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PROBE CHARGES OF
POISONING BIRDS
STATE GAME WARDEN TO HIVES.
TIGATE DEATHS CAUSED BY
GOPHER GRAIN"
Potter Is Going to Find Out Defin.
itely Whether or Not Song and
Game Birds Are Being Killed by
Campaigns Carried ON to Rid the
State Of Gopher Pests.

Experiments will be conducted
this coming summer by the state
game and fish warden's department
definitely to determine whether or
not song and game birds are being
killed by gopher and other rodent
poison that is used in enormous guam
titles each season by Montana farm
ers. Announcement to this effect
was made by Game Warden NJ. W.
Potter.
There has been sharp conflict of
opinion over this question for several
years. According to DR.. Parker, who
has been conducting the spotted fever
investigation in the Bitter Root val
ley. his observation has been that the
game and song birds are not affected
by gopher poison. Members of the
United States biological survey have
also advised Potter that grouse and
other birds were fed poisoned wheat
and oats, such as is used to destroy
gophers, and they thrived on it.
On the other hand, reputable citi-
zens in eastern Montana likewise in
formed the game warden that last
summer, on small tract of ground,
they counted Is birds that had died
where gopher poison had been put
out.
It is understood that the federal
game warden for the district compos-
ed of Montana and Wyoming also
contemplates some experiments along
these lines.
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grasp, yet died in their cabins among
their mountain peaks without hav-
ing touched the hem of the garment
OF the tickle goddess, and also of
those who threw away immense
riches without having gained an ink
ling OF the wealth that lay beneath
their feet.
The Lucky Swede
Such incidents are part OF the his
tory of every mountain state. Idaho
has several and, in addition, a num-
Der where fortune came through a
happy fluke. Among the latter is
the mine located by a jackass and the
story Of the tenderfoot Swede who
was induced by the camp jokers to
start q prospect hole on the top Of
a hill In full view of the loiterers on
the Main street of an Idaho town,
sent there, the jokers said. $50 every
body can enjoy a good laugh as they
watch him work." The Swede struck
1t rich." much to the chagrin of the
jokers.
Harry Orchards Strike
The Hercules mine in Idaho is an
other "happy fluke," old timers say.
The man who disclosed the Hercules
vein did not know that he had done
so until months afterward. This
man. it is said. is the redoubtable
Harry Orchard. who is now doing
time in the Idaho penitentiary for
the murder Of Ex-Governor Steunen-
berg.
The location of the vein, according
to Judge Beck, now of Molalla. Ore.
but formerly Of Spokane, came about
as follows: The Day brothers Of
Idaho, now multi-millionaires, were
then humble prospectors who were
supported in their development work
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WITH MOUNTAINS OF WEALTH ABOUT H FORTUNE EVER ElUDED
THE MAN WHO FIRST FOUND GOLD nm MONTANA 63 YEARS AGO

To tramp over the richest copper
hill in the world, to roam over the
richest gold ore In the world, to walk
across the richest silver ore in the
world. to travel past the mouth of
one OF the famous placer gulches Of
the west and across the 1ext without
ever having "stubbed his toe' or mo-
ticed sign Of the fabulous riches
within his grasp was the fate Of the
late Granville stuart, Montana's first
gold discoverer.
When Stuart was city librarian
. boy called in to see him one
evening. In the course Of . chat
the town of Granite was mentioned.
II never was in Granite" said Stuart
with his slow smile, but 1t may in
terest you to know that my first
camp in this part of the world was
pitched on the site of what is now
Rumsey. between two of the richest
mountains Of ore ever found in Mon
tana.
my sole companion was an In
dian. I named Fred Burr lake and
Fred Burr creek after schoolboy
chum. At Rumsey my camp was
about three miles distant, though in
different directions, of course, from
the Cable and the Granite mountain
mines. You know them both. The
gold ore in the Cable was so rich 1t
has been necessary to tie up the
stamps and chisel the gold from
their faces. At the Granite Noun
tain mine the predominating ore was
ruby silver.
my second camp was pitched at
what is now Hall, and from that
place I made three excursions into
the Summit valley district. walked
all over the Anaconda hill. tramp
ed over the placer diggings at Silver
Bow. I walked past the mouth Of
German gulch. noticed nothing
that would attract me. found gold
on Gold creek and helped to put
Montana on the map as a mineral
state. I still own q ranch near the
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on the Hercules by stock sales to
workingmen who were content to &C.
cept stock in payment for their la
bors.
Among the miners employed on
the claim was Harry Orchard. A tun-
mel many hundreds of feet in length
mad been driven into the side of the
hill, but the elusive pay streak had
not been found. Orchard, an iras-
chile fellow, was on this particular
morning in an unusually i'll humor.
The crew had about completed a
round of holes when Orchard broke
into TRADE against the possibility
of ever finding any values on the
ground. He worked himself up to
pitch where he decided to quit
forthwith. He threw his pick over
his shoulder and started for the
mouth of the tunnel. Half way down
the tunnel-way he viciously drove
his pick into the tunnel wall and
left it sticking.
The other miners, discouraged,
followed him. When they reached
the open Orchard was going down the
hill. They sat and consulted. The
final decision was that they would
return and blast the holes already
driven. If nothing was uncovered
they would quit.
Back they went to the face of the
drift. Passing Orchards hanging
pick. one of them wrenched it loose.
In doing so his candle light caught
the CLEAN of metal. He shouted to
the crew. They gathered around and
made an investigation. A few more
pick blows disclosed the long sought
lead. They had drifted by it for sew
eral hundred feet without discover
ing its presence.
III Orchard hadn't lost his tenn
per and quit" said Judge Beck, 1.-The
Hercules might never have been dis
covered"
Valued on the basis of a recent
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vada. Died at Bozeman, Sept. 30,
1870. Aged so Years."

1870. Aged so Years."
Another man who passed up for
tune was Charles Thaler of Shamo-
kin, Penn, who came west and en-
gagged in mining. At one time Thaler
ts said e have owned the Southern
Cross mine. It was an "in-and-out'
proposition in Thaler's day. One as
say would show the ore high in val
ues, the next not a trace.
After spending all the money he
could secure, Thaler quit the mine in
disgust and went to Peru. After his
REIMBURSEMENT, old timers say, the
mine produced more than $4,000
900. Thaler is now working on a
ranch in Eastern Montana.
Lady Luck gave Granville Stuart
and Charley Thaler the marble
heart" said an old timer who himself
had wooed the Goddess of Fortune
from Mexico to the Klondyke and
across many q snow-filled ravine in
Idaho and Montana. His wooing has
been unsuccessful also, but he hasn't
lost heart. 1.-THE old dame is bound
to take fancy to the way I wear my
hair one of these days." he said, his
eyes lighting up with that marvellous
enthusiasm and hope that keeps a
prospector plugging away day after
day with sledge and drill against the
frowning face of q white cliff. living
on salt pork. beans and Johnny
cake" sleeping in q black little
cabin. and never seeing the face of q
fellow man for months at q time.
when Lady Luck once looks my
way" he said. 1T will be race horses
and steam yachts for me-"
The west 70 full Of stories of men
who had fortune almost within their
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site of my permanent camp near
Hall. In my trips into this valley
camped at what Is now Stuart sta.
ton. walked over the richest ore
deposits in the world and today am a
librarian and rancher. Such is
fate" Mr.. Stuart died on his ranch
at Hall. his first permanent camp.
The Granite Mountain and the
Cable mines to which Mr.. Stuart re-
ferred have both produced many for
tunes. German gulch and the Silver
Bow placer diggings have contributed
much wealth. No comment is needed
on the richness of the Anaconda hill.
Monument Erected
Gold Creek bar. where Stuart
found the first gold in what was then
Idaho but Is now Montana, lies be-
tween the Northern Pacific and the
Milwaukee railway tracks. The site
OF this discovery is now marked by
q white marble shaft, the gift OF
Mrs. Mary E. Lalor. Here in full
view of the stranger within our gates
this beautiful shaft of white marble
will tell to generations of the future
the story of Granville Stuart and his
party Of prospectors and of the event
that laid the foundation of q great
and mighty state, Montana" says
an officer of the Montana Pioneers
society.
Henry Comstock
Another trail blazer on whom the
Goddess Of Fortune coldly turned her
back was Henry p. T. Comstock, the
discoverer of the famous Comstock
lode in Nevada, from the depths of
which has come more wealth than
that of Croesus, whose bank account
In ancient times made him so famous
that his name has come down
through the ages.
After discovering the Comstock
lode the man whose name It bears
came to Montana In company with 20
other pr0spect0rs, with the intention
OF prospecting the Yellowstone coun-
try. The expedition is known as 1.-The
First Big Horn Exploring Party" It
at Bozeman. leaving there
the cannon they had brought along
to fight Indians. Comstock shortly
committed suicide BY
shooting. He went about it in q
way, practicing shooting
at mark before turning the weapon
on himself. Disappointed and soured
at SO years of age, he took his own
life while the mine which he had To-
Gated but did not own was belching
Its millions into the lap of the finan-
cial world.
Grave at Bozeman
His remains lie in Bozeman ceme-
terry. marked by a monument erect
ed by Nelson Story. ST., on which is
Inscribed I'm Memory of Henry p. T.
Comstock, Discoverer of the Famous
comstock Lode of Story County, Ne
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sale OF stock the Hercules mine is
worth approximately $16,OOO,OOO.

sale of stock the Hercules mine is
worth approximately $16,000,00O.
Colbert and Twohy
Among the many old time Montana
men who located valuable property,
and died without having enjoyed it's
fruits, two, in particular, might be
mentioned - Charles Colbert and
James Twohy.
Colbert died intestate. Twohy dis
tributed his future wealth among re-
ligious institutions and friends.
Colbert's property occupied the
courts of Montana for several years.
Action by the attorney general to
have it escheated to the state brought
claimant. Jay Cross Bush. an old
livery stable keeper from Wisconsin,
who claimed to be Colbert's nephew.
He told straight story. Said he was
with Colbert in Montana in the COS
and showed his stumps of feet in sup
port of his statement that while he
was on the trip his feet were frozen
and had to be amputated. The late
Peter Breen took Bush's case and
things were going swimmingly when
several brothers and sisters of the
old man bobbed up and accused him
of perjury when he swore that he
was the sole survivor of the family.
Breen at once dropped the case and
Bush disappeared. Then came claim
ants who insisted that Colbert was
a New Yorker, others that he was a
Pennsylvania, still others who in
sisted that he was Irish and finally
family of Germans in Europe who
declared that he was German.
Meanwhile Colbert the prOspector
and cabin dweller was Wondering
into dust while lawyers wrangled
and judges scratched dignified polls
and claimants fought and lied over
the wealth he had won but never en-
joyed.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-01
First Discovery of Gold
in Montana in 1853

Gan Excerpt from the Unpublished Memoirs of the Late
Granville Stuart)
the spring Of 1858 Iohn Powell Fred Burr Thomas Adams
Rezan Anderson, James Stuart myself camped Flint
creek just above the forks and below
Hall is and built 1ndianproof corral
harassd by party Of Blackfe who made nightly attempts
The principal object Of visit the Deer Lodge country
to kill and dry enough to last Fort Brdger and
to do little prospecting ruols having reached us that half
breed from the Red River Of the North had found gold Bene
creek
On May 2nd 1885, jaime. Stuart Rezan Anderson Thomas
Adams and myself packed up what tools had which
psd old spade with the handhod
willow handle which Adams had found his wagon when he
bought in Salt Lake. and tin bread pan that had brought
with US from California and started for Benesee creek
We followed up the creek about five miles, carefully searching
for prospecting having been done but found moth
ing We tried the gravel in the creek several times and
place got COLOR Near the bank Of
mountain sunk hole about five feet and found
in fine gold to the pan Of gravel This convinced that there
rich gold mines vicinity or
provisions we could not do much prospecting
was almost :undown we built fire cooked our supper
then sprnkled with ashes in lieu Of sa and creek water
After around the camp fire discussing the
ton until dark We entirely Of provisions
living meat straight without salt for months
finally decided to stick to original pan-k dry
enough to last to Fort Bdge and then supplies
turn and prospect for mines.
The Blackfeet Indians very troublesome and
ing parties luked about everywhere We selected patch
Of willows the creek when quite dark ex
the fire and quietly led horses into
the willows Here each selected the soe spot he could
find rolled in his blanket and Sleep leaving one man.
gun hand ourselves The guard
was relieved every two hours.
This prospect hole dug by the first prospecting
gold done in Montana and this the Of the
covery Of gold within the state:
We killed and dried and Fort Brdger but failed
to the things necessary mine with get back
to Montana until 1860 and did get se opera
ton on Gold Creek until May 7, 1862.
the Of starting large party prospectos that
country to Montana
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-16
COURT ATTEMPT TO BLOCK RECALL EI LECTION?
FORMAL PROCLAMATION ISSUED TODAY
FOR RECALL ELECTION ON OCTOBER q

Checking of petitions filed for
the recall election was completed
early this morning in the Secre-
tary of States Office and the for
NAL proclamation calling an eiec-
ton for Oct. %. 1t was announc-
ed that there were 1888 names
on the petition for the recall Ut
Governor Frazier; 73,237 fox the
recall of Attorney General Lenlke
and 73,187 for the recall of Cont
missioner Hagan. The 'ndepepd-
ent headquarters at Fargo had
announced the coun: rs 1904.
The required number was C6,GGr.
The formal proclamation of
Secretary of State Hall follows:
PROCLAMATION
Whereas; Petitions have been
filed in this office. signed by at
least thirty per cent of the quail
fled electors who voted at the pre-
ceding election for the Office of
governor in the state, demanding
the recall of Governor Lynn J.
Frazier, Attorney General Will
liam Lemke and Commissioner pf
Agriculture and Labor John N.
Hagan; now, .-N..
Therefore, In accordance with
Article 33, of Amendments to the
State Constitution. ], Thomas
Hall, Secretary of State OF the
State of North Dakota, do pro-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-16
NEW LIBRARIAN
Is APPOINTED
Miss Mary E. Downey Takes
Charge Of State Library

Miss Mary Elizabeth Downey, re-
Gently secretary of the state library
commission of Utah, has assumed the
position of North Dakota state IL
brarian, having been engaged by the
state board of administration to sue
ceed Miss Blanche Hedrick, who has
returned to her home in Columbia,
Mo.
Miss Downey declared she saw
great possibility in the extension OF
library work in North Dakota, parti-
cularly in the development of county
libraries, which she said, naturally
followed the consolidation of schools,
in which great progress already has
been made in North Dakota. She also
will interest herself in the develop
ment of libraries in towns which do
not have libraries, she said. One OF
her first efforts will be to launch
"book drives" in a number of cities
and towns in an effort to increase the
number of books in the libraries.
Previous to her experience in Utah,
Mis- Downey was for four years IL
brary organizer for the Ohio state Ii
hrary board For several years she
has directed the summer school for
librarians at Chautauqua, n Y. Miss
Downey is a graduate of Denison uni
versity, Ohio.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-16
2 ARE KILLED
AS TRAIN HITS
TRACK WASH0UT'
''LOs Angeles Limited" on the
Northwestern Limited
is Derailed
HEAVY RAINS THE CAUSE
Eastb0und Passenger Train Had
Passed Over Culvert a Min.
ute Before
HEAVY RAINS THE CAUSE

Clinton, Ia, Sept. 16-Fireman
John Johnson, of Clinton, and an un'
identified tramp were killed when the
engine Of the Chicago and Northwest
ern railway, fast west bound pass
enger train No. 7, derailed in wash
out west Of Belle Plaine early this
morning.
No passengers were killed so far as
reported here.
T Owing to terrific rainstorm the
train, known as the Los Angeles
Limited" was operating slowly. At
the point of the derailment culvert
crosses small creek flanked on the
north side by a hill Water washing
down the hill created torrent in
the creek washing out the culvert and
the engine and following two cars Of
the limited went into the ditch. Ke-
ports here are that no passengers
were injured. The derailed cars
carried baggage and express.
East bound passenger train No. 2,
had passed over the culvert less than
a minute before the derailment, pass
ing the I40s Angeles Limited mile
to the west.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-16
OIL COMPANY
OF LEITH MEN
INCORPORATED

Articles Of incorporation have been
filed for the Leith Oil and Gas COM
pany. which proposes to develop oil
leases in southwestern North Dakota
The capital stock of the company IS
s25 900; the incorpora:ors, J. J. Ryan,
o. J. Saunders and A. W. Patterson,
of Leith.
This is the second company to be
incorporated since considerable ex
citement spread over The Slope coun-
try in the belief that it has natural
formations of oil territory. The New
England Petroleum company proposes
to drill for oil in the near future. As
yet no wells have been sunk. Geol.
ogists have looked over the territory
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-16
SHRILL BLASTS OF WHISTLES TO
USHER IN tD0LLA AR DAY. BARGAIN
SALESM CITY ON SEPT. 28 and 29

purposes under one loof' so far as
the buying and selling of merchandise
is concerned. There is not an article
which a visitor might want to take or
to have sent home that will not be
on display.
zone mammoth SALE is the express
sion used by one merchant in describ-
ing all the plan of Dollar Day" It will
be the first event of its kind held in
Bismarck where all of the merchants OF
the city will cooperate in a big com
munity sale.
Special window displays are being
planned by merchants toI the day and
decorations of unique character will
be shown. Persons in the Bismarck
territory who will want to come to the
city for the big days are urged to
watch for special advertisements OF
the city merchants.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-16
INJUNCTION LAW
is QUESTIONED.
IN MIN0T COURT
Constitutionality of Statute Pro
viding Closing Of Buildings
Is Attacked ,

Minot, N. D.. Sept 1.-THE consti'
tutionality of the statute providing
for the closing Of buildings by in
junction in certain Instances, is in
question in case here DefOre District
Judge George H. Moellring, who on
Monday heard arguments on the aD-
plication OF Attys E. II. Sinkler and
G. w. Twiford to have an Injunction
placed on the Elken hotel in Minot al
the request of Mr.. Watkins and States
Attorney O. B. Herigsta1, vacated.
The injunction action was begun
when Howard Watkins, a son OF F. l.
Watkins, filed an affidavit with the
states attorney alleging that one,
Jennie Doe," true name unknown
solicited him on the second floor OF
the hotel in question.
ConstitutiOnality Attacked.
Attys. Sinkler and Twiford appeared
for John Moore, owner Of the hotel
and argued that the la" providing for
closing building in such instances was
unconstitutional. They claimed the
law has been held unconstitutional by
several district judges.
States Atty. Herigstad said that he
had followed the law and believed
the action taken in regard to the hotel
in question was the proper one until
the supreme court holds the law un'
constitutional.
Both sides intimated that the mat
ter will be brought to the attention o.
the supreme court following Judge
Moel)ring's decision.
Judge Moellring also heard an ap'
plication from Atty. Dudley l.. Nasf
for a writ of habeas corpus foi
Frank Rose, recently committed to tht
county Jail to serve four-month sen
+erce which had been suspended. +. l.
Watkins and his assistant, F. c. Upton
and States Atty. Herigstad were re
sponsible for Roses suspended sen
tence being revoked. Atty. Nasf
claimed the sentence had been salts
fed. The curt took the matter unde
advisement.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-16
GOOD FARMING
PLAN LAUNCHED
BY LOCAL CLUB
Commerce Club Committee To
Aid Farmers in Obtaining
Desired Information

The agricultural committee of the
Commercial club is starting campaign
for creating interest in profitable
farming. The committee, it is an
nounced, expects to use the facilities
of the Commercial club organization
to furnish information TO farmers OF
the county which would be difficult
for them to obtain sing.c-handed. The
action was decided upon after con-
ference with a number of farmers who
said such service would be appreci-
ated. &r
aAGm circular letter now being is
sued the committee dWells upon dairy
ing.
'"We sent you a table showing the
production record Of :: herd OF Hol :
, stems owned by one, Frank Gaebe OF
J New Salem, N. D.. wherein is shown
the exact cost of maintaining each
animal, exactly what she product
and the exact profit which came to
Mr.. Gaebe continuously through the
milking period. The feed cost of these
animals is calculated on the basis OF
) the market price Of The hay. silage'
alfalfa and grain consumed. However,
no charge is made for transportation
of this crop to the market and no
charge for railroad transportation, and
vet each Of these animals yielded prac-
tically 100 per cent on The cost OF her
feed" says the circular.
ut is true, however, that the table
makes no showing for the labor in
caring for and milking these cows;
but YOU will also observe that there
has been no account taken of the val
liable calf that each will drop during
the year. In normal times, or even
now. the calf will pay the pro-
ducer not less than so per cent on his
investment when it is not more than
six months old.
"Wou'd you be willing to put reg.
istered Holstein sire at the head 81
your herd. keep record OF the milk
produced, feed consumed, and assls'
in the employment of superintendent
duly accredited by the North Dakota
Agricultural Colleges"