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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-03-02
FIRST LEGAL ACT:
DONE IN MONTANA
PROCLAMATION OF GOVERNMENT
. IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
SIGNED
Copy Of Document Signed in 1853 tby.
Governor Isaac Stevens, While West.
ern Montana. Was Part Of Washirg-
ton, ism Archives Of State Historical
Library, =:

An interesting contribution to tie
historical records of Montana was niat1e
a few years ago when a p~hotastatic co&V
of the record entry Of the proclamation
by Governor Isaac L. Stevens establish,
ing civil government in Washington ter
ritory, written at old st. Mary's vii
lage, now ~Stevensville, Mont, was sent
to James U. Sanders, then s~ecretarYtof
the Montana Historical association:!by
former Congressman W. j. McCpr-
mick. &
The western part of Montana was
then a part of Washington territory
and the proclamation is said to be the
first official executive act performed
within the domain now included in
Montana. The proclamation reads as
follows:
1.-THE undersigned having duly quail
flied according to law, and having en-
tered the territory of Washington ON
the 24th instant, will proceed to organ
ize the same according to the provis-
ions Of the act approved March End,
1853-and, ex-officio, will discharge the
duties of Superintendent of Indian af-
fairs.
"Given under my hand and seal this
twenty-ninth day Of September, in the
Year of Our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-three. (Signed) Isaac
I. Stevens, governor Washington ter
ritory and superintendent Of Indian
affairs, St. Mary's village, Washington
Territory"
Efforts to obtain a copy of this his
toric document was made for a number
Of years by Mr.. Sanders in co-opera-
ton with the secretary Of state OF
Washington, in whose records the or
iginal was supposed to have been filed.
After an extensive research a curious
old volume containing in long hand
! records of official acts of more than
four score years ago was found in the
archives. The document is the more
curious because in it Governor Stevens
apparently is authorizing himself to GO
ahead and organize the territory.
Representative Mccormick also sent
to Mr.. Sanders a photostatic copy Of
the record entry of the proclamation
by Governor Stevens providing for the
election of delegates to the first coun-
Gil and house of representatives of the
new territory. After outlining the
method of electing the delegates, fix
ing the judicial districts and naming
the judges, the document provided that
the first session of the territorial legis-
lative bodies would be held at Olympia
on Monday, January %, 1853, and was
countersigned by c. H. Mason, terri
torial secretary.
This evidence of the first official
act of the famous territorial governor,
whose tempestuous career as executive
of that vast western domain and whose
gallant death while leading his depict
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-03-02
Herder and Dog Found Dead at Shelby

Herder and Dog Found Dead at Shelby
The body of Conrad Walsh Cor
Welch), 66, was found in a bed at his
home at Shelby. His dog, too, was dead,
in the same room. County Coroner
William F. Burns said he believed the
man and the dog died of suffocation-
The official said the room had been
overheated and that some gas may
have escaped from the stove. Author
tiles had not determined whether the
mans name was Walsh or WEIGH. He
had herded sheep in the Shelby
try for many years and was thought to
have lived in Montana for as years.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-03-02

Judge William Y. Pemberton, chief
justice Of the state supreme court from
1893 to 1899, and n of the Oldest jur-
lists OF Montana, was not only n of
the pioneer members Of the state bar,
but was a pioneer of Montana as well.
Having come to Virginia City in 1868,
he began his law career when Mon
tana was just in its making and Vir-
ginia City was a frontier gold mining
camp.
He came to Montana with an OK
team and a few years later after an ad-
venturous career in Virginia City he
moved to Helena. After his retirement
from the bench in the supreme court
he moved to Butte, where he practiced
law until 1908, when he returned to
Helena. Upon his return to the state
capital, he became secretary of the
state historical library. In 1920 he re-
signed this position because Of i'll
health, returning to Missouri.
Up to the time of his death Judge
Pemberton was probably the only liv-
ing member of the Montana bar whose
close connections with the early history
Of the state made him an authority on
subjects connected with the history of
legislation in territorial days.
Judge Pemberton was born at Nash
vile, Tenn, June l, 1841, the son of
William and Martha Pemberton. He
was of Scottish and English descent,
although his parents were pioneer set
tiers In old Virginia.
Although born in Tennessee, Judge
Pemberton grew up in Missouri, where
ne attended the public schools. He al
SO attended the Masonic college at Lex
tngton and later finished a law course
IN the university at Lebanon, Tenn. 1t
was two years after his graduation from
this institution that he arrived in Vir-
ginia, City.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-03-02

around a jutting projection OF the nh
and hid the cut from view. :":But we
haven't heard the explosions so I guess
we won't miss it."
I'VE don't want to be in such a rusn
that well get to the bluff just as the
shots are fired" warned Anderson.
.sWe'd better be careful when we go
around this corner. It's not far from
the bluff"
AS the two men neared the turn, they
slowed their pace. Anderson took the
lead and was first to view the scene
of the work.
"1t's all right, I believe" he said af-
ter a moments inspection. "Tneyre
still working"
He stepped around the turn. Bennett
followed him. In the cut two OF the
laborers were gathering up the TOOLS
and carrying them to a point several
hundred yards up the side of the bluff.
AS the two men approached, they were
making their last trip.
when are the shots to be fired?"
Bennett called to them.
"Just as soon as we get these shovels
where they belong" n OF the men
shouted.
well follow Them" Bennett told
his companion. "They know what's
going on and we won't be taking any
chances. I surely wouldn't want to get
tossed into the river under all that
dirt" he added as an after-thought.
When the two men reached the spot
where the tools were stacked they con-
versed a moment with the laborers who
told them Mcguire was on the edge
Of the bluff experimenting n final
preparations for the blast.
you'll find him in the timber right
above the cut" the contractor was ad-
vised.
well go over there" Bennett said,
land see how things are coming along,
You know about where Mcguire is, An
derson, so lead the way"
It was but a short walk through the
timber to the cut. The two men hur-
ried. When they were within ten yards
of their destination, two slight explo-
sions sounded.
The men started and stopped for a
moment. Then Bennett started for
ward. 1.-THE shots have all gone off" he
said, "let's go down."
mo, the big one hasn't fired yet,'
Anderson shouted, but Bennett did not
stop.
Anderson rushed after him. The con
tractor reached the edge of the cut.
II guess there's something wrong
with the big one," he said.
mo, and she's going now and so are
we" Anderson replied.
With a dull, booming sound the seven
kegs Of black powder exploded. Three
hundred cubic yards Of earth were
thrown skyward. When the slowly dis
i%ntregating fell into the river its
bulk filled the river bed and turned
the water out Of its southern course.
The workmen who had stacked the
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-03-02

follow d1CeT III "
easily, was always q
hindrance, as in all
vast engineering un-
d%ertakings, when the
Northern Pacific
pushed its way into
M O n t q n a territory
during the a
from 1880 until its
completion three
a later. Some
this grim
spectre may Swoop
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-03-02
(By FLYNN)
COMPLETION of great enginee

NOMPLETION OF great ~engI1eerndg
projects means an unknown quaint
ity of engineering calculations,
danger, has been successfully con-
quered; that the ever present, yet never
seen guardian of primitive lands, death,
has been defeated.
That menace, which may be loosed
by the slightest miscalculation on the
part of. any one of those who blazed
the way into the heart of many an
undeveloped land that those who reap
the profits from virgin territory might
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-03-02

Five Gallons Liquor Used for Party
Five gallons of liquor allegedly pur-
chased from Dominick F. Johnson, on
trial in federal court at Helena, was
only for "a party" Ida Levy of Helena,
a government witness, testified. THAT
much for a party?" inquired the pros
ecution. Eyes, it was a big party" the
witness flashed back.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-03-02

In Hungary, among the Matyo people,
a death is announced by hanging an
empty coffin on the house of the de-
ceased.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-03-02

Persia is making more hand-woven
carpets and rugs than at any time In
the last 10 years.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-03-02

Nearly $4,000, 900 banana trees were
blown down by the recent hurricane In
Jamaica.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-02
END COMES THIS AFTERNOON
AFTER THREE MONTHS FIGHT
To TRIUMPH OVER ILLNESS
Reported Slightly Improved Yesterday, Ex
ecutive Has Turn For Worse During Night
And Strength Gradually Ebbs.
LINFORTH RANCH, SAN JOSE. Cal .Ju

=, ,L5NFORTH RANCH, SAN JOSE, Cal, June 2.
(UP)-Governor James Rolph Jr, Cd, one of the
most colorful political figures in California for
quarter of a century, died here today.
The end came at 80 p. after the governor had
batled vaienty for three months against an illness
which took his strength and finally dominated his
great will to live.
On May Is, the governor became aware that his
strength was failing He announced that he would
not be candidate for denomination as Republican
candidate in the August primaries. Previously he
had gayly brushed aside physical discomforts to at
tend to state duties and social functions Those who
worked with him said he possessed the vitality of
three men," Frequently he wore out younger offc-
ials during day of activity and then dressed for
banquet, or went to dance
The announcement of retirement to private life
spoke of Rophs personal love for his native state and
then almost as if the words came with the greatest
of reluctance said that than 25 years in public
had shattered his health and reduced his great per-
sonal fortune to point where he must attempt to
cover both in the interest of members of his mmed
late family
It was generally believed that Rolph, once ship
per- merchant and ship builder rated at several mil
lions at the peak of his business life died relatively
poor man.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-02

In 1903 he established the Mission
bank and in 1907 was made presi.
dent of the Mission Savings bank
now branch of the American Trust
company.
Constantly building up a wide cir
Gle of friends, he was chosen as
chairman of the Mission Relief COM
mittee after the 1906 eHr hquake
and fire. his first imporra.,t civlt
responsibility. This was followed by
serving as president of the Mission
Promotion association. president OF
the Shipowners' association Gf the
Pacific Coast, President Of the Mer-
chants exchange of San Francisco
and director of the San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce.
Dean OF Mayors
In 1911 he was elected mayor of
San Francisco and was dean Of
American mayors, serving 10 years
consecutively when elected governor
in 1890. He held the honor Of mayor
emeritus of San Francisco
During his 10 year tenure his
home city arose from the ashes OF
the 1906 fire, building one Of the
outstanding civic centere, splen-
Gid city hall. and numerous parks
Fairgrounds and schools. During his
administration the first municipal
" owned street railway service in
the United States was built and a
municipality owned mounta;r water
system constructed.
The city obtained the Parama-
Pacific International Exposition in
1915, after which eight foreign gov
ernments decorated him with royal
and imperial honors.
After the World war he was dec
grated by several allied nations and
was the proud possessor Of II for
eign decorations.
While campaigning for governor
in 1880 he travelled 28,00c miles by
airplane, covering every county OF
the state and was elected by one
million votes.
Governor Rolph wore boots be
cause my father wore them ano
was nationally known as sunny
jim"
An enthusiast for airplane travel
he used this method ir visiting
throughout the state, frequently pi-
loted by Col. Roscoe Turner, noted
flyer.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-02
SIMPLE RITES
FOR LEW CODY

HOLLYWOOD. June 2. up
Simplicity marked the funeral rites
for Lew Cody today.
Mortuary attendants were to car
~ the flowar-covered casket into
the Church of the Good Shepherd
in Beverly Hills. There were no
regular pail bearers, in accordance
with what were said to be the vet
eran actor IS wishes Father Mich
ael j. Mullins was TO deliver a
brief sermon.
Hundreds of film folks who knew
Cody as a friend, planned to at
tend the service but final look at
him was to be denied today. No
arrangements were made for the
body to lie in state.
The body will be placed in A
vault pending the arrival of Cecile
Cote, the actor S half-sister, who
will return it to Lewiston. Me, next
week for burial. Cody, born Cote,
died of a heart attack in his sleep
Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-02
POISON CUM
OUTRAGE At
SACRAMENTO
Cyanide Placed In Samples
Left On Doorstep OF Family
Residence.

SACRAMENTO, June 2, U,P)-
A diabolical poison plot, directed
against the family of Mrs. Robert
M. Mckenzie, was revealed today by
chemical examinations show n
deadly cyanide of potassium sprin-
kled on sample sticks of chewing
gum left at the Mckenzie home.
Although similar samples of a
popular brand of gum had been
distributed throughout the neigh
borhood, only the sticks found at
the Mckenzie home contained the
poison. authorities said.
Cyanide IS own warning signal
the sharp burning sensation 1t pro-
duces when touched to the tongue
prevent elimination of the plot.
Authorities sought the woman s
estranged husband for questioning.
Mrs. Mckenzie, telegraph op-
orator at the Union station, found
four envelopes marked samples -
on the porch of her residence last
Tuesday. She saw that each en-
velope contained a stick of chew
ing gum and placed all four in her
pocketbook.
Wednesday evening she unwrap-
ped a stick and started to place 1t
in her mouth, she told police. The
acid-like taste startled her.
"There IS something wrong with
this gum,' the woman said to Joe
Vincent, operator of a news stand
at the station.
Poison Identified
Vincent cautiously touched the
top of another stick to his mouth.
He detected the cyanide Immediate
ly. He had used the poison in ro-
dent determination while working
in Grass Valley. The news stand
attendant and Mrs Mckenzie were
nauseated but an antidote quickly
relieved them.
The samples were turned over to
City Chemist DR.. Herbert F.. True,
whose analysis showed sufficient
cyanide to have wiped out an en-
tire neighborhood.'
Mrs. Mckenzie told police that
her husband, a former Siskiyou
county road and building contract
or, has made constant efforts to
estrange her from her two sons
since the couple was divorced II
years ago.
The poison was the same as that
allegedly placed in sample liquor
bottles received by eight Oakland
district members of the Native
Sons of the Golden West. Arthur
j. Cleau. an Oakland pressman, al
legedly confessed the poison liquor
plot and now is awaiting trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-02
GIRL { DEATH
STILL. MYSTERY

SACRAMENTO, June 2. UP) -
The torch death of Virginia john
son. daughter of State Treasurer
Charles G.. Johnson, remained al
most as much a mystery today,
so far as the coroner'S jury is
concerned, as it was early last
Tuesday.
The jury, after listening to teSti-
mony and viewing material eVi-
dence, decided the pretty debut
ante came to her death by Sec
ond degree burns
The three women and six men
on the jury made no attempt to
classify the death as suicide or
murder, insisting a flat decision
could not be based on the evidence
and testimony presented at the
inquest.
Lloyd Buchler, deputy district
attorney, and detective Mike Straz-
20 left for Berkeley today taking
all the material evidence in the
case to present to f. 0. Hem
rich, criminologist retained by
Johnson to conduct an independent
investigation,
johnson refused to accept the
police version of suicide, insisting
his daughter was the victim OF a
murderouS fiend.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-02
ROLPHS CAREER EXTENDED FROM
NEWSBOY TO STATES GOVERNOR

James Rolph, Jr.. twenty-
governor Of California, and Cne of
the most colorful figures in the late
history of the state, was Darn in
San Francisco, August %, 1869. His
father came from London and his
mother, Margaret Nicol, Yves ma
tive of Edinburgh, Scotland.
AS a boy he sold newspapers,
played baseball, fished down at the
San Francisco waterfront, saw ro-
nance in ships and water COM
merce and found zest IN The adj
ventures of his playmateS. After
graduating from the VALENCIA street
school, he enrolled and was gradu-
ated from Trinity college in 1888.
His first job was as a cash boy in
the drygoods store of Keanc Bro
thers, San Francisco, followed by
employment as office boy in the
brokerage house of S. B. Wakefield
md company. But it was with De
Witt Kittle and company, pioneer
shipping firm, where he agaln saw
romance in the sending of ships to
various world ports. Years later he
associated with the ROlnh Naviga-
tion and Coal company and affili-
ated with other shipping companies.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-02
BOULDER DAM
TWO THIRDS
COMPLETED

LAS VEGAS. New, June 2. U.P)
Boulder dam was tWo-thirdS
completed today when the millionth
yard of concrete was poured into
the forms.
An average of 100000 yards a
month has been poured since jan
uary 7, setting what is believed to
be a world IS record. Engineers for
the Six Companies. contractors,
said the former record for concrete
pouring operations was established
by builders of the Bagnell dam
across the Usage river in Missouri,
In this project $4,000 yards were
poured in a single month.
Engineers said the three millionth
yard is expected to be run within
the next six months, leaving 100000
yards to go before the project is
completed. The dam is now 304
feet from bedrock and $50 feet
across the Colorado river canyon.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-02

responsibility of the office would
be fatal. -
True to the traditions of good
politician, the government COM
mented that he felt sure that had
he sought the office for second
term, the people of California would
have supported him at the polls,
On May II, the governor drop
ped in' at the San Francisco
state building. He told employees
he merely wanted to ''see how
things were going"
Eight days later he suffered a
relapse at the Linforth ranch.
DR.. j. M. Scanland, one of the
corps of physicians who attended
the governor, told newspapermen
that the patient was dangerous
ly but not critically i'll.
Hoped for recuperation did not
come. The governor grew weaker
hour by hour. Several days before
the end, a spirit of despondency
seemed to grip the buoyant Rolph.
u am a very sick man, doctor, >
he admitted to Or. Scanland.
News Of the death came to the
outside world at lao p. m, when
DR.. j. M. Scanland drove from the
ranch to the nearby Agnew State
hospital
AS the end neared members of the
family gathered with three physi-
clans at the bedside. Mrs. Rolph sat
at one side. Death came peacefully
to the governor. AS he breathed his
last his hand was clasped in that
of his son, who had been with his
father constantly for days.
The governor has just died." the
physician said
DIR. Scanland said death came
peacefully.
About an hour before Governor
Rolph died, he opened his eyes and
smiled at James Rolph III The gov
ernor could not speak but feebly
tried to return the reassuring pres
sure of his sons handclasp.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-02
MRS. BARNETT
WILL RESIST
II. s. ORDER r

LOS ANGELES. June ?. UP) -
Court action was promised today
by Mrs. Anna Laura Barnett, re-
sisting orders of federal authorities
to send the body of her aged In
dian husband, Jackson Barnett, to
Muskogee. Okla. for burial.
Angered at the Intervention OF
Indian Commissioner John Collier
in Washington. the white widow
said she would exhaust her last
legal resource before surrender
ing the body of her wealthy hus-
band who died suddenly early
this week. The order came from
Collier after funeral services we're
halted by the commissioner OF a
California Indian reservation.
Local agents presumed Collier
acted because Barnett was ward
of the government. The govern
ment recently dissolved his Is year
marriage.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-02
SLIM HOPE OF =
FEDERAL HELP
FOR DAIRYMEN

California dairymen cannot de-
pend on really federal assistance in
tuberculosis eradication. This was
made plain in the report on the
recent conference with Secretary
Wallace submitted to Imperial
County Farm bureau directors at
their monthly meeting in Ell Gen.
tro today. Questioned about a $50
100000 appropriation for aiding
drought and diseased cattle, the
secretary stated that present plans
contemplate caring for cattle in the
drought areas first.
Gen. P. D. Glassford was sched-
uled to address the meeting. Last
minute developments in state and
national farm affairs were laid be-
fore the meeting in the report on
the regional conference at Escon-
dido.
Local problems connected with
dairying, taxation, farm loans, poul-
try, flax, disqualification and med
ical care were presented for con-
sideration and appropriate action.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-02

Rolph first was stricken with his
fatal illness in Marysville, on Feb
ruary %, as he started a 'good-
will" tour of the state. Politicians
said the trip was in the nature OF
"fence building and preceded an
active Rolph campaign for re-elec-
ton. At the end of day On which
he made II speeches in a rain, the
governor collapsed in his hotel
room.
Preparations were hastily made to
transport the governor by motor tc
ST. Francis hospital in San Fran
cisco. Enroute, Rolph joked with
reporters and in his customary
good humor blamed his illness on
something I ate. -
The governor stayed in the hos
pital for 80 days. His physicians
said he was suffering from "com-
plete nervous exhaustion and must
have absolute rest. He chafed at
confinement and attempted, from
his hospital bed, to keep his finger
on affairs of state.
On April 2. the governor left the
hospital and for u days basked in
the sun of the Linforth ranch
The old urge to keep moving again
asserted itself and Governor Rolph
started to appear at intervals at
the San Francisco state building.
On May 8. Governor Rolph as
signed himself to the arduous task
of signing hundreds of diplomas for
University of California students.
An attendant found him, pen in
hand, Slumped over his desk. The
''neryous exhaustion had struck
again.
Ordered To Hospital
Doctors ordered another 12-day
stay in the hospital before the gov
ernor was permitted to return to
the Linforth ranch. On the day
of his departure from San Fran
cisco. Rolph made the announce
ment which ended his political ca
reer of 20 years as mayor of the
city and four years as governor of
his native state.
u took the action on advice of
my family, my physicians and a
group of close triepds,' Polph eX-
planned. They convinced me that
the strain of campaign and the