THE MOUNTAINEER

DEVICE PREVENTS Rancher Invents "Fool-Proof' Device to Prevent Crossing Accidents LANDMARK STANDS Treasure State CROSSING DEATHS NEAR ANACONDA News in Brief

if •' •••••• e•;..; X•I••• ses s # MONTANA RANCHER INVENTS • OLD HOUSE LOCATED • dowir••• •.• • • ON FIRST ✓osy rscx—Army engineer* in change eit "FOOL-PROOF DEVICE TO PRE- , • • •!••; :1 :••••1:::;•1 •.7r: 10 • • s P• •• • PLAT EVER FILED ON BY betiding the Port Peck flood centre( consftalat VENT CROSSING CRASHES ,„ .•. •r•.• announce that one-third of the huge mea- A WOMAN nt' is In place. • /. .s s iv ib • „,• e• • :•• . g . • Apparatus Can Be Installed At a Cost •, 'sr.. • •/0 •• .11/ • •• MILES CITY—Mrs. B. K. Holt. 80 rears at •• • • •• .• ses.• • By WALTER ED TAYLOR we, mother of K. Gil- ••• sa• 11 Guy. Eimer Holt, died haw a of Approximately $2,000; Fred few days ago. Her three children were at the •..r..de About five miles east of the city Wisdom, Old-Time R.allroad 4.. • a • • bedside at the thne of death. lam of •t of Anaconda and just a short dis- Man, Is Inventor. . • tance from U. S. highway No. lle SWEETGRASS—Por two cars of wool recent- • • IT shipped from •I •• stands an old house which has.the this point to Boston. the • . ••• • • • ; • eensignors received 24/12 cents a pound. Two •••• distinction of being located "fool-proof" safet/!lmnevice for en the more carloads of wool A . e'tall's 0%, •fta first plat of ground are still held here by railway crossings has invent- ever Med on sheeptnen who have not sold their clip. rancher—and one by a woman in Montane. The Wons- ed by a Montana • • . a• ,•• •; ....:.••••••• „ . , 1 DEER, LODGE—To direct the entertainment installed at a trifling an was Gwenllian Evans and that can be had come for the Montana Pioneers, 0. D Speer has compared with the under to Montana from Wales - been selected general cost as /,; •, • with chairman to work with passes and overpasses tbat are her eon and daughter-In-law, all committees in arranging the program or t.tk Mr. and Mrs. Morgan events for the visitors required to prevent crashes • 44 1 Evans. In here Aug. 27. 28 and W. now I 1869, shortly between autos and locomotives. The /5 Li? after her arrival, Mrs. EUREKA-. Miss Evans filed Mary Ann Shea, pioneer invention is a recent one. The pat- an entry on 180 acres resident of the Tobacco valley. who home- ent—No. 84370—was received a few of land on Warm Springs creek. steaded near here before the railroad was ago. The device can be in- '7'00L-PSOOF" SAFETY RAILROAD CROSSING DESIGN. This was the first homestead entry built, died several days ago at the home of days made her sister. stalled at a cost of approximately This patented plan for preventing on the semaphore principle. Whenever ampts room to do so—and may then by a woman in Montana. $2,000; It costs from $50,000 to railway crossing accidents was invent- a train enters the "crowing block" the return to the traffic lane, through the Coming from crowded Wales, Mrs. HELENA—Prank Armstrong. arrested • few $200,000 to built under and over- ed by a Big Hole rancher and ex-rail- signal at the end of the wall begins opening farthest from the track and Evans thought getting 160 acres of land days ago and charged with driving while highway-railway cross- road man, Fred K. Gillam of Wisdom. to swing and the gate to for the asking was almost too under the influence of liquor, was fined 11100 at close. If a also marked "19," by which time the good to by Police Judge Harry Pickett. The lines marked "14," "16" and "10" driver should be passing through the train will have passed and the gate be true. She lived on her land the crossing safety are the outlines of a wall, five feet gate when it starts to close he Can will be again open. required length of time and received PHILIPSBUEG—An uninvited guest, knows The inventor of the as Mr. Skunk. Invaded K. Gillam of Wisdom. high at the end farthest from the rail- still cross the track in safety—because The lines marked denote a government patent. The place be- chicken coops of Mrs. device is Fred road track and tapering "18" a wall came Kate Smith the other day and feasted Co 40 old-time railway man—switch- to a much the gate begins to move while the which prevents traffic from running one of Montan,a's earliest post.. chickens. He is an lower height at the end nearest offices under He was eventually captured andl man, brakeman and conductor on the the train is still some distance from the into the cul de sac by any other - the name of Gwendale. killed by three neighborhood boys. Pacific out of Livingston for track. The high end of this wall is crossin —too far to a car that than the openings marked "1 The present house on this 67-year-old Northern equipped with age ." IfISSOULA—William Magee, 84. slashed Ws years, who finally turned his atten- a moving arm for day- needs travel only a few score feet property was begun in 1880 but be- light service and a red light for night cross track. A design similar to the one described cause transportation throat and died at the home of his nephew. tion to farming. His own railway ex- to the was so tuidevel; Phil Magee. Lobo county authorities reported use. The wall is built in the center of With the gate closed traffic is ..e.asecrr is Also built on the right of the rail- oped at the time and periences with autos were not so deadly crossing so that travel from both materials were a few days ago. Magee had been a wood* the mod through the aperture "19"—the one so slow in arriving, it and lumber worker as to arouse his horror at the grade- directionsway is protected. was not com- In western Montana see- annually crops The lines marked "19," "15," "13" and nearest the track—into an enclosure pleted until 1883. Materials for this old eral years. crossing slaughter that "11" mark another wall The walls may be built of any width, reports—for 30 feet to the house came from many sources. The BELT—Miss Margaret up in the press the rea- right of the wall in the with a circular wall marked "12." The Pimperton has ar- common in center of the any height and at any distance from bricks were shipped from a brickyard rived here from Palmer, Alaska, where she son that autos were not so road, at number "16" on the driver can proceed no farther toward his railroading days; but he has seen, first men- the railway track that the construe- In Salt Lake City, a product of the in- teaches in the Matanuska valley. She is vis- tioned wall is a safety iting her heard about and read of death after gate that works the crossing. He must turn—and has tion engineer deems most effective. dustrial regime of Brigham Young. The mother, Mrs. Catherine Pimperton• rough lumber was cut and other relatives and wlfl return to Alaske death since he became a farmer—un- at a sawmill in the fall. erected in the foothills a few miles from til he felt moved to apply himself to subjects the New York Irishman liked working out of a solution that the home. Other lumber was shipped MISSOULA—Federal emergency relief funds the to discuss best. As to , he went In the amount of 8288,900 would be within the means of counties from the east. The great en- recently allotted on record that the Baltimore Orioles trance doors and to forestry region 1 will put into operation with small incomes. And he hit upon the Interior doors at once in Lobo, Kootenai, and the Boston Nationals of the '90's and staireassea of walnut were the work Cabinet, Flathead the following plans: were as good as any of the modern and Bitter Root districts forestry prolects of a master woodworker and cabinet estimated to provide At each crossing build a traffic lane Montana day champion clubs. As to politics, he 9,000 man months work maker of New within gate that closes automatically England. At present the the next 90 days. with a had a lot so say that I'm not printing. house is occupied by Miss Mary —on the principle of the semaphore His one remark that impressed me Evans, HAVRE—Barbara Zeder, 10. of Detroit., herself a Montana pioneer and grand- spent an anxious hour or —when a train is approaching the, about mining was that Butte is still daughter two here recently. crossing. the critic says, will not of the woman who first inadvertently left behind by touring rela- But, the greatest Mining camp in the world. filed upon tives, after they the speeding driver crash the gate? Sports the land. Everything in the had stopped for supplies. Tales Traveling in three First Montana College Team house has cars, the party was con- That is provided for in the following been perfectly preserved , The College of Montana, located at and many of the original carpets re- fident the child was in one of them and manner. The gate swings shut at an drove 30 miles before her absence was estab- Deer Lodge, was the first institutiOn main on the floors after more than 50 angle of about 50 degrees and to the of higher kerning in the state to go years lished. opening in of use. The original curtains light of it there is an in one of other days for football. It was in 1893 that Sam drape the ST. IGNATIUS—Paul Campbell. superm- of the walls—which eases the driver tall windows of It. 16 rooms. Barker Jr., a Butte boy then, and a Quaint, plush-covered furniture sits intendent of the Somers hatchery has acquired Into a blind lane with a circular wall By JOB L. MARKHAM, Chairman Montana State 599,000 eggs from the Anaconda hatchery. Athletic Commission Butte man now, organized the Mon- primly in the drawing room and in the at the end, and far enough from the tanans. For his organizing efforts, The eggs were transferred to the hilealon music room stands the old square Range Trout Co. hatcheries and will gate to give the driver—unless ne is Barker was named and elect piano. Sixteen be blind or drunk—a chance to get con- China, Siberia, Ethiopia, Chile, wanted to play college - -foot wall mirrors are a planted by the state when they become of and pro baseball. part of the sufficient size to care for themselves trol of his machine before he crashes Ireland, Poland. Name any country told decoration of this pictur- in the him to do both, esque residence. Some of lakes and streams. Into the circular barrier well. you can think of—and footprints of geating that he use another the furnish- nameruirt ings are valuable antiques and about BUTTE—"Where Having brought his car under con- Billy Hudson were made on sands. professional baseball. As Boston can I cash a United States sidewalks, stairways, hills, moun- was the rooms are curios which have been treasury check for 59tt0?" a tourist, em- trol the driver may turn in the circular a great Irish town, Billy used a rela- phasizing the tains or other navigable spots or tive's brought to the house from the four monetary immensity involved, space—and drive out into the traffic name. It was Ryan. receonsttlyanasyokneed aroButr lerrO e lI I 0> olitMa places than can be footed by man. Now in corners of the earth by members of toin street. lane again to proceed On his way after his sixties, Hudson confesses the be able that he Evans family. Some of the articles to take care the train has thundered by and the Billy Hudson has a flock of friends has always followed baseball. in the house of a small check nag that," a He has seen are intimately connected bystander replied. The tourist looked in traffic gate has re-opened. in Montana. In recent weeks, the dap- all the great teams from with the romantic - per, smiling and entertaining New York 1894 down to Mickey pioneer days of the credulous for a moment, then smiled and re- Suppose an "I-can-beat-that-train Cochrane's world city of Lodge marked. "Say, this must - an has been visiting in the Championship club of Anaconda and of Deer be some town." to the-crossing driver dashes into the 1935. And he has county. There LS a story state. Many years ago he worked as a his opinions of past and in every brick' DILLON—Nick Davis. 82, an old-time miner traffic lane just as the gate is closing present stars! and board of this old house for miner in the bowels of Butte. Before Game's Greatest past of the county, rolled more than 400 feet down, and rushes across the track? Well, the. Outfielder Its doors has moved a great and color- a mountain side the other day in the Sun- his Butte days he played baseball with He told me the name of the gate starts to close while the train is the Boston National greatest ful pageant of Montana history. light mountain district and escaped without league team, in outfielder that ever wore a baseball a scratch. In company with C. U. Roberts and far enough away from the crossing for the days when there was only one the reckless gate-crashing driver uniform. I couldn't guess his nominee son. Jesse, of Dillon, Davis was climbing to major league. Hudson was with the down the mountain beat the engine to the crossing. and I have followed major league box after inspecting proper- The Boston club from 1894 to 1897 when ties when he lost his footing and was un- reckless driver may batter the gate scores from kindergarten days to the Frank Selee was manager. In those present time. I'll wager REPLICA OF NOTED able to stop rolling. The younger Roberto slightly and damage his car but his that you cannot dashed after him and caught him at the very days the Boston team had succeeded guess Hudson's outfield pet either. life will not be forfeited on the rail- the old Baltimore Orioles as hot shots edge of a cliff several hundred feet In way tracks. I suggested , the Tris Speak- height. of the diamond. That Boston club had er, and didn't hit The Gillam the target. I men- BAR STILL STANDS safety crossing device and Bill Clark as catch- tioned "Babe" Ruth and missed may be described as follows: Build ers; Tom Tucker again. a and Fred Tenny were In sequence I suggested the names of of alternate narrow boards of redwood wall 600 feet long, five feet high at the the first basemen, with Tucker taking Bill Lange, , ORIGINAL HOFFMAN HOUSE BAR and maple. Inlaid in the floor is a far end and tapering to about an occasional turn Billy Sun- 12 in the pitcher's box; day, Cy Seymour, Joe Kelly, Harry Bay, IS GONE, BUT COPY IS IN- mosaic of several thousand pieces of inches high at the end nearest the that sweet keystone combination, Her- Billy Hamilton, Hughmey wood—a mosaic, nine feet square, pic- railway track, in the center man Long Duffy,(adorn TACT AT ANACONDA of the at short and at Van Haltren, Harry Hellmann, Bob turing Daly's famous race horse "Tam- highway, about 200 feet distant from,second, were in their prime; Jimmy Meuse], , many." This alone cost $3,000. the railway track. Attach Collins, still Joe Jackson, an automatic on everyone's list as the "Happy" Felsch, and a, Montanans who saw the motion A fine fresco of beer steins and ale gate to this wall—about half way the greatest of all time, few others. All misses. I picture, "Diamond Jim." may have glasses near the ceiling of the room length of the wall. was at the hot corner. finally asked Hudson if he was thinking of Ryan, recognized something familiar remain intact. The old bar-room Is To the right of this wall build a I For outfielders the Boston's had a meaning himself. His "no" was em- about some of the scenes in that Indeed a potent reminder of tlee Man second wall which describes a circle galaxy of fly chasers, such as never phatic. picturization of the life of James glamorous days of the Montana copper or loop at the end. •There should be I has been equalled on any one club, ac- Having exhausted my list of greats Buchanan Brady. A portion of the kings. two openings in this wall, one directly cording to Hudson. There was Hughey and near greats, I finally asked Hud- play took place in the bar of the opposite the gate and the other 200 1 Duffy, who compiled a batting average son: "Who is this bow that was so famous obi Hoffman House, ren- feet or more behind the gate opening. of .438, one year— a record that has great?" dezvous of New York's wealthy The space between the two walls is 30 stood up against the march of time and Bill answered. That answer was: sporting set in the gay eighties and wallop; also, feet. Billy Hamilton who pil- McCarthy All-Time Best nineties. To make the film authen- The autoist, driving fered 115 bases in one season for an- "The tic Hollywood scene designers built down this traf- other record greatest outfielder of all time, fic lane, sees his straight ahead peas- that still stands; also In my opinion, and it is an exact replica of the famous "Chick" Stahl, who later managed shared by age blocked by the closing of the gate. the many old-timers, was Tommy Mc- COL. D. 0. STIVERS Hoffman House bar-room. With Boston Americans, as did Jimmy Col- Manager of the old Butte football no more effort than would be lins; Carthy. Montana had beaten Hollywood by required to avoid a hole also Hudson, who played under team back in the '90's, in the pave- the name of Ryan, McCarthy of Boston. McCarthy of nearly 50 years, for way back in 1888 ment he swings into the second pass- and last but not Marcus Daly built an least, there was Tommy McCarthy. New York, too. The Giants purchased ed captain. Two games were playedi exact and ac- age, drives down to the loop or circular the outfield great. He curate replica of the Hoffman House $1,20e Top Salary Then played three that year. wall, turns his machine, drives back years at Boston and four with the bar in the. Montana hotel in Ana- and re-enters the trafic lane through For pitchers, the Beaneaters had the Fifteen young men wearing various, conda. Daly, interested as crafty Charley Giants. It is my guess that only a few he was In the second opening in the dividing Nichols, Ted Lewis, Ed readers of this column remember costumes that each individual thought all sports, and especially in horse rac- Klobedanz, the Pall River Dutchman, Tom- suitable for the game showed wall. my. Very few have heard of him. Mc- up for ing, had spent many pleasant hours "I have spent about Jack Stiffets, Pete Sexton and Tom the first practice call. 15 years spec- Tucker. In the Hoffman House bar. Therefore ulating on how to overcome traffic Barker had several friends in eastern when he decided to spend $200,000, crashes at grade crossings," Mr. Hudson quit pro baseball after four universities building in Gilliam years of service. who relayed to him plays a hotel Anaconda he re- stated, "and I have finally worked out In those days, $1.100 a and ideas that became part of the for- solved that he would include a bar- a plan which year was "tops" in salary. Hudson Pioneer Coach has not only met with wasn't mula of attack and defense used by room exactly like that of the eastern' the approval of the patent enthusiastic about the oppor- the Deer Lodgers. hostelry. He ordered office but tunities to acquire Because of his grid it copied in the which has gained the endorsement of riches in the na- knowledge, Barker automatically be- minutest detail. such tional pastime, so he quit to try his safety experts as John L. Board- came coach of the clu and also called Today the bar-room which Daly man, head of the Anaconda hand at more lucrative vocations, of si built company which he Is a cafe, but it is a compliment to bureau of safety, and several others. attempted many. For some Thiesn the team 1iti its first game, 25 years he has been interested in min- the proprietors that no attempt has "I have submitted my plan to a ing only a handful of spectators could be, been made to change it. The old Hoff- number of railway men enterprises and ore treating pro- Induced to and to stu- cesses, taking an watch the contest, which man House and its bar of New York dents of the safety problem as well as occasional flyer also was more or less Greek even to the to In the stock and bond markets. city have long since been razed to make several engineers. I have luid noth- players. The game was described by way for new skyscrapers but its dupli- ing but expressions of approval—as to Hudson at Yale—Ryan in Boston a faculty member as too rough as well Hudson cate in Anaconda has never been Its efficiency and practibility as well was a student at Yale, play- as occasioning many debates in loud. ing on the Blue changed. as its desirability from the standpoint baseball team when tone of voice. Marcus Daly spared no of low cost." he was tempted to expense in become a big A few years later, Montana University , carrying out his whim when the bar In working out his safety device, leaguer. He was a sophomore at the and Montana State college were rep- time a Boston scout was built. The fixtures are a rich red Mr. Gillam stated, he was actuated signed him to a resented by football teams, because the Philippine mahogany and the floor is more by a desire to protect contract. Hudson had a clause inserted sport was regarded necessary human in as a item life than he was in reaping a profit the contract whereby he was not to to promote athletics and school spirit. for himself. report until the end of each college year. His baseball earnings would in- WHEN HARTZELL sure his CAME TO TOWN continuing at Yale. Billy The old Butte football team man- by Col. D. G. Stivers back in the Mines Graduates =I, regarded as the oustanding grid machine of the entire west, that met Much in Dem . teams from Denver. Omaha, Wats Iowa, San Francisco and other points, —BY ALICE SLAKE— had a backfield star who was given to Of the 21 members of the 1936 grad- touchdown making. uating class of This player had Montana School of dominated Colorado college footbell Mines, more than 90 percent are al- ready for four years, while playing at the employed in some branch of the School of Mines. mining industry as He also played with engineers, samplers, Denver A. C. He was a welcome addi- assayers, surveyors, mlllmen and min- ers, or on engineering tion to the Butte team, and made his projects. One presence in games felt. Don't be satis- graduate is employed as surveyor by the United Weighing 200 pounds. fast on his feet,1 fied with "just States forest service. Several knack have secured engineering with a for charging through any another rye." Be jobs at the line, the player. Hartzell, had no Fort Peck dam project and by different to ask fee mining concerns. trouble earning a berth in the fast and gee this de- SAMUEL BARIUM company he found himself According to Prof. 0. A. Dingman, JR. in. peouLsble Nation- chairman Pioneer Coach of 1393, Organizing the Since 1900, Prof. L. C. Hartzell has of the employment commit- member al Distillers prod- tee, graduates of the Montanans In that year. been a of the School of Mines Butte mining faculty. In his first years at the Mines, uct. school in recent years have had very Carthy quit the game little difficulty in securing for the same he was identified with the grid game suitable em- reason that Hudson did, to earn a More as a coach. Even now no alumnus nor ' ployment. Many graduates hold re- lucrative living in some sponsible positions other line of undergraduate is more interested in' and are considered endeavor. He was a successful mer- athletic life leaders in their fields, not only the of the school. The; in this chant in a Massachusetts city 'for many professor is a constant attendant at country, but in several foreign coun- Blackberry Telly years tries. all Mines games of every sort. Because 4 cups (2 !be.) berry juice McCarthy, according to Hudson. had he cannot break a habit formed years 2 tablespoons lemon juice speed and grace, as well as a natural no of attending practice sessions, 8 cups (3V1 baseball think-cap. It was McCarthy Hartsell. like his students, responds to Montana lbs.) sugar who introduced Bankers at I bottle fruit pectin "trapping a ball" in the call of the coach when a workout I outfield play. Is scheduled. Park Name Officers To prepare Juice, crush thorough- "I've seen 'em all," concluded ly Hud- One of the bowling war horses who 93 pRoof or grind about 3 quarts fully ripe son, "and McCarthy still stands Out in for years has shot at the head pm on B. Wallinder of Frold, president; E. berries. Place fruit In jelly cloth my memory as the best." many Montana fronts, is Bill Murray. L. Johnson of Plains, first vim presi- or bag and squeeze out juice. Hudson was a classmate of the late now a resident of Ogden. At the recent Charley dent; G. M. Robertson of the Squeeze and strain juice from I Clark at Yale. He canir to Utah bowling meet. Murray was crown- Bank and Trust Co., Helena, medium lemon. Butte on Clark's invitation. Mining In- ed state singles champion, posting a second trigued him. To vice president; Mrs. Ethel Walker of Measure sugar and fruit acquire knowledge of fine score of 758 for three juices mining, he worked underground for Helens., secretary and treasurer. Into large saucepan and mix. Bring a On a visit to Butte a number of These were the number of months, then spent some ago, Murray wagered that he could officers chosen by the to • boll over hottest lire and at Montana Bankers association at their time in the drafting, engineering and shoot a score of better than 120 blind- once add bottled fruit pectin, stir- wiling departments. recent annual convention at Yellow- ring After two years of folded. The other side of the bet was constantly. Then bring to a Butte residence, Hudson moved stone park, to head the organization for full on to taken up. Bill's eyes were thoroughly the coming year. rolling boll end bell herd 34 other parts, you know those places I bound with several kerchiefs. He was minute. Remove mention Mrs. Walker was re-elected to her from firs, skim, in the first line of this tale, escorted to a position about eight feet poet; Mr. Robertson was pour quickly. PereMn hot jelly at China. Ethiopia, Siberia, etc.. every- from the alley edge—and told to go elected to his. where. The offices of president and vice pres- *nee. Makes about It elegem IS to it. BM ran up a score of 143, getting fluid I enjoyed several visits with Hudson. spares. Three of ident are filled by advancement. ounees each). four strikes and two JIA.710111AL lesermliess rieeoKr3 090,01W110/41_1~ ,sam Qesss I. Ireea cur Seashell. mining and politics were the the strikes came in a row.