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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-31

EDITORS NOTE: Seven pamphlets
bv DIR. Clendening can now be OBJ
tanned by sending 10 cents in coin.
for each. and a self-addressed en-
velope stamped with three-cent
care Of this paper. The pamphlets
are: Three Weeks Reducing Diet.
"Indigestion and Constipation" Re
ing. instructions for the Treatment
of Diabetes. Feminine Hygiene,
and 1.-THE Care Of the Hair and Skim
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and confiscatlon Of the property of the
prisoners for the benefit of those they
had wounded"
Verdict of Acquittal
Next morning, when the verdict was
read, an expression of blank
ment marked every face in the room;
and open demonstrations of genera!
Dissatisfaction were emphatic from all
but the roughs, who considered the
verdict a concession to their bloody
power and murderous authority.
After a few days Mitchell had re-
turned to camp. A miners court, In
view of the fact that his sentence was
not enforced, revoked the Punishment
of Reeves and Moore, who returned to
camp to continue their nefarlous work.
The trial of Moore and Reeves was
the first serious test of strength be-
tween the forces of law and order and
the toughs in Montana. At the time
no one knew which force was the
stronger, though it was evident at the
trial that majority sentiment was
against the criminals.
MIR. Rheem, who had defended the
two men. said later: my conscience
has more thai once prlcked me tfSoaa
interposing between the rogueS n the
halter, but I never believed TILL the
last hour of their trial that they would
escape hanging"
Thomas J.. Dimsdale, historian of the
Vigilante era, wrote OF this tr1al: &c
the delivery of this unfortunate verdict
may be attributed the ascendency OF
the roughs. They thought the people
were afraid of them. The preteXt OF n
prisoners hat the Indians had killed
some whites. friends of theirs, n 1849,
while going to California, was accepted
bv the majority of the jurors as some
sort of justification-but the truth Is
they were afraid of their lives and 1t
must be confessed, not without appar-
ent Justification"
The toughs decreed the death OF every
man who had participated IN n ira
of Reeves and Moore, and of everyone
ing in support of law and order.
$50 fully did they carry. out thel1
avoWeG purpose says Langford, that
within five months after the trial not
more than seven of the q men who
participated in the trial as judge. pros
ecutor, sheriff, witnesses and jurors
were left alive in the territory. Eight
or nine are known to have been killed
by some of the band and others flee
to avoid a like fate" Thus did the
toughs take encouragement from the
verdict.
In December of the same year If
Alder gulch. today only a few hours
ride from old Bannack, an aroused
populace brought to trial George I've:
for a similarly heinous murder, anc
under dire threats from the toughs
found him guilty and hanged him. Blu
this time a jury-of "a men-with onl,
one exception voted for conviction
Ives execution encouraged the homes
people OF the gulch and led to the eX
termination of the road agents by tn
Vlgilantes-just a year after a Bannacl
, jury hac fumbled the first case through
, personal Gear.
If the Bannack jury had possessed
the courage to find Reeves and Moor
guilty. tie story Of early Montan;
might have been written differently
A verdict Of guilty might have precip
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-07
Montana Farmers 1897 Cash
Income Totals $88,363,OOO

farmers during the year just ending
1880 shows the following comparisons
with 1886: From crops, $27, ATS 900, com
pared with $40, 550, 900 in 1886: from
livestock and its products, $50 925, 900,
compared with $55 600, 900 in 1886: from
benefit payments (under agricultural
conservation programs). S7.963. 900 com
pared with SIS. 784. 900 in 1886. Total cash
Q was S38, 1863, 900 in 1887 compared
with S8l,334.0O0 in 1886.
Leading crops show the following
contributions to income compared with
the preceding year: Wheat, $l4y $50 900
and So 5 10000; sugar beets, S4y85O,OOO
ana 4,289 .O0O; hay. S2,15O, 900 and 81
0o0,OOO; potatoes, $500, 900 and $500, 900:
peans, S6l5,000 and $3.50. 900; oats, $500
o0O and 1925 900; barley, S18O. 900 and
$4,000; apples, $3.50, 900 and $4,000:
alfalfa seed. $4,000 and SIS, 900: can
Ill peas, $780, 900 and SOC, 900.
In all except the drouth area of
northeastern Montana and some east
central and central localities, hay and
winter feed supplies are now more ade-
quate than was the case a year ago
Production in 1897 was below the 1928
81 average, but on the other hand live
STOCK numbers as a result of the heavy
drouth Equidations since 1884 have
been greatly reduced to a point where
the present winter feed supply would
appear to be adequate, the report said.
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MONTANA SHOW
HERD PROPOSED
INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK
SHOWS IN 1898

AS a means of advertising Mon
tana's superior class of livestock to
stsckmen in other states, Howard
G.. Lewis, extension livestock spec
ialist at Montana State college, sug-
gests getting together a show herd
comprised Of entries from rs or 80
Montana breeders and exhibiting at
the large national livestock shows.
Montana, Lewis points out, has a
great supply of the best feeder cattle
and lambs available anywhere in the
country. The state is also the home of
some of the finest herds of breeding
stock in cattle, sheep and horses.
Such q show herd as Lewis suggests
would acquaint Stockmen in other
states with the high quality of stock
produced on Montana ranches. BY ac-
tually taking the stock to the territories
where the greatest number of livestock
is fed, such as exhibit would go far in
boosting the demand for Montana feed
err stock.
Lewis also believes that more feeder
calves should be shown at the big shows
by Montana growers. BY entering these
i n the carlot divisions of these shows,
the quality of Montana's feeder calves
would become known more widely.
The closing note of Lewis suggestion
is that right now is the time to start
preparations for the 1888 shows.
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whom hung their children, covering
in fear, in sympathy with the horror
manifested by their mothers, went along
reluctantly, came crying out against
what they declared was the injustice OF
the compulsion.
When the boats were loaded with
their human cargo they proceeded
rivers. and subsequently, on July %,
were turned over to the Indian agent
at the Standing Rock agency.
In his report describing his eXper-
fences in connection with his march
to Camp Poplar River, Major 1lges
said:
Hges' Report
The camp of the hostile Sioux was
plainly visible on the opposite shore OF
the Missouri river, situate IN a heaty
growth of cottonwood timber filled with
thick u%nderbrush and in an elbow
formed by the river. the angle OF winch
was to the southwest of this post. The
distance from the post to the indian
camp was about two miles.
Dec. rs. Gall came for an interview
and offered to surrender lndlVldually
but that his people were not ready to
surrender until spring, and that they
would then elect whether or not they
would remain at this agency, or go TO
FOII htOSll u IOLl oIioiN'
Dec. 81. Major Ilges received orders
to compel surrender of Gall and his
people by such means best adapted 70
that end. He thereupon sent Tor CAL.
The Grow, and their headmen, in all.
60 in number.
Il sent for Gall. The Grow and all
the headmen OF the hostile camp. Inc
met me, about 60 in number, fully
armed at the agency building, ana II
the presence of my officers and the
United States Indian agent, MI. Porter.
Lieutenant Allison with the two ennis
saries Of Sitting Bull, on their return
from Fort Buford. were invited to be
present. Upon my request Crow klng.
the head soldier. gave the hoStlles a
description of his visit to Fort Bu1ord.
the good words that had been spoken
there and he advised them TO go theIe
1T once: that such was the wish OF
Sitting Bull for whom he was acting
and speaking.
Gall and The Grow did not decline
but The Grow said he was too old"
During the evening Of Jan. l. 1881.
The Grow went to the home OF lntcrp-
rcter Joseph CulbortSOn and told INN
that he and his people would not move
until spring.
Gall. later in the evening OF the same
day, told MI. Henderson. the posi-
trader, that he was tlred OF lalhllls 20
Ilges: that the soldiers were towards;
that thcv cried III winter and could
not handle a gun. He told the trader,
his. the traders people. had been kind
to him and he did not want to hurt
them. but that tomorrow he would
fight and wipe out the soldiers.
On the following day Major IlgeS.
with companies A, B, c. F and G OF
the Fifth infantry. and Troop F Of the
Seventh cavalry, marched from Camp
Poplar River against the camp Of the
hostiles on the south bank OF the MIS-
souri, river and after an engagement in
which eight of the hostiles were killed,
compelled the surrender of the group.
capturing about 200 ponies. SO guns
and burning 60 of their lodges.
On Jan. 6 these Indians, together
with 1872 ponies we're sent from Camp
Poplar River under guard Troop F.,
Seventh cavalry to Fort Buford. ar
irving on Jar. l, 1881.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-07
Helena Man Has Played Santa
Claus for More Than 40 Years

Take it from a man of experience
this business of playing Santa Claus
is no snap and not to be taken lightly.
Daddy" "A; !; Reeves, "a years old,
for Helena children Al years without
a miss. The way he does it, it's down.
right violent exercise. He has gone
through his routine at community
gatherings from two to five times every
Christmas week in the last two score
years.
I'm different from the ordinary
play the stale, slow-moving. old-man
Santa Claus is a character from
fairyland so far as little children are
concerned, so I act as sprightly as 7
can throughout a performance; It keeps
From the time Daddy" Reeves makes
his appearance at a gathering of chill
dren until he departS-usually about
an hour and a half-he is never still a
second, hopping, skipping, jumping and
generally capering al the time.
and lots of it.
IT go in training for it every year
about Thanksgiving, day." says the
pioneer Father Christmas. Like this"
Then he does a sort of dog-trot
standing in n place.
Goes on Light Diet
II do that Is steps the first day then
increase the exercise Is steps a day
until I can keep it up for an hour with
out losing my breath. I 60 or a light
diet, too"
BY Christmas day the 74-year-old
youngster is in shape to keep tots eyes
twinkling for an hour and a half with
his antics.
THE greatest problem in playinp
Santa Claus is how to cool off," he ex-
plains. after I have danced around
and shaken hands with about a thous-
and children my underclothing is
1T took me IS years to learn to cool
off. Now. when I am through with my
acting job, I am blanketed like a race
horse and taken home. I get into a tub
Of warm water and soak for about 80
minutes then 10 to bed between warm
blankets and remain there for q couple
hours. Next I take a cold shower, then
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-07
Helena Chinese Assist Home
Folks by Contributing $4,000

jewellers pooled their savings and sent
$4,000 to the old country.
Later on, when Shanghai was be-
sieged, they contributed another 5000
to the fund raised for relief of the
native settlement residents.
With the close of the vegetable SELL
ing season, the Chinese who moved into
town to winter on their meager savings
began another drive, and the locals
divvied up again.
Although japanese weapons have
not brought death to any direct rela-
tives of Helena Chinese, the undeclared
war has caused deep anxiety in that
city. Each morning The Helena indie
pendent's first customer is a Chinese,
eager to read battle news to his asso-
ciatcS.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-07

Notwithstanding the early summer
drouth which devastated large areas
in Montana's eastern and northeastern
counties. and greatly reduced crop and
feed production. including range and
pasture feeds III some central counties.
the season lust ended resulted IN a
talge [@"G to, vi s+a4 toie &c 'a q vh a5Ie
eco Crops lcr iEe SIate as d mIiole
man IN 2\Inuii - ls'o. nocot u NY to
bureau OF ~agriculturai economlcS
through me ONCE Oh LIE AGRICULTURAL
Cash income of Montana farmers
for the calendar year 1887, including
conservation programs, amounted to
S88,3 1863 900. o. 86 percent more thar
the 1886 total Of S8l $4,000. The larger
1887 crop production, considerable OF
which remains to be oetWeen
now and the next 1889 harvest, should
tend to hold up cash income of Mon
tana farms during this period oompared
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sequently could not be guilty of murder.
He was ordered banished from the
camp. The Punishment lasted only a
few days, however.
During the trial of Reeves and Moore
the toughs kept up a fire OF threats
calculated to intimidate the jury, just
as they did almost a year later at the
trial Of George Ives at Alder gulch.
The case went to the jury in the
evening and deliberations continued
until midnight.
mo doubt was entertained says
Langford, from the first, of the guilt
of the prisoners, but the exciting ques-
ton was whether they could afford to
declare it. They all felt to do so would
be to announce their own death SEN
tence. They knew that the friends of
the prisoners fully intended to have
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-07

I'm ready for a turkey-eating contest
Daddy" Reeves says he has been
asked every question a child can think
of to ask Santa Claus. His years of
everyone. When he shakes hands with
a ,youngster he says, in a disguised
voice, Did We get it?" What was it?"
Il thought ye'd like it,"
Beats Expose Gang
Children from three to five years of
age are the most interested in Santa
Claus, Daddy Reeves has found. Once
Daddy" Reeves. He sensed that they
were going to pull at his beard and
clothing so he eluded them and outran
the entire group. 1T was due to my
training that I beat them in the foot
race"
His grand entry at a gathering is
different every time. It may be down
a chimney, on a sleigh, in an auto, or
in any other conceivable name
and funny for the kids" he says. At
a children's party several years ago he
lay huddled under a pile of bricks in
a fireplace for two hours before he ap-
peared.
Fire destroyed his first Santa Claus
suit in 1888. Assembling another was a
hard job. For one thing, movies had
ClOWucQ OuL GIle SIOUX ana
theatrical whiskers and wigs were
scarce. He searched for the proper kind
all summer and couldn't find one he
wanted throughout the entire eastern
United States. Finally he located one
in San Francisco. It arrived here the
day before he IA to use it. His suit
is made to order.
Daddy" Reeves hires a professional
to put on his makeup for the per-
formanceS.
Wants Everything Perfect
II want everything perfect" he says,
lust as though I were going out to
play Shakespeare"
About the Santa Claus tradition, he
says: IT think it's beautiful for a tot
to believe in Santa Claus. Why, the
old man is one Of the chief characters
in their fairyland. To deprive a child
Of the belief makes him old before his
time.
"It1l be q blow when they find out
it isn't so, but they've got to get used
to things like that In this world"
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life for life. They had sworn it. One of
the jurymen said that the prisoners
ought never to have been tried by a
jury, but in a miners court; that he
should not be governed in his decision
by the merits Of the case but that, as
he had a family in the states to whom
his obligations were greater than to
that community, he should have to vote
for acquittal. After much conversation
of this sort, which only served to in
tensify the fears of the jurymen. a vote
was taken which resulted as follows:
not guilty, IL; guilty, /; myself, the
supposed friend of the roughs, being
the only one in favor Of the a
penalty. It was apparent that further
elaboration would not change this de-
cision, and the jury compromised by
agreeing to a sentence of Punishment,
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RESPONDS
TO TOTS APPEAL

And a little child shall lead them"
A kitten, marooned atop a 2O-foot
service pole at Anaconda recently, re-
sisted all efforts of police officers, fire
men and innocent bystanders" to res
rue it.
Then a ~five-year-old child came along
and took in the proceedings with a
glance.
The child succeeded in rescuing the
kitten from its precariouS perch where
others had failed by merely saying:
kitty, kitty. kitty"
And the kitten came down.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-07
CONDITIONS IMPROVED

Livestock growing and marketing conditions
in Montana improved greatly during 1887 DR..
w. j. Butler. secretary and executive officer
of the state livestock sanitary board informed
Governor Ayers in the report of the board
Just submitted. In southern and southeastern
Montana. DR.. Butler said. the grass was better
than it had been for Is years. That was not
true of northeastern Montana. however. where
he said drouth conditions prevailed.
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ditions and the constitutional rights of
American law, ever in the near-wilder-
ness.
Jury Trial Conceded
Finally, by a bare majority, a jury
trial was conceded.
Crawford as sheriff and George Copely
as prosecutor. It was first insisted
the defendants should be denied coun-
sci. but finally H. c. Rheems was
chosen to defend them.
Because he had championed a trial
by jury, Langford's appointment as a
Juror was insisted upon by the toughs,
would find in their favor.
Mitchell was granted a separate trial
and was released because he was able
to show he had not fired his gun, con-
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itated a s%anguinary battle; it might
have cowed the toughs, if the populace
had supported a guilty verdict.
At any rate, many men would not
have met premature and violent deaths;
many more would have enjoyed the
wealth they gave up to the toughs. A
prevented, and men would have led
peaceful lives in Montana's mountains
a year ooner.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-07
NO BOOTLEG LIQUOR

D A. Batchoff. chief inspector of the Mon
tana liquor control boards enforcement di-
vision, has been informed by D. E Deneen,
investiG IN charge OF the federal alcohol
tax unit in Montana. that violation of the
federal liquor laws in the state have been
reduced to the Lowest minimum" and that
reports that large quantities Of Illicit alcohol
are being BROUGHT into Montana and solo
through ORGANIZED channels are groundless.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-07
AID FOR THE BLIND

Montana's plan for aiding the needy blind
has been approved by the federal social Sc.
curity board and is expected to be placed in
operation very shortly, the state public welfare
board has advised Governor Ayers. 1t calls
for the payment to the needy blind Of $42. 600
in the next year through the welfare DEPART
ment. The states share will be 81. 900. with
the counties to contribute $1,000 and the fed
eral government $4,000 under the terms Of
the social security act.
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TAX LESS

State Treasurer Ray N. Shannon has noted
a slight decrease in the states share Of first
half year taxes RENTED by counties for 1887.
OF IL remittances received in one day, the
total was sl97, TAB. The same II counties last
year RENTED to the state sl99.415.
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dated Dec. Is, 1880,
Maj. Guido Ilges, In
command of COM
panieS A, B, G, F
and G of the Fifth
infantry, left Fort
Keogh enroute to
Camp Poplar River.
Major Ilges was or
dered to take tenn
porary station at
this point to help
strengthen the gar
rison at that post
due to the threat
ening attitude OF
hostile n d i a n S.
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BY mon TANA LOU" GRILL
'Sive SurrenderS and captures
during 1879 and 1880 there had

' 'sive surrenders and captures
during 1879 and 1880 there had
been assembled at Fort Keogh,
at the mouth of Tongue river in
Montana, more than 1000 hostile Sioux.
The effective military campaigns con-
Quoted by Lieut.. later GeneraD Nelson
A. Miles produced gratifying results.
Stationed at Fort Keogh, the regimen
headquarters, were 10 companies
of h Fifth infantry and three troops
of the Second cavalry. Detachments
from these military units went forth
from time to time to return with In
dian prisoners of war.
Complying with Geographic instruc-
lions from department headquarters,
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distance estimated at from 1875 to ITS
miles, and marching through snow, in
some places knee deep, with the tenn
perature from 10 to IS degrees below
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Although far from the threat of
japanese bombs and machine gun
bullets, Helena's Chinese have been
holding up their end of the line in
their homeland's bitter struggle to
remain free.
To date, the 5O-odd Chinese in Helena
have dug deeply, sending SO, 500 to help
protect their relatives across the Pa
cific.
Will Get Bonds
The last of the money, $1,000 left
capital, will be returned in the form
of Chinese salvation bonds.
Early last summer, when most OF the
local Chinese were out of Helena work
ing on truck garden farms, the city
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and confiscatlon OF the property of the
prisoners for the benefit of those they
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-09
Fight Upon
UmifCuti0n
Is Started

Atlanta, Ca, May 9 (AP)-G. Seals
Aiken, Atlanta attorney, filed a petit
ton in superior court today for in
corporation of Loyal Southern Meth
odists to combat Methodist unification
It was the first of series of legal
actions considered by opponents OF
the merger, which was approved re-
Gently at the General Conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, in Birmingham, Ala.
Opposition to the movement, how
ever, was expressed by the laymen $
organization for preservation of the
Southern Methodist Church.
Among the specific purposes" OF
the proposed corporation were listed:
"To preserve at all hazards the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
with all it's property and it's glorious
achievements for the advancement Of
the Kingdom of Christ, and for the
benefit of mankind.
"To preserve the sacred Christian
principles and articles of religion OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church
South.
"To acquire and establish churches
schools and hospitals"