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Evening star., 1928-02-24
HOUSTON GETS S300,000
FOR CONVENTION FUND
$4,000 Yet to Be Raised by But
ton Sale and State Subscription
to Reach Quota.

By the Associated Press
HOUSTON. Tex, February "a
Houston's campaign to raise 100000
within the city for entertainment Of
the Democratic national convention
here in June went over the top yes
terday. r. NJ. Farrar. vice chairman
of the drive. announced.
There is yet $50000 to be realized
bring the fund TIP to the total of
$3.50 900. the estimated minimum
needed. One-half of the remainder.
Mr. Farrar said. would be secured
through the sale of convention but
tons and the remainder is confidently
expected from subscriptions in the
State.
The button-selling campaign will be-
gin within day or two by 1000
women and girls.
Evening star., 1928-02-24
AExANDRIANS PLAN
c. OF c. DISPLAYS HERE
Individual Booths Proposed for In
dustria1 Exhibit at Auditorium
March 1917.

March 1917.
Plans for the exhibits to be presented
by Alexandra in the fourth annual in
dustrial exposition, at the Washington
Auditorium, March 1917, by the local
Chamber Of Commerce were laid last
night at conference at the George
Mason Hotel. Alexandria.
Representatives of Alexandria indus
tries discussed plan for individual
displays In addition to booth Of the
Alexandria Chamber OF Commerce.
The Washington Chamber OF Com.
merce was headed by Ivan c. Weld
president The chairman Of the Alex.
andria committee Is F. c. Goodnow
vice president of the Alexandria cham
Der. Other members Of that committee
appointed by j. z. w. Timberman
president. are George F. Koch. Frank
Michelbach and w. B. McGroarty.
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against the Nez Perces. From it I took
copious notes for the better informa-
ton of the many who will never see
this book. And right here / wish to
say the people of Montana owe Mr.. Leg
gat q debt of gratitude for placing in
their midst such a collection of books
and documents related to the history of
this state as his library contains. There
is a growing demand for such literature
which automatically increases it's cost.
Books which a few years ago could be
purchased for a few dollars are now un-
obtainable except by the larger libra
ries or wealthy individual collectors. 1t
is to be regretted that the VALUABLE IL
brary formerly belonging to Charles
Kessler is now in the possession of the
University of Southern California.
Not Well Provisioned
From this narrative Of Mulford's we
are led to infer that the 7th was not
we'll pr%ovisioned when 1t started in pur-
suit of Joseph. subsisting mainly on
buffalo meat and u berries, a diet
not satisfying for our soldiers. although
the ndian would have thought it regal
fare.
Hungry men of any color are apt to
be ilhumored. 1t was SO in this case
They tried horse meat, but it did not
please them. They were growing mutt
AAO0Df 40 eSAiC1h L "a Il
tried to explain that he had sent to
Howard for supplies. The men replied
that they wanted something more sub
stantial than wind pudding" Mat
tiers grew worse, and Sturgis began to
be alarmed. He asked what the general
feeling was among the men. Those
questioned answered the soldiers were
quite ready to leave, and would do so If
provisions did not arrive on the NOR
row.
The next day relief appeared in the
form of a wagon load of supplies from
Fort Peck. These consisted of spoiled
salt pork and flour. OF these ~luxuries,
a quart of flour was given each man daily
and q small amount of pork. The writer
says:
I'VE had no salt, MOI no way of cook
ing, except to make flapjacks' by stir
ring flour n water together and bak-
ing it on our trenching tools, trowels. or
in u tin plates, of which there were but
very few in camp. Some of the men would
stir up a cupful of flour and water,
and then put the cup on the fire and
let 1t bake. After 1t was baked 1t was
hard as a brick and the only way to
get 1t out OF the cup was to dig 1t out
with point Of knife or saber."
This kind of rations must have been
far from satisfactory even to hungry
soldiers. The only wonder is the 7th
did not desert in q body after living a
day or SO on such fare. That they did
not is certainly to their credit.
Joseph's Equipment Complete
In marked contrast to the condition OF
our soldiers under Sturgis, were the
of Chief Joseph. as described
by milford. These were ION the most
extensive scale, with equipment remark
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Bird Grinmell
Marks INDIAN Chiefs
Graves ait Lame Deer

as one OF the most notable exploits of it's
kind in history. 1t has been compared
with the famous march of the Greeks to
the sea. The military ability of the
Cheyenne leaders, Dull Knife and Little
Wolf, was clearly demonstrated by the
way they marched with their people
through a network of troops, railroads.
n telegraph which had been spread
across their former hunting grounds. 1t
has been unofficially stated that 5000
troops were at one time hurrying over
the plains IN an attempt TO head off the
fugatives, who advanced steadily on to-
wards their goal in the north.
Cheyennes Split Up
The band of Cheyennes divided, one
division under Little Wolf going north
west towards the Powder River country,
Knife n his band heading to-
wards the Red Cloud Sioux agency in
Nebraska. Once in the Powder River
country it was Little VOLTS good fortune
to meet Lieut.. w. c.. CLARK, who had
formerly befriended the chief. Lieuten-
ant Clark persuaded Little Wolf and his
followers to surrender to General Miles
at Fort Keogh, near the present site of
Miles City, where the ~Cheyennes were
later enlisted as scouts and saw service
in later campaigns against their former
allies, the Sioux.
Dull Knife was not so fortunate, n
his band was captured and imprisoned at
Fort Robinson. from which place they
later escaped with much bloodshed and
loss of life. Dull Knife later had several
encounters with white soldiers before he
was finally subdued and became a peace
full resident of this reservation. He died
near Lame Deer in 1888.
Little Vol lived for many years on the
Tongue River reservation. He died Oct.
80, 1904, n was buried on a high butte
overlooking the Rosebud, about 10 miles
southwest of Lame Deer.
Previous to 1918 most of the Indians
buried on this reservation were not put
in graves, but were placed outside" ac-
cording to the Indian custom. The body
of Dull Knife was placed in a wooden
box between the trunks of several trees.
A forest fire later swept this area, con
Stunning the coffin and the trees and de-
stroying the remains. An attempt is
being made to gather ashes from the
place where the body was placed for
burial in the Lame Deer cemetery be-
meath the marker provided by DR.. Grin
nell.
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man. Miles promised but the government
failed to fulfill his word.
The feet and hands of some of our
own wounded were SO badly frozen that
they begged to be shot in order to end
their agony. The wounded soldiers were
borne to the waiting boat by travels. or
in wagons, probably ~springless. "One
captain was disguised because the doc
tor sent a private in the same ambulance
with aim. While carrying the wounded
on the boat q stretcher CHANGED to hit
a lieutenant who exclaimed: What the
ID are you doingi Take that man
off the boat until it is clearedl'
"The sergeant said the doctor ordered
the nan On the boat. His wound was
bleeding and needed instant attention.
1.-THE lieutenant swore at the sergeant
and asked him If he knew who he was
talking to. just at this moment Gen.
eral Miles, who had overheard the con-
versation, leaned over the railing and
pointing his finger a the high-toned
lieutenant said:
Take off your sabre and go to your
state room under close arrestl I am
ashamed to think an officer would be
so brutal
Soldiers Loved Miles
"The lieutenant went. Later, General
Miles was overheard remarking that he
would not nave blamed the sergeant III
he had knocked the lieutenant off the
boat"
1t was such incidents as this which en-
deared Miles to the soldiers, who loved
him with devotion equal to the dislike
felt for him by some of the officers
who were West Point graduates. from
which institution General Miles did not
gain his knowledge of military science
The incident mentioned above shows
plainly the different relations between
officers n men than now maintain.
Without assuming the attitude Of Cap
tain Reece OF the Mantlepiece," discipline
can be secured when necessary without
too great an assumption of superiority
on the part Of officers. an attitude they
have inherited from the English army
and which belongs to the day when SOL
diers were beaten like dogs. Although
no poet has sung it, the colonel and
Private O'Grady have as many innate
characteristics in common as the colonel
lady and the humble Judy. Having this
in mind a recent writer, knowing how
volunteers resent this attitude of SUI
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crate these plants is reduced to a
minimum.
Coal will be loaded from the bunkers
to an electric driven lorry car by a mo-
tor-driven coal loader. Each car holds
six tons of coal and will be discharged
directly into the stoker hopper having
a capacity OF eight tons.
Ashes are discharged on a conveyor
which moves to a storage bin. Another
lorry car handles the ashes from the
bin to the dump.
The mines central boiler plant will
supply steam to practically all the mines
on the west side OF the hill, and sup
plants six boiler plants which were in
service at the beginning OF this year.
Four 460-horsepower boilers will be in
stalled, and will be operated at twice
the rating designated by the manufac-
turer, as each boiler will be required to
furnish $40 boiler horsepower.
In conjunction with the boiler equip
ment approximately 10000 feet of steam
line has been constructed. This line va
ries in size from 10 to two inches, and
Is insulated in such q manner that the
maximum heat loss will not be over s
per cent.
Steam will be delivered to mines over
a mile away from the boiler plants, and
tests already conducted show that the
heat loss and pressure drop are less than
the engineers estimate.
The Capitalization OF steam power has
been practical for some year in the east
ern states, but the Butte installation Is
the first large-scale attempt In the west.
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highways; the road was full of inequali-
ties and the mode of transit was not
calculated to tighten the bumps every
one of them causing agony to the in
jured.
The trip was neither long nor event
full n was a welcome rest for all but
the wounded n the captives, for such
the Nez Perces were. In a few days the
boat tied up at Bismarck, when prepa-
rations were made for the triumphal
parade. The Indians were not dragged
at the chariot wheels of the v~ictors, but
that they had to be exhibited in so pub
lie q manner in a strange city of the
enemies far from the home for which
they longed, must have been especially
CALLING to those brave warriors.
On this occasion the Indians consti-
tuted the most interesting feature Of the
parade and awakened universal sympathy
from the multitude who witnessed the
procession n who did all in their power
to prove their kindly spirit.
Chief Joseph was one of those who
headed the parade, and 1t is the testi-
mony OF many who saw him in this
humiliating position-for he must have
felt it keenly-that tears rolled down
the cheeks of the hardy and brave In.
dian as he rod through the streets
OF Bismarck" What were his medita-
tions? Did he recall his fathers dying
charge to him never to part with tn,
land where the bones of his ancestors
were buried; of his remarkable Hight
through q strange country; of the cour
age and sufferings Of those who accom-
panied him; of the goal almost reached
and, above all, of his surrender, trust
ing that he and his would be retur 1ee
to their old home, only to learn too lats
the f~alseness of the promises made him
1t is not strange, that stoical as he was
he could not control his emotions. Mrs
Thomas Dawson, who saw him later nt
the home of Major Roman on the Flat.
head reservation, said to me that he ha1
one of the saddest faces she ever bereld
II my memory serves me correctly. CHIEF
Joseph was the on his way to the Col
vile reservation, where he died. Exii d
and in captivity, there persisted the most
remarkable indian chief our country has
ever known, and who was, according tt
one of his ablest opponents, a perfect
gentleman.
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able for its completeness" Yet Joseph
was an Indian. and Genera Howard a
white man, with everything the gov
eminent could supply at his command.
No wonder this author noted the diff
ference, which led him to state that the
Indian chief always showed qualities OF
a first rate military commander, and
that his march was conducted with I'M
usual ability and shrewdness." 1t was
this superior intelligence and military
skill which enabled him tn outstrip his
pursuers, and almost gain success" he
says.
The foregoing is the testimony of all
fairminded military authorities h were
of the pursuers or who have studied
this campaign. Probably the United
States never produced such another mill
itary genius as Chief Joseph. Such lead
ers are born, not made, and owe their
ability to no school.
Joseph had 800 warriors all well trained
according to Indian methods Of warfare,
with what little additional knowledge
they had gained from their contact with
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the pits, making them safe places OF
refuge during action. Some Of these pits
we're connected.
Scalped No Soldiers
Speaking from the military point OF
view. Mulford thought Joseph's conduct
and organization Of the battle OF the
Bear Paws worth studying. He testifles
that the Nez Perces never scalped the
dead or ill-treated the wounded soldiers.
They would take the carblnes and am
munition of the latter, remarking at
the same time N scalp" ANY scalping
lone was the work OF other tribesmen
who had followed the two forces and
who scalped Indians and whites alike,
showing nc discrimination.
1t the time Of the battle it was very
cold. this being the main cause of Jo-
seph's surrender. He did not like to have
the children, the old and the wounded
suffer. He could have continued TO
fight and possibly escaped over the line
like White Bird. He made the fatal
mistake Of trusting the word OF a white
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~ ~ - ToopnsW Who kP mtm Puntf Chief N
KJ / 2V4uTV Joseph and His Nz Pmcs We're on VERGE MM
~ 0~ 80 y of MuhnyB because of Shortage of Supple. Y
i Buffalo Mmta and Bn Berries oeM Meat Sped Salt Pork land Fr Was Their Only Food il

periority at all times on the part OF their
officers, advises young men to attend
officers training schools so that in the
next war, they may all be
colonies. or anything but p~rivates.
On the boat which bore the wounded,
the latter were laid in rows along the
outer edge OF the deck. the center being
reserved for the horses of the officers.
There was undoubtedly good reason for
this arrangement, but it is nevertheless
true that 1t added to the sufferings Of
the men who were unable to move and
could not protect themselves from the
feet of the restless animals. These were
compelled to call the attention of the
nurse to their predicament, and beg
them to get that horse off my blanket"
Trip to Boat Hard
Despite the presence OF the horses,
The trip down the river was far more
comfortable than it could have been
by land. The preliminary journey to
the boat was the hardest for the wounded
to endure. There were Their no national
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Recently the caretaker at Mrs. A. N.
TObie's ranch home near Tally lake re-
ported that the house had not only been
robbed, but almost totally wrecked.
The man, who lives in q cabin nearby,
had been away cutting wood for a
few days and when he returned found
that his cabin had been robbed, and
when he hastily investigated Mrs. To-
bie's house found the windows knocked
out, and the place in wild disorder.
Mrs. Tobie reported the matter to the
sheriff, who accompanied her to see how
much damage had been done, n to
find clews to the perpetrator, II possible.
Bear tracks on the rubberoid roof told
the story. An old bear and her two cubs
had made a raid IN h place, and hadn't
left much intact except the four walls
and the roof, although the latter had
been clawed up, where the old bear
had knocked over the chimney n tried
to gain access by that route. She had
evidently given this up as a bad job,
and got in through the windows, al
though they were closed with heavy
wooden shutters, fastened with heavy
iron hooks from the inside. She had
torn off the castings, got her claws under
the edges of the shutters, ripped them
off and then gone through the sash
Evidently the maternal instinct was up
permost, for she had proceeded to give
her cubs, which could not get inside. a
real feed. Everything which contained
any food, and some things which didn't
were thrown outside to them. Canned
goods, flour. meal, dishes and tinware
were all thrown outside, and then the
bear family had a feast which they will
remember nj their dreams during their
long winter sleep. The bear. according
to the sheriff must have been a monster
for she tore down q shelf as high as she
could reach in her effort to get food that
was stored there. The shelf was torn to
~splinters, and a zinc covered kitchen
cabinet containing flour n other food,
was literally torn to pieces. Furniture
m practically everything else inside the
house was wrecked, n Mrs. Tobie says
the only dishes left intact were two
heavy pitchers, which withstood being
pitched outside to the cubs.
When she first sighted her wrecked
home Mrs. Tobie thought 1t was the
work OF vandals, or boys with an idea OF
playing a Halloween prank. but was much
relieved TO find 1T was only the work OF
hungry bears. However, she is going to
think twice before remaining alone at
the ranch at night.
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For the purpose of operating the
carbonate group of claims at Silver
camp, about SO miles northwest Of
Helena, X over on a lease and 0p-
ton from j. A. Rowland, the Black
foot Silver-Lead Mining company has
filed articles of Incorporation in the
offices of county clerk and recorder
at Helena n the secretary of state.
The company, financed by New York
and Helena capital, is incorporated for
$3.50, 000. 900 with shares of 800 par
value. G. l.. Hewitt. Jesse c.. Gibson and
Charles E. Pew are the incorporators. 1t
Is understood that some of the New York
members of the company will be placed
on the board OF directors at the organiza-
ton meeting.
Rowland Deal Closed
The deal with MIR. Rowland, who has
been developing the property for several
years, was completed last week and sup
plies for the winter operations have al
ready been delivered to the camp, pre-
paratory to actual mining to begin i'm
mediately.
The mine is developed by a tunnel,
drifting on the vein for approximately
300 feet, from which a shaft has been
sunk, opening levels at 200 and 800 feet.
Several hundred feet Of drifting has been
done on the vein at the lower levels, dis
closing a large tonnage of silver, lead
n zinc ores.
1t is the purpose of the new company
to extend the drifts and upraise on the
ore 30 that steady production to supply
a mill will be available by early spring.
During the curse of development a
considerable quantity Of high grade ore
has been taken out and stored for ship
ping.
To Use Diesel Engines
Power for the min and mill will be
provided by Diesel engines of the latest
design and highest efficiency.
The work will be under the personal
Of Mr.. Hewitt, who has had
experience in the milling OF lead
and silver ores in the Occur d'Alene dis
trict OF Idaho and at Corbin and Phillips
burg, Mont, where he has been success
fully operating flotation plants for the
past three years, shipping concentrates to
American Smelling and Refining
company East Helena plant.
Mr.. Hewitt n Mr.. Gibson designed
and supervised the construction OF the
mill at the Spring Hill mine of the Mon
tana- Idaho Mines corporation.
The commissioners of Lewis and Clark
county have declared their willingness of
assisting the undertaking by strengthen
ing bridges and improving the road, via
Flesher hill. for the hauling OF heavy
machinery to be taken into the camp
and prepare for trucking OF ores and
concentrates to the railroad at Silver.
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Plan Turkey Sale

The Tri-County Poultry association,
comprising Daniels, Sheridan and Roose-
welt counties, plans to buy turkeys for
the Christmas market from its members
at Scobey and Whitehall, Dec. A and g..
One car will start on the 500 line at
Whitehall and the other on the Great
Northern. Birds will be graded, bought
and paid for on the marketing day. They
are to be dry picked. The association
will take care of boxing and head wraps.
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Great Central Steam
Power System to Serve
All Mines ON Butte HILL

4 MOTHER demonstration of the effici-
u ency in service and economy OF re-
sources that lave made 1t possible
for the mines OF the Butte hill to OPP
crate in times of depressed market and
to indefinitely extend the life Of the
mines of the Butte district Is being
made during the closing days OF 1873
BY the last Of December the Anaconda
company will have In operation at Its
Butte mines two modern automatically
fired boiler plants Of 6.000-horsepower
capacity to supply steam for It's various
mines. These plants will be a revelation
to those who are familiar only with the
old style types of generating steam.
Applying the latest methods Of firing
and operation the new plants will have a
revolutionary effect in hat the power
of widely distributed steam plants will
be concentrated under two roofs.
Changing Skyline
The smoke stack skyline of Butte is
fast disappearing. During the coming
year the last of the stacks will be dis
mantled, but, beneath the two remain
ing, more steam can be generated, better
efficiencies maintained and better work
ing conditions provided than was ever
possible in the old hand-fired plants.
An engineers report on the new In
stallations states that one OF the new
steam plants of 2,400- horsepower
Is located at the Leonard mine. the other
which will generate $500 horsepower is
located near the High Ore and was for
merly used as a eam-generating plant
by the Montana Power company.
Unique Firing
h Leonard plant is unique In that
the boilers are fired by use OF pulverized
coal. Each Of the three boilers is served
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Ten Of a bag of wild geese shot by
"Bill" Myers and "Bill" Smith Of Boze-
man were displayed in the show win
dows of Oliver Stout Hardware and I'M
plement company. There were several
more shot by the sportsmen while at
the Myers lodge on the Madison, and
the largest weighed IA pounds. h
two Bills" say the hunting isn't very
good either" the northern flight o hav-
ing arrived yet.
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come to this con-
clusion. W h e n I
CHANGED upon a
little volume in the
collection of Alex
ander Leggat OF
Butte which proved
that half has not
been told OF that
memorable occur
rence.
T h e volume t o
which / refer is en-
title d Fighting
Indians in the 7th
U. S. Cavalry" and
was published by
the author, G. F..
Milford. 1t is a
curious work, and
rare. I have e v
seen a reference to
it, yet 1T gives val
liable sidelights on
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By MRS. M. E. PLAssMANN

90 MUCH has been written about the
y flight of Chief Joseph and his tribe
~ that 1t would appear to the unin-
formed the theme was and
nothing more of interest could be I'M
earthed on this subject. ! had almost