The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 20, 1921, Page 8

PAGE BIGHT REVIEWS TRIP OVER CUSTER’S BATTLEFIELD Anders, Who Was Born, F. LL. At Old Fort Lincoln, Visits Montana Fields COULD An interesting trip over the Custer i \ TRACE POSITION S| battlefield was taken by F..L. Anders, | Fargo engineer, who was in Bismarck yesterday. returning from a long auto- | mobile journey through the west. Mr. Anders is a student of the hist; of the Custer massacre, having a partic- ular interest in it because he was born in old Fort Abraham Lincoln, on the west bank of the river south of Mandan, in 1875 when General Cus- ter was in command of the post. This year also is the 50th anniversary of. the first survey of the Northern Pa- cific railipad line to the mouth of Glendive creek, and (Mr. Anders’ fa- ther was a member of the party. | Fully 15,000 people were on the pat: | Hleneiu of the Little Big ‘Horn June 25 when the massacre was reproduced, ‘Mr. Anders said. Thousands of Crow and northern Sheyenne Indians were present. He also was at the unveilling of the Custer monument. at Hardin, Mrs. Custer was represented by a cousin, Mr. Case, of St. Lisuis. There were 18 survivors of the Seventh cavalry who were with Reno, among! them being Peter Thompson, of Troop, D, who was presented with a congres- sional medal of honor for volunteer- ing to go ‘after water for the wound- ed, he himself being wounded. Follows Old Trail Mr. Anders spend four days follow- ing the trail of Custer’s men from the mouth of the Rosebud. He ended the tour on Custer's old camp ground. ‘’he speedometer on Mr, Anders’ car registered a mileage almost exactly ‘the same as that given in Gen. God- frey’s book on the battle. Mr. Anders also visited Reno's battlegiound.. \Markers have been placed on. spots where some of the heroes of the bat- tle are supposed to have fallen. They’ do not coincide in many instances with the spots named by General Gid- frey, Mr. Anders said, and pointed out as an instance that the Keough marker is about 900 feet from location assigned to the position where he fell. ‘There are no markers on the ridge as- signed by General Godfrey as the position of Smith’s troops, The main line of defense, from a military stand- Point, did not seem to have been oc- cupied, Mr. Andets said, except inso- far as Calhoun’s troop was concern- ed. All others seemed to have fallen 4nto positions in Tavines ‘or similar places that were similarly disadyant- ageous for proper’ defense, he said. The marker showing where Ser- geant Butler fell is about 600 feet trom the position - assigned as the place of his death by Godfrey. This also’ was true as regards the marker to Lieut. Hodgson. The marker show- ing the place of death of Charles Reynolds, the scout, is a five-inch pipe in an‘alfalfa field, he said. Can Trace Position Reno's position of defense can be easily traced, Mr. Anders said, by the trenches which still exist. It was the only place in the vicinity that could be selected for the purpose, taking in-. ta consideratiaun the fact that. the command .was a cavalry command, Mr, Anders said. One of the ques- tions arising from the battle is wheth- er or not Custer tried to ford a creek, he said, and added that there is no doubt but that the Godfrey account, given. by Indians, is correct, and that neither Cugter or his command was nearer the Ford than the ridge. Sergt. Butler, who was killed, was the only one wthin a half mile of it, And- ers said. Many absurd and unusual stories were heard about the famous Indian fight of 1876, Mr. Anders said, indicat- ing a lack of study. Great interest is felt by people in the, vicinity in the history of the battle, he added, NONPARTISANS WORK TO GET RECALL, CLAIM | BY ALBERT APPLE. |. Wall street now inclines to the be- lief that business revival, when it starts, will begin with heavy buying of equipment and supplies by the rail- roads. Herbert Hoover points out that “the railroads normally consume 20 per cent of all materials and employ, di- rectly or indirectly, 20° per cent of all labor in the United States.” That is a potential buying power big enough to put the whole country out of depression, Hence Wall Street considers it very important that the railroads lately are making a much better financial show- ing. Idle freight cars have been reduced to 373,791, says latest reports of Amer- ican Railway’ Association. Three month ago there were 507,274 idle cars. In the week ended June 25, latest reported, number of cars loaded witit revenue-producing. freight on all American railroads was. 775,061, against, 845,684 cars same week: 1919. Many railroad repair shops are be- ing re-opened. WEATHERVANES, “Last week was‘one of the most satisfactory weeks in meat trade for two years, despite’ the hot weather,” {says Armour & Co. This shows better public confidence in business situation. Butchers for ‘several months have been doing bad business, reflecting consumers’ economy. either by phone or personal interview, with men in, every township and yillage in the county and. hope for good final results.’ I will. be. very glad to have headquarters keep me posted as to how they. are responding and where the slack points are so | that I can go after ‘them. “As it now atands I think we have about 2200 names sent in and | believe that we will get at least 500 more which will not be-doing too badly.” Among the late reports at the state headquarters in one from near New England in ‘Hettinger county which gave O’Connor six votes; the recall Petitions got 32 signatures; a town- {Ship in Steele where O'Connor re- | ceived two votes has so far furnished eighteen names to the recall petitions and all the voters in the precinct have not been approached yet. A town- ship in Dunn county where O'Connor got less than half a dozen votes the ‘recall. petitions show 37 signatures. In more than nine hundred signatures recorded at: the headquarters last | Saturday no rural precinct showed | less signatures than the .number of ; Votes for O'Connor last fail. At the rate that signed petitions are being received at state headquar- ters daily it is believed that the | twenty thousand: signatures that were | reported on recall petitions that were Independent Headquarters Re-jheld back when the laws petitions ports That Many Are Car- rying Petitions ; were sent in will be in state head- | quarters before the end of this month This, together with the 45,081 signa- | tures that were sent in previously, makes a total of 65,000, over 900 were ‘Fargo, July 20.—Nonpartisans are | received in the mails yesterday. not only signing the recall petitions but in many localities they are work- | Hindoos regard an eclipse of the ing hard to get signers, according to | | moon as’ the act of a demon. reports from Independent field work- ers in various parts of the state, says an independent announcement. Wm. Schult, of Rolla, chairman of the county campaign committee, wrote the Independent. state head- quarters to the effect that “it seems that the whole Nonpartisan League are camping in Rplette county this: week.’ One kick is registered from the field and that deals with the slowness with which some of the local Inde- pendents went to work on the first | round-up of petitions, It seems, it was. said at the headquarters last night, that in some strong League districts the local workers. think it useless to get after signatures, being of the opinion that leaguers will not sign, In every instance where this The Italian poet, Dante, used to work as a drugstore clerk. TAFT BECOMES CHIEF JUSTICE. Here is William Howard Taft achieving his life ambition. Justice Hoehling of the District Supreme Court is administering. the aay of office to Taft as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. « This was in the office of Attorney General Daugherty, Washington. f WALL STREET EXPECTS ROADS TO START BOOM June pulling activity was 6 per cent}. less than May, in money figures, says ¥F. W. Dodge Co. reports. Total tonnage’ of American exports in May was 23 per cent greater than in May, 1913, with prices averaging 32. per cent higher. Auto business is 10 per cent more prosperous than any other industi claims Alfred Reeves, president, tional Automobile Chamber of Com merce, Cotton production promises to by smallest in quarter-century. eG} Textile manufacturers are running average of 60 to 70 per cent capacity, says Bradstreet’s. ‘s Postoffice receipts at 50. leading postoffices in June were nearly twicé as big as in June, 1913. Corn exports last week. 200 times as big as same week 1919, and more than 10 times as big as same week|, 1920. an aver Wholesale prices inyJune averaged pee ie an advance of about 1 per.'cent, says ‘len “have ~Th) Bradstreet’s, prices of 96 leading commodities. Duns, which keeps track of prices of | there: 327 articles, says condition prevails success has been | reported, however, when the start fin- ally was made, the announcement | says. “T believe that I have the county | well organized and working on the; petitions now. I have been in touch, Shoe Mending or Repairing Done by Joe Crewsky, Good sen- sible work at reasonable prices. JOE CREWSKY 109 Third Street. Phone 898 Across From Van Horn Hotel. Re which: keeps tab: on | pricks: utd bayin wholesale prices} prices; | <5 What cones gfipr the purchase pree? 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