The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-02-03

Henry, VINO died mere at the age OF
81 last week. Mac, as he was known
to hundreds of Montanans, was &
law unto himself-whether he was
organizing n of his many politi-
cal parties, telling the FBI where
TO get off or writing a check fol
81, 0 1000.
Just one year of his very active life
filled with plots and counter-plots
would take many columns of news
paper space. Mac, in an innocent
and harmless way, provided many
a happy hour for the people OF
Glasgow. And they appeared to be
just as happy for him. 1t was al
ways a question with a lot of people
of who was kidding whom. For
when Mac had embarked on one
of his many highly imaginary pro-
iectS, he was often seen to clamp
down on his cigar and slyly grin
while a shrewd and amused eX-
preston filled his eyes. This quite
often might be accompanied by a
slight, but perceptible, wink.
McHenry's cigar was as much a
part of him as his white mustache.
In the corner of his mouth, chewed
and puffed simultaneously, it helped
him keep his unreconstructed and
highly individualistic outlook OF life.
In fact, some of his friends contend,
Mac began to pine away about the
time the cigar shortage showed up.
That may well be.
The Colonel and Mac
Many Glasgow residents remem-
Der Mac best as night clerk at the
Glasgow hotel when it was owned
by the late Col. o. T. Onarheim.
Both were what could well be called
characters. The colonel, in the early
DAYS of the copper kings, had lived
in Anaconda, where he mixed drinks
for Marcus DAILY and his friends.
He was an ardent booster for Glas-
gov and Montana. Sometimes he
and McHenry would o swords
over some details of management
and the colonel would explode in a
broad Scandinavian accent that was
something to hear.
When someone arrived on the
early morning train, Mac would
squint at the signature, reach back
to the rack, grab a key and toss 1t
to the guest with the remark,
There's your key; now go on up
stairs" He was a bit different from
the modern greeter.
After the colonel sold the hotel,
McHenry continued to make his
headquarters there and, with the
1elp of many local residents, delved
INTO politics and organized his own
and campaigns. There was
background for this, for in
earlier days he had been mayoralty
candidate in Minneapolis.
McHenry's views did not always
igree with administration policies
md he took to writing to President
Roosevelt. Eventually, these letters
we're referred to the federal bureau
f investigation.
One day, two FBI agents appeared
n Glasgow and located Mac. They
lad hardly begun to question him
yhen. in great anger, he removed
lis cigar from his mouth, glared
Z them as his face Redeemed and =
,arked, us that all you have to do? !
What am I running the FBI for, to !
ave YOU driving around the country
wild COOS chases like this? If {
hear any more about it, I'll fire ]
-ou both!"
The G-men retreated in confusion
nd the investigation was terminated
DON afterward.
ON another occasion, Mac COM
his annual income tax as
/ SOC. 900. Somewhere he obtained a
flank check on the Chase bank of
yew York City, filled it in and
nailed it directly to Secretary -,
Iorgenthau with a personal note OF
greeting from McHenry. =
This check caused more work for
he department of justice opera
,
A Glasgow banker once received a {
,tter from Charles Evans Hughes ;
ecretary, enclosing a check Mac '
Iad written in the chief Justices I
in a burst of admiration
or the supreme court: But 1t was {
rare occasion when McHenry !
holly approved the %goings-on in I
Washington. s
Campaign Poster :
MANY will recall the presidential
ampaign. among several, that Nc !
[enry launched for himself. His T
riends provided a campaign poster
caring an almost life-size repro S
uction of the candidate. Many OF h
appeared in Glasgow show
indows. For farmer. for labor, Tor {
apital," they declared, which had b
S much sense IS most political il
t
IN earlier years. after he had v
orked as a land locator at Havre
nd Glasgow, McHenry filed on a b
omestead southwest of Glasgow on I
hat is known as "Jackrabbit Run" q
t times he lived there. once, about r
} years ago. he failed to appear in =
for several months. It was n
and friends became worried. =
P. Langen. Glasgow sheepman.
opped at the place and found =,
-cHenrv almost dead from cold :,
Id starvation. He had been caught y
a heavy snowfall with short p
and had had to remain :,
lere. Langen got a camp wagon "
ON his own sheep camp and took =
re of McHenry until he recovered. Q
BY his own efforts, with a shovel p
Id wheelbarrow, McHenrv built a Of
nall stock water dam at the farm.
the days of severe drouth it be- lie
a godsend for sheepmen trail l.
g their herds from depleted range a
northern Valley to better grass pl
nth of the Milk river. for water
rs even more scarce than range. -
The county woolgrowers association
in Glasgow, decided to ex-
aee itc Gratitude Mac was Dre-