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KMO-Sons OF Pioneers
8.l5. Haven
KVI-Facf Finder. BIS.
Eton Boys
K O N O-Reveries. BIS
Sunshine Club
EJR-Eusemb1e
KfRO-Hour Glass, 6;l5.
Ffon Bows.
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Nightcaps
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KMO-School OF the Al
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Real Stories.
EOMO-Betty ana Bob
II ;l5 Grimm
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The Washington times., 1939-01-19

The Aleph Zadik Aleph Frater-
nifty, Junior Order of B'nai Birth,
will hold dance Saturday night
at the jewish Community Center
to raise money for the Youth
Aliyah Fund, a project which
to transplant oppressed
Jewish youth from central Europe
The Washington times., 1939-01-19

''Double Duty" circulation OF the Herald
and Times produces twice the results
at one cost.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
Dinner HONORS
FRENCH ENVOY

count de Saint-Quentin, the
French Ambassador, was honored
by the Washington Chapter of the
American Association of Teachers
of French at a dinner last night
In the Sulgrave Club.
The Ambassador praised Amer
lean methods of teaching French
in an address to so guests at the
dinner, among them Edmund
Meras. of New York, president of
the national organization.
Miss Elizabeth M. Reynolds,
president of the Washington
chapter, presided, and L e o n
Dostert. of the Georgetown Uni
versity faculty. acted as toast
master.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
B'ndi Birth Ball on SATURDAY.

ITO Palestine. Groups cooperating
for the dance are the Simon Atlas
Chapter, the Capital City Aleph
Club, B'nai Birth, and A. 2. A.
Alumni. The dance committee
consists of Jack Markowitz, general
chairman; Milton Norwood, ticket
chairman: Hy Sander, lad" chair
man, and jake Wolfe, publicity.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-04-14

bars, from Butte to Camas Creek, Ida.
There were 80 wagons in this outfit,
with 200 oxen, besides the extra oxen
driven in a "cavvy," and the usual
haul was about 100000 pounds.
Among the bullwhackers was an as
sortment of Indian and white boys,
but the specialist, the maestro, was a
colored man known as Bat" Mr.. Nut
ting recalls that once, after unloading
their cargo of silver bars, by hand, at
Camas Creek, they were ordered to re-
load with $50 pound sacks of salt, by
hand. for the return trip. Then, after
the 200 wagons were all filled, orders
came to unload and wait for other
freight
1t was not for weary bullwhackers to
question why, but to obey orders. How
ever, when the last heavy sack had
been lifted from the last wagon all the
men, with the exception Of the colored
bullwhacking expert, were fired. Mr.
Nutting was but a boy then, fighting
for a footing in the vast, new land. The
hurt of that first lesson in human in
justice still rankleS in his memory.
Armitage Came in 1881
T. C. Armitage came west with the
Northern Pacific in 1881, and his fate,
for many years, was linked with that
of the struggling railroad. He recalls
colorful celebration attendant upon
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-04-14

the extending of the rails across the
boundary line into Montana. A special
train made up of high officials from
st. Paul lent dignity to the occasion
and Mr.. Armitage managed to include
himself with the illustrious ones as
superintendent's clerk. Later he served
with the engineering department and
as depot agent at Bearmouth and
Marysville.
The year 1881 was epochal: Two long,
slim. steel rails were slowly inchlng
across Montana's silent prairies, bring
ing with them civilization and all its
attendant goods and evils. Miles City
doomed. The town was wide open, "
money flowed freely and everyone was
optimistic.
That winter also marked the last of
the big buffalo kills. Thousands of ami
mails were slaughtered. Cxen-hauled
wagons piled high with hides were a
common sight on Miles City streets.
Mr. Armitage followed the Northern
Pacific as it extended to Billings and
thence to Livingston, the latter town
then bidding fair to be the metropolis
of the west. For the Northern Pacific
had sold all of its land around Billings
and was building fine depot and
machine shops in Livingston. Billings
had nothing, no mines, no dependable
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-04-14
Blind Musician of Butte
To Have Seeing E We Dog

j. j. McNamara's orchestra and has
continued with 1t to the present. He
plays the piano. Judge McNamara-
also blind-plays the violin. The orches-
ira plays gratis at all meetings of the
Butte Pioneer club. Out of gratitude
for Frankie's service, the club spon-
sored a dance two months ago at the
Masonic temple, the proceeds of which
were given him to help defray his eX-
penseS TO and from New Jersey to get
his dog
The institution where the dogs are
supplied is located a few miles from
Morristown a city Of some 5000 in
habitants. Frankie will take up his
training with the dog continuing for
four weeks. The grounds and walks are
laid out in a very irregular manner
and it is there that the first lesson
between man and dog is attempted.
After the first few days the man, dog
and trainer move into the city where
the dog is taught to lead his master
through traffic, paying strict atten-
ton to street lights, cars and other
hazards The following information was
furnished by Judge Mcnamara:
Dogs Are Sensitive
The dog is a German shepherd,
about two years of age. 1t is highly
sensitive to praise and is strictly a one
man dog. 1t must not be interfered with
while performing its duties with his
new master. Friends are urged not to
interfere with the dog, pet it, or bother
1t in any way. 1t is taught to hear and
obey one person only. Those who wish
to be friendly and helpful usually do
more harm than good"
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frankie Heffern, blind Butte
musician, left recently on his long
awaited trip to Morristown, N. J.,
where he will be fitted out with
a "seeing-eye" dog. He will be
gone approximately six weeks,
during which time he will make
friends with his dog and the dog
with him. The dogs are supplied
by an agency that deals exclusively
in the business of supplying blind per-
sons with these intelligent and faithful
friends.
frankie was born in Butte in 1907,
one of family of 10 children. His faith
er died when he was very young. Frank
it went blind at the age of one year.
From the start, he showed an inter-
est in music by playing the harmonica.
At nine years of age he enrolled at the
state school for the blind at Boulder
where he remained II years, gradual
ing in 1927 All his education was re-
ceived through the Braille system. In
school he learned to play the piano,
accordion, saxophone and pipe organ.
He learned, also, how to tune pianos.
Member of Orchestra
In 1929, following his return to Butte,
frankie became a member of Judge
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farms. nothing but summer-parched
range for stock
Then the Land and improvement Co.
started their Big Ditch, the first ir-
rigating project, and Mr. Armitage was
among the first to recognize and seize
opportunity. His fertile, 32O-acre farm
six miles west of Billings is a mopu-
ment to his foresight. With water from
network of canals flowing over arid
land it began to yield rich crops and
Billings began to grow.
First Brick Building
Mr.. Armitage has witnessed its de-
velopment from a village to a small
people when the first brick building,
( the Belknap, was erected. In 1914 he
was appointed Billings postmaster and
served two terms. Since then he has
been one of Billings prominent bust
ness men.
Hays Noted as Singer
George NJ. Hays, who, at the time Of
his death, was clerk of the district
court, had also served as charter mem
Der of the Billings Maverick Hose COM
pany. secretary of state, and held many
offices of public trust. But perhaps Mr..
Hays will be most beautifully remem-
bered for his golden, tenor voice. He
was a charter member of the famous
male quartet formed in 1888, and Civ
/ ing ILS III 81 puDIIC ptIlOI IIIdIlSt az VIC
dedication OF the Billings Congrega-
tional church.
At the time of the opening of the
Miles City state industrial school this
quartet sang. with Colonel Sanders CIV
ing the dedicatory address. From time
to time the personnel of the quartet
has changed, but for SIS years Mr.. Hays
had been a member, singing at more
than 500 funerals One of his last pub
liz q q CT
been at Mr.. Nutting's birthday party
in Laurel, when he sang: In the
Gloamin'."
Judge Charles Rugg, who died in
March, 1889, was born in London. Eng
land, in 1851, and came to Miles City
in 1876. There, for a year, he freighted
supplies from river boats to army out
fits. He was also employed to hunt
buffalo for army units. In 1877 he
moved to Park City, where he was ap-
pointed justice of the peace, at that
time the only justice of the peace be-
tween Miles City and Bozeman. He filed
the first civil court case in the county.
Among the many activities of a busy
life he installed and operated a ferry
crossing the Yellowstone river, near
the present bridge at Laurel.
l. D. ODonneQ cannot. despite his
modesty. escape being identified with
almost every progressive movement in
the Midland Empire-the irrigation
projects. the sugar factory. the Poly
library-to mention only a few. He
has developed the Huntley farm, so
famously successful that agricultural
experts from the east have iOurneyCd
20 Montana to interview Mr.. ODon-
nell He has held many offices OF pub
lie trust and is still playing vita!
part in the growth of the west. Unit!
.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-04-14
Montana Loses Widely Beloved Editor
I'm Death of William w. SsBill" Chiefly

as a reporter on the old Butte Inter
Mountain, now the Butte Daily Post,
which was owned at that time by the
late Lee Mantle, one time United
States senator from Montana.
Becomes Bureau Manager
In 1899, however, he resigned as an
employe of the Inter Mountain and
became manager of the Butte bureau
of the Montana Daily Record, morn
ing paper which had just been started
at Helena. He remained in that ca
pacity for three years Fellow members
of the staff of the Montana Daily
Record at that time were John G.
Derks. present sports editor OF the salt
Lake Tribune: Frank Moore and Al
bert Hawkins. both Of whom were later
connected with the old New York Com
mercial for many years, Moore as man
aging editor ard Hawkins as news
editor. Leon Shaw for many years
general manager of the Billings
Gazette. was a telegraph operator in
the office of the Record at that time
and Harry Yaeger now and from il
inception. vice president of the Federal
Reserve bank at Minneapolis, was bust
ness manager.
For time he and William Murphy
operated the Murply-Cheely printing
company at Butte.
Early in 1902 Cheev was recalled to
the Butte Inter Mountain as city
editor and in April Of the same year
was promoted to business manager.
He became prominent not only in news
paper circles of the state but during
the next few years amasScd consider
able fortune in mining operations. His
holdings were wiped out in the stock
market almost overnight along about
1908 and he left Butte 10 engage in
I,,- IN Tir7-
neapolis After a year o" two there
attended only by indifferent success he
went to the Nevada gold fields for a
time and then to Denver, the city of
his birth. and engaged in he real es-
tate business.
Turns Big Deals
He operated there so successfully
that in one year he cleared in the
neighborhood Of $4,000. With the new
stake he left Denver for the Porcupine
mining country of eastern Canada.
When he arrived in Toronto he was
greeted by news of the big forest fires
which swept the Porcupine region that
year, destroying mining properties and
entailing huge loss of lives.
Instead of continuing to the Porcu
pine country east of Hudsons bay
Chiefly turned west and by 1912 had
become managing editor of the Cal
gary Albertan, daily morning news
paper. In 1915 he returned to Montana
and became associated with the late
w. w. Wadsworth and H. P Raban in
the Montana Newspaper association at
Great Falls. In 1929 he acquired Wads-
worth's and Raban's interests in the
concern.
Chiefly is survived by his widow, Mrs
Nell I. Chiefly, to whom he was mar
ried while living in Calgary; by a
sister, Mrs. Clarence Frink of Denver,
and a brother, Bert Cheely of Hous-
ton, Tex. Additional survivors include
an uncle, James E. Chiefly of Los An
geles, and two nieces, Mrs. Leah Smith
and Mrs. Barry Hannawait, also Of
Los Angeles.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-04-14

dian campaigns, cattle trailing from
Texas, the pony express and overland
stage travel that w. w. Chiefly was
born and reared.
His father. a merchant, lived for a
time in Denver and then at various
mining camps in the territory. Living
in one of those places in central Col
orado when but a lad. young Chiefly
saw the miners in the camp escort to
the outskirts of the village a man who
had come by their i'll will in some
manner, and tell him to run. He ran.
And as he ran 100 guns unleashed
their leaden messengers. The victim
was practically shot to pieces.
Worked on Farm
AS a youngster Chiefly worked on
the farm of his uncle, c. G. Winbourne,
near Greeley and at Greeley he learned
the printing trade, working afterwards
as a printer in Aspen and Leadville,
Colo. He came to Montana in 1890 and
worked as a printer on the Anaconda
Standard. Later in Butte he worked
as combination printer and reporter
on the old Butte Miner, owned by the
late w. A. Clark, mining multimillion-
aire.
From Butte Bill went to Dillon in
1894, where he bought half interest
in the Dillon Tribune, a weekly publ
cation. After two years there he sold
his interest and with the $500 which
the sale brought him, went to Virginia
another weekly newspaper While liv-
ing in Virginia City he became a close
friend of Henry Filing, banker of that
place and for many years one Of Mon
tana's leading financiers.
While living in Dillon as part owner
of the Dillon Tribune, Chiefly and JOS
eph Boyd Poindexter, the present gov
ernor Of Hawaii, who was young man
there at the time, became fast friends,
q relation that continued.
In 1898 Chiefly disposed Of the
Madisonian and went to Butte to work
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-04-14
By PETE SNELSON

Montana lost one of its most
colorful newspaper men, as well as
one of the oldest in point of serv-
ice, when death took William Win
bourne Chiefly, president OF the
Montana Newspaper association
recently, at Hollywood, Calf,
where he had gone with his wife
for a short winter vacation. He fell
victim to pneumonia. Chiefly, uni.
versally known to his myriad OF
friends as "Bill," not only enjoyed
a wide acquaintance over the state by
reason of nearly so years OF resiaence'
but was highly esteemed py az Wy w
low editors and other members Vi ''ie
newspaper craft.
He was a familiar figure at the an
mai conventions of the Montana state
press association, which he had at one
time served as president. Enjoying
high distinction among and generally
beloved by his fellow scribes by reason
of his winning personal'y; ne arso tive
ability which had enabled him to tram
a staff of writer's and editors In the
field which held for him the greateSI
interest, the history OF the OLD west as
we'll as a business organization LOT rs
successful administration: AS result
he was successful in developing an Or
genization which carried forward the
Service of the Montana Newspaper as
sociation regardless of his own where.
abouts. thereby enabling him to travel
widely.
Cheelv himself knew personally many
of the early day figures about Whom
staff members of the Montana News
paper association write. Some OF them
he knew half a century ago IN Mon ION
tana. Some he knew as boy IN COZ
orado and some during the hustlng,
busting days of the Nevada gold rush
in the early years of the present
century.
Highly Capable Writer
A highly capable descriptive writer
himself, and with fund of historical
knowledge as a background, he found
it a COMPARATIVELY easy matter to round
out a staff which could supply II t an al
material in which the Montana News
paper association service specializes:
Bill Cheely was born IN Denver, Colo,
Feb. 90, 1868. An uncle, c. G. VIM
bourne, after whom Bill was named
had emigrated from Virginia to Col
orado in 1856 and was largely inter-
ested in early day mining and ranching
in that territory At the close of the
Civil war the Cheelys and the Win
bournes, still in Virginia, were "unre-
constructed" to the extent that they
did not wish to remain there after the
surrender Of the Confederate forces.
\ and looked about for a place to emf
J yrate with their families.
One Of them went to Cuba and
! ,thers were planning on joining a
!. movement which eventually took a
large number Of Americans to settle
In Brazil. Just at that time @. G. Win
bourne Induced them to move to Col
orado and It was there amid the scenes
Of early day mining excitement, In
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-04-14
BENTON FAIR GROUNDS
ARE BEING IMPROVED

Improvements are making the Chou
teau county fairgrounds among the
finest in the state. with most of the
work being done by WPA labor under
direction of Supervisor w. H. Cav
anaugh.
Stalls formerly open on the outside
of the large livestock building have
been enclosed and rebuilt cement
floor will be laid.
The structure used last year for the
poultry exhibit will be used as ladies'
exhibit department. A cement floor
was placed in the building and the in
terror lined with plywood. This change
relieves the congested All and school
exhibit hall. where women's exhibits
were formerly housed. Poultry will be
in the livestock building.
A cement floor will be placed be-
meath the entire grandstand. where
general and community exhibits are
displayed as well as those of demon
stration clubs landscaping project
is under way and to provide water for
irrigation a large well is being dug.
The parking lot will be graveled and
it is expected additional bleachers will
be built.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-04-14
FALLS PEOPLE PURCHASE
OLD RANCH AT AUGUSTA

The S. S. Franks place, one Of the
oldest ranches in the Augusta region,
was sold recently to Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Reisman of Great Falls. Mr..
and Mrs. James H. Smith, who came
to Montana in the early sixties and
settled near Helena, moved to Augusta
in 1889 and bought this ranch from
William Converse, and began growing
stock. Members of the family have
since operated the ranch. After the
death of Mr.. Smith, William Nett, a
son-in-law, operated the place for 10
years. Later a son, Riley, and S. S.
Franks took it over. Mr.. Franks and his
wife. who was the former Harriet
Smith, turned the place into a dairy
and poultry farm. Poor health forced
them to sell
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-04-14
Birthday Party at l.. A. Nutting's Laurel Home
Brings Together Notable Group State Pioneers
Nv GLENDOLN DAMON WAGNER
~LEVEN MEN gathered at the

BY GLENDOL1N DAMON WA1NEn
TLEVEN MEN gathered at the
home of L. A. Nutting in
- Laurel in August, 1888, to
celebrate his 30th birthday. This
group of IL men, whose average
age exceeds 80, were distinctive
for many reasons. Among them
were successful farmers, stockmen,
bankers, statesmen, prominent
business men, and all of them were
still continuing to play an i'm
portant role in the progress of the
commonwealth which they had
helped create. All of them had
come to Montana SO or more years ago,
with no capital save youthful courage.
That capital they invested in the new
land in which they had faith. Each
one could, if he would, point to one or
more achievements which make Mon
tana a debtor to him. These IL men
are builders of nation as truly as were
the first New England settlers, and to
write the biography Of any one of them
would mean writing the dramatic his
tory Of the west.
E. L. Fenton, T. c. Armitage and M.
H. Shay were born in 1859; L. A. Nut
ting in 1858; 1. D. ODonnell in 1850;
George Hays in 1862: c. A. Young in
1867; j. w Coombs in 1856; T. L. Will
kins in 1861; B. F. Lamb and G. L.
Danford in 1857; C. r. Rugg in 1851.
Since the party at the Nutting home,
three of the men-Judge Rugg, George
Hays and Mr.. Shay-have crossed over
into new frontiers.
In 1879 George Danforth travelled by
~ n HQnvnn rrpnR
which, at that time, consisted of a
postoffice. a saloon, and a store, the
latter owned by Sid Irwin. To young
eyes those parched, grasshopper-rav-
aged, July plains Of Montana seemed
the bleakest spot on earth. But George
Danforth, with his father, conquered
the wilderness, turning arid prairie
Danforth. re-living his past, says lit
tie of the years of toll and hardships.
Of crop failures, of Indian perils, OF
drouth and grasshoppers, OF low prices
and cold and hunger. Those things
patterned themselves into the day-by-
day struggle to forge home out OF
raw land, and were taken Tor granted.
Nutting Came in 1879
In 1879 Mr.. Nutting also began weav-
ing his fortunes into those of the west,
and has. 1t appears, served Montana
in about every capacity from bull
whacker to banker. He has been a
freighter. a farmer, stockman and SEN
ator and yet he sees no drama OF
struggle and achievement in his pio-
neer experiences. The stage coach driv-
ing, freighting, buffalo hunting, Indian
fighting-all were simply ways of earn
ing wages Those young pioneers were
not aware they were writing pages of
Montana history. Mr. Nutting's first
Job was with Murphy, Neill & Co.
freighters, who did profitable bust
ness, hauling freight, usually silver