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New Britain herald., 1927-07-15
Standard Oil Company
 Sues West Haven Man

Bridgeport, July 15 P11n an ac- ton filled in the superior court here today the Standard Oil Company of New York seeks to recover damages of s1.S0O from Garrett J. Fitzgerald of West Haven for an alleged unpaid gas bill amounting to s1,005. Land on Yacht street, Bridgeport has been attached in the action.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-15
Marathon Runner Reaches
 WallingfOrd in His Trip

Wallingford. Conn.,. July 15 P- Billy Bush, 21 years old marathon runner who left Boston Wednesday at ten o'clock passed through here at 9:30 today on his way to New York. Bush was in Springfield at o'clock last night, Hartford at 4:3O this morning and expected to reach New Haven at this afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-15
ASKS FIVE INDICTMENTS
Prosecutor Recites Long List of AL legged Robberies Blamed on "Bos- ton Billie."

Mineola. N. Y.. July Is (UP)- Five indictments were being sought against James F. Monohan. alias Boston Billie' Williams, alleged robber of wealthy families in Nassau and Westchester counties. by District Attorney Elvin N. Edwards, who to- day presented further evidence against Monohan to the grand jury
 Edwards hopes to get indictments for the following jewel robberies and attempted thefts:
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Sealy, $12,- 900 in jewelry stolen.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-15
LEFT S44,O28 ESTATE

Meriden. Conn.,, July IS PNN1rs. Clara N. Rogers. who died Decem- Der 10, 1926, left an estate of $44,- o29.41, according to inventory filed in the probate court today. The estate is bequeathed to a daugh- ter, Mrs. Annie Rogers Armstrong of this city, and son, Willard l.. Rogers of Colorado Springs, Col.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-15
BLACK CONTINUES

Amsterdam. July 15.-(UP)-van Lear Black, publisher of the Balti- more Sun, who is on his way here in his Fokker air yacht, has arrived at Bunder-Abass from Karachi, said advices received here.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-15
STORY IS DISCREDITED

St. Johns, Md. July Is R)-The spark of hope kindled yesterday when two hunters reported wreck ed to be the remains of the plane flown by Nungesser and Coli was practically exlinguished today when
New Britain herald., 1927-07-15

Philip R. Love (above,) of Wash ington, D. C., employed by the De- partment of Commerce, and who served with Colonel Charles A.. Lindbergh in the aviation service in 1924, will accompany the trans atlantic flyer on his speaking tour through the country. Donald E.. Keyhoe (below,) also of Washing
 ton and a graduate of Annapolis in 1919 will be business manager for the trip.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-15

Major F. Sidney Cotton. after talk ing with the two men, discredited their story.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-29
By Blosser

While at the beginning of February,
rs per cent of the total copper which
was above ground was refined and IA
per cent in process, at the beginning
of June 81 per cent was refined and SO
per cent in process, and it is evident
that the time is close at hand when
refining must be slowed up a little.
The significant thing about the cop
per situation is that during the first
five months of last year, the entire
refinery output was absorbed and $500
tons in addition were withdrawn from
surplus, while during the first five
months of this year the total shipments
were 22,500 tons less than the produc-
ton, a condition that fully explains the
unsatisfactory condition of the copper
market.
Both production and consumption
during the current year is in excess of
the 1926 figures, but the production
for the first five months is 1G per cent
in excess of 1926 while shipments are
but 5.4 per cent in excess of the figures
for the same period of 1926.
The maintenance of the shipments
for the first five months of 1927 in
excess Of 1926 was due entirely to an
improvement in European conditions,
as domestic shipments for the first
five months of 1926 were 375O35 tons,
as against 357 7,355 tons this year, while
exports totaled 205, 1873 tons for that
period last year as against 4,202 tons
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-29

this year. In other words, domestic
shipments are off about 2 per cent
this year while export shipments are
about 9 per cent better.
The stocks of copper in British ware
houses continues to drop and they de-
creased 4,O57 tons during May. There
are now 1918 tons left of the $4,000
tons .of remelted scrap which was in
British warehouses a year ago.
Lead statistics for May looked better
insofar as production was concerned as
the crude production in the United
States dropped from 82,410 tons in the
30-day month of April to 1852 tons
in the 31-day month of May. There
was also similar drop in Mexico and
Australian production, these two being
the other larger producing countries.
In spite of the drop in production,
the stocks of refined lead increased
from 44,280 tons at the end of April to
So, ,438 tons at the end Of May and it
is evident that it is going to take far
greater drop in production before the
price can move materially.
The zinc figures for May are more
nearly balanced in production and con-
sumption than either the. copper or
lead figures. The production for the
United States totaled 1886 tons and
the shipments totaled 50,458 tons, thus
making a slight increase in the sur
plus stocks of zine, which stood at the
end of the month at 42,046 tons.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-29
Weekly Copper ReUietO
By CHARLES F. WILLIS,
Editor the Mining Journal.

Extreme dullneSs has prevailed with
all the metals during the past week
with a tendency towards lower prices.
The buying has been small in copper
and zinc and only fair in lead, even
with the low prevailing prices CT cop
per at 1880, lead at $40 and zinc
at 62O.
If the copper consumers were await
ing the publication of May statistics
they evidently found enough in the
10000 tons increase in refined surplus
to lay off the buying, depreSs the price
and even then feel that they did not
need to rush into the market to buy
,as there was plenty of copper available.
Even the low price now prevailing mas
not attracted buying.
The May statistics for copper GER
tainly gave reasons for the dropping OF
the price as the surplus of the refined
metal increased from 99,256 tons at
the beginning of the month to 108,O79
tons at the end. This figure is a
larger surplus than has existed for
several years.
The reason for the incresaed surplus
came about because production was
about the same for May as for April,
averaging 4,01 tons daily, and both
exports and domestic shipments
dropped considerably from the May
figures. The daily production in April
was 4,193 tons as against 4,0l tons in
May, so that this showed some signs
of curtailment, particularly over the
high month of February with 4,S31 tons
daily.
Export shipments during May totaled
46,979 tons, as against 55,636 tons in
April, and domestic shipments totaled
69,779 tons, as against 1876 tons in
April. World production. is keeping
right up there being practically no
change in the larger contributing coun-
tries during May. The May world pro-
duction was 1905 tons, as against
136,347 tons in March, the last month
with the same number of days.
While we have been having a curtail-
ment program in the copper industry,
it is evident that it is not sufficiently
far reaching either in the number of
mines participating or in the quantities
cut to bring the desired results. One
trouble has been that some of the
mines have taken the burden while
others have not and if all of the mines
had taken the same percentage cut in
production which a few of the leaders
have done, the copper situation today
would have been quite different It is
believed that the continued low price
and the prospect of having to cut or
pass dividends may drive some CT those
who have not curtailed into q more
favorable mood.
The real effect of the curtailment
program in copper, which started last
February, are not yet evident in the
figures on the refined product, on ac-
count of the time that it takes for
copper to reach the fabricators after
it is mined. 1t is very distinctly shown,
however, in the figures on copper in
process" as the February figures
showed 272,757 tons in process and as
blister, while March showed 263, 1893
tons, April 249,834 tons and May $780,
755 tons.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-29

There is nothing about the situation
in any of the metals that offers much
hope for an early change. Zinc offers
the best possibility because the curtail-
ment in production seems real, but
even the true extent of that cannot be
determined until further statistical
data is in evidence. The copper cur
tailment has not been as great as the
comparative loss in consumption and
there has been little or no attempt at
curtailment in the lead industry.
Dispatch Telephones 81 and 80.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-29
TIME TABLE
PICKWICK STAGE
SYSTEM

Leaving Douglas
WeStbOund
7:3O A. M. For all points west.
$3.50 A. M. For Bisbee only.
Except Sunday
11:00 A. M. For BiSbee, Tombstone,
Tucson, Phoenix and Nogales.
200 P. NJ For Bisbee only.
Except Sunday
$3.50 P. M. For all points west.
EaStbOund
$3.50 A. NJ Lordsburg, Deming and
Ell Paso.
tbs P. M. Lordsburg, Deming and
Ell Paso. a
Arriving at Douglas
From the West
7:30 A. M. From all points west.
1850 A. M. From Bisbee only.
Except Sunday
$3.50 P. M From Bisbee only.
Except Sunday
6:O5 P. M From all points west.
9:3O P. M. From Bisbee, Tomb
stone, Tucson, Phoenix and
NogaleS.
From the East
GAS A. M From LordSburg, DEM
ing and Ell Paso.
1880 p. M. From Lordsburg, DEM
ing and Ell Paso.
All Stages Depart From
Pickwick Stage Depot
1924 G Ave. Phone 383
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-29

Dispatch Telephones 81 and 80.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-29

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-29
WIPES OUT FAMILY

NEW YORK, June % CR.-The pros
pect of having to place her five chill
dren, ranging in age from to 10 years,
in an orphan asylum, prompted Mrs.
Mary Freeman, widow of two months,
to turn on seven gas jets in hec home
in Whitestone, L. l., last night. Neigh
bors, smelling gas, called police and the
six were found dead in two beds.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-18

tinuany a menace to the white invaders.
To the up Country"
Singing, tOiling, sweating, cursing and
fighting their way up the course Of the
great Missouri river, for more than two
centuries, actors of every stage in life have
worked ont the thrilling drama which
marked the course Of the NOrthwest's most
historic highway. Sieur De La Sale and a
companion passed the mouth Of this great
stream on their downward voyage Of the
Mississippi in 1918. In 1922, the explorers
from sunny Spain erected a fort on it's
lower waters. Along this course where now
stretch the verdant fields of the DakOtas.
Sierre La Verendrye and his sons viewed
its wonders and followed its waters in the
direction Of the Shining Mountains in
1873.
Then, again, in 1905, had you watched the
swirling waters of this yellow stream, you
would have seen a fOtilla Of cottonwood
canoes struggling under tow Of French
Canadian vOyageurs, who chanted as they
bent beneath their toll. the Tilt of the an.
cient bOat-sOng. In these crude water
craft you would have seen American sol
diers and army officers, a negro slave and
a ShOshOne Indian squaw with an infanr
DapOOse securely strapped to her back
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-18

You would have seen Captains Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark, whose task un-
dertaken was the quest of a route to the
Pacific ocean.
At the Mouth of the Marias
If you have stood upon the ground where
q little less than one year ago a small
party Of Fort Benton citizens drew aside
the wells Of the misty past and located the
site OF one Of MOntana's first trading
posts, and looked dOwnstream-if you have
permitted yourself to catch at least a small
portion Of the spirit Of the voyageur and
the explorer, it is not difficult to picture
this expedition as it pulls ashore at the
confluence Of the Missouri and Marlas
rivers.
1t is significant and prophetic that Lewis
and Clark should suddenly call a temporary
halt to their journey at this point. In
their journals, two reasons have been given
for this: first, it was an ideal camp site
and second, and most important, the two
streams at their confluence were so nearly
alike in size and nature, that the leaders
, were in a Quandry as to which was the
Missouri. 1t has been said that at a point
far up on the divide near this point, the
explorers cached a considerable portion OF
their supplies to be retrieved upon the
In this manner, did the first force of the
western struggle make itself felt in the
territory of which old Fort Benton was to
four decades later become the metropolis.
And. this confluence Of the Missouri and
Marias rivers, just 10 miles below Fort
Benton became one of the dark and bloody
grounds of Montana. 1t was here that was
staged many a conflict in this western
struggle, with the native redman most
times decidedly the winner.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-18

A Domain
These - companies, all related, were or
ganiZed for the rapid development of a
vast region of country from the Three
Forks of the Missouri to the KOOtenai
country with the town of Ophir as the
center and this it apparently seems to
have been determined to build first and
then develop the tributary country.
Start to Build Ophir
The season was too adverse to permit or
much building before spring, but Mr.. Bur
ris, who seems to have been the leading
light in securing these charters, also seems
to have been the active manager In the
field of development. A double log cabin,
large enough to protect them from the in
clemency of the weather, housed the set
tiers until the month of May when active
building operations were commenced. A
large force Of men was employed in the
enterprise and the steamer Cutter, which
had piled the Missouri river for two years.,
was chartered and made its trips up and
down both rivers as demands required and
was mOOred at one of the wharyes OF the
future metropolis. Here Mr.. Burris oc-
cupied a cabin, probably with some of the
men interested in the enterprise.
A sawmill was set up. There were for
eSts along the MariaS river and timber
camps were established and the future city
was the center Of considerable activity.
The Indians in small bands annoyed the
wOrkmen, but did not attack them in any
great numbers, although everyone was al
ways on the alert.
ABDUL LulS Lllucs dn event noppCuNN az
Fort Benton which, had the inhabitants OF
that place, animated by jealousy of their
new rival and a desire for its destruction,
brought to pass with a view to its destruc-
ton. could not have operated more directly
to that end. A Blood Indian was murdered
there about May %, by Joseph SpearsOn, a
Canadian, and a man by the name of Bas-
trich, and the Indians body was thrown
into the river.
This rash deed melted the Blood tribe to
a desire for vengeance, and a war party
led by ~Calf-Shirt, a noted Blood partisan
proceeded Immediately to the neighbOrhood
of the new village as the most assailable
point, to avenge themselves upon the first
unfortunate white man who might come
within their power.
Lying concealed in the timber, in the
| Marias valley, this coveted opportunity was
only too speedily presented. On May %
Mr.. Burris and Mr.. Angevine, one Of the
incOrpOratOrs Of the town eff North Ophir
had occasion to visit a timber camp a few
miles up the Marias and while there a banC
Of Blackfeet Indians attacked the CAM
and wiped it out. Messrs. Burris, Ange
vine and eight men, named George Friend
CONTINUED on Agricultural Page)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-18
(By DAN R.

TN a study of the western struggle
to conquer a wilderness, called
"The Northwest" one is i'm
pressed with the peculiar gripping
of a drama. If one thinks of the
casual sort of way in which the great
expedition into the Northwest began,
or of the very slight attention which
the eastern political leaders bestowed
upon this remote western country,
the impression is something like that
made by an actor who steps upon the
stage in a minor role, and retires
after speaking a few very important
lines.
On the other hand, when one reflects
upon the tnestimable stake for which the
game was played, upon the vast bearings
OF the terrific struggle, and the cOnse-
quences of victory or defeat, the conflict
assumes the dimensions of "a drama OF
world wide significance. To the present.
day historical writer, this westward force
is a cOmpleXity of factors. To the his
tOrian who treats Of the early-day opera,
lions in the up Country" or the Upper
Missouri valley, arises the necessity OF
many forces of many ~natiOnalities and
castles. He must consider the ShOrtcOm.
lngS OF q shOrt-Sighted congress, the force
OF British greed for conquest, the romance
of Spain, the wavering bewilderment Of
French inhabitants, the determination Of
strenuous band called American pioneers
and the attitude and behavior of the In.
dian tribesmen whose hOstilities were con
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-18

ME river at Fort John to open trade with
the indians there. Fort Mckenzie was left
ID charge of Harvey and f. A. Charlton,
VINO did not get along with the Indians
and they abandoned the site about 1874 and
dropped down the river to near the mouth
OF the Judith, where they built a fort and
called it Fort Charlton.
Fort BruIe
The StOckade and buildings at Fort Nc
henZle were shortly thereafter burned by
the Indians and it was called Fort Brule,
or burned fort, and the valley where it
was located is yet known as Brule bottom.
As far as any government in this region
was concerned at this time, there was none.
In 1874 all of this region was set apart as
indian territory and agents appointed for
various tribes, with one agent for the up
per Missouri. No other government was
established until the organization of the
Nebraska territory in 1854.
In -Semi-Savage State
Aside from the trappers, the country was
not visited much by the whites until the
COS. Governor Stevens had crossed the
country near the 47th degree of north lati-
tude for the purpose of determining its
teaslbllity for a Northern Pacific railroad
IN 1913. Later Lieut.. JOhn Mullan had
constructed his military road from Fort
Walla Walla to Fort Benton, and still
later Captain j. L. Fisk, in 1862 and 1868,
had led expeditions through the Indian
country, protecting immigrants to the gold
fields of Dakota and Idaho near Montana
City and Bannack.
To Build Great City
On the 14th day of July, 1864, the stern
wheel steamer, Cutler, with Jim Moore as
Captain, arrived at the mouth of the Marias
river en- route to Fort Benton with emf
grants. Unable to proceed farther because
of disabled machinery, her passengers dis.
embarked at this point, proceeding over
land to Fort Benton and from thence tC
the mines, while the boat was as unable
to return as it was to advance due to ap.
preaching winter.
While lying thus in enforced idleness
the idea occurred to Captain Moore Of
establishing a settlement at the mouth o.
the Marias in rivalry to Fort Benton, from
which it is distant about twelve miles b.
land and about thirty by water. Accord
ipgly he proceeded to Virginia City, and b.
his glowing representations of the advan
tages Of the locality, induced about twent.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-18

of which he was a member. He was also
the father Of the world famous actress.
Maude Adams.
An act to incorporate the East Ophir
Town Company was approved by the Ter
ritOrial legislature February 6, 1863. 1t
provided that Fred Root. Frank Moore, Ed
House, Alfred Nichols, j. 3. Gavin, Y. +.
Irwin. J.. w. Creighton, Jesse Ar nitage,
N. w. Burris, J.. r. Malone, w. w. De-
Lacey, H. j. Oliver, Robert Hereford,
George A. Haynes, John Ryan and Thomas
HOsfOrd, and their legal associates for that
purpose, and their successors, should be
constituted a body polite and corporate,
by the name and style Of the East Ophir
Company. The location was designated as
on the Missouri river opposite the mouth
of the Marias, and the act granted privt-
leges for the occupying of the river front
for wharves and warehouse purposes, with
restriction as Obstructing navigation of
the river.
North Ophir
A charter Incorporating the town OF
North Ophir" was also approved at this
same session, with Frank Angevine, n. w:
| Burris and associates as incOrpOrators, and
with power to lay out a town at the mouth
of the Marias on it's north bank. The law
also provided that the river front extend
ing into the river as far as necessary, IN
Guided within the boundaries described
was declared the property Of said com
Dany for the purpose of erecting wharveS
warehouses, etc, provided that said com
pany was not IN any manner 70 ODSILuC'
the navigation of said river.
For a Metropolis
The three tOwnSites described were t.
he a great metropolis, apparently, and the
country in all directions developed. Messrs
Bumaughs, Kiskadden and Lewis and rs
~sOciates were granted a charter for tn
Missouri River Portage and Railroad com
pany for 20 years and given necessary cor
pOrate powers for the construction OF
wagon road or railroad or both for tn
purpose Of transporting passengers, freigh
and mails around the great Missouri falls
The original capital of the company wa
to be 100000, with authority to increas
it to $780, 900. Two years were given 70
the construction Of the railroad. Sidne.
EdgertOn, who approved this act as gov
ernor Of the territory, was one Of tn
grantees and associates of Kiskadden an
Lewis.
Some Interest Rate
This law is interesting in that it author
ICES the company to borrow money neces
sary to complete and stock the road at
rate Of interest not to exceed go per cen
per annum and secure the repayment b
mortgage or pledge of the property an
, issue the notes in bonds Of the compan
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-18

persons to accompany him to the proposed
site of the new village, which was called
"Ophir." Encouraged at this success, he
had no doubt but that in the course of
time, the new town would divert to itself
all the commerce which had formerly been
designated to old Fort Benton, as the
established post of the Upper Missouri
river country, and when he reflected upon
the commercial capacities Of the river and
the growing trade of speedily developing
Montana, he INDUCED himself in lively an
ticipatiOns Of a ~fOurishing career for this
offspring Of his enterprise.
The "Ophir Town Company was incOr-
porated February 2, 1865, with Franklin
X. Moore, Moses Clark, N. W. Burris, r. P.
Lewis, Capt. F. Davidson, James H. Kis-
kadden, George B. Parker, George Hill and
others as incOrpOratOrs. The second sec
ton Of the act provided: THAT the said
company shall have power to hold, manage
ana control the land now owned by them
as hereinafter described, tO-wit: Com
menclng at the mouth of the MariaS river,
or junction Of said river with the Missouri
river; thence running up along the south
bank of said Marias river, to the mouth Of
the ,Ietop river; thence south six hundred
yards; thence east to the Missouri river
thenee down the bank of said river; to the