Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01

into the window from this side, like this
I saw Bill Carey there at the bar just
rakin' in his change after payin' for a
drink. and know the window was on this
side, and not on that"
Fix it right" directed stiles, the trail
boss. who is the head Of the committee on
amusements. And it was fixed right
That's the way they're rebuilding Miles
TOWN. with great care as to detail. And
when this stage is set and the roundup
begins they're going to be careful about
the business and the lines Of the open air
pertormance, Just the real thing in the
way Of arrival and departure OF stage
coach. holdup of the same by road agents
and pursuit and capture Of h~tghwaymen'
bucking and roping contests by COWBOYS
a foot race arranged by one OF those TIN
Grant professionals who used to come INTO
frontier towns, get up a race, bet heavily
and then throw it" and make a cleanup;
attack by Indians on a settlers cabin and
an old time fight,
For the Indian fight Crow and Cheyenne
Indians are to be Brought from their res
ervations near the Custer battlefield, liz
miles southwest of Miles City. Two Moons
who headed the Cheyennes in the fight
with Custer, will be here, and so will old
Curley, a sure enough good Indian
who secuted for Custer and who is said
by Montanans to be the only genuine
survivor on the side of the whites Of that
terrible battle. After the Indians attack
the white mans cabin they will be re-
pulsed and driven through the main street
of EIkville-thats the name of the rebuilt
Aulestown-and compelled to jump from q
high bank into the Tongue ~river-paint
blankets, tomahawks and all.
II they could get Poker Nell here for
the roundup the local Elks would be
happy. But she has changed her line
now. and won't come. Schmalsle and
: John Carter and Jim Sipes and Jim Cole
; man and other Miles City men who kne"
her in the '70s. say they used TO thinl
z she'd never do anything else but run q
gambling house. But the men were mis-
taken. When The railroad came int
s Miles city in 1881 she went while he
standing was good. she is now in an
other state running a hotel.
She declined with thanks an Invitation
, to come here for the roundup. She's Gu
!. that sort of thing, and while shed enjo
meeting some Of her old MilestoWl
friends. she couldn't bear to be pointe'
out now as a feature OF the old ne
II Will be nara lot the Nisl'ol "'
City for the roundup who didn't know oil
Milestown to realize that the well be
. haved, prosperous appearing city OF toda
grew out of such a beginning. But
grew from a smaller and a worse begir
n ning. II was a tough place-a very toug
place. old Milestown. Money was plent
At full. considering. Fort Keogh, abuttinl
rs had a full regiment and the usual compl'
ment OF citizen employees and camp 70
q" lowers made a good payroll, 10 whic
ut we're added the earnings OF a small arm
ed OF government contractctS men. high sa
OF aired clerks in the stores, and the col
re ttnuous contributions Of the inevtab
Ie, tenderfoot who nocked 20 Miles City,
y The town then was one OF much cons
We ouence. II doubtless harbored as ma
de- hard characters as ever have gather
on the frontier, but-possibly because
er the near presence Of the soldiers-theTe "
an less OF the man for breakfast In the h
M tory OF those days of license than in ma
sr. frontier towns.
in All men had TO meet on a level In VI
Ike period OF pioneering. Society as then CO
nR stituted demanded IL. Prominent Il
"a played a stack or two against the ban