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Putnam patriot., 1930-05-15
Thompson Delegates

The delegates from Thompson to the 4-H round up at Hartford. were Betty Maitland. Betty Cortiss. May Withey, Raymond Bayor and Mrs. Grace Mithy All had good time and came home tired but happy.
 There will be meeting of the All Crafty Workers at the home of their leader Mrs Elizabeth Maitland. Fri day afternoon.
 Miss Esther Mayhcw was elected secretary of the 4-H Crafty Workers.
 The All Crafty Workers are busy helping their club by selling dough- nuts every Friday during this month. If you like douRhnuts help the girls.
 The Thompson Boosters. 4-H Poul- try Club. held a meeting at the home of their leader. Mrs Withey. Saturday afternoon. They talked over plans to help the club and homemade candy will soon be on sale by the boys Two of the members who are brothers were presented with five chicks each for a start
Putnam patriot., 1930-05-15
Etude in Music

Originally an etude was written for the purpose of developing technical skill. Each study was built upon a single theme and was meant Co develop some particular point. such as stac- cato, arpeggio and trill. Composers soon recognized its possibilities. add Ing to the technical difficulties themes of beauty and power. Such etudes found a place of welcome in concert repertolres.
Putnam patriot., 1930-05-15
Romance in Groceries

Have you ever considered the TO- nance of so prosalc an institutlon as yosr grocery store7 The Farm Jour nal cites a casual survey of small store In remote valley of Utah. where it was found that the stock came from 3S states and l4 foreign countries The case Is not unusuai. In this day of rapid transportation ths whole world labors SO that you may eat.
Putnam patriot., 1930-05-15
Especial Corresp pondenee) )


 The Connecticut All roundup at Hartford was great success and al- ready the delegates are talking of going again next year. There were two banquets, the first on Friday eve ming. May 2nd was sponsored by the Hartford Chamber of Commerce and the State Grange and was held at the Hotel Garde. lt was d very enjoyable affair and State Master Louis Tolles. gave a very interesting talk. There were three hundred and eighiy-eignt present from all over the state and the songs and yells prompted by the 4-H state leader, Mir. Brundage. kept everyone on their toes. On Saturday a second banquet was held in the form of birthday party for Wilson Lee, a we'll known manufacturer and a very enthusiastic worker for the All club. Mir. Lee was introduced to the dele gates as toastmaster on this occasion. Mir Lee was also made an honorary member at this time and told the boys and girls how important 1t was that We greet everyone with d eheery smile and de our daily tasks willingly. Keep Cn smiling.
 The boys had a special bus to take them sightseeing and included the airport and several other places. The girls enjoyed a fashion show put on by Mrs. NanCleef at the Bushnel Me. morial Hall.
 The ride on the bus was enjoyed too, singing the club songs and get. ting acquainted
Putnam patriot., 1930-05-15
AttaWaugan

Mrs. Rose Taireault and daughter spent Sunday in Grosvenordale.
 Delor Labrecque has returned Co his home here from the Veterans Hos pital in Newport.
 Mrs. Clifford Rowley of Pawtucket IS spending this week with her aunt. Mrs Laura Thyng.
 \ we'll baby conference will be held Monday May 18th. at the Attawaagan club hall from two to four P. Nj.
Putnam patriot., 1930-05-15

The annual report of Miss Sarah Munyan of the Thompson Library is here given.
Putnam patriot., 1930-05-15
Place for All Men

The whole course of things goes ts reach us faith. We need only obey. There is guidance for each of us, ana by lowly listening we shall hear the Tight word. Why need you choose ss painfully your place and occupation and associates and modes of actioR and entertainment? Certainly there is possihe place for you that precludes the need of balance and willfsl eec- uon.-Emers0n.
Putnam patriot., 1930-05-15
JAILED FOUR MONTHS
 FOR NON-SUPPORT

Frederick F. Greenough, extra aited from New York state for fail ure to furnish his wife and two child ren living in Pomfret with support, between August 7th and November 7th, 1929. was sentenced Co four months in jail It was stated that lt had been learned that Greenough was interested in another woman.
Putnam patriot., 1930-05-15
Girl Scnut.

The Mountain Laurel Troop of the Girl Scouts are taking examinations in the nursing course. Miss Esther Welles, Red Cross nursee of Putnam. Is In charge of the work
 May Nithey is gaining rapidly after slight operation.
 There will be a May basket party at the Grange next Tuesday eveening also a whist and social.
Putnam patriot., 1930-05-15

Gawler on phone Hello, darling. would you like to have dinner with me tonight?
 Ophelia- Why. I'd love to, dear.
 Gawler-Then tell your mother I'll be over at seven o'clock-The Path finder
Putnam patriot., 1930-05-15
West Glocester

Mrs. Annie Warner is better from her last sickness.
 Mir. and Mrs. William Shaw and family of Hope Valley spent the weekend with friends in this place.
Putnam patriot., 1930-05-15

Miss Wiley entertained at dinner
 Saturday evening.
 Miss Lewis lawn is ornamented by
 an attractive bird bath.
 Mir. Alonzo Stevens celebrated ms ninetieth birthday May 6.
 Mir Alec Vonsiatsky made a flying trip to New York last week.
 Mrs Emma Shaw Colcleugh arriv- ed in town Sunday for the summer
 MT and Mrs. Henry Bradford spent the weekend with Mir and Mrs. Dex- ter Elliott.
 Mrs vonsiatsky gave a luncheon followed by contract at the Russian Bear Tuesday.
 The baseball teams are playing many games with various teams Last uaek they beat one of the Putnam teams. 20-6. The game was played in Putnam. They are now second m the league.
 The subject of Rev. F.. s. Lyons sermon next Sunday will be Scare Crow.n Tuesday afternoon Mir. Lyon wiI sneak in Wauregan on Should the nuFfH fEfIUfANNt hh bN afARANAA He will give both sides of the ques- ton. after his address the subject will be discussed Tuesday evening there will be the second session of the school of Religious Education, at which MT. Lyon will preside,
 Mr. Arthur Mills has been very busy improving the land back of the church. He has been very successful in his efforts. A number of ever green trees have been planted, given by Mir Richard Barton and Mrs. Ev- erett Rhodes. The largest tree, which is the most eonspieious in the group, was planted in memory of Deacon Everett Rhodes, of the Thompson Baptist church.
 After reading this very encourag. ing report, it is interesting to read the following extract from the report of Miss Lewis. written in 1903. No. of books on shelves. PISA; No. of books loaned, 3,0s4; books at the opening of the library, 1,370. Addi- tions during the year. .sl4; number of persons who took out books, 2A9. All of which shows how the library has grown in size and usefulness.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-26
t1nternational New sreel)
dnternailonal NeRsreen

RUINS OF sTOREHOUSE 3yHEHE FOUR BOYS DIED lW Ch4rrod wreckagc of the Pfnasy yL5aHia Railroad gasoline S,orehouse at Edenburg, Pa, in wA.Ea lour boys were killed, when an explosion demolished tae structure. Police believe the youths were stealing gas oi.Ea, and that carelessnesS with matches caused the blast.
 (lnlernstional NewsreeD
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-01-23
IN IT. Chptnsm heLT of Henry PumnrrA Arch mau and Sheriff. N
NN ! InHT1TTAn of MontanasE Early Days are Contained in BeuwhadC omtvs wv
NJ vi Records and note Some of His Activities as an Office of The "
y La;I Was 90 Years Ago That Vghmte Action ended Wmk of Robbr Gngm Territory y

JANUARY might appropriately be
observed as Law and Order" month
y in Montana, for it marks the ami
versary OF the hanging at Bannack OF
Henry Plummer-sherid and outlaw
Who was executed the night Of Jan.
10, 1864.
Jan. II was the anniversary of the
execution Of Dutch" John Wagner and
of Joe Pizanthia, "the greaser," while
on January IA, 1864, Club Foot" George
Lane, Frank Parish, Haze Lyon, Jack
Gallagher and Boon Helm met their
doom.
Was Train RObber
Dutch John ia a train rObber and
horse thief. The V~igilantes were COM
PEELED to shoot it out with "the
GreaSer."
The Mexican, who was a robber and
murderer, took refuge in q cabin, kill
ing M nan and wOunding another,
when the Vigilantes came to ask him
for an account of himself. The Vigilan-
tes Immediately secured a howitzer,
loaded it with a shell and fired it into
the building. 1t didn't explode. They
next used solid shot, meanwhile pour
ing In q barrage of Of rifle fire. The
buildi ng was then stormed. Pizanthia
vas dragged from under the rubbish
and hanged by means OF a clothes line.
The bodies OF many of these road
agents and murderers lie today in a
plot at Virginia City.
The wiping out of the bad men who
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-01-23
TraPPer With Frozen
Feet Brought From
Cabin ON Toboggun

Carrying first aid supplies and a
toboggan, John Clack, assistant super
visor Of the Missoula forest and an
other forester went from Missoula to
the upper Rattlesnake to take c. H.
Allen. trapper, to Missoula from the
Snowbound cabin where he was lying
with both feet frozen. They made part
OF the trip on SnOwShoeS.
DR.. P. T. Mccarthy of Missoula re-
ceived a telephone call from Ed Nc
Kay, partner Of Allen, asking him to
go to the cabin if possible. When he
was making the rounds Of the traps,
Mckay said, he found his partner ex-
hausted and with his feet frozen.
He carried the man back to the
cabin and then hiked II miles to the
nearest telephone to call a doctor.
There are from four to six feet Of
SNOW in the vicinity Of the cabin, Nc
Kay said.
DR.. Mccarthy got in touch with j.
F.. Brooks, supervisor of the Missoula
forest, and Mr.. Brooks arranged with
Mr.. Clack and another forester to go
after the injured man. They started
in an automobile and when the car
could go no farther took to snowshoes
pulling the toboggan.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-01-23

road gang. and named Plurnmer as its
chief.
Six days later, a grim little band
determined to establish law and order
in the territory, led Plummer and his
two deputies, Stinson and Ray, to the
very gallOWs that Plummer had erected
to hang another man. The night was
bitterly cold. Ray went to his death
cursing his executioners, and StinSOn
followed shortly. Plummer, implacable
and cruel himself, wilted completely
when he contemplated death, begging
p%iteously for any other punishment, and
crying for mercy. But the step had
been well considered before it was
taken, and soon three forms we're
swaying from the gibbet in the biting
wind that blew up the snow-covered
gulch. A decisive step toward estab-
fishing law and order in what shortly
became Montana territory had been
taken.
The last documents found on the
records containing Plummer's name
was filed January rs, 1864. 1t was q
sale of his property, and bears the
simple but impressive title, George
Chrisman and Elijah Moore, admins
traitors of estate of Henry Plummer.
deceased"
A pile Of rocks now marks the site
OF Plummer'S grave.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-01-23
CHARLES SCHHLING, old : time
Montana cowboy and present barn
- boss and guide for the Park SaddaQ

%ARLES SCHuL1NG, old : time
Montana cowboy and present barn
boss and guide for the Park Saddaa
Horse company of Glacier park, had 8
thrilling experience and q narrow es-
cape from death in q prairie fire while
riding for the Circle cattle outfit In
northern Montana in 1889. The Incl
dent occurred when the roundup wagon
was in the neighborhOOd OF where the
city Of Chester now stands, in Liberty
county. Frank Morgan, the present
mayor Of Fort Benton, was one OF the
cowboys working for the Circle brand
outfit at the same Tina.
There we're 20 or rs cowboys with
the wagon, says MIR. Schilling, relating
the incident.
One hot day in late summer, when
the bunch grass was as dry as Lowder.
the cowboys sighted the long bank OF
black smoke, which meant a prairie
fire was less than 20 miles away.
Every cowboy in camp mounted his
horse, grabbed beef hides, gunny sacks
or blankets and started at q gallop for
the fire, while the bed wagon wa load
ed with barrels, tubs or anything that
would hold water and followed at the
best speed q four-horSe team could
make.
The fire was sweeping down from the
Sweet Grass hills to the north with
a 10-mile front, Is miles from camp.
The 20 cowboys scattered out to cover
the fire front, their blankets, beef
hides and the like soaked in water TO
drag through the grass, dampening it
enough to check the fire.
The outfit continued working into
the night, the only real hope being the
heavy dew which would accumulate by
3 or 4 o'clock in the morning.
About IL o'clock Schilling's horse
stumbled in a badger hole while cross
ing a cOulee and broke it's neck.
This left me afoot, and the smoke
from the fire made the summers night
extremely dark" said Mr.. Schillings.
II put the saddle on my back and
started for the bed wagon, which had
been Headquarters for water, but be-
fore I could get there the rest of the
outfit had decided that the fire was
safe to leave and had gon back to
camp.
II followed the rest Of the night
towards the main camp, my cowboy
WV uuUW1lS NY 1eeI uLCOHllOTudply
forward, turning my ankles and rub
bling and b~listering my insteps, heels
and tops of my toes. Full daylight
made it clear that not even one cow
boy had been left on patrol.
Saddle and boots were alike unbear-
able SO as soon as I came to q buffalo
skeleton, I piled up the bones for a
marker in the burnt over grass and
placed the boots on top of the saddle
beside it.
Il cut of the lower half Of the legs
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-01-23
REL REBELLION
BOOK SUBJECT
HISTORY OF CANADIAN UPRISING
RECEIVED BY STATE HISTOR-
ICAL SOCIETY AT HELENA
william Bleasdell Cameron, The Az
thor, Was Engaged at Hudson's Bay
Post at Frog Lake, Escaped Massacre
Because Of Friends Among Indians.

Lately, almost every day or so, Lii
brarian David Hilger of the Montana
State Historical society, has received
a new and interesting western book.
Recently one came in dealing with the
famous Riel rebellion in Canada In
1885. 1t was captioned 1.-THE War
Trail Of Big Bear" being the con-
nectiOn of the Big Bear and the Cree
Indian chiefs and their followers with
the Canadian Northwest rebellion In
1885, the Frog Lake massacre and
events leading up to 1t and following
it, and two months Of impressions
in the camp of the Indians. The
author is William Bleasdell Cameron.
Cameron was stationed at Frog Lake,
where the Hudson's Bay company had
a post. He was connected with the
store, and he was present when the
Indians murdered other whites at the
post. He was in imminent danger for
hours, but had many friends among
the Indians, and his popularity. and
other factors, saved his life.
1t will be remembered that the Riel
rebellion had been running along for
some time, a halfbreed outbreak, when
this massacre took place, and that Riel
and Is or 20 of his followers were
hanged by the Canadian government
after the revolt had been stamped out.
The tale is simply told, with no at
tempt at either literary or dramatic
effect, and constitutes a human docu-
ment Of historic value.
Another volume recently received r.
entitled Cache la Poudre," or THE,
Romance OF a Tenderfoot in the days.
Of Custer" 1t is about IA inches long
by 10 in width and is bound in yellow
buckskin, with a fringed flap on the
cover, and Illustrated from paintings
by Charles Schreyvogel, Edward w.
Deming and Henry Fengel.
There is a prolog to start the ro-
Delmonico's restaurant the night before
the panic began in 1873, at least, pur-
porting to be such an evening. Some
where in the book is q picture of Jay
Gould, the famous book peddler and
subsequent railroad mogul. There are
many fine Photographic reproductions
of Indian chiefs and other notables
of white skins.
The book is divided into two parts.
headed by the following titles: Life
on the Plains. Hate and Love. Mill
tary Department of the Dakota. Epi-
logue. Appenda. A casual glance re-
veals that it is composed Of the most
diverse and conflicting elements, on
sidered as literature, yet 1t is a valuable
addition to the library, II for no other
reason than it reveals a not uncom-
mon psychology prevalent during the
period it covers
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-01-23
Chicago Gangster
Sought at Butte;
ReW0rd Is Offered

Butte police are looking for Fred
Burke, notorious Chicago gangster,
who Is thought to be hiding in that
part of the country.
Records Of the widely-sought gang
ster, who is wanted for killing q St
Joseph, Mich, traffic policeman Dec
IA and for the st. Valentine day Chi
cago massacre a year ago, have been
received by Butte police.
A $1,000 reward for his capture is
offered for the killing Of the Michigan
policeman, who was shot down when
he attempted to halt Burke following
a minor automobile crash in that city
A coroner's jury made up Of promi-
nent Chicago business men recently
named Burke as the murdered of seven
men who were lined up in a garage
a few blocks from Chicago'S exclusive
gold coast, and moved down with a ma
chine gun last February. The murder
was one of many In Chicago's rum
war, it is said.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-01-23
Thrilling Experience Inn
Prairie Fire 40 Years Ago
Related by Old-Timer

OF my cverallS, wrapped my feet IN
them and started on the long hike
towards the place where the chuck
wagon had been the day before.
by afternoon I had left the burnt
over region and was once more IN tall,
dry, dusty grass. Somewhere to the
north OF me the fire was famed to
life and soon q rolling a Of smoke
and fire was once more coming towards
me on a high wind. I Lit my last match
without being able to start a back fire
in the face Of the oncoming sheet of
red. There was nothing to do but
to run back through the fire as it
swept past me and then stop and re-
cover my breath on the charred hot
ground and pinch out any fire that
caught in my clothing. Socks and
overall sandals were completely burned
of my sore feet and my hair and eye
brows were nearly all singed of.
81 took my shirt and underwear and
wrapped my feet once more. Partly
crawling, partly walking, I made my
way to . deep waShout, which proved
to be completely dry. Here I spent
the night. The next morning, almost
famished by 40 hours without food or
water and with my feet paining me
so I couldn't walk q step, I continued
towards camp on my hands and knees.
I had kept this up for several hours,
standing at intervals to sea- the prairie
In every direction for possible relief. At
last, while on the lookout 1 say two
horsemen. I swung my arms to catch
their attention, and, leaving their at
tempts to lasso q big gray wolf, which
they had picked up Whil> searching for
me, Frank Morgan and Frank Mcclure,
foreman, rode to where I was. Morgan
took me on his horse behind him, CIV
ing considerable assistance for / was
nearly exhausted.
With food and water and rest, I
soon recovered, and bacon grease, the
only ointment in camp, healed my sore
feet. The other boys swOre that I'd
never find the particular pile Of bones
where I'd left my saddle and boots, but
two days after I'd gotten back to camp
I led Frank Cocral directly to the spot"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-01-23

had terrorized the mining camps Of
the territory for months, bad men who
were headed by the suave gambler
dandy, murderer, sheriff, Henry Plum
mer, started with the execution o1
William Arnett, c. w. Spillman ano
B. F.. Jernigan at American Fork, now
Gold Creek, August IA, 1862, for horse
stealing. Before the legal procedure fol
the punishment Of crime had been re-
established more than 80 persons haC
been executed or banished. Of the
executions more than a third Of them
occurred in January, 1864, no less than
20 desperadoeS out of about so who
month. The remaining executions
in western Montana.
One Lynching
Butte had one lynching-Billy the
Kid, February 4, 1883. On the same
day at Weeksville a mob executed 10
AS the mining section returned to the
methods of organized society eastern
Montana, which had become q cattle
country, went into the "vigilante bust
ness" In August, 1884, cowboys round
ed up IA horse thieves. They killed
nine. Five escaped. The slaughter of
horse and cattle thieves thereafter
continued in the eastern district for
several years.
What is said to have been the first
legal executions, following the organi-
zation Of the Vigilantes, was those OF
Henry Forham, Helena, May 2, and Ash
Young at MisSoula, August %, 1883.
DI,rnrnor <ko Arok O,,<Uo-
Plummer had contrived to have him
self elected sheriff over both Bannack
and Virginia City mining districts, and
he used this role to cloak his criminal
activities as desperate and chief Of the
outlaws who were attracted to the gold
camps in this section. 1t is stated that
102 persons had been murdered by
the road agents in various places, and
1t is believed that scores of other I'M
fOrtunates were murdered and buried,
their disappearance ever to remain a
mystery"
Plummer has long been accorded the
historical distinction of being the worst
criminal the west knew in its early
days and his appalling career has af-
forded many thrilling chapters Of
frontier narratives.
But Of Sheriff Plummer, the DR..
Jekyle Of his dual role, there has been
hardly the scratch Of a pen written
that is since 1864-for writings which
tell Of the man in that capacity we're
done during his life timely the duly
elected Recorder of Bannack mining
district, G. Hurst"
In Vaults Of Beaverhead County
These writings, not so faded as one
would think after an interim of 81
years, are contained in several dog
cared and tattered volumes of nom
descript sizes that comprise the early
records Of Beaverhead county, and re-
pose In the record vault Of the county
clerks Office at Dillon. Before many
years pass, their growing value as the
earliest records OF the territory will
no doubt be recognized, and steps taken
for insuring their preservation
One book which came to do duty
in 1864 as the official record book for
Prospect gulch had seen service since
1853 as an account book at an early
day hotel. It reveals that its user,
In n particularly prosperous month,
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-01-23
Wife Gets Alimonu
and CoU Gets Hag
By Order of Court

Because his wife, Mabel Zecher, kept
2OO-pound boarders who ate them out
OF house and home" Fred w. Zecher of
Great Falls, defendant in a divorce &C
ton instituted by his wife, thought he
should not pay alimony.
District Judge w. H. Meigs instructed
zecher to pay his wife $40 per month
and to furnish hay, grain, ETC., for a
COW IN her possession, although Zecher
said the COW don't give milk
The alimony will be paid pending the
outcome OF the divorce litigation. The
wife claims he treated her with extreme
cruelty and on several occasions threat
ened her with Z revolver.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-01-23

took in the handsome sum OF $llo.39
for furnishing food and lodging TO man
and beast, as we'll as for services per
formed for neighbors. The only SET
Element or town named is Grand Gun,
March II, 1859LRec'd Of A. Granam'
5000 for two horses, saddle and bride.
George Williams"
Plummer Appears on Scene
August 10, 1863, is the earliest date
that Plummer's name appears on the
records. On that date he filed with
the recorder a sheriff's sale deed, said
sale having been authorized and or
dered by the Miners court, which, from
a standpoint Of his own operations at
the time, he held in the utmost con-
tempt. 1t was about the same time