The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1922-10-27

One of the most extraordinary men
among the unusual characters whose
sns.ro names are to be found in the pages
of Montanas history swass Antoine de
Vallombrosa, Marquis de Mores son
sss~ ORA French duke and a member of
the noted Orleans family5 whoewas
sremotely in lines for the French
throne. The amazing exploits of. the
Marquis de Mores in business Way
and otherwise in eastern Montana
and western Dakota are still rememr
s1beredy by old timers in Miles City and
eastern Montana but togthe present
generation hismname is unknown
.s.6y in the Bad T "a az s Of ywestern Da-
kota, just across TIE Montana line
snsrc on the Northern Pacific railroad, III
the late 70s and. early SOS there
was a7littIe settIement known as
Little Missouri, or more popularity
Little Misery, :, which boosted
vss stehatsit was as tough community as
existed in the entire west It's record
in this respeet vast or several years
fully sdstained for knew of 40
+SsoSA 1aW excepting that of the sixshooter
and it's little cemetery on Graveyard
- ,.a. Butte had as a majority of its popu-
1ation men who had died with their
boots on. s~Its=Bas ideal ha1fgout
for outlaws of all kinds, and It's IN
fsaAs ihabitants Hooked with disfavoF4 on
tEE ssianYg INVASION of the territory Osur-
rounding it by stockmen or others
engaged In legitimate lines of indus
try. ...~.~.s sftJni
The establishment of the residents
aa,Qf Little Missouri maybe. imagined
When, one day in MarcA,1S8S a fine
5s0I looking young man. fahh ionably clad
in garments sya nges III the commpn7t
sss 2 ity,; aIightedI Nfgom vest bound
san passenger traih and followed -by
neatly-dressed serving imam who car
- fled his baggage, stroffed to the
group of log and frame shacks that
8. ssg'sconstituted the town and inquired
with pleasant, manner for Howard
Eaton
.Nq sEatohs then a recently arrived cat]
scfssH tie rnan,from Pittsburg, died last WIFI 4
ter at Sheridan, Wyoming, olear
where for the past 25 years he Aad,1
with his brothers, operated the world
90 famUtfs Eaton "dude ranch at Wolf /
Wyoming. It1shappened that EatoDl
sYThad that daysrfdEen into Little Mis-
goA souri, after the mail, sozthe letteE was
u sv,asFresented, at once. 1t was from "a
! prominent easternsbusiness mans andd
= s'1A It stated that the bearer, The Marquis
AA&so todea Mores, was the soh-in-laW,ofof
Baron Won Hoffnansssa wealthy New
ny York banker of German blood TheI
cs t5a0 letter. endedsS"I donitssknow what
. ss,Sss experience he has had in business or,
,faisasY5 sam tl - rge vias ~ nc ahssh
oASaDe Nfofess Ambitious Plans sals1
1t appears that the Marquis HAY
visited Little Missouri as the resilftq
of a VISIT to the Bad Lands of Da14
kota the previous year of his cousin, I
Count Fitz James, descendant OFF
cor early Scotch exiles to France Count
Fitz James had been on hunting /
ssssT trip to the Bad Landsy returning
seS0 @aFraI1te with STORIES Of the new cat I
tie country that stirred the Marquis's /
'nevc alma gination .sssRe being aasa dventurerJE
theStales of frontier life in westernd
America had excited his interest, butt L
his ambitions we're not along the line Ii
of SPORT but were directed toward /,
making huge fortune in some COM
mercial venture.
After telling HowardaEaton brief-tI
Q 'gsi Ay the facts concerning his cirelin3
\ stances as foduwssm Fam going toll
sbuildo great abbatoir and PACK 81
plant 1 am goingzsto buy a1lothea4
ayxm assheapp eattlesand hogs that comef6ver1
styar the Northern Pacific. am going to ~
slaughter them here and them shipdt
them to Chicago and the eastyD9I9a1I {
Eaton observed that it would Bakedf
lot rof money. to buy all theostock Il
that was shipped over the Northernd[s
Pacific. we srs4 vi
ssspsaThat is Of no consequences'sorerl {
HosG piled the Mardlffs. my. father-in- |
law has ten million dollars and can ]
ze& AoA borrow et6n miIHnnS more. Il I've got
xs la Armour and the rest ofAhe packers
$500 matched dollar for dolIary $500
Organizes Neutrality-suspicious. Company
p"l The first move the Marquis made is