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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-08-05
ODD FELLOWS
CONVENE In HUB

The 58th annual convention, District
Grand Lodge, No. 26 and District
Grand Household of Ruth, No. 5, G..
U.O.O.F. was held Wednesday, Au-
gust 2 at 1861 Washington st., Bos-
ton. The sessions of the Grand Lodge
and Household were held in Harrison
end COTnthian Halls at $3.50 am. with
a joint session at noon, addressed by
city representative A chicken din
ner was served by Mothers Lunch
Preceding the session a reception
to delegates and friends was held in
Harrison Hall, Tuesday evening, Aug,
l, and on Wednesday evening there
was a dance and reception to grand
officers.
Committee on arrangements: Bros.
Felix j. Harris, chairman; J. B. Wat
ers, secretary; Albert Smith, treas.
Dinner: Frank J. Williams, chairman;
Sis. L. Tunstal, Jenney Jarod Enter
tainment: F. H. Yancey, F. j. Viii
liams, VIM. K. Tyler, Bro. Poole and
Bro. Matthews, Sis. E. L. Pasteur, M.
J, Brown, E. Haywood, M. Haynes,
Olga Bell.
National officers for 1889 are:
Continued on Page 4
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FIRST 10LORED
WOMAN JUSTICE
BEGINS DUTIES

NEW YORK, August-(CNA)-
Miss Jane M. Bolin, who was appoint
ed a justice and sworn in by Mayor La
Guardia last week as justice of the
Domestic Relations Court, began her
duties this week, first in Brooklyn and
then in the Manhattan family court.
Mayor La Guardia smashed a pre-
cedent for the entire United States
when he appointed Miss Bolin. She is
the first colored woman judge to be
appointed in this country.
Miss Bolin, who is 81 and resides at
IS West 10th St., Harlem was sworn
in as Justice of the Domestic Rela-
tons Court for a ten-year term by
the liberal New York mayor.
at really makes me feel happy to
be able to appoint such a fine young
lady to a post in the courts of our
city," the mayor said following the
ceremonies.
Miss Bolin was born in Poughkeep-
sic. N. Y, and graduated from Wei
lesley College in 1928 as an honor
Continued on Page A.
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Funeral services for Mrs. Esterene
z. Roundtree, prominent realtor of
Boston and New York, were held
Tuesday afternoon at st. Cyprian's
Episcopal Church. Rev. D. Leroy Fer
guson, rector of the church, officiated.
Blanche Diggs sang with feeling
Burleigh's deep River. Rev. Fer
guson praised the work of Mrs.
Roundtree both in real estate and
community services. He stressed her
devotion to her husband and children,
also her faith in religion and prayer.
The attractive personality of Mrs.
Roundtree, he said, enabled her to win
the confidence of others. The children
of the neighborhood were in the habit
Of visiting her regularly in her home
at II Munroe St., Roxbury. They
knew that they were always welcome;
that she was never too busy to see
them.
The church was filled with people
from all walks of life who came to
pay their respects to the deceased
There were many, beautiful floral tri-
butes from relatives and friends. The
funeral arrangements were under di-
rection of Norris G. Davis. Interment
was at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Esterne z. Roundtree, who died Sat
urday morning, July 20, was born in
Richmond, Va. Welded to Eugene c.
Roundtree she enjoyed with him 43
years of happy marriage. During 80
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NOSE CISCO day
HUGE SUCCESS

(KNS)-Mose Cisco had his day on
Sunday, July 80, as all great baseball
players everywhere have theirs. How
ever, "Old Nose" could not attend per-
sonally because of his temporary in
disposition and upon advice of his
physician.
Doctors know best, just like moth
ers, but it would have done Sisco's
heart good to see the monster crowd
that turned out to do him honor. APP
ploXimately ten thousand persons
must have been both inside and out
side, looking through the fence of the
William f. Carter Playground on Co
lumbus Ave. The playing field was
roped off even in center field, most
unusual thing for this large play
ground, and what a sight it was to see
eight thousand colored persons as
sembled with two thousand of their
fairer brothers and sisters to do honor
to a colored athlete who always gave
his best.
Everything was perfect, even the
overcast sky and the slight mist,
which cooled the atmosphere. There
was not one single sign of disorder
and there was not even one drunken
nerson present in the huge crowd.
But best of all it was a home crowd
and there wasn't single police officer
present in uniform or officially on duty
there. Whoever said the South End of
Boston is a headache to the police
should have been present and he
would have eaten his words.
Baseball players colored and white
who were stars decades ago came back
to the wars for "Old Nose, even
former Senator Mulvey of Roxbury
donned his toys to get two solid hits.
CONTINUED on Page 81
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DUNBARS ELECT

AT the last meeting of the Dunbar
Associates Inc, the Board of Directors
unanimously reelected Ernest Collins
Tor his third consecutive term. as presi-
dent Of their organization. Under the
leadership in the past two wears of Mr..
Collins, a former Boston University
I'd" student, the club has accomplished
many OF their undertaking which were
beneficial not only to them, but to the
general public as well.
- Also receiving a third term was Vice
PRESIDENT Nelson Ambush. Other Of
i n elected are: Secretary, Theodore
1TITgitchtield; Asst. Secretary, Dana
Williams; Treasurer, Joseph EN-.
honds; Asst. Treas, Thomas Hender-
son; Financial Secretary, Walter Rob
'rts; Corr. Secy., Harold Woodley.
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!. {. SPlNGARN, NAACP
PRESIDENT DIES, AGE 81

NEW YORK, July 28-J. E. Sping-
arm, president of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Col
ored People, died at his home here,
10 E. Is St., July &c after long
illness.
Mr.. Singarn had been president of
the NAACP since 1880. Prior to that
time he was chairman of the board
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STREET FESTIVAL ON
HOLY0KE ST., AUG. 8

A Street Festival which will include
chorus singing, orchestral music, selec-
tions by a harmonica sextet and a cos
tuned sketch will be given on an out
door stage in front of the Harriet Tub
man House, 25 Holyoke ST., South
End, on Tuesday, August s, from s tC
II PM
The County Concert Orchestra, Os
good Marcellus, conductor, Fedora
Continued on Page 81
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lKNS)-The case of the young col
red man named Parham of Rose St.,
Who was held for a hearing on man
laughter charges was disposed of by
Judge Samuel Eiseustadt in the Sd
session Of the Roxbury Court on Fri
day, August 4.
Parham in protecting himself
against the charge of Cornelius Sui
hvan, of 80 Ruthren St., the property
owner where Parham was moving fur
nltme on a tenant struck Sullivan
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with his left hand and Sullivan fell
striking his head on the street.
Hours after being taken to the
City Hospital by Parham in the fur
niture truck, Sullivan died.
However, the judge found no prob
abe cause in the case involving man.
slaughter but held Parham in $1,000
bail until Aug. II when the case of
assault and battery will be disposed
of then.
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1913-1919; and treasurer of the NAA
CP 1919-1930.
In 1913 he established the Spingarn
medal which has been awarded an
nually since that time to "the man or
woman of African descent and Amer
lean citizenship who has made the
highest achievement during the pre-
tContmued on Page /
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TO BREAK j. C.
BASEBALL BAN

NEW YORK, August CNA)-
Young people of both races this week
conducted a city-wide drive to collect
100000 signatures on a petition call
ing upon the major baseball leagues
to admit colored stars. The drive was
initiated by the Young Communist
League, which has more than 10000
CONTINUED on Page a.
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4ERBER L4erbie) JACKSON, popu-
lar debonnair man-about-town, whose
frsf venture in promotional line was
a brilliant success as 1000 devotees
Of the dance attended the swing
session" with Erskine Hawkins and his
orchestra at The New Revere Plaza,
Friday night of last week.
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JUDGE BOILING A
RECENT CLIENT OF
ATTY. JULIAN RAINEY

(KNS)-If we jog our memories
slightly we will recall it was approx
mately year ago that colored cou-
pie on their way to New York sought
in a downtown hotel
Continued on Page AZ
Glacier County chief., 1939-03-24

the morning, one buckled on his six
shooter as though it were a part of
his dress"
The herd ford across the Yellowstone
was about a half mile above the vii
lage, and number of spectators turned
out to watch the crossing Of the cattle.
The trail paralleled the Many Berries,
one of the tributaries of the Yellow
stone; across q divide to the MuSsel-
shell river. down to Flatwillow creek,
up the Big Box Elder and westward to
Fort Benton. It was now the latter
part of August. and there occurred
something which reused the wonder
of all the Texas men-a snOwStorm.
Most Of them had never encountered
snow. and they were half-frozen, the
Montana rider whom they had hired
as pilot amazed them because he but
toned neither his coat nor his shirt.
but rode with his breast naked. The
snow only lasted one morning: it was
a thrust of "squaw winter" and the
usual fine weather followed.
The herd was now on the Fort Ma
ginnis and Benton military road; pres
emily the flag over the latter fort APP
peared and the riders were elated
They crossed the Missouri river below
the fort and herded the cattle over %
the valley of the Teton. Tie BLACK It
agency was now only l2O miles di ant
the end of a 2.5OO-miIe trek Z ough
some of the widest country 4 the
west Eagerly, the riders Loo. d for
ward to Kidding themselves Of tho:
charges.
But there was one mo- adver IRE
ahead of them. In the Iley Q: TIE
Teton a bear and cub came near
stampeding the herd nd WIN the
riders roped the shear, Sic mHde
things hot for them.
On the 9Th of Ser: omber camp was
made on the Two Medic!.e rive, 10
miles from the Biackfeet 1gency. and
on the 9th final deliver was made.
Five months had beer spent on the
Glacier County chief., 1939-03-24

middle of June. Over the Solomon
river, to the valley of the South Platte,
where lay Ogalalla. called the Gomor-
rah of the cattle trail There was no
lingering here, however; over and up
the North Platte, and then the first
glimpse of the Black Hills. They were
now on the Powder river trail. Pres
Big Horn mountains on the left. They
veered the herd from the trails leading
towards the bad lands and lower Vel
lowstone and headed it toward the
Tongue river, which was followed for
several days until the Rosebud barred
the way. 1t was now August, and at
last Montana had been reached.
The trail herd left the Rosebud and
crossed to the East Fork Of the Sweet
Grass. thence down to Frenchman's
ford on the Yellowstone. Frenchman's
ford was a pretentiouS frontier village
of the squatter type. Andy Adams re-
ports: The town struck me as some
thing new and novel, two-thirds of
the habitations being of canvas. I'M
mense quantities of buffalo hides were
drying or already baled. and waiting
transportation to navigable points on
the Missouri. Large bull trains were
encamped on the outskirts of the vii
lage, while many such outfits were in
town.
THE drivers of these OK trains
lounged in the streets and thronged
the saloons and gambling resorts. The
population was extremely mixed. and
almost every language could be heard
spoken on the streets" And, in regard
to the social life of this Montana
settlement: Tying our horses in a
group to a hitchrack in the rear of a
saloon called the Buffalo Bull, we en-
tered by a rear door and lined up at
the bar for our first drink since leav-
ing Ogalalla. Games of chance were
running in the rear.
Town Was Wide Open
"One couldn't help being impressed
with the unrestrained freedom of the
village. whose sole product seemed to
be buffalo hides. Every man in the
place wore a regulation siX-shooter in
his belt. and quite number wore two.
The primitive law of nature known
as self preservation was very evident
in August of 1882 at Frenchman's ford.
1t reminded me of the early days at
home in Texas, where, on arising IN
Glacier County chief., 1939-03-24
By ERIC THANE

TN the seventies and eighties the
Texas trail was the scene of all
q the glamor and adventure of
the cowboys west-the golden
path of fortune for Texas ranch
ers, and the background for all
those exciting activities which
have since been told and retold in
fiction and on the screen: The
stampedes, fights with Indians
and outlaws, the fording of dan
gerous rivers, the trail herds, and
the hard riding of men who cut
the cards with death every mile of
the way. Unfortunately, few men
who made the long drive have put
down on paper any authentic &C
count of what took place, though
there are isolated historians of this
most thrilling period in the history
of the west-Andy Adams, for in
stance, who in 1882, helped drive
herd of beef cattle from below the
Rio Grande to the Blackfeet In
dian reservation in northern Mon
tana.
The herd consisted on 300 head,
estimated as sufficient to fill Million
pound beef contract. They were brand
ed with a Circle-Dot. Adams records
the names Of the men making the
drive: Rod Wheat, Joe Stallings,
Ash Borrowstone, Bob Blades, Bull
Durham, Fox Quarternight, Paul
Priest, Wyatt Roundtree, ounce For
rest and Moss" Strayhorn. Flood was
foreman, Honeyman the horse wran-
gler and Barney Mccain the cook.
The trail began at the mouth of the
Rio Grande, the southern boundary of
Texas, where the cattle were brought
in from old Mexico; 1t ended at the
Blackfeet agency almost against the
Canadian border The date Of the start
was April l. 1882. Says Adams, in re-
gard to the herds mode of travel:
with six men on each side, and the
herd strung out for three-quarters of
a mile, 1t could only be compared to
some mythical serpent or Chinese
dragon, as it moved forward on its
sinuous, snail-like course. Two riders,
Glacier County chief., 1939-03-24
Texas Beef for Blackfeet Indians i'm Montana
Wore Long Troll From South i'm Early Days

trail. At the agency the Texas men
learned, for the first time, that the
cattle were to be distributed among
the Indians for domestic purposes.
Adams writes: 81 asked If these cows
would not perish during the long win
ter-my recollections were still vivid
Of the touch Of squaw winter we had
experienced some two weeks previous.
But I was assured that the winters
here were dry, il cold, and that the
Indians had made some progress in
the ways of civilization and had pro-
vided shelter and forage against the
wintry weather"
Glad When Trip Ended
The men were grateful to have the
herd off their hands. their sentiments
expressed best by one of the riders,
Ounce Forrest: I'm biddin' those cows
goodby without regret or tear The
novelty of night-herdin' loses its
charm when it's drawn out over five
months. I might be fool enough to
make another trip like this, but I'd
rather be. the Indian an let the other
fellow drive the COWS to me-there's
a heap more comfort to i'll"
The nearest railroad point from the
Blackfeet agency was Silver Bow. at
that time the terminus of the Utah
Northern railroad. The riders. directly
they hit this town, discarded their
trail-worn clothes and decked them
selves out in new outfits. They were
hilarious in their new freedom. They
trooped into a saloon, and one Of the
men inquired of the barkeep: What
will you take for the privilege Of my
entertaining this outfit for Is min
utes?"
The ranch is yours, sir, and you
can name your own figure" the bar
keep replied, and promptly vacated his
position.
Andy Adams concludes his saga Of
the trail with the words of Fox Quar-
ternight, who promptly climbed over
the bar and began to dispense drinks:
Drink up, you thirsty Texans! There's
nothing too rich for our blood today.
This outfit has made one of the long
est cattle drives on record, and the best
is none too good for U.s. So drink up.
We can't cut much Of a hole in the
profits in the short time we've got to
stay here. The train leaves in 20 min
utes. Montana's treated us well. So
drink up, to the trail and the hard
ships. and drink to us, for we're lucky
to have all of us alive"
Glacier County chief., 1939-03-24

united into one broad passageway, mar
rowing and widening as conditions per-
mitted. yet ever leading northward."
Days of dry driving passed. with eX-
pected water courses proving dry, I'M
til thirst became a specter of death:
a. then for the first time fact
dawned on us that chilled the marrow
of our bones-the herd was going
blind"
The last stop for water had been
made at the Indian lakes. Confronted
with disaster, the cattle were turned
back. They revived, regained the sight
which thirst had robbed them of, and
again swung out on the trail, this time
by another route. In spite of this set
back. and others, the middle of May
found the Circle-Dot herd nearly 500
ton. The Colorado river was the next
hurdle, and here so-called trail cut
ters"-men claiming certain cattle
which had attached themselves to the
herd-halted the drive. They were
manifestly crooked. but the foreman
managed to stall them until the river
was behind. Hostilities broke out, with
the trail men going for their guns, but
before blood was shed a company OF
Texas Rangers, detailed to collect thes S
very trail cutters, appeared. The leader
of the cutters turned out to be one
Ed Winters, a notorious brand olotter
and rustler.
Drive FORCES On
Then the drive forged on. The city
of Abilene was passed: the swollen and
dangerous Brazos river forded, as was
the Red, where a new-made grave
from an outfit that had previously
passed was grim witness of the dangers
attendant on these crossings. The
country itself was difficult. In the
words of Mccain, the cook: Il figure
when the Almighty made this country
north of the Brazos he must have
grown careless or else made it out OF
odds an ends!" Beyond the Red lay
Indian lands. and now Indians be-
came an active menace. Comanches
stopped the herd and demanded a
tribute of beef. but upon hearing that
the cattle were intended for the Black
feet, they contented themselves with
three animals for slaughter.
Over the North Fork of the Ca
madam. Then Dodge City, the halfway
mark on the trail. 1t was now the
Glacier County chief., 1939-03-24
John III. Powell, Pioneer With Stuart Party,
Widely Beloved Throug hout Treasure State

blankets and provisions tied behind our
saddles.
After a grand days sport Of fishing
and shooting We three tired men rolled
in our blankets feet stretched to the
campfire. and doing off. eEjC"ed the
sleep of the more or less righteous
Then about midnight the most I'M
earthly yell a man ever heard except
from a mountain lion. emanated from
the very depths of Attorney FOrbis
The campfire. having spread had
caught his blankets and penetrated to
his sole.
When. i'll 1892" continued Old
Timer. Marcus DAILY got a little wrothy
with the citizens OF Deer Lodge be-
cause they didn't rally round and help
him try to locate the permanent cap
itol at Anaconda. he threatened TO
grow grass in the streets OF Deer
Lodge, He was unable to carry out this
dire prediction, however. When Deer
Lodge county was divided the citizens
of Deer Lodge city had another chance
to do honor to their well-belOved and
greatly respected pioneer of 1860 by
naming their county Powell"
Glacier County chief., 1939-03-24

Yes, history records-gives names
and dates better than men like Old
Timer can hope to remember them
preserving to posterity the skeleton,
the mighty bones of Montana getting
her growth. Pretty cold and bare,
boring something of the flesh and
blood and spirit. Drives home the real
ization that whereas those lines in the
history book might be forgotten. Mount
Powell, named in John H. Powell S
honor, will likely keep that grand pio-
neer alive always in the hearts OF those
who come after.
Last Chance Discovery
When a badly discouraged bunch Of
prospectors made camp in gully one
night in the fall of 1864, agreeing
gloomily that this one as yet uneX-
plored gulch was their last chance for
that prospecting season, no man could
know its significance to the future OF
Montana in general, to John H. Powell
of Benetsee creek in particular.
Last Chance-a gulch rich beyond the
dreams of those given to the most eX-
travagant flights of fancy. Last Chance
where the capitol of a state was to
stand A gulch which was to be the
goal and grave of the high hopes OF
John Powell
For in that first stampede to Last
Chance, whose secret had been kept
by its close mouthed discoveries until
March, 1865, was Powell. Powell, start
ing out with those others with an eX-
pectation amounting almost to certain
ty of finding that which must surely
lay at the foot of the rainbow, arching
up from the gulch at the end of the
gold-rush trail.
But it was March-March in Mon
tana. Although the goal was but so
miles distant, one of those billiards.
for which the Treasure state is famous
roared out of the northeast upon the
unprepared stampeders.
Powell turned back to Deer Lodge,
but by the time he reached there his
feet were badly frozen. The amputa--
ton of one leg at the knee rendered
him a cripple for life.
Yet Old-Timer remembers him as one
Of the jolliest men he ever knew. He
claims, too, that there was something
so majestic and awesome about him
that kid wouldn't ever have let on
that he knew Powell was crippled, nor
dare to ask the pioneer about the
great things he had seen and done
no sir, not If his life depended on 1t.
It was that reverence and affection,
shared by the people Of Deer Lodge,
which prompted them to name the
Glacier County chief., 1939-03-24

most majestic mountain in Montana,
Mount Powell-1O 900 feet above sea
level it towers, fitting monument to a
lofty spirit.
Creek Named for Him, Too
There's a jolly little creek that flows
down the rugged slopes OF Mount
Powell and gradually diminishing.
sinks from sight. During the cloud
burst season. though, like returning
flood Of near-forgotten memories the
creek flows on down the mountain and
across the old road to Deer Lodge
just visiting Powell creek, they call it.
Above timberline. close to the top
Of the mountain are the three Powell
lakes. Ever since Old-Timer can re-
member they have been renowned for
the mountain trout inhabiting their
depths. The largest and highest Of the
lakes shelters species OF trout dnfer-
ent from any other he mas seen. al.
though they resemble the cutthroat
trout in many respects. But in these
two ways they differ from all others
with which he has had experience:
%. While their bodies slope normally
from nose to the fin above the tail. at
that point begin to slope sharply as II
a knife had pared down fourth OF the
body,s width; (2>; there has never, 10
Old-Timer's knowledge. been lure or
bait found that interested those fish
in the least He has heard of them
being captured by fishermen who
blocked their return when at spawning
season they ran to the outlet, fisher
men armed with nets.
Frank Conley," says Old-Timer.
told me when I was visiting Deer
Lodge about IS years ago, that he
wanted me to take him over the old
Robinson trail-laid out by ]. c. Robin
son in 1880 or thereabouts-to the
Powell lakes. He stated that forest
fire had ragged through the region
after I'd moved from Deer Lodge, OBJ
literating the trail with down-timber
and debris. Conley said he believed I
was the only man still living who had
ever been over it, that I could guide
him despite the fires ravages. His de-
sire to go to Powell lakes was that he
hoped to procure some Of those strange
trout or their spawn, with which to
stock Conley lake-once Irvine lake
on Tin Cup Joe creek at the foot OF
Mount Powell.
''The last trip I ever made over that
trail was in August, 1884. with Shelby
Irvine and James w. Forbis OF Butte,
brother Of John F. Forbis, and nov
many years deceased. The trip was
necessarily made on horseback. our