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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-08-29

AS he drew nearer she further recogniz-
ed him as a spurned admirer back
among the people Of her blood.
HE drew up his rifle and fired a
shot that struck Seepahwa below the
heart, killing him instantly. He then
leaped from his horse, ran to my moth
er and shouted in the language of her
people: Kill that infant in your arms,
then come with me back to the people
OF our tribe!' He made rapid move
ments as if to grasp the infant by the
1eet and dash it against the hard
ground. But my young mother leap
ed aside and with an impulse of a COR
nered savage, caught up a stone at her
feet and hurled it furiously into the
SiouX'S face.
"A half-dozen or more armed AS
slnnlboine horSemen were now seen
riding in their direction. The Sioux
ran to his horse and sped away, but
was quickly overtaken and slain by the
rifles of his Indian enemies.
My mother at the time Was madden
ed by grief. She knelt upon the ground
beside the fallen body of her Seep-
ahWa, lifted her eyes to the sky and
walled with loud cries to the Great
Spirit to put life again into the body
Of her Seepahwa. Again and again she
would cry out in anguish for her dead
lover, and then as her mind would
turn back upon his slayer, she would
scream in furious anger, with bitter
words against the dead Sioux.
Throughout that summer night, the
young Sioux mother and her infant
lay by the side of the slain lover and
father. In the stiffness of earth and
sky, cries from the mother had carried
far, even to touch the ears of a lone
wolf, high upon the top of a distant
butte, and he, in turn, raised his point
ed nose toward the high moo and
hoWled dismally.
Months and years went by and.
had reached the age of six. We longed
to leave the Indian settlement, for we
were woefully unhappy, and were daily
affronted by hateful gibes from young
Assinniboine women relating to my
mother being a Sioux. So we set out
for the white settlement, carrying with
us a supply of dried elk meat for cur
food. Days and days we Travelled, and
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-08-29

travelled eastward where lived the
mighty Sioux.
Days and days he rode, for the dis
lance was great. His heart was light
and yet it was wary, for you know our
tribe was once a part of the Yankton
Sioux nation, but it separated from
them many years ago, and since then
our tribe, the AsSinniboines, have been
their foes.
"Seepahwa must enter the Sioux's
encampment at dead of night while all
were asleep, and prowl about theil
wigwams as a willy Indian a well do
On a certain afternoon he came with
in sight of a thousand tepees; Their
pointed tops glistened under the suns
bright rays. Seepahwa had now be-
come alarmed. for he must not let the
fierce, painted warriors of the great
camp have sight of him, neither must
they have knowledge Of a strange In
dian %venturing outside of his own
grounds. So he hid himself in a deer
coulee where he found a small spring
OF water, near which he staked his tireC
horse.
He lay down and slept while his
horse was filling from the sweet bunch
grass around. 1t was past midnight
when he wakened. He reused tc
thought and action, for he must tel
his secret errand to some young maiden
in the great camp below.
1.-The young brave saddled and
mounted his horse and rode toward the
camp which was silent and heavy with
sleep.
SLOWLY he rode past wigwams OF
large families; through several tented
alleys; and up and down every trail
made plain and clear by the moons
white light. At last he noticed a dim
narrow trail leading to a small, white
tepee some distance up a hillside.
HE turned his horse upon this trail
and stopped close beside the little tent
The flap was thrown back and Seep-
ahwa could lock inside. He saw, lying
upon the ground, the figures Of two
human bodies-one, an elderly squaw
deep in sleep and snoring noisly, and
the other a young maiden lying by her.
self upon a bed of dry grass and leaves
"A shaft of the moons white ligh'
made plain and clear every feature Cd
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-08-29

often at evening, my mother would
sink to the ground and rest upon her
knees, her head dropping with pain
and sorrow. She would then straight
en- her back, painfully rise to her feet
and say: We must press onward, for
the sky is becoming thick with dark
ness
1--WE finally reached the white settle
ment, and our arrival at the Bar-Seven
ranch, put an end to our wanderings
They gave us a small shack to sleep
in, and my mother worked for them,
while I was placed in school. She
never recovered from her grief. The
white peoples language was strange
to her. Could she only have heard
again in the language of the Assinni-
boine, the endearing words her Seep-
ahwa had SO often, and so kindly spok-
en- to her, life would not have seemed
SO destitute Of mercy or pity . But she
continued to pine and droop, for, be-
sides her real sorrow, she was ever
tormented by her hatred toward the vii
famous Sioux. So she sickened and
died.
This, my teacher, is the end of my
story, unless to say that the people with
whom l am living are very kind to
me; I do not have to work hard, neither
do / ever want for food or clothing.
1t was we'll that her story was fin
iShed. Her voice had begun to quaver,
and tears were filling her eyes. She
took her seat and released a handful
of hair from a fillet that bound it,
when a crimped forelock swirled down
her forehead, screening her eyes and
touching a rudy cheek with its count
less tips.
School was called; the children set
tied in their proper places. Now and
then as the afternoon wore on, I was
made sympathetically ware of a sigh
back of the shining forelock.
When my hand was about to tap the
bell for dismissal, a girl, sitting more
distant than the others from my desk,
raised her slender hand and her lips
moving rapidly with speech, said.
Please, teacher. won't you ask Indian
Matte to tell what she's crying about?
She never tells us anything; it makes
no difference what she knows or how
much she knows, she never tells any
body. I'm sure we girls have never
said a word to make her feel like that;
we're always glad to have her play with
us whenever she will"
The bell was tapped, school was dis
missed. The children were in the yard
and soon were hurrying over the trails
to their homes.
Like a flittcring bird, the Indian child
was out and away and soon lost in the
low. soft. shimmering haze that spreads
over every part of the wide prairie af-
ter a warm, summer day.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-08-29
BY CHARLES w. HUTTON


1t was recess of an afternoon at
my school within an outer and early
settlement Of northern Montana,
when Indian Matte, a sixteen-year-
old girl Of the AssinnibOines, stood
before my desk with a look limiting
Of thoughts being turned back upon
something, and Of a wish to COM
municate the knowledge of them to
her teacher, but not to her cOmpan-
ions. who at that moment had gath
cred in a collective body upon the
outer grounds with minds engrOssed
wholly in the hilarious game of penn
Om-pull-away.
True to her native character, the girl
was restrained in words and actions;
nevertheless, she made use OF a con-
venient time to tell me the story Of her
tribe, her father and mother, and OF
herself.
MY teacher" she began, you asked
me at n time. and then at another,
to tell you how / come to be living
among white people and not with my
tribe. the Assinniboines. I will tell you
all that my mother has told me, for it
was she who, when I was six years old,
took me with her (Often-times carrying
me on her back many, many miles
over hills and prairies. crossing many
ravines and gullies, and even swimming
the swift deep waters of streams, till
we reached a settlement of white people,
that I might be placed in one of its
good families.
There once lived in u tribe, a
young brave by the name Of Seepahwa.
He gradually matured to the likeness
of the Seepahwa that appeared in his
sire's dream, and the chief was very
proud of him. He became a bold and
daring young brave and, at the age of
10, longed for a maiden who would
share his tepee. and partake of the
flesh of the elk and moose. He sought
far and wide over prairies and hills,
riding his horse into every tepee set
Element Of our tribe. He was greeted
with soft words and coaxing smiles,
but found no maiden who could fool
him, or cheat him of the one he want
ed. So on an early summers morning,
he rode away on his spirited horse to
seek a maiden Of another nation. He
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-08-29
RIGHTS OF WAY GRANTED

Eighteen right of way applications
of the state highway commission have
been approved by the state land board.
I. M. Brandjord, secretary OF the land
body of S286 ,l16 worth of federal land
The board has authorized Brandiord
to bid en- 10000 worth of building
bonds being issued by the Roy high
school district of Fergus county. and
S37 900 worth of Fergus County high
school building bonds.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-08-29

Andrew Garcia, with his painsmans hat, his long flowing locks, was
one of the most coorful and interesting pioneers at the Anaconda con-
venton held a few days ago Garcia in his picturesque adornment has
impressed the Anaconda community.
AS a boy Garcia came to Montana in 1868 along with his uncle, Abno
Orez, and Texan cowboys herding before them 300 Spanish mules to be
used for work in the Territory of Montana. They drove the mules from
Texas to Ganatfn City. With boYsh eagerness to hear and see everything,
the trip brought a lifetime of experiences to Garcia.
One in particular he mentions. The trail to Montana passed the Gus
ter battlefield, where three months before Custer and his band of men
had been massacred. Garcia said the bodies OF the massacred men still
could be seen.
gone to Texas to get mules, there being a great demand for them in the
new frontier country. Ortez prevailed upon Garcias parents to permit
him to take his nephew with him for part of the return trip, promising
to leave him at the home of relatives. Instead, he brought the youngster
to Montana.
Il was practically kidnapped" Garcia sad.
The next year after arriving in Ganatn City, Garcia accompanied
his uncles pack train to British Columbia, another trail of experiences for
the youth. In 1870 Garcia went back to Texas remaining there until 1876.
when he returned to Montana.
He now lives at Rivulet, Mont. He spends much of his time writing
prose and poetry and occasionally in the past years has travelled with wild
west shows.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-08-29

Despite the mountainous topography
of the country, not one fatal accident
has occurred on Swiss airlines engaged
in the transportation of passengers.
mail or freight in IL years of opera
ton.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-08-29

VOUR MOTOR runs lots hotter in Sum
i mer. That's why you must have oil that
maintains bigb film strength under extreme tenn
peratures to get safe fabrication. Otherwise,
the lubricating film ruptures and the bearings
and cylinders suffer damaging wear.
Plain mineral oils have little film strength
and oils over-rehned by new cleansing meth
DDS have even less. AS motor heat goes up,
these oils rapidly lose film strength.
You'll get better motor protection with
Conoco Germ Processed Motor Oil. Thinker
machine tests brope that it has 2 to q times
greater film strength than any plain mineral
The Washington times., 1935-10-25
Exhibition of Quilts

Modern and antique quilts will
be exhibited and fancy articles
put on sale at the Temple Baptist
Church, Tenth and N SITS. N. W.
today from 2 until 10 .. m.
The Washington times., 1935-10-25
FOX
IN BACKYARD

A retired physician went fox
hunting yesterday in his own
back yard. Moreover, he accom-
plished what the relocated gen
try of Maryland and Virginia set
out to do these october morn
ings. And to prove it, he has a
good-sized red fox fenced in an
enclosure in the rear of his home
at 1926 Twenty-first St. N. w.
The hunter, who needed no
hounds. thoroughbred steed, nor
rolling acres, is DR.. II. P. Scott.
The physician admits, however,
that an airedale was instru-
mental in cornerng the quarry.
The dog, he said, was swapping
at the brush when the fox sought
sanctuary within the doctors
fence. He drove off the dog and
is now holding the reynard on
the chance that someone might
claim the animal as a pet. He
said:
'T don't think there's dan
ger Of anyone claiming him,
however. He looks vicious
enough to me. I'll keep him for
awhile and then turn him over
to the Zoo"
Where he came from is a mys-
terry, unless he wandered in
from Rock Greek Park.
The Washington times., 1935-10-25
COUNTY TO LET
SEWER BIDS
TODAY
Balance Of Arlington
Work to Be Given
Out by Board .

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, Oct. 25.-Contracts for the re-
naming projects in Arlington's
two and a half-million-dollar sewer
system will be awarded by the
county board today.
ReSurfacing of all roads that
have been torn up in installation
of sewer lines is also to be con-
Sidered.
The session was called today
following receipt of a grant of ap-
proximately $390,000 approved by
the Public Works Administration
as another payment of the total
loan secured b. the county.
Among contracts to be awarded
are those for a sewerage disposal
plant, Military Road sewers and
force mains, and sewerage lift
stations in Cherrydale.
Recommendations relating to
the contracts were submitted by
Chester Engineers of Pittsburgh,
contractors in charge, as follows:
Sewerage disposal plant at Four
Mile Run, low bidder J. A. La
Porte Construction Co. Of New
York, $21S.059.
Force mains along Military
Road, low bidder DeLashmutt
Brothers, Inc. of Arlington,
$38, 1853.
Lift stations in Cherrydale, low
bidder Rose and Reddick, Inc. Of
WASHINGTON, $40, O,9O5.
The Washington times., 1935-10-25
NEW 2O-MILE.
CITY V|SI0NED

HYATTSvILLE, Md, Oct. IS.
A twenty-mile city str e tch ing
along the Baltimore Boulevard
from the District line to Laurel
is the city of the future in the
eyes of w. P. Magruder, the
largest taxpayer in Prince
Georges county.
And SO he advises land owners
within the area not to sell their
acreage-keep it until the city Of
the future booms land values sky.
ward.
Mr.. Magruder early this week
was feted by the local Masonic
lodge in celebration Of his 50-year
membership in the order, which
he joined when he was "a years
old. He is a native of the county,
having been born at Landover.
He has spent a busy life operat-
ing stores and buying land, now
being the proud owner Of small
mountain in Virginia.
The Washington times., 1935-10-25
BUDGET LUMP
SUM PLAN
REVIVED
Capitol Hill Scans
Needs of the City;
Reports Waited

Proposed increases in the Fed.
eral contribution to the District
budget and drastic revision Of the
municipal tax structures are gain.
ing friends on Capitol Hill.
Despite the fact that few mem.
bers Of the House and Senate Dis.
trict Committees are in town dur.
ing the legislative lull, the rum
blingS from the District Building,
where the tax revision is being
surveyed, have found their way
to the offices Of the respective
committees.
WaShington'S business men are
showing alarm at the suggested
tax changes and have written to
several members Of the commit
tees asking that the taxpayers Of
the District be given a day in
court by their congressional city
fathers before any changes a r e
made.
AlCnough Cne movement is SLOW
in crystallizing because Of the alb
sence Of the legislators, it was
definitely assured in one quarter
today that any tax revisionS will
be carefully scrutinized by mem
bers of Congress.
Definitely linked with this pro-
posal is a mounting sentiment
that the Federal contribution
should be raised. Before leaving
for New Jersey at the close Of Con-
gress, Representative Mary T. Nor
ton (D.), chairman Of the House
District Committee, declared that
she would lead . fight at the next
session for an increase. Now that
the problem Of tax revision is be.
ing brought to the fore, the ever.
recurring lump sum figure is also
being discssed.
Although the appropriation fight
will begin in the House where all
money bills must originate, the
matter will also be threshed out in
the Senate.
The Washington times., 1935-10-25

gomery county were being notified
Of their selection to sit on either
the grand jury, which is to hear
evidence in the Wilson case or on
the jetit jury which will try Mrs.
Anne Lyddane, Rockville resident
charged by the State with solicit
ing the murder Of her husband,
Francis "Slom" Lyddane, Rock
vile restaurant manager, and Mrs.
Josephine Beall. wife of Arthur
Beall, Jamestown garage operator
and former intimate of Mrs. Lyd-
dane.
Twenty-three of the 48 will com.
prise the grand jury which will
hear evidence gathered by Wash
ington police and turned over to
States Attorney James H. Pugh
in the mistaken identity" murder
of Allen B. Wilson, newspaper
route agent slain last year in
front of the Takoma Park (Md.'
home of Edward Mickey" NC
Donald.
The grand jury will convene No
vember II.
The petit jury which will hear
the Lyddane case meets in the
last week of November.
First tried during a special term
of court last summer, Mrs. Lyd-
dane was, released under bond
when a jury reported a deadlock
after several hours of deliberation.
Her alleged coconspirator, John
Martin Boland, who elected to
have a trial by the court instead
of a jury, is now servinb a four
Of a jury, is now serving a four
House of Correction, following his
conviction on a charge Of conSpir-
ing to murder "Slom."
The Washington times., 1935-10-25
SCHOOLS CLAIM
BEAUTIES

Corridors Of District high
schools buzzed today with the cur
rent rivalry over the relative
beauty Of high school goods.
It all started with publication
in The Times Of photographs Of
girls from Mckinley and Western
High Schools. Today the entries
of the new woodrow Wilson High
School are pictured.
Carlyle Brenneman, q student
at Wilson, is Of the opinion that
their goods are "the finest ex-
amples of feminine pulchritude. :"
He expressed his opinion in q let
ter to The Times.
Meanwhile, The Times has re-
ceived a postcard from three stu
dents of Roosevelt High School
who signed themselves, Bob,
Mike and Nick" The postcard
read:
Last week in your paper you
published five pretty girls from
Western and yesterday five from
Mckinley, but you haven't saw
nothing yet Send someone out
to pick five good looking girls
from any one classroom. (take
your choice from any room,
look 'em Over) and put them In
your paper, and we are sure the
public when they see them In
your paper will agree that. good
old Roosevelt High School has
the best looking girls Of oil the
high schools.
"We know we have 'eSn, any
age, any type.
"COme out soon to see them
sometime"
The Washington times., 1935-10-25
WE WILL GET
Y0U,' NOTE
DECLARES
Police, However, Fail
To Become Excited
Over Missive

A letter branding him dirty
rat" and threatening to "get you"
was received today by Thomas
Healy, of 1901 Wyoming Ave.
N. W., as a sequel to Mr.. Healy's
action in taking his 13-year-old
son Otto from the John Quincy
Adams School in protest against
decision of the Board of Educa
ton allowing the teaching o.
communism.
Scrubbed on a piece of paper.
the message was postmarkeC
washington" and bore a Seen!
stamp. It was mailed shortl.
before midnight and was received
by Mr.. Healy in the first mai
today.
Police Not Excited
Although the note was turned
over to police. they were obvj
ouSly not excited about the mis-
Sive. Detective Sergt. Henry Jet
was assigned by police officiali
to make what was described a.
o routine investigation.
The letter read:
"Y0u dirty rat. You have a
grand soft job while others
starve. Look for us. We will
get you. My best wishes that
you do get a cancer" The note
was signed "Your Pal"
Says He's Publicity Agent
Mr.. Healy said he was employed
by q periodical and book publish,
ing company, with offices in the
1900 block G st. N. w., in the
capacity Of publicity agent" He
said it is his duty to visit towns
and cities throughout the country
In advance Of the sales force to
explain new issues Of books put
out by his company.
John Seals, who said he is loca-
sales manager Of the company.
characerized Mr.. Healy as a sales
man. He denied Mr.. Healy die
publicity work for the company
While patriotic and civic organ
izations today were preparing to
go before the Board Of Education
to protest against the teaching OF
communism in the public schools
examination Of the texts useo
showed that one look is definitely
opposed to communism and so
ciaisr4, and the other three
merely give the historical outline
of the revolution and rise Of the
Soviet government.
Four books, three of history
and one Of economics, are used
in the Washington schools in
teaching communism. The his
tory is taken up in the tenth
grade, and the economics in the
twelfth.
Economics" by Prof. Rogers
Fairchild, Of the. Yale University
Department c. Political Economy,
is the volume studied by high
school seniors.
SOCIALISM ATTACKED
After devoting several pages to
the study of the problems raised
by socialism. Prof. Fairchild sums
UP il these words:
Socialism would not only
abolish the -ivaGe ownership
Of capital. It would largely
do away with personal liberty.
Tt is impossible to see how
socialism could work without
the complete sacrifice Of per
sOnal liberty.
''It is not . pleasant pros
pect that socialism offers to
free men and women"
Prof. Fairchild discusses COM
(Continued on Page 26, Col. -
The Washington times., 1935-10-25
Meetings Scheduled

Two meetings and o lecture are
scheduled for s o'clock tonight at
the Hotel Hamilton. DR.. Violet
Middlebrook will talk on health;
the meetings are the District De-
partment of the American Fed.
Grafton of Government Employees
and the El Dorado Club.
The Washington times., 1935-10-25
Plan Barn Dance

The Emma Ransom Social Club
of the Southeast House will give
q barn dance in the basement
Of the new Giddings School to-
night at $3.50 o'clock. The annual
Halloween party at the center has
been set for Monday evening. The
Poetry Club will be guest. A
checker tournament between the
Pioneers and AmaranthaS has
been arranged for Wednesday
evening.
The Washington times., 1935-10-25
Wilson and Lyddane
Jurors Are Called

ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. IS.
Machinery for handling two Of the
outstanding cases in Maryland's
criminal annals-the Wilson mur-
der and the Lyddane case-was
set in motion today.
Forty-eight residents of Mont