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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
by Albert T. Reid

parlor. The work of fitting up the
new quarters has already begun and
they will be ready for occupancy by
next Tuesday. A meeting OF the d.
rectors of the association will be held
Tuesday, at which time 1t is prob
able that the approved certificate of
Incorporation will be received. Many
important matters of business will be
discussed, including the perfecting of
plans for increasing the usefulness of
the state and enlarging its scope of
activity.
Born Dec. %, 1S49, Joseph B. Nc
Cutcheon Of Bath, has lived in the
same house continuously for "a years
and finds himself hale and hearty and
with the appearance of being good
for at least another quarter century.
When Mr.. McCutcheon was a boy
there was no steam ferry operating
between Bath and Woolwich and
there were no island steamers. The
only steamboat on the river was an
old stern wheel tug called the Bell
ingham. He says that one winter
there was q ship frozen In at the
Houghton shipyard and he recalls
how hundreds of men were put to
work on the ice, cutting out chan
mel from the Houghton yard to a
point below the Reach. Scores or
horses and oxen were also used in the
work. Such a freeze has never been
known since.
Names youngest hunter Of big
game, in the season which has just
closed, is the title claimed by George
Lucian Thomas, the ten year old
son of lessee Thomas of Searsmont,
who did not have to go to the big
woods of Northern Maine, but shot
large doe while hunting in his
home town. Only month in the
year is the law off deer in Waldo
county, and during that time young
Thomas had to step lively, because
game is far from being plenty In the
sections which are so we'll 1nhab1ted
as the town of Searsmonth. ne
knows the woods very well and ne
has the pelts of many rabbit. skunks
and porcupines to his credit. while
the family larder has been often in
creased by the choice meat OF a
partridge which he has brought
home in his frequent trips. For weeks
before the hunting season openeo
he had talked of getting deer IN
til it was a joke with the fam,ly
and friends. but one morning ne
vent into the woods with a twenty
two calibre rifle, intent on running
down his game. The boy had not
been gone long when he encounter,
Cd couple of deer feeding. ana
taking good aim he fired, bringing
down n doe. The animal was ABOUT
two years old, and weighed about a
hundred pounds. Hearing the shot
his father followed to the WOODS
where he found George sitting as,
tride the animal. His father hailed
him, asking what was the matter
"Nothin,'" was the laconic reply.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
Maybe 6ureaucrats Want Job
(Waterville SentineD

Someone's getting the babies mix
ed, According to Washington. Maine
makes rather a bad health report:
But Maine figures and the practical
experiences of Maine people. belle
their accuracy. Either Maine is
wasting a lot OF money on health
work or results are being misin-
terpreted somewhere. According to
Washington. half of us should be
dead or dying but as a matter of
fact most of us are eating three
squares and doing our share in sus-
tanning the gasoline market.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
Aroo.soow Wars. Past and Present
'(Lewiston Sun. Ind,

'(Lewiston Sun. Ind. Dem.)
The Aroostook War.
s1S2S. If L s. does not, Governor to
protect citizens.
1888. Strong Notifications needed
in eastern Marie.
1889. Military force to be stationed
at the Aroostook river.
1871. Spirit of U. S. and other
States appreciated.
Gill IN here with hot Maine pa
triotism, Webster-Ashburton fifty
fifty treaty. Governor Dingley's New
Sweden. wheat and potatoes, Peter
Charles Keegan, Governor Milliken.
Great Northern Paper Coz
1923, L. S. acted.
1924, The governor Of Maine hast
ened to the scene.
(Fill in here with the lfty-fifty
gentlenen's agreement between Gov
ernor Baxter and District Attorney
Dyer. And q list Of the hungry ap.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
Editorial Comment
How'd They Get the Idea?
(Biddeford JournaD

(Btddeford JOuTndI
tn q letter to the editor of n Port
land paper, a correspondent com
mains that the humorous columns
Of the daily newspapers lack humor;
that they are usually filed with
cracks, verses that are funny as the
death of Socrates. misprinted adver-
tisements. and the like" Funny.
isn't it, how anybody should get
the idea that the humorous columns
of the newspapers are intended to
be humorous!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07
Blue Triangle Club Of High School
Gives Banquet

Blue Triangle Club of High School
Gives Banquet
The Clue Triangle Club of Oak
land High school served a banquet
to the school on Friday evening. Jan.
4th in Murray vestry. The teachers
and school board were invited guests
for the evening. The affair was in
charge of the council of the club
including Ann Folsom, Blanche Clark.
Thena Sullivan, Madolyn Pratt, Ar
lene Adams and Rosalie Mosher. The
banquet was served at 6 o'clock, the
menu consisting of baked beans,
cabbge salad. fruit salad. hot rolls,
cucumber pickles, pies of all kinds,
doughnuts and coffee. Principal
Dean S. Peacock was toast master
and after the banquet speeches were
in order. Resale Mosher of the
senior class spoke for the girls of
the Blue Triangle club and Guy
Chase for the boys. Fitting remarks
were made by sub master Lee Roy
Nick enney and there were remarks
by Eugene Savage Of the Junior class
and Raymond Chase of the freshman
class. This was followed by a short
pantomine by several of the girls
after which games and dancing were
enjoyed. The guests were: Princi-
pal and Mrs. Dean S. Peacock, Mrs.
John S. Tapley. Submaster and Mrs.
Lee Roy Mckenney. Miss Mary
Brier, Miss Ethel Gleason, Mr.. and
Mrs. d. NJ. Marshall, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Wills and Mr.. and Mrs. Ever
cit Cover. The party broke up about
$3.50 after enjoying very pleasant
evening.
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BY MARY BROOKS pIcKEr.:|


lTAFFETA finds expression ON
= charm, to Miss Thirteengs "
bounded delight, in this quain!h
simple party frock. Long. strsiss'l
strips OF the taffeta fold over frokl
the low waist line, and the enssl
hang to the lower edge Of the skin
to form the loop and panel drsp
cries at the sides. Rows Of shF;1
ring, close together, emphasize y:
Joining Of close-fitted bodice sna
full skirt. Dainty lace frames
little face, which Is quite a. e.
quisite and fiower-like as the np|
bon buds, also lace-framed. vnica
form the sole decoration ct 11
waist line. Ribbon streamers =
Q graceful addition.
II simpler material seems pre-
able, the same model is adoisp
IN dimity or swiss. Any pss
color Is good for any Of these na'
lrials. y
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Mrs. Cushman Entertains

The home of Mrs. Susan Cushman
of the Cushman road was the scene
of very pleasant gathering Fri
day evening. Jan. 4th.. when a small
party of friends came in honor OF
Mr.. Joseph Eaton's birthday. The
evening was very pleasantly passed
in a social way. A large. handsome
birthday cake was presented to MIR.
Eaton in observance of the day.
Those present besides the hostess,
Mrs. Cushman. were Merle Bridges.
and Miss Jordan of Waterville: Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Eaton of Winslow.
and the Misses Marguerite and
Louise Cushman and Fred Cushman.
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OAKLAND

Master Ralph Williams who has
been a guest for the past two weeks
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thorn
as Walker will leave this morning
for his home in South Portland.
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Augusta Lodge Directory

AUGUSTA LODGE, NO f41, E. 4 a.
NJ. Special communication MONDAY.
Jan. 4. at 1000 A. NJ. to attend the
funeral Of Bro. s, Menswor nn Z Hs s
street LESTER NJ. HART, w. II.
BERT p. STUART, Sec.
jan7d1t
eETHLEHEM LODGE, NO. IS, r. 4
A. NJ. Stated communication MONDAY
evening, Jan. z, at Masonic Temple.
All sojourning brothers cordially in
seeu' HAROLD NJ. STONE, W. NJ.
p. f. FULLER. Sec.
ROSE OF SHARON CHAPTER.
No. Is, O. E. s. Stated meeting on
first Wednesday Of each month at Ma
sonic Temple. All sojourning men,
bers are eSrSialy nyssss & e IT,
ELSIE II. PINGREE. Sec.
mon-wed-fri-tf
AsYLU LODGE, NO. 20, I. o. o. r.
Regular meeting at 7.30 o'clock Friday
evening. jan. II. Installation OF ON
GERS, An sojournins brethren cor
~ ERWIN PACKARD. N. q.
ELLIS L. WALKER, Sec'y.
JEPTHA ENcAMPMENT, No. 8
at 7.s0 P. NJ.
G. S. PEASLEE. Scribe.
CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, p. NJ.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
JOHN DAY. Capt.
A. NJ. DRUMM0ND. Clerk.
r. 8. cAPEN REBEKAH LODGE.
No. 81. l. O. O. F.. meets "a and 9TH
Wednesday evening at $50 o'clock.
T Eklzab + Hqs 9aeSB 4 e. Zee. Sec.
mch26,m-w.f.1yr
G. A. r.. THE REGULAR MEETING
Of Seth Williams Post 10 Is. drst
Thursday of each month
GEO E. GAY. Commander.
WILLIAM McDAvlD. Ad1utant.
cALANTHE LODGE. NO. So. K. p
Meeting every Wednesday night AZ $50
GEORGE a: CRAIG. G g.
F. C. FLETCHER. 4. OF r. and s.
AUGUSTA LODGE NO. 964. B.P.o.E.
Regular meetings in the Elks' Home:
fourth Thursdays Of each month at 8
]. F. MacNIcHoL. e. r.
w. G. THOMAS. Sec
AUGUSTA CAMP NO. 74oo, M. w. A.
Regular meeting First and third
Thursday of each month at G "A. r.
hall.
]. Fl. ELLIS. JR.. Consul
BERT l.. NICHOLAS. Clerk.
m-w-ftf
LOMBARD CAMP. ,2751 ROYAL
Neighbors of America. Meetings. sec:
ond and fourth Friday evenings OF
each month at G. A. r. hall.
FRANCES e. FARWELL. Oracle
JULIA Z. ROBINSON. Rec
jnl mon wed-fri,lyr
U.O.G.C. MORRILL, COMMANDERY
No. $40. Regular meetings second and
fourth Monday OF every month at 500
o'clock at Golden Cross hall.
ALICE v. PIERPONT, N. c.
". e. CLOUGH F. K. r.
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plicants for the lob of the Indicted

pilcants Tor the Job Of the indicted
sheriff.)
June 1924. State primary election.
September. 1924, State election
Governor, sheriffs. etc.
Add here. among those present, a
complete list of Aroostook teetotal-
lers.
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Eastern Steamship Lines Inc,
EXPRESS, PAssENaER nm
T8Et0HT SERVICE

BOSTON AHD PORTLAND I'm
FARE S2.70. STATEROoNs Ia "a,
8. o. GOVERNOR DINGLEe - .
Leave Portland. Franklin fNs,t
Estate Pier) Tuesdays. Thursdayl an
Saturdays. at r. NJ.
Return-Leave Boston Monl,v,,
Wednesdays and Fridays at Nm
At Boston connection Is made vim
the Metropolitan Line express frasS,
steamers for New York and pokM
South and West. +.
MAINE STEAMSHIP LINE
PORTLAND, NEW YORK TREInNa
SERVICE I
Direct freight service between Pork
land and New York Is resumed FROM
the new State Pier. Portland. Ma
Sailings Tuesdays. Thursdays and Sal.
urdays each way. Through rates Ana
direct track connections with Majns
Central and Grand Trunk Railroads
II. a. CLAY, Supt.
Franklin Wharf, Portland.
n. A HARADEN, Surt
Bath, lie.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07

Largest passenger-carrying river
steamboats, in the world ply between
New York and Albany, and the COM
pany has prepared to larry $1,000 ex-
cursionists in six boats each way
day next season.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07

Smelt fishing refuses to perk up,
according to the FISHERMEN. One
man fished diligently all one after
noon this week and succeeded in
landing just eight smelts.--Bath
Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07

The Maine Automobile Association,
Inc, will maintain its headquarters
in Portland, with the newly elected
manager. Lester H. Penley. in charge.
The association has leased the rooms
on the first floor of the Falmouth
hotel. formerly. occupied Al q ladies'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-07

JEPTHA ENcAMPMENT, No. 3
Meetings second and fourth Tuesdays
at $50 p. NJ.
FRED b. HALL. c. p.
G. S. PEASLEE. Scribe.
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CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, p. NJ.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
at S o'clock.
JOHN DAY. Capt.
A. NJ. DRUMMOND. Clerk.
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r. 8. cAPEN REsEKAH LODGE.
No. So. I. O. O. f.. meets "a and 9TH
Wednesday evening at $50 O'Clock.
SADIE E. JORDAN, N. G.
ELIZABETH JACOBS. Rec. Sec.
ynch2S m. v.f 1vP
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Ccontinued on Agricultural Page)
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John Fgaherty, "a years old,
one of the best known of Montana's
pioneers, met death recently, when
flames of an undetermined origin,
RACED his ranch home at Cold
Springs, "a miles from Boulder.
James Murray, his brother-in-
law, who was residing with him
at the time of the horrible disas-
ter, was awakened when the smoke
and flames burst through the
door of his room. He leaped from
a window and ran around the
house to the window of the room
where Mr.. FIaherty was sleeping
but had only succeeded in remov-
ing the screen when the roof fell
in and the spray of burning embers
drove him back.
Mr.. Flaherty had host of
friends among the residents of that
section of the state in which he rec
sided, and it was his delight to dis
cuss the early days of territorial life
in Montana. He took up his home
stead, naming it the Cottonwood
ranch, in 1869, and in the early days
was identified with the stage line
that connected Corrine, Utah, with
Helena. The Flaherty homestead
was stage station, where in the
days before the advent of the rail-
roads many weary travellers were
welcomed, lodged and fed.
The old log building which served
as a stage station and hotel until
the recent fire, constituted the main
part of the home as it was known to
the many friends of the family.
All who live in the territory ad-
joining Mr.. Flaherty's home loved
and admired the industry of the old
pioneer. He was one of the very
first postmasters in what is now
Jefferson county. From the days
when the log house was first erect
ed until a few years ago, when fail
ing health demanded a lessening of
duties, Mr.. Flaherty was postmaster.
He also served his community for
eighteen years as road supervisor
and for an even longer period was
a school trustee.
A Pioneer Woman.
Mrs. Flaherty died about two years
ago. She was the mother of seven |
state as one of the kindliest and |
mOSI active OF the pioneer women
who braved the rigors of homestead |
life to assist in building an empire.
Mr.. Flaherty was born in County
Donegal, Ireland on November 10, |
1910, and came with his parents to |
America in 1851, locating in Van
ILL.,, He attended grade
and high school in Illinois and join
ID the westward trek of homeseek-
srs in 1866, but had had only reach
I'd FGort Leavenworth, Kan, when
,alled home by the death of his
,ather.
Virginia City in SO.
A few months later he again turn
oward the west and picked Mon
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them, and it has always been esti-
mated that about 80 were hanged
or shot to death by "Flopping
Bill's' band during that fall.
The first performer in the
bloody drama carried on by Flop
ping Bilf' was half-breed who
was apprehended in the proximity
Of Fort Maginnis. Someone be-
lieved that he had stolen a steer
and butchered it, and one night
in the month of August, he was
taken near the ranch of Reese An
derson and strung up to a cotton
wood tree.
That was the beginning, and
shortly after this "Flopping Bill"
called for volunteers to search for
horses which had been stolen from
the herds of several we'll known
stockmen. The requisition was
made upon the roundup, which
was camped on the Musselshell
about 90 miles above the mouth of
that river, and reckless drivers
and desperate men only were chos-
en- for the Undertaking.
The posse made a hard ride the
first day out, and by night they
came to the cabin of a man named
Downs, near the mouth of the
Musselshell. Downs kept sort of
radings post, and was suspected of
oeing in league with the thieves.
t was early daylight when the
'ose arrived, and they at once sur
rounded the cabin, and when
Downs came out, it was hands
I'D r.
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Dixie Burroughs, half-breed, well
known in northern Montana. Bur
roughs managed to get away from
the house and was stopped by one
of the outer guards, but dropped
behind a log from where he man
aged to ''get his man" at the
fourth shot, and escaped. The
name of the cowboy who was shot
has never been divulged. He was
buried where he fell, and a hint
given that nothing was to be said
about it.
That night "Flopping Bill" went
away and during the night a NUM-
Der of men rode to the camp of the
cowboys and after sham battle
took the six prisoners and in the
morning their bodies were decor
ating the cotonwoods on the east
side of the bottom. "Flopping
Bill" came back and told his as
sociates that the men who had
come and taken the prisoners were
a posse from Miles City and no
one inquired further.
When Dixie Burroughs escaped,
he crossed the Missouri river on a
raft and met old man James and
his two sons, Dick and Jim, with
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tlemen started to do thing, they
generally did it ''up brown" and
SO it was in this case.
The tales of the hanging of the
road agents if 1863-64 by the vi
gilantes of Alder gulch have been
told SO often that they have be-
come common knowledge from one
end of the world to the other, and
it is generally looked upon as the
biggest thing of its kind ever stag
ed within the confines of this
state. This, though, is a mistake,
as the cowboys of Montana, during
the year 1885, from September to
November, hanged and shot more
men than the Vigilantes of Alder
gulch ever dreamed of. This may
seem fairy tale, but it is fact
that there are men still living in
northern Montana who could prove
this statement.
During fall roundup on the Jud-
18th river in 1885 it was decided to |
do some hanging. Who proposed
the matter, or by whom meetings
were held, it is not necessary to
state, as several of the leaders of
the cowboy vigi1antes afterwards
became prosperous stockmen and
business men of that part of the
state However, the work of the
real determination of the "rust1er"
was carried on under the direction
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| tana as his destination With a
prodder's site Kat the head of an OK
train, he wendell his way over the
plains to Salt Lake City, but then
pushed on arriving in Virginia City
on October %, 1866.
The following spring, with the
spread of news that gold had been
struck in the Salmon river country
in Idaho, he joined the rush and in
80 days had reached the new dig
gings at Leesburg, over snow
bound, icy trail. With the coming of
summer, Mr.. Flaherty started back
for the Treasure state, and with
party of IA worked his way to the
headwaters of the Big Hole river, in
Homestake gulch, where they took
up placer claims. After attaining
fair luck the party again headed for
Virginia City and arrived there in
the fall of 1867. Here he worked as
a miner for time and then started
ranching with his brother, who had
made the trip overland in 1864.
Alone in The Valley.
In the spring of 1869 Mr.. Flaherty
moved into the fertile valley which
is now Jefferson county. Not cabin
was in sight the entire length of the
valley when his party arrived and
took up Cottonwood ranch"
Cattle was his main activity and
thrift and industry became
well known as stockraiser Three
years after his arrival Mr.. Flaherty
married Miss Elizaeth A. Murray, |
daughter of old Kentucky and Vir-
ginia families, who had just come
west with her parents.
Mr. Flaherty was familiar with |
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convenient tree was sought. Some
one spied large grindstone that
stood alongside the cabin.
''Tie it to his neck and drop him
in the river" was the suggestion,
and it was carried out literally.
Today the big round grindstone
with the hole in the center, lies in
the bottom of the Missouri and if
time and the action of the water
have not proven too much for the
hempen rope portion of the bones
of Downs are still with it.
Armed with the information that
! had been given them by Downs,
1.-THE posse rode south to the mouth
of Lodge Pole creek, where there
were several "rustlers" located, and
in the early morning light, three
of these were captured and strung
up to some cottonwood trees
which surrounded the cabin, which
was their hangout. Ont of the
ropes with which the hanging was
done swung in the breeze for many
years, and may still be there.
Some of the cowboy members of
the posse began to feel that they
were getting a little more than they
had bargained for, and wanted to
quit the business, but "Flopping
Bill" pointed out to them that they |
would be hanged by the civil law
if their share in the impromptu
hangings was known, and that, to-
gether with other cogent reasons,
prompted them to remain.
The next party of "rustlers" was
located along the Missouri. They
had passed as woodchoppers, and
a large number of them had rem
dezvoused at Long Johns" bot
tom, a short distance below the
Musselshell. "Flopping Bills"
gang came upon them early one
morning, and was discovered by a
horse herder, whom they promptly
hot, and charged upon the camp.
There was a blockhouse with
table attached, belonging to the
'rustlers," most of whom were at
he time sleeping in tents. One of
hem was shot while getting to the
lockhouse.
Once there, they defied the
osse, and it was only by strategy
nat they we're dis1odged. While
ne posse kept hail of bullets
gainst the house, one of the cow
oys crawled up through the grass :
nd set fire to the stable, and it in :
i'm fired the blockhouse. lust
DIV many "rustlers' were killed
i'll never be known, but there
ere at least IL in the house and
x were taken prisoner while one
capped.
The one who got away was