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School Heads Boys Nation Sfc Sis atesfor 4 Great Falls Tribune Sunday, June 30, 1957 'Shortsighted, Destructive' Conseivationist Assails Federal Plan Deleg ''4 Decide on State Picked 9 Bus Routes 1 DILLON Jim Gold of Butte f5 FOR YOUR OPERATION For and John Petelin of Anaconda Friday were selected to represent Montana youth at Boys Nation July Northwest Resources Development By Tribune Correspondent GLASGOW Decisions on a pol in it HOME 19-26 at the University of Mary land. MISSOULA Dr. John lUDDAUCUCUr.V for a "positive action program" to preserve certain wilderness areas. industry is just beginning to reach' its stride, we find, we have left only one wild river, the mid Ted Hazelbaker, Boys State icy to be followed by county school districts in setting up bus routes were made at a meeting of the Valley county transportation com Craighead is associate profes Craighead- Saturday, termed, the federal program of resource development in the Northwest "shortsighted and destructive" and called said their' names were drawn by Girls State Gov. Gladys dle Fork of the Flathead, for mittee.

Egge cf Billings from among sev Mrs. Wayne Putz county eral hundred who will attend Boys State in August at Western Mon i 20 Year Gaarast it tana College, Dillon. school superintendent, presided, and K. W. Bergan, state school supervisor from the State Department of Education in Helena, was Gold and Petelin are to report on high-quahty recreation and that serious consideration is now being given to damming the river at Spruce Park," Craighead said.

At the final session of the conference, Mapes, special counsel for the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, discussed the proposed Paradise Dam bill. Mapes called the bill in its present form "unprecedented" in the extent to which it would provide local benefits. at the meeting in an advisory the Boys Nation activities to the Boys State delegates. Dr. P.

Sweeney capacity. Considerable discussion centered sor of zoology at Montana State University and leader of the Montana cooperative Wildlife Unit He registered the protest in a speech before the WTater Resources Conference, which closed a two-day session on the MSU campus Saturday. Other speakers Saturday were Perry Roys, Helena; Wilfred Dres-kell and Dr. Carting I. Malouf, Missoula; 0.

C. Reedy, Billings, and Howard Zahnizer and Milton C. Mapes, Washington, D.C. The federal program, Craighead said, is designed to utilize the Columbia River system almost exclusively for power production, irrigation, and flood control, without giving enough weight to water and. watersheds as they relate to recreation, Montana's third larg-es industry.

"At a time when the recreation on the per pupil mile quota It was decided that the old regulation of having two families living at the end of a spur bus route should Closes Benton Dental Office be one determining factor, and FORT BENTON Dr. p. J. that a spur should not be created for any families on the spur under Sweeney, a resident and dentist in one and one-half miles distance UCC Acquires Building Site At Kalispell KALISPELL The Montana Un Fort Benton for almost 30 years. from an existing route.

completed closure of his office and Lustre school district presented business here and left to join Mrs. GAS-FIRED BOILERS 100 automatic. Modem styling. Crane quality features. Utmost convenience, economy.

Radiant heat its best. For alt heating systems. Sweeney at their new home. Parade Opens Harlowton Rodeo July 3 By Tribune Correspondent HARLOWTON-Activities for the July 3-4 rodeo will begin with a parade at 12:30 p.m., to be followed by the rodeo in Wheatland Park at 2. The spectacle will be brought to a close with fireworks the evening of the Fourth.

The chamber committee in charge of the event is: Frank Hol-loway, general rodeo committee chairman: Wilbur Erbe, secretary; Louie Kalberg, G. 0. Johnson, Bill Bjork, Howard Holloway, Bill Klock, Edgar Langston, Ray Bla-quiere and Paul Aicher. Langston is in charge of announcing, Blaquiere is parade marshal; Larry Foss, A. A.

Poirier, Reubin Johnson and C. J. Vallance, will have charge of ticket sales. In charge of concession are Lincoln Bakken and Don Bain. Marcel (Dutch) Callant, is purchasing agent; William Sanders and Gordon Hickman are in charge of supplies.

Johnson is arena director. Bjork is arena police, and Kalberg arena judge. three bus routes, which were approved, to serve the new elementary consolidatd school and to pro Dr. Sweeney came to Fort Ben employment -Compensation Com ton in October, 1927, from Red Lodge. For much of that time he vide transportation for approxi INAUGURATION CEREMONY Gladys Egge, governor of the mythical Treasure State at Montana Cjirls State on the campus of Montana State College atBozeman, takes4he oath of office.

Delivering the oath at ceremonies Friday night is Treasure State Supreme Court Justice Marilou Green, Billings. Gov. Egge will address Girls State Sunday. (Kay Widmer photo) mately 100 children. mission has purchased a building site for a new state employment service office in Kalispell.

This information was received by Ted Leb- was the only dentist in Fort Benton and sometimes the only practitioner in Chouteau c6unty. He has sock, manager of the Kalispell of Deen planning to retire for several years. meiit Eiinploy Dr. Willis A. Welty, who opened a dental practice here about 18 months ago, has purchased office fice from Chadwick H.

Smith, state chairman of the-commission. Kalispell architects Taylor, Thon, Swartz and Kirkpatrick have been commissioned to draw plans for the building. Smith is hopeful details will be 50 State Key Club Members to Attend National Conclave HELENA Montana will be represented by 50 high school students at the Washington, D.C, convention of the National Key Club. The high school organization is sponsored by Kiwanis Clubs. The four-day meeting will get under way Sunday.

Nationally known speakers who will address the high school boys will include Vice President Richard Nixon and Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont). New School Head Arrives In Glasgow By Tribune Correspondent GLASGOW Arriving in Glas equipment of Dr. Swenney. In his thirty years in Fort Ben- Deputy Assessor In Hill Resigns By Tribune Correspondent HAVRE Retirement of Lucy Nelson as deputy county assessor was announced by H.

S. Cooper, Hill assessor. Mrs. Nelson has been the assessor's staff since 1944, working as an extra clerk until 1947 when she took a clerk's post under Mrs. Margaret McKenzie.

In 1949 Mrs. Nelson took the deputy assessor post At Dam Hits Another High THOMPSON FALLS Construction activity on the Noxon Rapids settled by the end of July. Adver ton, Dr. Sweeney served as mayor of this city from 1932 to 1936. list "i-i Li i VVal tising for bids and award of contract to the successful bidder can then be completed in time to start construction by late summer.

ing as a major accomplishment of his adniinistration the construction of the new water plant about 1935. He was president of the Fort Ben gow to take over duties next week as Glasgow school superintendent GL 3-5611 815 Cent. Ave. project is continuing on the upswing with employment reaching a new high for the third week in a row. This week 1,163 men were ton Kiwanis club in 1937.

was William C. Greer, who comes here from WhitehalL employed compared to 1,149 last New Facts on Custer Battle Mystery May Unfold Soon; Anniversary Goes Unnoticed week and 1,142 the week previous. Greer succeeds R. L. Irle, who is retiring at the end of the month as public school superintendent.

to the Cheyenne Reservation and Irle is being retained by the Glasgow school board until Dec. 31 in FINAL visits with his Indian friends. He MARKDOWN is an accepted and highly regarded member of the tribe. an advisory and clerical capacity. Irle, who is opening a small office in his home at 606 Fourth avenue north, will assist with plans for the school bond elections and negotia On Our Special Purchase of Mrs.

Wright is one of many who believe the envelope should be opened soon. She pointed out that if it contains the directions to the hidden loot, it should be known by Indian and historical officials before someone happens to stumble tions for the new school near the air base project. None of his duties My connection with Montana pio-n Broadwater, Granville Stewart, W. G. Conrad and others.

Busby, Montana, where General Custer spent his last night on earth. History and location of Starved to Death Rock. Bozeman expedition 1874 up Rosebud Creek. Two soldiers got away from Custer battle alive. History, Indian fort up Busby Creek.

Hiding place and location of money and trinkets taken from dead soldiers on Custer To be opened June 25, 1986. W. Moncure, Busby, Montana, June 25, 1936." Thus informed, Mrs. Wright doubled her efforts to find story behind the building of the monument and thereby solve the riddle of the missing treasure. will be administrative, nor in any way have any connection with school policies, which will be un Viscose Wool Broadloom Carpet across it.

der the leadership of Greer. Flow of the Clark Fork River has dropped slowly to approximately 25,000 cubic feet a second, permitting Morrison-Knudsen Co. to start work on a cofferdam across the downstream end of the powerhouse channel. M-K is continuing excavation for the southwest bulkhead and placing of clay, sand, filter and shell material in the northeast embankment. Shell material also is being placed in the southwest embankment.

Most of the major clearing in the reseryoir sections has been completed, almost a year ahead of schedule. The Union Construction Co. of Missoula is expected to complete its contract early in July in Sections 2 and 3. The firm's contract specific A a Completion date of May, 1959, William Ulrich is nearing completion of clearing in Section 1 also, well ahead of schedule. At Trout Creek, assembly of the erection truss and falsework for the center span of the upper crossing rail bridge is' under way by tt 3 Kansas City Bridge Co.

The firm also set the girders for span 1 in place on the lower crossing rail bridge below Noxon. Moncure plans to return to Busby BILLINGS 4W The 81st anniversary of the most decisive defeat ever handed U.S. military forces passed June 25 relatively unnoticed. It was June 23, 1876, that more than 200 men of the 7th Cavalry under the command of Gen. George Custer rode from the Dakotas into the rolling hills of the Little Big Horn in southeastern Montana.

They were slaughtered almost to the man by Cheyenne and Sioux Indians. However, the efforts of a Montana newspaperwoman may bring to light facts which could solve a mystery that has confronted' historians since that gray day in 1876. The story uncovered by Kath-ryn Wright, Billings newspaperwoman and, free lance writer, involves an Indian reservation trader, a Cheyenne chief, a stone monument and gold, silver and treasury notes which were in the possession of Custer's ill-fated cavalrymen. Records bear out that the entire 7th Cavalry was paid approximately $25,000, representing back pay in August on his visit. He has promised to meet with Mrs.

Wright andv discuss the opening SC. O. McCaffertyj Agency of the manila envelope. What is inside the envelope may be a hoax, and again it- may hold 3 Grades Viscose Assorted Tweed Colors Room Size Rugs at Extra Savings: the solution to a mystery whichJ has baffled men since Jung 25, 1876, known as the day of "Custer's Last" LISLE YOUNG, Ajiociote I rSelling i AUTO CASUALTY! FIRE TRUCK LIFE INSURANCE lot reasonable insurance rates I "through reliable insurance com-J 716 First National Bank Bldg. She found that Moncure is still living and resides in Cal-labassas, Moncure had become a.

fast friend of Two Moons when he opened his trading post in Busby in the early 1900's. He was ceremoniously admitted to the tribe. Stand." If the envelope is opened and the cache is found, Mrs. Wright may be credited with solving one of the foremost historical riddles of our Phone GL 2-1361 Each summer Moncure returns time. Grade $57.00 $95.00 $114.00 $4.95 sq.

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This was the military pro cedure of those times as it guard E13 LBDKIS ed against any desertions which might arise if the men were paid Worth every dollar 4 Grades of All Wool Wiltons i in the fort. When other platoons of the 7th Cavalry arrived at the scene of the famous massacre, the bodies of Custer's soldiers had been stripped of money, religious articles and personal possessions. nivm u(uf: ft Wilton Tweed But the money apparently was never spent. Cheyenne participants years later admitted the loot was placed in a large cache and buried 2-Tone Wilton Color Nutria, Reg. $11.95 sq.

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With the passage of years, In 9'xir dians who participated in the bat $81.00 12'xJ5' $136 12'xl8 $164 tle died and knowledge of the ex act location of the cache slowly i niaufiinrmeiii ii mt "If 1 "i mi mm. rr" 1 VAULT-TYPE DOOR makes tight seal and keeps out moisture. Metal door slats simplify unloading and sampling. Double-bolted vertical seams add to bin strength, make seams tighter. Extra-long body sheets reduce the numbetof seams.

EASY-ACCESS manhole cover and built-in roof ladder with hand rails make it easier and faster to inspect, test and sample grain. All seams in corrugated siding are weather-sealed with easy to apply strip caulking. ebbed into the shadows of history A few years ago Mrs. Wright first stopped and inspected a stone monument on a hill near the town of Busby, located on the Cheyene Indian The inscription on the monument 4 read, "Here lit the remains of 4 Patterns Wilton All Regular $15.95 sq. yd.

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ALL SIZES for every storage need. Capacities from 500 to 4,400 bushels, diameters from 10' to 21 ft, heights 8 to 16 ft Bins complete with1 fill opener, entry door, etc ment. Mrs. Wright persuaded Wil lie Hollow Breast, a Cheyenne council member, to show her the contents of the vault behind the bronze plaque. Inside the vault were remem brances of Two Moons.

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