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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-26
BY L. o. Edmunds

"HE Congregationalists of Mon
tana gathered at East Rosebud
u lake this month for the young
peoples assembly and the annual
state session of the conference.
Where is East Rosebud lake, with
it's little postoffice called Alpine? AL
most at the southern border of the
state, in the heart of the Beartooth
mountain range, 80 miles from Red
Lodge on the east, A miles from
Columbus on the south, lies the site
selected for the state encampment of
Congregationalists. Here at the end
of the auto road, it lies in an open
ing of canyon walls, a flower strewn
natural park sloping to the clear
waters of the mountain lake.
Down this grassy meadow tiny
rivulets, clear and icy cold, find their
swift way, and in this perfect setting,
"girt round by rugged mountains"
stand the log hotel and cabins of the
Billings Rosebud association and the
school building and dining halls of
the Rosebud Camp school which was
held here for many seasons.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-26
STATE EDITORS
TO MEET AUG. .

Newspaper editors Of Montana,
members of the Montana State
Press association, will hold their
annual meeting at Butte, Aug. %,
"a and 25, S. e. Peterson OF Great
Falls, secretary, has announced.
At the mining city, the editors
will be the guests of the Butte
Press club, which includes in it's
membership Major j. H. Durston,
r.. r.. Kilroy, Larry B. Doben and
others, who will act as hosts.
The three-day meeting will in
ciude, in addition to the business
sessions, a visit to the different
mines on the Butte hill the first
day, an auto trip to Anaconda, a
visit to the smeIter and a trip to
Gregson Hot Springs the second
day.
A speaker Of national promi-
hence has been invited TO the CON-
vention.
The convention will be the first
session of the press association in
Butte for several years. The Butte
chamber of commerce, through its
secretary, p. i. Willis, is assisting
in preparing the entertainment
program for the visiting editors.
Officers of the association are
@. M. Moss, Whitefish, president;
O. S. Warden, Great Falls, first
vice president; HI. o. Woare, Ches-
ter, second vice president; NJ. j.
Hutchins, MissouIa, third vice
president; s. e. Peterson, Great
Falls, secretary-treasurer; p. b.
Snelson, Billings; j.. ID. Scanlon,
Miles City; Joseph Gehrett, Laurel;
A.. A. Frankie, Bewistown, and
Leon Shaw, Billings, members of
the executive committee.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-26
STOCK RUSTLERS
ARE COMING BACK
GANG OF MAVERICK MEN OPER-
ATING IN THE MISSOULA
COUNTRY.

In time gone by Montana was a
prosperous field for stock rustling.
But when stockmen's associations
had been formed and had hanged
some Of the rustlers, and others
~penitentiary, the stock rustling In
dustry went into a decline. Now
and then sporadic cases break out
in some county, but nothing on a
large scale is reported. Lately,
however, Missoula county stockmen
are beginning to believe that a
gang of rustlers have settled and
are working in that part of the
state. Cattle have been mysteri-
ous1y vanishing since last winter,
and a MissouIa news story says:
Most of the stock missing, it is
said, was from the Rock creek section
on the east side of the range, and re-
ports indicate, ranchers there have
been missing stock for months. Early
in the spring, it is said, ranchers
feared that some of their cattle had
strayed from the ranges and persisted
during the winter months.
\ The belief exists that the stock is
mostly stolen In the Rock creek dis
trict, driven over the range and hid
den and later driven or relayed out
of the country to a place where it
can be disposed of without exciting
suspicion.
1t is understood here that the pres
emit "rustling'' reports which have
reached the city represent the first
work on a general scale by a band
who are thought to be working along
he range between the Bitter Root and
Rock creek.
An eastern Montana county also |
ately reported the disappearance of
livestock, which is at
.ributed to the presence of suspi-
;fous characters in that county. The
osses were distributed among a good
many small farmers, however, an ami
nal or two disappearing at a time.
If stock rustling is really begin
ing to show its head again in Mon
ana prompt and rigorous measures
hould be taken to stamp it out. The
livestock industry is sufficiently de-
ressed and has enough burdens to
ear without having to contend with
u~stlers.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-26
YANKEE jim AND
PARK TOLL ROAD
HAD NO FIXED CHARGE; GAVE
TRAVELLER ONCE OVER AND
CHARGED ACCORDINGLY
Required Every Lady Going Over the
Road to Kiss Him; Tried to Block
Building of Northern Pacific by
Force of Arms.

The death of yankee JIM
George, old-timer of Montana,
which occurred in Los Angeles re-
Gently, has recalled to mind nu-
merous incidents in the life of the
rough and tumble, hard-drinking,
hard-shooting - and If Rudyard
KipIing and others are correct
hard-lying, old plains and noun
tain man.
Among those who knew the pie
turesque trail blazer is Judge George
F. Shelton of Butte. In the days
when yankee Jim was active along
the Yellowstone, Judge Shelton was
practicing law in Virginia City. The
Judges experience with Jim" was
similar to that of Kipling, who frank
ly admitted, rs years ago, that as a
romancer Jim" had the author of
"Plain Tales from the Hills" as com
pletely outclasscd as a peacock out
classes a turkey buZzard afflicted
with eczema.
Jim's Toll Road
According to Kipling, Yankee
jim built the first highway into
Yellowstone park, set up a toll gate
and proceeded to collect tribute.
HE had no fixed CHARGE" said
Judge Shelton, in comment, but de-
termined the amount of toll to be
paid by the appearance of the ira
veler.
"It is alleged that Jim required
every lady who passed through the
toll gate to kiss him, but the old
timer himself Indignantly denied the
charge, declaring that the most /
ever did was to tell the ladies that
they might kiss me if they had a
laundering to do So"
This toll road eventually got Jim
into litigation and Judge Shelton was
one of the two attorneys chosen to
look after his interests.
Easy Money
Jim had conducted his toll gate
for several years." said the judge,
land had gathered in many shekels
when one day came the construction
crew of the Northern Pacific railway
track over the ground that
yielded Jim a comfortable revenue.
1.-THE old frontiersman was frantic
with anger. He rushed to his cabin,
donned his buckskin shirt, fringed
leggins, broad hat, and flaming neck
erchief, strapped on two s~ix-shooters,
shouldered his rifle and made a des-
cent on the track-layers. Pretty soon
the air was full of singing bullets,
lurid and original profanity, and fly
ing gravel where Jfm's shots we're
knocking up the ground about the
feet of the steel crew.
1.-THE construction gang was paid
to lay track, not to fight a wild-eyed1
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-26

Of those who come by auto a few
from east and south will find the
Cody trail through Red Lodge the
most direct route. Others will gain
the Yellowstone trail east or west
and their objective point will be Col
umbus on the Northern Pacific rail-
way. The motorist will cross the
Yellowstone at Columbus and find
himself in the valley of the saltwater
where fertile fields and prosperous
homes awaken many comments on its
wealth and beauty. The town of ABB
sarokee, where the Rosebud and the
Saltwater converge, is passed and
then the route continues up the val
ley OF the main Rosebud and then the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-26

gion fresh from the hand of God.
G~eologically it is perhaps the new
est part of Mother Earth, the latest
Work in creation. AS evidence of
this, If n will follow the canyon to
seventh East Rosebud lake, he will
lind that above it drops a majestic
cataract, fully 200 feet in a sheer
fall, yet SO brief a time has it flowed
over Its ledge of rocks that it has
yet cut itself a w~ell-defined chan
nel' and the age-old process of wear
ing back its canyon walls is just be-
ginning.
Mystic Lake
But forsake the a~1penstock or pack
horse trail if they prove too ~strenu-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-26

long-haired maniac and they beat it
to cover. The road officials hot-foot-
ed to Helena and engaged Col. w. f.
Sanders to procure an injunction
i against Jim. With equal speed yam
kee" beat it to Virginia City and
engaged counsel to proceed against
the railway for trespass.
May Have Told 1t
I'VE Intercepted him closely re-
garding the building of the toll road.
II am not sure that he didn't tell us
that he had used elk for draught
horses and that he had obtained the
right of way from the Indians before
the ark came to rest on Mount Ara
rat; but I do remember that he pro-
fessed to have impregnable rights to
the ground in question.
1--WE went into the case blithely
enough but when the matter came to
a hearing it developed that Jim did
not build the road, didn't have a
franchise, or any color of title what
ever. He had simply built a gate on
an old trail and set himself up as
tribute taker. OF course, he lost his
case but he took it in good part.
His attack on the road gang and
his deep indignation we're all part Of
a grandstand play. 1t impressed the
residents of the district but it didn't
get by in the courts.
Jim had a lot of qualities" said
the veteran attorney, "but he was
never a rival of Washington in the
matter of truthfulness. He was n
of those artistic prevaricators who
believe their own fairy tales. He was
responsible for a lot of tough pros
pecting by Virginia City men.
Rock of Gold
"He came into Virginia City one
day with a chunk of rock that was
just dripping with gold. Little flecks
of metal the size of birdshot were
scattered all through the lump. Jim
told us exactly where it was found
by himself, back in the most rugged
part of the mountains across the val
ley. He went into minute details re-
garding the find and the locality.
"a half dozen men spent two
months looking for the lead-only to-
learn by accident that Jim's sample
had been sent him by a friend from.
"Kipling says Jim saw every one
of his tales and beat them so per
cent. My comment OF that statement
is that Jim was probably not feeling
well when Kipling saw him. Had
he been in his usual spirits, Kipling:
would have left Montana a saddenedi
and much Inundated young man.
Evening star., 1923-01-07

broadcasters in their undertaking
have not yet found an effective
means to sense the feelings of those
who make use of their service.
The broadcasting stations are
anxious to change this situation and
wish in some way to obtain a closer
touch with their invisible audiences
Besides, they would like the listen
ers-in to have a better understand
ing of radio matters In general and
the problems that must be solved In
an undertaking of this kind.
The broadcasting problem really
divides itself into two major di-
visions, the first of which lis that Of
regulation.
Radio receiving stations have been
established at an almost inconceiv-
able rate, SO that now they number
into the millions, and radio service
has become actually a public neces-
sity. Unfortunately. however. this
growth is not confined to the receiv-
ing or listening public. but the num-
Der of broadcasting stations also has
increased by leaps and bounds until
now there are in the neighborhood Of
600 broadcasting stations, all bunch
ed on two wave lengths.
Thus huge and miscellaneous bunch
of broadcasters and listeners is now
confronted with q condition border
ing on chaos. There Is no existing
plan to correct this almost chaotic
condition or to prevent interferenee.
Radio engineers point out. that ACTION
Evening star., 1923-01-07

amendment unless = majority Of the in.
dividual voters of the nation assented :
There would be protest from the con-
servative element against the proposed
change, however They would see in it the
handing over to the people the power to
secure a strangle-hold over capital and in
dustry, taking it for granted that the ma
jority is not sympathetic with ultracon-
servatism.
If a resolution for the submission of
such an amendment to the Constitution is
submitted to Congress by the initiation of
the legislature of New York, an epochal
debate will be inevitable.
In the House, within the next week or
ten days, will come a contest over a pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution, the
resolution submitting to the states for rati-
icaGon of an amendment to restrict the
issue of tax-exempt securities is due for
consideration.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, who
with President Harding, sponsors the pro-
posal, contends that there is really no
ground for the charge that an invasion of
states rights is contained therein, nor is
there any attack upon the borrowing power
of the states or their political subdivisions.
In writing to Representative Greene of
Iowa, prospective chairman of the ways and
means committee in the next Congress, Sec
retary Mellon said:
"The amendment would apply with alb
selute equality to the federal government
on the one hand and the states and their
political subdivisions on the other hand,
and in the interests OF the general welfare
would put exactly the same restrictions upon
future borrowings by the federal govern
ment upon future borrowing by the
states. The constantly growing mass of tax
exempt securities threatens the public rev.
enues, not only of the federal government,
but of the states as we'll, and It is reaching
such proportion as to undermine the de-
velopment of business and industry"
x X x u
They are still speculating at the Capitol
over the chances of an extraordinary scs-
sion of Congress in the spring or summer.
Current legislative conditions continue so
favorable, to cleanup of vital measures
Evening star., 1923-01-07
American Exporters Not Remiss
In Extending Reasonable Credit

American export methods have come
purchasers, but most Of the allega-
tions that are going the rounds are
plainly misstatements of fact, accord
ing to the Department of Commerce.
Among the false charges frequently
leveled against American foreign
trade is that American manufacturers
all insist on cash with order and that
foreign exporters all sell on twelve
months time. or more liberal terms.
Americas export totals in themselves
should prove an adequate refutation
Of this charge, the department says.
Americans are good business men,
whether they are selling abroad or at
home, and they are accustomed to
doing business in q business way and
in accordance with the requirements
OF the market.
American exporters, however. have
never believed that unreasonable
credits were Of any genuine benefit
to either the buyer or the seller. Any
arrangement which tends to postpone
payment of the invoice unreasonably
tends to make the buyer careless of
his obligations and in that way en-
courages speculation on his part.
Exporters in the United States are
not only granting terms as liberal
as those offered by others, the depart
ment points out, but they are con-
stantly extending the dates of their
drafts, or what amounts to the same
thing. allowing drafts to. bel met by
Evening star., 1923-01-07
New Idea in Constitution Amending
May Precipitate Big Fight in Congress

by March 4-unless the ship subsidy bill is
j., to be classed as vital-as to dispel the
threat of an extra session being forced by
failure to pass the supply bills. But, never
thless and notwithstanding, the idea per-
sists in haunting many statesmen on the
hill that outside conditions may compel the
calling Of the new Congress before the first
Monday of next December.
President Harding hopes to leave Wash
ington right after this Congress adjourns
sine die, March a, for a six-week rest. in
the south, SO there is no thought in his mind
OF sumnhoning the new Congress. Indeed,
the belief among the lawmakers is that he
wants Congress off his hands until the con-
stitutional date for its assembling arrives.
And he has the SAY" in the premises.
The politicians, however, are pondering
the political considerations in the question
There are two schools of. thought, those
who think that "the less of Congress the
better for the country and the fewer the
chances for political turmoil" and group
that views conditions from another angle.
1t is the contention of the latter that it
would be advantageous to the republican
party if the progressive legislation which
the republicans have in view could be. cleared
up before the presidential campaign of 1924
is in full swing. They feel that if the Con-
grcss gets into a snarl in the early months
of 1924 over the progressive legislation, am
nunition will be furnished both to the demo-
Gratis and the radical progressives with the
consequences that the republican party will
enter the actual campaign under a fire of
criticism calculated to be damaging.
y = y x
1t is delicate question with much to :,
be said on both sides" If one with sports
mans proclivities sought to place a small
bet, he would probablythink the odds point
to there being no extra session and the
G. o. P. elephant numbering into the next
national campaign surrounded by swarm
of hornets
1t is regarded as certain that in the long
interregnum between March and the first
Monday in December the radical progress
sives will make it very hot for the regular
republicans, pointing out alleged sins: of
omission and commission.
Evening star., 1923-01-07
Broadcasting Stations Anxious
To Give Higher Quality Service

Radio broadcasting stations In
Washington, which are furnishing
entertainment to at least $4,000 local
listeners-in and countless numbers
spread over the eastern section of
the country, have Joined in the ma
tion-wide movement which has as It's
definite aim the improvement OF the
broadcasting service.
Through the recently organized
Washington Radio BroadcasterS As
sociation the broadcasters are cir
culating among the listeners-in, ques-
tionnaires which are designed to de-
termine the desires of the radio pub
lie concerning the nature and fire.
quency of broadcasts.
What the radio public wants in
the way of entertainment, the amount
and quality, are big, vital questions
confronting the broadcasting sta
tions, nationally as well as locally.
Because of the curious relation be-
tween the broadcasters and the lis
teners-in, the former have no effect
i've agency of ascertaining the kind
OF programs the latter desire and
their opinion of them And herein
lies a problem.
The artist appearing before an au-
dience is almost Immediately aware
OF the success or failure of his effort,
the theater manager has barometer
in his box ONCE, and the newspaper
or magazine can tell by it's circula-
tt0n to what extent it 10 meeting
aRhiio anpxssiatlszs RnA ths Eadta
Evening star., 1923-01-07

the acceptance Of new drafts bearing
a later date, although perhaps re-
quiring payment of part of the draft
in cash. There is no rule-no regular
procedure-in regard to this. 1t is
simply the American habit of doing
business on business basis, and with
due regard for the interest of the
customer.
Some American houses do demand
cash IN New York or confirmed tr-
revocable credits. Frequently these
terms are insisted upon because the
buyers currency has reached a state
of depreciation that suggests the pos
sibility of the buyer not being abls
to pay for his goods in dollars or
sterling, If payment is. deferred.
Sometimes these terms are demanded
on shipments to the far east because
these terms are customary in far east
ern trade.
On the other hand, American i'm
porters are buying large quantities of
goods continually against confirmed
credits. The experience of importers
two years ago, when quantities OF
American merchandise were brought
back to this country from foreign
ports. or were put back into foreign
warehouses, or were sold to the orig
inal purchasers at large discounts,
because the goods had been shipped
on acceptance draft basis or on some
more liberal arrangement, will b@
recalled. 4z
Evening star., 1923-01-07

Il NTO the muddle OF the eastern
question has come some contro-
versy as to the possession Of the
site of the Garden OF Eden. Just
why with humanity in its present low
state OF moral probity. any one should
care for possession OF tn, place where
we hit the toboggan, heaven only
knows. Possibly the would-be pos
SCISSORS want to return to the garden
and start humanity all over again.
Well, II they do want to start some
sort Of q ok-to -the-farm movement,
we have this one suggestion: Bar the
activities of the Apple Growers Asso-.
citation and get a competent snake
charmer Adam and Eve were all
right. Outsiders made the trouble. It
is doubtful IL even apple pie Is good
enough to pay for the grief that has
come from the acquired taste for
fresh fruit which the snake and the
devil imposed upon our ancestors.
The new owners OF the garden will
do we'll to get back to dried apples
which suffioed for the world till Eve
got so piokey and choosey: then IL
the promoters Of the scheme can tune
in and get Billy Sunday to Danish the
devil and st. Patrick to drive out the
snakes, we may get a new breed OF
humans that will consistently vote
the straight ticket and give three
cheers for the surtax
Evening star., 1923-01-07

must soon be taken to restrict the
number of stations broadcasting IL
there is to be any hope Of enjoying
mountaineering reception. Further.
they emphasize that there must be
supervision and regulation that will
require both quality and service of
the broadcasting stations.
In the range Of wave bands allowed
by the government for broadcasting
there are comparatively few avail
able for that purpose, and even II ali
of them were made use Of 1t would
not permit more than thirty or forty
stations throughout the country, and
location and wave lengths would
adhered to, to permit these to op-
erate at the same time without in
reference.
The problem Of accomplishing this
nearly 600 stations now operating,
and possibly as many more starting
in the near future emphasizes that
the situation Is out of control. Pend
ing such time as there is proper fed
eral regulation to remedy this situa-
tion there have been many sugges-
tions made to improve existing con-
ditions. The one which has most fire.
quently been urged 10 that Of a 81
lent night to permit OF long distance
reception.
The silent night question Is one Of
those which appears on the question
naire sent out by the local broad
casters association. The organisa-
tion also is trying to learn whether
in lieu OF the silent night. the radio
audience which they serve would
rather have all broadcasung stop
promptly at or 9:3o am. so that
they could receive the long distance
stations.
Evening star., 1923-01-07
Christ In Business.

THE press dispatches, which give US
l. more romance than the fiction
writer's ever devised and better. were
telling the story last week of the
business failure Of a man In Wtscon-
sin. who made a speciality Of introduc-
ing Christ In business" The man
was a banker who preached a little
on the side. and had much to say
about the iniquity Of modern CONNER
cial methods. He is faced with GER
tain erbezzlement and malfesance
charges which will keep him so busy
that he will have to let the wicked
system jog along for a time until he
gets rid Of the lawyers and batltns
and things who are bedevilltng his
life Just now. In the meantime, busi-
ness will suffer but slightly by his
neglect
For the truth is that business, as
the days work goes, Is not SO crooked
as the crooks make 1t out to be. Busi-
ness Is but one of the activities of
men, and mankind keeps its lines of
progress fairly straight. Business is
as clean as the home or the school, or
the church or the courthouse. Men
are as decent in one relation as In
others. And Christ is abaut as much
In business as He Is in The church or
the schoel or the home. The Golden
Rule is the basic philosophy Of our
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