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pleased without giving thought to
the additional labor they were caus-
ing the men who we're tugging on
the cordelle, or the solitary cook
who satisfied their hunger.
The next day after taking on the
boys, the boat reached the spot where
the crippled Indian had been left.
The men who were looking for him,
found him~iying under willows from
which hung within his reach a pack
age of dried meat. On their way to
where the lame man was, those in
search Of him saw a large grizzly
bear, leisurely strOlling in the same
direction, having probably scented
the meat. When the men came in
sight he ran away. The coming of
the men undoubtedly saved the In
dams life He was carried on board
the boat, where, with good treat
ment, he speedily recovered the use
of his leg.
The boy passengers, after a day or
so, found the boat routine tiresome,
and stole away one night, taking
with them the best horses Of the
hunters, and leaving but two, that
were too slow for chasing buffalo.
I The young thieves had no difficulty
in getting away, as the boat always
tied up at night. The loss of the
horses sadly handicapped the hunters
who could not hunt buffalo on foot.
AT Hameps Island all hands had
to help raise the boat, as the water
there was but eighteen inches deep,
and the boat drew twenty-one inches.
After this experience, it was decided
to build a smaller boat 10 carry part
of the freight I.etellier states TT
was quite a job we had on our hand
to build that boat out of the cOtton-
wood trees standing on that island.
We felled some trees. squared them
on two sides, then ripped them "a
inch boards We Constructed our
I boat then without any trouble. and
started on our way again.
The men On the cordeiie were now
/ almost naked. wearing nothing but
Dreech choths. made from the Ie-
mains ol their garments Many of
them were without shoss. ln this
condition tney must continue to
scramble through 80 eecushes oI WiI-
lows, tramp through tne hot sand
pseDtilulIy set with cactrs sWelter
under The piliIeea nleaay suns cooa
rattlesnake and submit 90 ha need
ny htoIu coca icnaiI l1e
met b and fiUeo SIS el
1 t1e ler winch uoL eI
AceFa NaurlIu Rapid
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COrde]ling a Flat Boat to Fort Benton
from Fort Union IN 1852 q Hard Task

necessary to force their way. Often
two men had to go in advance Of the
line with axes, to clear a path. Tri-
butary rivers and creeks were ford
ed, and in addition to this the Mis-
souri, was often crossed in order to
find the channel, which at that sea-
son was quite low. The boat was
heavily loaded with goods for the In
dian trade, and provisions for the
fort. An empty boat would have
been difficult to haul up stream, as
any one can testify, who has seen a
steamboat laboring against the cur
rent.
While searching for the channel,
once two men were drowned, not
withstanding the low water The
river was not uniformly shallow, and
there is always a strong undertOW,
which is often fatal to the swimmer.
Except for the loss of the two men,
nothing Of moment happened for a
few days. Then they we're hailed
from the bank by party Of Black
feet. On seeing them, Clark at once
ordered a feast to be prepared if they
came on board, and plenty of meat
was soon boiling in the kettles.
The Indians did not wait for an
invitation, but holding their guns
well above their heads, they swan
over to the boat, where they con-
Quoted themselves in an indOient
manner, as if they had its crew in
their power. Ut was the policy Of
the fur companies to refrain from
antagOnizing the Indians with which
they traded, or perhaps Clark would
have given these unlimited, and un-
I desirable guests a warm reception.
They stalked about Ia their usual
lordly fashion. for the Indian Is your
true aristocrat In bearing.
At length the savory stew boiling
over the fire was almost ready, when
I the Indians treated the crew to a
4 surprise. by discharging stheir guns
at the side of the boat, and kicking
j over the kettles Of boiling meat, then
dropped into the river, and again
sought The shore No one mourned
their departure, however much they
may have gTieved over the wasted
meat if it were wasted. Hungry
men ere not fastidious. and the meat.
it not kicked overheard, could have
been sayed
Before leaving the boat Clark WAS
4 ordered 0y tnen 20 take On board
some young boys from twelve "a
LiLl1 years o e8e and 81 l
ae ney also said there was
etlpiel Indian iittie
e Ye ark was Is take ln
tt o Ine ndu t1
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chickens and turkeys and the earliest
vegetables and sweet peas. I remem-
Der our school was out the middle Of
June that year and the agricultural
display at the schoOlhouse was par
ticUlarly fine and the sweet peas that
took the prize had blossomed on the
18th Of June
AS time went on and we were
ready for a third teacher, we almNst
rocked the nation" again. Where
as there were many fine and worthy
people scattered through the country,
there was quite a sprinkling Of peO-l
pie who were not worthy. They did
not "spik" the English language and
they should not have been allowed
the use of the ballot because they
always threw a monkey-wrench into
the machinery that moves our home
made American institutions; and now
at this particular crisis when we
needed three teachers for the imme-
date welfare of our school there
were two Of the three trustees with
foreign blood in their veins and they
were about to throw the monkey
wrench. The one with the stolid
face said one teacher would be
enough, so much cheaper than two
or three. I am not going to tell you.
what the third trustee did in detail,
for perhaps he wouldn't like to have
me- Suffice it to say we had three
teachers.
Name for a High School.
In the process Of school evolution
we began to graduate our eighth
graders and we were, up against a
very hard problem again. Our coun-
ty high school, some eight miles
away, was an exceptionally fine one
which 1t would have been a privilege
to attend, but the settlers were 0e-
ginning to experience some of the
''lean" years and it was out Of the
question to send their graduated
eighth-graders away from nome.
School wagons could hardly solve
that problem.
We made a rather startling an
nouncement that we would have a
high school right there in our ceFn
little town on the prairie. Such an
undertaking meant an almost endless
amount of work and patien and
(there is no other word) fights. Fac
tions and sections fight each Other
bitterly en- school matters and usual
ly sthe spite falls on those least abe
Ito protect themselves, the children
If people could once get it firml,
fixed in their minds that ignorance i
vastly more expensive than education
there would be less blind oppositicl
to the extra mills to be voted TO
= school purposes.
2 frn vTNlfi
! bonds for a new school building !
we were to have a high school an'
we had to be sure first that we woul'
be allowed to have high school il
our new building We studied tn
Z Montana school laws assiduOusly, W
. communicated with the state depart
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(By MRS. M. e. PLASS8LANND
In 1852, Alexander CuIbertsOn.
then in charge Of TT. Union, and
Peter A. Sharp, a partner Of the
American Fur Company, selected
form their employees Louis LeteI-
HeF, a Canadian Frenchman, to
go to Ft. Benton and build boats.
LetellieF was a carpenter, and
worked in a shipyard, which latter
fact made him better fitted for the
required boat building than the or
binary carpenter. The love of ad-
venture had brought him from far
away Quebec to this end of the
world, and now prompted him to
accept the job offered him, only
he stipulated that it was as a pass
enger, and not as a worker, he
should make the journey.
No steamboats, ascended the upper
Missouri at that time. A flat bot
toned boat was to take them to their
destination This craft was not to
SAIL or be rOwed but pulled against
the strong current of the river
Twenty-Five men "harnessed" says
Letellier, to a rope seYenty-five feel
long served as motive power.
The master Of the boat was Nal
colin Clark, who, many years later
was killed by Piegans in the Prickly
Pear Canyon, and whose death lee
to the Baker Massacre. Baptists
Champagne acted as pilot. Letelliel
as carpenter, a tailor, cook four hun
ters, twelve Blackfeet sQuaWs, and
twenty-five men on the cordelle con
stituted the crew.
For provisions their dependenc,
was on the hunters, and as ther,
was an abundance of game at first
they never lacked for meat Thl
men on the cordele rose at four ii
the morning, and pulled the boa
for and hour before breakfast. Thf
cOrdelling was no light task. TIL
river bank was lined with trees an,
underbrush. through which it wa
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In Glacier National park there
now isein course of construction the
worlds most picturesque automobile
highway ''the Sky Line Drive,
which in several places rises above
the clouds. August 10 the first motor
car arrived at the Golden Stairs on
St. Maryes lake which is as far as
the construction work has been COM
pleted. This unusual roadway will
be finished in 1928, it is thought. The
United States government already
has been working several years on
this stupendOus piece of mountain
engineering.
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have a little fuddyduddy high school
half kept up. Why not send your
pupils to our high schOol?" From
their viewpoint they were quite right,
but we simply had to have our high
school or turn our finished eighth
graders out to grass. We had many
closely contested arguments about
funds, as we did not agree upon the
same Interpretation OF the school
laws. The state department at Hell
ena did all within its power to help
us, but it's some little job to plant
a high school in a small prairie town,
and they realized, as perhaps we
didn't, the size of the task.
No one but a most efficient prin-
cipal could have weathered the siren
uOus times we went through and
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Clark ordered one Of the hunters
and Letellier to go on horseback to
Ft. Benton, and have a boat loaded
with meat sent them from there.
They travelled fast, not stopping to
XIII the three grizzlies, or any Of the
buffalo or bighorn they saw, and
came to Rapid A Pablo about ten
O'Clock Of a very dark night They
did not dare light a fire because of
the Indians, but letting their horses
feed, they 'sat down on a dry spot,
and waited until morning" when
they crossed the Missouri and break
tasted on a prairie dog and jack
rabbit. These were cooked over a
fire. Letellier fails to explain why a
fire in the morning was less likely
to attract the attention of the In
dians There could have been no
fire without smoke, and smoke is
visible a long distance.
That day they passed through the
bad lands Of which Prince Maximil-
ian has left US a description. Letel-
lier was impressed by their singular
shapes. At one place, Baptiste Cham
pagne, his companion, said. 'NOW
a VIII = AAAa I04 AAAA0AEl ~ E-A4 w AAANe
Castle I had heard Of It, and was
glad to- have the opportunity to see
it. We entered among q confusion
of .overthrOwn rocks and we was in
the corridors Of the castle on horse
back / had to lay flat on my horse
back to pass under an arch in the
passage"
The same day after visiting the
castle and before dark, the two
CROSSED the Missouri in tFyo feet Of
water, and entered the fort, where
they were gladly welcomed. There
was no tobacco, sugar, or coffee at
the pest, and all of its residents were
only too anxious to expediate the ar
rival of the boat that carried these
supplies.
Letellier enjoyed life at the post
where there was fresh meat OF All
kind in quantity but the Elackfeei
showed themselves mean for us. The
timber for the boat building was
brought from the Teton to TT. Ben
ton where was the boatyard. but "il
the spring season the Blackfeet. were
bad. We had 20 keep ourselves in.
side 0f the fort and sometimes the
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made such splendid success Of the
school as he made
Oh yes, we got everything we went
after and. when we dedicated the new
school building, our eyes we're a bit
misty but we were very happy. Our
high school became a four-year one
and let me say this for the Montana
school system: From that little rural
high school, pupils entered the Uni
versity Of California, and the North
western university, besides those at
tending the University of Montana.
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Declaring that he, and not 4. ID.
(BriclK) Coats, now resident OF
MOberIy, Mo-, built the first house
i'm Miles City nearly a half century
ago, Oscar Bracket of Ismay, Nom
tana. in a commission to Col. H. II.
THOMPSON of Miles City, says that
he arrived with the Fifth infantry
under the command Of General
Miles i'm Aug, 1876, being a mem-
her Of q crew of WOO0ChOppers,
and, camping on the east side Of
the Tongue river, Immediately put
up a log structure to house the sup
plies OF the choppers, and that the
dugOut claimed to have built by
Mr.. Coats was a subsequent ven
ture.
when we came" writes Mr..
Bracket, there was not single
house in the country. came to
MOOrhead in 1872 when the end Of
the N. p. railroad was there and then
went to the Black Hills in December
Of 1875 with a crew Of about 80
choppers Two men stood guard
over our horses every night expect
ing to be jumped by the Indians.
We AeAA OAa-AAAA4 lA aAA1AA WAACAA " q
reached the Black Hills. We came
out of the hills the next summer and
buried one man the second day,s
travel Another man was shot
through the foot.
II helped establish the mail route
between Fort Lincoln and Fort
KeOgh at Miles City in 1873. There
was not a single house on the entire
route" His later experiences, he
says, had much to do with the build
ing of the stOckade and establish
ing Of Fort KeOgh, now the United
States range experiment station, at
its present site.
Mr.. Brakett was a young man
about 25 years Of age at the time
of his arrival at the mouth Of the
Tongue river, and is engaged In busi-
ness at the present time in Ismay.
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child's home and because of so few
outside attractions, those same books
we're read with eagerness seldom seen
in older communities. We put in a
phonograph with a selection of high
class records and no "jazz." We Of
fered prizes for the best-made loaf of
bread, the best apron, the earliest
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BUILT LOG HUT
In MILES CITY
OSCAR BRAKETT OF IsMAY SAYS
HE PUT UP FIRST BUILD
ING IN 1876.

Takes Issue With 4. d. Coats of Mo-
berIy, Mo, Who Had Claimed His
DugOut Was Custer County's First
Place of Abode Constructed By a
White Man.
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worked as a harmonious whole, and
once more a worthy end wa saccom-
plished by honorable means.
Working for the Children.
Often the newly established schools
really do more for the children than
those of older towns and cities. We
were so acutely aware of many pri-
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ileges denied our young folks in that
big raw country, that we redouDleo
our efforts in all things pertaining
to schools Our library fund was
used to the very limit, bringing the
finest and best authors into every
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ment Of education at Helena, and
communed with the heads Of the
county high school. Those commun-
ings were not Of an altogether pleas
ant nature because the heads Of the
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urged that the daughter Of one Of the
trustees be the second teacher, and
the other trustee was urged that his
boys wages on the school wagon be
raised. We heard no more about
and the three trustees.
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gate Closed for two or three days at
a time
Letellier admired Malcolm CLARK.
He said he was a friend TO me, and
TO everybody else. Tie Was well vers-
ed in four languages English. his
own; French. Blackfeet and Sioux.
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If we count a hundred when angry
it may save us a thrashing
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county high school were opposed to
the establishing Of any small high
schools in the same county.
They said, cat best you will only
The Chilkoot post., 1925-03-20
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
ON MAN
To ADDRESS
GATHERING
J. c. Dionne to Speak at
Joint Meet of AID Club,
Statesmen.

The first Jumbo Meeting" Of the
Advertising and Craftsmanship Clubs
will be held Monday noon in the
Young Mems Christian Association
building, with J. C. Jack Dionne, a
speaker Of national reputation, max
ing the principal address.
Mr.. DiOnne, who is editor and pub
Usher of the "Gulf Coast Lumber
man," and is secretary of the Texas
Retail Lumber Dealers Association,
lives at Houston. He is considered an
authority on the lumber trade and an
expert on merchandising methods.
The Jumbo Meeting"-a joint
meeting of the two selling clubs in
the city-was decided upon as reg
ular monthly affair following COM
bined meeting last week. which was
presided over by !. l.. Kaufman. The
two organizations will take turn
about having charge of the meeting.
and will cooperate in bringing to the
combined gathering men Of more than
local reputation.
Putting the Punch in Publicity"
will be Mr.. Dionne's subject at the
meeting Monday. Besides the COM
bined membership of the Ad and
Craftsmanship clubs, totaling over 200,
lumber dealers and sales and advertis-
ing managers of San Antonio's larg-
est stores have been invited to the
meeting. Mr.. kaufman said.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
ACCOUNTANT WINS
$4,000 FOR SERVICES
TO EDITH MCCORMICK
BY Universal Service.

CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-Mrs. Edith
Rockefeller Mccormick, Edwin Krenn
and Edward A. Dato were ordered to
pay damages to the amount of $4,000
to Samuel Broder, an accountant, by
jury here today.
Broder testified he was TO receive
$1,000 for services rendered in con-
nection with the formation of trust
fund for the firm of Krcnn and Dato,
realtors, but that when the work was
finished the firm sought to pay him at
the rate of $40 day.
The trust fund, according to Broder,
was created in order to defer income
tax payments on s15,000,000 of Mrs.
McCormicll's money. The money. he
said. was to be used in financing the
Krenn and Dato real estate project.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
AUGUSTA

A modi-h one-strap slipper. Tail
ored enough for daytime wear and
dressy enough for afternoon occa-
sionh. Developed in Indian brown
kid with light brown trim. Also in
black satin with mat kid trim. IS.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
Bird Hats
Services; Lights
On Parson

LONDON, Oct. 31.-Eyening
church service on the island Of
Lewis in the Hebrides came TO a
strange and sudden close a few
nights ago. Ii was broken up by
a blackbird.
The bird first attracted aiten-
tion by applying persistently at
the windows, and when a number
Of women became alarmed OPEN
ed the door TO 60 out the bird
flew in.
1t made straight for the pulpit
and alighted on the head Of the
pastor, the Reverend Doctor
William Cameron, who was in
the midst of his Sermon.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
WIFE is GRANTED
ORDER ON HUSBAND

Mrs. Lois Wallhoefer was granted
a temporary injunction in the Forty
fifth District Court by Judge S. G..
Tayloe Saturday restraining her for
mer husband. Norman Wallhoefer,
from communicating with. molestins
or vexing" her in any manner.
Mrs. Wallhoefer also requested SI5
a month alimony. Judge Tayloe set
the hearing for alimony for Novem-
her
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
PAWKETT ANNOUNCES
FASTER FREIGHT LINE

Arran sements have been completed
for expedited freight service from San
Antonio to points on the Gulf Coast
Lines east OF 0d-n, it was learned
Saturday from L. s. Pawkett, secre-
tary Of San Antonio freight bureau.
The new service will begin Noyem
Der . and viii afford deliveries at
points as far east as Vanderbilt the
day after forwarding from San An
tonic.
To points east Of Vanderbilt deliv-
cries will be made the second day.
This service is via s. 4. L. and G.
Railroads care of the Gulf Coast lines
at Odem.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
WOMEN WILL STUDY
Parliamentary LAW

Instructions in conducting meet
ings according to parliamentary rules
is the latest course introduced into
the naturalization school sponsored
by the Council of Jewish Women, I'M
der direction of Miss Stella Ellison.
This course comes with the recent
organization of a social club of the
school. The club met for the first
time October 70. A second meeting is
scheduled for Nov ember 10 when the
election of officers will take place.
General courses of history, English
and the study of the Constitution COM
prises the usual studies in preparing
foreigners for their naturalization
papers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
DALLAS ORGANIZES
GOOD SINNERS CLUB

AUSTIN. Oct. 31.-Charter OF tht
Good Sinners Club" Of Dallas was
filed Saturday in the secretary OF
states department. Purpose Of tho
corporation is to maintain q free elm
&c, free kindergarten and a free nur-
sery in West Dallas.
The incorporators are: Louis Bla
lock, Mayor OF Dallas; Harry Ohm
sted. Mrs. Louis Neil, Roy Munge;
and Hugh Schoellkopf. all of Dallas
The organization has no capital stock.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
BLIND YALE STUDENT
WINS HONOR PRIZE

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 81
Henry T. Istis, the only blind student
to go through Yale University, has
been awarded one of the leading schol-
arships open for the undergraduates,
the Edward J. Phelps prize, which
was founded by the former minister tc
Great Britain.
Istis was prepared for Yale at the
blind institute in Watertown, Mass.
and was graduated from the Water
town High School. He prepared his
papers in the class room by using n
typewriter and writes by making use
of the Braile system. He is % years
old.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01

In the Street Floor
Shoe Dept. you'll find
these beautiful shoes
awaiting your approval
and selection. They are
indeed, stunning models.
With the social season
Mt hand. and the many
good times planned in
the month Of November.
there will be need Of
smart footwear, such as
we offer here.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-01
OIL REGULAR KEEPS
JOB FOR SERGEANT

"One Of our old regulars" said
Police Sergeant Beze Friday night
as he booked habitual drunk.
The prisoner assumed a dramatic
air, stepped to the wicket, and point
ed an accusing finger at the of
ficer.
ayes, sir, and If it wasn't fer guys
like me you'd tbe out of job" he
shouted.