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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10
Monthly Banquet

J. Frank Rushton was the princi- pal speaker at the monthly banquet of the Mems club of the First Meth odist church held Monday night in the dining hall of the church. w. F. Turnipseed was toastmaster for the occasion and the members of the Brotherhood class of the church were the guests of the club. Other guests included Rev. E. c. Scott, pastor of the First Presbyterian church; Rev E. M Barnes, Rev Vann and |C w Lawrence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

No games of any particular inn portanee are On Wednesday nights City league sschedule. At 745 o'clock the first of three basketball games will begin at the Y. M. C. A., the nights schedule bringing together members of the so-called first" and "second divisions.
 Coach Abells ~" Redbirds will meet the Woodlawn outfit which Is in q tie with the Pedagogues for third place.
 Stockham "Y" will meet the Acipco five. and is favored to win over their lowly opponents.
 The Pedagogues will attempt a comeback, after losing to the Red birds last week, in Wednesday nights game with the Avondale Millers, who have not won game this season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10
1.-THE GHOST BREAKER. AT
 GALAX IS CLEAN PLAY

"The Ghost Breaker" with Wallace Reid is the feature at the Galax, and is clean, humorous and thorough ly entertaining picture. MT Reid carries himself with the usual re-free air and makes the most of every situation in the play. The supporting cast is good, the ac- tion fast and smooth, and the pho tography excellent. The Plot
 Is of a southern boy whe through feu1 becomes "The Ghost Break CT" for an old Spanish family who are kept from their inheritance by the fear of ghosts in their ancestral home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

Two features of the stunt commit tee was a nail driving contest with five men on each side and the win ming side was awarded stick of candy to each man and a number of comic drawing which were very en- joyable. Following the banquet the election of officers was held and the following were elected for the next six months: S. S. Hiede. president; J. Ellis Brown, vice president; J. NJ Clark, treasurer, and J. K. Benton, secretary; 126 people were served a chicken supper by the ladies of the Highland circle of the W. M. s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

| Alabama man, is the author of Beautiful and Damned" which, as
 novel, has had very remarkable
 sale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10
FIRST DIVISION QUINTS NOT FACED
 WITH HARD GAMES
City League cagesters to Stage Meeting at Gen.
 traI Y. M. C. A.
CITY LEAGUE STANDING

Wednesdays Games Central Y. M. c. A. vs. Woodlawn. -Stockham Y M c. A. vs. Acipco. Avondale Mills vs. Pedagogues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10
Mothers, Club

Miss Rost Strickland, principal of the Powell school and well known Sunday school worker, gave an inter- esting address on Our Opportu- nities' at the meeting of the Meth odist Mothers club Tuesday morn ing which was held at the chunch.
 The meeting was presided over by Mrs. Albert Day and the follow ing committees were appointed: Pro- gram committee. Mrs. M. M. Hughes, Mrs. w. H. Mansfield and Mrs. D. F. Faireloth. Publicity committee: Mrs. T. F. West. Mrs. Hamilton Looney and Mrs. Anton Faircloth.
 A committee was also appointed to make plans for the organization ofsa kindergarten, which was composed of Mrs. Albert Day, Mrs. Oscar Berney, Mrs. Clyde Pippen and Mrs. Claude Eubank. The next meeting of the club will be held the second Tuesday in February.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

The members of the finance com mittee of the First Methodist church held a meeting last night, at which time plans were made for raising funds for the new pipe organ which is expected to arrive by January 20. A campaign was launched and com mittees were appointed to canvass the members of the church for the new organ fund.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

report of the committee on the paw ing of the Eighth avenue road and several other matters. A full attend ance of members is requested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

Heat of all the stars totals 250.00o horsepower, declares a government scientist.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13

Great FaIls-More than 5000
children registered in the schools of
Great Falls this fall.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13

as they in a science from which hui
mainly receives a tremendous benefit.
The team members, Il. j. Deran-
leau, captain; G. L. Roberts, V. S.
Paulson, G. D. ellis, Joseph Macure
and Edward Egan were the honor
guests of the evening. They stood in
rank formation at the right of the
speakers rostrum, plainly embarrass-
ed by the compliments with which
they were deluged by those who
spoke and their friends at the smelter
At the conclusion of the program,
they gave a demonstration on the
club house lawn of two problems
which they demonstrated at the in
ternational meet.
Superintendent Wiggin, chairman,
reviewed the first aid work carried
on at the smelter and referred to the
keen interest shown by the employees
in the activities designed to promote
the welfare of their fellow workers.
Nearly 100 men have for over a year
taken instruction in first aid and re-
Gently teams were organized in each
of the IL departments. Competitive
elimination reduced the number to six
and among these the team which
went to Salt Lake City were chosen
as the most proficient, but only after
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13
ST. LOUIS MAN DISCOVERS
NEW KIND OF HEAT

Mr.. B. M. Oliver of st. Louis has
invented an amazing device which
ends forever the days of woman's
slavery to dirty, mussy coal and wood
fires. 1t sets into the fire-box of any
kind of heating stove, cook stove or
furnace without changes and just
turning a valve. 1t gives any degree
of heat from a tiny flame to a oar
ing inferno-3 times the heat of coal
if it is needed.
Mr.. Oliver calls his invention the
Oliver Oil-Gas Burner because it
makes it's own gas from $50 air and
SEQ oil, the cheapest fuel there is.
The wonderful story of a woman's
freedom from building fires, carrying
heavy scuttles, emptying ashes, has
spread so rapidly that already yer
100000 burners are being used by
American housewives. Mr.. Oliver
wants every woman to have the use
of his invention. If you will write
to him at 1851 Oliver Bldg, st.
Louis, Mo-, you will receive an at
tractive booklet FREE that tells all
about it. Mr.. Oliver is now making
a special Low Price Introductory
Offer. He is also looking for good,
live distributors and will tell you
how to earn $500 a month in full or
spare time if you are interested and
request his FREE Sample Case sales
plans.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13

Citizens from other walks of life
joined with employees of the Great
Falls reduction works of the Anacon-
da Copper Mining company recently
in paying compliment to the shelters
world champion first aid team, OF
which Supt. A. E. Wiggin said the
company and its forces were mighty
proud" and which Congressman Scott
Leavitt declared had returned from
Salt Lake City with honors "in which
the entire community was proud to
bask," while Mayor H. B.. Mitchell
likened the team members to the an
cient Olympic athletes who came to
be the men most honored of their
day.
Several hundred persons gathered
at the Black Eagle club house upon
the invitation of Supt. A. E. Wiggin
congratulate the team upon the
title it won last week at Salt Lake
City. In competition with 62 other
teams from the industrial centers of
the western hemisphere, the local
men triumphed in the department
of first aid and returned with troph-
les which beear evidence that in all
the world there are non so proficient
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13

a series of contests in which no team
had a large margin. The champion
ship team members all are from the
zinc tank department.
"The fact that the smelter has the
worlds championship first aid team is
due to the fact that there was in the
plant universal recognition of the
value that would obtain if there were
trained first aid men on every shift
said Superintendent Wiggin. Dur
ing the elimination contests, 80 or 40
tests were made before a winning
team was picked, and these went to
Salt Lake City and returned with the
title.
"The spirit which marks the win
ming of this title is but further evil
dence of the splendid craftsmanship
which exists with the first aid work
ers here at the smelter. The attitude
of those who lost in the local COM
petitions has won the admiration of
everybody, and at the same time ev-
erybody knows that the championship
team could not have acquired it's pro-
~ficiency had it not been for the CO.
operation of all the force. Credit for
the championship does not all belong
to the six men who competed in the
international contests"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13

likely that western congressman viii
introduce some kind of measure il
the pext session of congress to secure
federal aid wherever it is needed.
At the closing session of the con
ference the following resolution was
adopted:
Whereas, at a conference of repre-
sentatives from the states of the
northwest, Canadian provinces, north.
western railroads, and national and
state government agencies, held at
Great Falls, it developed that the
grasshopper pest has cost the states
of the northwest in the destruction
of crops, in the past four years, many
millions of dollars; and
Whereas, energetic measures must
be taken to place the pest under con-
troll; and
Whereas, unless so controlled,
much larger areas and other states
not now affected will be affected in
the near future; and
Whereas, the counties of the state
of Montana and the Canadian prov
inces, in In effort to eradicate the
pest, have expended several hundred
thousand dollars, and
Whereas, the results so far, be-
cause of the lack of more general
control, have not been entirely sue
cessful; therefore, be it
Suggest Warrant Sale
Resolved, that the authorities of
state of Montana are urged to take
up the matter of assisting county au-
thorities in the disposal of warrants
that may be issued in connection with
fighting the grasshopper pest.
Resolved, that the federal govern
ment be requested, through the sena-
and representatives of the north
ern great plains area to assist finan-
cially in the grasshopper extermina-
ton and control campaign of 1924.
Resolved, that the federal depart
of agriculture be urged to give
further scientific assistance in the
Resolved, that the state authori-
les be urged to provide adequate
state aid, pending the next session of
Montana legislature.
CHESTER C. DAVIS, Chairman.
R. A. COOLEY,
BLAINE FERGUSON,
G. d. GREENFIELD,
Resolution Committee.
A committee consisting of Chester
). Davis, commissioner of agriculture
t Helena; r. A. Cooley, state ento-
lologist, and Stewart Lockwood of
United States bureau of entomol-
gy at Billings, we're appointed to
Sc its influence to carry out the
that were adopted.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13
IS DAYS CLIPPED
FROM SENTENCE
ATTORNEY GENERAL DAUGHER-
TY RULES ON PAT YEON'S
TRIP TO SEATTLE.
Wealthy Havre Man, Arrested for vi
olation of Dry Law, Is Allowed to
Visit Son While Serving Time in
Jail; FIRST Ruling of Its kind.

Patrick "Pat' Yeon, one of the
best known business men of nor
thern Montana and at one time
rated as the largest land and prop
erty owner of this end of the coun-
Jy and state, has been released
from the county Jail of Cascade
county and has returned to his
home in Hayre.
He was sentenced to rs days in Jail
and to pay a fine of $3.50 by Judge
George M. Bourquin in Great Falls
and began serving his sentence in the
Cascade county jail June Is. During
the latter part of July a minor son of
Yeon was reported as critically i'll,
and Yeon was granted permission to
visit him by the federal authorities,
going in charge of a deputy United
States marshal and paying all of the
expenses of the trip. The father sat
at the sons bedside until the crisis
had passed, returning to the Cascade
county Jail after 13 days. When
his term of sentence expired federal
authorities of Montana held the trip
to Seattle was in the nature of a
parole for a specified purpose, and
that the time does not count on the
serving of the sentence, but that
Yeon would still have 13 days to
serve.
Ruling was received from Attorney
General H. M. Daugherty through
United States Attorney j. l.. Slattery
to the effect that the 10 days should
be allowed and that while Yeon was
on the Seattle trip he vas also serv-
ing his sentence. The decision is the
first of the kind ever rendered in
this state, if not in the nation, and
the case has attracted much interest,
both from the fact of the surround
ings and the wealth and prominence
of the prisoner involved. Yeon left
for his home in Havre. From there
he went to Seattle to join his son,
who is still very i'll, but said to be
recovering slowly.
pat" Yeon is one of the old set
tiers of the state and is wealthy, his
in land and real estate before
the coming of prohibition being rated
at over half a million. He was pro-
of a hotel in Havre and at one
time owned several large saloons.
His resorts were among the sights
the town before the days of pro-
hibition.
Yeon was arrested, charged with
allowed liquor to be sold in a
building owned by him,
His arrest vas a sensation.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13
MAKE ANTHRACITE
OUT OF Ignite
BUREAU OF MINES ANNOUNCES
COMPLETION OF SPECIAL
APPARATUS.
North and South Dakota and Montana
Have Big Deposits of Ignite
Which, Through New Invention.

Completion of the apparatus
which makes 1T possible to manu-
facture anthracite coal from COM
paratively worthless Ignite has
been announced by the bureau of
mines In Washington, ID. G.
Efforts will be made at once by Of
ficials of the interior department, il
was said, to interest some commercial
concern in the invention, that its ben
efits may be made available to the
coal consuming public.
The Importance of the discovery
may be realized, the bureau said,
when it is known that the United
States possesses 1,051. 900, 900
tons of easily mined Ignite, of which
964,000, 100000 tons are located in
North and South Dakota and Mon
tana. This territory annually imports
large tonnages of anthracite and bit
luminous coal.
The bureaus experiments were car
ried out in cooperation with officials
of the Canadian government. An oven
was constructed which was said to
turn the Ignite into fuel having prac-
the same thermal efficiency as
the Pennsylvania hard coal.
The Canadian government after
the yer in operation decided
to construct a similar unit and give
it a thorough test. The Canadian
also proved successful and Can
adam engineers reported to the de-
partment of mines at Ottawa that the
oven is "a practical, commercial oven,
past the experimental stage"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13
Montana Stock ON Market.

Charles o. Robinson & Company's
range report contains the following
item of interest to Montana stock
men:
"Our sale of 80 head of good
horned Montana steers, averaging
1875 pounds at 1885, was the high
est quotation, with the exception of
one steer, in the same shipment, that
we sold at S11, averaging 1880
pounds. These cattle were from
around the Highwood mountain
country, which shows they certainly
have good grass in that part of the
state"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13
YOUTHS EMPLOY
K. X. K. THREAT
BLACKMAIL AGED WIDOW OF
BUTTE FOR $3.50; BUY 1925
MOTORCYCLE
Boys Repent Their Deed and Make
Confession; Sheriff Gets All of
Money and Returns 1t to Its own
err, Mrs. Carrie Bennets.

How two youngsters, one 13 and
the other IL years of age, under
the guise of having been sent by
the Ku Klux Khan, imposed upon
an aged widow and bIackmaiIed
her out of $50, was revealed with
the arrest of the two lads in Butte.
The boys are now in custody of
their parents. Charges may be filed
against them, it is said.
According to the boys when ques-
toned by the probation officer, the
elder of the two wrote the following
note:
ITO Mrs. Carrie Bennets:
"Give this boy $50 at once or you
will be killed.
(signed) tx. K. X"
Woman Terrified
1t was the younger lad who deliv-
cred the note to the woman at her
residence at 927 South Main street.
Greatly perturbed over the threat
contained in the note, the frightened
woman handed over the money which
she had in the house to the boy. Then
afraid to stay at home, Mrs. Bennets
is said to have gone over to one of
her neighbors, where she spent the
night.
Meantime, on receiving the money,
the younger lad is said to have kept
$50, while he handed 500 over to
his older companion for the purchase
of a motorcycle. The motorcycle,
- - o I q z - H.
er lad was forced to detach another
$25 from his roll in order to make
good their purchase. He kept $25,
however.
Repent Bold Deed
Taking their newly bought prize,
the lads had proceeded about a
block on their way when the younger
of the two boys repented and the
lads decided upon returning the mo-
torcycle and to take back the pur-
chase price which they had paid to
him.
According to the lads, however, in
their confession, the motorcycle deal
er returned but 800 to them and
kept $25. The boys then returned
home. Repeating his act, the older
of the two boys told his grandmother,
who was on intimate terms with Mrs.
Bennets, the story of their escapade.
and handed over the 800, which he
held, to her.
Upon learning the story Chief
Deputy Sheriff Jack Duggan and
Davy O'Connor visited the grandma
Their of the older lad and secured the
800. They then went to the motor
cycle dealer, who turned over the
other $25. After receiving the bal
ance of the money from the younger
boy, the officers took the entire sum
and returned it to Mrs. Bennets.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13

The Hague-A1l Holland celebrat-
ed the silver jubilee of Queen Wilhel-
nina.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13
CONFERENCE ASKS EMERGENCY
FUNDS FOR WAR ON H0PPERS

From an educational standpoint
the conference on the grasshopper sit
uation in the northwest was a win.
ner,' were the words employed By
r. A. Cooley, state entomologist Of
Montana, in expressing his opinion Of
the meeting held in Great Falls tc
study the grasshopper menace, as well
as methods of eradication of the pest.
Delegates were present from many
of the states of the northwest and
from Canadian provinces. From as
far north as the city of Edmonton,
Alta, came Prof. E. H. Strickland of
the department of entomology of the
University of Alberta, and E. McDon-
ough of the department of agricul-
ture of Alberta. Other Canadian rep
resentatives at the conference were
w. H. Fairfield, superintendent of the
Dominion experiment station at Leth-
bridge, and Howard Seamans of Leth-
bridge, Dominion entomologist.
The conference was called to order
by Alfred Atkinson, president of Mon
tana State College of Bozeman, who
was chosen to preside over the DELHI
erations of the melting. Howard Sea-
uIduS VI G~uulOulOuy AlId., WAS 6lSCLCu
secretary.
Following the opening of the con-
ference, reports were heard on the
grasshopper situation from the vari-
Gus states and provinces represented.
The purpose of the conference was
briefly stated by R. A. Cooley, upon
whose suggestion it was called.
Cooperation Necessary
The grasshopper menace, MI. Cool
ey stated, has grown to such proper
lions, and given evidence of such in
creased danger for the future, that
agriculturalists, business men and ed
.ucators in the entire affected area are
becoming aroused to the necessity of
aggressive action to check it.
1t has become an international ques-
ton, as the hoppers are migratory by
nature and one area may become in
tested in spite of all it can do if the
authorities in the adjoining territory
or neglect to take any action
eradicate the insects. The losses
hat have been caused by grasshop-
)ers have been large, and the cost of
eradication has been proportionately
mall wherever it has been tried, Mr..
stated.
The provinces of Canada have con-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13
Agents Organize.

1t developed at the conference that
where there are county agents in
Montana and other states there have
been organized effort to fight the
hopper menace. In this state where
tnere are agents more or less work
las been done, according to the
amount of funds available for the
purchase of poison bait and doing the
work in connection with its prepare
ZION and transportation. The finan-
cal question, it was stated, is the
greatest obstacle to carrying on the
real effective work.
The g%rasshopper menace is of such
a nature that a campaign for its elm
nation, 1t was stated on the confer
ence floor, is a problem for the state
ana federal governments, and it is
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13

Washington - More than 10000
vessels carrying an aggregate cargo
of 100000 tons and paying tolls
of more than s76,500,000, have pass
ed through the Panama canal In the
nine years of it's operation ending
August IA.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13

SEND ONLY 81. 90 for each tire shipped. Balance COD
Express shipments sent section unwrapped for insps seton.
Tires guaranteed eisht months. Another tire given att
half price for any not perfectly unsatisfactory Dealers and
Agents wanted evsry~hsrs- W~RITE-RuSH ORDERS. |
ROSE TIRE CORPORATION ,
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-09-13

Quoted efficient campaigns against
the grasshoppers, the representatives
at the conference stated and while a
large expenditure of money has been
needed for this purpose they stated
that their government is willing to
make further appropriations to com
plete the job. They were confident
that the campaigns have reduced the
grain losses in the various provinces
from the Pacific to the Atlantic, and
expressed their hope that the states
will adopt a systematic method of
grasShopper warfare in the future.
Grasshoppers travel hundreds of
miles during the season, necessitat-
ing a uniform program by the entire
country, on both sides of the interna-
tional border.
The Canadian provinces have what
Mr.. Strickland termed, responsible"
government, which gives certain Off
Gals of the province power to expend
money in an emergency such as was
brought about by grasshopper visi-
tation there. This feature of the Can
adam government made it possible to
proceed with some method of hopper
eradication without waiting for legis-
lat1ve action on the matter. The need
OF similar legislation in this state was
urged at the conference. Dean F. B.
Llnfleld of Bozeman stated hat "the
legislature of Montana, should pro-
vide some emergency measure where
by such matters could be taken care
Of"