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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-18

i The coming -SchmeIing
fight provides an excuse to revive
the story OF MOntana's greatest
prize fight-fn number OF rounds
az least. This fight, fought near
Helena on Nov. 5, 1865, was be-
tween Con Orem and Patsey Mar
ley for a $1,000 purse, and was won
I by Marley.
Heres the account as printed in
The Montana Post on NOV. IL, 1865:
'THE GREAT PRIZE FIGHT
THE great prize fight between Con
Orem and Patsey Marley, for 81 600,
Over 80 rounds were fought, when
night closed n on the cOmbatants, and
the contest was unavoidably postponed
until the next morning.
Morning came, and at the appointed
hour Marley responded TO the call, but
Orem did not, his right hand, from
the conclusion Of the blows, being en-
tirely useless"
The Post reported that $500 persons
witnessed the fight, paying an admis-
sion price of S. each.
Con Orem had been a well known
figure in the Clear creek camps of
Colorado before he Joined the stam-
pede to Montana In the early SOS. He
fought Enoch Davis, champion of Colo
RADIO, at Central City on Aug. "a, 1861.
A few days before the Orem-Davis
fight the Denver Daily News printed
this letter from a reader:
'Mr. Editorial the forthcoming
prize fight there VIII probably be a
large crowd Of spectators. Would 1t
not be well to have rule made by
the managers of that affair that no
arms be allowed to be carried by those
~ r,F,c ~ q
rule might prevent serious disturb
ance. A great many quiet and orderly
gentlemen wish to witness this fight,
but will hesitate about going unless
some rule like the above is established"
Another boxer, well known in Cen
trail City, Colo, In 1861 was Charley
Switz, who headed q troupe OF gym
nasts and MINISTRIES that appeared at
the Peoples theater while Jack Lam
griShe and his pioneer thespians were
playing in Buckskin Joe, Fairplay, |
Georgia glllch and other camps OF the
Colorado mountains.
Swift had uuarreled with George w. |
the first theater manager in
Central City. Harrison went east in /
June, 1862, to get new troupe for his
National theater. On his return to
Colorado, he was informed Switz was
out to "get" him.
Thus forwarned, Harrison left the
stagecoach few miles below Central,
and went after his pistols by round
about route. He then went directly to
the National. From the theater balcony
he saw Switz approaching. Unobserved,
be shot and killed his sworn enemy.
Then Harrison went calmly ahead with
for the grand reopening
Of the National.
The theater was reopened In August.
Following the opening night, Harrison
was arrested, charged not only with
he murder Of Swift, but with operat-
ng his theater ON Sundayl he was
acquitted of both charges.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-18
COUNTIES MUST APPOINT
VETS BURIAL SUPERVISOR

Attorney Gen. H. J. Freebourn is
sued an opinion to county commission
erS OF Montana which said: Chapter
1913, laws OF 1887, makes it mandatory
upon the county commissioners to APP
point a veterans burial supervisor
preferably an honorably discharged
sailor, marine or nurse.
Payment Of $3.50 by the county Is
mandatory unless waived or unless the
net inventoried and appraised value
of the estate exceeds $1,000.
The duties of the supervisor are not
in derogation Of the rights of the
exercised in cooperation Herewith,
and with the end in view rather Of
assisting her"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-18
RAPELJE GIRL WINNER
IN BANKERS CONTEST

The Montana Bankers association
has announced the winners of its state
wide essay contest for high school
students on the subject, How q Bank
Serves Its Community"
First prize Of 500 was awarded to
Henrietta Kornellis of RapeI1e, mem
Der Of the junior class Of the RapelJe
high school.
Second prize, $50, went to Marjorie
Smith, member Of the senior class Of
the Poplar high school, and the third
prize OF SIS was given Jane Ann Heck
Ter Of whitehall
Honorable mention was given these
six students: Elizabeth Boor of Glen
dive, Donald e. Mittelstaedt Of Mis-
sOula, Elsie Wangerin Of Outlook,
Duane Norby Of Wolf Point, katherine
DaeIlenbach Of Malta and Harry
Ruppel of Deer Lodge.
More than 1000 students In 10 cities
and towns took part in the contest.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-18

leaped to his death. Still others ac-
cepted as fact the ugly suspicion that
Meagher had been murdered.
Only rlImors and hints and slspic-
! ions, spreading across that wide, I'M
settled land, were strong enough
to prompt the raising, by popular sub
scription, of a sum to finance an in
yestigation of his death. The result OF
that investigation seemed to prove
satisfactorily that General Meagher
had come to his death by accidental
drowning. The details Of the careful
probe are handed down through old
letters, diaries and historical records.
Granville Stuart, who CHANGED to be
at Fort Benton on July /, 1857, remem-
bered that 1t was an extremely not
day. He met Meagher, who was his
neighbor In Virginia City, on the
streets, introduced him to several
friends and invited him to have q
drink Meagher refused the invitation.
According to Stuart the general APP
peared under the weather but abso-
lutly sober.
Pistol Drawn ON Street
Later that day he was found wan
dering the streets, dazed, pistol drawn,
declaring that he must defend himself
against the citizens Of Fort Benton
who were out to get him. This hallucin-
alton of his, possibly the result Of a
sunstroke, may have given rise to the
report of Vigilante enmity which was
to circulate freely 40 years after his
death. His friends persuaded Meagher
to board the old G. A. Thompson and
go to his cabin for a rest. They left
him there, apparently comfortable in
bed. Scarcely an hour later white
faced men on Fort Benton streets
whispered the tragic news: General
Meagher has been drownedi One man,
a negro barber on the boat, asserted
that he was an eye witness TO the
tragedy. He had seen General Meagher
go overheard, but his testimony, years
later, was to be pitted against the SOL
smn declarations Of other men.
Immediately the river was dragged
FOR the body. Prompted by an old sup /
srstition, loaves Of bread we're thrown
upon the river, in the belief that they |
would be effective in bringing the body |
20 the surface. Cannon were shot into |
he water. The shores, for miles down
he stream, were patiently searched for
lays. But General Meagher's body was
never recovered, nor was the mystery
II his death ever quite solved. The
indings of the investiga tion-death by
accidental drowning-did not still the
persistent rumors of foul play.
Forty-six years later drunken man
named Frank Diamond, stirred those
JUNIORS to renewed flame. He had had
severe attack of delirium tremens,
md, while jailed, believing himself
bout to die, Diamond startled all Of
Montana by making confession.
Had Been Followed
He declared that he had been hired
" Vigilantes to kill General Meagher
iear Cow Island in the Missouri and
tide the body in the river. There were
many old-timers still living in 1913
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-18
DEATH REMOVES
VEIL OF MYSTERY
LIFE STORY or SHORTY" LEG
LESS NEWsBOY OF BUTTE, rs
REVEALED

Mystery in the history Of
Shorty Iegiezs news vendor for
many years at the southeast cor
ner Of Broadway and Main street
I'm Butte, lifted with the filing Of
estate papers In the office Of Elmer
Shea, clerk of the district court.
Shorty who was known as Alec
Davidson, died Aug. III, 1886.
In the past two years efforts we're
about him than that he was q native
Of Scandinavian countries; had sailed
the Seven Seas; had lost his legs when
he was caught in q blizzard in Alaska
It was learned that he was born under
the name of Axel L. ArVidson on Mar.
is, 1859, in Norrkoping. County Of Os-
tergotland, Sweden.
Maria Sofia Nilsson, q sister, and
Karl Gustav Arvidson, q brother, sur
yive him in that city Of Sweden. At
torneys for the petitioner, his sister,
against the So, I30.54 left in the estate.
According to word received from the
sister, Alec Shorty" Davidson came
to the United States on May %. 1855.
he was naturalized In Boston on Oct.
;, 1894. Several years later he had his
name changed from Arvidson to David
son.
Davidson was a familiar figure on
he corner where he stood by his little
Of newspapers and magazines
Turing hot or cold weather. He donned
an old pair of spectacles when business
vas slack and read by the light of the
street lamp near his stand.
When Davidson died. he brought sor-
'oW to nurses at st. James hospital
Who administered to his last needs.
Among those at the funeral services
vas his neighbor, Frank Ericsson, blind
iewsboy. from the opposite corner.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-18

Clarence Brocky and Thomas Main,
delegates from the Gros Ventre tribal
business council at Harlem, met with
the Blackfeet tribal council at Brown
ing to discuss retaining attorneys in
an endeavor to get the unpaid interest
due the tribes on the So-called big
claim Judgment secured by these In
dams from the government several
years ago. The amount involved is re-
ported at about $4,000,0 900, having been
accommodating since 1874. To recover, an
act of congress is required. A test case
decided in favor Of the Indians.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-18
GRANITE TOMB ERECTED
FOR LATE OLE OSNES

A granite tomb has Just been COM
pleted IN memory OF the late Ole OSnes,
stockman OF statewide renown. OSnes
was killed Dec. Is, 1887, when the car
in which he was riding plunged over
q 50-foot embankment on the highway
between Great Falls and Belt. The
tomb was erected on the original home
stead between Round butte and Square
butte. There the remains viii be placed
with ceremony June i9 at noon.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-18
OIL for
Troubled Waters

IN EVERY industrial field, plant super
u intendents and management executives
turn TO the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
with its 20 years. experience whenever a
fabrication problem, great or small, threat
ems TO disrupt operating schedules.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-06-18
OREM AND MARLEY
FIGHT RECALLED
RING BOUT NEAR HELENA nv 1865
WENT 30 ROUNDS FOR
$1,000 PURSE

Halted by Darkness to Be Resumed
Next Day, One of Contestants Was
Unable to Continue Because He Had
Ruined His Right Hand Day Before.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-03-19

who came In q cara heavy, silky car
which purred its way out of the drive.
Oh. ye-ahl But It was not the moment
for details, for a more accurate de-
scription OF what had been heard and
done. Food was all important. It must
be provided at once.
GO down and see for yourselves, %
she said, and bring the basket up.
And put your heads together and all
think hard about milk Get move on,
quick"
She dared not give a finger for the
poor mite to suck. Her nail was red
with blood"
All three women went down-drs.
Rickham and Doris in their naked feet.
Being trained Miss Instone was wear
ing her warm bedroom shoes, and II
was she who examined the basket
for Identification marks in the light
Of Pamela's room She found no
marks, Of course.
But what she found In addition to
a set of infants clothes was a bottle
Of baby's food. and on this was writ
ten boldly, To be sensitively warmed"
She gave it TO Mrs. Rickham with
intunctions TO proceed, switched on
the electric fire and arranged the
clothes in front. They we're nice, ex-
penSive clothes. Wen, she wouldn't
have believed it II she had read it in
the Express
Presently the ecstatic boy. with
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-03-19

and similar arch, having thrilled at
the golden expresses which stand that
side of the house.
Pam woke because of the unusual
sound of the arrival of a car. Not a
rattling piece of mass production with
a raucouS brake. It was easily to be
recognized as heavy Swagger thing,
| driven smoothly and brought to a stop
by a gear-respecting foot.
| Julian, at that hour? Not likely.
There had been letter from him that
Aunt Louise? Not even wars and
earthquakes took her from her bed
after ten. Besides, she too, was in
France.
Then who in the name of Michael
would have the eternal cheek All.
someone had committed a gaffe. The
wrong house, 1t seemed. After a pause
for establishment the car went sWag-
gering on. Curse it all the same.
PANS room was in the front of the
mouse and all its windows were open
In spite Of chilly air. The maids room
and the nurses room were tucked
away at the back. Mrs. Rickham slept
In an attic and anyhow was deaf. It
was impossible for these three women
TO have been disturbed.
But up to Pam, from the doorstep
as she sought to recover Sleep there
rose small queer sound. A Whimper
like that of puppy, OF a sea-gull, or
something. What? 1t was not imag-
nation. It was not that she had left
some part Of herself in a dream. It
was actually to be heard. A puppy or
a sea-gul? There was neither near
The place. There was an ancient. gray
bearded spaniel in the gardeners
mouse, dreaming of misSpent youth.
4nere was canary in the kitchen
winch, one legged at the moment. had
It's head tucked under its wing. was
1t an owl perhaps?
Wen, whatever it was, never mind.
Her praln was filled with thistle
down. Sne was one of the futile gang"
But here it was again-again and
yet again. 1t could only be described
In the language which Is rightly used
at sea. -Caked with a hard indiffer- |
ence to the tragedies of the world -
All right. But 1t was simply not to be
stood. Pam flung back the bed clothes.
slipped her feet into mules, thrust her
sen IN 70 peignoir, switched on all |
way downstairs.
There was nothing odd In the hall /
nothing strange emitting that queer
continuous sound. 1t could still be
heard, though more family than in
the open window room. And SO with
natural anger and a creepy SILVER Of
fear Pam unbolted the door. There at
1er feet on the top step was a basket,
square and smart, and there had been
carefully placed all over IL a thick
sheet. 1t was from the in
error OF this thing that the incessant
Vhimper came.
Not at once, not for a minute. was
she able to summon courage enough
% permit her to pick it up. It held
small and alive. It was
erie. It was amazing. It made her
Freak into gooSeflesh and feel strange
Kings In her hair.
Shutting the door with her elbow.
Ihe carried 1t to q settee and HftedI
he sheet and the lid. NO wonder she
Yearly screamed. With only its head
uncovered and She rest Of It warmly
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-03-19

that she was. AS one of the nveliest
and most lovely of the seasons girls
she had been going night and day. In
! the pursuit of what is called happiness
but what is better known in the cur
rent slang as red hot time, she had
worn herself to a thread.
OF one thing in this story which has
been so widely discussed, everyone is
sure. Young Harpested of the Foreign
Office had nose-dived at her feet, a
most conspicuous crash, and she had
made no bones about showing that
she revelled in the fact. Another thing
which got about and was absolutely
true was that their engagement had
been broken off within twenty-four
hours at most.
This break took place at breakfast
in one of the all-night clubs. 1t may
be that he was exhausted after dane
ing until after half past five. Unlike
most of the others he worked all day
at his job. At any rate his temper
was more than little on edge and he
gave forth emphatically on the subject
of jazz and gin.
Pamela called him stodgy and is
sued what was a warning against his
developing into q prig. At that he
terked his kipper into corner OF the
room and was heard to denounce all
present who in the middle of a strug-
gle which might lead to another world
war, grinned through a horse collar
and were mere jackanapes.
Including me?" asked Pamela with
a rather dangerous laugh.
''Yes, especially you," he shouted,
warming to the cause. You're dane
ing on Ethiopian bodies and your nails
are red with their blood. You're caked
with a hard indifference to the trag-
edies Of the world. Your brains, the
little you have of them, are filled with
thistledoWn; you wake and live for
grooming, and you and all your futile
gang are zulus under the skin"
These words and the comic melo-
drama" were spread by everyone, and
by them it was gleefully told that
Pamela shot up and Haunted out, hay-
ING thrown her ring at Harpested. It
had missed his eye by an inch, and
nothing had been heard Of her from
that day to this She had disappeared. |
1t was in a cottage on the borders Of
Sussex old and beamed and rllSCic, |
with sixteenth century chimneys and |
a moss covered roof, that Pam nad
buried herself 1t was here that she
nursed her anger at Harpesteds we
attack, did her best to forget him and
wine him off her map. She had been,
ia her own words, quite potty on
this man" She had come to 1t as q
martyr, as one who had sacrificed
which wasn't so easy today,
IN the altar of her gang. But she
loved the place and its beauty, q sense
Of independence and eventually the
luxury Of pampered malingering.
1t was here that, among the holes,
4 patient B. 3. G. young man had
caught the sing of the nightingale
Turing those chilly nights in June. He
would have more wisely secreted his
for the blackbird's better
perhaps disliked being told, that the
difference between the blackbird's art
md that OF the nightingale is as great
IS the art OF Flagstad and that Of any
Italian OF the coloratura school. Prob
bly, many years must pass before he
1nds this out.
You must be reminded that five
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-03-19

people only knew that Pamela was
here. Julian, who had lent her the
cottage, Lady Louise Trevelyan, the
aunt who had brought her up. the
nurse, an intelligent person whom the
doctor had put In the house, and Jul
ian's cook and maid. She had, so far
as the gang were concerned, mys-
teriously left the earth. It is vital that
you shall bear in mind the word mys-
FERROUS.
Well, Pam woke, and wondered why.
A stark return to consciousness was
annoying at that hour. She had been
in bed by ten. Il meant the process OF
re-cOntrol, the closing Of mind from
arguments, the reaffirmation of glad
ness-by no means yet achieved-that
Harpested, that idiot, had got his
beastly ring. Grinning through q
horse collar, a Zulu under the skinl
She couldn't stand for that. although
but she wouldn't confess it-she had
begun to think ne was right.
1t is necessary to tell you that the
cottage is away from the road. You
come to 1t first by a lane. then through
an archway in a faultleSsly trimmed
yew hedge and there find q courtyard,
tagged with ancient stones, in the
middle of which stands haughtily a
miniature Charing Cross. You drive
out with reluctance, through another
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-03-19
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FARMS WANTED

$NeS~~~Nas~-~e-e~~-~~NS
FARMS WANTED: With the COM
pletion Of Fort Peck dam, hundreds Of far
mers viii be obliged to move from their Mis-
souri, bottom lands and will be looking for
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COURIER, BOX ais, Glasgow, Mont. Rates one
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-03-19

DR.. a II. Swain, executive secretary Of the
Greater University Of Montana, has on file
IN his office the addresses OF 1I.760 persons
who graduated from some unit Of the State
university since that institution started. The
consisted Of two persons. Montana university
graduates are now living In every state Of
sshe union. In seven United States possessions
and territories, the district Of Columbia and
ii foreigu countries.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-03-19

you ought to be told the truth,
NJ Of Il because you hitherto
heard the story in q hundred
garbIed forms, and some have
been rec0unted with ribald and
skeptical mirth. But to those who have
made quite certain that the incredible
Is the one thing that comes with every
day and that, far from being over,
believe.
What happened precisely Is this
One Tuesday evening at twenty
minutes to twelve, when the yews in
Trevelyan's garden were sleeping un-
der the moon, Pam, TreVelyan's sister,
woke.
No wonder, as you will see.
Now, although it was October and
was still a wreck-or liked to believe
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-03-19

AGRICULTURAL and STOCK RANCH
for sale or lease. s,i45 acres and 1000 acres
under lease Woven wire fences, reservoirs,
CLARA GOULD. 900 s. Pear st. Olympia,
Wash.
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RANCH TO LEASE

5000 ACRE RANCH In Madison county,
suitable for hay, grain, pasture and cattle.
Address: BOX lis. Ennis, Mont.
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closed eyes, did himself fr1ghtfuIly well
lit was now known that he was a hoy
and the women bent TO watch Pam
she who held the bottle with her cheek
against his head. A lovely mother She
made.
Mrs Rickhams last remark before
returning TO her bed tended rather 10
open up q certain discomfort.
Go Be Continued
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EMPLOYMENT

ADDRESS POSTCARDS, &c each, paid
in advance, supplies furnished. Details
FREE. MISHAWAKA MAILING SYSTEM. Box
64-C. MishAwaka. Indiana.
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Published By Special Advancement With The
CHICAGO Tribune-New York News Syndicate,
Incorporated
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-03-19

IN TWO PARTS-PART ONE
A LITTLE STRANGER FOUND
ON HER DOORSTEP PRO
VIDES THE CURE TO PAM
ELIAS MALADY
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