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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-27

was rechiristened by its present name
of Deer Lodge.
This name is derived from the Hot
Spring mound or butte in the upper
part Of the Deer Lodge valley, called
by the Snake Indians "the Whitehall
ed Deer LODGE as deer of this va
riety were formerly in the swamps of
the neighborhood and as the mound
resembled an Indian lodge on a win
ter morning when the steam rose from
the hot spring on it's summit like the
smoke from the wigwam.
When Deer Lodge county was Gre
ated out Of Missou1a county by the
first Montana legislature on February
?, 1865, the county seat was located
at Silver Bow, near the present city
Of Butte. Silver Bow then was more
populous than Deer Lodge but it soon
started on a decline. With strikes of
rich ore in Ophir, Snow Shoe, Jeffer-
son, Washington, Bear and Elk gulch-
es. the majority Of the population
shifted to the other end of the valley
and in 1866 the county seat was re-
moved to Deer Lodge, the TOWNSHIP
company donating the blocks for the
court house and the Jail.
Oldest College There.
At Deer Lodge is located the oldest
institution of higher learning in the
state, the College of Montana, found
ed by the Presbyterian church. 1t
also contains st. Mary's academy for
girls and well-built public schools.
Within the last few years hundreds
of new buildings have been erected in
the town and large sums have been
spent in public improvements, includ-
ing a new W system and several
miles of sidewalks. 1t is we'll laid
out with streets bordered By shade
trees and contains many churches.
1t is a division point of the Chicago.
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway and
large railroad shops and terminal IA
%cilities are located there. The Mon
tana State prison is also located at
Deer Lodge.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-27
OLDEST OF PIONEERS,
%, LIVING AT BUTTE
WILLIAM F. BARTLETT BUILT
FIRST CABIN AT MONTANA
CITY IN 1862.

The oldest pioneer of Montana is
William Il. Bartlett of Butte, 93 years
old, but as active as the ordinary man
of 60. He still take a prominent part
in the annual reunion Of the Pho
%neer's society.
Mr.. Bartlett came to Montana with
the first train that crossed the plains
for the far northwest. There are
other pioneers who came to Montana
before Mr.. Bartlett, but he is the
oldest.
Lured westward by the discovery Of
gold, Mr.. Bartlett sold out the hotel
that he had been conducting in Mime
sofa and set out in 1862 for Fort Ben
ton. Thence he turned southwark and
passed over what is now Helena before
Last Chance gulch had been christen-
ed. He went to Montana City, a few
miles south Of Helena, in the Prickly
Pear valley, and there built the first
cabin. After prospecting there for
several months he went to Bannack.
In the spring of 1868 he joined the
stampede to Virginia City in search of
gold. A few months later he took
charge of the Diamond r. Mercantile
company's store.
In later years Mr.. Bartlett engaged
in business in Salt Lake, whence he
went to the Black Hills in Dakota. He
was employed as agent of the Chey-
enne and Sidney stage lines to Mon
tana and engaged in the hardware
business in Butte, where he has since
resided. He was married in 1866 to
Miss Eliza Cotney of Philadelphia.
Recently Mr.. Bartlett published the
third edition of "The Vigilantes," an
exact duplication as to contents of the
original printed by Dimsdale.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-27
Helpful Automobile Hints

Do not dash up to the place where
you intend to stop and then set the
brakes as hard as YOU can. 1t wears
the brakes needlcss]y, and strains the
tires. 1t may even cause the wheels
to lock and slide on one spot on the
tire. Careful motorists gauge the mo-
mentum and bring the car to rest
with only a gentle pressure on the
service brake.
If Your motor is growing noisy, look
at the valve tappets. If the adjust
ments are loose, the space widens and
the valve litter gives a hammer blow
on the valve stem. Adjust the space
to the thickness of a visiting card
while engine is cold. When the motor
heats up the valve stem lengthcns ana
takes up nearly all the clearance. MAX
mo but little noise. ii any.
When removing any part OF a
mechanism. mark the parts which
come together. so that there will lie
no mistake in replacing them. When
YOU take off a nut. replace 1t on The
stud. so that it will not be necessary
to hunt for it when wanted. The MS
nal practice of duming everything in
to a box is Il bad one. as it takes 100
Icing to sort out nuts and bolts when
parts are to be replaced.
Make a list of all small tools. ar
cesSories and other things needed on
the car, and carry it in a convenient
packet on the car. Go over the list
once a month. and see what articles
are missing or need replacing. Moh-
key wrenches and screw drivers are
carried into the house and left there
other articles are misplaced. Make
sure You have everything on the car.
and then You are safe.
When making motor adjustments.
it usually is necessary 10 exercise >
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-27

Send us your
gan e h e a d s,
birds, etc. We
mount them rue
to life. Make rugs
# all kinds, do all
kinds Of tanning;
horse hides and
cow hides. make
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-27

little patience in order to get the best
results, for the reason that the ef
fects of ad justments are not always
instantly apparent. If carburetor ad.
justments, for instance. the motor
must be given a little time to feel the
changes made, and the results obtain.
cd Immediately following the turn Of
a needle valve or an air valve spring
may be misleading.
The practice of driving in ruts viii
wear out a tire faster than any Other
individual bad habit. Obviously. the
method of driving exposes to wear Tx
part of the tire least calculated tt
bear it. The main strength Of the tn,
lies in the tread . The side walls arr
made comparatively thin, because
Wear on them is not expected. and yet
by running in ruts, that is exactly
where the hardest wear falls.
When installing tire chains ii is no.
advisable to have them too tight. Il
the chains are held in a fixed position
the tread of the tire is apt to he loos
cned at these points. If the chain |,
slightly loose, it will work around 1e
different positions, and cause less in
jury to the tread.
The holes drilled in muffler some
times are rough and ragged, with th'
result that the escaping gases set II!
a whistling noise. anything %but'agrec
able. Smoothing off the rough edge
usually will eliminate the mwelcom'
sound.
When two or more leaves Of :
spring break, it is not advisable /,
install new leaves without rcsettins
the spring. If the spring is used TO:
some time its set is different from
that Of the new leaves installed, arc
the effect is another broken sprin.
very o
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-27

Or the old towns Of the state that
rose on the waves Of the gold rush
only to sink soon into the trough of
oblivion, there are few that have
leone back" Among the
tiles ST singularly favored by fortune
is Deer Lodge, which within the last
few years has doubled its population
until it numbers more than 1000. Now
the county seat Of Powell county, Deer
Lodge was formerly the metropolis Of
Deer Lodge county when that county
was 250 miles long, from north to
south, and Is miles wide.
At an altitude Of 4,545 feet, Deer
Lodge yet has a climate Of such mild
ness that snow enough for sleighing
only falls ABOUT one winter in three.
The site Of the city is declared to be
one Of the most inspiring in all the
Rocky Mountain region.
It was the discovery of gold on Gold
creek within a few miles Of Deer
Lodge thai turned the eyes Of the
world to Montana and resulted in the
creation of the territory. Of the many
thousands who came westward iii the
pioneer days, a large proportion dwelt
for a time ct Deer Lodge or mined
within a score of miles Of the town.
The tide ebbed but it is again at flood
bringing the farmer in lieu Of the
miner.
Known First as Cottonwood.
Deer Lodge, the commercial center
OF the greater portion Of this inter
mountain empire, was known formerly
as Cottonwood, also as Spanish Fork
and La Barge City. The first house
vas erected by Thomas Lavatta and
Joe Hill in October, 1860. In the sur
rounding country, on every creek
where there were diggings, other towns
arose only to disappear with a few
months or a year or two, Cottonwood
absorbing a large proportion of their
populations. Cottonwood gradually
increased in population and wealth.
During this early period a DISPOSE
ton was shown by many of the citi-
zens to ignore the survey of the town
and build inn the streets although the
site Of a city a miles square was laid
out as early as 1862 at the suggestion
Of Captain Joseph La Barge of st.
Louis, who proposed moving his es-
adjustment from Fort Benton. TO
correct this evil tendency, James
Stuart and other leading citizens Or
ganized a TOWNSHIP company to have
the city put in proper shape. Colonel
w. W. DeLacy was employed to re-
survey and plat the place and the city
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-27
AUTOMOBILE AND ROAD NEWS
County Politicians IN Montana Are
Not Forgetting Good Roads Plank
Farmers of Treasure State Demand Highway <>In1prove
ments and the Candidates for Office Haze
Their Ears to the Ground.

for the ommon good. Ninety-nine
times out Of il hundred the other fell
low is found to be a splendid fellow,
ga prince,' when you come to know
him and your prejudices and pre-con-
celved notions are all gone.
Does I~ncalculable Good.
Good roads and automobiles are 60
ing to take the people from all parts
Of the country into all other parts of
the country and this intermingling,
this travelling, will be of m%calculable
value. Woe be to the state that fails
to invite it by good roads. .Unfortu-
nctc will be the state Tat refuses to
go on. that chooses to stagnate and not
cooperate in the great movement that
is now on and will not recede.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-27

All over Montana the farmers are
awakening to the fact that good roads
mean everything to them, and the ma
lority Of county commissioners who
will be elected this fall are making
their campaigns for public office on
platforms in which road improvement
is the principal plank. 1t means ac-
feasibility to market in a country OF
magnificent distances, and keeps the
country in touch with the town and
city.
1t is hardly conceivable that there is
any other way by which the country
could make greater material PROCESS
than by building good roads. No Ee1.
ter investment Of money could be
made. No greater or more Immediate
returns on an investment could be had.
It is no longer a question as to wheth-
er we can afford to have good roads.
1t is now apparent to all progressive,
clear-thinking men that we cannot al
ford to have them.
Strength Lies In Advance.
Nothing else would so instantly and
permanently lift the whole country up
in it's worth-while-ness. Not to go on
in good road building is to stagnate.
The strength and glory Of a people,
a state, lies in its inspiring purpose to
go on. No state, no man, has ever
been of consequence, or ever will be,
who is content to let things alone as
they are. Almost nothing is ever so
good that it cannot be better. A civil
i~zation is measured by its means of
transportation, by it's roads. This has
always been true to the past. 1t will
be more increasingly true in the flu
ture.
City Measured by Streets.
A city or town is measured with
reasonable accuracy by it's streets.
Likewise country roads are an index
10 the inhabitants. Good streets are
worth much more to the people than
they cost. They are the first thing to
the extension of a progressive town or
city. Good country roads are worth
very much more to the people than
they cost. Reasonable methods OF con-
struction of course are contemplated.
They bring more to country life that
is desirable than does anything else.
They unite town, city and country.
The city dwellcr becomes a partaker
Of the life of the country and the man
in the country is a city nan as we'll
because of his quick, constant contact.
Increases Peoples knowledge.
Because of good roads and the au-
tomobilc the people will come to know
themselves and their country. 1t these
things gave an intimate knowledge OF
only ones own state it would be of in
~calculable value. If all Montana men
and women knew all Montana and her
people intimately, the life of Montana
would be greatly enlarged. Get out OF
your own city or town, get away from
your narrow environment, see the
homes and farms and towns and pco-
pie in the middle Of the state, on the
other side of the state. You will feel
yourself growing, the shell breaking,
your vision Frightening, widening.
You will discover how men come to
want to do things. You will begin to
want to do things yourself.
Knit Sections Closer.
The automobile and good roads will
bring the North and the South, the
East and the West into closer relation
ship to each other. The people OF
these sections will come to know and
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-27

understand each other and the life of
each better, and the greatness of the
Mississippi valley and the command
ing part it is to play in the life Of the
world in the coming years, not yet full
~ understood and appreciated, will
begin to dawn upon the world.
Breaks Down Prejudice.
a greater and deeper patriotism, a
sincere love of country will get into
the hearts of the people because they
will have a personal acquaintance and
know all the land over which their
flag floats. Pre- JUDGES, if any exist,
will be broken down. All the people
will come to know how full the coun-
try is of good people with good pnr-
poses, inspired with a sincere desire
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-27

Time seems to demonstrate thai the
mar who is a little selfish, is a little
wiser than the man who is too sencr-
GUS.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-27
They're Women e

"Should women be treated as wom-
en- or as people?' asks an irate suf-
fraggette. Well, when there's a scare
ity of seats in a street car, or when
it is time for some n to put half
a block of ice into the ice box, wom-
en- prefer to be treated as women
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-27

The devil has a way Of sticking
around, ever in the Methodist ritual.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-27

them into robes and overcoats. Ladies'
fur trimmings for sale and made to
order.
FRANK LEMMER, Taxidermist.
Medal Awarded at Worlds Panama
Pacific Exposition, 1915.
1901 Central Avenue. P. o. Box 688
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-06
GREAT BRITAIN
OPUbL|SHLIST
OF C0NTRAbAND

London: April 5.-Lord Robert Ce-
Gil, minister of war trade, in response
to a query by Commander Carlyon
Bellairs, member fo- Maidstone, In the
House of Commons today, said that
the object of the order in council with
reference to the blockade was to de-
clare that the doctrine of continuous
voyage applied in its full extent to
absolute and conditional contraband.
Hitherto conditional contra band could
only be captured if it was destined for
the armed forces of a hostile power.
In order completely to establish the
identity of the two kinds of contra
band, the government proposed, said
Lord Robert, to issue an official list
of contraband articles, absolute and
conditional, SO that neutral countries
would have notice that goods con-
signed to a person in a neutral coun-
try known to have previously sent
contraband goods to hostile bellig-
erent would be liable to capture.
AS the war progressed. Lord Robert
added, it became clear that there were
articles which had not been included
in the contraband lis, which ought to
have been included. The list has been
extended from time to time, he said,
and there were a certain number OF
articles which it was proposed to add
to the contraband list almost immedl-
ately.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-06
COLBY COLLEGE
OPENS THURSDAY

Colby College will open for the spring
term Thursday. With the opening Of
this term active baseball practice for
the year will commence. 1t is expected
that Coach Lake will be on hand at
or near the opening of college and with
decent weather the men will be able to
get out on the diamond. The prospects
for winning team at the college are
not SO good this year as they were
last and there were no prospects last
year. The team has two or three Fresh
men who have come in rated as first
class catchers, but they have yet to
show their worth in college ball. The
infield looks anything but good and
there is only Captain Simpson to be de-
pended upon in the outfield and there
Is even some doubt about his playing
owing to his operation last fall. There
is not even a good second string pitch
err in sight, let alone one that looks
anything like college ball calibre
Coach Lake has got a big task on his
hands to mould a team that will even
make a good showing and If he should
by any chance land winner he will
certainly have to work wonders. About
the same condition as usual exists as
to track, there are a few good men
and they should be able to pick up
number of points in the meets in which
the college will compete. but the
chances Of championship are SO far
away that they cannot even be seen
with pair Of powerful field glasses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-06
REPORT BY REAR ADMIRAL
GRASSET ON SINKING OF THE
SUSSEX==A THRILLING STORY

the Sussex and the time of her crossing
were clearly indicative of her service. II
is, therefore, obviously a premeditated
attack on an unarmed merchant ship,
carried out without the slightest warn
ing.
"One last fact shows up still more
clearly, the premeditated and implac-
able character of the submarines OPP
erations A boat was dispatched at
P. M. to the Colbart lightship to an
nounce the disaster. This boat arrived
at the lightship at 11.45 P. NJ; her
crew were picked up by a British tor
pedoboat destroyer at o'clock in the
morning. During the trans-s shipment
a torpedo was fired at the destroyer
and passed a few metres astern Of her
This fact has been confirmed by the
British admiralty. Judging by the
course covered by this boat the light
ship must have been at most six or
seven miles from the Sussex.
1T follows that the submarine must
have remained in the neighborhood of
the Sussex in order to. torpedo any
ship which might come to the rescue
Of her victim"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-06
PUTS QUIETUS
ON DOUBTERS

The announcement that the Maine
central had requested permission from
the Public Utilities Commission to con-
struct the new bridge at Fairfield will
doubtless put stop to the statements
OF certain persons about the city and
Fairfield who have declared right along
that the whole story was nothing but a
newspaper story" and that the railroad
never had the slightest intention Of
making a crossing at Fairfield Even
the buying up of the houses in Fairfield
did not wholly stop them but it seems
as if the plans as shown to the Utilities
Commission in the request for the per-
mission to build ought to be sufficient
The Journal has said before and it can
repeat on the best of authority that the
work on this important Improvement in
the railroad service in the State of
Maine will be started as soon as the
frost is out Of the ground and that II will
be rushed to completion. Not only will
the bridge be built but there will be a
double track between this city and
Clinton constructed, if not all the way
to Bangor this summer. This will mean
the employment of a very large number
OF men and will certainly mean a BUSH
ness boom for Watervlle and Fairfield.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-06

A meeting Of the directors Of the Cen
trail Maine Realty Co. was held at the
Office Of the secretary, r. NJ. Gilmore. Al
Main street, report of the committee
appointed at an earlier meeting to make
an investigation into the advisability OF
making certain changes and additions
to the buildings now on the fair grounds,
was read and unanimously adopted. and
Hon. Martin Blaisdell, treasurer of the
corporation, was authorized and in
structed to offer such stock for sale.
The report was as follows:
To the stockholders of Central Maine
Realty Company:
Your committee appointed to examine
the real estate now being used by the
Central Maine Fair Association. to make
estimates of the cost of proposed new
buildings. and to recommend plan for
raising the money to pay for these,
have attended to their duties and report
as follows:
Your committee recommend moving the
buildings, etc, on the north side Of the
railroad track to the south side, using
the land recently purchased of the
Drummond heirs and erecting new build
ings. That the land on the north side
of the railroad track be kept and rented
for pasturage or otherwise. that it may
be available for the railroad siding from
the Maine Central Railroad Company
when needed.
The estimated amount of money re-
quired is as follows:
For Drummond property......... sl,500. 90
For two barns 35x90 .............. 1865. 90
For poultry house 50x150. 1.4o2 90
Making a total Of .............. $4,4SO. 90
We recommend that $500 of stock in
the treasury Of the Realty Company be
sold at par to pay for these changes
and improvements.
We find that the Central Maine Fair
Association has been hiring tents to be
used duding each fair at cost of $4,000
per year. We recommend that the Fair
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-06

The Lithgrow Club of Winslow. q
which Mrs. Samuel Clark is president
has taken up the Red Cross work II
connection with their literary work
The work is to help the wounded SOL
diers in France, the soldiers ar
French. Belgians, British and Cana
dams, the contributions for the worI
are voluntary. but Robert Stohie thu
far has furnished the material am
Mrs. Stobie very kindly showed thu
ladies how to begin the work and as
sisted In every way. The club has TAX
en- up this work with a great deal O
enthusiasm, and are hoping to adj
their little mite where help is so mucI
needed.