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THE HELENA DAILY INDEPENDENT. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1933 Latest Happenings of Interest From Over the State MEMBERS ADDED TO FACULTY Slate University. Sept. 16. when the i i academic year opens at the State university this fall, Vardis Fisher and Harold Tasoher will be i as new members of the faculty.

Vardis Fisher is i i for Associate Professor Hrassil Fit7- gerald. on leave of absence for fall a Mr. Fisher is lo a people or. the Montana a as he has served on the English staff as visiting professor during the past two summer sessions. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Utah, and received the Ph.

D. degree from the University of Chicago. Mr. Fisher, whose home is in Idaho, if rapidly gaining recognition as a novelisv. He is the anthor of "Toilers in the Hills," "Dark BridweH" and "In Tragic Life," and a fourth novel Is scheduled for publication this fall.

Harold Tascher will be assistant professor of economics and sociolo- FIFTY YEARS AGO TOWNSEND SAW THE LIGHT OF DAY AS RAILROAD CREATED EMPIRE Bv XAX W. HOLLAND IFTY years ago the railroad came through Montana and a settlement called Townsend became the distributing point for an inland empire extending over the Missouri valley and far beyond the Belt range i the Smith river country. A few of the first settlers, their children and grandchildren, are i-till llvlnc In Ihe Townsend grew steadily. It was a "tough red-light houses, gambling dives and Chinese washhouses filled with "hop-head Chinks" functioned In the lower end of town toward the N. P.

depot. Near them Judge J. R. Weston had a drug store. From there on.

up as far as Owen Gillogly's blacksmith shop, the enterprising citizenry built and conducted stores and shops for every need. Homes and public buildings were constructed that stand today as memorials py, replacing hlizabeth Asen(Q dorf of the department of ccono- 1 a mics and Mr. Almon Wright of the a a skilled Ave rill and department of history, who have resigned. Mr. Tascher, who holds Dan arthy.

who a of mercnan(llsB sity or Illinois, a a are a enlarging and moderniz- duate work at the i of Townsend Mercantile BILLINGS DO! OF 19 IS VICTIM OF ing the that began a half century ago as LUU1V LUC ai the doctor's degree from the emberi 18s3t verslty of Illinois, has also taken grai Chicago. He has taguht at Ling- nan university. Canton, China, the University of Illinois, and the I a State Teachers' college, and has served as research assistant at the University of Chicago. During the past summer he was a caseworker for the Cook bureau of public welfare at Chicago. Dean Tromas C.

Spaulding of the school of forestry, has been granted another year's lea've of absence so a he may i his work as head of the a relief commission. Billings. Sept. (AP)--Taken W. E.

Tierney and Company--with Mr. Tierney. Dan McCarthy and J. R. Marks owners.

Popular Place This company owned the hotel on the corner across the street from the store. Beneath the sagging gallery of the "Townsend House," one now passes groups of men lounging near the barroom door as in pre-Volstead days, stumbles over sleeping dogs and senses the fact of old bar being again in use as 3 2 beer Is despenscd across its shining surface. Every known drlnlfc could, at an early day, be had at this bar. Patronage was encouraged and courtesies exchanged through the medium of "treating." The company kept liquid refreshment i in the store warehouse back forced him lo drive to a 1 spot revcn miles from here a a man paid nd up his account it was customary to "here a him by taking him out to Kav, an S-year-olrt delivery was found uncnnscious from cniphed s-kull tonight. Employed by hi' father, the youth carried more a The money and hi" watch gone Near delivery was hammer.

round by i of an oil truck, Kay a to hospital here. lie rccalnert Ills fences long cnoujrh lo i i his assailant as a Mexican i a pistol and then relapsed Into coma His condition regarded Brave. The left i of his head was crushed and his right side was paralyzed. Doctors hoped to a an operation for removal of pressure on the brain. Only the Wind Died After Raising Billings.

Sept. 16. The wind Frfiday did more than send T-eople scurrying a their hats. sent them i and I i i tively to their telephones. This how it happened: The wind, in pomp a twisted the flag a flies above "show him the fish." The Townsend House was headquarters for the traveling public.

Drummers, road-show companies and the ext a a a bedecked women of the demi-monde, as well as clerks, freighters, and school teachers stopped there. Long a prices began going up, the Townsend House served the finest "two-bit" meal to Its regular patrons and "four-bit" meals to transients that could be had between the Twin Cities and the coast. Tierney hall is above the store. It was the dance hall and theater. I Traveling companies offered melo- a a medicine shows bally-hooed their curealls; hypnotists astonished with their vogue mesmerism from the small stage in one end of the hall.

All manner of "local tal- ent" entertainments were given; I political parties, convened there and campaign speeches have echoed from the slanting walls. The late Senator Thomas J. Walsh there made his first Fourth of July oration a beginning the practice of law in Helena. The "committee" failed to meet Mr. Walsh his the train.

started to descend, onlv to stop a a daughter at half a rema.ned at half With no escort they walked up the a for i a -while. One local street from the depot and it undertaker reported that he a was in no very happy mood that quite busy for a time answering I Mr. Walsh began to talk. the telephone. The question was: In the early nineteen hundreds "Who's died?" MJnYSVILLE NEWS Marysvllle.

Sept. 16--Mr. and i an a i i complete with mod- I ern stage sets and electric lights was i It was opened i a grand concert and ball given by the Townsend band the direction of Jack Padden. I In the commodious new "opera Mrs. George Zembsch and son, Bob- house a i productions hie.

of Grass Valley, old- time residents of Marysville. visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schaffer Tuesday Mr. 7.pm- hsch's father.

Lawrence Zembpch. built Ihe brewery here in 1SS4, at that time George was a at the cyanide plant for the Homestake Mining company. presented. Musical and literary met i favor, cantata, a classic or modem cabaret. Judft Was Singer A attorney.

John A. Matthews, who later hecame. a Justice of the a a supreme court, once I Mr. and Mrs. Raymond s-ang it leading part in one of these Miss Ruby Vincent and Mrs.

offerings. He and other men KortlnK, motored to Anaconda I Townsend were destined to Tuesday, where Mrs. Kortlng will achieve honorable position in the visit for some time with her a htate. The w-ell remembered Archie ter, Mrs. Ted John L.

Sullivan is spending the E. Spnggs was a clerk In a local Morn and albo taught the Deep week in Helena on business. Creek school i a term Rev. William Plppy and sOn.j| fore entering politics and hecom- Ulva, -were out from Helena 1 nK a governor. State Sen day i for services In a 0 E.

H. Goodman was the first Methodist Episcopal church. school master in Townsend, and At- Mr. and Mrs. Carl have a Wine, learned his moved here from Butte.

Mr. John- a rii and 'rlthmetlc In son IK employed at tho Belmont own! eiu a echool house. n) nes A i i i citizen and one Hud Forlander of Helena Is tho xeltteTS )s Honor- week-end guest of Henry Sunn an a a Kanousc. He has at- hls home. I tamed a gracious advanced age, Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Larson of into the Seattle have moved Sehnaffntt Mr. and i i a are the proud parents of a son born In Helena Saturday. nevertheless. Is still actively en- children were out from Helena Sunday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McKay for their home In Seattle, Wash. edged In the practice of law and the a a of a a Mr a was a member of the territorial assembly that framed the i state i i and later a state representative. The a A of Ihe i claims him among its depleted a mid he Is often chosen to address state-wide meetings of tho G.

A. Pioneers and Amer- rarpenler at tho Hnld Bulle min" l( an legion. on his milk route the winters. His cabin was spotless, his yard swept clean. He lived quietly and alone.

AVith his Bible open beneath a shining oil a on the table, he took off his shoes and sat down one evening. A day later a neighbor, curious over not getting the a i i went to look and old Mr. MacDerm'ott resting --In i In Menpher County Originally, Townsend was in Meagher county. With i i Income to be derived from farm lands and mines within a smaller radius, talk of a new county, to be carved from Meagher, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark and Gallatin ounties grew apace. During the fifth legislative assembly, with Senator Gordon G.

Watt and Representative Charles Whipple advocating the new county project, It was successfully carried and Townsend became the county seat of Broadwater county. A special train carried members of the legislature, residents of Helena, and a others to Townsend one night to celebrate the occasion of the creating of the new county. The Townsend band met the visitors and led them up the main street to tho Townsend House, where a a was served. Lighted candles and oil lamps gleamed from every window, and sputtering street lamps showed the path from banquet hall to dance hall, where the grand event culminated. The first murder trial In Broadwater county was held in the auditorium.

The court house had been established in the O. T. H. Allen home, where the county officials functioned. But the court room was too Email to accommodate the spectators who crowded in to hear the spirited arguments between Prosecuting Attorney Baldwin and Dick Purcell of Helena.

Cement walks now border the Townsend streets and there are H1NCHER DIES FROM WOUND HE DECEIVED Lcwistown. Sept. a a well-known rancher of the near Spiings-Denton section, who was brought to this city last Sunday i from a serious bullet wound In the left shoulder received when rifle which he was a i accidentally discharged, died at a local hospital about 9 o'clock Thursday night. Mr. Bernhard Is survived by the widow and several children, all residing at Beor Springs, where he had made his homo for a number of years.

Although arrangements are not complete, it Is understood that funeral services will be held In Denton probably Saturday afternoon. Mr. Barnhard was of the Lutheran faith and In cooperation with Stout the Messenger continued. Charles Eaton who was the next editor and Charles Hubbard came to town Tvlth a rival sheet. After a period of decided opposition In matters civic and politic.

the two papers combined. Vnder the management of T. N. Averill they became the Townsend Star. Since Mr Averill's death.

Mrs. Averill and her daughters have carried on the publication. It is the only newspaper in Broadwater county. Popular Days Fourth of and Labor day celebrations wero always popular in Townsend. Years before the town had a band.

Flcklin McCormick. as marshal of the dav. would mount a spirited horse and lead the parade r.f school i lodge drill teams and bicycle riders. Miners from Hassell and Winston came equipped with tools to use in a display of and skill in drilling. i men they were, striking fiercely and accuratelv i the a shouted.

1 Tugs of war, foot races, a ball game and horse races continued all day and a i enlivened Ihe night. One of the i i a governors had a Lou Potts, who "buttons" at Intersections. A i meat market for several biles have laken away some of the i a i to Jacob town's business by shortening Schaaf. Governor Potts and Presl- tances to and from the larger Harrison's son. Russell, owned ters.

Even the sick are carried I operated a horse ranch of iTerney's store of the whip and brakes and wheels city hospitals, but in old days Dr. Belcher or one of the other local doctors ministered sat- isfactorllly in every case from birth through the exigencies of life to the very end. Family Names Marks, McCarthy's Averill's and Doggett's: Kanouse's, Van Voast's, Thompson's. Goodman's, Swift's, Fairchlld's and McCormick's are a few old families whose names bring pictures In memory that have to do with the days when Townsend was a bit of the old West. When the stage coast used to roll up In to the crack the rattle of and harness.

with "broncs" In the lead and the wheel horses steady frisky in the i air. The mail for White Sulphur was loaded into the 'boot" and the coach piled high with luggage and filled with pas- bengers. As the stage wheeled away, the excitement died and i the Incoming stage at night was due, the town was usually quiet The arrival was more subdued than the morning departure, hut a waited In front of the store or hotel to hear any news that -would be brought from over the range. Calamity Jane with her little girl and husband named Burke lived in Townsend for a short time. She wore a long coat and men's pants and sold a small booklet relating her life's story.

She lived above the "Messenger" peaceable. The Messenger office and was and Star have newspaper traditions of Townsend from tho beginning up to date. Jim Flske Bold out to John Stout and a stranger railed "Huckleberry Finn." Gordon G. Watt purchased the "Finn" partnership Deep Creek. P.

M. a and Alex Carson a in shoo and harness a i Berg established a a i i and ma- i business i i a Wood mended clocks and watches and the State a wns i operated by H. L. Hyatt. The words of the "When the mints have rolled In splendor from the beautv of the hills," wero written near Townsend by A i Herbert Barker.

Her I i a i was the scene about her. No more majestic, a i crowns an American valley, than "Old Baldy." rear- Ing his snowy twin peaks far above the rugged timber line. Living waters from Its i crevasses flow down the fertile hillside, emptying I the Missouri river. Tho rich, yielding earth provides bounteously for the earnest folk who till the soil, and Townsend is the center of their i i and trading. Typlral of Life The story of Townsend Is the story of a western settlements.

A of people--some good-some evil, each bent upon ing for i a. source of Income. a home, a stopping place! Saloons and gambling Joints became notorious, but church societies, schools and lodges persist and i together the sober-minded who stabilize and i for generations. Townsend has passed every stage of growth and today presents Itself serene, secure. Its townspeople pursue their ways a recognizing the advantages of neighborly cooperation.

They are. con to i the beauty of i at their firesides -where gather the descendants of the first settlers of 50 years ago. SURVEY STARTED FOR DEEP CREEK SECTION ELECTRIC HIGHWAY NEAR TOWNSEND Townsend, Sept. of the Electric i a which is to be constructed through Deep creek canyon, started Wednesday' morn- lug, with D. C.

Kluiiey, chief sur- for the bureau, of public roads and his crew of men, arriving here Tuesday from Rainier National park, where they had been engaged i the summer. The crew expects to be engaged in the business of making Ihe sui- vey, for about six weeks or two months, at the end of which time the contract for actual construction will be let and work commenced. People In this community have waited anxiously for several months hoping for the day when the survey would commence, for with that Initial work, laborers hoped that construction work would glvo them a Job. Accordingly the employment board of the National Recovery administration has organized offices in the court house for the purpose of registering all men in this county who desire work. Howard Firebaugh of the Helena district i was in Townsend last week, start- Ing the registration, a which time he has received the co-operation of Assessor A.

W. Rldgeway, who Is giving his extra time to the task. According to Mr. Rldgeway, there are more than 200 men registered. Is tho Intention to put all the unemployed to work in.

Broadwater county in a short time with this Electric highway construction and other public works programs. Mr. Klnney and his crew are making their headquarters in Townsond, a greater part of the crew taking residence at the Commercial hotel. They will run out to work every day and return at night. About IB men will be employed on the crew In a short time.

As far as known at the present time, the survey will be made much as possible on the north side of the creek, running as closely as possible to the bottom of the con- yon. The state highway commission will authorize the surveying and construction of the road from Townsend to the forest reserve and from White Sulphur Springs to the reserve on the other sldn of the range, as soon as the forest department completes Its survey. PREPARE TD HANDLE 12UOBJI BEETS Mlssoula. Sept. i of the 1 2 6 9 0 0 crop of sugar beets from the western a a i to the Mlssoula a of the Amalgamated a a will start i i the next 10 days.

It is estimated a the crop will make carloads to be moved various a i points Half of the a is expected to come the i Root val- lev. which will i a i a 6 5 0 0 0 of beets to the Missoula plant. First loading Is a Sept. and cars will be- at at Bass. i Bine.

Quast. Tucker, Wood. 1 and a i a a i receive loads. The a a i send a a to be loaded al a a rinjen a Dlxon Poison. a tcmtiace i he moved from the section of the DPPT Lodge, a and also from Toslon.

a i a It is expected that the beet move- i creator i a a a i i cars i be moved a to MIs- soula. WILD GEif MEST IS 25,000 Kalispell. Sept. 16. Estimates made by the forest service I i a that at least 10,000 gallons of i were picked along tho a i slopes In the Lake Blaine.

Echo and Wolf creek Just east of Using i i ns a basis it is probable a at least 25.000 gallons were picked In and a Flathcad a At an avcr.igo price of 50 a gallon the a of i crop would IIP $12,.100. Forest service i show a the largest of cars parked at the Erho ranger a i in any one day was 40 and a there, were an average of persons to each car. The record for ono day's picking went to one man who picked 15 gallons. The average person gathered about five gallons a day. One of the most a i i a which the- forest service, records show is a not one a a forest i resulted from the activities of the pickers In the Echo region.

This is a record of which all of the pickers may well he proud. CAYUSE WELL SPUDS Stanford, Sept. 16 --The oil well being drilled by Pestal Bros, of Billings In a basin, was spud- ded In Thursday i and on a the bit was i over i feet. The hole is started with a 10-Inch capacity and production, either gas or oil, Is expected at between or feet. The i a ecology on the wns made by J.

H. Voohrts of Omaha, who reported the as a "sure shot." Several other geologists have reported the struc- ns a possibility. The well Is located a one wpst of camp. In the cen- CAMPBELL RENEWS LEASES ON CHEAT mm Ilardln, Sept. 16.

Thomas R. Campbell, president and general manager of the Campbell Farming corporation, returned this weok from a trip to Washington, D. where he renewed his lenses for another term of years on the thousands of acres of dry farm embraced in his i 1, on tho Fort Custer bench oil tho cast side of the Big Horn river, and Camp 4, on the west side, well up towards the nig Horn canyon. Despite the extremely dry summer, Mr. Campbell harvested about 125.000 bushels of high- grade winter wheat from his Camp 4 lease, this fall, and now has large force of men at work plowing and seeding a large acreage to winter wheat.

Tho plows and seeders are kept going 24 hours a day and 700 acres are plowed and seeded as a dally average. Mr. Campbell will remain here until tho seeding Is completed, which he estimates will require about weeks more, and he states lie i have at least 20.000 acres seeded when seeding operations cease i a FLATHEAD SPUD CROP a Sept. ,16. James Kck- elberry.

local a i on stated yesterday a spuds. a crop i year i a in Hot a a lack of i at i i Is responsible for thn below aveiage 5leld i Where I i a i has been available the crop will bn very good. Mr. F.ckelberry said. As a comparison he i i The field Is seven acres.

but It i not yield less a 12 to tho acre, a i lo Mr. Kckelherry's i a a i a this I i CELEBRITIES II5IT i i has been i i a of the basin and a a mllo best dry a crop In thn west rim. A passable road has constructed to well site for bringing in supplies ODE PDTJTO TO MEAL AIM OFJjPUB EROIfl i Sept. I i on an A project of his L. H.

i i a Dillon's plonoer gardener, proposes to i i i of one of tho most despised tasks i good i that of peeling spuds. No longer will tho housewife of tho toll over a whole a i of tubers. Instead, she'll peel one giant potato and have enough for meal. At least, that's the way It ap- pp.irs at present. Mr.

a i week i i a huge spud which weighed two and a big to supply highly prized a for an entire family. Moreover, the big potato as one of a of record-sized from Mr baugh's i cast of tho city. The urgo lo grow big i extended over I the patch of too. for a specimen of a vegetable shown by Mr. a this week weighed no le-ss than lli 2 ounces.

KNIFING ALLKCiKIl a i Sept. -Melchor a i i i beet worker of i Is In tho Jail hero a a i i i a charges of as. a a a of his i beet i near Victor today. Orospe a i a his i i had "hurt my i and gave that, as the reason for the i i a i i said. NURSE CONFESSES SLAYING COAST SHIPPING MAGNATE where are i i new boarding house and house.

Jack Hopkins over from Hflmvlllo week. for eeveral days this A member of the A. R. onco lived In Townsend. Ho peddled i there 4 5 years ago.

He a a Yankee noldler and his i blue capcd overcoat and cap F-leda a 43-yi'iir-olrt nurse, ban a i in police Mint slui shot and i her employer, Krancls Ornoc, i retired' i i a a on of bin al i hh for 18 months. She. thero was no romance, and did not a i her motive. The center picture, i HIP of Ihe nutate, where Ciraoo wns ilan ak taken Irom the hotel i from which watched i al I RB walled Iwo woeks for opportunity to kill him. i a he said ery field In the ai big or even a better yield a i every car.

a a a a age- now produced on i dry land a i the crop Is small In the them In a greater a a i be i here and a good part of tho crop i kave lo he shipped out The prlcn will i a lap! year, a i i I ii i i lo say a It i be. Powell, Deer And Granite Wheat Growers May Sign Deer Lodge. Sept. 16. About i he paid out to whoat growers of Powell.

Deer Lodge a a i i providing a sign a i acreage for a 1.1 per cent of i average acreace seeded In 1H.10. 13.11 and 1 0 3 2 This i possibly not mean any reduc- i over a has been seeded In i i Pppt. 1 -Tho i i a a i i I Wnrliipsday i a a i A i a Lrslln How a i couple, were a i a i aerial i are i i them recogni- i anil a. who i i i a a I a a a learned I Thn llnwrnans, pn from the I i a a a i races a Chicago, i over i a i i i I a A gplps a i Mr. and i a also look i I i A a a They WCTP en Ann A A enough on a of II.

but Mr. Bran- Ion a to IIP a at a i i I Ills and comp a he- thp past a a a of i region a bpen less wheat each year No i he paid i a a been given to all growers to a a i a i a The response In the section has been general, bvt Deer Lodge valley a seem to be a i i i according lo John F. Kreyclk. emergency agent, who has opened an i In I and Is a i i growers In a i out the necessary forms E. A.

Swanz is New Manager of Graves Hotel at Harlowton a Sept Swanz. son-in-law of 1C --A. K. Mrs. Louisa Graven, owner of the Graves hotel, has ag.iln assumed a a of a hostelry.

Glf 7.oller. a a with his a i i spend i al i old home In Rochester. N. before a i upon a new business We Specialize in the Best Grades of Oil and Lubrication Servicing anil Riimlrlng of All Miikp.s of Texaco Fire Chief Gasoline Dclco Batteries and Washing Simonmng Accessories Storage General Motors Trucks--Ruick and I'onliac BURGAN WALKER, Inc. Open 21 Hours 481 Fuller Avenue Phono 2M Artifical Ice Co.

Mineral Springs Water For Deliveries on OLD FAITHFUL BEER Phone 358 LADE OIL PLANT DENIES RUMORS OE BUSKS FUE Laurel. Sept. clrcu- Intcd in Laurel and elsewhere, fol- lowing the of the Indo- i pendent i i company plant a few days UKO, that the company was going out of business, were declared Thursday by D. E. Hageman, vice president and general manager, to lie "The Mr.

Hageman said, "Is only temporary mid we ox- pect to resume, operations Just as soon as It Is necessary lo the demand for Laurclloaf products. An a' result of several woeks contlnu- ous operation we have a large stock of gasoline and 'auto fuel--suffl- cient to toko care of our market for some weeks. This can be readily understood the fact that If we operated i wo could sup- ply more a one-third the motor fuel used in Montana. "The fact is that we are taking advantage of this situation to make now I i a i and changes, ml- nor In a a which i more a the plant to the re- i a i a crudes wo are i as shown by tho cxpe- ilenco of tho last few weeks since reopened tho a Our products are now i handled by p. scoro of dealers "II way from tha a a i I a i a our a is Increasing a so a these reports which being i a a absolutely no a i in fact." I HIP a and his at A a a The a and i a i port a a a wtiro considered bv i an vital a In i his lo "VPB." i passed hero nev- pral i lasl i on brief trips to A a a Thn In Tlnvld Comstock.

Ho got I thn hrad- a year ago ho took hlti home-made, high i mon- oplaii" on his i solo hop. II" i I ship from his a and I a to It by i i "kiwi." a i ship. In his back yard I i Is powered by a model A Ford and considered bv lo he as a i as the a a a Job. Red Of Turk Greenough Pleased Over Work Red Lodge, Sept. Friday that Turk Greenoiigh of Lodge: had won Iho hronc.

i i content a a i I i cago i a of 1S9 points a i was Iho occasion for rejoicing a members of his a i and his Inrgo circle of i hern. Tho word was conveyed over Associated Prens wlrei ban neglected to i i I a i with a i as yet. The hrono i i event at the hiign i a show began Aug. 25 for a Iwo-wepk one of the hardest tests of a to i pvpn Ihe top hands have over been subjected. Tho victory there, a the fieri Lorlgo hoy Iho pre- i i i i of the, i and Insures a i for his feat.

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