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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-04-02

Lee said he would be first roper ana
T be careful. He was. The first tWo-year
old colt Lee caught went into the AT.
and came down square on his head
I breaking the colts neck. It happened
to be one of Lees stock. He tossed the
rope to me saying: This Is my an
lucky day; you do the roping TODAY >
did and before night had killed one
of my own in the same way. That was
the only horse I ever killed while
roping.
In the mention Of traiIblazers OF the
Yellowstone valley 1t would not Be
right to overlook such men as Chris
Jensen and Al Chadbourn. Each should
be entitled to a fair share of credit
for the part they played In overcoming
obstacles in the early days and helping
to build up the commonwealth we elaioV
today. first knew Jensen as a brick
maker when old Fort Assinniboine was
in course of construction in 1879. re
was then burning brick for the con-
struction of that once famous govern
ment post. In about 1888 Jensen came
to the Yellowstone valley and located
on a piece of land six miles above
Livingston. Here he started the foun-
dalton for a home where he lived for
so years as a successful farmer. Chris
recently sold his land holding and re-
tired from active labor at the ripe old |
age of 81 years. He now lives in Liv- !
ingston. He is very fond of visiting |
with old-timers.
Al Chadbourn came to the Yellow I
stone valley about 1883, locating on
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-04-02
FEW GHOST CAMPS
EVER CAME BACK
BURLINGTON, FOUR MILES WEST
OF BUTTE STAGED REMARK
ABLE COMEBACK
Mining Camp Later Became Dairy
Community Which Supplied Butte
VITA IS WagonIOads Of Fresh MILK
Every Morning.

Few of Montana's ghost mining
camps have ever been anything
but Just that after the diggings
were worked out or the decrease
Ia the price of silver forced shut
down and abandonment. One of
thems however, staged q comeback
as community, if not as q town,
but in line entirely different
from mining. The town that thus
refused 20 lapse into decay and
turn its habitati0ns over to bats
and vandals, was Burlington, four
miles west Of Butte.
Within a few years after Bllrling-
toms original nlainstay, the Bluebird
mine, was abandoned because the price
OF silver became SO low 1t was inn
possible 70 operate at a profit, the
vicinity became a dairy center which
supplied Butte residents with wagon
loads of milk every day.
Burlington first sprang into prom
tnence in 1885, when the Bluebird
demonstrated to capital its promising
future IN the silver mining industry. A
company took over the property and
erected a large mill a mile south on
a hill overlooking the railroad station
OF Rocker on Silver Bow creek. Rocker
was q mining camp with business
houses and families when Butte was
q log cabin, and with the development
of the Bluebird, Rocker went into a
new BOOM
Burlington sprang up and filled the
gulch just to the north with frame
dwellings and business houses. 1t be-
came camp Of from 600 to TOO people,
with a postoffice, schooIhouSe, church
and lodge rooms. Van Zandt, super
Intendent of the Bluebird, was inter
sSted in his camp and its people. He
QUILT a brick house near the mine and
started a free public library in it for
.he use of the community. Reading
and writing rooms were provided and
he place became popular and much
Used recreation center. A line of stage |
coaches was maintained between Bur- |
ington, Rocker and Butte.
In late June, 1893, the price of silver
losedived and the Bluebird closed. |
locker survived, although it sent word
aimed much of its activity for num-
'er of years, however, as a railroad
ivision point, the ore trains from the
Suite mines to the smelterS in Ana
onda all being made up there at
hat time.
But Burlington melted away, al
nough 1t struggled hard against the
levitable for several years. The fam
les left, the schoolhouse was boarded
p, the library moved to Butte. The
age coach line was abandoned and
ne postoffice discontinued. Grocery
,ores were closed and boarding houses
nd saloons went out of business.
'ozens of houses were removed to
ute by owners who found employ
lent there, or for speculative purposes.
The Bluebird hoist was destroyed by
re in 1900. The mill was torn down
nd the machinery taken away. Leasers
perated some prospects and small
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land just above the old ghost city of
Cinnebar Here he started up in the
stock business with a fine range, but
later he was harassed by large herds
of elk coming into the valley during
the early fall and winter. These an
finals had no respect for fences and
soon devoured haystacks and closed
range around the border of the yell
lowStone park. Chadbourn seeing he
was handicapped for stock raising in
that part of the country, sold out and
moved to the lower Shields river where
he has lived for more than so years.
He has become wealthy land owner
and Stockman Chadbourn still rides
horseback at the age of SO years and
deteStS being called old.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-04-02

mining properties for q number of
years.
Then Burlington bloSsomed forth as
a dairy center. The believing Of con-
tented cows replaced the din and hustle
of q lively mining camp. A few years
after the Bluebird closed Burlington
had six diaries with 1000 or 80 COWS
sending IS wagonloads Of milk to Butte
daily. Instead of q population OF 500
or TOO, it had about 20 residents. Van
dals had q lot of fun for several years
after the Bluebird closed, until they
had carried away everything they could
lift and load into a wagon.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-04-02
so CATTLE ARE
LOST In FLOOD
ICE JAM CAUSED MISSOURI RIVER
TO LEAVE BANKS NEAR
BAINVIKLE

Wilson brothers of the Snowden
community on the Missouri river south
Of Bainville lost at least so cattle when
an ice jam at the Great Northern
bridge caused back waters to flood
bottoms where the Wilson's were feed
ing cattle.
Flood waters rose rapidly during the
night and several cattle had already
drowned when the Wilson's learned Of
the flood. About so were saved
It is expected many will die because
Of having stood in the cold water for
several hours.
The Washington times., 1938-11-11
House Afire!
That's Lupe!
By NANCY RANDOLPH

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (CTPS)-The official report says
caused by cigarette But nobody tell of
The Washington times., 1938-11-11
Actress ReSCueS
Kin as Auto
Runs Wild
(Copyright, 1880

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. II G.N.SJ
Luck of the Irish stood by Film
Actress Nancy Kelly and her kid
brother and sister and saved them
from serious injury in a runaway
car.
The accident occurred yesterday
at the family home in Beverly
Hills and could easily have re
suited in broken bones instead OF
the bruises and fright suffered by
the trio.
Seventeen-year-old Miss Kelly
who created a sensation on Broad
way as an ingenue and who makes
her screen bid for fame in Jesse
James" and in "TailSpin,
emerged from the experience as
heroine.
Her brother, Clement, T. and her
sister, Carole, 4, climbed into the
family car as it was parked in an
inclined driveway and. somehow
released the emergency brake.
Miss Kelly saw the car start tc
roll and, though she doesn't know
how to drive, leaped onto the run
ming board, climbed into the seat
and clasped her baby sister just
as the machine crashed through q
gate and a retaining wall.
The most serious casualty was
Clement. He has a bump on his
head and slight leg injury.
The Washington times., 1938-11-11
CALLING DONDER
AND BLITzEN FOR
old SANTA'SUSE
2 Reindeer Are Needed
for Christmas Fete

Come Donder, come Bitten,
come Dancer and Prancer.
Columbia Heights Business
Mems Association was whistling in
the dark today, trying to scare
up a couple Of reindeer from the
unemployed in the animal king.
dom.
The reindeer are needed to haul
Santa Claus down Fourteenth
Street during Santa Claus Lane
festivities, starting December 2.
James w. Root, vice chairman
of the Santa Claus Lane Com
mittee and a sentimentalist at
heart, has turned a deaf ear to
streamlined autos, latest model
street cars, and even airplanes for
Santa'S vehicle this year. 1t must
be reindeer, says Mr.. Root.
He feels he'll get the reindeer
all right. Managed to, five years
ago, and the animals made a big
hit.
The Washington times., 1938-11-11

Convinced they the trail of the mysterious who
Lovers Lane shooting last night Bethesda Mont
gomery county detectives teamed up today with District police
to run down clues in the here.
The Washington times., 1938-11-11

Me-" Wednesday night.
But the incendiary effects of
the costume weren't discovered
until 9 a. m. today when the
pent-up smoke started to pour out
of the place. Contrary to all the
jokes about the fire laddies, the
boys with the hose carefully pro
tected everything with canvas be-
fore going to work on the blaze.
So, except. for one burned cor
ner Of the room, Ell Morocco was
open for business as usual tonight.
The fire-proof palm trees which
were blackened by the smoke will
b replaced by tomorrow night.
Among the swashay throng
which filled the place after the
show were Mimi (Gloria) Baker
and her fiance, Bob Topping.
Mimi was wearing her fabulous
diamond-and-sapphire elephant
pin, which has all the other gals
eyes popping with envy.
The Washington times., 1938-11-11

when the aSsailant opened fire,
she said, by crouching on the
floor of Clements car. After
several hours of questioning, she
was released from custody Of the
police today.
Both Clements and Mrs. Scar
necchia, who had been friends.
they said, before their marriages
insisted that the shooting started
when a man suddenly appeared at
the door of the parked car and
ordered Clements to get out.
Instead, Clements started his
car and the hooded attacker
opened fire.
Despite a bullet crease in his
forehead, and bullets in his leg
and arm, Clements continued to
drive into Washington, where he
was persuaded by Mrs. Scarnec-
CHA to go to the hospital for
treatment.
HORN ATTRACTS POLICE
Driving at a high rate of speed
down Brookville Road, and blow
ing his horn continuously, Glenn
ents attracted police and told
them of the attack.
Clements car was riddled with
shots, which smashed the window
glass and punctured the metal
body in several places.
The Washington times., 1938-11-11
Mrs. Roosevelt
Praises Youth
Of America

ALBANY, N Y, Nov. II GN.S0.
The youth of America was up
held today by Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, who believes the United
States need not fear communism
if "our young people and we our
selves make our form of govern
ment and democracy meet the
needs of our people"
Expressing belief that organized
youth is doing more than many
groups of past generations, the
Presidents wife told a conference
OF advisers Of the National Youth
Administration:
youth has tremendous re-
sponsibility along the lines of
citizenship and social life in the
future. I think youth today is
trying very intelligently to help
solve these problems"
The Washington times., 1938-11-11
Wal1y and Duchess of Gloucester Presents
Windsor and Brother in Dramatic Reunion
Continued from Page u

Thomas, a member of the British
Embassy staff, and several mem
bers OF the airport high command,
greeted the visitors.
Two automobiles were driven to
a ramp adjoining the plane. The
Duke and the Ambassador stepped
into one machine and the Duchess
and Lady Philips entered the
other. The party then drove to
the Maurice Hotel, where the Duke
and Duchess of Windsor are stop
ping until they move into their
new Paris villa.
Arrival of the Duke and Duchess
of Gloucester marked the first
time photographers have ever been
barred from LIE Bourget airport.
The embassy automobile pro-
ceeded to the hotel by an obscure
route, via Port de la Chapelle-
avoiding the Paris Communist belt
and the famous flea market.
The Ambassador and Lady
Phipps said farewell to the royal
visitors in the hotel lobby. where
upon the Duke and Duchess
of Gloucester assembled to the
WindsorS' suite, accompanied by
a secretary. The meeting occurred
at 1:10 p. m. The WindSorS and
the GlouceSterS had luncheon in
the former Kings suite.
There were reports that the
meeting between the two brothers
and their wives resulted from the
direct desire of King George to
effect an open reconciliation be-
tween the British royal family
and the Duke of Windsor.
Reports have been current in
London that the Duke and
Duchess of Windsor may even visit
England early next year prior to
the departure of King George and
Queen Elizabeth on their forth
coming Canadian tour.
The Washington times., 1938-11-11
Real Life Drama:
ACTRESS FACES
LIE DETECTOR IN
Mates DEATH
Gloves Also Tested For
Shooting Evidence

CHICAGO, Nov. II G.N.SO.
The secret spite marriage" of 81
year.old Lillian Layton that ended
in the strange gun death of her
husband today made the red
haired student actress the central
figure in a battling real-life drama.
The girl was held in technical
custody as police further investi-
gated the story that Richard
Novick, 25, had shot himself to
death as they sat side by side in
his car wednesday night after at
tending the theater and night
club.
LIE DETECTOR TEST
Denying the young victim pos
sessed a gun or that he had in
tended leaving for California as
she claimed, relatives of young
Novick demanded an intesive in
quiry of the case.
Paraffin tests of Miss Layton's
gloves and hands were made to
determine if they contained
traces of gun powder and she was
asked to submit to a lie detector
test today.
The couples five-year romance
had been studded with mystery
and tragedy, it was revealed. Two
years ago they started to elope.
Novick'S car rammed a truck in
a head-on collision and both were
critically injured.
SUICIDE PACT DENIED
A note in his pocket indicated
they had joined in a suicide pact,
but this was subsequently denied.
The crash left Novick with d
form of amnesia. Miss Layton'S
right arm was amputated and she
spent seven months in the hos
pital.
Testifying at the inquest, she
said Novick told her Of his fam
ily's new opposition to their mar
riage but said he was willing to
disregard it, if she demanded.
1T didn't want pity above any
thing else" she said. Il blamed
Richard for running my life. I
was bitter and so I decided to
marry him in order to spite
them-his family"
Miss Layton said she and NO
wick had eloped to Adel, Iowa, and
were married in September OF
1887. The marriage was never
conSumated, she said.
SAW DRAMA KILLING
She said she had resisted his
many appeals to live together, un-
til he was able to support her. On
Wednesday he said he had OBJ
tanned an advertising job in Cali
fornia and asked her to accom-
pany him.
She refused but agreed to a
farewell party that evening. They
saw the stage production "Of
Mice and Men" that ends with a
mercy killing. They afterward
had midnight supper at a hotel
and then drove to the wind-sWept
Lincoln Park where Novick
stopped the car and renewed his
pleas for Miss Layton to go to
California with him.
When she refused, the girl said,
he drew a pistol and fired bull
let into his temple.
The Washington times., 1938-11-11

The gunman wounded John G,
Clements, %, a Government Print.
ing Office clerk, Of 6100 block
Fourteenth st. N. W., as he and
Mrs. Mary F. Scarnecchia, pretty
23-year!old brunette, sat in an au'
tomobile parked in a secluded spot
on Curtis Street, near the East
West Highway, Bethesda. Glenn
ents also is married.
A fussilade of bullets riddled
the car and Clements was wounded
in the head. At Georgetown Uni
verSity Hospital, where he is under
treatment, physicians said today
he will recover.
IDENTITY KNOWN
Detective Sergts. Theodore Vol
ton and James McAuliffe, of the
Montgomery county force, came
to Washington to run down leads
in the case. They propose to ques-
ton Clements at the hospital and
also to run down some informa-
tion in the neighborhood where he
resides. The pair indicated they
are certain of the gunman's S
identity.
Mrs. Scarnecchia said the shoot
Ing was done by "a large colored
man with coat covering his
head"
Mrs. Scarnecchia escaped injury
The Washington times., 1938-11-11
PRISON ESCAPE
PROBE STARTED;
4 NEAR DEATH
RingIeader of Break
May Not Recover

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. II
G.N.S0 With the deputy warden
and three convictS in a serious
condition, an investigation was
begun today into the thwarted es-
cape plot, in which one prisoner
was slain and eight other persons
wounded Yesterday.
Little hope was held out for the
recovery of DR.. c. C. Wood, one
of the two prison officials seized
as hostages when the group of six
felons seized a prison truck and
sped into the city.
BULLET IN SPINE
Shot four times, one of the
bullets lodged with paralyzing ef-
feet near his spine. Two other
shots struck him in the head and
one in the arm.
The prisoners in the most Seri-
Gus condition are Lonnie Taylor,
a lifer, who was said to have engi-
neered the plot; Dewey Parker
and Rufus Guy.
WARDEN INJURED
Miller Lee Edmonds died in the
hospital a short time after two
WPA employees blocked the speed
ing truck and the escaping con-
victS were trapped by police
squads. R. S. Woodruff and
Milton Hardy, prisoners, we're less
seriously wounded IN the battle.
Assistant Warden H. Sampson,
who had been seized as a hostage
with DR.. Wood and Guard Capt.
J. T. Strickland, stabbed in trying
to prevent the break, were pro-
nounced in no danger after their
wounds were treated.
The Washington times., 1938-11-11


Ell M roc co,
which was dis
covered early this
m or n / n G, was
caused by any
thing other than
the sight of fiery
Lupe Velez'S bare
tummy!
T h e flaming
Mexican star ar
rived at Mr.. Per
ona's hell-hole in
a startling TURK
ish outfit, with
tight pants and
lots of epidermis
showing W h e r e
the skirt and top
of a dress are
usually supposed
to meet.
Lupe's get up
was the center of
attraction in the
S m art crow d
which turned up
at Ell Morocco
after the opening
of Cole Porter's
new m uSi C a |,
81, ave 1t To
The Washington times., 1938-11-11
Suicide Threat Spurs
Hunt for MaChinisI

Gilbert M. Oliver, 37-year-old
machiniSt in the Washington Navy
Yard, was sought by police today.
Oliver, who lives in the TOO block
of Euclid st. N. w., left home
yesterday. threatening to take his
life, his wife, Myrtle, told police.
The Washington times., 1938-11-11
All Markets Close
For ArmistiCe Day

NEW YORK, Nov. II G.N.SD.
In observance of Armistice Day, a
national legal holiday for the first
time today, all markets were
closed
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-10
ANSWERS.

1. The report of the Budget Com
mission shows that in 1882 there were
$3.50 employees with total salaries a
mounting to SIS, 123,5 SAP, while in 1896
there were 1924 employees with total
salaries amounting to $5,927 O08.
2 According to recent reports only
1913 percent of the deaths from auto
mobile accidents are from speeding.
3. Only one was left at the end of
June. The expenses for that month
for operating the home amounted to
S764.3S. This amount, however, pro
yided for burial expenses for two 9TH
er inmates.
4. IT condemn not all, for 1 believe
there are some well meaning Honest
Men amongst you, but even those
bore down or carried away by the
false zeal and Glamour of the Rest"
S. Mrs. Curmie Inscoe Mason, of
Dillsboro, jackson county, whose hus-
band was Killed few months ago
while attempting to make an arrest.
This fund created by the 1887 legis!a-
ture is supported by a one dollar adj
ditional cost added to all cases tried
in courts above a magistrate court.
One half of the fee, however, is used
to provide a fund for the Bureau of
Identification and Investigations.
6. North Carolina grows more to-
bacco than any other state. In value
it produces about one-third of all the
tobacco grown in the United States,
and more than one-half of the to-
bacco manufactured in the United
States is manufactured in North Car
DINA factories.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-10
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
BY FRED III. MAY

1. How. does the number of en-
ployees in the State Highway and
Public Works Commission for 1913:
and 1886 compare?
2. What poption of automobile ia
talities are from exceeding the speed
limit?
3. How many veterans are inmates
of the Old Soldiers Home at Raleigh?
4. What comment did Governor
burlington make on the assembly OF
1888 when he dissolved it?
5. Who was the first person to re-
ceive benefit from the Officers Ben
eft Fund established by the 1887
legislature?
6. How does North Carolina COM
pare with other states in the tobacco
industry?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-10
FABLE BASED ON FACT.

The following was turned in to the
Daily Dispatch:
Here is a modern fable based OH
fact:
Once upon a time there was a far
mer who sold two chickens. With the
proceeds he bought two shirts.
SO the farmer had two shirts and
a city man had two chickens.
Then along came the New Deal and
told the farmer he should get more
money for his chickens by making
them scarcer-he must not raise so
many, and then he would get more
income.
The New Deal also told the working
man in the city that he must work
fewer hours and get more money for
making fewer shirts. That, of course,
caused shirts to cost more.
Then the farmer brought one chick
en- to market. He got as much money
for it as he had previously gotten for
two chickens. He felt fine. He want
ed to buy some shirts, but he found
that shirts had also doubled in price,
so he got one shirt.
Now the farmer had one shirt, and
the city man had one chicken, where
sas, without the New Deal, the farmer
could have had two shirts and the
city man could have had two chick
ems. This, boys and girls, is called ''the
more abundant life"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-10
5000 YEARS AGO
(Taken from Daily Dispatch Files)
August 10, 1918

Temperature records were at very
high level here again Friday, the mer-
curry reaching to SO degrees during
the mid-afternOOn.
Mrs. M. j. Smell left Friday for an
extended visit to relatives at Ply
mouth and other points in Eastern
North Carolina. 's -
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-10
You're
Cling Me***

The annual soap box. derby is stag
ed Aug. IA, in Akron, o. What with
all the political campaigns this sum-
mer we're wondering how the boys
managed to find any soap boxes that
weren't worn out.
When. Japan invaded China, the
reason given was to 'help" the Chi
nese. Either Russia has failed to see
the benefits of Nipponese invasion, or
wants to go along in the same old rut.
Meat dealers converting in Milwau-
kee say the hot dog has become fash
ionable. Hot dogs for two, please,
James.
The G.. o. P. has enlivened it's Of
fetal emblem, changing the peaceful
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-08-10

TODAY's ANNIVERSARIES

1753-Edmund Randolph, Virginia
governor, first .Attorney-General o.
the U S., secretary of state, porn
near Williamsburg, Va. Died sept
12, 1918. .,,
179O-George McDuffie, noted South
Carolina congressman, governor ano
senator, born in Georgia. DIED al
Cherry HILL N. c., March II, 1901.
1S21-Jay Cooke, famed Phlladel-
mia banker of Civil War days, born
at Sandusky, Ohio. Died FEB. To-
1905.
1S46rPhilip Van Ness Myers, pres
ident of Farmers Colleges Ohio, UNI
versity of Cincinnati historian, born
att Tribes Hill, N. Y. Died Sept. H.
1887
1s4S-Philip S. Moxom, progressive
and brilliant Baptist clergyman OF
Cleveland, Boston and Springfield
Mass, born in Canada. Died Aug.
1Ss 1923.
.1s56-Lawrence F. Flick, noted
Philadelphia physician, authority on
tuberculosis, born in Carrolltown
Pa. Died July Z. 1888.