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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1916-03-10

didates and will probably be the only
ones nominated.
On Friday night last ten new men,
bers were initiated into the Rebekah
lodge. They were Mr.. and Mrs. H.
S. Whitcomb, Mr.. and Mrs. E. ).
Brown, Messrs. Edgar Partridge and
Archie Stubblefield, Misses Edna
Partridge, Nora Stubblefield, Rolive
Crabb and Mrs. Leon Reed. After
lodge was closed a fine lunch was
served by Messrs. and Mesdames
Thicker and Brandon. and Miss Eva
Robertson. This makes a total Of
So members in the Rebekah lodge
and more will soon be taken into the
membership.
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liam Ball was the winner Of the prize
for naming the flour, which will be
called "Circle Diamond"
The St. Mary's guild girls gave a
dance in the Orpheum hall Friday
night. This is the last dance to be
held there as the Enterprise has
rented the room for its publishing
business.
Three school trustees are to be
elected this spring as the school pop
ulation of the district allows five
members on the board instead of
three from now on. l.. C. Edwards
retires from the board this year.
The Hallowell Concert company
gave one of the most delightful o n
certs Saturday night ever given in
Malta. Their orchestra also played
for a dance, following the concert,
until about 1890 a. M, which a large
number attended.
A petition was circulated Wednes-
day to collect funds for the purpose
Of paying I. B. Donnelly's expenses
from Billings here to talk to the
business men and farmers of this vi
cinity on sugar beet business and
culture.
Harry Cosner for mayor, Emanuel
Shower, alderman for ward one, and
H. G. Robinson, alderman for ward
two are the first ones mentioned for
city offices. These are all good can
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f. M. Lloyd was in town Wednes-
day making final proof on his claim.
We understand that Mrs. Jess
Rogers has sold 100 ere of her
farm.
There is an entertainment soon at
our school house. We will surely at
tend and write you about it.
Mr.. Leonard was a Willow Bend
visitor Saturday and Sunday. He
was the guest of the A. ]. Ebersole
family.
Say, if you see anything of Happy
around there, tell him that the
"hoodoo" that he put on the egg case
is broken. The biddies are respond
ing to good treatment and we are
looking for eggs in the near future
H. H. Ebersole was in town Tues
day looking after machinery that he
expects to have on hand by spring.
There must be "some" salesman
| around the Coleman Hardware store
when they can make a man buy goods
after he has his order all made GU
to a mail order house. 1t surel.
goes to show selling ability.
The mail man has hard work get
ting over his route these days. !
does not make much difference, a
we can always send to town and ge
our mail before he delivers it. TIL
mail that starts out of Glasgow Wed
nesday he carries to Lismas an
when the roads are good he brings i
back. There should be some chang
made, but you can't expect much un
der a democratic administration.
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town from Weldon this week. While
here he also visited at Glasgow.
H. c. Nedrud has moved into the
Peterson house.
Q. McClammy went to Poplar on
important business Tuesday.
E. L. Olson of Poplar was a bust
ness visitor in, town Saturday.
Orval Milton of Prairie Elk was
a visitor in our town last week.
Jimmie Krall went to Wolf Point
Friday to have some dental work
done.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Gilligan left for
Poplar last week, where they will re-
side for the summer.
Miss Susan Goldschmidt is spend
ing a couple of weeks with Max
Morrison on the reservation.
Gust Thoma returned from Idaho
Tuesday to resume his residence OH
his homestead on the reservation.
Sam Bickford is still looking visit
fully toward the north and patiently
waiting for spring and warm weather,
F. F. Bossnat, contractor from
Havre, came to town Sunday to fig
ure on the building Of a new school
house here.
Mrs. A. Birch and little daughter
Dorothy, who have been visiting Nor
~rison's, north of town, left for Craik
Saskatchewan, last week.
Several Of the farmers living south
of the river, were called to Glendive
last week to attend the trial of Mr.
Smith. Among them were Messrs
Leverenz, Scott, Gerrute and Carlson
brothers.
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The weather man is handing us
some more cold weather.
John Gilchrist and the Rice broth
ers are busy putting up ice.
L. P. Gamble of Tampico made a
business trip to Glasgow Friday.
Ford Miles entertained the Bachel-
ors' club Thursday night. All report
a good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miles and son, Ford
Mr.. and Mrs. Collins and sons, Al
bert and Allen, and Len Gamble
spent Sunday at the home of J. L
Beyers.
The members of the United Ladies
Aid society were requested to NEE
with Mrs. Miles on the second Thurs
day, which will be March 9. 1t i
hoped that all members will be pres
ent as there sis special business t.
transact.
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smoke, gasoline fumes, the smell Of
orange peels and the roasting cof-
fee, and where the sun comes down
through leafy covers instead Of
fighting to get through the smoke
stacks and sk~yscrapers of the city
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Write to Hotel Radisson, Minneapo-
is, for descriptive booklets. tt.
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OSWEGO.

o. f. Lee was a business visitor
at Glasgow Monday.
K. Stanley Fuqua is a visitor in
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streets. Love is always on the job.
All he wants is a chance and a cod-
pie of prospects.
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concealed in frame of herbs and
flowers and known as Jack-in-the-
green. walks between them. From
time to time they stop and dance. ex-
pecting the onlookers to give them a
penny or two.
The May Day dancing is perhaps the
most interesting part of the ceiebra-
tons. During the fifteenth and six
teenth centuries the famous Robin
Hood dances were the order of the
day--a custom still carried out al
Bampton-on-the-B Bush in England
where every year men do what Is
known as the Morris dances. This
ceremony IS older than Christianity
and was danced by the Sun and Ma
ture worshipers ages ago. In the
Elizabethan era It was part of tbs
peasants May Day revel. and is givey
today in exactly the same manner a.
IT was three hundred years ago II
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as II was set up in front OF churches,
often overlapping the steeple In
height. and remained there through
out the year It seems that the May
pole was common during the latter
part OF the seventeenth century both
In England and Holland. In the lat
ter country it was usually surmounted
by pot of growing flowers. Just be-
low this were several hoops hung with
gilded pendants. The older French
Maypoles were almost an exact copy
Of those set up by the Dutch, except
| they were painted white and blue.
{ One Of the most famous Maypoles
stood In front of a little hotel In Lon
/ don until 1852. when the building was
demolished II was pole about forty
! feet in height and was said to have
been the staff of Gerard the Giant"
/ A few Maypoles still stand in various
parts OF England. The best known
/ OF these supports a weathercock in
the churchyard at pendleton. on May
| Day the ancient relic is garlanded with
flowers and the girls dance about it.
! carrying out the idea of the fetes of
long ago.
At the village of St Eavdien. near
| SaIzburg, in Austria, there is a rather
curious Naypole that has stood for
many years Late on the night of
April thirtieth the peasants tie a bush
to the top and encircle the pole with
garlands May dolls dressed in linen
land cloth arc then tied or nailed TO
the pole. showing them in the act
Of climbing. Sometimes figures OF
birds and animals are fastened near
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the top, which gives one the idea that
the dolls are climbing after these fig
ures. Asdance is held about the pole
in the evening.
May Queens
The May Queen of the olden days
did not mingle with her subjects as
she does today, but sat on her throne
amid the flowers and watched her sub
jects as they danced over the green
grass or through the village streets,
Her place was in an arbor near the
Maypoie.
Curious Dances.
London had and stiIl has various
forms OF May Day festivities. one be-
ing the fete of the Chimney Sweeps
Usually three of these men appear on
the streets in fantastic garb, two
dressed as females. generally giittering
with spangles. while the third, a man
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operations OF war and points out by
Signals to the army to which 1t Is ac-
credited the vulnerable points in the
enemy's lines.
What the Service Needs.
The organization of The aviation unit
in the foreign armies suggests squad
ron OF twelve machines as the basis
of our organization, eight of these
machines to be of the reconnaissance
type and two each of the pursuit and
combat types, According to the re-
port OF the Chief Signal Offlcer In
case our army remains at its present
authorized strength the personnel of
thu aviation section should be In
creased by forty-six officers and four
hundred and sixty-two men to give
sufficient personnel to supply five aero
squadrons. one for each of the Ave
tactical divisions at present organized
in the army and to maintain the avt-
alton school. 1t Is to be pointed out
there is need for at least one squadron
for reconnaissance work In each OF
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Corporal Hale. During the year 3.45S
flights were made at the school. the
total number of hours in the air be-
ing about 1870; 1890 passengers were
carried in experimental fights. The
majority Of the passengers were army
officers, officials and mechanictans.
What the Men Are Taught.
The school is divided into two main
departments~-the training department
and the experimental and repair de-
partment. The former is devoted TO
the training of student officers for
junior military aviators. the tnstruc-
ZION OF enlisted mon In flying and the
training of suitable enlisted men for
aviation mechanicians. The course in
This department is thorough from be-
ginning to end as the student has both
theoretical and practical course IN
the art Of flying. in construction, OPP
Grafton and repair OF aeroplanes and
aeronauticdl motors. in meteoroiogy
and in the navigation OF the air, The
enlisted men are taught 10 operate the
aircraft and the care Of aeroplaGes
and motors. The aviation mechani-
clans are instructed in the repairing
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dance in which young and old par
ticipated The shops were closed and
all England took a holiday. Toward
the evening the members Of the Court
appeared and the scene became one OF
great beauty as the dance went on
under the glare of hundreds OF
torches. Chaucer describes the May
dance In hts Court Of Love-" and
writes
Forth goeth all the court, both most
and least,
To fetch the flowers fresh"
But England had it's straight-laced
rulers who disliked anything which
brought Joy to the people. and in 1644
Maypoles were forbidden 20 be erect
ed. and from that time until the res
toration Of Charles II. in 1861, Eng
lands celebrations consisted in merely
gathering a few flowers. However. In
1861, a huge Maypole was erected ir
the Strand in London. It was Of cedar
and was raised by twelve seamen
commanded by the Duke of York, who
was then Lord High Admiral of Eng
Hand The pole was more than one
hundred and twenty-five feet II
height II stood there until 17l7
when 1t was purchased by Sir Isaac
Newton, who had It removed to Wan
stead, in Essex. to use as a support fo1
the great telescope which had beer
presented to the Royal Society.
MaypoIes.
The origin OF the Maypole is rathe
vague. In some places 1t seems t.
have been a sort Of religious exercise
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'anders. both OF whom sprang from
Celtic stock.
In Egypt and india the May Day
festival WAS held 70 celebrate the re
newed fertility Of the ground, Al
though the relics Of Drmdism sur
vive in the Celtic portions Of Great
Britain II Is the Roman pagan feast
which has left Its frmest traces upon
the May Day celebrations in the An
Saxon sections for the occasion Is
rather a feast OF flowers than OF saCrt-
fees and in honor of Flora rather than
Of Baal.
England-s May Day.
England for centuries has been the
home OF the real May Day fetes. nj
though both Germany and France
have celebrated the day for several
/ hundred years. The May fetes reached
| their height during the reign OF the
! pleasure loving Henry VIII, who with
/ his Queen. Catherine OF AraTon. came
( from his palace at Greenwich to meet
/ his Court In May Day hunt for flow.
ers Il was customary for the middle
and poorer classes TO go forth at ar
early hour on the morning OF May
Day and gather flowers and hawthorn
branches and bring them in at sunrise
/ blowing horns and singing as the,
came toward their homes, They dec.
grated the windows and doors O.
their dwellings with the garlands call
ing the ceremony "the bringing hom'
OF May" The fairest maid of th'
village was crowned Queen for th'
day. This was followed nv tho Ma
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the three coast artillery districts IN
this country and that a sufficient num-
Der of aeroplanes should be provided
for fire direction and control for the
field artillery on the basis OF one aero
plane per battery, with one in reserve,
or, In rouad numbers. six aero squad
rons for this arm of the service.
Should the plans for the reorganiza-
ton of the army by the War Depart
ment be approved by Congress the to-
tai strength of the aviation section
would be three hundred and sixty
eight officers and twenty-three hun
dred and ninety-nine men.
Colonel Samuel Reber Is the present
head of the army aviation service.
Lieut.. Col. George o. Squier IL In
charge OF the aviation school with
Captain Arthur S. Cowan as assistant
| While none ofthese officers are talk
| ing upon the subject of the work OF
the avfators in Mexico 1t is generally
understood that the graduates OF the
San Diego school are having a busy
! time Somewhere in Mexico"
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gasolene. spare parts to machines.
crews and other equipment.
Aero Station.
Stations for aeroplanes have been
established at Corregidor in the Phil
ippines, Fort Kamehameha. Hawaii,
and on the Canal Zone. A station was
also set up at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
and later moved to Fort Sam Houston,
near San Antonio. Texas. 1t was from
this station that the aviators now in
Mexico were taken, only eight air
craft being available. These machines
are commanded by Captain Benjamin
D. Foulois. who is the dean of the avn
alton corps and who is regarded as
1.-The best fiier in the army"
The great value of the aeroplane
and an adequate aviation service are
shown In the present European war
which has developed three separate
types of aeroplanes--the reconnais-
sance and fire control machines. the
combat machine and the pursuit ma
chine, all OF which would be extremely
useful to the United States at present.
The principal uses OF the flying ma
chine in war are: /. Reconnaissance.
2. Directing and correcting artillery
fire. 3. Offensive operations. 4.
Rapid dispatch carrying to a distance.
S. Photography. s. Locating SUBJ
marines. mines. etc.
Photography from aircraft by the
aid OF a telephoto lens and auton Itic
shutter will give the airmen perfect
surveys of the enemy's camp. also
show where guns are concealed and
the movements of troops. Indeed, the
aircraft sees and indicates the larger
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some of the rural districts the May
pole is set up for the day only. being
drawn to the spot by oxen whose necks
are wreathed in flowers After 1t has
been erected the dance begins. the
girls interlacing the Maypole with rib
bons of various colors. The young
men, who wear fantastic costumes.
dance quadrilles with. the girls. FORM
ing many beautiful figures. Sometimes
the play OF Robin Hood and his merry
men is enacted in the forest. In Scot
land the games in arching as played
nv the picturesque robber band are
cutie common in May Day celebra-
tons
| Nav DAY in France is still celebrated
with more or less ceremony, Tbs
French people love the sprinGtime and
! Going a'Maying is one OF their favor
/ ita sports. The May Queen is usually
| crowned near some church, where she
s,ts enthroned in flowers while the
| festival is In progress. To these peo-
nle the month of May Is the month
! ~ flowers and Is consecrated to the
virgin. During the festivities girls
90 about with tiny contribution boxes
begging for money for the May"
These offerings are used to beautify the
: affairs and statues of the Virgin on
/ Nav Day the following year,
May Day In America.
! Our May Day festivities consist IN
/ folk dances by the school children.
These dances, many OF which are the
very perfection Of the poetry OF mo-
/ ton. are given on a large scale by
/ the school children of New York City.
being held in Central Park. There
dozens OF Maypoles are set up and
! the children dance and play through
out the entire day.
Ancients and moderns alike love
May Day and their thoughts have a.-
ways turned 10 the flowers and tr"0s
at this particular time whom Natn e.
IS NJ her hest.
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Of aeroplanes and motors and given n
thorough shop course. The personnel
OF tho training department consists of
the officers assigned as instructors,
two expert civilian instructors in flying
and an expert civilian instructor on
motors
The experimental and repair de-
partment is charged with the work OF
conducting experiments pertaining to
machines, motors and appurtenances,
the study Of new types and the repair
and reconstruction of aeroplanes and
motors. In the machine shop the ac-
tual work of repairing and overhaul
ing goes on. The making of spare
parts Ind fittings for the machines Is
also part of the work there Con-
siderable time has been devoted to the
tests of lubricatinR oils. testing and
balancing propellers, and in special
work in connection with the trying out
of a new stabilizer, signalling from
aeroplanes by means of Very pistols
and smoke bombs the use of radio
telegraphy from aeroplanes with
certain kind OF parachute. the drop
ping of bombs, with types of aero
planes and In the location OF subma-
rines and mines The instructors In
this department are civilians and are
made up of an aeronautical engineer.
an aeronautica1 mechanical engineer
and five civilian aviation mechaui-
clans.
Among the special work done at this
shop during the year was the build
ing OF a number of trL .ks-one a
completely equipped portable machine
shop with electric power for driving
tools The others are carriers for
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The Origin and OBJ
servance of the Day
Upon hich Nature
Offers Her Greatest
Beauties To NJ an.
Copyright 1slG sy The international
syuaicste,

syndicate.
~ NE has BAT 80 study the customs
OF the ancient pruids and pagan
Romans 20 and the origin and
" foundation Of She celebration Of
many OF our feast days and while the
celebrations may be somewhat dH-
ferent at the present time. they Ftiil
retain many OF the customs and SUI
perstitions "a praCticed In the days
OF old.
May Day in che Church calendar is
the combined day Of ST. Philip the
Apostle and ST. James the Less, yet
the doing honor to these saints has
very little to do with our May Day
festivities. May first is a time when
al nature is Joyful as she spreads out
her green fields and flower dotted
woodlands 20 mans case and a
sort of mad happiness goes abroad
over the earth when man hnds that
Nature, long dead. smiles again, and
certain gratitude springs up in his
heart for blessings which have been
showered upon him.
Origin of Customs.
Among the Romans the joyous feel
ing of the day found an outlet In the
Fioraiia or Floral Games which begar
on April 2sth and lasted several days
Nations taking more or less OF theii
origin from Rome have settled upor
May first as the special time for fetes
The Druids celebrated the Feast Of
Baal on May flrst by lighting immense
Ares In his honor upon the various
cairns--a custom which still survives
among the Irish md Scotch High.
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- OF the United States Army. thus
placing Il in the department OF the
"syes and ears" Of The army. Prior
70 the passage of this Act there was
no definite provision Of law covering
the duties OF the Signal Corps with re-
apect TO aviation except that which
Was contained In the Act approved
March End. 1913. that allowed detail
Cf not to exceed thirty officers Of the
line of the army on aviation duty and
save extra pay to the officers engaged
In nying.
This lack OF interest IN the aircraft
WAS perhaps due 30 the fact that the
real value OF the aeroplane in time
y ok war was unknown. in fact, IL was
thought of in the early days OF its
fnvenfion as mere vehicle Of pIeas-
arc for the lover OF dare devil sport,
\ 0fadnaily, however, the army avia-
tors demonstrated It's great advan-
taxes ia the collection and transmits
atOn OF military intelligence and In
the Geld OF reconnaissance. and short
Il N before the beginning Il he present
y uropoan war Congress woke up 10
The fact OF the importance If the aero
Dlane from a military standpoint.
Location of school.
An aviation school was established
III North Island in San Diego Bay
ma Instruction IN aviation began In
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The Work of the Aviation Section At Its School On
North Island In San Diego Bay - How the
Aviators Are Demonstrating the Great
Value of Aircraft In War

earnest. Just now there Is very 1T
tie going on there on account OF the
aviators having been sent to the Dor
der for actual business IN the catching
of Villa However, number OF ayi-
alton students are still at work try
ing out on the school machines in
which every man makes his first trip
IN the air
Record Flights.
During the last year some remark
able flying records have been made
Lieutenant Dodd made flight TO Los
Angeles and back without a mishap
carrying a meChanician as "A passen-
ger. Captain Fl. Leroy Muller. estab-
ished a new American altitude rec
ord for pilot flying alone by reaching
an altitude of 17,41l feet in a flight Of
two hours and tweuty-seven minutes
Lieutenant J r. Carberry established
a new American record for altitude
fight with pilot and passenger by go
ing IN the air 10 an altitude OF 11,691
feet The time required in making the
hight was ono hour and thirteen min
utes. He carried Lieutenant Arthur
r. Christie as passenger. The
American endurance record was made
al the aviation school by Lieutenant
b. q Jones. his time in the air being
eight hours and fifty-thrce minutes.
This officer is also the holder Of the
endurance record IN cgrry.re passcn-
gers, having remained IN The air for
seven hours and Nv minutes His
passengers were Corporal Hauser and
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~HE Act OF Congress approved |
July Is. 1914. created an "Avia- |
ton Section" in the Signal Corps !
re fba limited e4a4As yrrpy 4hus
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The origin OF the Maypole Is rather
vague, In some places 1t seems to
have been sort Of religious exercise