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THE EHALAHA EAGLE. HUNT= THE MUMMERS OM MONTANA ilS HOW MASSACRE NOT ENTORELY VAVOTHOUT COMPLICCIIIONS WAS PREVENTED After Montana Dealers Again Wholesale and retail mersitants and dealers in :ill class , - of nver- eltandise NIontana, 1, t'l itetuct ti 2.1,1101) and :Maio°, will be required to take out state licenses this tall under the terms of the high cost of living bill which wits pitssell ail the Spet'illii se/4%1011 Of the legislature revently. Then the state railroad cot lllll function- ing 1114 ti !state truth. commission, will begin its hearings and inves- tigations to endeavor to learn whether or not alit - desalt. and retail dealers are profiteering, and in the event that any dealers are found disregistal the law and the rulings laid dewn by the t'411 lllll their licen , e, will be revoked and they will be automatically' put out hu,Iness. Montana now has two state trade I* lllllIs %%Idyll are sup- posed to be investigating tho high cost of living anti probing profit- eering It3, dealers. The first commiss• Iva, appointed by the reg- ular session of the legislitture last winter awl con,i , ts of Prank Eliel of In11011, N. T. Lease of Great Pails :11141 . W. o. task of Hamilton. This was caned by the bill creating it ties state Trade anti Efficiency iseetnission. It had full powers to hold hearings, summon witnesses ;111.1 e‘3111ille records of all corporation , , firms and Individuals en- gaged u llllll tierce in the ,tate. This commi-sion has IMO power to punish those found guilt) of profiteering. lioucver, but can only make rec lllll mend:dhotis. Deo holding many hearings in various . or the state, the lllll utissiott tituumIll'eti that it hail f I very eu and scattered (lee' , 1 If undue prefit-taking by either retail or Mittlestile merchants, and declared that higli prices were thus largely to fundamental conditions which the slate government con141 not etootel. his commission had only half completed its work when the spe- cial -ession of the legislature designated the stale railroad and pub- lic service commission ns a st:tt.• trade t• lllll litis•i011 to carry Mit a similar line of investigation, laid' broader powers. According to Lee Dennis of Great Falls. one of the member , of the commission, the law is rather seriously complicated. In the arcomprmying inter- view %%nit Nits Dennis. he gives his ideas of what this law inay he ex- pected to itocompli , 11 in the way of reducing costs. The extent to %%hi , Montana peo- ple may expect to beteei: through the operation of the law I.nown as the high cost of living bill. house bill No. 17, the. nestsure passed by the recent special session of the legislature. and which elves the body originally des- asnated as the state railroad commis. sion authority to inquire into the seiliog price of commodities. will be known within the next few months. it was statell Leo week in an inter- view by itailreaa commiesioner Lee Dennis. The first hearing to be con- ducted will be held some time before October 1, air. Dennis statca, and thereafter the Gel.' will be covered by the rommission :is ...lividly :is 110A - certain formalities must be com- pitod with before a ligaring t•an be called. Dealers must Tie notified of the clause which compels them tc obtain a license frem tho state and the license must be issued before the s-ork of obtaining detailed informa- tion on a partivelar case is ' eaere anti thin tiOt the dealer has snd five days' not,. s. The motility ot forms isseed to dealers aims sously anti instructions concertass lieetlAt'S, to all inerel.ants in . ti,e state is a task of considerable neossi- tese, hut will he cempit-ted within the next few Weeki. DenniS states. Between 27 , .t.:00 and att,Oao licenses a be issued. Much Work .11tead -While the commission is con- tronte with a tremendous mnss of 1.usiness,\ said Mr. Dennis. -the membees are anxious to get to work on the high cost of living law. SO- cr.lied. and ase expect...to have it oper- ating before Octot er I. It is natural that only a few people should know of the formalities that must be dis- posed of before we can call our first hearing. and we are constantly asked for information concerning the na- ture of the law and what may be ex- pected of it. The law is rather se- riously complicated. but first of all it gives the commission posver to find out the difference between the priees at which dealers buy and sell :tying commodities. Then. if any- thing Is found to be wrong. the com- mission eharged with the duty of sonable profits, we will surely give that firm aLl the iliNV allows in bring- ing it to aecount. On the other hand when we find firms that are making only a reasonable profit we will take pleasure in making the facts knovin Lee Dennis. Member of the State Itivihavati Commission, the State Public l'tility Commission; Trade Commt•sten No. 1. Itegulating the Price ot I lour and Mill Producta; Trade Commission No. 2. Design- ated to investigate the High Cost of Living in the State and to Pun- ish Profiteers; Anil the State Irri- gation Commtssion. Wc have auditors out now maltit.g complete audits of the hooka and ac- counts of concerns in several parts of the state, so that when we begin the hearings we will know what some business honses have been ma- king aithout being compelled to ac- cept the statement of any individual.\ The state railroad commlasion is now functioning RP six t:Istinct bod- ies. Additional to its duties as a reg- remedying it. ulator of railroad rates, it operates Auditor; Are at 'Work ts a public utility commission, in ave find any firm making tin- which capacity It sets the price paid ned .hos.sr.11re tie- a- . ny the public for 425 different uti- - - — Mies: (is trade commission No. 1, un- :ler which head It regulates the price t•I' flour and mill products; art trade of flour and mill products; as trade commiasien No. 2 which designation 'applies when the high cost of living ..v is demanding the board's ellen- ste and 'as irrigation commission ‘, A. 1 and 2. The commission's super- ision of the flour and milling busi- neas is norking out to excellent ad- vantage. necerding N1r. Dennis. \It seems sometimes,\ Mr. Dennis stated again, \as if t'ne cornmisslOn is confronted with a hopeletta accu- mulation( of business, and we hope that the public is taking this fact in- to consideration. I want to give sol- emn asanrance that the comminsion is doing its best Everything will eventually work out to the satisfac- tion of everyone. I heifer's; in fact. c.% Pr' Cling Will be worked out just ma fast sa we can get to the multitude ;of jobs ahead of us. Alone in Ita Clan. The Niontana commisainn has six departments to supervise at the pres- ent time and I know of no other Mint- ier body in the nation which has more , than three.\ It was Pt first Dennis' intention to maintain his home in Great Falls, t :it the work of the commis/don hap FAT LESS AND TAKE BITRO-PHOSPHATE TO PUT ON FLESH Fro.terkk geite M. R. editor of New Tort Phrostaree -who's Who.\ says that n. — poor's. who scant Ith•roased •• •. -it. and nerve fore... shossi take a - :r•wi tnblet of nitro -Phosphate or +trine Meet. Th14 ..trtletilltr phosphnte la the digeor ery famous French I...dentist. and ff. ports et remarkable results from Its no.. hare esantiy Rem-are:1 In many rneateal loormes If y• de not feel wen: If yogi tire eaa - Ily ; no. well. or are too that: ge to any asssi drovoriet and get enough Bu- rn Ph...Trove for a two weeks' ripply—it eests only fifty eents 11 week. Fatt tete., ' , hew ynnr fond thornnahly. and if at .he end rof a ear weeks you do nu feel stroniter met better than yon have tor mosths. yo , I^ n llll • ttre not Rte1111- ter; If yoo .10 not •Teet. ,, et , er and hare more •Itu endurance and vitality, your 'e return...I, and the nitro •ost Ton nothing. 'OLD AGE STARTS WITH YOUR KIDNEYS Selence snys that ohl age hoe wenk...10.1 k 7 •Ineys rind digestive organs. sta. 4etsic true. it Is engy to believe • that keepina the Oddness and dige t aire oranns Itean.o.1 nnd In proper working nr der eid nee an be deferred nnd 1.fe pro longed fnr beyond flint enjoyed by the aversucc pe-•on nvor son rears nof.D NIED.SL ftnar- tem hn• twen rellevintr the wenknesses And digni•Ility due tn rolYnnelriff Yenrs. It .. standard 014-tIme home remedy and needs eo intreatietton. HOLD MEDAL Haarlem ou fa Inelo•ed In nfloring• tasteless ,npontes nhont five Oh drops ench Tske then. as ynn would it pill. with a , r1 II: S' , - ,1:i , . , % , .f ,sio,r. 1 h , oil qtimu !boss the kidney artIon and enables the ,r,fgans tn throw off the polygons virh1.•h extol.. :premntnre old rute. New tife and strength .1fierett,0 11.11 yon continne the treatment. ' When completely restored enntfoqe 0.11Ing n ienp•nle or tWO%elleh day. noir) 14EtiAl, .1tairlem 011 (11paules win keep yon In 1 health nn.I yIrror and prevent a return of the , il•eaRe. lan not watt nntii oitt age or dlopenise 'hare nettled down for good. no to yt lir , &swain and get a bolt of (iota) MET/At. firiartem Oil Cavelier:. Money refunded If they do not bete yen. Three size* not I rernember to ask,for the oritrInfil mported CaldhP MEDAL brit r..1 . I n sersIed muck sees become so exacting that he has de- cided to dispose of his Great Fails residence and remove his family to Helena. LIVED THROUGH BLOODY HATTI s E OE BLANC mos'''. A survivor of the offensive of Mane Mont Ridge, where thousands of Americans anti French were slaughtered by German guns as they emerged from tunnels where they had been hiding. Is a visitor in Kalispell, ' and is the only one mit of fifteen in his company of 250 men who re- turned home. He is a Kalispell boy. W. A. McCutcheon, son of Mr. and Ntrs. R. H. McCutcheon, of Havre. McCutcheon, who was in the Fifth Marines, says the attack was no sur- prise. The Germans held a position thought to be impregnable, but it ave& decided to drive them from their stronghold, and 8,000 marines and a big body of crack French troops were detailed for the job. Of the 8,000 Americans only 2,000 came out alive. l and McCutcheon says that 10,000 I French were killed or wounded. He is decorated vvith five stars, whicli signifies that he has taken part in five major ofensives. Pioneer Woman Dies Mrs. Mary Frances Cronkivite, aged 68 years, one of the first white girls In western Montana, and said by many to be the first white girl who came to Brondwater county. died at Helena last week, after an illness of eeveral weeks, brought on by the in- firmities due to old age. Mrs. Cronkhite was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Filson and came to Montana over the plains in the early 60's. The family settled in Itrondwater tounty, near vshat later became the, town of Winston. She was widely' known among the pioneers of Men tana. For their part the Mexicans have a quick anti effective way of dispos— ing of undesirable aliens. 0 If anybody is getting exeited over the 1920 election, he is concealing his agitation under a calm ex/erior. COLONEL GEoitt.i si OF THERNIOPOLla, l'ALlass OF PARIAH S 11.tVS t'ought 'With General Crook and lint'. lido Hill; Tell, of Narrow Eseape of Four 'rroops; was with rorse Width Was sent Out to Pursue Siouxs After Custer :Massacre. How the (lovely arrival of rein- foicements prevented a massacre that would haw been greater than that of the Custer tragedy of the s .• year told by colonel George M. Sliney of Thermopolis, intimate friend of the late Buffalo Hill. Col- onel Stine,. oho fought the Sioux, in southea , tcco Montana, is visit- ing relative-. In Billings. 5'ew living nen are as intimately acquainted by maim! experience with the Indian wars of the last centnry as Colonel Sibley. The escape. of four troops of General Crook's com- mand from complete extermination near Siim Buttes, in what is now South Dakota, is a spectacular inci- dent that has only been obscurely re- corded. \In 1570, scarcely more than a boy.\ said Colonel Sliney. \I joined General Merritt's troopers at Lincoln, Neb., for a campaign against the Nez Perces. It was while I was serving with Merritt that I got my first tnste of Indian fighting. Bill Cody was our regimental scout. and we spent a great deal of our time hunting out the predatory bands of Indians that were provsling ogto* the country ready to pounce on a small settlement or au tinprotected settler's cabin. \After four years of campaigning against the Apaches in Arizona I re - hunt a to Wyoming raid joined Gen- eral crook's cavalry. This was in 187e. and while we were preparing for an expedition against the Sioux. Cody offered Ids services to the regi ment. They were gladly accepted. Met Custer Survivors \'While ate were on our way to TO -1 infors the expedition already °per- ating in the hostile country, we met that parlhof tbe Seventh cavalry. un tier Major Reno, that had survived the Custer battle. \We then began pursuit of the In- dians, intent on making them pay heavily for the wiping out of the Custer battalion. Wo came upon a band of them in Slim Buttes, and after two days' fighting, September 9 and 10, gave the Sioux the first trouncing they had received. There were 2,000 of us and approximately the some number of redskins. 3Insmaere Averted - It Was in these maneuvers that a massacre shuilar to (7uster's was nar- rowly averted. Our supply of food anti ammunition beeame exhausted For several days WO lived on horse flesh, and our commanding officer found it necessary to dispatch four troops. mounted on Welted horses, to the nearest stockade for provisions. The troops left early in the evening, and shortly before sunrise ran into a big camp of Indians. They with- drew without beffig sighted by the enemy anti sent back word that they would attaek within a short time. \Knowing tIvitt the four troops, short of cartridges anti without food, eotild stand but little show against the well -provisioned Sioux, Crook ordered his main command forward. Guided by the courier who had brought U3 word of the trend of events, we drove steadily toward the Indian camp, arriving in time to save the four troops from extermination. The men had driven the Indians from their camp, but were In serious straits as the Indians counter -attack- ed. If we had not arrived when we did I believe no man of the four troops would have survived. More would have died than perished in the Custer battle on the itig Herta\ Son Is Chip Off Ohl Block Colonel Finney left the regular army in 1880 anti moved to the Itig Horn basin to live. He marriel in Wyom- Ing and his son, George, is now major on the general staff at Washingto n. D. C. George was the first white child born in the Big Horn country. Colonel Sliney served as adjutant general of the Wyoming state troops and was given the rank ofs colonel. He retired from this position three years ago at the age of 64. Having heard so much about poste, every little while the Balkans mei, rest curiosity to know what it looks like. If one were to whisper a word It wholesome advice to Archduke to. sepli, it would be to drop his title at well as hie political ambitions. 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