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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-23
Edrthquake Has Hit
 All Mexican Nation
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needles broke, they could not deter mine the direction. If it is to the south, it would be between Chilpan- uingo and Acapulco, which is Mex. leo's biggest earthquake zone. All telegraph aond telephone wires in thnt vicinity were down,
 First Reported Victim
 western Union service to the north was restored shortly after the earth- quake Press wireless also wss func- Eoning.
 The first reported victim was Isa- bel eaiinas, co, who was killed when her home in the outskirts of the city collapsed. Several other houses collapsed, also the second floor of . soap factory, overturning Q tank ce oil.
 U. ?. Writer Awakened
 The United Press correspondent was awakened to find the room swaying and the chandelier swing. ing craslly. The walls shook so much that it seemed the building was about to collapse. Then came tho rotary quake. which made peo- pic almost dizzy.
 ocing into the parlor, the core. spondent found the Christmas tree shaken to the floor. Outside, the sidewalks and upper wails were cracked.
 An ofsicIal of the Tacubaya ob- servatory told the United Pres that the earthquake undoubtedly shook tho greater part of the nation"
 "The direction and epicenter is doubtful as the initial impulses were interferred with by a train passing the observatory" he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-23
WOMAN FOUND
 UNCONSCIOUS

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-23
REPnRT AT HARYARD

Harvard, Mass, Dec. 23.--(UP)--A severe earthquake, probably the same reported near Mexico City, was recorded today at the Harvard uni. versity seismograph station.
 Seismologist L. Don Leet said the quake, "of major proportions" oc- cured about 8:i8 Q. m. (EST) 2276 miles southwest of the Massachu- setts station.
 T should say the center was somewhere in the southern section of Mexico" he said. "It was ex. tremciy severe and at l0:l0 a. m. (EsT) we were still recording the shocks"
 He added that earth tremors re- ported at Lewiston and Auburn, Me, were not recorded.
 New Orleans, Dec. 23.-(UP)--An intense quake" was recorded on the Loyola university seismograph today. The Rev. o. L. Abell said it appeared to be about l,5oo miles away"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-23
FIRST LADY HAS
 CHANGED PLANS

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-23
JAP OFFICERS
 GIVEN ORDERS

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-23
SENATOR NORRIS
 ISSUES WARNING

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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26
Doubt Exists That Emjgrant Gu]ch Yielded
$1,000 600 in Its Pa)1niest Days as Placer Camp

and driving his stakes on it the next
morning. The law required that all
claim owners must be on their claims
On June /.
The first seasons work in the new
Emigrant gulch diggings came to a halt
Oct. 20, 1864, when the weather became
SO cold as to freeze the water in the
sluice boxes. The miners left the gulch
for the winter and went to a settlement
that had sprung up six miles away,
known as Yellowstone City, for the
cold months. There flour was selling
at $28 for a sack of SO pounds, tea
was worth So and coffee, ST a pound.
Plug tobacco was sold at SIS a pound
and smoking tobacco, Weaver records
weight" with gold, which would make
the price about $500 a pound.
Flour Shortage
Early in the spring the camp ran
out of flour and Shorthill started with
another man for Virginia City to bring
back a supply. At Virginia City there
was 10 flour to be had, and the traders
freighting supplies in from Salt Lake
City, having heard of the flour riots
in the northern mining camps had
halted their trains enroute, fearing if
they did bring their loads in they would
be seized by hungry miners. Shorthill,
UllClClOlC, CO11UllluCo Oll WV 10 0d1U
Lake until he met the wagon trains
where he obtained flour. In the mean-
time, everybody in Yellowstone City
and in the Curry and Shorthill mining
districts were living pretty nearly on
meat straight, before he returned.
In the winter of 1864 and early
spring of 1865, the miners did a lot of
work building a trail from Yellowstone
City to Emigrant gulch. There had not
been even a trail that a pack horse
could follow between the two points
before. In the spring a man named
Gage, who owned eve mules, estab-
lished a pack train line between the
gulch and Yellowstone City, charging
So a hundred pounds for his services.
In 1865 nearly all of the miners had
moved from the Curry district into
Emigrant gulch. many of them with
families. There Mrs. William Moore,
the wife of M of the miners, planted
a garden with seeds which she had
brought across the plains with her.
Truck Garden Failed
Aware that the ground near the creek
was in the line of the diggings, she
chose a tract some distance from the
stream for her garden site. Very little
of the vegetables grew to do any good
except the corn. When that was about
a foot high it vas discovered that he1
garden was "pay dirt" and the corn
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26
Man, Blind Five Years,
Has His Eyesight Restored

handicapped as he was, Ray related,
he sacrificed everything to consult
doctors and always chung to the belief
that his sight could be restored if he
could find the specialist who would
take a chance.
His perseverance and that of Mrs.
McQuay finally led the couple to Port
land and the result is his ability to
find his way around. He is patiently
waiting the time he can renew his
professional career.
In addition to taking in the sights
Ray tried his hand at driving an auto
mobile-one of the late models. He was
also impressed by the large number
and the intricate designs of the neon
signS-one of the last developments
before his blindness.
While in Portland Mrs. McQuay was
featured as a radio entertainer on a
broadcast chain there. Mrs. McQuay is
an accomplished pianist and organist
and has conducted dancing classes for
youngsters.
During the course of his blindness,
Mr.. McQuay learned to read and write
Braille. He made a study of law and
in recent election campaigns was a
candidate for police judge and justice
of the peace.
He will return TO Portland In two
months for further treatment and cor
rection of his left eye-the one restored
and at that time decision to operate
on the right eye will be considered, he
said.
He was born and reured IN Butte
and graduated from the School of
Mines in 1924.
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Plunged into a world of darkness
by the loss of his eyesight, Ray
McQuay, 80, Butte, CROPPED his way
with a cane or was led through the
streets and business establishments
of the Mining City for the last five
years. Now Ray McQuay traverses
freely those same streets of Butte's
business district, th~orOughfares
with which he had become familiar
when he was a newSbOy, a high
school and college student and a
young mining engineer em%barking
on a career.
His eyesight has been restored:
Ray needed no assistance to locate
places and he didn't have to rely on
knew before cataracts-brought about
by an inflammation that was not dis
covered-blotted out his vision.
There have been many changes in
the last five years." Ray related after
a tour of the business district. Some
of the places are as I viSualized them
from remodeling descriptions given me,
and others are different.
1.-The greatest change I notice" ne
continued. lis the extreme streaming
designs of the late automobiles, the
briliiant colors in which they are
painted and the greater number IN
~%~Anpearances of many friends have
changed but not to the degree that l
cannot recognize them. OF course, there
are the people I met during my ollnds
ness and I must rely on my setls ~, o.
sound to recognize them When they
speak.
Probably the greatest change I nave
seen in any one individual Is in the
appearance of my wife. I have been a
great burden on her during. the five
Years and her face is marred by lines
Of worry-but I know they will leave
her now"
Mr.. and Mrs. McQuay returned to
Butte early last week from Portlano'
Ore, where Ray underwent. two opera
lions of an extremely delicate nature
on his left eye. The right eye is still
without sight but only for the present.
Before leaving for Portland two and
a half months ago where Mr.. McQuay
placed himself in the care OF DR.. E.
Merle Taylor, an eye specialist, he was
able only to distinguish between light
and dark and he could detect pro-
nounced shadows.
Now he can recognize places, dis
tinguish colors and read large type.
Until the scars of the operation on the
eyeball are completely healed, Ray will
be unable to read fine type. Correction
will be required.
Ray virtually went blind over night.
He had been bothered for some time
by failing sight and had consulted
specialists. He found no aid for his
condition and the cause wa equally
hard to discover.
Within a brief space Of time the
eyesight was blotted out. Specialists
in all parts of the nation were con-
suited but none could give him any
hope that the vision would or could
be restored.
Refusing to become discouraged, and
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26

ran nearby used to overflow on a broad
flat when the ice jams backed up the
stream. Then a friendly freeze would
bring what was needed for the ice
boat, a sheet of ice several miles long.
One day Barney and his ice boat crew
started for a sail with a stiff wind be-
hind them.
There no doubt were yachtSmen
among them who knew how to get the
most out of a spanking breeze and a
spread OF canvas. The boat was headed
out upon the bread expanse of ice and
started running with the wind. 1t wa
going probably a mile q minute when
a barbed wire fence doomed ahead.
Barney, captain of the craft by reason
Of having originated it, yelled for every
one to jump or have their bloody heads
cut off" Everybody jumped, or rather
rolled, off, and went spinning over the
ice in every direction, leaving the boat
to look out for itself. 1t was completely
wrecked when it hit the fence.
At other times the younger sons, in
search of amusement, would ride buck
ing horses under an English saddle,
one of those flat, hornless, postage
stamp affairs such as are seen or race
tracks steeple chase courses and polo
grounds. And they could ride!
One of them, Billy Randell, happened
to be in Three Forks n day when an
outlaw horse was brought in, and was
challenged to ride it. He. accepted the
dare, cinched on his little saddle and
vaulted aboard Most of the spectators
thought that Billy would be killed, but
the game, rode straight up, raked his
mount fore M aft and scorned to
pull leather. And he rode hat outlaw
to a %standstill.
Describing the antics of his mount
afterwards, he said that it "galloped
blooming high"
Excellent Swimmers
The English colonists could all swim
LII ducks. While hunting along the
Madison or Gallatin river and want
ing to cross the streams, they would
plunge into the water and swim, even
in the winter. One Of their number,
while attempting to swim the Madison
in the spring of 1887, and was drowned.
But his death did not deter the others
in the slightest from crossing as they
always did.
One of them, John Carey Cakes,
started in the cattle business in the
Madison valley. He had quite a stable
of hay and couldn't buy any. One day
he arrived in Three Forks and told
his friends that the COW would have
to eat willows or die, as there was no
hay and he had come to Three Forks
to spend the remainder of the winter.
His cattle raising venture was all over
by spring.
Many of the younger Britlshers went
home to enlist in the English army at
the time of the Boer war and others
drifted away one by n until the colony
was only a memory. Callahan, who had
been their counsellor in all troubles,
had to go back to building railroads
which had been his occupation prior
to his connection with the English
%colonists. But for years afterwards, he
was known as Father Callahan.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26
and the soil we're both run through the

and the soil were both run through the
sluice box.
The gulch was on the Grow Indian
lands and the Indians were restless and
ugly because of the invasion of the
whites. Many of the miners became
alarmed and by the spring of 1866
the population of the gulch and OF
Yellowstone City had decreased to such
an extent that it became doubtful if
those remaining could stand off the
Indians in case of attack.
Weaver went to Helena. A few days
later a party of five white men who
were descending the Yellowstone in a
boat we're ambushed by the Indians
near Yellowstone City and n of them
killed. When that became known, the
men still remaining in Emigrant gulch
and Yellowstone City, left. BY August.
however, things had quieted down and
Weaver and a companion returned to
Emigrant gulch. They found Yellow
stone City deserted, not a soul there
Before long. however, the miners began
to return and the gulch was worked for
a number of years, but v became
a bonanza camp.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26
HOW Often
Can YOU KISS n
MAKE UP?

ENEW husbands can understand
l. why a wife should turn from a
pleasant companion into a shrew
for one whole week in every month.
You can say I'm sorry and
kiss and make up easier before
marriage than after. If you're wise
and if you want to hold your hus-
band. you won't be a three-quarter
wife.
For three generations one woman
has told another how to go ''smil-
ing through with Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t
helps Nature tone up the system,
thus lessening the discomforts from
the functional disorders which
women must endure in the three
ordeals of life: l. Turning from
girlhood to womanhood. 2. Pre-
pairing for motherhood. 3. APP
preaching middle age"
Don't be a three-quarter wife.
take LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND and
Go Smiling Through"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26
English Colony for Reformation of 'Wid Sons"
Once Established at Three Forks; But 1t Failed

~ NE Montana enterprise which
never achieved signal success
was . plan to develop q Mad
ison county rans.. into = re.
the English nobility. The idea originated
with Henry c. Chatter, one Of q num-
Der of Eng1ishmen who invested heavily
in land at Three Forks in 1884 and
who established in and near there q
considerable colony Of Britishers:
any number of English first families
who would gladly finance their more
irresponsible heirs who were cOntinu-
ally getting into scrapes in England,
for a stretch of months or perhaps
years in the American wilds. The life
their absence from England would en-
able their families to breathe more
freely in the knowledge that some new
scandal was not hiding around the
corner IS a result of the escapades
which younger sons Of the first families
were continually getting into.
Chatter actually built several log
drum up trade. He succeeded in getting
a few customers at so pounds (about
$3.50 a head, but it is doubtful If their
stay in Montana reformed them to any
great extent. But at any rate they had
a lot of fun. They were equipped with
U41C 441lCSU klI1u u 1441CS d41u SllOUS u1lS
and there was good hunting on every
side of them. Most of them were good
shots with the scatter guns, with which
they had been familiar since boyhoOd,
but few of them were expert with the
rifle. And when hunting wasn't good,
or when 1t seemed too far away at
the moment, they had ways of meeting
the situation.
One day 10 or IS of them were in
Three Forks and time began to drag.
They bought a pig from Charley Gala
han, a resident there who had been re-
tanned by the big shot Englishmen who
had financed the real colonization en-
matters relating to the country. They
took the pig up the road a quarter Of
a mile or so from town, turned it
loose and began to shoot at it with
their rifles. The pig bolted through the
main street of Three Forks with the
Britishers hard after it, shooting wildly.
their cellars. But the "bloody pig" got
away.
The British influx into the Three
Forks region began when a company Of
Englishmen decided to embark in the
horse and cattle business in that re-
gion. Among those interested in the
brother of Henry who thought to re-
form the wild sons), Everhard Hennigh,
Duncan T. Hunter and Maj. Andrew
Cracraft Amcott. They first purchased
the Three Forks hotel site from Hall
& Handley for $4,000 and later bought
about 600 or TOO acres of land from
James Stuart for which they paid
$4,000. They then purchased from the
Northern Pacific railroad enough land
to bring their holdings up to 1000
acres. As a starter in the livestock
business the company bought 400 head
of cattle. After the first winter, how
ever. they became convinced that they
herd. So in 1885 the cattle and the
fewer head of horses they had accumu-
lated were taken to Canada to range.
Then dissension arose among the
members of the firm and they disposed
of the livestock to buyers in Canada.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26

The speed with which Bayer tab
lets act in relieving the distressing
symptoms ofcolds and accompany
ing sore throat is utterly amazing
and the treatment is simple
and pleasant. This is all you do.
Crush and dissolve three genuine
Bayer Aspirin tablets in one-third
glass of water. Then gargle with
this mixture twice, holding your
head we'll back.
This medicinal gargle will act
almost like a local anesthetic on
the sore, irritated membrane of
your throat. Pain eases promptly;
rawness is relieved.
You will say it is remarkable.
And the few cents it costs effects
abig saving over expensive throat
~gargles" and strong medicines.
And when you buy, see that you
gel genuine BAYER ASPIRIN.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26
NO C THIS YEAR

The request of State Game Warden James
A. Weaver to the United States biological sur
vey for a longer season on ducks and miera-
tory waterfowl this year has been denied. The
extension was sought because of the poor
hunting this fall. due to the fact that at
the time the season was on there had been
no flights of ducks or geese because of the
warm weather in the north. Game department
officials Of Montana. Idaho. Wyoming and
Colorado will meet at Pocatello. Ida. Dec.
16 and IT to protest at the coming plan used
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26

The Montana real estate OF. the COM
pany was sold to a member of the
company, Duncan T. Hunter, who held
it until 1889 in which year he disposed
of it to the Anaconda Copper Mining
Co., for sos 1000. Hunter seems to be
the only one of the original investors
"h Tbap r4 9ina' s ifSm If Fnf fbe e~P nzoneefG Nv
Hunter ended British sovereignty in
Three Forks, but for several years in
the eighties the town was strictly
English and there was also an English
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when the rest of the inhabitants of
the village were in bed and asleep, to
sally forth with the avoWed intention
Of waking up the blooming Amer
leans" Out they would 60, each armed
with some kind of firearm or other
noise making device and for 10 or Is
minutes there would be a fusillade suf-
ficient to Waken the dead.
One winter one of them, M. T.
Barney, built an ice boat. the first craft
of its kind ever used in Montana, so
far as known. The Madison river which
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were several among them who had
studied for the ministry but who had
fallen from grace.
At times the %colonists at Three Forks
and Manhattan would get together on
parties at which beer, wine and other
good things were plentiful: There is no
shot up the town, but they woke it
up frequently at hours which more
sedate citizens termed ungodly. Upon
occasions of this kind it was customary
for the gang, along about midnight
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colony not far away at Manhattan SO
that the British influence continued
in that section for a number of years.
A number of the colonists were de-
%scendents of the English nobility. They
were joined from time to time by other
relatives and friends, many of whom
parental roof and who had been
shipped to America to cool off, others
who came with all the industry and
perseverance for which the English
men have always been noted. There
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26

Sometimes you wake up feeling
happy and livable; sometimes you wake
up S % "touchy" there's no living with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-19
BATTLE SCARRED
 FIGHTERS HELD
Bank Street BOarders Stage Bloody Encounter,
 Knife, Hanger Used

With one participant of @ vicious Bank street batle sti!. sil Iile nospi- tai suffering from a possible frac- tured skull and other injuries, an- other was granted a continuance until Friday when arraigned in city court today on charges of intoxtca- tion and breach of the peace.
 Anthony Griskonis, 53, of 1070 Bank street and Thomas idko or zirdoynska, 40, of the same address were the participants fin the battle which occurred at the rear of 10S9 Bank street last night.
 Griskonis is In the hospital and will face charges of intoxication and breach of the peace when he is dis charged. Zirdoynskas is in jail, with court plaster and bandage covering the larger portion Of his face. Both are boarders at 1079 Bank street.
 Patrolman Charles Harris, who arrested the fighters, found brok- en coat-hanger Hear the scene ot the fray. The end of the hanger, which had two sharp wood points, was covered with blood and finger marks. It was reported that a knife was used by one of the men, but no such weapon was found.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-19
SIX POLICE COURT
 CASES CONTINUED

ContinuanceS of cit court cases were granted as follows today:
 Charles Cheney, 2l, of 366 Willow street, violation of the weekly wage act, November 2.
 Max Darn, g, of 71 Rubber avenue Naugatuck, breach of peace October 26.
 Gennaro Sodano, 52, of 24 Brew ster street, breach of peace, October 2l.
 Clyde B. Steward, S0, of Short street, Oakville, reckless driving, November 1.
 Frank Long, oi @ Coen street, Naugatuck, reckless driving, October 25..
 Frederick W. Herr, 69, of 100 Grand street, failure to grant right of way, October 26.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-19

found them riding in a car alleeedly stolen from Morris Kosersky & Sons. Inc.
 Fred Hypsh, le. of bl7 North Main street was discharged when the other boys told police that he had taken no part in the theft, but was only a passenger for the ride. They said they had picked him up at his house after they had taken the car from Lakewood park.
 The boys bound over are Harold Cosgrove, l7, of 70 Bishop strces and John Luchene, l7, of 51T Nol h Main street. Bonds of S1,000 were set for their release, and in lieu of this, the boys were taken to New Haven county jail to await trial in superior court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-19
YOUTHS HELD FOR
 SUPERIOR COURT
Evidence of Two Accused Frees Companion Held
 as Suspect

A sixteen year old boy was dis- charged today, and two l7-year old youths were pound over to the next term of superior court when arraigned in city court before Judge John F. McGrath on charges of theft of an automobile.
 All three had been held by police since last Friday when they were arrested by Motor Patrolmen Ray mond Grady and Vincent Begg who