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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-30

FIGURES BY A MEDICINE LAKE
|. FARMER WHO OUGHT TO
KNOW AND PROBABLY DOES.
Medicine Lake, Montana
Jan. Is, 1920

* Jan. Is, 1920
Producers News:
/ laaye read the accounts where our
survevor eets 20c Der mile for rum.
ninr his big Buick car which he
claims is actual expense. am glad
Id know what It costs t0 run. this
car. as some Of as may be able to
.nwn car some day, and if it costs
IN cents ner. mile ID run q Buick, +
for i,1le don't want one. Now here
10 rnc3nsed An estimate as near as T
can aiye on "tin lizzie" for an ex-s
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-30
People Have Faith that Supreme
Court viii Prevent the Theft Of Our Primary Law


NORTH VALLEY COUNTY FARM.
ERS WOULD ORGANIZE BENCH
COUNTY--HOLD ENTHUSIAST
&c MEETING-RAISE $4,000
HON. L. b. ARNOLD ELECTED
8 CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE.
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4 \
CHARITY HALL

The members Of the Outlook
General Hospital Association, are
giving q Charity Ball Saturday
evening, January 31st, for the
benefit Of the Outlook Hospital.
Everyone should come out and
rip the Light Fantastic Toe.
The price Of the tickets are $1.D0 !
minimum, with the sky the maxi
mum. Everyone should attend.
4.sE
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l,rt Holds that Above
Named Property Should
be Assessed Full Value

(ssIe f0rlnWllAi VI. os
a sasm of equalization and TO
.sshers sgJ thereof, directing the
] t''ys = yrse-assemble and assess the
Isp,ties properties of the Mon
|sMer Company, the Great Falls
] (,ger fampany, and the Thompson
psWer Company, in the manner
81 Ig b. law, as herein directed"
sboye, which is the concluding
(,snh 1 Of the decision Of the SUI
] Pig dourt Of Montana, is sufficient
i've eonclusively the sweeping
! - achieved in the uphill fight
has been waged by Attorney
n Ford to compel the Montana
! Company to pay taxes on
aOoo worth of revenue produc-
.perty which Gov. Stewart, Sec
r'of State Stewart and State
anr Hart as a majority of the
hoard Of equalization have re-
Ito assess.
nurse the fight is not won,
n nuts the three members OF
(sanl in a hole. All of them
rome on record as having re-
il assess Intangible property"
3 70 do SO would be illegal.
supreme court in its decision
moved all reason for any qualms
,uence on that score.
|sveeping Victory for Ford.
ks upheld without equivOcation'
|nentio nof Attorney General
Fiat intangible property should
ssed, and rejected the findings
hes A. Walsh, who had been ap-
b some time ago to take testi-
and who apparently was in.
nppy accord with the attor-
hf the Power Company.
Iaa Plain Common Sense.
phm English, the court held
lie proper method to pur-
81 determining the full cash
4 the Montana Power
my property and that Of
fiaIy companies for assess
rrpeses was to detern1ine
nlne of said properties as :
= md to subtract from this
amount assessed against
company by the vaxi0ns
y assessors, and pro-rate
k6ace as the value 0f the
Eedunties property.
6aAer words, all the property
had not been assessed against
Il nmpanies by the county as
doald be assessed by the
aaaDd Of equalization.
mything be fairer?
It'd Value of $50, GO, go.
Montana Power Company, and
aay companies for the purpose
hng rates to charge users o1
electricity, ETC., had filed sworn
Aents with the Montana Public
Commission, showing thai
uperhes were worth over $eO,-
and the rates charged BRING
lat interest on that sum.
u when it come to taxation, s.
state board of equalization
aed to the oily tongued attor-
Of the Montana Power Com
and assessed the $4,000,
roperties at S3O,OOO,OO IN
aa numbers, or one third of
Y values.
turned a deaf ear to Attor.
Nneral Foard, who is also :
sFl Of the board, and State Au'
INter, also a member OF TIT
mally stood with Mr.. Ford fol
Ssessment.
:, Gov. Stewart, Secretary o:
0seWart and State Treasurel
VII either have to assess tn.
slss property at it's full casl
Shat Mr.. Ford has been fight
y, or aomit to the people o
se that-for reasons bes
~ . 5, ,themselves-:they insist O
W he property Of these veal
porations to go untaxed lat
aen farmers are groaning un
shing tax burden.
People of Montana will
.ne outcome with keen M
.ake deep seated satisfae-
tae game fight which At
General Ford has put up
nanded. He has forced
',snds of Big Business tO
sM IN the open. a little
s'len will do them good.
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FIGHT TO FINISH rs ON.

The following article taken from
the Opheim Observer indicates that
the farmers of the north half of Val
ley county are getting busy and that
there promises to be merry fight.
The great question seems to be which
will it be, Daniels or Bench county
It is rumored on the street that
the Bench county promoters have
employed B. Il. Wheeler to represent
them at the county division meeting:
in Plentywood February third.
Il is also rumored that a great
many of the farmers in the proposed
Daniels county are opposing the divi-
sion.
The prospects now seem bright for
a splendid fight between the Daniels
county forces and the Bench county
promoters.
The Opheim Observer reads as fol-
fnyxyes ys1 - s{&
New-York tribune., 1920-04-11
Film Struck Girls Flock to Los Angeles

llhood. The result is a city full of
stunning stenographcrs and dazzling
desk pofishers. Even the waitress
who throws ones hot cakes at him
in the beanery into which he sneaks
while no one is looking, along toward
the end of the month, probably came
here because her friends back in
Dubuque, Iowa, told her she was the
hvlng image of Clara Kimball
Young.
Even wealthy tourists who go there
tor the winter try to take a flyer
at the movies while there, and often
girls who apply for work as extras"
or atmosphere register from the best
hotels IN town. A girl who lives
at the most expensive hotel in Los
Angeles has been working regularly
as IAN extra" and getting $40 day
tor 1t, because she has the clothes,
the beauty and the stage personality
to da it. Extras" get from s3 to
$40 day, the average being about
50. A woman weighing about 23O
pounds walked into leading casting
office the other day and asked to be
listed.
What do you want to be-" de-
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iaanded the gasping casting director
'Just atmosphere" she replied.
All applicants for work as EEK
tras' are catalogued by the casting
offices, with photograp phs and "dope''
sheets giving all necessary informa.
ton. Then the applicants call up
every day to ask if there is any
work for them. The transaction is
very brief and businesslike. The
answer is either "No.' and the slap
ping up Of the receiver, or some
thing like this:
yep. Five dollars for you-in
a ball gown. Ready for work at
8 a. M.
The happy applicant knows that
means she must be at the studio
dressed in a ball gown and ready
for work at Q o'clock next morning
and will receive 81 for it.
SO many pretty girls go to Los
Angeles that many who were con-
sidsred great beauties at home in
Hastings, Neb., are far outdazzled
there, not only by famous stars, but
by hundreds of other "extras.
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VIZ HAT city of all the cities
w the world ranks first
feminine loyelinessp

feminine lovelinessc
Los Angeles, Calf.
Inns isn't a mere tourist bureau
boast about California scenery. but
an established fact. More than one
nundred motion picture producing
units have establishments there, en-
ploylng more than eight thousand
people on weekly pay rolls and many
times that many "eXtras." Los An
geles is several times the greatest
motion picture factory" center in
the world, and that fact attracts
dozens of beautiful girls every day.
eager to crowd Pickford and Theda
off the screen.
Schools which advertise thew can
teach one to be motion picture star
in ten lessons have been taking so
many persons to Los Angeles re-
Gently that the police are finding
them serious problem. Nearly
every day the proprietor of one of
these schools" is arrested. Hun
dreds of the girls who 20 have no
chance in this overcrowded field and
have to turn to other means Of live
New-York tribune., 1920-04-11
Spiritualism Gives New Courage to Famous

| slowed on the Church by Osmund
King Of Wessex. 1t was he who pro
nounced fearful curse upon any
one who should dare to ALLEVIATE the
castle and lands from the Bishop oil
Sherborne.
Unmindful Of this, Edward III
granted the stronghold to Monta.
cute, Earl Of Salisbury.
Killed in a .Joust
The first earl had an eye gouged
out in Scottish warfare. But this
mishap was not enough for the full
flllment of the curse. Later on
while warning in France, he was
! taken prisoner and ignominiously
chained and trundled in cart
through the country, the populace
f1lnging filth over him. He at last
died from a blow received I'm a
joust.
In a similar knightly exercise the
second earl had the fearful misfor-
tune to kill his only son.
A Cirencester mob beheaded the
third earl in 14OO. Parliament
afterward heaped upon his memory
the indignity of declaring him a
traitor. The fourth and last earl
was ingloriously slain at the siege of
Orleans. Looking out of his window
early in the morning, a stone fell on
him and he died two days later.
Back to the Church
Until 1540 Sherborne was again
held by the Church, when it was
granted to the Lord Protector, the
Duke of Somerset, uncle of King
Edward V. Somerset was ar
raigned and executed on charge of
high treason. Queen Mary restored
Sherborne once more to the Bishop
Of Salisbury But in 1891 Eliza
beth bestowed it on Sir Walter
Raleigh.
With this fatal gift his prosper
ity faded. In 1918, under James
l, he Went the way that Somerset
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fessed that the vision always ap-
peared to any one destined to die
violent death. In later years Lord
Castlereagh occupied a prominent
position in Irish affairs, being one
of the chief figures in the political
maneuvers which resulted in 1900
in the Act of Union between Eng
land and Ireland. AS a reward, he
was made Secretary of War in 1905
and again in 1907. In 1912 ne was
made Foreign Secretary and in 1921
New-York tribune., 1920-04-11
Drummer Forctells Death

After dinner one Of the family
explained the cause of the disuuiet
which her innocent question had
caused, adding that the last time
the drummer had been heard had
been few days before the death Of
the earl's first wife.
A month later the Countess of
Arlie died suddenly at Brighton.
Five years afterward the drummer
was again heard just before the
death of the earl. He was last
heard in 1882, when the son of the
late earl was killed while fighting in
Egypt.
Newstead Abbey, founded by
Henry II for community of Black
Augustine canons in expiation of
| the murder of Thomas a Beckett,
was sold in May, 1910, to John
Byron. Ever since it has been
haunted by goblin monk. The last
and most famous of the Byrons, the
poet, firmly believed in this appari-
ton, which he always asserted had
appeared to him just before the
greatest misfortune of his life, his
marriage to Miss Milbanks. Here is
his description of the apparition and
its supposed habits:
BY the marriage bed of their lords 'tis
said
He fits on the bridal eve,
And tits held as faith, to their bed Of
death
He comes-but not to grieve.
When an heir is born, he Is heard to
mourn,
And when aught is to befall
That ancient line, in the pale moon
He walks from hall to hall.
His form YOU may trace, but not his
'Tis shadowed by his cowl;
But his eyes may be seen from the
folds between,
And they seem of a parted soul
Certain it is that the usual curse
followed the unfortunate investment
on the part of John Byron, for dis
aster has followed the family ever
since.
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destroying his heritage, presumably
with the amiable desire Of render
ing it as nearly worthless as pos
sible to those who should follow him.
The fine woods had been cut down,
only the stumps Of the trees were
left. The lake was choked with mud
and weeds. The house itself was in
an unbelievable state Of ruin and
dilapidation. Unable to maintain
his inheritance, the poet sold it in
1918.
One other castle that, being filched
from the Church, brought appalling
fate upon the family that profitcd by
the theft, is Sherbornc Castle. It.,
with its surrounding park, was be-
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he succeeded his fathe~ ss Msrun,,
Of Londonderry.
Throughout his entire brilli,,.
career ne was unpopular, balm,
hated even by the members OF ~.
own party.
In 1922 he committed suicide \.
cutting his throat with a penkn;s.
The event was cruelty referred :.
by Lord Byron:
Hes cat his throat He, Who,
Why. he who cut his country's lony...,
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The Unfortunate Byrons

Sir Johns successor, Sir Richard,
died In poverty, as did his success
sor, who was also childless. The
same fate overlook the two following
heirs.
The fifth Lord Byron was tried
in 1865 for killing Mr.. Chats
worth in what was charitably de
scribed as duel. He was the grand
uncle of the poet. He was an in
famous creature, known as Devil
Byron" When, in 179S, the poet
succeeded to the title and estates he
found that his great-uncle had been
possessed by an insane mania for
New-York tribune., 1920-04-11

tns Light seemed to proceed from
the chimney.
Gradually the radiant form of q
beautiful, naked boy, surrounded
oy a dazzling brilliance, disclosed it.
se'1. The apparition gazed at him
earnestly for several minutes, and
then faded away.
The. following morning Captain
Stewart privately told his host his
experience. That gentleman was
much perturbed and finally con-
New-York tribune., 1920-04-11
Owners Of Haunted Castles Are
inclined to Put Added Faith
IN Ancient Tales

Arl'e, who caused him to he put to
death by being thrust into his own
drum and flung from the window of
the tower whore his music is now
heard.
In 1914, a certain Miss Dalrymplc
was visiting at the castle. While
dressing for dinner she distinctly
New-York tribune., 1920-04-11
N THESE DAYS, when all the
world is lending a more or less
Z credulouS ear To stories of com

An 1dESE DAYS, when all the
world is lending a more or less
- credulous ear to stories of com
munications with the spirit
world, the news cabled the other day
from London that the principal seat
of the Baron Leith of Fyvie, who
married in 1871 the daughter of
Derrick January, of St. Louis, has
been visited by an apparition known
as the Green Prophecies, from the
fact that she usually appears in a
flowing green robe, and whose ad-
vent is always the forerunner of
disaster, may cause a number of
people possessing the doubtful joys
OF family banshees and haunted
houses some uneasiness. The last
time the unwelcome lady visited the
Leiths was just before their only
son was killed in the South African
War. In this case she lived up to
tcr reputation, for there has been a
curse resting on Fyvie for centuries,
recorded by no less parsonage than
Thomas the Rhymer.
The existing castle stands on the
banks of the River Ythan, in Aber-
deenshire. 1t is built around
hoary peel tower erected as far back
as the thirteenth century,
Cursed by the Monks
In 1890 the tower came into the
possession of Sir Henry de Preston,
who proceeded to enlarge the castle
AID build the still existing Preston
I5wer with stones from despoled
religious house in the neighborhood,
Icing properly cursed by the monks
fdr so doing.
.Three of these stones, apparently
of some particular Importance, fell
into the Ythan and we're lost. Not
uJ t all three are recovered,
which. according to Thomas the
Rymer, they will never be, will the
family in possession ever perpctuate
itself beyond two generations. Here
is Thomas's prophecy:
"Eyvie's riggs and towers,
ilapess shall your Mesdames be,
T1ll ye shall hae within your methes,
Ftae harryit Kinks lands, stanes three.
Ane in Preston's Tower,
Ane in my lady's bower,
And ane below the water-yett:
And it ye shall never get"
His words have been literally full
fs3led
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had gone sixty years before. Sir
Walters estates were then given by
the King to his son, Prince Henry,
who died within the year Of a mys-
terious malady. Then the Kings
unworthy favoritc, Robert Carr,
became the owner of Sherborne.
After being convicted of a guilty
knowledge of the murder Of Sir
Thomas Overbury, he died, ruined
and in obscurity, in 1916. Alto
: gether, it does not seem that a
dcspoiled religious house was a gift
to be coveted.
Warned by "Radiant Boy"
Another celebrated Irishman who
was doomed to a violent death as
the result Of curse was Lord Cas-
threagh, aftcrward Marquis of
Londonderry. Unknowingly. he
was warned of his fate by the ap-
pearance of the radiant boy" The
origin of the superstition connected
with this apparition is lost in the
mists Of time. But it is believed
that any one to whom he appears
is destined to arise to the summit
of power and, having reached that
climax, die a violent death.
Lord Castlereagh, then merely
Captain Stewart, lost his way in
Ireland at the close of a days hunt
ing. He presented himself at a gen.
tleman's house and begged hos
pitality for the night.
The host received him warmly,
regretting only that he could not
make him as comfortable as he
might have wished, his house being
full of visitors already, added to
which' some other strangers had
sought shelter before him.
A Form i'll the Fire
After an agreeable evening the
entire company retired to bed, the
servant conducting him to a room
almost devoid of furniture, but
with a blazing peat fire in the
CRATE and shakedown on the
floor. Being tired out with his days
sport, he fell asleep Immediately.
After a couple of hours he was
awakened by vivid light in the
room. Turning to the CRATE, he
found that the fire was out, though
New-York tribune., 1920-04-11
The Fatal Drum

Cortachy Castle, the seat of the
Earl of Arlie, is haunted by the
spirit Of drummer. Whenever his
drum is heard it is a portent of the
speedy death Of one of the Ogilvie
family.
The origin of the tradition con-
corning the drummer is that he in
some way offended the then Lord of
New-York tribune., 1920-04-11

heard the we'll defined sound of
drum floating in at her window.
During dinner she chanced to ask
Lord Arlie who his drummer was,
explaining that he seemed to be. un
usually skillful. His lordship became
deadly pale, and all the company
seemed greatly embarrassed.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-11

In such clashes the native America,
student may himself often be f.,
from blamelcss. Under these 20,
ditions TIE tone of the college falls.
its efficiency as an Americanizinv IN
stitution fails; its service to its .tu.
dents declines.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-11


Dean, College of Arts and Pur,
Science, Nea0 York University
w 7ITH our social organiza
wv tion shaken by unrest, O.
which the consequence!
will reach to future gen
erations, our social institutions mus
inevitably undergo self-questionine
and readjustmcnt. Those especiall,
which train citizens for lives of serv
ice in th' community must accept
this responsibility for the reexami.
nation Of their aims and their meth.
DDS of work; for upon the colleges
and universities of the country will
inevitably fall large proportion of
the foundation work that is to make
for sound Americanism.
American colleges have kept the
end of their training too little in
view. They have too often been
content with ends of general cul-
ture. They have been content tc
teach English, history, philosophy
mathematics, the sciences. as sub
jccts for general information and as
the material for a certain amount
of mental discipline on the part of
those who study them. The circum-
stances Of the present time are call
ing especially upon our institutions
of higher learning for more than
the importation of knowledge, for
more than the accomplishment Of
certain forms of mental discipline.
1t is not merely that they should ac-
complish those things more eff
GENTLY which they have hitherto &C.
complished indiherently we'll.
America Must Plan
The need Of the time is for a re-
statement and a new consciousness
of the end in society for which the
colleges exist, and for which the in
struction that they give is organized.
If America is to preserve it's charac-
teristic heritage, it can do so onlv
by definite planning, by defining
anew the things in our national and
social life which deserve to he de-
tended and maintained. If that re-
qulres changes in the organization
and the methods of college work, let
them come. If it requires of US to
rethlnk and readapt our too COM
Portable academic distractions. let
that begin. We are becoming clear
that the functions of university and
collegiate instruction in America at
the present time are inseparab]v
bound up with the protection. the
preservation, the transmission of
our government and social order. of
our typical life and Of our tvpica1
American ideals.
This is time in which we can No
longer take anything for granted
Every tradition, every ASSUMPTION
however instructive, however un-
questioned it's antecedents have
been, IS on trial or under fire. Our
very aXioms need demonstration
lhe groundwork of society threat
ems to open beneath US.
How many Of us know how to de-
fend our ideals and our institutions
against arguments and assaults
which begin by the denial of the
very assumption upon which thew
are based?
Must Combat Hcresies
How many Of us can reason sue
cessfully with the man who would
natlonalize the family; who denies
the right to property; who regards
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HORTACHY

no II L A & II Y
~ G A s T l. E
seat Of the Earl
# Arlie, IS haunt
ed by the spirit
Of q drummer.
When the dratn,
IS heard 1t por-
tends the speedy
d G at h of some
member Of the
h III s e h o ] d. IN
z844 u you n q
u o m q 70 gu e s t
heard the drum.
A month later the
c 0 u n t e s s died.
The drummer qUa,s
last heard IN 1882
arhen the SON of
{ h e Edrl was
KILLED IN Egypt
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An Hl-F'ated Line

.~Sir Henry de Preston left an only
daughter, who married man named
Meldrums and thus conveyed the
property into another family. After
one other generation it was pur-
chased by Alexander Seton, created
Lord Fyvie and Earl Of Dunferm-
line. He was a distinguished noble
man, tutor to Charles I. He added
the Seton Tower to Fyvie Castle.
His only son suffered as a partisan
Of the King and died childless and
in poverty, an exile at Saint Ger
main, France.
In 1926 Fyvie was purchased by
che Earl of Aberdeen, head Of the
clan Of Gordon. He bequeathed it
to his young son, whose descendants
died out many years ago.
Since 1884 Fyvic has been In the
possession Of the Leiths.
Another house on which rests the
curse of dismantled monastery is
Dalham Hall in Norfolk.
"The man who split the Church
in twain," Henry VIII, confs-
Gated the property and bestowed it
upon one of his favorites. Ever
since it has been under blight. 1t
has passed thro,4h countless hands,
30 one of its temporary owners but
whom has felt the weight Of the
curse called down upon the prop
cs'ty.
Curse Dctled Even the Church
Even the great dignitaries of the
established Church of England, in
the persons of successive Bishops of
Ely, failed to offset by their pie.y
the curse of the dead and gone
monks. Toward the end of the sew
cnteenth century they gave it up as
n. bad job and sold Dalham Hall to
the then Lord Afflick.
He believed he had solved the
problem when he tore the building
down and almost entirely rebuilt it.
But, as he used poor judgment in re-
building with the old material, he
had his trouble and expense for his
pains. Misfortunes of one kind and
afother have dogged the steps of the
.fff1ick family ever since. In all
these years the place has never de-
acended directly from father to son.
Finally, one of the Af1licks, tired
Of the bargain, sold the place to
Cecil Rhodes, who died suddenly
shortly after. His brother, Colonel
Frank Rhodes, who succeeded him,
net the same fate, as did the young
est brother, Captain Frederick
Ernest Rhodes, who died at Dal-
ham Hall, April a, 1907, less than
year after he came into possession.
The Fatal Drum
(. Cortachy Castle, the seat of the
Earl of Arlie, is haunted by the
'pirit of drummer. Whenever his
ilum is heard it is portent of the
peedy death of one of the Ogilvie
i vr,;I,,