Eagle Creek Resident Bio: Julius Walsdorf

Interview conducted March 27, 1910, by Sarah Conrad

(Julius Walsdorf is a family friend of the Conrads.)

1. Name: Julius Morning Cloud Walsdorf, III

2. Date of Birth: February 14, 1885

3. Place of Birth: Eagle Creek, Montana

4. Parents: Julius and Good Rain Walsdorf

5. Siblings: Brothers: Patrick Dwight (1878-), Murphy Hollis (1880-), Charles Stickler (1881-) Sister: Summer Flower (1888-)

6. Describe your childhood. My father was a cobbler. My mother was a homemaker.

7. What did you enjoy doing as a child? Visiting my grandmother and grandfather on the Indian reservation. I loved sleeping in the teepee.

8. What is your earliest memory? Getting lost in the woods.

9. How old were you when you went on your first date and where did you go? 17. Took Dixie Tallard to the Christmas Ball.

10. Married? No.

11. How did you meet your spouse?

12. Children:

13. Grandchildren:

14. Pets? I had a pet Bull Snake when I was a child named Kena'beek.

15. Education: Eagle Creek High School, Montana State Police Academy, Helena

16. What brought you to Eagle Creek? This is the only place I have ever lived.

17. Current friends: Hubert Fry, Ray Casey, Dr. Arnold Westbrook, Armando Hernandez, Walt Burns

18. Occupation: Constable for Eagle Creek, Montana

19. What was your first job? This is the only job I've ever had.

20. How much did you make? No comment.

21. What did you like to do in your free time? Playing baseball, reading crime novels

22. What are you doing now? Sweeping the jail cell.

23. Do you admire a famous person? Sherlock Holmes (does he count as a person?)

24. What makes them admirable? His ability to see beyond the obvious.

25. What is your favorite food? Pecan Pancakes from Casey's Cafe.

26. What is your favorite color? Blue.

27. What is your favorite song? O God Of Bethel by Philip Doddridge.

28. Hobbies: Doing impressions of townfolk.

29. Name of the last book you read? The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur C. Doyle

30. Tell me about a memorable moment in your life; a time you will never forget. Making my first arrest: a drunk and disorderly charge from a man who stepped off the train and tried to start a fight with David Clementine. David stood his ground. He defended himself but he did not fight the man. That gave me enough time to get to the depot and arrest him.

31. What things do you find yourself doing that you said you'd never do? Can't think of any at the moment.

32. What are the goals you are still working toward? I have a small garden on land that I am leasing from George Watson.

33. When people look back at your life, how do you want to be remembered? Just

34. What is your favorite outdoor activity? Playing baseball with my friends.

35. Do you attend church or religious services? Eagle Creek Memorial Church

36. What is your favorite Bible verse? Ecclesiastes 9:17.

37. What makes you happy? Doing an honest day's work.

38. What makes you sad? Unappreciation

39. What frightens you? Anything that endangers the quiet atmosphere of the town.

40. What is there about you that would surprise people if they found out? I have a tattoo of an eagle on my left arm.