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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-26
Century Company Makes
Several Announcements

I have the following notes from
The Century Company:
The Living Word" by Henry
i;allam Saunderson, author Of "The
Wayside Chapel" will be published
by the Century Company, March 1.
1t is an abridgement of both the Old
and the New Testaments, and is said
to be suitable equally to children and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-26
G. A. r. TO LEASE HOME
Harry +. Negley Heads New Associ.
alton OF Soldiers.

Harry f. Negley has been elected
president of the-newly incorporated
G.. A r. Home Association. which
will maintain a clubhouse at 512 N
Illinois St for G. A r. members and
allied organizations. The property
will be leased from DIR. and Mrs. Sol
lis Runnels for $40, to be paid at the
rate of 81 a year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-26
EDUCATION MEET DEC. II
Vocational Society to Bring Next Con-
ventiOn TO indianapolis.

A telegram from the executive board
of the National Society for Vocational
Education meeting in Chicago today
stated that the national convention of
the society viii be held in Indianapo-
lis, Dec. lib.
The convention. drawing more than
200 delegates from all over the United
States, was brought here by the con
vention bureau of the Chamber Of
CO mmerce-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-26
Relief Workers Is Speaker.

DR.. Mabel E. Elliot will tell of her
experience as head of Greece's quar-
antine service before the indianapolis
Medical Society at the Indiana Dental
College, Pennsylvania and Walnut
SITS, tonight. A movie showing
American reconstruction work in the
Near East will be shown.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-26
UTILITIES ASK MERGER
Traction Company Wishes to Buy
Power Firm.

The Linn Grove Light and Power
Company. Linn Grove, Ind, and the
Marion & Bluffton Traction Company
jointly petitioned the public service
commission today for permission to
consolidate. The petition asked that
the traction company be permitted to
purchase the Linn Grove Light and
Power Company which is valued at
$65,000
The power company furnishes power
to several cities in Ohio as well as
Indiana
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-26
FOUNTAIN CITY HAS FIRE
Business Property Burns With EST
mated Loss of $4,000.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind, Feb. 25.--
Fire here today destroyed property in
the business section causing an es-
timated loss of $50, 900.
The blaze threatened other property
saved by the efforts Of the Richmond
and Lynn fire departments which sent
apparatus here.
The fire started 1t is said. on the
second floor of the knights OF pythias
Hall, a frame building. Most of the
loss is covered by insurance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-26
BIBLE CLASS MINSTREL
Seat Sale Heavy for Zion Evangelical
Musical Show.

Advance seat sale has been heavy
for "Not Guilty" minstrel show to
be staged by the mems Bible class Of
the Zion Evangelical Church, Feb.
n and %. at S:15 p. m. Karl l..
Friedriehs will act as interlocutor
End-men are Albert frost, Edwin and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-26
Building Value $574.552

Building permits for the week end
ing Feb. %. totaled 1874, with a
valuation of S574.552, Francis F.
Hamilton city building commissioner
said today The city received $433.76
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-26
GRoTTo TO INITIATE SO

Ceremonial Dinner TO BE Hold Satur-
day Evening.
In connection with the initiation OF
fifty candidates Sahara Grotto will
hold a ceremonial dinner at the Hoo
sier Athletic Club Saturday night
Joseph b. Seber of Akron. Ohio.
grand venerable prophet. will hold the
official inspection of the Supreme
Council and will make the principal
address on Tho Growth of the Grotto
in the United States"
other speakers: Dick Miller, Ray
mond Murray. past monarch, and
Charles J. Orbison, trustee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-26
WABASH SHOPS BURN
Fire Loss at Decatur, 0ll.) Is
Estimated at $25O,0O0.

NISIIIIdIttI dI p~JV,UVV.
BIZ United Press
DECATUR, Ill. Feb. 26.-Fire
which swept tho Wabash shops to-
day was brought under control after
a bitter battle by the entire depart
ment
Starting in tho coach shops, the
flames consumed six buildings includ-
ing coach shops, two office buildings,
water supply service station, black
smith shop, twelve passenger coaches
and a string of freight cars, at an
estimated loss of $250,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-26
TARKINGTON'S LATEST Is
IN DEMAND IN INDIANAPOLIS

The old home Town Of Booth Tarl1-
ington is loyal to him as The Mid
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-26

Albert Strieback, Wilfred Schlake.
Elmer Muesing, and Henry Moesch Jr.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-26

OF DIT. Od1UWtH SDyIup
Pepsin, a compound of
Egyptian SIENNA with
pepsin and palatable
aromatics, a prescrip-
ton written 80 years
ago by DR.. W. B. Cald-
well, who practiced
medicine At years. You
can buy a bottle in any
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-26

Every up-to-date family medi-
cine chest should contain bottle
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-08-29

Overland Stage Company, which
he acquired through making loans,
and the consequent foreclosures,
and began to operate it in 1861.
Seven years later, he was the own
er of 10 Pacific steamships, trans
porting freight and passengers to
Japan, China, Panama, and Oregon.
Every enterprise for many years
in which this man engaged brought
him in wealth. 1t was not long
before he had house on Fifth ave
nue., New York City; an office on
Wall street; then palatial home
on the Hudson-"O phir Farm"
later owned by Whitelaw Reid; and
a home in Washington, D. c. The
necessity for the later his biograph-
er ingenuously admits, was that he
might be on the spot when legisla-
ton affecting his interests came
before Congress.
In describing the Washington
house, the same writer speaks of
the classics that adorned probably
in a literal sense-Holladays fine
library, and of the works of art
the house contained. Among 9TH
ers he enumerates two bronze lions,
leach costing $1,000" The artists
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-08-29

ways returned to the river, working
slowly up it's course.
There were Indian signs on the
| trails. They were in constant dan
ger. But they kept on. After many
days of travel, when they scarce knew
where they were, they came to
place where the timber grew thinner.
Some premonition must have come to
Cook then for he hurried on ahead of
his companions. Suddenly he broke
from the timber and there at his very
feet, lay a great cash in the earth, a
marvellous chasm of incredible beau
ty. He teetered moment on the
brink, almost unable to arrest his
nurrying feet. Then he fell to the
ground on his face, and peered awe
stricken, into those gorgeous depths,
where the hues of flame and of sky
mingled with a hundred other tints
in the most marvellous kaleidoscope
of color the white man had ever
gazed upon. Far in the depths ran
brilliant green thread of water, hur-
rying over huge boulders and rushing
along between narrow banks. But so
distant was it that not sound OF its
passage came to the enthralled watch
err on the rim.
And so was discovered for the
white man the Grand Canyon OF the
Yellowstone.
Cook and Folsom explored 1t to-
gether. discovering its waterfalls,
hidden from Cooks pioneer gaze by
the bend opposite Inspiration Point
as it is now called. They proceeded
up stream to Yellowstone lake, found
its hot springs and saw at least one
of the geyser basins, that are now
known as the Fountain basin.
They went back to civilization,
half afraid to tell what they mad
found. They feared their neighDors
and friends would scarce believe
them. But they told those whom
they knew best, and their discover
les, which they themselves knew TO
comprise but fragment of the won
derland, led directly to the WASH
burn-Langford expedition in !S1O'
which really disclosed the Yellow
stone to the world.
Refused Publication.
Charles w. Cook wrote the story
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-08-29
GARRETT GETS HIS
OWN DATA DURING
TOUR OF MONTANA
POST WRITER CARRIED JOKER
UP HIS SLEEVE, ACCORDING
TO RECENT REPORTS
Leaves Train at First Station After
The Official Tour With Committee
And Asks The Farmers His Own
Questions About State.

Garet Garrett, economist and
author of THAT Pain in the North
west" which stirred hectic discus
sion in Montana because of its crit
icism of agricultural and banking
conditions, after revisiting the
state at the invitation of various
chambers of commerce and after
being "banquetted'' and ''touredr
| in HaVre, Great Falls and Lewis
town, was put safely ON an east
bound limited at Hobson-but he
stepped off at the next station and
started through Montana, ''via the
back door"
Mr.. Garrett carried joker up his
sleeve while being shown the beauti-
full fields of grain in the country
around these three cities. He abb
sorbed information for several hours
each day and took additional doses
during meal hours, while listening
to various club speakers, then he
started out to obtain first-hand in
formation
After leaving Great Falls two
weeks ago, Mr.. Garrett was enter
ldtliCu III LCWlSlOMlt UcluB ldhGu
from the train at Benchland and
personally conducted into the city.
During his address at a banquet pro-
vided in his honor he poked fun at
his hosts, asking why he was shown
so many wheat fields, declaring that
his article, which appeared in The
Saturday Evening Post, had clearly
stated that Montana was a great
grain producing state. He intimat-
ed clearly that he had seen so many
milk cans and been given so many
statistics about milking cows that he
dreamed of dairying.
Lewistown boosters held him to a
rigid program of tours and meetings
and then took him to Hobson to
catch the train for the east-and
there waved long adieu.
Residents of the district east of
Hobson met Mr.. Garrett, personally
the next morning. According to
their stories, he stepped off the train
at the first stop out of Hobson,
hired an automobile and started on
a private tour of the farming dis
tricts, making a house to house cam
vass.
Asks Many Questions
Prominent among question which
the economist propounded to the
farmers were:
How much land do you OWN"
what is the indebtedness per
acre?''
"How much of your debts were
you able to pay during the last three
years?"
do you expect to stay in Montana
and continue farming?"
What changes have you made in
your system of farming during the
asst few years?"
What do you believe the future
holds for your"
"Are your creditors helping you
ide over the tight period?"
Mr.. Garrett spent three days gath
'ring such first-hand data in vicini-
y of Hobson and Buffalo, declining
III the while to let farmers visited
'rovide more entertainment than a
lace at the table If he CHANGED to
all during meal time, and then he
eft for Yellowstone park for an in
erview with Horace Albright, super
ntendent.
From the park Mr.. Garrett will go
o Idaho, to continue his studies of
economic conditions, he said.
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4 A MONG the many names con
= none is more familiar thai
that of Ben Holiday, proprietor
of the Overland Stage Company
that operated the stage line from
Atchison, Kansas to the Pacific
during the early COS, with branch
lines to Boise, and to Virginia City
Montana-the longest stage line II
the world. Yet while his name was
a household word, little was known
of the life of this remarkable man
He was of Virginia ancestry OF
good stock, but was born in Ken
lucky, and when quite young
moved to western Missouri. Among
his relatives were two such promi-
nent men as Gen. Andrew Hughes,
and Frank P. Blair.
1t is reported that at one time
in Missouri, Holiday was himself
a stage driver. However true this
may be, he soon gave up this en-
ticing occupation to enter business,
and became one of the prominent
citizens of western Missouri.
In 184o Holiday made the jour
ney to California; and in the same
year, he, together with a partner,
carried $4,000 worth of goods to
Salt Lake City, which sold at a
profit, because of the intercession
in his behalf of Brigham Young,
who advertised both him and his
goods in a sermon, at the Taber-
nacle. Young's friendship for Hol-
laday dated from the surrender OF
Joseph Smith and Brigham Young
to Gen A. w. Doniphan, at which
time Holiday had expressed sym
pathy for the condition Of the Nor
mon women and children, and had
tried to aid them. Young said in
his sermon, Brother Holiday has
a large stock of goods for sale, and
can be trusted as an honorable
dealer" This remark sold the
goods and, it is said brought Holla-
day into the Mormon church, but
on probation, only" For several
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-08-29
Legion Approves Defense Day

A large number of American
Legion members and ex-service men
attended the regular feed and smok-
er meeting which was held recently
at Havre, in the Elks' hall.
The local boys decided to coop
crate with the committee in charge
of the affairs for the holding of the
National Defense day program, which
is September IL, and went on record
as favoring the proper observance
of the day. The post also promised
to lend its services in making the day
a success.
Membership in the local post is
growing steadily with each meeting
and a large number of candidates
became members of the Legion at
this session.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-08-29
BEN H0LLADAY, OPERATOR OF EARLY DAY
OF THE VESTS MOST UNIQUE CHARACTERS

name is not mentioned, nor other
description given of these costly
bronzes than the number of dollars
paid for them. 1t is no wonder
Europeans were wont to say that
wealthy Americans estimated their
art treasures, not for their intrinsic
value, but for their size; and that
they bought their pictures by the
yard. We, as a Nation, were then
in the chrome stage.
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years he was on the frontier, with
headquarters at Salt Lake.
That Holiday made Salt Lake
his headquarters gives color to the
story of his being connected in a
way with the Mormon church, as
at that time Gentiles were not en-
couraged to take up residence in the
City of the Saints.
At thirty-eight years of age Hol-
laday came into possession of the
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-08-29

of his trip and sent it to Harper's
magazine.S 1t came back with note
saying the editors could not receive
! for publication anything but the most
reliable and authentic information.
Folsom wrote his story and sent it to
the Midwest Magazine in Chicago.
The editor of that publication, after
cutting out the most important and
interesting portions, published the
story, but before the magazine was
distributed the entire edition was de-
stroped by fire, save one copy which
Folsom had received. He presented
that to the Montana Historical Soci-
ETY., and it too was destroyed in the
Helena fire some years later.
And so, except among the few who
knew them, Folsom and Cook got but
little credit or honor for their explor-
alton and discovery. Washburn and
Langford and the members of their
party left voluminous records of
their subsequent explorations. To
them went the credit for the discov
cry. Their expedition covered much
more territory, and their examina-
tion was more exhaustive. But Lang
ford, Washburn and the rest of that
group knew of the Cook-Folsom dis
coveries, for Langford in the intro
duction to his diary, published in
1905, tells of the finding of the can
yon by Cook and Folsom.
Alone With Memories.
The old man in White Sulphur
Springs paused in his milking to
greet his visitors. He was glad to
see them. They shook his hand
warmly, and then he told them of the
old days-of '64 and '69-and how
he found the canyon.
For this quiet old man, living so
simple among his neighbors, is
Charles w. Cook. OF all the men
who from 80 to ~ entered and ex-
plored the region now set apart as
Yellowstone National park, Mr.. Cook
alone is living. Washburn, Langford, |
Hedges, Everts, Hauser, the happy
go-lucky Jake Smith, DR.. Hayden, |
Lieut.. Doane-all have passed on ex-
cept this man, the very first of them |
all to gaze into the depths of the most
wondrous gorge in the world-Yel-
lowstone canyon.
Fame has passed him by. Others
have reaped the honors and the plau-
dts.
But Charles w. Cook has only his
memories.
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Holidays first wife, with whom
it is claimed he eloped, was Mis-.
Calvert, of Platte county, Missouri
By her he had four children, two
daughters and two sons. t h {
daughters married noblemen, the
one baron, the other a count, and
both against his wishes. One Of
the daughters died ino Pullman
on the way from Omaha to Sar
Francisco, and the other was taker
i'll while crossing the Atlantic, and
died on reaching New York. The
two sons also died, one in China
and the other in a Washington
hospital. Holiday, after the death
of his first wife, married Miss
Campbell of Portland, Ore. Two
of his children by this wife were
living at the time of his death.
Holladay's brother-in-law says of
him His whole soul and mind was
bent on accumulating wealth" Al
though this is undoubtedly true, he
was no miser, as another testifies,
who knew him we'll. Anxious to
get the best of every bargain, he
would often turn it, with all the
profits, to some friend or deserv-
ing man" In other words he liked
to win the game, but did not gloat
over his success.
The same writer says that his
manner was naughty and dictatori-
al, yet he was the most compan-
ionable of men. Reckless as to his
own or others lives, he was SYM
pathetic nurse and gra tie full
friend" Once he was in wreck
on the Pacific, and could never af-
be induced to take another
sea journey, as he could not forget
the suffering of the women and
children on the wrecked boat, nor
how cowardly were the men.
A votary of fortune, she, tickle as
always, at length altogether desert
ed him, and Ben Holiday lost the
greater part of his fortune. This
was partly due to the Indian raids
If 1864-1866, when his stage sta
ions were burned, and his stock
stolen. But his undertaking to
2uild the Oregon & California rail
-oad from which he expected to
-ealize millions, was the main cause
If his downfall. Millions in bonds
lad ben issued, and most of them
old in Europe. He was unable to
ell valuable land that had been
granted him. Meanwhile the in
crest on his bonds came due. This |
lie tried to pay from his own for
une, and this ruined him. Had it
lot been for the increase in value
# Portland, Oregon, property, Ben
Iolladay would have died poor
nan. At the time of his death his
was estimated at 100000,
comfortable sum for the majority
ut poverty for the man who has
cen millionaire.
This brief outline of Ben Holla-
avs life, could be expanded, if
pace permitted, to include much
lat is interesting and instructive,
egarding this enormous western
he helped to develop; a
egion pronounced, by no less an
than General Long to be
redeemable, and only fit for wild !
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-08-29

Could Eat, But Couldn't Sea- farmer
who went to large city to see the sights
engaged a room at hotel and before re-
firing asked the clerk about the hours for
dining.
1--WE have breakfast from six to eleven.
dinner from eleven to three and supper
from three to eight explained the clerk.
"Wa-al say" inquired the farmer In sur
prise, "what time air / goin' ter git ter
see the town."
The Washington times., 1924-05-28
GOFF LEADING IN
v. Va. SENATE
RACE
uh ~ I'm
Appears Assured of G. o. p.
Nomination - Former
D. c. Actress Lags.

CHARLESTON, West Va, May
2S.-Guy D. Golf, Clarksburg, ap-
peared assured Of the Republican
nomination for United States Sena.
tor. while w. e. Chiffon was lead.
ing Mrs. Izetta Jewell Brown, former
Washington stock actress, by 500
votes for the Democratic nonina.
ton for the same office, according
to returns today from the state
wide primary held yesterday.
Howard M. Gore had forged
ahead Of e. T. England for the
Republican nomination for governor.
Jake Fishers commanding position
in the Democratic gubernatorial
race showed no signs of lesseninR.
Former Senator Chiffon and Mrs.
Brown did not gain from each other
for several hours but the returns
from Kanawha county put Chiffon
ahead.
The returns in the Congressional
races are slow in coming in.
The Washington times., 1924-05-28

Inc 1nlro'EArCy convention IN
st. Paul for the seventeenth of
next month was organized largely
through the efforts of William
Mahoney and William A. Schaper,
representing the Farmer.Labor
Party of Minnesota. This is the
party which has sent Henrik Ship.
stead and Magnus johnson to the
United States Senate.
Mahoney and Schaper fell in with
William q. Foster and Joseph
Manley, and c. e. Ruthenberg, of
the workers Party" the com.
munist political organization. This
organization has gained control Of
the so.called Federated Farmer.
Labor Party" which is a totally
different proposition from the
Farmer.Labor Party of Minnesota.
La Toilette Not Consulted.
Mahoney and Schaper allowed
Foster and Manley and Ruthenberg
to persuade them to admit the
"Federated Farmer.Labor Party"
into the list of organizations calling
the June II general Third.Pa
Convention in st. Paul.
This was done without consulting
La Toilette. Foster and Manley and
Ruthenberg persuaded Mahoney and
La Toilette. Mahoney and Schaper
thereupon without consulting La
toilette told their Communist
friends that they would be invited
TO the convention and could taxa