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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
HUGE BLAZE BURNS
OVER RICH FORAGE
LANDS Of ALBERTA
Conflagration Extends Over
35-Mile Front; Thousands
of Tons of Hay Destroyed.
Special to The Tribune.

CDPClHl 10 Inc ITIUuuC.
Lethbridge, Alta, Sept 22.-Sheep
and cattle men of southern Alberta
suffered enormous losses as a result
of the terrific prairie fire which re-
Gently swept clean the southern slope
of the Blood Indian reserve north and
east of Cardston.
A hundred thousand acres of the
choicest grass land on the reserve
we're denuded of their winter feed. In
addition to this grazing loss was the
thousands of tons of stacked hay to-
tally destroyed by the flames, which
for 1S hours ragged over a 35-mile
front as a party of firefighters,, num-
bering 200, white and red, battied TIC
stem the fiery tide. 1t was only by
back firing and meeting the flames
with soaked sacks and skins that the
fire was stopped.
The heaviest loss, according to Off
ciasl of the Indian agency, was In the
eros Ventre lake district. The grazing
leases burned were owned by Card
ston. Glenwoodville and Gagrath
stockmen. p. Burns has large cattle
leases north of the devastated range.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
Agate Dealer Given
Order to Collect
Stones for Europe
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Livingston, Sept. 22.-Montana ag-
ates, found only along the Yellowstone
river, are much in demand in Europe,
according to J. T. V. Evans, local deal
er, who received an order Friday for
400 pounds of agate stones from a
French dealer.
According to Evans, the Yellowstone
agates are used extensively in French
and German jewelry.
Evans will leave next week on a
two weeks trip down the Yellowstone,
where he will search for the agates.
Some of the stones are beautifully
formed" said Mr.. Evans. land several
| have sold for as high as 5000 each.
These highly priced stones are agates
containing pieces of moss, which look
like trees and in fact which are some
times arranged to give scenic effects.
The most beautiful stone ] ever found
showed a group of trees neal water
and the moss was so arranged that it
appeared as though the trees, which. of
course, were just moss, were reflected
IN the water or the white portion of
the agate"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
BOOK GIRL RELAY
HORSES FOR RACES
At MONTANA FAIR
of Midland Empire
Fame Will Compete in
Four Days of Week.
Tribune's Helena Bureaul

Helena, Sept. Z2.-AS an added at
traction for four days of the state fair
next week, the management has en-
gagged one of the best features of the
entertainment program of the Midland
Empire fair at Billing, Il relay race
with girl riders. Commissioner &. G
Davis and Secretary b. T. Moore took
in the Billings fair Thursday and were
so well pleased with this feature of the
racing program that they arranged for
the bringing of two strings of horses
with thei. riders to Helena for next
week.
The riding of Miss Dan Stanley, 8
~15-year-old rider of Sweet Grass
county, which was sensational in the
extreme, ind of Mrs. Dan Harvey OF
Powder River county was of such q
class that they were induced to bring
their horses TO Helena, where it il
expected to pit them against Fanny
Sperry of the Little Picky Pear coun-
try. These two riders, with their
strings of horses, were so well matched
that their time at the end of the Sec
ond of their three days race stood
5:57A to 5:5Sh.
A speciality relay race has been ar
ranged for them at the state fair, tC
De run on Iuesudy, N0unoSuoy, ihais
day and Friday. They will run one and
a half miles each day, using three
horses for three laps of the half-mile
track.
The state fair management has been
advised that a special train of % cars
of racing aid exhibition stock will be
loaded at Billings Saturday morning
for shipment to the state fair grounds
Included in this shipment will be
the Shorthorn herds of d. Warnock &
Son Of Loveland, Colo, and G. Haul
& Son of Glendo, Wyo. Besides these
there has been entered the herd of Day
& Rothrock of Spokane, the three
comprising that many of the best fit
ted Shorthorn herds in the west. In
addition, there will be quite a number
of entries by state stock breeders.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
Shelby Masons Plan
Lodge Organization
At Special Meeting

Special to The Tribune.
Shelby, Sept. 22.-Steps toward the
organization of a Masonic lodge IN
Toole county were taken Wednesday
night when members of the order re-
siding in Toole county gathered at Ben
iamin hall and named officers to serve;
provided the dispensation is granted
by the grand lodge. Benjamin hall
will be remodeled and leased for lodge
purposes.
Twenty-four lodges in the country
were represented at the meeting, sew
eral Canadian lodges being represented.
Following the session, which ended ~
the circulation and signing of a petit
ton asking for a charter. a luncheon
and social period was held. The next
meeting will be held in Benjamin hall,
September 30.
The following names were recon
mended for lodge Offices: w. I. Ey-
ans, w. NJ; NJ. ?. Lyon; 5; W.; }; ".
Williamson. J. w; ]. II. MacFarlane.
secretary, and ID. NJ. Brilliant, treas
urer.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
Says Tan|ac Is
Fine To Build
Up Weight

Persons suffering from stomach
trouble and who are under weight find
an ever-ready friend in Tanlac. This
celebrated medicine has ended indlges-
ton and increased the weight for thou
sands of people everywhere. Mr.. Ira
w. Reynolds, 1882 Ferdinand St, Sc
attic, Wash, says: :
my wife has actually gained
twenty-five pounds by taking ,Tanlac;
For twenty-five long years she had
trouble from Indigestion. have
seen her time and again when it didn't
look like she could possibly live. Her
health is now completely restored"
Under nourishment is the u of
most cases of under weight. Tanlac
enables the stomach to extract the
healthy nutriment from the food, builds
up the whole body and increases the
weight to normal. Millions of people
have testified to it's great benefits.
Get q bottle today at any good drug
gist.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23

Extension of the 8 per cent immi-
grafton quota law for two years.
Scrapping Of naval vessels in accord
with the arms conference treaties.
Reorganization of the patent office
with an increase in its force.
Decrease in personnel and expense
of the army and navy.
Monthly payment of pensions.
Development of rivers and harbors.
Appropriation of 100000 to con,
tinue work on the Muscle Shoals, Ala.
power project.
Appropriation of S1,500,OO0 to loan
farmers for seed grain.
Appropriation of 100000 for prose
cution of war frauds.
Continuation of wartime bonus pay
of federal employees.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
RUSH MARKS CONGRESS
ADJOURNMENT; SPECIAL
SESSION N MOVE MbEF
President May Call Extra Gathering to Take Up
Merchant Marine Bill and Amendments to
transportation Act; Republicans Praise and
Democrats Denounce Actions of Legislature.

well as it's economic, industrial and
home life.
Passage of the permanent tariff re.
vision and the soldiers bonus bllk
which was vetoed, probably were the
chief features of the session, which
began December 5. The Washington
conference on limitation of armament
and far eastern questions and the rail-
road and coal strikes, however, gave
congress new unexpected problems to
deal with. The naval limitation and a
half dozen other conference treaties
were ratified by the senate last March
after weeks of debate, delaying other
legislation, and about as many weeks
were required for conferences and leg
islation growing out of the two strikes
the fedaral coal commission and Goa
legislation and distribution bills.
Special Features of Session
Special features of the session in
cluded the seating of Senator New
berry, republican, Michigan, by the
senate January u; the recent attempt
by Representative Keller, republican
Minnesota, to impeach Attorney Cen
eral Daugherty; confirmation by the
senate of American ambassadors and
ministers to Germany, Austria and
Hungary; confirmation of former Sen
ator Sutherland of Utah as associate
justice of the supreme court to sue
coed former Justice Clarke, resigned;
deaths of Senator Penrose and Grove
of Pennsylvania; resignation Of VIII
liam II. Kneyon to go on the federal
bench, and the long tariff bill in the
senate. The tariff discussion began
April IL and broke all congressional
records for a continuous legislative day
through daily recesses without a single
adjournment from April 20 to August
2. The abortive effort for senate clot-
ure still pending and the row over ap-
pointment of Nat Goldstein to be st
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23

Louis internal revenue collector, and
the passage by the house but failure OF
the senate to override the presidents
veto on the bonus bill were other fea-
lures.
Headed by the tariff bill, the SEES
sions' more important legislation pro-
vided for:
Creation of the allied debt funding
commission.
Appropriation of $20,O00,0O0 for
Russian relief.
Appointment of a dirt farmer on
the federal reserve board.
Cooperative marketing by farmers.
Regulation of grain futures so as to
meet the supreme court decision making
the original Capper-Tincher law mop
e~rative.
Creation of 25 more federal judges.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
POLICE CATCH MAN
CHARGED AS KILLER
IN WHISKY CHASE
Alleged Slayer of Albertan Of
ficers Taken Before Escape
to Mountains.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Blairmore, Alta, Sept. 22.-Emilie
Picareill-, alleged slayer of Constable
Lawson of the Alberta provincial po'
lice following a rum-running episode
in which the bo~otlegger's son was shot
in the hand, was III down and arrest
ed late Friday afternoon as he was
attempting to escape over the noun
tains southeast of here.
Picareillo was nervous and in an x
hausted condition when Constable
Bradner of the Alberta provincial po-
lice, assisted by Constables Clarke and
Tutin of the mounted police, made the
arrest. He was unarmed and surren-
dered calmly and without disturbance
The woman known as Mrs. Lasanda
who is said to have been associated
with the alleged murderer in his rum
ventures, was later placed under ar
rest. Picareillo was held on a charge
of murder and escorted to the provin'
cial Jail at Lethbridge. The inquest
over the body of Constable Lawson
will be held Saturday morning.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
Shelby Club Holds
Years First Session

Shelby, Sept. 22.-The Shelby Com
munity club held its first meeting of
the year at the high school auditorium
on Tuesday evening for the purpose
of renewing the community club activ-
tiles this winter. There was a good
attendance at the meeting and the fol-
lowing officers were elected on the
executive committee:
Z. Kessler, Professor Kirshberger,
II. f. Cox, chairman; Mrs. Mary Guth
and Miss Able Blake. The first meet
ing will be Tuesday, October 3. when
a basketball game will be staged and
a social dance will be given. Other
details of the program are not yet
completed.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
Conductor Gets Arm
Fractured in Fall
From Railroad Car
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Glasgow, Sept. 22.-SIike Lynch,
Great Northern freight conductor,
from Wolf Point, was brought to the
Deaconess hospital Thursday with a
broken arm as the result of an acc-
dent while switching in the Wolf Point
yards Tuesday night.
Lynch was standing on top of a box
car which had been switched on a
siding, thinking the siding was empty.
The car hit another and the resulting
arm above the elbow. At first it was
thought that the wheels of the car
had passed over his arm.
Doctors Hoyt and Smith set the
fractured bone and Lynch is improv-
ing.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
Inspection Reveals
Decline in Number
OF Diseased Cattle
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Roundup. Sept. 22.-Roundup diaries
test high, according to DR.. III. f. Will
kins. who has just completed an in
spection tour of this district, including
the taking of tubercular tests Of 9
large number of dairy cattle.
A decided decrease in infected herds
is reported by DIR. wilkins and, with
the completion of this test, he feels
confident that the disease will be prac-
ticalIy eliminated in this locality.
From the various tests of the diff
ferent herds, less than / per cent was
found diseased. DIR. wilkins cOmpli-
mented Roundup for its dairies and the
high milk standard.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
Grass Fire Sweeps
Dangerously. Close
To Town Property
Special to The Tribune.

CpcCldl " Int 11lDuuts
Stanford, Sept. 22.-The Great
Northern train No. 237, while passing
through here Thursday, set fire to the
dead grass along the right-of-way and
caused a fire that for a short time
threatened the town with destruction,
Only for the early discovery and the
prompt action of several citizens, the
results would have been disasterous.
The fire, fully a block in length,
swept west toward the hotel and high
school dormitory. Fortunately, with
the assistance of the road as a guard,
the blaze was check before anything
more valuable that the railroad snow
fences were damaged.
The fire reached within a few feet
of the frame hotel and the adjoining
block of wooden buildings before be-
ing ex%tinguished.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
JOHNSON FUNERAL HELD

Libby, Sept. 22.-Funeral services
for Mrs. Annie Johnson, wife of John
J. Johnson, were held Friday after
noon from the family residence, the
Rev. NJ. p. Dommersnaes of the Scan
dinavian Lutheran church of Sand
Point, Idaho, officiating.
Mrs. Johnson died suddenly from 3
complication of diseases and was a.
years of age. She is survived by her
husband and a daughter, Matilda, Is
years old.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
Blaze Causes $4,000
Loss in Anaconda's
Brick Department
Special to The Tribune.

Anaconda, Sept. 22.-The brick de-
partment of the Anaconda Copper
Mining company was damaged to the
extent of $4,000 by fire Thursday
afternoon. The blaze originated in the
drying section. Both city and the
Washoe fire departments responded
and the flames were placed under con-
troll in two hours. Company officials
announced that the destroyed section
would be rebuilt immediately.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
Over 5000 Eligible
In Hill County to
Vote i'm November
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Havre, Sept. 22.-According to fig
clerk and recorder, approximately 30C
persons have registered since the pri-
mary election.
According to Earl j. Bronson, clerk
and recorder, the number Of voters in
the county for the fall election viii be
about $3.50. The registration office
closed at 5 o'clock.
OF the estimated number of voters
over half are men.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
Fall From Scaffold
Hurts Havre Worker
Special to The Tribune.

Havre, Sept. 22.-S. d. Brakeman
Of 124 Ninth street fell from a scat
fold while he was constructing booths
Tuesday for the Havre community fair
and suffered injuries about the head
and face.
Barickman was standing on the
scaffold when it broke. He fell a dis
lance of about six feet and was picked
up unconscious.
Although he was not seriously in
jnred, it istnreported that he will be
confined to"his home for 10 days or
two weeks.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
COVERED WIDE RANGE

Washington, Sept. 22.-Almost 10
months of legislative action ending
Friday with adjournment sine die of
the second session of the 9th con-
gress, covered a wide range, affecting
the nations international relations as
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23
Reports Young Men
Crossing Border to
Escape Army Draft
Sncial to The Trihnnn

SPECIAL to The Tribune.
Livingston, Sept. 22.-Fearing that
they will be drafted for service in an
other war, scores of young Canadians
are flocking into this country, accord
ing to Arthur Brooks, who returned
to his home here Friday after a visit
in Calgary. In Canada preparations
for war are being made on all sides.
for war are being made on all sides,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-23

It is rumored in London that fash
ionable women are cutting off their
toes to wear narrower shoes
The Washington times., 1922-04-15

81 .eOo--on Livinsrsn a, Chew cha.
-s rooms. batha: double ssiasc: ~
gotlso 10 alley; 10 trusts. terfn> By
si3, Times oftie..
The Washington times., 1922-04-15
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

FoRD-sedsn. 1890 model: good tires
ana spare: demounta Bile rims: parking
light; locking wheel. ETC.; q cheap buy
at S316: terms as low as $3.50 cash, bal
sncs easy monthly payments.
H. b. LEARY, Jr.,
1871 18th at N. " Main 4i0B.
The Washington times., 1922-04-15
HELP wANTED-FEMALE.

A STUDENT SAYS: II learned more in
-four days in your school than in four
months in business college" Big de-
son: Results count. Boyd Business Col
lege, 120t II. (next to Palace Thester)
Main 2e76.
The Washington times., 1922-04-15

WORK INGMEN - The necessity for
speed does not apply In this porch =
front store; We buy Immense lots. and our
prices are based on square value. backed
by low rent and cash buying. and any
pants. 81 up; We have slightly used suits
81 up. JUsrH's OLD STAND. sgs ID.
The Washington times., 1922-04-15

WE CHARGE NOTHING
For giving valuable advice to
anyone planning to get
home OF their own. Come
see us. We can help you.
Here are several propositions you
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Two brand-new bungalows,
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per month.
Large s-room and bath home. cleo
trictty: in good condition: stone ga
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grapes; near cars; In one-fare zone.
Only $1,000. $3.50 cash. ftS per month,
Large lot.
Bungalow. q rooms furnace snd
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Nice b-room bungaiov, ei~otricuyI
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o. p, zANTZINonR.
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The Washington times., 1922-04-15

iSSnsrs. tDply $3.50 ian st N. K.
The Washington times., 1922-04-15

YOUNG men and boys, between
the ages of 16 and 80, with
bicycles, as message carriers. Mr..
GERHOLD, 1407 G st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1922-04-15
s1O.6O0-WOODRIDGE.
SOUTHWEST.

Corner brick. containing II rooms and
bath: garage space; easily converted into
apartment,
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-23
SALVATION WATTS

Investigation by the Press develops the fact that dram
age construction in the central of the valley held up
bv failure to secure rights of way for the main drainage
canal The reasons this do not appear but it IS fact
and an altogether unexpected turn OF events =.
Nearly everyone is agreed that for the Irrigation Dis
tt to purchase Of way for the the drainage canals
not to thought Of The stand has been taken as matter OF
principle and further that every cent available needed
for actual construction The drainage proposition IS
of foremost Importance and nothing is certain than
able session with their constituents it should develop after
time that the drainage fund had been rlttered away for
purposes other than drainage.
The Press feels confident that refusal to donate rights
of way the drainage project due to an inadequate
understanding of the matter rather than because OF
desire to profit by the valleys necessity AS matter OF
last resort the District could condemn and 1t Is altogether
improbable that the circumstances jury could be
found in Imperial county that would award more than
nominal amount as damages. It could be cOntended
that the remainder of ranch had been actually behee
m the presence the drainage canal rather than injured
and that instead public owing property owner the
property owner was actually indebted to the District
Purchase of right of way will never be- The only
thing that will transpre that operations may be moved
away from the central other sections where rights
necessity for completion OF the drainage construction it
stated that $4,000 dredge has now been tied up for
month while officials of the district have been dckerng
over right of way Other sections camorous 1t IS
possible that money available adequate Tor
all in which eVentany which declined It's proportion
when offered may pay terrible penalty if shortsighted
policy results in moving operations to other part OF
the valley.
The drainage canal in certain may require some
readiustmens where along through ranch, but
the compensations more than ample Properly owners
must this thing broad spirit go about their re-
adjustments cheerfuly and furnish any example OIL
obstruction in matter which involves the very existence OF
the valley as a flourshing farming section
Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-23
WANTED, A CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRAM

Among all those who give serious thought for the
welfare Imperial valley there IS now common agreement
that we adopt and execute sort of constructive
program Until the valley has been drifting Industrial
ly Had not been country Of marvellous resource I'M
could survived the abuse to which
has subjected, During its first of I'M
sufferer from several of these ills; but the most costly
OF all the tradition fiction that land is self
fertilizing.
The writer we'll remembers the early literature pub
20 years ago exploiting the advantages of Imperial
valley of the stories that told that the irri
cation cost fifty cents foot and that
acreoot of contained dollars worth Of plant food.
1t stated that by of the silt carried by the water
the fertility of the soil would be renewed indefinitely and
that the of fertilizers event of the distant
future if, indeed, it would ever be necessary.
This, OF course not true. No doubt the silt en-
riches the soil with much plant food but it does not supply
balanced ration Always short in nitrogen crops of the
character which have been raised have further depleted the
supply until there be said to be nitrogen fanne
alfalfa regular intervals This chemical prln
cpe has operated nsdiously that the farmers
lied by the self fertzng propaganda and the 500 loot
deep soil bunk have not realized what was tTaSprg un
the thing bursts upon them all at once they are
confronted everywhere with serious dropping OIL OF
production
The situation is not basis for alarm, but only for
ACTION The Ali-Wise Creator has furnished hundred
solutions Man has only to select of them and apply
it Systematically There many crops that Will
the nitrogen One of the best the owy sour clover
which thrlfty almost to be pest and Is eltnef
native to the country in in the water Alfalfa will
do it-even Bermuda grass will do the trick The farmer
his selection of nitrogen resorer to his convenience
Nature is not fussy; but he must do SOMETHING. The
attention only ftfuy Will the penalty
poverty bankruptcy Principle is neXorable and one
compromise with It. Beginning with the first set
tier Imperial valley farmers have been running down the
fertility country. Now there must be restitution and
il should begin before there is further damage and still
longer road to travel back to normally