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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-18
25, 900 IM LAST LONG SLEEP
DM BUTTE'S CITIES OF DEAD

for barrenness in the matter of plant
life, careful management by those in
charge, aided by loving hands of
those who are left to mourn, has
served to beautify the resting places
as conditions will permit, fit to be
called Goods Acre"
Though the dead may not know,
the living do, and the sight of waving
grass and poisoning plants serves
as a solace to the thousands left be-
hind to mourn the thousands taking
their long sleep in those sacred con-
fines.
There is also a lonely little ceme-
terry above the county hospital near
the mountain wall with a couple of
hundred graves. In the old days
when persons died without means
they we're buried here. There are
many wooden ~headboards and two
small tombstones. Within the past
few years the place became dilapid-
ated, the fences fell away and human
foot seldom pressed the little alleys
between the rows of graves. This
spring the commissioners ordered it
~re-fenced. The least that could be
done for these friendless dead vas
to build a stout wire fence and keep
the cattle from tramping owe their
narrow cells. No one yer visits the
little forsaken cemetery, but gophers
and prairie dogs scamper over the
mounds, butterflies hover over bit
ter-root and buttercup and wild YER
bena, and bluebirds and robins and
larks break the stiffness of the long
summer days. The cost of death re-
presents a substantial fortune, for
graves at SO each will show a quar-
ter of a million of investment-dis-
a permanent investment. But
assuming that every funeral cost
300 conservative estimate-$2,-
100000 have been spent in collins
and ghrouds. However, an under
taker has told me that 5000 a funeral
would be a better estimate, bringing
the total Of this item to S5,000,00O.
Time did not permit a compilation
OF the number and cost of head
but there are several hundred
thousand dollars in marble On the
flat and the number is growing daily.
Butte people are not Parsomon1ous
with their dead.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-18

In the five cemeteries that serve
Butte and its suburbs approximately
twenty-five thousand are taking their
last sleep. Strictly accurate data
cannot be had, as the records are not
in such shape that it can be told to
exactness just how many inhabit
these cities of the dead.
Most densely populated Of these
burial places are Mount Moriah and
st. Patricks cemeteries. Quite nat
urally so, as they are the oldest. The
newer cemeteries - Mountain View
and Holy Cross, out in the valley to
the south and east of the city
though started in comparatively re-
cent years, are adding new tenants
constantly. The Jewish cemetery
holds relatively few, as it is devoted
exclusively to the people of that race,
who do not measure up in numbers
with the people of Christian faiths.
Had the same number Of deaths
occurred in this section in the ear
lier years of the camp as in the more
recent ones, the cemeteries Of Butte
would now contain between forty
and fifty thousand graves. But the
population of Butte and its environs
was not so great In the first two de-
cades of the camp as IN the last two
there were fewer for the reaper to
CLEAN from.
In recent years deaths in Butte
and its tributary communities have
numbered about a thousand a year.
There was one never-to-be-forgotten
year when this number was more
than doubled=1918-the year Of
the influenza epidemic. Official rec
ords show that 2,109 deaths occur
red that year in Butte and vicinity.
To be sure that visitation was not
responsible for all Of these, but 1t
surely accounted for the greater num-
Der.
Despite the reputation Butte has
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-18

! the "fair trial. bills-laws which en-
abled litigants to have cases moved
from courts where they did not
think they could get a fair hearing to
others where they thought they
would have an even chance at least.
The laws asked for were passed, and
the operations which had been re-
sumed in December Of 1903 contin-
ued without interruption for years.
A Lean Winter
1t was not until 1907 that the
Butte district had to undergo the
disadvantages of another shutdown
of the mines. This started on De-
cember 9 and lasted until February
"a, 1908. The financial panic of
that period was responsible. Butte
put in a very lean winter, but with
its usual vitality, it recuperated.
This district went through between
six and seven years of un~disturbed
activity. Then in 1914 came another
upheava1. This time it was a matter
with which the companies had moth
ing to do. There had been more or
less dissatisfaction on the part of the
workers with the conduct of affairs
of the Western Federation of Miners,
with which Butte Miners union was
connected. DiSturbers in the camp
took advantage of this, started a
walkout, organized another union,
and resorted to force to prevent men
working except under their jurisdic-
ton. Men who resisted the new self
constituted authority were deported.
Mines which refused to take orders
from the gang in control were Grip
pied and virtually closed. Men who
wanted to work were deferred by
threats and by actual violence. FL
nally, the state troops were sent to
Butte, and things again became nor
NAL. This practical shutdown had
lasted from the middle of April until
early in September.
For a little less than a month there
was a suspension of operations in
the Butte district in 1917. 1t came
a consequence of the great war,
and lasted from August "a until Sep
TENDER II, and was caused by the
closing of the European market to
the copper product of the camp.
While the war was on Butte
doomed under the enormous demand
copper. This continued after the
close of hostilities, although par
TALLY interrupted by disagreements
between the companies and the diff
ferent trades unions whose members
are employed about the mines.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-18
Cat Creek Oil Production

The oil production in Cat Greek
field, Fergus county, exceeds 100000
barrels a month. This is evident
from the report for June made to
the public service commission by the
Elk Basin Consolidated Pipeline
company. In June the company
transported ~108,481.70 barrels of oil
in its pipes.
Of this amount 2~7,915.5O barrels
came from wells operated by the
company and 80,556.20 from wells
associated with the concern. Only
wells operated by and affiliated with
the company offered oil, and it is
said that this company transported
practically all the oil in the field.
The Montana Independent Pipe
line company is the other pipeline
concern in the field, but has not yet
reached a big scale of business, it is
said.
The average price for June was
SIPS a gallon for crude oil at the
field. For the first Is days the av-
erage was $1.40, the next three days
the next 10 days S1.15 and
the remaining four days 81.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-18

bronchos are a drug on the market,
and a good horse for ordinary pur-
poses car be procured for 500, out
law bronks bring fancy prices. One
man not far from Ekalaka recently
refused an offer of $4,000 for two of
his worst buckers.
Much interest centers in the COM
ing roundup at Broadus on Powder
river, on September 2 and 8. The
town of B%roadus, the county seat of
Powder River county, is 80 miles
from the railroad town from which
all mail and merchandise is hauled
oerland, and calls itself the Widest
country on earth"
Historic Powder river in more
ways than one constitutes a part of
flames eternal camping ground"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-18
SHUTD0wMS OF BUTTE
MINES AND REASONS FOR THEM

While the present shutdown of the
mines in the Butte district thus far
has not reached the length Of time
of the record event, it is the most
general.
The record shutdown, for dura-
ton, was in 1891. 1t started late in
March and lasted until late in Octo-
Der. However, in those days copper
mining had not been centralized in
the hands of a few big corporations.
In this district there were seven or
eight separate companies and a num-
Der of individuals operating big pro-
perties on their own account, and the
closing of one or two or even more
concerns did not mean the virtual
cessation of all industry. Fewer
men were employed, to be sure, but
Butte did not feel the effects like it
does now There was enough doing
to keep things moving.
A Bad One
Next in order was that of 1898.
Depreciation in the price of silver
vas responsible for a partial closing
down. The white metal took an aw-
full slump that year-the year of
what was known as the bankers pa
nic"-by reason of the discontinue
ance of purchases by the federal
treasury. The Butte district was a
big contributor to the silver supply,
many of the mines producing that
metal as their principal output, while
the copper mines had it in good guam
titles as a ~by-product. The strictly
silver properties quit operating; it
didn't pay to mine and smelt at the
prices obtainable when there was no
market at all. But the producing
copper mines kept right on going, so
Butte didn't suffer SO much after all.
1t put the Alice, Lexington and Moul-
ton out of business.
1t was during these two %shutdowns
or partial s~hutdowns, of the COS,
that Marcus DAILY, then the command
ing figure in Butte's industrial life,
came to the rescue of the men thrown
out of employment. When the first
of them came, he built the hill rail
roads that led up to the mines. This
made work for many thousands, and
relieved the situation greatly. And
in the second of these periods, the
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific railroad
was in the building, and the financial
panic that was shaking the country
from coast to coast and from the
border to the Rio Grande
barely noticeable in Butte.
Faction Fighting
In the latter part of 1903 came
another two months shutdown,
while partial, was nearly COM
plete. The Anaconda properties,
along with those of the Boston &
Montana company and the Butte and
Boston companies and other inde-
pendent concerns, had passed into the
of the Amalgamated company.
The late F. Augustus Heinze, then a
pig factor in the copper world, was
engaged in litigation with the Anal
gamated over ownership or control
If many mines. A district court in
junction, which affected the Anal
,amated adversely, was followed by
cessation of work in all the proper
les of this company. This was in
October of 1908.
Stoppage of work on such a big
Gale naturally had a depressing eff
ect on the industries of the Butte
1t came to an end in De-
,ember, when then Governor Joseph
(. Toole agreed, on condition that
he mines would at once, to
all a special session of the legisla-
ure to pass what were later called
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-18
Companies Must Report Receipts

When the state board of equaliza-
ton met last week to begin equali-
cation of taxes and assessing inter-
county property, it had permission
from the supreme court to require
coal, oil and cement companies to re-
port their receipts as the basis of
taxing them under the revenue law
of the recent assembly. The court
issued a temporary restraining order
pending decision of the constitution
atty of the law, but on motion of
Attorney General Wellington D. Ran
kin modified the order so as to per-
NIT the state board to send out
blanks and require the information
as to the amount of business done.
The case was argued by MI. Rankin
for the state and Donald Campbell of
Forsyth, appearing for the Mid-Nor-
thern Oil company.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-18
cuticura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
tieura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This is
only one of the things Cuticura will do
if Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet purposes.-Adv.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-18

Butte-Homestake, a village on
the Northern Pacific on the summit
of the continental divide, was des-
troyed by fire a few days ago.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-18

MISREPRESENTATION a roll call
the senate passed the Capper-Tincher
bill to prevent gambling on grain
exchanges.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-18

years are still keeping them up and
other towns are putting them on to
meet a popular and growing demand
in west and east alike. The bronx
industry is recognized as a regular
business in southeastern Montana,
but the CRITTERS" to be profitable
must be bad ones. While ordinary
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-18

BY HARRY SUFFER-
1 like that ancient Saxon phrase
which calls
The burial ground Gods Acre. 1t
is just;
1t consecrates each grave within its
walls,
And breathes a benson DER the
sleeping dust.
-Longfellow.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
Claim, Negresses Picked
Pockets of Soldier

Said by the police to have picked the
pockets OF Frank McCracken, "a years
old. soldier stationed at Fort Myer,
Va. two negresses were arrested last
night by Policeman J. T. Langley of
the Fourth precinct station.
They gave their names as Marie
Thomas, 81 years old. N street south
west, and Sophis Robertson, rs years
old, 332 Armory street southwest
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
CLAIM PROPERTY
ILLEGALLY HELD
More Than Million in Hands
Of Custodian Demanded
By Aliens.

The return of stocks, bonds and
cash amounting to more than ST.
100000 is demanded in two petitions
hled by residents of New York
City yesterday in the District OF
Columbia Supreme Court against
Thomas w. Miller. Allen Property
Custodian, and Frank White, Treas
urer of the United States.
Paul Reineman, of 90 Broad street,
who claims to be naturalized
American citizen, sues to recover
s25O.000 worth of stocks, bonds and
cash. on the ground that his prop
erty was Illegally seized. Mr.. Refine
man is now in Meggen, Switzerland.
He alleges that he was in Frank
tort, Germany. at the outbreak of
the war and reported himself TO
the German police as an alien enc
my OF the Imperial German govern
ment. The petitioner also alleges
that he has been physically unable
TO return to this country, both dur
ing the war and at present be-
cause he cannot obtain a passport
Frederick Schultz, son of the late
Carl Schultz, former director OF
the Standard Oil Company's Brem-
en- branch, who admits he is a
German but explains that he has
declared his intention of becoming
citizen, sues as administrator of
the estate of his father, who died
IN Bremen on February IL, 1917,
leaving a widow and seven chill
dren.
The petition alleges that prior to
the death of the elder Schultz he
deposited with the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey 1850 shares
Of the capital stock. which were
seized. Dividends on this stock
since the seizure, amounting to
H2s.550. have been paid. it is al
legged, to the Alien Property Gus
todian. The son declares his father
was not an alien enemy within
the meaning of the trading with
the enemy act and that the seizure
was Illegal.
Letters of administration were
granted the son, it is alleged, in
the New York courts on July 5,
1919, when the will was filed for
probate. The administrator claims
TO have lived in New York during
the war as a friend of the United
States.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
BIRTHS

White.
Justin c. and Thelma r. Buckner, boy.
Harry and Lorraine Harris, boy.
John w. jr.. and Mildred V. Lowe. boy.
Rufus o. and Minnie E. Jones, boy.
Earl r. and Leola r. Alvey, boy.
George and Jane Mellis. boy.
Richard Z. 8. and Emma L. Boss. girl.
Wayne d. and Grace Y. Lynn. boy.
Harry and Anna Scarletenes, boy.
Christie and Victoria Brandy. boy.
Abraham and Rosie Bisker, boy.
Colored.
Ernest z. and Ethel Just, girl.
Charles Z. and Anita ". Reed. girl.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
NEEDS OF FARMERS
SHOWN CONGRESS.
Joint Commission on Agricul-
ture Asks Freight Re-
ducti0n.

Recommendation for the legaliz-
ing of cooperative marketing.
modification of present rural credit
facilities to meet the needs of the
farmer. a better warehousing sys-
tenn. and an immediate reduction in
freight rates on farm products were
made in a report to Congress yes
terday by the joint commission of
agricultural inquiry.
Other specific recommendation
made include an extension of the
statistical divisions of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, appointment
of agricultural attaches in the prin-
cipal foreign countries producing
and consuming agricultural prod
ucts, and more accurate. uniform
and practical grades OF agricultural
products and standards of con-
tainers.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
Woman and Liquor
Seized in Police Raid

In a raid early this morning on the
rooming house at 1921 street north
west, a gallon of corn liquor was
seized and a negress arrested charged
with illegal possession and selling Of
liquor.
Police say marked money was found
on the woman. Ada Chambers. As
years old. The raid was conducted
by Internal Revenue Officer Evans,
Lieut. Holmes, Precinct Detective
Lowrey and Policeman Curry.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
Compares ''Don Juans."

Prof. Angel c. vazquez, professor
OF Spanish languages and litera-
ture at Catholic and George Wash
ington universities, addressed the
monthly meeting of the Spanish
American Atheneum at Thomson
School last night, comparing Zor-
rilla's Don Juan" a typic-l Span
ish character of the 18th Century.
with the Don Juan" of Lord By
ron. H. D. Harradon gave a brief
address on the contemporaneous
Latin-American authors. with some
selections from Latin-American lit
erature. w. P. Montgomery pre-
sided.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15

Highest. 5b.5; lowest, 31.3.
Relative humidity-s a. m, 81; 2
p. M, 100: S'p. m, 81.
rainfall (S p. m. to s D. m.), .15.
Hours of sunshine, 90.
Fer cent of possible sunshIn, o.
Departures from Normal.
Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January l.+1s21, l,ls4.
Excess of temperature since De-
cember /. 1921, a.
Accumulated deficiency of precipi-
tation since January 1, 1921, 6.le.
Denciency OF precipitation since
December /, 1921, u.
temperature same date last year
Highest. IS; lowest. As.
Tide Conditions.
HiGh tide 1857 a. m. and S:15 D. m.
Low tide 2:24 a. m. ana 2:22 D. m.
Sun rises 1913 a. m, sets 4:47 D. m.
Moon rises $40 p. m, sets 7:2s
a. m.
River Conditions.
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
pom clear at Harpers Ferry yester-
day afternoon.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
DEATHS

White.
Catherine Enright, As years, lOO2 22no
st. NV.
Minnie Lambert, 50, Georgetown University
Huspt.
Ernest B. Bowling. 50, 933 y st. NV.
Herman L. Darnell, 81, Walter Reed
IIospt.
Hannibal D. Norten, SO. 1945 Calvert ct.
NV.
Maria z. Webb. bs, 7o7 10th st. NV.
Elizabeth Hubert. IS. Emergency Hospt.
James r. Bruce. SO. 100 II st. sw.
VIM. r. Perkins. rs. Home for Aged.
Robert N. Collins, 43, 321o 10th st. NV.
George II. Mulioy. 4s, 1926 u st. Sc.
Helen Oxford, %, 40 Portland st. sc.
colored.
Hattie Smith. 20, 2122 sth st. NV.
Laura A. Baptist. 60. so 18th st. ne.
Lucy Sullivan. 80, so jackson st. ne.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
Mississippians DELAY Meeting.

The regular meeting of the Missis-
sippi State Society has been postponed
out Of consideration for Mrs. Walter
Pitman Ramsey, president Of the or
ganization, whose husband died last
Saturday.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
Trinity Church Society
Chooses NeU Officers

Officers of the st. Vincent de Paul
Society of Holy Trinity Church were
elected yesterday in the church
rectory. as follows: Rev. John c.
Geale, S. J., spiritual moderator:
John Hadley Doyle, president: ::
Charles ]. Anderson and John T.
Guilfoyle. vice presidents; George
E. Potter, treasurer: Joseph A.
Kuhn, secretary. and Joseph W.
Freeman, librarian.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
Police Matr0n Finds
Husband Dead in Bed

Montgomery B. Keys. SO years
old. was found dead in bed in his
apartment in the NcGill Building,
914 G street northwest. shortly
after midnight.
Keys had been suffering from
heart trouble for the last five years.
He was found by his wife, Mrs
Estella Keys. police matron at the
First precinct. Keys had been en-
ployed at the McGill Building for
many years. Coroner Nevitt Is in
vestigating.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
TRIES TO CUT OFF
HER ARM; MAY DIE
FROM BLOOD Loss
Butcher Knife Wrenched
From Woman Who
Hacked Herself.

Practically on the eve OF the
wedding of her son. Mrs. Mary d.
Eldridge, 40 years old. attempted to
sever her left arm with a butcher
knife shortly after 10 o'clock last
night at the home of DIR. Henry j.
Hunt, 1904 Girard street northwest,
where she has been living,
Disregarding streams OF blood
flowing from the keen cuts the
woman was hacking at her arm
from the wrist to the elbow in the
kitchen OF the home when found.
She was rushed to the Emergency
Hospital. Physicians were operat-
Ing until an early hour this morn
Ing. Owing to the loss of blood,
little hope is entertained for her
recovery.
According to police, the woman
entered the kitchen. rolled up her
sleeve and laying her arm on a
bread boaru started hacking It. At
least a dozen Jabs had been made.
Mrs. Olive E. Thomas, another
occupant of the house. wrenched the
knife from her hand. after which
she dropped to the floor from the
loss of blood. First aid treatment
was rendered by George Douglass,
another occupant of the house. 1t
is believed that the woman's mind
was temporarily deranged. She had
never spoken of suicide, according
to Mrs. Hunt
William Eldridse. her son, ar
rived in Washington from Cali
fornia last week to be married
The wedding, according to Mrs
Hunt, was to take place next
Wednesday.
Mrs. Eldridge had been living at
the Girard street home for nearly
two weeks. Previously she occu-
pied a room on w street northwest.
Her husband. according to Mrs.
Hunt. is dead
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
; Maryland:

Generally fair today and tomorrow;
little change in temperature; mod
crate to fresh northwest and north
winds
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
Realty Company Loses Suit.

By direction of Judge Peter Ad-
fred L. Wilson and William H. Tay-
Tor of the Takoma Park Realty
Company, lost their suit against
Henry S. Vandevanter, of Takoma
Park. to recover a per cent COM
mission on a sale of real estate at
Takoma
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
THE WEATHER
Ferecast for Te1ay anA Tsnsrrew.

For the District
of Columbia: Fair
today and tomor-
row; little change
l n temperature;
moderate north
west and north
r or Virginia:
Fair today and
tomorrow; n o {
much change in
I Q m p e r q I ure; /;
fr es h northerly
winds.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
Marooned on Chimney Top.

CHICAGO. Dec. 14.-Roy Sutton.
steeplejack. was marooned atop a
l5O-foot chimney in a cold wind for
three hours here today when the
rope broke. Life guns were
used to shoot him a rope
The Washington herald., 1921-12-15
Arrested as Fugitive.

William Anthony Strausser, ~
years old, said to have escaped from
the Ward Island Asylum in New
York, was arrested yesterday morn
ing on Eleventh street northwest,
by Headquarters Detectives Pratt
and Mullen He IL being held at
the First Precinct Station as a fu-
gitive from justice.
The Pulaskian., 1921-11-17

George Belyeu called on Pierce Belyeu Monday evening.
 Miss Emma Robins spent Friday night with Mamie Justice.
 MT. and Mrs. Otha Clement ot Forum. Okla, are visiting MT. Clem- ent's parents, Mir. and Mrs. Monroe Clement.
 Mrs. Ethel Justice spent Sunday with Mrs. Emma Clement.
 Mrs. Gladys Douglas and little daughter spent Saturday evening with Mrs. J. B. Smith.
 Mr. and Mrs. Burden visited rela- tives in Little Rock the latter part of this week.
 Stanley Clement attended the party at Mrs. Martha Anderson's Saturday night.
 Mrs. Billings has returned from Memphis, Tenn, where she has been visiting friends and relatives.
 Misses Odie Belyeu and Name Justice spent few social hours with Misses Bell and Flora Witcher Sat urday afternoon.
 Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hall were Sun day evening guests of A. J. Barentine and family.
 Mrs. Maggie Snead spent Sunday with Mrs. Bessie Sanderson.
 Mrs. Lizzie Lacy and Katie Krug called on Mrs. B. M. Clement Sunday afternoon.
 Joe Carmichael was a guest of Miss Vivian Billings Sunday evening.
 PRETTY MoHEA.