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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-17
GALLANT BLACK SOLDIERS OF THE TENTH CAVALRY WHO SAW
MUCH SERVICE DIM MONTANA WITT GENERAL JOHN j. PERSHlMG

Fort Mckinney near Buffalo, Wyo.
Henry made a forced march Of several
hundred miles with his command TO
take part in the concentration Of
troops 10 end the Sioux uprising which
ended in the Wounded Knee affair,
Henry died Of typhoid fever while in
command OF occupation troops in Porto
Rico in 1899.
Among the younger officers with the
regiment at the outbreak OF the Span
ish-American war was Frank r. Nc
Coy, who was wounded in the San
Juan fight. Mccoy commanded a bri-
gade during the World war and is now
a major~general. Another young lieu
tenant was Garter johnson, who was
sent with some picked troops to take
arms, ammunition and other supplies
to Gomez, the Cuban leader. johnson
got into an argument with Gomez over
the occupation of a blockhouse. He
hauled down the Cuban flag and, hav-
ing no American flag with him. he
ran up his blouse on the tlagpole as
a substitute.
At Las Guasimas, Roosevelt's Rough
Riders in their advance got in touch
with the enemy before the adjoining
columns and was being exposed to a
damaging croSs-fire until the Tenth
came up on the flank and relieved the
Rough Riders from their exposed posi-
ton. The negro troopers had double
timed four miles and their arrival
saved Roosevelts men from heavy
losses.
At the charge on San Juan hill,
Sergeant Berry, the color bearer, seized
the standard of the neighboring Third
cavalry when its color bearer was shot
through the body, and planted both
flags on top of the hill. The %gallantry
of the negro troops was again con-
spicuous in the charge and capture of
San Juan and Kettle hills.
During the Philippine instruction,
the Tenth cavalry was sent to Samar
to aid in the pacifcation work. For
a number Of months patrols from the
regiment performed the arduous work
of clearing up the island from insur-
rectoS and restoring order and peace.
Small reconnaissance parties patroled
roads, opened up new lines of COM
munication in the jungles, broke up
concentrations OF hostile parties and
brought the insurrectos into camp. The
command was later transferred to the
island of Panay. They came back to
the United States and served Tor 1--we
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-17

Fort ASsinnibOine started out for his
company'S barracks five minutes ahead
of orders for him to remain in town
until the storm was over. His frozen
body was found a few days later. He
handkerchief to the wire at the point
where he had fallen exhausted TO di-
rect searcherS for his body.
Colonel GrlerSon, the first command
er OF the regiment, a promoted 70
general q year or two before the regi-
ment IA sent to Montana During
the years 1890 to 1892, which inclGded
most OF the sojourn in Montana, Col.
j.. X. Milser was in comm and. From
June until October, 1897, Lieut.. Col.
II. A. Baldwin was the commanding
officer. lie was succeeded by Col. Guy
7. Henry, who served from October
until May. 1898, when he was pro-
noted to the command OF a brigade
and the actual command during the
Cuban battles reverted to Lieut.. Col,
Baldwin.
Colonel Henry was one Of the most
famous of Indian fighters. He was
with Crook during the campaigns
against the Sioux. At the battle OF
the Rosebud, when Crook was turned
back after a dlaw battle with the
Sioux and Cheyenne Indians nine days
before the Custer disaster, he made a
famous charge at the head of his troop
and was severely wounded i'll the face.
At the time OF the ghost dance trou-
BILE with the Sioux in 1890, Henry was
IN command of the Ninth cavalry, COM
panion negro regiment, which was at
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years at Fort ID. A.. Russell near Chey-
enne and in Nebraska. They then went
TO the Philippines again for several
years.
AT the time of the Mexican border
troubles in 1916, the Tenth wa a part
Of the punitive expedition which, in
vaded Mexico under the command Of
General Pershing, in pursuit Of Fran
cesco Villa. Pershing had once been
4 line and later a staff officer o. the
regiment. During the World war the
regiment was stationed on the Mexi-
can border and saw some active service
at the time when bands from Mexico
We're making occasional raids into
American territory or firing across the
line.
Although the Tenth cavalry was Of
ficered by white commissioned officers.
Some Of its non-commissioned officers
were commissioned at different times.
particularly during the World a
Among these was Captain Horace w.
Biyens of Billings, former quarter
master sergeant in the Tenth cavalry,
who commanded a labor battalion dur
ing the World war. Captain BiYens
was recently placed OH the emergency
officers retired list with 80 years of
active service, counting double time
for foreign service, besides the time
that he has been on the emergency
officers list since the war. He first
enlisted in 1887. While serving in Mon
tana he won many carbine and pistol
championships and at one time won
first carbine honors of the entire army.
Several other former members of the
Tenth live in Montana
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-17
STATE TO LEASE
NESTING PLACE
WILD DUCK REFUGE AND BREED.
ING GROUNDS PLANNED IN
WESTERN MONTANA
If Program of Fish and Game Com
mission Is Carried Out 1t Will I'M
prove Hunting and Give Camera
Users Better Opportunity.

More wild ducks may have an OPP
portunity TO nest in western Mon
tana; shooting may be better during
the fall and camera hunters may
find more subjects to use during the
summer, if plans of the state fish
and game commission regarding
Kicking Horse reservoir, near Pablo,
are carried out.
The reservoir will cover about 500
acres at normal times, and about 675
at flood water, inundating almost the
entire reservoir site, a letter to
Thomas N. Marlowe, chairman of the
commission. written by G. J.. Moody,
project engineer for the FIathead ir-
rigation system, shows.
MIR. Moody states that the lease or
the reservoir site may be acquired this
year. In past years the site has beer
granted for grazing, and the stock ate
all the cover off and destroyed nests
of waterfowl, says Mr.. Marlowe. The
commission will try TO get the lease
at the next meeting of the body, sale
Mr.. MarlOwe.
Two Nesting Places
This project, if 1t goes through, vii
make two nesting places On the reSer-
vation," Mr.. MarloWe said. The fish
and game department already has {
lease on the Nine Pipes reservoir, anC
this new addition will just about doubl,
the capacity for duck production. i
is probable that some system of fence
patrol will have TO be maintained a
Kicking Horse as it is at Nine pipes
The Western Montana Fish and Game
association of Missoula cooperate,
with the department in paying for The
present patrol.
1T is probable that the deal will &c
through. This will make for better
hunting Oh the reservation. since there
Will be not only more native birds but
plenty OF cover to attract migratory
flockS from the north during the sea
SON."
Water Low
The slow filling of the Nine Pines
reservoir IS worrying members of the
association, it was learned. The bass
in the lake are congrerated in one OF
two holes and are eating every sunfist
and small bass they can. The loss OF
fish may be great, unless water gets
into the lake soon.
Mr.. Moody said that the water would
not be going into Nine Pipes until after
May j, since Pablo reservoir is empty
The condition of affairs at the Nine
Pipes reservoir, in so far as the bass
are concerned, is critical, and it may
get worse, reservation sportslnen say.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-17
IN
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the thousands of other motorists who have
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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-17

abandoned by the Tenth cavalry. the
last soldiers to occupy the post built
20 years before. The troops left the
fort with the thermometer at 40 below
zero and on January /, 1898, the regi-
ment assembled at Fort A~ssinnibOlne
with the exception of three troops at
Fort Keogh. In April, the regiment
left for the SpaniSh-American War
During the stay in Montana several
accidental deaths were recorded among
the officers of the regiment. Lieutenant
Powhatan Clarke was drowned in the
Little Big Horn near Fort Custer on
July 81, 1893. The officer, during the
Arizona campaigns in 1893, had won
the congressional medal Of honor when
he brought in a negro corporal seri-
ously wounded who was lying exposed
to the enemy's fire. Clarke ran to his
aid, picked him up and brought him
safely through a hail of missiles.
In February, 1894, Lieutenant Finley
was injured when his horse fell with
HIM in maneuvers neal Fort Custer.
His leg was crushed and later an am
putation became necessary from which
nc failed to rally.
During a blizzard on February 5,
1895, First Sergeant James Brown at
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-17
DUDE RANCH AT
CASTLE PLANNED
MEAGHER COUNTY GHOST" MIN
ING TOWN SELECTED AS SITE
OF NEW ENTERPRISE
Place Was Founded After G. X. Robert
son Found Rich Silver Ore on yell
lowstOne Ridge In 1885: Deserted In
1S94-Residents Just Walked Out.

Joe Kidd is planning to open a
dude ranch near the "ghost" city of
Castle. once a thriving town with a
population of about 5000.
Since its collapse in 1898, when adj
verse silver legislation sent the price
tumbling, Castle has always been a
place of interest to people from all
sections. The town was practically
deserted in three days and every
thing was left just is when people
lived there. Old records of the towns
transient visitors, ledgers from mer-
chants places of business, doctors
account books and everything in gen.
eral gave the appearance that h
residents were not much interested
in personal possessions ut the time
of their migration from Castle.
1t was in 1890 and 1891 that Castle
produced the most ore. AT that time
there were nine stores, a bank, two
barber shops, two butcher shops, two
livery barns, two hotels, a photo gallery,
a dance hall, a church, a schoolhouse,
q iail. q brass band and IA saloons.
CT. x. Robertson. now ranching on
the Musselshell, picked up some SAM
pies of silver and lead ore float on
Yellowstone ridge i'll 1885. The ore
was sent to Lewis and Chaplin, as
savers, who found results SO promising
that they went to Castle to investi-
gate. The Cumberland mine and Great
Eastern mine were most famous OF
Castle mines. The former produced
$3.50, 900 in ore before its final shut
down in 1894.
Leon L. Lake, former ranger at the
-Four Mile station, made records
showing that 1900 claims were record
cd during the Castle boom. Besides
these. there were 100 additional un-
recorded patents. Many of these claims
have been disposed OF since at a tax
sale.
Harry Philbrick and Argo Woodward
were among freighters who took ore
10 Livingston, where it was sent
either to East Helena or Aurora, Ill.
Ten teams Of horses and mules n
five l0-yoke bull teams were used in
this work. Finally, after the Jawbone
railway was extended TO Summit, an
other extension was built from there
to Leadboro.
When Castle was no more than q
seething mining camp, there were oc-
casiOnal outbursts of violence which
resulted in serious accidents. Bill
RAIDER was killed by Bill Gay, when
the latter, accompanied by a man
named Gross, were being hunted for
IN the timber after a warrant was is
sued for their arrest. They were under
suspicion for several robberies. They
killed another man, Mickey. when he
ventured too mean their hiding place
in some heavy timber. Gay was finally
caught and convicted of the murder
of RAIDER. He was hanged as Helena.
Gross was never captured.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-17

forts to Chlcamaugua Tor a months
training and Quitting before embark
ing for Cuba. General John j. PERISH
ing was one of many high officers in
the World wal who first received
command, when fresh from West Point,
with the Tenth cavalry. j. G. Har-
bord, Frank r. Mccoy and Guy t.
Henry were other famous leaders who
at one time or another were connected
with the Tenth.
The Tenth cavalry was organized in
1866, Immediately after the Civil war,
by Col. Benjamin Grierson who had
commanded negro troops in the Civil
war. 1t was the first regular army
organization to be composed of negro
soldiers. Its early service was on the
Kansas frontier, but it first won battle
honorS in the campaigns against Gero-
nimo, the Apache Kid and other re-
bellious leaders of the Apaches in Ari-
zon It's soldiers took part in the nu-
merous expeditions which were sent
out to round up the elusive Apaches
and they participated in a number Of
Indian fights.
After many years service in the Arr
zOna deserts, officers of the Tenth
sought a change and the wal depart
ment finally transferred them, not to
Colorado as they had asked, but to
Montana. Fresh from the baked plains
the regiment detrained in a blizzard
ON May 4, 1892. at Custer Junction
east of Billings and marched about 30
miles to Fort Custer the next day.
Five companies in addition to the head
quarters company and two s~keletonized
companies were posted at Fort Custer,
n at Fort Keogh, n at Fort Blu
ford and two at Fort Assinniboine.
One company was sent on detached
service to Leavensworth, Kansas.
During the six years stay OF the
Tenth in Montana, there were no very
serious troubles in this section. There
were, however, long practise marches,
sometimes through billiards.. and fire.
quent hunting expeditions by the Of
flcers.
In April. 1894, four companies were
ordered out to suppress a portion Of
Coxey's COmmonWealthers, who had
captured a train at Butte and started
out TO join the movement on Wash
ington. Federal troops were summoned
from Fort Custer and Fort Keogh and
the C~oxeyites were captured at For
syth and taken as prisoners to Helena
where they served short terms in Jail.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-17

although Bear Paw, once n thriv-
ing town of northern Montana, is
now almost ready to join the ranks
OF MOntana's ghost towns, still il
will be my home for the rest of my
life," says Fred Scott, who has been
a resident of Montana since 1878,
being located at Bear Paw, about So
miles southeast OF IIavre, for the
last 40 years. Mir. Scott was born
and raised at Elgin, ILL.,, and spent
a short time at Chicago attending
school. One of his sch0olmates
drifted west and located in Montana.
During their correspondence, the
schOOlmate told Mr.. Scott of rcceiv-
Ing $40 a month for working on a
ranch.
This was considered extremely good
wages in those days, and Mr.. Scott
was attracted to Montana by wages
farm hands were getting. He started
10 work on O ranch near what is now
Dillon and remained in the southern
part of the state for II years at ranch
ing and as a brakeman on the old
narrow gauge railroad known as the
Utah & Northern, now the Oregon
Short Line. He then drifted to north
ern Montana and has lived there since.
Bear Paw was founded when the
copper Gulch Mining company started
activities In the Bear Paw Mountains.
Ihls company was financed mostly by
local capital and $4,000 was spent in
mining. The town never was a big
place, a store and a postoffice and sew
eral log shacks being the extent of
the hamlet.
MI. Scott has served in several ca
pacities since his residence at Bear
raw. He Is the oldest United States
commissioner in point Of service in
montana, having acted in this capacity
Ior 81 years. He has served as a notary
pubic, Justice Of the peace, member Of
Inc school board, carpenter, sign paint
e and musician, being a Jack Of all
trades"
Nj. Scott is now in the stock bust
ness, with more than 5000 acres of
and He says livestock is the major
industry around the base OF the Bear
raw mountains, the ranges now handl-
ing ~ cattle that they can support.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-17
(By w. III. BANFILL)

nROBABLY the most famous unit of
American negro soldiers is the
Tenth cavalry, which. in the Span
ish-American war. fought by the side
OF Roosevelt's Rough Riders and who
are frequently credited with having
saved Teddy's bacon" at the battle
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-17
New East and West Airline

A regular daily air service between
st. Paul and Spokane is only a short
time away. N. b. tNick) Manner, head
of the Manner Flying service of Spo-
kane, declared recently.
A starting date for the new service,
Manner said, depended OF when the
new equipment. expected to be tri-
motored all-metal planes of 14-pas-
senger capacity, can be delivered. The
flight schedule, he said, will be 10 hours
between the two terminals. Passengers
and mail will be carried as we'll as ex-
press shipments.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-17

of Las Guasimas.
For many years
this regim II t
served on h e
frontier W here
they e known
as "the buffalo
soldiers" an APP
pellation given to
an entire negro
division in the
World a
The Tenth cav
airy in
Montana fro
1891 until the out
break of h c
Spanish = Ameri-
can war, going
80 ~ NHnntnnn
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-17
BEAR PAW Is
HOME TO SCOTT
OLD-TIMER SAYS VILLAGE THAT
is ALMOST GHOST TOWN.
GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM

Pioneer StOckman Who Has Resided
at Foot Of Mountains So Miles South
east of Iyavre for 40 Years, Is Oldest
u. S. Commissioner In Montana.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-28
JONES TRIPS DEFENDING CHAMP IN CLOSE MATCH
One-Man Track Team

XXTHEN Ivan Fuqua receives
w his diploma from Brazil high
school this spring, it will mark
the passing Of one II the greatest
athletes in the history of Hoosier
prep athletics.
His latest performance was the
capturing Of second place in the
annual state high school track
and field meet at Butler Saturday
by single handedly annexing II
points. He turned in victories in
the century and quarter mile, a
second in the high hurdles and
fourth in the broad jump. But
these were not enough. He en-
HANGED his record by shattering
the 440-yard mark set up four
years ago by Rut Walter of Koko-
mo.
Last year, Fuqua was Brazil's
lone entrant in the state meet and
placed the school in runner-up
position next to Froebel of Gary
by scoring firsts in the 100-yard
dash, 440 and broad jump, total
Of Is points. He also ran anchor
man on the winning mile relay
team.
Fuqua's sports activities are not
confined to the ciader paths, how
ever. For three years he has
starred on the Brazil football
squad and twice has been recog-
nized as one of the outstanding
backf1eld men in the state. He
also was one of the outstanding
members of the Brazil hardwood
teams.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-28
and
Australian
in Feature
Rivals viii Top Bill at CadIe
Tonight; Other HeavieS
Carded.

With six scraps calling for a total
of thirty-six rounds and with the
veteran Chuck Virgins, HooSier
heavyweight, pitted against the
Australian heavy, George Cook, in
the main go, local fistic fans are
promised program of wild glove
throwing at Cadle tabernacle to-
night by the Pivot City A. G.
Three bouts will see heavyweights
performing and the presence of so
much beef is expected to result in
knockouts. In other scraps will ap-
pear featherweights, welterweights,
and middleweights.
Chief interest is in the Virgins
Cook battle that will be carried to
Australia by direct wire from the
ringside by Postal and United Press.
The boxing sport is a big thing in
Australia and the fans down
under" want to know how their
George makes out with Virgins who
toured the country eleven years ago
and outpointed Cook in twenty
rounds at Sydney.
Last February Cook visited Indi-
annapolis, took on Virgins, had him
groggy at the end of ten rounds,
and won the decision, according to
The Times verdict. Tonight's card:
Gain Go, Ten Rounds-George Cook,
Australia, VS.. Chuck Virgins, indianapolis;
heayyweights.
Six Rounds--BnIy Rhoades, Southport.
vs.. Chuck Ewing, Terre Haute; heavy
weights.
Six rounds-Don Barnett. TT. Wayne, vs..
Earl Baker, Cincinnati; featherweights.
Six Rounds-Jim O'Daffer, Springfield,
I'LL, VS.. Tiger Jack Puryis, Kokomo; mid
dleweights.
Four R0unds-Frankie Carbone. Indian
apolis. vs.. Jimmy Reynolds, TT. Harrison;
welterweights.
-Four Rounds-Billy Meyers, Indianapolis,
VS.. Pat Irish, Louisville; heavyweights.
First bout at $780,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-28

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, May 28.-More re-
Inducements were on their way to
John j. McGraw today to help get
the New York Giants out of the sec
ond division and back into the Ma
tional League pennant race.
The Giants fourth trade brought
pitcher Pete Donohue and out
fielder Ethan Allen from Cincinnati
to New York in exchange for in
fielder Put Crawford. Although the
Giants announced the deal was a
straight trade. it is said that $4,000
was given the Reds.
Injuries, illness and misfortune
have camped on the trail of the
Giants since May Is. Although the
Giants broke a f1ve-game losing
streak by beating Brooklyn Tuesday,
81, they have dropped eleven out
of their last fourteen games.
Donohue had served out his use
fitness at Cincinnati, but McGraw
NAV make a new pitcher out of him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-28

NMEL KENEALY, who will drive
1V1 one of the two Nav Specials
in the 500-mile chase, has one OF
those "believe-it-or-not" nicknames.
His monicker is "Chiraman," and
your correspondent has been in
formed from very authentic source
that the name came from the fact
that Mel got his start driving a
Chinese laundry wagon on the west
coast. It may even be that Mel
considered entering the Chinese
Grand Prix, if any.
Bill Cummings. the 23-year-old Indian
apoIis ace, who breezed around the oval
at 1906 mile-an-hour pace in qualifying
is leading the A. A. A. drivers in points
earnered thus far. Bill has accumulated
12O. Deacon Litz has 80 and Fred Winnai
has 80.
The point awards for the Amer
lean Grand Prix on the local track
have been changed, by the way. The
winner of the 500-n1ile grind will get
600 points; second, 450; third, 400;
fourth, $50; fifth, 300; sixth, $50;
seventh, 200; eight, $50; ninth, 100,
and tenth, SO.
Ra
The big Funniest daily is held in the
timers stand of the press pagoda where
the newspaper men hobnob with Ode
Porter. Chester Kicker. S.. j. Williams and
with each other. Some fine wit is pulled
off as the cars finger around until dusk
before qualifying. In fact. ode Porter
has some very choice words he can air
should he choose.
Shorty CantIOn's mother, brother and
sister will be here for the race and it is a