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The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
Prescriptions May Best
Be Filled by Those Who
Think They Are AiIing

If people always knew beforehand
just what the doctors prescription
would he, most of the time it would
be quite unnecessary to consult doc
tor.
A patient with vague and indie
terminate complaint sought out the
late DIR. Weir Mitchell and elaborate
~ described what she thought were
the symptoms of imminent collapse.
The famous physician heard her out
with courteous gravity. wrote line
or two on a bit Of paper and then
said: Take this to the drug store
across the street and they will fill it
for YOU"
When the ailing hypochondriac
showed the paper to the apothecary, he
smiled and handed it back.
I'm afraid you'll nave to fill this
out yourself, madam" he said deferen.
TALLY.
what do you mean?'
Then she read what was written. II
was simply the Bible verse: "Greater
is he that ruleth himself than he that
taketh a ity."-Exchange.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
Grizzly Bear Is Fond of
Big Variety of Eatables

The appetite of the grizzly is one
of the few drawbacks to his domestica-
tlon. His tastes are not limited, but
he deals in large quantities. In some
respects the grizzly is dainty feeder.
He is fond, for instance, of violets, and
will eat several pounds if he can find
them. He likes rosebuds and will de-
Your almost any sort of bulb. On the
other hand, he will eat meat of any
age. Apples and turnips are perhaps
his favorite delicacies, but he also is
fond of honey. Usually, he eats the
bees with it. Wasps, yellow jackets,
srasshoppers, ants and their eggs.
bugs and all sort of grubs are also on
his menu. Other delicacies which he
enjoys are snakes, rats, mice and rab.
bits.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
Sodium and Potassium Are
Most Interesting Metals

Perhaps the most interesting metals
Of all are sodium and potassium, SAYS
Boys Life. They are usually men,
toned together because they act in al
most the same way. If piece Of
either is placed on water it does not
sink, hut spins over the surface and
often. in the case of potassium, bursts
into flame. After the metal is dis
solved in the water, it will be found
to be soapy. If the metal is placed on
water colored with red litmus. the wa
ter will turn blue. If the metal is
placed in pure concentrated sulphuric
acid nothing will happen, but if drop
Of water is added there will be vio-
lent explosion.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08

course there are things I do that peo-
pie can't help. such as blowing things
about. and when they least expect me-
10. but that is because | am a playful
creature"
ITS laZineSs. almost always" the
weather Went on talking. II hear the
same thing summer and winter. It's
so cold they don't feel like working.
They want t" sit by a fire and DO
nothing. Or it is 50 hot they feel lazy
and tired and can't do anything. -
cor they complain that it is muggy
and they don't feel like doing anything.
oh. dear, oh dear, how they do grurn-
BILE.
ut makes me sad and weary, yes,
sad and weary
"Poor weather." said the wind.
YES. I should have your synra-
thy and pity, for life is often very
hard to bear. l give folks all kinds
of different days. give them what
1t known as a variety. mixture of
weather.
81 give them dark days and bright
days and hot days and cold days.
Sometimes YOU come and help me and
sometimes it is quite. quite still.
Now and again the king Of the
clouds does some work. or Nurse Fog
has one of her story hours for her lit
tie charges. the Mist grandchildren.
"The sun beams and shines but they
too hot. or he is glarng in their eyes.
or they think he is in the way
"And when he isn't around they
grnmble, too. ooh, if only the sun
would shine they say.
But there is just one thing, wind,
that l won't do
What is that Weather." asked the
wind.
II am ohliging in many ways. give
folks all kinds of days as / said H.
fore. I can understand they like dr.
fercnt kinds.
$50 | do a great deal for them
also have willing helpers in Mr. Hu,e
and the king of the clouds. in ~rince
Sleet and Old Man Snow and s., many
others. in King Thunder ar,Y Queen
Thunder and the Lightning children.
but l will not take their hints.
When they say that they wish il would
clear off and they do wish that the
weather would not be so muyey If
ii is my time To he mugSy l don't stop
| for them.
II stop when ii is time for me to
stop and do something else. do not
stop the minute they hint to me.
"1f l did. wind, YOU see, they would
| have all sorts of weatherS ar the same
time. for different people say different
| things.
zone will want it to rain 50 she can
get /. lot of indoor things done, an
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
FORGERY PLOT IN
FEDERAL PRISON
Gigantic SWindIe Operated From
Within Walls of Fort
LeavenWorth.
SCORE UNDER ARREST
Subtreasury Checks and Checks on
Private Concerns Printed in Prison
Printing Office - Confession
Reveals Amazing Plot.

Chlcago.-An amazing story OF for.
gerry and counterfeiting, carried on by
Il band Of % men in the federal prison
in Fort LeavenwOrth. was revealed
in this city through the arrest Of sew.
eral Of the participants.
The arrests, which were made after
six weeks work by Peter Drautzberg
and w. &. Harper. assistants to Capt.
Thomas l. Porter. chief of the Chicago
district Of the United States secret
service, turned up the entire conspir
acy.
The forgery, from which perhaps
100000 has been realized through the
use of many names OF prominence, in
vOlved the printing of 1000 subtreasury
checks, calling 70: 500 each. as well
as checks on private concerns, such
as the United Fruit company Of New
Orleans. The printing OF these was
done in the prison printing office ut
Fort Leavenworth.
Also Forged Letterheads.
In order to get paper on which to
print the private checks the prisoners
had to obtain supplies Of i've best bank
paper. So they wrote for samples to
the leading supply houses OF the coun.
try.
On a large number of the phony
checks the name sc. SHELTON Williams"
was written. These checks passed
more readily than any, it being hastily
assumed by the recipient that it was
drawn at the instance of John Shelton
Williams. high treasury official
The denOuement came through the
arrest of an innocent man. former
soldier who had been a prisoner, but
who. it developed. had taken no part
in the swindle. This youth was seized
on the complaint of st. Louis bust.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08

ness man who met him on the train.
lie was chummy and told all about
himself to his chance acquaintance.
and it was no trouble to find him in
Chicago after the st. Louisan learned
the check he had cashed was bogus.
On being questioned by Drautzberg
he convinced the operative he was in
nocent of actual completely. While
walking along the street with the
youth after he had been freed Drautz-
berg opened a letter he had Just re-
ceiVed from Kansas City. 4 photo
graph dropped out.
"Why, that's Bob JONES' the youth
said.
Grab the Star Trusty.
DrautZberg read the letter and it
called for the arrest of Robert Jones
ms one of the ringleaderS. The youth
prautzberg to him.
Jones had been a star trasty--he
wore Il star that passed him through
all departments of the prison. After
his arrest at l6S Hill street he con
tessed and implicated II to 20 men,
Among these We're Arthur Ma1heson,
1887 North MarShtield avenue: Alton
so Jones. Il colored man, and Joe Will
son. They We're all held in $1,000
bonds each.
The checks have been passed pro-
miscuously in all parts of the country.
A dispatch from New York told Of
the arrest there of Ralph VaSerberg. a
lieutenant, who. it was said, escaped
In majors uniform from Leaven-
worth and cashed forged checks in
many cities.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
HINTS FOR THE
POULTRY GROWER

Chicken mites are a constant mem
ace to the flock. They curtail egg-pro-
ductiOn. hinder growth. reduce vitality
and sometimes cause the death of set
ting hens.
The pOultry-keeper must maintain
constant warfare on these pests that
reduce his profits.
They multiply very rapidly in warm
weather. Their life cycle from egg to
adult requires only about weeks
time. Blood is essential for the de-
velopment of the mite in all stages
of growth. They are active at night
when the hens are on the roosts, and
chicks are in the coops. sucking blood
until they are full and then returning
to cracks and crevices during the day.
To combat them. hiding places must
be reduced to the minimum. and an
effective spray must penetrate every
crack and crevice where they may be
hiding.
There are number of good mix
lures that have proven effective in
controlling these insects:
Crude petroleum thinned with one
part of Kerosene to four quarts of
crude oil is cheap. and retains it's kill
Ing power for several weeks. Five
parts cream of lime, one part creolin.
and one part kerosene is Il favorite
mixture with many poultrymen. Pure
Kerosene and kerosene emulsion, are
used with success, if frequently APP
piled.
These mixtures should be forced
into all their hiding places with Il
sprayer or brush.
Remove as many internal appli-
ances as possible, roosts. nests. hop
pers. etc, and give them an applica-
ton Of the mixture out of doors.
To he the most effective, the solu-
tons should be forced into all badly
infested quarters; and sides. floor and
even roof must be treated.
The work should be done on pleas
ant days when the flock can be out
side. and the coops and poultry house
may be closed for few hours after
applying the mixture so that the wood
work may dry. Keep the pests in sub
lection by frequent applications of
some mixture during the summer
months.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
A New Bow,

new office boy of Il news aSSocia-
ton in New York. who was told that
his job depended on his speed. dived
into the court where trial was i'm
progress. brushed past half dozen
lawyers. mounted the steps of the
bench. mistaking the judge. who was
writing. for the association reporter,
and was reaching out to touch the
Judges arm when Court Clerk Levy
grabbed him. what do you wanr -
asked Levy. II want that copy.
quick" retOrted the boy.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
A Good Kind Of Dessert.

There is no dessert more wholesome,
attractive and we'll liked than fruit.
MuSkmelOnS, watermelOnS, berries of
various kinds in season when grown in
ones own garden or purchased at Il
reasonable price. are wonderful savers
of time in dessert making.
When one cannot afford to serve
fruit as a full dessert it may be used
as Il garnish. thus helping out the ap-
pearance and flavor as well as the cost
OF the dessert.
Junket is most wholesome and de-
licious dessert and when garnished
with spoonful Of sugared. fresh fruit,
is satisfying and inexpensive.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
Good Roads Are Necessary to Efficient
Operation Of Automobiles.

of good roads to any one Individual.
Therefore, the farmer Is now back of
road Improvement.
Does the city man feel any interest
In good roads? Ask your neighbor.
II he doesn't own an automobile he ex.
poets to own one, and he knows all
about where the good roads are and
what they mean. But when his influ.
ence counts big, the greatest impetus
has naturally sprung from the numer-
Gus army of motorcar owners to whom
motorcar ownership has made the ter.
ritory for miles around his neighbor.
hood.
Counties and states where good
roads have become steady part of a
progressive program of legislation have
seen values shoot up in the most sur.
prising fashion. and this. again, has
brought home the fact that good roads
pay for themselves. Thus it is natu-
raj that the years 1919 and 1920 will
see the most stupendous good roads pro-
grams inaugurated in America that the
world has ever known This will
result In the wider utility of motor
cars and mOtortrucks and. Of course.
prove a big hid to the solution of the
freight traffic problem.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
Corn Remains What It Was
Before Columbus Landed

The early Indians grew flint corn for
hominy and flour corn for bread and
soups. They invented "succotash.''
composed of maize and beans. with
butter and salt added. We owe to them
all of our best recipes for the prepara-
ton of corn, not excepting ''hoecake''
and cornbreads.
Corn remains today what it was be-
fore Columbus landed, the great Amer.
lean food crop. Our last years crop
OF maize. loaded on wagons in single
file and allowing 20 feet to each wag-
on, would make line long enough to
encircle the globe nine and half
times,
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
INTEREST IN ROADS GROWS
More Attention Now Given 70 In.
provement in Highways Than
Ever Before In History.

The good roads movement is seeing
q big revival now that business is
becoming normal. The most impor.
tant program that has recently come
to our attention is that of the state
OF Michigan, which has just voted in
favor of $5O.OOO,OOO program that.
when carried out. will place Michigan
on the map big SO far as good roads
are concerned, writes Birkett l.. Will
liams. truck sales manager for large
mOt0rcar corporation.
Everywhere else yon see also more
interest in good roads than in any
period In our history. It is true to say
that the war and its needs taught us
the value of good roads. Perhaps it
did. Perhaps 1t brought home to those
dull ears Of higher ups the supreme
importance of an Intelligent system of
navigable highways. But more and
more 1t comes home to the man who
studies the situation that back of the
good roads movement must be the or.
binary man. the average man who
pays taxes and votes and thinks as he
votes.
The farmer Or rural lwe1ler IN Ger.
tain sections for long time stood in
the wayne wanted the roads, but he
didn't want to pay for them. He did
not realize that in the long run good
roads pay for themselves out of saw.
ings made to the community in haul.
age of people and merchandise. But
the farmer today Is reckoning in units
Of time.
Yes. he realizes the value of min
utes throughout the season-and he is
just as keen in conserving time as the
city-bred man who operates big fac
tory; If anything. he is Il bit keener,
for seasons do not wait and crops must
he sowed and cultivated. reaped and
marketed at the right time. He has
convinced himself that time is money.
And he knows that good roads save
time and that they save time largely
because they make 1t possible to get
satisfactory services from mOtOrcars
and motortrucks. And he is not one
hit blind to the fact that operating cost
Is largely Influenced by road contli-
tionS-that good roads make gasoline
more elastic. rubber and steel more
durable and bring markets nearer, and
that good roads increase property val.
ues out of all proportion to the cost
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08

limiting t" the end Of the chapter ana
l won't stop doing what I'm doing
until I'm through doing it,"
What Il" You mean by the end of q
chapter. Weather:'
"oh. just an expression. or saving.
Wind said the weather. what {
mean is that | finish what | set cut
to do and there are some creatures
who would ln well To follow nv eN-
ample. Too few finish what they set
out to do. They go off to something
else. But sometimes. dear Wind, j
get weary of ali the grumblng"
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
WORDS OF WISE MEN

In strong mind fear grows
up into cautious sagacity. grief
into amiahle tenderness.
What we do not believe is of
no Importance. The secret of
life is to discover what we be-
lieve.
1t is usually not SO much the
greatness of our trouble. but the
littleness Of our spirit, that
makes us complain.
Sorrow does not really change
people: it only develops what is
already in them that which they
bring TO it they will reap from
1t.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
Stole a Headstone.

Eugene, ore.-For many years f. c.
Lake, a Eugene marble worker, has
had no door to his salesrooms, as he
thought no one would steal tombstones.
Recently he reported to the police thai
4 headstone had been stolen. 1t was a
stone without marking. and Lake said
he believed the person who took it was
preparing for future decoration Of
his own grave.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08

y luu.
ooh, it tires
me- said the
weather. the way
70 X $ grunhle.
And how they use
mo as an excuse.
I've heard folks
say:
" Dear me, /
don't feel ut all
like work in this
sort of weather.
Now maybe they
are lazy. and don t
feel like working.
hut they shouldn't
blame me. It's too
lnuch.'
1T does seem
too much. SaiI
tho wind. "pf
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
Peach Ice Cream.

This is a most delicious cream. made
from very ripe fruit: Peel. mash and
put through II sieve using n pint of
pulp. or less will flavor quart of
cream, adding sugar sirup to sweeten
and a little lemon juice to accent the
peach flavor. Almond extract is often
used and well liked in peach ice cream.
hut with nicely favored fruit it is not
needed.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
Plain Junket.

Heat to lukewarm temperature a
quart Of milk, add a junket tablet dis
solved in tablespoonful of cold wa
ter, pinch Of salt. and sugar to
sweeten to taste. flavor with any de-
sired flavoring, pour into sherbet cups
and let stand in warm room to set.
When thick put on ice to chill and
serve with spoonful of whipped
cream and spoonful of fresh berries
we'll sugared, one, or both.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08

Other. will want
the sun TO shine
so she can so on
a picnic: another
Will say il is too
hot 10 work and
another will say
She works better
III hot weather.
$50 ii is, they
hint and they
grunblc, hut the
old weatl,er man
won't take hints :
He's too fine Il
being for that, far
too fine
"IeS. there is
just one thing |
won't do. as I
said before. PEG.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
NEW ROADS COST 100000
Utah Plans Extensive Improvement
on Lincoln Highway on Wyoming
Utah Line.

The road law just adopted by the
Utah state legislature will provide in
connection with the federal aid fund
a total Of about $S,OOO,OOO for high
way construction in that state. Pres.
ent plans call for extensive improve
ment on the Lincoln highway, partic.
ularly between the Wyoming Utah line
and Salt Lake City,
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
Ship Bunks That Stay Level.

Bunks for ships so supported that
they remain level no matter how much
vessel rolls have been patented by
an English woman.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
Rice With Bananas.

Peel and scrape three well-ripened
bananas and mash them with fork
until smooth and creamy adding a few
drops of lemon Juice. Stir this lightly
into one cupful Of cooked rice and
serve with cream and sugar.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
Velvet Sherbet.

Take the juice Of three lemons. two
cupfuls Of sugar or strained honey and
one quart Of rich milk, freeze as for
ice cream. If the honey is not mt hand,
sugar and water with little grated
rind may be cooked to sirup and
cooled. The sherbet keeps better when
the sirup is used. as it does not melt so
quickly.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08

The great stone tower IN this photograph Ru overlooking
at ConstantnopIe
the os'e advance the Sublime Porte The
buildings
peace treaty to be the capital
Turkey will independent
United
railroads. manufacturing machinery
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
Nm. h~4~.4e
Recognize Agriculture.

The British government has decided
to raise the board of agriculture to the
stao1s Of ministry, which will be
charged with the care Of agriculture in
its widest sense.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
Apricot Ice Cream.

Drain can Of apricots. force
through strainer. To the apricot
Juice add one and one-half cupfuls of
orange Juice. a few grains of salt and
a cnpful Of sugar, then add the apricot
paste and freeze.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
New Process for Rolling Steel.

An Englishman has patented a proc.
ess for rolling hollow steel bars from
tngots that first are drilled and filed
with heat.resisting sand.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
Mothers Cook Book

Keep the highest ambition, which doesn't
mind worn edges to its coat. and is bent on
the quality rather than the rank of its
work.-George Eliot.
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Daily Thought.

Didst thou never hear that things i'll.
got had ever bad succaSsHShake
spearA
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DADDY',} [VFNDNG
QfAlRY TALE e
YrARY @Al i BONNER
o. Aa AuTkNoA -
THE WEARY WEATHER.
= - . -
- 90 80 AuTN"

I'm weary" said the weather.
whats the mattpr:" asked the
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-08
AMERICAS BURDENS

- ~ ~ ~ ~ - - - - ~ ~ - ~
Burdens to my shoulders have lifted
singing;
Not for me the silence Of the surly slave.
Through primeval forests l my Ak went
Till the gloomy wildwood light and shell
ter gave.
All the unknown mysteries on my Shout
ders pressing.
Hunger and the fierce beasts and the
savage men,
Yet laughed, my muskets shining lock
Soon the dead lay quiet and the wound
ed sought their den.
Loneliness in deserts. soul and body thirst
ing.
Harvests long awaited burned by cruel
sun;
have watched the torrents my dams
strong barriers bursting:
have laughed and lost, and I have
laughed and won.
Borne full oft the weight Of war and
women's weeping.
But never faltered on my destined
way.
Now the world such burden of hopes on
me is heaping.
Faint my spirit grows and I feel my
body sway.
Freedom Of the prairies, winds from
mountains blowing,
Dreams and clean achievements my
heritage have been;
Strength has flowed to meet me and
strength from me is flowing.
World. I'll show you visions that mine
eyes have seen.
Virginia Watson. in Harper's Magazine.