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The Washington times., 1922-08-27

been known to burrow a hole in wood
in order to get at food. The tender skin
or bone of an infant inside the skull
would be easy for them.
The ants have cost New Orleans mil
lions of dollars. Louisiana, which grows
our most delicious oranges on the rich
lands of the Mississippi delta, has already
suffered loss of half million dollars in
fruit and many million dollars in sugar
from the ants, while Texas and other
Southern States report that the plaques of
Egypt were puny as compared to the de-
structive activities of the Argentine ants.
These ants got into New Orleans in
cargoes of coffee, and got spread about by
the distribution of coffee. Obviously, they
got into Europe in the same manner.
New Orleans people devised peculiar
methods to prevent being bitten by the
ants. These methods have become gen
orally adopted. Panes of glass were nut
under bed legs and covered with vaseline.
Structures were abandoned, while all en-
frances were sealed and every room thor
oughly impregnated with the fumes of
hydrocyanic acid, deadly poison gas. ,,
Kerosene oil sprayers were used
Sponges, saturated with sweetened water,
were placed about, attracting hordes OF
ants, which were then killed in boiling
water. Dishes filed with olive oil were
set about, the invading ants filing them
and drowning themselves in mad struggles
with each other. A year of such and
other struggles in New Orleans against
the invaders cost $4,000 houses IS each
for food destroyed by the pests. The
products of the city truck oardens do
stroyed are scheduled at 100000, and
the cost Of poisons used at 100000.
The ants, having effected an entrance
to structure, increase in numbers until
they have established a patrol throughout
It. Detective ants seek out the edibles of
every description and report to headouar-
ters. Having planned a campaign, like
any good burglars, they proceed system
atically to wipe up the edible contents of
the house in night. Eternal thousands
Of the tiny creatures swarm in and devo,r
meats and fish, sugar, candy, candles,
eggs, cream, milk, lard and whatever is
exposed or which they can expose to CON
sumption. The cold of refrigerators does
not daunt them in the least. They take
ice as a matter of a nights lob. Wrap.
ping paper, around meats, ETC., have folds
through which they enter with ease. They
follow spiral threads of glass lars. 90 IN
side and get exceedingly busy with Jams.
jells, honey, fruits and whatever the
housewife has Jared.
But the newly discovered menace 10 life
in the Argentine ant puts il in the front
rank OF our insect enemies. -"
The Washington times., 1922-08-27

Since the discovery of
the death of this child in
Oklahoma information has
reached this country that
Professor Harold Maxwell
LEROY, the distinguished
entomologist of the I'M
perial College of Science
in London, England, has
been fighting the Argen-
tine ant England.
Circulars explaining the
danger of the spread of
this pest have been sent
broadcast in England and
our own Bureau of Ento-
mology, at Washington,
has also distributed warn
ings in the Southeastern
portion of the United
States, where ii appears
the ants have again OBJ
tanned a foothold and are
threatening to take up a
drive into the northern
part of the country. II is
thought quite likely that
the ant obtained a start
on our southern border
The Washington times., 1922-08-27

4 TOT long ago tittle three-year-old
N Ruth Jones, whose father is a we'll
= to-do farmer near Bigheart, Okla
homa, complained of pains in her ear and
head. It was thought that she had some
childish ailment, but later as the symp-
toms grew worse doctor was called in
who diagnosed the case as meningitis. The
baby died within few days.
There were many curious features of
the illness that determined Farmer Jones
to have an autopsy made.
When this was done it was found that
little Ruth's death had been caused by
an Argentine amt!
The ant, an eigg-laying female-a queen
ant--had crawltsd into the outer ear of
the baby, had bitten its way through the
ear-drum, passed into the inner ear and
had laid its eggs against the membrane,
close to the mastioid bone. It had died
there and some Of the eggs had hatched.
An infection had thus been set up which
first affected the mastoid bone and then
passed on to the brain, causing an infam-
nation which had. resulted in death.
Soon after the report of little Ruth's
death was made to the authorities other
cases of mysterious deaths among chill
dren, and even adults, in regions infested
by the ant came to light. The Bureau
of Agriculture in Washington sent investi-
gators into the Southwest, and as result
of their discoveries warnings have been
sent broadcast over the parts of the coun-
try where the tiny pest has found lodge
ment, and a real war for its extermina-
tion has been begun.
An eminent New York medical author
ity. who has met with somewhat similar
case in his own practice, explains just how
the ant caused the little girls death.
Before giving his explanation, however,
it is necessary to know something about
the structure of the human ear.
The ear is divided into three parts and
in anatomical language-they are
called the outer, middle and inner ear.
Only the first two are considered here, as
the inner ear, highly complex mechan-
ism. is not concerned in the case under
discussion.
The outer ear is made up Of the ex-
banded portion that projects from the
head-ear flap it is sometimes called, and
the outer auditory canal. This last is
simply the passage with which every one
is familiar, the tube into which we some
times stuff cotton.
The middle ear is known as the tym-
panic cavity. Tympanum means drum
and that is just what the middle ear is
a drum, although when we say ear-drum
we mean the membrane that is stretched
across the opening between the outer and
middle ear
Behind this ear-drum is the hollow
space that corresponds to the shell or
body Of the drum.
II is really hollow space in that bony
portion of the skull known as the mastoid
so called because II is full Of air spaces
The Washington times., 1922-08-27

through shipments arriving in New Or
leans from European ports.
The work of stamping out this pest has
been taken up by the United States Gov
ernment agents after Professor E. r. Bar
ber assistant at the Bureau of Entomol-
ogy of the Department of Agriculture at
Washington, had made Investigations in
the Southern States.
Professor Barber paid particular atten-
ton to the attacks Of these ants on babies
and discovered that they occur ''in such
numbers as to cause serious results, and
that reports of the death of infants had
been carefully verified"
In asking the British Government for
funds to repress this pest Mr.. A. z. Moore,
The Washington times., 1922-08-27

,ugh the tympanum
the ears Of sleeping
ividuals until it
ches the brain and
5 its victims"
md Professor Lefroy
!:
81 do not want
to alarm the public
unnecessarily, but
the Argentine ant
is one of the most
dangerous pests in
the world. II will
eat anything we
eat.
"The plague has
come to England in
a case of tomatoes
or bananas from
M a d e ira. The
varying tempera-
ture of our normal
Summrs have up to
date kept Us inn
mune from Argen-
tine ants, but the
heat of last year
and this year after
a slow start has
enabled I h e m to
gain a firm foot
hold. If their in
roa Is are not
checked they will
be the horror of
the housekeeper.
| As a rule, they
nest behind furni-
ture or wall fix
lures. The b e s I
means of getting
rid of them is to
smear their nesting
| places literally
with a mixture of
parafn oil an d
| fub~icating oil.
II appears, ac-
cording to the best
authorities, h a I
the Argentine ant
landed In Spain in
1917 and in Eng
| land in 1918, and
| since IN en- has
spread with alarm
| ing activity.
The Argentine
= ant in both blind
and deaf, but has
The Washington times., 1922-08-27

jaws by which it is able TO burrow
into many tough substances. They have
The Washington times., 1922-08-27

or cells. On the upper side OF
this bony structure is part of the
brain.
In very young babies the upper
wall of the middle-ear cavity is
sometimes entirely absent. This
is occasionally true of young chill
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16

cattle market has not made the rapid
recovery observed in sheep, it is
showing strength and the outlook for
the year is good. Last year the de-
mand was all for light cattle, but the
first two months of this year have
seen the heavy steer again in the
ascendancy in favor and price.
There will probably be heavier ship
ments of beef from Montana this
year than last" the review continues,
"as on account of the heavy market
ing expense and the poor prices paid
for range stuff last fall, ranchers
carried over everything that they
were not forced to market.
1.-THE western cattle grower is still
facing almost prohibitive costs of
shipping and every effort will be
made by western stock associations
this year to have these expenses re-
duced. The federal bureau of mar
kets estimates that during the seven
year period from 1914 to date, freight
rates have advanced 81 per cent, COM
mission 80 per cent and yardage cost
from 40 to SO per cent. In the face
of these enormous advances, the price
of beef at the market has declined
from so to so per cent from war time
"The government also reports
there is an apparent absence of
relationship between the prices paid
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16
ROCKY BOY REDS
RAISE FINE WHEAT
CROOKED NOSE, A CREE BRAVE,
CUT TWO AND A HALF ACRES
WITH BUTCHER KNIFE
Threshed 1874 Bushels From Little
Patch; Reservation Near Havre
Shipped Marquis Wheat for Seed
Because of Its Quality; Homeless
Indians a Problem.

Investigation of the Indian en-
perintendent f. c.. Campbell of the
Blackfeet reservation and J.. B. Park
er of the Rocky Boy agency with an
idea to making a detailed report to
the department of Indian affairs, was
completed last week at Great Falls.
Many of the Indians have no legal
claim on the government and per-
manent disposition of them is a prob
lem for which no exact solution has
been discovered.
In Superintendent Campbell's sur
vey it was learned that los Indians
are living in the camp, a larger num-
Der than had been supposed. OF
these, 33 belong on the Rocky Boy
agency, one is a Blackfeet, and one
or two others can be assigned to res
er%vations, but the remainder are so
indefinitely connected with any tribe
that they are not known to belong
at any particular place.
That the Rocky Boy Indians are
making exceptional progress on their
reservation in the Bear Paw noun
tains since their location there five
years ago is the assertion of Super
intendent Parker. The Indians rails
ed 10000 bushels of wheat in 1921,
$500 bushels in 1920 and 400 bu-
shells in 1919. More than 500 ions
of wild hay is harvested annually and
livestock on the agency is being slow
ly increased. Two hundred and fifty
acres of winter wheat was sown last
fall, 200 acres in addition were plow-
ed for spring crops and probably 500
acres will be prepared as soon as the
ground is in condition.
1.-THE Rocky Boy Indians have rails
ed some of the highest grade wheat
in the state since they were placed
on the reservation" said Superintend-
ent Parker. 1.-TWO cars of their Mar
quis wheat was shipped out last fall
for seed because of its grade.
"Their yields are running as high
as the white mans in many cases,
despite the fact that they are some
what handicapped for tools. Crook
ed Nose, one of the Indians on the
agency, last fall cut two and one
half acres of wheat with a butcher
knife, and his wife bound it by hand
and shocked it. From this little
patch he threshed 134 bushels of
and undoubtedly he earned
it."
The Rocky Boy Indians are a mix
tur of Cree and Chippewa, the two
tribes having joined after the Riel
Rebellion. The Chippewas drifted
west about half a century ago, after
their chief, Rocky Boy, had declined
to accept reservation for his people
in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The
crossed into Canada and there
became involved in the Riel rebellion
but were driven back into Montana
killing a number of whites and
1oing considerable property damage.
South of the border, the Crees, led
by Little Bear, gave them refuge,
and the tribes have since lived toge-
Both of the old chieftains are
now dead, Little Bear passing on to
he happy hunting ground in 1921
and Rocky Boy in 1915.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16
MOTHER! CLEAN
CHlLD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Even a sick child loves the "fruity"
taste of California Fig Syrup" If
the little tongue is coated, or if your
child is listless, cross, %feverish, full
Of cold, or has collie, give a teaspoon
full to cleanse the liver and bowels. In
a few hours you can see for yourself
how thoroughly it works all the con
stipation poison, sour bile and waste
out of the bowels, and you have a
we'll, playful child again.
Millions of mothers keep "Califor-
mia Fig Syrup" handy. They know
a teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask your druggist for
genuine California Fig Syrup"
which has directions for babies and
children of all ages printed on bottle.
Mother! You must say california"
or you may get an imitation fig
syrup.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16
WOOL AND WHEAT PROSPECTS
WELL FOR MONTANA,
SAYS BANKS MONTHLY REVIEW

their normal pre-War consuming ba-
sis and are converting raw stocks in
to finished products almost at the
pre-war rate" the bulletin reads.
"The supply in the principal consum-
ing countries is less than enough to
meet present demands, while in the
United States stocks are lighter than
at any time within 10 years. That
condition also obtains in Great Brit
ian, France and Germany.
Demand Grows Firmer
Numerous sales of Montana clips
in storage have been announced at
from 80 cents to 36k cents, with the
demand apparently growing firmer.
Arizona shearing has been delayed by
cold weather, but bids above 80 cents
for the new wool are being refused.
Some Utah woods were contracted at
27 cents, and later sales are reported
at 80 cents, with little discrimination
being shown against clips running to
crOss-bred woods. The Jericho pool
in Utah refused the highest bid made,
Sc 1-8 cents for 100000 pounds of
fine wool. For this pool II cents was
paid in 1920, and 16 7-8 cents in
1921. Some Boston houses are Of
81 a fleece advance on this
years clip if consigned for later sale.
Prices for Montana fine medium
wool (scoured basis) in Boston were
around 95 cents last month, while
Montana half-blood staple, on the
basis, brought STU cents, these
being several cents higher than
quotations, which is an
usual situation. All the wool held
by the government has now been dis
posed of, and with imports at a linn
tied volume and stocks low, there is
considerable competition for posses
sion of what Is now on the market.
AS European exchange conditions
pick up low grade woods promise to
benefit. The mutton market has
been equally favorable, with choice
lambs bringing as high as $14. A
11gh market the rest of the winter
probable, with every proba-
oility of early spring lambs making
good money for the grower"
Cattle Market Improving
The review notes that, while the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16

to producers and the prices paid by
consumers for the same product that
will compel the serious consideration
of the stock growers. For instance,
according to the department of la
boris statistical bureau, the average
price of good steers on the Chicago
market last year was 2 per cent be-
low the average price in 1913, while
the average wholesale price at which
good beef ~carcasses were sold after
slaughter averaged 23 per cent high
er than in 1913. The average retail
price, the report says, in 81 cities
of the country on five cuts of the
same c~arcasses was "a per cen above
the average of September, 1913"
The review sounds another optim-
istic note relative to the wheat mar
ket. every indication at present
points to a strong wheat market dur
ing the year." the bank has found.
Reports indicate that the great bulk
of wheat has passed out of the pro-
ducers' hands, and as export trade
has been much heavier than was ex-
pected, the stock of grain on hand
in this country promises soon to be
below domestic requirements.
There is also apprehension of a
reduced crop of winter wheat in the
nation, which furnishes ordinarily
three-fifths of the production. In the
southwest there has been persistent
drought, with disastrous effects IN
the winter crop. This general situa-
ton, with prospects for even strong
er demand abroad for American
wheat, indicates a high price next
fall. AS the Montana winter wheat
crop is at present in first-class on
and the supply of moisture
this winter unusually great, there is
good reason for anticipating a good
crop and a good price for it."
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16

man, died in a forest rangers cabin
in the Little Belt mountains in Cas-
cade county last week of pneumonia,
following an attack of influenza.
His wife, at the Deep Greek ranger
station, SO miles away, made the trip
over the mountains for IL miles on
s~nowshoes and rode the rest of the
way on a saddle horse, reaching the
bedside of her husband a few hours
before his death.
AS an extermindtor of predatory
animals Griffith is reputed to have
few equals in the west. 1t was. a re-
suit of his work that the state and
government Joined forces and en-
ployed experienced trappers to rid
the country of wolves instead of de-
pending wholly on the bounty sys-
tenn. He vas employed by the United
States biological survey and estab-
lished an enviable reputation among
hunters and trappers two years ago
when he exterminated a wolf pack
mountains clean of stock and wild
game.
Last summer, while stationed in
the Highwoods, he killed the biggest
wolf that was ever seer in hat Sec
ton of the country, long famous as
a rendezvous of wolves. He is said
to have been one OF the best rifle
shots in the west and a man who
knew outdoor life as few men do.
He loved the life in the open, lived
close to nature and was an ardent
sportsman. He is said by friends
% have been a fisherman par excel
and a wonderful companion.
He was we'll known in Great Falls
and was on his way to the Millegan
country, where wolves have been re-
ported recently, when he became i'll
Ind died. He was 45 years old and
s survived by the widow and one
child, a boy of one years old. The
BODY was removed to White Sulphur
Springs for burial.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16
New Hay Freight Rates

The state railroad commission has
granted authority to the Northern
Pacific railway company to establish
a freight of SIS a ton on hay from
all stations in Montana east of Liv-
ingston, including the Gardiner and
other branch lines. The new rates
are to be used only where the Mon
tana scale of rates exceeds the spe-
cial rates. The new rates are said
to have been established to aid the
farmers in eastern Montana to over
come a shortage of feed for livestock
by obtaining hay from the Gallatin
valley.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16

Strengthening of the wool market
during the winter months is an in
stance cited in the March 1 financial
review of the Great Falls National
Bank of favorable developments in
the general situation as applying par
,ticularly to Montana. The tone of
the wool market gives producers
promise of receiving not less than 80
cents a pound for their clips next
spring, while predictions generally
are for a considerably better price
than that.
"The department of agriculture in
Washington announced a few days
ago that many of the wool importing
countries of the world have regained
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16
Upset Stomach,
Gas, Indigestion
"Pape's Diapepsin" gives
Relief in Five Minutes

'Pape's D%iapepsin' is the quickest,
surest relief for Indigestion, Gases,
Flatulence, Heartburn, S%ourness, Fer
mentation or Stomach Distress caused
by acidity. A few tablets give almost
immediate stomach relief and shortly
the stomach is corrected SO you can
eat favorite foods without fear. Large
case costs only few cents at drug store.
Millions helped annually.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16
THIN, FLAT HAIR
GROWS LONG, THICK
mi ABUNDANT

"Danderine" C o 8 t S
only 35 cents a bottle.
One application ends
all dandruff, stops
itching and falling
hair, and, in a few
moments, you have
doubled the beauty of
your hair. 1t will ap-
pear a mass, so soft,
lustrous, and easy to
do up. But what will
please you most will
be after a few weeks
use, when you see
new hair - fine and
DOWN. at firSt-ypg-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16
For Constipated Bowels - Bilious Liver

tonight will empty your bowels COM
pletely by morning and you will feel
splendid. They work while you
sleep" Cascarets never stir you up
or grippe like Salts, Pills, Calomel, or
OIL and they cost only ten cents q
box. Children love Cascarets. roo
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16

but really new hair growing all over
the scalp. "Danderine" is to the hair
what fresh showers of rain and sun
shine are to vegetation. 1t goes right
to the roots, invigorates and strength
ems them. This delightful, stimulat-
ing tonic helps thin, lifeless, faded
hair to grow long, thick, heavy and
luxuriant.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16
NOTED HUNTER OF
WOLVES IS DEAD
PNEUMONIA CLAIMS w. f. GRIF-
FIFTH, CALLED ONE OF BEST
SHOTS IN THE WEST

Last Year Killed Biggest Wolf in
HighwoOd Mountains; Wife Makes
Heroic Journey on Snowshoes and
by Saddle Horse, Reaching Hus-
band Before He Passes Away.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16

After a life spent in the big silent
country of the great outdoors, F. w.
Griffith, veteran trapper and sports
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16
Classified Advertising
HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO SELL?
Do YOU Wish to BUY ANYTHING?

ut ysur wan in lie Weekly Newspapers In Montana, which reach 100000
readers in this state every week. Sem 10 wards n 81 or 20 words nd 81 to
ii MONTANA NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION, Great Falls, Montana the
greatest advertising medium In thu estate. Display rates on apphcauon
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16
ALFALFA, TIMOTHY, CLOVER

WHITE BLOSSOM SWEET Glover Seed,
unhulied, hulled or scarified. Write for
prices and samples. H. Bonebright,
Chinook, Montana.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16
SITUATIONS WANTED

MANAGER for a farmers cooperative ex-
change department store in northern Min
nesota wants to change. He is 40 years
old, married, well appearing, healthy and
thoroughly trained in the merchandising
business with a very successful record.
Best of references Address H-23, Great
Falls. Montana.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16

SWEET CLOVER, yellow blossom, bien-
NAL, test 1902 per cent pure. 10 cents
per pound for hundred pounds or more.
Victor Koiitsch, Montague, Montana.
NO 1 ALFALFA SEED, Idaho grown, dod-
der free, II cents ID. No. 2 alfalfa lac
red clover 19c; alsike zoe. Samples free.
William veazie, Seedman, Jerome, Idaho.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16

FOR SALEIOne carload of good wheat
grass seed of my own; grown on new
land. Make offer. Address, A. L. Koltze,
Pingree, N. D.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-03-16
PURE EXTRACTED HONEY

RE EN iii O-FL
HAVE q the price on my comp honey.
One 24-section case, $3.75; two or more
cases, $3.50 each. Also extracted honey,
$500 per 60 Id. can. Nice honey. Ex-
press or P. p. Geo. o. Gould, Bull,
Idaho.
COMB HONEY, choice, $4 per case. You
pay express. Farmers Service, Box 472,
Twin Falls, Idaho.