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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-26
(By SIDNEY M. LOGANl

(GlaCier National Park has its
lOst-cabin-mine story, a story not
based entirely on obscure tradi-
ton, but having a substantial fOun-
datiOn of fact, known to men still
living).
A S THE traveller on the Great
~ Northern approaches the Rocky
A mountains from the east or
~traverses the territory lying between
that railway and the International
Boundary Line, his attention is at
traCted to a magnificent mountain
standing out in commanding posi-
ton near the line. Other peaks and
mountains are massed on it's flanks
and rear, many of which are of i'm
posing proportions, but old Chief
Mountain stands head and shoulders
above the others, and the eyes i'm
mediately focus on it's clear-cut, YER
tical walls and it's green, slOpine
sides running up from the edge OF
the vast plateau stretching eastward
to the waters of the Mississippi.
Secrets of Wealth and Adventure
Locked in the bosom of this ole
mountain is the secret of fabulOu:
wealth, of wild adventure and bloody
encounter in a day when the bow and
arrow constituted for the most par
the arms of the Northwestern In
dian and when white men, cast Onll
in heroic mold, dared to venture into
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T.0o0--oo The Lost Mine of Chief MOuntan-SemetO of
lUUCu Placer Cache Lost with Death of Pete Lair

with some North Peegans on st.
Mary's river just below the place lat
er occupied by Butch Henkel as his
home ranch between Kennedy creek
and the boundary line. To the camp
one day came a party of KOOtenai
Indians. The Kootenais informed
the Piegans that they, the KoOtenais,
had killed three white men on Chief
Mountain and that the Piegans had
better go up and bury them before
the bodies were discovered by other
whites, lest they, the Peegans, be
suspected of murder.
The Claim and the Placer Cache
The following day Chief Bad Boy
and his son, Young Bad Boy, the Mex
lean, Lair, and about a dozen young
/ Piegan bucks searched out the place
/ of the murder and found the bodies.
These they buried and on search of
the camp found three sluice boxes
and a small ditch, indicating that
the p~rOspectOrs had been carrying on
some sort of placer operation. "A
Dutch oven was found in the camp
and was bounced upon by the hun
CRY Indians, expecting to find a sup
ply of biscuits, but they were disap-
pointed in finding that it contained
only gold dust-but gold dust in such
Iquantity as to arouse the emotions
lOf the one white man present. The
Dutch oven was nearly full of bright,
clean, yellow dust that apparently
had been associated with quick sill
yer in the mining operation. 1t
shOne forth from its iron receptacle
as pure and virgin as when it was
locked in the glacial drift of old
Chief Mountain. The Mexican then
made a closer examination of the
sluice boxes and found a gold pan
containing much gold mixed with
quick silver-in other words, ANAL
gam.
He emptied the contents of the
gold pan into the Dutch oven, and
buried the latter at the foot of a big
pine tree with the purpose Of return
ing later to work the placer ground.
Pursuing his Investigations further,
the Mexican followed a w~ell-beaten
fOOt-trail up the side of an adjacent
spur of the mountain where he found
a small tunnel excavated by the pros
pectors who had been drifting in on
bed rock and conveying the eXcavat-
ed material by pack horse to the
washing plant. At. the time of the
finding of the bodies by the Piegans
all of Chief Mountain was included in
the Blackfeet Indian reservation and
mining operations thereon were for
hidden by law. It was the intention,
however, of the Mexican to return
at a later period and clandestinely
f work the mining ground. However,
like all prOspectOrs, he drifted from
place to place and a great many years
elapsed before he again directed his
footsteps toward the mountain.
The Gold Rush of 1898
About 1898, the western part of
the Blackfeet reservation was coded
/ by the InCians to the Government
and became the Mecca Of prOspectors
: from all over the state of Montana.
copper having been discovered on
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tack was a Brave Dog named Nose,
of any Of the other of the fighting
men. His mother, Red Flower, saw
his peril and knowing the rules of
the society to which he belonged, she
realized that his only chance for es-
cape from death was for one Of his
relatives to risk death by riding out
ahead of Nose and turning him back
Red Flower quickly united a pony
that was picketed near her lodge, and
in a few seconds was riding out ahead
of her son, who stood far out alone.
shaking his war rattle and haunting
the Pend d'Oreilles, calling upon
them to send out their best warrior
to fight him. But the Pend d5Oreilles
declined the challenge and a dozen
of them started out at once to get
his scalp.
1t was a race between the Indian
woman and the enemy, and she won
Riding IN front Of her son, she struck
him four times. as the rules of the
society required, before he could
turn back. Then he jumped up be-
hind her on the pony and they dash
ed back to the line of nOehtOc ingm
ed back to the line of the OncOming
! Blackfeet. A charge was formed on
/ the enemy and the Pend d'Oreilles
were soon defeated and scattered
with heavy losses, and because of
his bravery in this fight, this war
Continued ON the Farm Pgaej
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the Businesses of that vast region
which has since become the nations
most beautiful and popular play
ground.
Living in Kalispell at the present
time, is Henry j. (Butch) Kenkel.
Prior to moving to KOlispell, Mr..
Henkel lived on St. Mary's river and
his coming to that region dates back
to the period when the proverbiai
"Hec" vas a playful puppy, rOmping
with the grandchildren of the far
famed Paul BUnyan.
The Mexican, Pete Lair
In 1890 came to the ranch of
Butch" Henkel a Mexican by the
name of Pete Lair. This wandeTer
from the sunny Gulf had spent many
years in the West, giving full rein to
the ingrained treasure-seeking in
stincts of the Mexican, an instinct in
herited from the successors of the an
cient AZtecs on one hand and Span
ish adventures on the other. The red
rush of blood that had carried his an
cestOrs all Over the western continent
in search of the yellow metal had no,
abated in the Colorado MadUra de
scendant. Far from his own sunny
home he had pushed his search fOl
gold into the region Of billiards. and
eternal SHOWS. To Butch he told this
story:
The Three PrOspectOrs
In 1868, Gus Liembach was {
stock tender at Sun River Leaving'
for the Gilmer and Salisbury stag,
line. To the stage station one day
n ~ q YCnrfnn NO orOn 1noHnH Until
supplies and a few pine boards
drawn by a pair of cayuses an;
manned by three p~rOspectors, VIII,
informed Leimbach that they wer,
going into the Chief Mountain cOun
try to prospect for placer gold. Leim
bach was probably the last white mai
to see these ~prOspectOrs alive. TIL
following year Lair was camping
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the vehicle of the Thunder Bird and
that he moved behind them and
through the air, making peals of
thunder as he tapped his wings, and
shooting forth lightning flashes by
the blinking Of his all-penetrating
eyes.
The Brave Dogs
Chief Mountain also figures in a
story which has to do with the Black
feet secret society of Brave DOGS.
called Mutsaix in the native Ian
guage. The Brave DOge were com
posed of men of the tribe who were
admitted to membership because of
their bravery in war. One of the
traditions of the order was that a
Brave Dog must always face the enc
my, no matter how greatly Out-num-
bered, and he could not turn back un-
less one of his relatives got in front
Of him and drove him back. For this
reason many members of the society
were killed in battle, but the Brave
Dogs had a great reputation as war
riOrs, and their enemies came to
know them as foes who would fight
to the death.
Once the Blackfeet were camped
near Chief Mountain when they were
attacked by a war party of the Pend
d'Oreilles. The first BlaCkfeet war
riOr out of the camp to meet the at
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Olently i'll. He told Ward he was on
his way to Butch's place to take him
up and show him the mine and
among other things he said, Il want
to get the gold that is cached to
raise some money to send for my
boy"
The Death Of Pete Lair
Ward saw the Mexican was in ex-
IRENE need of medical attention and
Immediately hooked up a team of
horses and started with the sick man
for Browning. Before arriving at
the latter place, Lair expired and
carried with him to the Happy Hunt
ing Grounds the lost mine OF Chief
Mountain.
Park Rules Prohibit Prospecting
More than one resident of the
Blackfeet reservation claims to
know the location of the mine, but,
unfortunately Chief Mountain has
been included in Glacier National
Park and, so far as the p~rospector is
concerned, the last condition is as
bad as the first-mining operations
Of every kind forbidden. Even il
the pine tree could be located, il
would be unlawful to stick q peck OF
shovel into the ground, and II the
treasure were found it could be
claimed by the authorities as the
property Of the United states govern
ment, while the enterprising pros
pector would. very likely find him
self in the hOOsegOw ct Bolton with
plenty Of leisure to mediate on III,
vagaries Of the temperamental lady
Dame Fortune.
The MmmOns Location
In 1920, Andrew HeDlers 81 Shell
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Bald Head Mountain and Swift Cur
rent.
In the year mentioned, the half
blood son of Pete Lair was sent to
the Carlysle Indian school. He ran
away from school and on his way
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by, was whipping the waters of Lees
creek on the north flank of the
mountain with a trout line, when his
attention was attracted to a lodge
pole pine upon which was inscribed
the following notice of location:
eve, the undersigned, citizens of the
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home was taken sick in Chicago and
placed in a hospital. He wrote his
father asking for funds. Lahr de-
cided to raise the cache" and start
ed for Chief Mountain. Near Felir
Wards ranch, about six miles east
of Butch Henkel's, he was taken Vi
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Lno HInEnOn8 LOcAtIVH
In 1920, Andrew HeDlers OF Shell
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AT THE MOVIES
ELTINCE THEATRE

Romance, frightened with humor,
speed with thrilling action, set midst
magnificent society backgrounds and
rendered into thing Of film delight
by gorgeously gowned Gloria Swan
son and surrounding cast Of ample
merlt-that, in brief. describes ~ ne
untamEd Lady at the Eltingc today
and Thursday.
This new story was written for
Miss Swanson by Fannie Hurst, and
presents Gloria as u lovely, allurinE
society heiress, with twenty million
dollars, WHOSE only liability is an un-
comfortable temper. What happens
when her fiance--thc fourth, by the
decides to break her spirit.
provides most of the comedy. drama
and genuine heart appeal that make
TINS nhotoplay as stimulating and
refreshing an entertainment as one
could possibly wish for.
Gloria never looked more beautiful
nor acted with greater zest. Law
renee Gray. as the caveman lover,
plays his role with commendablc zeal
and vigor. and Joseph Smiley gives
capital performance as the easy.
gNng Uncle George. Scenes of the
lale-Princeton football game, of IA
fashionable Long Island country club,
Of hunting lodge in the Catskills,
or Iavishly outfitted yacht and Of
the interiors of a wealthy mansion
give the photoplay society anthem
ticity.
just for good measure, there is a
thrilling horseback chase as twell as
u raging storm at sea. during which
Gloria is forced to shovel coal in the
bollcr room Of the Yacht.
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short visit, en- route to Minnesota to
visit with relatives. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Axel Steinquist and
family attended the. Chautauqua at
Wilton Thursday evening.
Oscar Anstrom motored to Bismarck
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilde of Wilton visit
ed at the Martin Hagen home Tues
day
Volley ball practice started Fri
day at school No. /.
Oscar Juptnman was visitor at
Arthur Hanson's Sunday evening.
Viola, Ruth, Irene Hagen and Bill
Bitner motored to Wilton Friday
night, taking in the chautauqua and
from there motoring To Wing, taking
Viola back to her work as operator.
Louis Birkholz and Leo Fausson
took in the chautauqua Thursday
evening.
Wilton is giving its community "a
treat by celebrating Independence
day on Saturday. the Bird.
Louis Birkholz visited with Albert
Nelson Friday evening.
Election in the. district will be
held in School No. /. Wednesday.
June Both. Don't forget to come and
vote.
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pathos and comedy with facile skill
that keeps the entertainment mixture
always Of the right consistency and
has the production hitting on all
eight. the adaptation of Lois Zellner
has lost nothing Of the charm Of the
original. and F. Harmon Weight has
again proved himself director Of
great ability in catching the subtle
shades Of human character and inter
preting "humanness" to the spectator.
Mary Carr, Priscilla Bonner, Ken
meth Harlan, Claire Du Bray, and
William Humphrey lead the cast.
supported by excellent artists of
lesser Importance and by one Of the
finest collections Of babies ever as
sembled before the camera. When
Drusilla. the little old lady who has
for years been Il slavey and charity
patient at a Home. inhcrits her mil
lion she tries to befriend all the
orphan babies and children in the
world; and right there the fun and
trouble begin. "Drusilla with Mil
lion" is an exceptional picture in
every sense Of the word.
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Elna Magnuson few hours after
school Wednesday.
Henry Johnson and family visited
ut the Nick Krush home Thursday
evening.
Viola Hagen, operator Of Wing
Telephone company, arrived Tuesday,
and is visiting few days with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Hagen.
Relatives, Of Mrs. Gunder Hagen
arrived from Montana Tuesday and
are enjoying a visit at the place.
Arthur, Harry and Lola MaGahey
were among those who enjoyed berry
picking Monday.
Earl. Glee, Georgetta and Gwen
dolyn Dixon were absent from
school No. l Thursday
John Webster Olgcirson, SON Of G..
visiting with his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Martin Hagen, had the
misfortune of falling from tree
Wednesday forenoon and breaking
his left leg. He is being cared for
at the Bismarck hospital.
Pearl Krush, who has been staying
at the DR.. Ness home in Mandan,
while attending school the past term,
arrived home Thursday and expects
to visit few weeks with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Krush.
William Fricke, candidate for
county commissioner, called on
friends in this vicinity Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Peterson. Lillian
Hilkins and Gerda Moline of Wilton
called at Walter Kirkley's Tuesday.
Clarence Hildebrandt attended
church at Wilton Wednesday.
Pearl Krush visited school No.
Thursday afternoon.
Ada Fairman visited with the Krush
girls Wednesday evening.
Herman Johnson motored to Will
ton Thursday afternoon.
Bill Bitner is an employee at the
Martin Hagen home.
Dave Dixon, son, Earl, and nephew.
Johnnie, Dixon, Arthur and Harry
MaGahey spent Friday evening fish
ing.
Mr., and Mrs. Theo. Taylor and sons
motorcd to Mandan Wednesday to
hear the speeches given at the eX-
pertinent station.
! Georgetta Dixon spent Friday
evening with Caroline Johnson.
A very nice wedding took place
Thursday, June gath, at Bismarck,
Cleo Hartman of Turtle Lake be-
coming, the bride Of Rudolph Hagen,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Hagen.
Bill Bitner was best man and Irene
Hagen was bridesmaid. The bride
WORE a beautiful brickdust coloxed
gown, the bridesmaid coral shade,
peonies being the choice of the
wedding flowers. A very nice we'd
ding dinner was given by Mr.. Hagen's
sister, Mrs. G. Olgeirson, at Bis
marck, only relatives being present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Hagen left
the same day on their trip to the
lakes. We all wish them long,
happy and prosperous life. Congrat-
ulations.
Viola, Ruth Hagen and Bill Bitner
called, at Sunder Hagen's Wednesday
evening.
Karen jacobson Of Wilton is enjoy
ing q few days visit with May An
stronn.
Karen johnson and May Anstfom
visited with Marie Johnson Wed
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Brown and Mr..
and Mrs. Ivor Erickson were fishing
and berry picking Wednesday after
noon.
DIR. Ness Of Mand4a stopped at the
Nick Krush home Thursday for .
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AUDIENCE is
URGED TO- VOTE
AS YOU DRINK
c. p. StGEe. Wet Senatorial
Candidate, Closes His
Campaign Here

c. 7. Stone, wet Republican can
dldate for senator, long and short
term. declared last night that he
was not gotten out on behalf OF eth
er Hanna or Nye.
Mr.. Stone addressed an open air
meeting of some $50 people, in front
of the Mckenzie Hotel. He spoke
from the balcony on the front of the
hotel.
For the most part his remarks were
directed against the Volstead act
and the eighteenth amendment.
"If you don't drink yourself, and
honestly believe in the prohibition
laws, vote for one of my opponents -
said Stone. "But if you don't be
lieve in those laws and like to take
a drink once in awhile yourself, vote
for {. p. stone. who sometimes takes
drink himself" he said. He urged
his audience to "Vote as you drink"
+. W. Mees of Mandan, Stones
campaign manager who was s,hedul-
ed to speak at last nights meeting
along with Stone, failed to appear.
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Biting Graduates
From Army School
With High Hon0rs

Major II. X. Biting, Mandan,
graduated with high honors from the
General Service school at Fort Leav-
.enworth, Kansas, the middle of this
month. Major Bitzing has been in
the United States Army service almost
continuously since 1917.
E. Major Biting was assigned to the
Judge advocates department, First
Division A. F.. +. during the war.
On his discharge in 1919 he was
offered position in the judge ad-
vocate's department at Washington.
He accepted the position after a
few months at home.
Some months ago he went to the
General Service school at LeaveNworth
and has completed his course with
honors which place him high on the
promotion list. He has been assigned
, 10 the General Staff.
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News Of Our
Neighbors
PAINTED MOODS

PAINTED WOOUS
Ada Fairman went home Sunday
visiting few days with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Fairman.
Ed Peterson called at C. w. Brooks
Tuesday forenoon.
Arthur Hanson, Jim and Ada Fair
man were fishers Sunday.
Clifford Hanson and Bert Roes
took in the ball game at Washburn
Sunday. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin LANCE were
berry picking Tuesday and Wednes-
:, Earl and Johnnie Dixon visited
Wallace Anstrom Tuesday evening.
Johnnie Dixon visited school No
/ several days this week.
Mrs. Dave Broktrom, Lucy and
Lillian yoltin, visited at Clifford
Hanson Tuesday afternoon.
Susie, Krush visited with Ada Fair
man short time after. school Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Soderquist and
family of near Still visited at the
Oscare Anstrom home Sunday.
Elnai Magnuson enjoyed few
days visit at the Grandham home.,
Fred Anstrom and Sture Nelson
of Wilton spent Sunday day. night
at Arthur Hanson's.
The Painted Woods boys practiced
baseball Sunday.
Florence Franklund visited with
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Chief of Police
Turns Bill Poster

Chief of Police n. H. Romer had a
new job yesterday-turned bill poster.
The arterial highway law calls for
lack of full turns on arterial high
ways. Main street is an arterial
highway. But whenever the chief
stopped anyone for making complete
turn at one Of tho intersections Of
the highway. they asked him where's
tho sign
There wasn't any. So yesterday
afternoon the chief got busy and
sawed out lot Of standards to be
fastened To lamp posts at the inter-
sections, and began putting them up.
When seen he had made up, or had
in process Of completion, Is signs
or standards. Thirteen of these are
for the various intersections Of Main
Street where it is an arterial high
way. The other two and probably
some additional ones will be put up
on Sixth avenue, which is also an
'arterial highway.
Then whatever else they may say,
they will not have occasion to- re-
mark. where's your sign" says
CHIEF Rome..
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vania railroad passenger trains near
Gray, Pa.
The failure on the part Of the
engineman. however, the commits
sion's safety bureau reported, was
believed to have been due to his
Sudden death or physical incapacita-
ton"
The collision. which also involved
the Washington express, resulted in
the death of IL passengers and four
employees and the injury of So pas
sengers and four employees.
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CAPITOL. THEATRE

Elizabeth Cooper's popular novel !,
'prusilla with Million will have
It's first motion picture presentation
IN this vicinity at the Capitol
theatre tonight when it begins
a two-day run; and it is seldom
indeed that such thoroughly fresh,
wholesome and amusing story Is pro-
Jected >the screen Mingling
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/. C. C. DisapprOves
Oil Rate Changes

Washington, June go tP)--The in
terstate commerce commission today
disapproved proposed changes in oil
freight rates in The mid-continent
field in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, on
traffic moving to and beyond Kansas
City and st. Louis.
The rates to northern Nebraska,
North and South Dakota and North
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Totals: ........ 40 IL q 16
Errors: Wick az, c. Neustel.
Struck out: by 'Thorckmorton, l;
by c. Neustcl, s.
Bases on balls: off Thorckmorton.
2: off c. Neustcl, 2.
Bit by pitched ball: Sweixer, Harry
Ncustel.
Three Dagger: Lienhart.
Two-baggers: Sherer. Cameron (2).
EMPIRES: Wilk and Legler.
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Robinson Drillers
Defeat Turtle Lake

Robinson, n. d., Juno 29--Turtle
Lake met defeat at the hands Of
the Drillers at Robinson Thursday
with score Of to 8. The Lakers
played errorless ball throughout the
game but could not make enough hits
to win.
The box scores:
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MAILMEN,S HOLIDAY

On account Of election day. there
was only one mail delivery today
from the Mandan posto ffice. Post
master A. b. Welch declared it was
unnecessary to have a second delivery
Of mail on election day, when good
share of the buinsess houses in town
would be closed for the afternoon
anyway.
The dispatching and forwarding Of
mail went forward as usual, and there
were employees in the office during
the day. but the carriers were re-
leased after the early delivery was
completed.
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MandQn Neus
WEIGH to Attend
National Guard
Camp in Wisconsin

Major A. 3. WEIGH will leave Fri
day for Sparta. Wisconsin, where he
will spend a few days at the artil-
lery camp for national guardsmen
there.
While at the camp he will have
opportunity to do some practice firing
with the seventy-fives, for which q
range is provided.
He will probably be gone over the
week end.
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the Farr residence and a physician
summoned. A severe scalp wound and
minor scratches and bruises appeared
TO be the extent of her injuries. The
car driven by Miss Kuhn was said to
have been travelling slowly.
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BANKER IIIrRr

w. B. Richardson. banker of Sanger,
was injured Monday night and his
car badly damaged in a spill west Of
Sanger. When driving over newly
graded section he struck a soft spot
in the road just as he was meeting
another car. A broken beam from
the top of the sedan pierced his
shoulder and arm and no received a
few minor bruises. \