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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-07

With all the current price cuts, therefore,
the Stephens stands out-by comparison, by
performance, by the experience of 10000
owners-as the surprising dollar value today
among motor cars. We know this. We are
ready to prove it by test or in competition
with any other motor car in our price class.
If you are more interested in saving one
or two hundred dollars than in securing
lasting, dependable, luxurious transportation;
high resale value; constant satisfaction and
the assurance that the organization behind
your motor car will continue in business
you should buy "cut price" not a Stephens.
Yet it has always been a Stephens policy
that car prices shall keep step with labor and
materials. Within two years, as costs could
be lowered, the price of the Stephens touring
car has been reduced $SO5, with proportional
reductions on other models. No unit in any
Stephens was ch~eapened, however, or any
less care devoted to manufacture or finish.
Stephens standards will not be lowered.
You ann buy a Stephens, now or later,
which does not measure up to these stand
ards-which is not just as good a motor
car of its type as we can design and build.
We want volume, yes-but not by sacrifice
IF quality.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-07
No Cut in Stephens
Price or Quality

DRICE reductions nave been the main
= feature o fthe advertising and selling efforts
of several automobile companies in the last
ten days. Naturally we have received many
inquiries from owners, dealers and prospective
buyers as to our policy IN Stephens prices.
Our policy is fixed. Stephens prices will
not be cut until motor cars of Stephens quality
can be manufactured, through lower labor
and material costs, for less money.
Our profit is fair - that any honest
manufacture is entitled to and must have.
Every man and woman who has learned
by experience that price is not the chief con-
sideration in the purchase of any article of
value-or a safe way ever to measure value
will understand and approve this position.
Stephens motor cars are manufactured in
limited numbers by a hand-picked organiza-
ton of engineers, mechanics and expert body
builders. Every precision method and factory
economy which can be used in the produc-
ton of a high-grade motor car is employed.
None but the best materials are used. They
are forged, machined, fitted and tested with a
care and fine craftsmanship unknown today
except on a few high>grade motor cars.
Of the units not manufactured by Stephens
Thinker axles, Feeders radiators, Gemmer
steering gears and controls, full alloy springs
each is of a type and quality found in no
other car in the Stephens price group.
, 1922-11-16

as "A result this school will be inspected
in the near future by Superintendent
Anderson of Rawlins, Superintendent
Burford of Hanna, and County Super
intendent Miss Helen Irving. We have
every reason TO believe that District .
will receive this honor.
District 8 is doing all that can pos
sibly be done to educate the children of
the Platte Valley. Twenty-Five per
cent of the present enrolment are
from outlying districts; over 80 per
cent of the High School pupils are from
outlying districts and District o has
this year paid Il special tax of 8 mills
to take care of this enrolment. Does
not this prove hal District . is Will
ing to do, and is doing, all that it can
to give the youngsters an education?
However. is it a fair proposition TO
throw this burden of an 81 mill fax
and a crowded school upon one dis
trict?
Mkt year there will be an enroll.
Continued on Page Five)
, 1922-11-16
Saratoga School
Highly Honored
An Article by G. w. Duerig, to Which
Is Appended Some Observations
by Commissioner TidbaIl.

Saratoga has the honor of being the
first standard school in Carbon county.
Any school having more than two
grades in n room, by meeting the re-
quirements of the State Board of Ed
%ucation, may secure This honor. We
are quite proud of our honor shield,
building. When one knows that there
are only 60 standard schools in the
State of Wyoming, one must realize
that our primary department is n of
the best.
Also. Mr.. Tidball. Commissioner of
Education, informs us that he sees no
reason why we should not be an ac-
credited three-year High School, and
, 1922-11-16
Working for Your
Own Best Interest
Especially Upper Platte Valley People,
And Perhaps More or Less Ap-
plicabIe TO All Districts.

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, 1922-11-16
A FEW GOOD REASONS
Why Every Voter in The Platte Valley Should Favor
the Proposed Consolidated High
School District.

Saratoga has for years been the school center
of the Platte valley. At the present moment 25 per
cent of the grade pupils in the Saratoga schools are
from other districts, and under the law should pay
tuition to District 9. At the present moment 35 per
cent of the pupils attending the Saratoga High
School are from outside districts, and under the law
should be paying tuition to District for these school
privileges. District 9 is paying more than twice as
much tax as any other district in the valley. Why?
Because the taxpayers of District 9 are paying for
the schooling of many pupils from the other valley
districts. District 9 has not now sufficient room for
its own pupils, and for that reason will be compelled
to exclude from the district school all pupils from
other districts. The Saratoga school will not in the
future provide free education for the pupils from
outside districts.
The Platte Valley can well afford a real High
School, with facilities far beyond anything now in
existence here. Commissioner Tidball of the State
Department of Education tells us that if this CONSOLE
dated district is formed as planned, it will be the
RICHEST HIGH SCHOOL DISTRIC IN THE
STATE OF WYOMING.
The school census of the Valley warrants a
good High School. One hundred and fifty pupils
in the valley are now ready to take advantage of ed
ucational opportunity in the way of a High School
if it is provided for them. What percentage of these
$50 pupils will finish High School if we do not pro-
vide it for them? Consider how many parents you
know that are able to send their children out to High
Schools at an expense of $500 or more per year each?
How many do you know of?
Take, for instance, the parent who owns
property valued at $4,000. If he sends one pupil to
Laramie for nine months of high school work-one
CONTINUED from Page Five)
, 1922-11-16

visions for the parents, but there are
no doubt many of us-the writer in
cluded-who could benefit materially
through another year or two Of High
School.
His statement that Encampment and
~neighboring districts could build, equip
and conduct an accredited High School
with no increase over the present
rate of taxation" lacks a mathematical
foundation. If Mr.. Hays will inform
himself regarding the present levies
in District is and neighboring dis
tricts, he may easily convince himself
that II very great increase in taxes
would BE- required unless the neigh
boring districts" were made TO include
the entire Platte Valley, as does the
present consolidation plan to be voted
upon Saturday.
The last paragraph of his article
says: ID not forget To 20 to your
polling places ON Saturday, November
IL, at the hour Of 2 D. m. and work
for your own welfare by casting a vote
against the organization of the Platte
valley High School"
With all due respect to Mr.. Hays.
we doubt cry much If his advice b
Encampment people is in line with
their DUN welfare. There are no doubt
some few people residing in Encamp-
ment who retain jealOusies and grud-
ges from the Old feud days when the
two towns We're real competitors.
and there was perhaps a question as
to which should emerge the metropolis
OF the valley. With the exception OF
Continued on Page FOUR
, 1922-11-16

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, 1922-11-16

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, 1922-11-16

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New-York tribune., 1922-03-26

is the proper wiring and arrangement of a roll
cites, an iron bed, laundry tub, a kitchen
knife and fork and two skillets. With such an
outfit you can receive very well, he told us.
That is the equipment we intend to recon-
mend to the radio fiend in the fiat above us,
who seems to know no restraint After he has
that set and has tuned for four hours some
night we will drop up and make a call on
him. We will snlite him with the skillets and
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26

wave length should get its letters mixed and.
"hen summoned to assist in putting the baby
to sleep as a lullaby or bedtime story.
should turn out to be the Aquamarine Band
in fortissimo phase.
Radio receivers are a dangerous tempta-
tion to put in the way of restless dummy
at bridge. That aimless person is almost GER
tain to wander over and tinker with the set.
Just at the moment when one is on the point
of making or breaking a large contract the
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
THE PRICE OF THE BUTLER'S Sill 1ENCE
Translated by WILLIAM L. MCPHERSON

table, he found himself seated beside the mis-
tress of the house. This honor encouraging
him to supernatural efforts to talk and eat
correctly, he actually succeeded in doing
All was going we'll when his glance fell on M.
Bertincourts butler. The latter was tall
man. looking very imposing in his black dress
suit. He had clean-shaven face and his hair
was brushed across his brow in two shining
ebony bands. Impassive, he gave his orders
to the walters with a movement of the eyes
a little gesture of the hand. His dignity was
supreme.
M. Murtot saw him, gave start, turned
very pale and then very red. Thereafter, his
attention absorbed by this man, to whom his
eyes returned invincibly again and again, he
gave only stammering answers to his hostess's
questions For him the dishes had lost their
SAVIOR, the wines their aroma, the lights their
brilliancy, the women their beauty and the
casion it's glory.
Fortunately his decentralization passed unno-
ticed except by Nine. Murtot When they were
returning home in their automobile she asked
him anxiousy whether he had felt i'll.
"No, no; it was nothing at all I'll explain
later" he added, not wishing to say anything
in his daughters presence.
"Wel?" Nine. Murtot began when they were
alone.
.sWel-the Bertincourts' butler--he is Mar
celin. Marcelin, our old waiter in the public
house. Yes that big, lanky fellow who was
fond of talking ovcrmuch. It's he"
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26

stun him with the rolling pin. We will then
lmpale him with the kitchen knife and fork
and throw him into the laundry tub There
upon we will repose his iron bed, with
consciousness of work we'll done, and smoke
his cigarettes with intense satisfaction
Thus perish all who tune and tune, and not
content with occasional wave, want per-
manent one.
There must be difficulties encountered in
this radio receiving. Suppose, for instance, a
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26

"Mon Dieu. That's what it was. | wondered
nize you?"
eyes, I am sure he did. And he is going
to tell everybody. It's a certainty. And
think Of the consequences. Nobody knows
Even our oldest friends, the Miloix and the
Chavantes; we made their acquaintance after
wards, when 1 was in vines
"Its frightful He mustn't talk. Offer him
money"
''Don't get excited He will see to that him
self. It's one Of two things. Either he will
speak through stupidity or malice. In that
case he has already done so. Or he will sell
his silence. He sees that I am very rich,
man of the world, friend of his employers
It's perfectly clear. And if / refuse he will
tell everything, and you know what the out
come will be-"
He sat down in heap. lie saw again tie
pablo house, the sailors, the heavy drinkers
the Sunday patrons and himself running
ribe contrast with the Bertincourts, their
splendid house and their distinction. He
shvered with shame
"Jt's frghtful," Nine. Murtot repeated.
And our poor Gabrielle. She would have
been just the girl for the Bertincourts' son.
It's frightful!"
They spent cruel nght--haf insomnia,
half nightmare. Next morning as M. Murtot
was gloomily finishing his toilet the uo'et de
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26

castings from promscuous release at unseemly
hours Science now has made it so easy to
turn loose an entire brass band in small fiat
that most people will feel for this latest de
mand of the landlord certain sympathy not
always entertained for his whims.
1t must be admitted that some regulation
in fats is required when the upper register of
a soprano with strong lungs practically is at
any ones beck and call. All that is necessary,
a scientific friend informed us the other day,
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26

house But that wouldn't be good form for us.
1t would look parvenu They spend all they
have to keep up appearances. Their situation
compels them to-
"You haven't told me yet what day the in
vitaton is for"
For the 9th And, say, that you get
some stunning dresses for yourself and for
III little one, who is also invited
"If you want to have my opinion,' said
Nine. Murtot 1--WE really owe the invitation
to her. The Bertncourts second son has
taken fancy to Gabrielle. No wonder! She
is so fine, so pretty, so intelligent. She's the
onlv one Of us who is altogether at home in
tho midst of luxury. In short, the Bertin-
courts, who have four children, haven't any
thousands to give them. They would have to
restrict their scale of living if they did, and
that would annoy them. And they know that
Gabrielle is an only child, and in her
that the dot will be all there
''I believe you when you say it will. A big
pot of money! Especially if the Berlin
courts son is the one. Think of it, We
should be allied with thenl-relatives, in fact.
The father might get me into his club. Fancy
the faces of our friends-the Milox and the
Chavantes especialy--who have talked SO
loud about their fine connections. My daugh-
TER married to a Bertincourt Who would
have believed that some years back?"
"Kecp mum on that subject said Nine
Murtot.
There was silence They both recurred
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26

chombre announced gentleman who came on
business.
Let him wait in the small salon" M.
Murtot ordered Its he he said to his wife.
"FL SO and talk with him. Have no fear, [
shall not quarrel with him. I'll appeal to his
finer sentiments"
He Joined the visitor. The latter was the
Bertincourts' butler. Elegant, correct and
dignified, he was standing erect NJ. Murtot
with forced smile, stretched out his hand
Its you, my good Marceln," he said. ~
am delighted to see you
"You astonish me, monsieur (the visitor,
very severe, had drawn back and refused the
extended hand(. Your lack of delicacy puz-
zlcs and grieves me. There are odious events
which ought to be silently sponged out. l
don't know you. By what right do you give
name which is no longer mine? Last night,
while was fulfilling my functions at dinner,
what did you mean by your indiscreet glances
and your compromising manners? A man of
the world would have ignored me, as ignored
you. don't wish to have my dignity wounded
By mortifying rccollections which the man [
nave DeCOuie mas put 'DeEiQ MIN. nluSC pro
tect my situation and my authority. 1t is
painful for me to have to tell you this. NJ.
6ertincourt chooses you as friend. ! may be
astounded But it is none of my business. [
don't know you, monsieur. / repeat, any more
than you know me, and hope that you will
not forget hereafter that we are strangers 90
each other.
He bowed coldly and withdrew.
"'Well?" cried Nine. Murtot, bursting into
the room where her husband was left stand
ing in stupor. "Well? Tell me everything
"He has gone" said M. Murtot. "He wils
say nothing. Be tranquilbe perfectly tran
quill"
Suddenly, pounding the table with his fist,
be broke out:
ut is he you underestimate is he who is
ashamed of u.s."
s.-,s
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
BY FREDERIC BOUTET

to the period no longer to be spoken Of, and
which they would gladly have banished from
their lives. They again their beginnings
d humble public house, down near the sea,
beyond Bllancourt. Nine. Murtot had ac-
quired at the cashiers desk her habit Of smjl-
ing. Sailors came there for a morning pick
me-up. Hard drinkers quarreled there in the
evening. NJ. Murtot separated them with his
of single waiter, an awkward youth he was
on his feet all day serving liters or glasses
of beer, coffee and cordas to patrons who had
profted by the permission hung outside the
place: Guests may bring along their own
eatables" After a while, thanks to small
legacy M. Murtot had been able to branch
out into the wine business-the height of his
ambitions. He had succeeded at first very
well, then exceedingly we'll, and finally so
miraculously that he acquired very quickly
(hs friends said too quickly enormous
best he could.
cts far away he murmured. And he
bushed to have let himself recall such hum-
ating memories.
The evening Of the 27th at o'clock, NJ.
Murtot, with pearls in his shirt front; Nine.
Murtot, little overdressed, and Gabrielle, de-
licious and self-possessed, made their entry
at the Bertincourts mansion. NJ. Bertincourt
Murtots pride was unbounded when at the
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26

dummy is certain to evoke from the ether q
male quartet in yodeling rendition.
The sudden introduction of strange sounds
from the air may be perious pastime.
Imagine the effect of sudden tuning IN Of p
ing of recent penalties imposed If this is
Gone Immediately before dinner it is apt to
so startle the butler that he may drop one of
the trays he is carrying. And one can only
hope it is the tray with the crackers on it.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26

K/N he had lust finished reading on his
Il 1@ sumptuous writing table, still pain
fully new. Joy and pride ilumi-
mated his massive face. He touched bell
button.
ASK Nine. Mur''---- He checked himself
with an embarrassed cough. Would he never
overcome the habit of speaking of his wife to
the servants as Nine. Murtot? please ask
madame to be so good as to come here ne
said to the voIet de chambre.
Nine. Murtot, powerful person, with
broad smile, appeared presently
Here it isl" cried NJ. Murtot. "The Ber-
tincourts invite US to dnner"
She clapped her hands.
is it possible? They made up their minds
at last! I no longer expected it"
Put yourself in their place. With their
name, their position and all that. They have
right to be fastidious. That's the reason
this invitation is worth something. We meet
them at watering places. We talk together-
that's all right Aftcrward, in Paris, we see
them occasionally at the theater, at teas
that's all right, too. But it doesn't mean that
We / ce friends Now we friends. They
invite US to dine with them 4ou made
clrvcr move going the limit ut Nine. Bertln-
courts charity sale. They thought that chic.
That decided them. And there we are. we
are in the great world in the world which IS
the choicest of all--with our heads high. Think
of it. He has been diplomat of high rank
an ambassador, believe. At their house every
thing is in perfect style, in the grand manner
mansion--with eight servants. ! found
mat out for my own satisfaction. ] don't envy
them. Take note of that. We are certainly
s'cher than they arc. We could also have
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
By Fairfax Downey

spring may be expected to contain a
A. new "verboten" clause somewhat to
this effect
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26

"The party of the second part hereinbefore
designated as the lessee, agrees hereby that
after midnight there shall be heard on
the premises no XYZ, KPQ, PDQ or RSVP."
1t will be readily understood that this is to
bar the louder wave lengths Of radio broad
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26

m MURTOT placed the letter which
Ne he had just finished reading on his
4 Xs sumptuous writing table, still pain
The Washington times., 1922-06-25
Business and Industry.

Evidences of further progress in
GENERAL business and industry have
been multiplying the past week.
despite the continued handicap Of
voluntary unemployment in a mum.
ber of important industries, Par.
ticularlv encouraging reports have
come this week from the railroads Of
the country, indicating a steady gain
in the net financial returns to the
carrier systems.
As q market factor. the action of
the directors Of the Great Northern
railroad. in declaring the regular
semi-annual Dividend of az per
cent, was not without Significance
Increased activity was also reported
In the copper and sugar markets,
In the latter Of which prices for he
raw product reached new high lev.
els for the year. Cotton prices have
been showing an upward trend.
while wheat prices moved within u
narrow radius. Reactions In for.
eiEn exchange were not as violent
as In the preceding week, with the
possible exception Of the mark,
which has again descended below
the .o030 dead line. ,-, ,.. o..
The Washington times., 1922-06-25

Best trade reports come from the
West, with mail-order houses max.
Ing excellent comparisons. Crops
there have held their own well.
despite some complaints Of dry
weather. Crops seem slightly bet
ter also at the South, and this,
coupled with the rise in cotton
prices. 10 increasing the more opti-
mistic feeling visible in the cotton
growing regions. except in parts
Of Texas. where midsummer quiet
Is visible. and In parts of the
Southeast, notably Georgia. where
peach and melon crops are good
but the cotton outlook Is still poor
and the boil weevil threatens the
crops future.
In industry the trend is still to-
ward expansion. this despite the
continuance Of the coal strike and
the talk of railroad workers. out
side of the active operative
branches, stopping work. in the
case Of the threatened rail strike,
as In that Of the coal miners. there
seems to be a good deal Of public
indifference, whether real or as
present, the idea that even a par
tAuA VIII tCnlCty
full.
!, The railroads are more actively
employed than a. any time since
before the coal strike began. and
the number II loaded cars is prac.
tically at the peak of the year. this
despite the fact that there are 1s0,-
900 idle coal cars. In other words.
the loss In rail traffic due to- the
coal strike has been offset by the
expansion in other lines. With the
moving OF wheat TO, market-har-
vesting OF that grain in practically
general-much Of the slack in the
idle car situation should be taken
UP. The week has seen large cuts
in cotton freight rates announced.
In export trade. May values Of
food shipments, grains. meats.
dairy products and canned goods
dropped $25.000.000 or 81 per cent,
fro mMay a year ago. Cotton ex.
ports. however. were nearly equal
to a year ago in May, and as the
price is very much higher. the loss
in food exports was about balenced,
cotton exports. on a rough esti-
mate, in May totaling $4,000. 900
against s2s.ooo,oo last year.