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Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18
Dairy Association Plans to
CiveFree Tests Of Mich Cows

The San Luis Valley Dairy Assoc.
iation board met at the town hall
in Monte Vista Saturday. April IL
and undertook plans 10 aid valley
farmers in testing their cows for
butter fat content and also discus
sed recent measures taken In the
valley to eradicate rabies epidemic.
Max Grandy. field manager for
association presented plan for
testing cows for the farmers which
the board adopted. Under this plan
Grandy will spend one week each
month in Monte Vista and will b.
provided with equipment to test
samples OF milk for the farmers.
The Hughes classes in agri-
culture at the high schools will be
asked TO take part in this testing
campaign. Mr.. Bali oi the Agricu,-
tural college was present to rep
resent Mr.. Morton member Of the
board from the Aggie college.
Discussion of the rabies epidemic
was discussed and j. B. Russell OF
Del Norte presented the plan Of the
valley commissioners for extermi-
mating the epidemic. and full sup
port of the association In helping
with this work was urged.
F. T.. GrimwoOd OF the Blanca
4 -. kx. nd
told OF losses from rabies In that
district. Mr.. Grimwood also told OF
a rabies epidemic in pioneer days
in Kansas. This. he explained. was
apparently the result of poisoning
dogs. Every settler wagon would
be followed by two or three dogs
which would be left behind at towns
along the route. These dogs be-
came so numerous that town
authorities poisoned them. The
wholesale poisoning was followed
by one of the worst epidemics OF
rabies ever known. Mr.. Grimwood
advances the theory that the cpl
demic In the Blanca and Fl. Donald
son districts may have come about
as a result of Wholesale poisoning
of predatory animals In those dis
tricts.
Board members attending the
meeting were: =. +. Crimwood. !.
Blanca: A J. West. Alamosa: J. b.
Russell. Del Sorte: W o. Sauder.
Center; F. u. Caikins. La lara: II.
T.. SculI. Monte Vista: A. l.. Moses.
Alamosa. and Mr.. Bail OF Fl. Col
lins.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18

That ncw Easter Hat for . 46e
hottie Oe Hat Dye. Fuller lvug Co.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18
!S.AIA1o ne Mke ea!noA s. I'D. .aa
OVER 100 YEARS OLD

Navajo Pete. said TO be 11s year,
old died at his hogan on the San
Juan river near FarmingtOn. N. NJ
recently. He was an interesting
character and was respected and
liked by many white friends. Few
Early settlers but have known Of the
Old Indian. In accordance with the
wishes of his family Navajo Pete
was given Christian burial but his
hogan was burned as is the Indian
rustom.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18

NJ. T. Lightner left Sunday for
California where he will spend sew
eral weeks visiting relatives at Los
Angeles. Mr.. Lightner made the trip
by automobile. The many friends
Of Miss Turniee will be pleased to
learn she intends to return to Monte
Vista with her nephew and spend
the summer here.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18

kaafxs ealcks- a.A ,zahliis- = .Enk.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18
FORMER VALLEY LAND
DEALER DIES IN DENVER

yill learn with regret OF his death
which occurred At Denver. April z
Although ailing for some time his
death was unexpected
Mr.. Evers was a resident OF the
valley for many years living both
1t La lara and Monte Vista. While
here he was partner In the land
business with VIM. Vastine. He
moved TO Denver about six years
ago.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18
SHEEP PEl.T BUYER
HERE FROM CHICAGO

W. l.. Tye. secretary and treas
urer OF the Midland Wool company
OF Chicago, was in Monte Vista
Tuesday visiting John HaneEan and
getting = line on some big business
from this section for the future.
Mr.. Tye was hoping to get four or
five carloads OF sheep peits on this
trip. but was unable to secure that
amount.
MIR, Tye made some compliment
tary statements concerning Monte
Vista. saying that he hardly expect
I'd TO find a town OF such nice ap-
r"arance In the wild and woody
west.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18

Miss Eva Smith. extension work.
er from ~. Collins viii give = lee
turs on Home Improvement. illus.
tratsd with lantern siides In the
Domestic scieacs room Of the Monte
Vista High School Tuesday. April -
1850 .. -. The same lecture will
- sivss st the Sargent school at
. ,. =. - the eAoo 1ats. Every
~ weleooe.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18
Mrs. Jessie E. Wehrle and Mr..
wehrle Of Center were Monte Vista
visitors Sunday.

Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Woods drove
over to Alamosa Thursday after
noon to meet Mrs. Chas. Woods who
has been visiting her parents at
Eaton. Colo. Mrs. Woods will visit
here several days and will then go
on to FL Paso. Tex. where her hus-
band IS now located.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18
Proclamation
olos ir'a III rolf
rrvr rha

WHEREAS City Commissoaen
the trimming oil
At the time
CoumoaeSs Of
WHEREAS citizen Monte Vista pride ap-
end that there cooperation
d . eek.
NOW. THEREFORE Of
April
.s
Week Every citizen clean
urgently rubbish
the city free
charge.
reduce the
fire hazard. Ths mast be done their
BY ORDER CITY COMMISSIONERS
H. T. LA0UE Mayor
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18

Miss Mayme Bechtel 10 visiting
In the valley and looki ing after bust
ness interests in Hooper and Monte
Vista. Miss Bechtei Il spending sew.
erai days here at present and WAS
the guest Of Mrs. Hugh Savage
Thursday. Miss Bechtel now lives
at Parker. Colo.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18

BRING YOUR SCHOOL CHILDREy
To the Grand hotel Wednesday,
April Esd. where DR.. X. C.. Sapero,
the well-known eye. ear, nose and
throat specialist will make free ex-
animation. Glasses fitted scientif-
ically.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18
E;:Sss ESSy x z 81 S|aa(s p q .. Z

Mrs. 2. +. Fisher. wife Of the
postmaster At Alamosa, u reported
recovering from = serious illnes,
which necessitated the calling Of her
brothers and sisters from other
states to her bedside.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18

ANNUAL EASTER FOOD AND
AND APRON SALE-April - 1t
Brom's Transfer Office by Ladies' Of
Christian church. f.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18

Let ~ tell you how to save nose,
In treating your POtatOes. Fuller
Drug Co. -.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-18

Don't waste m0acy. Bay good
Formalslshyde at Fuljerx.
Evening star., 1924-04-06

Trade In Your
Old Furniture
Through this exclusive fea-
ture of our business you are
now able to trade in any piece
or pieces OF furniture that you
want to get rid of as part pay
ment on new and up-to-date
furniture, rugs or stoves.
You simply call at our store
and select the furniture that
meets with your idea OF quality
and price, then you hand US
the list OF things which you
wish to trade in, and our ap-
praisal man makes the allow
ance for you.
Through this plan you can
really get the high quality OF
furniture that you have always
wanted at low prices, and yet
pay no more for it than you
would for the cheaper kind.
Evening star., 1924-04-06
Money-Saving Prices
Beautify Your Living Room for Easter at Money

1t the low price quoted here you have
your choice of the living room suite pic
tured above-in either figured tapestry
or velour, equipped with spring backs.
loose cushion, spring seats with massive
upholstered arms Trade in your old,
outof-date living room suite as part pay
ment on a new one here at Phillip Levy's
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-17

bier members of the expedition Civ
en- to the public, that supplement,
or verify the official report. Among
these is that of Gass, a n i~lliterate
man, and as lacking in good looks
as he was in culture. His peasant
face, as shown in his picture, is in
marked contrast to that of his SUI
perior r. Captain Lewis - whose
handsome profile was as clear cut
as a cameo. But, though lacking in
education, and unattractive in APP
pearance, has has made, through
his journal, an enduring name for
himself.
Among others who kept a re-
cord of the expedition, was Ser
John Ordway. This man
seems to have been held in high es-
TEEN by his commanders, and was
by them assigned to fill many re
sponsible positions. Selected to
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-17
MONTANA WOMAN
is 100 YEARS OLD
MRS. CATHERINE ROLAND PASS
ES THE CENTURY MILESTONE
AT GREAT FALLS
Aged Irish mother Says she has found
life full OF interes and things well
worth while since July 6, 1924;
Was born in Erin.

In Great Falls there is a IoveabIe
little woman with keen mind and
snowy white hair who celebrated
her one hundredth birthday on July
9th. Her Irish blue eyes r al
most as blue and as bright as they
were on July 6, 1924, and her step
is still sure and brisk. She is
just a sweet old Irish mother with
a mothers interest in everything
and everybody. Her name is Mrs
Catherine ROLAND and her home is
with her daughter, Mrs. t. j.. Kelly
at the Federal hotel.
Mrs. ROLAND is especially favored
in that she has outlived the allotted
span of life by thirty years. The CEN
fury through which she has lived has
been filled with wonderful achieve
ments. She has witnessed the adj
vent of the locomotive, the automo-
bile and the airplane. Four wars, the
Mexican, Civil, Spanish-American and
World, have been fought and won
during her lifetime.
Leaving Ireland when II years OF
age, Mrs. ROLAND, then Catherine Nc
Gee, came to America in charge Of
her uncle, Thomas MCGEE, on an old
sailing vessel. Her father and moth
er with eight other children had pre-
ceded ner to this country three years
earlier, she having been left in Ire
land with her grandfather in compli-
ance with the later's wishes. OF n
800 people who sailed from Ireland
on the same boat with Mrs. ROLAND,
approximately only 100 lived to reach
Quebec, Canada. The excessive loss
of life had been due to a fever arising
from drinking boiled salt water.
was no fresh water carried on
the old sailing vessels. Mrs. ROLAND
believes that she owe her life to the
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-17

fact that her grandmother provided
her with an abundance of tea before
she started on her voyage. After n
countering a heavy storm at sea in
which all the sails were torn from
the boat and ending a voyage which
lasted considerably more than two.
months, the old sailing vessel finally
made port at Quebec, Canada.
Gets Lost and Found.
After their arrival on the CONT
nent, the young girl and her uncle
were unable to locate the parents and
little Catherine was adopted by @
childless couple who resided in the
city of Quebec. Later the uncle
journeyed to the state of Pennsyl-
vania to secure employment on the
first railroad which was then being
built from Reading to Pittsville, Pa.
One day after he had finished sing
ing an Irish song, a fellow worker
remarked that he had heard that song
only once before when it was sung by
a man by the name of Martin MCGEE.
The brother then learned that Gather
ines father, mother and brothers
and sisters were living near Potts
vile, Pa. He at once returned to
Quebec, got Catherine and took her
to her parents.
About three years after this the
first railroad was completed to Potts
vile, and Mrs. ROLAND, like every
one else went to Pottsville to witness
the big event. In describing this
memorable incident, Mrs. ROLAND
81 saw the first locomotive that
ever ran in this country. / remember
1t came a-popping into Pottsville. 1t
was a homely big old thing. Every
body was there to see it and bridges
we're in danger of breaking down be-
cause the traffic was SO great. 1t was
nothing to walk nine or ten miles in
hose days and we thought we were
awfully lucky to get a ride in a lum-
Der wagon"
Marrying to Thomas ROLAND at
Scranton, Pa, in 1848, she remained
n Pennsylvania until 46 years ago
when they came west by wagon train
Kansas. They lived on a ranch
here for about 6 years, coming to
treat Falls in 1884. Great Falls
vas then but a small village, and
he residents had to jump from one
flank to another on Central avenue
o keep out of the mud, she says.
"America is Great
America is a grand place to live,"
.eclares Mrs. ROLAND. with the
7onderful schools, churches, v
ences and opportunities existing to-
ay, the people ought to be virtu-
us.
"I'm glad / lived to be a hundred"
be continued. 81 never expected to
nd I'm most thankful that l have my
enses and my reason the same as /
when I was IS years DID,"
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-17
By Martha Edgerton Plassmann

~ VERY detail concerning the
n. expedition of Lewis and
" Clarke is, or should be of pc
culiar interest to Montanans, be-
cause of its first giving to the
world knowledge of this region,
then the undisputed home Of many
warlike tribes, whose principal
means of livelihood was derived
from the vast herds of buffalo that
roamed over these plains and noun
tain valleys. The land itself, was
at the time of the coming of Lewis
and Clarke, and for many years
thereafter, held to be an irreclaim-
able desert.
In recognition of its historic val
ne, several editions of Lewis and
Clarke's Journal have been pub
lished, and there have also been
other journals, the work of hum
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-17
VAUGHAN FAMILY
STATE PIONEERS
PARENTS OF CROSS CONTINENT
AVIATOR SPENT EARLY DAYS
IN TREASURE STATE.
Came from Logan, Utah, to Drum
mond in 1882; Father was Sub
Contractor on Northern Pacific at
Time of its Construction.

The parents of Lieutenant Rus
sell l.. Maughan, army aviator, who
recently flew from coast to coast
in a dawn to dusk flight, were pi-
Oneers OF Montana.
When the news that Lieut.. Russell
L. Vaughan had reached SanFrancis-
CO in an all day flight from New York
was flashed to the world the record
breaking feat sent letters and tele-
grams of cOngratulation from more
than a score of Montanans in Deer
Lodge and RalstOn, who are we'll &C
quainted with the young aviator and
his parents. One in particular, J.. D
Naeff, uncle of the aviator, and for
two years a farmer near Ralston, in
the Big Hole section, followed the
progress of the flight with more than
ordinary interest.
While the intrepid birdman was
winging his way westward on his his
tOric dawn to dusk flight Mr.. Naeff
was kept informed of his progress by
friends in Anaconda.
The Vaughan family are Montana
pioneers. Peter Vaughan, father
of the birdman, and his bride, to-
gether with J. d. Naeff, her brother,
were among the sub-contractors on
the Northern Pacific railroad when
it vas being built through Montana.
The little party made the trip from
Logan, Utah, to Drummond, Mon
tana, in 1882, after catching and
breaking the wild horses used in the
trek northward. They remained il
the vicinity of Drummond and along
the He'll Gate canyon until the fall
of the year, when they moved to Deer
Lodge, where they helped put in the
first depot grounds at that place. In
the fall of the following year, the trio
returned to Logan, where the young
married couple settled down to the
serious business of raising a family.
Life at Logan did not appeal par
ticularly to ]. d. Naeff and three
years later he again turned his foot
steps northward. Arriving in the
Big Hole basin in 1885, he settled on
a piece of land about two miles from
Ralston and for the last forty years
has made that his home.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-17

New York-The airplane mail SER
vice between New York and San
Francisco, inaugurated a few days
ago, is working out according to the
schedule. Salt Lake City is the sta
ton to which Montana airplane mail
is sent by train.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-17

one evening in July, near the place
where later was fought the Battle
of the Bighole.
Our forefathers, and those living
at the beginning of the last century,
were unhampered by any arbitrary
rules of spelling. Letters were
their servants not their taskmast-
ers. They spelled words as they
sounded, or as they pronounced
them. This, instead of proving a
~hindrance, is an aid to the student
of language. As an instance of
this, Sergeant Ordway says of the
neighborhood of Great Falls:
"The timber is very scarse above
the falls, the buffalow pleanty."
and again, "Saw buffalow attempt
to Swim the River above the falls.
Great numbers of those animals are
lost in these falls hich is the cause
of our Seeing So many below for a
long distance washed up on shore.
Some make the Shore above the
falls half drowned
On June 22nd Ordway records:
"The party all raised EARLY. Our
interpreter ounded a cabbaree or a
antelope, this vening." June 18th
he says: Il came to the Spring,
(the Giant M. E. P.) which is the
finest tasted water | ever Saw"
Ordway displayed the same indie
pendence with the use of capitals as
in his spelling. He was also indif-
ferent to the construction of his
sentences. He states: 1--WE saw a
flock of mountain Rams on the side
of the hill which had long horns"
Commenting on this, the Wisconsin
Historical Record says, at is evil
dent that the explorers we're more
familiar with toll and hardship than
with the precepts of English gram
mar"
This straying from the paths of
the commonplace, makes these
early writings all the more inter
They possess the charm of
novelty. To the historical student
nothing extraneous is needed to in
crease the Importance or attract
%iveness of this plain, u~nvarnished
account of the daily happenings
Turing this memorable journey.
From it, and from the other jour
la1s of the expedition we learn how
his until then unknown country I
ooked to unaccustomed eyes; and
Incidentally we have sidelights on
he individuals who composed the
{
The stilted gallantry of that day
S we'll exemplified in the remark of f
captain Lewis, on naming the Mar '
as river. "The hue of the waters of :
his stream" says the handsome :
aptain, "but lily comport with the S
'ure celestial virtues and qualifi- e
of that lovely fair one !
concludes the explorer-not h
he lover, "on the other hand, it is v
noble river" C
Amusing, as well as tragical ex n
eriences find their way into this .
,cord of Ordway's. One of these b
ccurred near Portage, now Belt
reek. McNeal, one of the party $
ut alone, probably hunting, was \
tackled by a white bear, grizzly. t.
is horse taking fright, threw him IL
the ground SO close to the bear G
lat he was unable to use his gun ~
the ordinary manner, SO he had pl
resort to the extraordinary. "He tc
-ew his gun, and struck the bear
ross the head and broke the brich \,
his gun and Sounded the bear W
, that he had time to climb a sap lie
lg. the bear kept him on the d.
&c about three hours. he caught %
horse and returned to camp" sb
Milo F. Ouuaife, in the Wiscon- ar
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-17

keep the orderly book of his de.
tachment, his journal would likely
be almost official in character. Ar
unsuccessful search was made fol
it, and over a hundred years elapsed
before it was discovered. How
this came about, and when, is a
story worth preservation.
1t was believed that Ordway
kept a journal, and this belief was
confirmed by a letter from Mrs.
Martha Ordway Kebbler, given in
"On the Trail of Lewis and
Clarke" Mrs. Kebbler writes:
"Of all the men enlisted or vol
unteered for the expedition he
Oohn Ordway), was the best ed
ucated. In an old letter which he
wrote just after he returned from
the expedition and which | read in
1862, he distinctly stated that the
diary which he left, and which he
wore beneath his shirt, was bought
by the commanders of the expedi-
ton to be used by them in their re-
port to the government, and he
thought the ten dollars they paid
him was a good price"
The first Journal of Lewis and
Clarke was edited by Nicholas Bid
die Of Philadelphia. The material
supplied him by the leaders of the
expedition, undoubtedly included
the Ordway Journal, which later
was supposed to have been returned
to Clarke, but was never found
among his papers.
In 1918 a grandson of Nicholas
Biddle gave many of his fathers
papers to the Congressional Lib
rary. While looking over these pa
Ders, another grandson of Nicholas
Biddle, came across a large manu-
script which proved to be the long
sought Ordway Journal. The manu-
was sent to the Wisconsin
Historical Library, where the fur
her discovery was made that the
manuscript was incomplete. The
papers later furnished the
portions of the Journal,
and the Wisconsin Historical Re-
ports gave to the warld "the first
complete daily record of the expe-
iition written by M man. 1t fills
n a gap from the descent of the
0rdway party from Three Forks
# the Missouri to White Bear
sland."
In recognition of his services to
he expedition, his name was given
" Lewis and Clarke, to the Little
Pear.
Little is known of the man him
elf, though it is thought he was a
alive of New Hampshire, to which
tate he returned, after the expe-
ition ended, travelling the whole
istance by boat and on horseback
tut the lure of the West was too
He went to Missouri,
here he spent the remainder of his
fe. Ordway is said to have left
0 descendants.
According to the Wisconsin His
'rical Reports, the Ordway party, 4,
4 their way to White Bear Island
ourneyed to the Wisdom river, ,
Id then UP that stream to the wes- !
IN slope of Bald Mountain. In !
is vicinity they crossed the di- +
de to the headwaters of Grass :
upper creek, and followed down I;
at stream to the site of the town :
Bannack. Here they veered to !
e south, in the direction of their }
situation, the mouth of Horse :
-airie creek" {
The Ordway party were the first i
lite men, let it be noted, to visit :,
e site of the future capital of the /
.rritory of Montana.
IA7hi1o ~ +ba MTicdor1 river (nou
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-07-17

Concluded on Agricultural Page.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-17
Science

The problem of the airplane pro-
peller seems to have been solved.
The propeller is one of the most
important and expensive features of
the airplane and also one of the most
unreliable. Propellers have been
made of a variety of woods. Ere
Quently the tips have been covered
with metal. But the propeller has
remained one of the greatest flying
hazards because of its frailness.
Wooden propellers are affected by
climatic conditions, rain, snow. and
hail and in landing under certain
conditions. On the sea, spray may
injure the propellers. Sometimesi
the tips have flown off due to great
centrifugal force. The metal pro-
peller has been the dream of avia.
tors. This has arrived in the one
piece Duralunin propeller. It has no
joints and does not check or crack
when flying from one group of at
mospheric conditions to another. A
speed of 226 miles an hour has been
made by a Curtiss plane equipped
with this propeller. It may prove to
be the most important advance in
airplane safety in recent years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-17
HARSH WORDS

"7 DON'T how of you fellows have enough
draw your salaries 1t wouldn't surprise to pick
up newspaper and read that Indianapolis policeman had
his pockets picked kidnapped Something is radically
wrong and it has stop
These words by Chief of Police Herman F. Rik
ho in addressing members of the police department We
with him that something is radically wrong
May beg to suggest that something may be radically
wrong top of the police force
Is there something radically wrong with police de-
parment in which the mayors personal representative who is
policeman given the rank and salary of police captain
Isn't there something radically with police department
that puts politics first and efficiency afterwards
Chief Rikho recently admitted this situation
but explained he had inherited the system.
Why place all the blame the the BEATS chief?