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, 1935-03-26
RELIEF BILL
Veto THREAT
IS RUMORED

WASHINGTON, March 26.-PJ-
A threat of a presidential veto was
voiced on Capitol hill Tuesday in
a effort to kill the Thomas silver
ihflation amendment TO the $780,
100000 work and relief bill.
At the same time an authorita-
tive source said that President
Roosevelt not only opposed the
Thomas amendment, but that high
administration officials close TO the
White House had asked congress
sional leaders TO block any other
silver OF monetary legislation this
session.
House leaders figured they had
definitely blocked an attempt to
get the house TO accept forthwith
the Thomas amendment which was
written into the relief bill by the
senate, along with 80 other changes.
The strategy Of the democratic
leadership is to send the bill TO a
conference between senators and
representatives, with the idea hat
amendments unacceptable TO the
administration will be stricken out.
The house rules committee, head
ed by Chairman O'Connor (D-NY)
presented to the house Tuesday a
resolution to send the bill to the
conference and bar any attempts to
agree to senate amendments now.
After that special resolution was
approved by the committee, Speak
er Byrns heaved a sign. smiled and
remarked: That's another hump
we're over"
He predicted that the resolution
would be adopted overwhelmingly,
forestalling the silver bloc's attempt
To get a vote now on the Thomas
amendment.
The rules committee acted only
after Byrns. Just back from the
White House, met the democratic
committeeman and asked them II II
would not be putting the president
on the spot to force him to veto
a relief bill because OF a silver
amendment.
The speaker emphasized that he
had no authority to quote the
president directly on that line, but
after his warning. the committee
voted the resolution. However, one
committee member. Rep. Dies Cd
Texas. joined with six other silver
advocates in calling a meeting 10
discuss mean Of getting a vote any
how. They ~contended that sending
the bill to conference threatened
further lengthy delay"
, 1935-03-26

day night, MI. Roosevelt received
assurance OF remarkable improve
ment In the condition Of Louis MI
Howe. his secretary for many years,
who has been critically iii at the
White House. The president was
cheered when his 64-year-old aide
awoke from q restful sleep and ask
ed for q cigaret.
From the democratic leaders ON
Capitol Hill the chief executive had
assurances that they would do all
they could to get his program
through congress. though many q
battle appears in the offing.
Speaker Byrns predicted that 'the
house will go along as It has in
carrying out that legislative pro-
gram"
II was drawn up In q conference
between the president and Senator
Robinson. democratic leader. Though
II was emphasized that the calendar
was not q hard and fast" one and
was TO be flexible enough to permit
the possible inclusion Of other bills,
these measures were listed as among
those which will be considered wifN
q view TO final action:
NRA extension. social security
Cboth old age pensions and unem-
ployment insurance., regulation OF
utility holding companies, increased
capitalization for the Home Owners
Loan corporation. consolidated trans
portation regulation, a banking act
increasing powers Of the Federal Re-
serve Board over credit and currency
and Tightening Of food and drug
laws.
The capital noted with interest
that several controversial measures
were not listed.
Through Senator Robinson, the
president left word in washington
that he would like the 81, 1000. 0OO, 900
bonus question TO be postponed un-
I'll he returns from his vacation.
Ahead Of the vacationer lay a week.
perhaps two, OF deep sea fishing on
the yacht Nourmahal OF Vincent
Aston. a distant relative. who Is
publisher OF the magazine To-day"
In the presidents fishing party
we're expected 70 be the same friends
who accompanied him on two prev
iOuS expeditions. Among these were
Kermit Roosevelt. son OF President
Theodore Roosevelt: Judge j. Fred
eric Kernochan OF New York: George
St. George and Lyle Hull OF Tuxedo.
New York, and Doctor Leslie Heiter
Of Mobile. Alabama.
The president was accompanied on
his southwark journey by a secre-
tary. Marvin II. Mcintyre. who will
establish headquarters at Miami and
maintain contact between the Nour-
mahal and the White House. where
another secretary. Stephen T. Ear
ly, Is on duty.
, 1935-03-26
Roosevelt Sails To
Southland for Short
Period of Fishing

EN- ROUTE TO FLORIDA WITH
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. March
rs. Divisions OF bouts with big
game fish rose in President Roose-
velt's mind Tuesday as he sped south
ward for a vacation off the Florida
coast. leaving behind In the capital
q tentative seven-point legislative
program.
Harry L Hopkins, the relief adj
ministrator, was with him presum-
ably to discuss details Of the gov
ernment's huge work-relief pro-
gram.
Before he left Washington Mon
, 1935-03-26
New Sidewalks Are
Built In San Juan
Especial 10 The Herald
YTvAMv MN---A ne 4

SAN JUAN. March 26.- City Of
ficialS OF San Juan. in cooperation
with property owners and other in
terested citizens and by using re-
lief labor. have built seven blocks
Of sidewalk. The grammar school,
the new Community church, the
city hall, and many residences now
are connected by sidewalk TO the
business section of town.
Traffic hazards for school child
rem going TO and coming from
school and TO pedestrians going TO
and coming from church have been
removed TO a great extent.
Mayor u. j. Boehnke and Com
missioners w. F. Good and j. Floyd
Hetrick took an active part in the
construction.
, 1935-03-26
Plans Completed For
Postal Conferences
Especial to The HtIaldl

SAN BENITO. March % Those
in charge Of arrangements for the
Valley-wide meeting Of postoffice
employees here Friday night are
hopeful Of having some OF the
Shrine entertainers from San An
tonic appear on the program. The
Shriners are scheduled to give a
performance in San Benito Friday
night and at McAllen Saturday
The program Is expected TO be
replete with interesting talks and
entertainment.
, 1935-03-26
QUEEN

Noel Coward can forget his fears
about surrendering his brain child.
Design for Living to the movies.
For with Frederic March. Miriam
Hopkins, Gary Cooper. and Ed
ward Everett Horton as the prin-
cipals, Ernst Lubitsch has done a
masterful job Of direction from the
Ben Hecht script. Paramount's
screen treatment Of the celebrated
comedy shows Wednesday for its
last day at the Queen theatre,
Brownsville.
The finesse and color displayed
, 1935-03-26
Band Concert

A band concert win be presented
by the 18th Cavalry band Tuesday
night at 7 o'clock at the post, II was
announced Tuesday morning by w.
@. Archambault, director.
The program follows:
Overture, The Black Rose" Fan
tasia. Moorish S~erenade;" Fox Trot,
"Emaline;" Dance. "Solome Dance"
Serenade. Les Millions harlequin"
Fox Trot, IN Wind" Intermezzo.
Jewels Of the Madonna" March
Finale, "Waterville."
At the end Of 1880 there were q
SIS. 900 electric r~efrigerators In
operation In the United States.
, 1935-03-26
Jaycees Pledge Aid
To New Officials
fspeclal to nc Heraldl

HARLINGEN, March % New
officers Of the Junior Chamber OF
Commerce were welcomed at a
meeting Of the board OF directors
Monday noon at the Madison hotel.
The board pledged its support TO
the new president. z. ". McCright.
The necessity for Valley-wide CO.
operation was pointed out. IL was
stated that ~inter-city cooperation
would help this entire section prosper
in a way that 1t has never prospered
before.
Other officers include Bob Ad-
ans, vice president; Sam Cobb,
treasurer; and Ray Byfield, sec-e-
tary and manager.
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Is the
worlds largest Spanish speaking
city.
, 1935-03-26
Memorial Services

Especial 70 The he<aiuD
HARLlNGEN, March a. Me-
mortal services were read in the
Methodist church Sunday for Rev.
Charles William Gustave Fritsche
who died In Santa Rosa last week.
Rev. FrttSche has served the Evan
gelical Lutheran church for So years
and was 81 at the time OF his death.
The body was forwarded to Lar
annie. Wis. by the Waller McRenna
Mortuary and Mrs &. "A. Christian
zen and Mrs. p. M. Christensen,
daughters. motored TO Wyoming for
the funeral
, 1935-03-26
DITTMANN

Set against a background Of the
roof-top dwellings. the small car
nivals and musical halls Of the left
bank Of Paris, Maurice Chevalier
in his newest starring picture for
Paramount. The Way To Love- Is
now on exhibition at the DiEtmann
Theater.
That part of Partisan life which
offers Maurice the more simpler.
more human. "down-to-earth" roles
he so earnestly desires presents the
singing French star as a guide for
a tourist agency. His job. showing
the beauties" Of Paris, leads him
into a romance with one beauty
who isn't to be seen from the top
o. a sightseeing bus. Ann Dvorak
has the role.
she has the job Of target for a
villainous knife thrower in a car
nival act. Running away from her
employer. she meets Chevalier. seeks
refuge IN his one-room flat over
looking the roofs of Paris. But
their romance meets with difficult
ties when the knife-thrower seeks
them out. takes the girl back.
, 1935-03-26
NEW STATION MANAGER

NoVFNlHI % IWE TTfINFNT
SAN BENITO. March 20 Bernie
Goolsby has begun operating the
new Magnolia Filling station re-
Gently erected on a lot on Stenger
81. across from the Stonewall Jack
son hotel. Goolsby was manager OF
the N. Sam Houston Blvd. Magnolia
station until recently. K. G. Spicer
has taken over the boulevard sta
ton
, 1935-03-26
SHIPPING
BEGINS SLUMP

wESLACO, March 26. = Lower
Rio Grande Valley citrus shipments
remained about steady during the
past week although the movement
has been reduced to an average Of
about is to 10 cars daily as COM
pared with 40 to SO cars daily up TO
two weeks ago.
With a deadline Of April 2 for
fruit shipments decreed by the
United States and Texas Depart
ments Of Agriculture. growers ana
shippers will probably hasten ship
ments during the remainder OF the
month in an effort to move as much
fruit as possible before the Morelos
fruit fly quarantine becomes ef-
fective. The last shipping date had
been set at April is before discov-
cry of the infestations.
Total Valley shipments through
the past weekend amounted to 7.0l2
cars OF citrus and 6,283 cars (estim-
ated) OF vegetables, or a total Of 49,
295 cars Of produce. Added to this
were 80 Ears Of mixed fruits and
vegetables which moved by rail to
bring the grand total to 1929 cars.
The shipments were distributed
- f1rTnuus
, 1935-03-26

by March and Miss Hopkins was
more or less expected Of them in
the characters played on the stage
by Coward and Lynn Fontanne,
and they fulfilled all the anticipa-
ton, but the surprise of the show
was Gary Cooper as the ARTIST, the
role played behind the footlights
by Alfred Lunt. The rangy Cooper's
performance contributed much
laughter.
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EEDE IN
FORESTRY WORK
oOO WORTH OF EQUIPMENT is
NEEDED BY FOREST SERVICE
THIS YEAR

Contracting for more than S7OO.OOO
In field equipment for the entire for
est service of the United States, re-
uuired between now and July l. the
procurement and supply branch OF
the forest service at regional head
quarters at Missoula is a very bus,
department these days. Hordes OF
statesmen and equipment representa-
tives have been here for the n
of bids.
Tho procurement branch is buying
the following items. with different
awards being made for the nine diff
ferent zones of the forest service, in
proportion t. output of factories
within the ?OrcS.b based on the lowest
prices in the bids:
Axes, 100 200, at approximately 81
each.
shovels, 100 900, at approximately SO
cents each. m
cents each.
MattocKs. $4,000, at approximately 60
saws. $4,000, at approximately $3.50
each.
Sleeping bags, Is. 900, at $3.50 each.
Handles for all kinds of equipment
noted above.
AS an indication of the extent of the
purchases being made, 1t Is said that
about "a miles of saws, If laid end to
end, are being obtained. Delivery may
be made within 10 days Of notifica.
ton Of awards, and the equipment will
be used for the forest service activi-
ties, and for all CCC camps under the
forest service in the entire United
States,
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of the bluffs. to obtain water for the
wounded. On one such trip, he also re-
ceived a severe wound. Pete was award
ed the congressional medal. I used to
visit Pete quite often, and although we
were the best of friends, he would say
but little of what happened on the day
of the battle. Peter Thompson died a
Hot Springs, S. D. I have heard that
he talked more freely, during his de-
Ginning years.
Orders came from Washington, D. c.,
to remove the Cheyenne Indians that
were at the Pine Ridge agency, to the
Fort Keogh military reservation. The
start was made about the first OF
March, 1891. The writer, with a friend,
joined the outfit, for the purpose OF
buying ponies from the Indians. Among
the horses we bought and traded for,
was one grey running mare, owned by
a young Cheyenne. She was as fine a
piece of horseflesh as anyone would
wish to own. I pestered the young In
dian for days, offering him money and
other trades, but not until we reached
the Powder river would the young
Cheyenne trade. I secured the mare in
exchange for a new Marlin repeating
rifle. A number of these Cheyennes
had served as scouts with the soldiers.
WILLIS ItOW1d1ld, q D4SSN, "oo AAS
sergeant and interpreter, and Two
Moons was their chief. Two Moons was
a likable Indian, and quite talkative in
his broken English. The old coffee
cooler was we'll liked by all white men
who became acquainted with him.
There was another interesting char
acter with the outfit. This was a young
white man who had charge OF n OF
the government supply wagons. He
had been with the soldiers on the
Wounded Knee, and witnessed part OF
the slaughter. While the bullets tipped
about him, he had dug and scratched
into the sand alongside his wagon to
escape the hail of bullets. There is
vet another story to be told, a sort OF
aftermath to the slaughter on the
| Wounded Knee, for the hands, arms
and legs of this former boy teamster
| showed many scars made by bayonet
thrusts. The government investigations
caused CONSERVATION among the SOL
diers on the Wounded Knee. The out
come of it was, that a number OF IN,
dividual colored troopers were killed
by unknown asSailants. The boy team-
| ster that was, now has a farm near the
town of Jordan. He is not as young as
he used to be, but he still bears the
car an innocent victim whose j.
crime was being present at n mas
sacre on the Wounded Knee.
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Chops Gold Charm
From 18-Inch Loo

With gold bringing $35 an ounce,
Byron Nay, pioneer Beaverhead county
resident today found wood-chopping a
profitable business.
In the heart of an 18-inch log he
was splitting into blocks, he found a
handmade gold medallion. weighing
about an ounce
Nay expressed the belief the medal
ion had been placed in the tree dur
ing Vigilante days or in that approx
mate period.
A woodpecker's nest apparently had
acted as the cache, he said. Nay fig
ured the charm could have been placed
in the nest by a man riding on horse
back.
The log, along with others, had been
cut for several years. Nay, remember
ing the spot where the tree vas logged
is going back on an inspection trip, or
the chance of running into more evil
dences of a cache.
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YOUTH CREATED
COMIC SERIES
"TAILSPIN TOMMY" WAS ORIGI-
MATED BY GLENN CHAPLIN,
HAMILTON YOUTH

From aviators to cowboys and
range ponies is the newspaper syn
dictate jump made recently by Glenn
Chaffin. originator of the "Tailspin
Tommy story of comic strip fame.
Chaffin, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Chaffin, pioneer ranchers neal Cor
wallis. started the "Tailspin Tommy"
cartoon strip, IN which the thrilling
air serial is based, in collaboration
with Hal Forrest in the spring of
1928, writing the continuity and dia-
logue, Forrest doing the art work.
Chaffin continued to write the strip
his half interest in the feature to
his partner, Forrest.
During the summer of 1884 Chat
fin began the production of a new
comic page continuity feature, Rus
ty Rawlins, Cowboy which has its
setting on the eastern Montana and
Wyoming range lands. This feature,
which is drawn by another Montana
boy, Irwin ShOpe of Missoula, is dis
tributed to newspapers by the Nc
Clure syndicate of New York and
has already built up a wid circula-
ton throughout the United States.
1t will shortly be released in Canada,
Mexico and the Philippine islands.
Both Chaffin and his artist asso-
ciate, Shope, are now living in Los
Angeles. The "Tailspin Tommy" or
iginator had his early education in
the public schools of Corvallis, Ham,
ilton and Portland, Ore, later at
tending the University Of Montana
at Missoula. He served in the navy
during the war, spent a season on
the gold creeks in Alaska and also
worked for several years as a news
paper reporter before going to Cali
fornia in 1923.
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These Indians had left the reservation
without a permit from the Indian
agent, but they were peaceable. Their
only desire was to hunt and lay in a
supply of vension, because the rations
issued by the government were not suf-
ficient to sustain them.
The writer visited their camp a num-
Der of times, watching the squaws
jerking and curing the antelope meat.
friendly, so were the braves as they ar
rived in camp with their ponies packed
with game, greeting me with their GUS
tomary, How john" which was their
friendly greeting to a white man.
There were many herds of antelope
grazing westward to their winter feed
ing grounds in central Wyoming, and
before two weeks had passed, the hunt
ers had secured all the meat they would
need for the winter. Then the south
bound stage driver brought word that
Fort Keogh with a troop of cavalry,
bound for Willow creek, and that the
captain was in his buggy at the head
of his troopers. Three days passed be-
for the arrival of the soldiers. The
captain was at the head of his troop
astride his charger, the team being driv-
en- by an orderly bringing up the rear.
The captain approached Cne 1ndlan
camp and in a friendly way informed
them hat they must return to the res
ervation. Early the following morning,
the Indians broke camp and left Will
low creek, escorted by the soldiers.
BY this time all kinds of wild rumors
were %afloat, telling of Indian raids,
the killing and torturing of settlers,
all of which of course, were groundleSs,
but the settlers were seized with panic
and were allowing their Imagination to
run riot with their better judgment. On
the Standing Rock reservation, Sitting
Bull was allowing his people to dance
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the "Ghost dance" near his home on
the reservation.

the reservation.
Maj. James Mclaughlin, the Indian
agent, at Standing Rock, who had peen
watching the ghost dancers, became
der the leadership Of Red TomahaWK
and Bull Head to arrest Sitting bull;
A fight occurred, in which Sitting Bun
and six of his braves were killed, ~
Guiding his young son, Grow FOoC, WIN
was not more than II years of age.
The Indian police also lost six o
their number. This took place on Oe,
cember 18th. It was a sorry mess, ana
there is no credit due Major McLaugh-
lin in sending those blue,coated ic ine
dian police to arrest the old medicine
chief. That fight could have been
avoided.
Indian scouts were sent into the bad
lands to locate and persuade the So
called hostileS to return and SURRENDER
to the military authorities. The lndlans
| agreed to do so. Small groups Went
quietly back to their homes on their
reservations, while Big Foot with nus
mixed band of Sioux went to
Knee creek, where the soldiers were
waiting to receive their surrender. On
December 18th. while the Indians were
surrendering their arms, something
went wrong and a shot was tired. Inc
next instant, a lieutenant of the seven
tn cavalry shouted to his men, I've
member the glorious Seventh on the
battlefield of the Little Big Horn!
then pandemOnium reigned, and WheIl
it was over, only a very few lndlalS
survived. That Outrageous butchery OF
unarmed Indians did not last but a
few minutes, and during that snort
time, $50 Indians were slaughtered,
which included about 100 women arc
children, and many of the bodies were
horribly mutilated. The troops engaged
were both white and colored.
A few weeks after the massacre, the
writer rode to the Thompson ranch,
which was four miles out from AlZada.
well, Pete,' I inquired, what do you
think of the slaughter on the wounded
Knee?'.
His answer to that question was:
THANK God, I was not a party to tina
butchery."
Pete Thompson had been a Seventh
cavalryman IA years before. He had
! enlisted one ear before the disastrous
battle on the Little Big Horn river. he
was assigned to Company c, command
ed by Capt. Thomas Custer. The day OF
the battle. June 25th, 1876, Pete became
| lost from his company, and lay IN con
cealment until darkness cast it's shad-
ows over the battle-ground and the
mutilated dead. He then made his way
to Reno's command, which was then on
a high bluff, besieged by the Indians
Peter Thompson made several Trips
as a volunteer to the river at the 1oot
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LOANS SURPAss ALL OTHERS

Lending at the rate of almost a mil
lion dollars a day for each working day
in March. the production credit associa-
tons surpassed all previous records in the
number and amount of loans to farmers.
The associations made loans to over ST.
200 farmers amounting to $23 1896, 900
during the month.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-05-03
(By ARTHUR ]. JORDAN

wonder how many old timers of
southern Montana remember Captain
Brown of Fort KeOgh, who was
captain of a troop of cavalry at the
fort during the years 1~889-90-91. If
they remember the captain, they will
also remember the splendid dappled-
brown mares that he drove to a bug
comfortable in the buggy, than
astride his charger. He was very
proud of his mares and soon became
. familiar figure OF the road lead
ing from the fort to the little cow
town, and with him always, would be
q soldier to take care of the team
while the captain was in town.
During the fall of 1890, the writer
was working as an extra hand at the
Willow creek stage station, which was
situated II miles north of the Alzada
Miles City to Spearfish, S. D., the
route being $50 miles long, employing
six drivers and many horses in relays.
It was about as lonesome a trail as
ever a western stage driver drew line.
Rumors of Indian troubles, and raids,
that the Indians were becoming Graz
ed dancing their new dance, called the
"Ghost Dance" drifted in over the
stage line. Little attention, however,
was palQ 10 Llle TulllOIS, UuG ny IIlC
first of November, we learned that
troops had arrived at the reservations,
then came word that groups of the
younger Ogallalas Sioux had fled into
the badlands from the Pine Ridge
agency, where they were Joined by
small groups of Uncapapa, Minnecon-
joux, Santee and Brule Sioux. Then
came a Sioux hunting party, who pitch
ed their camp about a half mile from
the Willow creek stage station. There
were 80 tepees all told. They were Unc-
apapa Sioux from Standing Rock,
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SEED PEA SHIPMENT REACHES
FAIRFIELD; TWO FULL CARLOADS

Two cars of seed peas consigned by
the Associated Seed Growers of Boze-
arrived at Fairfield recently and
were delivered by M. M. Moore of Cho-
teau, the company's field man, to prof.
ect farmers who have contracted to
of 1885. Moore stated that for Teton
county as a whole a total of II cars Of
seed peas will be required and that
number of cars is to be shipped in
Local farmers last year did exception
ally we'll on their seed pea crops.
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Court gives boys from poor family
$27, 800 in gold they found.