The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 16, 1931, Page 2

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1981 4 Hatfields and M’Coys, FAMOUS FAMILIES DISAGREE ONLY ON | Former Feudists Are Friends Now | : \ Open Hennepin Canal For Northwest Grain Minneapolis, June 16.—(?)—Imme- diate opening of the Hennepin canal to the northwest grain trade was an- nounced here Monday night by A. ©. Wiprud, general counsel of the Upper in N. D. Towns (By The Associated Press) Fessenden — Arrangements have been made for the handling of the Feudists of Generations Ago, Now Friends | SHE'SAN OLYMPIC THREAT (oe : News of Interest || istssm, samen, 1° ieee | the opening sermon. | | Fessenden—L. N. Torson, Rugby, was principal speaker at a meeting of the new Progressive party harm. An outline of the platform and or- ganization of the Progressive party of North Dakota was given. Similar Mississippi River and Barge Line | company. Mr. Wiprud made the announce- ment after a telephone conversation with Colonel George C. Lambert at Peoria, Ill. Colonel Lambert, chair- man of the Upper Mississippi River commission, conferred earlier in the day with Patrick J. Hurley, sevretary PROHIBITION NOW Back in 1895 Bill M’Coy Took| - His Bride, Pretty Mary, | From Hatfields 1931 wool clip of the county through the Wells County Wool Growers as- sociation. Loading points designated an Hurdsfield, Harvey, and Fessen- len. Washburn—Rev. G. J. Gels, Myitkyina, Burma, will be prin- | meetings will be held at New Rock- ford, Casselton, Hillsboro, Steele and in Rolette and Nelson counties. gan ere ee | At the Movies PARAMOUNT THEATRE NEIGHBORS IN WASHINGTON | Moved From Kentucky to West- ern State Seeking New Lands and Not Peace i Mossy Rock, Wash., June 16.—Here | in this little valley, surrounded by cloud-capped peaks and far from the rumble of commerce, live the last sur- vivors of the strange western migra- | tion of the fighting Hatfields and the , battling McCoys. H Shortly after the turn of the pres- ent century, a group of the feudists, | weary of the fighting that had kept | West Virginia and Kentucky in a tur- | moil for several generations, quietly slipped away and found a new home in the west. Strangely enough, mem- bers of both families came here, but they never resumed their warfare. | Two men still live in the valley Ben (Dan) Hatfield at one end and Bill McCoy at the other. They live! in peace and plenty, but although they are on good terms there is no! great depth of friendship between | them. The men folks among the Hat- fields and the McCoys are funny that | way, even the descendants of the earl- : ier generations. * OK Hatfield and McCoy agree on mast | things, but ihey split on the burning | issue of the day—prohibition. | “I'm a Temperance Hatfield, and | don’t drink,’ Ben says. McCoy admits to taking a little nip now and then to warm his bones =~ <<, PEACEFUL NEIGHBORS “TODAY — THEIR ONLY CLASH 1S OVER. PROHIBITION — | Point. of war, at Peoria, and told Mr. Wip- rud that the secretary had author- ized Colonel Lambert to announce the Hennepin canal would be opened im- mediately to traffic. The canal joins the Mississippi near Davenport and the Illinois river near La Salle, Ill. Opening of the Hennepin route means grain for domestic trace can be shipped by water from the north- west. Thief River Falls to Be Host to Lutherans Thief River Falls, Minn., June 16.— (®)—Lutherans will meet here June 28 for the Northwest Lutheran as- sembly. Congregations of the Thief River Falls circuit will omit services for the day to take part in the forencon joint service which will be held at Squaw Dr. T. F. Gullixcon, Minneapolis, president of Luther Theological sem- inary, St. Paul, Minn., will speak at both the open-air service at 11 a. m. and in the afternoon. Special music by @ male chorus is scheduled for both sessions. The local committee in charge of arrangements consists of Rev. R. M. Fjelstad, chairman; Dr. O. F. Mellby, Dr. A. C. Jacobson, Mr. Martin Erick- eon, and Mr. A. J. Oden. 5 Morton Named for Indiana Governor Editor's Note: The following is This is Florence Chadwick, 12 years old, been swimming only one year, She hopes to participate in the 1932 Olympic games at L Associated Press Photo of San Diego, Cal. She but she has won veral medals. 08 Angeli vention of the German Baptist church when it opens here Wed- nesday. It will continue through June 21. annual election. Heaton—A 10th Homemakers club in Wells county was organ- ized here. Mrs. George Smith was elected president; Mrs. Frank Rypka, vice president; and Mrs. T. Nichols, secretary-treasurer. class scheduled to be held here 26 to July 2. Rev. C. B. Yivis: Moorhead, study. will Alamo—The Williston circuit of the Norwegian Lutheran Considler your ones cipal speaker at the district con- | Napoleon—Miss Margaret Hartnett was reelected president of the Amer- fean Legion Auxiliary here at the Red Willow Lake—Rev. H. A.) Lunde was here attending a meeting for the purpose of making final ar- rangements for the Lutheran Bible 7 " ste e| Edwards, Roscoe er,| Short, George Cooper, George F. dean of religion, Concordia college, conduct the Bible Joan Crawford and Harry Beau- | mont were associated in the | of motion pictures for the fourth time | When “Laughing 6Ginners” was | Screened at the Metro-Goldwyn- | Mayer studio under Beaumont’s di- rection and with Joan in the starring role. The star first played under Beau- | mont’s guidance in “Our Dancing Daughters” and followed this with “Our Blushing Brides” and the recent “Dance, Fools, Dance.” The new Crawford film which is playing at the | Paramount theatre is an adaption of | the Kenyon Nicholson stage hit, “The Torch Song.” Neil Hamilton and Clark Gable share leading man honors in the new Crawford film and the cast includes Marjorie Rambeau, Guy Kibbee, Cliff Karns, de Marion and Bert Woodruff. A ship -ecently docked at New Or- leans with 4,270 tons of sunflower seed oil, used in making food prod- ucts and soap, from the Ukraine. TE Don’t Rasp Your Throat Above is old Bill McCoy with his Below, Ben Hatfield little grandson, Willie, on his knee. one of a series of articles dealing with his dog, Cricket, and observes, out of his experience— with the history of North Dakota “In the old days, they used to make moonshine out of corn. Nowad: they make likker out of sugar, it is not near so good.” * * * Why did these members of the|of ‘ great fighting families move west- ward, just when the war between their clans was drawing to a close? “The folks got tired of all the fight- ing and carrying on,” says Ben Hat- field, known as Dan to many. “Out here we found a good living and not all that ruction. So here we came, and here we are.” But Bill McCoy, 20 years senior to Hatfield, disagrees. Be nd | husband, three daughte: Laura. Mitchell died last year at the ripe old age of 83. He lived in Ken- tucky height. “Devil Anse." when the fet Hatfield, 82 years old. Nearby, in a grassy country cemetery, sleeps her Mitchell Hatfield, brother surrounded by his Nellie, Zee, and ud was at its They ali came out here when Peace was ceciared and the families have numerous descendants scattered over this region. “One thing is certain—no Hatfield “Hatfield is all wrong,” he declares. | one,” says Hatfield. “There ¥ ever came war was 01 “wanted new land, that’s all. My pap- py had told me about Washington when I was a boy, and here I am. If they had needed me back there, I wouldn't have come. No, sir, no Me- Coy or Hafield, either, ever ran from a fight! looking for peace. The | Bill McCoy's marriage was the talk of all Kentucky in 1895, Page from Shakespeare's tender “Romeo and Juliet,” he took his bride, pretty Mary, from the Hatfields. “A few years before that, when Jonse Hatfield ran off with a McCoy girl, there was the dickens to pay,” Bill McCoy iaughs. “But that was when the feud was hot. When Mary and I slipped off and got married, everything was rosy. Nobody cared then.” Theirs has been a fruitful union. Five strong sons were born, now scat- | remonstrat tered throughout the west. Mary Hatfield-McCoy, a grandmother now, is visiting r<latives this summer, and old Bill is lonesome. “I surely miss the old lady,” he says. “A man couldn't have had a finer wife. Why not? The Hatfields and the McCoys both are the finest fam- game of and McCo' that the one who plays Hatfield al- ways wins, SS no McCoy or Hatfield|don't fight that ws McCoy feud was back there and we/dirty gang wars in Chicago. “Back in Kentucky and in Virginia some of the young ones still fight a little when they get likkered up—but out here, shucks, we've for- gotten it all.” * x ever took » McCoy for ‘a ride,” nor did a McCoy ever take a Hatfield for “The old folks y; the Hatfield- | nothing like the West Pa Though Len Hatfield and Bill Mc- xk ke | Coy live in peace, stories of the fam- Instead of playing ber,” as city boys do, they r own called “Hatfield |¢ffect upon the general freedom of. . and you can be sure academic teaching and investiyation.tef the two banks were more or less “I wish I'd lived ous fights of their relatives are high- For, like a| ly interesting to Herman Hatfield, 11, and his 10-year-old brother, Harry. “Cop and Rob- have a when Hatfields really shot McCoys,” Harry says wist- | fully. “Shush now, son, quit talking that foolishness,” gentle Ben, their father, “It's not nice.” Urges Expansion of Veterans Hospital Fargo, N. D., June 16.—(a very apparent conditions “The rerulting ilies in the south. I've told my boys, | from crowding” make additional con- and I'll tell my grandson, Willie, | struction at the United States Veter- When he grows up. that he couldn't /ans’ hospital here advisable at once be luckier than to get him a Hatfield for a wife.” xe * ' The start of the famous feud is an- | other point of difference between these two men. Ben Hatfield holds to the classical, accepted theory that the great family conflict, which caused the deaths of more than 100 Persons, was started in an argument over a hog. “All Hatfield knows about it is what he read in books,” McCoy laughs. “He was jusy a 20y when he came west. I ‘Was @ grown man. The real start of the whole trouble was over elections. ‘What finally stopped it was the gov- ernors of the two states. It was mighty hot toward the end, too.” McCoy vaises hogs. He is a grand- nephew of the great McCoy leader, Randall McCoy, a fierce daredevil who delighted in shooting as many Hatfields as he could. *“* & Ben Hatfield is a great-grand- nephew of the fiercest, “‘fightingest” Hatfield of them all, old “Devil Anse” Hatfield—a kindly, bearded patriarch, but a very devil when it came to war- Ting on the McCoys. Ben has a gar- den, a pretty wife, two small sons, and some cattle. Between the two, near the Mossy Rock postoffice, lives old Aunt Sarah STICKERS Try, in the simplest way, moving the FUNG A algal sally pay mond they form a square, that adds the tame in all directions. is the word of Dr. E. A. Rose, medical supervisor of the United States Veter- ans’ bureau, who has completed a four-day inspection of the Farro unit Dr. Rose will report Griffith, medical director of the Vet- — = to Dr. W. erans’ bureau at Washington that a $75,000 administration building will be one form of relief, making possible about 30 additional beds in the hos- pital unit proper. This is the word given out by T. C. Hoverson, adminis- trator in charge of the Fargo Veter- ans’ bureau office. It was also understood Dr. Rose} might suggest construction of a 150- bed hospital unit to alleviate the crowded condition. Minnesotans Protest | Professor’s Dismissal Minneapolis, June 16.—()—Thirty- four faculty members of the Univer- sity of Minnesota have protested to the president and trustees of Ohio State university against their dis- missal of Dr. Herbert A. Miller, pro-| tessor of sociology. | In a letter addressed to the presi-{ dent and board of trustees, the Min- nesota educators urged reconsidera- | tion of Dr. Miller's case “with a view| to reinstating him at an early date.” | The Minnesota educators declared} the professor's dismissal has a serious} City to Advertise | For Bids on Truck) | i Decision to purchase a small coupe | or light delivery type truck for use by the city street department was made by the board of city commis- Sioners at their regular weekly meet- ing Monday night. | ied will advertise for bids this | week. The decision was made after Street Commissioner H. E. Spohn told the board that the car now in use was badly in need of repair and that the cost of putting it in working order vould exceed $100. | The board voted to pay Roy Riggs $8.75 for damages incurred when his | car ran ov2r an open manhole dam- | aging a ttre and wheel. »| known throughout the country for its [the Farmers State Bank of Co:umbus, counties. (By The Associated Press) Morton county—One of the largest counties in the state, Morton county was named in honor of Oliver P. Mor- ton, famous war governor of Indian: Agriculture and dairying are the principal industries. The Northern Great Plains Field station is located at Mandan, the county seat, and is operated by the United States de- partment of agriculture. It is well work in arboriculture, horticulture stock raising and agriculture. Coal is plentiful while brick and pottery clay has been developed in the county. Security State Bank Of Noonan Is Closed Gilbert Semingson, state bank ex- aminer, Tuesday announced that the Security State Bank of Noonan has been closed because of depleted re- serve. Closing of the Security State bank resulted from the previous closing of Semingson said, because stockholders interwoven. ‘The Security State bank had cap-) ital of $25,000; surplus of $7,000 and deposits of $132,000, Semingson stated. Former Bismarck Man Accepts Position Here A G. White, formerly of Bismarck, and secretary of the Lahr Motor Sales company for the last 15 years, has re- turned to the city to become asso- ciated with the Sandin-Wilde Motor company. White will act as credit manager and general office manager. With the assistance of the Federal Farm board, peanut growers of the southeastern states are endeavoring to establish a national marketing as- sociation. States interested in the Routine business occupied the board movement produce 80 per cent of the during the remainder of the session. | U. 8. crop. I MACE He REMAWK Har WE'D SEEN How cow MOST ENERTHING BoT EAT - Ano MRS KNIGHT SAID, Bows DBO WELL ,You CAN GO OVER ANDO EAT with THem ANO Too SEE THAT, Tin ne ee ae ae LC MAAS ~ IWANTED PARTICULARLY “To SEE THIS. IM GOING To Werte UFE AND TI want is To SEE ALL OF IT @ 1 CAN, IN: MY "WO WEEKS VACATION. | OUT OUR WAY By Williams MT itr eevee CD MAMI, MM Mite gts ites A Boor’ ON CowBoY TRwillams, ory With Harsh Irritants “Reach for a LUCKY instead” What is the effect of irritation upon the throat? Here are the exact words of a noted au- thority retained by usto study this question. He writes — “First, the vocal chords, on ac- count of their delicacy of struc- ture,would be the first tissuesto give indication of irritation, evidenced by the huskiness of the smoker’s voice, the result of relaxed tension and slower vibration of the vocal chords. The next site of irritation would be the tissues adjacent to the vocal chords compris ing the larynx, therefore the general focal point of the irri- tation would be in the voice box represented externally by the Adam’s Apple.” So= Consider Apple. Be cgreful in your Mlrisstnssesinechastonen your throat with harsh irri- tants. Reach for a LUCKY instead. your Adam's ¥ Including the use of Ultra Violet Rays Sunshine Mellows— Heat Purifies Your Throat Protection —against irritation= gcinst cough