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ventist of Zionville, Ind, who was killed
recently by brigands, had arrived at
Kweiyang. It was escorted by soldiers
part of the way from Hwangtsaopa.
Mr.. BuzzeIl said that he had no in
formation regarding the Chinese author
tiles who are seeking to arrest the mis-
Sionary's murderers.
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Dinners and other entertainments to
distinguished visitors cost the British
government $56.545 last year, the visit
of the King of Egypt calling for an ex-
penditure of $1,455 and that Of King
PeiSel of Iraq $4,085.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
UNDRAPED WOMEN MORAL
Tribe in South America Described
by Explorer.

CHICAGO, May Op).-The women
wear nothing, not even a necklace, but
as to morals-they have more and
stricter ones than were enjoyed by the
Victoria ladies who wore plush plus
and then some clothing.
This was the picture of certain savage
tribes of the Amazon basin presented to
the Executive Club today by Dr. Will
liam Montgomery McGovern of North
western University. DR.. McGovern
spent II months in exploration of the
Amazon basin.
Men of the tribes wear little more
than the women and practice all the
religion, he said. They flavor their
drinks with the powdered bones of their
ancestors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
SOLDIERS ESCORT BODY.

SHANGHAI, China, May LP).-The
Rev. A. B. Buell. of the Seventh-day
Adventist Mission at Kweiyang, Kwei-
chow, today telegraphed that the body
of Herbert K. Smith. Seventh-day Ad-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
DISABLED BRITISH SHIP
is RESCUED BY STEAMER
Vessel Was Reported Drifting 500
Miles Off Bermuda without
Fuel or Food.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, May 3.-Capt. P. H.
Yott, commandant of the Norfolk Coast
Guard Division, was advised yesterday
that the British steamer Inchdarnie,
reported drifting 500 miles off Bermuda
with no fuel or food on board. has been
taken in tow by a steamer. The name
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-05-16
Historical.
Geo8raphg
WESTERN
T.

OF logs had been prepared by the
fathers and the lay brothers and this
was raised in the center Of the beauti-
full valley which was the ancestral home
OF the Indians whose persuasion had
led the priests there. Above, the snow
clad peak of st. Mary's pointed heav-
onward; the blue sky was the dome Of
the cathedral in which the mass was
sung and the mountain was the pin
nacle Of the spire. Never was there
more inspiring setting for scene like
this. 1t was the dawn of civilization in
this region and the Cross was in the
vanguard Of the vast procession which
was to follow in the peopling of this
land
Early Farms, Cattle and Sheep
But the "Blackrobes,' as they were
called, were more than spiritual lead
ers. Hoping to improve the red mans
physical well-being, they taught him
agriculture. AS early as 1842 Father
de Smet raised the first potatoes and
other vegetables, planted the soil to
wheat and oats and built a flour mill.
Just behind the miner and the mis-
siOnary came the cOWman. Over the
broad plains and through narrow
mountain passes he trailed his herds
of "longhorns," Drawing the elements
and fighting danger at every stop.
Probably by 1882 there were cattle here,
including some dairy stock and several
work ken used in freighting supplies
to widely scattered trading posts and,
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more than $4,000, OOO, 900 in mineral
values have been recovered. But as
three-quarters of this sum has been left
in the state in the form of freight,
wages and supplies it can readily be
seen how important to practically all
the rest of the state are the operations
of this gigantic industry in affording
a market for professional services or
for the products Of agriculture and
stock growing.
North of Ravalli lie Missoula, Min
eral, Sanders and Lincoln counties, in
which diversified farming and espe-
cially numbering are important activi-
ties. Here are most of the states great
stands of pine, fir and tamarack and
here are located many large saw and
planning mills.
In the charming city of Missoula is
located the State university, with more
than 1000 enrolled students, and Fort
Missoula, where United States troops
are garriSoned.
In Lewis and Clark county is Helena,
the site of the State Capitol, with i'm
pOrtant mining interests scattered
throughout the county. Helena itself
was first known as Last Chance gulch
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-05-16
BY CHARLES w. TOWNE

h1AGONALLY across western Mon
tana rises a titanic escarpment, the
up-thrust backbone of a continent.
Aigzagglng for 500 miles from north
west to southeast, its serrated vertebra
lift to heights of ten to twelve thou
sand feet the cameo-sharp domes and
towers OF primeval skyscrapers, the
ramparts and parapets Of age-old,
acknowledgement citadels.
On its ice-girt sleeps is the glitter of
glaciers. Blanketing its slopes are for
ests OF green and fragrant conifers.
Here n there its enduring granite is
slashed by abysmal canyons, echoing
the rush Of jade-green torrents. Its
sprawling foothills fall away in soft
folds, between which nestle verdant
valleys, Watered by winding streams
and lush with succulent grasses. All
nave their being in an atmosphere shot
through with the divine afflatus," that
wine-like air which, lending vigor to
the lOins and an edge to understand
ing, is indeed the elixir of life.
Here the Great Creator has wrought
wondrous beauty from stone, stark use
fulness from the sod. Here humankind
finds the ideal setting in which to do
the days work, or TO revel in the days
play. Symbolic of its matchless scenic
assets, at MOntana's upper and neither
extremities lie the nations greatest
playgrounds-Glacier and Yellowstone
parks. In between, the gypsying tourist
catches countless vistaS of charming
serenity or of compelling virility. Here
too are numberless happy hunting and
fishing grounds, teeming with trout,
ducks, deer, elk and bear. A score of
proven curative properties spell re-
stored health for the ailing.
Demonstrating the lavish rewards
that await intelligent human toll are
the cattle on a thousand hills" grow
ing hOg-fat on nutritious blue Joint and
bunch grass; thoroughbred, nationally
famous Hampshire and Rambouillet
sheep, w%Ool-grOwerS of quality; millions
OF pine, fir and tamarack awaiting the
x in far-flung forests; fields of
golden wheat, plethoric with protein;
and inestimable riches of copper. zinc,
manganese, silver, sapphires and gold,
which have already yielded more than
W billion dollars in mineral wealth
and which SO years of the mining oper-
alton have not seriously diminished.
Vertically, here indeed is a Treasure
State"
History
1t was on New Years Day, 1743, that
the gaze of a white man first fixed
itself on 1.-THE Land of Shining Noun
tains." It was the Chevalier de la
Verendrye and his weary little band of
French Canadian pilgrims, toilsomely
seeking a way to the Pacific, who first
set foot on Montana soil and in the
glow of a wintry sunset named the
country from the tumbled mass of
towering peaks silhouetted in the west.
1t was Manuel Lisa, pioneer trapper,
who in 1907 erected the first hllildipU
in the state, a trading post, built at the
confluence of the Yellowstone and Big
Horn rivers. He built another and bet
ter n at Three Forks, source of the
mighty Missouri, in 1910. Kenneth
Mckenzie built other posts, one at the
mouth of the Yellowstone in 1929 and
another in 1881, not far from Fort Ben
ton. This town, which dates from 1886,
was for years the head of navigation on
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is access via the famous Gallatin Gate
way, terminus Of the Milwaukee rail-
road and the beginning of a fine
thoroughfare into the park. Bozeman
is the attractive county seat and site
of the State college.
Passing north there are jefferson
county, a mining and agricultural area,
Ravalli county in which its prolific
production of fruits and its notable
dairyins enterprises combine to make
this the garden spot" of the state.
Deer Lodge, site Of the worlds biggest
copper smelter, and Powell, home Of
some of the nations finest sheep and
of the state prison.
Silver Bow, smallest and richest of
Nontana's Sc counties. possesses in
Butte not only the metropolis of the
state but what is conceded to be the
richest hill on earth. Here $4,000 min
ers send to the surface from mines
3 100 feet deep some 100000 tons Of ore
and waste every month. The yearly
output of Butte in the finished metals.
copper, zinc, lead and gold would fill
4,569 33-foot railroad cars, making a
train 2812 miles long. In the so years
that the Butte hill has been worked
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later on, to the mining camps. The
first sheep were driven from California
to the Bitter Root, in 1857.
The Vigilantes
Close on the heels Of the prospector
and miner came the undesirables, the
rough frontier criminal element va
rlously known at outlaws" bad men"
or road agents" They flourished par
ticularly in Bannack and Virginia City
but not for long. Vigilante committees
were quickly formed by law-abiding
citizens who a the scoundrels to
earth and made of them impressive ex-
amples by stringing them up to the
limbs of the nearest trees. Several Of
these d~esperados of unsavory memory
are buried at Virginia City where rude
wooden headstones still mark their
graves.
Indian Fights
The nature OF fur trading was such
as to compel friendly relations between
the traders and the redmen. But with
the coming of the gold seekers and
other immigrants friction arose and
hostilities were inevitable.
Two great Indian wars were fought
in Montana, that of the Nez Perez in
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box on which the prisoner stood, by a
sudden jerk, pulled the footing from
under him. The fall of three feet was
sufficient to dislocate the neck and
avoid the torture of protracted strangu-
lation. Two hours after the execution
the bodies we're cut down and taken
by friends to Cemetery Hill for burial.
They are still there, each in his
narrow house." marked by headstones
of whiteWashed board.
Healing Waters
Long before a white man ever saw
them, the Indians repeatedly sought
the health-giving hot waters of the
many mineral springs Of Western Mon
tana and on leaving, breathed a bless
ing on the dwelling place of the Great
Spirit" Analysis of these waters dis
closes the fact that their curative quail
tiles are equal to those of the best and
most famous spas in Europe. At near
ly all Of these springs comfortable
hotel accommodations are provided and
where they are lacking, camping facili-
ties are at the disposal of the tourist.
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trail, from the Platte river,
Neb., to Virginia City,
Mont, was built in l862-64
by j. M. Bozeman.
1t is a far cry from the
primitive trails and the
shouting ~bull-whackers of
those days to the broad
highways and speedy gas
chariots of today. Mon
tana's program for the
building of safe, comfort.
able thoroughfares is now
in full swing. Particularly
fortunate is the fact that
all through the mountain
section there is an abun-
dance of gravel and an un-
limited supply of road
building material close at
hand.
Today the tourist can
drive into this state from
Idaho or Wyoming and ne
gotiate the entire distance
to the Canadian boundary
without danger or discom-
fort.
For the next five years,
s9,000,0 00 a year will be
spent on road building in
the state of Montana.
Industry and Agriculture
Besides being an ideal
playground western Mon
tana is a beehive of pro-
ductive effort. Beginning
at the southern boundary
there is Beaverhead coun-
ty, the greatest WoolgroW-
ing section in the state and
the largest producer of
grass-fed beef cattle; Mad
ison county, active in min
ing and agriculture, and
Park county, notable as a
rich mining section and as
the gateway, by highway
and by Northern Pacific
railroad. to Yellowstone
park. Livingston is the
thriving county seat.
Gallatin county, one of
the Oldest and agricultural
~ the richest county in the
state, also adjoins Yellow
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the western, and that of the Sioux in
the eastern, parts of the state.
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perez tribe
is generally acknowledged to have been
one of the greatest military s~trategists
of all Indian history. Outnumbered
though he was by the whites four to
n he crossed the three mountain
ranges with all his stock, women and
children in a desperate effort to force
his way across Montana into Canada.
Pitiably weak in numbers, he defeated
the government troops in more than
one pitched battle and was only over
taken at Chinook, not far from the
Canadian boundary, where he decided
to surrender to Colonel Miles rather
than permit his wounded men and
children to suffer longer.
The ~unforgettable battle fought SO
disaStrOusly by General Custer against
overwhelming numbers occurred in
eastern Montana, in Big Horn county,
not far from the present city of Hardin.
1t is worthy of note that these two
wars, while fought on Montana soil,
we're engagements involving Indians
from other states, the Nez Perez from
Idaho and the Sioux from the Dakotas.
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All over western Montana
were fought numberless
inter tribal wars in which
Piegans, Kootennais, Flat
heads and Blackfeet were
repeatedly engaged in SAN
culinary conflict.
Montana Roads
The first effort to pro-
vide Montana with high
ways was made in 1853
when congress appropriate
ed $3.50, 900 for a practical
route to California. This
was the year when Wash
ington was made a terri
tory and the northern OF
five proposed routes to the
Pacific was to run through
Montana. The construction
OF the Mullan road that
began in 1859 was cOmplet-
ed In 1853, making a route
624 miles long. 1t started
at Fort Benton, crossed the
divide near Helena, over
the pass now used by the
Northern Pacific, touched
Deer Lodge and Missoula,
crossed the Bitter Roots in
to Idaiio and terminated at
WallR Walla, Wash.
The celebrated BOzeman
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from which the early pioneers panned
millions IN gold before the brick and
stone of Montana's capital effaced for
ever the long Toms and sluice-boxes
OF these primitive operations.
To the southeast Of Helena is Broad
water county, where World-champion
Hereford cattle have long been bred on
the famous A. B. Cook ranch. The
counties of Flathead and Lake are
great wheat growing areas in which
the labor of the rancher is performed
amid mountain scenery of compelling
granduer. Lake anG Flathead counties
share the inimitable beauties of Flat
head Lake, a mountain girt eXpanse
OF b~lle-green water that measures IS
miles in length and five to Is miles in
width. This is n of the largest lakes
in the country lying wholly within the
confines OF one state. In Toole, Pom
dera, Glacier and Teton counties, a
thousand oil wells produce 5000, 900
barrels of petroleum a year. Cascade
is noted for water-poWer, oil, smelling
and wheat, and contains Great Falls,
second city in the state, and one OF
the most attractive.
A large part of the northern section
OF the continental divide is occupied
by Glacier National park, which actually
comes nearer being the true "Switzer-
land OF America" than any other
claimant to this much-abused phrase.
Here the United States government has
expended millions on its splendid high
ways which will include when complet-
ed the famous Logan Pass road. For
scenery and for engineering supremacy
Europe has nothing to surpass it. The
various park hotels are nothing less
than SumptuOuS i'll their appointments
and wholly artistic in their harmonious
adaptation to environment. The park
is located on the main line of the
Great Northern railroad, which will
soon be paralleled by a splendid high
way, traversing the entire southern
boundary OF the park.
Frontier Justice
Seventy-five miles south of Butte lies
Virginia City, where the Vigilantes
were organized and where grim monu-
ments to their stern and summary ex-
ecutions still attract the visitor. Among
these are the graves of five road
agents, who were all hung together on
January Ia, 1864. The desperados in
Guided Frank Parish, Jack Gallagher,
Boone Helm, Clubfoot George and
Hayes Lyons. Langford thus describes
the hanging.
The central cross-beam of an unfin-
ished log store, cornering on two of the
principal streets, was selected for a
scaffold. The building vas rOOfless and
its spacious open front exposed the in
terror to the full view OF the crowd.
The ropes, five in number, were drawn
across the beam to a proper length and
fastened firmly to the logs in the rear
basement. Under each moose was
placed a large, empty drygoods box,
with cord attached, for the drops.
Beside the armed V%igilantes, a great
number of eager spectators had as
sembled from all parts of the gulch to
witness the execution. Six or eight
thousand persons, the larger portion of
the population of the territory, gath
cred into a compact mass, when the
prisoners with their armed escort
marched from the committee rooms
into the street and were ranged in front
Of the guard.
The silence of the great throng was
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Charles w. Towne, Butte publicist,
Is the author Of this very delightful
article on western Montana. In 1t he
writes Interestingly Of Montana, its
thrilling history, its industrial and
agricultural development, its magnifi-
cent scenic attractions and its Op-
pOrtunities.
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unDrOken by a Whisper ana
more eloquently than Ian
guage could have done, de-
clared the feelings of anxi-
ETY. and suspense by which
all were animated. When
the arrangements at the
scaffold were completed, the
prisoners were conducted
into the building, each as
he entered stepping upon
one of the dry-goods boxes.
The area in front of the
prisoners was occupied by
the guard and the men,
bers of the executive COM
mittee of the Vigilantes.
The two streets in front
and at the side of the
building were crowded. The
order being given to re-
move the hats Of the pris-
oners, Clubfoot George,
whose hands were loosely
fastened, contrived to reach
his hat which he threw
spitefully on the floor, the
hats of the others being at
the same time removed by
the guard.
AT the word, Men, do
your duty" those holding
tho cords attached tn the
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The memory strengthens as you lay
burdens upon it.-De Quincy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-01
SLICK TO HEAR
LAKE co. CASES
U. S. Judge Quiets RumorS
of Disqualification.
RV Times Special

RO Times Special
SOUTH BEND, Oct. f.-Rumors
Of disqualification Of Federal Judge
Thomas w. Slick from sitting at
trials of defendants who will be in
dicted in the current grand jury
session were quieted today following
the judges return Monday from
Brooklyn.
Legitimate evidence in trial of any
case before him will be received mo
matter whom it may affect" said
Judg Slick in a formal statement to
newspaper men.
He denied having discussed the
Lake county investigation Of polit-
ical corruption, rum running and
racKeteering with Senator James E.
Watson, or Burt Thurman, Repub-
lican rational committeeman, in
Chicago last July.
The federal grand jury Monday
began its fifth and final week of the
Lake county probe. After it ad-
journs Saturday, another will be
called to continue the investigation,
according to Oliver Loomis, United
States district attorney.
John S. Pratt, Toledo, assistant
United States attorney-general, and
Oliver E. Pagan, indictment expert,
today were in charge Of evidence
presented to the grand jury, while
Loomis was in Chicago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-01
SHEARER CLAIMS
c.. O. P. ASKED AID

mention Of prominent men, Shearer
said, he wrote an open letter to
Nicholas Murray Butler, president
of Columbia university, which was
circulated by the Republican COM
nittee, and was told by Moses, Ba-
con and Archer to go to Boston
and arouse Irish interest.
Shearer apparently referred to
Senator George Moses CRep., N. H)
and Representative Bacon CRep., N.
" he identified Archer as the
representative of Senator Allen
here" Allen, the Kansas Repub-
lican senator, sat two feet in front
Of the witness as member of the
investigating committee.
Shearer said he had been en-
ployed by William Randolph Hearst,
the publisher, at salary of $4,000
a month to organize patriotic soci-
eties over the United States, since he
left the ship builders last March.
This employment was Cancelled by
Hearst's officials when the senate
investigation Of Shearer's activities
was ordered, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-01
ENDS LIFE WITH
history LEAP
Losses in Stock Market
Cause Suicide.
RAJ TTnife6 Prese

BV United Press
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-Willianl ].
Keys, vice-president of the Charles
Freshman Company, Inc, died in
an elevea-story leap from hotel
window here early today.
Keyes, who also was vice -presi-
dent of the Freed -Eiseimann Radio
Corporation, left notes addressed to
his mother and Dearest" saying
he was in despair and that it was
the easiest way out. 1t is under
stood that he lost $124,000 recently
in stock market speculation.
The body was seen falling from
the window of Keyes' room at the
Hotel Shelton by taxicab drivers. 1t
was clad in paiamaS and struck a
second story coping before landing
on the turf. Police found the door
to Keyes' room locked and the
lights out.
1t was learned he had registered
at the hotel as William j. Keyes
and wife on Sept. 26, but hotel en-
ployes said they could not remem-
ber having seen Mrs. Keyes, and po-
lice have not succeeded in finding
her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-01
GEORGIA
TROPICAL GALE
AS HEAVY RAIN
High Pressure Area Moves
Across State Toward
Cape HatteraS.
MANY CITIES ISOLATED
Rivers Of Coastal Plain,
Already Swollen, May
Burst Banks.

bU CntJed PreeS
ATLANTA, Oct. 1.-The tropical
disturbance which assumed the
proportions of a hurricane at PEN
sacola late Monday passed into
south Georgia today in the form of
heavy Tsins.
The atlanta weather bureau said
reports indicated the high pressure
area was moving across southern
Georgia toward the coast, with its
ultimate destination Cape Hatteras.
The disturbance should reach
Cape HatteraS by Wednesday morn
ing, meterologists here said, and
may develop into hurricane when
it reaches there.
Heavy rains fell in south Georgia
today, disrupting telephone and
telegraph communication with many
points. Columbus reported a rain
fall of A.42 inches; West Point, 2.03
inches; Americus, 6 inches, and
Albany, 81 inches.
Rain also was falling throughout
the Chattahooche river valley. Other
rivers on the coastal plain and in
southern Georgia, already swollen
to capacity by rains of the last few
days, would rise higher, the weather
bureau said.
Winds along the Georgia coast
probably will become stronger as the
disturbance reaches it, the bureau
said.