Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-04
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Nv EDWARD B. REYNOLDS

BY EDWARD ID hGA ~
Raek in the days when Butte
was a silver mining camp and the
hfII that today IS termed int
richest ON earth" based iss ILL., 4I
an the hope that the white mesai
wouId achieve a parity with gold,
newSnauer work was an aruuous
end hectic life In those days tine
Rutte Miner and the Butte AnseI
vnountain were the important news
vendors Of the time. ,.,,a,4
r~i,ofarS 'st10omed" into town, worked
awhile. and then continued JneE res TO-
les Journeys from town 70 VoWh q an
mining camp to mining Caalp' IL
sSa-taTs mounted on cayuSes, hoe-
kcoted II through the gulches gather :
a ~. ,S,;ninT news. which was OF major
5-,snorfance and hotter than pOttlsCe
-o,1rt heats Then they returned 70 VIZ
SSSsice n transcribe their findings onOo
SSav1er IN scrawling longhand tilAs
rr,,ined printers eyes and sent Inenl
1sSanderiIlg to other towns IN Jne nope
If finding more easily-read copy; ,,-s
such a printer was Green ~. Ma0 JSa-t
who arrived in Butte IN Ine eStS R tns
Sx,,,e~ office. hoping to get q nsele
|~orlr Pickings were slim ana NAIoaS
~,os advised to continue ms Journey
70 Helena. However, Majors mao me- iSe9
xs,,tta at first glance and he DECIDED
-, STOW At first he was forced 70 d.
s ~ Si evervthing that was offered from
~ei1ar to garnet. Shortly aICer NaJ jill
arrived, Judge LippincoCI, A ~ p,' wSA
known in state affairs, arrived III M. Du tro
r 5TSveincott- too was printer. Inc wv W.
s,.sy5 sss,l,s,ed" for some months, puI
suite was growing rapidly ana ul ~
sSo, Obtained permanent POSITIONS. N
i003 Majors and Lippincott WeIS ia
last of the pioneer printers employer
In Butte.
cbort1v before Majors arrived II
matte leigh r. Freeman, most e.
Centric character, came into the camp
With a hatful Of type ana ni Iata
Killing handpress. This was N Sn 100 iSsSe
197Os' He placed them In an olS = Ss.sse
sback in the center OF the plSnles0
Sisetr obtained q large piece OF can
S1e - come r1aint brushes and pant anu
wTent to work. When he fInsne9 no
,m,.o,1nted a step ladder ana nalleu NY
a sign, Frontier INDEX So.
FROM that time on Butte reslueli. >
s,acanoe accustomed TO WibncSslIis =
49,. pSSr IN white broad brimmed naI
l LA abollt the streets, asking
rrn,eSfions and prying into LnlngS u
1es ssneI Freemans outstanding c4l nsad
ecferistics were a gr1zzleo OSa ~ t s,,as'
= smile that, in the WORDS % t n.e 3,1~a
aswallowed up his entire c9u Ia,,oh as
when he flew INTO q !, DiO''O
he spasmodically dio- ~,, NOS
r,.ov, time to time, when WORK Wa
10y On the Butte Miner, the FronSltesr
TsSdev furnished some occupatlon. A. 49,
-. STAYING IN Butte Tor Son5e C ..dN
Esraarnan loaded up his type ana many u
80 o-1d left Butte as suddenly as ne
pp.-S.syad III continue his western Pn-
s - Few old-timers IN BugOS Le
s,saanoI1er the Frontier Index ano tlio %
tho vaguely recall 1t are ullaOi '-,, 81
F,Irnish any information as " ,s wtA''V
happened to the man aLeer n If fine
.,o.aeSic editors who set up newspsaaIPss sls
Az T-onfier camps and aided IN kIlieena .
II u - ,S.asSdenfs Of those camps INTO gen
LIZ 9..So,rs,rn1ynities and settlements
S1llassiy,lv he believed Butte was Deconl
49, to9 crowded, too much OF ci.y,
alne Though It was still sucn a WIZ az
cnen mining camp that SONY VI r,i AZ
Citizens in 1873 went 70 L 1Vee, NJ
To obtain Morgan carp pluoAl ngf,cer
~ , ~ TSo5ra and Tombstone, 10 Keep
Or,a1- in the Montana meCropOnns:
A. oT1v rate Freeman left ana Douay,
sar ss fine writer knows, there ar
no copies Of his paper in existen,SS anu ~
In fact, most OF the cnro enron history
Montana frontier newspaper n 1sa!,
nave passed over the Frontler .llI,iree,
s sassr probably not even knowing
that it once existed.
Cheerful Chauncey Harris 44o
.r.,,-,,,e, tha time 1T operated in Butte
chaunce ice Harris. who , delighted as tho 70
style himself the ".old slouc tav o. t foT
" ny ,S1So N rlstled news, items LoI
.ino'i1 H S,ani index. Harris was one
81 W the old-type Of newspaper men, men, VINO mo
worked for the love Of his = CRAZE cars for for
nae ~ Money was something with
WHICH 5DhSs' to buy drinks over some !, bar r
Drinks were something With .' Mni niIse 70
5anish care. AS a result Harris cneeT-
e s5IA. face and hearty laugh were 70 ne
found, according to Majors ., wnsre
barieycorn ruled in conyivia.a. ,,S sway Gaar
ia Iis sos,I had a heart that melted at
T me reference to ones troubles; ana
without solicitation would yieio nus