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Twain Had Largest Vision.
~ ELLIS PARKER BUTLER.

Mark Twain is the great American
fumorist. He has the largest vision.
TIE least artificial technique. the best
insight into our American ~characteris-
tics m an u~nequalled sense of the
humorous. OF late Il has become u
fad to speak sl.ghtingly ut Mark
Twain ,just as of Niplins ard othersJ.
but he remains the giant. / am re-
minded of a friend who, shortly be-
fore Mark TUain's death. greeted the
publication of a book by Mark Twain
with the remark. Poor old Mark
Twain I've just read his new book.
Honest. they should have chloro:ormed
him ten years ago. There was a time
when everything he wrote was gold
solid gold, every line and letter-but
now Just get the book and see"
SO | ~ it and found It was a new
edition. brought ou' for copyright pur-
poses. probably. of ore Of The mas
tors work written some thirty years
before
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AIDE a Source of Joy.
ny WALT MASON.

| think George AIDE the greatest
living American humorist. His writ
ings have been a : urcc Of joy to me
FOR twenty years or more. and I would
hesitate a long time before admitting
that the country ever produced n
greater one. Thu with due respect
for the illustrious dead. George AIDES
huInor has the admirable and peculiar
American qua ity of uncxpectedness.
You are always laughing when you
hadn't figured on 1t. And every line
Z IL betrays such a profound knowI
cage Of American human nature. and
above all, II is spontaneous. In tho
work Of many more or less distin-
suished humorists you seem to hear
the gruntinT of men hard at work.
AIDES humor leaves the impression
that he couldn't hold it any longer
and had to let ii 60. And AIDE Is so
original that there is nothing like him
In the earth or under the earth.
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village belle back from boarding school.
who languid.y waves away her former
beau. now clerk!ng in the general
store. with a "tradespe ople will please
enter at the rear" and 40 on. Type
after type-native types. products OF
our race and age. with surely
drawn distinctions, wildly, slashingly
sketched by the hand OF an artist.
True. u h.ghhrow purlsts cannot
see them because of ihe colloauial
metaphor. the misplaced capital ie,-
ters. They shudder at what they
loosely cali AIDES slang" and turn
away. Theirs the less. On them The
Judgment. For in the Fables Is to
found. II Almost nowhere else. tho
spoken language Of the day-thc
sprightly metaphor OF the shop. the
track. the Office and the grand stand.
the livery stable and the street: en-
r.ched and cmbellishcd. OF course. as
Shakespeare embroidered the metaphor
OF his day. with lively fancy.
Not alone mere words are thus
preserved. but men and times
and conditions. phases OF lie. And
that-well. II hat isn't % literature.
what is"
So If this is a vote YOU are taking.
give me a stralgh: bN cot .or one
&c AIDE.
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Dunno a True Humorist.
By JOHN KEN DRICK BANGS.

l take great pleasure in recording
my earnest conviction that the great
est American humorist Is Peter Finley
dunno. My Judgment Is based upon
his u~ndoubted possession OF several
qualities fundamentally essential to
the equipment Of the true humorist.
To begin with. he is a profound
philosopher, lie has been and Is a
serious observer OF life. lie has
studied the human animal ana his
ways carefully and thoughtfully, and
having himself an absolutely sound
thinking apparatus the results of that
study possess qualities which are
never to be found in the output OF the
superficial skimmcrs OF life.
In the second place Dunno is Il
man of deep sympath!es and sturdy
convictions" and what he sees he secs
with an understanding eye, whereby
the sneer IL absent from his work and
the sledSehammer Is used only when
there -is a righteous cause to be served.
We have not produced in America
any humorist of, whose humor II may
more truly be said that 1t is based
upon serious thinking. Mir. Dooley is
not only witty. not only f~unny--he is
wise.
In the third place Peter Dunno is
by nature a wit. The terse, trenchant
pointed epigram is his natural form
of expression whether he writes or
speaks, The mantle of Aldr!ch rests
gracefully on his shoulders in respect
to this quality. What many men
would say duly IN an editorial column
or a sequence OF pages IN a magazine
he flashes brilliantly In a crisp SEN
tencc.
And he Is versatile. The extremes
OF humor meet IN Mr.. Dooley' and in
The interpreters House" In the frs.
he manifests the scinti,lant buoyancy
of an Artemus Ward, in the second
the quiet. reflective reserve Of humor
Of an Addison. Poor Richard was not
fuller OF subtle and political signiti-
caRce
All OF which leads inc to say to flu
ture humorists still floating in the
nebulous regions of the Yet unborn to
hc wise in your generation, o We SONS
Of the future. be careful to he born
of an Irish strain. grow up In Chi
cagO, make the sympathetic study of
Your fellow men your work in He,
keep your mind safe, sane and sound,
and for our interes, choose The whole
range vi human activities, aud IL your
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and for ali. Suspect I'm not much OF
an. authority. Hope not. anyway. II
would be such q responsibility.
still. one has strong personal prefer
cnces. oh, my. yes. I've forgotten
friends and casual acquaintances by
telling them how funny George AIDES
stuff was. Years and years. When the
Artie sto: les were started n the
Fables began to bud. Used TO cut
them out and lug EN- around In my
pocket. read EN- to victims on the
,rain-that sort of thing. The arro-
CANT enthusiasm of .youth. You know.
Bet you did it yourself.
We were a gallant squad. the carly
boosters Of AIDE. Later on we became
an army. And now-who doesn't know
the delights and surprises Of those
absurd smiles: of those subtle charsc-
FORMATIONS, of those keen but kindly
thrusts at our home grown foll!es and
foibles? oh. a few thousand teachers
of English literature, perhaps. ! con
think NJ 20 other class ignorant If the
humor Of George AIDE. Ru; even Mark
Twain is only beginning to ne discov-
rod ny them. Another har century
end
Which brings me somewhere near
what | wish to say. For IL seems 20
mo that the Fables must last. Don;
gasp row. That would make then
Literature, with n big l.. Well. why
not? What is the accepted test for
literature? \ criticism of life. isn't t.
And ! ask you, fifty years from now
WHEN the sociolog!st OF i96h-or the
historian, either-is trying to recon
stiuct a faithful picture nj these times
OF ours, isn't he going Ia lind some
help from such vignettes az the pa
b!as? O RENE mber them: The
preacher Who Flow His Kite" the
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A Discriminatory Vote.
Ivy GEORGE ABE.

Comparisons are superfuous n
the word great" has hecn so Nariously
applied to movie actors. salt water
taffy. popular ballads. caharct dancing
and soda fountain mixtures that | re-
fuse To- further overwork il. My ia
vorite writer's are now designated rs
either swell" or elegant" I should
hesitate 70 award the diamond medal.
Rather would | follow the example OF
the Panaina-plrihc Exposition and
Giv" every worthy exhibitor a p.aaue.
II YOU want the cold opinion Of one
reader. I think the most satisfying
humor of recent years has been pro-
vided by Harry Leon Wilson. in his
"Ruggles of Red Gap. ny Booth
Harrington in his stories dealing with
the raw kidhood and mellow Adde'S
c"rce. and by Irwin Cobb. In his de-
lightful yarns Offering Judge Priest
as a central character. II seems TO
me that those three nave been giving
us real humor that meets the fiction
airy specifications. The recent work
of +. G.. WodehDuse has been deli
clously clever. and Julian Street has
been coming along AZ a lively clip.
Peter Dunno ! am CHASING as a wit.
Real critics must distinguish between
wit and humor. The Dooley contribu-
tons are clever editorials in dialect.
In humorous writing the author mus
sustain a mood which IS removed from
duh conventionalism. Mark Twain
was our humorist. Josh Billings and
Artemus Ward were jokcsmiths. Will
son. Harrington and Cobb are reveal
ing some of our home people to us
from a new angie and with their own
Belasco lighting effect. and when ]
buy their products I feel that ! am
getting class A humor. equal to the
we'll known Mark Twain brand.
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Dunno.
US EDW AND =. MARTIN.
Editor Of ..Ijfc."

] am not mp 10 Pc date about hui
mor!Sts, ! haven't read anything but
war literature for a year. have FOR
gotten what literary entertainments IL
like.
Iicsidcs that, | an IA bad critic. prone
to print what | happen to like, left
cent In analysis and incompetent TO
make comparative estimates. The last
time ! was amused by anything | read
was a long time ago, and ! think the
feat was done ly n piece OF Peter
Dunne's on the election Of rum from
the navy and lis prospective ellm.na-
ton from human life, 1t was quite
"A sad piece, full of regretful r~vsigna-
ton, but II edited me very much.
recommend Peter Dunno az the
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AMERICAN HUMORISTS VOTE
ON WIG Is GREATEST OF THEN
Finley Peter Dunno Has
q Shade the Better of
the Symposium Over
George AIDE

ROBABLY no form Of literature
affects various readers 80 d.
versely as does humor. There
appear to be shades Of humor
that meet the personal requirements
ence another. There appear to be
specialists in hufnor as there are in
the law and surgery. There are the
wits. the broadly funny and the droll.
That Is the reason Il IL no difficult to
obtain any agreement on the subject
Of who is the greatest American
humorist.
THE SUN recently vent to what 1t
regarded as the fountain heads-the
humorous writers themselves-and put
the solemn question before them:
Who did they regard as the greatest
American humorist? This apparently
simple question was so dificult that
some Of those addressed broke down
completely. At least 1t Is assumed
they did. for they failed to reply.
probably because they felt the utter
hopelessness OF ever succeeding In any
attempted solution Of the problem.
But there are brave ones, ever in the
ranks of humorous writer's. Some Of
them undoubtedly would acquit them
selves handsomely In the trenches II
their countries called them. These
have cast prudence To the winds and
boldly have declared their preferences.
The writer's whose replies are printed
Sslow are:
4EoRaE ABE,
John KENDHlcK BANGS
ILLS PARKER BUTLER.
IRWIN ) COBB.
4EwELL FORD.
EDWARD :. MARTIN.
WALT MASON.
TOM MASON.
4. WALDRoN.
CAROLYN WELLS.
c. u. LEWIS.
One or two Of the writer's split
their tickets. and one voted for three.
consequently while George AIDE and
Finley Peter Dunno (Nir. Dooley) are
about tied for first place Dunno
has rather n shade the better In tho
voting. The vote may. he
i3ed as follows:
FINLEY PETER DUNE. 3.
GEORGE ADE 9.
HARRY LEON WILSON.
BOOTH HARRINGTON. l.
IRWIN :. COBB. I.
GEORGE FIFTH. i.
MARK TWAIN. I.
OLIVER HEREFORD. !
Although several of the writer's re-
0Ned with the wit IF brevity, tho
majority Of the writer's explained
their votes with that detail That must
prove OF interest.
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greatest living American humor!st.
He is an able. serious minded man. az
n competen, humorist u be. May
be. Artemus Ward. Mark Twain. w.
Irving. George AIDE, the Brothers Ir-
WIN or X. ID. Wiggin are greater, !
don't know, and unless the Germans
are soon beaten II won't make any
difference 10 posterity.
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A Split Ticket.
ny IRWIN y. n.

Answering your letter in which YOU
ask me who I cons der the greatest
American humorist.
With me two names are coupled in
the betting:
George Ade.
Finley Peter Dunno.
The grounds upon which | make my
selection are as follows:
Fables in Slang
MIR. Dooley,'
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Votes for Dunno.
PETER INN
T. V. tTOM) MASON.
O:hce OF NE. New York.
To an Englishman.

Your question is no entirely clear.
My answer Is Oliver Horford, unless.
being English born, he Is Not eligible
RAILWAY, y. j. CAROLYN WELLS.
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field In humor you will wear a bay Of
green as the flag Of the ancient sod
YOU will be as Dunno Is. q only a
great humorist, but an inspiring hui
manist.
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Original AIDE Booster.
ny JEWELL FORD,

Gla you asked me. Not that I'm
sure ! can settle the question orca
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-04-30
NORTH BENCH

Mrs. Wallet is very ill at this-writ-
ing.
Lucian Hinkle spent Sunday with
Ford Miles.
Mrs. Louie McGillis is helping Mrs.
John O'Neil this week.
Nick Delfadang is digging a we'll
and putting in fence for Mr.. Birming-
ham.
Mrs. Ryan has been quite ill for the
past few days, but is better at this
writing.
Mr.. Birmingham and little son from
town were out to their homestead
Sunday.
Mrs. j. L. Dyer and Mrs. Ames
spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs.
John O'Neil.
Mrs. Harry Woodward returned a
short time ago from a several months
visit with friends.
Mrs. Helen Stonuey and mother,
Mrs. Ryan called on Mrs. j. l.. Dyer
Tuesday evening.
We are needing rain badly here
Several have stopped garden oper.
atoms until it rains.
Mrs. Zurcher and daughter Emma
who have been working at the Cole,
man House for the past week, are al
the poor farm, again.
W. are glad to report that Bill
Peters horse is about we'll. Las
week he got the use of a horse TO,
the summer from Mrs. Kline, and con
%sequently can &C ahead with hi
. spring work.
Mrs. A. c.. Vertz holds the banne
for the greatest number Of little chick
ems around here She has 60 hatche'
from her incubator. She reset tn
incubator with turkey eggs. We vii
all know where to spend Thanksgiv
ing, Christmas and New Years.
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WILLOW BEND

The small grain is nearly all sown
in this vicinity.
Sam Paulson and Don Ewing were
Glasgow visitors Friday of last week.
For any information wanted re-
garding disk plows, inquire of Kelsey
Dorr.
Mrs. Phelps and daughter May
were Glasgow visitors one day last
week.
The Lloyd Brothers had the mis-.
fortune to lose q valuable horse last
week.
H. H. Ebersole did a general jot
of vaccinating his cattle and brand
ing his colts the first of the week.
AL White and Miss Ida Ebersol,
were Willow Bend visitors Sunday
Miss Ida came to look after her farm
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NeRurQl
Items Sent in BY The COurieT'S
Special Corps of NeDs Caterers
OSWEGO ITEMS

Mr.. Walls new house is nearly com
pleted.
Miss Bessie Spencer of Weldon,
Mont, spent Sunday at Glasgow, via
Oswego.
G. NJ. Grant, of Glendive arriv-
ed on Monday, in view of buying a
number of horses.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Crowder of the
OK ranch spent several days of last
week in Glasgow.
Mrs. Dinnetz and her little girl,
Edith have taken up their residence
on their homestead south of the Mis-
souri,.
Miss Anna Gastineau of Belgrade,
Montana, arrived on Sunday and will
spend the summer with her brother,
]. E., on the ranch at Prairie Elk.
Mr.. Hagen, our genial hardware
man, spent Friday of last week at
the county seat. We understand he
called at the court house and filed
his Intentionally
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Tyner's mother
has been confine d to her oOm the
past week, on account of illness but
at this writing w are pleased to not'
that she is much improved.
Mrs. H. H. Pope of Poplar, spen
several days last week in view o
opening an Art Studio at Oswego
providing she can find suitable home
stead land in this vicinity.
Mrs. VIM. White of Chicago, VIII
has been visiting her brother, A. A
Peterson, on his homestead was call
ed home the last of the week by tn
sudden illness of her little daughter
Winifred.
Hon. J.. NJ. Boardman of Helen;
was shaking hands with his man
friends at Oswego. He was on n
way to his large ranch south OF tn
river. Mrs. Boardman was detaine
at Helena on account of her mother
illness.
On April 22nd, Mrs. Geo. R. Brow
most delightfully."- entertained the o
wego Pioneer Club at an afternoo
meeting. Music and games were Ell
joyed and a contest was given out
the hostess, "a Penny for Yo'
Thoughts" Mrs. Dinnety receivir
first, and Mrs. Neidrud, the boot
prize. Delicious refreshments W;
served by Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Di1
nety.
On the eve of April 9Th, Mr.. ar
Mrs. w. A. Goldschmidt entertaint
the Oswego Pioneer Club at an opt
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-04-30
NOTICE OF

Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office.
Glasgow, Montana, April 18th, 1915.
To George Frank LaRue of Glasgow,
Montana, Contestee:
You are hereby notified that Bertha
Butler, who gives Glasgow, Montana,
as her postoffice address, did on April
18th, 1915, file in this Office her duly
corroborated application to contest
and secure the cancellation of your
Homestead Entry No. O28O58, serial
No. O28O58, made May 10th, 1914, for
NEA NWH, Sk NWA, SWA NEA,
SEA SWA NJ SWA, NWA SEA,
section II. township % north, range
80, E. w. M. Meridian, and as grounds
for her contest she alleges that George
Frank La Rue has made no improve
ments on land whatever, that he has
abandoned said land for more than
six months last past.
You are, therefore, further notified
that said allegations will he taken by
this Office as having been confessed
by you, and your said entry will be
Cancelled Hereunder without your fur
ther right to be heard therein, either
before this Office or on appeal, if you
fail to file in this Office within twenty
days after the FOURTH publication
of this notice, as shown below, your
answer, under oath, specifically meet
ing and responding to these allega-
| tons of contest, or if you fail within
| that time to file in this office due
! proof that you have served a copy of
your answer on the said contestant
either in person or by registered mail.
If this service is made by the deliv-
cry of a copy of your answer to the
contestant in person proof of such
service must be either the said
contestants written acknowledgment
Of her receipt Of the copy, showing the
date of its receipt, or the affidavit of
the person by whom the delivery was
made stateing when and where the
copy was delivered; if made by regis
tered mail, proof Of such service must
consist Of the affidavit of the person
by whom the copy was mailed stat
ing when and the postoffice to which
it was mailed, and this affidavit must
be accompanied by the postmaster's
receipt for the letter.
You should state in your answer the
name Of the postoffice to which you
desire future notices to be sent ia
you.
EDWARD G.. HARGADINE.
Receiver
Date of first publication April 10th
1915.
Date of second publication April %
1915.
Date of third publication, April 80
1915.
Date of fourth publication, May z
1915.
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WENDELL ITEMS

Al Downing began seeding last
Monday.
Charley Taylor called at Mr.. Holm
es' Monday.
George Vixen is still holding down
his job with Albert Kerr.
Miss Bessie Gray was taking pic
lures at the post Office Sunday.
Reynold Holmes will do breaking
for George Berget this summer.
George Berget went to Glasgow last
Monday to work at carpentering.
Mrs. Joe and Mrs. Jay Taylor, call
ed on Mrs. Holmes last Friday after
noon.
Walter Gray finished putting in a
crop on Pete Klockstead's place last
week.
Jack Hokenson has gone to Glas-
gov to have a good time since he has
finished seeding.
lId 1dylOI Is uOW III Vic COIlIIiluIIICy
putting in his crop, although his
family will not come until later.
Miss Fannie Newberry has forsaker
the destinations of the city of Hins'
dale and is now holding down hel
homestead.
Wilbur Hall has purchased tn
house, Mr.. Troutman put up last fall
and may move it up near his owl
later on.
Pat Sisk has four horses plowin,
for Mr.. Ruffcorn, and also a humble
of teams working at New Baylor.
!, Albert Kerr is busy seeding.
:. Miss Elsie Berget who recently pur
chased a REIMBURSEMENT from Nj
Erie, expects to establish her res
, dence there during the m
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interests and we guess Al came along
to drive the team. Ask him about it
when you zee him.
Cattle on the range have to be
watched closely these days. They wan
der in the soft places after the green
feed and water and some of them
stay there until pulled out with a
team. Phelps and Lloyd Ebersole
had considerable work of this kind
the past weke
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-04-30

! Mr.. Parker is doing field work in the
reclamation service.
E. d. and Leo Coleman of Glasgow,
were business visitors at Malta Fri
day.
jay Brown and Miss Moore are as
! sisting in the Clerk and Recorders
| office this week.
Several Malta people went to Dod-
| son dam Sunday where fishing is said
to be very good.
Mrs. w. G. Schneider and Mrs. H.
F. Eline came up from Saco, by au-
tomobile, Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Shaw, Annie Sur
want and Henry Nelson motored to
Dodson Monday evening.
John Survant. who was so badly in
iured last week is able to be out and
is slowly recovering from his %injur-
les.
A case of surveying instruments
was stolen from County Surveyor
! Richardson's Office some time Satur-
day night.
Attorney O'Kcefe of Chinook came
down Saturday and is spending sew
eral days in town on business of a
legal nature.
Friday, the 18th was cleanup day
for Malta and day was observed gen.
orally, resulting in an improved ap-
pearance for the town.
Judge F. N Utter, Court Stenogra-
pher C. O. Tegnell and Attorney John
NJ. Kline, all Of Glasgow were in NAL
ia on business Saturday.
The Rebekah Lodge gave a program
consisting of readings, music and q
pantomime play Friday evening, fol-
lowed by cards and a cafeteria sup
per. A nice little sum was added
to the building fund.
VIM. Mcclellan has a nice lot Of
4 tame Box Elder trees which he has
| raised from the seed and they are
making a fine growth. He intends tt
cultivate a hedge of them On the south
and west sides of his lots.
Rev. R. T. Cookingham expects tx
hold services regularly every Sunda,
morning and every other Sunday eve
ming. When he is not present Sunda.
evenings, Rev. l. A. RAIDER will fill
the pulpit. Rev. Cookingham is il
Havre this week attending Nortl
Montana District Conference and i!
down on the program for an address
Thursday.
!, On Thursday evening, Mrs. E. B
Chambers gave a dinner to a few
friends in honor of Mrs. Thos. Favey
who left for her future home at Den
ton, Mont, this morning. Those pre-
sent were Mr.. and Mrs. w. Mcclellan
Mrs. Facey, Mabel Peck, Mr.. and Mrs
C. Chambers and George Chambers
After dinner the evening was pleas
antly spent at cards and music.
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MALTA
(Too late for last week.

(Too late for last week.
Mrs. Chas. Ross of Dodson, spent
Friday in Malta.
Attorney Thos. Dignan was up from
Glasgow Tuesday.
Mrs. j. F. Murray was hostess to
the Woman's Club Saturday.
The excavation for the new Mason
ic Temple is being made this week.
W. G. Schneider is moving his fam
lily from Saco to Malta this week.
Mrs. H. A Parker left last week
for her mothers home in Ohio, where
she will spend several months, while
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session at the Travellers Hotel. Mus
ic and cards being the diversion of
the evening. At midnight the tables
of the dining room we're beautifully
and refreshments were
served. Mrs. Goldschmidt was as
sisted in the dining room by Mines.
Tynor and Dinnety. The out of town
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Monk of
St. Paul.