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The Washington times., 1923-08-04

26th Of August. Cabinet mem.
bers very likely have made COM
mittments which would prevent
their being In Washington very
much. OF course they all stand
ready to come here whenever
their presence Is required.
Q.-1s there any word from
members of the Cabinet as to
their arrangements? @
A.-No, / have not seen any
communications from them. Here
is Secretary DENLY who has just
come in. The only two members
of the Cabinet who were here last
night were Secretary Hughes and
Postmaster General New. The
distribution OF the others you
probably know better than 1 do.
OWN there be any Interrupt
ton of the negotiations with
Mexico?
Al do not know of any
reason for interrupting any ne
gotiations. My statement that
things will stand as they are until
you are notified differently will
cover that. I thank you very
much for coming in, gentlemen.
Q.-When will we see you
again?
A.-Keep in touch with Mr..
Preston
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
WOMAN DIVORCES SPOUSE
GONE FOR 20 YEARS

BALTIMORE, Aug. 4.-Instead of
holding a golden wedding celebra-
ton, Mrs. Mark Boram got a di-
vorce when Judge Preston, in the
Towson circuit court, ha1ded down
the decree freeing her from Thomas
jefferson Boram. whom she married
at Madison Square Methodist Episco-
pal Church. Baltimore, June II, 1873.
According to the evidence, Boram
vanished from home twenty-three
years ago. After waiting for what
she regarded as proper time for
his return, Mrs. Boram instituted
proceedings. Boram was last hearo
from in Washington.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04

-Adheres to Harding Policy.
ForestalIing the inevitable
question, President Coolidge
stated that nothing would be
said relative to the policy of
the new Administration; that
the statement of yesterday
pledging adherence to the
principles of Warren G.
Harding would stand for the
present.
Nothing will be said un-
til after the interment of
President Harding" he said.
The President was asked
regarding probable changes
in the personnel of the White
House staff.
George B. Christian, jr.,
is the secretary to the Presl-
dent; General Sawyer is the
presidential physician. Every
thing will stand until an
nouncement to the con-
trary," was the answer.
The next question put to
the new Executive was rela-
tive to possible disruption of
pending negotiations in Mex
leo City, Lausanne and else
where as a result of the un-
timely and unexpected death
of President Harding.
"I know of no reason for
the interruption of negotia-
tons now pending in Mexico
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
Merchants Are Urged
To Drape Buildings
For Obsequies

Cuno H. Rudolph, president
Of the Board of District Com
missioners, today called on the
merchants of Washington to
drape their business houses in
mourning. He is especially
anxious that Pennsylvania ave-
nue. buildings be draped.
It is requested that the build
ings be draped from noon Tues
day until Wednesday night,
during the period President
Harding's body will be in Wash
ington. The Commissioners ex-
planned that the law specifically
provides against the draping of
public buildings, and foR this
reason there will be none on
the District building.
The Commissioners will pre-
sent at the Capitol Wednesday
a wreath frPm the citizens of
the District.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
PRINCES CANADA FARM
GETS IMPORTED SHEEP

QUEBEC, Aug. "A consign-
ment of thoroughbred Hampshire
sheep, said to be the finest ever
received in Canada or the United
States has just arrived in Quebec
to be sent to the Prince of Wales
ranch in southern Alberta.
There are three rams and forty
one ewes, all prize sheep and Sc
lected by the Prince of Wales from
twelve Of the leading flocks in Eng
land. They are the first Hamp-
shire sheep to be introduced into
Canada which has been a country
of Shropshire sheep while the
Hampshires have been raised in the
northwestern section of the United
States.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
CALENDAR NOT CLEARED,
JUDGES PAY is HELD UP

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Aug. 4.-Su-
preme court justices of California
have been denied their salary war
rants by the State for the last four
months, because of failure to comply
with the law relating to the DISPOSE
ton of cases before them within
ninety days, 1t was stated by State
Controller Ray l.. Riley.
The aggregate of salaries held up
Ia s1S,64S or $2.664 for each Of ths
aeven Justices.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
COMMISSIONERS TO CLOSE
DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS

District government departments
will close down on the same DAYS
the Federal departments cease opei-
atoms, Commissioner Cuno II. hu.
dolnh. president of the boaru OF
District Commissioners said this
afternoon.
I'VE will abide by the wishes OF
President Coolidge" he said.
Commissioner Rudolph indicated
that the Commissioners would ask
the stores and amusement houses
to close down on Friday.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
MAN SHOT TO DEATH
is FOUND ON WHARF

NEW YORK, Aug. A man
believed by police to be Francis F.
McEIroy, III Johnston street
brooklyn, was found shot to death
on a water front pier here today
Automobile tracks near indicated
the man. whose pockets had been
turned inside out, had been carried
to the pier after ,he was shot. The
man was shot In the back.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04

It 10 meet that the deep grief
which fills the hearts OF the
American people should find lit
ting expression.
Now. therefore. I, Calvin Cool
sidge, President Of the United
States Of america, do appoint
Friday next, August 10th, the
da3 on which the body Of the
dead President win be laid In its
last earthly resting place, az q
day Of mourning and prayer
throughout the United States,
I earnestly recommend the peo-
pie to assemble on that day In
their respective places Of divine
worship, there to bow down In
submission to the will Of Al
mighty God, and to pay out Of
fun hearts the homage Of love
and reverence to the memory Of
The Washington times., 1923-08-04

Bp Che president Of the Omitted States Of America
4 proclamation

the great and good President,
whose death has go sOrely snlit-
ten the nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF !
have hereunto SCI my hand and
caused the seal Of tbs United
States to be affixed.
Bono 1t the City Of Washing
ton, the third day Of August, IN
the year Of our Lord. one thou
sand nine hundred and twenty
three, and Of the independents
Of the United States the one
hundred and fOrty-eigl1th.
CALVIN COOLIDGE.
BY the President:
CHARLES #. HUGHES,
Secretary Of State.
The White House,
Washington, August 4, 1928.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
Wilson To Be Asked
To Take Part In
Harding Rites
TIMES. STATE PHOTO

Former President Woodrow
Wilson will be asked to partici-
pate in the state funeral for
President Harding, it was
learned today.
An invitation to occupy q
post OF honor in the van Of the
funeral procession will be ex-
tended him by President Cool
idge., Mr.. Wilson's acceptance
undoubtedly will depend upon
the immediate condition of his
health.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
To the people Of the United
States:

To the people Of the United
States:
In the insefutabIe wisdom
Of Divine Providence. Warren
Gamaliel Harding, twenty.ninth
President Of the United States,
has been taken. from MS. The
nation has lost b wise and en-
lighteIled statesman and the
American people q true friend
and counsellor whose whole
public life was inspired with
the desire to promote the best
interests Of the United States
and the welfare of all It's citizens.
His private life was marked by
gentleness and brOtherly sym
pathy, and by the charm Of
his personality he made friends
of all who came I'm contact
with him.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
T j n { RAJ
CARAVAN
SPEEDS
EAST
Mrs. Harding Is Bearing Up
WeII-Hushed Crowds
View Train.
b. 1nternatlonal News servlce.

SPARKS, New, Aug. 4.-The
funeral train bearing the body
of President Harding back to
Washington passed through this
junction point early today making
the first stop In several hours
while engines were changed. The
train arrived at 5:45 and departed
at 6 a. m. coast time). Members
of the party were asleep. The
train is practically on schedule
time.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
THE WEATHER.

Showers and thunder
storms probable tonight and
Sunday; continued warm;
Light to gentle winds, mostly
southwest.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
What President Coolidge Said
In First Interview

first
omdeus the New lard
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30

of Milestown. Not because of the
freedom and license of the times sc
much as of the spirit of good fellow
ship and comraderie that made il
almost impossible for a man of stand
ing to do a mean or cheap thing. AL
though the competitors of trade were
present, there was present also broad
guage courtesy that lifted men above
the sordid conditions of life and
made them closer observers of the
golden rule.
Like the shifting of the scenes in
a theater, the advent of the Northern
Pacific railroad in 1887 brought
about a complete change in the meth
DDS and manners of the people. The
railroad brought the community at
once in touch with the more concise
and life of ''the states" the
the smallest coin in use, and prices
shrunk accordingly.
The prosperity of early day Miles
City was probably at its height just
after the coming of the railroad.
There was a full garrison of "swad-
dies" hundreds of railroad graders
to spend their money, and the
of the buffalo for their
hides employing hundreds of dollars
the course of a few weeks all
made for temporary profit. During
1882 about 100000 buffalo hides
shipped from Custer county, for
which the hunters received 81 each
and this money found its way, sooner
)r later, to Milestown.
Then followed the cattle era. A
popular legend is that a band of oxen,
and turned loose to die,
anne out in the spring fat and fine.
This was followed by the introduce
ion of cattle and in the course of a
years Miles City became the
headquarters of stockmen of south
Montana, a business that was
with great profit until the
of the homesteader put an
nd to the free range.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30
ANNIVERSARY OF
MEACHER'S BIRTH
BORN 100 YEARS AGO IN IRE
LAND; PATRIOTISM ALMOST
COST HIM HIS LIFE.
Sent as a Political Prisoner to Van
Dieman's Land, He Escaped and
Made His Way to America; Served
as Governor of Montana.

During the early part of August
was the Tooth anniversary Of the
birth of Thomas Francis Meagher,
one of the most notable of Irishmen
who served in the union army during
the civil war and one of those who
was at the infant cradle of Montana
in the early days.
His connections in this territory
came after the close of the war when
he was named secretary of state and
he served as governor pro tenn for q
brief period. Montana later named
one of it's counties in his honor as
a tribute to his service.
This state has cause to hold the
memory of Neagher in the highest
esteem, as does the land of his birth,
for he was of the distinguished
leaders of the Young Ireland" party
the rebellion against British
rule in 1846-48.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30

His leadership in Montana was rec
ognized at once and he became prom
inent in the political affairs of the
early territory at once after his ap-
pointment as secretary of state. 1t
was during the absence of Governor
Edgerton that he served in that Off
calls chair and today an equestrian
statue of Thomas Francis Meagher
fronts the capitol building on the
Helena grounds as a tribute to his
memory.
He was born at Waterford, Ire
land, of wealthy and cultured par
ents. His father was a merchant and
a member of the British parliament
for several years and Meagher was
given the opportunity for a liberal
education. AS a youth he attended
the Jesuit college in Kildare and con-
cluded his studies at Stonyhurst col
lege in England.
His o%ratorical abilities won him
recognition when quite young and
his reputation as a platform speaker
brought him national recognition. He
became an influential member of the
young Ireland" party, which he
Joined in 1916. By reason of his 10y
atty and patriotism he was selected
to visit Paris in 1916 as a represen-
tative of the Irish confederation to
address the provisional government
Of France. On his return to Ireland
he presented an Irish tri-color to the
citizens of Dublin and made the pres
entation exercises the occasion for
the delivery of a ringing speech in
which he dwelt upon the wrongs Of
Ireland and bristled with charges.
aimed at the British parliament.
The address was considered incen-
diary and young Meagher was arrest
ed on the charge of sedition. From
this charge he was released on bail.
With the passage of the treason-fel-
ony act, which was brought about a.
short time after, he was again arrest
ed and sentenced to death. This ex-
treme sentence was not, however,
into execution, for the crown
interviewed with a Communication of
he sentence to Punishment. Thus
ne was consigned as a prisoner of
to faraway Van Dieman's land.
other workers in the same cause
we're treated in like manner After
hree years of the h%ardships of a
prisoners life Meagher made his es-
ape and found his way to America
nd to New York city in 1852. Here
le studied law and was admitted to
ractice in 1856.
After five years the Civil wal came
nd Meagher Immediately espoused
be cause of the Union and raised the
amous zouaves which afterward be-
anne a part of the 69th regiment of
Tew York volunteers, commanded by
[ichael Corcoran.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30
$@500,O0O,OOO OIL
MERGER REPORTED

That the biggest oil merger in
the history Of the world, involving
approximately $500, OOO,O 900, is
now under way is the gist of APP
parently authentic advices ~receiv-
ed from New York by a Great Falls
firm, which has received a tele-
gram as follows:
"A $500, OOO,O 900 merger of oil
companies in the United States,
South America and Rumania is I'M
der way, according to t. r, Crow
ell OF Pittsburgh, secretary of the
Irans-Continental Oil company,
who has been in conference with
the chairman of the Mutual Oil
company. Besides the two COM
panies mentioned, others involved
include the MIDI Columbia Oil De-
velopment, Carpathian Oil Co. of
Rumania, the Trans-Ark Oil and
Gas company of Wyoming and
Montana, and the Trans Oil COM
pany of Kansas and the Trans-Con-
Hnental Oil company of Columbia,
and several minor The
largest company is the Mutual,
which would be the dominating
company"
The Mutual Oil company is hea-
Willy interested in Montana oil de-
velopment, that company being the
one which purchased an interest
IN the Hogan company properties
In h Kevin-Sunburst field as well
as other interests, and is carrying
ON IN extensive drilling campaign
there at the present time.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30

them in order to dispense the herds
before the hunters would get among
them and stampede them among the
outside buildings"
The Muscular was founded in
1870 under the name of the Missoula
and Cedar Creek Pioneer. 1t was
changed to the Muscular in 1873.
The Great Falls Tribune was founded
at Sun River in 1884. R. S. Ford
bought the first copy of the paper.
1t was printed on white satin. 1t cost
him SIS. The paper was originally
the Sun River Sun.
The State Press association meet
ing is a great event in newspaper
circles, interesting alike to the new
recruit who ''came in with the
wheat" and to the old-timers who
came when the savages yer so thick
that 1--WE had to kick an Indian out
of the bunk every night before we
could turn in"
There are 223 newspapers in this
state divided as follows: Dailies, IS;
semi-weeklies, l.; weeklies, 1872;
semi-monthlies, 2; monthlies, 10.
circulation of dailies per
issue, 111,518; weeklies, ~186,202,
and monthlies, 42,906.
The total aggregate circulation of
al publications, according to govern
ment statistics, is 431,919 per issue.
These papers give employment to l.
l13 persons, expend $1,120,993. The
.otal amount of capital invested is
.b2,841,772. The publication indus
.ry ranks fifth in Importance in this
'tate.
The officers of the association are:
J. M. Moss, president, Whitefish; O.
Warden, first vice president, Great
Falls; H. O. Woare, second vice pres
dent, Chester; M. ]. Hutchins, third
ice president, Missoula, and s. D..
Peterson, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Great
Falls.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30
MAN GROWS APPLES
AND CHERRIES ON DRY LAND

Fred Hininger, five miles west OF
Suffolk, on the Salt creek road, in
Fergus county, has amply demon
strated that not only small fruit and
berries may be grown on the average
dry land farm, but also apples, plums
and berries.
Mr.. Hininger planted this orchard
only a few years ago, consequently
it is not in full bearing, but at that
shows up remarkably well.
The fruit trees are planted on a
northeasterly slope and have been
kept free from weeds by means of
clean cultivation. Between the rows
of apple, plum and cherry trees are
planted gooseDerries, currants and
strawberries.
Mr.. Hininger has no irrigation wa
ter available, hence his orchard must
depend upon the snow and rains for
moisture. Some may say that this
year was an exceptionally wet sea-
son, which is correct, yet last year,
which was very dry, small fruit was
better than this aso
This small fruit orchard demon
strates what may be done in the
fruit line on the dry lane farm and
visit to Theo. HIGHLANDS on Warm
creek shows what may be
under irrigation.
Other farmers elsewhere also have
fine orchards and shelter belts that
add to the comfort and happiness of
farm life. !
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30

tary life. The change in location
made no change in the name. Fol
the next four years times in Miles
City were good. A garrison of a full
regiment and the usual compliment
of civilian employees and camp fol
lowers made a good pay roll, to which
was added the earnings of a small
army of government contractors
men, high salaried clerks in the
stores, and the continual contribu-
lions of the inevitable tenderfoot,
whose genus flocked to Miles City in
drOves and uncomplainingly yielded
up the substance garnered by older
and more economic hands, as the ten
derfoot always has done and always
will do, as long as there is a frontier
community to relieve him of his sur
plus.
So it happened that from 1878 I'M
til 1881 Miles City was a place of
much consequence. 1t was called a
tough place and doubtless harbored
during those years as many hard
characters as have ever gathered to-
gether on the frontier, but for some
reason-possibly the near presence
VI thC oOlOlCl O-tIclO was lOSS VI tuS
imam for breakfast in the history of
those days of license and freedom
from restraint than most frontier
towns can boast of. Everybody had
money in plenty. Society, as then
constituted, demanded that all should
meet on a level, consequently the
spectacle of a prominent citizen play
ing "a stack or two" against the
bank or Setting up the fizz" at one
Of the frequent soirees dansant of the
demi monde excited absolutely no
1t was a principal of trade
recognized by those in business, that
money thus put out always came
pack with usurious interest; it was
simply advertising, but the man who
could not adapt himself to these
Methods either had to quit or get a
partner who could-and would.
Any day during this period the
own would have tailed out a good
trong 5000 population, a majority
# which conducted it's affairs on the
Box & Cox" principle, dividing into
,wo shifts, n sleeping while the
'ther worked" This contingent
vas composed almost entirely of the
porting element, and it was quite
ften the experience of the staid citi- {
who went to bed o'nights to t
at some early morning fire {
larm or other hasty gathering a con- +
lderable number of people whom he I
ad seen before, though, like 4
resident of the town. h
OF these days only a pleasant mem
fingers in the minds of oldtimers
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30
Vaughn Wheat Crop Large

Bumper crops are being harvested
in the vicinity of Vaughn. Some
fields of fall wheat are expected to
yield as high as 60 bushels to the
acre, it is said.
A particularly promising 200-acre
dry land field of wheat is that on the
farm of Ole Gunderson, several miles
out of town. The field is now ready
for the sickle and Mr.. Gunderson has
made a trip to the city for improved
machinery preparatory to harvesting
his heavy crop.
This field is expected to go around
60 bushels and Mr.. Gunderson has
a-plenty with splendid
grain fields of bumper crops. No
threshing is reported as yet, however.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30
PRINTING FIFTH
STATE INDUSTRY
SOMETHING ABOUT THE EARLY
DAY PUBLISHERS OF TER
RITORIAL MONTANA.
When State Editorial Association
Was Formed There Were so News
papers; Now There Are 223 Publ
cations.

The annual gathering of the
Montana newspapermen in state
convention, which occurred in
Butte last week, recalls some OF
the early day newspapers and their
publishers. The Montana State
Editorial association was organized
in Helena 38 years ago. Previous
to that time there had been more
than so papers published in the
state. The first publication was
the Montana Post,published at Vir-
ginia City, Aug. ~, 1864. Prof.
Thos. j. Dimsdale, historian of
Vigilantes, was the first editor. He
was succeeded by H. N. Mcguire
and III. N. Blake. In December,
1896, Captain James III. Mills took
charge with TiIton and Dites pro-
prietors. In 1866 Geo. Nj. Pinney
bought the plant and moved it to
Helena, with Captain Mills, editor
and A. III. Beattie manager. 1t
finally passed out of existence
along with many other pioneer
publications.
One of the early day publications
which will be represented at the COM
ing convention is the MadisOnian.
The paper was founded in 1878 and
in 1876 absorbed it's competitor, the
MOntanan, which was established in
1870.
The Bozeman Chronicle is another,
1t was founded in 1888 by Sam w.
Langhorn.
The Butte Miner was founded in
1876 by Captain James H. Mills, H.
#. Brown and Harry C. Kessler. The
Butte Inter-MOuntain - now the
Butte Post, was founded in 1881 by
w. E. Hall, C. T. Meader, G. S. War
rem, H. A. D'Acheul and Lee Mantle.
The first three editors were Chauncy
Barbour, Fred Lockley and John B.
Reed.
He Didn't Need Them
A unique old newspaper was the
Frontier Index, at Fort Kearney. The
editor, L.. R. Freeman, proclaimed
that he had neither telegraph serv-
ice nor correspondents and didn't
need them because everything that
in the territory that was
worth recording happens right in
of my office windows.
"The printers" he said "are de-
tailed from the army ranks, the devil
is a drummer boy, the imposing stone
is a twO-inch oak plank obtained
from the quartermaster painter, who
used 1t to grind and mix colors for
his paints. Quarters are provided
by the secretary of war for the first
printing office that ever crossed the
Missouri above st. Louis"
The subscribers were chiefly SOL
1iers. This little paper carried the
ads. of business houses in Omaha,
2lattsmouth, Nebraska City, and
Kan. 1t was brought to
Butte in 1878.
In his "reminiscences the editor
'ays that the paper wandered all over
he intermountain country between
$50 and 1878-Wyoming, Utah and
dontana. Sin those days." said the
'ditor, "a pillow had scarcely run a
urrow in the great plains, which
we're reputed to be an inhospitable
.esert, and the Indians were SO nu-
and daring that we have
-nown them to ride up to the stock
de built by General Etephen Kear-
ey, lasso soldiers from the inside,
rag them over the top, and beat {
heir brains out against the palisades I
f their own garrison. t
Buffalo abounded by the million
nd cannOn were stationed to fire on +
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30

Toronto-Nine persons are missing
and at least 25 injured in a fire
which wiped out the Wawa hotel at
Lake of Bays, Muskoka, last week.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-30

Her body in a state of decay, with
part of the flesh hanging from the
bones, Mrs. Helen McElroy, 346 East
Mercury street, a well known char
acter in the city's Cabbage Patch"
was found dead in her cabin.