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The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06

were made to the postoffice once q
month II the weather was favorable.
Among the people mentioned by
Mr.. King the elder, when he was ex-
ploring the country are Jamean de Ia
Palm. Reed and Bowles, Governor
Brooks and the Crowley brothers,
who we're ON Spring creek. Angus
Mcmillan and Henry Comine had al
ready settled on Cottonwood and
lost the most of their stock in the
hard winter of 18S0-SI. AL Steph-
ems kept a road house and primitive
hotel at Okla and the following year
Mr.. and Mrs. Barrows opened road
house five miles north OF Okla which
MIR. King says soon became noted as
the finest stopping place In Montana.
The first thing Chris. King did
was to build cabin on his home
stead to which he later brought his
family. The cattle were brought a
little later and they ranged on the
luxuriant grass of the Basin in sum
mer and In the fastuess OF the Snowy
mountains in winter. They thrived
and did we'll and brought wealth
to their owner, who in the meantime
had began tilllng much land also.
When the railroads came, bringing
an influx of settlers, the Kings sold
their cattle and went into sheep
raising. In the meantime the family
had acquired a vast expanse OF land
adjacent to the original homestead
and upon this land their flocks, im-
mense ones, still roam and feed.
Joseph King says: I'VE found sheep
profitable and still have them" They
also have hundreds upon hundreds
acres of grain and during harvest a
few weeks ago there was a force of
26 men employed In addition to the
tenants who live ON the vast estate,
some of whom occupy eight room
houses equipped with everything
modern.
The King family lived in the log
cabin for eleven years. Mr.. King
then erected seven-room house on
the site OF his first campfire and here
the family resided for twenty-five
years. In 1915 the present mansion
was erected.
Visitors are welcome at the King
ranch and they will find In Joseph
King a hospitable. courtly host.
Anton, the other brother, Is of re-
firing disposition and is rarely seen
by visitors. Joseph has travelled in
many lands.
He is schooled in art. agriculture
and Horticulture, as we'll as being a
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06
EARLY WOOL SALES
CAUSE HEAVY LOSS
TO STATE GROWERS
STAFF STATES GROWERS LOST
$1,500,000 BY EARLY CON-
TRACING OF CLIPS
Present Market Basis Would Have
Brought Huge Sum to State, he
Declares In Warning Against 1925
Contract Stampede.

The Montana wool growers who
sold or contracted the sale of their
1924 wool clips early in the sea-
son have sustained loss of ST.
: 500, 900 on the basis of the present
wool market, declared Matt Staff,
president of the National Wool
Warehouse & Storage company OF
Chicago, who has been in Montana
druing the past few weeks. Mr..
Staff adds that IL growers permit
themselves TO be stampeded into
contracting their 1925 wool clips,
even at offers of 45 cents now be-
ing received, they will stand 10
lose an even greater amount next
year.
Three weeks ago, agents OF east
ern commission houses were offering
in Montana to contract for next
years clips at 81 cents, and in few
instances wool was contracted, on
that basis. Mr.. Staff sent wires from
his Chicago office to all wool grow
ers' associations in the western states
advising against contracting their
clips in advance of the season next
year, on the ground that the ten
dency of the market at the present
time, taking into consideration the
strong position of wool throughout
the world, was higher prices would
be obtained in 1925. AS result OF
this advice, the same commission
agents are now offering to contract
for 1925 wool clips at As cents, said
Mr.. Staff. This advance of seven
cents pound would am ount to
S1,300,000 on the estimated produc-
tion of wool in Montana in 1925, Mr..
Staff declared.
AS an illustration Of the loss sus-
tanned by Montana growers this year,
Mr.. Staff submitted the following
statement respecting large Montana
clip, running about $3.50 fine and
fine medium and half-blood:
"This wool war shipped early in
August to owners orders, Boston, but
was sold in transit to Boston deal
er at 3sh cents.
'The wool was resold in transit
by the Boston dealer to another deal
er at "A cents.
"Resold early In September to an
other dealer at AZ cents.
''Resold early In October to the
same dealer who bought 1t at "A
cents, at so cents.
''Resold Immediately to manu-
facturer at So cents.
ALLOWING 21a cents from point OF
origin, 1t will be noted that profit
of IL cents a pound was split be-
tween three dealers before the wool
reached the manufacturer.
s'No one" said Mr.. Staff, "can
foreteIl with accuracy to what high
levels the price of wool will go next
year; but the outlook is for very high
prices. as now being reflected in the
unusual activity of speculative wool
purchasers at this early preseason
date"
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Hou Theatrical History of Fort
Sha,D Had It's Or;gin--Productions
Were Presented on Credit Basis

! Plain wooden benches were the
seats. To the right and front. seats
were reserved for the officers and
their ladies. The rest of the house
was for the enlisted men and the gem
eral public.
At first the soldiers we're their
own actors. Considerable histrionic
talent was found among their num-
Der, and many wild drama was pre-
sented In excellent shape. There was
a performance every Friday night.
Occasionally drama would give way
to negro minstrelsy, which latter, of
course. afforded the participants
many opportunities to take sly digs
at the officers, which opportunities
were rarely overlooked.
Quired much knowledge of stage
dancing.
The story of the first engagement
of professional talent at the Fort
Shaw theatre is rather romantic. One
day Mrs. Gibbon, wife of the com
manding officer, started for Helena
to visit her daughters who we're In
school there. Along the road In
prickly Pear canyon, a new cabin was
noticed. The driver went to the
cabin to get drink OF water for Mrs.
Gibbon, when he Was surprised to see
a woman answer the knock. Mrs.
Gibbon also became interested and
came TO the cabin. Conversation soon
developed that the lady at the cabin
was an actress, wife OF an actor, and
that they had come from Europe to
visit relatives nearby. The husband
had secured employment on the road
From this chance meeting an en-
gagement of the actor and his wife
at the Fort Shaw theatre followed.
The soldiers borrowed ambulanceH
from the fort and moved them, the
Barr family and all their household
effects to the fort. Here the Bars
were installed In comfortable
house, everything possible done to
make them at home, and an unlimit-
ed engagement was given them at
the theatre. The Bars we're both
clever and talented performers. Their
four daughters of ages between and
is, also frequently appeared in the
plays.
!, The Bars first performance at
Fort Shaw was In "Ingomar" with
Mr. Barr as Ingomar and his wife as
Parthenia. Mrs. Schultz and Mad
anne Eckert came from Helena to as
sist In the performance. The other
roles were excellently handle by the
soldiers. The Barrs remained at the
theatre two years, quite a long en-
gagement even in the west, and won
hearty approval throughout their
stay.
Later a number of professional
companies played at the house. The
Sawtelle stock company came up fire.
quentIy from Butte. John Mcguire
used to bring up a company occas-
ionalIy. Parepa Rosa, the operate
singer, and Karl Rosa, her husband,
the violinist, we're there for brief
engagement. One of the Sawtelle
company which appeared at the
house was Ella Viola, who subse-
quently went east and created the
part OF Dollie Dutton in the first
production of East Lynne" The lit
tie pioneer theatre continued its pop
ularity right up to the last. II was
destroyed by fire In the early
eighties.
Among the army visitors who at
tended Fort Shaw theatre were Gen
eral Sherman and Colonel Fred
Grant. A performances was always
visitors came to the fort.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06

shrub. only some litter, and very thin
crops in the field beyond. They
were homesteaders too. They came
at the same time"
There are scores of other beauti-
full things at this ranch of the Kline
Bros, which is located fourteen
miles west OF Lewistown, In Fergus
county. The lawn and flower gar
dens are parklike in their proper
tions, as Mr.. Garrett has stated. and
within the beautiful and roomy res
idence there are many choice speci-
mems of antique art which Joseph
King, who Is connoiseur, has gath
cred from the four corners of the
globe Some of his beautiful treas.
ures we're picked up at national ex-
hibitions and these represent values
untold In some of the pieces---a veri-
table fortune within themselves.
In the gardens are lichens from
the Swiss Alps, the native land oil
the Kings, and hundreds of other
rare and unusual plants, many oil
them brought from foreign lands.
lover of art and nature might sper
days at this place and find some
thing new each day to feast the eye
upol.
Forty-three years ago Chris
King, now deceased, father OF the
present owners of the place home
steaded the original tract because II
lay In a beautiful little valley and
there we're two fine springs on the
tract. Joseph King informs us that
In these forty-three years there has
not been the slightest deviation OF
the flow of these springs. 1t is the
same always In all seasons.
The elder King made his filing al
Helena, MIR. Langhorne and James
II. Moe being the register and re-
ceiver, respectively OF that land Of
flee. At the time 1t was the only
land office In Montana. Mr.. King
had been working In placer mines
at Diamond City, Confederate Gulch,
which was then the county seat OF
Meagher county. In 1880 the coun-
ty seat was moved TO White Sulphur
Springs, and realizing that the placer
claims were about worked out he
set out to locate for himself stock
ranch. He travelled with his old
friend, John Tresch, and they COW
cred the country pretty we'll from
White Sulphur Springs to the lower
Judith, MIR. King finally choosing
the Rock creek valley as above mar
rated.
The new homestead was six hum
dred miles from the nearest railroad
and Okla was the postoffice OF the
Kings, about As miles distant. Trips
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06
Sells $4,000 Sleeps
Says He Will Take A
Years Lay off And
Visit Australia Ranges

John b. McLane OF the Richie
community in southeastern Mon
tana, who has been in the sheep
business In that section for more
than 10 years, has sold his $4,000
head OF sheep, and states that he
is going 10 take "a year off and then
buy more.
McLane contemplates, he says, on
going to Australia to see If they can
teach him something new about the
sheep business.
He said that he had not intended
to sell out this year, but when COM
man asked him to put a
price on his bands, he did so, naming
what he thought was price that no
cne would pay. He was taken up and
the nineteen carloads were shipped
to the Grow reservation.
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w HEN hatie putnam, Weil
M/ known early-day actress OF
w the American stage, made her
first visit to Northern Montana her
company played whole week at one
house to standing room only, and
yet the cash receipts each night were
but a few dollers, though en- the
whole the engagement was decided
financial success. And, her COM
pany was not the first, and by no
means the last, to sell admission on
credit and wait anywhere from a
week to several months for the bulk
of the money.
Such condition appears strange
nowadays but many strange things
occurred in Montana in the early
days, and In this, as in many other
cases, conditions had to be met in
unique ways.
The incident referred II occurred
in 1880. That year at Heleha, Ming s
opera house, then the mot preten-
tiuos theatre In the northwest, was
completed. Katie Putnam and her
company had been engaged\to open
the house. They came up he Mis-
souri, river on a steamboat fom st.
Louis and after a wearisome lrip ar
rived at Fort Benton. Their the
company gave performance in a
big wool warehouse. Then the toupe
started west on the Benton-Eflena
trail.
Finding the Helena opera buse
would not be ready for about ten
days, the company decided to- ac-
cept an engagement at Fort Slaw,
where for a full week they remahed
playing to large audiences, chilly
the soldiers at the fort. ThereI as
usual, at the Fort Shaw house, the
cash receipts were small.
The system was for the first err
geant OF each company TO compib a
list of all those OF his company tho
attended. When the army paymalteF
next showed up, which he did etry
two or four months, the price of thir
theatre admissions was withheld
from the soldiers pay and FORWARDED
to the theatrical manager. 1t wa a
strange system but 1t said to hive
worked we'll
A wealth OF interesting reminic.
ences surround that old theatre at
Fort Shaw, the pioneer playhousepf
Northern Montana. Away back In
1871, Fort Shaw was an importat
military post, and the proposal bt
some of the soldiers, led by the tie
John Devine. to build theatre nd
have weekly performance, met pc
err where the town of Cascade NV
not only OF General Gibbon, cd-
manding the fort, but of all the On
err officers and the soldiers. The Frt
Shaw Dramatic company was r.
ganized with Mr.. Devine as pref
dent and the work of constructbg
the playhouse was enthusiastically
started.
At the point on the Missouri ~
there lumber and slabs we're b.
stands there was q saw mill Firm
there lumber and slabe were B.
cured and hauled to the fort. he
playhouse completed was about o
feet wide and 1875 feet long. ne
stage was about S5 feet wide and IA
feet deep. Dressing rooms and prb-
erty room were In an ell adjointg
the stage. Kerosene lamps furnih-
ed the only light. When 1t was b.
sired co lower the footlights, mdh-
bors of the orchestra turned down be
burners of the small lamps at pc
front OF the stage. Mother Eath
provided the floor of the theate.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06
ELECTRICITY TO COAX THE
HENS OF ALASKA TO LAY

The domestic hen In the interior
of Alaska, accustomed to take lay
off during the six months of night in
winter, will have to do her steady
shift at producing eggs, from all in
dlcations. Electricity has come to
the aid of the Alaskan farmer. By
the aid of light and heated quarters
hens are being made to lay at a time
when In the past the egg supply has
hardly paid for the feed.
Poultrymen are constructing type
of chicken house with a basement in
which large air-tight heater is lo-
Gated The coop is wired for cleo
tricity so that It may be lighted dur
ing the daylight" hours.
With market of $4,000 cases OF
eggs and prices ranging from rs
cents to 81 per dozen in winter, the
poultry business promises to become
one Of the most profitable In the
government railway belt.
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issue of the Saturday Evening Post.
which we quote:
NEAR Lewistown, in the Judith
Basin OF Montana, there is farm
that has become show place. Its
admirable feature is a flower garden
on the scale of a public park. II is
in fact open to the public. When
Lewistown has convention Ii adj
journs to this farm for picnic.
Back of the big house is the original
homestead shack, now set upon a
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06

veritable authority on the early his
tory OF central Montana.
He believes in the doctrine OF love
and he exemplifies It In his life
full. A few hours spent with Joe
King, as he is lovingly known to his
many friends, will prove edifying and
refreshing.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06

river and planted them in his gar
den. AS he could afford ii he tried
every kind of flower and schrub
there was, bringing them even from
Europe. until he found what would
thrive in the Judith Basin, which ia
not basin really but plateau four
thousand feet above sea level entire
ly surrounded by snow capped noun
tains Everything that was possible
on this place had been equally pos
sible on thousands of other home
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06
HISTORY OF THE KING RANCH ON JUDITH BASIN
is A STORY OF THRIFT AND ENTERPRISE 1.-THE
PROOF OF OPPORTUNITIES MONTANA AFFORDS

steads in the basin. under the same
endeavor. On the way back to Lew
istown nobody notices a mean, un-
painted little house where a man and
woman sit on the back steps. their
chins in their hands. gazing heavily
into an empty yard. No tree. not a
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06

concrete base and protected from the
weather, as an heirloom. The his
tory of the place is not unique In
kind. The man came without goods
whatever. Winters he worked in a
placer mine for wages. He carried
trees from the banks OF the Judith
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06

giving it a name or
Nv mentioning its owners, per-
w sonally. Garet Garrett. of
Pain in the Northwest" fame, wrote
his impressions OF the King ranch in
the Judith Basin in the October 18th
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06
Cheap Ranches a AN .n.v FARMS ARMS

large stock ranches with plenty hay
and water; stock ranches and farms
for rent. Frary & Burlingame, Great
Falls, Montana.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06

Buy your Hoistein Bull from Montana's
largest and greatest dairy institution.
Get type, size and production. Ringing
Dairy Rancr, White Sulphur Springs,
Montana.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06

Pm r nMRAA The No. crago trap
uhARRkh A is the most successful
animal trap ever put
on the market for Coyote or Beaver S1.75
each postpaid missouia Clutch Trap Co.,
Mfssouia, Montana.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06

SEEDS, POULTRY f0uDs, SUPPLIES
MUNTANAs LARGEST POULTRY
Feed supply House. Carbola-Disin-
fectant Il Whltewash. Zinoleum--Lice
Mite Killer. Spray Pumps. Dorsh
Greenfield Co., 1850 Harrison avenue, Butte,
Montana.
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CLASSIFIED

TEACHERS rEEDED
ALBERT TEACHERS AGENCY, Spokane.
We need more teachers. Write us.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06

bHEEf roA Sale
RAMB0I1LETT YEARLlNG BUCKS FOR
SALE. These young bucks are sired by
Registered Rambouilett Rams and heavy
shearing Rambouilett ewes. We have been
breeding good sheep for 30 years In Mon
b. C. White, Buffalo, Montana.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

| School. II the platoon system of edu-
i cation Is established at these two
schools. he said, a portable will be
| available for Manor Park.
Eye Tests Approved.
Examination Of the eyesight of pu-
pills In the schools. providing the con-
| sent OF the parents is obtained. was
| approved by the board upon the rec
| ommendation of Health officer will
liam c. Fowler. A new special COM
| mittee, composed of Mr.. Greenwood
Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins and Rev
F. i. A. Bennett, was appointed to
| consider the rulings which ban the
existence of fraternities and sorori-
ties in the high schools.
With an expression Of deep regret
the board approved the applicat ton
for retirement of Miss Flora l.. Hend
ley. supervising principal of the sixth
division, who has been connected with
the District public school system for
almost SO years. James r. Lloyd,
president of the board, also paid her
glowing tribute for her efforts to
obtain legislation for the District
teachers.
New school Accepted.
The Commissioners notified the
board that the new Bancroft School
at Eighteen and Newton streets. had
been completed and accepted. 1t will
be opened at the beginning of the
new term. The board also was ad-
vised by the Commissioners that a
site at Fourth and + streets north
east had been purchased for the new
Northeast Junior High School, as well
as additional property adjoining the
Evening star., 1924-09-04

When the board was requested to
authorize the use Of Central High
School for the convention" said Mr..
Greenwood, mo mention was made of
the use of any portion of it for the
purpose Of financing the convention.
Says Policy Definite.
'The board has a very definite pol
Icy with regard to the use of school
property for the purpose of raising
funds for private organizations, which
is that il shall not he used in this
way"
Supt. Frank w. Ballou advised the
board that II had been informed of the
plans of the National Education Asso-
citation to rent booths to the manufac-
turers of school supplies and that
blue prints OF the arrangement OF the
exhibits had been submitted for ap-
proval
Introduction of the proposed COM
pulsory physical training course in
the high schools at the beginning of
the new term on September ~ was
approved. Recommendations in the
original plan, which would preclude
the cadet corps from recruiting boys
in the junior high schools and the
first year of the senior high schools.
were withdrawn. DR.. Ballou pointed
developed to this feature of the phys
ical training course because of it's
apparent serious effects on the cadet
corps.
Asks Portable school.
Ernest III. Pullman, president Of the
Manor Park Citizens Association. ap-
peared before the board and urged
that portable school be placed on
a recently acquired school site at
Fourth and Sheridan streets for the
children of the community. Parents
of the children in Manor Park are
fearful of their safety in travelling
long distances to schools in surround
ing neighborhoods, he said, and un-
less portable is provided before
schools reopen they will be kept out
of school.
DIR. Ballou later told the board that
there are only two portables avail
able this year, and it is planned to
put one at the Takoma Park School
and the other at the + V. Brown
Evening star., 1924-09-04
BOARD To CONSIDER
NEW SCHOOL PLAN
Platoon System Advocated
Iby Citizens to Be Given
I Serious Study.

platooning of the seriously con-
gssted public schools for the work
S1Idy-play system of education Will
Id given serious consideration by the
Board of Education at Il special
meeting next Wednesday afternoon.
Peas for the institution of the
pktoon system at the Takoma Park
and T. V. Brown Schools We're made
b&fore the board at its initial session
of; the new scholastic year yesterday
afternoon by Representatives of the
Chevy Chase and Takoma' Park Citi-
ZenS' Association, and as a result 1t
decided to consider whether COM
prehenSive program of school pla-
looming should be embarked upon at
this time.
Henry c. Clark of the Takoma
Park Association told the board that
a committee of which he was chair
man had made i thorough study of
the work -Study-play system of educa :
lion which has been in vogue at the
Park View School for number Of
years, and urged that it be instituted
AT the l.. V. Brown School. in Chevy
Chase. and the Takoma Park School.
The platoon system, he said. not
only will relieve congestion at these
TWO seriously overcrowded schools.
but viii give the pupils certain
phases OF essential educational
methods and training which they do
not now get under the present cur
riculum Col. p. NJ Anderson of the
Chevy Chase Association supported
his statements.
Fight is Sidetracked.
The impending fight over the in
teIligence tests conducted last year in
the schools of the second division un-
der the direction of Miss Jessie La
Sale also was Sidetracked by the
board until the special session next
Wednesday. Capt. julius |. Peyser,
the boards progressive bloc leader,