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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-19

]. A. Anderson of "Andy's Tire
SHOP sang a song, Pm a Bum"
which brought him a great hand.
Herb H. Hammer of the Carpen-
ter Paper Co. expressed his ap-
probation of the warm hospitality
extended the Billings boosters by
the Hardin people. closing by stat
no that it was "just like coming
home after a long trip.
Secretary Bill Fisher of the
Billings Commercial club made a
stirring talk on good roads" as
only he can talk, and invited
Hardin to send a delegation to
Billings, Wednesday. July 30, TO
meet with the Montana state
highway commission. who will be
in session there at that time. and
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-19
To Each School District
From Regular and Special
Tax LevieS.

The nine school districts of Big
Horn county have had paid in1o
the treasury to the credit of their
accounts the apportionment by
County Superintendent of Schools
c. r. Stobaugh from the second
final payment of 1884 taxes from
the eight-mill common school levy.
The total amount apportioned is
S12.153.0 4 to the 3.255 school child
rem of the county at the rate of
S3.73, plus. according to the fol-
lowing table:
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-19
Martin Ekmun|
Called Home
Passes Away at a Local Hospital
Friday Last-Resident Big
Horn Co. 80 Years.

The Hardin community suffered
the loss of one of its best citizens,
friday of last week, when Martin
Ekman, a pioneer contractor
tCckman died after a brief illness
At a local hospital. While he had
been in i'll health for some time,
he was able to be up and around,
and only a couple of weeks ago
'eturned from a visit to the Mayo
clinic at Rochester, MINI. Sew
eral of his close personal friends
Who had ridden the COW trails
With him, years ago, were with
him when he started on his last
unknown trail. He had been a
highly respected citizen of what is
low Big Horn county for almost
thirty years.
Martin Ekman was born at
Skane, Sweden, Nov. %, 1871.
When a lad Of II he came to
America and being possessed of
the hardy spirit Of the pioneer,
he Immediately came west, where
n time he became a contractor
IN the construction of irrigation
systems and railroads.
In 1905 he entered into the
livestock business and purchased
the foundation of his herd from
the late johnny Orrick, three
times sheriff Of Yellowstone coun-
ty and afterwards U. S. marshal.
On May II, 1912, he was married
TO Miss Josenhine Hokanson of
Big Lake, Mimi, who survives him.
He retired from active business in
1919 and he and Mrs. Ekman
came to Hardin, which has since
been their home. She has the
sympathy of the community in
her bereavement.
Funeral services were held at
the Baptist church Tuesday after
noon at two o'clock, Rev. Fred C.
Fulford, pastor Of the Hardin
Methodist church officiating. Mu-
sic was furnished by the Four
S~',are church mixed --rartette.
The floral offerings were profuse
and beautiful. The pallbearers,
all old-time friends, were J, b.
Quest, Jack Davis, ]. H. PLAN
beck, J. T. Svaren, H. A. Williams
and Joe Newell. Interment was
in the Hardin Fairview cemetery.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-19
RAY BUZZETT1 is CHOSEN
COACH GLASGOW Hi SCHOOL

Ray Buzzetti. son of MIR. and
Mrs. A. Buzzetti of Hardin and
when a student at the Montana
State College at Bozeman a mem
Der OF the famous basketball
ou1nt known as the wonder
team" three times Rocb-' Noun
tain conference champions, h a S
been elected athletic coach Of the
high school. For the
past two years Raw has been with
the Denver athletic club at Den
yer.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-19
Dana Steer
Weighs 2450
Largest Animal Seen on Chicago
Market in Years, Raised
By Local Man.

Ed L. Dana, who enjoys the
distinction of being one of the
largest growers of livestock in the
country. was in Hardin, Saturday,
from his home ranch at Parkman,
Wyo., a few miles over the Mon
tana line and made the Hardin
Office a pleasant
call. Mr.. Dana runs thousands of
cattle on his ranges near Hardin.
During recent months Mr.. Dana
has ben shipDing large numbers
OF beef cattle. produced on his
ranges in Montana and Wyoming,
to the Chicago. market. Last April
he tn~~"1 the market with a load
of "a haed of beef steers which
averaged 1879 pounds and brought
SLABS per cwt.. the highest price
paid in over five wears.
Last Monde he marketed 90
animals from his Parkman ranch
on the Chicago market. the larg-
est steer of which weighed 2.450
pounds. the largest animal seen
on the CHICAGO market in MANY
wears. This steer sold for $685.
per hundred weight. Twelve other
animals averaged 1910 pounds
sold at the same price.
Also included in the Dana ship
ment were 20 steers averaging
1850 pounds and sold for $11 per
hundredweight and 10 steers aver
aging LBS mounds. The latter
sold for $10.5O ner hundredweipht,
Fftv-two bulls. shipped from
Dana's Montana ranch. averaging
1880 pounds were sold for 1925
per hundredweight.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-19
SCHOOL MONEY IS
APP0Rn0NED
BASEBALL TEAM
VS.. FORSYTH, HERE, SUNDAY

The Hardin baseball team will
play on the home diamond, next
Sunday, for the first time in four
weeks. their opponents being the
boys OF the Forsyth nine to whom
they lost the first game in five
starts, last Sunday by a score of
9 to 7. Sid Voiles will be in the
box for Hardin with Jack Hell
mann behind the bat. The local
boys are going to do their "durn-
dest" to turn the tables on the
Forsyth Lads and baseball fans
are assured Of a hard fought
contest. Admission will be Is
cents for adults and 10 cents for
children.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-19

Charles Clement who, with his
family reside on the Shively
ranch on Pryor creek, 10 miles
southeast of Pryor, where he is
in the employ Of the E. L. Dana
Livestock Co., was in town Sat-
urday. He reports grass on the
range is knee high.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-19

Mrs. w. H. Furman of Kirbv.
accompanied by her house guest.
Miss Robina Bran of Kent, Ohio,
attended to business matters in
Hardin, Tuesday. These ladies be-
came acquainted while crossing
the ocean on the steamer Maure-
tanaia from a trip to Engl and and
wales in 1908, and have since
been warm friends.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-19

Mrs. Oliver Wise and mother
OF Wvola spent Monday at the
E. L. Robbins home near st. KAY
Ter. 4.,JaN
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-19

Hal Ostlund, district governor
OF the 37th district of Lions clubs,
embracing the state of Montana
and the province of Alberta, Can
ada, with Mrs. Ostlund and two
sons, Dow and Raymond Ostlund.
OF Lethbridge, Canada, accompan-
led by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E. Van
Denmark, daughter Ruth and son
Norris of Cut Bank, stopped over
at Hardin, Saturday night, en-
route by auto to Mexico City, To-
attend the International Lions
convention which convenes in the
Mexican capital July 1926.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-19

Clayton Clanin. owner of the
former Allie Stevenson general
merchandise store at Lodge Grass,
was in town Wednesday and re-
oorts BUSINESS good in Lodge
Grass.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-19

DR.. B. j. Neary, for the past
score of years a government ply
sician on the Crow Indian reser-
walton, located first at st. Xavier
and more recently at Pryor, hav-
ing reached the age of retirement,
expects soon to leave with his. wife
and three children for their
former home at Johnstown, Pa.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-19
1885 $11.678.O4 $475

1885 $11 ,678.0 o. $475
The high school apportionment
from the 8l2-mill levy provided
the following amounts to the two
high school of the county:
17H-Hardin ......... S 7.77e.41
27-Lodge Grass. ....... 4.94O.76
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Total. $12.947.67
The special mills levies brought
the following sums to the various
Evening star., 1935-12-01

the eastern abutment being laid on
July 4, 1892, in the presence of the
Commissioners and citizens. In 1795
this structure is said to have been
found insecure, and the center arch
ordered to be taken down, and sub
sequently it was left in ruin. A
wooden bridge, we are told, was then
built on a line with M street, and
that 1t occupied the site of bridge
which had crossed the creek a few
years before, which indicates that the
bridge erected in 1888 at this point
had evidently been destroyed prior to
1795.
Gen. WASHINGTON'S approval for
the letting of the contract for the
K Street Bridge was announced in
his letter to David Stuart, dated April
8, 1892, and forwarded from Phila-
delphia. The President did not like
the idea Of having such matters left
to him for approval, and did not
hesitate to say so in his letter, which
follows:
The letter from the Commission
ers to Mr.. jefferson has been laid be-
fore me and I have desired him to
approve the contract respecting the
bridge over Rock Greek; but in future
it would be more agreeable to me,
after a plan. or the principles lead
ing to the measure, is approved, not
to have the details or the execution
suspended for reference to me. Be-
cause. to Judge properly of the mat
ter must Tin many instances) depend
upon calculation-upon accustomed
modes. established prices and usages
of different places-none of which
my time and avocations will allow me
to investigate with promptness: con-
Sequently the business must be delayed
Gf I take time for examination) or I
must decide in the dark, If do not.
This has actually been the case
Evening star., 1935-12-01

I saw him the last time, I think, in
the year 1898. when he crossed the
Potomac in ferryboat near Aqueduct
Bridge. On each side of Water street,
from the foot of High street, George
town, to the bridge, the citizens were
ranged on either side, while Gen.
Washington walked between them,
uncovered and bowling to the people
as he passed along"
However, the bridges connecting K
street and NJ street seem to have an
swered the purpose until the Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Bridge was erected
few years before the Civil War for
the purpose Of conveying the city's
water supply over the creek. A state
ment before the writer says 1t was q
fine iron structure. consisting Of an
arch of 200 feet, formed by two a.
inch pipes used to convey the aqueduct
water into the city and upon which
rested the roadway. The Washington
g. Georgetown Railroad Co., incor-
porated by act of Congress approved
May II. l862-originally crossed this
bridge, but the tracks were finally
removed to the M Street Bridge, a
short distance away to the north, as
required by act Of Congress of March
3, 1875.
The original p Street Bridge
where the new bridge was only re-
Gently dedicated-was erected by the
Union Railroad Co. in the early 70s
This railroad later became o part of
the old Metropolitan Railroad system.
The site Of this bridge is one Of the
few places in the District of Colum-
bia associated with the history of the
Revolutionary War, for 1t is quite well
established that Cavalry division of
Lauzun's Legions did cross this stream
at this point in 1871, and that other
bodies of French troops crossed here
also. About q year ago the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution
Evening star., 1935-12-01

placed a bronze marker on the bridge
to commemorate the fording Of this
stream by the French soldiers.
TOR a long while there was no
bridge-at least. not of perma-
nent character-north Of the P Street
Bridge, until the @ Street Bridge was
built in comparatively recent years.
William King. Sd, q pioneer coal
merchant. who died six years ago, and
who resided in Georgetown, where he
was born in 1856, said that when he
was attending old Columbia Col
lege, then on Fourteenth street a short
distance beyond Florida avenue,
in taking a short cut from his home
to the college he crossed the creek
at about @ street on two wide boards
Upon q former occasion the writer
told the readers of The Star about an
old residence that once stood on a
bluff opposite the Connecticut avenue
entrance of the Geological Park. It
was called Oak Hill. or Red Wood, and
at one time belonged to Capt. Edmund
French, father of Col. w. E P. French,
U. s. A., retired, and here Col. French
lived with his parents until he went
to West Point. Knowing him to be
delightful company and good person
to interview, the writer called upon
him recently. particularly to learn how
and where his people crossed Rock
Greek on their way 20 Washington.
The colonel said that the people in
the vicinity Of the creek and those
whose farms bordered on it had ripa-
rian rights and could cross it at GER
tain points at any time. Since he
usually rode a horse, he said he had
no difficulty in crossing the stream,
except, of course, when it was flooded,
when, like the rest Of the family, he
had to enter the city by way Of
Georgetown.
Evening star., 1935-12-01

However, the writer was Of the i'm
preston that there was small wood
en- bridge in the vicinity of the Taft
Bridge many years ago, and Col.
French said that there was such a
bridge toward the latter years of their
residence on their country place. The
bridge was just big enough and strong
enough to stand the weight Of team
of horses and a light vehicle. A print
Of such a bridge. made in 1881. was
used in one Of the guide books Of that
year.
But Rock Greek. even within the
recollection of many. was once much
larger stream than it is at present
and, unfortunately, is growing less all
the time, and so noticeable is this
that not so very long ago some heart
less persons seriously suggested turn
ing it into a sewer and, Of course, had
this been done that would have been
the end of Rock Creek, which is as
beautiful stream of its kind as Is tc
be found anywhere.
CAPT. EDMUND FRENCH was from
- the Nutmeg State. vas graduate
of West Point, and resigned from the
Army in 1886, and actively engaged al
a civil and military engineer. Among
his achievements was the building o.
the Hudson River Railroad, part o.
the Croton aqueduct. He was building
the Treasury extension when he died
July 7, 1860, and was buried a few
days later in the Kalorama vault be-
side the remains of the intrepid Ste
phen Decatur. He bought the prop
erty, consisting of 125 acres, from
Charles E. D. Wood for $500 and 81
acres of this land is now part of tht
National Geological Park. The ole
French homestead was probably bull
about 1919.
Col. w. E. P. French, though quite
young at the time of the death o.
Evening star., 1935-12-01

THE contract for this bridge was
let to Leonard Harbaugh. 1t was
to be of stone and was to be erected
on a line with K street. Wilhelmus
Bogart Bryan. in writing of the con-
struction of this bridge, says:
"At that time the mouth of Rock
Greek formed a broad opening that
began at the base of the ridge west
of Rock Creek, along which M street
passes, and extended as far west
almost as Thirty-second street. In
consequence the line of K street on the
west side passed entirely through
water, and, in order to make bridge
available at that point it was neces-
sary to build causeway. The latter
was done and was 80xl 800 feet and
formed portion Of what is now Water
street in Georgetown. The ground
north of the causeWay, as well as that
south Of it, was drained, and is now
covered with buildings. The scheme
was to have been of advantage both
to the public and to the landowners,
and the expense was to be met by the
sale of the land thus reclaimed AS
that was not success. and the Com
missioners advanced the money, the
brunt of the failure bore upon the
city funds. In addition. Harbaugh's
plan Of building arches was defective
and the bridge fell down, so that
the city authorities had to suffer
that additional loss, and, as If that
was not a sufficient train of disas-
ters to attach to a single phase of
the business, they were made the
target of criticisms of those interested
in the eastern portion of the city,
who claimed they saw in the entire
scheme only the favoritism of the
Commissioners toward the section of
the city near to Georgetown.
According to the press of that time,
this early bridge consisted of three
arches of stone, the corner stone of
Evening star., 1935-12-01

with respect to the bridge above men,
toned: for If I had been called upon
to say what such bridge would cost
should have guessed less than the
contract price. And though the items
which form the aggregate may con-
tain no more materials than are in
dispensably necessary: and the price
of them and rates Of work not more
than usual. yet, from want Of knowl-
edge in these matters, both appear
high to me.
"Not for this reason, but because
you have jealous and ill-disposed peo-
pie about you, my advice to you Is to
act with caution in all your contracts;
and I give it with the freedom Of
friendship, because it has been in
sinuated, before the contract was
made, that sufficient notice had not
been given; and, of course, you would
have no competitors for the under
taking of the bridge"
INDEED. this freedom Of friendship
of which he refers may be well
understood when we consider that DR..
David Stuart had married the widow
of John Parke Custis-Mrs. Wash
ingtons son by her first husband.
1t is quite probable that both the
K Street and the M Street Bridges
were serviceable during some period
of Gen. Washington's life and that
he crossed over both bridges on his
way to and from Georgetown during
his several visits to the Capital City.
Christian Hines, in speaking Of one Of
his last visits to the Capital. indicates
that at least upon two occasions he
crossed by way of the K Street Bridge.
Mr.. Hines says:
"I believe I only saw Gen. Wash
ington twice in my life. The first
time was when he came up in boat
and landed at the lower bridge, at the
foot of K street north, and stopped
with his nephew, Thomas Peter, Esq.
Evening star., 1935-12-01

% Old Woodley Bridge during the of construc
ton, 1882 Later replaced by the Taft Bridge. ~ The
Calvert Street Bridge being moved 80 feet make
for the bridge shown being built at the right 0 and
just opened traffic within the past few weeks. ~ His
toric Holt house, in the vicinity of the Calvert Street
Bridge, the office of the National Geological Park.
5) View of Rock Greek in the Kalorama 1881
showing in distance type of bridge then in use.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
HUGH T. TAGGART in his story
Of "Old Georgetown" refers to

Of "Old Georgetown" refers to
this bridge as follows:
Georgetown intended evidently In
this instance to build well, but after
some years of useful service the bridge
was the scene of a melancholy acci-
dent; it gave way one stormy night
and precipitated into the creek-then
considerable body Of water as we
have seen-a stage coach which was
crossing it and the driver and horses
were drowned. After this occurrence
and the repair Of the bridge a lively
fancy aided by little superstition on
the part of the residents of the Vi
cinity had no difficulty in outlining
on stormy nights the ghostly figure
of the driver, with his coach and
horses crossing it as he had been won't
to do in the days of the flesh"
Just how long this bridge with
stood the pressure of the heavy flow
of water of Rock Greek, then con-
Siderably larger than at present, espe-
cially after heavy rains, the writer
Is not informed, but the chances are
that its life was very brief. At any
rate, in slightly less than year after
the corner stone of the District was
laid, we find the following item in q
Georgetown newspaper, dated March
a, 1892:
"The Commissioners have not yet
done much in the way of opening
streets. There is very little money
available for this work and it seems
likely that only a few passageways'
between the trees and bushes will be
opened up in various directions for
the present. It is understood that
the Commissioners have under con-
sideration a plan to instruct the
general overseer of labor to have
breadth of two perches done in the
middle of the Avenue from the Presi-
dents Palace to the Capitol.
"The Commissioners are also plan
ming to have built a stone bridge
across Rock Greek on line with K
street, as projected in the new city,
and in furtherance of Maj. LEnfant's
plan of providing an outlet for the
post road through the new city. Rock
Greek has broad opening that begins
at the base of the ridge north OF
X street. The line of the latter
street at this point passes entirely
through the water and in order to
make a bridge serviceable 1t will be
necessary to build a causeway.
"It is hoped that nothing will be
done to injure the navigation of Rock
Greek. 1t is proposed to ask the
Maryland Legislature to prohibit the
erection Of weirs and hedges in the
creek within miles Of the Potomac
River in order to keep it open for
boats that distance f5m its mouth. /"
Evening star., 1935-12-01
New Calvert Span
Latest Milestone
Along Pathway to
More Enduring and
Beautiful Designs.
By John Clagen Proctor.

~ EDICATION of the Calvert
Street Bridge, scheduled for
December II, will be an i'm
~ portant event in which the
people of the District of Columbia
should take an active and an interest
ing part, realizing that in construc-
ton of this bridge there is mani
fest intention of building for the fu-
ture. Generations to come, no doubt,
will view with appreciation this mag
nifcent structure, just as the people
today observe the many early sub
stantial bridges of the Old World and
the few existing old bridges here in
our own country.
There could not be many very old
bridges around Washington, for the
city itself is not so very old. Nor was
1t necessary or desirable a hundred
years ago to have massive bridges in
this vicinity, for even the steam rail-
way had hardly then begun to oper-
ate, and the transportation of un-
usually heavy loads was still some
way of.
When control over the District of
Columbia was assumed by the Federal
Government in accordance with the
residence act of July Is, 1870, as
amended March 3, 1891, there was
but one public bridge around Wash
ington, all streams being crossed by
way Of fords or through the agency
Of ferries.
The only bridge then standing,
which crossed Rock Creek on about
a line with Bridge (now M street.
was of wooden construction and not
very imposing. Erection of this bridge
was strictly a Georgetown project,
and the building details were ham
died by Robert Peter, Thomas Beall
of Georgetown and William Deakins,
ir., who we're appointed commissioners
for the purpose, and, in 1888, they
caused the following advertisement
to be published:
ITO be let to the lowest bidder on
Monday, the 18th instant, at Mr.. John
Suffers In Georgetown, the building
of bridge over Rock Greek near said
town. As this is a building of some
consequence it is expected that no
person will apply but those who are
we'll qualified to execute the work in
the neatest manner and to give ample
security for the performance"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-06-28
RADY.

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dele. Krone toho jsou chlass-
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kan1 tax snadno.
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Sc pratt We vlazne mydlove vo-
de, ktera must byt nekolikrate
obnovana, ably v rukavic1ch
nezbyla ami ia nejmensf neci-
stota. Lice glycerinu, kterou
pridame do posledn1 vody, "a
bran1 ztvrdnutf kGze.
Skvrny cd bile kavy ostran1-
me z vlnenych latek nasleduj1-
elm z%pGsobem: PotTeme CT
stym glycerinem a mechanic 10
minut pGsobiti. Potion vypere-
me We vlazne vode a pTezehli-
me pc rubu do sucha. Timto
zpGsobem nenf porusena ami ia
nejcitlivejsf barva.