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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-05
FORD OWNERS ATTENTION! THE

Fsin regulator for your headlight IS Just
what you have been waiting for a long
while 1t will positively keep your lights
at a steady CLEAN and light bulbs will
not burn out. Attached in Is minutes.
Good results guaranteed or money re-
funded. Sells at $3.50 r. Leon Moves
agent for Kcnnebec county, 81 Stone St,
Augusta Me Tel 40 SeptleOd1W
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-05
HOUSE, LARGE STABLE AN

hennery, hardwood floors, also --room
tenement, all in excellent condition, newly
painted. Land to raise years vegetab les.
All for 5000. G. c. Adams, q Green ST,
Winthrop. aug2ld3 W.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-05

power Hartford engine. Suitable for salt
or fresh water. Apply u ". &. Boothby.
Kennebec SAVINGS Bank, Augusta. Maine.
opriAasS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-05
cHEAP-ts-FooT MOTOR BOAT,

double cylinder engiSe with clutch. all
good running order. Boat fitted with
cushions and canoe cover Address IA
Bowdoin St. or phone 1913 Winthrop,
Maine. aug29d1w~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-05
ON EAST SIDE, HOUSE WITH

ON EAST SIDE, HOUSE WITH
modern improvements. electric lights,
bath room. furnace. neal car line, line
location, also small house with rooms;
will sell together or separate. Mr.. East
man, 335 Water St. Phone 129. jly1ldtf
SEE OUR LARGE LIST OF LARGE
and small farms all stocked including
crops, farm machinery and TOOLS Prices
gusta, Me. Tel. S0l-W. june11dtf
TWO SMALL HOUSES NEAR
sandpa per factory, HALLOWEEN. Must be
solt at once Good bargain. w. r. Per
~. 68 Second st. Hallowell. mayl5dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-05
A FORD TRUCK IN VERY FINEST

Of condition. good tires TO be sold at a
reasonable price. Also a 500 graphic
phone used about four weeks, can be
bought at bargain q will trade for any
thing useful. No letters answered. F.
W. Diplock, 1S3 Water St, Augusta.
aug316tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-05
For SaIe-Reai Estate
115.AcRE FARM. 60 ACRES WOOD


from Hinckley. Spring watered pasture,
30 fruit trees. 5-room house, barn, shed.
hen house and brooder house. Plenty
wood. Write Fannie Whitman, Skowhe
gan, Maine sept1d2w'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-05
USED CARS BOUGHT AND SOLD

One 7-pass: stutz. 1911, newly painted; i
Pope-Hartford racer, 80 m. hr.; 1915 Big
Six 7-pass Buick, good cond.. thoroughly
o hauled. new tires with spare; 1915 Odds
good cond., will be sold at low price for
cash Frank E. Mace. Maine Dist for
King cars, lis Sewall St, Augusta. Tel.
629-W. aug11dff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-05

kerosene engine, with 1888 Sterling
thresher. AM.in good condition :. A,
North Whitefeld. Ne. aHgNd2w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-05
DODGE TOURING CAR, BRAND

new; 1914 Ford touring cars, just paint
err, and overhauled. Good using sha ne
$3.50 each. Gardiner Auto Co.. opposite M
c. Station, Gardiner. auglOdtf
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-07-13

ba, said he was the coolest man under
fire he had ever seen. He was twice
brevetted during the Cuban campaign
but it was when he went to the Phil
ippines that his great opportunity
came to him.
Immediately on his arrival at the
Islands he began the study of the
Moro language. He mastered it dur
ing his first year. He would fight
the dattos to- standstill, and then
negotiate with them in their own
tongue. The promises that he made
them. he kept, and this was a strange
experience for the Moro chieftains.
They were accustomed to the Spanish
promise of piecrust variety. They be-
gan to have confidence in this Ameri-
cano, out of whose mouth came peals
of truth in their own language The
fame of Pershing spread back behind
the fighting lines of the natives, to
the jungles of the savage chieftains.
Among the natives Pershing became
one of the outstanding figures among
the Americans, and the service that
he did his country, both as a diplomat
and a first-class fighting man fur
nished the dash that Roosevelt could
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-07-13
wvHEM PER$HDMG SERVED AS LIEUTENANT AT OLD FORT
ASSIMDB@1ME; HOW HE HANDLED THE REl REBEL FW@DTvES

There are any number of old-tim-
than a speaking acquaintance with
Major General John j. Pershing, COM
mander Of the American overseas eX-
pedition to France. forerunners Of the
great host that will soon augment the
forces Of the allies in the world strug-
gle for liberty. These friends of the
great soldier are more or less hum
bic folk, Indians, breeds and men of
the guild that gather on the fringe of
civilization. They knew him as a
young army officer just winning his
spurs as first lieutenant, and fight
ing for place in the great organiza-
ton of which he is now the field
head. Every one of them has good
word to say for him as man, ana
all concede that his prowess is of con-
sideration
Twenty-one years ago General Per-
shing, then lieutenant in the regu-
lar army, was stationed at Fort AS
slniboine. 1t was in the days when
the old post, long since abandoned.
was one OF the important strongholds
on the Canadian boundary. He came
there seasoned with some experience
in Indian campaigns, and was prob
ably assigned to this particular sta
ton because of his experience, and
the activities in this state of Lo, the
Redman, at that time.
HIS duties were of the ordinary
routine that goes with garrison life
at post like Assiniboine. Probably
the most important assignment dur
ing his several years sojourn in this
state was the removal of fugitive Cree
Indians, who had participated in the
second Riel rebellion, and had fled
across the boundary when the rebel
lion was put down. 1t was the lob
Of diplomat rather than that of
soldier. Louis Riel, rebel against
British authority, had been stood
against a dead wall at Winnipeg and
shot, and these Indians who had
fought with him were of the opinion
that similar fate awaited them
when they were turned over to the
Royal Northwest Mounted police
Pershing made them speech, in
which he assured them on behalf of
the. Great Father at Washington and
the Great Mother of Canada, that full
and free pardon awaited them. He
finally induced the Crees to go, and
escorted them to the border when he
turned them over to the Canadian au-
thorities.
MOntanans Like Him.
Pershing has been an interesting
figure to the Montanans who knew
him as a lieutenant ever since he
jumped from a captaincy to a briga-
dier generalship. 1t was the longest
jump in the history of the army, and
it required peculiar conditions to
make it possible. One Of these condi-
tions was that the recipient of such
a signal honor should be man of
extraordinary dash and do something
that would appeal to president of
the United States of temperament.
Pershing, in a spectacular campaign
in the Philippines qualified as far as
he was concerned. The American
people made the second condition
possible by electing Theodore Roose-
welt as chief executive of the nation.
Fate moved her stars in sequence, the
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-07-13

soldier side of Roosevelt was appealed
to, and Captain Pershing exchanged
the two bars of his minor rank for the
star of the brigadier.
Smashed All Prccedents.
The army gasped. All precedents
were set aside. A captain had been
named as brigadier general over
the heads of S62 officers of grades
senior to him. Pershing married the
daughter of United States Senator
Francis e. Warren Of Wyoming, one
of the strong men of the senate COM
mittee on military affairs. And al
though this promotion came to him
two years or more prior to his mar
riage to Miss Warren the story went
the rounds and is generally believed
that Senator Warren had secured the
coveted place for him. The dates @,
his promotion and his marriage are
the easiest proof of the falsity of this
story.
Pershing fought his way to the
coveted post. In Indian fighting he
was repeatedly mentioned for his en-
terprise, judgment and daring. Miles
had good official words for him. Cen
eral Baldwin, his commander in Gu
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-07-13

time for drinks. The judge and all
present approving, negro was sent
for whisky, and upon his return the
court took recess and drink. Sim
liar Interruptions were frequent.
Governor Edgerton's historic trip
to Washington to secure the recogni-
tiOn of Montana as territory was
undertaken in the winter of 1864.
After the division bill passed con-
gress, he went to the White House to
see the president. His interview he
described as follows:
ION my way there a gentleman told
me that senator had filed protest
| against my appointment as governor,
being one of a number of applicants.
On being shown into the presidents
office, asked if this was true He
said it was. l then inquired if any
charges had been preferred against
me. He said none, but that / had
called the gentleman liar. I insist
ed that it was the truth, and that
if he (Mr. Lincoln) chose to appoint
one of the other applicants. it
would be satisfactory. AS for me, l
would return home and mine as Dos
heimer kept tavern.
Dosheimer!' exclaimed the presi-
dent; Il knew Dosheimer. What was
the story?'
II explained that the story was
this: Dosheimer attended conven-
ton at Utica, hoping to obtain the
nomination as canal commissioner.
He was defeated, and rising from his
seat, said: 'Shentlemen, l goes pack
to PuffalO and keeps tavern like
hell
Il left Mr.. Lincoln laughing heart
lily at the story. 1t was the last time
| saw him. l did not know of my
appointment until l reached Salt
Lake"
There were many confederate SYM
pathizers in the gold camps, and
when Governor Edgerton returned to
Bannack he heard that threats had
been made that any one who dared to
raise the stars and stripes would be
shot. Immediately he Haunted the
flag from his roof, but while drunken
horsemen at night often fired ran
Justify for Jeff Davis, the threats we're
otherwise not carried out.
A more serious trouble arose in the
first legislature when John Rogers,
formerly of the confederate army,
sought to gain admission to that body
without taking the required oath.
This caused a deadlock, which was
broken only when new oath had
been framed which could fit SO deli
cate case. Mr.. Rogers was ad-
mitted.
Governor Edgerton left Montana
in September, 1865, and did not re-
turn for many years. He continued
to practice law until his death in
1900.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-07-13
First Governor of Montana Was the Attorney
for John Brown, the Famous Abo1itionist

Sidney Edgerton, first gov
ernor of Montana, had a remark
able career in many ways.
He supported himself by work.
ing from the time he was eight
years old.
He was self-educated in the
sense that he worked his way
through whatever schooling he
was able to obtain, and after
ward through law school.
He was elected prosecuting at
torney at Akron, Ohio, ON the
free soil ticket in 1852. and in
1856 was a member of the con-
Governor Edgerton was born in
Cazenovia, N. Y, August 18th, 1917.
When he was six months old his ia
ther died, and upon his mother fell
the task of supporting her family of
six little ones. In those days it was
far more difficult than now for a
woman to make living, but she
toiled day and often far into the night
at the loom Or with her needle to
keep her flock together, until the
limit of of human endurance was
reached and her boys were forced one
by one to leave home to make their
living. Finally it became necessary
for her youngest, Sidney, to leave her,
and at the age of eight years he set
forth to match his baby strength
against the world. 1t is related that
he set forth manfully enough, but his
heart failed him before he had gone
very far and he turned to look back
at his home. There in the doorway
stood his mother watching him with
a brave smile on her lips. With an
answering smile the little chap, who
was destined to be the first governor
of one of the nations greatest cum
monwealths, faced about and set his
little feet ahead to battle with the
world
The next few years were full OF pri-
walton and hardships, but the boy
was keen, alert and full of energy,
and he managed to find place where
he could earn his living while he went
to school, first at the district school,
where he worked for his board and
tuition, and afterward at an academy
at Lima, N. Y, where relative was
an instructor. He was an omniverous
reader, and was always in later years
an acknowledged authority on Eng
lish literature.
He began the plactice of law at Ak
ron, Ohio, in 1916, and two years lat
er was set as a delegate to the con-
vention which former the free soil
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-07-13

went into hotel nearby, where he
doubtless gained the desired informa-
tiOn, for when he returned he perched
himself on the end board of the Wag-
on, ready for flight at an instants no
| tice
"Near the egde of town, the Black
Horse Guard came up with US, when
the young officer jumped down and
ran. The soldiers made him return,
and asked him why he ran. He re-
piled he heard them say they would
kill me. The soldiers tried several
times to persuade me to alight from
the wagon. Had I done so | undoubt-
edly would have been shot under the
pretext that was trying to escape. So
/ clung to my place beside the negro
driver, and escorted by the flower of
Virginia's troops, finally reached the
station safely"
On leaving congress, President
Lincoln made Edgerton's appointment
as chief Justice of Idaho territory,
which then embraced all of what is
now Montana. June /, 1863. he left
with his family overland for the cap
ital of Idaho, Lewiston. The jour
ney was an eventful one, and was ter
minated when, September II, after
three months and half of travel,
the worn-out oxen were unyoked in
Bannack on Yankee Flats, in which
is now Beaverhead county, many hun
dreds of miles from Lewistown, how
ever. News of the recent gold strike
at Bannack, together with the late
ness of the season, caused the party
<- 7,
One of his first impressions of from
tier life was gained the day Governor
Edgerton reached Bannack. Strolling
into building where miners court
was in session, the judge, seeing that
he was stranger invited Il future
governor to sit by him. The case pro-
ceeded, but it was soon interrupted
by some one suggesting tnat it was
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-07-13

Virginia., which set the south afire.
northern mans life was unsafe
within the borders of Virginia unless
it was known that he belonged to the
pro-slavery party. 1t was during this
critical time that Governor Edgerton
made his perilous trip to Harper's S
Ferry to see Brown, who was in Jail
He afterward told the story as fol-
lows:
John Browns brother and son
having requested me to visit him at
Harper's Ferry and arrange his bust
ness affairs, | started about Decem-
Der l. On the train with me were H.
G. Blake, a Philadelphia newspaper
reporter and Alexander Boetler, a
member of congress. When he reach
ed Harper's Ferry we were conducted
by soldiers from the train to another
train going to Charleston. After we
were seated there was great excite
ment, and some one called Congress-
man Boetler out. When he returned
he said that there was great excite
ment and we were advised not to go
on. The others followed this advice,
but | said that J. must go on.
'On arriving at Charleston, !
found cannon placed, soldiers drilling
and the town practically in state of
siege. With much difficulty l reach
ed General Taliaferro's headquarters
and told him my business. He in
formed me that Governor Wise had
just issued orders that no one could
see Brown excepting the minister and
members of his family
The general said he could not fur
nish me with a conveyance then. but
that toward evening he thought he
would be able to get me one. At
dusk wagon drove up. I got in by
the side of the colored driver, and a
young southern officer took seat on
the box back of us. Some gentleman
came and asked him if he knew who
his travelling companion was. He
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-07-13

days later by the Confederates.
He was appointed by President
Lincoln to the position of chief
Justice of the newly formed terri
tory of Idaho, and set out for
Lewiston, the capital of Idaho,
but he never reached there, ar
irving finally instead at Ban
mack, in what is now Montana.
He was appointed by meet
ing of citizens of Virginia and
Bannack to go to Washington to
secure the division of the terri
tory of Idaho into Idaho and
Montana.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-07-13
MONTANA POET IN
PATRIOTIC VERSE
BERTON BRALEY ISSUES AP-
PEAL TO THOSE WHO ARE
TO SERVE UNCLE SAM.
Effort of Former Montana Man Pub
Hshed simultaneously in Newspa-
pcrs of Great Britain and America;

Berton Braley, the Montana poet
VINO is the vogue on Broadway, has
issued the following stirring appeal
to those who would serve the nation
in its hour Of danger. The poem was
Published on July 4 simultaneously
in the newspapers of London and New
York:
Not by cheers alone or the flattering
vallnt of speeches
Is the strength of nation shown in
the strain of the crucial hour.
But by trust in righteous cause and
a glorious loves that reaches
Deep down to a peoples soul with
it's searching and poignant
power,
So the flags that float on the breeze
have a tarnished and tawdry
splendor
IT they are not raised aloft by
hands that are leal and true,
And the test of our loyal might is the
faith that we gladly render,
Not the words that our tongues
may speak, but the tangible
deeds we do.
All that our fathers dreamed of, all
that they ever sought for
When they shivered at Valley
Forge and battled at Bunker
Hill.
Is again at stake in the world-a
guerdon that must be. fought
for
1t is ours to hold and defend with
all of our strength and will;
And if we would keep our banners
proudly and freely flying
We must grid ourselves as others
have girded themselves of old,
And prove by the fact of service, liv-
ing and bravely dying,
That the torch our fathers carried
has never grown dim or cold.
Not by cheers alone, or waving of
flags and singing
Is the nations spirit shown, but
only when brain and nerve
Are trained to the instant need-and
the nations call is bringing
Her bravest children forth--crying
We Serve! We serve!
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rot Withstand. His superior recon-
mended that he be made a brigadie1
tnree years before Roosevelt named
him
When President Roosevelt sent his
annual message to congress in 1893
he devoted single paragraph to the
army in the Philippines. That para
graph was as follows:
RooscveltS Recommendation.
when a man renders such service
as Captain Pershing rendered last
spring in the Moro campaign, it ought
to be possible to reward him without
at once jumping him to the grade of
| brigadier general
No officer of the rank of captain
serving in the United States army
since the days of General George
Washington ever received so signal
an honor.
Roosevelt waited three years for
congress to pass the laws which
would permit of Pershings promotion
to some grade below that of briga-
dier. Finally he became tired, took
the bull by the horns and sent in his
name for a brigadiership. 1t is worth
repeating here that this was before
he met Miss Warren.
Except for short time on the
staff of instructors at West Point
and year as commandant at the Uni
versity of Nebraska, all of his life has
been in the far places, on the from
tier, wherever the government needed
man of action. Just prior to the
Mexican campaign of recent memory
he was commander of the department
of Mindanao and governor of the
Moro province. Difficulties there were
easily settled by Pershing because of
his knowledge Of the Moro tongue.
For his defeat of the hostile Moros
at the battle of Bud Bagsak, Major
General Bell warmingly commended
him.
He had been ordered to the MeXi-
can border when the news came to
him of his great tragedy His wife
and three little daughters were
burned to death in the fire which des-
troyed the Preside at San Francisco
Under this load of grief he conducted
the Mexican campaign. He was sent
in to capture Villa, and was checked
by congress when we'll on his way to-
wards the bandits stronghold No
word of complaint came from him
during the weary months of Washing
ton deliberation. AS long as he was
permitted to go forward, he went
with expedition and the MeXicans got
out of his way. When he was order
ed to return he returned through a
hostile country and brought his
forces safely back across the Rio
Grande.
Montanans Who Know Him.
There are hundreds of middle aged
men in Montana who believe in Per-
shing because of their knowledge of
him. They are graduates of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, and were stu
dents at that institution when he was
commandant Every Nebraska uni
versity man who attended the uni
versity while Pershing was there is
of the opinion that the right man has
been sent abroad to pay the great
debt of the United States to the coun-
try whose men and money made this
nation a possibility.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-07-13

Full of years and honors, loved and
respected by his fellow citizens of the
city he founded, Paris Gibson, Father
OF Great Falls, celebrated his S7th
birthday last week.
1t is given to few men to see as
complete a fulfillment of great vi
sion as Paris Gibson has lived to see
in the growth of Great Falls from a
settlement of few shacks in 1884 to
fine, fast-growing city that promis-
es within few years to rival the big
gest metropolises of the Rocky noun
tain states.
1t was in 1883 that Paris Gibson
began the survey for the city which
he knew would some day become a
second Minneapolis. One hot sum-
mer day his associate, James j. Hill.
drove to the site of Great Falls for a
consultation with Mr.. Gibson. The
surveyors were at work on the town.
site, and a team of horses and plow
were tearing up the surface of the
prairie to mark out what was to be
the main street, CentraI avenue AS
the empire builder, Hill, followed
with his eye the line which the horses
were taking, he saw band of ante
lope cross ahead of the plow, and
stop, gazing curiously at the strange
interlopers on their range.
!. Saw Fair City.
Watching the scene before them,
the two men lost sight of the stretch
of prairie with the heat waves rising
from it; of the team of horses pulling
the plow, and of the antelope, and
hov nyH IN, hot n g. vic ho-
tween them and the blue Highwood
mountains. beyond, a mighty city
handsome business blocks along it's
busy commercial thoroughrares,
streets upon streets of beautiful
homes, parks, schools, theaters, ho-
tells. q
And then. turning to his compan-
ion, Paris Gibson said: "Mr. Hill, we
mustn't dream too much; we must
work. So they turned to their plan
ming. ,..,.
Today, 33 years later, their vision
has been ina great measure fulfilled,
and Senator Gibson is justified in his
feeling of pride for the city he
founded. A jobbing, manufacturing
and agricultural center, with the
greatest possibilities for water power
on the continent, huge copper and
zinc smelters, wire, plaster, clay prod
ucts factories; city of beauty, with
$40 acres of city parks. beautiful
boulevarded streets, more advanced
in municipal improvements than most
cities of it's size in the United States,
Great Falls is a city of destiny.
Tribute by Citizens.
Senator Gibson's birthday was the
occasion of tribute paid by tnous-
ands of citizens, when they gathered
in Gibson park for the piblic observ-
ance of the day, and witnessed
program of singing and dancing, in
which hundreds of little children took
part. Following a band concert,
flower drill and dance was given by
100 little people, and this was fol-
lowed by other numbers that were
equally pretty and enjoyable.
1t had been planned to have 81
roses presented to the senator by as
many little girls, but unfortunately a
serious accident to the senator some
days previously prevented his taking
an active part in the program, al
though he drove through the park and
watched the festivities with pleasure.
At his advanced age, Senator Glib
son is still hale and active, and is
still working for Great Falls.