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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-22

winter on business. For some reason
he started 10 cross the Missouri river
afoot on the ice. He wore a pair of
waist overalls, supported only by the
waist button in front. In the overalls
pockets were exactly 80 silver dollars.
water, which was several feet deep.
The current pulled his legs downstream
as he chung to the crumbling edge of
the ice. The pull of the water and the
weight of the silver broke loose the
waist button of his overalls, letting
any effort to control his position in
the water. Billy had decided he was
a "goner" when a man came along,
where n might not have appeared
for days. A pole was showed out across
the weak ice and Billy was rescued.
M%ontana's destiny needed Billy
Miles. He was saved to spend nearly
half a century more in his adopted
state, to become an important factor
in the development and progress of
his own little corner of the west. He
died in 1929.
AS other Montanans, in larger and
more public spheres, still live in the
vivid history of the Treasure state,
Billy and Tommy Miles will march
onward through the history of their
married. Their wealth was distributed
10 brothers, sisters, nephews and
nieces. But to the entire community
they left their greatest bequest-the
story Of careers builded upon capital
composed only of imagination and
energy and the will to achieve when
opportunity appeared in the wilder
ness.
Were they young men today, instead
Of just a part of recent pioneer his
tory, they would still use Imagination
and energy-they were that kind of
men-to make a place for themselves
In the development of some phase of
Montana's still ~undeveloped resources.
Maybe they would go farther today,
for they would have all the modern
accessories to industrial and CONNER
a greater acquaintance with oppor-
tunity-who is always seeking boon
companions as she leads Montana to-
ward her destiny.
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they were more able than anyone else
to carry on. Many are the stories told
by pioneer farmers of the kindness of
Billy and Tommy Miles in helping
them along when there was neither
cash nor credit to be had in the coun-
try.
That fall I couldn't get money to
pay my taxes" says Al Wilkins of Liv-
ingston. II had lots of grain and hay
and stock on the ranch, but there was
no market and but little money. I
brought a load of oats to town and
persuaded Tommy Miles to let me
have enough money to pay my taxes.
team in late afternoon and told him
I was leaving he asked if I wasn't
going to stay until after supper. I told
him there would be no supper for me
until I got home, 20 miles up the val
ley, because I didn't have the price.
Here's five dollars said Tommy:
Put your team back in the barn. Feed
home. Pay me back when you can.
You al bet when I got five dollars
ahead I paid that debt" concluded
wilkins. Just one of many such stories.
Car Replaced Horse
The Miles brothers gave up their
livery and feed barn during the World
war, when it became plain that the
had accumulated large real estate hold
ings and were rated as wealthy.
Tommy Miles died in 1921. Many said
he languished because of his nostal-
gia for the old surroundings and the
sounds and aromas of the barns which
had been his business for so many
years.
A stranger, hearing Billy Miles talk
in his later years, would have consid-
cred him "hard-boiled." But Living
ston merchants, if they would, could
whom they delivered large quantities
of groceries or clothing on Billy's or
ders; there were individuals who lived
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by grace of Billy's sentiment for the
pioneer days they had shared together.
Billy ono refused, rather gruffly,
to contribute a sum of money to buy
a revolving door for a church build
ing. Within an hour he asked a Sal
walton Army officer how much he was
slated for or the Army's Christmas
fund.
THAT is for you to say" replied the
officer. Billy wrote a sizeable check,
with the admonition to come back if
more should be needed.
It Was a favorite sport with Billy
when the Salvation Army's Christmas
pot was boiling, to emerge from the
bank with rs silver dollars, stand back
a few PAGES, and throw them, n at
a time, into the mouth of the pot. He
never missed his target.
In his earlier years in Montana,
Billy's career came near being cut
short-a near-betrayal by the tradi-
tional thirty pieces of silver.
Billy was up near Great Falls one
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-22
It's Roundup Time
and Cow Punchers
Take to the Range

Once again it's roundup time in the
high mountain ranges. The Vipond
and Camp Creek Stock associations
are gathering and cutting out fat stock.
Cowpunchers of the Vipond associ-
alton have their headquarters at Can
yon creek RANCH. eight miles from
Melrose, which nestles on the banks
of Little creek with mountains sheer
ing upward to the north and south.
Conversation savors of the old west
and the creak of saddle leather and
}lngls Of spurs mlngle With talk Of
Cattle gulch, Sage flat, Big ridge, Dry
hollow, Coyote hill, Wigmore, Coop
and Jackson-all names which carry
glamour for the easterner but which
mean just a hard days ride for the
coWman.
In early days the Canyon creek dis
trict was the scene of many cattle
wars.
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mission merchant who made head
quarters at Benson's Landing, Just be-
low the present Livingston. The en-
ployer bought produce and traded for
anything he could get, selling his wares
in Bozeman and other nearby cities. .
Billy had a considerable sum pa
wages coming when his boss quit buSl-
ness. In payment of the wages, Billy
received q small hut saloon at Ben
sons Landing, the entire resources OF
which we're a slab bar and a single
barrel of whisky.
Broke Again
Billy was in business for himself but
a few hours when he found a cash
buyer for the establishment. Then
on his " again and with money pa
his pocket, Billy walked around to the
customers side of the bar and stood
there until he had spent his entire
capital over the bar to his successor
setting up the drinks to whomeve1
came along.
Broke again! But opportunity called
Billy rustled some slabs and set UP
a small corral and feed barn when the
Benson's Landing crowd moved up tc
the site of Livingston. He began tt
prosper.
But Billy was a spender. He made
big money, but he spent bigger money
He couldn't make any of it stick tt
him. So he sent to Missouri for Tommy
to join him again. Billy had the edge
on Tommy as a mOney-maker, bul
Tommy knew how to keep it. An idea
combination.
Their livery and feed barn at once
became the outstanding spot for farm.
ers and %freighters in the upper Yellow
stone country to gather in Livingston
They provided a local market for grair
and hay from the ranches. They were
eminently fair in all their dealings
They became about the best known
best liked, and best fixed men in theil
community.
BY 1898, when the big panic struck
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BY ELMO

Despite the traditional cruelty
of the wilderness and h newt
able hardships of q frontier land,
Montana in the 1905 was . kindly
country to men who would accept
and cultivate their opportunities:
capital for the man with some
energy, a bit OF fortitude and a
will to get along.
Montana in the raw was more than
kind; she wa prodigal in the oppor-
tunities she offered. Many men Law
went broke, and turned again to their
capital of imagination and energy to
recoup losses and go on to fortune.
Such men were the late Miles broth
ers, Billy and Tommy, of Livingston:
They were typical of a vast army OF
men who started from scratch" in
Montana and ended their careers as
successful men.
Billy and Tommy Miles wandered all
over the eastern slope of the Rockies
and the adjoining plains from the Rio
Grande to the Yellowstone before they
settled down at the Great Bend of the
Yellowstone, where the Northern Pa.
cific railway vas to build the city oil
First Venture Was Cattle
As youngsters in their late teens,
Billy and Tommy Miles went to Texas
and lived the rough frontier life Of
that region in the years following the
Civil war. They were as rough and as
rugged as their compatriots Of the
country. Their first experience was in
the cattle business. They invested too
heavily in stock and kept too little
capital for management and operation.
They went broke, retaining for them
selves only a team and a light wagon.
They started for Ell Paso, picking up
odd jobs along the road-well digging,
grading grain, anything at ALTO
make their way. At Ell Paso they had
a bunch of horses which they sus-
pected were "wet"-smuggled from
Mexico. They drove them at night,
laying up by day, until they reached
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-22
1HE RECENT announcement of
successful and profitable gold
dredging operations on the Big

successful and profitable gold
dredging operations on the Big
Horn river in southeastern Mon
tana has called to mind the num-
erous gold hunting expeditions that
ventured into that area during the
early days, most of them never even
finding a color to pay them for their
weeks and in several instances, months
of hardship and peril from the row.
ing bands Of hostile Indians. One such
expedition which almost assumed the
proportions of a stampede ventured
forth from DeadwoOd in the summer
of 1877, its members stirred to a high
pitch of excitement by a man whom
they later found was actuated solely
by a desire to get enough money out
of them to get him to Oregon, n at
the same time assure himself safe
conduct through the Indian country.
From his standpoint the trip was a
huge success, for he achieved both of
his detectives. But from the standpoint
iof placer ground rich in gold it was
an utter failure, for not one of the
party ever turned a grain of golden
sand.
The william of the story was a man
named Charles Lyons, a buckskin clad
stranger, armed to the teeth, who ap..
peared in Deadwood with tales OF
rich gold diggings on the Big, Horn
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score. He was about 30 years of age,
and with two siX-Shooters and a knife
at his belt and a rifle over his arm,
had the appearance of a frontiersmah
of experience. None questioned his
veracity. No one ever questioned n
veracity of any man who claimed to
know the location of good gold ground.
His story was that he and two other
men had stumbled upon rich diggings
in a short gulch on the Big Horn
river, but that they had been driven
out by the Indians. He said that his
two partners had been killed and that
he himself had escaped only with the
greatest difficulty. He related his ex-
periences and told of the gold diggings
to a few men in the strictest conf
dence when he first arrived in Dead
wood. He coupled it with the suggestion
that if about so men could be found
who would supply him with sufficient
money to purchase an outfit he would
guide them to the spot.
Within a few days the story he had
told in confidence was all over Dead
wood and Lyons himself vas the most
popular man in camp. Whenever he
appeared he would be surrounded i'm
mediately by an eager throng all firing
questions at him about his gold dis
covery. He refused to discuss the
matter openly, however, but to any
who were disposed to put up money,
he would unfold his plan for reaching
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the Texas Panhandle where, because
of Indian raids on horse herds, they
sold out to ranchers at a splendid
profit.
After several years of such ventures
they returned to Missouri, broke again.
Billy came to Montana in 1882, aged
about 80 years. Broke, ragged, but
cheerful and confident, he started
anew.
His first job was with a sort of COM
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WOULD DISCARD TRAINS

The Northern Pacific railroad has filed APP
plication with the state railroad commission
to discontinue the so-called stub trains
running between Helena and Garrison, claim
ing that the service is duplicated by buses
and that the trains are operated at a loss.
After the hearing the board took the matter
under Amusement.
Peru has a new law to stop evasion
of inheritance tax payments.
Evening star., 1937-10-02

I like my name for him, Buffer, even
better, and I think you will agree
that 1t is a good name"
what are you going to do with
him, now that you've killed him?"
Sammy wanted to know.
Tommys eyes twinkled. "Take him
off where, when he comes to life
again, he won't find our friend, old
Mr.. Toad" said he.
Look here" said Sammy, do you
expect us to believe that that snake
isn't dead?"
There isn't a thing in the world
the matter with him. didn't hit him,
and he isn't hurt anywhere, except
ing in his feelings. lilly prove it to
you when I've taken him far enough
from here to be reasonably sure that
Evening star., 1937-10-02
he won't return In a hurry" declared

he won't return In a hurry" declared
Tommy
He led the way across the garden
and finally over to the edge of the
Green Forest. Don't you want to
hold him?" he asked, holding Bluff
fer out toward Sue.
Hastily she retreated few steps
and put her hands behind her back
L wouldn't touch one of the cold.
clammy things for the world" said
she.
There's where you're wrong again"
declared Tommy. Snakes are not
cold and clammy. If you would touch
him on the back you would find him
rather velvety. I dare you to touch
him, Sue"
Il will II Sammy will" declared
Sue Unexpectedly.
Evening star., 1937-10-02
BY NORMAN MARSH

He carefully placed Buffer on the
ground as he naturally would be. In
stantly the snake rolled over on his
back and was as lifeless as before.
Again Tommy placed Buffer as live
serpent should be, and again he rolled
over on his back. He seems to think
he must be on his back in order to
be properly dead" chuckled Tommy.
Nov, we'll go off little way and
watch"
They didn't have to watch long.
Presently, when all was quiet. Bluf1er
rolled back He lifted his head and
looked this way and that. His tongue
darted out and back, quivering. Then
he began to move away Tommy
looked at the twins. Their faces were
. study.
Il like him." declared Sue unex-
Evening star., 1937-10-02
"Aw. 1 don't want to-" said Sammy

CAV, I don't want to-" said Sammy
and grinned sickly sort of grin.
you dassent!" retorted Sue. You
know you dassent"
Come on, Sammy. Don't let girl
dare you," said Tommy and held the
snake toward him. "A dead snake
can't hurt you," he added.
Somewhat hesitatingly Sa m m y
reached out and touched the limp
form. To his surprise, it felt neither
cold nor unpleasant. Then Sue ex-
tended an exploring finger. why
why, it isn't at all as I thought" she
exclaimed. II wish you hadn't killed
him, Tommy"
80 you still don't believe me when
I say 1 haven't hurt him in the least.
All right. Watch me bring him to
life" replied Tommy.
Evening star., 1937-10-02

where I might have hit him?" asked
Tommy broad grin on his freckled
face as he held the reptile up. "Of
course, you don't, because I didn't
hit him. What is more, want you
to take notice that his neck. which
you accused me of fattening when
I put my foot on him, isn't fat any
more"
1t was true; that neck was no
longer fiat, and somehow Buffer
didn't look half so ugly or dangerous.
Look at his nose and see how it
turns up at the end. the way the
nose Of hog does. That is why he
has been named the hog-nosed snake.
Some people would call him q Puff
Adder, and some Blow Adder, be-
cause he Kisses 30 loud. but hog -nosed
snake is his proper name, although
Evening star., 1937-10-02

, Is. Cut a channel.
21. Dilates.
"a. Exclamation.
Is. Plant disease.
81. Clay brick.
%. Rendering dark.
90. Make lace.
30. On the summit.
81. Benefactor.
"a. Female relatives.
81. Bright yellow.
38. Deserve.
Al. Sting.
43. She hare.
IS. Song.
AZ. Palm of the hand.
40. Gas found in crude oil.
50. Therefore.
81. Uncovered.
55. Arches over.
81. Dialect OF Sanskrit.
SO. Forward.
81. Parched.
81. Dimensions.
SO. Over again.
64. Gentlewoman.
81. Because.
10. Scale note.
Evening star., 1937-10-02

The girl clenched her hands as she summoned
her will to speak what in her heart 1t is
my wish that this man FIR" But she could
not pronounce the word free She felt the ter
ribe eyes OF Mafka boring through her She saw
his hand on the mystic diamond
Evening star., 1937-10-02
pectedly. Hes funny. He's a perfect
actor. Make him do 1t over again.
Tommy"
(Copyrisht. 1879
Ambassador for NANNY.
BY WILLARD
Ofa3y ~ Tsyo4%<R , pssx
S. L. HUNTLEY

NASHVILLE, Tenn, October l (P.-
A 65-year-old colored woman, Welfare
Director Roy Garis said, inquired
about an old-age pension, and a case
worker found her eligible to receive
State aid and so informed her.
Il don't want no pension myself"
the woman explained. I'm able TO
work. I want it for my nanny"
Her NANNY" she said, is lot years
old.
Evening star., 1937-10-02

WAS Buffer the Adder dead? Sue
and Sammy felt sure that he was,
despite the fact that their cousin,
Farmer Browns Boy, seemed to think
that he wasn't. Sue was quite upset
about it.
You needn't pretend that he isn't
Evening star., 1937-10-02
Bedtime Stories

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Some people can by acting make
The truth itself appear q fake.
old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1937-10-02

Gonfala took the throne. She knew why she was
there Soon Wood was led in Their eyes met
and spoke of the love and fear that burned their
hearts. Then the thin high voice of Mafka
cracked through the silent hall What is the
wish Of Gonfala the queen?"
Evening star., 1937-10-02

Across.
!. Restorative.
5. Vapid.
10. Heroic.
ID. Heretical
Is. Cotton gauze.
II. Compensation.
l8. Carp
10. Book OF sagas.
20. Leguminous plants.
2l. Pedicel.
%. Armor.
%. Instantly.
25. Season
81. Fastened.
80. Behold.
33. Beverage.
35. Destruction.
36. Settle.
80. Greek letter.
40. Proposition.
a. Of an arm bone.
~. Telephotographic lens.
"a. Exist.
IS. Clergyman.
At. Fish.
48. Recede.
so. Pronoun.
81. Temerity.
So. Marked with red.
56. Species of deer.
ST. Agave fiber.
So. Duplicate.
so. Of nose.
SIS. At distance.
66. Salutation.
81. Meal
So. One-twelfth of an inch.
SO. Appalled,.
II. CONCEALED
72. Ethereal salt.
70. Moist.
!. Denticle.
2. Sloth.
3. Wallow.
4. Periods of time.
5. Reserved.
6. Proposition.
z. Mine drift
3. Metallic veins.
9. Model to be copied.
10. Resin.
II. Pretender of knowledge.
IL. Native.
13. Fuel.
Evening star., 1937-10-02

dead, Tommy Brown" she scolded.
you may not have meant to hit
him with that stick, but you must
have. I didn't like him and I was
afraid of him, but I didn't want him
killed"
DO you see any mark on him
Evening star., 1937-06-13

smiling, slick-haired Joey gave some
indication of his punching prowess
two weeks later when he kayoed Law
renee Gum in another preliminary
role
Gevlnson, meanwhile, also erased a
barrier to better things in the form
OF Johnny Pena. who also was de-
posted on the floor in seven rounds
on the police show. Lou looked none
too impressive to this point, however,
allowing Pena to pummell him about
the midsection before finally landing
an authoritative solar plexus punch.
Long Range Boxers
Both Gevinson and Archibald are
long-range fighters and rely on knock
out punches rather than drilling to
the body.
Although Gevinson must make 126
pounds or forfeit 5000, this is not
expected to offer any problem to the
local lad. Lou weighed 1919 pounds
against Pena and shedding the dif-
ference is not calculated to weaken
him.
Lewis, who has shown here on sew
eral occasions in preliminary roles,
recently rudely jolted the pro debut
Of Max Novich, Southern Conference
middleweight champion. knocking out
the former North Carolina University
fighter
In one of quartet Of four-round-
ers, the first OF which will get under
way at $50 O'Clock, George Abrams,
local welterweight, will meet Bobby
Wolson of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1937-06-13
a'ro attractive Bouts appear
! On List for Wednesday, Nioht

! YOV1AL JOEY ARCHIBALD, cur
rent flstlc favorite of this sector
by virtue of his amazing per-
~ formance in chilling Ray In
gram on the recent police benefit card
here, will collide with Lou Gevinson,
problem child of the District Boxing
Commission, in a 1O-round co-feature
bout at Griffith Stadium Wednesday
night.
Sharing the spotlight with Archibald
and Gevinson will be the undefeated
hnd highly regarded Russell (Buddy)
Scott, who will clash with roly-poly
Tiger Red Lewis. Richmond light
heavyweight, in the other 10-rounder
Has Ironical Angle.
Somewhat ironically, Gevinson is
meeting the conqueror of lad who
was deemed too experienced for Lou
by the local larrup body. Ingram,
knocked kicking in seven rounds by
Archibald, temporarily is out of the
local flstic pattern, while the "inex-
perienced" Gevinson has forged prom
hently into the picture.
Archibald, bantamweight CAM
paigning as featherweight because
there is more money in the 126-pound
division and also due to his success
against heavier opponents, is an ami
mated pogo stick who has made de-
cided hit with local ringworms by en-
ploying a highly effective whirlwind
style In three appearances here.
Booed for rough tactics In trimming
Buddy Grimes in his debut here, the
Evening star., 1937-06-13
|NHA[E, So PICK,
LOSES RACE DUEL,
Well Rewarded Is Winner of
Princess Pat Stakes in
Camera Finish.
Py the Associated Press,


)H1CAGO. June 12-John Hav
Whitney OF New York shipped
his champion fllly of the East,
lnhale, a thousand miles to
run three quarters Of mile at WASH
lngton Park race track today.
The filly went to the post a 3-to-5
favorite to win the $4,000 Princess
Pat Stakes for 2-year-old flappers, but
when the numbers went up in photo
graphic finish the winner was
Western juvenile, Well Rewarded,
running with Mamie OHara as the
entry Of Mrs. Ethel V. Mars Of
Chicago, owner of the famed Milky
Way Farm Stables.
Well Rewarded and the 19-to-1 out
slider, Hermana, from the Valdina
Stable of Virginia, furnished all the
thrills for the crowd of $4,000. Well
Rewarded, with Jockey Buddy Haas
plying the whip down the stretch
drive, finished the length of her head
in front Of Hermana, with Inhale q
two lengths back.
Heavy Impost Tells.
Hermana, longest price FLY in tho
race, cutstepped her more fashionable
opponents to lead the field of five as
they turned into the stretch.
1nhale, ridden by Jockey L. Balaski,
failed to be the threat expected and
was foundering under her heavy i'm
post of l22 pounds, unable to cut away
any of the ground that separated her
from the leaders.