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Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-09-06

May 23-5 a. m. Started from Clag-
gett. Noon at mouth of Sandy; took
80 cords cottonwood. Panchette at 10:
ran all night.
May 29SBreakfast old Fort Peck; 2
o'clock at Wolf Point. Lay there one
hour taking on furs. Lost one hour
aground at Speak Eagle. Met steamer
Far West at Spread Eagle. Lay up at
Poplar creek.
May Started at daylight. Landed
at Fort Buford l p m. Crossed two
wagons over river for government (two
hours time). Left Buford at 4 o'clock.
Landed at Boney Point O'Clock; took
Is cords ash wood; lay until daylight.
May 31-Met steamer Red Cloud at
5 a. m. Steamer Helena a. m. Met
Key West at Fort Stevenson 8 p. m.
Met steamer Peninah at Knife river
5 p. m. Landed at Bismarck II 80 p. m.
June LEFT Bismarck p. m. Lay
up for night at Cannon Ball river $3.50.
June 2-Started at daylight; landed
Standing Rock a. m, left at 10 a. m.
Got aground at Swan Lake creek, lost
four hours. Lay up for night at Swan
Lake wood yard, took 20 cords cotton
wood
June 3-Started at daylight. Got
aground IL a. m, off at p. m. Met
steamer Butte above McKenzie's Point.
Steamer Western below. Lay up for
44+SAAV az 4AoOL1i "a Sl1CySl1lC.
June tOff at a. M Wind blow
ing hard. Landed at Fort Bennett 7:3O
a. m. and at Fort Sully a. m. Nellie
Peck passed US here Landed Fort
Pierre 2 p. m. Peck two hours ahead.
Lost four hours aground in crossing at
Chapel creek. Lay up for night 9 D. m.
June 5-Left wood yard at a. m.
Ran to Red Cloud; lay there four
hours wind bound. Started from Red
Cloud a. m, wind blowing hard.
Landed at st. Johns wood yard at 10
O'Clock, took Is cords wood and lay
all day wind bound. Cleaned out boil
ers here. General Mead passed up.
June 6-Started at daylight. Fort
Hale Z a. m. Lost two hours at Cedar
island sounding. Met Fontanelle. light
ing over. Met steamer Black Hills at
Whetstone Agency. Lay at Fort RAN
dali.
June loft at daylight. Landed at
Yankton Agency $50 a. m. Running
Water 8 o'clock a. M; 9 a. m. at
Springfield. Grounded at 2 o'clock
p. m. Chalk Banks. Steamer Newark
passed up. Got over bar at 4 o'clock.
Landed at Yankton D. m. Put off
cargo here and started to load for
Benton. End of trip No. l.
Capt. T. Townsend in charge Of
steamer Benton
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-09-06

Collins West, treasurer. They shipped
to wyoming on the south, LewlstoWn
on the north, Livingston on the west
and the DakotaS on the east.
L. H. Fenske was one Of the pioneers
in the wholesale liquor business, start
ing his establishment In 1880 when
Billings was still a tent town with
few shacks. This establishment was
on Montana avenue and Twenty
seventh street.
Fenske came up the Yellowstone river
from Bismarck, N. D., with boatload
Of freight. He liked the looks Of the
tiny village and unloaded, remaining
in the town during all its pioneer
struggles.
A. l.. Babcock was another pioneer
merchant who arrived at the time that
Billings was a tent city. He established
the A. L. Babcock Hardware Co., which
in 1902 owned the yellowstone valley
Touring mills as well as the hardware
store, The mills ground $50 barrels OF
flour daily, running "a hours and en-
blowing from 10 to II men. Its flour
was labeled Billings Best"
A. L. Babcock was president OF the
company in 1902 and F. B. Connolly
was secretary. Babcock, known as
Colonel Babcock, was born IN New
York and came west in 1882. He also
brought his merchandise up the Vel
lowstone river by boat. In 1902 the
firm employed two travelling statesmen
and covered territory in their whole
sale lobbing business that extended
$50 miles south into Wyoming. Babcock
was also president of the Yellowstone
National bank at that time.
Booster Spirit Prevailed
The spirit that Billings shows today
of looking toward the future was evl-
dent in the early l90Os as well. On
Jan /. 1903. Billings residents we're
LOOKING hopefully forward to the OPEN
ing of a new modern hotel to be run
.'on up-to-date principles" The hotel,
a three-story brick building, was built
by H. w. RoWley and P. B. Moss. who
announced that the hotel would be
elegantly furnished with all the mod
ern conVeniences and comforts that
money can buy"
There also was the First National
bank of Billings and the Billings State
bank as well as other pioneer firms,
including that of Hogue, Robinson 81
Co., dealers in groceries, provisions,
hay, grain and feed.
In addition to the firms mentioned
there we're other pioneer establishments
and citizens who continually worked
for the Improvement of Billings in the
same manner that its citizens and
business men are working today. Be
cause of the similarity in the spirit
of the past and of today present Mon
tana boosters point to as brilliant a
future as there has been growth IN
the past and insist that history Will
keep on repeating itself.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-09-06
Log of Old Steamer S'Benton' Is Relic
I'm Fort Benton High School Collection

Several years ago an old logbook
of the steamer Benton, of the old
Block line, which was conducted
by the firm of T. C. Power & Bros.
of Fort Benton, was found, when the
old Power wool warehouse was being
torn down The old book was dis
covered by E. z. Johnson of Iona,
who was working with the crew The
book was turned over to the Fort Ben
ton high school and it has been pre-
served in their relic case, among a
collection of curios
The following is the record of the
first trip Of the year 1881 for the
April l9-Left Sioux City for Fort
Benton at 6 p. m. with 1873 tons of
freight and 26 passengers. One mile
above town two men fell overheard;
landed the boat and got one out, the
other drowned. They were white men
belonging to the deck crew. Three miles
above town took on six cord of wood.
At 10 lay up for the night.
April 20-Started at daylight Z a. m.
Took six cords wood at Snider's at 10
a. m. Wooded at Bedrock, took u cords.
Rapid Ponca at 3 p. m. At p. m.
wooded at Warmers, six cords. At South
Bend II O'Clock, wooded and lay up
for night. Nellie Pack laying above
us on her way down.
April 21-Started at 4:3O a. m. AT
10 a. m. wooded at Brocke's, took five
at Bow river; 1870 wooded at Mines,
q cords cotton; $3.50 p. m. wooded
one mile above st. Helena. Arrived
at Yankton 7 p. m. Lay all night.
Added to cargo q tons government
freight
April 22-Left Yankton at II 80 a. m.
Lost two hours getting out from Yank-
ton. Wind blowing on shore. Took 10
cords of wood at Frankfort $3.50 p. m.
above Frankfort. Ran until 9, lay up
for night foot Bonhome island; winG
blowing hard; took five cords wood.
Difficulties Plentiful
April 23-Started at daylight; wind
blowing; 9 a. m. wooded at Cowgirl.
Three cords cottonwood at Springfield
10 a. m Meet Peninah at NevibriaS.
At y landed at running water rock:
Add d tons government freight and
left at 4:3O. Lost two hours crossing
above R Water; p. m. took 10 cords
wood at keegan's. Lay up till ! o'clock.
April 24-Started at daylight Lost
five hours pulling over at Yankton
Agency. At 2 p. m. lost four hours
above Yankton Agency pulling over
bar; lay up for night live miles below
Randall.
April 25-Started at Al at Fort Ran
dali; $50 a. m. tried all day to get
over bar above Randall. Could not
make it. Lay up for night.
April 26-Sounded until 7. Started
with boat and got over bar. Took
eight cords wood and left at 8 a. m.
AT II took four cords wood three miles
above Fort Randall. Wind blowing
hard. River low At IL took five cords
hardwood below Peas island. From l
o'clock until p. m. getting over bar
above Peas island. Lay at Mule Head
Tor night.
April 27-Started at daylight; ran
10 Cedar island; got aground In cross
ing at 7 a. m, off at p. m. Met Black
Hills at Hot Springs island; WOODED
and left at 3 o'clock. Wooded at La
Roches at $50. Lay at Rosebud all
night.
April 28-Started at a. m. Wooded
at Dry island at II. Wind blowing 2:3O
wooded at Peterson's. Lay up al 7:30
April Started at a. m. At Fort
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-09-06
Believe 1t Or Not,
Beavers Save Beets

This may or may not come under the
hard winter coming department. or
maybe beavers are getting sweet
toothed
Deputy Game Warden Frank Star
ina was in the Helena department
headquarters on business, and reported
that rancher on the Little Big Horn
river near Hardin was having trouble
with beaver digging up his sugar beets.
In one place, where the river curves
conveniently near his field, the beavers
have scooped out about one-quarter
acre of beets. No. the beets were not
eaten in the field. but were neatly
topped and carried inside a nearby
beaver lodge, perhaps for use this
winter.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-09-06

Miss Dyer of Brady is head of Mon
tana State university's counselor sys-
TEN. program for freshman oriental
tion sponsored by the Associated
Women Students. Miss Dyer will ap-
point and supervise the work of upper
class women who are chosen as coun-
selorS to contact and advise freshman
women throughout their first year in
college. Each counselor is responsible
for two or three little sisters whom
she advises and assists in their fresh
man activities. Miss Dyer, member
of Sigma Kappa social sorority, is also
active in pan Hellenic council and is
4 member of the staff of the Kaimin,
student daily newspaper.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-09-06
Had Modern Facilities


Billings contains the improvements
and advantages usually to be found in
cities of $4,000 inhabitants. She has a
line modern sewerage system; water
works, with a capacity of 100000 gal
Ions day. and IA miles of mains, cap
able of supplying population of 5000
With pure wholesome water; an electric
lighting system, with night and day
circuit for light and power: local and
long distance telephone exchanges: the
best equipped fire department in the
northwest. 1t Is the best lighted city
In the northwest. 1t possesses the free
mail delivery, and the first rural free
delivery to be established by the post
office department runs out from Bill
hngs and brings daily mail to rural
population of about 300: the postal
business at Billings, as shown by the
department of statistics, is the great
"a Of any city of the United States Of
Bssimilar size, except Sterling, ILL.,,
Which Is the home of celebrated pat
ent medicine laboratory. The streets of
the city are all graded and equipped
with sidewalks, and most Of them lined
with shade trees; the lawns and flower
gardens Of Billings are admirably kept
and greatly admired. Notwithstanding
the erection Of many new houses each
year. there is not an empty house In
the city.
Billings Is the greatest primary wool
market In the world, over 1900 900
pounds OF wool having been sold and
Evening star., 1940-02-18

that she had never anticipated that
British war vessels might enter her
coastal waters and there commit
an act which Germans regard as
an open violation of international
law.
One spokesman said the affair was
comparable to g. German submarine
suddenly entering New York har-
Dor, boarding the British liner
Queen Mary now tied up there and
shooting down her crew.
Meanwhile the captain of the Alt
mark, who telegraphed an account
of the attack to the German Min
lister in Oslo, placed himself and
his ship under protection of a Nor
wegian torpedo boat. It was indi-
Gated that before taking further
steps so far as Norway is concerned
the German government will wait
and see what Norwegian officials do.
Germans Warn Britain.
Meanwhile Great Britain was
warned by inspired comment car
ried by D. N. B., German official
news agency, that Germany was
no longer bound to respect the Lon
don U-boat agreement regarding
British armed merchantmen, mean
ing such ships would be subject to
sinking without warning.
At the same time, the news agency
reported that from February LII
Germany's sea warfare caused the
destruction of 80 British, French
and neutral ships totaling 1914
tons.
Commenting on the announce
ment of Winston Churchill, first lord
of the British admiralty, that every
British commercial ship in the North
Sea soon would be armed, D. N. B.
declared:
'The German command of naval
warfare, above all U-boat COM
manders and German flyers, thereby
know that within short time they
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Texas Panhandle
Digging Out After
Flash Blizzard
Aid Rushed to Travellers
Morooned on Roads;
Pupils Found Sufe

BY the Associated Press.
LUBBOCK, Tex, Feb. TIA flash
blizzard that caught the Southern
Texas Panhandle unawares con-
tested efforts Of Army, State and
city authorities today to rush aid
to snowbound travellers marooned
on blocked highways.
Army trucks laden with medicines,
blankets and food threw their
weight against huge drifts of snow
to bring assistance to at least 20
persons marooned overnight near
Tahoka, small town IS miles south
Of here.
Earlier today the mounting fears
Of families and officials for 100
school children, unheard from
through the night, were erased with
reports they had been found safe.
Three buses of the Tahoka school
district, loaded with pupils, were
caught last night in snow driven by
45-mile north winds.
100 Automobiles Stuck.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
estimated that upwards of TOO auto
mobiles were stuck fast in the drifts
in and around Lubbock.
One hundred eighty pieces Of road
equipment were pressed into service
clearing highways. South Pam
handle highways were being barri-
caded. Broadcasters appealed to
motorists to please keep of the
roads"
Drifts were eight feet deep around
Matador. Cattle on the great ranges
were expected to suffer considerably.
1t was the worst blizzard ever known
in this section.
Entire Area Drenched.
For "a hours the storm ragged
around Paducah, starting with tor
rental rain. Twelve automobiles,
Quanah, Acme e. Pacific train
and a school bus were marooned
temporarily near the Cottle-Chil-
dress County line close to Oklahoma.
Far southwark in the coastal Sec
Evening star., 1940-02-18

will no longer meet any English
merchant ship, large or small, which
is not armed and thereby made into
warship.
Charges Agreement Broken.
"The U-boat agreement, which
England has broken by arming its
commercial ships, permits U-boat
commanders to sink every merchant
men in so far as they resist ex-
animation.
Since it is not to be assumed that
the English are mounting cannon
on their merchantmen in order to
shoot at seals, these cannon serve to
offer armed resistance to the Ger
man navy in searching ship and
thereby make the stipulations of in
ternational law here concerned in
active"
The London U-boat agreement,
signed by most world powers, stipu-
lates that no submarine shall attack
merchant ship without first plac-
ing the ships crew, passengers and
papers In safe place. Lifeboats in
the open sea are not considered q
safe place"
Evening star., 1940-02-18


battle developed Amark guarded
A
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Sawyer Won't Run
For Ohio Governorship
BY the Associated Press.


COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. IL
Charles Sawyer of Cincinnati, Dem
ocratic national committeeman and
1888 gubernatorial nominee, an
nounced today he would not seek
the Office this year.
Mr.. Sawyer said he hoped Ohio
Democrats "can agree upon some
one far abler than I who will bring
harmony into our ranks and lead
us to proud and glorious victory"
He won the 1898 nomination after
a bitter primary fight against for
mer Gov. Martin l.. Davey The
party, badly split, was routed by
the Republicans in the election.
The committeeman's statement
was made as he was chosen to pre-
side over joint harmony" session
of the Democratic State Central
and Executive Committees.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
German Envoy ExtoIs
Arms Sent to Rumuniu
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Feb. 17.-Dr. Will
helm Fabricius, German ambassa-
dor to Bucharest, declared today
that the Reich is shipping Rumania
far better warplanes and guns than
either Britain or France ano as
serted that "such fine weapons for
national defense are sent only to
our friends"
In communique to the Bucharest
press the ambassador said the planes
include Heinkel lis and Ills and
Nesserschmitt 109's, which had
great success in the Spanish and
Polish wars and in the Helgoland
and Firth Of Forth air battles
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Berlin.
Continued From First Page.)

is not neutral when such monstrous
crimes are tolerated or If they are
put aside with lame protests which
are not backed by any noticeable de-
termination to resist"
Pressure on Neutrals Stronger.
The Nazi press seized on the
British action to intensity its pres
sure campaign against neutrals, some
Berlin newspapers making it plain
the incident was regarded as more
or less "acid test" of them.
The semi-official commentary
Deutsche Diplomatisch Politische
Korrespondenz declared: Apparent
ly such incidents and violations of
law are intended to create new pos
sibilities" for spreading the war.
Aim, methods, victim; they are
all characterized by English bru-
tality and nconsiderateness," it
added. "Neutrals must be pre-
pared for any eventuality."
Strong Protest Sent.
Germany sent a strong official
protest to Norway for failing to pro-
tect the vessel within her waters
and accused Britain of piracy,
murder and gangsterism."
The protest, delivered by the Ger
man minister at Oslo, demanded that
Norway make reparation and warned
that the incident might have ser
;ous consequences" but it was OBJ
vious that the real heat of German
rage was directed against Britain.
The German minister reserved
the right to MAKE further demands"
upon behalf of his government, but
official feelings were slightly molli-
fled by the attitude of Norwegian
authorities.
Norway's strong protest to Brit
ain was read with satisfaction here
and authorized sources applauded
the little Scandinavian nations de-
m md that Britain surrender some
300 British seamen- prisoners re-
moved from the Altmark.
These sources said it was evident
That Norway was acting absolutely
correctly in attempting to fulfill
the German request for reparation,
and it appeared likely that the two
countries would reach an agree
ment on any differences.
Altmark News Held Up.
News of the attack on the Alt
mark was withheld from the after
noon papers yesterday and the Ger
man public first read of the incident
in the early morning editions of the
Voelkischer Beobachter.
The paper devoted its entire front
page to the clash, which it de-
scribed as "a mad crime"
Authorized sources made 1t plain
that the German protest, charac-
terized as "the sharpest" issued
since the beginning of the present
war, was directed not so much
against Norway-which is being held
accountable-but against the act
ITSELF"
German spokesmen said the Brit
ish action was "clean case of piracy
coupled with murder, manslaughter
and gangsterism of the worst sort. !"
Norway Absolved.
AS an extenuating circumstance
for Norway it was freely admitted
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Miss Joyce Corn Honored

Miss Joyce earn, graduate OF
Roosevelt High School and former
resident of Washington, has been
appointed associate editor of the
Record. weekly publication Of Penn
broke College in Brown University,
Providence, r. I. She is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Park A. Garn,
now residents of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Evening star., 1940-02-18

ton heavy rains drenched field and
town alike, apparently the FORE
runner Of = cold wave expected to
hit by morning.
From Hale Center, south Of
Plainview, came first reports Of
casualties. A mother suffered shock
and exposure after an auto COL
lision, and q few hours later oore
still-born infant. Two persons
were hurt, one seriously, in other
accidents.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Boxers Elect Furzer

George Furzer has been elected
president Of the Retail Bakers As
sociation OF Washington, 1t was an.
nounced yesterday. Other officers
elected at q recent meeting include
Charles Fischer, first vice president;
Christopher Nelson, second vice
president; Leo Saeman, third vice
president: Orville H. Greiner, Sec
retary; Martin Hemmerich, treas
urer, and Robert Hunter, counsel.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Inventors Daughter Dies

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Feb. II R.-
Mrs. Amelia c. Bridges, daughter
and heir of Henry G. Timken, in
ventor and manufacturer, and her
self leading philanthropist, died
today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
POWERS OF LABOR BOARD UPHELD BY
 HIGHEST TRIBUNAL
Federal, Also Stafe Courts of Appeal Have No
 Right 10 Interfere

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The Su- preme Court of the United States today upheld the broad powers claimed by the Labor Board by rul- ing that Federal Courts and Courts of Appeals do not have the right to pass on the Labor Boards certifica- tions to CIO unions as exclusive bargaining agencies of all Pacific Coast longshoremen.
 The opinion is a defeat for the all-sustained decision of the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, that it could review the boards action in Jumping all West Coast longshoremen in voting unit.
 The American Federation of La bor contended that longshoremen of each individual employer should be permitted to determine their col lective bargaining representative.
 The opinion also upheld the con- tention of the Labor Board that it has power to direct elections to de- termine collective bargaining repre- cation without interference of Fed eral and Circuit Courts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
PURCHASES FALL OFF

In 1886. Mexico supplied sound portion of the oil imported into the United States. In 1887 began the full exercise of the oil expro- priation program. It went fully into effect in March, 1888, and that year the oil exports to the United States fell off to a mere pittance.
 Take fuel oil for instance In 1886, Mexican exports to the U. s. amounted to 679,OOo cubic meters (about seven barrels to the meter) at a value of 14,718,942 pesos. By 1888 it was cut to about one sev- enth, with a value of 2,107,0 pesos.
 The imports in 1899, apparently hold about the same level, even falling off in some types of oil. Crude took a similar cut.
 The falling off was due to two factors, the foremost of which was that American operators had pri- vately imposed their own "sanc- tions" against Mexico. They simply declined to handle Mexican oil. Further, the lack of skilled man.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.--Mexico is feeling a new sample of Yankee impatience over the oil property seizures.
 In the allocation of oil imports in connection with the new treaty with Venezuela, Mexico was simply listed with other foreign coun- tries" in a share of less than four percent of the American import market. How she happened to fall so low in sharing the business of keeping American automobiles run ming is all part of the expropria- ton picture.
 Moreover, it is only one of the several ways in which the U. s. government is imposing sane tions" against Mexico.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
ROOSEVELT PREPARING
 MESSAGES
Holds Last Minute Confer. enles-Congress Meets
 at Noon Tomorrow

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Presi- dent Roosevelt was cloSeted today at the White House with leaders of the Administration in the Sem ate and the House.
 Shortly before noon the sleek black limousine of Vice-P President Garner drew up to the Executive Mansion. He has announced his intention to seek the Democratic nomination, since the last time he visited MT. Roosevelt-whom he refers to as "T'he Chief"
 Joining Garner in the confer ence with the President were Sem ate majority leader Barkley, Speak CT of the House Bankhead and the House Majority leader.
 After the legislative conference the President was expected to re- turn to his study for further work on his message on the state of the nation and his budget message.
 President Roosevelt will deliver his message personally after the gavels of Garner and Bankhead call Congress to order tomorrow.
 During the conference with legis- lative leaders the possibility of a short harmonious session was dis cussed amid signs however, or more controversy in the offing than it apparent.