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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-31
SENATOR GEORGE INCOMES NARRATIVE
OF INDIAN TROUBLES OF THE EARLY sos

Bishop, who drove stage on the
same run with Fritz, came in the
next day from Powder river and re-
ported that he had not passed Fritz
on the road as he should have done
had all been we'll. Sample imme-
diately sem word to McCone, who
had been cutting hay for the stage
company all summe and was then
busy with his crew at Little Mis-
souri,, IS miles from Pennell station.
McCone at once started to look up
Fritz, taking with him Frank En-
nett, n of the hay crew. McCone
and Emmett followed the stage road
carefully for trace of the place where
the blackboard had turned out. They
failed to find any trace but noticed
a dark object on the hillside which
Emmett declared was a rock Next
day they started over the route again,
and on nearing the scene of the ira
gedy, McCone noticed the turkey
buzzards lowering owe the place
where they had seen the dark object.
Here they found the object of their
search, badly bloated and decom-
posed from ten days lying OF the hill
side and with the flesh of the face
torn by the buzzards.
McCone returned to Pennell sta
ton, where he found a broken shovel
and a hoe, the only tools available.
With these and blankets, he returned
to the place where the body of Fritz
lay. Owing to the hardness of the
soil, it was not possible to dig a
grave deeper than a foot, but in this
shallow grave the remains of poor
we're placed. The grave was
then covered with what stones could
be found handy, but two weeks later
rock was hauled by team to protect
the body from the coyotes.
Army Bellies Corset
Senator McCone then took up the
trail of the blackboard and soon
found it where the Indians had over
taken the team, had taken all of the
harness except the names and col
The mail sack they had cut
open, cutting off the riveted ends
but taking with them the solid lea
her center. Among the mail was a
corset which was addressed to the
laughter of General Whistler, then
stationed at Fort Keogh. The Indians
,ook the ~whalebone out of the corset
and with it had constructed a small
corral on the soft earth of a pocket
yopher's diggings. Inside this little
they dumped the letters from
he pouch, after opening most of the
arger letters. Senator McCone ga
.hered up the mail and forwarded it
its destination, himself taking the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-31

Many persons living in the vicin-
ity of PIevna have had pointed out
to them Dead Mans Butte and the
grave which gives it its name.
The butte and grave are near the
southwest corner of the Dave Pie
e homestead, one mile S of
the Custer Trail Farm owned by
George McHoes and five miles
northeast of the town of Plevna.
The story of the tragic death Of the
stage driver whose body rests in
the lonely grave is told by Sena-
tor George McCone of Dawson
county, who was also an employee
of the stage company and who
found and buried the remains of
the unfortunate man.
The only name by which the dead
man can now be known is Fritz"
his last name now being forgotten.
Fritz was one of the drivers of the
stage line which then connected Fort
Lincoln. across the river from the
present site of Bismarck, in what is
now North Dakota, with Fort Keogh,
near the present site of Miles City.
The section of road covered by Fritz
extended from Pennell station, near
where the present road east of Dead
Mans Butte crosses Pennell creek,
to the mouth of Powder river. Pen
nell station was burned by Indians
some time after the death of Fritz
and was afterwards alluded to as
Burnt station.
Fritz was a nan of German eXtrac-
ton, about 35 years of age and in
clined to be very careless of his per-
sonal appearance. He had come out
from Minnesota to make a stake and
after driving stage all summer had
offered his resignation to take effect
/, 1880, with the idea of
going back to Minnesota, marrying
and settling down. He decided to
stay an additional month in the ex-
pectation of earning enough more to
buy two more COWS for his Minnesota
farm.
When Fritz Rode to His Death
1t was in the latter part Of Sep
1880, that he started on the
trip which ended in his death. 1t is
said that he seemed to have a pre-
monition of his approaching end. On
the morning of the day of his death,
he had gotten UP early and had gone
to the top of the nearest hill, appar-
emily looking for Indians. Minor,
who held Pencil station, afterwards
said that he seemed very uneasy.
Minor called him to breakfast and
after breakfast he asked Minor to
Tut his hair and trim his beard,
something he had neglected for al
ong time. Minor did so and also
oaned him a razor with which Fritz
shaved himself. He also washed his
ihirt and tidied himself up generally.
When Craig Sample, who drove
he stage from the Little Beaver to
oennell Station, came in with the
tage, Fritz asked Sample If he had
cen any Indians. Sample had seen
but this did not reassure Fritz
md he continued on the lookout for
indians all day and seemed very I'M
'asy.
When the time came for him to
tart on his trip to the mouth of
river, he hitched up his team
O the blackboard and crossed the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-31
call Ye Faithful to prayer? Yes,

call Ye Faithful to prayer? Yes,
you can not.
But let us approach the new build
ing before we start to the clouds.
The city of Helena very generously
built a park for the temple to face
on. Coming across the park from
the south you see the massive struct-
ure 1874 feet wide and 245 feet long
with a height of the main front equal
ing a si~x-story building. The minaret
crowned with blue-green terra Gotta
tile above which shines the golden
star and crescent, attracts the eye
first. The wide expanse of the white
barrel-domed roof comes to your
gaze. And as you draw closer the
big entrance arch, 35 feet wide and
SO feet high, with its ten doors and
it's oriental splendor of black and
white stone and mosaic painting is
the magnet that draws your foot
steps.
Entering the spacious vestibule
and passing through the wide foyer
you have a vista the entire width of
the building, with a lounging room
at one end and Shoemaker's sanctum
at the other. From the foyer five
inclined passages take you to as
many pockets" entering the amphi-
theater of the auditorium, and an
other takes the novice to his large
assembly room below, where he will
find room for five hundred of his
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-31

After the state has gone to so
much trouble and expense in fixing
up such a nice home in the beauti-
full Helena valley, known officially
as the State Vocational School for
Girls, and moved the girls over
from the Industrial school at Miles
City, it is too bad hat some of the
girls do not entirely approve of the
place.
Three of them decided one day
last week that they would vamoose.
which they did. The superintendent
CT the home prevailed on the Lewis
and Clark county sheriff and the Hell
ena chief of police to "hold out" the
story, but when the report of the
escape reached the Helena %Independ-
ent through other sources, the Off
Gals affirmed that the girls had
made a getaway. One of the trio,
it was said, exercised her feminine
prerogative to change her mind, and
beat it back to the school. The
two others, however, kept on their in
definite way, and were picked up by
police during the evening at the Nor
thern Pacific station and motored
back to the school. They said they
weren't especially dissatisfied, but
just sort of got tired of the place,
and hungered for a little freedom.
They didn't know where they were
going, but they were ON their way.
Sunday Dinner Spoiled
Sheriff Huffaker was about to bite
into the crust of a Sunday dinner
zed loud and long. 1t was the super
intendent at the school, wanting him
to step his car in high and locate the
missing trio. Chief of Police Joe
Spurzem got the same frantic high
sign in quick succession. They as
sembled some of their men and got
on the job, which occupied the re-
mainder of the day and most of the
evening.
It's a lovely place at the home,
with chickens and COWS and spuds
and everything to make it homelike,
with the wonderful Gate of the
Mountains the browning feature of
the enhancing vista; quite a differ
ence to where they were at Miles
City, where there was nothing to
ing scenery, except the Powder river,
"a mile wide, an inch deep and full
of fish"
At any rate, it can't be that it's a
knock on Helena, but rather that
what's around here doesn't appeal to
the girls peculiar taste.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-31

That John A. Pelzl, an e~x-service
man residing and in business in Miles
City, whose former home was in
Dickinson, N. D., is eligible to men,
bership in the Dead Mans club is
indicated by the fact that while he
finally succeeded in demonstrating
to the war department that he is still
alive and survived the wounds re-
ceived in battle, he is unable to con-
vince his old command that he is not
dead.
Mr.. Pelzl is in receipt of a COM
munication from Major William H.
Kennedy of the Seventh field artil-
lery, headquarters First division,
United States army, Camp Dix, New
Jersey, in which the information is
given that the division commander,
Major General Charles P. Summerall,
in an EFFORT to make sure that the
records are correct with reference to
data relating to casualties of the
division in the war, seeks to learn
if the following, relating to the mil
itary record of Mr.. Pelzl, is c~orrect:
Name, John Pelzl; army serial
number, unknown; rank, private; or
ganization, company G, Sixteenth in
fantry cause of death, died a pris-
oner; date of death, Sept. 90, 1918;
place of death, Scissors"
In a further paragraph it is adj
vised that it is not only desired that
the records filed with the war de-
partment and retained in the division
should be correct, but that the COM
handing officer of the First division
desires particularly that the names
and other information appearing up
the division monument to be
erected in the city of Washington
and in the division history soon to
be printed are correct.
Mr.. Pelzl has wired the authorities
in his former command not to re-
serve a place for his name on the
monument, as he is still living and
quite active.
In speaking of his experience, he
states that he was actually bumped
off" at Scissors, France, on Sept.
29, 1918, and received wounds which
almost cost him his life, but that
be survived and weeks later, while
in the big base hospital in Tours,
up an old newspaper from the
and learned for the first time
hat he had been reported to the war
department as having "died a pri-
having been taken during the
Scissors engagement, w~hereupon he
cabled his relatives
residing In Dickinson.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-31

remains of the corset to Fort Keogh,
General Whistler's daughter, it is
said, preserved this as a memento
of the event.
Sitting Bulls tribes were where
Poplar now is with Captain Reed
with four companies of soldiers on
guard. The Indians story CT the
tragedy came out later in a round
about way. McCone had the contract
for the stage line from Glendive to
Fort Buford. At Fort Peck, now Pop
lar, there vas a restaurant run by
Mcdonald who had a Sioux squaw,
Louise Long Dog. A brother of this
squaw, Johnny Long Dog, was one
of the party of eight who killed the
unfortunate Fritz. Johnny Long
Dog told his sister of the circum-
stances of the killing, claiming at
first that he himself killed Fritz, and
the squaw, like others of her sex,
being unable to keep a secret told
Mcdonald and the facts thus became
known.
Long Dogs Story
Johnny Long Dog afterwards be-
came war chief of the Sioux and with
his immediate family and following
attended a Glendive fair. Among
the other events, which included a
balloon ascension, was an Indian pa
rade in which all the Indians, dressed
in their bravest finery, participated.
At the head of the parade vas Johnny
Long Dog accompanied by his two
on ponies.
IOnC DQp maG ap~umaintpd with Mo
Cone and insisted that the senator's
hind his own and take part in the
parade.
1t was Long Dog who made the
claim on behalf of the Indians that
they had not intended to kill the
stage driver but fired merely to
brighten him. 1t may be rue that
they did not at first intend to kill
but were carried away by a
of excitement when the white
lost his head and jumped from
the rig. The three bullet wounds
found on the body, however, could
not all have been accidental.
The day of the Indian raid is past
and the Ford now chugs past the
place of the last victim of the
ed man. This sketch is written so
hat the present resident who has
lothing to fear but drought and
srasshoppers may have some notion
If the time forty years ago when the
of death hung over the hardy
who were breaking a way
hat those who followed them might
i've in peace.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-31

F., fellow Sons of the Desert, and his
private cloak room, showers and lava
tory. At the ends of the foyer are
spacious cloak rooms each provided
with lavatories.
Now we enter the auditorium.
Gasp! It's all right. They all do.
What a room! One hundred twenty
five feet wide and one hundred TWEEN
ty-eight feet long and not a post or
pillar. If the freedom of the plains
is in your blood and the ruggedness
of the Rockies in your soul your first
expression will be What a place to
hold a prize fight" But if you want
your ranch in a new county and poll
tics is your forte you will say 1.-THE
best place in the west to hold a con-
vention." The arena is As by 70 feet
las big as the gymnasium where we
used to hold the ceremonial. And
every seat in the amphitheater af-
fords an unobstructed view of the
floor. The maximum seating is 2,608
not including the stage. The pros-
cenium arch is As feet wide, thirteen
feet wider than the proscenium of the
largest theater in Helena. The stage
is 81 feet deep and will seat 800 state
central committeeman when Presi-
dent Harding visits us.
The w~ood-grills up so high each
side with the emblem carved in them
are for-well, they are for you to
keep your eye on next April 8.
The steel arches weigh 10 tons
each and starting 20 feet from the
floor rise % feet at the center, ma
king the roof 48 feet above you.
Now pass out through the wide
corridor on the west and into the ban
quet hall. Not such a large room,
you say? Only rs by $50 feet in
side. The maple floor is As feet wide
and full length of the room. Five
hundred couples have danced there
and were not crowded. Over 1000
can be seated at tables with wide
aisles allowed. The sides are raised
so that all may see the stage at the
far end. And by the use of the sound
ing board a pin dropped on the stage
may be heard in every corner. Don't
use too small a pin when you try
this.)
The kitchen is 25 by so, furnished
with a 12-foot range, a steam table
the same length, SO gallon coffee
urns, electric dish washer, n every
thing, except an ice box.
But talking with figures, here are
One hundred twenty-eight columns
support the building and none of
obstruct the view.
Over 100000 pounds of reinforcing
was used and even more struc-
steel. If it was all made into
/ one-inch round rod the rod would
De over 80 miles long.
Nearly 100000 cubic feet of con-
was poured. This would build
structure nearly eight blocks long,
he width of a city street, with walls
u feet high and an arched roof.
One million brick are piled up in
he walls, of which 245, 900 are laid
n patterns using three co1ors. These
rick would face the outside of the
wallis of our eight block building and
lave enough left over to build the
line-inch walls of 81 one-story brick
80 feet square. The ten car
Dads of lumber used would do the
est.
The tables of the banquet hall
laced end to end would reach the
ength of eight blocks above. And
1920 pieces of china, glass and sill
er are necessary to serve a banquet.
One man eight hours per day
you'd work over 80 year to put in
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-31

to return to the station, fighting off
the Indians as he went, he jumped
from the rig, allowing the. horses to
go as they pleased and leaving the
rifle in the blackboard. Chased by
the Indians, he attempted to reach
the rocks at the top of the hill but
was overtaken by the Indians be-
tween two small hills and killed. The
Indians afterwards claimed that they
had not intended to kill him but that
he was killed by a chance shot, fired
merely to scare him, but three bull
let wounds on the body disproved
this claim.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-31

| creek on his last journey west. After
crossing the creek. he stopped the
team and waved a farewell to the
men left at the station and called
Goodbye, Minor" He then turned
and followed the stage road into the
hills where he met his death.
Soon after entering the hills and
just out of sight of the station, a
party of eight Indians bore down on
him from the north. Fritz seems to
have lost his head from fright, and
although armed with a rifle, instead
of turning his team and attempting
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-31

Speaking of the storm gathering
over Germany, France will take
pleasure in doing everything in her
power to make it at least a spanking
breeze.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-31
GIRL TRIO LEAVE
INDUSTRIAL HOME
DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD
VAMOOSE BUT OFFICERS
CAPTURE THEM

Girls Say They Were Not Dissatisfied
But Hungered For Their Freedom;
Didn't Know Where They Were
Going but They Were on Their
Way.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-31
WAR DEPARTMENT
SAYS HE Is DEAD
BUT MILES CITY VETERAN IN
SISTS THAT HE is STILL
VERY MUCH ALIVE.

Wires Washington Not to Reserve
Place on Monument Commemorate
ing His Demise; Wounded at Sois-
sons and Reported to War Depart
ment as Having Died a Prisoner.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-31

the time required to build the build
ing, but couldn't build it.
There are 5000 square feet of
floor space, one and one-half acres,
and about half as much roof area.
952 electric light bulbs, II spot
lights on the interior and Is flood
lights on the exterior, are required
to light the building.
There are 244 doors and only Sc
windows.
There are Ito feet of under
ground and concealed passages, tun-
nels or ducts, making a network
throughout. Some of these hidden,
.dungeon-like spaces are large enough
to drive an auto in, while others are
so small a man must crawl to get
through; ssh-don't tell-but all of
these lead to or from the inferno"
There is a fan that blows 10000 Gu
bic feet of air a minute through some
and another that draws out 10000
feet each minute. And two big boil
to furnish the "fur" to keep the
inferno" hot.
The lot is 473 feet long and 269
feet wide with streets on all sides.
In telling your friends about 1t
you do not need to enlarge on the
as the writer has given full
throughout.
Seating capacities of the largest
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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-12-14
FARMERS WILL
FORM POTTER
BUREAU TODAY
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
OF 81 MEETS AT 1890
THIS MORNING.

fHd fhr 1uspces ~ Tho TrvH. fl..
HlrslH Federation fum,rs nr pur.
Cm. $3.50 me't at 80 this ar.p..
90 ,h, Ufs tan % arrange fur h, o..
ma.. .f 'hr Potter County Fum H.
f,as
80 1880 this morning thor. viii he l
melting ul the organization committee
~ 20 ~ fHe Texas Farm Rurotu Wholt
Growers Association at ih, city hail Co..
auauFe fnT further campaign work Boo
the state Tho state organization W1H
launched 40 meetinE Boo Amarillo ou
December and Is meeting With great
success over fh, state according o. 70
-'licmsnf made Tuesday hY % g. VI.
Cahh ndIrp1inr supervisor To-
thr frm bIr.au. who has charge ~ or.
rauisatlHu wufk iu Northweri Toxins
Arrr Hr Poster county hm'fa meet.
InE aliuH.rs then, viii h" meeting ~
Ispi,. n'aut. mm,r ffnm Potter and
uth,f counties desiring tu mm'dmtr5
,rrauH fh.I county farm bureaus.
"Faru.s rerrIIcss Uf their afnln
tnls nr. rH. newspaper m,l and all
others afe invited io attend th' farmer.
meeting frIHE where thr. may socur"
auihsufIU Information about ihs brm'rH
,rsluIltI.H. .rI marketing movement.
.s ihe United au'.a 81 mccain aa
uuuut.d
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MAN WHO OPERATED
ON Rape CLEARED


San FRANCISCO. Cll Dec l3-
Do charge against Dr. &c. Hlmar.l. N
ifriorming nn unofficial autopsy on
the body Of Miss Virginia Haup. eh0ss
dfaih resulted in the mansnurhier
'f1rs" against Roscoe O. HatrI hr.
buckle was dismissed ln police court
ioahf. The prosecution said b. uHs
cow need Dr. Eumwell did not intend
o. Violate the city he1lth ordinance.
under which be- was charged
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ih" 'ur boz th. rr |.M I".
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alleged murder ol .. mud .,It
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q o'olo.E.
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-10
EFFORT MADE
TO ORGANIZE
OLYMPIC ASSN
Uncle Sam Disinclined te
Take Active Part in Move
ment, Says Weeks.

Washington, Nov. 10.-Secretary
Weeks has informed Gustavus Kirby
of New York, president Of the Ameri-
can Olympic committee, that the war
and navy departments are disanclined
to affiliate with the movement for or
gantzation of an, American Olympic
association as planned by the com
mittee, but will cordially support a
project for a nationwide feder-
alton Of all amateur sport and physi-
cal education organizations. Amend
ments to the constitution for the. pro-
posed American Olympic association,
designed to expand the scope Of tho
project in line with army and navy
thought, were transmitted by Mr..
Weeks.
The Olympic committee will meet
in New York November &25 to con
slider the various proposals looking to
sharper control OF American partici-
patton In the quadriennial Olympic
games. ARMY and navy representa-
tives were asked to participate and
Secretary Weeks letter to Mr.. Kirby
said that in view Of the urgent need
he felt for an amateur sport feder-
alton such as suggested. Il must in
struct my representatives at the COM
ing meeting to refrain from commit
ting the army to join n organization
whose scope is not wider than the ono
outlined in your proposed constitu-
tion.n