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STIiVJ’NSVILLE, RAVALLI COUNTY, MONTANA, WIOFFICIAL DIRECTORY,rOXOREssHi.s-^L.U. S. Sonoturs—Hon. l.cut M.stnxlo, Ihillv; Hon. Tims. I! CiirU-r,; llmi. I'. lt;HiiiCiiim, Hozo-111 il t) ■HTATF..j fioviTimr It::herl It. Sroilli.l.iv'iit. Hovormif'—A. K. S;ulyjrs.Smwii-y of l“l;iic—-T. s.' ^l;iUlt; AnuiUu-T. \V. l‘oiiilt;lr.\ti'i\Sliifo 1T. K. Clt;ill:iAlloriltW General—C. I*. -Sol; u-Kiipt. of L’uULio liisl nuM iini -K.'A. CiifleiOti. 'Ir.of .hisl i«‘o—\V. Y. INtn:i«i-rnit.Ass. -Jn»lico«—W. II, Hun*,., U K. V.urk.Clurh .Supivmi' (Amrl—Hi-n j Wnbsmi-..( Ol’NTV His I r(i‘1. TiiO'_v—Vmnlc II. Wtvirly. rlcrk ul Ulstrlrt Court—.Mic*» f'h .Shupitco. Sheri II' 1' II. Irvinr.Uloi-U iiri(l ISivmvli'i*—.Ins. T. I-’Ciz^itiiIiI.Tiisisiln-i-—J. K. Sjuii'is.A ss('sslt;ir- !fiMvm;l u. Sum i t.I'ouc.ly .M!»nu'y— 11 mi iy I.. Myers..Supr.. Pulilio Ir.si t umlnr.—Ki;tn‘ Ostenue.V'lU'. Siuvv.voi*—W. S. I'oitiu-.r. t'onmej—T. ]!. Ihvin^.-.I'ublU' AtlmiiiiAlS’utol—»TAI. 31 ijSsriiiA.I'cniistv Commissioners—l*oro Wehr, John 1*. Joliii XV. Alsiylivw,THE WIIKLb IN TIIF- ARMY5 IThe Proposed Trip of Lieut. 'low and Men from Missoula to St. Louis.There fcs at tlic riantcr-V Hold, says the Rt-. Louis Star, a brun/.ad Hoorn id I lieu ton an I in the United •States, hardly more than a hoy—tall, slender, smooth-l'accd, with deep-set., earnest, .'fray eves—upon whoseshun liters rests the grave responsibility of deciding the fate of the bicycle as n a implement (il war.The voimg man is Lieut. James A. Moss of the Twenty-fifth Ini'anlry.. U. S. A., a colored regiment. Jfc is about I.n uncieic.ako it special mission of Mm greatest importune:*! by older of (Jen. Miles. About .Tune 1, in j Cnliituancl nf twenty colored snldivr^, j he will start from J’ort Missuola to I ride on bicycles, to St. Louis, a dis-I tancc of nearly 2,000 across the 1*0ntr hest. rockiest count,ry ariy v I\ore in the United Stales, for t.be trip •means crossing the main divide of fin* ’Kooky Mountains.The trip will he made with scion-, tilic attention to detail; and the most elaborate prepara‘Jons arc now being made for it, in order that when Lieut. Moss makes his report. to t.lie'*Whcn T returned oat aitenny last summer's trip, I was del ailed especially in New York. s.-. that I might make a si iicly of the inarm facto re. of bicycles and bicycle sundries. I visited all the loading faclnries and si* of them have built wheels specially for this trip. They arc buill. according tn my own plans and specifications. Ilcmcmbermg my expel i-enfee with t ires last sumim'r. 1 have paid particular attention I. i them, in the construction of these wheels. The 1 ires, six different- kinds—arc- all supposed to be nori-pur.cl arable. They an- very heavy: wlnni rial toned together they arc as thick as a man's wrist. The heaviest or them weighs eight pounds, tlilts greatly increasing the weight, of the wheels, which average about thirty pounds. The rims o! the wheels are of the Jiue.st steel, and the side Corks are extra heavy. A feature ol' t-lio wheels which is the result, id' my experience last summer, is the fact that they have forty tandem spokes. I found that iii ordinary bicvcles the front wheels sprung and wabbled for lack uf support. The forty lai’dcruspokes tlx that all right.“J 11avc succeeded also in reducing the weight each man iais in carry, but 1 have left out nothing that is accessary. Each man will have ai ms, ammunition; i.ciit: ami cycle- sundries for repairs. We will carry little ration s, as we ’-'’ill arrange t.o bevictualed at army pests we passthrough and interim diai.e. points.The chief Lost will come, however, on trie tires. The bicycle core of the future will have mere to fear from the enemy’s tacks than fzora his bullets. unless a practically miii-puuel.-orablc tiro can bo made. I thinkI.hose we will use this summer will stand that test,“Our corps this summer will ho accompanied by a .surgeon. Wc had srune trouble un account of sicknessfill in: u tin* n if iti ! :i lt;1 vi'sir !iii'l 1 vinl
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The Ravalli Republican
Stevensville, Montana, US
Wed, May 26, 1897
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