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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-19

cleaned Of scale insects, rein
fcStation from these liI.5s will take
place quickly.
Diseases that affect citrus trees
must be taken an hand early IN their
stage Of development or serious dam
age is apt TO result. At all times
for disease. All diseased trees that
are found should be treated accord
ing 10 some approved method just as
soon as possible. Directions for
treating diseased trees should be fol-
lowed very carefully or the treat
ment may prove worse than the dis
ease. Many good trees arc killed
every year by growers using i'm
proper methods of treatment.
At regular intervals, ENJOY and
destroy any plant material that may
become host or harboring places for
pests that might e%ndanger the or
chard or prove a al to the in
dustry.
Too few growers give as much per-
sonal attention TO their groves as the
+. potential possibilities in these groves
smake them entitled to. AS one Of our
eading citrieulturists has said, The
J DOT prints Of the grower are the
yest fertilizer for many of our citrus
.roves."
|, calendar of Grove Practices for the
"a Lower Rio Grande Valley
y aged Orchards)
January
Prune: Finishing heavy pruning
work before the blossoming period.
Fertilize: Use quick acting nitro
genous fertilizers g to 5 pounds pei
tree).
I~rrigate: Be sure that the trees
nave sufficient water to finish BIOS
som period.
February
Finish work not attended to in jan
uary.
Use furrow irrigation to avoid chill
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-19

probably failure to provide fra
section may cause all of the
effort 20 60 for naught.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-19

Mr.. Bell said that a definite plan
win probably be decided upon nc
the meeting. and that the committee
will present several propositions
from which the secretaries can
chose.
When the plan Of advertising u
decided upon, O drive to raise funds
TO put it over will be started In the
Valley.
The chamber of secre-
taries will also take up the matter
OF attendance at the national demo-
cratic convention in Houston. All
secretaries have been asked by Les
lie Neal Of Edinburg, president OF
the Valley secretaries, to bring pic
lures to the next meeting. 80 that
the six best pictures car be selected
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-19
PLAN VALLEY
AID
Q. of G. Secretaries to
Discuss Proposal
At Next Meet

Especial to The Herald)
SAN BENFTO. Feb. 1s.-Details OF
a campaign to place the Valley in
the foreground Of attention through
out the United States are being
worked out by a Valley chamber Of
commerce committee headed by J. Z.
Bell. secretary Of the San Benito
chamber OF commerce, and a report
will be made ut the next meeting 81
the secretaries, which will be Fri
day. February %, at Edinburg.
Matters which are being corsid-
cred in the advertising program are
a national advertising campaign, In
newspapers and magazines Of ma
tional circulation. V~aHey-wide
booklet which will be printed in
large numbers and distributed
throughout the United States, and
cooperation with railroads and other
concerns in advertising the Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-19
Scouts to Aid Lions
At Rio Grande City

RIO GRANDE CITY, Feb 1s.-At
the regular weekly luncheon OF the
Lions club, Felipe Garcia OF Mise
sion, scoutmaster Of the South His-
sion scout troop, was IN special
guest, and ut that time offered 20
assist the Lions In parfecting the
organization Of Boy Scouts in this
city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-19

WESLACO, Feb. disappointment
of Walter II. Baxter, Jr., as city tas
assessor for 1925 has been an
nouneed by the city commission. anc
Baxter has commenced the work. VI
L. Dew formerly served as city asses.
sor but his duties as cit. attorney
city secretary and tax collector be-
came too heavy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-19

growing Is a business that requires
attention to details and should not
be made a secondary part of the farm
business, but the rest of the farm
business should be shaped around
the citrus orcharding enterprise.
Irrigation water should be applied
ut any time of the year that the
citrus trees are in need OF water for
their normal functiq Ing. The idea of
throwing the trel dormant by
withholding irrigation water is a fall
lacy and Is certain to cause the
grower losses in the way of small
fruit, should the fall months chance
to be droughty, as they have been
during the past two seasons. Bear
ing orchards, that are producing at
the rate Of from eight to twelve tons
of fruit per acre, require enormous
quantities Of water for the support
Of the trees and for the proper ma
turinto the crop Of fruit. Nor
mallyf This amount would run around
two and one half acre inches per
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Experiment Station Outlines Orchard Practices

for reproduction I'm oil paintings ut
the convention.
Efforts 20 take IN delegation of
several thousand Valley people to
the meeting are 10 be discussed.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-12-06

crossed the B~eaverhead river at Stones
toll bridge, located three or -four miles
below the present bridge at the Anderson
ranch, and paid s4.20 toll. When I
crossed the jefferson Pear 1t cost me 50
to go through a toll gate. The Burgett
family went with me as passengers as
far as Helena. There I hired Gray Pur-
cell to drive one of the teams. four yoke
of oxen n one wagon at $50 per month.
We left Helena on May 20 and on May
26 crossed the Sun river ferry, paying So
ferry charges.
"On May 20 we arrived at Fort Benton
and camped two and a half miles above
the fort. Fort Benton was a very lively
place in those days. Many immigrants
were arriving from the states; freighters
were there from all parts of the terri
tory; passengers were waiting to take
the boats down the river: gamblers were
plying their trade, and Indians were
there In numbers. Some of h Indians
were selling buffalo robes. One could be
bought for a pint of sugar and l bought
a good one for q butcher knife.
Change From Beans
THE steamer Yellowstone arrived the
day before we did and three days later
the Deer Lodge with $50 ton of freight.
I took dinner aboard the Deer Lodge
and found it a welcome change from
beans and bacon beside tne camp lire
ION the eighteenth we moved camp
down the Missouri to the mouth OF the
Marias, IL miles below Benton, where a
boat had landed. Here was a new grave
containing the bodies of 10 men. These
men had rome up the Marias river to cut
logs for a new o. landing and town at
the mouth of the river. They were sur
prised by a party of Blood Indians and
every one of them killed. Their leader
was q man named Burrows, who in the
fall Of 1868 had started the town OF Gal
latin City. Rumor had it that certain
people in Fort Benton did not want q
rival town to spring up so near them
and hired the Bloods to wipe out those
engaged in the enterprise. This may
have been idle talk.
Suspected Foul Play
ION July 2 I started on down the Mis-.
! souri, to Crow Island. 1875 miles below
Fort Benton. Here a boat had landed
because the water was too low for 1T tc
get up to Benton. I loaded my teams
with freight and returned to Fort Ben
ton. On July 10 1 started again for Cow
Island. No boat had arrived SO / drove
my cattle over on the island while we
waited. A German, who was camped
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-12-06
LICENSE PLATES
IDENTIFY BABES
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST GET
TING THEM MIXED
License plates for babies!

That is the answer of the Murray
hospital officials in Butte to anxious
parents questions. "Y0u wouldn't get
them mixed, would your"
No, they don't get mixed. Although
the big nursery may be crowded with
little white cribs. each containing a tiny
~wriggling, red bit of humanity, those
1928 model Butte citizens are never
mixed, misplaced, substituted or given tc
the wrong mother.
License plates is the solution. Not
really license plates, of course, but II
amounts to that-they are used to show
ownership OF the new models.
When a baby Is born 1t looks remark
ably like any other baby and In q hos
pita1 where babies are arriving in quanti-
ties, there has to be some way Of telling
them apart.
In large hospitals where babies are
ushered into the world at the rate of 2(
or more a day, the labelling and identi
flying process is a bit more complicated
Many use a series Of lettered beads
strung to spell the mothers name, struns
on the unsuspecting infants neck anc
the clasp sealed. Still others, to make
doubly sure, maxi fingerprint records
Of each baby. filing them with the moth.
er's name on the date of birth.
There are other systems used fol
Identifying babies and preventing a fonc
mother being given some one else!
signalling kid" in place Of her own pre-
cious darling but the name plate sys
tenn is used in that institution because
Of its simplicity.
Chances of a mixup such as occurred
In Cleveland, Ohio, not long ago, wher
a mother thought she received the wronf
baby, are extremely remote in the Butte
hospital, officials explained.
In the Murray hospital they paste {
little square of adhesive tape contain
ing the baby's name on it's back almost
before 1t has emitted its first quayerinl
wall. A duplicate is attached to the new
born's crib. Thus with license plate
attached, the newly arrived citizen is as
sured of his identity even though a largs
number of other human mites lookins
exactly as inhuman, may be cared for IL
the same nursery.
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to them,
with this intention the colonel. ac.
companied by an interpreter, started or
horseback for Fort Benton which point
they expected to make hat day without
any difficulty.
1t was in the midst of February; not
very cold and but little snow on the
ground. The day was bright andisunny
and all went we'll until about noon when
the clouds began to gather p~ortendine
the coming storm. Yet neither Of the
travellers were apprehensive, as they
hoped to be soon at their journeys end
sheltered and out of danger.
Struck by Blizzard
The wind changed, now coming straight
from the north laden with the icy breath
of the polar regions, and this the colonel
and his companion were Obliged to face
Snow fell, at first in scattered flakes
then rapidly increasing until the horse
men were in the midst of a swirline
cloud of what felt like powdered ice
driven before the wind with terrific
force that nothing could Withstand. They
realized that q blizzard had struck them
and their only safety lay in reaching
their destination before 1T had attained
its height. Squirting their horses into
the binding storm they pressed on, their
faces cut by the sharp impact of the icy
Dal ~ tAltAi ~ IN AVN Sf\A1
minute growing colder and their eyes
blinded from wind and snow until al,
sense of direction failed them and they
knew they were lost.
Had the wind continued to blow di
rectly from the north, the two mer
would have been able to keep theil
course. But, as always in a blizzard
while coming from the north it per
formed strange evolutions, seemingl,
blowing from every direction. This will
be understood by the many who have
been caught in such q storm, as bliz
yards are not unknown in the Montana
Of today. when there are numerous towns
and ranches between Sun river and For
Benton where one travelling the SAM
route as Colonel Vaughn in 1859 cal
take refuge. Then 1t was a sn%ow-envel
oped world, with every landmark OBJ
liberated.
Still they pushed on. There was moth
ing else to do. There was no fuel tt
build a fire, and to dismount in orde
to exercise sufficiently to set the bloot
circulating more freely in legs and arms
could not be thought of. Already thei
feet were like chunks of ice, and thei
hands found it hard to hold the reins
Wind Grows Worse
The wind continually grew worse. NJ
garments could Withstand it. The cOlOne
and the interpreter were warmly an
sufficiently clad for any ordinary win
ter day, not dreaming they would en-
counter the extraordinary. / know from
personal experience that two heavy IN
coats are not proof against q blizzard
strength.
On and on the two rode, without tn
| slightest idea where they were goinp
all through that night and the following
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-12-06

issued an ultimatum that the soldiers
leave the country. The demand was mace
in a conference held under truce ar
rangements with Miles. The general
gave the willy chief TO understand there
would be no compromise. Sitting Bull
went back to his braves n old them
to prepare for battle. Miles accepted the
challenge. He ordered his soldiers for
ward. The Indians gave way, but kept
up q desultory fire that lasted for the
time to cover a distance estimated at
from 35 70 40 miles, when they disap-
peared entirely to the south OF the river
and later surrendered for the most part.
Sitting Bull subsequently went 10 can
ada"
1t was in the battle Of Wolf mountains
that Sullivan saw hard military service.
Company A was ordered to accompany
the troops up the Tongue river for a
distance of about 100 miles where 1t was
learned Crazy Horse had made a stand
1t was early in January, 1877. The
weather was bitterly cold. Marching was
impeded by deep SHOWS. The trail led
along the ice-bound stream that was
crossed and re-crossed many times on
the march.
Company A was stationed on the left
flank up in the bluffs when the en-
gagement opened" says Mr.. Sullivan.
The indians occupied a strategic posi-
ton on the higher elevations rising up
from the river. We gained the first eleva-
ton. a sort Of table land leading to the
summit of a high hill beyond which was
a canyon, or narrow creek bottom INTO
which Crazy Horse hoped to entice the
troops for an ambush. Miles appraised
the situation. I stood beside Miles vhcn
he ordered Captain Baldwin to join COM
pany C and lead with the attack upon
the enemy. The soldiers were rlght N
the coulee.
indians were everywhere around us,
upon the hillsides: back in the timber,
waiting for the advance n expecting
the soldiers to walk into the trap laid
in the canyon below. Miles had ordered
an advance right up the hill. 1t was
| slippery with snow. The Indians had
us about corralled md were shooting
at us from all sides. Those at the sum
NIT were firing down upon us. We crept
up slowly but steadily. The bullets of the
enemy from the heights went over u
heads. That is what saved us casualties.
! Reaching close to the top we opened a
deadly fire. The indians moved back
| and higher into the hills. Many dead and
wounded were carried off the field. The
artillery opened up behind us. We could
see the Indians in punches, acting as
If they were waiting for orders. We
captured seven squaWs that were unable
to keep up with the fleeing enemy. We
saw one Indian, acting like a medicine
man, parading back and forth along the
edge of the rimrock in front of us. 1t
was Big Grow, who boosted that the
bullets of the white man could not kill
him. Several members of my company
crawled along and gaining the cover of
a protecting ledge, paused to get their
bearings. One of them saw Big Grow
Haunting his challenge, and taking care
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-12-06
PERCY N. STONE
HAS MADE GOOD
OF NEW YORK'S BEST
NEWSPAPERMEN

Percy N. Stone, former University OF
Montana student, recently received
considerable notice when he handled
the story of the Vestris disaster for the
New York HeraId-Trlbune The story,
considered the biggest of the year. was
carried on Ia of the most important
pages of the newspaper. Stones YER
sion Of the sinking at sea appeared on
the front page with a tw0-line stream
er head.
Percy N. Stone received his first news
paper experience after leaving the uni
versity when he went to work on the
Butte Miner, in 1915. During the war
he served as a second lieutenant. enlist
ing with George Scherke, now sports
writer for the Seattle P.-I.; Emmett Rior-
dan, editor OF a California newspaper,
and 'Pinky" Hunt, all former students
of Montana and school of journalism
majors.
Joins New York Post
Returning from the service, he became
q member of the New York Evening
Post staff, went into free lance work,
and later went to work for the New York
Herald Tribune, where he has been for
the last six years.
Stone is shipping news editor of the
Herald Tribune and does dramatic work
in addition. He first broke into prom
nence with his story of the rescue Of
Italian seamen by members of the crew
of the Harding in 1925. His story of the
rescue during a lull in the hurricane has
been highly commended by came
members Of rescue crews and others who
follow the sea.
Percy Stone is a son OF Dean A. L..
Stone of the Montana school of journal
ism. Margaret Gavin Stone, wife of
Percy N. Stone. is assistant fashion edi-
tor of Good Housekeeping. She gradu-
ated from the university with the class
of 1918.
Others Make Good
Other products of the school of jour
nalism at the University of Montana who
are working on New York newspapers are
Richard F. Crandall, ex '25; Ronald s.
Kahn. %, and Lloyd S. Thompson, ex
'23.
"Dick" Crandall, Who edited the uni
versity newspaper, the Kaimin, during
the fall and winter quarters OF l924-25,
was appointed assistant city editor OF
the Herald Tribune Nov. 10 of this year.
After leaving the university, he Joined
the staff of the White Plains Daily Re-
porter, White Plains, N. Y, and remained
there until the summer Of 1926, when
he transferred to the Herald-Tribune.
Lloyd S. Thompson worked in San
Francisco for some time as reporter and
went to New York as a member OF the
Hearst organization, and is now rewrite
man on the New York American.
Ronald S. Kahn. who formerly worked
on Butte and Helena newspapers, Joined
the staff Of the Herald Tribune in June,
1926. Kahn was formerly business man
ager of the Montana kaimin.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-12-06

weighed $4,000. 1 think 1t was the largest
pure gold nugget hat was ever found
in Montana. Helena was a lively camp at
that time. Last Chance gulch was being
washed out. Most OF the buildings were
standing on posts and the miners were
sluicing under them.
II soon tired of loafing and bought
four yoke of oxen and a wagon for $685.
gold dust from a man named Anthony.
on the Prickly Pear. I put my bedding
and utensils into the wagon and had a
home once more. On Aug. 25 / started
for Virginia City. There / bought three
more yoke of oxen, two wagons and a
pony and made a trip to Salt Lake City.
That winter, 1865 SO, 1 spent with the
late William b. Carter and H.. N. Virden
on what is now the Carter ranch, seven
miles north of Dillon"
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three pounder on
the run into the battle In the Bear
Paws with Chief Joseph of the Nez
Perces. From all these engagements he
came without q single scratch.
Honorably discharged in October, 1878,
he turned buffalo hunter until the Win
ter of 1681-1862, following which he
went prospecting in the Snowy and Crazy
mountain country and in the hills Dor
dering on the north side OF Yellowstone
National park. For % years he lived as
a rancher in the upper reaches OF the
Saltwater river country. In interims he
shipped as a sailor" on the Missouri,
making two trips TO Fort Benton where
he learned Of the possibilities of hunt
ing for precious metals in the hills. de
spent about five or six years as a trap
per, hunting and killing wolves and
coyotes.
Three years after his enlistment in
company A OF the Fifth infantry under
Capt. James Casey, Sullivan arrived
aboard the steamer Benton at the mouth
OF the Tongue river and spent the win
ter of 1876-1877 in the stockade built
by Miles soldiers. 1t was in October
that word had come to the ~cantonment,
that had been named Fort Keogh, that
q military init had been corraled by the
Indians under Rainintheface on the
north side of the Yellowstone between
what is now Glendive II Miles City.
Miles Pursues indian
Miles crossed the river to the north
sid and striking the Indians at Box
creek pursued them in a running fight
to Cedar creek where they crossed the
river to the south bank. Subsequently
many bands that had formed, with the
exception of those who chung TO Sitting
Bull, surrendered and were brought in
as prisoners to Fort Keogh.
SIT was our first baptism In the blood
of hostile Indians" Sullivan said. Sit
ting Bull, supported by Rainintheface,
showed a disposition to defy the SOL
diers. In a dominant note Sitting Bull
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-12-06

Piegans camped on
the Marias were
out of provisions
and would certain
~ starve to death
if no measures were
taken for their re-
lief. Game could
not nave b e e II
plentiful h e or
the Indians, who
demanded no great
of food,
could have provid-
ed for themselves
without troubling
the agent. Under
the circumstances
it was imperative
TIL colo e |
Vauhgn should go
in person to Fort
Benton and there
a arrangements
for issuing ratiOns
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-12-06

full aim dropped him in his tracks.
Miles ordered further pursuit of the
retreating Indians. Crazy Horse was on
the run. He was on his way to the Rose
bud valley. determined that he would
not surrender. Large portions Of the
Indian camp e%quippage was captured
and from the feeble response it became
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-12-06

patent to Miles that the ammunition
supplies of the enemy were about ex-
hausted. The casualties among the In
dians was not known. My company lost
Corporal Rodman. He was hot right
under the nose Just as straight as you
could put your finger"
Sullivan was detailed to the artillery in
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the Fifth infantry
at o Leayen-
worth two a
later and served his
full time of five
years under Gen.
Nelson A Miles. He
took part in the
running battle
with Sitting II
and Rai~nintheface
from Box creek to
Cedar creek; was IN
the midst of the
battle of the Wolf
Mountains detailed
to the artillery in
the battle with
Lame Deer and car
ried a Hotchkiss
LAzn ~@.x~Iar m
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IT is not given 10 many men TO be a
survivor Of more than q single great
i event. A survivor OF the great Chicago
fire of October, 1871. in which city he
was born. "Yank" Sullivan OF Miles City
enlisted as q private in compan A of
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-12-06
BY MRS. NJ. L. PLASSMANN

IN THE winter of 1858-59, Colonel
Vaughn, then agent for the Blackfeet
L at Sun River, had a thrilling expert
ence that nearly resulted in his death.
One day a courier arrived at the agency
with the intelligence that a band of