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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-11-28

Average daily cost to the state Tor
maintaining each OF the 286 inmates
of the Northern Idaho sanftarium, up
to the end Of October, was $1,005,
It is estimated In a statement OF the
financial condition Of all state fnstf-
tutfons under the department OF pub
lie welfare made Friday by Dave
Burrell, commissioner. The cores
spending cost at the end Of Septem-
Der was So cents. s.-Statesman.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-11-28
RemOdeling X. P. Hall.

The knights of Pythias are busy
remodeling the upper floor Of their
Castle hail. The main lodge room
will not be changed, but the property
rooms are being made over and in
place of ordinary rooms, five lockers
will be made and the former property
rooms will be made into an ante or
waiting room, which will make for
the convenience and comfort Of those
who use it. F. W. Loncosty is doing
the work.-Genesee News.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-11-28
Time Tn the Fire Bell,

Karl Smith, fire chief, with several
helpers, spent some time Sunday af-
ternoon tuning up the fire bell. The
huge bell has been ringing frequent
ly enough of late, but not loud enough
and it was found that some adjust
ments were necessary.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-11-28
To Remodel Viola Church

John Hager Of Viola was in Mos
COW Monday soliciting funds from
business men to be used in remodel
ing the Union church at Viola The
building will be remodeled and re-
finished on the interior and the out
side given a coat Of paint
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-11-28

An eight pound girl was born Sun
day evening at 8 O'Clock to Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Davidson at the Inland
hospital. Mrs. Davidson is we'll
known Moscow young woman who
was formerly Miss Susan Johns.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-11-28
Relieve Prohibition Agents Of Blame

Washfngton-(By A. PJ-Prohibi-
ton agents who raid the wrong house,
after exercising usual care, cannot be
held to blame, Prohibition Commits
sfouer Hayes held in effect today.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-11-28

Idaho-Tonight fair, colder ffl !
the southeast; Tuesday fair in 4
: the east and unsettled in the I
7 west.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06

in his pants pockets, walked into
the saloon and turned toward the
bar, when Shoefelt, who was stand
ing at the end of the bar, grabbed
up his rifle and shot him, killing
him almost instantly.
An amusing incident connected
with the Denman killing was the
way the news was brought to
RUPEES camp. The bed wagon
driver, who also was darby, hap
|pened to see the killing. He rush
ed to his horse, got on and tore
for camp. He rode up to the wa
lyon, fell off his horse and gasped,
Long Henry is on the war trail;
he's killed George and he's shootin'
Fallon all to pieces"
One of the cowboys said, "How
did you get across the river so
early, Deacon?'
Deacon thought a minute and
said, what river? didn't see no
river" He was so badly frighten-
ed he couldn't remember crossing
the Yellowstone on the ferry at all.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06

the seat of a chair, cutting a cash
over his eye. Denman laughed and
threw a glass of whiskey in Wat
sons face saying THAT will stop
the bleeding, old hand; let's have
a drink"
Thompson, who was standing at
the bar with several others, stepped
over to Watson, picked him up
and placed him in chair, wiped
the blood and whiskey from his
face, then turned to Denman and
said quietly, Il guess that will be
enough of this kind of fun,
George" "Who the h are you,
horning in here and telling me
what to do" Denman asked inso-
lently, at the same time he made a
move with his hand toward his hip.
Thompson, who was known to be
lightning on the draw, never batted
an eye, but said, Never mind who
| ami, just you lay off this fellow.
I'm telling you for your own
good Then turned and walked
back to the bar.
Every one was astonished; for
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06

saloon and the railroad track. A
fence of poles was put around the
grave. Later in the fall steer was
killed at the yards. It was black
one, and a bartender from Terry
named Du Pont hung its hide on
the fence. 1t was the only grave
stone Denman ever had.
Thompson, on the other hand,
though known to be a gunnaan and
killer, was very quiet, drank but
little, never hunted trouble, nor
ever ran from it. He was tall and
slim, but powerful, and very dark
He was lightning with gun and
a sure shot from the hip. He never
had trigger on his revolver and
carried it in what was known as
the Ben Thompson holster, one
swiveled to the belt, SO that it could
be swung up without pulling the
gun out. One of his favorite shots
was to stand in the middle of a
room and break the door knot
without drawing. He rarely miss.
ed the knob. He relied ON his
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
KILLING OF DElNhAN BY "L0Nc HENRY THOMPSON AT FALo
IN DAYS OF OPEN CATTLE RANGE STORY OF QUICK GUN PAY

The little town Of Fallon, on the
Yellowstone river about fifty miles
east Of Miles City, is one Of the
many landmarks in the history Of
the range days in Mont ma.
Though ordinarily a place of just a
few houses, a store, blacksmith
shop, section house, a hotel ESQ
called) a few dwelling houses and
the ever present saloon, during the
shipping season it would assume
the appearance Of a busting little
city. All sorts of places would
spring up over night. Tents of
all sizes, from the common size
wall tent to the large l8x40 one,
would be pitched and turned into
saloons, gambling joints, restaur-
ants, rooming places, clothing
stores, and dance halls. Gamblers
and courtesans from all over the
state would flock there and for a
period of a month or six weeks
Fallon was ION the map"
During the shipping of 1894, an
unusually long one, the town was
one continual round Of hurry and
work by day and gambling, drink
ing and carousing by night. Cow
outfits were there. from all over
the eastern part Of the state and
from northern Wyoming to ship
their beeves and. the town was
crowded with cowboys and others.
Gun plays were frequent and the
sounds Of pistol shots and of break
ing glass were common.
The night of September "a, 1894
the town was alive with cowboys.
Several outfits had shipped out and
were preparing to pull out in the
morning and more had pulled into
camp within a couple Of miles Of
the stock yards, and every hand
who was not on duty was in to cele-
brate his arrival or departure as
the case happened to be.
The MN wagon, run by Steve
Rupe, had just camped across the
river and nearly every one of his
crew was present. Among them
was George Denman, the cook, who
was q mulatto; and Henry Thomp-
son (known as Long Henry, one
of the cowhands. The saloon own
ed by Dynamite (Charlie) Hanson
was crowded and here is where the
trouble began which ended in the
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06

quickness so much that he always
let his opporent start to pull his
gun before he would shoot, and he
always had the plea of self-defense.
Denman was the third man he had
killed, having killed two in Texas
before he came to Montana. He
killed another, an ex-stock inspect
or named Tom Dunn, at Saco, on
October z, 1901, and was himself
killed at Saco March II, 1902 by
Ed Shoefelt, a saloon keeper.
Thompson was stranger to fear.
Although he knew Shoefelt was
waiting to kill him, and despite the
warnings of friends, he buttoned
his coat over his gun, put his hands
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
FINED $4,000 FOR
SEDlTI0US TALK

Anton Schaffer Of Fergus county
must pay fine of $4,000 for utter
ing seditious statements against the
government of the United States dur
Ing the war. This ruling was made
by the state supreme court In a de-
cision handed down last week. The
opinion was written by Associate JUS
tice c. H. Cooper and all members
of the court concurred.
Schaffer was accused of saying:
This government would be better
off under German rule and us Ger
mans could then send over to the
foreign countries for men and us
Germans do the bossing.'
The court held that the words,
taking into consideration the times
and circumstances under which they
were spoken, were seditious within
the meaning of the sedition act. That
the defendants attorney, not having
taken any exception to q part of the
county attorneys opening statement,
deemed Objectionable. he waived his
right to question their propriety.
That the action Of the district court
In giving oral instructions to the jury
regarding the verdict 1t might return
Is not renewable in the absence Of
exception taken thereto.
The supreme court held that the
evidence of scurrilous statements
made by defendant after this country
had declared war but before the en-
actment of the sedition law, was ad-
mtssable as showing his trend of
mind and the probability that he
continued to eptertain the same
views at the time of the commission
OF the act for which he was on trial.
In closing his discussion, Justice
Cooper said:
AFTER a cerful study of all the
evidence before us, we are convinced
OF its competency and Of its suffi-
cheney in weight and volume to up
hold the verdict Of the Jury. Whe-
tner the punishment placed upon the
defendant is a burden greater than
he ought to have been made to bear,
ts matter we may not consider. The
record being free from error, this
court has no power to revise the SEN
tence or modify the judgment,
though the penalty imposed may
seem greater than the offender de-
served. Relief can only be had
through the executive branch of the
government"
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
THIS description of the kill
ING Of George Dennan at

THIS description of the kill
ing Of George Denman at
Fallon in 1894 by Long
Henry" is written and illustrat-
ed by D. ]. O'Malley, "the Nm
Kid" who now lives at Eau
Claire, Wisconsin. O'Malley
rode into Fallon with Long
Henry the evening the trouble
began, and was a witness to
most of what occurred from the
time Long Henry interfered be-
tween Denman and Watson up
to the time Denman was shot
dead from his horse on the Main
street of the town the next
morning. Long Henry Thomp-
son was a we'll known character
on the cattle ranges during the
days of big herds, and later was
especially well known along the
Milk river valley, and as the
story relates, was killed at Saco
l9 years ago after he had killed
four men. Long Henry was
considered one of the best pistol
shots on the range.
The stockmen's convention at
Helena last week brought toge-
Their many of the old time cow
men, and there was an atmos-
phere of the cowdays-but, as
Charles Badger Clark says:
1.-THE Sunburnt demigods who
ranged
And laughed and lived so free
Have topped the last divide, or
changed
To men like you and me-"
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
death of Denman. A good-natured

death of Denman. A good-natured
easy-going cowboy named Watson,
who cared more for a drink of
whiskey than anything else, was
very drunk, and Denman was hav-
ing what he thought was fun with
him, slapping his face, and using
him rough generally, and buying
the drinks often. Finally he seized
Watson, whirled him around and
gave him shove. Watson stag
gered and fell, his head striking on
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06

all looked for shooting to be done
and were surprised at the finish.
Denman did leave Watson alone,
but went from place to place, get
ting drunken and making all sorts
of talk about Thompson. Denman
was known to be a bad hombre,
and very quarrelsome, and as Hen
ry was also known as bad man
and killer, everyone looked for
trouble, but nothing occurred dur
ing the night.
Early next morning Denman was
up early and got his horse and took
quite few drinks at the Dynamite
|place. Then he mounted and rode
up the street looking for that
black faced Thompson"
(Thompson was very dark COM
|plexioned) and saying, "1'll finish
this before I go to camp"
AS he neared the upper end of
the street he saw Thompson COM
ing out of restaurant, and said
in loud voice, There's the -
now; III get him and pull for
camp" He rode toward Thomp-
son, who never stopped in his walk.
Denman began to abuse Thomp-
son, telling him he'd get him now
for butting in on him (Denman) J,
and finally reached for his rifle,
which was slung on his saddle and
under his left leg. He had it fully
half drawn from its scabbard when
Thompson, with move like light
ming, shot from the hip. Denman
Strengthened up and grabbed for
his rifle again, but began to reel
in his saddle and fell to the ground
dead. The bullet from Thompson's
gun had struck just below the
heart.
Thompson paid no attention to
the crowd that had gathered
around him, but walked down the
street and into Dynamite's saloon
and said Someone telephone to
Miles City to the sheriff. I've just
killed the cook" and sat down. The
deputy stationed at Fallon happen
ed to be in Miles City and came as
soon as possible. Thompson was
waiting for him and surrendered
and was taken to Miles City, where
he was tried for first degree MUIR
der, but was acquitted on the
ground of self defense.
Denman was known all over the
range as bad coon. He was over
six feet tall and powerful. He was
always looking for trouble and was
as insolent and insulting as he
could be to white man. In fact.
he was bully. He always carried
a winchester rifle on the seat of
his mess wagon, and the first thing
he would do when getting into
camp on getting down from the
seat, would be to get the rifle and
lean it against one of the wheels,
saying, Stand there little one, you
are good for some white -
yet" He was thoroughly disliked
by all the cowboys, and his killing
was freely speculated on as being
but a matter of a short while and
who would do it. But strange to
say, the one who did kill him was
never mentioned in connection with
it, for Thompson and Denman had
never had any words before that.
Denrnan was buried between the
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-04
Rupture Kills
7,OOO Annually

Seven thousand ucraons cerh wear arc
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-04
Will Radium at Last
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-04

II must tell you how we liked
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sure nice the way you treated us. I
want 20 say to you that was the sec
ond funeral In our family In ono
year. | know you gave us so much
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-04
zO4 Buried

Every city, town or municipality,
whore vital statistics are made a
matter OF record. may know from
year to year their comparative NOR
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death rate for tho past several
months Statisticians in large
measure are giving advanced meth
DDS Of sanitation" credit for the I'M
proved conditions. Ey taking an
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bcr of years a fairly accurate basis
may he had for determining the
death rate.
Today we are looking back one
year TO the date we began business
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Nividly remembering that new
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mating the volume OF business from
/ past statistics We are certainly well
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our business was three times the
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our patrons are of the good sub
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/ our methods are widely different
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-04
Sent f,40O Miles for Burial.

MI IbdlIU,
Dear Sir: Having Just arrived
from taking our son back east T
thought | would drop you a line
and thank you for the way you
took care OF our boy. I will give
you the compliment Of being tn
most sympathetic as we'll as the
most Considerate undertaken / have
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below those of Our boy kept
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did not mar his looks in the
least.
you have my beS wishes. when
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-04
SiIyr 10 stay.

DENVER, sept. Raymond z
Baker. director ~ tho United states
mint. who Is IN Denver on an In
epcction trip, predicted that domes.
,ic saver would not fall below 81
an ounce within the next five yeais
on account OF reduced production
and that increased demand In
Europe and the Far East would
SIND the price still higher.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-04
We're Satisfied.

Il will not walt longer to write
and tell you how we appreciate d
your service and help when we laid
my husband away, We can only
thank YOU and thank you again. II
made us feel so much relieved and
satisfied 10 have our neighbors and
friends and all remark how nice
papa looked and everything 81
grand and nice. ."
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-04
One Dead iu itniI wreck

ELMlltA, ~ Y. sept 3.-Onc
passenger. John Eldrldrc, was ~
ported killed and score injured.
five seriously. when Delaware,
La,knwanna " Western passenger
train No 2. wcNbound. lett the
rails nj "A curve near Owcgu at 4
O'clock this afternoon
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-04
Good Work.

Your work Is great. You
are 80, sympathetic and courteou.
during such trying times. It seem
as though you try TO share the bur
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the dark hours Of death. You
helping hand IS ever ready TO look
after any and all details OF putting
the loved ones away. Although YOU
services are big your Charge ar
very small not over half what
others in which shows you
are not trying to profit by takinp
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ings o"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-04
Kind Words.


Il will take this means OF thank
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ness shown US upon the death or
our little boy, Your kind words and
sympathy helped us bear our grief
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ices and supplies are 80 good ane
reasonable . ."
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Brothers and Sisters Pleased.

Il want to thank you for the serv-
ice rendered us at the time OF the
death Of my mother. You fixed
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the body, getting the tickets ana
everything My sisters and brothers
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-04
Grants Time Extension Ia Two.

COLUMBUS, Kan. sept. a
Judge Frank w, Boss Of the Chcro-
ke. county district court, this after
noon granted Alexander Howat and
August Dorchy AN extension OF time
to September 40 To file an appeal
from the recent conviction OF haV-
ing violated the industrial court
Inv by cnllinE a atrike.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-04
Words Cannot Express.

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US. Words can't express our
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-04
You Were So Generous.

1--WE wish to thank you for tho
courtesy shown us when the little
hoy was taken from our home. You
were so generous in your prices too
appreciate that and shall NOT
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friends. ."