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MUSI i.h SHOALS.
NITROGEN, OR POWER?
FORD OFFERS AID.
UP TO THE PRERS1DENT.
At the request of the War Depart
ment Henry Ford offered to develop
the power plant, built by the people at
Muscle Shoals to provide nitrogen
from the atmosphere for use in war
time.
Nitrogen can be made into explos
ives for war and fertilizer for peace.
Politicians in Washington rejected
Ford's offer, although the entire South
and all the farmers demanded that the
Government accept it. Ford, wearied
of Wai hington's vacillation, withdrew
his offer.
And the Muscle Shoals plant, as
things now stand, is scheduled to be
put under control of a great power
monopoly.
Every voter in this country should
read Henry Ford's statement concern
ing Muscle Shoals made this week, in
response to a message from W. R,
Hearst urging him to re-enter the
Muscle Shoals contest, and again try
to resuce the people's property from
selfish exploiters.
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These âfê points in Henry Ford's
statement that interest every Ameri
raip
*1 am willing to co-operate with the
Government in developing Muscle
Shoa)s into a great nitrate plant,
making cheap fertilizer for the Ameri
can farmers.
"In my opinion, the Shoals should
be used for the production of nitrate
ami fertilizer.
"I believe that the Government
could itself keep Muscle Shoals and
run it, not as a power plant but as a
nitrate plant, to help the farmers ini
"If the Government keeps Muscle
Shoals and operates the nitrate plant
by the army and navy. I shall be'glad
to put at their servi«* all that the
Ford company has of knowledge and
experience. Our engineers have been
peace and safeguard the country in
war. The people of the United States
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spent $140,000 000 to create a govern
ment nitrate plant, not a^ower house.
We should not lose sight of the ong
inal and biggest reason for Muscle
fehoals being built.
working for three years on the prob
lem of making cheap nitrogen from
the air for farmers. We believe we
have discovered improvements on the
present process. We believe air ni
trate can be made at a price that will
materially reduce the cost of ferti
lizer oh the farm.
"The Ford company, will turn over
to the Government, without cost, the
results of its research.
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We will lend the men to help build
up an efficient organization to run
the Shoals As a citizen s duty, we
worked with the army and navy dur
mg the war. We are ready to give
the same co-operation to the Govern
ment in aid of the farmers now. cost
free, to the Government.
"It is a mistake to say that the
Government cannot run the nitrate
plant as well as any private party.
This i, the very kind of business the
Government ought to engage in. Elec
tro-chemical methods of air nitrogen
fixation do not require great forcM
of employee*. It is a straight job of
letting the forces of nature work for
you. The Government has as good
men as there are in this field. We
talked with some of them when we
were figuring on the Shoals.
"If the Government keeps Muscle
Shoals and runs it for the farmers, I.
technical help
will help, so far as
goes, just as much iS I could have,
lmiped if I had taken the property
over.
"HENRY FORD".
The question is, "Shall Muscle
Shoals, which the people own, be de
veloped primarily as a nitrogen pro
ducing plant, and secondarily as a
power plant, both in the public inter
est? Or shall the great enterprise
be given to private monopolists to be
exploited on the usual basis of all thee
the traffic will bear?"
President Coolidge will decide the
matter. Congress will not send him
a bill if it is known that he will veto
Write the President and tell him
what you think. Farmers, especially,
should write. The President is always
glad to hear from any citizen.
it.
Mias Mable Martin, member of the
high school faculty, attended the
basket brill tournament in Billings last
Friday and returned Sunday.
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JIISTOEICAL LIBRARY C.
CONTINUING THE CARBON COUNTY CHRONICLE
RED LODGE, CARBON COUNTY, MONTANA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 1926.
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VOL. 1, NO. 50.
PLANS ARE UNDER
WAY FOR EAGLES'
JULY CONVENTION I
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The time of holding the Eagle State
Convention has been set for July 1st,
2nd, and 3rd. The joint committee i
from the Eagles and the Red Lodge
Montana Club have held two meetings
and formed their various committees. ;
Fred A. Williams, president of the j
local Aerie, chairman of the general j
committee and Dr. A. H. McFarland, 1
secretary and treasurer. The Finance
committee is composed of H. A. Sim
mons, B. Downard, and James Cay.
The Publicity Committee, O. H. P.
Shelley, O. J. Simmons and A. F, i
Wilkinson. The committee on enter
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laminent, C. C. Rowan, chairman, Joe
Gerondale, and J. Smith. The com- ;
mittee on hotel accomodations, Dr. C.
L. Koehn chairman, with authority to
select his assistants.
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The committee held a meeting at the
Court House last Sunday to which
they invited Mrs. H. Richel, A1 Croon- 1
quist, F. I. Johnson and Roy Hickox.
One of the features of the enter
tainment during the Eagles stay herç
Will be an elaborate fish fry. Half of
the crowd will be entertained at Richel (.
Lodge and the other half at Campi'
Senia. The entire committee la on-i
thusiastic as to the outcome at its |
first attempt at a big convention. I
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CARBON CO. CREAM
ERY WILL HAVE A
STORAGE PLANT
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large the niant and to nut in n «tor
r0 om for eggs. Th s will an ible
the company to buy the surdus stock
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mer a „d store them tor wintc • sundy
when eggs are scarce and to ■ ;;sh
a marke* fo • th*» fa' iicrs
The Carbon County Creamery Coin-,
pany is to enlarge and extend it's
b|lsinegs according to Mr . Geror.dah
^ mnnfl(tmr of thc compBny .
Qrder to sup Iy the dealand8 for
their d(jct jt jg n<xe ; 0 en .
Mr. Gerondale stated ibis would
also effect quite a saving tu the local
merchants and to consumers in stor
ing the eggs here rather than having
thorn shipped out and stored and then
having them re-shipped back to Red
Lodge. He stated besides that it will
enable the merchant to take out any
such supplies as they need from day
to day and they will be consumed be
fore they are allowed to grow stale
Thig gtorage Unt will made large
enougb according to Mr . Gerondale,
80 that the company may accumulate «
car load of butter at a tjme Mon it
,j 8 ah | pped to the eastern market . Thig
wi „ alg0 afTord B loc>1 market for ,
more cream and increa8e the buyln
power c f tbe product8 i
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11 18 8tated tbat this will enable the
Compan r y *° into the P oultry buai *
neS8 ' 8t cre ^ ery ' om -
P "" y sh,pped tWp half <*** * turkeyo
" nd to 8h,p at leaat four or five
T«rs this year to the eastern markets,
According to Mr Gerondale the outlay
'«'"r building w, II be six thous
and dollars. Work has already start
ed on the foundation and the plant
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W,U be "»"P 161 « 1 88 aB possible.
Mr. Gerondale stated that this would
ntA interfere with the local trade and
w 'ü continue to give the same prompt
service that they have given in the
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THE RED LODGE SHEET
METAL WORKS MOVED
The Red Lodge Sheet Metal Works
has mov«>d to the Metier Building,
formerly occupied by Joe Clark Motor
(Company on Broadway near the Pol
lard Hotel.
This firm is composed of Paul A.
Harlan and E. J. McGrath.
They state that this will give them
better facilities for handling their
work, as the new building is much
larger than the one formerly occupied
by them. They have also taken the
agency for the Overland and Willys
Knight automobiles and are planning
on using the front part of the build
ing for a show room for their new
cars.
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This is the man, Col. Chai. R.
Forbes, convicted of conspiracy to
defraud the government in hospital
eon , tnictk>n for <*,. crippled, blind
and disabled world war soldiers,
He faces a possible penalty of two
years in prison and s $10,000 hoe.
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The Rod and Gun u. icdamee -
ng Monday evening February , rd,
or PUr ^ S |f ° w** U *n e ' f °
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lect *f Pre^dent Art Madsen, see
President; Joe Bailey, Secretary; and
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H r arTy B * ey,
A, 1 M *^ 0 * M< * A . H ' Croonquut
TTie beard ^ member of the South
Sp0 r ? an * As80 'i
Ci ^°" '* A „ H - Cr ? 0 " q ' 118 ^ .
Field Captain is Ed. Richardson and
Assistant Field Captain, Ajiei Nord
strom and Trap Fund Treasurer, P.
Sweeney.
The Secretary reported on the ac
tivités of the Club for 1924, and
stated the total paid up membership
was eighty-seven, which has been the
s.n-. iost number for several years,
However, last years members accom-1
P liah<,f * aB much if not more, than ini
Hast years.
Al «°ng their several activities for
year 1924 the Rod and Gun Cub
di Abated 668,474 fish, planted in the
streams of Carbon county.
° n October 2nd the Club held their
annual Rod nnd Gun Club banquet at
the Methodist Church.
Prizes were given to the three boys
having the highest score in preditory
animal contest. The winners were:
Hyram Baretta, Dan Baretta and Ahti,
Kallio. The first prize was a fish rod.
second prize a watch and third prize
a jack knife.
The Club will satrt a Membership
Drive next week with R. D. Scott,
Richardson.
ilege of appointing any assistants they
Street Committee and D. W. Colum
d ^J«- >
The secretary stated That the people
thi* community hav-« not given the
su PP ort they should have in behalf of
'Mine Committee, Ed.
bus, Country Committee with priv
the club but it is hoped that more
will take an interest in the future.
LARGE ATTENDANCE
AT FATHER AND
SON BANQUET
second annual Father and Son
banquet was a huge success, if one
may judge from the number of dads
/and their sons, who partook of the
dinner served on Wednesday night at
the club rooms of the Methodist
church. About 160 tickets were sold
which means that twice that number
(were in attendance and the program
following the dinner was an interest
ring one. Rev. G. W. Churchill acted as
■toastmaster, and Rev. C. E. Fenton of
Bridger was the out-of-town speaker.
,The local speakers were H. A. Sim
mons, who gave some good tips to
fathers in his talk on "The Job of a
Dad"; Frank Whicher, Jr., on "What
a Boy Must Do" was also inlore'l..1,;
aHd h, B. Field, who
:e same
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frank ideas in his paper "Training
What Lies Above the Ears". Ray
npnd Loomis also spoke,
William C. Ball, in his talk on
"What Our Community Can do to Help
a Father and His Son", expressed the
hope that within a few years Red
Lodge would have a Young Men's
Christian Association with its benefits
for physical development and moral
.betterment. He commended the idea
HOUSE PASSES THREE CENT GASOUNE
TAX WITH NEW APPORTIONMENT.
SENATE KILLS PARI MUTUEL THEN
REVIVES IT AND PASSES BY FOUR VOTES
Monday Wa Day and Both Houses Pass
f Bills and Working Hard to Dis
Lnre;e M
pose of Tho e on Hand. New Senator From
Petroleum County Takes Seftt.
The Senate—Monday
A budget system i c lies and
towns, as rewritten .he finance
and claims coinmii
mended for passage late to
day.
recom
The bill puts the counties and mu
nicipalities on a cam'll basis of opera
tion, providing, however, for the cre
alion of supplemental budgets and
the payment of warrants written In
excess of the amounts apportioned to
certain funds, on a vote of the tax
0 f Park, Demel of Yellowstone, and
Oliver of Falloon.
Conser, Leuthold, Tâylor and Paul,
defemJed the ('unser admitting
werg debaUble poinUi but a8 .
serting that the time had arrived In
the state to curb extravagance and the
drasti{ . p#Bateief complained of, would
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result In bringing about a check on
county ^ nnnikipal authorities run
,Wng "hog wiW" as they have been in
debts beyond the
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The senate also Adopted amendment
.'to subatitate S. B. 69, motor vehicle
i; cenM reiriatration based unon weiirht
and t hor w ' which suited
. cutting ^ ^ )icenge of ^
cabs of seven passenger capacity, op
erating within cities from 75 cents per
hundred weight to 50 cents and scaled
down the price per passenger from $6
to »1.50. a*
payers.
This bill was opposed by Shelvcr
Yhe House
After two hours of speeches over
p 1 - 2 ^ 9 ' the P ur P ose of which was
to re f e " the prescription law, the bill
•« of the whole
b Y a vot * of 60 to 41 ■ Tbe dc8ks of
the members were covered with tele
" ramg fro " 1 tlm reformists and others
opposing the bill.
When Fox made a motion to strike
enac Ung clause Hedrick, one of the
aut h° r8 tke measure, arose and
made an extended talk in favor of the
re P eab He was followed by Morris of
chot e au and then the battle against
tbe re P <>al waa on ' Nearly speaker
thereafter attacked the bill and the
Physicians of Montana who are per
milled to write prescriptions. The re
act,on from this Propaganda
vo ' ce d > n almost every talk and the
ae ntiment against the attempt at re
peal spread like wildfire during the
debate.
Dellwo of Lake declared that the
prescription law might be tightened
up but called attention to the deplor
able failure* of officer* to enforce the
prohibition law and said the reform
element should direct their activities
In that direction and let the prescript
tion law alone. i
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pe ed to call upon the governor to
call »n extra session of the legislature
to provide beer for the miners who
he8aid ' t
Go down into the bowels of the
earth to dig out the metal and all they
have is ice water and cold ice water
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Kelly of Silver Bow said the women
'ficking the measure were working
hand in hand with the bootleggers.
AH speakers against the measure
called attention to the lack of enferce
"They are carrying liquor into the
schools," said the Lake county repre
sentative, "and every other powder
puff in the modern d .nee hall is a can
teen of liquor in disguise."
Meagher of Teton declared that the
measure to repeal was simply a "boot
leggers measure" and that the women
hacking it were "too dumb" to see it.
Mullholland of Silver Bow county
brought down the house when he made
his speech against the bill, declaring
that if liquor wore not permitted the
large corporations employing miners
in Silver Bow country would be com-'
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ment of the liquor laws Among those
who oppose«! the repeal were: Hawley
of Wheatland Duncan c Cascade,
Fitzgerald of Silver Bow, Beadle of
S.iver Bow, Andrus of Custer. Troy
of Hill, and Fox of Silver Bow.
of supervised playgrounds and urged
; the extension of a free skating rink
and consideration of a swimming pool,
A large number of bills were recom
mended for passage—seemingly there
was a good deal of work done in the
house today. \
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The principal business of todays
session was a debaV over the bill to
change the bounda\ lines of Lake
county. It came out Vi the course of
the arguments that tins country was
created by county division promoters,
who made a deal with the residents of
The Senate—Tuesday
econ *'*'KMion of the bill.
Anothetobiil of importance was S.
B. 116, which wa. opposed by Senator
Speer, The provision, of the bill are
^at one of the two Jbdgna of the
e« hth Judicial district be required to
reside in Fort Benton, if the twelfth
judicial district is abolished and Chou
teau county a dded to the eighth dis
tr > e L w Hh two judges to attend to the
business,
Swan River valley to permit their ter
ritory to be included within the area
of the proposed county, for valuation
purposes and that they would then re
turn tp Flathead after election.
Senator Tower, who was seated
early In the session as the Lake county
senator, after a contest, led the fight
to keep the boundary lines as they
are, and the Swan River valley people
will be obliged to remain in the new
county, if the result is not changed by
The economy feature appealed to
the majority of the senate and the bill
was sent to third reading.
House bill 228 which places in the
hands of the state superintendent of
banks the power to take over the af
fairs of banks with impaired capital
stock after 90 day's notice, was fur
ther strengthened by the insertion of
the word "must" in place of may as
applying to the act of taking over at
the end of 90 days. Oliver said it
was the most drastic banking bill
passed by the legislature. The super
intendent of banks had requested that
he be given discretion in the matter of
closing at the end of 90 days, but the
senate, 25 to 14, carried the amend
ment inserting the word "must".
A large number of both senate and
house bills were favored for passage
in committee of the whole, while an
equally large mlmber also passed third
reading.
The House
In favorable Consideration of a bill
repealing the present metropolitan
police law and a delay in the house
of nearly two hours because of the
absence of Republican Floor Leader
Ruffcorn and Representative Smith of
Lewis and Clark county featured a
lively session of that body during th«
forenoon. The session lasted until
1:40 p. m., and wA "only terminated
when the sergeant at arms had re
turned from the Smith home with
David Smith in custody and brought
him before the bar of the house under
arrest, Ruffcorn had been found in
(the building by the sergeant at arms
and returned to the house previously,
The house killed House Bil} 84, by
Ainsworth, the women jury measure,
by an emphatic vote after a long dis
cussion. Troy of Hill, Mrs. McCarty
of Dawson, Meagher of Teton, Beadle
of Silver Bow and the author of the
measure, spoke in favor of a favorable
recommendation when the bill came up
in committee of the whole. Ainsworth
dedared the bm had the backi of
il0f000 dub wom#n of the gtate . blU
>his statement wag di(iputed by othw
speakers.
, n comn)ittee of wholef the hoU8e
recommem|ed favorabIy House Bill
No 297> providinR a ,5.00 lnarria ge
license fee arj the registration of all
Ij( . ens{>8 and recordg of marriagP and
divorces with the register of vital sta
tistics in the department of the board
of health at the capitol. »2 of the
»6.00 license fee goes to the state
boftr( j of health under the bilL
The hoUK( , ;llar , recommendt . d f BV „r
abIy S( , nat{ , Bi „ No „ by thc com .
„ ttne on fillance and claim , aBthor
j,: the board of examincr8 to iaaue
bor ds in (he nnlount of $25>000 for the
budding of a vault in the treasurer's
office.
The committe on compensation re
ported out a substitute bill for House
Shot Down
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Young, Dry Klan leader
« Httrin, HI., who wm «hot down
In tli* latest riot at that place. H«
leave* « blind widow, who loat
eight In rioting last year,
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A SUCCESS SAYS
The Market Week held in Hillings
by the wholesalers was a howling sue
cess, according to H#nry Schmidt, pro
prietor of the Red Lodge Meat Com
elaborate displays, particularly of the
wholesale groceries in the sbpw room
formerly occupied by the Cole com
pany. He stated that the Billing* peo
ple did themselves proud in the Way
they took care of the visitors, the
ladies being given special attention in
the way of entertalriwent and the
Bilhqgs Commercial Club took an ac
tive ihjrt in entertaining the outside
merchants.
A large number of business men
from Red Lodge and Bearcreok attend
ed this meeting and according to Mr.
Schmidt, all expressed Ifie opinion
that It was worth while the time and
expense of the trip,
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pany.
Mr. Schmidt said that there were
merchants advertising, telling the
merchants that it paid well to tell the
°l de whit* they had to, sell. He
i|,H0 advocated the merchants buying
0111 ( he local wholesalers, which
would be boosting Montana and where
One of the principal talks of the
meeting was by Mr. W. W. Gail, in
which he exuiained the value of
they would receive fair treatment.
The success of Market Week this
year has decided the wholesalers and
manufacturers upon making it an an-(
nual Institution. "Bigger and better
than ever, next year," was the terse
manner in which leading figures in the
bureau described plans for next year's
products show.
More than 1,600 prizes of merchan
dise to say nothing of thousands of
samples and souvenirs were given
away during the show.
Most of the Red Lodge merchants
returned home Saturday.
THE BOY SCOUTS
ELECT OFFICERS
The Boy Scout Council and Boy
Scout Troops number one and two will
meet at the L fcrary Monday evening,
March 2nd, to discuss Scout uclivitic .
The council will elect officers to nil
the expiring terms of W. C. Beans,
president; Gus B. Foltz, vice presi
dent; R. M. l'ori'r.% «secretary und H.
A. Simmon s, treasurer.
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The present counc 1 consists of H
A. Simmons, Cu< B. Puits, W. C.
Beans, R. M. Porter, H. L. Hussong,
Sam Carpenter, J. L, Flaherty, C. H
Draper, A. H. Crctmquist, Matt Wood
row, Wm. Freakes, Ed Richardson, and
H. B. Field.
The council invites ail those inter
ested in the Boy Scout movement to
attend this meeting.
MRS. SMITH ENTERTAINS
HE ALTAR SOCIETY
The Altar Aociet/ of St. Agnes
Church met on Wednesday evening at
f hv home of Mrs. James Smith on
". Adams Avenue. After a pleasant
social session the evening closed with
th* serving of delicious refreshments
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by the hostess,
Bill 109, known as the compensation
act of Ainsworth of Sanders county,
It is said the substitute bill provides
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WITNESSES AGAINST
WHEELER DRUNK
WALSH CHARGES
Foes of Senator Wheeler Kept Gorged
With Rum Says Walsh.
(Special to the News)
Washington, I). C.—The Depart
ment of Justice has launched an in
vestigation into charges that Govern
ment witnesses, brought here to tes
tify against Senator Tktfton K.
Wheeler (Dem.) of Montana",■Jiavo
been given large supplies of liquor, it
was learned today.
The charges were laid before Assis
tant Attorney General Donovan by
Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Wheeler's
colleague and acting counsel. The wit
nesses, Walsh told Donovan, have beer»
virtual prisoners in a Washington ho
tel, where they have staged wild
drinking parties. Donovan was said
to have ordered the Investigation.
Source of Hum Secret.
Walsh's action was prompted by
.private information which reached
him from persons who observed the
attitude of the witnesses around their
hotel. The source of the liquor sup
ply, however, was not revealed.
The Montana Senator also was re
ported to have demanded an investi
nation by the department into activ
((.iesi of Blair Coan, former agent of
the National Republican, who initiated
the criminal proceeding* against
It was said Walsh corn
plained that Coan had entered
spiracy to "besmirch the reputation
0 f a United States Senator",
Wheeler.
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DISCOVERY OF HUMAN
BONES IN LIME ROCKS
NEAR RED LODGE
(Dr. J. C. F. Siegfriede
In response to a request made two
weeks ago for locutions in Carbon
county where fossil remains might be
f oun d, an interesting discovery
was
brought to light. Mr. C. R. Mills a
ranch owner located on the West Fork
of Rock Creek 3 miles above Red
Lodge sent a letter stating that human
bones hud been discovered by him on m
his ranch in an old cave in the Limo
Rock reefs.
Mr. Mills states that he had fre
quently used this cave as shelter from
storms while looking after his stock.
While digging in the floor of the cave
he discovered several long bones and
a human skull together with several
relics viz. Two bone skinning knives,
two slender bone instruments not de
cipherable at this time, a stone pipa
bowl and an elk tooth,
A small party consisting of Mr.
James Brophy, Dominick Marino and
myself went out to investigate tto
findings, last week.
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Location
The cave is located in a conglom
erate lime reef on a divide between, tha
West Fork and the Main fork of Rock
Creek about 4 miles South of Red
l^odge. From all appearances th«
cave lias been larger than at present.
The OH'rhsngtog rock* »how quite a
erosion. W v'j >ck* having
.. . . . of the cave.
iraan bone»
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dirt in amt
little
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unden- the
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A tc.Ua ,» , ,0
Fr m the appear
one is ■ l'c • ••
been in thiu 1 • e
bone knives ;md i
would show that they were the relic»
of an individual «ho had been here
long before the advent of the white
man into this Western country. Pos
sibly an Indian or an early trapper
may have located in this^ave and died!
there. No metalic parts of any kind
were discovered up to date, but as soon
as weather conditions will permit fur
ther investigations will be made in «
more thorough manner.
Elderly Individual
Judging from the size of the lonp
bones the individual must have been »
person about 5 foot ID inches tall and
well bulit, while the teeth in the skull
would show an individual at about the
f the bone»
..at they had
.red years or
mens found it
age of 60 or 60 years. No clothing or
leather wearing apparel were found
but it is hoped that the summer
months will disclose further details
upon which more definite deductions
can be made.