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| civilians to meet the conquerinf
Sioux after the battle. During the
afternoon of that same day Genera
Terry sent them forward by differ.
ent routes toward the village to re.
Custer, should he prove to be in pos
session. The Terry command then
advanced slowly and cautiously
Frequently Indian warriors were dis
covered in the distance and up the
Little Big Horn the smoke of a vii
lage was distinctly seen.
Not long after he departed Bost-
wick came galloping into view of the
soldiers and reported that he had
proceeded up the valley for several
miles and had discovered a consid-
cradle body of Indians, but not car
ing to make their acquaintance, he
had returned and galloped his horse
at full speed for the Terry command.
Taylor had been even more daring
than his companion and had reached
the main village and the Indians had
fired upon him, but he had managed
to escape. He joined the soldiers
and was with them when the dead
bodies of Clusters soldiers were
found and when the troopers under
Reno were relieved after having been
surrounded by Indians for SO hours.
1t became very important that mes
sages should be sent to Fort Ellis,
and General Gibbons selected Taylor
to make the trip. He left the morn
ing of June 25, while the work of
burying the dead was still under
way on the battlefield, and on the
trip had many narrow escapes from
death by Sioux.
The supply boat Far West had
made it's way up the Big Horn to the
junction of the Little Big Horn and
was there waiting word from Terry
and Gibbons. Dawn was just creep
ing over the valley and the red of
the rising sun was reflected from
the waters, when the men on the boat
were reused from their slumber by
a sudden rattle of rifle fire, part of
which was close at hand and the rest
far distant.
Rushing on deck they found their
boat guards firing excitedly, while
from the hills to the northward a
single horseman could be seen gallop-
ing furiously into the dim valley of
the Little Big Horn. He was waving
his arms in frantic signals to the
boat, but turning in his saddle very
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western verse by the latter, illus
trated with views from Mr.. Huff
mans collection.
1t is such book as should delight
the heart Of every old-time COW man.
it carries with it a touch of the
prairie, the bunch grass and the sage
brush. 1t speaks for him as he
seems never to have spoken for him
self, and the language of the old
west is made more perfect by the il
Illustrations of Mr.. Huffman.
''Sun and Saddle Leather"
"Sun and Saddle Leather" they
call it. 1t seems a fitting name for
poems such as it contains. 1t takes
one back for moment to the time
when the saddle was called home in
such poems as the "Old Cow Man,"
who protestingly says:
Twas good to live when all the sod,
Without no fence or fuss,
Belonged in partner ship to God,
The Cover ment and us.
With skyline bounds from east to west
And room to go and come,
l loved my fellow man the best
When he was scattered some.
There is plenty of the humor of
the old west in the poem, 1.-THE
Legend of Boastful Bill"
The Legend of Boastful Bill.
At roundup on the Oily,
One sweet mornin' long ago,
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WHEN INDIANS R@AN0ED PLAINS AND BUFFALO COVERED HILLS
MILES CITY PHOTOGRAPHER MADE RECORD OF LIFE DIM WEST

Broke that hawses back in two
Cinches snapped in the CONFUSION;
Skyward man and saddle flew.
Up he mounted, never laggin',
While we watched him through
our tears,
And his last thin bit of braggin'
Came adroppin' to our ears:
eff you'd ever watched my habits
very close
You'd know I've broke such rab-
bits by the gross
I have kept my talent hidin':
I'm too good for earthly ridin,
And I'm off to bust the lightnin' s
---Adios!"
Years have gone since that ascension.
Boastful Bill amt never lit,
So we reckon that he's wrenchin'
Some celestial outlaws bit.
When the night rain beats our slick
ers
And the wind is swift and stout
And the lightnin' flares and flickers
We can sometimes hear him shout
I'm broncho-twistin' wonder on
the fly;
I'm the ridin' son-o'thunder of
the sky.
Hi! Your earthlin's shut your
winders
While we're rippin' clouds to
flinders.
If this blue-eyed darlin' kicks at
you, you die"
Stardust on his chaps and saddle.
Scornful still of jar and jolt,
He'll come back some day astraddle
OF bald-faced thunder bolt.
And the thin-skinned generation
OF that dim and distant day
Sure will stare with admiration
When they hear old Boastful say:
Il was first, as old rawhiders all
confessed.
Now I'm last of all rough riders
and the best.
Huh! You soft and dainty float
ers,
With your a'replanes and mo-
tors
Huh! Are you the great grand chill
dren of the west"
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Just on the edge of Miles City,
where the boundaries of the famous
old cowtown and the limits of the
country are not clearly defined, so
that one gets a touch of mother ma
ture and a tinge of the bright lights
at the same time, there is probably
the most unique studio in the west
the home of l.. A. Huffman, whose
wonderful photographs of early life
have preserved to posterity the Won
ders of the old west.
With Huffman photography has
been more than business or an art
1t has been a labor OF love. He
would rather make a good picture
than to eat square meal and he
would rather sit and study some old
time photograph of the days when
Montana was in the making than to
view the most famous collection of
art works in the famous galleries of
the world.
1t is not surprising therefore that
Huffman has some wonderful pic
tures-6,000 of them in all, repro
auctions of life on the plains when
the buffalo roamed the prairies of
eastern Montana and the Indian
hunted his meat in the fall scenes
on the cattle ranches and later
scenes of the time when she' p grow
ing became the leading industry.
Here Before Iron Horse.
Huffman is an eastern Montana
pioneer. The whitened bones on the
Custer battlefield had not all been
carried away by the elements when
he arrived on the Yellowstone as the
official photographer with General
Nelson A. Miles and settled at Fort
Keogh. 1t was early in 1873, some
time before the "iron horse of the
Northern Pacific crossed the states
eastern boundary line.
AS an official army photographer
he was able to secure many pictures
of Indians, soldiers, wild animals,
cattle, sheep, horses and ranches that
a private individual could not pos
sibly procure. Both an artist and a
mechanic, he combined two traits,
that enabled him to preserve them
in some wonderful views.
Carrying with him his old army
camera, the product of his own in
ventive ability, and possessed of only
the crudest of developing materials
he would follow the army for days at
a time, riding his faithful old
broncho by day and shooting" here
and there, and then when the SOL
diers had gone to rest at night, work
ing into the wee sma' hours to de-
velop his plates.
Scenes in the Cow Counties.
The results of his labors are seen
in his pictures of great herds OF
cattle and sheep, wild west stunts,
roping, riding, branding and herd
ing, scenes on the plains and views
from the foot hills. He has faithfully
pictures of life among the
people of eastern Montana, when all
that section east of the Rockies was
known as the "cow counties"
While hundreds of his views have
been secured by collectors, many of
the pictures hand colored to pro-
duce the colorings of the old range
days, they have not had anything
like the circulation to which such
photos should be entitled. Now,
however, the fame of them promises
to spread more rapidly as he has COL
Elaborated with Charles Badger Clark,
Jr, in the production of book of
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SCOUT WHO PLOTTED TERRY TO CUSTER
LIES in UNMARKED GRAVEL

and bacon where the sprincipal items
on the menu and the fare did not
particularly appeal to the soldiers.
While scouting ahead of the cav
airy on the morning Of June 23,
Taylor and Lieutenant Doane saw a
herd of over 1000 buffalo grazing
mouth of the Big Horn. They killed
several of the choicest animals and
dressed them, distributing part of the
meat to their fellow cavalrymen and
reserving a large amount for the in
fantry. Taylor went on ahead
searching the country for traces of
Indians, while Doane remained be-
hind for a short time to turn over the
meat to the soldiers.
But the latter were not to have a
taste of the fresh meat. Lieutenant
Jacobs, quartermaster in the COM
mand with Lieutenant Bradley, OBJ
jected to the train hating for the
few minutes necessary to take it on,
and Captain Freeman, in command,
yielded to his wishes, and the meat
was passed up. So when the soldier
boys again went into camp they sup
ped on bacon, instead of the excellent
buffalo steaks which Taylor had in
tended to furnish them.
On the night of June 23 Taylor
camped with the scouts and cavalry
two miles above the site Of Fort
Pease, where the infantry halted. In
the morning he went ahead scouting
in advance of General Gibbons COM
mand, which started up the hog back
that divides the Big Horn and Tul-
lock creek watersheds. He was en-
gagged in this service when Custer
and Reno encountered the Indians.
Met Indians From Custer Fight.
On the morning of June 26, when
troopers and scouts under Lieutenant
Bradley were exploring in the valley
of the Big Horn about Is miles north
of it's mouth, they came across three
Grow scouts, formerly with Bradley's
command, but whom he had sent
with Custer. These Grows had
broken and run when Custer met the
Sioux and they had been in hiding
all night. Through an Interpreter
they gave the first account of the
Custer massacre, which Lieutenant
Bradley returned and gave to Cen
eral Terry.
Taylor and another scout named
Bostwick were probably the first
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Ten of us was throwed right freely
BY a hawse from Idaho.
And we thought we'd go begin
Fur man to break his pride
Till, a hitchin up one leggin'
Boastful Bill cut loose and cried:
Tin an on'ry proposition for to
hurt;
fulfill my earthly mission with a
quirt;
! can ride the highest liver
Tween the gulf and Powder
river
And I'll break this thing as easy
as I'd flirt.
SO Bill climbed the northern fury
And they mangled up the air
Till a native of Missouri
Would have owned his brag was
fair
Though the plunges KEEP him reelin'
And the wind it Tapped his shirt,
Loud above the horse's squealin'
We could hear our friend assert:
"I'm the one to take such rakin's
as a joke;
Someone hand me up the makins'
of a smoke!
If you think my fame needs
bright'nin'
wy I'll rope a streak O. lightnin'
And I'll cinch i'm up and spur i'm
till he's broke!"
Then one caper of repulsion
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of his being drafted, but filled with
a spirit of patriotism he enlisted Oh
April Is of the present year for serv-
ice in the coast artillery and was
stationed at Fort Worden, Wash.
Action was what the young man
wanted and believing that garrison
life was too slow he secured a trans
fer to the field artillery. Early in
June he was sent to Fort Bliss and
in July he departed for Fort Totten
Long Island.
Reached France in August.
August z, with the remainder Of
his company, he embarked on the
transport Saratoga on the way tC
France. He was on that transport
when it was rammed in the harbor
before it's departure. He arrived
in France August 20.
He has kept up steady cores
pondence with his parents and his
friends during his service in the army
The last letter received from him
was an acknowledgment of his ar
rival somewhere in France. He likes
the army life very much and is great
ly enthused over the possibilities Of
fered in the service. His friends in
western Montana are confident that
he will gain recognition for his abil-
ity very rapidly.
Native of Montana.
Senator and Mrs. Dwight were liv-
ing in Missoula when Harvey Pres
ton Dwight, their eldest son was born.
He attended the common schools at
Missoula, Clinton and Perma and
completed three years work in the
high school at Plains, where he was
a student at the time of his enlist
ment.
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binary events in those days and men
connected with the making of the
great west were not the recipients of
any vast amount of honor and con-
sideration, SO it was but an ordinary
burial the dead officer was given. A
small stone was placed to mark his
resting place, but time has seen this
moved away.
AS Billings grew and Coulson
passed into the realms of memory
the old graveyard was abandoned
and people having friends and loved
ones buried there had the bodies dis
inferred and placed in some other
burying ground. So friendless, in a
land that owed him SO much, the
body of Muggins Taylor remained in
the old graveyard, unmarked amid
a score of unknown graves. Occa-
siOnally someone suggests the cree
ton of monument to commemorate
his deeds, but SO far the honors that
are justly his have not been paid
him.
Commended for Bravery.
Taylor was a typical son of the old
west. Brave and honest he feared
III lIdA anu Will IIC uLlllOSL udI
he ventured time and time again ill.,
to the heart of the Indian country to
gain information that many times
saved the army from surprise that
might end disastrously. These traits
combined with honesty and thorough
knowledge Of the Crow country made
him one of the most valued civilians
that accompanied the troops on the
memorable campaign of 1876 against
the Sioux and he was many times
commended for bravery and efficien-
cy by the officers in command.
He was one of the scouts with
Gibbons and Terry when Custer left
them on the fatal trip to the Little
Big Horn ii locate the Sioux village
and it was by accident that Taylor
was not ordered to accompany the
Custer command S three of his fell
low scouts were sent along with Long
Hair and his soldiers. Taylor was re-
tanned to pilot the other cavalrymen
and the foot soldiers up these rivers
in the wake of Clusters march.
Buffalo Meat for Soldiers.
The soldiers had rations for eight
days and these were being replenish-
ed repeatedly by the Far West, a
supply boat that was following the
troopers and infantry. Hard tack
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-10-05

Killed Performing Duty.
In attempting to make an arrest
during saloon quarrel, the Offend
err shot him. Violent deaths were or
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-10-05

Somewhere on the western front,
learning'to fire the big guns accord
ing to the rules of modern warfare,
helping the French in their lombard
ment and watching the various meth
DDS of planting barrage before the
represented by Harvey Preston
Dwight, son of State Senator and Mrs.
Reuben Dwight of Perma.
Young Dwight, who is a fine speci-
men of American manhood, tall and
straight as an arrow, is not yet 8
years of age. There was no danger
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-10-05

In an unmarked grave in Boot
Hill cemetery, an almost forgotten
burying place where were inferred
the dead of Coulson, pioneer town
that was situated on the Yellowstone
Billings, in the days before the adj
vent of the railroad, lies the body
of Muggins Taylor, scout and from
tiersman, who was the messenger to
carry the first information to mill
tary post of the Custer battle and
who made the trip from the Little
Big Horn to Fort Ellis, near the
present site of Bozeman, through a
country infested with hostile In
dians.
There are no exterior evidences
to show that the ground surround
ing the last resting place of Taylor
was once cemetery, save here and
there an almost buried and unmark-
ed stone, showing the outline of a
grave. 1t is situated on the brow of
a hill at the eastern extremity of a
Yellowstone rimrock that marks the
northern boundary line of the valley
at that point. A fast disappearing
roadway now fenced in, lies to the
west, while on the south, almost en-
croaching on the last sleeping place
of those early pioneers, the iron
horse of the Billings and Central
Montana railroad rumbles by.
Died With Their Boots On.
Tradition says that the graveyard
was given it's name because the first
% people buried there died with
their boots on, victims of the ready
gun of early days. The first person
to die natural death and be inter-
red in the graveyard was baby,
who lived but few days.
Among those who met an untime-
ly end and were buried there the
most famous, SO far as connection
with Montana history goes, was
Muggins Taylor. After serving the
army faithfully as guide until the In
dams were conquered and the coun-
try was made safe for the white man,
he entered civilian life again and be-
cause of his fearlessness, bravery
and honesty he. was named a deputy
sheriff at Coulson.
Killed Performing Duty.
In attempting to make an arrest
during a saloon quarrel, the Offend
er shot him. Violent deaths were or
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-10-05
A Polite Way.

"What sort of fellow is Green?'
ooh, he's all right when you get
to know him."
"That, l presume, is polite way
of telling me that he's disagree
able"
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-10-05

Question any successful man and
you will learn that his success was
due to his good judgment.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-10-05

When the trail a prim
And weeds through forgetful Mays
Richer statelier you'll reign,
Mother of whom the world will praise.
And will love and sigh for
Labor and battle die for
But the fondes will understand
The have loved young young land.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-10-05
PERMA YOUNG MAN
ON BATTLE FRONT
WITH FIRST AMERICAN
TROOPS ABROAD.

Son of State Senator Reuben Dwight
Member of Artillery Corps Now
Taking Part in Battles Was on
Transport When 1t Was Ramned
in New York HarbOr.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-23
JORDAN PUTS OUT
NEW SPEED CAR

One OF the snappiest sport models
ever offered the public made its debut
this week when the Jordan Motor car
company of Cleveland sent word to
manager z T. Lewis. Of the Babbett-
POISON company, that it was ready to
make deliveries Of its new sixty,
sport roadster Like all other Jordan
noueis' TINS new roadster differs
from the rank and file.
II is finished in three dashing col-
ors that make II absolutely distinc-
i've among other cars on the street
a Merceoes' red, for the young fel-
low. who is always going Somewhere
with somebody he likes pretty we'll
A liberty blue for the busy man
OF afIalrs to whom a light. snannv
quick-get away car is a necessity
BrlarcilIf green for the woman who
ilkes a get-up-and-go atmosphere in
her car for busy mornings. and the
monday sport appearance for LEISURE
" afternoons.
me new Jordan roadster is 200
pounds lighter than the previous
model and is equipped with speciaI
Nanadium steel springs. The rear
springs are So inches long. It is
geared 4 IL TO 1 and on numerous
road tests has done better than SO
miles an hour without coaxing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-23
II Motor Cars Go
To Scrap Heap After
Long Tests OF Tires

Most FL PasO motorists find it quite
enough to pay gasoline and tire bills
TO say nothing Of the new state IL
eense, for one motor car, but the B. F.
Goodrich company has just sent ~ old
cars 10 the scrap heap and bought a
new fleet OF IS others. according TO
advices received by manager E n.
Scott, of the local branch.
Inc Goodrich company keeps this
big fleet Of cars on the road at an
times of the year to test out their
tlres under varying conditions and
it is expected that FL Paso will be
VISITED this fall by a portion of the
tleet- 1t is likely that these cars will
90 some road mapping in the south
west besides their real Job of testing
ures- But figure out what the Good
they had to buy tires. to Keen az cars
in the year,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-23

OST Ell Pasoans have an idea OF
MI the wonderful growth OF the
= = automobile and motor car
business of the southwest in the past
two years. yet it will be a big sur
prise to many Of them to know that a
single tire company's investment in FL
Paso. in stock and equipment. runs
close to $500. 900.
Just a year ago. when T. J. Fitz-
| gerald came here from Salt Lake to
I assume the management of the local
/ branch Of the Goodyear Tire and Rub
/ Der company, he had charge of a staff
I OF eight employees in the old quarters
I in the Locke building on Mills street
/ The Goodyear staff is just now be-
! ginning to feel at home in a fine new
[ building at 1405-1407 Texas street and
I 'Fitz" figures up a payroll for Is
! assistants every week.
The Goodyear branch IS housed in a
] building fronting 76 feet on Texas
street and running back to the alley,
where a spur track of the Z. P & S.
W. gives branch fine trackage facili-
ties and does away with a great deal
Of trucking. There is a large, cool
basement ideal for the storage of tires
in the hot season
The office is finished in oak with
polished floors and paneled walls
Nicely 4uLulSAtu private O1IlceS are
supplied for the executive officers.
Olive green draperies add the neat
touch" so dear TO the heart of mana
ger Fitzgerald.
we now have the largest rubber
supplies distributing depot in the
southwest" said Mr.. Fitzgerald, in
showing a reporter over the building,
and I take considerable pride not
only in our fine building but in the
big business that is being accorded
Goodyear products in this part of the
country"
The office Organization IS headed
by L G. Haskell. as chief clerk and
cashier. His assistants are J. P.
Briggs, a p. Remington, Pedro Mon
tez. Miss Alene Griffith, Miss Helen
Harstad and Miss Jessie Watson.
Charles Wallis has charge of the
shipping department with Felipe |
Abba, Abe Roderriquez and Juan Nom |
branO as assistants. In the sales de-
partment are Roy Wheelwright, H. r
Ankeny. r. P. Morgan, ]. NJ Watson |
and H NJ. Kelly. Messrs. Watson and |
Kelly look after the mechanical goods |
sales.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-23
Says Cord Tires viii
GiOe More Miles For
Money! Than the Fabric

When the political barometer again
shifts to the heavy type of men like
William H Taft FL Paso motorists
figure that D C. Booth viii be right
in line for high honors for the man
ager Of the Quick Tire Service is get
ting to be a real "spellbinder" His
friends assert that Mr.. Booth took
Sunday Off and learned his new
speech but, however. it was done. he
has new line of patter on cord tires
that is OF deep interest to all motor
lists. II isn't all talk and he is show
ing all visitors a section OF the new
Royal Cord tire and demonstrating the
why and the wherefor of more mile
age on cords
Mr.. Booth declares that while cord
tires may cost q little more at the
start the many more miles they give
more than reduces the cost per mile
below that Of the fabric type Of cas-
lngs and he is advising all his per-
sonal friends to line up as users of
Royal cords.