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The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
Rating The Records

Flebc' er H3 -d7rson's I'LL BE
GLAD WHEN YOU'RE DEAD anc
TIGER RAG on Varsity The first
side is much the better, with
Hawkins ard Buster Bailey TAX
ing clcru eS. Glen Gray'S Dec
ca of SHINE ON HARVEST
MOON is top version of this
p renni2l favcrite, with Kerny
Sarg mt warbling. The c7mpanion
is new slow creation. MIDNIGHT
LULLABY. The ras- ing years
still find Ethel W'ters hol8irg Ter
own. BABY, WHAT ELSE CAN I
DO and 1 JUST GOT A LETTER
show her as torch songstress on
ore and com -dienne on the other.
Both sound coed, with Eddie
Mallory accompanying.
It's on the Blaebird race list,
but grab BLUE LUDE IN C
SHARP MAJOR anG HIDING
ALL MY CARES, by the Four
Chefs, for a real rhythmic kick.
The first is an instrumental blues
that is terrific except for few
muffe1 piano notes, and the sec
ond is also fine with good organ.
A record with more kick than a
regiment of mules is HONEY
SUCKLE ROSE, on Decca race
lists by Louis Jordan. What makes
this a sure fire hit is Jordan's
knocked-out vocal Coupling is
BUT I'LL BE BACK. For truly
amazing blues piano, hear Walter
Davis BACHELOR BLUES anc
1 LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE
on Bluebird.
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AIIleT1Cdu UduuS Oh OdnQS.
Hawkins, favorite of a decade ago.
urprised the swing world by run
ing off with top honors in the
snor Sax division, having returned
. America only in August after
everal years of comparative obScur-
ty abroad. Hawkins won out over
'hu Berry, Lester Young, BuG
reeman and Eddie Miller in the
eaviest voting the poll has ever
noWn.
Unknown few months ago, the
ensational young Negro guitarist,
jllarlie Christian, now with Benny
toodman's band. skyrocketed to
he top of the heap to run off with
uitar honors. Christian beat out
uch stellar box-men as Floyd
NTH with Andy Kirk, Freddie
reen with Count Basie), Teddy
INN, Allen Reuss and Carmen
7stren.
fletcher Henderson copped the
ranger spou with a total Of al
ost 1000 votes. Duke Ellington
s beaten out by ofay Glenn Mil
j. for second place among ar
ayers. The Duke took third.
Gatchmo Armstrong snea&ed Off
tn fourth place in the trumpet
3ction, with the much-publicized
AIRY James coping first, Good
lan's ziggy Elman second, and
.unny Berigar third. Roy Eldridge
as sixth. Rex Stewart 14th, Red
len 18th, and Cootie Williams
;th.
Ella Fitzgerald So, red u the peak
walk away with. girl vocalist
onors, winning cut over such out
.anding vocal personalities as Bill
lie Holiday, Milared Bailey, Maxine
llivan and Bea Vain.
Count Basie'S band took fifth
lace in the swing band division
of the poll, with Duke Ellington's
great outfit ending up sixth. Bennie
Gocdman's band took first in a
Va lk-dWdy.
10 Jones, drummer with Count
Basic, ranked third among the ma
tion's drummers. Krupa took first
and Ray Bauduc of Bob CrosDy's
and second.
John Kirby hit third place on
bass. with Walter Page fourth.
Duke Ellingtons was voted one Of
ne most under rated bands, and
lionel Hampton ranked Way up
:-igginbotham took fourth place
among trombones, and Laurence
imong the favorite soloists j. G.
Brown sixth. . On piano Count
Basic zoomed to third place, Teddy
Wilson placed fourth and Fletche,
anderson fifth.
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NBC Bl e, Tues, II midnite. Ho-
tel Lincoln, New York Ciy.
GAIA ER AND BOWIE at twin
piano--MBS-WOR ITO k-New
York, FIJI. lis p. m.
CHARIOTEERS - NEG Blue
Mon. LAS p. m.-Tue5. a. NJ
S t. II a. m.-MBS Sat. tbs o.
m.-F-i, $50 p. m. Vocal quar-
tet).
DEEP RIVER BOYS - CBS-
wioely scattered scnedule-vocal
group.
BOB HOWARD-WEAF $50 k
New Yo-k, Wed, Ills p. m.-Pi-
anist and Vocalist.
CEARL E JCHNSON-'Duke of
the Uke' il IN dcap Ma inee"-
WAAF-92O k, Chicago, Mol. thu
Sa $3.50 y. m.
INK SPOTS-N B C-Sca tered
Sc. eoule, vocalist.
JOHN Y-WATAQ-670 k
Nltely except Monday, a. m.
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New YOrk's Harlem Press
Club is now editing a national
blue book Social Register to
youD MeIra (MOore) COnuth
and fried hutby. Jim. are
now making N. Y. t.eir home.
Now I guess Pitts Courier COL
ummauiac Bill Rive will cease
to telegraph our erstwhile Girl
Friday. Tee, heel. Jean COstOr,
brilliant Indianapolis, Indiana,
pianist to appear in a rectal at
Spelman college on January
FLASH. Carl (sHamtree0 Har-
rington, top ranking N. Y. COM
mercial photographer and bril-
liant stage comic, is in Holly
TTNod making rixS. Those r.
T.. stamps cOmmemOrst'Dg the
eminent Booker II. Washing
ton will be issued on April !.
And won't some of those
"peckerwOod" post office hands
face beam a BRIGHT RED!!
After dicker1ng Go) these many
weeks with white swing bands, Har-
lem's Appolo Theatre has resorted
to "a blackout'' and engaged five
Colored orkS to appear in a row.
So they said we fumbled wher we
cracked that Charlie Barnett was a
passing fancy. Haw!. i. . Eta Moten,
the bronze nightingale. appearing
at West Va. State College sang a
Brazilian Negro folk song in the
native Portuguese. For which,
goody -goody!. -. The late Hayward
Brown (Some of the Guildsmen
will giggle at this from me an
alleged scab); was the finest type
of a newspaperman. He knew no
color, no barrier and no editor
that could boss his pillar. His pill
lar (Slanguage for column) will,
sit seems to me- live in the minds
of all columnisfS as a MASTERPIECE.
Among other tnings, Broun was a
member of the NAACP Spingarn
Medal Award Comittee for four
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Many Negro Artists On
AU-Ameriica Suing Band
All Americas Greatest
Suing Band go.

The complete personnel of DOWN BEATS 1889
Al-American swing band is as follows:
Harry James, 1st trumpet; Zizzy Elman, End trum
pet; Bunny Bergan; 3rd trumpet. Tommy Dorsey, 1st
trombone; Jack Teagarden, End trombone. Fletcher
Henderson, arranger. Bng Crosby, Male vocalist Ella
Fitzgerald grill vocalist. Jimmy Dorsey, alto Cole
sax Benny Goodman, car. and alto Bob Zurke piano;
Charlie Christian guitar; Gene Krupa, drums; Bob
Haggart, bass.
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Hattie N0eIs
Signs Up With
Eddie Cantor
BY LAWRENCE F. LAMAR

HOLLYWOOD, Cal.-(C)- Hat
tie Noels, clever buxem sepia CO.
medienne of the stage, screen and
radio, was the proud signatory to q
contract linking her once more
with Eddie Cantor, famous come
dian, as a member of his stage
show Miss Noels- will be refresh.
ingly remembered for her role DIS
the illiterate sepia laundress who
had Just won sweepstakes tickeG,
and being interviewed on the Ed
die Cantor starred program two
years ago.
The new contract, calling for
featured role in a star studded
stage cast, calls for Miss Noels re-
manning with the show for 16
weeks. The show is slated to open
in Minneapolis, Mimi, December
-29, and play the important shows
ard cities of the Atlantic seaboard,
including Chicago, Milwaukee, Wis,
New York, Philadelphia, Bosto.1
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OF outstanding names was set for
l6 weeks (Hattie Noels, buXom sepia
eomedienne, had been signed for Q
lead). Instead Cantor was called
to report for work in the current
production, Forty Little Mothers"
None of the sepia critics in New
York were asked to review. "Gone
With the Wino" but, just you wait
until they voice their sentiments.
author Margaret Mitchell will
SCREAM! Ella Fitzgerald
Americas First Lady of Swing, re.
ceived a $500 mink coat from her
sponsors Nose Gale, Inc.,... Cab
Galloway and His Cotton Club Or
chestra, playing their first date in
Harlem in almost a year are pack
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THOSE WILD RADIO RAVES

en- the "Re ty and Bob serial
NBC Red--Mon. thru FIJI, p. M
GOING SOUlH WITH CLYDE
BARRIE and tie Doep
River Boys-CBS-South only
sunday, pm.
HOBBY LO- BY-CBS-Sunday
p. m.-We,kly guess Ebbying
their hobbies.
Pursuit OF HAPPINESS-CBo
Sun. 4:30 p. m. Guests.
SOUTHERNAIRES - vocal
gu 1rtet-NBC Blue-Sun. 1880 a.
m.-Friday 1918 p. m.
ROCHE5TER, Jack Benny's Ra-
dio Valet, NBC Red-SLn. Z p. m.
Wes Cost Rebroadcast, 1880
p. m.
WINGS OVER JORDAN-CBS-
sun. 9:15 a. m. c. -orus mi ks
WE, THE FEOPLE, CES-Tues.,
9 p. m.-West Coast rebroa5cast,
1880 p N.
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James H. Hubert, head of the
New Yo.k Urban League, charac-
terized the film as "a distortion
of the truth. 1t justif1es the acts
of the Southern Confederacy and
makes heroes out of rebels who
are still fighting to win the war"
"The South,' he continued,
"has been re-winning the war all
along through subtle anti-Negro
pTop2 ganda which is now being
brought out more openly. It has
done this so effectively that in
States like Connecticut and oth-
ers, the Negro is treated just as
bad as in the South
Horace I. Gordon, attorney, de-
clcr.d the film was ian indica-
ton of how far the reactionaries
are prepared to 60 in perpetuating
white chauyinism No matter what
form Gone With the Wind is
dressed w in, it is vicious ard
dangerous propaganda and 1 con-
denim it."
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program calls 1or a minimum Of
thirty-five hours in the air. Seven
teen is the least number of hours
before student can fly solo. Tie
entire course will run for nillo
months, the first two weeks being
given to preliminary ground in
struction. The college is also Of
fering courses IN aelonautlCs in Lhe
regular curriculum and in conjunC.
ton with it's resident training
project under the National YOUTH
Administration.
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.ng them in at the Apollo Theatre
ere Eva Jessye and Her Choir
made an addition at NBC studios
mere and were the recipients OF,
Abs and Bravo brave!' by exc
cutives. E. . Radio stage hands war
with union officials has dwindled
Gown to this: Sepias find mo Men
Wanted" Gigna in the downtown
.ector while their Caucasian BROTH
ars are too busy working to even
bother about correcting the alleged
evil. Gee Gee James back after
touring with katherine Cornell's :
No Time For Comedy. ....--' john
Henry wont rate two stars. (Mere-
ly a reporters prediction).
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TAPPING WIRES
ALONG ALRLANES

posed and made famous by the
piano virtuoso, composer and G.
cheEtra leader, were performed OIL
this special program, Included il
the list was the doleful Mood III
dlgo", the sparkling "Sophisticate*
Lady, I'm My Solitude, his Stir
ring Caravan" number, and the
special New Years arrangement Of
the most appropriate Ring Denr
BellS".
Duke was presented with a goi6
baton, a custom of this show fol
his contributions to modern music
not only as the conductor of the
nations most unrSI.al dance bana
but for his many hit composition
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WITH HAROLD JOVIEN, RADIO
EDITOR, FOR AMP

AN UNEXPECTED TREAT: A
New Year preview was swung OUT
over the airlanes OH Sunday, DE-
cember 81, when radio listeners
heard Duke Ellington and his Or
cFestra in special arrangement Of
Ring Dem Bells" The Duke and
his music were honored guests on
the weekly Meet the Band" pro-
gram heard over WBBM, Chicago
every Sunday
The band stepped into the studio
fresh from a series of engagements
throughout the middle west. A
cavalcade of Ellington hits. COM
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ColemanHawkins
Greatest Tenor

CHICAGO-(S (SNS)-This years annual Don Beat po !
to select Americas favorte swing musicians has ended
once again bringing national recognition and acclaim to
many great Negro jazz artists.
Ballots of than 900 musicians tabulated in
two months voting and final results to be published in the
January issue of Down Beat will put Co Hawkins,
Charlie Christian guitar etcher Henderson,
anger, and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald all this 1889 ALI
Amor ho1ndn nnfL Lo,d
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1, BY FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS
(For AMP
AUTHENTIC AFRICANA


AUTHENTIC AFRICANA
OF intere-t to mugici ms, scien-
lists and the intellectually Gu
rious w''o INT the background of
American dance rhytfms ard
spiri uals is AFRICAN MUSIC:
Rhythm in the Jungle, just releas-
Ned in an album of six 10 inch rec
orIs with de~er'p i've folder by
Victor. They were recorded on the
scene by Laura c.. Bolton on the
Straus West African eXre1ition for
tie Field Museum CT Natural His
tery and are authentic in every
respect.
1t would pay every percusSionist
to listen rio ely to t"ese recordings.
.The AT 'cans have lcng been mas
ters cf syncopetion and TIE in
tricate cross rhythms and changes
here demons ated might induce
experimentation by our jazz drum
merS.
-
Nest famous meme in boogie
woogie pianistics is Pinetop Smith.
HIS rare JUMP STEADY BLUES,
classic in this field, has just
been re:ssued by the United Hot
Clubs CT America through Com
mcdore Music shops coupled with
INDIANA AVENUE STOMP by
Montana Taylor, another great
who he's since disappeared. Pine
tops number features some of the
most powerful bass ever heard
along with lightning right hand.
The Taylor performance IS almost
as noteworthy, but more in con-
ventional boogie-woogie style. -.
Coleman Hawkins has at last re-
corded a thoroughly satisfactory
apiece since his return from abroad.
It is BODY AND SOUL, rhap-
scdic tenor sax solo in his fluent
and effor less style. But the less
said about the other side of this
Bluebird, FINE DINNER, the bet
ter.
Stuff Smiths theme song, MY
THOUGHTS, is available on VAR
ST and it's honey with the
masters vsol n doing everything
Nbut talk. The coupling, MY BLUE
HEAVEN, shows his band revert
ing to it's typical vocal jive and
lump and is surefire for the jit-
terbugs. Although the Basic in
fluence still shows, it has been
toned down considerably for
MARCH OF THE TOYS and IN
A PERSIAN MARKET. by Teddy
Powell on D3cca. Both of these
are good Jump numbers.
Another Ella Fitzgerald pair
you'll be he ring plenty of is
BETCHA NICKEL end MOON
ANIOON RAY on Decca. Soun9s like
Jcomi~g b st seller. .... Trummle
Young and Sy Oliver co coc ed a
rhy hmic ranble called EASY
DOES 1T that Tommy D rsey
be rs down On for Victor with
Rusin's tenor starring. The coup
ling, AM I PROUD, is also in hot
vein but more commercial. -. Two
interesting novelties in the Ray
mond Scott manner are THEY'RE
OFF and DANCE HENRY by Rex
Irvi on Royale. AS usual.
Euggsy Spari creates memor-
abe jazz fer Bluebird with his
revival of AT THE JAZZ BAND
BAIL ard LIVERY STABLE
BLUES with Brunies' D.xieland
trombone in rare form. It's a real
delight to hear music like this.
+ reissue you might like is
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and other cities along that route.
Meanwhile, Miss Noel is prepar
ing herself for voice role, while
playing in the background, of
current Walt Disney studio animal
ed cartoon. Her voice will fit the
antics of one of the piroqueting
animals in the next Disney full
length animated cartoon, It'll I'd
"Pinocchio". .-..
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be remembered as the forlorn look
ing but fatalistic "girl of the
streets" in Langston Hughes Don't
you Want to be Free?' allegericai
stage play that ran for a long
time last summer. Her rich low
mellow voice delicately shaded in
Elections. and the depth of fooling
he put into the pessimistic lines,
stamped Ler as real poitrayer Of
-uman emotions. All this home
owing conscientious girl needs in
an opportunity and by the grace Of
God and the insisted upon atten-
ion of the Hollywood directors,
mes going to get it!
CONGRATS TO HATTIE Nc
DANIEL AND BUTTERFLY
MCQUEEN
Hattie Mcdaniel, radio and stage
comedienne, and Butterfly Nc
Queen, young New Yorker, are to
be congratulated for having won
places of best supporting perfor-
mances on the list of the year as
selected by Leo Simon of the Illus
trated Daily News. This was for
their wo- k with Hattie as NANNY"
and Butterfly as "Pfissy" in Gone
With The Wind" ''!
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IF IT'S ANY NEWS TO YOU

IF IT'S ANY NEWS TO YOU
L. S. Government setting up two flying schools in
Chi with allNegro personnel The 1889 chron-
icle will reveal but ynchings Fall in hneForlda (2
and Mississippi 1) Civil Liberties Union introduce
N the next session of Congress bill to curb FDRs
in Emergency hintng that the President just might
put the radio rights. NAACP has data any
number of Southern textile mills accused of firing Coored
hands to replace em with whites rather than pay the
former the thrty-two and one half cents minimum per
hour required by the Fair Labor Standards Act Add to
situations The largest state in the Union exas has the
smallest Ito be specific the owest) truckoad limit
while the smallest state (Rode sand) permits the great
est loads It's being said that when Otis Carson the tai
ented John Marshall High School student of ST. Paul. Min
neaps received that second cash prize award of fifty dol
in the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternitys Essay Contest he
quipped $50 they want believe that there's Santa
(uo,
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INSIDE STUFF ON TIE
MAESTROS

1t seems that Harlem theatre
goers have taken offense to the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES a white
band system introduced by the
management at Harlem's apollo
Theatre. Novelty came with Charlie
Barnet's appearance, but when
Bunny Barrigan followed Sepla Lee
Norman into the house-that-Scfjff :
man-made-fa famous it was n1toed
that business was not so good.
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
By HAROLD JOVIEN
(FOr ANP)

The following listing is in effect
fcr the week of Jan AIRY 6 only!
All time shown is Eastern San
dard Subtract l hour 70. Ce trail
time hours for Mount~in time;
and'3 10 RS for W,st Coast time.
AS is the uaavod BILE c2se in r. dio
SC. edu-ing, all programs are sub
ject to last minute changes and
cancellations.
HOT INSTRUMENTAL
AND VOCAL
LOUIS ARMSTRONG - Sun
day, Monday, 12 midnite. Cotton
Club, New York Ciy.
ERSKINE BUTTE3FIELD -
MES-Tues., HAS a. m. - WOR,
ITO XII. 9:15 a. M, Sat. 9:15
D. Pianist-vocalist.
BON BON, SINCE, with Jan sa~
Wits orchestra-NBC Red-Wed. &,
u midnite, Thurs 1880 2, NJ
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NEWS OF THE THEATRES
Harlem Leaders
AssaiI GWTW

NEW YORK-Harem leaders this week joined in con-
demning the Hollywood production "Gone With the Wind"
as subtle attempt to revive the terror campaigns of the
Ku Kux Klan and fan the flames of racial hatred
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HARLEM TRIVIA

EXCLUSIVE
MGM studio film exees dropped
bombshell into Eddie Cantor's
road show plans Eddie with caS
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ANDY KIRK and TEDDY WILL
ON-MBS-WOR TO k-Th rs,
1:3O a. m.-Sat. 1880 p. m.-Srn.
4:3O p. m. Golden Gate B-,llrocm,
NYC.
MEET THE BAND-WBBM-
ITO k-Chicago, Sunday, 1880 p.
m.-Gu st B nds weekly.
VAGABONDo-NBC B Bue-Wed.
9 a. m.-Also seattle ed Schedule
Vocal gu rtet.
YOUNG MAN WITH A BAND
CBS-Friday, 10:30 p. m. - Guest
band.
VARIETY ms SPIRATIONAL
MAJOR BOWES AMATEUR
H UR-CB=-1hurs ay 9 p. m.
HA Ell CHATMAN - tie En-
por!a s}ngbird -KFSW, Empo- ia,
ia sas, T urs ~, $3.50 Q. m.
FISK JUBILEE CHOIR - NBC
Blue-Tues. 1880 p. m.
GEORGETTE HARVEY, maid
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-07-06
Stampede to Feature
Bin Wild Vest ShOLC

the goth annual Wolf Point stam-
pede this year viii feature a wild horse,
wild west show. 1t Is the only pig
show of its kind that uses native
horses, many of which have never been
ridden. .4,,
The programs offer wide variety
of entertainment, with daily contests
in bronc riding, bareback riding steer
wrestling, calf roping and tying, nun
ming races, wild horse races, trick nd
ing, clowns and special performers, IN,
Guiding native Indians dancing IN tull
regalia
July IL, the first day, children under
IA years Of age viii be admitted IIes'
il accompanied by parents or guard
ians. The stampede Is July II TO Is.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-07-06
n. P. Roads Chief Geologist,
F. TT. Macdonald, Hos Retired

In 1908 he entered the Northern Pa
cific service as a mining engineer.
On April /, 1920. he was named geOlo-
gist for the railway. and five years
later became chief geologist.
In 1895 the College of Montana was
closed for lack Of funds. In 1902, Err
nest T. Eaton Of Des Moines. Ia, went
to Deer Lodge, secured the rental OF
the abandoned building Of the college,
and with his brother, Lewis T. Eaton,
put on an intensive campaign for con-
tributions and succeeded, IN the fall
Of 1904 in reopening this Presbyterian
school. But 1t had difficult struggle
for existence. For four years the Eatons
kept up the fight, finally becoming
convinced that the school they had
in mind-a polytechnic-type institute
must be established where they could
build up a practical system OF student
seh-help industries and in communi-
ty affording the widest possible range
Of social, economic, educational and
cultural advantage. Finally, 1t was de-
termined to turn the College of Mon
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-07-06

The retirement of E. H Macdonald
~ Pi1linrs longtime chief geologlSO
for the Northern Pacific railway re-
Gently brought reference TO the IaSe
that he was one of the earliest faculty
members at the old College OF Mon1atlla
IF Deer Lodge, an institution WHICH
through its various tranSloI iiisA 'A'AA''
has had an interesting history.
First 1t was the Montana. Collegl sse
Institute. then the College OF MONTH"; a.
then q part OF the 1nteIliVtVs aS. .''As :,
Union college at Helena, anu ti 49, :
favv years later, as part OF hl ~
s,,0,,,tain IL was incorporated Win
t tI1 RiIlinqs polytechnic institute.
zracronald was for IA years chlsA
,.,sior5ef If the Northern PaclIlc.
800 STe came to Montana In 1893 70 pc
v,,-ofessor Of mining engineering at Inc
college of Montana. 49,. nEontana
,,oIIag,afe institute, was tncorpoIaCeo
,,,,deT fine territorial laws OF the FIes
S1vferian church in 1878. 1ts olls In q,
fs,ilding was Trask hall, naLhe Sda
honor Of Alanson Irask' VIZ LttTr.o
gifts to the insuitngge ~ ,,sStitns
S1n GOO Many others aided t1e nis'l'u,
Sfu.V0y ut n did not function as a
S,n1iaoe until 1888. At that time Prol'
- EcNFillan of Salt Lake City as
-, r. the presidency, Prof. A. J. MAJ
s So1a1 ~ Albany, Ore, became an m
StT1ictor in mathematics and naVt ma
sciences; the Rev: z. J. Groen Gene Ms Se,s
an instructor In languages ana MO-
a. p5,,t chin of New Albany, IND, a
t taaCSss Of vocal and instrumental
r Ui IN ie83-18S4 there were 40 SUI
dants in the three courses ma
classical and scientific, and the prep
aratory department
BECOMES College Of Montana
rvoe COLLEGIATE institute shortly be-
came the College Of Montana. In 1887
a school of mines was created as
T,art hi the institution, with Frank w
Traphagen and Augustus M. Ryan as
professors. Ryan later became tne lnS'
president of Montana State college.
MacDonald was Ryan's successor as
nrofessor of mining engineering. he
resigned that post in 1905 to go mo
private practice as mining engineer
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-07-06

A brave man was Captain Healy, but
the mule was too much for him.
While the exciting drama was being
unfolded, the Indians stood by with
dead-pan expressions Of unconcernY
thinking that this was all an intended
portion of the show they had been
invited to witness. And their immo-
bility proved just as effective safe
guard as the scatter" tactics OF their
white brethren For the cannon did
no damage whatever. Due to the bow
in the mules back, when the howitzer
finally let go, the shot struck the
ground but short distance from MS
heels.
It was this same cannon, according
to Vaughn, which was brought 70 Great
Falls, where it was used to celebrate
the Fourth Of July, 1898. For years the
howitzer remained the property Of the
Great Falls fire department and oc-
clpied a place on the city hall lawn
Vaughn does not intimate that the
cannon was stolen from Fort Benton
but this. apparently, was the case.
Officials Of Great Falls admitted as
much on June 10, 1887, when with
apologies. they had the cannon re-
turned to Fort Benton by truck in time
for the celebration which was clmaxed
by the finish Of the motorboat race
ON the Missouri river from st. Louis
to the pioneer Montana city.
There are some in Great Falls who
contend that the gun was stolen by
a person under the influence OF liquor
and traded to Great Falls wholesale
liquor establishment for whisky. Per-
sons connected with the liquor firm
the story goes, said it was IN the base