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Veteran of The Early
Indian Wars Views
Old Montana Scenes

Fifty-nine years ago, Roger Nc
Coy of Craig, Mo-, was treking his
way across the expanse of plains
and rolling prairies between the
Mississippi river and Montana.~Re-
Gently this pioneer, now II, mo-
tored through Montana cities on
his way east from the Pacific coast,
where he has been spending the
past year..
1t was near Miles City and other
points in southeastern Montana that
Mr.. Mccoy spent his early life as a
pioneer in a country which was sc
new to white men that the indians
we're still employing bows and ar
rows and spears as weapons. In those
days when meat was needed, buffalo
provided that necessity for the lard
er. There were no flour mills or
groceries stores where provisions
could be purchased.
Mr.. Mccoy came to this state with
the Twelfth Cavalry of Missouri.
This detachment had recently been
released from service in the civil war
and was sent west to settle griev-
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-08-28
Montana Leads in Ore Production

Montana continued as the great
est producer of high grade mangan-
ese ore during 1923 according to
figures compiled by the interior de-
partment. A total Of 21,916 tons OF
ore, assaying 35 per cent. or more,
manganese was produced. This was
more than double the production OF
all the other states producing man
ganese.
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GAMAS HOT SPRINGS

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Mosquitoes. Write for particulars and re-
servations. Secretary
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Buford, on the Missouri, and there
was a wire to that point over g
roundabout way. | got a message
to them asking for the name of a
reliable mar to take the census, and
when they sent in the name, | wired
it to General Walker and asked him
to arrange with the Dawson man to
report direct to Washington, as he
could get his reports in there more
quickly than he could get them to
me.
II wish I could remember that
enumerator's name. | fancy his
adventures on that lonely job of
census taking would make mighty
interesting reading. 1t was a dam
gerous trip drought the Siuox
country and among the Crows and
other hostile Indian tribes and the
meager stipend was well earned by
that brave adventurer. I know of
at least one hair-breadth escape
that he had when he had to swim a
stream in the darkness of night and
make a great detour to escape the
vigilant, scalp-hunting Sioux.
"He had to follow the Missouri
river and take in the wood hawks,
as the men were called who cut
wood and piled it on the banks of
the Missouri for the use of the
steamers plying up and down the
stream between Sioux City and
Fort Benton. He gathered in the
trappers and others of the van
guard of civilization. When he had
finished he had a population Of 80
to show for his trouble, and | am
inclined to believe he made a clean
sweep in the counting.
General Walker wired me late
in June that the Dawson county re-
turns were in and were in excellent
shape, but I did not hear from the
Dawson enumeration until weeks
after the census work was done,
when he made a modest report and
never complained of his hardships
nor kicked because his county was
than some of the New Eng
land states.
"Sheriff Tom Irvine of Custer
was one of the enumerators in that
part of the country. Tom had
trouble at the start. Like a good
soldier he wanted to obey orders,
but he wrote in to say that he
didn't see how he could report
1aily unless he camped at a post of
ice and there were only three of
.hese in Custer county. But he
;oftened his kick by saying that he
bought he had a rather good thing /
IS his lodgings would not cost him
much, nor would his meals deplete
lis purse, for he would camp
there was wood, water
md grass and would depend for
quare meals on his rifle and fish
look.
&C. P. Blakely was one of the en-
Imerators for Gallatin county. The
mbition of all towns in the terri
Dry was to show a large popula
ion, and for that purpose the pre-
ailing idea was that more enumr
ratOrS were necessary DrObab1y on III
ne basis that the more counters the
1ore would be counted. The late
'homas r. Edwards, Of Bozeman,
ing a warm personal and political
rlend of mine, wired me that if
id not give them more enumerat-
rs, they would get up a petition
or my removal, and they wanted
answer P. d. q. I wired back
him to sign my name
the very top of the petition, and Y
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Billings Gets Custer Hfway Meet

Billings has been chosen for the
next convention of the Custer Battle
field Hiway association, according
to information recently received.
Billings was the unanimous choice of
the 100 delegates at the 1924 con-
yention, which was held recently at
Rapid City, So. Oak. The dates of
the 1925 convention have not been
announced.
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taxing IOIty VI lilOls
years ago was not the easy
- task it is today. True, there
were not so many to count, but the
individuals to be enumerated were
scattered over a broad and par
TALLY unexplored country and the
enumeration of that day had nc soft
snap even though the United
States enriched him to the extent OF
So for every day that he worked.
Hugh McQuaid was the super
visor of the Montana census in
1880 and there was not a railway
in the territory when he tackled the
job. McQuaid, a quarter of a cen
fury ago, had occasion to narrate
his experiences during the census
taking of 1880, and he started out
this way:
There had been a census in 1870
taken by United States Marshal
Wheeler, but | do not remember
the result nor do I recall any of his
experiences. I was the next incum-
bent and I had all kinds of fun out
of it. I look back to that period
with a great deal of pride. 1t was
the first and only government job
I ever held and it was not Of my
seeking.
Major Maginnis was our dele
gate in congress and there had been
of a struggle for the
position of supervisor. I was not
an applicant but had put in a good
word for a friend Of mine. I was
surprised when the dispatches
brought the news that I had been
appointed. | wanted to decline but
men in both parties made me stick
to it.
"Massena Billiard was my clerk
and a thoroughly competent one he
was. He and I we're the entire !
crew, although they did allow us
an extra clerk for the month of
June. For the entire work my sal
airy was $500, with no extras ex-
,ept work and the privilege Of
my kilograms.
1--WE had some wires in the terri
DRY then in advance of the rail
and I formed a habit of wir-
ng then which has stuck to me ever
1t was my one perquisite
md I worked it plenty. My enum-
srators received So per day for
tune and I covered the territory
80 of these men. Consider
ng that they travelled by cayuse,
;tage or afoot they covered the
work. we'll.
"The superintendent sent me a
arge map of the territory with all
necessary portfolios and station
ny for the enumerators. Applica-
ions were numerous, but as I
new nearly every man in the state
had no difficulty in selecting a
orpse that proved efficient and i,
hat wound up the work well by !
he end of June. :
"The list had been made up, the
upplies sent out and the work was,
S I thought, we'll in hand, when I
at complacently gazing at the map (
ne afternoon. Suddenly my eye {
the words Dawson county, +
here they stood out as big as j
'arnum on a circus poster. The 5
Ounty covered a sixth of the terri
Dry, and I had completely over !;
it. For some unaccountable :
,ason that big patch of territory :
ad entirely slipped out of my !
loughts, and there I was at the be- ;
of June, without the first :
:ep taken for counting the sparse :
opulation of that county, which :
as since been carved and sliced |
is month, all boys and girls have
urppd fO continua THAR pOOd
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Hudson, Touring, Haynes Brou-
CHAM, Lincoln Sedan, Jordan
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Coupe, Lincoln Touring and others.
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When the lecture was finished she
knew little more.
But she said to Barry: "Won-
derful-such a voiceg' Her eyes
shonA.
He answered, tense, ''IAke II,
tran? Gay-gOod, wasn't it?''
NOW there was q pleasant stir
then an animated rush OF talk
then Bess and several others
thronging at the long table and
Basil Arthur with a slightly con.
tenptuous smile holding court.
Barry said: "Well-show's over.
Come again next week-eh?"
"I'd love to-I like this! .And
Chickie was giancing about the
wide room, noting the tapestries
tho wallis lined with books
And someone stood behind her.
Someone said in q voice that was
soft like water: "Oh. Miss Bryce
what q pleasure! We philosO.
piers meet now and then"
Chickie turned with q start.
She said. holding down her sud.
den excitement, Miss Moore-I'm
mer?'
mot that long" ia Moore
beautiful-an air Of nobility about
her-heP skin whiter-eyes bluer
80 1t seemed to Chiclxie In a
quick stab Of fear.
For Ila Moore began to talk.
The lecture - really penetrating,
wasn't It? And she turned to
Chickie with comments that
Chtckie didn't quite understand.
Barry answered.
And all at once Chickie grew
hot and uncomfortable. She smiled
made a few struggling re.
marks, Then she listened, her
cheeks painfully red.
liza said: well, 1 suppose wen
meet again, next week? I'VE often
thought. Of you. Miss Bryce. And
we do look alike--you know! Only
you're prettier."
Chiclxie laughed. "And you're
"I'm not sure about that" She
turned to Barry, saying calmly,
in her clear, soft voice: I'VE
see you tomorrow night?"
''Yes-that's sor' He answered
swiftly, his face half turned. But
his lips trembled and he cast a
hurried look to Chiclxie. He knew
that sho had heard.
They got into the car. Neither
Of them spoke. Chickie's pulses
raced. They made her breath
1ight-uncontrolIed. For blocks
they drove in silence.
Finally he said You're think.
ing things"
She bit her lips. Tears stung
hotly at her eyes.
He said resentfully, You are,
aren't yu?"
She said pitifully, Can I help
it,"
Yes! I'm going there for din.
ner tomorrow night. Her father
asked me. I met him the night
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claimed: ''You don't mean to say
that you went to this strange man
and told him all your secretest
thoughts, and even things you
feel and wish for?''
Bess raised her shoulder with
an amused sniff: HE tells you
tears your past to tatters. ] got
off easy. Why. my dear, the
grtlHng he gave Ethel Chadman.
Fancy Ethel psycho-anaIyzed In
to a job! Punching q time clock
In the White House all because
Professor Moline says, You're
going to seed. Your energies
need outlet. You'd make an ex-
cellent business woman. Don't
lose another weel1-go down and
set work, II it's standing behind
q counter" And Ethel goes!
Well, here comes your steady
--oh. by the way, why don't you
two come out tomorrow night?
I'm having Basil Arthur give a
course OF lectures" sighed
languidly-"all in the course Of
finding soul, you know. But
he's good. We're starting with
Plato. You'll like that, Red.
I'm having q number OF brows
present to lend atmosphere"
Chickie accepted with impulsive
delight. She said childishly when
Boss was gone: Isn't that other
wise, though! Isn't that capri
ciouslike-turning philosopher over
night! I'm glad we're to co."
He grinned. Bunk! Idle dame
nothing to do but pamper her.
Self-running around paying some
clever crook two and a half to
tell her she's useless parasite.
Plato-well, leave It to fools to
rush In where angels fear to
Chickie dismissed him with a
hippant: THAT for q lordly male
and a cynic!"
She was stirred-alight with
eagerness. Bess and her world
were captivating.
They went. Machines were
parked for a block about the
house.
idiots! We're crazy, ChicIxie.
20 waste q whole evening. Let's
not go in!'
"Hush--the idea! I wouldn't
dream Of missing it!'
They were late and took chams
near the door Of the library. n
room was crowded. The speaker.
standing behind a table, had an
absent, negligent air-the look Of
poet or an ascettc In his broad
forehead and long slender nose.
He spoke in a voice so low IT'S
sound was scarcely audible. He
went on like this till a deadly
hush spread over the room. Then
sentences doomed. The mere vol
ume and wealth Of sound caught
Chickie with q thrill.
She listened spellbound, not
botherfng to follow the drift "
the talk. Plato-oh yes-pupil Of
Socrates-a Greek-she knew this
from her high school history.
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"Stay down then. win your"
Though she could scarce speak
for the tunult; though she wish.
de to lean against him, laugh
and laughter all this she walk.
ed on silent. Oh, he was the one
who had come. He cared! Well
then he was the one who should
kneel--
mot mad now, Chiclxie? All,
you don't hate me any more?
Please, stay down"
"Well-but I don't know"
''All right, them know
"Oh-but three days"
''Yes-and it's not going to be
four. You don't want that, do
you? Listen, Chicl1ie, you were
the one who ran away. Weren't
you now"
She touched his hand, pleading.
She would have been content to
walk on like this always. Just
that he was here: just that he
had come to her and that now a
llghtness and a warmth ran sing
ing through her nerves.
Life was sweet again; the
world q happy place. The two Of
them-only that She felt him
tal-supple, swinging along at
her side, now and then looking
down with q laugh. One he
said: "Cat comes back, frail---
glad?" There had never been a
Joy to equal this.
But when they sat at the table.
she felt a pang because he had a
strained, pale look and his red
hair was so brushed back that
his eyes seemed large and
anxious. He said eagerly: Chick
ie, We're you going to let it end
like this?"
Gould it end SO, Barry? Oh,
would you have wanted that?"
Does it look like it. ChiclSie?
But I want to know how you
felt. I want to know IL you
really intended to let 1t co."
She wouldn't answer. She evad-
ed. "You let me 30 out Of the res
taurant, and you knew I was be-
side myself. You had only to put
out your hand"
He answered somberly: Perhaps
you don't recall what you said.
You said it as IL you meant it.
And II you do, I'm not going to
put out my hand to stay you. No
not even now. If you meant
what you said, Chickie-you can
ON
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CHAPTER Xxx.
NETNy NHIN~r


But II there were just the two
OF us, Chickie, and we wouldn't
let the world interfere.-think how
sweet-not a ripple ever"
mere Is the world She
spoke In a dream, contentad now
-watching pale ladies' woven Of
log. nurrying through the trees.
vanishing delicately in the somhAr
lanes about the lake. 1--WE can't
shut the world out so. And there
isn't just the two Of us-there
she wasn't measuring her words
scarcely needing what she said.
Their Import came upon her
starkly like a ruffian lurchins
suddenly from a doorway in the
shadow came at a mm.
ment when she was laughing ana
defenseIess. Not ready for the
They were at the Mechanics Ii.
brary. He was looking for a book.
Chiclie loitered in the alcoves,
glancing aimlessly over the titles.
She heard a soft. impatient sigh
and turning saw Bess Abbott.
with an air Of great resignation.
pull down a heavy volume.
She said merrily: "Oh, still
alive, Bess? I thought we had
You all settled in that nice ivory
ccffin?"
"No--still shutting along in this
weary coil! I've decided to linger
while longer. You see, I've
discovered myself or rather Pro.
lessor Moline discovered me-" The
brown eyes glinted. Wonderful,
my dear! Perfectly thrilling to
wake up at twenty-five and sud.
denly learn that one possesses a
soul--a brain. Here / was des.
tined to be a great PHILOSOPHER
and from the cradle they allowed
me to waste my gifts on clothes
and teas and bridge. No wonder
I've died a thousands deaths.
"Don't look so agtonished' INV
dear. I'm rational. I've been
psychoanalyzed. That's an. 7
paid $3.50, revealed all INV sun.
pressed desires; my wild longings
and in return I'm told that I'm
intellectual. I must cultivate my
brain. Here I amir
Isn't that exciting? Fancy a
man staring at me, cool as ice,
ana saying: my dear Mrs. Stoney,
you're bored! You have money.
too much Of It. You have friends,
leisure, love. But you aren't salts.
fled. Why? Because, Mrs.
Stoney, you have a brain. It
clamors for nourishment."
She ratified on in this glib mono
logue. delighted when ChiclIie, in
CredNloQa end fascinated az.
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ycu . ran z, away. 1 didn't care. I
She made no comment.
well. you're angry?" He
stopped the car and stared at her.
Don't you believe me?''
"Don't-oh, don't let's quarrel
again-yes-but now-you don't
need to go now, do your"
"Well-well-you mean should
ring up Moore and tell him /
won't come. Why? You don't
trust me that much?"
TITS not that"
you want me to call Il off7 I
can't do It I'd make a fool Of
myself. I've known these people
for years. Moore is a big man.
I'm not going to give him O
slap. 1t may come back at US
later" he went on, justifying
himself.
His words were little nails, driv.
ing cold into her mind. She said:
"oh, all right then-go. You
can't help IT,"
He took it lightly. Honestly,
Chickie? You don't care? Why
should you? Listen, frail-I've
met girls, haven't II"
She said ~ and laughed - "Oh,
my, yes-and you so brilliant; and
you so handsome! But you
weren't going to tell me, Barry
-"
''Listen--I guessed how you'd
feel. What was the use?'
She pulled him down to her
She said again: IAN rtght-kiss
me-"
The next night she sat in her
room and tried to read. She kept
seeing la Moore-kept wanting
to rush out and fling herself be.
tween them. She felt q dread
1t was colder than jealousy.
Go Be Continued TOmOrrOw.)
Copyright, 1894. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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Continued from Yesterday.
CHAPTER Xxx.
Amends.

e1ASASa@N9Os
All afternoon she sat with her
profile to his window. From the
shadow he would see her. He
would know that her heart was
breaking. And in his quick, i'm
.petuous way he would brush aside
this absurd quarrel. He would
grab up the phone and call to her,
''Hey, there, frail, why so sad?
Smile, won't your
She hoped for this with q hope
that became anguish. Five o'clock
another day gone. As she put
On her hat she turned from the
sight of her own face. It's pref
tiness hurt her. Walking down
Montgomery street she kept tax
ing long breaths to hold the tears
from her eyes.
Now the feeling Of expectance
that had nerved her for three
days was gone. She said to her.
self: ''He won't come. He doesn't
care. He's glad. He must be-
take an excuse like this. Oh, he
wanted to be done with it all!
She dropped these thoughts
cruelty. like hot stones, into her
heart. 1t grew so heavy she felt
she could not longer endure its
weight.
She had reached the breaking
point, and she knew It. Too in
credible to- have it end like this.
She saw herself rushing to him,
twining her fingers in his hand,
making him turn. This vision
Of herself pleading made her
wince-it was pitiful.
She denied it--no, she would
never do this. Cry her eyes out
first. Three days and he let
them pass-let her go out of that
restaurant. Oh, he was probably
hard and confident about it
knew she would come begging to
him.
Her eyes were filled now. She
didn't care. Suddenly some one
walked at her side; a hand on
her elbow. She stopped, over
come.
He said: "Chickier Breathless
like that. Then: "Chickie, want
me here?"
She gave him a swift glance, all
tremulous, not daring to meet
his eyes.
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MIsHAPs IN NEW YORK
CLAIM "a LIVES DAILY

NEW YORK, Feb. '21.-Fourteen
persons met violent death in New
York every day in 1923. according
to the annual report of the chief
medical examiner. He also recorded
$40 deaths from alcoholism and 300
homicides.
Police, in the performance Of duty.
shot to death fifteen persons. Au-
tomobiles killed 420 children between
the ages of five and ten years. To-
tai deaths from highway accidents
were 1894.
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ANTI-TlcKET SCALPINC
LAW UPHELD BY COURT

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 21.-The
constitutionality Of the "antiticket
scalping" law was upheld by the
court OF appeals.
Decision was rendered in a case
involving the conviction of Reuben
Weller for violating the provisions
of the general business law limit.
ing the profit on resale of theater
tickets in New York city to not
more than so cents in excess of the
price printed on the tickets.
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eral Penitentiary a& Atlanta ~
Judge D. lawrence Gfouer In United
States District Court.
Shelby was convicted Of irrNgu.
larities in connection with the oper.
alton Of the bank. which was closed
at the time his alleged shortage was
discovered.
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HoPEWELL CASHIER GIVEN
SIX YEARS IN BANK CASE
RICHMOND, va.., Feb. 21.-R.
Lewis Shelby. former cashier Of the
National Bank Of Hopewell. was
sentenced to six years in the Fed.