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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-06-25
self. 1t was in 1859 that he went to

self. It was in 1859 that he went to
Kansas.
When he left Prairie City, Kan, in
the spring of 1860, for Colorado, he
Travelled with a wagon train consisting
Of three 10-mule teams, and 20 men.
Vanderbilt paid $40 to have his outfit
hauled, with the understanding that
he should walk at least half Of the
way, and work as a member Of the
wagon crew whenever called upon The
trip across the plains from Prairie
City to Denver was u%neventful, except
that two members If the party were
killed by the accidental discharge Of
q gun. -.
He remained in Montana until 1872.
He then returned to his native state
of New York and lived until 1899, when
he came again to Montana and settled
at Norris, in Madison county, near the
scene Of his early-day adventures in
the state, to spend the remainder Of
his life.
While in Montana from 1862 to 1872.
Vanderbilt followed the various occupa-
lions of farming, mining, prospecting
and building. The cradle which he
swung in the wheat fields Of the
Bitter Root valley the fall of 1862, was
the first implement of that kind ever
operated in Montana.
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wheat, came to Vanderbilt's camp and
asked if any of them could use a grain
cradle. Vanderbilt said he could. Blod-
gett offered him SIS a day to cut the
wheat and Vanderbilt left the party
and went to work. Vawter and Banty
continued on, presumably to Oregon.
The Indians. in the Bitter Root val
ley were friendly, and when Wander;
bilt started grading in; the wheat field
wheat which had been grown there
previously had all been cut with a
sickle, and the grain cradle was new
to them. So curious were they, and
particularly the Indian children, that
they greatly impeded Vanderbilt's work.
He had to be careful in order to keep
from cutting their legs as they crowded
into the field about him: No n IN the
vicinity knew how to bind wheat, and
Vanderbilt taught Blodgett how to
make a sheaf and bind it.
When Vanderbilt had finished har-
vesting Blodgett's field, Chief. Victor
of the Selfish Indians, who had Is
acres of wheat at Fort Owen, hired him
to cradle and bind it. Before he got
through he had been employed to cut
the wheat of most of the other settlers
in the vicinity.
Vanderbilt then gave up all idea Of
going to Oregon and decided to re-
main in the Bitter Root and engage
in farming. Before he got well started,
however, news came of the gold strike
at Bannack and with a number of
others he headed for the new camp.
The party with which he travelled ar
rived in Bannack the latter part of De-
cember and Vanderbilt spent the winter
saving out lumber with which to build
houses.
Bannack during the winter Of 1862
60 probably was infested with more des-
peradoes than any other mining camp
the northwest has eve SEEM There
were numerous murders and robberies.
In the spring of 1868 Vanderbilt
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Reed reported to its captain what had
happened, except that he described
Young's act as a cold FLOODED murder
and did not reveal the facts in the
S The captain of the second wagon
train, bound for California and in
Guiding many outfits, ordered Young
arrested and tried, as was customary
in such cases.
The train captain proposed trying
Vanderbilt also, but Vawter convinced
him that Vanderbilt had nothing to
do with the affair. A jury of six men
was selected from the second wagon
Vanderbilt and Vawter both testified,
as did Reed, but the jury preferred
to take the word Of Reed that Young
killed Scott in cold blood and without
cause, rather than to believe the story
which Vawter and Vanderbilt told.
Young was found guilty and was exc
cuted by a firing squad.
The jury turned Young's wagon and
goods over to Reed, who promised to
dispose Of them and make proper dis
position of the proceeds, which Of
course he never did so far as anyone
ever knew. Vanderbilt, Vawter and
Banty refused to travel farther with
Reed, who proceeded west with. the
Vanderbilt and his friends crossed
Green river and headed for Oregon
instead of California. They went past
Soda Springs and finally reached
Snake river.
The party encountered many diff
culties. The streams were swollen and
hard to cross. In several instances they
had to caulk the cracks in the wagon
box and use 1t for a boat to get their
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OF ALL of the Vanderbilts were
financial luminaries IS years
ago. One of them, John Van
derbilt, q third cousin of Cor

4141GS44V4W4 9 50 yV04o
ago. One Of them, John VAN
~ derbilt, q third. cousin Of Cor
nelius and william X. Wander
bilt, pl0dded over the old Santa Fee
Trail from Prairie City, Kan, to Dem
yer in 1850, later started across the
tination to Oregon, and, without get
ting to either place wound up in Mon
tana in time to take part in the op-
eratiOns Of the Vigilantes who, in q
series of summary executions, cleaned
the territory Of stage robbers and trail
bandits.
The incident which veered John
Vanderbilt from his course to Califor-
mia, then towards and finally into Mon
tana, occurred at Pacific Springs in
Wyoming, the execution by a firing
squad OF emtgrantS of a man with
whom he was travelling, and who was
convicted OF murder on perjured testi-
m0ny.
After reaching Denver, Vanderbilt
had gone to Central City, Colo, where
he had q cousin, and where the two
worked together as carpenters for
nearly two years. In the spring of
1852, a Central City merchant named
cross the plains to California, taking
with him q stock Of boots and shoes.
Col. j. q. Vawter and j. A. Reed had
teams, and joined Young for the trip.
Others in the party were q man named
Banty, Vanderbilt and his partner, j.
s. Scott. Vanderbilt and Scott had
hauling their outfit.
In the vicinity of Pacific Springs,
Young, tired Of riding, decided he
would get out and walk for a while. He
asked Scott, who was with Reeds wagon
at the time, to drive his team while he
did 50: Vanderbilt afterwards said that
IT had become quite apparent before
they had been on the trail out of
was wrong. The attitude of Reed was
not such as to maintain a spirit Of
fr1endliness among the men with the
wagon train, but the others were at a
loss to explain the situation.
It cropped out, however, that Reed
wanted to get hold Of Young's stock of
g3ods and to get rid Of Young himself.
Scott up to refusing to let the m ero
chant have his team back. This Scott
did,. claiming, when Young returned
to he wagon, that the outfit belonged
to him. Young, described as a man al
ways peaceably inclined, was at a loss
what to do. He dropped back to Vaw-
ter's wagon and told Vawter what had
should do.
Vawter told him to take his gun and
go and demand his wagon, and if Scott
refused o give it up, to kill him. Armed
with a shotgun loaded with buck Shot.
Young returned to his wagon and de-
manded that Scott give it back to him.
Scott refused, saying that the team
and wagon were his and he proposed
to keep them. Young shot and killed
him as he sat on the drivers seat.
The wagon train went into camp and
buried Scott: While they were in camp
another train came up behind them
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joined James Stuart'S expedition to the
Yellowstone valley. Another party un-
der Bill FairWeather "a to have joined
stuart's men there to engage IN pros
were unable to reach the place set for
the meeting at the appointed time and
Stuart's men went on without them. AS
a result the rich gold diggings in Alder
gulch were discovered by Fairweather's
men on their way back to Bannack.
George Ives, desperate leader hanged
by the VigilanteS, wa also a member
of Stuart's party, and Vanderbilt, who
later participated in his execution by
said that at that time Ives was as good
and courageous a man as he had ever
known.
Vanderbilt built many Of the first
buildings in Virginia City,, which
sprang into being with the discovery
of gold in Alder gulch. When the Vigil
antes were organized to stamp out the
lawlessness in the mining camps, VAN
derbilt became one of them. Small of
stature, quiet, unassuming and soft
spoken, he possessed all of the intrep-
idity and venturesomeness which char
acterized the pioneers of the period,
and the Vigilantes relied upon him
heavily when brave and honest men
were needed and he passed unScathed
through all of the viciSSitudeS of the
times. He became a conspicuous figure
in the early settlement of the region
and helped to blaze the trail and lay
the foundations of the present COM
monwealth of Montana.
Travelled With Wagon Train
Vanderbilt was born in New York
state in 1884. His father was brother of
Commodore Abraham Vanderbilt, the
first of the line of financiers of that
name. Johns father was not nearly so
successful as his brother in a financial
way, which may have had something to
do with the fact that the lad went west
at an early age and struck out for him
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Some Butte "' irstts"

~~00 ~S~
The Butte Independent Order Of Good Templars was organized Jan.
and Nette Menddsohn. Justice wilcox offciated. The witnesses were
Henry Cohen and h. Barnet.
The Butte Stationary Engineers union organized Butte lodge No. l.
National Association Stationary Engineers, Sept. {, 1856.
The first "broad gauge oil tank TO arrive in Butte" reached that city
Sept. g. 1886. 1t was consigned to J. E. Richards
:, isss. ''''s special w ''''' '@t"' Ills "@"' '' '"''
The railway track n the branch line to the Anaconda mine a changed
to broad gauge Sept ~, 1886.
against a Montanan "a filed in a Butte court before Judge J. j. Nc.
Hatton by Clara sherer against Joseph Rosenthal Oct. S. 1886. :
oct 9h g, f fssss Mountain Telegraph company filed ''''''sS o incorporation"
The Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly was organized Jan. 3, 1887
The "firt Butte public library" opened lin "the west room on the se-
ond floor Of the courthouse" April 1887.
The Butte street railway franchise was granted May 15 1887. to Nelson
Bennett and s. A. Larabe. Tom and Goof Lavene, Joseph Hyde, S. b.
Rice and E. M. Trask were also applicants for a franchise.
The largest edition Of a Montana da!y-up to that time-was issued
by the Butte Intermountain. 1t was an eight-page sheet which appeared
II, 1884, :'' meeting ' h '''e ''"''s''"' "SS's'"''n vas 0"o may
The Utah and Northern now the Oregon Short line branch of the
Union Pacfic) was changed from a narrow to a broad gauge railroad on
The Boston and Montana Copper mining and Smelling company filed its
articles of incorporation July 20, 1887
The law requiring Montana people 9s, desiring to be married to procure
recorder Of deeds.
Mary r. Layton. who took office Elm 1887.
located on Granite street in the early sos.
Ei..t aewe. GARDEN important enough to attract public attention be-
mel Of isss. ''"'
The first trees shipped into Butte BY Lee Mantle o April TO- 1881, came
from Salt Lake City, Senator Mantle shipped them to Butte to beautny
the race track. They were popla1s.
The first chief se the Butte volunteer fire brigade wa Henry McMur-
ply. The first chief Of the Butte city fire department. was ]. H mccarthy.
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WATER BONDS SIGNED

Governor Roy E.. Ayers has signed the 1884,
900 issue of state water conservation board
bonds to pay for the Flint creek irrigation
protect in Granite county. A grant of $685.
900 was made for the project by the federal
government. When completed it will irrigate
40, 900 acres Of land.
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The duplicate key for your car should
be hidden somewhere about the out
side Of the body. This will ave trouble
II you lose the n you carry.
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Less hops are used in American
brewed beer than in the English vari-
ETY., and the cereal is first put through
a mild cooking process.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17
@f 2!jE5@&E 81
%3AE,6.!.e!::
BY BURTON HAWKINS
BY BURTON HAWKINS

in Baltimore, Chicago and here.
Harry Groves. one of the bet
ter managers of fighters in this
sector, suggests featherweight
elimination tourney here, with
Bobby Dechter Frankie De Angelo,
Billy Bullock, Ray Ingram. Doug
SWetnam and others in the first
round the survivor of this
would meet Baby Manuel the VIM
ner to face Lou Gevinson for the
privilege of colliding with joey
Archibald they would be
fought as six-round preliminaries,
eventually working into feature
bouts but Matchmaker Goldie
Ahearn is against it.
Johnny Jones. former all-high
gridironer at Central and a can
didate for blocking back berth
at Maryland, is working on
parking lot Donald FitzWater,
foot ball center at Central and
Lafayette. is peddling insurance
in New York . . Gene Swift,
former Central basket ball cap
tain, is recovering from a touch
of blood poisoning.
Ray Arcel, who conditioned Steele
here. writes from New York that
the Joe Louis Tommy Farr tiff ap-
pears headed for fopola at the
gate . but he feels the monop-
oily Mike Jacobs has created in
Gotham will be boxing's biggest
break in many moons with
every good fighter obtaining a real
chance.
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Six Britons Defeated.

DURING the opening play, six o,
the nine-strong British delega-
ton and two of this country's first
ranking 10 players, Gregory Mangin Of
Newark, N. j., and Art Hendrix OF
Lakeland, Fla, were eliminated.
Only two OF the remaining three
EnglShmen were in action. Charles
E. Hare gained the third round by
overwhelming Casper Names, the
Brooklyn veteran, without the loss OF
a game, and F. NJ P. Knott Kept pace
by defeating Larry Lutkins of Rye,
N. Y, 60. 60.
The most surprising of the six Brit
ish setbacks was the frst-round
81, GO triumph that William T.
Tilden, Sd, of Philadelphia. namesake-
nephew of the famous Big Bill regis
tered over Clarence M Jones. who
was seeded fifth and last on the for
eign list.
All of the domestic seeded players,
except Bulge and his Davis Cup team
mate, Bryan (Bitsy) Grant of Atlanta,
have made their starts, and Mangin
was the only casualty on the eight
star list. That veteran. who has
failed to display the form that won
him 3 No. national ranking last
season, lost in the second round to
Fumituri Nakano, the steady Japanese,
SIS, 3-6, 81.
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l9 of Last y Give
Criffs .7O3 Mark

WHEN the Mats snapped their 10
game losing streak with 7-3
victory over the White Sox at Chi
cago on July 81 they began a winning
pace which saw them bag 10 OF their
next 81 games for remarkable aver
age Of .7O3 for nearly a months play.
Over that stretch Of time they have
won five out Of seven series, climaxing
their feat with string of eight
straight victories-which they carry
into the opener of the Yankee series
at New York today.
The only two clubs to get an edge
over Bucky Harris boys since July
% were St. Louis, which won two
out of three in their last stand here,
and Detroit, which took three out Of
four in the succeeding series. Wash
ington, on the other hand, took series
from the Browns in St. Louis and
from Chicago. Cleveland, Philadelphia
and Boston during their home stay
each of the last two dropping four
games in q row to the Mats
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Lord North wrote: I want you to
grow up good country gentlemen, doing
your duty to your country and your
neighbors, rich and poor alike and full
filling all the obligations Of your sta
ton, and versed in all those pursuits
and occupations which make country
life so pleasant and happy. I want
you to grow up sportsmen-not, mind
you. sporting men-for there is a vast
difference between a sportsman and a
sporting man"
FIRST chronologically among the
events forecast is the adjacent
hunts meeting at the Blind Brook Turf
and Polo Club, Rye, N. Y, on Labor
day, September g.
Since many of our local gentry are
either in that neighborhood for a La
Dor day week end, or returning about
that time from Summer vacations at
other points, it may interest them to
know that the Adjacent Hunts pro-
gram this season includes the OK Ridge
Plate and the Connecticut Cup timber
races, the Fairfield County Plate and
the Adjacent Hunts Trophy, the latter
brush tests.
There also will be two fiat
races.
Purses range from $3.50 up to $500,
the major prize, incidentally, being
carried by the timber race. a stunt
that might be duly noted by to- man
ayers Of local meets.
FAR closer to home, and rated as
perhaps the most attractive OF all
the Fall meetings where only brush
and nat races are run, Is the Fox
catcher Hounds program on Septem-
Der II At William du Pont, jr.'s, beau-
tiful Fair Hill course.
The Foxcatcher National Cup
Steeplechase. top number on this an
nual schedule, carries purse of S.
$50 and cup, placing it among the
foremost steeplechases run in this
country today. In the event 20 or
more horses start, the purse will be
doubled. Six thousand five hundred
dollars is big money for jumpers in
any mans country.
Du Pont always lists a secondary
brush race and two fiat races also
and last year had no less than SO
horses starting in the four tests, much
larger fields than are seen at either
the average hunt meetings or the Bel
mont, Saratoga and Pimlico races.
The specially constructed course for
the Foxcatcher Cup has some fences
6 feet 8 inches in height In it, yet
there never has been . serious acct
dent in the several years that the
feature has been run.
Mark this days racing On
your calendar now. 1t Is
must"
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Stan
Continued From Page Aid

and this will not give Yves enough
rest to bounce back on Sunday in Bos-
ton and face Buck Newsom. The Sox
counting on staging the second OF
these box mellerdrammers between
the rivals.
I'm not going to overwork Yves just
to please that Boston bunch" said
Harris. BY gosh, I want him to win
his games and he can't do it on two
days rest. If Cronin wants to pitch
that big blowhard (Newsom) on Sun
day let him go ahead But Terrell
isn't going to pitch unless he's rested"
Andrews Faces Mats Today.
THE Mats pulled into Gotham last
night and rejoiced at news that
Ivy Paul Andrews, recently bought
from Cleveland on waivers, was to
face them in one of today's games
This usually is bad sign. When
ball clubs root for the opposition to
pitch hurler they are certain Of
beating, they very often are chagrined
to take one on the nose Joe Kuhel
was one who knocked wood when he
expressed his JOY.
Those 'nothin' bali pitchers can
get you down." explained Joe 1.-THE
first time you face fellow like An
drews you pop out, or something, and
walk away from the plate saying to
yourself: Boy, I hope he lasts long
enough for me to face him again. I'll
knock that stun right out OF the
park All the fellows feel the same
way even after they go out tw> or
three times.
And the first thing you know, lots
Of times. the ball game is over and
you've taken licking from the pitcher
you hoped would last long enough for
another WhAck 1t him"
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UPE VELEZ has been TAX
ing swimming lessons in
Cleveland from the pro at


Cleveland from the pro at
- the Canterbury Club :.
her husband, as you know, is
Johnny Weissmuller, the human
fish and Johnny was irked
no end the day our informant saw
Lupe absorbing instructions E.
George Sachs and Harry Gretz,
former Maryland foot ball players,
now are measuring Riddles in a
survey for the Department of Agri-
culture.
Sam Rice's interest in fowl
things is spreading the for
mer Washington outflelder expects
to enter his first pigeon race in
the Fall series sponsored by the
National Capital Racing Pigeon
Club they'll share interest
with his healthy crop of chickens
. :. Sam is endeavoring to lure
Walter Johnson into the pigeon
game so that they might race
against each other.
Bing Crosby, who appears here
because he owns some of the con-
tract of Freddie Steele, world mid
dleweight champ, in addition to
heading the Del Mar race track,
and Wife Dixie will be blessed
shortly with twins Hobo
Williams, who was kayoed by
Steele here last month, will re-
turn from q Maine vacation this
week and resume training for bouts
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HITS HOMER, TRIPLE
IN WINNING INNING
Harris, Buford, Ca, 0utfelder
Wrecks Asheboro. N. c., in
Semi. Pro Tourney.

BY the Associated Press.
WICHITA, Kans., August 17.-Right
Fielder Harris Of Buford, GA, got 4
home run and triple in the eighth
inning and led his teammates to an
1l-to-7 victory over Asheboro, N. c.,
here early today. It was the SEC
ond appearance in the national semi
pro base ball tournament for both
clubs.
Results of yesterdays play:
Kansas City. Mo-, 9; Casper, Wyo., 3.
Hollywood. Calf, 10; Beirne. Ark, l.
Tacoma, Wash, IL; Waynesboro,
Miss, 5.
Lisbon Falls, Me, 6; Arkansas City,
Kans.. 2.
Enid, Okla, 8; Lagrange, Ga, 6.
In addition to the homer and triple,
Harris got another three-bagger and
a single.
Buford went on an eighth inning
spree to score eight runs and Ice the
game.
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Son of Naval Officer.


FREDDIE, son OF retired naval
commander, has been the prep
school champion Of Virginia for the
past two years while at Fork Union
Military Academy, where he has been
starting q preparatory career which
he hopes ultimately will land him in
the Naval Academy. But he even
though he still is a few years away
from entering his dream school, he
already has tasted of privilege
usually reserved for midshipmen.
For Freddie received his nrst tennis
instruction from George Gaudet, the
Navy tennis coach, who 7 years ago
first started showing the youngster
how to use racket. Since then Nc
Nair has been going to Daudet for in
struction and probably will become
the academys only varsity tennis
player to be coached more than four
years by its tennis instructor.
He is seeded No. l in the current
tournament over Tom Walden, oncial
boy champion of the city, by virtue
of straight-set defeat of Walden in
the finals of the Maryland State
tournament last month. Walden won
The Stars City Of Washington tourna-
ment in walk, but WAS slowed to a
snails pace by the crack little five
footer. At least, that's how tall Fred
die says he Is, but those who've been
around when he's been measured say
he really only reaches to 4 feet 10.
Previous to beating Walden for the
Maryland title, McNair knocked oil
Maurice Cowan one Of washington 8
best boy players.
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CHISOX SERIES DRAWS

CHICAGO, August II (P.-The
Chicago White Sox, half q game be-
hind the second-place Detroit Tigers.
opened a four game series with the
Bengals today, and Sox officials pre-
dicted the series would draw the larg-
est week day crowds of the year to
Comiskey Park
Manager Jimmy Dykes, who signed
yesterday to continue as manager for
undisclosed salary, said the club would
be measurably strengthened for the
1888 race and that he would try and
obtain a new catcher, outflelde1 and
q third baseman.
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BULGE AND RIGGS
FIGURE TO CLASH
Expected to Be FinaIists
at Newport Mangan and
Jones Are Upset.
Ey the Associated Press.


"A EXPORT, R. l., August IL
The belated arrival OF Don
" Bulge, Americas Davis Cup
4 hero, threatened today to steal
the Newport Casinos tennis spotlight
from Bobby Riggs, the 19-year old
Californian youngster, who dominated
the Eastern turf season in Budge's
absence abroad
Riggs, winner of the last three grass
classics, as well as last years Casino
honors, probably will work his way
through this brilliant international
field to final match against Bulge,
who has not engaged in singles COM
petition since his successful Davis Cup
play.
Bulge was due to get started yes
terday against young Henry Daniels
Of New York, bat he requested a "a
hour postponement Of the second
round match.
Two French entries missing from
the ll-man foreign delegation, Jacques
Brugnon and WON Petra, also were
expected today.