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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
Ready for Bowling Match.
Especial to Inter Mountain,

especial TO inter MOuntaln.1
Bozeman, Sept. 6.-The Bozeman man
who recently sent letter to Mr.. Flynn
of Anaconda, challenging him to defend
his claim to the bowling championship
of Montana, and who failed to sign his
name to the letter was Dom F Johnson.
Mr.. johnson is connected with the Noun
tainside Coal company, is we'll known in
bowling circles in Montana, and was the
subject of much good humored chatting
when the papers containing his unsigned
letter reached this city. He was much
surprised man when he learned that he
had not signed the letter and FASTENED
to inform Mr.. Flynn by telegram that
he was the sender Of the challenge. Now
that Mr.. Flynn knows the name of the
challenger, and has consented to a con-
test, all that remains to be done is to ar
range the date, place and conditions Of
the contest and the two gentlemen are
now in correspondence in regard to them.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
happening the Blue Whale.


To pursue the blue whale successfully,
boat is required that can steam twelve
knots an hour, and which is furnished
with a formida BILE weapon known as the
harpoon gun. sar-
The harpoOn gun Is ponderous piece
of apparatus placed on a raised platform
on the prov of the whaler and consists
of Short stout cannon, mounted on a
board pedestal, on which it can rotate
horizontally. The gun has also vertical
motion, and can be turned quickly in
whatever direction the prov of the ship
dominates. On the top of the gun are
sights" for aiming, just as in rifle.
Behind is the stock, which is graspedt in
the hand when firing gun, and beneath
it the trigger. The breech is boxlike
arrangement, situated just where the,
stock is fastened to the gun proper. The
gun is loaded in the ordinary way from
the muzzle, and the harpoon is tightly
rammed into it. To discharge the gun
small carriage, with wire attached, Is
first put into the breech. Pressure on the
trigger causes a pull on the wire, which
gun simultaneously.
The harpoon is about six feet in length
and very massive. It consists essentially
of three parts, the anterior conical por-
ton the movable barbs and the shaft.
The anterior conical piece is an explosive
shell filled with gunpOwder and screws
on to the rest Of the harpOcn. The ex-
plosive shell is fired with time fuse al
ter the harpoon Is imbedded in the whale.
Behind the explosive conical piece lie
the four barbs, situated at right angles
to each other. These barbs are always
bound down tightly together with thin
rope when the harpoon is going to be as
charged. AS the harpoOn penetrates the
flesh of the whale this rope gets brushed
off the barbs, and in doing so pulls wire
which sets fire to the fuse, and 1t ex-
plodes the shell in few seconds. Inc
shell gets blown to pieces and makes
terrific wound in the whales interior.and
the explosion causes the four barbs : TO-
stand out SO that it becomes Impossible
for the harpoon to be withdrawn. The.
rest of the harpoon consists OF a long
shaft with a slot in it, in which rlnS
moves freely with the rope attached.s1 ;
II the whale is at all we'll hit the har7
poon gets Embedded about five feet. ana,
unless the rope breaks. the animal can,
not escape. The rope, which is q very
stout one, passes from the harpoon On
to a round tray in front of the gun, where
a coil of fifty feet or so lies. 1t tnen
passes backward over pulley on TO- tpe
drum of a double steam winch supplied
with an immensely powerful brake.
Taken all in all, the harpoon gun Is
about the most exquisitely cruel instru-
ment of destruction devised by the IN
senuity Of man! But it Is only when one
sees and knows the prodigious brute II Is
meant to destroy that one realizes that 1t
il nevertheless none too effective. Inc
gun is never discharged at greater as
lance than fifty feet. and seldom indeed
at more than thirty from the whale. 10
be able to get so near requires not oniS
very fine seamanship but very sns'-
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
mate knowledge Of the habits Of the ami
He Qualified.

Young man." said the stern parent"
do you think you will be able to s-1>-
port my daughter in the style to which
she has been accustomed?"
Now, this young man might have TAX
en- advantage Of a glorious opportunity
to ring a chestnut bell, but he didn't.
Instead he thought for a moment and re-
piled:
"Well-er-I think so, with an excep-
ton"
AHA! And what may the exception
be, sir?"
b II. don't think I could be so infer
nally stirgy with the gas."-Denver
Times.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
MUST STAND TRIAL
WILDER BOOMER BOUND OVER
AT BOHEMIAN.
ASSAULT IN SECOND DEGREE
Charged With Having Attacked and
Severely Injured John Huffine,
Hancher..
ASSAULT IN SECOND DEGREE
Especial to Inter Mountain

Rozeman. Sept. 6.-Wilber Boomer, who
committed an aggravated assault upon
John Huffine, a we'll known rancher, who
resides a few mines from the city, by
which the latter narrowly escaped with
his life, has been arrested by the sheriff
on a warrant charging him with assault
in the second degree. He was taken be-
fore Justice Mcpherson and bound over
to the district court for trai. The young
man had kept in hiding for some time,
but finally fell into the hands Of the Of
ficerS.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Mining Application No. 1891. U. 8.
Land Office, Helena. Montana, Aug. Is.
1901.
Notice is hereby given that Robert
Morrill,, whose postoflice address Is Ana
conda, Montana. has this day filed an
application for patent for 95.08 acres
CT the Placer Mining claim, situated in
unorganized mining district Deer Lodge
county Montana, the position, course,
and extent, of the said mining claim,
designated by an official survey thereof,
as survey No. 1895. township No. north,
range No. 10 wesD, as set forth and de-
scribed in the application for patent and
plat on fila in this office, and being more
corner to sections Z and IS. township 4
particularly described by metes and
bounds as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the southeast corner, a
sand stone boulder 22x1Ox6 inches set
JIG inches deep, with mound Of earth and
stone along side, and marked 1-4295 for
corner No. I. from which the Y section
corner, between sections and IS. T.
north, range 10 west. bears north 80 de-
g.ees 10 minutes west $50 feet and rum
nlng thence north o degrees 10 minutes
east 1920 feet: thence north SO degrees
Ii minutes west 954 feet: thence north 0
degrees III minutes east 1920 feet; thence
north SO degrees 10 minutes west 1243
feet; thence south 0 degrees 10 minutes
west $50 feet; thence north SO degrees 10
minutes west 624 feet; thence south de.
irees 10 minutes west $50 feet; thence
south SO degrees 10 minutes east 124S
feet; thence south 0 degrees 10 minutes
west 1920 feet: thence south SO degrees
~ minutes east 1878 feet to corner No. 1,
the place Of beginning, containing an
t"ca of s5.os acres In this survey claimed
by the above named applicant.
The location OF this mine is recorded
In the Office of the recorder of Deer Lodge
county. on page in book of placer
re lords. The adjoining claim is on the
southwest survey No. 1745, a placer.
GEORGE D. GREENE Register.
JOSEPH H. HARPER. U. s. Claim
Agent.
First publication August Is. 1901.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
Spinal Meningitis Appears.
Especial to Inter Mountain.

N0PeCIdI 10 1Hter MOuHt8II.J ~ \
. Big Timber, Sept. Crank Webher,
a well known stockman Of Big Elk, ar
rived here yesterday. He reports the
loss of seven head of horses from dis
ease which resembles spinal menin-
Getis. He says John Campbell, another
stockman near Big Elk. has also host
some cattle from the same disease, and
that on the range ne had seen few
carcasses of horses which he presumed
had succumbed to the same affection.
The disease has only recently made its
appearance in the vicinity and Mr.. Web
Ter is apprehensive that it may have
already been spread over the ranges.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
ALL MUST BE vACCINATED
Health Officer Of Bozeman Issues an
Order Affecting School
Teachers
Especial to Inter Mountain.)

Especial to Inter Mountain)
Bozeman, Sept. Cdr. Whitefoot
city and county health officer, has just
issued an order in conjunction with the
state board of health requiring all
teachers in the public schools who can
not show that they have been success
fully vaccinated within the past five
years, to be vaccinated before the
schools commence. The teachers
throughout the county are somewhat
opposed to the order, but as every
scholar has to be vaccinated, there is
no good reason why the teachers should
not be.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
GAME WARDEN STEPS OUT
Thomas T. Thompson Leaves Position
in Order to Attend tho
University.
Especial to Inter Mountain.)

Especial to Inter MOuntain.)
Miles City, Sept. 6.-Thomas T.
Thompson has gone to Billings, where
it is his intention to hand in his resig-
nation as game warden for the district
of Yellowstone, Rosebud, Custer and
Dawson counties.
It is his desire to attend the Nebraska
university the coming term, but ne has
not decided fully what course of study
to pursue.
Mr.. Thompson was a graduate of the
class of 1901 of the Miles City High
schools and delivered an address on
Physical Culture which was highly
praised.
He is also fine pitcher, football
player and boxer. and will, 1t is be-
Heved, succeed at the varsity.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06

of Terry to w. B. Cobb Of Kalamazoo.
Mich, Their Is no record of it in these
parts. :,
Burt sold $500 head Of all ages and
they averaged 1875 pounds. Bickie sold
ZOO head which averaged 142 pounds.
The delivery was made at Fallon and
the specifications called for the sheep 70
be IL hours OFF feed and water. 9o1
The weight Of the animals was a SUR
prise to many sheep growers, who
thought 12O or 1875 pounds would be, a
high estimate.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
ALLEGED Murderer Taken.

Especial to Inter Mountain.)
Red Lodge, Sept. GA man giving his
name as Curiey Rogers, has been arrested
in the Big Horn country on suspicion of
being one of the men who killed Fam
Courtsen on Payne Creek, in Wyoming,
two months ago.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
Vaccination Not Compulsory.
Especial to Inter Mountain.)

Helena, Sept. 6.-The attorney general
has made ruling to the effect that the
state board of health has no right to
make a rule compelling the vaccination
of pupils before admission to the pub
lie schools.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
Operator Kills Himself.

Especial to Inter Mountain.)
Malta, Sept. 6.-George Behrens, day
operator here, committed suicide by
shooting himself.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
A Dinner Dance.

Mrs. Swell-Do you know where Mr.
Dancer is, Mr.. Brown? We want him
to complete a set.
Mr., Brown-When I saw him a mo-
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
Family Troubles Settled.

especial to inter MOuntaln.) 90
Great Falls, Sept. 6. The troubles OF
the Fallang family have been settled
out of court, and Mrs. Fallang has
withdrawn her action for divorce.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
Another Pardon Wanted

Especial to Inter Mountain.)
Helena, Sept. 6.-An application has
been made for a pardon for Charles
Gordon, who was sent up for life from
Choteau county in 1888 for murder.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
Wrecked by a Cloudburst.
Especial to Inter MOuntain.)

Red Lodge, Sept. 6.-Gebo and From
berg were swept by cloudburst that did
a vast amount or damage and drowned
an infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Bart
lett. fse.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
RECORD BREAKING SHEEP S0lXD
Bunch Weighing Far Above the
Average Disposed Of by Two
Montana Men.
Especial to Inter Mountain.)

\SpeclaI TO inter MOuntaln.J
Miles City. Sept. eff there has ever
been band of sheep shipped from Gus
ter county that would beat the band
sold by George Burt and Dave Bickle
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
Funeral Of Herman Cans.

Especial to Inter Mountain.)
Helena, Sept. 6.-The body of Herman
Cans. Jr., who died in Chicago, has been
received here. and will be buried Sum
day.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
LADIES APPRECIATE

A good remedy, and there IL not any.
thing on the market that equals French
Tansy Tablets for the relief and cure Of
painful and irregular mense. These
tablets remove ali Instructions. no mat.
ter what the cause. Manufactured by A.
Auyendre. Paris, France. nnl FOR sale
only by the Newbro Drug Co. Butte.
Mont. sole agents Prlco 81 pee bog;
sent by mail. securely sealed.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06

ment ago, Mrs. Swell, he said that he
was headed for the free lunch counter,
that is. for the banquet hall. May call
him for you, Mrs. Swell?
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06

N12Wl GOOD Judge must have both experience
E1ME3 and learning. A housekeeper should
@l3be good Judge for she too must have
experience and learning or she may think that
the soaps made to look like Ivory Soap are just
as good. With experience she will know
that they lack the remarkable qualities of the
genuine. Ivory Soap-es->1Se per cent. pure.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06
DR.. II, A.FONG l2jS Arizoaa S::i,,!.

NO CHARGE FOR ADVICE. Pri-
vate and Chronic Diseases cured with
Chinese Herbs that have cured mill
ions for centuries.
This Is to certify that DR.. Fong's herb
treatment cured me of q bad case.
PETE RUMEL.
DR.. Fong's herb treatment cured mo
of Ave years kidney and bladder
trouble.-JOHN MILLER.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-06

Fog sale by n sworo Drug Co., Butts,
Mont.
Gilpin observer., 1901-07-11

handy book, took fourteen years to
sell, although the edition ran only to
$50 copies. The principles of
Psychology" with first edition of 750
copies, did not sell out for twelve
years. and at the end of fifteen years
the author lost no less than $4,000
through his publications. The strong
est man, however, is the man who can
wait. and Herbert Spencer waited. The
scientific method of studying human
life began to find willing pupils, not
only among scientists, but also among
young students of philosophy at the
universities and workingmen, who
gave up their evenings to the study
of technical or social sciences. Few
books of philosophy have enjoyed so
wide popularity or sale as the Data
of Ethics" where flowing and per-
suasive argument delight and enchant
the reader
Gilpin observer., 1901-07-11

CT the battered, gray slouch hats and
soaking through the equally battered
blue shirts and the mud squashing into
and out of the shoes as it dragged
along only the disciplined formation
and the business looking Krags dis
tinguishing them from a mob of coun-
try tramps and marking them for an
army.
Slowly the wet. tropical day wore
on. Noon, mid-afternoon passed and
then, as the tired men saw that the
short twilight was coming down upon
them. thew say one of the scouts run
ming back. There was. signalling back
and forth. The captains hand went up
in the well known signal to halt. The
foremost men stopped in their tracks.
the rear crowding up upon them, and
all began to fondle their Krags and to
wipe the wet from the locks with their
shirt sleeves. Then came a short, sharp
command from the captain, a veteran
of civil and Indian wars, and the hud-
died, bedraggled mass turned itself in
to a well ordered column of fours. An
other order and the column was de-
ployed into fighting line, a long thin
line of enthusiastic skirmlshers ready
and eager for the fight. Wet. mud, dis
comfort were forgotten. 1t was fight.
Over the fields, here in foot deep
water, here in almost as much mud
went the company. gray-haired old
Captain Lyon directing the movements
and Jimmy Marshall encouraging and
cautioning the men who needed only
cautioning. Then suddenly from the
line OF earth works barely discernable
five hundred yards ahead through the
rain. there came volley upon voley
turning into steady roar. fire that
would have been whitening had marks
men held the guns. Four hundred and
fifty yards. four hundred. three hun
dred and fifty. three hundred. then the
tall corporal off to the right went down
without n sound save the splash of the
water he fell into. Then at n word
from his chief. Jimmy lead off to the
left with dozen men and struck
through the cane brake to out flank
the works. And now the Krags were
singing n merry song. Around to the
left. the enemy's right flank went
Jimmy. and with n yell broke cover
and swept into the open end OF the
works sending their bullets crashing
enfilading into the little brown fell
lows. In n moment all was confusion.
Then there was n rush and the
trenches were empty. And then look
ing back over the field. Jimmy saw
what he had taken to be a number OF
wounded Tagals riso from tho slight
Gilpin observer., 1901-07-11
Women to Start a Paper.

London is to have newspaper mod
eled on La Fronde, the French daily,
which evolved entirely from feminine
minds. So dissatisfied are the women
who belong to the 1856 hockey clubs in
Great Britain and Ireland with the
meager reports they get in one hockey
weekly paper at present in existence
that they have resolved on starting a
hockey paper OF their own. written and
and edited by women, for women, and
devoted to their interests alone. 1t is
pointed out by the ladies' at the head
OF the movement that the men, who
have only so clubs among them, get al
most all the space at present in the
paper, and only miserable half-page
is given to women. The new paper will
start next October with the new sea-
son. Miss Thompson, an ardent, skilled
hockey player. will be tie editress.
Gilpin observer., 1901-07-11
LNnar <
Photography

A new atlas OF the moon Is being
prepared for publication by Professor
w. H. Pickering, of the Harvard OBJ
servatory from material obtained dur
ing the past season by means of the
136-foot telescope at the observatory's
temporary astronomical station in
Jamaica. Although observations were
interrupted by the approach of the
rainy season in May the undertaking
is sufficiently advanced to be complet-
ed by midsummer. and Professor
Pickering has already brought to Cam
bridge full set of the photographs
necessary for the proposed pubHca-
ton. The apparatus is the long "hor-
izontal telescope" already described
in the Herald, built On the principle of
rejecting the rays from the object hor-
izontally through a fixed lens. The
method permits of an extremely long
focus and secures a much larger pic
ture than is possible where the tube
of the telescope is pointed at the OBJ
5ect. The arrangement is also an ex-
tremely economical one, temporary
sheds serving all the purposes Of the
old-time tube, though the instrumental
parts are very expensive. 1t is also
the only known method .. making
large instrumental powers readily
portable. The mirrors, lenses and ma
chinery of the telescope were all taken
from Cambridge early in October, but
nearly three months were spent in the
work OF getting ready, so that it was
not until the morning of the first day
of the new century, few minutes after
midnight, that the first observations
were made, and several days later be-
fore satisfactory photographs were OBJ
tanned. A 12-inch lens Is used with a
stop" reducing it to a six-inches di-
ameter, for the Photographic work, and
exposures of eight minutes are made
for the quick plates and of minute
and half for the slow plates, the
apparent inconsistency in the times of
exposure being due to the fact that the
more sensitive plates are used just
after the lunar sunrise or before the
lunar sunset, when but little light is
obtainable from the crescent of the
moon. While the lunar geography is
being studied at Jamaica, it appears
that the local geography is not with
out its peculiar problems. The tenn
Gilpin observer., 1901-07-11
Moist Air IL Light.

One of the commonest errors Is to
speak of moist air as heavy. You find
the error everywhere-in the newspa-
pers. in magazines, in books, by tho
best writers-the damp, heavy air."
Ten persons out of ~, old or young,
say that when the smoke from chin
neys hangs close to the ground 1t IS
because the air is damp and heavy"
and that keep the smoke from rising.
Now. all this Is Just the other way,
as everybody ought to know. since tho
weather bureau has made us so fami-
liar with barometric conditions and
changes. 1t Is dry air that Is heavy.
and moist air that Is light; II Is dry
air that bears down on the mercury
cup of the barometer, and sends tho
column up in the tube; 1t is damp air
that bears less heavily on the mercury.
and lets the column fall A high baro-
meter indicates dry air and fine wealth
er. n low barometer. damp air and
stormy weather And so far ns tho
smoke Is concerned, II lies close to the
ground when the air Is damp and
light; 1t does not ascend because It is
heavier than the air. on the contrary.
when the air is dry and heavy-as It
Is on fine day-the smoke ascends bo-
cause 1t is lighter than the air.