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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-30

general guessed that Fetterman haG
~disobeyed orders and was now en-
gagged. The women who had hus.
bands with Fetterman were nearly
crazed with terror.
Presently an orderly arrived from
Ten Eyck, stating hal the valley or
the other side of the ridge was filled
with warriors; heavy firing had been
heard, but had stopped, and no sign
of Fetterman's command was visible.
Orders were sen back to Ten Eyck
to unite with Fetterman.
Late in the afternoon Ten Eyck's
party returned to the fort with the
terrible tidings of the disaster. In
the wagons with his command we're
the bodies of 40 of Fetterman's men;
the remaining 80 were at that time
not accounted for. He told briefly
what he had found. On the end of
the Lodge Trail Ridge nearest the
fort, in a space about six feet square
which vas enclosed by rocks and
formed a rough shelter, he found the
bodies of the 40 men he had brought
back. After their ammunition had
been spent they evidently had been
overwhelmed, stripped, shot full of
arrows, hacked to pieces, scalped
and mutilated in a horrible manner.
There were no evidences of a severe
struggle at that point. Few cart
fridge shells lay on the ground. Of
these men, only four enlisted men
and two officers had been killed by
bullets. The others had been killed
by arrows, hatchets or spears. Most
of them had been horribly tortured
before being dispatched.
Brown and Fetterman were found
lying side by side, each with a bullet
wound in the left temple. Their
heads were burned and marked with
powder around the wounds. Seeing
all was lost, they evidently had
stood face to face, and each had shot
other dead with his revolver.
Lieutenant Grummond a Hero
The following afternoon, General
Darlington with 80 men rode out to
The scene of the battle to recover, if
possible, the bodies of the men unac-
counted for. Mrs. Grummond, wife
the young lieutenant in charge of
he cavalry with Fetterman, and the
'ther women whose husbands were
TILED or missing, we're beside them
elves with grief.
Passing the place where the great
st slaughter had occurred, CARING
and his men marched cautiously
long the trail. Bodies were strung
long the road clear to the western
nd farthest from the fort. HereI
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-30

audible to many persons - women
officers and men in the fort. Gen.
eral Darlington went SO far as tc
hasten to the gate after the cavalry
had left the fort, and from the sen.
try platform or banquette overlook
ing it, called out after them again,
emphatically directing them "on nc
account to pursue the Indians across
Lodge Trail Ridge"
Lieutenant Grummond's wife was
at the fort and was in delicate health,
and he vas particularly cautioned by
his brother officers not to be led into
a trap.
With Captain Fetterman was Cap
tain Brown, with two civilian scouts,
Wheatley and Fisher, who were both
crack shots and were armed with the
new breech-loading, rapid-fire Henry
rifles. Captain Brown, a veteran Of
the Civil war, had just been promot-
ed and transferred, and was awaiting
a favorable opportunity to leave the
fort. He was a man of undaunted
courage, but he was reckless and i'm
petuous, and his counsel, it is believ-
ed, had much to do with precipitat-
ing the final tragedy.
The number under Fetterman was.
therefore, 81-just the number with
which he had agreed to ride through
the Sioux nation.
Captain Fetterman, instead of ma
king for the wood train direct, start
ed to make a detour. Perhaps he
hoped to take the Indians in reverse
and exterminate them between his
own troops and the wood train guard,
which, all told, comprised some nine
ty men. His movements were noted
the fort, but as they involved
no disobedience of orders and might
considered q good tactical maneu-
no apprehension was felt on ac-
count of it.
Fetterman's Fate
Soon after Fetterman rode out ii
vas discovered hal no doctor had
gone with his party, SO a surgeon, DR..
lines, with four men, was sent to
DIN the relief expedition. The doc
or soon returned and reported that
he wood train had gone forward,
nd hat when he tried to cross the
alley of the Peno creek to join Fet-
he found it full of Indians,
Who were swarming about Lodge
rail Ridge. No sign of F'etterman s
7as observed. Despite his orders,
e must have gone over the ridge. {
Darlington at once despatched {
Ten Eyck with the rest of
ne infantry, in all about "a men, to a
Din Fetterman's command. The e
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-30

a spot which bears the name "Oi
City" This was Lineham's head
quarters. He financed his company
in Calgary and brought in a well, a
a depth of less than 1900 feet, which
is said to have produced at the rate
of 800 barrels per day.
Great excitement followed this
strike, and while it was at its height
suddenly the well ceased to flow,
Litigation brought about a cessation
of operations. There vas no market
for the oil, the nearest refinery being
thousands of miles away, and what
had been a nine days wonder was
forgotten in the wild real estate
boom that swept over Western Can
ada in the years that followed.
Lineham lost interest in oil devel-
opment. He discouraged any who
talked to him about developing oil
in Alberta, and loafed for a couple of
years. Then, although he had al
ways been a poor man, he made a
trip to Europe. When he came back
two fine business blocks, which had
been built in his absence, became his
property. He owned them outright
and thereafter he lived a life of lux
ury. No one could account for his
sudden acquisition of riches, but as
many fortunes were made overnight
in Western Canada during the real
estate boom, lbs prosperity attracted
but little attention.
When Lineham was about to die
and knew it he sent for his old friend
William Livingston, the Canadian oil
refiner. He told him that if he would
drill somewhere within 100 feet of
the old Lineham we'll he should get
a commercial well. Livingston, know!
ing Lineham's peculiar history, and
believing in him, had a string of tools
moved over to Oil City a few weeks
ago, and is drilling a well.
Before Livingston spudded in, an
effort was made to clean out the old
we'll. This was found to be an i'm
possibility on account of a cement
plug which was affixed to the bottom
of the casing, and which was thought
to be rs feet in thickness. John
dead all these years, could
have explained away this mystery, if
inclined, but he carried his secret
to the grave with him.
R1gnL across the 1HIoIHdtlOHdl llHe,
the BIackfeet reservation, the
Standard Oil, through the Frantz
it's subsidiary, is drilling
and near the Frantz, Louis Hill, the
Great Northern magnate, is under
to drill. Further west and
lear Havre, the Standard, through
he Elk Basin, another subsidiary, is {
while riglr across the boun- {
larry in Alberta, the Standard Oil,
through its Canadian subsidiary, the
imperial Oil company, has a hole
we'll towards the sands. The i
standard Oil is validating on a I
rincely scale along this border land g
nd with what work it is already I
ommitted to, will expend upwards d
f half a million dollars there during O
be coming season. There are a O
lumber of strong independents who n
ave mollowed the Standard into this v
romising field, with their dollars a
nd their drills, including the Bowes C
tructure Oil Company, composed c
of Texas and Louisiana oil Fl
len, and headed by George M. Day 3
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-30

John Lineham, long gathered unto
his fathers, was the first man to
bring in a producing oil well in the
system of anticlines which traverses
to the boundary between Montana
and the bordering Canadian prov
inces.
About twenty-five years ago Line
ham drilled a we'll six miles north of
the international line in the south
western corner of Alberta. On the
map of this section of the country is
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-30

Actual construction work upon
the 100000 Barrett hospital at
Dillon has started and it is expect
ed that the building for the insti-
tuition will be completed by fall.
The Barrett hospital is a philan-
thropic institution, involving al
ready gifts aggregating $4,000.
Martin Barrett, retired rancher
and pioneer of this city, is the donor
of $4,000 that makes possible the
realization of the dream conceived
by himself and his partner, Joseph
~Shineberger, in the days when they
were experiencing the h%ardships of
rugged frontier life.
When Shineberger died several
years ago after accommodating consid-
cradle wealth, he left $4,000 to be
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-30

as president, who is a former Stand
ard Oil man.
The Bowes structure has been
passed upon favorably by several
biologists and engineers of repute,
including Earl Hyde, formerly with
the Morgan-Guggenheim syndicate,
and Irvine Stewart, formerly con
nected with the Midwest geological
department. Both these experts rec
commended the drilling of a deep well
on this structure. Drilling equip
ment is now on the way and the first
we'll will be spudded in just as soon
it is possible to do SO. The finan-
cling of the first we'll has been taken
care of by the underwriting of the
first allotment Of stock by Metzner,
& Company, Of Billings.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-30
LINEHAM AND HIS
WELL OF MYSTERY
BROUGHT IN FIRST PRODUCER
JUST ACROSS BOUNDARY
25 YEARS AGO

Drilled Just North of BIackfeet Res
ervation; Well Clicked Off, But
Lineham Died Rich; Standard Is
Very Active on the Border; the
BoWeS Structure.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-30
DILLON HOSPITAL
PIONEERS GIFT
TRAIL BLAZERS OF BEAVER
HEAD DONORS TO THE EX-
TENT OF $4,000

Idea Came to Joseph Shineberger
and Martin Barrett When They
Were Struggling Young Stockmen;
~Shineberger Dead, but His Partner
VIII Carry Out Plan.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-18
COOLIDGE IS TIMID
WITH BALKY AUTO
Crowds Surround Him in Bos-
ton When Efforts to "Step
on 1t" Fail.

From far-off Boston comes a story
about the nations second most i'm
portant executive. 1t is, of course.
an automobile story. and It throws
an amusing sidelight on the char
acter of this truly great man.
The story regarding Coolidge is
featured in the current issue OF the
Oldsmobile Pacemaker. the national
publication of the Olds Motor Works.
The first and only car that Vice
President Calvin Coolidge ever
owned is an Oldsmobile, which he
purchased while he was governor Of
Massachusetts. His first motoring
experience in this car is both inter-
esting and amusing and is still
talked OF In Boston motor circles
when his name Is mentioned.
While learning to drive he stalled
his motor at a busy corner. A crowd
soon collected. larger in numbers
than the ordinary crowd. because
even at that time Coolidge was
Massachusetts foremost citizen:
New at driving, the governor
could not get the car started. There
was a moment of embarrassing
silence when an admirer stepping
from the crowd paraphrased Cool
idge's campaign slogan, which was
Have faith in Massachusetts," to
Have faith in the Oldsmobile, Call"
A big smile curved the lips OF the
executive while his friend stepped
on the starter, and taking the wheel
shot him out of the heavy trafnc
zone.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-18

dency of the engines without realiz-
ing apparently that the trouble Is
due to improper fabrication or to
minor trouble In the engine, which
can be remedied without any trouble
at all.
aOn Pumping" :.
The common name for this leak
age of oil is "oil pumping" and its
fruits are a carbonized motor. or
sooty, oily plugs, which induce ig-
milton trouble in more or less ag-
gravated form. 1 have known car
owners to spend goodly sums of
money in changing spark plugs, in
stdlling new piston rings and even
replacing the pistons, to cure a
chronic case of oil pumping. and
all to no use, for the simple rea-
son that they had neglected some
little seemingly minor detail that
was the key to the whole situation.
1t is all the very human failing of
not being able to distinguish be-
tween cause and effect. Sooty spark
plugs do not arrive at that condi-
ton without some primal cause, and
changing plIgs without curing the
disease is like bathing a cancer with
witch haZel.
The fabrication of the engine
cylinder involves a good many prob
lens and some cooperation on the
part of the user IL they are to be
satisfactorily solved. The ideal con-
dition. Of course, is to have just
enough oil supplied to keep the
cylinders properly fabricated, but
not so much that 1t will work past
the rings into the combustion cham
Der. In practice this ideal is diff
ficult to achieve and in practically
every engine there is a certain
amount of leakage. In most cases
this is kept low enough to keep
carbon and other troubles from the
acute stage.
OIL Level In Case.
II, however, the oil level in the
crank case is too high the leakage
will be accelerated with the usual
The Washington herald., 1921-09-18
d.. MORGAN, HEAD.
OF A. A. A., READY.
TO AID MOTORISTS
Legal Aid for Members
Will Be Feature of
Program.

With the advent of D. L. Morgan,
Of New Haven. Conn. as executive
chairman Of the American Automo-
bile Association. a program Is an
nounced Of extremely interesting
nature to the Washington motorist.
Among the new features of the
program is the beginning of a plan
to insure automobile owners be-
longing to the A. A. A. at rs per
cent reduction in the insurance
company rate. 1t is planned to
have a corps of uniformed A. A. A.
policemen in every city. to keep
watch on cars bearing the insignia
OF the association. against theft and
damage. Heretofore, the safety
corps was not in uniform. wearing
q sleeve band for Identification
only.
Reduced Rates at Hotels.
Also, hotels on the dist of the
association will give reduced rates
to its members and guarantee ade-
quate and comfortable accommoda-
tion. Garages named by the A. A.
A. will take care OF transients and
permanent customers who are men,
bers Of the triple A. In every
city where a headquarters can be
maintained. the oficials plan to es-
tablish night and day towing facil-
tiles for members to eliminate the
evil Of exorbitant charges for this
service by garages.
A further service in accord with
the general program is the retention
by the A. A. A. of a corps of law
yers who will render legal advice
free to members. The secretary.
William Ullman, states that ar
rangements are being completed
with a local firm to handle this
service. the name to be announced
later.
Maps. Camp Sites.
Camp sites on all leading high
ways will be mapped and informa-
tion regarding them issued by the
association free to members.
Mr.. Morgan has been acting az
acting chairman OF the A. A. A
since July l. when A. G. Batchelder.
the former executive chairman, was
killed in an airplane accident. He
will take up his ofices in the A. A
A. Building on Sixteenth street at
once.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-18

The seasonal decline in sales Is
expected for fall and winter though
Improvement over the same period
year ago is looked for. Farmers
have been liquidating their crops
and the money from the harvest this
fall is expected. to stimulate rural
demand for cars and trucks now so
widely needed on farms.
Reorganixing Used Car BusIpe...
With 100000 cars on the roads
the volume Of used car sales is be-
coming a major business reauirins
the dealers attention as fully as his
new car trade. Dealers from all
parts of the country report that this
end of the business Is to be more
fully recognized and used car shows,
rebuilding, and sales plans will re-
ceive more attention than ever be-
fore. 1859
Welcome Railroad Revival
The automobile industry find,
promise of increased business in
the revival of the railroads and the
upward turn in pig iron production.
Railroad activity indicates a re-
turning demand for transportation.
with coincident call for motor We
The Washington herald., 1921-09-18
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The Washington herald., 1921-09-18
AUGUST AUTO SALE
TOPS JULY REPORT
Farmers Harvest Money
Stimulates Buying in the
South and West.

Gradual Improvement in the auto
mobile business is shown in trade
reports received at the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
directors meeting this week. Auto
mobile shipments for August show a
per cent gain over July, and
reach ~ per cent of last years
August business. Normally the
August sales are less than July.
The South, the Pacific Coast and
the Middle West States are register
ing the most sales. with the chief
business coming from urban centers.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-18
PUMPING OF OIL
Is COMMON FORM
OF ENGINE GRIEF
Sooty Plugs and Ignition
Trouble Are the First
Symptoms.
CAUSE OF CARBON
Special Piston Rings Some
times Only Remedy for
Acute Cases.
CAUSE. OF CARBON

No car owner Of the present day
needs to be told how important
iuorication in all its many aspects
Is IN contributing to the life and
euciency Of the motor car. How
ever. there are certain forms of
uunrication failure that the owner
oIten does not realize as existing
He does not attribute to them the
roobles which they have really
caused.
For Instance, IL is a very common
ehsr1rteristic of automobile engines
to tevelop a tendency to allow the
INDICATING oil to leak past the pis-
ton nngs into the combustion cham
Der. where II scots the plugs, in
duces the smoking of an aggravat-
ed character and forms extremely
heavy carbon deposits. 1 have fire.
auently encountered car owners who
complain of the carbonizing ten
The Washington herald., 1921-09-18
Wild Cat Steals
Ride In Auto And
Dehes Expulsion

ELLENVILLE, N. Y, Sept. H.
F. ]. Farr, of Ellenville, who has a
summer home in the Shawanqunk
Mountains, told how a good sized
wild cat hoped onto his automobile
while he was motoring home and
stole a ride.
1 was driving home from the
mountains" said Farr, "and was
about three miles outside the village
when 1 heard a kissing noise. Think
ing tire had blown out, stopped.
got out of the car and went be-
nlnd. The tires were all right. Sud-
aenly 1 saw the wild cat 1t was
Iylng on the axle and springs at
the back OF the car"
Farr was asked IL he attempted to
oust the unlimited passenger
The Washington herald., 1921-09-18
"TEIE SNAIL" HOME ON WHEELS
UNIQUE TOURING VEHICLE
Elwood Floyd of Memphis Moves Into Town
Aboard GMC Chassis.

Among the many automobile
touring equipments which have Wis
tied Washington this year none are
more complete in fittings for COM
fort and convenience than that
owned by Elwood Lloyd, news
paper man. of Memphis, Tenn. The
Snail. Mr.. Lloyd's home on wheels,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-01-21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LEG DEVELOPMENT

THE human body should be covered
l. evenly with layer of soft fatty
tissue. But In some cases. there is
an extra amount of the tissue settled
in some parts, and not enough in
others. One reason why some women
have fat hips with slender body is
that heavy or tight clothes are sus-
pended from the waist, which by its
very weight compels this tissue TO
settle further down upon the hips.
Girls who work long hours in sitting
positions frequently have large hips
for much the same reason.
In the same way tight garters are
often responsible for stopping circu-
lation into the lower leg and therefore
prevent the fatty tissue from accum-
ulating there. Exercise is the only
way to develop the legs. the more
exercise the better the shape of the
legs. The leg swinging movement is
excellent 70 develop the entire body
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-01-21
Easy to Remodel Old FrOCk
FASHIONS IN BRIEF

Elaborate tuckings adorn the long
spring gloves.
There is a vogue for high colors In
draped wells.
The upturned brim OF a black vel
vet hat is Of black lace, banded with
Jade green ribbon.
II is a compromise between a COM
Portable low neck and 4 mOdish high
one. for short collar across the back
is wired 10 stand up.
Some green Is worn-the mysterious
olive tones which are SO delightful. or
a rather bright, yellowish green
trimmed with gray squirrel, chinchilla
or gazelle.
From Paris comes the ruche Of vel
vet or MORE ribbon arranged in loops
\ long end hangs down ar one side
and AT the other is placed a large mil
linery rose in natural color.
a rival Of the wool sweater for
sport wear is the wool jersey over
blouse, cut 10 fit the figure very snugly
and trimmed usually with bands OF an
CORA in contrasting cOlOrs and possibly
touch of wool or chenille EN-.
brOidery.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-01-21
CHAPEAU FOR TIE DEBUTANTE
Girls Supposed to Wear Hats Express
sing Youth; Avoid Type Worn
by Older Women.

There is none SO powerful in the
mastery of fashion who can lay down
the law about hats for a class. The
young girl is supposed to wear the
kind which expresses youth and avoid
the type worn by the older women.
This tradition is gone by the board
1t keeps company with Davy Jones'
locker, and a million traditions in the
depths.
The debutante Of this gay and pros
porous season wears on her head that
which looks well over her face. The
rule is an excellent one TO follow
through life. II aids the old and the
young. the pretty and the plain.
The stiff sailor shape. GibsOnian in
its severity. is about the only kind
that is not popular All the hats that
have cluttered fashion since the idea
began of wearing formal coverings on
the head have reappeared this season.
They present a bewildering array. II
is true. but not an unpleasing one. 1t
is distinctly comfortable TO find a
wide limit to ones choice.
The tam is the most girlish shape
and It persists in fashion. 1t has
ceased TO hang over the back of the
collar in the Latin quarter way. II
has plenty of fullness, which is dis
posed 70 give breadth across the mead
For ornament there is a brOad-spread
Egyptian design in some composition
in an Egyptian blue. This blue is ad-
mirable for debutantes.