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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-06
MIR. Palmer Points with Pride

Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal
mer has been flapping around the
country shifting at anything which
smells like the democratic nomin-
alton for the Presidency and wher-
ever the odor has not seemed suffi-
ciently Palmeresque he has been at
some pains to stir the sediment in
the bottom of the barrel by prating
loudly of his long, hard fight against
the high cost Of living.
Incidently Mr.. Palmer admits that
he is winning the fight and is prone
to insist that his efforts have already
resulted in great reductions which
rebound to the benefit of the Ameri-
can people.
Mr.. Palmer may know Of some
instances wherein he has reduced
the cost Of living but recent sur
vey of the country conducted by that
eminent Democratic organ, the New
York World, indicates that few pro-
secutions Of profiteers have resulted
from Mr.. Palmer's campaign and
that in general foodstuffs show an
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-06

change did not come about all at
once. twas gradual, but It has come
TO siay. and the entrance of women
into the political field is, to a large
extent responsible for this evolution.
We had a lot Of fun in the old
DAYS, when We cast Our first vote, ami
We cannot look back without a pans
of regret for the Merry Men who
were wont to gather at the political
rendezvous. But these men and
their methods Of political advertising
would be sadly out of place today.
Men usually take things at their
face value and the man who repre-
SentS himself as being capable of
holding a certain public Office is gen.
erallv accepted at his own estimate
in the absence Of any evidence to
the contrary; but not so with woman.
She has the intuition of her sex,
which saws be cautious, and the keen
analytical mind which arrives at a
decision only after the fragments are
all brought together, which conSti-
tute the whole, Not only are wo-
men harder to convince than men,
but their many inquiries about can
didates and their policies raise queS-
uonS in the minds of their husbands
or brothers, questions which refer to
ethics, religion and morals. So the
for Office, who woull best
appeal to his fellow citizens, must
conduct an advertising campaign that
is clean, that is truthful and convin-
cling, and it must be through the me-
dunn Of the best publications in the
district where he seeks Office. This
must be supplemented BY a record
Of achievements in the past with pro-
mise of progressive policies in the
future, that will adjust themselves
10 the changing conditions of the
times. To this add keen and active
interest in all public movements,
which affect the welfare of the COM
nunity, and that are beneficial to the
lome Then the political advertiser
AN feel assured that he is keeping
lbreast with modern thought and
hat he is complying with the de-
nands Of those whose vote will de-
,ide in the great game of politics
which from the earliest history of
has been potent factor in
very era Of the worlds progress.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-06

increase rather than a decline in
price.
The World asked its correSpon-
dents in the principal cities Just
what had been done by the Federal
authorities to lower the cost of liv-
ing and to punish proRteers. The
resulting information is not encour-
aging
While Mr., Palmer points with
pride the cold hard facts ring a diff
ferent note. Here are some Of the
things the Worlds correspondents
discovered.
The SIX months attack by the gov
eminent on high prices in Chicago
resulted in higher prices.
Boston reports that nothing has
been done BY officials of the govern
ment to restrain profteering, no al
rests have been made.
The alleged decrease in the price
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-06

saveing the same 2 take 2 skool for
2 have some fun. 0 lady. do
hope ]. E. is there.
SuHddy-went to sunday Skool &
had fite. Pa throwed chunk OF
cole at a chicken wich had ct up
some Of the lettus seeds he had
planted & as ma was coming around
the corner the chunk hit her on the
knee and maid a black & Blew spot.
She sed just in fun not like she was
mad that she was going 2 show it
p the judge and Get a divorce & pa
sed if she showed that 2 the judge
she sure could have divorce. Then
they LATED.
Monday-Put the crawdad in J..
E.'s pokket & she new | had did it
* she sed she wood all ways keep
it as it wood remind her of me. So
| CESS she is not so bad after all.
Tuesday-A man come 2 our Door
wich had his hand raped up 2 get
something 2 eat & pa asst him why
was his hand tied up & he sed he
layed his hand outside of the Bed &
horse stepped on it, ma give him
biskit. Wich he throwed at our
cat.
Wednesday-They was a funeral
out in the country Of a man wich
thought lit match woodent burn a
can of Gasoline. & he found out it
wood.
ThurSday-Pa had his salry re-
dooced today & he is mad about it
& he sed he is going to look for a
new posishun or a job or something.
| quoted Shakspere & sed That was
the most unkindest Cut of emmy &
he sent me 2 bed wich | don't under
stand why he done it.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-06
Help the Soldier Boys

In the midst Of all the grumbling
and il must be admitted there is
a great deal Of dissatisfaction among
those who served US in the war and
who feel they have not received
what they believe to be a square deal
the government has for every SOL
der in the land message Of impor-
tance dealing with the question of
insurance. If you care to inquire,
any insurance man will tell YOU the
government insurance plan offers
unusual advantages to the former
soldier, and at rates far below those
obtalnable from any private COM
pany.
We would like to tell the former
soldiers this story of the govern
ments insurance plans, but it is i'm
possible. We must publish our local
news, and We have not space to de-
vote TO this government problem.
The officials Of the War Risk lnSur-
ance Bureau in Washington realize
this, and they want to reach the SOL
dlerS with their story BY advertising
IN the newspapers because they have
found this is the only way they can
reach these men. They admit they
have failed to reach them by mail.
The men are scattered. The official
records of names and addresses are
almost useless. The man who enlist
ed IN Texas and whose home town
was IN Alaska has returned from the
war, been discharged in New York |
and gone into business in Thomas, |
Oklahoma. The army has lost track |
OF him, and his name is legion. He
runs into hundreds of thousands. i'll
these thousands of men knew what
the government wanted to say about
insurance they would gladly listen.
But theydon I. And they will never
know unless the government adver-
tlses IN the newspapers.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
are being spent in a clerical attempt
to solve this problem, but it is as far
away from solution as ever. The
head of the War Risk Insurance Bu-
reau has nearly a hundred private
secretaries at work, and a regular
army of clerks. The tremendous
cost could be cut materially if our
Congressman and Senators would
grant an appropriation for govern
ment advertising, but they are not
used to this sort of thing and they do
not act.
1t would be good thing if all mo-
theirs of the former soldiers and all
the wives set to work to make them
act, II they wrote TO their Senators
and Congressman demanding the ap-
preparation asked for by the War
Risk Insurance Bureau.
This is just another phase of gov.
ernment advertising. Every man, |
woman anl child in the nation will |
benefit when the government begins
to advertise, but the legislators will
not make appropriations until there
is distinct public demand for gov
eminent advertising. If you want
anything in these days it is neces-
sary to go after it. Perhaps our read
ers will join other citizens in help
ing to bring about little action.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-06

blue, | never low
ed no | but you.
& she a mother
pome 2 me wich
sed The rose is
red yure nose is 2
yure not in love
you got the flu.
reckon she thinks
| am sick. She is
a ungratefulll girl.
AT times.
Saturddy-me &
axe went out bv
the Crick & hunt
the Crick & hunt
| found a ded
crawdad Wich | am
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-06
Political Advertising

By ClHeRte r. Hotchkiss, Secretary
OF Roosevelt Republican Club
The day of the torchlight parade
and pole-raising has gone, together
with the boss in the corner saloon
who put the candidates picture over
the cash register back Of the bar
while he dispensed drinks to thirsty
voters, at the expense of the future
governor, Judge or constable. The
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-05-06
Stats Diary

Fridy-rote a note 2 ]. E. today
& put pome in it wich red The rose
is red the vijat
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-18
HIGH LIGHTS IN THE TALE OF
y THE HELENA BANK ROBBERY

Charles Stevens. stole $4,000 from
the Union Bank and Trust company
of Helena.
. Oswald Watkins and Frank Smith
1stole the money from the place Ste
vens had hidden it.
They Joined the chase of the bank
|robber in their auto, carrying the
|$40,0 with them in a gunny sack.
They left this fortune in bottom
|of auto in front of a barber shop
where they went to get shaved, and
when suspicion did not point to them
they decided to divide the loot. They
couldn't count 100000 so they stack
ed the money in two piles. Each
look a pile. Watkins drew $4,000
|and Smith got s22,500. Stevens got
D prison term.
Detectives have recovered $4,000
from Watkins share but none of the
Smith money has been recovered and
smith has disappeared.
Watkins says there's a difference
between robbing the bank and rob-
Ding the bank robber.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-18
IRVINE BARELY MISSED BURIAL ALIVE WHILE DN TRANCE AND
CONSCIOUS; LIVED 80 YEARS AFTER AS PIONEER OF MONTANA

of his enemies, who had discovered
him and began shooting at him. To
the young warriors surprise not an
arrow touched his body, all seeming
to veer off and fly into space before
reaching him.
AS he was entirely surrounded by
enemies, this surprised him greatly,
but believing that he was being pro-
tected by the power of his "medi-
cine he quickly replied to the ar
rows of his enemies with those from
his own bow, and he was delighted
to see that every arrow he shot found
its mark and killed an enemy. His
culver soon was entirely empty, but,
as though by magic, more arrows
came to his hand, enabling him to
continue the battle against great
odds in numbers.
Young Warrior Killed
One Indian, seeing that the ''medi-
cine" of the young man was too
strong and that he could not be kill
ed while possessing it, grew desper-
ate. He rode at top speed toward
the tree, and as he passed it, snatch
ed the young mans medicine bundle
and carried it off, throwing it away.
The very next arrow aimed at the
single-handed warrior reached a
vital spot, and he sank to the earth
to rise no more.
This legend until comparatively
recent times was current among the
Indians of the western slope, who
seldom passed the tree without hang
ing some article upon n of it's
Ii m he DC n fnl0n of rn1j0innC 1Wn |
their superstitious natures and
to keep green the memory of the
medicine-wrought tragedy enacted
beneath its shade. To this day the
hill is known as Medicine Tree Hill.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-18

was then called, which met in 1889.
He was n of the earliest surgeons
of real merit to come to this state,
and during the many years he lived
in Helena he was III of the most
progressive, pu~blic-spirited residents
of the capital.
Being of an extremely versatile
nature, his activities were many and
varied. At one time he was owner
and manager of the Helena Herald.
Some years ago DR.. Cole became
interested in a patent rubber valve
connection and a patent hinge, and
went to New York to take an active
interest in the manufacturing and
marketing of these articles. The
rubber valve connection came into
almost universal use in connection
with many -contriYances, from hot
water bottles to automobiles, and
DR.. Cole realized an immense for
tune from it. For years he has lived
at the Rocky Mountain club in New
York, of which he has been a MEM
Der of the board of governors al
most since it's inception. Many Mon
tanans who belong to the club have
him there frequently, as he has
retained his interest in Mon
and was always glad to see
people from this state.
After going to New York DR.. Cole
served as chairman of the Council of
The American International Congress
On tuberculosis.
Recently DR.. Cole offered to dom
ate to the city of Helena $150,0O0
with which to aid in converting
Mount Helena into a city park. The
provisions which he wished to have
made for the raising by the city Of
fund for construction work and
maintenance had not been met by
he city at the time of his death.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-18

should receive the entire portion of
goods he had laid out.
The girls and young married
squaws gladly assented, and even
the mens universal gamblers as they
were, began to show a lively interest.
Soon 40 girls and women began pre-
pairing for the race, throwing aside
their blankets, tying up their braids
into fast knots, fastening up their
~leggings securely and capering about
to timber up their joints.
Red Beauty Wins
The course was laid out down a
beaten trail to a large pine tree,
around it and back to the starting
point, the distance measuring fully
two and one-half miles. When Ar
mintinger called out to prepare to
start the two score young women ar
ranged themselves in line, their sup
ple-sinewed, semi-nude red-brown
forms, illumined by the bright sun
shine, presenting a scene that would
task the magic brush of a great art
list to depict worthily. At the start
ing word, away they dashed, heads
thrown back, nostrils ~distended,
" Liz AoAoOo dAu llOIo pl COolnS LAClI
bosoms.
Down the trail they swept amid
the cheering of both whites and In
dians, and followed by many of the
Indian braves on ponies, who cheer
ed on wives or sweethearts.
Half way down the trail the young
and beautiful wife of Charlie La
Moose, a French h~alf-breed trapper,
was observed to be strongly leading,
and she doubled the tree far in adj
vance Of all. On the back trail those
nearest her made a desperate effort
to catch up, but efforts to lessen her
lead were useless. Apparently with
exertion and at a swifter pace
than she held on the outbound
stretch, she crossed the line far
ahead of her nearest follower. The
mounted Indians even had to quirt
their horses to keep abreast.
Amid the plaudits of the whole
tribe she graciously received the
award, which was considered a most
generous prize. But Armintinger
was shewd enough to know that the
heart of an Indian woman was as
susceptible of disappointment and
envy as that of her sister of fairer
and so to prevent any such feel
.ng and cement the good impression
made, he presented to each
maid and matron who took part in
he race a substantial and pretty
present, whereupon joy and satisfac-
ion reigned over the whole camp.
Armintinger followed this with a
Iumptuous feast from the large
torres of food he had brought, and
lie secured the whole stock of furs
If the Flatheads in trade.
For so years the Flatheads used
o talk of that race, and ever since
hey have called the trail over which
he race was run the Course des
remmes."
Medicine Tree Hill
An interesting legend that Judge
rvine was fond of telling related to
Iedicine Tree Hill, the first large
ill above the old McCarty bridge
n He'll Gate river, and a well known
lndmark of the old days.
According to this legend, many
ears ago a young Indian, while
lowly ascending the hill, saw that
@ was being pursued by enemies.
'eing tired, he approached the tree
nd hung his medicine talisman on
he limb of the tree. He at once fell
ito a soothing sleep, from which he
as suddenly awakened by the yells
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-18
TRACTOR SCHOOLIREADY
TOlSTARTl~ OPERATIONS

After delays from various causes
such as strikes and impossible build
ing weather, the Montana Tractor,
Truck, Auto and Aviation school at
Billings is able officially to announce
that it is now ready for operation in
it's recently completed home, a brick,
building so by lao feet, with base
ment and ground floor at First av-
enue and Twenty-fifth street.
The school, which will be known
as the Montana Tractor school, was
first opened in January, 1919, with
an enrolment of more than so pupils
and during that term the attendance
swelled to more than 200, which was
maintained until the summer closing.
Since the new home was designed
and constructed especially for a
tractor school no detail has been
overlooked to make it thoroughly
complete. 1t is the largest school of
its kind in the northwest. There is
a total of 10000 feet of floor space.
Each branch of instruction will be
handled in a separate department
with an instructor for every branch.
The tractor course includes the fol-
lowing subjects: Stationary gas and
traction engines, the automobile, gas
and steam, steam tractors, lubrica-
ton, carburetors, magnetos, electric
batteries, generators and
motors, farm lighting plants, pump
ing plants, threshing machines, and
successfully connecting all farm i'm
plements with the tractor.
There will be night classes in all
branches, and a special aeroplane
There will be large class
rooms, equipped with motor desks
and all the necessary appliances to
give practical instruction before the
classes. There will be a large labor
atory, where the students will have
desks for practical and
experimental work.
The work room will be equipped
with different makes of tractors, au-
and all sorts of practical
machinery necessary for complete in
,truction.
New York-Silk shirts will sell
~ fron, con - cor +bso . ~
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-18

aware of everything that was hap
pening and was undergoing the
greatest imaginable mental strain
as he feared that he would be burieC
alive. When the second doctor ar
rived he listened to the consultation
and was then terrified by the pros
pect of having his body cut into.
At times he believed he was, in
fact, dead, and that he was exper-
fencing a consciousness existing after
death.
His life was saved by the fact that
just before he was to have been
placed in his grave, he began to re-
cover the use of his faculties. The
shock that some of his comrades ex-
perienced when they saw him open
his eyes and heard him speak was
almost as great as his W when he
first discovered himself in his awful
~predicament. In a few hours he vas
as well as ever, and he lived for half
a century thereafter without any re-
currence of the experience. Rare
cases of a similar nature have been
known to medical science before and
since, with varying explanations of
the phenomenon.
Famous Indian Girls Foot Race
Judge Irvine probably knew as
many true and interesting stories of
Indian and frontier life as any man
living at the time of his death, and
he possessed a rare gift of telling
them in an interesting way. One of
the most interesting historical stor-
les he used to tell explained the orr
gin of the name of a stretch of road
near Arlee station on the line of the
Northern Pacific in Missoula county,
which is still known to old timers as
Course de Femmes," or the Wom-
ems Race Course.
In 1912, the Judge related, one of
the head traders of the Hudson Bay
Francois Armintinger, ira
veled south to the FIathead country
with a trading party to secure the
beaver pelts and other furs of the
who were then in camp in
the Jocko valley. He had a fine
large stock of goods and trinkets,
and the Indians, learning of his ar
rival, flocked around his camp, To-
Gated near the present site of Arlee
station. The Indians had an immense
stock of fine furs, bear and deer
skins, but they were accustomed to
going south to some of the trading
rendezvous where assembled in the
the traders of the American
Fur company and a few independent
raiders from the south.
The Hudson Bay men realized.
therefore, that they must win the
'avor of the Flatheads if they were
% persuade the Indians to remain
complete the trading, and thus
secure the whole winter catch of
'urs.
Armintinger was resourceful, how
'ver, and he knew enough of human
lature to appreciate the Importance
# getting the women of the tribe on
lis side. He therefore decided to
york through them, and without
aging a word he selected and piled
n one heap in the ground liberal
upplies of the gaudiest beads, trim
.ets and most brilliantly colored
GODS that he had in stock.
The women and girls crowded
round, with wondering, eager eyes.
dmiring the goods, while the war
iors sat apart in dignified silence
nd smoked. Armintinger then an {
that he was DESTROYS of zee I
lg the Indian women run a race, /
nd that the fleetest one of foot !,
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-18

Many old timers in Montana will
learn with regret of the death, in
New York, of DR.. Charles X. Cole,
word of whose passing reached Hell
ena last week.
DR.. Cole came to Montana in the
SOS, and was a member of the last
territorial senate, or council, as 1t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-18
NOTED MONTANA
SURGEON is DEAD
DIR. CHAS. X. COLE, WHO BE-
CAME MILLIONAIRE MANU-
FACTURER, PASSES

Was Distinguished Citizen of Helena
for Many Years and Recently Of
fered Capital City $15O,OOO for
Park; Grew Rich From Patent ON
a Rubber Valve Connection.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-18

TALEB E. IRVINE, an ~early-day adventurer, who fought
J through the Mexican war and came to Montana in 1851. In
- long by-gone years he traded with the travelweary gold
seekers who passed south of Montana on their way to Idaho and
Washington camps. He knew the fur trappers and traders before
the first placer mines in Montana were discovered, and dug for
gold himself at Virginia City and Bannack. He was engrossing
clerk for the first Montana legislature in 1864, and was a popular
figure among the pioneers of the state.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-18
HOW OWEN WISTER
MADE A MONTANAN
HIS BOOK "THE VIRGINIAN,'
MADE 'MISSOU'' HINES,
COWBOY, FAMOUS

"Missou'' Became a Gunman, and
Because of the Quickness of His
Trigger Finger, Won For Himself
a Fine Tract of Oil Land, Which
Brought Him a Fortune.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-18

New York-Silk shirts will sell
for from $40 to s25 this year, ac-
cording to manufacturers.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-08

St. Louis, Mo, is to have a motor
bus line.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-08
NOW PREPARING
FOR NATIONAL
TRUCK CONTEST
Contest Board Completing De-
tails for Big Motor RcIIa-
biIity Run to Be Centered
From Omaha.

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t;onaI Wn+or Trr.L, ReI,ahi'Ity con.
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Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-08

The first motor truck operated vas
used to haul heavy artillery in
France.