Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-26

ter's scouts, was on hand attired in
the same style of buck skin gar
ments that he wore 40 years ago.
At Ballentine, Mont, each Omaha
booster was presented with branch
of lilac flowers which were collected
in vases and served to make the din
ing cars cheerful during the rest of
the journey.
As the train crossed the Yellow
stone river, two miles east of Bill
ings, Coulson, an old trading post,
was seen to the left of the track and
at the eastern point of the bluffs
running north of Billings is the
famous Boot Hill cemetery where Is
people, who died unnatural deaths,
with their boots on are buried.
In this cemetery lie the remains of
"Mugsy" Taylor, who carried the
news of the Custer massacre to
Helena, Mont, from where it was
sent to the east. This place marks
the highest point in the Yellow
stone river reached by steamboats,.
Pass Indian Battlefield.
About IS miles southwest from
Warren, Mont, Gen. Nelson A.
Miles defeated the Indians in one of
the last battles between soldiers and
Indians. Returning through the Big
Horn basin, Wind River canyon to
Casper, the party passed through
country where many prospectors
were lost searching for the mythical
Lost Cabin gold mine.
Arthur Thomas, manager of the
publicity bureau, made the acquaint-
ance of baby coyote at Ardmore,
S. D. At first the coyote seemed
to love Mr. Thomas, and consented
to be held and petted. Suddenly
the animal became angry, and Mr..
Thomas thought that he had been
gassed, torpedoed and shelled all at
the same time He suffered only a
slight wound, but he became so an
cry that it was decided the word
coyote" should not be mentioned
in his presence during the rest of
The trip. At Riverton large party
had not returned from an automo-
bile ride when the train left. They
prepared for a 25-mile race to the
next town, but had proceeded only
a mile when they discovered the
train had been stopped.
Exhibit a Wampus.
One of the features of each visit
to the Wyoming towns was the ex-
hibition of a wampus. Newspaper
men were forbidden to mention its
presence, as several attempts had
been made to steal the prize H. E.
Babcock, the Pullman conductor,
was supposed to have captured the
strange animal at Red Lodge. Great
crowds lined up at each station to
get a look into the animals cage.
The exhibition proved so popular
that it was decided to show the
wampus at the Chamber of Com
MERGE club rooms.
During one long run between sta
tons, beauty contest was held and
David Cole was elected the hand
soonest man on the train by large
majority over the other two can
didates. Joe Wright and DR.. r. A.
Moser, who tied for second place.
The election took place in Wy
oming.
1t is estimated that 100000 book
lets and souvenirs advertising
Omaha were distributed during the
trip. Souvenirs were eagerly sought
by the children and each town had
its gimme gang" as the young
sters soon were termed. Every
town was taken by storm with the
exception of North Platte When the
train was held up and robbed by
those terrible bandits who, before
leaving, handed out few copies of
an extra edition of the evening
paper which told the details of the
holdup, exhibited such enterprise
that the Omaha men let the North
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