The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-08-10

yearling had broken away from the
herd. The young man rode after the
animal. Horse, rider and yearling dis
appeared over a 65-foot bank, the horse
and yearling being killed, but by a mir
acle young Kidder landed in a pool of
water and was a little the worse for
his fall.
Sidney Paget, an Englishman then
operating a horse ranch in the Ash
land region, returned to his home in
England that fall. He told his father
about the circumstances. Lord Paget
laughed at him for telling a wild AM
erican yarn. On the following day the
elder Paget was at his club in London
when Lord Bennett related the same
story. Lord Paget remarked that his
son, who was operating a horse ranch
in the same Territory had told him the
same wild tale, when Lord Bennett re-
torted that he vas visiting his broth
er on Powder river who operated a COW
outfit there and that he had visited the
scene of the fall and vouched for its
truthfulness. Lord Paget later apologi-
zed to his son, Sidney.
The sixth crossing was located at
what was called the Mule Shoe" while
a mile beyond was the seventh crossing.
Both of these crossings are on the pres
ent SH ranch. Liscom's ranch was the
Brandenburg postoffice, named for
William (BilD Brandenburg, a partner
of Van Gasken. The ranch was owned
by George and Frank Liscom. George,
an old-timer in the west, called his
wife Vinegar" Frank was a bachelor.
Eph Lay and his wife came with them
to this location in 1880 and spent the
winter with them.
Two old buffalo were grazing near
the ranch one day. Frank Liscom was
Informed there was no lard in the
ranch house and tallow was needed.
Frank wrapped himself in a sheet and
covered his head with a flour sack,
craWled along slowly in the snow to-
ward the buffalo and took a shot at
them. He hit the bull. It beloved,
kicked up quite a fuss and came toward
Frank. It was too much for him. He
jumped up out of the snow, tore off the
sheet and never stopped running until
he was behind those who were watch
ing him. There were some carcasses of
buffalo On the Rosebud divide.
who killed them?" George Liscom
asked.
II did; me and Frank were out hunt
ing and we crawled close up to a small
bunch. I told Frank, who could not
shoot on the run, to shoot first at a
young COW. T waited and waited. The
buffalo were pulling away, so I opened
fire and killed seven. I turned on
Frank and asked him why in r.
he didn't shoot. Frank was sucking
hard on an empty pipe"
He replied: II had no 'catiger in my
gun"
In the first gulch, during the eighties,
south Of where Harold Pope lives,
occurred the first and only holdup of
the Tongue River stage. Barney Ro-
oney was the driver. He had three pas
sengers. A tall, dark-bearded man
with a rifle suddenly appeared in the
path of the stage and coolly ordered
the driver and passengers to empty
their pockets on the ground. Barney
Rooney had several dollars in n pock-
ct which he threw on the ground, but
he kept $40 he IA carrying in another
pocket.
George Geddis, one of the prominent
stockmen in the valley, had a young
brother who had come out from New
York city to visit him. He was a pas
senger on the stage. He gave the best
description of the road agent. He ask
ed him to return the photograph of a
young lady. The bandit picked it up
from the ground, and after looking at
it, said:
pretty nice looking girl; I think I'll
keep it."
Lum CHump) Hood, a deputy, and a
man by the name of Wiley, a bar
keeper, went in search of the robber.
They discovered. his trail on Pumpkin
creek. Taking a short cut, being IA