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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23
TO
TALE OF SLIDE

"BfIIy"-W. ]. Thomas-the "only
man in the world who rode an ava
lanche down . steep mountain and
lived to tell about t." wa recently
invited to 60 to New York under
the auspices Of the King Feature
Syndicate-Ripley's Believe 1t or
Motto ten the world I've the air
Of his experience and sensation
during the remarkable ride.
News of Mr.. Thomas experience
came to the attention of the King
Feature Syndicate through a story re-
garding the occurrence. The ride c
CURED in February, 1886, and has be-
come q classic among the mountain
experiences Of Montana.
Mr.. Thomas, who is now a Butte
business man, was then a youth and
employed at the Hecla mine. The
mine was located on the side of a steep
Thomas stepped out Of an
ore bin in time to be carried down the
.ountainside in a swiftly moving
Of snow.
He received q letter recently from
L. Simpson, secretary-manager OF
the King Feature Syndicate, inviting
him to come to New York, all expenses
paid, to broadcast his experiences while
on a mighty avalanche.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23

failures" He contends that no matter
if there appears to be no stand at all,
it should be left untouched until the
following year is well advanced. MANY
crested wheatgrass fields have been
plowed up that would have made ex-
cellent crops" he says.
The next reason for failure is seed
ing in a loose seeded. A third reason
is seeding too deep.
Wilson says if crested wheatgrass is
left alone it will spread a surprising
amount. He reports running his drill
completely around a field with only
a few crested wheatgrass seeds clinging
to the tubes and mechanism after it
had been cleaned. The next year he
noticed a few spears had come up. He
let it alone and the second year it was
fairly thick. Since then it has slowly
spread out and completely killed out
all the weeds.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23
Shovel, AK and
Bucket Rule is
to Be Enforced

Shovel, ak and bucket requirements
for all motorists driving in lands of
the Helena national forest went into
effect on July is, according to Verne
L. Collins, fire expert in the office of
Supervisor j. N. Templer.
MI. Collins said recent inspections Of
Helena forest land have revealed that
grass and other forest fuels are drying
up rapidly, making necessary the re-
Quirements for carrying the equipment.
Rain that fell during July 4 and S low
said, but the forest o will be back in
dangerous condition.
The United States forest service re-
quirements demand that all motorists
carry a shovel, ak and bucket in their
automobiles. The equipment is to be
used to extinguish campfires and to
fight fires in case Of emergency.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23
More Protection Is
Provided Motorists
Yellowstone Park

Motorists in Yellowstone national
park during the 1887 season will re-
ceive more protection while on the
highways than eve before due to the
installation of a fleet of four motor
patrol cars which will constantly cruise
over the park roads, according to the
parks superintendent, Edmund B.
Rogers.
Although the highways have been
patrolled in previous seasons, three new
fully-equipped light cars have been adj
ded to the one purchased last year
to complete the contingent. Because
there are less than $50 miles of high
way within the park area, each patrol
ling ranger is given less than 80 miles
of territory. and the roads will be more
thoroughly covered than almost any
section of the United States, Superin-
tendent Rogers reports.
primarily of aid to the thousands of
motorists in the park. Each car carries
first aid equipment, tow ropes, and
fire fighting apparatus. Eliminating
traffic jams will be one of the more
important tasks.
In addition to aiding motorists, the
rangers in the a r will enforce park
speed limits which have been revised
for the season. On primary roads the
limit will be As miles per hour for or
binary m%otorcars and 80 miles per hour
restricted areas the limit is IS miles
per hour. On the Norris canyon cutoff
a 25-mile per hour limit has been es-
tablished.
Rangers who will man the cars during
the summer are Gerald P. Yetter, John
S. Bauman, Joseph H. Fraser, and
Paul Umbach.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23
JUST Two DOUBLE
LEFT 81

The Fourth of July comes around
every year but it is not often that
Father Time arranges things so
that the working folks can enjoy
a double holiday, at least a double
holiday that includes the Fourth of
July.
But it happened this year and hun
dreds of Montana people took the OPP
p%ortunity to motor to their favorite
fishing streams and cool mountain
spots of %seclusion.
Now they have been back to their
daily routine for a month, things look
a little dark after two whole days of
lazy living-but they have something to
look forward to, for, according to
Father Times accounting pad there
are two double holidays during
the year.
The next one will roll around Sep
TENDER S and 6. The fifth is Sunday
and the sixth Is Labor day. OF course
that is an old story because Labor day
always comes the first Monday in Sep
TENDER.
Double holiday No. 2, an unexpected
one, comes at Santa Claus time. Christ
mas, December Is, this year falls on
Saturday, and such being the case
both Saturday and Sunday will make
the double holiday in which to eat and
the other in which to get well.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23
Smallest Mining Claim at
Butte Cost Fabulous Sum

wedge shaped, being one foot wide at
its north end and ten feet long, taper
ing to a point at the south end, con-
tanning an area of five square feet,
"A full location contains 100000
square feet, so that the "Molecule'
claim as located was five square feet,
or one ten-thousandth of an acre of
ground.
when this claim was patented it was
found the "Molecule'' cost at the rate
OF $6,500,000 per acre, probably making
the claim the smallest in extent and
the greatest in cost in United States
patent records"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23

Among her countless claims to dis
tinction Butte can boast of the smallest
mining claim of any camp in the world
and also the most costly. It was the
"Molecule" which cost the Anaconda
company at n rate OF six and one
half million dollars per acre to patent
1t. The claim, which Is away up on the
hill, was patented to forestall q Heinze
lawsuit.
The Heinze companies developed a
lust for fractions of unpatented ground
in the mining belt. Having located q
fraction, no matter how small, they
Immediately set up the claim that the
worked in an adjoining claim was in
the newly located fraction and that
they we're entitled to the ore body.
With a sympathetic judicial bench in
functions were not difficult to obtain.
An INDUCTION meant a shutdown, loss
and expensive law suits.
$1,000 in improvements
Charles w. Clark, sol of the multi
millionaire Senator w. A. Clark, sought
to protect the Clark mines from these
apex" claims through fraction loca-
lions, by locating a few fractions him.
self. He obtained a boiler, valued at
5 $1,000 from Granite, Mont.
To obtain a patent it was necessary
to show that one had done $1,000 worth
of work or made 81 900 of improvements
in a claim. Clark having located a frac-
ton hauled his boiler on it, made af-
fidavit regarding 81 900 of improve
ments," obtained his patent-and then
moved the boiler to another fraction.
This was outsmarting Maginnis and
Heinze at their own game.
A well-known, old-time mining en-
gineer who vas closely associated with
mining activities in the days of the
copper war, tells the story a. follows:
A Valuable Mining Claim
After F. A. Heinze located the FAM
ous Copper Trust lode which consisted
of two very small separate fractions
of ground, but carried the area of a
full lode location that is $500 feet in
length and 600 feet in width, and based
on the full area of the Copper Trust
location, enjoined at least one of the
large copper producers of this camp,
the other mining interests scanned the
mining claim maps for other unpat-
ented fractions which might cause
trouble.
"As a result of this investigation a
number of small areas of unpatented
ground were found, of which was
unique, for, as far as known, it Is the
smallest mining claim eve located and
patented in the United States.
when this fraction was found a
suitable name for so small a claim was
quite a problem; but after digging into
scientific books it was named the
"Molecule" Lode Mining claim.
1.-THE claim lies between the Bell and
Diamond mines on the hill and is
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23
Is DENIED

Rehearing has been denied by the supreme
court in the case asking Interpretation of the
school transportation law, IN which 1t Is held
that counties may be reimbursed on the basis
Of all eligible pupils in the district and that
the cost may be figured on the distance that
the pupils are transported. It had been con-
tended that the reimbursement should be only
for the actual cost Of transporting pupils who
reside three or more miles from school.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23

Blending of colors is common in
horses, but almost unknown in hogs.
In a litter of pigs which are the off
spring of a black parent, some may be
black, some white, and some spotted,
but none will be roa or gray.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23
KIRBY HOON GREAT FINGER
Man 1Ql7 moc rod latter month 70,

May, 1907, was red letter month for
Kirby Hoon.
In that month, Hoon, pitching for
the Butte club of the Northwest league,
once was he knocked out of the box
not once was he lifted for a pinch
hitter. What Kirby started-Hoon fin
ished. Five of the games went into
extra innings. incidentally, Hoon won
six Of the eight games.
-Four extra-inning games ran in Sc
quence, resulting in Hoon and Butte
victories. And they were played away
Hoon's Record Squirt
The May, 1907, Hoon chronology fol-
lows:
Nay 1sgc !; at sggokane-s innings Butte
May 9, at Tacoma-14 innings, Butte
Nay Msyo 4; at Tacoma-ls innings Butte
May IT,, at Aberdeen-11 innings,
May 20, at Vancouver-11 innings
Butte 3, Vancouver 2.
May, %, at Spokane innings, Butte
. Msy q; At spokane-e innings, Butte
May 80, at Butte-11 innings, Butte
6, Spokane z.
Gave IL Hits in "a Innings
Two extra inning contests with Ia
coma which went IA and 10 innings
respectively, found Hoon opposed to
Claf1in, star hurler of the Mike Lynch
hurting staff. In the 14-inning game
Hoon allowed seven hits. In the 49,
innings battle, Tacoma collected SIX
hits, all singles.
The extra-inning contest Hoon lost
was played on the home lot on Memoir
ial day. Five errors helped the Spokane
Indians win, 6 to 4.
The Northwest league circuit Of &c
years ago, was composed Of teams rep
resenting Butte, Seattle, Vancouver
Tacoma, Aberdeen and Spokane.
Russ Hall was manager of the Butte
club.
Hoon's battery mate wa none other
than John Chief Meyers, a full-bloodec
Indian. For a number of years Meyers
was a star with the New York Giants
For 10 years Kirby Hoon has beer
q member of the state boxing commits.
sion. For a stretch Of II years, he was
postmaster at Helena. At the present
time, Hoon Is sales manager for 6
Missoula brewing concern.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23
INSPECTOR M

Charles johnson Of Anaconda has been ap-
pointed by the state railroad commission as
be to inspect hydroelectric and other power
plants, installation of generators and enforce
compliance with safety laws. The law author
izing such an official was passed several years
ago but johnson is the first man to be ap-
pointed to the office, which until now had no
appropriation.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23
A CASE

The state has filed a brief in the state
supreme court asking for a determination of
the amount Of inheritance tax due the state
from the estate Of the late w. A. Clark jr.
Clark died in 1894 leaving an estate valued
at IS, 754, oo3. TIL executors commended the
amount of the federal inheritance tax should
be deducted before computing the amount of
the state tax. The Montana tax once was fixed
at 1926. 687 but was reduced to $1.034. 1888.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23
.J11NTOR uJNEY GRID STAR

JUNIOR JUNEY GRID SIAN
Another former Anaconda ball player,
Frank Juney, has a son who is ex-
pected to crash the headlines when
the pigskin is on parade this fall. The
younger Juney is a student at Stanford
and can do things in a backfield. AS
a high school player, young Juney was
a standout. On the Stanford frosh
team last season, the son of flinging
Frank was heralded as a second Bob
by" GraySon.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23
APPOINTED TO BOARD

The state supreme court has appointed
Howard M. Lewis Of Plentywood. to fill the
caused by the resignation Of Rudolph Nelstead,
Miles Cit attorney. other members Of the
board are George Y. Patton, Bozeman; Walter
L. Pope, Missoula: Leonard DeKalb, Lewis
town, and W.. T. Pigott Of Helena.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23
GAME BIRD T

Matched at the state game farm at Warm
Springs this year. Supt. Joe Hendricks has
reported to State Game Warden James A.
Weaver. They will be ready to release in vari-
Gus parts of the state by fall. Six hundred
chukar partridges. a game bird new to Mon
tana, will also be ready for release this fall,
it was stated.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23

KIKBY HOON
For the last 10 years a member of
the Montana Boxing Commission,
this veteran was one of the great
baseball pitchers of the west 30
years ago. Some of his mound
feats are described in the accom-
panying article.
caught by an opposing player?
You can get answers of Eyes" ano
no" to the question.
That kind of a play happened-ol
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23

CHASED FLY OUT OF PARK
A batter is out on a fly ball if the
ball is caught.
Would the batsman be out If he hit
q fly ball outside the park If the ball
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23
OUTLAW ~ HERE

Quick played on Butte league teams
for several seasons. In 1910, he was
manager of a Billings semi-pro team.
At Billings, Eddie operated under the
name Of "Stillman," for the reason
the Western league. In 1910, despite
his dislike for blonde pitchers, Nc
Closkey saw Quick do his stuff at Bill
lings. He offered Stillman a job when
he became owner of the Butte club
the following season. Eddie told Mac
his real name and the eason for using
unorganized baseball, suggesting that
the Butte club purchase his release
from the Western league club. This
McCloskey did, though he always
feigned regret for doing so when blonde
Eddie was around.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23

almost happened at Great Falls IS
wears q The Great Northern Goats
and the Montana Power teams Of the
City league were playing at Power
There was a gate in left field. It
was cut into the fence so that the kid
ball shaggers could exit quickly In go
of the park.
Samuelson, playing left field for the
Goats, went after a fair-hit ball in
his sector. Sammy ran and ran. Inc
gate was open. Without slowing his
Chase in pursuit Of the ball which
went over the fence. He barely touched
the ball before it hit the ground: Meall-
while the batsman, as he rounded firSt
base, saw Sammy going after n ball,
so he maintained his speed over. the
paths, reaching home a few steps ahead
no-man's land.
The batsman could have .waltzed
around the base lines. The hit was a
home run even if Sammy had made
the catch, a feat he almost performed,
one that brought the spectators to
their feet a. they viewed the out1ielder
which was known henceforth as Sam
nelson's gate"
JUNIOR McHALE ACE GOLFER
Jimmy McHale, that rhythmic outer
the late COS, who was the first Mon
tanan to go up to the major leagues,
has a son, Jimmie if. who is very
much in print in California sports
pages. Junior was a pitcher for his
high school team, but it's golf that
he excels in-it's golf that's making
McHale headlines and stories.
Sid Ziff, sports editor of the Los
Angeles Herald-Express predicts that
young McHale will cop the national
amateur open title within q few years.
Ziff labels the Junior McHale lad as
the most promising young golfer on
the coast. His play in recent tourna-
ments has caught the fancy of scribes
and gallery gods.
Commenting further on the young
mans golf, Ziff. wrote, that boy has
rhythm"
And so did his old man.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23
oI1CK-McCLOSKEY FEUD

Eddie Quick, blond pitcher, was al
ways a target for John McCloskey's
sarcasm, a commodity that was dis
pensed freely by Mac, particularly
when Eddie lost a game.
McCloskey would tell Quick that
there never wa a good blond hurler
though he had Alex Remneas on his
payroll that 1911 season. Remneas
pitched SO games for Butte and at
the seasons end vas sold to Detroit
for a good-sized chunk of currency.
Quick always had the same answer
ready for McCloskey when Mac men
toned buns and blondes. It was:
"Christy Mathewson was a blond and
Remneas could pass as one in any
league"
Mac had a comeback for that one,
too.
"Matty was an exception, and so
is Remneas. They win ball games"
was the reply that McCloskey recited
to hurt Eddie to the Quick.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-07-23
- Montana
IL Sports Tales
of other days
of h deus

John McCloskey was awarded the
Butte franchise in the Union aSsocla-
ton when that circuit was organized IN
1911. Macs bankro1 vas too thin TO
purchase a park site, let alone build
stands, bleachers, and throw a fence
around a baseball preserve. Johns fl
nances would take care of the spring
training trip expenses with enough
money left to purchase uniforms, need
ed supplies and other minor items.
McCloskey was in the market for a
park-a ready-to-move-into park, on
q rental basis. There was none available.
It seemed that the Butte club was to
be homeless. Then Bill Walsh stepped
in where no one else dared or cared,
and built the Harrison avenue park.
Bill was a contractor in those days.
Walsh made a deal with McCloskey
whereby the Butte franchise would
become Walsh's property if the park
payments were not made on Spec1fled
dates.
In 1918 Walsh had a ball team.
the Butte club. McCloskey couldn't
make the grade as a magnate. When
the chance to grab the job as mana
ger of the Ogden club Of the same
circuit turned up, at a good salary,
Honest John" walked out and Bill
Walsh stepped in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-12
A Little Lily Pool Transforms
 A Garden

How a lovely lily pool adds to your garden! And it takes no more room-is no more trouble-than the average flower bed.
 Just sink container in the earth, put dirt in the bottom and add wa ter. --e .'-.
 Then-your lilies. If your pool is four by six feet-or larger-thc tropical lily flourishes. But if it's smaller you have better luck-and as much joy-with hardy water lilies.
 And what to plant around the pool, to give it a natural, wood- land look? Forget-me-not, money wort, marsh-marigold make a charming frame for the stone edge. Clumps of regal fern and marsh iris give height and variety-reflect themselves beautifully in the water.
 How to make your pool? Our 32- page booklet gives easy directions for container, natural and cement pools. Tips on planting-rock gar- dens, too.
 Send l0c for your copy of HOW TO MAKE ROCK GARDENS AND LILY POOLS to the Waterbury Democrat Home Service, 635 Sikh Ave-. New York, N. Y. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, AD- DRESS, and the NAME of booklet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-12
Your Children
By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

linens have to be changed oft ener and fresh supply always on hand is joy indeed.
 Play suits for the children, if made of mesh or cotton crepe, won't need ironing. Besides they are cool.
 Curtains removed from all but the most public windows, remove the burden of caring for them. And while we are at it, let us put the heavy spreads away, too, and use the ones that don't show wrinkles. Lacking seersucker or thin prints, let us use plain white sheets to top the beds.
 Soft tissue can replace hand kerchiefs, paper towels the mon- ogramed towels that need rest anyway, if they are to last.
 There is just one thing that I'd like to suggest about paper towels. If really soft ones are made, I've missed them. Remember when using them you arc supposed to blot, not rub off the moisture.
 Copyright, 1887, NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-12
tNO. 23S) BY DIR. MORRIS FI5HBEIN

-y tNO. EjSD
 BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American
 Medical Association, and of
 Hygeia, the Health Elagazine
 The wide prevalence of artllritis, which is today among the most i'm portant of all disabling diseases, causes it to be especially rich field for work by quacks.
 In one great clinic, 2 per cent of all the patients treated suffer from chronic rheumat.cm. In a large Boston hospital Il per cent of all the patients had this condition There are many varieties of rheu- matte disease and self treatment may lead to difficulties.
 Patients pursue cures all over the world and may be seen in various resorts and in towns infected with quackS trying treatments that are without any established value.
 Seyenty-iiye per cent of the pa- tientS coming to one large clinic with arthritiS had previously con- suited various non medical prac~ titioncrs, masscurS, bon adjusters, electric quacks, radium quacks. light { treatment quacks and had also tried half dozen different varieties o: patent medicines.
 The patient is likely to feel bet ter on nice warm days and worse on cold, rainy days. Not realizing the fact that the disease seems to be better on some days and worse on others, he is likely to credit the last treatment he took with the im- provement.
 In Germany. there are 5000 rheu- matic cures that have been sold The records of the American Medi- cal association include more than 500 different patent medicines now being promoted for rheumatism.
 Most of these medicines contain some product of salicylic acid or else some alkaline preparation or pure sedative drug. There are, of COufoC, Ct&SCo HI WIllC1l tlIC uoC VI OLAc or all of these drugs may be in- advisable.
 The worst danger in their use lies in the fact that the patient may feel better for while and thereby fail to avail himself of the necessary steps to obtain perpa- nerlt control of his disease.
 Whenever doctor recognizes the fact that there are innumerable remedies offered for a certain type of disease, he realizes that not one of these remedies Is really a specific For instance. in the treatment of diphtheria we have diphtheria antitoxin as specific treatment Tn malaria, quinine an dits prep arations have certain value. Tn rheumatism she methods ap- piled are nonspecific in that they are used primarily to control the symptoms and improve tte cir circulation Of the blood. to benefit