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The Bozeman courier., 1921-07-20

The Zion Illinois prosecutor must be in part
nership with some one who operates hotel In
that city, the way he advertised the dress-or
lack of it-of the ladies who ride through the
city. He said they did not wear enough clothes
to fill quill toothpick. Travel east ought to be
heavy now.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
CASH AND LOVE GONE.
Once Wealthy Man Brings Action
Against Girl Wife.
aged Husband Demands an Account
Ing tor $4,000 Turned Over to
Wife ard Relatives.

Atlantic City.-Penniless and sixty
five years old, William P. Rifle, once
a wealthy resident of Uniontown, Pa,
appeared before vice chancellor Lean
ing here in an action he has brought
against his nineteen-year-old wife and
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Mathews, formerly of New
York, but for the past year residents
of this CITY,. He sues to compel the
latter to give an accounting for $780,
600 which he turned over to them.
Rifle testified that two years ago
Mrs. Mathews showed him the pic
ture of her niece, then seventeen,
when he went to her hotel on South
Illinois avenue, in search of health.
He said that he became enamoured
of the girl and Mrs. Mathews brought
her to the hotel. They became en-
gagged after he had promised to give
her $4,000. Shortly afterward they
were married. He testified that he
gave Mr.. and Mrs. Mathews nearly
$4,000, with the understanding that
liz AhOuSy "dS " NC luYSSl6u Ill real
estate. ...@. .-s
After his money was gone, he
charged, his wife sold the furniture
he had bought for their home despite
his protest. She then gave him SIG
of the proceeds to go to his home, he
added, and even tried, he swore, to
take that away from him before he
left. ..-... ~.
: The defense sought to show that
the money had paid for $4,000 worth
of clothes for. the young wife, an
automobile, diamonds and jewelry.
Rifle admitted the money lasted only
six months. Then, he charged, the
Mathews sent him home to Union
town to raise more funds, but he had
been unsuccessful. .
He declared that he was forced to
leave his wife in March of this year.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
STOP WORK AS CAT IS BURIED
Animal Had Been at Station Ten
Years and Was on Payroll
Eight Years.

Amarillo, Tex.-All activities in the
Fort Worth & Denver City railway Of
fees and shops here stopped for three
minutes while the funeral services
were held for the Office cat. She has
been in the railways passenger sta
ton here for ten years and has been
on the payrolls Of the railroad for
eight years.
Before the war the official rat
catcher of Denver used to receive
her monthly pay check of $1.5O regu-
larly. After the war the salary Of
Puss was boosted to $3.50. The pay
was for feed. -.
At the hour of the funeral every
wheel in the shops stopped for three
minutes. The Office force gathered
about the grave in the station yard
while the burial service was read. A
marble slab will mark the grave.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
DRIVE ON SPARROWS.
100000 Of the Pests Are Killed
in Utah.
State Wide Campaign Results in Saw.
ing Of More Than 100000 for
the Farmers.

Washington.-Seven hundred thou
sand English sparroWs, each eating six
quarts of wheat a year, would mean a
feed bill of more than $131 ,OOO There
fore the killing of zoo, English spar
rows means that amount of money
saved for the farmers concerned. And
nearly 100000 sparows were killed in
a statewide campaign in which 1888
Utah farmers joined forces to get rid
OF the pests during the winter months.
County agents Helped in the cam
palgn, which used 5,243 pounds of poi
soned bait. In most cases the bait
was made of wheat, poisoned with
Strychnine in accordance with a recipe
sent out by the biological survey of the
United States department of agricul-
ture. 1t was put up in one-quarter-
pound paper bags in the county
agents office. Full instructions were
printed on the bags for the use of the
poison. Each co-operator receiving the
bait agreed to report on the results.
Usually the sparrows were enticed for
- ~" uc1yS w putting UdlI
in places not frequented by other birds
and also inaccessible to the poultry, Of
the farm. Then a few grains Of poi
soned wheat were put out each day.
The dead sparrows were gathered up
counted, and either burned or buried
every few days to prevent the sparrow
population from becoming suspicious.
The number Of sparroWs counted by
each farmer was reported to the COM
mitteemen or the county agent at the
end of the season.
AS many as 24O dead sparrows were
gathered up as the result Of a single
package of poisoned wheat. It is be-
lieved that where care was used in
placing the poisoned bait an average
of IS sparrows were killed with each
one-quarter-pound package. In each
of several counties $4,000 to 100000
sparrOws were destroyed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
FARM LAB0RERs IN A PLOT
scheming for Great Strike as Spanish
Crops Are Ready for the
Harvest.

Madrid. Discovery Of widespread
plot among the Andalusian farm la
borers to call strike as soon as
crops are ready for harvest is re-
ported.
Agitation has been simmering among
farm laborers for a year. Last sum-
mer employers were forced to pay as
high as SIS a day. Retribution came
when winter set in, the farmers say
ing:
'Yous exploited us in the summer !;
now we dismiss you
In most instances the men had spent
their money. Thousands emigrated to
North or South America.
Meantime, owners Of farms have
been forming cooperative societies for
the purchase of machinery to make
up for the loss Of laborers, Of which
there still is a scarcity.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
BRAZILIAN GIFTS FOR KING
gian Royalty by South Amer
lean Republic.

Rio de JaneirO.-Handsom presents
were given the king and queen Of the
Belgians and to Grown Prince Leopold
by the President of Brazil, in the
name Of the government before the
royal partys return to Belgium after
their visit here ... . ~
King Albert was offered a valuable
and varied collection of tourmalines.
Presents to the queen included FIVE
Brazilian brilliants of various colors
in a background Of Brazilian dia-
monds. The brilliants were violet,
rose, gold, turquoise and lettuce in
color, the last two being extremely
rare. The queen also received rare
collection Of Brazilian butterflies.
To Prince Leopold was given a col
lection Of large photographs and an
artistic and valuable poniard with
ivory and gold handle, made in
Parahyba state, as well as various
private gifts.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
- 20 Ea-4A
R0BBER OFFERS VICTIM $40
'You Need Il Worse Than !" He Says
to HoIdup on Finding Man
PenniIess.

Steubenville, O.-Daniel Cable,
pottery worker, reported to the police
here that a robber, who had held him
up while he was on his way home in
a suburb. offered to give him $40 after
the highwayman discovered that he
was penniless.
Gable said that the robber leaped
upon, overpowered him, and then went
through his pockets. Finding no
money. Cable said. the highwayman
reached into his own pocket, pulled
out roll of bills and offered to give
him $40, saying: "Here, brother. you
need it worse than l do"
Cable said he was too surprised to
accept the money.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
COURT o. KS HAIR PULLING
Wife Justified in demonstrating
49, With Rival, Massachusetts
Judge Rules.

Lynn, Mass.-A hair-pulling match
between wife and another woman
who is found with the husband is per-
fectly in order from the spouse's view
point, according to- the ruling Of AS
sociate Justice Edward B. O'Brien of
the District court here.
He was called upon to render a de-
cision at the trial of Mrs. Lillian
Miner, a divorce, charged with as
sault with revolver upon Mrs. Cath
crime Curtis, the wife Of a Boston po-
liceman. Although it was charged
that Mrs. Curtis made the first move
in the hostilities, the justice said:
II think the wife is justified in re-
monstrating, even to- the extent of
pulling hair, and if such a case came
before me for trial should rule in
favor Of the aggrieved wife,"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
NAVY NOT QUITE SOBER YET
Drunkenness Leads, as Cause for Trial
of Men Despite Prohibition,
Says Official.

Observation-Disclosures contin-
ued to be the principal cause for trial
of enlisted men Of the navy for deser-
ton or overstaying leave during the
last fiscal year, according to the an
nual report of Rear Admiral George
R. Clark, Judge advocate general, to
Secretary Daniels.
OF LIPS such cases during the year
pleas Of drunkenness were entered in
1874 cases.
The excuse, Having good time"
was given in 1852 cases. Inconsistencies
caused 80 sailors to take French"
leave, and in eight cases the plea was
entered that the work on board ship
was too hard.
More than 4i,OOO cases were tried
by court-martial during the year.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
ONTARIO BUYS UP RAILWAYS
Canadian Province to Pay $50, 734 600
for Public Utilities in and
Around Toronto.


Toronto, Ont.-A deal, subject only
to ratification by the Ontario govern
ment, was completed whereby the
province will purchase virtually all Of
the Mackenzie power interests in and
around this city for 32,S34,OOO. -
Property concerned comprises, in
addition to various suburban railways
and power plants, the Electric Devel-
opment company at Niagara Falls,
Ont, with it's transmission line to
Toronto. -.
The deal marks the close of two
years negotiations between Sir Will
liam Mackenzie and Sir Adam Beck.
It means that, with the exception Of
the Dominion Power company at Ham
1lton, all the larger hydro concerns in
the province are publicly owned.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
CAUSES HOG DISEASE
Paralysis Traced to Larvae Of
Blue Bottle Fly.
Minnesota Scientists Also Hope to
Find Origin Of infantiIe
Paralysis.

Minneapolis. Minn-Minnesota Uni
versity farm school experts issued a
statement that infantile paralysis was
traceabfe to the larvae of the green
bottle fly. This theory, which, it is
hoped, will make it possible for medi-
cal authorities not only to prevent the
spread of paralysis epidemic among
children. but also to provide a cure,
has been studied by a group of farm
school experts.
The subject has been under consid-
GRAFTON at the Minnesota experiment
station, in cooperation with certain
medical authorities. It became known,
as result Of the investigation, that
the larvae Of the bottle fly was re-
sponsible for hog paralysis and linn
berneck in poultry.
Studies are being made by r. Adam
butcher and Stanley D. Wilkins Of
the station, in cooperation with D. G.
Beaver and W. A. Billings Of the vet
Urinary division Of the university, and
A. L.. Smith Of the poultry division.
These experts were considerably en-
lightened as to the causes and method
of control Of animal paralysis by GER
tain discoveries made in an attempt to
trace the causes of limberneck in
poultry. In experiments a cockerel
was fed on the larvae of green bottle
flies. which had fed on the head Of a
hog which had died of paralysis.
The result was that limberneck i'm
mediately developed in the cockerel.
Next the process was reversed. Paral-
ysis Of the hind quarters was produced
in guinea pigs by feeding them larvae
which had fed on a chicken which
showed limberneck symptoms. Fl
The information gained from the
experiments have caused the univer-
sity officials to send out bulletins to
Minnesota farmers urging them to
protect their live stock and poultry,
and possibly human health, by burn
ing or burying deeply all carrion.
They cite this as an additional argu-
ment for farm and home sanitation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
HAS 9-EGG BREAKFAST
"A Square Meal at Last" Says
English Adventurer.
Makes Three Months Canoe Trip in
Far North Of Canada and
Alaska.

Winnipeg, Man.-Hugh Kndersley,
twenty-one years old. son of Sir Rob-
ert Kindersley, governor. Of the Hud-
SOB Bay company, has returned from
three months canoe trip through
the Far North Of Canada and Alaska.
With Capt. Tom O'Kelly, a veteran
OF the company's service, as his guide
and only companion, he set out from
Athabasca Landing in 19-foot
canoe. He Travelled by ,Athabasca
river, Athabasca lake, Slave river,
Great Slave lake and the Mackenzie
river to within 30 miles of the Arctic
ocean. visiting the old Hudson bay
fur posts on his way. At Fort Coed
Hope he crossed the Arctic circle and
was then in the region of the midnight
sun and continuous daylight. AS he
says, he "saw no stars from early in
June until August q"
Beyond Fort Mcpherson and Arctic
Red river he assembled Rat river, "a
narrow torrent of rushing glacier wa
ter that drops as much in 60 miles as
the Yukon in 2,000," crossed the
Rocky mountains and, with supplies
completely exhausted, reached Fort
Yukon August Is.
"A square meal at last" wrote the
young Englishman in his diary.
"Never before have eaten nine eggs
for breakfast, not to mention ham.
bread, jam, cake, coffee and whap-
sing" - ;&5-s pa -.
From Fort Yukon he went up the
Yukon past Dawson and White Horse,
through the old Klondike gold fields
and took steamer: at Skagway for Van
couver. The two adventures camped
out constantly and the young scion Of
the house of Kindersley became an
expert camp cook. ---g.s-...:5@ 's.-.4 -
"While fighting our way up Rat
river" he said, mosquitoes swarmed
about in dense clouds. If 1 removed
my gauntlets, my hands were instant
~ hidden with the insects. Stumbling
through the tundra, lost my mos.
quito-bar helmet and soon my face
was covered with the blood Of crushed
mosquitoes. But enjoyed every min
ute Of it." .---.s
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
ORE TOTALS $4,000, 1000 TONS
Great Lakes Shipments Show Increase
Of 100000 During Year, Say
Duluth Figures.

Duluth, Minimize total shipment
Of iron ore for the season ached APP
proximately 100000 tons, according
to figures announced here.
Iron ore shipped from the head Of
the lakes thus far amounts to A, 707,-
372 tons, with about 10000 tons re-
naming to go out from the Duluth and
Iron Range railroad docks at Two
Harbors and the Chicago & North
western railroad docks at Ashland,
Wis. -
Total shipments from all the docks
for the season show an increase of
approximately 7,7O0,O0 tons over last
year, when 40,O67, $50 tons were
shipped.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
FINDS $1,1oo ON TRASH PILE
Stolen War Savings ) stamps Were
Hidden In Old Nalise In
:. Guthrie. Okla.

Guthrie, Okla.-Six weeks ago W. f.
Davis of this city found an old valise
under a house he was moving and
threw 1t on trash pile In the yard.
It laid there until he started to haul
the trash away and on close examine
ton found $1,1O0 in War Savings
stamps under a false bottom. Inquiry
developed the fact that the valise was
once stolen from in front Of a local
hotel last spring and belonged to Da-
vid Secko, a travelling man from Enid.
The stamps were all registered in his
name.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
SEEKS TO ENTER U. S. ON RAFT
Austrian stowaway Forced, However,
to Call Help IN New
York Harbor.

New York.-After bobbing around
aimlessly in the harbor on a raft for
several hours in the dark, Waste
Ernst, an eighteen-year-old stowaway
from Austria. decided to abandon his
novel method Of eluding Ellis island
officials and called dejectedly for help.
While thawing out by a radiator, he
told tugboat captain, who found him
after much searching, he had been in
formed that the way Of stowaways en-
tering America was hard and, conse-
quently, when his ship entered the
harbor he threw the raft overheard,
jumped on it and hoped to be washed
ashore. He was taken to Ellis island
for deportation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
Anchors of Craft
Sunk in 1862 Found

New York.-There are other
: things in the sea more interest
ing than fish to veterans in the
perilous north Atlantic trade
piled by smacks exclusively in
the past and now more success
fully by steam trawlers. Capt.
Tom Miller Of the trawler Petrol
brought in from Georges bank
two rusty anchors, relics that
recalled to shellbacks Of his
crew the mighty December gale
of 1862, in which 10 smacks
were lost and 100 fishermen per-
ished.
The anchors were f1shed up
on the southeastern edge Of the
shoal, where the larger part Of
the wrecks were in the great
blow. The veterans say the an
chors bore thei handiwfrk Of
Gloucester ship blacksmfths of
the period just before the Civil
war. 49,,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
Laborer Gets $4,000.

Anaconda, Mont-From a laborer's
task at the Washoe smelter to the
possession of $4,000 was the realiza-
ton here recently of Claude Sheuma-
ker, who received a telegram from an
Eastern broker advising him that he
had realized this fortune on the sale
of oil stock. Shoemaker Immediately
drew his earnings. purchased rail-
road ticket and started East. Sheu-
maker conceived the idea Of buying oil
stock while in the army. While sev-
Ing overseas with the Twenty third d.
vision he was wounded. His original
investment was $500 Of back army pay.
He intends purchasing ranch In Ore
gon. he said.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
May Be as Handy with the Skillet.

May Be as Handy With the Skillet.
Frankfort, lKy.-Mrs. Jackson Nor
ris, wife Of Kentucky's adjutant gem
eral, is so handy with a gun that when
she wants a chicken killed she merely
steps to the back door, takes aim with
her % rifle and the chicken falls with
q bullet through its, head. She uses
gun brought from Belgium by the
adjutant general and presented to his
little son.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
Love Of Music Traps
r. r. R0bber of Poor Box

Philadelphia.-It was his love
for music which led to the ar
rest of Jacob Katz, twenty-four
years old. Katz entered Z the
Emanuel Lutheran church here
shortly after midnight and
found the poor box which he
emptied Of it's contents, So.
Then he found the new organ.
Katz had musical talent and he
ran his fingers over the keys.
Then he became so absorbed in
the instrument that he forgot
where, he was, pulled out the
diaphone and Numbered away.
The strains awakened the pas
tor. Rev. Rudolph Nieder, who.
lives next door, and he called
the police.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
Breaks Glass to Get
Kiss; Finds Girl Wax

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Katraly
came down from Coatesville,
Pa, to see the city sights. He
was passing a department store
when he saw the beautiful fig
ure of a girl in one Of the win
dows, casting an alluring smile
in his direction. He beckoned
to her to come out and Join him,
but she. did not move and kept
right on smiling. Louis decided
to- pursue her. He smashed the
window and grabbed the figure
around the waist. He was about
to kiss the wax lips with the
frozen smile when policeman
: grabbed him.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
Living with Bullet in .iieart.

Omaha, Neb.-James Freeman of
this city has bullet In his heart and
Is still alive. He told the police he
was shot by his wife. from whom he
had been separated, when he returned
home after he is said to have threat
ened her. She met him at the door and
fired pointblank. He walked to the
police station, nearly three miles
away. where medical attention was
given him. He was removed to a hos
pital and an X-ray taken which show
ed the bullet Nesting in the heart.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
Firemen Are Called to
Rescue Family Roast


Louisville, KY. A. Craw- -
ford was resting in his home,
1900 Portland avenue, while
members Of the family were
away. He fell asleep, but
awakened. Something was burn
ing. His nostrils told him that.
Instantly his feet caught the
message and carried him to the
fire alarm box on the corner.
When the firemen arrived the
house was filed with smoke.
More was coming from the
kitchen, from the oven, where
the cause Of the trouble was
found-a large pork roast. Cold
meat was served for dinner at
the Crawford home.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
10o-YEAR WINE is FOUND
Case Unearthed by Excavating in
Ruins OF Old Building
in Florida.

Port st. Joe, Fla.-A case of choice
wine, believed buried over 100 years
ago, was excavated by workmen en-
gagged in dismantling the ruins Of an
old building in Port st. Joseph, near
here, which was deserted in 1910, fol-
lowing virulent yellow fever cpl
demic.
The wine was buried in what had
been the cellar of the house.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
PASSING Of a Landmark.

Paducah. Ky.-slowly changing its
course, the Ohio river Is threatening
Fort Massac, on the Illinois side. and
the fort, second oldest In the state, will
be washed away unless an 18-foot re-
tainer wall which Is being planned can
check the undermining.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
No Chance for Judges.

Marietta. OF don't find any one
Offering me drink, : Mayor sprague
remarked while acting as q police
Judge. Eyes, but you are q Judge"
said, the, prisoner, ..and maybe it's
safer to offer me drink than to otter
you one. . !,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
Nineteen HIS FatefuI Number.

Madisonville, KY ineteen" sure
" played tragic role in the last days
Of Roscoe Ashley, buried at Grapevine.
He enlisted September 10, 1917, was
wounded September 10, 1918, died No
vember 10 of the same year and his
body arrived In the United States
November 10, 1920.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
Children Unshod in Big Shoe Town.

Brockton, Mass.-This city produces
shoes for worldwide distribution and
makes more of some kinds than any
other city, but Charles P. Brooks, at
tendance officer of the school board,
reported that many Of its children are
unshod. There are at least fifty chill
dren in the city who cannot go to
school because they lack shoes, he
said, and some Of them have not been
to school In weeks.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
Has Crossed Another River

Cincinnati, O.-William O'Ragan,
aged sixty-six, gardner. at the Ludlow
lagoon, who several years ago tried
to walk across the Ohio on wooden
shoes he had made, Is dead here.
When he tried his river-walking stunt
he succeeded in making half the jour
ney.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
What Little Brother 1aooed.

What Little Brother BaqQed.
Madisonyple, Ky-Roy Oakley, aged
fifteen, will live, though "a shot had to
be picked from his body bysa surgeon.
, He and his little brother, Tommy.
went rabbit hunting. Tommy shot Roy.
instead OF the bunny. 80
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-01
Train Bow Loees His Chance.

Train Boy Loses His Chance.
Dayton O-Diogenes can turn OF
the gas. George Miller, conductor, has
just turned over to the company Of
ficials a package containing 5000 II
currency lost by woman.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-12-09
FARM LANDS

FOR SALI-Smau farms near O.ts
wa, as follows:
5 acres. well improved. .......S 4,50t
10 acres, garden land. ......... l0,9Ot
"a acres, one-half cultivated. 1o,h3t
50 acres, one-balf tiilGbie. Eal.
timber 80. ............... 5,Gyf
40 acres, fairly well improved. 1900
20 acres, three-tourths timber,
small bldgs. ...........,... 2.be'
1i5 acres, mostly black, IN.
proved 49,. -. 1900;
And others. Terms can be o.
ranged
W. B. PUSEY.
Central Life Rlog. Ottawa. Illiaos
---~----------------------
FOR SALE-133 acres Of fairly well
improved land adjoining the village
OF Troy Grove. Anyone wishing to
purchase good farm and home, ideal.
ly located, had better come and see
me at once.
VIM. JAMESON,
Room 306 Armory Blk, ottawa, Ill.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-12-09

WANIED-Many young business
hustlers in every county in Illinois
to earn splendid sure income by help.
Ing me to increase private Florida
orange trade. Write quick and will
have northern representative call.
Geo. Andrews, Palm Beach, Fla.