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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
Beet Harvest VIII
Commence Here
Next Wednesday

Piling stations of Holly Sug-
ar Corp, in the. Hardin dis
trict, will open to receive beets
on Wednesday, Sept. "a, &C
cording to information from P,
M. .Rosenow, Hardin district ag-
riculturalist.
All other stations in the dis
trict will open on September 20.
and it is expected that slic-
ing operations will get under
way on October l, if beetS are
received at a normal rate.
Prospects for the harvest ap-
pear excellent, Rosenow said,
Total acreage to be harvested
is 5000 in the district, and the
total tonnage is expected to be
about the same as last year,
Rosenow said estimates indicate
the sugar content in the area
will be slightly above average.
Approximately 10 per cent of
the crop will be harvested
mechanically, RosenoW said,
and an adequate labor supply
will be, available for the hand
work Of the remaining 80 per
cent. Mexican national laborers
will begin arriving here early
next week, for work in fields.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
Larceny Case Ends
With Hung Jury

The grand larceny case of the
state of Montana VS.. Ed Kurtz
terminated in district court at
l am. Wednesday morning
with a hung jury. The jurors
were unable to reach a deciS-
ion after celebrating from 6
pm. the previous evening and
were dismissed by Judge Guy
G. Derry.
C. w. Jones of Hardin repre-
sented the defendant in the
case which charged grand lar
ceny of 1880 pounds of alfalfa
hay from J. L. Blackburn.
County Attorney Bert. w. Kron-
miller represented the state.
The case concluded the GRIM
inal docket of the fall jury
term of court, all other cases
previously set having been dis
posed of by pleas of guilty.
The court resumed session
late Wednesday to hear a num-
Der of civil cases on the dock
ct.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
Poll of Editors
Shows Ike as
Fayorife Candidate

Dwight Eisenhower is the man
g~raSSrootS publishers believe
their readers want for pres
ident, according to a recent poll
conducted by The Publishers
Auxiliary, a weekly newspaper
published by Western NeWSpap-
er Union, and directed to the
publishers and editors of the
country's small town daily and
weekly newspapers. =.
In answer to the question: II
think people of my community
fayor?" 64.3 per cent of the
weekIies and 65.3 per cent of
the dailies named Eisenhower,
while $50 per cent of the week
lies and 23.2 per cent of the
dailies indicated Stevenson: The
poll showed 9.8 per cent OF the
weeklies and lis per cent OF
the dailieS as undecided.
Ballots were mailed to $3.50
weekly and. LAOS daily news
papers. A total of 1862 or 35.7
of the weeklies and 449 or 31.9
per cent of the dailies sent in
their ballots. Ballots were mail
ed only to dailies having circu-
lations of less than $4,000 in
order to maintain the grass
roots" picture.
Ballots we're mailed August IA.
Returns we're received and tab
ulated between August Is and
September 8, 1852. Thus the
sampling indicated the situa-
ton in the grasSrootS areas of
the country prior to the much
publicized and heralded Labor
Day kickoffs of both CAM
paignS.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
Football Player Is
Stricken With Polio

Joe ziler, Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Ziler, ranchers south
of Hardin, was taken to st.
Vincent's hospital in Billings
last Thursday for treatment of
polio.
ziler, Is, a one-year letter.
man halfback of the Hardin
high school football team, is
suffering from paralysis in one
leg. Latest reports were that
his condition is unchanged.
The youth had been excused
from football practice following
a physical. examination early
last week when his physical
condition was found to be
slightly below standard. He be-
came worse later and was taken
to- the hospital on Thursday.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
Lions Club Program
VIII Feature
Movies on Sports

Moving pictures on sports.
including shots of the World
Series, will be a feature of the
program of Hardin Lions club
next Monday night at the Mas
onic temple here, DR.. T. l.
Kits, program chairman, has
announced.
Cecil Musberger of Billings
will be in charge of the sports
topics of the program.
L. C. Lippert of Crow Agency
discussed the Constitution and
bylaws of the club at the sea-
sons initial meeting of Hardin
Lions club Monday Sept. s.
Dr.. T. l.. Kits, chairman, was
in charge of the program, which
also included three numbers by
a clarinet trio, made up OF
Janice Schoen, Virginia Will
liams and Frank Solazzi, in
strumental music director at
Hardin high school.
Ray CrisWell, club president,
was in charge of the meeting
which began with dinner at
$50 pm. Guests of the club
were the Rev. Leonard Kovar
of the First Congregational
church of Hardin, and Dick
Monde1 of the Crow Indian area
office in Billings.
At a directors meeting fol-
lowing the club session, the di-
rectors voted to assist in Sc
curing transportation for Har-
din high school football play
ers who were unable. to attend
practice sessions because of the
fact they live out of town. 1t
was pointed out that a num-
Der of prospective players who
live out of town face the al
tentative of discontinuing foot
ball activity unless some means
Of transportation could be ar
ranged to get them home after
evening practice.
The directors also made plans
for the appearance of the Vir-
GINA City players which the
club will sponsor in Hardin on
September IS. ~,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
Services Scheduled
For Accident Victim

, Funeral services for Myren
Heckel, 20, will be conducted at
the First Baptist. church in
Hardin at Q pm. Friday, Sept.
10, with the Rev. c.. A. Bent
ley of Crow Agency in charge.
Burial will be in Hardin
cemetery with Bulls Mortuary
of Hardin in charge of ar
rangementS. Pallbearers will be
fellow workers at Canyon Fer
ry dam, near Helena, where MI.
Heckel was killed in an &C
cidental fall on Sunday, Sept.
IA.
: A company spokesman at
Canyon Ferry said Heckel was
kneeling on cribbing on which
he intended to spot a load of
steel for the new power house.
He reached out from the wall
to swing the load into position,
missed it and plunged 30 feet
to the concrete base CT the
power house wall. He had been
employed as a construction
ilSSCl d1 1dllyoll rSIly S1iACC
April 8, 1850. s.>"*"
He was born November IT,
1881 at Greenway, S. D., a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Heckel.
He came to Montana as a
youth. On August 5, 1851, he
married Viola Lorraine McKin-
men at Helena. He had lived at
Hardin before being employed
at Canyon Ferry dam.
Surviving are his wife; a
daughter, Linda Lorraine; his
parents; nine sisters, Mrs. John
Schmidt, Mrs. Mike Felfer, Mrs.
James Elder, Carol Phyllis,
Shirley, Lola, Janice, and Paul
cite Heekel, and three BROTH
ers, Ralph, Warren and Roger
Heckel.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
Friday Deadline in
Bdlloting

A final reminder to Big Horn
county farmers and ranchers to
complete and mail their PIMA
election ballots this week has
been given by the Big Horn
county Production and Market
ing administration committee.
Friday, Sept. 10, is the final
date ballots can be delivered
by voters to the county PIMA
office, the committee said.
A community committee of
three members and two alter
mates and a delegate and alter
nate delegate to the county
convention will be elected for
each agricultural community IN
the count. The committee urg-
ed eligible voters to utilize their
opportunity to help choose the
men who will direct PIMA pro-
grams next year.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
Concert Drive to
Begin Here
On September ~

The week of September 90 to
October 4 has been designated
Big Horn County Community
Concert Week, according to an
nouncement by Mrs. 1. l.. Deh-
merit, association president.
On Monday night, Sept. 20,
the organization will hold a
dinner meeting at the Amer
lean Legion hall which will
serve as the send-off for the
campaign. Mrs. Dehnert will
preside at this meeting, at
which an expected 100 cam
paign workers will receive their
final instructions and equip
ment for enrolling members.
Campaign headquarters will
be established at the Montana
Power Co. office during mem
berShip week. Workers will en-
roll members throughout the
week, and on Saturday night,
October 4, the campaign will be
closed and no more members
will be accepted. No tickets will
be sold to individual concerts
By restricting the member
ship taking to one week and
prohibiting the sale of single
tickets to the concerts, the as
ISOLATION is enabled to close its
books and select it's concerts
within the limits of an eStab-
lished fund and thereby incur
no financial risk. Also, this pol
icy, coupled with a successful
campaign, permits each men,
Der to attend concerts that Oft
en- double or triple the value
of the membership as compar-
ed with single ticket buying for
the same concerts under the
"box-office" plan of running
concerts.
Under the "organ1zed-aud-
fence" plan, memberships cost
$500 for adults and $3.50 for
students, and this one men,
bership entities holder to at
tend all concerts booked as a
result of the campaign. The
actual choice of the concerts
is the responsibility of the Ex-
ecutive board which is repre-
sentative of the whole COM
munity and can be relied upon
to choose according to the
known tastes of the majority
they represent.
A pre-campaign meeting of
team captains will be held at
the Dehnert home Wednesday,
September "a, at 8 PM, at
which more detailed plans for
the campaign will be discussed
and workers will receive renew
al membership packets.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
Bulldogs to Meet
Worden Tomorrow

Hardin high school Bulldogs
open their 1852 football season
tomorrow (Friday) afternoon,
when they meet the Red Devils
of Huntley Project high school
on the Worden field.
Coach Dyche's squad will be
minus the services Of one let
,terman, Joe Ziler, Jr., who is in
st. Vincent's hospital in Bill
ings receiving treatment for
polio.
According to latest reports
from the Satans' camp, that
team viii be hampered by. the
loss of several men because of
illness. However, Coach Luke
Dyche of Hardin is not overly
optimistic, since he believes
that all of the teams in the
district will be tough this year,
with special emphasis on Bill
ings Central and Roundup.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
Lions Sponsoring
Presentation of
Rustic Your Bustle'

Political corruption in the
Washington of the 1905 is the
theme of Rustic Your Bustle,"
or The Mighty Dollar" the
tour production of the Virginia
City Players 1852 season, which
will be presented at the Hardin
junior high school gym Tues
day, Sept. 25, at 8 pm.
The performance is sponsored
by Hardin Lions club and pro-
ceeds will go into the clubs
community betterment funds.
Tickets are now on sale by
members of the club.
Romance, idealism, chicanery
and social ambition play a
large part in Rustic Your
BuStle," a full-length comedy
melodrama which was first pro-
duced in New York in Septem-
Der, 1875, and ran for 104
nights. Between that time and
the turn of the century it was
played by the same group of
players more than $500 times,
and was a standard piece until
nearly 1900. Since then it had
almost been forgotten until it
was revived for the Old Stone
Barn Playhouse in Virginia
City during the 1851 season.
The play tells the story of an
attempt to push through Con-
greSS a railroad bill which, if
successful, would make thouS-
ands for its hackers, including
an ambitious member of Con-
gresS, the Hon. Bradwell Slote.
Important to the plot is the
romance between Clara North
wick, who is engaged to Col.
Dart, the railroad promoter, and
Roland Vance, an intrepid
newSpaperman.
Things are further complicat-
ed by a second triangle in
GLIDING Charlie Brood, a young
innocent, Libby Ray, another
young innocent, and Lord Car
ingrom, whose English nobility
faScinateS Libby'S aunt, Mrs.
General Gilflory. When Mrs.
Sl1l1O1y SO111uSCo S4id1hs111C
with Muggins Glen and Hobbies
for the wrong railroad route,
the political chicaneries of
Slote and his associates come
to hilarious defeat.
Woolf'S long play, originally
entitled 1.-THE Almighty Dollar"
has been revised for road pro-
duction by Dori Barsness. The
set depicting the interior of
Mrs. General Gilflory's home
near Washington was designed
by Glen Peck of Temple uni
VerSity, the summer technical
director for the Players. Cos
tunes in the authentic style of
the 1905 are by Mrs. BarsneSS.
Heading the cast in the role
of Bardwell Slote is Larry Bars
ness, executive director of the
troupe. Playing opposite him as
Mrs. General Gilflory is Judy
Midyette of New York City.
Roles in the romatic triangle
are played by Irle White of
Helena as Vance, Dori Bars
ness as Clara Northwick, and
Wesley Williams of New York
City as Colonel Dart. Juvenile
leads are played by John Car
lyle as Charley Brood, and Ell
marie Wendell of Eugene, Ore,
as Libbie Ray. Arletta Wendell,
also of Eugene, is the accom-
PIANIST.
Selected songs, dances and
comedy from the famous Bale
of Hay variety shows will be
presented with the performance
of "Rustle Your Bustle."
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
Grow Agency Man
Visits Site
OF Early Fort,

Accompanied by r. A. Wick
ersr of Hardin, Owen B. Will
liams of Crow Agency returned
last Sunday to what is believed
to be the site of Fort Manuel
Lisa near the confluence of the
Big Horn andYellowstone rivers,
approximately two miles north
of the town of Big Horn.
According to history, the fort
was constructed in the fall OF
1907 by Manuel Lisa, a. fur
trader of st. Louis, and has the
distinction of being the first
fur trading fort and the first
building constructed in what is
now the state of Montana. AL
though historians earlier had
written that no relic of the fort
remains and the precise spot
where it stood is unknown,
Williams discovered what is
believed to be the site about
three years ago while on a fish
ing and fort hunting excursion
in the area.
Visible markings at the site
which can be seen today in
clude a rock jetty constructed
on the bank of the Yellowstone
river and excavations where it
is believed hunters and trap
pers' boats were locked. The
course of the river has changed
and does not now pass this
site except in high water, and
the rock structure is almost
completely hidden by the
growth of brush and foliage
and probably would go unnotic-
ed by the average observer I'M
less he knew precisely where to
hunt for the structure.
Near the boat dock stands a
large cottonwood tree. Protrud-
ing from the tree approximate
ly five feet from it's base is
the head of a steel pin. Mr.
Williams believes the tree was
used for tying up boats during
the time the fur fort was in
operation. Since Mr.. Williams
discovered the site three years
ago, the pin in the tree shows
signs of having been tempered
with in what possibly was an
attempt to remove it from the
tree.
In the area of the boat dock
also can be found - nearly
covered by the soft, sandy earth
- a structure of lava rock,
which is believed to be the
chimney base of the fort build
ing. From the location of the
site, it is obvious that the rocks
used in the jetty and chimney
structure were conveyed some
distance for use at the fort,
since none are present in the
surrounding area of the river
bottom.
Also visited during the recent
trip was a site on the Big Horn
river, approximately three miles
above its mouth, where three
years ago Mr.. Williams located
depressions in the earth which
he believes are the location of
Continued on page 50
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
Opening Meeting
|0fP-TASef
Next Wednesday

Opening event Of the Hardin
Parent Teacher association for
this year will be held at the
Junior high school gymnasium
on Wednesday, Sept. "a, at 8
pm, officers have announced.
The meeting will be In the.
form of a reception for the
teachers. A program with en-
tertainment as its goal is being
put into shape. Members of the
! Future Homemakers of Amer
lea of Hardin high school, with,
the c%ounseling of Mrs. Orrin
Weir, will decorate and set the
tables at which refreshments
will be served. -
Parents of all school students
are invited and urged to attend
so that they may become ac-
quainted with the teachers of
their children. =.
THE Citizen Child is the
theme which has been adopted
for the year.
Members of the P-TA execu-
tive council are Mrs. Ray Nor
issette, president, Mrs. Vernice
Mode, vice president; Mrs. III.
NJ. fitzpatrick, secretary; Mrs.
Esther Davis. treasurer; Mrs
Roy Chambers, program chair
man; Mrs. S. F. Ragland, mem,
berShip chairman; Mrs. Melvin
Harris, hospitality chairman:
Mrs. Keith Martin, health and
welfare chairman, and Mrs
John Fisher, historian.
A membership drive will moi.
be made at this time, officers
said, but 1t will be possible to
Eanrnu those who desire &C
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18

q. S. Senator Zales N. Ecton
will be a guest at a get-ac-
quainted luncheon sponsored by
the Big Horn County Republic
an Women'S club here next
Wednesday, Sept. "a, club Of
ficerS have announced.
The sponsors are inviting all
voters of the county to meet
Senator Ecton at the lunch
con, which will be held at the
banquet room of the Masonic
temple from IL noon to 100
pm. Lunch will be served free
by the club.
Senator Ecton, candidate for
reelection at the November 4
general election, is a rancher
and stockman residing at NAH
haitian, Mont.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
Work Progressing
On Second Well

Spudded in on September 80,
the George J. Greer-No. 2 Ken
drick test well for oil produc-
ton is being drilled at good
speed, according to last reports.
This second venture for test
ing the oil horizons of the
Nine Mile area is located in
NE NWNW Sec. 6-15-35E, about
a mile and a half east of the
first well put down by the
Greer Estate on Kendrick land.
The first well was a "shot
hole" and finding no produc-
ton was plugged at about $500
feet and abandoned. It is rum
,ored that the well now being
drilled will be carried down
much deeper than the No. /
we'll.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
Bdptist Council In
First Foil Session

Crow Agency. - The first fall
meeting OF the Baptist Ladies
Council was held at the church
vestry September 9 at 7:30 pm.
with eighteen ladies present.
Mrs. Gates Of Pryor, was
guest speaker. Members pre-
sent voted to change ever to
the constitution and thereby
elected some new officers.
Hostesses during the social
hour were Mrs. Peter PitSch Jr.
and Mrs. William Martin. r.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
]. I. Keough Was
Oldest Resident
OF Big Horn County

John E. Keough, II, VINO uleo
at his home near St. Xavier on
| September 10 was this county'S
| oldest resident and his life par
alleled the historic growth and
development of this area fol-
lowing the Battle of the Little
Big Horn in 1876.
Solemn requiem high mass
was celebrated for Mr.. Keough
at the st. Xavier Cathollc
church on Saturday, Sept. ID,
at 9 am. In charge of the serv-
ice were the Rev. C.. L. Owens,
S. j., of Hardin; the Rev. Robert
Kane, S. j., of Pryor; the Rev.
Frank Callan, S. j., of st. Xav-
Ter, and the Rev. James Logan,
S. j., of Seattle, Wash. Burial
was in the old Catholic ceme-
terry at Miles City, beside the
body of his mother, Mrs. James
O'Conner Keough, who was
buried in 1881.
Active pallbearers were O. E.
Robertson, Ed Jahncke, Walt
LaVoie, B. G. Burns, Eugene
Sloan and John Lawrence. Hon
orary p%allbearers were George
Kaufman, William Spotted,
Carr Mccarthy, Leonard
O'Brien, A. Swenson and Carl
Lind.
John E. Keough was born at
Fort Leavenworth, Kan, on Oc-
tober 26, 1874, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. James O'Conner
Keough. At the age of two
years he came with his parents
to Miles City in October, 1876
His father was a member OF
the Fifth infantry which went
to Miles City that year and the
KeoughS lived in the first
building built at Fort Keough,
where his father served as tail
or.
In 1885, following the death
of John Keough'S mother, he
came with his father to Fort
Custer which was located on
the bluffs two miles southeast
of the present city Of Hardin.
In 1887 John Keough accom-
panied the Jesuit Fathers to
St. Xavier where the st. Xavier
mission was established and the
young Keough became the first
student to attend the mission
school. In 1898 and 1899, Mr..
Keough attended Gonzaga uni
versity in Spokane, Wash, aft
er which he returned to Fort
Custer.
For several years he was en-
ployed as a bullwhacker freight
ing supplies by OK team from
Custer junction on the Yellow
stone river to Fort Custer and
to the st. Xavier Mission. He
also was employed as a trader
in the reservation stores at st.
Xavier, Crow Agency and Pryor.
On September 20, 1909, he
married Bridget C. Quinn at
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The couple
engaged in farming for three
years near Edgar, Mont, and
in 1913 they returned to St.
Xavier where Mr.. Keough was
associated with the late H. C.
Lobdell in the grocery business,
and also maintained a farm one
mile south of st. Xavier.
Mr.. Keough remained in the
grocery store business at st.
Xavier for 81 years before re-
firing in 1910, since which time
Mr.. and Mrs. Keough had lived
on their farm near st. Xavier.
He died at his ranch home of
cerebral thrombosis following
an illness of two years.
Surviving, besides his wife,
are a half sister, Mrs. George
jerks of Denver, Colo, and two
half brothers, Joseph Keough
of Denver, and Francis Keough
of Ft. Morgan, Colo.
He was a member of the
Catholic church at st. Xavier
and of the Pioneers of Eastern
Montana, which association has
headquarters at Billings.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
ST.. Xavier Man
Is ConsuIfant
In Washington

Jasper Long, member of the
Crow tribe at st. Xavier, left
from Billings airport last Fri
day to fly to Washington, D. c.,
where he served as a conSultant
to Secretary of Interior Oscar
L. Chapman at a two-day con-
ference of government officials
and Indian tribal leaders. ,
Long was one of 10 Indians
in the United States appointed
by Chapman to act as consult
ants to interior department and
bureau of Indian affairs offic-
ials at the conference, which
was held Monday and Tuesday.
In making the appointment,
the secretary Of interior wrote
Long that IAN exchange of di-
rect and personal views of the
policies and programs affect
ing the welfare of Indians will
be of great benefit" at the con-
ference.
Long said he was advised the
conference agenda calls for
Q~lSCuSSlOllS Ot1 ldliu dliu I'll uSGeS-
ship problems, including heir
ship and related matters, prob
lens of allotted land inter-
mingled with tribal land, the
ACCESSIBILITY of terminating fed
eral trusteeship of land and
possible arrangements to reduce
Indian service supervision of
trust funds and tribal affairs.
The conference members al
so Will discuss stimulation of
commercial and Industrial de-
velopment and methods of tri-
bal organization to handle eco
nomic matters and political and
social problems, according to
Long.
Long also announced he has
been advised of his appoint
ment as a member of local
selective service board 2 at
Hardin. The appointment was
made by President Truman, S.
H. Mitchell of Helena, state
S%elective service director in
formed Long.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
LEGION SMOKER

Members and guests of Har-
din post No. 8, American Leg
ion, are invited to a smoker to
be held at the hall tomorrow
(F'riday) night.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1952-09-18
MARRIAGE LICENSES

MARRIAGE LICENSES
September 10, Jack Kane and
Blanche Masterson, both of
Pryor.
September IL, Francis E. Har-
riS of Lame Deer and Ataloa
Hogan of Lodge Grass.