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Within an hour after I got here I saw a first class fight right in front of the hotel. The village Doctor who, they all say is a mild man, was called all sorts of vile names by a husky young lad who was partly full. After standing it some time the doctor thought best to show he wasn't a coward and he pitched into him. They tumbled around a good deal starting in with a hugging and hair pulling match. Then they rolled into

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the irrigation ditch (which flows down both sides of the street here) and that separated
them and the doctor got a chance to make a lot of jabs into the young man's face, partly
closing his eyes and making his nose spurt blood all around. Later I learned that the
young man is a brother in law of the doctor and perhaps there is still more back of the
story than I know. Suffice it to say the excitement drew a crowd of about 40 out

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of the three nearest saloons in less than ½ a jiffy. After supper came up to my room and read "The Day's Work" by Kipling. Kindly loaned me for the occasion by the kindest of friends.

Tuesday Aug. 20, 1901
Learned before 7 this morning that Arthur Crow had not gone to Battle but had gone 32 miles South East over to see the new Rambler mine in Company with prof. Beeler the State Geologist of Wyoming and would be back here Wednesday afternoon.

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So I decided to wait for him here at this hotel rather than go to Battle. [Here follows some indecipherable shorthand.] Went out and spent an hour studying the new smelter. On one was around and I examined every part from the time the ore is dumped out of the wagon until they run it out into pigs. Read Kipling part of the day-some real good things.

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Wednesday Aug 21st
Got up at 6 o'clock sharp and got ready for breakfast at 7 a.m. Did a letter up for my folks and one to Grace long enough to be readible[sic]. Looking out of Hotel window saw Arthur Crow about 3 p.m. Then we began to enjoy ourselves. Got a lemonade, went down to smelter and he explained things I didn't understand. Met Mr. Doane the discoverer of first Rambler who sold out for $50,000 and he looks

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like a farmer. Also introduced to Mr. Henry who is President of the bank here. He said the three largest properties here had been pooled and an option given to N.Y. syndicate and that they had sent Mr. Fowler out last week to investigate. He is Expert Mining lawyer and a son of Bishop Fowler.
Arthur says Bryan's party who are tenting and fishing on Tillon's ranch had a bad runaway today.

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Thursday Aug 22
Early this morning Arthur telephoned for his wife to come down with his mules after us and we visited [shorthand]
She got there to dinner and at 3 o'clock we started for Battle 14 miles away. It is nearly all up grade. Encampment is 7300 ft and Battle 9900 ft so it is much higher. Went through quacking[sic] aspen and Pine groves nearly all the way up. Hundreds of places showed where forest fires had gone

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through some of them recently and some years before. Both sides of the road showed thousands of dead pine trees fallen many over hundred ft long. It seemed like a terrible waste of lumber. At Battle met Arthur's sister Lydia. His cousin Glenn of St. Paul (father Chief of Police.) In evening they took me over to Mrs. Ed Haggarty's to a Camp fire built by piling slabs around a big stump.

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Jack-
told story of how he shot the big Grizzley[sic] whose skin Arthur has mounted. He shot him before nine in the morning and traced him by blood of wounded bear until 1 o' clock when he killed him. He weighed between 7 & 800 lbs. He told story of old Moses, a brown bear whose track in 14 inches long-grizzley[sic] who they know has 14 rifle balls in him. Must weigh 1600. This man has chased him 3 days once but didn't get him.