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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-04-23


Ger II you mean LAT you Wa, aAead
about your business. Wages went
up and prices went up and you bought
Liberty Bonds the first times and you
helped with the Red Cross and so on.
But 1t makes me sick to hear a
man who never got out of rife shot Of
his own front door says that he did
as much to help win this war as the
Land and wrestled with the barbed
wire, with machine gun bullets and
Bosch bayonets. That is plain bunk.
You've got good ways to go yet,
my friends, before you can say that
| here and now call a meeting at the
Opera House this night at 1880 and
let's be there and see if we can't
keep this town from acting like an an
mex of Hun land about this Liberty
Bond business
Before noon every human being In
Jacksonville heard about it, Some
were angry. some were ashamed, 9TH
ers were enthused and the town
buzzed like hornets nest.
A Town Redeemed.
But a flag here and there began
to make its appearance. Men began
to do sums in mental arithmetic. They
also began to make up their minds to
get to the night meeting. The thing
was more serious than they had
thought. Sergeant Colvin spent a
busy AFTERNOON. When Sid Price
heard he was headed for his office he
hurried out, climbed in the blackboard
and struck out for the country 20 be
gone two days. Colvin made a house.
toulouse canvass of the village. He
said some stirring things and some
jarring things. But Jacksonville was
getting wider awake every moment.
Jeffersonville didn't like to look at
its own actions, when it became fully
awake. The phones were busy that
afternoon and early evening. The
town was making up it's mind. There
was much scanning of quotas past and
present. There was much furtive hur-
rying to and fro in the early evening.
Then came 1880 and the hall was
jammed early-every seat filed. The
crowd had hardly settled when Gid
Brown rose and walked heavily up
the aisle, clambered to the little stage
and raised his hand.
you know what we are here for"
he said. 1--WE have been a mighty
foolish little town. This day we were
reminded that we we're still in the
United States. We had been acting
as though we had forgotten it or Sc
ceded from It,
Now, we can make this thing short
and snappy Blanks have been dis
tributed There is no use in any
speeches. Let's put our names down.
raise our part of this loan and do the
talking afterwardsi"
oh, yes, about every man in the
town enrolled himself Yes, Ben Ochs.
Teuton enough to scent trouble for
himself if he didn't, was one of the
irst subscribers. He had seen to
Il that other Teutonophiles had done
the same. The quota was well ov =
the next day a few strag-
glers were rounded up and Jefferson
Vile came back into the United States
Of America with a whoop.
And they located Sid Price on a .
country phone line down In the river
bottom country and in the hearing OF
some thirty eavesdroppers on the line
Told him what his quota would be. II
was little bigg, than II was in the
Fourth Loan. but he gave the com
nittee no back talk.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-04-23

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Then something happened that
drove Jacksonville into hysterical
wakefulness. It seemed that the
towns indifference was being rather
widely advertised and the time had
come when personal and vigorous
work had to be done by the district
loan committee. And the weapon, the
very instrument came shaped to their
hand.
He was a boyish young soldier, with
deep set eyes. He wore a wound
chevron and the gold service stripes
that told of months Of overseas serv
ice. And he hated Stacker and he
hated Hun and he had no patience
with the mouthy H.: who loved to
carry morbid tales, who loved to hint
at troubles between the Allies. And
a few years before he had lived in
Jacksonville and he knew every man
and woman in it and most Of the chill
dren. And-he had gone into Ar!
gonne Wood and the Mouse Elbow and
the barbed wire hell that the Germans
had made of the old Hindenburg Line,
elbow to elbow with the home town
boys from Jacksonville.
Chance, aided by some design. sent
him to Jacksonville the Liberty
Loan drive for the Fifth and the last
of the series was turning into the
home stretch. 1t was the business of
Sergeant Colvin, late of the til
Machine Gun Battalion. to find what
was ailing the old hometown folks.
He believed in a frontal attack. The
first man he saw was Gid Brown.
banker and real estate man, the head
of the somnolent loan organization. He
waved aside all congratulations and
inquiries and plunged straight in.
w udt 10 INC IhottOi Win ILLS iooh
organization of yours, sir?" and there
was a snap and click in every word.
We'll" began the banker man.
''the town doesn't seem to be very
much interested this time"
You we're interested last July.
weren't your" asked the Sergeant
Interested when it looked like the
Hun had the Allies DOWN."
"Yes, we did right well then"
Cant this town do anything unless
1t is scared into it?" asked The sol
der. "You could see this bank in ,
the hands of a bunch of Huns last
year and your vaults being cleaned
out. Do you forget that quick? Do
you have to see a bunch of Germans
on the horizon before your patriotism
begins to work? Now. let's get busy.
Don't you think you could round up
bunch Of the workers this afternoon
and let's get started?
Sergeant Colvin headed for the
Post Office. The mail was in and the
crowd was dense in the little lobby.
He couldn't see poster or a hand
bill The loan might as well be under
way In soochow. This town was dead
rom the ankles up. he thought to him.
ssh The postmaster was dim-syed
md non-commtttal. He -hgsered u
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-04-23

wasn't his place 10 make folks sub
SCRIBE"
1t was then that Sergeant Colvin
took the "bit In his teeth" and swung
himself up on the broad window ledge
and opened up"
What He Told Them.
II used to know you ALL" he said.
his voice shilling the hum of CONVEX
sation in the office, "but that is
neither here nor there. l could call
every one Of you by name. l came
down to this mans town to see what
was the matter with an American
community that is so dead in the
shell that it has forgotten the war be-
fore the wounds of it's own boys have
healed. wanted to find out what is
the matter with an American COM
munity that is playing right into the
hands Of every Hun who is still alive
and full of poison.
Don't you know that this country
isn't out Of the woods yet? That
we've got big job on our hands over
there? That there are over a million
Americans still in France and Ger
many? Don't you know that you sent
them there to do your work and to
do your fighting and that they did
what they were sent to do? And
don't you know that this community
has turned it's back on its own boys
who died over there and who are
buried three thousand miles from this
little town.?
The crowd stirred uneasily. Men
looked at their neighbors. Why, the
thing seemed different now. 1t was
like a voice from the half-forgotten
army talking to them. Had they
failed? Hadn't they made their word
good? Somehow all the indifference
about the loan didn't seem so fine and
so funny as 1t had while ago.
Forgotten So Soon.
Are you going to desert and forget
those boys over there on the Rhine?"
went on the speaker. Are you going
to forget the chaps who died in shell
holes. twisted with the gas-agony, the
boys who were riddled with machine
gun bullets, who died remembering
this little place and knowing they
would never see ii again? l want to
tell you that they are watching you
from over there. the chaps who have
not been relieved. They want to see
II you meant what you told 'em when
they left. that you were back of 'em
10 the finish. A fellow thinks a lot
about such things when he is 5000
miles from home"
I'VE kind O. got a notion, mister
soldier. than we did our part!" piped
4 voice from the end of the lobby,
rs though in explanation and self-de-
'ense.
you do. do you? You have, have
your" said the man in uniform. II
wonder IL you really think that?
You've been here at home. You
haven't been out o. Gods own country.
You never heard a bullet whistle in
'our life. You Lever swallowed down
he gas. that burns the insides out of
you. You never lay wounded for six
cen hours in No Mans Land You
never missed sleepin' In a bed one
light durin' the war. You were never
! German prisoner and had yosr ribs
licked loose from your spine. won
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
Consolidated School
Is Showing Progress
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Stockett, Oct S.-The first month of
school in both the grades and high school
in district No. s, consisting of Sand
Coulee, stockett and Tracy proved "a
great success, the enrolment in the
schools being the largest in the history
of the community.
Provisions had to be made for ad-
ditional grade and high school teachers.
The high school interest and enroll
ment has surpassed all expectations,
and there has been double the enrolment
The bus driver has been obliged to use
three trucks instead of two in trans
porting the scholars to the new build
ing, which is located midway between
Sand Coulee and Stockett
This alone speaks highly for the sue
cess of the consolidated plan. J. L.
Young, superintendent of schools, is
greatly praised for the great improve
ments he has made in the schools. Mr..
Young has worked hard during the last
two years and has produced real high
school and building that is modern in
every respect.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
RECORDS SHIPPED,
STATE IS REVENUE
DISTRICT ITSELF
Big Job of Unscrambling Busi-
ness of Idaho, Utah and
Montana Finished.

Helena, Oct. s.-With the shipment
of the last of the records apper-
tanning to Utah, the big job Of unscramb-
ling the former Montana district Of in
ternaI revenue, and dividing it into three
separate districts, was brought to a
close
The change creating separate districts
of the state of Montana, Idaho and Utah
was effective on October /, and begin
ming with that date, the business Of the
three states was handled separately. The
clerical work, however, was so consider
able that it was impossible to effect a
complete separation for several days.
The records of the Idaho district were
shipped from here on Thursday and
Friday.
1t is anticipated that mail for the
Utah and Idaho districts will continue
coming to the Montana district office
for a week or two. It will be promptly
forwarded from here to the district of
fees at Boise and Salt Lake.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
LEGION HAS Y POSTS IN STATE
TEN MORE APPLY FOR CHARTERS
Adjutant Ben W. Barnett Asserts That There Will
Be 40 Organizations in Montana Before Ma
tional Convention Is Held in Minneapolis Next
Month.

Mr.. Barnett has just returned from
Missoula where he conferred with Of
ficials and members Of the Missoula
county World War veterans. and as he
says, 1T did not take very long to con-
vince the Missoula veterans that the
American Legion is the only national Or
ganization to affiliate with"
AS a result of his visit to Missoula
the veterans organization there decided
in body to join the American Legion
and the organization there is now known
the "the Missoula post No. q of the
American Legion of Montana" A spe-
cial meeting was called at the University
Of Montana, which Mr.. Barnett addressed
on behalf of the legion and as result
club was formed known as the Uni
yersity Of Montana club Of the Ameri-
can Legion. Mr.. Barnett says that there
are about $50 or more ex-service men
attending the university this year and a
great number of these men belong to
posts of the legion throughout Montana.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
Society Won1e,, Use
NetD Wrinkle Remover

Since the discovery that a solution of
ordinary saxolite and witch hazel has a
peculiar effect upon wrinkled skins, it
has been learned that many prominent
used this simple home treatment with
great success. The formula is: powdered
saxoHte, one ounce, dissolved In witch
hazel, one-half pint. Use daily as wash
lotion.
The beneficial action Of this wash Is
felt at once. There's an agreeable re-
freshfng sensation and feeling of exhilar-
mediately affected, and the skin soon be-
comes firner and more youthful looking.
No woman need hesitate to get the in
gradients at the drug store and make the
remedy herself, for there are no harm
full effects whatever
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
Basin Mine Equipped
With Electricity
for Hoist and Pump
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Butte, Oct. S.-Over at Basin the
Jib Mining company's new electrical
plant is completed, and the water has
been pumped down to withing 30 feet
of the 30O-foot level The plant is lift
ing at present about LOO gallons of
water a minute. This company is said
to have one Of the finest electrical equip
ments in the state, except those in Butte.
The plant at Basin is equipped with a
hoist that will lift 500 tons Of ore day
from the 1,O0-foot level. The new
blacksmith shop and the dry house also
are about complete, when the company
will begin shipping ore from the 200 and
3O0-foot levels. When the new equip
ment now being placed is put into op-
Grafton the plant will have capacity Of
800 tons every a hours.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09

Helena, Oct S-There are now q
charter posts of the American Legion in
the state and 10 are being chartered,
according to Ben W. Barnett, state ad-
jutant. It is expected to have at least
40 posts organized and chartered be-
fore the national convention at Mime
apolis, which is to be held or. Nov. 10,
II and u. Each post already organized
and chartered is located in the county
seat and after the national convention
an intensive drive will be made for posts
in the various counties, these drives to
be placed under the supervision by the
county post already organized.
From membership reports Mr.. Bar
nett expects that Montana will be en-
titled to at least 20 delegates at the
Minneapolis convention and delegates
for this convention will be elected by
the state executive committee at a
meeting to be held in Helena before
Nov. l.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
COMPANY FORMED
To SOLVE HOUSING
PROBLEM IN LIBBY
Corporation Capitalized at S25,'
900 Will Finance Building OPP
GRAFTON on Easy Terms.
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Special to The Daily Tribune.
Libby, Oct. 8.-The organization Of q
$4,000 corporation to build houses and
to lend money to the people IN Libby
to help them build houses, has been an
nounced by Walter Neils, manager Of the
J. Neils Lumber company and one OF the
incorporators in the new concern, which
will be called, according to present plans,
The Libby Homes company.
The formation of this company is a.
decided step toward Improvement of the
housing problem in Libby. 1t was
brought about by agitation on the part Of
the Libby Commercial club, which pointed
out the fact that men of family are re-
fusing to settle here because they are
unable to find place to live in.
The new company will be Incorporated
along broad lines, permitting it to en-
gage in various phases Of business con-
nected with residences and buildings. Its
chief purpose will be to provide funds.
upon the basis of long time repayment
to people who want to build here. 1t
will take loans on smaller margin Of
security than the banks are required to
demand, and will permit the lender to
pay principal and interest in small
monthly installments.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
Bankruptcy Act
Nullifies Force of
Wage Assignment

Helena, Oct THE state supreme
unearned wages is null and void if the
assignor goes into bankruptcy before the
expiration of the period of the assign
ment The decision came in the case of
G. H Rate against the American Smelt-
ing and Refining company of East Hell
ena.
Responsibility Of railroad companies
for fire started by its locomotives was
affirmed by the court in a second deci-
sion.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul
railway company was sued by the Pure
Oil company of Lewistown and the Ma
tional Petroleum Fire Insurance COM
pany which carried a policy Of $1,000
on the property destroyed by fire proved
to be a result of the sparkes from To-
comotiye
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
Says Court Lacks
Authority to Force
State Board to Act

Helena, Oct. S-Interest in Attorney
General s. G. Ford's application to the
supreme court for a writ of mandate
compelling the state board of equaliza-
ton Of the assessment Of the Montana
Power company centered today in the
motion by Attorney John G. Brown to
quash the application. Mr.. Brown rep
resents the majority members Of the
board.
Among grounds upon which Mr.. Brown
based his motion are that the supreme
court lacks constitutional power to force
the state board to perform an act which
lies within the discretion of the board
The court limited Mr. Brown to today s
session in his argument
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
Bowdoin's $4,000
School Building Is
Opened to Pupils
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Special to The Daily Tribune.
Bowdoin, Oct. S.-School opened in
Bowdoin with a large enrolment. A
splendid years work has been planned.
A large gymnasium has been built, which
can be used for entertainments The
teaching force so far engaged is James
Burley, assistant instructor in high
school; Miss Grace Cookingham, third
and fourth grades; Miss Carolyn Whee-
Ter, fifth and sixth grades; Mrs. Oren
Pennington, first and second. A big
house warming and dance has been
planned for the evening of Oct. IS in
the new gymnasium. The new piano
from Great Falls has arrived and all is
in readiness.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
Plan an Open-Air
School for Under
nourished Children

Special to The Daily Tribune.
Billings, Oct S.-A community tuber-
culosis clinic and an open air school for
der-nourished children is to be estab-
Gshed here if the efforts of Dr. Williams
Walters and Mrs. Ann Reeman are sue
cessful. The two have returned from
the Northwest tuberculosis conference
at Boise, Ida. Sufferers from tuber-
culosis would be given free advice and
even treatment at the clinic.
Mrs. Reeman is the city settlement
worker
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
An Aerial Circus
Becomes a Daily
Thing at Billings
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Special to The Daily Tribune.
Billings, Oct. 8.-The lofty antics OF
an aerial circus has become practically
a daily treat for Billings. Two airplan-
es, one owned by John B. Farrell and
the other by the Inland Empire Aero
Training corporation-are stationed per-
manently at the new flying field here
dives, loops p and viriiles s at an n altitude s @ Of
from 5000 to 5000 feet.
The first night flight ever accom-
plished in Billings was made last night
by Pilot Fl. G. Settler of the training
corporation. He took aloft passenger
and landed without the aid of ground
lights on the field.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
DEVON COUPLE is
MARRIED AT HAVRE

Special to the Daily Tribune.
Shelby, Oct. Sword Of the marriage
at Hayre several weeks ago of julius
Thorson and Miss Audrey Creighton,
both of Devon, has just been received
here. The groom was at one time en-
ployed in the j. A. johnson store in
Shelby and is now engaged in farming
near Devon, while his bride was former
" in the public schools at Devon. They
are now established at Devon
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
Suing Indians for
Trespass on Crow
Indian Reservation

Special to The Daily Tribune.
ney E. G. Day today filed suit in the
federal court against Rosie and Oliver
Peters. Indians of the Crow reservation
who are accused of trespassing on the
reservation with bands Of sheep. Dam
ages Of S370O are sought.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
RANCH HAND ARRESTED.

Special to The Daily Tribune.
Lewistown, Oct. S.-County Attorney
McConochie has filed an information
against Con Landergan, a ranch hanG
from the Grass Range section. charging
him with grand larceny. Landergan is al
legged to have stolen a big load of hides
from Abel Brothers, selling part Of then
to a hide company here.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
Movie Director Sued
for Divorce in Fergus
m Tho Doilv Tribune

Special to The Daily Tribune
Lewistown, Oct. S-Mrs. Mabel
Cochrane has brought suit against
George Cochrane to secure a divorce on
the ground of failure to provide. The
parties were married here in 1911 and
the defendant is now a moving picture
director of prominence in New York
City He engaged in this line of work at
Los Angeles after leaving here and was
successful there.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
One Fire Put Out
Another Is Started
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Special to The Daily Tribune.
Helena, Oct. T--Whle the forest fire
at Jefferson City was reported out this
morning, another small fire on Priests
Pass, west of Helena was reported this
morning by motorists and three men
were sent out. Under Harold Townsend,
forestry officer of Missoula Entry sur.
veys for homesteads in the Helena ma
tional forest are now being made. In
order that the entrymen may make final
proof
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
Billings Preparing
An Entertainment
for the Odd Fellows

Special to The Daily Tribune.
Billings, Oct 8.-Elaborate arrange
ments are being made here for the en-
tertainment October % and % of the
grand lodge meetings of Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs. Business sessions will
be held at the Billings Midland club and
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
TWIN GIRLS BORN
TO MGCCRSiN COUPLE

Special to The Daily Tribune.
Moccasin, Oct. 8-News has reached
friends here Of the birth of twin girls
to Mr.. and Mrs Ray Stokes at Great
Falls on September 27. The Stokes
family resided here, Mrs. Stokes being
niece Of Mrs. Earl Matthias.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
NORTH DAKOTA MAN
BUYS RELINQUtSHM HMENT

Special to The Daily Tribune.
Bowdoin. Oct. S.-Mr. and Mrs. G.
Huffman have recently moved from Will
liston, n. D., to locate in Bowdoin. They
have bought REIMBURSEMENT near here,
but for this winter will live in the Wes-
ton house. Mr.. Huffman is q mechanic
in the roundhouse.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
Commissioners Name
Four New Justices
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Fort Benton, Oct. S.-At the present
meeting of the board of county commits
sioners the board has found it neces-
sary to fill number of vacancies in the
offices of justice of the peace, having
appointed .. G. Morris to succeed A. G.
Fisher in the Fort Benton township:
Henry G. Hurd ut Big Sandy to succeed
S. w. Vanderwarker, and g. T. Hanson
to fill the other vacancy at Big Sandy; ];
and P. s. Gilmore in Geraldine township.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
EVANS FARMER LEAVES
FOR SANITARlUM M

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Stockett, Oct 8.-B. G. Jones a
farmer residing near Evans passed
through Stockett recently enroute to
Rochester where he will receive treat
ments
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
BIRTHS AT ST0cKETT.

Special to The Daily Tribune.
Stockett. Oct. 8.--Born, to the wife
Of Willie Kujala, Saturday, son.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fabian are the
proud parents of baby girl, born We'd
nesday evening.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
Great Falls Daily Tribune

rg-.+ ,, 800,
go. .ssuo - Daiiy lrlpuHo' may ~, 100.
EuDHsned every day In the year At Great
FANS montana, by The Tribune Qncor-
porated).
Entered at the Great Falls postofftco aS
secono-ciass mater.
INRCrnvUry0N RATEa
BY CARRIER IN CITY:
Daily and Sunday. / wear $500
Daily and Sunday. months ....... .$4.25
Daily and Sunday, months ....... .$2.26
Daily and Sunday, less than three
months, per month ...........80c SOC
BY MAIL-POSTAGE PAID IN q. ..
4 and zo,..nd mart of Zone
within Montana:
Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-10-09
"Geis.It" PeeIs Off
corns PainIessly
OF They Come Like Banana Skin.
q or 5 Drops, That's All.

There's murderous. painful way
to get rid of corns. and then there
is the peaceful. glorious "peel-it-
orr "Gets-It" way. After you have
tried "Gets-It" you will say never