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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

All is grist that comes to the mill
of the american Economist" organ
of the Protective Tariff league. That
paper charges the fall in prices and
the closing of industrial plants re-
Gently recorded to the Underwood
tariff law. altho everybody knows that
these conditions mainly are due to a
curtailment of credit by the banks.
aided by considerable withdrawal of
the consuming public from the mar
Eet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26
JUST FOLKS
JUST a BOY.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

Got to understand the lad
He's not eager to be bad,
If the right he always knew,
He would be as old as Ypu.
Were he now exceeding wise.
He'd be just about your size;
When he does things that annoy,
Don't forget, he's just a boy.
Could he know and understand.
He would need no guiding hand,
But he's young and hasn't learned
How life's corners must be turned,
Doesn't know from day to day
There is more in life than play,
More to face than selfish joy
Don't forget he's just boy.
BeiRg just boy, he'll do
Much you will not want him to;
He'll be careless of his ways,
Have his disobedient days,
Wilful, wild and headstrong, too,
Just as, when boy, were you;
Things OF value he'll destroy,
But, reflect, he's just boy.
Just boy who needs a friead,
Patient, kindly to the end:
Needs a father who will show
Him the things he wants to know.
Take him with you when you walk,
Listen when he wants to talk,
His companionship enjoy,
Don't forget, he's Just a beyi
1922. by Edgar a. Guest }
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

you twenty years-since John was a
little fellow-but never dared tell you
you seemed so remote. Now that I
see what a heart you own, will not
let you waste it a week longer. Love
Leslie ell you Hke-but love me as
we'll"
II have loved you-always," As
pasta faitered. eyes still downcast, but
hidden in Doctor Manton's breast
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syudicatel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

The American Federation of Labor
has Issued a declaration that 1t will
stand for no reduction of wages. Its
position is wholly tenable if it can
find somebody else who win carry its
share of the burden of falling prices
of commodities. Meanwhile wages
actually have begun to drop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

But month remains in which to
do Christmas shopping. 1t no longer
is possible to do it early. but every
body should do il as early as he can
out of consideration for his own peace
of mind and the salesman who is GER
tain to be overworked at this time of
the year, at the best.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

In August. 1919, live hogs sold
above s23. This week they sold be-
low $40. Has anybody noticed cor
responding drop In the price the
butcher or the grocer charges for
pork, bacon and ham?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26
observation-disclosures

q. Can persen drawing compensa ten
from the last, war draw a pension for the
A. The Pension Bureau states that a
person cannot draw pension from the
War Risk INSURANCE Bureau and the Pen
sion Bureau at the same time: But II a
man is entitled to pension under each law
he is at liberty to choose which he will ac-
eegt.
A. Tapieca is made from the rootstock
of the eassava, a stsrehy plant grown in
the West Indies, South America and Afri-
Q. How does the number Of telephones
In the United States compare with the
A All Europe has only one-third Of the
number of telephones that the United
STATES has For this county OF sneTe #
O. Who were Luddites Pr. A
4. The name was first assumed by. a
the destruction of machinery, the name
being taken from Ned Lud, who in fit
of rage broke two strrsiHg -raines. The
of employment due to the displacement OF
hand labor by the Introduction Of ma
q How should an automobile be pre-
pared for storing in the winter I'M. A. r.
jack up the wheels and let the air out of
the tires; remove the storage batteries,
rinse out well with, clear water, and set
The leather upholstery only needs 10 be
covered well for satisfactory storage.
Q. Who were the members of President
washington's first cabinet ?-R. G.
A. Thomas jefferson was secretary OF
state; Alexander Hamilton. secretary Of
treasury; General Henry Knox. secretary
of war; Samuel Osgood, postmaster gen
eral; and Edmund Randolph, attorney gen
eral-
Q. How many cubic feet of natural gas
are consumed in making one gallon of
gasoIine;=N. s. B.
a. A previous answer contained typo
graphical error. One thousand cubic feet
Of gas will make from one-eighth of a
gallon to three gallons Of gasoline
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

As an instance, we know a chap-a
fine, clean-cut, outstanding American
citizen of great mental acuteness, re-
markable intellectual capacity and the
most hospitable and generous of in
stincts-who on and Immediately prior
to July 1, 1919, had no cellar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

We had assumed that according to
custom and following the discovery
that the horse had been stolen, a new
lock would be placed on the stable
door. But 1t seems even that precau-
ton has been neglected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

Following the announcement that
another school OF Journalism is to be
established, every city editor in the
country snorted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

A number have written to direct at
tention to and question the phrase.
Whom was she before that" recently
appearing in the column. 1t was
stupid of US and We cannot imagine
how we came to make so grievious an
error. What we meant to say, OF
course was. Whom was she before
them"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

The plan to give the Philippines
away may he all right we don't
know. But we are not particularly
sanguine as to it's accomplishment. The
chances are the government will have
to pay somebody a bonus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

AS Henry Ford said. when the Chi
cago Trib sued him for libel: "Honi
saute qui malay pence"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

The Society of Those Who Find
Fault With This Country is putting on
a lot of new members. In one day
recently 10000 emigrants landed in
New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

For Nov 2S is, How Jesus Was Re-
ceiYed. "-MattheW IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

We sympathize with the reader who
| writes to recount the destruction, by
an ignorant plowman, of the five
husky grape vines which formerly
lean on us. In these precious times
1 every man has his own sorrow. and
the task of watering it with his tears
consumes his every leisure moment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

1t is. ladies and gents. considerable
task, and the real work hasn't started
yet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

The announcement that the govern
ment is about to start a drive for the
rigid enforcement of the prohibitory
liquor laws will interest those who
have never been permitted to observe
the progress of such a drive. But.
after twenty or thirty years, people
cease to pay much attention to that
sort of thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-26

We do not wish to underrate or un-
derwrite the benefits of prohibition.
When we discuss the matter at all we
do it with an open mind. But we've
seen a thousand hosts fare forth under
flaming banners to march beside the
cortege of liquor. And only yesterday,
'or the day before. the artistic who pol
ished our shoes told us he could get
us anything we wanted.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-21
Fergus Corn Acreage

County Agent Carl Peterson esti-
mates that the acreage in Fergus
county planted to corn during the
past season was about $4,000 acres,
probably 10000 acres or more of this
being in the Valentine and Winnett
districts, where remarkably fine
crops were harvested. Five years
ago corn crops of commercial value in
this county were hardly thought of.
Practically the whole of the big yield
in Fergus the past season has been
consumed at home, but the industry
will probably attain such proportions
in another year that marketing OF
Fergus county corn will result. East
ern Fergus will have a magnificent
exhibit at the state corn show to be
held at Miles City in November.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-21
BLIND MAN NEAR
VICTIM OF FRAUD
LAWYER AND BUSINESS MAN OF
MISSOULA SAID TO BE
BACK OF PLAN
Under Compensation Law Man Was
Entitled to $3.50 Per Week for
400 Weeks or $4,000 in Cash; the
Lawyer Had Told Him he Was En-
titled to but $4,000.

The story of a prominent lawyer
and a business man, both of Nilsson.
la, who had both eyes blown out II
an explosion at Marshall grade last
summer, out of money he has coming
from the state compensation board
has come to light with the arrival in
Missoula of Helen Newman of Hell
ena, who is connected with the
state compensation board. Miss
Newman is in Missoula for the pur-
pose of investigating the case.
George, who is a Serbian, suffer
ed terrible injuries when a charge
of dynamite exploded prematurely'
He was thrown up on the street rail
way trolley wire and his face was
terribly mutilated. For a time his
life was despaired of.
Under the state compensation act,
George is entitled to $50 a month.
His landlady is charging him $65 a
month for his room. George stated
that he hadn't had anything to eat
for two days. A friend bought him
a meal and in the evening took him
to hear the Minneapolis Symphony
orchestra.
The compensation law provides
that George is to receive $3.50 for
400 weeks and IS a week for the re-
mainder of his life or a lump sum
settlement of $4,000.
Story of Victim
The lawyer who is said to be at
tempting to defraud George told him
that he was entitled to a lump sum
of $4,000. The lawyer and the local
business man involved advised
George to accept the sum of $4,000
and invest it in the latter's business.
George has been planning on going
back to Serbia and the business man
advised him to enter partnership
with him, saying that the income
from the business would be suffi-
cient to keep him for the remainder
of mis- life.
Not satisfied with what he was
told George went to another lawyer
in Missoula and learned that an at
tempt was being made to defraud
him. Miss Newman states that such
tricks are not uncommon in Montana
and that many attempts have been
made to rob unfortunate persons, +,
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-21

8 young man who practiced medicine
In q rural distrist became famous and
was called in consultation in many
towns and cities because of his sue
cess in the treatment of disease. This
was DR.. Pierce who afterward moved
to Buffalo, N. Y. he made up bis
mind to place some Of his medicines
before the public, and he put up
what he called bis wFavorite Pre-
scriptien," and placed it with the
druggists in every state in the Union.
For fifty gears DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription has sold more largely
throughout the United States than
any other medicine Of like character.
It's the testimony Of thousands of
women that it has benefited or en-
tirely eradicated such distressing all
ments as women ara prone to. It is
now sold by druggists in tablet form
as well as liquid.
ASTORIA, OREaoH.-vI saw Doctor
Pierce's advertisement and as I had
tried so many things for woman's
trouble without getting any help, I
decided to try DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, and / did 30 with good
results. | think 1t Is just great.u-
Mrs. D. BERG.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-21
COST OF LIVING
In ALDER CULCH
SUGAR SOLD TO PIONEERS AT
RATE OF $3.50 PER POUND
CHRISTMAS TIME, 1866
Flour Was $40 a Sack and Rice so
Cents Per Pound; Price of Beer
Was $12 Per Keg, Which Would
BE Considered Cheap Now; Some
Fancy Prices.

On file in the rooms of the Mon
tana state historical society in Hell
ena is a musty old account book kept
by Frank e. w. Patton in his grocery
store in Virginia City in 1866, which
contains entries bearing the names
of many of the pioneers of that sec
ton who in later days were identi-
fled with the young state of Mon
tana.
Not less interesting are some OF
the prices which were changed in
those days for supplies and provi-
sions and which have the present
high cost of living prices backed off
the board.
Evidently Klondike prices prevail
ed in those days at Virginia City and
big appetites we're most expensive
luxuries. Eggs sold readily at $3.50
a dozen and it appears that cracked
eggs were not a drug on the market
even at 81 per dozen. Candles cost
60 cents per pound probably for the
very good reason that electric lights
had not been invented and the tallow
wick had but little competition. But
ter sold for $1.40 per pound the day
before Christmas, 1866, and beer
brought SIP for a key.
On Christmas day the Planters
house, a hostelry of the early day,
purchased 10 dozen eggs at a reduc-
ed price, which price was $1.20 per
dozen. Syrup sold for Sc per gal
Ion and a plug of tobacco brought
rs cents. A small bottle of whisky
n ~ ausIant1y ~ N nf fhana rrrar0 die
posed of, was placed on the market
at So. This class of merchandise
would under present conditions be
snapped up at several times that
price.
Two days after Christmas the
Knights Templar of which Virginia
City commandery No. 1 was the
first organization In the state, held
a social session for which it purchas-
ed five pounds of cheese for $3.50.
On the same day peaches and toma-
toes sold for 81 a can. Cigars were
a luxury that were only occasionally
INDUCED in. Sugar was used spar
ingly in the coffee on state occasions,
as it had a market value of $3.50 a
pound. Fortune fairly beamed upon
the family that could afford a "taffy
pull"
Flour sold at $40 a sack and rice
was quoted at SO cents per pound.
The following are a few of the en-
tries that appear in this old book:
One bottle Of ink, so cents; two
pounds butter, $3.50; three dozen
eggs, 1915; one pair socks, $1.0O;
two pounds raspberries, $3.50; one
and one-half dozen beer glasses, s1S;
three axe handles, 1915; and one
pound onions, 80 cents.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-21
PROFIT BY THIS
Don't Waste Another Day.

When you are worried by back
ache;
BY laeness and urinary dis
orders
Don't experiment with an untried
medicine.
Do as thousands of people are do
ing.
Use Doan's Kidney Pills.
Read this Livingston residents ex-
perience:
Mrs. M. Clark, 209 South c St..
Livingston, Mont, says: "Doan's
Kidney Pills have been one of our
household remedies for years. 1 have
had attacks of kidney trouble and ]
have suffered dreadfuly with a dull,
staedy ache over my kidneys. My
back has been sore and lame. The
first time I used Doan's Kidney Pills,
1 found them very good and I have
used them for these attacks since.
Doan's have lever failed to cure the
complaints quickly"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Clark had. .Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-21
THIS WORKER HAS
SOME REAL LUCK
ANACONDA LABORER MAKES A
FORTUNE THROUGH FORTU-
NATE OIL INVESTMENT
Story Sounds Like an Oil Prospectus
but Is the Truth; Put a Few Hum
dred Dollars Into Oil Stock and
Has Cleaned Up Over $150,OOO;
Ex-Service Man.

From the position of an ordinary
laborer at SIS a day to that of hand
ling of a fortune of $150,000 was
the realization of Claude Shoemaker
of Anaconda. Shoemaker was made
aware of his good fortune while toll
ing in the stock bins at the smelter
by a message from an eastern broker
advising him that oil stock of the
value of $150,000 had been dispos-
ed of and requesting him to come
east at once, so that the deal could
be contaminated by October 20.
Shoemaker Immediately drew his
time, which he invested in a railroad
ticket, and left the city.
Shoemaker, who is a native of the
Deer Lodge valley, has been making
Anaconda his home for several years
When America entered the war, he
left with the first Deer Lodge coun-
ty contingent and saw service over
seas. 1t was while he was in the
service that he conceived the idea
of investing his earnings in stocks.
The nucleus of his present for
tune was $500, which represented
back pay from the army. This he
invested in Kansas oil stock, which
he continued to buy with what he
was able to save from his earnings
from work at the smelter and in the
hayfields in the Big Hole basin.
When he opened the envelope con-
tanning the news of his good fortune
he did not give vent to his citation by
tossing his hat in the air and start
ing to do up" the town, but simply
drew his time, informed a few intim-
ate friends of his luck and left town.
To his friends be ventured the in
formation that he intends investing
part of his money In a ranch in East
ern Oregon that he has had in mind
for several years.
Il know more about ranch work
than anything else, and the one ]
have in mind will make a dandy
home for dad and me-" he said.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-21
Raise Chickens for Railroad

J. D. Veach of Plains and Harry
w. Child, manager of the Yellow
stone park hotel and transportation
system, will establish at the Green
Meadow farms two miles north Of
Helena, a poultry farm with 2,00O
hens for a start. The products will
be used to supply the Yellowstone
and Glacier park systems and the
Northern Pacific dining cars in Mon
tana.
Veach is secretary of the North
west Turkey club and a member OF
the state board of poultry ~husbandry.
Chickens for market and buttermilk
will also be produced. The poultry
department will have a Matching ca
pacity of 10000 eggs. Veach will
start the plant with his flocks from
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-21
Runaway Bows Found

Andrew Hewitt and Francis Moth-
erhead, both Is, travelled as far as
Billings from Terry on their way to
the Pacific, where Andrew planned
to become a wireless operator on q
liner and Francis had visions of be-
coming at least a first mate. They
worked one day in a cinder pit at the
local sugar factory and they were
not sorry when o. A. Hewitt, mayor
of Terry and father of Andrew, To-
Gated them and piloted them home.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-21
Be a Practical
Mechanic!

Place yourself in position to get imme-
diate profitable employment, or to start
a shop of your own by taking a course
of only a few weeks in our training
school,. This is an opportunity for men
and women of any age to take a practical
short cut to learn a trade under the dir
ection of a master mechanic of 80 years
experience.
The course includes General Machine
Work, General Repairing, Experimental
Work, Welding, Blacksmitbing, Automo-
bile Repairing. All work will be practi-
cal-no books. Work will be explained
by the master mechanic and done by the
student under his direction.
Write for full Information.
GENERAL MACHINE SHOPS
317 Fourth ST., South
GREAT FALLS, MONTANA
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-10-21
THE WORLD

New York-Wholesale prices oil
certain grades of mems clothes have
dropped so per cent.
Riga preliminary peace treaty
and armistice has been signed by the
Polish and Russian soviet peace dele
gates.
Constantinople - Newspaper re
ports from Batum say the Armenian
republic has declared war against
the Turkish nationalist and has Sc
cured a guarantee of the neutrality
OF the Georgian government.
Tacoma-Mining for bullets, with
the consent of the government, is
now under way at Camp Lewis. A
complete jig, as used in lead mining
fields, has been installed, and 1900
pounds of lead, copper and nickel are
being mined" daily.
New York-Patrolman Martin Gill
struggled for 20 minutes on the roof
of a five story building with a San
rest and then shot his antagonist to
save himself from being hurled into
the street.
Los Angeles-Funeral services for
Sonora Andrea Perez de Linarez who,
it was said, would have been LOG
years old had she lived until Novem-
Der 80, were held Monday. She was
born here when this city was a Mexi-
a Pueblo.
Washington-The 1874 total of
strikes and lockouts during 1919, af-
f~ecting 4,112,507 men, reported by
the bureau of labor statistics, prob
ably represent less than two-thirds
of strikers, as they do not include
many small strikes.
Lansing, Mich.-Earl Roop, a
farmer living near here, confessed
Tuesday, according to Sheriff Sils-
bee, that he chloroformed his two
daughters, aged two and three years,
and buried their bodies in the bed
of the Red Cedar river a short dis
lance from his home.
Washington-Steps to appeal dir
ectly to President Wilson against the
currency deflation policy of the
treasury department on the ground
that farmers generally faced heavy
losses unless the downward trend of
prices of farm products was checked,
were taken here at a special meeting
of agricultural interests called by the
American Cotton association.
Chicago-Prof. Secrist, head of
department of business research of
Northwestern University, shows from
surrey of 276 merchants in all parts
of the United States, doing a bust
ness of nor than $28,OO0,O00 a year
that the retail merchan pays $40 for
every 500 worth of clothing sold
and that it costs $22.70 to sell it,
leaving a profit of only $3.50 on
each 500 transaction, or a little
over Z per cent. Out of this $3.50
the merchant must pay income, ex-
cess profits and all other taxes.
New York-The 1921 real estate
assessments in New York city show
some substantial increases over 1920
figures. No. L Wall street, called
city, was boosted from $4,000 to
$1,050,00O. Waldorf-Astoria holds
is place as the most valuable hotel,
with an assessment of $12,225,0 900.
others follow: McAlpin, $10,965,-
200; Pennsylvania, $10,9O0,0 900;
.iltmore, $~9,50O.00O; Commodore,
Ritz-Carlton ranks the
Eighth with a value of $5,900,000.
The University is the most valuable
club with assessment of $3,500,000
Metropolitan is next with $780, 900.
Of the theaters, Metropolitan Opera
House is first with $3,775,O0O and
New York Criterion is second with
s~3,30O,000.