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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-25
DESTRUCTIVE STORMS.

Paris, Dee. e4.-Ali southwest Europe
was swept by destructive storms and
floods today. In southeastern Franc.
forests were devastated. buildings Were
demolished and lines of communication
We're interrupted. Belgium suffered
heavily. many factories being forced
to close down on account of the in
undations. Madrid reported the most
disastrous floods i'm 80 years. Many
towns suffered serious damage. No
loss of life is recorded
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-25
CHARGES ARE FILED.

New York. Dee. 23.--The Bar As
ISOLATION OF New YORK filed charges
with the appellate division of the
supreme court today against Sanford
Robinson, chief counsel for F. Augustus
Heinze. alleging that lie is guilty of
deceit, malpractice and gross I'M
professional conduct Robinson was
lined $3.50 last summer for alleged
connection with the disappearance OF
the books Of the United Copper COM
rany sought by the court.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-25
FORMER GUILTY.

st, Louis, Dec. 24.-M. Dwight Fort
her vas found guilty tonight of is
suing a check for s12 .00e. bearing the
forged Endorsement of Henry {. Tulley
lie was sentenced To two years in the
penitentiary. When Il clerk i'm a hotel.
Fortner married daughter of a. IL.
Handlan. n wealthy manufacturer.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-25
STRANGE EXPERIENCE.

LaSaiie, Ill. Dec. ai.-Six weeks
after she stumbled away from The
black hole of the st. Paul mine shaft
at Cherry. ILL.,, convinced that her two
brothers were among the dead. Miss
Margaret Brodinski of Kewanee. to-
day awakened in hospital here for
the first time since the disaster, to
realization of her identity
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-25
Choked to Death

Is commonly said Of babies who have
died Of the Group. HON unnecessary
this Is. No child ever had the Group
without having a cold or cough at the
start. IL YOU win stop the first
symptom of the cough with Billiards.
Horehound Syrup there is no danger
whatever Of Group. Sold by George
Frelsheiner.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-25
FRENChTOWN BAZAAR.

The ladies of Frenchtown will hold
Il bazaar until December 80. in ST.
Johns hall. Big dance and luncheon
Christmas night. All invited. Good
music. Good time assured.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-25
PENCIL FACTORY BURNS.

ocala, Fla. Dec. .4.-Fire this morn
ing al Crystal River, near here COM
plately destroyed the Dixon Cedar
pencil faitory, entaiiing a loss Of
$500, 0np
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-25
COOK DROPPED FROM THE
CLUB ROLLS
Continued From Page one.1

had not reported that he attained the
summit Of Mt. Mckinley.
Brown fortifies his charges with
tn. declaration that Cook and Barrill
had no ice creepers and that. though
DIR. Cook afterwards told Professor
Parker that he tcook) and Earrili
We're roped together every foot Of the
last stages. Professor Parker and
Brown both remembered that they de-
stroSed the climbing rope as defective
before they quit the expedition. Fur
tharmore, in none Of the pictures pub
lished in DIR. Cooks book. does a
climbing rope appear.
Denies Authorship.
Brown and Sheldon also report sari-
Gus photographs in DIR. Cooks book DO
not represent the peaks they are said
In picture; and Sheldon denies that
he is the author of the appendix {.
in the book. which DIR. Cook credits
10 him.
The committee "a a whole. there
fore. concludes IN part:
THAT DIR. Cooks act Of the ascent
II not only such ds To De unconyincing
10 the experienced mountaineer. but
that. under an analysis, it becomes in
credible.
That he entered into 4 secret fl
nanctat agreement with n publisher
which resulted in emhariassna TO
his associates.
That he bieAe his agreemt mt with
h.s fellow club members 10 supply his
original photographs and data upon
which his book was based"
Other conclusions of the committee
may be summarized as follows:
THAT the MI. Mckinley expedition
abandoned the ascent of the noun
tain in 1906. agreeing that no further
attempt should be made to reach the
summit that season, and. with that
understanding Professor Parker set
out at once for the coast.
Out of Way.
THAT DIR. Cook persuaded Brown Ia
commence the collection of natural
history specimens in a locality that
would take him well out OF the neigh
borhool Of the last operations Of the
Sarty.
That DIR, Cook. taking with
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-25
Opiy One "6romo Ou;n;ne"

That is Laxative Bromo ouiniae.
Look for the signature of l.. W. Grave.
Used the world over 10 cure Il coud in
one day. csc.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-25
FIRE DESTROYS LABORATORY.

Fargo. \. D.. Dee. ai.-Fire destroyed
the chemical laboratory building of
the state agricultural college tonight
The loss lis S63, 0no
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-25
Unfair to Others.

THAT DIR. Cooks action In attempt
ing the ascent twhether possible or
noD Immediately upon the departure
of the rest of the party. after entering
Into an agreement with them that no
further attempt would be- made for the
season. was unfair IL his associates.
That the evidence before the COM
m!ttee Is 10 the effect that ii would
he utterly impossible to ascend the
glaciers and frozen SNOW slopes wear
ing the rubber shoe packs which DR.
Cook states in his book he wore while
making the ascent.
That DIR. Cooks description of the
ascent of Mt. Mckinley on the north
east ridge, which is the ridge by
which he claimed to have reached the
peak, Is in reality description of the
southeast ridge. The former ridge was
explored by him OH a previous expedi-
ton. and in mis- book lie declares it
impossible as route 10 the peak.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-25
MissOula Mercantile Co.

him the guide, Earrill, proceeded fur
Their toward the mountain with the
declared object of examining glaciers.
but apparently to ascent some readily
accessible part OF the mountain To he-
cure photographs and. other data. up
on which to base a claim of having
assembled the highest peak, and To re-
main absent a sufficient length of
time for the purpose of accomplish
ment Of the ascent alleged.
That he did not have with him the
proper equipment and facilities su-a
as footwear, proper life lines. instra-
ments for recording altitude, etc. for
such an undertaking,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-08-11
Irked Miss Petunia
Hear

Miss Petunia was afraid to look a
clothespin in the face, and now she
is as fond of them as can be. She
says that putting clothes on them
makes them really clothespins, and
that that Is all some people are. She
says that for upwards of 40 years she
was lonely and sad and always work
ing her fingers to the bone to get a
husband, but now she has learned how
much human companionship there is
in well-dressed clOthespin, and she
has given up all intention of getting
married. In the long winter evenings
she just goes out to the clothespin
basket and gets clothespin and sets
1t astraddle on the edge OF her work
basket, and the evening passes as
quickly as could be desired. And she
says she has raised such an affection
for the dear good things that she can't
abide thinking of them all alone in the
cold cellarway in a draughty willow
basket, and every night she puts them
all snugly to bed in the spare bed IL
the east bedroom. Miss Petunia says
that they look so sweet and innocent.
lying there 70 in row, with just their
little wooden heads sticking out be-
yond the covers, that every night she
gives each one of them a kiss and a
little Pat on the cheek before she
turns out the light. Bless their little
hearts!
copyright. 1909, by w. G. Chapman)
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-08-11
BETZVu1E TALES
Miss Petunia Scraggins and the
CZothespins
@2 Ellis Darker" BuHefI
W. Author of"Pi8s is Pigs Etc 92
ILLUSTRATED BY PETER. NEWELL

weeks wash and declared it injurious
to the morals of the community and
ordered her to discontinue it. They
said she still had the right to use
nude, unadorned clothespins il she
wished, but she couldn't bring herself
to do that, and it looked for awhile as
if she would have to discontinue wash
day, and SO she would II she hadn't
happened to hear that the best So
ciety elsewhere was wearing divided
skirts for horseback riding.
For awhile Miss Petunia was
doubtful about divided skirts. She
was little old-fashioned and she
feared they might not be modest. but
when she spoke to the city censor4ng
committee they said the divided skirts
were perfectly proper and suitable
for the most well-bred clothespinB to
wear. So she set to work and made
q complete outfit of divided skirts for
her clothespins. Sim Virgins soid Z
few reserved seats for the Arst ap-
pearance Of the divided-skirts, there
being some curiosity about them
among those who had never seen
them, but the next Monday the grand
stand was as empty as a church on
Fourth of July.
II is wonderful how a little thing
like clothes changes things. Formerly
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-08-11

For great many years Miss Pc
tunia Scraggins of Betzville sent her
washing away from home to be done,
but it was not in order to appear styl-
ish, as some Of our invidious citizens
have limited. 1t was because she was
so modest that she couldn't bear to
look upon a naked clothespin. The
mere sight Of six dozen pale, nude
clethespins in basket always over
came Petunia so that she became
weak and trembly and had to go and
lie down on the red-plush sofa and
sniff at the uncorked camphor bottle.
But when adversely overlook her
and she couldn't afford to have her
washing sent out, she saw there was
nothing to do about it, and that she
must do her own washing. For three
weeks she hunted high and low for
some kind of lady-like clothespins
that she could put skirts on and that
would ride side-saddle on the clothes.
line, but she could not find any of that
sort. and she didn't know what in the
world to do. Then she tried putting
skirts on the two-legged clothespins
any way, but although they looked all
right in the basket, the way they be-
haved on the clothesline was perfectly
scandalous. Skirts were never in the
world meant to ride a-straddle. And a
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-08-11
A Martyr to the Cause
Copyright, by ]. B. Lippincott Coz
BY Emanuel LiSSner

$50 after a bit, 'Deke,' he says
your man amt got no show of being
elected. Suppose did vote for him
it'd be just wasting my vote
THAT made the Deke hot. is that
so?' he says. We'll, who are you 60
ing to vote for, anyway?
"'Me?' says Bill, throwing out his
chest. I'm going to vote for the party
whatll elect the next president I'm
going to vote Socialist-Labor.'
"'Huh,' says the Deke, and you talk.
ing about wasting your vote
Then it was Bills turn to get hot.
Say, he says, I'll tell you what I'll do.
I'll bet you that we get more votes
right here in Grant Center than you
do. Bet you ten dollars
"'Sorry l never bet,' says the Deke,
''cause it's easy money
"'You're 'fraid,' says Bill; but see
ing it's you, I'll make you another
propersishun. If you get more votes
in this town than we do, I'll swear off
for year, and if you don't, l want
you to take good, stiff drink of
whisky at the hotel every day for the
same time. Is it a go?'
well, the Deke thought it over and
it seemed sure way to get Bill to
sign the pledge. He didn't suppose
that more than two or three men in
town would vote like Bill was going
to; and, of course, he couldn't back
down before the crowd. So he took
the bet up. Then everybody passed
the word round and lot of fel1ers
went up and voted Socialist-Labor just
to have joke on the Deke. And
when they came to count up, Bills
man was way ahead
"The Deke has been paying up the
bet like a man ever since. A lot of
women always come along with him.
They think he's noble hero, and that
whisky is something like boiling kero.
sene"
But does the deacon think so?"
asked.
"Well," said the landlord, Il can't
say. But it's surely affecting his mem.
ory Why, sometimes he comes here
In the morning and has his drink, and
then forgets all about it and comes
again after dinner"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-08-11
CATS SELL AT HIGH PRICES
Those OF Light Blue Shade in Color
Are Now the Most Sought
After.

Many triumphs in original color
were seen at the great champion show
of cats at the Crystal palace, London,
England
With the modern cat beauty is to
large extent skin deep-that is to say,
coat and color reckon high, and high
value is set on certain combinations
of color which have only recently
been achieved in their full measure.
The most artistic of all modern cats
is the blue Russian, of which Lady De-
cies has the pick and won most of the
prizes. Her best exhibits are of a
level light blue tint, absolutely un-
flecked by any other shade, and they
possess that second desideratum-
copper-colored eye, which, to the re-
greet of all cat breeders, is apt to fade
into the common green with age.
In the case of the white smooth.
haired cat the eye should be blue, and
| such an animal as the unbeaten Full.
mer SnowstOrm Is revelation in the
breeders power to get the pure colors
he seeks.
Again, the silver Tables, whose vir.
| tue depends on the blackness of the
lines and the clearness of the mark
ing between them, are preferred either
with golden or green eyes.
So, in the self-color, oranges" a
very popular shade in rough-haired
cats, the eye matches the coat very
closely. But to the public, who do not
deal in special color, the smooth-haired
Russian blues with the copper eyes
are the most remarkable example of
modern color schemes and the highly
artistic cat
Some of these are worth $3.50,
though the best are descended from a
recent and blemished progenitor
picked up for a song in shop in
Fulham, England.
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l was sitting on the veranda of the
hotel of Grant Center, when boy
came running up the street and
shouted, breathlessly: They're COM
in! They're comm! They're most
here!"
At this cry the whole neighborhood
awoke to life. Men hurried up from
all directions, and the storekeepers
came to their doors. Then more boys
came down the street, all with the
same cry: They're comm! They're
comin'!"
Circus in town." l asked the land
lord.
mo, no." he said. But you wait
and you'll see some fun. I've got to
be going myself" With that he left
me and disappeared into the hotel.
A wild shout arose in the street.
looked up and saw strange group
approaching. 1t consisted of an old
man, tall and erect for all his long,
white beard, and five or six severe
looking, elderly women. Walking
slowly and solemnly, as if to the gal
lows, they came up to the hotel and
turned and mounted the steps. Then
the crowd, which had been gathering,
made rush and swung in behind
them, almost treading on their heels.
l kept my seat, and the whole process
sion, principals and all, brushed past
me and entered the barroom of the
hotel. Wondering what it could all
mean, l arose and followed.
When I found myself inside l saw
the landlord standing sedately behind
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-08-11
Front End Dehorning Shute.
Clamp; 3, Lever; c, Gate.

wise in the center and 2x6
edgewise at the back end in
bottom. A door was made of 2x6 in
front. This door was swung with big
heavy gate hinges on this Axe at the
bottom. We had regular gate hinges.
They must be strong at this place.
In the front on one side another
piece of 2xS long enough to go across
the entrance was bolted with sim
gle bolt and on the other side of the
upright 2x6 hole was bored in which
we put a piece OF fork handle. This
lever was to catch the cattle by the
head when they came in and at
tempted to get through the shute or
get their heads stuck in 'front.' Now
the door speak of should be boarded
up, not necessarily solid, with 2x6
about three feet high from the floor.
Understand this door falls down in
front when we get through dehorning
an animal. We had it fastened at the
center of the top. We used a clevis
from the front of pillow. 1t answered
the purpose first rate, but a common
1OOh AAduC VI O1lC-ud1l luCu IRON anu
hooked right over the other 2x6 on top
is handy. This rigging made of this
kind of lumber held the widest of
steers. After the beast would get it's
head through we would press down on
the lever. That would crowd his head
over to the side of the shute. Then
we put slip moose around his neck
and half hitched it on his nose, and
pulled his head around to the other
side of the rack in front. He was per-
fectly solid. We used common hand
saw with fine teeth. An ordinary meat
saw is as good as anything. After an
animal would get in the rack we would
put bar across behind him so he
could not get back in case he did not
stick his head through right away and
this bar also prevented any of the 9th.
er cattle following him through the
shute before you got the door up. Two
men can work big bunch of cattle in
a day with shute of this kind Make
your crosspieces on top of 2x6 by
spiking them on sidewise.
We never had an animal hurt itself
nor did we ever have an animal break
the shute in any way. In this swinging
bar that you use to catch them on top,
small bolt should be put through the
2x8 edgewise.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-08-11
Sheep for BREEDING.

Before starting in the breeding OF
sheep the farmer should have a def.
mite object in view and make care,
full selection of the foundation stock.
If it is intended to produce wool, the
merino should be chosen; If mutton IL
the chief object, one of the larger
breeds would be best. If it is desired
to produce both wool and mutton a
judicious cross-breed or grade may be
selected. But in any case the start
should be begun on small scale and
cautiously proceeded with, never for
getting that the ram is half of the
fiCck"
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clothespin was never intended to do
anything else. Miss Petunia couldn't
SO much as hang out handkerchief
on the line without being shocked and
blushing like mile a minute.
1t didn't make the least difference
that Miss Petunia was not sparing of
clothes. A well-informed stranger
who visited our town stated in the
hearing of some of our best citizens
that he had never seen, anywhere in
the world, as we'll gowned and out
fitted clothespins as Miss Petunias.
They were fully robed in skirts and
underskirts and general trousseau
stun, including stockings, and yet
when they were stuck on the clothes
line they looked like reckless crea-
lures whose acquaintance one would
not care to make.
The thing that worried Miss Pc
tunia most was that Sim Wiggins who
owns the lot next to her humble
home, built grandstand on it, facing
Miss Petunia's yard, and sold seats
every wash day at ten cents a seat
The grandstand was always crowded
on wash days by spectators come to
see Miss Petunia's clothespin ballet,
and it was not at all a nice crowd
The best society all stayed away after
they heard what kind of show it
was. 1t irked Miss Petunia almost
TO death to go out and hang up a
towel and hear the loud cheers as she
stuck the clothespins on the line. The
audience got so it knew each individ-
ual clothespin, and gave them all
names, and when their favorites ap-
peared and began to dance in the
breeze they just went wild. And Sim
Virgins used to sell peanuts and
lemonade, and parade up and down be.
fore the grandstand as proud as if he
had thought of the show himself. It
riled Miss Pe.uuia dreadfully.
At last the crowd got TO be so noisy
that the city council met and consid-
cred the bad effect the clothesline bal
let was having on the public. They
appointed committee of censors, and
the next Monday the committee went
around and censored Miss Petuna's
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-08-11

7e'o UP the 1IaSS.
the bar in an immaculate white linen
coat. The old man and the women
walked straight up to him. Without a
movement of his face the landlord set
out a black bottle and a glass. The
old man took the bottle and poured
out an unmistakable amber liquid.
Fill it up" called a man at my
side, and Fill 1t up" Make him fill
1t up!" echoed dozen other voices.
BY way of answer, the old man
turned around and held up the glass.
full to the brim. Then impressively
he drank it off. Immediately one of
the women handed him a glass of
water, another patted him on the back,
and the others sighed and groaned in
helpless distress. And then they all
marched slowly through the crowd to
the door without paying the slightest
attention to the boots and cat-calls
that went up on all sides.
After the crowd had melted away
and the landlord had rejoined me on
the veranda, asked for an explana-
ton of what l bad just seen. He
chuckled to himself for long time be-
fore he could find voice to begin.
"Oh, that was nothing" he said at
last. THAT happens every day. That
old Teller was Deacon Weatherbone,
and those women belong to the tenn
perance society. The Deke's a great
temperance man, too-didn't seem so
a while ago, but it's true, and that's
how he came to take that drink
Kinder mixed up, know, but I'll tell
you all about 1t
"You see, last election the Deke was
hanging round outside the voting
place tackling everybody to vote the
Prohibition ticket, and argifying some
thing powerful. Well, along came old
Bill Todd, and the Deke went up to
him. Now, Bill had few election
drinks in him and he started argify-
ing back at the Deke. A big crowd
got around them, and that put Bill
right on his dignity, and he threw it
into the Deke for all he was worth.
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SHUTE TO DEHORM CATTLE,
Rack That Will Hold the Animals
Without Fear Of Injury to
Man or Beast.

James M. Wilson, M. s. A., director
OF the South Dakota Experiment sta.
ton at Brookings, in response to a re.
quest for description of cattle de.
morning shute, answered as follows:
have helped dehorn a good many
cattle. My brother and I worked out
plans for dehorning rack one day,
which were satisfactory. It was so
much of success that other people
copied it. 1t held the cattle while we
cut off the horns and that was all we
desired. l cannot give you the exact
dimensions of this dehorning rack but
l can give you about the dimensions.
1t was eight feet long and about two
feet six inches wide inside. The up
rights on the sides consisted of
three 2x6 and the planks nailed on the
inside were nailed on the edge of these
upright 2x6. These uprights were
about five feet long. For three feet
from the bottom these planks were
nailed close in order to keep their
feet out when they began kicking. At
the lower end of these uprights space
of six inches was left and in front
a crosspiece of 4x6 was used on which
to nail the floor. These sides were
bolted to this crosspiece in front at
the bottom and also spiked, having the
crosspiece flush with the bottom in
front. We had 2x6 crosspiece edge
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-08-11
Defined.

"Say. pop, what's civil service?"
"Eh? It's an act governing the
service in the department, the Gus
toms, the postal, the government print
ing"
But, dad. what does it mean?"
MEAN? 1t means where busy man
PUSHES into the postoffice to buy some
stamps, falls in line, waits an hour
and 20 minutes before reaching the
window-then, after rendering hum
dred-dollar bill, hears the tallow-faced
clerk murmur pleasantly:
Wholesale stamps at the next win
dow, pleased" -Bohemian.