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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23
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ter aud wiped on the suds. casiinI
about sfealfby and mysterious glances
Then he rolled a dubious eye at me.
"What was il. Cooker | urged.
War am Cnp'n now
Down IN the bench he can't posi-
bly, hear you."
You won't say nothin' to git Cookie
IN n rumpus?"
e ,ross my heart to die. Cookie
well. den'-CoOkie spoke In a
hoarse whisper-"Cap'n say he forgit
to take his gun cartridges. Miss jimmy.
when he come back. | see him empty
his u cartridges out'n his belt and
put back his pistol cartridges. So dere
now
turned from Cookie. TOO surprised to
speak. Why had Captain Magnus
been at pains to invent a lie about so
trivial a matter? | recalled. too. that
Mr.. Shaw's question had confused him.
that he had hesitated and stammered
before answering ite-
II bad shot and ashamed of fl? Had
he preferred to suy that he had taken
the wrong ammunition rather than adj
nit that he could get no bag That
must be the explanation. because there
was no other. Certainly no imagina-
BILE errand but the one assigned could
have taken the captain TO the other
side Of the Island.
Several days went by. and still the
treasure was unbound. or course. as
the UNEMPLOYED space in the cave con
tracted. so daily the probability grew
stronger that Fortune would she'd her
golden smile upon us before night.
Nevertheless, II seemed TO me that the
optimistic spirits of most were begin
ming To flag a little. Only MIR. Shaw.
though banned as IA confirmed doubter
and pessimist, o by the exercise Of
will kept the others to their task. AS
Captain Magnus. his restlessness
was panifest. Several times he had
suggested blowing the lid of the island
Will dynamite as the shortest method
n getting al the gold. He was always
vanishing on solitary excursions In
and.
Mr.. Tubbs remarked, scornfully.
hat a man With a nose for money
'ught to have smelled out the chest
this, but II his own nasal pow
RS were OF that character he did not
TO employ them In the service of
he expedition. Miss H~igglesby-
however, had taken to retir-
ny 10 the hut for long private sessions
nth herself. My aunt reverentiaIly
Explained their purpose. The hiding
lace OF the chest being Of course
nown to the Universal Wisdom. all
Toilet had TO do was 10 put herself
| harmony and the knowledge would !
e hers. The difficulty was that you /
nd first to overcome your Mundane !
Consciousness e-aeeomPlisAEthi (
Toilet vas struggling In the hut. ,
After my meeting with Captain Mag
as In the forest, Lookout ridge was
aired to ne. Crusoe and | must do :
ir rambling In other directions. :
being so, | bethought me again 4
the wrecked sloop lying under the h
ifs on the north shore of the cove. i
remembered that there had seemed .
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

Helena.-The Missoula Light and
Water company has been granted an
Increase In rates amounting 10 approx
mately 5 per cent on steam heating
rates The new rates 20 into effect
April /. The former ratss were In
augurated In 1920.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

Helena.-W. @. Ferguson. secretary
OF the Helena Commercial club. fs In
Minneapolis. at the district office of
planting to officials of the government
the facilities Helena has for a trade
school for vocational training men De
tails OF the plan OF the government 10
lease the Curtin building on Grand
street are being gone over. The school
for Helena is practically assured. 1t Is
said. Lief Fredericks. chief OF the re-
habilItation division OF this unit Of the
veterans bureau. Is also In attendance.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

The only street company in Mon
tam that is o operating at n loss
according to reports of corporations
flied with the state public service
commission. is the Missoula Street
Railway
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

Capitalized at 100000. the Fergus
County Creamery has been incorpo-
rated ut Lewistown by the Dissly
brothers and ]. G. Mack. A new build
ing IS TO be erected 50 that the concern
viii be better equipped for "A bigger
business.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

or the % cases OF alleged Bookkeeping
now pending before Judge Frank f..
Leiper in the Dawson county court
house at Glendive. seven cases have
been rried. There were six convictions
and one acqulttal.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

The Glendive chamber Of commerce
c~ontempiates putting on a membership
drive In the near utnre-Aeammiltee
IS already AT work lining up a list
of prospects, and making a budget for
the ensuing year.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

Plans for building an electric railway,
20 connect Laurel with Billings are
being discussed in Laurel and Billings.
The project would entail much expense
but the business developed in the 16-
mile stretch would Justify the expedi-
tHre. promoters Of the plaH say.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

With the coming Of warm weather It
IL expected that gas mains VIII be laid
ia Fromberg TO permit residents 10
eonnec up with the Ohio company's
pipe line leading to Billings from the
Elk Basin field.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

The odd Fellow organizations of
Miles City are considering plans for
a campaign to finance the erection
Of a temple and are having plans for
such a building drawn by an architect.
The site is selected %diagonally across
from the court house. but construction
may not commence until mex year.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

Ice in the Tongue river. which
empties into the Yellowstone neal
Miles City. went out with a rush AZ
noon Thursday. A warning has been
sent out to all residents of the island
community. north of Miles City. to
move to the mainland as the Yellow
stone is expected m%omentarily to
break loose.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

Henry Baum, 45. farmer nea
Anita committed suicide by hanging
himself from Il barn rafter With a
halter rope Dependency over finan-
-cial led 10 the ACT authorities believe.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

Funeral services for the late James
J.. Mccormick. Montana pioneer who
died in Chicago, were held in Billings
recently. Mr.. Mccormick was one OF
four brothers who came TO Montana in
1864. and lived in Billings continuously
until a few years ago when he went
70 California. He was "a years Old
at the time of his death.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

Monte Harris. found guilty in con
nection with the murder of Cyril
Shilling. a Butte hotel proprietor.
during a robbery last November a6,
has been ordered hanged by the jury
which heard his case. William Harris.
a co-defendant. also was sentenced 70
death and Earl Mccoy received a life
sentence. Two defendants remain TO
be tried.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

The Gordon eampbeii-kevfu syndf
cate recently brought In an oil we'll
on the Rocky Ridge dome tn northern
Montana. with an estimated Tow OF
1000 barrels.
Finding that the ACCUSATIONS In
custer proceedings instituted some
time ago by six taxpayers of Au~sei-
shell county against y. n. Macdonald.
chairman OF the board OF county com
missioners. and County Commissioner
b. l. Wood. had not. been sustained
on a single point by the evidence indro-
duced. Judge Stanley r.. Felt ~ Baker,
sitting IN district court nj Roundup.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

A large number Of taxpayers from
All parts of POndera comfy met in
Conrad recently and perfected a county
organization Ia be known as the Tax
PAYERS Association Of Pondera county.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-03-23

1t is reported that the, people of
Broadus are eating snowballs. This
peculiar conduct on the part Of the
denizens of the Powder river capital
is not a symptom Of hunger. but of
thirst, rather. Some c~ontraband moon
shine IA poured into the snow. and
now there Is a spot In front OF the
county jail as bare as Mrs. Hubbard,s
cupboard. The original owner Of the
moonshfne not only lost his goods hut
In addition was fined 500 for having
liquor unlawfuliy In his possession.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-20

Every woman enjoys cooking when she has the right
tools at hand.
If her cook stove is outofdate, poorly constructed, if the
It is mighty difficult to give the family properly cooked
meals. Batches of food will be spoiled, wasting both
time and material-meals will be late, or insufficiently
cooked, a + menace to the family health.
With a Sterling Range 0he range that bakes a barrel of -four with a
single bod of coaD in the kitchen she can serve her meals by the
clock, the oven will never 60 back on her for there are no cold spots
in the Sterling oven. Every ounce of fuel is turned into heat-an
economy in fuel and an insurance in cooking results.
A Sterling Range is a ~high-class investment, which you can buy on
convenient terms. Ask your Sterling dealer about them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-20
"THE THREE MUsKETEERs"
Exquisite Inter or Sets Enhance Fair.
tanks Picture.

These who view Douglas Fair.
banks latest United Artists Produc-
lion, The Three Musketeers, wi
be gwen a film tour Of Paris as it was
in TIE cary Seventeenth Century; OF
tae palace Of King Louis Kill: of
Buckingham Palace and several an.
cicnt and %cturesque continental
town..
To meet the requirements Of this
story. tiree acres OF exterior sets
and one acre of interiors were built
all duplicated from ancient engrav
ings Of historical buildings Of that
tins. .#H
All to d. said Robert ia rbanks
production manager and brother o
the famous Doug, I'VE build 81 inter
icrs and 40 exte Tors, every one OF
them costing at least three times a,
nue. as any other set ever construti
ed on the Fairbanks lot.
1t is believed by the Management
cf the o. era A0uGo where this stu
pendous film spectacle viii be show,
for two days FIR day and SATURDAY.
that The Three Musketeers" vii
not only represent an Overwhelming
Photograph C drama. but that 1t wi
also afford a golden opportun " I,
review the early history o France.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-20

We always admired Conan Doyle,
the creator Of Sherlock Holmes, and
the father Of the modern detective
story, and now We think more OF him
than ever for his courage in dec ar
ing his belief in fairies, OF course
there are Aries. The world could have
never existed t''s long without both
good fairies and bad fairies. The
human lie that hasn't been inau-
encod to a marked degree by fair
les has not been worth living.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-20
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
views Of the Town and Villape and
Advertisements.

Miss Mariel MI Ter eft this noon
for Springfield, Mass, 10 spent a few
days with relatives.
Bennington assemb y Of Royal and
Select Masters will give a b%anque:
tonight at G:30 o'e ock at the Temple
The dinner will be fol owed by cere-
monies to confer the degree upon a
age class of candidates.
Grand Warden 0. J.. Martin OF
Plainfe,d paid the local lodge Of
Odd Fellows his annual official Wis t
Wednesday evening at the local lodge
rooms. Mr.. Martin gave a brief Ia B
whici was followed By a luncheon
After Easter spec ais, extra qua Z
ty dresses in crepe and ta,feta at
$3.50 TO $3.50. Full lined silk
sport coats in tan, h~erringbone and
gray mixtures from S22.50 - $25
Tweed and check suits. $3.50 to $25
The Murrays.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-20

For the second time within a few
months the vi age 0. stowe has lost
a mil by fire and the most recent
has wiped out the principal industry
in the town. Stowe is about the
best AMI most public spirited town of
its size in Vermont and will recover
from the bow which might have
proved fatal to Il town OF less sprawl
and patriot SIN.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-20

Press Last night was the worst
Dublin has experienced since Easter
so far as noise "a concerned.
Residents were kept awake by con-
tinuous rife and machine gun fire and
the racket created by military lorries
rushing to the relief of places attack
ed. Several buildingsGr bfSCwerg3v
ed. So far but enc casua ty has been
reported.
Sveral buildings occupied by pro-
Wis onal government Free State forces
We're fired upon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-20

With the opening of the automo-
bile season there is a prompt in.
crease in the number of accidents
and of these the most uniformly ia.
tai, is not the most common is at ra !.
way crossings. Apparently it is
10 sa er to drive in front Of a NOV.
ing ira n at a railway grade crossing
than 1t was last year or the year be.
fCrc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-20

Reports from all over the world in.
dictate an increased attendance at
Christian churches Of all denomina-
tons and a greater interest in church
af airs, Still it cannot be said that
there is no chance for further i'm
proyement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-20
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1922

Col balls have gone down in
price. 1t is pleasant TO see even a
small reduction in one Of the import
ant necessities Of life.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-20

The Vermont hotel association IS
Joining with other agencies to attract
more tourist business to Vermont
and it w ! be an easy matter to at
trait more visitors if We have the
hotel accommodations 70 take care
OF them ono they come. Vermont
needs a lundred more hotels AMI
part culsrly at those points more
favored by visitors. Practically two
thirds Of the towns in the state have
no hotel Whatever.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-20

Ircm the allies. Il is net so much
TIE making Of a treaty W tn Russia az
the way in which Germany went
about it. There can be no serious
objection to trade treaties with Rus.
sia made in the open but Germany is
at present a nation out Of jail on
parole and BY dealing with Russia
with the Genoa conference pend ns
has broken der Parole.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-20

1t is evident that Germany is not
to be trusted and deserves no help
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-20
BENNINGTON. VERMONT.

FRANK 8. HOWE. Editor and Pub'r.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-01

An opportunity to enjoy the adyan-
tages and happy experiences of the
kindergarten R the blrthrght of every
child, but there are still 100000 Of
our little ones for whom no kinder
sartens have been supplied, writes
John J. Tigert, United States commits.
sloner Of education. Francis Hodgson
Burnett has said: zone generation,
one entire generation of all the world
Of children, understood as they should
be, loved rs they ask to be, and &c.
veloped as they might be, would more
than bring the millennium" The kin,
dergarten not only recognizes Me edu.
catlonal value Of the early JLars Of
childhood, but is an ideal preparation
for the grades to follow, and for a
higher finer type Of citizenship, for
II expresses the spirit Of America and
its institutions strongly urge the
parents Of little children residing in
communities in which there are no
kindergartens to request their school
boards to establish them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-01

Children as well as parents and ed
ucators will watch with interest the
four schools opening In a neighborlng
city for experiments IN some phases
of what is known as natural educo.
tion,' although In Judging the power
Of at least one of the schools to hold
the interest Of the pupils, the fact
that the teacher will serve hot choco-
late along with the lessons, must be
taken into consideration. The expert
mental schools will be conducted on
the plan Of directing the children t.
teach themselves, the teacher elm
mating himself as much os possible at
least in the minds of the children,
writes May Stranathan in the Pitts.
burgh Post For instance, instead Of
compelling the child to memorze and
reclte the multiplication table, and
tables Of weights and measures, arith.
metlc will he learned by the use OF
the yardstlck In measuring goods, and
the use of weights and measures IN
weighing ingredients for cooking.
Short cuts to education will be tried
In these schools and the results care.
fully noted.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-01
state Pont &C

In state politics everybody seems
waiting for something to happen.
The people as whole evidently
expect one or more candidates Tor
Governor to appear in tie limeight
although no particular suggestions
are abroad these days
Mr. Foote threw his hat into the
ring without setting the state into
seething excitement and Mr.. Proc.
tor followed suit without any weak
,learts succumbing under the strain
So the lineup at this time is Foote
against Proctor.
The situation is wide open, how.
ever. II is undeniable that neither
Of the two candidates who naye
thus far entered the contest lave
made any wide public appeal.
Proctor is the better fitted Of the
two by al means and If the lineup
remains unchanged will probably
be nominated and elected without
much difficulty
TX Gov Fletcher who was said
to have been flirting Wits the nom.
nation remains coyly Quiet in tho
seclusion Of his Cayendish home.
Mr. Fletcher on 4 clean cut bust.
ness like platform would shake
things up a bit without doubt but
those who claim to know assert Tat
he will not become a candidate.
Lieut.. Col. II. Nelson Jackson
who has also been widely men.
tened in connection with the nom.
nation, calmly swings his feet from
the top of the fence and declines to
drop down into the ring.
AT this writing, in fact, the
horizon shows no political clouds
rising in the west to dampen the
enthusiasm that Lynn Hays is
preparing to spread over the state
for Mr.. Proctor. The facts remain.
nevertheless that there Is Chance
for some one TO he elected Governor
cf Vermont who has as yet not step.
ped into the arena II people have to
choose between the two men already
in the contest it ought not be difficult
to make a Choice but our guess Is
that considerable enthusiasm could
be stirred up by a live man on a live
platform ii a combination such as
that happens to appear 1t is still
early to gain and there is every
chance FOR a three or possibly a four
conered combat before the voters
take hand in the matter. Burling
ton News
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-01

A. II. Warner Of New York. lie adj
dressed a session Of the Allied Medical
Association Of America. Because the Bl.
bic says that a life shall be three score
years and ten the people expect to die
when they reach that age, he asserted.
ITS all wrong They have Just hyp.
Noticed themselves into the belief be.
cause it's In the Bible. Given n sound
constitution and n clean record, there
is no reason why a man or woman
should not reach one hundred and fifty
years. I'm seyenty-two now, ana | in.
tend to live to one hundred. II life
still looks good to me at that age. I
think l shall continue on the job for
another half century Its simply a
matter of psychology and good living"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-01

April H. %, May l.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-01

aro ia nothing else like IT, do not accept limitations or eub9t
1e. laatin's VITAMON Tablets at all good druggists
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-01
: MONDAY, MAY I, 1922
EXPANDING HoreL LIFE.

one more now hotel Is under way H.
New York. the largest IN the world.
covering a city block and 80 stories
high 70 this have come the inns"
OF the early days which once provided
Il tanyhg place for the infrequent
traveller. whose arrival was an eTent
Now, q hotel will swallow o whole con
ycntlon and never blink one Of rs
thousand eye-wlndows. But the popu.
lation Of great carayansaries is by no
means composed Of strangers ThouY
sands make their permanent homes
there, free from every care Of house
hold affairs, says the St Louis Globe
Democrat. There isn't one house
keeping task to lay its llghtest bur
den on the hotel guest save, perhaps,
the punching up Of the fire in the
crate, for among other charms trans
planted from the home are fires in
CRATES. These charms cost money.
but ease in any case does that, Wer,
1t not for the outlay, the number Of
hotel residents would be multiplied by
millions; and since we are now well
into the era Of many-storied hotels Il
IS reasonable to expect the numbers
VIII be built to exactly suit moderate
incomes. Wonders can be accom-,
plshed in economics when 1t is knowp
that ready money waits.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-01

The tone is Pathe tone sweet and
clear and true, marvellous clarity in
the reproduction of voice or instru-
ment
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-01
rnmnlIsslnncrr, Nntlrn

ESTATE OF FftAtAEDlth =, PNATT
The Undersigned. having boon ap.
pointed by the Honorable Probate Court
COR the District OF bennington, Com
to receive, examine and adj
lust the claims and demands ct NIL
persons against tho estate Of FREDERICK
S. Pratt late Of Domination In said
District deceased. and all claims eN-
hihited In offset therto, hereby give
notice that we viii meet for the pur-
pose aforesaid. at the Office Of Holden
n Healv IN The village of BenninE
ton In said District. on the 18th day
OF June, 1922 and nth day of October
next from o'clock y, IN. until
o'clock D. M. ON each OF said days and
that six months from the nth day OF
April 4. d. i922 Beg the time limited
bN said Court for said creditors 60 pre-
sent their claims 60 us for examination
and allowance.
Dated at Bennington W. this lith
day of Apru. A. ID, l922
ARTHUR j. cOLGAN,
A, SIDNEY EDISON.
Commissioners,
April Il. a. May l.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-01

Suing for a divorce, a wife declared
that her husband threatened to cut
her heart out and carry II around on
stick. and even went so far as to on
der their daughter to start the grind
srone FOR sharpening the knife. II was
at about that time, 1t seems, that the
wife decided to cut him out.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-01

There IS no strong popular Inter.
est In the speculations rs TO communl.
cation with Mars, Earth has so many
porpleHitles Of It's own at present that
It cannot be expected to encourage an
effort on the part Of another planet
to tell It's troubles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-01
A Grand Finale.

Musical professor explaining why
he had to have his new eur towed int
It's like this The engine made staccato
reports, then the car changed keys,
and wen. on -four flats, and It ended
up with grand pause Science and
Invention
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-01
ups and Downs In MllkInn.

THAT stubborn cow" said Ezra Boggs
Makes me feel like a clown
Because when lvc made her give up.
I'm der rcd II she'll give downl"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-01

Psychology and not medicine, is the
secret Of longevity according to IN.