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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-26
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Helena. July 25.-That Governor
Joseph NJ. Dixon sought to mislead his
| audience at Livingston last Saturday
night and leave the impression that
former state employees got their coal
from the state. is the charge of the
| Montana Democratic club, which OBJ
tanned a stenographic report OF Gov
ernor Dixon's address from a prize
fight ring at Livingston.
A. E. McFatridge, clerk of the state
board Of examiners, who had charge
of handling coal shipped to Helena dur-
ing the coal shortage two years ago
| ard sold by McFatridge to state en-
ployes, was interviewed by a repre-
mediately after Governor Di1on,s
speech was received in Helena. The
coal obtained by state officers and en-
ployes was never the property of the
state of Montana, was never paid for
by state money and was ordered from
the same mines at the same prices
made the state, payment being made
to McFatridge, who settled the account
at the mines.
WAS coal gotten by state employees
from the states coal supply?' was the
question put to Clerk McFatridge.
The answer was:
NO, / don't figure it was the states.
1t was ordered by the state and pur-
chased by the employees at the same
price"
These answers were made by Mr..
McFatridge in the presence of Will A.
Tatem, assistant clerk to the state
board of examiners. and Bill Breiten-
stein. a special assistant clerk to the
board.
WAS all of the coal gotten by en-
ployes paid for by them McFatridge
was asked.
Yes. sir. it was all paid for. No
coal went to any employees that was
not paid for by the employee"
Clerk McFatridge had charge Of all
the coal transactions of state employees.
The coal gotten by them was ordered
by the state and after the delivery the
employe paid the amount due. to Mr..
McFatridge, who RENTED 10 the COM
pany selling the coal. Books were kept
on these transactions by McFatridge.
and according to his statement none Of
the transactions were made by the
state of Montana but were private
transactions by the employees of the
state with the clerk of the board and
the company selling the coal. The state
of Montana was o known in the
transactions in any manner. according
to Mr.. McFatridge who contended that
the records of the sales to employees
are private property, not a public
record at all. ard not subject to m
v~estigation of citizens Of Montana, it
was declared.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-26

destruction cannot be repaired in
the present generation.
In the news columns, we read of
one hundred and one fires burning
in the Missoula district. Every
year emphasizes the need of pre-.
caution as we'll as methods to pre-
vent further losses. Much of this
timber is within the national forest.
Some of it is quite inaccessible.
This is where to our minds the
government has not been keeping
up with the procession. If it
should spend each year in the
building of roads through these
forests, the amount of money which
is lost every twelve months, the
situation would soon be brought
about whereby forces for fighting
these fires could be put to the front
in short order. With the forests
of the United States slowly but
surely disappearing, it certainly
would be within a wise policy to
invest millions of dollars in order
to make sure the preservation Of
billions of value in timber.
We hear a good deal about the
prevention of forest fires and about
being careful. This is all whole
some, but we need as we'll to put
in place all of the means that are
possible for fighting the many fires
that are sure to occur in the ma
tional forest.
The curing of a patient is fine
after he is sick. Keeping him from
getting sick is much better. There
should be many good roads built
through the forest
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-26
The HQSkin Letter
THE GOVERNMENT MAP COLLECTION.

Washington, July $50 many
people come to my door and read the
sign. Maps and Charts and turn
away" P. l.. Phillips. chief of the map
division of the Library of Congress,
made this remark, and he made it
rather sadly. There is as much of the
picturesque in Mr.. Phillips division as
in any part of the great library. But
the public thinks of a map as a dull.
abstract outline of a country. SO. more
often than not, visitors pass by and
miss seeing the map with the picture
of the one legged man holding his foot
over him like an umbrella.
This attractive novelty is just in
side the door. It is possible that if
be were outside, below the sign, Maps
and Charts" the o~ne-legged gentleman
might stimulate the public Imagination
and Mr.. Phillips would be swamped
with visitors. But side-show advertise
ing is beneath governmental dignity.
Mr.. Phillips has perhaps gone as far
as this dignity permits when he placed
a swinging rack of quaint old sixteenth
century maps just inside his Goor.
The one-legged gentleman is in this
collection of valuable old vellum charts.
lie ID sltlIlk bliesluly II tAt Suddc VI
this huge foot in Ethiopia. a region
about which very little was known
when the map was drawn. In another
of these maps a man with a neck like
a camel is set down somewhere In
northern Europe.
These freak humans were not put
there in any spirit of levity. The map
of the sixteenth century depended on
explorers and travellers for information
about distant countries just as map
makers do today. Sometimes they
were deceived. Travellers exaggerated
or reported weird traditions as facts.
Sir John Vaudeville, famous traveller
Of the fourteenth century. is RESPONSE
bic for the one-legged man. Mr.. Phil
lips points u that Mandeville's book
Of travels contains the sane picture
that the map maker used a couple of
centuries later. Vaudeville added a
description TO his picture. written in
the quaint old English of his time:
Quaint Old English
I'm Ethiope ben many diverse folk:
and Eth;Ope is clept Called Gusts. In
that Contres ben folk that han but O
foot: and thei gon so fast that it is a
~marvaylle: and the foot is so large that
it schadewethe allie the Body azen the
SOME, whanne thei wole lye and reste
hem
The mar with the long. curved neck
is another connection Of some explorer.
He adorns a 1853 sailing chart of the
coast lines Of the world. The map
makers Of that time often decorated
their work with pictures of this sort.
showing the natural exhibits and inter
esting features of the different coun-
tries. This chart shows an excellently
drawn elephant. a camel, deer, unicorn,
and other animals in Africa, for in
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-26
n e DIVIDE

Science states there are 100000
hairs on the average head. Certain
Beau Brummells will spend their time
parting their hair exactly 0 ,0OO-S0,-
0OO.-Life.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-26
Is Hill County Men
Go to Training Camp
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Havre, July 25.-Sixteen men, Hill
c~ounty's quota Of recruits for the citi-
zens' training camp at Fort Douglas,
Utah, left Monday morning and will
remain the full month.
The men who have been accepted
are Erwin A. Churchill, Worth n.
Cack. Frank j. Cowan. James r. Han
son. Charles w. Heron, Louis J.
Mayer, Dyham c. Olson. Henry f.
Schwartz, Jr., Kenneth Schwartz, Lao
man C.. Shannon. Leon S. Sweetland.
William j. Warwick. Chandler r.
Young, James E.. Bourne. Sargent a.
Moore and Joseph r. Mackenzie.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-26
THE LOAD OF UNCER-
TAINTY

al wv Ao2A "a AAASll lAi0ll I'LL
certainty. The more critical the
situation. the more havoc is worked
out in prolonged doubtful situa-
tions.
The truth Of these statements is
surely emphasized in the industrial,
commercial and transportation mix
up with which the United States is
today afflicted. Perhaps this in
deed is the worst feature of the
present critical situation.
In his Fourth of July address at
Marion, Ohio, President Harding
declared that Liberty is gone in
America when a men is denied the
right to work and live by that work.
1t does o matter who denies"
During the same month in which
the president makes this statement,
a situation arises which puts his as
sertion to the severest test. Sure
ly the constitution and the statutes
of the government must be behind
the liberty which has been estab-
lished in America upon them as a
foundation. Everyone will admit
that liberty must be restored, if it
has been impaired or put to one
side. What the government lacks
in the present contingency is ap-
parently a lack of policy. Nobody
seems to know what it intends to
do. And yet it would be a wonderful
benefit if everybody knew this very
thing. Nearly every reader picks
up his daily paper now in the morn
ing and everybody asks if there is
anything new in the situation. If
the government is going to allow
or make it necessary for the rail-
roads to fight their issues alone,
there would surely be a lot of bene-
fit in knowing this much. If on the
other hand, Mr.. Harding and his
administration have something
which they definitely intend to do,
this information would be most
wholesome to every citizen, who is
living in fear of what may happen
tomorrow.
While these dark clouds of doubt
are hanging over all the people, we
read that there is to be a detailed
and perhaps long drawn out ar
rangement for the distribution Of
coal, to lei fuel, to hold down
prices and further investigation on
the part of the Interstate Com
merce commission, the department
of Justice, the department of the
interior and the department of COM
merce. This may all be salutary
to a certain extent but in the end
it is a blind road, and in itself con-
s~titutes a weakness in the situation
rather than an encouragement to
force conclusions.
The government at Washington
has had enough time to find out
what it intends to do in a construct
i've or a compelling way for the
settlement of the main issues of
controversy. Surely Mr.. Harding
and his administration has nothing
to gain for all of the people by
shifting about or by waiting after
the same manner that has character
lied the congress of the United
States during the last year or SO.
All men should be treated fairly,
but the time has come for definite
policies under the constitution and
the laws of the country. This ap-
plies to states and to counties and
to communities. We annot get
prosperity until we get reasonable
industrial peace.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-26
S ACCUSED
Of ATTEMPTING To
M|SLEAD AUDITORS
Democratic Club Challenges
Statement on Coal Deal;
McFatridge Explains.
WHAT DIXON SAID
AT LIVINGSTON

at the capitol found about
seyenty-five people drawing coal
cut Of the state coal supply-em-
p!oyes. do not think 1t was done
diahonestIy."- (Appiause). - Gov
ernor Joseph NJ. Dixon at LIVING
stou, Saturday evening, July 22,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-26
ROADS AND FOREST FIRES

livery year millions of dollars
- are lost beyond rescue through
the burning Of standing timber in
the forests of the northwest. The
loss is terrible. In any event such
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-11-23
Will Find Out if
Bonus Has Won

The fate OF the bonus is yet In
doubt. The constitution Of Kansas
says "No debt Exceeding $1,000.
OOO) shall be contracted un'
less the proposed debt shall
first be submitted at some
general election. And If such pro-
posed law shall be ratified by a ma
jority Of the votes cast" The con-
stitution doesn't say cast for gov
ernor, nor lieutenant governor mol
for the state ticket, nor for any
county ticket or Office. 1t says "a
majority of the votes cast" That
means all the votes cast-spoiled
ballots, blank ballots--every ballot
that was handed out by the election
officials, no matter how 1t was ulti-
mately marked, unmarked or cast.
The county clerks have been asked
to send the number Of "votes cast
in each county and the bonus must
have a majority of this total.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-11-23
DIED FROM MOTOR ACCIDENT
Mrs. Charles Bradshaw of Heringt0n
Passed Away

Mrs. Charles Bradshaw, of Her
ingtOn, died Thursday evening fol-
lowing several months illness, the
result of an automobile accident on
the Herington streets. Last spring
she was crossing the street on hel
way home from church when she
was run down and badly injured by
a careless driver. Since then SHE
has been in the hospital and an oper-
alton was performed this week will
the hope of saving her life.
Mrs. Bradshaw spent her girlhooc
i'm Abilene and was the daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. A. NJ. Crary, now resi-
dents OF Herington, where she has
lived for many years. She was &
sister in-law .of Mrs. c. NJ. Hargel
Of this city. She leaves a husband
five children and two brothers, Il. G
and b. c. Crary. She was prom
inent in Heringt0ns social and re
ligiOus life and her death will bt
sincerely mourned by many friends
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday at 1 80, burial in the Herring.
ton cemetery.
Funeral services were conducted
at the home at 3 y. m. Saturday
Rev. c. T.. Hatfield officiating, bur-
ial i'm HeringtOn cemetery.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-11-23
(First published In the Abilene Weekly
Reflector October 26. 1929
sHERIFFs SALE
Case No. 1925
HALEY Schlveley. Plaintiff.

HALEY Schiveley. Plaintiff,
VS.
Minnie r.. Enochs, C. c. Schiveley. Her.
bert g. +. Schiveley and Edna Luz
cile Enochs, Joyce Schiveley. minors
and c.. c. Schiveley. executor of the
Schiveley deceased, late of Dickinson
County, Kansas. Defendants.
Under and by virtue or an order of
sale issued by the Clerk OF the District
Court OF the Eighth judicial District,
within and for Dickinson County, State
Of Kansas. in the above entitled case
ana to me directed and delivered,
VIII on Monday the 27th day of Novem-
her, A. d, 1922. at 10 o'clock q. m, of
said day at the front door Of the court
house In the City of Abilene, Dickinson
County, State OF Kansas, with appraise-
| ment. sell to the highest bidder, for
cash IN hand. the tollowing real 1o estate tG
the north half OF lot No. forty seven
(4O on Spruce Street In Augustine &
LebOld,s sub b-divisiOn No. two t2)of lots
In Thompson q McCoy's Addition to the
City of Abilene. including the improve
ments thereon. Lot No. seventy .(7OQ
Hueustlne's Aaditibn to the city Of
Abilene. including the improvements
thereon. Lot No. seventy-two (72) on
Buckeye Avenue In Southwi0k Il Aug
ustine's Addition to the City Of Abilene,
Including the improvements thereon; In
Dickinson County, State of Kansas. The
said real estate will be sold pursuant
cause recfted In said order OF sale.
Witness my hand this 25th day of
October, 1922.
G. A. SHERMAN,
Sheriff Dickinson County. Kans.
-2swbt
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-11-23
First published in the Abilene Weekly
Reflector october 26. 1920
sHERIFF's SALE
Case No. 1888

The Wyandt Mortgage & Investment
Company. a Corporation, Plaintiff,
vs.
Edith a. Sheets Harry Sheets, Merle
Sheets, Orville Sheets, Dorothy Sheets,
Esther Sheets and Florence Sheets,
minor heirs of William G. Sheets, de-
ceased, and NJ e Simpson, adminis-
traitor OF the estate Of William q.
sheets, deceased, Defendants.
Under and by virtue or an order of
sale issued by the Clerk Of the District
Court of the Eighth judicial District,
within and for Dickinson County. State
Of Kansas, I'm the above entitled case.
and TO me directed and delivered. ]
viii on Monday. the 27th day of Novem-
Der. a. ID. 1922. at 1890 o'clock a. m
OF said day at the front door Of the
court house in the City OF Abilene.
Dickinson Co.. State OF Kansas, with
out appra rsement. sell TO the highest
bidder. for cash In hand, the following
real estate to-wit: The north half OF
the southeast quarter OF section thirty.
township eleven south, range one east
n the sixth principal meridian, In
Dickinson County. State OF Kansas. The
said real estate WIN be sold pursuant
to the Judgment Of the court in said
cause reeIted in said order Of sale.
Witness my hand this 25th day OF
October, 1929.
O. A. SHERMAN,
Sheriff Of Dickinson County, kans.
p. II. RoYER. Attorney for Plaintiff.
1o-z6W5t
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-11-23

and millions of pounds OF meat to sell
them, not only has failed to call a
conference with the nations repre-
senting those debtors and customers,
but has even refused to sit In a con-
ference with those nations.
Now no one Is particularly to
blame, for our governments action
probably represents the feeling of Il
large majority Of the people OF this
country and certainly represents the
feeling Of a large majority OF our
congressmen and senators and news
papers who try to feel the public
pulse. When we did call a confer
ence to talk Of junking battleships
and drew a treaty TO make the talk
effective a big outcry arose III the
Senate that we were letting John
Bull pull the wool over our eyes, and
the treaties that should have had
unanimous approval after undue de-
bate were ratified by altogether too
narrow n margin.
The question Is, are we ready to
call conference to consider our own
interests as well as those or our GUS
toners and debtors?
IL we could realize that, IL some
people in Europe who would like
some wheat could get credit to buy
just so million bushels in addition to
the 500 million bushels they really
need and will probably buy, that,
since our current wheat crop the
world over is short, it might mean
an advance of twenty-five or even
fifty cents bushel. We then might
realize that bound up with a return
of prosperity to the farmers is a
proper solution Of the question Of
credit to Europe, of just settlement
of the Reparations, and adjustment
of the Allied Debt to the United
States.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-11-23
KIND NURSE
SAVED BABY
Nickinson County Girls Fine Act For
Deserted Child

(This human interest story is told
in the Colorado Springs Gazette. Miss
Wallace. the nurse whose fine action
is described, is Dickinson county
girl. the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. j
j.. wallace of Talmage neighbor'
hoOd.)
This is the story Of four people
First, there is the baby, Dorothy
Second and third, there are her faith
er and mother, who didn't want her
Fourth, there is the nurse who cared
for the baby when she became al
most hopelessly i'll and who. after
sleepless days and nights, loved II
back to health. 1t Is the PROOF tina,
the love of life is born with us ano
that even so small morsel OF hu'
manity as an eight month old baby
has the power Of will to live In the
face of all odds. 1t is the proof, too
that love is more powerful than the
cunning of medical science.
The story is simply told:
Dorothy's mother is 16 years old
Her father is 10. The mother Is
much more fond Of the joys OF girl
hood than the responsibilities OF
wife and motherhood. The father
would far rather do the things thai
other boys do than assume the sober
ddties Of the man of the house
Therefore when they knew that a
baby was on the way, they were not
happy about it. When she came
they named her Dorothy and hi
things 20 with that. For, after al
what do 16-year-Old girl and 10
year old boy know about tiny bab,
les?
So, Dorothy's mother and Dor
othy's father, after they had giver
her a good name, lost further inter
est in her. They forgot her as com.
pletely as possible when one con
siders that even brand new baby
has methods of making itself con
spicuous. Perhaps they didn't NEAR
to be cruel. but thesl are some OF the
things they did: First, and most
cruel. the mother refused to nurse
her baby, and as everyone knows
that gives a baby better start in
life than anything else. Next, she
left the house for hours at time
with Dorothy all alone In it. Some
times neighbors came IN, out of pity
and found her crying from hunger
and cold, bottle of sOured milk by
her mouth 1t was only then that
she knew all too fleetingly Of tender
ness and affection when the mother
ing neighbors would give her warm,
sweet milk and gently bathe her
tiny emaciated form.
Nothing more could be expected
than that Dorothy did not thrive as
the months went by. Her little body
was nothing but wrinkied skin over
stark bones. Her eyes were sunken
and dull. Her wizened face took on
that parchment-like hue that so
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-11-23
(First published In the Abilene Weekly
Reflector October 26, 1929
sHERIFF's SALE
Case No. SS92
The State Bank of Hope. a Corporation
Plaintiff.

The State Bank of Hope, Corporation,
Plaintiff,
Charles Jacob and Cora B. Jacob. De-
PENDANTS.
Under and by virtue or an order OF
sale issued by the Clerk Of the District
Court OF the Eighth Judicial District.
within and for Dick inson County. state
of Kansas, in the above entitled case
and to me directed and delivered,
viii on Monday, the 27th day OF Novem-
ber, \. d: 1922, at 10 oeloSk a.. e. M; Of
house in the City Of Abilene. Dickinson
County, state OF Kansas. without ap-
TOR cash in hand. the following real
estate. to-wit: Lots seven and eight
q q 81 in block fifteen U6) OF the
Original Town of Chapman. in Dickin.,
son County, State of Kansas. The said
real estate will be sold pursuant to the
Judgment of the court in said cause
Witness my, hand this 25th day Of
reclted In said order of sale.
october, 1922.
G. A. SHERMAN,
Sheriff Dickinson County, Kans.
10 28w6t
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-11-23
Stanley Raub Won Praise

Stanley Raub, formerly, Of Abi-
lene, was violinist In an "old-fash-
ioned concert" at Wichita Falls,
Tex, where he is now located and
the Press Of that city says: (Which
ita Falls is again blessed by being
chosen as the home Of such distin-
guished violinist and teacher as
Stanley Raub. The repeated recalls
that the audience gave him, after his
Of the fact that this city instantly
recognized exceptional ability in this
performer. He was recalled seven
times and completely won his aud
ienee."
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-11-23
GOOD BLOOD! GOOD LOOKS!

A good looking man or woman who
can smile is q sure winner in business
or in love. A good appetite means
smiles and health; but how many enjoy
their foodf They suffer from liver
trouble or Indigestion and life becomes
a burden. TO feel well, the blood must
be pure and rich; if it is impure, many
ills are sure to follow. An old reliable
medicine good for stomach and liver
is DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, made Of herbs and roots brought
in by the Indians from their nearby
Reservations. 1t has relieved thou.
sands, and will help you. Try 1t.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-11-23
(First published in the Abilene Weekly
Reflector November 3, 1929
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

state of Kansas, Dickinson county. ss ::
In the Probate Court OF said county
and state.
In the Matter OF the Estate of Delanta
O. Manon, Deceased.
To all creditors and other persons
Interested In said estate:
You are hereby notified that l have
filed a report of my administration OF
said estate in the Probate Court of
Dickinson County, Kansas, and that
will make final settlement of the above
named estate In the Probate Court In
and for said county at the Probate
Judges office In Abilene. Kansas. on
the 18th day OF December 1922; and at
such time application will be made for
my compensation. attorney fees, and
o her expenses, and for my discharge
as such administrators, and for an order
OF the court finding and adjudging
who were the heirs. devisees, and lega-
tees of the deceased.
FRANK l.. MANON
Administrator of the estate OF
Delania Q. Manon, deceased.
11-9W4t