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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-05-03

VISIT Mountain Industries and
Gift Shop at their new loca-
ton, 120 Fifth avenue west.
Special prices now on hooked
rugs.
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Special Notices

WE PAY CASH for good used
furniture. Call No. q. Brun-
son Furniture Company.
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For Rent
H-Houses

"ttNDlD SUMMER HOME for
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- ~ residential section. Broad
i-srn exposure front porch.
,as living room and dining
t,.' three large bedrooms,
- * bathroom and large
n. Well furnished thru
ptn. las, hot water. Jackson
-a.ps Company, 131 Fifth
~enQe west.
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CRAZY CRYSTALS soc and 81,
Wine Cardui 69e, Biz k
Draught 15c, ats. heavy MN
eral oil ACC, Putnam dyes lOc.
Freeze Drug Co.
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SCREENING TIME is HERE'
Let us repair your old ones or
make new ones for you. Rlgoy-
Morrow Company, LUMBER
Builders Supplies, Mlllwork,
4th avenue east. Phone ST.
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for a Masonic funeral that bond Of
common interest drew law-abldine men
together in any numbers.
Within a year from that time the
men who had rallied round the Ma
sonic banner we're called upon to purge
Montana Of lawlessness. 1t Is averred
that though every Vigilante was not
necessarily a Mason, just about every
Mason was a Vigilante.
Montana Masons today credit N. P.
Iangford with being the father Of Ma
sonry in Montana. Langford ia his
own writings was modest as to his own
part. but he tells in some detail Of
Bells funeral. The late Rae J. Lemert,
former historian Of the Montana Grand
Lodge, repeats Langford's description
Of his earliest Masonic activities in the
mountains, and supplements the Bell
funeral episode.
LangfCrd, lately young Master of Pa
cific lodge No. 10, st. Paul, MINI, came
tc Montana in 1862 with the wagon
train Of Capt James L. Fisk, as second
in command. Travelling by way Of Fort
Benton, the train was bound for Walla
Walla Langford and others stopped
at Prickly Pear valley, expecting to I've
during the winter by mining. Failing
to find what they wanted, Langford
and others went on to Deer Lodge and
then to Bannack.
Before a grand lodge meeting in lat
er years, Langford described the first
Masonic lodge held in the territory
at was a clear September twilight
y hen we camped on the western side
of the range of the Rocky mountains, !
where they are crossed by the Mullan
road. The labors Of the day over, three
of our number, brother named Charl-
ton, another whose name have for
gotten, and myself, the only three |
Master Masons in the company, inn (
pressed with the grandeur Of the
scenery and the mild beauty
Of the evening, assembled the mountain
TO its summit, and there, in imitation
Of our ancient brethren, opened and
closed an informal lodge Of Master Ma
sons. Never was the fraternal
clasp more cordial than when In the |
glory of that beautiful autumnal eve
ming we opened and closed the first
lodge ever assembled in Montana. That
fact viii render the spot sacred; and
once known among Masons, 1t viii
never be forgotten, that the first lodge
IN the territory was opened and closed
upon the summit Of the Rocky noun
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-24

erness, as had been their tendencies at
home. The wilderness found its own
way of Furnishing the lawless in an
isolated empire; the good citizen car
ried with him the tenets Of religion and
memory Of the ties Of fraternal broth
erhood left behind, but In his isolated
condition it was not possible to apply
them in practice.
The discovery of gold drew to favored
gulches many Of the wilderness men,
along with the hordes OF newcomers to
the West. These newcomers, too, were
of all kinds and classifications; the
only difference was that they now con-
gregated in bustling, crowded COM
munities, creating an ideal atmosphere
for the outlaw in the midst Of disor-
ganization and lack of constituted au-
thority.
1t was only when the road agents,
following each new mining camp and
growing daily more arrogant, were ov-
erwhelmingly in the ascendency that
the good men of Bannack had begun
seeking a common rallying point for
decent men; that common ground was
hard to find, for all men we're strang-
ers, except to the few Of their own
immediate party. Every man doubted
the man he did not know. 1t was not
until the death Of Bell and his request
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Early fur trade Of the upper Mis-
souri, river region, intending the
Great Falls district, has been various
" described In historical literature
and, with few exceptions, mentions
friction between the Blacklist and
white trappers as dating from the
time the explorer, Captain Lewis, kill
ed two Indians. Apparently this epa-
sode has been misinEerpre&ed and she
true cause Of the Blacklist -trnppew
feud forgotten, as letter Of 126 years
ago tells.
Thomas BiddIe, who is remembered
for his early edition on the Lewis and
Clark expedition, in letter from Camp
Missouri on the Missouri river Oct. %,
1873, comments regarding the fur trade
Of early Montana as follows:
"Tile history Of this trade under
Spanish and French colonial govern
ments would be a recital of the ex-
petitions Of vagrant hunters and trad
ers, who never ventured UP the river
beyond few miles of this place. The
return Of Captains Lewis and CLARK
and the favorable account they brought
with them of the riches to be obtained
on the upper branches OF the Missouri
and the reception which their admiral
department towards the natives had
gained for them, encouraged Manuel
Lisa, one Of the most enterprising Of
these traders. to venture up the Mis-
souri, with small trading equipment
as far as the Yellow Stone river.
HE passed the winter of 1007-08 at
the mouth of the Yellow Stone and Big
Horn rivers It is an act OF justice, due
to the memory Of the late Captain
Lewis, to state that the Blackfeet In
dams Gin whose vicinity Lisa now lives)
were so convinced of the propriety Of
his conduct IN the encounter which
took place between him and q party
Of their people, in which two OF them
were killed, that they did not consider
It as q cause Of war on hostility on
their part: this Is proved, inasnuch as
the first party Of IAsa's men that was
met by the Blackfeet was treated civilly.
This circumstance induced Lisa TO
dispatch one Of his men (Coulterl 70
the forks Of the Missouri, TO endeavor
to find the BIackfeet nation and bring
them to his establishment to trade. The
messenger unfortunately fell In with q
party Of the Grow nation, with whom
he stayed several days While with
them they were attacked BY their en-
emies, the Blackfeet. Coulter, In self
defense, took part with the Crows.
'sHe distinguished himself very much
In the combat and the Blackfee8 were
defeated, having plainly observed q
white man fighting in the ranks Of
their enemy. Coulter returned to the
trading house. In traversing the same
country q short time after, in conn
pany with another man, party C8
the Blackfeet attempted 10 stop them
without, however, eyincing any hoG1ile
intentions; an encounter enSled, ia
which the companion Of Coulter and
two Indians were killed. and Coulter
made his escape The next time whites
were met hy the Blacklist the latter 81
tacked without any pmrzey Thus orig
mated the hostility which has prevent
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-24

desire to become a Free Mason. So
great were his persuasive powers, says
Langford, that he succeeded In con-
vincing some members Of the order
that in all his past affrays he had been
actuated only by self defense and was
not inherently criminal.
Both Langford and Lemert declare
that so strong was the roughs' fear of
the Masonic fraternity that they were
restrained from attacking its individual
members. OF the 100 persons murdered
by Plummer's gang not one was known
to be a Mason Also, declared Lang
ford, Of all the band Of desperadoes
who expiated lives of crime on the
scaffold, not one had ever crossed the
threshold Of lodge room. Iangford
adds: 1.-THE retribution which finally
overlook them had its origin In primo
iples traceable to that stalwart morality
which is ever the offspring Of Masonic
and religious institutions"
Lemert, however, casually alludes to
an occasion when an early day lodge
discovered it's tyler was an outlaw and
impoStor and abandoned him to the
tender mercies Of the Vigilantes, who
promptly hanged him from conven-
lent tree"
with but few exceptions, every name
prominent in Vigilante days and IN the
following years when Montana strobe
onward toward her destiny was the
name Of q Mason. Many Of these men
had held positions Of trust and re-
sponSibility In older states; their names
are now emblazoned upon the scrolls Of
state and national fame.
Immediately after the death Of Bell
applications were made for authority
to open lodges in Montana; distances
were long and communication slow, and
some of the applications made and
granted were never used, SO fast did the
map Of Montana change with the find
ing of new gold deposits
Finally, on Dec 20, 1864, the Kansas
Grand lodge granted authority for a
lodge, No. 43, at Virginia City. On April
90, 1865, the Colorado Grand Lodge
authorized 3 second lodge at Virginia
City, and on July 10, 1865, the same
jurisdiction gave Helena lodge. These
three lodges on Jan. "a, 1856, formed
the Montana Grand Lodge. On Jan.
90 the new grand lodge designated
these lodges, respectively, Virginia City
No. l, Montana NO. 2, and Helena NO.
"a. To these lodges have been added
another 40 subordinate lodges and to-
day, with the Montana Grand Lodge 20
years old, the Masonic fraternity has a
membership Of 10000.
Discussing those parlous days at
Bannack and Virginia City, Historian
Lemert says:
Had it not been that the law-abid-
ing element found a sure nucleus Of
fraternity, about which all decent men
might rally royalty, without fear OF
treacherous betrayal. the reign Of crime
In early Montana might have continued
for an indefinite time, until the out
laws had seated themselves 30 firmly
that the shedding Of rivers Of innocent
blood would have been necessary before
they could have been driven from their
strongly intrenched positions"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-24
fBY ELNOl

NY AdA@AN0y
The last request Of a dying man,
projected into an atmosphere Of mis-
trust, worry and the fear Of ruthless
OutIawry, called TO the surface the
keystone Of confidence and mutual
trust around which decent men raj
lied 70 break the thralld0m Of the
road agents in MOntana's early min
ing camps. William II. Bell, recently
Of st. Louis, Mo-, and Free Mason,
was fatally stricken with mountain
fever at Bannack In November, 1852.
As an indicator Of the conditions Of
the time, Bells death was the first
natural death TO occur at Bannack.
Realizing that his end was near, Bel
revealed to N. P. Langford and few
others the fact of his Masonic mem
bership, and asked that he be given a
Masonic funeral.
Doubling that a sufficient number
Of Masons could be found to carry out
the ritual a call was issued for all
Masons to meet at the cabin of @. j.
Miller, one of the few known Masons
in the camp. To the surprise OF all,
the number who responded was esti-
mated at 125.
Far into the night Langford and
others inquired into the qualifications
Of all who had answered the call.
Seventy-six Of them laid aside their
labors next day to pay tribute at the
grave of a departed brother.
Before that first conclave had dis
persed agreement had been made to
apply for permission to open at Ban
mack a lodge for Free Masonry. Here
was the first gathering in the territory
of men of known integrity, Of proved
qualifications, in whom reliance could
be placed in a fight for law and order
when the actual character Of suspected
outlaws could be sufficiently proved to
justify retaliatory action.
Thus it was that frateTnal ties, estab-
hShed back home" brought together
good men and true in mutual trust
about a central banner Of confidence
in a lawless land Until the death Of
their Brother Bell, no individual Of
that first gathering had suspected there
were more than a handful Of Masons
IN their vicinity.
From the first decade Of the Nine
teenth century when the fur trappers
back tracked Lewis and Clark into the
Rockies wilderness men, Of necessity,
had discarded the ties which held them
TO- their fellows in civilization. They
we're good citizens or bad, in the Wild
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rrRfsEs sPKEnY ACTION

Stating that the state water conser-
vakiOn board Is now prepared to care
Tor water storage needs, from that ol
the individual farmer to projects 20E
er1or C0nzev has requested that those
persons interested In the development
~ p0&emaam1 water conservation cg
rssSm7 aleoa9 fice4kom projects, write "a
khe board f1r information on how ia
pRneee0
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-24
BLACKFEET TRIBE
FIRST FRIENDLY
COULTER WAS VISITING CROW M
DIANS WHEN ATTACK WAS
MADE; TOOK PART IN FIGHT

Powerful BIaclfeet Nation Resented
Part Lisa's Representative Took iR
Battle, in Which They Were Defeat
ed; Feud Lasted for Many Years.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-24
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Just top from used yellow blue package
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membersbip pin. ask foT Prize SOL
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Skate. Fre4 for 4 Grape lstzte s,sek
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80 aak sog Prize so7.
, 1935-02-01
BLONDE TELLS
OF ROMANCE

TOPEKA, Kas., FEB. 1. P-The
story oil a shattered triangle ro-
nance. haltingly told b. the tall. at
tractive Grace Brandon. was added
TO the testimony Friday IN the gov
ernment'S second attempt TO convict
Major Charles A. Shepard Of wife
murder.
The 2~8-year-old army a%Jen0graph-
or, for whose love FEDERAL prosecutors
contend the 63-ye3r-cld retired army
surgeon allegedly poisoned his sec
cnd wife. was expected 10 complete
her story OF the Nay and Deem
Der romance.
Sometimes in tears. other Tires
hesitant. she rel1ted IN 2 lor- voice
The officers expressions OF lore be-
fore the MYSTERIOUS death of Mrs
Shepard at Fort Filcv. Ras.. IN June
1929. and Of his suggestions that they
clone two weeks later.
He kept telling me he had never
eyed any other woman like he low
cd me and-well. vou knoW-things
ike that she said.
The slender. serious-faced defend
-nt. who oncc before had heard the
Brooks Field. Texas. s-tcnorrapher
tell the story Of their rom3rce. sat
motionless. 81 the previous trial h
vas convicted and sentenced % servc
life term.
The physicians third wife. who
'ided hin Financially IN his success
ful anneal 70 the supreme court
turned her face from the witness.
, 1935-02-01
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK. Fe0. j. tPf-SJrad-
ding financial markets Friday show
ed little disposition to step out in any
direction
With trading in stocks even duller
than Thursdays colorless session,
most traders chung 10 the safety side
lines and waited for developments
70 shake the list out OF its lethargy.
The news was not particularly slim
Tilating. Grains and cotton were mar
row, as were corporate and u. 3.
government bonds. Foreign ex-
"hsnees we're slightly mixed.
Among share gamers Of fractions
70 around a point or more were CO.
'ombian Carbon. Air Reduction.
Bethlehem Steel preferred. Inland
Steel. Texas Gulf Sulphur Twin City
Rapid Transit. B~rooklvn-Manhattan
Transit. Wrigley and International
Harvester. All advance OF ? points
was registered by HomeStake Min
ing on a few transfers. U. S. Smelt-
ing. Allied Chemical. Santa Fe. U,
8. Steel preferred and Union Paci-
tic lost about a point each. General
Motors. Chrvsler. u. s. steel Com
mon. n y. Central. General Elec-
tic. American Telephone snd Con-
-olidated Gas were unchanged 70
slightly lower.
A decline in car loadingS for the
week ended January 20. OF 7.l87 cars
was not INTERPRETED as unusually
bearish. The total Of SIS. 1853 was seen
rs about seasonal nv one statistical
service. while another eStimated II
As 4 little more than seasonal.
Nervousness wsS still apparent
over the uncertainty OF a possible
cold clause decision Monday and
'-eaviness &C various stocks vas at
-~ibu-ed alTost directly 10 this in
flucnce.
The extension Of the automobile
code BY the president had been gen.
nra'lv expected. II this connection
Wa1l street was principally inter-
csted IN potential labor repercussions.
, 1935-02-01
HUNDREDS HEAR
LAND DECISION

Hundreds of farmers Of the Mata-
moroS municipality attended the
ceremonies at the Anerican-owned
Las RusiaS' ranch Thursday aft
ernoon which preceded the grant
ing Of parcels Of land to agrarians.
The ceremony Of actual granting
Of land will take place Sunday at
IL O'Clock.
Las RuSias Is a tract near Mata-
moros comprising about 1000 acres,
$500 Of which Is affected under the
Agrarian laws Of Mexico. II Is owned
BY the heirs TO the estate Of Juan
II. Fernandez Of Brownsville Of
which j. G. Fernandez and Faus-
tino Veyane are the executors.
Owners OF the land we're notified
Thursday OF the decision that had
been made BY the grarian commits
sion in Ciudad Victoria. American
Consul Fl. @. Goforth of Matamo-oS
received official notice from the ag-
rarian committee in Matamoros.
Thursdays ceremony featured
reading the governors decree and
the official act which certified that
the land had been subdivided.
Sunday the land will be turned
over 10 farmers OF the community.
Meanwhile the orders will be sent
TO the commission OF the second in
stance. for its study and final APP
provsl. From there 1t will be sent 10
President Lazaro Cardenas O. Mex
leo, and If he approves II. dNfinite
n~osSession and titles 10 parcels OF
land in the portion Of the hacienda
affected will be decided to the far
mers.
Meanwhile local farmers will till
the lands for the benefit OF the
community, according 70 Ing. San
chez Ortiz.
It is expected that around 5000
farmers will attend the ceremonies
Sunday morning. II is believed that
owners Of the hacienda will appeal
through the Mexican courts the de-
cision granted by the Agrarian Com
mission in Ciudad Victoria.
Consul II. G. Goforth said Thurs
day that he will make a complete
report to the American embassy in
Mexico City.
, 1935-02-01
Truck Markets

Carlot shipments Of entire United
states reported Thursday, Jan. 81:
Grapefruit: Ariz 8. Calf /. Fla "a.
Texas so. total US l4l cars.
Oranges: Ariz J. Calf l89, Fla l59.
Texas 2, total US 352 cars.
Mixed Citrus. Calf 8, Fla A. Texas
y total US 81 cars.
Beans. Fla Q. total US 9 cars.
Bccts. Texas !. Mich /, total US 2
cars.
Cabbage: C3lif 6, Fla 2. MINI 5. NY
2. Texas 81. Wise II. others 4. total
US l18 cars.
Carrots: Ariz .. Calf 20. NY 10
Wash !. total US 50 cars.
Greens. Calf IL. Fla J. va ]. total
IT'S IA cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Calf As. Fla II.
Texas II. others 3. total Us 20 cars.
Mexico 3.
Peas: Calf 70. Fla I. total Us II
FL Mexico 3.
Peppers: Mexico | car.
Sninach: Calf 3. Tex z. total US
10 cars.
Tomatoes. Cubs 4. Mexico %.
Lower Rio Grande VALLEY ship
ments forwarded Friday morning.
-0b-uary !:
Grapefruit so. Oranges 3. Mixed
Citrus 1. Cabbage 81. Mixed Vege-
tables 9. Spinach Z. Bets /. Beete
md Carrots 4. total los cars. Total
n date this season-Citrus 2758
Vegetables 32A4. Mixed Citrus and
Vegetables 20. total 6l22 cars: TO
same date last seaScn-C'trus 1896.
Vegetables 2n6S. Miyed Citrus and
VEGETABLES ~. total 3476 cars.
Representative prices 70 truckers
for Valley ci'-ns and vegetables re-
~crted Jan. Al
Grapefruir. Boxes rs Cnmbine-
ton 1851 40. small sizes lower.
Bushels US Combination 65-75c: US
~ 2S 55-e5c.
ORANGES: Boxes US Combination
% 10. few TEMPLES higher. Bushels
us Combination mostly 10. few
TEMPLES 1.25.
Broccoli: Per doz punches few S.
75c.
Cshbare: Rulk ne~ tnn SIT ~ 90.
N71f crates few 1.25-13O.
Carrots: Per dor huncheS mostly
"5r. half crates o0c-sl.
PARSLEY: Per dcZ punches mostly
&c.
Potatoes; Bliss Triumnhs 5o-l5
-1cke US ..o. 1 LILO, | l-2 in. min.
o0c-Sl.
Soinsch. BIZ baskets 1886.
Turnips: Per doz punches mostly
&C.
Green Onion: Per doZ punches
mostly CSC. crates few $500.
, 1935-02-01
BOARD SAYS
Continued From Page One.

was expressed over the telephone
by Judge Oscar c. Dancy from Aus
tin Thursday night.
Dancy stated his belief that the
order means eventual construction
OF the road ana intimated that the
paved highway might be completed
IL the near future.
The Cameron county judge has
been in conference several times
recently with Senator jim Neale;
Judge w. r. Ely OF the highway
commission: Glib Gilchrlst. state
highway engineer and w. r. Ney-
lana VI the highway department OF
the Corpus Christi Chamber OF
Commerce.
As a result OF these conferences,
l. was determined that the high
way commission would pass an
order calling for the right OF way
across the county with the idea
OF opening the road with clearing,
grading and structures.
With sufficient money not avail
able al present To pave the road. II
Is believed that a federal appropri-
alton for road building in all states
will be made by the present con-
greSS. and it IS the plan 70 COM
plete paving OF the Kennedy county
road from Texas allotment OF this
lund.
All concerned have expressed the
belief that once a highway. even
a dirt road, Is opened across Ken
edv county. paving OF the road
eventually will follow While the
members OF the highway commits
sion who signed the order Thurs
day would not give any definite
time for completion OF the dirt
road. IL Is believed the road across
the county will be opened in II
months.
II landowners Will not give the
right OF way. II is proposed TO ask
the legislature 10 pass a bill giving
the highway commission the right
of condemnation and Sen. Neal
has promised U introduce such a
bill. Support Of the measure has
been promised BY Representative
Celaya OF Cameron county. Pope
o: Nueces county and Dunlap OF
Kleberg county.
, 1935-02-01
Thanks Expressed For
BED Cross Donations

Appreciation 20 residents Of the
Brownsville and Port Isabel sections
III their support Of the annual Red
Cross drive is expressed BY En-
rett Dodd. chairman Of the drive
The total amount collected was
S79l %, exclusive of the funds col
lected by the Junior CHAPTER. 81
want 10 especially thank all OF the
'7dies who p~articiuated III the drive.
It's success was due entirely to their
splendid work the chairman states.
The iunior drive. under sursrvis-
ION az Princiual z. q. Dodd. obtain
ed 1891 MEMBERSHIPS from the
-choclS Of Brownsville. Olmito and
Pert Isabel. EIGHT hundred OF these
memberships we're in the parochial
-choolS C. Brownsville.
Fsrecial thanks also Is expressed
by the chairman ~ remhers Of the
r p q ID which 1l2 members Joined
the Ped Cross.