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The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-09

Within 60 miles Of Yellowstone
park by steamboat! How would
that sound in an advertisement to
lure the eastern tourist to Montana.
This was accomplished in June 6,
1875 by the steamer Josephine pilot
ed by Captain Grant Marsh and char
tered by the United States govern
ment. AS the result of this trip
Lieutenant Colonel j. w. Forsyth re-
ported to General Phil Sheridan that
the Yellowstone river was navigable
for commercial purposes as far as the
mouth of the Big Horn, while the
second officer of the expedition,
Lieutenant Colonel F. D. Grant,
states that the river was navigable
to Pompey's Pillar, within 80 miles
of the present city of Billings.
Both officers declared that the
Yellowstone, owing to it's gravel bed,
it's stable banks and islands, and it's
freedom from snags, offered much
better highway for commerce from
Fort Buford to the settlements of
western Montana that did the Mis-
souri, from the same point to Fort
Benton,
Railroads End River Traffic.
The opportunity never came to
demonstrate the correctness of their
Judgment as the advent of the rail-
roads soon after put an end to all
through river traffic. Their report
aroused much interest in Montana
and in the fall of 1875 an expedition
was organized at BoZeman which un-
dertook to establish town at "the
Josephine's head of navigation"
Nearly opposite the mouth of the
Big Horn, a small stockade was
erected and a townsite laid out. The
founders of this post, which they
named Fort Pease in honor of the
chief of their expedition, F. D. Pease,
expected, like the builders of the
short-lived Musselshell or Kerchival
City, at the mouth of the Mussel-
shell, to create metropolis that
should eclipse Fort Benton in its
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-09
Boosts Cook City as Park Entrance

that they were endeavoring to trap
him and bruin made one jump
through the window, carrying sash
and all with him.
Cook City has more surface min
eral showings than any other camp
have ever seen. 1 believe that if a
railroad was extended into that point
a dozen properties would commence
shipping ore Immediately. 1t is too
far from a railroad at the present
and the dirt roads are in bad condi-
tion, making it Improbable for any
one to mine there under present con-
ditions, except, of course, in small
way; the reason being, that the cost
is too great to haul in coal and other
supplies and to haul out the ore.
Make Entrance There.
My idea would be to make it an
entrance into the park, which would
be an ideal one, say, for the MilWau-
kee railroad. / understand that the
Milwaukee is now building branch
line from a point north of Billings
into Billings. Now, if this road could
be extended on past Laurel and Col
umbus, and from Columbus extended
Ou up W OllllN dLcI, Vld ADodl OhCC,
and put into Cook City, it would
make, in my opinion, the most i'm
pressive entrance to the park pos
sessed by any of the railroads.
When one stands on the town OF
Cook you can see half dozen noun
tain peaks standing out majestically.
Should the Milwaukee extend it's
branch into Cook City it would have
an immediate tonnage of ore to haul
out and an immediate tonnage of
supplies to maui in and, in addition,
the branch road would run through a
heavily wooded section, where an
immense quantity of timber could
be brought out. In addition to this,
the road would traverse a beautiful
farming valley, where a great deal
OF grain is now raised and where d
great deal more would be produced,
if they had railroad facilities; and,
besides, it is a splendid sheep and
cattle country.
The whole section of Saltwater
valley would, in this way, be devel-
oped; and another of the main
sources of revenue to the Milwau-
kee would, of course, be it's passen-
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-09
McC0ne Pursued BY Sioux Host;)es
County Rider

off, and he found the dead body of
a freighter at the station. The lat
ter was also victim of the Sioux.
Senator McCone fed his horses,
and drove back to Antelope station,
where he got another mail driver to
help him bury the dead men. Wal
lace Heidenkopher now owns the
ranch where these men we're slain,
and last year he visited the senator
to hear the story centering in the
two graves at the ranch.
On the 18th of July, 1879, Sena-
tor McCone encountered seven In
dians on his mail route, ad five of
them gave him chase. The senator,
speaking of this, dismisses the mat
ter briefly, as follows:
"They shot one of my horses
through the nose, and sent a bullet
through the Stats of the blackboard,
but l had better horses than they
had"
Five Killed on Route Same Summer.
He escaped without injury. Five
men we're killed on his mail route
that summer. He says there were
no Indians in the country, merely
small bands passing through.
When the railroad reached Miles
City, Senator McCone took contract
to carry mail from Glendive to Fort
Buford, at the mouth of the Yellow
stone, 80 miles, and 6ept 1t four
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-09

river itself. The appearance of it
aroused the greatest enthusiasm on
board, for it was at once recognized
as Pompey's Pillar, the famous land
mark discovered by Captain William
Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedi-
ton. High up on it's face the Jo-
sephine's men found inscribed the
words WIN. Clark, July 25, 1906
the letters still as clearly defined as
when chiseled there by the illustrious
explorer, 50 years before.
MANY of the steamboat men and
soldiers followed Captain Clark's
example by cutting their names on
the rock, and in a prominent place
Captain Marsh inscribed: Josephine,
June 3, 1875 The voyagers re-
sumed their onward course at 3:45
o'clock next morning. But their
journey now became fraught with
many and increasing difficulties.
Numberless Islands Split Channel
"The great river, though apparent
ly undiminished in volume, grew
more and more swift, constantly
breaking into rapids through which
it was necessary to warp and spar
the boat, while numberless small
islands split the channel into chutes
At length, after two days
Of incessant struggle, Pryor's fork
was reached"
The next day the Josephine pushed
on, but before nightfall tremendous
rapid was encountered, which was
passed only after a hard struggle
Here the name Hell Roaring rap.
ids" was given to the torrent. Al
dawn of the next day a reconnoiter
ing party examined the river for sew
eral miles further up, but the curren
was found to be so powerful that i
was decided to turn back. The Jo
sephine had reached a point 46;
miles above the mouth of the Yellow
stone and less than 60 miles in al
air line from the northeast corne
of the present Yellowstone nationa
park-nearly 40 miles up the strean
. from the site of Billings.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-09

Senator George McCone, who has
served Dawson county in one legis-
lative house or the other for IA
years, is a historical character. He
carried mail to the soldiers at Fort
Keogh, Montana, from Bismarck,
North Dakota, in the period of the
Custer massacre. He travelled with
mail over route that passed
through 27O miles of wilderness un-
inhabited by white men.
He was chased and shot at by In
dians. He rescued other mail driv
ers, who had been shot and wounded,
from hiding places they had sought,
and found still other drivers and
station keepers dead on the road at
the hands of the Redskins, and
helped bury them; and he lived
among the hunters and trappers of
those days, and daily saw the count
less herds of buffalo and the almost
equally numerous bands of elk, an
telope, deer and other wild animals
that inhabited those wilds.
Pioneer Cattle Raiser.
He has had historical part in the
development of the state of Montana,
AOA ~ WOO AC WAO VI Ou6AI AIN CCAoC-
ern Montana the first cattle intro
lished the first stock ranch in the
souri, rivers He lived in Dawson
county when it was mere territorial
division, with no county organization
or officers.
Before the railroad era, those were
stirring and adventurous days, and
it required courage and hardihood to
convey mail by horseback or buck
board through long stretches of will
derness, destitute of white men, in
tested by prowling Indians, given
over to wild animals, marked only
by faint trails and widely separated
posts, and never lacking in danger
and difficulties.
1t was in Indian Territory in 1876
that Senator McCone took up the
hardy work of the western mail car
rier. He went to the territory from
Michigan, and became a pony rider,
between Fort Sill and Fort Reno,
riding rs miles in 10 hours at night
four times week, crossing three riv-
ers, the North and South Canadian
and the Washita. every trip. He
changed horses five times on each
trip, and maintained an average pace
of seven miles and half an hour for
| the 10 hours, with no allowance for
such changes.
Three Trips Week.
He was employed by Veile, Miner
Peck & Company, Star Route mail
contractors, and that concern re-
|
Bismarck and Fort Keogh in 1878
He was sent by his employers with
another man, Alva Ketchum, to car
ry the mail by team and blackboard
over this 300-mile route. The mail
carriers of the company made trips
three times a week. The mail was
for the soldiers at Fort Keogh and
their eastern correspondents. There
were no other white men in the coun-
try.
General Nelson A. Miles was in
command at Fort Keogh in those
days In 1876, two years before this
the ill-fated General George A. Gus
ter was in command at Fort Lincoln
opposite Bismarck, and in the spring
of that year, Custer, with his com
mand, marched to the mouth of the
Tongue river. Two years later Sen
ator McCone, in carrying mail, fol-
lowed the road Custer made.
No White Man for 27O Miles.
Between Bismarck and the mouth
of the Powder river, 270 miles, there
was neither white man not white
; habitation.
In 1873 Senator McCone had some
experience with Indian troubles
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-09

seemed to be standing still. The
captain ordered the spars set, and
after an exhausting struggle of sew
eral hours the boat was finally
forced through The Narrows,' as the
place was appropriately termed, into
the wider channel beyond.
For some miles now the steaming
became easy, and in the latter part
OF the afternoon the Josephine drew
In sight of an isolated butte rearing
it's head above the southern bank
and, from the point where it was
first seen, apparently standing in the
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-09

President Wilson has appointed
Thomas Arthur of Billings as a mem
ber of the assay commission. The
commission will meet at Philadelphia
on February Is and pass upon the
weight and fineness of sample coins
minted at various United States
mints during the past year. Mr.. Ar
thur is one of the best known men in
the state and until recently was
chairman of the state democratic
committee.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-09
ger traffic of sight-seers, who would
enter the park at that point.
Passes Grasshopper Glacier.

USSCS OHWSs11OpPC1 O10C1OHs
have been told by an old stage
driver who lives in that section of
the country that this branch road
would run by who it known as
"Grasshopper Glacier" They say
that the glacier contains millions
upon millions of grasshoppers, which,
probably millions OF years ago, be-
came imbedded in the snow and ice
which afterwards became a glacier.
This in itself would be valuable at
traction to eastern people who might
contemplate visiting the park.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-09

(By Lieut.. Gov. w. w. McDowell.)
There has been a good deal Of talk
recently in the southern part of the
state regarding the possibility of an
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-09
Famous Voyage Up the Yellowstone
Marsh P;1oted Josephine Nearly 40 Miles bove Billings

foam, but the utmost speed she could
make was one-siXth of mile an
hour, and most of the time she
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-09

Montana Pioneer Is Writing Book
on Blaine County, in Which the
Indians, the Squaw Men, the Pros
pector, Miner, Stockman and Dry
lander Will All Have a Place.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-29
U. S. RESERVE OFFICERS
FORM IRON BATTALION
Philadelphians Pro m in en- t in
Making of Counterpart of
Famed French Body
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Aug. 90


Organization of the officers Iron Battal-
ion, composed of $50 reserve officers. study
ing advanced trench warfare at Harvard
under the direction OF the French Mission,
took place today.
The second company, which is composed
of 100 officers from Plattsburg, fifty from
Fort Niagara and fifteen eacl, from Ogle-
thorpe and Mcpherson, was placed in COM
mand of Captain Joseph w. CleGg of Phila
delphia. The position of first lieutenant
was given to Captain A. w Swain. who
also was placed in charge of the First Pla-
toon. J. r. Feaster, Jr., and Z. p. Roth
two other reservists from Philadelphia
were made corporals.
Colonel Azan, head Of the French mis-.
sion named the organization after tha
celebrated Iron Battalion" the daring and
courage of whose members is known al
over France. He told the men he was sure
that when they reached France as officers
they would more than uphold the reputation
of their namesakes.
The colonel and his felow-officers of tn,
mission are to give dinner to representa-
tives of the three companies on Friday a
the Harvard Club. of Boston. Captain
Clegg is one of the men chosen to represent
the second company. The $50 officers viii
next week return the compliment, dining
the Frenchmen in Boston.
Major William w. Flynn, the com
mandant announced today that the mer
will not be allowed time off on Labor Day
This proved a disappointment. especially
since the officers in reporting to Harvard
had to forgo the twelve days furlougf
granted the other members of their re-
spective camps.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-29
YANKEE TARS AND SLAVS
MIX IN MISTAKEN BOUT
Each Thinks Other German Force and
General Fracas Is Suddenly
Precipitated

NEW YORK, Aug. ga squad of fifty
Yankee jack tars are under their officers
displeasure today all because they went
over the top" after some supposed Ger
mans. The top in this case was a water
front fence and the Germans" comprised
a crowd of Russian sailors.
When the Americans approached the
Slavs, the latter mistook them for Germans
because they manned a seized German ship
and proceeded to defend the fence against
them Their Russian war cries were mis-
taken by the Yanks for German yels. Re
pulse the Germans" shouted the Slavs, and
Charge the Germans" beloved the Amer-
cans. Shots rang out In the night. Thirty
police Joined the fracas The Americans
swarmed over the fence and put the Rus
slams to rout,
Later the Russian and United States OFF,
GERS exchanged apologies and ten Slavs
went to the hospital. Five were arrested.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-29
ENGINEER OFFICERS ARE
ORDERED TO REPORT
Commissioned Men in Reserve Will Go
Into Camp in Three Different
Localities

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2e.-Elevcn hun
dred and sixty engineer reserve officers
were today ordered to report at the engineer
training camps at American University.
Washington; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
and Vancouver barracks Washington. Sep
tember by Secretary Baker,
The total enrolment at American Uni
versity and Leavenw orth will be 500 each.
while Vancouver barracks camp will train
160 officers. Most Of the men after three
months Of intensive training will be avail
able as instructors for the second incre-
ment of 100000 troops to be called next
year to the colors.
Some of the officers will be utilized to
command the eleven new regiments of engi-
neers to be formed out of the draft and
by voluntary enlistment, which are to be
sent abroad for military engineering behind
the lines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-29
A FEW EXAMPLES OF SALES saw

$500 Dining Suite, 8
pcs, Mahogany .S67.50
$47.50 Bed, Genuine Ma
hogany .S22.50
$3.50 Bureau, Mahog-
any .S45.00
S25.00 Dressing Table,
Mahogany .Sl6.50
S500.00 Chamber Suite,
Chippendale, NJ a h og-
any, 8 pcs. .S275.00
$47.50 Sofa, Large Tap
estry $500
$183.00 Library Suite,
Mahogany, Velour, 2
pcs, ............$102.00
S193.50 Library Suite,
Mahogany Velour $4,000
$22.50 Arm Chair, Tap
. estry ............S14.50
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-29
MDFIELD SAYS YANKEE
GENIUS WILL WIN WAR
secretary Declares the Govern
ment Has Perfected Devices
of Remarkable Invention
WASHINGTON, Aug. %.

WASHINGTON, Aug. %.
ihe war is being prosecuted success
.uv so far as Americas participation in
~" 49,. concerned. You may have no heslta-
,S.a. Nm about telling the American people that
score.' 'e "o app 'e"e"''0' VII
m.s m.nls Is the message of Secretary Of Com
~. fedheld to the American people on
a. progress Of the military operations un-
ia. he american flag. In an interview
Sor.s Mr.. Redheld outlined what is being
str,n. uhoer the auspices of the Stars and
thst !. and told in language so convincing
thst ADMITTED of no shadow of doubt
n nnerican genius-Yankee ingenuity
nIrs sssins rapid strides toward the win
nonS.ary Redfeld cautioned your CORE
Of thS H. 10 reveal no details of the secrets
has washington government Neverthe-
strid.he he frankly discussed the amazing
lot vi,h hhaue since the United States cast its
'srhs .ne Allies against Prussianim.
fsct.s BRITISH, we understand. have per
spv.u,ah a an airplane engine which surpasses
snemv YET devised by either Entente or
"A engineers" Mr., Redfeld was told.
rha out the Americans have"
turns ..,-ative ,rative OF Secretary Redfield is OF
scai ~ .ns interest. Airplanes are but typ
Ia h.me me great mechanical progress which
+ WDervi.I-~e' iarseiy unucr 1oNerHIneht
eecr.,.oh. 1t was made plain by the
sopIS mat any information divulged
10 Ss,.v"e OF value to the enemy; hence
\ reissis OF Mr.. Redfield's discourse can
an Geo Suffice it to say that the Ameri-
I'll, government has perfected devices of
epnIr.A american need read Of the inventive
accord,U. tne enemy with any apprehension.
nj ng to Secretary Redneld He may
hven,ssu that anything that has been
inprnssu by Germans has been materially
- upon by Americans.
aecor,, Sataiogue Of what already has been
Va tsned toward the winning of the
Droblsa trough bringing to bear upon the
~ tr.' me keenest scientific mechanical
(. ~ ~ sssentve ssve genius would read like a tale
~ sne Arabian Nights" Those In Wash
Il. VINO know of accomplishments In
~ ~ are straining at the leash to In
- american people Of the miraculous
cn has been done, but the mask
c.orahip has bean, slipped over the
!evement for the present and
5lprY pappf wait until the Amor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-29
CHELTENHAM TOWNSHIP
BOARD ACCEPTS FEW
Only 27 Out of 105 Examined in
Draft Taken for Ma
tional Army

Only twenty.seven men out of a total Of
los examined yesterday by District Board
No. l. OF Cheltenham township. were OBJ
tained for the national army.
OF those not accepted. thirty-seven
claimed exemption and fortv-seven were
rejected for physical defects. Among those
taken was John Howard. Edge HILL who
has no ears His hearing is apparently
normal. Among those called five have al
ready enlisted. These are Caleb r. Fox,
Jr,, Ogontz, Philadelphia banker and club.
man, who Is in the emergency hospital
corps; Arthur II. Jacobs, Cheltenham
John Rhoades. Edge Hill william H.
Lorimer. Melrose, and william Powell
Wyncote.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-29

$3.50 Serving Table,
Jacobean Oak SITS
$4,000 Serving Table,
Mahogany ......S11.50
$24.50 China Closet,
Oak .S14.75
$500 China Closet, Ma
hogany .$39.50
$500 Extension Table,
Jscobean Oak -. ..S25.00
s11.50 Extension Table,
Solid Oak ........S9.50
S24.50 Extension Table,
CHARTERED Oak %. $3.50
$49.50 Extension Table,
Mahogany ....... .S85.00
S6.25 Arm Chair, Oak
and Leather .......S3.25
$3.50 Arm Chair, Mahog-
any Rush Seat -. $3.50
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-29
CHAMPAGNE IN LOOT
Thieves Rob Camden Liquor Store Sixth
Time in Two Months

Five cases OF champagne were included
in the loot which thieves took from the
wholesale liquor store Of Stern e. Co., 124
Federal street, Camden early today. 1t Is
the sixth time the place has been robbed
in two months
The thieves forced an entrance through
a rear window and took about 800 worth
of liquor. including the champagne.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-29
ANGRY AT GERARD'S HONOR
German Paper Shrieks Displeasure at
the Grand Cross of Bath

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 29.--The Berlin Eel
tung am Hittag has become greatly incensed
over the conferment by King George Of the
Grand Cross Of the Bath upon James w
Gerard. former United States Ambassador
to Germany.
I'VE always have known" says the news
paper, that Ambassador Gerard was Eng
lands representative, at least as much as
Americas, In Berlin"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-29

WHEN the clock strikes FIVE on
w Friday this greatest of all Fur
niture Sales, with its incom-
parable offerings and uncqualled
values shall have passed into history.
We urge you to take advantage of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-29

these three Aeeting days. of oppor-
tunity; to make your selection from
this most wonderful stock of fine
Furniture and reap to the full the
benefit of our reduced prices. Such
opportunities may not be dupli-
Gated for long time to come.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-29
New York Soldier Killed by Train

BALTIMORE, Aug. 20. = George Nc
Connell, a private of Company A. Tenth
New York Infantry. was killed by a Bal.
timore and Ohio train near here today The
soldier received letter from his home in
Albany yesterday in which he was told
that his mother was dying in Newburgh,
n, Y.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-29

$3.50 Rocker or Arm
Chair, Morocco Leath-
er .$41.OO
$355.00 Dining Suite, 8
pcs, Solid Mahog.,
Chippendale .....$l75.O0
$4,000 Arm Chair, Wing
Mahog., Velour .S27.50
$3.50 Rocker, Golden Oak,
Leather .S6.75
S16.50 Solid Mahog., Cane
Wing Rocker or Arm
Chair ...........$12.00
$i15.00 Library Suite,
Velour, 3 pcs. :. $500
S215.00 Bedroom Suite,
Ivory Enamel, 4 pcs. SIPS
$4,000 Bedroom Suite,
Black Enamel, 8 pcs. $162
The Washington times., 1917-11-11

1t was natural for me to doubt their
motives at every turn.
Grand Dukes Advice.
(The following is a COPY Of the
memorandum addressed by the Grand
Duke Nicholas Michailovitch to the
Gar. In view OF the reference made
by the Gar to this grand duke. a full
copy OF the advice" is given):
Frequently you have pro
claimed your determination to
continue the war to n victorious
conclusion. How confident are
you that the present deplorable
condition OF the country will per
nit II? Do you know what is GO
Ing on within the empire? Are
you In a position to know the
whole truth. or are your ImmedI-
ate advisers concealing much
from you? Do you know where
to put your finger on the veilI
"a few words from me will make
everything plain to you. Things
could muddle along for another
year or so II II could be managed
that the manner OF your choosing
or selecting your ministers could
be kept from all but a narrow
circle. But It is no longer a
secret. Everyone In the empire
has heard 1t, and knows that
Russia is being governed by a
hidden hand. and on the fact of
this fact 1t Is useless to attempt
to continue the same old method.
Could Trust None.
"ln the past you have often told
me that you could trust no one
in the empire. and that everyone
was deceiving you. II this is so.
then your wife is the person
whom you should distrust the
most In political sense. know
that she loves you. and yet she
is leading you into error, herself
being led by evil-mInded people
who are too intimate with her.