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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04

MED by six-pounder drawn py four
oxen and one light horse wagon set
out with Spanish negro to guide 1t
to the rendezvous on the Withla-
coochee.
Soon after they left, Captain Gardi-
ner found that he could send his wife
to her family on a transport. which
was just ready to sail for Key West
and, having done that, he FASTENED aft
er Dade's party. In the meantime the
OK team had broken down and Dade
had sent back for horses to pull the
cannon. Because of this delay Gar.
diner was able to catch up with the
detachment that evening, little realiz
ing that what he regarded as fortu-
nate circumstance in reality meant his
doom. The progress Of the expedition
was slow, 1t taking Dade four days to
make 65 miles. During that time no
Seminoles had made their appear.
ances, although unknown to him the
negro guide was q traitor who had
betrayed the route of the expedition
to the Indians and Chief Osceola had
resolved to ambush the oncoming
soldiers.
The Seminole leader had intended
to direct the attack in person, but ON
that day he had been busy elsewhere
making swift raid near Fort King.
where he shot down General Thomp-
son, the Indian agent who had once
put him in irons, and four others So
1t was Aficanopy. the head chief OF the
Seminoles, who was in charge that
day. On the morning of December %
Dade and his men had crossed the
fork Of the Withlacoochee and were
marching along trail which ran
across an open barren. On one side
OF the trail was stretch of swamp
overgrown with grass five feet high
and in this grass Micanopy had hid.
den 200 warriors with strict orders to
hold their fire until he gave the sig
nal.
Unmindful of the hidden danger,
Dade's force marched along the trail
with Captain Frazer and Lieutenant
Nudge leading the advance Not
sound came from the Indians until
the whole column was under their
guns. Then taking careful aim. NIL
canopy shot Major Dade. killing him
instantly. At that signal the tall grass
was ablaze with flame. Captain Fraz-
err was killed at the first fire and Lieu
tenant Nudge mortaly wounded Lieu
tenants Henderson and Keats were Sc
verely wounded and Captain Gardiner.
Lieutenant Bassinger and Doctor Cat
lin were the only officers who were un.
hurt. Under the circumstances-the
surprise Of the attack and the appal-
ling losses-it would not have been
surprising If the whole column had
been thrown into panic Immediately.
Such thing had happened more than
once before when white troops were
ambushed by their red enemies But
1t II to the everlasting glory of these
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04
Buy in the Home Town

Social economists commonly agree
chat too much of the population of this
country is located in great cities, and
that conditions would be better If the
drift to those cities should stop, and
If more people would stay in medium
sized cities and suburban and country
towns. One cause for this drift into
big cities is that in past years many
people got the idea that they could
gain an advantage by buying their
supplies in these great centers. That
helped transfer business to such
places, and took 1t away from the
smaller communities. The people at
least can do their share to counteract
this undesirable drift, by buying their
supplies of their own town merchants,
thus keeping their money to build up
their own town, rather than sending
it elsewhere to build up bigger cities.
Newark Advocate.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04
Bad Roads Have Fewest
Automobile Accidents

The most common excuses given for
road accidents are bad roads, foggy
weather. poor light and defective
brakes. However, according to the
statistical bureau of the National Au-
tomobile club, these claims are not
borne out by official report. Out of
1927 accidents during one single
month, 1,151 took place on perfectly
dry roads; 1888 in clear weather, and
998 in broad daylight.
Out of 2,773 vehicles involved, in
vestigators found that 1859 were in
good condition mechanically and only
20 were found to have defective
brakes. The chief reasons for the ac-
cidents were reported to be careless
and reckless driving.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04
Good Performance Will
Depend on Spark Plugs

Spark plug must he in good condi-
ton and the electrodes must be adj
justed correctly for not only satisfac',
tory all-around performance but espe-
cially to relieve strain on the battery
and facilitate easy surfing, which is
so important during the winter sea-
son.
surprisingly large percentage of
poor performance may be traced and
often eliminated by an examination
of the park. plugs. Hard starting;
missing at low idling speeds; sluggish
ness and power loss Oh hills and hard
pulls are often traceable to the spark
plugs. This is why car manufacturers
recommend that spark plugs be re-
newed every 10000 miles. and in
spected at, least twice year.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04
Travel HIGH ON
POOR HIGHWAYS
Motorists Pay One-Third
More Over Bad Roads.
(By e. e. Duny)

The motorist who pays out a dollar
In car operating expenses In travelling
over high type roads. must pay $1.18
in travelling the same distance on in
termediate type roads. The travel
cost of the same distance on low type
roads is $1.38.
Cost Of Gravel.
These costs, determined by Prof. T.
r. Agg and Fl. S. Carter Of Iowa
State college for the Imaginary"
average car, clearly Indicate the high
cost of travelling over so-called low
type roads. According to their cal
culations the cost of driving over
gravel and so on is one-third greater
than driving over smooth concrete.
For the sake Of convenience, let it
be conservatively considered that the
cost of driving car over concrete is
five cents a mile. A della, will then
buy 20 miles Of travel on hard pave
ment. The average motorist now
travels some 5000 niles syearly at,
therefore, an estimated cost of $500.
If the motorists travelling wer. all to
be done over intermediate type roads
rather than concrete, the additional
cost for this privilege" would be $54.
But If the motorist were compelled
to bump over low type roads the
extra travel cost would be S114-
which is $114 that could be better
spent.
Money on improvements.
A motorists association has just
pointed out that 16 states this year
spent less money on highway improve
ment than they did last year, even in
the face of mounting car registra-
lions. Obviously, this cannot be called
economy, for every mile of unim-
proved road a community tolerates
costs the taxpayer hard cash through
extra car expenses which have to do
with fuel and oil, car depreciation,
tire wear and allied items.
Cheaper motoring can only come
through more extensive highway i'm
provements and these must come
through the expedient of making more
money available for highway coz
struction.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04
THE MOTOR QUIZ

(How Many Can You AnswerO
@. How many head of live STOCK
did trucks haul in 1928?
Ans. Data from II markets show
us that 100000 head were hauled.
The average haul was 50 miles.
@. How many persons are there
per motor vehicle in the United
States?
Ans. -Four and nine-tenths. In
China there are 1900 persons to the
motor vehicle.
@. In what country is the price of
gasoline probably the highest?
Ans. Bolivia has an average cost
of around 65 cents a gallon United
States is lowest with about 1873 cents
a gallon.
O. How many carloads of automo-
tive freight were hauled in 1923?
Ans. 1t is estimated that there
were 100000 carloads.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04

race OF the base ITO COM
memorate the battle of the 2Sth of
December, 1885, between detachment
OF 1OS United States troops and the
Semlnoles of Florida in which all of
the detachment save three fell without
an attempt to retreat" On another
Side of the monument the inscription
reads "Dade and his command: Ma.
jor Dade, Fourth infantry; Captain
Gardiner, Second artillery; Lieutenant
Bassinger, Second artillery; Lieuten-
ant Nudge, Third artillery; Lieuten-
ant Keats, Third artillery; Lieutenant
Henderson, Second artillery; Doctor
Gatlin, medical staff" The third side
tells that the monument was Erected
by the three regiments and the medi-
cal staff whose comrades fell on the
2Sth of December, 1885, serving their
country and promoting their profess
sion," and the fourth records that
."The remains of the dead repose near
St Augustine, Fla"
Such is the simple record of heroism
in now almost-forgotten battle of
one of the costliest wars ever waged
by the United States. The war orig
mated in the determination of the
United States to remove the Seminole
Indians from their ancestral home III
Florida to beyond the Mississippi riv-
er. The result was protracted warfare
extending over seven years. during
which time Osceola, young Seminole
war chief, and his warriors, some two
or three thousand in number had TAX.
en- the lives of more than 1900 regu-
lar army soldiers and at least that
number of settlers and volunteers and
the war had cost the United States
twenty millions of dollars.
Early in December of 1885 two of
the ten companies of the regular army
stationed in Florida were ordered from
Fort Brooke, on Hillsboro bay near
the present Tampa, to meet force
from Fort King, in the center of the
state, near the forks of the Withla.
coochee river for punitive expedition
against the Seminoles AT Fort Brooke
enough men were drafted from Mai
Francis l.. Dade's Fourth infantry de-
tachment to complete two full compu-
MES of so men each of the Second ap-
tillery and the Third infantry, COM
manded by Captains Gardiner and Fra.
ger respectively. T.eutenants Bassin-
ger, Henderson, Nudge and Keais and
Assistant Surgeon Gatlin were the
subordinates. Captain Gardiner was
IN command tha pypaditiop hut ,rboy,
1t was ready to start 1t was discovered
that his wife was seriously Ill. Major
Dade thereupon volunteered to lead
the party so that Gardiner could re.
main with his wife. On the morning
of December "a the expedition. com.
posed OF 100 officers and men. carry.
ing ten days provisions and accompa-
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04
Making Best Use Of Land

Houses should fit the neighborhoods
In which they are built If maximum
values are to be secured from resi-
dental real estate sites. says the Ma.
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards in series of articles on what
macs urban land values. The home
builder would do we'll to look over
the other homes in the neighborhood
in which he is contemplating con-
struction and see that his home con-
forms to the general cost level of the
other structures If he wishes to make
the best use of his land.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04
AUTOMOBILE HINTS

Rim Jugs should be frightened lit
tie at time.
Don't attempt to turn out Of ruts
while under speed.
The running gear of the car can be
cleaned with gasoline.
When a 1,5O0-pound roadster meets
a 50-ton locomotive at the crossing,
that isn't what you call parity.
Recently a driver stopped, looked
and listened" Saw the train coming
and thought he had time to start and
cross. He made bad guess. Always
give the approaching train the benefit
of the doubt. ~
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04

y :, Buildinq'
Citizens Should Check
Up on Towns Problem

Up on Towns Problems
What can the average citizen do
about the highway problem? He
knows that there is a problem, that
there is traffic congestion, need for
wider roads, for more payements, Tor
highway safety devices; yet the high
way, like golf under e, is somewhat
Of mystery to John Per Capita, ac-
cording to E. e. Duffy, highway educa-
Honal writer.
Communities have made mistakes In
projecting and financing improvements,
and probably they will continue to do
80. John Per Capita may see that mis-
takes are being made. yet, feeling
that his voice If aroused in protest
would be but a small squeak, he does
nothing about it. The one great thing
that the citizen must learn in order
to be a good citizen, is that there
may be many others who agree with
him that in the interest Of better gov.
eminent certain procedures should be
taken or eliminated, as the case
may be.
To illustrate: Recently in Chicago
a city official took it upon himself to
instigate a street-resurf: cling program
In one district where the pavements
were SO bad that motorist couldn't
keep more than one wheel at time
out of the holes. The street surfaces
were so shattered that obviously they
wouldn't even serve as practicable
base, inasmuch IS flexible topping
would soon he ruined. One property
owner saw the folly Of this resurfac.
ing project and busted himself, through
his community business association, in
defeating the plan. An Injunction
against resurfacing was granted and
now in all likelihood the streets will
be repaved solidly, saving the com
munity considerable money over 8
period of years. There are many ways
the citizen may serve his community
and also his own pocketbook, by di.
recting his attention to improvements
wherever shoddy or unstable construc
ton is contemplated.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04

regulars that there was no stampede
on this occasion. The soldiers left
the road instantly, took to the trees
which stood on the other side Of the
road and poured a heavy fire upon
their assailants. Then for forty min
utes they stood firm there, fighting az
coolly as though there had been no
surprise, and holding their fire until
they caught sight Of an Indian and
knew that they could make their shots
effective. AS result the Seminoles
withdrew their forces and the fighting
ceased
But Captain Gardiner, who had as
sumed command after Dade's death,
knew that this was not the end Of the
affair. Hastily collecting the wound
ed, he moved back short distance
and Immediately set his men, now less
than fifty in number, at work Telling
trees and throwing up triangular
breastwork. But before this had risen
three small tree trunks high, the In
dams. heavily reinforced, returned to
the attack. In few moments q flu.
rious battle was in progress. Sur
rounded on all sides by the Indians
who poured their fire into the depres-
sion in which the little fort had been
built, the result was inevitable. Cap
tain Gardiner, mortally wounded, cried
out, II can give you no more orders.
lads. Dc your bestl"
Outside the breastwork Lieutenant
Bassiner and small detail Of artil-
lerymen continued to fire their six
FOUNDER until every man except the
lieutenant was killed. Then, serious
~ wounded, he. dragged himself inside
the logs and fired musket until
bullet cut him down. In spite of q
broken arm, Lieutenant Henderson did
the same. BY two o'clock the fire Of
the defenders had been silenced, the
Indians swarmed into the little fort
and began scalping the dead. Then,
fearing that the troops from Fort King
would arrive any minute, the Semi
noies fed.
After they left the battlefield a
party of some fifty renegade negroes
appeared to plumber the dead. They
found Lieutenant Bassinger still alive
and. despite his appeal for mercy. cut
him down with their hatchets. Three
of the privates, who were severely
wounded, feigned death and the ne
groes left without molesting them.
Two others, although wounded, had
managed to get away during the con-
fusion of the fight, and although one
cred them during their flight toward
Fort Brooke, the other finally reached
the fort-a tragic messenger of the
defeat.
1t was not until the following Feb
ruary that an expedition from Fort
King was able to visit the scene of
the Dade disaster and in the report of
Capt. e, A. Hitchcock of the First in
fantry on what he found in the little
log fort, one reads this statement:
"Within the triangle were
about thirty bodies. mostly mere
skeletons lying, every one Of
them, in precisely the same position
they must have occupied during the
fight; their heads next to the logs
over which they had delivered their
fire, and their bodies stretched with
striking regularity parallel to each
Other They had evidently been shot
dead at their posts :" 'Shot
dead at their posts"-what better
epitaph for an American soldier than
that?
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04
Avoid Low.Grade Materials

The use Of low-grade materials, no
matter what kind of workmanship Is
employed with them. is sure, in the
end, to show heavy expense for re-
placements and repairs, placing an I'm.
duly heavy load and an entirely I'm.
necessary one, on the ownership Of
homes.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04
When Home Grows Old

The average home built ten, twenty
or more years ago needs only slight
exterior changes to give it modern
lines. Stained shingles laid right over
the wood or stucco walls; perhaps an
old porch changed into a sun room or
replaced with an inviting entrance /;
some gingerbread" removed, are easy
ways to improve the looks of home
growing old.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04
ANTI-RATTLER FOR
FRONT CAR FENDER
Two Pieces of Strap Iron on
Lamp Lug Stop Noise.

You can prevent the front tenders OF
certain types Of small cars from rat
ting by installing two small pieces OF
strap iron as shown in the drawing.
The strap iron should be about 3-lo
inches thick and the pieces about S7s
inches long. They are bent at right
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04

angles, and hole is drilled at the out
er end, to fit on lug of the lamp
bracket. The installation shown was
made on Chevrolet of the 49O-type.
Before drilling the holes, place the
pieces beside the radiator shell SO that
they will spring tightly against 1t aft
er they have been attached to the
lamp-bracket lug.-Guy e. Clark. Ever
EFT, Wash, in Popular Mechanics Mag
aZine.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04

of
Winnipeg The machine through
and then into to
Manitoba fifty
miles hour fitted with
designed principally fishing
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04
oSceola, Chief efkhe SeuiroIes
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

~ is the ami
versary Of one of the most
inspiring deeds in the his
tory of the American army.
If you go to the United
States Military academy at
West Point you will see
there, opposite the library.
a tall white shaft, capped
by the carved likeness of
an eagle, and with these
words engraved upon one
face of the haS SO "TO cOm.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-11-21
How One Woman Lost
20 Pounds Of Fat
LOST HER DOUBLE CHIN
LOST HER PROMINENT HIPS
LOST HER SLUGGISHNESS
Gained Physical Vigor
Gained in Vivaciousness
Gained Shapely Figure

If you're fat-first remove the
cause!
KRUSCHEN SALTS contain the
6 mineral salts your body organs,
glands and nerves must have to func-
ton properly.
When your vital organs fail to per-
form their work correctly-your
bowels and kidneys can't throw off
that waste material-before you rea-
1ize it-you're growing hideously fat!
Try one half teaspoonful Of KRU-
SCHEN SALTS in a glass of hot
water every morning-in weeks get
on the scales and note how many
pounds of fat have vanished.
Notice also that you have gained
in energy-your skin is clearer-your
eyes sparkle with glorious health
you feel younger in body-keener in
mind. KRUSCHEN win give any fat
person a joyous surprise.
Get an 85c bottle of KRUSCHEN
SALTS from the Public Drug Store
or any leading druggist anywhere in
America last d weeks). If this first
bottle doesn't convince you this is
the easiest, safest and surest way to
lose fat--if you don't feel superb
improvement in health--so gloriously
energetic vigorously alive your
money gladly returned.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-11-21
MONTANA AUTO LICENSES
GO UP WITH PLATES OUT
ON WEIGHT SCALE

When Montana owners apply for
automobile licenses next year, they
will find a slight cost increase. An
act of the 1929 legislature placed the
cost of the license on a weight basis
instead Of horsepower rating and the
law becomes effective the first of the
year.
Licenses for passenger cars will cost
$40 to s25. Heretofore, the lowest
fee has been $3.50. Truck licenses will
cost from $40 to $500 and motor
buses are included in that classified
ton. Motorcycle license fees are 81
The range of fees follows.
Passenger Cars.
Weight 2,750 pounds or under, $40
Over 2,750 and less than 4,500, S15
1880 pounds or over, $500.
Trucks.
Not over 1-ton capacity, $40.
Over / ton and not over | IL tons
SIC.
Over l 1-2 and not over tons
$3.50.
Over 2 tons and not more than {
tons, $3.50.
Over 3 tons and not more than
tons, $50.
Over tons capacity, $500.
Trailers and semi trailers, | IL
tons capacity or over, SIS.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-11-21
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Federal Aid Project No. 250-A, Unit /.
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids for the construction of the inn
provement hereinafter described will
be received by the State Highway
Commission of Montana at the office.
of the said Commission in the Capito
Building at Helena until $3.50 A. NJ
on the 18th day of November, 1929, at
which time and place they will be pub
licly opened and read.
The Improvement contemplated con.
sists of the grading and construction
of small drainage structures on Sec
ton "a" of the Libby-Troy Road in
Lincoln County, beginning at Survey
Station 100000, approximately 0.3t
miles west of the west line of Section
Ia, 7. 81 N, r 80 W., and extending
500 miles southeasterly to Survey
Station 1923 at the intersection of
9th st. and Mineral Ave- in the city
of Libby.
Each proposal must be submitted on
a form and in an envelope to be pro-
vided for the purpose addressed to
the State Highway Commission at
Helena and endorsed, Proposal for
Improvement Federal Aid Project No.
250-A, Unit u.
y No proposal will be considered UNI
less accompanied by an unconditional
certified check, in an amount equiva-
lent to five per cent (5qe) of the total
amount of the bid. A corporate Surety
Bond will be required for the faithful
performance of the contract.
Plans, specifications, forms of con-
tract and bond, proposal blanks and
full instructions are on file for ex-
animation and may be obtained at the
office of the State Highway Commits
sion in the Capitol Building at Helena,
Mont.
Plans and specifications are also on
file and may be examined in the office
of the United States Bureau of Pub
lie Roads at Missoula.
The Commission reserves the right
to reject any or all bids and to waive
technicalities, as may be deemed nee
essary in the interest of the State.
No bids will be considered except
those from contractors ascertained to
be experienced and responsible.
Proposals may be rejected if the
eVluence revealed Dy the queStlOnnalre
and sworn financial statement indi-
Gates that the bidder is incapable Of
performing the work contemplated.
Proposals may be rejected if past
work performed by the bidder for the
Commission has been unsatisfactory
from the standpoint of workmanship
or progress, or if he has work under
contract uncompleted which may, in
the judgment of the Commission, en-
danger the prompt completion of the
work contemplated.
State Highway Commission of Mon
tana.
r. d. RAIDER,
State Highway Engineer.
O. 5. WARDEN,
Chairman.