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The Redwood gazette., 1936-04-16
Edward Jeckell,
Esther MattisOn
Wed in Waterbury
Ry Mrs. w Rittner

Waterbury and Johnsonville-
Miss Esther Mattison, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Mattison and
Edward Jeckell, son of Mrs. Effie
Jeckell, were married Tuesday,
April z. Rev. Strommen of the
Sharon Lutheran church of Lam
berton read the double ring cere-
mony. The wedding march,
"March Romaine" was played by
Mrs. Noah Mattison, sister -in-law
of the bride. Rev. Strommen sang
"Oh Promise Me" and Happy
Home.
The bride was preceded by Del
bert Johnson, a nephew and son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence johnson of
Storden, carrying the rings in an
Easter basket.
The brides gown was fashioned
of turquoise blue and a similar
shade gown was worn by the
bridesmaid, Miss Edith Jeckell,
sister of the groom. The brides
flowers were Gala lilies and snap
dragons. Leslie Mattison, broth
er of the bride, acted as best n
A wedding supper was served to
about sixty guests, with the
Misses Leola and Ards Anderson
as mattresses.
Mrs. Jeckell is a graduate of
the Lamberton High school and
is graduate nurse, having taken
her course at the New Ulm Union
hospital and later taking a post
graduate course. The groom en-
gagged in farming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeckell are spend
ing their honeymoon at various
points in Iowa, after which they
will move to their new home on
farm at Ivanhoe, which Mr.. Jeck-
ell has rented.
Fred Graf transacted business
in the Twin Cities a few days last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Miller had
as their guests for dinner Easter
Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Un-
derwood and family of Sanborn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bittner of
Lamberton were overnight guests
at the Frank Bittner home Mon
day.
Last Wednesday Mr.. and Mrs.
George Meyer and baby of Madi-
son Lake and Miss Mary Hess of
Mankato returned to their homes
after having spent a few days
visiting their brother, William
Hess.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Bittner
spent Good Friday with relatives
near Revere.
Alfred Sabin attended an all
day Insurance meeting held at
The Redwood gazette., 1936-04-16
Walnut Grove Hotel,
Store, Change Hands

Walnut Grove-A deal was clos
ed at Walnut Grove last week
whereby the P. A. Benson hotel
and store was sold to N. S. Peter
son, also of Walnut Grove.
Mr.. Peterson will move his store
business into the building, while
the store in which he is now To-
Gated is undergoing repairs.
Mr.. Benson is one of the pioneer
business men of Walnut Grove,
having occupied the same building
as hotel, store and his home for
33 years. He expects to retire
from active business.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-04-16
COUNTY RELIEF AGENT

Mountain Lake-Arnold Klassen
of Mountain Lake was appointed
by the county board to the office
of county relief agent, and took
over his new duties at once. The
office had been filled temporarily
by D. Sawatzky and Miss Lucille
Grothe.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-04-16

while / was able to eat without fear of
stomach distress. / regained my normal
weight and felt fine in every way"
New size, tablets Soc, liquid $l.00 & S1.3S.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-04-16

business or pleasure or both.
At rates that are Surprisingly
moderate.
Conveniently located to the
Business. Theatre. Wholesale.
financial and Shopping District,
this modern fireproof Hotel offers
every nicely in appointments.
Its comfortable beds, famous
throughout the country. and its
quiet airy rooms viii assure you
q refreshing nights rest. Its fine
but moderately priced restau-
rants meet the requirements Of
even the most critical.
Within walking distance
(three blocks) Of all Passsngss
Terminals.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03
Relief Investigators.
Backed by People.
Win Initial vi(iory
By Federated Press

NEW YORK.-(FP)-Fighting for
a fair chance at the jobs as relief
investigators and clerks on which
they have toiled hard and long
throughout the depression, the Assn.
of Workers in Public Relief Agencies
has won an initial victory in the
postponement of open competitive
examinations which had been sched-
uled for Dec. 80.
The relief investigators were sup
ported in their fight by the Work
ers Alliance, unemployed organiza-
ton, many of whose members are
on relief rolls.
The A. w. P. R. A., a strongly
organized union, affiliated with the
American Federation of State, Coun-
ty & Municipal Employees and the
American Federation of Labor,
charges that the plan for open exams
is an attempt to break the union. 1t
would tend to open the way into
the relief setup for appointees more
amenable to political control. Emer-
gency Relief Bureau workers con-
tend their long experience in hand
ling relief entities them to continue
on the job, subject only to qualify
ing exams.
The association membership some
time ago voted by 1874 to 1873 to
authorize a strike if all efforts at
negotiations failed. In the event OF
a strike, skeleton staffs would be left
in relief offices to handle emergency
cases. The case has been carried
into the courts and by a new ar
rangement will go directly to the
appellate division for a decision.
A resolution has been introduced
into the board of aldermen provid-
ing that E. R. B. workers, 'as faith
full servants of the city for a period
Of years. should be eligible for civil
service status on the basis of qualify
ing non-competitive exams.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03
QUEER TWIST TAKEN
BY JUSTICE IN
CHILD LABOR CASE

On November 81, 1886, a complaint
for violation of the child labor law
was tried in Justice of the Peace
Pringle's court in Anaconda. This
involved the cast of a boy under 16
years old who was employed by the
Park Garage in Anaconda. The case
was prosecuted by Mr.. Taylor, Coun-
ty Attorney of Deer Lodge County,
and the complaint asserted that this
boy was employed in a work shop.
The testimony for the prosecution
was to the effect that this boy had
been observed working in this gar
age by the Commissioner of Labor
and two other witnesses on Novem-
Der 8, 1886. He was working on cars
doing a job of repair work. When
the prosecution concluded its testi-
mony the defense attorney moved
for dismissal on the grounds that the
Park Garage or that portion of it
where this boy had been working
on the date aforesaid, is not a work
shop. Justice of the Peace Pringle,
without consulting any authority or
attempting to find any legal defini-
ton of the word workshop, upheld
the contention of the defense and
dismissed tha paca
The Commissioner of Labor Wis
tied the Attorney Generals office
since then to inquire what sort of
evidence was necessary in order to
secure a conviction for an offense
of this sort under the child labor
law and he talked with Attorney
General Mattson and Assistant At
torney General Judge Dousman.
He was informed by them that
since there was no denial entered
that this boy was working in the
place aforesaid, that all that was
necessary to be proven in order to
secure a conviction was that the boy
was less than Is years old. The boy
on the witness stand testified that
he will not be 16 until December 20.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03
Fight Between A. F. Of
L. and Administration
Looms on Security Tax


ment between the forces Of organ
lied labor as represented by the
| American Federation of Labor and
the administration as represented by
the Social Security Board over the
employer-employee taxes doomed
here.
The A. F. of L. has indicated its
intention to wage a battle during the
next session of Congress to have the
present tax on employees shifted to
the employer. 1t is its contention
that the worker will pay the present
tax twice, once as an employee and
the second time as a consumer in the
form of higher prices.
Officials of the Social Security
Board let it be known that they will
oppose any attempt to change the
present arrangement. "The admin
istration will fight to retain its pres
ent system of having both employers
and employees share in the tax levy
through equal contribution" one Of
ficial said.
THE self respect of Americas
working class figures in the issue.
To shift the whole burden on the
employers would mean that workers
would receive doles in their old age"
According to the present law their
money will come from a fund into
which they paid part of their wages.
Most A. F. of L. members have ex-
pressed the feeling, according to
word at A. F. of L. headquarters,
that at present they pay the entire
cost, bearing the employers share
when they buy higher priced goods
to which the employers tax has been
shifted.
On November 20 a special com
mittee on social security of the u. S.
Chamber of Commerce is expected
to report. Their report will not ease
the situation, it is felt.
The controversial measure goes
into effect January l, 1887. 1t exacts
a levy of 2 per cent the first year
increasing to a maximum of 6 per
cent in 1949.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03
MARINE Strike
CONTINUES WITH
UNDATED vIG0R

The Mexican Confederation of
Workers on Thursday night formal
ly ordered a complete boycott of
American ships until the East, Gulf
and West Coast maritime strikes end.
Unions on Thursday reached
agreement with Col. 0. F. Ohlson,
representing the federal govern
ment, on ways of sending food and
supply ships to Alaska. Union men
were to be used, under similar terms
to those granted by the Alaska
Packers, from whom the ships are
being chartered. This gives prefer
encial employment and other de-
mands asked by the unions in the
present strike.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03
'5p0kANE-BUTTE BUS
COMPANY IS UNION;
PAYS UNIoss SCALES

Some doubt hs Z been evil
denced that the ' Z ington Motor
Coach bus syster :" id its subsidi-
aries are not un 3 the Street Car
Mems union has y en- action to dis
pei any such fe Impressions. All
of the drivers the Washington
Motor Coach tenn and its sub
sidiary conce The Spokane-Butte
Motor Coach npany, Inc, belong
to the Amalganlated Association of
Street and Electric Railway En-
ployes and Motor Coach Operators
of America. Not only that but the
labor conditions and wages paid by
this company to its employees are
among the highest and best in the
United States.
This company employs about 20
people in the state of Montana. It
operates from Spokane to Butte and
Helena giving three trips daily on
this route. 1t also runs two trips
daily between Deer Lodge and Hell
ena and two trips daily between
Spokane and East Port, Idaho. At
the present time the Washington
Motor Coach Company is applying
for a certificate to operate between
Kalispell and Missoula which would
give direct connections at Missoula
for all transcontinental schedules.
Another application this company
is seeking is for a certificate to oper-
ate between Butte and Monida. 1t
is hoped in the interests of organ
lied labor that the Commission will
grant both of these certificates. The
Spokane-Butte Motor Coach Co.,
heretofore mentioned, operates beau
tiful orange colored buses. These
buses represent a cost of $14,000.00
each. In a short time it is proposed
to operate seven s%upercoaches be-
tween Butte and Spokane.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03
ATTEMPT TO SECURE
DENIAL OF CITIZENSHIP

NEW YORK, Dec. "a recon-
mendation that Frederick j. Neon
mel, Australian, be denied citizen
ship has been entered by Naturaliza-
ton Examiner Stanley B. Johnson in
San Francisco, according to informa-
ton received here today by the
American Committee for Protection
of Foreign Born.
Examiner Johnson's recommended
ton was made on the ground Nc
Connel walked in a May Day par
ade." Mcconnell has also been ac-
tive in the fight to repeal the Grim
inal syndicalism act in California
and in stirring protest against the
prison sentences on the Modesto oil
tanker frameup. Both these facts
were brought against him at the
naturalization hearing.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03
NOTICE OF UNFAIRNE55

The Women's Protective union,
which has SO %valiantly protected the
women of Butte from exploitation,
is again battling for its rights against
the attempts of Mrs. Smythe of the
Cottage Tea Room, 81 w. Park ST.,
to chisel on girls in regard to wages
and working conditions.
The union and the grievance COM
mittee of the Silver Bow Trades and
Labor Council have exhausted all
means to induce this concern to
agree to union rules but without
avail.
Last night the Cottage Tea Room
was declared unfair. All organized
labor please take notice.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03
COUNTIES RECEIVE
FIRST TAX MONEY
FIR 0 NJ RAILROADS

Millions of dollars in tax money
poured into Montana in November.
1t came from the railroads oper-
ating in the State and represents the
first installment of the carriers 1886
tax bill totaling more than four mil
lion dollars. Payment is made to
county tr~easurers.
From the Milwaukee Road alone
Silver Bow County receives $751;
642.90 of that roads payment in
Montana, totaling $817, 503.86. Other
Montana railroads make payment
likewise in proportion to the value
of their properties in the State.
That the railroads are paying tax
bills promptly in these times is con-
sidered significant since so many are
unable to earn sufficient revenue to
meet their fixed charges. This con-
dition is due not alone to the de-
preston but largely to the inroads
made by highway competitors who,
unlike the railroads, are not obliged
to own or maintain the routes over
which they operate.
Aside from the safe and depend
able transportation service railroads
provide, they make an important
contribution to the communities they
serve. Their tax payments are used
to maintain the schools, the high
ways and the local governments.
Their large purchases of materials
and supplies and their employee
payrolls, which are spent in the
towns located along their routes, are
highly important to Montana mer-
chants and industries.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03

At a meeting of the Executive
Board of the Montana State Fedora
ton of Labor, held in Butte, at Car
penters Hall Saturday, November
%, it was decided to hold a special
convention of the Montana State
Federation of Labor at Helena De-
cember 10 and 20, for the purpose
of consolidating all labor elements
in the state of Montana behind legis-
lative proposals to be presented to
the Legislature. All organizations
desiring legislation in their interest
should present them to the forth
coming conference. This meeting
will represent all classes of workers
in the state of Montana.
At the meeting held in Butte Sat
urday those present were James D.
Graham, president of the Montana
Federation of Labor; John H. Dris-
coll, vice president; Pat Deloughery,
Ed Nichols, Paul Erler, as members
of the executive board. Others
present at the meeting were Dennis
Mccarthy, secretary of the Miners
union, Max Berger, James Patterson,
and Arthur Cox, all of the miners,
Tim Harrington of the Butte Engi-
neers, and Clarence Blewett of the
Street Car Men.
At the meeting of the Cascade
Trades and Labor Assembly held
two weeks ago, a suggestion was
made that a conference be held i'm
mediately preceding the converting
of the Legislature. The Federation
of Labor had also been authorized
Continued to Page O.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03
Unions Urged 10
pafronize Mt(aroII

The long standing dispute
between the McCarroll Beauty
Shop, of which Jessie Grefig
is manager, and the BARRIERS
and Beauticians union has been
settled. This announcement
was received with a great deal
of qualification by all organ
lied labor in Silver Bow. A
sincere effort was made by
both parties in the conflict to
adjust the grievance and de-
velopments of the last few
weeks indicated that an adjust
ment would be forthcoming.
The final action was con-
summated by the grievance
committee of the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor Council
working in conjunction with
representatives of the BARRIERS
union and Mrs. Grefig.
Now that the difficulty has
been settled it is hoped that
members of organized labor
and their friends will restore
their patronage to the McCar-
roll Shop. No organization is
more willing to forgive and
forget than labor. 1t wants to
be a constructive power in the
community for good. Along
with this philosophy nothing
would be more pleasant and
agreeable to the union move
ment than to see their mem
bers patronize the firm of the
McCarrolI Beauty Shop.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03

The Silver Bow Trades and Labor
Council sent expressions of condol-
ence to Senator James Murray over
the death of his son.
Organized labor shared keenIy the
grief of Mr.. Murray and Secretary
Grimes was instructed to draft ap-
prOpriate sentiments.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03

NEW YORK.-French longshore-
men at Havre, members Of a power
full union, struck in solidarity with
East Coast maritime strikers and re-
fused to work American ships
manned by scab crews.
Two of the ships affected at Havre
were the big United States Lines
vessel George Washington and the
freighter Collamar.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03
MONTANA FEDERATION OF LABOR
SPONSORS MEETING AT HELENA

All Groups of Workers to Be
Represented at Special Legis-
iative Conference, Called for
the Purpose of Drafting Legis-
lative Proposals to Be Given
to the Meeting of the Legisla-
ture in January.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03

Old people forced off w. P. A.
should apply Immediately for old
age assistance.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03

The sun has a sinking spell every
night but it rises the next morning.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03

Social Security Act, Sales Tax
Repeal, Creation of Depart
ment of Labor, Workers Wage
Bill, Workmen's Compensa-
ton, and Occupational Dis
eases Are Some of the Mea-
sures to Be Considered at the
Meeting.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03

The American standard of
living must be maintained
in order that American in
situations may not be sub
ject to perils of discomfort.
Montana labor news., 1936-12-03

There can be no prosperity
without Justly high wages.
Earnings of working people
are the basis and index Of
progress in any community.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-09-05
Stoicully limiting Death to Exile From Montana
Cheyennes Paid Dearly for Tongue Riuer Reserve

Indians commenced firing szpon the
sentineEs killing two and w0unding q
corporal IN the guard room. then escau-
ing through the windows. The women
were driven In front.
troops pursued the Cheyennes once
more ana OF the lao men, women and
cnlIoren OF Dun Knife's band held cap
tive at Fort Robinson. s2 we're lxiIIed
IN this desperate sortie and II were
retakens leaving only 46 to escape. Of
whom IS we're warriors. Those who
escaped were later found wandering
near the fort and most OF their num-
Der killed.
Desperate Stand wins Agency
BY their desperate stand. the north
ern Cheyennes had proved To the Unit
90 states government that they ore
rexred death 20 remaining in the south.
They would die for their RIGHT Ia live
in Montana. The cost had been ereaf
but they won their point and the pres
ent tongue River reservation was Gre
aged by executive order, Nov. rs. 1891.
ana extended by executive order of
March 10, 1900. There the Chevennes re-
side today and among them are sew
eEal Old braves who remember the STIR
ring days of the Custer massacre and
me historic flight north from indian
OAA FT&EEANEE ASEeHM
Inc CheyenneS were indeed. great
warriors. and one of their most he
loved legends deals with the event
which led % their becoming SO. Ac-
coruing TO the legend, the tribe broke
camp one Gay and moved a short dis
lance away to a new site, leaving one
old woman, busy rendering grease. at
the old camp. She said
shall stay here for a time, be-
cause wish to finish pounding up
bones and boiling them, and skim OFF
The night was dark. The old woman
was alone In the abandoned camp. She
vas boiling bones and Swimming grease
from the pot and she made q torch, 4
tied It TO a stick, and thrust the stick
down her back, between her dress and
her body, SO that the torch stood above
her head and threw q light on the pot
She Was blowing grease off the water
when person entered the lodge and
sat down. She did not look up but kept
blowing the grease from the water
Then, one after another, there walked
into the lodge SO great, tall Assinni-
o0ine braves.
There was plenty Of food hanging In
The lodge and at one side some pound
I'd meat. The AsSinnibOines said to
each other I'VE win first get some
hing to eat and then we win kin her.
They made signs that they were hum
cry, and to each she gave some of the
pounded meat, and then began to roast
;ome fresh meat.
The old woman was badly frightened
She kept saying TO herself: They will
slrely kill me. What can do TO save
nyseIf?"
Hanging up In the lodge was a great
heet Of back fat-tallow-a the old
u0rnor1 ffas1lx ~ dnuF7 mt IL IN a effck
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-09-05

troops. A number Of Sioux from Red
Cloud agency also helped and after q
running battle over the Dakota sand
hills, old Dull Knife and his band Of
I49 were captured on Oct. % and were
taken to Fort Robinson, Neb. Here
they were confined to an empty bar
rack room, still protesting they would
rather die than go back to Indian ter
ritory The remainder of the fugitlves.
under Little Wolf, escaped under cover
of q friendly Snowstorm.
The headmen of the Cheyennes held
at Fort Robinson we're notified on Jan.
8, 1879, that the authorities had de-
cided to send them back south. After
consultation with the rest Of the cap
tives, Wild Hog, as spokesman, told
army officers that the whole band
chose to die rather than go back south.
The prisoners at this time numbered
80 men, 81 women, and 48 children.
Starvation Discipline
Then it was decided to starve and
freeze the Indians into submission and
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-09-05

Losses were not heavy on either SIDE,
but Crooks forces were routed by the
Indians-and the tension caused by this
battle may well have been the direct
cause of what happened eight days
later, when George Armstrong Custer
and his entire force Of 225 men were
wiped out on the Little Big Horn. After
the Custer massacre federal troops went
after the CneyenneS and the Sioux IN
earnest, and by the end Of October,
1876, some 5000 Indians had surrender
ed or been captured. Sitting Bull, the
handsome Chief Gall, and others, with
their followers, fled TO Canada.
A large band of northern Cheyenne
Indians was still at large in Wyoming
and on NOV. IS. 1875, Colonel McKen-
ze, Fourth cavalry, with force OF
nearly 1900 cavalry, infantry and ar
tillery, and 1853 Indians scouts struck
Woman creek. In the battle 173 tepees
were destroyed and 500 ponies were
taken, although the soldiers suffered
a loss Of only five dead. The result OF
this raid was that Dull Knife, Little
Wolf, and other Cheyenne chiefs soon
surrendered. A vigorous winter CAM
paign by Gen. Nelson A. Miles resulted
In the surrender OF most OF the re-
naming hostile Sioux and Cheyennes
III b4AC Cpl Liz Vi &Ott Al oA4C A~AAAAAAIA Va
that year the northern Cheyennes, 1000
of them, were taken to the reservation
occupied by their kinsmen in Indian
territory, leaving only few families,
by their own request, among the Sioux
at Red Cloud agency. In accordance
with terms Of the surrender, the Chey-
ennes we're allowed TO keep their guns
and ammunition.
LOnged for Homeland
Indians are great lovers of their
homeland and many of the northern 1
Cheyennes found conditions in Indian 4
territory intolerable. They longed for |
their homeland on the plains Of eastern /
Montana and insisted upon being re
turned north. Men accustomed to the /
healthful, cool climate, and the pure |
water OF Montana, were unable to re-
strain their fears and dissatisfaction
when an epidemic of malaria broke
put, by which 1900 Indians we're pros
srated at one time. The supply of
medicine was exhausted and hundreds
IF sufferers had to be refused relief.
The Cheyennes pleaded again to be re-
,urned TO their homeland. Again their
Plea was refused.
In spite Of the close watch kept on
heir movements, on the night Of Sept.
J, 1879, 80 men and 246 women and
children, leaving their tepees standing
o deceive the soldiers, started n0rth-
yard toward their former hunting
round in eastern Montana. Hundreds