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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29

timber & water splendid if you all want
(tO) start in a new country this is about
your last chance i wish (yOu) was all here
any (way) in (the) spring there will be
a grand rush the country is not treated
for yet so the government is trying to
keep the miners out but the (y) keep going
and the soldiers keep bringing the (m)
back the indians talk fight but it is) all
talk there is three companies Of soldiers
stationed in the Black Hills to keep miners
out it is 100 miles from here there is so
soldiers start from here tomorrow and i
am going with them i want to make some
new locations because i know all the
country and where the best pay is in my,
opinion that the first man gets on the
ground in the spring will hold it as you
say that (yOu) want to come out i would
be more than glad to see you all you
Charley and Eugene augt to come for this
is a better country to max money in than
Oregon but wait until i rite again i will
rite in time for you to come and tell you
how to come if the Indians don't get me
on this trip i SAW five thousand indians
yestidy drawing their ratiOns the happiest
days i see after deer with my pOny dog
and gun direct Fort Laramie, W. T. to
California 10.
your affectiOnate Father
IN e. MILNER."
General Custer had lost track Of his old
friend Joe after the last meeting at Bis
marck, but upon the publication Of his
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29
California Joe % Ss q sas Gss'c Gss1 ssss' .s d the s: 4 RS s6G Psaa.aas

letter to his sons, then living in Oregon,
which reads as follows, capitalized and
punctuated just as California Joe wrote 1t;
Nov. 1, 1875,
"Red Cloud Agency, Neb.
Dear sons / received your Kind letter
yistidy and was glad to hear from you all
/ returned from the Black Hills 10 days
ago after having a six months travel
through the prettyes country that / have
seen for many days it would take me a
month to describe it to you so / give you
good wages from 5 to 25 dollars per day
by good work the mining destrict is 40
miles long by 20 wide Gt isl placer dig
gings there is some quartz but not deveI-
cant beat it some Of the creeks lis the
best) for RANGES (ranches) l ever seen
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29

first and only book, entitled my Life on
the Plains" Custer in almost the last
paragraph in the volume, again refers to
for former old scout as follows:
"A few words in regard to one other
character with whom the reader o fthese
sketches has been made acquainted. Cali-
fornia Joe accompanied my command to
Fort Hays, Kansas, on the Kansas-Pacific
railroad, where the troops were partially
disbanded and sent to different stations.
California Joe had never seen a railroad
or a locomotive, and here determined to
improve his first opportunity in these re-
spects, and to take a trip on the cars to
LeavenwOrth, distant about four hundred
miles.
command, happening to be called to
LeavenwOrth, thought he recognized a IA
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29

not live In them caused by mining-dia
e~nnybuddy ever hear Of speekle trout hV-
was the game law and that was very near
as bad as the Fish for they aiRt no game
in the country as big Is a hawking bird
/ herd some fellow behind me ask how
long is the Legislators been in session then
/ drOpt to myself It wuzent indian peace
commissioners after all so / slid out took
acrOst to chinatown and they smelt like q
meat arOund-it was getten late so no
place to 90 not got a red cent so / happen
to think of an old friend back Of town that
/ knowed % years ago so i lit out and
% years ago baching so / got a Jew seads
/ going to plant in a few days and give my
respects to the 7th calvery and except the
same yOurssly
CALIFORNIA JOE"
(TO be Concluded Next Week..
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29

miliar face and form in front Of the lead
ing hotel in that city. A closer s~crunity
that the party recognized was
none other than California Joe. But how
changed! Under the manipulatiOns Of the
barber, and through the aid of the pro-
prietOr Of a gentlemen's furnishing store,
the long, curly locks and hair of California
Joe, both of which had avoided contact
with comb, brush or razor for many years,
had undergone a complete m~etamOrphOsis.
His hair and beard were neatly trimmed
and combed, while his figure-a very CON-
handing One-had discarded the rough suit
of the frOntiersman, and was now adorned
by the latest efforts of fashion. If the
reader imagines, however, that these
changes were in keeping with the taste
of California Joe. the impression is wholly
incorrect. He had effected them simply
for a sensation. The following day be took
the cars for the West, satisfied with the
faint glimpse Of civilization which he had
had.
"As 1 soon left that portion Of the plains
in which these scenes are laid, I saw no
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29

j. l.. Savage of Denver, federal
reclamation engineer who designed
Gibson dam which is to be erected
at Beaver creek on Sun river, has
arrived at the dam site where he
viii confer with other reclamation
department representatives and
contractors.
A. e. Paddock, superintendent for
the Utah Construction company,
which was awarded the contract for
the completion of the dam, has been
at Augusta and at the dam location
for several days.
Will Start Construction
Arrival of Mr.. Savage in Montana
is regarded by those interested in the
completion of the Sun River reclama-
ton project as a signal for the start
of construction on the dam, the last
important work which must be fin
ished before water will be available
for all of the project.
The first work to- be undertaken by
the contractors will be the erection
of camp buildings a short distance
from the location of the proposed
dam. An office will be installed there
and houses erected for those who will
be engaged in working on the dam
during the winter months.
VIII Improve Road
Before the dam construction Is
started it will be necessary to i'm
prove the.roads over which the heavy
materials will be hauled from Angus.
ia, the nearest railroad point, to. the
construction camp. It is planned Il
gravel the road between Augusta and
Diversion dam at a number Of points
and material improvements are con,
templated on the few miles Of thS
highway between Diversion and Clio
son dams.
A force Of from rs to 100 men vii
be employed, after the camp is. erect
ed, in boring a tunnel which vii
serve as a spillway for the dam. None
OF the flood waters Of Sun river vii
go over the top Of the new dam
according to the plans as prepares
by MIR. Savage, but viii be carrie.
off by a tunnel which will have III
exit under the concrete structure.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29

three others, who took to the woods. We
got fifteen ponies. Our first fire never
a hOrsehair, but emptied several
saddles. Out Of the twenty-three Indians,
fifteen escaped. Joe killed three himself
with his big Sharps rifle, the last one
being nearly five hundred yards away
when he fired from q rest off Frank
Smiths shoulder. Joe a a piece taken out
o fhis left thigh Franklin was und in
the left arm and the writer slightly
scratched near the guard Of the right arm.
Nobody was seriously hurt, and we had
eight scalps to crown our victory"
In the spring OF 1875, California Joe
happened to wander into Fort Laramie,
where his ~well-known reputation was such
that he was engaged as chief scout and
guide for Professor Jenney's Black Hills
exploring expedition, sent out by the gov
eminent to confirm Clusters report Of the
previous year (1S74) Of gold being found
in that region. The expedition kept Joe in
the field until 1t was disbanded that
autumn.
II was late in 1875 or early in 1876 that
General Custer saw Joe in Bismarck, Da.
kOta, md asked him to go with the expe-
ditiOn which the government was 20 SEND
out in the spring Of 1876, In charge OF
General Terry, to round up the n OF
hostile Sioux under Sitting Bull and Crazy
Horse. These Indians were supposed tC
he camped somewheer in the Yellowstone
country-just where, nCbOdy knew. Custer
was lust leaving for Washington, WherS
be had been called as a witness in the
notorious Belknap case. He advised 10,
that he would probably return In abou'
fOEr weeks. Failing to appear for som'
time after the expected date. Joe guided
party to the Black Hills, where be re
NAMED until after Terry's expedition, will
Custer and the Seventh Cavalry, had de
parted for the Yellowstone country. Doubt
less Joe thus escaped the terrible lat
which overlook Custer and five companie
Of his regiment IN June, a few short week
later.
During the fall Of 1875, California J0
was at Red Cloud Agency, in Northwestern
Nebraska. from which point he wxote
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29

more Of California Joe but l often won
dered what had become of my ~lOquaciOus
friend, whose drOu sayings and quaint
remarks had often served to relieve the
tedium Of the march or to enliven a group
about the campfire. l had begun, after a
few years had passed without trace or
tidings of Joe, to fear that he had per-
haps gone to That happy hunting ground
to which he had no doubt sent more than
one dusky warrior, when a few weeks ago
I was most agreeably surprised to receive
indubitable evidence that California Joe
was still in the land Of the living, but
exactly where, I could not determine, as
his letter was simply dated Sierra NeVade
Mountains, California Now, as this range
OF mountains extend through the entire
length and embraces a considerable portion
Of the State Of California, JOe's address
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29
Killed in MINNEAPOLIS

Orville Moffit, Great Falls youth
who was killed at Minneapolis when
he fell under a freight train on which
he was attempting to catch a ride,
has been identified as the 1~6-year-old
son of MT. and Mrs. Seth MOffit, of
Great Falls. The boy, whose age was
reported in press dispatches as %
years, wa running beside a freight
train in the Minneapolis yards in an
attempt to catch a ride towards Great
Falls.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29

A N OLD friend of California Joe,
n in the person Of G. w. Stokes,
A of New York City, has given
some interesting s~idelights into the
character of the famous frontiers
man. He states that California Joe
was doubtless engaged in placer min
ing on or near Woolsey's Flat, Cali
fornia, some of the time between
1868 and 1868, because Jim Woolsey
and Joe met in Deadwood in 1875
where Stokes heard them discussing
the matter.
I heard them talking about some of
their experiences said Mr.. Stokes, cas-
Twas in DeadwOOd at that time. l know
that Joe and Dick King came to Cheyenne
from up Phoebe, Nevada way in, NOvem-
Der, 1875. Maybe they met there, for ]
think Joe went into the Black Hills with
Custer from Fort Abraham Lincoln, near
Bismarck, in 1874. We went into the Hills
together from there. Custer had a blue
greyhound which he had presented to Cal
ifOrnia Joe. Our party was composed OF
California Joe, Dick King and my party
of four, and eight other teams, for self
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29
Edits College Paper

The Montana year book at Mon
tana State college, which has won
high standing among college publica-
tions of the United States for the past
two years, will be edited this year by
Robert Tootell, a junior registered
from Great Falls. TootelI has called
a meeting Of his Montana staff to
work out details Of the new publiea-
ton. He will name about 20 men and
women students to assist him with
various sections of the year book.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29
IN THREE PARrs-PART TWO

From Hunter, Trader and Trapper, publish
ed at, Columbus, Ohio.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29

The total annual catch of cod on
the Grand banks of Newfoundland
to owe 200, 100000 fish,
and this steady drain has continued
for hundreds of years, yet the supply
shows no signs of diminishing.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29
READY TO START
GIBSONDAM WORK
FEDERAL ENGINEER GOES TO
SUN RIVER TO TAKE
CHARGE

Utah Construction Company Has Con-
tract for Erection of Big Reser-
vOir for Irrigation PrOject; A. e.
Paddock of Salt Lake in Charge
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29
fRv u. a. -RRINTNsTOOnl

Author: "a Trooper With Custer . Flight
ing Red Clouds Warriors, Trail
Dust Of a Maverick"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-10-29

Even If cross, feverish, bilious,
constipated or fun Of cold, children
love the pleasant taste Of California
Fig Syrup" A t~easpoonfuI never fails
TO clean the liver and bowels.
Ask your druggist for genuine
California Fig Syrup" which has di-
rectione for babies and children Of all
ages printed on bottle. Mother! You
must say California OF you may
get an imitation fig syrup.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01
MAX P. POWELL
TAKES LIFE

Unable TO longer endure what
he considered the extreme mis-
fortune of life. Max +. Powell. 81
years old. a painter living at 1854
T st. N. W.. committed suicide
late yesterday In a storeroom al
1923 Fourteenth st. N. w.
Powell was found lying on an
old settee and still had a gas tube
in his mouth. although dead when
found.
His body was discovered by
Angelo Totaro. proprietor Of a
barber shop that occupies q front
room Of the building. The barber
notified they police and Policeman
C. r. Bremhrman. OF the Second
precinct, went to investigate.
He left a note addressed to his
wife In which he said that he
regretted that he could not leave
her In better circumstances. The
note stated how hia property
should be divided and told her TO
not sell a certain house for less
than $4,000.
Coroner ]. Ramsey hewitt issued
q certificate Of suicide.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01
JEWELRY AND $50 CASH
ARE REPORTED STOLEN

While she wao absent from her
home last night, . thief broke into
the home Of Mrs. Julia Edlin, 624
Second st. 8. W., and stole two
diamond rings valued at 800, a
chain valued at SO. a scarf pin
OF the same value and $50 in cash,
according to report made to the
police.
A radio set valued at $50 was
stolen from James A. Best, 311 H
st. N. E., and a silver mounted
revolver worth SIS, was taken irons
the automobile OF M. Russell, Of
the Wardnan Park Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01
PRO c RESS OF
'T.B.' TRACED

The human body Is one OF mans
strongest allies in the war on
tuberculosis. Dr. Allen K. Krause'
of BaltimoreS declared today before
the fifth conference of the Inter
national Union Against Tubercu'
losis. now meeting at the May
flower.
Ninety per cent OF the millions
of persons who become infected
with tuberculosis germ, ne SAID
are protected from the development
of the disease by the neculiar
mechanism OF the human body that
tends to wall In and confine' the
germs and thus keep them and
their poisons from spreading.
Progress of the germ from the
time It enters the body until 1t
develops into active disease. was
carefully traced by the speaker,
who Is associate professor of medi-
cine at Johns Hopkins University.
The chances of the disease be-
coming active depends entirely
upon the strength Of the shell
which has encased the germs. II
the tubercle proves strong enough.
the germs within will tend to de-
cay and die: otherwise. they will
break through and spread disease
over the body.
"The ideal cure" said DR.. Kraus,
"Is a practical bacteride that would
kill the germs secreted within the
tubercle. Meanwhile, as we await
this, we should direct our study in
three different ways: First toward
the discovery of some medium that
win accelerate the process by which
the tough cells that form the outer
walls of the tubercle may be in.
creased: second. toward a medium
that will tend to keep the walls OF
the tubercle firm even within a
person previously infected third.
toward medium that will neu-
tralize the poisonous products that
proceed from the growing tubercle
bacilli."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01
j. o. U. A. N. Concert

The boys band and the girls glee
club OF the Junior Order Of United
American Mechanics home at Tiff
fin, Ohio. will give a concert at 5
o'clock this evening at the Masonic
Temple, Thirteenth Street and New
York Avenue Northwest. The con.
cert is for the benefit Of the home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01

Portland cement mills OF the
United States are capable of turn
ing out about 200,000,O00 barrels
annually. or about one-fourth more
than the record years consumption.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01

Contestants III recent aIrplane'
races In Philadelphia. flying over
triangular course. flew total OF
more than $50, 900 miles without q
serious accident.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01

ofse Egyptian government Has1
planned a S15,000.O 900 dam across
the White Nile. south Of Khartum.
and a S10,500. 900 barrage north OF
Assuan for irrigation purposes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01

Includes Cotton Slips, Combi-
nations, Pajamas and Boomers.
Also Flannelette Gowns, Billie
Burkes and Pajamas. Neatly
made of good sturdy wash fab
RIGS, trimmed and tailored.
PaIais Royal-Bargain Basement
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01
IlI. Pa ais Royal. =
Bargain Basement
All First Quality

Long shaped boots, high spliced heel Isle heel,
toe and garter hem, narrow ankles and slim foot
Attractive display Of the new coIors: Grain,
zinc, French nude, champagne or white. Sizes
81 to 10. Silk with rayon mixture, that give
you long service and provide real savingsl .s
PaIais RoyaS-Bargain Basement sn
Evening star., 1926-11-03
Danderine
TAKE SALTS FOR A
KIDNEY BACkACHE
Drink Lots of Water All Day
Long to Keep Kidneys
Flushed

Too much rich food forms acids
which excite and overwork the kid
neys in their efforts to filter it
from the system. Flush the kid
ueNS occasionally to relieve them
like YOU relieve the bowels, remov-
ing acids. waste and poison. else
Nou may feel a duh misery in the
kidney region, sharp pains in the
back or sick headache, dizziness,
/ the stomach sours, tongue is coat
ed, and when the weather is bad
YOU have rheumatic twinges. The
URINE is cloudy. fun of sediment,
the channels often get irritated
ohIiging one TO get up two or three
times during the night.
To help neutralize these irritat-
/ ing acids and flush off the body .
nTinouS waste. begin drinking
water. Also get about four ounces
of lad Salts from any pharmacy.
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for a few
days and your kidneys may then
act fine and bladder disorders dis
! appear.
This famous salts is made from
the acid Of grapes and lemon juice.
combined with lithia. and has been
/ used for years to help clean and
/ stimulate sluggish kidneys and
\ stop bladder irritation. Jad Salts
! is inexpensive and makes delight
/ ful effervescent lithia water drink
which millions Of men and women
take now and then to help prevent
serious kidney and bladder dis
orders. BY all means. drink lots of
good water every day.-Advertise-
ment.
Evening star., 1926-11-03
CHAIIAPIN IN 1.-THE BARBER OF
SEVILLE" TOMORROW.

F'eodor Chaliapin, renowned Russian
basso and operate star, with a special
company that includes Elvira de HI
dalgo, will present Rossini's grand
opera, '."he Barber of Seville at
Polls Theater tomorrow afternoon at
8 O'Clock sharp. as the first attraction
in Mrs. Wilson Greene's Artists
Course of musical events in Washing
ton this season.
THE Barber of Seville, in three
acts, will be sung in Italian. with
Chaliapin in the role of Don Basillo
a village organist and music teacher
Elvira de Hidalgo. who makes her
first appearance before the Washing
ton public in this opera, will sing the
soprano role of Rosina. Joseph 30
brovitch, brilliant young Lithuanian
tenor, will have the tenor role of the
Count Of Almaviva.
Eugene Plotnikoff. Russian conduc-
tor. will direct the orchestra or 80
Others who have prominent roles are
Giorgia Durando, italian baritone: Cha
como Lucchini, bass-baritone, Nine.
Anna I.issetzkaya, mezzo- soprano, and
Giuseppe La Puma, bass-baritone and
buffo. The o'clock hour for the
opening has been set to enable the
opera. to be given in its entirety With
out delaying the usual O'Clock din
yn
Evening star., 1926-11-03

Countless girls and women now
know how foolish and needless it is
to purge and "physic" themselves
to avoid sick headache, dizziness.
biliousness, sallow skin, colds or
sour, gassy stomach.
They have found that DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin helps to estab-
lish natural bowel regularity even
for those heretofore chronically con-
stipated. DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sin not only causes a gentle, easy
bowel movement but, best of all, il
never gripes. sickens or upsets the
most delicate girl or woman. Be
sides. it is absolutely harmless and
Evening star., 1926-11-03
CENTRAE-'"The Millionaire
Policeman

The Millionaire Policeman" star
ring Herbert RawlinsOn. will be shown
at Crandall's Central Theater the
first two days of next week. beginning
Sunday afternoon. and Mack Sen
nett's ice Cold Cocoas," with a new
Pathe Review; Tuesday and Wednes-
day, Colleen Moore, supported by
Jean Hersholt and Malcolm McGregor,
i'll 1T Must BE Love-" a screen adap-
tation of the magazine story by
Brooke Hanlan, "Delicatessen," also a
short reel comedy who's My Wife. y
with Lige Conley; Thursday and Fri
day, the William Fox release Of
"Three Bad Men" starring George
O'Brien. Olive Borden and Tom
Santschi in an epic of the West deal
ing with the land rush days in the
Dakotas, and new Aesop Fable;
Saturday, Laura La Plante in Her
Big Night" latest of her Universal's s
releases, and the Cameo comedy, Kiss
Me, Kate
Evening star., 1926-11-03
STRAND-"Danc Pirates"

Five acts of Loews vaudeville are
promised at the Strand next week
with Hal Willis and Hazel MacF'ar
lane headlining in a singing and dane
ing revue entitled Dancing Pirates.
other vaudeville numbers Will be
AL H. Wilson in "A Conglomeratloi
of Nonsensicalities and Witticisms,
Naura Nelson and Joe Gehan and
Who's to Blame?" Robert Gehan and
Marjorie Garretson in classical syn
copation." and Achilles and Newman
gladiators. in a comedy novelty "Olc
Greek Pastimes.'
La Boheme." the King Nidor pro
duction that thrilled Broadway. VIII
be the feature photoplay commencing
Sunday afternoon. Lillian Gish. John
Gilbert, Renee Adoree and George
Hassell are in a notable cast. La
Boheme" is the love story of Mini
the little seamtress OF Paris ano
Rodolphe, her prince charming.
Short film features also will be
shown.
Evening star., 1926-11-03
NURSES MAKE REPORTS.

Reports on the trend in the profess
sion Of nursing were made TO the Grad,
uate Nurses Club by delegates to the
health conference in Atlantic City. at
a meeting in the clubhouse. 1887 *
street, Monday afternoon.
Among the problems before the pro
fession is that of reducing the cost OF
graduate nurse service. The so-called
group nursing plan was discussed. BY
this plan one graduate nurse would
care for, two or three patients in a
hospital. the cost being divided among
the patients.
The delegates who reported were:
Katherine Vincent, Eleanor Maynard,
Sara Couzons and Rachel Colby.
Evening star., 1926-11-03

Lane in Fools Luck; Tuesday, Ru-
dolph Valentino in Monsieur Beau
caire"; Wednesday. Gloria Swanson
in THE Untamed Lady" Cameo COM
edy, Plumb Goofy," and review;
Thursday, Mary Carr in THE Hidden
Way" and "Vamping Babies; Friday.
Richard Talmadge in THE Better
Man" and Imperial comedy. Pawn
shop Politics.; Saturday, Harry Carey
in "The Seventh Bandit" Our Gang
In Baby Clothes" and Screen Snap
shots,