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Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-04-14

off to the battlefields they took their
baseball bats along. War records
include reports of baseball games
behind the fronts and in prison
camps during the long, bitter strug-
gle between the North and South.
When the war ended, soldiers scat
tered homeward, spreading baseball
to the four winds.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18

cidentally discharged The accident oc-
CURED within 200 yards Of the Sinmons
ranch home in the Suffolk region, 80
miles north OF here.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. S exhibit at the
San Francisco Golden Gate exposition
viii be returned to Helena this fall
and viii not be displayed next year
the fair should resume. The legis-
latt1re provided funds for maintaining
the exhibit for one year only.
BOZEMAN-Ruth Heebner of laurel
and Roland Gumprecht of Helena have
been awarded $50 cash Scholarships for
outstanding scholastic achievement in
their freshman year at Montana State
college. The scholarships were offered
by Bozeman business man
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hunters of elk
and deer haven't done so well this
season. The state fish and game com
mission reported that kills have been
comparatively few, chiefly because of
the lack Of snow to drive the animals
70 the lower areas.
BOZEMAN-Tom McClusker didn't
get any geese on q recent hunting ex-
petition to the Madison valley, but he
didn't come home empty handed. His
decoyS didn't fool the geese, but he
shot a coyote which had seized one
Of the decoys and was trying to pull
II from the pin.
ANACONDA--William Roe, IL, son
of Mr.. and MRS. Thomas Roe OF Phil
ipsburg, died In hospital here, victim
Of an accidental gunShut wound. The
gun was discharged when the boy was
removing it from his shirt while at
target practice with a 12-year-
chum.
RED Lodge -Montana's 'ridin
Greenoughs" win ride In February at
the annual Puerto Rico fair, Bill
Greenough announced on mis- return
from competing In the annual Madison
Square Garden rodeo. MaTg1e, Alice,
Bin and Turk and Margie's T-year-old
son, Charlie, win go to Puerto Rico.
HELENA - Montana's highways are
in excellent condition to Withstand
the rigors OF winter, State Highway
Engineer ID. A. MnKinnOn has an
nOunced. In addition 70 many miles Of
new highway constructed during the
1883 season, the maintenance division
rebuilt and repaired TDS miles OF road
ways.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18

There's gold excitement at Great
Falls.
Not Great Fails, Mont, however,
but Great Falls, nd, only Is miles
from the nations capital
The story Is told by Eugene War
ner, ace reporter Of the Washing
ton Times Herald In q recent issue.
Keep your shirts ON, kids"
writes MIR. Warner. AT'm about 70
announce a gold strike. Right here
TN Great Falls, is miles from the
capital
Nobody win believe me, because gold
strikes don't sound plausible unless
they're in some forsaken place like
the Klondike, Arctic Canada, or South
Africa. But here $50 they say is one
right under our noses.
Syndicate TO Open Mine
1T isn't a new strike. Gold was mined
here after the Civil war. Before that,
in 1043. there was a strike reported in
these same regions at Ellicott City. All
the gold mined in this country came
out of the Appalachians before the big
strike in California In az.
But today, in the Shoreham Hotel,
a man whose name / promised not to
reveal, told me that q major Canadian
syndicate is negotiating to open up the
old Maryland mines on a major scale.
three months.
This gentleman controls the oldest
mine in these parts, the Maryland
Mining company, whose shaft Is sunk
at the top of the rocky hill Just before
you come to Great Falls
Experts a Bit SkepticaI
He has reports showing that ore
producing gold at the rate Of SIT a ton
has been taken from his mine. You
can make money if your ore produces
S. ton.
THE bureau of mines is a bit skep-
teal about Maryland and Virginia
Is "Spotty is, 1t produces heavy
deposits in some places but in most
places it doesn't produce enough to be
profitable. Most of the mines here
abouts are closed.
THE Maryland Mining Co. Is closed
down now after operating from 1885
TO last July. The general belief around
here is that 1t closed because it wasn't
making money. The owner, however,
says he put $1,000 cash into it to
extract 5000 tons as test. He is sat
isfied with the test, he says, and Is
now going to sell out He considers it
a plaything and is tired of it.
Owner Has Great Hopes
ecutive, and doesn't want to undertake
to operate the mine himself, being sat
isfied to sell at a profit. His pros
pective purchasers, he declared, say
the Maryland mine averages better
than their own six mines in Canada,
and indeed exceeds the great Home
stake mine IN productivity.
He swears he has no stock to sell,
doesn't want to take money from
widows, Toms, Dicks and Harrys and
little Marys," and ever since he opened
the mine has guarded his identity with
greatest secrecy, for which latter state
ment I'll vouch. His name has never
been In print here.
CaIifOrnians Found II
Gold mining in Maryland has been
marked by many vicissitudes. The
mines open and close. There are four
mines near Great Falls, none of which
have yet made their owners exactly
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18

rich. A mile from the above shaft is the
Rust mine: q mile and a had away a
the Ford mine; not far Is the OLD
Sawyer mine, and just acress the pp-
tonac IN Virginia Is another.
cold was discovered here at Great
Falls IN 1884 by regiment 81 Calh0T-
MIA volunteers who camped On the hin
where the Maryland mime Is nov To-
Gated One day while washing their
sliIlets at the rivers edge, these for
mer California miners found gold.
Cant you imagine the shouts Of
-Esurekal" as those soldiers discovered
at their feet the magic metal they
had crossed a continent to Seekf At
their feet lay clue to possible mother
lodes back tn the brooding cliffs.
Handful Of NmggeAs
Then came orders 70 break camp
and march TO the campaign around
Richmond. Think of the ag0ny Of leav-
ing their find of untold golden treas
uue 10 march off to be ShOtl
only one, John Clear, ever returned.
He organized the Maryland Mining
Co., the same one IN operation today;
it opened and closed and changed
hands several times.
ut took 8 little detective work 10
find the present owner. and when he
was located he was reticent to talk. But
after a while he brought out leather
suitcase in which were handfuls OF
nuggets, all wrapped IN tissue paper.
These all came from Great Falls
he said. Some Of the deposits there
assay $1,000 a ton; some of the quartz
on the other hand is as low as 81 a
ton. 1t averages around SIT"
Chunks Big AS a Dime
Boy what q thrill 10 pick I'D q
chunk Of gold fresh from the groundl
The white quartz was studded with hits
of the bright yellow metal, some pieces
as big as a dime, some as small as a
piTshead. One chunk brought from the
Maryland mine he said weighed 40
pounds and paid over q thousand dol
lars at the mint.
There's one hitch to private pros
pectorS making their fortune at Great
Falls-a little matter Of half a million
dollars.
Because the gold is so unevenly
distributed IN the rock and because
machinery to recover 1t Is so expensive,
an investment Of about that amount
Is needed to make operations profit
able.
'aThar's Gold In Them HiMs"
If you have. half mislton, and
might turn few pennies On the in
vestment Otherwise, don't try e. You'd
waste your time and money.
THE present owner Of the Maryland
mine has invested 5000, 600 so far and
sold $4,000 worth of gold. BY putting
in another half million he expects to
make money That gives you an idea OF
what you need for a grubStake at
Great Falls today.
"Thar's gold in these here hills, bat
you have to be Croesus to get It'll"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18
News Briefs
From the Treasure State

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Heller, Is, q
resident of the Bad Rock district near
Columbia Falls for the last AZ years,
died here recently.
KALISPELL-Thous of Christ
mas trees In bundles have been loaded
at the local freight office for shipment
to eastern states.
BAsTN-A public library has been
established here at the home of Mrs.
Carrie Wareham as part of the state
wide WPA library project. Shelf-room
has been made for 400 volumes.
GLASGOW--A large barn owned by
the Markle Transfer Co., a Glasgow
Landmark for 80 years, was virtually
destroyed by fire, with loss estimated
by T. III. Markle at about $1,000
HELENA--Charles Foster, rancher
at Birdseye since 1887, died IN mis-
sleep ON his 67th wedding anniversary
day.
RYEGATE--A street improvement
project with WPA allotment Of $780,
752 has been started In Golden Valley
county. The project viii include inn
FLEETWOOD avein at a wooden
cattle pass BENG removed by q WA
crew two miles southeast of here
caused the death OF Keith Garrick, Al,
resident Of Outlook. Adolph Hark, crew
foreman, was injured.
CHKNOOK---District Judge C. 3. E-
well has announced that a Jury term
of district court win be held here Nov.
~ to Dec. 9. Notices have been sent
to As prospective jurors. Five criminal
and 40 civil cases are on the docket.
CHOTEAU-One-th third Of the 10000
acre IS. r." ranch, southwest Of here,
has been purchased by r. A. Andersen,
Rollie Ferris and Byron Corbett, IA. l..
Stafford, real estate dealer who nAg0-
tiated the sale, announced
E.HwxBT0WN-~lz Everett Simmons, 80,
was killed when a "a cahhre riffs k1s
was uekng b hunt paaeasants was Sc
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18

much Of the life that he so realistically
depicted on his canvaSeS.
Born in East Hamburg, N. Y, on
April 25, 1852, Edgar PaxSon came to
Montana territory in 1877. He was
much interested in the Indians. learned
their languages, and was personally
acquainted with many of the famous
chiefs. some Of whom later sat for
portraits.
Served In Neg PIERCE sWar"
Paxson worked first as a hunter and
scout for a group of cattlemen, but
at the outbreak Of trouble with the
Nez Perces, he served in the campaign
against them. In spite of this fact,
Chief Joseph, the Red Napoleon"
who was defeated after his 1.0O0-mile
mastery retreat toward Canada, later
was one of the chiefs who consented
to be painted by PaxSon Another was
Sitting Bull OF the Sioux.
PaxSon was no graduate Of an art
school. He learned his profession as
he went about his daily duties. Always
he carried a stub Of q pencil and
pad of paper In his pocket. He sketched
the things he saw about him to acquire
the skill that was later to flower into
fun genius.
In the rough-and- tumble Butte of
the eighties, Paxson set up a studio
on Woolman street in the very shadow
OF the famous mines Here he did
much Of the work that was later to
make his name known In art circles
around the world One can imagine
this man, with his keen eye for detail
and color. observing the chaotic, blus-
tertng life Of the prosperous mining
camp.
Paxson had lived a short time In
Deer Lodge before coming to Butte.
In 1909 he moved once aGain-this
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18

shows Capt. Merriwether Lewis, with
his interpreter, Droulliard, and Shan
non and McNeal arriving at the head
waters of the Lemhi river in Idaho
The scene was reproduced from a de-
scription in Lewis journal.
Painted Custer Battle
Parsons best known painting is
Clusters Last Stand" which now
hangs in the entrance to the Natural
Science building at Montana State uni
versity in MiSSoula Every face in this
picture Is an actual portrait; PaxSon
talked with many Indians who were
engaged in the battle, and placed his
figures according to their descriptions.
All of the foregoing paintings were
shown as part of Montana'S exhibition
at the worlds fair in st. Louis.
In the rotunda of the Missoula coun-
~ courthouse are eight mural paint
ingS, each portraying some important
event In the history Of the state.
Carveth Wells, the great English
explorer, who saw these paintings a
few years ago, said Montanans were
missing great opportunity in not APP
prectating the pictures enough. IF
Clusters Last Stand were In London
or New York. 1t would hang IN a place
Of honor IN one Of our great museums, -
Wells said. Here 1t hangs in the badly
lighted entrance to q school building.
Thousands of people would journey to
see this picture If they only knew
where 1t was"
PaxSon died in Missoula in 1919. In
his days as wandering sign painter
PaxSOn painted many q curtain for
the frontier theaters Of the period
The frontier theaters are gone with
the rest of the old west, and now the
last curtain for his wife, as well as
himself, has been rung down.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18
Parsons Career Recalled
BY Passing OF His Widow

time TO Missoula. II was here that
fame came TO him for MANY Of the
pictures he had painted in Butte.
Some Of his best known works are:
Jumping the Wagon Train" which
depicts a train Of covered wagons IN
the distance crossing a river while the
Indians attack on all sides. The
Latest Arrival shows Indians arriving
at an adobe trading station while the
whites take note OF them in a mis-
truStful manner. In 1905" Paxson
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18

BOZEMAN-G rasshopper and Nor
mon crickets win not be the problem
IN Montana farm areas next year as
they have been during the past several
seasons, according to Harlow B. Mills.
state entomOlogiSt. The three tiers OF
counties along the Dakota border,
where tnfestation was heaviest the past
Two seasons, viii be practically free of
hoppers, Mills declared.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18
BY GEORGE MARSH

The colOrflIl career Of Edgar 3. Pax
son-who. with the exception OF
Charles M. RUSSELL was Montana s
greatest artist-waS recalled to hun
dreds Of pioneer residents of the state
bv the death Of his widow, Mrs. Laura
Paxson, In Mlssoula recently.
Indian fighter, hunter. scout. timer
ant sign painter, cattleman and de-
lineator In oil paints Of the cavalcade
OF the west. Paxson actually lived
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18
FRANK
FILoS o ~

I said I did not think it would be
necessary. He said be thought 1t was.
SO as he held the position Of expert
ence, and authority, It was done his
way.
But 1 found occasion later TO prove
to him was right. Not that threw
1t I'D to him or even mentioned 1t TO
him. But when a similar circumstance
arose. could say that once before we
did such and such and 1t proved out
so and so. He let 1t 60 my way.
One can do that. too, when dealing
with the hard hand Of circumstances
or-as some would say it-0f fate. You
meet up with situations that you can
not plan your own way. You may have
your plans. You may even see that your
ideas are the best for all concerned.
But you are IN a cramp and have 70
abide by circumstances
But your chance win come. The ex-
perience will come to you again or one
much like it. And you can be. pre-
pared. You can say that this and this
was right for that occasion; 1t IS for
this.
Those with experience and authority
respect those who are willing to CO.
operate with them and try TO do as
they have planned. But they lose their
respect for those who take orders re-
gardless OF what should be done or has
been done. They are glad TO be guided
on true course.
Circumstances - fate - lays a hard
road and expects one to travel down
It. But IL is able to yield TO the right
influences and can be caused to change
where the change Is rightly done.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18
GREAT FALLS HAS
GOLD EXCITEMENT
BUT IT'S AT GREAT FALLS, MARY
LAND, NOT THE TREASURE
STATE

Yellow Metal Discovered There In 1854
BY Regiment Of California volun-
teers Who Had Learned Mining IN
West; Ace Reporter Tells Story.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18
ARTICLE ON HELENA

Matt staff, secretary Of the Helena
Chamber of Commerce, has received
copies of an issue of the "Kronprinz
Number" Of "Bilder," a Norwegian pic
ture magazine published at Oslo, con-
tanning pictures Of Helena taken during
the VISIT Of Crown Prince Olav and
Crown Princess Martha last May %.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18
Dental Institutes
For Montana Cities

DR. John Q. Brauer Of The University
of Iowa college of dentistry, viii con-
duct series of nine dental health IN
stitutes in principal Montana cities
during December, It was announced at
Helena. The Institutes are being spOn-
Sored by the Montana Dental associa-
ton and state board of health.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18

For every being in the world there
Is not one star apiece-there are 10000.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18

WANTED-SCRA IRON in carload or
truck load lots. Write or telephone us
for information. CARL WE1SSMAN s.
CO.. 21B Fourth st. So, Great Fails,
Mont. phone 63ie.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18

The worlds largest Gothic cathed-
raj, that at Seville, Spain, has a nest
of nearly 20 clustering chapels and
dependencies about it.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18

When the coward deals hurt, he
boasts of it; while the brave soul
heals the hurt and is silent about It,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18

LKWABXGhB#h-~lE Himmuns, 80,
was killed when a "a cahhFe riffs l1@
was uaana to hunt pheasants was ac-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18
WYa( TX.ANEOUS

HKATTgG CORRECTLY self-taught New
method h6en women. children. Age no bar
Frne information. Ice skating course. BOX S,
Tae0uaa, Wash
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18
En4PLOYMENT OPPQRIUglNIlI.I.l.Elsss

,97 MONEY MAKING plans for men and
women; any age unemployed aooeo IN
.,,ne or business seekers; home or Office
Ssrticrlars Be. MONARCH DEPT. A-i6, $50 8
w Broadway. Portland. OREGON. ---
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18
FARMS WANTED

RSRNs wANTED-Wtth the completion o.
FORT Peek dam. hundreds OF farmers w. .
Ssrds and win be looking for new locations,
N von want to sell your land, advertise " ~
The GLASGOW FORT PECK COURIER BOZ
7Is, GLASGOW. Montana Rates one cen' pe'
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18
WANTED; BONES AND sCRAP TRON

WANTED-B0NE9 In carload lots Of twenty
TONS 1890 per net ton. loaded on cars
anywhere in the state Of Montana for 80 days
delivery. Also interested In carload lots Of
scrap iron. Write, phone or wire for par
ticuiars M. GORDON A. co. 631 f. Alum
mum st.. Butte Mont. phone zt77B.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18

1ATMATION COACH PUPS. Beauties. Cneap
10 close out so4 DIVISION, BILLINGS Mont
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18
F7RM LANDS FOR SALE

WOULD you RAISE q reasonable down pe az
Snsnf for farm If you were assured tne
annual carrying CHARGES were aesusnS v,a no
ll.o' rrns throughout Montana. You VIII DC
Snterested. Write or see c. z. sPURolN' BOX
IoSs. billings. Montana.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-18

$50 sTorr rANcH. seven sections. good
S,,asng~ urru watered, some IRRIGATION
As,st a. sold FRARY g. BURLANoAAiE'
rrrnat Ealia- Montana.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-04-08

ADparenllv incensed al a police
officer because the latter had eyicted
his woman companion from a bar
room was believed by police Of
fcers as the reason Nathaniel Finch
-,-tt.-.,4,.4.-.4 ,.4-e,4t- Tho spec.aL ai!icer
with a knife last Saturday night.
r;,.b 40 - ESQ Aao1,i5o u.s
- e. -, La.,;,aI trar,,
-. D.. g.. ,.a.,,,sor. - =
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-04-08

Katherine williamson, 49, Of 1856
Hague street was arrested on q
charge Of murder and arson Sun
day in the death Of Benny Penny
man Of the Hague street address
on last Saturday
Police received a call from an as
yet unknown informant stating that
Katherine, the common-law wife
Of Pennyman had set the fire caus-
ing the mans death Il was also
stated that the two Of them had
a quarrel cartier in the evening.
According 70 Information given
the Chronicle. the comman-law
wife had a habit Of quarreling and
fighting with the deceased on his
paydays II was reported that
Pe1nyman bought two chickens and
returned home with them after
which Katherine sold one Of them
10 buy something TO drink Al about
8 p m. a fight started between the
Two people.
Fire started at about 10 that eve
ring. according to the story given
this paper. After firencn had ex-
tinguished the blaze they entered
the two story garage ana found the
charred body OF a man inside. He
was identified as Benny Peanyman
Junk reddfrr who rented the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-04-08
KIDNAP STORY
BLASTED; COPS
NAB DRIVERS
43 Cases OF Beer Taken
And Truck Missing,
Police Stated

Two men were arrested this Mon
day in the strange disappearance
Of 43 cases Of beer and a beer truck
belonging to the Paradise Valley
Distributing company, police rec
ords- reveal.
Clyde Holmes, an assistant to the
driver fthe truck. 80 years old,
living at 555 East Adams avenue,
was arrested on a charge Of grand
larceny. He is charged with steal
ing 43 cases Of beer by police. The
beer was valued al Sftt90, accord
ing to the report.
James Poindexter, 40, Of 1926 St,
Antoine street, is charged with
stealing the truck by police. Poin-
dexter was the driver Of the truck
at the time of its mysterious dis
appearance on last Friday evening.
The Paradise Valley Distributing
company is located at $50 Beacon
street
Detective Lieutenant Wallace
Williams and Sergeant Robert
Mitchell were the arresting officers
in the case.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-04-08
Boy, II, Stole Car;
Gets ! Year Probation

..fIe took the ear merely 10 drive
around the block "a was going 10
school later, a l7-year-otd boy told
Judge George Murphy in court last
Friday
Herman Hicks, IT. Of 2238 Jay
street was feand guilty OF using a
vehicle without intention OF steal
ing the same. He was given years
probation by the judge.
Both Hicks and Robert Salisbury,
another l7-year-old youth, were
held by police on a charge Of steal
ing the auto belonging to Harry
Lewis on last March Z
Salisbury was released by The
court while Hicks was made TO take
the stand. He stated that he had
no intention Of stealing the car,
but merely went for ride
Attorney Robert L. Champion
was counsel for the defendant.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-04-08
Takes Four Pills;
Is Knocked Out

Sedell Hendrick Ballard, a 49,
year-old married woman, told hos
pital attaches that she was several
months pregnant and took four pills,
Of an unrcvealed nature last Sat
urday night.
She was rushed 10 Receiving hos
pital in an unconscious condition,
accompanied by her sister-in.law
Mary Kimbrough, Of $40 Elio,
street
Mrs. Ballard lives at 684 Illinois
street and was taken from her home
to the hospital to get aid for illness
believed to have been caused by
the pills she had taken, according
10 police reports.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-04-08

Angry cries Of "lynch the Niger"
are ringing in the ears Of Washing
ton Ellis and his wife once more
as the third attempt to take them
back 10 Mississippi where they arc
charged with numbering a white
man In 1885 is being made this
week, according TO ar announce
ment of their attorney, Lloyd
LOOMS.
After having failed 10 extradite
the couple by other means. the
Mississippi authorities nave m
dicted them for violating the Fed
cral Prohibition Law and they will