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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10

on his hands and knees, redolent OF
catfish reeking to the disgust of the
other players, exhaling stale fish
smells that would stop an 8-day time
piece, never finding any bet on his
end of the layout that looked as
good as those just a little farther on.
Then, Tom, do you remember how,
when Flick would moisten the end
of his big, stout finger and ask Are
you all down, gentlemen" Sandy
would again go across the layout
on his hands and knees to put a cop
per on his bet?
Wasn't he plumb human? The last
I remember seeing Sandy was when
Luther Kelly, scouting then with the
mounted Fifth and Second cavalry
hereabout, shot the Indian that killed
poor Sergeant Douglas "a better
Scotch lad V put baco juice
though 1ong-Tom gum over in the
breaks of Fallon or the Little Mis-
souri,. 1t was bitter cold weather.
Kelly and Jeff Phillips and Dit
Glover were along. Kelly, after he'd
shot the Indian, wrapped poor Doug
las in his bed tarp, put him face
down across a mule on an appareJo
(saddle) and when we helped off
the loads from the mules at the post
here, that was the first we heard of
what happened to Douglas and to
Catfish Sandy, who-the latter-was
trapping down there and had some
differences with and lodged that
little Sioux war party, fastened by
night with the news to the post.
Joe Spence, buffalo hunter that
you knew and admired, n time
partner of Jim White, and with
whom 1 hunted in '78 and'79 around
the Sheep Mountain and timber
creek country, was here the other
day, and say, Tom, there is a man
with a memory the like of which you
rarely find. Listening to him | got
nervous fearing he'd recount Things
that we'd rather not mention. He
sets down here and tells me that 1T
was on the seventeenth of Marcn,
never mind the year, that jimmie
Brooks killed the niger in the res
around on Park street. He
to me, do you know what e
came of" and then tells you their
front name. What they did on the
steenth of December, 1881, and when
they were last seen, particularly
about men who have been dead, 10,
these twenty years. My honest opln-
ion is that there is the boy That
comes nearer than any other living
man today being able to tell the
story of Miles City in the buff
faIo days from TT to SO, and he
never made a note as far as know;
he's simply got it behind his a and
he is coming down to the Roundup,
[ hope, and when he does, our nttle
Historic Society here ought to 1ur-
aish him a nice, warm-haired steno-
that he would like to talk TO
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
BROADUS HUNTING
BURIED TREASURE
TWENTY-FIVE BARRELS OF AZ.
YEAR-OLD WHISKY, CACHED
ON BIG POWDER RIVER
Part of the Commissary of Generals
Reno and Custer, Which Was Bur-
led When Troops Had to Retreat
in Face of Superior Force of In
dams.

Assistance of prohibition officers
in locating a cache of % barrels OF
4~7-year-old whisky would be welcOm-
ed in Powder River county. This
whisky was buried in 1874 near the
confluence of Big Powder river and
Cache creek, 20 miles above Broadus,
and the former stream derived its
name from the incident.
M. c.. Gilmore declared he assisted
in burying the whisky four feet deep.
The liquor was part of the commits
sary of the commands of Generals
Reno and Custer, and was ordered
cached by them to prevent its falling
into the hands and stomachs of the
pursuing Indians when it became APP
parent that the troops might be COM
PEELED to make a hasty move.
Just prior to the caching incident,
the troops had a skirmish with In
dams in this vicinity, with a few cas-
ualties on their side and many
with the Indians, who were in vastly
superior force. The troops burned
part of their equipment here and
discarded a brass howitzer after put
ting it out of commission, and this
cannon was still in evidence until re-
Gently, when flood waters from the
Powder river buried it with sediment.
Gilmore, reputed to be the oldest
living pioneer in Montana because of
so years residence here, is now IS
years of age He has visited the
scene of the whisky cache and dug
around only to meet with disappoint-
ment. He says traces of it were ORR
ginally effaced by tamping down the
soil and then by burning the surface
In the long period of years, it is
probable that the cache has been COW
cred over with many more feet of
sediment from Powder river as in
that locality new land has been built
up in the past 10 years, averaging
four feet in thickness. 1t is also prob
able that through the river constant
1y changing it's channels that the
cache is now some distance away
from the mouth of the stream flow
ing from Powder river.
A double incentive might induce
to drill. in the vicinity,
fortunes in view in case of a
one for whisky nearly half a
old, and the other for oil.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10

remembered, and my letter files will
prove that. While one may be still
poor and obscure, and another the
president of a railroad, they're men,
all, and they don't forget; and while
we can't get them together, we can
make an effort to get their stories
while they are yet living and deposit
them here, and with that end in view
so long as 1 live, l will put forth
some effort.
l hope you don't go to Mexico, but
if you do and you are shy of a man
to work on the offside packing, and
you make the other fellow promise
not to chuck me with the cinch or
pop my eye out with the end of the
rope, I might strike you for a job
working with the mules.
Yours faithful, always,
l.. A. HUFFMAN.
P. S. - See you are the Roundup.
You're coming-horseback.
AS newer conner crowds the fore
We drop behind.
We who have labored long and sore
Times out of mind
And keen are yet, must not regret
To drop behind.
Yet there are of us some who grieve
To go behind.
Staunch, strenuous souls who scarce
believe
Their fires declined.
And knows none cares, remembers,
spares
Who goes behind.
'Tis not that we have unforetold
The drop behind.
We feel the new must Dust the old
In every kind.
But yet, we think, must we, must we,
Too, drop behind?
"The Superseded"
THOMAS HARDY.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10

and give him sufficient time and pri-
vacy to put down that story.
But, Tom, as Granville Stewart
used to say - We are burn1n'
daylight" when we dawdled along
the trail telling stories when we went
to the Big Horn with him in 1880
and may be stopping to cinch up your
old Roney and I'd get my gun out of
the boot and cinch up old Paddy and
we'd have a little wild west on the
side, running the buffalo, on the flats
along the Rosebud not far from
where old man Straw afterward built
his home; and l can see you now on
old Roney, who was gun wise, and /
can hear you laugh when | got back,
for Paddle he'd go hog wild at the
first shot and break away for Tongue
river, you'd get the meat and you'd
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10

far as we 'knowed' then. I am writ
ing to Jake De Hart about the cat
fish fry, just the right size for set
ting out along the creek. If Jake
don't warn up to this, I'll save one
cartridge against the time l meet up
with him again.
Luther Yellowstone S. Kelly's adj
dress is Ida, Nevada, and the last
letter l had from him said on the S..
M. end of it: "Shucksi We're good
for twenty years yeti" But wait, l
didn't finish what l was saying about
Catfish" Sandy. Flick McTiernan
and George Allingham, faro dealers,
that you remember well, pushed
many a card from the deal box to de-
eide where the results of Sandy's
fishing should go when he'd scram-
BILE, as you recall, across the layout
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
Limits Speed of BICYCLES

The death dealing bicycle is re-
stricted to a slower speed than is the
automobile under the privisions of
Havres new traffic ordinance. Twelve
miles is the top dash for the BIZ
cyclists in any so minutes and Is
miles in a like time is permitted the
demon chauffeur. Both are restrict
ed to seven miles per hour at street
crossings.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
Increase in Railroad Fare

Railroad fares will be increased in
Montana on March 2. According to
the state railway commission the in
crease will be from 3 cents per mile
to 3.6( which will conform to the
interstate rate. 1t is estimated that
the advance will cost those who trav-
Ell in Montana about 100000 per
year.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
Shave With cuticura Soap

And double your razor efficiency as
well as promote skin purity, skin COM
fort and skin health. No mug, no
Shiny soap, no germs, no waste, no
irritation even when shaved twice
daily. One soap for all uses-shaving,
bathing and shampooing.-Adv.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10

laugh and I'd get a ride. We're
burning daylight
Tom, I'm going to hand you a bou-
quet. You handed 'em in your let
ter to Jim and Jack and Sam Gordon.
Here's n I've had in mind for you
a long while. You're one n of the
men kind Fate has spared, to be
around seventy-one, and realize that
the emoluments of life are not bound
up in the material things of life, and
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-10
RIP VAN WRINKLE
GOES TO HELENA
AFTER THIRTY YEARS ABSENCE
HAIRY ELLIS OF ABSARO-
KEE VISITS CAPITAL.

Looks for the Leading Hotel''
Which He Imagines t. be the Co.'S
mopolitan, Now a Relic of Ancient
Times; Game Warden Potter Puts
Him Right.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14

Carries commanding Major Mccunin
was executive officer and Captain
Ross z Larson assistant executive Of
,ccr and ndjltant
The Motor Transport, Tn charge OF
ceptslr l.. :. Bowland. arrived on
Juno .. Corlplny 4. Eighth Ensineers
,r command OF captain c. h. Mckee
arrived ON June Is Both units came
from Fort Bliss. Texas. The l'th
cavalry supply troop arrived shortly
after from Fort n. \. Russsi. wyom-
,rs. with captain Ross r. Larson
commanding.
Four steam Ghovels were used in the
clean up. arriving ON June u, 10, =
and July Q. respectively.
Caltair White removed 80 dend
ror.ss and cattle and so domestic ami
r1'- md burned them. After com-
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14

Tomorrow the efficient services of
Company A, Eighth Engineers. Motor
Transport company No. 40, and a por-
ton OF Supply Troop Of the 18th Cav
airy. will be lacking in the future
cleanup work in tho city OF Pueblo.
These military units leave Monday
morning for their regular headquar-
tiers.
The Motor Transport company
leaves for Fort Bliss. The Supply
troop. leaves for Fort u. 4. Russell
and the engineers return to Fort sam
Houston.
Il was fortunate tor Pueblo that the
government sent these military units
here after the flood OF June 8, for II
would have been almost impossible to
have gotten the streets open and the
sanitary conditions improved without
the efficient service Of a large mum
Der OF men wording under military
discipline and with military precision.
The Chleftaiu vol,os the thanks ot
the entire city Of Pueblo when it eH-
tends TO these military units. the Of
ficers and the men In the ranks, the
appreciation and thanks o, tho city
We trust that their servi,e In a like
calamity will uc@er no needed in Fue-
bio uut n a similar condition should
arise lu this oity. wo viii know whore
to go for efficient and syEtcmntized
hrrn
As the hoys leave tomorrow morn
ing ve trust they will carry this note
or appreciation. with them
The frat of the Pueblo flood relief
was organized juno IS. 1t. col-.w. c.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14
j. S. LOST CHANGE
TO SELL MUCH COAL

Copenhagen. AUG. l5.-'The United
states lost a great opportunity TO soil
her surplus coal a leading Danish
importer told The Associated Fress
correspondent here today. because I'm
1919 and 1920 when American sellers
had the European market Rt their
mercy. they made the mistake ot
sending to Europe coal Of very poor
quality and charged cNorbi,ant prices
for Il
As result OF this policy he said.
during tho recent British coal strike.
when practically no coal was obtain
able from Great Britain, hardly any
scandinavian prdrra Tor coal were
placed In America despite tho fact
that stocks on hand were nearly "N-
hausted importers rreterrcd to run
the risk Of running short 70 taking
thcir chances of ordering fuel from
America and receiving coal nf m in
fcricr quality, II American coal "a
to regain the reputation it has lost IN
European markets thotu must 30 m
effective official guarantee " ITS quail
/ i'v based ON analysis, saws the
Bureau OF Mines.
The r1rtsh commercial adviser IN
I New York recently reported that "
/ is difficult 70 hlsmc any individual
I American eNportsr Tor the general
conditions prevailing IN tho Amcric an
/ coal export trade. conditions FOR
which America will raN by tho loss 81
| q market VI great Importance 10 ths
nations coal indusrN-'
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14

proxlmately 1855 trips day, so that
the company has hauled io5i7 tons
daily for g days-making the 25.e'e
tons OF dirt which they have removed
from Pueblo streets and cellars.
The trips to the dumps and return
have averaged seven and one-half
miles each. totalius the s2,Si miles
Travelled by all the trucks Of the COM
pany in the time they have been in
Pueblo.
II is interesting to note that the
company has used 1885 gallons of
gasoline since they nave been In Pue-
blo-or 255.s gallons a day. The mile
age has averaged IS miles to n gallon
The value OF the Casoiine, at whole
sale price Of q cents, has been
s3.Hsis.
Three thousand, ono hundred and
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14

4so square yards OF slss for facing.
The total cost Of filling these breaks
was ;is,5oo
The transportation facilities consists
or IS army dump trucks. "a civilian
dump trucks. .. civilian box trucks and
that number was the 'averasc used
each Gay.
some ie.H5 ltuesl feet Of debris was
removed from tho city streets and
I5,t2c linesl feet from the alleys by
milltSry units. \ i'tal OF losioo cubic
Yards we're removed at a total cost OF
sli5.0oo
Tho Fifteenth Cavalry troop is COM
posed OF so wagons, i2i mules and 6
norscs besides the % enlisted men.
s. 500 was spent for hay and grain.
The federal troops worked Il total OF
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14

The Motor Transport company ts
not connected with the United states
Engineers. who have also been In Pue-
bio.
The men have been hauling dirt
every day except sundays, since their
arrival. from s o'clock until noon, and
from 1 o'clock until !. One hour of
each evening has been devoted to care
of the trucks.
There were 46 men in the company
wheu they came to Pueblo One man
was accidentally shot, and another
was taken i'll; both Of the men are in
a government hospital in Denver now.
The company brought 81 vehicles
with them from Texas. Twenty-siN of
these were trucks: two class trucks
having $50 gallon tanks for hauling ths
gasoline from iBesscmor: touring car
of the commanding officer. truck for
hauling water TO laborers. a ear for
the carrying OF pcrishaule goods for
the company, and a few other cars,
made up tho 81 automobiles.
The company is to return to Fort
Buss Texas upon their departure
from Pueblo. It is said that the men
OF the company like Pueblo. It is also
stated that when the Motor Transport
boys pun out of Pueblo there will bs
many a fellow whistiing to the eirs
| he's leaving behind MIN.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14

pleting that task. he was assigned TO
rebuilding levees. The work started
on June IS. construction outfit was
rented by the military authorities from
the c. s G.amhle company. An aver
are OF $50 cubic yards OF dirt was
placed on the levee each day with
fresnoes and scraprrs. The Ievee was
then faced with Stag by hand. The
Martin street crossing TN required
g.a8- cubic yards Of dirt: the Elizabeth
street break. i.425 cubic yards Of dirt.
and 81. square yards of paving. The
Victoria break required $500 cubic
yards Of dirt and 100 square yards OF
.Iag. and the Santa Fe Avenue break
required 5000 cubic yards OF dirt and
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14
HAULED G5.gf1 TONS
OF DIRT OUT OF CITY

When the United states Motor
Transport service men leave Pueblo
Monday, Aug, Is. they will have hauled
Is, 9i3 tons of dirt and debris from the
streets OF the city in the 81 days they
have been here. and they VIII have
Travelled s2267 miles, a distance equal
to two and three-tifths times the cir
cumference of the world.
Tho average load hauled by one OF
the trucks has weighed three and one
third tons The trucks have made ap-
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14

used-or is.a quarts day. One quart
of oil has t|en used to every 20 miles
travelled, according TO approximate fig
ures
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-08-02

n R0ssING Siberia, Charles R Crane, retiring American minister
II to China, carried several barrels Of nails, needles and tooth
= brushes, which he used IS money.
Thn is turning the clock hack 272l years. II was 800 n. C. that
the Greeks produced the worlds first coins-irregular humps Of gold
or silver.
What did men use Is a medium Of exchange before theni
Manuscripts found in the city of Nippur, buried l,400 r. g.,
show that values were measured IN live stock, grain aud metal. A
woman slave was worth four oxen and an OK was worth a threcfoot
bar Of copper or brass.
Money You jingle IL in your pocket.
All xant' II. Few have II. fI
Put a coin in your palm II represents civilization from IFS most
primitive form for money was the first medium by which men band
ed together and guaranteed good faith.
Salt and other necessities of life have been used as money. So
has tobacco, the currency of Virginia in lis colonial days
Under the barter system, men traded article for article
Gradually came real mOney-coin aud banknotes, backed by
gold, the precious substance. Take away that gold backing aud the
money becomen worthless-as in Russia, where the natives prefer
nails, needles and toothbrushes. 10 worthless paper.
The more gold you have back of a money system, the more secure
is the value Of that money, aud the higher il rises.
That's Why American money. backed by Possession Of more than
half the gold in The world, now is at par while the money Of other
countries is below par.
Is our great horde Of gold going 10 prove n cursei
One school Of economists believes that other cuntries, in a dies.
perate attempt 70 get gold from us 10 brace their currency systems.
viii Try 10 food ms with cheap goods
0fher econDnnts think thai trade between naii0ns IN the coming
decndrs will go back 10 the primitive barter system-say, outright
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-08-02
Income Tax
Surprises

Mrom the Philadelphia Buneun.)
nome surprises OF patent alrl
nificencc await persons who will take
INC trouble To analyze the detailed
reports Of Income tax payments In
the year 1919, This vas distinctiveiy
q year when investors revclled IN
rich dividends from all classes OF cor-
norations. Railroad companies had 10
thought OF emitting the periodical pay.
nienta 70 Stockholders, and lndurtrials
were flourishing and distributing
nrofits accumulated during the war
and after the armistice.
Yet the figures now published show
y q dividends contributed but 1894
per cent OF the total payments from
personal incomes OF t~l.ass.s30. 100.
Interest on other investments con
tributed hut $50 per cent. while the
payments from wages and salaries
furnished t7.si, per cent of the whole
revenue from Individuals. No com
putatton OF the uncarned Incomes
which. Tor n reason or another,
were exempt. IL available.
Here ~ a graphic demonstration Of
h weight which yhe Income tax bears
upon the earned income as com
pared with tho %'unearned increment
The ratio OF collections was virtually
three TO one. In the levy on the
HFffE 80 'aAAaA tANh"Aa ~
other significant fact Ia that the re-
turns from persons engaged In agri-
culture and related Industries far out
reached those from any other division
OF trade or business. This bears out
the teaching OF economics that
farming In the most widely diffused
basic industry IN the United States,
SIN further, II Is disclosed that the
taxable earned incomes from all
SOURCES, wages. salaries, commissions.
profeHsiona, fees. directors fees and
personal service. aggregated ti0.I2i,-
s92,65l. while the taxable incomes
from trade. commerce, partnerships,
farming, and profits from the sale OF
real estate, stocks. bonds. and other
property were but 50. 70S,344,ss4. All
this u important a. showing that h
true strength OF the republic lies In
the wage earning and salarted pop
ulhtion. and that from them Is de-
rived the principal support OF the gov
ornment. Law making. therefore,
should be aimed to conserve their I'M
tercsts. whether n N In devising "A
new tariff bill or revising the revenue
laws.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-08-02

teersman of good roputo from New
York. to proceed against pirntes In
a ship called the Adventure Galley.
on a no capture. no pay basis. The
a~dven,urers included Capt Kidd.
Robert Livingston, Lord Chancellor
Somers. tho earl OF oxford tfirHt
lord ~ tho Admiralty tho earl OF
Romney and the duke OF shrews-
hurry t%accretarieH OF Etate). Bclio-
mont and the straw men. 10 whom
tho kings grant ~ treasure was
later made, did not contribute a
cent"
ION September 6. 1896. with a
crazy vessel and "a crazier crow.
Cant. Kid proceeded on his mission"
the archivist said. lie picked up sew
eral pirates. including "a Moorish
ship Of goo tons and a Bengal mer-
chairman Of soc tons both having
French passes and being lawful
prizes"
Promises Safe Conduct
lie came TO New York and then
to Roston Through the trickcry Of
Beiiomont." who promised him safe
conduct with the remnant OF his
crew he was arrested. sent to Eng
land. tried for murder IND piracy.
convicted and hanged OF Execution
dock, Friday. May 20, 1901, to sat-
isfy the political exigencies OF the
times. II was either Lord Bclo-
mont. the lord chancellor. the first
lord OF the admiralty. the secrctar-
les OF state or Capt. Kidd, aud under
his circumstances he had no chance.
Collision and perjury are plainly
evident in his trial. the French
passes. which would have cleared
him Of the piracy charge. though
produced IN parliament were SUP
pressed Ia the admiralty court. The
least said about Bellomont's action
la the matter the better. lie fooled
Kidd. he foo.ed his council. and,
worst OF all he allowed u In his
letters to the lords OF trade.
True to His Trust.
THE Capt. Kidd of today IL a
composite pirate made up NJ all who
requcnted our shores from 1887 TO
1887. Propaganda ~ the worst Kind
blackened the reputation Of a man
Of whom a recognized French
authority says: II may b" we'll
doubted whether any man In equally
trying circumstance has ever been
truur to his trust
And yet the great American pub
lc persists in calling Capt. Kidd "
pirate and In searching for his
treasure. which ocs not exist