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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30

The tragic death of Thomas
Cover, who founded the first flour
mill in the GaIlatin valley, and
the killing of John BOzeman, for
whom the city of BOzeman was
named, was graphically told a
number Of years ago to the Pho
neer Society of the GaIlatin, by
Mrs. w. J. BeaIl, historian Of the
society, who had lived in BOzeman
for over so years at the time Of her
address.
In her address Mrs. Beall mentioned
many Of the early day pioneers of the
Gallatin valley-according to the In
dams, THE Valley Of Flowers among
them John M Bozeman, after whom
the city Is named; Daniel M. Rouse,
William w. Anderson, w. j. Beall,
John S. Mendenha1. Frank F. FTidley,
W. j. Davies, Squire FItZ and others.
Speaking Of John M. Bozeman, she
said in part.
mr.. Bozeman was born in the state
Of Georgia. He was by nature q pio-
neer, restless, brave and reSourceful,
had no conception of fear, was without
culture or education, but brave to
fault. 1t was due to this fact that he
lost his life. In the spring of 1857 he
and Thomas Cover started for a trip
to Fort G. F. Smith, which had been
established on the Big Horn in the fall
of 1866 Two or three days later they
met a small party Of Blackfeet In
dams who appeared TO be friendly, but
Bozeman and wounded Cover, who re-
turned to the city few days later
Bozeman was killed April 10, 1867
Thus ended the life of brave pioneer
for whom this city is named"
Regarding the tragic end of another
Of the Gallatin valleys pioneers,
Thomas Cover. who started the first
flour mill in that section and who
later went to California, the speaker
said:
while Cover was in Riverside, Calf,
an old miner came into the town one
day 10 die Cover visited him, and
lust before the old man breathed his
asst he told Cover how he had dis
covered the wonderful Peg Leg gold
nine, which Is supposed from tradi- |
ion to have been the mine from which |
he Aztecs drew their wealth. The ira !
iition was well known to Cover and |
% every other miner in California, |
md he knew that the man who found |
t would be fabulously rich So taking |
friend named Russell with him, he |
tarted to cross the great desert,
,nown as the Carisco bad lands, and !
" following the old miners instruc-
ions. to find the wonderful mine.
when they got to the edge of the
leSert the arrangement was made that
RUSSELL would drive around, which
would take about six hours, and Cover
you'd walk across That was the last
cen of Cover alive. Russell arrived at
he place they were to meet, but Cover
Vas not there. Searching parties tried
4 vain for months to find him.
Identified by Ring
Seventeen years later a surveying
'arty working for the United States
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30
PRINTING IN THE
FRONTIER DAYS
LETTER FROM MnSSOULA EDITOR
WRITTEN A MONTH BEFORE
BIG HOLE BATTLE
settlers Scared; Printers Drunk His
Message to Brother Publisher at Deer
Lodge; Old Missives Tell of Condi-
tons Before Chief Joseph and Glib
bon Met in Bloody Fight.

In the early days OF Montana,
publishing a newspaper was not
without Its difficulties, as win be
attested by some of the men who
have welded the editorial pen In
this state since the times Of SLOW
freighting by bull teams, when q
rush order for ink or paper had
TO be filled by stagecoach express,
perhaps after q lapse of weeks.
The atmosphere Of an old Montana
printShop clings to a letter which was
discovered IN the office of the Deer
Lodge Silver State, a successor to the
New Northwest, one Of the best known
OF the pioneer Montana newspapers
/ which was founded and edited for
some years by Capt James H. Mills.
! This letter was written by Chaumcey
! Barbour, then editor of the Weekly
/ Muscular Of Missoula, and a charac-
! ter who Is remembered by many old
| timers. It bears date of 81 years ago
and gives an insight into some of the
obstacles which had to be overcome
by publisher Of that day. The cart
referred to in this letter, which fol-
lows, was the Stagecoach.
Missoula, M. T., July 6. 1877.
Captain James Fl. Mills,
Deer Lodge, M. T.
Dear sir wish you would send me
another oyster can of ink by the cart
Thursday. The cart doesn't carry
freight, but see the agent and tell
him I have no ink for my next inside.
The freight that we passed at Nc
Carthy's got IN today. BY some mistake
Of Mccormick and Hardenbrook's, my
ink was not shipped until Is days after
my paper. do not know how we stand
on our ink trades; maybe you do. I
was intending, If I had not rushed
from Deer Lodge so rapidly, to have
looked into the matter of our dealings
with each other.
All is quiet along the Bitter Root.
The people were under a panic when
you were here, but a reaction has set
IN and many of the people are laugh
ing at their scare. We are. perhaps,
in as great danger yet as we ever were,
The danger Is that the NeZ Perces
may come or be driven into this colm-
try, and it Is almost sure thing that
large number of our Indians will
join them In such case. do not think
there is much danger of an independ- |
ent outbreak among our Indians, al |
though they have been saucy for the |
past two or three years. There is no |
doubt that they have threatened vio- |
lence.
My last paper was very unsatisfac- |
tory to me, and must have been to |
outsiders who were looking for a state |
ment of the feeling among our people.
their alarm and grounds for alarm.
and their movements in this emer-
gency.
Fraternally yours,
CHAUNCEY BARBOUR.
P. S.-Printers drunk.
The above letter was written lust II
"a days before the bloody battle of 4
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government came across the skeleton
of a man buried in a few inches Of
sand The sight was not unfamiliar 10
them, but their attention was attracted
to a ring on one of the fingers, bear
ing q Masonic emblem, and when they
made careful examination they found
the name. Thomas Cover, in the ring.
One member of the party had heard
of the strange disappearance of
Thomas Cover and at his instance the
bones were carefully collected and
taken TO Riverside and were given in
charge of Mrs. Cover, who arranged
for a decent burial. The Peg Leg mine
is still lost, despite the fact that
Death Valley, in which it is supposed to
be located, is now show place, with
railroads. autos, hotels and even cities
within its confines"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30
STATE CORN SHOW
AT HARDIN SOON
GROWERS WILL FIND MUCH or
VALUE TO THEM IN
EXHIBIT
Perennial Weed Control, Corn PrOdue-
ton and Development and Feeders
Tour Are Among Highlights of S-Day
Program.

! Corn and seed growers from all
( parts Of the state win find much
I of value 20 them I'm the tEaree-day
educational program 10 be held In
conjunction with the Montana
State Corn and Seed show TO be
held at Hardin Jan. 10, ii and IL,
says Ralph ID. Mercer, extension
agrOnOmist at Montana State col
lege.
Entries for the show are coming IN
fast from many parts of the state and
all indications point to one Of the best
exhibits of corn and small grain in
many years, George GuStafson, Big
Horn county agent and manager OF
the show. has informed Mercer.
Perennial weed control will be the
topic of the educational program at
the first day of the show. Fl. f. Morris,
head Of the botany and bacteriology
department at the Montana agricul-
tural experiment station, will lead q
general discussion on weeds. The Mon
tana weed law and control district or
ganization will be explained by Ed
Moran of Billings, and GuStafSon viii
tell about weed control In Big Horn
county. A round table discussion viii
conclude the program.
The second days program viii fea-
ture corn production and development.
A. H. Post, head of the experiment
station agronomy department, win
speak on corn production factors. A.
M. Schlehuber. associate agronomist at
the experiment station, win give de-
tails on corn breeding program for
Montana, and Mercer viii discuss corn
varieties In Montana.
On the third day visitors to the corn
show viii have an opportunity to take
part In a feeders tour Ia the morning
and attend q program in the afternoon
On livestock feeding. Appearing on the
afternoon program will be Howard q.
Lewis, extension livestock specialist;
Art Bayne Of the Central Cooperative
association Of st. Paul, and Louis Hab-
as, buyer for Armour & Co.
Raad Hha fNaanRRsnd Ad..nuA&nna.an..Ana
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the Big Hole, between Chiefs Joseph
and Locking Glass, commanding the
Nez Perce warriors, and General Glib
bons command. More than 40 percent
OF the soldiers and citizens engaged
( IN the fight we're killed or wounded,
and the Nez Perces left 80 dead war
riors on the field. besides those carried
away: The soldiers at Missoula, when
this letter was written, took part In
the battle, and had 1t not been for
Chariot. chief Of the Selfish tribe Of
the Flatheads, who was q true friend
TO the whites and defied Joseph, IL is
probable that every settler in the Bitter
Root valley would have been maSsa-
cred or driven out of the country.
Another letter written July 10, 1877,
less than a month before the battle
Of the Big Hole. by W. B. Harlan OF
Stevensyille to Captain Mills, gives
some further graphic details of con-
d1tfonS leading up to the battle and
mentions Chief Poker Joe, Nez Perez
chief who joined Joseph on the Bitter |
Root river with 18 lodges of warriors /
and took part in the battle that fol-
lowed a few days later Poker sJOe's /
ammunition had nearly been exhaust /
ed in previous encounters with Cen
eral Towards troops, and, strange as /
II may appear, along the Bitter Root 4
he found white men who were willing |
TO furnish him all the arms and am
munition he required, taking as their
pay gold that was red with the blood
OF men, women and children who had
been mastered by these Nez Perces in
Idaho during the preceding two weeks.
The letter from Harlan follows:
Stevensville M T.
July 10, 1877.
Capt. J. H. Mills,
Deer Lodge, M T.
Ct A Tn frv.D ]
as Poker Joe, came in Sunday over
the 10 10 trail, three days from Lew
iston, Idaho). He said they were
fighting over there, and as he did
not want any of it, he left. He changed
horses at the Nez Perez camp near
Corvallis and lit out for the camp on
the Big Hole: he did not tell his mis-
Corvallis house on the run.
Since the settlers have been sup /
piled with arms they have confidence I
hey can defend themselves and their /
homes If given a little notice of in \
7asion. The families, with one or two !
are at their homes There
vas not the panic here that was re- s
,orted. Four or five families went to T
and 10 or 20 to Fort Owens, 3
While fully so families stayed at their o
lomes somewhat uneasy, but not APP a
immediate trouble Fort I
owens has been repaired to its original 4
strength and Stockade is to be built a
It Corvallis. /,
Chariot is at his camp near Stevens
lille. He has been there all the time Il
nd says he viii not fight the whites, =
ut 1t win be hard to restrain some of
is younger men If there is any more
hootfng into lodges, as was recently
one at MiSSOula by parties overloaded
nth ammunition and whisky. The
latheadS have not driven their horses
ut of the valley, as anyone can see
y riding into the foothills, but are
erding them back close to the noun
aims probably as precaution against
raid Of the Nez Perces.
Yours truly,
w. B. HARLAN.
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no TNsPECT REAVER

All deputy game WardenS have been
instructed to inspect beaver In their
districts so the state fish and game
commission can check on the spread
Of tularemia among the valuable fur
bearers, according to Warden James
ease, affecting the spleen and liver,
have been found in the Hardin, Mar
tinSdale and Roundup districts. The
disease has been found among beaver
in localities where rabbits also have
been attacked.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30

Worn automobile camshaft bearings
cause an excessive oil leakage which
results In fouled plugs, burned up rings
and heavy carbon.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30
COVER LOST LIFE
HUNTING FOR GOLD
MINER. DYING. TELLS GALLATIN
PIONEER OF SOURCE OF
MUCH WEALTH

Starts Across Desert and Perishes; Re
mains Identified by a Ring; Fate Of
John Bozeman Recalled by GalIatin
Pioneers.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30

Turkey raising conditions were so
favorable In 1888 that a further ex-
pansion Of production was predicted
for 1885,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30

Wisconsin has 6,9O4 miles of rail-
roads within its borders.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30

10 ACRE IRRIGATED TRACT MILES WEST
OF PASCO ON highway acres srapes,
sno hlsckherrfes IS prune, 4 apple pear;
cemented root cellar. wine cellar, 1000 gal
capacity and equipment; room house sur
rounded By big shade trees; wen wafer si,, IN
house; good barn. Reasonable. PASCO WIN
cry, Pasco, Wash.
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RRToATED Farms AND RANCHES WRITE
for details State size and kind RALPH
TROUT, Lander. Wyoming Licensed and
bonded.
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10 ACRES, GOOD SOIL. CLOSE TO EVER
EFT, Seattle markets, $500. Terms $40, IS
monthly. WILLIAMS, zoos Rockefeller. Ever
EFT. Wash.
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Read the Classified AdversissmentsI
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INVESTIGATE COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT
in washington. over million acres to be
irrigated Good irrigable land available ten
10 fifteen dollars acre Write for details.
EDWIN LELAND, Moses Lake Wash.
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COYOTE POISON

TTTs ON THE SPOT. Sold on money-back
guarantee. Tablets 10c each. Poison can
not be sent by mail Order by express
sI.AYTON LABORATORY. LONE. Mont.
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FARMS WANTED

FARMS wANTED-With the completion OF
Fort Peck dam hundreds Of farmers win be
obliged to move from their Missouri bottom
Lands and win be looking for new locations.
II you want to sen your land, advertise 1t In
the GIASGOW-FORT PECK COURIER. Boa
ais Glasgow, Montana. Rates one cent per
word per insertion stamps accented.
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FOR SALE, sOO-acre improved, partly irrt-
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MTPIAM A. RAIDERS. $40 N. Davis St.
Helena, Mont
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CANARIES FOR SALE
mn krTTYETTT CANARIES - Express prepaid
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WVo.
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FOR SALE: Dairy Farm. Ia miles west OF
Bozeman; equipment and milk route SIX
,ceys Also Suaau place Il acres. "a mile from
so~emaY. Improved r. F. BOHART. ia No.
Black, Bozeznan. Mont.
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FARM LANDS FOR SALE SALE

m sIcs HORN COUNTY, about 40 miles east
--rsn & Rre 30 400 acres. fenced. poor
buiidings formerly owned by August Hack
man. now leased TO Frank A. Smith under
an expiring lease. Price only x5.OO per ac ~.
No circumference. CALVIN PHILIPS q CO. @Vo
Columbia St., Seattle. washington.
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m.GIN (rebuilt) Watches, pocket or wris
from $3.50 Ladies $500. Free list. o. NJ
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WANTED CATTLE AND SHEEP iistings for
sale. R. Z. Hassard. Boxl522. Great Fails,
Mont.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
Royal Couple Rest
AT Banff, Resume
Trip Tomorrow
Stroll Unattended Amonq
Woods Lining Bank
Of Bow River
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BANFF, Alberta, May 27.-King
George and Queen Elizabeth rested
today in the roof garden of Canada,
away from the crowds attending
their arduous tour across the Do
minion.
About them were the majestic
Rockies. Nearby was a plunging
mountain stream, the Bow River,
along which they walked alone
last night soon after their arrival
from Calgary.
Every one in the town of Banff
seat of a national park, was out
to welcome their Brittanic majesties.
They went to their hotel--opened
especially for the royal visit-but
reappeared in a few minutes.
The King and Queen exchanged
whispers, thanked the officers for
their attention and then asked to
be permitted to walk alone through
the woods along the river.
They will rest here until Sunday
morning, when the tour resumes
toward the Pacific Coast.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
Cupid Smites Cruiser Omaha;
Score Seek to Wed in France

mits because they live aboard ship.
Usually it takes months to get them,
so special permission had to be
sought prior to the posting of banns.
Weddings for which permission
had been granted and which were
likely to occur before the Omaha de-
parts were:
Charles Washington Briggs of
Princeton, NJ c., and Nancy Garidel;
Stanley Lawrence Brothers of Free
Water, Greg, and Catherine Made
line Epallouie.
Those awaiting word from Paris
were: Richard johnson of Wood
stock, VT, and Marie Perotti; Charles
Arthur Watts of San Francisco and
an unidentified Villa Franche miss
Robert L. Linson of Peoria, ILL.,, and
Marian Lichtenschul; Sherman Taft
johnson of Kent, Tex, and Inez
Biagani.
Then there was James Frederick
Black of Chattanooga, Tenn. He's
all set to marry, but a Newport. r. l..
divorce decree will not become final
until July 3, after the Omaha sails
Evening star., 1939-05-27
Auto Worker Pickets
AT Detroit Ball Park
Dispersed by Police
Mounted Officers Charge
Union Morchers, Seize
Banners and PIucurds
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, May 27.-Mounted po-
lice dispersed a large group Of auto
mobile workers who attempted to
picket Briggs Stadium, home of the
Detroit Tigers, at noon today, taking
many of the marchers into custody
and seizing banners and placards.
Police said no one was injured
seriously.
The clash occurred as the pickets,
marching four abreast past the
Trumbull avenue side of the sta
dium attempted to turn into Mich
igan avenue.
Within few minutes the pickets
had been driven back into Trumbull
avenue. They gathered on the east
side of Trumbull, across the street
from the stadium.
Walter o. Briggs, owner of the
baseball club, is chairman of the
automobile body manufacturing
company that bears his name. A
working contract between the COM
pany and the C. I. o. United Auto
mobile Workers expired last week
and a strike was called when nego-
tiations for renewal collapsed Ap-
proXimately 10000 automobile work.
ers have been made idle by the strike
which cut off bodies and other sup
plies.
Police Supt. Fred w. Frahm as
signed 400 patrolmen to the baseball
stadium after Wayne County Prose-
cutor Duncan c. McCrea had de-
clared the proposed picketing illegal
Leaders of the U. A. w. said they
expected 1000 pickets to appear in
advance of the double-header be-
tween the Tigers and the st. Louis
Browns this afternoon.
Evening star., 1939-05-27
Pendergast's Aide
Pleads Guilty 10
Income Tax Charge
O'MoIIey Given Yeor
And Fined 5000;
Sturts Term Monday
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. May 27.-Robert
Emmet O'Malley, pointed to by the
Government as the tool of Boss Tom
Penderfast in engineering a s9500,-
600 insurance rate settlement,
pleaded guilty today to evading Fed
eral income taxes on his S62 500
share of the payoff.
Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis
sentenced OMalley to a year and a
day in prison and fined him $4,000.
OMalley will start his sentence
Monday in Leavenworth Peniten-
tiary, the same Day Pendergast
enters the same prison.
The Judge ordered OMalley tc
pay the delinquent taxes with
penalties and interest totaling sl3,.
sol. He also placed him on proba
tion for three years on another
count.
Meekly, the ousted State super
intendent of insurance, followed the
action of Pendergast, now under
prison sentence for tax evasions on
money which the Government con-
tended included a $3l5, 900 payoff.
Laying the basis for a sentence
United States District Attorney
Maurice Milligan said O'Malley had
made a ''mockery' of court processes
by palming off on this court a
fraudulent and corrupt settlement
of the fire insurance rate litiga-
tion.'
For the information of the
court" Mr.. Milligan added. may
we say that the defendant has con-
sistently failed to lend to the in
vestigation any character of as
SiStance. ~
Meanwhile, Judge Otis, who SEN
fenced Pendergast. received a tele-
gram from James w. Morris, Assist
ant Attorney General, stating: "All
things considered. Pendergast SEN
tence quite in line with comparable
cases"
The judge, criticized in some
quarters for imposing a penalty de-
scribed as too light" read the tele-
gram in court today after OMalley
pleaded guilty.
The telegram added:
In cases somewhat comparable to
Pendergast, most severe sentences
upon pleas of guilty in recent years
where no previous criminal record
imposed in cases Claude NJ Worley
Indianapolis chief police, five years
$4,000 fine; Julius Zweig. printer
two years, $4,000 fine; Edward M
Smith, California businessman, Ia
months, 5000 fine. -
Have discussed Pendergast SEN
tence with several Treasury officials
and all entirely satisfied with sem
tence and with this I agree"