Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-18
A LONG JOURNEY
SON COMES FROM IOWA TO FIND
HIS FATHER.
IT WAS A FRUlTLESS QUEST.
Fine Quality Of Coal Found at West
Gallatin-Inspecting the
Brand.

a rather curious episode occurred mere
Saturday when Daniel C~avanaugh came
from Iowa to look for his father, who he
had not seen nor heard from for six years.
use used nf fa i've sh at R Rls 1aanes sns ag ne c nenely here re-
I. look for clews that would lead to his
discovery or locate his grave II he were
on the way back stopped to talk to a man
in the road and found him to be his broth
er-in-law, Bob johnson, a well known
Alaska and the strangest part Of it all 10
that his sister, Mrs. johnson, left for q
visit to Iowa the day CaveS'sugh started
heard from home for years and went back
to look up her relatives. Cavanaugh start
ed back for Iowa as soon as he learned that
his sister was there and before leaving ex-
pressed his deep gratitude to the people of
Bozeman who had made his grief their
own and done all they could to help him
the best town he ever visited in and he has
travelled some too. He is a conductor on
Reports from the new coal discoveries in
the West Gallatin basin are to the effect
that the coal found there is the best quail
a peculiarly hard formation. almost like
in an open i ire The eA fael gives out nut an IL in.
inches is thickness is quickly burned off
by a forge fire made of this valuable de-
post. Five veins have been discovered,
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from two and one-half to four feet. AL the
surroundings, roof, floor and etc, are ad-
mirable and mining operations can be con
Quoted under every advantage. There is no
question about the value of the mines and
that these recent discoveries will prove a
big thing for Bozeman is beyond dispute.
The prospects so far Indicate that an al
most inexhaustable amount of the coal is
hidden in the mountains of the West Gal
latin country.
An iternerant dog show gave several ex-
hibitions on the streets Of Bozeman the
past week and captured dimes and nickels
from the outdoor audience that came to
watch and wonder while the CANNES per-
formed.
DR.. C. M. Chambliss has had his in
throughout and the surroundings made
more pleasant for sick and convalesclng
patients.
latter part of last week to drive a bunch
of horses from this city to Billings. where
q better price is realized than in this city.
The horses were part Of the David Fry
herd.
During the past few weeks the officials in
the sheriff's office have been pussy inspect
ing brands of horses that were being load
ed for shipment OIL. of the state. Accord
ing to law all horses moved from place to
place must be Inspected ny the sheriff and
a failure to secure such in3p ec.ion renders
the shipper liable to costs ana penalty.
John Robertson came down from Mystic
lake the middle Of last week with a string
of 40 trout. This is claimed to be the ban
ner catch of the season.
Schermyer & Tracey's celery field Is Civ
ing promise of a remarkable YIELD and is
numbered among the best successes in the
line of gardening that this city has ever
seen.
George White, manager Of the lower mine
on Trail creek, was in the city Saturday.
Tn mine is not being operated at present.
Thomas Cooney and Watson l:oyle re-
turned from a trip to the West Gallatin
basin Saturday. They report that three
forest fires were raging through the timber
along the Gallatin river, sending up hum
dreds of acres of splendid Yrees in cmoke.
The fire was on both sides Of the stream
and threatened serious damage.
M. M. Black dearted for his home IN
Fridley Saturday after two weeks spent in
this city in attendance on his wife, whose
illness caused her detention at the sanitar-
ium. Mrs. Black Is recovering apidly and
1 will no ah1n IN rnt,1Yn home in a cbort t;r,o