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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-16

The Seventh Cavalry left the
mouth of Powder river at noon Jun'
% and camped four hours later,
when Custer gave orders for rapid
marching and no further bugle
calls. Custer was usually very un-
communicative concerning his plans,
but this time he announced his pur-
pose, which was to follow the trail
until they found the Indians, and
then go for them" Clusters action,
calm and unexcited at the time, and
not under the stress of contact with
the enemy. His manner, usually
blunt and p~eremptory, not to say
b%rusque, was now quite different.
His customary cheerfulness and con-
fidence were lacking, and he seemed
depressed and worried. 1t may be
that he was feeling the displeasure
of Grant, OF perhaps the serious
character of the risk he was taking
by his Independent move was weigh
ing on him.
The column moved at 5 o'clock
June %, and covered 33 miles over
an extremely rough country-the
bad lands" The next day % miles
was covered ver a worse territory.
Indian signs we're abundant. That
night officers and scouts examined
the trail and reported to Custer that
it led straight across the divide to
the Little Big Horn. Hundreds of
Indians evidently had travelled over
it very recently. At 1870 that night
the command was routed out and
marched ten miles toward the crest
of the Little Big Horn mountains,
were reached at 2 o'clock
Sunday morning, June 25th. Six
hours rest was allowed and the
march taken up again It 8 o'clock.
This time the command covered
ten miles in two hours and halted in
ravine Is miles from the Little
Big Horn about 1920. It is believ-
ed that Custer intended to remain in
during that day and attack
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-16

early in the morning of the 26th,
but his trail was crossed by Indians,
and when Custer learned that, he
knew the villages he planned the
attack on would be alarmed.
Custer did not expect to meet
more than 1000 warriors at most.
He did not know of General Crooks
defeat on the Rosebud a week be-
fore and the effect it had in in
ducing many hundreds of wavering
bucks to join the hostiles. Unknown
to him, Custer had before him
somewhere around 5000 of the
f~iercest and most desperate fighters
in the world. While undisciplined
and unframed, they we're a terribly
formidable force. They were led by
experienced chiefs, used to fighting.
BY noon on that fatal daytime
25th-Custer had determined to at
tack. He divided his regiment into
three battalions. To Major Marcus
A. Reno, who had practically no
experience in Indian warfare, he
gave troops, A. G.. and M; to Captain
Benteen, a veteran Indian fighter,
troops D, H and X. Captain Nc
Dougall, with troop B was ordered
to bring up the mule train. Custer
himself took the five remaining
troops, G, E, f, I and l..
They left the ravine at noon and
crossed the divide into the Little
Big Horn valley. Benteen was order
ed to swing over to the left and
search the country thoroughly in
that direction driving any hostiles
he might meet into the village on the
river and preventing any Indians
escaping southwark and westward.
Reno was ordered to follow a small
creek to its junction with the Little
Big Horn and strike the head of the
village, supposed to be at that point.
Clusters movement would be deter
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-16

vent the Indians from moving south
ward, which, by the way, he did. The
Indians, therefore, would be caught
between the three commands and
could only move westward If they
did so it was expected that the
troops could easily overtake them
in a difficult country, enclosed by
mountains and rivers.
Did Custer Obey Orders.
Clusters orders were specific.
They were in brief, as given above.
The one paragraph that made a con-
troversy possible follows:
'It is, of course, impossible to
give you any definite instructions
in regard to this movement, and
were it not impossible to do so, the
Department Commander places too
much confidence in your zeal, energy
and ability to hamper your action
when nearly in contact with the
enemy. He will however, indicate to
you his views of what your action
be, and he desires you to
conform to them unless you should
sufficient reasons for departing
from them"
Cyrus Townsend Brady, who made
one of the most exhaustive studies
of the Custer disaster, said; dis
regarding, for the sake of argument,
General Ludlow's testimony as to the
preconceived and deliberate intent
Clusters part to disobey, and
supposing Clusters disObedience to
been caused by some exigency
or crisis, we may ask ourselves what
the reasons that caused him to
entirely disregard Terry's plan and
SO maneuver as to bring himself
directly in touch with the Indians
in the shortest time possible without
either to examine Tul-
locks creek or to incline to south
ward-'feel with his left?' If there
we're any such reasons they can
ever be known owing to Clusters
aeath. It can only be said that no
reasons appear which
Justify Clusters action"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-16

mined later, though for the present
he followed Reno. McDougall came
last, following their trail with the
slow-moving train. They moved off,
Benteen westward, Reno down the
valley and Custer following him.
Renos Failure Along the River
Reno advanced to the Little Big
Horn and saw the head of the viii
1age on the opposite bank. He
crossed the creek he had been fol-
lowing toward the river and report
ed to Custer, who ordered him to
cross the Little Big Horn, move
down the valley and attack the viii
lage in force, informing him that he
would be supported by Clusters bat
TALON. Reno accordingly crossed the
river and proceeded down the bank
half a mile. Then he threw his
troops in line, reaching from the
river to the bluffs and ~galloped
down the valley for a mile further.
AS Reno's men rode down the
valley they saw some distance ahead
and to the right across the river on
a line of high bluffs Custer, at
tended by his staff. The general
waved his hat at them encouraging-l
ly and disappeared over the brow
of the hill. That was the last time
his comrades in the valley saw him
in life.
Reno, having drawn near the
village, deployed his skirmishers
and slowly advanced down the val
ley. In a few moments they were
hotly engaged with a constantly
oromino force of Indians Rono'a att
tack was dilatory and hesitating,
and allowed the Indians to assemble
in heavy force. The line of white
soldiers extended clear across the
valley, the right flank protected by
the river and the left by the bluffs.
With excellent generalship, the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-16

detour in order to fall on its rear.
When, at last, having gone what he
considered far enough, he turned to-
ward the river, he was at once met
by the Indians in great force.
Chief Gall when he left Reno's re-
treating column and crossed to the
side of the Little Big Horn, was un-
aware of Clusters presence and in
tended to sweep down the east bank
and annihilate Reno's men as they
reached that bank. After crossing
to the east bank, however, he was
suddenly confronted by some of
Concluded on Agricultural Page
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-16

Rosebud, he was not to follow it
westward to the Little Big Horn,
or until he met the Indians, but was
to turn to the southwark until he
struck the head waters of Tongue
river. If he found no Indians there,
he was to swing northward down the
valley of the Little Big Horn toward
the spot where Terry supposed the
Indians to be and where, in reality,
they we're. Meanwhile, Gibbon was
to come with his column up the
Little Big Horn from the north to-
ward the same spot. General Crook,
who was further south, was to pre-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-16

Marcus A. Reno whose failure at the Little Big Horn resulted in
the tragedy that befeu General A. Custer and half of his regiment.
Major Reno wa graduated from West Point in 1857, and "a a cap
tain when the Civil "a began. His areer was N of distinction.
He wa brevetted major in 1868 for gallant conduct at KeIy's Ford,
Lieutenant-C Colonel the ley year or galanuy 1T battle o
Cedar Creek. January 4, 1865, he "a appointed colonel of the 18th
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and at the close Of the a va brevetted
brigadier-generaI # volunteers. He joined the Seventh Cavalry a
major in December, 1869, having had n o Indian service prior o that
time, and his services in that kind of warfare consisted of a three
months scouting expedition in Colorado in 1870. He was subjected to
ing the Custer fight, and in 1870, at his own request, a court of in
qury a convened @ investigate his conduct at the Little Big Horn.
The court decided that n o further proceedings we're necessary. He
wa a bitter enemy of Custer, the latter had been begged before
starting 0 n his fatal campaign, rot to entrust the command of n
supporting movement to Reno. IL 1880 Major Reno was found guilty
by a general courtmartial of conduct unbecoming a officer and a
gentleman, n a dismissed from the army dishonorably. His
sentence "a the result of a drunken brawl in a billiard hall. Later,
having sunk o the Gutter, he took his own life. Reno himself told
Dr.. Arthur Edwards, his faithful friend to the end, that his conduct
at the Little Big Horn a the result of drink.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-16

In order to fully understand the
facts concerning the Custer cam
paign, consideration must be given
to certain incidents in western mill
tary life that preceded it. When
the column that left Fort Lincoln
on the 18th of May, 1876, to pun
ish the Sioux, moved out, General
Custer, brilliant cavalry leader of
the Civil war, was to have been in
command. Instead, he led only his
own regiment, the Seventh cavalry,
while Major General Alfred H.
Terry was in command of the
whole column. The reasons were
as follows:
Custer was a bitter enemy of
General Belknap, secretary of war.
When Belknap a imprisoned and
undergoing trial for alleged ire
gularities in the war department,
Custer wrote that he knew of GER
tain things regarding the appoint
ment of post-traders On the Upper
Missouri which promised the pro-
secution a certainty of conviction.
Custer was summoned to Washing
ton, but his evidence proved to be
entirely hearsay and wholly worth
less. President Grant was indig-
nant at Clusters statements con-
corning Belknap and directed Gen
eral Sherman not to permit Custer
to take the field against Sitting
Bull-undoubtedly to punish him.
General Sheridan made an ur-
gent request for Clusters services,
and the president finally said that
Custer, if needed, might join his
regiment and serve under General
Terry with the expedition. AS a
matter of fact, it was General Ter
RVS urgent representations to Gen
eral Sheridan that made the latter
so in~sistent.
1t has often been said and pub
lished that at the time of his last
fight Custer was under a cloud and
that serious charges were pending
against him. This is not true, but
he had gained the disapproval and
censure of President Grant for the
statements he made against Belk-
nap.
Orders Given Custer !
Custer was, therefore, smarting
under what he considered an in
justice when he rode out from Fort
Lincoln at the head of his regi-
ment, the band playing Garry
Owen" the famous battle tune of
Clusters victory at Washita, as they
marched away. There is consider
able evidence that he had deter
mined even then to act independ-
emily in an effort to win fame for
himself by a smashing victory over
the Sioux. General Ludlow testi-
fled that on the 9th of May, 1876,
at St. Paul, Custer stated that he
intended at the first chance to cut
loose from (and make his opera
tons independent of General
Terry and Custer, with their
command, reached the Powder
quickly and was there joined
by General Gibbon, who reported
that his command was camped on
the Yellowstone, near the mouth of
the Big Horn. Major Reno, of the
Seventh cavalry, had been scout
ing with six troops of the Seventh,
and reported a big Indian trail
leading westward toward the Big
Horn country.
June 18th Custer was ordered to
take his regiment with Is days
and march down the Rosebud,
thoroughly examining the country :
on the way until he struck the Indian Y
trail reported by Reno. If as Terry Y
supposed, the trail led across the I
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-16

General George Armstrong Custer a fighter of fighters n a soldher OF
soldiers; from Bull Run to Appomattox hisc career a meteor1c. sec
n lieutenant at 21, a brigadier-general at %, a najor-general at "a
N commander of the Third Cavalry Division, which, in six months
time took n hundred and eleven guns, sixtyfive battle flags and
mor than ten thousand prisoners of "a without losing a flag II a
III and without a failure % capture a ia objective in battle UGH
was Clusters record. III a a mar of superb physique splendid
strength. After h wr he was appointed lieutenant colonel of IN
Seventh cavalry, a regiment which a bornw with him, lived with
hin and a large var OF which died With him His ambition to deliver
a smashing blow to the Sioux, singIe-handed, with his W regiment
led him o exceed his orders md force the fighting against terrible
odds at the Little Big Horn. Had Reno given him proper support he
he died as he had 1ved- gallant soldier. Copyrighted photograph
by ID. F. Barry of Superior, Wis., wa taken just before Custer o.
omt Ito his death from Fort Lincoln.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-09-28

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The date is as essential an article of diet to the Egyp- tian as rice is to the Hindu.
 Between South Africa and Australia are a number of islands seldom visited by ships; on many of these stor- es of food are placed for the use of shipwrecked sailors.
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Notice of Sale

The Hall Lumber Company, a cor
 poration, Plaintiff, vs. Juan Mar
 quez and Feliz Marquez, Defen-
 dants
 Notice of Sale of Real Estate.
 Under and by virtue of special ex- ecution issued by the Superior Court of Navajo County, State of Arizona, in an action wherein The Hall Lumber Co.,, a corporation, is plaintiff and Juan Mar quez and Feliz Marquez, are defendants upon judgement issued in favor of said plaintiff and against said defen- dants, for the sum of Two Hundred Seventy ($27O.OO Dollars, with inter- ests, attorney fees and costs of suit, and to me directed and delivered, which execution was duly attested the 18th day of Sept A. D. 1921.
 have levied on all of the right, title, claim and interests of said defendants in and to the following described pro- perty, to-wit:
 Hll of Lot No. 3I of block No. 33 of the Clark Addition to the town of Holbrook, county of Navajo, State of Arizona, according to the official plat thereof, together with all improve ments thereon. Notice is hereby given that on the 22nd day of Oct. A. D. 1921, at Hol- brook, Navajo County, Arizona, will sell the above described property, or so much thereof, as may be necessary to satisfy plaintiffs claim, besides costs and interest, and accruing costs at Pub ic Auction, to the highest bidder for cash. Dated this 18th day ofs Sept R, D. 1881.
 The above sale was postponed until the 10th day of November 1921.
 Dated this 22nd day of October 1921.
 R. L. NEWMAN, Sheriff
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The Hall Lumber Company, cor
 poration, Plaintiff, vs. Juan Mar
 quez and Feliz Marquez, Defen-
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Cod liver oil is about 250 times as potent in food val ues as butter.
 Rats are found in every part of the world, except the Polar regions.
 Apricots are dried by the heatof the sun, in Calf.
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Thirty thousand people are killed or injured in the Unit ed States every day; five persons, it is estimated, meet death by accident in this country every minute.
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Franklin, the Overland man, made a business trip to Winslow this week, look after business pertaining to his branch house in that city.
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One pick from the poison ed darts, as used in the Nal ayan Archipelago, will cause death in half an hour.
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Natives who use blowpipes for hunting have an accurate aim up to 50 yards.
 The Mohammendans hold their Sabbath on Friday.
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ACT No, 7. Approved January oI, IHal.

An Act to fix a definite fiscal year. and for oth"r purposes
 Provides that the fiscal year for all offices. departments, institutions and other a-eneies Of State Government shall begin on July 1St and end ou June S0. Provides that July 1st. l92t shall be. considered the beginning of the first fiscal wear under the provisions of this Act. Provides that approprtatio made by the i5rd General Assembly for the support of the State Government sHall cover requirements from July lst 1921, 10 June 30. 1923. and that sut sc- auent sessions of the Legislature shall provide Tor the expenditures Of the government for two years beginning on July lst of the year in which the session is convened Prov ides that ap- propriatious shall hc made for one fiscal year oulE--two appropriations to be made for each agency of the State Government at eaCA regular session of the General Assembly. Provides that all reports 10 the Governor are h hc madc as ot July first Of each Xetr. Pro vides the nrst report suail he required July lst. 1922.
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ACT NO. 2.

fpbroHSa SanuaFF -d, ios1.
 An Act transferring Arkansas county from the Eleventh Judiriai cir cult of Arkansas to the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit. and fixing tlme for holding Circuit Court in said Seven teenth Judicial Circuit of Arkansas
 Provides that Arkansas County shall be transferred from the Eleventh Ju- dicial Circuit to the seventeenth Juz dleial Circuit. and provides that the tin'e for holding court in the Seven teeHth Judicial Circuit shah be as fol- lows:
 Faulkner County lst Monday in January and 3rd Monday in July of each year.
 Lonoke County: 1st Monday in Feb ruary and lst Monday iu September of each year.
 Prairie County, Northern District: Srd Monday in March and 3rd Monday in September.
 Prairie County. Southern District. lst Monday in March and 3rd Monday in August.
 Monroe County 4th Monday in April and +th Monday in November.
 Arkansas County. Northern District: srd Monday in February and 3rd Mon day in August.
 Arkansas County. Southern District: 3rd Monday in January and 1st Monday in July.
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ACT No. 92. Auurpktu February V, 1921

An Act to appropriate funds for the maintenance of thc Department of state lands Highways and Improve ments For the period ending June 3O 152i.
 Appropriates the sum of S2,400,00 for thc expenses of the Land Division of saia department.
 Appropriates the sum of S1.515.00 for the Automobile Division of said de- partment.
 Appropriates the sum of S10. .2S7.50 10 pay expenses of the Highway Division of s9id department
 Appropriates the sum of S9, l62.02 for automobile tags and receipt expenses of he department incgrred in March lql9. claim of II. G. Pugh for printing pricr to April. 1919; J. S. Maloney for recording fees, prior to April, l9lA. for . xtra automobile license clerks for rush period in 1921 for additional al- lotment to Carroll County. Appropri- 4tes the sum of $100,000.00 for State Kid 10 road improvement districts. Ap- prbpriates the sum of S3I9.53 for re- fund for amount erroneouaiy paid into the land sales fund
 said appropriations covers the period from April 1st, 1921, to June 80, 1921.
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Act No. 42. sannnUAa .u..,.arx DA lgtDI


 An Act to smend Act No 40 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1919 and to repeal Section or said Act.
 Amends Act No. 440 by providing that the House of Representatives may rmpIoy in addition to employees nuner- ated in the original Act. one warrant clerk at a salary or $6.00 per day. one elevator page at a salary of $tp0 per day and seven pages nt salary or S4.Uo per day, four additional steuog- raphers. and provides that the salaries Of stenosraphers shall be $500 per day instead ot S5.00. one clerk for the com mtttee on Roads and Highways ut a salary Of $500 per day
 Provides that the journal clerk of the Senate shall receive $500 per day in- stead of $500. Provides for post mistress of the Senate at q salary of t5.oO per day, Provides for four ssd di-ional stenographers for the Senate and fixes the salary or all stcuog raphers at $6.Q0 per day and provides further that the House and Senate at their discretion may employ such other additional help as it may deem cXpedt- eut for the proper transaction of the business of the State.
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ttT No. lG. AnnrnN IfrhrMnrN |. ID2 1

An Nct tu mlho appT0pTIatIoUs Tor the office of Secretary of state and Capitol Bujldius tor the period cndiuN June 30. 1921.
 Appropriates for the salaries of the Secretary Of state, Deputy Secretary of state Chief Glcrk. Corporation Clerk Library Clerk. SrenoEfapherS and Clerks and Current Expenses for sald office and additional clerical help during the session Of tue General As semhIy the sum of S4 lT5.o0. Aud ap- propriltes for the maintenance of th" State Capitol Building S2,2i2.at. and for storm doors to the entrance ot th. state Capitol St.Jou. Uu. Said uprta- prUtuuus being Tor the period ,ndtur uH 30. 1921
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ACT No. II SpproY February |, 1921.

An Act to provide for the manage meut and operation of the Stale foni-
 Provides that the Governor shall ap- point an honorary board for the man agement and operation of the state stst of five members. at least one or whom shall be a woman, each member to hc appointed for a term of five years And provides that the term Of one mem bUr shall expire on June 80 or cacn year Provides that said board shall be entitled to their actual expenses while engaged in the performance or their duties. Provides that the Gov eruor may have power to remove any member of the board where he deems the best interest of the state will be served thereby.
 Provides that the presezt board turn over to the board appointed hy the GoVeruor all hooks. papers records. property and property rights of every character whatsoever in their custody and under their control which belongs to the State of Arkansas Tor tine use of the penitentiary.
 Provides that the said board shall organize by eleCting one Of their num- her as chairman and one as secretary, and directs said board to employ a SUI periHteudeut. who shall give his entire time to the management of the state F'ultehtdfy' ana pFoNideS 1t,d1 sHl' superintendent shall give bond Tn the sum Of $25. 900 %. to he approved hY the Governor Provides that the board shall select such employees and or
 
 deem necessary for the safo and eco uomicaI administration of the peniten- ti1ry, and provides that said board shah fix the salary of such officer and employees provided, that the salary Of the superintendent shah not exceed the sum of S3,000.0o per anuulu.
 Provides that the county from which any person is brought for confinement in the death chamber awaiting eNecu. tion, shall pay to tue penitentiarN fnnd sl 00 per day for each day such per son is SO confined. and shah pay $2o.00 tor the electrocution of each ot such persons
 ProVide4 that the dental equipment shall be kept at the farm where white prisoners ar" confined. Specifically re- peais sections S6iS Ia 3t55 inclusive. oi Crawford X Moses Digest aud sections nG5t. g662. g664. 9610. 96Il. 9G12. 96ta. 96l3. gGSn. 96sI. 9GS7. 9G91, and a1-3 ot said digest
 Provides that all provisions of laW regarding the operation and manage neHt ot the state Peniteutiary not lu- consistent with this Act shall apply and be performed by the board provided for herein