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Montana oil and mining journal., 1936-10-10

five years he proSpected in the Black
hills, always clinging to the determina-
ton Of sometime making his first
young dreams come true. And come true
they did In the spring of 1881, still
needing those persistent rumors Of gold
farther west, In a region almost In
accessible to white man, he left for
Cooke City, stopping briefly at Miles
City and then at Bozenan Both cities,
he recalls, we're nice little towns even
then.
In May, 1882, he may be said to have
arrived at Cooke City. More exactly
he reached a spot at Soda Butte just
below the present site of Cooke City
From there, with incredible patience,
and back breaking labor, he drove
four -horse team and wagon loaded
with provisions through the canyon to
Cooke City. Often he had to dig into
the side Of the mountain and level a
narrow, winding ledge to keep his
wagon from tipping over. He walked
more than he rode, trudging ahead,
with pick and spade, digging out road
bed for his wagon And so, although
BY this time many prospectors either
Montana oil and mining journal., 1936-10-10
Moss Agate Formation
Is Puzzle to Scientists

The method used by nature to pro-
duce the moss agate is a matter for
conjecture, says DR.. ]. w. Howard,
member Of the State university faculty,
In a recent article on Montanas prec-
ious stones, published In Nature mag
azine Previously DIR. Howard had writ
ten on the sapphire deposits OF the
state.
Chemical analysis has made it clear
that the fanciful figures, moss, trees,
bits of vegetation, are not entrapped
pieces Of animal or vegetable life, he
asserts.
Montana's moss agates are found
principally in the Billings -Scobey re-
gion of the Yellowstone river, and
may have been formed, the professor
states, when volcanic rock, filled with
silica jelly, began to dry. Odd cracks
may have resulted which were then
filled by compounds of iron to produce
the red; copper to produce the green;
nickel the blue, and oxide OF mangan-
ese, black.
Another theory has gained credence
because an effect similar to that found
in the moss agate can be produced by
the chemist In his laboratory DR.
says IF q crystal Of col
ored salt is dropped into a dilute So
luton OF water glass, 1t dissolveS In
the water and then reacts with the
water glass forming little sack. In q
short time this sack swells and bursts,
expanding upward into a tree-Iike
growth. Several such figures give the
whole the appearance of a submarine
garden Perhaps a similar process took
place in the first stages Of moss agate
formation"
Montana oil and mining journal., 1936-10-10

The Allen hotel, which once served
$50 guests daily, seems Withdrawn from
this sudden squirt Of hope. 1t has served
Its time. The floors tip or bulge. The
narrow. Topping stairs have been worn
thin by the tramp OF booted feet Of SO
years ago. The office, however, Is still
open Tor business. There doubtless
many men once gathered to examine
samples Of quartz and to discuss their
finds In terms of staggering wealth.
And back Of the desk, always cogr-
teously ready to serve any chance
guest, Is the proprietor, John Allen,
who for so years has loyalty linked his
destiny with that of the town he aided
IN creating Mrs. Allen Is with him as
she has been since their marriage In
1895, Mr. Allen doesn't talk much be-
cause, he remarks. he hasn't anything
interesting TO say. He never did any
thing worth mentioning. Mrs. Allen
thinks differently
1T is men like John" she SAYS. with
the gentle firmness Of a thoroughbred.
who have laid the foundations for the
development of the west. lie hlazed
the first wagon road into Cooke City.
he was the second postmaster here.
Half his life he has served as Justice
Of the peace just as Cooke City has
fought for its existence so has he
fought Loyalty for its welfare :
The new scenic highway. Ia cutting
down to necessary lower level through
the town, has left the Allen hotel
stranded high above the street, with
no room for steps for the convenience
of guests. So stupendous and expen-
sive an undertaking as the Cooke City
road could not concern itself with the
interests of an individual, even though
that individual once blazed the trail
which the highway has followed.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1936-10-10

Nellie Pnget was the toast Of Ban
mack and in q camp where men out
numbered women 20 to I she could
not keep her admirers from fighting
for her fayors One night one Of her
faForites, Jealous 0f attentions sl1e paid
another man. drew hts gun end R8a0s
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Montana oil and mining journal., 1936-10-10

Pennsylvania TO Bozeman or Living
ston and then hauled into Cooke CITY
BY wagons and pack horses. The man
ner IN which they made their char
coal, as related by John Allen, is in
teresting. Pine trees were in abundance,
Tor the mountains were covered with
untouched forests. Workmen stacked
great piles OF green timber, covered
It with wet branches, set It afire, and
left 1t to shoulder for days, possibly
weeks, until the timber had been con-
sumed and quantities of wood charcoal
had been deposited In the canyons
large circles of smudge still may be
seen, speaking eloquentIy of the ener-
getic resourcefulness of early-day men
separated from the industrial outside
world.
SmeIter in Operation
BY 1882, with the smeIter running fun
blast and rllnors of fabulous finds
reaching as far as foreign countries,
the inevitable stampede started. John
Allen, alert to golden opportunities,
erected the first hotel, in 1883, large,
white frame building which is stin one
OF the interesting landmarks in that
historic little log cabin town Much of
the labor on the first frame building
in Cooke City he did with his own
hands. The material which went into
1t and the furnishings for the many
rooms had to be transported by freight
teams from BoZeman. The structure
when completed, was a masterpiece in
achievement, and stood, In its white,
proud glory, on the Main street, offer
ing its hospitality TO proSpectOrS from
the hills. to gold seekers, adventures,
and numbered among its guests many
foreigners lured TO the new continent
by visions Of wealth.
The Aliens accommodated as many
as $50 guests in a day. That was in the |
adoleScent era of Cooke City, when the /
town boasted population Of ZOO in
habitantS, with IA saloons and 400
voters. That was when men like John /
Allen who, having played so big part I
II creating their town. looked forward I
10 the Northern Pacific's proposed right |
of way through the park. Such q line, I
completed, would link them with the
outside world and furnish transporta-
ion for the ore which must be taken
1ut by pack horses or freight teams
20 Bozeman or Livingston. The des-
my of Cooke City with its 1000 rich
mines, hung upon the decision Of the
government regarding the N. P's right
II way through the park Citizens of
he little mining town, who had staked
u on its future, waited and hoped. Al
eady Northern Pacific workmen we're
n the park, surveying, laying out road
'eds. Mr. Ar1nitage and other en-
lloyeS were making continuous round
rips from Billings with provisions and
squipment. Then, suddenly, all activ-
ties ceased. The road was not to be-
md gradually, the bustling town set
led into lethargy and dwindled until
Montana oil and mining journal., 1936-10-10

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Montana oil and mining journal., 1936-10-10
By GLENDoLN DAMON WAGNER

- ROAGINElgT among the pioneers
who have helped mold the des-
tiny of the state are Mr.. and
MRS. John Allen Of Cooke City.
John Allen is noncommittal con-
ceruing his adventurous years because,
he says, he has never done anything
worth talking about. But for half
century he has shared the young hopes
of that little, isolated, rich mining
center, then its hectic struggles Tor eX-
istence, its aftermath of dependency
when the towering, snow-capped noun
tains shut 1t off from the outside world,
and now, with something Of the first
feverish activity returning TO the town,
he and Mrs Allen are still there, shar-
ing its renewed hopes.
In 1870 the first party Of prospectors
braVed the uncharted mountains horse
back where now tourists roll smoothly
over the scenic Cooke City highway.
They chanced to dip down into can
Won near Soda Butte creek and found
rich float. They broadcasted their find
to the outside world and from then
on, intermittently, in flurries Of excite
ment that have ebbed and flowed, all
the mountains surrounding Soda Butte
have been combed for mineral ore.
News OF vast wealth to be had for
the taking in far off western mountains
reached across the continent and
seeped into the state Of Rhode Island
where a young man, John Allen by
name, was itching for adventure in the
wild land Of Indians and gold. He was
then about 20 years old. Eighteen years
before a girl named Caroline Martin
Price had been born near London, Eng
land. Fate decreed that she was to
Journey across the sea, then across the
Montana oil and mining journal., 1936-10-10

American continent, to become Mrs.
John Allen and link her destiny with
the adventurous young man in the
young land.
RumOrs of Gold
When John Allen, back in Rhode Is
land, first heard rumors Of gold in
western hills, the region about Soda
Butte was still a part of the land re-
served by the government for the Crow
Indians. Not until 1882, following rati-
fication Of a treaty between the gov
ernment and the Crows, was the terri
tory officially opened for settlement
and mineral location. However, six
years before that ratification John
Allen had started for the west. Trav-
cling by train as far as steel rails ex-
tended and then by horseback, he
reached Deadwood. South Dakota, on
the 18th day Of May, 1876, about a
month before the Custer massacre. For
Montana oil and mining journal., 1936-10-10

it has today only about ESQ population.
The cost Of shipping ore was too high
20 prove profitable. Undaunted miners
stiu worked their claims but in 1908
the smelter was shut down. John Allen
says: Ever since it's been quiet. Be-
fore that 1t was pretty active"
Highway Awakens Town
OF late, however, Cooke City has
been pleasantly awakened from its long
Montana oil and mining journal., 1936-10-10
For Amazingly Quick Relief
Get Genuine BGyer Aspirin

If you suffer from pains of neuritis
what you want is quick relief.
Genuine Bayer Aspirin tablets
give quick relief, for one reason, be-
cause they dissolve or disintegrate
almost instantly they touch mois-
ture. CNote Illustration above.)
Hence when you take a real
Bayer Aspirin tablet it starts to dis
solve almost as quickly as YOU
swallow it. And thus is ready to
start working almost instantly
headaches, neuralgia and neuritis
pains start easing almost at once.
That's why millions never ask for
aspirin by the name aspirin alone
when they buy, but always say
''BAYER ASPIRIN and see that
they get il.
Try it. YOu'n say it's marvellous.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1936-10-10

Mr.. and RErs. JOhn Allen of Cooke
City, who for half q century have
shared the hopes Of that isEoaEed
mining center through it's ups and
downs since the early days Of the
Treasure state.
somnolence. With the new Silver Gate
highway running straight through
Main street, to the park, along the
trail where 12-team freight wagons
loaded with ore once trundled past the
very door of the Allen hotel, the towns
dream Of prosperity has materialized.
Today ore is being taken from the
mines at the rate of $25 to $500 per
ton, and about five trips daily can
be made One truck load after another,
filled with sacks of concentrates, are
seen rolling over the mountain high
way. Old mines are being reopened. Old
living in little log cabins
built so years ago. are filled with. re-
neWed zest as they work. Along the
zigzag streets, beside the time dark
sned cabins weighted by the years, new
buildings are being hastily erected. One
hears everywhere the click of hammers,
he purr Of motors, the rumble Of
,ruckS.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1936-10-10

Auto racers in next years Memorial
day race at indianapolis win use or
binary 'fiIiing station" gas.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-18
FARM BUREAU
COMMITTEE
WILL MEET


At the suggestion of C. O. Hoober,
farm bureau president, Mrs Alex
McRae. chairman of the farm bu-
reau committee on medicine and
disqualification, has called a meet
ing of that committee for Sunday
afternoon at pm. at her home.
IL miles south of Main street on
the Dahlia canal road.
This meeting has been called so
that certain matters may be dis
cussed prior to the regional meet
ing in Ell Centro on March %.
Papers will be read and discuss
ed including the address given by
DR. H. Clifford LooS of Los An
geles at the Chicago meeting; that
of DR.. Rufus Rorem's round table
on group disqualification; and also
the instructions sent to home de-
partment members by Mrs. Mabel
Ahart, state home department
chairman.
The committee is working to-
wards recommendations to be pre-
sented at the national farm bureau
convention just announced for
Dec. Gil in Pasadena, California.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-18
Eden Asks League
To Brand Germany
VioIator of PactS
CONTINUED From Page !

Continued From Page y
that it is intended for the council
TO vote on the resolution finding
Germany guilty Of treaty violation
in the presence Of the German
delegates.
Stanley Bruce Of Australia, pres
ident Of the council, conferred
twice with Dr.. Leopold Won Hoesch
German ambassador, and Ger
many agreed TO attend the meet
ing
Italy Ready
Dino Grandi, italian ambas-
sadOr, tc4d the council Italy is
ready to fulfill her obligations
under the Locarno treaty, but
hlnted that continued sanctions
against italy might prevent it.
GonzalC Zaldumbide, Ecuadorean
delegate, was absent from the
council session. His government
instructed him not to attend, pre-
sumably TO avoid voting against
Germany.
Eden's speech to the council last
ed less than 10 minutes. He prom
ised that the British government
would play a full part in the nee
essary reconstruction Cf western
European peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-18

Continued From Page u
marooned during the night in the
two mile square area that had been
inundated to a depth of Is feet, had
been rescued. Approximately 5000
refugees had been taken to make
shift camps and private homes in
portions of Johnstown not flooded
Boats manned by police and volun-
teers poked about through the
streets. searching roof tops where
during the night the marooned had
cried pathetically for help.
Gov. George H. Earle modified
all forces of the state for relief
work here and in Pittsburgh and
sent Major Lynn G.. Adams, super
intendent of the state police, and
Major General Edward c. Shannon,
national guard commander by air
plane to take charge.
As the water receded, the havoc of
the swirling flood currents became
apparent. Many buildings, mostly
frame, had collapsed and city au-
thoritieS feared many had been
made so unsafe they would have to
be torn down and rebuilt Streets
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-18

Black committee had sent TO him
a copy of telegram allegedly sent
by William Randolph Hearst to
James T. Williams, Jr., editorial
writer in Washington.
The telegram, dated April S, 1885,
McSwain said. suggested that Will
liams write several editorials call
ing for the impeachment of Nc
Swain"
AS read by McSwain the telegram
continued, "he is a Communist in
spirit and a traitor in effect . :"
McSwain'S challenge of the allega-
tions threw the house into one of its
most dramatic moments of the seS-
sion.
My integrity has been questioned
by this little pen pusher," sadi Nc
Swain in discussing Williams, my
integrity who offered my life as
proof of my loyalty to this nation"
The house cheered.
Sometimes I was unable to sleep
due to the injustice of these at
tacks," McSwain said, II hated to
think of what my wife and daugh-
ter would think of them"
McSWain charged that the alleged
Hearst telegram was "a secret ef-
fort to aSSaSSinate my character"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-18
INTEREST LAGS
IN ELECTIONS In
VALLEY TOWNS

Continued From Page u
ley for the three places on the
Brawley council but none have
been filed as yet. May Juvenal,
incumbent, filed for city treasurer.
The apparent lack Of active in
terest this late in the game, is
declared to constitute an unusual
situation in the nCTthend city.
There is no lack of interest in
Caelxico where three petitions have
been filed for the four places on
the council and five mere are be-
ing circulated. Richard Emerson,
incumbent, filed for city clerk and
P. P. Anderson, incumbent, filed
for treasurer.
Interest in the border city is
said to center around the ultimate
appointment CT a chief of police.
A J. Mercier, H j. Edwards and
Earl Roberts have filed for coun-
cilmen.
In Imperial no one has filed for
councilmen and only enc is known
tC be in circulation Miss Leila
Foster, present city treasurer, is
a candidate for reelection as is
Milo Foster, present city clerk.
One ether petition is being cir
culated in the clerks race.
Large Vote Seen
A large vote is expected to be
recorded in Imperial because of
the bond election for the refund
ing of the present general cblga-
tion bonds. Approval Of the gov
ernment and the bondholders for
the refunding Cf the $4,000 out
standing bonds already has been
obtained. The refunding is ex-
pected to save the town $4,000 in
interest.
In Holtville. five petitions are
being circulated for the four places
on the ccuncil but none has been
filed as yet. Mrs. Ella NJ. Car
penter, incumbent, has filed for
reelection and one petition is be-
ing circulated. No petitions are
filed for city treasurer.
No petitions have been filed and
none is out in the Calipatria coun-
Gilman lineup. Two councilmen
are to be elected. The incumbent,
Mrs Helen Kuns. has filed for
reelection as city clerk. The
treasurer's office is not open for
election at this time.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-18
NEW POWER
PLANT NEAR
COMPLETION
lContinned From Page hi

NOOilllIluGu TAOlil EdSC II
order that the district may guar
antee their electric customers eff
ficient and uninterrupted service.
Dowd said.
The diesel engines bought by
the district according to the en-
gineer. have been used success
fully in all parts of the world, not
only in commercial plants but in
the large oceanic vessels. These
engines are of the same type and
construction as the ones used in
the famous plant al vernon, Calf,
which is the largest diesel plant in
the world. They have been very
successful there
Eleven miles of poles are INSTALL
ed and crews still are stringing
electric wires in preparation for
service. All local business in con-
nection with the Brawley plant
will be handled from a Brawley
office, the engineer said.
The Brawley plant is the first
step in the vast district power de-
velopment plan which ultimately
will provide electric power in ev-
cry section of Imperial Valley. in
Guiding those sections which have
no electric service at present.
After the proposed power plants
are built along the All American
canal, the Brawley plant will be
used as a standby plant. Two
plants are to be built on the canal
Immediately with others to be built
as needed DoWd concluded.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-18
Seattle's Municipal
Power Plant Pays
Well in Dividends

Among the large cities in the
United States operating municipal
power systems which earn more
money than would be paid to the
city in taxes were the plant operated
under private ownership. special
mention must be made of Seattle.
This statement is based on informa-
ton contained in a recent publica-
ton which refutes the argument
against public ownership that under
such system the city loses money
because the plant is tax exempt.
Concerning the Seattle plant this
bulletin points out that the total
annual savings to the people of Seat
tie due to the lower rates paid for
electric service as compared with
the average rate paid throughout
the nation, amounts to S8,600000.
"This sum is over a million dollars
greater than the entire tax levy of
the city," the bulletin states.
Residents of the Imperial Irriga-
ton District will be benefited by
the proposed district power develop
ment and distribution program by
giving their continued and fullest
support to this program from the
beginning. Not only will power
rates for power service be given
them but the district system will
build I'D an annual cash reserve
which will be kept within the coun-
ty and not given over to outside
stockholders of some private cor
poration.
This surplus will be much more
than what might have been taken
in through taxes on the property of
the private company operating here,
Just as has been the case in other
American cities operating under
municipal power systems and in time
it will effect substantial reduc-
tion of taxes or assessments on lands
within the district.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-18
SURVIVOR OF 1889 FLOOD TELLS
ABOUT HORRORS OF CATASTROPHY

We ran TO the attic of our home
and stayed there 48 hours or more.
It was from Friday afternoon to
Sunday night. I wasn't afraid be-
cause the folks made it seem like
a picnic to me-
We saw any amount of people
90 by floating on debris. roofs Of
houses and other objects. We pick
ed up II bodies right in our yard
when we got out We saw people
drown - more than I care to re-
member.
The city was in an uproar for
months. State militia We're here
for weeks. We all ate at state COM
n1issaries set up in every section.
No matter how much money you
had. you couldn't buy anything.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-18
JOHNSTOWN HIT BY RAGING FLOODS;
WATERS RAVAGE LARGE REGION

were torn up, railroad tracks had
been swept away, bridges demolish-
ed.
Heavy SHOWS in the mountains,
ground already saturated from prev
iouS rains and AZ hours additional
rainfall combined to produce this
situation.
No Rail Service
There was no rail service into
JohnStoWn.
In the downtown business dis
trict the water was almost waist
deep. Virtually every business
structure suffered. The lobbies of
the city's three leading hotels were
covered with mud and furniture
scattered. Windows of most main
stores were smashed
Store stocks, soggy and mud-cov-
cred, lay in diSorderly piles on floors
and counters.
Flood waters, at their peak.
reached the second floor of most
buildings and many residences. To-
day doorsteps were becoming visible
again.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-18
$1,000 DAIRY
COWS TESTED
IN CAMPAIGN

Nearly $1,000 dairy cows have
been tested in the third t.b. test
Ing program in this county, Dr..
J. c. Pace, federal funds, is nearly
completed.
To date the percentage Of re-
actors runs about IL per cent, nor
far from the Y of l per cent re-
quired for this county to become
an accredited federal t.b. free area.
Some herds, where a large num-
Der Of reactors are found, are test
ed every six months. II is a few
herds with a larger proportion OF
reactors which constitute the maj
ority of t.b. groups in the county
Owners are Unidentified for the
loss OF their cows condemned for
tuberculosis.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-18
Arizona Joins New
Bonus Organization

TUCSON, Ariz., March 18. W.P)-
Following the lead of Princeton un-
iversity students, University of Ari-
zona men today had formed a chap
ter of the satirical Veterans of Fu-
ture Wars"
The Arizona group, headed by
ARGUS Reddock of Nogales as COM
mander, petitioned the parent
Princeton organization for a charter
The Princeton students recently
announced that since veterans of
the last war were receiving their
bonus before it was due" they, as
the men who would have to fight
in any future war, would seek ito
obtain their bonus benefits now sc
they may enjoy them before they
die on the battlefield"