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The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11
SCOrloS OF By Elmo
Great Scouts Hs,.s. Ssss
@. Western Newspaper Union.
HOW 'LIVER-EATIN' JOHNSON
GOT HIS NAME

HOW 'IIVER.EATIN' JOHNSON
GOT HIS NAME
Among the scouts who were with
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, when that Of
fcer indicted his crushing defeat up-
on the Sioux chief, Crazy Horse. at
the battle Of Wolf Mountain, Mont,
In 1877 was one bearing the strange
name Of 'Liver- Eatin'" johnson.
johnson was a powerful Norwegian,
weighing more than 800 pounds and
standing six feet, three inches In his
moccasin-clad feet. He had q great
shock Of golden hair Of which he was
very proud-so much so. that he
refused to wear a hat, and when he
went into battle with this golden
name In the wind. he looked like an
ancient Morse viking.
johnson had won his name In q
gruesome way. Two stories about this
are told, differing slightly in detail,
but agreeing in the main facts. One
tells how a party of Indians had
raided q trading post on the Mussei-
shell River. but were driven or with
heavy loss. 1t is said that Johnson,
In a spirit Of devilish bravado, cut
out the nvers Of several Of the dead
warriors and actually ate them.
The other story seeks to justify
Johnson's act. A Cheyenne chief had
raided and burned Johnson's camp
while he was away on a trapping ex-
pedition. When he returned and saw
the ruins, he swore that he would
Kill the Cheyenne and eat his liver.
Later he made good his threat. Either
account may be correct, so far as
details are concerned. At any rate
he was ever afterward known as
Liver Eatin'" johnson.
JohnsOn's inseparable companion
was. "X" Beidler Of Montana vigilante
fame. Beidler disapproved of John.
sons lack of headgear and called him
a "yallerheaded Injun," because, as
he said, every decent white man
wears some sort O. coverin' for his
scalp" But Johnson was firm In his
convictions, and In the fight with
Crazy Horses Sioux he justified him.
self-to his own satisfaction, at least.
AS Befdler and Johnson charged ND
the snow-clad slopes Of Wolf noun.
tain that morning against entrenched
indians. a bullet cut furrow through
Liver-Eatin's hair, 'like a pair Of red |
hot sheep shears" as he said.
Now you seeT he exclaimed to !
his 'pardner." "If I'd had a hat on.
It'd bin plumb ruinedp
Little Is known Of Johnson's later |
history. He was q scout at Fort Gus
Ter 1881, when the young chief Sword |
Bearer tried TO stir IN the Crows |
ax2mst the .whites and secuted Tor |
~ Z es.s.g ,eat 9 80 s1e;I
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11
"VAMPS" WHO
MADE HISTORY
t@ by Mcclure Newspaper syndicats.)
VAMPIRE WHO TURNED BiGoT.
BY JAMES c. YOUNG.

4 BABY girl was born in the prison
"A at Mort, France, in 1886. Her
father was Huguenot, or Protestant,
and her mother a Catholic. Religious
dissensions then divided France be-
tween the two sects. The man had
been imprisoned because Of his sturdy
adherence to the Huguenots, and re-
mained under key until 1899, when he
was released and went to Martinique,
West Indies. with his family. He died
there and the mother brought the little
girl back to Paris.
They were very poor. When the
girl was just past fifteen she met the
Able Scarron. that brilliant scholar
and writer, who then was q celebrity.
Scarron was deformed and always i'll.
He offered to pay her expenses in q
convent. or to marry her. She chose
the man. and for ten years tenderly
nursed him. Her position brought her
Into contact with the first minds Of
the day and she learned rapidly.
After Scarron passed from the scene
she was invited by the Marquise de
Montespan, mistress Of Louis XIV, to
direct the education Of their children.
She accepted and 1t was not long until
the king took an interest In her. De
Montespan was a naughty high-tem-
pered woman, De Maintenon, calm and
even In her demeanor: Louis found re-
lief from the storms of the one In the
pacidness Of the other. And the old,
old story was repeated.
After De Montespan had been ban
ished from court the queen died. De
Maintenon led Louis into morganatic
marriage and assured herself of q DO
sltlOh almost beyond attack. But the
vampire Of the sweet ways developed
Into a shrew as she grew older, be-
came bigoted and q relentless perse-
cutter Of the Protestants.
She had been credited with infiu-
encing the king to revoke the famous
Edict Of Nantes in 1885. This edict
measure Of liberty to
Protestants and Its revocation plunged
France into civil bloodshed which
sapped much Of the power that had
been built up by Louis and two great
minister's who preceded him, Mazarin
and Richslieu. 1t also drove from
France many Of its best families and
stirred up unQuenchable flames Of
hatred. which eventuated q hundred
years later In a complete overturn Of
the Catholic power.
De Maintenon hesitated after she
saw the results of her Influence, but
Il was too late to draw back and, wom-
anlike, she fguratiyely threw mp her
hands at the harm she had wrought.
she outiived the king and the last
veef1 of her life were q narrow ma
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11
HONOR ROLL STAFFORD SCHOOL

1st grade: Edith Hunt, Maggie Lee
Smith, Rosa Nell Atkinson, Audrey
Johnson, Louise Rivers, Hazel Henry
Archie Jordan, James McQuaig.
End grade: Inez Hunt, GLADYS
Hicks, Beatrice Rainwater, Sallie
Mae Mcbride, Blease Rivers, Lennos
Smith, Vernon Smith.
3rd grade: Geneva Rainwater, Mil.
drcd Grant, Donnie Hunt, Lexie Their.
rell, Bernice Hodge.
4th grade: Jerome Stafford, Belk
Hunt, Ethel Whitaker.
9Th grade: Volina Rivers, Phoebe
Grant, Essie Hodges, Leitha Therrell
Sallie Turnage, Daniel Atkinson.
9Th grade: Lola Rainwater. Rub,
Davis, Georgia Hunt, Reba Mcbride
Berta Therrell.
7th grade: Lillian Davis, Cora Nc.
Quaig, Annie Rainwater, Willie Rain.
water. Dwight Hunt.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11
FIERCE TWISTER
STRIKES AUSTIN

Austin, Texas, May Anime dead.
80 injured, two probably fatally, and
property damage estimated at $780,
ooo was the toll of death and destruc-
ton in the wake of a tornado which
late today swept through the west
side of Austin and on out of the citv
to Oak Hill, eight miles southwest, ac-
cording to check of the situation
late tonight.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11

Civil War is raging in China. We
can make little of it, however. We
learn with some concern that
Fengtein troops are cut off from re-
treat at Chunliang cheng and that
the gun boats Of WI Peri Flu have
appeared off Shanghaewan. Outside
OF that we suppose everything is all
right.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11
NO NEW SIN. CLAIM

Suffolk, Va, May 3.-"No new sin
has been invented for the past 1000
years. DR.. r. C. Heflenstein, of Do
ve' Del, declared this morning before
the Southern Christian Convention, IN
session this week. Moral conditions
now are challenging, he adr,itted, but
declared thas those who lament for
the good old days" are wrong. "The
future is brighter than the past has
been," he said.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11
MANAGER
WANTED-Exclusive

MANAGER WANTED-Exclusi
contract, resident representative,
(farmer preferred) advertising
farm agricultural equipment for
large manufacturer. No investment
required. Must have highest bank
references. Box 212, Atlanta, Ga.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11

FOR SALE-Fine Hound and Point
er Puppies-several breeds. All
high-class parentage. Males, $40
and up; females, $3.50 and up. Also
opposum and fox bounds. Prices on
application. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. Jones' Kennels, Lilesville, N.
y. 3tp20
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11

The "Univsrssp 10 the bsst sweep
stock ON the nArket. Whsu one goes
iate 2 eenmpnAty etkers ars aImsst
e2Eo - feLlew, TT - eko,t. go. I. e:
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER

The outcome at Genoa seems seri-
ously threatened by reason of this
government holding aloof from this
effort to pacify the turbulent and un-
settled conditions in Europe. Harding
has allowed Lloyd George, the great
est statesman of his time and probab-
ly of all times, to tackle the tremen-
dous problem alone and unaided; if he
succeeds it places him upon high
pedestal of glory from which all time
will not take him down. The best the
ory put forward in Washington to
account for Harding's non-participa-
ton is that he feared he would be ac-
cused of doing the thing that Wood
row Wilson would have done under
the circumstances.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11

A happy family: One whose yearn.
lngs are no greater than their earn.
ings.-Monroe Enquirer.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11

The President is reported to be pre-
pairing to remove Commissioner Blair
from the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Blair is trying to run the Bureau
properly. and he can hardly do this if
ne removes the hundreds of experts
trained under the last administration
during which period the work of the
Bureau increased with tremendous
strides, but the President feels that
ne has to yield to the thousand of i'm
portunities for jobs for the smaller
political leaders by putting into
6lair's place man who will use the
ak on the experts and put in the in
experienced fellows who voted on the
Harding side in 1920. Of course the
work of the Bureau and the interests
OF the people will suffer; but these are
secondary considerations; the politi-
cal machine has to be kept up.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11
A. +. DAVIS MARKET

The Finest Fresh Meats
The Beet Fancy Croesriss
High Grade csaasd Good.
The Beat Of Evsrythins fer the
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11
EYES EXAMINED

Neglect may prove serious. Have
your eyes examined and glasses fitted.
Office in place of residence on Green
street.
Mrs. C. B. Edgeworth,
Optometrist.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11

The coal strike has been allowed
to run on several weeks, with nothing
done by the administration looking to-
ward its settlement. More than 70O,-
600 men are directly affected by it,
without taking into consideration the
industrial plants daily shutting down
because of coal shortage. The best
figures indicate that 3,300,G04 work
ers are out of employment in the
United States. While Wall Street
CANDLES in stocks at the rate of mil
lions of shares per day on money bor-
rowed from the banks at 3h per
cent, able-to-work young men are
begging a dime for food within q
stones throw of the White House
grounds in Washington.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11

1t has been long though by ordinary
folks that one of the principal mis-
sions of our State Department is to
keep us on friendly terms with other
nations of the world, thus making
for peace and friendly commercial
intercourse of profitable sort. Rep
resentative Yates, Of Illinois, son of
the famous war governor, Lincoln's
friend, has vigorous opinions on the
success of the administration along
these lines. Remember that Yates is
Republican. On the floor of the
House he said, on page 6Os4 of the
Congressional Record: "There is not
nation in the world today that is
our friend. They are all suspicious
and unfriendly."
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11

The Republican Congress still hag-
giles with the soldiers over their bonus,
with the outcome as uncertain as the
weather, while the business world
waits with like uncertainty the new
tariff bill. Last winter the leaders talk
ed of adjourning Congress the first
day of May; the month is here and ad
Journment is one of the events so far
In the future that it is not even dis
cussed in Washington. And the ,coun-
try waits and waits, and waits while
this business administration" does
business in very unbusinesslike
manner.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-11
True
Detective Stories
THE BOMB PLOT

Copyright by The Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-10

The truth of the whole matter is
Balfour tried to bring pressure to bear
upon the United States by leaning on
the European allies for support. Poin-
care tried to bring pressure on Eng
land by utilizing the United States as
we'll as the European allies This was
a dangerous and unjust game. Poin-
care in practicing it found himself OBJ
liged to make a distinction between
sums borrowed from the United States
and from England, which, of course,
was simply absurd.
Either all of the allied debts must be
annulled or all paid. There are only
two possible policies, not three, and
all this futile debate, loaded with irony
and i'll humor, can only make a difficult
situation worse.
Altogether, this autumn will not lacE
interest. Decisions constantly ad'
journed are simply rendered harder
But since the beginning of the year
| nothing else has been done. Some day
these errors will have to be pair in full
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-10
COSGRAVE SUCCEEDS
GRIFFITH ULCAHY
HEADS IRISH ARMY
Dali Eireann Elects Officers
at Inaugural
Session.

Dublin. Sept. BY The Associ-
ated Press).-WiIliam 7. Cosgrave,
minister of local government was
elected president of the Dali Eireann
by the new parliament at its inaugural
session Saturday. The only votes cast
against him were by the labor mem
bers.
Richard Mulcahy moved the election
of Mr.. Cosgrave, Professor John Nc
Neil ~seconding the motion.
After the election President Cos,
grave nominated Desmond Fitzgerald
as minister of foreign affairs and Fitz-
gerald was elected.
The remaining ministers were ap-
pointed as follows:
Minister of home affairs, Kelvin
O'Higgins.
Minister of local government, Ernest
Blythe.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-10

Minister of. agriculture, Patrick
Hogan, st+.s
Minister of industry, commerce and
labor, Joseph McGrath.
Minister Of education, Professor
John Mcneil. !,
Minister of defense, General, Richard
Mulcahy.
President Cosgrave nominated him .
self for the present as minister OF
finance. -.
He said that those of the new minis
try who were serving in the army
shortly would be released.
The only anti-treaty member presen'
when the session began, was Lawrence
| Ginnell. The various military chlefs
including Richard Mulcahy and over
| O'Duffy were in civilian clothes, tne
onlv uniform seen was worn by Cap
| tain Sean McGarry.
Nearly every pro-treaty, indepen
dent and labor member was present
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-10

S26; mining machinery paid. S561.-
80; and net proceeds of mines
paid, S234,S7S; a total of $1,O6S, 123,
or 80 per cent of all of the taxes
for that year.
In a series of advertisements run
some time ago by the Montana Pow
err company, are found the following
| figures as to the gross probation OF
! the various u in Montana nv
eraged for the years 1918 to 1910;
| Minerals. S113, 100000; agriculture,
lumber, $13, 100000.
Accepting these figures for their
face value and basing calculations on
the same three years average of
production, the mining industry
should be contributing about 33 per
rent Of the taxes, or an average OF
50. 900. 900 a year to be on a par with
the farming and stock raising indus
tries.
II has never contributed TO TX
coed 10 per cent of the total budget
in any one year.
Sees Danger in Idea
These qualities of government in
Montana are the potent factors that
are driving the masses into a state
of mind that eventually produces your
socialists, your /. W. ". and your
red radicals. There can be no peace
in Montana until this fragrant dis
elimination is settled and settled
right.
1.-Two years ago we took over q
state government with an empty
treasury and with outstanding obliga.
lions. unpaid and bearing interest,
amounting to about 100000. We
took over the responsibility of your
state when the expenditures had beer
exceeding the states revenue at the
rate of about 81 100000 each year foi
the three previous years.
ITO the republican party of Mon
tana is now offered a real opportuni'
ty for leadership and public service
On your action here today and the
course pursued by your standard bear
ers in the state and in every coun
ty during this campaign hangs victory
or defeat in November
After lauding the republican nation
al administration and listing th'
achievements of the limitation of arms
conference the federal budget, farm
and livestock credits. and repeal o.
the excess profits tax, Mr.. Seaman
turned his attention to the state ad
ministration.
when the present administrator
took Did IN january 1871, GoNtruo
Dixon in his first message to the legis
lature called attention to the bankrup
condition of state and submitted
statement showing an overdraft TO tn
amount of S2,125,447 and an additions
deficiency claim of 100000 making
total deficit Cor the year of $2,529,447,
he said.
State Deeply IN Debt
During the fiscal year 1920 tn
state had run in debt at the rate 0
$3,315 a day. The governor insiste'
that a halt be made in expenditures an
economies practice in school and mu
nicipal governments and that necessar
revenue be raised to pay of fthe cur
rent indebtedness. so that the stat
might be placed on 8 sound financia
basis.
HE warned the legislature tina
taxes against real estate had reache
the point where they threatened con
~fiscation and he likewise admonishe
that the deficit could not made up b
further assessments against this prop
erty without working unfair hard
ships upon the property owners.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-10
Endorses Consolidation Plan

tax COMMISSION.
Endorses Consolidation Plan
AS an economy measure the resolu-
tions indorse the proposed constItu-
tionaI amendment providing for the
consolidation of city and county govern
ments. and pledge the best efforts OF
the party to a program looking to a
larger per capita distribution of school
money from a central source of collec-
tion and distribution.
The resolutions request the support
of the voters for house bill 193, passed
by the Seventeenth legislative assem-
bly. and referred to the voters at the
coming general election for the payment
of euualized compensation to the Mon
tana veterans of the recent war.
The right of collective bargaining on
the part of labor unions is unhelp by
the resolutions as follows:
THE republican party recognizes the
right of labor TO organize and to bar
gain collectively, and if necessary to
strike for fair wages and suitable work
ing conditions, and pledges its contIn-
ued support to policies that make for
continued betterment in the working
and living conditions of those to whom
all production is primarily due"
The eighteenth amendment is uphelc
in the following clause:
we declare that we are in favor OF
strict enforcement of the Nolstead ac'
and favor the provisions of the elgh'
taenth amendment and are unqualified
" opposed to any modification Thereof
that will permit of the sale, manufac'
ture or transportation of any llgh'
wines or beer"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-10

Constantinople, Sept. 9.-(By the
Associated Press).-A movement Tor
the ~dethronement of King Constantine
of Greece and the establishment of a
republic is reported by the Greek
newspapers to be under way on the
islands of the Grecian archipelago.
The Greek disaster in Smyrna is
complete and Turkish troops are pre-
pairing to enter the city. according to
dispatches received here.
NJ. Stergiades. the Greek high com
missioner in Smyrna. left the city Sat
urday aboard the battle warship Iron
Duke. The allied and American con-
suls were to meet Mustapha kema IN
Cassabe Saturday to arrange for the
taking over of Smyrna.
Kemalist armistice terms. according
TO Turkish newspapers, include the
surrender of the Greek army as a hos
tage. the delivery of certain war ma
teriaI. the Turkish occupation of the
Anatolian ports. the immediate resto-
ration of Thrace and the ~reconstruc-
ton of the regions devastated by the
Greeks.
The Greek newspapers here carry
an announcement that former Premier
Venizelos of Greece. and Genral IA
r~askevopoulos, the Venizelist former
commander at Smyrna, have arrived a.
Smyrna. The report is not confirmed
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-10
TAX SYSTEM HELD WRONG

Helena, Sept. 9.-(By The Assocl-
ated Press.)-With pleas from its
leaders for harmony in the party
ranks. the republican state convention
got under way here Saturday after
noon.
DELAYED trains were responsible Tor
the fact that those present IN the
morning were merely called to order
by Joseph ID. Seaman of Miles City.
chairman of the republican central
committee, and then q recess taken
until 2 o'clock to allow all of the
delegates in the eastern part OF the
state to get here.
Necessity for greater revenue Tor
the state and the need for "A change
in the system of taxing mining prop
critics were emphasized by Mr.. Scsn-
Ian and by Governor Dixon, whose
talks were made Immediately follow
ing the organizing of tie convention
The mining industry of the state IS
producing SO per cent of wealth OF
the state and is paying 80 per cen
of the taxes, while the agricultural
and livestock industries are producing
SO per cent of the wealth and paying
ALB per cent of the taxes" said Gov
ernor Dixon, who was introduced to
the convention Immediately after Mr..
Seaman.
When the state constitutional con-
ventiOn met in 1889 it was organized
on a strict basis of political party
control" said Governor Dixon. The
representatives of the mining interests
of the territory were in control. BY
a small majority it was written into
the constitution of Montana that for
ali future time in making tax levies
on property, there was established q
dual system Of taxation, one kind for
the mineral wealth of the state, while
another was provided for the other
z forms of wealth-land, livestock
homes, merchandise, banks and rail,
3 roads.
Compares Tax Systems
ut was provided that the minera
wealth should only he assessed on ne
proceeds plus five dollars al acre fol
the surface ground and on the ina
chinery used in reducing the ores
which bears the same relation to thu
value of the mines as a farmers ma
: cbinery does to the ranch.
Official tabulations made by thu
state board of equalization for 1872
show that in that year farm am
grazing lands paid S10,066, 1874; tina
g improvements on land paid S1,203,O02
that livestock paid S1,4l3.OS4; AM
that implements and equipment pal'
. S22O.437; a total of $l2.903.317, o
Abs per cent of all the taxes 10
that year.
Mining claims paid, $50, 100: re
served mineral rights paid. $19l,
e
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-10

Professor Michael Hayes was elected
speaker without opposition.
Lawrence Ginnell, having refused to
sign the roll Of what he called a
foreign parliament and having
shouted several times his objections to
the proceedings, was, on motion or
| William Cosgrave, voted excluded
from the house. After the adoption of
this motion there men forcibly re-
moved Ginnell.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-10
$500. 600 FOB

Washington. Sept. 9.-Provision for
advance the farmers of crop failure
areas of the United States. with which
to buy seed grain is made In a bill
introduced Saturday by Senator Har-
reid. republican. of Oklahoma, which
authorizes the secretary of agriculture
to make loans in 1923 aggregating
100000.