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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-07-27
By F. E.,

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I have just sent out the last check
that has paid the final distribution Of
the full par value of the capital stock
and have accomplished the dissolu-
ton of a corporation that has writ
ten "finis" to one of the greatest COW
outfits of the west, the Miner Cattle
company, and I have been asked to
write of this outfit and of its founder,
Milton E. Miner. I am glad to do
this, because I have read some articles
that were not very complimentary to
the latter.
MI. Miner was one Of the pioneer
cattlemen of Montana. In the earliest
annals Of the business he formed a CO.
partnership with John M. Boardman,
and the firm of Miner g. Boardman
ran cattle for a time on the Shonkin
range. After this partnership was dis
solved, MIR. Miner entered the business
on a much larger scale and formed his
corporation. He was the only stock
holder of it in the west. All others
were eastern people, and the company
operated in northern and eastern Mon
tana, with ranches of many thousands
of acres at Shonkin, Square Butte and
other places, now owned by William
P. Sullivan, who was formerly one of
Mr.. Miners foremen. The roundup
and shipping points were principally
in Chouteau and Valley counties.
With cattle on a thousand hills and
prairies, with scores of range riders
to care for them, this corporation ran
its life out and expired by lapse Of
time just as death ended the career
of its organizer 81 years ago. The open
range was then closing, and his work
executors of the Miner will, I took
charge ana renewed the corporation
mainly for the purpose of liquidation
and closing out business affairs where
MI. Miner left them. Since its re-
newal I have been secretary of the
liquidating corporation, and during
that time, besides sending out checks
for annual dividends, the original in
vestment OF each stakeholder has been
paid in full twice over, but that was
not a marker to what they received In
dividends when the company was q
going concern.
The business under the Miner man.
agement was a prosperous one, chiefly,
I think, because his first great care
Tor those who actually did the
work, for in their hands and subject
to their loyal and efficient service, all
profit producing assets of the COM
pany reposed. His secondary anxiety
was Tor those whose money was invest
ed, and they revered him for his high
character, his strict integrity and his
csTe2M business methods to such an
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horses to quicken their pace, the coach
rocked backward, but in all its motion,
there was no jar, no rattle, no squeak.
It swayed from side to side, it rocked
forward and back and these larger mo-
lions were accompanied by the trembl-
ing which vas due to the elasticity OF
honest leather. A stage coach thread
ing its way down a mountain valley,
over a rocky road, had a motion some
what suggestive of a dignified drunk
ard. 1t swayed, it nodded, it hesitated,
and then it lurched forward.
The omnibus and the express wagon
might serve in the cities or in areas
of good roads, but they could not COM
pete with the primitive thoroughbrace
coach in frontier transportation. Its
usefulness came to an abrupt end, with
the advent of air cushioned automo-
bileS and improved highways. Let us
spare ourselves the sad spectacle Of
the last days of this superb wagon, as
its stands forlorn, ragged and mutilat-
ed in the boneyard of a foothill village,
slowly turning to rust and dust.
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are fastened to rear axles and front
bolster and are spaced about nine inces
apart. They extend beyond axle and
bolster about foot and are con-
nected at each end by a transverse
beam. Above the rear axle and front
bolster there are transverse riders,
which like the end beams, extend four
or five inches outside the "perches."
They seem to be superfluous, but are
really vital to the functioning of the
thoroughbrace. The are as the towers
Of a Suspension bridge, while the end
beams act as the anchors. The
thoroughbraces are heavy bands of six
ply leather, nearly 20 feet in length
and three inches wide. These bands
are Topped around the extensions of
the beams, thence they pass over the
riders to the other end beam. Between
the two riders we have about seven
feet Of doubled leather band, twelve
thicknesses of honest COW hide. They
hang somewhat below the "perches"
and outside Of them. Except for the
brake staff which stands erect six feet
in length near the right front wheel,
the gear resembles the foundation of q
queer hayrack.
The coach body which will ride this
thoroughbrace is ON the floor, or rather,
above it. 1t seems to be upon a pair
Of odd sled runner or rockers, for its
stills are nearly one and a half feet
above the floor loft. These peculiar
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-07-27
Judge Stranahan Tells About
Ownership and Operation of
Old Miner Livestock Company

extent that they named their children
and their grandchildren for him.
The Miner brand of humanism stood
out in bold relief where the workers
in the business were concerned. I have
never heard of his like outside of fic-
ton. To the men who handled the cat
tie he was like a loving father and no
service on his part vas too great for
their comfort and advancement. If a
young c%owpuncher in his employ show
ed himself worthy and inclined toward
a better education, Miner would take
him out of the saddle and put him
through school or college and pay all
his expenses. Such a case came under
my observation while carrying on the
Miner estate and I enjoyed the privil-
eye of watching over the young student
in an Iowa college and of handing him
S $1,000 cash upon his graduation, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of MI.
Miners will.
At the old Fort Benton ford of the
Missouri river, where the Crow and
Blackfeet war parties crossed to rob
and fight each other for possibly a
thousand years, the Miner outfit was
crossing a beef herd for shipment many
years ago. Charlie Mudgett was fore
man of the drive. Charlie was one of
those splendid cowboy characters now
being sung and told of in song and
story. Some of the beef animals were
inclined to stall and turn back and re-
fuse to take the water. To prevent that
m1shap, Charlie rode into swifter water
than he expected. His horses feet
were swept from under him and Char
lie drowned. The grief of the employer
at the loss of such a young man SEEM
ed boundless. A silver coin found in
the pocket of the dead man was made
into a watch charm and worn by Mr..
Miner. He supported and cared for
Charles mother throughout his life
as though she were his own and made
provision for her in his will, when he
could no longer care for her in person.
But the most unusual gesture of affec-
ton and regret was Mr.. Miners di-
rection that, upon his own death, his
body be cremated and its ashes strewn
upon the waters of the ford where
Charlie Mudgett lost his life. That was
done.
The ever popular romance of the
wild west, now carried on almost ex-
clusively by drug store cowboys, prob
ably found its origin in the mind Of MI.
Miner. One of the chief stockholders
Of Miner Cattle company was Nate
Salisbury, a famous New York actor and
theatrical man. On occasion MI.
Miner suggested to Salisbury that he
organize a show company to portray
that wilderness Of the western region.
Salsbury was in doubt about it. It was
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to the stills, but it curves upward and
outward and serves as footrest for driv-
er and passenger. It too has cowhide
covering, but it's top or apron is fasten-
ed to the top of the boot and is pull
ed up, forming a very satisfactory rain
and weather-proof apron.
Now take a look at a completed We
hicle, ready to out the large door
and down the ramp for delivery. It
is a striking picture. The builders have
concentrated upon efficiency without
thought of the beauty which crowns
their effort. The brilliant yellow of the
gear and the rich wine color of the
body are the conventional colors for
commercial vehicles. The snowy white
ness of the canva curtains and the
inky ~blackness of the aprons and cloaks
of the boots are incidental to the hon.
est and ~serviceable materials and are
not a part of a snowy design.
The Concord coach did not gain pop
ularity by its looks alone. It carried
its cargo of express and passengers
over rough, rocky roads, through mire
and mud, or yer wastes or desert
sand, with a minimum of breakage and
repair. For its strength it was light
and easy running. The aXleS were
set" so that the wheels had the proper
gather" and turned freely upon their
well designed spindles, without crowd
ing ether nut or shoulder. Of its
riding qualities, the tons of freight
have nothing to say. Its human cargo
has spoken unanimously. sometimes
with profanity. The story of the wild
ride which Hank Monk gave to Horace
Greeley is so nearly classic, that for a
time, Keep your seat, Horace" SEEM
ed likely to become a national byword.
The behavior of the coach, Graded
on the thoroughbraces, was as varied
as the character of the roadway. On
smooth ground, little motion was felt
except a trembling, which I have often
heard called, juggling" Any obstacle
to the forward progress caused the
coach body to rock forward with per-
haps a lurch to starboard or port. If
the driver popped his whip, causing the
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rockers or runners are nearly straight
in the middle, but are rounded up
smartly at each end to the stills of the
coach body. They appear to be very
light, but are strongly braced.
Let us look at a coach which is ready
for delivery. We see the coach body in
place. Its funny looking rockers ride
the thoroughbraces for more than five
feet of their length. The weight of the
body is carried below the "perches,"
while the body itself is ten inches above
them. There is nothing distinctive
about the coach body, except perhaps
the boots, front and rear. We have a
paneled half body, painted wine color,
without decoration. The upper part is
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canvas covered. 1t has a slat covered
top with a low metal rail around it, so
that baggage or yer passengers may
be carried there. The drivers seat is
about on the level of the heads of the
passengers who are seated inside, or
stated in another way, the drivers seat
in one foot below the top Of the coach.
At the rear, we have the hind boot.
This is a hinged platform, as wide as
the coach body and extending rearward
about three and a half feet; the outer
orner are held by chains, extending
to the upper part of the coach body.
Top and sides are covered with honest,
black, cowhide leather. The front boot,
like its backward brother, is hinged
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-07-27

So as to put the safety and quick
action Of Genuine Baycr Aspirin
within the reach Of everyone, the
price you pay has now been reduced.
Reduced so low that nobody need
ever again accept some other prep
aration in place of the real BAYER
ASPIRIN that you've asked for.
15c now for tins of IL tablets.
Csc now for bottles of "a tablets.
And the big. family size, 100
tablet bottles have also been re-
duced in price. These new low
prices are now in effect throughout
the United States.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-07-27

The British government is sponsor
ing a huge slum clearance program
which calls for the demolition of 267,-
900 houses and the erection of 285 900
new homes.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-07-27

Grapefruit of such high quality Is
being grown in British Honduras, that
the area devoted to the fruit has in
creased in six years from Is acres to
many vast estates,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-07-27
So-Always say "Bayer"
When You Buy

And remember, when you ask for
Bayer Aspirin at these new low
prices it's unnecessary now to accept
any other preparation in its place.
So-never ask for it by the name
aspirin" alone when you buy, but
always say B-A-Y-E-R Aspirin and
e that you get it.
Remember, too, that doctors ad-
wise it, for it DOES NOT A r
THE HEART. And that scientists
rate it among the fastest known safe
reliefs for pain.
The Nome nugget., 1934-01-06
HOLT AND GRAVES
 RAZZ EACH OTHER
 IN FRENCH LEGION

Jack Holt and Ralph Graves hav- ing "razzed," kidded and fought each other under the sea and in the ar via submarine & Flight" now transfer their activities to a new locale in Columbia's sensa- tional dramatic offering "Hell's Island" showing at the Dream Theatre on Friday next
 The Sahara Desert, the oasis of Bell-Albbas, Tunis. Morocco, AL giers and the grim colony of French Guina provide the back grounds for drama that offers an amount of thrills equal to the past Columbia hits featuring this most popular team of players. The thrills however, are of an entirely differe ent nature.
 Messrs. Holt and Graves portray two, adventurous Americans serv- ing inthe famous French Foreign Legion. Dorothy Sebastian is seen as the vivacious miss, who forms the apex of the triangle which transforms a carefree friendship in to a bitter enmity. The transi- tion of the plot graduates from light comedy to grim drama build ing up to a climax of powerful in- tensity.
 Spectaclar scenes of the cam paign of the Foreign Legion of France against the warlike Riff
 ribes provide action of the most thrilling kind.
The Nome nugget., 1934-01-06
THRILL AND CHMLS IN
 PENTHOUSE MYSTERY

A policeman listening in on busy wire at the ground floor switch board of an apartment house, rush. es up to the penthouse. from the terrace of which a girl has just leaped to her death, and finds dy- ing the man he just heard laughing ov CT the phone. He has. been shot but there s no one to be found in the apartment except the victims pet ape.
 This is the thrilling start of "The Secret Witness" based on the mo- vel. Murder in the Gilded Cage" and showing at the Dream Theatre Sunday. Una Merkel, William Col Her, IT,, and zazu Pitts head the cast.
 The murdered man, Herbert Fol- som, it develops at the investiga- tion, which :s conducted immediat- ely. had many enemies who had reasons for wishing him dead.
 There was his wife, for instance who wanted her freedom so she could marry another. He found separation without divorce highly convenient to a man of his philan- dering habits, and refused. There was the brother of the girl who killed herself because Folsom could not marry her If he would. There was the thug he hired as Q body-guard and valet and fram- ed for theft. And there was . i?
The Nome nugget., 1934-01-06
MORE MONEY FOR
 NEW ALASKA HOSPITALS
(By The Associated Press,

(By The Associated Press1 WASHINGTON, Jan. - A hos pital building program calling for the expenditures of $467,770.00 for six new hospital Buildings in Alaska were submitted to the Pub ,ic Works Administration by Delegate Dimoad, in behalf Q: the Bureau of Indian Affairs
 The location and costs of the hospitals will be as follows: Ket- chikan, $11l.200; Seward, $104, 800; Bethel, $114,620; Kanakanak 57.750.0O; Kotzebue, $58.600.00 White Mountain, $2,S0o.o0
The Nome nugget., 1934-01-06
DIMOND ENDORSED
 FOR REELECTION BY
 REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER
,By The Associatel F,ess)

fCORDOvA, Jan. 6 In lead- ing editorial Friday, the Cordova Times, a Republican newspaper, edited by Harry G. Steel, strongly endorsed Anthony J. Dimond, dem ocrat, for reelection as delegate to Congress from Alaska. The article also advoca ed that the re- publican party in Alaska either en- dorse Dimond or refuse to nom- mate a candidate against him.
The Nome nugget., 1934-01-06
COST OF ALASKA CABLE ESTIMATED
(By The Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON. Jan. 5 The budget estimates of the cost of maintenance of the Alaska Cable to be $155,00o for the 1895 fiscal year. a
 Gold prices were unchanged to- day and remained &34.06.
 The national banks were called upon to make a statement as of the end of business of Saturday. Dec. 30, 1883.
The Nome nugget., 1934-01-06

SEATTLE, Jan. University of Washing on defeated Idaho by a score of 35 to 29 in the first conference game of the season. The teams meet again tomorrow (Saturday) n'ght.
The Nome nugget., 1934-01-06

In order that subscribers win nOs .e delayed in receiving the Satur
 day Nugget, several hours lste. 1t will ,be necessary that all changes of regular advertisements be in this olElce not later thanB P. M., Thursdays, to insure publica- ton in tho Saturday Issue. Other wiso the change cannot be made until the next issue.--.. ........ ...-.--
The Nome nugget., 1934-01-06
AIRPLANE ACTIVITIES

December 30, Pilot Brown of the NAT, returned to Nome from Fairbanks with Mrs. Mcdonald as Q passenger and mail and express. .going via Unalakleet, and taking L. E. Robinson from there to St. Michael and stopping at Golovin to bring a nurse to Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1934-01-06

January 2. Brown of the NAT. left at g am. with Mrs. Ross Kinney, c. R. Jackson, Jack seid- enverg and W. E. H. Cremer. all enronte for the outside These
The Nome nugget., 1934-01-06
DMoND INTRODUCES
 LIQUOR MEASURE
(By The Assoeiated Pressl )

(By The Associated PreSs)
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 - Dele gate Dimond introduced in Con- gress measure to repeal prohib- ition in Alaska and to give the Governor power to grant pardons Of persons convicted of violations of liquor acts. The measure will also give the territory the power to control the liquor traffic within the boundaries, independent of Congress. It also calls for the rat ification of the Territorial act creating a board of liquor control to govern manufacture and sale. SOURDOUGH.. STATIONERY FOR SALE AT THE NUGGET OFFICE
The Nome nugget., 1934-01-06
RESULTS OF GAMES
By The Associated Press)

CORVALLIS, Jan. 5 - Oregon State defeated Washington State by score of 28 to 16 in the open ing conference game of the season. The teams play again Saturday night.
The Nome nugget., 1934-01-06
NOTICB

Large si1s envelopes, big s@ ough to mall the Nome WeektN Nugget and send via .flrst clas, Gplane mail, can now be had N the Nugget once.
The Nome nugget., 1934-01-06

passengers were landed at Ruby
 and taken from here to Fairbanks the following day by Pilot Ross. Pilot Brown returning to Noms
 about p.m., Jan. with mail and express.
The Nome nugget., 1934-01-06

December s1. Pilot Ben Easley made a round trip to Solomon with Bernard Kelly nd Mrs. Emma Davis as passengers.
 Jan. 8, Pilot Easley took off for Candle with Mrs. John Herbert and daughter as passengers, tho plane left Candle. Jan. for Kot- zebuc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-11
Your Health
by DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN :

CUTTING quietly and in your chair doing nothing,
- Won use I'D about 100 calories an hour. This is
about the amount OF energy that you geC rum anI
ounce of sugar or Starch OF less tilall nan Oh O
of fat - - - NOVA
The moment you begin work, you use up more
energy but comparatively not so mucn more, 81
that it does not require great deal OF Iooo u cause
an excess in body weight
We GET our calories from food. A cup of clear,
hot coffee will supply through its high temperature
about 10 Galleries to tire body. The addition OF TWO
tablesnoons of thick cream and one lump of sugar
will raise the value of that cup of coffee to about
$50 Galleries. ,
For this reason iced coffee. which is frequently
drunk in larger quantities and with more cream and
sugar is likely to be more heating and fattening
than plain, hot coffee.
MOST everybody now knows that greens consti-
wi tute a good reduction food chiefly because they
provide bulk and food value without many calories
A large serving of lettuce with little vinegar and
with grated cheese to the amount of about one
inch cube will not exceed 100 calores. The moment
oil Is put on this lettuce the caory value OF the salad
leaps tremendously
The way to reducc is TO find out through study
how many cslories yoU spend day and then eat 800
calories day less than you spend This VIII reouce
your weight about ono pound week.
IF YOU eat 500 calores lay more than you spend
i your weight will gain pound a week If you
find that your weight is not being reduced follow
ing the reduction of calories, you might take OF
lew more CAlOrleS, OUT the ennIallOn OF the 1OOuS
should be from the sugars and luxury foods and not
from milk fruit and fresh vegetables which are i'm
portant for mineral and vitamin values.
AS we get older body weight tends to decrease.
At the same time actions that go in our bodies
become slower and the amount of energy used up
becomes less. For this reason older persons require
much less food than do the young.
Eighteen hundred calories day should cover the
energy requirements of most of 20. anS 1900 a
day the energy requirements of men of So This Is
about the same energy requirement that is needed by
a child around years of age.
Children need more calories in proportion to
their body weight because they require food not only
for the energy needs of the body but also for growth
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-11
FOIIOW the Magician

THE kindly magician often invites commit
tee from the audience to come upon the stage
and see for themselves that there is no trickery
This might be excellent rule for radio stations
and motion picture magnates, and publishers OF
books and articles and papers.
There is already quite a little legislation which
requires public announcement of ownership. But the
law does not go far enough. Those who are about
to be propagandized educated have a right to
know who Owns the owner In watching a game OF
chess the spectator knows that the castle, knight or
bishop who makes a sudden sortie across the board
did not swing into action on his own volitlon. Our
interest lies in the hand which holds and moves
the piece.
SO it should be in the field Of propaganda and
education And I would begin at the earliest stages
The teaching in the primary schools should be I'M
der constant and close scrutiny. am not thinking
in the silly terms of those who would GUST Miss q
from teaching the alphabet because it is rumored
that she is a Red.
NV notion is that what want to know lies In
the field Of Just what form the required curriculum
takes and why this book is chosen instead OF some
other If there is to be a useful examination OF
propaganda we will have to grow out OF the prev
alent belief that the firing of a professor or a
teacher is merely a matter between some principal
or president and the individual involved The gen.
eral public has a stake in all these things.
Not one of us actually makes up his own nina.
C)ur minds are made up for us by teachers editors,
authors broadcasters Under these circumstances 1t
seems to me no more than reasonable that we, the
neople ought to say Come on in boys. Sit down
and chat a little while and tell us all about your
selves. We want to know you better
Copyright. 1891