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The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-24
HELENA is go YEARS 0LD--THEY MET DM Al
IGAB1M OCT. so, 1864 AND GAVE THAT CITY
|MAME Dit NOW BEARS, STIRRING SCENES

ITOW Helena received its name
has never been definitely as
certained. Records show
that it was officially baptized Hell
ena or St. Helena at a meeting held
in the cabin of George ]. Wood,
October 80, 1864, or September "a,
1864.
One account describes the gather
ling as a light-hearted affair at
which such mirth-provoking titles
as Pumpkinville, Squashtown,
Tomahawk and Tomah were sug-
|gested along with St. Helena.
Eventually the choice simmered
down to Tomah and St. Helena,
which, the account says, was pro-
posed by John Sommerville, one of
the original discoveries. The com
promise Helena was eventually
adopted.
The account of the naming of the
city as given by Thomas E. Cooper
of Grafton, North Dakota, follows:
Thomas Cowan, from Georgia,
in 1864 had a sluice, and was min
ing in Last Chance. On Septem-
Der "a, 1864, Mr.. Cooper and COM
.pany of prospectors and Captain
Wood built a cabin where the
heart of the city now is. A meet
ing was called to organize the min
ing district and John Sommerville
was chosen chairman and Thomas
E. Cooper secretary. The ques-
ton of naming the town came up
and there being a great diversity
of opinion as to the name the town
should bear, and not being able to
agree, the chairman, Sommerville.
got up and stated that he belonged
to the best country in the world,
and Tweed in the best state in that
country, and in the best county
(Scott) of that state, and in the
best town (Helena) in that county.
and by the eternal this town shall
bear that name"
Other accounts generally credit
Mr.. Sommerville with suggesting
the name, some saying that "it
meant a place far in the interior
IF the country" That the manners
nad in mind Napolean and St.
Helena is possible.
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Importance were settled by town
meetings. One such gathering was
held in February, 1867, when the
value of gold dust, which at that
time varied SO much that great
dissatisfaction existed. AS a result
the value of dust known as first
quality mill retort was definitely
fixed at $40 an ounce; Silver Bow
dust, $l6, and clean gulch gold dust
free from rock and impurities, $18.
From such meetings sprang the
Board of Trade which was organ
lied in 1877 at a time when all the
country east of the Rocky noun
tains was plunged in the miseries
which the panic entailed.
The first melting was held No
vember II, 1877. H. M. Parchen
was named president, c. w. Can
non, vice president; George w.
Fox, treasurer, and Major Robert
c. Walker, secretary. The first
important business transacted by
the board was the adoption of a
resolution protesting against the
tax imposed by the govern
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adopted at the first meeting held
here July 20, 1864, when laws and
regulations relative to the rights
and limitations of prospeetors were
formulated. The name appropri-
ately expresses the conclusion
reached by the four origina, set
settlers who had made unsuccessful
explorations of the surrounding
country.
Attempts to charter the city of
Helena failed in 1868 and execu-
tive approval was not granted until
April 4, 1881, when an election was
held and John Kenna became t i
first mayor. At this same election
R. c. Wallace was named treasurer,
Joseph Davis, police magistrate
and John Horsky, August Foller.
Klein, c.. L. Vawter, Chris
tan Kenck, w. H. Gebauer, Au-
gust Weisenhorn, Anton Hotter,
John R. Sanford and John H..
Ming, aldermen.
At the first meeting of the coun-
ell, April IA, 1881, A. M. Hotter
was named chairman and Cornelius
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-24

ment for timber or wood cut in the
territory.
Records of the board show that
it was instrumental in promoting
road construction to Butte, in sur
veying and mapping surrounding
country, in establishing news com
munication with the outside world,
in lettering mail service and vari-
Gus other public enterprises.
The telegraph first gave Helena
communion with the world in Sep
TENDER, 1867.
The greatest day in the history of
this city was July a, 1855. The
people were called to celebrate the
national birthday, to welcome the
first regular train to enter the city
and to witness the departure Of the
first bullion train over the Nor
thern Pacific railroad.
Preparations made fol- celebrat-
ing the occasion were elaborate.
The procession was formed at the
upper end of Main street under
the direction of Chief Marshal
Thomas P. Fuller and his aides.
City Marshal Deegan and his po-
ice, mounted and in uniform, and
he Helena Silver Cornet band,
headed the column. Promptly att
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the first stroke of 10 o'clock that
morning the marshal of the day
gave the command to march for
ward and in a moment the whole
cavalcade, Reaching far tbove the
head of Main to Bridge street, was
in motion to the stirring strains of
patriotic music.
In the line of march Yves the
fire department, gloriously arrayed
in colors and in decorations, Dig
nitaries of the city, territory and
nation, borne in the finest vehicles
of that era and floats representing
civic and religious enterprise in the
city.
Marching to the depot they be-
held the grandest spectacle in the
history of Last Chance gulch, the
departure from Helena of the
first bullion train, carrying a mil
lion of pounds of silver bullion
from Montana's mines.
The train was composed of So
new box cars bearing large colored
placards, Inscribed:
IN. P. r. R.-l,0OO,OOO pounds
Gregory bullion from Helena. M.
t."
AS the two %ponderous engines,
gaily decorated with bunting
steamed away with their richly
laden cars, cannons doomed over
the shrill whistle of mines and en-
gines and the shouting of the en-
thusiastic crowd and the strains
of the band.
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Bonzo, the Bad Boy of
the Yellowstone Park
Bears Spurns Nursing
Bottle Seeks Wilds

Bonzo, the bad boy of the bears
is free again, among the trees.
and several Yellowstone park
rangers, nursing scratches and
bites, are easily as glad that Bonzo
is free as Bonzo is.
Bono, a captivating ball of blacl
bear fur, was captured by rangers
near the Grand Canyon of the Vel
lOwstone some days ago, and he i'm.
mediately embarked upon a career O.
ferocity which within "a hours earned
him the title of the widest bear cut
ever caught in the park.
He was no more than knee high
to the proverbial grasshopper, but
every inch of him was full of steel
spring and red pepper. Bonza had a
temper. Bonzo had claws; Bonzc
also had teeth. He used them all on
everything human that came within
his reach.
Ordinarily a bear cub becomes
gentle as Mary's little lamb after a
couple of applications of the feeding
bottle where it will do the most
good. But not Bono. The feeding
bottle he scorned as a device of civili-
cation; he rejected the wiles of rhe
rangers and tried with all his might
to bite the hands that fed him.
His favorite stunt was to pref end
a ranger was a tree, and climb him.
This entailed considerable damage
to the ranger and his uniform, SO
that Bono was put upon the end
Of a stout chain, and was confined
In the old army guardhouse at Nam
moth Hot Springs.
Here he looked pathetically small
and forlorn, in the middle of a big
room with heavily barred windows.
But Bonzo's temper and
continued atrocious; Jail did not
break his spirit.
At last the rangers decided to put
Bono in the "baby zoo'' near the
buffalo corral. Six or seven of
them tried to herd Bonzo into a
wooden box. But he wouldn't herd.
1t was necessary finally to rope
him around his fat middle and derrick
him into the box, he protesting with
all his might at every stage of the
proceeding.
So Bono went to the zoo. But
to stay. The call of the wild
was too much. Bonzo promptly
broke his chain and vamoused. No
body knows where he went. And,
tell the truth, nobody very much
Some day, years hence, Bonzo
may be a king of the Yellowstone
bears, if he doesn't get killed in a
scrap in the meantime. For he GER
tainly has the disposition which fore
casts for him either dominance or
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-24
The Youth of England
Goes Cowboy Crazy
AS Result of Recent
RodeO at Wembley
Hair Pants Become Popular Attire
With The Youngsters OF The
British Isles.

Hair pants are rapidly becom-
ing more popular with the i'm
questionable youth of Britain than
cricket bats, according to Interna-
tional News reports recently re-
ceived.
Instead of learning to sing "Rule
Brittania!" the carefreee lads of
England are chanting:
zone foot in the stirrup, one hand
on the horn
I'm the best cowpuncher that ever
was born"
And, it's all because a bunch of
cowboys an dcowgirls from the great
open spaces" of the United States and
Canada journeyed to England to
stage a rodeo at the British Empire
exhibition at Wembley. Headed by
"Tex' Austin, a six-foot-four cow
boy, with high boots and a hat al
most half the size of the state Of
Texas, the headliners of many of the
frontier celebrations of western Am
erica, gave staid old England a ten
day thrill that the young folks, at
least, never will forget.
Heretofore, it has always been the
consuming desire of the youth of
England to run away to sea. Since
TEX" Austin and his brave band
have performed at Wembley, how
ever, all the adventurous lads want
to run away to Texas, or Montana or
Wyoming and be cowboys.
Harassed fathers are being i'm
portuned to buy ~lariats, silver spurs,
sombreros, CHAPS" Mexican sad
dies and all the other fanciful ac-
coutrements of the cowboy. "Tex"
started something that will not be
finished until the would-be cowboys
of the present grow up to be fathers
of a later generation.
The Montana bronco riders Jared
well in the rodeo held in London,
according to word received at Ismay,
Montana, recently. The winners in
the finals were Howard Tegeland
who was first and Bob Askins fourth.
Besides this, Bob won many first
prizes in the day money that was Of
fered both in saddle and bareback
The purse won by Tegeland
in the finals was $500 and by Bob
Askins $500. This does not include
the day prizes which ran into big
money.
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Hedges city clerk. The first police
man, William Mccormick, was also
selected at this meeting along with
James Hummel as night watch
man.
The First Justice
The first man to receive a com
mission as justice of the peace in
Helena was Esquire Orison Miles
in 1865. Squire Miles used to hold
court in the cabin where he lived,
cooked and slept, and many a cele-
brated case of those early booming
times came under his judicial cog
nlzance.
The first formal trial under tire
squire was over the jumping of a
town lot. Neither the law nor evil
dence was very clear in thoss days,
and while the magistrate was CROP
around in a legal haze the litl-
giants got together and gave the
property in dispute to the lawyers
who sold it, and divided the pro-
ceeds. 1t was the squire who per-
formed the first marriage ceremony
Helena, joining a runaway
couple from the Boulder valley,
May a, 1865.
Beforee the organization of the
1
lily of Helena questions of campl
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-24
"DAN'' DELONG DIES WHILE
CRANKING HIS MACHINE

Eliza E. belong, Familiarity known
as Dan" belong, and a resident of
the Thompson Falls community, was
found dead recently on the road be-
side his car, which had stalled on
the Noon road. The machine was
blocked with stones, and authorities
believe belong had been cranking
the car and the exertion was too
much for him and he dropped right
there. Although there was no sign
of foul play, a coroner's jury was
called and a verdict of death from
heart failure rendered.
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David Hilger, state historian,
says he has learned from the sta ;
historical society of Minnesota, Mr..
Sommerville's home state, that
there was a town called Helena,
in Scott county, giving credence to
the story of Mr.. Cooper.
The name Last Chance gu!cuv IS
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-27

jority and where New England an
ccStry and tradition are no longer in
the ascendant, Walsh will make the
greater appeal. And as Democrat
who served the state well as lieu
tenant governor, governor and Sen-
ator, he will hold in line the full
strength Of the regular Democrats
of the state.
The contest between Gillett and
Walsh brings TO the front the Mass
achusetts penchant for selecting
bachelors for high public office.
Gillett was bachelor through
more than 20 years of his service in
Congress. In 1915, however. at the
age OF ca, he married Christine Rice
Hoar or Worcester, widow of Rock
wood iioar, former congressman.
Walsh's only sweetheart is Miss
Democracy.
George Holden Tinkham Of Bos-
ton, however, is the states only
bachelor congressman brave enorgh
to arncYncc that fact in his official
biography. But then George Holden
hunts ons in Africa as pastime
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE.
CLOSURE SALE

Whereas default has occurred in
the payment Of interest and principal
of the obligation secured by the
Mortgage hereinafter described;
and whereas the holder of said
mortgage does elect to foreclose on
the past due and unpaid principal
and interest of said obligation only.
Notice is hereby given that that
certain mortgage executed and de-
livcred by Christian Ycgen, William
legen and John Ycgen, .|r. Call sin
gle mem mortgagors, to the Man
agcr of The Bank of North Oak ota,
Mortgage, dated the 30th day of
October, 1919, and filed for record
in the office of the Register of
Deeds Of the County of Burleigh,
State of North Oak ota. on the 18th
day of December, 1919, at 3:l5
o cloci; =. NJ. and recorded in Book
'l6l of Mortgages, at page 153, and
assigned by said MORTGAGE, by an
Instrument in writing to the State
Treasurer of North Dakota, ard his
successors in office, in trust as Sc
curty foe bonds issued by the State
Of North Dakota. which assignment
was dated the 18th day of December,
1921. and recorded in said office of
the Register of Deeds on the 10th
day Of December. 1921, at 10 ocloc!,
A. NJ, in Book 'l69 of Miscc'Ian-
cous Mortgages. at page $40, will be
forccloScd by Il sale Of the premises
described, at the front door of the
Court House, in the City of Bis
marck, County of Bur!cigh, and State
l,,f Hob al h., ,,t
o clock L. NJ. on the 23th day o!
June. 1924, to satisfy the amount
due upon the past due instruments
Of said mortgage on the day OF sale
The premises described in such
mortgage and which will be sold to
satisfy the same are described a.
follows, to-wit:
All of Section twenty-five $3.50,
South Half (Sla) of Section Twca-
ty-four (2D, Northeast Quarter
(NEh) of Section Thirteen l3)
and South Half $50 Of Section
Thirteen 03). Township One Hun
dred Thirtveight 03S), North, of
Range Eighty (S0, West, situated
in the County of Buljeigh, and
State of North Dakota.
There will be due on the past due
instruments OF Such mortgage on
the day of sale the sum of Seven
Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-eight
and 40-100 (S795S.40) Dollars. to-
gcthcr with the statutory costs of
foreclosure.
Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota
this 18th day Of May. 1921.
c. r.. GREEN,
AS Manager of the Bank Of North
Dakota, as Agent for the Treasurer
Of the State of North Dakota, as
Trustee for the State Of North -Da-
kota, Assignee of Mortgagce.
G.. OLGEIRSON,
Attorney for the Manager Of The
Bank of North Dakota,
Bismarck, North Dakota.
5-20-27-G-3-1 10 TIA
READ TRIBUNE WANT ADS.
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SEVEN ROOM PARTLY MODERN
house, 318 Mandan Avenue, East
front, lot so * $50. Price $lSOO.OO.
FIVE ROOM MODERN BUNGALOW.
i -Four blocks from Post Office, full
basement, furnace heat, hardwood
floors, garage. Price $4,000, $500
| cash, balance monthly payments.
SIX ROOM TWO STORY DWELL
| ING, good location, East front, full
basement, hardwood floors, Price
| $4,000. Terms
SIN ROOM MODERN HOME, BEST
location, trees, flowers, lawn, vines,
| lot 70 100, full basement, fur
mace heat, fireplace, Price $500. 90.
| Terms.
Well located, full basement, fur
mace heat, hardwood floors, East
front, lawn, treas and hedges.
Price $4S5O. $1,000 cash, $4,000 at
$40 per month INCLUDING interest,
$3.50 to run five years z percen...
SIN ROOM MODERN HOUSE. FULL
basement, furnace heat, East fro MT,
trees, Price $2550.00 $500 cash
and $35 per month including Z per
| cent interest.
SEVEN ROOM MODERN HOME.
East front, full basement, furnace
heat, hardwood floors, good neigh
! borhOod, young trees and lawn.
Price $3.50. Terms.
CORNER STU AND AVE. A. THREE
room house, double garage, lot
runs East and West. Price $3.50
| Terms.
SEVEN ROOM MODERN DWELL
| ING, full basement, furnace heat,
gas, hardwood floors, four blocks
| from Post Office. Possession in
\ thirty days. Price $4,000. Terms.
SIX ROOM HOUSE, EAST FRONT,
lot GO 40 Hardwood floors down
| stairs, fir up, porch enclosed with
glass, built in features in dining
room, in pantry, and in kitchen,
water coil in furnace, gas water
heater, gas and coal range, good
garden, garage. Price $3.50. Telms.
SIN ROOM BUNGALOW, HOT WA
TER heat, garage Price $500
$500 cash, balance $50 per month,
including percent interest.
Hcdden Real Estate Agency.
Appoint mcnts At Your Convenience
WEBB BLOCK PHONE 0.
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achusctts safely in the Republican
column again, is Il trim, prim gem
tlcman who cXudcs an atmoS pherc of
cNactitude, precision and propricty
that is rather chilling to new ac-
quaintances. Where Walsh's appear
ancc and attitude invite acquaintance
and fellowship. Gillctt's bearing and
aura convey IA sense of eXclusiveness
that is hard to penetrate.
Precise in appearance, in the tim
Of his clipped gray beard, in the fit
Of his carefully tailored clothes, in
the words with which he appeals for
the return of Il rugged Republican,
ism, Gillctt is precisely the sort OF
candidate one would expect to sweep
Boston's Back Bay district, the fac
ulty precincts OF Cambridge and Am
hcrst and those sections of the state
where the blue blood and ancient ira
t;t.on- o. Eve state are still held in
awe ard . lc.,rrc.
But 81: Inc factory Districts. in
tire mill town H. LAWRENCE, i.gun,
Fa!l i.ivcr and score. Of smaller cen
. tiers whore workers are in the ma
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BANKRUPT SALE

Stock of goods and merchandise
furniture and fixtures, equity of re-
dcmption in Lot No. ~, Block No
so. Original Plat of the City o
Bismarck, Burleigh County, NortI
Dakota, accounts receivable, and al
other personal property belonging t,
the estate of +. H. Weber, Bank
rupt, to the highest bidder, or bid
ders for cash.
Sealed bids should be sent to the
undersigned trustee, at Bismarck
North Dakota.
Right reserved to reject any. OF
all bids,
l.. VAN HOOK. Trustee.
Bismarck, North Dakota.
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NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION

Especial District-Annual Election)
Notice Is Hereby Given, That on
the First Tuesday in June, being
June Ord, 1924, an annual election
will be held at Will School in the
Special School District of Bismarck
No. i, County of Burleigh. State of
North Dakota for the purpose Of
electing the following mem bers of
the Board Of Education, one member
to serve for term of three, years
for the City of Bismarck, ~ Oak.
The polls will be opened at o clock
Il. nj. and closed at p. M. of that
day.
Dated Bismarck, N. Oak, this 18th
day of May, 1924.
By order of the Board Of Educa-
ton.
RICHARD PENWARDEN,
Clerk.
SIT to Sc
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Britain Has Large
Yearly Trade

London, May 27.-Britain's imports
for the financial year ended March
81 totalled 1,126, 10000 pounds stcr-
ling. according to the Board Of
Trade Journal. Exports of British
produce and manufactures for the
same period were 775,2OO,OO and e1-
ports Of foreign and colonial mer-
chandise were 100000 pounds.
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VOTERS CAN'T
MISTAKE WALSH
FOR GILLETT
Because Their Physical and
Mental Makeup Are So
Widely Different
BY HENRY b. HUNT
NEA Service Writer

Washington, May 27.--Thc thorn
in the side of MASSACHUSETTS, Repub-
Leans this year is David Ignatius
Walsh Of FitchburG.
Walsh, Democrat, defeated John
w. Weeks, former senator and now
secretary Of war, for the Bay State
scnatorship in 1918. He is an ag-
grcssivc, active campaigner, popular
both politically and personally, and
his friends are confident he can turn
the trick again this year.
This in spite of the fact that, a.
the home Of President Coolidge, Re
publican standard bearer, every pos
sible trick of the game will be used
to pull Massachusetts over the top
with a majority for Calvin and his
Congressional ticket.
Widely different in both physical
and mental makeup are the two can
dilatcs around whom the Massachu.
sets battle will be wagcd.
Walsh is democrat as well as a
Democrat. He's Il good mixer. There
is a hcartincss about him that makes
one feel at ease. He's easy to APP
proach. easy to meet, easy to know
He's n big man, strong featured
smoothly shaver, weighing around
225 pounds. Fifty-two years old, his
six sedcntary years in the Senate
have swollen his waist line, hut not
his head. AS a bachelor, he's much
in demand at dinners and social af-
fairs whcr. unai' n''"l n'n'"1 Of i'm
portance r. ut = ""' ""
dances pa ably, BIZ il - .; ,hc d,
ncr table gathcr shan On the dane,
floor tina he shines.
Speako Frederick Gilic.'. rho rs
administered 80. ""'' ,0tc wl!i rntrr-
take tO uOepat WALSH and mt Mass
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FOR SALE

The best lists Of houses, lots and
farm lands of any dealer in the
city.
rooms, convenient to churches,
schools and down town, and l be-
licve one of the biggest bargains
in the city, $4750.00. ..
rooms, toilet, water, lights, close
in, very easy terms. S2650.OO.
4 rooms, South side, close in, water,
lights. a bargain, 100000.
Splendid bargains in houses or lots,
alb over town.
Splendid bargains in farm lands.
BUY NOW. You can probably never
again buy as cheaply as now.
Fire Insurance written in good COM
panics.
+. Z. YOUNG
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HOUSE SNAPS

$500 buys six rooms Well built
bungalow. Oak floors. full base
mcnt, furnace heat. Lot 5Ox15O.
Terms.
$4,000 buys five room cottage. Fully
modern. South front. Terms.
$4,000 buys six room bungalow. ma.
pie floors, hot water heat, garage.
East front. $1,000 cash.
$500 buys five room bungalow, ma
pie floors, high grade light fix
lures, sleeping porch, south front.
Built-in cabinets. TERMS,
, $3.50 buys eight room two story
modern house in fine location.
Terms.
If Won want to buy reliable houses
albright prices. see
PRICE OWENS, 'Eltinge Blk.
Phone 421.
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