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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08

1t is not often that business and
sentiment mingle, but in Helena the
T. C. Power Company has preserved
some of the traditions of that old
Montana business house in verse. T.
C. Power is the Oldest Montana mer-
chandiser still active in business to-
day. He came to Fort Benton in
1867 and for SO years he has been
selling goods of various kinds in
Montana. He was followed to Mon
tana by his brother, John w. Power,
and the firm of T. C. Power and
Brother became one of the biggest
and best known commercial concerns
in the west. Their brand was the
Block P, and besides their trading
establishments, they operated the
Benton or Block P. steamboat line on
the Missouri, the Block P freighting
lines and the Block P stage line be-
tween Fort Benton and Helena. To-
day the Power interests have many
mercantile establishments over the
state, have a large agricultural i'm
plement business, an implement fac
tory, a statewide motor sales bust
ness and are in the seed business on
an extensive scale.
Robert H. Fletcher of Helena has
recently written some verses that
both reflect the spirit of pioneer days
in Montana and convey something of
the Block P history. They will be
read with interest by many old
timers who remember when the
Block P brand was a familiar sight
on freight trail, river and stock
ranges:
PRELUDE
There's a trail that winds out thru the
mountains,
Thru the prairie dust velvety grey, :.
Thru the fords, thru the %coulees, and
gulcheS,
A trail that grows DINNER each day.
You can't make it without an old timer
To guide you and make you his guest,
For that trail is the long trail of mem'ry
That leads to the heart Of the West.
Now it winds thru the shadows of sorrow,
Now it's warmed by the sunlight of smiles,
Now it fingers along pleasant waters,
Now it stretches Ger long weary miles.
But it never is lonesome, deserted,
AS you journey the distances vast,
For it always is crowded and peopled
With dim phantom shapes of the past.
Freight wagons creaking and lurching,
Leaving the old trading posts,
indian war parties scouting,
Silent and furtive as ghosts.
Cow punchers driving the trail herd
And the stage coach that swayed as it
rolled
With it's passengers, sour dough and
pilgrim,
In quest of adventure and gold.
Cavalry trots thru it's dust clouds,
Hunter, and trapper and scout,
Trader and miner and outlaw,
All meet on this marvellous route;
Where laughter and tears are found
mingled,
Where a Prince may be found in a shack,
On this trail to the days most forgotten,
To the days that will never come back.
The deer and elk drink at it's waters,
And the dark shaggy buffalo hordes
Craze on the range by it's borders,
While the antelope muddy it's fords.
It's a wonderful trail to travel,
OF all trails it's She oldest and best,
The trail of an Did timers mem'ry
And IT leads to the heart of the West.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08
GRAIN STANDS SHOULDER HIGH

Never before have crops of winter
wheat in the Billings district been
in such prosperous condition. Be
tween Billings and Acton wheat is
declared to be shoulder high and
bearing heads of grain fully 10 inches
in length. This, claim experts, will
easily go 65 bushels to the acre.
All other crops are said to be more
1uxuriant than in many years. The
1920 yield is expected to restore the
bigger portion of the wealth drained
away by the two freak" years of
drought.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08
Wills Homes to Old Tenants

Gilbert Benedict, pioneer farmer,
who died in Helena a few day ago,
has in death carried out that splendid
trait for which he was known and
highly regarded for years, in be-
queathing to old friends, much of the
property which he held. He was
known for his generosity in aiding
old friends. He walked to Montana
in 1854 escorting a wagon train. He
has given seven of the dwelling hous-
es he owned to the tenants who lived
in them for many years, it is report
ed.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08
THE PRESENT

Tho the placer diggings now are but a
memory,
Tho the buffalo no longer roam the range,
Tho the days of frontier vigor,
Days of men quick on the trigger
Have faded, tho there's been a heap of
change;
a city,
Tho a Block P freight team now you never
see,
Tho Benton days of steamboat glory
Are now but just a story,
Tho the West is not the West it used to be
The old Block P survives thru all the
changes,
From the days of placer gold
From those virile days of old
From the rarin', tearin' days of sixty-eight.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08
THE MISSOURI

Well. stranger, I came up that river,
Back in the old early days.
She's human like, pard, in her ways.
Where them summer clouds most touch
the snow banks
spread like linen a-bleach in the sun,
While the mountain flowers bloom on their
borders,
Where them little rills trickle and run,
Till bounding down thru the mountains,
with pennants of mist all unfurled,
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08
F1athead Veteran Dead of Wounds

Walter Shak, son of Mrs. B. A.
Shak of Bigfork, died a few days
ago at a hospital at Salt Lake City,
where he was under treatment for
wounds received in the world war.
He served with distinction in France
and carried the scars of 80 wounds
received in battle, and was gassed.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08
eeBL0CK r." BRAND OF THE POWER OUTFIT,
OLDEST COMMERCIAL CONCERN IM STATE,
PRESERVED i'm VERSES OF PIONEER DAYS

Oh! they talk about their boss power and
their fancy drivers, too,
But a few old timers linger yet to vouch
That them SINNERS in the '60s-well, they
could drive a few
And boss ~power-well, now, steer power
want no Slouch.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08

In the eason recently ended Natal
produced about $4,000 tons of man
ufactured sugar, a record amount.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08

Winding armatures of electric mo-
tors is the purpose of new motor
driven machine.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08
BUTTE AVIATOR
KILLED BY FALL
LIEUTENANT FRED MOITHEN.
FAMOUS SCHOOL ATHLETE,
ACCIDENTS VICTIM

Credited With Being One of the Best
Athletes Turned Out by Butte
Schools; Joined Marines in 1916,
Went Abroad and Was Transferred
Into Aviation Corps.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08

View te Snow Storm Mines Consolidated 6Nhn concentration from the callahan creek bridge on
the National Parks HIGHWAY lust outside of Troy This one of the mt completely eqmped mills
western Montana Ore is he to the mill from the mine over the company railroad seven mmslo long
Near the cunemtatr are machine and blacksmith shos;a company saw mill in operation on the rail
road mdway betenm mine and mill At the mea are good quarters f0 employees sands splendid meals are
provided An SKI foot ume carries water rom Callahan creek to hem for fire. INC dior domestic p-
poses of the c1npnye employees This property vase constructed about three y@sa ago an approximate
rofS gNNOl Leo GrenouhB pesdenta and general managern and Ray E Walters msc hnfaSIt
ant Both Mr. Guenoghn and Mr. Walters are Montana born
Two miles from TROY on Lake creek is situated the SnowSom hydoenhn plant with one 1850
X v a Generator connected "a 1850 D. Phn Francis turbine water Wheel Water rom Lake creek
dam half mile above the station carried through hans x11 foot ume and Nfoct head gW@6 rs pounds
pressure at the water Wheel which dne the generate. Power from this Saton is transmitted over a
three phases O copper cable to the MILL one mile dsant and to the mine seven mMsa away here Sa
roo n MOTOR at Hm mine 50 ID motor at the saw mill on the rno and thee commentator takes 40
h. D The own of Tyg gets its electric lights and power from the SnWaormc company
~ Since the advent of the Snowtom company Tryha hash ta anew $4,000 brick ahI building to take
the lace of an ordinary frame onfory funom school hme; miles of new sidewalks have been laid
street opened grade and graeed; many new residences putt up ads surrounded awnsa and gar
and many business houses built
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-01
Killing The Golden Goose
(From Publishers Auxiliary

(From Publishers Auxiliary
There is food for thought on the
part of the country newspaper pub
Usher in the galldping progress being
made at this time by the mail order
houses. The conditions have never
been so favorable to them as they are
at the present time, and the fault is
to be laid at the door of the local job
Der and dealer, who are thoughtlessly
taking unnecessarily large profits and
driving thousands to the mail order
houses.
In the interest of the future of the
small-town merchant and yourselves,
YOU should secure a copy of the mail
order catalogues and study them,
comparing prices and reasoning things
out with your merchants. 1t is all very
we'll to hide your local heals in the
sand and shout, "Buy at home" and
eve can meet the mail order prices
But it lacks the all-important element
1t is not true. Not by from 10 to 81
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-01

per cent.
There is an ominous lack of outcry
| against the high cost of living. Many
times the question has been asked by
observing ones: "How long will the
American people stand this" Mr..
Consumer is solving his own problems
in his own way, without official assis-
tance, through the forwardlooking
mail order house.
The writer did little investigating
in his own block in suburb of Chi
cago. One mail order house secured
from this suburban city block S319.20
during four weeks. Two hundred and
ten dollars of this amount went for
groceries and other household neceS-
sites. The remaining amount was for
dry goods, furniture, toilet articles
} and more or less nonessential but sta
pie goods. A comparison of prices in
Chicago stores with those of the cata-
logue indicated a handsome margin
of saving to the householders.
The mail order house is not so Sus-
ceptible to transient supply and de-
mand as the rural merchant, or so in
fluenced by the wholesaler and manu-
facturer. The buying power is great,
and the margin of profit is more near
ly fixed policy. If the local merchant
is ever to survive the present enor-
nous losses in volume, he must get
busy with his jobber and manufactur-
er and reduce his costs to some where
near a competing basis with the mail
order house. The country newspaper
publisher could do much toward re-
ducing the cost of living, and at the
same time help his local business men
by bringing this condition forcibly to
his attention and inducing him to start
backfire toward his manufacturer.
There is something wrong when
retailer offers an article for $500
the mail order house quotes the same
article, manufactured in all probabil-
ity by the same firm in large quanti-
ties, for $19.
And be sure that the mail order
people are industriously taking advan-
tage of the profiteering of the retail
ers and building regulations with the
long suffering public for legitimate,
honest merchandising.
The country newspaper, by waking
up the local merchants and pointing
out to him this peril, can render a
great service to the public, and save
for himself the chief source of reve-
nue. of the country newspaper, local
adyertiSinp
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-01

able attention through the textbooks
he had written on the English Ian
guage, showing how to master it the
more quickly. He said he could not
establish a typeSetting school as a
private enterprise because the cost of
the equipment would be prohbitive,
and the publicity or advertising eX-
penSe would bankrupt the school in a
few months.
The matter was taken up with the
Southern Newspaper Publishers As
Sociation at its ASheville convention
last summer, and the daily papers of
the South signed individual contracts
guaranteeing the expense of the
school and agreeing to furnish neces-
sary equipment and ample publicity
to get students. Mr.. w. T. Anderson,
of Georgia, was made chairman of the
school committee; Mr. Woodard was
selected to represent Kentucky, and
Mr.. Moore, Louisiana.
The Georgia Press Association met
in Macon on December 5 and agreed
to write editorials and news stories
for the next six months to show young
people the great advantages to be had
at the school.
Other conventions of employing
printers have invited Mr.. Anderson to
appear before them to show how they
can contribute to the success of the
enterprise More than 200 applications
for literature were received during
the first three weeks after the appear
ance of the schools advertising. The
school will be open for business at
Macon by January /, and inquiries
should be addressed to the Georgia
Alabama Business College.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-01
SCHOOL FOR TYPESETTERS
Established At Macon And Will Open
After Thursday

So great has been the demand for
more typesetters in the South, the
Southern Newspaper Publishers AS
sociation has established at Macon,
Ca, a we'll equipped school to teach
the operation of the typesetting ma
chine.
The pay for the operators on this
machine ranges from $50 to S75 a
week, and yet hardly more than half
enough operators can be had.
Young people have been overlook
ing the opportunities in this great
field. The hours of work are Short and
the chances to secure a splendid edu-
cation are great, and the pay is per-
haps higher than for any similar class
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-01

of work.
The publishers have for years had
struggle to keep operators. A limo
type or intertype machine costs ap-
proximately $4,000, and when a pub
Usher has to watch two or three such
machines stand idle day after day be-
cause operators are not to be had at
any price, his nerves begin to suffer.
The scarcity of typesetters was felt
so keenly that early in 1919 some
publishers waited on Mr.. Eugene An
derson, president of the Georgia-Ala
bama. Business College at Macon, Ga,
and urged him to start typesetting
school in connection witr his business
college, which for thirty years has
been drawing commercial students
from all parts of the South. Mr.. An
derson was selected as the right man
because he had been a printer and
publisher before going into the school
business and had attracted consider
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-01
THOUSANDS PROCLAIM
THE MERITS OF
Pc r S1
haad n! =. ~, rs

,,oSa u -. -'> .is
Mrs. MartI.a G. Dale, 7. Z. D. l,
, Cannon, Del, writes: u am en-.
tirely cured of chronic. catafrh OF
the stomach and bowels by Pc
RU-NA."
Mr.. J. Bayer, Glendale, i. Oregon:
There is no medicine like PERU
MA for catarrhal deafness"
Mrs Kate Marquis, Middleburg
Ohio: "PE-Ru-NA cured me oil
catarrh of the head and throat
Mr.. ]. II. Collins, Wesson, Mis-
sissippi: "PE-RU-NA makes me
feel vigorous and able 70 work
without that tired, weak feeling l
usually have otherwise
Mrs. P. Ludvigsen, Austin, Min
Aesota: II got rid of my liver
trouble and can eat anything since
taking PE-RU.M."
Mrs. L. Hearing, 2s3 East 169th
st., New York City: "For catarrh
of the head and stomach, l have
found PE-RUNA better than any
other medicine"
MI. w. n. EuSaT, Al SooPSl ~,
Atlanta, Georgia: "PE-RU-NA
cured me after I had suffered
fifteen years with rheumatism"
Mrs. Leona Dodd, r. No. 3,
Medon, Tennessee: "PE-RU-NA
is a grand medicine for cough and
colds"
So many diseases are due to ca
tarrh and catarrhal conditions,
makes PE-RU-NA the best medi-
cine in the world to have on hand
for emergencies and general health
protection. Thousands Of families
are never without bottle of Pc
RU-NA or a box of PE-RC-NA
Tablets in the medicine cabinet.
That is the safe way.
You can buy PE-RU-NA any
where in tablet or liquid form.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-01-01
Work more
Produce more
SdUe more

But we can't continue increasing our
production unless we continue increasing
our railroad facilities.
The FARMS mines and factories cannot
increase their output beyond the capacity
of the railroads to haul their products. {
* Railroads are now near the peak of their
carrying capacity.
g. Without railroad expansion-more en-.
gines, more cars, more tracks, more ter
minals-there can be little increase in
production.
:; But this country of ours is going to
keep right on growing-and the railroads
must grow with it.
To command in the investment markets
the flow of new capital to expand railroad
facilities s-and so increase production
there must be public confidence in the
future earning power of railroads. I
The nations business can grow only as
fast as the railroads grow. ~y-
SMD advertisement Ia plbLAhadWhe ]
eaduociahon gfRaiuiuay '@reotipeA
4 f1o, ds,irns concerning the railroad 'f"
k<~ ..o. msy ohsin literature by ~1hrs to the 1''oes
s.s # ksarsy Erssis., 81 Breadssy Aes forf r
Evening journal., 1920-10-21

stocks world be adversely affected II
not entirely dissipated.
'rhe offer enclosed affords you an
opportunity to participate in the un-
derwriting syndicate which Will ac-
quire The American Railways Com
pany compon stock at such sale, and
in this manner acquire a direct inter
est in The American Railways Com
pany common stock.
The officers and directors OF your
company therefore recommend that
you avail yourself Of this opportunity.
for upon the payment Of $50 of each
$1,000 Of preferred stock Of the United
National Utilities Company held, you
will receive $50 par value OF the
twenty year 10 income bonds OF The
American Railways Company, together
with not less than sos par value OF
the common stock OF The American
Railways Company; and upon the
payment Of $40 for each $1,000 com
mon stock Of the United National Util-
itics Company held. you will receive
$40 par value Of the twenty year 10
income bonds Of The American Rail-
ways Company, together with no less
than S2it par value Of the common
stock OF The American Railways
Company"
Evening journal., 1920-10-21
WANT SHAREHOLDERS
TO BUY IN STOCKS

Many Delawareans VINO are holders
Of the preferred and common stock
OF the United National Utilities Com
pany have received from a syndicate
Of bankers an invitation 10 participate
in the refnancing OF the American
Railways Company. The plan is ex-
planned by Van Horn Ely. president Of
the United National Utilities Com
pany, as follows
The United National Utilities Com
pany owns substantially all Of the
common stock Of the National Prop
critics Company and National Proper
ties Company owns substantially all Of
Inc common stock OF the American
Railways Company Consequently If at
the pending sale set by the u. s. Dis
trict Court for November 8 next OF
the common stock Of The American
Railways Company under foreclosure
proceedings instituted by the holders
OF the National Properties Co.-Ameri-
can Railways 1850 bonds, said stbck
shall be acquired by purchaser hav-
/ ing no interest in The present owners
Of HE stocks Of the United National
Utilities Company, the value Of your
Evening journal., 1920-10-21
COOK
MEETSLAITY
ConlInned dom FIrst page

continued from First Page
orahl0 Impression on those who heard
him talk. Tall, athletic, strong OF
cuunienance, firm Of word and pleas
ant OF word he Impressed those pres
cnt as a mans man In every sense OF
the word. During his address he said
~ bring all my heart. my head the
best that Is In me TO you and no mat
ter what happens. I've come 20 stick"
The broadness OF his views was evil
dent when he said. al wish 90 roit-
crate here tonight what ! said a year
ago that In order 10 accomplish the
big things that are our tasks we must
think of ourselves I'm lat on 90 the
whole church. lo The whole country
and 10 The world
In outlining the work he proposed
among the children, the bishop said ;
81 plan 90 approach the new work
here by giving work among the chill
dren is proper Importance We must
reach out for our children when they
are young and throw mantle OF pro-
tection about them. We must see that
they receive the proper training. We
must preserve the precious character
of the child unsullied and uniainted." ="
Again The bishop said: ~ am going to
appeal 10 you men TO do something
practical FOR the welfare Of your chill
dren and all children Take their in
icrcsts 10 your hearts Help them,
succor them and strengthen them In
The battle OF life"
In beginning his address Bishop
Cook dwelt on The importance of men
and their work 10 the church. "The
handspring OF successful effort by The
church here will depend on The
measure or your cooperation You
have an opportunity 90 do "a great
work here In Delaware. let us work
/ together in this task
Tho bishop expressed his delight
with The improvements at Bishop
stead ~ hope 10 make the Bishop
stead the center of activity for the
rlocese. Here we win am meet and plan
and work for the growth of the
church and The glory OF God" He
emphasized That ill IN bic nock would
always find there a welcome.
he emphasized ne high character
or The work Of The church "Noih-
inr m The world Is so thrilling as this
work 70 touches the very core Of
life. u is life. Yet we must always
keep before us that this noble work
Is not The work of man but the work
0f The son NJ Cod Here he appealed
for The proper spirit In the church
I'VE must come TO the church in the
rifhl spirit he said mot in the
spirit that we would go 10 a theatre.
but in the spirit that we would ap-
proach he greatest work In our
hves."
Ho took up what no termed "the
mission OF the laity." and said. "Great
as '- .hc calling Of those ~ The clergy
., sgeaking from the pulpit they can
/ .aly reach The few. You VINO rub
] elbows with the men and women of
/ the world. lunch with them work
with them play with them. and you
have a great opportunity 90 carry the
| message OF the church io them"
, IN behalf OF the laity judge Victor
r. Wooley OF .he United states Dis
/ trict Court referred 90 the high
ideals OF the church and The broad
/ christianity OF the new Bishop, say
/ ing.
There Is no doubt Of lt the bishop
/ has arrived; you will agree win me
/ And we find him looking 90 the fu-
I turc and planning and we know that
[ h. viii build a greater ana stronger
Evening journal., 1920-10-21
DEATHS.

N---~----~,~-~--~--~-~-~----.~
ANnERSON-In this city. on October 20,
ll2O Emerson NJ. Anderson. son Of JO-
seph and Ida Anderson. aged 10 years.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funertl services at the resi-
dence Of his parents, log South Franklin
street, on Sunday afternoon, at 1 o'clock.
lnterment at ElktOn. Nd
MckNlGHI-ln this city, on october
20, 1920, Mary S. Mcknight, aged 90
years.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral services, at the resi-
dence Of her daughter, Mrs. Annie
Thompson, So2 West Ninth street, on
Saturday afternoon, at . o'clock. Inter
ment at Mt Salem cemetery.
GARRlTY-In this city, on October 20,
1920, Ellen, widow Of James Garrity,
aged So years
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral from her late resi-
dence, 22t Poplar stret. on Friday morn
| ing. at o o'clock. Requiem mass at ST.
Marys Church. Interment at Cathedral
, cUFF-in this city. on October Is, 1920.
George Gun.
Relatives and friends are invited 10 at
tend the funeral from his late residence.
5O1 McCaulley fstreet on Friday after
noon. at O'clock Services at Mt Joy
NJ +. Church. lnterment at Mt. Olive
cemetery.