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Carbon County news., 1937-07-16
DAY A 7 IS PICKED |I.||I ID
FOR WATER meet

Every resident of Eastern Mon
tana is being extended a cordial
invitation to be in Miles City Sat
urday, July oath to celebrate East
ern Montana Water Conservation
Day-a day set aside for a fitting
observance of recognition of work
done thus far in securing water
on the parched lands of this area,
and to- advance the countless other
meritorious projects that are in
contemplation.
The entire day will be given
over to program marking the
start of fulfillment of a dream
that has been in the minds of
Eastern Montana citizens for many
years-the dream of sufficient
water on arid lands to insure for
age crops, pasture lands, hay and
grain and gardens; sugar beets,
corn and potatoes. The coming
of water will mark the end of the
grim years Of drought, the end of
depleted livestock herds because
of lack of summer range and sum-
mer hay put up for winter use and
the end of witnessing the wither-
ing and burning up of grain crops.
And it is the beginning of the end
of this, condition that Eastern
h E.-,H ~ = &, =
Montana will celebrate. go '~. Z, =
Under the direction of Roy Mil
ligan, general chairman, plans for
the fete are taking shape rapidly.
On Wednesday committee chair
men met and organized the per-
sonnel of the divisions. Plans in
clude the presentation of a speak
ing program at the Eastern Mon
tana fairgrounds featuring ma,
tional, state, county and regional
speakers; a gala parade of bands
and delegations from every COM
munity in this area; a water carni-
val in Miles City's great outdoor
swimming pool; athletic contests
for young and old; a fireworks
and a mammoth street
dance at night on the main
thoroughfare.
clamati ION officials from
Colo, from Salt Lake City, Utah;
Washington, D. c., from Denver,
state officials including the gov
ernor, the water conservation
board and others; state senators
and representatives and county
officials from throughout the re-
gion are being extended cordial in
vitations. Nothing is being spared
Continued on Page 81
Carbon County news., 1937-07-16
ASSAULT CHARGE
AGAINST MOON IS
HEARD THURSDAY
Officials Still Seeking
Killer Of "Jiggers"
Moore

HI. M. Moon will appear in
district court as the result Of
a preliminary hearing held in
the court rooms here. Moon is
still under $1,000 bond after
testimony was given indicat-
ing he alIegedly dubbed James
Windsor of Belfry at the car
nival grounds here on July
5th. Testimony, sans the ap-
pearance of Windsor but en-
bellished by the word of Mrs.
James Windsor, who saw her
husband dubbed, enIivened the
hearing here. H. C. Crippen,
Billings attorney, represented
Moon at the hearing which was
held before Judge John Sand
ersOn.
AS the Carbon County News
went to Press Thursday a preIi-
minary hearing was being held in
the court rooms of the courthouse
for H. M. Moon, carnival helper of
the rodeo carnival, who was being
heard on a first degree assault
charge preferred by James Wind
sor of Belfry.
Windsor suffered severe lacera-
tions about the head as the result
of an alleged attack by Mr.. Moon.
Moon, it is alleged, clubbed the
Belfry man about the head, using
both the wooden part and the iron
Of a hammer.
County Attorney E. P. Conwell
and Sheriff J. R. McFate are spar
ing no efforts in the search for
the. knifer of Miner Matthew
tJiggers" Moore of Belfry who
lied as the result of wounds re-
,eived in a tightening stabbing af-
fray at the carnival grounds.
Defending Moon at Thursdays
hearing was H. G. Crippen, Bill
Continued on Page s.
Carbon County news., 1937-07-16
ELKS and MOOSE
GET PLANS READY
DENOMINATIONS
Gatherings Expected To
Attract Many
Guests

EIks and Moose of Red Lodge
are mobilizing forces for enter
tanning large crowds of visiting
delegates at conventions to be held
here.
Elks will be hosts to state con-
vention crowds at their state
gathering on July 20, 20 and "a,
while Moose are completing plans
for their convention on July 20, 80
and 81.
A barbecue on "the top of the
world" will feature the 35th annual
convention of Elks. Chairman Of
the various committees in charge
of the event say that all is in readi-
ness for the event which promises
to attract at least 1,500 guests.
At 2 p. m. on Friday, second day
of the convention, the caravan
of Elks and their ladies will start
on the trip up the new Red Lodge
highway, winding up the noun
tains to an elevation of 11,000 feet.
At some spot to be selected, either
before or after reaching the top,
the Elks will hold their barbecue,
an event which will take place Of
the formal banquet.
Arrangements for taking care of
Elks ladies was completed at a
gathering at the Elks Lodge held
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. r.
A. Nutting in charge.
Presiding at the meetings here
will be Gus E. Ott of Butte, state
president of the organization.
Frank Sieora, exalted ruler of the
Beartooth Lodge is in general
charge of the convention, along
with Leo r. Spogen, past exalted
ruler. ~
Mrs. Frank Bowman is in charge
of the Ladies of the Moose tea
to be held >on Saturday, July 81.
Mrs. Bowman announces there will.
be approximately 200 ladies at
tending the tea and entertainment.
which will be at the Italian Hall
from 1 80 to 4 p. m. ~ :>~
Mike Dimich of Red Lodge, as
president of the Montana Associa-I
tion, Loyal Order of Moose, will
preside at the convention, general
meetings of which are slated for
the Labor Temple here. The an
nual banquet will be at Natali's
cafe at $50 p. m. ON Friday. ,
Ted Schmitz is in general charge
of program arrangements for the
Moose Bere. FL P. ConWen is
dictator of the local lodge.
The EIks convention will feature
a number of musical organizations
comprising bands and drum and
CONTINUED on Page 81
Carbon County news., 1937-07-16
SHELLEY REPORTS
ON ROAD PATRONS
AT PARK ENTRANCE

i Latest report on Yellowstone
Park traffic via the new Red
Lodge highway was brought here
Wednesday by o. H. P. Shelley of
Red Lodge.
That traffic over this road has
increased over a year ago is shown
by a registration of 3,471 motor
vehicles, paid registrations, as
against a total of 3,124 cars re.
gistered at the entrance by July
10th this year.
Total number of persons enter
ing the park by way of the new
highway also shows an increase.
On July 10th, IL, 796 persons were
registered as against 1O,697 year
ago. This is an increase of 1,O99
people. !.
Carbon County news., 1937-07-16
The Weeks
News in Review

State
Helena-Heavy rains cause five
railroad washouts in Montana.
Helena-The Montana supreme
court recesses for a summer vaca-
ton. :"
Missoula-Peter Paul Pierre, "a
year-old Flathead Indian who goes
on trial for Staying of fellow
tribesman, PAGES his cell nervously.
Helena-Montana will realize a
net profit Of $2,0OO,0O0 through
state-monopoly liquor stores, it is
predicted by Administrator T. M,
i; Helena-The state department
of education has appointed DR.. A.
.L. Strand as president Of Mon
.tana State College at Bozeman,
succeeding DR.. Alfred Atkinson.
Miles City-A cutWorm tenta-
lively Unidentified as an army worm
is reported gaining headWay in the
Tongue river ditch.
National
Washington-The house, ignor-
ing administration warnings,
overrides President Roosevelt's s
veto of continued low interest
rates on farm loans.
Los Angeles-Enmett Dalton,
&C., last survivor of the notorious
Dalton gang that terrorized the
middle west in the early nineties,
dies after a long illness.
San Francisco Three Soviet
flyers point their single-motored
nnonoplane at a southern Cali
fornia landing in the last stage
of a transpolar flight aimed at a
new worlds record.
Chicago-The price of wheat
jumps plenty, adding at least $44,-
100000 to the value of the U. S.
first billion dollar wheat crop
since 1929. IL
iWashington-The house passes
and sends to the senate bill ap-
propriating $1yOO0,000 for grass
hopper eradication.
fWashington-The possibility of
drought appears to be the only
major threat to a bountiful har-
vest.
Burlington, Wis. Members of
the Burlington liars club adjourn
their first convention satisfied
that their honor has been upheld.
New York The commission on
marriage and divorce Of the Epis-
Continued on Page 81
Carbon County news., 1937-07-16
IL
MANY FROM HERE. :.
TO ATTEND FAIR

Every member of every Carbon
County family who visited the
North Montana State fair, Aug.
2-7, will find amusement and en-
tertainment features provided for
his or her special benefit.
For father and the older boys,
educational exhibits on display will
include the cream of the nations
livestock, topped by the national
Hereford show with leading breed
ers of the United States competing
for $4,000 in prizes offered in this
division.
For mother and the girls, educa-
tional displays will include ex-
hibits of the finest handicraft of
school and home, conveniently as
sembled in new buildings for in
spection.
For all the family, the week
long entertainment program has
performers of worldwide fame,
appearing both afternoon and eve
ming. More than two dozen spe-
cial acts have been signed, with
the performance each day to cul-
inmate in the spectacular night
SHOW, sFsoaeing High" an aug
display of Thearle- -Duffield
fireworks. The fireworks display
this year will include colorful
finale involving the shooting of
24-mch special shells, never seen
here before. !"
Added attractions will be a.
daily balloon ascension, special
thrill day events including an auto
Follower at go miles an hour and
an airplane crash, three evenings
Of tournament wrestling to climax
with a title defense by Worlds
Jack Reynolds, six days
Of horse racing for purses of $16,-
300 and state All Club and F. F.
A. competition.
Last, but by no means least
Continued on Page s.
Carbon County news., 1937-07-16
LANE, LOOMING
( LADIES, LOOKS
AT ROCKS HERE

Always the dazzling lion of the
ladies, Judge Nelson Lane has a
good one to tell about his rende-
vOuz with a party of ladies the
other day.
The center of all feminine eyes,
the epitOme of interest, the cynu-
sure of attention, the pOllywOg of
the pond, the-well, aw shucks, he
must have been quite a guy.
Anyway, Lane was breezing
along with his cOterie of effete
femininty when one of the gals
spotted the point of Rocks.
"DO rocks grow here" she
queried archly looking up at
Lanes sturdy brow.
'sThey shO' dO," offered Nels.
'Last time / drove down here that
rock was only a little pebble"
Carbon County news., 1937-07-16
CONOCO CHANGES ...
SELLING POLICY


Recent abandonment of direct
operation T.: Of service stations by
Continental Oil Company, in favor
of selling it's products through To-
cal Independent dealers, has been
a development of major import
ance both to- the consumer and the
company, it was said here today
by Dan Moran, Continental's presi-
dent. *.... >:.&* G.4|s
"In line with this new policy
said Mr.. Moran, "all Conoco gaso-
lines, oils and greases are now sold
only through Independent dealers
and jobbers, il business for them
selves, who operate their stations
under ownership or lease. y
"Under this plan the place of
CONTINUED on Page 81
Carbon County news., 1937-07-16
JOE ROBINSON DIES
OF A HEART ATTACK

One of the democratic party's
staunchest supporters, Senator
Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas
sOlOn. passed away of a heart at
tack Wednesday and created dis
may in the ranks of those boost
ing the Presidents supreme court
plan.
Always an energetic leader,
Robinson died of heart failure at
the age of 64, his sprawled-Out
body being found by a maid at his
Washington apartment.
From all over the nation, as well
as from dignitaries at Washing
ton, came expressions of grief at
his untimely demise.
Carbon County news., 1937-07-16
.HIETALA RITES
NOTED SUNDAY

Final rites were noted at 1:3C
p. m. Sunday from the Workers
Hall at Red Lodge for Mrs. Sus.
anna Mary Hietala, 46, longtime
resident of this community who
died at a Billings hospital at
p. m. Thursday after a lingering
illness.
The Rev. Matt Erkkila and Rev.
A. B. Cornelson, both of Red
Lodge, officiated and interment
was at Red Lodge cemetery.
The wife of Matt A. Hietala,
she had resided on a ranch near
Fox with her husband for many
years. She was born in Finland on
January 7th, 1891, coming to
America and to this community 80
years ago.
Survivors include the widower;
one son, Francis, %; two daugh-
ters, Virginia, 21, and Mildred, 20,
all residing at the ranch home;
her father, Jacob Kero of near
Fox; three sisters, Mrs. Fannie j.
Ranta and Mrs. Lauri Kainu, both
of Roberts, and Mrs. Julia An
.tilIa of Red Lodge; five brothers,
Edward Kero of Red Lodge. and
Nick Kero, Jacob Kero, william
Kero and Benhart Kero, all Of
Roberts. y ..# ...s
Pallbearers for the funeral Sun
day were August Joki, Alfred Aho,
Herman Ahola, DIVA Kainu, Matt
.Rajala and John Kivikangas.
The Martin Funeral Home had
charge Of arrangements.
Carbon County news., 1937-07-16
letter. BRINGS
MANY FISHERMEN

Five cars of out-of-state fisher.
man entered Montana recently as
the direct result of one letter con-
tanning complete fishing informa.
tion that was sent out of the office
of Montanans, Inc, j. w. Balsom,
Chehalis, Washington, insurance
man, stated Saturday when he
called at the offices of the State
Chamber of Commerce to thank
that organization for it's COM
prehensive reply to his letter of
inquiry. IT made a copy of your
letter on heavy paper to take with
me as a reference guide, said Mr..
Balsom. II showed it to several
of my fishing friends, and as a
result four parties besides my own
are now fishing in Montana. The
fishing has been excellent and the
information accurate"
According to Montanans, Inc,
the case of Mr.. Balsom is by no
means unique. Similar instances
have made the organization realize
the value of we'll thought out per
sonal letters as a mean of in.
fluencing the prospective visitor
to choose the state as a vacation
land, officials of the organization
stated. 1T was further stated BY
Mr.. Balsom that he had received.
a perfunctory letter from another
state tourist bureau in response to.
a similar inquiry and that the Mon.
tana letter had been the determin-
ing factor in. bringing him to- the
state. .*
Carbon County news., 1937-07-16
Big fight. CARD
Is SLATED HERE

A 33 round fight card which
should carry thrills galore is an
ranged by Leland Newman, Red
Lodge, who announces that Dick
Demaray, Bismarck, 1888, and HUI
bert Dennis, 1856, Bozeman youth,
will clash in the feature event.
The card is slated to start at
$3.50 p. IN. in Washington Hall
on July 24th, the last day of the
Elks convention. The main 20 will
.be Of 10 rounds duration.
!. In sem-Windups, wild Bill's
.Hasselstrom, 18l, Bismarck, will
tangle with Billy Hyde, Red Lodge,
178, and Larry Kellum of Plenty
wood, Mont, and X. o. Hendricks
of Fromberg will mix it. IN
other preliminary bouts Johnny
Barrett Of Red Lodge, las pounds,
will fight Jimmy Jones, 145
pounds, also of Red Lodge.
Carbon County news., 1937-07-16
LIBRARY BOARD
HAS SUCCESSFUL
( FINANCES YEAR

A detailed report of the finan-
cial condition of the Red Lodge
Public library has been given out
by officials of the institution.
Mrs. C. C. BOwlen, treasurer of
library board, has announced the
annual statement and states that
there is a cash-On-hand balance of
$578.82.
Among the gifts presented to
the library was one given by
Frank Lyle of Red Lodge who
kindly presented the institution
with an indirect lighting system
for the club rooms.
The library board has taken in
$2,1O6.O5 the past year.
Carbon County news., 1937-07-16
SILVER GATES
NEW HOTEL rs :.
NOW UNDER. WAY

cEt-r ..tEs =.
Ground was broken Monday for
the new so room Swiss hotel being
erected at Silver Gate, Montana's
promising new city near the Vel.
lowstone Park entrance along Red
Lodges highway. -.
So says E. 1. Swing1e, Silver
Gate tourist camp proprietor and
renter Of. saddle horses, who was
in Red Lodge Monday with Mrs.
SWingle. ..=.s>#> !. :. NJ. Nj.
The new hotel will be of SO
rooms and will be modern in every
detail Mr.. Swingle says. Pro.
moter Of the hostelry is p. r.
Gorham of Scobey, Mont.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
PIainsnan Brings Up
Military Controversy.

The gallant stand of General George
A. Custer at Little Big Horn, one of the
thrilling moments in Cecil B. DeMille's
saga of the West, "The Plainsman,"
to be shown at the State Theatre, mid
night Saturday, Sunday and Monday,
brings up an old controversy which has
ragged among military men and his
torians for two generations as to who
actually fired the shot that killed
Custer.
According to two old Cheyennes who
took part in the battle in 1876, and who
were used by DeMille in filming the
epic, the shooting was done by an
Indian known as yellow Nose" who
died on the Cheyenne reservation sew
eral years ago. yellow Nose" it was
related by the two old braves, Louis
Dog" aged 101, and Stump Horn"
81, was Ute captured by a Cheyenne
war party when he was child and
brought up as one of their own. He
fought with the Cheyennes, who joined
the Sioux in the effort to stamp out
the white man from the West, and was
seen by Cheyenne warriors pointing his
gun at yellow Hair" as Custer was
known, just before the general, the last
survivor of his regiment fell dead.
The role of Custer is played in the
film by John MILAN. The leading roles
are carried by Gary Cooper, as wild
Bill" Hickok, and Jean Arthur as "Cal-
amity Jane" around whose romance
DeMille weaves his stirring tribute to
the men who opened the West for
settlement in the early seventies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
PLANTING Pike
FRY In 81 LAKES
Secretary Hoefler and Crew
Busy Planting Fry From
Tower Hatchery.

One hundred and eighty-seven cans
of wall-eyed pike fry were received here
Tuesday and under the supervision of
Secretary Ray Hoefler of the Ely Com
mericial Club were planted in lakes
for which the fry had been requested
by resorters and cabin owners.
In all 375 cans will be received from
the Tower hatchery and will be set out
in 80 lakes of the vicinity. Mr.. Hoefler
is being assisted in the work by the
game wardens, forestry crews, truck
drivers, resort operators and others.
An estimated $1,000 fry are in each
can and the total number of fry to be
planted here is over 100000. The
gathering of spawn at the Pike River
station this year was not as large as
last year owing to the late spring and
the lateneSS of the disappearance of
ice in the lakes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
ELY CATHOLICS
ATTEND MEET
Rev. Joseph Cashen Discusses
Communism at N. c. G. w.
Meet at Hibbing.

General economic injuStices were
cited as the cause for Communism, by
the Rev. Joseph CaShen of Duluth, ad-
dressing the quarterly meeting of the
Catholic Diocesan Council at which 400
delegates were present. He further
told the group that the causes of Com
munism are essentially the same as the
causes which bring about Nazism and
Fascism. 1.-The difference between Fas-
cism and Nazism and Communism, F."
Father CaShen said, is that the latter
is of international scope while the
former is national. They result when a
status of unrest and diScouragment
prevails" he added.
Ely was represented at the conclave
by Mrs. M j. Fleming, president, who
presided; Mrs. Fred Aslin, Mrs John
Mahady, Mrs. Clifton Drolet, Mrs.
James Moonan, Mrs. Rose Kovall, Mrs.
E. A. LaBeau, Mrs. Joseph Gerzin, Jr.,
Miss Mary Hutar and the Rev. Frank
Mihelcic.
Plans were outlined for the bien-
NAL meeting in Duluth in September
committee was named to arrange for
and election at that meeting. On the
committee are: Mrs. j. Chisholm, Du-
luth; Mrs. j. P. Schemmel Chisholm;
and Mrs. T. Brennan, Brainerd.
Mrs. Edward Leach of Hibbing made
the welcoming address and Mrs. Joseph
Lavolla of Mountain made the re-
Spouse. A musical program was pre-
sented under the direction of Mrs. Ada
Lombardi. Miss Olga ProSnik gave
vocal solos; Wilbur Geary played violin
selections and Michael Proznik piano
numbers.
The conclave opened with solemn
high mass at 10 o'clock when a SER
mon on Catholic Womanhood" was
given by Father Limmer of Hibbing
children's choir sang Nicola Montani's
composition, The MisSa Brevis.'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
National Forest Timber for Sale

Sealed bids will be received by the
Forest Supervisor, Duluth, Minnesota
up to and including June Z, 1887 for all
of the live timber marked or designated
for cutting on an area embracing 1888
acres in Section 6, T. IS N, r Is w and
Sections l and Il, T IS N, R 16W, 18th
P. M, Big Lake Working Circle, st.
Louis County, Minnesota, Superior Ma
tional Forest, estimated to be 523 M
3D. #. of jack pine sawtimber, 678 M
bd. #. of aspen Sawtimber, l M bd. TT.
of white pine sawtimber, 166 cords of
spruce pulpWood, and cords Of balSam
| fir pulpWood, more or less. No bid of
less than $500 per M bd fit. for jack
pine sawtimber, $1.00 per M bd. ft. for
aspen sawtimber, $500 per M bd. it.
| for white pine sawtimber, $1.50 per
rough cord for spruce pulpwood and
| $0.75 per rough cord for balsam fir
| pulpwood will be considered. In ad
dition to the prices bid for stumpage,
deposit of $3.50 per M bd. ft. for all
| jack pine Sawtimber cut will be re-
quired for sale area betterment work
| $4,000 must be deposited with each
bid, to be applied on the purchase price,
refunded, or retained in part as liquid
ated damages, according to conditions
of sale. The right to reject any and all
bids reserved Before bids are sub
mitted, full information concerning the
timber, the conditions of sale, and the
submission of bids should be obtained
from the Forest Supervisor, Duluth,
Minnesota, or District Ranger, Ely,
Minnesota.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
William Wright Reported
Shot by Indian Trapper,

No authentic story of the shooting of
william Wright, well known woodsman
of this vicinity, on Lac La Croix on
Monday has been obtained and a
careful sitting of rumors has failed to
throw more light on the matter.
Owing to the distance from the city,
the exact facts could not be learned but
it is said Wright was shot by an Indian
trapper who later disappeared. He was
found slumped in a chair in a cabin
where he was caretaker with bullet
through his abdomen.
Thomas Harri of the Scenic Anyways
was communicated with by way of the
Echo Trail telephone line and he dis
patched the Curtis Robin to bring
Wright to the hospital. Being unable
to carry a Stretcher in the three-Seater
plane, call was sent to Fort Francis
and a larger plane was dispatched.
Wright was taken to Fort Francis
hospital.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
SCHOOL EXHIBIT THURSDAY.

The annual exhibit of the work of the
Ely schools will take place on Thursday
next between the hours of to 10 in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
SCHOOL NOTES.

Thursday morning, May 13, G. H
Berglund of Minneapolis spoke to the
Junior College students and the high
school chemistry and physics classes
on dry ice and liquid air giving dem
constructions on the subject.
Friday, a forester with the U. S,
Forestry department. spoke to the as
sembly on forestry as a vocation
Piano selections were rendered by Miss
Peggy McMahan and accordion solos
by Arthur Peyla.
G. E. Jones of the University Ex-
tension department appeared at Fri
days assembly and demonstrated
horoscopes. He explained their oper-
alton and their use in the mechanical
field.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-05-20
AIRPLANE NOW
ON MAP WORK
Standard Aerial Surveys, Inc,
Launch Work Monday to
Complete Forest Map.

A powerful, large plane was in the air
over the city Monday having come up
from Duluth where headquarters have
been established at the Duluth air.
port.
The plane is engaged in making the
aerial survey of 1900 square miles OF
the Superior National Forest not made
two years ago when the Standard COM
pany mapped the forest and made their
headquarters in this city.
The work is being done by the STAN
dard Aerial Surveys, Inc, of Hacken-
sack, N. j. The Snowbank Lake and
Lac La Croix units as well as the Wales
and Mesaba units will be photographed
during the summer.