Marshal Foch Granted Crow Chief Status in Indian Ceremony
Marshal Ferdin Foch received the Crow honor of Ah Way Ko Ta Ba Che Chis meaning chief of chiefs at a ceremony near Billings. Chief Plenty Cops led the induction with regalia and gifts as Foch viewed the Little Bighorn site and toured Hardin Huntley and Billings amid audience remarks by local officials and Legion leaders.
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Ferdinand Foch
Billings
Plenty Cops
Custer
Foch
The
Little Big Horn
Plenty Coos
Bonnet
Crow Agency
Edwin G. Booth
Department of the Interior
Nelson B. Story
Plenty
Hardin and
Huntley
Marshal Foch
Hanford MacNider
American Legion
William V. Beers
Reasons to Loaf and Fish as Cold Season Sets In
The Helena Record Herald notes a half year closed season on game fish from December 1 to May 28. Fishermen may face limits on trout grayling Dolly Varden Loch Leven whitefish, causing concern about catching native species or unintended species mix. The piece blends humor with protest, lamenting the restriction while imagining idle fishing and poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly Varden
Loch Leven
Fortune Favors a Montana Ranch Dream by Tex Hayes Heiress
Mrs John A Gould heiress to half a million dollars prefers life on a Montana ranch near Billings to luxury. She recalls family ranching legacy from Texas to Montana and says she will buy a Billings area ranch with the inheritance. She and her husband Jack Gould, married in 1920, have traveled the West ranching and rodeoing, keeping notebooks and trophies from rodeos and the Roosevelt era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Gould
Billings Country
Montana
Tex Hayes
Billings
Gould
Grandfather Hayes
Fort Worth
Alice Hayes
Europe
United States
Scotland
Jack
Argonne
Whittlesey
Western States
Pendleton
Ore
Calgary
Alberta
Cheyenne
Wyo
Miles City
Mont
Texas
Flathead Reservation
Theodore Roosevelt
Yellowstone Park
Jack Gould
Sunshine Division
California
New York
Recalled Montana days of Silver Bow profiteering and vigilantes
John Collins recounts Silver Bow in 1864 where flour sold for high prices. Miners violently warned a profiteering merchant, took goods at 25 percent price, and left collars on debtors. He describes stagecoaches, Virginia City supplies, and encounters with Nez Perces bands and a hanging by Vigilantes.
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Iowa
Ben Franklin
Saturday Evening Post
John Lindsay
Butte
Burlington
Bob Burdette
Marcus Daly
Montana
John §. Collins
Plains
Silver Bow
Collins
New York Tenants’ Association
Dorgan
Virginia City
Helena
Missouri
Omaha
Johnny Grant
Deer Lodge
Pipestone Range
Rocky Mountain
Virginia
Dr. Day
United States
Day
Fort Owen
Butte Pledges 50000 Monthly to Aid Needy
Butte mobilizes relief through a $50 000 monthly fund raised by residents and led by Daly of Anaconda. The effort gathers $24 000 monthly from individuals, plus $25 000 from the Anaconda company and $36 000 total from mining firms. Nine sub committees coordinate fuel groceries wearing apparel sickness employment housing accounts and investigation to ensure every family receives aid.
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Butte
John D. Ryan
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Ryan
Butte Relief Association
Generous Hearted
W. A. Clark
Anaconda Company
William B. Daly
Relief Association
Billy’ Daly
Daly
Silver Bow County
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Crow Indian Reservation
Custer Battlefield
Jimandy
Helena Record- Herald
Breakfast Brownies
Knight of the
Pasco
Washington
Breakfast Brownies Company
Minneapelis, Onal and
Fortune
John Collins
Miners’ Justice
Brown's Creek
Joseph
Hudson’s Bay Company
America
Daly Is
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