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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-24

hill. Berries, millions of 'em-choke
cherries, huckleberries-are there if
the women want them. There is no
limit on berry pies, if the girls are
ambitious enough to make them. So
there'll be plenty of pies.
And there is a river with many
fish in it if the women want to fish.
There is no rule either against taking
a morning dip in the cool pools of
the Little Blackfoot. For the camp
"a sizeable cabin to start with--is
to be isolated. This is to be a girls
camp, not a mans camp, so men need
not apply, even as cook, or wood
chopper or dishwasher.
"The girls will be capable of doing
all these things" said Miss Carroll.
but if we should require help, I am
sure we could easily get it,"
Now, this is not an invitation to
young men skilled in the culinary art,
in cutting kindling, to apply for a
job at the camp, and if any man ap-
plies he may be transformed into a
pack mule for a party of mixers.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-24
CHRISTMAS EVE SHOOTING AT MILES CITY 1w 1884 BEGINNING
OF SERIES OF TRAGIC MISTAKES THAT COST THE LIVES OF FOUR

One of the almost forgotten TRACE
dies and one that was the saddest
that ever occurred in the early days
of Custer county, Montana, was the
killing of a sheep nan known as Doc
Carlin, and his four year old son dur
ing an arrest by a sheriff's posse of
a cowboy named Sullivan who was
wanted in Miles City for shooting
another cowboy named Bob Roberts.
The affair began in Miles City on
the night of Christmas eve,~ 1884.
There was a big dance on in the
place known as "Dode Reese's," one
of many red light mansions which
disgraced Miles City in those days.
z The floor was crowded with cow
boys and painted women enjoying the
figures of an old time square dance.
Enjoyment was at it's height when
the front door was opened and a
cowboy came in. He looked at the
throng and spoke to a man who was
standing near the door. The n
spoken to looked out across the floor
and pointed. Sullivan walked out
on the dance floor to where Bob Rob-
erts and his partner were standing
and said Hello, Bob" at the same
time holding out his left hand. Rob-
erts looked at him for an instant
with a puzzled look on his face and
grasped the extended hand, saying,
Hello" AS he took Sullivan's hand
the latter, with a quick movement,
jerked his revolver from it's holster,
showed the gun against Roberts
stomach and pulled the trigger.
Roberts went to the floor in a heap
and in an instant all was confusion.
Some one shot the lights out and in
the darkness and confusion Sullivan
made his way to his horse which was
standing nea the front door, mount
ed, and made his escape. No trace
of him could be found.
Two days later word was received
by the sheriff that Bob Sullivan was
at the Bride Bit ranch. This was a
ranch owned by w. A. Burleigh, Sr.,
of Miles City. 1t was on North Sun
day creek, about Is miles north of
Miles City and on the road to the
Big Dry country. Travellers often
stopped there over night on their
to and from town. 1t stood on
a small flat and was about SO yards
from the creek.
A posse was at once organized by
the sheriff and sent out to the ranch
to get Sullivan, who had been there
a couple Of days, according to the
man who had charge of the ranch.
Doctor Cor Doc, as he was called
Carlin, a sheep owner on the Little
Dry, with his wife and fo~ur-year-old
son, were on their way to Miles City
and we're stopping over night at the
place. Mrs. Carlin was soon to be-
come a mother and her husband was
bringing her to town where she could
proper care.
1t was after dark when the posse
reached the ranch and the weather
was very cold. According to the tes-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-24

tain conditions. The posse was to
ride in to town ahead of him, he be
ing allowed to mount behind one Of
their number and he was to be al
lowed to keep his rifle and ammu-
milton until they reached the Jail.
After a little talk among themselves
the posse agreed to the conditions.
Then Sullivan asked, rs Gus A.
(naming a well known cowboy in
your bunch?" Yes came the an
swer. well, I'll ride in behind
him." he said. He mounted behind
the mar and they started to Miles
City, the captured (?) man bringing
up the rear, still in possession of his
rifle and cartridges, and these he did
not give up until he was locked in
a cell and then he passed them out
through the barred door.
The bodies of Carlin and his boy
we're brought to Miles City. The nan
still clasped the body of his son to
his breast. 1t vas found that the
bullet which killed them had struck
the boy first, entering his neck on
the right side, and passing through,
struck the father in the left breast
III II 1O6lO1 VI thC hCdi u
Mrs. Carlin was taken to a hotel
where, in a short while, she gave
birth to a dead baby. When she was
able to travel, she was sent to rela-
tives in the east, and it was reported
about a year afterward that she had
died in an insane asylum-a hopeless
maniac.
So four innocent lives we're sacri-
feed on account of a blunder on the
part of-whom? The entire affair
seemed to have begun through a mis-
take. Sullivan found out that the
Roberts whom he had shot was
an entire stranger to him and not
the II he was looking for. 1t seems
a man named Bob Roberts had killed
~(Sullivan's) brother and Sullivan
had vowed to "get him." and on the
of the dance, happening to hear
Bob Roberts was at Reese's, he
there and, locating Roberts on
the floor, shot him.
Sullivan was tried in Yellowstone
county, a change of venue from Gus
ter county being granted him. Rob-
srts, the main witness, did not appear
against him, and he was acquitted,
and as far as the law was concerned
matter was dropped.
1t was claimed by some that Carlin
and his boy were killed by a bullet
from Sullivan's rifle, but it was
shown that he did not fire a shot and
# he had he could not have struck
he boy first, as he was behind Carlin
md a large stove was between him
Ind Carlin, as n of those present
1t the trial remarked. A bullet
Sullivan's rifle to have struck
he Carlins as they were struck
would have had to start in a south
direction, pass them, then
,ome back in a northwesterly direc-
ion. Furthermore, Sullivan would
lave been shooting chad he shot)
the window at the posse and
lot at Carlin, and it was found that
he bullet hat killed them was of
different caliber from the one car
led by Sullivan's rifle.
Bob Sullivan, whose real name was
Sullivan, was a~fterward
sheriff of Fergus county and
.fter he served as sheriff he was ap-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-24

timony of the ranchman, Sullivan
was sitting behind the stove close to
the east window from where he could
see up and down the road a long dis
lance. He vas facing the south look
ing toward Miles City. Suddenly he
got up and said, "They are coming"
He turned to a rack on the wall
where several rifles were standing
and took down a heavy Sharp's rifle
and a belt of ammunition. This he
buckled around his waist and sat
down again behind the stove.
In front of the ranch house and a
little to the left of the building was
a we'll with a board curbing about
four feet high. Back of the place
was a board corral and stable. The
posse divided, some going to the
corral and some getting behind the
we'll curb.
A voice from the posse called,
Hello inside" Sullivan answered
and said, I'm here but there are wo-
men and children here, too" Then
came the command, Sullivan, come
out!'' and rifle shots rang out. Car
lin ran to the front (and only door,
threw it open and shouted, For
Gods sake, men, don't shoot till l
get the woman and child out of
He turned and picked up his
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-24

pointed as U. S. marshal and went
to Alaska. He died several years
ago at Cripple Creek, Colo, from
pneumonia. His body is buried at
Lewistown, Montana. He was born
in Georgia.
Roberts, the first victim of this de-
plorable affair, though shot squarely
through the stomach by a AS ca1iber
bullet, recovered and for a good
many years worked on the range near
Miles City. He dropped dead one
day about fifteen years after the
shooting, while getting down from
the seat of a freight wagon in front
of the w. E. Harris ranch on Pump
kin creek.
The drawing shows the Burleigh
or Bride Bit ranch, the scene of the
tragedy.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-24

boy, holding him on his left arm, and
started for the door, calling to his
wife to follow him. AS he stepped
from the door a volley met him and
he fell on his face, still holding the
child, both of them stone dead. Mrs.
Carlin screamed and tainted and the
ranchman succeeded in dragging her
back into the house.
The firing continued and the
house was shot full of holes. Then
some one called out, Sullivan come
out!" and Sullivan answered, from
the creek bed, fully SO yards from
the house, and said, Il am out and
ready to talk to you" He had man
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-24

aged, during the uproar, to get out
of the house through the west win
dow and gain the shelter of a cut
bank in the creek bed, in spite of the
fact that part of the posse was con-
cealed behind the shelter of a corral
fence and commanded an unobstruct-
ed view of the entire ground over
which Sullivan had to pass in order
to get to the creek.
Sullivan was now in a position
from which he could view the entire
place and he was sheltered by a deep
cut in the creek bed. From his point
of vantage he parleyed with the posse
and agreed to surrender under GER
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-24
QUIGLEY--An Abandoned Mining Camp

Gin the early Dos a gold strike of wonderful richness a made
in the Golden Scepter mine on Rock Greek, in western Montana. A
town quickly sprang up and took the name of Quigley. In a few
months the population numbered 5000 and more than s1,5oo,ooo
the dream faded. No more gold was found Quigtey shared the fate
of so many other camps, and its deserted log cabins today stand a
a pathetic monument to the blasted hopes of those who had faith in
its future)
My tent CLEANS white amid deserted cabins,
My campfire fickers in the shadows near,
My dogs low whine sounds through the misty darkness,
As dreaming in the warmth, he trails the deer.
The south wind signs about the empty doorways,
Whispering the names of those who come no more;
The moor looks softly through the shattered windows
Searching for footprints On the dusty floor.
The pines are sleeping in the mountains bosom,
No axmans stroke dsturbs their peaceful rest;
Only the windharps sigh among their branches,
Touched by a spirits wing from out the west.
The violet droops her head and dreams in sadness
OF childrens voices she will hear n 10 more;
No little feet will press the velvet carpet
The moss has spread upon d valleys floor.
The brooding owl keeps lonely midnight watches
Where once the dance halls blazing signals burned.
The wary trout Turks in the deeper shadows,
Where mill wheels once the foaming waters churned-
The timid grouse now leads e brood unhindered
Where cowboys ganoped, shooting on their way;
The miners picks IN rusting in the doorways
OF homes deserted in that long gone day.
The Dawn trails purple robes acros the mountains,
The Nights bright crown before her coming paIes;
And neecy clouds enter the casts bright harbor-
A fleet of treasure ships with silver sails.
No blue smoke curIs above the shattered chimneys,
For them no the cheerful home fires shine;
A startled hare fees from a fallen doorstep,
A crow calls challenge from a lofty pine.
The mistvel lifts above the shining river,
Grading the drowsy rippes or her breast;
The lark's song rings across the. sun-kissed shadows,
Calling the wild flowers from their dreamless rest.
The Wild Rose wakes above a low green tepee
Whose quiet sleeper song 0 challenge hears;
She whispers ito m e through the nodding grasses,
Il guard the last of Qugeys pioneers"
Garrison, Mont, Feb. 10, 1921. MAY MNAUGHTON.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-24
VIIRITTEN and illus
w trated by D. J.O'Mal-
IT, L- l- -

wv ldlcu ny ~. J.O MIDI
ley, better known in
Montana as "Kid White" or
"The Nm Kid" "Kid
White" as he was universally
called on the range, was one
of the best known cowpunch-
ers in southeastern Montana.
He was born in San Angelo,
Texas, on the Concho river in
1869, and came to old Fort
Keogh, near where Miles City
stands, before that town was
started. He began punching
cows in 1884 and worked for
the Nm outfit-the largest
in Montana in its day-nearly
all the time from that date
till 1900. ~ came to Mon
tana during the Indian days
and stayed through the days
of the buffalo, the bullwhack-
er and the cowboy" writes
the Kid. "But when the dry
land farmer came and fenced
up the water and range l was
through / left the cattle
ranch and worked for a cou-
pie of years as guard at the
en- settled down to farming in
warm place in my heart for
c ~
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-24

state prison at Deer Lodge, and then settled down to farming in
Wisconsin. I still have a mighty warm place in my heart for
Montana and would like to hear from old-time friends" Letters
to the Kid should be addressed, D. ]. O'MaIey, Box 50, Eau
Claire, Wisconsin.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-31

S. The petition of the taxpayers along the proposed route indicates the people of Walnut Grove and Wagoner want an outlet for their produce in the county seat. Prescott is the only city in the county where there is large enough market Min ing interests along the Hassayampa are attracting attention; a goodly number of men is being worked. Considering also the cattle and fruit industries, there is Justification for the expenditure involved, and the cost would soon return in added taxable valuations.
 '. Possibly not most important now, but certainly in the future, is the consideration of extending the road to Phoenix If this short line is built to the Walnut Grove and Wagoner sections, it can later be ex tended nine miles to the head of Castle Creek, where it will link up with the excellent road to the Castle Hot Springs. and the state will have new north and south artery. The distance between Prescott and Phoe- nix will be reduced- by between 35 and 40 miles. In other words, the road by Castle Hot Springs would compete in shortness with the Black Canyon.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-31
RETAIL SALES STILL
 SHOW UPWARD TREND

DETROIT, July 3o.-(specioD- Reports from practically every city in the country indicate that the retail sales automobiles steadily climbing High records reported by nearly every automobile dis trbutor for the month of June and indications that June will be surpassed by July from the information available at this time.
 That the increased buying is due principally to tho drop in prices is conceded by officials connected with various factories and in their opinion, simply demon strates the fact that the public had been holding back awaiting lower prices. One of the most encouraging features of the whole situation is the amount of cash distributors and dealers receiving The percentage of cash saes well the percentage of cash received where the balance is made up in payments has shown
 very substantial increase the period dating back from six months ago. The necessity of the automobile is felt has been and is being impressed the public
 mind most effective way and the results are forth coming to gratifying degree.
 Reports from New York Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis Cleveland Toledo, Cincinnati, Kansas City, New Orleans Memphis, Denver San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle indicate that the sales of automobiles at re- tail in the districts covered by those cities have shown gratifying increases. Statistics from California show that new registered during the period from Jan uary to June 30 for 23 makes which registered over 25O cars each was 22,544 This is exclusive of Ford Similar reports coming in from other sections and
Arizona republican., 1921-07-31
MICHIGAN NEW MOTOR LAW NOW
 IN OPERATION

LANSING, Mich, July 30-Blank applications for certificates of title of motor vehicles are being mailed to all automobile owners and other vehicle owners throughout Michigan by the secretary of states office. The fee for this certificate is s1. This action is in accordance with the Condon law passed at the regular session of the 1921 legislature.
 After July 1, 1922, no certificate of registration of any other motor ve- hicle will be issued by the secretary of state unless the applicant has made proof of and obtained this cer- tificate of title to the car for which he desires a license.
 After Oct. 1, 1921, no transfer of any kind for any car can be made without such a certificate of owner ship and the proper transfer of that title according to the new law. at
Arizona republican., 1921-07-31

eradicated, and all necessary i'm provements made" he stated.
 The first cars built were turned out just prior to Americas entry into the war. Immediately upon the declara- ten of war, the factory was convert ed for war work which continued un- tile some time after the armistice was signed. However, the car was not forgotten and the 300 or more cars turned out were watched very closely. When production was re- sumed after the war, the experience derived from the operation of these cars for nearly two years was the basis of the refinements and inn provement made in the car. Conse- quently, when the new Cleveland ap- peared, 1t leaped into immediate fla vor, and very few refinements have been necessary in order to bring this car to its present mechanical excel lence.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-31

been made by the big manufacturers at Akron, the fact remains that all are now on a good substantial basis. Firestone is now producing over IT, 900 tires daily, Goodrich 15,000 and others are running up into good percentage of normal
 Dealers throughout the country are now re-ordering, according to tire officials. stocks being low in almost every locality. This has been prin- cipally due to the fact that dealers were expecting price declines and all lowed their stocks to run down in consequence. Now that prices have reached bedrock. and the demand has kept up, dealers are faced with stock shortage problem. and are re- ordering on a much larger basis than at this time last year.
 This together with the increased production of cars and the fact that tire surplus on hand at the tire fac tories is practically reduced to minimum bids fair to rapidly bring the big manufacturing concerns to a normal basis again.
 Altogether, a summary of the con- ditions throughout the automotive industry indicates that production is on a much more substantial basis than ever before and that the buying public in every section of the coun- try is already convinced that prices have reached their low level and are acting accordingly.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-31
NEW PRESC0T T. PHOENIX XRO J I [ .CE TS 1T TTENT|ON

Much interest has ben aroused by the attention given a new shortcut road between Phoenix and Prescott on the part of various good roads boosters of Yavapai county. The new highway is being advocated by many citizens of Prescott who claim that the distance between their city and Phoenix would be reduced by 40 miles were the new road to be built. In ad- dition it is claimed that the road would pass through much more fitting ranches, mines and orchards. The Copper Basin hill, which is usu- ally covered with snow during the winter. would be avoided by the con- struction of the new road also.
 In addition to reducing distance the proposed highway would tap a rich district which lies practically undeveloped because removed from the main arteries of travel. The route would follow the present road to Castle Hot Springs and continue northward to the Wagoner and Wal nut Grove sections into Prescott.
 The Prescott Journal Miner ran the following story concerning the highway in it's issue of July 24:
 Beyond the limits of Yavapai county ranges the vision of the men who are after the Walnut Grove road. Consummation of their hopes, they feel, will mean the ultimate con- struction of the shortest line to Phoe- nix-a route that will rival in con- venience and almost in beauty the famous Senator territorial highway.
 Chief among arguments in favor of this road is that it will open up territory now assessed at $517,- 274-54, according to the actual figures on Brownie Gentry's books, and cov- ering such varied interest as mining, cattle raising, farming and fruit raising.
 Ed Block, one of the chief packers of the proposed road, who has been assured by the board of supervisors that a re- survey will be made and possibly construction begun within a short time, has compiled the follow ing reasons why the road should be built to Walnut Grove:
 1. It will reduce the distance be- tween Prescott and Walnut Grove from 38 miles to Is.
 2. The long; steep grade over the Copper Basin divide, covered in win4 ter by snowdrifts. will be avoided No snow will interfere with traffic down the Hassayampa
 
 the county of similar length that will benefit as many different branches of industry-mines. ranching, farms, orchards.
 1. The new road will tap large area into which there is now not even a safe burro trail,
 5. The road is completed for six miles south of Prescott toward the Hassayampa. It is known as the Jersey Lily and forms an approach to a rich mining district. Ten miles more of construction would comr lete the road to Walnut Grove. One and . half miles of ten has been built .but requires regf a0ing to reduce ths grade; three and half miles of tht ten, lying below the Climax mill, is II flat along the river and would re quire only cutting brush and clearing of. rocks.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-31
SAYS PUbL|C'S I TES I BRINGS
 OUT DEFECTS

In commenting on the tests which are generally given motor cars by the manufacturers before starting pro- duction, Cal Messner yesterday called attention to the method employed by the Cleveland factory in having the public test the cars. Messner stated that this test on the part of the gem eral public is invaluable, bringing out any defects which are at all likely to show up when the car is in actual service.
 When a new factory can make more than 300 cars and place them in the hands of owners to be run for a couple of years as an experiment, that factory has a decided advantage when it finally introduces it's car. All mechanical defects can thus be