Show I Will Box V Pv Where here I Redskins Fought Natural Arena for Gibbons Dempsey Bout Scene of Indian Warfare Oil Drillers I Who Replaced Starved Home Home- Homesteaders Homesteaders Homesteaders 1 Build Modern Town r rn n ny fly M u f PITI Special 8 I Correspondent t of ot I TIle The SIAn r l Copyright 1921 1 3 I GREAT PALLS Mint Ment Mav 5 When Then Jack Demp Dempsey y the heo eb ch defends his title against Tom 01 UI boi hon on Joly 4 at Shelby No Mo Moi lOt lOi 1 00 lle ic north I of oC this thie thi place 1 e will not nt only fight for the first tint time In e a p tre tre willbe created by nature but ho wIll be engaged In battle on the ery ry In April the I braes braHs oC o the tho t and the th houx tribes met In lu one on of ot the last lut I tribal wars In fering I grim trim death In a hand to I struggle with ith tomahawks and es es Montana promoters of ot the Demp- Demp Gibbons sei-Gibbons Dempe e bout have hav chosen cho cn thIs historIc spot not tor for tho tl o gory sc scene ne It recalls but because Its contour fits admirably Into tho the ar at ar- ar architect s plan for tor an arena that can an bo be cheaply built The plan of or the building have hav been so as to accommodate p In the tho bowl boyl to bo be ere ended but the tho Shelby helby has a 0 population ot of theatre Is such that thousands will III ill be bo cart cared for tor on the tl sloping ground that surround i the lh arena and which rises even high hith hither er SMALL S1 TOWN Not since sine Jack Johnsn took the thA y J-frics J title from Crom Jim Jet Jet- Jet trIes fries at Reno Nev Nov In Jul July 1910 1 hs a championship nt ot the of oC o the th pro proposed oed Demp soy Gibbons bout been ben ala ela In tho tar far vest test In a town d t q small mall mall as Shelb ha has a population of o 2200 people Including the p pOoDle now boomA there ther because of oC the oil boom A year ago ato Its population S I Shelby was designated as a pos pos- pos possible sible cible townsite back In 1991 1891 1 91 I hon the Great Croat Northern railway ex- ex ex cx tended extended Its It transcontinental line Une from Havre l Mont through the lh Ih to the th Pacific coast It president was named by James Jam J Hill Hili dent Shelby of ot the tho railroad for P P Shel b by manager of ot the tho Great North North- Northern Northern em ern lines In Montana Jolson I n PLACE PJ Something Som of oC the I ble s which nature cont conferred on the may be bo gathered from Crom the statement Shi made to Mr II Shelby alter aner ho became bream a Cleveland O 0 visited financier by friends who had vis Is- Is i fled the pla place O that he be should not feil CI complimented by such auch a name namesake sake ake ake for for It Is a a winter pt and win win- win ter pestered crossroads crossroad This description t with thaI 1111 glen en by hy homesteaders homesteader who settled I that section between 1908 and 1916 and who between and 1920 20 were wor driven out by droughts and pests old stockmen whoso whose profitable cattle catlie business of ranging cat cat- cat tie lie over oer the same sarno prairies have been supplanted by the newcomers newcomer believe the tenderfoot settlers Ngot got only what was coming to them I From 1917 HIT until March 14 HH 1914 when hen xh n oil was discovered 20 30 3 0 mil s thou from Shelby hundreds of oC thou thou-I thou sands of ot dollars dollar In delinquent were tw written on Toole Tool coun coun- county county ty e c book because of th the exodus b ot of would would-be farmers In the th last sear ear more than of these hae ha o 0 beep been paid so that clear titles title might ml ht be had to the theland theland land for tor leasing purposes OIL FIELD U IRO I OIL The proven oh oil field a adjacent to Shelby I fi ii 20 miles long lone ani 12 I inI i miles wide wid one of ot the largest In inthe I I the United States Tho The present pro pro- production i from 33 13 I wells ella ell ody ady drilled I Is lq only about 2200 barrels dally daily There Thre are ei sli wells In the field capable ca able of oC producing tiet of ot gas TOS In a day I dayI The hp Th boom at Shelby started last fail when hen It was made mad headquarters ter for driller and ana field men em- em m- m I by the tho Standard Oil com corn company company pany and It Its as Tellas sell ell ella a several Independent companies All through the tho sinter lInter the th build build- building Ine I Ing ot el homes business block warehouses s and hotels has b been n pushed city blocks block of ot side side- sidewalks ld i walks Everything Every are now under way ay ay Every Every- I thing about the town Is 19 typical of the overnIght town I I Shelby bu business men admit that I their bid for the DempseY Dempsey I battle originally was made mad moro more I for the purpose of 01 getting Shelby i Montana In the newspaper than because thy they believed they thy could get Dempsey to come corn there ther But Dut Great Falls business men took the ai al seriously particularly aft aft- after lift lifter er St Paul sportsmen said they Uley be- be b the scheme schem feasible and nd of ot operation co-operation I MO EY ron roil At this juncture Loy J S b bi AmT Ican s state tate te commander of oC the th Amer- Amer j lean legion leelon who was an aviator In Inthe inthe Inthe the army durIng durin the th late It war I jumped Into an airplane and flew I to Salt Lake Laloo City where he h con COll con Jack Dempsey's manager that the proposal osal was wa made mad In good faith Later he h took I airplane trip from Great Falls to Chicago where negotiations ne were Vere concluded with Kearns Greet Great I Falls FUis and Shelby business men hove have put up cash guaran- guaran u I tee ran guarantee for tor Dempsey Dempsy Demps y and have hav taken options of oC ringside seats sats at 60 I apiece to equal th the amount of ot their Both Doth Dempsey Demps y and Gibbons are to train for tor five fiT weeks previous to the th tight In great 10 lis Under Montana Montana's boxing b law one halt of ot the th net receipts of ot alt all boxIng bouts go to to the th state to allI be bused I used in the th erection ot of a hospital Cor or world war veterans veteran In hi his I work as os state commander by by has been b n Impressed with th great Ireal need for tor such an on Institution here and anti it Is for tor this reason I he battle has put up such uch a 0 tough touch bat bat- battIe bat tl tIe tle to ret get the th tight light Shelby In addition to being a boom trier fron-trier town Is one on of ot the th last tron- tron of at the northwest being only a few tew miles from the th Indian reservation and Glacier na- na na national Dempsey boni park It If the th DempseY Oib bone bons contest really takes tax s place I planned there next neit Fourth ot of July as a plan plau plan plan- ned It will wI be b amid thee the scions dons ot o ot I old west with enough cowboys and Indians to give ve t-lv t every evry easterner ho I attends a a thrill I |