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Section Two Section Two TMIBfTN Editorial Fashions Dramatics Society Radio Auto Movies GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1923. Sx DrtSi audi SMfcJhi Railroad Bimlldliinig Will Opeii 7 17? MkiM Vast Alfiieuiltar Mloraaea OTin ra Eastern 3 Grading Has Been Started On Haskell Project Between Casper, and Miles City 0 iiT ET US BUILD the railroad first," said former Governor JU Charles N. Haskell, of Oklahoma, in the tail of 1922, when failure to secure government royalty oil from producing s1 1 I jA 3 fields of the state of Wyoming and elsewhere resulted the abandonment of the pipe line carrier which had been projected, and which was to connect the Salt Creek oil fields with Forsyth. Montana. 1 a.

One year before this memorable utterance on the part of Governor Haskell, in November, 1921, W. u. Williams, personal representative of the builder, made an examination of the general situation and had arranged for the building of such 1 'v 4 fc 1 an oil carrying project. The orginal idea contemplated the transportation of oil from both the Salt Creek and the Cat Creek field of Montana through such a medium. It was felt that independent transportation was necessary for the encouragement of the -independent producer.

The plan and project was fully financed; the money hiis been provided. 1 .1 1. with approval on the part of the people of the territory to be benefited, arrangements were made for visits to Sheridan and Casper," Wyoming, and other locations. Before the "close of the month of November the die had been cast. The suggestion of Governor Haskell was changed to -a slogan for action.

Immediately following, and almost simultaneously, there were filed articles of incorporation for the Wyoming North South railroad in Wyoming, and the Montana Kailway company, in Custer county, Montana, and A part of the general railroad committee together with distinguished visitors. Reading third from tha left and standing under the center of the truck cab is Mayor H. B. Mitchell of Great Falls, gazing at the rails and ties, the first to be laid for the new North South railroad to connect Montana with the Salt Creek oil fields of Wyoming. S- Congressman Scott Leavitt of Great Falls delivering an address at the celebration of the laying the first rail on the new North and South railroad, April 18, 1923.

Beside Mr. Leavitt on the truck platform, there appears, reading from left to right, D. C. Fenstemacher, engineer, of Sheridan, 'Wyoming; Mayor B. J.

Brasen of Miles City, Frank Jelinek, president of the chamber of commerce; CharlesE. Brown, chairman of the Miles City railroad committee. Standing directly behind Mr. Brown, Congressman James V. Mc Clintic of Oklahoma, who also delivered an address, representing Ex-Governor C.

N. Haskell of Oklahoma. iimuuaj were iruwu mr iuj wuis it' i i -i ronstnwtinn The hnilders went intoFut Helena, the state capital. In Ue-ZVt cember. 11)22.

the HaskeU interests ar- mo jiiiii rL iur uiuirnui. iup name i Professor Says Newspapers Are Generally Right time, further inquiry was made for the securing of the oil. Negotiations were railroad and $15,000,000 were provid ed with which to pay for its construe' tion and completion. Today, with actual work started on the grading, the project contemplates the building of 320 miles of trackage to extend, from, a point on the Union Pacific system in Wyoming, west of Casner. to Miles City, via the Salt Mexico.

It lies within the realm of possibility and the entertainment of the idea is no more daring than the thought which, wrought into action, spanned the continent with steel ribbons within the memory of the generation still living. Freight Tonnage In Sight The success of the new railroad has been secured from the very beginning. Traffic arrangements have been made with the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul Ilailway company A new and more direct outlet and inlet to one-sixteenth of the population of the United States and to a much larger proportionate area of developing country will have been provided. Tonnage is in sight just the moment the first whistle responds to the cord on the locomotive which will inaugurate the commencement of active operations in transportation.

Civic progressiveness in the towns and cities which will be linked together will be accentuated. New opportunities will come for community planning and building, and withal there will follow a new, era of constructiveness, Creek oil fields, Buffalo and Sheridan, and joints intermediate. The general route south from Miles City will be along the Tongue river to Ashland, where to the south of that tire country has been drawn to that fact. A further study shows that the future line traverses one of the greatest rail-lacking sections in the United States. Consequently, it is logical and built on the sound principle of necessity.

It is apparent that success will follow to the section the railroad aims to serve. A boom will follow. This is to be expected. People from the overcrowded east will inquire, and some will travel far to become identified w-ith a new country. A majority of them will remain.

The flotsam and. jetsam will move on, as they have always migrated, and in the settling processes to follow a new era will dawn and become fixed when transportation again will prove, the contention that it is a great developer. Another advantage is to be noted. A glance at the maps of both the states of Montana and Wyoming will indicate that the railroad systems traversing these commonwealths almost invariably run east and west. There is practically no connecting link running north and south.

Indeed, it is not an idle dream to visualize for the future the extension of this new railroad now being built to the. north and south and eventually reaching termini located on the Canadian border and the Gulf of village the line will cross into Wyoming toward Sheridan, thence south through Buffalo and touching at other points until it reaches the Union Ta- construction details and work. II. A. Brooks, petroleum engineer, whose experiences include residence work in the Tampico oil fields of Mexico, and a number of other men in charge of surveys.

With the exception of Mr. Ferris, all of these men are in the field and located at resident headquarters in Miles City and Sheridan, looking after details of construction and directly representing Mr. Haskell in-all negotiations. Sheridan Wins Place On Line The fight made by the citizens of Sheridan, enlisting the services and interest of United States Senator John B. Kendrick, to secure for that city a plnco on the new railroad, and the incident of advancing the advertisement for bids for royalty oils on the famous section 30 in the Salt Creek oil fields of Wyoming by the Rtate board of land commissioners of Wyoming, are matters of that state's history, but it is interesting to note that the first proposition contemplated the following of the water grade of the Fowder river into Montana.

In spite of the fact, as stated, that the railroad would cost an additional $1,500,000 and about 30 to 40 miles of additional trackage, Sheridan won out and was designated as one of the principal cities and here the celebration of throwing the first dirt for the construction of the new depot was observed in the latter part of March, 1923. With th practical selection of the, route to be traversed, the Haskell interests announced the allocations made for Miles City at for Sheridan 250,000, and Buffalo $50,000, the bonuses in e-ach instance being raised within a comparatively short time. Keeping in mind that Governor Haskell has asked that the new railroad be completed during the Bvison, the building of the line is a prodigious undertaking. On February. 15.

1923, not a stake had been driven for the survey. A semi-mountainous country is to be traversed. Many difficulties of location and construction will encountered. The grading will require the moving of nearly 10 million yards of earth and solid rock. There will be many steel and wooden bridges and countless culverts to construct.

Nearlv 60,000 tons of stl rails will be laid upon over one million ties. A multitude of accessories will be npeded. Opens New Territory The new railroad will also serve to increase the general population all along the line. New townsites will be opened wherever they are needed to facilitate the industries and activities of the people. Many acres of good farming land which heretofore has been, in a sense isolated, will be brought close to transportation and the farming industry will receive a great impetus.

In this connection, many mines tbat have been handicapped by reason" of distance from a railroad will spring into life again and become an important part in the occupation of men engaged in mining. 'The foryts will be brought closer to market, and so far as the immediate territory to be affected by the new railroad is concerned, there will come an era" of prosperity which will be accepted as one of the remarkable effects of the construction of the line. It is a matter of general commit that just at this time the country is on the verge of a revival of business and prosperity and the inspiration of the building of this new railroad will have added materially to the furtherance of an important factor in livening up and giving con fidence to people everywhere. Another factor enters which is considered as important as all the facts connected with the building of the projected railroad. With the formal announcement of the startling intention to build, it is recalled that the north and south railroad, to connect Montana with Wyoming and running for a distance -of 326 miles, is the only considerable railway building program being carried out in the country at the present time.

The attention of the en- 0 cific through the oil territory. Under the energetic direction of Mr. Haskell it is expected that the completion of the new railroad will be announced some time in the early fall of 1923. It is the rapidity with which the inception of an idea is carried to reality that characterizes the processes leading to the decision to build a railroad, it is reirarded as one of It has taken newspapers a long time to live down the charge that inaccuracy is their major quality. In earlier days, when communication was difficult, rumor frequently was news, and rumor is fickle.

For many years past the supreme goal of every reputable newspaper is scrupulous accuracy and so large a place has that assumed that it is the essential dividing line between good and bad journalism. Addressing the National Educational association at its recent convention. Dr. Otis Caldwell, school principal of New York city, said: "We clipped 3.061 stories upon biological subjects from 492 newspapers in a 17-month period and out of that number only 14 articles contained an inaccuracy. That is a better record than most books can show.

Indeed it is; also, it is a record fa surprise many a newspaper man. for none is more aware than he of the fallability of the human machine and he, of all men. knows the score of perils a single fact must traverse before it reaches the sanctuary of the printed page. Error in transmission, poor pencil Flips, typographical mistakes, even jumbling of type or misplacing a line when all else has been cared for, may wreck a fact, and all of this is threatening from the second it is put on Taper for filing until the second the form is locked for the ste-reotyper. The striking thing about a reputable newspaper is not that it contains inaccuracies, but that they are so few.

will be characterized by a broad-ler visioned people, who' will have grasped the hand of opportunity and. i together, go forward into a new and I modernized promised land. the marvelous manifestations of the builder. It is recognized as the, mark of an empire builder in the modern and rapidly developing northwest. Governor Haskell's name is associated with every movement toward the ultimate completion of the great project.

Facing the perils of the general demand for interference from previously created governmental agencies for the direction and control of operating transportation systems, he strikes out boldly and decides to build a railroad. It is at once the begun. It was pointed out that independent transportation leads to greater development of possible oil producing areas. Work on the Forsyth project was to begin shortly following the execution of the necessary contracts in the fall of 1022. The ilrovision was made that actual commencement of work was dependent, upon further efforts to secure oil for transportation.

Railroad Needed More Continued investigation in the field developed the fact that no crude oil could be secured in sufficient quantities from independent producers, and Trom other sources, to wnrrans the investment. It was learned there was no hqpe for the securing of royalties oil under the terms of existing contracts in force for some considerable length of time. Doubt arose. It became a question if successful arrangements could be made. The question resolved into uncertainly.

Consequently the decision was reached to abandon the Idea of a pipe line and proceed with the proposition of the building of a ra lfroad. "It is not a pipe line that is needed in the northwest, but a railroad," said Governor Haskell, when be learned of the result of the negotiations. "Let us build the railroad first," lie added us he informed himself more fully of the conditions us they were reported to him by his lieutenants. It is matter of general knowledge concerning Mr. Haskell that he studies a proposition thoroughly first.

Quick to grasp all essential details of any given proiecr, if he is convinced of the feasibility of the plan, he gives the word and action follows. He made up his mind that a railroad was needed. Every angle of the situation had been gone over. Possible triwffic to be secured had been taken into account. The matter of routes was left for later development.

'Those were details for engineers to work out. Here was a vast territory between the Union Pacific system on the south, and two groat transcontinental systems on the north, the Northern Pacific and the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul railroads. Future prospects rested upon and centered around the Salt Creek oil fields. From that point all activities must proceed.

Action Is Taken As a preliminary a committee of Miles City citizens met with the representatives of the Haskell interests in Chicago in November, 1022. The meeting as propitious for the further development of the northwest, or that section of the northwest which would be directly affected by the construction of a new north south railroad. Convinced as to traffic and possible tonnage to be secured considering the many advantages to be derived and proceeding upon the assumption that the announcement would be Iuuiled stroke of a genius and the exercise of i my It What Men Do During Hours of Work That Count 5 Actual commencement of work of throwing up the grade for the new North de South railroad at Miles City, north of the state industrial scnooi grounas. faith in humanity. Mr.

Haskell has associated with hini some of the best brains of the country. George M. IIuss, chief engineer, of New York City, was formerly connected with the building of a railroad in Palestine, touching at Jerusalem. Mr. IIuss is also vice president of the Wyoming North South Railway company and in complete charge of all engineering problems.

William Murdoch, well known Okla-hoihnn, former member of the Oklahoma legislature in the organization of that state, was in Morocco in December. 1922, investigating the possibilities for oil development for the Middle States Oil company of which Mr. Haskell is the head. Upon receipt of a cablegram, Mr. Murdoch came direct from Morocco to Miles City, Where he assisted in the- early negotiations for the building of the new railroad.

Scott Ferris of Oklahoma and New York City, formerly who devotes his entire time to the oil end, of the business of the Middle States organization and who represented Mr. HaskeU in the early negotiations for sites and locations in the northwest. W. G. Williams of New York City, resident representative, whji is an oil expert and directly in charge of the Millions of Americans are ashamed of their common sense; at least, they do not assert it.

says E. W. Howe in Howe's Monthly. It is during the active eicht houra of every day2 from to 12 in the morning, and from 1 to 5 in the afternoon that the world is made or unmade. What we do at night conventions and club meetings is largely piffle, and harmful piffle at that.

The training a man receives during his working hours, when he is wide awake, decide his fate; what he bears on Sunday, and at night, he usually sleeps through. During a man's working hours he is a philosopher, and estimates things with such correctness and intelligence as he can command. From in the morning until 5 is the afternoon, on week days, he hears the voice of God, whereas at night and on Sundays he hears men talking what they do not believe, and what he does not believe. During bis working hours he takes his rewards and punishments, and sees life as it really is. Every minute from in the morning until 5 in the afternoon a million kindnesses are performed, a million valuable lessons imparted by the active workers.

Monday is a man's worst day, because of the idleness of the day before. Work is man's greatest blessing, find he handles it so well that he has advanced from a low beginning to the present civilization, which would be voted magnificent were it not for the preaching of idlers that It it disgraceful. A MOVEMENT has been launched tol "blue pencil" the Ten Commandments used in the prayerbook of the Church of England. This promises to stir up in England a religious controversy similar to the one precipitated in America by Dr. Percy Stickney Grants -New York Episcopal rector, who recently denied the divinity of Christ.

Members of the churches of the national assembly were presented the 'other day a draft of the revised liturgy is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates; for in six ays the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it." Revised: "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." Four Would Be Unchanged "Honor they father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the-Lord thy God giveth thee." Revised: "Honor thy father and thy mother." "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." Revised: "Thou shalt not bear false witness." "Thou shalt not covet they neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy Revised: "Thou shalt not covet." No changes in the first, sixth, seventh and eighth commandments are recommended. by the ritual revision committee. The assembly is to debate the committee's recommendations at a coming conven- i tion, and already there is much oppo (Copyrighted by Ignatius Murphy, author of "Behold The Flag," Hays, Kansas. This will be broadcast from KDYS, The Tribune's broadcasting station, this afternoon.) JjM OTHER, tenderest name that ever, fell from human lips, rl safe haven in every storm on life's uneven road, thou fathomed the good when others found only ill.

Sweetest word in all the vast vocabulary of man, strongest tie that nature forges, outlasting the stars, earth's most precious of fering at Throne of Grace. JjCT OTHER, thy affection unchangeable in a world of change, 2' the music of thy voice more soothing than lutes of Israel thy days were a benediction, thy life a gentle evangel. Thy serene, revered, holy presence, glimpse 'mid scenes of earth of realms beyond, thou wert kind neighbor, devoted parent, model wife cherished by all. jiV OTHER, on thy patient, comforting, saintly breast, little, helpless heads pillowed in the long ago. They are calling thee blessed today, thy memory a treasure beyond compare.

Purest gold in dross of earth, a fairest of visions, thy ways were ways of peace, goodness, duty ever done in eager, willing service, joy abounding. iM OTHER, the angels of our better nature soared triumphant when thou wert nigh; the hours are drear and lonely since we saw thee 'last but mystic chords of remembrance shall attune our souls till thy arms enfold us in heaven's bright clime. Thy dear hands toiled when other hands inactive were; lips moved but to praise, the silence of charity thy only censure, thy anxious eye and loving heart kept vigil o'er us till seraph wings wafted thy ethereal spirit to God's eternal shore. i OTHER, thy memory illumines our pathway through the years; thou hast found surcease from sorrow nobly borne, peace that "passeth all understanding" in isles of the blest, un-f retted by mortal cares." We, thy children, yearn to clasp thee in fondest embrace, transfigured, glorified by light divine, robed in shining garments of immortality, thy beauteous beaming brow be jeweled by eternal diadems in land fairer than day; by faith we shall see it afar. A VV.j( MS sition in, evidence.

The revision committee advocates that six of the commandments he second, third, fourth, fifth, ninth and tenth- be changed. Would Be Shortened The following shows the form in which they appear in the Bible and directly below each is the proposed "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for the Lord thy God. am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments." Ke vised: "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is under the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow downt thyself to them, nor serve them." "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain." Revised: "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord they God in vain." "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work, but the seventh day St. Patrick Blessed Shillelah; That Is Why Irish Like It There is no kind of walking stick in such demand among the Irish people, both at home and abroad, as one fashioned from the wood of the blackthorn or sloe. This is the shinelah. The wood is very durable. The shrub probably derives its first title from the fact of the contrast of the grayish white blossoms with the bare, black, leafless boughs.

In a late March or early April gloaming the blooming boughs look ghostly white. The partiality of the Irish for the blackthorn or the shillelah as an ordinary walking stick, or as a weapon, conies perhaps from the legend which tells how St. Patrick during his Stay with St. Martin, his kinsman, once sat, down to rest on a winter bight, benenth the bare thorns that grew along the banks of the Loire. The shrub immediatel'- --t forth blossoms which Patrick blessed; and ever since, the blackthorn blooms ere the leaves of the plant appear.

A village" in France rjar the scene of tha miracle bears the name of St. Patrick. Hatred Makes One Sick, Says Editor Th is is no place for preachments, but we just heard a girl say of another; "I hate her so it makes me sick!" That's about all hatred will do for you, dearie; and it won't even touph the object of your hatred. There's nothing that makes a girl uglier than hatred. If for no other reason you might consider your good looks, and.

if you can't like a person, at least save yourself by just forgetting that slm exists. I'm writing this so can clip it out and mail it to you, Tittle Lady; and maybe some other girls who hate people until it makes them sick will think it over, as xpu will the ugly lines of hatred turq all your friends distrustful. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Charles E. Brown, chairman of the railroad committee, driving the first golden spike in the tie holding the first rail laid for the new North South railroad, at Miles City, April 18.

Harry Riccius, master mechanic, sitting immediately behind Mr. Brown, in charge of the ceremony, with measuring, or rail, guage..