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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16
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Rev. and Mrs. Mel Wentz and
family of Harrod were visitors in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Palmer,
Friday evening.
Mrs. Harvey Smith was returned
to her home in the Otto invalid
coach, Sunday afternoon, from Me-
mortal hospital in Lima, where she
underwent a major operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Trask returned
Saturday from Lorain where they
have been guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd Trask for the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Brickman of
McComb spent Wednesday and
Thursday of last week with Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Otto.
Paul Little visited friends in
Shawtown, Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Mel Wentz and
family of Harrod called on Mrs. Mae
Dennis and Mrs. Emma Guin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow Little of
Bluffton were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Little.
Miss Evelyn Lather of Fostoria,
was a Saturday evening dinner guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Miller and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sanderson,
of Ada, were Thursday callers on
Mrs. Ella McClelland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Pope and
daughter Jill Ann, of Lima, were
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Little.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Shelter and
family of Tiffin and Mrs. West and
son of Green Springs were Sunday
evening supper guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Grubbs and son Eugene.
Blessed is the man who has found
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16

Lantz for the conscientious objector
problem, Professor Bauman for the
religious aspect, Professor Smith for
the historical Mennonite background,
and Professor Byers for the history of
the peace movement. Also embodied
in the new constitution is provision
for three committees, the action COM
mittee, to acquaint the community
with the clubs activities, headed by
Betty Keeney; the deputation and
program committee, headed by Rich
ard Weaver; and the literature COM
mittee, headed by Mary Smucker. 1t
is planned that every member of the
club shall serve on one of these COM
mittees.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16

pastor and family will have open
house for the members and friends of
the church. The parsonage was pur-
chased from the Ben Niswander es-
tate in August and some changes were
made the following month. The pas
tor and his family moved in October
and the church is now planning this
dedicatory service.
Misses Arvillia Geiger and Madel-
inc Amstutz are leaving this week for
the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-16

The success that is made in any
walk of life is measured exactly by
the amount of hard work put into it.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-06-03

into GLADE creek" now Trail creek.
This place is Long Prairie"
They crossed Glade creek 10 times;
as did all who came after them until
the first road was built 108 years Later
Bitter Root. After emerging from the
wooded lands these explorers rode
south about mile along Ruby creek
called Pioneer creek" In a footnote
of Clarks records. These records state
that this creek rose in the same noun
tains as Fish creek" now Nez Perez,
the headwater of the Salmon river.
The travellers crossed Ruby creek
and climbed to the bench, probably in
a line with the buildings now on the
Ruby ranch. They had been in narrow
valleys and wooded lands for days.
Now suddenly stretch 30 miles long
and about IS miles wide, lay before
them. The open spaces of the Big Hole
basin were for the first time In the
view of white men. That was about the
middle of the afternoon, July 8, 1905.
The nutritious meadows, destined to
remain unbroken by pillow for another
century or more, while they fattened
the herds Of the cattlemen they en-
riched, were at that time a blend Of
the many shades Of green of various
grasses and the yellow, blue, red, rose
and purple Of countless wild flowers.
These plants grew very tall In their
efforts to get their pretty heads above
the grass that came to the stirrupS on
the saddles the men were riding.
Old Badly IN Distance
On reaching the bench the woman,
eager to verify her statement, pointed
to peak that rose far above the range
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-06-03

ing for heavy frost so is 1t not nat
ural that Tom, ClArk'S colored boy,
longed quite audibly for warm breezes
seeping through magnolias?
Headed for Home
They were headed for home and I'M
doubtedly many were thinking and
mentally picturing the meeting with
loved ones; not so John Coulter and
Joe Potts who saw great wealth in the
pelts of the animals With which the
west aboJnded. It's lure captivated
them and they planned on asking their
discharge at Mandan village. This re-
quest was granted. They returned
west, Joe Potts to be killed by the In
dams when Coulter made an almost
miraculous escape and afterwards &C.
cidentally discovered Yellowston e
park. Later when he described this
place he was considered the four-star
liar OF his day until other travellers
verified his story.
Others who sat around the fire that
night were Sergeant Pryor, Sergeant
Ordway, La Beach, John Shields, Glib
son, Collins, DreWyer, j. Fields and
Professor McMasters.
Several of these names have reoc-
CURED IN Big Hole history; but there
are none that have traced family con-
nectiOns back to that night Of July
6, 1905 on the banks of Swamp creek
However, Max Lewis, Warren Hughes
and Mrs. Charley Ralston In the lower
end of the valley are fourth cousins
Of Mertwether Lewis.
The First Roundup
The next morning, July 2, was the
date Of the first roundup In the Big
Hole. When the men gathered in their
horses as soon as 1t was light enough
fhQFn nina NJ ff1n hast
missing. Several head that had fond
ness for one another had been sep
arated, some gone, some remaining.
After searching until about 10 O'Clock,
1t was, as usual, decided that they had
been stolen by Indians. However, this
was not the case. Sergeant Ordway,
La Beach, Collins and Drewyer who
had been left behind 70 search for
them found them three days later up
the creek In the brush, where quite
likely the poor beasts were trying TO
protect themselves from mosquitoes.
The others went on, and discovered
hot springs Jackson Hot Spr1ngs) IN
the upper end of the valley about noon;
and Captain Clark named these mead
0w lands Warm Springs Valley. To
test the temperature OF the water Ser
geant Pryor and John Shields cooked
three fingers Of meat quite thorough
" IN Is minutes and large piece In
81 minutes.
Because these men wanted so badly
20 get to the tobacco In the cache
there was no time lost here. That night
they camped In the Grasshopper, on
what Clark called willard creek.
Such Is the story of the first white
men IN Big Hole. There are no au-
thentic records Of the valley having
been again visited by them for more
than 40 years.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-06-03
First White Men Crossed the Big Hole Country
I'm 1906 as Shortest Route to Chewing Tobacco
By MARY NORBY COTTRELL

w FINDING DOWN the Park
NV to Park highway, where It
w comes into the Big Hole
from the Bitter Root, one occas-
ionally gets a glimpse of an old
road. It is lost to view most OF the
time in a heavy growth of pine,
fir, spruce and willows; but
energies now and again in
stretch of meadow, on hillside,
or where the trees open brief
vista to the traveller. The course
of this road, which was used by
the residents of both valleys until
about IS years ago, was originally sur
veyed by buffalo. 1t was approved and
accepted by the Indians for probably
centuries, and most heartily approved
and accepted by Captain Clark, of the
Lewis and Clark expedition, and his
tobacco chewing company.
Clark, good natured, Jolly and red
headed with is men, SAGA jaWea-Whom
he called jamie" and her baby-whom
he called "Pompie" so horses left
Lewis and the other explorers at
Travellers Rest on July 3, 1905. When
they stood at a fork In the trail at
ROSES hole, the woman, who had been
allowed TO accompany them because
she knew the country, told them that
the path to the left was a two-day
shorter route to the cache, and their
tobacco on the Beaverhead, than the
one that had led them from their de-
post to this point the previous au
tunn. Two days closer" was good to
hear and they were soon moving up
what, in Clark's journal Is called, "A
gentle incline"
At that time Of the year 1t would
have been a flowery trail, and the
lower woodlands would have been tubi-
liant with the voices of hundreds of
birds OF a great many varieties, and
the chirp of chipmonkS and squirrels,
a veritable symphony of the late spring
Of high attitudes. However, 1t Is doubt
full that, In the thud of 200 pounding
hoofs and the lusty laughter and ban
tering voices of Is men, these things
were noticed by any but those keeping
records of the journey.
Into Trail Greek Meadows
After travelling about four miles up
hill and as many down on the east
side they arrived at what, according
to Clark's description, probably is the
meadow at the Hogan ranger station. |
1t Was Just getting blue with caInaS
blossoms. SacaJawea remembered that,
when a child, she had been here and
gathered roots of this plant She also
told the travellers that the creek they
were following was the headwaters of
the Wisdom river, and that they would |
soon come to large, open plain from |
where they could see high mountain, |
far away at the headwater of the river |
where their stores had been left.
A few miles farther was a large |
glade" as these virgin meadows are |
called in the journals Of the day. Here !
were Indian paths going In many d.
rections and other streams flowing
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-06-03
5000 Farmers File
for Crop Insurance

Operators Of S,008 Montana wheat
farms have filed applications for fed
eraI crop insurance policies, a state
AAA crop survey revealed. These ap-
plications cover more than 800, 600
acres OF wheat land
The greatest number of applications
were received In Fergus county, with
Chouteau and Hill counties second and
third. Other counties with large num-
bers of applications are Dawson,
Sheridan, Judith Basin and Pondera.
Farmers whose crops are covered by
crop insurance are protected from all
losses except those caused by negli-
gence or wil1ful destruction.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-06-03

on the east side of the valley. This
peak is now called "Old Badly" and
Is at the head Of Grasshopper creek
a tributary to the Beaverhead river
She then pointed out q pass to the
south and the riders fastened IN that
direction.
Great shadows were chasing each
other over the plain, the foothills and
timbered slopes to the east, preparing
a most inhoSpitable reception Tor the
newcomers. The travellers had scarcely
gone mile when they were Obliged
to huddle together for protection from
pelting thunder storm that soaked
them to their skins.
When the storm was over they hur-
ried on, riding about six miles, quite
likely across the Jack Miller property,
until they came to a creek. Here they
camped to dry their clothes and re-
NAMED for the night. This would be
on Swamp creek. Though we have not
the exact location, the logical place
for horsemen riding toward the south
pass from the Ruby bench, would be
on picturesque spot between the MIL
Ter home and the buildings on the
Elliott ranch.
While they were busy preparing for
a night In this quiet resting place, the
skies cleared. Soft white clouds backed
the eastern horizon. Later these looked
like great heaps Of apple blossoms. A
few scattered clouds to the west we're
preparing to filter many shades Of
rose, orange and red from the sun
setting In pale golden glow.
Two Years In wilderness
1t was more than two years since
these men left civilization. What re-
manned Of the sturdy garments they
started out Ia were patched and sup
plemented with skins tanned from the
hides of the animals whose flesh they
had eaten. Their boots had been re-
placed with moccasilns. They certainly
could not have been very ntrty look
ing bunch as they sat around huge
fire and ate the roots the Indians had
taught them to prepare, and the meat
Of q deer or elk. Quite likely, LaBeach
and John Shields, who seem TO nave
ing In detail Of the shooting OF This
meat. II not, men have changed since
then.
When the meal was over and food
forgotten what thoughts occupied
those weary travellers, and wove them
selves into the symphony OF the eve
ming? AS the woman sat beside her
husband, CharbOneau, and nursed ner
baby she was probably thinking OF
people, the Shosfones, IN this land Of
the Young Calf--nanaed for the buffalo
calf. when she locked at the tovial
Captain CLARK writing In his diary she
probably wished she could remain al
ways with these men who were 50
kind TO her, and vino always appreci-
ated her guidance, and certainly. with
more than their usual gs1sto when she
Shortened tfse road 10 their chewing
tobacco T71e Thoughts of George Shan
nom ire Youngest member Of the ex-
edition and great favuT1te, could
wen have been &1e great things he
would have 10 ten the home folk when
ne reached the states.
T.se evening was chilly and prepar-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-06-03
FORMER SILVER BOW JUDGE
PUBLISHES HIS EXPERIENCES

Another Butte Judge John Lindsay added his the
Of
With Autobiography and Tribute TO Marcus DAILY Just off the Dor
mandatory Oddities
f. Heinxe
Smelers Tib
Making
About and he Of Butte
his education Judge Lindsay for
private secretary to Mr. DAILY No outside the members
family enjoyed the opportunity
executive
by tribute based intimate knowledge
OF he
that the
until becomes largest copper mining
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-06-03
How Women
in Their 4O'S
Can Attract Men

Here's good advice for a woman during hel
change Casually from 38 to So, who fearf
she'll lose her appeal to men, who worries
about hot flashes, loss Of pep, dizzy spells.
upset nerves and moody spells.
Get more fresh air, hrs. sleep and If you
need good general system tonic take Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
especially for iDonssn. 1t helps Nature build
up physical resistance, thus helps give more
vivacity TO enjoy life and assist calming
jittery nerves and disturbing symptoms that
often accompany change Of life. WELL
WORTH TRYINGI
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-06-03

George w. Howard, United States
commissioner for the last IL years,
has become an attorney in the motor
carrier division OF the Interstate Com
merce commission his temporary
Headquarters win be IN salt Lake City,
but ne expects 10 be returned TO Wash
ington IN about six months, he eald.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-06-03
SAVE GRASSLANDS
GOVERNOR URGES
TELLS MONTANA CATTLEAEEN To
REBUILD THEIR HERDS, RANGE
rs COMING BACK

Convention at Livingston Elects Jack
Arnold President of Association and
E. A. Phillips Is ReappOinted Secre-
tary at Livingston Convention.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-06-03

shallow scratches Ia an automobile
windshield can be removed. This is
: rsssssg az hard Fed fhaf has been
aoAsten0d and dipped IN rouge.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-06-03

There are s,Se0 ,02s miles OF Highways
In North and South America, Of which
1.O65 ,254 miles are found In the United
States.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-13
hts Of Abe Linco|n's
Day are Reviewed
Life Of His Mother Probably Could Have Been Soved
by Proper Treatment Today, Says Doctor

"rum sweat" at which Lincoln said
he never drank drop in his life.
But Mrs. Floyd assured him that
the rum was for external use only.
He was stripped and seated on a
cane-bottomed chair and covered
with blankets. Then a pan of New
England rum was lighted and
placed under the chair. This started
a profuse perspiration, and broke
up his malady.
Years later Mr.. Floyd visited at
the White House. Lincoln recog-
nized him and said, 81 believe your
wife saved my life. when 1 was in
Quincy in 1858. Yes, I have taken
that rum sweat that she prescribed
for me many times and l have pre-
scribcd it for some of my friends.
1t has always been dead shot"
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
G. B.: evil you kindly advise
whether honey is safe for a diabetic
to eat in any quantity, or is it as
harmful as sugar to one!'
Answer-Honey contains almost
as much sugar as plain sugar itself
and should not be used by a dia-
bette any more than sugar should.
If your doctor allows you to use
honey, he probably has reasons for
doing so, but in 100 grams of honey,
there are over Is grams of sugar.
B. M: 81 am taking hydrochloric
acid. Please tell me what is the
right amount"
Answer-Ten drops in a half
glass of water of the dilute acid.
M. H.: "Our child received diph-
liberia immunization when she was
3 years old. She is now 71a years.
Last fall she was given the Schick
test and pronounced o. k. Should
she have another teste every year or
is that one sufficiently"
Answer-The Schick test should
be given about every five years until
the patient is Is years old. The gen.
eral idea is that diphtheria immuni-
zation once established, lasts ten or
fifteen years at least.
F. c.: 81 do like very much mar
garine salad dressing. 1t contains
vinegar, spices and different in
gradients. I was told if 1 ate a lot
of that dressing it would affect my
blood; that it would thin it out. Is
this true?"
Answer-No.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-13

committees that would tend to check
this idea CT taking care of the pres
ent at the expense of the future.
Long-sighted DIRECTORS have been
quickly squelched.
Where We Are Headed
Senator Ballentine, of Wake, whose
eight years experience as county COM
missioner stands him in good stead
of analysing figures, has ready for
presentation to the appropriations
committee. Tuesday string state
ment showing just where they are
headed. 1t will show that with diver
sion, accomplished and proposed, and
even with the five million dollars
from a bond issue, the roads will have
only about two thirds as much money
during the next two years as was
actually spent on, them during the
past two. Meantime, the capita1 in
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ing the next two years it is proposed
to spend every dollar collected and
all that is now on hand out of past
collections, completely depicting the
reserves in these funds.
Compensating for the seven million
dollars proposed to be taken out of
the highway funds, it is proposed to
issue five millions in bonds for road
work. That means not only that the
seven million will not be there two
years hence, but there will be actual
ly new debt of five million. This
has the effect of giving the present
administration Twelve million dollars
to spend which the next or some
succeeding administrations will have
to pay.
No Sign of Hating
There hasn't been an important &C
ton in the finance or appropriations
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Future Is Ignored
In Money Bills

Continued from Page One)
ors had figured in thousands, the
good roads and general construction
program of the Morrison administra-
ton made millions the unit.
Mclean Puts on Brakes
When Governor Mclean came into
office he began to put on the brakes.
There was a great deal of talk about
deficits. Mclean said there was q
"deffisit" and Morrison Loudly denied
that there was anything like dee
fissit" Historic fact is that Mclean
didn't have much money to spend
and did have to use all his splendid
powers to save the credit Of the
State.
Governor Gardner came along just
in time to reap full benefit of the
Coolidge prosperity" era. Money
had again come to mean little and
spending was the order of the day.
Salaries were boosted, personnel was
increased, government service was
expanded and everybody was happy.
There was some surplus to begin with
and revenue receipts exceeded all
previous records. Gardner had
happy time.
Ehringhaus Acts Drastically
BY 1888 the Hoover depression"
lad reached its nadir revenue had
fallen off, other states were default
ing on bonds, individual taxpayers
couldn't meet their obligations Gov
ernor Ehringhaus was compelled to
take drastic steps to save the credit
OF the State. Salaries were cut, per-
sonnet was decreased, building stop
ped. 1t was an unpleasant job, but
Ehringhaus handled it as best he
could
The first two years of the Hoey
administration also he'd easy sailing.
Federal money was being poured into
the state for relief and construction;
business was good, revenues exceed
ed expectations, and financing was
easy The 1887 legislature provided
a cushion for the general fund in
permitting diversion from highway
funds if and when-and only then
IL was established as fact that there
was a deficit in the genera! fund.
Governor Pessimistic
Present appropriations are being
AASulCO lOI LIE ueAL IWO-y0dTS. Inc
governor and his legislative leaders
are pessimistic about conditions.
They see little hope of increased reve-
nue. from the same sources, and not
much hope of finding new sources.
So the whole program depends upon
using for the next two years some
of the reserve accumulated during
the past two years.
Highway Juggling
Highway fund diversion was not
permissible during the past biennium
because there was no deficit. The
present bill requires taking two mil
lion dollars out of the money already
collected for gasoline taxes and two
and half million year out of what
will be collected in the next bien-
mum. 1t ais calls for using the
$4,000 surp.ij in old age benefit
funds, and several hundred thousand
In other funds. In other words, dur
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

B. NJ: 81 am taking hydrochloric
acid. Please tell me what is the
right amount"
Answer-Ten drops in a half
glass of water of the dilute acid.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-13

have been saved by the proper adj
ministration of carbohydrates, but
in those days nothing Of the nature
Of the disease was known.
A Healthy Life
During most of his life Lincoln
was physically healthy in spite Of
his lanky and somewhat unfavor-
able build. In 1888 he suffered a
condition of mental depression. AS
is well known, he did not appear on
the day first set for his marriage,
which in the light of future events
was not quite as queer as it ap-
peared at the moment.
His attacks of melancholia, which
persisted on and off for some time,
have been ascribed to chronic con-
stipation from which he suffered all
his life, and which would be natural
in a man Of his physique. Costive-
ness probably also explains his
fondness for apples.
Like all other human beings, of
course, Lincoln had many minor all
ments in the course of his life, and it
is with fellow feeling that we
notice some of his drug store bills:
in 1858 he bought ten cents worth of
adhesive plaster; in 1859 he bought
twenty-five cents worth Of castor
oil, also thirty-fve cents worth of
Browns mixture and cough candy !;
in 1859 he bought bottle of Dead
Shot. which was used as sure cure
for bedbugs.
Curing His Exhaustion
After one of the Douglas debates
he fell into an acute state of ex-
haustion and was treated at the
Quincy House, Quincy, Illinois. At
that time the proprietor of the
Quincy House was George P. Floyd
and Mrs. Floyd was asked to attend
the sick orator. She took one look
at him and said that he needed a
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-02-13

rentals of a little more than $1,000 a
year for period of ten years by the
social Security Board, after which
the State will own the building and
the Commission will have use of. all
or any part it may need as long as
II is needed. The Commissions two
divisions, Unemployment Compensa-
tlon Division, now in the Griffin
Building, and the Employment Ser
wee Division. now in. the Il Raleigh
Building, will be brought togethers
). M. Gregory, contractor, thinks the
work will be completed in eight or
nine months.