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The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01

turned over to a deputy sheriff who
was stationed there.
Roberts was taken to Miles CITY
where he was tried and convicted Of
horse-stealing. He was given a peni-
tentiary sentence.
Aside from the freakish play OF
Smiths gun, I have always consider
ed this the nerviest arrest I ever wit
messed, and saw a great many in
Montana.
Several years after this, I was
working for Billy as a deputy, and I
spoke to him about the Roberts case.
He told me he had tried a thousand
times to do that again, but he never
could get the hammer to stand. It
either snapped down so it woud ex-
plode the cartridge, or it went back
to safety as he released the pressure
on the trigger. I have tried it num-
6erless times myself but always
failed.
One day asked Billy, "Where in
olazes did you pull that gun from,
when you covered Roberts?" But the
detective only laughed and evaded the
question. Finally, he showed me. He
had a strap buckled around his right
arm, just above the elbow. A stout
piece of rubber was fastened to il.
and then around the handle of the
gun. When not wanted, the gun
would lay flat against his arm. the
muzzle only a few inches above his
wrist. When he wanted to use if.
ne gave. that sudden down Jerk I had
noticed, and the weight of the gun
caused 1t to slide down into his hand
he told me when he showed me how
II worked that 1 was the only one
ne had ever divulged his secret to.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01

hammer kept on raising, fort
seemed, to me-an hour. Suddenly
Roberts, who was mighty pale, threw
both hands above his head; and, here
is where the most peculiar revolver
play occurred.
Smith released the pressure on the
trigger of his gun and the hammer,
instead of going back to rest on the
cylinder, stood at full cock. Roberts
saw it, too, and he seemed to turn a
greenish yellow in the face. He re-
allied how near to death he had been.
Smith made him turn around and
took Wins gun out of it's holster, at
the same time, Handwriting. the pris-
Oner.
Smith then spoke to me and said
that he had passed our outfit, and
that he thought he'd run across me.
1t developed that there were 25
stolen horses in the bunch that Ro-
berts had; and, Smith had been look
ing for Roberts whom he did not
know by sight; nor did Roberts
known the detective, other than by
reputation.
Billy had rode in sight of the camp
at about the same place 1 had. He
had hidden his guns and, riding
clear around the camp, came in sight
of us from the opposite direction.
Roberts possessed the reputation
of being a bad man and a killer
and the detective had taken a desper
ate chance to get him. Roberts clear
ed the other two men of any compile
ity in the hOrse-stealing, and Rob
erts engaged them to drive the hero
to POwderville, where they wer,
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01

Jean Baptiste Jette, one of the
early settlers of the west, died at
ms nome in Poison recently at
Lne age of "a years. Funeral SER
vices were conducted at the Cath
O1c church, with Father O'NFaIIev.
officiating. A number of friends.
companions of his early day exDer-
fences In Montana, were present
frOm many parts of the northwest.
Jean Baptiste Jette was born in
Montreal, Canada, in 1910 of French
parents. AT the age of II with his
Drother Frank, he came to the United
states and worked for a time in the
logging camps along Lake Superior
Game to Montana in 7O's
In 1858, the two brothers decided
10 come westward and taking the.
trail through Kansas and then due
west arrived in Reno, New. after
many exciting experiences on foot
and horseback. They worked there.
IN the silver mines Curiosity and
love OF new adventure led the broth
ers to California. The gold rush
being over and quiet times in the
state, the Jette boys went to Ore
gon and engaged in the work in
the salmon canneries for a time.
In the early 70's they came tn
FrenchtOwn, Montana, but at the dis,
coVery of gold at Banack. hastened
there and witnessed many of the stir.
ring events Of those DAYS. Thev
hauled freight from Bannack or Vir-
glnia City to Denver for several
months. each driving a wagon strino,
OF II horses to the wagon. ON one
Trip to Denver, Jean Jette enlisted
as volunteer in the u. S. armv inst
Ia short time before Clusters Iast
stand against the Indians. He wa
never called to service.
Al the beginning Of the gold rush
IN the Ceour d. .Alenes in Idaho
Lne Jettes engaged in business at
CeOur d'Alene for two years. Later
Lney hauled freight from Carson
City to Missoula for the store be-
longing to A. Hammond which later
lpany. Ss'1''A9 0oii'-
Last Roundup in 1910.
In 1887, he was married to af~.
E.sener raymond of st. Ignatius and
sssaOilshed home on ranch two
mlies south Of what is now the town
OF Big arm. He went into the cattle
business and Tor years, hundreds OF
MS cattle ranged throughout the en-
tire Flathead valley. IN 1904. he
purchased the Charles Allard ranch.
nine miles west Of Poison and resid-
ed there for q number Of years.
Ine last big roundup OF the Jette
brothers was In 1910, before the
opentng Of the Flathead reservation
and at this time Mr.. yette retired
from business.
Eight children were born 20 EEr.
and Mrs. Jetta. Three are dead
Those surviving are Mrs. Dfck Con-
;Derly OF Pablo, fs Dave pronovoel
Of Poison, AmRaee yette of Portland
Mrs. Mary Hancock of Poison and
George Jettb. ae As also enrvi lived
by his wife, and brother nk az
Poison, and nnmher of na.
Ichiloren.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01

The old adage, ''Truth is strang-
er than fiction is awel grounded
belief in the minds of most Mon
tana stOcEzmen acquainted with the
WAYS o fanimals. And it is one
which is borne out by the story
of two lone sheep which success
fully passed the perils of q win
ter alone in a mountain range,
eIuding their natural enemies, only
to meet death at the corral the
following fall.
Jack Smith, who lives on South
Fork, told this story to friends in
Hobson recently and vOuches for its
truth. He said that one evening a
few days ago, while engaged in driV-
ing his cattle down from the timber
into his corrals, he noticed a belled
sheep and thought that he saw an
other young sheep in the timber but
was not certain. He gave chase to the
one animal, but it was wild and easily
made its escape.
Killed by Coyotes
However, the sheep followed the
band of cattle, and when the corral
gates were closed that night the
sheep were inside the enclosure with
the cattle. During the night Smith
heard the calls of this sheep and
answers from another one outside
the corral fence These calls kept
up most of the night but ceased to-
ward morning. After feeding the
cattle the following morning he went
out to investigate and found the body
of a yearling sheep, which had beer
killed by coyotes few feet from the
fence.
Both the dead sheep and the belleC
one had a long heavy wool, and were
yearlings. Evidently they were from
the band of sheep wintered the pre-
vious year in the Belt mountains b!
the Holiday Sheep company Of Mar
tinsdale. Smith found a band OF Il
sheep that had been lost in the home
drive of this company last fall anC
traded them to Joe Hopkins Of Utic;
for 400 pounds of flour.
Bell Saved Sheep
These two lambs had evidently be
longed to the band which he foun'
but had become separated in som
way.
Smith states that escape from tn
attacks of predatory coyotes and
wolves in the timbers of the Littl
Belts during the winter was due T.
the fact that one If the lambs wor
a bell, and while che two stayed to
gether they were safe from attack
It was only when they became sepaI
ated that their enemies captured an
killed one. Proof that the lambs ha
wintered in the Tflds is evidenced b
the long, heavy wool which they Dor
and which would have been sheare
in July had they been with a ban
summering in the mountains.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01

happened to a revolver in or out of
the hand of a man.
In 1889, was on the trail from
Texas to Montana with a herd of
L. F. D. cattle belonging to the
Nm Cattle Company of Dawson
county, Montana. On July rs, we
crossed Mizpah creek at what was
known as the N-bar crossing and
camped that night near the divide
between Mizpah and Pumpkin creeks
in Custer county. The following
morning when the horses were run
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01

BY d. j. O'NIALLEY, the Nm Kid.
~ EADING an article a short time
ago, about curious firing of
~ guns and revOlvers, guns with
broken hammers, revOlvers with the
hammer resting on safety notch, etc.,
brings to my mind an occurrence to
which I was an eye witness, and
which I think was the most curious
and unexplainable thing that ever
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01
HoteI CaIls Five Cents

Effective October / the Mountain
States Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany will require the hotels Of Non
tana to make q charge OF s cents
on each outgoing call.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01
Ranger Exams Drnnned

Because of the large number of
eI1gibles remaining on the forest
service ranger certificates, there win
be no examinations held this fall
according to Supervisor A. H. Abbot
or the Helena national forest. Those.
VINO passed the 1925 examination,
VIII have their eligibility extended
year. Heretofore examinations have
oeen held at the headquarters of
forest supervisors in October.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01
EARLY SETTLER
DIES AT POISON
JEAN BAPTISTE JETTE MTCRAT.
ED TO THE WEST WHEN
BUT AZ YEARS OLD

Pioneer of Western Montana, Born
In Canada, First Went to Nevada.
then to California and Finally to
The MissOuIa Section
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01
MOUNTAIN SAFER
THAN FARM YARD
SHEEP ELUDES ENEMIES IN THE
WILDS ONLY TO DIE
AT CORRAL

John Smith of Judith Basin Country,
Tells Interesting Story Of Woody
that Lived All Winter in TimbeTS
But Meets Death When Near Barn
The Bozeman courier., 1926-10-01

A well-knOwn psychologist has lust
pronounced that women who re-
semble their fathers were USUALLY
more intelligent than women who
resemble their mothers. When a girl
resembles her mother, he says, She
becomes too effeminate to be intel
ligent.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-07-22
MAR0UAM VISITS WRANGELL

T. A. Marquam, well known attor- ney of Fairbanks, who is the Inde- pendent candidate for Delegate to Congress from Alaska, spent Monday in Wrangell. MT. Marquam is also the president of the Fairbanks Com mercial Club. He was invited to be present at the weekly luncheon of the Wrangell Commercial Club Mon day.
 Upon being called on Mr. Mar quam spoke entertainingly of the activities of the Fairbanks Club. Among other things he stated that Fairbanks has nine commercial air planes which the people of the lnte- rior have come to regard as a ne- cessity He had no doubt that at least one plane would be paying proposition for Wrangell. MT. Mar ouam concluded his talk by eongrat- ulating the town on it's liberal use of paint thereby contributing much toward making Wrangell one of the most beautiful towns in Alaska. His marks were free from reference to matters political.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-07-22
LONG DESERTED CABINS IN
 DEMAND AT FAIRBANKS

Cabins which have been vacant for a fifth of a century, have been resurrected by having improvements made inside and out, and are either sold outright or rented long before the work has been finished, accord ing to arrivals in Seward from Fair banks The town is lively. owing to the advent of the big mining com Dany, but is rapidly becoming over lone i'll the line of business. It is expected there will be number of lew business places that will be breed to go out of business before all solely on account of too many starting up. h Fairbanks itself, there are not many company men. These are found out in the country many miles away. where the big work is actually under way.
 The Fairbanks Exploration Com pany is getting remarkably efficient organization together, it is said, and in the office force are found the names of many well known Alas kans. The Alaska Road Commission is active, the crews being already on the job for the extensive program outlined for this Seward Gateway.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-07-22
CoRDoVA GIRL WINS CONTEST

Miss Sadie Pratt, of the Cordova high school, is Alaska winner of the national essay contest conducted an nually by the Highway Education Board of Washington, D. ., aceord- ing to an announcement received from the Territorial department of education.
 The subject of the 1926 essay is "The Relation of Improved High ways to Education" But two schools entered the contest, Cordova and Fairbanks. Each school submitted three essays. Miss Naomi Robinson and Mr. Rodney Lloyd, both of Cor dova were winners of second and third places, respectively. Territo- rial judges were MT. Karl Thiele, Secretary of Alaska, Mir M. L. Mer- ritt, assistant district forester, and MT. R. E. Robertson, attorney, all of Juneau.
 Miss Pratt's essay has been for warded to Washington, D. C., for en- try in the national contest in com petition with one essay from each Of the states and territories. The na- tional prize is a four year scholar ship. in a college or university to be chosen by the winner, with all eX- penses, including tuition, books, room and board, paid by the donor of the prize, MT. Harevy Firestone.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-07-22
PORTLAND CANAL MINE MAKING BIG SHIPMENT:
 OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING

The largest shipment of ore con- centrates to leave the Riverside mine for the shelter will be taken by the motorship Norco on her next trip south, according to officials of tn Riverside Mining and Milling Com pany. The shipment is expected to approximate about 50 tons by the time the Norco arrves, says the Fly der Weekly Herald.
 The mine is responding splendidly to the recent enlargement of the scope of operations, resulting from the strong financial backing given by E. E. Hall Winnipeg capitalist, and production is steadily increas- ing. A crew of 25 men is now em- ployed and is being increased as fast as underground development pro- eesses makes room for more.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-07-22
Mines Constitute A Big Item of
 Alaska Wealth

Maurice D. Leehey. well known attorney of Seattle Whe has been as sociated with Alaska enterprises over a period Of many years. and who has spent considerable time in the Territory Was aboard the Ala meda Wednesday enroute home af- ter visit to the Interior
 Mr. Leehey was one of the organ izers of the Seattle Mining Club and is at the present time an active member of the organization which, he hopes. will soon be in q position to assist in bringing about a revival Of interest in mining in the North west and Alaska Just ai present, he says. effort is being centered in an endeayor to create T more favor able sentiment in Seattle toward the mining industry, with q view to finding q way 10 finance mining propositions and to eliminate fraud from the mining game
 Mf. Leehey believes that it will be possible to underWrite mining com panies through responsible bonding concerns. just as municipal and oth- CT speculative bonds are floated. That would give prospective inyes- 19Aa dA oHDDL IuHAAA ND investigate the merits of the concerns seeking capital and woa'd i9sure easier and more liberal financing of companies.
 It has been estimated, Mr. Leehey says. that s100,000,0o0 is invested annually by the people of the Puget Sound district in purely speculative stocks, and il is the aim of the Seat tle Mining Club 10 direct a portion of that huge sum to the mining in- dustry.
 The greatest handicap encounter ed by mining promoters, it is point ed out, is partial financing. Com panies and individuals too often un- dertake development when they have raised only a part O. the amount needed to finance their propositions properly, and when that money is exhausted they find it impossible to obtain more, with the result that the enterprises fail. If such enter prises were financed through bonding house as suggested by MT. Leehey. the full amount needed would be available at the outset, thus eliminating one of the big problems now confronting the min ing industry.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-07-22
NEW AIRSHIP# FIELDS

Work on the construction of many new airplane fields throughout AL aska and improvements on others will commence in the near future, according to Robert J. Sommers, erritorial highway engineer, who is LOW in Fairbanks. It is planned yentually to have network of =ields which will form connecting inks between mining camps and owns and give an impetus to air plane transportation such as private enterprises could scarcely hope to do.
 Horses and men are to be sent to the Cinema Hot Springs immediately to improve the field there. One is to be built at MeGrath ending the necessity for landing and taking off from a bar. Fields are also to be constructed at Chicken Creek, in the Eagle district, and at Circle. Special permission has been received from the Secretary of Agriculture for making use of the abandoned eXper- mental farm there and it will be put in first class condition for airplane use A field is to be constructed in the Chandelar district, located as closely as possible to the wireless station which is to be installed there. Improvements will be made on the Wiseman field.
 If possible one is to be built at Kaltag on the Yukon river. It is the plan of the territory to have series of landing places between Fairbanks and Nome which will place the risk of travel at mini mum To this end a field has been built this year at Unalakleet; one halfway between Unalakleet and Nome, and there is one at Nome. Mr. Sommers stated that it is possi- ble a field would be constructed at Fish Lake, near American creek.
 Ten thousand dollars has been ap- propriated by the Territory for tins purpose during the summer. After inauguration work here MT. Som- mers will go to Nome, later coming up the Yukon. He expects to return to Fairbanks during the first part of August.
 He hopes next fall to get out folder showing the location of the different fields. not only to be used in his report to the territorial legis- lature. but also to be submitted to the different governmental depart ments, and distributed among avia- tion societies in the states.-Fair- banks NewsMiner
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-07-22
THE DOROTHY ALEXANDER
 TO MAKE EXTRA TRIP

lozal Steamship Agent Leo Me ssrmack has been notified that the big excursion steamer Dorothy Alex 8nder vii make an extra trip to Al ska during the present tourist sea
 on and that instead of sailing from Seattle on her last trip of fhe year n August 9. she will sail on Aug ust 19. her bookings for the trip be- ing already completed Yhe extra
 rip of the Dorothy was made prae- tieally imperative by the many ap- nlications for reservations after those for the six sailings previously intended had been taken.
 As the Dorothy Alexander is car rying from 2S0 to 300 tourists on each voyage. her transfer to the AL aska run this year means that ap- proXimately 1000 more tourists will be enabled to visit Alaska this sea son than otherwise would. ali the accommodations of the steamers of the other lines being engaged sev- eral omnths ago It is to aceomo- date those who could not secure transportation otherwise that the Dorothy Is making seven instead of six trips as at first intended.
 So successful has been the opera tions of the Dorothy Alexander in Alaska waters this year it has been already decided by the company to operate her next year md at tie same time put on another extra steamer to duplicate her service. IL is possible the H. F.AleXander may be added to the Pacific Steamship Company.s Alaska fleet next year. and if she is it will mean q decided increase in the number of Alaska visitors, the II. F. Alexander having accommodation for from 45o 10 5o0 passengers.
 The schedule which the Dorothy is maintaining this season Is most satisfactory one She lays at Ketch- ikan six hours each way in daylight, visits Taku glacier during the fore noon. arrives in Juneau about noon and remains until midnight spends a day at Skagway, one at sitka and one at Wrangell, her passengers be- ing given almost a day at all t he ports of call in Southeastern Alaska. She is maintaining her schedule to the minute Her speed is 18 knots, while that of her big abrother' II. F. is g knots.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-07-22

SEATTLE. July 21.-All vessels of the regular steamship lines as well as freighters of the eanneries have been taking out unusually large shipments of salmon tin can- nery plate for the past ten days, in dieating a heavy pack of fish in all waters of Alaska.
 The Pacific Steamship Company dispatched two extra freighters, the Culburra. for southwestern Alaska, and the Challambra for southeastern Alaska eannery ports last night. and the Admiral Rodman and Admiral Rogers today.
 The Alaska Steamship company's Lakina also sailed for southeastern Alaska last night. All the boats took big shipments of tins.
 For the past two weeks the Seat te plant of the American Can Com pany has been working three night and day shifts supplying tins but are still unable to satisfy the demand for cans.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-07-22
ATLIN HAVING GOOD
 SEASON FROM MINES

That Atlin is enjoying one of the most prosperous seasons for several years is the opinion of Dr. Willis of the Princess Louise Tuesday morning of this week after visit to property he owns on Mckee creek in the At lin district.
 Dr. Willis is a pioneer of the north having spent considerable time in Dawson in the early days. Although he went outside more than a score of years ago the lllHa Of the north has held him and late" he re turned and secured interests in rle cer property in the vicinity of Atlin.
 The famous Engineer mine, ae- cording to Dr. Willis, is being eX- tensiyely operated by it's new own CTS, it having been idle for num- Der of years following the death of it's principal owner, Captain Alex ander who was a victim Of the So- phia disaster in 1918 and following which the property was tied up in litigation until last year. The new owners are now charging the mill ing plant, installing modern mach inery on the Engineer property and engaging actively in development work with very promising results. Dr. Willis predicts splendid returns for the work now under way on that mine. In fact, he says the entire AtIin mining district is more active this season than for several years.- Stroller's Weekly.