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The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-06-07

Central Pacific. After beginning
work on the east end of the line, the
Union Pacific laid 200 miles of track
during the first IL months, and in
March, 1866, the line had reached a
point 800 miles west of Omaha.
The rolling stock and much of the
materials for the Central Pacific were
obliged to make the long ocean voy-
age around Cape Horn, covering a
distance of 10000 miles. An i'm
mense amount of material was in this
way transported. 1t is a matter of
history that at one time no less than
80 vessels, loaded almost exclusively
with rolling stock, a%ggregating hun
dreds of thousands of tons, were on
the long voyage.
The sn~ow-capped summit of the
Sierras was reached by the Central
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-06-07

Pacific in the summer of 1867, and
on 3Oth day of November, following
the first passenger train ran there
from Sacramento. In building the
road an army of 10000 men and
more than 1000 teams were steadily
engaged, making their way eastward
in a sort of z~igzagging course down
the eastern slope. The difficulties
of the road were tremendous. Num-
bers of long tunnels had to be built.
and the engineering feats were hard
to overcome, but the road progressed
so rapidly that in October, 1867, the
army of builders employed On the
Union Pacific reached the foothills
of the Rockies, 500 miles west of
Omaha, after which further progress
was necessarily slow, while up the
Platte valley, on the Union Pacific,
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-06-07

gressively developed by the operating
company.
So the sensation of having the in
come of a millionaire is in the neal
future to be the experience Of the
Yellowstone county farmer-states-
man-oil king, an experience that he
will share with Messrs Dawson and
Merkle.
The fortunes of many others are
affected by this strike.
L. c. Stevenson owns a substan-
tial block OF land Immediately west
of the Howling lease; Arbe Beardslee
controls a block of land on the west.
The Homestake Exploration company
controls 80 acres to the east, while
the Pet x controls 400 acres to the
south.
Big Gas Strikes
The 100000 gas strike In the
Sherrard we'll, which is being drilled
by the Ohio company, 35 miles south
west of Big Sandy, is taken as an in
dication that oil is almost certain to
be found in flank structures ada
cent to the structure on which this
well is being drilled. This gas find,
together with the ~25,000,000 cubic
feet flow in the Gladys-Belle well,
Is being drilled 35 miles north
east of Shelby, makes 1t almost GER
tain that many Of the towns and cit
les Of northern Montana will be us
lng natural gas for fuel in the near
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-06-07

its earnings from this source alone
will pay a handsome return to the
stockholders of the Stevenson Asso-
c1ated Royalties.
The bringing in of this gusher has
stiffened interest in the northern oil
fields very materially, and will bring
unlimited capital to the Kevin-Sun-
burst district for future develop
ment.
Lucky Tom Hogan
The strike means as much to Sen
ator Thomas Hogan, and his asso-
c1ates, Messrs. Hart and A1bin of
Billings, as it does to Johnnie Daw-
o and George Merkle.
Hogan and his partners own ap-
1000 acres of adjoining
OIL land in sections 16, IT, 81 and %,
OF b same township, on which the
hogan interests have already brought
three gushers of little less proper
lions than the now famous Dawson
Merkle we'll.
The Hogan property, including
1900 additional acres In the Kelvin
ounburst field, is being operated for
Joint account, by the Mutual Oil COM
pany, one of the largest and most ag-
sressive of the producing, refining
md marketing organizations in the
northern oil trade.
Two $1,000 barrel storage tanks
ire under construction to conserve
production from the Hogan lease,
which will be diligently and ag-
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-06-07
SAM GETS WAS THE LAST STAGE DRIVER
OF THE HISTORIC OLD OVERLAND ROUTE

with the immense force employed in
building, the track was being spiked
down at the rate of two and One-ha1f
miles a day.
Sherman, the highest point on the
road-likewise the highest altitude
in the United States reached by the
iron horse then-was nestled on the
backbone of the continent and lay
8.424 feet above tide. 1t was 1882
feet above the highest point reached
on the Central Pacific.
Business in those days was boom
ing, and few men, if any, were idle.
Every man capable of work was en-
gagged and sent to the front. At one
time the number of men who had
been concentrated for the construc-
ton of the two roads reached $4,000
and 5000 teams were employed. Be-
tween fifty and mi hundred locomo-
tives and hundreds of freight cars
were daily employed on each road,
and more than a thousand tons of
material and supplies were being
hurried daily to the front over the
two lines.
In the spring of 1869 only 1900
miles interved between the two
roads, and this was being rapidly
up. Each company was do
ing its best to get the most road.
When the Union Pacific was finished
to a point only five miles east of
Point, the Central Pa
,ific astonished everybody by laying
nine miles of track in a single day.
beating every previous record known
railroad building.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-06-07
G.. N. PREPARING
FOR BIG FIGHT
SPECIAL OFFICERS AND EXTRA
CLERKS TO HELP HANDLE
THE CROWD
Arranging for Space for Several Hun
dred Pullman Oars; Tracking Be
ing Laid for Parking; Three De-
pots Being Built.

A corps of special officers of the
Great Northern railway, augment
ed by operatives from the principal
cities of the west, will be on duty
in Shelby before and during the
fight, July 4, of Jack Dempsey,
heavyweight champion of the
world, and Tommy Gibbons, it was
announced by officials Of the road.
Railway and visiting municipal Of
ficials will cooperate with local
officers in policing the city and
curbing anticipated activities by
undesirable transients. The rail-
road also will take special precau-
tiOns to protect its equipment and
property while the crowd remains
in Shelby.
On each sleeping car parked in
Shelby there will be a representative
of the Great Northern, whose prin-
cipal duty will be to look after the
interests of the passengers. On leav-
ing the train, each passenger will be
given a card giving information on
the city and arena arrangements and
also a warning to be on the alert for
crooks while at the stations. Great
Northern officials say that already
criminals of international reputation
now are in Shelby awaiting the
crowds.
Safety precautions also will be
taken by the Great Northern and the
presence of guards at all crossings
has been arranged for every hour of
the day. In the event of accidents
or illness, a medical staff will be
on hand to take care of emergency
cases. Sanitary arrangements, to be
supervised by the state board Of
health, will be carried out with care,
particularly within the area allotted
to the coach trains and sleeping car
specials.
Plans have been completed for I'M
loading passengers at three passen-
ger stations now being built, and the
Great Northern officials see no pos
sibility of a severe congestion.
the clearance of all special trains out
of Shelby not later than midnight on
the night of July 4. The first coach
will leave at s p. M, and the first
Pullman special at z, the trains leav-
ing 80 minutes apart in each case.
Bulletin boards showing schedules of
all specials will be available for the
of travellers. An extra
force of ticket sellers and reserva-
ton clerks will be on the ground as
we'll as representatives of the Pull
man company.
The roads announcement included
the statement that permanent track
age at Shelby will be adequate for
the parking Of 800 cars and at V1r-
len, a junction four miles out, an
additional IS cars can be handled.
These cars can house 10000 passen-
Temporary trackage, now be- +;
ng laid, will accommodate all the ]
additional cars that will be needed {
ind it is expected that the definite
number of these will be known not
alter than June Is. t
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-06-07

In the strenuous work of endeav-
oring to control the flow, a driller
was struck by the stream of oil and
knocked into the little lake of oil.
When dragged from his petroleum
bath he was unconscious.
The we'll is located on section 9,
in the famous township 35, a block
of land where coyotes howled a few
months ago, but which is now known
to cover one of the glory holes of
the petroleum world.
John Dawson, vice president of the
Rocky Mountain Fire Insurance COM
pany, Great Falls, and George Mer-
kle, Belt coal mine operator, princ1-
pal beneficiaries, have made fortunes
through this phenomenal strike. The
value of their interest run into big
figures. Harold Hoover, Great Falls
lawyer, who was declared in on an
interest for legal services at a time
when the lease was of modest value,
will profit substantially. The Steven
son Associated Royalties own lib per
cent royalty in the Howling lease,
while William O'Haire, owner Of the
Sunburst townsite, has 1 per cent
royalty.
Stevenson Royalties Profit
The lease comprises 80 acres. 1t
was bought by Dawson and Merkle
from Howling, the original home
steader, who retained a 12h per
cent royalty. The price of the lease
was less than $4,000. HoWling
sold his royalty interest to O'Haire,
who in turn disposed of lii per cent
to L. C. Stevenson, for the
Stevenson Associated Royalties COM
pany, at a modest price.
The lease is being developed, on a
working agreement by the Midnorth-
ern Oil company, the deal having
been negotiated by Mark Danford,
manager of the Midnorthern for
Montana. The company has drilled
,hree wells under its contract, the
being a 200 barrel well, the
'econd $50 barrels, while the third
s the Dawson-Merkle gusher. A re-
narkable thing about this well is
hat 1t was drilled in with what oil
men call a coffee MILL" a portable
rig.
II, after 80 days, the well settles
own to a production of 1900 barrels
er day, without considering the two
wells or future develop {
aent, on a basis Of $500 per barrel !
+ production, the lease is worth ST.
$4,000. 8
The Stevenson interest alone is es- I
to be worth $250,o00, n
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-06-07
BLIND BECCAR IS
NEAR FlNANCIER
USES METHOD WHICH NETS HIM
$3.50 IN SEVEN DAYS
KEEPS BOOKS
Admits to Police That He Has Been
Driven Out of Many Places On
Account of Ease With Which He
Separates Public From Money.

The soap-fit artist is now Out-
done.
Four hundred and thirty dollars
in seven days is the record set up
by youthful Carl Jameson for beg
ging on the streets of Butte, &C
cording to his own day book and
ledger, upon a search of his room
al a rOOming house on South Main
street.
Jameson, who was arrested by
the police, admitted having worked
his begging scheme in many of the
cities Of the northwest.
He carries a paper signed by him
self and containing a statement to
the effect that he is Subject to cpl
leptic fits and being unable to work,
he appeals to the public in his hum
BILE way so that he may attain suffi-
Gent means in order that he may be
able to purchase a small peanut and
popcorn stand SO that he can support
his mother and small sister, who are
dependent on him. The paper then
goes on to state, Anything given
will be appreciated" by Carl jamie
son.
His scheme is to approach a per-
son, hand him the paper that con-
tains the statement under which ap-
pears several names of alleged con-
%tributors, and the amount c%ontribut-
ed by each. The contributor gulled
in this n hands him a sum of
money and signs his name to an ap-
pended list of names and thus he
goes from one person to another.
In a search Of his room officers
not only found a record of the sums
collected by Jameson in this manner
but also hanging in a shoulder hol-
ster, a .38 caliber Colts automatic.
A record of his work, kept by him
self, shows that in the two days that
he operated in Butte he collected
more than So. Previous to this date,
evidently in April, during the last
seven days of that month, he made
the total of $3.50.
Upon being questioned by the po-
lice, Jameson is said to have assert
ed that he was warned not to ply his
trade in Salt Lake, and other cities,
where he also made large sums of
money.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-06-07

The two gangs of track-layers day
by day and hour by hour were stead
lily nearing each other. They met
face to face on the morning of May
10th.
1t was on this morning that Gets
left Salt Lake for his last drive on the
Overland to Fort Crittenden, and il
was just as the last rails of the trans
continental lines were being brought
together that he drove up. The clos
ing exercises were started, Governor
Stanford, who was president of the
Central Pacific, shaking hands with
Vice President Durand of the Union
Pacific. The last tie put down was
of laurel, cut in the mountains of
California. 1t had been beautifully
polished for the occasion, and was
carefully put in place in the roadbed.
Then the last rail was laid and spik-
ed. The two locomotives, painting,
were on the track facing each other.
The Atlantic and Pacific, separated
by more than $500 miles and by four
lofty mountain ranges, were at last
Joined by bands of steel. The tele-
graph Immediately began ticking off
Lie JOylui tiulu6o tudl WOlC lldoAcu
around the world. The two thousand
miles of Overland stage line were in
a minute out of business, and the era
of Overland staging on the great CEN
trail route passed into history.
Sam Gets, sitting on the front seat
of his Concord stage and holding the
ribbons of his beloved team of six,
was one of the impressive figures in
the drama that was enacted that his
day.
The following day Gets returned
to Salt Lake and started driving stage
to ogden and Utah. In 1870 he came
ing for Salisbury, on the latter's lines
until the completion of the Union Pa
cific's branch line into that region.
In 1883 he went into Northern Mon
lana and located on his stock ranch
Cascade, where he died, a few
years ago.
One of the tragedies in Gets life
was the killing of his chum, Ed. Kill
BURN, one of the oldest and best stage
drivers on the Overland, in 1867.
xilburn was said to be a wizard with
he ribbons and absolutely fearless.
70 Drawer man ever held the reins of
team.
Early in June, 1867, Kilburn was
down the South Platte, about
rs miles east of Dover. He had
what was known as Godfrey's
anch. After breakfast Gets, who
yas at the ranch, jokingly said to
i'm: ED, look out for your scalp"
-ilburn merely smiled and remarked
nat the Indians would not want his
ray locks. I,
After the stage had gone about two |
lilies down the river, a band of Chey-
mes, hiding behind an old adobe t
all, fired a volley at the coach and t
He'd Kilburn. When found, the 9
age drivers body was fearfully t
Initiated and was left stripped. On 2
lie Of his fingers was a heavy gold '
ng, a present from his faithful
lend and companion driver, Sam c
stts. g
Gets never recovered from the t.
ief occasioned by Kilburn's death, n
r the two had been fnseparable. t,
leirs was a notable frontier friend "
ip. z
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-06-07

"HE last stage trip on the great
six-hOrse Overland line that
carried mail and passengers
from the Missouri river to Placer
vile, California, was made the day
before the golden spike was driven
at Promontory Summit, a little
west of Salt Lake, May 10th, 1859,
when the Union Pacific joined
their tracks and first spanned the
continent with a steam line The
honor of being the driver of the
last stage on the Overland fell to
Samuel v. Gets, a well known
Montana pioneer, who died at Cas-
cade some years ago.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-06-07
PLANNING
WATERING PLACE
WILL MAKE SUCCESS OF BOULD-
Err RESORT OR TURN 1T
INTO DUDE RANCH
James Murray, Who Became a Mil
lionaire Through the Death of His
Uncle, Will Make Beautiful Place
of Boulder Hot Springs.

James Murray of Butte is Mon
tana's newest millionaire.
The famous mining man and bank
er of the same name died a short time
ago, leaving an estate in excess OF
$40, 900, was his uncle. The eld-
er Murray was a pioneer in the Butte
mining district, where he picked wise
ly and became possessed Of valuable
mining property. That and his nat
ural business ability was his sesame
to fortunes door.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-06-07
STORY OF MAYOR.
YOUTH AND DOG
BOY TRIES TO GET HIS DOG OUT
OF THE POUND BY PAYING
FIVE CENTS
Poundmaster Spurns Him But Mayor
HOrgan Cannot Resist His Appeal
and Imprisoned Canine Gets His
Liberty.

Mister, this is all the money /
got" said a ragged 1O-year-oId boy
at the Butte city hall, with tears
streaming down his unwashed face
as he rendered a nickel to CITY
Treasurer Riley. 1.-THE dog catcher
got my dog and he is in the pound.
Can't / get him out for a nickel?
Gee, I'll never get a whole SIS until
i get to be a man. and the boy
again burst into sobs.
Treasurer Riley took the little
chap across the hall and showed him
Mayor Horgan's office. ASK the
young lady if you can see the mayor"
said Mr.. Riley, then tell him about
your dog"
Lad Gets Order
At that moment Mayor Morgan
came into the anteroom. The boy
rendered him the nickel and between
sobs told the chief executive that his
Bruno was the "bestest' dog in
Butte.
Give this boy an order on the
poundmaster," said the mayor as he
turned away his head. When the
boy received the order to free his dog
he bounded down the steps of the city
hall and ran the entire distance to
the city pound.
1t would take the pen of a Bret
Harte to describe the reunion of the
boy and the dog.
But the mayor was not finished
with this particular dog, however.
. half hour later a highly indignant
poundmaster called on the chief IKE
"Mr. Mayor" said the poundmas-
ter in tones that were a mixture Of
and appeal, here is the law on
one side as we'll as me official duties
and me chewed-up hands, and here's
that order that gave a kid his dog"
For a minute the mayor was I'M
able to stem the flow of language
that came in his direction with more
than %eloquence.
''The little chap got his dog, did
1e?" asked the mayor in a tone that
a sudden stop in the pound
talk on official duties.
Eyes, he did,"
1.-THE matter is closed" said the
mayor.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-06-07

Missoula- Because Of a series of
safe and bank robberies in this sec
ton of the state recently the sheriff
is of the belief that a gang Of expert
yeggs, equipped with an automobile
and necessary tools, is at work.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1923-01-26
N'avr|at
Napisal: Guy Dc Maups1sant.

More biGljc pobrezie kratkymi
iednotvarnymi vlnami. Bieie
cblacky tiahnu rxchlo vel 'kym
modrym nebom, hnane prudkyn
vetrom, ako ytaci, dedina Y "a.
hyde doliny, ktora nizi sa k oce.
anu, vyhrievala sa ma slnku.
Hned pri ychode do dediny, ma
kraji cesty stojf o samote dom ro-
diny Martinovej Levesaueovej j.
to malv rybarsky domcek, hli-
ny, je ozdobeny modrym kosac.
nixon.
Predo dvermi rozprestiera sa
zahrada. siroka, ako vreckovnik,
kde rastic cibul'a daco kapusty.
petrzlenu cesnaku.
Zivy plot oddeluje dom Cd chod
nika. 81
Muz je ma rybacke a zena pred
domom naprava okna vel 'kej hne-
deg sieti, vystretcj na m1re, ako
ohromna pavucina. Pri ychoda
do zahrady ma slamennej stolicke
sedi strnast rocne dievcatko, po-
doprete plot a obsiva bielizen,
biednu bielize1, nz raz platann.
Druhe dicvca, mladsie asi diva
roxy, uspava ma rukach celkom
malicke diet'a, este nemluvila. Y
uzadf sedia dvaja mali chlapei,
asi diva, ci tri rocnf, v piesku, pro-
tt sebe, nemotornymi rukami ha-
dzu 81 hrste piesku do tvare.
Mix neprehovori ami slova. Tba
smoklik, ktoreho snazia sa uspat :
Mace neprestaine prenikavym a
slabuSkvm hlaskom. Ma doske
pri obloku spf macka. dolu pri
mi1re kvitnd klinee, bielym plno-
kvetom. mad ktorym bzuci cely
krdel much.
Dievca, ktore size pri vchode do
zahradv. zavola zrazu:
Mamieka!''
Natka sa spyta:
"Co ze jee"
"Uz je Ease tu.''
Cd rama sti. NJ znepokojene, le-
bo dakysi clovek Cd rama obcha-
dza okolo domu: stary clovek,
ktory vyzera ako zobrak.. Zbada-
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1923-01-26

iii no, kad' lodprevadzali otca K elm
lku, lebo chceli byt' pr tom, ked
|odchadzal. Sedel V garade, pravc
1oproti ich dveram. Ked sa potion
vratili pobrezia, Ease ho tam
inasli, ako sa diva ma dom.
Vyzeral chory a vel mi biedny.
Ia hodinu sa nepohol odtial', po-
tom, zbadajdc, ze no povaznin "a
Ezlofinca, vstal vlecnc sa, odisiel.
/, No onadlho widely no Ease sa
vratit', pomalym, ustatym kro-
Rom Ease 81 sadol, teraz az trochn
d'alej. ako Go by chcel tax ma nich
Chat.
Matka dievcata maly strach.
Zvlaste matka sa trapila, lebo cd
prirody bola bojazliva muz jej
| Levesane. NAL sa vratit' mora
len neskoro v noci.
Jej muz menoval sa Leyesque,
| IN volali Martinova, a preto po-
krstili ich Martin -Levesqueovca
mi. Ona vydala sa totiz najprv "a
namornika menom Martin, ktorl
chodieval kazdeho leta do Noveho
Foundlandu ma rybolov.
Po dvojrocnom manzelstve ma
la od neho dievcatko, a po siestich
!mesiacoch Ease bola V druhom sta
We. ked' lod', ma ktorej odcesto-
val iej muz, trojst 'aznova diepp-
ska LODI, nazvana "Dvc sestry'',
|zmizla bez stopy.
Nikdy nedostali o nej nijakej
zpravy, nevratil sa ami jedon ma
mornikov, ktorl boil ma nej. L'u
dia tovar, ktory boil ma nej po-
|kladali "a ztratenych.
= .
Martinova takala desat' rokov
ma svojho muza.s t'azkost 'ou
vychovavajnc svoje deti; potion.
.ponevaG bola statocna dobra ze
ma. Levesque, rybar tohoto kra-
ia, vdovec jednym chlapcom, py
tai IN ruku. Vydala sa zanho a
mala od neho este dve deti "a tri
roxy.
Zili t'azko, namahavo. Chlieb
Dol drahy maso bolo tomto
domci skoro nezname. Casom v Ii 4
me. cez vichricne mesiace, zadlzi-
!
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1923-01-26
STANDARD TANK CAR 90.
sili4If. f,0vN0 DoBtJ

The STANDARD Tank Car Corp,
ktora ma vel'k6 siielne pri Masury1
|oznamila, ze snik,iie pracevne dnii
y 10 ma 8 hodin. N tovarni pracujc
nateraz .asi 1,2o0 robotnfkp IS
Uradnfci spolocnosti oznamili, 70
|pracovnh dobu preto snizili, lebo
|robotnfci zvacss pracujh od kusa
Ia svoju pracu skoncia "a 3 hodfn.
Y niektorych oddeleniach tejto
tovarne pracuje sa ma dive sichty.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1923-01-26

Isl jej muz?''
Levcsque odpovedal:
".ino, ja.
Pozrcli ma seba a zatichli.
TIL Martin, pozruc ma deti, v
kruhu, okolo ncho stojacc, poky-
nnl hlavou ma dve dievcata.
Ano, to sn ,tvoje,' riekol
Levesque.
Neystal, ncbozkal ich, len ric-
kol:
"Boze dobry! AXE ST uz vel.
ke!
eco ze urobime - spital sa Ia
Sc Levesque.
Martin prisiel do rozpakov, a
nevadel. co povedat Konecne sa
rozhodol:
ia, ia robin vsetko dl'a two
jej vole. Ncchcem ii krivdit'. Len
ohl'adom je nepriiemnost'. ia
nam dvoje detf, ty mas troje, ka-
zdy ma svojc. Ale tia ma byt'
ich matka. tvoja alebo moja = Pri-
stanem ma to, co sa tebe paci. Ale
dom je moi, zdedil som no 20 o.
tcovi, tn som sa narodil listiny
sd IL notara. =
Martinova este vzdy plakala za
modrou platenou zasterkou. Obe
yiicsic dievcata sa blizily $ ne