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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-03-21
DB HILL NM To HELENA

.,,,e to a call of the State
|'sn;;ssi0n County Assessor
4 fiji left for Helena last
\ Iarch 18th, to meet with
/. hard and discuss the re-
|s,stion passed this winter
! rystion in this state. Mr..
.nsidered an authority on
y. @ in this state and there
m consulted. Mr.: Hill was
n BY the State Tax Com
h 10 90 to Great Falls, Kali
|sre, Glasgow and Mondak,
mrDose of instructing the
SCISSORS in their work for
4, wear. Mr.. Hill is now at
/ but will return to Plenty
harrow.
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Hon. ]. S. Nyquist and Christ ia
cobson of Homestead and Froid,
were in the county capitol on bust
ness pertaining to the Froid county
seat campaign.
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NOTICE OF SALE

*8 -OAASb vi OI1AH I
District Court Of the Seven
hdeial District of the State
ETa in and for the County Of
Istter of the Estate of JOHN
AIH, Deceased.
aS hereby given that in pur-
II an order of the District
d the Seventeenth Judicial |
Of the State of Montana in
he County of Sheridan, made |
18th day Of March, A. D. 1919A |
natter Of the estate of John |
deceased, the undersigned, |
Smith, Administrator Of |
sate, will sell at public auc-
y y, cash on Monday, the 31st
Iafch, A. D. 1919, at the hour
etlOek p. m, at the late resi-
said deceased on his home
Scnbed as follows, towit:: On
4 Township No. "a, Range
~ miles south of Redstone, In
alty, the following personal
", tO-wit:
aiOn, black Percheron; L
s mare, age about 6 years,
'oVnle; / black made, about
named Lady; 1 black mare,
Old, named Babe; 1 black
Y Years old, named Queen; l
45e, SIX years old, named
! Pack gelding, five years old,
5att; l black gelding, five
y named jeff; one three-year
y mare colt, l one-year-old
- | one-year-old colt, black;
I' a -old-colt, black; 1 gang
\ 41C,COrmick Binder; one Van
IT'LL; l four section harrow;
loEer; one-half interest in a
~; one wagon Including
-s Ford automobile; a one
@tteSt in a Flour City gas
~, Ie-tIurd interest in a Hub
~a,Or; one-third interest in an
q tom engine pillow; one-third
u 900 gallon gas tank; one
@iest IN q grain elevator; i
Taole work harness, used nine
SET Of double work harness
years; ! set of double work
USED two years; about 800
~; oats; about $50 bushels of
Nm wheat; mixed household
%ae1 furniture.
!; All sums of $500 and I'M
L, !. All sums over that
h u Glne will be given until No
~ Ie LIST, 1919, at 10 per cent
! Ia. oankabIe paper. Ten pei
%ognt for cash.
administrator reserves the
4 M, EJECT any bids for less thar
! ii a value, as filed in the
IesI n Nourt of the Seventeenth
OiStrlct Of the State of Mon
ISS;. GEORGE SMITH,
/ SIrator of the estate o
SSamTdith, deceased.
/ MA SFFNSSSG SEN. Auctioneer
AlSoN, Clerk. ACT
a sad Taffeta dresses at onl,
The New Store. z9-ti
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-03-21
lille TRACTOR
SCHOOL IS SUCCESS

\ FACTOR school held in Balm
/ Thursday, Friday and Satur-
Hist week by the Montana
i { Transfer Co., under the
J. Of the Northern Moline
u, was well attended the en-
|iH days and was a complete
i Agents from the surround
|r and many prospective pur-
EEere in attendance.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-03-21

Biggest bargains ever offered In our
sales will be shown you from this date
until February 18th. PlentyWood
Tanner & Best Store.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-03-21

Miss Emma Crone, well known
farmer of the Whitehall country, was
in the county capitol Wednesday.
Miss Crone is very successful
league organizer and she has just
sold off all of her live stock and per-
sonal property and rented her farm,
so she will be in a position to devote
her entire time and attention to
league organization work during the
ensuing year.
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ESTRAY

One straying calf, about yearling>
this spring, came to my place in
December, 1918. Owner can have
same by paying for care and this ad.
JOHN SMITHMEYER,
40-t3 Sec. 25, T. 35, r. Sc
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HOGS FOR SALE

Bred sows for sale to farrOw last
of June. Papers furnished on big
type Poland China. Also eggs from
Buff Orington chickens, $500 per Is
eggs.
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PRUSSIANISM IN
j. S. ARMY SCORED

DENVER, June 20-"Prussianism
in the American army must go. Leg
islation will be introduced in Con-
gress within a few weeks to make
the military policy Of the country
conform with Americas democratic
principles" said Gov. Henry J. Allen
Of Kansas, speaking at a luncheon
given by the board of trustees Of the
University Of Denver.
THE man at West Point is shut
away from civilian life at an early
age. 1t is no wonder he becomes a
snob," said Governor Allen. Citizen
officers are the best for the army
West Point should be made a finish
ing school for officers. The earlier
training should be obtained at some
university. If we are to have a demo-
cratic army in the future. free from
all traces of snobbery, we must look
to the civilian institutions for our
officers"
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Judge William F. Norris; July 6, Rev.
Or. George NJ Diffenderfer; July IL,
Rev. Dr. FreeIey Rohrer; July 20,
Prof. Ralph X Nickok, religious work
director of the Y. NJ c. A. war work
for the washington district; July 81,
Congressman W. D. Upshur.
c. N. Griest will be song leader
with George W. NavereIl as assistan
and Miss Mae Burns at the organ.
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nRTTAIN BARS HosTERY.

Temporary restrictions on the i'm
portation into Great Britain of silk
hosiery and cotton hosiery containing
% per cent or more silk by weight
have been announced by the British
embassy. The licensing authorities
in London, however. will authorize
importations up to so per cent of the
quantities imported in 1918.
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OPEN AIR SERVICE
TO Be HELD SUNDAY

The Rev. Dr.. Earle Wiley, pastor
Of the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church, will address the first open-air
religious service, under the auspices
of the Y. N c. A. and the Inter
Church Committee. Sunday afternoon
at 4 o'clock, in Lincoln Park.
Speakers at the other services dur
ing June and July will be: June %,
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be given charge Of his own property.
The order is returnable July 8.
Meanwhile, Chaloner is exempt
from arrest here as an incompetent
until June IS under a Federal court
order issued recently when he came
here to prosecute a libel suit
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ginia, obtained State supreme court
order here yesterday directing
Thomas T. Sherman, who was ap-
pointed some years ago to manage
his property in this State. to show
cause why Chaloner should not now
be declared sane in New York and
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DE-. ARTHUR RRIGHAM man

DIR. ARTHUR BRIGHAM DEAD.
NEW YORK. June 20.-Dr. Arthur
Brigham, widely known oculist, died
at his home Wednesday following an
attack Of pneumonia He served
terms as president OF the American
Institute OF Homeopathy and the Ma
tional Society Of Electro-thrapeutica.
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"WHO'S L00MEY NOW?"
WANTS TO RUN ESTATE

NEW YORK. June 2O.-John Arm
strong Chaloner. legally insane in
New York State while sane in Vir-
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FIGHTS TO DEATH
TO PROTECT BRIDE

ROCHESTER,, June 20.-Shot down
at his own doorway by a man who
called there in the guise Of friend.
Harry Smith, mountain farmer, liv-
| ing at Horribly, Steuben county, gave
| his last ounce of strength, after re-
ceiving a mortal wound, to the pro-
lection of Carrie Wolverton, nineteen
years old. his bride of few months,
as the murderer burst loose the fast
enings of the screen door that alone
separated him from his victim and
entered the house with seeming in
tent of criminally attacking Mrs.
Smith.
Strength Proves Futile.
The victims strength proved futile
for the task, and he collapsed against
the bedroom door ne had closed to
bar the murderer's passage; but his
slip-of-a-girI wife struggled with the
man until he was glad to escape, and
then, clad only in her night clothing.
she ran an eighth of a mile to the
nearest farm house to give the alarm.
Jady Kelly, also a mountain farmer,
living near Horribly, is under arrest
TOT the murder of Smith. Kelly denies
the crime. and his story is substan-
tiated by his wife. He was arrested
on information given by the young
widow, who swore that, while she
could not see Kelly's face during the
struggle in the dark, she recognized
his voice.
Mrs. Smith was asleep in a first
floor bedroom. of the living room.
with her husband, when the two were
awakened by a knock on the screen
door that alone barred entrance to
the house. The frame door had been
left open because of the heat OF the
night. Smith inquired:
What is wanted?" without aris-
ing from bed.
Receives GunshOt Charge.
Us Leslie there?" replied the voice.
apparently referring to Smiths
brother, Leslie, who often remained
over night at the house.
NO" said Smith, getting out of
bed and moving toward the door
way.
AS Smith reached the door and
stopped out into the night to see who
his visitor was, without a word be-
ing uttered. he received a gunshot
charge. fired at close range, in the
upper part OF the chest.
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The Palm Beach Mills-Goodall Worsted Company
A. Rohaut Selling Agents z2e Fourth Avenue, York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10

you don't remember who brought
him to the hospital, do you?"
mo. it's impossible for me to re-
member these things without refer
ring to the record book-but, now
that you speak Of it, believe he was
picked up in the street very early in
the morning. quite unconscious and
with q piece Of paper pinned on to
his gown which said. Please take me
to the foreign hospital"
well his coming. then. was about
as mysterious as his going. wasn't
it?" remarked Wang Foo with a smile.
as he babe the surgeon goodnight and
continued his walk through the park.
The lamp was burning low In the
inner chamber of the tao tai's
yamen in old Shanghai. where two
officials were leaning over a table and
carefully scrutinizing q number of
papers unrolled before them.
your excellency." remarked the
secretary. these letters show that SO
far nothing has been found in the up
river cities, although most careful
search has everywhere been made.
Here are reports also from Hang
Chow and 500 Chow, and they are all
to the same effect. still believe that
he will be found hiding somewhere in
Shanghai. for. as you know, they
think they are safer here than any
where else in the country. They are
lost in the mixed multitude here and
can easily escape detection"
How long has Wang Foo been at
work here now?"
HE arrived on the third day Of the
moon, this is the seventeenth, exactly
two weeks tonight"
We'll. what is his latest idea? Has
he any definite cue?"
! Nothing that he has given out. so
far. but, as your excellency knows, he
Is man Of few words and very re-
ticent and doesn't. as a rule, commit
himself until he is very sure of his
whole position"
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rather irritated at the question. I'VE
VIII enter him simply as vanished
l Will enter myself as cured and II
this thing occurs again when you are
on duty. you will enter yourself a.
discharged
That afternoon DR.. Evanstone met
Mr.. Wang Foo strolling through the
English garden. The latter greeted
him with:
Wen. doctor, how is our poor un.
hlial friend today-'
oh, he is getting on nicely, but the
chap In the next bed to him-a mys-
terious poison case that was most
anxious to treat and watch-jumped
out the window last night and took
FRENCH leave. The nurses tell me he
went home for New Year. Isn't it q
little early in the season for that sort
of thing Mr.. .wang?
well, yes, unless he came from a
distance and they all like to get home
early, you know. What was the case?
Opium. as usual. suppose"
mo. not at all. some drug or other
that he had taken that turned him
yellow as lold We couldn't get a
WV va AAIub 81 naQ TO make
all my diagnosis by dead reckoning,
as the sailors say"
TOO bad that you couldn't go on
with the case, wasn't 1t? Well per-
maps he will turn up again. They
sometimes come back after New
Year, If they think the hospital has
been good to them. Would you know
him again If he did,"
yes. could spot him out of a thou
sand"
How so? The foreigners usually
say that their native patients all look
90 much alike that they can hardly
tell one from the other"
We'll, this chap had a string of
scars across his chest. They looked
as II they had been made with old con-
per cash by some native doctor. They
were so regular that nicknamed him
at once Old Necklace and l know I
could pick him out anywhere"
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'Have the European police made a
thorough search through all the
pawn shops and rookeries in the set
Element for the stolen beads?'
Yes. but the difficulty is that no one
is able to give them an accurate de-
scription. for no one has ever seen
them"
True. that adds to the mystery. We
must wait few days more and see IL
anything further develops"
The above conversation between the
tao tai and his secretary had refer
ence to the head Of one of the most
dangerous bands Of count erfeiters the
Chinese government had had to deal
with. After many months Of unre-
lenting labor, most Of the members
had been apprehended and some of
them summarily punished. but the
ringleader was still at large and the
provincial authorities were holding
the tao tai responsible for this
whereabouts. The latter, after ex-
hausting all other means, had sent
to Hongkong for Wang Foo and the
great detective had now been some
two weeks at work upon the case.
All that he had to go upon was
very meager description Of the man,
which had been wormed out of his
confederates by torture and a placard
which was found tackled to the door
OF the tao tai's apartment in the
yamen. The placard bore these words:
wei jim Yoong Yao CHEN Chao.
Choo TIE Choo Ting Yeu Pao."
Which might be freely rendered as
follows:
''He who makes coin for human needs,
Win surely wear the abhot's beads
AS all criminals are generally fond
of jewelry. his excellency concluded
at once that the head counterfeiter
was wearing valuable rosary, prob
ably purloined from some neighbour
ing temple, and. in due course of
time, would seek to dispose of 1t at
some pawnbroker's in the city. A
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very thorough search was accord.
ingly made by both the English and
the Chinese police. OF the temples
and Of the pawnshops. but, although
several necklaces were unearthed,
nothing was recovered that could
with any propriety be called 1.-THE
abbot's beads" No temple treasury
had been robbed-what other kind Of
beads could possibly be referred to?
1t was while passing q sailors tat
too shop near the Japanese wharf
that an inspiration came to Wang
Foo. which opened an entirely new
line OF search. His eye was attract
ed by the sign and its peculiar word
ing:
"Why pay out your money for Jewels Of sill.
yer and gold.
When can adorn you with those that never
grow old?"
This was surrounded by cheap pic
lures and prints of rings. watches.
pins, necklaces and glittering jewels
tattooed on the human frame. Why
might not the "abbot's beads be
painted or tattooed or even cut and
ouihcu~AHl the neck or the man ne
was seeking? He thought it all out
that night, and the very next day
began his search for the "beads."
How and where he eventually found
them, has been already told above.
"But what made you think of look
ing for him in the Mission Hospital.
Mr.. Wang?" inquired Inspector Cub
bins few days after the capture,
as they were having a friendly chat
and smoke over 1t at headquarters
That's about the last place to expect
to find a Chinese criminal. isn't it?
"Yes and no. If they or their
friends have ever been treated by
foreign surgeon. they are almost GER
tain to go back to him in time of
trouble. for they know it's their only
chance Of life. You see he had evil
IDENTIFY two companions, and. as is
often the case, when the time of dan
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ger came. one stood by him and che
other turned against him. The friend
was the one who pinned the paper
on his gown saying. "Pleass take me
to the foreign hospital" the enemy
was the one who attempted to poi
son him and who put the placard on
the tao tais door,
but why should they make. their
notice so formal and ambiguous?
Why 60 to all the trouble Of putting
1t into poetry?"
"Ah. my dear Mr.. Gubbins. that's
Just the difference between east and
west. Whatever IL worth doing at
all Is worth doing WE'LL we say. and
there Is no reason why q notice Of =
thief to his friends shouldn't be in
good poetry-that Ia, provided he can
write tho poetry. Ia there's" =
"Why. I suppose not. I've even
heard that in some Asiatic countries.
whom q man Intends to commit sui-
eide, he spends hours. and even days.
in composing his farewell to the
world. I suppose that means that
he wants lots Of pity and sympathy
and all that sort of thing after tia
too late to give 1t to him, eh?'
mo, not at all. 1t simply means
that the law Of courtesy and grace
holds right through unto the end.
There's no reason why one shouldn't
go out Of this world in as refined and
as becoming way as possible. is
there?"
How beautiful and dignifed were
the old suicides Of the east! Con-
trast the silken cord of China, or the
hara-kiri sword of Japan with the
horrible and repulsively vulgar blow
ing out Of ones brains with an
American gun. Would any person
with an artistic taste hesitate be.
tween them!
1t reminds me of the classic:
what is perfect propriety?" asked
the disciples of Confucius.
ITO withdraw as gracefully as one
enters" replied the Master.
Copyright. 1919. by Mcclure syndicats.)
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with cold. critical eyes. while the
only person to tell him goodbye was
that little Mexican girl who had
slipped down to the station when her
American senior went back to war.
Well, we can never make rose
again out of the perfume that clinss
to its dead petals. nor can we bring
back the days that are gone with the
memories that we want to forget. II
only I can make up to Lieut.. Belson
In some way for the brightness I
might have given Paul. married or
not! But he. too. Is gone now. and
have not heard anything from him. I
may not see him again.
Mailman, Senate, love! A mixture,
is it not? Could you hnd such a COM
bination outside Of Washington?
Well. the city has meant much, and
you would never have let me come II
1t had not been to forget Paul and
to satisfy my patriotic idea that siAce
we lost him some one ought to rep
resent the family in the struggle for
democracy. Just as soon az the bu-
reau win let mo 60. am coming back
to you. Dad. And then shall never
leave YOU except tor another war.
Yours for Peace,
z? POLLY.
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F00tIeSS.

6 A MERICA," said Statistician Ed.
ward Hungerford, will be for
some time to come the supply market.
Of the world. High salaried American
statesmen all over Europe are today re-
ceived with open arms, and they sell
very advantageously all the American
goods they can offer"
Mr.. Hungerford smiled
"Of course" he said, certain ship-
ping disappointments are inevitable, but.
let us hope that all these disappoint-
ments turn out as satisfactorily as that
Of the Italian.
Receiving shipment of stoves from
a Pittsburgh firm, this Italian sent. them
the following letter: ..
Dear sirs: l received de stoves
which l by from you alrite. But for
why don't you send me no feet? Wat
is de use of de stove when he don't
have no feet? I am loose to me custo-
mer sure ting by not having de feet, and
dats not very pleasure for me. Wat is
de matter wit you? You lose me my
trade, and now l tell you dat you are
blein fool and no good. | send you
back at wunce your stoves to MORE for
sure because you are such blem fool
ish peoples. Your respectfulee, Giovanni
CALI. p. S.-Since l rite dis letter
find de feet in de hoven. Excuse to
me-"
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Champion Hand-Shaker.

CENATOR ASHURST Of Arizona Is
~ recognized as the champion hand
shaker in the Senate. A few days
ago his secretary, accompanied by a
stenographer from the senator's Of
flee. rushed into the Senate chamber
with a pile of mail for the seneator to
sign. Whereupon Ashurst jumped
from his seat and, placing his hand
upon his secretarys shoulder in q
please vote for me manner, warmly
shook hands with him and the clerk
and then sat down to dispose of his
mall
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THE LETTERS OF PATRIOTIC POLLY A WAR WORKER

went! She ran down the stairs and
turned the key in the second lock and
we stood there staring at each other
as pale as two ghosts in q moonlight
cemetery. .,'..
1t was the mailman trying to get in. we
were sure: we were too frightened to
back upstairs, SO we huddled together
on the landing until the family came
home. Mrs. Motherheart. when she
turned up the light and saw US. laugh
ed until she cried. We poured out our
story while they listened and acted as
If we were one-act stunt at vaude-
Vile theater. Then they turned to each
other and said: 80 that was the trou-
BILE with Fred" Fred. Daddy. is a man
who rooms at the neighbor's and who
has been secretly adorins Nan and often
threatening to take her to the movies.
Then they told us how he hurried out
Importantly. and soon hurried back in
again with a gruff "howdy-do'' and a
grovl whom they spoke to him.
After that we never saw Fred again,
even to apologize. although fear our
apology would have likely taken the
form Of advice in making dates with
girls in lost mailman times. But who
cares?
have q bunch. Dad. that SO far
through this letter you have constantly
been reverting your attention, IL not
your eyes. to the new address at the top
Of my letter; it shines as conspicuously
as q baby's new tooth. doesn't 1t? Well,
it's true? How do you like it? Rather
sudden, you say? To explain, Mrs.
Motherheart was called to Richmond to
her daughters home because Of illness
there, and it meant that she might be
away for months. Some friends Of hers
wanted a home badly-you know they
are as scarce as silver dollars here-so
that meant for US to leave, although
to the excitement of that day. Mans
sergeant called and said his sister
was coming to Washington. and he
wished she might stay with US. He
said that about all he remembered of
her was that she was jim-dandy
cook. That decided u.s. dad; we got
an apartment.
If it had not been for her, we would
very likely been forced to go to the
government hotel. Rooms are not
much more easily obtained. All the
armistice did for Washington crowds
was to move the girls who were pack
ed three and four in room, as we
were in the beginning. The govern
ment dormitories. dad, are gray rows
of long, fiat stucco buildings, named
after the alphabet. and occupying the
spare room between the station and
the Capitol. They were built by Uncle
Sam, and for $45 monthly each girl
gets a single room. just big enough
for her, and two meals day, also
plenty of a.mrs. The parlors are fur
nished in such good taste that 1t Is
really a credit to our big uncle. I do
not know why Nan and l did not want
to 90 to them. 1t might have been
because we could get no double room
then, or because we did not care for
the boarding house atmosphere. At
any rate, we had Mr.. NJ. to help us and
we found love Of an apartment.
We took the day off and signed the
lease this morning and had our trunks
moved. Here we are tonight the
dishes washed and put away and both