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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-04-04

Oid-timers IN western Montana re-
member the story Of the m0sa-hamwed
man In the history Of the territory,
known as Louis the Breed, and whose
other name, L he mad one. never
came TO light during his residence In
Montana gold camps. Louis was
hanged five time, but IL Was not until
the fifth attempt that lit took" and
he departed for that ether land where
horse and cattle thieves 20 when they
leave this world.
The story Of Louis the Breed was
told by Nate Woods, one Of the first
ranchers in the territory, who settled
IN the Beaverhead valley in the early
COS. About that same year there ar
rived IN those parts Louis the Breed,
well armed and riding a good horse
He first found employment as horse
herder for the miners at Bannack, and
later, when few ranches began to be
established along the Beaverhead, be-
came cowpuncher. Probably Louis
was the first Montana cowpuncher.
Louis Was Poor Gambler
Louis was not considered bad man
at the time. In fact he appeared to
have only one bad habit, and that was
his passion for gambling, but he never
seemed to win and was always short
of cash. His wages not being sufficient
to permit his bucking the tiger as hard
and as often as he desired, he began
looking around for some way Of making
little easy money and found It. He
began running off miners and ranch
ers' horses and cattle and waiting till
reward was offered before returning
them.
Ranchers began to suspect him, and
a few times he was shot at, escaping,
on more than one occasion, by narrow
margin. Finally his work became SO
coarse that he dared not go to the
ranches and he could find nothing to-
do in the camps He knew that horse
stealing was sure death if the thief was
caught, so he turned his attention to-
cattle stealing and made a number of
raids on herds, which were increasing
in number. His plan was to steal Beav-
erhead cattle and sell them to butchers
at Virginia City, and on his return trip
steal few head on the Madison and
sell them at Bannack. AS cattle owners
did not brand their stock at that time,
he did fairly well for a season.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-04-04

But the ranchers at last decided to
take action, and they held q meeting,
at which the name Of Louis the Breed
was mentioned frequently. Next morn
ing, as luck would have it, a rancher
met Louis coming down the Rattle
and. being threatened with q wicked
looking pistol. he decided to accompany
his captor TO the ranch OF the latter.
The following day he was taken to
Nate Woods ranch, where the ranch
men gathered. He was placed on trial,
the specific charge against him being
the theft Of two red COWS from Nate
Woods ranch.
Louis denied having stolen the cat
tie, and explained his presence in the
valley by saying that he had been sent
from Virginia City with an important
message to DR. Steele, who was wanted
in Alder gulch to sew up a man who
had been badly shot up In fight. This
statement was cOrr0bOrated, but the
accusers were not satisfied that Louis
did not know something about the
stealing Of the two cows. So they took
him to big tree near the place OF
trial, and there a rope was placed
around his neck, the other end being
thrown over a stout branch. A dozen
men held one end of the rope. "Ten us
what you did with those red COWS"
came the demand. ~Tel us who you
sold them to and we will give him a
dose of this medicine, too"
Il never stole the cows" yelled Louis,
over and over again.
pull away, boys" came the COM
mand, and Louis was soon gasping and
kicking in the air. There he hung until
he was insensible, and then they let
him down and revived him. Again he
was advised to tell what he had done
with the cows, and again he refused to
admit that he had taken them. Then
the hanging process was repeated and
once more, after recovering his senses,
he swore that he had never seen the
cows.
In all they hanged Louis four times,
and the last time 1t took a long time
to bring him back to consciousness. The
ranchers had by this time begun to
weaken and some of them believed they
had the wrong man. They came to the
conclusion that a man of Louis type
would die rather than reveal TO whom
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-04-04
;lacer Park TRANSPORT Compa Prspaes for Seasons Travel

Fer the first time in six years the
Glacier Park Transportation Co. has
kept q crew Of men working as re
pairing buses ian the shops at Cla-
eaer Park all winter. with the BALD
ing OF the highway over Hogan pass
the bus business was greatly in
creased. Tt is expected that the Ola
cSer Park Hotel Co. win open the
Prince OF Wales hotel on Watert0n
bake this coming summer. This, with
enc naturally increased tourist bust
ness for the park, viii take ali Of
khe more than 100 busses, trucks and
touring cars that the company has
60 transport the thousands Of tour
ists that viii visit the park this sum-
mex.
The most popular bus schedule is to
leave Glacier Park station on the morn
ing bus, arriving at the Many Glacier
hotel for lunch. The afternoon is spent
hiking or riding horseback to Iceberg
lake. where the tourists see icebergs
floating In the little mountain lake
nestled at the foot Of the Garden wall
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-04-04
RESTORE HAPPY
HUNTING GROUND
Chief Yellowtail Working for
Tribesmen in Southeastern
Montana

A cOpper-skinned SON Of the
mountains with OxOnian dictiOn and
oriental suavity is slowly restoring
q happy hunting ground for his
tribesmen in rugged southeastern
Montana
Mention wild life conservation and a
flood Of precise words flows from the
eager lips of short, stOcky Robert yell
lOwtail, full-blooded Grow chieftain
and reservation superintendent.
There is a threefold purpose behind
the program" he explains, ito help
preserve the American buffalo on this
continent; to take care of our people
in periods of depression and to see
the buffalo and all big game roam the
hills again, unmoleSted, as they did
years ago.
1T is largely from this aesthetic
sense that the wild life conservation
program came into existence upon my
assuming charge of the reservation, p"
the Carlisle-educated chieftain said.
Chief Yellowtail is building up game
herds from the excess animals in Vel
lowStone park. He brings the buffalo,
elk and deer from the park to the
reservation In motor trucks-the load
ing and transportation being the only
cost.
An almost completely mountain
locked area 10 miles from east to west
and so miles from north to south, the
reservation is bordered on the east by
the Wolf mountains and on the south
and southwest by the ragged peaks of
the Big Horns and Pryor range. .
In the box-like canyons, where the
Big Horn river has cut perpendicular
walls, some of them a mile above the
winding stream, grass is available win
ter and summer, Chief Yellowtail said,
explaining emphatically that no hunt
ing is permitted on the Indian game
preserve.
Several hundred buffalo and elk, still
more deer and smaller game roam the
preserve and in the streams of the
Wolf mountains almost half a million
trout have been planted.
In 10 years, the chief hopes the res
ervatiOn will have the largest buffalo
herd In the country.
MY object is to restore the wild life
in abundance as it existed here when
1 was young boy" he said.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-04-04

that rises 1000 feet above the water
Of the lake.
The next morning the tourists take
the bus to Going to the Sun camp on
st. Mary's lake, where they eat lunch.
The afternoon is spent crossing Logan
pass, arriving at the Lake Mcdonald
hotel for supper.
The first bus service was started in
Glacier park about the middle OF July
in 1912, when Roe Emery drove a
White touring car over the stage road
from Glacier Park to Many Glaciers.
The fall Of 1911 the Great Northern
Railway Co. sent crew Of 10 men out
of Midvale NOW Glacier Park to sur
vey q stage road, following the route
along the base of the Rockies, cross
ing the high ridges and creek bottoms.
When the surveyors reached Divide
mountain they followed the horse trail
down through the nine miles OF tim
Der on the west side of the divide to
the foot of St. Mary's lake.
This road was surveyed and built Tor
horse-drawn stage coaches. The sur
Veyors paid little attention to low
grades and went around the heads o.
coolies to save building expensive fills,
and most of the road was series of
dangerous hairpin curves.
The road from st. Mary'S lake TO
Many Glacier hotel was that used by
the freighters during the mining ex-
element, when what was known as the
"ceded strip" was thrown open for
mining and oil prospecting in 1893.
This "a miles of freight road was
Just a trail that followed up and down
the steep hills and in few places led
high I'D the rocky sides of mountains.
1t was not a welcome sight to US
that had a part to do with the running
of the stageline, when Emery drove
his steaming auto up the shale rock
slide to the head of McDermit falls
and to the front door Of the long, log
cabin that was used as tourist din
ing room and kitchen at Many Glacier
at that time. It was known then that
the gasoline wagons would drive the
stage horses back to the ranges.
Within two weeks from the time the
first auto came into Many Glacier,
the Brewster Saddle Horse Co., (now
the Park Saddle Horse Coz had its 40
head of fine stage horses out eating
grassland to this day some of the
are stored IN shed at
Glacier Park station, and the bright
colored paints on them look as glossy
as 1t did "a years ago.
1t was dangerous, hard and discour-
aging work to run the BUSES over this
narrow mountain road those first years.
The summer rains turned the muskeg
creek bottoms into a spongelike mud
and the sidehill was made so slippery
that the buses would slip off the grade.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-04-04
Louis the Breed Early Horse Thief,
Hanged Five Times Before SIt Took

he had sold the cows. At any rate they
did not want to take q chance Of hang
ing an innocent man. So the rope was
removed, Louis was given q big flask
Of whisky and plenty OF food, and told
that he had better keep on going up
the valley over the range and out OF
Montana.
Louis took the advice given him and
kept on going. He drifted into WyO-
ming, where he soon forgot the lesson
he had been given and was back at his
old tricks Of stealing stock. Three years
later the report came back to the Bea-
verhead that Louis had run into a
committee of real vigi1antes, and they
had hanged him-this time only once,
but quite thoroughly. It was told that
Louis was game to the end and joked
with his executionerS while they were
making preparations to hang him. ''I
know how 1t feels to be hanged" he
told them, "for I've been swung up four
times already, but for Gods sake, boys,
make job Of 1t and don't bring me
back to life again."
Wen see to that" said the leader,
grimly.
But long before Louis was hanged in
wyoming, the ranchers In the Beaver
head had been given cause to be thank
full that they let him 60. For the two
red COWS were found again. 1t seemed
that Nate Wood had an ice house down
on the creek some distance from his
ranch-one Of the few in the valley at
the time. The door opened into the
building and had an old-fashioned
wood catch. One night the door was
left open, and the COWS, smelling hay
used to pack the ice, pushed in the
door and entered. Then one of them
bumped back against the door and
pushed it shut. Both were prisoners,
and the ice house was so far from the
ranch house that their bawling was
never heard. There the unfortunate
cows remained as prisoners nearly two
months.
When the fact that the COWS had
been found spread out among the
ranchers, most of the men who had
been involved in his near-lynching felt
very glad that they had not made q
complete job of 1t, but other said: 'I
told you so" and remarked that they
would merely have saved the Wyoming
vigiIantes q job.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-04-04

In one instance, IN 1914, when bus full
of people was coming down the crooked
road, Just before crossing Divide creek,
the roadbed gave away under the out
side wheels Of the bus and It went
tumbling down the creek bank 100
feet. The driver was killed and several
passengers received broken bones.
During the wet summer Of 1915, teams
we're stationed along the road to pull
the buses across the creek bottoms
and I'D the hills. On several occasions
bus loads of tourists had to stand in q
wet snowstorm all night with their
bus mired down so deep in the mud
that the teams of horses could not pull
them out.
If everything went well the buses
would make the trip between Glacier
park and Many Glacier in about eight
hours. A stop was made for noon lunch
at St. Mary's camp.
1t was the fall of 1915 that L. w. Hill,
then president of the Great Northern,
made the trip that was talked about
through the whole park country, when
he covered the distance between Ola
cier Park and ST. Marys in an hour
and So minutes In his big, highpowered,
private automobile. Today this trip
can be made over the fine oiled road
that leads over the high looking glass
hill In 30 minutes and nobody win even
mention It,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-04-04

will MORE than fill every oil space.
Actually, you can have more oil protec-
ton than there seems to be room for!
It's far from magic; it's Germ Process,
ing. This patented method alloys this
oil so that engine surfaces take it IN
Your engine gets this complete in-
ternal plating" of oil, plus the higher
durability of the Germ Processed film.
Multi protection! Real reasons why all
the heat, speed, passengers and suitcaSes
that Springtime piles on your car, WON'T
hasten its newness away. Real reasons
are all we can give you here. Your help
full, responsible Conoco man can give
you Germ ProcesScd oil, the real alleged
oil. Continental Oil Company.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-04-04

One operation that tends TO elini-
nate criminal traits is performed with
a paddle.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-04-04

He told you the truth about the fine
fitting parts. 1t would be hard indeed,
to over-Praise the precision work in any
car today. And from precision comes
the power, the smoothness, the quiet
that sells you car.
After that, the demonstration feel of
your engine is at the mercy of your oil.
OF course any oil can promise. But only
Germ Processed oil is alleged.
So what?
Plainly this: Say thatyour bearings-new
type or old-provide two-thousandthS of
an inch of oil space. Then the usual oil
would just FILL that space. But Germ Pro-
cesSed oil-different because it's alIoyed
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-04-04
This alleged oil is
the different oil

keeps your good as the salesman say
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-23
Butler Court
Ace Advances
Bradford Plays Semi-FinaI
Match in Defense of
Net Crown.
Times Special

Times Special
RICHMOND, Ind, May 23.-
Ralph Bradford, Butler University's
defending champion, will oppose
Tieman of Indiana in the semi
finals of the state intercollegiate
tennis championships here today.
Joe McNulty of Notre Dame and
McElvain of 1. U. will clash in the
other match. Semi-finals and finals
also will be played in the doubles
with the following matches sched-
uled: Oliver-Tieman Qndiana) VS..
Brown Morgan Ode Pauw), Brat
ford Wagner (Butler) VS.. McNulty-
Fallon (Notre Dance.
Bradford stroked his way into the
semi finals with As, 6-1, GA vic
tory over Nikolich of Purdue after
eliminating Willis of De Paw, 6-1,
6-3. Brooks of Earlham, 1885 run
ner-up, was upset by McNulty, 6-1,
ga
Singles
Prendergast (Notre Dance defeated
Elliott wabash. so. 2-6. So; McElvain
Indiana upset uTey PuTSus a. NS 62
Damel. 60. 60; McNulty tNotre Dame
whipped Brown de Pauwl. SO: 60;
Brooks iEarlham) nosed out Meunier
tButlerl GA. 3-6. SO: Nikolich fPurdue)
downed Meters indiana. 81. 60: Fallor
lNotre Dance upset Edmonds (Purduel
SO, SO; Nikolich (Purduel. 4-e, 81 Ga;
tNotre Damel, 6-3, So; McElvain (Ipdi-
anal walloped Fallon (Notre Dance. 6-l
Prendergast-Cannon (Notre Dance de.
| feated Nickolich- Ulrey (Purduel. Us 6-3
Meunier-Hooker Butler, upset Burgett-
Sturgeon Indiana Statel. AS. 6-3. 81
Fertif Cwabashl, SO. "a; willis-Lunr
| tPurduel 4-6 GA. 6-4: Prendergast-Can-
non (Notre Daniel won by forfeit over
Haynes-Patton fTaylorl Morgan
! de Pauwl defeated Daggy- Hedrick Earl.
tripped Muenier-Hooker lButler). Us, AS
ga: WAGNER Bradford Butler nosed out
Johnson-Bailey EVANSVILLE. GA, As 6-1;
McElvain-MeierS lIndiana) downed Rev
noldS-Townsend (Earlhaml, Ga SO: Davis
Hunter-Davis wabash; McNulty Fallon
lNotre Damel defeated willis-Lyn Ode
Pauwl. 6-3 as: Oliver-Tieman (Indianal
defeated Prendergast : Cannon (Notre
Damel. 81. 6-3: Brown Morgan (De Pauw)
trounced Lucas-Birr Indiana. 6-l. 6-1;
| Davis Brooks (Earlhaml. ga ST. go
| Bradford WAGNER fButlerl upset McElvain-
Meters tIndlana). 8-6. AS SIS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-23
Rounds Out
Mat Program
Carter Signs Wilcox and
Hader for Supporting
Bouts Here.

With the signing of Firpo Will
cox, 240-pound Oklahoma Indian
mailman, and Jack Hader, 300
pound Omaha youth, the four-event
wrestling program to open the Her
cules A. G. outdoor season at Sports
Arena Tuesday was completed today
by Matchmaker Lloyd Carter.
Headlining the all-star heavy
weight card is a return tussle be-
tween two popular young stars, Cliff
Olsen of Minnesota and Orville
Brown, the Indian deathlock ace
from Wichita. They tugged 30 min
utes to draw last week, and will
go for wo-falls-out-o three next
Tuesday night.
In the one-fall semi indup
Otto Kuss, 1anky eX-Indiana u
mailman, takes on Hader, making
his first start here Hader is an ag-
greSSive mauler who claims an i'm
preSsive record in the Southwest.
Wilcox is slated for a one-fall
battle with Dick Raines, the 235-
pound Texan. Both are two-fisted
TOUCHES and Matchmaker Carter
expects lively tusSle. Wilcox also
is making his first indianapolis
start. Raines is returning after an
extended invasion of Canada and
the East.
Frank Brown, Orville's handsome
young brother who won local fol-
lowing in his first appearance here
last Tuesday night, returns for ac-
ton in the opening event. He takes
on Jimmy Cof1eld, Kansas City
speedster.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-23
Amateurs

Sunday
CAPITOL CITY LEAGUE
Southern, A: c. VS.. Uptown Merchants
: .Robinwood A. c. VS.. Holy Cross at
Question Marks VS.. Penn Joe Athletes
BIG SIX LEAGUE
Inland Contansr VS. Irvington Mer-
Standard Margarine vs. Drinks. Inc. at
Hoosier, Cab Co. VS.. Community Service
at Riverside Q.
EM-RoE SENIOR LEAGUE
Bennett Coal Co. VS.. Sexson Bros. Coal
IS So AZ Athics Ss soth and 1noissts Mer
chants at Riverside 2.
Fields Tavern VS.. Eagles No. 211 at Gar
Fashion Cleaners vs. GulIing Auto Elec-
trio at Riverside T.
The Salvage Equipment Secos
want a game at Riverside No.
Sunday morning. Call Lincoln 1881
during the day or write Abe Gold
smith, 703 w. New York-st, Indi-
annapolis. Police team notice.
: MooreSville Merchants are with
out game for Sunday. Write Mar
tin Strouse, Mooresville, Ind, or
call 173, F, 20.
Midways will oppose the Mer-
chants at Fortville Sunday. Miller
and Gray will form the battery.
For games write Frank Rogers,
1915 E. Michigan-st, Indianapolis.
Scheff'S club wants to book a
road game for Sunday. Write
George Adkins, 2717 E. Riverside
DIR, indianapolis, or call Joe Scheff
at Talbot 2879.
Roy Steele Red Sox will play the
Malleable Castings at Riverside No.
Saturday and will travel to Peru
Sunday.
Maccabees will oppose the G. o.
P. nine Sunday at Washington
Park, 30th and Rural-sts. Brothers
hit homer, double and two singles
to pace the Maccabees to a 15-to-6
victory over Salvage Equipment.
Sexson Coal players are to re-
port at Ellenberger Park at / Sun
day to practice before the game with
Bennett Coal.
Any team wishing to book a game
for Sunday with Nick's All-Stars, a
Negro nine, call Daniel Mason at
Drexel 1864.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-23
By Eddie Ash
REDSKINS CLIMB OVER COLONIES
ECKHARDT COLLECTS THREE HITS

THE Indians have five of the last six On Thursday
The Tbesters ousted the Columbus Red Birds from sixth
place and last night took the Louisville Coones into camp
and climbed into fifth place.
The old enthusiasm is coming back to Perry Stadium
as the Hooser FASTENERS fall into winning stride Louisville
defeated the series opener Ga and the second sk
msh will be staged under the lights tonight, followed by
double header tomorrow afternoon.
Jake Flowers infeder has been obtained and
will join the Keerites in Columbus Monday He played
with Rochester last year and hit 24 Room the roster
was made for him by the sale of Outeder Como Coeo
the Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association Como
has been with the Redskins since 1884 He popular with
the fans but was short on power at the plate
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-23

Grounds yesterday by doing out
four singles, while the Phils pounded
out 15-to-0 victory.
The Phils helped things along by
knocking fat Freddy Fitzsimmors
and Dick CCffman all over the lot,
including homers by Whitney and
Sulik, and by Pitcher Walter him.
self. The defeat dropped the Giants
a game and half behind the lead
ing Cardinals, who slugged out
11-to-4 victory over the third place
Pittsburgh Pirates to give Dizzy
Dean his fifth victory of the year.
The Brooklyn Dodgers kept out
of the cellar with a to 3, thinning
victory over the Boston Bees. The
DoggerS came from behind to score
a run each in the eighth and ninth
to knot the count and Johnny
Cooney's single in the 18th brought
the winning run home.
Chicago and Cincinnati we're not
scheduled.
Detroit's Tigers gained half
game on the idle American League
leaders by pounding out Is to 10
decision over the Cleveland Indians,
collecting 20 hits off four Cleveland
hurlers. Goslin homered for the
victors and Averill knocked one for
Cleveland. 1t was Detroit's seventh
straight win.
Third straight victory for the Chi
cago White Sox was marked up as
they defeated the st. Louis Browns.
5 to 3, in the first of three-game
series. Ted Lyons went the route
for the Sox, allowing eight hits.
Yesterdays hero: Bucky Walter,
Philadelphia pitcher, who dealt out
but four hits in banking the Giants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-23

A LMOST worth it's weight in
L N gold, each drop of gasoline is
measured with greatest caution at
the indianapolis Motor Speedway.
For three years, drivers have had
to stay within gas limit or all
efforts are void. This year the al
lotment to each car is 371a gallons
for the 500-mile race, end two and
one-half gallons for the qualifica-
ton runs. In the picture above,
Charles Schneider is supervising
the initial recording of the current
trials while a garage mechanic
pours the gasoline into the tank
following the 25-mile test taken
last Saturday by George Conner
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-23
MIDWEST NEGRO MEET
AT CRISPUS ATTACKS

Crispus Attacks High School is
host to the first Midwestern Negro
high school track and field meet
this morning and afternoon.
The following athletes have been
named by Coach George Gray to
compete on the local squad:
Thurman, Turner and Sarver, in
the short dashes; Henry, Sarver and
Harding, in the 440-yard dash;
Henry, Anderson, Jewell and Clune,
in the half-mile run; Thurman and
Harding, in the shot put; Thurman
and Anderson, in the high jump.
and Henry, Thurman and Turner,
in the broad Jump.