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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-12-05

90, 1865, made it possible for my
father, Governor Edgerton, to go east
on important business for the territory.
The United States government had
failed, up to that time, to remit money
for paying its Montana officials, and
it devolved upon Governor Edgerton,
F. M. Thompson, Col W. F. Sanders,
and others, to meet these expenses,
although none of them were in a po-
sition financially to continue doing so
for an indefinite period. 1t was ex-
pected that the new secretary would
bring with him funds sufficient tenn
porarily to relieve the situation-but
this he did not do. 1t thus became
imperative that someone should 60 to
Washington. and there present the
needs of this distant territory.
The success of Governor Edgerton
in bringing about the division of Idaho
and the formation of the territory of
Montana, made him the most suitable
person for this mission. He left Ban
mack the last of September, with his
family, making the journey via Salt
Lake City and Fort Bridger in COW
cred wagons drawn by mules, to Ne
braska City, where he arrived late in
November. 1t was dangerous under
taking to make the trip so late in the
season, and with the Indians on the
warpath. I mention these facts to
prove that Governor Edgerton did not
baSely desert Montana, as has been
sometimes claimed by his enemies, but
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-12-05

the exercise Of power not delegated
to the executive, and unwarranted by
law, and the sheriff should have dis
regarded the order until further ad-
vised Had Daniels been convicted of
murder and sentenced to be hanged.
you then could have reprieved him
from the execution of the sentence
until the will of the president could
be made known, but not even then
could you have set him at liberty. I
have therefore ordered the marshal
to re-arrest him, if he can be found
the sheriff says he has escaped out
Of his precincD and confine him in
the jail, and hold him at all hazards
until otherwise ordered by the presi-
dent, and am happy to assure you
that he will obey the order and de-
fend his action. hope you will render
him all needed assistance in the dis
charge of his duty in maintaining
the supremacy of the law. One word
further: I notice in the city papers
speech, said to be delivered by you
in the democratic convention recently
held in this city, in which you say
that you shall compel the judges of
the territory to recognize the legality
of the legislature soon to assemble
under your call, and the legality of
the laws they may pass. Had you
spoken simply as politician I should
take no notice of the speech-probably
never should have read it-but you
gave to it significance by adding the
weight of your official position, which
brings it to notice. That there may
be no misrepresentation in the minds
of those who heard or read it, deem
it proper, as one of the judges alluded
to (the others being ABSENT to state
that the judges of Montana will pur-
sue straightforward, honest, indie
pendent course in the discharge of
their official duties regardless of fear
or favor. They will not be bought by
promises of reward, nor bullied or in
Inundated by threats from any source.
They claim the right and will exer-
else the duty of not only constituting
but of passing upon the validity Of
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-12-05

story of the removal of the capital
from Bannack to Virginia City-it was
transferred in the pockets of General
Meagher.
The account of General Meagher,s
official conduct from the change Of
the capital and during the u months
that elapsed before the arrival of Gov.
Green Clay Smith, who succeeded
Governor Edgerton. is told by many
persons in signed documents. From
these We learn that General Meagher
waged bitter strife with the United
States judges for Montana who. like
Governor Edgerton, were appointees
of President Lincoln.
This trouble originated in the fail
ure of the first legislature to provide
for the assembling of a second. The
judges pronounced invalid the laws
passed by both legislatures called by
Meagher, and in this decision they
were sustained by congress.
Another cause of contention grew
out Of the Daniels case. and led to
the writing of an open letter by Judge
Munson to Meagher, from which one
can gain accurate knowledge of the
controversy between the judges and
Secretary Meagher. man by the
name of Daniels had been tried for
murder in Edgerton county (now
Lewis and Clark, convicted of man.
slaughter. sentenced to imprisonment
and to pay a fine. 1t was the first
murder case to come before the courts,
and the Vigilantes willingly stood
aloof to let the law take its course
Mob Hanged Daniels
Immediately after Daniels was found
guilty, many united in a petition to
the president for his pardon. Before
the president had replied. General
Meagher freed the prisoner. Daniels
went to Helena, where he openly
threatened to kill those who had tes-
titled against him. Meanwhile Judge
Munson ordered Marshal Featherstun
to re-arrest him. This was done; but
later, in the absence Of the marshal,
Daniels was taken out by a mob and
hanged. Which shows conclusively that
the first attempt to establish law and
order in Montana was rendered abor-
tive by Secretary Meagher What the
judges thought of it is told in Judge
Munson,s letter to Meagher, which
follows.
After the usual introduction, Judge
Munson says:
Noticing in your paper your proc
lamation setting at liberty James
Daniels, convicted of manslaughter
and serving out his sentence in Madi-
son county Jail, came from Helena
on the return coach to respectfully
ask that you revoke that order, and
have the sheriff remand him to prison
until the will of the president could
be made known concerning him. This
you declined to do. I therefore de-
sire to state that you have assumed
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-12-05
Committee AbandOns
100 Percent PQritu

The house agriculture committee,
complying with the wishes OF Secre-
tary Wickard. has abandoned demands
for price-pegging farm loans at 100
percent of parity and will ask for a
three-year extension of the present 85
percent level.
Chairman Fulmer, democrat, South
Carolina, and other committeeman
said that the new proposal would con-
template loans at the basic IS percent
rate, provided cash farm subsidies
continued to make up the other Is
percent Of parity.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-12-05

any laws the legislature may pass, or
even the legality of the session itself.
whenever they may come properly, or
legitimately before them. in the dis
charge OF their official duties and their
judgments, orders and DEGREES will be
observed and enforced until overruled
and set aside by a higher tribunal
than the edict Of an executive The
judiciary Will aim to do their whole
duty, and it is hoped their decisions
will be Just, equitable and satisfactory.
May peace, order and prosperity be the
happy lot of us all, and the law, with
its protective shield at all times be
over these mountain homes OF ours.
Il have the honor to subscribe my
self.
Yours etc,
IL. H. MUNSON,
~. S. Judge of Montana"
His Regime Was Comic
In commenting on the coming OF
Gov. Green Clay Smith to the terri
tory, James E. Galloway says the
people here hoped for a ''betterment
of public affairs, that seemed to have
been going somewhat haphazard, in
fact, very recklessly for year then
past"
Galloway gives us one further
glimpse Of the Meagher regime, that
reads like lines from a comic opera.
Meagher, he claims, in anticipation
of an Indian war. appointed himself
staff sufficient for an army of 10000
men. Governor Smith did not revoke
the order, but appointed a staff OF
his own, leaving the generals staff
to exist complimentary but to be
called into service in case Of need"
In considering the manner in which
General Meagher administered affairs
during the year he served as acting
governor of Montana Che was never
GOVERNOR, it should not be forgotten
that his formative years and those of
his early manhood were spent in an
entirely different environment from
what he found here. Fortunately his
reputation does not rest upon the gal
liant struggle he made to free the
land of his birth.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-12-05
: Thomas F. Meagher, Colomul Even i'm Death,
Provided Stormy Regime as Acting Governor

Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher,
MontaHa's first territorial secrc-
tary, was not one to stand back
and let someone else grab the spot
light. Even 46 years and more after
death he captured the headlines.
Meagher, who also served a stormy
period as acting governor. was drowned
in the Missouri river at Fort Benton
on July /. 1867. Years later a man
by the name of Patrick Miller. alias
Frank Diamond, while in jail at
Plains, Mont, believing himself about
to die after protracted spree, made
confession in which he asserted that
he had killed Meagher near Cow
island in the Missouri at the instiga-
ton of the Vigilantes who found it
necessary to get rid of him. Diamond
said he received $4,000 to commit the
crime.
He was arrested and taken to Mis-
soula, where he unexpectedly recov-
cred. He then repudiated his con-
fession" saying all he knew about
Meagher's death was what he had read
In the papers and that if he had made
any statement while he had delirium
tremens he remembered nothing about
what he had said.
Bad Blood Existed
But there had been enough bad
blood between Meagher and members
of the Vigilance committee to give
Diamonds story some substance and
later one David Mack of Butte, added
fuel to the fire by asserting in an
interview that the Vigilantes had, in
fact, rung the bell on Meagher.
Meagher, he said, because of pardon
he had granted one Daniels, who had
been convicted of killing a man in
Helena. Ten Vigilantes, according to
Mack, were constituted to put the act
ing governor to death, but when they
reached Helena they found he had
gone to Fort Benton. The Vigilantes
followed, so the story goes, found him
on board river boat, took him off,
murdered him and secretly buried his
body. The story was then fabricated,
Mack asserted, that Meagher had fall
en- from the boat and it was allowed
to go unchallenged.
Why the account published in 1867
and then believed true, that Meagher
had fallen from the river steamer.
was allowed to go undisputed at that
time and for almost half a century
thereafter, was not explained Every
story of foul play has been found
purely hearsay in character.
An insight into Meagher's charac-
ter and incidents connected with his
stormy career in Montana have been
provided in the writings of the late
Martha Edgerton Plassman. who had
the following to say regarding him:
Bannack City was the first capital
of Montana. Like many pioneer towns,
the addition of city" did not indicate
its size, but the optimistic spirit of
its founders. Bannack was city of
but a few hundred inhabitants; its
rival, Virginia City, in 1865 had a
larger population. Largely in consider
alton Of this the first territorial legis-
lature, neglectful as it was of more
important matters, changed the cap
ital from Bannack to Virginia City.
It's removal there was connected with
the picturesque personality of Gen.
Thomas Francis Meagher, Montana's
first territorial secretary.
General Meagher's arrival on Sept.
Evening star., 1941-01-07
By BARBARA BELL.

There's a distinction and assur-
ance about the tailored button
front, as interpreted in pattern No.
1275-B, that makes it ideally smart
for women, whether the field of
their activities is urban or suburban.
There are so many such activities
nowadays-at home, in Offices, at
club affairs and while shopping
and for almost all of them this
dress is the best possible standby,
good in every season.
Besides, the lines are so flattering
to women's figures! It's made with
bodice gathers and slim, paneled
skirt that create very becoming,
high busted, narrow-hipped effect
Take your choice Of short or brace
let-length sleeves. This design gives
you a wide selection OF fabric
choices. too-f1at crepe, spun rayon,
jersey, silk print and crisp cottons
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1275-B
Is designed for sizes "a, 36, SO, 40, AZ,
a, 46 and 48. Size So requires, with
bracelet sleeves, 81 yards Of 39-inch
Evening star., 1941-01-07
Dorothy Dix Says go

man who is weak and spineless
enough as to let his wife make him
refuse to help the mother who bore
him is beneath contempt. He is a
doormat and his owner will trample
over him as long as he lives.
1t is a queer thing, however, how
families pass the buck in case of de-
pendents. When there is an old
father or mother to be supported the
children seldom divide the response
bility as they should do. They wish
Nom or Dad off on some one sister
or brother, and generally he or she
is the one who is least able to bear it.
OF course, they all say they are
going to chip in and send Mother q
check every month, but they seldom
do. They always need the money
for something they want themselves,
and it is never quite convenient for
Mother to pay them the nice, long
visits they also speak of.
I think your son who is going to
conflne his benefactions to you to
handing out good advice instead of
money, did give you good tip after
all when he admonished you to get
a job. For your other sons will
surely marry in time and perhaps
they may get as hard-boiled wives
as your eldest son did, who will also
see no reason for their husbands
supporting their mother when they
could use the money for new hair
dos, or giving cocktail parties.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1941-01-07

Dear Miss Dix: am widow with
four grown sons. The two oldest
are married and the two single ones
and I make our home together. I
am dependent on my sons and they
have been marvellous to me since
their fathers death. Two years ago
my Oldest son married a girl who
holds a nice position with a good
salary. and who has kept on with her
job. She spends her money as she
wants to, which is right, as my son
supports her nicely. My sons wife,
however, objected so seriously to his
helping me that he informed me
that he would contribute nothing
more to my support and that I
would have to 60 to work. That
was two years ago and since then he
has let his brothers, who are less
able to take care Of me than he is,
pay all my expenses. 1t is not his
lack of help that hurts me, but it is
his attitude toward his mother.
What do you think, Miss Dix?
GRIEvED MOTHER.
Answer-I think that any woman
who is so greedy and grasping
and selfish that she begrudges
her husband contributing a few
dollars toward his mothers support
is about as cruel and heartless as a
human being can be, and it will
serve her right If some day her own
son turns his back upon her in her
hour of need. And think that any
Evening star., 1941-01-07

SenJlIlB Il CdIluy kloo W CoSi euCoo
as he arrives. Or use your own
ideas!
A suitable theme for the eve
ning's festivities can be built around
the kid games and childish pastimes
which you thought you had aban-
doned forever. Get that gang OF
yours to playing London Bridge Is
Falling Down." Pussy Wants Cor
ner," Simon Says Thumbs Up"
Drop the Handkerchief" Going to
jerusalem" Leap Frog" Button
Button" and Blind Mans Buff"
and see If a minor riot doesn't
result.
If you can get bold of couple
of kiddie cars, choose sides and
stage kindergarten relay, with the
team members furiously propelling
| the kiddie cars the length of the
room and back, then turning them
over to the next in line. You can
have no idea how funny 180-pound
high school fullback looks astride
| one of these steeds until you've
| actually seen it.
A nursing bottle race is another
number that will jeopardize the
rigidity of the roof. Fill the bot
| ties with milk or a soft drink and
set a couple of your sober-sided
friends to guarding the contents,
with a suitable prize to the one who
finishes first. And don't forget those
necessary pats-on-the-back to re-
move any air that might have been
swallowed in the process!
Get each of the guests to bring a
picture of himself as an infant,
number the photographs and hang
them all up along the wall. The
guest who can identify the largest
number of pictures correctly wins a
prize. Have the crowd also vote on
the baby most likely to succeed, the
best looking and most intelligent
infant, etc, and then total up the
ballots and read off the results.
A good way to victimize the boys
is by holding mother and chi,
race. Provide two sets of clothes,
each including garments for a
mother (dress, apron, shawl, sun
bonnet, etc., and also for a baby
Qong dress, bonnet, socks, booties
and q rattle). Place the two COM
plete sets at one end of the room
and then choose two teams, each
consisting of one big, husky boy and
one who is slightly smaller.
At the proper signal, the big boys
Evening star., 1941-01-07
BY DOROTHY MURRAY.


1t seems the product lucite is being
used for a great many articles these
days. There are such items as trays,
combs and brushes; even body pow
der puffs with long lucite handles
have been seen recently. A set Of
these would certainly look smart on
q dresser. =.
Do you find when sitting in front
OF a mirror combing your hair that
you must twist completely around
to see the back? A revolving stool
would eliminate this. One model
has wooden feet, can be covered in
any color MORE and turns easily. ). Z.
A new refuse can on the market
is streamlined and attractive as we'll
as useful. 1t is made of baked-on
enamel and fitted inside with a
porcelain enameled insert, which
has a metal handle, making 1t easy
to lift out. This insert fits so tightly
that nothing can possibly fall be-
tween it and the outside shell,
feature that makes it very sanitary.
It is finished to match color
schemes In such shades as white,
red, blue and green. You can also
secure painted ones with chromium
tops.
How about giving your living room
or library face lifting" treatment
by installing modern wall units?
These are comparatively inexpensive
and can be purchased in sections, 50
that you can secure just what you
need. They are fine for holding
books, a radio or knick-knacks and
come in unfinished wood. They also
may be purchased in finished woods
that will blend with all furni-
A very popular brand of aluminium
cooking ware offers utensil that
cooks = whole meal at one time.
This is done over only one burner
of your stove and requires no water
The cover holds in the steam. 1t
can also be used for canning or
sterilizing. -.
One of the most attractive break
fast tables we have seen was set
with a bright cloth and fiesta china
Also used was a stainless steel cut
lery set following the same idea
Each place was set with a different
color. OF course, If this sounds just
a little too gay for the more con-
servative person, these can be pur-
chased in an entire set Of red OF
| ivory.
In a luxurious but small home OF
apartment where closet space is at
a premium, use a lovely storage
chest to hold either clothing or
household goods. This stands chair
high, is covered with rayon satin
and has a pillow top. There is
plenty of storage space inside and
there are side pockets where one
may keep silver or other nat OBJ.
jects. 80.
Evening star., 1941-01-07

way you see the stars in your minds
eye. Think about the immaculate
smoothness of Claudette Colbert;
when you study what makes this
smoothness, you remember only her
clean teeth, her clean skin, her
clean hair.
CLEAN is a word which belongs
with smooth. Think about the most
attractive woman you know 4.
an older woman, perhaps. Pick
apart the things that make her
attractive. 1t will always be &.
CLEANLINESS plus SIMPLICITY,
plus whatever else it is. Good
grooming boils down to this: A
dewy, fresh, scrubbed look, plus
clothes that have only one thought
in mind. The clean part won't cost
you cent; the simplicity is mostly
a matter of subtraction.
Tomorrow-ONE THING AT A
TIME.
Evening star., 1941-01-07

ribbon, with "weskits" to match;
Sally Victor uses grosgrain and faille
for turbans that do beautifully from
now on.
These same big three" have in
troduced some new and interesting
themes in millinery lately, sketches
of which are reproduced on this
page. Lilly Dache does a turn
about" hat that can be worn front
to back or most any way. Also
important is her half hat" really
only felt or velvet clip over the
head to which are attached two
punches of flowers-one at each
ear. 'Tis said these are designed
especially for the girls who've been
dashing around in a complete state
of hatlessness.
Florence Reichman's biggest news
is the shadow box" Lrim which
turns under at sides and back in
cuff effect to accommodate the long
bob successfully. She's showing
these in strong colors, too-orangy
reds, fuchsia purples and n1imosa
yellows, among others.
Sally Victor's contribution is an
awning" or second brim to shade
the eyes. Strange as it seems, this
is a f1attering theme. but almost
too realistic when the awning" is
done with stripes and fringe! Also
important is the big-brimmed
padre" hat which is another re-
Election of the South American in
f1uence now playing a big part in
all new fashions.
So, go out and buy q hat! And
see whether 1t does wonders for
your morale. We're pretty sure 1t
will!
Evening star., 1941-01-07
lost Outstanding Choice for Hat This Season of the Year
| Susan
| Be Smooth!
By NELL GILES.

sMOOTHNESS is also an applied
art, and its technique begins with
an honest look at yourself in the
mirror :. just as you are now.
Would you like this Susan on
first sight? Is her hair shining and
has it a nice fragrance? Is her
face free from blackheads? Does
her skirt hang we'll and are her
stocking seams exactly straight
Most important of all, do her clothes
seem to belong together, all of a
piece with the type of girl Susan is?
The easiest way to think how
you'd rather look is to start with the
movie stars, and to compare the
way you look right now with the
Evening star., 1941-01-07

dkd1liSO Aos IL yoO SAiAoA " Joo ~
clip big, bold earrings onto the tur-
ban at the sides, or else buy hat
with these ornaments already at
tached. Most of all. in turbans you'll
look for printed fabrics which do
wonders to perk up dark winter
clothes and which are equally as
good for spring or resort wear.
Many of the printed turbans have
matching bags and the sets are per-
fectly wonderful with fur coats
Solid color Alix jersey turbans seen
around town vary from sophisti-
Gated black to flaming red and from
there to the much-applauded pastels
for winter wear.
There seems to be some feeling
for bonnet-types around town, too,
particularly in the lighter shades.
Beige and all pastels are to be found
In these hats which also are Won
derful with dark clothes. AS a
matter of fact, our choice for a
hat at the moment is something
light or white. The latter is always
popular at this season and if you've
ever had courage enough to wear
q white turban with your mink coat
you've also had your share of COM
pliments.
Small, perky sailors are going well
and so are off -the-face models. In
fact, our favorite millinery sales
lady (the one who tells us how we
really look says that everything
youthful is going well, and proves
it by trotting out collection OF
chic, young looking numbers in
every imaginable color, fabric and
silhouette.
In New York the resort collections
of leading milliners indicate sea-
son of hats that are prettier and
gayer than ever. These showings
emphasize becomingness, gay color
and trimming in Southern headgear
which is also the indication of spring
millinery, as well as that for i'm
mediate wear.
Florence Reichman is doing a
great deal with knitted turbans to
match mitts and cardigans; Lilly
Dache shows them in tie silks and