July 3 w. F. Rhoda
was killed while trying to enter