The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-05-24

Action of the executive committee
of the Society of Montana Pioneers in
selecting Frank d. "Sandbar'' Brown
of MissOula as secretary of the asso-
citation to succeed the late ]. u. San
ders was a particularly happy one,
for there is probably not man left in
the state to-day who is more CONVEX
SAINT with the affairs of the association
than "Sandbar' Brown, historian of
/ the society for many years and pion-
eer extraordinary as we'll as plenipo-
west.
Besides which "Sandbar" Brown is
the most outstanding figure of the
western type which has passed since
the days of the late Beidler and his
red silk handkerchief tie, spotted
vest, sombrero white hat top boots,
gun belt with gun, long moustache,
goatee and the little FURNISHES" atop
of cheeks. OF course "Sandbar" does
not look that way, but he is in a class
by himself and none will ever pass
him by without knowing him to be of
the vanishing west.
Unlike some of the boys of the olden
days, "Sandbar" wields a wicked pen,
can make up a set of books, has
Shakespeare and the rest of the old
timers at his tongues lend. and is a
particularly brilliant and pyrotechni-
cal conversationalist-a some ora
tor
Once upon a time "Sandbar" lived
in Philipsburg. but long since drifted |
down to Missoula to make his home |
TO become a fisher in the beautiful |
Bitter Root and feature of the Hell's /
Gate landscape incidentally he
bought right of way for the Milwau-
kee railway, traded in real estate, rails /
ed Mcintosh Red apples, and adopted /
the pursuits of peace generally, even |
going so far as to forsalke the high /
top made" boots of the old-time shoe
maker for the struggled shoe of the
that was going some.
Between times "Sandbar" located
the old Mullan trail from the head of
navigation at Benton to the head of
the 10 10 pass, or some such place
and not only located the trail, but
.alked W. A. Clark, Con F. Kelly,
John d. Ryan, the late Jim" Murray
md some other millionaires out of
cal cash enough to spike the trail
Town with marble monuments and Mr. '
Mullan in bas relief scattered here {
md there along the trail at $4,000 per
ach. Great Falls has one of them "
coated at the south entrance to Glib X
on park and nervous strangers COM v
ng upon it suddenly in the dusk of
vening have oft been shocked at the
pparent way in which Great Falls
caters her memorial headstones
thwart the jocund places of the liv-
lg. However the trail is marked,
nd some day Great Falls is going to =
ct a couple of bronze memorial tab =
is and plant them at the city de-
OTIS to tell the weary traveller all
bout it, as they do down at Harper's -
cry on the B. & o.. or maybe it's -,
lie P. & Q. -
Which has nothing to do with the IL
,cellence of the choice of "Sandbar''
secretary of the association of pass IA
g brave men and women who dared co
blaze trails in the perils of a Wild
ness that the mighty Montana of
day might be macadamized as to
ads, and populated by a great Am lie
lean people, but is simply contrib nv
ed as side remark while the process I Z
N passes.
Which again brings to the name Of an
andbar' as attached to Mr.. Frank Ka
Brown. Not vouching for the story, mel
telling it as it was told to me in 2
} days when every man had some me
ng tackled on to the name his folks the
re him, it relates to Mr. Brown and sin
red brother of the days when der
lplocks were more fashionable in
Indian village than short skirts S
the rail bird brigade of today. Mr.. for
'wn was rather sudden with a gun in