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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-04
Rurnham Cranne

A we'll attended meeting of Burn
ham Grange was held on Tuesday
evening. Plans were completed for
holding n contest in furnishing en-
tertainments during the month of
March. The lecturer, Sylvia Brown,
and Ceresb Nina Cole are the
captains, who have each chosen
their members. and each side will
furnish an entertainment Of one
half hour at each meeting for the
month, the side scoring the least
points at the end of that time to
furnish supper for the winners.
Mrs. Doris Johnston Of Hartland
has been a recent visitor at the
home of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. II. Hunt and was accompanied
or her return by her sister, Marie
Hunt.
Howard Reed and daughter, who
have been living for some time ir
Plymouth are in town. Mr.. Reed
has employment and boards at the
home of William McAllister. wh:le
his daughter boards at the home
of Leon McNally.
Wesley Rex of Fairfield IS visiting
with Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis libby.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-04
WILLING Workers Elect

The meeting of the Willing Work
ors on Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Lila Gee was we'll at
tended. This was the annual meet
ing and officers for the coming year
were elected rs follows:
President. Lila Gee: Vice Presi-
dent. Ermine Davis; Secretary
Blanche Allen; Treasurer, Ethel
Allen.
Mrs. Hosea Hunt has been quite
i'll. threatened with pneumonia, but
is now gaining. Her sister, Miss
Hattie Perkins, is caring for her.
The members of TIE Public
Utilities Commission were visitors
in town Wednesday to hold a hear
ing at the town office.
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-03-27

mon origin were less likely to be
at war with one another; but on
occasions there were family quar-
rels. For instance, the Blackfeet
and the Gros Ventres, generally
were at peace; but Blackfeet dep
relations in the Gros Ventres do
main would inevitably lead to Gros
Ventres reprisals. This preface is
necessary in order to visualize the
story will now relate.
A young Gros Ventres had taken
as his squaw a Blackfeet maiden,
and by so doing had wed one of
common ancestry with himself, al
though of different tribal allie
glance. The Blackfeet and the
Gros Ventres were then at peace
and would undoubtedly have Joined
forces against an invasion by the
Crows.
One beautiful summer morning,
the two were out riding together,
for what purpose we do not know
Perhaps they were in search of tall
and straight lodge pole pines for
their tepee, or it may be that they
we're simply riding for the pleasure
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-03-27

of it. And why not? They were
young, the day was fair, and men
and women are strangely alike,
whether white, black, yellow or
red, in responding to these influ-
ences.
Laughing and chattering for in
spite of preconceived notions, In
dians both laugh and chatter-they
rode out of sight and sound of the
village, and towards the rolling
foothills of the Bear Paw noun
tains. Absorbed in one another,
and entirely unapprehensive Of
danger, they were oblivious to their
surroundings, when suddenly a
shot rang out, and the Gros Ven
tres fell from his horse, killed by
a hidden Blackfeet, who now
strode to the dead man, whose
scalp soon hung from his belt.
1t was useless for the woman to
attempt to flee, she was at the
mercy of her husbands slayer The
latter, looking her over appraising-
ly, and seeing she was attractive,
generously offered to make her his
squaw Together they would
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-03-27
MONTANA MINER
WHO CAME BACK
FAILED WHEN SILVER WAS DE-
MONETIED; BECAME HEAD
CHICAGO CAR SYSTEM

Many years ago John M. Roach
came to Montana and invested a
fortune in the Legal Tender mine,
silver producing property in JEFF
ferson county. In 1873 silver was
demonetized and he saw his for
tune melt away. He went to Chi
cago to make another start. He
got job as street car driver, and
the other day he passed to his re-
ward. That he made good is at
tested by the fact that when he
died he was at the head OF Chi
cago's great street car system.
Born at Lowell, O., on Jan. 30,
1851, an academy student until 1867,
prospector, miner, and newspaper
man in the west, horse car conductor,
and president of the line, is the con-
densed story of his life.
Mr.. Roach entered the street rail-
way business in 1873. His job as coll
lector of nickels on the horse drawn
car No. A, of the North Chicago
street railway lasted less than a year,
when he was transferred to the posi-
tion of cashier at the barns.
Story of His Rise
Seven years later he was made pur-
chasing agent of the company, then
assistant superintendent in 1887. An
other three years and he was super
intendent of all the lines under the
management of Charles T. Yerkes. In
1893 he was second vice president
and general manager of the lines
north and northwest.
When the Union Traction company
was formed in 1899 Mr.. Roach was
made general manager of the entire
north and west side systems.
In 1900 he became president of the
entire system. On the formation of
the Chicago Railways company in
1908 he was elected to the presidency
and held that office until 1913, when
he retired as active head, leaving his
position to Henry A. Blair, now head
of the Chicago surface lines.
He did not retire, however, from
participation and interest in street
railway affairs. To the day of his
death his hand, as a member of the
board of operations and vice presi-
dent of the Chicago Railways COM
pany, largest of the companies form
ing the surface lines, was felt in
street car activities.
Took Part in Gold Rush
Mr.. Roach's coming to Chicago
some fifty years ago resulted from
his failure to find the gold which
the rush of '63 said was in the hills
and gulches of Utah, Wyoming and
Montana. With a few other victims
of the gold fever he left Belvidere,
ILL.,, in that year, and made the entire
Journey to the west on horseback.
Wyoming mines, they found, and
Utah, had been worked out. The
tales of famous strikes in Last
Chance gulch led the prospectors to
Montana. But their mine, the Legal
near Jefferson City, failed
of its promise 1t was then that Mr..
Roach turned east again and came to
Chicago, year after the Chicago
fire.
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-03-27
PEAK is STRIKING
LANDMARK OF YELLOWSTON

| Another wing came from noun
tains bordering the eastern line of
the park, followed down the valleys
of the east fork of the Yellowstone
or Lamar river and the Yellowstone
river, pushed eastward over Mount
Evarts and there Joined the Gallatin
range ice sheet. From the deep bowl
now formed by Electric Peak, Sepul-
chre Mountain, Bunsen Peak, and
Mount Evarts, the consolidated gla-
cier jammed it's way northward down
the Gardiner and Yellowstone rivers
with morainal debris deposited there
as the Glacier, known as the Yellow
stone glacier, melted
When, therefore, the tourist stand
ing upon the steps of the ample YER
anda of the hig hotel at Mammoth
Hot Springs, looks out upon the
scene before him, he sees something
more than a wonderful mountain
picture. He is gazing upon spot
where the gigantic forces of nature
have fought great fight, where a
supreme struggle for mastery occur
red between water, fire and ice, and
where each, in turn, victor, at last
gave over the conflict, and erosion,
the commonest force of all, perhaps,
occupies the battlefield as final mas
ter.
At its summit Electric Peak is a
small rounded knoll absolutely bare
of life or verdure and no green thing
can be seen except far below in the
gulches and on the slopes, but from
this summit a wonderfully expansive |
scope of country is unrolled to view. |
From the Three Tetons 100 miles to
the south, to Emigrant Peak, 15 or
20 miles to the north, and from the
range, east of the park, to
the further Gallatins to the west, the
land is as open as a scroll.
At the foot of the mountain lies |
Gardiner, Cinnabar, Cinnabar Noun
tain with its red slide of the devil, Il
and the Yellowstone river and valley H
flattened by the elevation.
The mountains around Emigrant
Peak close the view to the north. To
the east the peaks along the eastern
park boundary stand out like whiten-
ed nodules, touched as they are with
.he remains of the winters SHOWS.
Down in the heart of the Yellow
stone park Mount Sheridan, Dun
,aven Peak, Mount Washburn and
Yellowstone lake are all visible, while
lear at hand Bunsen Peak appears
ike wart or mole hill, and the !!
retons, far away, loom up, the great
White giants of the whole region.
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-03-27

i"HE Yellowstone Park bound trav-
| 1 eler, who approaches the park
through the Yellowstone valley
from Livingston, has his attention
drawn to two particularly striking
peaks. The first of these is Emigrant
| peak, to the east and we'll up in Para
disc valley, while the other is first
seen, in anything like its grand pro-
portions, just before reaching Cinna-
bar. It's name is Electric Peak.
Electric peak is the highest of all
the mountains Immediately surround
ing the park or which are a part of
it. It's highest point is 11,155 feet
| above sea level. Mounts Washburn,
Sheridan, Emigrant Peak or Mount
Doane are all lower than this.
The greater portion of Electric
Peak is north of the north line of
the park. The highest point is not
far from the boundary and as the
southern slope is very acute, the
mountain may well be termed TIE
great sentinel or watch-tower of the
park.
Electric Peak acquired it's name in
highly characteristic and peculiar
manner. In July, 1872, Henry Gan
nett and others of the old Hayden
geological survey, were ascending
the mountain when thunderstorm
burst upon them. They were then
nearly to the summit The electricity
was so strong that they heard a
cracking sound as of sparks flying
from friction machine. The cur
rent began to pass through the mems
bodies, a tingling sensation was felt
in their fingers and heads and the
tumult was deafening. One of the
men was severely shocked and the
party was at last compelled to re-
treat several hundred feet down the
mountain, and even then they still
felt the prickling sensations and
heard the cracking of the electricity. |
According to scientists and geolo- |
gists where Electric Peak now stands |
was once an open sea; sedimentary |
rocks in great beds and in regular
sequence were laid down. Volcanic
eruptions followed, with periods of
rest and erosion between them. Fol-
lowing these came a glacial age when
a tremendous ice sheet covered the
hills and filled the valleys. One
wing of it came from the Gallatin
range, of which Electric Peak is a
part, and plowing eastward across
Swan valley, swept over Terrace
on the eastern slopes of
which the Mammoth Hot Springs are
now found. l.
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-03-27
BOY SCOUTS FIND
EXPLORERS MARK
CHRONICLES VISIT OF LEWIS
AND CLARK TO MONTANA
118 YEARS AGO
Carved Stone Landmark Discovered
Near Dutton Excites Much Interest
Among Historians; Explorers Sent
Expedition North.

A landmark of the days before
the diversified farm, the cattle
ranch with its ever picturesque
''punchers' and everything else
that goes to make up modern civ
iIization crowded the buffalo and
the frontiersman off the panorama
of reality and into the realm of
dim recollection, is believed to
have been discovered near Dutton,
so miles northwest of Great Falls.
The landmark has the appearance
of the cornerstone in the very foun-
dation of the Lewis and Clark expe-
dition which traversed this part OF
the country about 1906. If genuine
the landmark will add greatly to the
early historical researches in Mon
tana and will give a further insight
into the activities of the expedition
in the immediate vicinity.
The marker is a moss covered in
scription which has not been fully ex-
plored. The inscription bears the
words:
Lewis and Clark
Center Blk
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-03-27
Letters Well Defined


This is carved on the top of huge
granite boulder perched high on the
side of a coulee. The letters, which
are two or more inches high, are very
well defined, and were carved in the
granite with infinite care and pre-
cision.
The fact that the entire rock and
the carving upon it is covered with
a heavy growth of lichen, very hard
moss which fastens itself upon rocks
more solid than barnacles on ship,
has led investigators to believe the
inscription genuine, carved there by
a member of the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
The moss covers virtually the en-
tire top of the rock, where the carv-
ing was found, with the exception of
the words Lewis and Clark" and the
date. There are other characters on
the rock that can dimly be discerned
but cannot be deciphered through the
lichen. The moss grows slowly and
solidly in a dry climate and it will
not be Clipped off until an organized
and official examination of the find.
probably by officers of the Montana
Historical society, is made.
Another factor that lends an air
of genuineness to the landmark is
found in history itself. 1t is re-
counted that one party of the Lewis
and Clark expedition set out from a
point in that vicinity for the Marias
river and another off in the Sun river
direction. The rock lies in the most
likely path about one and quarter
miles northwest of Dutton.
1t is said that the rock was first
discovered about year ago by a
group of Boy Scouts hiking in that
vicinity. They said nothing of it.
however.
A. T. Wiprud, resident of Dut-
ton, and Col. James T. Stanford, of
Great Falls, a member of the State
Historical society, recently made an
inspection of the rock and its in
scription.
Because of the heavy growth of
lichen on the rock and the existence
of the Marias river party of the Lewis
and Clark expedition, Colonel Stan
ford expressed the belief that the
rock and its inscription might be
genuine, but he stated that further
would have to be made
before anything definite could be de-
termined. 1t is expected that the
hidden carvings on the rock will re-
veal some further clue as to the iden-
tity of the sculptor.
Colonel Stanford attempted to get |
a photograph of the rock, but this
cannot be done without the aid of a
special camera. The carved figures
are on the top of the rock, which is
On horizontal, and it will probably
be necessary to rig a scaffold and
hang the camera in the air pointed
sarthward to get perfect picture of
The face of the rock and the carving.
1t seems remarkable that the land
mark was not discovered sooner, but
t is so obscure that unless person
we're searching for it they could
stand on the rock without noticing
he carving.
The unknown boys who first found
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-03-27

quest, that they should send dele
cation to Fort Benton to confer
with the .Blackfeet, and try to ar
range for a permanent peace. They
kept their word, as is customary
with Indians, and needing the
counsel of Governor Stevens, a
peace was concluded which made
living in Montana safer for its
pioneers in the following years.
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-03-27

| NV cent time, Wndt is now the
| " great state of Montana was
an almost unknown country, roam
ed over by wild Indians and nearly
as wild white fur-hunters. When
finally brought to the attention of
the rest of the world, its chief at
traction lay in the gold found here,
and the belief that mines of silver
might also be discovered. Later,
following the slaughter of the buff
falo, it was thought that the cattle
industry could be undertaken with
profit, and with the advent of the
miner and the cowboy, began the
settlement of Montana.
The population at first was un-
stable. The cowboy had but tenn
porary interest in the ranch where
he was employed, and the suspicion
of new gold strike led the miner
to abandon one camp to seek an
other. 1t was life of adventure
and stirring deeds, rather than one
Of sober realization that the foun-
dation of a state was being laid.
With the arrogance of the white
race, those who came here ignored
or despised the life of the savages
who preceded them and who claim
ed this part of the country as their
own, which they had held from
time immemorial. This contempt |
of the white race for the Indian
was the result of ignorance; and
because of it, much that is of his
torica1 interest regarding the life
of the red man is forever lost. We
give tardy honor to the memory of
Sacajawea, and then only for what
she did to aid the party of Lewis
and Clark, who were white men,
and traditional enemies of her
race; but we know little of the
loyalty of those uncivilized women
to tribe, or family. 1t is only of
late, since the Indian has ceased to
be a menace, that the old frontier
phrase "There is no good Indian
but dead one" is admitted to be
untrue, as many of the traits they
exhibit are very much like our own
even to the atrocities they commit
ted. They are Human, all too hui
man."
Accidentally, through brief no
tees given by explorers, we are
able, with the aid Of a little imagin-
alton, to see how Indian love af-
fairs, and also their tragedies, in
some instances had their effect up
IN early pioneer conditions.
1t should be remembered that in
he early sixties, the Indians in
Montana were not of the reserva- t
ion type, with which we are fami- t
lar. They were powerful tribes of |
different ancestry. In the north a
vest were the Selfish or Flatheads t
northern race that is thought to '
lave come here from British Col :
Lmbia. Southwest dwelt the Ban r
lacs, of the same stock as the Ii
Pueblo Indians, but more warlike.
cast of the Rockies and north, the II
and was claimed by the Blackfeet, l
yho together with the Gros Ven
res, farther south, near the Mis-
ouri, were Algonquins, as we're T
he Cheyennes, who lives still far
her south. The Crows, Assinni fl
oins and Mandans, allied to the d
ioux, held the country to the ? ?
and their original habi- d
At was in South Carolina. 81
These Indians differed from one P
mother as radically as do the vari- D
us branches of the white race, and ),
ke the white race, those of COM il
it
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-03-27
A Bit Of Romance Of the Early Days

hasten northward to the land of The
Blackfeet. and the Gros Ventres
not knowing one of their tribe hac
been murdered by a Blackfeet
would have no cause to seek re-
venge.
The woman, either dazed by the
recent tragedy, or realizing the use
lessness of opposition, consented to
the proposal of her captor, and to-
gether they started on their north
ward journey, she on the slower
horse, the Blackfoot on the fast
one. No one could blame the
squaw for her seeming fickleness
to the memory of the Gros Ventres.
1t was quite natural her loyalty
should be to her own tribe, rather
than to the Gros Ventres. So any
one would have thought; and so
thought her new husband. Had he
not gained fresh scalp and
wife? It was glorious morning
for him.
They travelled rapidly, until at
noon they reached water. The
squaw first visited it, and return
ing urged her companion to 60
there and drink, as the water was
very good. The Blackfeet acted on
the suggestion and went, leaving
the horses, as is customary among
the Indians, to the care of the
squaw, and probably congratulat-
ing himself on his discernment in
selecting a wife so thoughtful of
her husband.
Scarcely had he gone two hun
dred yards, when the squaw sprang
to the back of the faster horse, and
loped away in the direction of the
Gros Ventres village. Arrived
there, she told of the morning oc-
currence in such vivid terms that
every man in the village swore to
avenge her.
lime, however, was required for
preparation. Guns must be clean
ed, ammunition secured from the
trader, and new arrows made. Then
Governor Stevens, exploring
route from the headwaters of the
Mississippi to Fort Benton, reach
ed the village. Part of his mission
was to make peace between the In
dian tribes along the way, that ira
vel might be safe on this road he
had been ordered by the govern
ment to survey. And right here he
found tribe about to go on the
warpath against tribe it was poll
tic to conciliate.
He called the Gros Ventres
chiefs in council, and soon heard |
from them their just cause for
They held the tribe res
ponsible for the crime of the indi-
vidual. Governor Stevens listened
while they told their
story, and then had the presump-
ton to give advice to these simple
savages which the white
race has rarely followed, and which
would have landed him in the peni-
tertiary for twenty years if spoken
to his own brothers sixty-five
years later. He said: 81 then ex-
planned the folly of war; how much
they would suffer from it, and how
little was to be gained; that it was
the desire of the Great Father that
all his children should be at peace
with each other"
The Indians were amenable to
and agreed to Stevens re-
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-03-27

Watch cuticura Improve Your skin.
On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off Ointment in five minutes
with Cuticura Soap and hot water. 1t
is wonderful sometimes what Cuticura
will do for poor compilations, dandruff,
itching and red rough hands.-Adv.e
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-03-27

it, according to reports, were prepar-
ing to build fire on the granite
boulder to cook their lunch.
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-03-27
By Martha Edgerton Plassmann

comparatively re-
W cent time, what is now the
w great state of Montana was
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-09-12

N. B.-This Il Of series of articles concerning
gas conditions they particularly
patrons and ourselves.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-09-12

The man who puts his dollar in to
support the La Toilette Wheeler cam
paign will have a chance to hand
down to his children a priceless me-
mento of the great battle for liberty
that marks this year Of 1924. The
possession of this emblem will stamp
its owner as lover of freedom and
a defender of the right of the people
to government,
1t is a campaign emblem made from
a design modelled by Gutzon Borg
lum, the noted sculptor who made the
great bust of Lincoln that stands in
the rotunda of the Capitol at Wash
ington, and who is carving the face
of Stone Mountain near Atlanta into
a memorial of Robert E. Lee and his
generals in the Civil War-the most
gigantic piece of sculpture the world
has ever known,
The La Follette-Wheeler emblem is
a splendid profile Of the two candi-
dates, struck in standard government
bronze and beautifully finished. Ev-
cry man and woman who gets one
will want to keep it. Years from
now, their children will be proud if
they find one of these La Toilette
emblems and can say, Eyes, my
father stood with Bob in the great
campaign of 1924"
The La Toilette Wheeler emblem is
one of the most artistic ever produc
ed. Borglum as a long time friend
of La Follette's asked as soon as the
Cleveland Conference had endorsed
the Senator's candidacy, that he
might have the privilege of model
ing the campaign emblem of the Pro
gressive movement, This week, Mr..
Borglum finished his model at his
studio in Stamford, Conn. and sent it
on to the National Committee for ap-
proval. In the original model, the
portraits are almost life size and are
speaking likenesses Of both La Fol
lette and Wheeler, From this large
model, the die for the small emblem
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-09-12
La Toilette Is
Really COmpIimented

According to the Cincinnati Enquir-
er, all those who support La Toilette
are bolshevists, communists and So
cialists.
The Cincinnati Enquirer is owned
by Edward Mclean, one Of the high
principals in the oil scandal. Mr.. Nc
Lean and his fellow conspirators were
exposed as a result Of Senator La
Follette's resolution calling for an in
vestigation of the oil scandal.
So, very naturally, Mr., Mclean is
bitterly opposed to the man whom he
charges (and rightly) with having
held his iniquities up to the world.
Mr., McLean's opposition to La
Toilette is distinct compliment to
the latter. Any man in public office,
or who asplres to public office, and is
approved by Mclean must necessar-
lily be regarded with suspicion, as
leopards don't change their spots,
neither do millionaires change their
morals over night Mclean wants q
president into whose office he can run
a private wire.