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La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1922-11-11
Ladies and Gentlemen:

. - 4NclGAtllAs
Ladies and Gentlemen:
1t is the first time that ] ha,
We attempted to make a speech
in public, therefore do not ex,
pect neither a long nor an elo-
quent one from me.
Several orators today have
made speeches regarding the di-
scoverer of this country. They
have spoken in the English Ian
guage about Columbus, and now
allow me after making a few
remarks in English, to make my
speech in Italian, the Language
spoken by Christopher Column
bus, who in the 14th century
was begging from Nation to
Nation in Europe looking for
chance, opportunity and means
to accomplish his own idea. Gods
inspiration Columbus fore
SOW new Continet beyond
the seas and that imagina-
tion was continually tormenting
his life: He was accused of
being insane and ridiculed every
time he made an attempt to ex-
plain his own ideas.
Spain was the only Nation
who helped Columbus in his en-
terprise, and l most say also
that Spain was the only migrate.
ful Nation on Earth to reward
its benefector.
During the attempt to cross
the Ocean, Columbus suffered
all kind of violence and CONT
nually was menaced by his own
crew and was threatned with
death.
Columbus nevertheless over
came all danger and finally
succeed in discovering America,
the most beautiful, the most
powerful, the most democratic
and riches Country in the
World to day.
Columbus, by discovering A
merica, did not discover it for
himself, for his family or for
any Nation in particular; but
he discovered it for the sake of
America as we see it to day, and
for the benefit Of all the people of
the world who desire to be good,
industrious and willing to
work and to progress for them
solves and for American ideqIs.
How grand it would be for
the world if all Nation were a
Republic like America, with
its freedom without licenses and
equality of opportunity.
We, american Citizens, whe-
ther native born or naturalized,
who make our home in this
Great Republic. are considered
all Americans Cor all foreigners
if so desired) as the Indian ra-
ce Of this Country, found by
Columbus is quickly disappea-
ring, and the population of A.
merica, all combined is going
to remain for ever, no meter
if some came in the 18th centu.
ry or afterwards, no matter il
our ancestors or ourselves eros.
sed the Ocean, and no matter
from what nation we came, as
long as we behave ourselves
as long as we are good Citizens
Good American.
I'm my own estimation I give
more credit to the man whC
crossed the Ocean and became
natUralized becouse in him the
re is a strong viii and determi
nation and also a strong at
tachment for this Country oi
adoption to endure the hardship
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Christmas Holidays at Virginia City,
Montana IN the Golden Days of '68

(, prOpriety. After an hour at the taDli
the middle-aged portion of the part.
returned to the ballroom, while tn
old folks and little retired to the1.
homes.
Altogether 1t was one of the mos
agreeable gatherings / have ever VIII
messed; and it was enjoyed by mos
of the company as only western PEG
pie can enjoy social parties. Will
all the freedom of western life
have never eel a man intoxicated a.
a ball or other social meeting; ano
the sincere cordially evinced by the
ladies toward each other would be
an improvement on the more cult1-
waited customs of the east.
Between Christmas and New Year
the city was unusually lively. The
streets were gay with beauty and
fashion, and in the evening merry
music and the dance were always to
be found under some of the many
hospital roofs of the town. Col. John
x. Beidler (then collector of customs
at Helena) was here, having a good
time visiting old friends; and Col.
Neil HOWE (head of the Montana
volunteer Indian fighters 1t that
time) was also among the guests en-
joying the festivities of the capitol.
We spent many pleasant hours, dur
ing leisure afternoons, hearing Col
onels Sanders, Beidler, HOWE, Hall
and others fight over again the des-
perate battles they had had to give
in order to make safe the victory over
organized crime.
Finally New Years morning dawn
ed upon the little mountain capitol,
and it was by general consent laid
out as a field day of frolic. A party
comprising the heads of church anil
state-Bishop (Tuttle), chief execu
tive Governor Green Clay Smith,
(MarshaD, Professor (Eaton, geolO-
gical expert), and some others of us
who classed as high privates-start-
ed out to inaugurate New Year calls.
We naturally enough first paid
respects to the family of one of the
distinguished officials, and found
that our call was not expected. A
huge bowl of foaming egg-nogg was
set out on the comfortable; and we
were made welcome, and accepted
accordingly. We spent all of an hour
the fair hostess, when the pro-
fessor decided, from the confusion
of tongues, that an analysis of the
beverage was a necessity; and, after
careful and scientific investigation,
he reported that the egg-nogg con-
sisted Of three gallons of whisky, one
and a little cream. I can vouch
the bishop retiring in as good
order as he came; but of the others,
including the writer, it is necessary
o speak. There was some ~inexplic-
lble confusion in fitting our hats as
We started, but it may be explained
" the very thin air of the mountains
lying to our heads. We did not get {
'ver half the city until the walking s
very hard for our party, ow- '
ng to the condition of the streets and
'ther causes; and it was found i'm
'ossible to conclude our calls on foot. I
few inches of snow had fallen the /
-ay before, and Colonel Beidler, al
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-12-07
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ways ready for an emergency, callet
out a four-horse team and sled, il
which we completed the New Years
calls.
1t was not so difficult to get from
house to house, but 1t was very te
dious and tiresome getting in ant
out of the sleight so often-so mucl
so, indeed, that several of the party
turned up missing on final roll-call
we a many a song and many a
speech and the jingling glasses told
OF the gushing hospitality that well
coined the party at every house. The
chef jushtice gave a story and a sons
and was gravely lectured because
there was no baby in the house. Mel
Their host, nor hostess, nor distin-
guished guest, received the lavish
compliments of the season that were
given to the future statesmen and
mothers of the mountains, now boast
ing of swaddling clothes. One not
yet a week old received the homage
of the distinguished party, as the
nurse guarded the cradle with ming
led devotion and pride. Several were
christened in the round-not by the
bishop in an official way, but in most
instances with biblical names.
At last the team was brought up
before the hall used by the house of
representatives. Colonel Beidler was
sitting with the driver, and, with a
merry twinkle of the eye, he said,
Fun ahead, boys; let's have a hand
in it," and he called our attention
to a rude placard on the door, stating
that a sparring match would come
off at about that time. "All hands
come in" said the colonel; and he
looked especially for the bishop.
Just a little fun in the manly art"
he added; but the bishop pleaded an
engagement, and, with a kind fare
we'll, he left US.
The legislature had adjourned and
the hall of the ouse had been con-
verted into a regular ring; the floor
was covered with several inches of
sawdust, a circle of rude board seats
had been thrown around the ring,
and what / supposed to be a spar
was to be exhibited at
the moderate price of one dollar a
head. tits to be a square fight, and
will be fun" said Beidler; but
still l did not comprehend the enter
tainment to which we were invited.
After the Orem and Dwyer fight, the
legislature had passed a law forbid
ling public exhibitions of the manly
art, unless the contestants wore
5loves-intending, of course, that
he heavily-padded boxing gloves
be used.
Upon entering the hall there was
very indication of serious business
IN hand. A ring some fifteen feet
n diameter was formed and in it
we're four men. In n corner was
'on Orem, stripped to his undershirt,
With an assortment of bottles,
ponges, etc.; and by his side was
lifting a little, sm~ooth-faced fellow,
in a blanket, looking like
nything else than a hero of the
rize-ring. He answered to the
anne of Teddy" although English
orn, and weighed one hundred and
wenty-four pounds. In the opposite
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corner was a sluggish-looking Hiber
MAN, probably ten pounds heavie
than Teddy, but evidently lacking tn
action of his opponent. With hin
was also his second. He vas placard
ed as 1.-THE Michigan Chick" ant
they had met to have a square bat
tie, according to the rules of the ring
for one hundred dollars a side. Boil
had thin, close-fitting gloves on an(
they were to fight in that way t.
bring themselves within the letter OIL
the law.
Packed in the hall were over one
hundred of the roughs of the mines,
and l confess that / did not feel COM
Portable as l surveyed the desperate
countenances and the g~listening re-
volvers with which l was surround
ed. Regarding discretion as the bet
ter part of valor, / suggested to Col
onel Beidler that we had better re-
tire. but he would not entertain the
proposition at all. "Stay close by
me, and there's no danger" was his
reply. l had seen almost every phase
of mountain-life but a fight, and ]
SOiSiudCd tAot MOuld oCC II u ollQ
take the chances of getting away
alive. My old friend, Con Orem, who
was to second Teddy, gave me a COM
Portable seat close by his corner, and
reminded me that | was about to wit
ness a most artistic exhibition of the
manly art.
A distinguished military gentleman
was chosen umpire, and in a few min
utes he called ''time." Instantly
Teddy and Chick flung off their
blankets and stood up in fighting
trim-naked to the waist and clad
only in wooden drawers and light
shoes. Teddy stripped al d~elicately
as a woman. His skin was soft and
fair, and his waist was exceedingly
but he had a full chest, and
when he threw out his arms on guard
he displayed a degree of muscle that
indicated no easy victory for his OPP
ponent. Chick" was leaner, but
had superfluous flesh, and was evil
IDENTIFY quite young, as manifest when
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larger scale and this year for the
first time corn has been hauled into
Havre to be sold to the local eleva'
tors for commercial sale. The ex'
cellent results that have been secured
in the cultivation of corn, demon
strated by the fine exhibits made al
the various local and county fairs,
many of which / attended, have con-
vinced the people of northern Mon
tana that in the cultivation of corn
and the introduction of the dairy
COW and hogs lies partially the solu-
ton of the problem of how to farm
correctly in our part of the state.
"There is a feeling of optimism
and a general belief at last that north
central Montana, which has been the
hardest hit of that section of the
state, is going to solve its agricultur-
al problems. Recently studies which
have been made in that district by
representatives of the State college
authorities have resulted in the tab
ulation of data that it is expected
will assist materially in placing the
district on a sound agricultural basis.
Many Have Prospered
I'm spite of the recent years of
drought the experts have found many
farmers who have made money every
year and while their neighbors have
been failing they have builded up
bank accounts and paid off their
debts. It has been shown that the
personal equation has entered largely
in the question of failure or success
with u farmers, a mans former
preparation playing an important
part.
"As an illustration may be given
the results in one township where one
Of the successful farmers is located.
of him is an abandoned
farm. The successful man had been
good farmer in the east before com
ing to Montana. The man who failed
had never been on a farm but had
spent a life time as a deep sea diver,
lis only farming experience being
sponges In the bottom Of the
Havre Looking Up
much of the land held by those
Who failed is passing or has passed
ntO the hands of loan companies but
lnquestionably with the resale to
'ractical farmers, who, helped by the
Experimental station at Fort ASSN
iboine and the studies made by the
armer experts of the extension SER
ice of the state college, r sure
0 make a success and place north
IN Montana permanently in the ag-
lcu1tural column.
"Havre is a natural trading center
18th substantial wholesale and COM
houses and business has been
improving all fall. One of
ur local concerns doing a retail busi-
ess will make the million dollar
ark for the year, a record. There
'e many institutions which show {
lbstantia increases over last year, {
I'd the feeling is general that trade
lis winter will show steady improve
ent with an excellent year in sight
1928"
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Holidays in the Rocky Mountains
(wrOte q visitor in Virginia City, t
the New York Tribune under date Q
January 4, 1859, are the most fes
tive of all our festive occasions. Dul
care is thrown far in the BACKGROUND
and business is subOrdinated to SO
cial and general enjoyment. Christ
mas was one of the balmiest days
ever witnessed in any climate. / sa
most OF the day in an office will
the windows and doors open and fir
would have been uncomfortable. Tht
air was soft as eastern spring ant
the sun shone out upon the hills an(
cliffs with such warmth as to starr
their winter crowns of snow in muir
muring streamlets down their rugged
sides. The city was gay through
out. The mines had poured forth
their sturdy men to have a holiday
frolic, and "The Pony" (the chief
saloon) had crowded tables from
early morning until the "wee sma'
hours told that another Christmas
had departed.
The street auctions were unusually
lively; the stores we're swarming
CO0IOu1O10 VI oil CldSS6S lIOIl
the unshorn and unshaven mountain
e to the fashionable belle; the
sports" had their lively games, and
billiards attracted nearly all the dig
nitaries of state to try their skill.
Sumptuous dinners were spread in
various uninviting-looking shanties,
and fair hands and fascinating faces
inside made guests forget the rude
architecture that encircIed them. In
the evening mine host, Chaplin, of the
Planters, gave a ball, and one hun
dred jolly people responded. Tickets
were twenty dollars each, but the
supply was unequal to the demand.
second floor over one of the large
store rooms was fitted up most taste
fully for the occasion. Evergreens
and flowers we're festooned around
The walls and the Stars and Stripes
hung in graceful folds over the or
For the first time in the
west I found nearly as many Ia
lies as men at the ball; but they
rather more in their ages than
8 usual in eastern gatherings of the
Kind. Young misses of ten and
,welve years not infrequently aided
o fill up the dance; while my part
in the only active participation
had in the ball (the promenade to
upper was a grandmother who
'wned to nearly sixty winters.
Supper came at midnight and it
would have done credit to any east
town of thrice our population.
soup opened the course=the
49, IT, -
thousand miles. Elegant salads, de-
lcious p~ellies, game of all kinds, can
les manufactured into temples and
monuments, almost every variety of
ruits, and sparkling wines, combin-
d to tempt the appetite.
While there was freedom from the
evere exactions of social rules in incl,
asst, there was the most scrupulous
are on the part of all to restrain
ocial freedom within the bounds of
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he put himself in position for action.
He betrayed evident timidity, and
was heavy in his movements, but he
seemed to have the physical power to
crush his foe with inc stroke if he
could only get it fairly home upon
him.
They advanced to the center when
time was called, and shook hands
with a grim smile that was mutual.
and the fight commenced. Both
and Teddy soon gave evidence of su-
perior tact and training generally. eff
he only has the endurance to protract
the fight, he will lam the Chick GER
tain, you bet," said Orem, while he
was bathing his principal after the
first harmless round.
And he was right. Fifty rounds
were fought, and fully an hour had
been employed in mauling each
others mugs, when both showed evil
dent symptoms of grief, and would
have been glad to call it a draw; but
considerable money was staked, and
their reputation as professional pu-
gilists was involved, and they had to
go through until one or the other was
vanquished. Soon after, the Chick
got in a fearful blow on Teddy, and
as he reeled to his corner the crowd
evidently believed the fight to be
ended. The odds had been bet on
Teddy, and a rush was made into the
ring to break up the fight in a gem
eral row., SO that the bets might be
declared off; and instantly fifty pis-
tolls clicked and we're drawn, most of
which seemed to be pointed directly
at me. 1 could not get out, and could
not dodge; so l had to nerve myself
to face the consequences. Colonel
at once sprang into the ring,
drew his revolvers, and declared that
would kill the first man that at
to interfere with the fight.
we'll understood that when Beid-
Ier's pistol was drawn it meant bust
ness, and the ring was almost instant
y cleared, leaving him standing alone
the center. Boys" said he, this
must be a fair fight. Go on with the
and time was promptly called
again.
1t was perhaps fortunate for Teddy
hat the interruption occurred; for
t gave him considerable time to re-
from the serious blow he had
'eceived, and he came up to the
cratch smiling again, but fought
Concluded on Agricultural Page)
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been to his advantage, though in n,
measure taking away from the higl
standard he had set. While "Lig,
Mounts, Free Trapper," is a book fol
boys, yet the adult will draw rare en-
tertainment from it's perusal. TIL
story should take a high place among
books of adventure which have be
come the classics for whole genera,
tions of youthful readers. 1t reaches
the counters of booksellers at an op.
perfume time for the Christmas trade
The story of Lige Mounts is clever
ly told and the reader is carried from
the time he leaves the home of the
aunt and uncle who have brought him
up, through a series of thrilling ad-
ventures that could only be conjured
by a racOnteur of the cIeverness of
Linderman.
Briefly, Lige Mounts joins a group
of hunters and trappers. They are
the daring and ~resourceful explorers
dear to the heart of a boy, and their
chief, Dad" an old plainsman who
becomes Lige's idol and model, is a
character like N of Cooper's. The
group is bound for the headwaters of
the Missouri, where in the very early
days of the fur trade there were great
prizes, and from the moment of their
start their story is crowded with ex-
element and adventure of every kind
and is peOpled with hostile and
friendly Indians, with rival trappers,
with the aggressive and plotting
agents of the Hudson Bay company
all made real in the sharp and con-
fjnI1a6 Q0tinn nf fhA ofArx ~ ~ So
splendidly unfolded.
The book is illustrated by Joe De
Yong and is published by Charles
Scribner's Sons.
That the book has been well re-
ceived by eastern critics is proved by
the following criticism reproduced
from the Boston Transcript, probably
the foremost newspaper in the United
States in the point of careful book re-
viewing:
Some years ago Mr.. Linderman
wrote a series of Montana sketches
a Passing Frontier, that were as
good and as true as Remington paint
Now he attempts a book for
boys and fares no worse. 1t may be
the majority of frontier writer's
have never seen a frontier; it may be
pioneers do not make good nov
elists, for novels Of the west that
have actual merit are few and far
between.
Mr.. Linderman, obviously, is
loudly fortunate. He has a pleasant
style, a crisp and concise way of set
ing out matters, a clear eye for eli
max, and best of all, a first-hand
of days and ways of the
I'D west. And, whereas, the south
vest is the country of Bechdolt and
Rhodes, Linderman's corner is up in
dontana, where pioneering was a far
different business than that of the
outhern sands. No wonder he is a
,ood %raconteur, he must have a
of memories to call to mind,
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for those Northwestern days of the
past were lurid beyond belief.
"But this is a story for boys, an(
a very good story to boot, with from
tiers and Indians and trappers anG
all the other paraphernalia that 10.
seph Altsheler has made SO popular
To say that it is a great deal better
than most stories for boys is no ex-
aggeration; and Mr.. Linderman by
no means does his worst writing in
it."
From the other side of the United
States comes another endorsement of
Montana's book. The following is
taken from the Santa Barbara Daily
News:
"Lige Mounts - Free Trapper,
Frank B. Linderman's last book pub
lished by Scribners that appeared
this fall in the bookstalls all over
the United States, is the story of, a
trapper's life; the tug of the great
outdoors against the spell of the
home life with his own people, the
painted lodge against the log cabin,
and it was the lodge that won.
"Mr. Linderman, who is staying
this winter in Santa Barbara, is not
content with telling of Indian life
after the manner of Cooper, but he
goes him one better and lets the trap
per give the story with astoundingly
telling, specific details that somehow
not only paint the picture of the adj
venture but give the very atmosphere
of the place till the reader seems act
ually hunting buffalo or trapping
beaver.
Through this book runs a friendly
philosophy of life and understanding
of nature as though the author were
almost akin to the wild creatures.
To realize the atmosphere given by
few words the following sentences
are given:
"Tt was an old deer trail and
want made by men nor laid out to
save time"
Then comes this bit of cabin life
before Lige W the call of the
One day I was blowing corn.
1t was June and the air was still, and
sweet with the breath of growing
In the sunshine. l could see
he big lilac bush all full of purple
blossoms, and the cornfiedl, and the
garden, and the wood pile, and Aunt
Lbs flowers and vines
ga drum in Black Bears lodge
commenced beating, to-tum, so-tum,
o-tum, wilder n a wolf, but solemn
md deep as a mountain lake, the
beats rose and well with
he wind This is a bit of the in
reduction to a real war party and an
indian fight that loses nothing in the
dad, the old trapper who teaches
,1ge the art of trapping, gives the
GLOWING cryptic opinion on inter
marriage between the white and red {
aces: I don't say it's wrong to do !
!, but society has made trails that t
verybody must foller or the mob will s
DOT. Custom, in It's frills and furbe- t
ows, is a heap like a bell-mare to
he mob; an boys of cussedness don't I
eep 1t from follerin' wherever she
sads. The blood of the human racell
Tx. but the deer an the antelope !.
ont CROSS" 1