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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-02-11

the Chinese outfit.
After things quieted down, the Chinese
began to cook their supper.
Il went over to their fire to watch them
and found they had dressed off a skunk.
They put the meat, which looked very
nice, into their kettle and stirred up some
dumplings.
Each Chinaman pinched OF q piece OF
dough and, marching round the boiling pot,
dropped in his dough. What this ceremony
meant to them ! did not discover.
Their supper looked very appetizing,
but / returned to my own fire for sour
dough bread, beans and molasses.
We followed along our former trail back
range again into Horse Prairie and on to
Bannack, which we reached Nov. 7, 1869.
Lost His 'Lasses
1--WE made the trip without a mishap, ex-
cept that one day ! tipped the WACO over
and lost a pail Of molasses at a place where
there wasn't a store within 400 miles.
I'VE estimated the return trip to be 800
miles and made 1t In 80 days, a pretty slow
trip to the tune OF blatting sheep.
II brought back from Oregon a fine mare,
which / named Web-foot Susan.
Il took her to the first fair In Helena In
1870 and won a premium of $40 on her.
"We drove the sheep for a time to the
ranch OF John Selway and for the winter
kept them on the Blacktail Deer creek and
Birch creek.
while Mr.. Reynolds was herding the
sheep on Birch creek, a settler on the creek
who owned two or three cows wrote me
that unless We took the sheep away he
would scatter them and do away with the
herder.
II warned Dick and took him q six
shooter. A few days proved that the would
be stockman was merely putting up a bluff
and a range war was ayerted.
"The sheep came through the winter In
excellent condition without hay or shelter.
The native grasses were then very luxuri-
ant and there was no snow to speak of
that season.
"Mr. Reynolds lived throughout the win
ter In a brush wickiup with no special dis
comfort.
"In the spring we brought the sheep
over to my ranch on the Beaverhead for
shearing.
"We paid shearers 10 cents per head and
had a hard time to find any one who could
shear.
1--WE had no sacks to put the wool in SO
we cut up rope to make twine and tied the
neeces together.
1--WE sold the wool to Colonel Broad
water OF the Diamond II outfit for 10 cents
a pound. He hauled 1t to Corinne, Utah, to
the railroad and shipped 1t to st. Louis.
"Sheepmen were unpopular in those days
as Montanans were confident that the hope
OF the territory lay in the mining and cattle
business. They were not far-sighted enough
to see the great future before the state in
the sheep industry"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-02-11
john IF. Bishop, of Dillon, TELLS of BRINGING
First Band of Sheep to Montana Territory

TN July, 1869, John F. Bishop Of
Dillon, together with Richard
Reynton, now deceased, went
from his ranch on the B~eaverhead
river, now known as the Anderson
Bros. ranch, nine miles northeast of
the present town of Dillon, to The
Dalles, Ore, where he purchased
$500 sheep, which he brought back
to the Beaverhead valley.
These were the first sheep brought into
the state for breeding purposes.
In speaking Of the Journey Mr.. Bishop
the two Of us, as between Bannack and
Boise, Idaho, for some 400 miles there was
practically not a he ise.
We had a wagon and q span of horses
and during the first part of the trip q man
named Brown was with us who had another
wagon and a span of mules.
The route we followed was across the
main range OF the Rockies into Idaho by
the Bannack pass to Junction, near the
present railroad station of Leadore, up the
Lemhi river, down Birch creek, across the
Little and Big Lost rivers near the sinks
In the lava beds, through Camas prairie,
where the settlers had been run out by the
Indians a few years before, and the ruined
houses were still to be seen.
AT Boise we found q town of about 800
persons.
I'VE went down the Boise river, turned
to the right across the bench and crossed
the Snake river by a bridge near the pres
|ent Blakes Junction, Ore. We went up
Burnt river, then to Baker, across the
Grade Ronde river and the Blue noun
tains to the Umatilla Indian reservation
and down the Umatilla to Its junction with
the Columbia.
Brown left us here for Puget sound and
we never heard of him again.
I'VE crossed the Cascades by the Barlow
road south of Mount Hood and went to
Oregon City, up the Willamette river to
Salem and down the river on the other side
to Portland.
Only One Street.
Portland at that time had but one street
running along the river bank.
I'VE shipped our horses and wagon from
here and took passage on the boat for The
| Dalles.
II changed my gold dust for greenbacks,
| getting q dollar In greenbacks for seventy
five cents worth Of dust.
Mine miles from The Dalles l bought
1900 sheep from a maj named Beasley for
$2.75 q head In greeDbacks.
"On our return trip we had our wagon
and five horses.
Got the Goats
"a man who had gone broke gambling
offered to help us drive the sheep In order
to work his passage to Montana.
Passing Fort Watson, three goats began
to follow US. We told a soldier about them,
but he said to let them go If they wanted
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-02-11

cile the white mems religious profession
with their acts. AS Christians, they were
supposed to do unto others as they would
be done by; when, in their relations with
the Indians, the contrary rule prevailed,
and they did" the ingenious red man at
every opportunity.
This, of course, is not true of the mis-
sionaries, who lived exemplary lives, and
sought In every way to elevate the moral
sacrifices as were made by them could not
have been possible, were they not the re-
suit Of profound convictions. The average
mind Of today, unless gifted with an extra
ordinary imagination, cannot conceive the
privations and hardships endured by the
first missionaries who ventured into this
region. Nor was this all with which they
contended. Their efforts often seemed fruit
less, the proselyte of yesterday returning
today to his original heathenism. The mis-
sionaries were few in number compared
to the fur traders and trappers who over
ran the country.
These latter could not be regarded as
representative Christians, and their example
was hardly such as to worthiiy supplement
the teachings of the missionaries. After the
years given by the Jesuits TO build up st.
Mary's Mission. In the Bitter Root valley
1t had to be temporarily aban don~d be-
cause the Flatheads relapsed Into their old
ways.
The disaffection OF the Indians ~ al.
rectly due to the influence Of iraE ~ 4 and
other white men. who found II ~caaswnkent
to spend a large part Of their time In the
neighborhood of the mission. and loAt no
opportunity to undo, by prevept aud ex.
ample, whatever good the fathers had
accomplished.
An instance cited by Mrs. Victor Illus
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tiate Him. Hence their attentiveness to the
white mans discourse about his religion.
Naturally enough they were struck with
wonder ut the doctrine of peace and good
will; a doctrine so different from the law
OF blood by which the Indian, in his
natural state, lives. Yet II 1t is good for
the white men, 1t must be good for him {:
at all events he Is anxious to try 1t.
THAT is the course of reasoning by
Christianity. 1t is q desire to better his
physical, rather than his spiritual condi-
ton for of the latter he has but a very
faint conception. He was accustomed to
desire a material Heaven, such a world
beyond the grave, as he could only imagine
from his earthly experience. Heaven was
happiness, and happiness was plenty
therefore the most a good Indian could de-
sire was to go where there should for
be plenty.
such was the Indians view of religion,
and 1t could be no other. Until the wants
or the body have been supplied by civiliza>
ton, the wants of the soul do not develop
themselves; and until then the savage is
not prepared to understand Christianity.
so every full grown barbarian is q child
In moral development, and to expect him
to comprehend those mysteries over which
the world has agonized for centuries, is to
commit the gravest error. Into this error
fell all the missionaries who came to the
wilds that lay beyond the Rocky Noun
tains. They undertook to teach religion
first, and more simple matters afterward-
building their edifice like the Irishman's
chimney, by holding up the top brick, and
putting the Others under it,
Gifted, as the Indians undoubtedly were.
with unusual powers of observation. it
must have been difficult for them to recon
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-02-11

trates how the trappers regarded religion.
After the breaking up Of the rendezvous
of 1885 some of those who attended 1t, ac-
companied by the two protestant mission
aries Whitman and Parker, started in the
direction Of Snake River, and "came on
Saturday eve to Jackson's Little Hole, a
small mountain valley near the larger one
commonly known as Jackson's Hole.
"On the following day religious services
were held In the Rocky Mountain Camp. A
scene more unusual could hardly have
transpired than that of a company of
trappers listening to the preaching Of the
Word of God. Very little pious reverence
marked the countenances Of that wild and
motley congregation. Curiosity, incredulity,
plainly perceptible in the expression of the
mems faces, than either devotion or the
longing expectancy of men habitually de-
prlyed of what they once highly valued.
The Indians alone showed by their eager
listening that they desired to become ac-
q~uainted with the mystery Of the I'm
known God.'
"The Rev. Samuel Parker preached, and
the men were as politely attentive as 1t
was In their reckless natures to be. until,
In the midst of the discourse, a band of
buffalo appeared in the valley, when the
congregation incontinently broke up, with
out staying for a benediction, and every
man made haste after his horse, gun, and
rope, leaving Mr.. Parker to discourse to
vacant ground.
The run was both exciting and success
ful. About twenty fine buffaloes were
Killed, and the choice pieces brought to
ment. mixed with something ~coarser, of
the hunters. On this noisy rejoicing Mr..
Parker looked with a sober aspect; and
following the dictates of his religious
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-02-11
STAYS IN JAILS
TO SAVE MONEY
LEWIS AND CLARK SHERIFF
REPORTS ECCENTRIC
SHEEPHERDER
Goes to Bastiles and Tells Officials
He is Crazy; Yellowstone AuthOri-
ties Learn that William II. McMas-
ters Owns Gold Nuggets and Gems

Sollcitude about an alleged bag Of dia-
monds left in the Yellowstone county
sheriffs care revealed William H.. Nc
Master, 90 year old s~heepherder, pos
SCISSOR Of a $1,000 string of gold nuggets,
a collection of gems and a system by
which he escapes the bitter blasts of the
dreary winter period In free jail lodgings
in the various counties of Montana
McMaster's solicitude was conveyed to
the sheriff at Helena when he had himself
locked up there on the plea he was crazy.
Word was sent to Sheriff Matlock at
Billings and a suitcase left In the Jail
office was opened and investigated. The
nuggets were there, fastened together In
a necklace a foot long. There were a half
dozen gold watches and two meerchaum
pipes, some curios n a lot of sapphires,
but whether any diamonds were among
them the sheriff could not tell.
McMaster several weeks ago applied for
entrance at the Jail at Billings on the
plea that he was crazy. He was kept two
weeks and examined by an ~alienist, who
pronounced him sane. When discharged. he
went to Roundup and obtained incarcera-
tion in the Musselshell Jail in the same
way, and, again pronounced sane; to
Helena, where he made the usual charge
against his mental condition and is getting
food and shelter while under examination.
A letter from the Lewis and Clark sheriff
Sheriff Matlock that the man
evidently Is unbalanced.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-02-11

to and they came all the way to Montana
with the sheep.
1--WE crossed the Deschutes river, paying
$40 toll on the outfit, and came up the John
Day river to Canyon City.
TON Poindexter, later a resident of Dill
Ion, was living in Canyon City at that time.
Muslin Corral
w stayed here a day and made a sheep
corral out OF muslin and stakes.
ut could be rolled up in the morning
and carried on the wagon and at night
stretched out for a temporary corral.
w then struck across to the Malheur
river and went down 1t to the Snake, which
we crossed near the present town of Pay
cite, Idaho,
The towns mentioned were all very
small, with only occasional settlers between
towns.
I'VE took our former road to Boise and
through Camas prairie. On Lost river we
came to a place where some Cinnamon were
camped for the night. First we knew they
had started a big grass fire.
Cooked "A Skunk
w scared the Chinese into action and,
all of us working like mad, we got the fire
put out before it burned up the sheep and
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to them seemed all powerful; but he did
not, apparently, have the ability to make
his adherents victors over the whites. In
the same way, 1t will be remembered, the
God Of the Jews, ruled the mountain
country, but could not be depended upon
in the lowlands.
Mrs. Victor, In the "River Of the West
stresses this point. She says:
The Indian judges of all things by
material results. II he is possessed Of good
natural intelligence and owe Of obser-
walton, he soon discovers that the God of
the Indian is but a feeble deity for does
he not permit the Indian to be defeated In
war. to starve. and to freeze? DO not the
Indian medicine men often fail to save
life, to win battles, TO curse their enemies?
The Indians God, he argues, must be a
good deal of a humbug. lie sees the white
men faring much better. They have guns,
ammunition, blankets, knives, everything
In plenty and they are successful in war
are skillful In a thousand things the In
dian knows nothing Of. To be so blest
argues a very wise and powerful deity; to
gain all these things, they are eager to
learn about the white mans God; are will
ing to do whatever is necessary to propi-
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-02-11
81, 600 LIQUOR STOCK is SEIZED BY
FEDERAL RAIDERS AT SHELBx

Liquor valued at approximately 5000
was seized by the customs border patrol
and Immigration officers In four raids
conducted Mt Shelby the other day. Tho
liquor, 1892 quarts Of Canadian beer and
I,I68 quarts Of whisky and gin, WAS
found by the customs and Immigration
officers while searching for smuggkeds
merchandise.
1t is believed the liquor was ~smuggled'
across the border last fall to supply q
winter cache for rum runners. the TOUR
men arrested in connection with the raids-
we're Ellis Wilson, Martin Smith, Tony
Freng and Howard Clark.
The raids were conducted by A. r.. Sell
lers, j. II. Mercer, Frank Coombs, Harry
Johnson and John Morgan as a part OF the
enforcement program which has been In
operation along the border since the eF-
ganization of the border patrol last August.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-02-11

feeling, he rebuked the sabbath breakers
quite severely. Better for his influence
among the men, If he had not done so, or
had not eaten so heartily of the tenderloin
afterwards, a circumstance which his ire
weren't critics did not fail to remark, to his
prejudice; and upon the principle that the
'partaker / sas bad as the thief they set
down his lecture on sabbath breaking as
nothing better than pious %humbug.'
DR.. Whitman on the contrary was pos
sessed Of infinite tact, and won, like
Father DeSmet, the respect Of all who
anne in contact with him. His assassination
was the outgrowth, 1T is thought, of the
confusion of mind on the part of the
Indians, who could not understand how
the God of Catholics and Of Protestants
could be the same or the why and where
fore of sectrianism.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-02-11
WHY THE NORTHWEST INDIANS WE'RE EAGER TO ACCEPT THE
TEACHINGS OF MISSIONARIES WHO TOLD OF WHITE MANS GOD
(By MRS. M. e.

MUCH has been said Of the sim
IVU pie, childlike faith of the Flat
40 heads which led to their send
Ing several populations 70 st. Louis
that they might induce Catholic mis-
%sionaries to bring them the message
OF Christianity. We also know they
gained their knowledge Of this reli-
gion, 80 foreign to their own, from
members of the %Iriquois tribe, who
had ventured into this part of the
country. and were received In a
friendly by the Flatheads.
Because OF their desire to learn more
about 1.-THE unknown God" 1t has
been the custom Of many Western
writer's to endow them with higher
motives than those which actuated
them.
Like the early Jews, the Indians did not
claim a monopoly Of deities. Until the
white man invaded their territory, the sun,
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-02-11

Everbearing Strawberries Grown
That the everbearing strawberry leads
all varieties grown in the Bitter Root
valley was told fruit growers attending
the State Horticultural society at Hamil-
ton by J. e.: Pollinger, superintendent Of
the horticultural station at Corvallis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
S400,000,0O0 IS.
j. s. CAB BILL

-Four hundred million dollars Il
spent annually by taxicab riders
in the United States. This inforna-
ton and other Interesting facts was
brought out at q recent meeting Of
cab operators held in the Hamilton
Hotel. This organization IL known
as the Mid,Atlantic Motor Trans
port Association.
The association Is composed OF
taxicab operators from Delaware.
Maryland, Virginia, North Caro-.
lima and the District OF Columbia
and has the following officers:
President, w. J. Brown, Black and
White Cab Company, Washington,
ID. c.; first vice president, Samuel
Heller. Yellow Cab Company, Nor.
folk. Va; second vice president, w.
s. WSrick. Greensboro, NJ. c.: sec.
rotary .treasurer. I'll. L. Cummings
Richmond, Va.
This was one of several meetings
being held throughout the United
States by the responsible cab ops-
rators, organizing them into regional
units for the promotion Of the
industry.
Addresses were made by John r..
Boobar, Yellow Cab Company: w.
j. Brown. Black and White Cab
Company, and Earl Klein, Red Top
Cab Company. all Of this city, as
well as Sam Heller, Yellow Cab
Company, Norfolk. Va.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09

At the meeting. every part that
enters into the construction of a
Nash advanced six, special six or
light six models Is explained and
discussed. Hundreds of these parts
are laid before the assembled deal.
ers and service mechanics and are
taken UP for explanation and dis.
cussion.
Operations that are common to
most service shops are discussed
and methods of Improvement are
pointed out. Nash special tools,
designed under the direction of the
factory service department, are
brought to the attention of the
visiting mechanics and dealers and
an effort is made to standardize
each shop as far as possible, so
far as tools and methods of opera
ton are concerned.
Through the discussion much
light is thrown on the general sub
ject Of service. with the result
that suggestions are made by the
mechanics that are beneficial to the
factory itself, as well as to others
in attendance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
D 0 D Ct MAKES.
RECORD

Graham Brothers. a division Of
Dodge Brothers. Inc. made and
sold more trucks and commercial
cars In the month OF January than
during any previous January in the
company's history. This is defi-
mite answer to questions raised at
the first OF the year about what
1927 holds for the motor truck in.
dustry, according to officials.
Trucks and commercial cars ship.
ped from all Graham Brothers
plants for the first month OF this
year etotaled 4,255, as against 3,765
In January, 1926, which in turn sur.
passed all preceding first months.
Now, production has been in
creased to 275 units day, nearing
the record peak established In May,
1925. Demand is still growing, the
company reports.
Graham Brothers factories In
Detroit; Evansville. Ind; Stockton.
CAL. and Toronto, Ontario, are all
working full time with a full force
Of men. This means substantially
increased employment over the first
part OF last year. since the total
plant size grew II per cent during
1926 to take care Of the constantly
expanding markets.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
4. {. A. To MEET
MARCH Is

The Autonotive Equipment AZ.
ISOLATION. which Is sponsored in
Washington by the Southern Auto
mobile supply Company. Charles
Rubel and Company and Rudolph
and West will hold = monster auto
motive meeting, March is. It the
city Club.
Dealers and their employees OF
Washington. Maryland ana Virginia
are invited to attend this meeting
to learn more about the Jobbers
and manufacturers who compose
the a. =. A.
Three prominent speakers who win
outline methods Of increasing BUSH
ness and profits are; William Cow.
service manager OF the Studebaker
Corporation of Newark, N. j.; W.
+. Proctor. salesmanager Of Black
and Decker Manufacturer Com.
pany. and John j. Hall. merchandise
Ing representative of the Auto
motive Equipment Association Ok
Chicago. Rudolph jose, president
OF the washington Cadillac Ccrn-
pany Of this city win be toast
master.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09

The school Is being attended by
dealers, their service managers,
shop foremen and mechanics from
mere, as well as from other dealers
points In this territory.
There is, in my opinion, no
branch of the entire automobile
busienss of more importance than
service" said c. w. Nash, president
OF the Nash Motors Company, COM
menting on the service school.
The buyer Of an automobile is
entitled to the very best attention
throughout the life of his car.
There are times where the dealer
himself, entirely willing and anxi-
Gus to render good service, cannot
do SO because of lack of proper
equipment or through inefficient
handling of his shop.
Where this is true, the business
OF the dealer is bound to suffer.
7 feel that, taken as q, whole. sery.
Ice rendered owners by Nash deal.
ers throughout the country has
been, perhaps. above the average
But neither we at the factory or
the dealers themselves, are entirely
satisfied-pe perhaps we never will be
but that is the reason these
schools for mechanics are being con.
Quoted under the direction and per.
eonal supervision of our factory
service department We have
found mechanics. shop foremen and
service managers everywhere ex.
tremely Interested
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
THE NEW ROYAL EIGHT BY CHANDLER

CTYLE that glori6es all past con-
- ceptions of style Luxury
that gratides the fondest dreams of
luxury -. Qaaliy unspared in the
way it is built -. Value unshaed
in the way it is priced!
Magnificent is the one word Of
words that fits this car-but there is
nothing in English that expresses the
tinglish enjoyment of driving it.
You can crowd the gas to it at any
speed up to IS miles an hour, and
better, and DeOer load the motor!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
WHEN A PISTON FREEZES

Heat causes pistons to freeze, :"
and more often in winter than in
summer. A piston allowed to run
without sufficient lubricant becomes
abnornally hot and sticks fast to
the cylinder wall. The engine stops
under these circumstances. The rem
edy for freeing the affected parts is
simple. Put kerosene on the piston.
It will work down and help free the
frozen surfaces. When the engine
has cooled try to turn the engine
over gently with the hand crank.
Never allow a piston to remain
frozen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-09
HEAVY TRAFFIC.

The little town Of Ketchikan,
Alaska. built on an island. has only
fourteen, miles of highway over
which 610 automobiles travel. Be.
cause of the overtaxed highway. 1t
may become necessary to blast out
a spiral roadway around the noun
tain to accommodate the increasing
motorists.