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Lot 73-Dotted and striped
Marquisettc curtains. Reg.
price $1.0S.
Anniversary Sale Price $1.40
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
|COLONIALH0TEL IS SOLD AGAIN
Intimated Site May Be Used In Connection With Larger
 Building

The Colonial hotel, 209 Twenty-frst street, north, changed hands for the second time within two months Thurs day when a deal between the Utilities Securities company and Frank Nelson, Jr., of the Walnut Hill Land company, was consumated Thursday morning.
 The Utilities Securities company is a holding company, names of whose stockholders were not made public. The purchase was made through A. A. Gam bill and A. R. Dearborn, heads of To- cal real estate firms, at an estimated figure near $15O,000.
 Sale of the hotel property within a few days of the purchase of the corner adjacent and south of it by the Phoenix Realty company, acting for Henry Cobb and Joe Loveman, has given vent to ru. mors concerning the construction of q modern office building at the intersec- tion of Twenty-tirst street and Second avenue. It was stated that the utilities concern has been considering removal of its headquarters to Birmingham for some time.
 No confirmation of this was made by agents for the company, who held that plans for improvement of the property or construction had not been definitely agreed upon. A lease upon the hotel expires July l.
 Nelson, by the recent deal, realizes a handsome profit, it is said. He bought the property from Dr. w. c. Gewin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
AUTO HITS CAR; TWO ARENJURED Binding Snow Is Held Account
 able For Smash-Up
 Thursday

Blinded by the heavy snow of Thurs day night. John ". Sparkman of Huffman, Ala. Thursday night drove his automobile into an inbound East Lake street car at First avenue and Thirty-second street. seriously injuring himself and Eugene J. Reed, chief clerk of the board of revenue
 Reed was carried to the Birmingham General hospital in Johns ambulance and Sparkman was removed to St. Vincent's by RidOut. Reed was found to be suffering with severe laceratlOns about the head and neck and frac- tured rib. He was extremely weak late Thursday night from loss of blood. but otherwise was reported resting com fOrtably. by hospital attendants.
 Sparkman sustained a fractured hip and cuts and bruises about the body. It is believed by his attendants that he had sustained internal injuries. N-ray pictures were made Thursday night
 According to W. F. WOmack, West End motor scout, who was on the street ear at the time of the accident, Sparkman had lost his bearings in the heavy snow. Unable to see where he was going he met the street car headOn.
 Another accident resulting from a snOw-befOgged windshield was reported Thursday night when c. E. Crowler, 62G Thirty-ninth street. north. crashed into a Henderson Transfer company truck on the First avenue viaduct.
 CrOwler was uniniured. it was said by C. O. Flames and J. F. Reed, call The automobile was completely wrecked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14

officers, although his car was ndly The truck was praked on the via
 duct without lights, it was stated. damaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
DR. BALDWIN PLAYS
 N ORGAN RECITAL
WeIEKmDwm MRISiiciazm Y0 ARuemR
 At FEx4 Mafh@isG CArWh

Dr. Minor c. BIlHMiin Gn%IniEtt, will Bpp8ar in oBntHit i'm tdbR mniin aIIlf- t0rium Cdf tfle Ffirstt Ma4dhHIIi4u GIi1In0It Fliday evening Au S::IE5 G;dll4alk.
 Dr. Baldwin iis wRiH RnEwm in AmGn> ica Rs well Rs in fmwign GIuntniHs,, afs a musician aff mir@ alElIfy amE i4 dia1 .Clared by music Wn1ticS tifErguIsIinuG1 ttiH land no lIe ;R mRssbHr atf tdlEe aniEfan
 Repmtts frum 9ilBceS. whsne Dhr BlFlll- win has 'EIammrRH in GUInnentE, aE~ tB tine effect tfhat ube RulfiHntss wanR waII Jileased with liiS sall@tGiHlfs. amH ttimt music lovers HIPE#Ir iilRfl dff lIRHniiIg him He is saia ttO pOssssss n ffiIR Iasiladl taallr- nique.
 The cuncHrtt FhiiEaw might mGourling to church affInials, Hs eNuarasl tD ba well RttBnAsH.
 Tine nGnqilstR lnggrnm ffhIlIwS::
 Concerto 0HD "lAlEIHguD MlIdRnHto, Cb) ':ADdmnte MnHstnsa," 0GB '1AlIlfgraii' IHanddl.D
 'EeUe1iiei" i(ElalGMiinA
 'AIlegTettO" 8ClHnasriiN
 l(hD '.An ETWnnsg. OlhA "BniIllaAl Chorus N0Gimse BilHs#amrsl,, OBlililh Win.D
 'Introdudtim and NlhHnn wifdh Wanii- ati0ns" (faesseD
 70 Divine RaHIlfamftr;" (GsBlmaetI0) :; vocal solo, Mir. c. C. Gusslr.
 'tSymphDny" IHHRgdlnN
 'In Cinquattuine" 0NEHmiieO
 "L0Ve mud MjRsieA.Nlhnse MINe | Lived For" (lPuuuinl ;; vgGnl sGla, Nllns J. J. Stridklmnd.
 By The San" 0SdbIIianttO
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
KIWANIS AWAITING
 ARRIVAL OF ARRAS
President Of International Or.
 ganization Here Friday

Edmund F. Arras, president of the International Kiwanis club, will be the guest of honor Friday night at ban quet to be given by -Kiwanians in the Southern club.
 An invitation has been extended to every Kiwanis club in northern Ala bama, and indications are that be- tween 25O and 300 Kiwanians will be present, officials say. At Tuesday s luncheon practically every member of the Birmingham club signified intention of being present.
 Mir. Arras will arrive in the city early Friday morning, from Savannah, ], Ga, where he was the guest of the Savannah Kiwanis club. During the stay in Birmingham, Mrs. Arras who accompanies her husband will be enter tained by the wives of prominent Xii wanianS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
JEFFERSON RESULT

Tffs sfssstsi eszat feg IssfsEssz eszzfy ia Ike Tesidhsstihil primary af nassAay. Mareh li. Is ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
A Good Thing DON'T MISS IF.

Send your name and address plainly written together with 5 cents land this slipl to Chamberlain Medicine Co, Des MOfl.es, Iowa, and receive in return a trial package containing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs, colds, crOup, bronchial, 'Hu" and whOOping coughs, and tickling throat; Chsmberlain's StOn- sch and Liver Tablets for stomach trOu- bles. indigestion, gasay pains that crowd the heart, hiliOusness and constipation; Chamberlainis Salve, needed in-eVery family for burns. scalds wounds. piles and skin adec4ionss these valued family medicines for only 5 cents. Don't miss it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
SHE'S PULLMAN COMPANY
CIAiims Prupertx SSslen On Sieepin
 Chr Em Deeember

Responsibility of a sleeping car com panw for loss of valuables by passen- gsns wfiiis asleep will be determined by a jury in the civil division of circuit count wien tine suit of Mrs Sylvia NTaysr against the Pullman company far- E., 7lip is decitled.
 4 Mrs. Meyer.. who filed her suit Fnh1nsdhx. hoBls the Pullman company nasp0nhinle for the allegeu theft of dress vllrIed at S;sU and jewelry value,I ah Sss,6s5A The theft is alleged to have tllian plaee on Pullman sleeping car Batwesn New Orleans and Birmingham iHst Christmas Five.
 Rihintiff is represented by Leader and ullman. attorneys. and a trial by J jury ilS demanded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
FYFYRRNTW LASF DAY

CpnfrmtBa wiith iIaHVw finms and imf rriseumm1t ifW fHiluie HD fille Ilssm tax retWlprs lfg MIHwih gS uifR slHNsntifie hOqr rush tto pG Wp lasam TimrsslhN nj the teGleraI building wifdh only rwO days left lsafire uiiIe lanIIlIy @ss4 intu Tsfect.
 Returns mHilBH i'm will aIs0 De classed as delinquent, If uiiET GamR in after MEFdh HS, amh mo alliiis will ba accepted, waRs ttie w;umGng Gf 1ifinhllh Thursdgg-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
SPECIAL SERVICES
 FOR DEMOLAY BOYS

Birmingham DeAIolays. an organiza- tion composed of sons of Masons and their chums, are requested to attend services Sunday at the Highlands $ Methodist church where Dr. w. K. Hendrix, pastor, will preach sermon for the special benefit of the mem bers.
 Annual compulsory services are held at which time every member of the De- A1olay is expected to attend and when sermons prepared especially for the occasion are delivered.
 Dr. Hendrix's sermon will be de- livered at the morning hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
SzOLD GIVES READING

Readings by Bernard Szold, director of the Little theatre, featured the pro- gram of the Community club at its weekly banquet in the Tutwiler hotel
 Thursday noon. Szold gave four clever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14

sketches and left his audience applaud ing loudly for more.
 A report of the entertainment com nittee of the club said that the date for the organizations annual stag party had been postponed until April 8. W.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-05

movie style, shooting off his re-
volver, and shouting insults and
curses at those he passed; he en-
tered stores and destroyed prop
erty, for which he willingly paid
when again sober; and his very
presence in town, when drunk, led
to the closing of stores, and the
general terrorizing of the citizens.
Others had done much the same as
he, but none of these we're so great
ly feared.
He had been under arrest sew
eral times, and paid the fines inn
posed upon him; but once, when
brought into court-miners' court
he tore up the warrant for his
arrest and stamped upon it. His
friends advised him to go home. as
the long-suffering people were
thoroughly aroused, and would
hang him, if he did not mend his
ways. He listened attentively but
instead of acting on the advice,
hunted up the miners judge, Alex
ander Davis, presented a cooked
derringer at his head, "and told
him that he should hold him as a
hostage forth own safety. AS the
stood perfectly quiet, and Of
fered no resistance to his captor, no
further outrage followed on this
score"
The endurance of the citizens of
City and Nevada had been
tried to the breaking point, and
they rose to avenge the insult of
fered their court. Over six hun
dred miners armed themselves and
into Virginia City, deter
mined to end the reign of lawless-
ness that Slade personified.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-05
By Martha Edgerton Plassmann
Daughter of Gouernor Edgerton

Frenchman, who had inconsider-
ately offended him. Slade, SO said
many, did not shoot him at once
but bided his time. Going to the
house of the Frenchman, one night,
he called him to the door shot him,
set fire to the house, and burned
the corpse, together with the I'M
offending wife and children of his
victim. This, as we'll as the murder
of Jules, must have been a premedi-
tated crime.
In "Roughing It." Mark Twain
tells of a bartender who won
SHADES i'll will. A day or two after
the occurrence Slade was n of his
customers, and asked for brandy.
Seeing the bartender about to
reach under the counter, "Slade
smiled upon him that peculiarly
bland and satisfied smile of his
which the neighbors had long ago
learned to recognize as a death
warrant in disguise, and told him
to none of that Pass out the high
priced article So the poor bar
keeper had to turn his back and
get the high-priced brandy from
the shelf; and when he faced
around again he was Iooking into
the muzzle of SHADES pistol. And
the next instant added my inform
ant, impressively, he was n of
the deadest men that ever lived
But all this was but ! part-a
small part-of SHADES criminal rec
ord before coming to Montana.
What did he do here that warrant
ed his execution? Pandemonium
reigned in any town where he
chose to go on a spree. He gal
through the streets in true
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-05
Discover Sun River

While his men were busy kill
ing buffalo and jerking the meat to
supply the party when it was again
united, Lewis explored the sur
rounding country and discovered
the Sun river which was then
called by the Indians, the Medicine
river.
The trip of Captain Clark up the
river from the Maria's was by no
means uneventful and as Gass,
who was with this branch of the
party, said in his journal they chad
most rapid water I ever saw any
craft taken through" Upon reach
ing Belt or Portage creek as it was
named by the explorers, it was
found necessary to carry the sup
plies and canoes overland for one
and one half miles.
A camp was made at Belt Creek
Concluded on Agricultural Page.)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-05

ceived a dislike of SO pronounced
a nature, that he had threatened to
kill the Colonel on sight. This
threat was carried to Colonel San
ders by some of his friends, to put
him on his guard.
Shortly afterward, Slade came to
town, and Colonel Sanders heard
he was in a certain store. With
characteristic promptitude, the Col
onel at once went to the store, open
ed the door and walked in. AS he
had been appraised, there sat Slade.
Hello, Slade," exclaimed the
colonel; and Hello, Colonel" re-
turned Slade.
Then, turning his back to the
noted desperate, who had threat
ened his life, the Colonel walked
through the store, with his habitual
swinging gait, and out the back
door. If one recalls the fate of the
barkeeper who likewise turned his
back to Slade, he can realize what
the Colonel ran.
In all the reports l have ever
read of this affair, it was stated
that the Colonel was unarmed.
curious to know, I asked my
cousin:
Wilbur, did you carry no wea-
81 had my hand on a derringer
in my pocket" was his reply.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-05
ANOTHER STORY OF CAPTAIN j. "A. SlADE,
BAD MAN WHO MET DEATH AT THE HANDS
OF THE vDGIlAMTES OF VIRGINIA. CITY CAMP

Slade heard of their coming, and
it sobered him. He sought Judge
Davis, and apologized for his ac-
ton, but too late. His repentance
could not be depended upon to be
lasting. He was tried speedily and
sentenced to be hanged, and that
despite his and his friends pleas
for mercy.
A messenger was dispatched for
his wife, who was living at their
ranch on the Madison, twelve miles
away. Once before she had saved
him from being lynched. This time
it was hoped her intercession might
prove as effective, as was her re-
%volver, on the former occasion. She
was a fine horsewoman, and the
horse she rode Billy Boy" was
noted for its speed; but before she
reached town, Slade was hanged.
and his body cut down.
SHADES execution has often been
called a murder. 1t could hardly
be that, if he had, as claimed, him
self committed twenty-six murders
Like Plummer, he weakened at
the last, and begged piteously for
his life. These arch-villains, who
could kill a fellow man without
conjunction, could not themselves
face death calmly. I hold this to
be due to their higher intelligence.
Plummer asked for time to pray
while Ned Ray died cursing.
There is one incident regarding
that is not often told. After
the Vigilance committee began to
function, he claimed that he was
a member of that body, and was
informed as to its intentions. Whe-
ther this is true or not, there is no
one alive who can say. Colonel
Wilbur F. Sanders, it was general
ly known, was an active member of
that organization; and against
Colonel Sanders, Slade had con-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-05
BY CAPTAIN LEWIS; PORTAGE TRAIL OF FAMED
EXPLORERS MARKED BY GREAT FALLS SCOUTS

portage of Meriwethel
Lewis and William Clark, anc
their band of companions from
Belt Creek to White Bear Island
119 years ago, across what was
then a plain covered with prickley
pear, painful to moccasined feet,
but where graveled roads and paw
ed streets now stretch, has been in
Dictated by five markers, placed by
the boy scouts of Great Falls,
writes Ann Wilson in a recent edi-
ton of the Great Falls Tribune.
The same trail determined from
maps drawn by Lewis and Clark,
that was followed many times by
weary men bent under packs of
supplies in those days from June II
until July 2, 1905, was traversed by
boy scouts last Saturday, when they
affixed plaques to the cement
standards.
1t was beside these same falls
that Captain Lewis sat on June IS,
1905 "filled with pleasure and
establishment" as he records in his
journal and about which he tried to
write a description but so unsatis-
factory was the result to him that
he determined to draw my pen
across it and begin again"
Power Plant Symbol of Change
Since that time the Big Falls,
still magnificent in spite of mach
have been harnessed into
supplying electricity for the Mon
tana Power plant and plain at the
foot is used for the offices and liv-
ing quarters of the men employed
the plant.
The building of power plants is
.ymbolical of the changes that
nave occurred since Lewis and
Clark opened the west beyond the
Mississippi to eager settlers drawn
o new frontiers by a great adven-
:uresomeness of spirit and a gnaw-
ng hunger for land. Where wary
indians besieged wary explorers,
.armers peacefully pillow and where
nights camp was thankfully
made, a city with its complex mod
I'm life and its large population
'usy IN many industries now
lands.
The falls had been the goal of
he explorers since they left the
lace where Milk river flows into
he Missouri for by this sign, the
indians had told them, they could
now that they were on the true
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-05
Butte Good Hog Market

J.. E. Border, agricultural teacher
of the Harlowton schools, went to
Butte with a carload of hogs for the
Wheatland cooperative marketing
association. The hogs were sold to
the Hansen Packing company, the
top market price bringing $7.75 off
the cars in Butte. This consignment
belonged to Messrs. P. L. Netting, G.
w. Riggleman, Claude Morley, G. E.
Moore, Andrew Peterson, John Spit
hoven, the Koehler ranch, Otto Delhi
gelm, George Pollman and w. F.
Birdsall. There were 1872 hogs in the
This method of co-opera-
tive selling is very desirable for the
small producer, as it enables him to
dispose of his stuff at as good a price
as is obtained by anyone shipping in
carload lots. Mr.. Border, while in
also arranged for the sale of
eggs and poultry for the association.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-05
New Fish Hatchery Approved

State Game Warden G. A. Jakways
has approved the claim of Lease &
Richards, Great Falls contractors, for
approximately $4,000 for the con-
struction of the new fish hatchery at
Giant Springs, near Great Falls.
More than 100000 rainbow trout
eggs are Matching at Giant Springs,
according to MI. Jakways, who stated
that 100000 additional eggs would
be at the hatchery Two million
native trout and 100000 grayling
eggs will also be sent to the hatchery
in the near future.
While in Great Falls, the warden
made arrangements for rescue work
in the sloughs at Cascade. Bass, cat
fish and yellow perch will be taken
from the sloughs and placed in deep
err water.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-05

: Missouri and the right trail. Upor
reaching the juncture of the Mis-
souri, and the Maria's river, nam
ed by Captain Clark for his cousin,
the party halted undecided as to
which was the true Missouri.
After a trial trip of two men
under Gass for IS miles up the
Maria's during which the Teton
river, first named Rose river and
later Tansy was discovered, but
the question as to which branch
led to the head of the Missouri
was still in doubt, further explora-
tions were then thought necessary.
Lewis Discovers Big Falls
Captain Lewis and six men start
ed up the Maria's and Captain
Clark with five men started up the
Missouri, to be gone a day and a
half. Clark was gone two days
and explored As miles while Lewis
was gone four days and covered
SO miles. Had Clark been as per-
sistent as Lewis he would have
found signs which would have con
WINGED him that the stream he was
following was the Missouri and he
would have been the discoverer of
the Big Falls.
Upon their return to their camp
near where Fort Benton stands
they decided to gamble on the
chance that the southern branch
was the Missouri and accordingly
after cacheing about 1000 pounds
of their supplies they proceeded up
the river.
Lewis left on June II with four
men tramping across the country.
Clark left several days later with
the main party passing Grog
Springs, named because at that
point we refreshed ourselves with
a good drink of grog."
On the morning Of June IS the
ears of Captain Lewis, who had
just crossed a ''most beautiful
plain where there were infinitely
more buffalo than we had EVER be-
fore seen at a single view" we're
greeted with the welcome sound of
water falling from a great cloud
of spray driven by a high wind
like a column of smoke
above the plain for an instant and
was gone. At last having travelled
about seven miles since first hear
ing the sound of the falling water
he stood at noon beside the falls
themselves.
After once seeing the tumultuous
grandeur of the Big Falls there
could be no doubt but hat the
river was the Missouri and the
falls were the ones the Indians had
said t~hey-would reach as the plains
rose to the Shining mountains.
Wen were sent back to tell the joy
news to Clark and the rest of
party camped on a small plain
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-05
By Martha Edgerton Plassmann

NNE of the strangest charac-
tiers fated to meet his death
at the hands of the Montana
Vigilance Committee, was Captain
u. A. Slade-"Captain" by the Gus
tom of the, West, which bestowed a
title on every man who, for any
reason, was an acknowledged lead
er, whether of a freight train, or
a band of desperadoes. How Henry
Plummer escaped this social rec
ognition has never been explained.
Undoubtedly, had he lived longer,
some admirer would have so hon
ored him.
That Slade was a leader-a nat
ural ruler of mems reliably es-
tablished by the testimony of many
who knew him here, and elsewhere.
He seemed to be a veritable DR..
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde. When sober,
a model of all the virtues, but I'm
der the influence of liquor an in
carnate demon.
He was quiet and dignified, and
the suavity he generally displayed
won him staunch friends among the
better class of citizens, who were
willing to overlook his outrageous
conduct when he was drunk, as the
alteration of a gifted nature.
To be sure, being SHADES friend,
did not protect one, when he was
Mi. Hyde, but the victim was apt
to blame himself as being the
guilty party, in having offended
the Captain" One instance of this
kind is narrated by Dimsdale, in
his Vigilantes of Montana. Slade,
on the day previous to his arrest,
had severely beaten one of his adj
mirers yet this mar "wept bitterly
at the gallows and begged for the
life" of the brute who had assault
ed him.
The same veracious historian
records that even the Vigilance
committee was slow in condemning
him, and only did so because the
majority of the miners so willed it.
*" Beidler says, after Slade had
been sentenced to be hanged, one
of his friends, a man of promin-
ence in the community, Whose mi
tials were N. P" throwing off his
coat, declared that before they
hanged Slade, they SHADES accus-
ers-would have to kill him. He
thought better of it, however, when
he found himself the target of a
hundred guns.
We may be pardoned for not be-
ieving that all of the crimes with
which Slade was charged, were the
product of alcoholic frenzy; they
bear too strong a mark of sane pre-
Meditation. Take, for example, the
of Jules, which might be
ermed a justifiable homicide, had
t not been so barbarously carried
tut. Undoubtedly its details were
exaggerated in the telling; but
later, and similar exploits,
makes most of the story credible.
t is said that he tortured Jules
'efore killing him, with a mall
gnity unsurpassed by a savage;
nd that he cut off the ears of the
nan he had murdered, and carried t
hem in his pocket.
Then there is the story of the ;
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-05
GUMS

Gums are the soft, fleshy
parts of the jaw which surround
the teeth.
Their purpose is to guide the
food past the teeth, to prevent
infection, to over the roots of
the teeth and hold them in
place.
Amy injury or infection causes
inflammation, recession, tender
ness and bleeding, with loss of
support to the teeth.
When your t t h brush
"shows pink or your mouth has
a bad odor, get Pyradium to
prevent the spread of infection.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-05

NNE of the strangest charac-
tiers fated to meet his death
at the hands of the Montana