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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-28

i"HE Yellowstone Park bound tray
/ eler, who approaches the parl
= through the Yellowstone vale!
from Livingston, has his attention
| drawn to two particularly striking
peaks. The first of these is Emigran1
peak, to the east and we'll up in Para
disc valley, while the other is first
seen, in anything like its grand pro.
portions, just before reaching CHINA
bar. It's name is Electric Peak.
Electric peak is the highest of all
the mountains Immediately surround
ing the park or which are a part OF
it. It's highest point is 11,155 feet
above sea level. Mounts Washburn,
Sheridan, Emigrant Peak or Mount
Doane are all lower than this.
The greater portion of Electric
Peak is north of the north line of
the park. The highest point is not
far from the boundary and as the
southern slope is very acute, the
mountain may we'll be termed tIts
great sentinel or watch-tower of the
park.
Electric Peak acquired its name in
a highly characteristic and peculiar
manner. In July, 1872, Henry Gan
nett and others of the old Hayden
geological survey, were ascending
the mountain when thunderstorm
burst upon them. They were then
nearly to the summit. The electricity
was so strong that they heard a
cracking sound as of sparks flying
from a friction machine. The cur
rent began to pass through the mems
bodies, a tingling sensation was felt
In their fingers and heads and the
tumult was deafening. One of the
men was severely shocked and the
party was at last compelled to re-
treat several hundred feet down the |
and even then they still
'elt the prickling sensations and |
heard the cracking of the electricity. |
According to scientists and geolo-
yists where Electric Peak now stands
vas once an open sea; sedimentary
'ocks in great beds and in regular
sequence were laid down. Volcanic
'ruptions followed, with periods of
est and erosion between them. Fol-
owing these came glacial age when
tremendous ice sheet covered the
ills and filled the valleys. One
wing of it came from the Gallatin
ange, of which Electric Peak is a
art, and blowing eastward across
wan valley, swept over Terrace ]
fountain, on the eastern slopes of
hitch the Mammoth Hot Springs are
ow found /,
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-28
BOY SCOUTS FIND
EXPLORERS MARK
CHRONICLES VISIT OF LEWIS
AND CLARK TO MONTANA
118 YEARS AGO
Carved Stone Landmark Discovered
Near Dutton Excites Much Interest
Among Historians; Explorers Sent
Expedition North.

A landmark of the days before
the diversified farm, the cattle
ranch with its ever picturesque
''punchers" and everything else
that goes to make up modern civ
fIization crowded the buffalo and
the frontiersman off the panorama
of reality and into the realm of
dim recollection, is believed to
have been discovered near Dutton,
so miles northwest of Great Falls.
The landmark has the appearance.
of the cornerstone in the very foun
dation of the Lewis and Clark expe
dition which traversed this part Of
the country about 1905. If genuine
the landmark will add greatly to the
early historical researches in Mon.
tana and will give a further insight
into the activities of the expedition
in the immediate vicinity.
The marker is a moss covered in
scription which has not been fully ex-
pIored. The inscription bears the
words:
Lewis and Clark
Center Blk
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Letters Well Defined

This is carved on the top of hug
granite boulder perched high on tn
side of a coulee. The letters, which
are two or more inches high, are yer.
well defined, and were carved in the
granite with infinite care and pre-
cision.
The fact that the entire rock anC
the carving upon it is covered with
heavy growth of lichen, very hard
moss which fastens itself upon rocks
more solid than barnacles on ship
has led investigators to believe the
inscription genuine, carved there by
a member of the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
The moss covers virtually the en-
tire top of the rock, where the cary
ing was found, with the exception of
the words Lewis and Clark" and the
date. There are other characters on
the rock that can dimly be discerned
but cannot be deciphered through the
lichen. The moss grows slowly and
solidly in dry climate and it will
not be Clipped off until an organized
and official examination of the find.
probably by officers of the Montana
Historical society, is made.
of genuineness to the landmark is
found in history itself. 1t is re-
counted that one party of the Lewis
and Clark expedition set out from a
point in that vicinity for the Marias
river and another off in the Sun river
direction. The rock lies in the most
likely path about one and a quarter
miles northwest of Dutton.
T. L. IL
discovered about year ago by a
group of Boy Scouts hiking in that
vicinity. They said nothing of it.
however.
A. T. Wiprud, resident of Dut-
ton, and Col. James T. Stanford, of
Great Falls, a member of the State
Historical society, recently made an
inspection of the rock and its in
scription.
Because of the heavy growth of
lichen on the rock and the existence
of the Marias river party Of the Lewis
and Clark expedition, Colonel Stan
ford expressed the belief that the
rock and its inscription might be
genuine, but he stated that further
Investigation would have to be made |
before anything definite could be de-
termined. 1t is expected that the
hidden carvings on the rock will re-
veal some further clue as to the iden-
tity of the sculptor.
Colonel Stanford attempted to get
4 photograph of the rock, but this
cannot be done without the aid of a
special camera. The carved figures
are on the top of the rock, which is
On horizontal, and it will probably
be necessary to rig a scaffold and
lang the camera in the air pointed
sarthward to get perfect picture of
he face of the rock and the carving
1t seems remarkable that the land
mark was not discovered sooner, but
t is so obscure that unless person
we're searching for it they could
tand on the rock without noticing
he carving.
The unknown boys who first found
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-28
A Bit Of Romance Of the Early Days

hasten northward to the land of tn
Blackfeet, and the Gros Ventres
not knowing one of their tribe hat
been murdered by Blackfeet
would have no cause to seek re
venge.
| The woman, either dazed by the
recent tragedy, or realizing the use
lessness of opposition, consented to
the proposal of her captor, and to-
Igether they started on their north
ward journey, she on the slower
horse, the Blackfoot on the fast
one. No one could blame the
squaw for her seeming fickleness
to the memory of the Gros Ventres.
1t was quite natural her loyalty
should be to her own tribe, rather
than to the eros Ventres. So any
one would have thought; and so
thought her new husband. Had he
not gained a fresh scalp and
wife? 1t was a glorious morning
for him.
They travelled rapidly, until at
noon they reached water. The
squaw first visited it, and return
ing urged her companion to go
there and drink, as the water was
very good. The Blackfeet acted on
the suggestion and went, leaving
the horses, as is customary among
the Indians, to the care of the
squaw, and probably congratulate
ing himself on his discernment in
selecting wife so thoughtful of
her husband.
Scarcely had he gone two hun
dred yards, when the squaw sprang
to the back of the faster horse, and
Hoped away in the direction of the
eros Ventres village. Arrived
there, she told of the morning oc-
currence in such vivid terms that
every man in the village swore to
avenge her.
Time, however, was required for
Guns must be clean
ed, ammunition secured from the
trader, and new arrows made. Then
Governor Stevens, exploring
route from the headwaters of the
Mississippi to Fort Benton, reach
ed the village. Part of his mission
was to make peace between the In
dian tribes along the way, that ira
vel might be safe on this road he
had been ordered by the govern
nent to survey. And right here he ,
found a tribe about to go on the /
warpath against tribe it was poll
tic to conciliate.
He called the Gros Ventres ,
,hiefs in council, and soon heard /
from them their just cause for
anger. They held the tribe res I
,onsible for the crime of the indi- :,
yidual. Governor Stevens listened
lttentively while they told their :
tory, and then had the presump- y
ion to give advice to these simple Nv
minded savages which the white is
ace has rarely followed, and which y
would have landed him in the peni- il
for twenty years if spoken :
0 his own brothers sixty-five a
ears later. He said: II then ex- 2
'lained the folly of war; how much v
hey would suffer from it, and how r
title was to be gained; that it was k
he desire of the Great Father that v
Il his children should be at peace G.
nth each other" D
The Indians were amenable to ii
eason, and agreed to Stevens re- D
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-28
By Martha Edgerton Plassmann

/ Nv cent time, what is now the
- great state of Montana was
an almost unknown country, roam
ed over by wild Indians and nearly
as wild white fur-hunters. When
finally brought to the attention of
the rest of the world, its chief at
traction lay in the gold found here,
and the belief that mines of silver
might also be discovered. Later,
following the slaughter of the buff
falo, it was thought that the cattle
industry could be undertaken with
profit, and with the advent of the
miner and the cowboy, began the
settlement of Montana.
The population at first was I'M
stable. The cowboy had but tenn
porary interest in the ranch where
he was employed, and the suspicion
of new gold strike led the miner
to abandon one camp to seek an
other. 1t was a life of adventure
and stirring deeds, rather than one
of sober realization that the foun-
dation of a state was being laid.
With the arrogance of the white
race, those who came here ignored
or despised the life of the savages
who preceded them and who claim
ed this part of the country as their
own, which they had held from
time irninemorial. This contempt |
of the white race for the Indian
was the result of ignorance; and
because of it, much that is of his
torical interest regarding the life
Of the red man is forever lost. We
give tardy honor to the memory of
Sacajawea, and then only for what
she did to aid the party of Lewis
and Clark, who were white men,
and traditional enemies of her
race; but we know little of the
oyalty of those unciyilized women
o tribe, or family. It is only of
ate, since the Indian has ceased to
De menace, that the old frontier
phrase There is no good Indian
out dead one" is admitted to be
Untrue, as many of the traits they
exhibit are very much like our own
ven to the atrocities they commit
ed. They are Human, all too hui
man,"
Accidentally, through brief no Z
ices given by explorers, we are 6
bic, with the aid of a little imagin-
ton, to see how Indian love af- s
airs, and also their tragedies, in :
ONE instances had their effect up a
n early pioneer conditions. I
1t should be remembered that in !
he early sixties, the Indians in
fontana were not of the reserva- Il
on type, with which we are fami- f
ar. They were powerful tribes of E
ifferent ancestry. In the north a
est were the Selfish or Flatheads Il
northern race that is thought to W
ave come here from British Col y
nbia. Southwest dwelt the Ban r
acs, of the same stock as the h
ueblo Indians, but more warlike. :
asst of the Rockies and north, the n
nd was claimed by the Blackfeet, Il
no together with the Gros Ven
es, farther south, near the Mis-
,uri, were Algonquins, as werelT
e Cheyennes, who lives still far ]
er south. The Crows, Assinni- fir
bins and Mandans, allied to the d.
oux, held the country to the Pc Pc
and their original habi- di
t was in South Carolina. Sc
These Indians differed from one pc
lother as radically as do the vari- ga
IS branches of the white race, and a.
,e the white race, those of COM in
it.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-28

quest, that they should send a dele
cation to Fort Benton to confer
with the Blackfeet, and try to ar
range for a permanent peace. They
kept their word, as is customary
with Indians, and needing the
counsel of Governor Stevens, a
peace was concluded which made
living in Montana safer for its
pioneers in the following years
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-28

Watch Cuticura improve Your Skin.
On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off Ointment in five minutes
with Cuticura Soap and hot water. 1t
is wonderful sometimes what Cuticura
will do for poor compilations, dandruff,
itching and red rough hands.-Adv.e
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-28

it, according to reports, were prepar-
ing to build a fire on the granite
boulder to cook their lunch.
Evening star., 1924-04-29
ISSUES, NOT PERSONS,
URGED BY JOHNSON

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 29.-Pro-
gressive. not personal, issues are at
stake in next Tuesdays California
presidential preferepce primary, Sena-
tor Hiram w. Johnson of California,
candidate for the Republican nomina-
tion, declared in a message to the
people of California, issued by his
campaign headquarters today.
II make no personal appeal" Senator
Johnson said. 81 shall continue to fight
for just what 1 feel, and what you and
l won in California. l will survive any
result of the primary, and will go my
way with courage unabated and spirit
undaunted."
The issue in the California primary,
Mr.. Johnson said, is whether California
shall speak the true voice aof Cali
fornia through progressivism again
triumphant" or halt in the march of
progress and turn back to black re-
action" He declared that the entire
nation was watching for the result of
that contest in this state.
IF the forces of good government
in the state which pioneered the way
are overcome by those who serve spe-
cial privilege and who have been routed
in every contest for a decade and
half. hope will be dimmed for home
loving, God-fearing patriotic citizens
all over the land" Senator Johnson
said
Evening star., 1924-04-29
SMITHS PROSPECTS
CLOSELY CANvASSED
Mack and Brennan to Conduct
Campaign in Preliminary Stages,
It Is Understood.
n the Associated PresS.

r. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 29.-Gov. Alfred
T.. Smiths prospects for nomination
as Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent were thoroughly canvassed yes
terday at a long conference between
himself and his principal hackers in
the Hotel Biltmore.
Details of the matters discussed
OF tho program outlined could not be
learned from any of the participants,
but it was understood that Norman
T. Mack, Democratic national COM
mitteemau from New York, and
George T.. Brennan, Democratic lead
er in Illinois. would conduct the
smith campaign, at least in its pre-
iiminary stages
When the conference was con-
cluded one of the participants said
thC national manager of the Smith
boom had not been selected and
would not be one of the men who
was present this afternoon. This is
interpreted by Tammany men here
IS forccasting the selection of some
prominent Democrat outside of New
York State to take the helm.
Evening star., 1924-04-29
WIFE HELD FOR MURDER.

LONG BEACH. n. j.. April ga
formal charge of murder was brought
today against Mrs. Clifford Van Cleef
of Keansburg, who shot and instantly
killed her husband at their home
Sunday.
Mrs. Van Cleef is recovering at a
no ,pital here from the effects of
poison which she swallowed after
the shooting.
County Physician Hartman today
said that indications were the woman
suffered a temporary fit of insanity
a the result of i'll health.
Evening star., 1924-04-29
Memory Lost, Stranger
Found Unconscious Is
Virginia Hospital Pussle

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va, April 29.-ln the
Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital at
Clifton Forge is a patient who is
unable to give the slightest clue to
his identification. The man was
fcdnd unconscious April 16 on the
streets of Covington. He had no
papers to throw light on his identity.
Included in articles found on him
were a knife, a pipe and small
book.
The stranger is about five and half
feet tall, weighs about 100 pounds,
has short thick neck, broad nose and
black hair which inclines to be curly.
Evening star., 1924-04-29

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Evening star., 1924-04-29

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-12

eonsin senator as the prince Of Pro.
yressives.F
Likewise, President Wilson paid
him a glowing tribute
The platforms upon which Ia
Toilette sought national support we're
rejected by republican conventions.
Yet the Wisconsin minority plat.
forms Of 1905 and 1918 were within
eight years adopted by congress and
almost bodily written into federal
statutes.
OF the ~ planks submitted By wis,
eonsin in 1895, II have since been
enacted into law OF the rs PROPOSE.
lions submitted IN 1878. Is have been
written into the federal statutes. one
has been partly enacted intd law. and
one was In the majority platform In
1915.
To ascertain what Is In the mind
OF the leader Of minority reports. "
let US sec what he said IN 1914. just
after the Bull Moosers under Roosc-
Welt bolted the convention. while Ia
Toilette remained with the G.. o. p.
He said.
There Is no remote corner OF this
country where the power OF special
Interest Is not eneroaehing on public
rights. The system knows no party,
II has long supplantsd government.
The people arc deeply concerned.
They understand.
Blind. indeed. Is he who does not
see what the time por,ends. He who
would remain in public service must
serve the public. not the system. He
must serve his country. not special
interests
This was written 10 years ago.
Last week La Toilette wrote;
'''rhe approaching democratic and
republican conventions will demon.
strate 10 the people whether either
Of these parties can and win purge
itself OF tho evil influences which
have long dominated them.
This cannot be accomplished by
merely nominating some alleged pro.
gresssve and filling the platform with
misleading promises
1T demands the elimination Of
monopoly control. tho downfall OF the
corrupt political bosses. the adoption
OF truly progressive principles and
tho reputation OF those great cam.
paign contributors who have in the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-12
SAYS SUPPLY
WOULD BE SUFFICIENT

The LAt,lo Fishcrman's Story;
&. = Vail. gillnst fisherman oi
Ia Conner. In In charge OF the cam
paiEn TN Seattle TO secure enough sig
natures to put No. 81 on the ballot.
nc declares there n no truth In ths
statement that the gill-ntt fishermen
and trollcrs could not supply the
caunerymen with sufficient fish.
III the traps arc taken out and
the puFsc.scines abolished" he said.
Hundreds OF smaller fishermen
would get back into the business
There would be FISH tn abundance,
more men would be at work In the
fishing industry and tho price Of
canned fish and fresh fish would be
greatly lowered on the market.
As matters now stand. tho iitilt
man hasn't chance. Gill.net equip.
msnt docs not cost like traps and
purse sclnes. Only tho cannerymen
and the members Of the association
can afford the larger and moro costly
gear. These big fellows then etAb.
lish themselves in the choice places.
They arc not satisfied with this. They
induce the fisheries board TO put tho
fishing grounds best adapted 10 gill.
net and troll IN the preserves and
IN tho forbidden territory.
They claim that this. together
with tho closed season from Novem.
bar TO May. will keep the salmon
from being depleted. Our conton.
ton IL that the big fishermen viii
sooner or later destroy the supply in
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-12

any event purreFelnes and traps
take tho little flsh along with the
big ones. And while they arc thrown
back into the water most Of the
small fish are dead.
with the traps IN operation. gill.
net fishing becomes not only losa
profitable. hut very hazardous. !, "
done mostly IN tho night. and 10
drift into a trap of,sn means death
20 the fisherman. and almost certain
destruction 10 The nets
I'VE are confident that with the
traps out and tho purue-stlneH gone.
there would BE- no need for the pre-.
serves. And Il would be safe 70 move
tho forbidden line up 10 within a
mile Of the mouths ~ rlYeu. Tho
Eillnets DO not take or destroy half
the fiah that the larger gear does.
Md our proposed weekly closed sea.
son would more than make w for
the abolition Of the winter closed
season"
The Reporters Story;
The whole business II over again
the story OF the rangcrs' fight
against the wire fence on the plains
or tho small oil operators efforts "a
stay on earth and do buslntss
against the standard OIL Co. back IN
the days when Rockefeller wBs build.
ing up that great organization. or
II IL stlli moro nearly Ike the battle
Of the little sawmili and the small
timber owner against the tlmbe'
kings and the great lumber pro
ducing plants.
Al OF these have added greatly q
the sum total Of human progrtss. but
they have not heNltated 10 knock the
man or the business on the head that
happened or dared 10 get in the road
But unless the big lumberman and
the big fisherman practice more caro-
and greater economy. both will wake
up aoms morning 10 find their bur
iness az an end for the lack OF raw
material
The four important changes pro.
posed in the fiHhefles law by bin No.
81. affecting the Puget sound dis
triei. arc:
The abolishlng OF traps and purse.
selner.
Doing away with the preserve ter.
ritory established by the state fish.
cries board.
Moving up from three miles 10 ono
mile the line within which I, is not
lawful 70 fab at the mouth OF
streams leading to spawning grounds.
AbolishlnE the closed season OF No.
yember 10 May, and substituting a
weekly closed season the year round
from Sunday morning to Monday
evening.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-12
HAS KIND WORD
FOR LAZY
Says Lazy Man Is Father
OF Progress

CHICAGO. June ia.-Iazy men are
the fathers OF progress, Fred {.
Kelly Of Chevy Chase. Nd said
herc IN speaking before the Execu.
iiyoS club OF Chicago.
"IASiness. and not necessity. has
been the mother of invention he
iold his listeners. lie supported the
contention with simole illustrations
1T must have been the lazy cave
. man. tired Of revisiting the spring
: every time he wanted a drink, who
devised the first rude pail 50 that he
might carry a supply 20 his dug'out ="
he said. adding.
Later on. some other lazy man,
tired OF carrying his water M hill,
must have invented the pump and
the windmill"
Kelly argued the efficiency o. lazi'
I ness. lie illustrated u thru the me
. dunn OF the modern waiter.
, The lazy waiter IN restaurant f.
always the most satisfactory and tho
, hest. he said. "Iic brings every,
A, thing that the diner viii need the
first trip. because he regards every
, extra trip as an denomination. II IS
, the energetic waiter who brings
, coffee and no sugar or spoon and
doesn't object 10 extra Journeys 20
.. bring them while the coffee grows
, cold
, He proclaimed that the lazy man
, makes the best executive on the
! ground that.
"A good executive never does any
thing he can get someone else 20 do
; for him. lie doesn't burn up his
energy In needless routine"