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MEETS DEATH ONTRIP(Continued from Page 1)Mt.was puttthe Helena the Algeriafore her marriage, Miss Irma Beau-pre.Ninety-first Division*During the fall of 1917, WillStrong left Helena to enter the third officers* training camp at The Presidio, Cal. He was successful and was commissioned a first lieutenant of infantry. He was transferred to Camp Lewis and made range officer there, having charge of the rifle range of the big cantonment following his close study of rifle fire while a member and officer of the Helena Rifle club. When the 91st division moved to the Atlantic coast Captain Strong went along as the regimental supply officer for the 363rd infantry. With that organization he fought in the Meuse and Argonne battles and also in Belgium. While in active service he was promoted to the rank of captain because of his ability to bring supplies to his men under fire and was cited in general orders for# his ability. Later when one of the companies of his regiment advanced under fire he went along and took charge of the company after all of the other officers of the command had been shot down. For that act he was decorated by the Belgian government with the Belgian Croix Ijde Guerre. He returned to Helena;Jlast summer and prior to agoing on I, the recent trip had started in business with William Swendenian.An Active Life.Captain Strong was born in New York state and came to Helena when a small boy. He first gained prominence as a member of the famous championship football team of the Helena High school in 1899 and 1900. He later was employed as a reporter on The Independent and left the newspaper to enter the Union bank here.He organized a brick manufacturing plant on a site north of the St. Charles college. That plant sold and he reorganized and the old Capital Brewing company on a firm foundation. He sold his interest in that company to the Kessler Brewing company and was employed in the state land office. He left the land office to join the colors.He was a member of lodge of Elks and of Shrine, organizer, promoter and secretary of the Helena Rifle club for years. He bad friends in every wa ik of life and was keenly interested in all outdoor activities, especially hunting and fishipg.Was Out Ten Days.With his companions, Mr. Strong left Helena about 10 days ago to hunt on the south fork of the Flathead river, southeast of Swan lake, and in the roughest country, and about which less is known than anywother part of the state. They planned to go to Drummond, stage to Ovando and from there outfit withpack trains and go in about 35 miles. Hunters who returned yesterday brought back word that the party had gone further into themountains than they had planned at first.Lonesome Country.The country in which they werehunting is inhabited only by forest rangers and it was difficult to get word into the hunting party. Dr. J. H. Owen of Helena was the first to receive news of the death of Captain Strong. He received a telephone message from H. L. Hart from Kalispell, which had been relayed from the interior via Swan lake. o\er several forestry and rural telephone lines, and later attempts toget information were not much better.Archie Beaupre of the Senate Hard parlor, brother-in-law of Strong, made every effort to in touch with the hunting party, the only information was that party will go to Ovando today asked for Mr. Beaupre to bring a casket and also the coroner of Powell county, in the extreme northern part of which they were hunting.Dr. Owens and Mr. Beaupre left early this morning in an automobile for Ovando, where they expect to arrive at noon today and bring in the body. It will be necessary to bring it on pack horses for much of the trip to Ovando.Popular Resident.W. R. Strong, known throughout the country as Bill,” was among themost popular of Helena men. When news of his death reached Helena last evening it was repeated by friends throughout the city and hundreds expressed their regret and were shocked to learn of his death.No arrangements have been made for the funeral. The body will arrive this evening, it is expected, from Ovando and shipped over theday received $4,22: m a lump sum settlement from the State Industrial Accident board for th e accidental death of her husband, who fell to his death in an ore chute at the Gloster mine, about two weeks ago.Allowance was also made for burial expenses of Mr. Richards.Mrs. Richards is an exceptionally vvell preserved woman of 65 years, despite the sorrows she has endured during her married life. Her first husband, John Trevethan, whom shemarried in 1872, was accidentally killed in the Amador mine at Amador City, Calif., in July of the year, three mouths after the wedding.tlhtatePfhDied at Did Richard*.hItI1]His death was due to falling down an ore chute, under circumstances almost identical with the death of Harry Richards at Marysville. She remained a widow for two years and then married James J. Thomas, who eleven years afterward, was killed by a premature blast in the Keystone mine in California.In 1908 she married Harryerds. By her second husband. James Thomas, Mrs. Richards had two sons, one being killed in the Gilmore mine in Idaho The other lives I ......- ~ ■ -■-==tn1fcntcRjcli-*trIsfbil-Mr.getbuttheandfA splendid and most gratifying start was made yesterday by the men and women teams, both in Helena and in other parts of Lewis and Clark county, in gathering small individual subscriptions for the national memorial to Theodore Roosevelt, former president of the United States, and in his earlier years a cattleman on the ranges of easternti111Montana.County the fine the team response portunityChairman Goza said that enthusiasm manifested by members, and the ready of those to whom the opto subscribe has thus farbeen offered, is assurance this earlyIrrigation MeACalled forMontanaquestion of Davis writesGovernor Stewart has agreed to appoint delegates to a meeting called by Governor D. \V. Davis of Idaho to be held at Salt Lake City November 21-22 for the purpose of arranging for a united front on theirrigation. Governor that the pressure for irrigated land in Idaho is four times greater than at any time in the history of the state and lie attributes this to the high prices of land in the east, together with the fact that farmers are coming to believe that only in irrigation can they remove to a great extent the risk in-Northern Pacific from Drummond or Garrison.Although no details were received it is the belief of friends that Mr. Strong was shot by some hunter who mistook him for game. He was and old and experienced hunter, used to the woods, and expert with firearms. Since the elk season opened hundreds of men have gone into the mountains with high power rifles, many* of them with little experience.Hunters of Helena have generally worn red handkerchiefs or red shirts on trips this fall because of the number of others out. and one merchant reported that lie sold during the last two weeks every red handkerchief, cap and vest in his stock to hunters.“Like a Paved Road”Elliston to HelenaSoren Nelson of Butte, formerly first lieutenant and instructor of musketry at Camp Perry, Ohio, and instructor inthe officers* school there, motored to Helena yesterday from Missoula while on a trip about the state placing local agents for hit machines. He made the run from Missoula to Helena in good time, lie said, “The roads from Klliston to Helena are splendid and driving over them is like going over a paved road.” He was accompanied by A. 1*\ Chase of Minneapolis. Mr. Nelson is at tiie Placer.RED TARRED.By Associated Press. %Hamilton, O., Oct. 20.—Followinghis experience early yesterday ofbeing chloroformed, taken to awoods* north of the city and theretarred and feathered, John E. Steiger, local socialist leader, today received a letter advising him to leave the city within 10 days, on pain of being more severely treated. Steigeris suffering from nervous shock.
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Helena Independent
Helena, Montana, US
Tue, Oct 21, 1919
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