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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28
New Coat

Underpriced to US by the manufae-
turer and turned over to you tomorrow
at the same proportionate savings.
Values like these at the end Of the
season would occasion no surprise. but
when you can get up to $4,000 Coats
tomorrow for s9.9S, then its time to
get busy and buy, don't you think?
Materials are VeIours, Taffetas, Cab
ardines, fine PopIins, etc. Made with
full Empire. plated and smart faring
effects with big Cape Collars, barrel
pockets, belts etc. Every new fash
ion is here for your choosing. Won:
ems and Misses sizes.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28
WARWOOD GROWING
Assessors Report Reveals 80 e'rths
and only Ia Deaths in Year.

Fleet wings Of the stork outclassed
the sweep Of the death angel thr4usn
Warwood last year. Assessor William
A, Hankey. upon completing his assess
ments in Warwood, found that, there
were only II deaths in the popular up
rivrr suburb since he made last years
assessments. The births for the year
numbered GO
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28
WAGES INCREASED.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, April 21.-An-
nouncement was made tonight by the
Macbeth-Erans Glass Company, at its
executive offices here, of 10 per cent;
increase in the wages of all skilled aud
unskilled employees. More than 1000
glass workers in the company's plants
at Charleroi, Pa, Marion. Ind, Elwood;
ind. and Toledo, o.. will be affected
by the increase. II was also an
nounced that a meeting OF stockhold-
ers Of IN ecompany would be held June
y for the purpose of voting on pro-
nosed increase of capital stock from
s. OOO, 900 to S5,00O,OO0 for plant extern
sion.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28

dens on an extensive scale. Mr.. ClaN-
ton said this method among the yonh,Si
college women OF the coHnT! "ou'1
soon be a vogue. he thought.
Mr.. Claxton said there was plenty
If ground for gardening and plenty, OF
ne6nlc with plenty Of time. to garden
t. and that if we had good crops W.
should have enough to carry us
through the dark months of next
winter.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-28

Harry C. Hunter Shows open today,
Bridge Park; twice daily. apr2ou
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09
McCone Pursued BY Sioux Host'1es
County Senator Had Hairbreadth Escape as Pony Express Rider

years. In 1882 he also carried mail
for the government from Fort Blu
ford to Fort Peck, 65 miles up he
Missouri.
In the spring of 1882, he made a
trip from the North Fork of Burns
creek, As miles from Glendive, to
Boulder in jefferson county, and
bought 80 head of cattle at the lat
ter place. These cattle he drove
back to his ranch on Burns creek
where he has lived since 1882, and
they we're the first beef stock taken
into Dawson county. On the trip
to Boulder the senator says he saw
no houses till he reached the Big
P~orcupine nea what is now Forsyth
Cattle on 100 Hills.
He has long been one of the sub.
stantial stockmen of the eastern par
OF the state, and has a ~4,000-acre
ranch and cattle and horses on
hundred hills. He is truly a pioneer
a pathfinder in the wilderness ant
an empire builder all in one. Tht
only fault to be found with him il
that he tells his story of those long
departed thrilling days of the Indian
the buffalo, the mail driver, the sol
der and the trapper in the briefes
manner, giving but the barest facts
and sets it all aside with the remark
well, that was those days; it wa
the way they lived then"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09
Wheel Beats Water Into Foam.

Some of the Sioux were in the Black
Hills and others were with Sitting
Bull in Canada, hence small bands
passed through the country between
those points, and robbed and killed
any chance white man they encoun-
tered.
Between Green river and Beaver
station the Indians shot two mail
drivers on the same route as Senator
McCone, n through the side and
back and the other through a leg.
The men abandoned their rig ano
hid in a gully, where they were
found by the senator when he came
along on his trip.
He took them aboard his wagon
and started for the Green river stage
ranch. The men had been lying IL
the gully "a hours, their wounds un'
attended, and the man shot through
the back died on the blackboard. Sol
diers guarding Northern Pacific sur
veyors at a point near what is now
Gladstone, N. D., were notified.
Finds Two Men Killed.
One night the same year Senator
| McCone took the night shift for {
mail driver who was i'll, and drov'
the mail from Green river to Beaver
station, "a miles. Near the station
he found the station tender dead il
the road, killed by Indians the da.
before. All the stock had been rul
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09

palmiest days. Pease and his asso-
ciates expected to open a road be-
tween Fort Pease and Bozeman'
tranship freight from steamboats, TO
wagons and haul it over to the set
Elements as had been done at sort
Benton.
Indians Compel Abandonment.
As was the case with the Mussel-
shell settlement, investment by IN
dams compelled the colonists TO aDan
don the post. Throughout the winter
Fort Pease settlers were engaged IN
a constant battle for existence. When
their number had been educed
to rs through the killing of six n
the severe wounding of nine, 1t pc
came evident to the colonists that
only a relief expedition could save
them from humiliation at the hands
Of the Sioux. One of the party III
ceeded in carrying their appeal to
the commanding officer of Fort Ellis,
IT'S miles away, and when four
troops of United States cavalry ap-
peared the garrison abandoned the
townsite and returned to Bozeman'
But to return to tho voyage up
the Yellowstone that attracted atten-
ton to the possibilities of that river
as a highway of commerce. Until a
point was reached 81 miles above the
mouth Of the Big Horn, the Joseph
inc had not required the assistance
of either spars or lines In making
! her way upstream. Then the rugged
l bluffs bordering the valley closed IN
l until they stood only IS feet apart
towering straight above the vessel
The current meanwhile increased II
depth and rapidity until it became
Z torrent that ran no less than MIN
? miles an hour.
Wheel Beats Water Into Foam.
e Telling of the struggle with the
stream at this point, Joseph Mill
e Hanson, in his Conquest of the Mis-
souri," writes:
every pound of steam was crowd
t ed on the Josephine's boilers and he
s paddle-wheel beat the water int
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09

off, and he found the dead body of
a freighter at the station. The lat
ter was also a 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 were slain,
and last year he visited the senator
to hear the story c~entering in the
two graves at the ranch.
On the 18th of July, 1879, Sena'
tor McCone encountered seven In
dams on his mail route, and five o.
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 sem a buller
through the Stats of the blackboard
but 1 had better horses than they
had"
Five Killed ON Route Same Summer
He escaped without injury. Five
men were killed on his mail route
that summer. He says there were
no Indians in the country, merel.
small bands passing through.
When the railroad reached Mile
City, Senator McCone took a contrac
to carry mail from Glendive to For
Buford. at the mouth of the Yellow
stone, 80 miles, and Kept it fou
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09

other entrance to Yellowstone park
at Cook City. AS this famous old
mining camp is situated in the midst
of some of the grandest and most in
spring mountain scenery in the
state, at a point only four or five
miles from the northeast corner OF
the park, it appears to me that the
suggestion is an entirely practicable
one.
1 became interested in Cook City
in a mining way a dozen years ago.
1t is one of the most out-of-the-way
places one can imagine, and yet re-
alize that it is in the state of Mon
tana. In order to get to the camp
of Cook City it is necessary to get
off at Gardiner, the Northern Paci-
fic Railroad company's entrance to
the Yellowstone park. From Gardin-
er a daily stage runs to Cook City
and the road is practically through
the park for the entire distance.
The stage station, where they stop
to feed the horses and accord the
passengers the opportunity to eat
their lunch, is at a little clearing
called Yancey; it being named after
an uncle of the well-known attorney,
Dan 1ancey, of Livingston. II seems
that Yancey's uncle had a ranch al
that point before the park was Gre
ated and after the park vas created
they either bought out his ranch
rights or else they were abandoned;
at any rate, no one lives there now
except one couple, who conduct the
stage station.
The day l was there I noticed that
the window had been broken out re
Gently and inquired of the man il
charge how it happened. He sale
there were many bears in that sec
ton of the park and that n evening
a few days previous to our arrival
he and his wife went for a little wall
before cleaning up the dishes ant
scraps of food that had been left oil
the dining table after the evening
meal. When they returned the,
found that a bear, attracted, prob
ably, by the smell of food, had gon
into the house, the door having bee
left slightly ajar, and was busily en-
5 gagged in devouring what food ther
; was left on the table. When the
' entered the bear naturally suppose
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09

Within so 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 G.,
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 its
freedom from snags, offered a muck
better highway for commerce from
Fort Buford to the settlements Of
western Montana that did the Mis-
souri, from the same point to For
Benton.
Railroads End River Traffic.
The opportunity never came t.
demonstrate the correctness of thei
judgment as the advent of the rail
roads soon after put an end to al
through river traffic. Their repor
aroused much interest in Montan'
and in the fall of 1875 an expedition
was organized at BoZeman which un
dertook to establish a town at eth
Josephine's head of navigation"
Nearly opposite the mouth CT tn
Big Horn, a small stockade wa
erected and a townsite laid out. Til
founders of this post, which the
named Fort Pease in honor of tn
chief of their expedition, F. d. Peas'
expected, like the builders of tn
short-lived Musselshell or Kerchivf
City, at the mouth of the Musse
shell, to create a metropolis ths
should eclipse Fort Benton in il
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 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 l
have aver seen. I 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-
ton, making it Improbable for any
n to mine there under present con-
ditions, except, of course, in a 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 a 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
on up to Saltwater, via Absarokee,
ana put lnLO COOh ClIy, IL WOul0
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 a dozen noun
tain peaks standing out majestically
Should the Milwaukee extend its
branch into Cook City it would have
an immediate tonnage of ore to hau
out and an immediate tonnage O
supplies to haul in and, in addition
the branch road would run through
heavily wooded section, where al
immense quantity of timber coult
be brought out. In addition to this
the road would traverse a beautiful
farming valley, where a great dea
of grain is now raised and where
!, great deal more would be produced
/, if they had railroad facilities; and
besides, it is a splendid sheep an
cattle country.
] The whole section of Stillwate
: valley would, In this way, be deyeI
e oped; and another of the mai
sources of revenue to the Milwar
kee would, of course, be it's passer
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09
Famous Voyage Up the Y%e)1oustone
CAPTAIN Grant Marsh P1oted Josephine Nearly 40 Miles Abo

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 Wtlllam
Clark of the Lewis and Clark eXped1-
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 ears 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
il was necessary to warp and spal
the boat, while numberless small
islands split the channel into chutes
y = = = At length, after two days
of incessant struggle, Pryor's fori
was reached"
; The next day the Josephine pushed
on, but before nightfall a tremendou
rapid was encountered, which wa
passed only after a hard struggle
Here the name Hell Roaring rap
ids" was given to the torrent. A
dawn of the next day a reconno1tel
y ing party examined the river for seN
e eral miles further up, but the currer
o was found to be SO powerful that
was decided to turn back. HI u
sephine had reached a point 46
t miles above the mouth of the yellow
" stone and less than so miles in 3
e air line from the northeast corn'
k of the present Yellowstone nation
park-nearly 40 miles up the strea
e from the site of Billings.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09

ger traffic of s~ight-seers, who would
enter the park at that point.
Passes Grasshopper Glacier.
l have been told by an old stage
driver who lives in that section of
the country that this branch road
would run by what is known as
"Grasshcpper Glacier" They a
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 a valuable at
traction to eastern people who might
contemplate visiting the park.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 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 steamine
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 wai
first seen, apparently standing in the
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09

President Wilson has appointed
Thomas Arthur of Billings as a mem
Der of the assay commission. The
commission will meet at Philadelphia
on February 10 and pass upon the
weight and f%ineness of sample coins
minted at various United States
minis during the past year. MI. Ar
thur is one of the best known men in
the state and until recently was
chairman of the state democratic
committee.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 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
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09
WRITES OF
PIONEER MONTANA
WORK OF A. J. MOVES is ENRICH
ING ARCHIVES OF STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Montana Pioneer Is Writing Book
On Blaine County, in Which the
Indians, the Squaw Men, -le Htos-
pector, Miner, StocAUan aM1 Dry
lander Will All Have q Place.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09

foam, but the utmost speed she could
make was one-sixth of a mile an
hour, and most of the time she
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09
MEASURES FIND
FARMERS FAVOR
FARM FEDERATION CONFER
ENCE DECIDES UPON LEG
ISLATIVE PROGRAM.

Two Equity Societies, Farmers Union
and State Grange Participate in
Conference; Farmers Strength
Will Be Behind Measures APP
proved.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09

Legislative Bureau of
the Montana Newspaper
Association, Helena J
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09

Maggie Smith Hathaway has the
distinction of being the first woman
in Montana to have presided over a
legislative body. She was chairwom-
an of the committee of the whole the
other day and handled the house like
a veteran.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09

Senator Hogan's bill, looking tt
the submission of the question o
holding a constitutional convention
to the electors, was killed in tn
senate.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09

A bill has been introduced which
will permit of the financing of coun-
ty fairs. If the bill becomes a law
the boards of county commissioners,
at their discretion, may either ap-
propriate $4,000 to defray the ez-
pense of the county fair, Or they may
levy a tax of one mill for the same
purpose.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-08
East Highlana

Mr.. and Mrs S. w Irwin visited their
son, Neil, in Minot Saturday and Sunady.
Henry Newman called at the q. Bun
ker home last Monday.
jackson Beighle visited his COUSINS
Ruth and Jean Bunker, Tuesday .: Sh,y ,oado .
trip to Velva Tuesday:
Those who were in Minot from Hlgn-
land Wednesday fere e. Walker and his
daughters Myrtle and May, Mr.. and Mrs.
e. Bunker, Guy and Mary B1vins ana l..
G. Bunker.
The Busy BIS threshing company held
their annual business meeting at the
home of e. r. Walker last Monday eve
Il: W. Beighle made trip to Minot
Monday.
The Bunker family moved into their
new home last week.
Mr. A. C. Mitchell spent the Week-en
in Minot looking after his interests there
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Bivins,. Fred
Baker and sister, Marvel, shopped IN MI
not last Thursday. Although the sleigh.
ing was fairly good on the way IN 70
town they found to their sorrow that
there was none left for the home trip.
The school children are ENJOYING a va
cation while the teachers institute is
in session this week.
Rev Spacht was able to meet his ap-
pointment at Highland last Sunday Tor
the first time in three weeks. lie ex-
pressed his pleasure at finding such
goodly number in the congregation Rev
Spacht and family were entertained by
Mr.. and Mrs. r. W. Beighle
Irene Stacey is now staying at the r.
Bunker home after spending. few days
visiting with Marvel and Lola Baker:
Stewart Reed and family spent Sum
day with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Coons.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-08
Burlington

Mr. and Mrs. Barney Theurer were the
guests of Minot friends Tuesday.
Mrs. Adrian Hills and daughter were
among those who were in the Wonder
Mr.. and Mrs. e. e. Devol and Mrs. J..
3. Wallace and E. B. Wallace drove to
Ainot Tuesday evening: Mrs. Devol and
her mother, Mrs. J. S. Wallace, went for
the purpose of witnessing r. Els con-
duct during his initiation in the Eastern
Star lodge, an organization to which Mes
DANES Devol and Wallace belong. IS
said that Z. e. performed in a commend
able manner and will be allowed to go
down again some time.
%. D. Devol returned Saturday from
ago to dispose of his drug store and other
property Having severed all the ties
which bound them to the east IN the way
Of property interests: Mr., and Mrs. Devol
main sure enough North Dakotans.
The entire school board of this district
attended the school officers meeting at
Minot this week SO Tar as we we, can .ea arl
ception awaited himself of the opportunity
to pick up a few of the latest loe ~, a., a.
the institute at Mnot this week. Trust
the average teacher to eXpend any am
cunt of time or effort to gain added
Knowledge which will indirectly beneht
the pupils under her care. ,..
A carload of potatoes which Z. "A:
Bugge SCo. sold to the people here last
Monday were grabbed up in record break-
ing time The price at which they w eo &.
soId-s150, we regard as emlnently lar
to the n aS in neghborng
towns and the prospects are that peloi re-
another season rolls around they VIII
command a much higher figure; pova,
Neighbors Of America gave a Hal!owe e
Marty in their lodge rooms to which the
general public was invited: t Napiohs
games, music and fortune tell.hf ~, ta' narlv
part of the evening. The ladies' serVed
+ most appetizing lunch. DancIng anu
= general good time was indulgea III Lew a
ing w was taken which netted goodly sum m
re- fhe Red Cross. When it comes 10
raj patriotism, loyalty that is counted py
deeds, the Burlington ladles are ee'o'''
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony BocheTt arr ,i nnT
proud parents of bright boy d. u''e'
eA1ciating. f,o,, , b,s
60 +r;n to the Twin Cities and other
Minnesota points Friday. 49,. .o,,i,i,r
MANY were pleased to see the fami ,I,i i
faces Of Mr.. and Mrs VIM. stee p;,r,;, o..
ts1 and have many admiring FRIEND; ;1 IN
tSis locality They are autoing from ~! MN ~
neapolis to Plentywood, Montana, WHERE
r. n r. Paris left Monday to speno
-. winter visiting friends and relatives
in Iowa and Minnesota. s -, Goa,
lake Clementich has Openeu up a. - -
wine on the Dr.. Seed farm and is already
nm ,me yin the trade with good product;
Of the Sdi Mss mf Eerron Of F !he
kea e GuuS;n, and prepared fifteen Christ
No one need miss the Joys Of pre epan 4
Christmas package 7itIa st ta1s ysart to All at
Rev. Dade and family are now 6 coMala and
ably located in the manse - Mr. A. D Week in
wife are ,apolIinr after the interests of
the church there