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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-04
improved conditions he added.

After all has been said-and there's
no doubt that plenty has been said
already and plenty will be said in
retrospect. Lieutenant Governor Will
kins p. Horizons decision not to call
for q second primary can be sum-
married in a four-Word poem some
thing like this:
No bon
Can't run.
After all, when it comes to poll
teal campaign it's
No Money
'Taint Funny.
Roanoke Islands "Lost Colony"
is going in for its publicity this sum-
Imer in a bit way.
It now has a 'Northern Press
Bureau, located at 1873 West Goth
street in New York City.
To your reporter comes hand
out from this "Northern Press
Bureau" (thc story's datclined MAN
teo) announcing that Halle Flana-
gan, director of the Vassar College
Experimental Theatre and national
director of the defunct Federal The
atre Project, has been named adj
visory director Of Paul Green's his
torical drama.
| Other releases in the same en-
velope herald the fact that June
issue of Hollands features COM
prehcnSivc articlct on the Lost
+ Colony" and the further fact that
Katherine Gale, who has just been
signed to play the ''heroic role" Of
Eleanor Dare, would be interviewed
yesterday morning over a national
chain station in New York.
The North Carolina State Employ
Imcnt Service is the source of this
one:
An aged Negro. bearing a card
from the county welfare agent in
dicating that some surplus commodl-
ties were due him. called on an ltln-
Grant interviewer. He had come to
the Employment Service to find out
what kind Of job surplus commodl-
tics" was, where he should report
and what kind of tools he would
need.
A political worker who toilcd hard
and faithfully for Maxwell before
the first primary and who thought
he was all lined up for a job with
Horton in the not-to-bc second run
ming, exploded when he heard the
Lieutenant Governor had decided to
quit:
"The old mountainccr was dead
right!" he complained loudly, "poli-
tics she are a s." Pardon, it can't be
printed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-04

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-04

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-04

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-04

"The old mountainccr was dead
right!r' he complained loudly, "poli-
tics she are a s." Pardon, it can't be
printed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03
I Am Your Reporter :.

Because live in democracy, am free to write as see and hear No Gestapo agents jogS my elbow when my soft, black pencil writes what have heard for you No OGPU spy silences my battered typewriters keys as they chatter out the story have witt messed for you. Few men and women own this precious freedom today. I must guard it well.
 write-fearlessly, dispassionately, with out prejudice whatever see and hear It isn't quite history and it isn't quite litera- ture, but it has living blood. sift the grain of importance from the chaff of unimportant detail in what one man says or another man does-hoping that I will impart to you a true picture of what goes on in this peculiar world of ours.
 T'HATS why, at high noon or at bleak mid- night am ready at the jangle of tel phone bell at the staccato chatter of the news tickers' keys, at the gruff bark of the city editor.
 That's why I'm always at the scene-when fire engines roll; when men can't wait for the law but turn to knife or gun or bludgeon; when orators debate; when men with pow CT meet to shape destiny.
 That's why may seem hardboiled, callouS, tough when snoop around and ask imperti- nent questions.
 It is because you want to see and hear the truth. And I am your reporter.
 NEXT: The Advertising man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03
SMITH APPOINTS HIS COMMITTEE
Opens Campaign Head-
 quarters Here; l; Domaine Named Political Agent

Congressman J. Joseph Smiths campaign for reelection will be directed by a committee consisting of Joseph F. Mulville, former Demo- cratic town chairman, Cornelius F. daloney. secretary of the town com- mittee, and Joseph P. Donahue, the congressman's secretary, it was an- nounced today. Smith-rur- Congress headquarters will be opened at 77 Bank street, Waterbury.
 Denomination of Congressman Smith by exclamation is expected when delegates from all towns in the fifth congressional district gath CT at Torrington Saturday afternoon for the biennial district convention. The congresSman'S name will be offered by Mayor William Patten, of Torrington, and one of the sec- onding speeches will be delivered by Mayor Vincent 4. Scully, of Waterbury.
 Notice filed at the office of the secretary of state, Hartford, dis closes that MT. Donahue has been named to serve as Congressman Smiths political agent during the campaign.
 The three-ma committee direct ing Smith campaign is expected to announce next week a series of meetings and rallies in the New Haven county and Litchfleld county towns that make up the fifth dis trict.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03

This is one of series telling the story of your newspaper. The Waterbury Demo- crat is presenting the articles in connection with National Newspaper Week, Oct A-S. I'M your newspaper reporter You know me well, because l am your second self, While your jobs and responsibil- ities keep you busy, serve as your eyes ana ears see and hear for you the many things you have neither the time nor means 10 see and hear for yourself.
 Your bank is robbed at midnight. You are asleep but am there for you.
 Your council meets at noon. You are at work, but am there for you.
 For you, I am all things 70 all men. The fat politician, the noisy reformer the hunted criminal, the executive, the house. wife, the guy with the pick on 2. WPA 1ob = talk to them all, and they talk to me. FOR you I walk through the broken doors II of tenements and the marble entrances of palaces. walk the hard hot asphalt Of the streets, and the cool, soft rugs of ty- coon's offices. I listen when controversies rage. I hear when self-appointed saviors spout.
 I see and hear-and impart to you in formation upon which you may form your own judgment. Thus help you to vote wise ly, to choose well to order the way of your democracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03

Hartford. oct. S.-The Bureau of Roadside Development of the State Highway Department, in charge or landscaIs operations, has just ls- sued a statement calling attention to the many drives in Connecticut that offer excellent displays of au- tumn foliage. Sunac and woodbine have already changed colors, the bureau announces, and the varlous shade trees are expected % begin within the week.
 Several of the Highway Depart ment's publications are suggested as aids to those desiring to take these drives during this season. The four booklets of Rural Routes, published some months ago by the department outlined scenic drives, all of which present yistas of heavily wooded areas where autumn foliage should be at its best.
 Waterbury Listed.
 These booklets, it will be recalled are based upon the large cities ot the State, and consist of one each for Bridgeport, Hartford, New Ha- ven and Waterbury. For persons residing in the vicinity of any of these cities, the Department points out, the use of the appropriate book let for mapping out scenic drives will be of considerable value.
 In addition to these publications, the Highway Department has also produced map indicating the loca- tions of all of it's picnic areas along the trunk line and state aid roads. While these maps were primarily for the use of summer picnickers, they are equally helpful to those who desire to make all-day trips to view fall colorings on the trees and shrubs. Each picnic area indicated on these maps is a good stopping place for luncheon during an all-day trip. Some of the areas consist only of picnic tables and waste barrels, while others have fireplaces, pure water supply and public comfort la cilities.
 Present colorings range from slight changes in some kinds of trees and shrubs in the southern part ot the State, such as along the Merritt Parkway, to an extensive array in the hills of the northeastern and northwestern sections of the State By mapping out circle trips through the use of these maps, nature lovers may take in several sections in g
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03
State Advertising
 Its Autumn Foliage
Special Drives Recommended to AutOists- Picnic
 Areas Designated Waterbury InCIrded in List

single day, highway ofacials point out.
 ColorfuI Scenes.
 Tn some sections the sumac and woodbine alone make splashes of color in the deep green of the other trees, while in Ltchfeld, Holland and Windhan counties quantity of naples and other highly colored trees are changing. In these latter places the green of summer is the rare color, rather than the reds and yellows of fall.
 The various maps issued by the State Highway Department may be procured from practically all of the full- time chambers of commerce, from automobile organizations and from many gasoline stations. In ad- dition they may be secured directly from the State Highway Depart ment or the State Development Commission offices in Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03
LEADER ON STATE STAFF
Thomas J. Shea Director of Democrats Labor
 Bureau in Hartford

Thomas J. Shea, of Middletown, president of the Connecticut Feder- ation of Labor for three terms, as- stunned today his new duties as di- rector of the Bureau of Labor at the Democratic state headquarters in Hartford.
 MT. Shea, who was appointed to the post by State Chairman John T. Mccarthy, will direct the Demo- cratic campaign for Franklin D. Roosevelt and Robert A. Hurley in the labor circles of Connecticut.
 He has been identified with the organized labor movement in this state for 9 years, and he has been active for years in the public life of his home town of Middletown. He served in the legislatures of 1895 and 1887, and in 1898 and 1899 he was unemployment compensation commissioner in the Second Con- gressional district.
 MT. Shea was appointed by for- mer Governor Cross as a member of the advisory committee that drafted the Unemployment Com- pensation Act, and for 15 years he has been business agent for the Motion Picture Machine Operators Union of Middletown. He also serv- ed five terms as state president of the operators union and the Stage EmployeS Union.
 In his new work. MT. Shea will organize local groups in various towns and cities for the advance rnent of the Democratic state and national campaigns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03
CHANGE NOTED IN
 WORLDS BELIEFS
Present Social, Economic Disorders Attributed to
 Spiritual Indifference

The present world disorder may be attributed to the low ebb to which spiritual beliefs have fallen, it was stated by Rev. Frank Fellows of Pittsfield, Mass, in his talk, The Call of God which brought the 74th annual meeting of the Advent Christian Church Conference of Connecticut and Western Massachu- sets to 8 successful climax at the Cherry street church last evening.
 The continuance of gospel teach ings throughout the century was traced by Rev. Benjamin Tibbetts of Wa1lingford in sermon entitled The Harvest Fields yesterday af- ternoon.
 Rev. Joseph P. c. Johnson, pastor of the local Advent Christian church, was host to the two-days conference. Rev. Thomas Feltman
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03

pastor emeritus of the local church, was conference president until Tues day when Rev.. Percy Batchelor of Bridgeport was named his successor.
 Another speaker yesterday after noon was Rev. Arthur B. Northup of Westfield, Mass, who asserted the importance of the Christian principle in peacemaking. His topic was The Christian Perspective He offered his services as counsel to members of the church liable for service under the conscription act, but who wish to claim exemption under the conscientious objector clause of the bill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03
FIRE MARSHAL, AIDE
 TO ADDRESS CLUB

The East End Community Club will hear Fire Marshal Den Lahey and his aide Eugene A. Legge at a meeting at the Hamilton Park pavilion Tuesday night, when the club will begin observance of Fire Prevention Week. President Ray mond Burke will preside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03

pounds since he Nas 1E I1.I4 #. tut stiII wars the same s'z1 1I1-& and clothing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03
SHOE SIZE WHEN 3 FITS AT 1s

Toledo, O., (UP)-Clarence Kehr, Jr., who was celebrity at the age of 3, because he shaved, smoked cigars and could lift an adult of the ground, has celebrated his 18th birthday. Kehr has gaine dabout 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03
WOMAN sCUIFIoE H0N1ET1

Evelyn Beatrice L0ngmna wac th6 first woman sculptor to bc boncfed by membership ln the National Academy of Design. Her memb1E+ ship began in 1919.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27

was dry. The buffalo ran through our
train breaking two wagon tongues. The
men marched on the north side of
the wagons to keep the buffalo from
running into the train. We had to go
to the Missouri river to get grass for
our cattle. When the buffalo rushed
into the river they Swamped steam
boats. The steamboats, had to be tied
to the banks, and wait for the buffalo
to finish crossing
Indians Pursue Train
Our next stop was Fort Wadsworth.
This was trading post on the Mis-
souri, river. Across the river were about
10000 Sioux Indians, who camped
there for three days. They had basket
canoes made from willows and raw
hide. sealed on the inside with pitch.
They were a little larger than a big
washtub. With one paddle for each
canoe they padded from side to side
They streamed steadily across the river
coming to the post to trade. There was
a friendly tribe of Indians at the post
They had dogs to drag their tepee
poles.
Some of our men gave them whisky
and one of them came into camp the
next morning hollering, I'VE want
more whisky" Then one of the half
breeds shot him and that made trouble
They broke camp and over the hills
they went. the dogs dragging the
tepee poles: the squaws, with sticks
and rawhide, hitting first one dog
and then another. When we left the
fort the Indians followed us for four
or five days They would have attacked
us if they had been on our side of
the river.
When we came to Milk river we
found it all quicksand and the color
OF milk We were there three days
trying to find safe crossing. Finally
we found gravelly place and We
worked all night in getting across. We
crossed the Marias at Teton. Old Fort
Benton lay to the south at the head
of navigation. We stopped at Fort
Benton July IL, 1866. and rested until
July II.
When we made stops like this the
washing was done at the creek banks
salt-rising and sourdough bread was
baked. pots Of beans and sowbelly
were cooked. We baked spuds in the
hot ashes, bread was baked in Dutch
ovens, also roaSts of buffalo and veni
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27

most real things in the world are
those that neither children nor
men can see. Did you ever sec
fairies dancing on the lawn? OF
course not, but that's no proof that
they are not there. Nobody can
conceive or imagine all the wonders
there are unseen and unseeable in
the world.
You may tear apart the baby's
rattle and see what makes the noise
inside, but there Is veil covering
the unseen world which not the
strongest man, nor even the united
strength of all the strongest men
that ever lived could tear apart.
Only faith. fancy. poetry, love, ro-
nance, can push aside that curtain
and view and picture the supernal
beauty and glory beyond. Is ii all
real? All, Virginia, In all this world
there IS nothing else real and abid-
ing.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he
lives, and he lives forever. A thou
sand years from now, Virginia, nay,
ten times ten thousand years from
now, he win continue to make glad
the heart Of childhood.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27

son. Out of Fort Benton about %
miles we stopped at spring as clear
as crystal, but 1t was alkali, and Il
gave everyone who had drunk out of
II stomachache. The cattle got sick
too.
Then we crossed Little Sun River on
sun river, then on to Bird creek, Eagle
ROCK, Bird Tail divide, Flat creek, the
Dearborn and Dead Mans coulee to
the old Moore station. We went over
miles OF toll road built by Bob Coborn.
The Moores were killed at that place
later. We went to Rock creek and Wolf
creek at the mouth of the canyon.
There were q crossings on the creek.
At the head of Canyon creek on Little
Prickly Pear creek lived Malcolm
Clark. who was finally murdered by
the Blackfeet Indians. His wife was
Blackfoot.
The night Clark was killed his two
sons also were killed but his wife es-
capped with their little girl, Helen. She
carried her TO Sam Ford's which was
about 10 miles away. The snow was
very deep, at times up to her waist,
In later years this little girl became
the first woman school superintendent
In Lewis and Clark county Then came
the James Fergus place. He settled on
the Clark place after Clark was MUIR
dSieo. Lie FERGUS ranch ana FERGUS
county were named after him.
Sherman Found Grave
General Sherman, of Civil war fame,
and Malcolm Clark graduated from
West Point in 1880. They separated
and lost track of each other. Years
later Sherman was visiting James Fer
gus. who was living on the place once
Clark's. Walking over the ranch the
genera! stumbled over a lonely grave
When he returned to the ranch house
he asked James Fergus about this
grave. He was shocked to learn it
was his old schoolmate, Malcolm Clark.
Sherman had stayed with the army,
Clark had drifted to the Hudsons Bay
Co. and was sent to Fort Benton with
the fur traders.
Next came the Mart Mitchell place,
little Prickly Pear canyon, and Billy
Jones. Then Silver City, below Marys-
vile. and finally, Last Chance gulch
or Helena.
On the way to Helena from Fort
Benton we met an ambulance. 1t had
1O-gallon key of gold dust in 1t
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27

to handle it. 1t did not make very
Under good conditions our train
made from to 10 miles a day. We
all knew what was expected of us and
each did his or her share. When we
went up sloping hills the men tied
ropes to the lower side of the wagon,
ran them over the tops to the upper
side. and held the wagons to keep
them from tipping over. Up steep hills
we all walked or pushed.
Signs of Massacre
Gen. U. S. Grant and an escort OF
soldiers guarded us as far as old Fort
Elm. The Indians we're very fierce and
they had massacred all the whites
homes. We passed over areas where
hundreds of people were massacred
We found babies nailed up in boxes
and left to die, and women Scalped.
some with their hair wedged into trees.
Some were tied to trees and burned.
We stayed at Fort Elm about three
weeks, until our train had recruits
enough to travel and the general said
it was safe.
On one occasion my father and a
scout we're looking for a crossing. They
had two shots fired at them. One
went under the neck of my fathers
horse, and the other over their heads.
Well, we didn't cross unere put tTaV-
eled all night. The Fisk train came
two weeks later. They followed our
trail from Minnesota to Helena.
It might be something to know we
never had a doctor. We used all old
remedies. such as peppermint for
stomachache, Indian headache weed
for headache. juniper berries for rheu-
matism. sage for fever. bark of poplar
trees was STEPPED for worms in man
or beast they soaked the grain in
the tea, to feed the horses.
One day some Indians came to our
camp Mother had a great big kettle
Of sour beans so she put spoons IN
it, and gave them the beans to eat.
They talked and laughed and had a
good time. Then, one Of them stole
mothers big butcher knife. which
father had made for her from a file.
He put the knife under his blanket.
Later when father came back mother
told him what had happened. Father
pulled out his old navy revolver and
pushed it in the Indians stomach
telling him to give up the knife. He
did. and all the Indians laughed q lot
When We reached the buffalo coun-
try we had quite q time. We travelled
for about q week In this region. The
grass was all gone and the ground
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27

about him, as measured by the in
telligence capable of grasping the
whole Of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa
Claus. He exists as certainly as
love and generosity and devotion
exist. and you know that they
abound and give to your life its
highest beauty and joy. Alas! how
dreary would be the world If there
were no Santa Claus! It would be
as dreary as II there were no vir-
ginias. There would be no childlike
faith then, no poetry, no romance
to make tolerable this existence.
We should have no enjoyment, ex-
cept in sense and sight. The eternal
light with which childhood fills the
world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You
might as well not believe in fairies!
You might get your papa to hire
men to watch in all the chimneys
on Christmas eve to catch Santa
Claus, but even II they did not see
Santa Claus coming down. what
would that prove? Nobody sees
Santa Claus, but that Is no sign
that there b no Santa Claus. The
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27

Helena TO attend school. A new hrick
house had just been built. Later. when
| was 10 years old, I went back to
Helena TO finish my schooling al ST
VlncentS academy. In 1882 when I
was II, I returned to Marvsville where
l met Timothey E. Crowley. who had
a store there. On Nav I 1882 we
were married
Thomas Cruise, who later became a
fabulous figure in Montana mining
history. was our best man. Ann Malae
ney was our bridesmaid. The only dec
oratlonS were May flowers which grew
in great abundance on the hillsides
Thomas Cruise, at that time was
building the first stamp mill at Marys-
vile. We remained in Marysyille until
1888 when we. moved to the Missouri
valley. just below Townsend We lived
there for two years, then came to
Lewlstown and operated a dairy for
many years. We later bought a ranch
near Lewlstown. There our family lived
until the death OF my husband. Mr.
Crowley. Nov. %. 1925. I am still max
ing my home III Lewlstown We raised
family of l3 children and l never
was attended by a doctor. All are
married except one son. who is living
with me. We lost one child in infancy
at MarySvllle and buried it beside NV
mother at Silver City In all we had
"A children; boys and 7 girls.
Cuba is about 80 miles from Florida
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-12-27

We take pleasure in answering at
once and thus prominently the
communication below, expressing at
the same time our great gratifica-
ton that its faithful author is
numbered among the friends Of the
Sun:
Dear Editor: I am years old.
Some Of my little friends say
there Is no Santa Claus.
Papa says, IF you see it in
the Sun, it's So"
Please tell me the truth; Is
there q Santa Claus?
Virginia O'Hanlon.
Virginia, your little friends are
wrong. They have been affected by
the scepticfsm of q sceptical age.
They do not believe except they see.
They think that nothing can be
which is not comprehensive by
their little minds. All minds, Vir-
ginia, whether they be mems or
children's, are little. In this great
universe Of ours man Is . mere in
sect, an ant, In his intellect, Is COM
pared with the boundless world