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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-02-03

nothing seems to
ciaunt the box
Office draw OF
the S o-c allie d
NAME bands --
especially those
bands specialize
ing in swing.
Gene Krupa $
outfit made a re-
cent tour Of FIVE
one-night stands
in s m a II New
England tow ne
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30

received word that his favorite son
had died at Carlisle Indian school.
Grief-stricken, he killed the boys three
favorite ponies, cut their heads off
with some vertebrae. then tied buck
skin thongs to the heads and with
the thongs through his back to prove
he was brave man and could stand
any grief or trouble he dragged the
heads over the hillside from dawn I'M
til shutdown. The idea is probably an
offshoot of the old Crow Sun dance,
in which young men with thongs
through their breasts and tied TO lodge
poles danced until the muscles pulled
loose or until they collapsed from ex-
haustion to prove their courage before
becoming warriors"
Some authorities believe that the
torture ceremonies OF the Penitente
Brothers order of the southwest are
an offshoot Of the original Indian self
torture customs.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30
POundnlGSter Finds
Way to Capture
ELUSIVE Allen Cat

The battle between City Pound
master E. j. Mckenzie Of Great Falls
and an elusive alley cat, which fol
months had worried him and residents
of a certain neighborhood. has been
won-by the poundmaster. But the
poundmaSter won only by outside help
while the cat was strictly "on its own.
Two alley cats baffled the pound
master for months and Mckenzie re-
ceived suggestions from residents of
numerous eastern states as to methods
of catching the cats. He finally sue
ceeded in capturing and eXterminating
one of them but the other resisted all
efforts.
The poundmaSter gives credit for
capture of the second cat to Jack
Smith of Portland. Ore, who advised
Mckenzie to use a new method. This
system, the poundmaster says, is to
have about 10 or IL feet Of rubber hose
attached to the exhaust pipe OF his
car and have fish heads near the end
of the hose. The cats go for the fish
heads, the gas from the exhaust hits
them and the cats are overcome to a
sufficient extent to permit the pound
master to capture them before they
recover from the gas.
THE system works" says Mckenzie,
"and I now have no difficulty catching
cats"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30
Montana Indian Paintings
Hang i'm Santa Fe Gallery

In the galleries of the New Mexico
state museum of art at Santa Fe, one
of the finest in the southwest, visitors
see several paintings depicting scenes
from Montana Indian life The pic
lures are the work of Joseph Henry
Sharp. noted western painter of the
18th century. One of the Sharp pic
lures the largest and one of the most
valuable in the museums permanent
collection, was painted on the Grow
Indian reservation near Billings It
is a shutdown scene and in the fore
ground an aged Indian trudgeS over a
hillside. dragging behind him three
horse heads The heads are attached
to the Indians back by thongs that
are passed through his flesh.
A note in the museum catalog gives
the following information about the
huge painting: THE artist actually saw
this performance many years ago. The
old warrior, Crow Indian chief, had
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30

Philip COnrey. Montana pioneer.
who died in Virginia City about
Is years ago, for 25 years was the
owner of raw gold 10 the value Of
900 and did not know IL. II
was among the possibilities for him
TO have become one of the richest
men I'm Montana. but the forelOck
OF opportunity did not appeal to
him and he passed away possessed
Of modest means.
Conrey developed a fine ranch prop
erty at the mouth of Alder gulch,
which stream as Is we'll known. pro-
duced upwards of 500 900. 900 in placer
gold It was the discovery OF this won
derful placer deposit that set the tide
of immigration flowing in the direc-
ton of Montana in the early sixties.
The wash Of centuries sent the fine
placer gold down the stream, and much
Of 1t found Judgement on the Conrey
property. and there 1t remained until
men versed in machine mining came
along, purchased the gold-charged land
for modest price, and washed out a
handsome fortune.
Conrey was an old placer miner He
knew that "colors" which in placer
mining parlance means enough gold
IN the pan TO make a showing, could
be found on any part Of his property
but he belonged to the old school OF
miners who had the opinion firmly
fixed in their minds that gold must
be of a certain cOarseneSS before II
could be saved. He thought 1t was too
fine to be Of commercial value. So
when men came to him and asked him
for an option on his farm with the
right to prospect he gave 1t to them
for a small consideration The price
he asked for his property, when the
purchasers got ready TO buy IT, was
$4,000
When Conrey signed the option, Civ
ing others the right to take over his
farm for $4,000, he signed away his
rights to about 5000 600. Following a
season of prospecting. the ranch was
purchased. the Conrey Mining Co. was
formed. and huge dredging machines
we're installed. These machines. after
several years Of experimentation. we're
operated successfully, and extracted
values In excess Of S3.000.0O0
The company which operated the
deposit was organized by Professor
Shaler, for many years Of the faculty
Of Harvard university. Several Har-
ward men we're associated with Pro-
fessor Shaler In the undertaking Then |
followed several years of experiment |
tation. Several dredges were installed I
before one was designed that would |
do the work at a profit and this ex- |
Fermentation cost approximately $780, |
300 before the values extracted were I
N excess Of the expenditures. And l
even then engineering had 10 give way
70 practical methods. and the big
plant was finally made a success I
through the efforts of Charles KAN
nerer, a placer miner who had COM
nenced work in the glllch with a
hovel, and had become the first placer
Expert in the state Kammerer's
made him a marked man
n hydraulic mining
One by one Shaler and his asso-
iates passed away Each OF them left
y viii his interest In the Conrey Min
ng Co. to the great university with
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30

qanewav. Fireman Sullivan stood at
{ the steps. the marks of pain and hor--
ror in his face. Powder burns smudged
his cheeks, too, so close had been the
bandit guns. Tom was trying to stanch
the flow of blood from his wounded
wrist
whats wrong, Tom?" asked Culver.
when we came out OF that little
tunnel back there near Welch'S spur,
said Sullivan. two masked men showed
I'D on the tender with guns. They
shouted to get our hands up, and then
started shooting" He quickly told the
rest of the story.
Sheriff Webb, travelling on personal
business, was not armed. A freight
train that had followed the Limited
up the hill had now stopped close be-
hind. Frank Fisher, the engineer, had
a gun in his cab. Borrowing it, Webb
took the trail of the bandits. In the
darkness he could accomplish but little,
and he soon returned to the train.
william Crawford. 19-year-old tramp,
had come forward from the blind bag
gage. He was Immediately taken into
custody on suspicion. He told several
stories before he settled down to one
version. His description of the bandits,
however, corroborated Sullivans story.
IT wasn't in on the robbery plan,
declared Crawford. II had been wait
ing in the Blue Ribbon saloon in Butte
for this train. L heard it whistle and
went down to the yards. While wait
ed at the water tank these two men
came up. We all got on at the water
tank. 1 helped them up with their
grip, and it was heavy. They told me
they were going to hold up the train.
They wanted me to join them. re-
fused. They decided wasn't danger
BUS to them, and they left me and |
went on up ahead The train was
moving, and there wasn't anything |
Gould do about things"
Robbers Carried Dynamite
The grip left on the blind baggage
vas brought up. 1t contained ia sticks
# six-inch dynamite, similar to that
'toien few days before from the
silver Bow powder house.
Engineer Fisher from the freight
,iloted the Limited 10 Livingston. Sui
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30

minor character in the case and more
than else a states witness
Tower and Hastings are going u
swing" he told reporters.
Tower had been a friend of mine
but no more. Tower has double crossed
me. When read of that train holdur
and the murder of the engineer, was
sure Tower was mixed up in 1t. He
admitted it when 1 charged him with
being one of the gang. He threatened
to put out my light If told. And nov
he wants me to take the rap to save
his hide"
Fireman Tom Sullivan looked the
three prisoners over and recognized
Tower as one of the men who had
fired at him from the tender.
Since the crime was committed in
jefferson county, the trials we're held
at Boulder. Judge L. L. Galloway, later
chief justice of the Montana supreme
court and now practicing law in Hell
ena, was the trial judge. B. K. Wheeler
now United States senator from Mon
tana, was the leading defense attorney.
After his trial had started and an
acrimonious atmosphere had been
created in the courtroom due to Wit
riolic exchanges between Wheeler and
Judge Galloway, Tower confessed his
part in the plot, and pleaded guilty
sentenced to SO years in the peniten-
tiary.
Wheeler expected, despite the con-
feSSion, to get a reversal of the verdict
on the plea that the acrimonious re-
lations of judge and defense attorney
had been prejudicial to the defendant
Gruber provided the real sensation Of
the whole affair. His trial was well
under way, with but little prospect Of
anything but acquittal when he sud-
denly appeared In the courtroom one
morning to confess his part in the
plot. He got off with a nominal man
slaughter sentence.
Hastings also stood out on a not /
guilty plea until it was clear the evil I
dence against him was fatal to his /
case. He, too, confessed, and received I
a sentence of 81 years.
When the robbery Of the North /
Coast Limited was planned 1t was OBJ
vtouSly the intent to quietly capture
the engine crew and force them TO
run the train TO a desired spot, and
then dynamite the safes IN the mail
and express cars. While only two men
appeared at the engine, the third ap-
was hidden elsewhere on the
train to keep the train crew interested
But the robbers were young and rather
inexperienced They stampeded when
~ S<e4AAC W bllC S44OHQOWAtr diiQ dAlCA !
murder had been committed flight was
all that was left to them.
Tom Sullivan is ON the right side
If the cab now. running freight west
rom Livingston. No doubt as he passes
Welch on the main range when his
-uns take him that way, he relives
'ery wildly the scene in which he
played so prominent a part that May
light back In 1907, and looks again at
he bullet scar still on his wrist.
Engineer Frank Fisher, who was on
he freight that night, Is now retired
nd residing IN Livingston, where he
TIL railroads along the high iron Of
ears gone by.
Frank Iatta Is the only one Of the
Id Northern Pacific detective force
TIL living. he works on dude ranches
q the Gallatin valley.
Sheriff Webb of Billings was killed
few months after the murder Of
nglneer Glow while arresting horse
nief at Roundup.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30
Fireman Wounded in HolduP of North Coast Limited
Top of Rockies In 1907 NO An Engineer ON Some Route


which they had been associated. and
the millions that Conrey overlooked
during his ownership Of the land. went
70 higher education
It is said Of Phil Conrey that he
never regretted his sale He was philo-
sophical enough TO realize that he
never would have developed his placer
holdings with dredging machines, and
he always expressed himself as being
pleased with the fact that the profits
coming from his time home were
going into the treasury Of one OF the
great institutions OF learning in the
United States.
He invested his $4,000 carefully.
lived frugally and died in comfortable
circumstances He was a man much
esteemed in Madison county and
southern Montana where he was well
known.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30

! Ivan was left at Whitehall for medica
! attention.
Early next morning a posse of Of
ficers and citizens from Butte anC
Whitehall was on the trail. The ban
dts had scattered red pepper along
] the back trail to throw dogs off thu
scent. But the pepper made enough
trail for the men to follow.
"Hey!" called a poSseman from {
hillside. Here's the sack they carried
their pepper in. At that, maybe itS
better they used it that way than Il
they had dashed it into someone:
eyes"
Directly someone else found brown
face mask cut from a neck scarf. II
resembled one Sullivan said one of his
attackers had worn. But the bandits
had enough headway that their trail
was lost in the hills northeast Of Butte
r: H. Goddard, chief of Northern
Pacific detectives. took up the hunt,
aided by James McKeown and Frank
Latta of Bozeman. McKeoWn and
Latta had captured Ike Gravelle in
the hills near Helena four years be-
fore, ending a 6O-day reign of terror
following the dynamiting Of the Vel
lowstone river bridge at Livingston;
Gravelle's arrest had ended an attempt
at extortion of the railroad.
These officers were Jdined by peace
officers from neighboring counties.
But the trail was cold. The fugitives
apparently had returned to underworld
haunts In Butte
General Manager Horn Of the North
ern Pacific awarded Mrs. Frank Glow
$4,000 in the death of her husband.
Tom Sullivan received 81 900 for his
injuries. A reward Of $1,000 was posted
by Supt. F. N. Finch at Livingston for
If the 49,
On June IS two men were arrested
swered the general description of the
bandits
They're not the men," declared both
Fireman Sullivan and the tramp,
Crawford
George Tower, 22-year-old Butte
tough, got jittery when he was SEN
fenced for brief period in the Silver
Bow county Jail for beating up a fell /
low in a saloon. Tower was a smooth /
customer. and for one so young he ex- +
hibited considerable familiarity with /
courtroom procedure.
Towers actions aroused suspicion.
Investigation led to the rooming house
where he had lodged at the time Glow
she knew of Tower and an unnamed
partner, and of the suitcase that was
filled with dynamite.
Confronted with this information,
Tower came through" with more. His
story was designed to give officers a
ead that would divert suspicion else
where. He implicated Harry Gruber,
VINO was then in the army and sta
Toned at Astoria. Ore. He also named
! G. G. Hastings In the plot.
Hastings was arrested IN the course
If the investigation, and Gruber was {
brought back from Oregon.
Tower claimed these men had been
he actual bandits.
They threatened to kiln me If s
bowed" he said.
Tower tried to slip a note out of
he jail instructing q pal TO claim {
OF the dynamite. Officers S
the note, and the case was
roken.
Grmber Turns @SqueaIer' q
Gruber. the soldier. had been bell I
op at the AlbemarIe hotel ia Living t
Ton before he went to Butte. He
alked readily and freely so far as Of
lcers would let him. OF course, he t
iverted suspicion from himself the
xeent That he wss held only as q c
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30

Tom Sullivan shoveled coal. His
shovel swung rhythmieally from
tender floor 20 fire door and back.
The hour-Iate North Coast Limited
of the Northern Pacific had just
lifted over the continental divide
southeast of Butte and was sliding
d0wnhiH toward whitehall after
the helper engine had dropped off.
10 was ESQ in the morning Of
NAV 6, 1857. The glow from the
firebOx lighted mp the locomotive
cab, only to make bAacker than Ii
really was the darkness that slid
by like a wall outside the windows.
Sullivan was replenishing the fires
after the steam consuming climb VI
the main range. A few minutes more
and he could slump down on the left
seat box for a breather.
Giving his shovel that tricky jerk
that placed the coal where he wanted
it to go in the seething big firebox
Sullivan turned back to the tender for
more coal.
Leave that fire door open and
throw up your hands!"
Sullivan heard the command from
almost over his head. His eyes lifted
as his hands went up. He saw two men
atop the tender Both were masked,
and they were nervously lingering
guns.
without further warning the bandits
fired. A bullet pierced Tom Sullivan's
wrist. The shots brought Engineer
Frank Glow tunbling from his seat
box He rolled out with his hands in
the air, but by now the bandits had
lost control, both of the situation and
their own nerves. They kept firing, and
Glow was hit in the stomach.
Faithful to his responsibilities to the
last, Glow turned to his levers. He
cut the air and threw the throttle
into reverse. Then he tumbled to the
gangway floor and died.
What had been intended as a sudden
and bloodleSs capture of the engine
crew had backfired. The escapade had
turned into a murder. The train was
stopping. The bandits were completely
Escape was the only thing
left.
Conductor A. B. Culver, when the
train slowed TO q stop, ordered his
rIagman to the rear and hustled for
ward to learn what was going on. A
fleeing bandit fired at his lantern, but
missed. Sheriff Webb of Yellowstone
county, Billings, was on the train. He
Iotned Culver and they reached the
sngine together.
Engineer Glow lay huddled In the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30

Mineral oil produced IN Germany In
the first nine months of 1898 filled a.
So4 Ds0 barrels, an increase OF n per-
cent over t21e Ike period Of 1887.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30
OWNED FORTUNE.
DID NOT KNOW 1T
PHILIP CONREY SOLD PLACER
DIGCNGs WORTH MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS FOR SONG

Property That lie Sold for $50 900 Has
Since Produced Over Ss.OOO.OO0 in
Gold Values; Harvard University
Benefited
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30
State Veterinarian
HOnOred by Chicago
SdddLe-SirIOin Club

An oil portrait OF DR.. w. j. Butler
state veterinarian. has been hung ia
the Saddle and Sirloin club, composed
OF men prominent IN the livestock in
dustry, in Chicago
Other noted veterinarians previously
honored by the club are Or. j. r.
Mohler chief of the United States bu-
reau Of animal industry: DR.. F. NJ.
Dorset, discoverer OF hog cholera ser
UNI. Dr. James Law, who established
the first veterinary college In the
United States at Cornell university,
and DR.. E. Salmon. first chief OF the
bureau OF animal industry and student
OF Texas tick fever and foOt-and-mouth
disease.
Dr. Butler has served as state veter-
marian about Is years.
Other Montanans honored by the
Saddle and Sirloin club In the past in
cluded Henry Sieben. pioneer Montana
sheepman. Senator G. II. Williams.
former Montana Sheepman and past
president Of the Montana Woolgrowers
association: A. b. Cook. former owner
Of the A. 3. Cook stock farm at Town
send: Robert Ford. pioneer Sun river
valley cattleman, and Conrad Kohrs,
pioneer Deer Lodge cattleman
The wPA has set aside $9O,4s5 for
use in Montana In the 1910 war on
grasshoppers, according to a wire re-
ceived by state officials from Senator
B. K. Wheeler The fund Is for mixing
bait and distributing 1t to localities
where needed. The project, sponsored
by the state entomologist's office, Is
eligible for operation at the discretion
OF Joseph E. Parker Of Butte. state
the wire said.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-30

LFruper, the soldier, had been belt
st0n before he went to Butte. He
talked readily and freely so far as Of
fiGerB would let him. OF course, he
diverted suspicion from hinself-to the
extent That he wss held only as q
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-16
MARYLAND CORP REPORT
cOIJ,EGE PARK Tune 1

COLLEGE PARK, June TO-
With May rainfall only SO percent
of normal, the States June /, wheat
crop prospects were IS percent be-
low average, according to the Mary.
land Crop Reporting Service. Elk
cessive rainfall in April followed by
the dryest May since 1911 damaged
some growing crops and made land
preparation exceedingly difficult. I'm
broken ground is too hard for plOw-
ing in many sections Of the State
and corn planting delayed to such an
extent that the intended acreage
may not be realized. The strawberry
crop has been cut short by the dry
weather. Tobacco beds are becoming
dry and necessitate watering in
some local areas. Gardens are suf-
fering and fruit on June l., was be-
ginning to show effects of deficient
moisture.
Pastures were slightly above
normal but not as good as month
ago. Canning pea yields have been
generally disappointing due to lack
of moisture for maturity and in
sect damage. Indications are for a
better than average crop of apples
and peaches.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-16
CoLoRA

Clyde Drennen and three helpers
are painting J. Harvey Grays house
here, occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. r.
A. Muldoon.
A clover field on the John Lip
pincott farm near here, was burned
over last week. 1t is thought a
spark from a passing train caused
the fire. The clover being SO dry 1t
made quite fire.
The Ladies Aid of Mt. Pleasant
M e. Church will be entertained
Wednesday evening, June 21st, at
the home of Mrs. Levi Balderston.
Childrens' Day will be observed
at Mt Pleasant Church Sunday even
ing June 25th.
DR.. Gunby, District Superintend-
ent, occupied the pulpit at Mt.
Pleasant Church last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel w. Fitz-
gerald attended the funeral of his
aunt, Belle Fitzgerald, at Calvert
Monday forenoon, and the funeral of
his step father, John Thompson, in
the afternoon at Newark, Del.
Ellis Todd, young son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Todd, Havre de Grace,
has been a patient in Hartford Mem
orial Hospital for the past ten
weeks, having badly fractured leg
he sustained in an automobile &C.
cident.
A daughter was born last week to
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Williams, at
their home near Mt. Pleasant.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Ewing and
daughter, Miss Charlotte, of Else
mere, Del, and Mrs. Harvey Mears,
visited the Samuel e. Ewings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Brown and
son Wilmer, of Baltimore, visited
william Miller and family Sunday.
Charles Ewing and wife, Samuel
Ewing and wife, Mrs. Harvey Mears,
Mrs. Annie Ewing were callers at
the home of Howard Ewing former
ly of Oxford.
Mrs. Lewis A. Coulson and little
daughter Lois, of Hockessin, Del,
spent al day last week with her sis
ter, Mrs. Alfred H. Love, and Mrs.
r. F. Pierce.
Those who have completed the
Seventh Grade at Colora School and
will receive their certificates Fri
day morning are: Ruth Barrett,
Joann Emery, Naomi Williams,
Norma Price, Evelyn Jackson, Geo.
Sewell, Wilson Harris, Russell KEEL
Ter, Bronson Jones.
Charles Warfield and family, OF
Ellicott City, spent Sunday after
noon with Mrs. S. e. Riley, Sr., and
the s. w. Fitzgerald family.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-16
JOEL ACKER

Joel Acker, As years old, son of
the late Morris and Tillie Levy
Acker, formerly of Port Deposit,
died at the Veterans Hospital in the
Bronx, New York, Sunday, June 4.
He had been in poor health for nine
years. He leaves wife, Mrs., Made
Ign Acker, an aunt, Mrs. Joseph
Good, and an uncle, Mr.. B. Levy.
The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon, with interment in Long
Island National Cemetery, New
York, with full military honors.
Mr.. Acker was born in Port De-
post, and lived there a number of
years. He enlisted for service in the
World War December IA. 1917, at
the age pf "a years, as private
first class. He was stationed at
Washington, D. c., in the Finance
Property Division, and was a cor
poral in Company A, Odnance De-
tachment, Aberdeen Proving Ground.
He was honorably discharged March
8, 1919.