The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-11-14


acter of the hunt for Mr.. Egan has
been changed and instead of mob
OF men, chasing here and there
through the woods, with no plan of
action other than to put in their time,
the search has been systematized
with definite plan of action laid out
and picked men to carry it out. 1t
was known from the first that there
were many men egaged to look for
the lost superintendent who were en-
tlrely devoid of the first rudiments
OF Woodcraft, and who needed to be
watched in order that they them
selves would not be lost The expert
enced woodsmen who had been en-
gagged We're disgusted with the work
of the tenderfeet, and this was in
great measure responsible for the
lack of interest some of them have
shown. They are all willing to do
their best in the search. but they
can't stand for the coarse work of
some of the searchers, who, in many
instances, were having their first eX-
perience in the woods and had never
seen the mountains before coming to
Kalispell a short time ago.
Commencing yesterday morning,
the search for the lost superintend-
ent was for the first time proceeded
with in a systematic and orderly
manner by party of ten or twelve
men under the leadership of Dan
Doody. The party in the field is
chiefly made up of experienced
woodsmen, and is composed of G. F..
Buckley Charles Olson, Tom Welch
Tom King, John Wise, Joe Rhodes,
Nick Schroeder, Ed Spurck, John
Doody.
They will be completely equipped
for a two weeks search and will
cover every foot of the ground in
systematic way, and not overrun the
country as most of the mob have
done heretofore. They will be the
only party in the pay of the Great
Northern and will receive $4 per
day and expenses. All others hunt
ing for the body will have to stand
their own expenses and will receive
no pay other than the reward, should
they be SO fortunate as to find the
body. This plan was decided. upon
Tuesday, after conference in which
Superintendent H. E. Kennedy took
leading part and if it should be
unsuccessful, after a trial of two
weeks, the last hope of finding Egan's
body will be abandoned until spring,
and all concerted action will cease.
1t is expected that the hope of secur-
ing the reward will keep many men
in the woods the balance of the win
ter, and some of them may accident
ally stumble on the body
There has been many misleading
stories sent out from this city in re-
gard to Egan's fate, and the occa-
sion has been taken advantage of by
some correspondents to work up
good string at the expense of some
confding outside newspaper. False
statement and pipe dreams have
Deen mlXeQ up, anu lHe SUOIleS SSHI
out as true reports. One of the
statements and one of the most mall
cious was the one that no one at
Bolton had been notified of the dis
appearance of Mr. Egan until We'd
nesday. In this respect DR.. H. E.
Houston has the following to say:
"The report sent out that no one
at Bolton was notified Tuesday even
ing and Wednesday morning of the
disappearance of Superintendent
Egan was without foundation" said
Dr. Houston "The people at Belton
were perfectly familiar with the sit
uation and assisted as best they
could. It was thought at that time
to be not at all serious, as there
were three or four cabins right in
the vicinity of Lake Five, where Mr..
Egan left his car Tuesday afternoon.
Old time woodsmen and occupants of
these cabins felt no uneasiness at
his disappearance. A searching par
tv left Bolton at daylight Wednes-
day. visited the cabins and enc1rcled
the lake. On finding no trace of Mr.
Egan they at once returned to Bel
ton and spread the alarm to Kalls-
nell and Columbia Falls. There was