Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-22

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and the first he knew he was pinned
to the ground by two logs that struck
his feet and rolled up his legs to his
thighs, binding him so tightly he could
not move. While in this helpless condi-
ton he heard a second trail of about
thirty logs coming, and, knowing they
would pile up, reckoned his end had
come. But a kind Providence watched
over him. The first log in the trail was
a small one n as it went over he shute
buried its small end unler the logs which
pinned him down, lifting them enough
that he could throw himself out and
Down a little slope into the creek, from
which, later, he was pulled by the teams
he was working with, that had been
hitched close by. An instant after his
miraculous escape the spot where he had
lain was buried deep beneath the pile
of logs that damned with such force as
to split some of he largest into quarters.
Owing to the swelling it is impossible
to tell the extent of the injury, but from
the grinding of the bones in the left foot
it is supposed some are broken. Both
ankles are out of commission, and Mr..
Armstrong will spend his sixth season
under the care of a nurse.
Louis Pond has returned home, sick,
from st. Regis.
NJ. s. Cook and r. A. Brown are regis
tered from Martina.
~ T. H. Bradley is registered at the Ken
nedy hotel from Hamilton.
John Purtle of Quartz was transact
ing business at the huh today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Christy of Hell
ena are registered at the Missoula.
2 George Lavasse, a native Canuck, has
been granted naturalization papers.
William Crawford. Of Clinton, spent
the day among friends in the city.
Nita, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E.. L..
Bonner, is now registered among the
measle victims.
Frank Morton put up IS and costs to-
day as a slight tribute for his hilarious
ness yesterday.
Mrs. G. N. Pearson and Mrs. Geo
Graham, who ha We been seriously i'll, are
happily recovering.
Hon. Ed Donlan of Frenchtown has
sold his mining claim near Clinton to
Jack Rhodes for $500.
tSlush ice has been plenty in the Mis-
soula river and the edges are frozen. The
south channel in town is frozen over.
Harry CtanhQnS iS aSSiStinp Traa S,,rar
Higgins during the rush of collections
that will continue the balance of the
month.
Invitations, are out for a THANKSGIVING
dance, to be given at Elk hall. Thanks
giving night, by the Missoula Social
Dancing club.
Word was received in the city yes
terday. by friends of Miss Maude
Rose, stating that she is quite i'll at her
new home in Spokane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Gogarty and
daughter, Miss Nellie, left on yester-
day afternoons train for Seattle, Wash
ington, for a months visit.
Treasurer George c. Higgins made the
largest deposit last evening on account
of current tax collections ever made in
The county, amounting to $44, 600.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Danforth are = is
itors in the city, guests at the Rankin
hotel. Mr.. Danfoi tn is ana Of the
Morris & Dinsmore ranch at Florence.
Gus Mosier, superintendent of the
Lewis and Clarke forest reserve, is in
the city with friends. He leaves today
for Drummond, thence to Portland, Ore.
Bert Balling, who had been recuperat-
ing after a siege of fever, returned from
Tower City, N. D., last evening, having
gained Is pounds during his few weeks
absence.
~ W. J. McHaffie, manager of the Stats
Publishing company at Helena, returned
home yesterday after d short visi. with
his brother, j. K. McFaffie, of McIIaff1e
Brothers.
Six carloads of potatoes, consigned
from the Bitter Root valley to the Occur
d'Alenes, are held here or account OF
being frozen en- route. They represent
a loss of about 81, 800.
The mill at Bonner has closed down
for the season owing to the freezing over
of the Big Blackfoot river. Attention
will be given to the getting out of logs
for next seasons run
Daniel McGrath vas called home from
Iadho by the death of his baby, whose
remains were inferred today, after ser.
vices at the h church., conducted
by Rev. Father Paladino.
Although the mercury stood below
zero yesterday afternoon, the Univer
sty football eleven turned out for prac,
] tice. They had a hot game, but thu
rooters were conspicuous by thei. alb
enc
Prof. John F. Davis who has charg