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SANDERS COUNTY INDEPENDENT -LEDGER PIERRE WIBAUX AND ROOSEVELT FRIENDSHIP BEGAN WHEN TWO WERE MAN HUNTING IN MONTANA BORDvit Wibaux's Desire to Build Permanent Monument to His Achievements in hiastern Montana; How He Be- - membered His Lank Employes; Born in a Soft Place. When the shadows began to gather about Pierre Wibaux, the Montana cattle king, one of the ideas that possessed him was to impress his name on the country in which he had achieved so much success and which he had done so much to redeem from the wilderness. His success in this endeavor was even greater than he could have desired, for his name is written permanently on the map of Montana, in Wibaux county and the city of Wibaux, In Wibaux park, which he donated to Miles City and In the heroic statue of the cattle baron, which rests on an eminence west of the city of his building and which looks forever towards the France that he loved and whose lux- uries be surrendered in order that he might win a name and fame for himself in the wilds of Montana. In the bank of his founding at Wi- baux is also a statue of Wibaux. It stands in the lobby of the banking room, a little larger than life. This monument to himself was made dur- ing his lifetime and at his order. He explained its presen e by saying he had to be away from the bank a great deal of his time, and the statue might give his employes the idea that be was forever on guard, and would attend more strictly to his and their business. Remembered His Employee This plan evidently succeeded to his satisfaction, for when his will was opened, it was found that he had bequeathed to his employes a sub- stantial minority of shares in the in- stitution. To his bank manager he gave $10.000 worth of stock in the bank and an equal amount in cash. To the bank official immediately un- der the manager he bequeathed $6,000 in stock and $6,000 in cash. Every employe in the bank was re- membered down to the janitor, in proportion to his rank in the bank and his length of service. He re- warded his faithful retainers as no other rich man in Montana who has gone before him has ever done, and set an example that will be cordial- ly approved of by all subordinates in all of the banks of Montana. Wibaux, contrary to the general impression of him, was not a rough cattle man. He was born in a soft place on the shores of southern France, and from his parental home could look out on the Mediterranean sea at the pleasure craft of half the wealth of Europe. His people were manufacturers, and Pierre was edu- cated and trained to take over the great establishment when he arriv- ed at the age of discretion. To fin- ish his training and familiarize him- self with the English people, he was sent to England for a finishing year. There he met an adventurous young Britisher who filled his mind with fantastic tales of the great west of America, where adventure walked hand in hand with opportunity. He resolved to give up his prospects in France and come to this country. Roosevelt and Wibaux He traveled all over the west and finally stopped on the border of eastern Montana. He put a little money into cattle, tx._d made for him- self a rude habitation where the town that is named for him now stands. It was in the days of the cattle rustler, and the story goes that half of his cattle for th i first few years were stolen. The rustlers were so numerous and so well organized that they consti- tuted the greatest problem of the stockmen Wibaux's neighbors band- ed to r to hunt them down. One of thee ighbors was a young east- erner, who had a broad dental smile but who loved a fight better than anything else. He was always keen to ride into the rendezvous of the thieves and shoot it out with them. Afterwards his love of combat came into play in the Spanish-American war, in which he won laurels that made him president of the United States. This young man was Theo- dore Roosevelt, who was then a dude cowman of the western border. Wi- baux and Roosevelt became great friends. Wibaux acquired extensive land holdings on the border at a time when land was worth less 'ban $1 per acre. He left a vast estate to his only son, Pierre Wibaux, Jr. The young man went to France at the commence- ment of the war and tendered his services to the country of his father. When last heard from he bad won his captain's commission and had been twice decorated for bravery. If he lives the war through it is his intention to return to Montana and manage his interests. 1041•4141.•dhlb . ••••••••••••••••••• INTERESTING STORIES OF THE GREAT;WORLD WAR HOW JOHN D. RYAN, THE MONTANAN, WILL SPEED UP AIRPLANE CONSTRUCTION; PANIC IN THE RHINE CITIES; THE BIG DRAFT THAT IS COINING IN JULY; U. S. War Finances; 8,000,000 ALLIED SOLDIERS ON wnsr FRONT; AMERICAN TROOPS BEING RUSHED TO FRANCE; BUMPER WAR WHEAT CROP IN PROSPECT. The Airplane Situation Washington.—John D. Ryan, the distinguished Montanan who is now director general of the aircraft board, is not going in for publicity. In fact, it is indicated that he will dispense with the publicity department. His policy is to start in with the whole program just as it is, press the opera- tions at plants where the best work has been accomplished, drop out those which fail to achieve results, and then tell what has been done after actual accomplishments. The airplane situation makes of interest some features of aircraft con- struction in Europe: Thus far in the war the three allied nations—England, France and Italy—have been constructing 53 types of engines and 64 distinct types of planes. In Germany only five types of planes are being turned out. Ap- parently this policy in Germany is dictated by necessity for quantity pro- duction to keep pace with the output of the allies. There is no superiority with the enemy in the quality of planes. It is generally conceded that the French and British types of engines rank among the best that have been made. The phenomenal trip from London to Constantinople and back heinbeen made lay an Englishman through the use of a Rolls-Royce engine, admittedly the high mark of British motor construction. Doubtless it was the announcement of this well authenticated air flight that led Admiral Feary to state recently that transatlantic tripe by airplane were even now regarded as entirely feasible. While no official figures have been given out, it is learned on good authority that there is an ample supply of planes in the United States for training purposes at the camps. Breakdown of the airplane program as a whole has not interfered with furnishing of machines for American fliers at the front, who are getting them from the French. No men are now being trained here who cannot be readily and promptly supplied with flying machines on the other side. The types of planes now under construction by the United States gov- ernment include two for experimental work and three for regular use in military operations. With no increase now being made in personnel of either army or navy flyers, it is deducible that the number under training, together with those who have been graduated from the fields, fill up the program for some time ahead. In any event, both army and navy have ceased taking men in for these duties and assigning them to the training camps. German residents of the Rhine cities are said to be in a panic over stories of a monster airplane invasion of their country by the Americans. The report has reached that section that over 100,000 powerful machines, spilling death wherever they fly, are coming. The English have made it a rule to bomb 10 German towns for every undefended British town shelled by battleships or bombed from aircraft, as a measure of reprisal. The Rhine cities have been suffering in con- sequence, and every time the allied airships are sighted the Ormans take to the cellars with the cry, \the Americans are coming,\ equivalent to them that the end of the world is at hand. General Crowder on the Draft Washington.—Provost Marshal General Crowder told the house mili- tary affairs committee that drafting of 2,170,000 men for military service by July 1 as outlined Friday by Secretary Baker, will exhaust registrants of class one and will probably make heavy inroads on other classes. Call for men in classes two and three will be issued only when remaining 2,000,000 men in class one have been taken or rejected. It is expected that nearly one-third of these 2,000,000 are physically unfit. Next Loan Issue Not Until Winter Washington.—Chairman Simmons of the senate committee on finance says the Untted States is in a better financial condition by more than $6,- 000,000,000 than it was expected a year ago that it would be, and that an- other Liberty loan may not be necessary until next winter. He says tax re- turns may exceed advance estimates by $1,000,000,000, which is why it will not be necessary at this session of congress to begin preliminary considera- tion of legislation for higher tax collections. He estimates government's war expenditures in first fiscal year of war at $16,000,000,000, at least $6,000,000,000 lees than estimates of less than a year ago. Aircraft Expenditures Washington—Actual expenditures of signal corps for aircraft and aviation to date have been $200,000,000, leaving on deposit in the treasury balance of the $640,000,000 appropriated by congress, which, together with other sums appropriated, brings the total on deposit up to $691,000,000. The signal corps, however, has obligated the United States to pay much more than $691,000,000 and a deficiency appropriation of $400,000,000 is still pending. In addition, the army appropriation bill is expected to carry at least $1,000,000,000 for aircraft and aviation during the fiscal year beginning July 1. Schwab on Shipbuilding New York —Charles M. Schwab says the secret of his success in hand- ling big things may be summed up in the two words, \enthusiasm\ and \rivalry.\ He says the Pacific coast just now is making the best record in shipbuilding, \but I am looking forward to a spurt along the Delaware river that will carry that district to the front.\ Three Million Allies on West Front New York—The Times' military critic says the British ha ye at the front in France about 65 divisions of about 20,000 men each 'approxi- mately 1,800.000 men. The French have about 1,500,000. trength of the American force is unknown, but is sufficient to Dr' tjie divisional strength to 3,000,000 men. The total German divi onal strength in France is estimated at approximately 2,460,000 men. Enormous War Tax Revenues Washington.—Wide difference of opinion exists among tax experts of the treasury department and congress as to the amount that will be derived from war revenue taxes. It is certain that the yield will be $3,600,000,000. Senator Pomerene, Ohio, says it will be more than $64,000,000,000. Sena- tor Smoot, Utah, rated as the leading tax expert of congress, says $6,000,- 000,000. Uncle Sam's Super -Dreadnaught Washington.—The United States is building a battle cruiser with a speed of 35 knots, making her the fastest large ship in the world, and with 180,000 horsepower (also the largest In the world). Length over all is 874 feet and breadth 90 feet. She is equipped with 10 14 -inch guns, has a complement of 115 officers, 1,096 sailors and 64 marines. The total cost will be about $26,000,000. War Wheat Crop Will be Big Chicago.—Possible 650,000,000 bushels, the greatest winter wheat crop since the record -breaking yield of 1916, with a probable increase of 15 per cent in the acreage of spring wheat, is forecasted by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Present acreage in winter wheat is 20 per cent greater than at same time in 1917. The War Lord's Victims London.—Two hundred and sixty-five trains, full of wounded soldiers returning to Germany from the battlefronts in Picardy and Flanderd, says a Hague newspaper, were counted in the daytime during three days recently on the Namur -Liege railway. The Germans were even using open coal cars o carry wounded. The Best Paint in the World for Only 15c a Gallon Compare this price with that of lammed oil alone. That is what you get when you bey a SO -gallon barrel of the wooderful TAR CREOSOTE To, er•••••040 prewar,. wood •hore and helm. ground •gallnet the meagre Si weather, earth damp and lueeet• It prolongs the life of v.s , 15015 revt.. roar ebleglets, y••r building. Indefinitely and at the same time hi Is an Ideal prederIng rieh mahogany brown color Hint Mate. Tar ememete la used by 0000 yams who know, almut It. wonderfull efficiency 010 wood Dr...Ruralise. er• are now •hIpping It is half a deems taste. 0517 111.1* by the barrel (*5 00 Including bartal) er 65 egrets by the gallon Is II -gallon oasis. BILLINGS GAS COMPANY ELIOT WADSWORTH ON THE RED CROSS VICE CHAIRMAN \somnaviiman IN FRANCE.\ WRITES ILLUM- INATINGLY ON WORK Visited Many Children's Colonies Which Haws Been Helped by Or- ganization; Only 80,000 PeopleiTt Free Belgium; Arms and Legs for the Mutilated. General Eliot Wadsworth, vice chairman of the Red Cross, and Who is a brother of 0. F. Wadsworth, Jr., of Great Falls, is the author of the following private letter, written from \somewhere over there\ to H. P. Davison, chairman of the war com- mittee at Washington, and delivered by hand. It is given publication herein purely for the reason that it presents certain phases of Red Cross activities with an intimate and Per - sonal touch so generally completely lacking in official statements and reports: \Since writing to you about the trip with Jim Perkins, we have been on a wonderful trip through Belgium. Van Schalk and Bicknell came here, took Simmons, Lee and myself under Kliot Wadsworth their wing, and we started from Paris by motor for Le Havre. On the way we stopped at two big hos- pitals where they are re-establishing mutiles and also at two children's colonies; all of these organizations are being helped by the Red Cross. \At Le Havre we saw some work which is going on and in which we are helping financially. One particu- larly good work is the doing over of an old building known as the Salle Franklin, named after the original Ben. This is to be turned into a hospital and dispensary for children. \Havre is very much congested and apparently some kind of facility of this sort is much needed. The Red Cross is working it out jointly with the Belgian authorities. \We dined with nearly the entire Belgian government and were forced to expose our limousine French to a terrific extent. Visited Children's Colonies For the next five days we worked along the coast visiting many chil- dren's colonies, barracks and hospi- tals, all of which have been helped by the Red Cross. The relations of the commission, particularly of Van Schaick, who has been there steadily with the Belgian authorities, mili- tary and civilian, seem to be most cordial, and what we had done was greatly appreciated. Many of these organisations had about come to the end of their rope and if we had not come along, would undoubtedly have been forced to curtail or stop their activities. \All along the line we lunched or dined with various officials and had an opportunity to get their point of view. The thing that impressed me most was the courage with which the government was going on with its work, although practically exiled, and with only 60,000 people In free Bel- gittm. They have been wonderfully progressive and stuck to their knit- ting without a whimper. \The great hospital developed by Dr. Depage has a splendid organisa- tion. The very beet specialists in every line, particularly in the lines involving problems of the war, are working there. One of the special- ists has developed a scheme for mak- ing the most remarkably systematical legs and arms, the former particular- ly look as well as any leg which you could ask to see, or even could not ask to see. We Raw some of the men who were minus a leg at their various stages of instruction and develop- ment. until they were finally exhibit- ed running up and down the gymna- sium in their new masterpieces with. out a limp. It was bard te tell which leg they were most proud of. The same thing was true of arms and various apparatus to go on the end of the arm, with universal joints, cogs, vinee, etc., which enabled them ti7 do almost anything they wanted to The magnetic X-rays and other &Mena for extracting foreign sub- stances from the brain were also very remarkable. There are some people at home to whom I am sure this particular department could be of great benefit. Reception by Children \On the whole, however, the col- onies which are taking care of some 12,000 children gave me the greatest pleasure. I must tell you one of thews Incidents about which you will be glad to hear. We went into one colony of some three hundred boys. They were all lined up at their desks end stood at attention when the party arrived, with a very Whelity organ as accompaniment. They then proceeded to sing their own na- tional anthem and then \John Brown's Body.\ As they were an Walloons and spoke Flemish, the ac- cent of the American words was 'very unique. We shook hands with 'those in the front row and that meant shaking hands with them all. One boy of about thirteen spoke quite good English. We had been asking many of them where they came from but when we asked him, he rather sheepishly said that he could not re- member. His history seems to stop at the beginning of the war when his father and mother were both kill- ed and he Wandered off with the other refugees, joined the British troops and lived with them in the trenches and in their billets for more than two years before the Belgian committee got hold of him and gave him care and schooling. Many of the boys had been wounded by shell fire. Wanted Suit for Brother \At another school, half boys and half girls, we were ushered into a large room where the colony was lined up in military order, the girls on one side and the boys on the other. They ranged from about four years to ten. It was entirely unexpected, but we were solemnly taken between the rows to the end of the room, and then the children, without accompaniment, sang first the \Star Spangled Ban- ner,\ in English, then the Belgian na- tional air, and then \America.\ Ma- dame de Wiart, the chairman of the committee, who is running all these colonies, then brought in great bun- dles of boys' suits just arrived, navy blue Norfolk jacket suits, which the Red Crow had purchased, and told the boys that they were each to have a suit. Their enthusiasm knew no bounds and again it was necessary to shake hands with them all. They were all dressed in black cotton gowns with white collars and, as Ma- dame de Wiart said, they looked very neat on the outside, but as they were frequently very short of suitable gar- ments to go inside, it was not well to look too deeply into their costume In the front row of the girls' side at the end nearest us, there was a girl of about five, with light hair, blue eyes and very fat cheeks, look- ing the picture of health and con- tentment. We were all pretty well bowled out by the whole perform- ance and feeling very sheepish. One' of the party had sense enough to pick this particular girl up and put her on his shoulder, thereby breaking the ice and making friends. After that a great many had to be lifted up in the same way. This particular little girl was much interested in the snits which were given to the boys and tak- ing her courage in both hands, she reached up for Madame de Wiart's hand, pulled her down so that Bite could whisper to h. ,- and explained to her that only one of her brothers was in this school and therefore was receiving a suit, but that she had another brother whose whereabouts she did not know, and she was very anxious that he should receive a suit too. She wondered if the American gentleman would be willing to see that he got a suit. Exercise Replaces Fuel \I wish you could have seen the picture. We left them all playing games, singing and dancing round in a big circle out in front of the cha- teau, just at dusk before their sup- per. Madame de Wiart explained that a little systematic exercise was necessary to take the place of coal. \Of course, the party all said that I ought to make a speech, but It was not a great success under the cir- cumstances. Incidentally we went over to the old barn and inspected a very handsome cow, also given by the Red Cross and now providing some twenty quarts of milk a day for 150 youngsters. This is pieced out by condensed milk for the older children. Our party were exceeding- ly disagreeable in suggesting that the speech I had made would be much more intelligible to the cow than it was to the original audience and tried to insist that it be repeated. • If you ever hear remarks, therefore, of my making a speech to a oow, just discount them. \The whole thing looked awfully good and no one who has helped the Red Cross at home could fail to have a thrill of satisfaction if they could see what was being done. It seems almost sure that as time goes on these institutions, already pressed for funds, will have to fall back more and more upon America to go on. There can be no possibility of the American people falling to meet this need. 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