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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-16

Cash quotations are as follows: Flour,
firm. Wheat-No. 3 69@7212c; No. 2 red
441AQ45Ac; No. white, 44AQ45c. Rye
No. 2, 571Gc. Barley-Fair to choice malt
ing, 65Q6Sc. F1axseed-No. l, 81 651k; No
l northwestern, SLIT Timothy Seed
Prime, $500. Pork-Mess, per Dbl, SIS 80
@1G.95 Short Ribs-Sides Qoose), $3.50
925. Shoulders-Dry sailed Cboxed), 73s
@77c. Sides-Short clear (boxed), So esq
9.75. Whisky-Basis of high wines, $50
Flour, 10000 bbls; wheat, e.
GOO bu; corn, $1,000 bu; oats, 247,0O0 bu;
rye, 5000 bu; barley 10000 blu. Ship
nents-Flour, 1900 bbIs, wheat, 900 blu;
600 bu On the Produce Exchange to-
day, the butter market was firm. Cream
cries, 24029c; dairies,' 24q27c. Cheese
steady, 12Q13c. Eggs-fresh, 15c.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-16

Quotations: Choice butcher steers, Sc Is
$685.; choice cows and heifers. s56651 50
good, $4Q475; fair, So. 25@3. Is; Gamers and
cutters, I:75Q3; good to choice butcher
bulls, $t2JG5; fair, $S.50@4 bologna bulls,
S5a5.25; good to choice veals S45G65. q;
common to fair, $30425; good to choice
feeding steers, S353645O; common to
far $GQ3.z0; good ID choice stock steers,
S5.I945.l0; common to fair $25OG3.1O;
stock heifers, $2.75Q3.25; common to fair,
&254265; heifer. calves, $25093 stock
ana feeding bulls, $2.5O@3,50; good to
cnolce mich cows and springers, $32@4O;
common to fair, $20030.
Butcher cattle steady and active. Of
terlngs included some choice stuff Veals
steady with few good ones on sale. Feed
tfS ana better quality stock steers move
at fully steady prices. Demand for heff-
ers IS better, with prices steady. Com
mon cattle continue slow and weak. Rep
resentative sales:
Butcher Steers
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State Grain Inspection.

Other Grains-No. corn, 10; no grade
corn, l; No. 3 oats, 6; No. 4 northern
eats, 6; no grade oats, 2; No. 3 rye. 1;
flax, 4; rejected fax, ); no grade fax, ].
Cars Inspected Out-Wheat-No.
northern, 90; No. 2 northern, 81; No. 8,
A; rejected, s; no grade. 8; No. oats,
Z; No. northern oaA. 2; No. ) barley, >;
No. l flax, a.
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Hogs.

Comparative receipts:
Total for today (estimated) ........3, 500
week ago Recommendations. 997
A year ago .....:.;.:.........:....... :, 1872
Quotations.: Light and light mixed
Sc. lOQ6.SO; mixed and butchers, Sc. 750
710; heavy, $6.S0d7.20 boars, 81 5063. so;
stays, $5Q5.5O; underweights, S.. 1896 80;
pigs, $525Q5.75.
Receipts liberal, but including very
little stuff of desirable quality. Drove
taken as a whole hardly so good as yes
terday. Prices fully sc higher Ex-
IRENE price range, Sc. so to $40; range on
straight loads $50 to $40; bulk, $685..
Representative sales:
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GRAINS CLOSE IN BULGE
WHEAT GOES SKYROCKETING
WITH CORN TRAILING

Doubt About Effect of the New Brit
ish Duties on Cereals Keeps Spec
ulatOrs Guessing for some Time,
but Crop and Visible Supply Re-
ports Finally Aid the Bulls.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-16
ST. PAUL LIVE STOCK
HOGS SELL At $40, THE RECORD
ESTABLISHED LAST YEAR
Butcher offerings Included Some
Good Steers, but Nothing Choice
stock HeifePs in BETTER Demand
Sheep and Lambs Quoted Steady
ut Last Weeks Close.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, April 15-Esti-
mated receipts at the Union stock yards
today: Cattle, 800; calves, 20; hogs, $500;
sheep, ECO; cars, 1C3.
Official receipts Monday: Cattle, 1861
calves, 232; hogs, 1851; sheep, 800; cars,
50.
Receipts thus far in April, compared
with the same period in 1901, are as fol-
lows:
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MINNEAPOLIS.

MINNEAPOLIS, April 15.-Wheat fell
off little more today in the early part
of the session, struck 704c an a break
from the opening at 713se At noon it
turned firner and May was hack up TO
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-16

Among the shippers on the market
We're: E. W. Richter Ellsworth; Brabec
:; Miller. Waverly; A. Falconer. A. 1,
Moffet, A. L. MCDOWELL. M. Schucart.
Hutchinson; " Imholt, Clear Water; j.
P. Eull. st. Michaels, j. Dougherty, Way
zata; F.. A. Densmore, Thorpe; -Heaney
Lake; c. Jones, West Concord; ]. LittelI,
Kenyon; P. T. French, Nerstrand; J. ].
Lenertz, st. James and Darfur; H. M.
ChristOpherson, Hartland; A. J. Hanson,
H. A. Anderson, New Richland; Rooster
Bros. & Co.. Waseca; j. Hegerle, Chaska;
Charles Steube, New Ulm; M Foil, A.
Speckman, Sleepy Eye; F. Bigot Spring
field; H. Friess. Marshall; T. Emerson,
Gilmore; G. A. MCCONNELL; P. Donovan,
w. Bergman, Comfrey; A Sullivan, Dun
dee; K. Peterson, Underwood; J. N.
Games, Royalton; Elk River Cattle Co,
Elk River; Behrendo & Schaefer, Mckay
nell; AL McGhee, H. s. Baldwin, J. Gohe,
Sacred Heart; A M. Holton, Renville;
Dahl, POsely & Co., Bird Island; w.
Snavely, Buffalo Lake; C. N. Zeike,
Brownton; E. Sandy & Co., Elbow Lake;
Q. ]. Guam, r. B. Singnahess. Glenwood;
M. Condor, Clara City; Raymond Mere.
Co, Raymond; P. Uelmen, Nassau; A. D..
Foster Bellingham; j. M. Hogan, Ben
son; P. 7. Peterson, Atwater; N. F.
Johnson, Litchf1eld; G. G. Perkins. Co
kato; C. Busch, Gaylord; F. Hipp, Ar
lington; w. O'Brien, Arlington; He'd &
Carlson. Lafayette; F. Palmer Fairfax;
J. K. Troll, ]. N. Barr, J. Lundquist,
Gibbon.
Midway Horse Market.
Minnesota Transfer, st. Paul-Barrett
& Zimmerman report that buyers from
Dakota and local quarters were buying
In large numbers. Farm mares and all
other classes moved freely and prices
slightly lowered on the medium and COM
N4lHPGs
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-16

TENDER, s1.42; October, $1.S5; corn. 62c.
Cars inspected: Wheat, Is; last year, 124 ;
oats, 3; flax, 9. ReceiptS-Wheat Il, Az !;
rye 237; flax, 2,4S2 Shipments-Whea
49,, 754; rye, 12,92l.
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minneapolis Curb.
milwaukee, Curb.

Curb on May wheat .............. 72sS- IL
Puts on May wheat Up lie, 7I7s-72, p
Calls on May wheat ........... 7276 to 7Z2t
Curb on May corn .................e...62 T
Puts on May corn, asked ...... .611z to 61ss
Calls on May corn, asked .....657s TO e
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New York Bonds.

u 5; ref. 2s,reg1093s Hook Val. 415s 1l0H
90 Is. coup .1093s L. & N. unfit. 4s102l4
90 IS, reg 1883 Mex. Cent. As. S415
DO IS, coup ...109]ai do LIST inc 347s
xdo news, regl38 M. & st. L. IS. 104H
90 4s, coup. 1894 NJ, K. & T. As. 1907
do old IS, reg. .111Af do 2ds. 1921
DO 49, coup. .111A m. Y. Cen. lists. .103Zs
Xdo 5s, reg 1854 do gen. rs. ..109
do 5s, coup. :. .107 IN. ]. Cen. gen ssh
A1cn., gen. As. 1881 Nor. Pac. As ..1451l
40 ADJUST As: 94lsI do IS $500. 745a
Bait q Ohio 4s1025s n. & W.con. As. 1O2
GO 512s ..:...... 9els Read. gen. As. SO
90 conv IS 80 O9h S. LII. M con5s1163t
cana. South. 2ds109 S. L. & s. F.4s. 10l
Cen. Of Ca, 5s. .113AlS. T.. SW. lists. 1OuIs
do 1st inc..... 81 do IDS 80. 81
Ches. & o, 4ks. 108l4 Is. A. & A. P. Is 90
IN. q Alton 312s S41z South. Pac. As. IS
c., E. 60 nevis a61l South Rv. e 1221A
G. M. &cSP. gen 4s116 Tex. & Pac. 1sts721
G. &N-Wl con7a36k II. S. l.. e. WAS 80
e. n. 1. e p 4s1l24 Union Pac. As. .104si
C;;CCSS SLgen4s194RI.' do cow. As. 1914
Chi. Term. as 891a Wabash lists in
Colo. &South.4 As 951Af do DDS ....ff1K
Con: lob. As. 654s, do deb. B.. T6a4
L. q RIO q: As. 1882 West Shore Is ..113B
Erie prior nen4slOO w. & L. E. As. 81
do gen. As 49,. 8724 Wis. Con. d.. 90
T. w. I'D. G. 1st113Kl
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LA-IIILGIt5I.
London Closing Stocks.

Consols for money, "a GIG; consois for
account. 81 HIS. Bar silver quiet; 2416d
per ounce; money, 214@21a per cent. TIE
rate OF discount in the open market for
short bills is 25s per cent; for three
months bills, 25s@3 per cent.
New York Mining SfncLs
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-16
500 Line Homeseekers, Rates.

Very low one way and round trip rates
10 points in the Dakotas, Kootenay, Cam
adam Northwest and the Pacific coast.
For particulars apply at the ticket Of
fee, 3T9 Robert street.
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Chicago Live stock Markets.

ChIcagO live STOCK MaFkets.
CHICAGO, April 5.-Cattle-Recelpts,
1000; steady. Good to prime steers. nom
inal, $6.75@7. 40; poor to medium, 81 75G6. so;
stockers and feeders. 2.75@5. 25; cows,
@2.50; bulls, S2.5O05 as; calves, $2.5O05. %:
Texas fed steers, S.. 2506 25
49, Hogs-Receipts today, $4,000; tomorrow,
250G0; left over, 5000; &c to 1Oc higher.
choice heavy, $7.25@i.35; rough heavy. 81
@1:25; light, $6.SOQI10; bulk of sales, $40
Sheep-Receipts, 1900: sheep strong to
lOc higher; lambs, steady. Good to choice
vwethers. $500; fair to choice mixed,
$4.1545.40 Western sheep and yearIings,
$4.75@6; native lambs, $47506.50; Western
lambs, S.. 2506 go
The official yesterday are: Receipts
Cattle, 1910; hogs, 34O35 sheep, l9,I21.
pmenttss--Cattle, 3,EO; hogs, 1O,264;
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". n. CAMPBELL
COMMISSION COMPANY
Live Stock Commission Merchants
Union Stock Yards.

OViUIi OIOCK dTUS,
EoOT$1 ST. PAUL
ConsgayusntS and correspondence So
Noted. Market reports furnished on ap-
piica,ioa.
=, Nc do strictly commission business
no hvc STOCK bought or sold on our own
differences Stock Yards bank. South
81 Pau; Security bank. ZumDrota; Hon.
a 4. KoerEer. state treasurer, Caaitol
building. st. Paul: A. 2. Anderson. CASH
tsr. st Paul National hxn6k st. Paul.
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Statement of the Treasury.
Bank CIearings.

st. Paul, $500, 249.91.
Minneapolis, 81, $50, SCI. oil.
Chicago $29, 167. 726.
Philadelphia, $21 .28S, 769.
Baltimore. $4.311. 291.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-16

IAtCtIpIA NUS IdI III 1JUz, COLlpdT6u
with the same period in 1901, are as fol-
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23

casions / had fine opportunities to OBJ
serve the beauteous view, from that
Georgetown bridge, of the surrounding
country, and the effect of my observa-
lions at this high point of vantage, with
the stiffness of night, the blinking lights
reflected in the running waters beneath
produced some fancy flights of thought as
wendell my penniless way along, after
an unsuccessful bout with games of
chance.
81 went over there one night, in COM
pany with two others, Land Office and a
Patent Office man, who shall be nameless,
for they are well-known today in Wash
ington. We had very tidy sum between
us-it was the night following pay day
and we rode over in a coupe, after having
dined comfortably down town. Arriving
at Clark's We paid the iehu and dismissed
him. Whereupon. after Just one slug at
the bar below for courage we mounted
the stairs which led to the lair, and. CIV
ing the countersign. were promptly ad-
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23
4'Charlie" Russell, "T'he Antelope"-An IN
tutored Genius Whose Art Rivals That Of
Frederic Remington III Delineation Of West
ern Typss--A Friend Of Senator Gibson

! who are familiar with his best work de-
I clare that none other can paint the plains
/ Of The West like he While his valentine
is roughly executed and hurriedly several
/ Washington artists who have seen it pro-
7 nounce it 20 be the most marvellous work
they have handled in years, and when con-
sidered as TIE product of a self-taught
artist, it is little short of a miracle. The
original is in pen and ink and water col
ors. and SO the accompanying illustrations
| necessarily fail of tie exquisite coloring
in which Russell is a master. The text of
the letter is as unusual as the pictures,
and is here given without alteration
February 4, 1892.
Senator Paris Gibson:
Dear Friend-No bought you will bee
surprised to here from me but if you are
like myself when in st. Louis you will be
glad to here from aney one in Montana.
LAS 1 am a very poor writer l will
make a kind of lniun letter, mostly
pictures.
Il went to see the big man the other
day who was on exhibition at Luthers
Hall. He stood seven feet ten inches and
half. he was shure big and farley bilt,
but his countenance appeared to bee
warped. caused l suppose by being up in
tire wether.
his right eye looked up bear gulch
while his left survade lower alkali creek.
1.-THE man that owned him said he was
very intelligent but all We got is his word
for it.
ito tell you the truth he looks to me
like a piece of John St. Clares taxidur-
NEST work an II bet his brain cavity
wouldent max a drinking cup for snow
bird.
you remember J st Clare that stuffed
the animals-stufed is the proper word.
it was easy for John, all he needed was a
bale of hay and wire cutters
''it was don by pushing a bale into the
green hide of what ever animal it hap
pened to be, then cut the wire. of cors
if the animal was larg it took two bales,
forinstance the elk. it was then what
John called mounted but it would TAX a
naturlest several guesses to name the
speacies. they all showed strong hay
resemblance
Doc Gordon has ordered an otomobiel
and I'm going to max it my business to be
down town when he launches her as / feel
sirten there will be something going on
that day
the cvuse has gust got so he can pass
an electric car without having spasm,
but l think they sprirging these sur
prises 10 fast for him
"it is safe bet the undertakers will
be busy for a while
Il saw Jim Dunivan the other day
'Jim looks good but the gamblers don't
think SO
speaking of gamblers reminds me sew
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23

knows he has picked Up by himself OF
the patois of the studio he is as ignorant
as his pinto pony and for it he cares still
less.
Il can paint what l see and what l can
see l paint" ard that is the whole OF his
art. Fortunately for those who would
preserve the vanished or rapidly vanish
ing features of the West Charlie saw
much in the days before the buffalo melt
ed away in front of the hide hunters rifle
and before the Indian contracted tubercu-
losis by close herding on Government res
ervations.
Once he was induced to return to the
East. There he took one lesson in an art
school; no more. As Charlie tells it:
There was an understood sooner in
clothes thatd make = Dago's monkey go
ser. He picks up a chunk of chalk and
scratches it down a blackboard. Says he,
This is a straight line 'Twant, but any
blanked fool could sec he'd done his best
TO make it one. l made no play. Then
the buffer gives another iourish This
is a curved line That was his second
turn, and it was fair TO middling. |
reckon he'd got up all his cash by that
time, for after giving us a song and dance
about straight lines being the lines OF en-
phasis and curved lines the lines of
beauty, he closed the deal and turns us
loose TO bring in samples of what we
could do with lines OF emphasis and
beauty.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23

that precious dollar on the high card and
lose 1t, after which we would take up our
weary journey homeward.
Now, right here. according to the per-
ennial ending of stories of this sort, 1
would have gone upstairs with that dol
lar. soaked it on the high card, babe good
by to the dealer, got called back by him
and informed that 1 had won. would
have coppered the bet and let it stay
High card would have lost AID my bet
won. Then l would be four dollars strong;
slide the whole sum, open, to ace and the
ace would show on the turn. Then
would copper the ace, heeled to The tray,
and the tray would come up in the box,
making me sixteen dollars to the good
which 1 would split on the king jack,
straight-up, and whipsaw the turn, wind
ing up with call of the last turn, four
for-one, win it, and be cashing in nearly
all the checks in the rack as my two
pals would walk into the room to see
what was about. after their wait below
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23

eral years ago when games were wide
open l sat at fargo layout in Chinook
the hour was lat an the play light. a
good deal of talk passed over the green
bord. the subject of conversation was
the Indian question. the dealor, kicking
George, was an oldtime sport who spoke
of cards as an industry. he, believe, was
born in Missouri. but come to Colorado
with his folks when he was a yearling
an had never left the shaddoes of the
rockies. the Kicker aloud an Injun had
no more right in this country than
Cyote. l told him what he said might
be right but there were folks coming to
the country on the new rail road that
thought the same way about gamblers
an he wouldent winter nancy times till
he'd find out the wild Indian would go
but would onley brake the trail for the
gambler.
MY prophecy come true. we will
have the gambler, but ~,
like the coyote civ ts4N---c-SI9
ilization has made m : III
an outlaw, the day El'S&N
light gambler is no | E~G1s ,tlz
more
for my part would rather have it the
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23
ClDTME

oh for the price of a ride on the cars
for us three said the Land Office man
when we We're nearly at the Georgetown
end of the bridge.
"'And If we ONLY had enough of the
large batch of currency and coin of a few
hours ago wherewth to beguile the inner
man 10 the extent of a sandwich and a
glass of beer walled the Patent Office ex-
aminer. On that refreshment the walk
would be triflng consideration
Fright here my senses returned and the
thought of that dollar 1 was packing
around came to my mind.
"'Gee whiz.' exclaimed. we are rich,
I've got a whole dollar and we eat, drink
and ride 1 explained how it came to
pass.
Would you believe 1t, those two In
dams would not listen to thing but for
all three to recross that bridge to the
Joint and play In that dollar! So back
We went. The others were to remain
outside while went up stairs to hazard
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23

stairs. and be surprised silly to see me
with all that money. Then the trio would
take a calashe for Washington. dine
sumptuously off our winning from the
dollar, etc, etc.
But as this story only aims to tell the
truth, and what actually happened upon
this particular occasion, it must be re-
corded that just exactly the opposite to
the foregoing 'pipe-dream' occurred.
went upstairs with that dollar, placed it
on the high card, waited anxiously Cor
few turns, the high card lost, the dealer
threw my simolian' into the loose change
drawer without looking up to see who
was its erstwhile owner, made another
turn and was out of business. Then we
three walked, car-fareless, sandwiches.
peerless. all the way across that bridge,
all through Georgetown, and all the way
up to U Street to the places of our abode.
The pleasantly. the make believe dead
game attitude we affected was only
bluff. We were extremely sore at our
losing and at the travails, present and
prospective, resultant therefrom.
And SO are most losers. be they ever
so game, II they only would admit it,"
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23

mitted to the shrine Seats were vacant
at the faro table and we sat into the
game Luck was against us from the
very go-off. The dealer pinched our bets
off the layout as fast as We could get
them down. But we stayed with it per-
sistently to the end of our string, win
ming and losing by turns until the three
of us were all out Meanwhile, how
ever. remembering former experiences,
had crafty pinched out silver dollar
and slid it into my vest pocket. / meant
It to come in handy later on. So We went
broke. What small change We could mus
ter was sloughed off in hurry bets at the
crap table and roulette wheel before we
got out of the place. Out We STROBE,
feyerishly hot, tired, excited, broke. For
the moment had entirely forgotten that
little hold-out of an even dollar. Not a
word was spoken by any Of US until we
were half way across the bridge. No re-
ordinations as to the system played by
either or any Of US. d. -..-
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23

place. Along in 1895 the anti-gambline
faction of the Alexandria county au.
thorities got the upper hand and made
a raid upon this Rosslyn Mecca of the
Washington sports and duly confiscated
the paraphernalia thereof. The white
building is still there, but the merry
clink OF the chips and buzz of the wheel
and noise of the bones is no longer
heard; the exciting games which passed
in the other days under the bright lights
which shone there are no more. Tho
faro buckers have sought other and less
accessible rendezvous where they may en-
terrain themselves O. nights. l have
crossed over the Aqueduct Bridge many
a night with high hope and dropped
little bundle OF cash carried thither,
not even reserving the price OF car farei
then hoofed It back, over the bridge,
through gloomy Georgetown. and up. to
my quar- ters in the northwestern part OF
town-long walks full of introspection
and large lines Of thinks. On such oc.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-23

81 was hostile, a whole lot hostile
when l punched out of that corral with
the rest. His sody card looked cinct
for the opener OF z brace game straight
through to hook. But after a while
figured, seeing I'd bought chips, to play
the stack out and perhaps a turn would
come to let me break even with the house
Next day 1 hustled up about sun-up and
did a pencil sketch of lot of rannkaboo
pGnchers saddling up on frosty morn
ing. One bronx was pitching pretty stiff
and l put all sorts of quirks into his legs
and back. OF course there was an old
bacon-chawer in the air, somewhere just
ed as if he was throwing the kibosh into
the beast whenever he wasn't too busy
hitting the altitude and Earring the
scenery.
Il showed it to that able bodied con
man down at the school and / says:
There's your straight lines and your
curved lines. 1 can make a final proof
on the emphasis of the straight one and
likewise to the emphasis of the words
Broken-nose Pete would use just such
times. but 1 won't qualify as an expert
On his beauty. Fact is. he amt beautied
much since fellow dished his face with
gun down at Glasgow for piking up
sleepers off fargo layout.
Now, Mister, what I'd like to know
is, can draw thingsl ike that?'
That paint sharp allowed he couldent,
he never seen such things.
Then l gave 1t to him straight and
he said he reckoned l wasn't cut
out for an artist nohow, and he was just
honing to cash in my stack. Then I hit
the back trail, and you bet Montana S
good enough for me-
One winter Charlie lived up in Helena,
where the side streets pitch so sharply
into Last Chance Gulch that for time it
was a question whether the city council
would use ladders for sidewalks or put
in elevators. They finally compromised
by mailing two-inch cleats to the plank
walks. The artist was letting himself
cautiously down one of these chutes when
a dog attempted to cross the roadway.
About the centre it struck bit of sheer
ice, its backlegs iack-knifed up under it, and
with its forelegs stiftiy braced forward, it
slid downhill on these, and its tail
Charlie watched its antics as it tobog-
ned-iownward. Then he gravely re-
marked to a passer: Say. I've punched
steers and Diloted jerkline outfits all
over this territory for the last sixteen
years, but doggone me if ever | before
seen a dog have to roughlock to get down
a Montana hill"
For dozen and more years Russell
registered with the boys, painting when
he felt like it, more often playing with
his genius than employing it to purpose
He rode out to round-uDs as a partici-
pant; he attended Indian smoke-talks as
a member of the tribe, and when he felt