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Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
London 'lawyers Hard Hi.

"Thc worst legal year on record"
IN given ms the London lawyers opin.
ion OF the last twelvemonihs and more
barristers than ever are said TO he
looking for livelihood elsewhere
thnn in the courts. General hard times
lead the potential plaintiffs and de-
PENDANTS to settle their differences
without the assistance Of wigs and
gowns, or, II they cannot settle II, they
let the difference lie,
In spite ~ common AMI old opin,
Ion that money files as naturally to n
lawyers pockets ny steel filings do 10
n magnet. the "nowlng fees" OF the
bnr at al times direct themselves
chiefly 10 certain larger md more
notable pools.
The cmoluments OF the great ma.
Jorlty of hnrrlsters would rouse no
great envy even In normal times:
when slump comes land the blk
pools must still he fedl the smaller
recep,aclos are In danger Of running
dry. indeed Manchester Guardian.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
ODD EGGS or The MURRE
Pacific Coast Bird Picks Its Own
From Among Thousands OF
Others.

The California mnrre is by far the
cnmmonest bird on the rocks along the
coast. II crowds together in immense
colonies. The bird lays single egg in
the open. with no sign Of nest not
even bit Of grass or stick 10 keep
It from rolling.
Its peculiar shape helps to keep IL
IN place, even on the bare. sloplng rock,
and II II is accidentally started down
grade by the movement of a bird. ii
does not roll straight but swings
around like n top on its own axis and
comes TO siandstil little lower
down. writes William l.. Finley. Thou
sands of eggs. and yet no two alike
Tie combined effect is that OF a whole
spring flower garden Of tints.
Some scientists say that the wide
variation In size. shape and color un-
douhtedly helps the murre 10 recognize
her own. After the eggs are hatched.
the difference In pitch. volume and
quality Of the voices may tell the
mwner which chick belongs 10 her
National Geographic Magazine.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
MANx CAT WITHOUT TAIL
Animal is Native to the Isle of Man
Jumps Forward Like
Rabbit.

The Manx cat, which is native to
the Isle of Man, a British island in the
Irish sea. is noted because of its alb
sence OF a tail. and formation of body
that distinguishes ii from cats of other
breeds. The origin OF tlIe Manx cat is
attributed TO the arrival on the Isle of
Man of ships belonging to the Span
ish armada that were wrecked there.
II is said that these eats were most
probably previously brought from
Japan or other parts Of eastern Asia.
In the true Manx cat the forelegs are
short and the rump arises as abruptly
ms possible. making the hind legs long
er than the forelegs. so that the cat
seems 10 jump forward like rabbit
and IL therefore sometimes called n
rabbit eat. The Manx cat may be of
any Of the recognized colors.
All Of the eats Of the islands In tie
East. the Malay peninsula, Japan.
China and lands contiguous, and even
those Of siam. seem 10 have CURIOUS
formations Of the tail, whether cut
short. forked. klnked or otherwise.
But these cats are smaller than the
Manx cat and there are differences in
the cnll or language and ways and
character.-De Detroit News.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
100 PER CENT PERFECT WHITE
MADE From Pure 6arium SuIphate-No
Black Shows Complete Absence
Of Color.

Black has ordinarily been called mo
eoior. and taken to denote the absence
Of color. Likewise, white. being con.
stituted Of all cOl0rs. may also be con-
siuered as no color. A white body is
assumed TO reflect all the light thai
strikes 1t. There is no absorption and
hence there " no color. A black body
absorbs all the light that lmpinges
upon II and reflects none, therefore
there IL absence of all color.
Theoretically this is true, but there
Is no white that will reflect 100 per
cent OF the light. and no black that will
absorb 100 per cent of the light. We
often hear of q whites, white, until a
winter one comes along and displaces
It from its position of en,inence. The
same fact holds good for black. But,
inasInuch MS some white must be taken
Ms standard of comparison a choice
must be made of the whitest white.
Pure barium sulphate is. accordingly,
taken as the 100 per cent perfect white,
the white which reflects all the light
that strikes 1t.
From practical standpoint II Is
equally incorrect to state that black
denotes absence of all color. For one
black is backer than the next and the
blackest black, which is assumed to
have no color at all, may be found to
possess come light trace Of color when
compared with another new black.
Furthermore. as the eye Is not abso-
lutely perfect and as its sensltivity Is
not infinite absence Of light, as de-
fined by the sensation produced in IL,
is relative only. Even the deepest
black would exhibit traces Of color,
would reflect little light, If our eyes
were sensitive enough to detect 1t
Scientific American.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27


spent Christmas day visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William Radtke.
Our Farmers Union is to meet on
Wednesday evening to elect officers.
John Johnson and his half-brother
are spending the holidays with Cor
neal Johnson and family.
Bert Jaycox and family were guests
Tor Christmas dinner at the hom. of
Mr.. and Mrs. Corneal johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Stewart enter.
tanned their children at their home
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Ford. OF Lamar
spent Christmas with Ollie Hail and
his boys.
George Weis and family spent Tues.
day as guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Foster.
Ihe Leo Walgren family enjoyed a
big dinner on Christmas eve at their
home, John Walgren was a guest. Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Brooks were sup
per guests at the Walgren home on
Christmas evening.
Rnnvn nrt N
with Everett Harte.
George North moved out upon his
old farm. He was guest at the Mar.
tin home for Christmas dinner.
Bill Eikele. of Omaha. is here
spending the holidays with home folks.
He is visiting his brother, Otto, and
his sister Mrs. Radtke.
Miss Name Gamble visited from
Monday night until Wednesday night
at the home of Miss Bess Cauble.
Mrs. q. L, Damewood's father is re.
ported on the sick list.
Ollie Hall is helping Carl Radtke
hask his corn
Holly and Fred Lutte spent Christ
mas with M. and Mrs. Frank Rehfeld
in Imperial.
Ike and Dad" Penwell butahered a
Log Monday with the help of Bert
jlycoA.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27

Norman Stewart shelled corn fol
Roy Cauble and August Banaka Mon
day and Tuesday.
M. N. Worley spent Sunday visit
ing at the home of his son, Charles.
Miss Elizabeth Hoffman is spend.
ing this week with her parents.
Erwin kuhnke called at the Ed
Foster home Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Worley and
Mr.. and Mrs. Nay Smith spent Christ.
mas at the James Larson home.
Edmond Robinson is now working
Tor Norman Stewart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Owens and family
spent Tuesday at the home OF the fer.
mer's mother, Mrs. Mary Owens and
family.
Otis Cauble and Merl Foster spent
Tuesday at the home of the formers
parents Mr.. and Mrs. A c. Cauble.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Meek and family
spent Christmas day visiting at the
home OF the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Meek at Holyoke.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
Speaking From Experience.

Two inhabitants Of sage brush
town were seated on 4 cracker box ex-
changing desultOry conversation.
you know them hot cakes what the
feller nips in the window Of the For
lOrn Hope restaurant"
Yes, know en-"
Ever try 'em?"
"Yes, I've tried EN-"
What do you think Of emp"
The citizen thus appealed to gazed
refiectively toward the foothills for
some minutes and then rendered judg-
ment.
THAT feller's better juggler than
cook. k."-Pittsburgh Chronicle Dispatch
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
Hard Times.

Montagu cullet Norman, governor OF
the Bank Of England, WAS talking at
dinner IN Washington, about hard
times.
y heard n story the other day" he
e"id' about y slum landlord who was
soins around one morning collecting
D" rents. At u certain house boy
nsnded him half a crown.
hAlf erownr said tn. landlord
sptoaehfnlly. Here sou are. over n,.
n'a IN arrears, and you only give me
on 60 on about your business.
no the boy You wouldn't hs.. go,
M " the old msn hadn't bees spd
Md the tiiehsn door.'n
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
BIBLE USED AS AN ORACLE
Psrsons Seeking Sign" Open Scrip
lures at Random and Find Mes.
sage Upon Which Thumb Rests.

A common practice with those who
"seek for sign" is to open the Bible
At random and find their answer in the
passage upon which their thumb rests
as they part the leaves.
In pagan times this divination was
accomplished by placing the finger at
random on a passage Of Homer, Virgil.
or some other great author. Virgil was
. particular favorite. and the practice
Of consulting him continued down to
modern times. though the Bible il the
book now generally used.
During the Middle ages Virgil be-
came SO enveloped In mist Of tradi-
tion and superstition that he was nj.
luded to by the uneducated as "yirsil
the WIZARD; and the popular estlma-
tion Of the chief value of the "AeneId"
was as an oracle.
AS late as the time of Charles !
the Bible had not entirely supplanted
the "Aeneid' for purposes of divina-
tion, as is evidenced by the well known
story OF how that monarch learned his
Fate by the "Sortes Virgilianae," as it
was called.
This practice of divination by books
Is said to have Originated in the re-
spect and veneration of certain books
arising from their wisdom and reputa-
ton; and II is easy to understand the
psychology which induced people of
the Middle ages to consult Virgil the
WIZARD" and leads men of super
stitious trend Of mind today to turn
the Bible into an oracle.
The beginning of the idea dates back
to the first Introduction OF letters,
when, to the common mind, there WAS
something supernatural in the power
of few marks made In a certain way
to convey from one person to another
not merely ideas hut whole speeches
word for word
The feeling is displayed today by re-
mote tribes of savages when they see
for the first time the dse of the printed
or written word in communication
London Tit-Biis.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
Power Of a Smile.

young woman carelcssly tossed nm
apple core out Of the au she was rid.
Ing In aSd a motorcycle cop who was
speeding pnst received It full in the
face. He stopped and turned to her
with scowl, and the young woman
had visions OF an Interview with the
magistrate. But she smiled at him
and her smile won his heart, for he
said with grin. Lady, I'm glad you
are not brlcklayer," and remounting
his wheel he sped swuy.-Boston
Transcript
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
tin and family.

Carl Radtke and family, Otto Eikele
ana family and Fred Banks and family
spent Christmas day visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William Radtke.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
sinoino TO the Jury.

Lawsuits are settled by IN odd
method among some OF the remote
tribes OF Eskimos. When two natives
have had dispute each collects his
family and friends to assist him In
settling 1t. The parties meet at an
agreed time in the biggest hut in the
village, and literally sing at each
other.
The PLAINTIFFS party chants series
OF rough verses Insulting the defend.
ant and everything that is his. Then
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27

comes the rivnl's turn, and for the
next hour or SO they sing at their
enemy, putting their insults into some
sort of meter.
The old men of the village act as
judge and jury, and the verdict is
given TO the side which, In the opin-
Ion of the aged experts, has com.
pressed the largest amount Of insult
into the best verse and the most noise.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27

Headaches coated tongue. sour
stomach, no appetite, bad breath.
pimples. clogged bowels-Ugh!
These are natures danger signals
remove the cause, eliminate the pois.
ons from the Liver, Kidneys and
Bow wels-HOLLISTER'S ROCKY
MOUNTAIN TEA will do the Job.
Thousands have found 1t wonder.
fm remedy--you will too. Try 1t.
BIG BRICK DRUG STORE. -. Dec.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
An Age sf spssls,la..

rs ,n sfs Of spsrlsllst-," 70.
srs.d Mr.. rsn.pm from M. h,s.
~" a., vi concentration. so to spenl.
:" we ''r.,shls kinrdom ,.ein, to
ss- OF this tendency Of the
~ nelshbors sse, ,,,,, -. ,,.....,.
r'nnee vhicl, ~ MN an ihqn'r
@mnl 10 conrnns he accepted ~ n
iatisiinr hil I,l 'a'h tee seems 10 he
one pvhpli.' "'1ufcufninrss upon
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
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Pleasant Valley
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a pleasant Christmas was sent us
by the weather man.
The Martin families gathered at the
parental Martin home for a reunion
on Christmas day.
John Barbour and family were at
ndants at family reunion at the
hame Of Mr.. nd Ms. Cl.chpala ~
Christmas day.
Herbert Brooks ard family ware din
ner guests at the Sticki. home Tues-
dal 1t was double holiday for the
rreoks family as it WAS their welding
anniversary.
The Christmas tree ana proeran
was very successful affair a. Pleas.
ant Valley school, The house was
more than full of people who attend.
ed the entertainments.
Everett Harte arrived home Friday
10 spend the holidays with home folks.
He expects 10 return to his studios nj;
Fort Collins on January 5th
Mr.. Rodney Davis. OF Lamar. and
Miss Gladys Harte were united in
marriage at Holyoke. SATURDAY.. They
had their Christmas and wedding din
ner Sunday at the parental hone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ike Penwell and Mr..
and Mrs. Everett Sickle were dinner
guests nj the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark Penwell Christmas.
Jim Ross is spending a few days
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ike
Penwell.
Otto Eikele and family spent Christ
mas evening visiting with Harry M.ti-
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
PAGE THREE

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Shultz spent Sun.
day visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Miles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Stewar. spent
Sunday at the C. l.. Stewart home.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26

III. e Hanna, Plaintiff,
Vs.
Ole III. Osterud and Ida 0sterud
his wife. Defendants
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26

We are glad TO that Fred
johnson Of Belt, who has been &C
alarmingly i'll the past week, is slight
ly better and there are hopes Of his
ultimate recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. May. Mrs
Frank Rush and Mrs. VIM. Fluhr
were calling on Mrs. w. e. House or
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Feldt of Tiger
Butte were visiting friends on Lower
Belt Sunday.
DIR. Stewart was in Great Falls Fri
day and Saturday attending the den
lists convention.
Henry Vaskey spent Sunday with
his parents at Raynesford.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26
SALE

(44-45)
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26

claim to the land above described, be-
fore w. s. Hawk, u. s. Commissioner,
at Stanford, Montana, on the 4th day
of June, 1923.
Claimant names IS witnesses: Will
liam Holzer of Stanford, Montana,
Charles Barlow of Geyser, Montana,
Peter Decker of Geyser. Montana,
Leonard Myers of Geyser, Montana.
w. E. BENNETT.
Register.
First Pub. April 26-May 8, 24)
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26


To be sold at Sheriff's Sale on the
18th day Of MAY, 1928 at two e.
o'clock p. M. at the west door Of the
Court House in Great Falls, CASCADE
County, Montana, the following de
scribed real estate, towit:
The Southeast quarter (SEA) of
Section fifteen (15) Township
twenty-one (21) north of range
two (2) east of the Montana Me-
ridian.
Dated April IA, 1928.
BOB GORDON, Sheriff,
By MELVIN ROWE,
Under Sheriff
First Pub. Apr. 26-May 3, 10)
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26

The lot and house between Mrs.
Miscan's and Edward Landry's resi-
dence, together with all furniture
therein will be sold at Administrators
Sale at 2 p. M. on Saturday, May 9Th,
on the premises. See notice elsewhere
in this paper.
CHARLES WEGNER,
Administrator.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26
NOTICE.

All dogs must have license tags
on or before May 1st, 1928. On that
date all dogs without tags viii be TAX
en- up and destroyed.
j. BURGHER,
(44-45) City Marshal.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26
NOTICE OF SHERIFF"S SALE ON
DECREE NO. 1874

In the District Court Of the Eighth
Judicial District of the State of Mon
tana, in and for the County of Cas-
cade.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26

Notice is hereby given that James
c. Callen, of Geyser, Montana, who
on May 9th, 1918, made Additional
Homestead Entry, Serial No. 047145,
for Lot 2, Section 6, Township is
North. Range 10 East; ShSEh,
SEASWA, Section 81, Township 10
North, Range 10 East, Montana Meri-
dian, has filed notice of intention to
make three year proof to establish
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior. u. s.
Land Office at Great Falls, Montana,
April II, 1923.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-22
HUGHES AGAIN
STRIKES OUT
AT RUSSIANS
State Department Declares
Tichitcherin's Explanation
Is Itself Propaganda

Washington. Dec. 22.-The state
departments position that com
munist propaganda in the United
States must cease and that good
faith in the discharge of Russias 5
international obligation mnst be
demonstrated before the American
government will enter into any ne
gotiatiOns with the Soviet govern
ment Is emphasized in connection
with Foreign Minister Tchitcher-
ms suggestion that authrticity Of
revolutionary instructions" re-
Gently made public here be sub
mitted to arbitration.
Tichitcherin's statement denying
that the Russian Soviet govern
ment had even sent any documents
to the Workers Party of America
and his assertion that If such pa
pers existed are forgeries is re-
sarded as being in itself form of
propaganda in that it is an at
tempt to mslead the American
people into believing that there is
real difference between the
Soviet government and the COM
munist intrnatiOnale.
The Soviet government, the
state department holds, is an "or-
gan of the communist party and
the international is the party's own
organ for international prOpa-
ganda.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-22
L0WDEN MAN
TOAD 'C0-0PS'
Herman Steen COnfers With
Grand Forks Business Men

Grand Forks, N. D., Dec pa
conference between business men OF
Grand Forks and Herman Steen, sec
retary of the Lowden committee ap-
pointed by President Coolidge to aid
in organizing cooperative marketing
associations. will probably be ar
ranged when Mr.. Stcen comes here,
according OF information given out
last evening by officials of the Com
mercial club.
Mr. Steen is coming here to confer
with the executive committee of the
North Dakota Wheat Growers asso-
tion relative to 4 membership drive
in this state by the Wheat Growers. .
Although the drive probably will not
be made until spring, tentative plans
will be made for it ut this time, it
is expected. The aim of the Lowden
committee, which is headed by For
mer Governor Frank o. Lowden of
Illinois, is to organize at least so per
cent of the wheat growers Of the
United States iLO cooperative mar
kehng associations for the purpose
Of stablzing the price of wheat in
1924. An additional membership Of
something over 10000 members is
needed in North Dakota to comply
with the purpose Of the committee.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-22
PROBE SHOWS
DRUGS CAUSED
DEATH OF TWO
,Poisons Administered Un.
knowingly by Physicians,
Investigation Reveals

Columbus, o., Dec. 22.-(By the
Associated Prcss)-Concluding sew
cral months investigation two prom
inent Columbus physicians, DR.. Jona-
than Former and DR.. T.. j. Gordon
last night revealed that they had un-
knowingly administered poison to
two women who died last September
within a period of u week and tc a
physician who recovered after hav-
ing been dangerously i'll for several
days. All three were undergoing
treatment for digestive disorders.
The victims, Mrs. Minnie c. Davies,
Columbus, and Mrs. Nellie Paul of
Circleville, at first were supposed to
have died Of heart disease. Each
was given an amount of a prepara-
tion u solution made Of several drugs
which rays of Horoscope will not
penetrate thereby permitting the
physician to observe it's passage
through the alimentary track. Mrs.
Davies was a patient of DR.. Fore
man and Mrs. Paul was treated by
bI' AoiuoI. oOIHNa NiCu SOOu dlIcE
the solution was administered.
Soon after the solution was given
to w. d. Murphy he became
violently ill and by reason of
the fact that his stomach refused to
hold the liquid he was saved from
possible leath.
Shortly before Mrs. Davies died
DR.. Forman purchased a supply Of
one of the drugs used in the solu-
tion from local wholesaler.
Puzzled over the death Of the wo-
men although both were said to
have suffered from diseases of the
heart, Drs. Forman and Gordon de-
cided to have an analysis made of
the drugs used in making the solu-
tion. One Of the drugs was found to
be almost pure poison.
A majority of the medical profess
sion in the city aided Drs. Forman
and Gordon in their investigation
and when the cause of the death be-
came known they requested their
findings to be made public.
Families of the dead women were
said to hold the physicians blame
less.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-22
SEE CAPTURE
OF SWINDLER
VERY SOON

Chicago, Dec. 22.-While court in
vestigations continued into the
ramifications of the alleged five
million dollar swindle of Leo Koretz
police kept up their search for the
missing man with Continued cx-
pressions of confidence for his ar
rest within a short time.
What was believed to be a tangible
clue in the search for Kortez was
discarded by the police today after
Louis Grollman, who had announced
he had client who offered to deliver
Koretz for $4,000, testified before
Referee in Bankruptcy Harry Par
kin, that the tip came from AL Sar-
ran, real estate broker, who believed
Koretz "might be" in New York.
Police are holding two theories as
to Koretz's present whereabouts as
being the most reasonable. On one
theory that he may still be in hid
ing in New York, they have asked
police there to aid them in searching
for him. Another, that he is hiding
in Chicago disguised in women's
clothing, is being run down here.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-22
HUSBAND STOLE $50,OOO
BONDS, WARRANT Is OUT FOR HIM

New York, Dec. pa warrant fol
the arrest Of Robet H. Gamble was
sought by his fomer wife; Mrs. Vir-
ginia Loney Gamble, who charged
him with the theft of $4,000 worth
Of bonds belonging to her. Magis-
trate George W.. Simpson opened
John Doe proceedings against Gam
ble
Mrs Gamble, formerly Of Baltl-
more, and socially prominent, inher-
tied $1,500,OO0 from her parents, who
died on the Lusitania. She was mar
rjed in 1918 to Gamble, member of
the French ambulance corps and was
divorced early this year.
Mrs. Gamble, according to hel
counsel had advanced 100000 to her
former husband to assist him in his
business enterprises. Half Of this
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-22
BANK CASES TO
BE TRIED IN
GRAND FORKS
Judge Cooley Announces His
Intention to Send Them
To That City
SOME PRELIMINARIES
Demurrers Expected To Be
Argued in Cass County
Before Cases Go On
SOME PRELIMINARIES

Fargo, Dec. 22 The seven men
indicted by the recent Cass county
grand jury on charges growing out
OF the failure of the Scandinavian
American bank will be tried IN Grand
Forks county, it was unotficially an
nounced here today. Judge C.. NJ
Cooley, who presided at the Decem-
ber~ term Of the district court when
the men were arraigned on the in
dictments, declared that he would
send the cases to that county but
that the official order had not yet
been signed.
All of the legal questions, it was
intimated by the attorneys for the
state and the defendants; will be
disposed Of in Cass county prior to
the trial. These questions include
motions for setting aside the indict-
ment and failing in that the filing of
demurrers to the indictments. Steps
to dispose of these questions will be
taken just as soon as Judge Cooley
has appointed judge to hear the
cases.