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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-03
RAYNESF0RD LAD
Is BEST HUNTER

Members of the Judith Basin chap
ter of Future Farmers at Stanford held
their rodent contest for the third con-
secutlve season: This year the chapter
worked with the extension agent Of
Judith Basin county and the number
OF rodents and pests killed reached q
new high.
John Visocan of Raynesford placed
first, with the following rodents for
his prize winning total: 1888 ground
hogs, 1888 gophers, III magpies and
crows, 2 weaSels, 104 SparroWS, 8 rabbits
and 4 hawks. He won in the following
divisions: groundhogS, magpies and
crows. AS a first prize he received q
rifle.
Henry Sereday of Windham won the
second award, with the following o
dents to his credit: 404 groundhoRs,
70 rows and magpies, SO rabbits, II
weasels, 421 gophers, II sparrows and
Z hawks.
Scott Perrine Of Windham and a
student at Stanford high school won
third. His total kill of rodents was as
follows: 300 groundhogs, 234 gophefs,
9 crows and magpies, SO rabbits, rs
hawks n l coyote. Perrine is also
q member OF the Square Circle Sports
mems club, sponsored by Field and
Stream magazine.
The total Of all rodents killed in tho
contest was as follows: gophers, 1880:
groundhogs, 4,132; weaSels, 1859: ma9.
pies and crows, 1,183; sparrows, 3,303:
rabbits, 1927; hawks, 1873, and coy
OteS, 9.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-03
TELLS
OF ALTERCATION

Nose LaTrey 80, came to Montana
in 1870 and settled near where Lew
istown now is. He knows many I'M
recorded tales of early days in north
ern and central Montana.
He tells one of Major Reed, who ran
a trading post called Reeds fort near
the present Lewistown. Nose doesn't
remember the date but his grey eyes
sparkle as he says it was when one
heSitated about camping in a cotton
wood grove without first investigating
in fear of finding a corpse swinging
from the outstretched limb Of q teo.
Horse thieves were working. overtime
of the settlers than Indians. It ~
whispered around that Major Reed
was in with the thieves. Nose sayS
he doesn't believe he was but that be
wasn't averse in taking their money
for whisky. and goods:
Coal Banks to Assinniboine lest his
eight horses. After a fruitless search
Of two days, he became convinced they
were stolen and began a systematic
search for tracks. At the ford across
the Missouri river at Cow Island he
was rewarded by the shod tracks a
his horses among many others that
The trail wasn't hard to follow and
it led him to Major Reeds trading
post. All signs showed the horse thieves
stayed there a day or two but were
gone when the Frenchman arrived.
He walked aggressively into the
low bench, his back against the log
wall. The Frenchman made some point
ed inquiries about the men who had
been there with the horses.
Major Reed knew nothing Of them
had been there" he said.
,oT The gs TFeac Inn az 'M 2 81; short Fss stof Sis d fei.
blazing. Pulling his gun, he waved Il
up and down at full cock in front
of the majors face while he poured
forth a string Of the choicest words
from his freighter vocabulary SO fast
the major could do nothing but shrink
down on his bench and gasp.
The longer the Frenchman talked
the mort excited and angry he be-
came. At times the major was looking
down the barrel of the six CUR. He
could see the dirty trigger finger and
the hammer at full cock.
The Frenchman shouted: IF I don't
d anS HTY lt}cs this d,m e S9m risbt ba Sat1 nsse
Bang" the gun went off, sending
the bullet Just over the majors head
The explosion startled the French
man. He hadn't intended to shoot. he
never said another word but backed
out of the store, dropped his gun into
his holster. He mounted and rode off
on the trail of his horses.
A few days later he returned with
his horses and remarked that there
were two horse thieves the strangers
wouldn't need to bother with.
Nose says Major Reed was gone
when the Frenchman returned.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-03

reservations: Gradually the Sioux IN
reservations on the Missouri river. Ef-
forts were made on the part of Miles,
commandment, to settle" the heads Of
some of the Cheyenne Indian families
on tracts of land in the Rosebud river
valley, which plan vas frustrated even
tually by the wal department. Later,
in southeastern Montana for the Chey-
enne tribe, which reservation is still
being operated by the federal govern
ment.
A small part of the Sioux Indian
prisoners were sent overland from Fort
Keogh to Fort Yates with suitable es-
cort and in charge of the horses, which
they and other members of their bands
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-03
BY mon TANA LOU" GRILL

1x 10y LAVA Ons1MA
the winter Of 18~80-1881, was quite
~ sure Of two things First, that he
and his people, then on Poplar river
in Montana in December. 1880. were
not ready to surrender until spring;
and seeond, that on Jan. 2, 1881, he
would fight and wipe out the soldiers.
Fort Keogh was the regimental head
Saaassrs = inc eSn H@e compan al sn a t to s.
inclusive. Troops A, B and = Of the
Second cavalry were also stationed at
the fort. Col. Nelson A. Miles, later
general, was in command at the fort.
During the two years previous Miles
has succeeded in defeating the scat.
owe the territory in the Yellowstone.
Tongue and Rosebud valleys, and in
the region north of the Yellowstone in
the vicinity of the Little Sheep noun
tain range. Hundreds of hostiles were
brought into the fort az prisoners of
Sitting Bull, Chief Gall, the Grow. Grow
King and other leaders were still at
large. They had established themselves
IN the Missouri river country, on Pop
lar river and in the Milk river valley.
Geographic instructions. dated Dec.
IL, 1880, from department h%eadquar-
tiers vert received by Miles at Fort
Keogh. In compliance with the orders,
Fifth infantry, and six enlisted In
dian scouts, under the command of
MAJ. Guido nges, departed from Fort
KeOgh enroute to Camp. Poplar River,
Montana. nges was instructed to take
q temporary station there for the pur-
pose Of strengthening the garrison at
that post due to the threatening atti-
tude Of the hostile Indians in that vi
entity.
Leaving Fort Keogh on Dec. IS, Ilges
reached his destination on the Oath,
eight days later. The distance Travelled,
estimated at 1876 to Its miles, was ne
gotiated under Sub-Zero weather con-
ditions of 10 to IS degrees below zero
and through deep snow: The hazards
mand encountered. Progress was slow.
The command moved at an average
Of 10 to 10 miles a day. This march of
the soldiers and cavalrymen from Fort
Keogh to Camp Poplar River in the
winter Of 188O-f881 Is regarded as n
Of the most masterfully conducted ex-
petitions n the history of the Indian
warfare Of the northwest.
During the years of 1879 and 1880,
BY successive s~urrenders and captures,
there had been assembled at Fort
The prisoners of war" camp was es-
tablished on the east bank of the
Tongue river about a mile and a half
or two miles from the site of the Fort
Keogh barracks and officers quar-
tiers. The problem of their disposition
was presented. The prisoners were those
Indians who had failed to heed the in
junction of the war department that
they must return to. their respective
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-03

The Grow went to the home of the in
terpreter, Joseph Culbertson. He told
him that he and his people would not
until spring.
Later that same evening Chief Gall
told the post trader, Mr.. Henderson,
THE soldiers are cowards," he said
with some emphasis, as he addressed
the post trader. They cry in winter
They cannot handle a gun"
Chief Gall said to Henderson that
his people (the trader's) had been kind
to him. He did not want to hurt
them" he stated.
Tomorrow I will fight and wipe out
the soldiers" The true purpose of Calls
sparring for time was now revealed.
The next day, January 2, Major
1lges, with Companies A, B, G, F and G
Of the Fifth infantry and troop F of
Camp Poplar River. The detachment
moved against the camp of the hostiles
located on the south bank of the Mis-
souri, river. It was a formidable force
for the work about to be undertaken.
There was to be no hesitation; no quar-
ter was to be given. Chief Gall and The
Crow had failed in their attempt to
gain q delay in the matter of moving
Immediately to the point of surrender
by either electing to go to Fort Keogh
or Fort Buford.
Contact with the Indian village was
made in the engagement that took
place. It was of short duration. Eight
of the hosti1es were killed, which re-
suited in the surrender of the occu-
giants Of the camp sot the capturing OF
Which VI was followed d. BY t the b Burning
of 60 of the lodges Of the Indians.
On the 9Th Of January, a few days
after the engagement, these captured
Indians, together with 1852 ponies, un-
der the guard of Troop F of the Sew
enth cavalry, were sent to Fort Bufofd
from Camp Poplar River, arriving at
their destination on January 10. 1t was
of members of wandering bands of
Indians still defying the orders Of the
wal department that they return to
the respective reservations. The back
bone of the opposition emanating from
the camp of Chief Gall had been
broken by n short engagement.
co On Feb; T. 1884, 1 Major 4 sgd 1l g r. with 18th
Fifth infantry, left Camp Poplar River
enroute to Fort Keogh, by way of Fort
Buford, with 161 Sioux Indian pris-
oners Of war, 40 of whom were arrested
in the Yanktonnois camp.
Five hostile Sioux Indians surren-
dered March 81, to the commanding
officer at Fort Keogh.
On April is a total of 1856 hostile
Uncpapa Sioux surrendered at Fort
Keogh, with 81 ponies, 16 guns and
three revolvers.
Second Lieut.. j. w. Miller of thu
Fifth infantry, with a detachment from
that regiment, left Fort Keogh May
IA as escort to Young of
His-Horses, who was being returned tt
the Pine Ridge agency.
On July 10, 1881, Sitting Bull anC
his immediate followers Surrendered
to the commanding officer at Fort
Buford,- numbering 1877 men, womer
and children.
ford 1sn Of fa fhe iI SEVENTH oHnS i inf nfat With thu =
guard of 20 men, left Fort Buford or
the Steamer Sherman to conduct In
dian prisoners of war to Fort Yates
He arrived at his destination Aug. 1
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Profit
O @
DECLARED BY MINE IN FORT.
MAN REGION

The Ruby Gulch Mining Co, To-
Gated near Zortman IT. Phillips
county, has declared an adjustment
Trauerman, PRESIDENT. announce au
The dividend totals about $685.
900. There arc three stockholders
Trauerman, Ernest Dorais, both Of
Butte, and Charles Whitcomb,
ZOrtman.
The property, a lowgrade gold
mine, was purchased by the three
men Dec. 4, 1894. Shortly there
after, Trauerman said, highgrade
ore was discovered and a $4,000
mill erected. In the year the mine
has produced about S150, QUO in gold
ore, Trauerman said.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-03

had been permitted to retain. A con-
siderable number of cattle which had
also been purchased for these Indians
were sent along. However, the great
body raj shipped on river steamers
and carried down the Yellowstone and
Missouri rivers to Fort Yates. All of
these Indian. were subsequently Gully
Standing Rock agency.
Dec. "a, 1880, Major Ilges, then in
Camp Poplar river, on his arrival from
Fort Keogh, wrote:
1.-THE camp of the hostile Sioux was
plainly visible on the opposite shore
Of the Missouri river, situated in a
heavy growth of cottonwood timber
filled with thick underbrush and in an
elbow formed by the river, the angle
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-03
Actress
O O @ 8 O O
WHO FELL TO DEATH WAS
FORMER BUTTE GIRL

Olga Steck, 38-year-old actress
who plunged IL stories to her death
from a San Francisco hotel win
dow recently, began her stage ca
reer at Butte and appeared there
last May. Her first appearance, as
recalled by Butte residents, was in
1904, when she was billed as a
"child entertainer at the old EN-
press theater.
Later she was starred in a stock
show as Little Olga" and worked
with the company for many years.
She Joined a troupe on the Pacific
coast later and then appeared in
New York in Broadway produc-
lions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-11
New York Stations
 wEAF-seo = WOR-7lO - wJz-7eO = wABO-seO

P. M. t:OO-wEAF-woman's Review. WOR-fsabeile Guarnieri, Songs.
 WJz--Betty and Bob
 Sketch, 4iS-W0R~Way Down East Sketch.
 WJZ---iaanch Boys, Songs. 1;s0-WEAF-Girl Alone-Sketch' WOR--strang As It Seems. WJZ-Lbrary of Congress Chamber Music; Barrere Woodwind Ensemble. WABC--Tho Criminal Mind --Dr. John 10. Lind, St. F,lisabeth's Hospital. k-WEAF-Women' Club Talk. WOR--Studlo orch. WABC--Male Quartet. E:e0-WEAF--Hom Hygiene pr. W. W. Bauer. WOR-News; Omar the Mys' tic.
 WABc---Terry and red Sketch. B:is-WABC--Jimmy Farrell, Bari' tone. B:AO-WEAT-Marianl orch. WOR-Singing Lady,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-11
ROAMING THE AIR WAVES

Helen Morgan, singing star os "shew Beat" Sweet AdeIlne" and other Broadway revue hits, will be Che guest artist on Paul
 Whiteman's Musical Varieties on sunday, February 10. Anoth-
 CT hlghilght of Che program over an NBC-WJZ network at 0:4S D. m., E. S. T., will be an
 Affiliations salute to "The Mu- sic Goes Round and Around"
 in which vOcalists of six nations
 will sing Che famous song as it
 might have been written by
 composers Of their respective
 countries.
 Miss Morgan, who has just
 returned from Hollywood, where
 she was c0-starred with Charles
 Winnlnger and Paul Robes0n in
 the motion picture version of
 "Show Boat" Is entertaining
 nightly at her New York night
 club, House of Morgan.
 Wallace Berry, veteran characte star of the screen, will perform tn leading role in Don Marquis fam out play, "The Old Soak" for tn second time on the Radio Theate program over WABC and the na tionwide Columbia network Mon day, February l7, from 300 to 10:0 p. m. Berry played this with notabl success on the Radio Theater las year. It will be the first time a pro duction has been repeated in tn series.
 Berry, who also starred in a Ra dio Theater version of "Lightnin,' will play the role of Clem Hawley the lovable "old soak" who make his wife miserable, his son Scornfui and ruins his daughters romano all because of his fondness fo alcohol. Tn the end, however, hi well-concealed shrewdness saves tn family 6 lot of trouble.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-11
2ss--WTIC..Hartfo tford--1O40

g. M.
 3:s0-vic and sadss a;Ab-The O'Netlss. 3:0O-Women's Radio Review A:4O--GIrl Alone. z:(S-Fedoratio nof women's Clubs E:o0-American Medical Associa-
 ton. k;a0-"Dick Tracy" B:l6-Rhythm of the Day e:OO-Wrightville Clarion. e:S0-Ne ws--Gems from Memory. e:l5-Musicai Moments. 7:OO-Amos n Andy. 7:16-Popeye the Sailora 7:sO-Studlo Program. T:3k-The Nutmeggcrs, 7;lb--Studlo Program. S:00--I.eo Reisman's orch. S:30--Wayne Kings orch. 9:Oo-Yox Pop Interviews. 0:3O--"Jumbo." aO;00-Sigmund Romberg's Music: iO:30.-Pimmy Fidier and his Holly
 wood Gossip. I0:lB-Program from New York. if.0O-POlIeh orch. 1i:3O-Little Jack Little's orch. if;l5-Jesse Crawford, organist. A. NJ. l2:02-siient.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-11

sfrr. Elmer .. Wilson announced Iosav that the regular Parent Teacher program on wATR Tues aav nt i;ts will be Q special party s eelebrntoln of the seth birthday tg si,s National Congress which ssmes on February l7.
 The principal speaker of the af- tsznoOn will be Mrs Frances olton # New Haven who was instru- mental in founding the Connecticut Bonaress fin 1900. Mrs. Bolton is ven known in this state and lis- aeners win look forward to her in- 1srestlng talk on Founders day.
 The music on the program will be ssnder the direction of the Middle hsirv pTA and will feature Mrs. sylvia Richards Wood, concert pianist.
 Top for Today A:lS-
 WATR Waterbury Democrat
 Spelling Bee .... 4:SO-PaFent"
 Teachers Council tnr0ugn Mu
 tuaI Chain 5:1555-Cari
 Moore's vivatown Band ...
 e:se-WATR Sports Reporter.
 =. 6:a6--SOngs by Edith saccO
 y:OO--Washlngton Speaks,
 Connecticut Senator speaking
 directly from Washington ....
 7:l6-JOseph Lezotte, baritone.
 Blanche Yurka, noted stage ac. eress, Emil Boreo, Manhattan night club master-of-ceremonies, and Ilene Damur, new singing star, will be featured with Frank Fay on Rudy Vallee's Variety Hour on Thursday, February 13, from 800 to D:O0 D. m., over an NBC-WEAF net- work.
 Miss Yurka, who has starred on Che New York stage in Hamlet, sThe Wild Duck" "Hedda Gabler,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-11
-Wlth RAY FITZPATRICK

ar.yslstrata," and Electra" will be heard in a scene from Dickens "A Tale of Two Cities" Boreo will pre- sent his latest comedy sketch dur ing the program and Miss Damur will give unusual interpretations of popular songs.
 Frank Fay, who has just signed a long term contract with the Vari- ety Hour, will continue his usual comedy role and Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees will be heard in Valle arrangements of modern dance tunes.
 Dorothy Lam0uF, who was se-
 Iected as Miss Radio Of 1886, scored . sensational success at her debut at the Clover Club In Hollywood, and she is being swamped with movie offers. Dorothy continues to De heard from Che Coast thrice weekly vla NEG .. Maestro Tommy Dorsey is readylng . new type show called swing It" for . prospective CBS Sponsor. On this show he will present, in ad- ditlOn to other talent, differ ent swing" or "jam" band each week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-11

Loretta Lee is one of first along Radio Row to fall (and we mean falD for the current craze of ski- ing. Loretta fell repeatedly during the first week she used her skis, but now she is beginning to learn the fine arts of the sports. Jan Ru- bini, the CBS maestro, currently heard from Earl Carroll's Palm Is- land Casino in Florida, will supply the music for the broadcast series based on Carroll's next show. The series will be on the same style as Jumbo" or the new "Ziegfeld Fol- lies" series which starts soon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-11
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Evening star., 1936-05-16

More Pride
In Honor
Ideals Should Become
Tangible in
Character.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

"A BUNCH of us are going to cut
- class and 60 out to hear the
game returns. Come along"
You mean cut school?"
+What else could mean? Coming?"
mot me-
Think yourself too good, don't you?"
You said It"
There was resentment in the first
lads voice and cool contempt in the
others. He not only would not cut
class. but he indicated that he had
nothing but scorn for those who were
doing so. have no words of reproach
for that scorn. believe that the
fellow who scorns wrong doing Is right
to show his scorn.
Hes such a conceited snip. Goes
about as If nobody was good enough
for him to associate with. He gives
me q pain" Usually this attitude
means that the accused has shown
his contempt for some dishonorable
action and has gone his way without
regard to those who performed 1t.
The accusation of aloofness was justi-
1lCO Ulily III tllC LiSUdllNC AZ AldS
shunted of dishonorable behavior.
Those who fail to live up to their own
ideals usually have a grudge against
those who succeed in doing so.
believe boys and girls ought to take
great pride in being honorable, trust
worthy. upright people. believe in the
pride that makes discreditable conduct
contemplate. applaud the pride that
forbids its possessor to stoop to unbe-
coming conduct, to lower his flag in
the face of the enemy. We have be-
come too tender of the wrongdoer,
let him feel he is beyond the pale, time
to scorch him with scorn and smother
him with contempt.
Don't hurt anybody's feelings" Is
kindly, but there are times when 1t is
ones duty to hurt somebody's feelings
lest he hurt others. himself among
them, beyond remedy. If the wrong
doer was promptly made to feel him
self cut of from the association of
those whose ideals he had wounded.
made to feel his unfltness. he would
repent. Or, If too hardened for re-
pentance, would 60 his lonely way to
the bitter end.
am not forgetting that there is
pride obnoxious to all good people.
The pride that places money, social
position, rich possessions beyond all
else is unworthy pride and poisonous
to the soul. The pride I mean is the
pride in honor. the pride that places
goodness, idealism, nobility Of conduct
above material things.
Noble children have been reared In
poverty-stricken homes. Ignoble ones
have come out Of richly endowed pal
aces. Spiritual honor is not born OF
material forces, but Of the spirit alone.
That spirit thrives in every heart that
welcomes 1t. It is found among the
richest and the poorest in the land. I
want to encourage it, praise it. bring
it to full power in the national char
acter. I want children to be proud OF
their good name, so proud Of 1t that
they will fight to maintain 1t against
all odds.
believe that it is right to teach
child to be too proud to do q dishon-
orable thing.
tCopyrisht. 1850
Evening star., 1936-05-16

TON matIOHS.
The worries begin when last years
window boxes are unearthed from the
dark corner where they have lain
since the blooms withered and died
in the Fall. Usually it is discovered
that friend husband or the handy
man neglected to remove all the old
dirt and plants as they were particu-
larly told to do-this job now de-
volves-as they knew it would-upon
the lady of the house, who Is in a
frenzy to get the boxes washed. paint
ed and filled before the Joneses arrive
to call on Sunday.
After the soil and debris has been
dumped the boxes present weather.
beaten appearance that one hopes
fervently can be remedied by good
coat of paint. They were dark green
last year-this year they should be
white, to match the new porch furni-
ture. Due to the pressure Of time, no
sandpapering is done; the white paint
Is slapped on and the boxes put in the
sun to dry. While this is being &C
complished. madame betakes herself to
the nearest nurseryman or seed store
to select the filler"
X xx
RY the time she has battled through
dozens Of other women, intent on
doing just the same thing, argued
back and forth with the salesman,
changed her mind IS times and lost
her pocketbook and temper. she re-
turns to the scene Of her labors. her
loot proudly parked in the rumble
seat. She takes one look at the
window boxes and sends out an
s o S call for painter, a gardener
and doctor. The green paint has
come through the one coat of white,
the neighbor's dog has gone to sleep in
one box and the rest have become as
bumpy and blistered as if they had
been exposed to poison ivy. By the
time the experts have got through
working on the boxes (the gardener
thoughtfully neglects to use those
flowers purchased by madame and
substitutes some especially fancy
u1OOCLS VI LID OWllJ d1ll t1lC oCNCOl lldS
attended to madame's exhausted
nerves, the boxes have probably cost
a sum that would keep the household
In food for several months.
So, to avoid such a calamity. take
your window-box gardening with due
deliberation and care. If you are
purchasing new boxes you may take
your choice of cement, wood or metal
ones. If you are using the old ones.
and have to paint them, don't try to
build Rome in a day, and do good
Job while you're at it.
y y r
FOR successful flowers. be sure that
there is plenty Of drainage of
some type in the boxes. Soil in win
dow-gardens tends to bake and there
fore the drainage problem Is a very
important one. Before filling the
box with soil, put a layer of small
loose stones or bits of broken flower
pot along the bottom.