The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-21
CALAMITY JUMPS HER JOB,
The PhiIanthropic Lady Who Rescued
Calamity Jane From the Wilds
of Helena Was on to Her

| SdldmIly JdAS, lAS pduldIOOHGu
lady with thirst for red booze, who
| for many years has made Montana ia
nous, has been heard from again in
her usual hand painted breezy fash
| ion, says the Great Falls Leader.
Calamity Jane has character of
which the least said the better and
her fame rests largely upon the space
| writing of Industrious newspaper cor
respondents who desired to give the
readers of the wild and woolly east
what was coming to them in a blood
curdling way, and upon the reputation
thus gained she has been doing bust
ness for many. fanny years. A short
time ago lady who writes "pieces"
| for one of the New York yellow jour-
| nails came to Montana and succeeded
| in getting a great deal of free adj
vertising out of the newspapers be-
cause fof her alleged intention of
| taking Calamity back to New York
| with her and providing her with a
happy home for the balance of her
natural life; according to the New
York lady, the act was to be one of
pure philanthropy on her part and
Calamity was to reap the reward of
life well boozed; her battered hulk
was to be towed into the port of happi-
| ness and content and there anchored
in safety for the rest of her earthly
| days. That is the story the Kew
York lady told and which the news
papers en- route published, but it seems
| there was a Typographical error in the
programme. and Calamity Jane was it;
| what the New York phlanthropic
| lady really did do was to rent old
Calamity out as real bad man. or
| woman, to the Midway attractions and
rake in the shekels therefrom. while
Calamity did the stunts.
But Calamity bucked on the pro
gram, boozed up, got in Jail, jumped
her job, and is now on her way to
Livingston or in one of the numerous
jails en- route. The story of the trou-
bles of Calamity and the lady who was
going to tow her into the port of
| peace, is told graphically in the fol-
lowing special from the New York
Sun of yesterday. and will be interest
ing reading to those MOntanans who
know the real Calamity:
calamity Jane" that border hero
inc whose dashing figure formerly
| adorned the covers Of dime novels. is
| no longer feature Of the Midway.
but there is an entertaining story of
her coming and going, says the spe-
cial.
| Jane was living as best she might in
Livingston. Montana. when a Buffalo
woman, who had written a novel, con-
ceived the idea of having it sold on
the exposition grounds by Calamity
Jane. She went west and secured
Jane. who welcomed any change from
her unexpected condition in life. and
brought her to Buffalo. Then the To-
cal papers were peppered with para
graphs recounting the beneicient
charity that had saved the aged hero
inc from poverty to provide a life of
ease and quiet for her in declining
years. The novelist had romantic
home for the dime novel heroine on
the river between Buffalo and Niagara
falls, and here the vivandicrc of the
76 campaign against the Indians was
to pass the rest of her days. Incidon-
tai mention WAS made of the title %
the book. which her plt roEoSs hId
written.
The Indian Congress, Midway
show looking for novelties, made over
lures to the novelist. and bargain
was readily made. Calamity Jane was
rugged out in cowboy attire and hiked
forty mules up Main street, seated Oh
a sprinkling cart. that being the near.
est thing to a Deadwood coach tina,
could be found. But Calamity soon
learned, so she said that the novelist
was getting cash for her. while Calam
ity was receiving nothing moro tina.
her meals and a commission If lt
cents each on the books she s,'' Hel
, total commission for week rar u,
, to 30 cents.
Now Jane found that she could us,
money, even on the Midway, so She
broke with the peaceful home, the
novelist and the assured comforts fol
, old age. repudiated the contract nla I.
!, for her. and made a new one with the
, managers of the show. Th2u she go
real money. On the first pay da,
Jane passed out of the grounds
y Across from the gates the door of {
saloon stood invifingly open. Jan,
=, passed in.
: That nights story is one of "rousl
= house." terminating in the arrest o
Calamity Jane on a charge of drunk
enness and a suspension of sentence
by the morning justice. On the fol
lowing day an exposition guard at
:, tempted to interfere with her person
: al liberty, and was sent spinning OF
; his head. A few mornings later tn,
police justice of Tonawanda had Cal
amity In his court on the charge of in
toxication and creating a disturbance
After that Calamity's public appear
ances were always for the purpose o
inquiring when Buffalo Bill was to a,
I rive. Colonel Cody got in last week
He was sitting in his tent when a yer,
tired and Respondent looking woman
s pushed aside the curtains and enter
. ed.
h "It's Jane" she said "They've go
, me buffaloed, AMI | wanter go back
o There's no room for ME in the east
Stake me to a railroad ticket and tn
n price of the meals. an send me home
! 1t was up to Buffalo Bill to get her
ticket to Livingston. Montana and h
Y did. giving her $25 for food on he way
Calamity Jane disappeared and it i
I supposed she is using the ticket.
!. A EUcHRE PARTY.
Last evening at their home u,