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BETTER
ROADS
FACTORS AFFECTING GRADING
Labor Costs, Character Of Soil Graded
and Time Limit on Contracts
All Counted.

prepared BY the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
A great variation in the conditions
under which grading for highways is
done in different sections of the United
States is reflected in cost data COM
piled by the bureau of public roads,
United States Department of Agricul-
ture on 1850 miles of federal-aid road
The figures cover the four-year period
1917-1921 and are based on total OF
24,500,OOO yards Of earth.
For the groups Of states the aver
age price per cubic yard is as fol-
lows: New England and Middle At
lantic states, $1.33; East North Cen
trail, SO.6S; West North Central, so !;
South Atlantic, $0.61; East South Cen.
trail, $O.41; West South Central, $035 !;
Mountain, $O.52; and Pacific states,
$0.61. The general average price was
$O.56.
Probably the most important factor
affecting the cost was the amount Of
grading to be done per mile, the
quantity being very small in TIE
groups having the highest prices. In
general it is noticed that where mostly
old roads are rebuilt, the light work
and tearing up the old pavement great.
ly affected the cost. The amount of
fine grading or trimming required for
the higher types of pavement was also
factor. Labor costs, character of
soil to be graded, climatic conditions.
time limit on contracts, and cost of
detours for traffic also affected the
cost.
While each group of states did not
have the same volume of grading each
year, and therefore the average figure
for the whole country is not truly
representative, it is interesting to note
that the average cost of grading grad
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Time to Stop.

Sinclair Lewis. author of aMain
Street." is fond of Fecturing as well as
writing, and the best story he told US
on his arrival here from America re-
ferred to an occasion when he was
holding forth on the subject of matri-
mony.
mine has been an ideal marriage"
he exclaimed (while those whose mar
riages had not been ideal listened with
panied interest). my wife and
share our sorrows, our joys, our ambi-
tons, our hopes, our"
Then a Scotsman interrupted:
"What about conversation, Mr..
Lewis?"
And it Is reported that there was
considerable silence.-London An
swers.
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PROVIDE PLENTY OF WATER
Cows Must Have Abundant Supply In
Sumn1er and Winter for Profit
.ahte milk Production.

Successful dairy farmers find that
It pays to provide plenty Of good,
clean, cool water Tor milk cows
Eighty-seMen per Gent of milk ls wa
ter, as is nearly three-fourths of
cows body. Experimental data show
that the amount Of water required by
cows LIS in direct proportion to the
amount of milk produced. In the
summer, the average COW will require
nearly three pounds Of water for ev-
cry pound Of milk she produces. In
one experiment a cow giving q pounds
of milk drank II pounds of water
daily. The same COW drank less than
half as much when giving no milk.
In all cases, it is decidedly good prac-
tice to provide an abundance of clean,
fresh water, cool in the summer and
warm in the winter.
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this state. 1t Is only Of comparatively
recent years that farming in Canada
has become the comprehensive and ex-
haustNe study it is and its tenets
been SO widely absorbed, and older
farmers who have followed haphazard
methods or systems scientifically un-
sound are gradually forced from neces-
sity into an intelligent study and ap-
plication of their profession.
This brings us to the city man who
is anxious to leave his old life for the
greater freedom Of the ,eountry and
take farm for himself, and, the fore
going holding good, he need not follow
far behind the older farmer If he take
up the study of his work seriously,
bring energy and intelligence to bear
upon a following out Of the systems
Of experienced and successful agricul-
turists, and utilize the results Of the
expert investigation and research the
Dominion places at his disposal. The
whole country is working for him and
the novice has almost an equal op-
portunity with the farmer Of a life
time.
A census Of Canadian farmers would
probably show that fully one-half are
not farmers sons and were not
brought up to the life of the farm. Yet
none would criticize Canada's farmers
on the score Of poor farming methods
in general, the excelcncy of their
crops with international honors and the
universal demand for t..eir livestock
products refuting this effectually. Sig
niflcant is it. too, that practically all
the farmers who have achieved the
most signal honors at international
farming competitions have not been
lifelong farmers, but city men who.
taking to the land after reaching ma
turity without the remotest previous
knowledge Of agricultural activities,
have through intelligent study and
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KENTUCKY TO BUILD ROADS
House of Representatives Approves
$50,000,o00 State Bond Issue
Bill by Big Vote.

Kentucky, famous for several things,
Is now to add good roads, to its list.
The $50,000,000 state road bond issue
bill has been approved by the Ken
tucky house of representatives by a
vote of So to "a.
This measure provides for submit
ting the proposition to the voters OF
the state at the election next Novem-
ber. If 1t is approved the money is to
be used over a period of five years.
To pay off this Indebtedness three
kinds of taxes are pledged-a gasoline
tax, license tax and a Scent road
tax.
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He Couldn't Tell.

The bus was fitting along at a good
speed when an elderly man of ample
proportions threw his dignity to the
winds by falling into the road in try
ing to alight while the bus was In
motion.
Presently the injured one struggled
up and dashed after the vehicle with
frantic speed.
"Didn't you see me fall off. con.
ductor?" he shouted.
"Yes, SIR"
'"rhen why didn't you stopr"
"Stop" calculated the conductor
"How was I to know you wanted to
get on and do it again ?'-Kansas City
Star.
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PLANT CROPS FOR cow FEED
Animals Will Not Prove Profitable Un.
less Properly Fed-Ensilage and
Alfalfa Urged.

Dairy COWS are not profitable un-
less fed properly. Ensilage and alfal-
fa hay are the best COW feeds. The
canes, kaffirs, darso, feterita and corn
are good row crops for the silo. If
alfalfa cannot be grown, COW peas,
soy beans or peanuts are leguminous
crops to plant for dairy cow feeds.
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II Sounds the Road.

Facts about what happens under a
roadway as traffic passes over 1t are
being obtained by the use of an in.
genious device perfected by the bureau
of public roads. The device is one of
the new instruments developed to dis
cover what thickness of roadbed
should be constructed for heavy or
light traffic on various kinds of soil.
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Bottle Message Found After 4a Years.

6oltle message Founo AFTER 48 Years.
A bottle inclosing a message, from
the Austro-Hungarian north polar ex-
pedition of 1874, commanded by Cap
tain Julius Payer, has just reached
Vienna. The ship Tegethof, which
carried the expedition, was janmed in
an ice pack on the coast of the newly
discovered Franz Josef land in April
of that year, and the crew was CON-
PEELED to abandon her. A letter re-
porting the fact was written 1T the
time by the first officer and sunk
under the ice in bottle. Last sum-
mer the bottle was found by Russian
colonists at Nova Zembla and eventu-
ally reached Copenhagen, where 1t
has been sent on to Vienna. The letter
Is well preserved and has been identi-
fed by the one surviving member of
the expedition.
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KEEP MILK AND CREAM COOL
Spring Days Unless Promptly
Placed in Tank.

AS warm weather approaches, bet
ter care must be taken of the milk
and cream. The can of cream must
be put into cooling tank into as cold
water as possible to keep the cream
cold. Unless milk and cream Is cooled
promptly and well it will sour during
the warm spring days.
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try It. ! fed frst-rate at tthe present
time. It has done wonders for mel and
keep it IN the house right along. q
always recomynend it to others who are
sick and aiiing. Mrs. j. M. SIBBERT.
doS2 High St., Ewerett, Washington.
To do any kind nfwork, or to plav for
that matter, is nertto' Impossible Il YOU
are suffering from some form Of female
trouble. It m9y causeynr back or your
legs to ache, It may make you nery ous
and irritable. You maybe able to keen
UP and around, Ihutyon do not feel good.
Lydia E. PMlthams WsxetableC Com
pound is q medicine for women. Itis
especially adapted to relieve the cause
Of the trouble mud then these annoying
pains, aches and "tno good :" feelings
disappear.
1t has dome this for many, many wo-
men: why not give it a fair trial-now,
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close application Of the best farm1n9
methods surpassed the efforts Of th0sa
agriculturists who have continued Do.
ing things on the farm IN the way
their fathers used to do them.
For further particulars, pamphIetD
regarding Canada, railway rates, etc.
apply to #. A. Harrison, 21O N. Third
ST., Harrisburg, Pa.-Advertisement
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FIVE BIG QUESTIONS

Are the roads in your county
a credit to you, or are you
ashamed Of them?
Are the roads in your county
wide enough for the convenient
passage of cars?
Are the roads in your county
marked, so that tourists from
distant states have no difficulty
keeping to the right road?
Are the roads in your county
all-year-round roads, or only
good-weather roads?
Are the roads in your county
such that tourists travelling over
them want to come back that
way?
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For Falling Hair.

"My hair is falling out" admitted
the timid man to the chemists assist
ant. Can you recommend something
to keep it int"
Certainly" replied the obliging
young man, who had only recently
left school. Here is a nice cardboard
Weekly.
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Crops on Muck Soil.

Celery, onions, lettuce and other
truck crops are grown extensively on
muck soils, but occasionally grower
Will have difficulty with the young
plants turning yellow after making
good start
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.-..SWAm-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
!. stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for
durable ailments of the kidneys, liver and
i bladder.
DR.. Kilmers Swamp=Root stands the
il highest for the reason that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes frianis quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate, effect is soon
realized in most cases. 1t is a ,gentle,
healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at aall
drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medi-
, um and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great, preparation send ten cents to Dr.
i'kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for "a
sample bottle. When writing he sure and
mention this papeF-AdwertiHemen
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Profitable Pasture Work,

Almost any reasonable amount of
work put on pasture will prove prof
table. A pasture with half stand of
grass is perhaps one of the poorest in
vestments man can have on the
farm.
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London Police Pay Scars.

London's police today costs nearly
as much annually as did the whole Of
the force in England and Wales be-
fore the commencement of the war In
1914.
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Source Of Much Trouble.
A common source Of trouble to !m-
proved roads Is that of poor drainage
or total lack Of drainage.
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Quality Counts Most.

It is not half as important how
many cows you keep as what kind and
how.
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LADIES can WEAR sHnES

One size smaller and walk in comfort ~
Us. using ALIENS FooT.EAsE. the .ntissR.
shoes and sprinkled In the foot-ba AileD's
Foot =Ease makes tight OF new shoes feot
easy; gives instant relief to corns, buntone
and cadlouses prevents BliSters, Csllous and
Sore Spots.-Advertisement
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Effective FIy Spray,

a part each of pine tar and nico-
tine, four parts Ut coal oil, and "a
parts of water make an effective fly
spray for cows.
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Eeedind far Milk.

Good feeding is necessary for milk
production. The Scotch say at Is by
the head that the COW gives milk"
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Dirty Milk Dangerous.

Dirty milk is much more dangerous
than dirty water, because disease
germs that would starve in water null
tiply rapidly in milk.
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Water Supply for Cow.

In the summer cow will require
an amount of water equal to about
three times the amount Of milk pro-
duced.
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could HARDLY
''STAND At TIMES
Hips, Back and Less Would
Have That Tired Arha
Everett, Washingtun.-"sEor,everal
years have had trouble with thel loweat

pGt'Cf my baeks1nd
my hips and my lsgs
wuuld that
@e1 ache. Hccould
AnRaly stand oanrny
Est 1tnines. Twas
Awuygab my
work althaugh.I did
|npt 1aelsgood. lIsaw
Lydia E.lPinkhsu1's 9
Vegetable Com
pound ndadvertisedand
|hgyingheardseveral
Uraiaelf IT. Idecidod IN
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To please Others an artist must first
please hfmseH-but he must be nhard
to please.
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Why does n man lose interest In .
subject as soon as his argument 10 ex-
hausted? t
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ancy WAS found between can measure
and weight, the difference being over
3 per cent. lit would seem that there
would be less trouble between pro-
ducers and dealers If the milk were
weighed at both ends of the lime.
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busy tongue can make ones re-
= sources Of explanation very much bus
Ter.
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Z -. Greatest Dairy Strangers.
The greatest strangers in the world
are scrub bull and good results.
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y. n. ~ sALTimoRl !
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RADIO SIJPPT IFS'

Prompt attention. PrIcAs r5.,rxs NJ ~ .ISIz7|
QUoID, 743 N. s7th 81. Phi7sdsiS<1
DO THE DEAD L1vEf q Sh1rs 3E,S;s;
WALTON, Washington Bidrl. ~ 49, 49,
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Radio Dictograph Head..t

back II not satisfactory. Standard rrioe III
l0R cash discount. II. NJ Def.xNefS
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S:$::: T.: S: PUTNAM FADELESs DYES sz *
Wanted CinsengS Spoters
New World Cinseng Co.

HEMsTITCHNG = PICOTING ATTACFF-
MENT; fits any sewing machine: attackea
nTmiy Easily adjusted. Price ~ delivered.
wNh complete instructions and sample WORK
Co., 500 Starr St.. Corpus Christi, Texsa
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Your Favorite DeIic.t.e.s.,.. !

IMPORTED Fish, Cheeses. Cavt.rE r~,,s.s''
salami. Cervelat. Fish Balis, HeikS~sr' ~
Delivered by p. p. Send for list. finos - =
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farmers; guar. preparation; bir nrosSss-es.. s-s
oppor. for students; no money feuuirSS ~ sz2.
tic. free. Bailey Lumber Co. RlueiieiS ~ ~
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
PUBLIC LEARNING
RED CROSS NEED
Henrietta Lund in Charge of
Great Falls Office in Mrs.
Carriers Absence.

There is a growing public consci-
BUSINESS of the need for such an organ
lzatlon as the American Red Cross, in
the opinion of Miss Henrietta Lund.
field worker of the central division Of
the Red Cross with headquarters ut
Chicago. Miss Lund is here to take
charge Of the Great Falls office of the
Red Cross during the absence of Mrs.
Harriet Carrier. executive secretary.
who is OF vacation.
Aside from war work. which seems
ever on the increase, according to Miss
Lun9. the volume of purely social or
civilian relief work is assuming pro
portions that are really tremendous.
she said.
Miss Lund has just come from the
high line" where she has been super
yising the work of the offices in the
towns there for the last few months.
The principal work there during the
last two years has been relief for the
drouth stricken farmers. she explained.
She said the outlook this year is much
brighter with the prospects for good
crops
While in Great Falls. Miss Lund will
care for the office routine of the Cas-
cade county chapter and will continue
her supervision of chapters in sur
rounding towns.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
Attempts to Check
Runaway, Is Thrown
and Trampled Upon

None but minor injuries resulted
from the accident Monday morning,
about II o'clock. when G.. w. Granger.
age %, a laborer. was hurled to the
ground as he attempted to stop n
pair of runaway horses on Park Drive.
His injuries include a cut on the back
Of the head and a wound over the left
eye.
Damages to park trees and lawn
will amount TO about S1j. according
to superintendent Reimer. The horses
were in charge of Sam Niece. 3
rancher on the Quigley ranch about
five miles northwest of Great Falls.
near Manchester. It is believed that
the cause of the accident was due TO
flies and the warm weather.
Granger received his injuries when
he tried to stop the runaway pair and
was struck 10 the ground by one of
the team which reared and came down
upon him with the front hoOfs.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
Members of Girls
Clubs at Sand Coulee
Plan Camping Trip

The girls clothing club at Sand Coulee
which began their summer club work
at the end Of the school year, have
carried out their work so rapidly that
they have about half of their allotted
sewing done. according to Miss Al
berta Borthwick, home demonstration
agent for Cascade county, who mas
the general supervision of oil of the
children's clubs in the county. =.
The two clubs. The Wide awakes'
and The Busy Bees are doing un-
usually good work. Miss Borthwlck
said. The girls have regular meet
ings every two weeks and are planning
a camping trip later in the summer.
The local leaders of the clubs are
Mrs. Charles Johnson and Miss Alma
kommerS.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
EVADERS OF DRY
Law ENEMIES OF
COUNTRY, CLAIM
n. A. Duncan Tells kiwanians
of Enforcement Leagues
Work.

Law enforcement involves more seri-
Gus consideration than the prohibition
laws and affects eve the safety of the
nation if the enforcement is lax. H. A.
Duncan, president of the Cascade
County Law Enforcement league, told
members of Kiwanis club at its lunch
con meeting Monday noon in the Palm
room of Hotel Rainbow.
Mr.. Duncan said that h persons
who are members of the enforcement
organization are largely from the mid
die classes of the American people
and denied that they are either fanatics
or violently partisans of the prohibi-
ton amendment.
To Uphold Officers of the Law
Associations are formed to obtain
laws" said Mr.. Duncan. Associations
are formed TO prevent the enactment
of laws. But just as soon as organlza-
lions are formed TO enforce laws al
ready on our statute books, people look
askance upon US. They attempt to
see some political move or some ute
rior motive. That is human nature.
But we were not formed to be
critics of our officers of the law. moi
to ridicule their work. We were form
ed TO uphold them. to give them AID.
For instance, we are sworn to report
sny violations of the eighteenth amend
ment known to US.
W. believe that this nation is form
ed on the broad foundation of the
rights of the majority. He who says
he does not need to regard those
rights. who says he is above the aW,
is an enemy to his country and we be-
lieve that he should be treated as
such.
Mob Law
"If prohibition laws are not enforced
there will be other laws violated. The
recent troubles in Illinois show that
These outbreaks show the tendency OF
the day, show that people have lost
their respect for laws. In our W
city, our mayor is without power. A
wear ago We had a disgraceful comb
ton. Ask me if We had proper respect
for law at that time. You saw men
denied their right to work. You saw
mob violence. Due to civil service
regulations. your mayor cant us
charge a policeman
Mr.. Duncan answered charges that
nrohibition had lead to a dangerous
Utlnl1N OF IIpblSIlIut ~ pc ~
said that this liquor was no worse thar
that which he had known supposedly
reputable liquor houses to sell IN wy,
oming prior to prohibition. He blamed
the LIQUOR trust for the deterioration
in the quality of whisky. resulting. he
said. in including in the liquor many
elements harmful to the drinker.
No Meeting Next Week
The cause of Kentucky gong dry
he said. was the disgust of the resi-
dents at the deterioration of the
whisky manufactured.
The club voted to dispense with ITS
luncheon meeting next week due to the
fact that it comes on the day before
the Fourth of July and many of the
members will be out of the city.
A proposal to discontinue all meet
ings for the summer was ruled down
bv James Finn, vice president, who
presided. He held that the question
should not be voted upon until after
the return Of Claire Flint. president
from Toronto. due to the fact that his
ronort on the convention would have
to be received.
The program was under the dlrectlon
of Jack Lloyd.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
ADVISE COL0RS
FOR WALLS in
SCHOOLHOUSES
County Board of Health Co
Operates With State in
New Campaign.

A new phase of work that is being
undertaken by the state board Of health
and that is receiving the cooperation
Of the Cascade county board of health.
is the choosing of the colors for the
walls of school houses.
Choice is based or several factors.
location, light and size all being con
sidered. Many school houses are being
renovated and repaired this summer
and in many instances consultations are
held with DR.. G. A. Fuson and DR..
Fred T. Foard of the department of
health here.
In instances where the rooms are
of only moderate size and the win
.dows are few. white may be used for
walls and ceilings. On the other hand.
if the light is good and the rooms are
large. some more subdued color must
be chosen in order to avoid the glare
that would result from white walls in
such a room.
Pale gray. because of its neutrality,
is a good color for a school room, as
it rests the eyes and is without the
glare that would strain them. Dark
gray cannot be used. as it is depress-
ing. YeilOws, blues and green's IN prop
er shades may be used, but must be
chosen for the rooms upon which they
are to be applied, according to DIR.
Foard.
1t is believed that much eye strain
has been averted and that pupils shave
been enabled to do better work than
was possible in the old fashioned school
house. in which the psychology of col
ors played no part. DIR. Foard ex-
planned. He added that all persons in
charge of the decoration of school
rooms should carefully choose the col
orings and with a view to promoting
good conditions for health and for
study for the children.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
Wallace Friedberg Dies
in Peoria Sanitarium

Word of the death of Wallace Fried
berg. a former resident of Great Falls
and of the Sun river bench. where he
was engaged in farming. has been re-
ceived here. Death was at Peoria,
ILL.,. where Mr.. Triedberg was d patient
at a tuberculosis sanitarium. He was
"a years old and is survived by his
wife. his sister and his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. II. II. Friedberk of Chilli
rothe I'll
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-27
A. l.. Roberts Visits
Old Friends Here

A. l.. Roberts of Eugene, Ore. is
visiting his brother. j. W. Roberts.
collector of customs for Montana and
Idaho. He says that Great Falls still
has the same appeal to him that it
always had during the many years that
he spent in Cascade county.
The Roberts brothers returned last
week from Toronto. where they spent
several days visiting their mother.
A. j. Roberts is an old timer in
Cascade county. He worked for the
Cottonwood Coal company as cashier
for several years. later becoming SUI
pe~rintendent of the Stockett public
schools. He left the county four years
ago and established a business college
in Eugene. He raises cherries as a
side line and says they grow big and
red down there. He will spend several
days in Great Falls.