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The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-01-21

Hills are located. No payment was
made, and in 1877 another treaty
was entered into. BY the second
treaty the agreement of 1868 was
modified 30 that the clause pertain
ing to settlement for the land was
stricken out.
The Sioux contend that the ear
lier treaty expressly provided that no
modification Of its provisions should
be held binding. In any treaty which
might be subsequently made.
It is also alleged that the treaty of
1877 in behalf of the Indians was
made by a few chiefs. not under full
authority, who acted under, fear of
punishment for their participation in
the battle in which Custer and his
command were completely wiped out.
Various other uprisings and out
breaks under the reign Of Sitting
Bull, 1t is alleged, were brought to
bear by the whites in coaxing the
chiefs to sign the latter agreement.
To prepare to present their case
before the court of claims, Indians
representing all Sioux tribes of South
Dakota and representatives of the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes Of
Wyoming met at Fort Thompson,
8. D.. recently. Selection Of, counsel
to handle the red mems claims in
volved the principal business.
Former President William Howard
Taft, Charles Evans Hughes, and
Joseph E. Davies were recommended
as attorneys to represent the Indians
in the contest, which is said to be one
Of the biggest ever brought before
the national department of Indian at
fairs.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-01-21

+, has closed good year and sees
bright prospects for 1921. The crop
conditions the past year have been
the best in the last four years and
despite lower prices for farm pro-
ducts, the income from farms will be
greater than for some years. On ac-
count of the dry years from 1917 to
1919 the cattle industry has suffered
and herds have been depleted but
they are again being increased. The
dairying industry, particularly, ap-
pears to be making good progress.
There are three good creameries in
the territory and all are doing good
business. There are NO immediate
prospects of reductions In the prices
Of milk and butter fat and the indus
try is yielding . satisfactory return.
'The merchants have had q good
year and while they are putting on
sales and making price concessions,
they report . satisfactory volume of
business. There have been NO fail
ures of consequence In mercantile
lines in the last year.
There was considerable building
and the new year bids fair to out
strip 1920 in building work, parti-
cularly residences.
There are some idle men but ap-
parently not more than normal for
this season of the year. There are
no labor troubles.
THE business men feel that the
new year holds excellent prospects Of
prosperity. There 10 . growing feel
ing among them that profits can not
be as high ~ during the war and the
year following. and among the labor
ing men that IN adjustment Of wages
to correspond with descending prices
must be made
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-01-21

They look for prosperous year
in 1921. Millions will be spent in
construction work in the capital city
The $4,000 Shrine mosque will be
completed next year, and also the
$4,000 federal reserve bank. Hell
ena will spend $225,0OO ON two new
school buildings, 100000 for nav
ing and 100000 to improve its wa
ter system.
"a half million dollar irrigation
project will be put through In the
Helena valley, adding so miles OF
bitches to the irrigated areas of
Lewis and Clark county. This prof.
ect will irrigate $1,000 acres between
the city limits in the vicinity Of the
Northern Pacific depot and the Spo-
kane bench. All the preliminary
work and engineering have been
completed. Work will be started on
all these projects early In the year.
The price of metals IL such that
the mining outlook is not 10 favor
able as we would like. Most Of the
gold and silver mines will not oper-
ate unless better prices are in sight
for metals, but better prices are not
at all improbable.
Wholesale business houses in
Helena report very promising fu-
ture. While collections have been
slow and recent buying has been eau
tious. an increase of confidence is
anticipated early in the new year
In Western Montana
The reporter for Missoula declares
the residents of that vicinity are
prosperous and expecting excellent
business during the new year. His
report in part follows:
''Missoula and adjacent territory
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-01-21

to fine of from $25 to $500 and i'm
prisonment from 10 days to six
months, or both.
Publishers of newspapers, books
and periodicals are not held liable
under the bill II they publish adver-
tisements in good faith, ON the
ground that they have not time to
edit every line of advertising receiv-
ed.
w. r. FELTON, of Chouteau county
gave notice of bill to permit COM
mon carriers in Montana to carry
secretaries of commercial clubs OF
chambers of commerce free or on
half fare.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-01-21
JOHN +. DAVIES
NOTED LIBRARIAN
MAN WHO OPENED BUTTE PUB.
Lie LIBRARY no LOCATE
IN SPOKANE
Made Splendid Record During His
Service in Butte; Exported Libra
ries for State University. State Col
legc and Kohrs Library at Deer
Lodge.

When the late Charles X. Larabie
in gratitude for the wealth that had
come to him through the develop
ment of Montana. made 1t possible
for Butte to have a public library,
he picked on John F. Davies. a
young man connected with the St
Louis public library. to purchase the
books and take charge of the open
ing. That was nearly 20 years ago
He served Butte for seven years. A
few days ago Mr.. Davis left Butte,
which has been his headquarters
since 1892 to 60 to Spokane where
he has a responsible position with the
United Creditors association.
Selecting the first $4,000 books
for the Butte library. supervising the
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-01-21
ECHO OF CUSTER
FIGHT IN CLAIM
SIOUX CLAIM THEY WE'RE DE.
FRAUDED OF LANDS WORTH
SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS
Treaty Of 1858 Gave Promise Of Pay.
ment for Rich Lands i'm the Black
Hills, They Allege; Declare Treaty
Of 1877, Containing Modification,
Illegal.

"reminiscences of the Custer fight
In the Little Big Horn in 1875 are
revived by the recent action of South
Dakota's Sioux Indian tribes in pres
enting their demands on Black Hills
land before the United States court
of claims.
Seven million dollars worth of the
richest land In the western part OF
the state is involved in the claim.
The treaty of 1858 provided for
payment to the Indians for a section
of the country in which the Black
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-01-21
STATES WEALTH
NOW$l,668,o24,lo6
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
GIVES PROPERTY VALUATION
OF COMMONWEALTH
Some Declines from 1919, With the
Heaviest Drop In Livestock, Where
Falling OFF Is Given at @51 ,OOO..
900; Real Estate Other Than Farm
Lands Off.

The total property valuation OF
Montana for 1920 is $1,66S,O24,1O6
compared with $1,7O1,39O,523 in
1919 according to figures just com.
piled by the state board of eQualiza-
ton. The heaviest decline occurred
in the valuation of livestock and to.
tailed 100000. There was a
slight decline from 1919 in the value
of real estate other than farm lands
In 1920 there were 44.75l, rs
acres Of farm and grazing lands re-
turned for assessment compared with
41,903.S2S acres in 1919. The aver
age valuation in 1920 was $14.72 an
acre compared with $15.48 an acre in
1919. The value of farm and graz
ing lands in 1920 was $658.625,742
and in 1919 $649.OOS.527. Improve
ments on these lands in 1920 were
valued at $89.924.462 compared with
$71,422,S59 in 1919.
All other real estate. valued at
s292,229,O0O in 1920 was valued at
$301.525,858 in 1919. Livestock,
valued at $1OS,841,8O2 in 1920, was
valued at $160.026.565 in 1919 All
other personal property was worth
$2S4,103,O21 in 1920 and in 1919,
$2S3,572,S92. Assessments of inter-
counties properties totaled $234,-
1852 in 1920 and in 1919 $685.
S33,822. The total railroad assess
ment in 1920 was $224,137.S12. and
that of public utilities s11,696,OlO.
Gallatin Land Best
Gallatin cOunty's farm and grazing
lands are valued at more per acre
than like lands in any other county.
The average for the county is $27.93.
Custer county ranks the lowest with
an average valuation of $7.0S an
acre. Pondera ranks next to Gala
tin with an average value of $27.35
an acre. Cascade is in third place
with an average valuation of 1886
an acre. Garfield county is second
lowest in the list with an average
valuation of $S.O5 an acre, and
Prairie county is third lowest with
an average valuation of $8.43 al
acre. The average value of an acre
In Lewis and Clark county is $12.10
Fergus Leads in Livestock
Fergus county easily leads all thu
counties in its livestock wealth, It,
total valuation being $6,351,291
Beaverhead is second with livestock
valued at $4.942,872, Blaine is thirt
with livestock valued at $4,429,84(
and Big Horn fourth with stool
worth $4,O5O,6O0. Lewis and Clarl
has stock worth $2,630,665.
| Cascade county has the larges
railroad assessment. aggregating 50,
698,897, Missoula second with rail
road valuation of $9,6O8,749 an,
Gallatin third with a valuation o
$9,164,595.
Cascade, Silver Bow and Levi
and Clark are the only countie
whose valuation of utilities exceed
q million dollars. Cascades utilit,
wealth is assessed at $1,447,935, Sill
yer Bows at $1,122.115 and that o
Lewis and Clark at $1,OS8.597. Sill
YER Bow has personal property wortl
$64. 576,931. Cascades assessment
on this item is $28,l1S.l7S, and tina
of Lewis and Clark $16,339,39S, witt
Yellowstone in fourth place with
valuation of $l6,16G.042.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-01-21

member of the Rotary club. chamber
of commerce, Y. NJ. c. A., Liberal
Culture club and is the only honorary
member of the fine arts department
of the woman's club
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-01-21

An extremely light automobile de-
signed in France is driven by an air
propeller directly connected to a mo-
tor cycle engine.
Evening star., 1921-12-02
GROCERS OPPOSE CHANGE
OF PACKER CASE DECREE
Wholesalers Tell Commission That
Modification Means Attempt
to Throttle Competition.

o. Wholesale grocers Joined yesterday in
opposing modification of the consent
decree which prevents meat packers
from marketing side-line food prod
uctS.
Appearing at the hearing before the
special government commission con-
sidering the advisability of removing
some of the decree's restrictions. the
grocers' representatives declared the
big five" packers, if permitted again
to distribute canned food other than
meat, would strive to throttle COM
petition and to monopolize the mar
ket
L. B. Hawks. president of the 1lli-
nois State Wholesale GrocerS Assoc
ciation said wholesale grocers had
built up an economical system OF d1s-
tribution. If forced to compete win
meat packers who, he declared, Wouio
not be satisfied with fair" mtehods.
the grocers would face elimination
he added.
Edward w. Hoffman of Milwaukee
characterized as ridiculous the charge
made previously at the hearing oy
Vernon Campbell. general manager
of the California Cooperative can
ners' Association, that wholesale gro
GERS, fearing competition from the
hackers, were coercing those VINO
favored modification of the decree.
A statement by Walter J. Tancili.
representing the st. Louis wholesale
Grocers' Association. which was read
contended modification of the decree
would lodge within the power OF nFe
companies control of the nation
food supply"
Evening star., 1921-12-02
VOLUNTEERS ISSUE PLEA,
Appeal Made in Behalf of Children
of Men in Prison. I.

An appeal by the Volunteer Prison
League of the Volunteers of America.
Inc. in behalf of the families OF men
in prison. has just been issued by its
founder Mrs. Ballington Booth. After
recalling the Christmas cheer fur
nished to prisoners. she says:
MANY people, however. have never
realized that the darkest shadow
falls upon the home that they left
behind them. Little children will suf-
fer cold and hunger will be poorly
fed and in many instances have no
Christmas joys or toys because the
father is in prison. For years l have
tried to help them. for through their
fathers in prison ] have come into
touch with thousands of these fami-
lies throughout the country.
"In the name of the Christ Child l
ask your help for them. >Will you
help me get shoes for the little cold
feet. warm clothing that they may go
to school prot from the inclement
weather? And will you help me get
dolls and toys for these little ones
who should have the right to happi-
ness at the glad season?
"Any contribution of money. cloth
ing or toys will be most welcome.
Please address the same to Mrs. Bal
lington Booth. the Volunteers of
America. "a West 2Sth street. New
York The Volunteers of America is a
regularly incorporated organization.
and receipts will be sent for all dona-
tions."
Evening star., 1921-12-02
The Peddler

The peddler greets me at my
door, and he has things to sell,
some dope to stain a kitchen
floor, a patent dinner bell; but
| can buy them at the store
from ]. Augustus Smell. The
peddler has no interests here,
he doesn't pay the freight; he
doesn't chip in every year to
keep the tax list straight; and
so I say, "Please disappear"
and shoe him from my gate. 1t
may be he sells better junk than
Smell does at the store; but if |
spend with him a plunk I'll
never see him more, and if l
find his goods are punk twill
be no use to roar. But if at
J. Augustus SMELLS l buy a quilt
ing frame, and find it isn't wear
ing bells, its Workmanship to
blame, l seek that merchant
where he dwells. and climb upon
his frame. And he'll produce an
ether frame, or else refund the
cash; he can't afford to win a
fame for selling worthless
trash; it's up to him to play the
game or see his business smash.
And ]. Augustus nobly stacks
when boosting schemes abound,
and ]. Augustus pays his tax
without a doleful sound, and
joins the boys who sprain their
backs to make the wheels go
round. The peddlers to our vii
lage trek and then they disap-
pear, and little, little do they reck
what problems we may fear; but
]. Augustus is on deck all
through the fateful year.
WALT MASON.
Copyright by George Matthew Adams)
Evening star., 1921-12-02
WILL DISTRIBUTE WORK.

Postmaster General Hays has am
nounced that a plan for decentral-
ization of detail work of the Post Of
flee Department. with the object of
removing the load off Washington
headquarters and distributing it to a
number of large post offices through
out the country, was under way. Here
after, he said, the state will be the
unit in the transaction of number
of the departments activities. includ-
ed in which are the payment of
claims. clearing of money orders, dis
tribution of supplies. inspection. in
struction and training and the max
ing of refunds. This new policy. ac-
cording to Mr.. Hays. will eliminate
the handling of 100000 detail money
order reports in Washington annual
ly and will relieve a large number of
clerks for other work.
1t was also announced that cleo
trical tabulating and asserting ma
chimes for money orders have been
esta ablished in post offices in New
York. Chicago, Boston, ST. Louis
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh. Minneapolis
and Kansas City, with the intention
of installing similar devices in half a
dozen other cities.
Evening star., 1921-12-02

For Colds. Grip or Influenza
and Preventive. take Laxative BROMO
QUININE Tablets. The genuine bears the sig
nature of T.. W. Grove. TIE YOU get
BR0MO.) 3Oc.-Advertisement.
Evening star., 1921-12-02

Catch Cold Easilyf
Father Johns Medicine will help
| you to get rid of them quickly. No
! drugs-Advertiseme
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-10-21
Proceedings City Council.
Meet and Fix Tax Levv.1

SLarkville Miss Oct 18th 1921,
Pursuant to adjournment.
Hon Msvor aud Board of Alder
man of the city of Starkville met in
the Mayors Hall this the 18th day
of Oct. 1921 at 7.30 o'clock 2. NJ.
all members present, the Board
taking up the matter of fixing the
tax levy of the city for the year 1921
and after some discussion is was
moved and Second that the levy be
fixed as follows:
Generald fund 7 mills
School fund 8 mills
Interest 4 Bond fund 8 mills
Gen Improvement fund mills
Total 26 mills
a tiual yea and nav vote was
taken which resulted as follows;
A b Harrington yea
L B Camp yea
J d Mallory yea
II Cunningham yea
Board adjourned until next re"
gular meeting night unless other
wise called n Gunn Clark
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-10-21
A Joyful Find

A we'll known citizen of Stark,
vile found five gallons of corn
whiskey, made in Mississippi.
He is afraid to keep it in his pos
session as that Is against the law .
but says he will return it to the
owner or the Sheriff or any one
else that will call for it and prove
o legal right to receive it. The
whiskey was securely hidden near
one Of the highways leading out of
Stsrkville.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-10-21

Mrs I'll Z Belk, of Stsrkville is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Annie
Gunter, at the Commercial Hotel
and of her daughter Mrs. Earnest
Locke. on College street. .-Colum-
bus Dispatch
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-10-21
The BIuebird Theatre Sold.

This popular Motion picture and
Vaudeville playhouse, owned by
VIM. Clardy and VIM. Ward has
been sold to Messrs, RAYMOND and
Arthur Goodman, proprietors of
the Rex Picture Show, The trans
fer of the Bluebiid took place Tues
day of this week,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-10-21
NOTICE

including
Vines Berry Plants orns
Vines Hedge Plants Etc
sell will guaranteed cean healthy STOCK
locality
kinds will produce hne
beN locality and soil,
the we
LOCALITY
ambitious representative In every
6HAHAH BROS. NuserYmn Winchester Tenn, J.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-10-21

Miss Fay Hartness, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. j ID Hartness who is
in Memphis undergoing medical
treatment has just passed a sucess- :
ful operation aud is doing nicely,
which will be gratifying news to
her many friends here.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-10-21

Mr.. T j Gladney returned Wed,
nesday from Meridian where he
accompanied his daughter Miss
Hortense Gladnev who went to
have her tonsels removed. She will
return at q later date.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-10-21

Mrs. w ID Saunders, of Stark.
vile. accompanied by Miss Louise
Saunders and party of relatives
and friends, motored over for the
Centennial exercises today and to
morrow. columbus Dispatch
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-10-21

In addition to being oyerrnn with
lmoonshiaers,a and !, bootleggers,
murders and holdups. the country
j., beginning to espetioencs earth
quake shocks. ~, 4, . ,,,,,s,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-10-21
For Sale.

Ny residence and lot on corner
of jackson ::and Gillespie streets.
All copyeniences. Good proposition
as rental property or desirable
home. ~
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-10-21

:. Comfort and economy make happy
homes. Yos get both BY using CeIs's
Hsi BIs,t Hsslsn.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-10-21

"iSo knihuio oko epout Notut-
day in Columbus.
Mrs. M. A. Saunders motored I,
to Columbus Friday.
Miss Fannie Page and Mrs.
Smith shopped in Columbus Satur-
day. so .,.. lee.
Miss Catherine Chapman, of Ma. |
hew, spent the week end with Miss
Edwina Wallace. . s.
Messrs Loving and Loving,
Attorneys of Columbus. were here
attending Court Tuesday.
Quite pumber of StarkviIle
people are attending the Centen-
nial at Columbus this week.
Miss Mary Ward. Mr., and Mrs.
Joe Rice aud Mrs. j. e. Welborn
motored to Columbus Friday, ,-}
Mrs. q. Z. Lemmond left Saturs
day for Kansas City, Missouri,
where she will visit relatives.
Miss Sadie Holiday returned
from Meridian Saturday after
spending several days visiting.
| Messrs. Billie Hamer and John
Davis left Sunday for Memphis
where they will accept positions.
| Mrs. q B Collier. of Florence,
Ala. was the week lend guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. George D.. Hsrtness :.
Hon. Lem Seswright, of the
Alderman bar, was here Monday
looking after business in Circuit
Court.
Miss Ruth Hartness was the
charming hostess on Monday after
noon when she entertained the
Pastors Aid. ...
| Mrs. w. g. Stiles, and Mrs. A.
s. Brumby are spending few dave
in Birmingham visiting relatives
and attending the semi-centenisl.
l Mrs. r. s. Wilson and little
daughter, Elizabeth. left Saturday
for Columbus where they will vis-
it relatives and attend the Centenial
Mrs. Kitty Bush was called to
Macon Sunday on account of the
fitness OF her father in>law, Mr..
Thos. Bush. She was accompani-
ed ny her son. Tom Bush and her
daughter, Miss Marv Bush
4
The Mason Variety Store has
something new in these columns
every. week. This week thew are
featuring Varnish stains, next
| week it will be something else. The
rsader always looks to see What
| Mason 8 is advertising" before he
lays the paper aside. In fact Nasons
store ad is getting to be a feature
iaa this paper
| K SG%..
II Mr.. w L Baker. OF Warren, ark,
is here this week visiting his nep.
hew Dr.. j W Crumpton. Mr.. Bak.
or is a former citizen Of Winston
County and has many old friends
in .Starkville who were glad to meet
him., He is one of the few survlv'
ing veterans of the civil war ant
fought under the late Col. II. L
Muldow, belonging TO bis regimen
| during the greater part of the wal
II Mrs. Curling, Of the Campus wa
he charming hostess on Tuesday
afternoon when she so'royaliy en-
tertaioned at a miscellaneous show
] er IN honor of Miss Mildred Val
entine whose marriage to Mr.
/ Bridges, of RAYMOND, Miss, will
4 take place at az early date. Th'
III a q Al
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-14
A GEORGE MELFORD Production

-
ciated with madness and evil. To pull
mandrake nut of the ground was at
one time held to be certain death, and
to all who heard its shrieks as II was
torn from the earth came madness
The root of this plant Is in shape
something like human form, and
makes a strange kind of screeching
sound when pulled ont of the ground.
In italy the society ladies paid high
prices for mandrake roots, because
the possession of such was thought TO
insure offspring to chIldless women.
This superstition probably arose from
the references to the mandrake In
Genesis 30:14: And Reuben went
In the day of wheat harvest, and found
mandrakes in the field. and brought
them unto his mother. Leah. chen
Rachel said TO Leah, Give me, pray
thee, of thy sons mandrakes.'