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Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14
FIXED SILVER
PRICE BENEFICIAL
MONTANA BOOM FORECAST IF
BILL PASSED BY SENATE
BECOMES LAW
Stabilized Market for White Metal Will
Put New Life Into Mining Towns of
State, E. A. Shaw, Neihart Mine OPP
orator Says.

"If the bill just passed by the
senate fixing the price of newly
mined silver at 77.57 cents an
ounce becomes law, it will not only
put Neihart on the map again, but
it will make all Montana and the
entire west prosperous" The state
ment came from E. A. Shaw of
Great Falls, heavily interested in
large Neihart silver mining prop
critics. His opinion was concurred
in by other mining men.
There is no Montana mining region
but that has silver bearing ore, hence
the stabilized price for the metal would
opment and production would be slim
uated in every section of western and
southern Montana.
Calling attention to a statement in
Washington by Senator McCarran Of
Nevada that restoration of the 77.57-
cent price Of silver meant a certain
greatest thing that has happened to
us in half century" Shaw remarked
that many might question this, owing
to the fact that silver commanded the
77.57 price for few years up to a
couple of years ago, yet there was no
But there is this big difference, "
Shaw pointed out. The 77.57-cent
price was fixed by the president and
he had the authority to lower it later
on, which he did. Now this authority
on his part has been wiped out.
IF this bill passed by the senate
will be fixed definitely at 77.57 cents
by congressional action. which means
that the price will have been stabilized
That is what mining men have been
asking for for years, stabilized price
to guarantee their going ahead and
investing their capital, developing their
properties, opening new ones"
Neihart Operations
In this connection il is Of interest
to know what is going on at Neihart.
great silver mining camp. which has
wealth in former years.
The Big Seven mine on Snow creek,
now owned and operated by the Mon
tana Silver Queen, a Spokane company,
have the greatest output. This COM
pany operates a lotion flotation mill
payroll. Nearly all ores are run through
the mill and shipped as concentrates.
The product is silver and gold and
they are getting good results.
The next largest concern is the
Florence Co. 1t has a lease from the
M & I Mining Co, the property Of
located on Belt creek in the town of
Neihart. The Florence company con-
sists of A. D. Rieder, John Pamenter
and Ralph Neidig. They have flo
tation mill of so tons capacity which
has been in successful operation for
about three years. The product is silver
and lead. They employ about 20 men.
There is but one more mill running
This is a 25-ton flotation mill located
on the Ripple mine near the Big Seven.
Included in this is what is known
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14

again. For many years he has been
leader of the Butte Mines band, sue
cessor to the Boston and Montana,
and recognized throughout the nation.
tional events, including the famous
democratic national convention at
Chicago in 1896 when William Jennings
Bryan, the hoy orator of the Platte"
came to national and worldwide prom
inence with his immortal Gross Of
Gold" speech in which he expounded
his theories on the demonstration of
slogan of "16 to l."
On to Chicago
Butte" said Treloar, in looking back
at those stirring times, had been pre-
dominantly a silver camp up to that
time. Accordingly. it was strong for
have been given greater purchasing
power.
Our expenses to Chicago were paid
by w. A. Clark. John M. Quinn, editor
of the Butte Miner, accompanied us.
Enroute We stopped over at Minneap-
one at Lake Harriet, one at Lake
Minnetonka and one on the streets of
Minneapolis.
Arriving in Chicago, the first man
I saw was Senator Lee Mantle. There
are bands here from 80 states he
said. You certainly will have lots Of
competition
But in the end" said Sam, "our
band was chosen to play for the con-
vention banquet at the old Great
Northern hotel, following Bryan's NOM
nation. We really went to town and
sold ourselves to the country. It was
our first great recognition"
Four years later-in 1900-the Butte
band was again taken to the demo-
cratic national convention It was held
at Kansas City. And again Bryan was
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14
BUSINESS BETTER
OVER NORTHWEST
INCREASED FARM CASH INCOME
NOTED BY NINTH DISTRICT
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
Larger Building Operations, Greater
Motor Vehicle and Merchandise Sales
Reported in Report for May Issued
by Institution.

Improved business conditions in
the northwest during May are re-
ported by the ninth district fed
eral reserve bank, in its monthly
review. The improvement, the
summary said, was marked by in
creased farm cash income, larger
building operations, more motor
vehicle sales, and a greater volume
of merchandise sales.
Business volume levels exceeded those
of the two preceding months and Of
May, 1885, City member bank reserves
farm income was up IA percent while
farm. product prices showed mixed
trends
The volume of business in May in
our district, measured by our season.
ally adjusted indexes was well above
little larger than in April the report
said. AL of our indexes were higher
than in May, 1898, and were higher
than in April with the exception of
those reflecting trade at city depart
ment stores.
Trade Volume Larger
Our "a city bank debts index was
the highest for May since 1887 and
with the exception of that month was
the highest for May since 1881. Both
the country lumber sales and the rural
department store sales indexes reflect
ed an unusually large volume of trade
in those lines, the lumber index being
the highest for May since 1929
The report shows 10 percent larg-
er volume of building contracts than
in May last year, increased public
works and building permits in SIS
cities more than twice as large as in
May a year ago. Department store
sales were reported - percent higher
than in May last year for the district
as a whole.
Business failures were larger in num-
Der in May than in April but the
volume of liabilities was sharply re-
duced compared with that month and
only two-thirds as large as in May,
1888. Nonfarm real estate foreclosures
in April were third less numerous
than in March and somewhat fewer
than in April, 1898.
Farm Income Greater
Farmers cash income from seven
products Excluding government pay
mentS) increased over the seasonally
low April level and was 6 percent
higher than in May, 1888. Dairy prod
uct income was a little lower than
April because of small reductions in
both volume and price and potato in
come. as usual, shrank rapidly during
May because of the ending of the
market season. Income from grains and
hogs was well above the April level.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14

Through the cooperation of the
federal bureau of investigation
and other state and federal law
enforcement agencies, police
school for enforcement officers of
all divisions in primary and ad-
vanced criminology and opera
tons will be conducted in Great
Falls July 10 to 20, inclusive, &C
cording to Chief of Police Harold
M. Mady of that city. Between
100 and 200 officers are expected
to attend.
The school has been approved by
j. Edgar Hoover, head of the F. B. l.,
and at least two F. B. l. agents from
Washington, D. C., will be assigned as
instructors. V. D. Carney, local agent
of the F. B. l., and Serg. Clarke Grady,
head of the police detective division
OF the police department, are assisting
Mady in making preparations for the
school. w. G. Banister, agent in charge
OF the F. B. l. district of Montana
and Idaho. will take an active part
in the program.
Representatives of the United States
custom service, immigration service,
secret service and other divisions; the
state highway patrol and auto theft
bureaus will be among the instructors.
Particular emphasis will be placed
on scientific crime detection identifi-
cation work, classification, acquire
ment and use of evidence, modus OPP
erandi, firearms work, including prac-
tlcal demonstrations with flares, phoS-
phorescent or tracer bullets, etc.;
medical evidence and science, safety
first work, reconstruction of crime and
other important phases of law enforce
ment operations.
The classes will commence at a. m.
and continue until p. m.
The school will be not only for Of
ficers in this district, but for those
in the northern counties, Alberta and
adjacent Canadian provinces and
Idaho, it was stated. Invitations will
be mailed shortly, and many officers
in other counties have already indi-
Gated they will attend.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14

as the Benton group, now owned and
operated by the Ruby Silver Mining
Co. This company is doing develop
ment work in the mine and in the
meantime running the mill on waste
dumps.
Ores Are Mill Treated
Nearly all of the Neihart ores are
treated in mills. and the concentrates
are shipped to the East Helena smelt-
er. Mrs. Reeves of Conrad has been
doing development work on the Morn
ing. Star and London claims for sew
eral years, and a recent strike of high
grade silver and gold was reported.
She is said to be considering building
a mill
Another mining venture is that Of
Ed Klies. George Spehn and others.
They are driving a croSScut to tap the
extension of the Queen and Florence
veins on the south. They have driven
about 700 or 800 feet and are still at
work.
There is some prospecting going on
in various sections of the camp, but
uncertainty as TO the price of silver
has been holding up development
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14

Pondera and Saltwater counties,
where the fedora. land purchase
loan plan is in operation, have
been redesignated for the next tls-
cal year and two additional coun-
ties have been recommended for
inclusion in the program. This &C
ton was taken by the state farm
security advisory committee at a
recent meeting in Great Falls. The
new counties will not be announced
until approved by the secretary OF ag-
riculture. ..L ,,.
ever, that because of an asserted laro
value inflationary trend in StllIWater
county. no further loans in that coun-
ty will be made until the CGlIl,lt .,,oi
believes land values have reached thelr
proper level Five loans have, been
granted in saltwater county ana elsht
IN Pondera county. In Pondera tnere
were los applications.
Maximum Loan $4,000
MAXIMUM of any loan is $4,000. The
farm security administration PROVIDES
in the loan for such Improvements on
buildings and facilities as may be nee,
essary to make the farm tenable ana
a feasible operating unit. interest," on
the loans is 3 percent and ne repay.
ment term is 10 years. Most farmers
SELECT the variable repayment plan
under which the amount OF the re-
navment each wear is governed by the
wears farm income. Annual payments
of 4 1926 percent of the loan Will re'He
the loan in 40 years; ,aorsor,
Eormer Senator Alfred R. Anderson
of Sioux Pass. Richland county chairo
man of the committee. presidea at s,re
session. Other comIn,ttec nt EaI,s.
nresent were Lester Cole. Great rams
p Ir,and Antelope: F. H. Richard
son Columbus: w G. Kirsher, IoWn-
Send and p. F. Lyman. Great t-aIis
Also in attendance were y. +. lik-
taner assistant chief.of tenant pur-
chase of the farm security ao lntills;
tration. Denver; Thomas aolsio ~.
Bozeman, farm security o!rec.ol Nv, ~
Montana: p T. HACKER aSS!s'al N.Y. NV
8o1euan state cooperative speciallst
for the farm security; Alfred les Es,
countv committeeman, Conrad: Jonh
Eiseng,an county committeeman, Park
Citv. .Iosenh Cummings. county sup
ervisor Conrad, and Rex zachary
county supervisor. Columbus. n,,th
Various matters in connectt au,,, H tera
land rehabilitation ,an ana atI hv the ad-
ant problem were ot fornn seclirity loan
vSo,y es Compared with the resetIle-
ppa at administration plan. me cT
m eHtC Visited resettlement proJsct
t 9ar,es IN the Fairfield area ana IN.
s1acted lands in Pondera county ~. ~
Thich loans had been maze mac tpyo,,sh S
farm security administrator ''noosAA
It's state setup.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14

nominated. On the way home the band
stopped off at Lincoln, Neb., Organs
home) and serenaded the great COM
moner outside his home at midnight.
Serenades Bryan
Bryan had not attended the Kansas
City convention" said Treloar. When
our train reached Lincoln on the home
ward trip our three special cars were
cut off the train. It was almost mid
night. After leaving our cars we
marched out to Bryan's home. Things
were perfectly quiet around his home
and we made no noise until we were
in formation Just in front Of the place
Everybody in the neighborhood was
asleep, including Bryan, who probably
was dreaming Of victory in the cleo
tion
''The neighbors came alive in a hurry
when we let go with our heavy brass
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14
INDIAN QUARRY
IS NEAR HELENA
SUPPLIED MATERIAL FOR RED
MEN WITH WHICH TO MAKE
TOOLS, WEAPONS
Excavations Following Outcropping Of
Jasper and Flint Will Be Developed
This Summer in Study Of Operations
of Aborigines.

An interesting old Indian quarry
just south of Helena on property
belonging to Judge George w.
Padbury Jr., will be developed
this summer by Charles Graham
and his son. The discovery con-
sists of about 20 clearly defined
quarrylike excavations in a solid
deposit of jasper, the choicest of
material for fashioning tools and
weapons used by the early day In
dams. The excavations begin at the
base of hill south Of the city and
continue along an outcropping OF
jasper and flint to the summit with
the older workings occurring at the
base.
THE extensiveness of these quarry
like excavations would lead us to be-
lieve that many Indians worked here,
devoting their entire time to the work
of quarrytng and faShioning the vart-
Gus tools and weapons which they in
turn traded for other necessities"
Graham said.
fact that all Indians were not arti-
ficers in the art of working stone, es-
pecially the finer taking process used
In faShloning so many OF the objects
found. Taking this into consideration
1t IS reasonable to believe that one
tribe devoted its entire time to this
business and did its trading with other
tribes as the quarry is in close prox-
unity to the routes supposedly followed
by many tribes to and from hunting
grounds to the east and south"
The excavations have an average
measurement of about Is feet in d.
ameter and are followed out of a
solid formation of flint and Jasper.
The Indians apparently used a heat
process in breaking down fragments
from the main body of the material
for several small smoke-stained aper-
lures or furnaces have been found in
the solid formation. Experiments con-
Quoted by Graham show that the prin-
ciple used was probably the applica-
ton of great heat followed by slow
cooling. During the latter stage it was
possible to break off the fragments.
The fragments were then shaped,
probably with the Indian using ham
mer stone and chisel-shaped bone tool.
Evidence of the trading operations
carried on is based on the fact that
OBJECTS OF the same material, which
is not at all common, have been found
in all directions for a radius of about
ther goes to substantiate the belief
that this particular group or tribe of
Indians was in the business of imple-
ment making and traded their prod
uctS far and wide supplying their needs
through their concentrated effort
along one particular line of endeavor,
thereby laying claim to being Mon
tana's and Helena's pioneer merchants
and manufacturers.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14

ton from these denuded areas is the
possibility of natural factors beginning
the government has rushed in four
airplanes to bait as much of the de-
nuded areas as possible.
Two airplanes have been in the Sid
ney and Wolf Point territory for days
but were grounded because of bad
weather. These planes also were
brought in by the government.
In every area where vegetation is
abundant. poisoning should be carried
on vigorously. DR.. Mills cautions. AS
rapidly as fields dry up, mechanical
bait spreaders should be put into &C
ton.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14
His Bond WhooPed 1t Up
When Montana Became State

The Butte and Helena celebra-
tions Of honor Of 50 years of state
hood brings back memories TO Sam
Treloar, Butte bandmaster during
the past 81 years. ut seems almost
like yesterday" he said, when our
band was out In the streets, whoop-
ing 1t up for statehood. II will be
so years ago next October. We got
the news about noon that Presi-
dent Harrison had signed the
proclamation, admitting the terri
tory Of Montana to the union of
states. Helena got the news a little
earlier. Both cities dropped every
thing and celebrated. ! was in my
first year as leader Of the Boston
and Montana band. The minute
we got the news hustled the boys
together and how we did play"
And now, at the end of the first
ears, Sam feels like whooping it u
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14
ONCE POPULAR MEMORIAL
VINE BEING REMOVED

Memorial vine, one Of Butte's first
graveyard shrubs, Is now being re-
moved as a destructive weed from st.
Patrick cemetery. This type of winery
early gained in popularity as a grave
yard plant because of its nature and
ability to thrive under conditions
which were unfavorable to most plant
life.
Today the same attribute which for
merly made this plant a favorite has
now caused its downfall Because of
its durable nature the vine spreads and
checks the growth of less delicate forms
of vegetation.
Work on the removal of the vines
will proceed gradually as the workers
are often forced to follow the roots
Of the vine to depths of five or six
feet
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14
WARNS AGAINST
HOPPER LETDOWN
BATTLE FOR PEST CONTROL MUST
CONTINUE, SAYS MONTANA
STATE ENTOMOLOGIST
DIR. II. B. Mills Points Out That Wet
Weather Failed to Kill As Many In
sects As Expected and That Poison
ing Campaign Must Continue.

Keenly disappointed because wet
weather has failed to kill the num-
Der of grasshoppers expected, DR..
H. B. Mills, state entomologist at
Montana State college, is warning
farmers against the danger of any
letup in poisoning. Wet weather
this year arrived after the grass
hoppers were about half grown
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14

Animals Of the dog family do not
sheathe their claws, since they run
down their prey, and seize 1t in their
mouths. making noiseless footwork and
sharp claws unnecessary.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14
POLICE SCHOOL
Is SCHEDULED
WILL BE CONDUCTED IN GREAT
FALLS FOR ALL ENFORCE
MENT OFFICERS

Has Received Approval of Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation and at Least
Two Agents Will Attend Sessions as
Instructors Falls Chief Announces.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14
2 MORE COUNTIES
MAY BE INCLUDED
ARE RECOMMENDED FOR FEEDER
AL LAND PURCHASE" PRO-
GRAM THIS YEAR

Pondera and saltwater Are Redesig-
mated by Farm Security advisory
Board at Recent Meeting Held in
Great Falls; Increased Area Urged.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-14
FALLS OFFERED
CHEAPER GAS
HUBER-MONTANA co. PROPOSES
TO DELIVER FUEL 20 PER-
CENT LOWER

Would Build Million Dollar Pipeline
From Cut Bank Field and Supply
Distributing Firm at Saving of
$50, 900 Year, Council Is Told.
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