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life well cast in the irrevocable mold
OF increasing years, retired again to his
own obscure affairs, and when he dieG
at his lonely trading post on the upper
Yellowstone, was just another man
gone to his reward after a life well
lived.
From Mrs. Charles Muffly of Win
ston, widow Of the late State Senator
Charles Muffly, a grandson of DR.. By
am; from Henry G. Byam of Billings
son of the doctor; and from a grand
son, Grant Condit of Urbana, Ill.,, in
the last year or more information has
been CLEANED from which is pieced to-
gether sketchy history of the man
who, as Ives stood with the moose about
his neck and his outlaw friends mil,ed
threateningly about the gallows, spoke
for the first time in Montana's battle
for law and order the command: Men,
do your duty!"
DR.. Byam was born some time in the
period 18l2-18l4. His son, Henry Byam,
said he was in his SEVENTEEN year when
he died March Is, 1882. A brief bio
graphical sketch under photo in The
State Publishing company's reprint Of
Dimsdale's Vigilantes (the only pub
nshed sketch known of DR.. Byam) gives
DR.. Byam's birthplace as probably in
Virginia. Henry Byams statement is
that his father was born in Vermont.
David .FIilger, state historical librarian,
states that while Byan is rare name
1t was known in Massachusetts in the
early days. This would tend to confirm
New England as his birthplace.
The son said DR.. Byam was educated
In New York. The sketch in the Dims.
dale reprint states he attended William
and Mary college in Virginia, but did
not graduate, and that he did graduate
from some medical school. This would
lead to the belief DR.. Byam studied
medicine In New York. At his death
the Avant Courier at Bozeman said
Of him:
The doctor was q well-informed man
bad studied medicine In his younge:
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repaid due to the vicissitudes of those
early ranch experiences.
DR.. Byam and his family moved to
Emigrant gulch on the Yellowstone, in
1874. He engaged in mining in the
gulch until about 1880, when he moved
across to the west side of the river and
established a store, postoffice, and a
ferry across the river The place was
known as Riverside, and was on the
road from Bozeman to Emigrant gulch,
about eight miles from the mining
camp of Chico.
While at Riverside, DR.. Byam's sons,
Henry c., Oliver O., and Charles Byam,
! became interested in coal mines on
Trail creek. Oliver was killed in a mine
accident, and was buried at Emigrant.
Charles went to the Klondike and was
never heard from again. Henry Byam,
during the nineties, went into the low
er Yellowstone country as prospector
AID later as rancher. When inter-
viewed year ago he resided at 306
South 34th street, Billings.
A son-in-law, Mr.. Muffly, father of
the late Charles Muffly, also was as
ISOLATED with the Byam enterprises at
Riverside, and he and his wife died
IN Montana some time around 1900.
Mrs. Byam, after the death of her hus-
band, resided with the Mufflys until
their passing, and in 1902 she went to
Quincy, ILL.,, to make her home with
relatives, passing away there Feb. ~,
1905, aged IS years.
While running his store at Riverside.
DR.. Byam was stricken with PARALYSIS,
How long he was ill is not known, but
he died March Is, 1882, in his SEVENTEEN
year. His was the second grave to be
made in the Emigrant cemetery. (Emi-
grant was then called Fridley).
Mrs. Fred Bother, still residing at
Emigrant, helped to line the rough
coffin, put together by the men of the
community. DR.. Byam was buried with
the simple honors group of pioneers
in primitive community we're able to
confer upon a respected citizen, who
had contributed to the building of
new land.
Even at his death, less than 20 years
after the Ives trial, Dr. Byam,s cour-
ageous service to Montana in her hour
of need had been forgotten. Apparently
his own family failed to recall it. The
newspapers failed to chronicle the story
of those fateful three days when Dr..
Byam and his court courageously faced
danger to themselves that Montana
might win battle with banditry and
establish a community of social order,
safety and justice to all men.
The Man of the Hour in Montanas
hour Of need, DR.. Byam became Mon
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Montana's Forgotten Man lies in a
humble grave in the cemetery at En-
igrant, Park county - a grave un-
marked except by a pine slab bear
ing q name in black paint, which a
year ago replaced another slab, split
and twisted, weatherbeaten, which
had served for more than half a
century. That Forgotten Man is DR.
Don L. Byam, who presided as judge
Of the miners court which tried Road
Agent George Ives at Nevada, Alder
Gulch, in December, 1863, and paved
the way for the Vigilantes.
DR.. Byams classification as Mon
tana's Forgotten Man. is due to the
fact that Montana history gives him
but passing mention. Nothing has been
recorded of his personal history; the
states leading historians know but very
little of him.
His own relatives in Montana have
but scant, vague and conflicting data
regarding his history.
True, DR.. Byam's moment in the
limelight was but flash across one
Of the earliest pages of Montana his
tory; nevertheless, the flash and the
page are deeply significant.
The story of the capture, trial, con
viction and execution of Ives, which led
quickly to the organization Of the Mon-
tana Vigilantes, is wel1-told story.
In that story the prosecutor, WILDER +.
Sanders, full of the fire Of youth and
inspired by the ambition of young
man entering his LIES career, stands
out in high relief. His personal his
tory and his subsequent service to the
state in public capacities, notably as
United States senator, have secure
place in Montana history.
DR.. Don L. Byam the middle-aged
physician turned miner, probably man
Of retiring mien but, withal, of supreme
courage and devotion to good citizen
ship, was the peer of Sanders for those
three December days, the 10Th, Goth
and 21st, back in 1868. Sanders, guided
by the call of opportunity for contin-
ued service in a new country, climbed
the ladder Of fame. DR.. Byam, with his
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days, belonged to the Eclectic persua-
sion." Eclectic: Selecting or choosing
from different systems" This would
indicate DR.. Byam's professional edu-
cation was a selection of ideas and
practices from divergent systems and
prejudices in the art of healing in his
day, adapted to meet the needs and
surroundings of himself and his pa
tients. His life story would indicate
medical practice was largely by the way
and that livelihood was gained mostly
in other pursuits"
DR.. Byam was married in Virginia.
and in early manhood yielded to the
westward urge, going to Ohio, where
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he lived until the middle 1885, when
he moved further westward, apparent
ly lingering for time in Iowa, where
his son, Henry Byam, was born. He was
at Denver soon after the Pixies Peak
gold boom started in 1858. In 1862,
with his family, he was among the
first to leave Colorado for the new
boom camp at Bannack, in Montana.
Here we digress for statement from
Henry Byam, who a year ago, at the
age of 81 years, was moved to talk Of
his father, at his home in Billings. He
stated he was in Iowa with relatives
when the family came west. He Joined
the family in Montana in 1867. He
said he had heard his father talk of
the trip from Pixies Peak to Bannack,
telling that on the road boy in the
train shot squaw and that the In
dams caught him and literally skinned
him alive, after which the boy ran 100
feet toward the wagons before falling
dead.
Henry Byam states that his father
secured good claim at Bannack and
in the spring of 1868, soon after Alder
Gulch was discovered, he approached
his Bannack claim to find road agents
IN charge. They presented the muZZ1eS
of four guns, ordering, Don't come any
further or we will riddle your body.
The claim that was yours is now ours"
Realizing, as did everyone in Ban
mack at that time, the terroristic' con-,
troll of the road agents, DR.. Byam
hitched his mules and started that
night for Alder Gulch. Here he located
a claim and during the summer his
character so impressed the miners that
he was selected as the Judge of the
Nevada district, position Of honor,
but not necessarily of extensive fame,
among the miners Of the rough ana
tumble camps Of the gulch.
That trick Of fate which led to his
selection as Judge Of the miners court
must have developed recognition of
character and courage which made DR..
Byam the man Of the hour when the
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DR.. Elwood Mead, commissioner Of
reclamation, recently told the National
Reclamation association that reclama-
ton is not mainly devoted to bringing
new lands into cultivation but is res
cue agency for the lands already being
farmed.
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The Federal Emergency Relief ad-
ministration has announced tentative
approval of SO rural-industrial COM
munities in 20 states for the destitute
unemployed.
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Col. H. C. Thompson, Miles City's
only surviving veteran of the Civil
war and an Indian fighter, spent his
S7th birthday anniversary in the hos
pital at Miles City. Colonel Thompson
came to the mouth of the Tongue
river in 1876 with General Nelson A.
Miles and is one of two men who
have since held a continuous resi-
dence in that area,
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-16
c. OF c. TO MEET

The Douglas Chamber of Com merce will hold a business meet ing tonight at 8 o'clock and a full attendance of members is de- sired.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-16
ATTENTION RzBEKAHs

All members will meet at Carter's Mortuary on Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock to attend the fun eral of the late Mrs. J. D. Van Alta which will be held from the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. The Rebekahs will proceed from Carter's Mortuary to the Presbyter- ian Church in a body. adv.
 o-
 Shnn in Luneaui
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-16
taken to st. Ann's Hospital last night and is receiving treatment for influenza.
Anc1lorage Alaska. November 3. 1894.

Notice is hereby given that Harry Carroll entryman together with his witnesses Dave Hous sel and Joseph Lazar George, all of Juneau, Alaska, has made final proof on his homestead, Anchorage 07799, for a tract of land embraced in U. s Survey No. 2l32, situated on the easterly shore of Gastineau Chan mel on the Glacier Highway about three miles NV. of Juneau. Alaska. containing 26.93 acres, latitude 58' 19' 46" N. Longitude 134' 28' w. and it is now in the files of the U. s. Land Office, Anchorage, AL aska, and if no protest is filed in the local land office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certificate is- sued.
 GEO. J. LOVE.
 Register. First publication, Nov. 21, 1884. Last publication, Jan. 16, 1895.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-16

prolonged drouth in that district and hence the scientists in the Bureau of Fisheries concluded that the drouth, in lowering the lakes and drying up the streams, pre- vented the spawn from matching and thus led to the very small run on the return of the cycle.
 It is feared that the same thing may happen in. Southeast Alaska eWo years hence with respect to the pink salmon. Delegate Di- mona is in receipt of the follow ing letter from Commissioner Bell on the subject:
 Washington, Dec. 21, 1884. Subject: Alaska Fisheries. Honorable A. J. Dimoni,
 House of Representatives, Washington, D. c.
 Dear MT. Dlmond:
 ''It has occurTcl; so me that you would be interested in a certain phase of the Alaska fisheries sit nation that eas been in my mind recently.
 The records show that although there was a reasonably good es- exponent of pink salmon in the waters of Southeastern Alaska in the season of 1883, there was quite drought for that part of the world with the result that after the salmon had spawned many of the eggs were destroyed because of unusually low water conditions. The eggs were exposed to the air and naturally were killed.
 "If this has not come to your attention heretofore, I feel that you should know about it so that, if in the season of 1895 the run of pink salmon resulting from the spawning of 1883 should be mater ially reduced, you would under stand why it may be necessary to apply restrictive legislation curtail- ing commercial fishing operations accordingly. I would not be full filling my duty if I did not take necessary steps to profive suffic- tent escapement of salmon to , maintain the runs.
 T have thought it timely that I should give you this foreword of what may develop in the coming season should the runs be harmed as result of the destruction of large numbers of eggs on the spawning grounds in 1893 because of the extraordinary low water in quite number of such places
 T am also writing a letter of like tenor to Governor Troy SC that he may be aware of what may possibly develop during the course of the pink salmon fishing season in Southeastern Alaska in 1885.
 Very truly yours,
 FRANK T. BELL, "COmnliSsiOner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-16
BODY FOUND,
 TIED IN BAG

SEATTLE, Jan. i5.-Tied in a burlap bag, the body Of Otto Jo- hanson, aged 46 years, has been found in a shack on the banks of the Duwamish River, on the edge of the city.
 Mary Kelly became hysterical when found in the shack. She said two men who visited them, must have done it while she was asleep.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-16
DOUGLAS NEVIS
ANNUAL DANCE PLANNED
 BY DOUGLAS EAGLES


 Douglas Aere IF, F. O. E., announces their annual dance for Saturday, Rebrurary 2, to be given in the Eagles Hall on that night. A three piece orchestra and late ferry for Juneau are some of the important details worked out to accure a successful time.
 Although these annual dances have been omitted for the last two or three years their revival at this time is considered as as indication of the near future res toration of similar activities on the Island
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-16

CAPT. CLARK ILL Capt. John M. Clark, United States Steamboat Inspector, wa
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-16
AT KILBURNS

The Misses Pepoon, Thoma Karnes and Pimperton have taken additional living quarters at the Kilburn house for the duration of the cold spell.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-16

In applying lip-rouge, follow the natural line of the lips. Artific- ial lines may be striking, but cas- fly detected
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-16
PINK SALMON RUN CAUSING DEEP CONCERN
Southeast Alaska Fishing Ph a ase Advanced by
 Com. F. I. Bell

Continued nom rage one)
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-04-19
Local BrevitieS

Mesdames Rose Cunningham,
Chas. Chapel. M. Tripplett, H.
Adams and George Klare, autoed to
Rimrock Thursday where they
spent the day at the Art Lewis home
at meeting of theGrand Coulee
club.
Mrs. r. F. Marquis from Lew
iston, Idaho, is spending the week
with her sister, Mrs. w. L, Box.
Mrs. w. l.. Box attended the
funeral of her sister. Miss Lucy
Maxwell, at Almira. Wednesday
afternoon.
Maytag Sales anc
Service. local representative A.
R. Thornbrue for Holmes Cash
Store, Wilbur. Authorized deal
err. Phone IS.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-04-19
Losing Ii. Rattle

! Contrary to the popular belief. you
cannot always tell a rattlesnake's age
by the number of joints on Its rattle.
This reptile is born with nothing more
than horny mob at the end of Its tall.
but after three days it sheds its skin
and a joint is added to the mob. The
skin-shedding process is repeated sew
eral times a year, and with each sue
ceeding molt another bony ring Is add
ed. Until it has accumulated four or
five Joints the rattlesnake cannot make
more than a faint rustling sound. but
as the number of joints increases 1t Is
able to express annoyance by rapidly
vibrating it's tail, producing shrill
"rattle" which may be heard 20 yards
away. When the number Of joints ex-
ceeds seven. they generally begin to
break off. so that when an elderly rat
tlesnake loses it's temper it also loses
part of it's rattle.-Tit-Bits Magazine
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-04-19
Mechanical Toys Not New

Mechanical toys, which found their
apotheosis in the toy nightingale OF
Andersen's fairy tales, are not new.
The early Greeks had them. They
were favorites of Louis XIV, and broke
the monotony for women in the har-
ems of Arabia. In the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth centuries, when all moving
TOYS were extremely complicated, those
of Nuremberg became world-famous.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-04-19
Rhinoce.ros Hide

The rhinoceros hide is generally re-
garded as tougher than the ele-
phant hide. 1t is not true, however,
as generally supposed, that bullet
will not penetrate this skin except be-
tween the deep folds. 1t Is naturally
soft and easily penetrated by bull
let or hunting knife. When dried it be-
comes exceedingly hard and was. for
merly used by Indian princes in MAX
ing shields for their soldiers. Big
game hunters use large caliDer riiles
when hunting the rhinoceros, though
sometimes guns of small caiiber are
employed The favorite shots are the
heart shot and the neck shot. 1t does
not appear that the one animal Is mucn
harder for big game hunter to XIII
than the other.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-04-19
Japanese Superstition

In Japan. the dead are laid with
their heads toward the north. There
fore the living consider this position
very unlucky and invariably sleep with
their heads toward either the east or
the south. This proper sleeping posi-
ton is so important, writes O. M. o.
SON, San Francisco, Calf, that many
of them, when on Journeys, carry
compass so they can get their bearings
at bedtime.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-04-19
Whalebone Serves as Teeth

Whalebone tits true name being ba-
leen) is the curious stuff that grows
In place Of teeth in the upper jaws of
whales, writes Jeanette Mirsley in ITO
the North" Baleen acts as sieve.
strains the many barrels of water
gulped down by the whale as with
wide open mouth it grazes the sur
face of the water. protects 1t from
swallowing anything but the myriads
Of small molluscs on which it lives.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-04-19
Defended Nationality

The idea of nationality as we know
It is so modern that, it is said, the
first concrete demonstration of pure
nationality was the Peninsular war
against Napoleon. 1908 to 1914, when
the Spaniards rose in arms to defend
the integrity of their nationality.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-04-19
Gold and Lead

The only solid that can be permeated
by another solid at ordinary temporal
ture is lead--and that only by gold
When a layer of gold Is covered by
a layer of lead the gold molecules
within time-become diffused through.
out the lead.-Murial e. Young, Pc
tersburg, Alaska, in Golfers Weekly.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-04-19
MANY PEOPLE VISIT
DRY FALLS SUNDAY

According to the caretaker at
Dry Falls State Park, more than
six hundred people registered at
the Vista house last Sunday. The
day was warm and ideal for sight
seeing. and Dry Falls, whose won
ders never grow old, was the mag
net which drew them to this sec
ton.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-04-19

With the sense "infinitesimal," this
expression is in good literary usage,
and has appeared at various times
since 174O. One may properly say "in-
anitesimally small; in fact. this ad-
verbal modifer is more frequent than
Infinitely" Either usage is supported
.hy good authority.-Literary Digest.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-04-19

They stand supreme for NAT.
URALNESS OF COLOR, light.
ness Of weight and TiGHTNESa
OF FIT. A masterpiece Of Gre.
alive dental art. Constructed
with such minute perfection you
will NEVER REALIZE you are
WEARING IA L S e TEETH.
Give you q youthful appearance
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-20
A Thought for Today
Connecticut Steps Out

With the House voting almost solidly for the old age pension plan Connecticut has finally placed itself on record as de parting from it's traditional stand on this subject of social legislation. It is good many years ago that old age pensions were first discussed in this state. It was 8 daring legislator then who backed the idea. He was so much in the minority that his voice was lost in the din of oppo- sition. But persistency counts for an awful lot in this world and even the tiniest trickle can crack the huge mountain.
 With the advent of a democratic gov ernor in Connecticut the cause of old age pensions took new lease on life. Wilbur l.. Cross was an advocate of the old age pension plan. He made it campaign is- sue. Twice republican legislatures thwart- ed him, but would not be denied and eventually we had commission to study the need. But the day and the time was so propitious that regardless of the con- missions finding 1885 ushered in almost fixed opinion that the old age pension plan would be accomplished.
 And it would seem now that it is about to be, although the Senate has not yet taken action. It will next week and we do not see how that body can upset the p6NSIOu pldu III IIc ldCc Ol IIC ONCl ing House endorsement. Governor Cross certainly will be proud to affix his sig nature to the proposed legislation We regret that the pension plan imposes an additional tax upon all of us between the ages of 21 and 65, but we have known from the very beginning that it would be necessary to lay taxes to pay out pensions.
 We do hope that the administration of the old age pension will be accompanied by minimum of political intervention. Already we hear rumblings of the many jobs that will be distributed The $3 head tax to be levied should go chiefly to aid aged indigents, not to support political fa- vorites in choice jobs. We are becoming more and more conscious of the fact that costly government is due to but one thing politics. More consideration of the tax payers is certainly in order in these try ing times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-20
Industrial Disarmament

With all this agitation and legislation about disarmament, in a military sense. how about industrial disarmament? If it is possible for nations to get along with. out fighting each other, it ought to be pos sible for domestic industries to do the same thing, keeping the peace and com- promising their differences for mutual advantage.
 We have really been doing this lately to greater extent than usual. There have been rumors and threats of great strikes. Again and again an important industry was about to be prostrated by a Tabor war;. But hardly any of these disasters have occurred. When strikess have actually started, some way has usually been found to stop them or defer them. pending arbi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-20

traitor or some other form of settling the disputes.
 Thus we really are making progress toward this form of disarmament. We shall make industrial peace more effective and secure when we have better machin- cry for it. Now machinery is being estab- lished slowly but surely. And here, just as with international conflicts, the most important thing is the state of mind of the potential 'combatants. There must be or both sides, and also among the bystanders the public-a definite twill to peace"