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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
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/ Dinner giving is the most popular form
Of entertainment in smart society here
anyway and now it seems to have be-
come . habit. / don't believe society
knows where to stop.
Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge
were the honor guests at a dinner Civ
| en- by the minister of the Serbs, Croats
! and Sl0venes and Nine. Grouitch and
| Secretary Of State and Mrs. Hughes
rave a ginner for Chief Justice and
| Mrs. William III. Taft-two official
dinners. Then other dinner hosts
were Colonel and Mrs. Morris Ernst
Locke, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Campbell
| Graef, Mrs. Wilfred Dupuy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Davies, Colonel and Mira
T. @. Donaldson, entertaining for their
cousins, the Harry Billiards of Phila-
delphia; Nine. Christian Hauge. Col
onel and Mrs. Joseph Herron-they
gave a second dinner on Thursday. In
twice last week.
Mrs. c. C. McChord, Mrs. William
M. Calder and Mrs. George Mesta
were joint hosts at a dance at the
Chevy Chase club for Mrs. Thomas F.
the many hospitalities extended by
that lady during the past winter. An
other dance was given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles J. Bell for the Mask and Wig
club of Penn university. which gave its
annual performance here Monday eve
ming. Mrs. Coolidge was entertained
at a luncheon Monday by the 10
torial ladies residing at 24OO Sixteenth
street, which is q fashionable apart
ment hotel. ALI of the guests were
wives Of senator's and altogether it
was q most distinctive gathering. The
hostesses were Mrs. Charles Culber-
son. Mrs. Henry Wilder Reyes, Mrs.
John S. Kendrick, Mrs. A. A. Jones,
Mrs. William Fl. Harris, Mrs. Frank
r. Cooling, Mrs. Emmett Gudger, Mrs:
Mary Sluter. Mrs. Robert N. Stanfield
and Mrs. G. S. Thomas.
Mrs. Charles Dawes. whose husband
is director of the budget, had guests
for luncheon Monday, as did Mrs.
Clarence Richmond Day, wife of Col
onel Day, who asked her guests to
meet Mrs. Samuel Winslow, wife of
the representative. Mrs. Lars Ander-
son entertained for Countess Helen
Goblet d'AlvieIa of Belgium, who came
here for the convention Of Women's
Overseas Service league. Women
have certainly reigned supreme in
Washington lately, coming in droves
Tor their various conventions or con-
crosses, almost all Of them patriotic.
The countess mother was an Ameri-
can and she herself is organizing a
Y. W. G. A. unit in Belgium.
The French ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand were dinner hosts Tuesday
entertaining for the chancellor of the
French Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Maurice Donnay and Andre Cheovil-
lom, also of the academy, two more
lions" in Washington this week. Sun
day, DR.. David Jayne Hill gave a din
ner for him. Other Tuesday dinner
hosts were Mrs. George Vanderbilt.
who gave a second dinner on Wednes-
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry White and
Comptroller of the Currency and Mrs.
Crissinger. Another luncheon was
given Tuesday in compliment to Mrs.
Coolidge. Mrs T. Dewitt TalmacSe
being the hostess.
There were lots more dinners, but
too many for me to remember them
all. Isn't Washington the gay place.
though ?-and it's the first week in
May, too.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08

only guess, but u guess is that
it is not an unimportant factor.
Perhaps it also figures in the
rising British exchange rate, for
a good deal of Scotch and Irish
whisky gets into this country
through various coast ports. This
has grown into so large a business
that the government has organized
a prohibition navy" to keep booze
laden vessels away from our coast
line.
But outside of booze purchases
from Great Britain which do not
figure in our imports, that country
is buying less in the United States.
What is more important, our best
customer is making plans to buy
still less in the future. One great
article of import from this country
to Great Britain, is now and always
has been, is cotton. Great efforts
have been made of late by Great
Britain to stimulate the cultivation
of cotton in India and Egypt and
other countries where Great Bri-
tain may purchase cotton for its
needs and pay for the cotton with
manufactured goods made in Great
Britain. No one can blame the
British for that fact. She cannot
pay US in gold very we'll and we
have built up a tariff wall that
excludes most of her goods. The
same thing is said to be true of
oil and oil products. This country
sold Great Britain a large quantity
of such products. Now she is said
to be desperately searching for
other sources Of supply where oil
can be obtained and paid for with
British manufactured goods. 1t is
asserted at Genoa that this fact has
much to do with the anxiety OF
Lloyd George to resume relations
with Russia. 1t is even asserted
that an understanding has already
been reached between Great Britain
and Holland to jointly exploit the
vast oil resources of the Russian
empire. This is officially denied
by all the parties concerned, but
our dispatches say that the denials
are not fully believed by the French
and others concerned.
1t is worth while noting that one
of the effects of our prohibitive
tariff is to compel our foreign Gus
toners to look elsewhere for their
supplies of American surplus prod
ucts. In the future we may have
to check production here in some
staples and limit production to
what we can use at home.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
Plan to Advertise
Southeastern Part
of State by Booklet

Miles City, May THE development
of a closer cooperation between cities
and towns and advertising the agricul'
tural opportunities in southeastern
Montana will be undertaken as the re-
suit of n meeting held here recently
according to Paul j. Wedge. of this
city. chairman of the colonization com
mittee of the chamber of commerce,
who called the conference. A pamph-
let will be published and distributed
throughout the east and middle west.
Those in attendance from outside
points included DIR. A. D. Brewer
Baker: George ]. Murphy, Ismay; J
d. Cullen. Wibaux; J. c. Graham
Richey; II. r. Wood. Jordan: and II. C
Stith. Terry. Other communities were
represented by communications in which
support of the proposition was ex-
pressed.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08

BRITISH
RATES.
SIGNIFICANT and notab

\ SIGNIFICANT and notable
"A feature of the improved condi-
ton of British industry and finance
has been the steady rise of late in
the price of sterling exchange. Last
Friday it touched its high point in
two years, the pound sterling sell
ing for a fraction under $4.45. At
par it is worth $3.50. At the same
time Canadian exchange was selling
for SO and a fraction, par being
100. In both instances, the rising
rate marks the belief that soon
both countries will be selling us
as much as they buy from US. If
this condition is reached, it will
not be because Great Britain and
Canada are selling us more goods
than they formerly did, but because
they are buying less'from US.
The rapid rise of Canadian ex-
change which has almost reached
par now, cannot be explained solely
by the official figures of exports
and imports between the two coun-
tries. These still show a heavy
balance due to the United States.
But it is quite possible that we
buy goods to a considerable value
in Canada which never 60 through
the American customs houses, and
so do not get reported in official
figures. They come over the from
tier at night in automobiles, but
good American dollars are left in
Canada to pay for them. just how
much illicit traffic in imported and
Canadian liquors have to do with
the rising rate Of exchknge between
this country and Canada, we can
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
Prospects Bright
for Good Crops in
Southern Alberta
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Lethbridge. Alta. May seeding is
now general over the whole of
southern Alberta with prospects of a
crop exceedingly hopeful. The spring
has been a wet one. Seeding has been
held up considerably and the delay
will tend to reduce the acreage. Most
of the crop is going in on summer fall
low. Fall rye wintered well and it is
freely predicted that this crop will
mature with little or no further mois-
ture. The seed bed is in ideal shape
and termination will be early this
spring. About a million acres viii be
seeded in southern Alberta this sea
son. This does not include potatoes
and hay, two crops that are on the
increase.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
FERGUS COUNTY CLUB
LEADERS HOLD CONFERENCE

Lewistown. May An important
training conference for the club lead
ers of Fergus county was held here
Saturday, the first session being in the
nature of an entertainment. Among
the speakers were Charles f. Potter
of Bozeman. state club leader and Miss
Mary GRADER. Of the state extension
service. Bozeman. They and other ex-
perts spoke on the aims of the boys
and girls clubs and health standards
for growing boys and girls. Delegates
were in attendance from all parts OF
this county.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
H O l SYSTEM.

WHILE the people are wondering
w if the battle for the merit sys-
TEN in the civil service must be
fought all over again, eastern COM
mentators admit that it is at least
good to have the fog of hypocracy
blown away by the postmaster gen.
eral. Mr.. Work has removed from
further controversy the question OF
whether. - followedtoy the present
administration, the system does not
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
Veteran Is Rewarded
for Apprehension of
Alleged Bank Robber
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Williston, n. D., May 7.-Craven &
Converse. local representatives of the
National Surety company, have received
from that company a check for 500
to be paid to l.. r. Newman for infor-
nation supplied by him hat led to the
arrest and conviction of the man who
Is alleged to have robbed the bank at
Homestead. Mont, last fall.
Newman is a veteran of the world
war and is at present in st. Paul re-
ceiving medical treatment under the
direction of the United States veterans
bureau.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
Namesake of Former
Prison Warden Held
on Bad Check Charge
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Anaconda. May Frank II. Con
ley. who informed officers he was no
relation to the former warden of the
state ~penitentiary, but who expressed
the wish that he was. is under arrest
on a charge of passing bad paper.
According to members of the sheriff's
force, his game vas to forge orders
and checks on prominent ranchmen in
the Deer Lodge valley. He is said
to be an ex-convict and to have served
a term at Deer Lodge for forgery.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
OESERTION ALLEGED
(Trihune's Helena Bureau.)

Helena. May 7.-Acting for J. Rus
sell Elliott a suit for divorce has been
instituted by l.. J. Molumby of Great
Falls in the district court of Lewis
and Clark county against Laura b
Elliott. The complaint alleges deser-
ton and abandonment dating back to
November !, 1917. The parties were
married in Pembina county, North
Dakota. May 20. 1908. and plaintiff
claims to have been a resident of Mon
tana for five years last past.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
WILL START WORK MONDAY
ON NEW GLENDIVE STATION
to The Trihung

Special to The Tribune.
Glendive, May THE %excavating
for the new s2Oo,O0O depot to be built
at Glendive will commence Monday.
Likewise, construction work on the
new storm sewers and the new con-
crete pavement will begin on the same
day. This will afford employment for
a large number of teams and trucks.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
HUNGARIAN PARTRlDGES
RELEASED NEAR CONRAD

Special to The Tribune.
Conrad, May deputy Game War
den Claire Mcdonald released nine
pairs of Hungarian cartridges in the
western part of Pondera county this
week. The birds were brought here
by the state game and fish commission
and heavy penalties will be imposed on
anyone hunting them until special act
of the state legislature provides for
such.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
Libby ~Inaugurates
Cleanup Campaign
Snecial tn The.Tribune.

Special to h Trlbune.
Libby, May May "a has been set
aside by the Libby park board as an
nual park day when n general cleanup
campaign of the city parks viii be
carried on. 1t is planned to construct
a LOO foot fence around the park.
Mrs. Harry Gompf and Mrs. John
Peay. both members of the board, will
prepare luncheons to be served while
the work is being done.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
BUTTE MINER KILLED.
Special to The Tribune.

Anaconda, May John Bronner-
berg, aged 43, of Butte. was killed
and his companion. John Bergstrom,
also of Butte. seriously injured re-
Gently, when they were caught under
a fall of rock on the 500-foot level in
the Champion mine near Race Track.
Bronnerberg was crushed about the
chest and had an arm broken, while
Bergstrem was cut about the face and
hodv
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
MARIE MCKENZIE WINS
CONRAD FORENSIC CONTEST

SpeCtUI 10 TIE LIIUUHt.
Conrad, May Marie Mckenzie
will represent the Conrad high school
at the stute declamatory contest at
Missoula next week, having won first
place in the finals at Conrad, Wednes-
day night. y Miss Mckenzie chose for
her title, 1.-The Other Wise. Man.
Other contestants were Virgil Sand
berg, Ernest Cochran, Georgia Russell,
IneS Meyers aud Warrent Earhart .
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
DRILLING IN PROGRESS
At BLACK HAWK WELL

Special to The Tribune.
Winnctt, May Thrilling is in
progress at the Black Hawk we'll To-
Gated IL miles from Winnett. Depth is
being gained slowly, on account of diff
ficult drilling.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08

result in political preferences. He
would change the system 30 that
all examinations would be wholly
within the control Of his depart
ment, according to q report sub
mitted by the National Civil Serv-
ice Reform League.
Nearly everybody agrees with
MI. Work when he says that under
present conditions, the system re-
suits in political appointments. He
was asked if control of appoint
ments by his department would not
bring about that state of affairs,
and. in substance, he replied that
appointments are nov political in
nature.
Mr.. Works admission and the
report of the league has served to
confirm an opinion that has be-
come more and more prevalent for
the last year-that the administra-
ton contemplates making a clean
sweep of appointive offices. There
is little opportunity to misunder-
stand the postmaster general, for
he told the leagues committee
frankly that he would always select
a republican if a republican were
among the first three in an examin-
alton. Whatever merit there may
be in frankness serves, in this in
stance, to counterbalance, so far as
may be, the regret that the admin
istration has substantially under
was a program for restoring the
spoils system.
The present practice of asking
republican congressman to select
for appointment the name most
agreeable to them in an eligible
list of three reported to the depart
ment by the civil service commits
sion is not consistent with the merit
theory and it works out in practice
so as to enable congressman to pay
their political debts. The leagues
committee found ample evidence
that the postoffices are being used
as spoils. Congressman Rogers,
Massachusetts, was the committees
star witness.
Congressman Rogers wrote that
he had appointed a certain Sam
Highley, who stood lowest on the
eligible list, to an office because
Sam has been my principle
representative in each of my five
congressional contests. He has al
ways been in charge of my nomina-
ton papers in Woburn and has been
the man to whom I have always
turned first in every campaign.
Thus ]. feel under unusual obliga-
tons to Sam, who has never in
nine years asked for anything for
himself"
In the congressman's statement
there was not apparent the slight
est indication of a disposition to
even up men of the different poll
teal parties in the postal service.
The situation is thoroughly dis
appointing. Gains made for civil
service reform under Theodore
Roosevelt is years ago, or there
about, are being wiped out. Under
Roosevelt, the highest man on the
eligible list received the appoint
ment in 90 per cent of the cases.
The leagues committee makes the
recommendation that the rule for
appointing the highest man on the
list should be restored" but the
chances for this eventuality are
somewhat remote in the light Of
Mr.. Works calm assertion to the
investigators.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
WINTER WHEAT IS REPORTED
BETTER THAN 80 PER Cent
Excess Moisture Hats Field Operations But
Seeding Is Reported From Fourth to Halt
Completed in Il Counties.

ward. Generally cloudy during the
week. Ground is cold and damp. Little
grain has been seeded up to the pres
emf time. A large acreage of peas is
being drilled this week. 1921 crop of
potatoes is moving very rapidly and
growers are beginning to get good re-
turns. It is estimated that $500 acres
will be put in this spring. Grass is
coming very slowly.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08
REMODEL BUSINESS PLACES
Spccial to Tho Tribune.

SptC1HT 10 Tie TIUUHV.
Anaconda, May with business
conditions showing signs of improve
ment, a number of local men are re-
modelling the fronts of their places of
business. Several new fronts have
just been completed, and five others
arc in the course of %remodeling.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08

FoOchow, China, merchants have
formed an irrigation company to re-
claim 500 acres.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-08

There were 6.44S.366 farms in the
United States at the time of the last
census.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-01-12
ADAM AND EVE GO SHOPPING
Writer Has Drawn Literally on HIs
Imagination In Describing Re.
markable Excursion.

Let us imagine our scapegoat an
cestors attempting an eleven-o'clock
stroll through Drang's ten-story de-
partment store. Can we not hear the
tense CALCULATIONS Of our first mother
before the mountains of unknown
things, woods, satins, silks, challies,
organdies and muslins, piled ceiling
high before her? Even Adam, who
has a reputation as a manner Of things,
might we'll drop all his Miltonic airs
Of superiority, and say for once in
some dainty form of Edenic language,
Eve, dear, T certainly am out Of
soundings. 1 can find names easily
enough for birds, beasts and fishes,
but all this" with gesture Of meek
hopelessness) "is out Of my zone. Yet
l am sure 1t Is all intended for your
sex; for I'm thinking no. man would
gear himself up In any Of this
duffie'-if one may help him to q
word.
Then Eve, If true to her old Edenic
form, would retort:
"But Adam, dear, you can't deny
that 1t Is all most tempting, and I am
going to pick out right away some Of
that soft. cloudy stuff, the color Of q
sunrise; I'm sure it would be much
prettier than fig leaves for dress."-
North American Review.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-01-12

Few people Of the United States can
play games. Many can contest a game
for the satisfaction of beating an ad-
versary, or to get exercise, but actual
ly to play a game Is different matter.
Sporting editors, judging by their writ
ings. must be the most serious Of men,
and their earnestness Is often anus
ing. The defeat of college football
team recently called forth lugubrious
utterance from a correspondent who
evidently felt that the educational In
stitution had received blow from
which its scholastic reputation Of q
century and a half would hardly be
able to save 1t. The writer asserted
that the football trainers of this insti-
tuition were paid insuff1ciently, and,
after taking the authorities to task.
reached his climax In these significant
words: "a young, inexperienced coach
has been asked to assume the respon-
sibility of the team, who could Do
hired at a salary no greater than the
average professor in the college re-
ceives." In the present state OF
American school athletic affairs this
might be considered an extremely high
compliment.-Chrlsti Science Mon
it0r.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-01-12
The Stored-up Sunshine of Other Ages Is Handed
Down as a Heritage to Modern
Civilization
No. vi
PREHISTORIC SUNSHINE
(ToId In Eight Sketches)-
BY JOHN RAYMOND

Coal may we'll be described as pre-
historic sunshine. Ages before the
dawn of our own era vast forests COW
cred large portions of the carths S sur
face. In this ancient vegetation were
stored up the treasures OF nature and
after the lapse OF ages it became the
heritage of civilization.
For centuries after it came into use
coal was looked upon as valuable only
IS ftAl. Later coke was obtained from
t, then sulphur and lampblack, and
inally gas for purposes Of lillm:2ation.
That seemed to be the limit OF its pos
abilities a few years ago but today 1t
would be difficult to enumcratc al the
,rticles of commerce extracted from
is by-products.
Coal contains a l,tlc of everything
hat goes to make up trees but it
would be a mistake to imagine that
everything that comes ont Of coal tar
S contained within it. Nhilc there arc
only about dozen primary products
extracted from coal tar, from these the
chemist is able to develop hundreds CT
thousands of new substances. This IS
synthetic chemistry, or the process of
building up intricate compounds step
~ step.
Raw material for the development of
hese coal tar by-products-wa mate
'ials, fertilizers, colors, drugs and a
1ost Of other things-eXists in abund-
,nce in this country but we must be
sufficiently interested in our future
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-01-12
No. A
WAS UDT HIS LUCKY DAY
Trolley Car Patron Got Into Trouble
When He. Attempted to Get
Away With Umbrella.

Young Bob Mcintosh had always
prided himself on his honesty and up
rightness, but it was rainy night
when he saw an umbrella apparently
deserted on seat in the trolley car.
He picked 1t up and examined 1t. It
could not be very valuable, it was
hardly worth while turning 1t In to
the mOtOrman Of the one-man car and
the walk from the trolley to the
home of young Bob Mcintosh was q
good four blocks in the pouring rain.
AS the car neared the street, says
the New York Sun, the honest young
man looked around and seeing that
none of his fellow passengers was
noticing him he picked up the um-
brela and walked up to the motor
mans platform. There with the glib
ness of one with guilty conscience
he cOnversed with the pilot until the
car drew up at his street.
well, good night" said young Bob
Mcintosh as he lightly stepped from
the car and raised his umbrella.
Good night" quoth the motorman.
but as Bob made his way across pud-
dies to the curb he noticed that the
car had not continued on its way; in
deed. even the door had not yet been
closed. He had started down the
street to his home when a mighty
!"-made him turn.
"How far are you goin' to 60 with
that umbrella, young MANI" shouted
the motorman. "This time 1t hap
pened to be mine," said that worthy
as he slammed the door shut and shot
the car forward.