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• THE STANTORD WORLD. , REED'S FORT, LAST MONTANA MMHG POST OF CONSEQUENCE, SCEIN1E OF BLOODY FEINT BETWEEN MAJOR REED AM J OM BOWLES INDIAN WARRIORS BAG HUN OFFICERS For more than a decade after the road agents had been driven out of the western Montana gold camps; after Plummer and Ives and the rest of the desperadoes of the 60's had become memories in the minds of the people of the territory, there still remained sections of Montana where there was no law and order and where the \bad man\ flourished with little interference by sheriffs' posses or committees of citizeas who had taken the law into their own hands. One of these sections, 'concerning whose early history little has been written, was the central part of the state, including the Judith and Mus- selshell basins. The Judith Basin has a. history replete with thrilling frontier stories and tales of adventure. Some of the real pioneers of that section—and there are not many remaining today —should see that the story of the Judith is written while the facts are still obtainable. If it is not done soon it will never be done. Before the city of Lewistown camb into existence there stood on the banks of Spring creek, and within rifle shot of the limits of the town as it stands todhy, Reed's Fort, than which there never h a been a more typical western Indian trading post. Conducted by two frontiersmen who were known the length and breadth of the territory as graduates in the school of Indian trading and Indian fighting — Major Rood and Jim Bowles—Reed's Fort soon establish- .ed a reputation as one of the prin- cipal Indian trading places of the later fur trapping days. It flourish- ed in the middle 70's and maintain- ed its existence until the early 80's. Typical Trading Fort Reed's Fort was built after the \manner of all early day trading posts. It consisted of a block house with a stockade surrounding it. The stockade was built of long, fairly thick poles set upright in the ground the poles being set as closely toge- ther as possible and driven deep into the ground. The site selected was a favorable one, being close to the Crow Indian country. Blackfeet par- ties also came there to trade at times and not infrequently there were . fights between parties of the two trIbee which chanced to meet in the . vicinity. Jim Bowlee wee a typical frontier product. Fearlose and resourceful, he was also something of a diplomat and he succeeded in winning the liking and confidence of the Crow Indians, so that he found trading with them profitable. He came to Montana before gold was discovered in what was then Idaho territory, having previously lived on the fron- tier in Wyoming, where he was an Intimate friend of Jim Bridger and other noted trail blazers. The story of his life and adventures would make an interesting volume. Some of the tales of his experiences he told are remembered with amuse- ment by pioneers of the Judith coun- try who listened to them. Bowles stood outside of peed's Fort one June morning, talking in the sign language to a considerable party of Crow Indians, when a fine looking young Indian girl, the daugh- ter of bong Horse, head chief of the Crows, walked up to him and startled him by spitting at him. As soon as she did this she ran away, laughing. Bowles was offended and did not hesitate to express his feelings to the men of the tribe around him, who he knew were his friends. They laughed and explained th It the girl was in love with him and had taken the method used in the tribe in a case like that to let hilmknow of her affections. They informed him, fur- ther, that he was expected, in the event that he liked her, to pursue the girl. If he caught her she be- came his wife. Bowles Takes Wife Bowles had been an admirer of MONTANA BAND IS FAMOUS IN PARIS MUSICIANS OF ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THIRD REGIMENT GET RARE HONOR After Boys From Treasure State Play Beside WOrld-Famed French Band, General Bliss Hands Montana Bandmaster a Diploma; Boys Have a Gay Time. Members of the regimental band of the 163rd regiment, formerly the Second Montana, have won an inter- national reputation by their playing in France, according to the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune, which contains an, article headed: \Mon- tana Band Well Received by Paris Crowds.\ The article reads as follows: \Think what would have happened if any man had gotten up on a ros- trum in the main street of Butte, Mentana, on July 4, 1914, and an- nounced to the multitude celebrating the national holiday that four years later a military band recruited from among the boys of the town would be playing American national airs by the side of the world -famed band of the French Garde Republicaine in Paris! Wins Heavy Honors \But that prophet would not have ,eon talking through his hat. Since le July Fourth celebration in which t took part, marching at the head )f the great procession of American coops reviewed in the Place d'Iena, he Montana band has been winning me honor after another in the .•••••••••• the crack musicians of the Garde Re- publicaine. \There is, as every good Yank knows, something about an American tune that the finest instrumental artist in Europe, try as he might, will not bring out with just the right touch. Well, in this respect the Mon- tana band was easily ahead of the Garde Republicaine organization on Sunday. Trim, smart, with nothing to attract attention to themselves but their instruments and their plain mu- sic bags, the Montana players could well have been proud to see the thou- sands of gaily clad Parisians on the stands listening with uncovered heads to 'Dixie Land' and 'The Star-Span- gled Banner.' Before War Council \On Saturday the Montana band, by special invitation played at Ver- sailles for the members of the su- preme war council.. General Cottez, director of inffsntry at the French war ministry, who heard its perform- ance at Versailles, personally asked the bandmaster to come out to Co- lombes field for the athletic doings, at which, as reported in the Army Edition, the general represented the French prime minister. ('So much did Montana's musicians please the distinguished members of the supreme war council on Saturday that General Tasker H. Bliss, per- manent military representative of the United States at Versailles, handed the bandmaster a diploma. Nothing of the kind, so far as is known, has Over before happened to an American military band in France. \That such an honor should have fallen to Montana made the director of the band smile proudly when talking about it to the Army Edition. Montana with a bound has pushed itself to the forefront in France. Can one wonder that the players don't like the Iclea•of an early return to the camp where they are stationed?\ Reed's Fbrt, which stood a few hundred yards from the present site of Lewistown, was the last important fur trading post of any consequence in Montana., its history ending during the early 80's with the passing of the buffalo and the _timing of the cattle ranches. The above strik- ing painting by Charles M. Russell shows a band of fur trappers riding down to a trading post to celebrate. Their pack horses are loaded with their furs. They are shooting their rifles in the air to let the post traders know they are coming. • the girl, so he immediately started running. In three minutes he found himself with a wife. He considered the whole transaction as a most sat- isfactory method of courting, and one saving of lots of time. To celebrate his wedding, he gave a sumptuous feast o the relatives of the girl. Later Bowles journeyed with the Crows to the Yellowstone and was initiated into the ceremonies of the Indians, and became a member of the tribe. His experiences were quite interesting and his tales of the many superstitions of the Indians would make a large volume If written. The medicine men were the controllers of events in the tribe, and it was on their decisions that peace or war pre- vailed. On one otcasion Bowles, in Pass- ing through a lodge where medicine was being made, accidentally disar- ranged some of the paraphernalia used in the practice, and consequent- ly acquired the hostility of the medi- cine man, who on that occasion prov- ed to be a chief who stood high in the tribe. 'Bowles apologized, but the interruption was regarded as a bad omea, and so it proved to be, but not so serious as it might have been. Not long after the Crow In- dians had an encounter with Sioux and there were a number of casual- ties. The medicine man whom Bowles interrupted was one of the victims, but his wound was in the leg and proved to be not serious. After 'the fight the medicine man sought Bowles and expressed 'his gratitude that the hurt was no worse for, according to his belief, he was destined to receive a fatal injury, Reed and Bowles Fight Later on Bowles returned to Reed's fort. Bowles had tired of life with the Indians and returned to the fort to be once more among people of his own Rind. • One day matters between Reed and Bowles began to assume a rather disagreeable aspect. Whisky was there in plenty for trading purposes, and the supposition is that both men were drinking. The major was ex- ceptionally surly. Bowles did not pay much attention to him, being of a happy-go-lucky nature, and nearly always in a good humor. After some argument, Bowles walked out of the blockhouse. Later they met out in the stockade, where Reed suddenly attacked Bowles with- out warning with a bowie knife. The point of the knife was deflected by a metal button, which saved Bowles' life, but nearly resulted in Reed's death, for Bowles struck him a stag- gering blow, breaking Reed's jaw. Reed fell heavily to the floor, but he received other terrible injuries, including a dislocated shoulder, be- fore _Bowles finished with him. He was thought to be dying, but finally recovered and left the country. Bowles Badly Hurt Bowles, too, was badly injured by the knife thrust, which had pene- trated his stomach. His friends put him in a wagon and started off for Fort Benton, the nearestplace where a doctor was to be found. It meant a trip of 160 miles, but that did not seem to worry the companions of Bowles, nor did he seem to mind the trip much, except that he was con- fined to the vehicle and had to stand the rough riding over the prairie country that was really roadless. At length the party reached Fort Benton and Bowles was immediately placed in the hands of a surgeon. The doc- tor cauterized the wound, which by that time was in a very bad state, sutured the edges together with sterilized thread and fq the course of a couple of weeks had the patient on the rapid road t' recovery. But Bowles had always been very active and the confinement palled on him. So, one evening, when there was laxity of caution on the part of the attendants, Bowies got up, put on his clothing and sauntered slowly down into the midst of the river town. The first place he came to was a saloon and there he met many men he had known before. Among them were quite a few welters from the northern country. Bowles wke frequently requested to drink and he did so quite willingly. The wolf - ere did not know that Bowles had been in hospital and had barely es- caped with his life and no one told them anything about R. One of them was an enemy of Bowles and in the course of an argu- ment, called Bowles a liar. Bowles was on the fight. Ile forgot all about his weakened state and struck with all his strength, knocking his man down. Then ho toppled over himself from weakness. The hos- pital people having missed the pa- tient had come out 'to find him. He seemed to be at the last gasp, but they carefully carried him again to the hospital. The doctor had expected to have had Bowles out in a few days and it now seemed there was little hope for his recovery, but he got busy again. The wound had beon torn open anew and had to be again sowed up. Before long Bowles was out of hospital and as well as ever. He remained in northeastern Mon- tana for years afterwards and engag- ed in various enterprises. More than 20 years ago he left for Alaska and has never been beard of since in Montana. • Before leaving the territory, how- ever, he served a term at Deer Lodge as a result of a gun fight In which he was involved. Major Itegd was an old frontiers- man, many years older than Bowles and far less popular than the latter. After abandoning Reed's Fort, when the fur trading had practically come to an end, he drifted about the coun- try and finally disappeared. He was last beard of around the old Fort Peck reservation by his Montana ac- quaintances. French capital. At the French army field day in the State de Colombes GIRLS MAY ENTER on Sunday it performed again, this time boldly holding its own beside NURSES' RESERVE YOUNG WOMEN WHO TAKE THE COURSE BECOME CANDIDATES FOR NURSING SCHOOL Enrollment May lie Made in Home Town of Any Montana Girl, Pro- vided Red Cross or Defense Coun- cil Shall Have Selected Recruiting Agent There, Girls and young women who wish to join the student nurse reserve may be enrolled in their own home towns if their local Red Cross auxiliaries or defense councils will select a woman to act as recruiting agent and will notify Mrs. H. B. Mitchell, 318 Fifth avenue north, Grdat Falls, of their selection. Upon notice of the selec- tion of a recruiting agent, Mrs. Mit- chell will send the enrollment appli- cations and cards which have to be filled out. There are many registered train- ing schools for nurses in the, state in which it is expected the recruits of the student nurse reserve will receive training in their work. Almost all of the hospitals in towns of 2,000 popu- lation and up are registered training schools. General Gorges' Statement In connection with this movement a statement to the young women of the United States has been issued by Surgeon General Gorges, ae follows: \I want every young woman in the country, every woman between 19 and 36, to read carefully what I havls to say, and to give it earnest atten- tion. It is a message which every girl ought to welcome becalm It tells of an opportunity to help the nation. \The army and the country face a shortage of nurses. \The army alone will require something like 26,000 nurses by the first of next January. We have se- cured about 13,000 of this number; we need 12,000 more. We have got to have them or the army will run short --and this would be an outcome incredible, and Intolerable to the American people. Need For Nurses \Only graduate nurses who have been through the full course of train- ing are available for this high ser- vice. These nurses have to be taken out of the hospitals and from care of the sick at home. This means when we recruit our full quota for the army, their places in the civil com- munities must be filled. Hence this call for student nurses—to fill the vacancies, prepare for professional service, and meanwhile to make it possible for our hospitals, both civil and military, to carry on, and for the American people to hold the health standards of the country as they have ever been held in times of peace. Is Valuable Service \If I were a young woman and wanted to do my country the' great- est service in my power, I should go at once to the nearest recruit- ing station of the woman's com- mittee of the council of national de- fense and enroll in the United States student nurse reserve. This enroll- ment would at once make me a can- didate for the army nursing school or for one of the civilian training schools for nurses. I cannot conceive of a more valuable service. I can give every girl who enrolls in the reserve my Personal assurance that she Is making herself count, and I should be ashamed of any woman who did not long with all her heart and soul to make herself count In the defeat of Germany.\ (Signed) W. C. GORGAS, Surgeon General U. S. Army. 278 STARS IN THE UNIVERSITY FLAG TWO OP THE BOYS FROM STATE INSTITUTION AT MISSOULA HAVE GIVEN LIVES • One Went Down With Troopship; Another Killed While Flying at British Aviation Camp; Six Mem- bers of Faculty Have Entered Va- rious Branches of Service. The State University of Montana service flag contains 278 stars, two of them gold. The University has given two of her sons to the cause of world democracy: Marcus Barrett Cook, Twentieth Entinee s (Forest), who was a victim of the sinking of the troopship Tuscan% by a German submarine, and Lester Luke Bren- nan, former law student, who died when his aeroplane fell. He was training at an English flying field as a member of the Royal Flying corps. Six members of the faculty and 64 alumni have entered the service. One hundred and ninety-eight former stu- dents and ten former short course forestry students are in either army or c hT n oho a el v y service flag of the University of Forestry contains sixty - s seven stars. These stars represent men in every branch of the service from Vie medical corps to aviation. The flag was unfurled for the first time February 22 last, when the Uni- versity held Memorial day exercises for Marcus Cook, who was a forestry student before he enlisted. Three stars on the forestry flag are for members of the faculty. Cap- tain Dorr Skeels, dean of the school of forestry, and Lieutenant Thomas C. Spaulding, professor of forestry, IVILD HORSE, A CltoW BRAVE, AND slotiX CONIRADE BREAli UP GERMAN DEBAUCH Red Scouts Creep Fair Hack of Ger- man Lines on l'atrol and Hurl Orettatte Thrinigh Chateau XVIII- (low; Chief Frgan Montana Mortal- ly NVountled After Daring Exploit. When the history of the great war is written, there %Oil be a chapter devoted to the deeds of the North American Indian and his prowess on the battle line. It is true that the number of Indians serving with the Atherican army in Prance is relative- ly small, but already some thrilling tales of the red man's bravery and prowess ill warfare are beginning to come back over the wires. here is a story that recalls the fighting of the days when there were frontiers In America. One Sunday night a few , weeks ago, v,hen a Prussian guard division arrived to Htl (fen the German de- fense against the pressure of the American and lorench troops in the Soissons-ithelms salient, a Crow chief (mom Montana, Wild horse, went on patrol With only one com- panion, tile latter a Sioux Indian from North Dakota named James Stitftail. They worked their way through the German lines, without disturb- ing the tired sentries, until they ar- rived at the grounds of the chateau at Fere-en-Tardenole. Behind German Front This was amoral miles behind the Gorman front. Lights flashed through the win - (Iowa and f101111(18 of revelry were heard. The Indians stalked closer to the building, 11151(10 of which the Prussian officers were feasting, and drinking wine and amoking cigars, looted from tile chateau. They were toasting each other and singing maudlin songs. The two Indian scouts gazed awhile through the windows and then Wild Horse drew back his right arm and burled a grenade in ple midst of the revelers. The crest' blow out the windows close to the heads of the bold scouts. A second glance showed several officers stretched out on the floor. Cries For Help One man, whose face was covered with blood, came rushing to the win- dow, calling for help and Stifftall shot him with his revolver. Both the Indians tanned and fled. On their way back to their own lines, Wild Horse was mortally wounded. Sergeant Vidal Zunldha, a member of another patrol, brought in the dying Indian, on a stretcher. \How are you?\ asked Wild Horse, grasping the hand of his fellow In- dian. \I'm all right.\ \I'm all right. How are you?\ re- plied the other . Indian, without changing his expression. A moment after he spoke, Wild Horse fell back dead. Young Montana's Spirit \Work or fight,\ says Uncle Sam; \Right you arc,\ says I. But when I tried to fight, they said I was a trifle shy On height; and while that made me mad, I said: \Well I won't shirk— P11 take my trusty little ax, And do a real man's work.\ are serving in France. Both have leaves of absence from the Univer- sity. Captain James H. Bonner, pro- fessor of forestry, recently with the 619th Service Battalion of Engineers at Camp Devels, is on the inactive list, and has returned to the univer- sity. Great Falls Brick & Tile Co. OSHA/ FAL,\ MONTANA Manufweivrers •1 WONT. 1313111 , AND DARK 11A011 111110K, FIRE BRIOR, BUILDINO TILL HOLLOW BLOOMS, WIRE P20071250, DRAM TILE OM*, MN lit Notioaal Doak 11.111tig I
