The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-11-10
Little Log House Near Flat
head Had Plenty of Food
in It--May Be There
PARTIES OF SEARCHERS
RETURN IN EXHAUSTION
Snow Is Three Feet Deep and It ls Al
most Impossible to Get About-But
Nevertheless, Hundreds, Incted by
the Rewards Offered, Are Still on the
Hunt-Will Be Food for Ravens IL
Not Found Now in a Few Days.
Kalispeli, Mont, Nov. ,o.-Sunday in

halispell, Mont, Nov io.-Sunday in
ESPECIAL 10 INTER MorNfAtN.I
the district in which the search for
superintendent u. +. Egan is being carried
on was more wrciched, ii possible. than
any OF the wild stormy days since he dis
appeared. All day snow in binding waves
settled over the country until now a, least
'hfce ieet covers the ground
Men pushed through snow almost M TO
their shoulders at times, and always 40 TO
their waists.
sunday morning large party of men
VINO had been searching Saturday re-
turned to kalispell Many OF them we're
thoroughly exhausted by their labor in
pushing through the snow.
a party Of six, equipped with rations
and on snowshoes left for a cabin ON Ton
OF Pyramid Peak IN the direction Of the
south fork OF the flathead river couutrv
yesterday. Their objective point is a
cabin in which there is said to he plenty
OF food, so that if Superintendent, Egan
had pushed on TO this point he would he
able 10 sustain life for weeks.
May Be showed in Snuoly.
he fact that il has showed almost con-
tinually since liRan was lost would make il
impossible for him To work his way ont
through the snow. although he would have
been able TO reach the cabin before closed
IN All hope Of finding him alive will not
be abandoned until TINS party has returned.
Assistant General Superintendent Ken
nedy will arrive from ST. Paul toniph, and
take charge OF the detail work in conncc-
ton with the search. The Great Northern
has furnished food aud transportation
to all those who have offered To go ont and
JON searching parties, and IL has been said
thai the company was paying the men So
per day This story. like hundreds ia cir
culation, cannot be traced 10 any definite
source.
Almost every hour new story is circu-
lated regarding Egan and what is being
done. Many OF them come from what,
under ordinary circumstances, would be
taken as perfectly reliable sources. atcr
they develop in having started from chance
remarks.
1t is almost impossible to get full details
owing to tendency Of the railway Off
cials to suppress what they are doing
They Want Their SO Per.
Sheriff Hands Office was beseged this
morning by almost 30 men who had been
Ollt searching.
Hand remained up al Friday night aud
ran ont special train 10 Belton before
daybreak. These men went ont with. as
they understood. proposition 10 pay them
So day. Now that they have returned
they can get no satisfaction they claim.
from the railway and appealed to Sheriff
Hand who himself has spent almost his
entire time IN the ncighborhood Of Bolton
since Wednesday night.
he men were decidedly outspoken re-
Rarding what they allcge was promised
them.
The fact that men demand pay in such
cause is causing considerable comment,
and the citizens Of Kalispell openly say
that the railway company, If they had not
been so anxious to keep the matter of
Egan's loss quiet could have had hun
drcds Of men on the ground Wednesday
morning, when there would have been an
even chance Of finding Egan alive and
there would have been no thought Of pay.
II is said by men who were on the
ground that had Egan been dead Wcdnes-
day that at least his body could have been
found, as the snow did not cover the
ground to such a depth such as would
have completely covered the outline of
human body. Whose fault it was is not
subject OF conversation as much as tho
fact of what might have been done
Sheriff Hand, as soon as notified, late
Wednesday afternoon, did everything in
his power, but it was too late to get men
in the field for work until daybrcak Thurs
day morning.
What Hand Says.
Sheriff Hand returned from Beton last
night, as did most Of those who had been
on the quest.
lie said that the search had not been
abandoned by any means, and that no
doubt the railway company would have
men out as long as there was single
chance to find the body.
Mr. Hand states that there are several
small parties working over the ground,
but that the snow is so deep that it is
almost impossible to make any progress.
Storms are still sweeping over the terri
tory adj djacent to Lake Five.
Superintendent Egan comes from
family of railway men. He has brother
}. NJ. Egan-who is now president of
the Georgia Central railroad, and was
formerly general manager of construction
OF the division west of Minot, and OF
one time general manager of the Chicago
Great Western.
Two cousins arc on the Kalispell divi-
sion, one as agent at this point and one
in the motive department.
The Storm which has ragged since last
Tuesday, is said to have been almost
without precedent at this season of the
year. Railroad traffic has been at times
all but blocked. A strange story comes
from Bolton, where it is said small
party of Japanese section men were sent