Thursday. December 6, 1934. THE WESTERN NEWS. LIBBY, MONTANA PAGE SEVEN

It Egypt’» Attraction» C^loru |-[unier 99 The tomb of King Tut-Ankh-Araen Here’s Slip That is now visited by nearly all Med­ iterranean cruisers, as are the tem­ Fits the Figure ple of Karnak and the other great relics of ancient Egypt, The huge PATTERN 1*87 columns and still mighty ruins of the temple are subtly pleasing to fem Inlsts. One of Egypt's strong queens, Hatshepsut, played a leading part In 'I directing the building of this temple. '•■I Wr*' When her brother succeeded her he 7’ :ymà Jealously had all her Inscriptions chiseled away and covered her great obelisks with BÖ ( a wall of masonry. mm ~ Capt. Tom With the centuries the masonry has j t J W.juste r crumbled away and Hatshepsut’s -, obelisk was disclosed, unchanged de­ DT, Bmrrt/ 4% spite the vindictiveness of kings. I % f 17 Simple Word* Best Jr Great thinkers say great things usually In simple words because à they see what ordinary men do not, i how much they mean. ¥ f

' Where the Custers Died 'fjRlNTL. f Phot* ty drove* Kribourn I VJ 0* É Gen. G For eo. A. Custer \ '//. i » our e f By ELMO SCOTT WATSON W S © K HIM It Is written: “He followed f k Glory all his days. He was her X z I lifelong devotee. She gave him fu- Quick, Safe Relief f  'U vor withheld from most men, and For Eyes Irritated % h fl denied herself when his need of her hi 7 irùirti By Exposure To irtrtrb m was sorest. When, desperately pur- f I N- i/ suing, he died on the heights above Sun, Wind and Dust m ÿ the Little Big Horn, Glory, the per- ml At All Drug Stores f i i ® verse, relented and gave eternal 'i* % % WrlteMnria.Co.,Dpt.W,duetto,for Pr®e Book brilliance to his name.” So begins chapter one of a new “now-lt-cnn- be-told” biography—Frederic F. Van De Water's “Glory Hunter," published recently by the Bobhs- Sound Advice If you can’t laugh—smile until Merrtl) company. The “Glory Hunter” was you can. “George Armstrong Custer, Lieutenant-Colonel, ;;v r Tth United States Cavalry, Brevet Major-General, IÔ97 United states Army, the ‘Boy General with the You will like this slip when you Golden Locks,’ the ‘Murat of the American make It, when you wear It—and Army,’ the good sword, the hero, the martyr," X when you tub and Iron It. What Around his name has raged endless contro­ more could you ask of any bit of versy, for he was the kind of man who seems Custer Monument * lingerie? It Is a wrap around model to have been capable of Inspiring either the bit­ et West Point that crosses In the hack and Is both terest hatred or the blindest loyalty. Chief among V Gen. bis people were no more hostile then than they • ^ôçaaii shadow-proof and adjustable, Our the exemplars of the latter was. of course, his figures do change a bit from time to wife, “who was to devote the rest of her life to end Mrs. had been when members of this same baud were II Custer the victims of Colonel Chlvlngton and hts Colo­ % time, and with all this talk of adornment of her husband’s memory." Long be­ “streamline silhouettes fore his tragic death In 1870 there were those rado troops at the Sand Creek massacra But I and what not. It Is a nice thing to know that who had reason to hate him but chose to hold Sheridan’s orders were, In effect, to “kill Indians” Jl a political foe and had been the Academy’s and Custer didn’t stop to find out whether the one’s slip will fit exactly right, come their tongues. After that event there were whis­ chronic Insurgent His nature was bright and village Into which he charged that cold Novem­ what may. It takes next to no pers of suspicion but little, If any, full-voiced volatile, yet durable past the power even of war ber morning was occupied by friendly or hostile To relieve time to make, ns you will find to denunciation. to alter.” Indiana your Joy, and Irons flat like the pro- “Elizabeth Bacon’s fifty-odd years of glorifica­ It was during these two years that the tradi­ Eczema His tactics at the Washita were the verblal handkerchief. Lovely In wash tion have enshrined her husband In the folk-lore tion of “Custer’s luck” began. For nothing else same as those which brought disaster less than ten Itching satin, crepe or unshrinkable rayon. of America. She proclaimed him hero and, since but luck could have made him a brigadier-general years Pattern 181)7 Is available In sizes she was his widow, men who thought otherwise dt the age of twenty-three, the youngest In the later—a division of his command and u headlong sand give skin comfort attack on an “enemy 3-1, 3(5, 38. 40, 42, 44 and 40. Size held their peace.” Last spring she died, as did army. ... At least, the historians have never whose numbers were un- w nurses use - known. But he soon found that he hud stirred 30 takes 3% yards 39 Inch fabric. Gen. K. S. Godfrey, another staunch defender of been able to find any good reason why In 18(52 Illustrated step-by-step sewing In­ Custer’s name. Therefore a *‘uow-lt-can-be-told’’ he should have been advanced frbm a first lieu­ up a hornet’s nest for Black Kettle’s village was Resinol only one of several along the Washita. Threat­ structions Included. biography can apj>enr without giving pain to tenancy In the Fifth cavalry to the command of Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) In these two honored devotees to a partly true ened by wurrlQj-s from the others, Custer hastily the Second brigade of the Third division, rocket­ coins and stamps (coins preferred) legend. withdrew, even though MnJ. Joel Elliott and 19 ing past the ranks of captain, major, lieutenant- for this pattern. Write plainly name, If, Indeed, as the poet tells us. the child Is men In his detachment were still unaccounted A colonel and colonel. True, he distinguished him­ address and style number, BE SURE father to the man. then several Incidents In the for. Lieutenant Godfrey had rejtorted bearing self In a wild charge at Gettysburg but at least %N„ TO STATE SIZE. childhood of the boy who was born In New Hum- twice thereafter he narrowly escaped annihila- sounds of firing which Indicated that Elliott was In distress. But Custer disregarded this and Address orders to Sewing Circle ley, Harrison county. Ohio, Just 05 years ago „ ®f fl'e hands of that cavalry genius In gray, — needs more Faltern Department. 243 West Seven­ (December 5, 1839) are significant of the Jeh Stuart marched away, leaving Elliott to his fate. His hasty withdrawal Indicates that he had -A than cosmetics teenth Street, New York City. he was to become. When war with Mexico The appointment of Phil Sheridan ns chief of Betuty of (kin come* threatened, his father. Emanuel Custer, Joined the lost for the moment, at least, his belief that the from wiihia.Whencon- the Union cavalry gave Custer his chance for »tipiuonclosi (be pores "New Burnley Invincibles,” a militia company, fame. It was Sheridan who overlooked Insubor­ Seventh could whip all the Indians on the plains. with Intestin»! wastes, and provided his little son, "Autle,” with a min­ But he lost something else at the Washita—the ■Set»**** I CLEANSE INTER­ QUITE RARE dinations by Custer with unwonted charity. NALLY with Garfield iature replica of his uniform. One day the young­ Here was no strategist hut a tireless body and undivided faith and admiration of the regiment Te». Help» relier» th» ster amazed his father by rifting his arm In Imi­ a mind as hungry for war ns a bent bow. Custer and the confidence of some of his officers. From cl oued system prompt- Snoop—Truth Is stranger than fic­ that time on the Seventh cavalry was a regi­ 1 ly,mildly,eflectuely, A/ tion. tation of an older half-brother who had been was a weapon that Sheridan knew how to use.” yaurdrut Uor» lie 6rlOc "speaking a piece" at school and declaiming in He used him In the raids which devastated the ment divided against Itself. Nor during the next Slink—Maybe It only seems stran­ his boylllh treble “My voice Is for war! For the Shenandoah valley where Custer seems fo have eight years was Custer aide to do anything GARFIELD TEA ger because It’s so much scarcer.— next 80 years “Autle” Custer's voice was to he learned willingly enough the lessons of ruthless- which restored that shattered faith. Pathfinder Magazine. During the Yellowstone expedition of 1873 he raised for war—to he heard In a “wild shrill ness so necessary to those who engage In the had one run-in with t$s sujjerlor officer. General whooping In the forefront of a hundred cavalry dirty business of making Mefo Pittance war. Stanley, and receive charges.” By the spring of 18(55 he had become a major- a severe rebuke which A newly-married woman was show­ caused him to be good thereafter—at least, FEEL TIRED, ACHY- The Custers were staunch Jacksonian Demo- general and It was “Custer”» luck” again which so ing off to a friend the treasures of far us obeying orders was concerned. it ft crats even though their community was predom­ enabled him to he “In at the death. But he her home, Including a neat sports-car. For It was X,dld rush Into one reckless fight with the Sioux inantly Whig. One day Emanuel CusteFtook his Custer and his cavalry who swooped down upon ALL WORN DOT? “I suppose your father got you four-year-old son to the doctor td have a tooth Appomattox Station and slammed shut the door which nearly ended disastrously for him and Get Rid of Poisons That that?” said the visitor. which gave him u dangerous scorn for the Sioux pulled. As they left the office, the boy gave to Lee’s only avenue of retreat After I.ee’s sur­ Make You HI “Not likely,” was the Indignant re­ bloody grin and. apropos of nothing, exclaimed; render, Custer issued the oft-quoted congratu­ as foemen. His expedition Into the Black Hills ply, “George wouldn't ncccpt such a “Father, you and me can lick all the Whigs latory general order fo hts Third division, whose ln 1874 and his exaggerated reports of the rich­ S a constant backache keeping thing. All that father pays for Is the In Ohio.” In 1870 he felt the same way about record, he declared, was "unparalleled In the ness of the gold there brought him a Meeting Iyou miserable? Do you suffer rent and the housekeeping expenses.”- the Sioux in Montana and he died because of moment of fame, but this was soon overshad­ burning, scanty or too frequent annals of war.” urination; attacks of dizziness, —Tit-Bits (London). that belief. owed by the disgrace which overtook him when “This Is more ornate but scarcely more nccn- rheumatic pains, swollen feet and When he was four years old a new brother he became embroiled In the Belknap scandal. rate than other battlefield proclamations,' says ankles? Do you feel tired, nervous Shining Qualifie. arrived In the Custer Jiome—Nevlu J., who Is Belknap, President Grunt’s secretary of war, his biographer, whose calm analysis of the rec- —all unstrung? Mrs. Brown was vigorously pow­ worthy of mention If for no other reason than ord shofvs that it was much less remarkable was accused of graft In connection with sutler Then give some thought to your dering her face before going out. that he was so different from the rest. He lived than the hero-worshipers would have us believe. contracts at the army post a and lui|H*ached by kidneys. Be sure they function “Why do you go to all that trou­ and died In peace, a farmer. Thomas W. Custer While admitting that Custer was a “fair tactician congress. Custer “talked tod much”—claimed properly, for functional kidney dis­ ble?” asked her husband, who order permits poisons to stay In was appeared on the scene In 1845, Boston Custer In and a smart disciplinarian , . . and us physically knowledge which he did not have. Summoned to waiting Impatiently. Washington to testlfy.^fie made a sorry witness. the blood and upset the whole sys­ 1848 and Margaret Emma Custer in 1852. They, valiant a man as ever drew sword,” a summing tem. “Modesty, my dear,” was the reply. especially Tom Custer, became the first hero- He was even so rush as to Involve the Presi­ up of the evidence leads Inevitably to the con- Use Doan’s Pills, Doan’s are for “Modesty?” worshipers to send their older brother on his pur­ elusion that.George Armstrong Custer had few. dent’s brother. Orville Grant, In charges which the kidneys only. They help the “Yes. I've no desire to shine In suit of glory and they were to share in the If any, of the qualities which make a really great he could not prove and to Insinuate guilty knowl­ kidneys cleanse the blood of health- public.”—Tlt-Blts. tragic end of his quest, as was his half-sister, commander and It Is doubtful If he can be set edge of frontier graft by the President himself. destroying poisonous waats. Doin'* Naturally Grant resented all this. So Cost Pills are used and recommended Lydia, who In 1849 married David Heed of Mon­ down as an outstanding cavalry leader In the er Seriou.no.» roe. Mich. When she went to the little pioneer was not only deprived of the command of the the world over. Get them from any same class with ^tuart and Forrest of the Con­ druggist. “Do you enjoy pol'tlcs?” town on the shores of latke Michigan, she took federate army or Sheridan, Merritt and Torbert expedition which was to be sent against the hostile Sioux from Fort Abraham Lincoln “Not ns much ns I used to,” admit­ “Antle” with her. He lived there off and on for of the Union army. In ted Miss Cayenne. “Women Insist on «the next six or seven .years and there he met His weaknesses ns a commander became North Dakota but was even forbidden'to go with even 1L He made frenzied appeals to Sherman, DOAN’S PILLS being serious. When men played the the girl. Elizabeth Bacon, whom he was to marry more apparent In his Indian fighting days than corn- game we could laugh at them.” 10 years later. In his Civil war career. When he became lieu­ mander In chief of the army, to Alfonso Taft, An Influence Returning to New Burnley again, Custer took the new secretary of war. and to Grant himself. tenant-colonel of the newly organized Seventh "Do you know anything about the •Ne Plu» Ultra the first step In his glory-seeking career. Despite But none of them availed and this time not cavalry and busied himself with molding that even count’s family tree?" Banker—This lB the tenth time you his father’s strong Democratic principles and his friend, Sheridan, could help him. Finally he outfit Into what he believed a cavalry regiment “No,” answered Miss Cayenne. have had this note renewed. consequent disapproval of his son’s actions, Cus­ appealed to General Terry, who was to command should he, the strict discipline which he en- "Judging from his jewelry and court Poet—Yes, I fear that note Is the ter was not averse to asking a Republican con- forced and his callous disregard for the wel- the exfHHlltlon, and It was Terry who succeeded decorations, It might have been a In getting him restored to the head of his regi­ only Immortal thing I shall ever a gressmn* to get him an appointment to the fare of his men brought him close to disaster. Christmas tree,” i write ! United States Military academy at West Point In September, 1867, he was court martlaled at ment It will be seen later how Custer repaid I Unsuccessful at first. Custer was so Importunate Fort Leavenworth that favor. Evidently a Ra.cal on seven charges, the most Chief among the points In the controversy Snug Little Neighborhood that finally John A. BIpghara, the congressman, serious being that he had deliberately disobeyed He—They say when a man Is gave'irto him and on June 3, 1857, be entered that lias raged about Custer's defeat and death Teacher—Johnny, do you know the orders of his sujierlor officer. General Hancock, drowning he thinks of every wrong population of London? West Point There he was “a defiant Insubordi­ on the Little Big Horn Is the question of whether had deserted hla command In the midst of hos­ he has committed. Johfiny—Not all of them, miss. We nate cadet, forever In trouble and ns constantly or not he deliberately disobeyed Terry's orders, tile Indian country to hurry to Fort Klley where She—Well, don’t worry, they'd haven’t lived In London long enough. on the verge of more. . . . The Impartial voice thereby breaking up n plan of campaign against the cholera was raging and from which his be­ have ample time to rescue you. —Vancouver Province. of the Academy records portrays George Arm­ loved wife was writing letters filled with loneli­ the Indians which might tonve been successful. strong Custer as a slovenly soldier and a deplor­ Van De Water’s conclusion is that he did dellb- ness and terror and Hint he had ordered some able student.” The approaching crisis of the Civil of his officers to shoot down without mercy de­ erately disobey, that he Intended from the first ■”2 war resulted In the academy’s five-year course to ‘ swing clear of Tcrcy” and by winning a serters from the regiment » being compressed Into four and two classes were Form’inaf Custer biographers have either Ignored smashing victory over the Slquipto regain favor graduated In 18(51—one In April and another In or pas«3tl lightly over thl* court martial, but the with his superiors. So the G\n Hunter gam­ June. Custer was In die latter group, his stand­ bled—and lostl fact remains that Custer was found guilty on ing being thirty-fourth In a class of thirty-four. alt seven charges, susifended from rank and ■<}\ hen he lost he brought death not only to com- “Two years of campaigning would turn West mnnd for a year and his pay for that time for­ himself but to more than 3(X) others. And among I } Point’s Indifferent sloven Into a soldier.” writes feited. Rut before the year had jmssed Sheridan, them were three of his own hlood—Cnpt. Tom 1 Van De Water. “It would not change his sub­ who had more than once overlooked Custer In­ (‘aster, a troop commander In the Seventh. B stance. Rattle that reconstructed others, sober­ subordination. came to his rescue. ton Custer and “Aulle” Heed, the son of hla ing and deepening their spirits, would only sharp­ The result was the “battle" of the Washita half-sister,„ Lydia, who had been a “second moth­ en George Armstrong Custer. He would l M'cotlle fought on November 17, 1808. when Custer at­ er to him. Another of the Custer clan whose a keen weapon, terrible to the enemy, difficult tacked the sleeping camp of the Cheyenne chief, life was to^he blighted by what took place on June 2->, 1870, was hi* sister, Margaret Emma for a weak superior to wield, yet Intrinsically he Black Kellie, killing that chief and slaughtering i would remain the raucous and reckless youngster men, women and children Indiscriminately. There < aster, the wife of Lieut James Calhoun, who »ho had defied hla parents (o clasp the hand of 1* every reason to believe that BJgck Kettle and perished on the hill above the Little Big Horn. « •>» wMt.ro N»w»p»p«r Union.

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