VOLUME XXVI, No. 41
JOE CARPENTER DIES
AFTER BOOZE PARTY
While Riding in Car on Hiway,
Sunday, With Three Other
Indian Boys.
Joe Carpenter, 24-year-old son
of James Carpenter, secretary of
the Crow Tribal council, died late
last Saturday night on the road
between Wyola and the Little Horn
canyon, following a drinking party
with several of his Indian friends,
among whom were Harry Wallace,
William Backbone and Peter Old
Bull, who, after spending some
time at Lodge Grass, decided to
go to Wyola in Peter Old Bull’s
car. At Spear Siding they met
up with several other Indians,
among them. Joe Carpenter, who
was then considerably under the
Influence of liquor. He went
with them.
On the way they stopped at the
home of a Filipino, from whom
Joe is alleged to have bought
some moonshine, said to be of very
bad quality. Joe took the first
drink, after they had resumed
their journey, and soon passed
completely out. They breakfasted
at the Allen Hunts the Arrow
home, about a mile and a half
above Wyola, all of them but Joe,
who was apparently too drunk to
get out of the car. After break
fast they started towards Wyola.
When a short distance away, Joe
roused up somewhat and appeared
ill. He asked Peter to stop the
car, at the same time opening
the door and toppling out onto
the running board, before the
car same to a stop, but was not
badly hurt.
They put him back into the car
FLEET OF 75 CHEVROLETS
TO CARRYLEGIONNAIRES
To American Legion National
Convention at Miami, Fla.,
October 22-25.
American Legion delegates from
Chicago to the national conven
tion at Miami, Fla., October 22-25,
will make the trip in a motorcade
of 75 new Chevrolets. Five trucks
will follow the caravan carrying
baggage and band instruments.
The Chevrolet Motor company
has donated the huge fleet, with
blue bodies and gold wheels, tn 3
legion colors, and the sides of
each car will bear the insignia of
the veterans’ organization. On
arrival at Miami, the cars will
be use as "official courtesy” care
to take care of the legion’s dis
tinguished guests who will attend
the convention.
The Chicago legionalrres, 350
in all, will be accompanied by the
pete with the drum and bugle
corps. At Miami they will com
pel ewith the drum and bugle
-corns from other legion posts for
national honors.
On the way. this Chevrolet
motorcade will brine a touch of
the national convention to scores
of cities and towns. At many points
local posts are arranging cere
monies of entertainment for the
Chicago delegates. The return
trip to Chicago will include visits
to important points along the
Atlantic seaboard.
Mfr. and Mrs. S. L. Bundy, from
Kilmundy, Hl., have returned to
their home after a three-weeks’
visit in the homes of their daugh
ters. Mrs. Robert B. Saunders of
Hardin and Mrs. E. S. Heyduck,
who resides south of town.
o
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Ross, who
have been guests of their parents,
the R. P. Ross and A. Buzzetti
families, are returning next Sun
day to their home at Helena,
where Mr. Ross has a government
position as auditor In the state
income tax department.
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Miss Roberta Mapes came In on
Sunday from Chicago for a sur
prise visit with her grandmother,
Mrs. Ella Gilmore. On Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. Mapes, who also
had been in Chicago, arrived to
spend a brief time with Mrs.
Mapes’ .mother, Mrs. Gilmore.
They returned on Thursday to
their home at Casper, Wyo.
On Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 1
p.m., Ralph S. Thrush and De
lores Thomas, both from Lawver,
Wyo., were united in marriage by
Rev. N. E. Hannant, the witnesses
being Wayne G. Thomas, brother
of the bride, and Mfrs. N. E. Han
nant. The ring ceremony was
used. The group went that after
noon for a short visit to Billings
after which the young newly-weds
will make their home on their
ranch near Lawver.
THE HARDIN TRIBUNE HERALD
and went on through Wyola a
short distance, when Harry Wal
lace, in the back seat with Car
penter, remarked that he believed
Joe was dead or dying. The boys
looked at him, and he
was dead immediately drove to
the house of James Carpenter,
about four miles southeast o f
Lodge Grass, took him out of the
car and carried him into his fath
er’s house and laid him on the
bed, leaving immediately without
giving the parents any infor
mation.
Mr. Carpenter called Dr. Linsen
from Crow Agency, who pronounc
ed Joe dead. Coroner John W.
Bullis was then called and made
an investigation, finding that Joe
Carpenter came to his death
from heart failure, apparently due
to excessive drinking of moon
shine. According to the investi
gation he had been drinking
heavily about a year. The boys
who were with him in the car
were brought before the coroner
bv Harvey Young Swallow, chief
of the Indian police, and their
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CATTLE BUYING CLOSES
IN BIGHORN COUNTY
Government Being Urged Make
an Additional Allotment
To Buy 3,000 More.
Cattle buying in Big Horn
county closes this week. An ef
fort has been made to get the
government to make an additional
allotment for the purchase of
cattle, but thus far no such al
lotment has been made. Ap
proximately 3,000 additional head
of cattle are listed for sale,
but these cannot be purchased
until further authorization comes
from the government. A total of
20,032 cattle have been purchased
in Big Horn county with a total
value of $291,280.
Practically all the sheep to be
sold in the county have been
sorted and are being shipped this
week by the Federal Surplus Re
lief Corporation. A total of over
18,000 sheep have been purchased,
thus far, with a large enough
quota to care for all the sheep
offered for sale In this county.
DEER SEASON OPENS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 15
The open season for hunting
deer begins next Monday, Oct. 15,
and continues to and including
November 15. Limit, one buck
deer with horns not less than
four inches above scalp.
SCOUT NEWS
The Girl Scouts of Hardin have
recently organized for the year’s
work.
The Senior troop has 24 regis
tered members of high school age.
Mfrs. James Durkin Is captain,
Mfrs. Paul Schaller, first lieu
tenant, and Miss Gustafson, sec
ond lieutenant.
The Junior troop, comprised of
fifth to seventh grade girls, has
24 registered members. The cap
tain of this troop is Miss Moyer;
first lieutenant, Mrs. Traphagan,
and second lieutenant, Mrs. Even
son.
The Brownies, ages eight to
ten, have as their leaders Mrs.
Peter Meliskl, Brown Owl; Miss
Bemis, Tawny Owl; Miss Inez
Griffith, assistant. There are 24
of these little folks. We are very
pleased with this registration.
The girls of all grades are work
ing on worth-while badges. The
Senior girls are making “hostess”
badges. These are First-class
scouts. The Junior troop is com
prised of Second-class scouts and
Tenderfeet. The Tenderfeet are
wrking on knots, at present. The
Brownies are actually experienc
ing the thrill of make-believe
and magic. They are under thor
ough supervision of efficient lead
ers. There are fifteen ladies serv
ing on the community council.—
SCOUT SCRIBE.
Miss Hannah Batty, Miss Vada
Perry and Miss Elizabeth Koebbe,
with Anton Person as chauffeur,
drove to Havre this week to at
tend the convention of the Mon
tana Division of the Farmers
E. I C. Union. Miss Batty is
delegate from the Big Hom Coun
ty union and Misses Perry and
Koebbe, as representatives from
the Junior organization, will com
pete with other members from the
state in five-minute speech and
essay contests.
CONTINUING 188 BAJUMN. TRIBUNE AND THE HARDBi HERALD
HARDIN, 810 BORN COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1934
SAINT LOUIS CARDINAL*;
DEFEAT DETROIT TIGERS
The Saint Louis Cardinals of
the National League won the
World Series baseball champion
ship from the Detroit Tigers of
the American League. The series
opened Wednesday of last week, at
Detroit, where the first two games
were played. The next four games
were played at St. Louis. The
team left St, Louis tied 3 to 3,
and on Tuesday played the sev
enth and final game at Detroit,
which was won by the Cardinals,
11 to 0.
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The Two Leggin Home Demon
sration club .rill meet at the
home of Mrs. G. M. Brown next
Friday, Oct. 19, at 1:30 p. m. You
are invited to attend.
JUDGE G. M. BOURQUIN
SPEAKS TO LARGE CROWD
Harriet Theatre Is Packed at
Senatorial Candidate’s
Appearance Here.
On Monday evening the Har
riet theatre was filled to capacity
for the meeting arranged by the
Republican club to present Judge
Geo. M. Bourquin to the voters
of Hardin and vicinity. The Har
din school band and a free show
were preliminary all ra c tions
which successfully, not only filled
every seat, but for some time the
standing room in the aisles and
out through the lobby. During
the intermission before the ad
dress, enough children and others
vacated their places so that peo
ple waiting outside were able to
gain admission.
Judge Bourquin held the close
attention of his audience during
his review of the political and
business situation as we see it
today. The blaming of Hoover
for all our woes he deemed un
just and based on a false idea,
the beginning of the trouble go
ing back to the World was and
our participation in it, when hun
dreds of thousands were slain,
billions of dollars spent and
claims to more billions in pen
sions, hospitalization and bonus
demands were made passible.
The political cry of the demo
cratic campaign of two years ago
was to reduce the number of
bureaus in government service,
live within the budget and de
crease public debt. Yet he showed
that in the nineteen months of
Roosevelt’s administration four
new bureaus had been created,
100,900 additional clerks hired and
the national debt increased $7,-
000.000,000. The old laws con
trolling trusts have been set
aside and trusts are now flour
ishing at the expense of small
business concerns. The Judge
declared the calling in of all
gold, with threats of punishment
for failure to give up all gold
money, was as illegal as to de
mand the turning in of every
one’s auto without due process of
law: he also claimed the re
moval of Johnson as N. R. A. ad
ministrator was an admission of
the failure of the whole program
that has “put us on our way”
without being able to tell us
where we are going. So a “New
Deal” has to be planned, which
has created fear and uncertainty
and restrains confidence.
Bourquin scored points against
the way in which all business is
being regulated, especially farm
ing, and predicted the coming of
LORRAINE REYBURN MUST
STAY ON DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Attorney General Rules That
A Candidate Having Filed
Cannot Withdraw.
The attorney general has ruled
that a candidate having filed his
nomination in the primary elec
tion cannot withdraw and that
therefore in the case of the of
fice of county clerk and recorder
on the Democratic ticket in this
county, Lorraine Reyburn’s name
must remain on the ticket. Due
to the ruling of the attorney
general, the action of the Demo
cratic county central committee
in attempting to fill the vacancy
with the name of J. Ernest Wein
berg is set aside.
Last Saturday evening Mr. and
Mrs. A. Knowles were hosts to a
small group of friends, honoring
Mrs. T. A. Veblen of Seattle, their
house guest for a few days. Other
guests were Messrs, and Mesdames
E. L Kelley, Chas. S. Eder, H. D.
Kenyon, D. W. Maddox and F. J.
Kopriva.
ANNUAL TEACHERS’ PICNIC
AT FORT CUSTER BENCH
The faculty of the Hardin and
Crow Agency schools and the
school board members of School
District 17H, together with their
families, enjoyed their annual
get-together picnic on Fort Custer
bench, overlooking the Big Horn
river, Thursday evening. About 40
participated. A number of con
tests and games occupied the time
until the serving of a delicious
picnic lunch under the direction
of Miss Margaret Leikvold of the
home economics department of
Hardin high school, and her as
sistants.
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The Hardin high school is hav
ing their annual mixer this Fri
day evening.
a time when not a furrow could
be turned without a license. The
government already controls the
livestock industry and through the
buying up of all feed this fall
will have farmers and stock grow
ers at the mercy of the relief
forces in the spring. Referring
to Wallace, secretary of agricul
ture, he challenged the propriety
of a man who failed in business
himself to run the business of
the farmers of the U.S. The de
struction of food supplies while
millions are hungry was called a
crime which brought our country
no profit. The surplus foods
might have been traded to con
sumers in other lands for tea, tin
etc., as Hoover exchanged wheat
for coffee. He charged that
Democratic party promises t o
keep money standards unchanged
were grossly violated in debasing
the gold standard, and predicted
national bankruptcy if money is
spent freely much longer, and bil
lions of indebtedness continue to
accumulate.
Referring to his opponent in
the forthcoming election, Senator
B. K. Wheeler, he claimed that in
his twelve years in the senate not
one constructive piece of legisla
tion was to his credit, and that
his record shows 70 times when
Wheeler failed to vote for or
against measures of varying im
portance. He quoted the book
“Merry-Go-Round,” a review of
life in Washington, and other
writings in which people were
classified as to leading character
istics as calling Wheeler the lazi
est man in the senate, a man
who did not study and evaded
issues. Bourquin claimed Wheeler
was not a supporter of Roosevelt
and based his claim on Wheeler's
failure to vote for measures
Roosevelt supported or against
measures he opposed. He also
asserted that Wheeler was no
Democrat, having run several
times on other tikcets, the Pro
gressive Republican, Farmer-Lab
or, etc., and that he is now in
Wisconsin helping in the present
campaign to defeat the Demo
cratic candidate for the senate.
Basing his appeal for support
of his own candidacy at the polls,
Bourquin said that in the many
years he had served as a judge
he had made a record for in
dustry, ability and integrity,which,
if he is elected to the senate, would
be manifested in his earnest en
deavor to serve his state and
nation. He also stated that as
he had always given the Indian a
fair deal in court, he would con
tinue to guard his interests in
the senate.
CHIEF JUSTICE SUPREME
COURT PAYS HARDIN VISIT
Lew L. Callaway Making Tour of
State in Interest of His
Candidacy.
Chief Justice Lew L. Callaway
of the supreme court of the state
of Montana, was in Hardin and
vicinity, Sunday, in furtherance
of his candidacy on the Republi
can ticket for re-election to the
office which he has filled with
marked ability and distinction the
past 12 years. Justice Callaway
was accompanied from Billings by
District Judge O. F. Goddard, and
with him visited several of the
larger precincts of the county.
Justice Callaway was born at Tus
cola, Hl., 65 years ago. His father,
the late James E. Callaway came
to Virginia City, the then capital
of Montana, in 1871, as secretary
of Montana territory, and Lew L.
Callaway has been a resident of
Montana every since. He is a
graduate of the University of
Michigan, and has practiced law
in Montana more than forty years.
Just 40 years ago this fail he was
JAMES LAHEY OF PRYOR
CREEK FOUND MURDERED
Body Lying Under Daybed With
Quilt Hanging Over Front
of Bed to Hide It.
Pryor creek is the scene of a
murder mystery. The body of
James Lahey, who resided on a
40-acre tract on Pryor creek,
about 16 miles up the creek from
where the Custer Battlefield high
way crosses Pryor creek, bearing
three bullet wounds, was found
Tuesday lying under a daybed in
a corner of his cabin. A bed quilt
had been pulled over the edge to
the floor, thus preventing a
casual discovery of the body. La
hey, who was an old-time cowboy
and known locally as the “wild
Irishman,” had been dead prob
ably a couple of weeks. His ranch
being in Yellowstone county, the
crime is being investigated by the
officers of that county.
The cabin door had been locked
on the outside and Lahey’s saddle
horse, saddle and blanket are mis
sing, probably stolen by the mur
derer. It is said that Lahey pos
sessed some money and that he
made loans to neighbors. He had
GAS WELL COMPLETED
WITHIN CITY LIMITS
Known Area of Gas Sand Ex
tended Considerably by
Successful Completion
That the citizens of Hardin are
to have a supply of natural gas
for manv years to come was as
sured this week by the bringing
in of a gas well on the Hardin
Motor & Supply Co. lots between
Third and Railway streets, a short
distance from the Burlington
depot. This extende the Hardin
gas field considerably south of
the wells of the Big Horn Oil &
Gas Dev. Co., which has been
supplying Hardin with natural
gas since 1928. The new well Is
structurally higher than the gas
company’s wells and apparently is
a good, commercial producer.
Whether more wells will be drilled
within the city limits is not
known at the present. Permis
sion to drill within the city limits
is a matter which must be taken
up by the city council and the
state railroad and public service
commission.
ACTIVITIES OF HARDIN
AM. LEGION AUXILIARY
There is a call for towels to
be used in connection with the
shower baths recently installed in
the Hardin grade school. Leave
your towels, used or new, at the
grade school office. This will be
sponsored by the American Legion
Auxiliary Community Health com
mittee.
We are planning a basket din
ner to be held out of doors, if
possible, Nov. 11, at Crow Agency.
Rev. C. A. Bentley has extended
an invitation to all Legionaires
and their wives to attend ser
vices at Crow. Armistice night,
Sunday, Nov. 11. A lovely lunch
constsing of angel food cake, nut
cream and coffee, was served by
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. French and
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cammock.
The American Legion Auxiliary
met at Pine Lodge, Tuesday ev
ening. There was a good at
tendance and many things of im
portance were discussed.
There is a nation-wide jelly
nrogram—l,ooo,ooo glasses by
Thanksgiving. This jelly is so
licited by the Auxiliarv to be
used in homes where things of
this kind are not available. Miss
O’Day, county administrator of
relief health problems, is the head
of the committee for this project.
The for-get-me-nots. made bv
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, will
he on sale Saturday. Nov. 10.
Help a worthy cause—buy forget
me-nots. Mrs. Earl Sibley is the
head of this committee.
Dr. Edward Lieurence of Warm
Springs. Montana, visited friends
and relatives at Crow Agency
from Wednesday until Monday.
On his return home Monday, he
was accompanied as far as Hardin
by J. M. Burns of Crow Agency,
who attended to business matters
here.
elected county attorney of Madi
son county, and served two terms.
He served three terms as mayor
of Virginia City. He was appoint
ed supreme court commissioner,
and while filling that position was
elected district judge of the Fifth
judicial district, serving eight
years, and the past 12 years has
been chief justice of the highest
court of the state.
VOLUME XVI, No. 29
told neighbors that he had an
enemy who would get him unless
he got the drop, and he generally
went armed with a rifle and two
revolvers. The rifle and one re
volver are missing. So far, no
clews have been discovered.
BUD NOVARK BRINGS HOME
A BIG RAINBOW TROUT
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Vickers and
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley B (Bud)
Novark and two children, Ber
nard and Beverly, returned Wed
nesday evening from a four days’
visit with relatives at the old
home at Virginia City and at
Sheridan. 20 miles away. While
at the ancient capital. Bud went
fishing and brought home with
him one of the largest specimens
of Rainbow trout that has been
seen in Hardin in a long time. The
speckled beauty measures almost
30 inches in length and tipped
the beam at a little better than
eight pounds. It was caught in
a hole in Alder gulch, the famous
placer mining stream of early
days, at a point about a mile
below Virginia City, with an or
dinary fly hook. It is on display
at the Hardin Meat Market, where
it has attracted a lot of atten
tion, the past couple of days.
Nick J. Kortje and Verona J.
Hill, both of Billings, were united
in marriage, last Saturday, Oct.
6. at the Congregational parson
age, Rev. N. E. Hannant officiat
ing and using the ring ceremony.
Witnesses to the wedding were
Miss Alice May Anderson and
Mrs. Hannant. Mr. and Mrs.
Kortie expect to reside in Billings,
where he is in the ice business.
ASHLAR LODGE 29, F.&A.M.
BILLINGS, 50 YEARS OLD
Golden Anniversary Observed Last
Friday With Many Masons
-in Attendance.
A number of the members of
Saints John Lodge No. 92, A. F.
&A. Masons, motored to Billings,
Friday evening, to attend the ban
quet and meeting in observance
of the fiftieth or golden anni
versary of the organization of
Ashlar Lodge No. 29 of that
city.
The occasion brought together
the largest number of Masons
that ever attended a similar event
in eastern Montana, more than
450 Masons signing the lodge reg
ister. Practically every section of
Montana was represented. The
meeting was presided over by
Ben E. Cardwell, worshipful mas
ter of Ashlar lodge, who delivered
an address of welcome.
The program included addresses
by Grand Master George W. Cra
ven of Butte; Ernest L. Marvin
of Billings, junior past grand
master, and Lew L. Callaway, past
grand master and present chief
justice of the supreme court.
Louis Toy of Sheridan, Wyo., is
here during the beet harvest
season, watching locomotive on
the beet run down the Big Horn
valley. Pat McKinzey, a boxer by
profession at Sheridan, is one of
the brakemen on the beet run.
S. C. Busher of Denver is also
a brakeman on the job.
Of the 133 Montana State Col
lege students at Bozeman, pledged
to the seven men’s fraternities,
the following are from Hardin:
Sigma Chi, John Buzzetti; Lam
da Chi Alpha, Keith Linthacum.
EVan Gustafson, Republican
candidate for county surveyor, left
on Monday for Fort Peck, where
he has accepted a civil service
position as one of the civil en
gineers working on the big dam.
Mr. and Mfrs. T. B. Switzer and
daughter, Mrs. E. C. Walker, and
Bert Riddle of Luzerne, N. Y., a
cousin of Mrs. Switzer, left Sun
day morning for a short visit at
the Switzers’ old home in the
Madison valley. They expect to
return to Hardin in four or five
days.
Mfrs. Harvey F. Jones, manager
of the Savoy hotel and case, re
turned a few days ago from a
two weeks trip by rail to Chicago,
to take in the World’s fair. She
was accompanied on the trip by
her mother, Mrs. Tenle Anderson
of Billings. Both going and com
ing they stopped off a couple of
days at Minneapolis, where they
visited Mrs. Jones* daughter and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Weston
Rouse. Mrs. Jones reports having
had a most enjoyable vacation.