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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-24

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THE COMMERCIAL
AIRPLANE.

THE use of aircraft commercial
- ~ is being watched closely
The actual development is Of course
mostly in the east. The Associated
Press has compiled figures fur
nished by the Manufacturers Air
craft association. A total Of 49,
1853 passengers flew 3,136,55o miles
in commercial airplanes during IL
months without the loss of single
life. These figures are based on
the performance of AS planes, and
il is believed that the number Of
passengers and mileage would be
doubled if the figures Of the 1000
commercial airplanes operating in
this country were obtainable. In
the absence Of any federal system
Of registration, air laws and gov
ernment methods for tabulating the
ownership and performance of air
craft, it has been found difficult
to trace the total number. The
totals are based on questionnaires
distributed by the association, but
due to the itinerant nature of much
Of the flying, It has been difficult
to trace and record more than half
OF these. This one-half, by 81
companies or individuals, are per-
manently located in all parts Of
the United States.
Much of the mileage was made
on short flights of 10 to IS miles,
for which an average fee Of $3.50
was charged. An increasing de-
mand for aerial transportation be-
tween the cities has been noted,
the average charge for this service
being IS cents a mile. On prac-
tically all inter city flights baggage
or freight was carried, the quantity
limited only by the capacity OF the
craft. This business aggregated
1890 pounds. There were acct
dents and forced landings, but &C
cording to the signed reports from
the 81 companies, in the 3,l36,550
miles flown not a single life was
lost. There were 222 forced land
ings and SO accidents. There have
been fatal accidents in other in
stances, but they occurred in the
course of stunt or exhibition per-
formances or under circumstances
indicating that undue risk had been
taken. ....r...
So far as practical use of the
airplane is concerned the most i'm
portant item in this report is the
absence Of accident. Cost of OPP
Grafton and safety are the two most
important elements that will de-
terrnine how rapidly business can
use the flying machines.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-24
.u,1ge,1t Paragraphs
The Cream OF The Nations Hinusoe

Henry Watterson is eighty-one, but
not SO that you could notice it.-New
York Post.
Congress continues to treat Presi-
dent Wilson's vetoes just as il they
were solemn observation-disclosures
Enquirer.
Now that there are no more book
beer signs 1t 10 impossible for some
people to know when spring has come.
New Orleans States.
Love Ia supposed to make tho world
20 round. But a troubled love.affair
ID said to be making the crown prince
Of Japan 70 round the world.-Colum-
bia Is. C.) State.
George Sylvester Viereck wants a
post from Mr.. Harding; it Is under
stood the American Legion has sug-
gsstsd him for the lamp post.-Phila-
dslphia North American. u.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-24
ALL CLEARED Zip.

marry me?" -"
-She-.But my dear boy. I refused
you only week ago"
He-"Oh, was that you ?"-London
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-24
PRISONER ESCAPED
FROM COUNTY JAIL,
KAL|SPELL, SUNDAY
George c. Boyer, Serving Two
Year Term for Bootlegging
Gets Away.
Snecial to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune. .....
Kalispell, Feb. 23-George c. Boyer.
facing a two-year Jail sentence fer
bookkeeping, escaped from the county
jail Sunday night, after he had hid on
the top Of his cell, with dummy in his
bed, while the jailer locked the cells
for the night, shortly before midnight.
When the jailer had gone. Boyer,
with the aid of a piece of old unused
sewer vent pipe which he had wrenched
from its fastening in the cell, bent the
bars on the east window of the second
floor Of the Jail, making an opening
large enough for him to squeeze
through. He dropped on to the roof
OF a coal shed below and from that to
the ground.
Second Prisoner to Escape.
Boyer took advantage of break in
the bars Of the window where former
prisoner had sawed his way to liberty
several years ago. The broken bars
had been put back in place and an iron
plate bolted across. Boyer had pried
up the plate far enough to allow the
broken bars to clear and had then bent
them inward far enough to make the
necessary opening. The sewer vent
pipe which he used had been left in
place when the toilets, formerly in each
cell. had been removed. The pipe had
been plugged and was absolutely solid.
How Boyer unscrewed it without tools
is mystery.
Sentenced In December.
Boyer was sentenced on December
IL after he had been convicted Of sell
ing liquor at Whitefish. He is big
fellow, weighing over 200 pounds with
a prominent scar on his face. It is
alleged that he was engaged in Snug
9ling LIQUOR from Montana to Wash
ip9ton before this state went dry. He
was a railroad brakeman at the time
Of his arrest.
Five other prisoners on that floor,
who were locked in their cells, diSclaim
any knowledge Of Boyer's escape.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-24
Will Start Operation
Kendall Gold Mine
With Is Employees
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Lewistown, Feb. 23.- Thu Mecca
SIN Leasing company win start opera-
tons at the Barnes King gold mine at
Kendall on March / under lease, and
VIII employ about 25 men at the start.
II IS the hope at Kendall that these
operators may meet with much success
ana be able to increase the force as
the campaign develops,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-24
Fools Aren't All Dead ",

FO073 AIe0 All lead Yef,
The striking cigar makers Of
Tampa have returned to work.
whipped, after losing $4,000, 900 n
wages. But the labor leaders didn't
lose anything. Barnum was right
Columbia Record.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-24
WlNDHAM STATE BANK
HAS NEW CASHIER,

Lewistown, Feb. 23.-Clifford Coov-
or. late Of Cut Bank, has assumed his
duties ut Windham at assistant cashier
Of the State bank thsrA M
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-24
An Inspiring Sight.
A REAL hELPMEEI,

Neighbar (bearer of message, breath
lessly )-"You're wanted at One.
Charlie. Yer wife's just presented yer
with another rebate off yer income
tax."-punch I4ondon).
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-24
American Bank E Trust
Co. Of Great Falls

OFFICERs,
The Washington times., 1921-07-26
Wanted, a Guardian

NCLE SAM needs various things including a puar-
u dian and a commission to inquire to his sanity
England owes the United States four thousand five
hundred millions She hasn't paid principal or interest But
England sent in bill for thrtytwo millions and few
odd hundred thousand for transporting on her steamers
soldiers and supplies that sent to help England in
the war.
Promptly old Uncle Sam paid England in cash the thirty
two millions, forgetting all about the big debt England
the United States Government twelve million dollars
for work done by ships in the Shipping Board Has
England paid thati No. England has NOT.
That is No. l.
No. 2 deals with home affairs. The railroads owe the
Government hundreds of millions Nothing is done about
that The railroads want money the Government at
What they owe the Government they can talk about
later
In the meanwhile the railroads preparing imaginary
bills against the Government, demanding compensation
running into hundreds of millions for bad management"
under Government control.
If rich man acted in business matters as old Uncle
Sam has been acting how long would it take his relatives
to drag him into court asking Judge to have him re-
strained and guardian appontedf
When European agents to this country in the
middle of the and said they would like to borrow
five hundred Millions New York bankers said "The thing
can't be DONE there isn't any such of money avail
able" Those bankers had idea what the country really
could do little later the Government had lent ten thou
sand million dollars to Europe besides hundreds of
millions lent by private individuals
Now you learn from Mr. Lasker head of the Shipping
Board, that that interesting institution fine sample of
what can be done by patriots has cost the
the last year, and the loss is still going on.
Millions untold have been stolen from the Government;
the stealing grating profteerng have been done by
spectacle citizens"
The Washington times., 1921-07-26
HUM A NISMS
William Anterior Du Puy

Not long ago saw two thin. quaverins old men
stand side by side a platform and rsminisce
the events of eight decades in which they
had participated.
They were Chauncey Depew and Uncle Joe
Cannon both white, thin-faced, hooknosed old
fellows In whom the fire refused to be duenchsd.
Chauncey Depew philosophical upon life and
its living. and assured his hearers that the first
eiehtysix years were the hardest.
Uncle Joe. q year younger, but not % strong.
once styled 'the dancing Dervish" Of the House.
followed and flung his arms about In a way that
somewhat psthetically suggested the kyrations
that were once important element In his
oratorical stock in trade.
Then he turned to Chauncey and sang clear
but tremuously a from that old camp
meeting hymn familiar to his youth:
II you get there before i do.
Just tell them all I'm coming too.
In Washington, as the decades pass, certain
individuals gain fer themselves inexpicable posi-
tons In the public esteem. sentimental hooks In
the hearts Of the people.
In this generation there has been no woman
who has inspired more unstinted approval and
wholesome effecton than did the girl wife OF
Grover Cleveland.
During that year and a half when Mrs Wood.
row Wilson lowered about the bedside Of her
stricken husband. personally taking the place OF
a trained nurse administering with her own
hands to his slightest want. submerging herself.
denying herself every pleasure In which he could
not participate, the folks In Washington used TO
say that she another Mrs Cleveland.
When Warren q. Harding began to make his
impress on the public consciousness, when
the personal charm of the man, his geniality, his
grace, his consderateness, began to be felt. Wash
inston began to bark back into the past for an In
dividual with whom to compare him and say
that he was like Mckinley.
During eight years the Tom Marshalls occupied
a homely place by the fireside and have insrat-
ated themselves in a way that has been intimate
and personal. And now people saying that
the Coolidges are like the Marshalls
IN America to make smokeless powder, Is a bury,
shaggy whiskered Individual, and though he IL
approaching the age Of seventy, there are few
biacksmiths in the country who can match the
biceps OF his mighty arms.
w n Todd, head OF the Todd Shipyards Com
pany which repairs half the disabled ships that
come into New York harbor, used to be boiler
maker as his father ahead Of him. He says
that he earned his first money from his father,
who paid him 10 cents week to make pads for
his knees upon which he often worked to spare
a clubfoot
George n. Christian, jr., secretary of the Presi-
dent receives from the White House greenhouses
evcry morning and keeps his desk>a cluster
OF ss handsome roses the skill of the florist
can produce.
The Washington times., 1921-07-26
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Registered u. & Patent ofne~
II n u
BY *. G.. b.

Dear X. c. B.--Nearly two years ago my
health departed and came to your country
to recover it. am succeeding, though very
slowly. have spent most Of the time since
I arrived in bed, and your column has been
a daily Except Sunday source Of pleasure,
amusement and pathos.
Do you think . young, sick and lonely
Englishman, with very slender means, has
any right to ask an American girl to marry
him, and, II SO, how should he proceed to
find the girl?
We are not really so black as some great
editors delight in painting US.
The Washington times., 1921-07-26
Sales Tax q Necessitu
THERE is no escape from some
kind of tax revision aoon

THERE is no escape from some
kind Of tax revision soon.
The income and excess profits
taxes have fallen $1,000, 100000 be-
low the estimates, and they are still
falling.
The economists at Washington
have been busy cutting expenses for
next year, but they have thus far
cut only hundred millions, while
unexpected deficits in the Shipping
Board alone call for three hundred
extra millions.
Not even as, rich a Government as
the Government of the United
States can go long on deficit basis
OF $1,O00,000,000 a year.
Nobody has proposed a better
plan of tax revision than the sales
tax.
1t is fair; tits uniform; it is not
intricate in calculation or collection.
II will take the brakes off much
of the business depression and thus
help to solve unemployment.
1t will cripple nobody.
1t is to YOUR interest that this
tax Shauld ba triAd quickly,
The Washington times., 1921-07-26
Inadequate Annuities of
the Retirement LdIU
By BILL PRICE.

The retirement law is blessing to the Government
and to superannuated employees when s annuities are
sufficient to afford living to beneAciaries.
The law Ia being tried out 1T Is not yet year Old
There 10 doubt that Congress will ultimately amend 1t
to do Justice to the retired to the contributors to the
funds and to the Government which furnishes portion
Of the expense 1t will not be long before the strong or
weak points will be manifest under actual operation and
then the law will be improved by degrees.
It has been plain for months though, that the bene
fits entirely inadequate and should be increased as
quickly possible that faithful men and women, sepa
rated from their employment may have sufficient benefits
upon which to live in reasonable comfort
Senator TOWNSEND has introduced bill increas-
ing the annuties for Class A. so per cent? Class B. IS
cent; Glass c. 70 per cent; Class D. 80 per cent; Glass
80 per cent, and Class F. 100 per cent.
The highest annuity under Class F is $50 per
month The increase would be to $50, very small for
aged man or woman to support wife or husband, fire.
quently dependent grandchild or other relative.
The highest sums that may be paid monthly under
the present law Class E. $50; Glass D. $42; Class c.
$4s; Glass B. $54; Glass A. $780, The proposed increase
would give Class benefciares 500 per month"; B. $780,
and so on.
There is no charity involved in the retirement law
The Governments present contributions, which will
greatly decrease in future years, made wholly for
efficiency reasons. retirement is good thing-and
this is admittedthen it should be made worth looking
and hoping for by benefcaries As it now works, the
retirement period is approached with msgving by poorly
paid annuitant especially those in the lower grades
Former Congressman E. NJ sToCKsLAGER, we'll
known Washington attorney, objects to the of the
word PENSION" in connection with these annuities.
He points out that the word is sweet morsel for
some Of the opponents Of the retirement law
Mr. Stockslager quotes from decision Of the United
States Court that
Pensions arc the bounty Of the Government
which Congress has tho right to give withhold, dis
tribute or recall, at its discretion" and adds:
"on the contrary the general doctrine is well understood
@ S d " sanH v must
however, suspended action
further important distinction
and these annuiss Is that the
while but small part annuies are paid
out OF fund contributed by the employees
Treasury Of the United States feel that these worthy
women should
the bills for their relief considered
from irrelevant matters.
The Washington times., 1921-07-26
Pay These
Service Men,!
RE the soldiers entitled to the

- We think they are.
So do the majority Of our people.
Then why are they denied their
duet
The politicians did not have the
courage to say no to them fatty.
So they postponed" the matter.
That was weak trickery, OF
course. Your politician is always
more or less weak and always en-
tirely tricky.
The real truth is that the big bust
ness concerns, the big financial con:
Germs, the big war-profteers, didn't
want to pay the soldiers.
They were mighty willing to have
these men fight for them while they
stayed home and cheered and made
money with both hands.
But that's over now. The war is
won. The men are out of uniform.
Most of them are merely plain work
ers now. It isn't good for them to
Eave too much money. They arc
much more tractable and work
harder for less wages when they arc
broke. Patriotism and enthusiasm
are all right in their place, but bust
ness first, you know, and the war
is over.
Yes, the war is over. The Grip
pied are only useless men-quite
burden on business. The dead are
quite dead. They don't need any
thing. The sick and insane can go
to a hospital, when they can find
one that will take them in. Take i,
all in all, it was a very satisfactory
WARRIOR those who stayed at home
and attended to business. Why
should these ex-soldiers be trou-
bling contented people with their
demandsi
That's the general talk in upper
circles, isn't iti
Well, it's not good talk. It's
mean, ungrateful talk, when it
comes from men and women who
screamed for war, who abused and
denounced everybody that coun.
selled against war, who got notori-
ETY. and rank and decorations in per-
fectly safe positions, while they sent
others to terrible wounds and
deaths, who made money-the mean
souled vultures-while fathers and
mothers gave their sons, and poor
people stinted themselves to give
money to the nation-it's mighty
mean, base, cowardly, contemplate
talk from all you war-shouters and
ex-distinguished mouth-fghters.
Be men for once in your lives, if
there is any little spark of manhood
in you.
Pay the soldiers what is due them.
They earned it.
You owe it.
Pay up. Come across. Don't be
yellow and renig on your promises.
after all the Dragging and buster
ing and ranting you did about your
100 per cent patriotism" for two
or three years.
The Washington times., 1921-07-26
THE ISLAND OF YAP.

Zap, the Pacific island
constituting a key" cable
station. besides shell money
has stone coinage, consist
ing OF caloite or limestone
discs that vary from six TO
twelve feet In diameter. The
larger stones are rather
tokens than monSyb
The Washington times., 1921-07-26

Bank clerk works fifty
weeks of year counting
farmers jack. Gets two
weeks vacation for farmer
to count his. Clerk works
year after year trying to
save enough to own his
own nest In woods. Wants
to build his own home. BY
time he has enough money
saved somebody digs him
home.
II he does save enough,
he is SO old that mosquitoes
won't bite him any more
Must be tough Job cook
Ing bankrolls for somebody
else to eat. Nation must
admire man who can pass
out million dollars to Gus
toner without asking his
telephone number or want
ing to know II he plays
Put and Take
Bank clerks possess pecu-
liar position In American
society. Usually college
men. educated, courteous,
sincere. Mingle with best.
But when mamma secs Pa
tricia getting too chubby
with clerk she puts dowae-
er chill on him. He is all
right for dancing and kiss.
ing partner, but hasn't
enough darby to make Joan
an unsuccessful husband.
Span OF life IL seventy
years. Figuring on two
weeks out of each calendar,
clerk only lives three years.
When he does get loose you
can't blame him for letting
his imagination mob him.
Next toughest job IL eth.
err subway guard or Chiids,
waitress. Anybody who has
tougher Job than these ia
entitled to first prise OF
cactus salad
The Washington times., 1921-07-26
BEER BARREL CROSSES.

The crosses on barrels Of beer to signify
degrees Of quality were in the old days put on
by the monks as q trade mark. They meant
an oath sworn out on the cross by the brewer
that tia barrel contained food uQuon
The Washington times., 1921-07-26

stone wall& do not prison
make nor iron bars cage.
But Giasn partitions and
wire netu.~: DO. Anybody
who has squinted at bank
clerks incarcerated In one
man cells Of commerce can
appreciate how they feel
when they grab chance to
stretch their elbows In coun-
try.
The Washington times., 1921-07-26
The March
OF EUents
! ESPITE apparent adjustment
Of difficulties, Silesia is still =

may ABut luIO D uSIne VI WAX. 4uo
trouble is that French and British
policies are Numerically opposed.
The French want Poland to have
Silesia-to which Poland has no
reasonable claim at all-in order to
cripple Germany so that she cannot
recover industrially, and the British
want Germany to keep Silesia-
which has been German for Gen.
turies--in order that Germany can
recover industrially, pay her war
indemnities and resume her place rs
the great workshop, market-placc
and promoter and stabiliser of Flu.
rcpean industry.
The French policy is dictated by
Il mixture Of fear, revenge, and
militarism.
The British policy-as British
policy always is-by business con-
siderations and a thorough under.
standing that the rest Of the world
cannot prosper unless the industries
and peoples Of Central Europe
prosper.
If the Greek military successes
are as great as Athens reports, we
shall soon see just what the Russian
alliance with the Turks means, and
whether or not Russia. and Afghan
istan and Turkey are ready to fight
the interested European powers in
Asia Minor and India.
If Brusiloff's Soviet army ad.
vances to the aid of the Turks, then
England will be forced to declare
war at once, and the allies she
would naturally seek would be
Japan and Germany, together with
Rumania, Bulgaria, and Greece.
The whole British empire in Asia
would be the stake for England to
fight for, and Turkey in Europe,
the Crimea, Bessarabia, the Ukraine,
Far Eastern Siberia, and the old
Baltic provinces would be the prizes
to offer Japan, Germany, and the
Balkan states for their alliance.
France is friendly to the Turks,
abhors the Soviet government, dis
likes British influence in the Near
East and hates Germany-and with
such complex motives and interests
would doubtless be only an angry
and anxious neutral. And nothing
could tempt Italy into another war.
1t is three years since the Messiah,
the Tiger and the Fox settled the
peace of Europe on paper, and
Europe and Asia are more unsettled
than they have been in centuries,
with the ugly face Of war leering
behind the masks of secret diplo-
macy and intrigue at every turning
Of the sun.
Many newspapers carry on for
eign propaganda, but most Of them
do it under cover, and all vehe-
mently deny it. But every rule has
at least one exception to prove it.
The short extract which follows is
from New York newspaper which
has been described by a famous Lon
don editor as "more English than
any paper in England"
During the war Sir Hall Game ceased
to be q writer and became very much q
literary diplomatist, devoting himself for
four years to Brttish propaganda in the
United States, where he wrote hundreds
of articles, principally in the -"
1t is hard to understand the point
of view of an American editor who
thus boasts that his paper was the
principal" vehicle of paid Brit
The Washington times., 1921-07-26
INCORRIGIBLE.

Two nd 'er vaccinated and I've 'ad 'er con.
f1rmed," said the desparins cockney mother of
her little daughter. but nothink don't seem to
ehAsr or uni"
The Washington times., 1921-07-26
MIR. B. Baer
TOUGH JOBS.

Vacation question In as
prominent as stranger stag
gertng down church aisle.
The Washington times., 1921-07-26

Two weeks In country is
slightly different from Gro
yer Bergdoll's vacation.
Grover took two countries
In one week.