The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-05-07

fear that if the authorities made the
slightest move to arrest the ring
leaders, the millionaire's son would
Immediately be shot.
The only thing to be done, it was
decided, was to get the Western
Union to connect Helena with New
York by wire and hold it open so that
Child could discuss the predicament
with the millionaire. The banker
almost fairted on learning the fate of
his son. Some means must be de-
vised for placing the miners and Sc
curing the young mans release i'm
mediately. "Goodbyi" He must be
off to set the necessary financial
wheels in motion. Within twenty-four
hours the quarter of a million dollars
was telegraphed to Child.
Stays With the Mine
Gathering the money from the
local banks-the men had given him
warning that they would accept no
checks, that they preferred gold but
would take part in regular paper cur
rency-Child started off in a sleigh
to cover the % miles. Before he had
gone far his suspicious were aroused
and he decided to take a roundabout
trail to reach the mine, a trail he
had never before used. And it was
we'll that he did; for he discovered
later that not one but half a dozen
holdup parties had sneaked away
from the mine determined to waylay
him and decamp with the treasure
Thanks to his precaution, he arrived
safely, the men were paid, and the
hostage delivered IN.
Child stayed right on the job, and !
loaded with lead and silver bullion |
The first train load that eyer pulled |
put of Montana for the east. His |
success in handling this difficult Sit
lation won him wide fame
Notwithstanding that robberies,
loldups, and other crimes were ram
pant in the seventies and eighties, no
'ne, either white or Indian, ever at
empted to cross Harry Child's path. /
lie earned the reputation not only of
Icting squarely but of being able to
axe care of himself This reputation
saved him from ever having
o use or carry gun through his
Whole mining experiences.
Yellowstone Park Contract
In the early SOS hotel company
otel at Mammoth Hot Springs in the
'ellowstone National Park, but in
1856 the company collapsed and the
otel was held under guard by work
len who had not been paid for build
lg it. The Northern Pacific Rail-
ay came to the rescue and bought
ut the hotel company, completing
lie Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel and
limo hn1 xAJ1 \
t this time the carrying of tourists
the park was an adjunct of
lie hotel company, but in 1891 the
terror department granted the
concession to a newI
,mpany called the Yellowstone
Company, and the two
'mpanies thereafter operated, as sep
ate concerns for number OF years.
ne transportation system of the
lrk has been developed into re-
well run organization, and
as in its essential features the crea-
IN of Silas S. Huntley, who gave it
of his attention from 1892 to
01, when he died.
Child became associated with
lntley and when the latter died,
cceeded to the management of the
siness, the control of which he still
ercises.. The development of the
lendid modern hotels at the Upper
sin and Grand Canyon, at the
untain, Yellowstone Lake and at
Hot Springs, which amaze
lrists because they have all the APP
rtenances of the finest city hotels
New York City, is mainly the work
Child.
The Yellowstone Park Transports
n Company's business grew under
lids management until it owned
0 horses and 500 coaches and other
1icles. Then, three years ago. tol