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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-03
COLUMBIA, MO.

Miss Gladys Holmes, teacher of
English at Western University,
Quindaro, Kas., spent the Christmas
holidays with friends. Mr.. Elroy Cox
of Jacksonville, H., and Miss Ruth
Cox, a student of Lincoln Institute,
are spending the holidays with Mrs.
Florence Taylor and family Miss
Ethel Wilkinson and Prof. Griggs
worshipped Sunday morning at the
Broadway Church, Mrs. A. E. Will
liams and daughter, Miss Alma,
were hostesses to the Ladies Art
Club Wednesday, December 17...-Mrs.
A. NJ. Schweich, Mrs. Nora Taylor
and Mrs. Sarah Cowden were host
esses at an old-fashioned Christmas
party in honor of the busy Woman's
Idle Hour Club Christmas day at the
residence of Mrs. Schweich. Games
were in charge of the president, Mrs.
J.. Z. Moseley... Sunday vas quarterly
meeting day at st. Luke NJ. E.
Church. Douglass School closed Fri
day for the holidays.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-03

Mrs. Mayme Jenkins, formerly of
this city but now of Chicago, is in the
city visiting her parents and friends.
She reports that the windy city is
still on the map. She will return af-
ter the holidays.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-03

Mrs. Moreno Davis, 18th and Wash
ington boulevard, Grand Lecturer Of
the Calanthe, K. of P.s, and amiable
wife of Tilford Davis, Sr., received a
fine large opossum as a Christmas
present from her friend in Great
Bend, Kans. Sister Davis proceeded
to barbecue Mr.. Opossum as only a
Missourian can, and like true Kan.
sans, Bro. Davis says he was in at
the finish.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-03

The Alpha Art and Literary Club,
the oldest club in the city among the
ladies, will be represented at the In
terstate Literary Society, by Miss
Marie Johnson, the brilliant daughter
Of our old friend, o. B. Johnson. She
will also act as private secretary to
the president of the society, Mrs. II.
c. Dwiggins.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-03
THE NEWS OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, THAT'S NEWS


The funeral of Mrs. Fowler was
held from Rev. McNeals church Mon
day.
Mrs. Sadie Kyles of Brookfield, Mo-,
is visiting Mrs. Tillery of go Par
.allel.
FOR Observation-Disclosures rooms,
newly papered and floors painted.
1910 Garfield.
Mrs. Ben Tfllery of Seneca, Kas.,
is visiting her son, DR.. b. B.. Tillery,
SO Parallel.
Mrs. Lenora Smith spent the holt
days in Ft. Scott, Kans. We wish her
a pleasant visit. =,
Mrs. Blanche Davis spent the
Christmas with her parents who are
living in GAINESVILLE, Tex.
The funeral of Mr.. Gus Stewart
was held from Thatcher's Undertake
ing establishment Monday at 100
p. M.
The Alpha Art and Literary Club
will entertain at the Y. w. c. A. New
Years day. Quite a large attendance
is anticipated.
The Christmas season has been
very dull seemingly as we had no
snow and seemingly the Christmas
spirit was lacking.
Mrs. Rosetta B. Green will speak at
the Bethel A. NJ. E. Church, Stewart
and Water Streets, next Sunday. We
wish to invite all to attend.
Mrs. p. G. Swancy entertained a
few of her neighbors and friends on
account of her husbands birthday,
December 81, at her residence 2060
North 3rd.
One hundred copies of the Ord An
nual Reunion poem of the Robinson
Stuarts, composed by Mrs. C. NJ. Mat
thews. is being distributed among rel.
atives and friends.
Mrs. Sadie Lee, of Marshall, Mo,
is in the city, the guest of her sister,
Miss Maude Lee, S12 n. 3rd Street,
She reports that she is having the
time of her life.
Mr.. Ralph Brummell and Miss
Pearl Fletcher were happily married
at the parsonage of the First A. NJ
E. Church, December 80. Rev. J.. F
Griffen officiated.
The prize given by the Kansas City
Post for the best letter to Santa Claus
was won by little Miss Iva Smith
344 New Jersey Avenue. The prize
was a beautiful doll.
Mrs. Mayme Whiting of Minneapo
lis, MINI, is in the city renewing ole
acQuaintances and friends. While il
the city she will be the guest of Mrs
Milligan, lilo N. 10th Street.
The funeral of Mrs. Laura Williams
was held from the Metropolitan TEN
pie, Wednesday. Electa Chapter No
2 o. Il. s., turned out in a body
She was an exemplary Christian.
The members and friends of Beth
ell A. n. E. Church called upon thei
pastor, w. B. Johnson, and wife anC
left them a shower of useful Christ
mas presents. Rev. Johnson and wifi,
were very agreeably surprised and in
vited the members and friends to cal
again.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-03

liams, a travelling Evangelist, whose
home is in Memphis, Tenn We were
glad to have the Rev. with us and
hope he will return again soon. Our
Christmas services were well attend.
ed. The church is progressing nice
ly and extends a hearty welcome to
all who may wish to worship with US.
The collections for the day we're very
good.
Jesse W. Porter. Renorter.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-03

Caphus, who preached us a wonder
full The church received
seven candidates for baptism. -. The
total collection for the day was $3.50.
Our church is moving along nicely
and extends a cordial invitation TO
all to attend our services.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-23

Missouri, whom I knew at Virginia
City. The firm name adopted was
'fClark & Fraser" We then pro-
ceeded with the construction and got
ready for business.
At that time most of the miners
and other people IN the west side of
the Rockies came from California,
Oregon and the mining districts of
British Columbia. The Oregonians
were called "web-feet," by reason of
the incessant rains and mists that
we're SO prevalent in Oregon; and
also "Chinooks," as many of them
we're familiar with the Chinook Ian
guage, or rather jargon, which was
introduced by the Hudson Bay COM
pany in connection with their trade
relations with the Indians.
Becomes Merchant.
A few weeks afterward and about
the time of our opening u store, a
pack train of about so mules, loaded
with a variety of merchandise, came
in from Walla WaHa, Wash. The
cargo consisted of "self-rising" flour,
Isthmus butter, chill beans, yeast
powders, overalls, mining tools, and
other articles peculiar to the Pacific
coast trade and popular with the min
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-23

We had not long to wait. A mer-
chant from Yamhill, Ore, Colonel
Keeler, with a loaded pack train
came along with the intention of go
ing to Helena, looked the situation
over and we concluded a trade.
Barge City,"
Having closed my business l avail
ed myself of the time required for
the final payment to visit some of
the adjoining settlements In the Deer
valley, Cottonwood, 25 miles
south of Blackfoot, had first been
named Barge City," in honor of an
old St. Louis merchant who had a
line of steamboats, on the Missouri
to Fort Benton. This name,
however, was soon abandoned for
Cottonwood" and in an election
was held in that same rear,
1865, the name of Deer Lodge" was
adopted instead of Cottonwood.
Dance & Stuart had a small store
there and the population was limited
to a very few hundred people.
At this time there was not much
activity in quartz mining. A few
small gold quartz mills were in OPP
in different parts Of the state,
but the aggregate production was
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-23

stakes and foundations, and mining
operations in Last Chance gulch
were very active. The same hope
full and resolute ambition then pre-
vailing has always characterized the
people of that city.
There has always been some doubt
as to the exact spot where gold was
first discovered in Last Chance gulch.
I am informed that the question was
placed in the hands of a committee
composed of members of the His
torical society and of the Society of
Montana Pioneers, and that the mat
ter has been satisfactorily decided,
and an appropriate bronze plaque
will soon be placed to permanently
mark the spot.
Reaching BIackfoot.
Very little was known about Black
foot at that time. The stage com
pany that operated between Virginia
and Helena ventured by way OF ex-
pertinent to send a stage across the
range to the new camp and 1 was
one of the first passengers thereon.
We reached the camp in a driving
rain that sorely tried the mud roofs
of the numerous cabins which COM
prised the town, but I was fortunate
enough to find shelter in a small tent
belonging to an old miner %acquaint-
ance, who with many others had as
sembled to greet the arrival of the
first stage coach.
After a survey of the place and
surrounding camps in Washington
and the Snow Shoe g%ulches, and on
Carpenters Bar, / concluded to To-
cate there, and contracts for logs and
the construction of a store building
about 25 feet wide by so feet in
length were placed. I had formed
a partnership with a Mr.. Fraser from
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-23

cident, that near this same spot I
was present and assisted at the bur-
ial of his brother, James Stuart, on
Oct. 5, 1873, nearly Al years ago. /
was then a resident of Deer Lodge
and vas worshipful master of Deer
Lodge No. IA, A. F. & A. M. Hon.
N. P. Langford, another distinguish
ed pioneer, was then past grand mas
ter of Masons in Montana. He pre-
sided and conducted the last rites at
the grave. James was one of the
charter members of the lodge. The
Stuart brothers came to the Deer
Lodge valley for the first time in
1858 and visited Gold creek, where
it had been reported that a half
breed named Benetsee had found
some colors in 1852, but they found
nothing that would pay to wark.
However, in the spring of 1861 they
did find gold in paying quantities
when they dug a ditch and construct
ed sluice boxes, which they operated
successfully, and therefore were the
first practical discoveries of gold in
the territory in paying quantities.
Sees an Opportunity.
Full settlement having been con-
cluded with the purchasers of our
business I now cast about for some
new enterprise in which / might en-
gage. During my late visits to Hell
ena, before we sold out, for the pur-
pose of replenishing our stock of
goods, l had observed in visiting the
principal wholesale stores that there
was an APPARENT scarcity of that most
essential luxury or necessity in min
ing camps of chewing and smoking
tobacco, and particularly of the lat
ter.
Soft pressed Carolina plug was al
most invariably used for smoking in
pipes. Users of the weed acquired
a very graceful manner of slicing
from the plug a pipefu1, which they
gently rubbed in the hand and load
ed into the clay pipe of m~eerschaum.
The latter article, however, was a
avis In mining camps.
The navigation season was then
closed and all overland freight trains
had arrived, and it was getting late
In the season. The snowfalls we're
much earlier and heavier In those
early days than now, and the noun
Jain ranges were usually impossible
Tor several months. In my previous
narrative / described a blockade that
continued for several months on the
main range of the route to Utah.
However, 1T occurred to me that a
reasonable quantity of this ESSENTIAL
taple article might be found in Idaho
md be brought in before the close of
he range, and I concluded to make
he attempt. Not deeming it pru-
lent to risk all my cash resources, /
eft part of my dust in the safe of a
riend at Helena. / then purchased
wo cayuses and a pack animal, and
ye started for Boise City, going via
City and thence over the d.
ide on the stage road to the mouth
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-23

during the remainder of our voy-
age.
At Old Fort Hall.
Upon arriving at Boise / found two
of the party who had parted COM
pany with us two and a half years
before at old Fort Hall. In a few
hours I secured all the available to-
bacco obtainable, not attempting for
obvious reasons to take all that any
had. The following morning l
took the stage to Boise basin, where
I secured a much larger quantity and
which l sent by express to Boise. Ha-
wing a curiosity to examine the dig
gings I looked the camp over and
found two other old friends who had
come in the same train from Den
yer as far as Fort Hall. These we're
Ed and Sam Jones, brothers of Sena-
tor Jones of Nevada. They rendered
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-23

/ of Beaver canyon, and thence taking
the trail to Lost river and Boise.
To Avoid Bandits.
The weather was delightful, like
Indian summer, and we slept on the
ground under our blankets, with the
broad canopy of the starry heavens
above US, always seeking a secluded
spot for our camps, away from the
trail, as there were road agents in
those days, and we took the precau-
ton to always picket n of our
cayuses. At our Wood River camp,
however, upon arising in the early
dawn of day we discovered that all
of our animals had disappeared. /
struck on a faint trail that soon van
ished and spent until noon in the
vain search and returned to camp,
when my companion went out and
returned at sunset without success.
While in a rather respondent
mood, we we're taking our supper, /
CHANGED to see the horses on a spur
of the mountains quietly grazing
on the luxurious bunch grass that
abounded every where in those early
days. l lost no time in going to
them and upon my near approach
they started to run. l jumped on the
rope near the picket pin to which
it was attached. 1t flew around my
legs and l was dragged a short dis
when the animal kindly con-
descended to stop. / then bridled
him and soon got him and the others
back to camp, to our great delight.
1t is needless to state that there were
further incidents of that kind
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-23

After closing up my affairs in Al
Ter Gulch, referred to in my last ad-
iress, I decided to seek some new
adventures, and as my attention had
been directed to some late gold dis
Eoveries at a new camp near Black
foot, situated in Ophir gulch, west
bf the main range of the Rockies.
Ind westward from Helena, I de-
tided to look 1t over.
Whether the significance of the
hame "Ophir" applied to the gulch,
may have played upon my ihagina-
lion, and intuitively prompted my
decision, / would not now venture
hn opinion.
Helena Growing.
AS Helena lay on the way to the
new Eldorado / stopped there a few
days and found that since my prev
ious visit in December, and only five
months later after the discovery of
gold there by John Cowan and his
there had been a marked i'm
.rOvement. Many buildings had
been erected where / had see only
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-23

TYHE man of most achievement in the west is Former Senator
W.. A. Clark of Butte. In the early sixties he drove an OK
team from Central City, Colorado, to Montana. On his
arrival in this state his assets comprised the OK team, some pro-
visions and five dollars in cash. From this modest start he has
become one of the richest men in America, a fnancer Of inter
national importance. His interests are colossal He takes a great
interest in the Montana Society of Pioneers, of which he is one of
the founders, traverses continents to attend the annual meetings,
and at each of the last three sessions, has delivered an address,
detailing in chronological order, the story of his remarkable ex-
perieuces. These addresses have a most valuable historical inn
portance, and in them Senator Clark deals with much of the his
tory of his time, when Montana was i'll travail.
The first of these addresses was made two years ago, which
had to do with his trip across the plains and mountains from Col
orado to Montana the second was made at the Butte meeting of
a year ago, and the third, which follows, was delivered at the
recent convention of the Pioneers at Great Falls.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-23

mented friend, Conrad Kohrs, one
of the organizers of our society, who
a sshort time ago passed over to the
"Great Beyond" Johnnie Grant left
with his livestock for the Red River
of the North, where he took up his
residence.
Old Friends Gone.
Mr. Kohrs had been a resident at
Deer Lodge in 1862, but went from
there to Bannack and Virginia City,
where he carried on his operations
in livestock. l first met him at Ban
mack In the summer of 1863. His
return to Deer Lodge contributed
largely to the building up of his adj
opted town, and he continued his res
there until his great life work
was completed, and his remains quiet
ly rest in the beautiful cemetery,
he helped to create and beau
tify, amongst many of his lifelong
friends who had preceded him, hon
ored and regretted by all of his old
and members of the Pfo-
neer society With General Warren
and a number of his old friends /
had the honor to mingle with the
large assemblage Of neighbors and
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-23

very limited. At Butte, then in Deer
Lodge county, while the copper mines
prominently cropped out, they could
not be profitably worked Is there
was no railroad transportation, and
the great deposits of silver and gold
quartz ores had not then been de-
yeloped. Silver and gold lodes al
Cable and Philipsburg had been dis
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-23

friends who attended the funeral only
a few weeks ago.
About II months previous to this
l with many of the old-time friends
assisted at the burial, in an adjac-
ent lot, of the remains of Granville
Stuart, one of the most prominent
and oldest pioneers of the state, and
this recalled to my mind an early in
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-23
The Early Ranches.

covered, and were in the early stages
of development.
The Early Ranches.
There were a few scattered ranch
es in the Deer Lodge valley. Near
the town of Deer Lodge, Johnnie
Grant, a Canadian h~alf-breed, had a
large ranch and had erected a very
home north of the village.
He had a very large herd of horses
and other stock. In the following
year, 1866, he sold his real estate
and improvements to our late la
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-23

Concluded on Agricultural Page
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-03-12
..1&
STOOD FIRMLY FOR LIBERTY
How lrishmenr in Revolutionary Days
Contributor to the Sacred
Cause of Freedom.

The following Is an extract from an
Irish-American almanac: In the crisis
of the Revolutionary struggle, little
band of Irishmen in Philadelphia adj
vanced the money that enabled WASH
ington to keep his forces together in
that terrible period.
The names of these generous dona-
tors for the achievement of American
freedom. and the amounts given by
each (Which. in their purchasing value,
represent nearly four times the pres
ent value of our money!. were as fol-
lows:
B. McClenachan, 10000; John Pat
ton. $4,000; ]! M. Nesbit & Co.. f5,-
600; Benjamin Fuller $1,000; Richard
Peters. $4,000; George Meade & Co..
$4,000; James Efease. 5000; John
Donaldson. f2.000. Thomas Barclay,
$4,000; Henry Eth, $4,000: Hugh Shell,
$4,000; Keane & Nichols, $4,000; John
Dunlap, $4,000; James Caldwell, e.
900; John Nixon. $4,000; Samuel Cald-
well. $1,000; George Campbell. $4,000:
John Shee f1.0O0; John Mease, $4,000 !;
Sharp Delaney, $1,000; Banner. MUIR
ray & Co. $4,000; Trench Francis. f5.-
500; Samuel Meredith, 5000.
These Irishmen, by their generous
donations. helped Washington to carry
out his plans. to secure volunteers,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-03-12

for some time in Ireland, wrote at
some length about st. Patrick's purga-
tory on the Donegal Tough Derg island.
'4The island In the lake." he wrote, us
divided into two parts, on one side be-
ing a church of great sanctity. amid
scenes of wondrous beauty, its charms
heightened by the frequent visits. OF
angels and local saints. The other
side of the island is rugged and hide
GUS and is reputed to be the resort of
demons and the haunts where evil spir-
it's perform their dreadful orgies. This
portion of the island has nine pits and
If any person dares to pass a night in
ONE 81 them he or she is seized by
malignant spirits and tortured. Who
ever has borne these agonies in dis
charge of penance will not undergo flu
ture punishment In hell, unless persist
ing in shining worse than before"
In this manner the Welsh historian
writes of the other st. Patrick's pur-
gatory. Long before his day, however.
legend and myth had cast their glamour
over lovely spot which was. without
doubt, at one time sanctified by the
presence and the ministrations of the
apostle of Ireland. 1t was credulous
age in which Giraldus Cambrensis
lived and his narration Is es of a mat
Ter of fact in which he himself be-
lieved.
The supplemented people of the
Donegal hills are not much harassed
by speculative doubts. and to them gen.
orally the traditions attached to Tough
Derg and st. Patrick's purgatory APP
peal as strongly and make no greater
demands upon belief than are made by
matters regarded as still more essen
| tial.
The first mention of st. Patrick's
purgatory in. literature was made by
a monk, Joceline of Furness. in his
Vita Sancti Patricii," written about
| the year 1883. Giraldus Cambrensis'
reference to 1t was made two years
| later. but neither he nor Joceline adj
vanced the Idea that the purgatory
| vas an entrance into the other world.
| rhis development Of the legend first
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-03-12
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER.

Constipation invites other troubles,
which come speedily unless quickly
checked and overcome by Green's
August Flower which is a gentle laxa-
tive, regulates digestion both i'm
stomach and intestines, cleans and
sweetens the stomach and alimentary
canal, stimulates the liver to secrete
the bile and impurities from the blood.
1t is sovereign remedy used in many
thousands Of households all over the,
civilized world for more than half a
century by those who have suffered
with indigestion, nervous dyspepsia.
sluggish Liver, coming up of food, pal
pitation,, constipation and other in
festival troubles. Sold by druggists
and dealers everywhere. Try bottle.
take no substitute.--Adv.
Politeness may be the freezing point
in the atmosphere of love.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-03-12

appears In a work written in Latin in
118S by monk. Henry. belonging to a
Cistercian abbey in Huntingdonshire,
England. The book relates the expert
ence of an Irish Knight named OWEN
who descended into the cave of st. Pat
rick's, purgatory to do penance for his
sins. He was led alternately through
he'll and the terrestrial paradise and
was finally, permitted to view the glow
ing portals Of the celestial paradise,
Henry's book made st. Patrick's pur.
gatory famous throughout Europe. and
accounts of other descents into purga-
tory followed his. in guick succession.
The story spreading to Spain and Italy
furnished the subject of q drama to
Calderon and doubtless contributed
ideas utilized by Dante I'm the "Divina
Commedia."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-03-12

clothing for the men, and munitions of
war. without which America might
still be British colony.
1t is also shown that the Irish also
participated in all the great events of
history during the Revolution.
Fulton. the inventor of the steam.
boat. was an Irishman. O'Reiliy broth
ers, the inventors of telegraphy, and
Mccormick of the reaping machine
fame were Irish.
The first history of the United States
was written by an Irishman by
the name of Ramsey. and thus we
might go through every avenue of war.
commerce, science. literature. inven-
ton and discovery. and still find Irish.
men occupying prominent places In the
van OF each.