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The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02
RAILROADS AND GOOD ROADS
Solution Of Future TRANSPORTATION
Problems Seen in Hard.Surfaced
Highways Of Country.

Any student Of the railroad situation
must reach the conclusion that rail.
road operation in America has reached
the height of its efficiency and hereaf
ter it will remain stationary or de-
crease.
1t is always possible that some rev.
dictionary process will he discovered.
but the long years without marked inn
prOveinent of process indicate that
railroad mechanics have about reached
their maximum Will, bureaucratic and
political control now assured will he
rs deadening to all mechanical inn
provement as they will be to effective
management.
Progress in transportation. there
fore, must be in other lines. Naviga-
ton has been heral,led for some years
rs solution. but in spite Of heavy
government assistance, water traffic,
even on the Great Lakes, has steadily
declined. The remedy does not appear
10 rest there. at least for the present.
There remain the highroads. In
them salvation lies. says Chicago Trib-
une. The war. which proved the utter
incapacity of the French government
owned railways to rise to the emer-
gency, established The motor truck in
its full majesty. What the French
railroads could not do the motor
trucks on fine French highways did.
What the highroadS are in France
they must be made in America.
Fortunately, we have an excellent
little beginning in the middle West.
The principle of hard roads has been
accepted and timid beginnings have
been made in a number of states, chief
among them Illinois. Let us UNDER
stand. and Immediately, that what has
been done and what has been Iegis-
lated for is merely the thin entering
wedge of our highroad program. The
narrow ribbons OF concrete roads laid
out by legislation will no more carry
the Forthcoming auto truck traffic than
the old narrow gauge single track
railroads were able to carry the rail-
road traffic which they caused to de-
velop.
1t is fortunate that we have many
agencies building roads. The nation
will do something for the most back
ward. The states. however. should
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02

dow pane which had the audacity to
open on the dressing rooms. The
broken window aroused the suspicious
of Joseph II. CornS. principal of the
school. and on the following ladies
night he lay in waiting for the Gull
pritS.
One young man was captured and
turned over to the girls for punish
ment. The fair swimmers lined up in
their "tank" suits and told the young
man to take an "eyeful' but he only
stood abashed and chayrined.
1t was then decided by the iovial
swimmers to give the young man a
ducking and splashiny that he
wouldn't forget. They rushed nj him
the way they would attack II pu>hbail
on the college campus, and the
stranger went overheard with hat,
overcoat. shoes and all. After giving
him a thorough trouncins he was set
free. The young man is reported to
have run home like Il streak of light.
ming. and the girls are enjoying their
swimming nights unmolestrd.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02
WANTED APEEP;
GOT AN EyEFul
High School Girl Gives Youth
Lesson He Will Never
Forget.

Detroit. Mich.-Curious young men
who lurked about the exterior Of
Southeastern high school ON Fairview
and Goethe avenues. to get Il peek at
the girls IN their tank" suits have
discontinued this nightly practice with
amazing abruptness.
For several weeks these young men
enjoyed IL bury view through frosted
windows. of the Southeastern swim.
ming pool on ladies nights The
classes meet on Monday and WedneS-
day evenings AMI are composed most
~ of p0rtly married women who are
taking swimming to reduce.
Unable to restrain their eagerneSS
of NiSage. the boys agreed to carefully
remove one section of the frosted win.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02
STEALS, BUT RETURNS LOOT
Mysterious Stunts Of Thief at Paris.
KY, Battles the Local
Police,

Paris. Ky.-A thief who steals dia-
mond rings only to return them is
battling police here.
Several weeks ago two diamond
rings. valued Mt $500. were stolen
from the home of Mrs. Katie Wilson,
Ten days ago they were returned to
her mysteriously.
Miss Carolyn Roseberry. daughter
Of John Roseberry. wealthy citizen.
lost $1,000 platinum cluster ring.
She offered II reward and agreed no,
to ask any questions. Later she found
tin box tied to the front doorknob,
1t contained the ring.
A week ago a 500 ring disappeared
from the home Of William Farris. res
taurant man. Later it was found
hanging by 4 string to a window a.
the Farris home.
Police believe the ,heft> tn he tn
work of some one who has access tC
the homes.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02

you to- bring the postmnn up on his
next trip SO l can see about It,"
II don't know nothin' about it," he
exclaimed excitedly. III it come
brung it up-that's sure thing
Nobody says YOU took IT," remind.
ed him. "But must see the postman
on his next trip"
"Well. l amt take no letter and no
check" George still protested. But
I held my peace-George had done
something about my letters he was
afraid I'd find out. And l did-by The
next delivery. He brought up one with
my brothers business address on the
outside. the postn,ark in New York
three days old!
He hurried down to catch the man
on his next trip, and through the top
OF the disappearing car sung out to
me. II amt take no letter and no
check 7"
l rushed to my study. and this is
the letter dashed off to Billy:
Dear Billy: That affair is now life and
you've seen me Bring two good revolv-
ers. Don't bother with the telephone-my
wires are cut and I'm a prisoner being
starved to death in my own fiat.
Billy-this Is the biggest story-and rO-
mance-you ever struck. When you get to
the house the elevator boy will tell you
I'm not at home. It's a lie-l'm upstairs
IT ne refuses to bring you up, walk. II
ne tries to prevent your coming up-or il
he calls on the detective sitting in the
lower hall-go to the nearest police sta
ton and get couple of men. But don't
DO this till you've tried every other pos
slble way of reaching me. Try it by the
roof OF the fiat house next door.
Drop everything and come-only don't
drop the revolvers-mine was taken that
night. And Blly-you'd better leave
sealed envelope with some friend telling
where you are and that if you don't tele-
phone in-say-three hours he is to come
to the house with the police. But keep
this secret. and for heavens sake hurry,
ana II you can as easy as not bring me
something to eat-Im out of everything
but four rolls and three sardines Only
hurry.
l addressed this to Billy ut his Of
nee. found ten-cent piece for special
delivery, and hadn't more than Just
got II ready when George spryly
brought up the postlnan.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02

treble or quadruple all national allow
principles Of highroad traffic are gem
orally understood, it will probably he
necessary for counties and even cities
to provide the wide thoroughfares nee
cS>ary at the points where traffic GEN.
tiers.
To Illustrate The lS-foot roads which
are perhaps adequate hundred niles
in the country are even now more con-
geSted ten miles out from the city
limits than are our most crowded city
streets.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02
CHAPTER xi.
One Of the Slippers.


Went back 10 bed, and thus ends
Thursday night. Friday morning
found me pretty desperate. felt /
must now get help or literally die-of
starvation. If nothing worse: for if !
went out. now that monsieur had a key
TO my fiat. he could slip in and lock
me out and stay till he found the dia-
monds. And If | took them out with
Newell, that was something | sim
ply couldn't think of. Nothing had
come Of the letters had given George
to mail-he has always stuck to it that
he put them in the box Immediately {;
well. he put them in the box-but not
until Saturday, as happen to know
by the pOstmarks on two Of them. But
let that go. On Friday morning the
one person could positively trust to
mail letter for me popped into my
head-the postman.
l rang for George and it was sol
emn face showed in exchange for his
ivory smile.
George. seem to have lost check
In the mail" said soberly. II wan,
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02
CHAPTER x.
A Prisoner.


"Alone at last:'' That was my first
feeling as sank into my easy chair to
collect my thoughts-alOne with mil
lion dollars worth Of diamonds-alOne
on the sixth floor with monsieur &C.
cupying lawfully the fiat directly un.
der mine! And what was l to do?
Obviously, the first thing was to
hide them. and since they'd been safe
once in the hyacinths wasn't going to
tempt fate by changing the place. So
] put my fresh bunch in water. pOked
the diamonds among the stems aud
threw the old bunch away.
Soon done-but my real problem lay
in barricading myself SO that mon
sieur could not get in again. Remem.
her, he had the use of the same fire
escape and dumb-waiter shaft. to say
nothing of the hall stairs-he could
come and go in the house as he
pleased.
The dumb.waiter I counted out be-
cause l could easily wire up the catch
and make it impossible for anyone to
open the door from the shaft side
without actually breaking the door off
its hinges-a most unlikely thing for
monsieur to attempt. ...
Fortunately. kept a kit of tools in
tie hOuse-Tm not one of your help
less women who can't drive Il nail or
sink a screw-and my next act was to
take the small chain bolt that had been
on the front door and put it on the
hallside of the kitchen door. Then |
changed Tie keys on this and the hath
SOON doois to the hall side. From the
fire escape. monsieur could enter only
those two rooms. and with their doors
locked-and one Standardization him,
he would have to break them off their
hinges to get at me that way.
The bathroom window didn't give
me much concern. The sash was stuck
fast by the last painting and couldn't
raise it myself; the glass was too thick
to he cut readily and didn't believe
monsieur would advertise himself to
the neighborhood by breaking 1t. But
drove couple Of nails above the
sash just for luck and then gave my
attention to the kitchen window.
Since he'd gone out that way, he'd
very likely try 1t to come back by. The
glass was thin-he could cut 1t out
easily: he could even smash 1t and
come through SO quickly that nobody
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02
Human Arsenal Is
Chased by Police

New housekeeping thirteen
blackjacks, ten revolvers, two
pairs of handouts. eight deputy
sheriff badges and six private
detective shields. a man whose
identity is unknown, ran away
when approached at Broadway
and Reade street by Patrolman
Gactano Christiano of the Beach
street station.
PatrOlman ChristianO fred
one shot at the man, but slipped
when he started to chase him.
Other policemen. called by the
shot. found fire-escape ladder
ut Reade and Church streets
swung to the street, and follow
ing footprints in the snow on the
roofs discovered at 90 Chambers
street William Ranken. seven.
teen. Of 38A Race street, Phila.
delphia.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02
What Was l 70 Dot

would see him. But all right, monsieur,
thought :, I'm going to give you your
money! wOrth-I'n make you stand
on the fire escape long enough for the
neighbors to get good look at you.
l had couple Of rolls of picture
wire and tackled this across the sash
NOT across the frame. because
didn't want to find myself wired In
while he was wired out. The wire
made considerable network. almost
impossible to get through without .
pair Of wire nippers. and l doubted
very much II he'd be carrying such
things In his pocket: and when had
nailed down the sash. % I have said. In
TIE bathroom ] felt secure In my re-
eeeat There was now no way for Q
Das v Ct 10 VIM I wee in-unless,
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02
OUR HEROINE BECOMES A PRISONER.

in vevay Switzerland where
VINO tells this spending
Raveno to be companion
she discovers metwh
q
to be
a cots
but
informs her Mrs. neaq has met with accident and
from Claire the demands
discovers
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02
HINDER SOCIAL INTERCOURSE
Suspension Of Travel Caused by Poor
Condition Of Highways in Rural
Communities.

Bad roads are often a handicap to
social intercourse. Under the worst
road conditions all travel may be com.
pletely suspended. It Is not difficult
to see such conditions. but what is
more difficult is to comprehend the
general improved social atmosphere
which adequately improved road con-.
diti0ns cause In rural commupitles.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02
BILLION DOLLARS FOR ROADS
Immense Amount to Be Spent in 1920
for Construction and Proper
Maintenance.

More than S1.OOOOOO,OOO will he
spent this year in construction and
maintenance of roads and streets
throughout the United States, +. l..
Powers. secretary Of the American
Road Builders association, estimated.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-04-02

chattering asked myself my now IA
vOrite question. "What next?" was
to have it answered in u way | didn't
expect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-22
SOME new ISSUES
Proposed Amendments May
Clutter Up Campaign.
Both Parties Sort of Forgot
Them Until Now.
none WERE ENDORSED
Farmers Organizations Take
Healthy SWats.
A Publicity Fight Has Been
Recently Organized.
BY A. L. SHULTz.

BY A. L. SHULTZ
1t looks as tho the proposed amend
ments to the state constitution are to
clutter up the campaign after all.
Until recently there was a sort of gen
eraI tendency-maybe a near gentle
mems agreement-to sort of forget the
amendments. But now it is out in the
fight as big as a grizzly bear in a
country town park.
Both parties rather skated around
the proposals when they wrote their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-22
She Had Proof
But Court Was
Not So Curious

There are exhibits and exhibits in
court proceedings, but Mrs. A w.
Dower, plump and pretty, offered the
peka this morning at the trial of her
husband. charged with assault and
battery on Allen c. Hayes, 500 Weir
avenue.
Mrs Hayes struck me on the hip
with rock" said Mrs. Dowell on the
witness stand There's a scar there
yet and / can show it to you. too, II
you don't believe me-"
"Of course. If the COURT began
the states attorney, hesitatingly.
.tOh, l hardly think it necessary, =
ruled the court. turning his head away.
Go on with the testimony"
'sBut / can prove it, persisted Mrs.
Dowell, if you wish
NO. no." said the states attorney.
Go on with the case
Hayes claimed Dowell, who is Mrs.
Hayes's brother, spat in her face and
knocked her down, Hayes and DowelI
then got in a fight. Dowell asserted
that his sister began calling Mrs.
Dowell names and that while he was
trying to send her home Hayes came
over and attacked him. While they
were down. Dowe1I said. his sister hit
him on the head several times with a
rock Both men exhibited scars they
said were caused by rocks
Owing to the conflicting testimony,
Judge Lee dismissed the defenda Mt
and admonished both parties TO keep
TO their respective back yards in the
future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-22

highway proposal. no interest outside
state house circles is seemingly work.
ing for the amendments.
ArouseS New Interest.
An injection of the amendment
fight into the campaign at this time
is certain to arouse a new interest in
the campaign. Whether the Demo-
Gratis will meet the administration ac-
ton with a flat opposition to the
amendments is not clear at this time
Such a course would bring before the
voters a clear and clean cut issue not
previously raised. This action might
call for a veto of the Republican party
councils decision to let the amend
ments take care of themselves and call
upon the party for a defense of the
action of Allen and White and state
appointeeS. ..4s.1= 4s
In any event the voters are certain
to have something new to think about
in the closing days of the state cam
Daign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-22
NO RUSH TO REGISTER


No Rush on Last Day-Books Close al
10 O'Clock Tonight.
Today. the last day it is possiblento
register for voting at the November
election, did not find many citizens
hurrying to the city clerks office to
get their names written on the regis
tration books. Evidently the majority
of persons who intend to vote m No
vember have registered, Miss Eta
, Coven, CITY clerk said at noon today.
Women are showing more last min
ute interest in registering than are
men from the totals of 303 women and
244 men who registered on Thursday.
Today there were intervals of fifteen
or twenty minutes when no registrants
presented themselves at the city
. clerks office. Business picked up
during the noon hour when persons
lined up for little distance down the
corridor to await their turn tosregister.
Books must necessarily close to-
night in order that carefully checked
Lists of voters may be arranged for the
various voting precincts. No one will
BE registered after 10 o'clock tonight.
Both Republican and Democratic
judges and clerks for all voting pre-
cincts were appointed, at a special
meeting of the city commission this
morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-22
USERS FAVOR INCREASE
~Ewcnty-Ffve Pcr Cent Raise in Steam
Heat Rates.

Heat Rates.
The alternative in rates for COM
mercial heating along Kansas avenue,
presented yesterday by the Edison
company, was disapproved this morn
ing when a committee consisting of
some twenty-five users of the heat
along the Avenue, met at the Chamber
of Commerce.
The users presented the proposition
of flat increase of 25 per cent on
the rates in effect during 1920.
Their findings. it was stated after
the meeting of the committee, Will be
filed with the city commissioners to-
pared, and a copy will also be filed
with the Edison company
If this plan is not acceptable to the
company, the users requested that an
expert from outside the city be en-
ployed, and permitted by the company
to go thru their books and determine
what will be an equitable rate.
The decision as to what will finally
be done will rest with the city com
missioners, who will pass the new
ordinance which will fix any change
in rates which may be made. There
were no representatives of the COM
mission in the meeting this morning.
From 80 to 40 users of the steam
heat for commercial purposes, are
said to be affected by the change in
rates which the Edison company
asked for.
The users, it was stated today, are
not anxious to see the company OPP
crate at less than a just rate. but
neither do they wish to pay an ex-
Orbitant price for their heat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-22
MANY ATTEND MEETING


Representatives of both home and
foreign missionary societies of all
Protestant churches in Topeka attend
ed the fall meeting of the Topeka Mis-
sionary federation at the Y. W. G. A.
today. The meeting included an all
day session. beginning at 10 O'Clock
this morning. The members lunched
at the Y. w. c. A cafeteria and con-
tinued the greater part of the after
noon.
On the program in the morning
were an address by Miss Ann sweet
of Topeka on Foreigners at Home
and Abroad; 1.-The Present Status of
the Interchurch Movement" by the
Rev. John A McAfee, and THE
Church and the Community by Mrs.
Wilbur n. Mason. Protestant missions
in France were the subject of talk
by Mrs. S. S. Estey, recently returned
from Europe, on the afternoon pro-
gram. Prof. Pierre Zampiere. head of
the language department of Washburn
college, gave some personal expert
ences among the -Spaniards in Amer
ica Plans for mission study for the
year were presented by George H.
Whiteomb. Mrs. John Wells Rahill
and Mrs Wilbur n. Mason.
Mrs. H. o. Hotter was elected presi-
dent of the society with Mrs. c. Elk
berg, first vice president; Mrs. F j.
Dreaming, second vice president; Mrs
Mary L. F9ickinger, recording secre-
tary, and Mrs. c. c.. Brown. treasurer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-22
HALLOWEEN PARTY
Teachers VIII BE Guests of Chamber
of Commerce October 20.

The teachers who come to Topeka
to attend the convention of the state
Teachers association are to be the
guests of the Chamber of Commerce
at Halloween party Friday night,
October 29. which will be one of the
largest entertainment features ever
staged by the chamber. The quarters
of the Chamber of Commerce and the
rooms above will be thrown open to
the teachers that night for real Hal
loween jollification. which will include
honest to- goodness gypsy fortune tell
ers, facilities for toasting marshmal-
lows, refreshments of apples, dough-
nuts and cider
The party will be given after the
regular evening session of the associa-
ton has been finished. Arrange
ments are also being made to meet
the teachers at their trains and COM
vey them to the Chamber of Com
merce where their room reservations
will be assigned to them, and where
there will be automobiles to take them
to their rooms.