The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-21
n5SOULA MEN TELL EXCITING TALES OF FRONT
Pioneer Laughs
at Living Cost
in Eve of Lite
Frank ID. Taylor Of Drum.
lnOnd Is Old and Poor,
hut He Is Successful.

Montana who seoff. NJ tbr bi-,, cost
of living of 1917. with its ,O.r.ut a,~,r
siN-ccnt flour and who e,t4 ,ont.n,,a,v
III hi little hopl. nj pl.lu,,u,,n,i aud
reads of ncNs of the l.nru,s,n h,,,,F.
fields and Smiles To himself when h,
recalls the pioneer daX,, Of tSsa in
Montau,.
That man l. lr3ui, II v,,,or n
year, old. who hY.s lived - nnnt,n,
tor the past 81 Years and h. {. watched
the state crow from II hoEtin,, u ii,,ar.
less. Whore the wolves ca,lf. to one
another across th,, harr,n ,.,st.s !, :,
stat Of prosperity ANA ,sttr,f imam
tial wealth.
Probably no other niouct,r ~ tho
state has he'd n norr varied ,4r.cr
than Mr.. Taylur. uno mas lt,.el in
every portion of Mgntara. when rail-.
roads urrc rnkno,yn ond M. ,n,.,. ~
press carried far ,,af4 ,,tiu,. ,s,,h
week over the uneven TRAIL nni,a, ,ro
today broad ifgaIv.l4.4 t.tgaine vim
transportation.
Ard after ,ctrs al rrgt .,sss Vail,icr-
inc. IN which iin., he pIny.aa no mar,
of buffalo hunter Farmer trader
r,ornkeepcr anu rovf,py h, ms e,ii,,d
down on his ,ittlo farm =. prnelnnn,l
to spend the rest of his DAYS ,yIIrnr
to ,oi tn. Younger rcnc,at,nu .ul,. nm
the struggle Win lif,.s n,.n, ,n.nht>,s
Mr.. TayIor raipt 10 philinsl,u,t. iron,
Missouri IN lSrV oith hit father and
brother The trim uls ,n.,t,= r,.=lt.nm.
boat to fu,t benton and from thcr,
across the state to Ilrl,na l,, foam I,
Was in the DAYS when ever, tnrn IN
tn. narrow Winding tran V,s fr1u,rh,
With dangers from the Indians
Locating al phil,psinrp fo,, 4ny,r,,
years, Mr. Tuyfor haulr3 M ri,s,
quartz for the Hope mine IN TINT cit>
in 1867. Early mo n.xt y,,r u, 1ef,
with his father and broth,r ro,. Film,
Creek, where they each tool, m n ,so
acre homestead. A ycnr later tbo,, sold
their homestead rights for $500
In telling of tho sale. Mir TnyIo,
smiled and declared Inn, III. cam,
land sold for 40 600 some limo l,tc,
and IL now worth n great deal nor,
but IN those DAYS land was hard !,
tin and prosnects always looLe
brighter a little further ~
The family then went to New chi
cago. mher, they located on nnothe,
l.
other attempt al, FARMING ,n,il ,s1e
| when Mr.. TayIor took n trim ia th
Yellowstone The Trim was made -,
| horseback and Mr.. TAYLOR tells man,
| narrowing stories of narrow cscapc
| from death while on The trim
For several years ia. Young mn,
roaned about the state. tradinr am
looking for n new location. 4, tim
| time the stat, was unsettled and ~,
| mors were ALWAYS current Ina, thor
was a great strike or :, town ,,c,tio
| In another locality,
| For four wears h. w,n, inin tn
business of buffalo huntinp WIN,
| huge herds of these animals roamo
| over the plains of eastern Nont,n, /
!, the summer time he hunted buffal
| and In the winter no worked for III
Great Northern rai,rood which ",
building across the stat,
1t was in the eighties when ,hc min
| ing craze strnck the st,t. and Al
TAYLOR. Hike man, others h.e,, ,r,a
pertinc for metal and coal
Coal WAS tbn nrin,ip,l a,tr,c,i,
for tn. ym,np man and for sever.
, years he prosnect,d in yar,ons mar,
of western Montana. Th. s,u,h for
of the Bitter Roo, was IN. scene
many dipt,iprs.
Later II, won, Ia pr,,n,,no,d who,
he BEGAN the digging of y shnft In,
time 1t was .xpensiy. To build y sb,