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Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-23

duties as housekeeper at the store in
Saltwater, knew very little of the Nez
Perez raid and the stage holdup, until
a band of about 400 Crows swept by
her place. They had taken no part
in the actual combat, but they had
been quick to profit by others efforts,
and had captured a huge band of
horses which the Nez Perces had taken
from the whites. The Crows halted
just long enough, in their excited dash
past Mrs. Reeds store, to shout a
warning: "Nez Perces coming. Horses
many; Sweep everything. Get on horse.
Run for agency. Indians shoot"
Cold panic must have gripped Mrs.
Reed Her first impulse must have
been to run for the protection of the
agency. But our pioneer women of the
west seldom showed the white feather.
She had been entrusted with the safe
guarding of the store. If she deserted
her post the Indians would most GER
tainly loot it. And so she remained,
and thought of gruesome stories she
had heard of Indian atrocities, and
waited. Those must have been long
fear-ridden hours. But she was not
moleSted by Indians. Probably because
the soldiers we're so close on the heels
of the Nez Perces that they did not
have time to stop even to fight the
Crows.
AIlOlIleT couple nearby were llOL SC
fortunate. Some of the warriors had
stopped at the ranchhouse and begged
a meal. Having eaten, they robbed the
house and then killed the man and
woman who had befriended them.
After the fight was over Ed Forest
wrote me and my husband to come
down and settle on some land" said
Mrs. Shock. I'VE went to Park City
and then to Rapids, but we did not
like either place. So we went to Coul-
son where Mr.. Reed worked at the
sawmill Later he gave up his job there
to run a ferry boat" This venture
however, proved unsuccessful. Among
his competitors were Hoskins and Nc
Girl. There was trouble even then, it
seems. between big business and the
little fellow. Mrs. Shock hints at I'M
fair competition. She says Hoskins
and McGirl erected signboards direct
ing all travellers to take the right hand
road. which led away from the ferry
to a place where there was only a
board to transport them across the
river.
She has no word of complaint how
ever for the hard times that came to
her after her husbands death. She
was still young, but penniless and quite
alone in a vast, strange land.
In Coulson there were only three
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-23
EXTENSION CHEMIST TO RETIRE
AFTER 40 YEARS OF SERVICE

After nearly 40 successive years of
service at the Montana Agricultural
Experiment station, Prof Edmund
Burke will retire as head of the chem
istry department Sept. l to become
consulting chemist, Clyde Mckee, sta
ton director announces.
Professor Burke will be on a half
time basis in his new position and
will concern himself chiefly with ana
lying and interpreting research in
formation accumulated but not pre-
pared during the recent retrenchment
period, Director Mckee said.
One of the few men in the United
States who earned the rank of as
sistant professor before obtaining a
college degree, Professor Burke was ap-
pointed head of the department one
year after Montana State college grant,
ed him the bachelor of science degree.
Coming to Montana in 1888 at the
age of % years, Professor BTke's
first job as a farm laborer paid him
$50 a month Before resuming his often
interrupted education, he worked as a
lumberjack, farmer and bronc rider.
He has been a member of the Ameri-
can Chemical society since 1900.
Professor Burke was born at Niles,
Mich, in 1865 and was forced to stop
his education when he completed coun-
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-23

But no one was discouraged enough to
suggest turning back. The Reeds, their
team gone, sold all their goods they
could and Travelled on with freight
ing outfit.
Nez Perces On Warpath
Upon reaching the saltwater country
they fingered there. Mrs. Reed worked
at the stage store at Saltwater. While
she was working there word came that
the Nez Perez tribe were on the war
path and had advanced through the
mountains, crossing the river near the
present site of Billings.
The word, Indian" in those days,
could send a chill OF terror through
the stoutest heart. There were so many
unfettered Indians still lords of the
plains and so pitifully few whites. The
massacre on Custer hill had taken
place only year before. Chief Joseph
was at large with his band. reported
here and there, successfully eluding
capture. Mrs. Reed heard that the Nez
Perces had crossed the Yellowstone
valley and followed up along Canon
creek, and were waiting there for the
stage. All was terrific excitement The
settlers made all preparations possible
for defense and waited.
At MacAdoo's sawmill breastworks
were hastily thrown up. Every scattered
store and cabin and group of wagons
was an improvised fort. And the In
dams continued their triumphal
march. At Brockway's they looted and
burned the store and then, at Canon
creek, attacked the stage, with its
drivers, Ed Forest and Hank Eastman.
The passengers included an English
dude and two women who managed to
escape by leaping from the stage, run
ming to the creek, and hiding back
of a beaver dam until the danger was
over. The Indians meanwhile went
through the mail sacks and finding
nothing of value to them-nothing at
all except white papers with mysteri-
Gus marks on them, dumped them into
a dry well nearby Or that is the story
as related later to Mrs. Reed, who
was not an eye witness.
Capture Stovepipe Hats
According to another old-timer, the
Nez Perces found a shipment of tall,
shiny, black, stovepipe hats in the
mail, which they donned and wore,
with their breech cloths and war paint,
into battle. The stage they took with
them on their return trip as far as
Heffner's stone quarry-an industry
still managed by Heffner on the
rimrocks above Billings-and rolled it
downhill
Mrs. Reed, remaining faithful to her
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-23
One of MOntdnd'S
Last Indian War Vets
Answers Last Call

One of Montana's last Indian
fighters was buried recently at the
Custer Battlefield National ceme-
terry at Crow Agency. He was John
Stanley of Joliet. IS. Stanley had
been in failing health for several
years. His widow is his only sur
vivor.
Stanley enlisted in the army in
1876 and served five years at old
Fort Custer. He had lived in Mon
tana almost continuously since that
time. Though he was a tinsmith by
trade, he was sheepman for sew
eral years and also served as jani-
tor in the Taft and Roosevelt
schools of Billings from about 1912
to 1920.
He was born in Ogdensburg. n. Y,
Jan. 3, 1854. He enlisted in company
X. Third infantry, Sept. l. 1876 and
after five years of service in the
Montana frontier post was dis
charged Aug. 81, 1881. He was first
sergeant. On Oct. 6. 1881, he mar
ried Miss Christine A. Smith in
Boston and they came west in 1882
to make their home east of Billings.
They lived there until 1881 when
they moved to Joliet. Stanley was
a member of Nelson A. Miles camp
No. IL, Indian War Veterans.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-23

The new 1889 G-B is high,
wide and handsome but way
down low In price. Never
before has America bought
so many CD Rsfrigsf-
ators in a similar period.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-23
MONTANA WINTER WHEAT CROP
ESTIMATED AT 20 MILLION BU.

the past fortnight have been of
great value in conserving water and
replenishing supplies in higher ele-
vations where early runoff had de-
pleted snOwbanks.
Irrigated crops have had ample
water so far. but late season re-
quirements will largely be deter
mined by rainfall after July l. .
Following a setback which result
ed from dry weather in early May,
sugar beets have improved rapidly.
Rains and cool weather have held
Mormon crickets and hoppers in
check, the bureau of agricultural
economics reported, but this hazard
will likely increase" as warmer
weather returns. Insects were said
to be maturing in the worst infested
area, roughly the eastern third of
the state.
Rains have been of great help in
increasing the growth Of ranges and
pastures, and in reviving areas
where growth had practically
stopped as q result Of hot, dry
weather during the early part OF
May. Green feed for livestock is
now adequate except in Q few scat
tered east-central and southeastern
counties.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-23
Photo by Byerly

other white women, Mrs. John Alder
son, Mrs. Burnstein and Mrs. Thomas
Nicholson. For Mrs. Reed there must
have been days of loneliness and utter
encouragement and fear for the flu
ture. But she tells us only that she
began earning living by taking in
washing for 60 men.
Carried Water From River
She carried water from the river
in buckets until Meadow enlisted the
sympathy of the men who got barrel
for her and kept it filled. She charged
rs cents for an average wash and had
to pay 25 cents for a bar of soap.
Among her customers were .'Skookum
joe" the old miner, and "Muggins"
Taylor. All through her life she priced
a bugle which "Muggins" Taylor had
taken from the Custer battlefield and
given to her
And SO goes the simple story of
heroism as related by a woman who
There were many women like her in
the early days of Montana's birth and
growth. To pity them would be a mis-
take, for, despite hardShips and dan
gers, they lived more deeply and
vitality than We who are reaping the
harvest of civilization which they
helped to SOW. And. Mrs. Shock said:
we had lots of good times in Coulson
Sometimes the Helen Banks show came
from Bozeman and gave a perform
ance. Often we had parties and dances,
with an orchestra composed of Wick
ersham and his violin No movies. no
automobile trips, no radios, plenty of
danger and hard work, but lots of
fun too"
Later Mrs. Reed married John Shock
and lived in Billings, where her six
children were born
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-23

Abner (Jim) Hall, so. one of
He!ena'S best known former resi-
dents, died recently in Oakland,
Calf. where he had lived since
retiring from business in Helena
several years ago.
At one time he operated a book and
curio shop in Helena and later was
associated with Harry Gilmore and
Van Brent in the Gilmore Furniture
Co. Brent assumed their holdings when
Hall went to California
Born in Marysville, Calf, in 1859,
Hall received his education at Baker,
Ore, and entered his first employment
as printers devil on the Oregonian
at Portland. His father was a charter
lodge
Hall came to Montana by cattle trail
through Pocatello, Idaho, with some of
Montana'S first race horses, which he
took to Lewistown, where he became
cowpuncher with Dan Haggerty. In
Lewistown he married LORNA Samples,
daughter of A. P. Samples Of Fort
Benton
In 1900 he became the first customs
collector on the Canadian border at
Piskun. and held that position for sew
eral years.
He gained publicity for himself and
Montana when. in 1885, he was selected
by Chinese tong to officiate at a
ceremony. A group, of papers stolen
from China more than 100 years ago
had been discovered in bank in San
Francisco and the tong decided they
should be burned and thrown on the
waters Of the Pacific to float back to
China. Only a staunch friend Of the
Chinese was to be allowed to perform
the ceremony and Hall, who spoke
fluent Chinese, was chosen.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-23
CONCRETE POURED
FOR 81 HOURS
CONSTRUCTION OF WALLS IN POL
son CITY RESERVOIR Is MADE
CONTINUOUS OPERATION
CT Men Working in Four Shifts OF
Eight Hours Each Complete Job in
Effort to Avoid Possibility of Seams
and Obtaining Stronger Wall.

Sixty-seven men, working in
four shifts, completed concrete
work on the walls and footings of
the new city reservoir at Poison
after % hours of continuous pour
ing. The project, under the general
supervision of B. Joe Wilson, WPA
field engineer, with Merle Sandon
as foreman, was one of the first
of its kind in the Poison section
to be handled in that manner. BY
making A continuous pour of the con.
crete wilson stated, all possibility OF
seams are avoided and the reservoir Is
made much heavier and stronger.
The walls and footings, which are
heavily reinforced with steer, are -
inches thick, requiring lo9 cuplc yaoao
- coDcrete Several tons OF steel were
% oo rennired for the reinforcing work.
5 Az was conducted in rotation, ap-
Ionirnately one foot being poured Win
pa y circle The Golfer dam at one eno
t,ac been cemented into the wall, IN
ei1rine against breaks and leakage.
Three mixers, an air compress, any
an agitator were eO,,, nsee II was vas brought
Pom Troy, the farthest point IN WI
aiaIn's district, in order to insure proper
S WorS Fioodiights were used Tor the
pourinp the the floor will start as as
.oon as proper setting OF the vans
3oSes Mace SO the forms can oe re
t raA The floor, which IS TO pc o Q
iIIChes thick. will require 81 CUBIC yata ,s
~ Concrete. Aside from Stripping t tt,e
S 90 other work required before Inc ne
tnl is poured includes the laying OF
aio oravel sub-base, a small amount OF OF
aesa"stion and finishing the work OF
iav;ne a pinch intake main. -,
The reservoir when completed &C. WIZ ~
ia sn feet in diameter and 10 teex ~ IN
Ienth II will have capacity OF ]t2 r.
4e6 Gallons Of water. Included IN Lne
,roiect. which is city sponsored tnfo4 ta
R+he WPA, is also the repair OF t the
..tnservoir now in use. AS soon as ui y
r lan, reservoir is completed. whlch Is
IH,T.pm,,,ementary to the present one, ana
sup nnwn as twin reservoir, IT Is
EIanned to turn the water from the 9i PIC
pasarvoir into the new one IN orasr
Tai The former can be repaired. WIZ
INA La t COMPLETED, water will then be
IND into both giving the city
SaihIe storage capacity.
ooHi s expected that the entire pro)ec!
,viii be completed about the middle OF
July.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-23
Get the Inside Storyl

G-E Selective Air Conditions
keep foods at their fullest.
finest flavor - preserve
health giving vieamins -
and give you the most
practical method of food
preservation at low cost.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-23

Montana will harvest an 1864
OOO-bushel winter wheat crop this
year, the bureau of agricultural
economics predicted recently.
Although some six million bushels
less than the 1888 crop, the 1899
harvest still will be more than
double the 10-year 1928-S7) aver
age.
Treasure state farmers raised a.
581, 900 bushels of winter wheat last
year, but the 10-year average was
only 8,551 900 bushels.
Late spring rains virtually have
dissipated any drouth threat in
Montana farm areas.
Winter wheat, one Of the states
big cash crops, is heading in some
advanced areas, and all grain crops
have been greatly improved by re-
cent moisture.
Warmer weather which followed
. Today rainy season should push
growth of grains and sugar beets.
Farmers had most small grains
seeded by June l, and planting Of
later crops including corn, potatoes
and forage was continuing with
more encouraging moisture condi-
In the irrigated sections rains Of
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-23
BY GLENDOLIN DAMON WAGNER
"A AT UGH has been written con-
M corning the courage and

"A AT UGH has been written con-
M corning the courage and
endurance of the pioneer
men of Montana, but we seem in
clined to overlook the heroic part
women played from the earliest
days. We forget that without those
su n b nnete d, calico-skirted,
brown-faced women who turned
their backs upon eastern comfort
and security to conquer a wilder
ness, Montana might still be
wilderness.
Mrs. Alice Reed Shock is among
those to whom we westerners owe a
debt of gratitude. She has told, with
a matter-of-fact simplicity, story of
fortitude in the face of hardships,
loneliness loneliness and danger that is un-
She entered Montana in 1877 with
her husband, James Reed. The two
Joined that famous company of adven-
turers from the Black Hills of which
DR.. William Allen, now of Billings, was
made captain. There were long days of
travel, trundling in wagons over trail
less plains, depending mostly upon
wild game for food, sleeping through
chill nights inside their wagon fort,
on again next day, watching always
for resentful Indians, never knowing
when a band Of redskins might come
slithering out of a coulee or a shot
whiZ from around a butte.
But that urge to travel westward
which is at the heart of all American
progress prodded the little band on.
One morning, Mrs. Shock said. after
nights camp near Fort Custer, they
wakened to find that part Of their
band, the Woostom party, had aban-
ed, because they had caught rumors of
gold and wanted to be the first to find
Strength in Numbers
Their desertion was real tragedy, for
strength lay in numbers, and the
atom pitting itself against all the
dangers of the wide, inimical plains
However, they journeyed on, and, at
Wolf creek were strengthened by the
welcome addition of the Burnham out
fit, with lot of livestock, including
16 head of mules. Determinedly, day
by weary day. their journey continued
Sometimes they were hungry. Some
times game was plentiful. Often their
Threats were parched for water, for
they could not always follow the sparse
streams. Many times they had to let
their wagons down the steep SIDES OF
rimrocks and buttes with ropes.
One night all the Burnham mules
got away and the Reeds one team
went with them Early next morning
Reed and Brewer started in search of
the runaways, following the trail as
best they could Topping high butte.
they saw the herd, and saw something
else that filled them with alarm. The
animals had not just wandered away
rrbey, vupre heiOp driven nv an Indian
The two white men tried to head him
off. but he succeeded in joining a
hidden band of some 500 warriors. The
loss of these mules and horses meant
the loss of a fortune to the pioneers,
yet to attack so large band of red
skins would be foolhardy.
So they hurried to Fort Custer with
news of the disaster and pleaded for
aid. The commander, however, told
them such misfortunes were common,
and that to stir up the Indians for a
few mules would be to invite trouble.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-23
Montana Girls Steer
Is Grand Champion of
InterntOUnt0in ShOU

A Hereford steer, owned and eX-
hibited by Helen MonfOrten, IL,
of Gallatin Gateway, was declared
grand champion at the third an
nual Intermountain Junior Stock
show at Salt Lake City.
Judges deliberated at length be-
fore selecting the Montana animal,
weighing 1872 pounds, over 49,
pound Hereford exhibited by Orval
S. Brown, American Fork, Utah,
youth.
Miss Monforten's champion had
n little more quality and even
finish" the judges said.
Marie Monforten, Helen'S Is
year-old sister, captured first hon.
ors in the All club division for
beef showmanship. Helen was third.
More than 400 head of baby beef,
along with several hundred hogs
and lambs judged were placed on
the auction block.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-23
How Women
in Their 4O's
Can Attract Men

Here's good advice for a woman during her
change usually from IS to So, who fears
shell 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
F.. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
especially for pomeH 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 TRYING!
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-23
FORMER RESIDENT
DIES IN OAKLAND
ABNER JIM" HALL, so, ONE-TINIE
MONTANA COWBOY SUCCUNIBS
ON COAST

Lived in Lewistown and Helena for
Long Time and Was First Customs
Collector at Piskun on Canadian
Border.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Weddings Of Interest Here
Miss Margaret Stafford Becomes
Bride of Mr.. Charles Taylor

A wedding of unusual interest took
place al Our Lady of Lourdes
Church Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock wnen Miss Margaret Cert
rude Stafford, daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs, Stephen Martin Stafford of
Bethesda, Md. became the bride of
Mr.. Charles Norman Taylor, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henry Taylor
OF Washington.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Louis Miltenberger. The
altar was decorated with white
chrysanthemums. red oak leaves and
palms and was lighted with white
tapers. Mr.. Claude Robson presided
at the organ and Mr.. William
Shanahan sang.
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Mrs. Roosevelt Will Leave
On Lecture Tour Today
After Speech in New York
Three Talks Given Yesterday
In Typically Busy Day;
Buys Christmas Gifts

Mrs Franklin Deano Roosevelt, who has been in New York for
will this lecture tour Before
will opening session the annual Forum
Problems of York Herald Tribune.
Yesterday Mrs Roosevelt what she termed ypcal busy
day with speaking New York Philadelphia
shopping having fittings
keeping other private appointments
Roosevelt received the 1899 bronze medal for outstanding
Yesterday at the Representative Edith Nou Rogers OF
Massachusetts made presentation.
the Womens City Club Later she went by train to Phadeph "he
ST spoke America.
the gifts purchased yesterday by the Presidents
grandcd Roosevelt Boetg
Of Boettger Seattle
the striking garments Mrs Rooeves winter
clothing dinner gown OF gold lame with long sleeves ana circle OF
tight almost spider web effect in the 'front.' which gives the
funes gown golden rhineston
selection formal evening
social White House white fae satin
pink and silver lame
Roosevelt include black
blue with Persian lamb tuxedo collar and pockets
black Mrs Roosevelt will red
lame vest and rhinestone clips
Senator Ellison D. Smith Of 1ynchburg c. and
opened their apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Representative Washington and
Wardan Park Hotel where his family
join him later in the
The new Egyptian Consul General in York Dr. Chawky
formerly attache the
Egyptian Legation Egyptian
and more recently Hamburg
President which in New York today but which
has been delayed
Mrs Ellen Woodward. Security Board
yesterday
the speaker at the banquet
Saturday evening Mrs Woodward spoke
"Businesswomen IN Democracy"
William standfOrd have been in Washington
the Wadman Park Hotel
where they will spend the coming season.
Col H. spending few
days Williamsburg, visit
aide President Theodore Roosevelt and served
time Washington superintendent of public buildings and
Evening star., 1939-10-24
Club to Take Up
Consumer Problems

The American home and consum-
ers' problems will be special subjects
OF study during the coming year by
the Housekeepers' Club of Decatur
Heights, Md.
Mrs. Alfred r. Lee, director Of
consumers problems for the Prince
Georges County Federation of Won.
ems Clubs, will conduct study Of
this subject after each monthly
/ business session.
Mrs. H. Myron Potter is president
Of the club, Mrs. Frederick G. Will
liams, vice president; Mrs. H. w
Gilbertson, secretary; Mrs. j. v
Osterman, treasurer, and Mrs. Lee
director.
Department chairman named by
Mrs. Potter include:
American home, Mrs. Della Mar
shall; citizenship, Mrs. E. j. Cannon
education, Mrs. Arthur E. Robinson
international relations, Mrs. Felix E
Cristofane: welfare, Mrs w. R
Beattie; fine arts, Mrs. Raymond
Evans; legislative, Mrs. Osterman
and press and publicity, Mrs. Viii.
liams.
Evening star., 1939-10-24

Smith entertained Saturday eve
ming at the Congressional Country
Club in honor of Capt. and Mrs.
E. Kutschko and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
bur Gray.
Dr. William Gerry Morgan and his
daughter, Mrs. Myra Morgan Stump,
have returned to the city. Mrs.
Morgan and Miss Mabel Morgan will
remain at the family summer home
in New Hampshire three weeks
longer.
Dr. Morgan has leased his home on
Sixteenth street and has taken an
apartment at 2l01 Connecticut ave-
nue.. where the family will take up
their residence for the winter.
Mrs. Jessie Walters has left her
apartment at the Shoreham for a
visit at her home in JohnstoWn, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Ashworth, for
Merly of Washington and now of
Orlando. Fla. are staying at the
Martinique Hotel.