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The Republican journal., 1922-02-23
The News of Belfast
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

A. S. Heal adverti'es red granite and
describes the different kinds.
Direct Importing Co. adVertises oeheh'
coffee, chocolates, etc.
Central Maine Power Co. advertise'
Heating pads and offers Preferred Stock
Lee Howard advertises to do paper
hanging.
Mrs. c. II. Stevens wants woman fol
general homework.
Waldo Trust Co advertises service Of
Tered by their bank.
Mrs. Fred Philbrick advertises muff
found
See adv of keys found
See adv. of place for sale.
The Davis Sample Shop advertises
cleanup sale of suits, coats, dresses, etc.
The City National Bank publishes a
bank adv.
The Randel Store advertises special
bargains for | st three days of sale.
James II. Howes advertises for bids for
Patrick Troy house.
Bert l.. Davis has something of interest
to clothes buyers.
The Dnsmore Store offer special values
for the last three days of their reorgani-
cation sale.
Fred D. Jones advertises new wall paper.
The North church Guild will meet in
the church parlor next Monday evening
at 1870
At the close of the next regular meet
ing of Aurora Rebekah Lodge, |. o. O..
F., there will be family sing with sew
eral solos.
The first robin song of this season
was reported at the Taliaferro garden
Wednesday morning. He seemed happy
even in the snow storm.
Miss Minnie l. Reed, who was recent
grip patient at the Waldo County hospi-
tai, spent several days with Mrs. S. V.
Jones, Miller street, and is now at home,
No. 5, Waldo avenue.
Mayor C. w. Wescott is urging the
State Department to take action to con-
tnue several of our State roads in Bel
fast and recently received letter from
State Engineer Paul D. Sargent saying
that the matter will have careful atten-
ton.
The next regular meeting ofAurora Re-
bekah Lodge will be held Tuesday even
ing, Feb. 20, A picnic supper will be
served at $50 During the supper Lour
there will be a guessing contest on a
Cupie Doll, and an entertainment after
lodge.
William NJ. Estes of Auburn, formerly
OF Belfast is in the Cobb hospital, where
he recently underwent an operation by
Dr. A. A. Cobb, specialist. The opera
ton on his head and nose was very sue
cessful and he expects to leave the hos :
pital some time this week.
The Republican journal., 1922-02-23
If Your Trouble
Is Scrofula
As often Acquired as Inherited,

You have eruptions and sores, and
perhaps enlarged glands of the
neck. This blood disease affects
the internal organs, especially the
lungs, and if neglected may de-
velop into consumption.
Il causes many troubles, and is
aggravated by impure air, bad
water. too much heat or cold, and
want of proper exercise.
Hood 5 Sarsaparilla, the blood
purifying medicine that has been
used with so much satisfaction by
three generations, is wonderfully
ucceSsful in the treatment Of
serofula. Give it a trial
II cathartic or laxative is
needed. take Hoods Pills.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04
Geological Raiment Makes
Tom Stout Shame Solomon

, only the bite OF the bacillus petroliumus
can make well balanced people crazy
In those good old days when our fair
city was the mecca for all the oil men
! and such-many-suches from all the far
points of the compass. | saw full
fledged biologists developed overnight
from such unlikely material as print
ers, lawyers. storekeepers. public Off
cials, editors, clerks, stenographers
and Janitors.
My modest office became a veritable
geological emporium wherein was
daily dispensed an incalculcable wealth
OF geologic lore. | listened TO il all
patiently. even eagerly, in the hope
that sometime. somehow, some of them
might accidentally say something which
would cast some light into the Stygian
darkness of my appalling geologic
ignorance. But it was all in vain. The
grand and glorious boom slowly but
surely flattened out; and the boomers
and promoters departed from our
midst; the weary stockholders, of
which ! was several. reluctantly re-
turned to the commonplace activities
of existence, their hopes of speedy
fortune completely blasted. and geology
was still a book of. mystery, deep and
impenetrable to me.
| then thought | was really cured
when. intruth. / had merely been re-
duced to a state of coma by dank dis
illusion and dark disappointment. NV
resolution to master the intricacies
not to mention the breaks, dips. angles
and squire of geology famed up anew
when Gordon Campbell wired me that
he had hit oil up at Kelvin. / decided
to 60 at the job this time m%ethodically
and with due regard to the full re-
o~uirements of the task.
had never before fallen for the
regulation ~rockhound adornment but.
don Campbell, Joe Montgomery and
Bert d'Autrcmont, | made the fatal
plunge. | bought some yellow shoes.
chocolate colored puttees, a pair of
riding pants and a flannel shirt. |
didn't put or this regalia before start
ing for the Kelvin oil field. In fact.
! didn't work up quite enough courage
to try it out on the first visit to the
north country. There were too MANY
of my friends and intimate associates
present for me to run the risk of being
ncedlessly Inundated. | carried the
outfit to Kelvin and back to Great
Falls without ever having it out of my
grip. | did not even confide to any
OF the many acQualntanceS who made
thatstrip with me that | had the things
in my possession.
1t was quite a week later that l
made the first public exhibition of one
of the finest geological sartorial out
fits that ever invaded any oil field.
Adjoining myself as Solomon was never
adorned, I slipped out Of the hotel
at the Falls and made for an early
train for Kelvin. ! believe I am not
exa%ggerating when / say that every
g~eologist in Montana, Wyomine., Al
berta and adjacent states and provinces
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04

was aboard that particular train, going
to Kelvin. Some of them | knew.
Worse. still more of them appeared TO
recognize me, Their curiosity ap-
preached the point of impertinence.
All seemed to be profoundly inter
ested in my clothes. They gazed long
and intently at my nice. new yellow
shoes. my conspicuously shiny puttees
and my unsoiled and beautifully creased
riding pants. The in which
that new flannel shirt made violent
and efficaCious warfare against my
neck and shoulders was not nearly SO
uncomfortable as were the pangs of
self-consciousneSs from which | suf-
fered while those biologists were max
ing their studied appraisal of my new
outfit of clothes. But these discom-
forts only inspired me with a more
fixed determination to complete my
education in geology.
Gordon Campbell had told me that
if ! would drift up that way. he would
explain 10 me just how and why he
had earned the title of the best geolo-
gist in Kelvin" At the time that this
is written. Campbell has spent the
odd moments of several busy days in
an effort to keep his promise. We
have sloshed about over some of the
Kelvin field. From the car window
have seen a lot more of it. 1t is not Il
particularly pretty country in the late
spring. Stubborn drifts of snow still
cling to the coulees and northern
slopes. The sage brush looks a trifle
sickly. The soil is gumbo. \ broad
sweep of vision shows a flat country.
but this sense of flatness disappears
when one gets into n car and rides
across it.
The now famous S~weetgrass arch en-
compasses several million acres Of
land. The previous visits referred TO
we're made for the purpose of looking
over possible reclamation projects.
Not then being interested in geology.
it never occurred to me that the arch
might be the repository of one or a
dozen of the greatest oil structures
on the North American continent. Al
though much wiser in the way of that
science. I am still somewhat mystified
concerning the operations of Gordon
Campbell up here. He secuted about
over two or three northern Montana
counties and a bit of southern Alberta
and finally located a we'll site. TO the
ungeologic eye. he might as we'll have
located his site on any one of 10000
similar spots. hut for some reason
kJVWU tlith W iiiSt did th my Z
now that I have acquired the tech
niQue of the game-he picked out a
particular tract down in a sort of
swale which is bordered on the north
by a rugged sandstone reef and on
the other three sides by the same sort
of country that goes To make up at
least two million acres of land, around
about a sort of ~hummocky. coulee-in-
tested. aneamically sage-brushed coun-
try--and. after drilling through one
summer and a hard winter. not to
all of the money he had.
could raise or borrow. be struck oil.
In answer to my inquiry he g~ravely
informed me that the spot at which
he drilled is the high spot" or in. the
vicinity of said high spot" and, to
the uninitiated. I win say that when
for oil it is always best to
strike for the high. spots because a is
tho "low spot" That may sound para
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04
BY TOM STOUT,
Editor leWiStoWn Democrat News

A F'TER more than two years spent
largely in the company of geOlo-
gists of every sort. variety and previous
conditions of ~rectitude; after listening
for hours and days to the exposition
Of their theories and experiences and
rocksure certainties; after having had
several Of them take me in hand and
IN n patient. painstaking manner,
marked not i~nfrequcntly by but lily
concealed disgust with my obvious
obtuSeness, | definitely decided that
crotchety nature never intended that
should be n rockhound. a pebble-pup
or any of the other alliterative des-
ignations whereby biologists are prop
erly and profanely classified.
Judge II. Leonard Dekalb is the
first g~eoiogist to east his Ominous
shadow athwart my peaceful pathway.
Before / spent one fateful evening
with the judge. life was Il simple thing
with me. About the only obsession
which ever agitated the clectrons of a
rather sluggish ambition had to do with
the elusive purpose. some day. to
write the Great American Editorial.
And while the fitting idea for such an
exploit was terminating. my waking
hours were devoted to the delectable
tANh Va iliii "'Nh b'litiIt'bi sun
scribers and steering Il course which
would keep the larger advertisers in Il
reasonably tractablc frame of mind.
But after that fatal conversation, all
peace of mind fled incontinently, never
more TO return.
While under the spell of his scien-
tific %witcherv, | decided to become a
geoiogist. Having converted me to
the beauties of the science, Judge De
kalb set forth TO give me my first
lesson in practical geology. We trav-
eled by car to another section of the
state where. according to the judge.
geology just simply sticks mp all over
the landscape. The judge was driving
his ear as we passed through that par
ticular structure and the experience
was one long 10 be remembered. Hold
ing t. the wheel of the ear with his
left hand. the enthusiastic scientist
would use his right hand to point out
the adjacent formations"
It was all interesting and informa-
tive but. for the life of me, | couldn't
keep my mind on the lesson. Rather.
! was specializing somewhat sombrely
upon which tree or fence post the
judge was going to bump into as he
permitted the car to pursue its own
sweet way while his eyes were seek
ing out a synrline, an anticline, a
squeejab, or something else apper-
tanning to an oil structure.
After my ~miraculously safe return
from that educational hegira through
the oil structures of southern Mon
tana, my interest waned but did not
quite demise. I thought it was dead
until the Cat Greek field wasX brought
in and 80 per cent of my immediate
and associates went crazy as
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04

doxical. but it is really geological. We
biologists have a language of u own
and it is always different to convey
to the lay mind our exact meaning.
| know now just as well as Campbell
why he struck oil in the particular spot
but my knowledge did not cost me
nearly as much as it did him. There
are a lot of really competent geolo-
gists who likewise know all about why
Campbell struck oil there. but their
knowledge is a good deal ike mine.
secondhand and based upon ocular
proof that the oil has been struck.
| may say in passing that geology
is not an exact science. Nature played
some jokes on mere man when she
was engaged in the no doubt inter
esting but exceedingly laborious task
of manufacturing a cool crust on the
original ball of fire and. by so doing,
gave to science of geology n speculative
twist. The only advantage in that lies
in the fact that it leaves q fertile field
for the exercise of the most plactic
imagination. | am TOO loyal to my
newly acquired profession to gge
that Imagination is the most important
element in its composition. but | am
willing to admit thar it plays no mean
putt III rttitSN CALCULATIONS. IL llfS
suspicion can he verified. | will have
even greater faith in becoming emf
lent in the profession.
In later articles, | hope to divulge
many additional scientific facts relat-
ing 70 the geology Of the S~weetgrass
arch. There is one exceedingly intrign-
.ng incident which | hope to verify
relating to the structure. \ Young
whom met uD with here Mt
Kelvin confidentially informed me that
before snowfall last autumn he cached
a large assortment of moonshine
in some of the numerous badger
holes with which the structure is plen-
tifully supplied. Purely as a matter
of biologic interest, | am anxious 10
know just how the bear and mountain
lions in this section will fare at the
fangs of these Toole county badgers
when the latter, after a winter ofshi-
bernation with the usual brands Of
moonshine;- come forth rem -theff~dis~
gings and begin to operate.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04

venge. Silent and moody he awaited
developments.
At last. one evening a few weeks
after Carpenters death, he bought a
small keg of whisky ut the fort and
asked "A number Of trapers, including
Fink. to help him drink it. Toward
morning the party became hilarious,
and then. suddenly and for the first
time during the night. Carpenters
name vas mentioned.
Shot to Death in Revenge
What of Carpenter:" shouted Fink.
Il shot him like ] would a dog"
At the words Talbot drew from in
side his buckskin shirt the pistol Car
penter had given him and fired. Fink,
who was struggling to his feet from
the ground, fell dead.
The other trappers, sodden from the
nights carousing. slapped Talbot on
the back and swore they would see him
through. In fact. all of the men at the
fort considered the act justifiabie, and
commended him for killing Fink, who
was feared by most of them.
But Talbot, as the days passed, grew
more and more morosp and taclturn.
Volunteers being called for to go with
a party into the heart OF the dangerous
Blackfeet country 10 the west, he
asked to be sent. He seemed to our
danger and several times took desper-
ate chances of being killed by Indian
war parties. The fact that Fink and
Carpenter were sleeping in lone graves
III the wilderness seemed to duh the
feeling of hatred of Fink that had pos
sessed him before he had killed his
former friend. Brooding over the dou-
bic tragedy, he forgot Fink's t~reachery
and his own act of revenge. Once
more the three were fast friends, as
they had been for so many years.
But now he was alone. Perhaps the
solitude of the nearby mountains and
the vastness of the plains stretching
away from them preycd upon him and
made him the more lonely. At last he
must, have decided to join Fink and
Carpenter. for while hunting with an
other trapper on the banks of the Tc-
ion river, which was running swift and
high, he suddenly plunged into the
stream. His companion saw him
swept beneath the rushing waters; saw
his body once or twice again as it was
hurried through rapids. He searched
Fer some time in vain for Talbot. alive
or dead. The next day a few Of the
trappers continued the search and
found his body washed ashore on n
bar. They buried him on a bank of
the stream.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04

tan's Oldest, If not only real "squatter'
has enjoyed these things as a result Of:
just believin' in God"
Uncle jim is a negro who, last Feb
ruary 10. entered upon his seventy
third year, and is today smilingly conf
dent that he will live beyond the EN-
fury mark without the loss of his health
or physical activity. His theory is that
God will take care of anyone who trusts
Him, although he does not quite carry
this belief TO the point of a lily-of-the-
field existence, and admits that his
health has been and will be maintained
by his physical efforts in gathering,
cutting and saving wood for his winter
fires. doing his own washing and cook
ing and otherwise keeping his home in
order.
Reclaimed Marsh Land
In 1900. when what is now his front
lawn was marsh land almost on a level
with the Hudson river. Uncle Jim
was employed by a contractor named
Conway SIS one of a number of labor
ers who were TO fill in the marshes
lying along the Hudson's east bank.
He was provided with boards for a
little shack" which he built with its
back 10 a huge boulder. Then he
aided in filling what is now his front
dih Nutu TIC WOTh WIS competed
and the contractor and his men moved
Uncle Jim" having staked his claim.
as he says. decided to squat there
indefinitely.
Conway said it was all right with
him, and since then various owners
of the property have given tacit con-
sent TO his remaining. As his lawn In
filled-in-land. hardly suitable for the
foundations of houses. the old squat
ter feels secure in his possession.
The one.room shack is now strength
ened on the river side by sheets Of
tin which resist the winter blasts.
Within is a stove, some cooking and
eating utensils and a cot, but Uncle
Jim" spends most Of his time out
doors. From the Hudson he obtains
crabs and fish for his meals. and an
odd job now and then brings suffi-
cicnt change with which to buy bread.
coffee and tobacco.
"Never Worried"
When ] came here" said Uncle
Jim this was all a wilderness. I al
ways liked to rough it, and / never
in my life worried about anything.
I'm happy and never was sick a day.
I get all ! need. and this is the kind
Of life | like-So why shouldn't / be
thankful?
Il don't want any better home than
this, and | don't need any more money
to live as | do here. ] want to be ut
doors all the time. At night l read
a little by lamplight. | never wore
glasses. and lately | think am getting
second sight can see better than
| did a short while back"
AS he talked Uncle jim sat IN
front of his shack sucking a pipe that
appeared to be almost as old as its
owner. and quite as strong. and smiling
broadly. a perfect outpicturiug of his
peculiarly serene mental make-up-
From the New York World.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04
DEAF AND DUMB CRITICS

The deaf and dumb arc the best no
ton picture critics. says Theodore Kos
loft. Russian dancer and cinema actor.
If ! were II young screen player,
just trying to get in. | would make
sure that my first effort was seen and
criticized by inmates of n deaf and
dumb institution" he said, for the deaf
and dumb are peculiarly sensitive to
pantomime. The body must reflect the
words or emotions of the lips or the
actor is to them q failure.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04
UNCLE JIM, Is,
IS REAL SQUATTER
ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE
Old Negro Maintains New York
Home, Just Beiievin'
in God"

In New York where the h~igh-cost-of-
living specter haunts the millions and
some millionaires, possession by a pen
niless man Of health, happiness and a
home on Riverside drive, with acres
of front lawn. is perhaps an accom-
plishment without precedent. Yet. for
% years. Uncle Jim" Miller. Manhat-
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04

banks of the Musselshell river a com
Portable cabin in which to spend the
winter. There were several bands of
Crow Indians in the vicinity. the WON
en- of which tribe have always been
noted for their good looks. 1t was
one of these rk-skinned beauties of
the wilderness, the daughter of the
head chief of the Crows, who became
the cause of a deadly quarrel between
Fink and Carpenter. Both sought her
hand in marriage from her father, ac-
cording to Indian custom. The girl
seemed to favor Carpenters. advances.
to the engagement of Fink, but finally
neither o her and their differences
were smOothed over for the time.
In the spring the party returned TO
the mouth of the Yellowstone. and
there over their cups they renewed the
alteration. Talbot, who was much
worried over the break in their triple
alliance, i~nterposed and once more re-
stored an apparently friendly feeling.
In evidence of their protested friend
ship, Fink proposed that they repeat
the familiar feat of shooting through
whisky cups on each others heads.
This, he said, would afford proof Of
their reconciliation and would be an
expression of mutual trust and con
fidence.
Falls Victim Of T~reachery
Carpenter agreed to this proposal,
~whereupon arose the question of who
should have the first shot. A coin was
spun and Fink won. Carpenter at once
drew Talbot aside and said he felt that
he was as good as dead already. He
knew the uncompromising character of
Mikes hatred, nee it was aroused.
and he sensed treachery. He there
fore bequeathed to Talbot his rifle.
powder horn, pouch. belt. pistol and
wages, and together they went out on
the prairie near the fort. where Fink
was sitting on the ground, awaiting
them.
Carpenter filled his tin cup with
whisky. and placing it on his head,
stood erect and serene while Fink
loaded his rifle and picked a flint.
Striding to a point 90 yards from
where Carpenter stood, Fink swung
about and slowly leveled his weapon.
Then, lowering it again. he smiled and
said: Hold your noddle still, Carpen-
ter. and don't spill the whisky" Again
he took am and shot. Carpenter fell
dead with a bullet through his fore
head. Fink coolly set the stock Of his
rifle to the ground, blew the smoke out
and again loaded it, looking all the
while at Carpenters body Finally he
remarked, Carpenter, you've spilled
the whisky
Talbot rushed to the PROSTATE form
of Carpenter, shouting. You've killed
him." Fink swore that il was all q
mistake: that he had taken as fine a
bead on the cup as ever he drew on a
squirrels eye. He cursed himself, his
rifle and the bullet. No one dared to
challenge his statement that he had
not shot Carpenter purposely, and little
was said at the time. But Talbot knew
that another chapter in the drama of
the three friends must soon come. He
realized that either he or Fink must
die. It seemed to him that Cakpenter
czisd to him from the grave Tor re-
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04
o TOO BAD

Wife Introducing ailing husband
II dunno what's the matter with him.
Doctor. but I think he must have got
hohi&uf.spmesaof that~-g0od-natured
alcohol.'--New York World.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04

An airplane carrying 30 machine
guns, each capable of delivering ,L5OO
shots per minute has been developed.
The Washington times., 1922-07-11
FRENCH PEOPLE SAVING
BANK RECORDS REVEAL

The French have not forgotten
the lessons of thrift they learned
during the world war.
According to a report to the De.
partment of Commerce by Charles
ID. Wtstcott, economical consul at
Paris, made public today. savings
deposits in French banks had in.
creased 1920. 900. 900 francs between
January l. 1914, and January 1,
1921, while the number of savings
accounts had increased $4,000
from 1906, 900 in 1914 to 1875, ,O0O
in 1921. Total deposits grew from
$3.50 900, 900 to S,14s, 1000. 900 francs
approximately $500, ,o00, 900 on the
present rate Of exchange.
The population of France, &C.
cording to the census of 1921, in.
cluding Alsace-Lorraine and Algeria
numbered $4,000 ,000," says the re.
port, adding: "It thus appears that
nearly every second person in
France had savings account"