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The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-10-11
An Ordinance


West High Street from point forty of the
Of Mrs. VanAntwerp and NJ Venabe to the improved
asphalt portion of West High Street at the east line of Elm
Street:
Samues Avenue from the north side Of West Main Street
30 the south side Of West High Street:
from the west line of South Sycamore
Street to the east line of Richmond Street:
Richmond Street from the south line of West Locust
Street the improved brick street West Main Street. and
East Locust Street from the west line of Wilson Alley to
the west line of Queen Street:
and apporonng the cost thereof and evyng tax for the
payment of same and approprating sufficient to
the citys part of said cost.
Be ordained by the Mayor and Board of Council of the
City of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky:
SECTION IL West High Street from point forty feet
west of the of Mrs. VanAnwerp and j. M Venable to
the improved asphalt portion of West High Street at the east
line Of Elm Street:
to the south line of West High Street:
West Locust Street from the west line of South Sycamore
Street to the east line of Richmond Street:
Richmond Street from the south line Of West Locust
Street to the improved brick street West Main Street. and
East Locust Street from the west line of Wilson Alley to
the west line Of Queen Street,
having been improved by the construction of the roadway
thereof with concrete paving and by the construction of
crete curb and gutter thereon accordance with ord
passed by the Board of Council March 1920,
H. 1921 accepting the bid of the contractor for said improve
ments the Street Improvement Committee having inspected
and accepted said after due notice thereof in
the provided by law shown by their report hereto
J attached, said work is accepted
SECTION 2. The Assistant City Engineer having filed
his report which hereto attached showing the cost of said
Improvement said respective streets aforesaid and appo
honng the City of Mt Sterling its part of said COST and the
abuttng said improvement respective streets
cordng to the number of abung feet of owned by
them as follows:
C) WEST LOCUST STREET
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-10-11
(3) SAMUELS AVENUE

Total cost Of work
Total number Of linear feet of curb charged to
admitting property, 14i9.4.
Total number Of linear abuttng feet of proper
ty, 1443.9.
Part Of cost payable by abutting property owners
including frontage of intersecting streets to
be paid by City of Mt Sterling IS
Part Of cost payable by City Of Mt. Sterling for
off-street intersections and extras .-.--.---.--
Part of cost payable by abutting property owners
for curb and gutter r..-.---.----.-------.-.-.----
Cost per linear abutting foot Of property for
constructions of curb and gutter .-----------..
Cost per linear abutting foot of property for
construction of concrete street proper -
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-10-11

Clerk of the City of Mt. Sterling, Ky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-10-11
(1) WEST LOCUST STREET

Total Cost of Work
Total number of linear feet of curb charged to
abutting property, 1742.
Total number of linear abuttng feet of proper
ty, 1745.
Part of cost payable by abutting property owners
including frontage of intersectng streets to
be paid by City Of Mt Sterling IS 9,9t
Part of cost payable by City Of Mt. Sterling for
off-street intersections and extras
Part of cost payable by abutting property
for curb and gutter 1,74
SLIT
COST per linear abuttng foot Of property for
construction Of curb and gutter
Cost per linear abutting foot of property for
construction Of concrete street proper ...-...
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-17

known, we find it hard to keep. Some
one will ask for some of the stuff
and be refused.
"a Mr.. Skinner (afterward hanged
by the Vigilantes at Hellgate) cam,
to the camp and said he came fol
some of that stuff, pointing to ths
keg, and would have it. Bill (Fair
weather) pulled his rifle and Sim
mons his rifle. Tom Riley, a mar
by the name of Moore and a man b,
the name of Powell John W. Powell
first assessor of Deer Lodge county,
got in between Skinner and Bill Fair
weather, and the trouble quieted
down. Well it was for Skinner, for
in another minute he would have
been filled full of holes. He was
told never to come to the camp on
such an errand again.
Indian Battle
1.-THE Indians have finally come in
and we go down to their camp on
Little Blackfeet river. Sterney Blake
and Bud Meadow Up. w. Meadow,
who built the first commercial flour
mill in Montana at Bozeman and who
later founded the town of Coulson,
nCdl WnOlC blillH6o otdhdo tOQdyJ
were there to trade for horses, and
as we we're going after horses too,
we put our alcohol with their goods
and Bob Dempsey did the trading.
All went we'll till night, when Bob
and his friends got drunk and got
to gambling to get the horses back.
had what we needed, 10 head
in all. We drove them up to Cotton
wood (La Barge City, and corraled
them, and we'll for US we did so, for
the Snake Indians made a raid that
night and got away with Owe a hun
bred head. The Flatheads were
them the next morning and
overlook the Snakes on Horse Prai-
rie, west of Bannack. In the fight
followed the Flatheads lost one
killed and two wounded, but
got the horses.
Now we have the horses and are
ready for the trip. We had agreed
to meet James Stuart (brother of
Granville Stuart and one of the dis
coverers of gold in Montana in 1859
at the mouth of B~eaverhead river.
The way we came we did not see the
.eaverhead at all and passed on up
he Sinking Water and camped on a
creek that came from the east. We
there eight days, but did not
him pass.
March %, 1863-Left La Barge
,ity at 2 D. m. Left George Orr be-
ind. He said he would stop and
'ork, and if we came back broke, he
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-17

Spring elections are coming on all
over Montana, and in many cities
and towns of the state there are
some red hot campaigns being made
by a%spirants for mayOralties and
other municipal offices. In most
cases the man is seeking the job Of
mayor. In a few instances the job
is seeking the a In the thriving
town Of Deer Lodge, one of the four
oldest settlements in the state and
long ago a%spirant for the honor of
being Montana's capital, the business
men, regardless of political senti-
ment, are clamoring for the re-elec-
ton of Deer Lodges perpetual mayor
Frank Conley, who has a few other
fairly heavy jobs. He has been war
den of the state p~enitentiary for
many years, and since the establish
ment of the state highway commits
sion has done much of the planning
of the great campaign Of road con-
struction in the state as chairman
of that body.
The other day Conley had a birth
day-his fifty-seventh. His towns
men threw in together and gave him
a present. If you measured the value
of it by the rule of dollars and cents,
it was a cheap one, for it didn't cost
a cent. 1t was merely a petition,
signed by a very large majority of
the business men of Deer Lodge, ask
ing him to run for mayor once more
on the citizens ticket.
Conley has been mayor of Deer
Lodge for SO many years that it
makes him dizzy to think about it.
A year ago he announced that he was
through with the job and would not
be a candidate again. But as this
springs election drew near, the bust
ness and professional men of the
town began to worry. They talked
it over. The town, like most other
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-17

souri, river steamboat captain in tn,
early fur trade, arrived there ant
was 80 much pleased with the loca
ton that he talked of moving the
trading post of La Barge, Harknes:
& Co. there from Fort Benton, where
they were in opposition to the Ameri
can Fur Co. Thereupon the residents
of Cottonwood laid out a townsite
mile square and named it La Barge
City, under which name it appeared
on the first maps of Idaho and Mon
tana.
In 1854, La Barge's ideas not ha-
wing been carried out, the residents
of the place decided to inaugurate
a little boom on their own account,
and employed that famous pioneer
civil engineer of Montana, Colonel
w. w. De Lacy, who surveyed the
townsite of Fort Benton, to lay out
the town again, and it was owned by
the Deer Lodge Town Company.
James Stuart was president; John S.
Pemberton, secretary. The others
who we're interested were John w.
Powell, after whom Mt. Powell, near
Deer Lodge, was named; Louis Dem
ers, Leon Q~uesnelle, L. Descheneaux,
G.. w. Wright, Frank L.. Worden,
Frank La Montague, John f. Grant,
Fred H. Burr and Frank Truchot.
Many lots were given away, but not
enough sold to pay for the survey.
There were difficulties in getting
title, but finally this was arranged
and a plat of the townsite was pre-
pared by Granville Stuart, and the
same is still on record in the county
recorders office. 1t is to this Town
Company that Deer Lodge today
it's wide, pleasant streets, its
courthouse square. All of the mem
bers of the little Town Company who,
so years ago, dreamed of a future
city under the shadow of Mt. Powell,
have long since been gathered to
their fathers.
Deer Lodge has some interesting
pages in its history. From the day
Tom Lavatta started work on
his log cabin there has been a long
procession of incidents that would
show interestingly in a panoramic
reproduction. One of the happen
ings in the early history OF the place
Is taken from the journal of Henry
Edgar, a member of the Fairweather
party that discovered Alder Gulch,
where Virginia City later grew to be
capital of the territory. 1t shows the
little band of Argonauts starting on
that memorable journey in search of
gold that will live forever in Mon-l
history. Edgar says:
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-17

gether and cut out all this foolish
ness about scrapping among them
selves, put their shoulders to the
wheel and make my dream a reality
A few of US can't do it alone, but al
of us can. You bet I'll do my part.
Conley announced that, if nomin-
ated and elected, he would work for
a business and not a political admin
istration; dollar-for-doIlar returns
for all civic expenses, encouraging
the building of homes, use of the city
hall as a civic center, encouragement
of the boy scouts, encouragement of
wholesome sport, free tourist camp
grounds, encouragement of new en-
terprises, general advancement of the
city's interest and those of the peo-
pie.
Deer Lodge, county seat of Powell
county since Deer Lodge county was
split by the legislature in 1901, has
had as interesting a history as any
town in Montana. Contrary to gen.
eral belief, it was not the first county
seat of old Deer Lodge county, for
when the first Montana territorial
legislature convened in 1866 and
created that county, the mining camp
of Silver Bow, near where Butte
stands today, was named county seat.
However, within a year, the popula-
ton began to shift toward Deer
Lodge City, and the county seal was
moved there in 1866.
In those early days of Montana's
history, Deer Lodge county was a
splendid domain. 1t was about ESQ
miles long from north to south, and
rs miles wide on an average. 1t
contained 14,625 square miles, or
100000 acres, and was larger than
either Vermont, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Della
ware, Maryland or New Jersey. 1t
was larger than Belgium, while few
er than 1000 white men lived in it.
The first house built in Deer
Lodge valley was that of John H.
Grant, constructed of logs in 1859
by that pioneer at the mouth of
Little Blackfeet creek. The first
house built on the site of the town
of Deer Lodge was the cabin of
Lavatta, one of a group of
Spaniards and Mexicans who drifted
into the Bitter Root Valley in the
40's. Thomas Lavatta, or Lavaddie,
as 1T was sometimes spelled, was
born in New Mexico in 1924 and
to the Bitter Root in 1847. In
1860 he moved into the Deer Lodge
valley, being the first resident of
what is today the town of Deer
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-17

Why, look at the present small cities
of 10000 people or so in the east.
Twenty or thirty years ago they were
smaller than Deer Lodge. This is a
new country and just about where
the eastern towns were thirty years
ago. We can make or break Deer
Lodge-make it a city or a little
country town. During all the years
I've been here I've had what some
people probably would call a vision.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-17
DEER
LODGE
BEAUTIFUL
RESIDENCE
CITY

unselfishly to solving civic problems,
always with the idea of making
Deer Lodge a better place in which
to live. They decided to go to him
on his birthday and ask him to serve
at least another term.
When the delegation arrived at
his home, Conley tried to persuade
them to select some other man. The
discussion lasted for two hours, at
the end of which time he agreed to
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-17

run once more. Then he broke one
of his rules of life. He made a
brief speech, as follows:
You fellows know that I was
lever charged with being a dreamer,
but / have lived here the greater
part of my life, and Deer Lodge is
the only place I can eyer call my
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-17

We are right in the center of farm
ing land that five or ten years from
now will come into its own. Well
have also factories and other plants.
We can get them and the population
if we want it and stop scrapping
among ourselves. There is no town
closer than 28 miles from us. If we
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-17

killed for the crime by the Vigilantes
who attacked the house in which he
was hiding and burned his body in
it.
The place soon began to be known
as Cottonwood, by which name it
continued until 1862, when Captain
Joe La Barge, the we'll known Mis-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-17

The first name of Deer Lodge was
Spanish Fork, because most of the
first residents yer S%paniards or
Mexicans. With Lavatta in this lit
tie settlement in 1860 were Alejo
Barasta, Joe Hill and Joe Pizanthy.
Pizanthy, three years later, killed
George Copely at Bannack and was
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-17

only get together we'll build a real
city here. 1t probably won't be a
metropolis but if we use our natural
advantages we ought to have 10000
people in ten years and $4,000 in
twenty years. So you see that l am
something of a dreamer after all, and
1 want all the inhabitants to get to-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-17

La Barge City is a small place,
but a wild one, where the strong
hand keeps his wi We want to
meet the Flathead Indians as they
come back from their hunting over
on the east side of the mountains.
We have five gallons of alcohol with
us, and the fact having become
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-17

home. l have seen its ups and downs.
We have always had good, sensible
people here who were ready to pull
together to make a town of it. Other
wise, it would probably have gone
down to nothing like a lot of other
early day towns. I want to see it
build up and grow and be a real city.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-17
DEER LODGE, Am AMBITIOUS TOWN WITH PERPETUAL MAYOR WHO
DOES THINGS, HAS HISTORY CONTAINING NAMY THRILLING PAGES

camped for the night on Dempsey
creek, eight miles out.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-09-01
AMIGO HERE SUNDAY,
RHINELANDER MONDAY

The Amigo baseball team will play
the Lumberjacks here Sunday after
noon, the game to be called at three
O'Clock. This will be Amigos second
game here this season and the team
has been greatly strengthened since
its last appearance when they met
defeat by the score of 4 to O. 1t will
be remembered that the game was I'M
usually fast but that all breaks in
luck went to the Wausau players.
Manager McQuillan of .Antigo promis-
.es to give the local fans a surprise on
this trip,
Rhinelander will be the opposing
team for Mondays Labor day game at
Recreation park. This will also be
Rhinelander's second appearance this
season and the Wausau fans remem-
Der well the fight they gave the Lum-
berjacks throughout the last game.
The same scrappy players will be
here Monday to regain their lost rep
utation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-09-01
MASONIC LODGE
AT SUPERIOR NAMED
AFTER III. HI. GRACE

The following note from The Milwau-
kee Journal will be Of interest because
reference is made to the H. H Grace
Masonic lodge of Superior, named af-
ter the late H. H. Grace, former
Wausau resident:
Furniture seized My the Masonic
grand master of Wisconsin in 1861 be-
cause Masons who moved here from
Kentucky celebrated the fall of Fort
Sumter, was used at the constitution
of H. H. Grace lodge recently by w.
f. Wielie, grand master.
In 1860 superior was settled prin-
cipally by Kentuckians. They organ
lied Nemadji lodge. When news
reached the grand master that they
had cheered when Fort Sumter was
fired upon he suspended the members
and took away the charter of the
lodge. 1t was 1883 before Superior
obtained Masonic lodge,
The furniture which was dug out of
storage, was gorgeously carved ma
hogany.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-09-01
MISS VIOLA STRUPP
PASSES AWAY AT
FRESNO, CALF

Word was received in this city last
week of the death of Miss Viola Strupp
Of Fresno, Cal, formerly a resident
of Wausau. The deceased. with her
mother, Mrs Mary Strupp, had lived
N Wausau for fifteen wears, moving
to Fresno over a year ago. She had
eturned to her home in California fol-
lowing visit to Wausau short time
ago and had been in poor health since
that time. Death occurred in hospi-
tai in Fresno following an operation
for appendicitis She is survived by
her mother, Mrs. Mary Strupp, two
sisters, Miss Della Strupp and Mrs.
John Weyland, both of Fresno. and
two brothers, Reuben Strupp of Mil
waukee and Eugene Strupp Of st. Poul,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-09-01
WAUSAU LOSES AT
sTOMAHAWK SUNDAY

After getting lead of four runs in
the first inning Sunday at Tomahawk
the Wausau Lumberjacks let the In
dependents of that city get away with
the game by final score of s to g. In
their half of the first inning the Tom
ahawk team got two scores and added
two more in the second, tieing the
score and took the lead in the fourth
with two more runs and added one
more in each the sixth and seventh in
nings, making the total s. The Waur
sau players also scored one run in
both the sixth and seventh. Devine
pitched for the Lumberjacks and the
Tomahawk players got 13 hits off his
delivery. Bishop who pitched here a
week ago Sunday, hurled again last
Sunday and held the hard hitting
Jacks to seven singles. The three hun
dred fans from Wausau who attended
the game agree that Wausau lost the
game fairly The Tomahawk diamond
is said to be very sandy which is a
handicap to a team coming from a
fast diamond like that of Wausau.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-09-01
UNDERWOOD VENEER
MEN INCORPORATE
A NEW COMPANY

The Elgin Auto Sales company was
incorporated by Wausau men last
week, all of them being with the I'M
derwood Veneer company. The in
corporators are II. r. Hoffman, Geo.
A. Vehlow, A. A. Schmidt, Walter j.
Giese, A. A. Weber, W. M Erickson
and Miss Kathryn Mcneil The COM
pany will sell Elgin automobiles and
automobile accessories and will be the
exclusive distributor for Marathon,
Wood and Portage counties. There is
probability that this field will be wild
ened in scope after the company is in
full operation. The Elgin, which has
en- excellent rating among automo-
piles of medium price, has few agents
III this section of the country and
the young men interested feel that
heir district agency can develop into
big business. Temporary quarters
are at 526 S. Fifth avenue, until a
more suitable location can be OBJ
tanned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-09-01

Constantine o., the horse entered by
Ed. Jess in the races at the Merrill
fair, won first money, in one of the
races yesterday.
| Mrs. Anna L. Mulligan has received
word that the body of her son, the late
Pvt. Robert H. Mulligan, has arrived
in Hobo6en and will be shipped to
Wausau for interment Mr.. Muliigan
was killed in France.
The Rev. A. T. Perkins Of Spencer
who is very well known through that
part of the county, has been engaged
as assistant pastor of the First Pres
byterian church, and according to the
Rev. f. w. Eastwood, pastor, will soon
arrive to take up his duties here.
Joseph Best, conducting saloon
on Third avenue South, was arrested
yesterday on charge of selling moon
shine. At preliminary examination
in municipal court he plead not gull
ty and was held for trial at the next
term of circuit court under bail bond
of $780,
The Pilot, as q newspaper, is I'M
awares officially that the mayor has
penned Labor Day Proclamation
despite the fact that a reporter was
within speaking distance of his honor
this morning. 1t is a splendid record
of attention to his constituents-thi
failure to notify a newspaper of his
actions.
Charles Weber, who conducts the
saloon on Washington street known as
the Casino, together with his bartend-
er, Edward Gohdes, was arrested
] Tuesday morning on charge of un-
lawfully selling Intoxicating liquor
The two men were examined in mum.
cipal court and plead not guilty. Bal
was fixed at $500 and they were heli
for trial in circuit court. They ap
peared in circuit court the same at
ternoon, plead guilty and were fined
$3.50 jointly.
A letter to Mrs. NJ j. Cawley from
her son, Harold, who is at Prentice
tales of daring lot of robberies thai
! have been committed there. Two new
Studebakers and one new Cadillac
Eight were stolen from garage one
night, residence and several places
ransacked. Mr.. Cawley experienced
an unusual injury the forepart of the
i week when attending a ball game
A foul ball struck him in the jaw. AL
though he suffered much pain, M
1 bones were broken.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-09-01
SUFFER WHILE ON SHIPBOARD
Many People Really In Agony During
Trip Made on Comparatively
Calm Waters.

Sir George Trevelyan tells of cross
ing the English channel once In bad
weather and that during the whole
passage his companion stood on deck
slowly reciting poetry with emphasis
and gesticulation. His companion
had explained that this singular prac-
tice had been recommended to him as
a preventive against seasickness.
When they reached France he told
Trevelyan that he had nearly got to
the end Of his English poetry, and IL
the crossing had been longer he would
have had TO begin on other languages.
Darwin suffered terribly from seasick-
ness during the whole Of his early
voyage on the Beagle, and never quite
recovered from the evil effects Of this
experience. His bad health during
the rest Of his life has been attributed
TO the shocks thus caused to his con-
stltution.
Another distinguished victim Of sea-
sickness was General Gordon. Dur
ing voyage to Capetown from Maui
ritius In 1882 he described his suffer
ing and misery as "far more severe
than be had ever during his lifetime
experienced, either at home or
abroad" Very often he repeated his
determination to 90 on shore at the
very first port the vessel reached, and
one morning, after sleepless night
OF sickness, he called the captain to
the side Of his berth, and offered him
t5O If he would make for land with
all possible speed.