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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-29
EARTHQUAKE IN ARGENTINE

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. % P)-An
eerthorake of some intensity lasting
one minute was recorded at La
Plata observatory and traced to north
western Argentina and Atacama Prov
ince, Chile. The region affected in
Argentina comprises the provinces of
Catamarac and La Rioja, and Los
Andes territory, but up to late hour
no direct advices have been received
here from there.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-29
More Truth Than Poetry
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE
THE BITTER TRUTH

"You cannot repudiate moral re-
sponsibility regarding animals without
also repudiating it regarding humans. y
George Bernard Shaw.
I never yet have robbed a bank
Or cut persons throat,
Or made party walk plank
Straight off pirate boat.
I ply a wholly peaceful art
With calm content of mind
And, till today, I thought my heart
Was fairly good and kind.
lend a little, now and then
When casually meet
With seedy, needy gentlemen
Who say that they must eat.
And if they take my paltry dole
And go upon spree
Well, if they have no self control
It's all the same to me.
Yet / confess I never try
To shield the tinid mouse
Which roves, with her uncounted fry
The purlieus of my house.
Should she be eaten by the cat
I'm sure I should not weep,
But merely mutter: well, that's
that!"
Tonight I'll get some sleep.
But in accordance with law
A moral law, of course
Which I observe that c.. B. Shaw
Has lately put in force,
If can put that mouse's fate
So lightly from my mind,
It follows therefore that I hate
All human creature kind
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-29
ABE MARTIN

If th' fitness Of our statesmen is t
be determined by ther liquor views,
it's goodbye dear ole land o. tn free
an home O. tn brave. 1 don't believe
anybuddy ever used hammer with
out Swearin'.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-29

A town in Oklahoma has no chief
of police, no town marshal and no
crime record. A good place to send
our leading deplorers for a rest.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-29

Mrs. A. Bouch, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Purnelle,
left yesterday for her home in Los
Angeles.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-29

William Riggs of Dos Cabezas,
candidate for supervisor on the
democratic ticket, is in the city
campaigning.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-29

DR.. j. j. P. Armstrong left the
city yesterday on hurry call to
attend Tim Blevins in the Chiri-
cahuas, who is threatened with
pneumonia.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-29
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO

William Hays Hammond, nephew
of John Hays Hammond left
Douglas yesterday for northern
Sonora.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-29

Robert Rae returned yesterday
from a general auditing tour of
the Phelps Dodge properties at
Globe, Morenci, Clifton and other
points.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-29

NOT so UNUSUAL
Next year will be campaign OF
men instead of issues.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-29

THE MARCH OF PROGRESS
Pretty soon science will have made
the American housewife almost indie
pendent of the delicatessen dealers
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-29
PIP

PEP
Out idea of real salesman is one
who could sell an electric refrigerator
to an Eskimo.
Copyright, 1927, Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
MERCHANDISE
Household Articlea

ELECTRIC VACUUM CLEANERS Sales
 and service. L. E. Andrews. A0l Arch St Tel
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17

PINEHCRST MANOR. Our alderman will be on the tract every Saturday afternoon during the summer. Stop at our land office on Pennington Ave. as you motor through Plainville and in- spsct this attractive development We will be pleased to see you. The John Cooke Co. Plainville. Conn. Tel 366-3.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
BUSINESS SERVICE

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New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
1 REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

BELVIDERE. near new State Normal school. room apartment, all modern improvements, pleasant location. Apply Belvidere Drug Store. Tel. e364 BLACK ROCK AVE. ls0-6 rooms down stairs foi rent. Ideal location on cai line. Inquire on premises.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
FINANCIAL
Money To Loan

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION LOANS = Moderate terma perfect servicA P. O. RoY ikA
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
l REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

BUILDING LOTS for ale in every see-
 ton of the city on easy terma Tho ". L. Hatch Co.,. City Hall. Tel. 5400.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-11-11
Harry Yaeger, Old Time MOntanar, NO1U
Deputy Governor of Federal ReserUe Bank

New York Commercial Frank Farrar,
now managing editor Of the San Fran
cisco Bulletin; John G. Derks, for many
years sporting editor of the Salt Lake
ager for the Hollywood baseball team of
the Pacific coast league; Fred BechdOlt,
noted magazine writer, and Pete SnelsOn,
managing editor Of the Great Falls Trib
une. Leon Shaw, now general manager
Of the Billings Gazette, was the telegraph
operator who took the Publishers Press
report for the Record, and w. w. Cheely
president of the Montana Newspaper
association, was the Records Butte cor
respondent. j. A. Gilluly, publisher and
editor of the Montana Banker, ran the
Billings bureau for the Record, and E. H.
Cooney, editor of the Great Falls Leader,
was it's Great Falls correspondent. Bob
Fisk, Of the pioneer Fisk family Of Mon
tana publishers, was foreman Of the COM
posing room.
One night the Publishers Press wire
failed and it looked like there would be
no paper the next morning. General
Manager Yaeger was called out of bed
and the situation explained to him. He
dressed and came down town 1t was a
warm summer night. Across the street
from the Record office was the Helena
Independent. The windows were open
and the Associated Press telegraph wire
an opposition service, could be heard
clicking merrily.
General Manager Yaeger took Operator
Shaw with him across the street to q
vantage point where they were concealed
in a doorway Immediately beneath the
window of the Associated Press office up
stairs. Shaw interpreted the dots anC
dashes that came floating through the
air into plain United States, and Yaegel
wrote it down in shorthand, then wen
back to the office and put it into type
written copy. The paper came out th'
next morning with an excellent news re
port, and everybody was happy, includ
ing, of course, the Independent crev
who were not aware Of what had trans
pired.
The Independent telegraph editor a
that time, who didn't know that he wa
helping to get out the opposition ra
across the street was E. G. doc" Wins
managing editor Of the Lewistown Demo
The Bozeman courier., 1927-11-11
CBy MRS. M. E. PLAssMANN)

THE day was bright and sunny,
with a stiff wind blowing, as it
sometimes does in Great Falls.
Awnings flapped, dust eddied through
the streets, and those who chanced to
be walking, instead of safely en-
scOnced within a closed automobile,
took a tight grip on their hats as they
turned the corners and faced the blast.
I was on my way to the postOffice,
above which the Stars and Stripes
beat the air in a frantic effort to
escape from the pole to which it was
attached. The flag is always there,
as it is above other government build
ings in Montana and elsewhere
throughout our country. There was
nothing strange in the sight, except
that the brilliant sunshine accentu-
ated its beauty, as the wind revealed
and then concealed it.
It brought to my mind other days Of
long ago, when the ringing of the village
bells, the sound Of exploding drecrack-
ers, shouts OF children, and a loud report
as the anvil came into action that, at
the unseemly hour Of a. m, announced
that the Glorious Fourth was with us.
A tall pole had been raised the day
before and on its very summit perched
a 1aunty Liberty cap, and further down
swung out our banner to greet the rising
sun. 1t was an inspiring sight, the more
so that nag was seen but seldom. On
one or two occasions when a flag was
needed, none could be bought, necessi-
tating it's making. There proved to be
no difficulty in arranging the stripes al
ternately of red and white or the blue
field in the upper corner. The numerous
f1ve-pointed stars, however, taxed the in
| genuity of those who had undertaken
the task. This home made flag was not
Of bunting, nor of silk, but Of common
sheeting that looked well at a distancC
and lasted throughout the day, at least
Then came the Civil war, with tn,
usual eruption Of patriotic emblems tina
The Bozeman courier., 1927-11-11
wHEM STARS AND STRIPES FIRST FLEW
IN BANNAGK, AS CAPITAL OF MONTANA

is epidemic in wartime. especially re-
member the envelopes and paper with
flags in the brightest Of colors as decora-
ton. To use them gave one the virtuous
feeling that always accompanies deed
done for ones country. Then there were
flag pins that were ostentatiously worn
in order to let there be no mistaking the
patriotism of the wearer.
In the South there was equal enthusi-
asm exhibited over the "Stars and Bars" I"
and '"The Bonny Blue Flag that bears
single star" or whatever served as the
emblem of the Confederacy. For there
was not entire unanimity Of feeling as
to what should be chosen. History tells
us there was the same indecision shown
at the time Of the revolution before the
Star SDangled Banner was at length des-
tined to represent the federal union.
When we crossed the plains in 1868,
we saw the flag at Fort Laramie and at
the few small military stations passed
while we were on the North Platte. After
entering Lander's cutoff, we bid gOodby
to the United States government and
entered disputed territory when passing
through what Is now Idaho and also
Montana, the majority Of those living
here at that time not being sure where
their allegiance was due.
The first United States flag to be
brought to Bannack, so far as I am in
/
who were members of Captain James
Fiske's company in 1868. It made a
brave show, and caused no little excite
ment. It seemed like a bit Of back
east" and impressed me the more that
| my mother, who rarely displayed emo
ton, having been reared in Puritan sur
roundings, shed tears when 1t was borne
L through Bannack's main street and past
our door. Being government property it
| together with the howitzer and a few
shells, was turned over to my father as
he constituted at the time the only rep
resentative Of the government residing
there.
The howitzer found a temporary rest.
ing place under my fathers bed until
taken out after Copley was killed. to bS
used in shelling the cabin where Pc
Pizanthia. the murderer, lay hidden.
do not remember that the gun was evel
: returned to our house, although its car
The Bozeman courier., 1927-11-11
(By "NION TANA LOU" GRILL)

"HE DISAPPEARANCE Of
Springfield carbine, a shooting
iron" owned by the government
of the United States and much in use
by the soldiers quartered at Fort
KeOgh, was the beginning of the estab-
lishment of the law in eastern Mon
tana. The incident occurred some
time early in the month of July, 1877.
The war department in the summer Of
1876. following the battle of the Lit
tie Big Horn, ordered the establish
ment of a military fort somewhere on
the Yellowstone river. Gen. Nelson A.
Miles was ordered to 60 to the north
west from Fort LeavenwOrth. Reach
ing the mouth of the Tongue river on
Aug. l of that year he selected that
site for the cantOnment after he had
spent a few weeks cOnferring with
General Terry and other military
leaders with whom he visited in the
vicinity of the mouths of the Rosebud
and Powder rivers.
There were no duly established civil
courts in eastern Montana Immediately
following the building of the canton
ment. The business o fthe military
forces was to enforce the order that all
wandering tribes and warning bands of
Indians return to their respective reser-
vations. Military law prevailed through
out the 10 square miles Of territory sur
veyed and staked out as a reservation
and to which the name Of Fort Keogh
was given in honor Of the memory of one
Of the gallant captains of a troop Of
cavalry who fell with Custer in the lat
ters engagement with the allied tribes
on the Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876.
Outside of the reservation a little town
was struggling into existence. 1t was
not so much Of a town as it was gath
ering Of the floatsam and jetsam of hu-
manity that followed in the wake of an
army. Gradually, however, out of the
movement the village began to take form,
buildings were erected and stocks of
goods were brought in by river steamer
and overland from Bismarck by way of
old Fort Buford. The Soldier trade" was
The Bozeman courier., 1927-11-11

had isappeared-gone to supplement the
hrewood stock Of some adherent to the
cause that was not then lost.
What should be done? 1t would never
do to acknowledge defeat, and what kind
of a Fourth of July would it be without
a flag to which they could point with
pridel Nothing daunted, the hills were
again visited, another tree cut down,
taken to the city and triumphantly
reared, and from its summit the Union
emblem as proudly hoated. Carefully
guarded, it securely remained aloft,
bright in the Montana sunlight, ap-
plauded by the Union men; hiSsed-and
worse-by the opposition.
This same opposition must have been
half-hearted, or they easily could have
overcome the Union men. Perhaps, after
all, they cherished lingering attach
ment for the banner Of their fathers.
During the Spanish war, again the flag
came into its own, gracing professions
OF departing troops and the platforms
Of spellbinders who were stimulating the
war spirit.
Time went on, and had the pleasure
Of witnessing in a Montana city, auto
mobile after automobile tearing down
the streets to bring in voters, while from
the rear Of their cars hung the Stars and
Stripes trailing in the dust, yet designed
to indicate the unquestioned patriotism
Of the party using it. Times had changed
in Montana, and sentiment regarding the
flag with it.
Then followed a period Of waning en-
thusiasm for the national emblem, to be
again wakened to life by the War to
End War. There were flags, flags every
where on every conceivable object. They
blossomed out in church and school,
room; adorned residences; decorated col
! lars, handkerchiefs-and hosiery also, IL
I am not mistaken. A ritual for it was
| invented, and its manner Of hanging
regulated; while children and others were
instructed in the proper signs to make
in its presence. From a disputed emblem
it had risen to the rank OF demi-god,
| yet unaware Of its exaltation today
serves the practical purpose Of indicating
governmental offices, here in Montana as
elsewhere in the vast territory under the
/ dominion Of the United States. It is a
far cry from 1868, thought, as I watched
the flag writhing on its star above the
/ postohice.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-11-11

soldiers. He also saw Mr.. Richley in
company with the complainant, and he
saw the prisoner shoot at and wound
P. McGanley TWICE only one ball took
effect" No other witnesses were heard.
The defendant did not testify in his own
behalf. The court found the prisoner
guilty of the charge and binds him over
in bale 81 900 to appear before the grand
Jury at it's next session"
The law had come to eastern Montana.
Petty offenders against the government
were promptly dealt with in such man
ner that respect for the law continued
to be a part Of the daily activities OF
the people The unlawful taking Of gov
ernment property, such as carolnes
common practice it appears), grain,
horses, mules and hay, as Wen as cases
Of soldiers deserting from the army, con-
stituted the larger number Of complaints
made and entered in Mr. Miles docket.
Possibly the most humorous case is that
recorded in the docket on May %, 1873.
The commodity alleged to have been
stolen is sugar. The enJry is shorC'
"U. S. Court.
Complaint filed by Thomas NJ. Wood
ruff to the effect that Edward Haml-
ton a citizen of Montana had stolen
government property. Sugar.
Warrant issued for E. Hamilton &
returned May %.
"Plea: Not guilty to the complaint.
Subpoena issued for L. B. Lancaster,
Charles Keel and Daniel Leighey.
mo testimony sufficient to hold the
pris. for further trial. Def. was not seen
with the sugar in his possession; found
sugar in wagon in sack. Keel principal
witness.
Defendant acquitted, not suf. evil
dence.
BILL ITO"
The military forces played large part
in the development Of eastern Montana
in early territorial days. Along with them
NAV be included the part played by the
courts. From an historical point OF view
the establishment of courts, beginning
with the United States commissionership
to the later machinery and complexity OF
civil courts, brought order out Of chaos
and the processes of the law became an
accepted and settled fact.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-11-11

lage that had been named Miles City in
honor Of his distinguished relative. Dur
ing the extraordinarily cold winter OF
1876 and 1877, Mr.. Miles became active
in establishing himself in business way
and filed on land that is now a part Of
Miles City. Following the representations
made to the government he was ap-
pointed the first United States commits
sioner in Montana in the early summer
of 1877.
Over on the west side Of the then ter
ritOry of Montana law had been firmly
established for a decade following the
hectic days of the reign Of the vigilantes.
Thither from Virginia City came <. Bied-
Ter, United States marshal, to eastern
Montana where he made himself known
to Mr.. Miles and informed him that he
was ready to cooperate with him in ex-
States in the way of law enforcement, to
the eastern half of the territory.
Having been informed Of the disappear
ance of a Springfield carbine, the prop
erty of the government Marshal Beidler
made an investigation. The result was
that he filed the first complaint in Mr..
Miles court. That officer had no previous
experience in the matter of keeping rec
ords. He had no precedents to guide
him in region far removed from the
edge Of civilization. Realizing that it
was necessary to record all actions
brought in his court, Mr.. Miles pur-
chased an ordinary account book that he
designated as the docket of his court.
The first case, as recorded, is short
and to the point. Mr.. Miles did not waste
any words. General Miles came to set
up the sovereignty Of the United States
by force of arms. His nephew decided
matters relative to soldier and civilian
offenses against the government in a
style and manner Of his own by reason
Of the Jurisdiction granted to him in his
appointment as a United States commits
sioner. There is no doubt but what the
government lost considerable property
during the troublous Indian warfare
days. Pay days came but once month
and 80 days was 'long time between
drinks" in a new and wild country. The
The Bozeman courier., 1927-11-11
Great Falls Woman
Captures Queen of
PickpOcketS, Paris

MeIina Maitre, known in Paris,
France, as the queen of pickpOckets,"
and notorious felOn, was arrested
during the national convention of the
American Legion in Paris, due to the
preSence of mind of Mrs. Walter NC
CaIlum of Great Falls, it was learned
on the return of Mr.. and Mrs. Mccall
Ium from France.
The arrest Of the Paris pickpOcket, ac-
cording to an English newspaper pub
lished in Paris, was primarily due TO
Mrs. NIcCallum, a member OF the Amerl-
can Legion auxiliary. The incident as
related by the paper follows:
Mrs Walter NGcCallum, member OF the
American Legion auxiliary and staying
in an Avenue Kleber hotel, was instru-
mental in capturing the queen OF Paris
pickpockets' yesterday.
Mrs. McCallum was shopping IN a
large department store on the Right
bank. Suddenly she felt a hand in her
purse. She quickly seized the hand. The
owner was a large woman in her 4Os.
She was arrested and proved to be Mel
ina Maitre, Al, who had been arrested
for the same crime innumerable times
and who had been banished from the city
for a total Of 20 years"
Mr.. and Mrs McCallum sailed from
Quebec on Sept. 8 and landed at Ant
werp Belgium. Following the American
Legion convention, they toured Italy,
Switzerland, Holland and visited Monaco.
where the famous Monte Carlo casino is
located. They returned to the united
States via South Hampton.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-11-11

riage was not removed from there. The
men who took the hOWitzer were in too
great haste to think Of mounting it; they
chose to carry it in their arms.
I have said the howitzer was to be
used in shelling the house Of the MeXi-
can, and yet I am not certain that it
was fired at all, as it may have been
found unnecessary to do so. About the
time the gun was laid on the hill at a
point commanding the house, it was dis
covered that Pizanthia had ceased firing
at the men without.
The flag my father determined to have
above his house. A pole was found for
it, and this nailed at the front Of the
roofs peak, where it Haunted defiance to
those who had sworn they would shoot
it down. And they made strenuous ef-
forts to do so, but never by day, nor
when they galloped by at night hurrah-
ing for the president Of the Confederacy,
is it on record that bullet hit the staff
from which Old Glory hoated. To their
credit, be it said likewise, they aimed
high, remembering possibly that women
and children were asleep beneath it.
believe this to be the first instance
Of the Star Spangled Banner having in
dicated the Office Of a United States Of
7cia1 in Montana as 1t fioated there after
my father became governor.
II it is realized in what q lawless con-
dition the territory was when my father
first came here, and that the desperate
element did not approve OF our govern
ment, nor Of any other strong enough to
control or punish them; that Henry
Plummer, their leader, was sheriff, and
that most Of our citizenry resented the
fact that the chief justice Of Idaho was
an appointee Of Abraham Lincoln, 1t will
be seen it required courage on his part
to have thus publicly shown his cOlors.
Most old timers are familiar with the
story Of what happened in Virginia City
when, preliminary to a Fourth Of July
celebration, tall and slender tree trunk
to serve as flag staf was hauled into
town and firmly imbedded in the ground
the upper part pointing straight to the
/ sky. This work satisfactorily accom-
plished, the tired men who had set the
pole sought their hunks and a good
nights sleep. Early in the morning they
went out to run up tie flag, only to dis.
cover that while they slept the enemy
had labored. The trim, shapely flag stat