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The Nenana daily news., 1920-02-02
SAVING OFF THE LIMB.

The lot of one multimillionaire in Germany will be a hard one under the new emergency levy and income and inheritance taxes. Dr. Felix Primer, financial writer of the Der lin Tageblatt, estimates that under these taxes German industrial fortune of 1O,OOO,0OO marks would be reduced by 1925 to 3,114,O00 marks. This would mean that the Istate had taken nearly 100000 marks by various forms of taxation designed to solve the tremendous financial problem which Germany faces. Of the amount so collected by the state, Dr. Primer estimates that 2,S27,900 marks would be taken as taxes on war profits, while the emergency levy would take g. i737,000 marks. This would leave the millionaire about 5,50O,OOG marks at the end of the 30-year lperiod in which this levy would be collected.
 Dr. Primer points out, however. that the older industrial leaders who own most of the German industries probably would die in the first 10 years of the 30-year period, where upon that part of the levy then remaining unpaid would be taken !by the state.
 If the owner of this fortune were to die, say in 1925, and should leave but one son, the son would
 have to pay to the state as inherit
 ance tax 1,2s9,0 ,0OO marks. The bal 'ance after all taxation had been
 completed is placed by Dr. Pinne,
 at 4,000 marks which the family
 of the industrial leader would have
 to continue their business.
 The Tageblatt's commentator points out that this would be in sufficient to continue an industr! (which in peace times had required
 a capital of 100000 marks, anc
 that this operation would weaker the productive power of industria ;concerns by over-severe liquidation ,of their wealth. "The high capita taxes will saw off the limb upor which income and industrial taxe' should sit." concludes Dr. Primer.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-02-02
SOURDOUCHS WILL
 HAVE JOLLY TIME

The regular meeting of Nenana igloo, No. IT, Pioneers of Alaska, to be held in Union hall tonight, will be followed by a jolly smoker and social session which promises to be an unusually pleasant affair, with plenty of smokes, good eats, and something in the way of entertain ment.
 The business meeting will start at eight o'clock, and all members of the local and other igloos are urged to be on hand. The chief business before the meeting will be the cleo. tion of delegates to the grand igloc session to be held at Anchorage next month.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-02-02
SEIZED OPIUM STOLEN FROM HONOLULU OFFICE

HONOLULU.-Mal Franklin, collector of the port of Honolulu, shipped 1O4 pounds of opium, valued at $41, ,6OO, to the army medical de- partment at Washington, when the steamship Lurline left for San Fran cisco on her last trip.
 The opium represents the total seizures here since April of last year, with the exception of 61 tins which were taken from the steamship Persia Maru last July and which later disappeared from the seizure room in the customs house.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-02-02
CRANBERRY CROP
 IN OREGON PUTS
 FASTENERS OUT

ASTORIA, Ore.-Next year the peat bogs near here, on both the Oregon and Washington sides of the state line, will produce 33,OOO bar rels of cranberries, enough to take care of the entire Pacific coast, which has been largely served from Eastern fields, according to J. s. Dellinger, president of the Oregon Cranberry Growers association.
 The remarkable success of Mr. Dellinger, publisher of the Astoria Historian, as a grower of cranber ries is typical of the industry on the Pacific coast, now largely con- centrated in about 700 acres near this city, although the wild berries thrive from Oregon to Alaska He started several years ago with an experimental plot of few acres, and now he has 30 acres in cran- berries at his picturesque farm, "Dellmoor. Each acre, he esti- mates, is good for an average pro duction of 100 barrels, and last year the growers received $12,5O bar rel.
 The Pacific Cranberry exchange, the coast growers selling agency, of which H. S. Cane of Santa Bar bara, Cal, is manager, is beginning to offer stiff competition to the American Cranberry exchange, the Eastern organization representing the Cape Cod district and the fields in New Jersey and Wisconsin. Last year Pacific coast berries were ship ped as far East as Denver The cranberry now is the only fruit shipped from the East to this coast.
 The cranberry fields about As toria are real peat bogs that will burn when dry, and that quake when walked upon. They have been cleared of timber, the stumps torn out, sanded, drained and prepared for irrigation. The cranberry vines form a brilliant green carpet on the fields, studded with millions of crim- son berries.
 Mr. Dellinger said the growers association contemplates an adver- Using campaign to make popular the all-year-round use of the berries.
 Until the 1919 season, early frost, the greatest menace of the Eastern fields, was unknown. Coming un- expectedly last season, it took most of the crop, which could easily have been saved by flooding the fields as a preventive measure.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-02-02
TRIBUTE TO CROSBY.
George B. Grigsby. formerly oi

George B. Grigsby. formerly of Sioux Falls, son of the late Mel win Grigsby, is now in Congress from the Territory of Alaska, and it is apparent to those who read the Congressional Record that he has brought with him to the national capital vast amount of frst-hand information about conditions in AL asks, remarks the Sioux Falls (S. D. Argus Leader In his first speech on the need of an additional and continuous appropriation for the construction of the Alaskan Gov ernment railroad, now in the course of building. Delegate Grigsby sub mitted to volley of questions fired at him from every part of the house, and, according to the Record, which we have before us, he acquit- ted himself like veteran. Many 2 new member would have lost his head under the circumstances, but Mir. Grigsby, in answering them, re- vealed an accurate and comprehen- sive knowledge of Alaskan matters which at once commanded the re- spect of the house. He got the ap- propriation through in the form he desired. -.=.~:..-...+
 At later date, when the rail road bill was pending. an amend ment was considered. proposed by Congressman Johnson of Washing ton, which would have "babied" the American transportation lines at the expense of the people of Alaska. Delegate Grigsby showed the injus- tice of the Johnson amendment to Alaska. "As between the people of Alaska and the steamship com merce," he said, ''this house should favor the people of Alaska by de- feating this amendme ent." And the amendment was defeated.
 
 His old friends in Sioux Falls watch with much interest the future career of the young man who now represents Alaska in the halls of the National Congress. He will make good ..-"=-
The Nenana daily news., 1920-02-02
ABILITY DEMANDED.

The conditions which obtain in national politics are unusual, com ments the Washington Post. Not in recent years has similar status confronted either the Republicans or the Democrats-a status where there was little surface activity in advance of the conventions. But favorite sons are beginning to rouse themselves, and lightning rods are shooting up as thick as Yankee bayonets in the Argonne. Soon the national campaign will be on in ear. nest.
 In the selection of their candi dates the Republicans and Demo crats will do we'll to keep in mind this one important fact: the people will demand ability as the chiei requisite. Geographical location factionalism, personal popularity and other conditions and qualities which prove important factors ir normal election years, will shrinl into insignifcance beside merit ir the coming election.
 The reason for this is obvious This country, life the rest of tht world, is facing new problems whicl require firm courage and sound judgment in their solution. Int
The Nenana daily news., 1920-02-02
Department of the luSsrior Aiaskan Engineering Comm;s.ior
NOTICE

Passengers ae required to pur- chase ticket' fere entering traina
 Ticket .& be purchased from the srs.iSTs sgent, whose sstiee is in the employment office, on the ground floor of the General Office Building. Alaskan Engineering Commission, or at Camp 4l5 North Nenana).
 Tickets will be on sale at any time during office hours, and can be purchased in sufficient time before the departure of the trains.
 Regular trains for the south leave the foot of A street on Wednesdays and Saturdays at a. m., and frsm Camp 415 (Ns-th Nenana), for Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at 1 p. m. #. ---
 The following is the schedule be- tween North Nenana and Fairbanks, subject to change without notice:
 Leave Fairbanks at 700 a. n. :: arrive North Nenana, 80 a. m. Leave North Nenana 100 D. m. ; arrive Fairbanks, 5:3o D. m.
 No tickets will be sold crossing the river, Those intending to tray tel to Fairbanks must make their own arrangements for reaching North Nenana.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-02-02

Calling Cards printed to order on ,ho-t notice at the News Office.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-02-02

ipitchers in the National league capa- ble of doing wonderful things in freak deliveries, not one club own. Ter in the league is opposed to the change" President Veeck said. "Even Garry Hermann, who has 'Hod' Eller and Ray Fisher, both shine ball experts, is in favor of eliminating freak pitching"
 Veeck said the National league committee is awaiting the appoint ment of committee from the Am erican league to discuss the pro- posed changes in the rules
The Nenana daily news., 1920-02-02
A Rejected Meal.

Tramp: Kind lady, would yer please give a pore man bite to eat?
 The Lady: What! You here again? I will call my husband immediate 1y.
 Tramp: Excuse me, lady, but I ain't no cannibal. I bid yer good day.-Boston Transcript.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-02-02
FREAK PITCHING MAY
 BE ELIMINATED SOON

CHICAGO.-President Veeck of the Chicago National league club is in favor of legislating "freak" pitching out of baseball's code of rules. Veeck, a member of the National league committee of three appointed to change the rules, be- lieves the "shine" ball, "spit" ball and ".emery" ball are harmful to the sport and should be eliminated.
 Although there are some expert
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08
DOOR LEFT OPEN; DYNAMITE
EXPLODES; BOY LOSES EYES

Through his guardian, Joe Zunick,
Sr., Joe Zunick, Jr., instituted suit
against the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul railway company, Urban Nc
Lean, John Graham and John B.
Payne, director general of railroads,
asking damages of $4,000 alleging
defendants are responsible for an ac
cident which cost the plaintiff the
loss of the use of both eyes.
1t is alleged that Urban Mclean
and John Graham are owners of a
brick building at Newcomb station
in which certain quantities of high
explosives and dynamite caps were
stored by the railroad company and
that this place was negligently left
unguarded and unlocked.
While playing about the premises
in September, 1918, states the COM
plant, young Zunick was attracted
by some dynamite caps which he
spied through the open door, carried
several home with him and while
playing with them in December,
1919, accidentally exploded one of
them and sustained the injuries men
toned.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08
THE WAGON TRAIN

Since these days of automobiles, ~flivvers,
limousines and sich,
Since these days of motor trucks and gaso-
line,
It's hard to find a feiIer who can throw
a diamond hitch,
Or a real old jerk-line skinner-what ]
mean.
They may talk about their boss power
their fancy drivers, too,
But a few old timers finger yet to vouch
That them SINNERS in the '60s-well, they
could drive a few
And boss power-weil, now, steer power
want no SLOUGH.
When them steamboats, came to Benton
Diamond r and Block P lines
Up the old Missouri river years ago,
A-bringin' in the grubstake for the Last
Chance placer mines,
Them supplies must be packed out o. there,
and so
Up the long grade from the bottom came
the bull teams through the dust,
A-lungin', plungin', ploddin' on their way;
A-headin' for the diggin's-it was Last
Chance Gulch or bust
And it want no easy trail, I'm here to say.
1t was not a graded boulevard, nor high
way, smooth and wide;
At the old Sun River leavin's was no
bridge.
And it twisted, climbed and rambled down
the old Bird Tail divide,
And it wandered over %coulee, creek and
ridge.
Now of course them steers want speedy,
bein' cattle hathaway,
But You string out twelve or sixteen to a
team
Hook 'em to an oil freight wagon with
two ~trailers on, and say,
You can talk about your gasoline or steam.
Every skinner packed a rifle; them boys
sure Travelled heeled-
They want courtin' trouble like some
people do;
But the wagon boss was cautious, and they
all kept one eve peeled
In case Of hostile Blackfeet, Crows or
Sioux.
So the prairie dogs all gossiped as the
Block P outfits passed,
And the magpies and the coyotes pondered,
too.
They didn't guess the changes that we're
comm mighty fast,
Or they'd all a-been feelin' mighty blue.
These days there's few will tell you that
those years was the best
They were mighty interestin' times at
that
days when we old timers was a
buildin' up the west,
And the freight teams used to cross the
Silver flat.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08

Butte'S census, as announced in
Washington recently as 41,611,
counts only persons residing in Butte
within the limits outlined by the
black borded above. Thousands
work in Butte, but reside outside the
city limits. The population returns
do not include Walkerville, with o.
491 in 1910; Centerville, with $500
in 1910; Meaderville with 1850 in
1910; a thickly settled territory on
the flat, including the DAILY addition,
Smith & Shewe addition, Wilson park
and parts of Silver Bow Park, Will
liamsburg, yorktown, Butchers
Town and the colony which resides
in and around Columbia Gardens.
Adding the 1910 figures of the sub
urbs to the 1920 census, plus Is, 5000,
estimated as living outside the city
limits on the flat, gives the popula-
ton of the mining camp at 63,452.
That errors were made in the COM
pilation of Butte's census returns ap-
pears to be indicated by the records
of county officials, according to Post
master Phil Goodwin.
f'There r at least $4,000 regis
tered voters in Butte" said Mr.. Good
win last night. cat the last city cleo
tion the records showed that 10000.
persons residing within the city linn
its were registered.
81 believe that any one will con-
cede that a relatively small proper
ton of the inhabitants register for
a city election. But if 10000 per-
sons residing within the city limits
were qualified to vote at that time,
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08
CAN NOW APPLY FOR
NEW VICTORY MEDALS

Application forms for Victory med
ais, emblematic of service in the
world war, have been received by
the army recruiting station in Great
Falls, and persons entitled to the
honor can now make formal aplica-
ton for medals. The first batch of
application forms was received by the
army recruiting station a few days
ago and supplies of the forms are
now expected by the navy and marine
stations.
Men and women of Montana who
+ entitled to the medals can Sc
cure applications at the army re-
cruiting station, Simpson block, by
presenting discharge papers. The
blanks are in duplicate.
How to Get Medals
The recruiting officers will send an
order to the depot officer, quarter
master corps, Philadelphia, directing
that the medal be shipped to the re-
cipient. If the veteran does not live
in a town where there is an army
post, camp or recruiting station, he
should apply by mail to the nearest
of the three for application blanks.
If his discharge papers do not sub
stantiate his claim to the medal, his
application will be forwarded to the
adjutant general of the army, in
whose office a search will be made
of the applicants organization rec
ords in order that he may not lose the
medal through errors.
The whole distribution is expected
to take at least four months.
The next of kin of deceased sol
diers and sailors also may receive the
medal. The person applying must
state relationship. Only one may be
issued in this way. The widow has
the first claim, and after her in the
order named, the eldest son, eldest
daughter, father, mother, eldest
brother, eldest sister.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08

A thousand bold streams come a-leapine
Off the caves of the roof of the world.
In the land of the geysers and glaciers
Where the hills have been battered and
torn
By mysterious hands in their making,
That there river Missouri was born.
Some rivers are smiling and happy,
Some rivers are sulleh and grim,.
Some rivers remind you of ragtime
And some have the sound of a hymn.
Some aunte along at their leisure,
Some brawl as they rush on their way,
The Missouri, WE'LL, she's kind OF different
From the rest of 'em-I'm here to say.
Now maybe the reason 1 like her,
The reason / think she's the best,
The friendliest, strongest, the biggest,
Is because she's a part OF the west.
A highway that led from the eastward
To this country Of sapphire and gold,
A trail that allured with a promise
The hearts of the strong and the bold.
Steamboats, Well stranger, / reckon
There never were steamboats, so fine,
those that came up that there river
To Fort Benton, the old "Block p" line.
Nosing their way thru the current,
Making a swing round a bend,
Loaded with stuff for the miners
A'work at a real rainbow's end.
Back in the days Of the Sixties,
The days that l long for again,
The days of real joy and real sorrow,
The days of real women and men.
And I'll bet the Missouri is lonesome,
I am for those early days,
For the both of us sure are old timers
And she's human-like, pard, in her ways.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08

Second Lieut.. Fred MoIthen, of
Butte, known as "Dutch,' prob
ably the best athlete ever turned
out by the Butte high school, was
instantly killed a few days ago in
an airplane wreck at Paris Island,
S. G.. No details of the accident
in which the Butte aviator lost
his life are given in the wire re-
ceived by his parents, which
follows:
deeply regret to inform you that
your son, Second Lieut.. Fred T. Mol
then, was killed at 4 o'clock p. m.
this date, as the result of an air
plane failure"
Lieutenant Molthen enlisted in the
army three years ago this month.
AS a, part of his military training
he attended the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology at Boston, pre-
p%aratory to entrance into the aviation
service. At the time of his death
he was officer in charge of the army
aviation field at Paris Island.
Career in Butte
Dutch" Molthen was n of the
best athletes, if not the best, ever
turned out at the Butte high school.
AS a freshman in 1912 he came out
for the football team at that time
being coached by George Downer
He was too light to make good that
year or the next, but in 1914 he
earned a place in the back field and
helped win a state championship for
the purple. The next year he was
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08
POINTS the WAY
The Statement of This Havre Resi-
dent Will Interest Our Readers

dent Will Interest Our Readers
Havre points out the way in the
words of one of its most respected
residents:
R. M. Houser, 1915 Second ST.,
Havre, Mont, says: ga few years ago
I suffered severely with kidney trou-
BILE. Standing so much had weaken
ed my kidneys and my back ached all
the time. / could scarcely get about.
The kidney secretions were highly
co1ored and passed too freely. I got
Doan's Kidney Pills and the first
box helped me. I used more until /
was cured of the attack. Since then,
when I have needed a kidney remedy,
I have always used Doan's Kidney
Pills. They have never failed to give
the same good results"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Houser had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08

the mainstay of the offensive, put
ting up such a remarkable game at
full back that he was the unani-
nous selection for the all-state posi-
ton. Those who saw him in action
of Salt Lake City that Thanksgiving
day in Butte still speak of his line
bucking prowess, his work assuring
the locals the intermountain state
championship.
In the spring of 1916 Molthen came
out for track 1.-THE first time he had
seriously tried the sport. At the
state field meet at Misoula he turn
ed in the remarkable feat of winning
the quarter, half, and mile runs, all
in good time. This was enough to
give him the individual prize for the
year. His showing was so good that
funds were raised and he was sent
to Chicago to take part in Stages Ma
tional Interscholastic meet. Against
the pick of the runners in the coun-
try, Molthen put Butte in the scoring
column by taking a second place in
the quarter mile run.
One of the First to Join
The fall of 1916 the Butte star
went to the state university at Mis-
soula, where he made a position on
the Bruin back field though he was
not given a chance to show what
he could really do, according to some
who watched the Grizzly team that
year. War was declared in April
and Molthen was one of the first to
leave, so he had no chance to ap-
pear in a track suit.
He joined the marines and was
sent to Mare Island, Cal, for his
training. There he was a member of
the wonderful marine football team
of 1917, which, under the coaching
of Hugo Bezdek, carried away the
western service championship. In
every game the Butte lad was men
toned as one of the outstanding
of the contest. A little later
he was transferred and after a little
training went across for service
abroad. Last fall he played on the
team at Quantico, Va, and
made his usual good showing.
Molthen played hard, fast, heady
football, and he was clean and
5portsmanlike in his work. AS a re-
suit he had many friends among his
opponents who feared his ability, but
who admired him for his manly
qualities. Had he elected to return
to the university he would in all
likelihood have gone down in the
Bruin records as one of their great
est football stars and trackmen.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08

it is natural to suppose that more
than Al, oil persons, in Guiding those
who did not register, those who are
not citizens and others not qualified
to vote, were residing within the mu-
nicipal borders"
Mayor Stodden said: "Preposter-
Gus, ridiculous!"
Charles Austin, secretary of Butte
chamber of commerce, when told of
the census statistics said: 81 believe
that Butte merchants can prove that
more than that number of people
have accounts at local stores"