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Evening star., 1937-09-07
Phebus Cres Nationals Hope for 38 Eight Major Pilots Spot
RAYS CLASS SEEN
IN 1-H|T SHUTOUT
Rookie Gets Even Break in
Twin Bill After Bosox
Beat Wes FerrelI.
BY FRANCIS Z. STAN,
Efan Corresnnndert of The Star.

~ OSTON, September For a
- manager whose ball club is
going no place fast, Bucky
- Harris was a singularly happy
soul today. Another ray of sunshine
has pierced the clouds-Ray Phebus
pitching.
AS his new mates are salaaming
before the one-hit and shutout hero
of yesterday, Harris today made a
large and happy mental note to count
on Phebus in 1888. Any youngster
who can jump from the Southern
Association into a strange major
league ball park and hold the enemy
to one hit and no runs must, Bucky
figures, have something on the ball.
The Red Sox openly admit to COM
plete bafflement. Phebus showed them
no fast-breaking curve, nor the speed
of Feller. But he kept them loose"
at the plate with lack of control
that was expressed by the medium of
seven bases on balls and hit batsman
and he was dead game. When things
became an issue, Ray of Chattanooga
was in the fight and he won.
His victory by 2-to-0 count gave
the Mats an even break for the first
of four consecutive double headers. In
the opener Wes Ferrell bowed to
Lefty Grove, to 2.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-27

placer ground in Silver Bow creek. He
worked there for three months. Then
the water played out and he went on
to Helena in September, 1858 He
worked that winter In the quartz mines
which were being opened in Last
Chance gulch placers. On that sched-
ule, winter in the quartz mines, summer
in the placers, he remained in Helena
until 1876. During all Of these years
he was a habitual gambler, sometimes
in funds, more often down to his last
cent.
In Butte he worked In the mines off
and on. When he went broke gambling
he would go to work until he made a
stake. Then he would gamble until it
was gone. He became well known in the
Butte gambling houses and eventually
was given a steady job keeping cases
at a faro table in King and Lowery's
gambling house. He remained there for
seven and half years. When he lost
that job he went to saving wood.
In 1890 after he had started saving
wood. he won $500 gambling one night
and took q trip to Missouri to visit
a sister who lived there. That was the
only time he ever visited the east after
leaving it in 1858. When asked If he
had any regrets for his wasted years,
he said no, that he knew lot Of men
who were no better off than he and
who had never gambled in their lives.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-27

lated a travel stake. Never afterwards,
Dick said. did he gamble his last cent
away. He always stopped when he
reached his last so cents so that he
would have something with which to
buy crackers.
This time he went from Lanchap-
lama to Columbia, Calf, and went 70
work. On the job he took, he was. paid
every day. And every night he lost
his wages gambling.
He finally decided that he would
never get anywhere at that rate, so
he wrote to his brother for another
500 and when he got it, went back
to I,anchaplania and again worked for
his brother until he had paid back the
500 and had little left over. Then he
went to Silver mountain. There he got
work and also took up mining. claims,
but he kept on gambling and kept on
losing all his money. Three different
times he went to his brother for 500,
lost it gambling each time and walked
home on so cents worth Of crackers.
He said that his brother never dis
covered the truth.
In 1867 Dick started for Montana.
He stopped at Virginia City. acquired
claim and stayed there through that
winter. In 1868 he went on to Butte.
There were only a few log cabins there
at that time and the only mining was
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-27

Caught out In q blizzard dur
ing the winter Of 1886, Tobey, then
c0wpunchcr for the Conrad outfit,
had his feet frozen so severely that
It was necessary 10 amputate p0r-
tiOns of each Of them For that rea-
son, Dan quit punching cattle and
went driving stage. For many years
he handled the reins over q six
horse team on the Great-FaLAs
Lewistown stage line.
Dan was on his way from the Conrad
headquarters ranch to the Wild Horse
lake country when he was overtaken by
the storm which resulted In his being
partially crippled for life. He had with
him his saddle horse, a pack horse and
camp equipment. The first night out
he camped miles from any ranch. He
picketed his saddle horse and turned
the packhorSe loose. He built little
fire, made some coffee, unroned his
blankets and turned in. 1t grew ex-
tremely cold early in the evening. Dan
didn't know just how cold it was, but
he found out after he again had
reached civilization that on that par
ticular day it was IS below zero at
8 pm. 1t got much colder later on in
the night.
At midnight a strong wind began
blowing. Dan hadn't slept much. He
was worried about his horses. He finally
got up, took one OF the blankets from
his own bed and blanketed his saddle
horse. A loose horse W1ll-drtft with the
wind and by keeping moving stand al
most any kind of weather, but q pick
eted horse is unable to do that and
therefore is much more susceptible to
the cold. In the morning it was 81 be-
low zero, according to the government
thermometer at Fort Benton, as Dan
aScertained later. His saddle horse was
dead, frozen stiff, and his packhorSe
was gone. He never did locate the anil
NAL. Dan ate what he could from his
pack, then started to hoof it to the
nearest ranch, 20 miles away. He be-
came lost and wandered on the prai-
RE two days and night. When, at
the end of that time, he was rescued,
his feet were frozen and part of each
had to be amputated.
His death 70 years later was at
tributed in part to the effects Of the
hardship and exposure that he ex-
perienced upon that occasion. After his
recovery instead of going back to the
range, he got a job driving stage, at
which he had had some experience in
California before coming to Montana.
His first job with stage company
was as express messenger, or "snot-
gun" messenger, as they were called,
because their principal duty was to try
to prevent road agents from holding
up ana robbing the stage. Dan OBJ
tanned the job as messenger with the
company for which his brother Jim
was q stage driver. They were assigned
TO duty together. There had been num-
erous holdups on the line and Jim
Tobev had been given the drivers post
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-27

hecau@e OF his skill with q six-horsc
team. his nerve and his oexterify with
a gun. Dan possessed the same qualifi-
cation and for that reason had been
employed to accompany his brother.
On Dams second OF third trip with
his brother Jim. the stage carried sew
eral passengers as wen as several thou
sand dollars worth OF gold bullion. The
stage passed the spot where the hold
ups usually occurred, without moles-
tation. but had not gone FAR beyond
when two men stepped from conceal
ment behind some bushes along the
road and commanded them 10 halt.
One was armed with a rifle, the other
with q six-shooter. Instead Of hating,
Jim whipped his gaIloptng horses into
a dead run Both bandits fired, and
Jim tumbled into the boot Of the stage.
Dan had gotten his gun into action IN
the meantime and dropped one OF the
bandits. The stage by this time had
passed the holdups, the six-horse team
dashing driyerleSs down canyon road.
Dan then turned his attention TO the
team. When he finally got it stopped
and went to his brothers aid, the lat
ter was dead. Dan drove the stage on
to the nearest stage station. The ban
dit whom he had shot had not been
killed, but was severely wounded, and
both Of the outlaws were captured BY
the authorities and sent TO prison
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-27

cattle follow
Of cattle high
production
40 million
90I4 there million
Of cattle percent
in %td
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-27
MUNSON GREETED
BY 'NECKTIE' ACT
SWINGING BODY OF vTGLANTE
VICTIM WAVED GREETING
TO FIRST JUDGE
Lyman z. MunsOn, Arriving In Helena
In 1865 As Newly Appointed Supreme
Court Justice, Saw GruesOme Sight
Hanging From Limb of Tree.

When Lyman Z. Munson arrived
in Helena In March, 1865, from
New Haven, Conn, as the newly
appointed Justice of the supreme
court of Montana territory, almost
the first thing he saw was the body
of a man swinging from the limb
of a tree-hanging by q rope around
his neck. It was q road agent who
had been tried and executed by
the VigiIantes the night before.
That grisly sight no doubt gave
Judge Munson an inkling Of the
work that lay before him, but it
may be said to his credit that he
never faItered. Within what must
have seemed an incredibly short
time TO the pioneers, he had re-
placed IawIessness and the dispen-
sing of summary and sudden justice
by the routine of legal procedure
in regularly and lawfully cOnsti-
tuted courts.
At the time of the arrival in Mon
ana of Judge Munson, there were no
organized courts Of justice in the ter
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-27
HUNGRY HORSE
DAM Is ASSURED
so SAYS FATHER OF PROPOSED
PROJECT FOR FLATHEAD
FLOOD CONTROL

Harry j. Kelly, KalispeH news
paper man and father of the pro-
posed Hungry Horse project in the
F1athead area, is about TO see his
hopes for years realized. Kelly,
while in MissOuIa recently, said he
had assurance that the army en-
gineers to whom the final work
on the preliminary phase has been
assigned have set aside 100000
for a complete study, survey and
testing of f0Otings for the proposed
dam as a flood control and stream
regulation measure.
II have every assurance that the
work on the survey will be started
early next spring and be completed
during the summer of 1885," he said
Il hope and expect to see actual work
started on the project in 1885,"
Kelly said the project has the back
ing of every community along the
Clarks Fork river through Montana,
Idaho and Washington to the point
where the river flows into the Column
bia. He said building Of the dam would
increase the potential production of
power through all Of the plants built
along the river below it, clear to the
new Bonneville dam. If the dam had
been built earlier it would have gone
a long way toward relieving the power
shortage which has been evident for
many months in the northwest, he
said.
Kelly said 10000 acre feet Of water
goes into Flathead lake from all
sources, and that the proposed Hungry
Horse dam on the South Fork of the
Flathead river would impound 2,O00,-
600 acre feet of the 100000 acre feet
that forms the gathering area Of the
South Fork.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-27

The state of Montana was worth
apDrOxfmafely $500, 600 more on
Nov. / this year than on the cor
responding date of 1886, John }.
Holmes state auditor, reported 3
few days ago, Holmes, in q state
ment Of M0ntanA's financial con-
dition, said the states surplus on
Nov. ] this year was SSl,SS4, 1921.
The figure for the same date last
year was $27,967, 1878, or $3,2s6,S4S
The states cash balance on Nov. l
was So. 634. 1927, and the funds invest
ed totaled $17,740, 242.58. Properly
owned by the state was valued at $lI,-
470,843.58. bringing the total assets 70
$43, 845, 219.03.
posed of outstanding warrants totahng
81. 7S2. 1854 So and bonded indebtedness
Of $40. 8O8 22425 making a total OF
$3.50 ,O88.83. and, subtracted from the
assets, leaving a surplus OF $Sl,254,-
1900.
The assets. Holmes pointed out, in
clude So, 445, 607 in treasurer's cash and
$685. in contingent cash. Fixed as
sets include permanent fund invest
ments of $17740242 and the inventory
Of state property places its value at
s17.470,s4S
The current liabilities OF Sl,Ioz 800
are outstanding warrants for that
amount. Liabilities also include So
8O8.224 in bonds which are divided
among the following funds:
CAPITOL building. $575 ,22425: high
way debenture. 100000; educational
refunding, $685. 900: educational S718,-
600; Montana funding, So, 88l 900; mines
residence hall, S235,000; university
student union building, s203, 900; agri-
culture college residence hall, Sl92,-
600: tuberculosis sanitarium, $4,000;
insane asylum, $278,0OO; industrial
school, $50, 900; Eastern Montana nor
NAL. S170,O00 Northern Montana col
lege, $l54,OO0; deaf and blind school
construction bonds, $156,000; state nor
NAL school construction, $4,000. and
state university journalism construc-
ton, $97 600.
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Read the Classified Advertisements
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before him Judge Munson required the
sheriff to keep the prisoner under
guard both night and day from the
time Of his arrest, not only to prevent
him from being lynched by the COM
mittee of VigiIanteS, but to prevent his
being rescued by his friends. Tt was
the first murder trial to be held in
Montana before q regularly constituted
court Of law.
At the end Of his first year on the
bench in Montana, Judge Munson had
administered the law In such a fashion
as to win the sympathy and support
of the entire population Of the terri
tory. In token and recognition OF MS
services he was publicly presented with
a gold watch and chain and a seal by
a citizens committee which purchased
the gifts with funds raised by popular
subscription.
Judge Munson served on the early
supreme bench for four years, retiring
in 1869 and returning to New Haven
for family reasons. There he resumed
the practice of law. Besides diScharg-
ing his judicial duties while in Mon
taTa, Judge Munson served as a special
commissioner for the government to
the hostile tribes Of eros Ventures,
Piegan and Blackfeet Indians. In that
capacity he concluded q treaty with
those tribes, by the terms Of which
they retired to reservation.
Judge Munson was porn in Massa-
chusetts in 1922. After studying at
Ieriox academy he entered Yale college,
graduating from the law school Of
that institution with the class Of 1851.
At the time of his appointment to the
Montana territorial supreme court by
President Lincoln, he was associated
in the practice Of law with an eminent
attorney named Dutton, who later was
elected governor of Connecticut. This
firm, widely known at the time, had
the largest docket of cases in their files
Of any legal firm in New England.
Judge Munson died at New Haven In
1908 at the age of SO. His son, Edward
L. Munson, was major In the United
States army. He also had two
daughters.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-27

Judge Munson died at New Haven In
1908 at the age of SO. His son, Edward
L. Munson, was a major In the United
States army. He also had two
daughters.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-27

DIsTrLLED just like expensive brands.
Observation-Disclosures.
Silver Dollar Straight Bourbon ia smoother
...richerl Be whiskey- wise. say Silver Dollar
at your favorite bar or package stored
Laasaaa ian naasmaaa On. Hna, Eamrsneasuuzx. ana
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-27

ritory, only the miners courts and the
Vigilantes. There were no statutes to
define local legal procedure.
Judge Munson's first official act upon
assuming his place upon the Montana
bench, was the issuance of statement
to the effect that with the coming Of
regularly constituted legal machinery
for the maintenance Of law and order,
the necessity for secret trials and mid
night executions had ceased and that
such activities as arrests, trials and
executions in the future must be left
to the courts, which would handle them
in daylight and open and above board
While this announcement met with
the approval OF O majority OF the citi-
gems, there was much criticism Of IL
and considerable opposition was man
Tested in some quarters to Judge
Munson's objective, the opinion being
expressed that it would result In de-
laying justice 10 such an extent that
the citizens generally must suffer from
the depredaff0ns of the criminals.
At the first murder trial that came
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-27

An easy way 10 discover shorted
cell In an auto battery is TO remove
all filler caps and operate the start
ing switch, watching all cells to see
If the liquid in any one shows signs
OF agitation, 8 sure indication Of
short
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-27

Native men of Atchin island, New
Hebrides, will not eat with women.
Even the married men live apart from
their wives, in barracks, and prepare
THAR own meals
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-27
MONTANA'S CASH
ASSETS HIGHER
STATE WORTH THREE AND ONE
HALF MILLION MORE THAN
ONE YEAR AGO

state Auditor John J. Holmes, in a
Recent Statement on MOntana's FL
nanciaI Condition, Said Surplus Was
SS2S6,s43 More Than In 1885.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-27
HORSES GOVERNED
MOODS OF DRIVER
DAN TOBEY WAS BRIGHT AND
GAY R TEAM STARTED
WITHOUT TROUBLE

But II Storm Threatened or = LeadeE
Plunged Or = Wheeler Baked, Vet
eran Montana Reinsman Was Nor
Ose and Silent AS He Drove.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-01-29
BETHEsDA's GOSPEL CHORUS
HAS SOCIAL NIGHT

The Gospel Chorus of Bethesda
Baptist Church turns its rehearsal
each fourth Monday night into a
social meet for the enjoyment of its
members and a few friends. Last
Monday was such an occasion. The
chorus was entertained at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl L. Sims, 1919
Columbus Avenue.
The serious business of the meet
ing was disposing of the well pre-
pared lunch served by Mr.. and Mrs.
Sims.
Mr.. George Gates, FOG Oak Lake
Avenue NJ, who has been confined
to his home for the past week
with an attack of influenza is now
able to return to his employment.
Members and friends of Phyllis
Wheatley are reminded of its an
nual dinner February 9. Make res
ervatiOns by February 6. Dinner
50c.-Adv.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-01-29
RETURNS HOME

Mrs. Hattie Jones, who has been
living in New York City for the
past three years, returned to st.
Paul January z for an indefinite
stay. In New York she was en-
gagged in the chiropodist business.
Mrs. Jones came home for a COM
plete rest and is making her home
at 673 West Central. Mrs. Jones
is a member of White Temple No.
10, Daughters of Elks, st. Louis,
and also a member of Sylvester
Temple No. "a, S. M. T., Kansas
City, Mo. Vs.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-01-29

Mrs. Hazeldel Warrick was host
ess to the Jas. Weldon Johnson Lit
erary Club Thursday from 2 to S
p. m. An interesting subject was
Achievements of the Negro for
1885," Each member told of some
achievement accomplished by one
of our group. A pleasant after
noon was spent after which the
hostess assisted by her daughter,
Miss Hazel Warrick, served lunch.
Thursday at 8 p. m. the club jour
neyed to the home of Mrs. Eva Tay-
lor and presented her with beau
tiful silver fruit basket. Mrs. Tay-
lor was the clubs first president.
Mrs. Cassie Melker of 455 St.
Anthony Ave. was hostess Friday
evening to the annual Homecom-
ing Party of the Isis, a branch of
the Eastern Star.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-01-29
Social and Personal
ST. PAUL

ing in a 1897 blue Ford V-8 coupe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleat w. Oliver
are now residing at the Neal Flu
neral Home at 535 Rondo st.
Friends of Miss Antoinnette Nc
Farland of 493 Whitehall st. will be
pleased to know that she is well on
the road to recovery at Ancker
Hospital, and is able to be up. She
is looking forward to being out
this spring.
Mrs. Catherine Harris Travis of
687 st. Anthony Ave. is in Ancker
Hospital awaiting visit from the
stork.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-01-29
FORMER RESIDENT VISITS

Mr.. William L. Strader, es-
tranged husband of Mrs. Mildred
Strader, 1927 Stevens Avenue, was
in the city on business over the
past weekend. Mr.. Strader lives in
Gary, Indiana.
Little Mitzi Jeanne Strader and
her brother Conrad have gone to
Gary, to spend the remainder of
the winter with their father, Mr..
William L. Strader.
Mrs. E. A. Davis and son spent
the weekend in Chicago visiting
with her sister, Mrs. Ethel Sheets.
Mr.. Andrew Coble of 348 Kent
St., who has been i'll, is able to
be out again among his friends.
Mrs. Freda Harris of 500 Carroll
Ave. is a shut-in suffering with
the "flu."
Mrs. Opal Whyte, proprietor of
Riverdale Cotton Club, Somerset,
Wis.,, returned last week from St.
Louis where she went to be at the
bedside of her brother.
Mrs. E. Lewis, 802 Aldrich Ave.
NJ, who has been very ill, is now
much better and is under the care
of DIR. w. D. Brown.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-01-29
MARIANNE C. CARTER

Daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
L. Cooke, Oil E. 22nd ST., who grad
uated Thursday night from South
side high school. Miss Carter is a
member of the Torch Bearers Club,
a scholastic honor organization, and
several other school groups. In ad-
dition to being active in A.M.E.
church young peoples work she has
served as Minneapolis social CORE
spondent for this newspaper for
one and one-half years.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-01-29

A surprising number of sepia
Saint Paulites are making plans
to take part in the Winter Car
nival which opens here Saturday,
January 80. The Sterling Club is
tentatively making plans for a
Marching Club, and many sepia
housewives have already registered
in the Housewives Marching Club.
Scores of winter sport parties have
been planned for the week.
The date of the Sleighride Party
of the Cameo Social Club has been
changed to Saturday, February g.,
the last night of the Winter Carni-
val. The members and their guests
will leave from the home of the
president at $3.50 p. m, and will
return to the Dunbar Tavern for
the other part Of the fun.
The Credjafawn Social Club has
made plans for a Winter Sport
Party, Sunday, January 81, the Sec
ond day after the opening of the
Winter Carnival.
Lord Byron Doty of piano fame
is still making a big hit over
WMIN every Sunday afternoon at
4:45. Tom Coleman was the vocal
list last Sunday. A card or letter
to the station will bring your ia
vorite number to the program.
DR.. and Mrs. William H. Griffin
of Chicago are in the city for sew
eral weeks, the house guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Richard L. Stokes of 761
st. Anthony Ave. DR.. Griffin is
pastor of Coppin Chapel in Chicago
and is former pastor Of st. James
A. M. E. in st. Paul.
Mr.. John Lewis of 675 Iglehart
Ave. is improving after several
weeks illness. His wife, DR.. Lii
liam Lewis, is able to be out again
after an attack of the "flu."
Mrs. Mildred johnson of Atlanta,
Georgia, who was here on account
of the serious illness of her mother,
Mrs. Virginia Taylor of Crispus
Attacks Home, left Thursday, jan
uary 81, for home.
Mr.. J. w. Taylor of 662 st. An
thony Ave. is still talking about
the grand time he had while visit
ing for three weeks in Texas and
other points South and East last
month-the places he went, the
sights he saw, the grand things he
had to eat and drink, and best of
all the picture he had made of four
generations, which incidentally,
makes him a great grandpappy.
Mrs. Mamie Faulkner of 936 st.
Anthony Ave. is able to be up
after long siege of illness.
Mr.. William Twigs of. $50 ST..
Anthony is now employed at the
Ford Plant.
The Edwin B. Salters' are motor
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-01-29
REV. LOCKETTS WIFE
REMAINS ILL

Because of the illness in Detroit,
Mich, of Mrs. P. L. Lockett, wife
of Rev. P. L. Lockett, pastor of the
Church of God in Christ, TOO Lyn-
dale Avenue NJ, she was not able
to accompany him to Minneapolis
but is slowly recovering and is
expected here the first week in
February.
Visiting Rev. Lockett from Chi
cago is his sister, Miss Ozie Es-
tella Lockett, who will spend two