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The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-22
TAXES ARE LOWER;
VALUES INCREASED
MONTANA LEVY TO BE 4 1910
MILLS, STATE EQUALIZATION
soARD ANNOUNCES
NEWS OF THE CAPITAL CITY
State Board Of Health Organizing for
Battle With influenza During Com.
ina Winter.-AIleoe Profiteer.
ina In cottonseed Cake

Helena.--With q reduction Of two
and one-lalf mills. the state tax levy
will be four and 1910 mills ON all
property taxable in Montana. follow
ing adoption Of the levy by the state
board of equalization. The board has
decided to call in As of the 10 county
assessors in Montana for general
meeting ON August 25 for the purpose
of actually equalizing the assessed val
nations throughout the state. following
the report Of all assessors work.
Total valuation of all property AS
sessed in Montana this year increased
1896 per cent. jumping from $780,
2O9.OS4 in 1918. to S1,43S. S15.613 In
1919, according to Il compilation Of all
county assessors figures by MIR. Ed
gertOn.
Figures prepared on assessments In
the various counties show great tli-
vprgence in the values assessed on
land livestock and all other items in
the taxable list.
The state tax levy as decided upon
by the state board Of equalization for
divided as follows:
Livestock commission fund, one mill.
Livestock sanitary board. one-half
mill.
State purposes. general levy two
and one-half mills.
Interest and sinking fund for re-
depmtiOn If state bonds. laws of 1911.
one-quarter mill.
State insane and tuberculosis sani-
tariumS. One-twentieth mill.
Interest and sinking fund on bonds
Of special session. 14th assembly. one
eighth mill.
Veterans welfare commission. one
twentieth mill.
This levy is Il reduction Of two and
one-half mills by the elimination of the
FORMER bounty fund levy.
ASSESSORS figures. showing the re-
suit Of their work this year in Montana.
present vast differences from the val
ueS last year and also differences be-
tween the various counties. In the
comparison of total valuations as COM
piled in the office of the state board
Of equalization. Mon,nna'S total as
Sps>ed valuation in 1918 was S3O9.2O9.-
OSt. and in 1919 it jumped 2S2.6 per
cent. with II total of 81 ABS. S75.613. An
idea of the difference in assessed val
nations under the new tax laws and
the old is shown in the increase in
Silver Bow county from 500 in
1918 to S1ol.a.3.l 100 this year. and of
the percentage OF increase of 42S.S in
Fergus county. which jumped from
S,5 oo..7. or, to S1O7. S2j.N)G.
Montana'< total acreage> including
coal and all other lands except town
lots. tutaled 4O.O75.9l2 in 1913 and in
1919 increased ..WN.OOO acres odd to
43.JG7,S74 acres. showing Il net in
crease in all counties of .,-l91 .!|6o acres
and II decrease in all counties Of &c.,
O76. Fergus led in increased acreageS
with IN increase, of 1881 acres more
in 1919 than last year. II jump from
3.ISG.9.9 to 1910. AGO.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-22
MoNTANA's QUOTA $4,000
FOR ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL

Representatives Of the Roosevelt
Memorial association from Oregon.
Washington. Idaho and Montana will
convene at Portland this week to plan
for campaign to raise the Pacific
northwest's share of a national $1,000.
900 to he used In erecting suitable
monuments In memory Of the late
Colonel Roosevelt.
Quotas to be raised follow: Ore.
gon. $4,000: Washington, $4,000;
Idaho, $4,000: Montana, $25, 600.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-22
Wounded Vets VIII Go to Fair.

All wounded service men desiring to
make the trip are to be brought to the
Montana State fair and victory EXPOSE
ton as hOnored guests by the veterans
welfare commission. appointed to ad.
minister the funds appropriated by the
last regular session "f the legislature.
it was announced ut headquarters Of
the American Legion of Montana. un.
der whose auspices the first state re-
union Of soldiers. sailors and marines
will he held In conjunction with the
victory exposition celebration. The
plan Is approved by Governor Stewart.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-22
cottonseed Cake Too Hioh.

The Montana livestock commission
charges Texas cottonSeed cake ship
pers With profiteering and Artorne;:'
General s. G. Ford has wired United
States Attorney General Pa':uer. nrg-
ing an inquiry. The produc, is used
extensively for feed in Montana. The
price has risen rapidly in recent weeks.
it is said. Stockmen declare they will
suffer serious loss unless protected
from this alleged eNt"rtion.
rottonSeed cake has become Il
staple and necessary article of stock
feed on most cattle ranches ami dairy
farms in the state. During The war
the federal government exercised
price control over it and other mill
feeds. Then the price was in the
neighhorhood OF S66 Il ton. Since the
government relinQuiShed control the
price has been raised to SIS II ton f. a.
b. Texas.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-22
To Wage Battle on Flu.

The state board Of health plans to
use free bacteria to battle influenza
ady. though it is hoped in miltler
form. is expected. Nurses are to be
mohilized soon under the Red Cross
and campaign of education will be
begun. DR.. W. +. COgswell. secretary
If the state board of health; DIR. j. J..
Sippy. state epidemiologist. and DR..
f. II. Hitchcock. state bacteriOlOgist.
are all working on the matter.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23
WOMAN TRIES ID THWARTH HIS
 DEATH SUIT

New York. Dec. 23.-A woman who said she was a Police Rese4v' mem Der called on Patrick E Lenhan of I61 Garfield Place, Brooklyn yester- day, and told him he would find it "'useIess'' to sue the city for damages because of the killing of his niece, Mary McMahon, by a municipal bus at FIatbush and Seventh avenues last Tuesday night.
 Lenihan notified his attorney, Peter McGoIdrick, of the visit The lawyer said '"tt looks like q plan by the city to avoid a suit
 The visitor asserted she had infor- nation that the dr1ver was not re- sponsible for the death of Miss Mo- Mahon.
 Reporters who learned of the kill ing four days after it's occurrence, were refused information by the pol ice,
 Following publication yesterday of stories of the suppression, a slip was hung up last night at Brooklyn Police Headquarters informing the reporters that a municipal bus had colided with a private limousine at Bushwick ave nue and Flushing avenue.
 The bus was operated on the Bush wick avenue line in the vicinity Of Mayor Hylan's home. Nobody WAS injured. The bus wah driven by Max Liebman of 269 Monroe street, Man hattan.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23
NEWT0N|n
Especial to The Times.)

Newtown, Dec. 23-The celebration in honor of the 18th anniversary of the ordination to the priesthood of Father Sinnott, pastor of St. Roses, opened at a solemn high mass of which he was celebrant; Father Egan, Philipsburg, N. J., deacon, and Father McAuHff, curate Of St. Roses, suh-deacon; Father McAuliff of St. Thomas Seminary, Hartford, master of ceremonies. He also preached an eloquent Christmas sermon during which tributes to the pastor were made as well as expressions of grati- tude to God for the years given to Father Sinnott in which to labor as one of His chosen disciples.
 A number of relatives and friends from Hartford and elsewhere came to offer congratulations,
 A keen delight to many parishion- CTS was the presence of Rev. Patrick Fox of East Hampton, former pastor who also was present at the mass The church convent and town hall were all beautifully decorated by willing hands. After mass a recep- ton and banquet was held at the con- vent and the final public reception at town hall in the evening.
 The reception was attended by a very large number of people and a testi- monial of $1,000 was given to him.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23
TRADE MEETINGS TAKE-PLACE OF
 WAR SESSIONS

The Hague, Dec. 4.---Trade confer ences between bankers, merchants and statesmen of the Entente countries and central powers have succeeded the mysterious gatherings of spies in the hotels here and at Amsterdam. The iron, steel, shoes, ships and sealing wax of commerce are the topics in stead of the routes of submarines, troop ships and food ships.
 Whatever may be the opinion in America, or England or France, re- gardfng resumption of business with Germany and Austria, the represent atIves of the busin ess concerns of those countries show nothing but a keen desire for such trade at the com ferences here,
 The other day, at one of the Hague hotels the groups seated in the lofaay, engaged in earnest conversation on trade subjects included:
 One English ship owner and drec- tor of one of Germany's biggest trans Atlantic lines.
 Two Belgian banker and German automobile manufa cturer.
 Three American travelling salesInen and Hungarian general importer.
 All of them so far as the corre- spondent could judge from the frag- rnents of their conversation that came to his ears, were on friendly terms and keen for busin ess.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23
TRENCH STOVE HEATS
 DRESSMAKERS' ROOM

Vtve la France!> She will not give up her art of dressmaking, or her fame as a dressmaker, though runs abound, dummies and all other inn plements of the trade are devastated.
 This is the word brought back by Grace Richardson of St. Paul, Minn., and by Mary G. Dixon of Baltim ore, Md, both of the American Y. w. C. A. overseas, who have just returned from a trip through 12 of the devas- tated towns of France. visiting mem bers of the Union Chretienne des Jeunes FiIles, an organization work ing in cooperation with the Ameri- can Y. w. c. A.
 It was in Moberges that they wit messed the triumph of French dress making A girl of 23 had come back to the village to start dressmaking shop. She set up her establishment in the basement of one of her neigh bor's houses, heating it with stove which she had gotten out of the trenches For equipment she had two "devastated' dummies.
 This same girl was the leader of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23
A MYSTIFIED FRESHMAN.

The mystery ships were so effect lively disguised that even the most ex- perienced eyes could not discover their real character. For weeks they could lie in dock, the dockmen never suspecting that they were armed to the teeth. Even the pilots who went aboard to take them into harbor never discovered that they were not the merchant ships which they pretended to be. Captain Hanrahan, who com manded the American mystery ship Santee, based on Queenstown. once entertained on board an Irishman from Cork. The conversation which took place between this American naval off1cer-who, in his disguise, was indistinguishab1e from a tramp skipper of many years experience disclosed the complete ignorance of the guests concerning the true char acter Of the boat.
 "How do you like these Ameri- cans?" Captain Hanrahan innocently asked.
 'fThey are eating us out of house and home!' the indignant 1rishman remarked The information was a little inaccurate. since all our food supplies were brought from the United States; but the remark was reassuring as proving that the ships disguise had not been penetrated Admiral Sims in the Worlds Work for January.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23
Christmas Tree Will
 Bear Jobs As Gifts

New York, Dec. 23.---A Christmas tree or Broadway is the latest Knights of Columbus innovation. The tree will not carry the usual Xmas fruit of candy and toys,---but more substantial things. The fruit of the tree will be johs for ex-service men and a K of c. Santa will pick the jobs off the tree and pass them to the boys who need them Every morning at nine o'clock from two to five hun dred former soldiers, sailors and ma rtnes besiege the K. of c. hut at Broadway and 46th street, seeking eIn- pIoyment. The Knights are placing them at the rate of seven thousand a month; but they want to place more of the boys, especially at Christmas time.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23

quite a large group of girls in the
 made for their club a very beautiful silk bag. One of the members took
 it with her when she evacuated and
 the day that Miss Dixon and Miss Richardson were there they raffled
 the bag off to raise money to send
 to missions in the Congo. The town
 Hymn books and benches in the
 church had been used for fuel.
 Miss Richardson says: ''In Wallin-
 court we went into the home of the pastor, where twenty-five girls had
 gathered to meet us. They had gone
 through bombardment and evacuation
 as well as German occupation. The only piano left in the town was that in the pastors house Everything
 seemed to have been torn down and
 yet these girls gathered around the
 piano and sang Count Your Bless ings' It was really pathetically funny There was no element of self pity in them. It is very courageous town.
 'In Quievy we found girls with the most hopeless, lined faces. Girls who said they could not even think. Dur ing the entire time of occupation they had not even been allowed to cross the street. One girl told us how sne had gone out one day into her owr garden to pick blackberries enough for he- own family and had been put in prison for ten days for It.
 "At Bruay, mining town, which had a population of 15, 900 before the l war. there are now so.ooo lnhapi-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23
WANTS NOUNI0N
 0F VIZ. W. AND AMERICAN LEGION

Rumors are very prominent as to l the proposed consolidation with the American Legion, and I desire to an swer the very questions that have been asked me by many comrades. That the V. F. w. does not propose to amalgamate in any manner what soever with any other organization.
 The Grand Army of The Republic, at their last Annual Encampment, held at Columbus, Ohio, during the month Of September, absolutely turned down the numerous proposi- ttons that were subhitted for any other organization. They. voted to continue the G. A. R. until the last man died, and then the G. A. R. would cease.
 The V. F. W. is an organization composed exclusively of Veterans. who have been so recognized by the United States Government, and rec ogntzed by being given distinctive service medals for the respective wars in which they (the V. F. W.) may have participated.
 Therefore the V. F. W. is destined to live forever; and in view of that fact, is bound to be recognized by all individuals, for the fact that the status of a veteran is particularly de- fined by service in the War Zone There is a place for two genuine organizations only-one of veterans (such as the V. F. W.) for those men who were fortunate to reach the War Zone, and also one organization for those men who were less fortu- nate and did not reach the War Zone: the latter one, as established along the suggestions of the American Le- zion, with the possible exception Gin ] f-5 -t-- stst of the enlisted and commissioned personnel of our Army and Navy, and not for civilian attaches or those who followed our Army and Navy in civ- l ilian capacities.
 1 I desire to set at rest all feeling i that amalgamation is possible No, we will not amalgamate! We are soundly and perfectly established, and as such we shall remain. i The Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion being firm | ly established and organized, and l with sound and scientific Yankee fD- l genuative principles and conduct of | higher qualities, can do no more for 1 the betterment and upIift of the sold 1 fer than a larger number of organi-
 zations could do, or even as only one.
 l Ler The veterans of Foreign Wars l and The American Legion work shoulder to shoulder. hand in hand, i with perfection and harmony, for the
 good of all soldiers, sailors and mar
 ines. teaching loyalty to the country l love to the flag, Anericanism above all, with the glad hand Of comrade-
 ship extended at all times to the Man
 who wore the uniform and to help 1 him.
 F. Warner KarHng,
 Commander -in-Chief V F. "
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23
DIAZ AS DEPENDANT.

Jose Diaz, who claimed to be a nephew of former President Diaz, of Mexico, has been named defendant in divorce proceedings filed yester- day in the Superior Court by Mary D. Humphrey Diaz.. Desertion is the ground. Diaz came to this city with his wife in 1916 and was en- p1oyed at the U. M. c. plant He claimed to be interested in work being done for the Mexican govern nent but left this city after a stay of several months
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23

a resultant discharge of many en- ployes, Secretary Daniels today in formed that body that lack of funds had necessitated reduction of all Navy Yard forces and that 1t may be necessary to order still further re- auctions This was contingent, he said, on whether congress included an item Of $9,e00,o0o for ship repair work in the next deficiency bill, as recenaTn Tnended by him.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23

But even assuming that stocks, of goods are below normal, they are held at such high figures that de- cline in prices would mean heavy loss. Some day the shortages due to temporary war time conditions will be supplied. Goods will begin to ac- cumulate and then prices will drop The check reported to export trade must accentUate that tendency.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23
LACK OF FUNDS IS NECESSITY
 THAT CUTS TREE

Washington, Dec. 2S-Replying to a message from the Massachusetts senate expressing its ''concern" over the reported intention Of the Navy Department to discontinue certain work at the Boston Navy Yard, with
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23

A lot of the towns that bitterly condemn the public building pork bills, are besieging their representa- lives to ret government money to daanan fhair ahsllow Nt11e ereakA
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23
A<;S
 @E$1 sSND

tants They are living about three families in I house.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-06

tation, The girls are accomplished
entertainers. They sing dance and
wear some stunning clothes that will
appeal 10 the feminine eye They
have a repertoire of original dances
mostly of their own composition Each
of the dance numbers Is appropriately
staged.
Coccia and Verdi are Cultured mu-
sicians and particularly clever in their
rendering OF classic music, but in de-
ference TO the varied states OF the
public their selections are confined
largely TO popular music, They have
d varigated program
Zeno and Mandeil, on the same bill
are a team or musical comedy play
ers, who offer a tumble Of amusing
bits. mostly musical. They have Ia
ih$sA stssaff<. &ei X 3ena tsaitriaai IT," 20.
George Bobbe and Eddie Moran. "a
pair of character comedy men, Will he
seen. in I he uproariously funny Skit.
Ills Girl" a man never tires Of
talking of hts girl. On this weakness
the skit is founded. The Two come =
dams are boys OF bright end breezy
personality, with a kuack Of putting
over their songs and stories cffoc-
lively.
Special prominence is given on the
bill 10 John =. Hymer's dramatic
sketch ''Pettiroats," which has been
seen all winter in New York. It is
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-06
"RAy0 A nEART~ M
SEEN HERE FRIDAY

81
That .scsacisus producer Of half a
hundred famous stage succ esses,
Henry W. Savage will ofer Have
Hear at the Academy Friday and
Saturday and Saturday matinee. "Havc
Heart Is a new type OF musical
comedy that gained great vogue last
winter in New York. First Of ansthere
is "A logical. amusing iibretto by Guy
Bolton and p. G. wodehousc,. made the
more enjoyable by artistic epactnent
and sprinkled with nineteen meiodious
gems By the profile composer. Jerome
Kern. There seems to he the very soul
Of The fox trot in his music ana he is
the recognized adept in providing one
steps. Among the numbers already
sfsatels Sopatara are, - on saasS sSssss :
thing Have Heart. ..I,~isy."
Honeymoon Inn The Road That
Lies Before" MY wife---My Man
"Samarl<land," and Look in His Eyes"
AS to the story that would be spoiled
ny bare synopsie. hut It involves the
comic complications Of q young couple
the eve of their divorce One big. gilt
tering. beautyladen Acene Is the lin
serie section of a big department store.
And then the action shifts TO fish
ionable oceanside hotel at Blueport.
/ X. T.
There are nearly four score singers.
dancers and comedans of high quality.
OF course Mr.. Savage has provided a
liberal chorus and critics have ac-
'tlaimed this contingent to be decidedly
worth seeing. There Is a complete or
chestra carried by the company and it
Is worthy OF note that the company to
be seen here is the only one present ing
/ Have a Heart" and lis under the per-
F., sonal direction Of Henry W. Savage,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-06
At THE THEATRES
..rHE 18th CHAIR" At
ao--esasas ACADEMs TOMORROW

The tremendous success that has been
scored by The Thirteenth Chair the
famous drama OF mystery whtch VIII
to shown here at the Academy tomor-
rew and Tuesday and Tuesday matinee,
makes BaNa~d ENi-ier. the author,
easily or II bile rnyat interesting hs-
,tres - the world Of letters today.
= " thin the Law, which was the
rtst great success written by Mf. Yeti
Ter established no end of records in tNN
theatrical world IT set record i9i a
tt+9ntiuaous run at one thestef, - set
E.chrd for the number 81 companies
that could successfully ta4r the com
kxnY in the same play 4 set record
S-T the amount of money one play
could earn for lis producers.
:. SNuw. comes the The Thirteenth
tf}tais" ard IL is the unanimous verdict
~ critics and those " no age interested
~ ths managerial end of the theatri-
Aaal business that with ~ MIR, WELLER
has scored an even greater success than
~~srw did with within the Law, And in
this connection it might be said in
RAISING that now when the eff used
expression. greater than w thin the
Law. might in truth he employed, the
ssithor Y practically forbidden TO use
81 bees de il was used SO often unde-
tsfvedlS, That V hatever value such a
q, aiu night have. has been utterly null
iiflea
However the fact remains that of
Mr. veEiier himself has fallen the pleas
ant task of outdoinS himself Were IL
III athletic circles. he might well be de-
81 rihed as "a champion who has outdane
ftmselr--v has broken all hts own
records
And in the same connection II - in
;eYestfng 10 note that occasionally IN
the theatrical world. lightning does
STRIKE twice IN the same place Not
that one piaswr sht has not in the past
and Will rot in the future write two
81 more successes. but 81 is rare. IN
iced for the same authaG To write two
piaxS thar stand out from among all
tanrsucce%svs of tire respective seasons
nv witch they are produced as the
greatest srlavs Of that wear,
Az MaS the case In within the
Law" thtS new play from the Pen or
Mr. WELLER makes a tren endous appeal
~ the emotions. and If has that which
flc other lacked an element of mystery
that makes II anite the most remark :
mile theatrical Offering Of the year.
~ ithfa the Isw placed Mr.. WELLER
II the foremost ranks Of American
tgAyssriRhts The Thirteenth Chair"
places him az the very pinnacle of tho
play writing profession.