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Marcelle LaRose Wins
Dramatic Art Diploma

Miss Marcelle LaRose, daughter Of
Dr. and Mrs. v. J. LaRose, $40 Sixth
81, was one Of IS seniors granted
diplomas by the American Academy
Of Dramatic Art Of New York City at
it, fifty-first graduation exercises
held Tuesday at the Empire theatre.
About 1,200 persons were In the au-
dience. Mrs. LaRose, who left for
the east . few weeks ago, was with
her daughter for the occasion.
Miss LaRose's graduation marked
the close Of q two-year course Of study
at the school, her work having been
followed with great. interest both In
Bismarck and in Mandan, former
home Of DR.. and Mrs. LaRose. The
4S seniors who were graduated were
members Of junior group Of las last
year. Miss LaRose appeared in sev.
eral performances sponsored by the
school on Broadway during her studies
and received much favorable notice
from dramatic critics.
Diplomas were presented by VIII
liam G. de Mile, 1901 graduate Of the
Academy and q brother Of Cecil de
Mile, the famous producer. Miss
Lucille Watson, star Of Post Road"
and q graduate Of the academy with
the class Of 1902, was another guest.
She reviewed her 80 years on the
stage. A comparison Of the movie
screen and the living theatre WAS
made by de Mile who said that with
. weekly movie audience Of more than
70O00,00 persons in this country
alone, actors must realize that they
must use the screen as well as the
legitimate theatre to succeed" Mr..
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State Coal Dealers
Propose to Organize

Devils Lake, N. D., March 23.-(R
Retail coal dealers Of many cities in
North Dakota during . series Of
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Robot Plane Chief
Quits After Flight

Oakland, Cal, March 23.-(R-The
governments apparently successful
tests with radio compass pla n e
came to 4 climax Saturday in an
aftermath Of controversy.
Abrupt conclusion Of the tests was
announced late Friday night close on
tho heels OF the unexpected resigna-
ton from the department Of COM
merce staff Of Maj. Chester Snow,
who had been in charge Of the series
Of flights over the Pacific. The radio
compass Is designed to make ocean
flying fool proof"
Major Snow declined to explain his
resignation, but associates indicated
he surrendered his post because of a
controversy with Secretary Of Com
merce Roper over extending the ex-
perimental flights to Hawaii, - the
major desired.
Major Snow announced his resig-
nation upon the completion Of the
last Of the test flights hop which
took the big dual-motored monoplane
$50 miles to sea for q contact with the
liner Mariposa and return.
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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY MARCH g. 1885

meetings endorsed Z proposed plan
for formation Of . retail coal deal.
ers association Of North Dakota and
have called meeting to be held at
Darlington Monday forenoon, March
Is. according to announcement Sat-
urday BY Devils Lake dealers.
Dealers expect 70 create q tempor.
ary orgaiSation' for the purpose Of
promoting the movement. A later
meeting is to b held to perfect the
organization, make permanent plans
for advancing the interests Of the
dealers and to elect officers and di-
rectors.
Coal merchants from many cities
IN the state are expected to attend
the Darlington meeting.
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Two Carter Deaths
May Remain Mystery

jamestown, N. D., March 23.-RH
The cause Of death Of two Of tho three
children Of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Carter,
Medina farmers. may remain . mys-
terry.
According to reports received Sat-
urday by DR.. T. L. Depuy and Dr..
Joseph Sorkness, attending physicians,
cause Of death from food or water on
the farm has been ruled out. Bo-
tulism and ptomaine also has been
secuted by the report.
Blanche, 22-year-old daughter, died
from diabettc coma, the physicians
state, but no definite cause has heeu
advanced for the deaths Of Cameron,
.. and Duane, 10 months old, Or the
illness Of Winifred and Gladys. re-
covering In Z local hospital.
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Wexford Acts Today
On Appropriations

Governor Walter Wexford was max
ing final check-up Saturday in pre-
paration for final action on appro-
priation bills remaining before him.
He also was preparing an executive
order in connection with the appro-
priation bills, requesting department
heads to cut expenses to the mini
num-"
The governor probably will leave
late Saturday or Sunday for Cleve-
land, Ohio, to confer with physicians
and surgeons regarding an operation
on Mrs. Wexford.
Ill for q number of years, Mrs.
Wexford expects to be relieved by an
operation. She has been staying
with sister, Mrs. Louise B. Has.
tings Of Toledo.
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Transpacific Plane
Sets Distance Mark

Miami. Fla., March 23.-R-The
Pan American clipper plane returned
here Saturday from . nonstop flight
to tho Windward islands In q test Of
personnel and ship for future con.
mercial service between the United
States and China.
Tho flight was made in IN effort
to simulate conditions which might
be expected on trans.Pacific service
linking California with the Orent, to
be started soon by Pan American Air
ways.
Company officials announced the
big ship apparently" broke the world
seaplane distance record OF 2,3o9
miles, established last year by two
naval fliers. The clippers charted
course would have taken her over
1900 miles.
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Salvation Army Aid
Plans Sale April 6

A fancywork and food sale to be
given Saturday, April 6, was plan.
ned by the Salvation Army Ladies'
Aid when members held q regular
meeting Thursday afternoon. Aprons,
potholders, pillow slips and childrens
garments viii be among the articles
Offered at the sale, which is to be
gtven et tho Salvation Army hall.
Mrs. Emma johnson, secretary, was
placed In general charge and Is beine
assisted BY the other officers in d.
recting plans.
= ! 4
Mrs. T. =. Diehl, 900 Sixth st.. who
= employed ct the Oliver county fed
eral emergency relief administration
office, remained here for the week.
end after attending the FERA con-
ference held on Thursday and will re-
turn 70 her duties on Monday.
= i \
Vernon Enge, son Of DR.. and Mrs.
II. 8. Enge. Bismarck, and a student
ct Jamestown College, is home for the
weekend. visiting his parents and
attending the state basketball tourna-
ment.
The Misses June Keefe and Loretta
Osborne have come from Fargo for
the tournament.
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&c Mile urged the graduates not to
pElgeish" about the movies.
Ane historic Empire theatre, open-
eo ~ January Of 1893, was most ap-
propriate for the graduation exercise
settlng. Its walls are starred with
memories and 1t holds within its
Iour walls the echoes OF triumphs
SUCH - have been known to few play
houses IN the history Of the English
speaking stage.
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HOWE NEAR DEATH

Washington, March 23.-(R)-louis
NJ. Howe, secretary to President Roo
sevelt, grew gradually weaker Satur-
day and Mr.. Roosevelt held in abey-
allce his plans for . fishing cruise of
Florida. Pleurisy which set In Friday
added to the complications OF Howe's
illneas and physicians abandoned
hope for the 64-year-old friend and
secretary to the chief executive.
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City and County

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ballet, Bis
marck, are the parents of a girl, born
at $40 p. m. Friday at st. Alexius
hospital.
A girl baby was born to Mr.. and
MRS. Arthur q. Risch. Regan, at 6:25
q. m, saturday, at st. Alexius hospi-
tai.
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Enlighten Your Customers

Enlighten Your Customers
On May l the new state sales
tax will become effective. Mer-
chants should enlighten their
customers concerning 1t. The
Tribune offers booklets, out
lining the law and giving its
text, suitable for this purpose.
They can be easily inserted in
IN ordinary small business en-.
vel0pe. Call The Tribune office
for prices.
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amount needed will be granted In or
der that the appropriation may cover
Is many emergency cases o possible.
Not more than $1,000 VIII b allowed
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ground development; a shaft more than
n thousand eight hundred feet deep
is entered at the m thousand foot level
by a tunnel three miles long. The great
ore body has shown no sign of exhaus-
ton; in its miles of levels the great
mine yet holds vast bodies of workable
ore The low price of silver caused the
cessation of operations at the mine:
water fills its depths to the height Of
the drainage tunnel. Some day the
market may warrant the resumption Of
work here.
But always the Granite mountain and
the marvellous wealth it produced will
remain as a monument to the man who
found it in the face Of difficulties. He,
through his keen insight, contributed
to the wealth Of Montana more than
SIS, 000, 900. His whole record is con-
structive; he has risked more than any
other mining man in Montana, but it
has been no haphazard risk; it has
been the venture Of the far-seeing man,
of the man who knows. Montana owes
much to Charles D. Mcclure, who first
saw her soil as a freighter and who
became me of her greatest men.
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GRIZZLY IS
CAUSING ALARM
BEAR IS MAKING GHOSTLY REC.
ORD FOR HIMSELF; MAKES
NIGHTLY RAIDS

A grizzly bear, old enough to have
accumulated plent of knowledge is
establishing somewhat of a record as
a more or less harmless inhabitant
of the Benchland country, southwest
of Augusta. In fact, his record is be-
coming a bit tinged with the antics
commonly attributed to ghosts. Wher
the fishing season fist opened a
Great Falls angler was trying his
The deg was chasing gophers or
whatever it is that dogs are always
chasing, and the fisherman was fish
ing when the dog nearly upset the
angler by trying to hide behind his
legs.
The angler swore at the dog, then
happened to glance over his shoulder
and saw a large grizzly slowly passing
down the road. Lacking a gun, the
angler forgave the dog and returned to
town to tell of a big grizzly which had
little fear of men or dogs.
Parties spending week-ends in cabins
in tn e~Benchmark section found they
were unable to keep garbage dumps
covered. One party covered garbage
dumps every night, to find the debris
scattered all about the yard the next
morning. Men with rifles kept a
watch. But the men tired, slept and in
the morning found the grizzly had WIS.,
tied the garbage dump and left un-
observed.
Recently a woman member of a cabin
party was awakened by a noise on a
screened window. A bright moon out
lined the head and shoulders of the
Benchmark bear as he looked the party
over from his vantage point in the win
dow. His forepaws rested lightly on
the screen. AS the woman awakened
the rest of the party the grizzly dis
appeared. Investigation showed one
huge claw had broken the screen. A
muddy track on the windowsill showed
where the other paw rested.
The record being established by the
Benchmark bear leaves hunters with
mixed emotions, opinions and consid-
cradle doubt. Some experienced hunt
ers say they would like to await cold
weather before trying for the pelt of
the big fellow. They feel he should
not be shot now. They hope nobody
will have to kill the grizzly until his
pelt is good.
Some inexperienced nimrods are
ready to shoot at the grizzly any time.
The veterans advise they use a heavy
rifle, in fact, the old timers counsel
several rifles if the hunters are novices.
A few think they would like to be on a
horse when the shooting starts. All a
horse needs is one look at a grizzly
and the horse leaves for far away
places without urging.
Then, there are the folks who try
to keep a sanitary camp, only to have
the grizzly scatter things all about the
place. They are considerably vexed.
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wealth which the rock contained. It
was the greatest silver camp on earth.
Maybe there have been nvelier towns
Philipsburg and Granite-at the ends
Of the Granite mountain trail in the
days when silver was q monetary metal.
Maybe there have, but If there have
been, their names and locations are not
a matter of record. It would be q diff
ficult matter to convince anybody who
saw these camps in those days that
was no night in either town. The day
was "a hours long. Every hour was
busy and the lights made the midnighJ
season as bright az midday. But there
was little disorder; the folks were ali
too busy.
OF necessity, a trail which connected
two such towns as these would, itself
be busy. And the road up the noun
tain fulfilled the law of probability to
a nicely. It was a mighty industrious
thoroughfare. The decentralization of
silver Slapped the life blood OF The great
industry which made these towns what
they were. Almost within the span OF
a single day, these camps were trans
formed from hives of industry into
deserted villages. 1t was n of the
interesting experiences of my life that
I was present during the exodus OF the
miners from Granite mountain; it was
a memorable event. There were net
vehicles enough to transport those who
wished to ride down the mountain and
many of them walked; trunks were pill
ed high upon great hayrackS and ship
ped down to the railway station; there
were tears in a good many eyes, fGr
GRANTEES people loved their town. But
it is not my purpose to describe further
or to discuss at all the dropping of the
curtain upon the activities of Granite
mountain. This is to be a story of tie
man who made Granite mountain FAM
Gus, and who, incidentally, made a
whole bunch of millionaireS.
When the history of Montana is writ
ten, there should be a long chapter
given to the story of Charles D. Nc
Lure. He took millions out of Mon
tana ground. A large portion of this
wealth went to make the famous St.
Louis group OF millionaires: MI. Nc
Lure retained some of it. A vast slice
of it went back into the development
Of the states mining industry and there
are many mills among the Montana
Rockies which are monuments to the
courage Of this remarkable man, many
hoists which are testimonials to his
daring. When he was confident that
there was ore to be found, he never
hesitated a minute to risk his all to
find it. In the face of encouragement
he became the holder and more deter
mined. The harder he had to fight,
the better he fought. And it stands
most invariably right.
He vas right because he did not form
his opinion offhand. When he made
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ed to occupy; here was the wealth.
yet hidden-which he was fore-ordain-
ed to uncover and give to the world.
For this, his years of preparation had
fitted him, all unconsciously to himself,
but when the emergency rose he was
able to meet it and when the oppor-
tunity came he grasped it with the grip
of a winner. For this very situation
he had learned how to meet sudden
contingencies; for this, he had learned
to handle men; for this he had gained
experience in smoking out hidden foes:
for this he had studied the flow Ut
streams, the nature Of rocks, the char
acter of ores and the details of the ex-
traction Of metals. Life on the plains,
on the trail, in the mountains and
among the mines had fitted him adj
mirably; he was prepared in the best
school of all, the school of experience.
This is not a mining treatise or I
might tell-if I could-of the changes
he made in the Hope mill, which in
creased its efficiency and marked Nc
Lure as a remarkable metallurgist. The
Hope mill is the Oldest reduction plant
in Montana. Its story is a tale in itself.
For years and years its stamps have
pounded, pounded, pounded-when all
else was silent at the foot of Granite
mountain; for years it has produced
its wealth of metal when all other
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inquiry it was searching. He Investigate
ed thoroughly; he approached his prob
lem from all angles. When he had CON-
pleted his study, he knew what he was
about and he either rejected the prop
osition or adopted it. When he had
adopted and approved a property, he
knew no rest until he had demonstrated
by development the correctness of mis-
theory regarding it. Obstacles which
would have dismayed an ordinary man,
he brushed aside as if they were moth
ing. He had his goal set and he worked
straight toward it. He did not drive
blindly at it, but he worked intelligently
and effectively; he planned his CAM
paign and he followed his plan through
thick and thin.
Charles D. Mcclure was not born to
the mining business, but he was born
to the frontier, and of a race of from
tiersmen. It was in Carrolton, Mo-,
that he first saw the light. The year
of his birth was 1874. For two gen.
erattons his forebears had been in the
vanguard of the westward advance;
their names are prominent in the
records of more than one state and al
ways they figured with distinction.
They were pioneers of pioneers, Injured
to hardship, trained to advance, drilled
never to retreat. Born of this fighting
blood and in an era of knight-errantry
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(By DEAN A. l.. STONE)

Up Granite mountain from Phillips
burg leads n Of the most interest,"
ing Of MOntana's old trails. It is a
quiet-enOugh trail now. One may
travel up and down from Philipsburg
to the town Of Granite at the noun
tain's top and back again and not
meet a soul. But time was when this
was a busy highway. It was tenn
ing with life its entire length. Great
teams strained up the long grade,
laden with supplies for the thousands
Of people whose home was in the pic
turesque town, whose buildings found
resting places between the great
boulders of granite or else upon
shelves which were dug out of the
mountain side-people whose living
depended upon the great silver mines
producers of the white metal evcr
known. Passenger cOnveyances moved
more rapidly up and down the WON
derful old mountain, moved over
what was probably the finest noun
tain road in the whole west-a verit-
able boulevard for smoothness and
constructed upon a grade which was
as easy as possible when the attitudes
of Its terminals are considered.
It was an experience to be for
gotten, to travel the old Granite noun
thoroughly busy, every foot of it, anc
it was busy for nearly every one of the
"a hours which made up the day; some
times the folks wished for more hours
it seemed impossible to crowd into thu
allotted number the amount of business
which had to be done. Along the trail
ran the cable line, whose suspended
cars transported the silver ore from
the wonderful mines on the mountain
to the mills at the base of the great
old hill. Ceaseless was the movement
of the endless line of cars and dowr
below the great stamps beat incessant.
ly upon the stream of r which pour.
ed beneath them, hammering out TIT
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sources in the district failed; always
the Hope has made good its name and
has kept alive the confidence Of the
Philipsburg people, whom I regard as
the pluckiest lot Of folks in Montana.
It is a remarkable mine, the Hope, and
its mill is a wonderful institution . It
has produced a vast amount of wealth
rupted operation and it has graduated
some remarkable men-but none great
er, none entitled to higher place in the
esteem of Montana, than Charles D.
Mcclure.
He took up the movement of the
Hope mill just as he took up everything
else-with a determination to win. It
was while he was winning with the
Hope that his attention was directed to
the Granite mine, then a mere prospect
in the forbidding granite region over
had been looking owe the country, but
with characteristic conservation, had
said nothing.
He had learned a lot. All Of the min
ing in the district had been in the
secondary foundation: after a year of
study. Mcclure prospected away from
this into the older rock. That pros
pecting made the Granite mountain
mine.
DR.. Josiah M. Merrill was the assay
err at the Hope. He soon acquired a
was he who first directed the atten-
ton of Mcclure to the prospect on the
hill. Merrill was one of the owners OF
the Granite mountain location. It was
not a promising prospect. The outcrop
was large, but there was nothing to in
dictate anything more than low-grade
mineral. The country, itself, was for
bidding. Rugged, precipitous, crowd
ed with huge boulders, supporting. no
vegetation but its clothing of lodge
pole pine-there was little to tempt the
miner or to invite the prospector. There
had been a short tunnel and a 5O-foot
work that had been done on the proper
ty. None of the owners had much con-
fidence in the prospect.
Illustrative of the estimation IN
which it was held, I was told, the other
day, of an interesting circumstance
connected with the early history OF
Granite mountain mine. The 50-foor
Wine referred to had been sunk by
contract; the contractor was to receive
a quarter interest in the property for
his work. When he had finished. Hol-
land, n Of the locators, measured the
winze and found it m foot short. APP
his payment, the contractor was told
to finish the job. Rather than sink
that other foot, he let the whole thing
go by default. Thus lightly he threw
over his shoulder a quarter interest in
the greatest silver mine the world has
ever known. It would be interesting
to know just how he felt a few years
later.
In his prospecting on the surface.
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it is not to be wondered at that the
year 1860 found a 16-year-old boy work
ing with freighting outfits through Ne
braska to Denver, and that the name of
that boy "a Mcclure.
By inheritance fearless, by instinct
and by inclination a fighter, young
Mcclure, by these traits and by this
sterling honesty, soon won the complete
confidence Of his employers and, while
yet but a lad in his teens, he was as
signed to many confidential and peril
Gus missions. One of these was the
driving of a herd of cattle from Den
yer to Montana, the route being over
trails dimly blazed and through the
Swimming difficult streams, fighting
at times against great odds, inspiring
his men always with his own indomit-
able spirit, the youngster accomplished
the remarkable feat of arriving at his
destination without the loss of a man
or an animal.
Five years of this experience found
Mcclure with an accumulation sufficient
to enable him to have a freighting out
fit of his own. In 1865 he was in the
transportation business between SAT-
Lake and the new camps of Montana.
He was successful, but he was not salts
fled. Freighting did not seem to him
to be the right way to make money.
The lure of the placers seized upon
him and he joined in the quest for gold.
Selling his freighting outfit, his first
mining venture was in old Confederate
gulch; this was followed by digressions
into fields of lesser renoWn and attend
ed by varying success. His rich StreaES
were not more %infrequent than those OF
the average placer miner, but the pur-
suit impressed him as too uncertain
and he turned his attention to quartz
mining. He associated himself with
two uncles, the Parkinsons, and the
later COS found the partners establish
ed in the Unionville district, above
Helena, where Mcclure located n par
ticularly valuable lode, an extension Of
the Whitlach Union.
But it was haphaZard work and I'M
satisfactory to Mcclure. He was soon
convinced that success in quartz min
ing depended upon q thorough know
ledge Of geology and metallurgy and,
having reached this conclusion, he pro-
ceeded with characteristic energy to
equip himself for the pursuit which
was to become his life work, and IN
which he was destined to achieve con-
souri, and studied, studied with all the
energy of which he was capable and
with such effect that he was able, when
he returned to Montana, to take charge
of the old Centennial mill in Butte.
The year 1877 found Mcclure in
Philipsburg, already q mining town Of
fame, where he assumed direction of
the famous old Hope mill. Here in this
wonderful old property Mcclure found
the field for which he was born; here
was the place which he was pre-destin-