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• 1' THE EHALAKA EAGLE. -.- SEARCH FOR GOLD IN 'BIG AIRPLANES Alit GIANTS TO BE USED PR9S- PECTING INACCESSIBLE PLACES. Tests of Machines Will Be Made in Northwest by New York Parties; If Successful, When War Is Over and Thousands of Aviators Return, Work Will Await Them. Flying machines, which have been perfected so that they have a heavy carrying capacity, are to be utilized in exploring some of the ,inaccessible places in the mountains of Montana if plans of a New York group of en. gineers are carried out. Similar ex- periments will also be conducted in British Columbia by M. M. klackeever and associates of New York, who ex- ' pect to use hydroplanes having a carrying capacity of one-half ton or more in makjng trial flights from Le Pas, several hundred miles north- west of Winnipeg. The region to be prospected by this method is described as being virtual- ly unexplored, and it is believed that among other discoveries great de- posits of free-milling gold ore will be found which, even by crude methods, can be treated profitably on the ground, thus doing away with the heavy expense of transporting crude ores to smelting centers. Prediction Coming True. From time to time it has been pre- dicted that the time would come when prospecting by flying machines would become quite general as well as successful, and it now looks as if this prophecy would be fulfilled at an early date, and especially so as the great world war has brought aviation into such prominence, demonstrating to what a variety of uses the flying machine has attained. There are many localities in this western country, in Utah, Colorado, Tdaho, Montana, California, Oregon, Arizona and Wyoming, which present formidable obstacles to their thor- ough prospecting because of natural barriers, which, undoubtedly, could be overcome by the use of various types of flying machin and the day is not far distant when the secrete of both desert and mountain, in the regions named, will be discovered, and valuable discoveries made by this new and thrilling method of over- coming both air and land. Hydroplanes in Water Country. In (7auada the hydroplane is to be used in preference to airplanes, be- cause lakes and rivers must be de- pended upon for landing purposes. If success crowns the venture, prospect- ing with the aid of flying machines will probably become very popular in certain circles and, when the war is over and peace established, the fact that this country will count many ex - .r perienced a4lators among its return- ing heroes will undoubtedly pave the way for unprecedented activities in aerial 'navigation in the United States. TAP LAKE BOTTOM TO DEVELOP WATER POWER That the demand for electric pow- er is constantly growing in Montana is made evident by the fact that the Montana Power company is starting a large v;ater power developtnent in the south central portion of the state, in Stillwater county. A crew of surveyors is at present laying out a new power site on the West Rosebud river at the foot of Mystic falls, but what the extent of the power to be developed may be, or to what uses it may be put, de- pends ,on the findings of the engi- neers. It appears probable that the power development will be for local needs, and that a power line will be run from the plant on the Rosebud to Billings. The interesting feature in connec- tion with the Mystic falls develop- ment is the method to be used in se- curing water power. It is proposed to run a tunnel under Mystic lake to tap the bottom of the lake a quarter of a mile from the falls, so that wa- ter may be secured during the winter months, when the surface of the lake is frozen over. By this cleans a steady supply of water will be main- tained the year . around. Whether thd power line will fol- low along down the river to Billings by way of Absarokee, or be taken across the mountains by way of Red Lodge is not known at this time. RICKMAN WOULD FORCE CREES TO RESERVATION M. L. Rickman, secretary of the state bureau of child and animal protection, wants to compel Crees and Chippewas, who make begging tours over the northein end of the state, to go to the reservation the government hao provided for them. In a report he has received from Deputy L. Devlin of IIavre, it is re- cited that the government some time ago set aside 60,000 acres in the Fort Assinlboine reservation for the Rocky Roy band, and all homeless Indians in Montana. It - ivas the inteation to have them live on the land, although half'the area has been leased for five years at a rental of $5,000 annually. This sum is to go to wandering tribes under federal supervision. \It was the intention of the gov- ernment to make provision for these Indians as for any others,\ Secretary Riekman says, \and I suggest that their begging habits be discouraged. \We recommend that all Chippewa and Cree beggars be promptly re- ported to sheriffs and other peace officers, so they may be arrested as vagrants and compelled to go to the reservation and stay there.\ • ' • , r , HISTORICAL • , RECOLLECTIONS—By Rawhide Rawlins Columbus discovers America. A feller called Ponce de Leon claims he discovered Florida. Jim Bridger finds the Great Salt Lake, but it's Pat Geyser, as he's knowed by old timers, that locates the geyser on Geyser creek,' near the town that gets its name from it. Pat Geyser ain't this gent's right name, but I ain't Unpin' nobody's hand. Pat tells that one day in the early 80's he's out lookin' for cows, an' the chances are good that any he takes an interest in belong to some- body else. Pat's good hearted an' he hates to see calves wanderin' around wearin' no brand. They - look so homeless that he's always willin' to stake 'em to a brand with his own iron. Pat's hoes is dry when 'he rides on to this creek an' notices a muddy \Rawhide\ Rawlins. pool, but as there ain't no geysers in Ireland, Pat don't savvy, he says. His hoss ain't no more'n dropped his head to drink than this here geyser busts loose, takin' Pat an' the hoss along with it. There's steam, sody water an' a mixture of all the health resorts in thls stew that's boiled over, an' Pat claims the force of it lifts his 'loss from his iron shoes. Now I'm goin' to say here that I've seen this geyser myself, many a time, but me nor no one else, bar- rin' Pat, ever see it do any- thing more vicious than a keg of sour dough would. It just kind of bubbles once in a while. Pat tells that he don't know how far skyward he goes, but him an' the hoes passes an eagle on the way back. Havin' heard of the Yal- lerstone Park, an' thinkin' he's found another one, Pat starts a few days after build - in' a health resort follerin' the plans of the Mammoth hotel, but bein' built of cot- I tonwood logs, dry weather shrinks her a lot. I remem- ber bein' there once, and aft- er a few drinks of Pat Gey- A ser?s favor-ite, the measurements scatterin' and the only sickness in swells till this shack looks like the the country is scab, the sheepmen Brown Palace in Denver. havin' dippin' tanks for that. But in For the first few years Pat don't time it grows into quite a resort and draw a strong trade, as humans are rest cure for shepherds. These herd - 1 1 Moves His Hotel. ' ers don't take much to the geyser water, barrin' the little Pat throws in as a \chaser.\ Tenderfeet stoppin' with Pat would often ask: \When does this geyser turn loose?\ Pat's always there with a come- back: \How long will you be here?\ \Leavin' tomorrer,\ the tender- foot might say. \You'll just miss it by a day,\ Pat had it fixed so the visitor was al- ways shy a day or two of seein' it. None of the regular patrons of the resort ever see anything that ain't brought on by liquor, hut by usin' enough of the rest cure medicine the bartender passed out there a man could see northern lights at noon time, rainbows at night an' total eclipses of the sun any time --to say nothin' of geysers of all sizes. Pat was strong foe the social end of life, an' he used to pull card par- ties for freighters to break the monotony of their trips. At these no skinner was allowed to bet any more than he had. Some knockers said Pat knew both aisles of the cards, but if he ever dealt off the bottom, it's when nobody's lookin'. When automobiles get popular, Pat, who's always progressive and up-to-date, buys one. The day after it's delivered Pat asks a friend to ride over to Stanford with him. They started, an' after passin' what looks like Stanford as far as he - could tell at the 80 -mile gait they're goin', an' seein' they're nearin' Judith Gap, the friend asks: \What's your hurry, Pat?\ „, \I'm in no hurry,\ Pat yelled, \but I'm damned if I know how to atop the thing. We'll have to let it run down.\ The car bein' young, it has the ways of a bronc, an' Pat almost died at the wheel with his hands numb an' locked in the spokes. The friend gives him nourishment that keeps life in him, an' 18 hours later they wind up on Greybull river in Wyom- ing. One afternoon when Pat's asleep the railroad sneaks in an' moves the town. The minute Pat opens his eyes he's on to their hole card, and gettin' the wheel barrow, he moves his hotel over to the new location an' has his dinln' room open for supper. This same Irishman still camps at Geyser an' he's one of the prominent citizens of this thrifty tovh. J. HAM'S TOGA LOOKS FINE TO COWBOY OF MONTANA Big Bill Thompson, mayor of Chi- cago, who a quarter of a century ago a•as tiding the range in south- eastern Montana and shipping his cattle eastward from Billings and Miles City, now wants to go to 'he United States senate. The Chicago executive has been getting an unusual amount of no- toriety over his opposition to the war and it is this same position with regard to the present conflict that he presents as a record in his announce- ment as a candidate'for the Repub- lican nomination for United States senator from Illinois to succeed James Hamilton Lewis whom the democrats sent to Washington. He is getting into the game early, for the primary election does not take place until next September. WHEN \UNCLE BILLY\ HAMILTON CLEANED UP THE ©ROW INIATOORI WON HOS FAMOUS RUNNING HORSE BACK 1114 1847 In the days when Marcus Daly was breeding running horses and train- ing them to break records on his farm in the Bitter Root valley and in the Madison river country, the Larabees and others were producing wonderful standard bred animals, Montana was the possessor of many race tracks and some of the most ex- citin&race meets in the history of the country were conducted at Butte, Helena and Anaconda. In the betting ring and on the curb large sums changed hands on the result of a single race and fortunes were made and lost in a day's racing. Great crowds used to gather to see the ponies gallop and . interest was in- tense. Yet these modern races, in interest and in the value of the stakes raced for, pale into insignificance when compared with the time when Uncle Billy Hamilton's Runner won the championship of Indial race horses from the fleetest of the Crow ponies and made of Uncle Billy an idol in the Shoshone tribe. It was 70 years ago this October, wnen nature 3,vas turning a _bronze and hunting had started. The Silo- shones, who claimed all the land ly- ing between the Yellowstone river on the north and the Platte river on the south, east of the mountains several hundred miles, came up into Mon- tana for a racing meet with the Crow Indians. Hamilton Guest of Tribe. , The two tribes, which were on the friendliest of terins, camped together on a large plateau in the Clarks Fork valley near the present site of Bridg- er. Chief Washakie was in charge of the Shoshones and Hamilton, who has been a trapper and Indian trad- er for seven years, was a member of the Shoshone party as the guest of the chief's son, who had become greatly attached to the young Scout, when the two first met, in the early forties, when Hamilton was a mem- ber of a trading party of which Bob Williams, another famous scout, was the captain. Hamilton, who died near Colum- bus several years ago, after a life of over 60 years on the plains, fre- quently used to tell about the famous race, and he enjoyed the discomfi- ture his old horse Runner wrought to the Crows as much to his dying day as he did when the chief's son piloted him to victory. Runner was a wonderful animal. He was Kentucky bred and was shipped in the latter thirties to St. Louis from somewhere in the vicinity of Lexington. One story was to the effect that he was from some of the famous stock that Henry Clay used to raise in the Blue Grass country. Ile waS purchased from a trader by Hamilton's father and was presented to the boy just before he started on his journey to Independence, Mo., from where trapping and trading out- fits used to make their start 80 years ago. ' Never Met Defeat. When it came to racing Runner was never ,defeated. The fast In- dian mounts always were readily outdistanced. It is recounted that in a battle with the Indians, Hamil- ton was able to slay several of the red men by riding on the right side of them, so they could not shoot him without turning on their horses to plaint their bows and arrows, while his horse was so fleet he could easily overcome them. Runner's reputation for speed . had Spread among all the western In- dians and Bo when the race meet with the Crowa was planned Ham- ilton was invited to attend by the son of old Chief Washakie. The ap- pointed spot was reached several days before the Crows arrived, but in due • time they put in their appear- ance accompanied by an unusually large bunch of ponies. With several thousand Indians in each party the camp presented a most picturesque sight. Racing was not started until after the first few daya, when a feast was served and the pipe of peace was smoked. In those days, as now, the Crows were owners of some very fast horses and in the first t*o days' racing they easily outdistanced all of the Sho- shone ponies, much to the chagrin of the latter, who lost a large number of ponies bet on the events. Chief Washakie's son had not taken part in the races nor had Runner been en- tered. He was groomed and kept in the best of condition, however, for the final day's events. Surprise for Crows. Then it was the Crows were given a great surprise. So confident were they over the ability of their horses to repeat the feats of the first two days racing that they bet nearly everything they had, trinkets, ponies, scalps, bows and arrows, guns and tomahawks. All bets were covered. Exeltement on the final day WAS greater than on any other day's rac- ing. Hundreds of squaws and young Indians, attracted by the heavy bet- ting and the undue interest, came to see the horses run. The course was a straightaway. On the west was the magnificent Beartooth mountains, to the south the Pryor rose sublimely, on the east the rising sun grew hotter and hot- ter, while toward thp north the hori- zon closed en the distant Yellow- stone. The first event was called about 10 o'clock in the- morning. Indians got to wcing early In the day. There were six entries, three from the Shoshone tribe and three from the Crows, the latter's all being win- ners of the previous days. One, a beautiful pinto, had defeated every- thing in sight and It's highly -painted rider took the pace at the start, lead- ing the ot:iers severAl feet. The d,z tance wa4 about ca• m le over the short buffs!) grass. Citiet ashaittt's son, riding Itunner, was last his horse going at an Piety strill.? and he he:d that position until within a few hun- dred yarsIs of the tape. Then like a greyhound he shot forth, passed the other poniee one by one and fin- ished ahead of the pinto, winning by by a head. Rode a Great Race. The young Shoshone chieftlan was a natural horseman. Intuitively he seemed to know just ho'w to ride a horse --how to win and yet not' ex- ert his mount any more than need- ful. So when the horses came out for the second event Runner was in good shape. Betting was more brisk than ever. It was the stpry of the first race all over. Runner stayed in the rear until near the end and then won by a head. That tells the story of the third, the fourth and the fifth races, Runner won every one. The Crows lost a \heap\ of ponies and other possessions. Then came the sixth race. The Crows bet every pony they could spare and most of then' things in the way of guns, ammunition, trink- ets, etc., they had left. There was much betting among the squaws. The Crows brought out a fresh raCe horse, one they had saved up for the last, the fleetest of them all, with the possible exception of the pinto. They were confident, thinking Run- ner must be tired out. It was the most exciting race of the day. Neck and neck the two horses came down the straight away for about half the dicttance. Net an Indian uttered a word. Every eye was strained to watch the. horses. Chief Washakie's son was riding tine. He had his horse well in hand. But 9'3 the animals completed about half the course, Runner apparently dis- guested with the narrow margin by which he had won, bot:c1 and like a sbot from a cannon he leff - the Crow horse far in the rear and won fully BUTTE.NURSE BACK FROM PRO FINE EQUIPMENT FOR HANDLING WOUNDED IN BASE HOSPITALS. Friend and Foe are Given Same Careful Attention and Excellent Tre-atment When They Reach Doc- tors and Nurses; Specialists for Every Sort of Wound. Priooners wounded on the west- ern front have the very best of medi- cal attention and are taken to hos- pitals the equipment of which is the equal of any of the finest hos- pitals in the country, according to Miss Kate McGregor, formerly ma- tron of the Murray hospital at Butte. who has returned from France. where she saw service with the am- bulance corp. \You find every convenience in the base hospitals in France,\ said Miss& McGregor in telling of her war nurs- ing. \None of the cases brought into them are ever operated on with- out the administering of an anes- thetic. Even the slightest wounds on the fingers or hands are all at- tended to v. - ith the proper aid of an- esthetics. The men are sent to the hospitals when suffering from very considerable wounds. Treatment of Enemy. \We give the enemy the same treatment as we give our own men, for they are human and need atten- tion. The patients are all grateful for whatever we do for them. These men are not to blame for the war and some day they will awaken to the fact that they have been driven into it. \In caring for the wounded we transport them from the front to the base hospitals on hospital trains. At the station these trains are met by Red Cross ambulances, which convey them to the base hospitals. All the trains are met by Red Cross work- ers, who bring hot drinks of tea and chocolate to the men. At the hospi- tals these drinks are administered again. \When the men are brought into the hospital they are stripped and placed between army blankets until a bath can be given. Then they t re dressed in bedsliirts and put in the regular beds supplied with sheets. Display Great Bravery. \I cannot tell you of the bravery of the mein. They bear the most aw- ful pain without a word. They seem to have endured so much agony that they can stand anything. We place all the special cases in special wards, that the men may have the attention of these surgeons wha have made a study of their particular type of in- jury. When a man is dangerously hurt we notify the war department, which then notifies the relatives. It is part of the ward nurses' duty to write to relatives, telling them of the progress of the men and of their deaths finally.\ Speaking of what the men most appreciated and needed in the trenches that the folks at home could send them, Miss McGregor mentioned pressed raisins, cube sugar, nuts, safety razors, bouillon tubes and in- sect powder. Boracic acid and sul- phur particularly are desirous for the latter, as the men are troubled with insects to an alarming extent. RAILROAD BUSINESS BIG; GREAT YEAR PREDICTED \The coming year is going to be one of the greatest in the history of the railroads, and I believe that the amount of freight moved and pas- sengers transported will exceed that of any similar period of past year,\ says John C. Poore of St. Paul, as- sistant general passenger agent of the Northern Pacific railway, who has been in Montana on business. \Although the war has placed an extraordinary strain upon the rail- roads of the United States, it has been met in a manner that speaks highly for the efficiency of Ameri- can transportation managers. \The movement of troops across the continent is a task the magni- tude of which is appreciated by few except railroad men, and even they scarcely realized what was necessary to be done, but the work has been accomplished so far in a manner that is creditable to all of the roads con- cerned in the transportation of sol- diers, and the experience gained in this task will prove of inestimable value to the transportation managers in the future. \The comparative settlement of the labor troubles in the northwest and resumption of the lumber indus- try has had a stlinulating Meet on traffic, and as a consequence the rail- roads of the country, especially of the northwest, are having to strain every effort ,to comply with the de- mands upon them for the movement of freight and passengers.\ 150 yards ahead of the nearest Crow anitnal, the fresh horse that hall been saved for the event. The Crow Indians were almOst broke and when they quit camp to go back to their usual camping ground, ManY of the braves had to walk un- til such time as they could make a raid on some unfriendly tribe and se- cure more ponies. Runner was afterward killed dur- ing a fight between a force of white men, piloted by Uncle Billy Hamil- ton, and some Indians, but he was always remembered as one of his most faverq mounts, during the 60 years the noted scout lived in the great west.
