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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14

Pretty Eagle, the head chief, a re-
noWned war leader and a man of great
prestige, opposed stopping the rations.
He was opposed to any change that
would cause the Indians to give up
their old ways of living and he was
naturally suspicious of any suggestions
of white men, holding them all in dis
trust. Holds the Enemy, a leading sub
chief, also opposed the innovation.
Pretty Eagle died in 1904 and Plenty
Coos vas thereafter accorded prece-
dence as head chief, although Bell
Rock, who was some years older and
had a distinguished war career, and
Two LegginS, the chief of the River
Crows, had practically equal influence.
The plans for farming and stock
raising succeeded SC we'll that by the
end of the year 1903, every able-bodied
Indian had been taken from the ra-
ton rolls. In some of the hard Win
ters in later years, it was necessary
to issue rations but the Grows have
generally remained self : supporting
with the aid of their annuity and lease
money payments from various tribal
monies and possessions.
In the fall of 1904, an Indian fair
was held at Grow Agency. 1t was the
first of its kind but has been widely
copied since on other reservation. The
Indians themselves contributed the
work for LAYING out the grounds and
erecting the necessary buildings. No
gambling or sale OF liquors was per-
mitted. The Indians brought their
farm and livestock products and there
was keen competition between the diff
ferent districts.
Woman Bests Plenty Coos
The Indians enjoyed it greatly when
Plenty Coos was beaten by some woman
in the contest for the best driving
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14
BIOLOGISTS TO
MEET in STATE
ROCK EXPERTS FROM Al STATES
WILL TOUR MONTANA
THIS MONTH
Trip Will Include Both Glacier and
Yellowstone Parks and Territory Be-
tween; DIR. Thomson Of School Of
Mines In Charge Of Program.

The Association Of American State
Biologists, composed of chief geOlO-
gists or heads Of geology bureaus in
Al states, will hold its annual field
conference in Montana this August,
President Francis A. Thomson of the
Montana School of Mines announces.
DR.. Thomson, who Is director Of the
state bureau Of mines and geology,
will be host to the association and has
planned q program that includes a
six-day tour Of the Montana Rockies,
with visits to both Glacier and Vel
lowstone parks, and q business meet
ing and banquet In Butte.
Many distinguished biologists from
over the entire nation will visit Mon
tana during this conference" declared
DR.. Thomson. 1T Is evidence Of Their
keen interest In the state that they
should vote to come here. We are
making every effort towards a highly
successful conference"
According to DR.. Eugene S. Perry
head Of the geology department at the
Montana School Of Mines, who is as
sisting DR.. Thomson in arranging fol
the meeting, about 20 of the state ge-
ologistS are expected to attend, al
though all answers to QUESTIONABLE!
sent out have not been received.
The proposed tour now being con.
sidered by association members begin.
on Sunday, August "a, with a brief trip
OF great geologic interest through Gla'
cier park, from the entrance hotel Il
Going-to-the-Sun chalet. On Monda.
the biologists will travel by train o.
automobile to Butte, passing close X
the Pondera oil field, and going through
the Little Belt mountains, the Helens
region and the Granite mountains Il
Butte. Tuesday the party will investi'
gate the Butte mines and the geOlOg.
department of the Anaconda company
following q short automobile drive II
the afternoon, the business meeting
and annual banquet will take place
On Wednesday the biologists will trave
to Yellowstone park where they Will
spend Thursday visiting the chic
points Of interest and observing tn
unusual geological features. On Fri
day they will proceed from the Can
yon hotel to Cody where the confer
ence will terminate at noon. d.
Thomson hopes that they may decid
to stay the first two days in Glacie
park and then fly by plane to Butte
The executive committee Of the AS
ISOLATION of American State Geologist
is composed of E. F. Bean, president
director OF the Wisconsin state geologi
cal and natural history survey; Georg
G. Branner, secretary, Arkansas stat
geologist, and DR.. Edward B. Matthew.
Maryland state ~geologist. The last an
nual field trip was In Oklahoma. Thi
year the members voted for Montan
In preference to Alabama and Ken
lucky, which were also suggested.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14
ANY CHILD

WYE can never be sure just what
w makes a child restless, but the
remedy can always be the anne Good
old C.astorial There's comfort in every
drop of this pure vegetable preparation.
and not the slightest harm in its frequent
use. AS often as your child has a
lretful spell. is fcverish, or cries and can't
sleep, let Castoria soothc and quiet him.
Sometimes it's a touch of collie. Some
times constipation. Or diarrhea - a
condition that should always be checked
without delay. Just keep Castoria handy
and give it promptly. Relief will follow
very promptly; if it doesn't you should
call a physician.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14

tell the name of every Crow and his
relation with all the others, at least,
back for rs years. Their information
had come down from stories and from
matters of common knowledge. These
historians were persons with unusually
retentive memories and with natural
capacity and interest in such details.
In Ease any dispute came up as to
who was the real father or mother
of any individual, other old Indians
who might be able to shed light on the
question were called in to consult with
them. 1t was very seldom. however,
that the members of the commission
had to appeal for outside information
or were wrong in their decisions. The
final decisions of the commission on
relationships have been as near perfect
as such a set Of records could be made,
according to Mr.. Reynolds, and al
though attempts have been made in
courts a number of times to prove an
heirship contrary to the opinions of
the commission, the three old Indians
have been upheld almost without ex-
ception when the evidence has been
sifted down.
Many Implications Found
In checking up the family trees in
the effort to straighten up family
James and find who was entitled to an
allotment, the census takers ran into
many Implications. The first year
more than 200 names on the ration
rolls or as drawing annuities were
found to be Implications. One person
would be on several ration tickets un-
der different names and someone was
drawing food under each name.
The outstanding example of this was
the agency blacksmith. His mother
was drawing two different rations for
him under two different Indian names,
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14

THE artists pen catches some of the
places to go and things to do in
Glacier national park, where Presi-
dent Hoover will park his mobile sum-
mer White House for a week or two
this month. Glacier park will be the
presidents first and probably his long
est stop in the northern Rockies. From
on st. Mary's lake. the Many Glacier
the presidential chalet at Two Medi-
cine lake, surrounded on all sides by
majestic mountain sentinels, the presi-
dent can set forth on his fishing ex-
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14

he was drawing rationS under his COM
monty used English name and still an
other ration was received on another
English name by someone or other OF
the family. All this had been going
on despite the fact that the agency
officials were supposed to make a count
semiannually in determining the num-
Der entitled to rations.
The fact that Indians did not have
surnames and every Indian had a
separate name that gave no hint as
to relationships made it difficult to
keep track of the families. Names
were frequently changed or one person
might have several names, by each OF
which he was known, SO that it was
easy to make mistakes unless extreme
care was taken.
The names of the different Indians
were largely stabilized as a result OF
the work Of the commission. 1t has
come to be the practice of late years
to give children a Christian name
which is added on to the name of the
father. Thus, we have John White
Man Runs Him, Reuben Spotted Horse,
Peter Left Hand, Charles Bell Rock
and similar names for son of the old
warriors and chiefs.
Five Main Groups
When Major Reynolds went to Grow
agency, the Indians were still living
in old fashioned tepees as well as
modern tents, in family communities,
and the government was just begin
ming to allot land in severalty. The
main groups were Of Pryor, Big Horn,
Black Lodge, Reno and Lodge Grass.
One of the problems the government
was anxious to work out with the Crow
Indians was the reduction of ratiOnS
gradually and the getting Of the Indi-
or individual land allotments
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14

alton of the Grow
tribe, which has
been the basis for
settlement of all
questions of heir
ships and rela-
~tionships sine
that time.
The enulnera-
ton, W h C h it
took four years to
C mp t e, was
started at a time
when the govern
ment was laying
plans for alloting
lands to the Indi-
ans in severalty.
II uroc nonoccorr
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14

There have been 27,l91 people regis
tered at Glacier park since the OPEN
ing Of the 1880 season, according to
the weekly report on travel up to July
10. There we're 6,83l cars registered
and the increase In cars over the cor
responding period in 1929 is 22.8o per
cent. There is a decrease Of slightly
less than one per cent in number OF
people. Entering the park during the
week ending July 10 were 5,45S people.
Those coming by automobile numbered
1882 and those by rail 557.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14

Park officials, too, are anxious that the
president should motor over a new
park highway, described as affording
some of the finest scenery to be found
anywhere, between Lake Mcdonald
and the summit Of Logan pass.
The newspaper correspondents ac-
companying the president and some OF
the members of his official party will
be quartered at the entrance hotel, IL
miles from the presidential chalet at
Two Medicine lake.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14

cursions afoot, by boat. or aboard a
dude ranch nag, with complete assur-
anc of a seclusion that is hardly re-
Elected by the activities of the Indi-
ans, bears, mountain goats and tourists
pictured above.
Tentative plans are said to call for a
visit to the Going-to-the-Sun chalets
hotel On Swiftcurrent lake and Ice
berg lake.
1t is thought problematical whether
he will cross the international boundary
but If he does he will doubtless visit
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14

the Prince of Wales hotel and see
Waterton lake by boat. Park officials
are known to be keen to have the
president whip some Of the trout
streams on the west side of the park
and are likely to persuade him to mo-
tor over the new highway between
Glacier Park station and Bolton, the
east and west entrances Of the park.
1t Is planned, in fact, to ask President
Hoover officially to open this road, the
most northerly transcontinental high
way, known as the Roosevelt trail.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14
(By w. III. BANFILL)

HELPING Uncle Sam take the censu
as supervisor of the Tenth Montana
district was not a new experience
for Maj. S. G. Reynolds of Billings,
for while superintendent of the Grow
reservation in the Roosevelt admin
iStratiOn, he had charge of an enumer-
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14
Thcater Nearly Finished

CONSTRUCTION on ForSyth'S new $4,000
theater is rapidly progressing, with
crews under Charles Haynes, Billings
contractor, at work on the structure.
The outside brick walls are almost
completed and the floors are now be-
ing laid. The contract calls for com-
pletion by Aug. rs, according to A. C.
Woke and Frank Faust, owners and
managers of the Lincoln theater,
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14

In a special election in the Scobey
school district q 23-mill special levy
requested by the school board carried
by 10 votes out of 314 cast. Scobey's
new fireproof school will be completed
in September and the board held that
a special levy was necessary to main
tain the 10 schools in the district II
the full school term was to be COM
pleted.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes

That itch and burn, by hot baths
of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of Cutlcura Ointment.
Nothing better. purer, sweeter, espe-
clally If a little Of the fragrant Cuti-
cura Talcum Is busted on at the fin
isl. 25c each.-Advertisement
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-08-14
New School Building

The new grade and high school build
ing at Simms will be finished by Aug.
Is and ready for dedication exercises
Aug. 81 and the opening Of school
Sept. 2, says Herschel James, super
intendent.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-12-18

Her mother dropped to her knees
beside her, chatting her hands,
speaking words of endearment, cry
Ing for Fred and the boys
I'VE found her In the snow, just
between the barn and the house,
the boys explained. @She seemed to
have fallen there"
But right then Lucy seemed 10
come to life. She sprang 10 her
feet. NJ
ssNother-Dad-l can't keep H
from you any longer. Please help
me OF with my coat"
willing hands drew II from her
shoulders. "Why. Lucyw her
mother exclaimed. "you are well
dressed"
aWell enough, mother. You see.
Arthur wanted to be sure how you
would receive your erring daughter
before he would agree to come I'M
aArthurW
sYes. He Is In the cutter with lit
tie Nellie, just beyond the wind
break. Boys, will you run and tell
hint"
The boys dashed on, but Fred
Martin seemed the most excited Of
all. s.Two extra plates, M0therl" he
shouted. 'Two extra plates .
high chair !"
"a 1880. western Newspaper Usssa-l
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-12-18

Friday the girls and boys bas-
ketball teams went to st. John.
They drove to Sunset where Mrs.
Woodend served them with an ex-
cellent dinner, cafeteria style. St.
John has two fine teams and a
very large gym so carried off all
the honors, Saturday night they
played against La Crosse and the
girls won. As both the boys and
girls teams have so many new
members it makes their team work
harder, but all the games Wee
played with a vim. The young
people reached home a tired but
happy bunch.
The al club met at the high
school Saturday. Mrs. Davis and
Mrs. Patter were present. An cleo
ton of officers was held. Bernlta
Jones was elected president, Irma
Mcclure, vice president and Fran
Gle Fletcher, secretary and treas
urer. A pot luck. dinner was held
after which talks were given by
Mrs. Pattee and Mrs. Davis. The
club will have food sale at George
Gress Saturday. They are planning
a meeting in January when the
mothers will be invited. Pauline
Mc-Clendon is yell-leader.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Sutton, Mr..
and Mrs. j. G. Johnston and Miss
Hazel took dinner Sunday night
with George Tuttles.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Conley
took dinner Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ames. Mrs. Ames is Mrs. Con-
ley's mother.
Miss Clara McCloy left today
for Fort Townsend to spend the
winter.
John Erickson will go to Che
ney Friday morning and bring
home Miss Helen Erickson and
Miss Olive Hanson to spend the
holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schennitzni were
callers Sunday afternoon at the
Cheyne home.
Miss Eva Rose will be home
from Spokane tomorrow evening
for her Christmas vacation.
C. j. Barnett, wife and children
took dinner Sunday with the
Cheyne family.
Fred RAIDER was a guest Sunday
of Ross Harding.
School will close this year on
December 20, giving the children
the longest vacation before the.
holidays they have ever known.
Mrs. Guy ConwelI has been quite
ri L.. y n 4 4
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ways felt that sometime she would
come back. Perhaps at Christmas.
That is the time of year when one
just can't help thinking of home. y
''If that Blake boy had been any
good" Fred lamented. "She was
just throwing herself away on him.
That is why gave her the choice
Of giving him up or getting out I
wanted to save her. And she got
out"
81 know" his wife agreed. "You
meant it for the best. Arthur Blake
was said to be wild and useless.
but the Blake's are good family.
and I've often noticed that boys of
a good family generally straighten
up again, even if they do go little
wild for while. You know. Fred,
when / married you there were
people who said you were, well,
just a little"
"But / got a wife like YOU" her
husband answered. "That makes
all the difference.
eyes, and Arthur got wife like
Lucy-if he married her." Nellie
Martin insisted. set me leave the
plate once more. I'm not giving M
hope"
At that moment the boys were
heard coming in by the kitchen
door. There were muffled voices
and sound as though they were
helping some one.
George, the elder, appeared in
the dining room door, and his face
summoned his mother.
"Some one here to see you
Mom," he said. in an awed voice.
In the kitchen drs. Martin found
woman sitting on a chair. hei
head turned away, her figure en-
closed in frayed cloth coat So
berly she crossed the kitchen fiooI
and turned the head TO her, eyes.
Lucy y she cried. Lacy
The girl made as though She
would speak hut seemed overcome
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-12-18

Friday was visiting day for the
Richland teachers. Mesdames Car
michael, Van Syckle, Randolph,
Thoreson and Sloan went to Ken
newick. Mr.. Pattee, Mrs. Dun
woodie and Mrs. West and Tuttle
and Messre Carmichael, Woodend
and Faulkner went to st. John.
Two basketball games were
played Tuesday night between the
second high school teams and the
grade school teams Richland won
both games. The 8th7grade boys
have been coached by Mr.. Pattee
and deserve great credit for their
work.
The M. E. Sunday school will
have their program and tree on
Christmas Eve. The teachers are
preparing a good program for that
occasion and it is hoped there
will be good attendance.
The M. E. choir is preparing a
Christmas cantata to be. given in
the near future.
s Mrs. Sloan's Home Economic
class served delicious luncheon
to the grade and high school
teachers Wednesday noon. This
luncheon took the place of the ex-
animation as they were graded on
their work.
Miss Stella Murray, Maurice
Compton and Harold Willmsen will
be home Friday from w. S. G. to
spend their Christmas vacation.
Misses Bertheal Muncey, May
Erneberg, Erma Mowery and Vir-
ginia Colley are coming from Ell
lensburg normal Friday. The home
folks are planning. a good time for
them.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-12-18

q good ranch and was one of the
most thrifty farmers in the COM
munity. He was good looking and
very obliging. He was well liked
but no one believed that he could
ever muster the courage to propose
marriage to any woman. He often
slipped over to the widows farm,
to see Mike, of course. He gave
his farm advice to Mike. Some
times he exchanged work with
Mike and on these occasions there
was an extra white cloth on the
table and the biscuits had an extra
f1akiness. Tom liked the biscuits.
Tom ate the biscuits but he could
not think of a word to say when
the conversation was directed to
him.
On the night before Christmas
both Bob and Jim called and Wild
ow Mile proceeded to entertain
both in the parlor She managed
conversation and kept ii going in
the general direction while the WIS.,
itors fidgeted and squirmed, each
hoping that the other would soon
leave. Mile was sure that Tom
was in the. Kitchen. She could hear
the muffied conversation of two
slow-sp eaking men. Mile extended
an invitation to both her visitors
to come over the next day and
have Christmas dinner with her.
This was the signal for both to
leave.
After their departure Mile went
to the kitchen, but Tom had gone
and Mike had retired. But hanging
on the Kitchen wall just over the
stove was pair Of ladies' silk
stockings. She looked at them In
arnazement. They were not hers
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-12-18
Town Ball Team

Bert Lloyd, manager of the town
basketball squad, announces the
official opening of the 1930-3l
season. A game with the clever
Cornell five will be the opening
tilt. This game will be played at
Connell. Home games will take
place in the Kennewick high school
gymnasium on Wednesday, eve
nings during the basketball season.
Bert has done a great deal in
equipping his team, and the results
of his efforts has produced a squad
dressed in black and scarlet suits.
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HIGHLANDS

All children taking part in the
Christmas program are urged to
be present at the club house Sat
urday afternoon at o'clock for
the final rehearsal.
Mrs louisa Gladding and her
son, j. I. F. Gladding were host
and hostess at a dinner party on
Monday evening entertaining Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Trimble, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. P. Miller, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Withers and Mr. Meyer.
Highlands Woman's club viii
meet Friday afternoon, December
10.
Mrs. Bertha Simsen returned
Saturday evening from a five
weeks visit with her daughter,
Miss Olive Simsen of Los Angeles
and Mrs. Orrin Smith and family
of Santa Anna.
The Ladies' Aid of the Christ
ian church met at the c. H. Meyer
home Thursday afternoon.
w. N. Daniels of Portland was
in Kennewick Thursday looking
over his orchards. He owns go
acres on the Highlands.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Taylor and
baby girl, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Higley and SON., and Jennel Stay
baugh were dinner guests at the
c.. Fl. Meyer home Sunday of last
week.
Mrs. Mulkey, I,ayita and Joyce
spent last. Thursday with Miss
Myrtle Meyer. y
Bill Frazier spent Sunday in
Prosser with his, brother who is
there in the interests of the North
Western Gas Co.. IS rue
The English Lutheran Aid met
with Mrs. Arthur GLASGOW on Thurs
day afternoon with "a good attend
ance. 4 81, r. nsS
w. M. Frazier drove TO- Yakima
Monday of last week. 49, yr
The Ladies' Aid Of the Congre-
gational church met with Mrs. w.
F. Sonderman Thursday afternoon.
This seems to be. the Highlands
week, three of the aid meetings be-
ing held here.
Word has been received from E.
C. Green that his mother, Mrs.
Clementine Green, who left early
in the fall to spend the winter with
her daughter in Oakland, Califor-
MIA and later suffered a stroke, is
slowly improving. Mr.. Green was
called to her bedside a couple of
weeks ago.
Mrs. Tom Dent left Monday
morning for the Deaconess hospi-
tai in Spokane to take treatment.
o. X. Jones is able to be about
without crutches after suffering
the past month with a spralned
knee.
The N. C. Foraker family, who
have been living on one of the
Highland orchard tracts, moved
this week to the Mann place.
The Curtis Samsel family have
moved from the A. Uehnhard place
to Kennewick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Ross left
Tuesday for Seattle to spend the
Christmas holidays with relatives
Mrs. Archie Bishop left for a
visit in Walla Walla last week. On
Monday the baby son underwent
an operation for rupture.
Mrs. Ferd Gundy, Mrs. Gladys
Kelso, Mrs. Phil Patterson and
Pauline Kelso spent Tuesday in
Walla Walla.
Donald Kelso had the misfor-
stune to wrench his knee, which
twill cause him to be laid up fol
ahoI1t month
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-12-18
THE TELEPHONE TREE

The Kennewick Valley Telephone
Company has on display an unique
Christmas tree made entirely OF
telephone materials and parts used
in the telephone plant. The tree
is made from pieces of telephone
cable. The tinsel used for decor
ations is taken from switch board
cords. The switch board lights are
used in place of candles. This tres
was cleverly designed and built by
Burns Brown, the wire chief.