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The Washington times., 1923-03-31
CHICKEN PIE AND BEANS.

When Thermometers are freezing,
and the clouds are full Of gloom,
and the voices Of the newabOyS
sound like Echoes from the Tomb,
then I like to HE me Over to the
Coed old Dairy Lunch, where they
have things y0u can masticate, and
grab me off bunch. Some gazOOkO
indulge In Buclwheats or in Sand
witches Of Ham, and Some stPuGgIe
with . Salad or q Steak Of Aged
Lamb, but for me there Is no sOIace
like that L0veliest Of Scenes, when
they set 1t out In front Of me-my
Chicken Pie and Beans. / don't care
II i should nevaR draw a complete
breath again, when I 20 to chewing
giblets OF the macerated Hen, and
my BostOnese Ancestors haunt their
former living scenes. and their
mouths must surely water, az they
view me Slowing Beans. There IL
nothing on the menu of the SWEETEST
Eating Joint that has got q DOggOne
Thing Upon the present case in
point, aid although they may Smile
at me, and Uncover Bright Tureens.
l am Standing on the PrOmises-Of
Chicken Pie and Beans.
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
WITH THE
ALIBI
ARTISTS
THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN CROSS SECTION.
Being q skeleton record Of
cases tried yesterday in
Judge Hardison's tribunal.
Read 'Enq and Worry
By DONALD McDOUGAL.

ny OONAAO VNCOOOOfAAs
A Poor Score.
Honking past car-stop. Ahbi,
didn't kill any one. Strange.
Good opportunity. $40.
Nobody Home.
Attempting to make left hand
turn at Fourteenth and New York
avenue. Alibi, took wife to Union
Station. House unattended;
hurFying back. S..
That Learning To Drive Stuff.
No permit. Learning to drive.
Cop ordered teacher to drive to
hoose-gow. Teacher didn't know
gear-shift from pop.bottle. Tab
leau. $40.
Thought Parking Signs Ornaments,
Parking with one front wheel
over "No Parking" line at Dis
trict building. Alibi, was paying
water rent. Nothing In traffic
regulations about water rent. 81.
Raw.
Hitting rs on Sherman avenue.
Hurrying home to cook dinner
first time in seven years driving.
SO.
Right Permit; Wrong Residence.
Flivvering without permit. Dis
trict has reciprocity with Virginia.
Defendant has Virginia permit.
Good. Hasn't Virginia residence.
Fine, $40.
No Car.StOps in HickviIle.
Hick-flivvering past car-stop.
Thought twas all right-doors
closed. Case closed. $40.
Little Use.
Boob-scooting over X-streets
little traffic. Little SIS.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31

Washington women are planning to
enter the contest. The conditions
of the competition follow:
Every contestant must be related
to a Shriner.
Every contestant must do her
own driving.
Every car must have a Shriner
passenger as Judge.
Points will be based on weight Of
car, loaded, gas and oil consump-
ton, repairs, excluding labor.
The entry fee will be 800 for
each car.
Daily Records Posted.
Three prizes, Of $500, $500, and
5000, will be awarded. All entries
must be posted by April 20 at the
California office. The daily records
of drivers and cars will be posted
each night en- route. 1t Is expected
that the contest will develop into
an annual event.
The big white pilot car of Cap.
tain McMahan, a familiar sight
in Washington, has just emerged
from the severest blizzard of the
season, according to word received
here today, and is now crossing the
Rockies into California. Captain
is due in Oakland April
10, and the caravan Is scheduled
TO leave Oakland and San Francisco
May l. arriving in Washington
June 4.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
MRS. MARY II. coPP LEFT
AN ESTATE OF $2o2. so5

An estate valued at s2O2.8 90
was left by Mrs. Mary II. Copp.
who died March II last, according
TO a petition for the probate of her
VIII. She owned real estate valued
at $25, 900 and had stocks, bonds
and other personal property worth
Sly ,S06.93. The American Security
ana Trust Company and George w.
White are the executors.
Major Henry S. Brinkerhoff. U.
8. A.. retired, owned real estate as.
eeesed at $500, and had personal
property worth $4,000, according
70 the petition Of his executor, l..
Russell Alden, for the probate Of
his win.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT.

You know the signs put out by
the public safety committee? Re
member that one about 9TH.
Careless Driver Is a Criminal"?
Did you see many of them dis
played by motorists? You did
not! But now they have that one
about The Jay-Walker Is TAX
ing a Short Cut to the Hospital, :"
and every taxicab in town and
many other machines have them
very prominently displayed.
w. E. HAYGHE.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
/
s NEARLY
ONE HALF
RAISED
Civic Organizations Likely to
Vote Contributions at
Meetings.

Practically one-half of the
g 900 fund for special counsel for
he Public Utilities Commission to
ight the Potomac Electric Power
Company valuation case has been
raised.
The campaign to raise this
money has been making rapid
strides. It was only little over
q week ago that The Washington
Times and Washington Herald
announced the initial contribution
OF s., 900 to the fund.
Unions Aid Campaign.
Two civic organizations, the Con-
greS Heights Citizens Association
and Anacestia Citizens Association,
viii meet tonight. Both associa-
tons are 1expected to vote con-
tributf 0nss
Many labor and civic organiza-
tions have meetings scheduled for
next week. So far four labor
organizations have endorsed the
campaign, three voting contribll-
a
subscribe to the fund at its meet
ing next week.
The Merchants and Manufac-
turers Association, of which Cen
eral Anton Stephan is president, is
expected to considerably boost the
fund. The board of governors of
this organization have endorsed the
campaign and subscriptions among
Numbers of the organization are
being sought.
Boy of IL Contributes.
A fwelve-year-oId boy was one of
the contributors yesterday. He is
@. GLAND Ashby, of the Capitol Park
Hotel.
Il hope you get enough money for
O good lawyer" the young boy wrote.
That is why am gladly giving up
q few movies so can give this
dollar"
The fund now totals s1,457 with
81, $40 yet to be obtained.
The Public Utilities Commission
today or Monday will announce a re-
Guction in electric rates. They will
establish a rate of about rs cents
per kiloWatt hour. However, the
public. despite this reduction, will
continue to pay a 10-cent rate. The
difference between the two rates
viii be impounded.
VIII Set Aside One-fourth.
With the new rates effective, one
Fourth of every electric light bill
will be set aside until the Supreme
Court decides the valuation cases.
Contributions in the last twenty
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
Fire Chiefs Birthday.

George S. Watson. chief of the
fire department. celebrated his for.
tieth birthday yesterday. A party
of friends gave Chief Watson a
luncheon in the New Ebbitt Hotel.
Harry Almond, secretary to Com
missioner Cuno H. Rudolph, ensi.
neered the party.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
Man Bitten by Dog.

william Gatewood. colored, forty
seven years, OF 1859 New Jersey
avenue, was bitten on the hand by
a dog owned by Eddie Bill, of 1888
Fourth street northwest, yesterday
evening. Gatewood was treated by
DR.. McRoss, of Freedmans' Hos
pital. His condition In not BSrioua.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
HAYNES ORDERS SHAKE UP
OF ENFORCEMENT AGENTS

A sweeping reorganization of pro-
hibition enforcement activities in
New York, New Jersey and Penn
sylvania was ordered today by Pro
hibition Commissioner Haynes.
Haynes ordered all enforcement
agents on the staffs of State pro.
hibition directors for New York and
Pennsylvania to be transferred to
the force OF general prohibition
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
Hearing on improvements.

Representatives OF the Connecticut
avenue Citizens and Chevy Chase
Citizens Associations will confer
next week with Engineer Commits.
sioner Charles Keller. CurbinR in
the center of Connecticut avenue
and improvement of Newark street
will be discussed.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31


We're fond of all comtrtbs aud fans,
And IoTe to haze them 4Crite US:
We don't like to feed the office
Goat,
He might get the dance called
st. Wins.
Yet that old goat u sure cheWinO
Some good poems and Easter
1eTSe:
II he'd only put them Gtudy, he'd
Something fine to rehedrSe.
Our column poets haze been tcTtttnO
About budding pI0HtS and fIotcers,
Spring,
Including those gentle showers.
We've looked around for these
things,
But none off, them can ace note,
So re0retfGlIy zoe gaze the poems
To that greedy old office Goat.
BILL.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
BREWING TRnI1RLE

French wine must have Iost itS taate
Vim ordInaire; too eau de vie,
As they've gone to Ruhr
To see the brewer,
And get German indemni-"fea.''
HANK HAWKINS.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31

Dear Bill: Please correct that
false opinion about dear old King
Tut-my daddy. / refer to those
King Tut dresses the women, are
getting ready to wear. Now Pa
never wore dresses or ladies'
clothes. One day he did come home
with q wrist watch ON, but Ma put
q stop to that. Now that walk
they have and call the King Tut
walk. Pa never walked like that;
II he had he would have been
lynched. In fact, Pa was q real
herman, chewed tobacco and, on
rare occasions, liIkkered mp. I re-
member one night at q Kiwanis
meeting he got pretty gay. The
worst part of IL was that it was
ladies' night and Pa forgot Ma was
there and danced the dance Of
the wrinlkled prune." He was also
singing about the wrinlxled prune
while he danced and Ma thought
he was calling her q wFinlkled
prune. o boy! There's where the
spice Of the program started. She
arose In all her majesty and
crowned him with D plate. After I
that he had spies see that all was
well before he danced.
The Kiwanis were great builders
In those days; in fact they built
the pyramids.
RAMEsEs. SON OF TUT.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER
FELLOWS JUST LIKE HIM.

Minnie They say that he is a
man vino never fails to embrace
an opportunity.
Maud-Yea, heard three other
girls say the same thing about
him, but he never tried it on me.
LIZZIE d.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
fund To Fight Pepco Case Totals $1,457
THE HONKING AUTO LOVER.

THE HONKING AUTO LOVER.
What about the young man
aUho sits In his auto and "horsks"
for his girls One IN particular
every evening drives ZIP and
honEs to announce his GsriVGL
If some one does not appear inn
ntediGteLy he keeps Mp the rGu-
cons solo for an indie finite period.
These fkghty hO1skers are q
nuisance to the nei9hbors and
cause a great deal of e1t6GrTGss-
asemt for the girl.
It sUomEd be much more
courteous for a you1rg man call
ing for q young lady to go to the
door and ring the bell, like a ciVi-
liked human being, rather than
sat IN his car and honk for her
like a bull calf standing at the
bars and bGaOting for cofaporio1r-
ship.
EUDORA.
The Washington times., 1923-03-31
VIII Set Aside One-fourth.

With the new rates effective, one
fourth of every electric light bill
will be set aside until the Supreme
Court decides the valuation cases.
Contributions in the last twenty
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-10-25

structed for those who-unlike Mr..
Davis-have been denied intimacy
with the west that lives now only in
romance. 1t is a story of a time
when OK teams trod dusty roads lead
ing over the mighty plains" a story
of Indians, road agents, hurdy CUR
dies, copper mines, ~vigilantes, cow
boys, redlight districts, dance halls,
and gambling hells-the whole CEN
tered about the picturesque Butte
that has passed away forever. In
this volume there is quick action
melodrama, if you villas befits a
tale of gaudy frontier days.
Into the garish night life of Butte
where cattlemen and Cinnamon rub
shoulders with bohunks, red-lipped
women and society folk-into this
roaring hell Mr.. Davis brings a IL
year-old lad - Howard Dunlap,
Charleston, S. c." as the name is
written one memorable evening on
the tavern register. Immediately the
boy-who is to play the hero's part
is entangled in the coils of a swift
moving plot. The death of his veal
thy father precipitates i~ntrigues ga
lore, a brace of excellently 'musta-
chio-ed villains, foul play and fair
play, ropes and fast rides through the
The story is not of the usual
type, and Mr.. Howard Dunlap has a
long and hard row to hoe-twenty
years of vigorous hoeing, in fact
before he is permitted to receive his
due. A lovely western girl makes
her debut in this colorful narrative
before the curtain is rung down, a
girl who not only knows how to ride
range and throw the lariat, but
who has the good sense and the good
to fall in love with a sturdy
ranchman.
after all the concern of Mr.. Davis
IS not merely with a plot-although
here is plot here a-plenty-but with
he e%vocation of the spirit of the
day west. The recreation and
he re-peopling of the vivid back
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-10-25
GEORGE W.
WRITES NEW BOOK
FORMER WE'LL KNOWN BUTTE
MAN BREAKS INTO REALM
OF FICTION

In the literary page of the Los
Angeles Sunday Times of October z,
appears a picture of George Wesley
Davis, formerly of Butte, and now a
prominent resident of Hollywood, and
also In account of his latest book,
Sulphur Fumes" which will be of
special interest to Montanans because
of having Butte as it's locale.
Mr.. Davis has attained consider
able recognition in the literary world
being the author Of a number of
well-known books and recognized as
a writer of thorough ability.
The Times review of his latest lit
erary offering states the following:
"Those devotees of western tales
who delighted in Sketches of Butte"
will hale the announcement of it's
authors latest excursion in similar
fields. Once more the Montana min
ing camp of frontier days is recon
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-10-25

through stages of development in the
agriculture of other states similar tc
those they have just passed through
in northern Montana. They profited
by these harsh experiences and decid-
ed upon their arrival within the Dor
ders of our broad and expansive ter
ritory to plunge cautiously, exercise
thrift, and above all, enter the farm
ing game on a system which meant
a division of risk.
1t was on the strength of this con-
viction THAI these experienced set
tiers began their farming operations
a diversified basis which involved
the most perfect key the planting
of a variety of crops, among which
corn received attention.
Then followed the three bountiful
years of 1912 to 1915 and 1916 when
reigned supreme. 1t continued
to hold sway for years after the folks
longingly hoped and expected the
yearly returns of those years. But
changed. Drought came and
came again. The hopes of those
on the bed of wheat were
and the hot winds, as it were,
blew them in every direction. Set
,lers moved out in despair and Blaine
was in danger of going back
the days of the unbroken prairie
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-10-25
BY Mrs. Waite S. Duff

~ORN has come to Blaine county
to stay. All northern Montana
- is dependent upon corn. In fact,
the most skeptic will be convinced
about raising corn in northern Mon
tana, when they visit the Corn show,
which will be held in Chinook from
November 8 to 10.
The fact that Blaine county ship
ped out IA carloads of hogs during
the last 10 months should argue
strongly in favor of the soundness
of raising corn. What surer cash
crop can a rancher produce than
that? A sure market every day of
the year for cor is possible, when
utilized in this way.
The dairyman will tell you he has
insured a regular and steady income
because of his corn field to supply the
fodder. A. S. Baldwin of Chinook
will challenge you to an income of
$3.50 a month from a herd of II
mich COWS when fed on corn and al
falfa.
David Fast of the Holland COM
munity, is increasing his herd of milk
COWS by the virtue of the corn which
he produced this year. A. A. Bunker
of Lehman with his pit silo is secure
for the year with his SO acres of corn
to go in it for his mich COWS.
Harvey Marsh of Chinook will tell
you that without his rs acres of corn
it would be a question for him to
care for and feed more than 100 head
of purebred hogs. So far, he has
found a ready sale for his picked
purebreds, and the balance is dispos-
ed of through the ordinary market.
l.. B. Taylor of Lloyd is not worry
ing about his young livestock for the
winter with 40 acres of corn, which
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-10-25

he puts in his 200 ton silo. Ever!
visitor to the Corn show should make
an attempt to visit his ranch.
Sweepstakes Winner
One of the corn cranks of the coun,
ty is E. G.. Miller, known over the
entire state of Montana. Mr.. Miller
is known for his listing methods in
the production of all crops, but es-
pecially for growing corn. Mr.. Miller
won the sweepstakes corn cup at the
Northwestern Montana Corn show al
Malta last year, and is determined tc
win it again this year at Chinook
A new yellow dent corn, known as
the golden glow, has been introduced
into the county by Mr.. Miller, in
which he has unbounded faith and
believes in time will supersede the
reliable dent.
From the point of years that corr
has been grown in Blaine county, we
have to take off our hats to John
Kramer and Rodolph Hermes OF
Chinook, living in the valley under
the irrigation ditch. These two farm
ers have raised corn for 80 years, get
ting their seed from the Indians and
never failing to produce their own
seed from year to year.
Corn has been established and is
rapidly assuming proportions that at
tract the attention of every farmer
in Blaine county. 1t is not an I'M
common thing to see a 50-acre field
of corn in almost any section of the
county. Even in the mountainous
region of the Bearpaws, stockmen
are turning to corn for the solution
of their feed problems.
The only problem now before the
farmers Of Blaine county is to pro-
duce homegrown seed corn to supply
the demand. They have learned from
sad experience, and at the point of
being absolutely discouraged, that It
does not pay to ship in corr from
outside states. The farmers who are
leading the way are cooperating with
County Agent G.. A. Gustafson and
the extension service in the produc-
tion of adapted and tested seed corn.
Nothing less than approved seed
corn satisfies the most particular
corn grower, hence a few have asked
for an inspection of their corr fields
to determine the early maturity and
purity of their seed corn. A few are
raising corn from certified seed OBJ
tanned through their county agent.
Corn planted from such early seed
usually indicates the value of good
selected and adapted seed corn. L.
G. Stevens of Chinook will plant moth
ing certified seed corn, and he
asserts he can tell to the row the
difference between the non-certiffed
seed and the certified seed.
Jess Conrad of the Fairview COM
munity disposed of 25 acres of corn
in 1922 by turning 100 head of hogs
into it, and "hogged off, the major
portion of it in a neat profit of
$1,000. After hogging it off, he
turned his cattle into it, cleaning ND
every bit of the fodder.
Farmers With Foresight
The advent of the corn in Blaine
county marked the turning point in
its agricultural advancement. This
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-10-25

on which the cattle roamed unmolest-
ed. But not so.
Corn Pioneers
The farmers who had not been
swayed by the unusual success of
growing wheat but with the ~tenacity
Of a bulldog had hung on to the prac-
tice of growing corn are still with us,
and will remain with us. The late
e. M. Packer of Savoy, who grew corn
from the time he set his foot ON
Blaine county soil, predicted that nor
thern Montana would some day de-
pend on corr for it's sound develop
ment. Mr.. Packer said before his
death, that he had never cen a year
when he could not raise corn and that
included the driest of them all.
Gus Burchard of Echo Lodge is an
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-10-25

A. E. Stephen, who halls from the
good old corn state of Iowa, is one
of Blaine county's most consistent
corn growers. Mr.. Stephen has some
of the earliest maturing corr raised
in this county this year, and he is an
enthusiast for good seed corn, and is
a firm believer in home grown seed
and ~co-operates with the county ex-
tension service in the selection of
good seed.
The Corn show in Chinook is ex-
pected to convince the most skeptical
that northern Montana can grow
corn, and it is the solution to success
full prosperity and permanent agri-
culture.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-10-25
WHAT FARMERS OF THE HIGH LINE ARE
ACCOMPLISHING THROUGH CORN CULTURE

other corn pioneer who, with a vision
of success in the production of corn
and with a determination to win,
chung to friend corn from the start.
His vision is nlaterialized, for today
almost every farmer in his commun-
ity is allied in the corn game and is
rebuilding what was torn down by
successive wheat failures.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-10-25

! advent is associated with a few men
of vision who, with foresight and am
bition, settled in Blaine county dur
ing the invasion into this northern
section by men and women from all
parts of the globe and from all walks
Of life. These few ambitious farmers
came to Blaine county full of valu-
able experience. Many had passed
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-10-25

ground that once was Butte's-that
is this authors task. The story has
tang as has it's graphic setting where
romance and tragedy vie riotously for
supremacy"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-10-25

Verain, a plant found growing on
Mount Calvary, was said to possess
every sort of miraculous power of
healing.
Evening star., 1923-08-13
DULLNESS IN BONDS
RECORD PAST WEEK
Total Of New Issues, So, ,450, 600
Smallest Of the Year,
Is Report.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. August IS. - Last
fair. Business was suspended for
ninety minutes on Wednesday during
the period OF the funeral services for
the late President Harding in Wash
ington, and all day Friday. the ma
tional day of mourning. These two
suspensions. coupled with the
traders. combined to make the weeks
transactions unusually small. Prices
generally were firm.
The total of new bond issues Of
fered during the week, $3.50, 900. was
the smallest of the year. 1t compares
Little new business Is expected
during the next few weeks. bankers
having offerings in view indicating
they will defer the financing until a
larger proportion Of investors have
returned from their vacations.
Reports persist that several oil COM
panies are desirous of floating bond is
sues to obtain additional funds for con-
struction of storage facilities to care
for the continued overproduction in
crude oil and gasoline. However.
bankers state nothing will be done in
that regard for the immediate future.
A revival of interest in the contem-
plated new financing by the Argentine
London bankers also are in the field for
this particular issue. American bank
ers state they do not believe the full
amount of the 100000 900 gold pesos
authorized will be offered in the near
future.
The new Swiss government per
cent three-year notes, traded In on
when issue basis on the New York
curb. sold fractionally under the offer
Ing price of 1929. probably a sympa-
thetic reflection of lower foreign ex-
change rates.
Deposit certificates covering the Mex
ican bonds involved in the debt agree
ment between the Mexican republic and
the international committee Of bankers
were admitted to trading on the New
York Stock Exchange
All of the new offerings last week
were state and municipal issues. The
largest Of these was $1,000, 900, sixteen
to twenty-nine year 5 n per cent, state
OF North Dakota rural credit bonds. of
1ered at prices to yield 5 per cent.