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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-08
Stories of BY Elmo
Great Scouts w Sssa
q. Western Newspaper Union.
BELLY DCDD, THE MAN WHO
SCALPS HIMSELF"

Some historians have asserted that
Belly Dodd IA "a myth, but some of
the old scouts who knew him we'll
do not agree with them. ASK some
of the lnjuns who raided along the
old Santa Fe trail about The Man
Who Scalps HIMSELF" they said, with
Il laugh. Like California Joe, Dodd
was a practical joker, and one of his
jokes once defeated a band of Indians
and saved a wagon train from the
horrors of a massacre.
Dodd was guiding a caravan of
traders to Santa Fe. At night they
parked their wagons in a circle with
the mules corralled inside to prevent
their being %stampeded if Indians at
tackled. Outside the circle guards
were posted to give warning at the
first appearance of a savage.
Just before daylight one morning
the traders were awakened by a shot,
and rushed out to find a guard lying
wounded on the ground. In the next
instant a band of Pewnees charged
down on the train. A fierce battle fol-
lowed. The Indians who attacked
the train We're REINFORCED by a larger
band and in a short time it became
evident that the train, whose defend
ers We're hopelessly outnumbered, was
doomed. Suddenly Dodd, whose rifle
had knocked down more than one
painted warrior, threw aside his weap-
an and 1nShn1 nIfctln thn afrn1a IF
wagons.
Howling iendishly, he rushed into
the midst of the charging Pawnees.
Before the Indians could recover from
their surprise at his bold act, Dodd
whipped out his long knife, ran it
around the edge of his hair, and with
"A wild yell, tore off his shock of black
hair and waved it about his head.
1t vas too much for the Pawnees.
With a howl of terror, they broke and
ran. DOdd was a swift runner-he
could hold his own In running beside
a g%alloping buffalo, 1t is said-and he
pursued the frightened redskins,
shrieking and waving his "scalp" un-
til they left him far behind. A wig
had saved a wagon train
After that time any wagon train
which Belly Dodd guided over the
Santa Fe trail was safe If the Indians
saw Dodd in the lead. They had no
Use for II man who could scalp him.
self and still live.
What BECAME of Belly Dodd and
where he died is as much a mystery
as his birth and early life. He played
his little role as a comedian in the
drama Of the West, and then, like many
greater actors, he passed on and was
soon forgotten.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-08
"VAMPS" WHO
MADE HISTORY
Bv JAMES C. YOUNG.
THE MOST FAMOUS WOMAN IN
TINE WORLD.

Err hair was red and she had Il
n snub nose. If it had been Il frac-
ton longer or a little less snubbed the
history of the world might have been
changed. as a French philosopher re-
marked.
Cleopatra was born in b. {. CD and
with her brother Ptolemy became joint
heir to the throne of Egypt. The two
disagreed and Cleopatra fed from Al
exandria. About this time Julius
Caesar, fresh from his great victory
over Pompey, arrived in the Egyptian
capital. With true Roman courtesy
he seized the principal buildings and
bid its warning factions behave. Cleo
patra heard and took heed. On a GER
tain day Caesar held audience, and
each new applicant added some gift
TO the pile growing at his feet. Then
came a giant Nubian slave, bearing a
roll of carpet on his back. He UNI
rolled 1t before Caesar, and Cleopatra
stood before him in unrobed lowell
ness. She was sixteen, Caesar almost
sixty.
The next day he banished her en-
emies. but instead of placing Cleopatra
firmly upon the throne, he carried her
off to Rome. and maintained her there
until he was assassinated by Brutus.
Cleopatra returned to Alexandra and
found her throne more secure than
Defore. But she made the mistake of
IL. ,,;tJ, tln xx.rnnn Rpplan ma -
ty. Mark Antony was sent to demand
her penitence. He came as ruler of
all the East, or M half the known
world. which he had divided with Dc
tayius Caesar.
Cleopatra went forth to meet him
in her famous galley. Antony saw
her. forgot his mission, forgot every
thing. And for ten delirious years he
dallied in soft luxury. 1t was a long
time. and one which must end. Octavi-
us came aboard his fleet to claim that
other half of the world which Antony
had wasted. They mel in battle of
Actium. Antony's fleet was on the
point of victory when he saw Cleo
patra's galley speed away, for a rea.
son never learned. He thought her
wounded or in other peril and gave
pursuit. Antony's ships wavered, broke
line, were overwhelmed.
Cleopatra saw the inevitable about
to happen and sent a secret message
to Octavius. attempting by tiattery and
seduction to save herself. Caesar had
been a b%lack-eyed man, and Antony's
eyes were a warm brown. But those
of Octavius were gray and cold. He
merely smiled. Cleopatra knew her
self lost and retired to a mausoleum
she had built. Antony heard that She
was dead and threw himself upon his
sword. He was carried dying TO her
arms. She soothed his last moments.
then put an asp to her bosom, which
sank its fangs into her soft breast
even as the letters of Octavius thun'
dered at the gate.
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TREES THAT INSPIRED
MORRIS ARE CUT DOWN

'Woodman, spare that tree
Touch not 4 single bough;
In youth it sheltered me,
And I'll protect ii now"
1t wis in the shelter of two
great sycamores in the rear of
the old Woodward mansion at
iG2 West Twenty-second street.
New York, 10 years ago, thai
George Pope Morris wrote this
poem, SO familiar to every school
child. Now not II single bough
of the old trees has been left
untouched. They have been
cut, limb from limb, by woodmen
to prevent their falling.
To the click of the movie
amer the branches We're cut.
the boughs sawed and the trunk
of the trees chopped. Only Il
pile of wood remains of the
trees. which countless school
boys have pleaded for in elocu-
tiunary efforts.
They shaded the mansion of
Old Chelsea. in which Il British
general hid and from which he
later escaped during Washing
tons occupation of New York.
The place is now Il girls board
ing house.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-08
WONDERS
OF AMERICA
THE HOOKER OAK
BY T. T. MAXEY
@, Western Newspaper Union.

TN BEAUTIFUL 2,300-acre Bidwell
L park which, by the way, is n Of the
largest natural-wooded parks in the
country, in the little city of Chico,
California-some $50 miles northeast
of San Francisco, there is "a giant
white-oak tree which is believed to
be the largest of It's kind in the world.
This ponderous monarch of the for
est was named after Sir Joseph
Hooker, the noted English naturalist,
who, in 1877, after a close examination
and considerable study, pronounced 1t
to be larger than any of the wondrous
oaks for which England was famed.
This great tree is more than 100
feet high and its circumference eight
feet above the ground is % 4-10th
feet. Its longest branch extends away
from the trunk for 105 feet. From
north to south It's branches spread
an even 200 feet. The greatest cir
conference of its outside branches
reaches the astonishing figure of al
most 400 feet.
Students of freedom from near and
far have come and tried every means
known to science to coax this mas
sive oak TO whisper the secret of Its
tremendous size and unusual age. but
1t merely waves its branches In the
gentle breeze and seems to laugh at
them. SO, the best they can do Is to
estimate its age. The consensus of
opinion is hat it has been on earth
well nigh 1000 years.
General William Tecumseh ,Sher-
man. of Civil war fame, ave it as
his opinion that an army of 1000
men could stand within its shade at
hiyI mann
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-08
TWINS BORN IN TWO PLACES
They Arrived Hour Apart and Mother
Was Moved to Hospital in
San Diego, Cal.

San Diego, Cal.-One twin, Kathryn
Alice Collins, was registered at the
health office in Coronado the other
day, while her brother, Kenneth Allen
Collins. born in San Diego, across the
bay from the Collins home, was regis
tered in the San Diego health office.
They were born about an hour apart.
After the little girl came into the
world complications arose in the case
OF the mother, Mrs. james |. Collins,
and she was put into an ambulance
and hurried to a hospital in this city.
where the boy vas born.
Both children are alive and Hour
ishing. so is the mother. '"rhe case
breaks all the records of which | have
heard said DR.. Raffaelo Lorini.
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Barber. Heir. Keeps at Work.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.-Lee Cabot, TWEEN
ty years old, who works long hours In
the barber shop Of f. L. Reap at Pitts
ton, stopped long enough n day
recently TO read a letter from lawyers
in Italy. When he had finished he
said, Next! !" and went on with his
work. The letter Informed him that
his father had left on estate of 500
600 lire. worth 100000 in American
money.
"TU be glad to get he money" no
said, but / am not going to give Up
nv job in the barber shop 1t VIII
cone TO me all right
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The New Labor.

Employer Ito clerk who has mislaid
papers, but what the devil can you
have done with them?"
Employee (briskly): We'll, sir, that
is exactly what | have been saying to
myself: What the devil can | have
done with them?'"- Town Topics
HondOn).
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The Story of
Our States
By JONATHAN BRACE
XLII.-IDAHO
~ THE year
- - Z ! e. ! ! !" !: 4: !: !: !: !: !. !:
NISEKs ff9yA1N our flag in
NkWN I-8BSU crease from
WaNsAwMsESX thirty-eight to
W forty-two, for
~ four states
were added to the Union in that
year. In 1890 two more states
were admitted, the first of which
was Idaho, so that during these
two years the manufacturer
must have been kept busy turn
ing out new flags with the prop
err number of stars.
Idaho is very mountainous and
the name is derived from the
Shoshone Indian word meaning
gem of mountains"
The first white explorers were
undoubtedly Lewis and Clark on
their memorable trip in 1804-5.
Idaho was a part of Oregon
territory, which was, jointly &C.
cupied by British and Americans
until the Treaty of 1916 definite
ly turned over to the United
States the country south of the
10th parallel. In 1863 Idaho
was organized as a territory,
with an area three times the size
of the present state, as ii in
cluded Montana and part of
Wyoming. The next year Mon
tana was set off for a territory
by itself. and in 1868 Wyoming
was organized so that in 1890
when Idaho was admitted as
the forty-third state of the I'm
ion, its area was reduced to 49,
SSS square miles. Even so it
ranks as the eleventh state in
size.
The rapid settlement of Idaho
was due to the discovery of gold,
the same cause which SO rapidly
built up the adjacent states. 1t
was in 1882 that gold was found
at Occur d'Alene in the northern
part of the state, and miners i'm
mediately flocked to the state
in great numbers.
There was serious labor trou-
BILE in the Occur d'Alene sec
ton in 1892 and again in 1899,
when martial law was estab-
lished until peace between the
miners and mine owners was
effected.
Idaho is fifth from the end in
the list of states according to
population, and accordingly has
but four presidential electors.
But the state is developing rap
idly.
"a by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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Superior Stuff.

This is elegant whisky, Colonel.
May | ask where you got it,"
-Four years ago the field hands
wouldn't drink it, SO it was stored in
the attic. | ran across it the other
day."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Reproduction.

Up at our clearinghouse there are
Two children, a boy and a girl.
The boy is the living photograph OF
his father, and the girl is the very
monograph of her mother.-Ohio Sun
Dial.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-07-28
ALIAS SUMMONS

In the District Court of the Seven
teenht Judicial District of the State
of Montana, in and for the County
of Valley.
The First National Bank of Baylor,
Baylor, Montana, a corporation,
Plaintiff,
John M. LETTERS and Mae LETTERS, his
wife, Lewis MEDIUM Company, a cor
poration, and Valley County, Mon
tana, a body polite and corporate,
Defendants.
The State of Montana, to the above
named defendants, and each of them,
Greeting:
You are hereby summoned to S
wer the complaint in this action
which is filed in the office of the
Clerk Of this Court, a copy of which
is herewith served upon you, and to
file your answer and serve a copy
thereof upon the plaintiffs attorneys
within twenty (20) days after the SER
vice of this summons, exclusive OF the
day of service, and in case of your
failure to appear or answer, judgment
will be taken against you by default
for the relief demanded in the com
plant.
That said action is brought to OBJ
tain a decree of this court for the fore
closure of a certain mortgage des-
cribed in the complaint in this &C.
ton, executed by John M. LETTERS and
Mae LETTERS, his wife, On the 23rd day
OF September, 1918, and delivered to
the plaintiff, The First National Bank
of Baylor, Baylor, Montana, a corpor-
alton, and given to ecu the payment
of the sun of Ten Hundred Forty
three and 40-1OO ~($1O43.4O) Dollars,
together with other sums, according
to the terms of said mortgage and two
GU certain promissory notes fully
described and set forth in the com
plant in said action.
To recover under and pursuant to
the terms of said mortgage, the bal.
ance due thereon as set forth in said
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Members of Altar Society
Entertained at Gamas Home

The members of the Altar society
we're guests of Mrs. H. o. Gamas IN
their regular meeting Thursday after
noon at her home on Third avenue
north. A representative number were
in attendance and Mrs. Gamas served
a delightful luncheon consisting of an
gelfood and banana cake and ice cream
during the social hour which followed
the session.
Owing to Chautauqua occurring the
same week as the next regular meet
ing o fthe society it was decided to
hold the next meeting in n week at
the rectory and in three weeks from
that day Mrs. Thomas Dignan will
entertain the society at her home.
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the payment of, first, the expenses of
sale, and costs of suit; second, to the
satisfaction of plaintiffs demand, and
in case the proceeds are not sufficient,
then to obtain an execution for any
deficiency that may be docketed
against said defendants, John M. JEFF
fers and Mae LETTERS, and that all
persons claiming by, through, or under
them, including each and all of the
above named defendants, may be bar
red and foreclosed of all right, title,
claim, lien, equity of redemption and
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complaint.
That the following described prem
Uses situate, lying and being in the
County of Valley, State of Montana,
to-wit:
South half (Sk), Section Twenty
two (22l, Township T%hirty-fo% our go,
Montana Meridian, in Valley County,
Montana, containing 800 acres, more or
less, according to the United States
Government survey thereof,
be sold and the proceeds applied to
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needs the money, and we won't CEN
surfing him for annexing all the fool
ish America dollars he can with his
bunk, but why any self-respecting Am
erican newspaper will pay three dol
lars a word for Keiserism to send into
American homes where the memory is
yet all to fresh in our minds Of the
sacrifices our country made to cor
rect the kaiser's ideas under which he
hoped to rule the world.
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Mrs. Clemence Prentice Enter
tains at Ranch Home.
Mrs. Clemence Prentice entertained
at dinner at her ranch home last Tues
day complimentary to Miss Ethel Sc
gall, who is a guest at the Grossman
home. The party included Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Grossman, MI. and Mrs.
A. M. Harvey, Miss Ethel Segall and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clemence Prentice.
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interest in or to said mortgaged prem
Uses, and such other and further re-
lief IS to the court may seem equit-
able and just.
Witness my hand and the seal of
this court this 9th day Of July, A. D.,
1922.
J. B. CHRISTOPHERSEN,
court SeaD Clerk.
Norris, Hurd, Rhoades & Hallett, At
torneys for Plaintiff, Glasgow, Mon
tana.
July %, Aug. A., II, 10.
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Methodist Church

Methodist Church
Public worship Sunday, July 3Oth,
morning and evening. A cordial in
vitation extended to all.
10:O0--Church school. Glasses for
all ages.
:OO-Morning worship. "Behold
have set before you an open door,"
8:O0-Every Wednesday, Bible study
and prayer service. You are cordially
invited.
In the regular evening service We
are invited to join with our Baptist
friends and listen to DR.. Samuel Zane
Batten, of Philadelphia, chairman of
the social service committee, Northern
Baptist convention. Let us all make
a special effort to attend the Baptist
church Sunday evening.
Sunday morning, Aug. g., DR.. Batten
has been invited to fill the Methodist
pulpit. We look forward to a special
treat.-Wm. Puppy, Pastor.
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CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our heartfelt
thanks to the many kind friends whose
presence and sympathy so helped to
soften our grief in the death of our
son and brother, Eugene w. Kelly, and
for the many beautiful floral en-
blems.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Kelly
and family.
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Sam GrOssman Enter

| Mrs. Sam GrOssman Enter
tains Dinner Guests
On Tuesday evening Mrs. Sam
! Grossman had as dinner guests at her
home Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Phelps of
Baylor and Mrs. George Alsop. Fol-
owing the dinner the party attended
the voice concert by Miss Hazel Hurd
at the high school auditorium.
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Congregational Ladies Aid
Meets at St. John Home.

The Congregational Ladies Aid was
entertained by Mrs. D. T. St. John at
her home Wednesday afternoon, with
Mrs. Peter Peterson as assistant hos
tess. An enjoyable social hour fol-
lowed the regular business session and
included the serving Of the following
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81 was never so embarrassed in my
life," exclaimed the sweet young thing.
GAS l was going down town today my
shoe strings came united, and as I
stopped to tie them a gust of wind
came along and lifted the ear tab on
my left a and exposed almost the
whole of it,"
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NOTICE

The North Bench Farm Bureau will
hold a meeting at the Liberty school,
house August 5th at 500 p. m. This
meeting is for the purpose of electing
officers, and the discussion Of plans
for shipping cattle this fall. A full
attendance is desired.
PETER A. WEST, Pres.
PETER NYQUIST, Sec'y.
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Mrs. Sam GrOssman Gives
Theatre PARTY

Mrs. Sam GrOssman Gives
Theatre Party
Mrs. Sam Grossman gave a theatre
party Wednesday evening at the Or
pheum theatre in compliment to her
sister, Miss Ethel Segall. Places were
reserved for ten guests and a delicious
luncheon was served at Alsop's tea
rooms follows the film drama which
was presented.
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KAISERISM AT $500 PER WORD

A few daily papers in this country
have the CUTS to advertise that they
are going to publish the Kaiser's men,
oirs for which they will pay three dol
lars a word for Kaiserism to send into
nothing to brag about. No doubt Bill
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-07-28
Mrs. Sam Walker Entertains
Lutheran Ladies Aid

Lutnefan La0leS Ala 49,.
Mrs. Sam Walker was hostess to
the members of the Lutheran Ladies
Aid at her ranch home on Thursday
afternoon. Aside from the regular
business session the afternoon was
pleasantly spent in social informality
and was concluded by the serving of a
most enjoyable two-course luncheon by
Mrs. Walker, assisted by Mrs. Reed.
A large crowd was in attendance to
enjoy Mrs. Walkers hospitality.
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Z HURD STARS
CONTINUED from page ~

voice culture. Her voice is known as
a dramatic soprano which is considered
more rare than either the lyric or col
oratura soprano. The Dereszke meth
cd is said to be the most perfect of any
of the various methods now taught; in
fact most of If great artists in grand
opera follow this style. 1t builds up
the voice with the great nasal reson-
ance which is so necessary for grand
opera singing, and when once a voice
is founded on this method more than
half a singers battle is won. The ase
with which Miss Hurd sang, and the
clear, resonant notes which carried
with perfect distinctness over the
whole auditorium, demonstrated the
great results she had accomplished I'M
der her instructor the past year.
Miss Hurd now sings in five differ
ent languages: French, Italian, Latin,
Spanish and English. In the presenta-
ton of this recital she sang Carmen in
French, That's in Latin, Foust and Ma
dame Butterfly in Italian and the
other numbers of her program in
English. Miss Hurd was very ably
assisted in her program by Mrs. A. B.
Friedlund, who also rendered two de-
lightful piano solos. During the pro-
gram Miss Hurd was the recipient of
a number of floral offerings. Mrs
Thomas Dignan announced the pro-
gram.
! The complete program Of the recital
was as follows:
The Little Grey Home in the West
GARNER BlZet
Habanera
Sequidille
Gypsy Chorus
Piano Solo Liebestraume No. 3,
List ......-... Mrs. A. B. Friedlund
Intermission
Madame Butterfly ........ Puccini
Act II.
! Hear a Thrush at Eve ........ Cadman
Land of the Sky Blue Water. .Cadman
Piano Solo-Etude de Concert (Mc-
DowelD .......... Mrs. A. B. Friedlund
Intermission
Flower Song from Faust $500. Gounod
Meditation from That's .....-. Massanet
Smilin' Through Penn
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Rebekah Lodge Holds
Regular Meeting

The local lodge of Rebekahs held
their regular meeting in the Odd Eel
lows hall Wednesday evening. Ger
emonial work and routine bosiness oc-
cupied the session and arrangements
were made for a called practice meet
ing of the new degree team to be held
on Monday evening, July 81. No fur
Their matters occurring adjournment
followed
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Baptist Church

Baptist Church
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Morning service at HOO.
Evening service at 500.
The Methodist church will join US
in the evening service.
DR.. Samuel Zane Batten, of Philadel-
phia will speak at both services. Spe-
cial music.
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delicious luncheon by the hostess:
Pressed chicken, vegetable salad, sand
witches, cake with whipped cream,
doughnuts and coffee. Many invited
guests were present besides the regu-
lar membership.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Gamas
Entertain Dinner Guests

Mr.. and Mrs. H. O. Gamas enter
tanned at a six o'clock dinner Monday
evening complimenting a group OF
friends. A well appointed and most
delicious dinner was served and was
followed by a delightfully."- informal so.
cial evening.