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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28

Since the census figures we're an
nounced there has been a good deal
of talk that Montana might possibly
obtain another member of the lower
house of congress-.
This will depend entirely upon the
apportionment which congress adopts
for the redistricting of the United
States.
After the last census these figures
were changed, so as to give one rep
resentative for every 211,877 per-
sons in a state and an additional re-
preventative for a major fraction of
that number of people.
That is to say, that if a state had
one more citizen than half the PILL
SIT, it then would receive an addi-
tional congressman, and as a matter
of fact Montana obtained an extra
member for a major fraction of this
apportionment.
Whether this state secures a third
representative as a result of this CEN
sus will depend upon to what extent
congress raises the apportionment,
inc it should be borne in mind that
it always is raised every 10 years.
There is quite a general feeling
that the house now is so large as to
be unwieldy and it would be better
to cut down the membership rather
than to increase it, but this probably
will not be done, as a movement of
this character would meet with a
great deal of opposition from the
members of those states whose dele
cations under such an arrangement
would be reduced.
Should Montana obtain a new
member of the house, he will be
elected at large, or from a new dis
trict, as the Montana legislature may
determine.
Montana has such a vast amount
of business in Washington that IL
could use an additional representa-
tive very well, as its present two
members really have more work to
than they should have placed upon
them.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28

in camp, they circled out, four on
either side of the road, like the COM
mencement of some figure in a
dance, and ranged the wagons in two
half-circles, IL on a side, forming a
tight corral with an opening on
either end.
Into this space the herders would
drive the 200 cattle and eight team
sters would commence the task of
picking out their teams in order and
yoking them, off OK and nigh, each
one in his proper place. Twenty
oxen made a full team and it was no
light task to learn to select, in cor
rect rotation, your own team from
leaders to wheelers, though a couple
of weeks practice would teach you
but by disposition, so that you cnuld
curse your luck if the boss assigned
to you some particularly lazy yoke
of cattle, entailing more work in
driving and a choicer selection of eX-
pletives.
"Lethbridge, terminus of the toy
railway, was the loading place and
we carried either miscellaneous mer-
chandise from the tiny box cars or
coal from the mouth of the Gait
mines, a full load being 10 tons, five
to the lead, three on the swing and
two on tn trail wagons. When it
came to negotiate a steep hill or an
ford the teams we're then
doubled and it was a sight to e 20
yoke of bulls, with 40 wriggling
tails, putting their necks into the
yoke, three men with cracking whips
and lurid language urging them on,
hauling a load up the steep hills that
rose on the bank of the Belly river
opposite Lethbridge.
"The 1. G.. Baker firm was Ameri-
can, and so were most of the bosses
and men, good fellows, all willing
to take pains to teach the newcomer
all the mysteries, from braiding a 16-
strand whip to handling it scientific
I spent many a long noon dill
popping the IS feet of whip
lash, until / could make it crack with
the best of them.
"It was a careless happy-go-lucky
outfit and although prohibition
reigned supreme in the territories,
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28

this was no barrier to the good time
that was enjoyed whenever the train
reached Macleod, where the checks
were paid, and where $50 and moth
ing in particular to spend it on
opened up a vista of enjoyment, al
though the doubtful Bourbon packed
from across the line past the police
of two nations, was retailed at so
cents a glass and the best was sold
by drug stores at 81 for a six-ounce
bottle.
'HThen stud poker (ace in the
hole), which was the only favored
form of gambling, gave such a fine
chance of doubling your money while
suave gentlemen in back parlors
were always ready with kind offers
to get up a little game that the bull
whacker with his newly drawn wages
got a f~lattering and polite reception.
"Just as the train was going into
winter quarters poor Hank, n of
our bull whackers who had saved
enough to put him through the five
months of winter in comfort, had a
vision of the royal winter he could
put in on double the sum and he
went into a game for that purpose
emerging broke. Old Lem White, on
the other hand, used to gamble and
whenever he had a streak of luck he
gave part of his winnings to 'Ka-
Taylor with the understand
ing that at the end of the summer
the house was open to him for the
mo count was kept of Sundays in
a bull camp. We worked day after
day, unless nature interfered and
had to lie up with a swollen, un-
fordable stream in front of us, or
when we CHANGED to reach the High
river mission school on Saturday
night and the good priests forbade
unloading until Monday morn
.ng. Then all hands went out fish
.ng.
.'Those long trips, like that to
High River, were the best part of
he season. When once the train
vas loaded the work vas light, the
grub excellent and, given fair wea-
her, the life was delightful
"Our night herder was Alberta
lin, an Englishman with an Oxford
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28
MASSACRE BlOTTED OUT ALL KNOWLEDGE
OF JOHN DAYS RICH PLACER DDGG1NGS

the fox and the fierce big dog vol
of the north. Day told of the new
diggings, of the richness of the
gravel and the distance they had tc
Igo. One of the women asked how
far. Day replied in the only Ian
guage Ineligible, two sleeps
meaning they would sleep twice be-
fore reaching the desired spot.
Then they retired to rest, feeling
perfectly secure. No guard re-
NAMED awake to watch for the
willy foe that was known to Turk
in that region for any small party
of white men. They had seen no
Indian signs and did not believe
any were near
Far up the river a wal party of
Blackfeet had seen them pass and,
believing they would soon camp,
as it was near evening, followed
stealthily and soon came in sight
of the camp fire of the gold seek
ers. To arrange their plan of at
tack was easy. They would wait
until daylight and then they would
Stay.
Gold Hunters Tomahawked
Just at the break of day on the
following morning the Indians
who were hidden nearby crawled
cautiously forward, making not the
least noise, until they were right
in the midst of the sleeping voya-
geurs. Then the terrifying war
whoop rang out in exultant tone.
The white men sprang up but they
tomahawked or shot as they
arose and before they could even
use their guns. Two of the women
met the same fate, while one who
was severely wounded, was spared
and carried away with all the
booty of the camp.
In this bloody and relentless
manner was lost to the present time
The rich gold diggings confidently
believed by John Lepley to have
been found by Day in the winter of
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28
5000 BOXES OF APPLES FROM
A TWENTY-ACRE ORCHARD

Seven thousand boxes of choice
Mcintosh apples and 1000 boxes of
winter apples bearing the stamp of
J. E. Hauf and Sons will reach the
New York this year, ship
ped there by the University Heights
Orchard company, to which the crop
has been sold. The size, color and
flavor of the Macs this year and the
production exceed that of any year
previous, according to the grower,
who stated that the 5000 boxes come
from an orchard covering no more
than 20 acres.
From 81 trees, 1000 boxes of
Macs were picked, and the produc-
ton reached from % boxes to five
boxes to the tree. The average price
received for each box is So, but out
of that must come the cost cost of a
box and wrapping paper, the price of
picking, sc, and packing, SC, or lac,
according to pack, and the cost of
transportation to Woodside.
The Hauf orchard is one of the
oldest commercial orchards in the
valley, and is situated two miles dir
ectly west of Woodside. The SYM
metry of the trees with their grace
full branches of big red apples, made
the crop n of the prettiest in the
valley before picking began two
weeks ago, but now most of the fruit
has been gathered, and the packing
house is the place of attraction Oh
the ranch.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28

education, and one night a terrific
thunder storm broke over us. Alber-
ia Jim deserted his charges and left
them to stampede, seeking for him
self the friendly shelter of the mess
tent, slipping out when the eastern
sky was gray and coming back with
only four out of a herd of 200. All
that wild night, according to his
story, he had followed the sound
of the bell Gone OK carried a bell)
and when the pitchy darkness lifted,
10! he was out of sight of camp with
a bell OK and three others. Whether
Dave links swallowed the yarn
cannot say but Alberta Jim was kept
busy for two days, helping to round
up the strayed herd while we made
holiday, creased our wagons and
braided whips.
Gas we reared High River a set
tier came into camp armed with a
rifle and a revolver, his body en-
circled in three directions with cart
ridge belts and warned us the In
dams were excited and he had left
his home to escape them. We kept
him that night and the next day came
across the bell tents of a small de-
tachment of the Northwest Mounted
Police, who were adjusting the
trouble that had arisen over the loot
ing of an empty house and the shoot
ing of one of the marauders while
the goods were being recovered.
Nothing disturbed the peace of the
bull train.
Breaking in a new steer, wild
from the ranges, broke the monotony
of the mornings and Moons and from
the time the rope was on him until
he was being reluctantly hauled
along as one of the team, the fun
would this be the case if he broke
loose and with a heavy yoke swing
ing around his neck, would make us
crawl under the wagons until the
key broke, the yoke flew off at a
tangent and the business began
afresh.
t'The bull team, in common with
many picturesque features of the
western prairies, has long beer a
thing of the past. Dave JinKS left
for the south suddenly on his buck
skin horse through some trouble that
brought him into contact with the
which was a pity for Dave
was a splendid fellow, strong as one
his oxen, a good horseman, and,
withal, though one of the most peace
able of men, ready to jump into a
row without asking any questions if
a friend got into trouble.
"Some of the old time bullwhack-
ers, once Indian fighters on the bor-
der, to whom an Indian was one de-
gree below a coyote, who turned up
every spring, year after year. who
blew in their summer wages and win
in some outlying herder's
to these the bull train almost
stood for home and they must have
cit like eyicted tenants when the
hriek of the locomotive sounded the
destruction of the bull camp"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28

moving swiftly on its way to tn
head of navigation of the Mis-
souri, but John Lepley was not OF
board. And thus was preserved tt
Montana one who afterwards be
came a great stock grower, a res
pected and wealthy man, and a pro.
moter of creditable enterprises.
John Day did not wait long fol
his partner. In a few days he hat
found two frontiersmen equally as
reckless and daring as himself, and
the three, having procured the ne
cessary supplied, loaded them into
a boat and started for the new FL
dorado that was to make them all
rich men.
Days new partners had been
trappers and hunters on the Upper
Missouri river for years and, like
most men of their class, had mar
ried Indian women. Their wives
belonged to the Blackfeet tribe, one
of the most warlike in the north
west, only surpassed in this respect
by the Sioux. They could not, or
would not, leave the women be-
hind, and Day, through their joint
persuasion, and partly to satisfy
his own inclination, decided also to
take an Indian wife. Satisfactory
arrangements were soon made and
the six people embarked on their
perilous mission.
Slept in Fancied Security
The current of the stream flow
swiftly and they made good
progress, but they were destined
never to go beyond Rocky Point.
Here they stopped one night and
made camp, as usual. Tying the
boat securely to a stake, bedding,
cooking utensils and grub were
taken ashore and the evening meal
prepared by the women.
After supper the men lay on
soft buffalo robes in front of the
fire and told tales of adventures
With the Indians, of hunting the
buffalo and trapping the beaver,
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28

was preparing to return and work
the ground.
Lepley, anxious to join his part
ner and share in the good thing
Immediately made preparations te
depart. He got everything in readi-
ness that was needed, and decided
to take passage on the next north
bound stage coach, which would
leave Helena on the following
morning and pass his cabin door.
But it was a long wait until morn
ing and in the meantime he thought
long and hard. He knew the coun-
try north and east of Fort Benton
was constantly infested with hos
tile Indians who took a white
mans scalp when the opportunity
offered. But this did not deter
him from the undertaking, for he
was a brave and determined man.
Then there were his interests in
Silver-what would become of
them? From a business point of
view, he argued, it would be bad
policy for both himself and Day to
abandon a nice little business for
what, after all, might prove Chin
erical. He did not go to bed that
night. He was too much excited
and too much interested, SO sat and
smoked and canvassed the situa-
ton from every point of view. To-
ward morning he dozed and while
in a half sleeping state a faint
whisper seemed to be waited to
him from afar, from hat distant
space occupied by the twinkling
stars, which admonished him to re-
main where he was.
Lived to Ripe Old Age
He dozed on and the fire in the
old fireplace gradually turned to
ashes. At last the clatter of the
stage-coach and its six horses, as
they dashed into the village, awoke
him. But he did not move fur
Their than to ~replenish the fire and
refill his pipe with tobacco. A few
minutes later the stagecoach was
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28
THE BULL TRAIN OF A GENERATION AGO.
STORIES OF THE M0MTANA-ALBERTA TRAIL

Extension of the railroads, more
than 80 years ago, over the trade
routes of northern Montana and
southern Alberta, and the evolution
of the pioneer railway from the mar
row gage, commonly known as the
turkey trail" into the heavier and
more substantial standard gauge,
marked the end of the bull trains Of
the prairies and the passing of that
type of transportation which had
been maintained from Fort Benton,
on the Montana side of the interna-
tional border, up to Lethbridge and
Fort Macleod on the Canadian side.
polly" Pollinger, one of the old
time "bulI whackers" of northern
Montana, who took up his residence
on the Blackfeet reservation when
the bull train ceased to function, was
one of the best of his line. He was
a magnificent driver when sober, but
when he was drunk he was sublime.
Later he footed the four-horse stage
over the Macleod trail, making the
antique, leather springed coach rat
tie down the ~Lethbridge hills during
the days when "Kamoose" Taylor's
hotel boosted of one f%our-post bed
stead-the patch of floor under the
billiard table.
Pollinger, while in a reminiscent
mood, one day told of his experiences
with the bull train:
81. G. Bakers bull train was a
great institution in those days, and
it was at Fort Macleod that / got my
first introduction to it, when Dave
Jenkins, or 'Jinks,' enrolled me as a
full-fledged 'bullwhacker' at $50 a
month and board.
IT had just got my scanty dun
mage from 'Kamoose' Taylor's, and
pair of oxen and hitching them to
the three wagons, one behind the
other, lead, swing and tail, after
which we were ready for the start.
"Now three empty wagons make
a light load for IA healthy western
and on the start my leaders
gradually forged ahead, turning out
to pass the next team. l recognized
this was not in the game and shout
ed whoa but the bulls did not res
pond. They made the pace more fu-l
rious, until they were trotting, with
the swaying wagons behind them
and tumbling over the rough
To add to this confusion, a
head protruded from under the cover
Of the swing wagon and a volley of
paths in French-Canadian and broken
English began to scintillate from
Clement, a bull whacker who had
looked on the red wine in Macleod
and was sleeping off the effects in
empty wagon.
"Just before we reached a steep
lill, where worse things might have
happened, Dave links on his buck
broncho galloped up and ended
he stampede.
element, unwilling to risk an
other rude awakening, got out, and
being stout and good tempered, be-
to instill into my mind the
first principles of the art, which
consisted of addressing your
,ulls, unless you wanted them to pull
which was another story-as gent
y as a team of sucking turtle doves.
Eight teams there were to a train
md at noon and night, as we came
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28

and when his funds ran low he
would go out on a long trip and come
back with thousands of dollars to his
credit.
A dozen years ago he located head
quarters in Great Falls, and in COM
pany with George Lloyd organized
the Rocky Mountain Fire Insurance
company nearly 10 years ago. He
also plated an addition to the city,
built the James hotel building on
First avenue south, became interest
ed in other buildings, conducted the
Sexton theater, and built up a for
tune which ran we'll into five fig
ureS.
Three years ago his health failed
through a brain trouble, and he was
taken EAST to specialists and later
placed in the ~sanitarium in which he
died, his malady being beyond cur
ing.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28
Miles City Corn Show

Announcement is made that the
annual Montana state corn show viii
be held in Miles City near the middle
of November, the definite date yet
to be fixed. w. G. Ferguson, secre
tary of the chamber of commerce,
states that seven counties have al
ready signified their intention of en-
tering exhibits.
The outlook, according to Mr.. Fer
guson, is for a show that will be of
unusual Importance by aso of the
fact that there will be more entries.
An effort will be made to present
the practical side of corn culture in
order to increase the acreage in the
state, where corr raising can be
made profitable.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28

Among the earliest arrival:
from the eastern states at the Last
Chance and Silver Creek placer
diggings were John Lepley and
John Day. They had a few head
of cattle and for a time ran a milk
ranch, or dairy, on Silver creek at
cid Silver City. Then the bunch
grass was luxuriant on all the hills
surrounding the Prickly Pear val
ley and only a short time was ne
cessary for pasturage to make
horses and cattle sleek and fat.
Both Day and Lepley were then
young men, and both were worthy
pioneers among those who blazed
the trails in Montana in the early
COS.
Day was venturesome. At any
rate he.could not be confined to the
narrow limits of Silver creek, how
ever remunerative the mines and
the dairy in which he vas inter
ested might prove. So in the fall
of 1865 he packed a horse with the
necessary outfit for prospecting
and saddling another, babe goodby
to his partner, friends and neigh
bors, and rode away to the north.
Day Found Gold
Fort Benton was the first and
only town then between Silver City
and Yankton on the Missouri river.
On reaching Benton, Day stayed
there several days, then went down
along the north side of the Mis-
souri,, hunting for such placer Dig
gings that might be in that section
of the country. Somewhere, not
a great way from Rocky Point, as
subsequent events proved, he found
what he was looking for and re-
manned there all winter, or nearly
so. In the early spring he return
ed to Fort Benton, bringing with
him a quantity of coarse, washed
gold. He at once wrote to his part
ner, Lepley, telling him to come on
at once, as he had struck it big and
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28

Montana fro m
California about
80 years ago and
located in Butte,
establishing him
self in the fire
insurance bust
ness. Long before
the days of the
automobiles he
did a state wide
Insurance bust
ness, driving to
every section of
the state. Hand
some, cheerful.
optimistic, a n d
a brilliant con-
versationalist, he
made e n d S
everywhere. He
made a great
deal of money,
which he distri-
buted with the
hand of a Coal
Oil ] O h n n j e
when he had it,
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28
3 CONGRESSMAN
FOR THIS STATE
TALK IS THAT MONTANA is TO
HAVE ANOTHER REPRESEN-
TATIVE ATWASHINGTON

If Apportionment Remains Same as
After 1910 Census, Which Was
One Congressman for Every 211,-
S77 People, Or Major Fraction, this
Result Is Certain.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-28
COL. PAT SEXTON
WAS A CHARACTER
FAMOUS PROMOTER AND INSUR.
ANCE MAN SUCCUHBS TO
MENTAL MALADY
For Years Held Record for the
Amount Of State Wide Insurance
Writer; One Of the Founders of
the Rocky Mountain Fire Insur-
ance Company.

Colonel Pat H. Sexton, famous
Montana character, is dead. His
death occurred a few days ago in a
st. Paul sandtarium. He came to
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-07-31
Tells DR.. Bachand There Are Others
Barre Times)

The political steam-roller is won
derfully mobile machine considering
its supposed crushing power. Now It
is st. Johnsbury man, DR.. J. d.
Bachand, who claims to be a c.andi-
date for state senator after giving the
Republican party "the best Il 1ere is in
me" for eight years. DR.. Bachand
should not be discouraged there are
others who have worked a lifetime
for the Republican party and never
have been rewarded with office vet.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-07-31
GOOD PRELlMINARIES
Truck Runs Down Robert
Lyons on Eastern Ave.
CONTINUED from pare one)

CONTINUED from pace one)
an outbound Connecticut car came
to a stop Just barely in time to cs-
cape a collision.
Witnesses of the accident, incllld-
ing Mrs. Sargent, who lives on the
second floor of the house nearest
which the accident occurred, hurried
to the spot, and ascertained that the
boy was conscious and in great pain.
He was taken Immediately to the
Brightlook hospital and cared for
there by Drs. Farmer and Fitch. 1t
was found that outside of broken
ankle the boy was not seriously in
iured.
No blame is attached to the driver
of the car who was way overson his
side of the road MOVING slowly. There
is no indication Of any cross street
to car from the east, and so it is
possible that the car sounded no,
wartime, but it was evidentl-- fully
under control as it stopped almost
within~its own lenoth TIE boy was
doino well this morning.