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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-05-02

Front row, left to right Edward
Storck. foreman; Charles II sher.
wood. julius Haines; David f. Ber-
ger Second row:-Julius ". Weide-
muller; Samuel Raider. Albert y Nc
Cotter. lonly ohildless jurors Wm A.
Keepers. Top row " O. Mark ri.
George Zimmerman. Robert a.
Meagher and James Prior
'frs Ida Sniffen Rogers who be-
rig she was about to be deserted
1lll. father Of her two children. de-
wv kill them before she took
on trial for murder before
Wash mraried men in New York
asricuiiuic counsel selected them. de-
and q ria not only with wives. but
futures languse he believed they
grading las understand the feelings
system was her situation.
Il nov goes
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-05-02

president o ,ae Society of Barrstar
q Bruszais and iae leading ne'aiaF
lawyer. lie 3as .mprlsorei a .cal
ago on charges Of naturalization
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-05-02

Mr.. Theoacre Relieved
Berne. Switzerland MaF The
Germans have set a. liberty and e..
eorted into Switzerland " Theodore,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-06

The Second Montana infantry, sta
toned at Douglas. Texas, has estab-
lishcl the record for average marks
mansIip, according to Sergt. Ralph \.
Buckner of Shclby. who has just re-
turned.
The Montana regiment has an aV-
eraye mark of 81 hits ont OF each
possible so. This is three points
higher than the score made by amy
regiment of the regular army. -.
ut hasn't been ~unbearably hot
Bucknor said in reply to a question.
s'Of course, IN used to the climate
of Indiana and Illinois. so l dldn t
mind it. The nights are cool.
.'One Of the hardest things to get
used to was the bugs and animals.
We found scorpions, tarantulas, cent?
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-06

thrills of pleasure up and down the
spines of motion picture fans.
The corporate name of Coburn's
combination is the Great West Film
company, and the first film to be pro-
duced will be entitled "The Golden
Goddess the scenario Of which was
written by Coburn himself. Coburn
also plays the leading role in the pic
ture. Grouped around him are such
we'll known cowmen as Shorty Gelse.
Doe Young. Johnnie Mayberry, Clay
ton Snyder. John Shady. and Clar-
ence Brockway. all of whom did val
liant range service when the cow game
was good. For the filmin" of the ar
rival Of the little school teacher, the
heroine Of the piece, the 'Dodson-Lit-
the Rockies Stage company loaned
one of their old Concord coaches.
A portion of the picture was film
ed at Malta, and the principal streets
Of the town We're given over to the
work Of the moving picture artists.
Many Malta citizens loaned them
selves to the undertaking. and the
Great Northern depot. Shady's barn,
and other points of interest.
The same company will produce
yellowstone Pete's Only Daugh-
ter.' the scenario of which has been
adapted from the poem by Coburn of
the same name. Many Montanans
are familiar with Coburn's poems.
but for the benefit of those who are
not the poem which is to be made
over into a scrccn drama follows:
Yes. this is the Milk River Valley,
And that's the old ranch that You SEQ.
Where Yellowstone Pete lost his daughter
The pride Of the ! [. L.
Was she pretty? Well. stranger you1
knowledge
OF these parts il so Incomplete,
When you ask such a comical question
Bout the daughter of Yellowstone Pete
Why. man. if the Heavens were hluer,
Md pansics were deeper in hue.
They couldn't size up With her pccpers
Which shown like the spring poets dew
Her teeth were like snowdrops mad
whittier.
Her hair like the sealskin she wore,
only softer and silki"r ana hro"her
And she was true blue to the core
Was old Yellowstone Pete's only daughter
Whose voice was the envy of birds.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-06
Miners Meetinq Chr;stened Helena; Early Day "reminiscences; The Capt.

roofs were poles covered with dirt
and they had ground floors. Some
of the floors were covered with the
raw hides of wild animals.
"Early in the spring of 1865 a pony
steam saw mill was set up on West
Main street, about three hundred
wards above the foot of Bridge street,
now called State street, and thereaf-
ter houses we're mostly built Of rough
lumber.
"The first business houses were
about as follows: Nolan and Weary
were the first bankers on Bridge
street, the First National bank start
ed in 1866 on the corner OF Main and
Wall streets. Among the first groc-
ers were Constans & Jnrgcns, Mike
Reinig, Carpenter and Watson. The
first hotel, HutchcnS and Lissncr, on
opposite corners of Main and Bridge
streets. The first butcher shop was
on West Main street. Hale was the
first druggist.
More Stores Game.
"Gans & Klein were the first cloth
icrs and are still in business.
"Parchcn e. Paynter opened a drug
store soon after and Mr.. Parchen is
still in the business here. The first
brewery was erected on West Main
street a little below Orofina gu]ch.
The first saw mill was erected or
West Main street about three hun
bred yards above the foot of Bridge
street. Toole, Lccch & Co., started
the first dry goods house. The Travis
brothers, Yves. and Chcs., ran the first
feed, livery and sales stable on Main
street across from the foot of Wood
street. Sunday was the principal sales
day, when often as many as a hun
bred horses were sold. mostly at auc
ton. They were mostly saddle horses
and pack horses.
"Dunphy and Bentley fenced the
first farm or ranch on Ten Mile just
north of town. The poles were lash
cd to the posts with rawhide throngs.
Sanford & Evans built the first flour
mill on Prickly Pear just as it entered
the foot hills. John II. Shober was
one of the first attorneys and is still
camping on the trail.
"Helena too had aspirations to be
come the capital almost from the
start. First of the territory and next
of the state.
"Thc first contest was between
Virginia City and Helena in 1867 and
was left to a vote of the people and
was decided in favor of Virginia. An
other vote was taken in 1869 and Vir,
ginia won again. Five years afte,
the capital fight was again renewed
and apparently Virginia City again
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-06

How Helena was christened and
was graphically told by Former Pres
idcnt John w. Blair of Helmville, at
the annual meeting of the Montana
Society of Pioneers in Helena, just
adjourned. Mr.. Blair's address was
in part as follows:
"lt was in the spring of 1864 that
the Cowan party consisting of John
Cowan, John Crab, ID. j. Miller and
Reginald Stanley, after prospecting on
the upper waters Of the Little Black
foot crossed the divide and camped
in this gulch. 1t seems that they pros
pccted a little and found gold but not
in paying quantities. They moved on
further north prospecting on the
hcadwaters of the Dearborn, Teton
and Marias rivers but finding nothing
that would Justify working, they con-
cluded to return to where Helena now
stands again as their last chance for
the summer. They returned here and
after prospecting for a short time
found rich diggings. They at once
named the gulch Last Chance
"The report of the rich find soon
spread to other mining camps and the
stampede to Last Chance was quite
large and it soon became necessary to
call a meeting of the miners to estab-
lish bylaws for the camp and to give
a name to the little village which was
the nucleus of the mining camp.
How Helena Was Named.
"There is some dispute as to how
Helena got its name, but the most au-
thentic is that at the meeting of the
miners called October 30, 1864, to
establish laws and regulations to gov
c,n the camp and to name or christen
the town, John Sommervillc was elect
ed chairman and when the question of
naming the town came up in the
meeting, there was quite a number OF
m proposed and voted down
when Chairman Somerville GOT up and
said that he came from the best state
in the Union, Minnesota, and from
the best county in the state, Scott
and from the best town. Helena, IL
that county and 'by the eternal this
town should have that name This
little talk carried the day and PROVED
acceptable to a majority of the min
ers and the name Helena was adopted
No Lumber in Camp.
"Quite a number of log cabins an,
dugouts were built that fall and win
ter near what is now the head of Man
street. There was no lumber II
camp save that which vas whipsawe'
by hand, and the houses were of log
of wood, rolled into squares an'
daubcd with mud. The coverings o
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-06

The old time cowboy is making one
of his last stands at Zortman. And
he is a real cowboy, Of the happy-go-
lucky gun fighting kind. But his
game is only make believe. He is re-
enacting the good old days of the
west before the homesteader came
and turned his range into wheat
fields, only he is doing it before the
motion picture camera, for the profit
of the barons of the motion picture
world and the pleasure of the thous-
ands of screen fans. who have seen
lots Of spurious cowboys but never
the real article.
The man who is back of this I'M
dertaking is Wallace Coburn, singer
Of songs Of the good old range days.
which exist now to a very large eX-
tent only in the memory of old tim
ers who lived them. Coburn is the
son of one of the old time cattle
kings of the state. He has been a
cowboy himself from the buck strap
to the Mexican stirrup.
Zortman is the scene Of this make
believe cowpunching. Zortman is one
of the few places III Montana repre-
sentative of the wild life of twenty
five years ago. 1t is 40 miles off the
railroad from Malta. and has retained
all the characteristics of the old time
COW town and mining camp. It is a
bad place to 90 looking for trouble
right now. One of its characters was
the late Jew Jake. the Gun fighter
who lost a leg in a battle with the Of
%ficials in the town marshal days OF
Great Falls. The Jew later ran /;
saloon at Malta and he used a Win
chester for q crutch. 1t was about
as handy as a regular crutch. the Jew
explained, and it was a mighty handy
crutch when some Of the old timers
got to dreaming of old days and start
ed to shoot up the town.
Brookside ranch. the home place
Of the Coburn Cattle company. ha.
been made over into the Universe
City of Northern Montana. and herr
Coburn has gathered a choice cotcri
Of men, and women, too, who know
how to ride and shoot and do thos'
things which will send those ~exquisit
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-06
BIGGEST TIP
EVER GIVEN
IN MONTANA

Tony Nelson, a Butte waiter,
received what is believed to be
the largest breakfast tip ev-
er given in Montana the other
day. For serving a breakfast
that just suited the palate OF
James King, the Butte laundry
magnate, the waiter was given a
house and lot in Philipsburg,
valued at $500.
Nelson is an old time resident
of Philipsburg. James King was
also a resident of Philipsburg in
the old days. Nelson had waited
on King for years. Recently
King went into the restaurant
where Nelson was employed, for
breakfast. The breakfast just
suited him, and he began to talk
to the waiter about old times.
why don't you 60 back to
the old camp and get married?'
asked King.
II would if I had a house,
replied Nelson.
"Tony, I'll give you a nice
brick house over there if you
will leave today and get married
tomorrow said the magnate.
IT certainly will do it, was
the reply Of the astonished
Tony, untying his apron. And
he did. He went to Philipsburg
that day, was married that
night, and is now living in the
home that was his wedding gift.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-06
M0ntana's Marksrnen Best
Score Higher Than Regular Army
Camp is Sanitary: Food Excellent, Says Shelby Soldier

pedes, horned toads, rattlesnakes and
any number Of insects in our camp.
However. we had one of the most
sanitary camps IN the border.
"Contrary to reports. the food was
excellent. No ~ has any kick ON
that %account.'
The sergeant declared he had no
idea when the Montana regiment
would be ordered home, although
many of the men were anxious to
leave the border. For weeks they
have been expecting TO be ordered
home every dav.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-06
STATE LAND SALES AT
SHELBY AND CH0TEAU
TOTAL OF SALES REACHES $780,
900; TRACT SELLS FOR
$3.50 PER ACRE.

Upwards of $150.OGO worth of state
land was sold this week at Selby and
Choteau by Register Sidney Miller
and Deputy G. b. Hopkins of the state
land office.
AT Shelby COPS acres We're put un
at auction and 1856 acres purchased.
The total received was $34,2246. the
average price $14.53 an aero and the
highest price SIS an acre.
AT Choteau 1864 acres of Teton
land were offered and 1888 acres
purchased, bringing a total Of $11S,-
953. The average price was $16.11
and the highest price $39.25.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-06
The Many of Dauy Jones
(BY ROBERT STROTHER.)

(Y RODENT STROTHEK)
copyrighted by Montana Newspaper ssocaion
Pm a rowing, rolicking, reckless tar, and my name is Davy
Jones; and I have no fear of a man-o'war nor the flag O. the
skull and bones. I've gold and I've rubies and pieces-of-eight,
and a CHASTITY and grinning crew to guard through eternity all
my store, and my men are staunch and true. Every ship that
has anchored in my domain, and l care not what flag she flew,
IS mine for aye, and her wealth is mine, and mine are her watch
and crew. Oh, a wonderful fleet I am soon to own! It's a navy
that's sure to be the latest and greatest that man can build, or
that ever sailed the sea. Each day there are new ones from up
above and they come with their guns and crew, after bidding
farewell to the sun and sky and the crest of the ocean blue. And
look ye, my hearty, what's coming down through the waters so
CHASTITY green-fair wounded and bubbling and belly up-1tsa
brand new submarine! I'm a rolicking, deep sea admiral and
My name is Davy Jones; and a ship that's once mine will be
mine for ave. though her crew be but skull and bones.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-06
Real Cowboys Mou;e Heroes
Wallace Coburn Reproducing Old West
Yellowstone Pete's Only Daughter in Motion Picture

AS she warbled at night to the long-horns,
Or when pointing her fathers trail herds.
She was happy and as good and as loving.
AS an angel could possibly be.
With always Il smile and Il greeting,
For tough old cow-puncners like me.
But what l was startin' to narrate,
Before you cut into the game.
Was Il love affair she tangled up in,
And the tragical end OF the same.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-06
LAND BUYERS
LIKE THE CALLATIN

Bozeman.-A party of Iowa farm.
res, business men and investors who
We're looking for land were much
pleased with the Gallatin valley. They
were taken through the valley by the
Bishop Land company and the ON
cern sold some tracts to the visitors.
The Iowa men expressed their be-
lief in intensive farming and are Of
the opinion that some of the larger
tracts in this vicinity should be d.
vided up and worked as small farms.
No matter how great a philosopher
a man may be, he can't figure out
how he happened to get married.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-06

won but a recount of the vote showed
a majority for Helena and thereupon
Governor B. +. Potts proclaimed Hell
cna as the capital Of the territory.
Old Capital Fights.
"When the state constitution was
adopted in 1889 it was provided that
at the general election in 1892 it
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-06

While the sunshine went out of us all.
Poor old Pete, his hair white as the snow
drift.
And eyes that stare vacant and cold.
Sits and sobs at the foot OF two grave
stones,
All alone. whether hot days or cold.
All alone? No, for Buck often joins
him,
Grim and stern, With his face like a
stone
Never smiling nowadays like he used to.
When he tries he winds up with a moan.
Never smiling nowadays like she used to,
And the wind has a lonesomer sound,
A it sings soft and mournful In summer.
And bowls when old winter comes round.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-06

should be left to the majority of the
voters Of the state to say. where the
permanent location Of the capital
should be and in Ease of no choice the
two places having the highest number
of votes should be again submitted to
the electors Of the state. Seven cities
entered the contest in 1892. Helena
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-06

and Anaconda came out ahead. Hell
ena with 14.O1O and Anaconda with
1O.1S3. In 1898 another vote was
taken on the question which will go
to history as the most bitterly fought
contest in the annals Of the state.
Helena won by the small majority Of
| .9O6.'
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
ublic Health Service
Exhibit Pictures
BY G. W. Warningsou. Wa.hins,oa. D. c.

maintained by the public health service accomplishing notable
The use OF the loan library first offered the public years ago.
when comparatively few subjects fully by the Sides
the collection consists of nearly three thousand of all Of
subjects connected with public health many being dupi
cate Though the slides being multiplied rapidly funds will per-
m the supply still inadequate the increasing demands from
physicians social workers. Schools clubs and associations engaged
spreading knowledge OF the of diseases and methods of
The yews taken OF and conditions carefully chosen
to tell their story clearly and ob bring many persons
adequate conception of health problems and the important part
vdua may play aiding their solution Under the head typhoid
for instance the spectators lectures where public health service
views are exhibited shown pictures uncean living conditions
milk Is infected and what the results of infection pol
uted the improper disposal of above all arch
enemy the fly in the spread the disease Following this presentation
the spectators shown the opposite side of the hpcures meth
ods OF prevention that have worked wherever tried including proper
OF the milk supply the avoidance pollution and the prevention
Of the breeding of flies
Similar stories told by the malaria hookwom plague
yellow fever and tuberculosis In addition filed under these
and other specific diseases the has other depicting
various general and miscellaneous activities fight against
IN behalf OF health One collection of nearly hundred Photographic
slides shows the exhibit of the service the exposition
one OF the most complete health exhibits prepared conditions
IN Alaska subject which eighty views devoted while Amer
can Indians and diseases of children each have half hundred
Slides o milk mouth hygiene parasites schools and tropical
diseases are OF the other titles that give of the scope of the
collection.
The public health service sends the slides out from its headouarters
IN washington and filling requests from practically every part of the
country,
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
glBest Men Of Country
| Are Married
BY ]. P. DAVIS. Evanston, III.

The best of this country married. That has the
from George Washington down to the present time.
The who talks dparagngy about his wife in her absence
not worth the snap of the finger There angels this ear and
all have faults but be cougenial if want to.
All men should take good . their and babies.
woman likes she look up not who is a burden
her Children like father they honor of whom they
ashamed.
Men should get out and big they possibly and
bring home to their families spend themselves Let take
for example good noble character and not old scamp who
never gets through roaming
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
D|Poor Cooking Leads
/ to Much Distress
By SAMUEL c. DIXON. NJ D., couu;~;0o., q
Health fot Pennsylvani..

spent experimentation the accumulave knowledge has
extensive
Every member of the human from early childhood to the grave
now depends principally upon cooked food to maintain life
1t is not without that cookery called There Moth
ing which does build and maintain good health than the proper
preparation of food 1t may be considered the first essential 1t
monty considered menial task yet motherhood the
most important
Improperly cooked foods lead quicker to distress Of body and mind
than almost other factor Poverty unhappness dissipation
in many instances be traced TO poor cooking.
Among the least expensive foods may find prepared those
which form nourng and tasteful diet With the necessity
becoming pressing the population of the world increases
there no one line of effort better worthy study and attention than the
science Of economical and wholesome cookery
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
People to Wear
More White Clothes
By A. D. ANDERSON. Providence, RI.

people white Clothes The introduction of coop shoes
helped to solve the problem of the shoe manufacturers and there
no why people should eoore clothes
white suits The supply fast dyes reaching vanishing
point because of the European and this has style
makers study how to bring about change the demand their
toners
American chemists have been trying produce substitutes
imported dyes and while they have discovered coor blues and
blacks for instance they have failed far produce dyes shades
that will hold their color the cheaper grades of goods particularly
that the new dyes have failed
Some manufacturers refusing make goods without proper
dyes and cutting down their working hours keep their operatives
employed This condition probably will wearing of greater
quantity Of white clothes the war isn't over BY next
spring will be impossible turn out much else white goods and
shall have to them whether we like it or not
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27

Just as the scarcity Of
leather compelled the shoe
manufacturers to conserve
their supply by introducing
cloth tops, the rapidly de-
creasing supply of dyes
probably will force our
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27

A man who is selfish and
lives for nothing else but
his own interests deserves
to run around alone all his
life. This is a cold, bleak
world when one has no
home or loved ones to 20 to.
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SAFETY FIRST IN ALL THINGS.

why do you always carry your umbrella. even
when 1t is not raining?"
80 someone else won't carry 1t when 1t is
raining "-Pennsylyani Punch Bowl.
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A MARINE Joy RIDE.

Motor Boater Ito passenger)-Did you see me
cut down that fisherman In the skin?
Passenger-Sure! Say. this 10 almost ~ much
fun as automobiling.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27

In the business of bring
ing forcibly home to the
citizens Of the country the
advantages of sanitation
and hygiene one of the gov
ernment's few circulating
libraries of lantern slides,
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27

Since our primitive an
cestors squatted around the
cookery pots an inconceiv-
able amount of effort has
been expended in the prac-
tice of the art of preparing
food. Considering the en-
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

NE of Washington's humorists de-
clared once upon time that the rea-
son SO many newspaper men are ap-
pointed to positions in the United
States treasury Is that the scribes'
heart desire is for once in their lives
to get next to a lot money. One gets
next to much money in the building
containing Uncle Sans strong box.