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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03
Musons to Law
Corner Stone
The Grand Lodge of Montana Will
Officiate at Hardin and
Lodge Grass.

Next Monday evening at 8
o'clock, the first day of the Big
Horn County Jubilee and Celebra-
ton of Progress, the corner stone
of the $4,000 junior high school
at Hardin, now in course of con-
struction by the Frank Jacoby &
Son contracting firm of Billings,
will be laid with appropriate
ceremonies by the Masonic grand
lodge of Montana.
Secretary Ray c. Thompson of
Saints John Lodge No. 80 of Har-
din urges all Master Masons to
meet at the lodge room in the
Sullivan building at seven o'clock
Q. M, Sept. 6. Below is given a
list of the officers conducting the
ceremony:
Edwin Grafton, most worshipful
grand master; E. l.. Marvin, acting
deputy grand master; E. A. Nod
Ter, acting senior grand warden:
Ray T. Moore, acting junior grand
warden; ]. ]. Ping, acting grand
treasurer; Earl v. Cline, acting
grand secretary; Geo. S. Sloan
grand chaplain; F. S. Morrison
acting senior grand deacon; E. L.
oU~S1o0AAs oSoA46 Ju4AAO4 4d410
deacon: v. H. Steele, acting grand
marshal: Murche A. Thompson,
acting senior grand steward; Jens
Kalberg, acting junior grand
steward; H. w. Bunston, acting
grand standard bearer; r. A.
Vickers. acting grand sword bear
er; Byron F. Gather, grand tyler;
c. c. Cohagen, architect: A. c
Sweeney, bearer of book of consti-
buttons: C.. A. Bentley, bearer If
Bible, square and compass.
On Tuesday morning at nine
o'clock the Masons will leave Har-
din for Lodge Grass where, at
1890 the corner stone of the new
$4,000 Lodge Grass high school
will be laid BY the Masonic grand
lodge. the following officers taking
part in the ceremony:
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03
BIG HORN COUNTY JUBILEE EDITION

Many toil-fIled days and many disappointments lie sleep
ing in the silent crypt of bygone years-years that constitute
are coming now into full fruition of their purpose and their
hope. Too late for many loyal. earnest pen and women vino
silence into which those fleeting years have gone. But not so
that we who knew them, who knew the joys and the vcissitudes
that filled their days in this new land may not in memory &C
cord to them full need of credit and of praise for their achieve
ments. For verify they helped to make of it a land where milk
and honey flow.
There are others, too, who are not here. Others who
success, but surely, not in vain. To each and all of those whose
homes are elsewhere now, we send in these, our days of jubilee,
ity; and with our thanks we send the earnest hope that they,
wherever dispersed, may be enjoying the morning sun of a flu
ture which we who are yet of Big Horn county feel at last has
laid a golden threshold at our feet.
1t was at this time meet that something fitting should be
done to write into the record of all of those things which have
been done to so materially alter the conditions affecting our
county in this bountiful year as in comparison with the condi-
lions prevalent a scant one-third of a century ago. To that end
was conceived the idea of producing the specially prepared
newspaper of which this page is a part. To a printing plant
and force sufficient to the present needs of this community,
such a magnificent accomplishment, within the allotted time.
operation of the business people of the county, and of it's resi-
dents generally, such idea was made to fructify in the same
spirit that has always dominated movements to further COM
nunity interests. Co-ordinately, the friendly inter-comnunity
spirit of the Billings Gazette and many of its patrons enlisted
in the ranks, and the result was the splendid supplementary
edition with which we are more than proud to present you TO-
day.
The publishers of the Hardin Tribune-Herald deeply ap-
preciate the parts allotted to them in securing this worthy re-
and friends in discharging our part. To our Labor Day Jubilee,
and to all its sponsors, we raise our Stetsons in salute. To the
American Legion we commend a full realization of their worthy
objective, To the Hardin Lions club and to all who visit our
Celebration of Progress we extend our part of the Big Welcome.
To those who have assisted in the success of the Crow Indian
Fair our sincere thanks.
To the future of Big Horn county as a whole: May
droughts and depressions, misfortunes and miseries, leave you:
sunrise hues without serious tarnish or stain.
To the misfortunes, the failures, the troubles of the past:
"Requiescat in Pace and may memory of you assist us to
achieve.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03
Are Married
At Hardin
Guy Chester, Hulett, Wyo., and
Miss Margaret Billingsley of
ROsendale, Mo.

Miss Margaret Billingsley of
Rosendale, Mo-, and Guy F..
Cheshier of Hulett, Wyo., were
united in marriage, wednesday
morning, Sept. LIST at ten o'clock
at the Baptist church by Rev. C.
L. Shook, the pastor.
A wedding breakfast was served
by the brides sister, Mrs. C. L..
Shook, at the Shook apartment,
to the bride land groom and the
wedding guests, comprising the
Shook family, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Pete Sikkenga and daughter Mar
jorie.
The bride was dressed in a gown
Of blue lace with velvet daisy
boutonniere. She is a very charm
ing young lady and made a host
OF friends in Hardin during her
visits at the home of her brother
in-law and sister, Rev. and Mrs.
C. L. Shook. She has been teach
ing in the high school at Hulett,
Wyo., the past two years.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Cheshier left
Thursday morning for Hulett,
Wyo., for a short visit with MIR.
Cheshier's mother before going
on to Utah, where they will make
their future home.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03
SCHOOL BELLS
TO ZINC SEPT.8
Opening Delayed Till Middle of
Week To Permit Pupils To
Attend Jubilee.

Next Wednesday,, Sept. 8, the
public schools of Hardin school
district No. 17H will open for the
fall term. The date was advanced
because of Monday being Labor
Day and Tuesday being the last
of the two-days' Big Horn County
Jubilee and Celebration of Prog
ress, thus precluding any pos
sibility of conflict with the child
rem attending the celebration and
the opening of school.
Supt. Murche A. Thompson an
nounces that it is imperative that
all children who intend to attend
the schools of Hardin district No.
17H enroll on Sept. 8. the opening
day, so that the proper schedules
may be satisfactorily arranged
Below is published a list of
teachers in the Hardin district,
the building in which they will be
stationed and the subjects or
grades each will teach:
Hardin High School
John N. Thompson, assistant
principal; mathematics; H. r.
athletics; H. X. Fisher, mathemat-
w., oCACAiCC, VEIN N0dyO, SC4CAiSC
sth grade; Margaret Leikvold,
home economies, 9Th grade; Lon
tia Kurtz, modern languages, 9Th
grade; Geraldine Westwood, Eng
lish, dramatics; Mary Emmett,
commercial; Rose. Spetz, English,
history, journalism.
Hardin Grade School
R. J. Lindquist. principal:
geography in department; Arthur
Platz, history in department;
Edna Mae Tobias, reading and
hygiene in department; Grace
Garrison. arithmetic in depart
ment; Marion Ellingwood, English
in department.
Primary Grade School
Lille A. Macleod, "A; sigma
Dahl, 4B; Lura P. Strand, 3A;
Mildred Meyer, '3B; Lucy Batty,
"a; Harriette MacAllister, %;
Cecilia DIETRICH, LA; Mildred
BemiS, 1B.
CROW agency Grade School
w. W Magnuson, principal;
DIN Meter, department; Pauline
Kleinhesselink, department; Nata-
lie Turner, 4th; Eleanor Slater,
3rd; Beatrice Trussell, 1B; Alta
Clark, IA; Pauline Beall, End.
"@l- Rural Schools
st. Xavier-Charles Bennett,
Lois Naylor.
Soap Creek-Ruth Collins.
Camp Five-oyce Loucks.
Warman-Elmer Swanson.
Spring Creek-Eva Romine.
Wolf-Doris Gram. .
Sarpy-Doris Cole.
Toluca@Luverne Kind. \
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03
Crow Fair Is
Huge Success
2 Mile Parade Tuesday in Which
5000 Indians Said To Have
Taken Part.

The annual Crow Indian fair at
Crow Agency opened Monday for
a six-day show. A couple of days
before the fair opened Indians
from all over the northwest began
to motor in and by the opening
Cay there were perhaps more IN
dams at Crow Agency than have
been gathered together at one time
anywhere else in the United
States in recent years.
Tuesday morning witnessed a
spectacular parade, headed by
Hardin Post No. 8, American
Legion on foot, members of the
Hardin Lions club and citizens in
automobiles, followed Immediately
after by Indians in full regalia on
horseback, at the head of whom
was the Blackfoot Indian band
from Browning, which discoursed
sweet music throughout the two
mile long parade. It was estimated
by Grow officials that upwards Of
5000 Indians took part in the
parade. Several of the Indians
we're from Alberta, Canada and
from various reservations in the
United States.
Tourists from almost every state
in the Union we're at Crow Agency
to witness the gorgeous spectacle
of the various tribes of Indians
in colorful regalia. Many of the
Cheyennes wor nothing b t
breechclouts and had their bodies
painted in %grotesque fashion. Five
centuries of Indian history were
depicted in the parade-from dog
drawn travels down to the present
automobile method of travel.
A war dance in which the vari-
u tribes of Indians represented
at the fair took part was held
Tuesday night and again on We'd
nesday night. Wednesday was
Hardin day and large numbers of
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03
Election by
DeMoIays
Colin Macleod Master Councillor
Installation To Be Held
September Is.

Election of officers held the at
tention of the Hardin DeMolays,
Wednesday evening, at their
first meeting of the fall and
winter season at Sullivan hall.
Officers elected were master
councillor, Colin Macleod; senior
councillor, AL Sibley; junior coun-
cilor, Bill Ransier. Installation
will be held Wednesday,, Septem-
Der Is, at which time the follow
ing appointive officers also will be
installed: scribe, Bill Torske;
senior deacon, Joe Scanlon; junior
deacon, Leighton Gustafson; SEMI
or steward, Lyle J. Tintinger;
junior steward, Geo. Hammer;
chaplain, Bill Sibley: marshal,
Vernard Melville: standard bearer,
Bill Kleinhesselink; sentinel, Tav-
ner Walker.
It was decided that after the
installation, a dance would be
held as a farewell to the De
Molays going away to school.
Interest is running very high as
Hardin De Molays soon expect to
have a chapter of their own.
They have, since their origin,
been sponsored by Billings chap
ter. one of the most active De
Molay bodies in the state.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03
BIG HORN CO.. JUBILEE
OPENS next MONDAY

Beet Growers assn; Hon. James
F. O'Conner, congressman from
this, Montana's Second congress
sional district, and w. l.. Lawson,
vice-president of the Holly Sugar
Corporation.
At IL, noon, there will be a big
parade, with Earl A. Sibley as di-
rector, under the auspices of the
Hardin Lions club. The Billings
Rotary and the Hardin School
Bands will head the parade, which
is open to everybody. Cash prizes
will be offered by Hardin Post No.
8. American Legion. as follows:
Best dressed cowgirl, S.; best
dressed cowboy, IS; best amateur
clown, IS; best decorated bicycle,
$3.50; best : decorated tricycle.,
$3.50; best decorated child s
wagon, $3.50; best beet wagon and
team, $40; second best, S.; best
float, $40; second best, IS; best
decorated automobile, IS; largest
family (pa, ma & kids, IS; Oldest
model car, running under own
power, IS; best dressed Indian
girl, S.; best dressed Indian boy
SIS; best dressed Indian squaw, IS;
best dressed Indian buck, IS; most
unique entry by any community
outside of Hardin (float or other
wise). SIS; second prize for same,
$40; third prize for same, IS. Make
your entries as early as possible
with Earl A. Sibley, chairman
parade committee.
At the fairgrounds in the after
noon of the first day, Monday
Sept. G., commencing at 2 q. M,
there will be motorcycle racing,
featuring the Billings Motorcycle
club. These expert daredevil
riders will crash through a bill
board at top speed: will crash
through a wall of fire, both these
hair raising feats will thrill The
spectators through and through,
The riders will also make YOU split
your sides with laughter when
they unravel the novelty race,
and then give you another thrill
as they roar around the track in
speed races.
Interspersed with these motor
cycle events will be a kids pony
race for a SIS purse. split three
ways: a special bicycle race; Harry
Sharp and his trick horse from
Lodge Grass; Ed Holland and his
expert whip-cracking demonstra-
ton.
After the events of the after
noon, Hon. Paul Greever. congress-
man from wyoming, and Hon
James F. O'Conner, congressman
from this. the Second Montana
congressional district, will delive,
addresses.
The afternoon program will
close with a buffalo-elk barbecue
free to everybody.
Monday evening at 7 o'clock the
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03

Edwin Grafton, most worshipful
grand master; E. L. Marvin. acting
deputy grand master; E. A. Mol
Ter, acting senior grand warden;
Ray T. Moore, acting junior grand
warden: ]. J. Ping, acting grand
treasurer; E. w. Cline. acting
grand secretary; Geo. S. Sloan,
grand chaplain; H. w. Norville,
acting senior grand deacon; Fay
T. Abel, acting junior grand
deacon; v. H. Steele, acting grand
marshal; H. A. Peck, acting senior
grand steward; c. A. Corkins, act
ing junior grand steward; D. L.
Egnew, acting grand standard
bearer; A. G. Westwood, Jr., act
ing grand sword bearer; A. c.
Sweeney, acting grand tyler;
Chas. L. Adams, bearer of tools of
architecture; H. B. Frailey, bearer
Of book of constitution; C.. A.
Bentley, bearer of Bible, square
and compass.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03
LODGE R A DATES
BACK Owe R IS A

year W1lcu several GEdul lOdOS OF
cattle were shipped in the fall.
There were also train loads of
Indian ponies shipped to the
eastern states. The country was
then known as the country of
wide open spaces" as cattle and
Indian ponies had free range of
mountains and low land. The
largest shipments of cattle were
during the years from 1909 to
1925, when the average ran around
1874 carloads of cattle shipped an
nually to eastern markets.
The town was incorporated in
1927 and the first common coun-
Gil meeting of the town of Lodge
Grass was held Nov. 16, 1927, with
John T. Ryan as its first mayor.
Lodge Grass has never expert
enced a boom, or a mushroom
growth, but its growth has been
steady and substantial. We now
have one of the best equipped
school systems in the county and
have just begun the new $50, 900
high school building. There are
three church buildings any COM
munity could be proud of. The
First Baptist church of Lodge
Grass, the Catholic church apd
the Baptist Indian Mission church
The surrounding country and
the town supports six grocery
stores, one drug store, n well
equipped dry goods store, three
meat markets., three cafes, three
garages, n grain elevator, two
lumber yards, a bakery, two hotels
and its municipal light plant.
Just one thing now is needed to
make Lodge Grass an up-to-date
town and a desirable place for
more beautiful homeS-a munich
pal water system. Mrs. A. NJ.
Stevenson, the mayor and the
town council are putting forth ev-
cry effort to get the right support
from the state to enable the town
to establish a permanent water
system that will be within the
means of all property owners and
citizens of the town who keenly
feel the need of the protection
afforded by an adequate city water
syStem-one the town should own
and govern.
State highway No. 81 runs
through Lodge Grass with a daily
bus service from Sheridan to Bill
lings and the historic Custer bat
tlefield is % miles from Lodge
Grass.
The days of the old western
cattle country are fast disappear,
ing. Farms and small ranches.
raising grain, hay and sugar,
beets, and a few dude ranches are
taking the place of the big wide
open spaces. The Home or the
Range" and Boots and Saddles"
are among the "reminiscences of
bygone davs and we must turn
our faces toward a new west, a.
new age in which comes about the
progress and development of q;
changing civilization. |
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03
CRAWFORD
AVE. IMPROVED
Graveled and Oiled From Third St.
To Sugar Factory, Two Miles
Half Mile in City.

The Montana State Highway
commission, in conjunction with
the Big Horn county board OF
commissioners and the Hardin city
council has just completed gravel
ing and oiling the main county
road on Crawford avenue, from
the pavement abutting Third
street-highway No. 87-down the
valley a mile and one-half and
on the section line east a half
mile to the Holly sugar factory,
a distance of approximately two
miles, one-half mile of which is
in the city of Hardin. The county
does the grading and crawling If
the roads leading into the city in
return for the license plate money
turned into the county road fund
from license plates purchased by
residents within the city of Har-
din. The county did the grading
and crawling while the state
highway commission furnished
the road equipment and spread
the gravel and the oil. The only
portion of the expense borne by
the city was paying for the oil
used On the half-mile within the
city limits.
The road was made perfectly
smooth before the gravel and oil
was spread. The graveled and
oiled surface extends the fun
width from curb to curb and is a
splendid job. This does away with
the dust that was flying continu-
ally because of the heavy traffic
and has put a smile on the faces
of the housewives residing in that
part of the city. It will be only a
matter of a short time when the
road down Crawford avenue will
be as smooth and firm as is the
paved streets in the business dis
trict.
It would be a fine thing if ar
rangements could be made 50
that some of the other streets of
the city might be given the same
treatment.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03
Nine With Church BuildingsICan
Meet Religious Needs All
Types of People.
BY MRS. N. E. HANNANT

Though only a town of a little
over two thousand people Hardin
offers a variety of churches TO
meet the religious needs of all
types of persons, there being nine
church buildings and twelve dis
tinct organizations. Whatever
preference any one may have
they should be able to find one
of the many groups to suit their
fancy. Buildings are adequate for
the needs of each group and are
frame, stucco, log and brick con-
struction. The denominations
represented by small or large
groups are Congregational, Cath
olic. Methodist Episcopal, Baptist,
Evangelical Lutheran n, Four
Square, German Congregational,
Community, Seven Day Adventist,
Christian Science, Episcopal and
Norwegian Lutheran.
Congregational Church
The first Sunday school and
church services held in Hardin
we're the nucleus of the first Or
ganization and building-the Con-
gregational church, which was
organized in 1909 and the present
building on Third street was
erected in 1911. A commodious
and beautiful parsonage vas built
during the long p%astorate of DR..
I. L. Cory.
The first services were held III
an unfinished building, using nail
kegs, etc., for seats, which was
later the Liberty theater. Rev.
Gibson, first minister, also did
street preaching. Later on the
little school house housed the
Congregational Sunday school
and church until a larger hall
was secured over the present
hammers store building. Some of
the early day pastors were Glib
son Marshall and Horeise; DR.. G..
J. Powell, Supt. of Congregational
Churches of Montana %perfecting
the organization. There have been
several p~astorates. some long ard
others short. Among them were
Rev. Gibson, Rev. Marshall, Rev.
Horeise, DR.. Blackman, DR.. Cory,
Rev. Blakeway, Rev. Seebart, Rev.
Albright and Rev. Hannant. An
item of interest is the passionate
of DR.. I. L. Cory covering a period
of eight years and that of N. E.
Hannant, whose p%astorate is just
ending, who served the church
for eleven years, made a total of
nineteen years out of the twenty
eight years of the churches
istence. The twenty-fifth ami
versary was celebrated in 1884.
At the present time some of
the church officers are as fol-
lows: o. E. Anderson is chairman
of the board of trustees; B. J..
Kleinhesselink and Mrs. Lura P
Strand are Sunday school super
intendents; Mrs. o. E. Anderson is
vice-president of the Ladies' Cir
Gle; Roberta Fitzpatrick, president
of the senior c. E.; Patty Jensen.
president of the junior C. E.; Mrs.
Ola B. Maddox, pianist; Mrs. Lura
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03
Interesting Program Both Days
Wheeler, Murray, O'COnnor,
Others To Speak.

After weeks of preparation ev-
erything is set for the Big Horn
County Jubilee and Celebration of
Progress, which will open at Har-
din next Monday morning for d
tWo-dayS' celebration in com
memoration of the progress Har-
din and Big Horn county has
made during the past two years,
in spite of the depression and the
drought.
On both days there will be
morning and afternoon programs
ing the exercises in the forenoons
as we'll as on Monday evening
while the afternoon programs at
the Big Horn county fairgrounds
just across the Burlington rail-
road tracks from the business
section of Hardin will be under
the direction of Hardin Post No
8, American Legion.
On the first day, Monday, Sept
g., a half hour will be spent from
$50 to 10 a. m. inspecting the
new Big Horn county court house,
At 10 o'clock there will be speak
ing at the entrance to the court
house, with C. c. Quinn as master
of ceremonies. The speakers will
be Joseph Parker, state director
of the w. p. A., and County Com
missioner B. H. McCarty.
At II a. m. visitors will be
shown through the new one and
one-half million dollar Holly sug-
az factory. I. v. Morris, factory
,,nor;,ofocdo~ will Ia rooefor III
ceremonies. and guides will be
furnished by the Holly Sugar
Corporation.
There will be speaking by Val
Kuska. colonization agent c. B,
g. @. Railroad: J. A. Koebbe, vice.
president of the Big Horn County
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03
HARDIN IS HOME OF
twelve CHURCHES

P. Strand, choir director; r. p.
Ross church clerk; Miss Annabelle
Ross, treasurer. DeaconS are.
MeSSrS. Anderson, Fish and Klein
hesselink; deaconesses Mesdames.
o. Y. Weir, M. A. Thompson and.
Carl Rankin.
Catholic Church
The first mass was held in a,
drug store owned by Mrs. Helen.
I. Koch and was conducted by
Father Grant from the ST.
Xavier mission. Later services;
were held in the little school
house on Crow avenue and 18th
street and in hammers hall. Mass
was held at an early hour in the
school house. followed by Congre-
gational Sunday school and
church services in the same room.
The first Catholic church build
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03
Has Enjoyed q Steady Growth and
Was Incorporated Just
Ten Years Ago.
BY MRS. A. M. STEVENSON
The First White Woman in
Lodge Grass.

The beginning of the town of
Lodge Grass dates back to the
year 1902 when the government
quarters of the boss farmer and
the general store of A. M. Steven
son, the pioneer licensed Indian
trader, were the only evidence of
the thriving town of today.
Lodge Grass in the early days
was in the heart Of the old west
cattle country in this section of
the Grow reservation, the chuck
wagons of the spring and fall.
Roundup was the big event of the
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03
SUGAR BILL SIGNED

President Roosevelt Wednesday
signed the sugar bill. which pro-
vides benefits for the grower of
sugar beetS.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03
d. r.. SIGNS BILL TAKING
HARDIN OFF CROW RESERVE

Tuesday night, just when many
had begun to think the bill TAX
ing Hardin off the Crow Indian
reservation was going to receive
a pocket veto, President Roose-
welt attached his signature and
the bill became a law. Three beer
halls were doing business in Har-
din by Wednesday night.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-09-03

Hardinites forsook their businesses.
for a few hours and motored to
Crow.
The fair will end Saturday.
night.