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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12
Bill" Fisher
Visits Hardin
Secretary of the Custer Battlefield
Hiway Says Tourist Travel
To Be Heavy This Year.

w. D. (Bill) Fisher, secretary of
the Custer Battlefield Hiway, drop
ped into the Tribune-Herald office,
Wednesday. Mr.. Fisher has been
in California meeting the big au-
tomobile clubs, telling them of the
scenic and historical beauties to
be found on and adjoining the
c. B. H. He states the new Billings
Red Lodge Cooke City highway
should bring a lot of new tourists
through Hardin, if this community
will cooperate with the Red Lodge
and Billings boosters.
The Automobile Club of South
ern California, with headquarters
at Los Angeles, want 5000 maps
of the Custer Hiway, but Mr.. Fish
er states it looks like the asso-
citation can't meet the request be-
cause so many towns in this ter
ritory have forgotten the C. B. H.
and it at present has no funds
to get out more maps and other
literature.
Secretary Fisher has asked the
senior editor of the Hardin Tri-
bune-Herald to act as chairman
of Big Horn county with the main
idea of beginning now to gather
relics of the Custer battle so that
when the Custer Memorial build
ing to be erected on the Custer
battlefield is completed, we will
be ready to fill it with the best
historical exhibits in the north
west. This is going to be a great
thing for Hardin, Mr.. Fisher states,
If Hardin will get into the harness
with her old-time boosting spirit.
Mrs. Fisher accompanied Mr..
Fisher and they left for Sheridan
and Black Hills points Wednesday
morning. Secretary Fisher is the
daddy of the c.. B. H. and through
his untiring efforts over a period
OF years it has become one of the
best known highways from the
middle west to the Pacific coast.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12
Result Of
Vote
w. B. Plympton of Crow and Harry
C. Lobdell of St. Xavier Are
Elected Trustees.

The annual school election in
Hardin district No. 17H passed off
very quietly last Saturday after
noon, despite the fact that there
were four candidates on the ballot
for the two positions of trustee
for three years to be filled. Bal
lots were sent out to the eleven
voting precincts in the district,
and in all but two CT them
North Bench and Maschetah, bal
loting was had.
The vote in Hardin was ap-
proximately 100 less than it was
a year ago. there being between
$50 and 26O votes cast, an indi-
cation that the interest was not
very keen. The vote in the en-
tire district was somewhat over
900, divided as follows the two
highest being elected trustees for
the three-year term:
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12
Mother Mrs. r.. p. Ross, Mrs. Anna
Server, "a, Passes Away in
Her Sleep.

Mrs. Marie Ross, wife of Clerk
of Court r. P. Ross Of Hardin, re-
ceived word Monday morning, Of
the death of her mother, Mrs.
Anna Server, aged "a years last
Christmas Day. The aged lady
passed away in her sleep at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Clare
E2ecta O'Brien, in Forsyth, Sunday
night.
Mrs. Server was born in Ger
many Dec. rs, 1850, and was
brought by her parents TO this
country when a baby of six
months, the family setting at
Carlisle, Pa, where she grew to
womanhood and was married
during the closing years of the
civil var to Frank A. Getchell.
They took up their residence in
Charleston, S. c., where were born
to them three children, Clare
Electa O'Brien, mother of Denis
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12
mot A MAN IN TIE HOUSE"
AT Nj. E. CHURCH TONITE
Mrs. loves Sunday School Class
of High School Girls Will
Put on 3 Program.

Mrs. Flora loves Methodist
Sunday school class of high scnoo!
girls will give a program at the
M. E. church, this Friday evening
April IL, to which everyone is cor
daily invited. and for which a
free-will silver Offering will be
taken for the benefit of the church
building fund. The program,
which consists of musical num-
bers, readings and a one-act COM
edy, follows: Instrumental solo,
moonlight on the Ocean," nellie
Yvette Pickard: Little Blossoms"
Ardith Martin; duet, "Darkey's
Fsherman's Rainy Day" Martha
Beall and Margaret Lockwood:
skit, It'll Scream With Reuben
and Rachel" Wanda Newkirk and
Alice Smith; monologue, "Tele-
phone Romance" Felma Lowe;
one-act comedy, Not a Man In
the House." by the following char
acters: Mrs. Bings, a widow Of
so, Julia Bennett: Miss Lucy, a
fluttery timid little maid, Dorinc
Waterman; Aunt Belinda, a white
haired woman Of 70, Airline Mar
tin; Kate, an uncultivated Irish
girl OF 20, Wanda Newkirk; Jes-
sic, ar attractive girl of eighteen
sweet and pleasant but a little
preoccupied with her love affairs,
Alice Smith: instrumental solo,
"A Perfect Day" Ruth Egnew.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12
On Terms 1885 Contract for Over
10000 Acres, 1000 of Which
In Big Horn Co.

w. l.. Lawson of Colorado
Springs, vice-president and gen
eral manager of the Holly Sugar
Corp, C. D. Adams of Sidney, su
perintendent of the three factories
at Sidney, Montana, Sheridan anc
Worland, Wyo., George Morrison,
chief agriculturist for the Sheri-
dan district, with H. P. Schaller
and L. R. Cool, local field men of
the Holly Sugar Corporation, met
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
with the directors of the Big Horn
County Beet Growers association
to consider the contract for 1885
beet growing offered by the Holly
Sugar Corporation.
After a thorough discussion the
directors approved the contract
after minor changes, including the
ADDITION OF the universal check-ott
system.
The administration at Washing
ton has approved the increase by
1851 acres of the original allo: :
ment to the Sheridan district Ct
8,544 acres so the Sheridan dis
trict now has an allotment of TO-
495 acres of which approximately
1000 acres r in Big Horn county,
of which more than 5000 acres are
in the Big Horn valley in the
Hardin district, which is a healthy
increase over last years acreage
here.:S
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12
Mrs. Susan E. hammers Succumbs
to Shock, Following a Fall
A Week Before.

Mrs. Susan E. hammers, a resi-
dent of Hardin the past % years,
died Saturday morning at hel
home at Custer avenue and Fourth
street. Mrs. hammers, who was
past eighty years of age, slipped
and fell while on her way to the
p%ostoflce, a block from her home,
the Saturday before, and while
she apparently was not seriously
injured, the shock was too much
for her and she was confined to
her bed for several days. On Mon
day of last week she was able to
be up and around the house and
her friends thought she would
soon be herself again, but she
took a relapse from which she
never rallied.
Susan E. hammers was born at
Bloomington, ILL.,, March Is, 1855.
She was married three times. her
last husband being Benjamin J.
hammers, to whom she was mar
ried at Harrington. Neb., on
Thanksgiving day. Nov. 80. 1899.
Shortly after their marriage they
moved onto a stock ranch in the
Elkhorn valley, near Atkinson,
Neb., later engaging in the stock
business with considerable sue
cess on the Niobrara river. From!
there they removed to Sheridan,
Wyo.
In the spring of 1907 they came
to the Big Horn valley, taking up
a homestead about a mile and
one-half west of Hardin. where
they resided until about 1915,
when they sold their 2OO-acre
dryland farm to Dan King for $50
an acre, and moved into Hardin.
Mr.. hammers opened a second
hand store here-the Hardin Fur
nlture Exchange. which for the
past several years has been con-
Quoted bv his son, George j. Lam
mers. Mr.. hammers died in Ha--
din April IL. 1882.
Mrs. hammers was an honored
member of Hardin Rebekah Lodge
No. SO, of which she was a past
Noble Grand, and in the wear.
gone by she had taken IN active
part in its fraternal life. She was
a woman of many motherly anc
nelghborly qualities, a loving and
and indulgent mother to the STEP
children whom she assisted her
late husband in rearing from
childhood to manhood and woman
hood, a kind friend and a good
neighbor. She lived a full ano
useful life during her full fou,
score years. and while those neal
and dear to her would not call
her back, if they could, yet they
will miss her.
Funeral services were held al
the Congregational church in Har.
din, Tuesday afternoon at two
o'clock, the pastor, Rev. N. E
Hannant. officiating. and intermen,
was beside the remains of her hus-
band in the Hardin cemetery
The funeral was under the direc.
ton of the Bulls Crilly Co. The
pallbrearers. all old-time friend.
OF Mrs. hammers, were C. A
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12
TO HOLD HARDIN SCHOOL
CLINIC FRIDAY, APRIL Is

The Big Horn County Chapter OF
the American Red Gross plans to
hold a clinic in connection with
the Hardin school on Friday, April
10. The afternoon from l to 4
will be given to the pre-school and
school children from District 16,
and to pre-school children of the
city of Hardin. The charge Is
Is cents per treatment. The
children may be immunized against
smallpox and diphtheria. If you
wish to give your children this
protection against these dread
diseases, please be at the clinic.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12
An Enjoyable
Minstrel Show
Hardin American Legion Coons
Greeted by Capacity House
Last Friday Mite.

The Harriet theatre was packed
last Friday evening by a good
natured crowd of upwards of TOO
who came out, despite the mud to
enjoy the American Legion Min
strels, staged under the auspices
of Hardin Post No. 8, American
Legion, which split the proceeds
fifty-fifty with the Boy Scouts.
While the circle contained A. D.
Sibley as interlocutor, Earl A.
Sibley and Ralph v. Scott as end
men and several of the other old
stand-bys of earlier minstrel per-
formances in Hardin, there were
some new faces, and the whole
performance was enlivened and
rounded out by a splendid orches-
ira of 10 pieces, directed by Bill
Becker. manager of the Hotel
Becker, himself a talented mu-
sician who spent some years with
leading orchestras of the country,
among them Paul Whiteman's. It
goes without saying that this
musical aggregation far surpassed
anything of the kind ever before
heard in Hardin. Miss Marian
Brekke, pianist, did exceptionally
well as the orchestra accompanies.
The Jokes and local hits were
Keen and much enjoyed by the
audience and the singing was es-
pecially good.
BESIDES the interlocutor and
eno.men, those in the circle of
olack-faces were Willard J. Scott.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12
BRIDE OF CIVAl WAR
DAYS DIES AT FORSYTH

dent of Forsyth; Frank, who died
at the age Of two years, and Min
ME, who died when a young girl
and is buried in Custer Battle
field National cemetery. The
family moved to Omaha and there
another son, Lester, was born.
He died in Mexico following err
vice with the U. S. troops in the
Spanish-American war.
MI. Getchell was a blacksmith
by trade, and he joined the United
States army as a civilian black
smith. He and his family moved
to wyoming in 1875 with the
troops and were stationed at
Stambo, no longer in existence.
It was located north of Laramie.
1t was there that Charles Getchell
now of Billings, was born.
The following year, Mr.. Getchell
was ordered to Fort Custer, then
just under construction. In wagon
trains they passed over Custer
battlefield Aug. IL, 1876, less than
two months following the Battle
of the Little Big Horn. Bodies
were still being removed from the
field at that time.
About two years following their
arrival at Fort Custer, MI. Getchell
was killed. He had entered the
horse business and had journeyed
into the Clark Fork country to
buy horses. When his body was
found the horses had been driven
away. Only the wagon remained.
1t was presumed that he had
been killed by rowing Indians.
A few years later, Mrs. Getchell
was married to Fred Server, an
army man stationed at that post.
When the Northern Pacific was
being built through this region,
they moved to Custer station,
now the town of Custer, and there
established what was to become
one of the most important hotels
along the Montana division of the
Northern Pacific. It was built of
logs and while it has been in dis
repair for years it still stands.
1t was there that the Servers
entertained Greeley and Roosevelt
and many other notables VIII O
found their way to Montana.
They operated the hotel until
about 1900, then moving to Crow
Agency where they managed a
hotel until Mr.. Server died about
IS years ago. Following his death,
Mrs. Server moved to Forsyth to
live with her daughter.
The remains, accompanied by
the s~on-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. H. D. OBrien of Forsyth,
their son, Denis O'Brien and the
son, Charles H. Getchell. both OF
Billings. will arrive in Hardin on
train No. AZ. Saturday morning,
The funeral train will be met by
the son-in-law and daughter. Mr.
and Mrs. R. P. Ross and their
family.
Funeral services will be held at
the Hardin Congregational church
saturday morning at 10, Rev. N,
=. Hannant, the pastor, of1ciat-
Ing. and interment will be in the
Custer BATTLEFIELD Nationa1 c~mo-
terry. where are buried her last
husband and daughter.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12
Care Of
Your Health
Vaccination Protects Us Against
Smallpox. Better Have One
Scar Than Many.

The following article on the
prevention Of smallpox has been
written for the Tribune-Herald
by DR.. Lysle E. Havcrfield, school
physician for Hardin district No.
17H:
It is 40 years since Jenner dis
covered how to prevent smallpox.
Yet nearly $4,000 cases of this
disease were reported in 43 states
of the United States and the
District of Columbia during 1882
These cases are the price paid for
our failure to make vaccination
universal. States which regularly
enforce vaccination laws have few
cases. States which enforce vac
cination only in times of epidemics
pay the price.
A striking illustration of the pro-
! lection vaccination gives was
shown in Vancouver. B. c., in 1882.
Here ar epidemic of smallpox in
its most severe form broke out.
Seventeen of the Sc cases resulted
in death. Seven members of m
family died. But not one person
who had been vaccinated within
IS years caught the disease.
Smallpox is one of the most
easily caught diseases. Very often
the victims do not remember even
having seen a person who had the
disease. Many cases of smallpox
are caught on trains or in crowded
street cars. It usually develops
about the twelfth day after the
infection. Chills, fever, headache,
and vomiting are the usual be-
ginning symptoms. Firm, red pim-
pies appear on the face and hands
and then show on other parts of
the body. If any one in your
home develops these symptoms.
keep him away from other men,
bers of the family and the neigh
bors.
Vaccination is youI protection
against smallpox. It prevents this
terrible disease. Every child should
be vaccinated before he is one
year old and again in early school
days. The protection given by a
successful vaccination lasts about
seven years.
Even if you have been vaccinat-
ed once, if it was more than seven
wears ago, you should go to a doc
tor or a clinic for re-vaccination
to be sure that you r safe. Every
epidemic of smallpox proves that
a recent vaccination is a complete
protection.
The doctor, to apply the vac
cine, slightly pricks the skin OF
makes a single scratch on the arm
or leg, preferably the arm. The
vaccine is prepared under the
careful control of the United
States government and is pro-
tected in a glass tube until it
reaches your skin. In a few days,
If the vaccination takes, the spot
becomes red and swollen. This
spot must be protected from dirt
and should not be touched. Usu-
ally no bandage is necessary. and
a shield should never be worn. II
it becomes too inflamed, YOU
should see the doctor. It is a
good plan to visit the doctor ono
week after he has vaccinated you,
though he may wish to see YOU
before that. A vaccination which
IS kept clean causes little trouble.
even IT you have a sore arm or
leg o a few days, it is much bet
ter than having smallpox. Is it.
not better to have one c in
stead Of many?
| Cecil Ross David Rror,or 1x,.,4..
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12

Ralph H. Franklin left Wednes-
day evening for his old home at
Clarified, Iowa, on receipt Of a
message that his mother, Mrs.
Nancy Franklin, aged 70, had
passed away that morning from
the ills incident to old age. Be-
sides MI. Franklin, she is sur
vived by a daughter, Mrs. Belle
Anderson, with whom she had
made her home some years.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12
FORMER SARPY BOY DIES AT
HELENA, BURIED BILLINGS

Frank Hubbard, aged 81, died 1t
Helena, Saturday, and was buried
IN Mountview cemetery at Billings,
Tuesday afternoon, following fun
eral services at Smiths chapel,
Rev. Forrest w. Werts, pastor of
the First M. E. church of Billings,
ofhciating. Frank Hubbard was
the only son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. E
Hubbard of Meeteetse, Wyo., and
for a number Of years resided in
the Sarpy section, where his par
ents still own their farm.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12

At eight O'Clock this Friday ev-
ening, April IL, KGHL at Billings
presents Miss Alberta DoWlin, a
niece of Mrs. Harvey Jones of the
Savoy hotel and cafe, in a piano
recital. Tune in and listen to
her tickle the worries"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12

Cecil Ross. David Brewer. Walter
J. Brekke, Roy o. Chambers, Merle
Evenson. Reuben Earth, and
Buzz" Pattison.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12
PIONEER MARION OF
HARDIN DIES SATURDAY

Brotherson, Melvin Cook, c. w.
Peck, J. w. Rowland, Dr.. c. T.
DeVore and Robert A. Vickers.
Mrs. hammers is survived by
one step-daughter, MRS. susan
Weidenfeld of Merrell, Iowa; four
step-Sons. E. A. hammers and
George j. hammers of Hardin;
Gus hammers of Burbank, Calf,
and w. F. hammers of Promise
City, Iowa; a hah-sister, Mrs.
Chris Miners of Harrington, Neb.,
and a niece, Mrs. E. E. Glenn, 1877
!, Balmoral Ave, Chicago, whom she
visited last summer while at
tending the Century Of Progress
fair.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12

favor Of the crop lien: but the
landowner is in no way obligated
Tor his tenants loan.
Checks in payment of approved
loans will be issued by the Re-
gional Emergency Crop and Feed
Loan Office at Spokane, Wash, and
not by the field supervisor or the
loan committee.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12

John c. Spear was in town
Thursday from Wyola.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12

Plympton succeeds himself while
Lobdell will succeed H. w. Bun
Ston.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-12

452 POI 255 10;
Plympton's majority, 1877
Lobdell's majority, SO
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-30
CREDIT AND SUCCESS.

Procrastnation it has been said, is the thief of time It is that, and further the habit of putting off the irksome, the seemingly difficult grows it also robs the individual of contentment, happiness and success.
 Putting off the paying of ones bills until they become a seemingly overwhelming burden, causes not only worry but frequently jeopardizes and loses an individuals credit.
 Many times through unforeseen circumstances prompt payment of all monthly obligations becomes impossible. Under such conditions it is much better explain the conditions to creditors make arrange ments to pay some amount all the accounts, though that amount is necessarily small than to put off paying, with the hope that next month larger payment can be made.
 Individuals like business firms are either solvent insolvent
 Temporary insolvency does not necessarily mean ruin to either business individual.
 Either with a reasonably good past credit record, coupled with the will to succeed, and advice and help from organizations created for credit rehabi- tation can work out of their difficulties.
 mans good credit is one of his greatest
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-30
History Repeats Itself.
1Tacoma Ledger

1Tacoma Ledger0
 Are creating a desert in the high plains regon?' asked at the Department of Agricul- ture. No answered Secretary Wallace Not if we act integently." Then the people of the dust and drough-stricken regions with display of optimism that is truly admirable, tell us that the country will come back the rains will come in their season and the fertility of the soil will be renewed. One cannot but respect and admire sturdness of char acter which refuses to be bowed down by calamity and to see that courage which causes people to cling to the land which they have wrested from nature
 That sandy soil might well back but it will take years filled with toi the expenditure of much money and of infinite pains combined with the patience that will rebuild that which the sun and winds have nearly destroyed That region of shifting sand must have it's soil bound tc resist the winds and to hold the little water that comes from the clouds Instead of keeping the lano denuded of covering it will be necessary to tempt the grasses and shrubs to again extend their pro- tecting care over the land, and that naturally precludes the blowing of land and the attempt to grow wheat
 In the operations of nature is it probable that the things that have happened in other lands could not happen in our own? The same thing that turned great stretches of fertile land into desert could vel operate on this continent unless man in his wisdom and with the advantages that science, which learn ed it's lesson through history can do, shall aver catastrophe
 Archeologists have unearthed the ruins of grea cities in the most desolate of regionsthe Sahars desert. Buried under vast accumulatons of sane , these cities indicate that they housed larg' populations, and of necessity that implies tha they must have been surrounded by vast stretches of fertile land, for cities not located far iron water and a food supply
 Today the land in which those buried cities art l found is dry and desolate-a region of bare rock 9 and shifting sands. To the archeoogist th' S story is easily read. A region of sand once th seat of a prehistoric sea, there period o more or less intensive cultivation. The coverini nature had placed there to safeguard the soil, wa removed, the top soil constantly stirred ant nothing left to conserve the water that fell The water level below ground constantly recede and finally the winds swept over the land, sendin D the fertile top soil into the air. The husbandmal driven from his acres and the keeper of cattl l gathered them up and drove them to a nor = fertile land. In time the cities disappeared 5 buried under the accumulation of dust storm afte dust storm
 e What happened in the Sahara and in the Got , desert could well happen in great plains regio and it would look inevitable unless the wisdom c man shall be sufficient to stay the process of so erosion now in progress. There may be seasons c
 plentiful rainfall just rain storms speed acros
 the barren wastes of the deserts but if there is
 protecting coverings for the soi the rains will b ! ineffective.