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nearly to the top in recent years and
1t was on these trips that ne noticed
how much more dangerous the climb
is becoming.
Osten, who has clambered over and
through most of the mountains of the
Beartooth range. clearly recall. the
first ascension Of Granite peak.
There had been earlier claims Of
successful climbs, but no trace of any
one having ever been on top was
found when the three forestry men ar
rived to erase the word "unoccupied"
from the official records of the gov
eminent. But so that future climbers
would know that the Beartooth peak
had been climbed, the successful party
chiseled their initials in flat rock at
he SUBMITS center The Stars and
Stripes were also planted and could
be seen flying in the thin mountain air
by members of the party below.
Choosing the southeast projection of
the mountain as their point OF ap-
proach after thorough reconnaissance
Of the mountain the evening before,
the foresters toiled through sliderock
up the approaches, crossed several
dAId Dd4 anu lAldIly az
tanned the main ridge of the slope
which ran like bristling spine up to
the highest pinnacle. They slowly
scrambled from point to point and at
times ropes were necessary to scale
especially difficult spots. The party
started from camp at the foot of the
mountain at $40 a. m. and was within
1000 feet of the top at 9 o'clock. It
then took more than two hours to
make the final climb up the almost
solid face Of the great crag where even
handholdS were scarce. At the top the
men found rock about 20 feet square
with a sloping surface 30 feet wide by
100 feet long, covered with broken
rock, reaching down from the table,
and then sheer walls again.
Meanwhile, Osten's party had Sc
lected a route which appeared feasible
after crossing to the south slope over
the pass between Granite and Skytop
glaciers. The party gradually worked
upward until after rounding one par
ticularly dangerous curve by means Of
rope, the climbers found further
progress too difficult. They returned
to camp in time to see the successful
party on the descent and with field
glasses could see the flag Tapping In
the breeze on top of the peak.
OF the original climbers, Koch and
Ferguson are still in the forest service,
Koch as assistant regional forester in
charge Of forest management at the
regional office in Missoula, and Fer
guson as supervisor of the Lewis and
Clark National forest with headquart-
ers at Great Falls. Witham is retired
and living at Bozeman. Osten is Vel
lowstone county clerk and recorder:
johnson, Billings resident, formerly
held that position; Inabnit, also a
former county clerk and recorder, and
Banfill, a reporter, are dead, and
ONeill's residence is not known.
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III. s. HAS AMPLE
SUPPLY OF FOOD
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
SEES NO REASON FOR MARKED
PRICE ADVANCES

Emphasizing that the nations food
supply was of record proportions. Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wickard said
there was little excuse for any sub
stantial increase in prices of farm
products as a result of United States
entry into the war.
The department, he said, would do
everything in its power to check spec
ulative increases.
Earlier, the department said Japan
was well supplied with food and there
was little chance of starving her into
submission.
To assure plentiful supplies for the
future, Wickard said the department
was rechecking 1912 food production
goals to ascertain whether, in light
of the war, greater production appears
advisable for any commodity. The
goals, which we're announced in Sep
TENDER, call for sharp increase in
output of meat, dairy. poultry. vege-
table and edible oil products.
Wickard issued a detailed report on
the food supply situation in which he
stated that the United States entered
the war with the largest total supplies
of food in its history.
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at the point of death, and took it
away to SOW the seeds of this disease
among his tribe, which caused his own
death and the death of thousands of
his nation.
when it was known that he had
taken it, benevolent person on the
boat went to one of the chiefs, told
him the fatal consequences that would
follow, and offered to give blanket
and a reward besides if he would have
1t returned; but suspicion, fear or
shame prevented the man from giving
it up, and the pestilence broke out and
began to spread among the Mandans
at first. to which nation the chief
belonged.
Most of the Indians we're distant
80 miles at the time, killing buffaloes
and preparing their winter food; and
the whites sent an express begging
them not to return to their villages,
and telling them of the fatal con-
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2 Reported Missing
After JaDdn Attack

One Montana youth and another
former Montanan were reported miss
ing following the japanese attack at
Pearl Harbor. They were Jerald Fraser
Dullum, 20-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene H. Dullum, prominent
East Helena residents. and Robert
Conrad. 10, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence w. Conrad of Venice, Calf, for
merly of Great Falls. Clarence Conrad
was associated with his father in the
grocery business in Great Falls for
many years. Robert Conrad enlisted
in the navy about a year ago and
went to the islands in September.
Dullum was an electricians mate, third
class, in the navy. He enlisted in Feb
ruary, 1910.
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carry on trade on the old principle
which was camp trading. So when the
robe trade commenced, traders were
dispersed in all directions"
Mckenzie was king de facto as well
as in reputation. 1t was a veritable
court that he maintained in the will
derness. At one time he ordered a
complete suit of armor from England.
He even had medals struck to award
to his loyal followers.
From the style in which he dressed
I really thought he was king" wrote
Larpenteur, telling of his first meeting
with Mckenzie.
BrOadcloth Suits for Clerks
Every clerk engaged at the fort re-
ceived at the outset a complete suit
of broadcloth. When Larpenteur was
engaged by Mckenzie he left his skin
suit at Fort William, remarking that
he would be ashamed to be caught at
Fort Union In it.
"All the clerks were strangers to
me-" continues Larpenteur in Forty
Years Trader on the Upper Missouri"
land when the bell rang for supper
saw them put on their coats, for, as
1 lOullu OuG t1lCy WClC INV
allowed to go to table in shirt sleeves.
One of them, perceiving that I was
coatless, was so kind as to lend me
coat, and so we started for supper.
On entering the eating hall, found
a splendidly set table with a very
white tablecloth, and two walters, one
a negro Mr.. Mckenzie was sitting at
the head of the table. extremely well
dressed. Mr.. Mckenzie. who played the
nabob, went to bed late. and rose later,
and as nothing could be served till
he was ready, it was 9 o'clock before
we got to breakfast"
It was here that one of the most
desolating plaques Of history ragged, the
smallpox scourge of 1887, sweeping
from this fort and Fort Clark out over
the prairies and, according to Audit
bon, taking toll of 10000 lives. Every
day one or more carloads Of corpses
were dumped over the bluff into the
river.
Audubon, in his journal, gives a
vivid description of the plague.
Blanket Carried Death to Thousands
Early in the spring of 1887" he
writes, 1.-The steamer Assinniboine ar
rived at Fort Clark, with several cases
of smallpox on board. There an In
dian stole q blanket belonging to
Waterman on the boat, who was then
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melancholy memento of one OF his
men. This was a powder flask which
a clerk had purchased from a Black
feet warrior. 1t bore the initials of
More, the unfortunate youth murdered
the year previously, at Jackson's Hole,
by the Blackfeet, and whose bones had
been subsequently found by Captain
Bonneville. This flask had either been
passed from hand to hand of the tribe.
or perhaps, had been brought to the
fort by the very savage who slew him.
"As the bull boat was now nearly
worn out, and altogether unfit for
the broader and more turbulent Mis-
souri,, it was given up, and a canoe OF
cottonwood, about 80 feet long, fabri-
Gated by the Blackfeet, was purchased
to supply It's place. In this Wyeth
hoisted his sail, and bidding adieu to
the hospitable superintendent OF Fort
Union, turned his PROV to the east and
set off down the Missouri"
Mckenzie Defied All Rivals
At Fort Union, Mckenzie, year after
year, defied all rivalry. Company after
company was formed to capture a
share of the rich trade with the In
dams, but one by one they succumbed
to McKenzie's diplomacy and superior
energy. Without a charter, with no
governmental grant to shut the door
to competition, the American Fur Co.
yet maintained its supremacy in the
vast region of the Missouri, as effec-
lively as the Hudson's Bay Co.. with
the strong arm of the British empire
at its back, domineered In western
Canada and the Columbia river coun-
try. The value of the St. Louis fur
trade, most of which passed through
Fort Union after that post was es-
tablished, was placed at 100000 to
$500, 900 annually from 1907 to 1847.
Mckenzie at times openly defied the
regulations of the United States gov
eminent that forbade trading with In
dams in their own camps, prescribing
that the deals should be made at reg
ular posts and agencies. In this way
the government hoped to suppress the
liquor traffic.
Influence Greater Than Government
OF this, Charles Larpenteur. who
had charge of Fort Union several times
during the absence Of Mckenzie.
writes:
THE American Fur Co.. always hav-
ing more influence in this country
than the Indian department, thought
they would abolish the local law. and
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Stute Conflicts Ask Freedom
In Order to Join i. S. Armu

Two hundred ninety-one convicts at
Montana state prison today offered
their services to the nations armed
forces and asked Gov. Sam c. Ford to
pardon those who otherwise could
qualify for enlistment.
I'VE feel" their petition said, that
we who have erred and who have suf-
fered imprisonment as the result of so
erring would make excellent fighting
men for the following reasons: Cd We
are we'll schooled in matters Of dis
cipline; (2) w, have, probably, a
greater love of freedom and its under
lying principles than those who have
never been deprived of their freedom,
and 90 Deprivation and hardships are
not strangers to us.
Therefore we . petition you to
seriously consider the ACCESSIBILITY of
issuing pardons to all Of us, who, in
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your estimation, would be valuable adj
ditions to the armed forces of the
United States. contingent upon the i'm
mediate joining of the armed forces
&. by any man receiving such a par
dom"
The convicts' petition asserted that
many of them were eligible for en-
Istment except for their felony and
that they were willing and anxious"
to serve their country.
I'VE are not trying to get an easy
way out" they said in separate note
to Warden Dudley Jones. IF we have
a debt to society to discharge, we could
better discharge it by offering our lives
to our country than by serving out
our terms of Imprisonment"
Under state law, the governor may
not grant pardons except with consent
of the state pardons and paroles board.
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sequences. The Indians sent back word
that they would return to their villages,
and face the danger, which they
thought was imaginary. Word was
again sent them that certain destruc-
ton would attend their return; but it
was all in vain, come back they would,
and come back they did, and the
plague began in its most malignant
form, their habits and improper food
making them ready prey, and few
hours sometimes terminating the
loathsome disease by death.
Stricken Indians Threaten Whites
1.-The Mandans were enraged because
at first it was confined to them and
they supposed the whites had caused
it. and saved themselves and the Ric-
arees from the pestilence; and they
threatened the lives of all the former,
supposing they had medicine to pre-
vent it, which they would not give
whites died also: the disease increased
in Observation-Disclosures died daily, and
their bodies were thrown beneath the
bluffs and created an intolerable
stencil, which added to its fatality Men
shot each other when they found they
were attacked one man killed his wife
and children, and then loaded his gun
and, placing the muzzle in his mouth,
touched the trigger with his toe and
blew out his own brains. One young
chief made his friends dig a grave for
him, and putting on his war robes. he
tottered out to it, singing his death
song, and jumping in, cut his body
nearly in two with a knife. and was
buried there; and others committed
suicide after they were attacked, rath-
er than die of the loathsome disease.
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ESTATE GOES TO DAUGHTER

The will of James w. Kelley, Denver
attorney and former Butte and Boze-
man newpaperman who died Dec. IL,
leaves his estate of $4,000 in personal
property and $4,000 in real estate to
his 12-year-old adopted daughter, Car
oline Rogers of Phoenix, AriZ.
Evening star., 1942-08-19

Ir. Schoene, who was horn IN
Evening star., 1942-08-19
Two Vincents Return
From Brothers Reunion

Several members of a 10-brother
family today are back from re-
union with their father last week
end at Brownsville, Ky. Representa-
tive B. M. Vincent, Democrat, OF
Kentucky and his brother, Clyde
E. Vincent, a Justice Department
attorney, went from here to be with
their brothers and father.
The father is Gills Vincent, who
Evening star., 1942-08-19
Schoene Named Director
Of War Risk LITIGATION Unit

Appointment of Lester p Schoene,
formerly general counsel of the
Railroad Retirement Board, as di-
rector of the Bureau of War Risk
Litigation, succeeding Judge Julius
C. Martin, was announced by Acting
Attorney General Charles Fahy yes
terday.
Mr.. Schoene, who was born in
Evening star., 1942-08-19

THEY'RE light :. They're soft :. They're
] Warm! So soy the girls on our Hi-SchooI Fosh-
ion Board, and SO will you when you see them, try
them on and wear them! And you'll say -.
they're the finest fleece coats you've ever seem
for they've been tested and approved by mothers
and fashion authorities all over the country-An-
cuno coots ore made of choice Alpaca fine, long
woolIy llama hoirs) silky Mohoir and downy wool
knitted on sturdy cotton back and lined with no.
tono||y famous EorI-Go royon Innings, And they're
right up to the minute when it comes to STYLE too
for every stitch, every snip Of the scissors repre-
sents the finest in fabric, fit style and workman
ship Is it any wonder we shout about them the
way we do? Any wonder we say you'll be proud to
wear one3 Any wonder we invite you all down to
look over the smart sly les and get the coat of
the year in our
Miss Teen Shop, Second Floor St. Building.
Evening star., 1942-08-19
Takoma Park Councilman
To Quit Town Committees

Councilman Joseph Martin of Ia
koma Park, Md. has announced his
intention to resign from all COM
mittees to which he had been ap-
pointed by Mayor Oliver w. Young
blood.
The committees are Civic I'm
provement and Education. Munich
Evening star., 1942-08-19
Boptists Plan Conference

A three-day religious conference
of the Woman's Convention, auxili-
ary to the District Baptist Conven-
tion, will be held beginning August
20 at Lincoln Heights. The Rev.
E. c. Smith, pastor of the Metro
politan Baptist Church, will sum-
marize the conference at it's closing
session.
Evening star., 1942-08-19

Clerk ]. Wilson Dodd to sign town
papers. He asserted that this au-
thority should be reserved for the
Mayor and Town Council, particu-
llarly with regard to expenditures
for street improvements and ac-
ceptance of land grants.
Evening star., 1942-08-19

was presiding officer at q meeting
of the Ten Brothers Corp, a family
real estate firm. Officers for the
coming year are r. L. Vincent, Will
Jamestown, KY, president, E, P Vim
cent, North Tonawanda, N. Y, vice
president, and H. H. Vincent, Mar
tin, KY. secretary treasurer. Other
brothers attending were Roscoe, H.
w. and C. L. Vincent.
The tide of war is about to turn.
Push it along with War savings
StamnS
Evening star., 1942-08-19
Red Cross Unit Formed

Formation of a surgical dressing
unit as part of the Red Cross work
being done by women of Fran
coma. Va, was announced today.
Five instructors have been named
Evening star., 1942-08-19

to act as supervisors. They are
Mrs. D. c. Riley. chairman; Mrs.
James Walter, Mrs. John l.. Price,
Mrs. E. A. Bolster and Mrs. Milton
Alexander.
Evening star., 1942-08-19

Nebraska IS years ago, is a gradu-
ate Of the University Of Nebraska
and the Harvard law school.
Evening star., 1942-08-19
pal Service, Social, Welfare and
Health and Playground.

Mr.. Martins action was precipi-
tated by q clash with Mai, william
F. Fischer. superintendent OF public
works of Takoma Park. at a recent
meeting of the Town Council.
During the argument Maj. Fischer
objected to Mr.. Martins remarks
and threatened to resign his office.
He was persuaded from doing so,
however, by Mayor Youngblood.
Mr.. Martin questioned the au-
thority of Mai. Fischer and Town
Evening star., 1942-08-19
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Evening star., 1942-08-19
S29. .95 sTimmie Tuft' Coats
Fer Miss Teens

As soft as cuddly
as much wanted
as your teddy bear.
these toost warm
Jimmie Tuft Goats
and truly q value
Evening star., 1942-08-19

at this exceptional sale price. In
brown OOO9o alpaca hair knitted on
cotton back with tan trim, camel
OOOqo camel hair knitted on cotton
book) with red or green trim. Sizes
~ to 10. Miss Teen Shop, Second Floor.
F St. Building.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-03-27
Desert Club To
Hear Convention
Reports Today

Reports on the state convention
OF Federated Women's Clubs held
at Tucson last week will be heard
today by members of the Desert
Woman's Club at a meeting in
their clubhouse west of Coolidge.
Delegates attending the conven-
tion were Mrs. Herbert Hanna.
president: Mrs. F.. d. Chandler.
Mrs. Earl Smith and Miss Daisy
Hartman replacing Mrs. George
Dell. Members who attended the
convention were Mrs. H. l.. Hol-
land, Mrs. Leon Thompson and
Mrs. Warren Steele.
Mrs. Hanna requests all mem
bers to bring desert shrubs to to
days meeting for planting on the
club grounds.
Mrs. Chandler is program chair
man. Mrs. Holland andn Mrs. Lee
Newcomb will be hostesses.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-03-27
Mother Hears
Of Sons Safety
Through Red Cross

Mrs. |. c. Harris anxiety con.
cernng the safety OF her son
Corporal j. H. Harris OF the u. S.
Marine Corps. has been allayed by
a letter she received from Tucson
Chapter of the American Red
Cross.
When Mrs. Harris last heard
from her son he was In Shanghai.
In the long silence that followed
she appealed TO the Red Cross
for news. A copy of the letter
she received follows:
March Is, 1912
My Dear Mrs. Harris:
I'VE are happy to inform you
that your son was reported well
and safe up until March 3rd.
which was the last date of con-
tact with the Bureau of Naviga-
ton.
we have been informed that
the Fourth Marines were safely
evacuated from Shanghai before
the outbreak OF war. but their
present location is unknown.
IF We can be of further assis-
tance to you, please advise us"
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-03-27

Continued from page one)
Census monthly consumption fig
ures.
"There Is every indication that
the shipping situation will be such
that 1t would be suicide for the
textile side of the National De
fense TO depend in the least upon
the further importations of Egyp-
tian cotton. A friend OF mine told
me only yesterday that two ship
ments from England of 140's and
1908 yarn wanted by the hosiery
trade had been sunk. and third
shipment was overdue. OF course,
hosiery yarn has nothing to do
with National Defense. but does
have a bearing on the potential
civilian demand for yarn produce
able from SxP.
II believe that Washington will
not hesitate to permit the entry OF
Mexican pickers next autumn II.
as is probable. there is a serious
shortage OF domestic pickers. The
W.P.B. and the Air Corps are not
standing on any red tape where
Il is a question OF getting what
they want. The question OF pick
ers will not be handled as II would
be during peacetime. | do feel
that the Southwest should present
an analysis of the picker situation
to the War Production Board suf-
ficiently early in the summer or
fall TO assure contractors. State
and Federal Labor Departments.
and Mexican authorities making
their arrangements early enough so
that pickers will be available in
quantity as the SxP crops are
ready to pick.
Most OF the Government and
Lease-Lend SxP cloth contracts do
not make practical the use Of cot
ton below No 21a grade. This fact
offers the Southwest growers one
OF the strongest arguments for
the importation OF Mexican pick
ers.
"All petitions TO Washington to
permit the entry Of. Mexican pick
ers should emphasize the depend
u
partments' airplane. parachute
webbing. and balloon cloth pro
grams in 1943 upon the available
ity OF SxP cotton in grades suit
able for the manufacture of such
cloths. cor course there are a
great many other SxP textile con-
structions required for military
purposes. but the above get more
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-03-27

immediate attention by Washing
ton officials.) Great emphasis
should be laid upon the fact that
If SxP is not picked when ready,
II viii deteriorate in grade and
strength and therefore be useless
for the chief purposes for which
the Army and Navy Departments
wished it to be grown.
Il hope you will keep up the
good work that you have so truth
fuily and accurately outlined in
your statement to the Arizona Re
public. | know that farmers have
confidence in you. Your hardest
task may be to get the finance
companies and banks to cooperate
100 per cent. This they certainly
should do for patriotic reasons.
Looking at it from a selfish point
OF view, the Government floor
prices offered for SxP give the
finance companies and banks the
best security for their crop loans
that they have ever had. | should
say that the chances were to
that the entry of Mexican pickers
would be permitted and hence,
that the picking problems might
actually be easier than for many
years. Provided a farmer is as
sured of adequate water supply.
! do not see what more the fl
nance companies and banks could
want to make their crop loans
safer than ever before.
There is just one other angle
to this picture which many timid,
conservative souls in the South
west may not appreciate: Our lat
est information from Egypt is that
the new crop cotton acreage there
has been cut about 20 per cent
from last years acreage, which
was in turn about 10 per cent
below normal. II is therefore quite
possible that should a sudden
peace occur. there would be far
less Egyptian cotton available than
there would be a demand for from
other countries. Hence. until a
normal Egyptian crop was planted.
we would probably have for per
iod a normal peacetime demand
for an SIP crop of 100000 to
1856 bales.
Il have heard from Arizona sew
eral objections based upon the ex-
perience of 1920 and 1921. Such
an experience occurred during
peacetime. not wartime; when the
world consumption rate of Egyp-
tian cotton was far less than the
recent peacetime consumption
rate; and not when Egypt had
drastically reduced its cotton ac-
reage.