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Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-16
BAKER BUYS r. |. REDS
Buys Meier FLOCK and Meier does
Into Business

The transaction of considerable
Importance In the poultry world was
made last week when G. X. Baker
purchased the entire flock OF Rhode
Island Reds of II. A. Meier, togeth-
er with the good will In the business.
over three hundred birds changed
hands In the deal which combines
two Of the finest hOcks Of this pop
nlar breed OF poultry that can be
found anywhere. Each flock enjoyed
n national reputation and many hrst
rrize winners and champions at the
National Rhode Island Red ciub
meets are numbered among them,
This gives Mr. Baker one Of the
very finest tiocks and Abilene VIII
lie glad to see the Mcier's flock re-
tained here instead OF being shipped
10 some other point. The Bun Ply
mouth Rocks which are already
acknowledged as the national cham
pions of America will be continued
with the Rhode Island Reds and the
two breeds handled together.
Mr.. Meier in dispOsing OF his flock
is arranging to enter the poultry
produce and supply business In the
new building which he has pur-
chased the first door north OF the
Farmers Union. He will both buy
and sell and carry complete line
of feeds and up-t0date poultry sup
niles of all kinds. Being acquainted
with the industry as he Is he Will
serve the community in a most capa-
bile way. The new store will be ready
for business about March 1st.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-16
TO ELECTRIFY RUSSIA
Swedish Engineers Contract For
Huge Project
Associated Press1


Stockholm, Feb. 14-Premier Len
ines long talked of scheme for the
electrification of Russia appears to be
crystallizing into action and If the
present plans announced by officials
of the Soviet government go through
Sweden will be engaged in turning
out high power turbines and other
electrifcation materials and machin-
cry for several years to come.
In order to fill contracts said to
have been entered into by the big
gest electrical works of Sweden, the
Swedish manufacturers will have to
purchase enormous quantities of raw
materials from the United States
where they are already buying a
great deal Of copper for Sweden's
owne electrification projects.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-16
AMENDMENT HERE TO STAY
Anti-SaIoon League Condemns Those
Who'd Dust 18th
TAsaociated PresS1

Topeka, Feb. 14-Resolutions CON
demning persons who seek nullifica-
tion OF the eighteenth amendment
were adopted at the annual meeting
Of the board of trustees of the Anti
Saloon League Of Kansas here.
f. l.. Crabbe, state superintend-
ent of the league was reelected.
Crabbe and Oliver C. Bronson of
Council Grove were re- elected to the
board Of trustees of the Anti Sa-
loon League Of America. Homer
Hoch, Of Marion. Fourth district
congressman, was elected member
of the state committee, succeeding
I. NJ. Testerman of Lawrence.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-16
KING OF TRAILS MARKED

Parsons, Feb. 14.-Ernest Pratt,
general manager Of the King of
Trails highway, has opened head
. quarters here. The road is marked
from Winnipeg, Canada, to Browns
willie, Tex, according to Pratt. 1t
will be marked into the City Of Mex
leo before January I, 1923.
An information bureau for tourists
will be opened here. The highway
association is planning free towing"
service for King of Trails members
who have motor car trouble on the
trail.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-16
BOYS BAND REORGANIZED
Win Ask Rotary Club to Father
Organization

The Abilene Boys Band held a
meeting to reorganize Monday even
ing. There are about 35 members
,of the band under the direction Of
Harold Royer. They voted to re-
.quest the Rotary club to supervise
their activities. The following Off
GERS were elected from among the
band members: Donald NicOlay, pres
ident; Miller Troup, vice president /;
Everett Wallerstedt, secretary; Hugh
Mera, treasurer; Ralph Stebbings,
librarian.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-16
DESERTS TWIN FOR HUSBAND
Rosie Dolly to Wed Englishman--
Yanci Saws She'll STAY Single

New York, Feb. 14.-Rosie Dolly,
the "other" one of the famous Euro
pean twin dancers, twin brides, twin
Divorces, will return to England as
soon as their present vaudeville en-
gagement is finished to be married
to George Brooksbank, son Of an
English railroad magnate, and, If she
does say so, "the most wonderful
boy Of ALL"
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-16
TRIMMED THE VISITORS
Abilene BowIers Made Fine Scores
at the Contest

Abilene bowlers walked all over
Salina and Herington teams last
night at the Simmons & Fritz alleys.
A large crowd saw the contest. The
Abilene score was 1856, Salina D.
4S1, Herington 2,072. Robinson of
Abilene made high score, 55S;
other home players were Ross, But
Ter, Franks and Nethaway.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-16
They Appeal to Our Sympathies

The bilious and dySpeptic are con-
stant sufferers and appeal to our SYM
pathies. Many such, however, have
been completely restored to health
by the use of Chamberlain's Tablets.
These tablets strength the stomach.
invigorate the liver and improve the
digestion. They also cause a gentle
movement Of the bowels. When you
have any trouble with your stomach,
give them a trial. 2-1mo.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-16

To prevent persons swallowing
poisonous solutions by mistake tab
let's from which the solutions are
made have been invented having
labels that float after the tablets
dissolve.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-02-16
THEY'RE AFTER EN- NOW
New Auto Licenses Must Be In Evi-
dence on Cars

Arrests are being made In other
counties and will soon be started in
Dickinson Of automobile owners who
have failed to secure 1922 licenses
fr their cars. s. 8. Smith, county
attorney, stated that state repre-
sentative is expected here any day
to check up delinquent motorists and
give orders to wage a campaign
against law viOlatOrs.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-12
MANY ARE Due
TO PAY TAXES
ON INCOMES
Few Have Made Quarterly Pay
ments; 500 Are Out Says
Buscher.

With the final day for quarterly pay
ments on income taxes but a few days
away. not more than a dozen or more
have been turned in at the Great Fails
office. according to F. J. Buscher, dl-
vision chief of the internal revenue de-
partment, with offices in he federal
building.
The last day upon which the pay
ments may be made without making
necessary a penalty is Friday, and
there are probably 800 persons IN
Great Falls and vicinity who should
nav Buscher said. Some of these have
sent their payments direct to head
quarters instead of to the Great Falls
office. .
In the case of payments that are not
made by Friday, there will be a penalty
of 5 per cent and interest at the rate
of | per cent per month. The Great
Falls office waits 80 days after the
day of final payment before taking
action. This period permits headquar-
tiers to notify this office of any pay
ments from the district that have come
there. Those that have not paid after
80 days are mailed a second notice of
the delinquent tax and the penalty.
After 10 days, following the second
notice, If payment is not made, a war
rant OF dlstratnt is issued which per-
mits the attachment Of any goods the
delinquent taxpayer may have above
the usual legal exemption, and their
sale at auction. In case of 'wilful'
refusal to pay the tax, the law provides
Imprisonment of not to exceed one year.
for criminal proceedings permitting
collecting for the United States
government is mighty easy" said
Buscher. II suppose that the strike
situation and the delay this year in
obtaining money from the crops is
largely responsible for the slowness
! of the income payments.
Casually the people wait until the
last day of the allotted time to make
their payments, then we get all of the
business at once. Then. too, many OF
taem mail their checks ip. The mailed
payments must be in u office OR the
Helena office not later than Friday or
the penalty is charged.
'In addition to levying on property,
the income tax may be taken from the
salary Of the worker. This was proved
TO many a Sand Coulee miner last year
when the wages of about SO were taken
for the income tax"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-12
Many Breeders Join
Local Association
i'm Annual Events

The annual meeting Of the Rhode
Island Red club of America for Mon
tana will be held in Great Falls this
year in connection with the Great Falls
Poultry and Rabbit association events
December Il to 10, according to word
received from Montana officers of the
association.
The holding of the association meet
ing here means that it's own show will
be in conjunction with the Great Falls
competition. The club ribbons will be
awarded, and the national Red club
cup will be awarded on the best young
pen bred and raised by a member of
the association in the state. Either
rose comb or single comb will be elig-
ible.
Other breeders associations that will
join in the Great Falls show will be
the National White Wyandotte associ-
alton, Single Comb Black Orpington
clubs, Black Minorcas Breeders asso-
citation, Associated Breeders of Buff
Wyandottes and Black Leghorn Breed
ers' clubs.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-12
BRIEF SESSION
IS FEATURE OF
COUNCIL MEET
City Dads Get Jump on Clock
and End minute SEES
sion at Sis.

One of the briefest meetings in the
history of the city council was held
Monday night. when the usual weekly
business session was called to order at
about 5 minutes to 8, TO adjourn 10
minutes later, with a not inconsider-
able amount of work accomplished.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway company, having granted a pc
titiOn for the creation of a special i'm
provement district on property running
from the east end of the First avenue
bridge east for 252 feet, a resolution
creating the district was adopted. This
matter has been hanging fire for sew
eral months, awaiting decision of the
railway compan in regard TO permit
ting the improvement of their prop
erty for public use.
Create Improvement Districts
| Similar resolutions for the creation
of a special improvement district run
ming from Sixth avenue to the east
line of Park drive and from the east
line of the Park drive to Fourth street
from the center line of Sixth alley to
the east line of Park drive and from
Fifth to Twelfth street north were
also adopted.
Bond of $1,000 for telegraph mes
senger service was presented 70 the
council by the American District Tele-
graph company as the principal and the
National Surety company. was accepted
and the telegraph company given per-
| mission to operate here.
1t was decided that the city adver-
tise for bids for one small load of lum-
Der to be used by the city street de-
partment.
Judge Collects SI,554
The monthly report Of the police
magistrate showed 1854 collected in
fines during the month of August.
Specifications for the bids of the
special improvement district involving
the Milwaukee railway property were
submitted by the city engineer. Bids
will be opened September %. Specifi-
cations for the contracts for the city
coal supply were approved and will be
advertised September IS.
The ways and means committee will
meet tonight at the office of Mayor
K. NJ, Armour TO give preliminary con-
sideration to outstanding warrants and
a bond issue, il was announced.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-12
1000 Milwaukee GRAIN CARS
ADDED TO STATE WHEAT Quota
Four High Officials Here Enthusiastic Over Year
and Tell of New Carriers Being Sent
to Garry Montana Crop.

to 700 cars daily, Proctor said. The
| railroads are working their equipment
to capacity "a hours a day to helm
relieve the present situation and to
avert a coal shortage this winter, he
said.
Says Power Never Better
Citing as an example the recent
announcement of government railway
power inspectors that the power OF
the Milwaukee road is in a 100 per
cent efficiency condition, Calkins said
that the w of the road has never
been in better condition. Statements
made by strikers that the power Is
in poor shape and fast becoming worse
are false, he said.
I'VE have engines in our Chicago
wards and other big terminals that have
never turned a wheel. We nave a
world of power on the tracks and plen-
ty in reserve to tide us over a long
! period of labor shortage. And the la
Dor shortage will soon no longer be a
shortage.
Men are being added by hundreds
daily to the service and we are fast
getting back to our standard force.
! And they are efficient men. They are
doing the work and doing it well"
The eastern men praised the spirit
! Of cooperation that is being exhlolted
between the farmers, bankers and other
business men and the railroad men IN
the Dakotas and Montana. At many
| Of the points along the line that they
have visited in their travel through
the grain belt of South Dakota the
bankers check daily with the railroad
agents and shippers are urged to load
and unload their cars whenever they
are spotted in the yards, regardless OF
the time of day or night.
The railroads are urged to use the
utmost speed in placing the cars and
many records of handling through
freight trains are being broken by this
spirit, which is unrivaled IN railroad
history, Mr.. Proctor said. This spirit
is fast expanding to points IN Montana
and is doing much to relieve the frelght
congestion, he said.
The farmers were slow to see that
the strike was a body blow to their
hopes for a banner year and to real
ize that they comprised the pivot on
which the issues of the strike must
hinge in this western country" Proctor
said. but they are getting under
way now in great shape and their will
ingness TO go TO bat with the railroads
to make the most of the car shortage
is resulting in some remarkable freight
movement
Says Strike Is Showdown
Calkins characterized the strike as
a showdown between a monarchial la
Dor organization and an attempt at fair
play to the public by the railroads"
And he expressed his opinion in plain
words that there isn't a chance in the
world of a strike settlement. The
strike is already over and the strikers
in the main realize now that they have
lost, he said.
Before the sun sets on this falls
western freight traffic it will have wit
messed one of the greatest years in
the history of western r~ailroading.'
Proctor said. Lumber, grain, fruit,
coal, merchandise of all kinds, in al
most every line of business this country
is facing a happy tomorrow. We're
gambling on it, my son. and we're play
ing high stakes-to win"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-12
3,215 Gophers Fall
Before Onslaught of
Indian at Browning

Glacier Park Station, Sept. Ii
thinks that it has found the worlds
champion gopher killer in Chief Oscar
Split Ears, a Blackfeet chieftain on
the reservation at Browning, near
here.
Recently at a tribal council in the
office of +. q. Campbell, the reser-
walton agent, several of the chiefs
turned the talk to gopher killing, each
reporting the determination of large
numbers of the prairie rodents this
season.
Split-Ears startled the group when
it came his turn by calmly announcing
that he had killed 1000 gophers since
laughed politely when Split-Ears said
the snow left the ground last spring.
The others asked for proof of this and
he had buried the tails-always re
tanned for proOf-and would have diff
ficulty in locating them.
After the conference Split-Ears dis.
appeared and was not seen around the
reservation until a few days ago, when
he came to Mr.. Campbell's office
carrying a 35-foot rope to which were
attached 3,215 gopher tails.
Il couldn't find the tails | buried
the chief told Mr.. Campbell through
an interpreter, 80 I went out and
killed some more gophers."
Split-Ears remarkable string of
gopher tails will be kept for exhibi-
ton at the Montana state fair at
Helena this month.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-12

With the announcement emit that soon
1000 new grain box cars WIN roii
westward to relieve the shortage OF
equipment to handle Montana's record
uraIn crop, four directing head off,
cjals of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul railway spent Monday night
In Great Falls, as cheerful a party OF
'%'raiIroaders" as ever played poker TO-
uether In any private car. In the party
were r. M. Caikins, vice-presldent;
G. 3. Haynes, general passenger
auent, and r. w. Proctor, general
freiqht agent, all of Chicago, ana j.
r. Veitch, assistant traffic manager
of Seattle.
The officials arrived in Great Falls
from Lewistown in the afternoon and
spent the afternoon inspecting the
local yards and offices. They VIII re-
turn to Lewistown this morning ana
will continue south to HarloWton later
in the day and make connection with a
main line train to Seattle tonight
Picture Bright Outlook
Picturing the outlook for the Mil
waukee road the brightest in its his
tory Calkins said hat despite the
strike. shortage of cars to move the
freight that it might otherwise handle,
the Milwaukee, faces the most pros
porous era that it has had since the
road built into the west. In June ana
July, Veitch said, the road has expert
enced the biggest lumber movement
in 10 years. Figures were produced
by Proctor TO show that the road mas
moved 1860 more cars of freight on
lines east of Mobridge, S. D., during
the month of August his gear than IN
August, 1921, and 1890 more cars
moved on lines west, Veitch SAID.
HAYNES contribution was that the pas
senger traffic, decreased for a few
weeks during the early period of the
strike. has again climbed back to nor
NAL and is equal TO the travel at this
time last year. ,
1t was a novel gathering, four Jovial
officials of q transcontinental railway,
contributing Jointly to an interview TO
q reporter. They were friendly, opti-
mistic and like Great Falls. The re-
porter liked their cigars. Heads up
in their INSTALLATION of the agrlcul-
tural and industrial developme nt OF
the country during the next Few
months and the coming year, the MIL
waukee men talked facts and flgures
TO Justify their opinions of a roseate
outlook for America.
Banking of Future
$50 strongly is the Milwaukee rail-
road gambling On the spirit of the ma.
ton to pull itself out of the bog of
industrial depression caused by the
coal mine and railroad shOpmens
strikes that it is borrowing money to
build new cars to bear its share In the
freight movement that has been
slowed up and jammed during the last
few weeks" Calkins said.
"And they are good cars, too he
said. "As good as we ever built, or
any other railroad ever built"
Besides the 1000 new grain cars
that the Milwaukee has contracted
for. to be constructed within the next
few weeks are 500 new automobile cars
and 1000 new refrigerator cars, which
will be rolled into the west for serv-
ice soon, and $500 open cars (gon-
dolas) will very shortly be ready for
coal shipments, the officials announced
The Milwaukee is now moving more
than 500 cars of coal daily over the
Terra Haute division Of its road and
the shipments will soon be increased
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-12
LAUNCH PLAN
TO GIVE BOYS
Y INFLUENCE
Campaign Started to Give Ju.
venile Uplift to Local
Youths.

A campaign that has as its object
the moral and physical uplift of Great
Falls boys, ~classed as juvenile offend
crs. was launched Monday night at the
Y. NJ. G. A. when a committee of five
men was named to solicit funds to
enable these boys to obtain member
ships in the Y. VI. G. A. As announced
bv DIR. Lee Roy McBurney, chairman
of the committee, the quest for funds
will not be a drive. but rather a solici-
tatiOn among those interested in the
welfare of the inc~orrigiblbe boys.
The committee, DIR. McBurney said,
will cooperate with Chief Probation
Officer A. A. Carpenter and Humane
Officer John Hetherington in obtain
ing the interest Of the boys in healthy
athletics and other forms of recrea-
ton. Because of the fact that many
of the boys in need of this kind of
help, or their parents, are not finan-
cially able to enjoy the privileges of
the Y. NJ. G. A., it was the conclusion
of the committee that there should be
enough interested citizens in Great
Falls to remove this difficulty.
"While the efforts of the commit
tee" DIR. McBurney said. will be car
ried out chiefly in behalf of the de-
.linquent youth, we want to make il
plain that any boy, who has not been
a source of trouble to the officers, and
yet cannot join the 7. NJ. c. A. for
lack Of money, will receive any help
full attention that we can extend. Great
Falls has its share of bad boys and
there are too many gangs for the good
of the town. With a little earnest work
on the part Of citizens, we can better
if not remove this juvenile element"
Other members of the committee are
Bert Usher, DR.. A. s. Chichester, VIII
liam Moerl and Chester Conrad.
ILL., f0OO ATnnnhr1 rim uuhont ornn is
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-12
ACQUIT POPLAR
MEN UP HERE
IN BANK CASE
Bourquin Directs Verdict on
Motion of Hurd, Counsel
for Defendants.

Charles Trinder and Don ". ia
cobus, officers of the Stockmen's Ma
tional Bank of Poplar, charged with
violation of the national banking laws,
were acquitted in federal court Monday
morning when Judge George NJ. Bour-
quin directed a verdict of not guilty
on all of seven counts. A separate
case against Trinder is set for trial
this morning.
The directed verdict was made on
motion of George E. Hurd, attorney for
the defendants, after the evidence of
the government had been presented by
Assistant District Attorney w. II.
Meigs. The two were charged with
making loans with shares in the bank
as security and with making false Nen-
try in national bank reports. The court
held that while the notes of the Stock
mems National bank to the Conrad
Trust & Savings bank might be of the
nature of a guarantee, not to be de-
cided in this case, of the Stockmen's to
the Conrad institution, yet they were
not of such a nature as is required to
be reported in the StOckmen's National
banks report to the comptroller of the
currency.
Tells of Organization.
Among the witnesses called by the
government were Hollie Fite, who tes-
titled as to the organization of the
bank; L. B. BARLEY, who told of the
giving of the notes concerned in the
case and their renewal: and V. NJ.
Smith, receiver of the Stockmen's
bank, who testified to having received
the banks books, and that they did not
show endorsement by the stockholders.
Alfred LeybOrn, national bank exam
liner, was not present when called as
a witness in the case, having been de-
layed by a late train. 1t was then
that the defense moved that the court
order a directed verdict on the ground
of lack of proof. The motion was
granted on the first four counts of
the indictment.
In offering further evidence on the
Remaining three counts, charges of
making false entries in national bank
reports, Didana Griffith, an employe OF
the bank, was called. She testified to
making the report from a copy in the
handwriting of Jacobus. Leyburn had
then reached court and testified. The
motion for a directed verdict was re-
newed and granted on the remaining
counts.
The charge upon which Trinder will
be tried this morning will be that of
over-certification of a check by an
officer Of a national reserve bank.
Set Cases for Butte.
The court ordered that f. Fl. Wood
ward and James O'Brien be arraigned
on the first day of the term at Butte
to answer liquor charges, O'Brien be-
ing now in jail and Woodward being
out on bond.
The government brought suit in the
case Of Robert Lavelle and others to
recover bond from the bondsman. Tim
Lavelle. and judgment for the amount
of the bond was ordered by the court
Proceedings in the case of Seth J.
Newland. who defaulted as a juror
were ordered dropped, when it was
shown that he was out Of the city al
the time of the summons and that they
did not reach him.
Other cases set for today are civil
eases of the government against indi-
viduals.