The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-10-06
Search Party Under Forester Greeley Discov-
ers Remains of Missing Man.
EXPOSURE AND PAIN BRING INEVITABLE ENDING
Stricken With an Attack Of Disease to Which he Was
Subject, Unfortunate Man Meets Death Alone
While Comrades Seek Help
for Him.

which led along a divide, intending to
20 10 the main divide between the
Mlssonla and Bitter Root rivers, at the
head of Miller creek
II was the intention here to take back
Oh forest trail tp their left and con-
tinne In circle back To tile ranch ~
the evening. About three miles out,
Clarke left tile other tive men and went |
Off On little side trip, intending 70
come back and Join them Oh the trail
again later On. Clarke got lost that
afternoon and failed tD catch np with
his companions. and. arter camping out
I'LL night. he finally got back tn the
HoIloman ranch late Sunday night
Lost Trail.
III the meantime Aiken nnl Tripp
continued I'D the divide and when they
cnme to the trail IN which they were
To branch Off To their left they dia
not recogniz. II and continued straight
ahead. After going some distance they
determined to strike off to their left
and FIND the trail they had already
passed This they did and 1t was after
having gone a few hundred feet from
/ the trail to their left Uhey now being
on the slope of Schwartz creek. which
flows to the Missonla river) that Aiken
! was stricken with n sudden attack Of
| Brght's disease and became unable To
walk or even to crawl. This was Sat
nrday afternoon, about s o'clock. and
the two men lay out without even Il
campfire thnt night. what few matches
i,,.l t.sEt1 1,.n, IutF linn hnB N
water soaked from rdin.
Dreary Wait.
1 Waiting for the return Of Clarke 10
advise him of Mr. Aiken's condition,
Tripp remained by the sick man. doing
4 what little he could, until Sunday noon.
when Ii was determined that the best
plan would be for Trip To 20 back to
the Holloman ranch as fast as possible
and summon help. Trip got off on n
:, blind trail when part way down the
divide and became confused, making no
progress In the direction he wished to
j go until night came on, when he Was
compelled to climb into a tree and
spend the night. He reached the ranch
]. house, however. early the next morning
and found Clarke had arrived the night
before. Then 1t was that word was
sent To Missoula and rescue party
first started back over the trail, Tripn
. led the men back to point where he
, though he had left Aiken, AZ had been
! stated above, but not until Ranger
, Beatty arrived on the scene was tho
trail finally taken up.
A Busy Life.
i w M. Aiken was n native Of Missls-
! sippi and was about 3S years of age. lii
i got his early training in the publ,
schools of his own state, and in his
4 early manhood he was sort of a Nomad
] for number of years. Then he en-
, tered the United States cavalry nne
) served for five years, q portion Of til.
1 time In the Philippines and one sea
son with the squadron which ha,
! charge OF the Yellowstone natiann
park lie became a sergeant In TIL
: army, working up from the ranks.
After his discharge he entered th'
!. law school at Yale and gsa3 aated n
one of the high honor men Of his class
d In June, l90s. Almost Immediately h
entered the forest service as law ex
. nfnlnef anu came 10 AlSSDnla on lie
cember l, 1908, rs law officer of distrir
: No | of the service.
y A Scholar.
His work In the service was anala
! gous to consulting attorney of
business firm, as 1t was he who decide
the legal status of all of the admins
d traiiye problems in the district. A
: law. his decisions ranked very high an
: he has written number of opinion
Y which have become working principle
il of the whole service, During the las
a. few months he had conducted som
j. cases In the federal courts and ha
: been successful in winning severi
where important principles We're in
n yolyea. lie was a promising consti
1t tutional lawyer
n Mr.. Aiken was married few week
TX after reaching this ehy. Besides n
10 widow he leaves father In Missif
1t spp to mourn his loss. No funeri
III arrangements We're made last night.