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had come that bank in Phillipsburs
was not reliable-the bank in which
they all had their money. Indignant
confusion reigned; down they al
rushed to the bank and each drew
out every penny-then with that con
fidence characteristic of the Euro
pean in his government they in
vested it all in postal money orders
Swapping the Postoffice
1.-THE little 9x12 postoffice had
never had such rush of business in
its life and was naturally unpre
pared to take care of so much money
as was brought in there in increas-
ing sums every hour. Gold, silver
currency and checks lay about all
over the floor in piles. Sacks of coin
filled the corners and more came
in every minute. BY night the little
old building was nearly full and
there was absolutely no way of TAX
ing care of it, until in the morning,
when Granite had its one train-at
8 o'clock. So Charlie Williams, the
postmaster, and his assistant sat
guard all night over the building,
guns in their hands, and, I am quite
sure, scared to death. In the morn
ing they sent it out and both of them
left-for where I do not know, but
don't hardly think it was to take
charge of another postoffice at the
top of a mountain.
"As each one changed his silver to
money orders he went out-probably
never to return, and headed for-he
wasn't sure. Some, of course, knew
where they we're going when they left
but many did not. Some went back
to Canada; others headed for other
mining camps and still others settled
down in little towns close by.
MissouIa People Were There
Colonel Frank D. Brown, who is
now we'll known resident of Mis-
soula, was at that time the Philips
burg agent for the Bi-Metalic mine
at Granite" said Mr.. Stone. Mr..
Brown also owned some stock in the
mine there. He occasionally writes
for The Muscular on incidents and
of the old pioneer days
Many of his old associates knew him
as "Sandbar" Brown. James Brown,
the manager of Donohue's store, is
Colonel Browns son.
Thomas Hickey, of the Donovan &
Hickey store, was born in Granite
and also owns some mines there; Mr..
Hickey has been resident of Mis-
soula for Is or 20 years.
Granite ITSELF" Mr.. Stone contin-
ued. ''was a most peculiar town.
Granite mountain is 1900 feet high,
steep and absolutely barren, and as
resistant as the mineral from which
It is named. Not far from the top
was situated Granite the little town.
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Hard ON Dope Vendors

Joe Tierney and Paul Bochant are
in the Cascade county Jail awaiting
trial on charges lodged against them
in connection with the alleged sale
of narcotics. According to Sheriff
Bob Gordon, who made the arrests
both men were carrying bindles OF
morphine.
When informed by the jailer that
if convicted under the new state mar
cotic law, he might be sentenced to
from two to ten years in the state
penitentiary, Joe moaned: my gawd,
it want like that the last time
was 'erel" His plant is justified, for
the new law provides that a person
convicted of selling narcotics may be
given the aforementioned penalty, or
a fine of from $500 to $4,000, or
both. Mere unlawful possession en-
tails fine of $500 to $4,000, or a
term of one to ten years.
In connection with the arrest of
the two men, the officers are said
to have found that the price of NOR
phine in Great Falls has been raised
from 81 to So bindle, an increase
of 100 per cent.
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tributing articles to the leading
American magazines.
Asked to tell newspaper readers a
few facts about her life and beliefs,
Mrs. Hazen writes:
81 believe in the Bible and old
fashioned religion, which crops out in
my writings, thereby causing many
so-called up-to-date editors to turn
them down.
81 am puritanical in morals, but
with the natural tastes and inclina-
lions of Greenwich Village Bohe-
milan.
IT have been living on ranch for
the past five years and, as usual,
writing in my leisure moments.
have written verse and prose since /
was eight years old l have sold
articles to the following publications,
among others:
"Scribner's Magazine, Leslie's, The
Dearborn Independent, Woman's
Weekly, Country Gentleman, Hol-
lands Magazine, Engineering and
Mining Magazine, New York Times,
New York Evening Telegram, New
York Evening Post, Epworth Herald,
Christian Advocate, Presbyterian.
My favorite flower is the rose
My favorite animal is the horse
my favorite residence is New
York city or London
my pet denominations are jazz
music CD and liars"
Mrs. Hazen's latest article, "In-
SEPARATIONS and Aspirations of Ranch
Woman" appeared in the February
"Scribner's."
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What to Eat and Why
A Natural Supply of Vitamin

The word "Vitamin" is new, but
the thing itself is as old as the
human race. 1t is the energizing
vitalizing, growth producing ele-
ment in the right food. Its alb
sence is a serious fault of the
wrong food. When the food is
right, there is no need to go to the
drug store for Vitamin.
Grape-Nuts, the famous ready
to-eat cereal, supplies the natural
Vitamin from the wheat, and fur
Their supply is included in the cream
or milk with which Grape-Nuts is
eaten.
Grape-Nuts is delightfully."- crisp
and appetizing, with flavor which
happily suggests the wholesome,
health-building goodness which the
food contains. Phosphorus and
iron, as well as Vitamin, with a
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bran content to stimulate intestinal
action, are supplied by Grape-Nuts.
Many of our modern, "refined"
foods lack these vitality necessary
elements.
Grape-Nuts digests easily and
is assimilated quickly, and is splen-
didly nourishing and energizing.
You'll find better health and fit
ness, in the natural way, with
Grape-Nuts as a regular part of
your diet.
There's genuine economy in
Grape-Nuts-many servings of this
exceptionally nourishing food to
the package. At your grocer's-
ready to serve. Grape-Nuts-the
Body Builder. "There's a Reason"
Made by Postum Cereal Co., Inc,
Battle Creek, Michigan.
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doubt you have read some of her art
icles in eastern magazines, under the
pen name of ''L. M. Weston"
Mrs. Hazen's life story is as full of
romantic details as the masterpieces
of Hollywood scenario builders.
Born in Medford, Mass, of old New
England stock, bred in the New Eng
land atmosphere of Puritanic ideals,
Mrs. Hazen found herself at an early
age in the entirely different atmos-
phere of continental Europe.
Before I was out of my teens, .
Mrs. Hazen says, 81 had crossed the
ocean four times, studied in French
convent, lived in the Paris Latin
quarter, attended lectures at the Col
lege of France and the Sorbonne,
been pupil in French national art
schools and won several medals for
pianoforte playing and harmony in
an English academy of music"
With that amazing variety in her
girlhood, it is not so surprising that
this interesting Montana woman has
experienced just as much variety in
the years since her marriage.
Following her eventful years
abroad, the New England girl re-
turned to New York. There she met
Mr.. Hazen and there they were mar
ried.
The Hazens lived in the east until
the youngest of their two children
was nine months old, when they
came to Montana.
Three years and half in a Mon
tana gold mining camp was the next
amazing interlude' for the New
England girl This experience, after
her activity in the capitals of Eu-
rope and in New York city, caused
Mrs. Hazen to turn to the pen as an
outlet for her artistic and creative
abilities.
Lewistown claimed the talented
lady for the next nine or ten years.
During this period Mr.. Hazen was
cashier of a Fergus county bank.
For the past five years Mrs. Hazen
has lived on ranch in the Judith
Basin country, caring for the poultry
and doing the multiple jobs that fall
to the lot of farm wives everywhere.
Instead of playing Chopin etudes for
concert-goers, she is doctoring roupy
hens, tending the baby chicks and
living the crowded symphony of Mon
tana farm life, in addition to con-
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-04-06
THIS RANCHWOMAN
WRITER OF MERIT
MRS. FRANK HAZEN OF JUDITH
BASIN ACHIEVES FAME IN
LITERARY WORLD
Lives on Fergus County Ranch but
Knows Paris, London and New
York; Takes Care of Chickens Be-
tween Literary Efforts.

IRON Medford, Mass, to French
II convent. From the cloisters OF
i that convent to the Latin quar-
ter of Paris. From the student b.
hernia of the Latin quarter to Mon
tana mining camp.
If your imagination is lively
enough to make these leaps, you can
grasp a bit of the variety that has
filled the interesting career of a
Montana ranchwoman-autho
stefan.
She is Mrs. Frank J. Hazen, of
Acushnet, in the Judith basin. No
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-04-06
$4,000 In CASH
UP FOR BIG MILL
GREAT FALLS AND SHELBY ARE
MATCHING DOLLARS FOR
DEMPSEY BATTLE
Shelby Has Raised $50, O25, While
Falls is About $500 Behind Oil
Metropolis; Hobbins and Steven
son Pledge $4,000 Each.

Shelby has raised $50, O25 and
Great Falls 1884, 800 as part of the
guarantee fund for the proposed
worlds championship battle be-
tween Dempsey and Gibbons at
Shelby July A. This money is i'm
cash and in the bank. Both places
propose, within the next few days,
to raise their guarantee contribu-
tions to $4,000 each, or 500, 600
in all.
In addition to the $4,000 raised
in Great Falls, a wire is expected
from j. r. Hobbins, newly-elected
of the Anaconda Cop
per company, authorizing a $4,000
check from that source.
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BY Edna Il. Foster

1 bF ELUlid OctNA
Who was it?-Three thousan
people.
| Where were they?-At the top o
Granite mountain in little m1nlnl
| town called Granite, which is SKI
miles east of Missoula and four mile
from Phillipsburg.
What did they do?-They all lef
in body, within twenty-four hours.
When?-August 1, 1898.
Why?-?-W Well, read the story;
at was the most complete deser
tion I have ever seem" said A. L
Stone, dean of the school of journal
ism at the State university of Mon
tana.
Granite had been town, of be
tween three and four thousand PEG
pie and within twenty-four hours
there were only two inhabitants lef1
the postmaster and his assistant
and they stayed because they coulo
not get away.
Granite he continued, "was
reached from Phillipsburg by a long
circuitous road which wound in and
out among the curves of the noun
tain. The immense amount of traf-
fic had necessitated its being well
graded and at that time it was the
best graded road in Montana. Down
this roadway on August the first
came the queerest, most incongruous
procession ever seen. No one had
stopped to everything was
thrown in helter-skelter with no ref
erence to size or fragility. Dining
room furniture and kitchen utensils
teetered along down the hill in a
lurching hayrack; while close behind
followed all the china and Sunday
clothes in an empty wagon. Next
would probably come a spring buggy
in the back of which was the kitchen
stove-well beloved by the family for
having done long and noble service,
and, therefore, could not be left, even
though it might be destroyed in a
headlong pitch down the hill. Wheel
barrows, gocarts and burros had
their place in the procession-the
burros perhaps with trunks strap
ped to their sides.
"And everyone was in such a hur-
ry that they pushed and jostled
dlOu6, cdCu tIyluS " lSdSu IHC W.
tom first. Those who could find no
room on any of the vehicles, walked
Men, women and children, trudged
down the hill carrying their hand
luggage, frying pans or tea kettles
whatever happened to be nearest and
loosest when they left their homes.
Every conceivable kind of vehicle
that would go was pressed into SER
vice-be it ever so humble. Wagons
that hadn't run for 10 years creaked
and screeched down the incline CIV
ing every promise to follow the ex-
ample of the famous 'one boss shay
and spill all in heap at the first
good excuse. Band-boxes, babies and
bulldogs brought up the rear-doing
the best they could in their small
way to feed the procession from the
rear. And so it kept up-all day and
all night of August first there was a
continual stream of almost panic
stricken people leaving, perhaps, for
ever, their home on the mountain.
II slept that night in BARRIERS
chair which the barber very kindly
up for me before he left"
said Mr.. Stone, land for breakfast
toasted upon the exuberant mountain
air and the bracing sunshine.
These people we're mostly Corn
shmen and Canadians" he resumed,
'and they had saved most of their
money. Just day before the report
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Indian Farmers Succeed

Progressive Indian farmers of the
Fort Peck reservation, with the as
sistance of Superintendent J. B. Kitch
and the cooperation of the Roose-
welt county farm bureau, are making
rapid strides in community agricul-
tural work.
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1922? Sam Stephenson of Great Falls
II entirely to
Great Falls Of
going the years
never better energetic apply him
self and his getting of foothold in Falls
few in Great asking
why they did have the foresight get in when
dItions they a
Mr.. stephensons with Copper
Mining Company the Milwaukee
other
dollars in this state, gives weight his statement
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merOuS other enterprises, and rec
ognized as a conservative. back
from New York few days ago,
says Montana is on the eve of a
very prosperous era.
"There isn't a thing about
Montana that doesn't look good"
said Mr.. Stephenson. "There is
going to be job, at good wages,
for every man who wants to work;
the oil industry is getting along to
where it is adding much to the
states income; the sheep industry
is fully recovered; the mining in
dustry is ON a sound basis and rap
idly expanding; the crop acreage
promises to be large and we are
starting off with an abundance of
moisture, good prices are indicated
for the wool and grain crops, and
cattle are rapidly recovering from
the postwar slump.
In few years, many men who
now are in Great Falls will walk
down the street, compare the pres
emit city with what is before them
then. and ask themselves an old,
old question-swhy didn't / have
the foresight to act back in 1922
nr 1Ono0y
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-05-25

ILLNESS SHOWN ~ THE HAND
HHRONIC Indigestion. or digestive
~ troubles, are marked n the hand
by a wayy line Of health. This sign
Is intensified by a poor and narrow
line Of the head and an island on the
line Of life shows al which perIod Of
life the trouble may be feared
Kidney troubles are shown by bufty.
watery-loOking skin. with a star q the
mount Of the moon and ailments Of
the liver by a livid or yellow lIne Of
the heart, with q wayy or disc0l1rsd
line Of the head having a blush SPOT
and a wavy line OF health. Danger
to be feared In maternity is seen Ia q
line running from the upper part OF
the mount Of Venus Cor bah 81 the
'thumh) to the mount Of Saturn, Under
lying the middle finger.
Chronic melancholia is threatened Il
here Is a grin or gsidiron on the
mount Of the moon, which lies toward
the outside Of the palm. near the
wrist. II the line Of the head Is
broken IN small sections. having the
appearance Of small squares, there e
oerll Of loss Of memory.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-05-25

tho-Sulphur to an Itching, burning
or broken skin, the itching stops and
healing begins, says a noted skin
specialist. This sulphur preparation,
made into q pleasant cold cream,
gives such q quick relief, even to
fiery eczema, that nothing has ever
been found to take It's place.
Because of its germ-destroying
properties, 1t quickly subdues the
itching, cools the irritation and heals
the eczema right up. leaving clear,
smooth skin IN place OF ugly erup-
tons, rash, pfmples or roushness.
You do not have to wait for Inn
provement It uicIsIy shows. You
can get little Jar Of Rowles Mentho-
Sulphur at any drug store ADV
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-05-25
If Skin Breaks
Out and ItCheS
Apply Sulphur
Just the mOment you apply Men

Just DE monsnl you apply Nor
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-05-25
The Friendly
Path T .ii- | sS:Ii:::: ]
LIFE INSURANCE

IFE insurance Is one Of the great
est blessings Of mankind.
That 1t has gained the approval and
support of nearly all men OF wisdom
and prominence In the country is q
just cause for rejoicing. No one must
be very old to recall the days when
a large number Of people believed life
insurance something which required
one to die to win. Today, It Is looked
upon as offering an exceptional opp6r-
tunity for saving, as well as protecting
dear ones while men and women labor
to provide the necessaries OF life.
Life insurance companies state
ments OF distributions to policyhOIders
or their beneficlaries usually are con-
sldered dull reading. But they would
become intensely interesting to every
intelligent person II he were to give
them sufficient study and thought.
Viewed either as a safe means Of say.
ing or as a legitimate means Of pro.
tecting the welfare Of wives or CHI
dren. the cold figures take on new
meaning which ought to Increase the
joy along life's pathway.
Contradicting the old BELIEF that life
insurance was a Idle to win" PROPOSE
tion. the statement OF one OF the coun-
try's biggest companies shows that this
corporation during 1920 paid out more
than twice as much to living policy
holders as 1t did to benehciaries Of
those who had died. The exact figures
are 79.395, 1888 paid to living policy
holders and $50. 453, z5S to benefciaeles.
The work Of selling life insurance
isn't nearly as dIsagreeable as 1t used
to be. But there are still a great many
who should carry Insurance who DO.
not, and others who should carry more
than they do who lack the courtesy OF
good taste to treat Insurance statesmen
with respect. Nevertheless, the sales-
men, comprising a valuable army In
the United States. are a brave body
and, to their credit It may be sald. are,
as a rule. perfect gentlemen. They
are trained to smile when rebuffeds
Those who give them the sgIad
hand" and buy a reasonable amount OF
insurance, just as they buy other ne
cessitles or as they place loose change
in savings funds. will find more 10y n
following their daily paths.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-05-25
A. F. Of L. Issues Orders
(Contlnued from Page onel

The letter also sets forth that the
parent body expects action to follow
in the wake OF the promise and that
the parent body win be pleased to
have the early assurance that COM
pliance with the requirements set
forth has been established and viii
be maintained. The letter will come
before the Seattle Central Labor
council for action at fits regular meet
ing Wednesday. May %.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-05-25

The original action of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor against the
Seattle council was prompted by nu.
meFous complaints filed by local M
ions located at Seattle.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-05-25
INSURANCE FORCES
or STATE REDUCED

When the Department q Labor and
Industries. on My !. cut eff nine
more employees to bring the force
down 70 the number that can be car
RED under the new appropriation, d.
rector Edward Clifford had accom-.
plished reduction Of Sc employees
during the two years he has been in
charge Of the department
Prior to the consolidation Of al de-
partments and bureau which had
anything 70 Dc with Industrial ineur-
anos Of tie endorsement Of labor laws
in the Department Of Labor ana IN
dustrles On April I, 1921. there were
1s4 persons on the state payroll in
various branches Of the work The
force was cut to 176 when consollda-
tion was effected. and further 70
ductl0n was made when Director Gilt
ford took charge.
The first big cut was made last
year. when an office reorganization
simplifled the method of handling
claims and increased work at the
branch offices. Then the force was
DdEcd uuWu ddMuaIJE TINS year,
when 1872 persons we're left.
Many Claims Handled.
Two-fifths Of the departments work
Is estimated to be IN handling indus
trial insurance, one-fifth in the medi-
cal branch and two-fifths on safety
and general work. Last year there
was an increase OF approximately A
per cent in the departments business
and the boom in ell Industrial lines
probably will keep up an unsuaI
growth OF work during the coming
year. To handle the larger volume
Of business with a smaller force, d.
rector Clifford has been Obliged to
make extensive changes in the office
system.
During last year the department
handled between 1900 and $4,000
accounts, but only u of these re-
NAMED unpaid at the end OF the year.
When the department was created it
was found delinquent accounts ex-
tended as far back as 1914, and it was
impossible to collect ON some Of these
because they had become outlawed.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-05-25
Idaho Wool sale Brings sss7, 700.

Idaho Wool Sale Brings $4,000.
Boise. Idaho.-Approximately 1885,
900 pounds of wool was sold to George
Colby. representing the American
Wooden Mills. by ]. E. Clinton, wool
grower of this city. The sale repre-
sents the largest Individual sale ever
made in the state of Idaho. The price
paid for this wool is understood to
have been 4S cents a pound, at which
figure the price would be $5s7OOO.
Evening journal., 1923-01-29

DurSnt Dodws. studcbsksr. Over
land. Maxwell. Hudson -Dssex. and
Nash. should collectively turn out
Te5. 600. This would leave a total
production OF approximately 100. 900
for all other manufacturers Of pas
senger cars in business
II is expected that OF the cars
built IN 1929. "a per cent win sell
for less than $500. 89 per cent Will
be In the $500 20 $1,000 class, Is per
cent In the $1,000 20 $500. Z per
cent IN the $500 10 $4,000 class.
per cent in tho $4,000 20 s2.5OO
class and 4 per cent IN the class
selling above $4,000.
OF the estimated output Of 275,-
900 commercial cars for 1928. Ford
will produce about 1875, 900. General
Motors should turn out about 10. 600.
A group OF leading truck companies.
consisting OF Dodge. White REQ.
International Harvester. Republic.
Mack. Packard and Autocar. should
collectively build about $4,000. This
leaves a total production Of only
about $4,000 for all other truck
makers.