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The Washington times., 1927-08-15
POLICE BELIEVE.
FOUR EL0PED

Police today are working on the
theory that two young couples,
who disappeared last night, have
sloped following a midnight canoe
ride on the Potomac between
Georgetown and Chain Bridge.
It was At first feared they had
drowned when caught In q severe
storm which ragged over the river,
but this theory was abandoned when
the canoe was found tied to a float
in front of an empty shack about
. mile above Key Bridge.
The young people. for whom the
District, Maryland and Virginia au.
thorities are searching today, are:
Constance Mamie Denham. is
years old. lisa Twenty.fourth ST..
N. w
Alice Rucker, is years old. 1880
Thirty first St. N. w.
Lawrence Rueker. Is years old.
brother Of Alice.
Harry "Dinky" Wrest, IL years
old. VINO lives with his parents at
a boathOuse not far from the spot
where the empty canoe was found,
A skiff in the canal near the
Wrest home was found to have
been taken across the canal and
left on the north side. 1t II now
thought that the quartet. caught in
the storm. took temporary refuge
on the porch of one OF the empty
cdmps near the Wrest home.
Before the storm abated. it Ia
thought they planned to elope and
that they crossed the canal, took
street car on the Glen Echo line
and returned to Washington.
The Washington times., 1927-08-15
Cop Puts Out Blaze
Without Calling FiremeI

Policeman Marcel Causain, q
former marine sergeant. was laai
night notified that there was
fire in a house at 1915 Wisconai4I
Ave. N. W.
Instead OF turning In an alarnii
he rushed in and extinguished thE
blaze himself. The house is vacant
and the fire was in some trash.
The policeman Joined the fore.
after two enlistments in the Marini
Corps. He il Frenchman.
The Washington times., 1927-08-15
STEEL FIRM As
GARY DIES
By International News Service


NEW YORK. Aug. 15.--News OF
Judge Gary's death was without
special effect on the stock market
today, the industrial stocks. which
had been slightly reactionary on the
early unconfirmed report OF his pass
Ing away. firmed up as heavy sup.
porting orders filed into the market,
and most OF the important Industrial
shares recovered the losses sustained
IN the first period.
Though Judge Gary died at $50
g M. today, announcement of his
death was withheld from the H.
nanciaI district until about 1910
q. m. The opening prices OF most
stocks were within point of Sat.
urday's close. Steel common being
down only an eig nth and General
Motors up nearly a point. In the
next half hour Steel declined a
point to 1904. but promptly rallied
TO 1874 when the news was
flashed to the world.
The market as WHOLE was
steady, with a perceptions decline
IN the volume of stocks offered for
safe ahu an almost cessation OF the
activities of the professionals on
the floor of the exchange. 1t was
generally believed that the directors
or the Stee Corporation had made
ample provision for the filling of
the gap caused by Judge Gary's
death. since his retirement has
been discussed so fully in the last
two years
Some OF the most powerful in.
dnstrial and financial magnates of
American business are In active
control Of the Steel Corporation s
affairs, and it is believed that Judge
Gary's death will necessitate no
radical changes in the management
of It's affairs.
Railroads stocks were steady in
this period, commodity markets
firm. Call money az per cent.
The Washington times., 1927-08-15
Held in Bond to Answer
HOUSEKEEPING Charge

Thomas III. Stokes. cOlored,
charged with, HOUSEKEEPING and
larceny, pleaded not guilty before
Judge Schuldt in Police Court to.
day and demanded jury trial. He
In charged with breaking into the
home of George A. Sanford, sol &
ST. s. W., August /, and stealing
$500.
Stokes. who was arrested by Capt.
G. Bremmerman and Policeman j.
W, Connors Of the Fourth Precinct,
was held under $4,000 bond.
The Washington times., 1927-08-15
LOCAL STOCKS
SAIIES

SALES
Capital Traction Co, 1G104%.
Riggs National Bank, 1O949O, SO
40, 10@495, 10000.
American Security & Trust Co.,
5942I.
AFTER CALL
Federal American National Bank,
9@32S.
Potomac Electric pfd. 5hs, So
1924.
Capital Traction Co., 1Oa1O4,a,
13@104A.
92%.
Merchants Transfer & Storage
pfd., 100@102h.
Potomac Electric pfd. S1as. 100
1921.
- MONEY ~~a
Call loans, SOS per cent.
The Washington times., 1927-08-15

CLEARING HOUSE REPORT
NEW YORK, Aug. lex.
changes. $4S9,O00, 900; balances. $107..
100000: Federal Reserve Banks
credit balance. 100000, 900. /.
The Washington times., 1927-08-15

For Sale or Exchange

For Sale or Exchange
One section Of land On the
Rio Grande River, Southwest
Texas. Many people in Wash.
ingtOn often consider buying
Out-Of-tOwn property In all Sec
lions Of the country. This Is q
good chance to secure property
in Texas. Details are in Classi-
fled.
Apartments Furnished
Harvard St. n. W.-tEntire
floor attractive communicate,
ing rooms, private bath, 3 clothes
closets, hot water heat, cOntin.
uous hot water, gas, heat, light,
phone included. Everything fur
nished. You viii find many at.
tractive apartments listed in the
Classified Rental ads.
Seeds, Plants, Flowsrs
Plant Life Spray IXL for
flowers, fruit trees, shrubs, veg.
etabIes, grapes; price soc to 81
up: make 10 to 20 gal. We
treat. Call or order. We de,
liver MI, Much valuable in
formation will be found In the
Miscellaneous columns. Turn to
them now.
Repairing, Service Station
Rebuilt Auto Work, make
your car like new; paint, trim,
wood and metal work. Come
see our $25 and $40 paint jobs.
accessories, tire and battery
service. Keep in touch with the
reliable service stations listed
In the Classified columns.
Money to Loan on Autos
LOANS on autos, trucks; bring
bin Of sale; ride while you pay.
Open evenings and Sundays
No delay. Confidential. III yen
need to have an amount of mon
ey, this Is = good way to Sc.
cure Il and still have your car.
Read about q in Classified.
The abo0e sU0nts and offers
are only a feg Of the many an
tersstins propositions you Uil
find sdUertissd in today's
TiNses end HerGld aiassified
edVertisina section.
The Washington times., 1927-08-15
LIBERTY BONDS
FOREIcN BONDS
RAIL CONSOLIDATION

The st. Louis & San Francisco
railroad was authorized by the In
terstate Commerce. Commission to.
day to acquire control of the ST.
Louis, Kennett & Southeastern and
the Butler county railroads by pur.
chase Of their capital stocks. The
consolidation will give the Frisco
q connection with its main lines at
Kenett.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-06-03
What Constituted the Governors
Mansion at Bnnnack When the
EdgertOn Family Arrived There

Inc a small room, the latter having no
windows, being lighted only by a door.
In the large rear room, and in the kitch-
en- there were but two windows. Glass
was expensive, and therefore a luxury,
not to be recklessIy INDUCED in.
There was a fireplace in the small
kitchen, but this We slever used prefer
ring to install trusty sheetiron camp
stove, which had given us such faithful
service during our journey over plains
and mountains. No furniture could be
bought with two exceptions. A bedstead,
which was installed in the large rear
room where I slept, and three chairs
were purchased for the front room. One
of these had an an ox-bow back.
'Bunks@-NOt Beds
Instead of b~edsteads, hunks, made Of
boards, were nailed against the walls,
and were more comfortable than the one
bedstead we were able to find in town.
We brought with us some mattresses, and
these falling to supply the beds, ticks
filled with hay or straw took their place.
After sleeping on the ground, or in
wagons for three months, none Of us
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-06-03

Of smaller bottoms closely hemmed in
by the graceful contour of steep hills,
whose tops are sparsely covered with
pines. Now and then there is a stone
butte, but these monotonous sentinels
of the lower stream grow more and more
rare. The last one I remember as con-
spicuous for its form stands a few miles
above the mouth of Clark's Fork. We
named it "Ehrenbreistein" from it's re-
semblance to the great fortress on the
Rhine.
"a colony Of farmers from near Ripon,
Wis, had settled hard by, near what is
now the town of Park City.
1T was a surprise to find the Upper
Yellowstone valley already we'll settled.
In the hundred miles before the road to
Bozeman leaves the river and climbs the
divide Of the Belt mountains, one is
rarely out Of sight Of a ranch. The set
tiers came in from the west during the
two years preceding 1882, anticipating
the building Of the railroad. They had
already done a good deal Of fencing with
white pine saplings, and their little dirt
rooted log 'shacks' were snug and warm,
if not roomy. A log stable and corral
for stock completed h array Of farm
buildings. A little land was cultivated
close to the river, and there was I'M
limited range for stock upon the hills.
The people were intelligent n hospit-
able, but very crude in their ways. Of
living. Some drifted all the way from
California or Oregon, establishing
ranches in one valley after another and
selling them to go to a farther frontier"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-06-03
CROW TRIBESMEN
WILL BE FILMED
MOVIE COMPANY WILL VISIT RES
ERVATION EARLY IN
JUNE
Production Unit from Hal Roach Studio:
VIII Make Some Comedy Films, With
Indians Playing Picturesque Role.
Throughout

Moving pictures will usurp histriOnic
ability of h Indians residing on h
Crow reservation again this summer
when a production unit of the HaI
Roach studios arrive in Billings early
in June to make some comedy films on
the reservation, according TO an on
nOuncement made by c. H.. Asbury,
superintendent of the reservation.
Mr.. Asbury said that this would be the
second time that the Crows have taken
part in comedy pictures for this organi-
cation as the company was in this state
for this purpose two years ago. The APP
peal Of the pictures taken then las led
the company to decide upon repeating its
visit here in spite Of the cost Of trans
porting a production unit here.
Upon leaving the reservation the last
time, the company left behind consider
able property which was kept In storage
for their possible return. Recently, Mr..
.Asbury received a telegram from the bust
ness manager asking if the property was
still intact. He Immediately wired that
it was. kilograms continued flying back
and forth between the two as the Cali
fornia concern ascertained whether the
Indians would be available for pictures
the condition Of the roads and other i'm
portant details.
Mr.. Asbury received a telegram stating
that the company a definitely decided
upon coming to the reservation and
lwould arrive early in June the exact dat'
not being set.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-06-03

and occupied the site as though they
were soldiers marching at the word of
command. What a wonderful, self-or-
ganizing thing is society! How did the
German banke from st. Paul, the mill
liner from Minneapolis, the Chinese laun-
dryman from the Pacific slope, the black
smith, the carpenter, the butcher, the
beer-seller, the grocer, and all the other
constituent parts of a complete commun-
ity happen to feel the desire, at the
same time, to go with their trades and
wares to a remote spot i an unknown
land?
Billings expected to be a trading cen
ter for the stock country between the
Yellowstone and the Clark's Fork and
McGinnis mines. At the western end Of
a rich bottom about thirty miles long
and from three to seven wide, now all Of
this has been turned into farms by irri-
cation.
THE Upper Yellowstone valley differs
greatly in its character from the lower
valley. The bottom on which Billings
stands is the last ample stretch of till
able land as you go toward the noun
tains. Further up there is a succession
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-06-03
K. of P. secretary ResIgns

Lee Dennis Of Helena has rendered to
John E.. Decarle Of Miles City, grand
chancellor, his resignation as grand sec
Rotary Of the grand lodge of Knights Of
Pythias, effective June 1. MIR. Dennis has
held the position for more than 20 years
n in point Of service, is the fourth old
est in the United States and Canada. He
is also a grand lodge veteran, with a
record of attendance at % consecutive
meetings, an honor held by only one
other Montana man, l.. A. Walker, for
merly of Helena. His duties as member
of b state railroad and public service
commission, Mr.. Dennis explains, have
become toe heavy to permit him to con-
tinue as an official Of the lodge. It is
expected that his successor will be named
within a week or so.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-06-03

Bannack followed the canyon. and not
the WIndings of the stream. d. Our house
frOnted on the street in such a way that
the stream would not have appeared in a
picture taken from h viewpoint given.
1t was a no more pretentiOuS Struc-
cure than the one represented, which
was of the architectural type common to
most mining camps. 1t was built of logs
thrown together in the udest manner,
and it had what is knOwn as a dirt roof.
This latter may have been dirt in fair
Weather, but a storm OF rain, hail or
snow converted it n mud which
-rickled through Upon the occupants.
When we reached Bannack in Septem-
Der of 1868, after living in wagons and
tent for over three months, our greatest
desire was once more to find shelter UNI
der a roof. We were not then familiar
with the roofs there in vogue.
Winter was close at hand, a winter of
extreme severity, and the nights had
been very cold since we came n the
Rockies: there were little children in our
party, Colonel Sanders youngest being
under two years of age. These needed
better protection from the weather than
canvas walls afforded. Colonel Sanders
was soon located on Yankee Flat, and my
rather at length ecure a building II
was thought could be converted to oul
need. 1t was on the south side Of the
street, if my recollection Of the points d
n compass is correct, and close to TIT
bridge Of logs laid side by side which
7panned the G-rasshOpper, but on TIT
tOwnsite. if there CHANGED to be such
distinction.
Governors House Described
1t was certainly not designed for
residence. as it consisted of but one LON
and wide room. with a kitchen annex
This had 20 be remOdeled before W
could move into it.
In front there was a passable door
not like the one portrayed on the car
newfoundland that stood in the GER
ter, danked by two windows. On the cas-
side of the room midway it's length, wa
r fireplace Of rough stones, cOnstructe
IN such q manner as to carry most of tn
heat up the chimney.
Just beyond this fireplace. a TRANSFERS
partition Of unplaned boards divided tn
lrOnt portion from the rear, which wa
then laterally partitiOned into a larg
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-06-03

"HE high cost Of living in Billings in
1882 was a much more vital problem
IL than the same question that con-
fronts the present citizens of the
city who will commemorate the city'S for
ty-ffth birthday with a big three-day cele-
bration on July 2, 8 and 4, says r. R.
Smalley, who made a trip through Mon
tana in the spring Of the year the city
was n Unwilling of a large eques-
trian statue, The Lone Rider of the
Yellowstone" which has been given to
Billings and "the last of the cow coun-
try" by William S. Hart, moving picture
star, will be one of the features of the
Fourth Of July celebration.
Smoking his pipe, Mr.. Smalley began
reminiscing about his first trip through
the Yellowstone valley and the nearer
listened with bated breath as he was
taken in fancy back to 1882.
w came upon Billings on a sunny
day in June-drOpped upon it I might
say" Mr.. Smalley began, "for after a
10 miles drive across a high and windy
plateau, the mmense dazzling range of
the Big Snowy mountains looming up in
front, the ground fell away abruptly n
the town lay at our feet in a broad,
green valley. The yellow-pine houses.
untouched by paint, glistened in the
sunlight like gold. The valley hemmed
in by precipitous cliffs on the north, and
by bleak, bare hills beyond the muddy
river on the south, stretched ava to
the west to distant mountain slopes.
Under the shadow Of a huge sandstone
butte lay the little hamlet Of Coulson,
it was called, though I believe that it's
age was only three years. 1t had made
some money buying buffalo robes of the
Crow Indians across the river, and SELL
few herdsmen who ranged cattle in the
Musselshell ranges. Then it was forced
to abandon its score Of ShackS and shan
ties and move them up to Billings.
Billings, when I first visited it, con-
? sisted Of perhaps so cheap structures
land, but the number increased so rapid
ly that it was hard to know the number
from n day to the next. Many people
. were living in little "a" tents or in theil
: covered wagons, waiting for lumber tC
! arrive with which to build houses. Sixty
dollars a thousand was the price of g
I poor quality of green stuff brought from
a mill 20 miles up the Yellowstone.
A articles of food, except beef, were
: frightfully dear. Potatoes were eight
. cents a pound, flour Sc a sack. The guam.
l tity was also limited. In marked con,
. traSt, Whiskey was very plentiful.
i 81 doubt if one in 10 of the inhab-
itants could tell why he had come tt
e the new city-to-be. The migrating i'm
pulse is the only way to account for tht
movement of merchants, mechanics
e farmers, spectators, gamblers, liquo
y sellers, preachers, n doctors to a poin
= ing shorten, groceries and whiskey to
$50 miles from anything that can b
= called a town-a point, too, in a region
k inhabited only by Crow Indians and
few scattered herdsmen.
"At the signal that a town was to b
It created, all these people, Of divers pos
sessions and ambitions, moved forwar
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-06-03
lBy MRS. Nj. E. PLAssMANND


~EVERAL years ago, James Sanders,
who was then librarian of the State
~ Historical Library, howed me a pic
ture post card purporting to be a
view Of the residence of Montana's first
governor, and asked me if I thought it
was u house. I gave it a casual glance
before replying, 1T doesn't look like it"
and dismissed the subject.
Not long ago the same post card was
called to my attention, with the remark,
This is the picture generally accepted
as accurate. Is it SOP"
4 Misrepresentation
This time 1 gave the picture more care
1ul examination, when I unhesitatingly
pronounced it a Misrepresentation. It is
impossible that anything is true about
it, except the men so prominently in the
foreground, and this for the following
reasons.
The canyon through which runs
G-rasshOpper creek, according to my rec
OllectiOn-for I a not seen it for sixty
one years-takes an east and west direc-
ton, or nearly so. The main street OF
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-06-03
know, but I hope to secure it to head

this article.
To sum up most Of my reasons for
stating emphatically that the picture cir
culated as our house is of some other
building, not of ours: The door is not
in the center; there are no windows in
front; If the building portrayed faces the
street, the windows are on the wrong
side, and there is one in the front room
at the side which was never there. The
photo is undeserving Of historical notice.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-06-03

Weeds in and around the garden har-
Dor both insects and disease, particularly
II the weeds are related to the cultivated
plants. just as soon as any crop is gath
cred spade up the ground, bury the old
remains deeply and plant something else.
, 1927-07-13

against the arcnalc mOnarchIal lnSCltu-
tions of their homeland. Liberty, E.
quality. Fraternity" was a practical
French Interpretation of ''alI men are
created equal" Throughout Latin A
merica the potency of the Declaration was
also felt. and descendants of Aztec, Maya
and Inca as we'll as ~colOnists from the rul-
ing state felt that the time was approach
ing when their destinies should be placed
into their W hands. The Condor of the
Andes longed to be free as the Eagle of
the Rockiesl MOrelos and Hidalgo in
Mexico, Bolivar, Sucre, San Martin and
other Southern heroes and liberatOrs were
inspired by the wonderful example of
Washington and the Northern patriots,
even in little Haity appeared a Tous.
saint L'Ouverture. who deied the at that
time all powerful Napoleon, preferring to
die miserably in a dungeon in France
rather than submit to the Emperor as a
Vassal and discourage his countrymen in
their struggle for independence.
The cost of independence in human life
and suffering was appalling, but the A
merlcan woman, alike that historic ma
iron. the Mother of the Maccabees', glad
" offered her sons in holocaust of home
anG country. The heritage: government
~ Tx pCNPiCS Ny NIE pCOplC anu lUI CIE
people" is worthy of the sacrifice! Here
in St. Thomas We do not grown under
tyranny or oppression. The benevolent
rule maintained by Denmark has been
continued under the StqIs and Stripes.
The steadtastness in purpose, the cooper
atIve sentiments, the answering loyalty
to country of those who obtained and main
tanned the Independence should always
appeal to US in the efforts to improve u
island home. Let US hope that the pleas
ant relations now existing between Con.
tinental and Virgin Islander will continue
AID expand; that those vested with pow
er in these possessions will be ever mind.
full of their responsibilities to God and
their consciences, and act in harmony
with the sublime motto 'all men are ere
ated equal'. Let as further hope that
these Virgin Islands, under The banner Of
Liberty and Justice will some day attain
their full share in government of the
people, by the people and for the peo-
pie"
With these remarks, | beg leave to con-
clude, wishing one and all an enjoyable
Fourth of July. The Bulletin.
, 1927-07-13
KILOGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.

Canton, July 10Th, = An increasing
anti-Japanese boycott in protest against
the landing of japanese forces in Shan
tung. radical activities and a shipping
strike are causing grave unrest ard an.
Xiety in Canton. Japanese goods reach.
ing here have been seized.
Geneva July 10Th. No progress has
been MADE" Admiral Viscount Saito Of
Japan, said as he emerged on Sat