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The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-01-06
Browning Business
Shows on Increase

Each January business con.
Germs in all parts of the United
States receive from Dun & Brad.
street requests for their annual
financial statements. This year
the number of requests going
out nationwide will apprOxi-
mate three million. with PAL
going to Glacier County bust
nessmcn.
The growth and the CONNER.
cial development of Glacier
County is reflected in statistics
just released by the credit re-
porting firm. l.. X. Nelson,
manager at Butte, which covers
this area. says that this year
there will be more requests for
financial statements made of
business concerns in Glacier
county than ever before.
The Glacier county section of
the current issue of the Dun &
Bradstreet Reference Book con-
tains listings of PAL local names
omprising manufacturers.
wholesalers. and retailers. The
business names listed do not in
clude some of the service and
professional" businesses. such
as barber and beauty shops, real
estate and stock brokers. Thus
the figure for businesses in Gla-
cier county would actually be
higher than the PAL quoted
above.
During 1855. Dun & Bradstreet
made about 30 changes in the
listings of business enterprises
in Glacier county. These changes
resulted from adding the names
of new businesses. and deleting
the names of those who discon-
tinued; as we'll as accounting for
changes in ownership. trade
names. and credit rating. Brown
ing. with about 60 names in the
current issue of Dun g. Brad.
streets Reference Book, shows
an increase Of almost II per cent
in comparison with the names
listed in 1851.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-01-06
Young Indian Confesses Killing Spotted Eagle

scheduled 70 90 on trial first,
and vsiis was TO have been tried
separately after the first case
was disposed Of.
A. . result Of the confession.
Judge Hsttsrslsy adjourned
court Until $50 p. m. Thursday.
When court reeonvened Thurs.
day afternoon II was expected
that Aimsbsek would be formally
charged with the murder. and II
he pleads guilty. will probably
Be sentenced o. . later date to
be set by the court.
Comes From Large Family
Young Aimsbsek comes from
| . large family Of full blood In.
disns Of the Heart Butte com.
mvnity. ~ Is understood that
he was 70 Be . chief witness for
the state In the trial against
Tromblsy and Vale. Is he was
supposed 10 have been On eye
witness to the killing. He was
not . witness a. the eerensr's
investigation. held here follow.
ing the death Of Spotted Eagle.
Later information indicates
that Aimsbsek in his confession
told how he had avsrreisd with
Spotted EssIs during the after.
noon Of the tragedy. and had
fought with him. sustaining .
broken nose. Ne struck Spotted
EsSls. he said. with . club taken
from nearby automobile.
knocking him down. and then
hit him . second blow after he
YVES down. Hs implicated his
brother. Levi Aimsbsek. and .
friend. Charles Wsssslhssd. The
last two ere being held in jsil
pending further action.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-01-06
eASkE 10All

Browning's featured New
Years attraction at the high
school gym. with local basket.
ball teams pittcd against the
Harlem Chicks and the Iowa
Ghosts attracted q large crowd
Of fans.
In the first game. which be-
gan at 100 y. ~. the Browning
Old Timers won from the liar.
lem Chicks (girl's team a. to II.
The Browning Independents
we're not 30 fortunate. the Iowa
Ghosts winning 81 10 48.
In both games Il was pure
basketball. neither Of the visit.
Ing teams being availcd opp0r'
tunity 10 do any Glowing.
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G0SS FAMILY ENIERTAiNS
At HOME IN 0ReMERIoN

The Abbot Goss home At
Brcmerton. Wash. was the scene
of a family gathering. the first
in several years. Guests inclu.
dcd: Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Warren
Of Brcmerton: Mr.. and Mrs. John
Goss. Seattle: Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
BaincS. Bremerton: Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Matt. Seattle: Joe Goss
who Is in the Navy and home on
leave: Ronny Goss. Seattle. Mary
Matt and son Ward. were, guests
from Browning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Goss wish to
extend greetings to their rela.
tivcs and many friends in Brown.
ing.
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feet. Plans for both the Con,in
entail and the Barnes wells we're
later cancelled. and the Morning
Gun failed of completion as 4
commercial producer. May
therefore. marked the high point
of expected progress in making
a big oil field Of the mountain
front in 1855. Later. the big
prices paid in for leases In tho
Babb area revived hopes OF
better results in 1856. Newly
elected city officials take over
rcins of government on May Bird
Grazing lease sale brings q
total Of Sl85.0OO to tribe. . . .
First steps taken to rebuild
Browning water system. and pro
posalS made for issuing bonds Ia
pay for Improvement vii
liam Buffalo Hide. prominent In
dian resident. died on May 2ls,
Excitement IN oil circles
was high when II was announced
the Morning Gun we'll had
"cruptcd" with q heavy flow OF
gas on May 10th. Later another
report indicated q heavy flow OF
high grade distillatc oil had beer
developed. The hole was car
ricd on down. and after three
months OF work on the we'll, |,
was finally announced that tn.
we'll was completed as n mon
commercial discovery .Glacic,
Park officially opened on June
18th. after unusually late spring
The road over Logan Pass open
cd q few days later. nor
man ilalsrth. prominent mcr
chant Of Browning for man,
years. died on June i4th. . -.
Preparations made for holdins
annual l,odco In Browning or
July 4th.
Continued Next Week,
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Story Written Before Confession

Story Written Before Confession
The following story. based on
information obtained at Conrad
Sunday, was written before the
sensational confession of Aims.
back:
The trial of George Tromblcy
and Albert Vale, charged with
first degree murder, started in
district court in Conrad on Wed.
nesday of this week. with Judge
II. NJ. IIattersley presiding.
While the two men are
charged with the same crime.
the murder of Gabriel Spotted
Eagle, of the Heart Butte area.
in Dupuycr on the night of July
18th. 1855. they will be tried
separately, with Tromblcy going
to trial first.
The trial was scheduled to
start on Tuesday morning. Jan.
3rd, but under a stipulation
agreed to by the attorneys for
both the prosecution and the dc.
PENDANTS. a delay of one day
was granted by the court to per.
NIT the use of a lie dctcctor
which was to be brought by an
expert from Seattle. which
would not be available before
Tuesday. the day the trial was
set to start.
The defendants attorney in
these cases is Attorney Gray. OF
Roman. who is quite we'll known
in this area. County Attorney
Herbert Conrad. Jr.. of Conrad
will be assisted in the trial of the
cases by Wilbur Werner. of Gu,
Bank. who had not figured in
the case until recently. when he
was appointed assistant prose
cutor TO County Attorney Con
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HAlaNeMAN TO REMAIN As
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

At the regular meeting of the
board of county commissioners
the first of this week. Commits.
sioner Harold Hanneman was
named chairman of the board to
serve a second year in that posi-.
ton. Previous announcement
had been made that Hanncman
would retire as chairman. but
the other members Of the board
insisted he remain in the presid.
ing officers position for another
wear.
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Glacier Distributors
bvildinq New Quarters

New quarters of the Glacier
Distributors. a $4,000 building
in the vicinity of Highway No. 2
in East Browning. are approach.
ing completion. with company
plans for occupancy shortly after
the first of the new year.
The building is being con.
structed of pumice block and
brick. Mel Overdahl being in
charge of the work. It will con.
tain an office and large storage
room for stock and supplies.
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rad, by the board of county COM
missioners of Pondera county.
The two criminal trials are
the first of the regular January
term of the district court in
Pondcra county.
The death of Gabriel Spotted
Eagle, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Spotted Eagle. prominent resi-.
dents of the Heart Butte com.
munity, was the cause of much
interest on the reservation, and
throughout this part of Montana.
The body of the young man was
found in the rear of tavern in
Dupuycr early in the evening of
July 18th in an Unconscious state.
following an afternoon of visit.
ing and drinking in the Dupuycr
tavern. Several associates. in.
GLIDING Tromblcy and Vale.
. loaded the body into a car and
started for the Browning hospi.
tai, thinking the man was only
unconscious and not critically
hurt. When the party arrived at
a point inside the Glacier coun.
~ line. on Highway 80. it was
discovered that the victim had
died. and authorities in Brown.
ing were notified.
The ensuing investigations
were somewhat complicated. be.
cause of the fact that the crime
had been committed off the
reservation. The F. b. !. did not
assume jurisdiction. and law en-
fOrccment officers of Pondera
and Glacier counties were handi
capped due to the fact that the
supposed crime was committed
in one county and the body
found in the other.
On the 26th Of July a coroner.
inquest was held in the barrack.
building in Browning with Z
large number of witnesses testi
flying. All the witnesses dis
claimed any knowledge of how
the slain man had come to hi.
death. but as result of the
hearing Tromblcy and Vailt
were taken to Conrad and LODGED
in Jail. but were later released
for lack of competent evidence
Later. Frank Spotted Eagle
father of Gabriel. not being salts
fled with the results of tn,
earlier investigations, hired Tc,
Collier. merchant policeman o.
Browning and an experienced
law enforcement official. to con
duct a further investigation
Collier. assisted by Indian Police
man John Tatsey at Heart Butte
and law enforcement officials oil
Browning and the reservation
succeeded in uncovcring add
tional evidence which later re
suited in the filing of formal
charges against Trombley and
Vale. John p. Moore. Cut Bank
attorney. was also brought into
the case.
Progress of the trial in Con
rad will be watched with mucl,
interest in this county.
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Auxiliary Sponsors
March Of Dimes

The American Legion Auxil.
larry is sponsoring the annual
March of Dimes campaign this
year. with Mrs. Ethel Schubert
as chairman, 1t was announced
this week.
The campaign started Tuesday,
January 3rd. and will continue
until Tuesday. January 3lst.
Proceeds from the drive will
be used to provide funds for the
nationwide campaign TO raise
funds to combat the plague of
polio and assist in the vaccine
campaign that is believed will
go far toward the prevention of
the disease among young people
and others who might be strick.
en- by the dread disease. Care
of those who have been afflicted
is another important part of the
overall program of the national
organization.
A portion of the funds raised
In the county will be retained
by the local organization for use
in local cases. Monte Ferguson.
of Cut Bank. is county chairman,
and it is expected that q vigor.
Gus campaign will be conducted
TO raise the quota assigned to
Glacier county. Mrs. Schubert
urges residents of the Browning
community and the west area of
the county to make their do.
nations as early as possible. and
1t is hoped that generous support
of this important program will
be given this year.
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DRIVERS EXAMINATION
TO al HELD IAN. II AND IL

The next dates for examina.
ton Of applicants for drivers
licenses will be held at Cut Bank
on January II and ~. Of next
week.
All those desiring TO take the
examinations are instructed TO
appear at the court house In
Cut Bank on either Of the two
days. A representative Of the
state highway patrol will be AT
the court house TO conduct the
examinations.
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BOXING BOUT CANCELLED

The public and all those per
sons holding tickets for the Box
ing bout to have been held on
December q. 1855, found them
selves in sorry plight. after
having been promised the use Of
the grade school gym for the
holding Of the fight card.
Everything went along fine
until the very last minute. before
the doris were TO be opened for
the evenings entertainment.
Tickets had been advertised and
sold. and everyone was expect
ing an evening Of fine entertain
mcnt. Then 4 decision was made
by the School Board that there
would be- no fight card held.
We are indeed sorry that such
an event had to take place. and
we want to apologize to every.
one who purchased tickets. and
got behind the Club for this
event. We are also sorry that
the School Board Of Browning
does not see eye to eye with the
Browning Boxing Club with re-.
gard to good healthy sportsman.
ship. and clean entertainment.
On the 18th Of January. the
Browning Boxing Club will jour
ncy 10 Spokane. Washington. for
a fight card to be featured on
lclcvisiOn. and the following
members of the Club will be
featured: Howard Oldchicf. Mer'
lin McCluskey. Alvin Dog Gun,
and Harold and Jarrold Gray.
Ernest Gray
Manager Of the Browning
Boxing Club
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HiqhIiqhtS Of the News Stories Of 1855

To write a story summarizing
the most important news events
during the year 1855 would con.
sumo more space than would be
available. and to try to pick out
any number of stories as the
most important would be . still
more difficult task. Hence this
attempt to point out, month by
month. the highlights of the
more important happenings was
decided upon as q possible so.
luton to the problem.
During the year now ended,
different topics claimed front
page position and the biggest
headlines. The most important
events. perhaps. occurred early
in the year and during the clos.
ing months Of the twelve.month
period. Oil development. crime.
civic progress including the
launching of the program to re.
build the water system and pro.
vide an adequate water supply.
the last oil leasing sale and the
fabulous prices paid for leases
in the Babb area. and the pass.
ing Of J. l.. Shcrburne. lifelong
resident Of Browning. civic lead.
or. banker. business man and
heavy real estate owner. would
claim top rating of being the
most important developments Of
the year.
Without attempting to name
any one story. or number of stor.
les. as of first Importance. we
herewith submit a brief sum.
mary Of the more important
happenings. month by month:
January
Interest was high in oil circles
as the Union Oil Company made
plans for the starting of their
drilling operations on acreage
for which they had paid high
prices along the mountain front.
and speculation was high as to
where the first test would be
made. The Tribe considers
proposal TO make important
changes in their tribal consti.
tuition. The big building
formerly used by the Great
Northern Railway at Blackf0Ot
was safely moved across the high
countour bridge over Two Medi.
cine river. at the eastern edge
Of East Glacier. on Highway No.
2. . The March of Dimes cam.
paign was launched. with Mrs.
Don Wright rs community chair.
man. A largely attended
public meeting was held 10 urge
the construction Of an improved
road north from a junction Of
the Meriwcthcr road to Emmi.
grant Gap. Tribe members
held q long session to discuss
the proposed Constitutional
amendments. A. NJ. Shan.
non. who had for many years
been connected with the Brown.
Ing Mercantile Company. was
named cashier Of the First Ma.
ti0nal Bank. succeeding John
Gilbert. A per capita pay.
mcnt Of $50 per member Of tho
Blackfcct tribe was promised by
The Tribal Council. to b. made
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Raymond Aims Back. . -.
yssr.oId full blood In.
dian Of the Heart Butte com.
mvnity. confessed 10 law On.
foresmsnt officials Of Pom.
dsrs and Glacier counties to
the murder Of Gabriel Spot.
ted Eagle in 0vpvysr on
July 18th Of 1855. according
TO confirmed information 70.
eeivsd BY the Glacier Re.
porter early Thursday morn.
ing.
The news Of the confession Of
Aimsbsek came q . complete
surprise TO everyone connected
with the case. except possibly
some Of the law enforcement
staff.
As . result Of the confession
II Is probable that the charge,
sssinst George Tromblsy end
Alfred Vale. whose trial on
charges Of committing the crime
had started in District Court Ia
Conrad Wednesday morning. will
be dismissed.
The case against Tromblsy end
Vale was scheduled to start
Tuesday morning. January 3rd
but on request Of the attorney,
on both sides Of the case. The
start Of the trial was postponed
one day TO permit the use Of 4
lie dstsetor BY On expert from
Seattle. u Is probable thst the
sudden turn in the case resulted
from the Use Of the lis dstsetor
that Is not confirmed
Wednesday was spent In thu
selection Of . Jury 70 try ths
cases against rsomblsy. who Wal
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held in Browning on March %,
with no spectacular results.
Highest bid was Sl2.84 per acre
bonus: $50 tracts were offered.
but only 81 of these brought bids.
Union Oil paid the highest
prices. and obtained the largest
acreage of any of the major com.
panics.
April
Bids opened for construction
of SIS miles of Highway No. 2
and contract let to Idaho firm on
a low bid of Sl.l88.264. This is
the section of road being bull;
from Nyack east. to eliminate
what was known as the devils
elbow" The contractor was
given a limit of 500 days to com.
plete the job. and much Roadway
was made during the year. II Is
hoped the job may be completed
by the fall of 1856. l, was the
most costly highway contrac,
ever let il Montana. The new
improvement, will provide a
water grade for Highway No. 2
from Summit to the Flathcad
valley At Columbia Falls. e..
j. ID. Franklin was elected mayor
without opposition. and the fol.
lowing aldermen were elected
for two.ycar terms: Vim. Berco.
vich and Stanley Preston in
Ward No. l and Marvin Sparrell
and Ed Shurr. Jr.. in the second
ward. The Glacier Reporter
was awarded n two year contract
for the county printing. publish.
ing and supplies for Glacier
county. covering the period from
April Z. 1855 TO April 9. 1857. =.
The annual school election re-.
suited In all incumbent members
being reelected. after a lively
contest by n laSt.minutc slate of
candidates failed to obtain a
majority vote. The vote was
the largest ever recorded at q
school election in Browning.
May
Browning Mercantile store was
burglarizcd and bandits captured
within an hour after the crime
was committed. Douglas Bear
Child was killed in an auto acct.
dent near Dusty'S Inn. on April
18th. Polio vaccine was prom.
iSed for Glacier county. Lions
Club launches cleanup cam.
paign on city.widc basis. Mrs.
Phoebe LcBrechc. pioneer resi-.
dent. dies at Columbus hospital
III Great Falls. Examination
for position Of postmaster IN
Browning called to fill vacancy
caused by retirement Of O. 4.
Tcllifcro.
June
Continental oil Company an.
nounccS the drilling of a deep
test we'll on their acreage north.
west Of Browning. The location
was on the Peterson ranch. about
fifteen miles northeast of town.
In the same issue Il was an.
nounccd that the Amy.Douglas
well on the Babb road. would
resume operations. II was also
noted that tho Morning Gun we'll
was down 10 q depth Of $500
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some time in February. -.
GcorgcMagce died of heart
attack.
On January II the Union Oil
Company dedicated their Morn.
ing Gun wu. and officially
started drilling operations. An
estimated crowd of 1000 people
attended the outdoor ccre.
monies. The temperature was
just about at the freezing point.
and little discomfort was felt by
the big crowd who remained for
more than an hour for the cere.
mony. On the same date the
year before. It was SO degrees
below zero. Work on the
electric line south of Browning
was started by the Glacier Coun.
~ Electric Cooperative. More
oil leasing was promised for the
early spring months. John L.
Loewen was elected president of
the Browning Chamber of Com.
merce for the year. Oil
in the city water system was
noted for the first time.
Morning Gun well given wide
publicity. with many newspapers
and magazines carrying pictures
and details Of the operation.
February
Senator George McCabe. who
had represented Glacier county
in the upper law.making body.
suffered a stroke in Helena. and
died within q few days. The
county commissioners later ap.
pointed Dan liagcrty. old.,imc
resident and prominent demo.
crat. to fill the vacancy. DR..
william Bennett arrives TO take
position at Blackfeet Agency hos.
pital. 37.557 acres of land
on reservation put up for lease.
. The hot argument over the
so.callcd mineral rights Of In.
dividuals on the reservation was
started by the introduction Of q
bill In the U. $. Senate by Sena.
tor Murray. Elva Hall LII.
max was charged with killing her
husband. Alfred Eugene l.unak.
The accused woman was held in
Jail only a few hours. as the
case was considered one of sclf.
defense.
March
J. u. Franklin announces his
candidacy for mayor at the com.
ing spring election. Dan
llagcrty appointed by county
commissioners AZ state senator
to fill vacancy caused by death
Of Senator George McCabc. .
Red Cross campaign gets under
way. A minimum tcmpcra.
turc Of - degrees below zero
was recorded on March 9Th, fol.
lowing . mild February. .
Chamber Of Commerce outlines
active improvement program for
year. Joseph Racine, mem.
bcr Of Tribal Council. dies sud.
denly Of a heart attack. Ola.
ctcr Reporter installs new auto.
matte printing press. James
Douglas. pioneer resident. died
on March 4th. . The first
lease sale after the spudding In
Of the Morning Gun we'll was
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The next business meeting Of
the Browning all club will be
held on Sunday. January 8. at
300 y. m. Because the Legion
building is being used. the Ill
meeting will be held at the Girls.
som home.
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Santa Claus. We presume. j
enjoying q well.dcscrvcd rest.

People who hurry through this
life meet death that much
earlier.
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Miss Ragine Morgan. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Morgan.
who live on ranch west of
Browning. was home from Law.
renee. Kansas. where she Is q stu.
dent ut the Haskell Institute. for
the Christmas holidays. She left
Monday for Lawrence to resume
her school work. A son Of the
Morgans. Hilbert j.. who Is scrv.
Ing In the U. S. air force. sta.
toned at Las Crucs. New Mexi.
co. was unable to get home for
the holidays. The son gradu.
atcd from Browning high school
In 1851. In connection with his
military service he is continuing
his education. taking q cores.
pOndcncc course In bookkeeping
and accounting. lie Is now q ser.
grant. having recently been pro.
noted.
WELL CHILD CONFERENCE
The first Well Child confer.
cncc for 1886 will BE- held at the
Blackfcct Hospital in Browning
Tuesday. Jan. 10th from $50 To
1900 noon.