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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-02-20
(By a Tank Corps Officer)

(By Tank Corps Officer)
"Treat EN- Rough" and did we do
it? Ask Mr.. Hindenburg what hap
pened on September 29th when we
led the 9th division into and through
the Hindenburg line. If he is doubt
full about that, ask him about Octo-
ber 9th when we strolled into Bran
court with the 30th division and asked
him to vacate, and, if he is still un-
convinced, you might ask about the
swimming party in the Selle river on
the morning of October 18th when we
all paid him a morning call. Oh yes,
land then there was that moonlight
stroll when we went over the top with
the Sixth British division and rolled
up east of LIE Cateau. That is brief
summary of what one of the smallest
but best fighting units in the A. E. F.
the 301st American Tank Battalion
did while it was gaining its gold
chevrons.
The battalion, which was the begin
ming Of the American heavy tanks,
was organized in March, 1918, and
landed in England-the birthplace of
the rolling fort which lives on barbed
wire, machine guns, and Huns-early
in April for training in the British
schools. Here we spent five months
learning the fine points of the game,
after which we were attached to the
British tank corps and sent out to
France, to show what we could do.
We arrived just as the British were
completing their big August drive,
and were forced to wait nearly a
month before we could join in the
game, but our assignment more than
repaid US for our delay. We were
to lead the 9th division, which, at
that time, was in the End corps, and
attached to the 4th British army, in
the attack on the Hindenburg line,
and we knew that our christening was
to be a real one. Everybody knows
the Hindenburg line-the backbone
of the Hun defense on the western
front-with its broad, deep trenches;
concrete dugouts; miles of barbed
wire; thousands of machine guns;
backed by masses of artillery, and we
knew that we had job ahead of US
and made our preparations according
ly.
One minor incident in our prepara-
tion was typical of the allied ability
to outguess the Huns. Tanks have
difficulty in crossing exceptionally
wide and deep trenches as the front
wall of the trench is very liable to
give way under the enormous weight
of the heavy tank (forty tons) thus
causing the nose of the tank to stick
into the back wall of the trench and
making it impossible for the tank to
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-02-20

Sergeant James G. Hall, Tank Corps.
Corporal Fred Mynhier, G. S. l..
Private First Class H. T. Harrison,
G. S. l.
First Sergeant Daniel Carter, 21st
Infantry.
Sergeant H. C. Travis, 21st Infan-
try.
Corporal M. Gilivich, 21st Infantry.
Color Sergeant M. F. Dunn, 21st In
fantry.
Sergeant E. M. Chumbley, 21st In
fantry.
Private First Class F. G. Mccall,
21st Infantry.
The soldiers of the recruiting party
are strong for Glasgow and have ex-
pressed the hope that the opportunity
will offer for another trip to our city.
They say they have had a good time
and have accomplished worth while re-
suits, three recruits having applied for
enlistment during the past week with
several others on the way.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-02-20
INFLUENZA IN STATE
Is ON THE DECREASE
Less Cases by 1877 Than for Previous
Week; Musselshell County in
the Lead.

Helena, Feb. 17-Influenza in Mon
tana shows decrease of 1877 cases
from all parts of the state for the
week ended this morning, with 1850
cases reported compared with 1,847
for the week before, according to Of
ficials of the state board of health.
Musselshell county with 1S1, Missoula
city with 1856, Ravalli county with 121
and Great Falls with 1O5 cases led the
state in influenza. Helena reports
five cases, with one additional in the
county. Influenza continues mild in
Montana.
New tuberculosis cases show an in
crease for the week with 13, while
small poX continues about the same
with 27 widely scattered cases, except
in Valley county, where 10 cases are
reported. Of nine diphtheria cases
in the state there are eight in Great
Falls. Scarlet fever shows II with
three cases in Kalispell, others being
individual and isolated. Measles with
II cases, is staging a comeback with
ten cases in Yellowstone county, four
of which are in Billings.
Pneumonia shows an increase over
the week before with a. total of "A
cases reported as follows:
Great Falls 3, Miles City S, Glen
dive 1, Anaconda /, Flathead county
l. Kalispell 5, Gallatin 1, Bozeman 2,
Granite county 1. Havre 10, Meagher
county I, Missoula city 1, Sheridan
county l, Silver Bow county /, Butte
6, Yellowstone county 1, Billings 3.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-02-20
DANA M. EASTON TO
RETURN IN MARCH

K. j. White, the jeweler, returned
from buying trip to Minneapolis the
latter part Of the week and brought
the information that Dana NJ. East
on would probably be back in Pop
lar in about a months. AS told in
the Poplar Standard some time ago,
Easton underwent another operation
for the injury to his leg and is now
waiting in Minneapolis until plast-
err cast can be removed. He believes
this will take about a month, and then
he will return to Poplar at once.
Mr.. White said that he and George
P. Cook spent the day with Easton
and declares that the young attorney
is looking fine and has gained weight.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-02-20
Jury at MOndak this Week Finds
Joe Burshia Guilty of KILL
ing Art Williams.
RECEIVES IS TO 80 YEARS
Crime Was Committed in Poplar Last
OctOber-Bullet Which Killed
Art Williams Was Fired
Through Window.

Poplar, Feb. 17.-On trial for the
killing of his friend, Art Williams,
a young stockman, Joe Burshia of this
city, was today found guilty of murder
in the second degree and his punish
ment fixed at from Is to 80 years
in the penitentiary. The case was
tried in the district court for Roose-
welt count at Mondak.
The case was given to the jury at
1870 Monday night and verdict was
returned Immediately after court OPEN
ed this morning at $50. While the
members of the jury have made no
direct statement it was intimated that
after they were locked up last night
they discussed the case very briefly
and then took vote which resulted
in verdict of second degree. Through
an unusual incident that developed in
the trial it was said in Mondak after
the verdict had been rendered that the
defense would ask for stay Of exc
cution of 80 days in which to perfect
an appeal. On Saturday ana again
on Sunday one of the jurors suffered
an epileptic attack and it was stated
that the defense would use this as an
argument on which to base an appeal,
but the rumor was later denied.
Burshia has been apparently uncon-
cerned during the five days of the
trial and he remained unmoved when
the verdict was brought in this morn
ing.
Williams, who was close friend of
Burshia, was shot last October from
outside of his house. The bullet went
through a window pane, then through
two-inch door casing and finally
plowed it's way through the back of
Williams head. The authorities have
been puzzled ever since the killing oc-
Cured over the course the bullet took
and it proved one of the features of
| the trial. .
According to testimony the bullet
split, as it went through the door
casing, the lead part entering Will
liams' head and the jacket part going
through second window. To break
through this window the jacket would
have to deflect several inches from
the course the bullet took. Sheriff P.
j. acey testified that he was present
two days after the killing when the
jacket was picked up outside the win
dow.
When he was shot, Williams was
sitting on Davenport in the living
room of his house. In the same room
there were at least four other people.
The bullet was fired from window
outside of bedroom adjoining the
living room. In this bedroom were
two children. The bullet passed with
in few inches of the head of one of
the children and close to Mrs. Will
liams, wife of the man who was shot,
and her daughter, Elizabeth Picketts.
Mrs. Williams and her daughter were
on the stand for hours.
On cross examination the defense
showed that Mrs. Williams had been
married five times and that two of
her former husbands had been killed
at the point of gun. Her fourth hus-
band, Frank Mcdonald, son of prom
inent rancher of the Fort Peck reser-
walton, was killed near Poplar two
years ago by Deputy Sheriff Harry
Cain. Testimony was offered by the
Continued on page s.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-02-20
ODI *,LLOWS HAD r
IN RESTING TIME

The Saco lodge of Odd Fellows were
well represented at the meeting Of the
local lodge here last Wednesday eve
ming when Art Roosevelt of Nashua,
road the goat over a treacherous,
rough and rocky road. The meeting
was well attended and wonderful
time is reported by those present The
following members from Saco were
in attendance: j. X. Bell, Geo. Mil
lon, A. A. Whitmore, Clarence Aubal,
Geo. Fisher, G. Swanson and VIM.
Peters.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-02-20
The AMERICAN LEGION
PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY
Testimonials Will Be Presented to
Next of Kin of Deceased Soldiers
BY French Government.

The French government has given
to the United States government fol
distribution, Memorial Diplomas to be
issued to the next of kin of deceased
soldiers. For the purpose of effect
ing this distribution as thoroughly
and completely as possible, The Amer.
lean Legion of America has been re-
quested to inaugurate a movement
for holding memorial exercises sim.
ultaneously throughout the United
States on Sunday afternoon, February
22nd.
A program will be held at the Odd
Fellows hall Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock under the auspices of Valley
Post No. Al of the American Legion
for the purpose Of making presenta-
tion of the French government testi-
monials to the next of kin of the SOL
diers in the American forces who died
while in the service.
The order of services arranged by
the Legion is as follows: f.
l. Piano.
2. Opening remarks by post COM
mander.
3. Reading of Scripture.
4. Prayer.
5. Reading: "France in Battle
Flame"
6. Address: Rev. j. R. Jeffery, post
chaplain.
7. Solo: "The Americans Come"
8. Pageant Scene: columbia" well
comes "La France; La France" gives
Testimonials to "Columbia."
9. Reading of Honor Roll.
10. Songs: "Marseilaise," "The
Star Spangled Banner"
II. Benediction.
The testimonials so far received by
the post adjutant are to the next of
kin Of the following deceased soldiers:
Loren Hagen.
R. Handley.
George Mooney.
Harry H. Graham.
George w. Click.
Clair L. Bixby.
Mark F. Feehan.
There are still number of testi-
monials to be received which are pre-
sumed to be in the mails at the pres
ent time. It is thought that the en-
tire list will be in the hands of the
post adjutant before commencement
of the services on Sunday.
The members of the Legion will be
in uniform and the services will be
along military lines. A large repre-
sentation of the local post is expected
to attend to pay their respects to their
lost comrades.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-02-20

evening, February 9th, against Chi
nook. Chinook has defeated every
team in the northern district to date,
so the local basketball fans should be
out in full force. The local boys will
81 or not they will fight until the time
q, nise a real battle. Whether beat
A. u ed.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-02-20

died at the Deaconess hospital in this
city following childbirth. The deceased
leaves two children and husband to
mourn her loss. The body was taken
to La Fleche, Canada on Saturday
for burial.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-02-20

MRS. Mccoy CALLED HOME.
On Thursday, February IL, Mrs.
Mcdonald Mccoy, who resides at
Summer Cove, Sask, north of Thoeny,
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
RICHARD SPILLANE SAYS:

Australia in the hrOes of discussion of the question OF
this time if ever there probably will be decision ,
a" b 2na da S OF T IN m and on H Gs $on s Wacs 91 m m n
gauge Victoria and South Australia have the broad while
Queensland Western Australia Tasmania and the Northern Territory
estimated it. gauge could be established on all roads for seo
1oa 9 the when IT. the go TadG d Ses the
M was o G 5eG as aRs ,t TO IT. and @ to
the late figures would have be raised oncha
1t estimated handling by reason OF
W and 81 to % cents per hat" ton Hm N
Ito Pcrth76 me-where there changes gauge-may
M standard @ saRss Ris adopted only will
'G b than @ cars and nearly
job one big $ woSo oSoroO G0sd have to be trans
& 81 are Standard mfa To mistake @ nat Ra we sd the 1nd a & adopted
would have enlarged the Of railroads considerably
P has , been s said about Of efficiency by labor but
Engineering NewsRecord furnishes some based on the
saPsS cpssy S at N
study 81 fifteen consec"Ts unloadgs of the
handled 1 prae S mae conog the b
T6 comparison TRh % follows is of five consecutive voyages Of
each ship in with five consecutive voyages
@ & Sd @ @ on, IN Of '4 9 & trips there
on the %harve DnS @ WN @ tine expenditure of
yQas period But the msnhou the amounted
fifteen yoyage in each Of the two periods found
91 tho xo gain Of dT not @ a1e r per cent But the
an S4 OF y % per- ws s90s
increase of cent tonnage
Hours of labor having been slightly
fatigue from long days work has been practically abolished
An interesting sdeght the that
the wharves has undergone
connection with the fifteen
were trtytou claims paid aggregatng less than $Ioo
under the of conditions there
eating than $4,000 r Ne~
Louis Horow president Comparv ono
OF the largest construction quoted bv the
same paper as stating that while brick
1000 brick day. and actually loo in
1910 ne laying from the
against this the opinion of that labor y doing its
hare and that there much
conditions beyond its control - "
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
OUR PAPER SUPPLY.
Newprn Prices Have Increased From 200 to 400 Per Cent
Production of Wood Pulp Paper at Sandstil-
Wood Supplies of Eastern Canada and United States Will
Be Exhausted in 25 to 80 Years
By DR.. FRANK NJ. SURFACE.

% 's 1P s. G5a" 5g pssn5 s sssaa. 3
the w9 war had Jsd @ fe o b prices "a
per end 1913 sss the Beginning
Rs6 bmsnsss r and production under the
buying papers rapidly Increasing Consumption esSssd es0pd
7s per- during SS months hs
reports the weighted average price dr
i6r canad Rq%Ho' These pes %i
reports 'Sssh S the 'H" %shd average
Rss o July WHICH G standard s dom
maks contracts M forced from
to The ps2 e o sd e 1u 1Gs % idea the oss w are
Of ana nd % @ vt9 % the be od 6I Sff there
wastef burned Prac
with growth OF little
Figures compiled by Service Department of Ag
uure give the total wood pulp production the United States
IN $ G7 Ta $4,000 % os rms 5o o be the o peak Of our
addition TO the amounts OF pulp produced from wood
& aood 0@ SSaGn n
wood In IoIsi4 we imported 10000 cords % in o7Ps o B
cords and I9S9 100000 cords but during the fiscal ending
Of previous year. ~
s"S 3 sSg 3 5 @ 5ss F to Of % pD s her fo%
Of this comes from Canada " INC MAJOR p0''o"
The Federal Trade Commission the total production of
creased tons and in 22zOoo In the
paper imports three fiscal years are 1o8
h 1917 our podnom has @ dcs o5 about 0 1000 oo" tons C9 @
imports increased 10000
The situation the calendar year slightly
favorable The Federal Trade reports
duction standard
If the
months this production will be nearly
than last year and than 1917
To the production this much
we'll of Canada
Canada pulp wood will be exhausted within
while the supplies the United will
than In the Pacific northwest both the United
Canada we'll Alaska there of
suitable timber but the problem has be solved
many years experiments been
vegetable fiber which be and harvested Chapy and
which will make suitable So nothing of
developed indicate the
Florida lners huls
offer pulp Although
suitable paper still whether they be produced
d 0 compete with pulp wood.
The problem OF future supply One
seldom realizes how much the printed until he
ulatcS what would happen eliminated entirely At the
the dangers that the high
and will force the smaller
business This would be calamity than the big
metropolitan de these smaller reflect the thoughts end
ideas OF the American people
We have faith satisfactory solution
ply will be found 1t be hoped that will before there
cualmcn other publications. In
the meantime should better and adequate
private individuals though cheaper substitute for pulp
other
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
FAILURES LAST WEEK.

Commercial failures last week in
the United States were Sc against
100 the previous week. 152 in the
preceding week, and Sc the cor
responding week last year. Fail
ures in Canada numbered 81 against
81 the previous week. % the pre-
ceding week and Is last year. OF
failures last week in the United
States So were in the East, 80
South, 80 West, and 22 in the Pacific
States and n reported liabilities of
$4,000 or more, against IS the
previous week.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
VETERANS FUNERAL
.CONDUCTEDTOMORROW

The funeral OF William Hamilton
Beatty. veteran Of the world war,
who died Thursday afternoon. Will
be held tomorrow afternoon AZ
o'clock at the family homo. tlo East
Capitol street. IntcrmCnt viii he in
Congressional Cemetery
The death Of Mr.. Realty was
caused 10y paralysis believed to
have resulted from "a gas attack IN
France. He enlisted al the begin
ming OF the war, and served fifteen
months overseas with the Twenty
third Engineers.
He was a member Of tho Stuart
Walcott Post. American Legion.
and was an attendant Of the Metro
politsn Presbyterian Church.
Surviving him are his father and
mother, DR.. and Mrs. Louis h.
Beatty
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05

they had turned up. all at once II
sounded like an army firing out
side. The conductor and brake
man came running into the car
yelling. Train robbers!"
Some OF those deputies lit out
OF the door. hit the ground. and
kept on running. Some OF them
hid their winchesters under the
seats. Two Of them made a fght
and were both killed.
II took the Daltons just ten
minutes TO capture the train ana
whip the escort. In twenty min
utes more they robbed the express
car OF twenty-seven thousand dol
lars and made a clean getaway.
My opinion L. that these depu-
ties. would have put up a stir
fight at Pryor Creek. where they
were expecting trouble. but they
were taken by surprise and 10
coed" at Adair. just as the Dali
tons, who knew their business,
expected they would
don't think 4 ought TO close
without giving some deductions
from my experience OF eight years
"on the dodge" II doesn't pay TO
rob trains. Leaving out the ques-
tion Of right and morals, which I
don't think ought 10 tackle.
there is very little to envy in the
life OF an outlaw. After a while
money ceases to have any value
in his eyes. He gets TO looking
upon the railroads and express
companies as his bankers, and his
siN-shoOter as a check book good
for any amount. He throws away
money right and left. Most OF
the time he is on the jump. riding
day and night. and he lives 80
hard between times that he
doesn't enjoy the taste OF high
life when he gets il. He knows
that his time is bound TO come to
lose his life or liberty. and that
the accuracy OF his aim. the speed
Of his horse. and the fidelity OF
his slider" are all that postpone
the inevitable.
II isn't that he loses any sleep
over danger from the officers OF
the law. In all my experience
never knew officers 10 attack a
band OF outlaws unless they out
numbered them at least three to
one.
But the outlaw carries one
thought constantly in his mind
and that f. what makes him -
sore against life. more than any
thing esse-he knows where the
marshals get their recruits or
deputies. He knows that the ma
jority Of these Upholders Of the
law were once Law bres kers. horse
thieves: TustleTs. hjghwayme n.
and outlaws like himself and that
they gained their positions and
immunity by turning states evi-
dence. by turning traitor and de-
Iivering Up their. comrades 20 i'm
prisonment and death. He knows
that some day-unless he is shot
nrst-his Judas will set TO work.
the trap will be laid and he will
be the surprised instead Of the
sUTpTiser at a stiCk-Up.
That is why the man who holds
up trains picks his company with
a thousand times the care with
which d careful girl chooses a
sweetheart. That is why he rsis's
himself from his blanket OF nights
and listens 10 the tread Of every
horses hoors on the distant road.
That is why he brOods suspicious
" for days upon a gestiug re-
mark or an unusual movement OF
a tried comrade. or the broken
mutterings OF his closest friend.
sleeping by his side.
And il is one OF the reasons why
the train-robbinE profession Is
not so pleasant a one as either OF
its collateral hranChes-politics
or cOrnerinE the market
Copyright. lg2O. BY Wheeler syndicate. Incl
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
BANK CLEARINGS.

The closing week Of a month
usually brings more or less increase
in bank clearings, and last weeks
total at twenty leading Ccnters in
the United States was $7.357139, 7OI
against S6,729.4l425f last week.
Comparing with the S5,9O4.237Oi6 of
this week OF 1919, a gain of 24.6
per cent is disclosed, but last years
total includes the clearings of only
five business days, and allowance
must be made for this fact in con-
sidering the returns. Outside New
York City, last weeks aggregate of
S2,853,O46,74s contrasts with S2,S67,-
O44,SS4 in the Immediately preced-
ing week and is 21.9 per cent above
the figures of the five-day period
of 1919, while the SI,5OI,O92,956 re-
ported by New York City compares
with S3,SG2, ,399,370 last week and is
26.4 per cent in excess of the 1919
clearings. At Kansas City and
Omaha. weeks totals are 1913 and
81 per cent. respectively. smaller
than those of the five days of last
year, while Seattle shows a falling
off Of 81 per cent.
Average daily bank Clearings for
the year to date are compared be-
low for three years:
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05

you will find Pyramid on sale in al
most every drug store in the u. s
and Canada shows TO what extent
the public depends upon Pyramid.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
MYSTERIOUS MALADY
HITS BLUE RIDGE DOGS

Charlottesville. Va. Sept "A
fatal disease resembling distomne
has gotten among the dogs in Ba-
con Hollow. in the Blue Ridge
mountains. and number have died
Several residents, have lost val
liable dogs Robert Morris had two
hounds nc valued al $50 each die
from the disease Emmanuel and
Edgar Morris each lost q good
hound.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05

Browne also is a Capital man. He
took up banking in 1913 when he
was installed as receiving teller of
the District National Eank. He re-
mained in this position FIVE years.
at the end of which time he ac-
Cepted the position of paying teller
at the Continental Trust Company
where he has served for the past
nineteen months.
Burns and Browne are regarded
as two of the most progressive and
capable bankers in Washington.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
Local Securities.
Furnished by Moorhead & Elmore.

BONDS.
Amount High Low Last
Cap. Traction as. 142, 900 93Is 50 81
c. & p. Tele-
phone IS. $500 81 S. 50
d. c. Paper Manu-
featuring Co... 1900 % 96 9S
Met. Il. X. 5s.... 1900 9lk 50 50
Potomac Electric
gen. mtge. 6S. "A, 900 9S 81 %
Potomac Electric
Cons. IS ...... 10000 IS 81 81
Potomac Electric
deb. 6s ....... 10 800 92l. 81 81
Riggs Realty IS
uong) ......... 40, 400 92I. 9l 90
Washington Gas -
rs ............ $4,000 90 10 II
Washington Ry. &
Elec. Is ....... 40 900 s01s 80 So
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
IN. W.SAVINGS'
new OFFICIALS
Gregg c. Burns and William
H. Browne Become
Members.

In preparation for the completion
of its new building and the develop
ment Of the institution, the North
west Savings Bank has elected
Gregg c. Burns cashier and Will
lam H. Browne assistant cashier.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
D. c. Boy Scout Troop
Hikes to Luray Caves

Winchester. Va. Sept. 4.-Twenty-
two members OF Troop 50. Boy
Scouts. Of Washington. who have
been spending several days here a.
guests Of Winchester Troop No. 1.
left last evening on hike to Lu-
ray CaVernS.
Newell.