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The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26

to receive 10 per cent of all oil de-
veloped.
Helena-Figures submitted by the
secretary of state indicate that the
region within a 100-mile radius OF
Great Falls contains more automo-
biles than any other section of the
state, paying into the state treasury
$85, 600 annually for licenses.
Great Falls-Robert r. Sideboth-
am, convicted of using the mails to
defraud in connection with the sale
of stock of the Northwestern Trustee
company, and sentenced to the fed
eral prison, has been pardoned by
President Wilson.
Bozeman-County agents of Mon
tana will be ready to issue, within
few days, blanks for the enroll
ment of farmers and stockgrowers in
the national campaign for better
sires and better stock. The stock
grower who signs one of these gov
ernment blanks promises to use only
purebred sires on his farm.
KalispeII-Thomas P. Nelson, an
alien who volunteered and is still in
the service in France, has been
granted citizenship papers. He was
allowed to name an attorney in fact
by the naturalization department,
and through this procedure, although
in person 5000 miles from the court
proceedings, became a citizen of the
nation which he is serving as sol
dier.
Neihart-Neihart, the silver camp,
which had a population of less than
20 people a year ago, now contains
over 1000 souls. It's revival is en-
tirely due to the high price of silver.
A daily freight service has been in
augurated on the Great Northern in
order to take care of shipments of
ore. One new property is credited
with having produced 100000 worth
of bullion in January at an expense
of 100000. Eastern capital is COM
ing in and every property of merit
will be developed.
The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26
SEEK NEW GOLD in
HISTORIC ALDER
OLD CHANNEL OF THE RICHEST
STREAM ON EARTH HOLDS
MORE WEALTH, BELIEF
Under Mountain of Lava There May
Be Hidden Vast Stores OF Gold
That Were Buried Untold Centur-
les Ago, When Stream Was Divert
ed by Upheaval of Nature.

A company has recently been or
ganized in Virginia City to prospect
the ground between Alder Gulch
which contained the richest placer
diggings ever discovered in the
world, and the Raspberry range Of
mountains, for the original channe
of Alder creek. The company is now
engaged in securing options on the
ground lying between the present
creek bed and the mountains, and ex-
poets to begin drilling for bedrock
very soon.
The history of Alder Gulch is one
of the great romances of mining In
America. The story of how the dis
covery of gold on Alder creek was
made that May day in 1858 by Will
liam Fairweather and his party of
prospectors from Bannack is familiar
to most Montanans. A few days
after the discovery the rush from
Montana's first mining camp at Ban
mack to the new diggings began. On
June 6, Fairweather mining district
was organized on Alder creek with
DR.. w. l.. Steele as president and
James Fergus as recorder, and min
ing began with a rush.
Within three years $30,000,00O in
gold dust was taken from the gulch,
and in the years that followed an
other $30,000,000 was washed out.
This contribution of $60,000,000 was
the biggest made by any of the Mon
tana placer streams to the total OF
200,000,000 gold with which Mon
tana helped finance the nation in the
years following the Civil war. Some
historians have said that the United
States would have been in perilous
financial straits if it had not been
for this addition of golden wealth to
the Golfers of the nation during the
critical reconstruction period follow
ing the war.
Alder creek was placermined for
gold for a distance of 15 miles, and
dredges are still at work. re-washing
the gravel for fine gold, today-57
years after the first strike was made
there. Millions of dollars have been
taken out in recent years by the
dredges and the proceeds paid into
the treasury of Harvard University,
to which the ground was bequeathed
by the owner.
1t is the belief of the men who re-
Gently organized for the purpose of
prospecting the ground lying between
the gulch and the Raspberry mountain
range that, prior to volcanic disturb
ances in the remote past, Alder creek
flowed where the Raspberry range
now is and that this mass of lava
dumped down by nature millions of
years ago covers placer gold deposits
even richer than those discovered by
Bill Fairweather in 1868.
There is an abundance of water
under these moptains, which, it is
claimed, adds weight to the conten-
ton that there is creek channel
hidden there. If paying placer is dis
closed by the drills, it would be a
simple matter, it is said, to open up
the deposit with tunnels and sluice
The ground through these openings.
The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26
E[lSi1'E2!|!;;;;;if]II>I5 !
MYERS HAS NEW PLAN
TO EXTEND IRRIGATION

1t being evident that congress is
not going to appropriate any mater
ial sum for reclamation work or to
authorize a large bond issue to fur
ther reclamation of arid lands, Sena-
tor Meyers has suggested a new plan
whereby private enterprise, with the
aid of federal reserve banks, may
finance irrigation construction.
Senator Myers proposes adding a
new section to the federal reserve
act providing "any federal reserve
bank and any member bank may un-
der rules and regulations prescribed
by the federal reserve board, pur-
chase at par value and hold or dis
pose of any bonds of duly and legal
ly created and existing irrigation
districts, organized and duly formed
under and in accordance with the
laws of any state, when such bonds
may have been issued in accordance
with the laws of the state in which
such district may be situated, and
when the legality of the creation of
a district and validity of the bonds
shall have been passed upon and ap-
proved by the attorney general OF
the state, and further, when the
state engineer or the state engineer
commission or the state board of en-
gineers or other engineer, official,
board, commission or body having
authority under the laws of the state
to supervise, inspect, pass upon, or
report upon the creation of irriga-
tion districts and their projects or
works, shall have certified that the
irrigation project within and of the
district issuing such bonds is feas-
ible, practicable and needed"
The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26
DON'T NEGLECT A
RHEUMATIC PAIN
Go after it with Sloan's
Liniment before it gets
dangerous

Apply little, don't rub, let it bene-
trdte, and-good-by twingel Same for
external aches, pains, strains, stiffness
of joints or muscles, 1ameness, bruises.
Instant relief without mussiness or
soiled clothing. Reliable--the biggest
selling 1iniment year after year. Eco
nomica1 by reason of enormous sales.
Keep a big bottle ready at all times.
Ask your druggist for Sloan's Lini-
ment. 35e, zoe, $1.40.
The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26

PLANTS AND FLOWERS
COLUMBIA GARDENS Flowers fresh
every morning. We solicit out-of-town
business. Columbia Floral Co., AZ W.
Broadway, Butte.
The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26
T HE WORLD

New York-Profits of the Curtis
Airplane company in 1913 were near
ly $5,000,000.
New York-New York and Brazil
ian points will have cable connection
in a few days.
London-The Earl of Reading ha
been offered the post of American
ambassador.
Berlin-A German financier pre-
diets that an American dollar viii
buy 1000 German marks within
few months.
Boston-The most valuable cargo
ever brought to this port arrived last
week on the steamer Lexington, car.
rying $4,000 bales of Egyptian cot
ton, valued at s9,000,000.
Paris--Jules Cambon, French for
eign minister, says Germany has not
the slightest chance of being admit
ted to the League of Nations for al
least Is years.
Paris-France has been complete
ly stripped of passenger automobiles
during the past six years, and it will
take another six years to catch up
with the demand.
j
Dodge, the automobile manufactur-
er, who died recently, is estimated at
nearly 100000. He left every
thing to his widow and children.
Omaha Nebraska farm hands
who received $40 a month in 1905,
and between SIS and $50 a month in
1919, are now demanding $10O a
month.
Paris Joseph Caillaux, former
French premier, is on trial by the
senate charged with treason and ne
gotiations with the Germans during
the war.
Washington-Fra K. Lane,
retiring secretary of the interior, has
accepted position with the Dehoney
oil interests. He will receive $780,
600 year.
New York-General Davidson, who
graduated from West Point in 1892,
and saw service in Montana, the
Philippines, Cuba, China and Alaska,
is dead
Seattle-Scores of Alaskans, eager
to file on northern government re-
serves believed to contain oil are
anxiously awaiting the signing of the
new oil land leasing bill.
Butte-Over $25O,000 of munich
pal money has been expended on i'm
provements in the Chelsea addition
to Butte which may be proven to be
outside the city limits.
New York-If the United States
signs the treaty of peace, Gladys Van
derbilt, by marriage an Hungarian
countess, becomes an alien enemy,
and her large New York estate may
be held for reparations.
Paris-The allied council has de-
cided to permit the sultan to main
tain his court in Constantinople, but
Turkey must give guarantees with
regard to the Dardanelles and is not
to be permitted to maintain an army.
London-The London Times has
come out with a statement to the eff
feet that Washington is the most i'm
portant post in the whole British dip
lomatic service, and suggests that the
from Great Britain to
America should receive a salary of
100000 a year.
Rome-Never have there been so
few American tourists in Italy in the
past half century. Money from the
was reckoned on to re-
lieve the country's financial difficult
ties. The cities are crowded with
but they are all Italians
[taly's financial situation is almost
desperate.
The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26
SPECIAL BARGAINS


OF in
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The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26
KILLS pain
IN S MINUTES
Agony of rheumatism and Gout, Neu-
ragia, Lumbago, Chest Colds and
Sore Throat Ended in Half the
Time 1t Takes Other Remedies.

Mustarine won't blister-it is always
ready for use-it's grandmother's old
fashioned mustard plaster with other
up-todate pain killers added.
The best and quickest remedy in the
world for lameness, sore muscles, stiff
neck, cramps in leg, earache, backache,
headache and toothache.
Begy's Mustarine-ask for it by name.
Is made of real, honest, yellow mus
tard-net cheap substitutes. Use it freely
to draw the pain from those sore feet
it's great for chilblains, too, and for
frosted feet Ask for and get Mustarine
always in the yellow box
The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26
Russians Would Go Home

Resolutions expressing the desire
of 1000 Russians residing in San
Francisco to be deported to soviet
Russia have been forwarded to the
state department, the immigration
commissioner and to Ludwig G. A.
X. Martens, self-styled societ ambas-
sador to the United States.
The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26

FOR SALE OR LEASE Best equipped
machine, welding and auto shop in Cen
trail Montana. Box PAT, Lewistown, Mont.
The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26
No Raise for Executioner

John Hubert, Sing Sings execu-
toner, who recently asked an in
crease of 66 per cent in his per capita
fee for electrocuting murderers, must
worry along at the old price. The
state prison department rejected a
bill boosting the price from $3.50 to
$3.50.
The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26

Berlin-Frederick William, form
er crown prince of Germany, says the
American is fully as good a fighting
soldier as the Englishman. He lauds
the movement of millions of soldiers
across the Atlantic as a marvellous
achievement.
The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26

BABY CHIX, eight varieties. Incubators,
Breeders, Poultry Supplies, Live Poul-
try. DORSH & GREENFIELD CO.,
BUTTE, MONTANA.
The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26
SEEDS

NEW SEED CATALOG MAILED FREE
Tested seeds for western plantings-and
experience of 26 years in the seed busi-
Co., 80 Pike ST., SEATTLE, Wash
The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26
PAINLESS PILE CURE

ILES-EvERYBODY SUFFERING piles,
fistula, fissures, alterations, constipa-
tion, bleeding, itching, write free trial.
Positive painless pile cure. S. q. Tarney,
Auburn, Indiana.
The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26
FARM LANDS WANTED
NEW TOWNsTTEs
HAY FOR SALE
BEST IN THE WEST"
IRRIGATED FARMS
in the famous
Dnnm WALL EX

SINGLE COMB White Leghorns. Eggs,
per hundred $1,000. Day -old chicks, per
hundred, $22.50 d. o. Lager, Helena,
Montana.
The Wolf Point herald., 1920-02-26

FARM FOR RENT
FINE 325 ACRE IMPROVED FARM with
buildings, in the Sure Crop part of Mon
tana near Hardin. Easy terms. Lip
pitt. MayYille. n. ID.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21

searching1y at the covering butler he fore addressing the trucu1ent work man.
 .@There's no mistake; but the work to you to go away and come back just after the noon hour. to do the job?"
 The two consulted together and sulkily named their price. As the attorney paid them, he asked:
 Bill Kenny, sir,'' The generous tip which Titheredge had added to the sum demanded had evidently had a modifying effect. His place is over on Eighth. avenue, near Fiftieth. Thank you, sir. We'll be back right after noon."
 They touched their caps and start ed down the hall toward the servants staircase which led to the trades mans entrance, and the attorney turned to speak to Peters; but that willy individual had disappeared, and after a moment Titheredge opened the door, and started thoughtfully down the steps. He had caught the butler in two deliberate lies within | the space of. an hour, but he gave the l matter little thought. All the way 1 downtown to police headquarters his mind was busted with one problem Who had 'telephoned from that house Co the shop on the r5reFious day
 Who had known that the picture was going to fall? ! The police commissioner had not yet reached his office, but a brief in
 terview with his secretary put one l of the smaller examinatio rooms al
 his disposal, where the attorney was Joined shortly by a brisk, smiling young man whose clean-cut features land a1mosteboyishnes of manner gave i no hint of the police department His forehead was broad with just the hint of a scar above one eyebrow; and the merry blue eyes themselves aS well the high IS-hnTaS ha.
 heath betokened his ancestry as mucE
 as his name proclaimed it.
 Good morning, MT. Tithered ge did you want, to see .me?'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21

the table in ten minutes, and to order a taxi. Let's go downtown and in terview your man!'
 "Eh - Titheredge stretched his long, lanky frame. 'With you in a minute, Dick
 His host was dressed first and ner- vously consulted the clock "on the bed-stand- s4
 nounced "In go on down ahead. old man. and see if breakfast is ready" .lsgst
 He closed the door after him, and the attorney heard his footsteps die away down the hall Then all at once there came hideous, sickening crash, and the sound of d heavy body hurtling7 down the stairs.
 Collarless, Samuel Titheredge tore open the door and rushed to the head of the stairs. Other doors were open ing, and voices in which Genes ner- vous tones mingled with higher fem inine ones in chorus of startled cries; but the attorney was oblivious 1o theui. His gaze travelled from the top step of the stairs. which had col lapsed like card board to the bottom, where a huddted figure lay.
 Ieaping down, he raised the head of his friend and called sharply:
 "Peters,"
 sir ass The white, frightened face . of the Muller peered from the dining
 .iBriag some water. quickly! MT, Lorns has fallen down the stairs
 The Ice in the glass tinkled vio- lently as Peters obeyed, and the at torney watched his face closely as he bent over his unconscious master. 'Is-is he hurt bad, sir ?'' The but Ter clutched' the newel post as he straightened his shaking knees
 ''I don't know yet tIow is it that you did not hear sound of his fall and come to his assistance He fairly shot the question at Peters and the latter responded haltingly:
 ''I didn't hear anything. sir; l w3S in the back pantry.' A slight f1usf came into his pale cheeks. .'I .didn-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21

Blending the quaint and the mod ern to produce an up-to-date effect IS one of the efforts of today in the designing of frocks for niisdv. TO glean from the glcries of the past, se- iect1ng the surpassing from the pass ing, the perennially pleasing from the translently attractive, and to adapt it to the piquant present, is no small achfeVement, yet when arrived at the result is always superior to that which simply compasses the current vogue. A fetching forward of the best from by-gone days and fitting it to the fan cies of the new day, is always in the best taste. For the beautiful and the artistic remain secure, regardless of the variations and violations made upon them, and the best and most we can do, or hope to do, is to renew and refresh our vision of them by giving them new forms and aspects, fitting them again and still again, to occa- sion and person, in the case, that is, of milady and her dress.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21
UNSEEN I HANDS. 4 BeMIde,ing DetectiUe Story
 F. By Robert Orr Chipperfield

of course I hear it. Mice or even rats in the walls; you, can't. drive thern osit .0f an old house like this. That's probably what you heard be- fore" He resumed his seat "You can hear all sorts Of noises at night if you only listen for them"
 I suppose sc.' Llorna. muttered, soIf1ewhat doubtfuIly as he went back to his chair. q could have sworn though, that it sounded louder than any rat.''
 "As ! was saying when you inter upted"-Titheredge ignored the last remark-"I would not have recom- mended Barry Odell to you if didn't know all about him. and his capa- bflities- Hes young still, about twenty-eight or thirty; but I've murder cases, and I tell you he will go far.'' 1-|
 Lorne stirred uneasiiy in his chair.
 "Murder! That's rather @ strong ksgo5y yet that those wires were severed; and we don't want the af- fair treated as an ordinary murder, or. series of them. It's the devilish staggers me, Sam.' He drummed on the arms of his chair. "If they hadn't come so rapidly, one. after the : other within the month, any sane person would have sworn they were each the result of pure accident, How could my poor wife have been poisoned before my very eyes? And Julian; what terrible influence could have mede h,Bl slash his throat in just that vital spot It would have been unbelievable except for the damfling evidence of those cut wiresn
 T thought you just said that we did not know they were actually cut" the attorney put in quietly. "I don't know what to thinl<.'' ex- pIoded' the harassed little man. 'fWhen we discuss it the whole thing see nns wildly impossible; and yet I feel it. the entire family does, Can you ask a police detective to go on that ?''fr
 ''You can ask Barry Odell to start sk ,tlle ends of those severed picture wires and be certain that he will fin- ish the job, no matter where the trail leads hirn-now, whats the matter ? Got listening spell on again."
 For Richard Iorne's rotund form had tensed. and his ear was turned to, the door, after moment he re- faxed with a grunt.
 Thought I heard footsteps again. He, ir5sss. Lets % 60 bed and try to get 9 wink of sleep. If I keep on hearing things I'll be a wreck tomor- row; and I want to have all my wits about nre, if I ever had in my life''
 Morning dawned with a hint of au- tumna1 frost in the air, and Lorne shook his peacefully slumbering com panion.
 @ITs ' o'clock, Sam. just rang and told Peters to have breakfast on
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21

know anything was wrong until you called me-
 Chapter HI
 Well, go telephone for the doctor at once.'' Titheredge passed over the
 palpable lie. Then come back here
 and help me lift him to the couch
 in the library"
 The family in various stages of dis.
 array. had appeared at the top of
 the stairc case and were demanding in
 frightened accents what had hap
 pened, but Titheredge had ears for
 none of them as they rushed down
 bfaathing sterteriousls, and under the
 shock of icy water dashed into his
 face he opened his eyes at last. "I say, what. The sentence end
 ed in 8 groan1 as he strove to sit up
 and fell hack again. My armI"
 Titheredge noticed then that his left arm was crump1ed and twisted under him, and when they lifted him limp and useless at his side. He opened his eyes once more as the attorney bent over him and the others gathered about ''The stafrs,'' he whispered faintly
 ''The top one collapsed as I pressed nlK weight son it. You remember the noise ! heard last night?' ITtysscedgs nodded briefly then ! turned to the others. Move back, please, all of you, and asked: 'tFseet better now, Dick?"
 'Yes. My side hurts a little when ! bc@Gtnc, and that arms broken, I think; but I'm lucky not to have been killed" In a whisper, once more, he added: 'I'm all right. Don't wait here a minute longer. Go and get your Barry OdeH.''
 "Where's that taxf?" Titheredge demanded of Peters in the hall. The latter stood near the vestibule talking with two workmen, who, in overaIls and with their tool-kits slung over their arms, turned lower ing faces toward him. Taxi, sir" Peters started in sur prise and then opening the door he peeced out. Just drawing up at the curb, sir. Now then, you two, move one side there and let the gentle
 man pass"
 "Who are these men Titheredge paused.
 seemed to turn a shade more pale. a bit of carpentering, sir, but I tell take; they've got the wrong address l imagine. sir.'
 "Nothin' doin'r' the bur1ier Of the i two men stepped forward determined ] ly. Some one telephoned to the boss | yesterday to send a couple of us up l here at half-past seven sharp this
 morning to hang big picture; said 1 it would have to be spiked to the wall. We're paid for our time" | The attorney turned and looked
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-21

T do. sergeant; you are the only man who can help me out. More over, know that the case I've got for you-if it is a case at all-wil be one after your own heart"
 They shook hands; and as the at torney seated himself Sergeant Berry odel asked, with a canny twinkle in his eye:
 "A matter for the homicide bureau and you're not sure whether it is a case or not? No trace of the body, then?''
 "The bodies were there all right" Tftheredge responded, grimly. 'tBut there was no thought of foul play until last night. You see, have a client in whose family two deaths have occurred within the past month but they were thought to have been the result of accident-separate ac- cidents of a widely different nature. Now we have reason to believe that they were brought about in some mysterious manner by an unknown l person who seems determined to kill i off the entire family. These people | have been friends of mine for years as well clients: and as far as i know they haven't an enemy in the | world. We haven't a sign of proof and no clue except some pieces Of 1 clipped wire. Could I go to any oth- CT man in the department but you with such a story and not be a laugh ing stock?'
 Oden smiled, but his face grew se- rious as he repHed:
 "I don't know, but I've been won dering myself why we hadn't seen MT Lorne down here before this.'' | tYou!" Titheredge's imperturba- bility deserted him, and he stared. ! "What on earth do you know about it?"
 ''Only what I've read in the papers; but when I saw about that young fellow cutting his throat by accident and just in the place where it would do the most good-or harm-and that he was a son of the lady who'd died not a month before from a needle | thrust in her hand, thought there was something mighty queer about it all. 0de1l shrugged, However noth- ing came to the bureau about it; ar- it's not up to us to go out looking for trouble. Tell me about it from the beginning, MT. Titheredge." 'Theres little to tell about the two cases if you remember the newspaper accounts; and I would rather have you get the details from the members
 of the families themselves. but I'll
 we start.'' The attorney settled for
 the widow of Halsey Chalmers, the
 rich broker, when she married Rich
 ard Lorne five years ago. She had
 five children, all virtually grown ur
 except the youngest boy. a lunch
 back. Her spinster sister, Miss Fife l Meade, two or three years her senior, had always lived with her lsince her first st-t1arriage: and thai