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Evening star., 1921-06-08

NEW YORK Ju.s S.-Linseed oil,
which could be obtained in this mar
ket in March at - cents gallon in
lots of over tve barrels. has ad
Ianced to 80 cents and IS strong at
that figure.
Evening star., 1921-06-08

conservative orders now are coming
in to the fur manufacturers. staple
Hudson seal coats in fortF-lnch
lengths are reported TO have been
brought in quantity. Among the
wraps ordered, forty-five and forty
eight inch lengths in Hudson seal:
with contrasting collars OF squirrel
or caracul, are said TO be favored
Machinery.
CHICAGO. June S.-Plants Of the
international Harvester Company are
all but closed. Every square inch OF
ava liza BILE space has been used Tor
storage of finished products. In Ra-
cine and Kenosha. open fields ar" be
ing used for storage of farm tractors
and other machinery.
Evening star., 1921-06-08
Commodity Reports
From Many Sections
Building Materials.

NEW YORK, June A.-The Manhat-
tan brick handlers have accepted a
.>age cut from 81 TO so cents d thou
sand and nave returned TO work.
Common Hudson brick is selling at
SIT wholesale base. Wood latin is
uUoted at $3.50 delivered, a cut of
81 % from previous figures.
FORT WORTH. Tex. June S.-Lum-
hc- has taken an advance in the
southwest in the last week.
Evening star., 1921-06-08
FOREIGN BONDS.

Quotations furnished by W. B Hihbs & Co.
Prices at noon:
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-24
THE PRACTICAL HOLIDAY
GIFT BECOMING POPULAR

Common sense is the keynote Of buy
sefs of holiday stocks IN the eastern
markets, according to a buyer who re-
Gently returned to Montana from an
eastern trip. The retailers have evil
IDENTIFY noted the trend Of the times and
the unwillingness of shoppers TO spend
good money on articles of no practical
use except to fill the demand for holi-
day gimeracks. Purchases by retail
ers are taking a pronounced trend to-
ward the practical gifts.
In speaking Of the matter the buyer
remarked: Novelties are not being
wholly excluded, and the counters will
carry the usual stocks in these lines,
but their volume as compared with the
practical gift will not be as large as
ordinarily display god Conditions that
have held sway recently are partially
responsible for the popularity of the
practical gift, but shoppers have been
greatly influenced by an extensive
movement in the east for a trend Of
this kind in the Christmas trade"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-24
Ben Beach Heads
County Committee
neaT-EaSt Relief

The approach of winter In the Near
East is adding greatly to the suffer
ing of the people of that rerripory, &C
cording to the information received
by Ben Beach from Alexander Prin-
gle, state field worker ~ the Near
East Relief, who has been in Belt
seeking aid for the starving en- &C
count of winter and the conditions Il
brings the work of gathering the do
nations is being speeded up az much
as possible.
An organization in Montana headed
by Chester C. Davis has been perfect
ed to gather the contributions from
this state to go towards the 5000, 600
bushels of grain pledged by the Amer
lean farmers. The plan originally
called for donations Of grain from the
farmers, but as most of them Of this
section have their crop marketed, con-
tributions of cash are being solicited.
The storage tickets for grain being
negotiable are assembled Mt a central
point and then converted into grain or
-four. Cash donations are used for
the purchase Of flour. A matter that
is assisting the relief work greatly is
the aid given by large concerns.
The Importance Of the work car be
seen from the fact that w 100 900
children are at present cared for in
orphanages supported by American
charity. 1t is estimated by those In
charge that at least 300. 900 more fe-
quire similar care. All that is hoped
for is to save the children Of the land;
the others must shift for themselves.
The task Of gathering Cascade coun-
tvs contributions to this work Is be-
ing organized by Mr.. Beach Of the
local High school. Committees have
been appointed in the various sections
and it is hoped that the work will be
finished soon. While Montana has
had it's share Of ~hsrdships, the farm
ers of this section are rich compared
with those of the Near Eat.
Cash contributions or grain orders
may be turned over TO Mr.. Beach, who
will see that they are forwarded to
the proper place. -
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-24
CHANCE FOR JOB AS RURAL
MAIL CARRIER FOR BELT

An examination viii be held in Great
Falls December 10. for applicants 10
ths position Of rural mail carrier for
Belt routes Nos. / and 2. which are
operated AT present on q schedule Of
three days q week alternately. The
salary paid for wager routes OF me
class liz 1880 per year for six days
: week ~srsvice covering "a miles.
Fol- each additional mile s30 per an
nam Ia allowed. The salary for motor
. routes are from k2,460 TO $500
per annum, according 10 length OF the
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-24
Courts Rulings



had a majority of 80 votes for the
county seat and under the rulings OF
Judge Carroll Monday evening this
was reduced to IL votes by, taking into
consideration the vote from West Car
neil precinct. IL was then reduced TO
three votes by the courts ruling TO
the effect that eight Of Stanfordfs
votes we're Illegal. The further ruling
that 81 absent voters ballots were ir-
regularly issued and that the elimina-
ton Of these votes would be apportion-
ed sssd~r the superintendent ruiz IN
wolves q loss to Stanford Of about Al
additional votes.
In his ruling regarding these 81 alb
sent ballots, Judge Carroll said that
the supreme court in its latest decI-
sion on this subject had sustained the
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-24

route. Route No. / from Belt takes IN
Lower Belt North Willow creek and
return via the Gillette hill and Little
Belt and la approximately 20 miles.
Route No. 2 Is toward Tiger Butte 70
the Sheldon school house, thence west
to the w. II. Irwin corner, returning
to Belt via Mccoy school house and
the j. w. Leland ranch. This route
is approximately 30 miles.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-24

The final motion Of counsel for de-
Tense was for a dismissal Of the CON-
plant for want of equity. because the
evidence does not support the allega-
tions of the complaint and for various
other reasons. In denying the latter
motion, Judge Carroll said he felt that
in the interest Of general equity the
motion should be denied, particularly
In view Of the rule regarding the APP
portionment Of irregular or Illegal
votes.
After a night session Tuesday even
ing, the court was adjourned over the
Thanksgiving holiday, until next Mon
day. Counsel for Stanford believe
they will be able to complete their side
Of the case in two days.
In opening the case for the defense
Tuesday morning proof that three res
idents of Cascade county just outside
the Judith Basin county line voted Tor
Hobson for county seat was presented
by counsel for Stanford In the testi-
mony of the voters themselves. The
defense also introduced a mass Of tes-
timony tending TO impugn the right OF
various electors presumed to be sup
porters Of Hobson. to vote at the cleo
ton. either on the grounds of Don-resi-
dence or faulty registration, and OF
numerous cases of voting OF absent
voters ballots by persons alleged 10
have removed from the state several
years before Numerous witnesses
we're examined during the day, their
examination being expedited by reason
- Al. o4 &Aat r.a+tnn " la AS
which otherwise would have been
raised had been decided during the
presentation aftbe plaintiffs case
PeteE0riet, a rancher Of the Kibbey
district in Cacade county, and his wife,
Mary r. Orict, were the first witnesses
called by Stanford in support Of the al
Legations of the cross-complaint. They
testified that they had lived on a ranch
in the Kibbey section for "a years and
had voted at Kibbey November 2, 1920.
Both voted for Hobson for county seat,
and both testified their ranch was on
the boundary line between Judith Bias
IN asss4 Cascade counties, just inside Of
Cascade county, and they did not know
where the line was located at the time
of the election. Mr. Oriet testified he
did not learn-he- a not in Judith
Basin county until the assessor called
on him last spring.
Arthur Anderson, who also voted Tor
Hobson. testified he lived on a ranch
in the Kibbey district for the past five
years. that his home was about five
or six hundred feet inside the Cascade
county line. He said he did not know
An.+ec~ - *ho dsxfdtnQ line at hi
time of the election. but learned OF II
two or three months later when he
Saw a map at Raynesford.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1921-11-24

apportionment method. Under this
apportionment method, the disputed
votes would be deducted from the tot
ais of the two candidates in the pre-
cincts in which they were cast, in pro-
portion to the vote they had received
in those precincts. In all of these
Stanford had polled the greatest por-
ton of the votes and consequently will
be the heaviest loser.
Counsel for Hobson claim that un-
der this rule Stanford will lose %
votes in the two Stanford precincts,
six in Arrow Creek, IL in Dry Wolf
and one in Raynesford, while Hobson
will lose but ii votes In these pre-
efu~xu
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-04

The two great agencies of the allies
the supreme council and the council
of the League of Nations--began ses-
sions last week, the former in London
and the latter in Paris. The league
council first took up the matter of
amendments to the covenant, and be-
cause the attitude of the incoming adj
ministration in America was in doubt,
the question was referred to COM
mittee which will not report before
April This gives Mr.. Harding time to
define his position on the league.
Then the mandates were brought up
for consideration, and again the
United States, though not officially
represented, made its influence felt.
Ambassador Wallace sent word that
our State department wished to pre-
sent its views, and action was halted
until the note from Washington ar
rived. This note, in substance, called
attention to the fact that the United
States has never given its consent
that the island of zap be included in
the territories subjected to the man.
date Of Japan, and declares the gov
eminent cannot regard itself as
bound by the terms Of that mandate.
1t asked the council to submit the
question to a new investigation
Secretary Colby also claimed for
the United States an equal concern
and interest with the other principal
allied and associated powers I'm the
disposition of the overseas posses
sions of Germany.
The net result, at this writing, Is
q decision to delay all mandate &C
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-04

and cross the tundra to the sea. This
discovery was widely heralded through
Alaska and the western states. Thou
sands fiocked to the neighborhood in
the summer of 1899 and the town was
born. That season the remarkable dis
coyery was made that the sand of the
beach at the edge of the town was rich
In gold, and thousands of prospectors
with crude equipment took out respect
able fortunes. The beach could not
be filed upon. but anyone was permit
ted to dig there. This unique fea-
ture of the Nome gold fields drew more
than 10000 people to the region the
following summer, and the town grew
into thriving city. Placer miners
burrowed into the sand like moles for
30 miles or more up and down the
beach.
Nome took its name from Cape
Nome nearby, which was named as
the result of misunderstanding. 1t
means nothing unless it can be con-
strued to signify 1.-The nameless." 1t
was discovered in the examination of
an early chart that when the physical
features OF northwestern Alaska were
named one cape had been overlooked.
The penciled query 'name?" was made
beside it. A copyist translated the
scrawled question as Nome" and the
name has stuck.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-04
pendent upon preservation OF certain

pendent upon preservation Of certain
Mississippi river fish.
This economic curiosity is explained
in communication to the National
Geographic society by Hugh NJ. Smith,
siS follows:
The peIpetuation of the fish sup
ply in the Mississippi and its tribu-
taries involves very important indus
try besides fishing. investigations con-
Quoted for the bureau of fisheries
years ago showed an intimate relation
between certain kinds of fishes and
the mussels, which yield valuable
pearls and support pearl-button in
dustry which gives employment to
about 10000 persons, and has prod
uct worth from S5,OOO,OOO to $4,000
900 annually.
"The young mussels, Of microscopic
size when thrown off by their parents
in myriads, need to pass the first few
weeks of their independent existence
on the gills of fish. If the fishes are
not present at the proper time, the
and this is a most interesting fea-
ture Of the cooperation of fishes and
mussels-the young Of particular kinds
Of mussels require the gillS of par
ticular kinds Of fishes as nurseries.
1.-THE black bass is host for several
sorts of mussels, the crappies for sew
eral others, the catfish for others. The
skip-jack, kind of herring, is the only
known host for the best of all mus
sells; and as this fish is not by any
means abundant, its maintenance is Of
prime Importance to the welfare of the
button industry. In 1919 more than
one and half million skip-jacks were
rescued.
1.-The peculiar requirements of the
young mussels having been carefully
determined the bureau of fisheries has
gone extensively into the business of
artificial propagation of pearly mus
sells by method which is vast inn
prOvement on nature. The spawning
mussels, held in ponds, are at the criu-
cal period provided with the special
fishes needed for the attachment Of
the young.
"The fishes obtained in the rescue
operations are turned into the ponds
at the time the mussels are spawning
and become thickly inoculated. They
are then liberated In the open water
and distribute themselves and the mus
sells throughout a wide stretch of river.
Thus two important branches of the
bureaus work go hand in hand"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-04
Electric Irritation.

Wholesale generation and distribu-
ton of electric current for the special
purpose of irrigation, as 1t is geHer-
ated and distributed elsewhere for
light and power. is an unusual and In
teresting project recently undertaken
in Queensland, Australia, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. The method en-
ployed is to sink large well on each
holding Of land and install an cleo
trically driven pump. There are In
excess of 100 OF these well pumps and
some Is miles of transmission lines ra-
date from the central station to sup
ply them.
For the wells, precast. REINFORCED
concrete cylinders. 5 to feet In diam
eter. s feet long. and weighing pa to
8 tons, are lowered from 16 to 40 feet
to the water-bearing stratum.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-04
RUSSIA: THE HEIRESS OF
FAMINES

Never, in civilized times, have so
many old-world nations felt the pinch
of hunger at once; yet suffering from
want of food is no fieW story to many
of them. Especially has Russia been
the luckless heir to periods of near
starvation.
Writing to the National Geographic
society, Ralph A. Graves tells of Rus
sian famines of the past as follows
Next to the proletariat of India
and China, the Russian peasant has
felt the pinch of poverty and hunger
more keenly and more frequently than
any other citizen on earth.
lone of the earliest famines In Rus
STA of which there is any definite rec
ord was that of 1900, which continued
for three years, with death toll Of
100000 peasants. Cats dogs and rats
were eaten; the strong overcame the
weak, and In the shambles of the pub
lie markets human flesh was sold. Null
titudes of the dead were found with
their mouths stuffed with straw.
Three Russian faInines of compare
lively recent date were among the
most severe in the history Of the cOun-
try. They occurred In 1891, 1906 and
1911. During the ten years following
the first of these periods Of dearth
the government allotted nearly $685.
100000 for relief work, but the sums
were not always judiciously expended.
f'In 1906 the government gave 40
pounds of -four month to all persons
under eighteen and over fifty-nine
years Of age. All peasants between
those ages and infants under one year
of age received no allowance, and 1t
became necessary for the younger and
older members of the family to share
their bare pittance with those for
whom no provision was made. The
suffering was intense and the mortal
ity exceedingly heavy, but the avail
able statistics are not wholly reliable.
saThe famine of 1911 extended over
one-third of the area of the empire in
Europe and affected more or less d.
rectly 100000 people, while $780,
600 were reduced to starvation. Weeds,
the bark Of trees, and bitter bread
made from acorns constituted the
chief diet for the destitute. This was
unquestionably the most widespread
and most severe famine that has be-
fallen European nation in modern
times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-04
NOME: A CITY THAT
HIBERNATES

Nome, Alaska, in recent years has
been city that dwindles In winter
to a population of but few hundred.
and spring has brought lessening re-
turn of residents. Thus this remote
mining camp, after a meteoric career
and growth into a city, gradually is
resuming the status of town.
Situated on the bleak north coast of
the icy storm-swept Bering sea, close
to the Arctic circle, Nome is frozen in
and showed in for about seven months
OF the year. Its chief industry, placer
gold mining, depends upon the use of
running water, therefore the activi.
ties must stop when the water con-
geals. Rather than spend the long
winter in the extreme cold, waiting
for the return of mild weather,
large part of the population of Nome
has always returned to the States I'm
the fall, making the Journey back to
the north In June, when navigation
opens.
The overnight creature of an IN
usual gold discovery, the town grew
up on site That probably could not
have been worse fitted for a commu-
nifty of human habitation. 1t Is open
to the full sweep of the violent storms
and the heavy waves that often beat
in from the sea. 1t has relatively
narrow beach and Immediately within
is strip of tundra, frozen solid in
winter, but sea of mud during the
open season. In this morass the town
grew up. In the early days men and
animals foundered through streets
that were knee-deep in mud. Later
the principal thoroughfares were
boarded over. Each summer fool
hardy newcomers built structures on
the beach only to have them wholly
destroyed by thu blasts of September
when, almost without warning, huge
waves swept to the edge of the tundra
and often into the town itself.
Gold was first discovered near Nome
in 1898, in one of the numerous creeks
that rise I'm the hills back of the town
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-04
MEXICO'S SKYSCRAPER
PYRAMID

A pyramid that may rival those OF
Egypt, for size, and prove to be even
older than the Nilesian piles. recently
was found at Teotihuacan, Mexico.
Long ago two other pyramids, relics
of the Toltec people of pre-Columbian
times, were discovered among the vol
canic ashes around San Juan Teoti-
huacan, meaning city of the Gods"
village about % miles northeast or
Mexico City.
Excavation of the new pyramid may
help TO lift the veil which dims our
knowledge Of these American pyramid
builders, members of bygone race.
Certain 1t Is that the pyramios OF
Teotihuacan, which already are wide
ly known. have kept their heads above
the vomiting of angry volcanoes Tor
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-04

numDerless centuries, while 1t would
appear tnat the cities nearby were
without doubt buried In those bygone
ages by volcanic eruptions. The Toll
tees were by tradition famous mound
builders, and here it seems they min
gled with their reverence for the Su-
preme Being the mythical religion of
astral worship. Their earliest temples
were devoted TO the sun. The moon
they worshiped as his wife and the
stars as his sisters. No image was
allowed within these temples, and
their offerings were perfumed flowers
and sweet-scented gums.
The projecting stones of "El SOL"
the highest pyramid, seen here and
there over the pyramid, mark the up
ward progress of those indefatigable
workers until they gained the summit
of their ambition. The pyramid was
divided into stories by placing a Sc
ries Of truncated pyramids one above
the other.
Two hundred and sixty-eight must
be climbed to reach the summit. The
pyramid is ZIG feet in height, and has
base about 761 feet square. The
summit Is so by los feet square.
Many strange idols have been dug
up. Beautiful pieces of jade and OBJ
sidian, arrow-heads, little heads of
burnt clay, earthen Jars of antique
form, and others similar to those in
use at the present time were found
One little piece of cloth that was
found Is carefully guarded in the mu-
scum. What was its use? Many
skulls, as well as some skeletons. have
also been unearthed.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-04

relations"
PreSident-elect Harding's announce
ment of his completed cabinet may
not have aroused any loud cheers of
enthusiasm, but it was received with
quiet satisfaction and confidence by
a large part of the public. Though
the list of ten names does not include
those of many men of towering emf
hence, it is felt by most Republicans.
at least, that all the members of the
new cabinet are men with ideas and
opinions and that they will be actually
the advisers of the chief executive.
The only real surprise among the APP
pointments was that of Edwin DENLY
of Michigan to be secretary of the
navy. Not that he is not well equipped
to fill the position, but he was barely
mentioned in advance. The Selec-
ton of Mr.. Hoover for the portfolio
of commerce was gratifying to the
public. and that of Mr.. Davis for sec
rotary of labor pleased most of the
organized labor forces of the country,
though he Is no longer directly con-
neeted with their activities.
Frank Lowden, having declined APP
pointment, Illinois received no place
in the cabinet. But many persons are
hoping that Mr. Harding will per-
suade Charles Dawes of Chicago to
accept the craftsmanship of the COM
mission he will name to reOrganize
the executive machinery of the gov
eminent This position. Mr.. Harding
holds, will be almost if not quite as
important as a place in the cabinet.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-04
WHERE PEARL BUTTONS
COME FROM

One frequently must follow long
trail to strange places to find the origin
of the most common conveniences OF
our home, wardrobe, or dinner table.
For example, pearl buttons are de-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-04

A notable achievement in aviation
was the carrying of man from San
Francisco to Mineola, L. l., in SO hours
and 20 minutes. Four planes. two
from each coast, started. but only one
finished. 1t was driven by seven dif4
ferent pilots.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-04
The Usual Expectation.

"That hideous old millionaire ex-
poets the artist he has engaged to
make a speaking likeness of him."
Hell set it. Money talks. BAL
timore American.