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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
EARLY -DAY LIFE OF BAMMAGK; METHOD
OF DOING BUSINESS; SOME MERCANTILE
HOUSES; PRICES OF NECESSITIES OF LIFE

the Flat was used as a primitive
tourist camp, and it was there our
oxen were unyoked for the last
time, on our arrival at Bannack in
the middle of September, 1868.
The log cabins at the upper end of
the Flat extended in line forming
right angle. Colonel Sanders
lived in the second house from the
corner. Next to him was the home
of Mr.. Zoller, and in the adjacent
corner lived the Walls, with whom
Henry Plummer boarded. There
were other homes in town, ours be-
ing close to the bridge of logs that
spanned the Grasshopper, but they
were generally farther apart.
At the upper end of Main street
was the stable and corral where
Plumfner kept his horse. Opposite
our house lived George French,
who kept a cabinet and carpenter
shop. 1t was he who served as I'M
dertaker for Plummer, Ned Ray,
and Buck Stinson, after their exc
cution. Mr.. French also owned a
brewery, where the Cornishmen
gathered on Saturday nights.
Some of these had fine voices, and
often Our door stood ajar to hear
the singing.
| do not recall all of the places
of business. There was the ex-
press office of A. ]. Oliver & Co.,
a butcher shop, and the general
merchandise store of Swift &
Thompson. The remainder of the
street was given over mainly to
saloons and dance halls. While
respectable women were treated
with the utmost consideration by
all sober men, there was too much
drinking for women to care to be |
on the street unaccompanied. In
my one visit to Swift & Thomp-
sons store, | narrowly escaped
witnessing fight between Plum
mer and another man. Both had
drawn their revolvers, when Mr..
Thompson stepped between them
and persuaded Henry" to finish
the dispute elsewhere.
Horseback rides, picnics, and
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
EXPLOSION BLOWS
ONE OUT OF HOUSE
GASOLINE POURED ON FIRE;
MAN MAY DIE; WOMAN
SEVERELY BURNED
Mistook Gasoline Can For Fuel Oil
Can With Disastrous Results;
Timely Aid Saves Woman's Life.

Claude j. Skies, driller at the
HaiIstone-Keenan well near Rap
ellie. has hardly chance for re-
coyery from burns received in an
explosion recently, hospital autho-
rites believe. Three persons were
injured when stove exploded
after Skies attempted to hasten a
cooking fire with what he believed
was fuel oil. The can, however,
contained gasoline.
An assistant tool dresser, whose
name has not been learned, probably
saved the life of Mrs. Perry Garrit
son, cook and wife of head driller
when he dashed through the flaming
house in response to her cries fol
aid, wrapping her in bed clothes
brought her back through the fire
and rolled her in the snow.
Skies was coming off shift at mid
night, and entering the cook-house,
in an adjoining room of which Mrs.
Garrison was sleeping, he attempt
ed to hasten fire in order to warm
his midnight lunch. A small can of
fuel oil and large can of gasoline
were near the stove. Picking up
what he believed to be the fuel oil,
he splashed it into the stove on the
hot Goals.
Dashes Gasoline on Goals
In reality he picked up the gaso-
line cam and, when the gas in the
stove ignited it also ignited the gaso-
line in the can, and the can was
blown backward into Skyles, who was
forced through the door by the blast.
The tool dresser was seated outside
the door, and his hand was severely
burned. The stove had been blown
partly through the wall into the room
where Mrs. Garrison was sleeping,
and all the paper on the wall of her
room was ignited by the gas.
Whole Place Flames
The small house Immediately
famed up, and the tool dresser heard
Mrs. Garrison making outcries in
her apartment. He rushed around
to the back, thinking to get through
the window, but was forced back by
the flaming walls. Making his way
once more to the front door, he rush
ed through the flames and brought
Mrs. Garrison out. He was not Sc
riously injured.
Skyles' hands, face, chest and the
insides of his legs are badly burned.
They are described as third degree
burns, DR.. C. N. Greusel, attending
physician, says.
Face, Chest, Back Burned
Mrs. Garritson's clothes were
caught in the resulting flames which
burned the paper from her room, i'm
mediately after the explosion of the
stove. Her face, neck, chest, both
hands and back were severely
burned.
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on their way westward. and that on
their return from the Pacific they
camped with these Indians from May
IA to June 10, 1906. Langford ac-
cordingly confined Clark's possible
association with the mother of Til
Kai-Tzae to either one or both those
short periods.
According to Governor Dixon, only
one person, to his knowledge, has
ever comhatted the idea that Tzi-Kai-
Tzae, was son of Captain William
Clark This was Mr.. Elliott of Walla
Walla, learned man who had made
deep research into the affairs of the
Nez Perces Indians, who Gained that
this Indian must have been the son
of another Clark, who visited this
part of the country at date not a
great period after the Lewis and
Clark expedition.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
BY Martha Edgerton PIassmann

l n
1TO HAVE CALLED the LITTLE
mining town of Bannack a city
was misnomer, as it is doubt
full whether it numbered thou
sand inhabitants in 1864, when il
became the capital of the newly
formed territory of Montana. II
was appropriately named for the
Bannack Indians, who claimed the
land where it was situated, and
much beside north of the Snake
Iriver.
The Bannacks are of Shoshone
stock, and closely related to the
Aztecs. Once a powerful tribe,
they had come into conflict with
our government, and in a battle
with our troops suffered a severe
defeat short time before the dis
lcovery of gold on the Grasshopper,
which was the towns reason of
being. The gold drew the miners
there, and the defeat of the Ban
nacks made it possible for the gold
seekers to remain undisturbed by
fear of an attack by these Indians,
who were literally in chastened
mood.
Situated at the upper entrance
into the Grasshopper canyon, the
business houses of Bannack bord-
cred its main street, which must
have been earlier a trail through
the canyon. If there were other
streets they could have been but
short ones. On the opposite side
of the Grasshopper, the canyon
walls receded, forming a semi
circle embracing that portion of
the town known as Yankee Flat.
Along the side of the hills enclos-
ing Yankee Flat, ran one or two
fumes carrying water to be used
in washing out gold. At night
these fumes were opened, and
from the mountain at the lower end
of the Flat came the pleasant sound
of a miniature waterfall.
On the side of the mountain
some dugouts furnished shelter to
miners who chose to live in this
hermit fashion. The lower end of
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
THE INDIAN ROMANCE OF CAPTAIN CLARK
OF LEWIS AND CLARK FANNIE; DESCENDANTS
OF EXPLO RER RESIDE I'M R0DSSOUlA COUNTY
I'D Captain William Clark, of
ILewis & Clark fame, President

I'D Captain William Clark, of
ILewis & Clark fame, President
- Jefferson's chosen messenger
in the history making journey
across che continent, have his
lighter moments, and did he leave
family, the mother of which was
a handsome woman of the Nez
Perez tribe, in Western Montana?
One story is that he was married
to this woman on the banks of the
Lo Lo creek, according to the rites
of her tribe, and that he left with
her son Tzi-Kai-Tzae, who was
a yellow-haired warrior under
Chief Joseph, his features indi-
eating white blood. Tzi-Kai-Tzae
insisted that he was half white,
and that the great explorer was his
father. N. p. Langford, Montana
historical authority, held to this
view, and set down the date of the
birth of Clark's Indian son as
June 1906. Mary Clark, daugh-
ter of Tzi-Kai-Tzae, told the story
of her famous ancestry to Govern
or Joseph NJ. Dixon, in Missoula,
10 years ago.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07

and central Montana, including the
battle of the Big Hole, and was cap
tured by General Miles along with
Chief Joseph in the battle of the
Bear Paw mountains in the fall OF
1877.
Along with Joseph and others OF
the tribe he was taken captive to
the Indian territory, where he died
in 1873 or 1879, in his 72nd or 73rd
year.
The exact date of the birth of
Tzi-Kai-Tzae cannot be definitely
fixed although it is claimed he was
born in the sLoLo valley near the
Idaho line, in the western part of
what is now Ravalli county, in March
1907.
One story, which cannot be sub
and which, in view of the
fact that no mention of it has ever
in any of the records of the
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
EARLY 10 years ago while on
a visit to the Flathead Indian

ny EARLY 10 years ago while on
M a visit to the Flathead Indian
- reservation, Governor Joseph
M. Dixon, then congressman-at-lar
,, from Montana, met Mary Clark, the
granddaughter of Captain William
Clark, of Lewis and Clark fame, and
induced her.. upon promise of IS
in money, to later come to Missoula
to be photographed.
On July IA, 1905, a full hundred
years after her grandfather had pass
ed through western Montana upon
his great trip of exploration to the
Pacific coast, Mary appeared in Mis-
soula with her husband, Chooho-Min-
Milth-Chi, and showed up at Con-
gresham Dixon's office in that city.
Mr.. Dixon called a photographer
and took the pair outside where the
sunny side of a brick building serv-
ed as the background of the picture.
Mary insisted upon the congressman
appearing in the picture and to sat
isfy her he stood between Mary and
her husband while the photographer
shot the trio.
At that time Mary was to all APP
pearanceS at least % years Oh age,
hale and hearty. She had been ac-
companied to Missoula by her daugh-
ter, Lucy, from their home on the
reservation near Arlee, and they
spent over an hour with the con-
gresham, telling their history and
producing proofs of their identity
and their connection with the great
explorer of the northwest.
Mary was the daughter of Tzi-Kai-
Tzae, who is considered by practically
all the Montana historians to have
been the son of Capt. William Clark
and Nez Perces Indian woman.
Tza-Kai-Tzae was at one time a fam
iliar figure in western Montana and
had been seen on various occasions
east of the Rockies while engaged |
with others of his tribe on buffalo
hunts.
He had yellowish hair and claimed
to be a son of Captain Clark, and |
always referred to himself in proud |
as me Clark" He was with |
Chief Joseph and his band in the
campaign of the Nez |
Perces through western, southern
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
KING OF BUFFALO
IN YELLOWSTONE
HE is CALLED "OLD TUSKAGEE"
AND HE is THE DEMPSEY
OF HIS DOMAIN
Charged and Wrecked Six-in-Hand
Coach Full of School Teachers;
Killed Fighting Bull Elk; Always
Ready to Give Battle.

1.-THE bears of Yellowstone park
ment of tourists. But old Tuskagee
is not bear but bison; he has no
high standard of politeness to up
hold" says the Youths Companion.
HE is the monarch of the herd and
$50 we learn from Lewis r. Free
man in Down the Yellowstone'-is
treputed to be the largest American
bison alive. When he is impolite he
is exceedingly poor company.
1.-The old fellow, says Mr.. Free
man, is estimated to weigh more than
5000 pounds, is covered with a net
work of scars from fighting and has
only one eye and the remnant of a
tail. He has been seen to give battle
to three pugnacious bull elks at once
and has killed numbers of them in
single combat.
A few summers ago he left the
herd and charged coach full of
tourists. The vehicle was nearly
overturned by the plunging horses,
one of which was gored so badly that
| it had to be shot, and the occupants,
party of New England school teach
ers, were driven into frenZies of ter
ror. Neither the bullets from a nick
el-plated revolver in the hands of
one of them nor the long singing
whip of the driver, nor even his
singing language, affected Tuskegee
in the least. He continued battling
about among the frightened horses
as if wrecking a six-in-hand coach
were part of his daily routine. At
last, however, the shrieks of the wo-
men seemed to be too much for the
old fellow, and, wheeling about, he
galloped, believing, over the hill.
For two years the big herd grad
ually dropped to pieces and wander
ed about in leaderless fashion. Then
one day a big bull elk was found
crushed and trampled into the mud
of Violet Springs, and the scouts told
one another that the king had re-
turned A few days later a soldier
of the game patrol saw the reunited
herd debouch from a canyon with
old Tuskegee putting proudly in the
lead. His tail was stubbier than
ever, the grizzled red hair was more
patchy on the rump and more matted
on the neck, and new set of scars
was crisscrossed and etched into the
old set on his flanks. The former
fighting spirit still famed, and the
trooper owed his life to the fact that
thsssnow on the slope was deep, the
crust was firm and the skis we're
we'll. waxed.
"a new superintendent was in
charge and his satisfaction at seeing
the scattered herd once more united
was so great that he stayed the order
Of execution. Since that time,
strangely enough, Tuskegee has APP
Deared to show his appreciation of
he official clemency by behaving in
/ most exemplary manner"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
A Fast One

"Mr Grocer" said customer,
chow is it that you have not called
on me for my account?"
"Oh, I never ask gentleman for
money" r
"Indeedl How then, do you get on
if he doesn't pay?"
"Why," replied the groceryman,
hesitating, latter certain time l
conclude he is not gentleman, and
then I ask him."
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
"7hey Can't
Put You in Jail
for That!''

s'Can't, eh?" said the man, 'Well,
I'm here!"
After your sleepless night from
coffee drinking and your friends say
it's all Imagination, remember the
sleepless night.
Also remember that Postum, the
pure cereal beverage, contains nothing
that can interfere with sleep. 1t has
every desirable quality Of a mealtime
drink-cheering warmth, delightful
flavor and wholesomeness that makes
for health.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07

berry picking excursions to the
Rattlesnake were the principal
summer afnusements of the women,
while there was an occasional
dance in the winter. Once or twice
Concluded on Agricultural Page.)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-18

The average time OF vessels going
thru the suez Canal is 10 hours.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-18
WHY MEN ADMIRE
BEAUTIFUL HAIR

Tho qualities men admire In a
woman'a hair II tho soft. fluffy look
together with the natural glow that
bo,okens health.
To nrgiec, tho care OF your hair is
a genuine injustice 10 ono OF your
greatest points OF beauty. /, Is as.
ionlshing also 10 realize how much
tho atirac,iyeneEs OF tho hair Is AZ
fecsed by Tho caro- ws give n. ospo.
cially In tho matter OF cleansing.
In washing tho hair Il is not advis.
able 10 use mhkeshlft. Always use
a preparation made for shampoolng
only. You can enjoy the best that
In known for about thrca cents a
shampoo by getting n package OF
canihrox from your druggist. Dis.
solve n teaspoonful In a cup OF no,
water and your shampoo is ready.
After it's use the hair dries rapidly
with uniform color. Dandruff. *.
cess oil and dirt arc dissolved and
entirely disappear. Your hair viii be
80 fluffy that II win look much hoav.
Ter than Il Is. Its lustro and softnets
will also delight you. while tho slim.
ulatcd scalp gains the health which
insurcs hair Advertisement
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-18

Canada now haa moro than 100. ooc
radio users.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-18

a liberal allowance will be made for your
old stove or range, which will be applied on
the purchase price of any EMPRESS UNI
VERSAL RANGE or FURNACE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-18
PLAN FOREST
/. PROTECTION
ForeSterS Want Co-opera-
/ ton OF Weathermen

MADISON. WIS. April is.- A pro
gram Tor intensive roscanch as 10
means q controlling forest fires has
heen announced by a COMMITTEES Of
lc.ieni administrative ana research
forcsiers. meeting in connection with
ne Forest PRODUCTS LabOuetorg
here.
The committee report stresses
paramount importance % eo-Opcn.
Con q weather forecasters in de.
terminlng ''nro weather conditions -
ana aiiinE in control 90 fires by
designating arsas 20 which tho FIRE
4 most likely 20 spread.
Methods have been devised. &C.
eoriing 20 the committee. OF accurate
b designating areas where greatest
care must be taken 10 prevent fires.
The report also recommends study %
tghtninE storms, held responsible
Cor a large majority OF fires.
: over $1,000. 600 worth o. timber l.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-18
Stepping Out
Held Grounds
for Divorce

''Hs told me he frequently stepped
out with other women who under.
stood him moro than hls wife aid"
Margaret Peters testified IN divorce
court Thursday. on behalf OF Mrs. 1.
Gertrude Walker. suing her husband
for divorce.
Just what ala you understand him
70 mean by stepping outs" Deputy
Eugene AcacuAm asked.
Why. no Haid 10 would take them
70 tho theaiers and then they would
walk home"
Mira Walker said shs never be
lieyed In stepping OUT or walking
either. with stanrs women ana she
felt Hho was entitled 10 an interlocu.
tory decree When other evidence
was introduced tending TO show tina,
walker. tn addition 10 HIS walking
stunts. treated Mrs. Walker with
cruelty. tho divorce was granted.
Canada now haA moro than 100 600
radio users.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-18

destroyed ~ Ores annually a b.
estimated.
Principal points IN The forsstsrs
progum follow
A special effort should be made
% pat 90 pmCtical use an available
statistics ON fires placing emphasis
on nature oxtent ana appraisal Of
fro damages
Z. Weather bureaus IN Washington.
y. c.; Chicago. Denver and san FIan.
cisco will Dc requested 20 furnish n
speciai weather rcport Go forest
officials IN the regions covered by
each bureau. This data viii b.
studied 10 determine AREAS IN which
nros are likely 20 occur.
3. An appropriation VIII he r.
quested for assigning mcteoroioEists
10 the forest service and weather
bureau % assist IA fire hazard
studies. IL Is recommended that Oh,
seryation OF lightning storms be
undertaken In western districts.
& Investigations are recommended
10 determine inflRmmahility OF forest
growthN with study Of actual fires
with reference 20 such points a.
rate OF spread. general behavior ana
control
5. Supervision o. cutting Of tim.
Der IN sreas with relation 20 firo
hhrards.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-18
WOULD OUTLAW
ALL WARS
Presbyterians Want 10 Be
Directors Next Time

MADISON. Wis. April ise--Msm'
bers Of the Presbyterian church will
b made conscientious directors" in
even, OF a future war n a resolution
prepared by pastors hero Is accept.
ed by the general assembly OF the
church al Grand Rapids. Mich. May
Is
Tho church cannot justify any
participation In war on tho part OF
her various organizations or mem.
bers. or Justify tho una Of her pul.
pits. presses and building for war
propaganda. q part OF the pro.
posed resolution says.
Eleven members OF the Madison
presbytsry. covering n considerable
portion OF tho state. signed tho pro.
posed ediet- They argue that aimee
war Is morally wrong. Il cannot b
justified in tho church on any pre-
text
MANY OF tho men IN our
churches who loyalty supported tho
last war and have como 20 SEQ the
fearful devastation OF that war. and
millions killed and mutiiated. tho ern
OF reckless dehauchcry. have now
como 10 such a changed mind they
arc ready 20 take personal stand
against war" tho resolution aayn.
Tho trno has come for tho whole
church In do iikexrluo
HOLDS WARS NOT
USEFUL" ANY MORE
Whatever useful purpose war
may have served In the past IN esinb-
fishing freedom and overthrowlnE
wrong. the character OF war has
been changed by modern conditions.
IL now becomes an agency OF dis.
Indignation 40 terrible that ~ has
ceased 70 be Of any use and. II con.
tlnued. will mean the end Of civil.
ization.
WAR Is no longer n eomha. be.
tween armies Of professional soldiers
under careful rules. but Il Is rather
grim life and death struggle
between whole peoples. wherein
little children. women and the nsrd
arc no longer exempt. All tho cher.
ished material and cultural resources
Of civilization aro modified and
devastated"
In addition 10 outlawing war on
the part OF Presbyterians. the
churchmcn propose 10 direct eiu.
cational agencies Of tho church 10
prepare literature and set apart Mt
least one day year for definite in.
struction OF children and all mem.
bers in accordance with this dec.
laratlon'
Efforts will DO made also TO get
other denominations OF the protest.
ant church 10 adopt similar edicts,
the Wisconsin ministers announce.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-18
KISSES GET HIS GOAT

LoNDoN.-Discoyering two lovers
on his doorstep kissing and cudd.
ling in tho usual way" Frederick
Clark hit the young man in the eye.
As n sequel he had to pay fine OF
10 shilling. Colonel Wills, tho ma
gistrate. told Clark: 'You said they
were kissing and cuddilng In the
usual way. That being so. you
should hayo had littlo sympathy.
Think Of the time when you were
young"
The nvorn 40 TINA ~ ,,oasot. ,.xt,,, =.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-18

The English channel Is morn salty
In winter than in summer.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-04-26
WOMAN DIES AT ANCKER
HOSPITAL; WAS AGED "a

Funeral services of the late Eliza
beth Haskell, aged "a, the beloved
wife of John r. Haskell. who died at
Ancker hospital Friday morning,
were held at Pilgrim Baptist church
Monday afternoon. Rev. L. w. Har-
ris preached the funeral sermon. The
beautiful casket was literally banked
with handsome floral offerings from
the many friends and organizations.
Mrs. Haskell was former resident
of Resell, Kan, having moved to st.
Paul three years ago. Household Of
Ruth No. $50 and Biddle Post, G. A..
R., had charge of the services. She
leaves to mourn her passing devot-
ed husband and daughter, Mrs.
Amanda Bond. Interment at Oak
land. Simpson and Wills. funeral di-
rectors.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-04-26

John H. Mcdonald, commissioner
of public utilities, has conducted his
Office in manner that needs no criti-
cism. HE has at all times been ready
to assist in the necessary improve
ments and deserves the support of the
colored voters in the coming election.
Judge Conrad Olson, the present
municipal judge, was appointed by
Governor Preus and has made good,
being fair and impartial in all of his
decisions, regardless of nationality.
Roy Mcdonald, assistant county at
torney, was appointed by r. d.
O'Brien in 1918 and was re-appointed
by Harry Peterson in 1923. Mr.. Nc
Donald is candidate for municipal
Judge. His public service has DEM
onstrated that he is capable and ef-
ficient.
When you go to- the polls May 6,
go with the intention of voting for
the man who has the interest of all
the citizens of st. Paul at heart and
not one who is being oisted on the
public to satisfy the personal ambi-
tions of a few. The mud-slinging
and whispering of personal calumny
is only being used by some politicians
to poison the mind of the credulous.