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la mejor tajada, ell ~excampe6n
del peso complete Jack Demp :
sey, amigo intimo del empresa :
rio de Benjamin Field.
Aparte de arbitrar el match,
10 que hara con estricta impair
cialidad, ell excampe6n servira
de segundo a "Hombre Monta :
ma" Stebbins, de Avon Park, cor
pulento muchacho que aspira a
destacarse como gladiator y 81
la suerte lie favorece llegar al
campeonato. Actualmente Steb-
bins es solo I'm "barrig6n," con
poca habilidad, pero Downing
cree que dirigido por Jack pu :
diera llegar "a las nubes."
S.ebbins tendra de oponente
al "Vaquero" Jones, de Lake
Vale, quien piensa aplastar con
sus puhos, esta misma noche,
los suehos de grandeza del
'tHombre Montana"
Muy interesante promote ser,
a juicio de los expertos, ell bout
entire ell valiente tampeno Joey
Raymond, companero de practi-
cas- del Chino, y Red Woods,
miembros del establo a que per-
tenece Bernard y que dirige
Jackie Cohen, un exboxeador.
Raymond sabe resistir los du
ros golpes y no es probable que
en- agilidad y d~estreza lie supere
ell Sr. Woods.
La primera pelea comenzara
a las $3.50 de la noche.
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LICA NACIoNAL

Triunf6 de nuevo ell Boston
sobre les Piratas.
Bosom &c, IN, De.
Pittsburg 1c, Oh, lie.
Los Cubs Sc pusieron a la ca
beza de la Liga, derrctando a
IS Gigantes.
New York DC, 4h, lie.
Chicago lie, 2h, De.
Filadelfia &c, Oh, lie.
Cincinnati &c, Oh, lie.
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5000 millas, que tenfa una md
ca de 140.75, la elevaron a 49,
054 por bora zen las 2yO0O mi :
Has, la marca, que era de 1920
fue elevada a 149O54; la de-mii
millas, con marca de l44.93, pa
SO a 152.138 por bora; la de 500
millas, que era de 1876, Qued6
en- 152.343.
Eyston espera sobrePasar hoy
la marca de las AZ horas.
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Los Leones daran hoy de al
morzar a Jack Dempsey, ell pG-
gil de la voz de tenor lirico.
Jack les explicara algrnas CO.
sas que el sabe y jim repartira
"dulzura" y apretones de ma :
nos.
No Sc olviden los Leones de
llevar sus d6lares a la taquilla,
en- bien de la empresa, de los pd
giles y de la comunidad.
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Paul Pirrone derrib6 anoche
en- Newark, New Jersey, al chi
no Ralph Chong, de New Or
leans. Los punetazos de la "ca-
tastrofe" los recibi6 ell asiatico
en- Ell segundo asalto.
Pesaba Ell amarillo 1852 H.
bras y Pirrone 1872.
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do en- poder del enemigo? Va
mos, til estas loco o bOrraeho o
durmiendo, o no sabes 10 que te
dices. Ten en- cuenta que u.
solo pedazo de esa bandera beg
dita que tenemos la obligaci6k
de defender hasta la muerte,
vale mas, omucho mas que ia
vida de todos n%osotros.
Y peror6 l%argamente acerca
del patriotismo, con tai vehe-
mencia y tan sincere entusias-
mo, que sus compaheros inte-
rrumpieronle mas de una vez, a.
plaudi6Ad y aclamandO a Es-
paha. 4
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CON LOS CUANTES

Ell Chinito contra ell America
nito, esta noche, en- ell estadio de
los Artilleros.
Para nosotros, ell Chino, ell
tampeno, es ell mejor Y debe
triunfar facilmente.
Alvarez trio los caracoles Y
pudo comprobar que la suerte
lie ha vuelto las espaldas a Ro-
ger, no a el.
Pero de nuevo lie aconsejamos
al w~estampeno que apunte bien,
que procurar descargar los pu-
hetazos en- los sitios debiles del
c~ontrario, no sobre la cabeza de
este.
va lie han dicho a Rogers que
Ell Chino apunta para los Glen y
los punetazos caen en- Seminole
Heights, por 10 que ell visitante
cree que ell tampeho no es tan
formidable con.rincante como
sus amigos lie pintan.
Depende de Alvarez, de su vi
sta y de su cerebro, que no vol
vamos a presenciar una exhibit
ci6n a base de cuatro o cinco
~punetazos en- ell cuerpo del con-
trario y dos docenas "abanican
do" ell espacio.
Bien esta recordarle al Chino
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LIGA AMERICANA

Chicago &c, 13h, De.
New York &c, 5h, De.
Cleveland lie, 17h De.
Boston &c, Oh, Be.
Detroit &c, 10h, De.
Filadelfia &c, Oh, lie.
st. Luis &c, 12h, lie.
Washington Sc, 14h, Sc.
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cho asaltos. Two 1ugar el COM
cate en- Marigold Gardens, en-
Chicago.
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Ell veterano Leo Lomski, de
Aberdeen, estado de Washing
ton, superb aver a Eddie Boyle,
de Cleveland, en- un match a o.
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LAS MEDIDAS DE CHINO Y
N

Las dimensiones fisicas de
Chino Alvarez y Roger Bernard
que hoy pelearan en- Benjamin
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Juan Martin lego a sentirse
avergonzado.
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Bien esta recordarle al Chino
que Roger pelea moviendose a
pocas pulgadas del suelo, que es
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vistOrianO Manteiga, Editor
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-27

Strange as it may seem, the lOca-
ton Of Fort Benton as the head Of
navigation on the Missouri river
and its importance as a trading
center Of the state in the eighties,
was the final influence which de-
cided the location of the new town
Of Billings, when the townsite, was
laid out, prior to the survey Of the
Northern Pacific railway through
southern Montana. ~ :"it.t
The second most important factor in
the selection of the location for Bill
lings, was Alkali creek d m%eandering
stream which wanders through the
country to empty into the Yellowstone
river there. Other sites considered
were the eastern end Of the Clark's
Fork bottom at the mouth. of Canyon
creek, and the place where Laurel is
now located.
The prime movers in the Minnesota
& Montana Land improvement. Co.
which laid out and owned the original
townsite of Billings, were Herman
Clark and Frederick Billings, the city
being named after the latter. Clark and
Billings wanted their town at a spot
which offered the most convenient
route to Fort Benton by team, touch
ing Fort Maginnis and Maiden, the
latter at that time an active mining
center, and piercing the northern coun-
try generally.
Good Freighting. Prospects
With the railroad coming through
the Yellowstone valley there was good
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connected with him in some of his en-
terprises.
Alexander Devine founded the Bill
lings Herald in June, 1882, the same
month that Yerkes moved the Post
from Coulson to Billings. On May l,
1885, these two papers and the Rustler,
founded in 1884, were consolidated as
the Billings Gazette. Matheson, Devine
and the McFarlinS were all interested
in the Gazette. The night following
the consolidation the plant was practic-
ally destroyed by fire. A three column
paper printed on a job press was the
first issue of the new Gazette.
DOC" Hersey served eastern newspa-
pers as correspondent in covering" the
Crow uprising led by Swordbearer. He
also served as a war correspondent
during the Spanish-American war and
later occupied an important editorial
position on the London Spectator.
Jean Decker came to Montana from
the Black Hills. He had gone to that
country in 1871. and was employed as
a stagecoach- guard. He later Learned
the printing trade. He was at one time
editor OF the Yellowstone Journal at
Miles City and later was editor of the
Billings Gazette and widely known
throughout the state. Alexander De-
vine was later and for many years
business manager. of the old Butte
Miner, now the Montana Standard.
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with the Northern Pacific railroad,
prominent3among them being Frederick
Billings, who had been president of the
railway company from 1876 to 1881.
They bought from the railroad all Of
it's land in what is known as the ClaIk's
site the mouth of Clark's Fork of the
Yellowstone, extending, from Young's
point east of Park City to just east of
Billings.
There the Yellowstone valley widens
out from it's usual narrow limits OF a
mile or two, to a maximum Of about
eight miles, and there Alkali creek
empties into the Yellowstone from the
north. The townsite company. with the
knowledge that the railroad soon would
be built through, acquired the area
from the railroad and proceeded to de-
velop it.
The company and its hackers planned
not only to build a city, but they pur-
posed establishing agricultural colo
MES and the developing of a farming
region. They brought in settlers and
Der of Wisconsin farmers were brought
in and established in the western end
of the project. Their settlement was
known as the Ripon colony. Construc-
ton work was begun upon a big IT.
rigation ditch, still known as the big
ditch" That was entirely new business
to the farmers themselves and to the
men back of the enterprise, and many
mistakes were made, but / n spite OF that
the movement had a far-reaching ef-
feet upon the development of the coun-
try and subsequent Improvements
which have made Of the territory one
of Montana's leading agricultural dis
tricts.
Coal and Gold Areas Nearby
~ ~S5tkf~y. - A. r1~nk D0y,fNn froHa
and that of the intervening territory,
the builders of the city had other rea-
sons to foresee rapid advancement Tor
the new town. Miners who had olloWed
the Clark'S Fork to this source IN the
mountains along the -Wyom-
ing boundary had found placer gold.
There were indications of coal deposits
IN the territory which later developed
into the producing properties at Red
Lodge, Colstrip and other places in that
part Of the state. {
To the southeast was Fort Custer,
where a regiment of soldiers was uSu-
ally stationed, with no little potential
trade. A few settlers had gone into the
Shoshone region of northern wyoming
and their most convenient point OF
supply was the new town on the yell
lowstone. Negotiations were under way
between the government and the Crow
Indians with the possibility that a fur.
ther tract Of Grow lands soon would
be available for white settlement. Bill
lings was just about half way between
the already well established trading
centers Of Miles City on the east and
Bozeman on the west. The signs were
propitious.
A story regarding the location of the
new town which is generally accepted
as true by old-timers, Is that the town.
site company. originally tried to BUY
land Immediately adjoining the already
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prospect for a big freighting business,
especially during the season when the
Missouri river was closed to naviga-
ton. The Northern Pacific at that time
seriously considered a branch line
which would have followed Alkali creek
trated the Musselshe1l and Judith
basin countries on its way into the
Fort Benton area The route would have
followed in a general way the line upon
/ which the Great Northern later built
between Great Falls and Billings, but
at that time it was planned to make
Fort Benton the terminus.
There were many other factors
which entered into the selection of the
ambitious city at that point IN the
Yellowstone, but: in the final analysis,
it was Alkali creek and the freighting
route it offered into a broad livestock
and mining territory which swung the
ultimate decision to locate Billings
where it now IS.
The judgment of Clark and Billings
proved correct. The development of the
livestock industry in the Musselshell
in the creation of an extensive freight
ing business from all of that country
into Billings, and made the city the
consigning point of goods shipped from
the east over a vast stretch OF terri
tory.
The road proceeded up Alkali creek,
then by way Of Painted Robe, Lavina
and Judith Gap. It was called the La.
vina stage line, and became one OF
the most important highways in the
state during that period.
The fact that early treaties between
the government and the Crow Indians
had given the tribe land on the south
side of the Yellowstone, and released
their holdings on the north side, ma
turally tended to the location OF towns
on the north, rather than the south
side of the river. After the Crows had
coded a portion of their land on the
| north side of the Yellowstone, some
| towns which originally were on the
north side Of the Yellowstone, moved
Co the opposite shore. Notable among
.these were the old settlement Of juno
/! :ti9 Bsc a9Ky i shs 5figf a@d tteaeiss WITH TIT the
Grows coded to the government the
land on. the north side of the river
and retained that on the south, the
original land grant to the Northern
Pacific was composed of alternate sec
lions for six miles north of the Yellow
stone, instead of being located on both
sides.
The Northern Pacific land bill which
was passed by congress in 1864 and
signed by President Abraham Lincoln,
gave the railway company 20 sections of
land for each mile of track built in
the state Of Minnesota and Oregon and
40 sections, of land for each 20 miles of
track built in the territories between.
Alternate sections OF either side of the
railroad was the. usual way of desig-
mating the railroad land, but where
lands already: had been taken up by
settlers in that territory, the railroad
was awarded: lieu lands at a greater
/ distance from its line.
Site Acquired from Railroad
The Minnesota & Montana Land &
Improvement Co. was organized by a
number of men who were connected
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Drama in Boots and Saddle Call at
Early Army Fort, Over-Shadowed
Any Shown in Posts Stage Shows

John Smith, a favorite play of the
period. Grow Indians were used in the
cast.
The curtain rises. the soldiers cheer
the success of the hero and hiss the
appearance of his enemies. The beau
tiful Pocahontas, played by a white
girl, captures their hearts. The Indians
aisles. They show no signs of pleasure
but are enjoying the play none the less.
At last the point in the play is reached
where P~ocahontas pleads for the life
of John Smith. She has hardly begun
her speech when a Grow Indian scout
rushes into the theater, runs down the
aisle to the box of Major General Buell.
and whispers in his ear.
Off Stage Action
The general Jumps to his feet and
snaps a command to his buglar. Boots
and Saddles" is blown, and the audi
ence Is thrown into. confusion. The
cavalrymen strap on pistols and sabres;
the Crows gather around their great
chief, Plenty Coups, for a council OF
war. In a few seconds the theater Is
emptied and the thunder of hoofs and
shrill calls of the bugle are heard out
side. The Indians hurry to join their
white allies. against the murderous
Sioux, wne have just raided the settle
mert and stolen part Of the horses:
The Sioux have 10 minutes start anc
are out of sight but the thud of theii
Shorses, .hoofs can be heard as the sol
:diers gallop out oftthe fort Sometimes
gaining ground, somstimes losing it
the outcome of the chase seems doubt
full at times but the soldiers and Grows
refuse to give UP: The: pursuit lasts al
night and at daybreak, many miles from
the fort, the cavalry has nearly over
taken the Sioux. They abandon thei1
loot to better escape. The stolen horses
are recaptured and the slow return te
the fortsis begun.
No, drama in the formal sense coule
compete with the drama Of every.
day life in the Montana of the eighties
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If you have been drinking, don't drive.
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established town of Coulson, but was
unable to obtain favorable terms from
P. w. McAdoo, who with j. j.. Anderson
owned the land on which the parent
town stood. So the original Billings
townsite was plated: on land a couple
upon Land further east and around
Coulson.. Both Meadow and Anderson
later plated additions to the city OF
Billings upon their holding which laid
between Coulson and Billings, but they
had missed their chance. The trend of
the new town was to the west instead
of to the east.
Misguided Faith in Coulson
The founders of the new town quite
city would extend to and include Coul-
son, for they began numbering their
streets with Tenth street, where the
numbering of Coulson's streets left off,
and which for many years remained
at a point a quarter of a mile east OF
Billings city limits. When the toWnsite
company made an agreement to build
road, it chose a location near the east
ern limits of the townsite. The build
ing proved unacceptable to the rail-
road company. In accordance with heir
agreement, however, the trains WhiStled
for the station and stopped there, but
it actually discharged its passengers
at the railroads headquarters building
nearly a mile farther west.
Many present day visitors to Bill
main north and south thoroughfares
bear such large numbers as from oath
to 30th streets. The reason dates back
to the original location of the town.
site and the expectation that it would
expand to take in the old town of
CoulSon. What would have been First
street Is now in some unrecognlZed,
grass-covered depression in the earlier
and now vanished settlement.
A Galaxy Of Journalists
Tied up with the early development
Of Billings and southeastern Montana
are the records Of several journalists
who came to the metropolis, a few OF
whom were in many ways counterpartS
Of Bill Nye and Mark Twain, who &C.
cupied such an important niche in the
history and development of other parts
of the west.
t: Among them were Abel X. Yerkes,
John D. Matheson, Alexander Devine,
II. F. and Charles McFarlin, Samuel
Panton, doc" A. Hersey, who came by
his nickname by reason of having for
merly been a druggist; Edgar B. Camp,
E. H. Becker, and Jean Decker.
Yerkes had been in Miles City, where
with a partner he had established the
Yellowstone Journal. They divided their
equipment and Yerkes freighted his
share to Coulson where he established
the Coulson Post. He afterwards moved
It to Billings and sold it to John D.
Matheson. Yerkes was known a S 1.-the
Poet Of Sour Dough Creek"
Matheson was connected with several
early-day newspaper ventures in Bill
nngs, was the first Justice of the peace
IN the town. and later was city clerk.
His brother, Walter Mathewson was
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By MARSH

The real life. drama, of Montana
in the seventies and eighties was
too strong a competitor for the
make believe drama of the stage
and, on at least N occasion, thrust
the actors and actresses into the
background while the audience as
sumed the principal role. Picture
Fort Clusters little log theater on
an evening in 1880. The audience is
composed of the soldiers of the
Second cavalry and the friendly
Grow Indians who camped near h
fort. A few officers, with their
wives, sit in imprOvised boxes. They
lean back in their seats to enjoy
the play after a hard day In the
saddle. A semi-circle of Oil-lamp
footlights illuminate the unraised
curtain. .
Fort Custer was established in 1877
near the union of the Big Horn ~anG
Little Big Horn rivers, three miles south
of the present site of Hardin. The de.
cision to build the post was prompted
by the humiliation of Clusters com.
mand the year before. Army Officers
deemed a. strong force necessary in the
Indian country Establishment of the
fort served@to halt the movementssp1
hostile Indians, or the need for tAe
post had NaiAshed before dts construc.
ton, as feNf0ntbreaks occurred there.
after Au4Msshow Bsms.se~N
The soldiersf time was taken ap Wi
drill, parades, and maintenance Of be
post; their: leisure with hunting, fish.
ing and the usual ~recreations of a gar.
riSon. Mess room larderS were wei
stocked with venison, buffalo ane
mountain, trout. Amateur theatrical
were always popular during the winter
months. Si .
John Mcguire, pioneer theatrical I'm
pressario, Observation-Disclosures the post
on his rounds of the frontier settle:
ments. Onthis evening in March, 1880
he and his, company presented Captail
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PLANS
JUBILEE YEAR
IN 1887 CHARLES CARD LED EMF
GRANT TRAIN INTO CANADA TO
FOUND MORMON COLONY

Cardston, Alberta, first seat of
MOrm0nism on British soil, pivotal
tourist point on the Blue Trail
north from Babb to Calgary and
Banff, and famed for the million
dollar temple built by its founders,
will, next year, celebrate its golden
jubilee.
In 1886, the late Charles Ora Card
and a number of associates were sent
find a gathering place for settlers OF
that faith on British SOIL They tray
eled through Idaho, Montana, Wash
ington and into British Columbia,
thence east to the prairie country. They
turned south at Calgary toward Mac
leod and the international boundary.
When they arrived on Lees creek the
the most suitable region seen for the
establishment of a colony.
Card and his party. returning to
Utah, reported to the first presidency
of the Mormon church and in 1887
about 30 families from the each Valley,
Utah, under the leadership of Gard
journeyed northward by covered wagon
to Lees creek and there founded the
town of Cardston. The original home
built on the site of the village is still
standing intact. 1t is built of logs with
the skill and stability characteristic
of the pioneer. The town grew with
the passing of the years and today it is
n of many Mormon Communities in
southern Alberta.
It is expected that thousands will
visit Cardston during its Jubilee year,
especially old-timers. Elaborate prep
arations are being made for the cele-
bration. The general chairman of ar
rangements is a son of the founder of
the ~town-Joseph Y. Card, grandson of
Brigham Young. His mother was Zina
Young Card, daughter of the famous
Mormon %colonizer and empire builder.
All of the adults in the original com
pany of 1887 have either passed away
or left Cardston.
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Post Seals Away
Bottle of Cognac
for Last Survivor

A bottle of cognac in a hermetic-
ally sealed monument on the first
floor of the newly dedicated build
ing of the Wheatland American
Legion post, awaits the last sur
vivOr.
During the dedication of the
building at HarlOwton on Armistice
day, a monument was erected in
which was sealed the posts char
ter membership roll, the 1886 MEM
bership, a copy of the dedicatOry
program, and a bottle Of cognac:
This compartment is to be opened
by the last surviving member of the
Wheatland post. A plate on the
side of the monument is inscribed:
Here lies the body of John Co.
nae.
The last is first. The rest are
gone.
I drink to them. Time marches
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Rockslide Reveals
Eggs of Dinosaur

A nest of fOssilized din0saur eggs
was found recently by wOrkmen
engaged on improving the Chief
Mountain highway, Waterton Ma
tional park, and close to the border.
The relics Of prehistoric North
America were disclosed after a
slide of rock and debris from a
mountain side. The eggs, each as
large as a football, we're clearly
outlined in the rock and were re-
covered by the foreman of the crew.
They are pronounced millions of
years old dating back to those re-
mote ages when great monsters
r0amed over what is now Alberta
and Montana and adjacent terri
tory. 1t is likely the specimens will
be sent to the national museum at
Ottawa.
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Old World Touches to
Red Lodge Rink House

Preparations for the erection of a
warming house for the city skating rink
at Red Lodge are going forward rap
from Rock Creek canyon. Local gaso-
line dealers have donated gasoline for
hauling the logs out of the mountains.
Two old world arts will be repre-
sented in the building; the log work
will be done by men who learned their
trade in the Scandinavian countries,
and a stone wall around the porch will
be erected by Italian stone workers. The
wall will be of a type which was old
when the Caesers ruled, a type which
has been used for centuries to hold up
the terraces of Italy's celebrated vine
yards.
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HELP
KIDNEYS PASS
3 LBS. A DAY

30 g yS ssss n esse sSo,ssl
Hood nd kssp pa ks4ltAy. Most -
Frequent q soantY, passegss yitn snasti11
:ad sc G9tP !o oneY gs ssss: q tx S.d a :on'sa'as
X1seeslssef adds Z! poisoos II yow bleed
s. Tie cause 1t paestns beekAohs, rhsu@aa1
sry, eettins up nights, swelling. puf1nso
under hs ewes, headaohes and diIdness.
Don't waitl Ask your druggist for Doa1l
Pfls, used successfully BY millions Tor o!sR -
IS miles Of Kidney tubes aush out .p~olsonouS
Waste from your blood. Get Doan's PILL.