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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-10-30

the Avant Courier kept their readers
informed as to the progress being made
on Nelson Story'S house. The news
papers of Helena, Butte and other cities
picked up the news. From Dakota to
the Idaho border people were talking
about the big house Nelson Story was
building.
Those were eventful times. The news
papers of Montana informed their
readers of the impending visit of
famous Lily Langtry, the Mrs. Simpson
of her day. English sparroWs, which
had but recently been introduced in
America, were seen for the first time
in the Gallatin valley. John MCGUIRE
was presenting his star actress, Lottie
Wade, to Butte audiences. K. Beidler'S
memoirs of Vigilante days were just
coming off the press. The Avant Cour-
Ter was running a serial novel by the
great Henry James and the Chronicle
was running Bret Harte's celebrated
"Snowbound at Eagles" And Nelson
Story was building mansion.
On May %, 1886, the Chronicle re-
ported: Nelson Story has purchased
one mile and half of pipe to supply
his new residence" June 2nd THE
largest and most expensive residence
ever built in Montana will be that Of
Nelson Story. The stone foundation has
already been laid. The imposing struc
ture, which is in the latest architec-
tural style, is semi Gothic. 1t is mass
i've, rich in stone-cut arches, heavy bay
windows and substantial ornaments.
The building will cost very near $85 900.
It's owner is a man of great wealth
and no expense will be spared to make
the edifice such as the most fastidious
taste could desire. 1t is confidently ex-
pected that the stately structure will
be entirely completed before the time
snow flies"
But the big house was not completed |
before the snow flew; and how the
snow did fly In Montana that winter!
1t was the memorable and terrible
winter of 1861 when thousands of
head of cattle persisted on Montana |
ranges. At that time Nelson Story ran
an estimated 10000 head of cattle and
his herds took q severe beating. Work |
on his palace" was suspended while !
he went about the task of saving what
cattle he could. AS the spring of 1887 |
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opened, his losses were revealed. On
April 6 a news story said: Nelson
Story has been able to find only one
Of his Polled Angus bulls and it was
dead. He gave orders to have it skinned
and tanned as a reminder of $4,000
worth of bulls" The $4,000 constituted
only small portion of the Story losses
but he was still rich and work on the
new house was resumed. On April Ia
the Chronicle said: Material for
Nelson Storys new house is arriving
daily. The magnificent structure will
be completed this summer" On June
10: THE brick masons are at work on
StoryS residence and it is rapidly as
Stunning the shape of an elegant man
sion."
Nelson Story's house was becoming
an old story and people were beginning
to wonder if it would ever be COM
pleted when workmen laid off in the
autumn of 1887. Finally, on April 4
1888, the Chronicle revealed that Mel
son Story's house will be finished about
the first of May" But the Chronicle
was a bit premature and it was NOT
until July 4 that the Avant Courier
announced that: 1.-THE Storys are dorni-
ciled in their new, palatiai residence ;,
The original estimates of Byron Vree-
land had been much too low and nv
the time the house was ready for oc-
cupancy its cost had run well over
100000.
Thus a Montana landmark was
erected and, of course, a housewarninD
was neld. An eastern visitor on this
occasion Is reported to have said as !
ne looked around him at the mantle
pieces Of the great fireplaces, the red |
Satin furniture, imported statuary, |
deep carpets and damask draneries'
SO this is how these cattle peopie |
rough It In the wild and wooley westI|
Inc Story mansion was one of fine
biggest buildings in Bozeman in 1929
and there was a standing Joke to fhe
erect That Nelson Story was inslllted
ana enraged because so many peonIe
came TO his door under the inpression
that they were approaching the an
trance 70 the county courthouse
PreSent-day visitors In Bozemap
otten inquire as to the history of the
picturesque, massive pile of red brick
Gnag Is the Story house. Many fire-
places shove their chimney pots above
its massive bulk and 1t looks. indeed
IKE house where an 8. S. Van TIna
mystery ought 10 be taking nlare
whether 1t Is RACED or not rests WITH
she Gallattn county school board n
. goes before the onslaught Of modern
lty Montana win have lost another ~
The landmarks which, in this SPEEDING
modern world, remind Of the days when
me west was being won.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-10-30

many Of the exploits, adventures and
thrilling narrow escapes related IN the
published life OF Jim Beckwourth as
having happened to that individual,
were his own experiences, with which
Beckwourth was familiar and that they
had been appropriated by the other Tor
the purpose Of making his life story
more interesting.
Beckwourth was mulatto, a COM
panion OF Bridger's, Kit Carsons and
many other frontierSmen Of that
period, had also lived, as did Meldrum,
among the Crow Indians for many
years.
Despite the fact that he charged
Beckwourth with having interviewer
his, Meldrums. experiences into his
life story as told to the author who
penned the volume, Meldrum, when
asked to give his story for publication.
proudly refused.
He was a man of medium height,
weighed about $50 pounds and Of a
mild and peaceful disposition, although
his courage was never questioned. he
avoided duarrels and rows and never
ilsed slang or profanity and his man
ner of speech, It is recorded, was widely
at variance with that Of most of the
men with whom he was associated.
During the time that he lived with
the Grows. which was for the five or
six years preceding 1910, when he first
became associated with the fur COM
pany, he wore Indian garb even to long,
braided hair. When he entered the fur
employ he discarded his
Indian garb and again dressed like a
white man. And in white mans gaTb
he was said to have made striking
figure. During his latter years he was
a ff1ictad with kidney disease and
goiter. The latter disease was recorded
by early historians as having been
quite prevalent among the residents
Of the Yellowstone country, both whites
and Indians, even the dogs frequently
being afflicted with it. Medium died
at Fort Union in 1865. He had no
children.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-10-30
Treasure State
News in Brief

KALISPELL-Dick Haegie and L. Cameron
Of Moosejaw, Sask., appeared before Judge
Eugene Mccarthy. Haggie paid $3.50 for
drunken driving and Cameron parted with
$40 for being drunk.
KALIsPELL-An exhibition OF IS sketches
in pen and ink and small oils by Charles j.
Palmer Of Lake Mcdonald are on display at
the library. Indians and mountain landscapes
are the artists chief interest.
COLUMBIA FALLS-Mr. and Mrs Wendell
Chapman OF Washington, D. c., feature writers
for the National Geographic magazine. have
arrived here to spend the next two months
studying wild life in Glacier national park
NARTINSDALE-Adrs. Arthur welday, whose
death in an automobile accident was reported
from Longview WASH was the former Emma
Dreidlein Of White Sulphur Springs, a bride
Of two weeks. She operated a beauty parlor
in Longview.
MILES CITY-Officials Of the state indus
trial school here reported three inmates es-
capped early last week. The students were
Leonard Cline Harold Cyrus and Richard
Minor. Police and sheriffs officers have been
instructed to watch for them.
MARTINSDALE-Mrs Arthur Watson Of
Great Falls suffered injuries near here re-
Gently when her car skidded down an en-
bankment all because she tried to avoid
hitting a deer on the highway. The accident
happened near the orness ranch near Del
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phine. Mrs. Watson was approaching a bridge
at the time. When she applied her brakes
the car missed the bridge and plunged into
the river. She was taken to White SULPHUR
Springs for medical attention.
MELROSE-Just as he was dismounting from
his horse a few days ago while Irritating
8 field, Hilary Tate felt his horse crumple
under him. An examination disclosed that a
bullet nao gone through the animals brisket.
where the shot came from was a mystery
KALIsPELL-Dean King, attorney for the
Flathead Power company, announced the d.
rectors OF the company have authorized Dor
rowing $4,000 through the rural eIectrifica-
ton administration to construct 1888 miles of
rural power lines.
RoUNDUP-Drivers licenses in MusseisheIl
county to date number 2.607 according to
Oscar j. Swan, Musselshen county treasurer
OF this number 2,477 are the SO cent licenses
permitting the holder to drive any car. and
$50 are the rs cent licenses for only one
particular car.
KAL1sPELL-At q meeting OF the medical
staff Of the KalispeI General hospital. DR..
Z. F. Cockren was elected chief Of staff; DR.
J. Arthur Lamb. vice president; Dr. M w
Bottorf, secretary. The executive committee
is DR.. a. Brassett DR.. F. B. Ross and Sister
Mary Hilda.
GLAsGOW-More than 1000 tons of sugar
beets viii be harvested in the Glasgow irriga-
tion district, between Vandalia and Nashua
this year according to Halter oearhart Of
CnAnouAs A1onsAnh manager OF the Utah
Idaho Sugar Co. Last year virtually no beets
were raised In this district
BUTTE-Twenty-four hours after Douglas
Cold. chairman for the observance OF national
safety week here, delivered q radio talk or
safety In the home. emphasizing the necessity
of using care In going down stairs, he fen
down the steps OF his home, suffering numer- |
Gus bruises and black eye.
hErssOULA--The biennial conference Of the |
American Association Of University Women /
IN Montana will be held at Missouia, April |
40 and so, 1898, State Pres. Esther Elderkin |
o. Butte, has announced. Preliminary plans 4
for the sessions were made at a meeting In /
Butte recently.
SKDNEx-The Pioneer Loan a. Realty 90 /
employed A. @. Hess OF Newton, N. D., 10 as 1
Use tn the real estate and insurance business Il
81 the lines agency here. Mr.. Hess has been 1
angaNed IN the real estate and Insurance. Il
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-10-30
Three Forks Will
Hold Special Bond
Election Nov. Is

of $32 900 for improvements and re-
placements in the municipal water
supply system has been called for Nov.
10, by the town council Of Three Forks,
it was learned with the filing of the
resolution and other papers Of the
councils adjourned regular meeting.
The proposal as set forth In the
resolution calling the election provides
for a grant of $26,181 from the federal
government and bonds Of the city in
the amount of So, OO0 to make possible
a total expenditure of $58,181.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-10-30
ROBERT MELDRUM
A MYSTERY MAN
LITTLE KNOWN OF LIFE STORY
OF EARLY-DAY TRAPPER
AND TRADER
Lived for Years Among Grows; Ac-
cused Jim BeckwOurth Of Stealing
His Experiences for Publication of
His Own Life Story.

One of the remarkable men
among the vests early-day trap
pers and traders about whom very
little has been written was Robert
Meldrun, q Kentucky blacksmith
who first crossed the plains and
mountains with BonneviIIe's expe-
difi0n in 1882. B0nneviIle's expedi-
ton was guided by Jim Bridger
and was the first party to cross the
plains and Rocky mountains with
wagons. Its predecessors had used
pack trains. Therefore it Is quite
evident that Medium had an ex-
cellent foundation for the western
life he lived for so long. When the
Bonneville party returned east he
remained to live with the Indians
and became a man of many adven-
lures and hairbreadth escapes.
Medium was for many years in the
employ of the American Fur Co, in
he northwest and in 1846 was in charge
If Fort Alexander, the company s
,rading post at the mouth of the Big
Horn river on the Yellowstone in south
,rn Montana. He was particularly well
qualified for that position, for he had
ived for several years among the Crow
indians as one of them, even adopting
heir dress and customs, and Fort
Alexander was the trading post chiefly
by the Crows.
Meldrum was born in Scotland in
802, but when he was a baby his
arentS immigrated to the United
tates and settled in Kentucky. There
4eldrum was reared and learned the
blacksmith trade. When Capt. Benia-
ain L. e. Bonneville, a native of
rance, a graduate Of West Point and
n officer in the United States army
n leave, trekked west on an expedi-
lon, trapping, trading and adventure,
Dung Meldrum was one of the ITO
len who accompanied his 20 wagons.
Te remained with Bonneville during
ne months spent living among the In
ians in Idaho and during the three
ears of the expedition became so
namoured of the free and savage life
nat he remained with the Crow In
ians after leaving Bonneville's SER
Ice.
He adopted Indian dress and took
squaw for a wife. A man Of great
)urage and resource, he soon became
n acknowledged and influential leader
mong them.
Although the years that Medium
vent with the American Fur Co. are
matter Of record, so far as service |
concerned, the story of his life has
ever been told. He complained to his |
ssociates with the fur company that !
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-10-30
HOW LONG CAN A
THREE QUARTER WIFE
HOLD HER HUSBAND !?

VOU have to work at marriage
4 to make a success of It. Men
may be selfish, unsympathetic,
but that's the way they're made
and you might as well realize it.
When your back aches and your
nerves scream, don't take it out
on your husband. He can t possibly
know how you feel.
For three generations one woman
has told another how to go ''smil-
ing through" with Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t
helps Nature tone up the system,
thus lessening the dlscomforts from
the functional disorders which
women must endure in the three
ordeals Of life: /. Turning from
girlhood to womanhood. 2. Pre-
pairing for motherhood. 3. APP
preaching middle age"
Don't be a three-quarter wife,
take LYDIA e. PINKHANd'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND and
Go Smiling Through"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-10-30
Husband Gets Seven
Children; Spouse a
Brand New Hubby

Judge j. J. Lynch awarded custody
Of seven children to Henry d. Lande
in department No. / of district court
a few days ago.
Almost simultaneously Judge T. E.
Downey granted degree Of divorce to
Cleora J. Lande from Henry D. Lande
In department No. of district court.
Mrs. Lande walked with Bernard
Kelly into the office Of Elmer Shea,
clerk of the district court, where they
obtained q license to wed.
Then Mrs. Lande became the wife Of
MIR. Kelly in the courtroom of Justice
of the Peace John Mcnamara.
The Landes were married at Column
bus, Mont, Aug. q, 1927. They were
previously married and divorced, &C
cording to the complaint. The COM
plant charged extreme cruelty.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-10-30
The Security Building C Loan Association
of Billings Now Offers Insured Safety
to It's Investors Plus Substantial Earnings

uninterrupted dividend
Association Of Billings Montana
s5000O0
member through the Federal Insurance Corporation OF wash
together this institution has made its
offers an
available
Building Loan Association has
months during its entire
available
o.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-10-30

Billings, Montana
Building
members Association this
lnexcelled combination
The Secretary the Association has stressed the fact that funds be in
Building
OF favorable
funds with
Money invested with the Security Building Loan Association remains
deduction
benefits safety s500OOO regular reasonable dividend
availability all
inquiries regarding its various savings investment plans information
S given a without obligation
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he mentioned nothing of the kind. I
always question him particularly. I am
afraid, BerniS. ThiS-thiS has never
happened before. This may be-the
end"
THE King has no friend more de-
voted than you," said Bernis, and he
knows it. Even If there were, as you
say, a lady, that still would make no
d dltierence tow Ito the friendship that
She rose and came towards him.
Thank you, Bernis," she said, TAX
ing his hand. GO away now. I must
have time to think. This is awful. This
is something that has never happened
before. This hurts-here."
She indicated the position of her
heart with the tip of the ivory fan. Her
eyes were sparkling with tears. Bernis
kissed her hand and turned to go.
Take the papers, take the maps,
II do not want all that"
Every well, Madame" he said sub
missively, gathering up some of the
papers. She turned her back on him
and looked at the fire. He stopped Just
before he left the little room, and de-
posted all the papers on the table
again. Norton was glad to see him do
this, as Of course she would have more
A3SSo VI ANVIL "a CNC1 u UllC luUuIc
It. was exactly what Norton would have
advised him to do, but it wa rather
remarkable that Bernis himself had
known this without being told.
=
The Marquise was tapping her fan
on her blue brocaded skirt. The tears
had fallen now and were streaking her
exquisite face with lines of wet black
and red. Upon the teSselated marble in
front of the fireplace was spread out
the pattern of the last IL years for
her to gaze down upon. Love, triumph
and despair, the year of Fontenoy, her
golden year, and the parades at Choisy
and the gilded carriages at the hunt in
the forest of st. German, washed
across the marble and mixed the years
and the days: There was the green
bower of Eticles, and there was the
face of the King.
She looked down through her tears
for a long time, while Norton waited,
k~nowing-and he knew exactly. now
what she would do. She stared at the
floor and shuddered and stared. Per-
haps she saw the rest of her. life there
too, as Norton knew it, a struggle with
only the procession of ladies at the
Pare aux Cerfs and. the face of the
King.
Whatever n saw, she could not bear
it. She Strengthened up sharply and
flung her ivory fan with all her force
on the marble in front of the fire.
Norton stared, Mortified, the red lac
quer cabinet and the weeping lady were
there no more, and the fan lay, yell
lowed and old but still in bits, carefully
put together by an antiquarian hand.
under the glass cas- with its label in
one corner:
Saumier, about i757' was the Drop
erty of the Marquise de Pompadour
and was kept by her until her
death in this broken state. When
she broke it and why she kept it
are not known. Observe the lace
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The body of C. S. Patterson,
sheriff of Rosebud county who was
found dead in his office At For
syth Sept. 3, will be disinterred and
an autopsy performed Dec. 10 in
an effort to determine the cause
of his death.
This was ordered by District Judge
Rudolph Nelstead of Forsyth on petit
ton filed by. County Attorney F. F..
Haynes following a request by the sher-
ifs widow that the body be disin-
tered.
The widow of the 51-year-old sheriff
demanded this action because she and
others declared that the coroner's jury
verdict of suicide returned on the day
facts.
The peace officers body was found
in a rocking chair in his office at 11:15
a. m, Sept. 8. He had been shot through
the temple and a pistol was found in
the chair in which he was seated.
A coroner's jury summoned by Coro-
ner F. M. Booth, returned a verdict of
suicide following an inquest held i'm
mediately after finding the body.
The late sheriff's widow, Mrs. Una
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Patterson, and others declare that the
jury's verdict was contrary to facts,
owing to the physical condition and
other evidence established that he had
been shot through the left temple, with
the bullet coming out of the right
temple, and that the gun was found
butt down and barrel up, resting be-
tween the right arm of the chair in
which he was seated and the right side
of his body.
In the verdict the coroner's jury ex-
planned suicide a. being caused by Pat
terson's physical condition,
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like fragility. of the carving be-

like fragility of the carving be-
tween the sticks.
Norton sat looking across his half
emptied glass at the dim barroom. The
barman was still working crossword
puzzles in the corner. Somebody turned
the lights on presently and people be-
gan to come in for their evening drinks
and Norton paid his bill and went
away. He was a little ashamed of him
self, and stopped at the porter's desk
! n the hall to order tickets for a mus
ical comedy that night.
TTYEy TrNrD
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|SHERIFF'S BODY
TO BE EXHUMED
VERDICT CONTRARY TO
FACTS OF CASE

Body of C. S. Patterson, to Be Disin-
TERED on Request of Widow and An
Autopsy Performed Dec. 10; Died
Sept. 3, 1887.
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BY C SHEEAN
IN TWO PARTS-PART TWO

Published BY Special Arrangement With II
Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate
Incorporated
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-10

WANTED TO BUY-Old Envelopes,
Stamps. folded letters with the stamps or
postmarks on them. used before 1890. Leading
collector offers highest cash prices. Interest.
ing information mailed free. r. o 2662
Asbury Avenue, Evanston. III.
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neTuSen lllcl1 ~ al 49,
"What I wish to know is how tney
are permitted to enter France, to CIR
crlate. as I hear, very freely, ana W
ca1se me to be laughed at and vlllfled
from one end of the country TO the
other" ,,a addod.
"And what Is worse, they are Saio
IN attack the majesty of the King"
~ think not, Madame" said Bernis
sor at any rate only indirectly. The
chief of them are concerned only VIII
Vol, The King of Prussia Is a we
monster and seems to have a speclal
hatred for youth and beauty, ne
Such things are not IN nature ana we
~ et; him distill his poison" sald the
Marouise. mounting the highest OF her
horses. LET him do it. at Potsoa uas
where they are used to it and It OK
not matter. But in sweet France
wher hatred is unknown, such vl!iatl !.
u rubbish should not be aiioWe4 80 -
circulate. What are the p3tics so;nge
The people are already deceived enough
and led away from their proper Loyal.
ties hv ali these difficulties-the price
If bread. the trouble-making lawyers
IN their Internal Parliament, tns
eternal neutrality-suspicious. n Po!sot
of the disgusting. Frederick: Wne !
think how he sent his stuplo oi4 o4ta,
bassador here day after day to flatter
me-Fortunately. I am immune ahe,, 70 from rom
SBeaItyI" Said the Able mechanic
ally, needs no flattery."
"The man is an enemy to all human
ity," said the Marquise, continuing hei
TRADE. For two SOUS I would sene
down to Switzerland for that ape, M
de Voltaire. and see Il he could nos
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-23
Union Pacific Flashes
ON THE RAn-BY BILLY DAVIS

been there so long that We thought
he was a fixture there.
Don't the boys know that town
the proper place to geitheir rest,
Why do they have to come out on
the road tosleep? Perhaps its those
big nights just before they have to
go out, like those two fellers Tea
bone" Smith and chat Artison
boy (Dick)
Hamms Beers is going to get
"Teabone' more than a pop in the
eye if he doesn't leave these Oma-
ha Chicks" alone, pardon me Mr..
Smith; I meant if you didn't stop
buying drinks, d, I mean if
you don't stop talking to them
ladies'"
If anyone finds a stray belt to
an overcoat please leave it at the
II and M for "Teabone." 1t seems
as if he lost it when he got hit in
the eye one night.
We are very sorry that Mr..
Girls Smith is off again. He hurt
his back lifting a sack of bottles.
Hurry back Chris we miss you.