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The Carbon County chronicle., 1924-10-01
AMAZING STORY OF
WITCHCRAFT TOLD
BY MOUNTEDP0LICE
HORRIBLE CRIME POINTS BACK
TO EARLY DAY CUSTOM OF
NORTH COAST TRIBES
Victim Tortured for Days Before A
Squaw Plunges Knife in His
Throat. Slayer is Run Down by
Members of the Mounted Police.

A wierd tale of witchcraft, tor
ture and murder came over the
wires TO Vancouver, British Call
umbia. recently, from far away
Telegraph creek. IL was mes
sage from royal Canadian
that after trekking for "A year
through northern British Column
bia he was returning to civilian
tion with an aged Indian squaw
and four accompliees who killed "
Young brave by inches because of
his "sorcery" which brought the
wrath of evil spirits upon his
tribesmen.
Aroi Moassin was the victims
name. The name of the sqauw who
is charged with the murder was not
contained in the report of the pol
iceman. There was only a brief ac-
count of the crime.
A year ago, the message said,
hunting became very poor among the
Indians of the northern wilderness.
A long, cold winter followed, and
starvation, disease and death cut
swaths in the ranks of the tribes
men.
The superstition Of their religion
taught the Indians that someone OF
their number, some sorcerer and
maker of bad medicine" whose
witcheries invoked the wrath of the
evil spirits, had brought calamity
upon the tribe. Suspicion fell upon
the youth, Atol.
Led by the squaw, the tribesmen
invaded his shack at night, found
him mumbling strange words over
his wood fire, and laid hands on
him. They tied him to a sapling,
head downward, and let him hang
for days slowly dying.
At length the aged woman grew
impatient that Atol died so slowly,
according to the policeman's tele-
graphed report, and so she cut his
throat with hunting knife.
Over the trails, from camp to
camp, the story filtered through to
the mounted police and one Of its
members set forth to bring the
slayers to justice.
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Claims Morse ExplorersFirst
COlonized Pacific Northwest

YTy HE Kensington Rune Stone, one
of the Oldest documents of AM
erican history, over which the
scientists of two continents debated
as to its genuineness more than 20
years ago, now has permanent
home on the farm Of H. II. Holland,
an author who resides near Ephraim,
Wisconsin.
Several societies and eminent au-
thorities have classed the stone as
authentic as to discovery and con-
text, and say 1t proves to them that
there we're white people exploring the
interior of America as early as 1862.
The Kensington Rune Stone, so
called because of it's discovery on the
farm Of Olaf Gilman, near Kensing-
ton, Minnesota, when found was en-
circled by the roots of tree, and ap-
peared to be very ancient in charac-
ter. 1t carried date more than 500
years in the past. The assumption
Of scientists is that the stone was in
scribed by early Norsemen who
landed in America in search OF fell
low countrymen.
How the stone came to find a
resting place In Minnesota has been
a matter of conjecture for many
years, but the generally accepted
theory is that 1t was carried down In
a glacial drift from the region Of
Hudson Bay.
Mr.. Holland has translated the
Runic inscription on the stone as fol
lows:
Eight Goths and twenty-five
Norsemen an (an) on exploration
journey from. Vinland through tn,
western regions. We had camp 70,
two skerries, one days journey norti
from this stone. We we're (out'
and fished one day. When we cami
home (wel found ten men red Will
blood and dead Ave Maria! Saw
(us1 from evil
"(We) have ten of our party b.
the sea to look after (or for) ou
vessels IA days journey from thi
island. Year 1862"
The ten men mentioned in th
text are supposed to have been mem
bers of the exploration party left t
watch the camp while the rest wen
| Fishing as stated.
| In theory, the story of the e,
ploration party's presence in Amer
| lea is that an expedition was fitte
| out in Norway in 1855 by Paul Knui
\ son in relief OF colonists in Greer
Il land. 1t is believed that Knutso
eventually reached Vinland and nc
finding those Of whom he had com
in search, journeyed on to what
now the Hudson Bay country. TIL
y time of this expedition fits in wit
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county said to me, I would like to
have you come to my office. as
would like to talk to you on a busi-
ness matter | went along and
when he said to me: You have
seen the rwards offered for Jesse
and Frank James and Cole Young
er, and so on, naming the rest OF
the gang.
Some very big rewards were
being offered for them in those
days, and | replied that | had seen
the offeres. He said:
What would you do il Jesse
James were to come to this coun-
tryF' ! replied, 1 haven't lost any
Jesse Jameses and if he comes here
as long as he obeys the laws of
Montana and Deer Lodge county
ne will be treated just like any 9TH
er citizen, for the reason that so
many of us had to change our
names when we came here.
Judge Napton said: Come
back here about two or three
O'Clock and I'll have some papers
The Carbon County chronicle., 1924-10-01
g IAN oil strike!''

G These words thrill nation as does no other
terse announcement, The nearest approach In
the gold rushes OF the Old West.
s The il that the magic of oil trans
forms night from poverty to richesi turns
deserted arid fields into hustng eenters Of indus
try; upsets sleepy towns and fills them to over
flow with the rush OF big business; Industries,
new people. money-aI join into vast program
Of fortune building.
T Much money is won; much money is lost.
but the calm observer vino has watched the hectic
history of oil fields knows that there is ONE MAN
who always WINS.
g II Is the man on whose place the well was
drilled: the landowner
The Carbon County chronicle., 1924-10-01

ed on mountain cliffs of northern
United States heretofore regarded as
the work of Indians, he declares are
records of the early Morse explorers.
Figures of men, birds, and beasts he
has identified as the signs of the 20
diac by which, taken in conjunction
with astronomical scales in the same
c0nfigurations, he declares he is able
to fix the month and the day when
they were recorded.
Astronomical celebrations and
numerals in the chronograms or
signs show that the first visits were
made In the year 1910" Mr.. Opsion
said. Appearance of runic letters
peculiar to old Nordic writing first
drew my attention to the signs. 1t
was then / discovered that the birds,
goats and other figures which had
been thought to be merely carica-
lures, were really astronomical
signs"
The earliest expedition to the
northwest, according to Mr.. Opsjon's
Interpretation of these monuments
was led by a man named Attic, call
ed Lippon by the aborigines. Four
other expeditions followed this one
the last led by one named Knutson
who came in 1862, still more than q
century before Columbus voyage.
zone party Of explorers came
through the mountain pases of Mon
tana and down the Spokane valley,
the scientist declares, leaving In the
Cascade mountains, many stone re-
cords. The earliest party of which ]
have record settled on both sides oi
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Fortunes in Oil!

buys royalty files the deed record and he OWNS II
estate. The royalty deed is part OF the
title deprce the royalty investor
Of his holdings. The law safeguards him. Whenever
any oil is taken from the ground and marketed the
royalty owner--just the iandowner-GETs HIS
SHARE.
g William Howling owned farm In kevin-Sun-
burst field He did not believe In oil. He sold ALL
his royalty before any oil found. His farm has
produced thousands dollars werth of oil that would
have been sold The thousands of dollars
worth royalty oil has into the pockets Of in
vestors who wise enough TO buy ROYALTIES.
They occupy the coveted place of William Howling on
pay day. at the end of thirty
days, as regularly the month around
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tana, when the officers of other
states were seeking them for
their crimes.
During their stay of several
months in Montana, their presence
here was known by certain off
GERS of the territory, although
those who were in on the secret
were very few, and they were not
molested during their stay under
an agreement that they should at
tempt to execute none of their us
ual outbreaks while here.
The story Of their visit to Mon
The Carbon County chronicle., 1924-10-01

barrels of oil the surface he must give Iza barrels
the landowner FREE OF COST OF PRODUCTION.
Not the landowner have to spend TO get
his share OF the oil. Because the landowner gets his
share of the oil without having to spend money to drill
his share ia said the be equiv
aent TO FORTy-sEvEN PER CENT OF THE NET.
That ls. the landowners profits nearly great
those of the operator who spends the thousands and
hundreds of thousands to get the oil.
at The landowners share il called ROYALTY
OIL He 1914 Of ALL the oil produced
his land be It this year years from
His right Likewise ne Is able 20 esll
part all Of his royalty, he chooses. Were
investor to buy ALL OF his royalty the investor would
step into the OF the landowner The landowner
would the land but he would not be entitled TO
Of the oil The royalty is the thing of value oil
structure.
T Whenever the landowner chooses to sell part
OF his royalty for a LUMP SUM which will Immediately
buy him automobiles, pay off indebtedness for
other large expenditures, he legally do He
sell fraction Of his royalty He gives DEED there
for. The deed Is like real estate deed. The who
The Carbon County chronicle., 1924-10-01
FARMER FINDS FUR COLLAR"
BY NEEDING REPEATED DREAM

A farmer residing in one OF
The Milestone rural communities
had a curious experience some
time ago.
During last winter his wife
missed fur collar and the most
careful search failed to disclose
Its whereabouts. A few days ago
he dreamed for the third time in
succession OF seeing the fur coll
lar under the northwest corner OF
the granary. SO impressed was
he that he finally went out TO In
vestigate.- He thrust his arm
through hole In the foundation,
and snre enough, he felt hairy
substance and pulled 1t out.
The man buried his clothes, but
the skunk escaped.
The Carbon County chronicle., 1924-10-01
CHARLES S. wARREM's EXPERIENCE with THE
JAMES BOYS WHEN THEY AND THEIR NOTORIOUS
BAND TOOK REFUGE lM DEER LODGE COUNTY

tana was told in recent years by
the late General Charles S. War
ren, one of the prominent residents
Of Butte, while in one of his remin-
iscent moods. General Warren
served for six years as sheriff of
Deer Lodge county. He was a
man of initiative, Of ability and of
cool headedness.
One incident in particular which
occurred during his term of office
as sheriff served to illustrate his
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cool nerve as we'll as that he had
views of his own on morality in
those days. 1t is story which
probably very few of General
Warren's friends have ever heard
the story of his experience with
the James brothers and their no
torious gang of desperadoes. The
story was told by General Warren
about as thus:
1T was in 1873 or "a, I don't
remember exactly which, that
Thomas Napton, then one of the
leading lawyers of Deer Lodge
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e The person who thinks
back, remembering the pictures of
those he hns seen In the papers In
connection with sudden fortunes in
oil will recall that almost invariably
it WAS a man who OWNED LAND
on an oil structure. Quite frequent
ly--most generally--he was a poor
man, struggling on dry land farm,
N w hill c everyone else is
spending most of his life trying to
keep up interest and taxes. Then
cones the transformation: ciry
home. automobiles, Europe The
MAGIC OF THE GENII or OIL
spending money, the landowner Is
RECEIVING MONEY. His Is the
SUDDEN WEALTH OF THE OIL
INDUSTRY.
ct The reason is this: when
the landowner leases his land to an
oil operator he reserves the right
TO tewive and one-half barrels of oil
out OF every 100 barrels produced on
his farm. The lease guarantees that
whenever the operator brings 400
The Carbon County chronicle., 1924-10-01
Don't Forget cusIcura TaIcum

When adding to your toilet requisites.
An exquisitely scented face, skin, baby
and dusting powder and perfume, rem
dering other perfumes superfiuous-
You may rely on 1t because one of the
Cuticura Trio (Soap, Ointment and
ialcum). 25c each verywhere.-Adv.
The Carbon County chronicle., 1924-10-01
This
is the
man who
ALWAYS
makes money
i'm Oil---WhO
always has and
who always
will

Is much territory possble-are the who are
drawing down the largest royalty checks. not
long when royalties every of the big pro-
ducing farms in the shoshoDe group, including the
Storm permit, going begging, with takers
T There other equally good properties In
Kevin- -sunburst 1t Is matter of buying royalties
ahead OF the drl and waiting for the dr tell
story. The investor who wishes information regarding
the best opportunities offered no better
than to the attached inquiry blank, writing
and address plainly
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sT 1t would follow that there
are two ways to participate In the
wealth that oil brings. One is to
buy farm on an oil structure and
walt until 1t is drilled. That IL be-
yond the realm of possibility for the
average person who is anxious TO
make his savings earn more than six
or eight per cent. The alternative Is
to GO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE LANDOWNER That Is made
possible by investment In LAND
OWNERS ROYALTIES $50 buying
from landowners who have farms ON
oil fields.
s We have some remnants of
three offerings involving wildcat
royalties In the vicinity of produce
tion and Ii. likely large producing
areas. They involve Investments Of
from $50, s75 and s1oo. The man
who Is willing to gamble small sums
ON royalties such as these IL likely
to emerge with substantial profits,
with the further development Of the
field. 1t is our experience that clients
who have preferred this sort of In
misunderstanding small anna royey
The Carbon County chronicle., 1924-10-01
HARDIN FARMERS
FORM COMMISSION
MARKETING BODY
ORGANIZATION o TO HANDLE THE
COUNTY'S PRODUCE ON A
COMMISSION BASIS

LoaI Manager VIII Have Charge and
VIII Make Sales of Farm Commo-
dities With Associated Agencies in
The Principal Markets of East.
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virtually every

yyTHILE virtually every
w school boy Of the state OF
W Montana, and certainly ey-
cry adult, possesses some slight
knowledge of the notorious Jesse
James gang of bandits which op-
Grated in the middlewest in the
early senenties, there are prob
ably a very few Montanans who
know that the leaders of this band
once sought sanctuary in this state,
or rather in the territory Of Mon
The Carbon County chronicle., 1924-10-01

Landowners Royalties Company,
" n Row fkss. Great Falls, Mont,
Without obligation, please send me full details
regarding the possibilities in investment In Land
owners Royalties, together with listings of pro-
perties now available.
----- ------
(rsme)
{Addresf)
The Carbon County chronicle., 1924-10-01
Sheen and Cattle Men!

II II you want the greatest stock dog on
earth get a Belgian Sheep Dog. lntelh-
gent courageous gaa beautiful. Puppies
for sale. Write FOR circular. H. III.
DauIels Corvallis, Montana
The Carbon County chronicle., 1924-10-01

WANTED

We are In the market every day fsx
live chickens, turkeys. ducks and
geese Highest market prices paid, accord
ing TO quality on day Of arrival Msntxns
Meat and Commission Co.. Butte. Mentsna
The Carbon County chronicle., 1924-10-01
GREAT FALLS COMMERCIAL COL

LEGE. "Its good school, Write now
for free catalogue No. & We can place
you in a position as soon as you qualify.
Great Falls, Mont. Box 904
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-08-29
Arena Valley Man
Dies in Tennessee
Mrs. Butler Thinks
South Has Strange
Farming.

Word was received this week by
The Tribune OF the death OF ]. p.
Butter. formerly of Arena Valley. at
Morristown. Tennessee last winter,
shortly after the family moved there
from Arena Valley in the hope OF
benehitting Mr.. Buffers health. Mrs.
Butler planning to return to Idaho
to vote this fall. she writes. Of farm
ing in Tennessee. Mrs. Butler writes
Interestingly as follows:
I'VE have had some hot weather
but not any hotter than Idaho We
also have had severe rains and cleo
trio storms. noticed in todays.
august lS) paper that frost had been
reported near Bristol. Tennessee.
Making hay here seems joke.
They NOW one forenoon. il rains in
the afternoon. In day or two they
haul in the hay and NOW again. Ii
has been unusually rainy this sum-
mer. There is but little alfalfa here.
1t averages about l8 inches. You
know that didn't look like alfalfa to
me-"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-08-29
Uncle Sam to Use
Waters of Owyhee
Government Appropri-
ates Unused Water for
New Project.

Ontario-Another and important
forward step looking toward the con.
ssruction of the Owyhee project wa,
taken Tuesday by federal reclama-
ton officials as is shown by the follow.
ing press dispatch from Salem to the
Portland Oregonian:
Notice that the government had re.
served all unappropriated water of the
Owyhee river in Aalheur county was
received at the Office of the state
engineer today.
IL was indicated BY the state en-
gineer that the water from this
stream would be used by the govern
ment in developing the Owyhe1 irri-
CATION district. one of the three pro-
jects recently approved by the federal
reclamation service The other pro-
jects are the Baker and Warmsprings.
The Owyhec project includes ap-
proximately $4,000 acres of land and
was said to be one of the most fcasi-
bic federal projects in the west.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-08-29
HIGH SQUAD TO
REPORT SHORTLY
Football Outlook for
Caldwell Considered
Fair.

Football prospects for the Caldwell
high school are described as fair"
by Bill Garten. new athletic mentor
for the local pigskin chasers. While
the season is month away as yet.
Coach Gartin is already beginning to
get line on his material
Contrasting with the situation here
last year, when team had to be
built from green material alone. Coach
Garten will have a nice nucleus OF
experienced football men. Particular
ly is this true of the line where num-
ber of players from last years team
will be on the job again. In the
backheld, the outlook is not so
bright with Chaney Albcrtson and
Platt Of last years squad gone.
Practice is still 10 days away
School registration will be held this
week but no effort will be made to
assemble the football warriors until
the week following. Monday, Sept.
8 and first day of school. will be used
by Coach Garten to distribute suits
and equipment New stuff for the
high school players is already here
and will be issued to experienced
men. Garten is expecting the usual
large turnout.
Practice will begin formally Tues
day evening. First weeks workouts
will be light with kicking and running
stuff fundamentals the Ger OF the
day for conditioning.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-08-29
Caldwell Lodge
Ready for Circus
Special. Elks' Initiation
Will Be Held
Tuesday.

Five candidates for the Elks lodge,
all with homes at Pana, Illinois, and
all associated with the All. G.. Barnes
circus will be initiated by the Cald-
well lodge next Tuesday evening at
special meeting for that purpose.
Following a request from Pana that
the men be initiated here. arrange
menis were. made for blowout in
connection with the initiation. The
meeting will be held at 10 o'clock
Tuesday evening following the even
ing circus performance. About sixty
members OF the circus forces are
members OF the Elk lodge. All will
attend the initiation.
Plans for the special meeting have
not been worked out in detail but the
affair is being looked forward to with
considerable enthusiasm by members
Of the Caldwell lodge. Arrangements
have been made so that local Elks
may attend the evening circus per-
forinance and later see the initiation.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-08-29
GEM PROBLEMS
ARE SMOOTHING
0U I SPEEDILY
Lowell Optimistic that
Black Canyon Power
Will Soon be Available
For Project.

Problems of the Gem district are
steadily being smoothed out despite
number OF bo,hering obstacles. ac-
cording to J. X Lowell secretary.
With work on the construction Of the
power plant at the Black Canyon dam
already begun. efforts are being made
to keep the way Smoothed for con-
tinued construction OF the power plant
there which. under contract, is 10
supply the Gem district with pump
ing power.
Three things arc now in process.
Mr.. Lowell says. The contract be-
tween the Gem district and the re-
clamation service for Black Canyon
power has not been signed and will
not be signed until settlers there
approve it, To that end. an election
Is now being advertised to be held
in September
In the meanwhile. machinery for
the big power plant is being advcr-
tised for by Uncle Sam and will be
purchased just as soon as the way
is cleared by ratification Of the con-
tract and the settlement Of existing
Gem district obligations. Mr.. Lowell
believes that both bond holders and
other creditors are we'll on the way
to a settlement of Gem district
finances which will permit construc-
ton of the plant at Black Canyon.
Mr.. Lowell is pleased at the pro-
gress that is being made on the
Owyhec project which will ultimately
supply the fertile Gem district with
gravity water. Surveys on the new
economic type demanded by recent
reclamation legislation before a new
project can be finally approved are
now under way. Mr.. Lowell shares
The common belief that these investi-
cations can only be satisfactory and
that the future of the Owyhec pro-
ect is assured.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-08-29
Potato Price Is
Still on Bottom
But Tdbers Continue to
Roll; Talk New
Rates.

Potato prices in the Caldwell dis
trict linger around the so cent point
to producers with little indication that
higher prices arc in store. Tired OF
holding while the prices continued
steadily downward. producers are
shipping their stuff. About 30 cars
per day are rolling from Idaho with
Fort Worth and other more western
cities as the major destinations for
the crop.
Because OF the fine suality of the
Idaho grown stuff, this years crop
is bring top prices wherever they
are offered. But Thursday top quo
tations at Fort Worth were 81 and at
Chicago considerably less.
Thursday a movement was started
looking toward emergency rates for
Idaho grown potatoes. Belief Is ex-
pressed that the case of Idaho pro-
ducers might receive favorable con-
sideration At the hands of the railroad
companies and the interstate COM
merce commission
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-08-29
Crawford Meeting
Ends Here Monday
Final Service at Baptist
Church; Baptism
Feature.

Matte Crawford's revival meetings
came TO an end here Monday even.
ing when the final service was held
at the Baptist church. Big audiences
followed the meetings throughout
every day OF her hvc weeks stay in
Caldwell.
Sunday. two thousand automobiles
janmed every avenue of approach to
the Boise river bridge where a crowd
estimated at 5000 people witnessed
the baptism If l70 persons. Because
OF the low water in the river. the Co
operative canal was employed in this
immersion service. Mrs. Crawford
was assisted by the Rev. B. w. Rice
and the Rev. w. G. Burchard. Others
had been previously baptised and still
others await this service. swelling the
total to more than 800. It IS said.
Records of conversions could not
be accurately kept because Of the
large number. it is said. Estimates
place this figure At about 1900 Other
hundreds were reached through the
lar part Of the revival campaign.
healing service which proved q popu-