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Evening star., 1940-02-14
Murphy Takes Trip
On Doctors Advice
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Supreme Court Justice Frank Mur-
ply said yesterday he was leaving
the Capital for an unannounced
destination on the advice of his
physician. He expected to be gone
for a week or longer.
The justice, who took his seat on
the Supreme Court February S, has
been suffering bronchial ailment
which resulted from a recent attack
of influenza. He spent some time
in Florida just before he took his
judicial oath. but declined to say
whether he was returning to Florida.
Evening star., 1940-02-14
HAND-WROUGHT ALUMINIUM

l-zz Tray, regularly $3.50 $6s5
lax Tray, regularly $2oeo
1-zz Tray, regularly SIS, $SS5
z-S Trays, round. regularly 81, $S5
1-Sz Tray regularly SO, 35S5
Cocktail Trays regularly IS, $3S5
Cocktail Trays regularly $35o, 3235
Cocktail Tray, regularly S45e SzS5
Cocktail Tray, regularly s.,
Cake Piates with handles. regularly S. $395
Bowls regularly -. $245
Bowls, regularly $25e $165
Relish Tray regularly $3.50. &l65
Sets Coasters I'm holder, regularly $S5e SEAS
Match Box Holders and Tray Sets regularly g. S5c
Evening star., 1940-02-14

approximately 50 per cent Of the
traffic fatalities last year In the Dis
trict were persons over As years Of
age, and more than half Of this
number were 65 and over.
Evening star., 1940-02-14
ELECTRIC CLOCKS

Lawson Electric Blue Mirror Clock. Was $3.50 now-31s75
Sochard Travel Clocks, Leather $3A5
New Haven Travel Clocks Leather Cases. Special $295
20 Teechron, Seth Thomas General Electric Miller Electric
Mantel and Boudoir Clocks Discontinued models
Onyx Hammond Electric Mantle Clock. 2 Onyx
Match. Was $725o, -------------- S58yee
White Onyx Hammond Eiec. Mantle Clocks Were $S5e
$3.50
Green Onyx Hammond Eec Mantle Clocks Were $3.50
S1oS0
Green Onyx WalthAm Elec Mantle Clocks Were $780,
$12.5e
Viking Moonlo Eec Glass Clocks. Were $3.50, $6S5
Solid Mahogany Elec Cssner Clock So
Evening star., 1940-02-14
DIAMOND WATCHES

Hamilton Diamond Watch, Platinum Case, 10 Diamonds
SITS. $l35OO
Platinum 3SDamond Hamilton. Was S1900o $450o
Platinum z6Damond Hamilton. Was $l75oe, S350o
All diamond Platinum Hamilton with Bracelet l30
monds, 10 Baquettes. Was $70o, $49500
Gruen, Platinum, ~ Diamond. Was $275o0 $85 90
Gruen, Platinum, 40 Diamonds. Was $135o0 $3.50
Egn, Platinum, 20 Diamonds. Was Sl5o0o row. S97. 80
Egin, HCarat, ~ Diamonds Was $4,000, S725
10 AnPlatinum, 17Jewe fully studded with diamonds Orig
inally $10o-$5oo Of
Evening star., 1940-02-14

Mexico has q new excess-profits
tax.
Evening star., 1940-02-14
STERLING SILVER HOLLOWARE

5Pc. Tea Set Hand Chased Colonial Design S17kse
S13S.0o
5-Pc. Tea Set, "GofhAn" discontinued.
S135OO
10 Salad Bowls Were $780, ------.--------- 1885
IL Sandwich Trays. Were S100o S7S5
Set Doe After Dinner Coffee Cups Sterling China Lined
Was so, Neutrality-suspicious. S1695
Set n Doa Sherbert Set Sterling Glass Lined Was S12eo
SS.S5
100 Odd Items 2eeb to 33he of
P-Sait and Pepper Shakers Were $15oo Now $1ooo
P.-Salt and Pepper Shakers. Were $000. Now $600
Pr-Salf and Pepper Shakers. Were $3.50 $4S5
2-ravy Boats and Trays. Were S15ee
1Large Compotes. Were $780, Now.------------ ssS5
1-Flower Bowl. Was S2ooc. Now w------------$l4 $l495
1-F1ower Bowl. Was $1,000. ow-----...-...-- S7S5
1-Sugar and Cream Set Was $500. Now
1-Sugar and Cream Set. Was $1,000. Now 1886
1-Covered Vegetable Dish. Was $1,000 S1s75
1Sterling Silver Cigarette Box, black
Now Sl250
Is Pr-Console Candlesicks. Were $780, Now $2s5 DR..
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-05
COOKIE RECIPES
ARE WORTH CASH
MISS WYNN ANNOUNCES NEW
PRIZE CONTEST FOR
JANUARY
Many Entries Received in Competition
for Best Casserole Recipes During
December; Enter Cookie Contest"
Now.
BY KATHRYN G. WYNN

School days are cookie days.
Now that the Christmas and New
Years holidays are safely tucked into
the files for another year, kitchen &C
tivity will resume the normal trend of
its ways. And cookies are one type of
pastry that can be baked and kept in
the big jar on the pantry shelf for
use as desired in subsequent weeks.
So-the theme of the January recipe
contest is cookies.
Send in your favorite cookie recipe;
it may win the SIS first prize, or the
So second prize, or one of the three
81 honorable mention" awards.
The rules are simple:
l. Send in only ONE recipe-your
best one.
2. Send it to Kathryn G. Wynn,
Montana Newspaper association, Great
Falls. Mont.
8. Get it in the mail before midnight
Of Jan. 81, 1910.
That's all there is to it. OF course,
the recipes that are neatly written
whether on the typewriter or in pen
and ink-and written on only one side
of the paper, might have a shade
better chance than those which are
not SO neatly presented.
Announcement of the winners In the
December contest for Casserole dishes"
will be made in the next issue. Here
are some salad recipes selected from
those submitted in recent prize con-
test.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-05
By ERIC THANE

BY ERlC IHANE
The first housing census in the
west was taken by Wijun jon the
Assinniboine chief who notched his
pipe to count the houses Of the
white men.
The story of Wijunjon who had
to be killed with Strengthened
kettle handle shot from gun is
one of the most unusual in the an
mails of the early west.
Wijunjon whose name translated
means the Pigeons Egg Head was
sub-chief of the AssinniboineS who
dwelt in the region Of the Milk and
Missouri rivers in the days of the fur
trade The fur traders were none too
ethical in their dealings with the red
kenzie whose huge distillery at Fort
Union made that place the greatest
center for the trading of furs although
the United States government had
banned liquor among the Indians.
When complaints reached the govern
ment in Washington D. C. it was de-
cided to call council Of the tribes OF
the upper Missouri to see what could
be done to stop the liquor problem.
Representatives were selected from the
various Indian groups; Wijunjon and
friend were named as delegates from
the Assinniboines to go to meet the
Great White Father in Washington.
The sub-chief had always been IN
tensely curious concerning the white
man. He had heard that the buildings
of the white men were as many as sand
grains ON the shore so as he and his
| friend travelled down the Missouri by
| boat he decided to prove the rumor by
cutting a notch in his long medicine
house for each cabin seen.
His Knife Soon Became Busy
Cabins were scarce enough during
the first part of the journey but down.
stream the number of habitations in
creased so fast that Wijmjon's knife
was very busy Presently there was so
little left of the pipe that the sub
chief decided to record the rest on his
war club. But as more homes ap-
peared this too was presently almost
cut away. Whereup Wijunjon secured
a small tree from the shore and set
tied back confident that at last he
could keep a record without chopping
up his recorder.
And then St. Louis was reached. 1t
was then q city of some $4,000 inhab-
itants. Wijunjon looked wildly around.
went into conference with his friend,
and then threw the remains of the
pipe, club and tree overheard. He was
prepared now to believe the rumors of
the many wonderful things owned by
the pale face. Being clear -headed
person. he did not allow himself to be.
come confused, but made mental
note Of everything new he saw. with
the intentions of reporting to his tribes
men when he returned to them.
He was taken to washington, where
he attracted considerable attention and
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-05
First ''EHousing Census Was
Taken by Assimniboine Chief

, for a brief period was somewhat of a
lion in the society of the capital. Then
orders came for him to return home
History does not record what happened
to his friend. but Wijunjon came up
the Missouri to Fort Union alone. There
he was greeted by his tribe with a
great demonstration, and piled with
questions concerning the white men.
Were all the wonderful rumors about
them true? Wijunjon knew, for he had
been before the Great White Father
And he was not hesitant in telling
what he knew.
Night after night he sat in his lodge,
before circle of admirers, relating the
details of what he had seen He did
not diStort the truth. But to the simple
souls of the prairie. much of what he
said had the ring of untruth because
it was so far beyond their experience
and imagination.
One by one his circle OF listeners
dropped away. muttering "Liar!" until
at last there was no one left. Wijun-
jon became very sad. and resentful that
his people should call him a liar when
he had told only what his eyes saw.
Became A Medicine Man
But rather than turn about and ad-
nit any untruth to regain the good
graces Of his people. he persisted in
his tales. and by degrees the tribes
men came to believe in his sincerity.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-05
Young Men Sought
For Air Training
At Randolph Field

Young men ambitious TO become air
pilots now have an exceptional oppor-
tunity to receive the finest training in
the country with all expenses paid, &C
cording to Col. H. P. KaySer, in charge
of the Montana military sub-district
with headquarters at Helena.
He has been advised the army wants
400 qualified applicants as flying cadets
for each Of the next three classes, start
ing in February, March and May at
Randolph field Texas. 1t is a nine
months course and cadets are paid
while taking the training. At the end
Of the course a certain number of Ca
diets will receive commissions in the
regular army and the others will re-
ceive commissions in the Officers Re-
serve Corps. AL must enlist for three
years Of active service, should they be
needed, but they will not necessarily
be called upon.
Applicants must be between the ages
of 20 and 81 and have completed two
years Of college work and be in per-
feet condition physically.
For detailed information applicants
should address without delay the near
est army recruiting office. or Col H P
Kayser, Union Bank G. Trust building,
Helena. Boards Of officers will visit
various Montana cities shortly to eX-
anime all applicants whose applica-
lions indicate they probably can qualify
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-05
So County Poll Tax,
Collected in State
For Is Years, VOided

The 50 road tax levied by most Mon
tana counties for the last 10 years, was
declared unconstitutional in a ruling
handed down by Attorney General II.
j. Freebourn.
Basis of the attorney generals rul-
ing, asked by the state board of equal
iZation, was supreme court decision
handed down in December, 1921 which
held the bachelors tax was uncon-
stitutional.
The fact the county road tax was
written off" by the same decision
which voided the bachelor tax" was
not discovered until this fall
The attorney generals ruling up
held the validity Of the road tax COL
lected by cities and towns.
Commenting on the opinion the state
board OF equalization said:
We agree fully with all the attorney
general has said. We requested the
opinion and We feel it will answer
many questions received relative to
this matter.
Elimination of the county road poll
tax comes in line with this boards
intent to eliminate as many such NUS
ance taxes as possible.
The question as to what happens
now as to taxes heretofore paid is
eliminated. inasmuch as the attorney
general has expressed no opinion on
that matter"
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-05
Flatheads Add New Legends
To Ancient Sagas of Tribe

reVered Duncan Mcdonald, a half
blood whose Scotch, trapper father
married into the Flathead tribe 100
years ago. McDonald's forte was COM
edy ana one of his best stories con-
cerned an encounter with a buffalo, a
edy when he told it.
IL happened SO years ago or win
tiers day when Mcdonald was on the
tral enroute to a meeting with the
Blackfeet Indians. He was afoot and
was passing near small herd of buff
falo when one of the big bulls attacked
him. He shot the animal and it fell
put when he approached it for the kill
ing shot, the bull leaped up with
snort: Duncan had no time to run so
he did the next best thing ne could
think OF. He took a firm grip on the
tail OF the bull buffalo. Then it was
the buffalos turn, and round and
round he went in dizzy spin. with
Mcdonald. an unwilling passenger
falo tired of spinning he would run
a short distance and catch his breath,
but always he would return to the
spinning tactics. Mcdonald was ex-
hauSted and had visions of being
trampled TO death by the huge animal
Just when he was about to give up sew
eral Blackfeet Indians appeared and
killed the buffalo, saving McDonald's
life. They skinned the animal and the
hide may be seen to this day in the
cabin where Duncan Mcdonald lived.
He died several years ago and his buff
falo story has taken its place among
Flathead legends.
Another modern Flathead legend is
the story of Ki-oo-ley, an old Indian
who liked rattlesnakes. Ki-oo-ley is
dead but his story is still told, and &C
cording to that story old Ki-oo-ley kept
rattlesnakeS as pets Just as any other
Indian keeps pet dogs. He was an en-
terprising man and had large ranch
and many cattle. Times were good and
the cattle market high and cattle sales
brought ki-oo-ley large amounts Of
soula and although Ki-oo-ley was very
rich he kept all his money in gold.
cached in a hiding place on his own
ranch. Everyone knew Ki-oo-ley had
money and many made plans to rob
him. Some went to visit him with that
end in view. and Ki-oo-ley greeted the
visitors warmly. He was a good COM
panion and story-teller but nobody
ever robbed him for his rattlesnakes
guarded his money.
Ki-oo-ley had never killed a rattle
snake and around his house he al
ways had one or two that were pets
and ate from his hand. One of these
reptiles stayed IN the CABIN all the
time and when stranger neared,
would coil and give warning rattle
Not far from the cabin was a rattle
snake den and. in the words of one
Indian, the odor from this den was
quite offensive and could be dis
tinguished from quite a distance" 1t
was there that Ki-oo-ley kept his gold.
He made no secret of the location of
his cache and would walk nonchalantly
into the rattlesnake den without being
bitten. His money was as safe as if it
had been in the bank vault at Mis-
soula.
The legend of Ki-oo-ley is based on
fact but one wonders how he managed
to handle the snakes without being
harmed. Perhaps Ki-oo-ley knew the
secret of the Hopi Indians Of Arizona,
whose rain dance requires the handling
of many rattlesnakeS.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-05

Again he had his circle of listeners,
who squatted around his fire in his
smoky lodge and listened to him tell
how there were so many white people
that the AssinniboineS had no way of
keeping count of them. 1t was true
that there was as many as grains of
sand on the shore!
Not only did more and more of the
tribe come to believe in him, but they
decided he must have supernatural
powers and accordingly made him a
medicine man. He became very pow
erful, revered and feared by his friends.
Too powerful, in fact-he reused the
enmity of some of the older chiefs who
saw in him a rival for their positions.
So they decided that Wijunjon must
die. There was one hitch-they were
sure no ordinary bullet or knife could
kill him, since he was a medicine man
They put their heads together to in
vent some manner of circumventing
WiJunjonS inhuman protection, but
for a long time found themselves baf-
fled.
Then a son of one of the old chiefs
used his ingenuity. He travelled to Fort
Union and there stole a large iron
kettle. He broke off the handle, filed
bore OF gun. and returned TO his
tribe with this strange bullet in his
charged gun
He waited many days for a favorable
chance, then one morning while Wi
junior was sitting with other men he
skulked up behind him, placed the
muzzle of the gun against the back of
Wijunjon's head, and pulled the trig-
ger. Thus came the end of the man
whose truth first made him an out
cast. then raised him to a medicine
mainland then killed him.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-05
G,ocken-
n63aI3G @gE1H
All-in-One Cake

and baking powder. Pour 1-3 of batter
into well creased 8-inch layer pan.
Blend melted chocolate into remaining
% of batter and pour quickly into two
well-greased 8-inch layer pans. Bake
Immediately In moderate oven, $50
degrees F., for Is to 80 minutes. When
cake Is baked and layers are cool.
put them together with cocoanut cream
filling, the white layer being between
the two chocolate layers. Spread choco-
late butter icing over top and sides.
Cocoanut Cream Filling
! cup sugar
s,eup liquid thalf milk and half
4 tablespoons butter
l teaspoon lemon Juice
l Is cups cocoanut Il CAM
l Is tablespoons all-purpose flour
! egg white
Mix sugar. liquid, butter and lemon
Juice together In saucepan and bring
to q boil. Mix cocoanut with flour and
add to sugar mixture. Boil until stiff
about 8 minutes. Partially cool. Fold
in the stiffly beaten egg white and
spread between layers Of cake. Amount:
Sufficient filling for this Slayer cake.
Chocolate Butter Icing
! cup butter
2 squares chocolate q osJ
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-05
-. o. 4 Pa o..

This is the way one woman solved
a favorite cake problem. Each member
OF her family had different idea
about what makes good cake. Some
liked white cakes. some liked choco-
late cakes. and some had a yen for
cocoanut in their cakes. OF course, she
wanted to please them all so she made
q Harlequin cake with two chocolate
layers and one white layer. Then she
put a cocoanut filling between the
layers and covered the whole with
shiny chocolate icing. Here Is the
recipe:
Harlequin Cake
2 cups cake flour or all-purpose
2 teaspoons baking powder
eggs
teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
Ii teaspoons vanilla
cup milk
tablespoons butter, melted
squares chocolate q oz.). melted
Sift flour once before measuring and
sift again with the baking powder.
Beat the eggs until very Light with
the rotary beaten. Beat In salt, sugar
and vanilla. Heat the milk with the
butter, and when scalding hot, beat
into the egg mixture. Beat IN the flour
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-05
Census Supervisors
And Assistants Named
For State Districts

Willard E. Fraser of Billings, area
manager for the 1910 census, has an
nounced the appointments of super
vtsorS and assistants for the five dis
tricts in his region. He said the census
of business, manufacturing, mining and
forestry will begin Jan. q with the ag-
ricultural and population census be-
ginning April 2. Fraser's districts and
supervisors and assistants are:
Havre district, Mrs. Blanche D. Fried
Of Glasgow, supervisor, and Walter
Mack of Havre, assistant; Lewistown
district, John Zappone of Lewistown,
supervisor, Mrs. Marguerite Petesch of
Geyser, assistant; Billings district, Earl
Morse of Billings, supervisor, and Mrs
Grace Fields of Red Lodge, assistant:
Miles City district, Edward Holt of
Miles City. supervisor, and Minnie
Masterson. also of Miles City, assist
ant; Glendive district, Ray Jarding,
of Glendive, supervisor, and Nellie Hig-
gins, also of Glendive, assistant
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-05
ss%&"4
CHEEKY PdneLIed
FrOck for Tots
PATTERN 1872

No wonder the tiny lass above has
drawn a fashion figure on her slate
instead of her ABC's! She knows that
her dress alone will win her a high
mark-in style! For Claire Tilden has
given pattern 1872 sweet young charm
and free-and-easy lines by designing
the whole style in a series of panels
The rounded panel tops form an ador-
able scalloped-effect where they meet
the deep all-around yoke. You might
make all the panels on the straight
grain, but If you use striped cotton
or wool fabric. why not have every
other front panel on the crossgrain
for more dashing effect? The neck
line is simple and round, or may have
a little collar, perhaps of crisp. fresh
white pique. The sleeves are either
short and scallop-edged or in full, long
bishop style, and you can add a front
or back-tying sash If you like. Do no
tice the grand, ripping fullness of the
hemline!
Pattern 1872 is cut in children's sizes
2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. Size 6, collarless YER
sion, requires 81 yards 35-inch fabric:
dress with collar, 2ls yards 35-inch
fabric and yard contrast.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS Q5c) In
coins for this pattern. WRITE CLEAR
LY SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS AND
STYLE NUMBER.
Send orders to M. N, Pattern Dept,
70 Fifth Avenue. New York, N. Y.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-01-05
By WALTER E. TAYLOR

by WALLER 4. 1AILOh
Perhaps some Of the most beauti-
full legends extant are those Of the
American Indians. Many Of the
older Indian legends have been
published for white readers, but It
is not generally known that the
creation Of legends among the In
dams goes on continually. New leg
ends are constantly being added to
the old sagas even in modern times.
Many Of these newer legends are
up-to-the- minute stories and in
some Of them locomotives motor
cars and other modern inventions
figure prominently. When the older
Indians Of Montana reservations
gather in their cabins for story
telling on the long winter days
tales of modern, as well as ancient
times are related.
1t is not often that an Indians eX-
PLOTS take their place in tribal Legendary
while he is still living. But among the
Flathead tribes in western Montana
there lives a man whose experiences
are told with the old-time legends. His
name is Blind Willie and he is a per
son of some Importance among the
Flatheads because according to his own
Interpretation his life was once saved
by a miracle.
While travelling alone along a rail-
road track one day Blind Willie heard
the whistle of an approaching train.
The old man unable to see his sur
roundings thought, he was on high
trestle. He hung himself over the edge
and held to the ties while the train
passed. After the train had passed
over him Blind Willie discovered to
his diSmay that he was too weak to
pull himself back onto the track again.
Here was a predicament. If he let him.
self fall he would be killed and as a
last resort after plain and fancy cuss-
ing had failed Blind Willie began to
pray. After several moment OF suppl
cation to the Heavens he allowed him
self to drop and he fell but one foot
to the ground. Blind Willie had been
hanging from a trestle but it was a
low one and not the larger one he had
thought. Blind Willie believed mir
acle had been performed and he rushed
to st. Ignatius to tell this wonderful
Many agreed that it was indeed mir
acle and his experience became part
of Flathead Legendary.
Blind Willie is an old man with an
eye to business. For a time he made
himself a little pocket money selling
liquor to his fellow tribesmen. 1t was
his custom to buy a jug of whisky and
pass it among his customers with a
tin cup. A customer was expected to
pour one drink into the cup. How
ever all of Blind Willie's patrons were
not quite honest and on occasion they
would fill the tin cup to the brim,
paying the old man for but one drink.
Blind Willie's travelling bar was los
ing money and he remedied this sit
uation in his own unique way. He be-
gan to measure his drinks and, figur-
ing one mouthful to a drink, he would
fill his mouth from the jug and place
what his mouth held in the tin cup.
The cup was then passed to the Gus
toner Thereafter his patrons received
only as much whisky as was paid for
and most of them felt that Blind
Willies unusual manner of measuring
drinks was entirely within the bounds
of etiquette. A business man must pro-
tect his own interests.
One of the truly great story-tellers
of the Flathead nation was the late