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White House, Feb. z, 1905.
Dearest Kermit:
OF course I entirely agree with you
about Martin Chuzzlewit." But the
point seems tome that the prepos-
ferrous perversion Of truth and the ILL
nature and malice OF the book are of
consequence chiefly as indicating
Dickens own character, about which
care not a rap; whereas. the char
acters In American shortcomings and
vices and foIlies as typified are i'm
mortal and, moreover. can be studied
with great profit by all of US today.
Dickens was an ill-natured, selfish
cad and boor. who had no understand
ing Of what the word gentleman
meant. and no appreciation Of hos
pitality or good treatment. He was
utterly incapable of seeing the high
purpose and the real greatness which
lin spite of the presence also of much
that was bad or vile) could have been
visible all around him here in Amer
lea to any man whose vision was both
keen and lofty. He could not see the
qualities Of the young men growing
up here, though 1t was these qualities
that enabled these men to conquer
the West and to fight to a finish the
great civil war, and though they were
to produce leadership like that of
Lincoln, Lee and Grant. Naturally
he would think there was no gentle
man In New York, because by no pos
sibility could he have recognized a
gentleman IL he had met one. Nat
urally he would condemn all America
because he had not the soul to see
what America was really doing. But
he was in his element in describing
with bitter truthfulness Scadder and
Jefferson Brick, and Elijah Pogram,
and Hannibal Chollup. and Mrs.
Hominy and the various other char
acters, great and small, that have al
ways made me enjoy Martin Chuz-
zlewit." Most Of these characters we
still have with US.
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One of the costly reminders of the will be
tag if the traffic policeman it.
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Quentin ms n BalIpIayer.

White House, March Is, 1908.
Dearest Archie:
Quentin is now taking a great in
terest in baseball Yesterday the
Force School nine, on which he plays
second base, played the P Street nine
on the White House grounds where
Quentin has marked out a diamond.
The Force School nine was victorious
by score of q to 5. told Quentin
was afraid the p Street boys must
have felt badly and he answered, "Oh,
/ guess not; you see filled them up
with lemonade sfterward!"
Charlie Taft is on his nine.
Did you hear OF the dreadful time
Ethel had with her new bull terrier.
Mike? She was out riding with Fitz
Lee, who was on Roswell and Mike
was following. They suppose that
Fidelity must have accidentally kick
ed Mike. The first they knew the
bulldog sprang at the little mares
throat She fought pIuckily. rearing
and plunging, and shook him of. and
then Ethel gaIloped away. As soon as
she halted, Mike overlook her and at
tackled Fidelity again. He seized her
ny INC SnOufuGT SclLc
by the throat, and twice Ethel had to
break away and gaiiop OF. Fitz Lee
endeavoring in vain to catch the dog.
Finally he succeeded, just as Mike
had got Fidelity by the hook. He had
to give Mike a tremendous beating to
restore him to obedience; but Of
course Mike will have to be, disposed
of. Fidelity was bitten in several
places and il was a wonder that Ethei
was able to keep her seat. because
naturally the frightened little mare
reared and plunged and ran.
Four sheepIsh Small Boys.
White House, April II, 1905.
Dearest Archie:
Ethel has bought on trial an eight
months bulldog pup. He is very cum
ming, very friendly, and wriggles all
over in a frantic desire to be petted.
Quentin really seems to be getting
on pretty well with his baseball. In
each OF the last two games he made a
base hit and a run. ] have just had to
give HIM and three of his associates a
dressing down-one of the three being
Charlie Taft. Yesterday afternoon
was rainy, and four Of them played
FIVE hours inside the White House.
They were very boisterous and were
all the time on the verge of mischief.
and finally they made spitballs and
deliberately put them on the portraits.
I did not discover It until after din
ner, and then pulled Quentin out Of
bed and had him take them all of the
portraits. and this morning required
him to bring in the three other cul-
prits before me. I explained to them
that they had acted like Doors; that it
would have been a disgrace to have
behaved so in any gentleman's house:
that Quentin could have no friend to
see him. and the other three could not
come inside the White House. until I
felt that sufficient time had elapsed
to serve as punishment. They we've
four very sheepish small boys when 1
got through with them.
CTo Be Continued)
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Now that January has arrived the date ii
calendar is January
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Tom Dun-No man with any sense
would allow you to carry on the way
you do around this house.
Mrs. Outflow comes 1t you know
what a man with any sense would do?
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Good Reading for PncInsts.
March 4, 1905.

Dearest Kermit:
You have recently been writing me
about Dickens. Senator Lodge gave
me the following first-elass quotation
from piece by Dickens about PRO
posals for Amusing Posterity:"
And / would suggest that IL a body
OF gentlemen possessing their full
chronological share of the combative
and antagonistic organs. could only be
induced to form themselves into a So
ciety for Declaiming about Peace,
with a very considerable war-whoop
against all on-declaimers; and II
they could only be prevailed upon to
sum up eloquently the many unspeak-
able miseries and horrors Of war, and
70 present them to their own country
as a conclusive reason for its being
undefended against war. and becom-
Ing prey Of the first despot who
might choose to inffict those miseries
and horrors-why then I really believe
we should have got to the very best
joke we could hope to have in our
whole Complete Jest-Book for Poster
lily and might fold our arms and rest
convinced that we had done enough
Tor that discerning Patriarch's amuse-
ment"
This ought to be read before all the
tomfool peace societies and anti-im-
perialist societies Of the present-day.
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White House, March 8. 1908.

Wmte House, March s, 1908.
Dearest Archie:
Yesterday morning Quentin brought
down all his Force school baseball
nine to practice on the White House
grounds 1t was great fun to see
them. and Quentin made a run. II
reminded me of when you used to
come down with the Friends school
eleven. Moreover, I was reminded Of
the occaAional rows in the eleven by
an outbrust In connection with the
nine which resulted in their putting
on Of IL small boy who Quentin as
sured me was the ''meanest kid in
town" like to see Quentin practic.
ing baseball. 1t gives me hopes that
one Of my boys will not take after
his father In. this respect, and will
prove able to play the national game:
Ethel has delightful new dog-a
white bull terrier-not much more
than q puppy as yet. She has named
IL Mike and II seems very affection
ate. Scamp is really an extraordinary
ratter. and kills q great many rats in
the White HOUSE. ~ the cellars and
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"Sure: them New York fellers was
both out. | oughter waited till they
come In, maybe, but was plum tired
out"
"When did they come back?"
ooh, bout midnight, | reckon. Bill
Lacy an Matt Moore was along with
'em."
II sect And these New York people
they are still here?"
"They wus all three down ter break
fast; amt seen nuthin' Of ZEN since"
"What became OF Lager"
"He's down in his saloon; he sed
If you showed up, an asked fer him,
ter tell yer that's whar he'd be-"
"He told you that2 lie expected me
to show up, them"
II reckon as how he did" and Tim
mons grinned in drunken good humor.
"He's pretty blame smart, Bill Lacy
is; he most allars knows whut's goin'
ter happen" He leaned over the desk
and lowered his voice. "Tf yer do
hunt him up, Jlm," he said confiden-
TALLY, "you better go heeled."
Westcott laughed. The first shock
Of the discovery Of Miss Donovan's
disappearance had passed, and he was
himself again. He must have time to
think and arrange some plan and,
above all, must retain a clear mind
and proceed coolly.
"All right, old man." he said easily,
"I1l try and look out for myself. l
haven't eaten yet today. What can
you end me In the larder?"
Although feeling the need of food,
Westcott entered the dining-room Of
the Timmons' house more DESTROYS Of
being alone than for any other pur-
pose. He realized that he was sud-
denly brought face to face with a most
serious condition, and one which must
be solved unaided. So Bill Lacy ex.
pected him? Had left word where he
was to be found? What was the prob
able meaning Of this2 Westcott did
not connect this message directly with
the strange disappearance of Miss
Donovan. Moore must have recog-
nized him during their fight, and re-
ported to his master who 1t was that
had been discovered listening at the
window. Realizing the nature of that
conversation. Lacy naturally antici-
pated being sought the very moment
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Westcott came to town. That was
what this meant. All right, he would
hunt Lacy as soon as he was ready
to do so; and, as Timmons suggested,
would go "heeled."
But the girl? What had really be-
come OF the girls Westcott drew the
brief note from his pocket, smoothed
out It's creases and read the few
words over again. The writing was
unquestionably feminine, and he could
recall seeing nothing Miss Donovan
had ever indited, with which It could
be compared. But would she have de-
parted, however hurriedly, without
J leaving him some message? UncOn-
sci0usly he still held the letter In his
hand when the waitress came In with
bis breakfast. She glanced about to
make certain they were alone and
leaned over, her lips close to his ear.
as that the note they say that New
York young lady ieft?"
ayes, Sadie" In surprise. "Why?"
"Well, she never wrote 1t, Mr.. West
cott," ~hurriedly placing the dishes be-
fore him. that's all. Now don't yer
say a word to anybody that / told
yer; but she didn't go East at all she
wus took in a wagon down the desert
road. / saw 'em take her."
"You saw them? Whop"
swell, / don't just know that, 'cept
It was Matt Moore's team, an he wuz
drivin' it. l didn't see the others so
es to be sure. Yer see us help sleep
over the kitchen, an bout one o'clock
I woke up. / thought / heard a noise
outside, an got up an went to the
winder. l couldn't see much, not
'nough so l could swear to nuthin';
but there was three or four men out
there just across that little gully, you
know, an they had a woman with 'em.
She didn't scream none, but she was
tryin' ter git away; wunst she run,
but they caught her. / didn't see no
wagon then it was behind the ridge,
l reckon. After a while 1t drove off
down the south trail, an a little later
three men cOme up them outside stairs
back into the hotel. They was mighty
still bout 1t, too"
"You couldn't tell who they were?"
They want like nuthin' but shad.
ders; 1t was a purity dark night. Say,
did you ever hear tell of q Mexican
named Mendez?"
"Well, rather; he's q cattle thief, or
worse. Arizona has a big reward out
for him load or ol{vaD
That's the gink, / bet yer; has he
got a hangout anywhar round this
countryr
"Not so far as l know. What makes
you suspect thisY"
Sadie leaned even closer, her voice
trembling with excitement, evidently
convinced that her Information was Of
utmost Importance.
"You know the Teller they call En-
right, l reckon he's 4 lawyer1"
Westcott nodded.
"Well he was dom most Of the talk
In, an 7 was foolln' round the side
board yonder, pretendin' ter clean 1t
up. Nobody thought 1 was in car dis
lance, but I got hold ov n word nov an
then. He kept tellin' 'em bout .Eis
Mexican, who's a frinnc of Pill! Lacy,
an | Judge las a place ahar 10 hA.,=s
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ont with his gang somewhat In the big
desert"
"Was anything said about Miss DON
ovan?'
"Not by name; they was too smart
for that; but that was the direction
Matt Moore drove off last night
there's Enright comm downstairs
now; won't yer hav' some more cakes.
sir?"
WestcOtt pushed back his chair and
rose to his feet. He had extracted
all the information the girl possessed,
and had no wish to expose her to sus-
picion. There was no longer a doubt
in his mind as to the fate of Miss DON
ovan. She had been forcibly abducted
by this gang Of thieves, and put where
her knowledge could do them no harm.
But where? The clue had been given
him, but before 1T could be Of any
value he must learn more of this
Mexican, Mendez. The fellow had
always appeared a rather mythical
character, but now became suddenly
real. The marshal might know; If
not, then he must choke the truth out
of Lacy. Determined to make the
effort, he muttered a swift word OF
thanks to Sadie and left the room.
From the open doorway Westcott
took careful survey of the street, ad-
justing his belt so that the butt of his
revolver was more convenient to the
hand. He had no conception that his
coming interview with Lacy was to be
altogether a pleasant one, and realized
fully the danger confronting him.
At that moment the little marshal,
his broad-hrimmed hat cooked over one
eye, emerged from the narrow alley
way between the Red Dog and the adj
jacent dance hall, and stood there
doubtfully, his gaze wandering up and
down the deserted street. AS West
colt descended the hotel steps the mar
shall saw him, and came forward. His
manner was prompt and businesslike.
Hello, jim" he said rather briskly.
Had a little trouble up your way last
night, l hear"
Nothing to bother you, Dan; my
Mexican Waterman was shot up
through a window of the shack"
ITO be Continued)
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER VIII.-Her kidnappers carry
Stella across the Shoshone desert TO Sunkcn
valley. a stronghold Of Pascual Meudcz,
leader Of horse thieves, She is left prisoner
IN the hands OF Juan Cateras, Mondez' lieu
tenant.
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There is no wheat without chaff.
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THE ONLY BANK IN s~RooKINes WHERE DEPOSITS ARE GUARANTEED
BY THE STATE GUARANTY FUND

Member Federal Reserve System
II BANK OF STRENGTH AND SERVICE
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-20
ONE LITTLE GIRL
LINCOLN'S CHAMPION

a.nst Friday AFTERNOON the
eighth grade scholars in Broa-
dus had Il debate on the sub
iect Of whether George Wash
ington or Abraham Lincoln
rendered his country the best
service. The teacher allowed
each one To chose his or her
own side according to their
convictions. Washington was
the unanimous choice except
for one. Della t'artlow enthusi-
astlcally championing Lincoln,
1t was rather amusing to hear
the youngsters debating such a
weighty issue.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-20
COUNTY CHAPTER OF
AMERICAN RED CROSS

The Powder River County
Chapter of American Red
! Cross was organized at Il meet
IN" Of citizens held at The court
house Saturday afternoon.
Officer, elected were Miss
.!no.. nee f'itzpatrick chair
man; Mrs. \. !. Haley. secrc-
tn'y. and Dave K. Finch. treas
,rrr. Mrs. w. c. McNey, Mrs,
John Broadus and Mrs. l.. II,
kayner were named rs the "N-
ecutivc committee.
Heretofore all local Red
Cross work has been done un-
der supervision of the Custer
County chapter ot which Mrs.
Devasir Of this county was the
chairman. Now that we have
a county chapter OF our own
affiliated with the parent or
ganization, it is proposed to
further extend the activities OF
this commcndahle national or
yanization by instituting sub
ordinate chapters or auNl'ar-
les throughout the county.
The annual membership due,
are 81 and everyone is solicit
ed to join. Half Of the receipts
from this source goes to tn,
national society while the 9th
er half is retained for such 10
cal civilian relief as becomes
necessary. In most every com
! mumity there is a Red Gross
chapter dom" good work along
this line and it is we'll that sucl
Il movement has been Slarte,
! in this county. No doubt there
exists meritorious eases bu, t,
accomplish good results i. i,
quite evident that the funds b,
adequate. Let the good peo
| pie of Powder River count,
make a ready response bv eacl
and every one subscribin:
their dollar for q years mem
bership.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-20
RAISES FINE POTATOES
WITHOUT IRRIGATION

j. M. Adams of Pilgrim
creek was in town Wednesday,
accompanied by his wife and
babe. tie brought in some po-
tatoes which found a ready To-
cal market. These spuds were
raised eight miles northeast of
town without resort to irriga-
ton but with plenty Of cult
vation. From plot Of ground
an acre and square rod in ex-
tent Mr.. Adams raised 4,OOC
pon*':s Of fine potatoes, c.r
cooking qualities unsurpassed
and ci ii good size.
Mr.. Adams experience dt.fa.
onstr;tcs the possibilities cs
intensified dry farming il
Powder River county.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-20
ADVERTISING FOR BIDS
FOR MAIL SERVICE TO
BoYES POSTOFFICE

Until February oath bids
will be received by the postof-
flee department for a bi-week-
" mail service from Broadus
to Boyes, starting March 18th
and continuing to June 80.
1922.
The establishment Of such a
mail route is most necessary,
serving as it would a large
number Of people and facilitat-
ing mail transmission from
Broadus to Boyes, a distance
Of thirty miles. Under present
conditions there is no direct
mail connection between the
two points and a letter mailed
at Broadus to Boyes must
make a circuit of about 1000
miles, going to Miles City.
thence to Billings, Edgcmont,
Belle Fourche aud .Alzala, con
Isuminy.over a weeks time. !.
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TWO COUNTY ROADS
SOON TO Be MARKED

Good results were accom-
plished at the meeting Of the
Powder River County Good
Roads Association held in
Broadus Saturday afternoon.
The attendance included good
road enthusiasts from in and
out Of town. Preliminary steps
were taken to mark two main
thoroughfares through this
county, one on Powder river
from Arvada. Wyo.. to Miles
City and the other leading
from Belle Fourche, S. y. The
next@nmcting of the association
will be held Saturday, May I.
The meeting was opened by
\. \. Burkey, president. The
secretary, A. j. Haley, was di-
rected to communicate with
the good roads club at Glasgow
and suggest that the road from
that city to Denver be routed
by Broadus and given the
name Of the "Powder River
Trail. - The club voted to have
signs with appropriate inscrip-
tions placed at Arvada on the
new Custer Battlefield Hiway
and at Miles City on the Vel
Iowstonc trail. directing tour
lists to this country.
Some discussion was made
relative to what rcconlmenda
tion would be proper for start
ing road work IN this county
under provisions of the federal
aid law. Bonds to the sum Of
81 5O.OW, were voted in this
county last fall to be expended
on permanent roads. This sum
will be matched by government
money, making $20O,0M avail
ahl" for such improvements in
this county. 1t was the con
census OF opinion of the good
roads club members to make no
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-20
DANCING PROVES IT'S
POPULARITY IN BROADUS

Dancing in Broadus more
than proved its popularity on
Saturday night of st. Valen-
tines day when Is people
from the town and country
roundabout gathered at the
Powder River hotel and en-
joyed themselves until 800
o'clock the next morning, par
taking Of a sr,mptuons lunch
con at midnight.
Leap year customs were rec
ognizctl and it was the cxcep-
ton where some fair lady es-
corted her own husband or
. steady to the dance. The
lobby and dining room were
gaily decorated with emblems
of the season. Each lady upon
paying her S. was presented
With IA small heart cut from
red paper.
The dance was a decided
success. socially and financial
~, something around $500 re
manning after meeting all cx-
penses.
The music was supplied by
an orchestra composed Of H..
r. Cook, cornet; Ben Norris,
clarinet; Chester Doland. vio-
lin. and Mrs. Lyons, piano.
The ladies Of the town do
mated things for the luncheon
and punch and quantities were
sufficient to meet all require
ncnts. The ladies were in
charge Of the event. Commit
tees were: Mesdamcs \. J..
Haley. Chas. Lewis. \. W.
licidcl, general arrangements:
Mrs. \. !. Haley, music: Mes
DANES \. W. Heidcl, A. Mont
gomcry, II. X. Straiton, and l..
BIcnkncl. luncheon: Miss Flor
encs Fitzpatrick, Meslames
Ora +, Schroeder. Oscar Fred
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definite location for cxpendi
ture Of the money until we as
certain what steps will be TAX
.cn by ncighboring cities to tie
up with us. A. committee, con-
,isting Of Fred Rue, Charles
Lewis and Milton Turley, was
named to get into communica-
ton with Miles City, Belle
Fourche and Sheridan. Local
interest attaches to the result
of tle election in Custer coun-
ty April % when voting will
be made on the issuance Of
$35O.OOO road bonds.
N. 4. Burkey was elected as
delegate to the March confer
ence Of good roads clubs from
District No. 4, embracing the
counties Of Custer. Prairie.
Fallon. Garfield and Powder
River. This meeting will be
held in Miles City and a repre-
sentative will be chosen at that
time to attend the Eastern
Montana good roads meet at
Billings.
An aggressive membership
campaign will be instituted by
the county good roads club and
each member will try and
bring in five new members for
the next meeting. The annual
dues are only s. and the pro
cccdS will be expended III
marking trails and other good
roads work. Pennants will be
issued denoting membership.
Nucl, mbney will be needed to
carry ON the work outlined ny
the club and the only revenue
derived will he from member
shlps 50 that it is apparent
.v"ryone should enroll their
names. Fred Rue. Charles
Lewis and r. G. Jensen were
III appointed on the pennant com
mlttce