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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-22

the rush for gold brought the surge Of
the white man into the wilderness Of
Montana, dwelt amid the memories OF
the days Of the early pioneers. The
voices OF venerable men and women
told OF the days long before Paris Glib
son dreamed Of his city on the banks
OF the Missouri. For a brief spar
Great Falls lived in the atmosphere
OF the days Of the covered wagon, the
bearded prospector, the cabins in the
gulches, the sluices.
Those who have seen Montana only
in the present day find it difficult tC
realize that this vast region Of noun
tains and hills and prairies and rivers
was the stage where many and varied
great dramas were enacted. 1t is hard
to believe now that long before mar
had built in his brain what was to be-
come the expanding northern metropo-
lis OF Great Falls steamers had piled
up the river from St. Louis to Fort
Benton; that already $3.50, 0O0, 900 In
gold had been taken from the gulches
of the territory: that already Indian
had been fought and that a new
era was at hand.
The Distant Past
But the minds Of the pioneers who
were in Great Falls for the yearly
gathering-the last for many Of them
went far back of that. In a mood to
indulge in retrospect, these old-timers
would tell of crossing the plains in a
covered wagon, of the long and Ian
gerous trip up the Missouri, of the
hardships of the frontier, Of the adj
ventures in the new country.
1t is a long time ago since the days
OF the road agents and the vigilantes,
since life teemed feverishly at Ban
mack, Alder and Last Chance, since the
Indians ambushed the immigrants.
But men and women who attended the
pioneers convention at Great Falls this
year could recall those times. Most of
them we're pretty young then. Yet
ever boys and girls can remember such
thrilling scene as prevailed when men
hunted ~excitedly for golden treasure
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President Atkinson, but more signifl-
cant is the unmistakable evidence of
a growing regard for a high level Of
performance and scholarship. Refer
ring to the selection of Matt Pakkala,
Montana State college student from
Red Lodge for the Rhodes scholarship
to oxford university, England, the col
lege chief points out that this great
scholastic attainment was received by
students and faculty alike as an
achievement of the highest Importance.
Contrary to frequently expressed opin-
ions, scholastic victories and honors
are sought after just as eagerly as
those that may be gained in athletics
or other fields.
New Buildings
Montana has more than $4,000, 900
invested in the educational institu-
ton at Bozeman, according to the
presidents report. Of this amount
dollars is accounted for by buildings
and attached fixtures, while land and
land Improvements have a value Of
more than three hundred thousand
dollars.
The buildings and equipment which
account for the greater part Of the
states investment in Montana State
college are the result of the bond is
sue for the University of Montana
passed by the state in 1920. At that
time the meager facilities of the in
~stitution were being taxed to the limit,
and educational leaders, foreseeing the
demand for higher education in Mon
tana, were impressed with the need
for expansion. That this need was
well gagged is indicated by the steadily
inorQo ctnn nnrO1lmpnt of Montana State
college since that time, s1ys DR.. At
kinson. During the school year 1920
81 Montana State college had a regis
tration of GOT college students; in 1928
% there we're 1.073.
A study of the records indicates that
the increase in numbers has been well
distributed throughout all branches Of
the institution but with the engineer
ing courses showing the greatest gain.
In 1920-21 there were 406 men students
and POI women students, in the year
just closed there we're 754 men and 3l9
women. The number of men increased
nearly 86 per cent and the number OF
women SO per cent. At the present
time there are more than twice as
many men as women students at Mon
tana State college.
More Engineers
The greatest numerical increase has
come in the college of engineering
Since 1920. the number Of engineering
students has increased from 2l5 to
AIS, a gain of nearly 100 per cent. The
college of applied science has shown
the largest percentage gain, from Ga
to 1877, or nearly lis per cent. The
college of agriculture enrolment has
Increased from 1875 to l52, and the col
lege of household and industrial arts,
from 1913 to POI.
While the college of agriculture has
shown the smallest increase in number
of students of any Of the four divisions
Of the institution in recent years, this
can be interpreted as indicating a
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p

where fires may be used only by per-
NIT are n Hlghwood, Logging creek
and Dry Wolf districts, the latter near
Stanford. These are the areas most
extensively used by campers and fish
ermen.
The burning conditions probably
never have been worse than they are
at this time, and the tiniest spark
carelessly dropped may start a blaze
which will spread rapidly to large pro-
portions" said Major Kelley, district
forester, in commenting on the present
danger. THE forest service very much
dislikeS to deny the public the enjoy
ment OF the national forests and this
seems unnecessary if those who go into
the woods or who drive along the for
est roads will exercise special care in
disposing of lighted matches and burn
ing tobacco and in thoroughly ex-
tinguishing their camp fires. Careless
ness with fire at such a time is not
only in violation of law but a crime
against public welfare.
"a fire set by a lighted cigaret or
match dropped from a passing motor
car may be as disastrous as one pur-
pOSely SET" he continued. I'm either
case a crime is committed, for the man
responsible has not only diSobeyed the
law but has set his hand against So
ciety."
In securing a permit, a camper must
agree to:
Build only a small fire.
Build the fire in the open and
not against a tree of log.
3.-Scrape away to a safe distance
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all leaves and trash before a fire is
started.
4.-Never leave a fire unattended
even for a short time without first ex-
tinguishing it.
5.-Extinguish the fire first with
water. then cover with dirt.
6.-Smoking is prohibited except at
improved places OF habitation and au-
thorized camps. When smoking in
camps, care must be used to see that
cigars, cigarets and matches are out
before being thrown away.
7.-If a fire is discovered, an effort
should be made to eXtinguish it. If the
blaze gets beyond control. a ranger
should be notified.
8.-On breaking camp, the grounds
must be policed. All refuse must be
buried.
All buildings on two ranches about
eight miles north of Lincoln were re-
Gently destroyed or Yogum creek, in the
Helena national forest, that engulfed
5000 or 1000 additional acres before
a gale OF wind.
The same gale of wind invaded the
BlackfOot valley and stirred an old fire
on Elk creek to intense activity. OFF,
Gals Of the Blackfoot Forest Protec-
tive association warned motorists not to
attempt to go to Helena from MissOula
by way Of that valley
Crews were forced to snatch their
equipment and provisions and flee be-
fore spreading flames of a blaze west
of Glacier park. The fire ragged over
600 acres within a few hours.
Five men from national forests Of
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and
South Dakota arrived here recently
by airplane to aid Montana officials in
their battle. All available executives
Of district No. ! are on the fire lines.
Four more out of the state forest Of
icials are speeding to this district by
airplane.
Six thousand acres of state forest
land ON Bull mountain and Halfbreed
creek, 40 miles north of Billings, have
been destroyed by fire.
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THE Living Threads : $ Il : ::: Fl $:: :$:' 2$ $$ s:

CTILL a few living threads bind the
~ days of 65 years ago with the pres
ent. Year by year these threads
wear thinner and more Of them break
ana the time is not far when the
last OF those who saw the thrilling
days in the new territory of Montana
when gold was the impulse that drew
thousands here. when law commended
with lawlessness, will have zone over
the hill into the mystic west.
Anyone who attended the 46th an
nual convention of the Society OF
Montana Pioneers in Great Falls re-
Gently could not but appreciate this
He could not but feel that little of
that romantic past still remains for
the present and that soon that past
will be cut from the present, recorded
only In what others have told and in
the written word.
An old man, tottering on his cane.
His hair is Whitened by the years. He
does not hear SO we'll now. His eyes
are less keen than they were long ago.
But those eyes seem to look back into
the distant years; they ere focused
on the realities of decades one. And
yet there mn on the me lg of an
old friend a glitter that ases the
dream OF yesterday.
Long Days Ago
A woman feeble and WrinAled. Time
has silvered her hair until it is like
the fleece of the heavens. But the
vigor of years ago is not quite gone.
Her eyes, too, shine with the fire that
is life, although they likewise behold
the images that the years have dimmed.
For a few days in Great Falls, that
modern and busy city born long after
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Came over the trail 62
years ago

falling off in confidence in agriculture
on the part of the people of the state,
says President Atkinson. Montana
State college is unique in that it has
shown an increase in this respect. In
many land grant colleges, particularly
in many of the larger institutions of
the middle west and east, there has
been an abrupt decline in agricultural
students. The gain recorded in agri-
culture normally would be considered
as entirely in keeping with develop
ments in the state. Even though the
greatly accelerated demand for en-
gineers, scientists and those trained in
household and industrial arts, is at
tracting an ever increasing number Of
students into these fields, agriculture
is still accounting for a fair share of
he increase in COLLEGE enrolment in
Montana.
The increase in college students has
come naturally and normally without
artificial stimulation, says the college
head. Young men and women come
to college because it is recognized that
college training is becoming more and
more essential for the work of the
world and the fullest enjoyment Of
life.
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when towns sprang UP as by magic
and when people moved on at each
new whisper from the enchantress, Ell
dorado.
Some Of those attending the con-
ventlOn were born in a covered wagon
on the way to Montana. One of these
was James E. Norris of Helena. He
first saw the light of day in Cache
valley in 1868. He lived at Virginia
City and then was brought to Helena.
Working as a boy in the old camp of
Park City southwest of Helena. Jim
Norris was present when an unusually
large nugget was found. For the last
"a years he has been a railway postal
clerk and as such has probably tray
eled more miles by rail than has any
other Montana pioneer.
Dean of Pioneers
Mrs. Molies j. Kline, now of Liv-
ingston, and president of the pioneers,
also was born in a covered wagon.
That was in 1865.
But these are youngsters compared
with Duncan Macdonald of the Flat
head reservation, who was born, in
what is now Montana, in 1849. That
was three years before Benestee, the
halfbreed, found the first hint of gold
in Montana. Mr.. Macdonald is one
of the most interesting Of the Treasure
states pioneers. BY the hour he can
tell the omanc Of Indian life as re-
vealed in the parallels of redman
legends.
The oldest in years of those attend
ing is MA" Katherine Ennis of Ennis.
She is 81 and has been in Montana
since 1865. She is spry for her age and
is keenly concerned with the things of
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that they had travelled years ago. This
was a new thrill for the pioneers. Some
of them could scarcely realize that
they had lived to see such unbelieve-
able things, changes so great and SC
radical, affecting SO sharply the habits
of the world, that no other genera
ton is likely to see anything to COM
pare with these transitions Of the last
threescore years.
Strangely, the pioneers seem little in
clined to say much about the old days
except when they meet acquaintance
of those early times. But the attentive
listener can piece their narratives into
a fabric of sometimes remarkable adj
venture and romance.
Next year the pioneers will assemble
again, at Billings. But in the interim
more and more of those living threads
binding the past to the present vii.
be broken as they wear thinner ano
thinner. Next year the annual roll cal
will bring even fewer responses. The
day when the Society of Montana Pho
neers will be ~irrevocably in the past
without a living link to join it to the
present will be that much nearer
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-22

est this year because this year Mon
tana has several outstanding ami
verSaries. 1t was IS years ago on May
25 of this year that President Lincoln
signed the proclamation creating Mon
tana territory. 1t will be IS years II
December that the first territorial legis-
lature convened at Virginia City. Or
July IA it was IS years since the foui
Georgians, bound from the north coun-
try back to Alder after a d~ishearten-
ing trip, discovered the fabulous wealth
of Last Chance gulch, now Helena.
On November 8, Montana will cele-
brate the 40th anniversary of state
hood. On July 4 it vas 80 years since
the laying of the cornerstone OF the
state capitol at Helena.
Nothing is more emphatic in punctu-
atlng the progress and development OF
Montana than these anniversaries, for
they take one back to the BEGINNING
and up through the decades; step by
step Montana has become a territory,
then a state, then the commonwealth
has established a permanent home for
transition much has happened. Mon
tana, from a wilderness has grown in
to ar empire of unsurpassing moderni-
ty.
This Modern Day
And some Of those who were here
when this was a wilderness have re-
NAMED to see this modern day. Some
of those who rode in the covered
wagon, in the stagecoach. on horse
back, then in the wagon and buggy
of more recent times, at last have ex-
perienced the newest mode OF trans
portatiOn-the air.
A group of them went to the Vance
airport at Great Falls where these
wonderful birds contrived by the skill
of mar carried them high over trails
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-22
John L'Mott. Who
Came to State in
'68, Passes Away

John LaMott, one of the last real old
pioneers Of the northwest, was buried
at Browning last week. He was 81
years old.
Mr.. LaMott was born at Oswego. N.
Y, in l847. He came to Fort Benton
In 1863 and engaged in the Indian
trade with the American Fur company.
This work took him all over the Piegan
country from Fort Benton to the Belly
hills, Canada. From that time hence
his history has been interviewer with
that Of the northwest.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-22
2,OOO-Acre Ranch
in Fldtheod Brings
at Auction

Sartain and Kemp, Los Angeles real
estate a%uctioneers, have sold the John
Herman ranch Of close to 1000 acres.
Henry Raban, a mining engineer repre-
senting an eastern corporation. was the
purchaser, paying $19,513.50. The prop
erty is near Browns Meadows mining
operations Of the Anaconda Copper
Mining company.
Rumors that the Anaconda Copper
Mining company will build a concen-
traitor at Elmo seemed to be substan-
tiated in the sale of al lots in the town.
site. most Of them going to the Her
mar family. Only six lots renamed
unSOld.
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Just Another a

What keeps us from falling of the
earth when it's upside DOWN." a child
asked his teacher.
THE Law of Gravity" said the
teacher.
And how did people stick on before
that law was passed?"-Le Rire, Paris.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-22

"Oh, Peach, didja sew that button
OF the OF pyjamas?"
mo, Plum, I couldn't find a button,
SO I sewed up the hole."-Sydney Bull
letin.
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Sure Enough

MY son, who is this wild young lady
you're running around with?"
Jaw, dad, she amt wild, she's tame,
anybody can pet her."--Eagle.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-22

Those who wish to appear wise
among fools, among the wise seem
foolish.-Quintilian.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-22

Logical
Examiner. What would you do II a
drowned man were brought to you?
Candidate: Bury him.-Nagels LUIS
tige Welt, Berlin.
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FIRE SITUATION
GROWS CRITICAL
FOREST SERVICE RECRUITS FORCE
OF FIGHTERS FROM
THE CITIES
Drastic Rules Being Applied to Govern
Campers; Warnings Issued Against
Travelling Over Helena : Missoula
Routes.

The forest fire situation in Mon
tana has reached a critical stage, ac-
c0rding to w. b. Wiley, supervisor of
Jefferson national forest. Mr.. Wiley
has been recruiting men to send to
the Columbia Falls area where at
least two large fires are raging. Up
wards of 200 men we're sent from
Great Falls to fight flames in the
Blackfeet area and the Flathead for
est.
Instructions have been issued tina
parts of the Jefferson forest have beer
closed to campers who expect to ust
camp fires, except through permit.
which may be obtained from any rang.
er station or forest office. Portion.
of the st. Joe and Clearwater forests
in Idaho also are affected by this order
The three areas in the jefferson fores
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-22

DOCTORS quite approve the
quick comfort of Bayer Aspi-
rim. These perfectly harmless tab
lets ease an aching head without
penalty. Their increasing use year
after year is proof that they do help
and can't harm. Take them for any
ache; to avoid the pain peculiar to
women; many have found them
marvellous at such times. The
proven directions with every pack
age of Bayer Aspirin tell how to
treat colds, sore throat, neuralgia,
neuritis, etc. All druggists.
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THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON D. G. MARCH TO- aa-pART

aries and deaconesses, and Mrs. Har-
we'll Wilson of Winter Haven. Fla, will
lead the one for members of the council.
The retreats will close with the holy COM
munion, at which service Rev. j. H.
Balthis, presiding elder of the WASH
ington district. assisted by Methodist
pastors of the city, will officiate.
At 2 O'Clock Wednesday afternoon a
memorial service will be held for menu
bers who have died during the year.
Among the number is the late Mrs. r.
w MacDonell, formerly of Washington
where her daughter, Mrs. r. w. Bal
com, resides.
The council will open formally We'd
nesday evening with an address on
world peace by DR.. Clayton c. Morri-
son, editor in-chief of the Christian
Century DR. Ebert Russell of Duke
University will deliver series of de-
votional addresses at noon each day.
DR.. Henry r. Hodgkin, secretary of the
National Christian Council of China. is
expected to be the platform speaker
Thursday evening.
Bishop Edwin D Mouzon whose
Episcopal area embraces the four con-
ferences in North and South Carolina,
will preach the council sermon at II
am. Sunday. Sunday evening the pro-
gram will consist of reports of the
jubilee messengers who were deputed
to visit missionary societies in other
lands.
Saturday afternoon has been reserved
for sightseeing and recreation. The
program includes a pilgrimage to the
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dent of the organization. The women
organized a board of foreign missions,
and shortly thereafter 1t was announced
that S., 900 was in hand and the women
we're ready to send out their first mis-
sionary. Miss Lochie Rankin, young
woman of Milan, Tenn, volunteered.
and she was sent to China. Now. after
more than so years active work in that
distant field. Miss Lochie," bent of
frame. but alert and active. has re-
ceived her honorable discharge as mis-
sionary emeritus. She IS expected to
attend the meeting here.
To honor Mrs. Hayes and the fulfill
ment of her dream, women Of the Balti-
more conference are planning to pre-
sent portrait of this pioneer mission
arv worker to Scarritt College, the In
stitution at Nashville, where woman mis-
sionaries of the Southern Methodist
Church are trained.
The council will bring to the Capital
representative women from every sec
ton of the church's territory, including
missionaries and national Christians
from each of the IL foreign mission
fields,
Prayer Retreats TO BE Held.
In preparation for the meeting. three
prayer retreats will be held Wednesday
morning.
Miss Bertha Condo, author and Y.
w. c. A. worker, will conduct the re-
treat for visitors and the Washington
women; Mrs. A. B. Smith of Stone, W.
Va, will be the leader for the mission
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the number Of new organizations and
the membership, which will be revealed
when Mrs. B. w. Lipscomb promotion
secretary for the council, makes her
report. go,
Another high point of interest Will
center around the financial jubilee OBJ
jective which will be made known when
Mrs. Ina Davis Fulton, council treas
urer, makes her report. For the purpose
of collecting the jubilee thank offering.
more than 100000 jubilee mite boxes
were distributed throughout the connec-
ton, and it is reported that collections
from this source will top 100000. Inc
Baltimore conference. of which wash
ington is the center. ranks third IN
numerical and financial strength
among the 80 annual conference Socle-
ties.
Rich in Mission History.
Perhaps no other section of Amer
lean Methodism has so rich mission
airy history as the Baltimore conference,
for it is generally conceded that it was
Mrs. Juliana Hayes of Baltimore VINO.
with Mrs. Lavinia Kelley of Nashville
and other leaders. 81 years ago, aroused
sentiment in the general conference,
controlling body of Southern Method
ism, that resulted in the establishment
of church-wide organization, now
known as the Woman's Missionary
Council, but which half a century ago
was founded on grudging permission
to carry on "Woman's Work for Wom-
an" throughout the church.
Mrs. Hayes was made the first presi-
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POLL ON UTILITIES
VACANCY is TAKEN
Clayton and Roberts Are Favored
by Mount Pleasant Citizens
Group for Board.

Unable, on account of a constitu-
tional prohibition to indorse any per-
son for public Office here. the Mount
Pleasant Citizens Association last night
conducted an unofficial poll for candi-
dates for the vacancy on the Public
Utilities Commission, in which William
Nick. Clayton. chairman of the public
utilities committee of the Federation
Of Citizens Associations. and William
A. Roberts, former vice chairman, we're
declared winners.
The action was taken after French
T. Marye. chairman of the Washington
Consumers Guild. appeared before the
association. meeting in the Mount Pleas
ant branch library and explained the
plan to sound out sentiment locally for
the commission post
Discussion Of parks occupied the rest
of the meeting
Joseph w. Cox, president of the asso-
citation, presided.