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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-05-02
CHAPTER V-Continued.

"You did not see three glasses, did
your
NO" he answered, surprised at my
question. mo, only two"
Thanking him, I said goodby and
left.
When l returned to the newspaper
office, 1 found the files of the past
year awaiting me. The story that
Rogers told US in Bartley's library,
and the account Of the crime in the
paper were substantially the same.
There were, however, one or two
slight differences that seemed to me
important. l had understood Rogers
to say that the step-daughter, Ruth,
had positively identified the men now
In prison; but nowhere In the news
paper was 1t stated that this had been
the case. What she had actually said
was. 81 think one of them is the man
I saw In the ROOM" There had been
no positive Identification Of the men
by her, or by anyone else, for that
matter. Slyke himself had testified
that he did not know whether they
were the men or not.
Three things had convicted them.
First. the piece of paper found In the
room where the burglary had taken
place, and which fitted into torn
corner of newspaper discovered
later In the coat of one of the men;
second, the piece of cloth said to have
been found on q rose bush beneath
the window of the room entered, and
which fitted the torn place in pair
Of trousers belonging to one Of the
men-there was some doubt as to
whether the trousers had been torn at
the time the man was arrested-and
last of all, the footprints under the
window. Thus their conviction rested
on a piece of torn newspaper and
hole in mans trousers-rather
feeble evidence, 1t seemed to me.
Moreover. the police had not discov-
cred any of it until some days after
the crime. The more l thought of 1t,
the more l agreed with Barley that
the case was remarkably like that
old burglary case In England.
Leaving the newspaper office, l
called on some of the other men who
had been at the card party. They all
agreed that 1t vas Slyke who had sug-
geSted Lawrence's staying, and
laughed at the Idea that he knew any
thing about his death. One of them
told me that, several weeks before, he
had bought three cases of whisky
from Slyke. l could not understand
why man of Sykes position should
wish to sell whisky to his friends
As | passed the court house on my
way home, l noticed the words Dis |
trict Attorneys Office" on a window, |
and il occurred to me that stored |
away somewhere in there would be |
the exhibits in the burglary case. l
entered and asked to see the torn
piece of paper and the bit of cloth.
The only person In the room was a
bo, oi eighteen. who went into back
roon, aud retui ned with box under
his arm Opening it, he shook out
q" is desk before me a newspaper,
sayii This is the paper they found
IN a.. mans pocket. You can see the
iorr .lg,
pini ed to the front sheet of the \
new .per. one corner of which had
head an away. Lifting another piece
e from the box, this time a
; ne, he fitted 1t into the torn
, gisrce0 at che heading OF
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-05-02
JTNAM FADELESS DYES
MARY ALMOST HAD 1T RIGHT
sition Had Something to Do
With a Tree.

Little Mary, eight years old, came
rushing into her home from school
one afternoon recently and exclaimed
to her mother:
"Oh, motheri Mrs. Blank has a
new twig."
"a new twig?" inquired her mother.
"Why, Mary, what do you meanr'
"Why, a twfg. Don't you know?
The thing that grows on ones hair"
"Ohl You mean a switch, said
the mother.
Eyes, that's IT." said Mary. 81
couldn't remember the word. but 1
knew that 1t had something to do with
tree"
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His Dislike.

you are COMPOUNDED liar, an in
fernal idiot and a dirty blackguard p
cried one disputant.
"And you are a driveling IDIOT. a
chronic thief and a lounging loafer !''
yelled the other.
"Oh, fiel fiel ~ sid old Festus Poster,
pushing forward. please explain what
all this is about before you begin to
fight. While love trouble as much as
any man, and more than most. dislike
to see my fellow citizens killed until
1 know what it is for."-Kansas City
Star.
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Silly Supposition.

II want to get some money for these
love letters" said the fair visitor.
They're the scorchlng kind, too"
an breach of promise suit?" asked
the young lawyer.
Certainly. Did you think l mis-
took you for a publisher"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-05-02
The Cherries Associate.

Are you an OPTIMISM
81 am" replied Farmer Corntossel
But 1 can't convert the commission
merchant to my way Of talkin'."-
Washington Star.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-05-02

Fortune smiles when celebrity Is
won, but insists on ones unfagging
presence In the limelight.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-05-02
OF Course,

Children should be seen and not
heard" "Whose?" "Other peoples"
Detroit Free Press.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-05-02

tie the money question to the salts
faction of their wives.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-05-02

Some men get an awful jolt when
they fall in love.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-05-02

Ask for bread and you may be givel
the stony stare.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-05-02

There's a difference between earn.
ings and income.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-05-02
The sacheIors Opportunity.

az wonder how a bachelor feels at q
wedding celebrationf
"Glad to have a chance to kiss a girl
without discriminating himself. Judge.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-05-02

Laziness is next to ungodllness.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-05-02

"He removed the paper and
disclosed the label of a we'll
known brand Of Imported
whisky"
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(To BE coNTNuED1
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the idea of free higher education"
Alumni are to have their own
business meeting on Homecoming
Day, with a campus luncheon at
noon. In the morning all five of
the new buildings on the campus
will be open for inspection and just
after luncheon there will be the an
nual alumni business meeting. At
5 o'clock in the afternoon the ex-
ercises in dedication of the new en-
gineering building will be held. In
the evening there will be the an
nual alumni banquet, followed by
the alumni dance.
More "old-tiners" will attend
this alumni Homecoming Day than
ever gathered at the institution be-
fore. Letters coming to the News
Notes, alumni publication, show
that many members of classes that
we're graduated in the 'nineties are
to return to Montana
State college this year; and a few
If these are from graduates who
rave not seen the institution since
hey were graduated
Montana State college started
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BEARDSLEE WELL
Is A GOOD One
WITH rs FEET OF CAVE IN THE
HOLE, OIL HAS BEEN GOING
OVER THE TOP
Is In 1882 and Sand Only just
Scratched; Beardslee Unique Fig
ure in Oil Game and Is Operating
ON Own Account.

Arbie BeardsIee, largest indivi-
dual operator in the Kevin-Sun-
burst oil field, brought In well
a few days ago that it is believed
viii make around 900 barrels of
oil day. The well has been
flowing steadily since oil was
struck, coming in strong gushes,
sometimes as much as 20 feet over
the top.
The well is the Beardslee-Bruins
in the NV NWA of 1882 west
and production was struck at 1865
feet. The sand from which the oil
comes was just touched, not drilled
into over 10 inches. While the strike
is likely in the Ellis, small stray
sand was struck shortly before which
does not correspond with the Ellis
formation, and is different from the
other wells drilled in that vicinity.
The well is being cleaned and will
be connected up with the Illinois
pipeline half mile away, while stor-
age tanks are being rushed in to
take care of the present overflow. H.
e. Whittekind has been in charge of
the drilling in the WELL
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-06-01

Mr.. Beardslee is contemplating
operating a large scale in drilling in
the Kevin-Sunburst field, and it is
understood that his operations will
continue to be as an individual. With
500 acres of proven land in Kelvin
Sunburst, Beardslee is already start
ing an offset of the Western Petro-
leum producer in section and is To-
eating another we'll one-quarter of
a mile south of the present we'll, to
start drilling as rapidly as machin-
cry can be gotten on the ground,
while other locations will be spotted
for an extensive campaign of drilling.
Arbie Beardslee is one of the
unique figures in the Montana oil
world and plays a lone hand in all
OF his operations. Formerly of Dill
lon, near where he still has large
stock ranch, and for many years well
known in Great Falls as a heavy
dealer in livestock, sheep and horses
being his speciality, he became in
terested in oil January, 1921, when
at Lewistown he and Gordon Camp
bell were brought together by Judge
Roy e. Ayers, now associated with
Mr.. Beardslee as his legal adviser,
and he helped finance Campbell for
his first drilling in the Kevin-Sun-
burst field.
When Campbell brought in the
discovery well one year ago last
March, Beardslee held heavy inter-
ests in the field and when L. c.. Ste
venson brought in the second well for
the Sunburst Oil and Gas on the Sun
burst side of the field, Beardslee was
on the spot with acreage.
At the present time he holds 900
acres of proven ground, and 1000
In other parts of the field not proven
as yet, besides acreage on the Teton
ridge, and scattered over Teton |
county. In addition to holding acre
age Beardslee has been in the money
oftener and heavier than any indivi-
dual. When the Kevin-Sunburst, or
Rhoades group, organized by Judge
w. B. Rhoades of Great Falls, and I
Judge Roy e. Ayers, then of Lewis
town, short time ago sold $40 acres
for over 100000 to the California,
netting 1000 per cent cash, and re-
tanning over 5000 acres in the field.
Beardslee was the heavy holder, and
is credited with taking down about
$4,000 of the payment price. In
other deals where cash figured, Mr..
Beardslee has been in the money for
large sums many times, the Cana
and Hogan having ac-
Iuired it's acreage from him, while
ais royalty holdings are the largest
If any individual in the game.
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its educational work in 1893, in a
frame building that had been used
for years as skating rink. Today
the college farm and campus in
clude 400 acres, and the campus is
pronounced one of the most beauti-
full to be found among western col
leges. The enrolment of the in
stitution last year reached 1908,
with 79 graduates. Where the in
stitution was started in single
dilapidated frame building in 1893,
it now has 10 major buildings, five
of them completed in 1923.
People of Bozeman are making
great plans for reception of the
alumni of M. S. C. on Homecoming
Day. Streets and windows will be
decorated and there will be many
informal affairs for the homecom-
ers.
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E9ON0EG DINING DAY AT BOHEMIAN COLLEGE
SET FOR JUNE IL; WILL ATTRACT MANLY

skEROM 'rlinety-three to
'twenty-three; we're COM
ing home again"
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New Engineering Building at State College

ates, it is glorious complement to
years of hope.
So, from all corners of Montana,
from Maine to California, the M. S.
c. alumni have taken up a slogan ::
from 'ninety-three to enty :
three; we're coming home again. !"
Cards are pouring into Bozeman
from alumni who will return for the
big Homecoming Day. A famous
engineer, head of a department
in corporation known around the
world, writes simply the statement
It'll be there" From dry land
farmer of Montana comes the story
that we've been planning for
months to attend this Homecom-
ing I'm sure we will both be there.
The alumni of Montana State Col
lege now number 581; more than
100 of that number already have
written that they will return on
June II for Homecoming Day.
President Alfred Atkinson, under
whom the State College is making
its wonderful "step forward"
writes to alumni an invitation to re-
turn for a visit with old classmates
and friends, to attend the exercises
of Homecoming Day and the COM
mencement exercises, to witness the
dedication of the new engineering
building on Homecoming Day.
We want our alumni to feel
With us that Montana State Col
ege has entered new era" he
writes. 1--WE want them to share
With us growing sense of respons-
bility; to share with us this idea of
bigger service to the State of
Montana, which is making the
state College a monument to its
aith in Montana's youth. We want t
ne reunion and homecoming to '
erve double purpose. 1t will be T
ne paying of respect by the alum s
to their Alma Mater: it will be c
n opportunity for the institution h
. pay respect to the graduates t
hose success in life is justifying
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JOY IN COUTTs WHEN IMPERIAL
WELL is REPORTED IN OIL

The Imperial we'll, west of Coutts,
in 5-1-16, is reported to have struck
a good flow of crude oil. The little
border town of Coutts just across the
line from Sweetgrass, is seething with
excitement while rumors of an oil
strike persist. The Imperial No.
we'll has been puzzle to operators
and geologists in that it has gone
down 2,450 feet without striking
water, oil or gas. If an oil sand has
been encountered it will come as a
surprise.
The Imperial well west of Coutts
is reported to have shut down for
a time until facilities can be rugged
up to care for a good well when
drilled in, as few feet more only
is expected to bring it in. Land own
ers in the vicinity of the we'll, and
across the line ON the Montana side,
are looking forward to the time when
they can cash in on their royalties.
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ing nome again
Tradition at Montana State Col
lege at Bozeman says that at least
once in decade every graduate
must return to visit his Alma Mat
er. Tradition is strong at Montana
State, and this old tradition each
year brings back many of the alum
nj to witness the annual commence
ment exercises. But this year, with
new buildings to dedicate and with
so years of educational work to
sum up, there is to be a Home
coming Day which, it is hoped, will
draw back to the institution by far
the greatest number of alumni ever
gathered there.
This Homecoming Day is set for
June II, the day before the annual
commencement exercises at the in
stitution AS a feature on pro-
gram that will contain many fea-
lures, the new engineering main
just completed at the State
College, is to be dedicated. The
dedication of new engineering
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~ URLEY, the Crow scout, sole
I survivor of the Custer massacre
~ of June rs, 1876, died few
days ago at Grow Agency. He was
So years of age. Death was due to
fever. Swathed in wet blankets
and lying on the ground, movie pho
tographers visited the agency recent
ly and pictured the old scout for ex-
hibition. Out of pride, Curley arose
and posed then resumed the stoical
treatment on which he depended to
cure his illness, but which termin-
ated in death.
Ceremonies were conducted from
the Baptist chapel at Crow Agency,
the Rev. w. A. Petzoldt, superinten-
dent of the Baptist mission, officiat-
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building in itself will bring many
graduates back, for while the State
College is known to many people of
Montana as the Agricultural Col
lege" it is in reality an institution
where various branches of science
are taught, and where engineering
leads all other courses in enroll
ment. This new engineering build
ing, together with the new shops
and the new building plant, mark
the placing of Montana State
among the best engineering schools
Of the land, and to the graduates,
especially the engineering gradu-
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ing. Government officials and en-
ployes attended the funeral in body
and the Indian office was closed dur
ing the funeral hour. The pallbear-
ers we're members of the American
Legion of Hardin and Lodge Grass
posts.
Curley is survived by wife and
son, who will inherit his estate of
something over $1,000, besides
yearly annuity, from the government
in recognition of his services during
the Indian wars of 1860-1880.
Curley was known as the sole sur
vivor of the battle, although it is
claimed that six of the Grow scouts
escaped the massacre by various
tricks. One of these still remains
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FAMOUS WOLF OF
HICHWOODS DEAD
DURING LONG PREDATORY LIFE
KILLED CATTLE WORTH
OVER $4,000
Caught in Trap Set by Government
Hunter, Drags Trap -Four Days;
Mate Triie Is In the Motion Pic
lures.

III Snowdrift, giant white wolf
of the Highwood mountains, killed
few days ago by Don Stevens,
government hunter, had lived i'm
the Black forest of Germany few
hundreds of years ago, it would
have gone down in legend as one
of the most famous wolves of that
section, with supernatural powers.
During the past year this wolf is
credited with having killed cattle
worth more than 100000.
! The wolf was caught in the trap
and his struggles broke it from it's
anchor. For four days, tracked by
the trapper, the wolf dragged the
heavy trap with him and successfully
eluded his pursuer, following logged
" on his trail. The wolf kept to its
flight despite the fact that it could
not stop to eat and the heavy trap
would have prevented successfully
hunting any small game.
When the trapper tracked down
the wolf, he was able to get within
good shooting distance of it due to
its starved condition and the fact
that it was dragging the heavy trap.
Several years ago, the ranchers in
the north Highwood district began
to notice the great white wolf and to
see its depredations among the cattle
on the range. The name of Snow
drift came to attach itself to the ami
NAL. From one of the filters of which
Snowdrift was the father came Trixie,
a she-wolf that has made a name in
fntr ~ hoy
pups have been sold for moving pic
ture work and breeding purposes.
This spring, ranchers tracked Lady
the big VOLTS mate, to
their den and obtained their litter
of pups. A few days later, Don Ste
vens arrived and in short time ac-
counted for Lady Snowdrift. Snow
drift may have seen the end and per-
haps his age was counting against
him, for he himself blundered into
one of the traps such as he had for
years successfully avoided.
The wolf was the most famous ami
NAL in his depredations of any in nor
.hern Montana and ranchers had en-
lowed him with an almost supernat-
lral power since he was often seen
and shot at but never, seemingly, hit.
Don Stevens, on his arrival in the
quickly learned the
racks of the two animals. Both had
oes from their feet missing, showing
hat their experience with traps was
gained at some personal cost.
Snowdrift, when killed, showed
,oat of white that justified his name.
lie was weighed by the ranchers and
Iespite the fact that he was starving
nd had been travelling over the hills
Lnder conditions that seemed almost
tipped the scales at more
han So pounds.
The report of the animals death
vas telephoned to the headquarters
f the Jefferson national forest at
treat Falls by ranchers. The killing
f the wolf is regarded as important
y the ranchers who cannot estimate
be wealth in cattle that the animal
as killed during his years of life in
be Highwood district.
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alive, White Man Runs Him, who
lives at Lodge Grass.
Curley was not chief at the time
of the Custer battle. He was a scout
under Lieutenant Bradley in the
command of Gibbon and with his
companions, was assigned to the
Seventh cavalry when Custer was de-
tailed to leave the main force under
Terry and move into the country of
the Sioux, enemies of the Crows for
generations.
On the morning of June 81, "A
hours following the Custer fight,
Curley rode out of the brush at the
mouth of the Little Big Horn, where
the Far West, the supply steamer
under Captain Grant Marsh, was
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awaiting orders from Terry In
charge of the military escort on
board the steamer was Captain
Baker.
Curley could not speak English,
but with signs and the aid of a PEN
Gil and paper furnished by Captain
Baker he detailed the disaster that
had overtaken Custer This was the
first news of the fight to reach the
outside. No further word was re-
ceived of events at the battlefield,
less than Is miles away until the
morning of June %, when ''Muggins"
Taylor, a white scout in the employ
of General Gibbon, pursued by In
dams, reached the Far West. He
confirmed the news.
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Bad Boy Escapes from officer

Jumping through window on a
fast-moving train, Joe Baluka, Great
Falls boy, eluded A. A. Carpenter,
probation officer, and escaped to the
hills. Baluka, aged 10, was in the
custody of Carpenter on the way to
the state industrial school at Miles
City, where he had been committed
for incorrigibility.
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cutieurs Soap for the Complexion.

Nothing better than Cuticura Soat
daily and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear,
scalp clean and hands soft and white.
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cuticura Talcum and you have the
Cuticura Toilet Trio.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-22

owing to advanced years. she retains
glowing enthusiasm for its aims and
warm memories of it's early strug-
giles.
In organizing the society Mrs.
Cabell was CO. worker of Mrs.
Mary Smith Lockwood, who died
November. last. in Plymouth, Mass.
Mrs. Lockwood and I were always
friends" said Mrs. Cabell. II be-
lieve an article she wrote entitled
The Faith of Hannah Arnett' had
much to do with inspiring the organ
iZation of the d. A. r."
Mrs. Cabell was born in Lynch
burg. Va. Her mother was of a dis
tinguished Virginia family, and hef
father, Charles Ellet, .Jr. colonel Of
engineers. organized the United
States Steam Ram Fleet in the Civil
War Her associations made her
see the need She said. of renewing
patriotic unity among the women Of
north and south.
The wife Of President Benjamin
Harrison was the first president Of
the organization. but owing to her i'll
health Mrs. Cabell as vice-president
presiding was in the chair much Of
the time during Mrs. Harrison's life
and became acting president follow
ing her death. Five years ago she
was invited to hold the gave1 again
at a national meeting.
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Eskin,Os Are
A Happy People

Certain tribes of Eskimos do not
eat blubher and live in ice igloos,
nor are they short and squat, ac-
cording to DR.. Frank II. Spence.
head of the missionary hospital at
Point Barrow. Dr.. and Mrs. Spence
are now here on a visit from Point
Barrow. where they opened the far
thcst north institution of its kind.
'The pictures in school hooks are
wrong" DR.. Spence says. The Eski-
mos of Point Barrow arc as large as
the average American. They do not
eat blubber. but burn it for fuel.
Neither do they live in houses made
of ice If they can help it. At Point
Barrow their shacks are OF three
thicknesseS of wood. with much
building paper in between.
'They are the happiest people
Imaginable: they laugh much more
than the white man. They are very
polite and show many character
istics of the oriental. Because Of
their crowded living quarters many
of them contract tuberculosis, but
we are combating this.
II have heard from white men the
story of Eskimos killing the aged and
helpless. but never from a native.
They are kind to their cripples, sick
and old. They use modern weapons
for hunting and rarely resort to the
spear. also invariably shown In pic
turebooks. They make wonderful
mechanics"