The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-09-08
and held ON till the boys came down

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and rescued him.
They were then 500 miles from any
habitation. He speaks of travelling
through what is now Yellowstone
park, and seeing boiling springs and
geysers, of riding up canyon where
the walls rose thousands of feet, and
the various colors they were made
Other trail taking them through
Bozeman and on as far as Butte.
When they arrived there, they de-
cided to leave the Kansas boys, so
they camped outside the town and
took account of stock. The stock
consisted of one poor lame horse, the
fixtures, the usual tin-plate, mug,
knife, fork and spoon. The boys do
mated them a half loaf of bread on
leaving, and Clark produced three To-
cent scrip pieces and went to the
nearest farm house to get some
milk. Asking how much it was
quart, he was told 1t was 1.-TWO bits
q gallon" "Well," he said, "if you
will lend me q pail will take the
gallon" He gave her the scrip, say
ing, Never mind the change"
Clark said Center got on three
sides and he on the other and they
didn't let up till 1t was gone. Then
he (Clark) spruced up little and
went into town. To quote him: II
always thought was pretty good
looking chap, but when I got In
front Of full length mirror I kinda
'sQuaked,' for there stood a long,
lean, lank fellow with trousers
tucked into knee boots, flannel shirt,
with pistol in one side of belt and
bowie knife in the other. However.
put on a bold front and went to
the hotel and asked il they knew of
anyone who wanted help. "Are you
butcher, they asked?" mo, I come
from the east where all butchering
is done at the slaughter house."
replied. well, there is a man named
Maxey who keeps butcher shop and
he wants help"
So went to see him, and after
finding out he wanted me to go out
and kill steer every morning I
finally closed with him at dollar
day, my board and bunk in the back
of the shop to sleep in, and that night
found me dressed up in a white frock
cutting beefsteaks.
The next morning I was called at 2
O'Clock to go out to do the killing,
which did every day for two weeks.
II stayed there a month. Center
got job to take in hay. At the end
of the month, having earned $50.
having enough to buy a new horse,
and Center's having been out to
pasture during our stay, we moved
on, passing through Silver Bow, New
Chicago. Missoula to Mullan, where
we undertook to cross the 'Cordelain
mountains don't suppose have
spelled that right. but that's the way
it ought to be.
AFTER going up some distance.
raining all the time. which finally
turned to snow. and as we were IN
our flannel shirts and no pasture for
the horses, we returned back to New
Chicago, fitted out there and went
over by the Lo Lo trail, which took
Us into British Columbia, and iron,
there down where we settled at Z
place in Washington. having been
seven months ON the journey"
Perhaps this may meet the eye Of
some OF the boys now living who 70.
member these tales, which happened
90 long ago. and II Mr.. Naxey g stilj
living he can corroborate my story
OF their happenings while In Butte.
! can truthfully say all these In
cidents happened.