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VOLUME XXVI, No. 18
GEN. H. L SCOTT, FAMOUS
INDIAN FIGHTER, DEAD
Retired Army Man Succumbs
at Washington After Two
Months' Illness.
Newa of the death of Maj. Gen.
Hugh L. Scott, which occurred
Monday night at the Walter Reed
hospital in Washington, D. C.,
after an illness of two months,
will be read with keen regret by
the people of the nation, gener
ally, and especially by residents
of the western part of the coun
try, where he spent the best
part of his eighty years.
In 1876, when but 22 years of
age, he was graduated from the
U. S. military academy at West
Point and saw active service al
most immediately in the campaign
against the Sioux Indians. For
many years he was an army of
ficer in military expeditions on
the western plains and rose grad
ually in rank until at the be
ginning of the World war he had
attained to the post of chief of
staff, which post he held from
November, 1914, to September,
1917, and laid the basis for
Americia's particicpation in the
conflict with Germany.
General Scott was a warm
friend of the Indian and was
revered by the members of the
various tribes, all of which he had
visited at various times during
the past half century. He made
almost yearly visits to the Crows,
spending several days on each
occasion at Crow Agency. His
last visit here was made during
the past summer. The following
sketch of his career is repro
duced from Tuesday morning's
Billings Gazette:
Through all his last years, Scott
continued vigorously his research
es and writings on the Indian
sign languages which he, alone
of all white men, had mastered
during his years on the plains. In
1930 he was commissioned by the
library of congress, to compile a
record for all time of this curious
mode of expression.
In 1931 he set up headquarters
in Brownlag, Mont., and sum
moned from near and far his
old friends, the chiefs and braves
of 13 tribes, for a final powwow.
With them he conversed again in
13 variations of the strange, si
lent language, in which, 50 years
before, he had arbitrated, pleaded,
and, when that failed, made war
with them.
Before they parted, they gathered
before a motion picture camera
and went through once more the
signalings and semaphores of the
T. H. BURKE, E. E. COLLINS
FORM LAW PARTNERSHIP
Prominent Lawyers to Maintain
Law Offices in Billings
and in Hardin.
A new law firm for the Midland
Empire was organized at Billings,
Monday, when T. H. Burke, for
many years a practicing attorney
of Hardin and who, two years ago
last fall, moved to Billings, form
ed a law partnership with E. E.
Collins of that city. The an
nouncement, published in Tuesday
morning’s Billings Gazette, says:
Organization of the law firm of
Burke and Collins with offices in
the Securities building was an
nounced Monday by T. H. Burke
and E. E. Collins. They also will
maintain an office at Hardin.
Both attorneys have practiced
law in Mbntana for many years.
Mr. Collins engaged in the law
business here in 1911, and Mr.
Burke entered business at Hardin
in 1916 after eight years practice
in North Dakota. He was county
attorney of Big Horn county for
two terms and has been in law
practice in Billings since Novem
ber. 1931.
Mr. Collins was county attorney
here for three terms and has been
connected with the attorney gen
eral’s office as an assistant, and
with the legal phase of federal
prohibition service. He was deputy
prohibition administrator for Wy
oming immediately before? return
ing to Billings last July to re-enter
law practice.
The Hardin Tennis Club associ
ation was organized Monday even
ing at a meeting at the Sullivan
hall. Frank Ewing was elected
president; Cecil Ross, vice-presi
dent, and John K. Rankin, secre
tary-treasurer. Ait a meeting to be
held at Sullivan hall Tuesday ev
ening, May 8, at 7:30 dues, mem
bership and court sites will be de
termined. All parties Interested
are urged to attend.
THE HARDIN TRIBUNE HERALD
primitive esperanto of the plains.
The result is an imperishable
record, now on file in Washing
ton, of a language which would
otherwise have died with those
who used it.
In his dealings with the red
men, Scott was known as a con
ciliator, a diplomat, a white man
to be liked and trusted, though
feared if aroused. From the day
he set foot on the plains, he made
a sincere effort to understand the
Indians and their ways, a prac
tice he continued, retrospectively,
in the last days of his retire
ment at his quiet Princeton home.
When the exigencies demanded,
Major General Scott fought with
gun and saber; but more often
during his half century in the
uniform he faced his enemies in
friendly fashion and by preference
achieved his outstanding successes
by diplomatic rather than military
tactics. But both in the strug
gles where he relied upon the
force of arms and those which
hinged upon the force of person
ality, he succeeded with a regu
larity which won him many words
of high commendation from his
superiors.
The Indians of the western
plains, his first foes in battle, felt
many years ago the inherent
friendliness of the man, who later
was to become their protector
and their Instructor in the ways
of the civilization of the white
man.
HARDIN WATER COSTS
MOST OF ANY IN STATE
If Water Rates To Be Lowered
Plant Will Run Behind at
Taxpayers’ Expense.
There has been considerable
talk recently about asking the city
council to reduce the charge for
water for lawn sprinkling purpos
es, during the late spring and
summer months.
It is true that a higher rate is
charged for water in Hardin than
in any other city of like size in
the state. The rates are for the
first 3,000 gallons, $2.50; for the
next 2,000 gallons, $1.50, making
$4.00 for the first 5,000 gallons.
For all water over 5,000 the pres
ent rate is 20 cents per thousand
gallons, making the charge for the
first 10,000 gallons, $5. From this
charge a discount of 10% is al
lowed if the account is paid by the
10th of the month, making the
net cost to the consumer $4.50 for
10,000 gallons of water. The mini
mum charge for water is $2.25, af
ter the discount is taken off.
This Is a high rate, but the cost
of pumping and treating the wat
er from the slit-infested Big Horn
river Is the highest of any city in
the state, approximately 25 cents
per thousand gallons.
For the year ended June 30,
1933, the total receipts of the
Hardin water department were
$11,439.81. The cost of pumping
and treating the 39,835,101 gallons
used was $10,010.04, leaving a net
profit over cost of $1,429.77.
While the operating expenses
last year were somewhat above
normal because of the purchase of
castiron pipe to replace the worn
out pipe,, yet it can be readily
seen from these figures that any
person using over 5.000 gallons of
water per month at a cost of 20
cents a thousand gallons, gets the
water for about what it costs the
city to pump and treat it; there
fore, any reduction in rates would
mean the furnishing of water at
a loss, which would have to be
made up by the taxpayers of the
city.
♦
Miss Verna Scribner, graduate
nurse of Billings, is visiting rela
tives here.
BIG HORN FARES WELL IN
STATE SCHOLARSHIP TESTS
Lodge Grass Hi School Wins
Two Places, Hardin Hi One,
at Bozeman.
Big Horn county high schools
fared fairly well at the state
scholarship contest held at Boze
man, last week, when it is con
sidered that more than 700 stu
dents competed in the various
subjects.
Gerald Evans and Walter Mahler
of the Lodge Grass high school
were awarded, respectively, first
and third places In the literature
test.
Miss Zenda McKittrick, a sopho
more in the Hardin high school,
was awarded second place in
home economics.
CONTINUING THE HABDIN TRIBUNE AND THE HARIHN
HARDIN, BIG HORN COUNTS, M ONTANA, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1934
4-H CLUB WORK PLANNED
CONSULT COUNTY AGENT
Communities of the county in
terested in 4-H Club work are
asked to get in touch with Geo.
W. Gustafson, county agent. Plans
and instructions for 4-H Club
work have been received from C.
E. Potter, state club leader.
One of the most interesting
projects adapted for this year’s
club work is one known as the
Home Improvement work, especi
ally adapted to boys from 10 to
20 years. Details about this proj
ect can be obtained by writing or
calling at the county agent’s of
fice at Hardin. All boys of the
county should be interested in this
project. It seeks to recognize any
worth-while activity performed by
the club member in the improve
ment of his home, farm or com
munity. •
Lawyer H. C. Crippen of Bil
lings was here Tuesday.
NEW HARDIN COUNCIL
MEETS AND ORGANIZES
Mayor Calderwood Takes Helm;
Names All Old Officials
To City Posts.
The Hardin city council met
Tuesday evening and organized for
the coming year. Mayor J. E. Mc-
Carthy, who has been the city’s
chief executive the past four years,
was succeeded by Matt R. Calder
wood, head of the Calderwood
Plumbing & Heating Co., who
was elected mayor at the election
held the first Monday in April.
With him were inducted into of
fice the following aidermen and
city offiteials:
Aidermen—First ward, Chas. S.
Eder, succeeding A. M. Hicks; Sec
ond ward, Richard E. Warren,
succeeding E. L. Kelley; Third
ward, Robert B. Saunders, suc
ceeding Dr. W. A. Ransier. None
of the three retiring aidermen was
a candidate to succeed himself.
City treasurer, Charles B.
Schneider, re-elected.
Police judge, A. W. F. Koch* suc-
A COUNTY PLANNING
BOARD IS ORGANIZED
Purpose Is To Formulate Plans
For Rehabilitation of Big
Horn County.
A county planning board, con
sisting of B. H. McCarty, chair
man; C. A. Randall and C. C.
Guinn, who are by law made ex
officio members of the board and
the following additional members
named by Chairman McCarty:
Stanley A. Yergey, Mrs. Frank S.
Morrison, J. A. Koebbe, H. A. Wil
liams and G. W. Gustafson of
Hardin, and J. E. Sharp of Lodge
Grass was formed this week.
This board has selected the sec
ond and fourth Mondays of each
month, at 8 p. m., as meeting
dates, at the Emergency Relief
offices in the Gay block. The pur
pose of this board is to formulate,
in conformity with a state-wide
program, plans for the rehabilita
tion, generally, of conditions
throughout Big Horn county. The
sub-committee of this board to
have charge of rural rehabilita
tion is composed of Geo. W. Gus
tafson, J. E. Sharp, Mrs. Frank S.
Morrison, H. A. Williams and C.
C. Guinn.
The rehabilitation program is
divided into two plans, one for the
rehabilitation of the farmer and
farming conditions, and the other
for the purpose of creating relief
to the distressed by direct or work
relief.
ANNOUNCES OPENING
Richard E. Warren, manager of
the Hardin Auto & Supply Co.,
has issued invitations to everyone
to attend the grand opening of
his newly completed building,
which replaces the one destroyed
by fire, several months ago. The
building will be opened next Mon
day, May 7, at seven o'clock in the
evening, when a talking picture
with an all-star cast, filled with
excitement, romance, thrills and
fun, entitled “Those Thirty Years”
will be shown. After the show
dancing to the strains of the
Swindle Seven-Piece Orchestra
will be indulged in. There will be
no charge for anything and every
body and his wife or best girl is
invited to attend. See the adver
tisement elsewhere in this issue.
The building is 90 by 100 feet in
HOME DEMONSTRATION
LEADER HERE ON MAY 11
Blanch E. Lee, state home
demonstration agent leader from
Bozeman, will on Friday,
May 11, to meet with the women
of the county who might be in
terested in the work of home
demonstration work.
Miss Lee will discuss the plans
for the organization of home
clubs for the county and outline
one or two of the most feasible
projects to be taken up by the
women of ths county. This work
is carried on very successfully in
many of the counties of the
country, to the benefit of all the
women who take part.
Communities interested in this
work are asked to send represent
atives to meet with Miss Lee to
become familiar with the work
available at this time. Information
and details may be secured
through the county agent’s office
at Hardin'
ceeding A. H. Roush, who has
filled the office the past eight
years.
Aiderman John C. Kopriva of the
second ward was chosen president
of the council, succeeding Dr. W.
A. Ransier, retiring aiderman of
the Third ward.
Mayor Calderwood named the
following to fill the appointive of
fices :
City clerk, auditor and water
commissioner, A. H. Roush, who
has filled these positions the past
ten years.
City physician and health officer,
Dr. W. A. Russell, who succeeds
himself.
City attorney, Bert W. Kron
miller, the present city attorney.
Chief of police, Ira T. Smith,
who has filled this position a
number of years. Mr. Smith is
also the builidng and gas inspector.
Supt. of water works and plumb
ing inspector, S. Robert Young,
who has been in this department
several years.
In formulating these plans it
will be necessary that projects be
passed on and approved by the
county planning board and by
them submitted to the state board
for approval. Among these proj
ects already approved by the local
board, are: Insect control and
eradication, and the community
garden.
The board has before it for con
sideration the general sanitation
of schools and public buildings
and various other projects. The
meetings of the board are public
and all persons in the county, in
terested, , are invited to attend
and the board invites suggestions
to any of its members, or the
members of any sub-committee, as
to its program. In addition to the
planning board there has been
appointed community advisory
boards, as follows:
Lodge Grass—Mrs. Bess Stevens,
Otto Brockway, Harry Bouton and
Fred Young.
Wyola—A. H. Bowman, Mrs.
Frank Arnold. W. R. Caley, and
Carl L. Riplett.
Decker—Otto A. Miller, B. F.
Shreve, J. A. Powers, and James
Armstrong.
Kirby—Mrs. Sophia Maxham,
Tom Penson. E. M. Bassford and
Elmer E. Kobold.
Pryor—Geo. W. Williams, John
Orser, Grant Atkinson and Wil
liam Masterson.
size and is one of the most at
tractive garage buildings in the
country. There will be plenty of
floor space to accomodate every
body, and you will be as “welcome
as the flowers in May.”
Rev. and Mrs. N. E. Hannant
plan to drive to Glasgow, on next
Monday to attend the Congrega
tional state conference there from
Tuesday to Thursday. This is a
joint celebration of the Glasgow
church’s twenty-fifth anniversary
and the fiftieth anniversary of the
state conference. Rev. Hannant
has prepared a history of the
fifty years of the conference which
he will read at the Wednesday
evening session. An afternoon visit
to the Fort Peck dam will be an
attraction to many who attend.
CROW INDIANS VOTE
FOR ROBT. YELLOWTAIL
Endorsed for Superintendent of
the Crow Reservation by a
Vote of 501 to 199.
As a result of the overwhelming
majority given Robert Yellowtail
at a reservation-wide election held
on the Crow reservation, Tuesday,
at which 700 members of the Crow
tribe went to the polls and cast
their ballots either for or against
him, he will be the first native to
sit in the office of superintendent
of the Crow reservation.
Yellowtail’s appointment rests
with John Collier, commissioner
of Indian affairs, who ordered the
referendum vote, and there ap
pears to be no doubt he will make
the appointment just as soon as
the result of the election is offici
ally reported to him by Warren
L. O’Hara, the special agent sent
here by the Indian department to
conduct the election.
There were polling places at all
principal points on the reservation.
Yellowtail lost but one precinct,
Black Lodge, which rendered an
adverse vote of 55 to 43. At St.
Xavier the “yes” and “no” vote
was a tie, 57-and. All other pre
cincts gave substantial “yes” ma
jorities. Lodge Grass, his home
precinct, gave him 154 to 11. The
total vote was 501, “yes,” to 199
“no.” The "yes” vote was nearly
72% of the total.
HARDIN HIGH SCHOOL IS
RATED AMONG THE BEST
Placed on the Accredited List of
North Central and North
West Ass’ns.
That the Hardin high school
stands in the front rank of high
evidenced by the fact that it is
on the accredited list of the lead
in g association of secondary
schools and colleges of the middle
and western states.
At the annual meeting of the
North Central Association of Sec
ondary Schools and Colleges, held
at Chicago, last month the Hardin
high school was again placed on
the list of accredited high schools.
At the meeting of the Northwest
Association of Schools and Col
leges held at Spokane in April, the
Hardin high school was placed on
the list of accredited high schools
of the association.
This is the first time the Hardin
high school has made application
to this association for accrediting.
HARDIN GOLFERS TO GO TO
SHERIDAN, WYO., SUNDAY
Invited To Participate in the
Opening of the Municipal
18-Hole Course.
Mayor Matt R. Calderwood of
the City of Hardin is in receipt
of an invitation from Mayor H. A.
Loucks of Sheridan, Wyo., extend
ing a most cordial invitation to
all golf players of Hardin to par
ticipate in the formal opening of
the Sheridan Municipal 18-hole
golf course next Sunday, May 6.
A similar invitation has been re
ceived from the Sheridan golf
club by the Hardin golf club.
All of the facilities of the course
will be at the disposal of the vis
itors, and caddies, lunches and
refreshments will be available
throughout the day. No green fees
will be charged.
In closing his letter Mayor
Loucks stated “we will be much
pleased to have the Hardin golf
players make use of the course at
their pleasure throughout the
I season.”
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Miller and
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Miller and son
Wayne returned Sunday from a
visit to relatives and friends in
the Gallatin valley.
EIGHTY MEN CALLED
FOR WORK BY THE ECWA
Must Be 18 Years or Over—
Married or Single—and
Apply at Once.
A call has been made by the
ECWA of the U. S. Indian depart
ment on the Big Horn County
Emergency Relief board for eighty
able-fooided men—married or
single—lß years of age or over, to
assist in the eradication of Mor
mon crickets on the Crow Indian
reservation.
These men are to be placed in
camps and will be used in distrib
uting poison for the eradication of
these pests. The work will start
immediately and will continue till
about August 1.
The scale of pay will be $l5O per
VOLUME XV, No. 49
It is probable that Robert Yel
lowtail will be appointed within
the next few days and that he
will be inducted into office with
appropriate tribal ceremonies on
the lawn in the beautiful cotton
wood grove in front of the Crow
Agency office building, in the
presence of practically the entire
Crow tribe and hundreds of the
white friends of Yellowtail, who
will be the second Indian to be
honored by appointment as super
intendent of his reservation, the
other one being the present super
intendent of the agency at Kla
math Falls, Ore. At the time of
his inauguration, Mr. Yellow
tail will deliver an address, re-
viewing the Indian administra
tions, generally, and especially
that of the Crows, dating from
the first Crow treaty signed at
Fort Laramie on Sept. 15, 1851,
setting aside for the Crow nation
all that territory between the
Powder and Missouri rivers, em
bracing some thirty-eight million
acres.
Long a champion of tribal rights.
Yellowtail has on numerous oc
casions demanded self-government
for Indians. His activities in this
direction brought him into close
contact with John Collier, the In
dian commissioner, when the lat
ter was executive secretary of the
American Indian Defense associa
tion.
A thick-set man of average
height, the Crow leader has a
fluent command of English and is
better than an ordinary public
speaker.
Since 1911, he has been active
in both state and reservation
politics and in 1926 he ran for
congress on the Republican ticket.
Yellowtail abhors reference to
himself as a “chief,” and is quick
to point out that this tribal honor
could be won only by display of
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BIG HORN ROD & GUN CLUB
CUTS MEMBERSHIP TO $1
An Active Canvass for Members
Will Be Made Over County
Coming Week.
The Big Horn County Rod &
Gun club held a meeting at the
office of the president. Matt R.
Calderwood. Wednesday evening.
Among other business transacted,
it was voted to reduce the annual
membership dues from $1.50 to sl,
the idea being that with this
modest membership fee, every
man in the county can afford to
become a member, and that a
large membership will be built up,
thus making the club an effective
force in the way of bringing about
better hunting and fishing.
Parties wishing to take out a
membership will be given an op
i portunity during the coming week.
’ when an active canvass will be
made in Hardin. St. Xavier. Crow
Agency, Lodge Grass and Wyola.
Those failing to be called on by
। the canvassing committee, may be
I accommodated by mailing a check
for $1 to George M. Kalberg, sec
j retary, at Hardin.
' Inasmuch as all fishing licenses
expired April 30. fishermen should
not forget to procure a 1934 11-
. cense before going fishing.
The annual children’s health
wienie was held in the city park.
Wednesday noon. The school band
furnished music and the kiddies
played games after partaking of
an appetizing picnic lunch pro
vided by their teachers and Miss
O’Day, county health nurse. Sev
eral hundred grade school child
ren were in attendance.
day. in addition to board and
lodging, for 20 days each month.
Each person employed must pro
vide his own bed-roll.
Applications will be received by
Mrs. 'Alma Drake at the Emer
gency Relief office in the west
room of the Gay block, on Third
street. Swi