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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-08-18

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and found a friend OF my fathers,
Charles MCCALL alone there. The Pie
gans began to help themselves to what
ever they wanted. McTau objected TO
this. He showed a six-shooter against
Antelope Shirt, the aggreSsor, and fore
ed him to put down what he had taken
and leave the cabin. The two stopped
on the crest Of hill 200 yards away
and fired several shots at the cabin.
McFall returned the fire and drove
the renegades away.
My father and were In Fort Benton
when this happened. We were notified
Of the trouble, and were anxious to get
our neighbors together and settle the
matter ourselves. But the sheriff said.
mo, we have civil law here now, and
we win capture those two Indians and
give them fair trial before Justice Of
the Peace Kanouse. John j. Healy,
the first sheriff Of Chouteau county was
In office at the time. he deputized me,
Peter Moon, and Charles McFall TO go
with the undersheriff, Thomas Healy,
to get those two bad Indians.
A small camp Of IS lodges or so was
pitched above US on the Teton river.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-08-18

Hamilton Of Fort Benton, Andy O'Con-
nell Of Helena, Paul TTavers OF New
York, and o. c. Dennis and brother
sFroggy was well-known character
Of Cll0uteau county, whose Is one OF 9
list worth the study of all Acomelatelys'
who are looking for atmosphere. This
list was compiled by DR. F. Atkisson
for P. M. Wilkersor, one Of the can
vassers for Lessons History Of Mon-
tana issued ia 1885:
Dandy Jim, Sour Mash Charlie, Fred
the Rather, Brocky Tom, Scar Face
Charlie, Old Tomato Nose, Curly Dick,
Three Fingered Jack, Froggy, Bloody
knife, Bad Land Charlie, Big Sandy,
Eat EN- Up Jake, Uncle Dudley, Fog
Horn Phil, Little Giant, Antelope Char
lie. Dog Eating Jack, Yellowstone Kelly,
Yeast Powder Bill, Spokane John, Old
Kidney Foot, Patsy Bin, Red Wagon
Jim, Sick Dick, Keep Cool Dick Jew
Jake, Soap Greek Bill. Fatty, the Gamb-
Ter, Tapeworm Charlie. Gamblers
Ghost, stink Foot Bill, Sorrel Frank,
Tapioca, Nosey Ford, Flopptng Bill,
Seven Up Pete, Old EVIL Eye, Slim Jim,
Grovon Johnnie, Cherokee Bob, Sweet
Oil Bob. Liver Eating johnson, Old
Poison, Peanut johnnie, -Four Jack Bob,
Black Mike, Holy George, Old Horse
Eye, Wild Cat Bill. Whistling Nick,
Windy Moon
Al Wilkins, who tells this story Of two
Iynchinga. came to Montana with his
father IN 1878, after 8 year In the Can
adam Northwest. They spent a year
On the hKaraas river, and then kept the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-08-18
A story BY AL WILKINS as Told t.

A Story BY AL WILKINS as Told q
GRACE STONE COATES
Author Of e'Black Cherries.n "Portulacas II
the Wheat" and Mead and Mangel WurzeL'
BY the spring Of 1881 many people
had settled on the Teton and Marias
rivers, most Of them In the stock bus
mess. Various tribes Of Indians who
held this territory for their main
hunting grounds resented this settle
ment. They claimed the land, and
maintained that the Great Spirit had
given them all the buffalo, deer, an
teIope and beaver that this region
contained. But as the country set
tied up, and white men killed off the
game, Indians were induced to so to
reservations prepared for them, and
the government issued them such an
nuities as were necessary for their
livelihood.
At and around the agencies the gov
eminent built cabins for the Indians,
but at first these cabins were seldom
occupied. Indians used the cabins for
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-08-18

1 less body in the rig. John Galbraith
q neighbor above his place, noticed the
team circling around the cabin, and
went over to investigate. He found our
old friend and neighbor had been shot
in the breast, then stabbed several
times. Eds pockets had been ransack-
ed, and it looked very much like In
dian work.
Soon number Of men had gathered
at the Caldwell cabin, and after pIac-
ing the body inside the house, the men
followed the tracks Of the blackboard.
Three miles down the river the men
picked up Blackfeather. and after ques-
tioning him decided he should be held
for further investigation. A little far
ther we found the scene Of the tragedy.
We could see where the team had been
running, where it had been stopped by
horseman. We found moccasin
tracks. Blackfeather's foot fitted the
tracks. The Indians reputation was
bad, so we considered the evidence con-
elusive.
I am not going into details Of what
we did on that spot. But am going
on, to show how such awful affairs
sometimes work out
Close to this place there lived
FTenchmans known by the name OF
"Froggy.n No one knew how he made
his living other than by hunting. That
summer Froggy got very sick and
thought he was going to die. Once
more the adage was proved, that MUIR
der win come out.
Froggy told the persons nursing him
that he had shot Caldwell, and after
wards finished him with knife He
thought Caldwell had money, and he
wanted it.
II Froggy hadn't told this, he might
have lived. AS it was, his remains soon
lag close to the spot where he commit
ted his dastardly crime
Caldwell came from q wealthy Cam
adian family. he always had money,
and was liberal among his friends. He
sleeps on the ranch which was his
cherished interest during his Life
Blackfeather gave his life for a crime
he did not commit hope his spirit
is IN the Happy Hunting Ground
editorial Note: Jacob A. Kanouse,
whom Mr. wilkins mentions, was q nat
i've Of New Jersey, born 1914. lie was q
graduate o. Yale college, studied Law,
and practiced in Patterson, N. J. He
joined the California '49ers, mining and
frelghting, and Ia 1868 reached Helena
Three pears later he was practicing law
ia Fort Benton. He held many public
offices, at one time had a heavy law
nrncticc, and acquired substantial hold
lngs Ia mines and ranches. He died Ia I
fort Benton IN 1884 survived by bis
widow and five children, two Of them
BY q previous marriage
J. J. Healy Was associated with y. j.
Kennedy. first ia the ORR Elmo mines
Ia Idaho. He discovered the Elorsnce
mine, came on with 3 party to ps0neer
zlalch. and In 1879 became sheriff at
Port Benton he was business manager
Il the Enxt Benton Record he vas
me az Ehose who stampeded for TIE
northwestern gold mines from the Old
AGENCY. Ia 1885 With him were A. p.
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stOrehouses, and set
their lodges beside
tn I'm to live In
The lodges were Of
tanned buffalo hides.
The Piegans and Gros
Ventres were friendly
to the whites, and sell
dom committed depre-
dations, although there
were occasional out
laws among them just
as there were among
white men. Early IN
the spring Of 1882, two
renegade Piegans, An
telope-Shirt and his
brother, Blackfeather,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-08-18

Since a recent drive in New York
to abolish slot machines operated with
brass tokens the size Of nickel, tele-
phone company officials report de-
crease in the number Of slugs in pay
phones.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-08-18

Cannabis indicia, an Indian hemp, Is
known In East India as bhang, in
Mexico as marijuana, and Ia Arabia and
the United States as hashish.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-08-18

A shopping circuit" around which
shoppers could ride for four hours on
one bus fare has been proposed in Fort
Worth, Texas.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-08-18

In the afternoon the team returned to
the Caldwell ranch with Caldwell's life
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Above is picture of carving of Rocky Mountain goat
about 10 inches IN height that presented to President
Rooseve By the Shelby Lions cEb e has train stopped
there recently This carving aCas done by A. Z. NOrVeU
of Great Falls 90h0 has made seVeYdL hundred of these
models only smaller for Glacier park Neat has
9C0Tk gCU appear Yellowstone, SequoiG and other
tionGI parks. Mr. NOrUeH principal of the Great
Falls schools for several gears He says that IN the future
he may denote has entire time to his hobby Of earning
Evening star., 1934-02-08
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GIRLS WEAR

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Wash Dresses Z to S150
= Girls s5c Rain Capes; 90
I-SI.95 Velvet Corduroy cA
Blouses; sizes 10 and TO-. C1C
3 Velvet Corduroy Upper
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Better Dresses

20 Women's and Misses x1O95
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35-SIO.e5 to sI9..5 Crepes and
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6lxl02.inch Cloths hs................s3 1859
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Handkerchiefs
WOnen's Stockings

I? pairs Full Fashioned Silk
Chiffon Stock 2 for cl
INKS
IL pairs Phoenix Full FASH
ion Wool Stockings; 9 and CI
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Evening star., 1934-02-08
WOMEN'S
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Winter Millinery
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UNIFORMS

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cloth Sm0ckS; IA TO 40. CL
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JUNIOR MISSES.

B. x..95 to xI3.05 O. n
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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-04-24
May Day is Our Day

The tradition Of May Day as the work
ers' own day of struggle is an American con-
tribution to the international labor movement.
Under the leadership of the American
Federation of Labor until the leaders of that
organization ceased to battle for the needs OF
its members, May Day grew from its first cele-
bration in 1856 to the present day when liter
ally millions of workers in every corner OF the
world regard it as the day which belongs to
them.
The first demand of May Day was the
eight-hour day. 1t was in the bloody struggle
for the shortening of the labor day that May
Dav as labor holiday was born Today the
slogans and demands are somewhat different,
changed and ampihed to meet different
world different conditions. But the spirit re-
mains the same, one of militant unity of the
rank and file of all labor.
Here in our own Northwest, parades,
mass meetings and demonstrations have been
called. Every worker should support these
actions.
Unite against Hunger, War and Fascism!
Against the MIRA, for the right to organ
ize and strike!
For the Workers Unemployment Insur
ance Bill E1R 1898 and Initiative No. IS.
Free the Frandsen eviction fighters, Theo-
dore Jordan, anti fighters!
Continue CWA jobs!
Defend the Soviet, Union
No discrimination against Negroes and
Filipinos!
The six-hour day at no reduction in wag
'esl
All war funds for the unemployed!
Against war preparations!
All out May First!
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-04-24
Tear Down the Bars!

The doors of the King County Jail and
Walla Walla have changed shut behind the
workers who "a year ago. fought heroically to
save the Frandsen family from eviction. The
bars that separate these workers from the rest
of us are challenge to greatly intensity every
activity in the struggle for their release.
The bankers who stole Frank Frandsen' S
money, the mortgage holder who refused an
extension, the Federal Home Loan authorities
who wouldn't act, Sheriff Bannick, Prosecutor
Lehman, Judge Douglas and Governor Martin
hope they have written the last chapter to the
Frandsen case We must remind them of Bill
Wollertz and Ray Traitor. True, Bill was muir
dered by the callous care accorded him at
Monroe, but both Bill Wollertz and Ray Traf-
ton were set free Though they had much long,
err terms to serve than the Frandsen eviction
fghters) before they had been in many weeks.
How? By dozens of committees bounding
Governor Martin by resolutions to judge, pro-
secutor, governor and parole board, by taking
the case up at mass meetings, by Individual
workers writing letters
In the same way we can and must free
the Frandsen Eviction Fighters.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-04-24
Around the World
AYUgy9gU
in Three Minutes
WITH BILL
WITH BILL

Government employees
throughout France and its colonies
have gone on one hour protest
strikes against any more pay cuts.
They threatened to join the Com
munists in a May Day strike II they
don't. get their demands.
New York City-The first Soviet
freight ship to reach America sail
ed into New York harbor last week.
The American naval authorities
were greatly surprised to find the
Soviet sailors in such good quar-
tiers. They admitted the mems quar-
tiers were luxurious compared with
those on American merchant ships.
Seattle, April 16-Eighteen eleva-
tor operators and janitors laid on.
The excuse given was so that there
could be shifts of six hours a day
for five day week. No more rota-
ton of work.
Alabama-Coalo operators threaten
to start a civil war rather than &C
cept the 7 hour day proposed by
the MIRA and higher wages.
Cuba-Cuba outlawed her $50
million debt to England and the U.
$. 1t will be moratorium for at
least two years. We thought Cuba
was going to have a New Deal I'M
der the guidance of Uncle Sam?
Still, many government employees
are paid as little as SIS a month.
Detroit-lS,OOO tool and die work.
ers threaten to go out on strike
and stay until a pay increase is
granted. The wave of strikes con-
tinues to spread over the country
This writer learns from an eye
witness in Tokyo, Japan that the
streets of Tokyo are filled with
marching, training soldiers almost
every day. The streets are filled
with the tread of marching men and
the rattle Of hundreds of army
tanks.
Washington, ID. C.-Congress has
voted to increase funds for military
training i'm the colleges, and it has
even voted funds for such work In
the high schools and junior high
schools. Education is still being cut
but war preparations-nev
The government officials should
be a little more careful with their
figures. The New York Federal Re-
serve Bank has just been caught
red handed. 1t announced an in
crease of SO per cent in department
store salaries for February. Then
along comes the International sta
tistical Bureau and shows that thess
figures were greatly padded. How
about it, Uncle Sam?
Even the Union of South Africa
now has the strong beginnings of q
native fascist movement. One party
holds control of the cabinet and is
already looking with favor upon the
/ persecution of laborers, Jews, and
natives, which has been on the in
crease lately.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-04-24
COMING J! Sensational Elk.
pose of Fascism in Seattle

every right of the workers to or
ganize and pushes him back to the
level of slavery by making him be-
lieve that his interests and his en-
ployers' are the same. In place of
the class struggle 1t sets one race
against another to protect the capt.
talist system. 1t brings in the Hit
Ter murder gangs, terrorization of
all class conscious workers and leads
inevitably to war.
As the efforts of the Washington
administration fail to bolster up
the capitalist system and discon-
tent grows. the danger of fascism
multiplies. There are more than 100
separate fascist organizations
many of which are operating in
Seattle.
Workers, we must prevent the
fascists taking power and drive
them out OF existence. There is no
greater danger today. We must
know who We are fighting and how
they are working. Read these artlc-
les on fascism in the Voice Of Action
exposing II in Seattle.
See next weeks Voice Of Action
for the first Of the articles.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-04-24
Graft in CWA

Seattle-widespre graft in the
CWA administration is seen in the
report made by Helvie, a member
of the Capitol Hill local of the I'm
employed Citizens League.
After working about l6 weeks
and receiving a total of little over
5000 Helvie was told that he would
have to remain off relief until Sep
TENDER. Alarmed at the length of
time his money had to last he in
vestigated and found that he was
charged with having received al
most twice as much as he actually
did.
The Capitol Hill local is working
with Helvie in an attempt to find
out where the money has gone. As
the paper goes to press it is report
ed that an order has been obtained
to allow an investigating committee
to examine the books.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-04-24
WANTS PENSION FOR AGED
Seattle

Dear Editor:
The County Commissioners say
there is no money to pay the old
age pensions. If the present day
commissioners cannot find funds
there are other commissioners who
can. Just so long as there is a graft
of $50 per day attached to such
setups as the county kitchen and
in all probabilities to the whole
county welfare set up as was partly
proven by the wood scandal, the
commissioners will not eliminate
their graft to pay an old ale pen
sion. -
II the USSR with a population OF
100 million can pay S,6OO,OOO.OOO
social and employment insurance
surely the U. S. A. can pay an old
age pension and also social and
unemployment insurance.
A Worker.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-04-24
Did You Know
That .

The Silver Shirts now claim to
be organized in q of the As states
of the U. S.
Tho U.S.S.R. expects to have 100
per cent collectivized farming by the
end of 1884.
Soviet peace treaties with Es-
thonia, LatYia, and Lithuania-the
Baltic countries-have been renew
ed until 1915.
The New York State Legislature
is thinking of passing a fake I'M
employment insurance law in order
to prevent the passing of a real
unemployment insurance law. The
one now being considered would cut
workers off after sixteen weeks of
unemployment and pays as low as
IS a week during that time.
Turkey is greatly increasing her
army and navy.
General Motors is increasing auto
prices as much as $500 but 10 per
cent increase in wages is all the
workers can expect from them very
soon.
The heads of the National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce are
also the leading men of the Auto
Industry Code. Still some workers
fail to see why planning under cap
| italism can't work.
The debate team of the University
of California at Los Angeles was
| q 1Al 70 hn .
rs America ready for Commun-
ism?" But the authorities revoked
their permission to debate 1t, say
] ing it wasn't a fit subject to be
heard on the campus.
In large sections of London as
many as As per cent of the people
are living below the level of phys
ical health and decency.
| Mexico is introducing minimum
wages of so cents to $3.50 a day.
The Mexican National Labor
Chamber urges the Mexican Presi-
dent to apply the same discrimina-
ton against American workers thai
the U. S. does against Mexicans.
Hitler has banned all films thai
show Jewish actors. Needless to say
proletarian actors, too.
Japan has been building five new
railroads through Manchukuo to the
Soviet borders. Two are already fin
ished, in case war breaks out.
The Communist Party of France
4 has decided on a general strike fol
May Day, II more paycuts and dis
missals come. The government EN-
ployees have threatened to join will
them.
The English workers in the recen
hunger march on Londan chanted
nineteen fourteen, blood and
slaughter,
/ Nineteen thirty-four, bread and
water"
Al a meeting Of 1900 of thos'
workers, at one time 10000 troupi
were ON guard, armed to the teeth
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-04-24
unity of all workers in the struggle for the most
immediate needs of the day.

unity of all workers in the struggle for the most
immediate needs Of the day.
The proposals of the Communist Party
to the Socialist Party for unity on certain inn
portant issues that affect every man, woman
and child in the Northwest have therefore our
full support. Refusal to accept such proposals
for united front have in the past resulted in
working class defeat on a hundred fronts Ac-
ceptance of such proposals for unity Gas wit
ness the joining of the Young Communist
League, the Young Peoples Socialist League
with other youth groups in the struggle against
wary has resulted in tremendous steps forward
in the working class movement.
We feel sure every reader of the V dice
of Action joins with the editorial board in
urging the members in the Socialist Party to
join with the Communist Party on minimum
program Of struggle.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-04-24
Correspondence,
MIRA CODE CALLED A VICIOUS
ATTACK AGAINST FISHERMEN

Voice of Action
Dear Editor:
am writing to you to help ex-
pose the NRA Credit Code and how
IL effects the fishermen. l have q
halibut and trolling boat called the
ing for myself. We fishermen gen.
orally buy our supplies on credit
from the companies and many times
are not able to pay back until a
heavy run OF fish arrives. Now the
provision of the NRA Code is that
credit must be paid after every
catch that the fisherman brings in
before further credit is extended. l
have been dealing for years with a
local Oil company and owed them
a balance of SIC. My last catch was
not big enough to pay this balance.
and therefore was denied any
further credit from this oil COM
pany. and now the NRA prevents
me from going out fishing. While
tho corporations are given all the
opportunities to rob the fishermen
and the workers with the MIRA
codes, 1 believe that the only way
the fishermen can better their con-
ditions is by organizing a militant
united front to fight for our every
day demands.
John Lindegard
Boat Nomad, seattle.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-04-24
CALIFORNIA FISHERMEN
Fort Bragg

DAo6b
Dear Editor:
Greetings from California fish
ermen. News to date: Monterey on
strike. Noyo (Fort Bragg) holding
out pending settlement by Seattle
headquarters. Both ports represent
ed by FCWIU.
Eureka poorly organized-a few
boats signed with FCwIU, a few
more with Suoja's union from AS
toria. Majority of the boats unor-
ganized and some of them fishing,
giving Eureka the honor of being
the only port on the Pacific Coast
so far as known, which does not
stand solidly with headquarters in
Seattle who are trying to get a
price. Can't something be done by
all interested parties. workmen ETC.,
to bring what pressure they can to
bear on Eureka so that they will
help us in the fight, which is as
much their fight as 1t is our own.
Chairman, Noyo Local 10,
FCWIU