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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11
Lion TANNERS Are
POOREST RISKS
bartenders Not Good and Nc Figures
Are Set by Actuaries for
Aviators.

Bartenders are no good insurance
RISKS, but excise collectors are worse.
though nowhere as bad as lion tam
ers. Snake charners are not speci-
fled in the tabulation of the influ-
ence of occupation upon mortality by
Arthur Hunter and DR.. Oscar H. Rog-
ers of the New York Life Insurance
company, which was read to the an
nual meeting of the ActQrial Society
OF America at the Hotel Astor.
Reckoning from zero, with plus
quantities indicating the magnitude
OF risk and minus quantities the re-
verse, the compilers calculated that
a saloon proprietor who did not tend
bar regularly was a plus seventy risk.
whereas if he tended bar regularly he
was a plus ninety risk. But circus
performers were adjudged poorest
risks, running from 200 for animal
tanners TO acrobats averaging 100. No
figure is set for aviators. According
to the table a Protestant clergyman
or a rabbi is a better risk by twenty
five points than a Roman Catholic
priest.
Besides these facts the tables show
that janitors are a pretty good risk.
but not so good as plumbers, who are
on a par with physicians, but the doc
tors are not so good by from fifteen
to twenty-five points as lawyers, who
are rated from minus five to minus
fifteen. Manicurists are nowhere near
SO good a risk. They are rated at
plus twenty. Journalists" are pref
ty good risks and reporters average.
The authors say they have compiled
the statistics carefully from all avail
able sources.
from a paper by Alexander T. Mac
Lean it appears that not all the mon
ey that has been spent recently has
been upon luxuries. All insurance
companies have written large amounts
Of new business in the past year, and
found it not difficult, he said.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11
A TAX THAT HAS NO FRIENDS.

The excess profits tax encourages
over-capitalization, slack management
and extravaganza. Why should any
manager be economical and efficient
when it pays well not to be? 1t pen
Allies brains, energy, thrift and sound
business methods. In its effect on
the business structure it is democrat
izing beyond any economic force the
country ever had.
1t is generally agreed to be the
chief pillar on which rests the temple
Of H. c. l.. And above all, it is rap
idly defeating itself, since the social
ed 'eXcess profits" tend rapidly to
disappear. In a year or two none
will remain. 1t is q revenue law bas-
ed on a "soap bubble" It's sponsors
apologize for it; its administration is
physically impossible and has confess
sediy broken down. Nobody defends
it and its days are numbered.-George
T. Buckingham in The Nations Bus
mess.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

tai in securing the services of a Rus
sian priest to perform the marriage
ceremony without the usual religious
functions. The marriage, however,
was registered at the Swiss consul
late in Moscow, the bride becoming
a Swiss citizen.
Weiss and his wife did not meet
again after the ceremony until a
steamer transporting Swiss refugees
from Russia arrived at Marseilles.
Miss Zelinskara sued her husband for
absolute divorce. The suit was not
defended and she obtained a decree.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11
GROWTH IS SMALL
IN new YORK CITY
Population Shows Increase of Only
S54.26S In Ten fears-War
Is Cause.

Washington, June New York
City had a population of 5,621,151 on
January 2, an increase of S54,26S, or
40 per cent over 1910, the census
bureau announced. The rate of
growth "a smaller than eler before
in the city's history, except in the
decade ending 1870, while the increase
numerically vas smaller than in eth
er of the two decades preceding 1920.
The latest estimate of the population
Of the city and county Of London
made in 1917 was 4,026, sol, a decrease
from the official census Of 1911, which
showed a population Of 1921 $50.
Comparison Of the population of
New York City with that Of London
is declared by census bureau officials
to be difficult because of the areas
covered by the various designations
Of the two cities. New York City
proper cover 2S7 square miles, while
for census purposes the city and coun-
ty Of London cover ZIG quare miles.
The small increase in the growth
of the city Of New York during the
last decade is attibuted by census
officials to the almost complete stop
page during the war of the influx of
immigrants, many of whom each year
made New York their home, and the
heavy emigration of foreign-born res
idents during the war and since that
time.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11
LAD LOSES
LIFE IN MILK RIVER

Kenneth James Lee was drowned
at Hinsdale near his home last Sun
day morning. His parents We're at
the barn at the time Of the accident,
being gone from the house only a
few minutes. When they returned the
child could not be found and after a
careful search discovered the little
body in the muddy waters Of the Milk
river. Kenneth was only two years
old but he had come to be the delight
of the home and it is a great loss to
those who loved him most.
The funeral was held from Hins-
dale Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
Rev. j. R. Jeffrey Of Glasgow official
ing. Interment was made at Hins-
dale.
The bereaved family have the
sympathy of the entire community in
their sad loss.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11
RUSSIAN MAIDEN
FORCED TO MARY
TO INSURE SAFETY

Geneva, June 5.-Faced with the
alternative of being ~nationalized OF
getting married, Lydia Zelinskara of
Moscow, chose the latter solution tenn
porarily, she explained in a Geneva
divorce court.
According to Miss Zelinskara's story
which was c~orroborated by her hus-
band, the Bolshevik secretary of state
of the naturalization commission, cal
led on her at her home in Moscow and
informed her she had been chosen
as the wife of one of the leaders in
Premier Lenine's cabinet. Either she
must submit or be "n~ationalized" the
Bolshevik employee said.
Miss Zelinskara, who was a young
school mistress, decided to do Meth
err. She persuaded a Swiss, Nicholas
Weiss, to marry her %nominally. Two
sacks of white flour were instrument
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11
CHEWING-GUM IN MOROCCO.

American institutions, when they
go abroad, sometimes surprise US by
developing attributes and possibilities
we had not suspected.
Chewing gum is an example. Hav-
ing reached Morocco and captivated
the natives, it has attracted journal
istic attention. "Have you noticed
says a local newspaper, "that Casa
blanca has been invaded by a new
American product called chewing
gum? 1t in small slaps of
smooth paste, in which the principal
substance is India rubber.
"One of these slabs is placed in the
mouth, rolled into a ball, and chewed
until real thirst results. That is the
way in which the enjoyment is derived
"On high medical authority it is
said that the use of chewing gum pro-
longs human life as much as one hun.
dred years.-The Nations Business.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11
STATE HAS VAST
A

How extensive and vast are the
mineral Of Montana was told
by E. H. Lang of Butte before the
joint international commission in Hell
ena. Butte alone supplies more than
20 per cent Of the copper used by the
entire world, according to Mr.. Lang.
Montana, Mr.. Lang informed the
commission; ranks first in the pro-
duction Of silver and is second in cop
per.
One-half Of Butte's gigantic copper
production goes to European coun-
tries.
In its history Montana has pro-
duced more than 4,000,0 900 tons Of cop
per. 1t is producing annually more
than 353,000,00 tons Of copper, $780,
900 900 pounds Of zinc, 100000
pounds of lead. About 40 per cent
Of these metals are shipped to Euro
pean countries, according to the Butte
man.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11
FARE AND ONE-THIRD
TO PORTLAND. [

Announcement of a fare and one
third from all points in Montana to
Portland, Ore, and return was made
in a circular communication received
at the Great Northern ticket office,
for the forty-sixth annual sessions
of the imperial council of Shriners.
The reduced rates are limited to
Shriners and their families, tickets
to be sold on the Identification GER
tificate plan.
Tickets will be on sale from June
Is to 81, good for return until June,
30.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11
OWN A HOME.
From the Union Republican, Winston.
Salem. y. ca

From the Union Republican, Winston
Salem. y. CO.
Through the length and breadth of
America today q spontaneously or
ganized movement, little advertised
but gathering momentum as it trav-
els, is in progress that promises to
do more for the future than all the
reconstruction legislation, however
good it may be, which is discussed in
congress, the legislature and the pub
lie prints.
1t is the Gown Your Own Home
movement, self-starting and self-pro-
pelling. One it was a reproach to
an American not, 10 posses his shell
ter in fee simple. A home was per-
sonal. To rem q house was like hir-
ing a daughter or a son The pro-
fessional landlord was not an evil,
for he scarcely existed.
Then the disease of tenantry secur-
ed a hold and became epidemic, partic-
uiarly in cities. In New York, for
example, according to the last sur
yey, are a million apartments, few
owned by their occupants. More than
4,O00,0 900 persons are renters and live
with little sense Of residential per-
manence. 1t is an evil community
habit, nomads miss a large part of
the joys Of life.
Now Throughout the country the
landlord system has broken down.
There are not enough dwellings to go
around. A new supply comes but
slowly, for while the tenant finds the
rent prohibitive the builder finds the
cost of material and labor so high
that he shrinks from building despite
the lure of high profits.
The Gown Your Own Home" move
ment should have started sooner. If
it had begun ten years ago a large
part of the present unrest would not
exist. The gains of the wage earn
ers would less easily slip away. The
cost of his shelter would be stabilized.
He would share in the advance in land
and edifice values, and could laugh as
the rent collector passed by.
Own a home. Make arrangements
to this end at once. Buy a lot and
make a first payment on a house with
out delay. Whatever site you select,
you can hardly lose, for it will take
years for commercial builders to sat
isfy the housing shortage. You will
not be comfortable unless under your
own roof. For some things a fam
lily can afford to go into debt. To
possess a home is one of them, es-
p~ecially under present and probable
future conditions. II is as easy to
pay interest as rent.
The community, the state and the
nation could employ their credit no
better way than by financing home
owning. 1t will not be long, let US
hope, until revolving building funds
will be provided, as in Great Britain
and other countries.
Home owning, besides it's obvious
moral and social dividends, is econom-
ic. 1t keeps down the repair bill. 1t
gets rid Of the loss from the vacan-
cies that a landlord must count on. 1t
cuts out commissions and expenses.
New York wastes many millions a
year because nearly 80 per cent of
it's population are renters and the
cost is cumulative. No better under
taking is now afoot than the one to
stimulate home owning. Get aboard.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

1t is believed that sparks from a
pipe started a fire last Thursday
morning at the Kelly-Goodman farm
northwest Of Poplar that completely
burned a big machinery shed. The
total loss will be around $1,000. For
tunately the big separator and other
valuable machinery was out Of the
shed at the time of the fire owing to
the fact that recently it has been
mostly used as a feeding place for
horses and cattle. Forrest Goodman,
one Of the proprietors, was in the
shed Thursday morning and it is be-
lieved that sparks from a pipe he was
smoking ignited some loose hay.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

first one, leaving the ground in its
path clear. Trees were torn up by the
roots and broken into pieces small
enough for firewood.
Fortunately no buildings were in
the line of either slide, and the only
damage was to the timber.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11
THE RIGHT KIND.

Our idea of a good citizen, and we
are glad there are many in this COM
munity, is n always ready to give.
according to his means, to commun-
ity enterprises. He takes stock in
them all, and doesn't lose faith il
an occasional venture proves bad. He
is not afraid to buy real estate and
pay what it is worth. He talks uI
his town at home and abroad, thinks
it is the healthiest place on earth,
believing it to be destined to be the
biggest city in it's section and wants
to be buried here when he dies. And
he's worth a whole regiment of the
luke-warm kind.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11
INTERESTING NEWS NOTES
OF NORTHEASTERN MONTANA

west of Drummond, Montana. Chief
Qu-artermaster E. L. Miller, in charge
of the Missoula recruiting station,
vas in the car with DR.. Oettinger at
the time of the accident but escaped
with serious injuries.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

came down in Jones Canyon, about
Is miles north of Bozeman, one day
this week, and piled up a depth of rs
feet. Another slide, started by the
jar of the first came down at right
angles.
1t plowed a Through through the
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

William Brown, an ~18-year-old lad
working for the Montana Farming
Corporation near Poplar, was run over
by a gang pillow last Monday, but
came out of the fracas little the worse
for the experience.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

Thieves broke into a Frazer garage
and appropriated a number Of castings
and tubes. Left clues that may lead
to arrest of guilty parties.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

Eddie L~yons-"Lee, what is the diff
ference between ammonia and pneu-
monia? ?"
Lee Moran-"Well I'll tell you,
stupid; ammonia m in bottles, but
pneumonia comes in chests"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

The Hudson & Crawford pharmacy
at Plentywood has been taken over
by the Plentywood Pharmacy COM
pany.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

Wolf Point is to have a new post
office building. Bids were opened
last week and the work will go on
Immediately.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

Monday evening the little city Of
Hinsdale had a very fine rain. 1t
was strictly a local shower covering
a radius Of two miles around Hinsdale
but it was a fine rain and left the
roads covered with mud. The crops
frightened up, which put a smile or
the faces of all.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

Frank Mayo was trying to describe
a fellow he happened to see the other
day who was inclined to be slightly
effeminite. Frank had a hard time
describing him, so he finally said:
SWELL, you know what a roughneck
is-well, he amt"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

Farm Bureau at Wolf Point to give
picnic June 14-15.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

DR.. Joseph Oettinger, So, dentist
of Missoula, was instantly killed when
his automobile overturned three miles
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

Culbertson will celebrate the Fourth
of July.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11
CLEAN PATH IS SWEPT BY
SNOWSLIDE IN THE HILL!

One snowslide covering a mile in
length and an eighth of a mile wide
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

The spawn of Europe shall never
make suckers out of Americans!
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-06-11

Saco has organized a baseball club.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-21

outset. He strove by sheer strength
and activity to overcome the handi-
cap OF his opponents gre er science
and the CHAMPIONS rcsourcefulness.
Londos did not popuiariZe himself
with the vast crowd that packed the
seventy First Regiment armory
when failing to down mis- antagonists
after an hour and tW"nty minutes
Of tremendous effort that made both
men stream sweat ne INTRODUCES
prize ring methods by selling every
opportunity to "muss up" Joe's face.
St"cter tried to WORK his famous
scissors hold after getting an arm
lock and wrist hold. but the Crock
Wriggled free and grabbed Joe by
the Writs. Joe shook him off
The match had continued for two
hours ana twelve minutes when S,"h-
er put the Greea on lie mat with an
arm lock. He followed with head
ana nin hold, which brought LondVs
shoulders to the mat and victory to
the champion
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-21
10 SIMPLIFY THE
WORK OF ENFORCEMENT

Washington. Feb, 19.-For the pur-
nose of simplifying the work of pro
hIbition enforcement, Senator Warren
introduced bin to establish huge gov
FrNment warehouses to which the
LIQUOR now In bonded warehouses scat
t+-t 81 4FeHg bout the country can be
tr; nsferred. The bill was drawn In the
office Of Revenue Collector Roper and
provides that the government ware
houses are to receive spirits upon
which the tax has been paid. the gov
eminent to pay the cost of removal. 4
tax of $40 n gallon is to be imposed
on liquor taken out Of the stocks, and
suitable facilities are to be provided
in the government warehouses for bot
ting.
Heavy penalties amounting to fine
double the value of the liquor removed
and $500 additional, or q hve-year sen
tences in prison or both are provided
fer persons taking liquor unlawfulIy
ort OF the government storage houses.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-21

a Preliminary between the Mer-
chants National Bank, and the First
National Bank viii begin at O'Clock
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-21

important that those who wish Bird
Oct either on yearly monthly basis should call The Richmond Vie
once as the demand tor these Premium Dishes much than the
Circulation Department able supply the the office is to SUI
CALI first - oNf
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-21

decision is said to have been to fear
mat Britain who is said to be nego-
tiating with Russia through James
Grady. at Copenhagen may be the
hrst or the great powers to launch a
campaign OF peaceful penetration"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-21

Immediately after Robert Lansing :
enforced resignation as secretary Of
state. strong report was current III
Washington that Ambassa ior Davis
would be asked TO succeed him as
secretary OF state.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-21
GERMANY To TALK
PEACE WITH RUSSIA

Berlin. Feb lS--The German capI-
net decided today IT, open peace nego-
tiattons with Russia Immediately The
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-21
RUMOR THAT DAVIS
MAY JOIN CABINET

London. Feb Is, There is a
growing belief a the st. James clue,
stronghold OF London diplomatic cir
eles. that John W Davis. United
States ambassador to Britain, viii
shortly be summoned to Washington
to join President Wilson's cabinet, -
says the Evening News.
Payette enterprise., 1920-08-26
The House Famine.

Morris Hillquit was discussing in
Albany the heinous profiteering on
rents which so many New York land
lords have been practicing.
"And despite this prOfiteering," he
said, "houses and apartments are in
greater demand than ever. Well-lo-
Gated tenants have their bells rung two
or three times day by total strangers
who anXiOusly inquire if by any chance
they think of leaving soon.
81 heard of chap who entered a
newspaper office recently and said to
the girl behind the counter:
az want to advertise in your paper
for a hOusep
"'Yes. How many insertionsT said
the girl briskly. we make reduc-
tlon for space taken by the year, and
we have also very reasonable three
year contract that would probably suit
you better STILL"
Payette enterprise., 1920-08-26
WAR MYSTERY" MADE CLEts
Men on the Levlathan Now Under
stand How Their Officers Detected
Them in Smoking.

Men who sailed on the Leviathan
when she was being used as trans
port will learn with interest the eX-
PLANTATION of a mystery" of the giant
liner in those war days, n mystery
which has been the subject of many
midnight conference In the lee of the
deckhouse. Only recently former
officer of the Leviathan told the story.
1t appears that several of the crew
sought a lower hold far from the
haunts of the officers on duty and
there, believing themselves carefully
concealed, they smoked to their hearts
content But the ship had fire de-
lection system consisting of a series of
pipes to the holds through which a
suction fan is continually drawing air
samples to the wheelhouse. Thus the
officer on duty there noticed the curl
ing wisps of smoke coming out Of the
pipe, from one of the lower holds.
Shifting the smoke he detected the old
familiar odor of tobacco.
1t was an easy matter to hurry
down and catch the men in the act
and start them on a round of extra
duty, which cured them of smoking
aboard ship. They were puzzled to
know how the officer had traced them.
The hold was way down near the keel,
far from the wheelhOuse and there had
not been another man within many
yards of their position. They knew
no officer had followed them and they
took it for granted that there was no
direct connection between the hold
and the wheelhouse. And no one en-
lighte1ed them during many trips to
France.-New York Evening Post.
Payette enterprise., 1920-08-26
OIL INVESTMENTS

We had to catch our breath, rub
our eyes. and take another look
this week when a representative of
the Payette OIL & Development Cons
psny brought us an advertisement
for investments in local oil and gas
wells with an iron-clad agreement TO
refund every cent of the money in
vested, if the company does not pay
100 per cent in dividends during the
next fifteen years. We were not ac-
quainted with that kind of an oil in.
vestment. II sounded too good to be
true. Most of them can promise you
q chance on mighty big returns, but
this is about the first we have ever
seen which carried a National Bank
guarantee to refund your money.
We have been watching the move
ments and manipulations of this
organization of local business men
with considerable interest, and so
far as we have been able to find out
they have been moving along right
lines. They have not gone blindly in.
TO wildcat promotion scheme, or
started to drill a well, half-cocked,
or promised anything in this district
that has not been reasonable. They
have raised and spent considerable
money with the avowed intention of
finding cut if oil or gas could be
found in this district, which has
good showings Of gas and should
produce oil. And now they let the
public in with q square and fair Of
fer to return their money if the com.
pany doesn't strike gusher and pay
good dividends, in this or some other
field.
We don't know whole lot about
oil. but it looks to us as if they
have brought in some good capable
oil experts who do know the oil bust
ness, and if they succeed in bringing
in some commercial gas or oil wells
it win be the biggest thing which has
happened to Payette for years.
And now that they have offered
TO sell stock with 100 per cent re-
turn valuation, without cutting down
profits, we can all speculate in oil
without any chance of loss. 1t looks
good to me, and have looked over
their contract with the bank, and it
n, ,eor,u iurf rr-ba+ "a cove ,your MON
ey back if they don't strike it.