The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-10

the mountain, a thousand feet below the
summit, is a beautiful lake. called Mac
Dougal lake.
The view from the summit Of Mac.
Dougal park is grand. 1t Is magnificent.
As the small party Of three filed out on
the summit, DIR. MacDougal was the
FIRST to give vent to his feelings. Said
he: II have climbed for fifteen years
among mountains, in all parts of Amer
lea. have twice visited the Alps. But
In all my experience I have never seen
view SO grand as this
The ascent Is not difficult but requires
muscle, as the elevation is a mile above
the plain.
The next ascent was Of the bald peak
directly east Of Wolf creek, almost due
east of Rost lake. This is called by the
settlers Old Badly. AS Old Badly Is a
name that Is not recognized by any
geographical board on account Of it's
promiscuous and general use, the name
Silloway peak has been suggested in
honor of P. M. Siloway. who has for two
| seasons given his service to the station
work.
Summer Snow Slides.
Silloway peak is semi-circular, the
opening toward the southeast. In the
opening of the semi-circle made by the
peaks is beautiful alpine lake thous-
and feet lower than the summit, called
Silloway lake. The peak has three major
and four minor submits, the ridges from
all the peaks joining in the central noun
tain mass, whose altitude by the aneroid
Is 1925 feet above sea level. The noun
lain has been burned over, is quite bare
of trees save on it's eastern slope, and
presents a surface we'll adapted to snow
slides. These are Of frequent occur
renee and Of large size.
Southeast of Silloway peak, and Joined
to it by a pass or saddle $500 feet alti-
tude, is a double peaked mountain, called
by the party Arctomys, because 1t seems
to be the special home of the ground
has
Across the creek south from Haystack
mountain, and southwest Of Silloway
peak and Actomy's mountain, Is a long
ridge. extending north and south Tor sew
eral miles, with an altitude Of about
| 7.4OO feet This mountain has been called
Craig ridge, in honor Of President o. ].
Craig Of the university. Between Arc
| tomy's and Craig ridge is the pass, full
of glaciated rocks in strata Of regular
order, showing the dip of the rocks IN
visit in July was full of snow, with many
small lakes. The altitude is about $500
feet.
The party has been very successful
| in Its collecting. The botanist in the
| month of June gathered 500 numbers.
| adding 300 more in July. He confidently
| expects 900 for the summer, which is a
big summers work. The plants are
taken in duplicate. One set will be de-
posted at the New York botanical gar
den, the other at the University of Mon
tana. This will give the students Of the
university an authentic set Of plants as
a basis for work, and will greatly facili.
| tate the botanical work at the univer-
| sity.
Valuable Collections.
| The ornithologist has added a number
| of species to the list of birds found in
| the western part of the state. The total
number Of summer birds, emitting mi
grants. found In the Flathead region, is
| about 120. The migrating birds will
| more than double that number. During
this season the nests and eggs OF many
| species rare to collections have been
taken Most Of these will be added to
the Silloway collection of eggs and nests
at the university. The university has
now a bulletin in press, with Mr.. Sillo-
way as author, on the birds of the Flat
head region. The information gained
during the present season will be incor-
porated in the bulletin.
/ The work on fresh water entomostraca,
begun last year, has been continued.
! Collections have been made in Sin-yale-
amin and Mcdonald lakes in the Mis-
sion mountains, in Jocko river, in tho
ponds in the Mission valley, in Echo and
Rost lakes, and are now beink taken
daily in Flathead lake. The accumulated
material is stored in Walls, now number
ing over 200, and is being worked upon
at the laboratory. Collections have also
been made in general geological lines.
Many hundred insects, shells, and other
forms of life have been taken and will
be examined later.
There have been two Photographic
outfits in the party, with an abundance
of plates and all the appurtenances
necessary for the best results. A large
series Of negatives has been made. in
Guiding some of priceless value. The
cameras have been as constant compan-
ions in the travels as have the guns.
photographs have been made of campo,
mountain ranges and peaks, valleys,
lakes rivers, birds, and even of living
butterflies. with q successful effort at
chasing the fleeting rainbow with q
sensitized plate.
, The work at the station, located at
the head of Flathead lake. is now in
progress, and will continue until August
16. Those in attendance are from vari-
Gus portions of the country and are pur-
suing the different lines with energy and
, enthusiasm. The naphtha launch, Mis-
soula. enables them to reach any field by
water, while by team, which is at their
disposal daily, they are able to reach
any field by land.
More Scientists Coming.
+ August 9 win witness a large addi-