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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-18

While the bureau Of reclamation
may not have money available for the
Marias river water conservation prof.
ect survey, preliminary approval has
been granted by the PWA for a vast
reconnaissance survey to determine the
water supply on the Yellowstone and
Missouri river water sheds, embracing
the Marias and four other important
rivers, John T. Tucker, PWA engineer,
announces.
The undertaking was filed with the
PWA early in the fall OF 1885 and al
ready has been approved by various
departments. The survey is not con-
nected with the bureau Of reclamation,
water conservation board as q distinct
project.
Store Water, Regulate Flow
It includes surveys Of the Madison,
Big Hole, Dearborn and MariaS rivers,
to determine the possibility Of main
tanning and storing water for a uni
form flow throughout the entire irri-
ison, Gallatin, jefferson, Dearborn and
Marias rivers, and materially reduce
the spring floods along the Yellow
stone.
Following announcement of the rec
lamations lack of funds for making
the survey of the MariaS river project
it was considered by the PWA and has
advanced to such a point as to make
it almost a certainty and only lacks
final allotment in Washington.
Under the proposal it is planned to
make a reconnaissance survey of the
head waters Of the Yellowstone and
Missouri rivers to determine the pos
sible future development of irrigation,
power. Identification, flood control,
municipal water supply, transportation,
navigation and rehabilitation.
In explaining this far-reaching pro-
gram, Mr. Tucker said:
"On the Yellowstone river, it ap-
pears possible to build a large dam
and storage reservoir about four miles
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-18

Grisy, and his wife Min Mingusville
was all right as a name during the
very earliest years, but as the town
grew the name was changed to Wibaux.
Pierre Wibaux, for whom it was named
was the G1Is1 figure Of the re-
Velopment of all of eastern Montana
and western North Dakota. He came to
the cattle country from France III 1883
and is described as having been flair
lousy" with money. He invested $780, 900
in cattle and by 1891 his herds were
estimated to number more than $4,000
head. He was the social and business
leader OF the region and his nome
place.
Another fine ranch was that Of Frank
Smith, 20 miles south of Wibaux. His
grounds were modelled after those of
an English country estate and had an
artificial lake and fine rolling lawns.
It was known as the Edgehill ranch or
the "Sheephook Outfit" and its pro-
prietor was n OF the most popular
men in the country.
and woolly in 1883, If descriptions can
be believed. At that time Medora, in
North Dakota, held the title of 1.-The
Toughest Town West of the Red river"
Wibaux did its best to claim that title
and some say it succeeded. Cowboys
shot up the town quite regularly and
on several occasions passengers air
ing themselves on the station platform
were made to dance an impromptu
polka.
One Of the best stories of Wibaux
early days concerns q business trans
action of Pierre Wibaux. A large Chi
cago packing plant contracted for WI
baux's fall shipment of beef at a speci-
fled price. The Frenchman drove his
cattle to the stockyard in town for
shipment. Meanwhile the price of beef
had dropped and the company refused
to pay the price originally agreed upon.
Wtbaux shipped the cattle to Chicago,
sold them at market prices and sent
9 bill for the deficit to the packing
firm. The firm refused to pay and WI
baux brought suit. The case was to be
tried In Chicago and Wibaux gath
cred q. carload Of cowboys and took
them there to act as witnesses. En-.
Joy yourselves. boys" said he, spend
freely. and the packing company win
pay the bill" It Is Q matter Of record
that the boys made even blase Chicago
SIT up and take notice and when
Wibaux won the suit the packing
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-18
BY WEST

was LOOKING ZOE an OA0.tlI0er
who could give me some first-hand
days. I wanted to hear tales Of cat
tie camps and Indian fights. There
are many reminders Of the early
days and Indian times In Wibaux
II you meet the right people. An
old trapper, who declared that he
that Is now Wibaux county. led
the way to a deep draw q mile or
more south Of Wibaux. He said the
draw was q natural buffalo trap
and he and several other hunters
had once killed SO many buffalo
on the spot that he could have
stepped from n carcass to an
other. Many flint arrowheads have
been found in the draw and un-
doubtedly the Indians hunted there
long before the arrival Of the white
robe hunters.
Supt. Wallace H. Scott of Wibaux
has an almost complete human skeleton
which, with the bones OF a horse, was
found eight feet below the level of
the ground a short distance southeast
of the skeleton show that the individ-
ual was of heavy, short stature. The
teeth in the skull are in excellent con-
dition and much larger and heavier
than those Of modern men. A c a in
the skull shows how the ancient man
met death. No one has been able to
explain The origin of this rather grue-
some find.
frontier days is the skull which was
found by Charles Commers in 1890. d.
rectly over the nose Is a bullet hole
and beside the skull was found an old
pack saddle and q revolver, still cooked,
with one exploded shell in the cham
Der. Colts Arms Co., the firm which
manufactured the gun, assert that it
was n OF a series made in 1855
and discontinued many years ago.
Students at Old Bacon school. 20
miles from Wibaux, made what they
thought was q rare find when they
dug portions of q human skeleton from
9 rock ledge near their schoolhouse.
Some Of the bones were not recovered
but a length Of vertebrae in the pos
trict shows the arrowhead which pierced
the man through the stomach and be-
came embedded in the backbone.
The famed Wells Fargo stage lines
used to cross a portion Of the present
Wibaux county, as has been proved by
CORRESPONDENCE between Editor Charles
White Of the Wibaux Pioneer Gazette
and Emory A. Stedman, now resident
In Minneapolis, who was sent west in
1884 to act as route agent for the
Wells Fargo company on their lire be-
tween jamestown and Helena. The
famous old OK team freighters also
crossed the region on the route from
Bismarck to Fort Keogh.
Editor White owns an old wooden
chest with wide strap hinges, held
together by wooden pegs. The initials
W. F. and the date 1852 are discernible
on the side Of the chest. The relic was
found by a hunter in 1922. The hunter
had chased a wounded coyote into an
unusually large hole in a creek bank.
The hole was in reality an old dug-out
h nIsn hI ~ pT obhep a. Ieen eon usea d,s as =
time. It was in this cave that the
hunter found the chest. After break
ing the lock he emptied the chest of
its contents, which he said appeared
to be old newspapers. The chest did
not come into Mr.. Whites possession
until 1884, when he began to make in
v~estigation into its past. It was re-
vealed by pioneer officials of the Wells
Fargo Co. that such chests were used
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-18

Series Of shallow wooden trourhs which hold water supplied y a blasted sprns
Springs that once furnished an ample supply Of water for live
stock but which have been reduced in flow in recent years, often may
be revived by blasting and then piping the water to wooden troughs
where it can be conserved for livestock, says H. E. Murdoch; pro-
fessor Of agricultural engineering at Montana State college.
b. A Black, who owns q ranch In the Horseshoe hills near Bo1e-
man, recently carried out such a project. He blasted a trench about
five rods long in o coulee where q spring once furnished an abundant
supply Of water for his stock. He then placed drain tile in the bottom
Of the trench, and to the lower end Of the tile he attached q pine
which carries the water to q series Of shallow wooden troughs.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-18
SPEED NEW BUILDING

The state board Of education has taken
steps to expedite start Of construction work
on the new Journalism building planned for
the state university: At q meeting called for
foundation excavation contract. work must
pc started By Oct. I IN accordance with thu
requirements Of the PWA which has made
. loan and grant for the structure.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-18

It is usually the better half that gets
the worst Of It.
The Washington times., 1936-10-01
1885 Puffy, DOWn-FiIIed, 72X84
Clednese COMFORT

Beauties! Filled with select
ed goose-down (the warmest,
lightest of all coverings).
Covered in shimmering eel
anese in plain colors or effec-
tive reversible combinations.
Over 20 colorings to choose
from in the assortment!
Fifth FIoor-Ths Hecht Co.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02
KYLES CREEK

KYLES CREEK, Sept. 2.-Mr.
and Mrs: Tom Morgan and daugh-
ter, Lois, who recently spent a
few DAYS with friends and rela-
tives in this section, have gone to
Atlanta, Ca, to visit the formers
brother, after which they will go
back to their home in New York
City.
Mrs. Mollie Sadler and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Silas Williams, of Will
liamston, S. c., visited relatives in
this section recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Rogers
and little daughter, also Mrs. Roy
Garren, of Clear Creek, spent last
Sunday afternoon with John Rog-
ers.
Mrs. S. S. Hyder and children
and Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Garren and
children, of Fruitland, were din
ner guests Of the formers mother,
Mrs. Emma L. Rogers, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Dill and
children. also some friends from
New Hope, were in this section
Sunday. =.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Rhodes of
Mt. Zion were in this section the
past weekend.
Carl, Napoleon and Coy Barn
we'll of Mt. Zion were in this sec
ton Monday.
Charlie Boggs of Fruitland was
in this section Sunday.
Mr.. Ellie Sumner and a party
of young folks were in this Sec
ton recently.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02
BARNWELL

BARNWELL, Sept. 2.-Arthur
and Dennis Elves and Mrs. Cole
son all of Saluda, called on Mrs.
7 w. Whiteside and Mrs. Jason
Ownby last Wednesday.
Mrs. Woodrow Barnwell and
son Randolph, who have just re-
Gently returned home after spend
ing a few weeks in Nampa, Idaho,
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Barnwell Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John LYDIA, Misses
Pauline and Beulah Brown called
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
lard LYDIA Saturday.
E. B. Laughter spent Friday
night with Mr.. and Mrs &C. W.
Freeman.
Miss Josie Freeman called on
Miss Olga Ledbetter Sunday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haskell Osteen
and daughter, Margret of Green
vile, S. c., called on Mr.. and Mrs
L. J. Ledbetter Sunday.
Mrs. Paul Duncan and son,
Dean, spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Millard
LYDIA.
Misses Helen and Pearl Free
man and Misses Edna and Jennie
Dee LYDIA of Hendersonville,
visited the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Freeman Sun
day.
daughters, Ruth and Ann, called
on Mrs. Jerome Barnwell Sunday.
Chester Rhodes of Fletcher,
visited his aunt, Mrs. Salley Hud-
! gins, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Saltz and
children of Macharro called on
Mr.. and Mrs. V. G. Ledbetter
Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Reid OF
Oteen, spent the past weekend
with the formers parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. P. Reid.
Mrs. J. l.. Ownby recently call
ed on Mrs. Mary LYDIA.
Misses Irene and Thelma Free
man spent Thursday afternoon
with their aunt, Mrs. John LYDIA
Misses Katherine and Myrtle
LYDIA spent Tuesday night with
Mr.. and Mrs. p. l.. Duncan OF
Tracey Grove.
Sam Ballard spent the past
weekend with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Ballard, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crude Ledbetter
and children of Greenville, S. c.,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Led
better Sunday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02

Wolf in his boyhood was a men,
Der of this church and he was
pleased to note a number of his
boyhood friends of so years ago
present in the congregation.
Miss Gladys Smith was home
for the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Spear were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ii.
V. Owen Sunday.
Mrs. R. G. Smith from Seneca
S. c., is visiting her sister, MIS-
Oscar MullenaX.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02
Cardui Helps WI.
Nerves Seem
Edge Every NJ

Women who find thenvJ
painful, nervous fix, suffer-
month, may have some 81
trouble which Cardui shorIa
"At times, I felt like I ms
if a door slammed or tbs
unusual noise" writes Ns}
Odum, Of Haines City, IA
not feel like doing nv bnI
and as I had other work I'd
felt more like lying down. N
Of mine asked me to IN d
which I did. After my trs N
felt much better. I cont!nu1
ing it until I had taken SIX a
bottles. BY this time I was n
improved 1 was able to leaW
II not benefited by Cardui, ~
physician.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02
j, S, SPENDING
TEN MILLIONS
ABOVEIN INCOME
Frank Knox Sets Daily
Figure in Excess of Fed,
eraI Tax Revenues
Bv EDWARD w. LEWIS
limited Press Staff Correspondent

ROCKY POINT, R. l., Sept. 2
UPD-The federal government
is spending $10,O0O,00o a day
more than it receives in taxes,
Frank Knox, Republican vice,
presidential nominee, asserted al
Clambake rally here late Tues
day. 80. ,,,o
FROM" he asked. at is borrowed
in the main from banks
A bank used to be a local lnstltu-
ton set up to lend money to busl-
ness men to carry on their enter
rrises. Sixty per cent of the as
sets of our bank sused to be IN
vested in loans to business men:
Nowadays about Is per cent OF
their loans are commercial.
AS lenders to the federal gov
crnment, banks slowly are being
converted into agencies for the
financing of government ractics'
Knox said.
Turning to labor, Knox said that
government showing partlailly
to one form Of labor organization
or the other is an un-Amerlcan
government" American labor, he
Said, "has until our time fought
ifs own battles and stayed clear
from partisan activities" :,
"Our federal government should
act as an umpire, conciliator and
friend. In the future there must
be some agency that by serving
as counsellor, adviser and media
tor, will benefit the interests OF
labor, enterprise and the consum-
ing public alike. A government
that is partial to one side or the
other to one form of labor Or
ganization or the other is I'M
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02
UPPER MILLS RIVER

UPPER MILLS RIVER, Sept
2.-The Sitton family and friends
gathered at the home of Mrs. S.
p. Williamson Sunday for a picnic
dinner. A number of the relatives
from Spartanburg, S. c., and sew
eral points in this state were pres
ent. A nice reunion was reported;
S. ]. and F. G. Whitaker visited
Dat Whitaker at the Aston Park
hospital Monday.
Rev. Geo. Wolf from Tuxedo,
was a weekend guest of w. Z.
Field. Mr.. Wolf delivered a fine
sermon at Mills River Baptist
church Sunday morning and was
invited to preach again for Sun,
day evening which he accepted
and a large number attended. Mr..
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02
HendersouUille, Ropt

. HENDERSONvII.IFo
Sept. 2.-NIrs. Vojnarr' } Eoj
Miss Violet Pace y. rae
Audrey Bell at Flat 'I p
day. "' Rock
Mr., and Mrs. Robar. =
who have been visitira' I
here have returned hong hong rel
Mr.. and Mrs. oe ''I CS
Cocoa, Fla. who bava IIO~s
ing the lattcr's parents Oes e..
Mrs. Mrs. Lum King, have n; y
Mrs. Frank Garland al
sons of Brcvard. rcccr,r 60
her father, Theodore C; ;i
Mr.. and Mrs. Clins S'C ~ !
Greenville, s. C., wero IL /
section Sunday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02
MEXICO SELLS GUNS,
AMMUNITION TO SPAIN

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2. (UP).
Mexico has sold 10000 rifles and
100000 rounds of ammunition
to Spain in response to a request
from the Madrid government,
President Lazaro Cardenas said
yesterday in an address reopen
ing congress.
1.-THE attitude of the Mexican
government is consistent with the
friendly relations existing with
the government of Spain: Fur
thermore, this act has interna-
tional Justification" he said.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02

USEFUL smock for kitchen studio NO. STD is trimmed
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Patterns sized IL 20 and 80 to AZ bust
requires 2 yards of IS 39nch material plus % yard
To secure PATTERN and STEP-BY-STEP SEWING INSTRUC
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News.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02

American Amer government, ,.,,'
people i'll. SeFvIl
,ys ln defense Ts, Of the An,
civilization and SJ'q Il, tia;
OF living that the r me sal
today was built t"[ ey paI.oa !
out the New DcaIS I an5 icy
richest and happics+t '' at that.
social order the wo,,5 "nd i
wash was built on a SYSTEM t,rp NJ IA; ;, |
terprise and Urrao I'll .! tss
divldual effort" s''NeNted
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02
FALSE ALARM

FREMONT, o. (UP).-A little
light flashed off and on in John
Powers attic. Neighbors became
alarmed and notified Ohio Power
company to investigate. Electro
clans found a FREELY caught in a
cobweb.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02
BIG PULL

WASHINGTON. - (UP). - A
modern steam locomotive pulling
train of Is pullman cars can be
accelerated to 90 miles per hour
on a level track in about three
miles or a little more than three
minutes.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02
FIREMEN START FIRE

OSCEOLA, Mo. (UP).-Citl-
zens attracted by a blaze that
could be seen across town looked
around for the Osceola fire de-
partment and couldn't find it. La
ter they discovered the city fire
men started the blaze in burning
brush.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02

The average production of a
colony of honey bees is about so
pounds of honey, although under
favorable conditions the colony
might produce 100 pounds.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-02
REGIN HERE TODAY

Judith Howard has been engag'
ed to Stephen Fowler for -four
years. She wants to be married
and keep her job in a business Of
fee but Steve will not hear to
this.
Judith meets Steve for lunch
and they go over the familiar ar
guments. Judith points out~-tha'
her friends, Virginia and Bob
Brent, are happily married,
though. both have jobs. Steve re-
fuses to be convinced. Finally
Judith threatens to break the en-
gagement.
Steve, realizing she is in ear
nest, asks to come to her apart
ment that evening to talk the
matter over. He comes and a
short time later Bob and Virginia
arrive with their friend, Toby
Lynch. Steve and Toby have an
argument and the evening is
awkward for everyone. Steve re-
mains after the others have
gone. He begs Judith not to
break the engagement, but she
remains firm.
Evening star., 1936-01-17
WORK OR LEAVE,
!. COL0N|STS TOLD
UItimatum to Matanuska
Project Families Follows
Tagging"
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PALMER, Alaska. January ia
drastic ultimatum-"go to work or get
out'-was handed tagging colonists IN
Uncle Sans Matanuska Valley last
night.
It was laid down by Ross L. Sheely.
colony manager. He had the approval
of the Works Progress Administration
at Washington.
Investigators had reported that
colonists in several instances refused
to work.
Orders Land Cleared.
Sheely ruled that each of the 100
families must have 10 acres of land
cleared and ready for stump pulling
operations by May 1-regardless of the
Winter weather now prevailing.
He also called upon all families to
'sclean up around their homes in two
days. He threatened to deprive dis
obedient ones of their household equip
ment and other articles they had been
obtaining from colony supplies.
Investigators quoted one coloniSt as
saying, I'VE don't need money. We can
get everything we want from the COM
missary on credit. Why work?"
Several on Construction Job.
Several colonists have been doing
carpentry and other special construc-
ton work on pay basis of IS per cent
cash and IS per cent credit. the latter
applying in the $4,000 credit given
each family at the outset, along with
" acres of land.
rAe ccmmissary reported it was
ding colonists "in line" on food
5. These previously aggregated
81 900 month. but now run about
$4,000.
About 40 families returned to tl>
United States last Spring in weed
ing out" of discontented colonists. The
colony now consists of 336 adults and
4l9 children.
Evening star., 1936-01-17

napkin with the startling inscription:
"Stolen from the Browns"
If you have not seen anything Of
this kind, be informed that it is a
sort Of practical joke-practical to the
extent that hostesses are getting back
lot of napkins which formerly began
to disappear into the pockets after the
second round.
Most guests, an ultra-hostess says,
take 1t all in the intended spirit OF fun.
The joke is less apparent to others.
X n
THRILL.
A CROWD around one of the White
= House gates the other day
heralded the departure of President
Roosevelt on a brief automobile ride.
"Oh!" oh'd the olive-skinned young
thing to the taxi driver who was
taking her to class at G. w. u, "the
President must be coming out and
I've never seen him"
The taxi driver was touched-and
probably a Democrat. He stopped
the cab.
Now, you run over there by the
gate, young lady," he said, 80 you
can get good look at him. I'll wait
here and won't charge you anything
extra for the stop"
The young lady was twice thrilled.
\ X
CRITICS.
1t may be that because, like music,
they go round and round. the towns
Evening star., 1936-01-17
HOME BUILDING RISES
TO FOUR.YEAR PEAK
Work East of Rockies Totals 47S
Million for 1o35-Gain
Is 90 Per Cent.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 17.-Resi-
Dental building operations for 1885
rose to the highest peak since 1881, 1t
has been reported by the F. w. Dodge
Corp. construction trade statisticians.
The survey stated that home build
ing activities, involving both new work
and alterations, totaled $478,843, 100
in the 81 States east of the Rocky
Mountains. The gain over the 1884
volume of $248,840,lO0 amounted to
% per cent. The 1881 total aggre-
gated S811, 1,388,7o0.
For December, 1885, residential
building amounted to S45, 100, the
survey stated. This was more than
three times the total of S14,550, 500 re-
ported in the 81 States during Decem-
ber 1884, and compares with only
$39. .695, 200 for November, 1885.
The customary season dip between
November and December failed to
lnaterialize in 1885, the survey stated.
Evening star., 1936-01-17

referred to as children VINO never
grew up.
An operative present at one per-
mormance stiu is cropping for an
explanation of the applause.
SPELLING.
Timid callers might be discon-
certed BY this sign Which appears
on a doorway in the 400 block
Oglethorpe street:
"Crape-soles or heal plates are
not alloped In this house.
TRADE.
OPERATIVE 16 reports that she
~ wouldn't have believed this either
II she had not seen 1t:
Two men dropped into a restaurant
for a cup Of coffee. Finished. one Of
Evening star., 1936-01-17
CAPITALIST DIES AT 72

CLEVELAND, January II CP.-John
L. Severance. 72, prominent Cleveland
capitalist and patron Of arts, died
last night at his Cleveland Heights
home.
Severance suffered o heart attack
yesterday morning and had been Ill
two weeks Of arthritis.
He was most widely known As max
ing possible the construction Of Sew
erance Hall, home of the Cleveland
Orchestra. He was president Of the
Musical Arts Association, which main
tains the orchestra, and president Of
the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Evening star., 1936-01-17
Prisoners Enjoy Jaunts.

GOODWATER. Ala. R).-Officers
know now why three prisoners in the
jail here were so sleepy in the day
time. The trio, listed as Jesse Howard.
Charles Smith and Cleo Wood, had
been using a wooden key to escape
nightly for several hours of high jinks,
returning just before dawn awakened
their jailer Discovery OF the key has
put an end to the nocturnal jaunts.