The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-02-09

as clerk in a Boston store, with a
commission as first lieutenant;
and when | contemplated the ele-55
vation of tin soldiers to places that
have been honored by men whose
statues adorn the national capital
the companions in life of Miles
and the latter's descent into obscu-
rity, | wondered why we long and
struggle 80 nobly for fame and dis
tlnction.
Not far from Miles City we pass
ed Fort Keogh, which recalled the
fatal hour when Capt. Tom Keogll
aud his gallant companions follow.
cd the heroic and matchless Custer
in his mad, disastrous and last
charge on the. Little Big Horn.
just before coming to Livingstone,
the junction from which the road
runs out to the National Park, off
to the north we caught sight Of
Crazy Mountain which seemed to-
rise from the plain but a few miles
away and to be two or three miles
long and few hundred feet high.
1t may have been fifty miles away,
half that length and thousands Of
feet high. 1t was An interesting
object III it's snow-clad condition
with ever changing clouds. At
Livingston we began to climb up.
the mountain range toward Butte,
a metropolis of the range, and the
sun gong down we were soon shut
off from a view of the enchanting
scenery with which we had been
feasting our imaginations during
the mountainous ride along the
Yellowstone, and reminded us thst
We had made a mistake in not re-
serving this northern trip for our
return trip in the spring time when
the longer days and better adjust
ed time table would have given us
the coveted view.
When the sun rose the next
morning we were in the pine clad
hills running along the clear, spark
ling streams and lakes Of Idaho,
and nearing the enterprising city
of Spokane where we arrived
couple of hours later aud were met
at the depot by our former towns
man, Hugo Spannagel, and enter
tanned by him and his family for
the rest OF the week at their home
at Nora Avenue. Not, long after
our arrival we met our old friend
Jonathan Myers who is comforta-
bly, located here, and has a farm
a few miles out. He enjoys much
better health than when he left
Scotland. Together with Hugo we
went out to do the. business partof
the city and view the interesting
falls that furnish SO much power
fnr the advancement of its indus
tries. We had the pleasure Of
meeting Judge Kellam, formerly
an able and valuable leader in the
state building movement in South
Dakota and one of its supreme
court judges. He is in partnership
here with a former Iowa partner
and enjoys large and lucrative
law practice.
Spokane is an interesting city of
seventy thousand people; the east
ern metropolis of Washington; en-
joys a commanding position in re-
latinn to the development Of the
mining, timber and marble quarry
industries of the eastern part of
the state and of the states of Ida
ho and Montana has a delightful
location through which the Spo-
kane river runs with the inestima-
! BILE power for development of its
falls, and is pierced with a canyon
that challenges surprise and admi-
ration; along and near which are
established the most beautiful, ar
tistic and interesting homes of the
city, many of which, as we'll as the
massive business blocks OF the
town, are said to be the property
of lucky miners who have recently
emerged from poverty to afluence
| The city 10 bounded by ranges ol