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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-05
FOUND IN OUR
EXCHANGES
You Might Meet a Fool.

Someone in Colorado, with a fine
sense of humor, has put up a sign to
automobile drivers on a road that has
a good many curves. 1t reads eau
ton, You Might Meet a Fool" The
Portland Oregonian makes comment
on it as follows:
'If we but touch our daily affairs
with the wand of fancy would not they
be simplified? A few men have tried
it, and though some of them passed
into o~bscurity through the bankruptcy
court the survivors were hailed as
persons of genius. 1t thus appears
that fancy should ever be tempered
with discretion. 1t should be used with
discrimination so evident in a Colorado
road warning, where it appears to con-
s%picuous advantage as an inspiration.
At a point where the smoothly wind
ing highway invites to speed and peril
the sign offers this suggestion: eau
ton; many curves; you might be a
fool That's genius.
"Such a road sign is conductive to
reflection. It does not glance from the
consciousness of the motorist as do
the custmary admonitions of slow
down and Sound your horn. Instead it
summons caution and bids her sit tight
with the driver until those urves shall
have been negotiated. Around any n
of them, careening with haste an reck-
lessness, may dash the fool in his mo-
tor car. It may be that the. motorist
who read the sign, and took its
sci. was himself not guiltless of folly
before he saw it. At the same mo-
ment, a mile away and headed toward
him, the fool perceives a similar sign.
1t fills him at once with a lively APP
prehension of danger from fools. The
admirable result is that two sanely
conservative motorists meet midway,
at one of the dangerous curves, and
pass with cheerful hail and a
mishap.
at is too much to expect that SINH
lar psychology will ever be prevalent
in road signs. We are a sober sort
of artist when we approach official
duty, and we say to fancy and her
imagination, Forget it, this is going
to be a practical job For the reason
that highway warnings are oddly in
adequate it were we'll for every motor
ist to memorize that Colorado sign re-
tanning always its sufficient warning:
Caution, you might meet a fool"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-05
Mr.. Shelly's Defeat.

CONGRESSMAN Carl W. Riddick in
securing the appointment Of Frank :.
Reed of Culbertson and Edward NJ.
Kirton of Malta to position IN the
Glasgow land office has scored a sig
nal victory over O. H. P. Shelly, who
assumes the honor Of being Montana's
national committeeman. Both of these
Appointments were bitterly opposed
by Mr.. Shelly who went out of his way
to block the nominations.
Mr.. Reed, as editor of the gilbert
son Searchlight, contributed material
ly to the success Of both state and
national tickets in the past elections.
He stands high in his profession and
will undoubtedly fill the shoes OF his
democratic predecessor in a manner
acceptable to the people of the Glas-
gov district. Mr.. kirton is the father
of State Senator Herbert kirton and
has always been considered n of the
strong men of the republican party
in his part of the state.
1t may be that Mr.. Shelly picked
these two appointments as desirable
ones upon which to go for a show
down." If this be the case he has re-
ceived a most desirable lesson at the
hands of Mr.. Riddick. 1t is not always
that the barn yard cock can crow the
sun up in the company of thorough,
breds, and it is more than likely that
Mr.. Shelley's tail feathers are drag,
cling a bit. Meanwhile Mr.. Reed and
Mr.. Kirton are pursuing the even tenor
of their way, and as for Congress
man R~iddick-well Carl is probably
s~harpening up his spurs for another
main.-Miles City Star.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-05
Confidence.

Confidence is something almost as
difficult to define as it is to s1mmon
at will. We known in a general wa
that it proceeds from character. vet
there is more to it than this. The mar
you sit next to, who is driving the car,
may have character, yet you uncon.
sciously stiffen your knees when he
goes around corners When YOU have
confidence you are relaxed and a
double result is achieved; he does well
and you let him do we'll. And is not
this the difference between this Ad-
ministration and the last one? VIZ
were curious about Hughes, but in
quite a different manne than about
Mr.. Bryan. Our curiosity about Mr..
Bryan soon wore off. Think of the diff
ference between Bryan and Hughes!
Think of the difference between Burle-
son and Baker and Daniels and others
it is not necessary to recall, on the
side, and Mellon and Hoover and
Hughes and Hays on the other side.
And Dawes! Consider Dawes and his
ways.
On the one side were resolution,
uncertainty, wabbling, doubt. Beauti-
full takers with large, wabbly knives
and conversation about the brother
hood of man and the sacrifices you
must make for humanity aren't liked
when an operation is about to be per-
formed. You would rather have a
businesslike individual who puts on
the gloves and gets at you with a
demeanor of quiet competence.
A crew of pessimists is abroad who
persist in saying that the bottom has
dropped out of everything. Things
are bad, no doubt, but it is precisely
when things seem to be at their worst
that they mend. Confidence is return
ing slowly, but returning. We have
had some pretty hard jolts. The men
in charge of our government today
are going about their task in a thor
oughly b~usiness-like manner. They
have the good sense to acknowledge
their own limitations and the honesty
not to claim to be miracle workers.
Mr.. Harding has fastened upon him
through long years of practical exper.
fence, habits of endurance and HARD
work. He grows in repute. His sin
cereity shines through everything he
does. We know he is not a super
human. Let us not regret the fact
New York Tribune.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-05

Glasgow Chautauqua 9Th to 18th.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-05
Lord Northcliffe called on the Pres1-

Lord N~orthcliffe called on the Presl-
dent last week and spent the after
noon in talking things out. Rates Tor
baking powder ads, position for the
patent meds, the cost of print, n
the A hour week, we're chewed over
and we can all hope for the best from
now on. Northcliffe is having a lit
tie trouble in handling the king OF
England, and Warren, as president
has minor matters that encroach upon
his time, but the old boys agreed that
they had done pretty well in the PRINT
ing game, at that.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-05

Clifford A. Latin, winner of a
Croix de Guerre, who survived several
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-05
THE LAND OF BIG THINGS

Those who participated in the Du-
luth to Glacier tour, whether or not
they had been west before, must have
been impressed, if not inspired, by the
really magnificent distances in Mon
tana, and these distances are but init
nations of the greatness, the magnifi-
cence, of the Treasure state in other
respects.
The consideration of the physical
greatness of the state, irrespective
of its other vast realities and poten-
tialities, must stagger the tourists,
on first contact. The State Highway
Commission has published a little out
line map showing all New England
set down within the Montana bound
aries, and there is enough land still
unoccupied, in Irregular form, to make
a few more states. There are 147,1S2
square miles in the state. The n
hundred ten million inhabitants of the
United States could move to Montana
and have each nearly an acre of land
to live on. The present population Of
the state may allot more than than
one third of a section to each inhabl-
tant. We are not yet crowded with
people.
The tourists are most directly in
terested in roads, and are from small
er states, having better roads. The
good roads movement has hardly
started in Montana, and these people
have an ocular demonstration Of what
the people of Montana must do in
answer to the growing demands for
better, if not the best roads. Accord
ing to the maps of the Highway com
mission there are about seven thous-
and miles of roads comprised in the
state highway system, including both
primary and secondary roads. The
total roads of the state are more than
$4,000 miles, so that only a small per-
centage is included in the state sys-
ten at this time. Roughly speaking
the state system would reach more
than twice across the continent. The
primary road system comprising the
great highways like the Roosevelt, the
Yellowstone and the Parks to Parks
trails, consists of $500 miles Of road.
which it is expected to finish first.
This is federal aid road, and will be
hard surfaced and of a high class: as
near as We can ascertain from the
report of the Commission but about
100 miles of such construction was
completed in 1920, At this rate of
progress it will be seen that it will
take about 35 years to complete only
the main roads of the state,
The people of Montana have failed
to grasp the magnitude of the task be-
fore them in the matter of good roads.
That a few men, constituting the
state engineers force could accomp-
lish in less than a generation, a work
greater than the building Of the Great
Northern railroad. for instance, i out
of the question. But there never yet
has been a contingency in matters Of
engineering that the spirit of Montana
has not met, and judging from the
past of the state, it is concluded that
the new Highway Commission. with
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-05

Roy Albert of St. Louis, Mo-, said
OF have been the smallest man who
served in the American army over
seas, was killed by a train at Cas-
per, Wyo. He weighed 95 pounds.
The American Legion took charge of
the body and arranged funeral plans.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-05

N. S. Carpenter, Secretary el tie
State Sportsmen's association. en-
tributes an excellent story on game IN
Northern Montana, to the Roosevelt
Highway publication. Carp has DE-
veloped into a worthy and chira5ea1s
champion of Wild life, who is dong
the cause great good in the state,
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-05

Some wierd prison scenarios are be-
ing released in Helena. They are in
tended for use in anti-Dixon COM
munities, if such can be found.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-05

Major General Henry J. Allen, COM
handing the United States army of
occupation in Germany and a company
OF American infantry from the Rhine
have been ordered by the War Depart
ment to attend the unwilling of the
Fllrey monument at Flirey, France
this summer. The monument is a
memorial to the American Expendi-
t~ionary Forces. Two hundred and
fifty embers of the American Legion
who have been invited to tour France
as guests of the French government
will participate in the ceremonies. John
&. Emery, national commander of the
Legion will be one of the speakers.
Because he believes married men
make better citizens, Rev. John w.
lnzer, national chaplain of the Ameri-
can Legion, has announced that he
will perform without cost marriage
ceremonies for members of the Legion
attending the national convention of
the organization at Kansas City this
fall. The convention committees be-
lieves the chaplain's inducement will
result in so many marriages during
the convention that it has appointed
a special newlyweds committee to look
after the comforts of bridal parties.
An expressed desire to be buried
with her son, who lost his life over
seas, was realized by Mrs. John Jo-
hansen ST., of Davenport, Ia, who
died a few minutes before the train
bearing her sons body reached Dav-
export. Mrs. Johansen had been ill
eve since the shock caused by news
of her sons death. 1t was a strange
fate that brought about the double
funeral. The American Legion was in
charge of the funeral.
William N. Day, of Great Falls,
Montana, has been appointed by John
G. Emery, national commander of the
American Legion, to serve as nation
al auditor Of the Legion. He has as
sumed his duties at national head
quarters, Indianapolis. He was for
merly a bank examiner in Montana.
The headquarters Of the Legion now
has representatives from "a states.
Roy Albert of St. Louis, Mo-, said
OF have been the smallest mar who
served in the American army over
seas, was killed by a train at Cas-
per, Wyo. He weighed SO pounds.
The American Legion took charge of
the body and arranged funeral plans.
The Montana Department of the
American Legion is investigating the
disappearance of F. A. Woodland, of
Sidney, Montana, who has been the
object of a three-weeks search. Wood
ard d~isanneared from his room at a
Great Falls hotel, where he had stop
ped on his return from the conven-
ton at Lewistown. He had been one
of the active delegates to the conven-
ton and was considered as a candidate
for state adjutant.
Clifford A. Latin, winner of a
Crniy de Glerre. who survived SeYeral
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-05
OFFICIALS TAKE CUT

Chicago, Aug, 2.-Salary cuts total
ing $4,000 a ear have been taken
bv 10 executive officials of the United
States Grain Growers, Inc.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-05

Il is said that Henry Ford will be
a candidate for president next time.
He wiz use a self starter ia the race.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-05
COMMON SENSE WILL PREVAIL

The U. S. Bank of Portland has
This common sense view in it's business
digest just issued:
"We are now paying prosperlty's
debts. It was human nature to u up
bills during good times, and we did it.
Now we are paying our bills under
pressure. We borrowed 50-cent dol
lars. so to speak,-new we are repay
ing them with 95-cent dollars, and as
prices continue to come down, it will
be necessary to repay additional dol
lars obtained in boom times, with dol
lars which will be twice as hard tC
earn. Of course it is hard, and the
worst is not over. Though prices have
fallen greatly, there is still further
deflation to be accomplished. We are
paving the penalty for violating eco
monte laws, and all are guilty from
the Federal Government down. EX-
travagance, perhaps justifiable under
the necessity OF winning the war, was
the order of the day. For several
years, figuratively speaking, we were
borrowing ourselves rich. Now we
suffer because we must pay back.
"But our people are looking facts
in the face. The country IS not broke
it is merely bent. Common sense
and hard work-honest work-thrift
and economy will pull us out of the
hole. It is time to take off Ii coats.
go to work. take our medicine no mat
ter how bitter. suffer u losses and
benefit from our experience. There
have been times before when finan-
cial conditions seemed almost hope
less, hut always ommon sense has
prevailed, and thus il will lie AGAIN.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-05

Japan will rely upon vested rights
in the discussion Of questions IN the
Far East. No rights acquired under
the Versailles treaty are vested as
against the United States, which new
er ratified that treaty. Japan is ac-
ouesecent in Mr.. Hughes's demands
as to zap, because opening up a con-
~troversy as to zap, would also open
up the Shantung mandate, and Japan
evidently intends to hang on to Shan
tung, at the same time realizing that
the title is somewhat clouded.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-20
RAIL WAGES TO
Be CUT JULY |
u. S. Labor Boards Decision
Says Sweeping Reduction
Is Justified.
MILLION men AFFECTED
Revision Downward of unskilled Work
ers' Pay Is Decided on by Federal
Body-Extent of Cut Not
Determined.

Chicago-The United States Rail.
road Labor board announced its inten.
tion of revising downward the wages
of more than 100000 unskilled rail
workers by next July l. The amount
of the decrease was not announced,
but will be made public on June /.
At the same time the board an
nounced that it would hold hearings
on June 6, regarding proposals by the
roads to decrease the wages of other
classes of employees and also would
make it's decisions in these cases eff
fective on the same date. A similar
decision in the case of skilled work
ers would mean a cut in the pay OF
practically every railway worker in
the country on July l and would af
feet approximately 100000 men.
Decision Entirely Unexpected.
The announcement, which said that
prevailing conditions justify to some
extent, yet to be determined, read
justment downward of wages" was en-
tirely unexpected and came only a few
hours after the close of the hearings
which have been in progress since
early in April. Neither the roads moi
the representatives of the unions had
expected any announcement for sew
eral weeks.
On July 20, 1920, the board gave a
decision increasing the pay of all
classes of railway employees approx
mately 81 per cent or about 100000,
900 year. Several months ago sew,
eral roads announced that they could
no longer operate under this wage
award and announced reductions aver
aging about 20 per cent in the pay OF
unskilled employees. The workers ap
pealed to the board which decided that
the roads could not make summary re
auctions but must first hold confer
ences with their men and then, if nc
agreement could be reached, submit the
case to the board for decision.
Ninety-eight Cases Appealed.
Practically every large road in the
country then held conferences with
its unskilled employees regarding re
auctions and, when the employees re
fused to accept cuts, carried the case
to the board Ninety-eight cases in
all were thus appealed and the board
finally decided to hear them as unit
instead of separately.
The announcement that the board felt
that prevailing conditions" justified q
revision downward in wages, was the
first indication of it's attitude on the
wage uuaStiOn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-20
NO U. S. TROOPS FOR MINES
Kentucky and West Virginia Must
Exhaust Own Resources First.

hcntuCky ana west virginia WuSt
Exhaust Own Resources First.
Washington-Fede troops will not
be used in the territory along the West
overwhelmingly border where dis.
turbances in the coal mining sections
have occurred until the states con,
cerned have exhausted their own re.
sources in coping with the situation.
Decision to this effect was reached
after Secretary Weeks had held sew.
eral conferences and the subject had
been discussed at the regular cabinet
meeting. 1t was communicated by
President Harding in telegram dis.
patched by Secretary Christian to Gov.
ernor Morgan of West Virginia, who
with Governor Morrow of Kentucky
had requested Federal troops.
Secretary Weeks reiterated that the
Federal government was not disposed
to declare martial law in the disturbed
territory or to employ regulars there
except as last resort. Kentucky has
state troops, he said, and although
West Virginia had none she has with
Kentucky a number of special officers
on the scene. Moreover, he added, re.
ports to the department indicated that
the situation was much quieter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-20
DOC HUNTS COAT
FINDS LOST BOY
Collie 0utcIimbs Searchers on
Mountain Side and His
Banks Summon Help.
WENT UP 1000 FEET
Little Fellow Happy After Night in
the Woods, but Unable to Tell OF
Adventures and Hardships
He Underwent.

Winsted, Conn.-Henry Tammien,
3 years old, and the son of farmer
living in the town of Colebrook, dis
appeared from his home one night
just before sunset. He was found
next morning two miles away from
his home, standing at the edge of a
cliff 1000 feet high.
The child's recovery alive is due
Immediately to a collie, which was
out with searching party and was
DETECTED from his duty by wild goat
which crossed his path. In following
the goat half way up a mountain side
he saw the boy and his furious bark
ing was answered by the searching
party.
Was Not Afraid.
No one except the child knows
through what adventures and dangers
he passed that night, for he is too
young to give a connected account of
his exploit and has slept almost con-
tinually ever since he was found He
declares he did not sleep at all during
afraid, and would like to spend a
night in the mountains again.
ALI the men and women who could
be spared from their homes near the
Tammien farm started out in search
of little Henry that night after his
father and mother had made frantic
attempts to learn by telephone if any
one had seen the child. The search
was conducted in thorough and sys-
tematic fashion and the mountainside
was assigned to party composed of
the youngest and most active men.
Such men as had good dogs took them
along.
They spent all night in the woods
which line the mountainside, built
several fires to show the child where
they We're, and from time to time
called his name with megaphones.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-20

pipe of tobacco is a real solace. 1t is
such simple thing to hold in about
one cubic inch of space so much plea
sure and contentment.
A pipe-smoker asks but little. He
wants a good pipe, but he simply must
have the tobacco that Just suits him.
If you happen to be sort of half
worrying along without exactly the
tobacco you want, we would be glad
to have you try Edgeworth.
1t may not suit your individual
taste, but it has made hit with many
fnicky pipe-smokers. And you can
decide whether or not you like it SO
easily!
Simply send us your address to-
gether with that of the dealer ordi-
narily supplying you, and we will des-
patch to you generous samples of
Edgeworth in both forms-Plug Slice
and Ready Rubbed.
Edgeworth Plug Slice is pressed in
to cakes, then cut into thin moist
slices. A slice rubbed in the hands
makes an average pipe-load.
Edgeworth Ready Rubbed is ready
to pour straight into your pipe. It
packs nicely, and burns freely, evenly.
Edgeworth is sold in various sizes,
suited to the needs and means of all
purchasers. Both Edgeworth Ready
Rubbed and Edgeworth Plug Slice
come in small pocket-size packages, in
attractive tin humidors and glass jars,
and also in economical in-between
quantities for customers wanting more
than a small. package, but not quite
the humidor size.
For the free samples, address Larus
4 Brother Co., Al South 21st Street,
Richmond, Va.
To Retail Tobacco Merchants = IF
your jobber cannot supply you with
Edgeworth, Larus & Brother Com
pany will gladly send you prepaid by
parcel post one or two-dozen carton
Of any size. of Plug Slice or Ready
Rubbed for the same price you would
pay the jobber.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-20
The Men
Who Smoke

Why is it that the big men of the
big countries are almost always smok-
ers? Isn't it because men who work on
nerve know the need of something
that makes them let up and rest once
in a while between times?
That's what your pipe-smoker does.
He drops for moment the matter
that is worrying him. He sinks into
an easy position, lights his pipe, and
after a few absent-minded, restful
puffs his mind swings back on that
subject fresh and with bang.
This habit must have something to
do with making great thinkers and
great fighters, for most of them smoke,
and after smoke-rest, something
breaks.
Take Einstein, the man who has
upset the world of philosophers by his
theories of time and space. 1t is said
that his ideas are SO hard to under
stand that only a dozen people in the
world do understand them. We don't.
But we know that he must be great
thinker; he must have to concentrate
for long, intense hours on his problems.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-20
RETAIL FOOD COST DROPS
2.7 Per Cent Decline in April Reported
by Labor Department.

81 Per Cent Decline in April Reported
by Labor Department.
Washfngton-A decline of 2.7 pei
cent in retail food costs of the average
family for April as compared with
partment. On prices of forty-three ar
ticles from fifty-one cities thirty-one
showed drop, ten an increase and two
no change. For the year to April IL
combined drop of % per cent was
reported.
Eggs decreased Is per cent; -four
and potatoes, per cent. prunes, I
per cent; nut margarine, lard and
rice, per cent; butter, 5 per cent;
cabbage increased Fl per cent; bacon
6 per cent; pork chops, per cent.