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dollar idea right here and now. am
trying to steaal out a day or two from
this gay metropolis to 60 to my own
Main street town and here / am want
ing to put the New York address on
my many Christmas presents. And yet
do not have the time to wrap them
up. There should be shop in every
community which would undertake
the tying up, pasting, fixing tagging,
and mailing Of Christmas present at
SO much per cubic inch Of box. for
one, would subscribe in wholesale
fashion today. ana think Of the mil
lions like me, even less competent to
tiee II ptheir boxes! I am ready to
give further "details on this idea for
next year, and charge nothing for my
sorvise, Take 1t, and profit.
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lQewl6j1'k
Letter.
By LucyJed1neP Price

New York. While others are
grumbling about the high cost OF liv-
Ing we have discovered a property
owner and landlord who lives close to
New York, who has been able to get
along comfortably on 81 month. Be
ing a Landlord this is not difficult TO
understand. But here is landlord
who has not spent money on living
consistent with his rumored income.
He Is thirty-five years cid; he has
been living the life of a hermit in a
shed In the back Of his two-family
house for several years. The shed was
formerly part Of the stable, but has
been furnished In the simplest man
ner for living quarters. In answer to
a recent suit against him In real
estate transaction, when asked to
show some papers In court, the re-
cluse unpinned three big safety pins
that held his overcoat together. re-
moved six pins from an inside pocket
and disclosed his private bank"
wound with string that was reinforced
with seven rubber bands. While he
had an income OF more than $40 a
month he exeplained that he lived in
his shed. because he cant afford a
house. Others are wasting their mon
ey by trying to keep up appearances,
while the most spend for my living
Is 81 a month" Perhaps this is the
way people become landlords.
Ny
According to VIII Rogers. now and
then OF photoplay and acting fame,
movie magnates no longer spend their
profits recklessiy. Recent disclosures
OF the habits OF these monied folks
have given broad grounds for conjec-
ture on their extravaganza. Lighting
cigars with greenbacks was once a
quaint method Of impressing by-stand-
ers but prevailed In the pre-volstead
period. Tossing away money was
never regarded In really conservative
financial circles as the best method
Of getting more money. 1t would be
rather pleasant In some ways II It held
true that the more money one spent
u, moro one got, but It doesn't This
holds true even In the motion picture
business. Now most moving picture
folk, having just passed through the
cold gray morning after the unbridled
profits which they have undergone,
ahve settled down to business and
business does not mean that art is be-
ing neglected According to Will Rog-
ers. only when artists get down to
business does real art result ":All the
old time foolishness-- Of money
and waste Of time included - is over
It is a man size, bed-rocb enterprise
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now. Everybody has the spirit Of TAX
ing OFF their coat and giving the best
there is in him-of earning his salary.
Thee actresses and actors do their
work and conduct themselves Just as
men and women In other business,
everywhere. There is no different
standard OF decorum or conduct" And
when VIII Rogers says things, some
how you believe he means them.
Ny
The sad, sad story Of the passing OF
the ear mum was told at the hair
di ossers' ball recently held in con-
nection with the American Head
Dressers Association convention. This
was very toppin geevent. In all the
gay assemblage of some 200 carefully
coiffed feminine heads there was never
n sign OF the once formidable nuns
There wre sleek. slim, shiny coiffures
that Rugged the head as closely as a
mustard plaster; there were impud-
ent, bobbed headed coiffures without
number: there were the ever-recur-
rent Psyches, which according to the
advices recently received, are very
popular with the fashion hounds in
Paris. But the large, protuberant, rat
stuffed. frizzed leased and hennaed
hair that has graced, or disgraced, the
flapper's cas- for some years past.
simply was ont TO be seen. For all
the hair dressers who attended the
ball had to say about them, this style
never existed. II does not exist at
present. now will 1t ever happen
again. According to the convention,
the young woman Of 1922 will have
completely recovered from the spell OF
the ear muff. The pink ears are to
protrude for evermore, and bobbed
hair to bob until feminine badness
predominates, is the decree OF fash
ions couture Aetters.
Ny
Thirty years Dan Murphy spent In
prison, whilo the world went by and
then he was released. He came from
Greenville, s. c., to New York and
looked around and Immediately asked
to be sent back. The new life held no
allurements for him; II was too much
to udertake after so long an absence.
When asked II he didn't want to leave
the prison for good he only shook his
head. II have friends there. Who
would have IL left? l am thirty
years behind the times and I don't
want to TRIP to catch up. I don't want
to leave home" Which reminds one
Of the lines about gray walls do not
q prison make"
Ny
am going to give away million
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

now waiting in Europe for the letting
down of the bars, will rush for tn S
country and the resulting pressure
will test every timber in the health
barricade.
1t Is believed that the STEAMSHIP
companies have taken warning by
their experience Of last winter and
spring and will keep in operation ade-
quate facilities for bathing and Isin-
fecting their prospective passengers.
The Public Health Service cannot d.
rectly COMPEL them to do this; nor
can 1t do it iself, for some European
C, untries object, on the ground that
in setting up the necessary facilities
the U. S. Government would be exer-
cising extra-territorial powers and
thereby encroaching on their SOW
ereignty.
Under these circumstances all the
Public Health Service can do is to re-
peat its action of last spring by re-
questing the State Department to in
struct its consuls in Europe to refuse
a bill of health to vessels sailing with
out adequate cleansing measures and
by instructing its own quarantine Of
ficers to delouse immigrants on ar
rival heer and to detain them, in case
CT suspicion, for ~ days thereafter. 1t
was this action alone that caused
some steamship companies to go to
the expense of installing disinfecting
plants aboard.
Failure to delouse properly on the
ether side, adds the Public Health SER
vice, enormously increases the trouble
and expense on this side. The neces-
sity of holding a shiIload of immi-
grants for IL days after delousing is
in every way Objectionable, both to
the Government, the steamship own
ers, and the immigrants. But It seems
to be the only available means that
will remain for protecting the country
against vermin carriers and disease
carriers fthe bars are let down and
the flod become great enough to
swamp the cleansing facilities at for
eign and home ports.
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CHICAGO ITALIAN INvENTS
POCKET.SIZE PHONOGRAPH

A pocket-size photograph, which Is
said to be quite remarkable In its
beauty of tone, has ben invented by
Eugenio Malato, an Italian resident OF
Chicago, according to "LItalia," one
of Chicago's leading Italian dalieies,
and 1t states that orders for them are
pouring in on the firm which Is man
ufacturing them.
When sample Of the machine was
shown him, Mr.. Marinuzzi, director OF
the Chicago Opera Company, said:
"This compact, pocket-size phono-
graph is truly delightful and serves to
demonstrate what the ability and pa
tionce Of the Italian can accomplish
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$500 BRACELET on DOLL.

Mrs. Caroline Schneider, New
York widow, when visiting In Cincin-
natl hired detective to watch her so
that no one could steal the $4,000
worth of jewels she liked to wear. De-
spite all precautions a bracelet val
ued at $500 disappeared? The widow
returned to New York City and after
ten days received wire that the
bracelet had been found reposing on
the arm of baby's doll, where 1t has
been since its disappearance.
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l am going to give away a million
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NEW SENATOR SELECTED.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. 6. - Barring
an eleventh-hour change, Governor
William Sproul will appoint Edwin S.
Stuart, former governor, as United
States senator to succeed the late
Boise Penrose, Il was learned today
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-09-15
Montana Crop Report

Acknowledgement rains over Mon
tana which favored fall blowing and
increased seeding of fall grain but
which interrupted threshing in many
counties for a day or more are re-
ported in the weekly summary of the
states department of agriculture based
on reports of crop conditions by coun-
ty agents and others. Frost made it's
appearance in one or two of the coun-
ties. One noticeable feature is an in
creased demand for feeder pigs due
both to effects of hailstorms, and to
the low price of wheat. The harvest
ing of the biggest crop of potatoes in
the history of the state will commence
within a week under extremely de-
pressed market conditions. Reports
by counties:
Richland.-Rainfall one and one-half
inches during the week. Weather cool
with indications of an early frost.
T%hreshing % per cent completed, de-
layed on account Of wet weather. The
yields are unusually good. Corn crop
VIII HAM dpuliudlCc VI lieu. Alfalfa
crop fair. Continued shortage of la
Dor.
Prairie.-Two general rains the past
week-stopped threshing but made fall
blowing possible. All late crops suf-
fered hail damage over twelve-mile
strip-Terry to Mildred. Grain 80
per cent threshed. Ten per cent of the
corn crop was cut for forage. There
will be the heaviest corn harvest in the
history of the county. T%hreshing
yields below expectations-average 13
to IA bushels. Livestock in excellent
condition and rapid marketing is be-
ginning.
Custer.-Heavy general rain with
some hail. Week turned very cool,
Crop conditions fair. Threshing OPP
erations stopped by rainy weather.
Twenty-Five cars of stock shipped to
market during the week.
Fallon.-Light rain fell in the east
ern part of the county, with some hail
in the western part. Crop yields all
below expectations. There is a sur
plus of labor available.
Yellowstone. - One general rain,
Weather generally cool. Third cutting
of alfalfa is ready to be put up. Sugar
beets in good condition and maturing
we'll. Corn is best crop in years. Po-
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FORD'S LATEST BLOWOUT

After lolling around on a pleasure
yacht in the St. Lawrence for a month
during the height of a great emergen-
cy in the industrial world, Henry Ford
rushes out to Detroit and within a
few hours that he is going
to close his plants and throw more
than a hundred thousand men out of
work because he can't get coal and
steel at a lower price than other peo-
pie are paying while the railway strike
is on. Evaluating Henry's pronounce
ment in the light of such u%tterances
as his statement that he had paid his
war profits into the United States
treasury, people generally have con-
cluded that Henry wasn't so very anx-
ious to get coal, and that what he is
really doing is taking up the slack in
his flivver production. If an ordinary
capitalist had "fired" all his employees
for such reasons and on such sudden
notice, he would have been roasted by
every yellow journal in the country.
AS it is, this type of critic will doubt
less see in Henry's action the war on
Wall street he says it means. 1t isn't
often that a man wins unquestioned
supremacy in two fields, but as a
builder of cheap automobiles and as
a bunkartist Henry Ford is without a
rival living, dead or unborn.-National
Republican.
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these points and true to form, if elect
ed to the exalted position of United
States senator, his popularity will
grow.-Judith Basin County Press.
Corn in Montana.

Great Falls Tribune: Just a few
years ago-probably about five years
ago-there were some small exhibits
of orr at the Montana state fair, we
believe from Custer and Rosebud .coun-
ties. Corn had been planted in this
state at a few other places. The writ
err remembers quite distinctly, after
looking at the exhibits mentioned, be-
ing called crazy in the head for max
ing a prophecy that Montana would in
a short time become a real corr pro-
ducing state.
The question was a debatable one
lat that time as to whether or not the
prophet was crazy. The charge has
now been absolutely withdrawn. We
find the department of agriculture of
this state estimating that the COM
monwealth will produce more than six
million bushels of corn in this year,
1922. What brought this about? Two
things, probably. In the first place,
the farmer, quick to take note of a
profitable and possible crop, began to
see what he could do in many of the
ounties after corn production had been
we'll established in such counties as
Rosebud. In the second place, the ex-
hibits of corr kept growing at the
state fair. And right here it is well
to note how valuable an annual exhi-
bition like the Montana state fair is
when it promotes or substantially
helps to bring about such a wonderful
advance as has been gained during
the last five years in the production of
corn. When you hear somebody saying
that the state fair doesn't amount to
anything, the argument here present
ed is conclusive to the contrary.
The state fair led the way in ex-
hibiting the production of corn. 1t
was soon followed by the annual dis
play of the different varieties of corn
produced in this state at Miles City
That exhibition has grown into a sub
stantial and permanent institution. II
has been wonderfully helpful.
Now we note that another corr
show is to be held at Malta, Montana
We commend the project. We hope il
will be a success. Corn is probably
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SAILORS ARE SACRIFICED
TO SAVE SUBMARINE CREW

Stockholm.-Two men were drowned
from a submarine under singular cir
cumstances during the recent Swedish
coastal fleet manoeuvres. They ere
really sacrificed to insure the safety
of the whole crew.
The sumbarine Illern, it appears,
fired a torpedo at a movable target
and then came to the surface in order
to see the effect produced. Four of
the crew came on deck, but trouble
suddenly occurred in the ballast tanks,
and the commander Immediately closed
the hatch and submerged, leaving the
four to their own
Three of the men were washed off
the deck but the fourth chung to the
submarines periscope. The submarine
rose again quickly and this nan was
rescued. Two of the men in the water,
including the son of Admiral Ancar-
erona, were caught in the wash of
the battleship Sverige and drowned.
The other nan was picked up by a
naval cutter.
1t is reported that the entire crew
of the submarine would probably have
been lost if the commander had failed
to submerge Immediately the trouble
was discovered.
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found our matches and wood damp
so we had to wait until the sun came
to dry them.
After we got our fire started and
had breakfast we all went up in the
hills until it got warmer. Then we
went back to the creek and went in
swimming. For dinner and supper
that day we didn't have very much to
eat because we were running out of
food. That night it looked like rain
so we frightened up all the tent ropes
and stakes. Then we dug a ditch
around the edge of the tent. But 1t
didn't rain at all that night and the
next day we came home.-Russel St.
Clair.
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From Our
Exchanges
Riddick Proves Popularity.

The overwhelming victory of Con-
gresham Riddick over Attorney Gen
eral Rankin in the race for the nomi-
nation for United States senator OH
the Republican ticket, estimated in
advance of the official count as be-
tween 5000 and 1000, is significant
of at least one fact-Carl Riddick is
n outstanding individual in public
life in Montana in whom all classes
respect and place their confidence.
Everywhere over the entire state
the Republican voters manifested a
strong admiration for the congress
mar and after perusing the election
returns his is one of the few instances
where ability, character and true Re-
publicanism was taken into consider
alton by the voters. At least, his
case, with that of Lew L. Galloway of
Great Falls for chief justice of the
supreme court and Albert Stark of Liv-
ingston for associate justice stand out
as practically the only instances where
the voters gave serious consideration
to the Importance of nominating can
didates especially fitted for the office
they sought. Perhaps, in a limited de-
gree, the race for congress in the sec
ond district could be included in this
category, but the ~closeness of the vote
between the two leading candidates
and the fact that other issues besides
ability, character and true Republi
canism, were involved, leaves the actu
al attitude of the voters on the con
gressional selection pretty much be
hind a cloud.
Nevertheless, in the senatorial con
test, the Republicans have nominate'
a mar in Carl w. Riddick on whom
all classes can unite against the Dem
ocratic nominee and radicalism in tn
general election in November. Wit
Mr.. Riddick's experience gained i
serving two terms in congress, his sup
port of President Harding and the Re
publican administration, combined wit
his untiring energy in behalf of tn
home people, should be sufficient t
elect him this fall. His popularity a
a congressman has been gained o
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By the 18th Grade AT0""0
of the Glasgow IN
City Schools

"May we try keeping up with the
Peptimists this year," asked Ellen
Lyle, pupil in the seventh grade, the
first day of school.
"What do you mean by keeping up
with the Peptimists'?" was the ques-
ton Ellen was asked in return.
ooh, we want to have a president
and a motto and write for the paper
and do all the things they did" was the
answer. So the question was referred
to a class vote with the result that
thirty-eight of the forty-one pupils
were in favor of the proposition to fol-
low in the footsteps Of the Peptimists
and have the best stories they write
and interesting school events Of their
grade published in the paper from
time to time. This week one girls and
one boys story were selected for pub
LEGATION.
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tato condition average. Small grain
yields good.
Stillwater.-Weather generally cool,
cloudy and windy, with local showers
and a light frost in part of the coun-
ty. Considerable fall wheat is being
seeded. Third cutting of alfalfa is
yielding light, but of excellent quail
ity. Irrigated wheat averaging from
80 to 40 bushels. Dryland wheat, 20
to 25. Livestock marketing begun.
Madison.-Local rains fell during
the week and irrigated grain is slow
in %ripening. A larger area than was
anticipated was damaged by hail. Po-
tato digging will begin within a week.
Fergus.-Weather generally cloudy
and cold with frequent showers. Very
little threshing done. There is a con-
siderable demand for men and teams.
Teton.-One-third inch rainfall dur
ing week. T%hreshing yields about the
same as reported last week. There is
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PAYING FOR DEMOCRATIC EX-
HILARATION

The Manchester, N. H., Union ap-
propriately remarks that "It was ever
so much more exhilarating to pile up
a twenty billion dollar debt than it is
to try to pay it." The Democratic
leaders, who piled up that debt largely
through waste and extravaganza,
thought they were making themselves
POPULAR with the people, who were
enjoying the initiation. But, unfor-
tunately for the Democrats, the della
ton began several months before the
Democratic administration went out of
power, and the people have a very
definite idea as to where the respon
sibility lies for the difficulty in pay,
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Coal Should Be Cheaper.

One coal baron of the middle west,
Former Attorney General Havner Of
Iowa, recently stirred up the Hawkeye
state by boldly proclaiming that the
public must pay him for the losses he
alleges he sustained during the coal
strike. Other operators of the country
take the same position although not
as frank in saying so for publication.
But they show their attitude by the
price they charge for coal at the mines.
Some of the apologists for the coal
operators say that coal mining being
by nature a public utility, the public
must pay higher prices so the opera
tors may recoup all actual and mag.
mary losses.
If the coal operators insist that the
public is a partner in business with
them when they suffer losses, then
why do they forget the public when
their profits are large?
The fact is, however, that coal
prices should be lower than last year
despite the strike. When the strike be.
gan in April the surplus was so great
that the markets were breaking. This
huge supply was sold by the opera.
tors at strike prices.
AS a general proposition soft Goa.
mines don't operate much in the sum.
mer time. The expense of keeping
them in condition is about the same
whether there is a strike or not. The
miners are now back at work at thu
same wages while other operating ex
penses have decreased to some ex
tent and freight rates are lower thar
they were a year ago.
Surprising the miners should ask tn
public to pay them the wages the!
lost while on strike?
Would there be a loud howl?-Hel
ena Independent.
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Things l Did During Vacation.

I believe that Of all things l did
during vacation l liked to go swim
ming best. My chum and I used to go
swimming quite often, wen if we had
to walk a mile.
About the middle of July some of
us girls gave a play on our front
porch. We made up the play our
selves. We charged two cents for
children and five for adults. The play
was a success and we took in one dol
lar and thirty-five cents.
Two friends and I made a movie
book. We pasted all the pictures we
could get Of movie stars in it. My
favorites r Anita Stewart, Bebe
Daniels and Wallace Reid.
One day my cousin and I had a
"weiner" roast. But we also roasted
corn and marshmallows. We had a
very good time and enjoyed it very
much. l went to several picnics and
had a good time at each.-Lilah Ack-
erman.
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produced profitably now in about half
of the counties of the state. The end
is not yet. We hope that the corn
show to be held in Malta this year
may be successful and that it will
have a large attendance.
The production Of corr will not stop
at six million bushels in this state.
We shall not be at all surprised if the
number of bushels of corn raised in
Montana shall equal the number of
bushels of oats produced in the state
five years from now.
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My Vacation Camp Trip.

Five of us boys were. down on the
Porcupine Creek camping about five
weeks ago. We stayed two days. We
were going to stay longer but we
didn't have enough to eat so we had
to come home. The first night we
were there it was pretty cold and
damp and we were cold because we
only had n blanket apiece to sleep
in. The next morning we got up
early and went to light our fire. We
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-09-15
NOTICE

Ira B. TOurtlOtte will meet all
Valley County seed loan borrow
ers for the purpose of collecting
and adjusting these loans, using
the following schedule each week
until further notice:
OswegO on Mondays, Frazer on
Tuesdays, Nashua on Wednes-
days, Hinsdale on Thursdays and
Glasgow on Fridays and Satur-
days.
Sept. 15-tfc