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*—AD VERTI3EMENTS — 1
ASSAYERS, CHEMISTS
LEWIS & WALKER, assay era. chemist*. 108
N. Wyoming, BUTTE. MONTANA.
Enroll now In Great Falls most ap-to-date
Beauty School. We teach you the very
latest in Electric Facials and razor hair
cutting. Remember this young lady, you
arc taught the rirht way by Margaret
Hood who has had over 30 years experi
ence in beauty culture. MAEGARET HOOD
BEAUTY SCHOOL. 514 Central Ave. Phone
4150.
FAIRFIELD STYLE SHOP tor sale. Very rea
sonable if taken at once. Business good.
See owner at shop in ’ Fair field. Montana.
Good reasons for selling.
BRICK HOTEL, Case; steam heated rooms,
hot and cold water; apt*, rented; law office
and theater, 15,000. HOTEL OAKESDALE,
Oakesdale, Wash.
GOING NITE CLUB, good possibilities, on
park-park highway. Beer, liquor licenses.
Must sell or trade; illness. BOX L906-T, Great
Falls. Mont.
FOR SALE—Good revenue property on Main
street, close to lake; clear title. Cash or
good terms. BOX 235, Soap Lake, Wash.
FOR SALE—Modern tourist court on highway
No. 2. Excellent location. BOX 1906, Great
Falls, Montana.
IRISH WOLF HOUND PUPS, reasonable. R. C.
CROCKER. Pondosa. Orrron.
FARMS WANTED—With th* completion of
Fort Peck dam. hundreds of farmers will be
obliged to move from their Missouri bottom
lands and will be looking for new locations.
If you want to sell your land, advertise it
in the GLASGOW-PORT PECK COURIER. Box
218, Glasgow. Montana. Rates one cent per
word per Insertion Stamps accepted
FARMS FOR SALE
FOR SALE -440-acre farm, 120 irrigated. Ideal
for dairying, livestock, cultivated crops.
Good market. Modern buildings, light, water,
phone. Located 1 /a mile from modern city of
Fort Benton. An opportunity to farm, make
money and live modern. Must sell at once. A
bargain. G. A. RASSLEY, Fort Benton. Mont.
40-ACRE DAIRY farm. 3 blocks from Billings
city limits, paved highway, excellent spring,
high ground. All in alfalfa, BOX 36, Laurel,
Mont.
127 ACRES; 25 irrigated, balance pasture.
Fine home, modern conveniences, rood out
buildings. $4,000, easy terms. BOYD FORD,
Loomis. Wash.
240-ACRE FARM, half irrigated: down pay
ment, balance terms. BOX 11, Boardman,
Oregon.
FINE DAIRY FARM near school and cheese
factory; 6 miles from County Seat. MRS.
HATTIE SKAAR. Taylor, Wls.
FIELD & GARDEN SEEDS, PLANTS
CRESTED WHEATGRASS (Standard). 1940
crop. Grown in Judith Basin, Montana, from
registered seed. Top quality seed. High ger
mination and purity. Winner of first place at
International Hay and Grain Show In 1938
and 1939. Ready for immediate shipment.
Prices on request. PIONEER RANCH COM
PANY, Lewistown, Montana,
PEONIES—AII fine new varieties. Special, four
roots, white, shades pink. red. $3 postpaid.
TULIP BULBS, assorted colors. 50c doz. P.
Paid. REGAL LILY bulbs, large. $2 doz.
ELTINGS’ GREENHOUSES. Billings. Mont.
MICHELS HYBRID GRASS seed, grown in
Cascade County. Montana, from seed grown
near Moscow. Idaho, where this grass was
originated. ERNEST ABEL, Great Falls, Mont.
MICHEL S grass seed, wheat-wild rye hybrid.
Hardy, drouth resistant. Write for prices.
Our elevation 4.000 ft. CRANE & SIEMSEN,
Winchester. Idaho.
MICHEL’S GRASS
New crop now available
GLOBE SEED AND PEED CO.
Twin Falla, Idaho
32-VOLT Batteries—Bßl Ampere Hr. Like new.
1 -„■ prieo S HELI. A ND. Highwood Mont
FOR SALE—Registered Holstein Bull calves.
Priced at $35 f. o. b. Mlles City. Write
HOFSTETTER HOLSTEIN FARM Mlles City.
Montana.
70 REGISTERED HEREFORD COWS. 2 t» 5
years old; Prince Domtno & Oay Lad breed
ing. Also some Reg. yearling heifers. AMOS
KELLY Ar SON. Malta. Mont
FOR SALE—MACHINERY
WELL BORING machine (Lisle Improved
Powers! equipped with 12. 18 and 24-inch
augers For sale at $275. HENRY ELM, Andes.
Montana. ' ;
FOR SALE -One 8-ft. whit© porcelain Mcßay
refrigerated delicatessen meat case com
plete with compressor. Bargain. Terms if de
sired. BOX 1906-H. Great Falls, Montana.
NEW STANDARD NAILS—New corrugated
roofing. Saw mandrels and saws We have
low prices on all. ALASKA JUNK COMPANY,
South 116 Adams St.. Spokane. Wash.
SAVE MONEY —Buy direct Farmer's Lumber
Supply, BOX 1294. Tacoma. Wash.
SBOO for quarter section central Alberta, or
trade for Washington property. RAY BIE-
WERT, Banaudo. Alta.
FOR SALE OR RENT
220-Acre B-grade dairy equipped. 4 ml. west
of Gaston, Ore. O. A. RKDNKR, Gaston.
Oregon.
^FQR^ALE^
FINK STOCK RANCH, seven sections, good
buildings, well watered, some irrigation.
Must be sold. PRARY A BURLINGAME.
Great Falls. Mont.
480 ACRE STOCK RANCH near Jerome. Idaho,
full water right, fair improvements. S3O
per acre; A REAL buy; investigate at once.
J. E. ROBERTS. Realtor. Twin Falls. Idaho.
APPLICATIONS are invited by local institu
tion for position as domestics. Steady, re
liable girls, experienced in housework pre
ferred. BOX 1906-G. Great Falls. Montana.
WANTED: Experienced girl for general house
work. S2O month. DR. R J. HOLZBERGER,
1525 4th Av- No. Great Falls. Mont
KARAKULS AS A BUSINESS
RESPONSIBLE PERSONS WANTED to act ns
local representatives. Great opportunities
now beim: offered in this FAST GROWING
INDUSTRY. You can raise them or join our
Membership Group. We also handle Persian
Lamb furs and Karakul products that our
animals produce Visitors are always welcome
at our Branch ranch headquarters below air
port hill on highway 91. “Look for the sign
of the Karakul ram ” For Information and
SPECIAL 1940 OFFERS write or call UNITED
KARAKUL A FUR CO..' Great Falls. Mont.
Phone 4071 I. F Ktlley Manager.
liquorTlabit
Since 1896 Hospitalization
FOR LIQUOR AND DIUO HABITS
For inurrrtmv information toriu tor our
PampMrlr. All tnauiriot ririali confidential
IHE MURUy HUTITVTri, B2OK IM, ■lnn.apoll.
A bearded woman was taken prisoner
by the Russian* at the Bettie of Puiu
towa and presented to Csar Peter I in
1734. Her beard measured 1| yards.
Whitefish Man Given Credit
For Glacier Travel Increase
James H. Rowe, president of Mon
tanans, Inc., said recently that "It
seems entirely plausible that the work
of H. E. Wells of Whitefish, who rep
resented the organization in neighbor
ing states this spring has had consid
erable influence in causing an increase
in Glacier national park travel figures,
even though the park’s second best
customer, Canada, has shown a 94.7
percent decrease."
The state-by-state travel statistics
show that Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, (all of which were visited by
Wells), have sent more tourists to
Glacier than last year. Gains have also
been noted from Utah, California, New
York and New Jersey. The park’s vis
itors from California show a 26.8 per
cent increase over the 1939 season;
Washington, 31.1 percent higher; Ore
gon, 36.6 percent; Utah, 34.3 percent,
and Idaho 26.9 percent.
Canadians entering the park last
year accounted for 16.9 percent of all
the park's travel, more than any other
state except Montana. After July 1,
when the United States government
required them to show passports upon
entering this country, and the Canad
ian government placed monetary re
strictions upon its citizens traveling
abroad, visitors from the Dominion be
came a fraction less than one percent
of Glacier's tourist trade. Despite the
"deficit” in Canadian visitors the park
has shown a gain of about 5 percent
in travel this year over last.
The decision to place a representative
of Montanans, Inc, in adjoining states
was made at the annual advertising
meeting in Butte last fall A previously
made study had revealed that too few
travelers in these states were consid
ering Montana as their vacationland.
SIDNEY—About 150 pioneers and
sons and daughters of pioneers attend
ed the 48th annual old-timers picnic
here. All the old-timers attending have
lived in this territory for more than
40 years. There were three old-timers
that wore a white ribbon signifying
that they have been settlers for more
than 60 years.
RED LODGE —A truck used In a
burglary Aug. 13 of the Olcott Whole
sale Co. here was found abandoned in
the Carbon bad lands about 56 miles
from Red Lodge near the Wyoming
line.
HARLOWTON — Stanley Weedman,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Weedman,
and Ansel Bridges, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Bridges, Shawmut, have en
tered the aeronautics school at Hel
ena.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS—Mrs.
Ed Sherbert bought the Norton news
and candy shop. The Nortons are go
ing to California, where J. E. and
Wilburt Norton have work on the
Shasta dam project.
HARLOWTON—Mr. and Mrs. George
F. Rediske, Ryegate, while returning
from Slayton recently had the experi
ence of having two young antelope
start to cross the highway In front
of their car. The antelope, confused
by the lights of the car, were instantly
killed. No damage was done to the
car.
Bombay, India, may have to abandon
its traffic control program because of
ficials say the government has not
sufficient police to carry it out.
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1 A D VER.TI3KMKNTS 1
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FOR BALE—To the highest offer, complete
outfit; 160 r.cres state lease. Improvements,
buildings, machinery, tools, tractor, furnished
cook car. Land located one-half north of
Windham. Inquire Farmers’ Elevator. Wind
ham. Mont. Write offer to EUGENE
FORNASARI. General Delivery. Los Angeles,
Calif.
BE A PEST EXTERMINATOR In your town.
Learn this profitable business. Build up
monthly service accounts among homes, ho
tels. markets, restaurants, etc. We are in
the Pest Exterminator supply business and
will teach you free. “MINIX,” 2252 W. Wash
ington. Los Angeles, Calif.
MILLMEN ATTENTION
TWO MILL SITES. 30 to 70 thousand ca
pacity mills desired. Guaranteed 30 to 40
yr. cutting. Sites at paved highway. Refer
ences required. Answer. F. B. NICKERSON,
P. O. Box No. 77, Heppner, Oregon.
GIRLS LIKE MEN WITH PEP! Do you lack
ambition to ro places and do things? Try
Red Hearts Stimulant Tonic Tablets. $2 post
paid. Guaranteed CROWN DRUG. 600 15 St.,
Denver, Colo.
DO YOU WEAR A TRUSS? If so, send or
call for FREE booklet telMng how you may
get rid of It. DENVER NON-SURGICAL
CLINIC, suite 627 S, Empire Bldg., Denver,
Colo,
IP YOU BURN COAL tn stove or furnace,
send us a post card. We have a big surprise
for you. BOX 329. Albert Lea. Minn.
BETTER PICTURES. Quicker Service! Rolls
developed, 2 prints each negative 2ftc Re
prints 2c. 8 Double Weight 5x7 enlargements
tl no FOX STUDTOW. Billings. Montana
FOR SALE—Peerleaa 30-inch handpewer paper
cutter with two knives. In good condition.
Write BOX 1906. Great Fans. Montana
, > ~ w JIANCHES~FOR^^
FOR SALE—WeII improved 920-acre South
Idaho stock or dairy ranch. 160 acres irri
gated alfalfa. Taylor grazing rights. Plenty
water. Price SIO,OOO. terms. BOX 327, Sho
shone, Idaho.
172-ACRE RANCH. 87 acres under cultivation.
Private ditch. Timber pasture. DONALD
STAONER. Lenore. Wyo.
LARGE NEVADA cattle ranch, ample feed
and water to run 3.000. OWNER. Box 464.
Santa Rosa, Calif.
COMPLETE OUTFlT—sheep ranch. range.
nFRNAPD ALT.HANDS I^arforn, THnho
^RUB^R^STAM^^
WE MAKE STAMPS. Rubber type HELENA
STAMP WORKS Helena Montana
SUBURBAN HOME
VERY DESIRABLE Great Falls suburban
home, thoroughly modern In every respect.
Four-room bungalow with dinette, lovelv bath
room. full basement, steam heat, fireplace
beautiful polished oak floors, stair to large
attic with floor and space for additional rooms
if desired, garage, shop, other outbuildings.
House is elegantly finished and decorated even
to the basement. Grounds beautifully land
scaped, IVs acres excellent soil, river front
age. raspberries, etrawberrics. some other
fruit In abundance. Garden Irrigated with
convenient spray system, no hose to bother
with. if you are retired and want a peace
ful, restful atmosphere this will surely appeal
to you or to anyone wanting an elesant home
at a moderate price. You’D love It. you’D
want It when you see IL Do not write, just
come and Me It. F. L. TROWBIDGK AGENCY.
815 First National Bank Bkfc., Great Falls.
Montana
M N. A. UPTHCBK 8. 1840 (2)
LISA HAD WHITE
AND INDIAN WIFE
MONTANA'S FIRST FUR TRADER
PROVIDED FOR EDUCATION
OF DIS CHILDREN
Each Offspring by His “Frontier”
Spouse Received $2,000 Upon Reach
ing Majority; He Made Immense
Fortune by Trading.
Manuel Lisa, Montana’s first In
dian trader, had two wives at the
same time, one a white woman, the
other an Indian. The squaw knew
about the white woman and it
made no difference. But the white
woman didn’t know abouj the In
dian wife—not for a long time at
any rate —and Lisa did his level
best to keep her from IL In 1819
when he was planning a trip up
the Missouri river from his home
in SL Louis to his trading post at
the confluence of the Big Horn and
the Yellowstone rivers, and on
bringing his white wife with him,
he sent word ahead by a party of
his traders who preceded him, to
his agent at the fort to have his
Indian wife sent to her people
during the time he was to be at
the fort.
Lisa married the Indian woman, a
member of the Omaha tribe, in 1814,
in order to ingratiate himself with
the tribe. She was the daughter of a
chief. Lisa, being already married to
a white woman at the time, left his
Indian wife with her people, or at
some of his various trading posts, see
ing her only once or twice a year. She
presented him with two children, a
daughter and a son.
His first wife died in 1817 and in
St. Louis the next year he married
another white woman. It was she
whom he took up the river with him
in 1819 when he ordered his Indian
wife taken away from the Big Horn
post.
Lisa at that time had the daughter
by his Indian wife in a school at St.
Louis, and when preparing to return
to St. Louis from the Big Hom in 1820,
he decided to take his son back with
him and place him in school. He sent
for his Indian wife and told her of his
plan. She wanted to go along, but Lisa
told her to go back to her people,
saying that their relationship could no
longer continue. The Indian woman
protested that Lisa had spoiled her
chances of marriage among her own
people, had stolen one of her children
and was now trying to steal the other.
She created such a row that the In
dian agent finally Interfered, refusing
to allow Lisa to take the boy away
from his mother.
Lisa died Aug. 12, that same year,
1820, at his home in St. Louis. In
his will he directed that his executor
provide for the education of his chil
dren by the Indian woman, and left
each of them $2,000 to be paid to them
when they reached their majority.
Lisa was born in New Orleans, Sept.
8, 1772, of Spanish parents. When 18
years of age he went to St. Louis. Ten
years later he obtained from the
Spanish government a license for a
monopoly of trading with the Osage
Indians, displacing Pierre Chouteau.
When Lisa learned from Lewis and
Clark that there were beaver in the
northwest, he came here with an ex
pedition which returned the next year
with a rich store of furs obtained In
trade from the Crows.
It was then he proved that he was
not only adept as a fur trader but that
he was a financier and a fax-seeing
man of big business, by organizing the
Missouri Fur Co., capitalized at $40,000,
to prosecute fur trading in the upper
Missouri country. Lisa was a man of
great ability, an e&ellent judge of
men and well versed in methods of
Indian trade and native customs. He
was intensely active and always alert
to take advantage of any opportunity
that offered and unscrupulous where
any business advantage was to be ob
tained.
In 1812 Lisa organized the firm as
Lisa & Co., paying the old concern
$27,000 for its assets and he himself
retaining control. The fur trade in
Montana suffered by reason of the
war of 1812, the British Northwest Co.
continually inciting the Indians against
the Americans. Lisa succeeded in turn
ing the Missouri Indians against the
lowas, who were British allies and
when peace was declared several
thousand Indians were planning an ex
pedition against the pro-Britlsh tribes
of the upper Mississippi.
Although he died when only 48 years
of age, Lisa achieved an immense for
tune in the fur business. He was at
one time charged with having made
Ills wealth by cheating the Indians.
He vigorously denied the accusation,
but because of it resigned in 1817 the
office of subagent for the Indian tribes
of the upper Missouri to which he had
been appointed by the United States
government.
“Why do they call dentists' offices
dental parlors?”
“Because parlor is just another name
for drawing room.”
Replica
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Against a background of fine eld
lace is shown a replica of the old
fashioned cameo brooch worn by Vivien
Leigh in “Gone With the Wind.” The
new vogue for costume jewelry of that
period has become so popular that the
above replica, which b to be offered
to listeners of the Radio Theater pro
gram on CBS network, beginning
Monday, Sept. 8, is expeeted to be
among the meet widely worn item. at
jewelry thb whiter.
Tn HERALD-MEWS
John Hancock Murder Mystery Among
Unsolved Crimes of Montana History
Who killed John Hancock?
His body was found in front of St
John’s hospital on Catholic hill tn
Helena the morning of Jan. 16 1909.
His skull was bashed open and his
brains were scattered over the ground
where he fell. A decoy letter bad ted
him to the scene of the spot. His wife
lovingly cabea "The Kid,” who was
the beneficiary of Hancock's $3,000 In
surance policy, was subsequently found
to have been keeping company with
another man, a supposed friend to her
Husband.
Who was the killer?
Was robbery the motive which in
spired the premeditated murder?
Who was the messenger who deliv
ered the decoy letter?
Did the murderer hope to secure
possession of the rich ore, worth sev
eral thousand dollars, which was In the
cellar of the Hancock house?
Such were the questions taken up
by Coroner Edward L. Flaherty and
his jury of six following the discovery
of the murdered man's body.
At SL John’s Hospital
The scene of the crime was in front
of St. John's hospital, just 10 feet east
of the main entrance, and the manner
in which it was accomplished indi
cated that the assassin was someone
who had been intimate with the victim
Clues were everywhere, but police and
investigators had trouble pinning them
down.
Coroner Flaherty estimated that the
murder had been accomplished at ap
proximately 11 o’clock in the evening.
When the body was found the next
morning, hospital attendants were
summoned, and police were notified
They were horrified to find two ugly
wounds on the right side of the man’s
head, which looked as though they
might have been made by a heavy
hammer or the back of an ordinary
hatchet.
No evidence of struggle was mani
fest. The man had been slugged from
the rear.
Mrs. Hancock, approached by offi
cers, stated that some time between
10 and 11 o’clock the night before a
man or boy came to the tamily home,
asking if Mr. Hancock were home. She
replied that he was, and the messen
ger handed her a note which he re
quested her to hand to her husband.
“My husband was sitting in the par
lor playing cards,” she said, “and I
handed him the note which was signed
'Nurse,' and which stated that George
Sutherland, a friend of his, was ill at
St. John’s hospital and wanted Mr.
Hancock to come and stay with him
during the night. The handwriting of
the note was good but the spelling was
bad. My husband took the note and
after reading it threw it into the stove.
He stated that he was going over to
the hospital. I helped him put on his
wraps, and as near as I can remem
ber it was between 10:30 and 11
o’clock.”
Present in the household at the time
was a Miss Carter, tall and attractive
brunet, friend of Mrs. Hancock. At the
time the messenger arrived, evidence
disclosed, Hancock had been playing
solitaire and the two women were
reading.
The following day a coroner’s hear
ing was held at the Lewis and Clark
county courthouse. Of the Inquest the
Helena Record of that date states:
"Farce and tragedy were strangely
blended at the inquest. With the large
courtroom and gallery packed and
Jammed by her dead husband’s friends,
and with their sullen eyes fastened
upon her and her self-confessed para
mour the veil of secrecy was with
drawn from the story of Mrs. Han
cock’s liaison with Richard Holt.”
Mrs. Hancock was the first witness.
Her testimony corroborated that of
her first explanation to officers.
Admits Love Affair
She admitted of knowing Holt and
of meeting him many times at drink
ing parlors. She said she was 32 years
old and had been married about 10
years. She testified that Hancock was
home all Friday, but she was out of
the house between 3:30 and 4:30 when
he went to the postoffice, bought some
stamps and mailed a letter.
She admitted that Hancock objected
to certain company she kept, and she
said she had promised to obey his
wishes. She admitted that Harry Sim
mons had called on her, not frequently.
She stated that she had sworn out a
complaint at one time charging him
with attempted statutory assault. She
denied she had other men callers.
Holt was subsequently brought in
from the anteroom and placed on the
stand. He was 44 years of age and had
been under arrest as a suspect since
the time of the crime. He denied that
he had ever met Hancock at the Han
cock residence, saying he did not call
there to see Hancock. He admitted he
called frequently and sometimes spent
the entire night there.
He explained, after a long interroga
tion, he always asked Mrs. Hancock
candidly if Hancock were out of town
before he made his visits.
The witness told of frequenting
noodle Joints with Mrs. Hancock; that
he had eaten and drunk with her at
the Weiss case, and had drunk with
her at the Atlas saloon. The witness
denied that he had said he was “crazy,
stinking crazy," about Mrs. Hancock
and that Hancock might meet a vio
lent death. He admitted that he had
corresponded with Mrs. Hancock—a
fact which the lady denied, and sub
sequently was held for perjury on the
count.
The Inquest developed into one of
the most sensational, dramatic and
tense of any In the annals of the city’s
crime. At times the spectators were
certain of the guilt of one party, then
later were fully convinced of the guilt
of another.
Union Leader Testifies
S. 8. Walker, president of the Helena
miner’s union, was then cMled to the
stand the following morning. He said
that he had first worked for Hancock
in January and that In August he and
Hancock had a lease on a royalty basis
of the Whitlatch mine. He told of en
countering high grade ore.
The witness denied that he had sold
his share of the high grade ore and
denied that he had demanded some of
Hancock's. He denied that he had
pounded the gold out from his ore by
hand In an old cabin. He denied hav
ing had any trouble at all with Han
cock over any ore, but said that tha
trouble resulted from the fact that
Hancock tried to beat him out of his
lease, and finally did so. He admitted
that he and Hancock were not very
good friends but denied having writ
ten anonymous letters to Hancock
prior to the latter’s death.
The letter which was found among
Hancock's belongings read as follows:
"Mr. John Hancock: You have been
accused of high-grading and expect
some returns from your goods and If
we get none, look out. Committee.”
Walker was made to write two copies
Former Butte Man Named
To Roosevelt’s Cabinet
Announcement of the appointment
of Frank C. Walker, former Butte
man, to the Roosevelt cabinet as post
master general, was received with
pleasure in Montana by Walker’s many
friends. Walker becomes the first
Montanan ever to serve in a presiden
tial cabinet.
Born in Pennsylvania
Frank Walker was bom in Plymouth,
Pa., but moved to Butte with his par
ents, the late Mr. and Mrs. David
Walker, when a very small child. In
Butte he grew to manhood, peddled
newspapers and worked in the mines.
After graduating from St. Patrick’s
parochial school, he went to Spokane
where he enrolled in the high school
department of Gonzaga college—now
Gonzaga university. Fallowing gradu
ation from the high school department,
he moved into the college department,
graduating four years later with the
degree of bachelor of arts. He then
went to South Bend, Ind., where he
enrolled in the law department of
Notre Dame university, getting back
to Butte just in time to become a
deputy county attorney under his
brother, Tom Walker (now Judge
Walker) who was elected county at
torney in the election of 1906.
From then on he worked out a ca
reer that now, 34 years later, has land
ed him in a presidential cabinet.
When he left Butte in 1925 to be
come attorney and manager for his
wealthy uncle’s chain of theaters in
Pennsylvania, he was tendered a fare
well dinner. At that time his brother,
Tom, made a remark that was re
called the other day: “If you offered
him 10 million dollars to say yes when
he wanted to say no, he would throw
it on the floor.”
In the 15 years that have elapsed
since then, Frank Walker has given
many evidences of his brother’s rather
cryptic description of the man who is
now to assume the post of postmaster
general.
Since leaving Butte, he has been the
commencement speaker at three noted
educational institutions, two of which
he attended, at each of which he had
conferred on him the degree of doctor
of laws. The three schools include
Gonzaga university, Notre Dame uni
versity and Montana School of Mirtes.
He delivered the graduation address
at the latter six years ago, while serv
ing as chairman of the national emer
gency council, an organization that
had supervision over all of the far
flung programs of the New Deal.
Returns to Business
After serving a little more than a
year as head of the national emergency
council, Walker resigned to return to
his private business as manager of a
chain of 125 theaters that are located
in Pennsylvania and extending into
the New England states, a business that
was established by his late uncle. M.
E. Comerford, a brother of his mother.
Since then, it was often reported,
he has been Importuned to return to
Washington in some official capacity.
Each time he was forced to decline,
due to the press of his own business.
Thomas J. Walker, the brother re
ferred to, was recently named by Presi
dent Roosevelt as a member of the
United States customs court of New
York city and will assume that post
on Oct. 1.
When the World war came on, Frank
volunteered and did his shift in that
memorable conflict. On his return, he
joined the Butte post of the American
Legion and took an active part in its
activities. He will be remembered best
as the referee of amateur boxing con
tests sponsored by the post.
Many may often have wondered how
Frank became such a close friend of
Franklin D. Roosevelt. It all dates back
to the year 1920 when F. D. R. was
the vice presidential candidate, run
ning on the ticket with Gov. James
M. Cox of Ohio. Roosevelt came to
Butte during the campaign. Tom
Walker was one of those who met him
and entertained him during a brief
visit in Butte and surrounding points.
Before his departure Mr. Roosevelt
had been introduced to young Frank.
It was the start of a friendship that
has continued through the years. A
few years ago, Frank Walker was gen
erally referred to as a member of the
president's “kitchen cabinet.”
Renews Acquaintance
When Frank left Butte for New
York in 1925 he renewed his acquaint
ance with Roosevelt, and when the
tetter ran for governor in 1928, Prank’s
of the same letter rapidly. The writing
was similar.
He admitted he was drinking
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. He
didn't remember anything after 10
o’clock Friday night (the night of the
murder). Asked why he had offered
*SO for the capture of the murderer,
he said he had done so to give the
officers an Incentive for which to work.
The officers and Jurors were pi waled
No tangible evidence could be produced.
Suspicion hinged on too many people
and not enough on any single one.
To this day the case remains a
mystery.
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uncle, Mr. Comerford, contributed
SIO,OOO to his campaign fund. Roose
velt was re-elected in 1930, and la
1932 was nominated for presidept.
Frank Walker became treasurer of
the democratic national committee, and
could—so it was reported—have had
practically any post he desired when
F. D. R. was elected.
As director of the national emer
gency council in the early years of
the Roosevelt administration, it was
reported that Frank Walker refused
to accept any compensation for his
services. In this connection, a writer
in the United States News, a daily
newspaper of Washington, D. C., said
in a feature article about him at
the time he became chairman of the
council: “The salary, if he had taken
it, would have been cigaret money to
him. And as far as anyone can learn,
Frank Walker’s ideas on running a
government are just about as far
away from the old methods of power
and money-grabbing as the north pole
is from the south pole.” Continuing,
the writer had this to say:
“. . . But (referring to the time
when Walker resigned as chairman of
the national emergency council) he
kept up his good work for the pay,
continuing his frequent contacts with
the White House where he was wel
comed both as a guest and as a toiler
in the vineyard. Gradually, his name
was heard more frequently, but, as
usual, was always clothed in a sort
of mantle or invisibility that kept the
public Ignorant, as well as indifferent,
to his functions.”
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HAVRE—PauI Morris, regional air
port engineer for the CAA, from Se
attle, held a conference with airport
committees of the chamber of com
merce, the JayCees and Havre pilots
on airport plans.
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GLENDIVE — George Scherger
opened a sandwich shop opposite the
Northern Pacific depot. Scherger is a
chef, with a number of years of ex
perience in the Northern Pacific din
ing car service.
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HIS WORK DONE
Henry persisted in saying, “I have
went,” despite his teacher’s efforts to
correct him. Finally, she insisted that
he stay after school and write, ”1 have
gone,” 100 times on the blackboard.
When he had finished, the teacher
was nowhere to be seen, so little
Henry wrote on the blackboard:
“Dear Teacher: I have wrote—l have
gone—loo times, and I have went
home.”—Christian Science Monitor.
HELF HIM OUT
Algy used to be Aunt Matilda’s fav
orite nephew. His name was still on the
list for the annual gift distribution.
Lady Companion: “What did you
give him last year?”
Aunt: “A check, and the poor boy
wrote that he could not find words
to thank me.”
Companion: “And what are you giv
ing him this year?”
Aunt: “A dictionary.”—Kentish Mer
cury.
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In 1932, before Hitler came to power,
I learned that a free church is in
consistent with the nazl program, ao
we can expect to see still greater num
bers of Christians—Protestants and
Roman Catholics—seeking to escape
from Germany as the months go by.—
Dr. James G. McDonald, president,
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sci
ences.
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A SAILOR’S JEST
Sea Captain: ’’Walter, what do you
call this?”
Waiter: "Bouillon, sir!”
Sea Captain: "Well, well, I must
have sailed on bouillon all my life and
didn’t know IL”—Christian Science
Monitor.
I really had no business there (tn
Spain). To be perfectly honest with
you, I went there a little bit ignorant
I went in the first part of the war,
and I didn’t know what was happening
in Spain.—Harold E. Dahl, American
aviator, upon returning from Spanish
prison.
Dr. George R. Germany of Newbold.
England, changed hte name to Granton.
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