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kin tell the folks that nobody ever
travelled with more sufferin' an
fewer prospects fer relief than yours
truly. There want a thing to build
a fire out of an l knowed I couldn't
a-done it if there were. I jest drift
ed out into the plajps with the sheets
of snow an the Wild herded me here
and there. like it were a-lookin' fer
a suitable place fer an execution.
God, 'twere cold. I were almost
dead. l reckon, when a band O. buf-
falo, bein' driven with the gale, like
myself, doomed up in the flynn snow.
They was a-goin' some, n it's a
Gods wonder that they didn't tram
pie me into the frozen earth, but they
split, an strung past me on both
sides like blots in the blizzard.
Rest of Herd Goes on
Like Shadows in Dream.
"A-trailin' behind 'em, We're a
monstrous bull. The snow We're a
whirlin' around him in a blindin'
mist. He didn't see me an come
blunderin' on until he were but a few
feet away. were figgerin' on which
way to dodge when, on the spur o
the moment, I poked out the old
rifle until the muzZle couldn't a-been
fer from his hide an pulled the trig-
ger. The report sounded like the
crack of a whip lash an the old bull
fell in his tracks. The rest of the
herd went on, like shadders in a bad
dream, an I bent over the dead bull
an tried to warm again his belly.
His hair were full of snow an l
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because it's made up of a whole lot
O. truck that nobody + much
about, but my receiptbook, which in
this here case l liken to the scrap
book of a professional politician,
called fer EN- an l built it to meet
demands" With this, he busted
himself with a dinner that I shall
forget. "Now help yerself an
don't put on airs. Remember we
might be dead next Christmas an
cut as big a cash in pleasure as We
can"
Appetite Sharpened to Edge
OF Keen Appreciation.
The trip up the gulch; the greet
ing and-yes, the !oddy, had sharp
ened my appetite to an edge of keen
appreciation, and, as Uncle Billy
said, Il done noble"
"Now, We'll jest let things set, an
smoke a SPELL" and suiting action to
the words, he produced his pipe and
tobacco. 1t was always a luxury
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-22

couldn't feel the warmth that I
knowed were in the huge carcass. My
hands were numb with cold an it
were so dark that I couldn't see no
more. One foot he'd no more feel
in in it than a boulder.
Carcass freezes as Hard
As Pharoah's Heart.
II were in fer a night of it if I
lived, but l reckoned that mornin'
would find me drifted over an dead
er'n a defeated candidate fer office.
l were goin' to freeze, an I knowed
it. I leaned the empty rifle again
the bull, pulled out my butcher
knife, an after a heap O. misery,
opened the big blade, knealt down,
ripped him open an stuck my hands
inside. With the feelin' of warmth,
half born when I pulled the trig-
ger that ended the buffalo's life, an
I dragged out his entrails an
crawled into the boiler. There
hain't no use in tryin' to tell We of
the sufferin' 1 lived through, but the
blizzard howled an ragged till nigh
daylight, an the carcass he'd frozen
as solid an hard as Pharaoh's heart.
1 couldn't git out. No, sir,-I could
MT git out.
Sets Up Il Yell When Friends
Come Trooping Toward Him.
"To make it more interesting a
pack of buffalo wolves were howlin'
around the carcass, an l want much
stuck on EN- a-playin' a game O
hide an seek with me through the
old bulls ribs, neither, but unless l
/ 0n1,1I ov% INV NC amt ON rVnffv
damned soon, too, l wouldn't see 'em,
in a bear. l guess they'd have got
me, all right, if they could hev
gnawed the meat. fer more'n once
l heered 'em tackle the job an it
made me V as if 1 were Asset
tim fer my tin-type, an don't We for
get it. l whitfield away, but made
mighty little Roadway although the
work kept my mind off'n the wolves
an kept up a little circulation till
daylight came, when I didn't hear
'em no more.
"Pretty o after day broke, I
heered a shot, then another, an an
other. I yelled out but got no an
swer an bimeby I heered a boss lop-
in toward the. buffalo. Bein' on the
ground that way l could hear any
thing movin' fer again as I could
hev he'd I been standin' up. I set
up a yell. fearin' they would pass by.
an pretty soon l heered somebody
say. We'll, I'll be damned
"They cut me out. I couldn't
stand up an were sick fer foul weeks
afterward, but I'd added in the bull
if old Bill hadn't made the camp an
started out with the rest of EN- as
soon's the storm died down, to hunt
fer my remains.
Chats a pretty stiff yarn, partner:
better wash it down with a little
SMILE"
And Uncle Billy passed the demi-
john.
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just vengeance, in every case owe
took and buried them. A camp-rob-
Der, driven by a sharp gust. narrowly
escaped being blown against a huge
pine snag as he crossed the gulch,
and a cottontail that l had scared
from his hiding place, hurriedly
sought new owe with his ears tight
against his back.
Growing Drifts Make
Travelling Laborious.
The trail vas obliterated, and
growing drifts made travelling labori-
Gus for mt unused to winter in the
hills. l crossed the trail of a deer
that had been drifting with the
storm, and although comparatively
fresh, the tracks were scarcely Wis
able, and for long distances they
were completely covered. l tried to
picture the gulch and steep hills on
a summer day, but my imagination
revolted and refused to be driven to
a milder cline. 1 was growing tired
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Copyright BY Frank B. Linderman


to watch Uncle Billy fill his pipe. He
did the job with such nicely and pre-
%cision, seeming to prolong the task
that realization might be magnified
by anticipation.
There vas silence, as the wreaths
Of blue spoke floated about the cabin.
The n~ickle-plated alarm clock
licked off the seconds industriously
and the moaning of the wind among
the frs outside lent enjoyment and
flavor to the tobacco. My eyes fell
upon the old man and presently he
rose slowly, stealthily-his eyes
fixed upon the far corner of the
cabin.
Bushy Tail and Shining Eyes
Appear for Last Time.
Looking in the direction indicated
by his stare, l saw the bushy tail and
shining eyes of a mountain rat.
Reaching under the soiled pillow,
Uncle Billy drew forth a Colt From
tier Observation-Disclosures for the rat
to show himself to better advantage
and then-BANG. The cabin was
filled with foul-smelling smoke and
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-22

and cold, when in a grove of fir trees
we'll known to me, the smoke from
the rusty stove-pipe protruding from
snow on the top Of Uncle Billy's
cabin, signalled that the journeys
end was at hand.
opened and in it appeared the old
man, his face wreathed in smiles and
his white hair and beard blending
with earth's mantle.
Roast of Elk Meat
Watts Aroma Around.
merry Christmas to We. Dog-on
me if ye amt pretty good rawhide to
mix it with this weather. Come in.
Come in. I've got a hot toddy wait
in. I've got a hot toddy waitin'.'
Smell it?-Hey?" and the old
chap opened the oven door that the
savory roast of elk meat might watt
it's aroma about the room.
Il hain't no artist at fancy dishes,
an l hope yen be game an tackle
a puddin' I've made. It's a heap like
a political platform, that puddin' is;
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-22

Better come up Christmas. A
big bull elk fell over a cliff up to
camp and broke his durned-fool
neck. I've rustled this here fer
trimmin's"-and Uncle Billy held up
a demijohn and winked.
Jest me an you," he continued
as he warmed his Thin hands at the
office stove. "He amt no SLOUGH.
that elk amt. He's fat an fine,
an I'm a-goin' to give We a regular
old fashioned feed, me-"
A week had passed since the invi-
tation had been accepted, and, after
making a pack of some small gifts
for the old fellow, l began to climb
the gulch that led to his cabin.
1t had showed the night before
and the chill wind snatched material
for miniature billiards. from the
snow-laden frs, as 1t swept among
their boughs from every cradle OF
storms among the ragged cliffs, far
above. Here and there dry leaves
wrung from reluctant bushes, sour
ried across the white surface, fol-
lowed by a mist of snow which, like
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-22

IbflEllnS Ill lnteF W neat, fOIlOWl
This is John Hall, dry land farmer
of TOole county, who has been nomin-
ated for the Hall of Fame by f. r..
Holderby, cdior Of the Sweetgrass
Record. Farmer Hall grew 1881
bushels of flax on 20 acres of land
near tie border town of Sweetgrass,
and broke the record.
Mr.. Holderby annexed the title of
champion ~flaxgrower of the universe
for Farmer Hall by affidavits of the
farmer who grew the flax and the
thresher who threshed it, together
with documentary evidence from the
Bozcman Agricultural college, attest
ing to the Hall achievement.
The accompanying halftone is from
a photograph taken when Hall was
harvesting this flax crop which has
attracted SO much attention. The
umerou shocks attest to the heavi-
ness of the stand. Following the
cutting of the flax the land was im-
mediately seeded to winter wheat,
and the picture shows the drills in
operation.
Hundreds of farmers have written
Hall, asking him for some of the flax
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-22
FOR PEACE

The glow of a new dawn of
peace and good will is faint on
the world horizon as the day of
the Christ birth nears. Germany
has made the first move, The
proposal to discuss terms, re-
ceived at first with derision in
the entente capitals, seems like
" to receive consideration thct
will result in an exchange of
views. The neutral nations, par
ticu1arly the United States, are
expected to exert their influence
toward adjustment of the con-
flicting demands and viewpoints
that stand in the way of an ar
mistice or a final peace treaty.
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trail fer his discovery. Bill told me
afterward that a big Missourian he'd
started to cheer fer Jeff Davis, an
Bill knocked him down, after a pre-
liminary of bad language in which
the lineage of the rebel sympathizer
were questioned.
Bill Is Soon Surrounded
By Prices Right Wing.
"In less time than it takes to tell
it, the right wing or old Prices army
he'd surrounded Bill, an hell were
doin' fer the union blue, when l
got nea enough to land with a
stick O. limb-wood I'd gathered from
a wood-pile near the door. 1 don't
remember much about the fight. My
lights went out sOmewhere's about
the first innin' an next l knowed
Bill were a-puttin' snow on my head
IN calm me pet names. Soon's l
come to, he handed me my rifle an
suggested that q change of scene
we're necessary fer the peace of the
community, and Judging from his
nose, which never amounted to any
thing as an ornament after that day,
he were right. His eyes were black
er'n a professional politicians rec
ord, an blood had dried on his fore
head till he looked like a Blackfoot
buck in war paint. Soon's l felt a
little better, we started fer a camp
of some friends of ours, some 10 or
II miles down the river, intendin'
to spend the night with 'em an tC
figger on the next move. Travelin'
want much of a luxury fer me an
allowed Bills joints were a little of
as we'll as my own. We neither one
said anything about it. but l reckon
we each he'd suspicious.
Flying Snow Cuts Faces
Like Lash of Whip.
ut were as cold as a refused pro.
posal an the wind he'd hauled from
hidin', a regular old blizzard an sen
it curlin' over the country at a fear.
full rate. The flying snow cut oul
faces like the lash of a four-hoss
whip as we travelled quarterin' with
the wind. The country were rollin
an, after crossin' a knoll, l missed
Bill. 1t were so thick you couldn'1
see a dozen feet an I called to him
as loud as l could, but you'd abou'
as we'll try to bore an auger-holt
with a gimlet, as to try to outflow
that blizzard. Being a bundle O
bruises yellin' want specially com
fortin' an I give it up an fired
shot out of the rifle, but 1 didn't gi
no answer an concluded I were il
fer it. l managed to git anothe,
load into the gun after losin' thre,
or four charges of powder, an fig
gered to save the load fer an emer
gency. It were mighty lucky fer m
that I did, too.
Nothing to Do but Keep
Travelling With Wind.
There We're nothin' to do but t
keep travelin' with the wind an v
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-22

Here is a story of a Montana
hawk, captured in a Carbon county
oat field, last August, and which was
given it's liberty after a small bottle
had been fixed to one of it's legs.
The bottle contained a message. It
flew south into the United States of
Colombia, and was killed on the Ia
BILE lands of Bogota, near the capital
of that country, 300 miles from
Red Lodge, seventy days after it was
turned loose in this state.
Eddie Hotchkiss' Message.
On August 20, a little less than
three months ago, Eddie Hotchkiss,
a Carbon county farmer, vas at work
in his oat field. He found a hawk
that had become entangled in the
shocks of the oats, and took possess
sion of the bird. He wrote a mes
sage and put the note in a small
bottle which he tied to the hawks
leg. And then he gave it it's liberty.
The message asked the finder to
write the sender.
Hotchkiss was surprised a few
days ago to receive a letter from Bo-
gotta, the capital of Colombia. It
was written by Louis Filipe, a resi-
dent of Bogota. He detailed the cir
cumstances under which the message
had come acros two continents to
him. He said he was hunting in a
wheat field on the plains of Bogota
and had shot a hawk. He noticed
a bottle fixed to one of it's legs. He
broke the bottle and read the note it
contained.
International Courtesy.
He presented his greetings to the
Montana farmer who had sent the
message on the wings of the great
trade winds into the far southland,
and expressed the hope that the re-
lations between the United States of
Colombia and the great republic aft
ec which it was patterned would al
ways be friendly, and he added naive
ly that he hoped we would not take
it into our heads to dig any more
canals across the isthmus of Panama.
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snow was blowing through a hole
in the thinking where the 45-caliber
bullet had torn it away.
Got him." said the old fellow as
he crossed the room, picked up by
the tail the mangled rat, tossed hun
out of door and began to stop the
hole in the thinking with some rags.
eff there's one redeemin' feature
about them devils, I hain't been able
to find it although I've been closely
associated with 'em since 49," he
said as if in apology for his deed.
Finds Chance for Revision
OF AesOp's Fables.
eff old man Aesop had a-known
about 'em, he'd a-never hung the
can of pure cussedness to a member
of the canine family, like he did in
his dog in the manger' stunt, fer
a mountain rat has got 'em all
skinned raw when it comes to pack
in of things that they amt got no
earthly use fer jest to keep the
rightful wner from enjoyin' his own
property. l been a-layin' fer that
Teller fer a week, but he were cum
MIN as a faro dealer. He's gone
where he'll find a heap more of his
kind, wearin' my brand"
Hear that wind? Makes me
think of a Christmas I spent in '65.
Did I ever tell yol about it?--no?
well, me an old Bill Hanks, he's
dead an gone years ago-hed been
on a little bender down to Fort Ben
ton. We'd been down the river an
had got back on the last boat up.
The weather he'd been mild an nice
till jest before the holidays, but the
first storms of any account, drove
in the ~prospectors an some of the
buffalo hunters.
Has Working Interest
In Bills Trouble Herd.
"The camp were pretty lively, l
can tell ye. Me an Bill were part
ners in some ground that were pay
in. an, bein' flush, we trotted a
pretty fair heat along with the rest
of mankind hat he'd drifted west fer
the love o. driftin'. Things got to
hummin' an of course there were a
good sprinklin' o. fights durin' the
time we We're a-tryin' to drink up
all the booze there were, but l kept
out of 'em. knowing that l want
built fer close quarters an fingered
to defend my right to peace, if
he'd to. Bill want so lucky. He
never seemed to savvy that trouble
were a maverick adrift on the range
of human life, an couldn't keep his
brandin' iron off'n it's hide. Time
an time agin, he got lessons-prac-
tical as hell, too, but they never
learned him to nibble before he bit.
He he'd a bad habit O. declaring me
in on everything, an along with a
partnership in the placer diggin's,
I he'd a workin' interest in Bills
trouble herd.
Hears Racket and Hits
Trail for Discovery.
II never knowed much about his
breedin', but if a man kin make his
self standardized by performance,
same's a boss kin, Bill yer blooded.
an don't ye forget it.
"'Twere Christmas when we went
prospectin' fer trouble in as likely a
spot as I ever see, an 'twan't long
before he got his notice on a claim
that it took us both to represent, an
we left it jumpable, at that. I wan''
with him when he made the strike
but I heered the racket an hit the
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-22

Twelve years ago, about this time
of the year, or perhaps a little earli-
err, there gathered In a Butte saloon,
a bunch of good fellows. They had
heard of a number of needy people,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-22
THE SANTA CLAUS
OF SILVER BOW
STORY OF BILLY GENNELL. BON
WANT OF BUTTE, AND
HIS JOSHERS' CLUB.

Saloon Gathering of Twelve Fears
Ago Resulted in Building Up an
Organization Which Has ACCOM-
plished Much for the Poor of the
Great Copper Camp.
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HAWK
MESSAGE CARRIER
CAUGHT IN CARBON COUNTY 1T
is KILLED IN THE UNITED
STATES OF COLOMBIA.

Farmer Tied Message to Leg of Hawl
and Turned it Loose; Receives Re
ply From Bogota, Capital of Col.
Ombia; Flew 1900 Miles to Deliv-
er Montanan's Message.
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DEATH OF MRS. &. NJ. COALE.

a, !, "a a, !, =
WIS I"''"'''e W. 'o"'e' 'o'"e''y Vi
''"' ,''" p", 'o' several years p"'' !"
''''"."' " ''"''',''I'' '''' nj 'e' "''''e
." "'''1Ay' "Eeu :" years one ""u
'ee' III recipe meant" LOT some 'l'"e ana
'e' uea'" was ''' unexpected. Fuhera'
' ~, ''Ie' were '"'o"vte" NJ ier Nome
ioli an avenue y" j" e'i''eSuay' inter
'"en' P'''"'e'
:, WI = ""'e was DD'" =" ''u'N7 county,
a. Du' 'h"Eeu 10 neci' county "here
sue anu "e' 'u7"h""' LEWIS u 'oh'e,
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All that tract Or parcel Ot land situate aud ly-
INK IN the fillh Election District OF Hartford
county aforesaid, together with the Improve
u,nlh thereon, containing 81 Acres Oi Land
more or less, situate on the south side OF lirOnd
rc"k near the mouth thereof being u part ~
Mndrn's Mount. known ns llruad creeks Land
ing, aud described IN u deed from the SuTprriinu
Company al Hartford County. Maryland. Ia
JUArph l.. Mcdaniel. aud recorded In the Land
RucOrds Of Hartford County, aforesaid, In Librr
J. A r.. No 40 folio lD2, and assessed To Joseph
I. Mechanics Tor 1910 taxes In arrears, interest
thereon, proportional costs Ia day Of sale
amounting 10 ....,. .,, GiB 20
All that tract or parcel Of land. with improve.
munta thereon situate aud lying III III" Fillh
Election District ri Hartford County. near Cass
fuckers Corner, containing II y ~ Acres al
Land. more Or less particularly Described ~
ulluwa: beginning iOr The same NJ u stone N
the end OF thu iTst ~ south ID degrees u
MINUTES east, BIZ perch line UI the second par
c,l ~ land conveyed by tnssnndrn cover nnd
,lnrrs Ia Joseph I Durhuan by deed dai'd
March II. lDll. aud recorded among the Land
trrurd, nt Hartford County IN librr j. a. Il q,
80 lJI folio 10. amt running thence with The
.,rond line Uf said conveyance, bounding On
liner land nf the heirs OF william Thompson
nd on the saver land south ~ degrees 10
uIuuirs west l2i feet. thence bounding on TIA
Iiri conveyed by Joseph ] D,ckman and
rfuprs Ia Alfred Hutton aud wii" by decd dhl'u
90 - mhuT IT, lDlI TUyuTSulb. I'VE courses nUI H.
d degrees 10 minutes west ~ feet To The a. nlut
- the county road aud wllh ih" center Of sra
uId Two course. north degree ~ miuui"
y'ai. 40 feet, north ~ degrees N miuui'a west
IN i,'i aud leaving sRid road. north y degree
10 minutes east " feet To 4 mari cd che smut
IN the EAST side al snld road, nnrth -
I,Errrs % MINUTES east WD iC'l To u pih OAK
.lunp ~ the ir1l line Ui the second tract g n
.,yud hy The SAM hUyrrH 10 The sad brCkmnn
~ above aud wIh iho SAID irsi line, south III
irgrrta ID minutes east Im net 10 the place 81
IrgluuIHE a. surveyed by W. IlIIHh Sumuryill,
D,rrnIbrr I, 1914 huInV part al III" land drScrIh
Il ~ decd from Henry a. SILVER 10 Gerard
inrrr, dated May ~, 1860, aud recorded among
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thOse Interested in child labor
problems are urging the passage Of n
law now before the Legislature restOr-
ing the minimum age of licensed news
bows to twelve instead of ten years Hs
at present. Experience seems to teach
concIusiyeIy that the boy between ten
and twelve is too young for this rough
street work Last year 81 p, of all acct
dents occurred to boys of under years
on the street, ami ~ of all licensed
newshoys were in II single year on the
records If the Juvenile Court for various
charges Nor IL the work profitable,
three fourths of them earn less than
two dollars per week which does not
pay for the expense and exposure IN.
Cured. In fact experience again CON
firms the general proposition that the
small child should be kept steadily in
school to acquire primary education
while his mind is most flexible and his
services least valuable, his moral
character being trained at the same
time to withstand the temptations of
manhood iIfc
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Fallst0n News.

FALLsToN, Mnrchs, A very pleasant
surprise phrty was given nj the home
of Mr. and Mrs j G. Livingston last
Wednesday night. it being in honor Of
the birthday of their eldest daughter,
Miss Martha
Mr.. Robert Clark and family hnyr
moved to Anne Arundel county.
Mr.. John j. Shanahnn and fnml,
have moved to house belonging e.
Mr. ID j Shnnnhan.
Mr. f. ". Chalmers has gone t.
Virginia on business
Rev j. Monroe Stick, of the Mary
land Tract Society. will preach Mt tn,
Fnllst0n Presbyterian Church next Sun
day morning
Miss Anna Winner, Of Lancaster. Pa
and Mrs jacob Itenmcr and son Of Iinl
timorc have returned to their home.
from visit with Mr. and Mrs Joseph
ltchmcr
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honors were won by Mrs. Parker
Mitchell, and the guests prize was
awarded Miss Neva Michael. Miss
Stella Cleaner, of Wilmington, ID. c.,
is house guest of Mrs Gibson.
Miss Annie c. Morgan and her daugh-
ter, Miss Emma b. Morgan, and Miss
Florence V. Morgan, of Aberdeen,
spent the week end in Baltimore.
Mr. Carl Benson, formerly of Emmor-
ton, who is now engaged in the orange
industry in Sacramento, Cal, paid a
flying visit last week to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Benson, of Bel
Air
Mr.. and Mrs John l.. G.. Lee enter
tanned number of their friends at
dinner at the Stafford ON Monday even
ing.
Miss Lydia f. Harvard. formerly Of
the corps of Hartford county teachers,
has accepted II position rs teacher in an
elementary school in Baltimore.