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C hro nicle . VOLUME 1. CHOTEAU, TETON COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1897. NUMBER 13. i * BREAKING OF IN ICE-GORGE The. Breaking: of an Ice Gorge on the St. Mary’s River Makes Tilings Lively tor a Shortyrime. The Narrow Escape of the Workmen anti the Probable Cause of the Disaster Given below. Regarding the breaking of an ice gorge on the St. Mary’s river, the Lethbridge News has the following account: “On Saturday evening last, just after the men in Hinton’s camp,, who are eugaged on the bridge over the St. Mary’s river, near Whoop-up, and who are camped on the bottom below’ McNabb’s house, had had supper and were loafiug around preparatory to turning in for the night, a roar as of immense volume of water rushing towards them w'as heard, and before they’could get out of the way the water had rushed, into the tents and the men had barely time to escape with what clothes they had on, no time being given them to secure any thing about the camp. The cook, who w’as lame and walked with a crutch, was not so lucky as the rest, but had to climb a tree, where he had to remain three hours before he was rescued—the night being so dark and no boat to be had, it was impossible to render him any assistance. After awhile he climbed down, and getting as near the dry laud as possible, was rescued by his companions. The teamster who had his horse tied to a tree, went up to McNabb’s house and borrowed a saddle horse to ' go and frpp then), but at.the first .step into the bottom both horse and rider went over their head in the icy water, and the {¡t empt was given up. After a time the water was settled so that tho team was reached auu sol ai their liberty. In tho meantime Messrs. Burns & Jordan’s men, who were camped a ihort distance down the river, heard the coining waters aud got on to higher ground, leaving their outfit to look after itself. The men built fires on the ba.uk, where they passed the night, coming into town ou Sunday morning. The cause of the flood is hard to explain, but it is supposed the chi- nook of Th irsday night loosenod the ice aud caused it. to float down the river, aud jam about two miles above the camps, whore the river runs through high banks, and after a time the pressure of the backwater getting too strong, carried the whole mass Along aud inundated the bottom, where the camps were situated, the bauk at that point being much lower. We understand from an eye witness that the river rose five fiaet] in a very short time. The tents and outfits of the men are all frozen in at present and work has boon discontinued to atvait a cliinook. Had the jam held a couple of hours longer, the chances are that we would have had consider able loss of life to report, as by that time the men would have been in bed and asleep. Mr. McNabb, who has been a resi dent of that vicinity for a number of years, says that the water is now tw’o or three feet deep all over the bottom below’ his house—a thing which has never happened before during, his residence there.” Luetgert Again. The second trial of Adolph L. Leutgert for the murder of his wife was called before Judge Cary last Monday. Tho sausage mauufacturer w’as represented by ex-Judge Law rence Harmond, and Attorney May Riez, Attorney Thalen having with drawn from the case yesterday after a heated interview with Luetgert aud the new’ lawyers. The court room jvas packed with spectators when the court was called to order. Most of the session was taken up by Harmond in arguing that Judge Cary should not try Luetgert on the ground that he was not qualified to sit as a criminal judge. Judge Cary over ruled the motion, intimating, how ever, that he was willing some other judge should sit in the case, provided the counsel for the defence could come to an agreement with the pros ecution as to who should hear it. MAKING GOLD. If the prediction of E. C. Brice and these associated with him in the National Metallurgical company are verified, he will by this evening have demonstrated that he has solved the alchemist’s riddle aud holds in his hands the secret of transforming the baser metals into pure gold. Last week at the company’s plant, thirty- ninth street and Low’e avenue, Chicago, the process wras begun which is expected to result Saturday in a harvest of $13,400 worth of gold 1,000 fine from an original .product of antimony and lead worth only $150. The cost of the labor engaged in tho work will bring the entire cost of tho process up to about $500. Tho distinctive feature of the pro cess is the destructive distillation of the metal antimony by the intensely heated atmospheric oxygen. The crude metal is first subjected to an intense heat, the antimony is carried through a tuuuel 150 feet in length into a series of iron pipes 600 feet long, and ejected into a steel build ing provided with bags for collecting the resultant oxide, which is collect ed on a doth with the nap ou the in side. The product, is shaken into re ceiving bags* molded into blocks, and then submitted to a temperature of 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit for 48 hours. Then comes the smelting and rofiuing process, which requires 16 hours, from which results the gold and silver to the amount of $2,- 680 a ton. Mr. Brice w’ho is a metal lurgical chemist, has devoted many years to the study of this problem aud says the present process is no ex periment, as he has conclusively proved on a smaller scale the success of his theory. The plant cost $25, 000. A CITY CEMETERY. Take a walk through the cemetery alone and you will pass the last rest ing place of the man who blew in the muzzle of a gun to see if it was load ed. A little further down the slope is buried the crank who tried to show how’ close he could pass in frout of a moving train. In strollingabout you see tho modest ^monument of the hired girl who staVted the fire with kerosene, aud the grass covered knoll that covers what is loft of the little boy who put a comb under the mule’s tail. The tall shaft over the man who blew out the gas casts a shadow across the boy w’ho tried to jump on the moving train. Side by sido the otheral creaturo who always had her corset laced to the last hole and the intelligent idiot w’ho rode a bicycle in ten minutes, sleep on undisturbed. At repose, a doctor who took a doso of his own medicine. Thore, with the top of a shoe box driven over his head, lies a rich old tnau who mar ried a 3 ’oung wife. Away over there by a side gate reposes a boy who fished on Sunday and the woman who kept strychnine side by side w’ith the baking powder in the cupboard. The man who stood in front of the mow ing machine to oil the cycle is quiet now and he rests by the side of the careless brakeman, who fed himself into a seventy ton engine, and over iu the corner of the fence in the Potter’s field may be seen the bleach ing bones of the many men who, dur ing life, were just a little better than anybody else on this earth.—Chicago News. _______________ H. E. Morrison, of Collins, spent the first of the week at the county seat. MONTANA LEADS THE LIST The Records of the Chicago Stock Yards Gives Montana the First Place on the List. The Shipments From 1889 to 1897 The Poor Years Accounted for. The Range in Prices, The western ranger receipts at Chicago have virtually closed aud the official records show a considera ble shortage for the year. The re ceipts are about 40,000 head less than in 1896, boing the lowest since 1891. The run of the various seasons has been: Season of 1897........................234,000 Season of 1896 ....................... 271,000 Season of 1895........................431,000 Season of 1S94 ....................... 374,500 Season of 1893........................3.14,500 Season of 1892 ....................... 271,000 Season of 1891 ....................... 370,000 Season of 1890 ....................... 229,500 Season of 1889........................160,500 The shortage is accounted for by the heavy marketing in 1894 aud 1S95 aud tho discouraging conditions then prevailing, which prevented restock ing of tho ranges. A large uumber of southern‘Mon tana cattle, not good enough for Chicago, have gone to Omaha for feeders and a great deal of stock has been bought on tho ranges by tho feeders. This year’s supply has been the poorest iu many years. The range was in poor condition in the early summer and the rains in August caused a now grass crop, which made the cattle soft, thus causing great shrinkage.'! ' ' The northern Montana cattle have uniformly led the market, although not up to their usual standard. The returns have been satisfactory as the prices have been 50 to 75' cents higher than they were last your. The $4 mark, considering a sure profit basis, has been generally passed. The highest price was $4.90 for a lot of 1,8G5 pound alfalfa-fed Hereford steers, shipped by I. G. Baker, of High wood. The Fort Shaw Cattle Co. also re ceived $4.90 for its 1,950 pound steers and Ford, of Augusta, received $4.80 for rangers, while Clark Tingiey, of Big Sandy, got .$4.75. r. During the past six soasons the highest prices at Chicago have been: 1992 ................................................. $4.60 1893 ................................................. 4.75 1894 ............................................ 4.90 1895 ............................................. 5.10 1896 ................................................. 4.25 1897 ............................................. 4.90 Weather Observations. C .W. Ling, observer of the bureau at Havre, gives the following De cember data from observation for 27 years: Tho mean or normal Docember temperature has been 18 degrees, ranging from 4 degrees iu 1884 to 33 degrees in 1885. The highest’ De cember temprature has been 64 degrees, on Dec. 2, 2894, and the low est, 50 below, on the 25th day of the same month. Tho average precipitation for De cember during the past 17 years has been 0.60 inches, varying from 0.80 inches in 28 S 2 and 1891 to 2.61 inches in 1880. The heaviest snow fall in an}’ 24 hours was 8 inches, on Doc. 23 1886. In connection with the above it should be born in mind that the snowfall is ton times the precipita tion. A New Band. Thore is talk of organizing a band in town. This is a good move on the part of the young men. ,The mater ial is sufficient and we see no reason whv it cannot be made a success. TETON EX CH A N G E! MAIN STREET. CHOTEAU. O l d e s t S t e i n - d . i ± i T o w n , » Finest W ines and Liquors^ ^ -.Domestic and Im p o rted Cigars Telephone No. 29. MILLER & LONGMUIR, Props. RESTAURANT g «y o .Now Under New Management., i Only Restaurant in Choteu. i Fresh Bread, Pies and Cakes 9 3 ....For Sale.... 3 | M E ALS A T A L L HO URS. ) Reasonable Prices JACOB. N. AUSTED, Prop. jggjggp MEATSI MEATSI #{O F ALL KINDSM^ Our Meats are always fresh. Our Sausages and Weinerwursts are made from the ®B choicest of meats. ' \ £§¡6 M _ Has som e thing new to offer to the 111 public this week. Shillings Best Toa, 60 cents. Gun Powder Tea, 50 cents. Clover Honey, 2 pounds, 35 cents. Coal oil 30 cts. per ^ gallon. Everything also in proportion. Elane and Water White Oil. Dried Fruits in variety. Standard Grades of Flour. L. W . LEHR, Prop. CENTRAL 4 C. FI. DUNLAP, Proprietor. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL B U T C H E R . Beef, Mutton, Pork and Veal Sausage. Fish, Game and Poultry in Season. CHOTEAU, MONTANA. G. A. BOUTILLIER, Carpenter a n d Contractor Ohoteau, Montana. HOTEL BURLINGTON R. D. MAY, Prop. Great Falls, - - - Mont. Pleasant Rooms, Steam Heat, Electric Light, Hot and Cold Baths. RATES, $1.25 PER DAY-— ---------- One Block From Depot. S. Y. PENRO D, Carpenter & Biiilier. Plans and Estimates Furnished Pianos and Organs Repaired and Tuned at Living Prices.
