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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-11-05
Tales Of the Town

GIRL WANTED for general
housework. -P. H. Lee, the drug
gist.
We have good one in store for
our readers and will present it
next week.
Fred Near returned this week
from a business trip to Mime
apolis and South Dakota.
FOR SALE: rs tons of good
hay, two set harnesses, three good
farm horses, one single top buggy,
one disc. one new Mccormick
mower. -Bank of Yates. Yates,
Mont. SLIT
LOST from DR.. Koch's wagon,
an account book, between Beach
and Sentinel Butte. on Saturday :,
Oct. 30th. Finder please notify
John B. Finneman. Burkey, N.
Oak. 5l-52
The stork left a little girl at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. MUIR
doch Cameron, near Preston,
Mont, last night, to the great Joy
Of that couple. NJ distance is too
great for that long-billed bird to
travel.
Quite a number of Halloween
pranks were played last Saturday
night, and many Of them were cor.
sidered very doubtful as jokes.
Marshal Pickett, however, is thank.
full that the antics were no worse
and desires to express his appreci'
alton Of the fact. We fail to sec
any excuse for any such capers or
the last Of October, but presume
TIE custom will be in vogue q:
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-11-05
Telling Electric Currents.

It Is often desirable or interesting to
find out whether the current in an
electric light circuit Is continuous OF
alternating. The appearance of an in
candescent lamp to the naked eye is
precisely the same in both cases. Il
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
Ayoids De uer cent OF strikes.

Charles w. Eliot in McClure's.
The chief feature of the beneficent
Canadian act called the Industrial dis
putes investigation act was the re-
quirement that, in the event of a dis
pute arising in any industry known as
a public utility it should be Illegal to
resort to a strike or lockout until the
matters in dispute had been made the
subject of an investigation before a
Board of Cancellation and Investiga-
ton, to be established under specified
rules by the Canadian Ministry OF
Labor.
During the two years from March 20
1907 to the end OF March, 1909. fifty
five applications were received for the
appointment of boards, under which
forty-nine boards were set up.
On the fifty-five applications re-
celved. strikes were avoided or ended
In twenty-five coal mines and four
metalliferous mines: in fifteen rail-
roads and three street railways; in
two bodies of longshoremen; in one
body of teamsters, and In one body OF
sailors, and in two industries not pub
lie utilities. There were two cases,
therefore, out OF hfty-fve ultimately
resulted in strikes, these with the wise
terms of the act, which permit owners
to lock out their men and workmen
to strike after the public investiga-
ton has been completed and it's re-
suits published.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
SOME CALCULATIONS.

Great is arithmetic. and greater are
those who dabble in its intricacies
and tamper with its possibilities. for
there is no comprehensive limit to
what can be demonstrated by figures.
Take the much talked of fly as an ex-
ample right in our midst. 1t has been
observation-disclosures who made the cal
culation we do not know--but we are
told that 1t has been calculated that
the descendants of a single house, fly
win number slightly more than four
teen quadrillions in q single season:
provided. of course, all of them arrive
at maturity. Now, If some one who Ia
of time to spare. will set to work he
may be able to tell hCw much fourteen
uuadrillions7 Of fiies would weigh. and
how much space they would occupy
He would probably find that IL no flies
should be killed or otherwise put out
of the way, and IL all should pro
duce az bountifully as the above fig
ures indicate. there would not be room
ON the globe for the crop OF q single
fly season. and their weight would stop
the earth from revolving-perhaps.
or course such speculations are only
interesting as showing to what extent
an Indulgence in arithmetic leads one
and also as showing what would hap
MULTIPLICATION of flies. or prevent their
increase as figured. When Nautilus is
sued his prediction that In a certain
number of years II the human race
continued to increase 1t would over.
take and pass the means of subsistence,
and thus there would be general and
universal starvation, he seems to have
overlooked the numerous bars and OBJ
stacles in the way of such rapid in
crease. If human beings should null
tiply without Interference or hind
rance. and II none should die except
from old age. 1t would not be so dtf-
hcuIt to calculate how long 1t would
be before there would not be either
room or subsistence for all the people.
But Nautilus. as we said. made the
mistake of not properly considering
the almost innumsrAble ways by which
the increase of population Is lessened
DRY fell to the ground. and it is the
same way with the calculations alb out
ny increase. II every female fly should
Law her twelve or fifteen patches OF
eggs each season. and II every egg
should hatch and develop a perfect ny
and II each one of these should also
do it's duty in the way of egg produc-
ton: why, then 1t would not be an
impossible task for one skilled in fig.
"res to calculate. approximately al
| least the total annual product of q
single ny. ana from that basis form
some estimate of what the annual pre-
duct OF the whole world might amount
to. 1t Is all matter OF calculation
and nrObably some Ruesswork.
Fortunately for the peace. quiet ant
dignity of humanity all the hies dc
not grow up and bear young ones Fig.
mres may not lie but they may be basec
on unstable premises. The number OF
the little pests that lose their live.
In some way or another relieves vi
from the direful consequences OF IN
limited production and longevity. 81
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
PELLAGRA.
Dr.. Eugene d. Bohdursnt's RepOrt Up.
ON some Cases Of the New and :
Mysterious Disease

Dr. Eugene d. Bshduranrs Report Up.
ON some Cases Of the New and
Mysterious Dlscnse.
DR.. Eugene D. Bondurant, of Mobile.
who Is professor. of nervous and mem
tai diseases at the University Of Ala
bania and trustee Of the Alabama In.
sane Hospital. has an important article
Record on the subject of the maiady
known as pellagra, wfiicn has bafffed
the best skill Of surgeons. 1t Is, .tox.
sn recently SssoaS e ay ana ne
Countries bordering on the Meaitsr.
ranean. Ns'f
The disease Is clinicaIly character
lied BY gastro,intestinal disorders. SAL
citation, rough, crythematous inflam-
matory thfckenfng OF those parts Of the
cutaneous surface exposId to sunlight,
and by serious disturbance Of the func
tions OF the peripheral nerves, spinal
cord and brain. The disease In Its
more acute form runs its course in a
few weeks to few months. The NOR
tally. especially in the acute form, Is
high. Recovery occurs. out relapses
are frequent. Many Of those who de-
veiop pellasra are comnstted 10 hos
pitfalls for the insane. on account OF the
associated mental disorder.
"Pellagra had until recently been
unknown in the United States The
circumstances Of its FIRST recognized APP
pearance were these: The Alabama
otate iuShue 1OsplJdi IOr negroes, To-
Gated at Mount Vernon, Mobile County,
was opened in 1901. several hundred
patients being transferred to the insti-
tuition from the Insane Hospital at
our Years. Dns Rs drns ss
summer months occasional cases of
astro-intestinal disorders presenting
some peculiar features. which were
er snd resussd N sots towsra the
improvement of the dietary. During
the summer OF 1906 the cases OF CASTRO
Intestinal trouble and fnainutrition be-
presented such unusual ana in them
selves characteristic features as TO
convince the medical stan that they
had a new clinical problem to deal
observation Of the cases in the insu-
tution. the assistant phi, sicians of the
Mount Vernon Hospital, I,rs. George h
Searcy, Il. L. McCafferty and J.
lagra, In view Of the facts that at that
time the disease had never been known
to develop in this country, and that
our textbooks and reference books
dismissed the subject. after brief con-
sideration, with the statement that
pellagra was not met with In the Uni
TED States. this was a good piece Of
tied to recognition.
In all of my cases there Is the his
tory of the liberal use OF cornmeal as
food. and most often It Is claimed that
good Western meal Is used, or meal
ground from Western corn At the
Mount Vernon Hospital, wnere the larg-
est number of cases has Occurred. Wes-
tern corn Is used exclusively. This
corn Is shipped in bulk sometimes be-
comes heated and the meal is in some
instances Quickly mold-ihfected and
sours rapidly. l have no evidence to
offer as to whether or not the eating of
damaged meal is the cause, or the. only
cause. Of pellagra."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
Memphis Commercial Appeal.

Memphis Commercial-AppeaI.
The Alabama Legislature stole q
march on us. We had been assured
that II would not adjourn before We'd
nesdsy gnd. thinking We had still
one more day In which. to secure ac-
ton on Important measures. we made
several suggestiony In yesterdays rs
sue at about. the time when the MEM
paper collars and getti Ting ready Sd to re-.
turn. to their respective cells In the
lunatic asylum. There were two things
s sSo ys,s q @us e. a 81 ars ess
Il I'M ssD S, ssy Il. T En-
esS es ss ST mint e.. Of been ss
the morals Of the prehiSitioniss. The
es 5n u Thy yery useful and Inset put a ss
mingie it's brief life with jlgger Of
booze. we think something ought to
be done to- protect the homie and the
continues ITS association with booze.
II will have TO be abolished This
frst. TIE egg or the chicken for
we can certainly ascertain whether
the chicken can survive the vanished
iatnre has Adjourned s without tacTiing
the egg and mint problem. we respect
fully suggest that Governor Conner
call another extra session to consider
these important question:. -.
Disappointed and disheartened as we
are over the failure OF doub1e-breasted
Reform to solve thsse. exigent prob
lens. we cannot deny ourselves the
privilege Of paying. q tribute to the
work OF the late diseased Legislators
for its noble achievements in the cause
OF the higher lunacy.
The Alabama statesmen set before
themselves the task Of depriying the
other fellow Of hts dram. Several OBJ
stacles were in their way, however.
that made their labor apparently
Herculean task -
The law has always assumed In this
country that a man was innocent UNI
III he was proven guilty II US. wss
Accordingly laws were passed that
made a liquor license or the presence
home conclusive evidence that he was
guilty Of selling linuor Il, violation of
law. That was a good starter.
The constitution OF the United states
way OF further ieg'slatien. What was
to be donef Why, It was as plain as
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
GRIsT FROM THE MILL.

The extraordinary session Of the AL
ALBANIA Legislature had one result that
was to appear--the session. conceived
in politics and brought forth in trades
had one more result to show at the
proper time. The clothes were cut
for the candidates and now as soon as
the candidates have fitted them on they
appear proudly for public applause.
Judge s. D. Weakley will be a can
didate for Governor and Speaker A..
H. Carmichael will be candidate for
Lieutenant Governor. In their candi-
dacv the issue is fairly made. Shall
the Conner reign be perpetuated in AL
ALBANIA?
Judge Weakley's friends will not at
tempt to deny that he Is ths picked
candidate of the present Governor CO.
mer. They will hardly deny that the
extraordinary session was called and
legislation was shaped in order to In
vest the Governors candidate with the
greatest possible strength and the
greatest possible interest. II Judge S.
D. Weakley and his friends have the
good OF the cause of prohibition above
all else why did they not unite in the
support of Hon. H. S. D. Mallory? Mr..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
DIFFERENT IN GEORGIA.
Joseph NJ. Brown In Governor Of All tn
People of His Ssate.

Joseph N. Brown is Governor Of All the
People of HIS Ssate.
Macon Telegraph.
Governor Brown has appointed two
Of his political opponents as trustees of
the University. Surely we are upon the
thrsshho old Of Z. political revolution in
Georgia." remarks an excnange: And
he appointed man who voted for his
opponent to the Hudgeship of the Coun-
ty Court of Grsene.--GreGnshero jour-
fu EYE Z re tss
moT actfve Si1d dsvS1Sd trustees fof
the reason that. they, we've opposed lt6
HIM m the Derheeratfe partylA HTt Had
been purely a political once there
but the mana cement *; OF our gteakAst
school Of learning. or any school. Is not
political. and aughts to, be kept satt of
politics. The Telegraph condemned the
act then, and by the sane token we
take pleasure In common ding the ac-
ton of Governor Brown la this case.
We know nothing about the merits
Of the case In regard to the Greene
County judgeship. but we are quite sure
there must be good reason for his
appointing a peiitfcat opponent. It
SHOWS on the face eli 1t that tue 8eN -
ing up TO them. Like the sch ools OF
learning, the bench should be kept out
Of the mire of politics.
Governor Brown appointed a -pollti-
cal opponent judge In Troup County.
we belieye 1t waa. il,f Eei.~ss4 ~ 4lt'
There was stilt sauothpr case: IN the
Bruuswick- circuit, The l.sHksla ture, cut
that circuit In two, pscvssftStIhg the
appointment ofNtwo jgdgCs. Judge Par
ker was not supporter VI Br oWli's In
the recent gubernatoriai contest The
Governor was not compelled to reap
point him for that division OF his sd
circuit in which he resided, but he did
It, And he. did the right thing in doing
1t, These are conspicuous examples
which illustrate the high and broad
mindedness which should character re
the occupant. OF great office. 1t is a
refreshing. Reminder Of the good old
days when the Governor relt that his
obligation as we'll as hisn oath made
him the Governor OF all the people,
Governor Brown Is fast ,impressing
himself upon the people as a safe and
patriotic man who solemnIy realizes the
great responsibilities upon his should
ers. In the words OF the street, he Is
making good" in the very best sense
and doing II rapidly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
Back to The Bughouse---Some
Hot Talk About Lawmakers

a .pimpie on the nose. Abolish the
IN many states where the manufac-
had been suppressed. channels OF cor
rsspondence had been established With
.tner states, and liquor centiiiued 70
dom OF Interstate coInrnerc1 IL guar
anteeq by the sconstitution, and this
difiicuity had TO pc inet. This. how
by the resourceful. statesmen who were
on the trail OF Tobias wInkeys and
S.a soen ssrlsysprn erection Fl In
through Law canceiiing the license Of
any Foreign corporation. which is au,
It's It's crSanisation 1 e Sen or rhe stK si
dispose OF intoxicahts That settled
the asy A Il as'is Z. rs s s.d ~
Some deluded souls in this country are
BY jury; but any ,stsiiissnt psrson can
enforcement Of the iiesor laws. /, e
q every, man the right q TRIAL BY :
jury OF his peers. but. OF course the
III n s,srs x
provided that trial By jury be aboi-
sas ssor. that az ss sou e
mud wall. Thus again. though. as the
song has u.
The rest Sf her clothes she must have
oueenie was there with her hair in a
The Legislature has iawed against
the mediaevaf idea that. mans house
Is his castle. and has authprfzed any
suspicious policeman 10 break INTO any
place where he suspects that the. cup
OF sack Is for sale and the wassail
Is flowing free. IT has broken M. the
lastardly jury system. 1t has abolish
ed interstate cor1fnerce,. It has pro-
nounced everybody guilty IN advance.
u has fractured the, constitution be-
You'd recognition.
therefore. we grant these sapheadr-
beg pardon, sapfent--statesmen their
nunc dimittis. They have converted the
making Of laws into, a. Dance Of the
Seven Wells. and have ut-Salomed Sa-
lone. A grateful people rise and with
hended heads pronounce the biessing:
Well done, good and faithful servants:
depart ye into the bosom Of the bug
house. = p
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29

Mallory 10 life long prohibitionist.
a faithful worker for the cause. When
neither Judge weakiey. Governor CO.
mer. nor yet Rev. Brooks Lawrence
could force tho prohibition amend
ment through the Senate an appeal was
made to Mr.. Mallory. He responded
and Senators who had made the fight
against the amendment and who had
the fight won UP to that time do not
hesitate to say that their fight was lost
through the influence of Mr.. MALLORY.
II prohibition and not ambition Is to
be served Mr.. Mallory should be the
logical candidate of those who care
most for prohibition.
But Mr. Mallory has never been In
the train Of the obsequious followers of
the Governor. Wherefore the Gov
crnor's hand has been against him,
The Governor must have his own can
didate--ths man named. picked. and
panoplied by him. None but his own
men will do. He did not propose to
call an extraordinary session of the
Legislature. worry and wrestle with II
and have his political plans go awry.
he was baked by the defeat of the
biennial sessions amendment, hy means
OF which he proposed to make the race
tor United States Senator. Should he
brook another disappointment in which
a man not selected and trained by him
should become his successor? Not as
long as the drawer Of the railroad
bills which required $100,on0 for de-
Tense and costs: not as long as the
drawer Of the drastic prohibition laws
was at hand. -.
4, Judge Weakley, while not repudiat-
ting the Governors support. from
whence his candidacy originates. would
prefer to be the bearer Of the prohi-
hilton banner. Logically. ne cannot
do this. Mr.. Mallory Is as Old In the
cause. he has rendered as valuable ser
NicSS' auo uS mas SoiiSStcu ho leos %
attorney for his work. II prohibition
only were to be served then Mallory
should have undisputed possession of
the banner
In due time the purpose Of the cost
iy, useless and unfortunate extraordi-
nary session is so fully developed that
no man shuts his eyes to It. No an
swer has been made to the charge that
the Governor called an extraordinary"
session of the Legislature at a heavv
lost when no extraordinary" condI.
ton existed in Alabama--that he call.
ed 1t to stir agitation. and manufac.
ture issues on which his man could
make the race for Governor aud on
which he might run for the United
States Senate. But biennial sessions
failed and one chapter Of the politi-
sal story is to he unwritten and ons
ambition is to go untitled.
1.-The greatest political convention
that ever assembled In Alabama" as
Senator King termed the extra session.
has lust turned out two more eandi-
dates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1908.
THEY SHOULD BE CAREFUL.

THEY ShOOLD nh CAktnN A~s
The papers have been telling us of
o surgeon in st. Louis who performed
an operation on a man and left a roll
OF gauze inside the patient when he
sewed him up. The man whose In
terror department HAD thus been used
as q sort Of storage room sued the
careless doctor and obtained verdict
OF twenty thousand dollars damages.
II the award is finally enforced II will
be a heavy penalty on the doctor. and
win serve TO make him more careful in
future. The Boston Traveller thus COM
ments on It.:
{ Nothing is mere popular in docters'
gatherings than the stories told Of
; Surgeons who return 20 their offices
after an operation and find a scissors,
The good actor. who can reproduce
the facial expression of the DOCTOR as
he slaps his thigh and says, "By jove.
I sswsd that up in 10th the ,pp patient Tbs rs
story OF the Irishman cut open first
to remove a sponge. and then pair
of scissors, who nnaily begged that that
tHGY WOulQ WIN haP uhA
button so that they could get In with
out so much bother, will soon be on
the taboo list with the mother-tn-law
Joke and other like chestnuts.
We can somewhat understand the
Irishman's feelings at thus finding
himself made the receptacle Of lost ar
ticies Of surgeons kit. We can also
appreciate the humor of the suggestion
that the doctors fix him SO that they
could inhibition and search him when
thev missed any other Of their fixtures.
! and we've no doubt but that the med
icos themselves will enjoy the Joke. II
anything of the kind really occurred
the freshman had good right to COM
plain. and to insist that they find some
easter and better method OF exploring
him than by the use of the knife.
This st. Louis verdict we are told,
is the second one OF the kind to be
rendered within a few weeks, and our
Boston contemporary thinks such YER
diets will be regarded by the medi-
cal pTOISb5iOh rs hn uHWdt dhlGU III
reference with their privileges" but
we fail to see why II should. Certain
ly the doctors and the surgeons of all
men should be careful. when the lack
OF care and thought may endanger hu-
man life. Not being an expert on such
matters we do not care to express an
opinion as to the effect that roll of
gauze would have when sswed in
side human being. but we feel pretty
sure that such an addition to ones
internal economy would at least be
unpleasant. The effect of such a YER
aict as the one referred to will per-
haps cause the doctors to make a
careful inventory of their tools and
other appurtenances before sewing up
the patient.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
New claimants for the Championship

New claimants for the championship
Of the air are springIng up almost
every day now, ana we are never sur
prised when we read that some one has
'broken tho record" Incidentally,
some OF them break their bones. but
that Is part of tho job. and doesn't
discourage others from trying It, Av-
istion has not yet reached the point
where 1t is absolutely safe. and per-
haps never will but the number OF
those who risk 1t Is continually grow
ing. and the failure of one is no bar
TO the endeavors OF others to rival the
bird family. ooh that had the wings
like a dove" sighed old David. who
was probably tired of his surroundings
ana wanted to get away, but airships
had not been invented in his day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
And Death had come and draped the
Wine For saeraments.

Montgomery. Ala, Aug. e, 1903.
Editor Advertiser;
In conversation with one OF the
ministers OF your city yesterday he
said that he had been informed or
that II was being said by some that II
was now unlawful to purchase wine
If this was correct. l Informed him
that II was not correct; that a minis
ter pastor. priest or officer of a reg
or church could lawfully purchase
wine for sacramental purposes. He
thereupon requested me to say this
OF others and TO correct the erroneous
impression that had gotten out. which
l promised to do. hope you win
publish this for the information OF all
whom 1t may concern.
Yours truly.
r. W. Rushton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29


Thomas Jefferson's shade revisiting
the country he loved so well saunters
into Alabama and meets tne Democrat
ic donkey. What on earth is that
asks the great apostle of liberty.
iWhat, this7 Why, that's my prohibit
tion-halo; how do you like it?" Take
1t of, Jack. and bury 1t In the same
grave where you laid your por Wills
kePs' A halo don't become you. Jack,
and. besides, it distresses me to see a
donkey trying 10 do tricks for which
1t was never built, Doukeys weren't
made for distributing halos." The
shade vanished and the Jacks halo got
Wobbly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
Not Afraid OF PeIiawra.

Richmond NeWs-Leader.
Well. this pellagra scare may be all
right. We do not pretend to say that
tagonize the proposition of the modern
meteorological, that owing to certain
decomposition, incident to the introduc-
ton OF on-indigenous corn meal into
the Southern Sttaea, we are in danger
Of a epidemic of peliaEia. Nor shaI
we essay to controVert the theory that
our corn is in no wise responsible for