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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-02

whole plan. Ny second reason for
not going to Minot is that l<know
that this meeting will be attended
by men now calling themselves Demo
Gratis who have worked against tn"
election of Democratic nominees to
State and Federal offices. | expect
ut the Minot meeting Will be men
likr j. Nelson Kelly of Grand Forks,
who recently publicly admitted 1T Il
meeting in Grand Forks that he had
worked against O'COnnor in the 1929
election. | would expect also to find
at this Minot meeting men calling
themselves Democrats of the type OF
Thomas Maloney Of Ramsey County,
who has supported every League Re-
publican candidate for Governor and
United States Senator since 1916,
and who is now Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the North Da-
kota Non Partisan League newspaper
published in Bismarck and edited by
John Bloom. My democracy is not
of that type and | am not ready for
that kind of harmony.
I am enclosing Il list of the candi-
dates who were unanimously recon-
mended by majority of the State
Committee in its meeting at Valley
City believe you will agree with
me whenl you look over the list and
study their records, that you will
find the entire list is made up of
men and women who during the last
six or seven years have stood sh"Lld-
er to shoulder in support of every
| real Democratic ticket. feel that
we can be proud to elect such a ticket
! March 18th and | respectfully COM
mend the list to your careful lives
, tigation and consideration.
! Assuring you that | deeply appre-
! ciate the honor that has been con
F, ferred upon me in e!ecting me to the
| high office of Chairman. and assur-
| ing you that shall strive to main
| tain the integrity of our party
| against all who would destroy it FOL
the sake of patronage, am
Yours in high expectation of Dem
ocratic victory,
(Signed) j. f. Campbell,
| Chairman, Democratic State Cen
! trail Committee.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-02
HOME TALENT
CAST is READY
''Over The Hill" to be Pre-.
scented as St. Mary's
Benefit

Everything was in readiness today
for the presentation on Monday
night. at the city Auditorium of the
st. Mary's benefit play, cover The
Hill"
/ After two weeks of intensive re-
hearsing Director Golden pronounc-
ed the cast as splendid and ready to
give a fine production. The story
of the play, in the belief of the di-
rector and others, is especially APP
pea'ing, and will delight the audi
ence. The author has written a
clever combination of comedy and
pathos, using just the right amount
of each to make a thoroughly enjoy
able play. Those in the cast are:
James kiley, Joseph L. Clifford,
Nicholas II. Woehle, james J. Walsh,
Everett La France, Stanley Csrvins-
XII, Gertrude Fitzgerald, Anna Marie
Manning, Josephine Cervinski, Phyl-
lis Yochim, J. NJ. Golden.
In addition to the play some un-
usual vaudeville acts will be pre-
scented between acts. The cast APP
pcaring in "The Rube Teacher and
His Krazy Kids" is as follows:
Teacher ............ ]. NJ. Golden
Daisy Short ...... Margaret Boehm
Mary Long ...... Sablina Brown
Isadore O'Brien u. . Henry Charlebois
Ole Olson ........ Howard Murphy
Fluffy Ruffles .... Mary Malloy
Sally Tookit .......... Grace Olson
|. c. Uno ....... George JaszkOwiak
Dora Nee 80. Josephine Charlebois
Percy Darling ....... Dick Horner
Spike Duggan ..... Stephen Hogan
The Juvenile Minstrels: Interlocu-
tor; Francis Corrigan; Comedians
and Chorus, James Healow, William
Corrigan, Christ Jungulas, Sebastine
Goetz, John Neibaucr, Hugh Fortune,
Stephen Mossbruchcr, Donald Nc
Laughlin.
Marian Patzman and Gertrude Muir
ply will have singing act, There
will be a matinee and evening per-
Torrance Monday.
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LINTON MAN DIES

linton, \. D., Feb. 2.-Jay r.
Smith, for many years a Linton
resident, died at Pasadena, Cal, a
week ago Sunday as result of a
recurrence of his old disease, per-
niciOus aencmia. Linton relatives
were notified by telegraph that Mr..
Smith was failing rapidly. and Mrs.
w. II. Johnson, a sister, left at
once for his bedside. She was
unable to reach Pasadena before
his death. which occurred only a
few hours after the telegram was
sent.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-02

circuit court here last week for the
theft of an automobile. Hanrahan.
who was originally booked on Il
charge of shooting with intent to
kill. in connection with seriously
wounding two Huron policemen,
was tried on the robbery charge
because under South Dakota laws
the latter charge calls for almost
triple the number of years of ser
vitude in case of conviction.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-02
I'LL HEALTH II
CAUSES SUICIDE

Minot, y. d.. Feb. 2.-Venva Nor
ris, 81 of Minot. committed suicide
by shooting herself this morning,
according to the police. An in
quest is to he held this afternoon.
III health is believed to have been
the cause of the suicide.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-02
RELIC PRESENTED.

London Feb. Found al Des-
borough, Northamptonshire, a bronze
mirror, used probably by Celtic
woman of fashion who lived III tn 9
midlands about the time oe Caeser's
invasion of Britain ((55 B. CO has
lcen presented to the British mu-
scum. The chasing on the back of
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-02
GETS Is YEARS
j, FOR AUTO THEFT

Huron, S. D., Feb. 2. = Fifteen
years in the state penitentiary at
Sioux Falls was the sentence i'm
posed today by Judge Elva Taylor
on John Hanrahan, convicted in
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-02

fed the girl bandit. There is many
girl today whose one ambition is to
be queen OF the under,world.
Sometimes dope's to blame. Some
times it's something more insidious
than dope-the lure OF, silk stockings
and finery."
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tcontinued on Agricultural Pager
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09

them, and it has always been esti-
mated that about 80 were hanged
or shot to death by "Flopping
Bill's" band during that fall.
The first performer in the
bloody drama carried on by "Flop-
ping Bill' was a half-breed who
was a%pprehended in the proximity
of Fort Maginnis. Someone be-
lieved that he had stolen a steer
and butchered it, and one night
in the month of August, he was
taken near the ranch of Reese An
derson and strung up to a cotton
wood tree.
That was the beginning, and
shortly after this "Flopping Bi1l''
called for volunteers to search for
horses which had been stolen from
the herds of several we'll known
stockmen. The r~equisition was
made upon the roundup, which
was camped on the Musselshe1l
about 90 miles above the mouth of
that river, and reckless drivers
and desperate men only were chos-
en- for the Undertaking.
The posse made a hard ride the
first day out, and by night they
to the cabin of a man named
Downs, near the mouth of the
Musselshell. Downs kept a sort of
trading post, and was suspected Of
in league with the thieves.
1t was early daylight when the
pose arrived, and they at once sur
rounded the cabin, and when
Downs came out, it was Glands
up!"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09

tana as his destination. With a
prodder's site kat the head of an OK
train, he wendell his way over the
plains to Salt Lake City, but then
pushed on arriving in Virginia City
on October %, 1866.
The following spring, with the
spread of news that gold had been
struck in the Salmon river country
in Idaho, he Joined the rush and in
80 days had reached the new dig
gings at Leesburg, over a snow
bound, icy trail. With the coming of
summer, Mr.. Flaherty started back
for the Treasure state, and with a
party of IA worked his way to the
headwaters of the Big Hole river, in
Homestake gulch, where they took
up placer claims. After attaining
fair luck the party again headed for
Virginia City and arrived there in
the fall of 1867. Here he worked as
a miner for a time and then started
ranching with his brother, who had
made the trip overland in 1854.
Alone in The Valley.
In the spring of 1869 Mr.. Flaherty
moved into the fertile valley which
is now Jefferson county. Not a cabin
was in sight the entire length of the
valley when his party arrived and
took up Cottonwood ranch.
Cattle was his main activity and
through thrift and industry became
we'll known as a s~tockraiser. Three
years after his arrival Mr.. Flaherty
married Miss Elizaeth A. Murray
daughter of old Kentucky and Vir-
ginia families, who had just come
west with her parents.
Mr.. Flaherty was familiar with
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09

John F1aherty, 81 years old,
one of the best known of Montana's
pioneers, met death recently, when
flames of an undetermined origin,
razed his ranch home at Cold
Springs, "a miles from Boulder.
James Murray, his brother-in-
law, who was residing with him
at the time of the horrible disas-
ter, vas awakened when the smoke
and flames burst through the
door of his room. He Ieaped from
a window and ran around the
house to the window of the room
where Mr.. FIaherty was sleeping
but had only succeeded in remov-
ing the screen when the roof fell
in and the spray of burning embers
drove him back.
Mr.. Flaherty had a host oil
friends. among the residents of that
section of the state in which he rec
sided, and it was his delight to dis
cuss the early days of territorial life
in Montana. He took up his home
stead, naming it the Cottonwood
ranch, in 1869, and in the early days
was identified with the stage line
that connected Corrine, Utah, with
Helena. The Flaherty homestead
was a stage station, where in the
days before the advent of the rail-
roads many weary travellers were
welcomed, lodged and fed.
The old log building which served
as a stage station and hotel until
the recent fire, constituted the main
part of the home as it was known to
the many friends of the family.
All who live in the territory adj
joining MI. Flaherty's home loved
and admired the industry of the old
pioneer. He was one of the very
first .postmasters in what is now
Jefferson county. From the days
when the log house was first erect
ed until a few years ago, when fail
ing health demanded a ~lessening of
duties, Mr.. Flaherty was postmaster.
He also served his community for
eighteen years as road supervisor
and for an even longer period was
a school trustee.
A Pioneer Woman.
Mrs. Flaherty died about two years
ago.. She was the mother of seven
children and known throughout the
state as one of the kindliest and
ulOSL dCt4FS Ol IuG plOu0SI WOIuSlt
who braved the rigors of homestead
life to assist in building an empire.
MI. Flaherty was born in County
Donegal, Ireland on November 10,
1910, and came with his parents to
America in 1851, locating in Van
Burensburg, ILL.,, He attended grade
and high school in Illinois and join
cd the westward trek of homeseek-
ers in 1865, but had had only reach
ed FGort Leavenworth, Kan, when
home by the death of his
Virginia City in $50.
A few months later he again turn
toward the west and picked Mon
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09

and who made more money in the
business Of stealing horses and
cattle than the real owners could
in raising them. OF course, more
horses than cattle were stolen, be-
cause they we're easier to get away
with, and, in those days, we're
worth a great deal more money.
The stealing became so serious
that the cattlemen of northern
wer forced to take action, and in
the fall of 1885 they made a de-
finite move. And, when the cat
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09

Uncle Sam will be asked to
transfer to the native grazing
ground of the American buffalo,
in the Two Medicine and Cutbank
valleys, now a part of the Glacier
National Park, some of the sur
plus herds which have multiplied
so rapidly in Yellowstone park,
and the other government re-
serves that pastures there ire no
longer adequate for their main
tenance. Last month some of
these animals were given away to
the Canadian government and
now the Blackfeet Indians think
they are entitled to as much con-
s~ideration as the foreigners.
During a recent visit to Glacier
park, the attention of DR.. L. Web
ster Fox of Philadelphia, was direct
ed by Judge Bull Calf, of the Indian
reservation police court to thous-
ands of acres of the finest grazing
grass which he said annually is go
ing to waste because there is nothing
there to eat it.
when l was a boy, these valleys
were the natural feeding places for
the wild buffalo, Judge Bull Calf
/ lOlu llG GGlGUId lCu AOGLOls ~ ID
true, my people, along with many
other tribes of Indians and white
hunters, killed them all off. But we
are now lonesome for these animals
and want to see them back on u
ranges. They, of course, will be pro-
tected this time, like all the animals
of the Glacier park preserve. But
we'll be happy just to have 'em to
look at"
DR.. Fox, impressed by the Indian
judges appeal has taken the mat
ter up officially through ~congression-
al representatives and the subject is
to be brought before the congress
sional committee on Indian affairs.
"These valleys to which we hope
to have the government send some
of the buffalo from the surplus
herds, were in the early days the
greatest natural grazing spots for
he declared, land they certainly look
just as inviting today. There always
is ample rainfall there and never has
there been a year that the grass has
not grown green in these scenic OPP
enings of the main Rocky mountain
range. l am sure here is an OPP
p~ortunity for Uncle Sam to perform
an appropriate act of kindness that
will be appreciated by the 5000
members of the Blackfeet Indian
tribe. And, it certainly will be a
humane act for the buffalo them
selves"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09

convenient tree was sought. Some
one spied a large grindstone that
stood alongside the cabin.
"Tie it to his neck and drop him
in the river" was the suggestion,
and it was carried out literally.
Today the big round grindstone
with the hole in the center, lies in
the bottom of the Missouri and if
time and the action of the water
have not proven too much for the
hempen rope a portion of the bones
of Downs are still with it.
Armed with the information that
had been given them by Downs,
the posse rode south to the mouth
of Lodge Pole creek, where there
were several "rustlers' located, and
in the early morning light, three
of these were captured and strung
UP to some cottonwood trees
which surrounded the cabin, which
was their hangout. Ont of the
ropes with which the hanging was
done swung in the breeze for many
years, and may still be there.
Some Of the cowboy members of
the posse began to feel that they
were getting a little more than they
had bargained for, and wanted to
quit the business, but "Flopping
pointed out to them that they
be hanged by the civil law
if their share in the impromptu
hangings was known, and that, to-
with other cogent reasons,
prompted them to remain.
The next party of "rustlers" was
located along the Missouri. They
had passed as woodchoppers, and
a large number of them had rem
dezvoused at Long Johns" bot
tom, a short distance below the
Musselshell. "Flopping Bills"
gang came upon them early one
morning, and was discovered by a
lorse herder, whom they promptly
hot, and charged upon the camp.
There was a blockhouse with a
table attached, belonging to the
rustlers,' most of whom were at
he time sleeping in tents. One of
hem was shot while getting to the
LIGHTHOUSE.
Once there, they defied the
osse, and it was only by strategy
lat they were dislodged. While
lie posse kept a hail of bullets
the house, one of the cow
oys crawled up through the grass
I'd set fire to the stable, and it in !:
i'm fired the blockhouse. Just
DIV many "rustlers'' were killed
i'll never be known, but there
ere at least II in the house and
were taken prisoner while one
capped
The one who got away was
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09

the entire country from. Helena to
Virginia City and watched it's pro-
gress from the days of the pack
horse trail or rugged wagon road.
He was always confident in his
chosen state and never refused a
hand in any movement for the better
ment of his community or the COM
monwealth.
They are G. D., Jefferson county
surveyor; James D., clerk of court
in Jefferson county; William of Will
low creek; DR.. G.. F., of Fort Worth.
Texas; Richard, who resides at the
home, but who was in Whitehall at
the time of the fire, and John of
Seattle.
Faithful Dog Dies At His Side
When the charred remains of Mr..
Flaherty were taken from the ruins
of his home, the body of his pet
shepherd dog was found beside him.
The dog, enfebled with age, made
one futile attempt to spread the
alarm when the smoke aroused him,
it is said, and although he had been
in the habit of pushing the door of
his masters room open at will, ev-
IDENTIFY turned back and curled up at
will beside his companion, who had
already been overcome by the fumes
of the fire.
Mr.. Flaherty had raised the dog
from p~uppyhood and during the cold
weather the pet had been accustomed
to sleep in his masters room. An
employe who slept some distance
the hOucn said that Whnn he
first realized that the house was
burning he heard the dog bark once
and then the animal became quiet.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09
lN THE DAYS WHEN 6sFLOPPIMG gILL'S'
VIGIL ANTES CLEARED NORTHERN MONTANA
CATTLE COUNTRY OF HORSE RUSTLERS

Of "Flopping Bilr' Cantwell.
"Flopping Bill was a desper-
ate character himself, and worked
against the rustlers because it paid
better than working with them.
From September, 1885, until the
weather became too cold to ride,
"Flopping Bill' and his cowboy
band of exterminators worked. and
when they finished there was no
count of the men whose candles
had been snuffed," but there are
men today who can name 20 Of
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09

Dixie Burroughs, a half-breed, well
known in northern Montana. Bur-
roughs managed to get away from
the house and was stopped by one
of the outer guards, but dropped
behind a log from where he man
aged to "get his man" at the
fourth shot, and escaped. The
name of the cowboy who was shot
has never been divulged. He was
buried where he fell, and a hint
given that nothing was to be said
about it.
That night "Flopping Bill" went
away and during the night a num-
Der of men rode to the camp of the
cowboys and after a sham battle
took the six prisoners and in the,
morning their bodies were decor
ating the cotonwoods on the east
side of the bottom. "Flopping
Bill" came back and told his as
~sociates that the men who had
come and taken the prisoners were
a posse from Miles City-and no.
one inquired further.
When Dixie Burroughs escaped,
he crossed the Missouri river on a
raft and met old man James and
his two sons, Dick and Jim, with
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09

A search of the corral and vi
entity brought to light p D H S
horses, and Downs was asked to
explain. He saw that he was cor
nered, and gave a full list of all
the men connected with the rus
ting" business, and indicated
where they had their rendezvous.
The Missouri river runs swift and
deep wher the waters of the Mus
selshell enter it, and the banks are
high and steep. A rope was plac-
ed about the neck of Downs, and a
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09
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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09

Hurry Motherl Even a f%retful,
peevish child loves the pleasant taste
of California Fig Syrup" and it new
er fails to open the bowels. A tea
spoon today may prevent a sick
child tomorrow.
Ask your druggist for genuine
California Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children of
all ages printed on the bottle. Moth
eri You must say California" Or
you may get an imitation fig syrup.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09

tlemen started to do a thing, they
generally did it "up brown" and
SO it was in this case.
The tales of the hanging of the
road agents if 1863-64 by the vi
gilantes of Alder gulch have been
told SO often that they have be-
come common knowledge from one
end of the world to the other, and
it is generally looked upon as the
biggest thing of its kind ever stag
ed within the confines of this
state. This, though, is a mistake,
as the cowboys of Montana, during
the year 1885, from September to
November, hanged and shot more
men than the Vigilantes of Alder
ever dreamed of. This may
seem a fairy tale, but it is a fact
that there are men still living in
Montana who could prove
this statement.
During fall roundup on the judi
it'll river in 1885 it was decided to
do some hanging. Who proposed
the matter, or by whom meetings
were held, it is not necessary to
state, as several of the leaders of
the cowboy vigilantes afterwards
became prosperous stockmen and
business men of that part of the
state. However, the work of the
real determination of the "rustler'
was carried on under the direction
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09

"HIS IS a story Of winch little
has been told. Most of those
who rode with "Flopping
Bills" vigilantes have left the
state or crossed the Great Divide.
AS to the 80 or more desperate
horse thieves and cattle rustlres
who operated in northern Mon
tana in the early eighties-well,
bleaching bones on w~ind-swept
prairies tell no tales.
In 1885 the cattle and horse
business in northern Montana was
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09
MONTANA PIONEER
BURNED TO DEATH
AT COLD SPRINGS
JOHN FLAHERTY PERISHES AS
STAGE STATION AT COLD
SPRINGS is DESTROYED

Victim was First Settler in Jeffer-
son County; Came to Montana in
1866, and Resided at the Springs
for SO years.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09

becoming more and more unpro-
fitable, for the reason that there
were organized bands of horse
thieves who had stopping places
from the Canadian line to Mexico,
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-09
INDIANS SUGGEST
P UTTING BUFFALO
in GLACIER PARK
CONGRESS WILL BE ASKED TO
AID BLACKFEET TO GET THE
SURPLUS OF ANIMALS

Judge Bull Calf of Blackfeet Tribe
Says His People Long to See The
Animals Back In Their Native
Grazing Grounds.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-04-30
Rickard Plans
Pro Net Meet
By Associated Press.

New York. April 29.-Tex Riekard
Il considering the promotion OF pro.
fcssional competition among a group
OF tennis stars. possibly headed by
william r. Tilden. national champion.
Rickard said yesterday that he
thought the plan would prove popular.
especially II certain leaders in the
sport who will be barred from anna
teur play after this year under the
player.writer rule OF the United States
Lawn Tennis association would con-
sent TO Join the ranks OF the pros.
Tilden and Vincent Richards. Davis
cup players. whose exact status under
the playcr.writer rule has not been
were mentioned in this