Show TIIE GARLAND TIMES In the Desolate Land and Lone ' ' vl&0¥4tj Rt ( t env 2 x IH t4 t r f1 By 4rkf coxier fihototySnnnjMium ELMO SCOTT ago this a shocked the country aa had no other one since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln 1878 Gen On June 25 years occurred FIFTY-FIV- which George Armstrong Custer a dashing cavalry leader during the Civil war attacked a big village of Sioux Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians atrung along the banks of the Little Big Horn river In Montana W hen the- battle was over Custer lay dead and around him lay the bodies of 212 men and officers the entire personnel of five companies of his regiment the Sixth cavalry Several miles away six other companies were besieged by the Indiana on the bluffs overlooking the river and it is possible that only the timely arrival of the forces of Generals Terry and Gibbon two days later saved them from the fate which and had overtaken their commander their fellow troopers But It was not until July 4 1870 when Americans everywhere were engaged in a Joyous celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the nation that word of this disaster came like the proverbial bolt from the blue to stun the public with its ill tidings and to cast a pall of sorrow over the centennial festivities Logically the news of the tragedy should not have surprised the American public for by that time it should have become accustomed to the blunIn policy of our government dering its relation? with the Indians — a polof allowing Itself to become icy volved in unnecessary wars with the both the red man of underestimating desperation of his resolution not to submit tamely to w hite domination and the strength which he could asand semble to resist that domination of sending a totally Inadequate force of soldiers to subdue the hostiles after they had gone on the warpath Early In the history of the Republic we had learned a bitter lesson of the folly of sending an insufficient force Insufficient in both numbers and experience against confederated tribes when the expedition of hostiles Northagainst the Indiana of the Old west ended in SL Clair’s defeat the worst disaster suffered by a white unof the the since (lays man’s army fortunate Braddock But that lesson was forgotten until the series of failures during the experienced wars with the Semlnoles in Florida served to recall It And short of again our government was so when Gen Ilenry B Carmemory hold rington was sent to garrison and trail to the forts along a chain of Montana in the heart of the Sioux to his country It turned a denf ear was pleas for more men The result that Lieut Col W J Fetterman Phil Kearney marched out from Fort 1880 with one cold day In December 81 men and none of them came hack Massacre” or '‘Fetterman alive The Thil Kearney Massacre" — though the student of frontier word history if he recognizes the one “massacre” at all as the correct "Fort for this alTalr Is less Inclined to blame the warriors of the great Sioux chlpf offRed Cloud than the government reicials who ignored Carrington's quests — horrified the country for a short time but within ten years It had other had forgotten this Just as it Indian disasters so the time was ripe And for still another tragic chapter the hero of it was George Armstrong Custer the “Boy General” of Civil war days Several factors have entered into the tragedy of 55 years ago giving fame while greater such enduring One of them ones have been forgotten of the leadis the striking personality the "Beau er who died Army” the American Sabreur of the "Last of the Cavaliers” as he hasa been called by a recent biographer the hero of man of vivid personality a “success story” of the kind dearly had beloved by Americans Not only cavsuccessful he been an unusually war but his alry leader In the Civil Indian campaigns in Kansas and his had added to In the tradireputation and perpetuated this tion of “Custer luck” So when vicoutstanding Indian fighter fell adid It tim to the Indians at last and In such dramatic fashion it was only Intermountain Sally Sez Hews 1 Briefly Told by Busy Readers FREE Fl'N Lens gasoline used InuN PLANNED ' ' 7' 3 A22ZJ&2aZP UTAH WATER SUPPLY GOOD IDAHO FAMILIES GROW MAY HELP BIJND POOR vt(hu jHzm-jgourm- GARLAND natural perhaps that it an impression upon the should make mind public which more than half a century has not erased overtook Of the irony of fate which this dashing cavalryman Frazier Hunt the biographer previously referred to has said : "To the millions of plain Americans be is remembered not as a commander of a dashing and victorious division of cavalry that captured 10000 prisoners and 65 'battle (lags from a gallant and stubborn foe (during the Civil war) but as an Indian fighter who with a handful of eleven years later galloped troopers to a tragic death lie had fought Lee and Stonewall Jackson Jeb Stuart ‘the and gallant Pelham’— great and remembered soldiers — but it was the naked Sioux warriors of the plains who sent him to deathless fame The gods of battle have their own Inscrutable way of making heroes” If Custer needed the aid of others besides the gods of battle to help make him a hero he found them In the persons of the government officials who had forgotten Fetterman and his 81 men For In the last analfor what took responsibility ysis place on the Little Big Horn goes back to them Custer himself during a conwith General versation Carrington early in 1878 In regard to the prothe hostile posed campaign against and remarked Sioux that Cheyennes “It will take another Phil Kearney massacre to bring congress up to generous support of the army" Although from his experience on the plains he knew full well of the task that lay ahead of the army he little realized how true his prophecy was nor that he was to make the same sacrifice that Fetterman had made The general plan of the campaign was to have three army columns condirections upon verge from different the section in Wyoming and Montana where the hostiles had taken refuge after their refusal to stay on the reservations set aside by the government for them One under General Gibbon was to come eastward from western another under General Montana Crook was to advance northward from southern Nebraska and the third unGeneral to proceed was Terry der westward from Fort Abraham Lincoln In what is now North Dakota The principal trouble with this plan was that it didn't work It didn’t work because the combined three forces were not large enough for the task ahead the government of them even though it had thought might be large enough especially since the Indians of waiting for the three Instead to concentrate upon them armies made use of Some Napoleonic stratperhapg)( and by egy unconsciously operating “on interior lines" attacked two of the columns In severalty and In detail Then too defeated them didn’t work because in reality one department of the government was allied with the Indians Instead of with the For It was the inefficiency— army to he extremely charitable— of the Indian department which permitted the Indians to go Into the field much better armed than the soldiers of Crook and which aland Gibbon and Terry lowed tijose three to start upon their tf expeditions grossly underestimating the strength of the hostiles From the beginning the results of were the campaign unsatisfactory Gen J J Reynolds of Crook's command attacked the village of tta Sioux chief Crazy Horse on March a sharp engagement 17 and fought in which all the honors rested with the latter Three months later on June 17 Crazy Horse fought Crook’s force to a standstill at the battle of the Rosebud and halted his forward A short time progress indefinitely before this Terry and Gibbon successfully Joined forces on the Powder river and on June 17 Major Reno of which Custer’s Seventh cavalry formed the principal part of Terr a command went on a scout which took them within 40 miles of where Crook with was having his fierce battle Crazy Horse Terry and Gibbon were surprised at not finding any Indians They did not realize that the hostiles were busy elsewhere fighting the battle which paved the way for their victory on the Little Big Horn Then on June 22 Custer was sent To scout a trail that Reno had discovered and this led him to the banks of the Little Big Horn and hla Waterloo The story of that battle in Its main outlines is a familiar one — how Custer marching rapidly reached the Little Big Horn sooner than was expected how he discovered the great Indian village and not realizing the numerical strength of its warriors nor the fact that they were flushed with a feeling of victory over having stopped Crook how he decided to attack at once without waiting for Terry and Gibbon who were to be on hand for a battle if Custer found the Indians by June 26 and finally how' had the tactics which adopting brought him victory In other fighis with the Indians he made the fatal division of his command into three parts one led by Major Reno one by Major Benteen and the third by him- self Under the circumstances the result was almost a foregone conclusion Reno made his attack was met with a fierce resistance and outnumbered was driven back to the bluffs across the river Buffering heavy losses as he retreated Benteen following the route designated for him got into impossible country and gradually worked back toward the route taken by Reno so that he arrived In time to help that officer 'hold his own savages who against the whooping Meanwere swarming about him while Custer and his five companies not knowing that his plan of bottle had already been broken up rode on to bis death For the Indians having put Reno out of the fight concentrated on Custer and within a short time had done him and his men to death That story has been told and retold countless times Over it lias raged many a bitter controversy and around It has sprung up a great mass of tradition myth misinformation and Just plain “bunk” Useful Kindling will Pototo peeling driedjhoroughly light a fire Instead of wood being used BOISE IDA— The Idaho gaso line tax brought in about $20000 less in May this year than during May a year ago the niouthly nport of the director of motor fuels dls- clows HOlsh IDA — Families In Idaho increased from 100510 in 1920 to 108515 In lO'iO an increase of 84 cent Ier the United States census bureau reports Average size of families however decreased from 43 Persona to 41 persons a reduction of 40 per cent While the number of families Increased 84 per cent In the ten year period the net Increase in total population was but 32 per cent HELPER UT— A big community to be known as day celebration “Helper Day” sponsored by the civic clubs of the city Is being planned for June 25 The program will clude a basin baseball game water sports swimming games band concerts barbecue parade and a carnival street dance Everything la to be free and the program Is being arranged to afford the greatest pleasure to the ' hundreds of people expected as guests of the city MOAB UT— Mrs H Engmann sails this month for France where she will visit the grave of her son Charles who died from wounds celved on French battlefields BOISE IDA — Jackson lake reservoir on the upper Snake river b gaining in storage dally Water storage along the river is said to be ample although the two main reser of the Snake now hold lest (Voirs water than at this time last year SMITH FIELD UT— The city commission has called for a special election July 7th to vote on the $50000 waterworks bond issue to enlarge the water aystem OGDEN UT — Bids on the construction and improvement of 220 miles of highway on the Soda route near the borderhave been advertised by the United States bureau of public roads SALT LAKE CITY Lake County commissioners bare been advised by the County attorney that the state law passed by the last legislature empowering boards of county commissioners to levy a special tax for the benefit of indigent blind was discretionary and not mandatory OGDEN UT— H BJorngnnrd 30 of the local Ski club professional was killed in a collision of his motor cycle and an unknown auto FREEDOM WYO— Swiss cheese to the amount of seventy thousand pounds baa been forwarded from the recently installed cheese factory to Idaho Falls The cheese is te be marketed In California ROCK SPRINGS WYO— Wool southwestern Wyoming selling In is very alow with an estimated supply of three million fleeces on hand A brace In the market la hoped for in the near future Re SALT CITY LAKE celpts of the gasoline sales tax on motor fuel sold in April vehicle the tax being payable In May totalas compared with ed $19298082 $20485727 collected on gasoline in the same month of last year LAKE SALT CITY in the move to acquire 8000 more acres for Camp W G Williams summer home of the Utah National guard has been pledged by three of the Utah congressional delegation Sen R Smoot Con D B Colton and Con Loofbourow promised their best efforts in speeches before the soldiers In the encamp ment PROVO UT — riuns for holding eight camps during the summer period for the two thousand scouts of Timpanogos council are being rapid ly perfected and the first camp will be held shortly NEPHI UT— The city has en acted an ordinance requiring monthand approval of a ly inspection veternarian on all mllrb cows stables and equipment used iu or producing handling milk EPHRAIM UT— Additional cash baa been appropriated by the government for a continuation of the In Vestigation of the amount of water available for the proposed Lund tunnel east of the city BEAVER UT— The city council baa decreed that all dogs and cats are to wear muzzles for several week Any dog or cat seen outside of lta own premises without a muzzle la in danger of being shot The ordinance is designed to safeguard aa two calves against hydrophobia and a cow recently died from the disease IDAHO IDA— A con FALLS tract whereby southern Idaho canal compaalea will obtain from the 428000 acre feet government of stored ‘water in American Falls reservoir at an annual rate of $50000 ban been agreed upon at a meet log of the water officials EPIIRAIM UT— The work of graveling the stretch of the to Orangeville road for about 1 mites below the Great basin ex periment station Is underway and will continue for the balance of the month It doesn’t pay not rood unless it to lay down on the job is used The broom in v These Brands Are Intermountain Made And Deserve Your Support mmm® nHSDtBa Qi NEON LIGHTS Pboducts Cohvosaimn CLAUDE Euctwcal Salt Mala IMS Lk Cltf THOMAS ELECTRIC CO rUMPS— MOTORS— WATER BOUGHT— SOLD— REPAIRED - WEST 1x4 SOUTH BALT LAKE CITT UTAH Pioneer in Good Work Tha first school for Chinese girls was opened in 1825 in Singapore by an Englishwoman Experts aay it is impossible te estimate the cost of boring a hole in the earth five miles deep It might cost $10000000 or five times that amount and it might prove FOREST DALE POTATO CHIPS impossible no matter how much N Eqaal la Crlpaai aag QaaHtf money was spent on it Factory— Balt Lak THIS 47 Kuuinrtoa Cltr— TM Hr WEEK’S At 1741 Tar JUk PRIZE STORT your faith in the Drasrial hr n APEX OLIVE OIL AN INTERMOUNTAIN PRODUCT Demonstrate Intermountain Country by buying Berry Cups Crates Cherry Crates Intermountain made goods Inter SALT LAKE BOX CO dollars can buy more mountain 5th Woo Wu 170 t 111 goods if they are Intermountain Balt Lake Cltf Utah made Make it a habit to say "Intermountain Made” to your ReIt coats nothing to be loyal te the tailers and they will make it a producers and manufacturers of tha habit to aay the same to their Intermountain area and it pays big wholesalers After all "There’s No dividends Everytime a resident of Place Like Home” this territory purchases a comMRS UTHER JONES JR modity produced or manufactured Caliente Nevada in this area he makes a profitable Investment for then his money goes to aid in the development of tha Utah High School of district payroll taxes and supplies ThM FUor Clift Salt Uki City Ut If jraa a Partite Biuhh BLUE SEAL CLEANSER Fatara lamtleata Oar Flaa Writ Far Catalaeaa Wonderful Household Sanitary and Water Cleanlier Softener f I J SOLE GASOLINE Packed With Power When you buy a local product or to any home give your patronage institution or shop you are helping maintain a healthy condition in the commercial life in your community The same rule applies to products t the orchards and farms in tha Intermountain territory LIMB CO ARTIFICIAL Brseto Trunen Artificial Limb Crutch re Arch Support! Extenaion Shoe Elautle Hoiaery la Balt Lake In IMS Entabliahed rk Waa 4244 — Batiifactien Gearaatwd Hi W Third S I Balt Lake City UL ANTED l Naanaaf Arrato ta aatt Card ia 1M1 tkroack yaar Weal Plana far 1M1 Wine nada prlatar Brad in you naan far drtalls wkiefc will witkaat tko yaar a Uiaf tMubka take and Sclav you kad 1a Writ oaatera factories rapranttlur tf N U— P Box IMS Baft Laka City nil aw r nwr nl a Secret af Halting Bnrronn Sperry Drifted Snow Flour Tratrd Every DISTRIBUTORS "Z !TTfKvSaftLafcc ciianlwafcGo tmm ' ASK TOUR DEALER a “GRAINS OF GOLD” THE WHOLE WHEAT CEREAL "Makes Cream Taste Better” Western Mads For Western Trade Aak Yeur Cm nr If everyone would patronise home industry for all the require-- I menta of their business whenever practical to do so and would urge the folks at home to favor local products In their requirements for the family tables conditions of Intermountain would be industry greatly improved and all lines of business would benefit thereby' QC AA per week wiH be for the best article on "Why you n s o Intermountain hould made Goods” — Similar te Send your atory in above prose or verso to Intermountain Products Column JP O Box 1545 Salt Lake City If your atory appears in this column you will CtZ receive check for VV ?JeUU pid Vfo Af Boor The Utah Agriculture Experihas just mental Station Logan of bulletin completed publication No 226- (technical) on the subject The of Alfalfa Seed Production bulletin is written by J W Carlson and George Stuart and contains information and very valuable tables on alfalfa teed production Persons desiring a copy of this the Utah bulletin should write at State Collega Agricultural Logan for a copy While the decrease in employment and payrolls in ' establishments is due to the general depression in business the people of this territory could more than overcome it by being more loyal te tha A great products of this territory deal of responsibility in thin matter rests with our business and men professional Take Advantage of Summer Training Bible work whose of the Bible would be endless but we cite a few examples: Coleridge said "Intense study of the Bible will keep tny man from being vulgar in joint of style”' Daniel Webster said: “If there be anything in my style or thought to be commended the credit is due to my kind parents in instilling into my mind an early love of the Scriptures” A Scotch nurse taught Byron to love Melo tha Bible and his "Hebrew Authors A shows and the list of authors the influence dies” are drawn wholly from the Scriptures In Robert Bums' “The Cotter’s Saturday Night” there art) some 20 Biblical references— Star Washington Inferior Pillow Material is more brittli and kapok I but it kapok in this respect to cos compares ton It can be used for pillows but is not very satisfactory because it mats and has a disagree able odor Fluff of than qotton batting is not as warm as ' V A |