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CHANNEL CITY IN SMOUL LDERINC RUINS POLL OWING WIND-FANNED
 CONFEDERATION AT DAYbREAK
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Exploding cartridges in the Feusi and Jensen Hardware store, and popping cans of food in the groc- cries, augmented the shriek of the wind as those whose homes lay in the path of the flames fled with such of their personal belongings as they could hastily gather.
 But though willing hands aided the refugees, the exodus was made difficult by the continuous stream of embers and the pail of smoke filling the air. Added hazards were the many sections of red-hot iron siding and roofing hurting along on the breast of the gale.
 Forward -thrusting ienacles of flame from each blazing structure licked fiercely at the fire-fighters, and scarcely one of them but bears mute testimony of the grim battle in scorched face or hands Defying the flames, firemen of both cities, held steadfastly to the battle line, often being forced to direct the streams of water from their hoses on each other to extinguish flaming clothing.
 Twice the Juneau firemen were forced to move their truck from before the sweep of the blaze, once only after pad of paper under the drivers seat had caught fire
 Finally forced to dispense with the aid of the pumps on the truck, the firemen found themselves fur ther handicapped by diminishing in water pressure through their hoses, as the city's water supply was exhausted. More than one Ju- neau fireman in the thick of the fight had good reason to be thankful for the new type helmets with which the department was recently outfitted. Bob Duckworth, in par ticular was felled by piece of fly ing sheet iron, but due to the pro lection afforded by his helmet was unhurt.
 Oddities as we'll as disasters were apparent as the flames later this morning began to subside, after running their course. One outstand- ing freak incident was the manner in which the flames leaped entirely over the partially finished Bacon building as they spread from Front Street, leaving the new structure almost entirely unharmed. Though the blaze burned to the ground the Simin Grocery building, the old bank structure but few feet away, which now houses the Catholic Church, was left with but little more than the paint blistered.
 Though without the experience of the regular fire-fighters, the entire crew of the Coast Guard cutter Tal- lapoosa was on hand to aid in the stripping of belongings from fore doomed buildings, and their com mander, It Comdr N c. Ricketts received the blessings of many 8 worn blaze-battler or shivering homeless one, when he ushered onto the scene squad of his men bear ing a huge pot of hot coffee and Q box of sandwiches.
 Capt. Ricketts, gesture was soon seconded by the American Legion l Auxiliary, which dispensed coffee and doughnuts.
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DR. HIGH NOT
 WORRIED OVER
 F. D. R. CH|DINC
Is Said to Be Daring Young Man with Plenty of
 Backing

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-Those who think President Roosevelt's re- buke of pr. Stanley High for say ing startling things in "The Satur- day Evening Post" will knock this spokesman of the advance" move ment into cooked hat may be wise to wait and see.
 No doubt it took much of the curl out of Dr.High's crest ts have MT. Roosevelt say so positively that some who write as authoritative" spokesmen for the President are reo''v mt SD very authoritative.
 But Dr. High is a very bright yoeng man indeed and even long
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 Seattle or cloudy AZ Alert Bay cloudy 40 Bull Habor cloudy AZ Ian Island 38; Ketcikan raining 37 Wrangen showing cloudy Soapstone Skagway cloudy clear, 31; River CarEy Anchorage Fairbanks showing, Springs
  Ohogamute clear, Savoonga cloudy
 WEATHER SYNOPSIS pressure prevailed region 
 Another prevailed the Aeian while high prevailed the northern Mackenzie inches at Simpson. Precipitation
  the Aleuian the Valley portion
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. wEA TTER BUREAU THE WEATHER
 (By the U S weather Bureau,
(By the U. s. weather Bureau,
Forecast for Juneau and vicinity beginning at pm

Cloudy tonight Wednesday probably moderate orlu urr,dc
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WEATHER SYNOPSIS
NOTICE TO CAR OWNERS!

When you buy or sci an automo- bile remember transaction must be registered with City Clerk. Also as- certain of taxes thereon have been paid, as car is subject to attachment for delinquent payments, regard less of ownership.
 A. w. HENNING, adv. City Clerk.
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SIDELICHTS ON FIRE

By ' o'clock this morning it was most difficult to get transporta- tion to Douglas, the taxi service being rushed.
 By 7:30 o'clock the highway be- tween Juneau and Douglas was blocked three quarters of a mile from Douglas and traffic men were employed to keep vehicles moving.
 Household goods were packed half a mile away from the blaze center and stacked along the Douglass Juneau highway.
 Many fire sufferers found tenn porary lodgings in Juneau, after they secured transportation.
 The men were too busy fighting the fire but some of the women, seeing their life-savings go up in flames, shed tears unabashed and onlookers felt for them.
 Trucks were on the scene early assisting in moving household goods out of the danger zone.
 CCC men were taken to the fire in the big trucks and assisted the fire fighters or the householders in removing their goods from homes that seemed doomed.
 Though an outburst of flames may cause many an adult to for get the breakfast he left behind him in his wild rush to the scene of the conflagration 'tis not so with an infant. To the extra young, time to eat means just that, and many were there in the crowd at the Douglas blaze this morning that sympathized with the plight of the mother, whose mind was not so much troubled by the loss of her home, as with the finding of a rubber nipple, or likely sub stitute, through which her off spring could sip his breakfast.
 Then, there was the homeless but reSourceful Douglas resident who after succoring a few of his belongings from the ravages of the flames, found no means of trans porting them to place of security, so proceeded to bury them in the snow for protection.
 Though escaping destruction in the holocaust this morning, the Coliseum Theatre in Douglas, has only wide open spaces where formerly it boasted windows.
 The greater part of the damage had been accomplished about Il o'clock this forenoon and the Ju- neau fire truck returned and tired Douglas firemen kept water pour ing on smouldering embers. Fire men maintained their vigil all af- ternoon, as the wind continued, and will be on watch throughout the night.
 The trunk line of the Juneau Douglas Telephone is maintained from Juneau to the main office in Douglas, but there is no switch board in the Douglas office. It is impossible to make any connection with homes in Douglas. Linemen will be busy for several days re- pairing lines for resumption of ser
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B. M.. Behrends Co, Inc. Junedu's Leading Department Store

before MT. Roosevelt had estab- lished himself in the White House, pr. High had established himself as the hero of aggressive church and civic groups. So staunch are many of Dr. Highs following that it is doubtful if even the Presidents chiding words will disturb them
 greatly.
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Today's News 1oday-Empire.
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By ' o'clock this morning it was most difficult to get transporta- tion to Douglas, the taxi service being rushed. .
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Japan attracts nearly half of the 1,032 Chinese students studying abroad. American colleges an- nually enroll about 300 young men and women from China.
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BUTCHER TO SOUTH

w. H. Liebe, prominent meat company operator of Cordova. is among those aboard the Yukon, en- route to Seattle from the Westward.
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King Farouk, whose recall to Egypt to ascend the throne inter- rupted his studies in England, will return to Great Britain next sum- mer to renew personal friendships and tour industrial centers.
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After roller skating from her home in Duluth, Minn., to Holly wood, a distance of more than 1000 miles. in 34 days, Teddy Blue was rewarded by a film studio with job in the chorus of
 a forthcoming musicale.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
STOCK UNEQUALD
AS FOOD REFINERS
CONVERT ACRES OF C0ARS e
FEEDS INTO FINEST BIZ FL
ORDg SHOW GOOD PROFITS

Good livestock has no eamaa Ia
the conversion Of coarse feeds into
fine foods. states ID. w. Chstsemaen,
head 81 the animal husbamaFy de-
partmenk az Montana State c0a-
iege. citing the results of a recent
feeding experiment cOndmcged At
the experiment station.
In this feeding test, Chittenden said.
10 head of well-bred Hereford yearling
steers converted 1Oa tons Of alfalfa
hay. 10 acres OF good irrigated pasture
and $40 pounds Of cottonseed cake
into 300 pounds Of good beef.
When purchased by the experiment
station in the fall Of 1885 the steers
averaged 654 pounds in weight and cost
$6.88 per hundredweight. The steers
were then put in q dry lot and full
fed on alfalfa hay until pasture was
available in the spring, a period Of 142
days.
During this time they consumed an
average Of 3,027 pounds of hay and
made an average gain OF 2O5 pounds
per head, weighing $50 pounds per head
at the close Of the winter feeding Pc
Rod.
on an average daily ration Of 2131
pounds Of hay, the steers made an av-
erage gain Of LA pounds per day per
head.
The steers were turned on good pas
ture May II, 1886. where they were
fed an average Of 81 pounds Of cotton
seed cake per head. The average total
gain per steer during the grazing Pc
Rod was 275 pounds or EOS pounds
per head per day. The average weight
per steer off grass was / ,l34 pounds.
For the winter and summer periods
combined, the average gain per steer
was 480 pounds, Chittenden said,
On Oct. S, 1886, the steers were mar
keted at Portland, Ore. They averaged
/ ,054 pounds per head and sold for
$8.25 per hundredweight. The market
ing shrinkage from the final pasture
weight to selling weight amounted to
705 percent. The animals dressed 58.4O
percent, the carcasses grading 30 per-
cent good, 20 percent top medium and
were all yellow in color.
Chittenden then figured financial
results Of the experiment. Figuring $45
as the original price Of the steer, $l064
for winter feed, 20 cents for cottonseed
cake, and &8.49 for the marketing costs,
including shrinkage. the average cost
per steer marketed was $64.83. The
selling price was $685. per head, leav-
ing a margin Of $2212 per steer to pay
for labor and pasture.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02

to make Fort Benton by Christmas. II
was cold. but hard ride pTougnL "
to the east side Of the Millan pass
The next day we reached Morgan 3,
where there was a nest Of road agents
We executed what we thought was q
clever bit of strategy here. carried
both canteens of dust with me, hurried
past up Lions hill, then turned up 2
coulee we had picked, hid in the brush
and secreted myself for the night Car
roll stayed behind and talked to the
road agents until I had hidden, then
at night he came to me.
I'VE concluded to make run for 1t,
and mounting, rode 10 miles 70 Billy
Morris ranch. where we sought the
willows and camped. 1t was bitter cold.
We lowered over a fire and couldn't
sleep. we had had no food since break
fast of the previous day, but we pushed
on and that night reached the cabin
Of Little Dog, an Indian chief at sun
river. Here we ate heartily and had
fine nights sleep. In the morning we
pushed on to Fort Benton, and arrived
there on Christmas eve, unharmed ana
with unmolested baggage.
Henry Plummer was one OF the
first men we encountered IN Fort Ben
ton, and not until then did we learn
the secret Of his mysterious behavior.
That man who later was executed for
misdeeds which he had undoubtedly
committed, had ridden for hundreds OF
miles through the coolest KIND 81
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Of signboard, set up his bivouac, did
his cooking and was at home for the
moment. His preparation to continue
hts Journey consisted of loading his
mount with food supplies for q few
days ahead.
The past summer, tired and hot after
several hours Of watching q black RIB
bon of oiled road slide back under q
speedy car, we pulled off under the
only sizeable tree in many miles on the
southeastern Wyoming plains 10 rest
a bit, Two cyclists, packs on their
backs and bedrolls on the handlebars,
pedaled down the road at rhythmic
gait, turned in at farm home for a
drink, and started on A few miles down
the road we passed them, pedaIing
along with an air Of dignity that would
have well fitted captain Of industry
behind his chauffeur in q 16-cylinder
limousine.
It was not hard to imagine some OF
our old-time Montana friends, young
sters 40 years ago, saying:
Nov, If we'd had roads like this for
our wheels back in the nineties :"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
Rx EE.NO

By ELMO
A nationally known rubber con-
Germ announced recently that for
the first time In its history lis an
nnal production of bicycle tires ex-
ceedea the million marx, indicating
that, after q lull during the first
couple Of decades Of the autOm0-
bile, the bicycle has IN recent years
surpassed its popularity Of the
nfneties.
The announcement Of the rubber
company, heralding the revival OF
cycling. sent the surviving gay boys
OF the nineties back along memory s
path TO the thrills Of pedals and handle
bars of their youth.
For bicycling was serious sport back
In the ninettes in Livingston, and, as
wen. in all other Montana communi-
ties. And hardy sports were the cyclists
of those days, with no solid roads 70
ease the pedal stroke Only wheel
rutted trails in the country and either
mud or wheel-cut streets in town. The
pioneer bicycle fan made q sport OF
what today would be considered hard
labor. Races in those days were hard
fought contests with widely scattered
fan interest
Old newspaper files contain insult
ficient bicycle news to present 8 true
picture OF cycling in the nineties. and
the memory of old-timers has grown
too hay to recall accurately the real
story Of the wheeled cavalcades OF
their youth. But an idea Of wheeling
enthusiasm is CLEANED from the all too
brief items in the files Of old Living
ston newspapers over year or two Of
the nineties.
Uniforms for Club Members
In June. 1895, the Livingston Bicycle
ns-st. 44,o4saf4nnu
uniforms, light brown in color. A COM
mittee Of five was named to confer
with the city council in reference TO
roads and an ordinance to regulate
riding within the city limits. In August
Of that year 2 matched bicycle race OF
q quarter mile was run at the fair
grounds race track by Orion Pitts and
H T. Keughn, who had staked SO each
on the outcome. Pitts won by half a
bicycle length to the roar Of the crowd
OF cheering bystanders.
In September, 1895, Dwight r. and
William F. Robinson Of Minneapolis
reached Livingston on a tandem bike
enroute to Yellowstone park, the first
lap Of a trip to the Pacific coast. The
men expected to travel by wheel for
a year. -, - 80.
ston and Bozeman is about as tough
grade as there is in south Central
Montana over which highway runs,
with a steady climb of II miles from
Livingston to the base Of the hill, and
with an almost equally stiff climb on
the Bozeman side. Back in the nineties
this trail road at its best was tough
proposition for teams, and it was
walk-and-push proposition for cyclists
over the hill itself.
But bicycle parties of the two cities
visited back and forth frequently in
the summer making the round trip Of
more than so miles. Picnic parties fire.
quently went 10 or more miles from
town for a davis outing.
In 1895 J. 0. Snyder of New York,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
Santa Brings Electric
Lighting to Elliston

Electricity has come to Elliston to
stay.
Only % miles from Helena, the cap
ital, and on main east-west high
way, Elliston never had electric lights
until last Christmas eve.
The $50 residents Of the little town
and those within a radius of many
miles gazed with excitement upon the
first electrically illuminated Christ
mas trees they ever had In their homes.
When the first flow Of electricity
from q new Montana Power company
SubStation was turned on In the little
mining and ranching center, and out
moded lighting and power apparatus
was thrown into discard.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
Two Pioneers, Conveying Gold, Kept
Wary Eye on Self Appointed Escort

II wonder II everyone, ut some
time In his life. hasn't suspected a
man had planned 20 fhwarf him,
only 60 learn when all was dome
that Che one he feared had been
striving to help him out unused
the late john EaFgenE, Montana
pioneer. he WAS relating tale Of
an experience he had had with
Henry PKummer, 0ne-tiule high
sheriff Of Montana territory, and
coElaEnander-fn-chl of the read
agents who infested the Land.
Then the Montana old-timer pro-
ceeded to the story Of how he and
Matt Carroll Of Helena carried two
canteens packed with gold dust from
Alder Eulch to Fort Benton over a
handit-fiIled trail with desperadoes
who knew they carried the gold. for
companions.
Largent met Plunmer at Virginia
City, along with George Ives, one OF
his heutenants, early in December,
1864. Notwithstanding their caution, he
and Carroll became well known to
Plummer, who seemed to take a hk-
ing 70 them, and cultivated their COM
partnership. They knew they we're to be
entrusted with a valuable consignment
Of gold dust TO convey back to Fort
Benton. What was more, they knew
that Plummer was aware Of It, too.
Realizing the futility of attempting to
blind him, they told Plummer when
they planned 10 leave the gulch on the
journey in response to q point-blank
question from him.
4On the morning Of Dec. n, 1854, we
set out and reached DempSeys at night
fall" said Isargent. Ives was there
ahead Of us, and at bedtime Henry
Plummer rode up. He said he was look
ing for a pair Of horses that had
strayed. We knew he was looking for
gold dust. He was put to sleep In the
one-room cabin with us All Of us were
well armed We did not doubt that an
attack would be made, but thought
probably he was waiting until we got
further along on the trail before strik-
ing.
Had Them Puzzled
TN the morning we babe him good
bye, and at night reached Point of
horses. Still he did not tip his hand.
/ tell you frankly, he had us puzzled
Our next camp was to be at Bannack,
and we told him Of It, He directed us
on our road, and told us to sleep at
store. This we did, and had
spread our blankets on the floor when
Plummer arrived. He slept on the store
counter.
I'm the morning he told us that he
thought he had passed his horses, and
that he would return to Alder. He adj |
vised us to camp for the night at the |
crossing of the Big Hole river. This |
time we did not follow his advice, but |
camped In the brush The following |
night we came into Deer Lodge. Friends 1
tolds us that three Of the road agents |
we're in town then.
We pushed on fast for we wanted |
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
MILLION IN BONDS
GOES INTO MAILS
LOAD OFF MIND or CITY TRKAg-
URER WHEN NEGOTIABLE CEm-
TTFTCATEs LEAVE ELS SAFE

A modest little package, wrapped In
heavy brown paper. went into the Butte
postoffice recently for transmission
through the mails. The package. nos
withskanding It's small size-ak meas
1red about IS inches In length. eight
in width and was about six inches
thick-cOntained nearly q million doll
airs. IN refunding bonds Of the city o4
Butte. There were 1893 one thousand
dollar certificates. sold to the broker
age firm of Edgert0n. Riley & Walters,
at 3A and ! percent. 70 take up ~
bond issue Of 81 600 600 which WAS sold
at s percent interest during the admin
iSsration OF Mayor James c. C0ck1n4
in 1921 OF the Cooking issue $l11lOOo
has been retired.
These refunding bonds we're IN gne
hands Of City Treasurer Bernard Hob
land whose duties compelled him 70
assume charge of an amount equal 70
Chinese presidents ransom. On be-
ing signed. 1t Is stated, the bonds were
negotiable interest coupons might Dc
clipped by anybody and presented Tor
payment with not q single clue to show
from what bond they had been clipped
or how they had been acquired.
While bglrglaries are rare IN Butte
the treasurer took no chances. He asked
for and was given a police officer %
stand guard each night over the safe
In which the bonds were stored since
their arrival from Chicago.
At q recent specially called session
of the city council the treasurer and
the city clerk, Beryl Wilson were au-
thorized to send the bonds 10 the In
ternational Trust Co. Of Los Angeles,
the representatives Of the purchasing
brokers. The action Of the council was
followed by the deposit OF
the bonds with the postal authorities.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02

weather in order to serve as our pro-
teetcrs. He stayed near us along the
trail IN order TO pass the word to his
men that we were not 10 be troubled,
nor was our gold to be touched.
I'VE did our best to avoid him, but
looking back on it I can see that our
efforts were pitifUl at best: we were
at his mercy at any stage Of the long
which certainly showed a strain of no
bility ran through this man, who was
chief of the bandits Of Montanas gold
days"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02
HAPPY RELIEF
FROM PAINFUL
BACKACHE
Caused by Tired KidneYs

Many Of those gnawing naggina, painful
backRches people blame on colds on strains
are often caused by tired kidneys-And may
be relieved when treated in the right way.
The kidneys are Mature chief way Of taking
excess acids and poisonous waste out Of the
blood Most people pass about pints day or
about pounds Of waste
II the Is milea Of kidney tubes and filters
don't work well, poisonous waste matter stays
In the blood. These poisons may start naggina
backachea, rheumatic pains, lumbego. loaa Of
pep and energy. getting up nights, swelling,
Pills, used successfully by millions for over 40
years. They give happy relief and win help the
Is miles OF kidney tubes flush out poisonous
waste from the blood. Get Doan's PiIls.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-01-02

the state supreme court has refused the
request Of r. r pemberton. BILLINGS to review
the Yellowstone county district court re-
count which resulted IN the election Of Miss
Fannie M Kirch as that county's superin-
fencent Of schools The first canvass showed
Perherton. republican, elected. Miss Kirch
obtained a recount on grounds that certain
nrprgrfcs officials worked 20 continuously IN
nnksnx the count that they were exhausted
onrelnss and fnefficiont"