The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume], January 19, 1934, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

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TELEPHONE LINES
IMPROVED IN 1933
SEVERAL TOLL LINES HAVE BEEN
REROUTED: COPPER REPLACES
IRON WIRES
A reasonable program of needed
construction, repair and betterment
of telephone plant facilities has been
carried ont in Montana during the
past year by the Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph company,
according to J. N. Whittinghill, Mon
tana state manager for the company.
“Although this program has of neces
sity not been as large as when our bus
iness was expanding, it has served to
keep our trained forces together and to
place us in a position to continue fur
nishing the best possible telephone
service when the demand for that ser
vice increases with improving business
conditions.” Mr. Whittinghill said.
Mr. Whittinghill then outlined the
work that has been carried out during
the year.
Rearrangements and improvements
were effected in the Missoula-Polson
line to conform with changes in the
highway. As it was necessary to re
construct a considerable section of the
Une, plant was installed to care for the
needs of that section for a number of
years.
Similar work was carried out in re
location and reconstruction of a num
ber of sections of the Helena-Calgary
toll line between Sieben and Wolf
Creek.
The Missoula-Thompson Falls toll
line was started last year and complet
ed in 1933. The project provided for
an additional copper circuit from Mis
soula to Plains, a distance of 77 miles,
and the construction of 34 miles of
pole line in the section between Ravalli
and Paradise. The new circuit, along
with an existing circuit, permitted the
creation of what is called a “phantom”
or third circuit without additional
wires. These facilities serve the towns
of Dixon, Moiese. Perma, Hot Springs
and Plains thus providing communica
tion facilities needed in connection with |
the development of irrigation projects
In that vicinity.
The Drummond-Philipsburg toll line
was completely rebuilt all iron wire be
ing replaced with copper. This will re
sult in improved service to the Philips
burg section.
Another substantial undertaking was
the replacement, reinforcement and re
setting of poles on the Helena-Calgary
toll line.
The Butte-Garrison toll line was over
hauled.
Highway construction necessitated
the rerouting of five sections of the
Great Falls-Havre toll line.
Work is now in progress in the Ham
ilton area which will result in consider
able improvement of service in the Up
per Bitter Root valley with the elimi
nation of interference from high ten
sion power wires.
Several sections of the Beach-Hamil
ton toll lines are being rerouted east of
Glendive on account of road improve
ments in that district.
In addition to the projects listed, a
large number of smaller repairs and
betterments were carried out during the
year, Mr. Whittinghill explained.
Local exchange improvements and
repairs in buildings or central office
equipment, as well as outside plant,
were accomplished at Helena, Culbert
son, Shelby, Livingston, Miles City, Dil
lon, Baker, Scobey, Saco, Roundup, and
Wolf Point.
Half the subscribers on the Wembly,
England, telephone exchange have been
transferred to the Arnold exchange,
warned for Mathew Arnold, the poet.
In a recent month retail sales in
Jamaica jumped nearly 15 per cent.
The Security Building & Loan Association of Billings
Is Looking Forward to A Successful Future
Based on Its Splendid Past Record
On January Ist the Security Building & Loan Association of Billings, Mon
tana, completed fifteen years of unexcelled service to its members numbering
into the many thousands scattered throughout the state of Monana. This splen
did record of service given by this Association to its members for so many
years, regardless of the ups and downs of economic conditions, has created a
confidence which assures its future success.
As everyone is looking forward to the New Year of 1934 with considerable
confidence and optimism as the dawn of a new era of prosperity, the Security
Building & Loan Association will take its place as one of the leaders in this
state among financial institutions for the savings and investments of the thrifty
and for lending its support to help home owners.
Nothing proves so conclusively the worth while qualities of any financial
institution more than the acid test of depression, and only through conservative
and progressive policies followed throughout a period of many years can any
...
Home office of Security Building & Loan Association of Billings, Mont.
financial institution hope to be successful regardless of conditions. The Security
has throughout its history maintained a very conservative policy, placing its
funds on modern homes in the more substantial communities of the state and
supervising its business affairs to the fullest extent and thus assuring its many
thousands of members of the utmost in safety, dividend return, and convenience
which is not excelled in any other form of investment.
It has been very clearly demonstrated during the past few years that good
first mortgages on good modern homes are the very safest type of securities to be
gained and especially if such mortgages are repaid in monthly installments
wherehy the equity of the home owner becomes Increased each month, thus off
gstting any depreciation there might be in the value of the security.
rymthminE with the same sound and conservative business principles and
aider the same careful and experienced management, the Security Building *
srwiaHon of Billings has a future which is assured, based on the solid
fßundatlcm of an unexcelled past record.
The Security Building de Loan Association has several plans which are de-
to help with any financial program whether large or small, and in map-
sour Plans for the future, it Invitee you to take advantage of these
Znsilent mm and become a member of this strong mutual savings institu-
THE MAN WHO NAMED MONTANA; FIGHTING
CAREER’OF JAMES ASHLEY, ABOLITIONIST
The man who christened the
Treasure state “Montana” was Hon.
Janies M. Ashley. He was a distin
guished member of congress in the
stirring times of the Civil war, and
devoted his career to the abolition
of slavery. He was the friend of John
Brown, the early-day abolitionist,
and made a trip from Toledo to Har
per’s Ferry in a vain effort to save
the life of Brown; was the author of
the 13th amendment to the constitu
tion abolishing slavery and was a
leader in congress of the “black
abolitionist" forces.
After the death of President Abraham
Lincoln he led congress in its fight
against President Andrew Johnson and
almost succeeded in bringing about the
impeachment of that executive. He was
appointed governor of Montana by
President Grant, at the instance of
Senator Sumner, and after serving a
few months, was removed from office
because of a quarrel between the presi
dent and the senator.
Ashley was born in Pennsylvania in
1822. Early in his life he located in a
part of Virginia that is now included
in West Virginia. There his anti-opin
ions of slavery soon got him into dif
ficulties. He was ordered to leave the
state, but remained until his connec
tion with the famous “underground
railroad" was proven on him. The “un
derground railroad” was made up of a
number of well-intentioned persons who
assisted fugitive slaves who were es
caping into the north. Compelled to
leave the Old Dominion, he located in
Toledo.
There his views on slavery made him
more popular in Ohio. For a time he
had some connection with the Ameri
can or “know nothing” party, but the
newly organized republican party ap
pealed to him. He attended a conven
tion at Montpelier, Ohio, where he made
a speech against slavery which attract
ed national attention, and his election
to congress followed shortly after
wards.
In congress he took his place among
the “black republicans,” as the anti
slavery members of the party were call
ed in those days. The secession crisis
was almost on the country, and Ashley
opposed all attempts to compromise the
differences between the north and
south. Upon the outbreak of the war
he gave his vigorous support to all war
measures and was in many ways In
advance of his party. He favored the
immediate freeing of slaves, as a war
measure and his relations with Presi
dent Lincoln were strained until after
the emancipation proclamation. He
was against General McClellan, whom
he looked upon as a show fighter only.
Ashley became chairman of the com
mittee on territories in 1861. He nam
ed the state of Montana, and here is
an interesting bit of history of how the
Treasure state came near losing its
name several years before the territory
of Montana was created. In March,
1886, Former Governor Edgerton, wrote
to Colonel Sanders, as follows:
“The history of the name, as far as I
know, is as follows: On December 22,
1862, Mr. Ashley introduced a bill to
provide a temporary government for the
territory of Idaho, which was read
twice and referred to the committee on
territories. On Feb. 11, 1863, Mr. Ash
ley reported back House Bill No. 626 to
provide a temporary government for
Montana. The bill was ordered printed
and recommitted to the same commit
tee. February 12, next day, Mr. Ashley
reported back the bill with a recom
mendation that it do pass. The bill
passed the house and was sent to the
THE HARDIN TRTBUNE-HERAW
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Hon. James M. Ashley, who as a congressman from Ohio, named Mon
tana, afterwards serving the young territory as governor; Ashley was one
of the men who brought about the abolition of slavery.
senate. February 13, Senator Wade of
the senate committee on territories re
ported the bill without amendment.
March 3 Senator Wilkinson moved to
take up the bill, and Senator Wilson
moved to strike out the name of the
territory and insert Idaho. He insisted
that Montana was no name at all; that
it meant nothing. The name Montana
was stricken out and the name Idaho
inserted. The bill then passed the sen
ate as amended and was sent back to
the house.
“This occurred during the last hours
of the session. Mr. Ashley was angry
and insisted that the house should dis
agree to the senate amendment, but the
bill passed as amended. When, in 1864,
Idaho was divided, the new territory
naturally took the name which came
so near being given to Idaho. I think
Governor Ashley selected the name or
adopted it as his own.”
Failing in fixing the name Montana
on the new territory of Idaho, Ashley
bided his time. As Governor Edger
ton relates, at the next session of con
gress, he reported a bill dividing Idaho
and creating the territory of Montana.
Again he had trouble with the name.
Senator Sumner, a fine scholar, de
manded: “Where did you get that
name?”
“It is a Latin word meaning moun
tainous,” replied Ashley.
Sumner insisted that there was no
such word.
But Ashley was prepared this time.
He produced a Latin dictionary and
proved his contention. So Montana
became the name of an infant ter
ritory that, in the course of a few de
cades, was to become a great state and
in a World war that was to follow fur
nish the federal government with near
ly 50,000 fighting men and upwards of
$100,000.0u0 for the national war chest.
In 1862 Ashley had a fight for re
election. He was too radical and was
ruthless with those who opposed him.
But when the campaign was at its
height, and it looked as though his
defeat was certain. President Lincoln
issued the emancipation proclamation
The tide turned and Ashley won.
Ashley was the author of the famous
13th amendment to the constitution,
putting negroes on an equality with
whites as citizens. The amendment, af
ter a tempestuous career, passed. Ash
ley first introduced it in December,
1863, and the house voted against it in
the following June. The amendment
became an issue of the presidential
campaign of 1864, and Lincoln’s elec
tion assured its passage.
Three months after the adoption of
the 13th amendment by the house, the
rebellion collapsed, and General Lee
surrendered. Andrew Johnson became
president. It should be noted here that
Andrew Johnson defeated another ter
ritorial governor of Montana, Hon.
Green Clay Smith, for the vice presi
dential nomination by half a vote.
Johnson was a man of large natural
ability, but of little education, his wife
having taught him to read after his
marriage. He was also intemperate. He
was soon embroiled in a quarrel with
congress.
Johnson’s contention was that the
rebel states were immediately entitled
to representation in congress, while that
body proposed to lay down terms. Fi
nally when Johnson attempted to re
move Stanton as secertary of war re
gardless of the tenure of office act, It
was decided to make an effort to im
peach the president.
Governor Ashley was the man picked
for the job. He railroaded the resolu
tion of impeachment through the house,
where he was one of the leaders, and
the fight went over to the senate side.
The resolution was defeated in the sen
ate by a single vote, and this vote kill
ed the power of the radicals, of which
Ashley was one of the foremost men in
congress. The following year Ashley
was defeated for congress.
During his last days in congress, Gov
ernor Ashley, still fighting, brought
forth amendments, abolishing the of-
fice of vice president, limiting the veto
power of the president and for the re-
organization of the supreme court, all
of which were defeated.
Shortly after the inauguration of
President Grant, Ashley, at the in
stance of his friend, Senator Sumner,
was appointed governor of the territory
of Montana. Ashley’s nomination was
held up for some time, but was finally
confirmed. The capital was about to
be removed from Virginia City to Hel
ena and Governor Ashley took up his
residence in the latter city. A large
part of the population of the territory
at that time, 1869, was southern in sym
pathy, and Governor Ashley had his
troubles. He did what he could to in
terest the Northern Pacific in the pos
sibilities of Montana and urged the
building of the railroad across It.
Ashley had been governor but a short
time when President Grant named Gov
ernor Potts to succeed him. No reason
was assigned for the president’s action.
The accepted story was that when Sen
ator Sumner and President Grant
quarreled the president put an end to
the tenure in office of men recommend-
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Case Is Dismissed
in Supreme Court
The district court was upheld re
cently in a decision by the state
supreme court in the case of the
Christie Transfer and Storage company
of Butte, which asked an injunction to
prevent William Hatch from operating
motor trucks between Helena and Butte
on the ground that Hatch had no license
from the railroad board. The trial court
dismissed the case.
Intervenors in the case were Ward
Thompson, the Crawley Motor Supply,
Inc., and C. E. Brown. They contended
they hired Hatch to haul goods for
them and neither needed a license.
The opinion held that the intervenors
were using their own truck to transport
their own merchandise and did not op
erate for hire and that the defendant
was merely the employe of the inter
venors and did not operate for hire.
Billings Reports
Building Boom
Building activities in Billings appar
ently turned the comer during 1933.
This was indicated in a summary com
piled by City Building Inspector J. R.
Bain, which shows permits for the year
totaled $93,500, against $83,543 for 1932,
despite the absence of large scale con
struction activities.
Of the 128 permits issued during the
year all but a few were for residence
building, additions or Improvements.
Largest industrial permit was in the
amount of $7,000 and was granted to
the Ryniker Sheet Metal works.
A total of 178 permits were given in
1932 but nearly half of their total value,
or $38,600, was absorbed in the recon
struction of the McCormick and Rowley
business blocks which were destroyed
by fire earlier in the year.
First Aid Station at Capitol
With 200 or more men working on
CWA projects in and about the Mon
tana statehouse, a first aid station has
been opened in the capitol building,
with three nurses in charge. Already
they have treated a broken leg and
arm and any number of bruises and
cuts. Two physicians are subject to call
from the nurses on duty, Alice Shea
of Anaconda, Iva Whitworth of Dillon
and Hildegard Coster of Butte.
Soldier Facing Theft Charge
Arthur A. Bulgar, Fort Missoula sol
dier, has been bound over to face in
dictment by a federal grand jury on a
charge of stealing $1,700 worth of
blankets from a civilian conservation
corps warehouse at the fort. Marvin
Henry, also charged with the theft, was
released because of lack of evidence.
About 80 per cent of the population
of Haiti is engaged in agriculture.
ed by Sumner, of whom Ashley was one.
Ashley returned to Ohio and devoted
the remainder of his life to railroad
building.
Friday, January 19, 1934.
Hamburg and Bremen, Germany, re
port that shipping conditions are im
proving.
Patrick Henry delivered his famous
oration at St. John’s church, Rich
mond, Va.
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