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MADISON COUNTY PIONEER PASSES AT LONG BEACH, CAL. JAMES M. PAGE IS j CAREER OK NOTABLE IV CIVIC AND COM MVNITV SERVICE. „{ Served In the Major Engagements Civil War; Fought With Custer In Famous Battles; Spent Weeks In a Confederate Prison. Long Beach, Cal., of James M. Page. 85, of Twin Bridges, counts the pnss Montana's pl The death recently at Ing of another of oneers and the close of a life that was soundly constructive, and that contributed much to early stale development. Mr. Page was a pi -onoer rancher and raiser of pure bred slock In where he made his home from the state's earliest days. Mr. Page was widely known am ong the pioneers of the state and 'as one of Montana's moat progressive stockmen. He was the owner of about 1,700 acres of land, mostly in the Madison valley. The home ranch about five miles from Twin Bridges was noted tor the pure bred Shorthorn cattle and Belgian horses that it produced. The town of Page-, ville, located In tho valley was named in honor of the late pioneer. He first arrived in Virginia City in 1866, after a long period of mer itorious service in the union army. The story of his engagements and es capes during the civil war is replete with hazardous experiences. He em erged from the war with the rank of lieutenant James Madison Page was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1839, the youngest of five child ren of Wallace and Nancy Page. Both maternal and paternal grandfathers of Mr. Page were soldiers of the re volution, and he himself, served with valor and distinction in the ci county Madison vll war. After the death of his father, his mother removed to Michigan in 1843, and it was in the public schools of West Leroy that he received his first schooling— He was four years old when his mother moved west, and from his tenth to his twelfth year, he lived with an uncle In the northern part of Michigan. Ho then and secured work on a enabled to attend ran away farm and was school in the winter. He resided in Michigan until ho was 23 years old, when on August 14, 1862, he enlist ed in Company A, Sixth Michigan Volunteer cavalry, of which he be came commissary sergeant. Join ing the army of the Potomac, the regiment was assigned to picket duty at Fairfax courthouse during the winter of 1862-63, and then went forth against the army of General Lee. The first great battle in which bis regiment participated was Get tysburg, and of the 77 men in Mr. Page's company who went into the fight, only 26 came out alive. On Sept. 21, 1863, Mr. Page was one of 24 members of his company captured by the Confederates after the battle of Orange Courthouse. The lamented General Custer was bri gade manager of the cavalry cen tered at Culpepper Courthouse, and at that battle General Custer was wounded and the command devolved to Colonel Sawyer of the First Ver mont cavalry. The same day the Sixth Michigan cavalry engaged with General A. P. Hill's corps, and one result was the capture noted above. Of the 23 prisoners who were con fined at Libby, Belle Isle, Anderson vllle, and Millen prisons, only Mr. Page and one other lived to be par oled on November 21, 1864. Mr, Page's normal weight was 206 pounds, and when he was released, so great had been the privations and the hardships, of prison life that he weighed only 125 pounds. Upon re joining his company, Mr. Page was promoted to first sergeant and was later given a second lieutenancy. Ho received his honorable discharge on June 25, 1865. He then entered the Eastern Business College in Chicago and was graduated in 1866. Arrives in Montana In 1866. In the spring of 1866 Mr. Page went to Leavenworth, Kansas, from across the Plains to Montana, and ar rived in Virginia City on June 20. His party encountered a band of Sioux Indians not far from Bridger, Utah, and though a conflict seemed imminent, It was averted without bloodshed. In the fall of 1866, Mr. Page turned his attentions to farm ing in the Madison valley, associat ing himself with O. B. Varney, in breaking 80 acres, the land being the portion of the valley then known as Sodom, They paid 8 cents a pound in gold for seed wheat and Mr. Page invested his entire capital in this way. Grasshoppers destroyed the crop the following spring, but Mr. Page continued farming until 1869 when he went to Utah and purchas ed horses, which he brought through to the Beaver head valley to Madison county. Before the civil war, Mr. Page was connected with public sur veys in Minnesota and In 1873 he again took up his profession of civil engineer and was employed in gov ernment surveys of the Majority of the Montana counties. In 1876, Mr. Page was elected the county surveyor for Madison county, and In 1882 Joint representative of Madison and Beaverhead counties In the territorial legislature. He was re-elected In 1884. In 1896 he re ceived from Governor Rickards the appointment of state land agent, and served until 1897. Besides his ranching Interests, Mr. Page Invested in mining property and was the owner of valuable mines in Madison county. ■o Ship Cattle nt Big Sandy. Twenty-two carloads of cattle were shipped from Big Sandy to Chicago markets recently. Among the heav iest shippers were McNamara and Marlow, V. F. Blankenbaker and Robert Peel. STATE'S LARGEST WHEAT CROP GOES TO 54 MILLION BU. REPORT OF' FEDERAL STATIST 1-1 j CLAN SHOWS DECIDED GAIN Dl'RlXG THE EAST MONTH Except Corn and Apples îxeews of Expectation; and All Crops Are In Harvesting Practically Completed, Crops Move to .Markets. September changes In the crop prospects In Montana, while in some respects mixed, were quite favorable, especially In the rase of the more important crops, ac cording to the October crop report issued by J. G. Diamond, agricul tural statistician for the Montana co-operative crop reporting service. A spring xvheat crop somewhat in excess of the earlier estimates due to generally favorable harvest con ditions, has brought the total wheat crop up to 54,827,000 bush els, the largest in the history of Montana, the report states, while Increases are also noted in the forecasts for barley and apples. On the other hand the report shows moderate Öeelines In corn, potatoes and oats with but nomalnl changes in the outlook for other crops. The report in part is as follows: The Slate's Largest Wheat Crop The avreage yield of spring wheat for the state is placed at 16.6 bush els, as compared with 14.3 for tho 1923 crop and 10.6 bushels for tho five-year average (1919-23). On the basis of the June acreage estimate of 2,737,000 acres, 1924 production is now estimated at 42,423,000 bush els in 1923 and 30,909,000 bushels in the 1919-23 average. Included in the estimate of spring wheat this year Is 1,419,000 bushels of Durum wheat grown on an estimated acre age of 83,000 acres. The October estimate of spring wheat produc tion is somewhat In excess of the September forecast duo to the gen erally favorable harvest conditions. In general the crop yielded best in northeastern and east central coun ties, although, barring counties where local damage factors cut yields IS® IN Say "Bayer Aspirin ' » INSIST! Unless you see the Bayer Cross" on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by phy sicians for 24 years. Accept only a Bayer package which contains proven directions Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists Aspirin la the trade mark of Bayer Manu facture of Munoacetlcacldeater of Sallcjllcacld Imagine a Mammoth Electric Sign —covering the entire front of our store. Sup pose it were practicable to put up one-—which it isn't—what could we put on it most ex pressive of our Ideals of storekeeplng? Ser vice ? Satisfaction ? Economy? All good, but they lack the old fashioned friendly spirit of the simple word, "WELCOME." When we bid you wel come you may take for granted all the other things that make hos pitality appreciated. And there is only ene brand of welcome at this store — whether you are looking, buy ing, exchanging or merely taking a stroll. A. C. M. HARDWARE HOUSE Main at Quartz, Butte, Mont. , TfnlE FOBERUNNEH WâSSWElLEi IniOT SPRIN OF 1UE FâlOUS BROADWATER NATATORIUMIlh T HE death in Helena. October 8,, last, of Mrs. Catherine Wasa-jthe weller, one of tho earliest pi oneers of the territory of Montana, brings to mind one of the popular health and pleasure resorts of early day Helena, the Wassweller Hot Springs, situated about four miles, Â, m - . « ' * ■ t" Jktd $ IJ V u v: ■ » 4tr Wassweller Inn and Hot Springs Hath House, which was a Popular Resort in the Early Days of Last Chance Gulch but which was Obliterated by the March of Progress When the Now Famous Broadwater Nuta torlum Was Established by the Late Colonel C. A. Broadwater. from the camp, a resort which was maintained for nearly a half a cen tury but which is now only a mem ory. These springs at which Mrs. Wass welier's late husband, F. W. Wass weller, maintained an inn and bath house, have for upwards of forty years furnished the hot water which flows Into the immense bathing tank in the Broadwater natatorlum on the outskirts of Helena, an amusement and recreation center which has al ways been a source of great enjoy practically all Iraoprtant producing areas yielded above tho average. With the August estimate of 12, 404,000 bushels of winter wheat, the total wheat crop of the state is now placed at 64,827,000 bushels, the largest in the history of Montana. Quality of the spring wheat is placed at 93 per cent. Quality of the winter wheat is placed at 90. Both of these figures are better than the average, Oats ami Barley Forecasts. Average acre yields of oats for the state is placed at 31 bushels, com pared with 33 bushels in 1923 and 24 bushels the 1919-23 The present estimate is 22,320,000 bushels compared with 22.209,000 bushels for 1923. The quality of the crop Is 90 per cent compared with the same figure a year ago. Acreage yield of barley for the state is placed at 26 bushels and exceeds the pros pect of a month ago. It compares with 26,6 bushels for 1923. The 1924 production on the basis of an acreage of 112,000 acres estimated to have been cut this year is placed at 2,912,000 bushels as compared to 2,474,000 bushels in 1923. Frost Cuts Corn Forecast. The trend of condition of the state's corn crop has been below av erage all season due to the late start and poor progress through a cool season. There was consequently much late corn that failed to ma ture ahead of the killing frosts that were general from the 26th to the 27th. On the other hand, since the crop is largely grown for farm feed, the bulk of the (■'-ip can be utilized. October 1 cpnditU- is placed at 66 per cent of normal compared with 90 per cent a year ago and the 10 year average for October 1 of 74 per cent. On this basis the corn forecast is placed at 8,876,000 bushels, com pared with 10,732,000 a month ago. and 9,490,000 bushels for the 1923 crop. In this comparison It should be remembered that the 1924 acre age was 55 per cent larger than that of 1923. average. Flax Mostly Escapes Frost Although some late seeded flax was damaged by September frosts, the large bulk of the crop in the im portant producing areas matured ahead of the general frost. October 1 condition Improved 1 point over that of a month ago and at 83 per cent of a normal compares with 85 per cent of a year ago and the ten year average for October 1 of 69.3. On a greatly expanded acreage this year the present forecast is for 2,016,000 bushels compared with the 1923 crop of 902,600 bushels. Potatoes-—Condition of the crop on October 1 placed at 69 per cent of a normal compared with 76 a month ago, 78 a year ago, and the 10 year average of 74.6 per cent. The crop declined during September in the western districts and to some extent in other less important sec tions. Production outlook has low ered compared with a month ago but is slightly smaller than the produc tion from the 1923 crop. The es timate on October 1 was 3,957,000 buschela as against 4,329,000 bush els a month ago and 3,960,000 hush els final estimate for the 1923 crop. Wild Hay Acreage cut this year placed at 640,000 acres or 2 per cent less than last year and yield per acre at .86 tons as compared with .91 tons in 1923. Production 1* this year placed at 644,000 tons as Icompared to 594,000 tons last year. ! Apples—October prospect estlmat jed at 36 per cent of normal with 30 ; per ccn* a month ago and 69 por cent a year ago. Production is now placed at 402,000 bushels compared with 990,000 bushels in 1923. This estimate is for the total apple crop. Beans—On the basts of 82,000 acres estimated to have been har vested this year and an average yield on this area of 12 bushels, the bean crop is placed at 384,000 bushels, compared with 265,000 bushels In 1923, ment for the reslib of Helena, and thousands of u Hors from all parts of the state nd. in fact, all parts of the world The springs wer first utilised b) [Mr. Wassweller i came to Last Chance gulch the ir following the discovery of the'rich deposits of! placer gold in the bed rock of the valley in which Helena now stands. He saw their value and at once pur chased the land upon which the springs are located. Here he erect ed a small inn and ronstructed a bath house. Wassweller, a native of Germany, came to the United States with his parents when he was but 10 years of age, the family settling at that time In Milwaukee. He started pi oneering when he was only 16 years of age, joining tho rush to California in 1849. He engaged in mining until 1860 when he became a wagon boss In the United States array and was stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kan sas until the spring of 1864, when he met and married Catherine Warren, a native of Virginia, who remained his wife during their long residence in Montana. That same spring, Mr. Wasswell er joined a party of immigrants bound for Montana and with a wagon train of 60 he and his bride made their honeymoon trip acorss the prairies and over the mountains to wards the state which they made their home during the remainder of their Uvea. They endured many hard ships and experienced several en counters with Indians on this west ward trip, but arrived safely at Vir ginia City on August 15, 1864. The following spring Wassweller removed to Last Chance gulch and for a time engaged in mining on Sil ver creek and in Independence gulch. Later in the same year, he purchased ..... ' î ■few K ; j ll * ■ t 9 Si Ï , Ezra Meeker, 98-yenr-oId Pi oneer, recently Flew with an army aviator, from Seattle to Washing ton, D. C., covering the same course that in the Igite Fifties, he tra versed in a covered wagon—the route that is know nas the Famous "Old Oregon Trail, while in Washington delivered to President Coolitlge first-hand in formation of I lie needs of highways in the Pacific northwest. Mr. Meeker, |T provide a constant f source of entertainment | and education In the home. A genuine Radiola la made for every purse. Receiving sets are priced upward from $35 Write for FREE radio map, catalog and the name of your nearest dealer» m3 F.B.CohxkuyCo. Billings, Montana the hot springs near Helena which for many years vas known as Wass-! weiler hot spring i, located about four ' miles out of Helena, and about one | mile up Ten Mile creek from the pre sent Broadwater hotel and natator tum There he opened a health resort which he conducted until the close of the year 1900, during which time he became famous throughout the state for his unbounded hospitality to ward those who visited his resort. He here had the honor of entertain ing and acting as host to Phil Sherl discontlnuing the resort he main tained the place as a restaurant or accommodation bouse, becoming noted for his chicken suppers and was a great favorite among the younger set who frequented his place. Along in 1904 Wassweiler's health began to fall and his decline was rapid, his death occurring Feb ruary 16, 1908. His widow, who survived him more than 16 years, A I! E W OILLAMPFREE Burn 0-1% Air B. P. Johnson, 800 W. Lake St., Chi cago, III., the Inventor of a wonderful new oil lamp that bnrna 04% air and beata gas or electricity, la offering to give one free to the first user In each locality who will help Introduce It. Write him for par ticular. Agents wanted. This Terrible Truth Vitally Concerns Your Future Health The dreadful facts presented on this page are known to every doctor. You should know them also, so that you may protect yourself against the most treacherous enemy of the human race. HEN sickness or disease a» sails your home and the doctor comes, what Is the your bowels?" He asks it so regularly that you have come to look upon it almost as a formality to be expected. However, it is not a formality but a tremendously serious question which w first question that he asks? "How are harsh experience has taught him to always ask because in nine cases out of ten where sickness is present it is due to constipation, the state of bowel inactivity which Is sooner or later directly responsible for nearly all the diseases that afflict the hu man flesh. One Famous Doctor's Experience Less than 10% of the cases exam ined by Dr. H. T. Turner, eminent specialist, were found to be free from the insidious ravages of constipation. Like a thief in the dark. It attacks its victims, robbing them of brain ener gy, physical strength, and vitality of life itself. It you could only recognize this menace in time; if you could only see the terrible results of its neglect— but read this experlnce of Doctor Turner's. It is not at all an excep tional case,, but, as he himself says, "Out of two hundred and eighty-four cases (representing nearly all the disease« known to our climate) two hundred and fifty-six were more or less as this one described." 1 opened the colon (in postmortem ex amination) throughout the entire length of fire feet and found It titled with faecal matter encrusted on Its walls and Into the folds of the colon, in many place« as dry ami hard as slate, and so completely ob structing the passage of the bowels as to throw the patient Into violent colic (as his friends stated) __ a month for yeare and that powerful doses of physic were his only relief." semetlmes as often a* twice **. . • . »nd »till thin man had no trouble In getting hl» life Insured by one of the best companies In America, and was con sldcred a strong and healthy man by hla family and his neighbors." This condition, Doctor Turner fur ther states, was the cause of hemorr hoids or piles of years' standing. This man and many others, says Doctor Turner, had regular evacua tions of the bowels each day. How could they know the deplorable con dition of the Intestines—the condi tion that caused the doctor to say: ''Aa 1 atood there looking at the colon, that reservoir of death, I expressed my self, as my patients do dally, lo wonder thal inyeoe caa live a week, much less for J I a n| THl 5 e M a « t if»s- 1 L 151 ms iMtäSler l ^ a:thfd Br i n F 'Help aid Saves the Saved from u linost certain death at the bottom of a SO-foot hole 1 by »he IntelIgcnce of his dog, Prod Johnson ol the Deer ixxlge valley was recently taken to an Anaconda hospital by bit brother, Arvld, who bud pulled him from the ab andoned mine shaft after having Ing been led to the place where his brother was lying, nearly uncon scious, by the faithful shop dog. The accldsnt occurred at two o'clock In 'he morning when Fred who, with Ms brother, had charge of a band of sheep in the Warm Springs creek valli y, went to round up the auimals which bad become frighten ed at something near the feeding ground. As die stumbled over the ground In the dark, he says, he fell into the opening of a fifty-foot mine shaft abandoned years ago. In the fall ing his chin struck a mine timber, the blow rendering him unconscious for a time. When he came to, he found himself unable to speak above a whisper, so rapidly had his face and throat swollen. Meanwhile his brother, Arvid, who was asleep in the tent, was aw akened by the dog, who ran to the bunk and tried to pull the bed clothes from the sleeping man. Thinking the dog wanted to play, Arvid turned over and tried to go back to sleep. The dog then left the tent, Arvid says, and going to the place where the horses were grazing, began bark ing at them. This aroused the man who went out to find the dog trying went out to find the dog trying to round up Fred's saddle horse. Arvid realized then that thing was wrong, ing the man approach the horse, be came frantic, seized Arvld's coat and began puling him away from the tent. Led by the dog, Arvid dlscov i ered the abandoned mine shaft and a sixth sense told him that his brother was a prisoner at the bot tom of it. He succeeded in getting help and some The dog, on see was 87 years of age at the time of her death. With the usurptlon by the Broad water natatorlum of all the benefits previously furnished by the Wass dan and General Sherman. After weller inn and baths, this original resort completely lost tho patronage it once enjoyed and the buildings were torn down or moved away a number of years ago and nothing now remains, other than the springs, to mark the site of the once popular place. years—with this cesspool of death sud con t ion of this deadly poison back into the n eau but cau8e a11 contagious Laxatives Aggravate and Ir this encrusted matter with physics, It is useless to attempt to remove Laxatives only ritate but do not cure says the doctor, Is It Any Wonder? that men and women die of premature old age, apoplexy, paraly sis, dropsy, consump tion, dyspepsia, so called liver complaint, biliary derangement, Bright's disease or any other kidney trouble? Catarrh, epilepsy, rec tal diseases, syphilis, rheumatism, female diseases of all kinds and names, spinal irri tation, peritonitis, all kinds of skin diseases and impurity of the blood, cancers and lastly, all kinds of fevers of a malarial or contagious nature, nearly all have their origin in the colon. empty the small intestine, giving tem porary room to the overloaded atom ach. The colon Is left with Its deadly doing to protect myself?" accumulation. There is no man or woman who can read these terrible facts without sk ing himself or herself, "What a I question? You have seen that physics only aggravate the trouble. What then? Can you afford to let yourself slip knowingly Into the conditions so . . . ., , . _ , graphically described by Doctor turner. What answer can you give to the human hodv " Quraan ooa y How You Can Protect Yourself In speaking of the intestines, Ber narr Macfadden, the great Physical Culturlst and health expert said, "The bowels are sewage pipes of the No better definition SHIPMENTS OP CREAM FROM BIO SANDY TOTAL 2,78.1 GAUS. That dairying Is adding to the pros perity of the territory surrounding Sandy can be deduced from the amount of butter fat shipped out. During the month of September 2,786 gallons of cream were shipped from the Big San(ly gtatlon ^ wln equal 8,000 pounds of butter fat which if sold at 3Ï cents a pound would net $2,660 for the month or over $30,000 for the year. Dairying is only in its Infancy in this territory and no doubt the amount will in crease each year. It is hoped by business men that in the near future someone will see the opportunity to open up a creamery in Big Sandy. was lowered by means of a rope. There he found Fred nearly uncon scious, and losing blood from a gash in his chin. "Keno," the dog hero that saved his master's life. Is a little collie, three years old. He weighs about 40 pounds and in looks is Just the av erage shepherd dog. MOTHER! Child's Best Laxative is California Fig Syrup ft II 1 x.'x 'X»J. \ V i t* *\L /■ Hurry Mother! A teaspoonful of "California Pig Syrup'' now' will thoroughly clean the little bowels and In a few hours you have a well, playful child again. Even It cross, feverish, bilious, constipated or full of cold, children love its pleasant taste. Tell your druggist you want only the genuine "California Fig Syrup" which has directions for babies and children of all ages printed on bot tle. Mother, you must say "Cali fornia." Refuse any imitation. of their function could be made. Your bowels are as truly the sewage sys tem of your body ag the mage o{ p j peg and masonry beneath the streets are the sewage system of a city. When nature's cleanser but water. the sewage system of a city clogs, no substitute has been or ever will be found for a copious flushing out with And for the human sewage system the same bolds true—water and only water, properly applied will cleanse your colon and remove the prospect of an otherwise cureless disease. It is the Internal Bath, properly administered, that removes easily and painlessly the Impurities in the colon. And it is the Internal Bath, properly administered that will KEEP the colon sweet and clean through the length of your life. Properly administered, we have said.. Unless properly administered the Internal Bath may do more harm than good. There in ONE way of ap plying the treatment with absolute safety. That ONE way makes use of Nature aided to her greatest effic iency by the latest scientific methods. The complete story of the Internal Bath, together with a detailed des cription of its CORRECT application. 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