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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-28

part. Colonel Bent, a rich trader whose
fame was second only to Kit Carson )
in the southwest, had intermarrleo
with this band as we'll as John Smlth
the interpreter, and John VOgel, an
other man of Importance there. II
1863, Kit Carson had visited BLACK
Kettles band and afterwards declared
that he was the finest Indian ne nae
ever known. Kit Carson always sale
lit was a shame to kill those Indians.
He had made a talk in which he prom
ised them if they did not fight as
long as water ran and grass grew, there
would be plenty of buffalo" Kit Car
son was one of the kindliest men ne
eve knew, Mr.. Clark says.
Black Kettle made a treaty WITH
Major Wyncopp in 1865 and brought
his band in close to Fort Larned. Mr.
Clark, who had a traders license
went out to the camp with the con-
sent of Major Anthony, then in com
mand, accompanied by John Smith
the interpreter, and a soldier named
Laudercamp. While they were at the
camp, Colonel Chivington attacked
these peaceful Indians and killed 4OO
of them, mostly women and children
An investigation at which he was a
WlIIltSS, IcSulItu III OlllVlIlBJOu OCAAA6
dishonorably discharged from the army
Mr.. Clark went back to LeavenWOrth
the winter following the Sand Greek
massacre and the following spring
joined a party coming over the Boze-
man trail to Montana.
At Fort Laramie, the party was
strongly advised against making the
trip over the route which had been
Ic Wildwood {~ fho YDn T~1 p~i6n-
er was at the fort and he told them
there would be certain trouble with
the Indians. He came to their camp
every day to advise them against 60
ing. Finally a number of others had
joined the party until there were 4O
wagons and 60 men and the author
tiles permitted them to proceed.
John Reed of Alder Gulch was elect
ed captain and Will WEIGH. another
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-28
FENCES AND PLOWS
TO BATTLE SHOWS

A fleet of 25 snowplows will be oper-
ated by the Montana highway COM
mission during the winter in an effort
to keep the principal highways open
for traffic. r. P. Newland, maintenance
engineer, in charge of this work, ex-
plains that limitations On maintenance
funds preclude work on any except the
primary roads.
However, the commissioner has pur-
chased and installed 2 5000 feet Of
slat-type snow fence which is expected
to prevent much of the drifting which
has blocked roads in past years.
The snoWplow fleet includes four
rotaries, 10 V-type plows and II light
machines.
Montana still has $2,399,275 of federal
aid money available for matching with
state construction funds, the state high
way department is advised. The state
at present has $3.50, 1856 worth of road
work under construction and projects
totaling $1,629, 4O2 approved but not
contracted.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-28

were there to make something out o,
themselves and l wanted to help then
do 1t. / never had much learning
not what is required Of teachers now
l was pretty good in American his.
tory, could bound all the states an6
most of the foreign countries and
had a good knowledge of simple arith-
metic.
Last spring I had a letter from ont
of my old students. He is 81 years ole
now. At that time he was IL and
was 10. The year before he had thrown
an ink bottle at the teacher but
never had any trouble with him. Mex
spring I am planning on going bach
to Pennsylvania to see my old student
At that time l got $25 a month a.
a teacher. Then I went to Indiana
and taught there a few years. l re-
ceived $50 there and was to have hac
$75 when 1 went to Kansas"
Met Indian Chiefs
Mr.. Clark went to L~eavenworth
Kan, in the spring of 1862 upon
promise of a school. But there he
met Major Colly, an Indian agent, who
had just returned from Washington
D. c., with Is Indian chiefs who hac
been on a visit to the Great Father
Colly wanted to hire men to drive
wagons to the Cheyenne agency at Fort
Larned and Clark accepted a job with
him.
Each Indian was given a present OF
a horse to ride a short distance Out
from LeavenWorth. One Indian, dis
satisfied with his mount, reached
around and cut it's throat while still
on its back. There were several squawS
who had accompanied the party anC
they had more than a hundred bundles
of presents which had been given then
by white women at Washington.
At the Big Bend Of the Arkansas
$4,000 Indians of the Apaches, Co.
manches, Kiowas, Cheyennes anC
Arapahoes had assembled to meet the
chiefs and to council with the gov
eminent authorities. One of the
chiefs of the Kiowas, Lone Wolf, hae
died at Washington, and there wa
great lamentations, his followers cut.
ting their arms until the blood rar
all over them. At one time, it looked
as ii the Indians would attack the
agent whom they thought responsible
for his death.
Later on Clark went with Dick Colly
a son Of the agent, to trade with diff
ferent bands of the five tribes within
a radius Of about 80 miles from The
fort. 1--WE usually picked up from 81
to 100 hides at a trip besides buck
skins, moccasins, buffalo tongues ane
other things that could be sold. Tht
rule was IL cups of sugar for each buff
falo robe but / usually made a mistak,
and gave them 49,"
A year or two later Sioux ambas.
ca1nrc coVo,n lnvyc orL Nv,,oIa V~nIt
cine" with these tribes, telling then
that they had medicine strong enough
to reach from the Missouri to tn
Arkansas" which would sweep away al
the white people. With the Civil wa
going on, the government did not in
terfere with Indian bands going agains
the Texans and trouble SOC broke GU
further north, also.
Black Kettles Band Killed
In the uprising, however, Blacl
Kettles band of Cheyenes took n
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-28
BILL BOAST BECAME CITIZEN
wMEM MONTANA BECAME STATE

powers and especially Victoria, queen
of Great Britain and Ireland and En-
press of India"
The certificate among other things
carries these words:
I'm the district court of the second
judicial district of the Territory of
Montana in and for the county of Sill
yer Bow. Certified copy OF final certi-
ficate of naturalization"
The papers were signed by Stephen
DeWolf, judge presiding; William
Napton, clerk of the court, and Per-
rien W. Irvine, deputy. The date is
given as Nov. 8, 1889. Boasts wit
nesseS were Joshua Williams and John
Green, both of whom are now dead.
Asked how he felt after he had been
presented his napers, Bill replied:
New Lease On Life
well, you know 1 just felt as though
l had been given q new lease on life.
Those papers seemed to open up a new
world to me. I know that up to that
time it was the proudeSt moment of
my life and / don't recall any other
moment since when ! have felt proud
er or happier"
The hearing was in the old court
house which was on the same site as
the present building. Boast was born
at Norwich, in Norfolk county, England
On Dec. 8, 1864. He went to Butte in
"a and has resided there ever since
For a time he worked at the Silver
City planning mill, located then at Col
orado, Gold and Dakota streets. He
later was employed with the Davidson
grocery for 20 years and at the Butte
Paper company for 10 years.
Boasts naturalization did in truth
open up a new world to him. When
the Spanish-American war broke out
"Bilp' was among the early number
to enlist from Butte. He enlisted on
April %, 1898, and served his country
well and h%onorably. He was with the
First Montana Infantry, U. S. V.
which went to the Philippine Islands
under Colonel Harry G. Kessler Of the
First Montana Infantry. On April q
1899, while fighting on Bagbag river or
the island Of LuzOn, he was shot II
the left knee by a spent bullet" Later
on May "a, Queens birthday" the
bullet was extracted and since ther
The bullet was q AS caliber, brass
coated Remington. On the brass Goa
of the bullet is the inscription: "W. j
Boast, Company G.. First Montana
April 4, 1899, Bagbag, P. l."
Hosts Flag
A few days before this Boast had tht
honor OF hosting the first American
flag TO wave Over MalolOs, the rebe
capital. The flag was originally giver
to Corporal Louis F. Hoffman, wh(
was IN charge Of the Centerville store
OF HennesSy's when he enlisted. 1
was presented to him by Centervillt
friends when he left. Later he gave i
to William H. Yost of Butte who car.
ried it until he was wounded on Marcl
81. on the Marilao river. He ther
turned 1t over to Boast, who carried /
until the rebel capital was taken.
The wound ended Boasts 1ghtinl
days and he remained for many week
in a hospital. He was discharged from
the service on Oct. II, Of 1899, and sool
afterwards returned to Butte. Will
his knee bothered him for severa
years the effects Of the injury late
wore Oh and Of late years It has no
troubled him any.
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"SlDPPERY BILL" CAME FIRST
AND REMAINED THE LONGEST

AZ Flooding, powerful bulls and three
bullWhackers. Needless to say, Slip
perry Bills" outfit was a small fraction
OF the actual load.
Slippery Bill" had not been estab-
llshed long until competition began
coming in and had reached a total of
IA log cabin and tent saloons by the
time railroad building at the Summit
was at its peak.
Only One to Remain
AS the work was completed, others
moved on to new camps along the
right OF way, leaving Slippery Bill
as the sole member of the Summit
Chamber OF Commerce and lone pro-
prietor Of the only operating business
house.
When he reminisces about the old
days, slippery Bill" who stands 6 feet
two in his lumberjack socks, with an
untrimmed silvery beard cascading for
more than a foot over his chest
straightens his tall, lean, muscular
frame and busts, with a twinkle in his
eye:
we didn't have no women at the
Summit. Whether we was afraid they'd
clean us out ord make too much un-
rest, l don't know. But they had lots
OF EN- down at Fielding and when
the camps moved on there was some
20 graves of railroad muckers to tell
the story
A few years ago Great Northern
railway engineers tapped q new water
source for the tanks from a small lake
on the side Of Summit mountain, but
the lake happened to be the home OF
q beaver colony, and Slippery Bill
laughs heartily as he says:
Beaver Stopped Water Supply
Soon as ever the beavers found the
leak in their pond they didn't waste
no time cutting some willows and get
tin EN- mudded across the mouth OF
That pipe. When the engineers found
out why the water stopped they tore
out the willows but the beavers had
some more back in place in no time
After getting worsted at this game sew
eral times, the engineers thought they'd
TOOL EN- BY putting a board with q lot
OF little holes in acrost in front of the
pipe. But, gosh a mighty, them little
nOleS was just that much easier tl
plug up. The beavers had the laugh
on EN- because they're inside of Gla-
cler national park and protected, but
guess the engineers figured out some
way OF fencin' EN- out"
Within the last six months Slippery
Bill has developed the shaking palsy
to q pathetic degree but his humor is
untouched by such a handicap. He
looks down at his thumb, which is
shaking constantly, and says, Look al
,er. gallop! l can't even look at my
hole card without 'am all Saein, IT,
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miner, was made second in command
Every man was well armed and the
leaders saw that a good guard was
always kept and that there were no
stragglers. There were 80 good fight
ins men in the company" Mr.. Clark
says. MY eyesight vas always poor
and the only weapon l had was a shot
sun. Reed said that might come in
handy though in close quarters"
There vas a married woman, a girl
o. IL and n OF IL in the party. The
women were kept in the middle of the
Tram and it was agreed that if the
Indians got the best of them they
would Kill the Women before they would
allow them TO be taken captive. Reed
made a speech to the men in which
ne said, none Of your damn swearing
now Tor there are women in the camp
Except for the danger of Indians,
n whole journey vas like a picnic,
Mr.. Clark says. They found good
water, wood and grass and there was
plenty Of provisions. Every wagon
mad a barrel Of whisky at the back
end. If one man had trouble, broke
a wagon tongue or got stuck in the
mud, all stopped to help him out.
There were plenty of buffalo, antelope
and deer and there was always fresh
meat. There was bear meat too, for
those that like it for they killed sew
eral huge bears on the trip.
Indian is Warned
NOW and then, Indians were seen
sklrtlng along the hills or they would
see moccasin prints neal a stream but
The company vas SO we'll organized
That none dared to attack it. Once
about two days before they reached
the Big Horn II Indians came up to the
band. They had been seen a long ways
Oh and before they reached the camp
as many white men were around them
and had them covered. They said By
Signs, they were heap hungry"
One Of these men, Mr.. Clark recog-
nlzed as Neva, an Arapahoe whom
Colonel Bent had taught to speak and
read English. He was known at Fort
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Summit, at the top of the con-
tinental divide, boasts of but one
bona fide resident who owns his
dwelling.
Railroad men living in company
owned property come and go, but
slippery Bill" Morrison has owned
and lived in his little old log cabin
since 1883.
News had reached Morrison at Alder
gulch that the Great Northern was
about to extend tracks through Marias
pass s. he anticipated the rush and wa.
firmly entrenched by squatter's right
on a piece of land 16 by 20 feet wher
the first construction gang appeared
His lone shack contained a rosewood
bar and a liberal quantity of high
powered liquid refreshments. This, a
the regular speed rate of 20 miles a day
had been a month or the road on thu
old Whisky trail along the foothills O.
the Rockies, under guidance of some
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-28

w. j. (Bill) Boast of 400 East
Park street, Butte, has been q citizen
just as long as Montana has been a
state. A native of Norwich, Eng,
Boast was in the district court at
Butte to get his final certificate Of
naturalization. Just as the court
was to take up his petition word
came from Washington that the ter
ritory of Montana had been admitted
to the Union.
Immediately in honor of the event
court adjourned until Nov. 8, 1889. Or
that morning, bright and early, young
Bill" Boast was on hand at district
court and was the first man to be
n~aturalized after Montana became 8
state. During the 40 memorable years
which have passed since then, bill
has carried the distinction with no lit
tie pride and satisfaction.
Has the Original Paper
Boast still has the original paper
presented to him by the court anc
which made him a full citizen of the
United States. 1t says on the docu-
ment, now yellow with age, that hi
"renounces all allegiance to foreign
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-28
SPEND $4,000 ON
CULTURE OF FISH

Improvements at the Garberson fish
cultural pond on the site Of old Fort
Keogh, near Miles City, will involve an
expenditure Of about 10000, according
to Alva HERS, president of the Custer
Rod and Gun club, which was largely
instrumental in construction OF the
enterprise.
A small warehouse and a caretaker's
quarters are now being built. A tank
26 by 40 feet is under construction
and will be ready for use next year.
This will be used largely in connection
with stocking Of the pond and remOv-
ing of fish in the fall roundup, when
they are transported to streams Of this
section. 1t Is understood the residence
will be occupied by a deputy game war
den, who will be in active charge Of
the property.
1t is estimated that about 100, 900 fish
have been removed from the pond.
Some fish have also been sent to Colo
RADIO and Nebraska under agreements.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-28
Pioneer Clark at 80 Recalls Early Days
From Plains of Kansas to Mountain of Montana

Pioneer days, full of excitement, ad-
venture and good comradeship were
happy times in spite of their rough
ness and hardships, according to r.
w. Clark, pioneer of Yellowstone coun-
ty, who passed his eighty-ninth mile
stone October 26. 1929. Yet he finds
that life still holds plenty Of enjoyment
and while the old days were better
in some respects, he has no particular
quarrel with the present age.
Mr.. Clark has been on the frontier
since he went to Kansas in 1862 to
teach school but drove a wagon to a
big Indian council instead and then
stayed to trade with the Indians. He
came over the Bozeman trail in 1866
at a time when it vas most menaced
by hostile Indians, spent several years
prospecting at Virginia City, Last
Chance and Silver Bow, farmed for a
number Of years in the Gallatin valley
and then went to the neighborhood of
Billings in 1878 with one of the first
groups of permanent settlers to take
up homesteads in that district.
His birthplace was StOystoWn in
Somerset county, Pennsylvania. The
life of the little Pennsylvania town as
some phases Of it are related by Mr..
Clark seem almost as remote as the
Revolutionary q
II remember the first railroad train
/ ever saw" MI. Clark says. "A line
was built which ran about a mile
from .Stoystown-it still does for that
matter. The rails were Of wood with
a strip of iron nailed along the top.
When the trains first came through,
folks were SO frightened they would
run and hide. Perhaps they had rea-
son to for every few days, the train
would jump the track.
Drink Went With Meal
IN those days travellers put up at
taverns. For Is cents they could get
supper and breakfast and a good
doWny bed. A drink of whisky was
thrown in before supper and after
breakfast and if an extra drink was
wanted it only cost three cents Anyone
could make liquor and anyone could
sell it. But it was considered a dis
grace to get drunk. A drunken man
going down the street was usually
tagged by a bunch of hooting boys.
AT the time that / taught school,
it was thought that boys and girls
couldn't be managed without plenty Of
lickings. There was a captain Of the
Mexican wal who taught a school with
out giving a single whipping and l
found that l could do the same thing.
l just put it up to the boys that they
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-28
STATE FAIR DATES
LAST OF AUGUST

August 26 to September /, inclusive,
will be dates for the 1880 Montana
state fair. The show will open on
Tuesday and close on Labor day, with
no horse racing on Sunday.
Immediately following the fair, the
first annual Montana grain and hay
show will be held.
The change in dates was proposed
to the state fair board by r. c. Brick
er Of Windham, in the hope that the
change would bring the show within
a fair weather period.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-28
As Per Order

When the report went around that
Rudyard Kipling vas getting a shilling
a word for something he was writing,
some Oxford students set about a rag
Wiring him q shilling they said, PLEASE
send Us M OF your words"
And right back came the answer
Thanks Exchange.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-28

White elephants are considered
sacred in Siam, and they are given
a funeral greater than that accorded
a prince.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-28

The largest spirits of turpentine
steam distillation plant in the world Is
in Brunswick, Ga.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-28
GAME LICENSES
BRING S23,O83

The Montana state fish and game
department, according to a report just
issued at the Office of State Game
Warden Robert H. Hill, collected the
sum Of $23, 083. 80 for licenses and fees
during the month of October. The
revenues are divided between the fish
and game fund Of the state. The re-
ceiptS In detail are as follows.
Smyrna times., 1929-06-12
SMYRNA LANDING
Items of Personal and Social Inter
est Cleaned About NeighbOrhoOd

Smyrna Landing, June 11.-Mrs.
Nellie Burris of Philadelphia, who
has been spending some time with
her brother, Capt, and Mrs. ]. L.
Jackson. returned home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Corryl Wrench and
son Connie. Masters Harry. Walter
and Dickey Ransom, of Chester, Pa,
spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs.
Thomas Wrench.
Mr. John Bailey of Baltimore,
was home for the weekend.
Mrs. NJ. P. Scout. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hazel Scout. and friends of Phila-
delphia, spent Sunday here in their
old home.
Mrs. Name Jones and son Russell
accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. 0. B..
Warren and family Of Clayton. to
Bowers Beach Sunday and spent
the day with Capt. Ridgely Jones
in his house boat.
Mr.. J. d. Scout and son Jeffer-
son spent Friday evening in Phila
delphia. Thev were invited guests
to a banquet at Masonic Lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Nyquist Of
Reading, Pa, spent a visit with
Mrs. Name Jones recently.
Isaac Warner of the Wilson Line,
spent a visit with his grandmother
Mrs. Thomas Wrench on Saturday.
Mrs. Charles Walker accompan-
led Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Gooden of
Smyrna and spent Sunday with rel
atives at Marcus Hook, Pa.
Mr.. Louis Gaulke Of Philadelphia
spent the weekend with his family
here.
Mrs. Wilmer Ford and daughter
Miss Frances, Mrs. Paul Ford of
Dover, visited her mother, Mrs.
Thomas Wrench, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Warner of
Holly Oak, Andrew Davis. Jr.. of
Marcus Hook, spent Saturday with
their mother, Mrs. Emma Davis.
Mr.. Steve Jackson and friend
Miss Emma Walker of Wilmington,
visited his brother, Capt. J. L. jack
son on Sunday.
Mrs. j. d. Scout who has been
i'll for a. long time, is now able to
be out again.
Charles Brown, wife and children
of Philadelphia. we're recent visit
ors of his bother, Mrs. Mary Brown
Mr.. Harry Davis, Harry Bonn
garden of Chester( Pa, spent Sun
dav with Andrew Davis Sr
Smyrna times., 1929-06-12
HARTLY
Items of Personal and Social Inter
est Cleaned About Neighborhood

Hartly, June 12.-The marriage
of interest which took place March
16, at Covington, Kentucky, has
just been announced by her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. DAILY, of Hartly.
The bride is the former Miss Ruth
DAILY. She was graduated from the
Smyrna High School Glass of 1925
and then took up course at Will
mington College, Wilmington, Ohio,
from which she graduated Friday.
She is a member of the Alpha Phi
Kappa Sorority. Mr.. Won Kanel is
a graduate of Wilmington College
in Wilmington, Ohio, and is a mem
Der of the Sigma Zeta Fraternity.
He will be principal and coach Of
the London High School in London.
Ohio, next year. Mr.. and Mrs. Won
Kanel will visit Mr.. and Mrs. DAILY
during the Summer.
Smyrna times., 1929-06-12
CHESWOLD
Items of Personal and Social Inter-
est Cleaned About NeighbOrhoOd

Cheswold. June 1.-THE schools
have closed for the summer vaca-
tion. The Grammar School af-
forded the only exercises incident
to the ending of the school year and
these were heartily entered into bv
the Cheswold community. There
were eleven grammar school grad
yates as follows: Frances Meyers
Casson, Lawrence Coooer Coulson,
Dorothy Evelyn Ford. Ethel Belle
Streets. LEROY Heavenridge, Hor-
ace Pugh, Hilda Martha Farrow,
Mary Ida Wilson, Vivian lola Lane.
Edna David and Clifton Casson.
The class was addressed by the
Rev. M. S. Andrews.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ross, Mr.and
Mrs. Clifford Ross spent Sunday
with Mrs. Harriet Money at Re-
hoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. George King. of
Wilmington, spent the weekend
with his parents here.
Mr.. an Mrs. P. l.. Barcus. Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Smith and w. w.
Kerper were entertained at dinner.
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lard E. Barcus, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Smith spent
Sunday afternoon with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Smith, near
Dover.