The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-10-26

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lieve that O'Donald was going to
shoot him on sight. The Marquis,
who vas brave as any lion, himself.
did not fear an attack from the hun
ter, but he was afraid of legal en-
tanglements that might follow a CLASH
between them. He therefore went to
the nearest town where a local ma
g~istrate resided to seek the officials
advice. He laid his case before the
Judge and asked, What shall I do?"
"Shoot first" replied the magis-
trate, who seemed amazed at the
Frenchman's simplicity.
The result of this advice was the
return of the Marquis to Little Mis-
souri, and a gunfight between De
Mores and his followers and O'DOnald
and his two friends. Luffsey was
killed and the other two men, O'Don-
aid and Wannigan, we're wounded.
The attack of the Marquis and his
men was not justified and the stain
of the killing Of Riley Luffsey was
never removed from the Marquis
while he remained in the west. He
was not brought to trial for nearly
two years, however, and then was
acquitted. 1t is said that the Mar
quis employed nearly every lawyer
of in Montana and the
Dakotas.
Begins Losing Money
The Marquis soon became busily
engaged in losing large sums of
money in every undertaking in which
he engaged. He bought steers at
too high a price and sold them for
less. He bought five thousand dol
lars worth of cayuses for about twice
what they were worth. He flooded
the territory around Medora with
sheep, half of which we're too old
and toothless to survive a winter.
They died like flies when cold wea-
came.
Meanwhile, his plans for becoming
a great packer were progressing. He
built a slaughterhouse in Miles City;
In Billings he built another one He
established offices in ST. Paul, in
and in Brainerd, MINI. He
built refrigerator plants in Mandan,
Bismark and at Portland. To
many his plan seemed practical
enough, for he argued that to send
1 steer on the hoof from Montana to
Chicago and then send it back to
Montana in the form of beef inyolv-
I'd much waste in freight rates.. He
llso pointed out that a range steer
Ost ten per cent in shrinkage on the
rip east. The cities along the Nor
hern Pacific we're most enthusiastic
about the plan and presented the
Marquis with all the land he needed
buildings.
The Marquis grew in local favor
influence, for he was extremely
rec with promises that Medora
would soon rival Omaha, that tele-
hone lines would be built up and
the valley, that a stage line to
would be established, max
ng Medora a distributing center for
he Black Hills mines. The effect
vas to stimulate some feeling of
ivic pride, and a school was built.
ust why, it is hard to guess, for
here was a marked lack of children
0 attend it. Nevertheless a teacher :
procured male teacher-andd
be bad men, gamblers, painted la
les, sa1oonmen and others made up |
pot" to pay his salary and ex-
enses. The idea did not wear well, (
owever, and in a few weeks the I
left the school to open
saloon.
The Northern Pacific crosses the
lver at Medora, and the Marquis
Don had the trains stopping on his
lde of the stream, instead of in S
little Missouri. A paper was start e
d in Medora called the Bad Lands C
owboy. The eastern metropolitan Z
including the New York Sun, f
ave f%ront-page space to the event, b
nd Medora achieved national noto- n
ETY.. The Marquis, on his frequent
astern trips, proved IN excellent
ress agent, and he spared no efforts
imagination to tell of the glories
{ the new and growing packing cen
,r.
The Marquis was spending money
Ike water in various local CONNER