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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-01-17

scrub cedar, so Lott proceeded to ohop
down a supply sufficient 10 make q
pretty good load Of fuel wood under
which he concealed his flour and than
started home Although stopped BY
two members Of the committee. he
succeeded In getting past them and
reached Nevada shortly after DARK. As
the place had already been searched
Lott felt safe in unloading his precious
cargo IN the dark and storing It about
the place Of business and It was later
sold at figures which gave the firm
profit OF $500 In gold dust.
Many lesser incidents Of this sort
occurred during the exciting period,
but perhaps the most humorous and
yet pathetic happening OF 1t all was
when a man bargained off his wife
for 500 In gold and two sacks Of flour
The fellow was a shiftleSs sort Of
hOmbre who lived on the outskirts Of
Nevada with his wife, who was pa
tient industrious sort Of a woman and
who was the main support Of her
husband and stepson by her efforts at
the washtub
The woman bore with her mate un-
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breaking point occurring when an old
sweetheart came along. A quarrel be
tween the latter and the husband
which terminated by the husband be-
ing threatened with a whipping II he
did not treat his family better.
The husband retorted. why don't
you take her away yourself. II you're
so stuck on herr"
This remark led TO a negotiation
with the result that a deal was made
on the basis OF a wife for 500 and
two sacks Of flour. The wife gave q
fearful but hardly reluctant consent
and the services Of a friendly probate
judge were secured to grant a decree.
The next day the old lover took his
recovered sweetheart before a justice
of the peace and they were married,
but before the former husband was
able 10 dispose Of his flour at the
ruling prices 1t was pounced upon by
the committee and he was required to
give up all but 40 pounds for himself
and his son at the rate Of s27 per
sack.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-01-17

Of trailing and hard riding. When the
Indians heard that the soldiers were
coming, they would break up into small
bands and make for the coulees, which
gave excellent opportunities for this
kind Of hide-and-seek. AS each band
was overtaken, 1t was sent under es-
cort to Great Falls, and the troop
went after the next band. The Job
was completed without any fighting,
and the troops returned to Fort AS
sinniboine after 81 days in the field.
Pershing's Big Hunt
Garrison duty was sometimes varied
by hunting parties, and Pershing, fond
of anything that meant activity, was
often a member of these. He and two
other officers organized a big hunt
to get game for Christmas dinner at
the post. They took detail Of four
or five enlisted men and Travelled by
rail and by sleigh to old Fort Buford,
and went on to the Yellowstone river
The snow was deep and the weather
was bitterly cold, and to make the
tents habitable they had to dig down
to earth and then bank the snow high
around the outside Of the canvas walls
The enlisted men did the cooking,
but all took turns chopping wood.
Pershfng suggested to the other Off
GERS that the enlisted men who knew
the country and were expert hunters.
be given a chance at the game The
bottom lands along that part Of the
Yellowstone river we're covered with
a dense thicket cut by runways. In
the morning the enlisted men posted
themselves at strategic points and the
officers went through the runways
driving the deer out. In the afternoon
the whole party stiIl hunted The par
ty got 20 deer, and prairie chickens
galore, and Fort Assinniboine had a
fine Christmas dinner.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-01-17

tations Of active service, offered very
limited opportunities for promotion.
He believed that, for him, the best as
signment attainable would be as in
structor of tactics at West Point. This
was a detail that would lift him out
of the dun grind Of garrison duty in
posts ON the western plains, with their
isolation and monotony.
1t is significant fact that Pershing,
within few weeks Of his chicken hunt
with General Miles, left Fort Assinni-
boine on leave Of absence, that he
was assigned to temporary duty at the
headquarters Of the army few weeks
later, and that in June Of the follow
ing year he got the long-coveted detail
as assistant instructor of tactics at
the United States military academy
Returning to his life at Fort AS
sinniboine, there are some details OF
interest to Montana people. The post
was on an Indian reservation. A half
dozen other reservations, including the
Grow, the Blackfoot and the Flathead
were within few days cavalry ride,
but only once during his year at the
post did Pershing see service In the
field. He commanded one OF the de-
tachments that rounded up and de-
ported the refugee Canadian Cree In
dams.
Crees Crossed Boundary
The history of these Indians is
known to many Montanans. Some 10
years before Pershing's experience with
them, the half-breed Cree, Louis Riel,
had led his rebellion against the au-
thoritieS in the northwest territory.
The Duck Lake and Cut Knife massa-
ores put the old stamp Of Indian war
fare on these raids. When the rebellion
was suppressed by the British general,
Wolsey, and Riel had been hanged,
some 500 or 500 of these Crees es-
caped across the international boun-
Diary into Montana. They were led by
Little Bear, son Of the famous Cree
chief. Big Bear. Since that time they
had been wandering about Montana
making a precartous living by hunting.
After repeated efforts made to get
the Canadian authorities to take them
back, an agreement was reached by
which the dominion government stated
that it would take them back If the
Americans would deliver them at the
border line. Coutts station, north OF
shelby, was the appointed place and
the summer of 1896 the designated
time
The Crees we're at that particular
time encamped near Great Falls.
When news reached them that their
deportation had been authorized,
many talked fight, while others quietly
decamped toward Idaho or North Da-
kota. upon the arrival Of the troops
from Fort Assinniboine, however, talk
of fighting subsidized, much to the re-
lief Of the Great Falls people, who
feared that trouble might ensue. The
Indians that remained In camp were
placed ON trains and taken TO the
border.
The hard work of rounding up the
Indians who had escaped fell on troop
d, 10th. cavalry, under the command
of Lieutenant Pershing. This troop
was given the task Of overhauling and
collecting the various parties Of Crees
who had decamped It was a matter
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-01-17
Curb on Influenza
Seen in DiScOUeru

A little dry powder that may be the
first step toward immunizing human
beings against influenza was described
recently to the American society of
psychologists.
The potent stuff-one-tenth of a
milligram kills a rabbit-opens a path
toward warding off such a wartime
epidemic Of influenza as killed untold
thousands in 1918.
From one type of influenza bacteria,
DR.. Rene j. Dubois Of the hospital Of
the Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Research, New York, developed a dry,
stable, soluble powder Of the toxic sub
stances which those bacteria produce.
This powder is free Of bacteria itself.
Minute injections Of dissolved toxin
immunized rabbits, made them COM
pletely resistant to the live influenza
bacteria.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-01-17
HELP SEEN BY MuRRAY

Chairman Murray, democrat, Mon
tana, Of the senate small business
committee, said he understood that the
government might undertake to re-
compense automobile dealers for lex
penses" incurred by the order which
froze their stocks.
Evening star., 1942-10-16

and all the other unrestricted nutri-
tious meat sundries, you'll learn to
Ike 'em-or else. -.
If you're allergic to sea food and
eggs, you'll take to dairy products
and the legumes, just as vegetarians
have done for years. -.
If you forget the quota includes
the bones you're stuck with a strip
of spareribs and nothing to show for
your precious 212 pounds. You'll
nave to learn to choose those
meats with the least bone if you
are going to get your quotas worth.
And use leftover bones to make soup.
Right back to the kettle. ladies.
Do you think you can get away
with buying 212 pounds of meat per
week for Junior, aged two months?
You're on your honor not to, of
course, but before long Junior has to
have his beef juice a couple of times
a week, and he's entitled to his bit
Of beef. But not till then. 80.
If you feel too growly and re-
sentful for words just remember,
my girl, the British ration is one
pound of fresh meat per person per
week, the Germans get 1912 ounces,
the Belgians 5 ounces and the
Italians 3l2 to Az ounces every
seven days. Even Shylock only asked
for pound of flesh, and once in
a lifetime, at that!
You're not so badly off!
Evening star., 1942-10-16
What's Ne1v in 70Wn?
By Dorothy Murray
By Dorothy NJ urray
To Market, to Marker


the and tires having carry heavy
bulky packages your We mentioned certain
type of shipment which
arrives in town better than the
its bow made of grained popular
lining walls OF recreation
ADDED convenience and two wooden wheels 1t big sturdy
to push and nicely built that will withstand great
of wear
For Longer Life -.
Add months of life stockings dyeing them in
special BATH For another thing undoubtedly
pairs hand and these NAV be
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those ODD stockings which do have habit of accumulatn
by throw them away, special
firm and it is claimed to be effective types
directions simply stockings around in
warm solution OF the dye until the desired shade
rinse thoroughly IN cold water drying in the usual pack
age inexpensive contains enough approximately eight
pairs of hose.
Cosmetic Cafch.AH..
Don't mess up the interior of your handbag
cosmetic gadgets For nominal cost
purse kit with compartments keep compact pick
other necessities in neat order If
come the kit would catch the
remove from materials) and ong lining
bag This kit comes in afea
Please Do Not Disturb >.
Sterling silver silent gadge for dog
fancers for whistle head your pup
out disturbing of the negbos and proved
that no sound can be heard by the human
hear 1t very plainly because the canine family
shri for the human special consider
alton for those swing shift workers need daytime
sleep oy all means make note to investigate this
soled clothes coming with simulated leather
tops Reasnhe materials which
the plastic pearl definitely of
fret however for the simulated leather
comes in black, green, burgundy peach
Aid to the Host
Amateur bartenders will pleased there is
portable tray with sliding panel providing space setting
up drinks glasses ingredients can be placed on the
tray in its original size and the slide panel entirely
vdal beverage The tray comes in mahogany with simulated
leather side covering.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Teen>Age Girl
Must Write
Own Note
Bread and Butter
Letter Not Sent
By Her Mother
By Emily Post

Under ordinary circumstances 1t
seems to me that a child old enough
to 60 visiting alone is also old
enough to be expected to write
bread and butter letter, just as she
is expected to write thank-you
note for a Christmas present. The
mother who asks me about this
asks also whether she is expected
to add letter to that of her daugh-
ter.
I am rather confused by the words
Child and daughter" and this
of course makes difference. 1t
also makes difference whether
she has been staying with member
of the family or some one not her
mothers intimate friend. If Joan,
let us say, is 10 or II and staying
with her friend Betty whose mother
is almost stranger to Joan's
mother, then the latter should very
promptly write letter at the same
time, but not inclose it in the same
envelope, as that written by Joan.
On the other hand, if Joan is IS
or so, her mother would not write
unless she has some reason for
writing other than seconding her
daughters thank-you note.
BY the time girl is in her mid
teens she writes her own letter with
out supplement from her mother,
which would make Joan's own
thanks seem inadequate.
Dear Mrs. Post: Will you give me
some help on this situation: I am
a teacher Of piano, and we'll estab-
lished in my profession in this city.
When calling the parents of my
pupils on the telephone, shall I
announce myself as Mr.. Smith or
John Smith?
AnsWer-Since your relationship
is essentially professional rather
than social, Mr.. Smith" is correct.
Dear Mrs. Post: Do I register in
a hotel, Miss Mary Blank" or just
Mary Blank? I mean in the case
of an unmarried woman is Mary
Blank enough since 1 believe the
title is generally understood to be
Miss when the name is written like
that?
Answer-In a hotel register or in
any public list you write Miss Mary
Blank" But at the end of a note or
letter never put Miss" before your
name except in parenthesis this
way: Miss Mary Blank-and only
to one who does not know whether
you are Miss or Mrs.
Dear Mrs. Post: At the New York
State jewelers. convention it was
suggested that the bridegroom give
a present to his new mother in law.
What do you think of this idea?
Answer-My thought is that the
sooner this idea is suppressed the
better
Evening star., 1942-10-16
From a Woman's Angle >>>
Voluntary Meat Rationing
Presents Its Problems
By Betsy CasveH
Womens News Editor.

UNDER THE SHARE-THE-MEAT
PROGRAM the hostess at a
little dinner for eight tell her guests
in advance that she's giving them
beef, so they'll have to deduct their
quota from their weekly 21a pounds
per person? And then does she
measure it onto their plates? I'll bet
every dinner party's main dish is 60
ing to be chicken or turkey all WIN
ter, to save complications. So be
prepared. :.
Will the old 'love me love my
dog" slogan work we'll enough to
make Fido's master share his weekly
stipend of veal, beef, lamb or mutton
with him? When present stocks of
prepared dog foods are used up,
will Fido take to horse meat? Ut
won't be too new to him, prob
What happens if you've bought
your meat quota for the day, and
then find you're asked out for dinner
unexpectedly-and the same thing
happens the next evening? And you
eat lunch downtown? Suppose the
meat isn't the kind that keeps? All
you can do is have a second dinner
when you come homeland they're
trying to avoid waste! 90.
If you "just can't learn to like"
kidneys, sWeetbreads, liver, brains
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Women's Work
Never Done
Is Too True
Girl Who Marries
To Haze Leisure
Due for Shock
By Dorothy Dix

Dear Dorothy Dix: read an
article in a paper about girl who
says she is getting married so she
can take it easy. I laughed. I
was up at 7:3O. Made a fire in the
water heater. Cooked breakfast.
Washed the dishes. Washed five
lines of clothes. Ironed two dresses
for myself and a blouse for my
daughter. Went to the store and
bought the food for the day. Cooked
lunch. Did the dishes. Swept five
rooms. Made two beds. SCleaned
two bird cages. Gave the baby a
bath and washed her hair. Washed
my own hair. Took clothes in.
Ironed five pairs of curtains.
Washed four windows. Hung the
curtains. Cooked supper. Put baby
to bed. And now at $50 I still
have the supper dishes to do, my
husbands dinner to cook and his
lunch to put up.
And that is about the life of the
average woman who is married to
a poor man. 1t is worth while if
you love your husband and he loves
you, but any girl who thinks mar
riage is a soft snap and that she
won't have to punch the time clock
after she gets a husband has
another guess coming.
INTERESTED READER.
Answer-It is queer thing that
any girl who has intelligence enough
to hold down a job thinks she can
sit down and do nothing as soon
as she gets married. But many
girls do There is hardly day
I don't get letter from one of
these little nitwits who tells me she
is going to get married because she
is tired of working.
One recently wrote me that she
is going to marry boy, who makes
SIS a week, and take things easy
the balance of her life. Can you
tie that? A woman would have to
be magician who could conjure
meals out of the air in order to live
in luxury on SIS a week.
Yet girls who have earned their
own money and know how short a
distance dollar goes, and have
seen their mothers work harder
than any slave to take care of their
families, do marry under the be-
lief that somehow, their husbands
will be able to support them in idle
ness. And when they find out that
they have snapped an eight-hour
job. with holidays and Sundays of, ,
and a pay envelope every Saturday
night for an 18-hour grind, with no
pay and no time off. they only too
often throw up their hands and
quit.
Anthropologists say that women
| devised and built the first homes
When they did, they invented a per-
petual motion treadmill they have
never been able to STOP For the
work of home never ceases. AS
soon as one meal is eaten another
has to be started. Floors have
to be swept. Clothes picked up.
Washing done. The baby fed. The
children gotten off to school. Hus-
bands gotten off to work. Stockings
| darned. Clothes patched. A mil
lion homely little tasks performed
every day, over and over and over
again. And mother has to do it.
Mother does great work. It is
the most important work in the
world. But it is no soft snap, and
any girl who marries a poor man,
thinking she is going to have her
breakfast in bed and spend her days
at the beauty shops and the movies,
| will have a rude awakening.
Evening star., 1942-10-16

1t is neat, it is simple and 1t is
easy to get on and of-these are the
three main recommendations for
this wrap-over house frock! Once
you find how easy it is to cut and
sew this garment, you'll have half
dozen in washable fabrics such as
poplin, percale and calico.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1669-B
is designed for sizes IA, 16, 18, 20; 40
and AZ. Corresponding bust meas
urements 80, "a, 36, 38, 40 and AZ.
Size 16 (34 requires 35s yards 36-
inch material, 3 yards ric-rac to
trim.
Find patterns for all of your home
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Book-our valuable catalogue OF
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Evening star., 1942-10-16
Attention.!

In response to a number of
requests, we have prepared
further lunch box menu leaf
lets for you.
In addition to the one we
have been Offering for school
children, we now have one for
feminine workers, and another
for the men. If you are inter-
ested in one or all of them, just
check your preference below
and send this clipping, with a
stamped, self addressed en-
velope, to Betsy Caswell. in
care of The Evening Star.
Box lunches for ladies'
Box lunches for men----
School box lunches
Evening star., 1942-10-16
Washing and the War

The wife who realizes the rela-
tionship between her housework and
the country's victory will look upon
washing, ironing. cleaning and cook
ing with new respect. since these
tasks are also part Of the war ef-
fort. They may not seem like very
dramatic tasks, but they are as i'm
portant to the war workers as the
ground crew Is to the air pilot.
Evening star., 1942-10-16
THE WASHINGTON c. FRIDAY OCTOBER 49,
Insulating With Sawdust
And Newspapers Unwise
Invites Insects Into the Attic
And Is Fire Hazard as Well; ~
Poured.on Type Is Better
By Marearef NowelI


Dear Miss Nowe
the country Several told that placed
the rafers and sawdust thick
this this hcent to nsulate? interested
because 1t Is sawdus available
vermn Added
hazards think will find worth the effort
OF insulation
not be unreasonable Also the fire and
worth the difference. 49,
Miss Novel; putting
dining help this
stove?
Evening star., 1942-10-16

Part or the stove Is over the hearth
in front of the fireplace, but part of
it is over the hardwood floor. J.D.
Answer-In the good old days"
tin shield, backed with asbestos or
other insulation was used under the
stove to protect the floor. am sure
you still can get these as stoves are
coming back into general use. Ashes
left in the base of the stove, provid-
ed 1t is raised as much as 8 inches
above the floor on legs, probably will
make 1t perfectly safe, but the floor
shield will make certain that the
boards will not be scorched.
Dear Miss NOVEL;: have braided
rugs on my living room floor and all
cotton, knubby weave upholstery
fabrics. My windows are the case
ment type which I do not feel need
f1oor-length draperies and should be
handled simply. What do you think
would be the correct material to use
for these? have ruff1ed tie backs
for the glass curtains. KIN.
Answer-The simple, old-fash-
Toned calicoes and percales, as we'll
as bed ticking, are much in use to-
day in this type of interior. If you
could find the right colorful pattern
this would be ideal. Other than that
you might use printed linen or
printed cotton. Glazed chintz also
would 60 well If you do not object
to the shiny surface.
Dear Miss NOVEL;: The long wall
just inside the entrance to my apart
ment seems to be useless for furni-
ture. Every thing placed there juts
out into the room SO that it impedes
passage from the front door to the
bedroom. Though the wall is large
enough for two chairs or a sofa, anv
one sitting there is annoyed by the
trafnc between them and the rest of
the room. What would you suggest
Tor wall treatment in this area
that will be attractive to look at and
convenient at the same time?
j. T. D.
Answer-This space may be used
Tor wall piece of furniture such as
a break-front desk, credenza or a
CABINET with open shelves above and
drawers or cupboard space below,
With two side chairs it will fill the
space, attractively, provide storage
area ana convenience. Or you might
use the consol type of table, with a
mirror above and two chairs. This
would be useful just inside the en-
trance and as they are usually much
narrower than other tables would
not impede progress through the
room.
Dear Miss NOVEL;: The cupboards
and all woodwork in my kitchen were
originally oil stained a broWnisf
tone. This makes the whole room
dark and l would like to paint it all
a bright color. I have been told that
paint will not hold over oil-staineG
wood that it will chip and bubble
Is there any way to prevent this?
| H. T. K.
Answer-It is possible if YOU,
woodwork has been stained for MANY
years that very little of the oil is left
IN the surface of the wood. But as
you would have to use an undercoat
OF paint before the enemal in any
case, would suggest that you get
one OF the primer-sealer combina-
tlons which will seal the old wood
surface and prime it for the finish
coat all at the same time.