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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-15

A last request to visit the grave
Iof his slain sweetheart was de-
Inied yesterday to Eugene e,
Bryant, 20, after he was told By
1.-THE court that he must hang on
November "a.
Execution date was set BY
fifth Judicial Circuit Judge
James Macafll in Eilicott City.
Ind. Judge MacGill said that be
regretted that he could not per-
init the last request but that It
would be contrary to law.
Bryant's attorney. Howard
lVogel. said he would petition
Gov. McKeldin for Communication
lof the sentence to life imprison-
lment.
Bryant was first sentenced on
July Is, 1854, for the murder
ION April 1. 1854, of his sweet
lheart. Joan Marie Ruzza. n. q
Isuitland High School drum ma
ljorctte.
The staying took place near
Miss Ruzza's home at 8l3 Forty
ninth avenue. Capitol Heights,
Ind. Bryant lived at 5403 N
lstreet, hillside.
he was found guilty Of empty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-15
COUNTRY LIFE FOR CITY FOLK
Custom Designed 4-Bedroom Cape God
1910 Me0dowood Drive-S7O. 500

This unusual Cope Cod features the iumiy pccy The
large first floor bedrooms and full both uniquely separased
from the living and dining There large bedrooms
and bath second floor pleasant screened porch with mssn
cen view. soruee und full sroundevei basement suuba os
recreation This reuy different home worth seeing today
Drectoas oat colssgt Road block past TIE
ApenEe to Msadowood Drive LETT home sg53 75
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-15

one-uuarter Of a mile long and
800 feet wide, providing $4,000
square feet Of working space. It
win be q single-story concrete
and steel structure with truck
Gays to permit simultaneous load
ing Of 81 vehicles. Four railroad
sidings will enter the building
for indoor unloading.
A cafeteria and assembly hall
for employees also viii be pro-
vided.
Construction Of the center. de-
signed by David Baker. Washing
ton architect. win permit con-
|solidation OF four existing Clan,
warehouses in the area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-15
slayer Denied Request
To Visit Victim 5 Grave

ing ! nve-sfot .ss-caliber re-
volver into the girl and leaving
her body in the driveway Of hei
home. Miss Ruzza was pregnant
at the time.
The conviction was appealed
|on the grounds that the trial
Judge. the late Judge James J.
Clark. showed prejudice. and had
committed five legal errors.
Judge Clark died last March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-15
|Shoure I efiIo Benefit

The Shaare Tefila Sisterhood
win present two benefit perform
lances Of o musical comedy.
|"Footlight Fever. tomorrow and
Monday nights at $50 pm. In
the Jewish Community Center.
sixteenth and Q streets NV.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18
McChord ALB
Chaplain Is Former
Browning Priest

Major (Chaplain) George B.
Corner arrived at McChord AFB,
Washington last week replacing
Captain Robert c. Gaertner,
former base Catholic Chaplain.
Father Gaertner left in January
for an assignment to Molesworth-
Huntindon ALB, England.
Chaplain Corner requested
assignment to McChord follow
ing a year tour in Korea with
the Fifth Air Force. His mother,
Mrs. George Corner, resides at
STAG 35th Avenue N. E., Seattle,
Wash.
During World War II, Father
Corner served at Geiger ALB,
Wash; Davis Monthan ALB,
Ariz; and with the Eighth Air
Force in England.
From 1916 to 1851, Chaplain
Corner had a parish on the Black
foot Indian Reservation in
Browning, Montana near Glacier
National Park.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18
Browning Cutoff, Chief Topic
At Chamber Of Commerce Meet

The McCabe bill pending in
the state legislature to prevent
the by-passing of Browning by
construction of the Browning
Cutoff" was the chief topic at
the Feb II meeting of Browning
Chamber of Commerce.
The chamber, under leader
ship of John Loewen, president,
urged 100 per cent support of
the McCabe bill, the outcome of
which is still uncertain. Various
members discussed angles from
which support could be given.
1t was agreed that construction
of the road that would take U. S.
Hiway 2 out of Browning would
have a serious affect on retail
business in Browning, and espec-
tally would it affect the total
number of people who annually
visit the Northern Plains Indian
Museum.
Bob SERVER gave a report on
what was done by a chamber
committee sent to Helena to sup
of the statements made by Gov
ernor Aronson, by the Highway
Department officials and others.
The north road was discussed,
with committee being pointed
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18
Hospital News

Admitted and Discharged:
Mary Ellen Roundine, Victoria
Bull Plume, Jean Smith, Charles
Conway Sr., Myrtle Whitford,
Hattie johnson, Lucy Mcknight,
Lawrence Hungry, Dora Bear
Child, Steven Michel, Nettie Ra-
cine No. 1, jeanette After Buff
alo, Marion Salway, and Lorenzo
Rider.
HopitaIized: Charlene Every
Body Talks About, Matthew Goss,
Annie Bull Child, Richard Mount
ain Chief, Phillip Sure Chief No.
1, Florence Randall, Kathleen
Ann Jackson, Annie Calf Look
ing, Everett Skunk Cap, Wilbert
Skunk Cap, Connie 10 Griffen,
and Frank Mad Plume Jr.
Births: Baby Boy After Buff
alo, Baby Girl Salway.
Hospital Statistics for 1854
Admissions, 1868.
Average patient stay, us days.
Total patient hospital days,
6,4O4.
Births 173.
Average daily newborn stay,
43 days.
BEG vaccinations against tu-
berculosis, ITO, or SO per cent of
newborns.
Deaths in hospital, %, of whom
Is died within 48 hours of admis-
sion.
Outpatient statictics for 1854:
Outpatient clinic visits, 14,186.
This includes school clinics, we'll
child conferences, and home Wis,
its.
Average daily out-patient load
1873.
Immunizations: 100 completed
the three triple shots against
whooping cough, diphtheria and
tetanus; 81 smallpox vaccina
tions; 10 typhoid vaccinations;
BEG vaccinations against tuber.
culosis.
X-rays taken in 1854, 2,156.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18

by twenty per cent of the bonus
and twenty per cent of first
years rental at rate of SIPS per
acre. Successful bidders will be
required to pay proportionote
share of advertising costs and
deposits of all unsuccessful bid
ders will be returned. Lots will
be drawn in case of tie bids.
All leases must be completed
and filed with the superintend-
ent within 20 days from date of
award, together with balance of
bonus and rental, and a $500
filing fee for each lease, plus
share af advertising costs.
Leases will be for ten.year
terms from date of approval by
the Commissioner of Indian At
fairs or as long thereafter as oil
and/or gas are produced in pay
ing quantities. Royalty rates will
be 123 per cent on all leases.
All units of land are offered
subject to approval of individual
owners, or the Blackfeet Tribal
Council in case of Tribal land.
1t is further stated that no drill
ing proposition of any kind will
be considered as part of the bo-
nus offer on this land.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18
THE Superintendent COMMENTS
BY Charles Spencer erintendent BIaekfeet Agency
Browning, Montana

ance. Mr. Melzner Is well known
and liked by the Indians in this
area as he was Examiner of In
Inheritance at one time, then, up
until his retirement about 1850,
he served as area counsel out of
the Billings office This is the
third time Mr. Melzner has been
called back to duty since his re-
tirement
Seventy-eight units of allotted
land, totaling 4,955 acres and IS
units of Tribal land totaling 2,053
acres are being advertised for
farming and grazing leases on the
reservation with bids to be open
ed at 200 pm, March 10, 1855.
The allotted lands are mostly in
multiple heirship status or be-
long to absentee allottees. Other
allottees are permitted to nego-
tiate their own leases subject to
the approval of the superinterf-
dent.
Bids will be opened for oil and
gas leases on March %, 1855, for
4,080 acres of tribal and 33,475
acres of allotted land.
The Tribal Ordinance No. l
adopted by the Tribal Council
Oct. %, 1854, and approved by
the superintendent Nov. 10, 1854,
now governs the enrolment of
new members into the Blackfeet
Tribe. This is an amendment to
the constitution and the main eff
feet is to modify Section Two by
defining legal residence and re-
quires 1/8 or more Blackfeet In
dian blood for enrolment. Other
wise membership requirements
remain about the same as they
have been since the adoption of
the Constitution and Bylaws in
1885.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18
Funeral Services
Held Here for
Douglas Swinq!ey

Funeral services were held
Wednesday at Browning Method
ist church for Douglas H. Swing.
ley, IS, who died Sunday at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Ruby
Mcpherson at Great Falls. The
Rev. George S. Ritchey officiated.
Donald Schmidt was organist and
Mrs. Alma Manuel, vocalist.
Interment was in Browning
cemetery with Beck Funeral
Home in charge.
Pallbearers were Roland Har-
per, Walter Kramer, Henry Ma
gee, Mark HARDWOOD, and William
Gillian, all of Browning, and
Herbert Moore, Choteau.
Honorary pallbearers we're
Tom Aubrey, Wright Hagerty,
and Tom HARDWOOD, Browning.
Swingly was born Feb. IA, 1889,
in Kansas and came to Montana
when he was two years old. He
grew up in Cascade.
AS young man he was en-
ployed by P. N. Cattle and went
to the Blackfeet reservation with
Cattle. He was married in Hell.
ena in 1910 to Phoeboe LaPage
who preceded him in death in
1887. He ranched north of Brown
ing for 80 years, retiring about
10 years ago. Since that time he
has travelled EXTENSIVELY, spending
winter months in the south.
Survivors include five daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Mcpherson, Lura Har-
wood and Beverly Loring of
Babb, Merle Cobell of Browning
and Lois Pfister of Las Vegas,
New; seven grandchildren and
two great grandchildren.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18

The Tribal Councils request
for a $4,000 per capita payment
was transmitted to the Wash
ingto office through the Area Of
flee early last week.
Our new Examiner of Inherit
ance, Mr.. ]. NJ. Mandell, has
been at Browning the past two
weeks holding probate hearings
on estates with pending oil and
gas leases. There were % such
probate schedules of which 26
were completed during the eight
days of the hearings. This is high
percentage of compilations con-
sidering the heavy snow fall and
bad weather during the latter
part of the session. Mr.. Mandell
says that he plans to render a
decision in at least three fourths
of the 26 completed hearings
within the next 80 days. The re-
mainder of the decisions will
take a longer time In order 10
study and review evidence sub
mitted in cases where wills or
the question of natural heirs
have been challenged.
After the Examiner of Inherit.
ance has made his determination
there will be the usual so day
special period during which time
any one dissatisfied with the de
cision may file an appeal. II
no appeal is filed within the &C
day period the Superintendent
is then authorized to pay the al
lowed claims, then distribute the
residue of the estate to the heirs
Mr.. Mandell was accompanied
by his secretary and Mr.. A. B
Melzner, who was called back
from retirement as advisor to
the new Examiner of Inherit
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18

by members of the Blackfeet
Tribe or an Indian cooperative
association, and marked Indian
Preferential Bid" will be opened
first and cannot be assigned ex-
cept to a member of the Black
feet Tribe or a Blackfeet Indian
Cooperative association. Follow.
ing the Indian Preferential Bid"
sale public bids of both Tribal
and allotted lands will be opened.
The sale will be conducted un-
der regulations of the Secretary
OF the Interior as to individually
owned land. Leases will be sold
to the bidder who offers the high
est money bonus upon a per acre
unit basis.
All bids must be accompanied
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18
Tribal Council To Make
Per Capita Payment

The Blackfeet Tribal Council
announces that it has decided to
make another per capita payment
during the month of February.
This payment will make a total
Of $3.50 per capita that has been
paid by the present Council since
1t took office July 1, 1854.
In order to make the per capita
payment the council must cut
Its expenditures. AS a result
no relief orders will be issued,
and no loans will be made.
No oil payment advances will
be made at this time.
Only in cases of extreme
emergency such as critical illness,
ourials, ETC., will the council ad-
minister aid.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18

Logan bleeding badly from the
nose and mouth at the final bell
The final results in the six 9th.
er divisions are as follows:
Light heavyweight, ITS pounds
Gary Brown of GreybulI, Wyo.,
won a decision over Steve Sui.
livan of Butte.
Middleweight, 16O pounds
Don Borozan of Butte won split
decision over Charles Mcclure
of Billings.
Welterweight, lat pounds
Jackie Anderson of Great Falls
won a split decision over Robert
Grasnik of Boise, Idaho.
Lightweight, 1875 pounds -
Gail Sargent of Chinook won a
decision over AL Stensrud of
Great Falls.
Featherweight, 126 pounds
Howard Old Chief of Browning
scored a knockout in 1:55 of the
second round over Dick Torrez
of Billings.
Bantamweight, lib pounds
Jerry Cooper of Great Falls scor-
ed a TKO at the end of the sec
ond round over Ben Lujan of
Anaconda.
Flyweight, liz pounds Nor
man Ygnatowiz of Butte won a
split decision over John Cruz of
Rawlins, Wyo.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18

nine cents from six cents a gal
lon.
Boost the gasoline tax one cent
to seven cents gallon.
1t is estimated the proposed
weight-distance tax law would
bring the state four million dol
lars in highway revenue annually.
A highway committee has said
the increase in gasoline and die
sci fuel tax would bring $2,425,-
600 annually after refunds on
gasoline taxes.
1t is also estimated annual
revenue of S850,000 from the pro-
posed increase in GVW tax.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18
1851 Acres Indian Land Offered
For Oil, Gas Lease Sale; 1853 Units

One hundred and fifty-three
units of individually owned and
restricted Indian lands compris-
ing 80, 475.84 acres, and 4,O80. 81
acres of Tribal lands are adver-
tised for lease this week by
Charles S. Spencer, superinten-
dent of the Blackfeet Reserva-
ton, Browning. All of the land
is located in Glacier and Pondera
Counties.
Bids will be received at the
Blackfeet Indian Agency super
intendents office in Browning un-
til 2 pm. March %, and opened
at that time.
Bids on Tribal lands submitted
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18
Funeral Services Held for
Robert Manyhides

Funeral services were held at
Starr school Thursday morning
Feb. II, for Robert Manyhides,
SO, who died at his home in Starr
School community Sunday. Rev.
FIR. AND. Gillen of Browning,
officiated. Interment was at
Starr School with Beck Funeral
Home, Browning, in charge.
Manyhides is survived by his
widow, Maggie, and four sons
Philip, James, Pany and George
Manyhides.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18
Gasoline, Diesel Fuel Tax Hike
Killed By Montana Legislature

Legislation for a two-cent high
er Montana tox on every gallon
of gasoline an four cents more
tax on diesel fuel was killed by
Montana's House of RepreSen-
tatives Wednesday. Committee
approval already has been won
for four measures to harvest
seven million more highway
dollars.
In the early days of the session
Gov. Aronson went before the
Legislature to say that more
highway money is one of the
states most pressing problems.
The House of Representatives
Wednesday adopted an unfavor-
able committee report on the
measures proposing to bring the
gasoline tax up to eight cents
a gallon and the diesel fuel tax
to ten cents.
Four bills that propose to
bring more than seven million
dollars into the highway fund
annually are expected back from
the printers Friday or Saturday.
They will then be brought up
in the house for debate. The bills
would:
Set up a weight-distance tax
law.
Provide an increase in the
gross vehicle tar law.
Increase the diesel fuel tax to
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18
County Two-Way
Radio To Be
Installed Here

Glacier county Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners last week
authorized the Glacier County
Electric Coop to move the radio
aerial from Babb to Browning
preparatory to installing the
county's two-way radio equip
ment in the Browning Jail. The
aerial will probably be moved by
the end of February.
The two-way radio will be used
by Browning police, county depu-
ty sheriff and other county Of
ficials. 1t is believed the move
will greatly aid law enforcement
officers in coordinating their
work.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18
bIaCkfeet Tribal Council Meets to
Study Constitutional Amendments

would require action of at least
six members of the council, or
one-third of eligible voters of
tribe for recall of any member.
Resolution setting $4,000 as
maximum for single appropria-
tions in any one year, except in
case of emergencies when issue
would be subject to referendum
election.
Annual budget would be sub
ject to public scrutiny, with pub
LEGATION in Browning newspaper
for four consecutive issues.
Depending upon how extensive
they wish to "prune or graft"
the constitution, the Tribal Coun-
Gil and convention committees,
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18
Boy Scout Troop
Holds Court Of
Honor Wednesday

Boy Scout Troup No. 100 of
Browning held Court of Honor
for induction of new scouts, at
the Barracks conference room
Wednesday evening, Feb. 16, at
7:30 pm.
Scoutmaster and Mrs. R. N.
Christensen were in charge.
Cliff johnson, District Scout
executive, Great Falls, conducted
the investiture.
Gale Handy received his ten
derfoot badge. The following
boys received their second class
badges, the requirements of
which were largely completed at
summer camp on the shore of
Lower St. Mary's Lake: Bobby
Kelly, James Armstrong, Bobby
Higgins, Ronald Loewen, George
Bostwick, Edward Schmidt, Da-
vid DesRosier, Fred Cobell, Ber-
nard Sparrell, and Larry Doug
las.
Merit badges were awarded to
Dennis Stephenson, Carl Chris
Jensen and Edward Schmidt for
the completion of special work
required in several special fields
of endeavor.
Parents of the boys were pre-
sent to pin on badges and par
ticipate in the honors. A lunch
was prepared and served by the
boys. Pictures we're taken by
Don Schmidt, Browning photo
grapher.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18
Old Chief Golden Gloves Champ
To Fight in Chicago Feb. %

Henry Old Chief, one of Brown
ing's Korean veterans, who car
ries, figurativly, a horseshoe in
both gloves, took championship
honors at the annual state Gold
en- Gloves tournament at Billings
last Saturday night. He will be
one of the fistic contenders in
the lightweight class at the nat
ional Golden Gloves tournament
in Chicago to be held February
% to March 3.
The first Browning lad ever
to reach such a pugilistic goal,
he will leave from Billings for
Chicago in company of other
winning Golden Glovers of Mont
ana, Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon
the latter part of the month in
time for the big event.
A member of the Browning
Boxing Club of which Ernest
Gray ic manager-trainer, Old
Chief has a seasons record of
six KOS and one no-decision
fight.
In match with Ken Seaman
of Shelby on the fight card in
Browning in January he won a
Knockout in the second round.
At the Golden Glove tourna-
ment at Great Falls, which pre-
coded the state event at Billings
he won by a knockout. Matched
with Al Stensrude of Great Falls
for a second fight, his opponent
claimed disability on the eve of
battle. Hence the no-decision
outcome.
At the state tournament at
Billings, he scored four knock
outs. In all of his seasons fights
he has put away his opponents
in dramatic, decisive fashion, not
permitting them to show their
wares beyond the second round.
This week and continuing up
to the time he will be leaving
for Chicago, he is in daily train
ing at the old community hall on
the Agency Square.
A Korean veteran, Old Chief
was in the service three years,
and came out a fully matured
youth-upholding the best of
traditions of what the American
soldier has to gain.
At Great Falls Golden Gloves
tournament another Browningite,
Harold Gray, liz lbs. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Gray, received
The runner-up trophy in de-
clsion over Barney Cooper of
Great Falls. Both lads are ID.
Bill Watkins of Roundup, run
ner-up in the heavyweight div
islon last year, scored a unanim-
GUS decision over George Logan
OF Boise, Idaho, to take the heavy
weight championship of the 1855
Midland Empire Golden Gloves
regonal tournament Saturday
night in Billings.
Watkins scor heavily
through the fight with a strong
straight left and had the game
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18
Gvardipees Visit in
Wahpeton, N. D.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Guard
ipee and Mrs. Maud HARDWOOD
drove to Wahpton, N. D., to visit
Mrs. Guardipee's brother, Robert
Robbie" HARDWOOD, Jan. 20. Rob-
ert Harwood Jr. returned with
the Guardipee's and will stay
indefinitely at the home of his
grandmother, Mrs. Maud Har-
wood. On their return trip to
Browning they all stopped to
visit Dolores, Mrs. Guardipees
daughter, who is attending school
at Flandreau, S. D.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18

to do a lot of checking and report
at the next meeting.
Spring cleanup of Browning
was brought up for discussion
and it was decided that inasmuch
as this was an annual project of
the Lions Club, and many cham
Der members we're also Lions,
the chamber would approach the
Lions with an offer to join it in
the cleanup project.
Next meeting of the organ
ization will be a dinner meeting
on Wednesday, March 9 at Todd's
Steak House.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18
Legion Auxiliary Sponsors
Successful Valentine Dance

The American Legion Auxil-
larry sponsored very successful
Valentine dance for the benefit
of child welfare. The total amount
taken in on that evening hasn't
been totaled yet and will be pub
lished later on. Door prizes were
won by Rose Miller, $40; and
Mary Logan, SIS.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-02-18

which will meet to decide what
the referendum election voters
will be called to act upon, a
wealth of ideas exist to serve
them.
Not the least of which are
those concerning Tribal lands,
which tribe-conscious members
of the Indian group feel should
remain under the yoke of Indian
ownership.
In any event, if all goes well
and the Secretary of the Interior
approves of the project, there
will be a referendum election
with big turnout of voters
affirming their rights with bal
lotS-not bullets.