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Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13
Kiev, Mother of Russian Cities
Known as the Russian Jerusalem

after he had forsaken his pagan gods and
a thousand wives and concubines for
Christianity.
"Naldmir's was strange conversion.
He sent emmisaries to study religions
of the civilized world of his dav tthe
tenth century,. The Greek ccremonials
at Byzantium captured his imagination
Some historians say his desire to marry
the daughter Of the Roman emperor
influenced his choice.
Russians embraced the new religion
with ali the fervor with which they had
offered human sacrifices 10 the aban-
doned idol. Perun While Vladimir held
political sway at kiev there came u low
ly monk, Anthony. who took up his
abode in a cave Other devout men fol-
lowed his example. Archeologists since
have recognized in these caves the homes
of cave dwellers of the stone age.
These holy hermits walled up the
exits of their self appointed cells and
many never again came forth to day
light They tasted aud prayed and ate
the food placed in the inches every Sec
ond day. When the food was not removed
the fellow monks knew the recluss to
be dead, and walled in his home to be
i Continued on PAGE Seven,
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13

he was confronted by an enemy that
completely baffled him.
Not to be beaten, he next caused lit
tie piles of straw To be scattered over
the patch. having soldiers stationed
throughout the patch at convenient in
teryals and at a given signal all 10 ig
mite these piles of straw and try the eff
ficacy of Smudging Mr.. Bug evidently
enjoyed the warmth created. nothing
more. The general retired TO his quar-
ters damned and defeated by So insignifi-
cant an enemy as the common potato
bug Twas humiliating. He then re
sorted to correspondence, and finally
some one suggested paris green.
Horror Sc a yirulent poison on so
essential an article of food. but they
finally concluded that it was paris green
or the bug. and that they could first try
it on the dog and if be survived, all
would be welI-and il was-and Mr. Bug
is still a very conspicuous member of
our bug community to this day. The
foregoing is not fiction but an actual oc-
currence that came under the observa-
ton of the writer. who was a partici
pant in the war on bugs.
Let us return to my cogitation on
the Nauck Hill referred to previously.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13

kiev, which has changed hands in
three years with the recent entry of
Polish troops. described in news dis
patches, is the subject of the following
bulletin from Washington, d. c. head
quarters of the National Geographic
Society:
KEW. mother of Russian cities. also
the Jerusalem of Russia did not live in
the past, even before its recent kaleid-
oscopic adventures, though it was suf-
ficiently significant thousand years
ago TO give its name to a three century
period of Russian history.
Both of thesWa!l Street and the Ply
mouth Rock of Russia, each February
found thousands of merchants crowding
Its fair to contract for merchandise and
produce, especially beet sugar, aud other
seasons found hundreds of thousands
OF pilgrims thronging its unique shrine
the Convent of the Caves
Pew cities offer such an agglomer-
alton of the old and the new. Kiev lies
upon the muddy Dnieper, the Ohio
river of Russia. formerly carrier of
some S60,00o.o00 worth of freight ann
ually for the IA. 100000 people within
it's basin. Near its site Prince Vladimir
herded his people for wholesale baptism,
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13
New Prosperous Homes.

Il awaken from my dreams, my vision
becomes clear. what do | see before me?
Looking over that beautiful Sun River
valley where once roamed the buffalo.
antelope and deer as free as the noun
tain air they breathed. Three score or
more of happy prosperous homes that
have been established there in the short
space of two years. marvellous. Who
and what has given impetus to this Won
derful feat of transformation First
corps of energetic young men composing
the reclamation service with the support
of beneficent and broad minded gov
ernment, the best under the sun.
Second. an eager desire on The part
of the best element of laboring men to
get out of our congested and fetid cities,
and into this life giving. eAhilarat!ng.
pure mountain air, and acquire homes OF
their own. and become good American
citizens IN all that the word implies.
Generals GibboT and Saum have both
gone over to that silent majority, but
their efforts in the interest of irrigation
and reclamation have borne fruit and is
still in evidence. They were truly pio-
neers in that respect in this section
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13

With over half dozen prominen
Great Falls, with this city as the bul
covering a radius of hundreds of mile
In every direction, the Electric City il
fast becoming one of the most importan
centers in the west for industry, tour
lists and automobile dealers.
Under the direction of Secretary Scot
Leavitt, the Great Falls Commercial clul
has completed the compilation of one o.
the most complete road maps covering
western and central Montana, part o.
British Columbia and Alberta. Two ma
tional parks are included, as well as
many of the most important centers ant
most wonderful of the scenic beauty OF
the west.
Folders are now In the hands of the
printers, which will contain the complete
highway map, and interesting informa
tion pertaining to the various roads ant
trips, and brief description of the pos
sibilities of Great Falls.
Recognizes New Highway.
For the first time the famous Park tc
Park national highway, which it is plan
ned will connect all of the IL national
parks of the west in one complete cir
cular tour, is given official recognition
in a map of this description.
1t is shown as it approaches Cody
Wyo., through Yellowstone national park
and dzthen north to Great Falls via the
YELLOWSTONE Glacier Bee Line highway
After leaving this city, it continues along
the Y-G Bee Line to Glacier rational
park, and thence west to Spokane and
the coast.
Considerable work is being done ntong
the route of the Y-G Bee Line in Mon
tana this summer, and it is probable
that by next spring the entire road will
have been made one of the finest in the
northwest. The Y-G Bee Line follows
the Custer Battlefield Hiway out of
Great Falls until it reaches Belt, IS
shown on the map.
1t then turns cross country t. Mon
arch, where it continues to Mission. on
the Yellowstone river, and then 10 Gar
diner, following the river the entire dis
tance. This is one of the most beauti-
full trips in the state. The contract for
the construction work over the highway
from Great Falls to Belt has been let.
Two Routes to Southeast.
Billings can be reached by two routes
from Great Falls, both of which are
considered very good. AS shown on the
map, one may travel to Moccasin. and
then follow the Buffalo trail to Billings,
one of the important cities Of southeast-
ern Montana. Another trip is by way of
Lewistown. following the Custer Battle
field Hiway all the distance from Great
Falls This. as shown on the map,
would permit short side trip to Win
nett and the other oil producing centers
of the state.
From Billings the Custer Battlefield
Hiway continues to Sheridan. Wyo.. and
thence east. The Gulf trail also follows
the Custer Battlefield Hiway for a short
distance in southern Montana and Wyo-
ming.
Trips into the west and the mountains.
a veritable paradise for the motorst.
are numerous. One may follow the
Banff- Grand Canyon road out of this
city to Butte. then to Missoula and up
into the Flathead country This provides
some Of the best fishing and hunting
grounds in the country. Two roads are
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13

From q western desert to q farming
paradise in the space of a few years, is
the story of many new fertile spot in
Montana. One of the most famous of
these is the Sun River irrigation project,
of which the Fort Shaw section is unit
Only through the untiring efforts of
the United States reclamation service
was this miracle accomplished, which has
successfully reclaimed thousands of acres
of arabic land in the northwest since it
was wrested from the Indians by the
brave bands of pioneers and army out
fits not so long ago.
On what is known as the Sun River
project, thousands of acres are now pro-
ducing the finest crops in the northwest.
Since the Sun River irrigation project
was launched, many other projects of a
similar nature have been successfully
concluded. or are now in the course of
construction in this state. None, how
ever, have had a more interesting career
than those who first fostered the irriga-
ton idea in what is now the Fort Shaw
unit of the Sun River project.
Army Began Irrigation.
Little is known among the generation
of the present day of the trials which
were undergone 80 years ago. when irri
CATION was first attempted to make fer
tile the ground in which the members of
the army posts, stationed to queIl the
uprisings of the Indians and marAuIers
then in this section of the country, Lalc
ed their gardens.
Because Of the fact that all of their
supplies had to be hauled overland
through dangerous country, there were
few "extras" on the tables of the army
posts unless they raised them, or secured
them in some other manner. -
Irrigation had its birth NSiontana
when the soldiers themselves started out
with pick and shovel and did the work Of
the muckers and ditch riders Of today.
One Of the earliest pioneers to the
Fort Shaw project, and probably one of
the first men to turn a shovel on an irri-
CATION project in Montana was l.. Loomis
of Simms. He was a soldier at the army
post at Fort Shaw 80 years ago, and aft
er number of serious uprisings of the
Indians had been quelled. he took his
discharge from the army and settled on
land which is now at the west end of
the new project.
Tells of Experience.
Ten years ago. in reminiscent mood,
he wrote the following in which he de-
scribes very vividly the trials at an army
post in 1870 and the start of irrigation
In the state:
"To keep a business engagement at
Fort Shaw, | was on my way to that
point, when / reached the 'Nauck Hilr'
west of and overlooking that portion of
Sun River valley west of Fort Shaw.
comprising the Simms creek settlement
and the town Of Simms, now embraced
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13

Our company gardens became the
wonder of the surrounding country. and
was worth thousands of dollars To the
few settlers in this vicinity as demon
stration of the possibilities Of our rich
soil, when thoroughly and scientifically
watered. Demonstrative farming was a
fad with General Gibbon. though he did
not beat his sword and cannons into
plowshares. as he had other uses for
those warlike instruments, as told in our
history of western Indian wars. The
Indian had become restless and resented
the encroachment of the white man on
his native hunting ground
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13

the holiday. 1t was of no avail.
His next move on the enemy WAS TO
order ont long lari.ts stretched across
the field. with bushes attached to the
line at intervals. and have soldiers carry
this line across the patch to and fro with
the idea of dislodging the pest and driv-
ing them away. Mr.. Bug complacently
sat under his fig tree. occasionally ex-
pectorating on the soldiers well pol
ished shoes This was more than the
irascible old warrior could endure. He
had fought rebel hosts, during the re-
heIlion, when he commanded the Iron
Brigade, to a successful issue, but here
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13
Fiuht With Potato Buus,

with the generals farming occurred in
1875. The advent of the Colorado
beetle, now generally called the potato
bug. That year they came III hordes.
Here the general was confronted with
an enemy entirely new to him. There
was CONSERVATION in camp. The general
Immediately ordered out the two l.
FOUNDER Napoleon guns with army chests
filled with blank charges. He directed
them placed at one end of the potato
patch and bombarded said patch for fully
half day. Mr. Bug apparently enjoying
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-29
S,50.000.0 900 PAID OUT
ON ANGL0.FRENCH NOTES

New York. Oct. li.-The largest III.
teruationnl obligation ever negotiated
by American bankers passed into IL
nnncial history here yesterday when
J. =. Morgan snd Company, as syndl-
cate managers. diSpur>ed upwards OF
$50 OO0. 900 to holders "f notes of the
Anylo-French $500, VN.tN five per cent
five-year loan.
Slightly more than SoOO.OOO, 900. 1t is
understood. remained to be paid at ma
turity yesterday. the major part OF the
loan having been taken up by the Brit
iSh government many months ago. Al
though scores crowded the Morgan Of
fees at Broad and Wall streets during
the day. the payments were made with
dispatch and without effect on the
money market. In fact, anticipation
of its successful conclusion caused a
pronounced decline in call money
rates. many Of yesterdays demand
loans being at seven and even six per
cent. against the recent ruling quota
ton of eight per cent.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-29
RlO1lNG FOLLOWS WRECK
OF NINE By EXPLOSION
Shots Are Exchanged Between Strilk.
ers and Workers In West Virginia
Coal Property

Nlorgnntown. w. Va. Oct. 1S.-The
tipple and the entrance to the Rock
ford coal mine Of the Connelsville
Basin Coal and Coke company at Rock
ford. w. Va near here, were badly
damaged by IA explosion Of dynamite
shortly before midnight last night.
Twelve men at work in the mine sue
cee1ed in making their escape.
soon after the explosion the power
house of the coal company was attack
cd. Many shots were fired. The sound
Of the shooting and the explosion at
tracted non-union miners employed by
the company and they quickly assem-
hled at the power house.
In the fight which followed it is be-
lievea that one of the men of the ut.
lacking party was either killed or bad
ly wounded. rs he was carried away by
some of his companions when they
were finally driven off.
A detachment Of state police station
ed at this place was notified Of the
occurrence and sent a squad Of men to
in search of the attackers. but it is not
yet known here whether any arrests
were made.
II was also reported that an explo.
sion occurred ut the Richard mine of
the Penn Mary Coal company. one mile
away. but details were not obtainable
here.
Four months ago strike of coal
miners was called in this field. Since
that time non-union men have been
employed in number of the mines,
but there have been no disturbances
until last night. Last winter federal
agents We're busy in this field search.
inS for radicals and some men were ar.
rested and deported.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-29
PR0f|TEERS PAY
$4,000 FINES
GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN ON ROB.
eERs ABANDONED BECAUSE
OF LACK OF FUNDS
IS, CONVICTIONS OBTAINED
Attorney General Palmer Says $780,,
600 Was Spent In This Cause and
More Than 40 Persons Given
Prison Sentences

Washington. Oct. 16.-The govern
ment drive against the high cost Of
living. abandonment Of which has
been set for November I. has cost ap.
proximately $5OO,OOO. according to fig
ures at the department Of justice.
which yesterday sent letters to all fair
price organizations informing them Of
the conclusion of the campaign.
Department officials said the drive
had been successful. but that lack OF
funds had forced the decision to dis
solve the organization built up for the
war on profiteers. They point to col.
lections of fines aggregating more than
So75.00O assessed against convicted
rrofiteers. as evidence Of the success
attained. Further fines might he col
lected. it was added. from the more
than 1000 prosecutions and firms in
dicted through activities of the fair
price groups.
Convictions obtained through the
fair price committees totaled 1871. rec
ords Of the department showed. There
remain more than 200 other eases
where arrests have been made. but the
trials have not been held. Prison sen.
fences imposed aggregate 10 years ana
10 months in eases already decided
Officials said this represented more
than 40 convictions. since most of the
sentences were short.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-29
ASlATICS TAKE OATH
DESTROY Governments
State Department Issues Statement
Concerning Recent Congress Of
Radicals at Baku

Washington. Oct. IS. - Definite
plans to spread communistic propagan-
da and organization throughout the
east We're laid at the recent congress
of the peoples of the east at Baku.
.>Zelbaidian. said an announcement
yesterday by the state department.
The | Sol delegates attending were de-
clArel to have taken solemn oath.
sworn upon Il naked sword. to work
night and day to cause their reSpec-
tive countries to rise against 'capital-
ism and overthrow it,"
Sovie, Russia was the country most
largely represented. it WAS stated. fol-
lowed by Persia. Georgia. Five dele
gates were womcn.
'The permanent work Of this gather
ing" said the departments announce
ment. ''iS now to be carried on by Il
which will work in contact with and
under the control of the communist
internationale. The headquarters Of
this soviet Of action will he at Baku.
The congress also has established a
permanent commission of nine men,
bers. Of whom two are always to be
representatives of the communist in
ternationale.
"The battlefield Of the soviet move
ment would embrace Asia as well as
Europe under the plans and opinions
Of leaders.
"'The formation of an inlisSoluhle
union between the laborerS of the
east and soviet Russia was the an
nounced objective Of the congress. a
union destined to he the greatest cham.
pion of the proletarat and the peas
ants against the capi,alstic entente.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-29
John REED IS TYPHUS VICTIM
SAYS DISPATCH FROM MOSCOW

Portland. Ore. Oct. 1S.-John Reed.
magazine writer and disciple of Boil
shevism. died yesterday in Moscow,
Russia. of typhus. according to cable
gram received here by his brother,
Henry G. Reed, from the widow, who
also Is writer under the name of
Louise Bryant.
John Reed was born and reared here
and was graduated from Harvard.
Soon thereafter he espoused the cause
of socialism.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-29
Germany Baiks on Preparations.

Berlin. Oct. 1S.-The allied rrpara-
tons committee. according t" VOr-
waertS. has presented to the German
government a demand for the immedi-
ate delivery of 10000 bulls and 5OO,-
600 cows to France: $50 head Of cat
tie to Italy, 2lO.WO cows 10 Belgium.
and $4,000 head of cattle to Serbia.
The congress of the majority socialist
party at Cassel. adds the newspaper.
has adopted resolution calling upon
socialist parties of all countries to pre-
vent Germany being compelled to hand
over cattle to foreign countries.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-29
IRRIGATION DELEGATES MEET.

Spokane. Oct. 16. - Representatives
of Pacific northwestern reclamation
associations will meet in conference
here next Sunday afternoon, II was an
nounced yesterday by james 4. Ford.
secretary of the Northwestern uecla.
nation league. Governor Davis OF Ida.
no. president of the Western States
Reclamation association. will preside.
he said, and 1t is probable that the ex-
ecuttve committee of the two Organtxa-
tons will be named and the budget
discussed.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-29
wheat GAMBLING AND
TARIFF CAUSED DROP
Governor Allen Of Kansas Says Deal
ers in Options Use Canadian Wheat
as Club to Bring Prices Down

Philadelphia. Oct. Is. - Governor
Henry !. Allen of Kansas said here
last night that he would comply with
the request of President Wilson and
forward to Washington information in
his possession concerning the recent
decline IN wheat. He expects to re-
turn to Kansas within Il few days and
said that he would give the matter his
attention then.
In a statement. Governor Allen said ::
AS soon as I have returned to my
office | will give attention to the
presidents request and will have for
warded to the department of agricul-
ture and the federal trade commission.
according to his request. the facts
about the situation. rs these facts have
been developed among the Kansas
wheat growers and wheat dealers.
"Almost Immediately upon the re-
opening of the Chicago board Of trade
the wheat market lost its natural sta
hlity and began to manifest the fluc-
tuations which characterize n many
pulsated market. The dealers in op,
tions. using the Canadian wheat they
had bought. have driven down the
wheat in the Cnited States and have
scored the most sensational decline
since the war.
1.-THE president has no power to es-
tah,ish Il tlifferential The only thing
he can do is To thoroughly investigate
gambling on the board of trade and
hrn. such relief as is possible. When
the nex, session Of congress assemblies
undoubtedly it will restore the tariff Of
-, cents Il buShel.'
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-29
IRISH HUNGER STRIKER DIES
AFTER 6o.DAy FAST IN JAIL
Maeswiney Is Holding Up Well, Says
Rerort-Efforts Of Prison Officials
Fail to Save Fitzgerald

Cork. Oct. IS. - The first death
among the hunger strikers in Cork
Jail occurred last night when Ftz-
gerald died at 9:io O'Clock. having
tasted 6S days.
The condition of Fitzgerald and
Murphy had become so grave yeS'er
day that with the consent of the other
hunger strikers the prison doctors
We're permitted to give Fitzgerald med
zeal treatment. 4 Cork specialist also
was called in.
FITZGERALD! was arrested for shoot
ing Private Soldier Homes outside Fer
mony church on Sept. I, 1919.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-29
Muslin Prices Cut so Per Cent.

New York. Oct. 16.-Selling agents
for two lines of widely known bleach
drastic price cuts would he made to-
day, One line will be cut from b
cents to 20 cents a yard. while another
line will be reduced from 81 cents to
10 cents. In the first case the cut
represents n decline of 50 per cent
from the high record.