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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-27
Globe w andering Nomad Silent His Past Knew One
Brief Moment of Herom When, Prospector He Saved
Member of Exploring Party Lost in Mazes of the Park

before his death, still a pauper. If his
trip to England proved him heir to a
legacy, he never told friends what be-
came of it. On his return trip to Liv-
ingston he claimed he had been in
jured in the head on his way home and
had spent several weeks in a hospital
at San Francisco.
A friend, at the last, claimed Par
onette was not a Briton, but had been
born in Missouri, where he had known
him as a boy. Nevertheless, Baronette's
characteristics were decidedly British,
with a strong Scottish tang. 1t was
also definitely known that many Of
his early-life adventures were authen-
tic.
Publicity Passed Him BY
Had Jack Baronette possessed the
flair for publicity and showmanship
so strongly developed in many western
characters, he could have made his
last years secure, just by capitalizing
his LIES adventures. But all his life
he had been enchanted by the lure Of
gold in strange places, sometimes max
ing considerable money which he al
ways spent on new adventures. Thus
he kept himself broke until feeble years
prevented his longer handling affairs.
In the end, Baronette died, Nov. %.
1906. an inmate of the Park county
farm. Having been associated with
the Confederate cause, no matter how
briefly his strong pride was keenly
hurt when with reluctance he had to
accept aid from the Women's Relief
Corps and the Grand Army of the Re
public. The G. A. r. conducted his
funeral with military honors
Where other pioneer characters, both
good and bad, left a legacy of living
memories, Baronette is almost forgot
ten, even by those who knew him best
in the last two decades of his life.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-27

And what Mr. Clark affirmed In 1876
remains true today.
the average profit of cattle raising
In the early eighties was estimated
from 80 to 40 percent per year. 1t was
In 1883 that the largest transaction in
cattle to date was recorded, when Con-
rad Kohrs and Granville Stuart pur-
chased Of A. j. Davis, representing the
firm Davis, Hauser & Co." 1900 head
Of cattle for 100000. In 1884 Gran
vile Stuart was elected president OF
RECENTLY formed organization known
as the Montana Stock Growers as
ISOLATION" which organization repre-
sented an ownership Of more than
100000 head of cattle. Almost over
night interest became conferred, not IN
the gold mines of Montana. but In her
ranges, with Miles City the nucleus OF
the mecca Of cowmen and OF th.ot &c
centric, glamorous, singing. swearing,
riding individual known as the cow
puncher," who was q true child OF the
west, with Charlie Russell and VIII
James the most eccentric and there
fore the most gifted of all,
Cattle Industry Had Setbacks
During the last 10 years the cattle
industry has thrived but 1t has ex-
perienced many sethacks. Untold suf-
ferings have been endured both by
the animals and the cowboys Vast for
tunes have been made and lost, and
often re-made There have, from time
to time, appeared many enemies TO
threaten Montana's outstanding in
dustry. In the beginning there were
wolves. But 2 graver menace than the
wolves were the cattle thieves. In 1864
a bill was presented to the legislature
entitled: AN act concerning Marks and
Brands" with provisions for record
of the different brands together with
the names Of the owners to be kept by
the secretary of the board of stock
commissioners. Despite this legalized
and recorded proof of ownership cat
tlemen were still pestered by cattle
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-27

language as the Long Drive"-the
driving Of cattle north from Texas
over a trail that led them into Kansas.
past the headwaters of the Salmon,
then followed the Platte over the Ore
gon trail to Fort Laramie and on over
the Bozeman trail. There the trails
usually branched. Some herds were
driven into the Black Hills. Others
yeered westward into the Big Horn
range. Still others followed the Yellow
stone and its tributaries to MariaS river
and the land of the Blackfeet. Five
months were required to make the
Journey from Texas to Montana. BY
1871 more than half million cattle
had been brought into the northwest
over the long drive, and, with those
cattle, came many cowboys who liked
the cool, tonic air of Montana and
chose to remain, among them Mon
tana's oldest cowboy, Teddy Blue, p"
and one Of our present-day leading
cattlemen, Dick Chandler. And yet
these herds, large as they were. made
but tiny spots on the vastnesS of Mon
w. A. Clark, in his centennial adj
dress delivered at Philadelphia in 1876
Montana Livestock Center
mo portion of the great west is bet
ter adapted to the profitable growth Of
animals than Montana Territory. The
sheep and cattle require but little care.
wool is not contaminated by burns or
other foreign matter and commands a
better price than the best California
clip. Cattle are now driven 1000 miles
on the u. p. railroad for shipment
east. and yet pay handsomely for the
capital invested, the cost Of production
being but nominal"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-27
Nv GLENDoLR DAMON WAGNER

By IAA&FNOOAsAIN DfANAO4N
~ ~HEN OLD-TIMER de-
elared: "Thar's gold in them
NM thar hills" they spoke more
wisely than they knew. For
the hills and buttes, the
wxains ana coulees Of Montana held
wealth not only deep within them
selves. ready for the pick Of the pros
hector. but also covering their curves
IN the share of tall, thick grass which
crisped into rich nOurishment under
the touch Of falls frOstS. The Indians
understood this fact long before the
white man became alert TO possible
fses in the new west other than through
Tie medimm Of gold nuggets. For the
buffalo and the Indian ponies not only
eked ont an existence but remained rat
through long, hard winters Whites
had 10 be taught the practicability OF
letting animals range for themselves
en- @free grass"
The first long wagon caravans that
wended their way over grassy plains
to Montana were lured by hope OF
finding gold. And the silence Of the
prairies was shattered by click OF spade
and pick. In the wake Of those cara
vans came Adventures. gamblers, get
rich-quick spectators, all ready TO
profit by the toll Of others. Mushroom
towns Of shacks and tents Sprang into
City, Lewistown, Maiden. Red Lodge,
Cooke City-all Of them hectic spots
on the map Of the wilderness of Mon
tana and all Of them fruit OF the
frenzied search for gold. In the wake
Of these gold-seekers other, more
stable, industries were born. There
were saloons, Of course, and dance
halls, but also grocery stores. restaur-
ants, blacksmith shop. trading posts,
dealers in hides. even occasionally
churches and schools. And yet, between
the wears of 80 and "a few we're so
optimistic as to vision many OF these
mushroom towns as the nucleus OF an
ordered future social community. Inc
cattle industry and, following that, ag-
rtculture. brought stability to Montana.
Little Thought Of Wealth
Prospectors, tramping weary miles
over abundant grass, gave little thought
to the possibilities of wealth cracking
under their feet. That rich gift of ma
tIIre was left for the ranging buffalo
who In turn, fed the Indian. But. IN
proportion as the hide industry w,axed,
The buffalo herds waned, until day
came when natures meat for the In
dian and the plainSmen became almost
extinct. That wholesale slaughter OF
buffalo. both for the hides and also
to render the Indian q helpless victim
To white mans power, may have been
reQrettable, but it did serve a worthy
purpose. It opened up a vast range Tor
the cattleman particularly. at first,
those already established cattle kings
of Texas. Mexico and California. And
50 began what is spoken Of in cowboy
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-27

daunt the range-born animal who
knows so well how to paw underneath.
But In the early spring Of 81 there had
come 8 chinook, melting the SHOWS.
and, after that. a sudden hard freeze
which had glazed over the plains. seal
ing the vegetation under a sheet OF ice.
None but the oldest and strongest
steers escaped the onslaught OF that
memorable winter The newly born
cattle industry of the west ShraTk to
almost nothing Large cattle men were
so crippled financially that many OF
them never recovered. It appeared that
the boom days of Montana we're over.
But then came the "nesters." the little
fellows who could carry their small
herds Of from so to 200 head through
a winter that would break q cattle
king And so to these intrepid little
"nesters" as well as to the first cattle
barons is attributable the continued
success of Mortana's cattle industry.
Hard Winter
Dick Chandler, VINO has been in
Montana since '89, looks back upon the
winter of 80 as the worst in his mem
DRY. During that winter, he says, many
of his cattle froze to death, even in
the sheds. He, with others who have
proven fittest to survive, has learned,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-27

eminent land, they plowed the range
grass under. sOwed the land to wheat
that seldom produced profitable crop,
fenced in free range and precious water
holes. and wrought general havoc with
the established cattle men. Now, where
once there was abundant grass and
then sparse shoots Of wheat, we see
nothing but fields of Russian thistles.
1t will be years, the Montana cattle
men predict sOberly, before the range
returns to its normal fertile condition.
All over the plains of Montana are
dotted the abandoned shacks Of home
steaders. There may also be seen pa
thetic monuments to the cattle men
who have fallen victim to one or an
other enemy Of the industry they for
warded-huge, tumbled ranch houses,
broken corral fences, remnants OF sheep
shearing pens, all mute ghosts OF a
former activity.
Then, too, cattle men, waging their
Individual wars out on the lonely plains
far removed from the happenings on
Wall street. have been the victims. or
the joyful participants, as the case
may be, Of wild speculations. The west
erners raised cattle and shipped them.
1t was for fasteners who had never
ridden herd, never seen the range or
an animal on hoof, to decide the prices.
One deal on that famous, narrow,
dingy street in New York city, with its
clatter and its stencil Of burned cof-
fee could make or break the cattle men
on the plains.
It took the Boer war to center the
eyes Of the world, for the first time.
upon Montana. Our western range
furnished not only beef for the SOL
diers but horses for the cavalrymen.
The English posted horse buyers at
various spots in Montana, one OF their
stations being on Lockwood Flat, across
the east bridge, near Billings. And
such men as Robert Leayens, MIR. Here
ford and Mr.. Lowther skinned the
plains, selecting the cream of wild
horses for the English cavalry Often
a thousand head of picked range horses
British Officers. Colonel Samuel Cor
den, one-time editor of the Yellow
stone Journal. has justified the wisdom
of the English:
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-27

Family meals taste better If they
are served at an attractive table. Use
china which harmonizes if it does not
match. And see that your centerpiece
is low enough for the family to see
over it with ease.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-27

Final estimate of the bureau of pub
lie roads, department of agriculture,
place the total motor vehicle registra-
tons in the United States during 1885
at 26,221 ,O52.
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Ghost City Raises
Mine Boom Hopes

After having closed during the severe
winter, mines in the Elkhorn district
have been opened. There are two small
mills in operation and much prospect
ing is under way. Great hopes are
being held for the ghost mining town
of Elkhorn which, in its boom days,
saw millions of dollars of rich ores
taken from its mines. At one time
Elkhorn had a population which eX-
ceeded any town in jefferson county.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-27

Sidewalk cafes, similar to those in
Paris. are favorite gathering places OF
New Workers.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
VIRGINIA TOBACCO
ACREAGE TO RISE
Total Will Be Largest Since
1881 if Intentions Are
Carried Out.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, March 25.-Acre-
age planted in Virginia tobacco this
year will be the largest since 1881. #
present intentions are carried out
Henry NJ Taylor, Federal State agri-
cultural statistician, said.
Reports from farmers indicated a l3
per cent expansion of both tobacco and
potato acreage compared with 1886
and increases In most other Virginia
crops.
The total indicated tobacco acreage
is l48 800 acres. the largest since ISL
100 acres were harvested six years ago.
Taylor said the largest increases
were planned in the hurley and SUM-
cured types, both of which show so
per cent expansions over last year.
The intended hurley acreage of 1000
exceeds 1886 by $500 acres and repre-
sents the largest acreage of this type
since 1893, when 10000 acres were
harvested
The sun-cured paintings are ex-
pected to cover 4,600 acres, as against
$500 last year and 5000 in 1881
Flue-cured acreage was gauged at
100000 acres, a II per cent increase
over 1896 and the largest since l40 900
acres harvested in 1880
Growers indicated they would plant
about 27,200 acres in fue cured, 10
per cent jump that will bring the acre
age to the largest total since 1888.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
BIG GAINS SEEN
RECONSTRUCTION
Private Awards for Week
Nearly Double Same
Period in 1885.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 25.-Spring
building expansion was evident today
in sharp gains in private engineering
construction awards reported by En-
gineering News-Record
Private construction, the trade
publication reported, for the week end
ed Tuesday more than doubled the
comparable period last year
Awards totaled s49,006 900. the sec
ond highest figure this year, COM
pared with s34 $50 900 the preceding
week and s32,611,OO0 in the 1886
week.
Private awards amounted to S25.-
SOB 900, against s17925, 900 the week
before and s1l, 1856 900 in the 1886
period. Public awards accounted for
S23,308, 900, against sl6,644000 the
previous week and S21,226,000 In the
1896 week
Large apartment and air-condltlon-
ing contracts helped raise commercial
building awards to the highest since
last September.
New capital raised for construction
amounted to S29,03l, 900, of which
S24, ,990,0 900 was obtained through cor
porate securities and the rest on State
and municipal bonds.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. March % up Omitted States
Department of Aericulturel .--Hogs re-
ceipts, 1000. including 1000 direct; mar
ket active, 10 to l5 higher than Wednes,,
days average: top, 1850, paid for several
loads choice 21O-24O pound averages; most
good and choice l50-190 pound kind. 9.15a
1850: pigs scarce; packing sows generally
10 higher: bulk. 965a9.90.
Cattle. 5000: calves 1000; shippers
and order buyers active, buying strictly
good and choice steers and yearlinss; COM
parable grade cows and all grades helfers;
general trade strong to 25 higher weghty
steers and heifers showing most advance;
best 1,371 pound steers, 1880; strictly
prime offerings absent: several loads. IA 90
al 800: highly finished yearlinas absent;
best, l3;35; bulk medium to good srads sss
feeders strong to % higher for week: very
scarce Heifers around ! ] 90. with common
$40 down to 4 90. according to weight and
condition.; weighty SAUSAGE bulls up to
665; vealers 25a5O higher. very scarce;
mostly s.5Oa9.50; few: 1000.
Sheep, 5000, including 1000 direct: fat
lamb supply practically all Colorado wooled
lambs: very little, early trading; indica-
tions unevenly higher or around 1925 or
better for best kind; fat sheep strong.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
CURB LIST RULES
MIXED TO HIGHER
Most Changes Fractional.
Some Inactive Issues
Veer Sharply.
By the Associated Press,

os Vic AeSOCldteQ fIeSS.
NEW YORK, March 25.-Prices were
mixed to higher in the Curb market
today.
Most of the swings late in the ses-
sion were fractional, although a num-
Der Of normally less active stocks veered
rather sharply. American Mfg. was
up about g. while Duke Power and
Niles -Bement-Pon each gained 2 or
30. Gamers of a point or more in
cluded Gasco Products, Newmont Min
Ing and Aluminium Co. of America.
The ma jority of losses were small, al
though Pittsburgh Plate Glass declined
about ! and Sherwin- Williams near
" g.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
SHORT-TERM SECURITIES,

tReporteG by Cnas. D. Barney & CO
Bid OFFER.
Aemr. Tel &, Tel. 5lss 1913 Il3 1l'l4
Auburn Auto Co. LAS 1889 - So
Calf Packing Corp. 5s 1870 lO%is lu314
Caro- Cllnch e. o. IS 1898 lO4 , lO5
Chesa a. Ohio Rwy SIS 1889 lU63a Iu1 a
Edison Elec Illum, As 1899 los lO6 .
General Pub Serv 5i4s 193a lUll4 1929
Or. Rapids e. Ind 4i2S 1871 lOH
Houston Oh B IS 1910 l0li- l0@is
Intnatl Mer Marine rs la4 s2l2 -
Internl Tel & Tel 4 IS 1889 S254 Nils
Laclede Gas Light IS 1899 ~
Lehlgh Valley Coal rs 1898 pas !'!''s
Lehieh Val Term. RWy IS 4 Il lO5 TO- =
Long Island Gen. is 1888 lOt's
Louis &. Nash R R As 1910 1O5iz lOu
Mich Cent R R is 1910 lN2 1913
Midland R R OF N j. 5s 1910 20 s47s
MllW. {. North. r R IS 80 90 %
n Y. Chi &: St. l. s. n. IS 997s loo
New York Dock 5s 1898 SOS tgt
N. Y. Susque & West. IS 40 50
New York Tel Co. 4izs la3a 1Oils 1914
Pacific r R. of Mo. As 1893 l0l y. lOl9s
Penn-Dlxie Cement Is 1871 a9l7 pg3s
Penna R r Co As 1913 los ilG
Rio Grande Western 4s 1889 13l2 -
South Bell Tel & Tel IS 4 lo6Ss l0T
Term R. r As St L. 4 las 80 l0b l0i'7
Vanadiu.n Corp IS l94l 1Ot7s luGi Z
Vertientes Sugar Co. IS l242 2Siz !Etz
Wabash Rwy. Co. IS $50 100 lul
Warner Bros. rs 1889 giH4 -
Western Y & Pa As 1913 los 1llis
Western Union Tel. 5s 1885 lO2hs 1893.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
FEDERAL MINING VOTES
CLEARING OF ARREARS
BY the Associated Fress.

IVaS.
NEW YORK. March 25.-Drectors
of Federal Mining e. Smelling Co.
today declared dividend of S297
on the preferred stock, payable April
10 to stock of record April g. A state
ment accompanying the authorize
ton said this payment would clear up
all arrears. A dividend of Sl0.50 a
share was paid last December %.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK. March 25 P,;-Foreisr
others in cents. Great Britain. demand
4ssla; cables. ASA: 60-day bills, 4.so,+;
France. demand, 4;59l.; cables ;59,s
Demands: Belgium 1854; Germany
free 4O.221a; registered. 1000: travel
2375: Holland. 81 73; Norway. % So
2.16; Switzerland. 22.7s: Spain. unauoted;
Portugal. 4:45H: Greece 30; Poland
1898; Czechoslovakia. $40: Yugoslavia
2.34; Austria. 1S73n; Hungary. 1880:
Rumania. .75; Argentina. 32.56n; Brazil
s.sOAn; Toxic. 2s.b1; Shanghai. 22.s5;
Honekong. 3O42: Mexico City, $3.50;
Montreal In New York. 100.15S: New
York in Montreal. 90. s4as.
Nominal.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.

BOSTON. March 25 up -lU.. s. Depart
ment of Agriculture) Scattered sales
were closed on . number OF fine domestic
and foreign spot wool lines today; All. ,.
topmakers, received a fair call at Arm
prices. Graded 12-month Texas woods and
fine territory wools OF French combine
lengths sold at around $1.05-0s. secured
basis for spot supplies,
Pre-shearing contracts for fne territory
woods and average 12-month Texas clips
moved around 81 .00-02. secured basis Al
though some houses were not willing to
sell freely at this range.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Jones & Laugghlin
Reports Profits at
S4,l29,6OO Level
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, March 25-The
100000. 900 Jones g. Laughlin Steel
Corp. reported net profits of s4,129,-
60035 for 1896 from gross sales and
earnings Of $94, 900.
In 1885 the corporation had a net
loss Of $398,7l5 and sales of s63,55l.- =
3e3.
Operations increased from A per
cent of capacity in 1885 to IS per cent;
employees from 24,244 to 29,272: the
pay roll from s32,3oo,ooo to s45.559,-
600, and taxes from $4,000 900 to So
945 900
The 1885 food cost the company
1896 900.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Light rain,
possibly changing to snow flurries with
a cold wave to night; tomorrow fair
and colder; lowest temperature tonight
about 26 degrees; fresh northerly
winds. diminishing by tomorrow.
Maryland - Light rain, possibly
changing to snow furries in east, and
light rain, changing to snow in west
portions tonight: cold wave in north
and central portions tonight, tomor-
row generally fair and colder.
Virginia-Mostly cloudy and much
colder, possibly light rain in south
and central portions, and light rain,
probably changing to snow furries,
with cold wave in extreme north
portion tonight; tomorrow generally
fair and colder; much colder in south
portion.
West Virginia-Light rain, changing
to snow, with a cold wave tonight: to-
morrow generally fair and colder.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
IMPORTS OF CANADIAN
WHEAT GAIN SHARPLY
by the Associated Press.

Imports of wheat from Canada for
consumption during the week ended
March 20 were 272,OO0 bushels, the
Commerce Department said. compared
with 100000 bushels in the previous
week and 10000 bushels in the same
week last year.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
INTEREST TO BE PAID.

NEW YORK, March 25 (P.-1nter-
national Hydro-electric System ad-
vised the New York Stock Exchange
that the April / interest on its 6 per
cent debentures, due in 1914, would be
paid in regular course.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
METAL MARKET.

Arm; electrolytic spot and future 1928:
export 17.aa1s-45. Tin firmer. spot and
nearby 6e. .O0-66. 25; future, ,65 ;0o-e5 %:
Lead steady; spot New York. 6.95-7 .O5;
East st Louis. 6sO-s5. Zinc steady; East
St Louis. spot and future. $50, Iron,
aluminium antimony. quicksilver, platinum
and wolframite unchanged.
Evening star., 1937-03-25

Dividend rates in dollars based on last
quarterly or semi-annual payment. tan
nual rate-not including extras tAc-
cumulated dividends. aPaid last year
being in bankruptcy or In receivership. or
being reorganized under the bankruptcy
act. or securities assumed by such COM
panie1.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
RAILWAY INCOME.

NEW YORK. March 25 lP,.-Net oper-
atlng income before fixed charges and
other incomel of railroads reporting today
for February included.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
General Finance Corn.

General Finance Corp. reported net
income for the first quarter of its
fiscal year, ending February %, totaled
S128,2l3, compared with S73,230 the
corresponding period year ago. This
was equal to more than 16 cents
share of common stock outstanding
compared with liza cents a share a
year ago
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Record for Last 81 Hours.

NeCUIu TOT LHSE : I I1UHIN
prom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest 66. at noon today. Year
ago, Il.
Lowest. 81. at 10 M yesterday. Year
ago. ~.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest 16 on January q
Lowest. ~. on February 2S.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon todayO
Highest SIS per cent. at 3 m today
Lowest, 40 per cent. at 80 p m. yes
terday.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
INVESTING COMPANIES

NEW YORK March 25 LPl.-New York
Security Dealers Association:
Noon quotations.