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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-03-07

the ring. AS he returned to the war
Joe attacked with furious tWo-hand-
ed offensive. Herman was about out
on his feet, and appealed to Flynn To
stop 1t. doc" pulled Simonich off and
raised his right hand as victor"
Simonich. during a period of eight
years was busy boxer. Geography
meant money to him. He fought num-
erouS bouts in Montana; appeared In
New York, Pennsylvania Ohio, Illinois,
Washington, Oregon, Wyoming and
his gloves he became an agriculturist
and stock-raiser. A year ago he was
induced to try his hand as a ring
master As stated before, as referee,
he does a good job and gets kick out
Of it, as well as a fee.
Wouldn't Stay Licked
There were three other fights that
night though they were not on the adj
VertiSed program. The three fights were
saw them. They were private In nature
and staged on the spur of the moment.
CHUCK" Staples fought and won all
three bouts His opponent was a Bill
lingS young man, now deceased, who
came to Butte ostensibly to become al
mining engineer and play football on
the Mines team.
"Chuck" was matchmaker for the
Legion. During the main event, the
Billings young man was roofing for
Simonich. He was running along the
ropes of the ring, waving a sweater and
interfering with the birdSeye view Of
Chuck" tried to check the
wild rooter with verbal persuasion, fl
nally telling the lad that he would
have him removed from the building. |
Someone grabbed the youngsters
sweater and tossed it back Of the
bleachers.
After Sinonich had kayoed Herman,
Chuck" went down to the dressing |
rooms and the Billings lad demanded
that CHUCK" return his sweater or
BUY new one. He offered to lick
Staples, and they went to it. The lad
,ook bad beating. AS Staples left the !,
.heater heading east on Broadway,
he Billingsite again confronted the
and demanded return
,out Immediately. The pair and a few
)thers moved into the Legion hall and
lad 1t out. Staples knocked him cold.
Then CHUCK" dressed his wounds and
)ought him cup of black coffee at a
nearby cafe. They shook hands and II
'alled each other pal"
Staples repaired to KiIvanick's to
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-03-07
EARLIEST BUTTE
SCHOOLBOY STILL
In MINING CITY

Butte's earliest schoolboy," who at
tended school Tin a little cabin lust
across the road from the Porter cabin
UP around the Girton house." is still
q resident of Butte. His name is w. l.
Robbins. He has spent 68 years of his
NE between Butte, Silver Bow and
Melrose. MIR. Robbins recollection of the
location Of Oatman hall Is that It was
IA the vicinity Of the Girton house, al
though he Is not positive.
III there was a schoolhouse any
where else in Butte never heard of
Il" he said. Butte, in those days coy
cred an area that extended from what
Is about Granite street west to about
where the LewiSOhn block now Is and
south to about where the Owsley block
stands. What mean is that there we're
more cabins in that area than else
where. But there were cabins scat
tered here and there, as far down as
Galena street"
Robbins Butte experience was brief
and he was only years old, possibly
only 6, and the appearance Of the
district has completely changed. In
addition he was absent from the Butte
district for IS years-he ranched at
Melruse. His memory Of locations is
somewhat indistinct.
My father was q native Of Indiana, :"
he said He Joined the army long be-
fore the Civil war. He was with General
Johnson when he came out to Utah
TO reason with Brigham Young. Faith
CT decided to remain in the west. He
went to Denver'-Denver was better
known than Colorado in those days, it
seems-"and was born near the high
lands in the Colorado Springs district,
not far from Pixies Peak, in 1852. My
parents set out for Montana in 1854
They came up the Platte by bull team
and then on to what is now Ogden and
up TO Alder gulch. My father was one
OF the California company at Alder. I
think there we're 10 in the company.
THE Vigilantes2 I don't know any
thing about them except what heard
from my parents and all that is now
old stuff. Ask Tom Bird. He was g
man when / was boy. He is still living
over In the Madison valley. Big sheep
man in his day.
was no school In Rocker. My father
sent me 10 the Porter brothers in Butte
10 go to school. lived at the Porter
cabin--the Girson house-and and
five other boys received our instruction
in another little cabin just north of
the Porter cabin. Henry Porter was our
teacher. I don't remember the names
Of the other pupils-I was only there
two months. / went back to my father
who was then located at Silver Bow
we had q school at Silver Bow little
later. It was taught by a Deer Lodge
glrI-A6iss Nettie Self She afterward
Taught In the Butte schools. Rev. Hugh
Duncan used to teach at Silver Bow
NOW and then.
MY father moved to MeiroSe to en-
gage In the farming and stock business.
we used TO drive to Butte or 90 on |
horseback 1t didn't take SO long--only
. day. OF course, we stopped over night
IN Butte. suppose we could have
driven on ridden back the same day
II we wanted fo--but 30 or 80 miles Is |
Car enough 10 Drive horse. Besides
W. wanted 10 zee the town when we
nmuae n@Te.g
Nj. Rohhazas epeut IS years ct Mel
snse. DEagfnR TIE last 40 years he has
Erred mt 1Efs@ !
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d Less Than 500 Inhabitants Previous 10 I874-75

The following description Of Butt
was printed IN Butte paper Sept. n
Previous to lsT4-75 Butte was but /
Struggling mining camp Of less thar
500 Inhabitants, her mines undevelopeC
and without machinery for the r8duc.
ton or extraction OF her ores, but abou
that time because Of the near approach
OF the Utah and Northern with cheaper
transportation rates, an extraordinary
influx of capital caused an impetus
that has resulted In building up Of
Butte.
Butte has emerged, almost at q
single stride, from the uncertainties Of
an under developed mining camp, with
an unsettled and turbulent population
into the dignity Of a city of 5000 homes
OF solid masonry on foundations of
solid stone, mines, counting houses and
places of business in instantaneous
communication by means Of telephones;
homes, industrial plants and business
houses lighted by electricity; an ex-
tensiVe water works and pure noun
tain water.
For 1881 the assessed value Of Silver
Bow county was S4,424,64O. For 1882 it
was S., 767 ,030. The county is out Of
debt and has $4,000 in It's treasury.
During the last year buildings of brick,
valued at $225 coo, and frame build
tngs valued at $l75,OOO, have been
This years transactions over the
counters Of the banking houses Of Dom
nell, Clark and Larabie, First National
and Hoge BroWnlee and Co, total
&l07, 100000 against $37 100000 for the
preceding year.
In the immediate vicinity of the city
over 200 gold, silver and copper mines
are working and As of them have we'll
equipped steam hosting works. There
are nine quartz mills, dropping 240
stamps, and four Smelters of large
capacity. These mines and reduction
es and disburse about 100000 per
month on payroll and expense ac-
counts. The most important mines are
Alice, with 800 men; Anaconda, 700;
Lexington, 500; Moulton, 500; Magma
Charta, 500; Gagnon, 500; La Plata,
go; Belle OF Butte, 260; Colusa, 260;
Star West, ESQ; Original, 300; Belle,
st. Lawrence, 800; Mount Moriah,
400; Shonbar, 300; Modoc, 200; Noun
tain View, 300: Mountain Boy, 300;
LSele, 200; Original Butte, 400.
The Alice is the most extensive sill !
yer mine, with two mills and 80 stamps. !
It's 60-stamp mill is the largest dry
cr1sher quartz mill in the world. The
Lexington Is one OF C1e most notable (
properties. After producing 81 300, 900 /
Tor its individual owners It was sold
last year for 100000 to a French
syndicate.
OF the copper mines the Anaconda |
stands at the head It has 10000 tons
OF ore on the dump and has contracted |
70 send 5000 tons of so percent copper
ore to Swansea for treatment.
Besides the number Of arastras and I
two and five stamp mills which are run !
BY water power, Butte has the follow
ing mills:
Alice, two mills, 80 stamps; Lexing-
Ion, two mills, so stamps; Moulten, one
mill, 40 stamps; Silver Bow, one mill,
30 stamps; Dexter, one mill, is stamps
Montana Copper smelter, capacity
100 tons-With additional blast fur
oaces building; Parrot smelter, 60 tons
now preparing to produce 100000
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-03-07
2 MustGche Cups
at Miles City Are
Early-DGy Relics

Miles City, once q cowtown where
mustached range riders were common
was the first place In the state to I'M
earth real old-fashioned mustache cups
spurred by a search instigated by o
Columbus, o., newspaper reporter and
continued by members of the fraternity
in Helena
Two cups-the real McCoys-made
of china, adorned with flowers and
gold leaf, equipped with mustache
trough pierced by three holes through
which the imbiber drank-and kept
his mustache dry.
One is owned by William Kelley
hardware merchant, and the other
by John Finn Of the Bank of Miles
City, Edwin Finn, county clerk and
recorder and Francis Finn, business
manager of the Daily Star.
The cups were left by the late Ed
ward Finn, pioneer of Miles City.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-03-07

pounds of copper each month; Bell
smelter, so tons; Colorado and Mon
tana smelter, so tons
The Anaconda smelter, now in pro-
cess Of erection, viii be the largest in
the country, capable of dressing and
smelling 500 tons of raw ore per day.
During 1882 Butte produced So. BOO, 900
in gold, silver and copper. More than
one-half the amount was copper. Ship
ment of silver bars by express aver
aged $450,OO0 per month. Shipment Of
copper matte averaged 5000 tons per
month.
Besides the large amount of coal,
charcoal and coke which was imported,
the mines, mills and smelterS used a
vast quantity of wood Six of the Larry
er properties use no less than 1l7,0D0
cords of wood per year. The canyons
and gulches provide bountiful supply
of fir and pine and thousands Of wood
choppers are constantly employed cut
ting cord wood
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-03-07

Herman OF chicago. Slmonlcn, KnOWr
as the Butte Butcher Boy" still per
forms in the ring, not as glove ar
list, but as referee, at which job he !!
pretty fair.
This story of Joe concerns his bout
with Herman, which took place at the
Broadway theater, but a few other
things are mentioned for good meas
ure.
Frank Walker, Announcer
The bout was staged under the aus
pices of the American Legion. A Le-
gionnaire, now living in Washington
served as announcer. The name of the
fight crier is Honorable Frank G..
Walker Simonich won on technical
knockout in the fourth round, Herman,
on the verge of a knockout, signalled
Referee DOC" Flynn that he had had
enough. Another Montana fighter who
later graced the boards Of many a
Treasure state ring, made his Butte
debut on the same card. 1t was none
other than Al Webster Of Billings,
stocky middleweight. Al put away Bill
TAFT in the third stanza Of a scheduled
eight-round go.
Simonich was fighting as welter-
weight when he met Herman and
others during his busy 10 days in that
January month. Both boxers scaled q
few pounds over the limit. Simon1ch
weighed in at $50 and Herman was two
pounds heavier.
Joe I'm Rare Form
That well-known word juggler, Law
Risken, was sports editing for the Ana
conda Standard. The story of the fight
IN the Risken treatment appears in the
following three paragraphs.
Joe Simonich, came back to the
home ring last night with two-hand-
ed attack and chopped Tillie KID"
Herman of Chicago in four rounds OF
} scheduled 15-round feature number
Of the Legion card at the Broadway.
Joe uncovered a long-buried right hand
70 mix with his singing left, and, bor-
ng into close quarters, clouted Herman
70 relentlessly in the fourth that the
Chicago welter quit under fire while
ne was on the verge of hitting the
:anvas.
1.-THE event was short and one-sided.
5imonich was far and away too good
or the Chicagoan.
Makes Herman Quit
I'm the fourth round Simonich
1ished from his corner with the bell
md stormed Herman with blows. Sim
mich struck every blow in the round.
lie pummelIed the kid" against the
opes, Herman finally falling outside
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-03-07
FARMERS CASH
RECEIPTS GAIN

A IL percent gain last year In farm
ers' cash receipts from the sale Of prin-
cipal farm products and from rental
and benefit payments is reported by
the bureau of agricultural economics.
Largest gains we're in the eastern corn
belt states, In Kentucky, Oklahoma,
and in the mountain states.
Total receipts from sales Of prin-
cipal farm products and from rental
and benefit payments we're $6,832 1892, =
600 In 1885, compared with Sc, 102 ,90l 600
in 1894.
Increased farm income last year was
due primarily to a 20 percent rise in
the general level Of farm prices, says
the report.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-03-07
RING TALES OF MONTANA
(By Joe L. Markham
sTMONTCH Us. HERMAN

fights a O
Helena Battling
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-03-07
MY Job Depends on Good OIL
Says the Mann
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-30

Massachusetts democrats have the satisfaction of knowing their party organization has been extended in- to 344 of the states 355 cities and towns. Active local democratic com mitteeS have taken over some for. ner republican citadels.
 This state called one strike on the new deal in August, 1935. Charles F. Risk, republican, then won 2 special election in the first con- gressional district which nine month sbefore had gone democratic by majority of 10000. Risk won by 13,000 votes after a campaign in which he denounced "the new deal, lock, stock and barrel"
 O'Brien polled 37,042 sticlzer votes in the democratic primary; 5894 in the republican He and many others believe as many more votes were rejected as invalid. The vote was accepted as test of Father Coughlin,s strength in Massachu- settS and it demonstrated that the priests following is made up ot about six potential democrats to one potential republican. That was the worst kind of news for demo- crats.
 Of this primary phenomena. John Bantry wrote in the demo- cratic Boston Post:
 Dark shadows are in the offing. The followers of Father Coughlin are not alone opposed to President Roosevelt but to all who are sup porting him.
 'The strength of the adherents of Father Couhlin--those who might be expected to go through to finish in oposkion to Roosevelt candidates might be conservatively estimated at 10000 though it is highly possible that this is a decided under estimate. The democratic strength is at its lowest ebb. Pres ident Roosevelt, due to the bitter attacks upon him by Father Cough lin, is weaker than he will be or election day"
 If Father Coughlin has 100000 anti Roosevelt followers in Massa- chusetts, the o'Brien primary ra-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-30

ton indicates that 83,000 of them are drawn from the democratic reg istration and only 17,000 from the list of potential republican voters. That would be enough to defeat MT Roosevelt in Massachusetts if all other Bay state factors were static. The 193c vote was 800,149 to 736.- 959. MT. Roosevelt's plurality was 63, ,189.
 The Coughlin OBrien primary was not alone in alarming demo- cratic campaigners. Democrats were out-voted by republicans on that occasion. The aggregate of votes cast for republican candidates for senatorial nomination was 42,564 and for the democrats, 387,964. Pri- mary votes are not conclusive but they frequently foreshadow election day returns.
 Labor offers democrats better news. The Massachusetts State Federation of Labor, for instance, claims 10000 voting members. At federation headquarters was told the 100000 should be counted for Roosevelt. Last August the state confederation convention endorsed Mir. Roosevelt in 8 resolution pre- ceded by series of whereases defi- nitely critical of these econimiC barOnS."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-30
POLICE CHANGES
 START TOMORROW
Night Platoon lnaugurates New Revolving Shifts
 Transfers Announced

Platoon c, the night shift, will work three hours overtime, tomor- row morning when the new system of hours for the police department becomes effective. Going on duty. at 8 o'clock tonight, the platoon will continue work until 2 o'clock instead of as usual. At that time, Platoon A, the morning shift, will begin the new schedule. Night platoon mem bers will be compensated by time of later. s
 Sergeant and patrolmen in charge of squads will be given a routine change in beats when the new changes take effect. Sergeant Charles Nolan, who has been on duty on East Main street, will be assigned to North Main street from Exchange place to Lakewood, a beat formerly held by Patrolman John Hayes, who will be given the East Main street beat.
 Other transfers include: Patrol man William Feeley, from Bank street, to Baldwin street; Patrolman Walter Ahearn from West Main to South Main street; Patrolman Will liam Santora from Baldwin street to Bank street; and Patrolman Pa trick McCabe from South Main street to West Main street.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-30

in New England. 1 ]
 Standing hot and happy before his NUSJ convention in Cleveland last August, the priest exhorted his followers to go home and fight the political wars, nominally in behalf of Lemke, actually against the new deal.
 "Wear out. shoe leather" he urged the thousands of delegates assem- bled in Cleveland's, public hall, and Rhode Island privates in the NUSJ army are doing just that. They are making a house-to-house canvass which scarcely can fail to damage new deal election prospects and aid Gov. Landon. In Rhode Island the ratio of Coughlinites is estimated at seven democrats to three re- publicans.
 In both Rhode Island and Mass achusetts the Townseld old age pension movement may aid the democrats as Coughlinites will aid the republicans. Democratic lead- CTS believe the Townsendites are preponderantly republican. They hope they are as numerous as the followers of Father Coughlin al- though there is Scant evidence ot that. For what it is worth, how ever, the Townsend movement must be set down as unfavorable to the republicans, provided the pensioners follow Dr. Francis E. Townsend in supporting Lenlke against either major candidate.
 . As the parties come to the line in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the republican state organizations appear to be in conditions of com parative peace and amity, 100 per cent behind their presidential ticket. A bitter party quarrel centera around Gov. James M. Curley, dem ocratic senatorial candidate in Massachusetts. The gubernatorial nomination is causing party. trouble in Rhode Island. A state conven- tion will award that honor on Oct. 6 and it is more likely than not that i'll feeling already engendered will carry over into the campaign to hurt the democratic cause
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-30
Coughlin Potuer May
 S1vitch NelD Ergland
NU.SJ, Commands Sufficient Votes in Massachusetts
 and Rhode Island to Beat Roosevelt in Election

tober-small state, short campaign! Both MT. Roosevelt and Gov. Landon will invade Massachusetts in Octo- Der with results which cannot be foreSeen.
 What democrats of southeastern New England devoutedly hope is that Father Coughlin neither will follow nor precede Mir. Roosevelt into this area. In the September Massachusetts primary Father Coughlin demonstrated what his we'll l-orgai1ized national union for social justice can accomplish at the polls. The NUSJ backed Thomas C.. O'Brien, a Boston lawyer, for nom- nation to the senate. He was barred from primaries but NUSJ precinct workers swarmed the polls with stickers bearing his name to be affixed to the ballots to which he had been denied access.
 In Rhode Island Father Cough lin is estimated to influence 25,000 to 10000 votes. was given one estimate of 15,OO0 but that appears to be too low. His NUSJ has ap- proximately 30,o00 signed up mem- bers in this state. Here, as in Bos- ton, the priest is sponsor of 8 pres idential ticket in itself at best only moderately attractive to New Eng land voters. His candidate is Will liam Lemke, North Dakota agarian, of the newly organized union party of the United States" The vice presidential candidate is o. Brien of the recent Massachusetts senatorial primary. It is Coughlin who makes the union party a factor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-30
Iowan Says Landon Will Restore
 Real Responsibility In Finance

CWA and the Wl'A, while 1t would take congressional investigation to determine how much has been wasted on political graft and pro- ,jects having no relationship to relief and its needs, such as the huge propaganda machine to keep the New Deal in office.
 One thing is certain. President Roosevelt promised a reduction of 25 per cent in government -ex- penditures. His spending record and his ability to keep promises speaks for itself.
 ',
 NEXT: Senator Joseph O'Ma- honey of Wyoming, vice chairman, Democratic National Campaign Committee, tells the story of busi- ness recovery" under Roosevelt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-30
BY LYLE c. WILSON

BY LYLE c. WILSON
 United Press Staff Correspondent
 Providence, R. l., Sept. 30-In Rhode Island and Massachusetts Father Charles E. Coughliin has found the range with his anti Roosevelt barrage.
 Those two states went democratic in 1928 and for President Roosevelt in 1892. The man who takes them wins New England because they cast q electoral votes to 20 cast by the four other states of this area.
 Some of the credit must be as- signed to Father Coughlin if Gov. Ali M. Landon wins Massachusetts and Rhode Island this. year and there is evidence that his following spill over into Connecticut to the advantage of republicans.
 Taking account of the anti-new deal movement led by the Michigan priest, dissension within democratic state organizations and the trend away from MT. Roosevelt which has been undeniable for IS months, Gov. Landon becomes the favorite in Massachusetts and Rhode Island betting. But the campaign hardly has begun in, the former state and the barrier will not be up in Rhode Island until the second week in Oc-