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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-10-04

Irwin pulled them up Mt the end OF
the turnpike across Bronson's Slew-a
peat-marsh which annually offered
the men of the Woodruff district the
opportunity to hold the male equfva-
lent Of a sewing circle while working
out their road taxes. Columbus
Brown, the pathmaster, prided him
self on the Bronson Slew turnpike as
his greatest triumph In road engineer
Ing. The work consisted In hauling,
dragging and carrying gravel out on
the low fill which carried the road
across the marsh, and hen watching
IL slowly settle until the next summer.
Haul gravel from the east gravel
bed. jim" called Columbus Brown
from the lowest spot In the middle
OF the turnpike. Take Newt here TO
help Load
Jim smiled his habitual slow, gentle
smile at Newton Bronson. seventeen.
understood, tobacco-stalned, profane
and proud Of the fact that he had once
beaten his way from Des Moines to
Farlbault on freight trains. A source
Of anxiety to his father, and the sub
ject of many predictions that he
would come to no good end, Newton
was out on the road work because he
was likely to be of little use on the
farm. Clearly, Newton was on the
downward road In a double sense
and yet. Jim Irwin rather liked him.
''The fellers have put up a Job on
you, JIM" volunteered Newton, as
they began filling the wagon with
gravel.
"What sort of jobTi asked Jim.
They're nominating you for teach
err" replied Newton.
"Slnce when has the position of
teacher been an elective Officer" asked
Jim.
"Sure. 1t amt elective answered
Newton. but they say that with as
many brains as you've got sloshIng
around loose in the neighborhood,
you're a candidate that can break the
deadlock In the school board"
Jim shoveled on silently for a while.
and by example urged Newton to earn
the money credited to his fathers as
sessment for the days work.
A slide OF earth just then brought
down a sweet-clover plant growing
rankly beside the top OF the pit. Jim
Irwin pulled IL loose from Its anchor
age. and after looking attentively at
the roots. laid the whole plant on the
bank for safety.
"What do you want OF that weedf"
asked Newton.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-10-04

Ohio leads all other states In the
number of local voitures OF La SocIete
des 40 Hommes ct 8 Cheyaux. the
playground of the Legion" though
only one-half of the state is organized.
The department now has As %voitures,
with Iowa second with 81. Illinois
third with 80, PENNSYLVANIA fourth
with 81. and New York fifth with A
The largest voiture of La Societe Is In
los Angeles county, California. where
the local membership Is $40. Polk
county. Iowa (Des Moines). is second
with PA; Linn county, Iowa Cedar
Rapids. third with POS. and Cook
county, Illinois tChieago), with 204 Is
fourth. These are the oaly voitures
which number q membership Of over
200. Membership In La socieie Is
based on activities in the organization
Of the American Legion. and Is re-
iscftv@
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-10-04
Blu QUICK

which he moved as lonely as a cloud,
and as untouched of the life about
him.
ny every test OF common life. he
was a failure. His family history was
a badge OF failure. People despised q
man who was SO incontestably smarter
than they, and yet could do no better
with himself than to work In the fields
alongside the tramps and transients
and hoboes. Save for his mother and
their COW and garden and flock of
fowls and their wretched little rented
house, he was a tramp himself.
His duties, his mother, and his dead
fathers status as an outcast took
away his citizenship in Boyville, and
drove him In upon himself. and, al
first, upon his school books and later
upon Emerson, Thoreau, Ruskin and
the poets. and the agricultural reports
and bulletins.
All this degraded-or exalted-him
to the position Of an intellectual farm
hand, with a sense of superiority and
a feeling OF degradation. Ii made
Jennie Wo0drun7s "Humph r. potent
TO keep him awake that night, and
send him to the road work with Col.
onei Woodruffs team next morning
with hot eyes and a hotter heart.
Colonel Woodruf's gray percherons
seemed TO feel the unrest Of their
driver. for they fretted and actually
executed a clumsy prance as Jim
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-10-04
"He thinks we're ~buIihssded
mules and that all the schools
are bad"
GRO BE c~oNTrNuED)
Observation Of oldtlmsr

Observation OF oidtlmer.
Some people have as much trouble
backing the car o OF the garage az
thelf parents used to La backing the
old horss into the snsfts-Gncinnsti
Enquirer.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-10-04
LONG FIGHT WON BY LEGION
federal Judge kiiiits Holds Foreign
Born Directors Not Entitled to
Citizenship.

ForeIgn-borh men who had conscien-
tIous objections against serving in the
United States military and were ex-
empted have been denied citizenship
by Federal Judge John NJ. Killlts of
Toledo, Ohio. This matter has been
the subject of a long and bitter fight
by members Of the American Legion
throughout the country, and officials
Of the Veterans organization were
well pleased with the action denying
to such men the rights OF citizenship.
Judge Killits, In his opinion, de-
clared that the court was unable to
see how any applicant, who. on the
grounds Of conscience, objected to
bearing arms in his country's defense,
can take the path of citizenship with
out reservations and that he, as the
court. was unwilling to accept any
such oath with reservations to 1t.
/"Without any intention to reflect
upon the quality of the profession of
conscientious objectors,' declared
Judge killits. I'VE feel that II Is
enough that the country must endure
the native born of that persuasion
whose citizenship Is a blrthrIght with
u extending the number by the favor
of the naturalization laws"
Many posts of the Legion have
fought against granting of citizenship
rights to such applicants since the
close of the war. and. In a number of
cases. the fight has been successful.
The Toledo instance, however. is be-
lIeved TO be the first decision Of a fed
eral court In the matter.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-10-04
you MARRY HumPHl"

A noted book by a noted man
il THE Brown Mouse by Her
bert Quick. It's a story of the
faseination that lies both In
farming and teaching-if you
lookSor It the right way. It's
read eEArywhere because It's a
charming story. yet It's so
practical that it's come 10 be a
sort of text book. It's ideas
have been adopted far and wide
as a part of the legitimate adj
vanoement OF the sciences of
farming and teaching.
A Scotch scientist crossed the
Japanese Waiting mouse on the
common white nous and got a
brown mouse which wHs different
from any other mouse in the
world. Well, young Jim Irwin liz
the brown mouse He's a field
hand-and a latent genius. Jen-
ME Woodruff likes him. but can't
see a husband in him. A prac-
teal Joke results in Jim becom-
ing the village school teacher
Thereupon Jim proceeds to rock
-tffe-beat se-hard-that the waves
scare the community and the
ripples run state wide.
Experience is a great teacher.
Herbert Quick has been farmer,
schoolmaster. lawyer. editor. pub
lie servant. social worker, war
worker and several other things.
Now he's probably more novelist
than anything else. with a dozen
good books to his credit and the
output getting better and bet
ter. 'Vandemark's Folly" was n
huge success and The Hawkeye,"
his latest. appears to be even mora
successful. You see, Herbert
Quick knows what he's writing
about.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-10-04
. BurqIaries Are Increasing.

The losses paid by burglary insur
ance companies grew in the United
States from S1.6S6,195 In 1916 to So,
670,7 % in 1919 and to S10,1S9,S53 In
1920-an increase of 543 per cent In
FIVE years. In 1915 New York had ap
proximately eight times as many bur
glaries as London and nearly twice
the number of burglaries reported TX
all of England and Wales. In 1910
Chicago had 532 more burglarles than
London and In 1919 2.146 more.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-10-04
MAY REOPEN BONUS CASE
Result Of Minnesota Supreme Court
Decision Likely to Affect "Non-
Residence" Ruling.

Claims of from 10000 to $4,000 vet
Grams who registered and were Induct-
ed into the service from Minnesota.
disallowed by the bonus board on a
"~nonresidence" ruling, may be re-
opened as a result of the recent de-
cision of the state Supreme court in
the case of Everett Baum.
In it's ruling the Supreme court held
that a person temporarily residing In
Minnesota at the time of the call for
registration who registered and who
thereafter left the state but returned
10 be indicted by the draft board into
the service, Is entitled to the state
bonus.
Baum. who was born In Pennsyl-
vania, came to Minneapolis in May.
1917. obtained work and registered for
the draft In June. The following Janu-
ary he went to Oregon and Washing
ton. but returned In July at the call OF
the draft board. He entered the serv-
ice and a year later was honorably dis
charged
The bonus board dlsalowed his
claim on the grounds that he was not
a bona hde resident Of Minnesota. The
Supreme court ruled that he was a
resident because "the place or rcsl'
dence is the place of work"
II In pointed out by American lie
qion members that II this is the case.
rhe 10000 or 1900 similar applica-
lions involving nearly $3.000.000 from
others. who constituted the states
boating population on registration day.
June s. 1917. and who we're subssr
suently indncted, may also DE affected
IN this dscisfen-
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-10-04

He-Why do bushes creep over
girls faces7
She-Because II they ran they
would kick up too much dust.-An-
swers.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-10-04

deal more able and intelligent than
Ed. and see what a fine position he
has In Chicago. . :"
There's mother, you know said
Jim gently.
you can't do anything here" said
Jennie. you've Been a farmland for
9fteen years n you always
WIN ~ s9iess, xou pulf ycursrif lcoas
Eyon Z sitt can make : place for her.
- X ~ doesn't marry and leaves
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-12-14
IRVING OFFENDED SOCIETY
But Author of "knIoksrbocker's His
tory" Became So Famous He
Couldn't Be Ignored.

Society's hauteur and pride in ances-
try inspired Washington Irving to
write his "Knickerbocker's History"
which lacerated the sensibilities Of the
ancestor-worshiping New Workers,
writes Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer,,
In the Ladies' Home Journal. Eventu-
ally Irving's fame became so great
that the social system was obliged to
accept the man who had affronted it.
Society's association with Irving did
little to make 1t think more kindly Of
the professional writer. He was a
moody man, subject to fits of sullen
depression caused, the romantic said,
by the death of his betrothed, Matilda
Hoffman. He never married, and her
picture always stood at his bedside. 1t
is now In the New York Historical
society.
English authors carried on the work
Of making their profession socially I'M
popular. One Of the first of these to
come to New York was Thomas Moore,
then at the height of his fame. He was
a lofty and superior little man, patron
izing in his pleasant moments and at
other times surprisingly rude. He
snubbed New York society, which had
welcomed him.
Dickens and Thackeray did nothing
during their American tours to re-es-
tablish literary men in the good graces
of society. They were scornful and
caustic toward American institutions,
even American aristocracy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-12-14
Find Prehistoric Pottery.

An archaeological boom has struck
southwest New Mexico. Reports from
the Mimbres valley indicate that many
residents have temporarily abandoned
their usual vocations and gone to dig
ging under the floors of the rooms
formerly occupied by the prehistoric
Indians of the valley in search Of the
fine pictured pottery made by these
early people. DR.. J. Walter Fewkes,
chief of the bureau of American eth
nology Of the Smithsonian institution,
recently visited Deming to examine
collections made by amateurs there
and to save for science some Of the
ancient ware. PinoS Altos, Fort Bay
ard and Silver City amateurs were
also visited.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-12-14

at once. The four young persons, with
Mrs. Eddy as a silent and somewhat
awed listener, sat In the big bedroom
and planned the change of procedure
due to the illness of Peggy Wanser.
Jane, poor girl, was beside herself
with joy, and she was trying to keep
placid enough to get an intelligent
idea of what was expected of her.
The town In which the show was
scheduled next was only twenty miles
beyond and Ted Winters assured Jane
that he could teach her In few hours
how to operate the few dolls that
would fall to her lot.
True to his opinion of himself, he
was able to explain the action Of the
Strings that control the movements of
the puppets, and Jane very quickly
had the diminutive actors and &C
tresses moving as If they were really
truly folks.
When the caravan trailed on that
afternoon Jane thought she had never
been so happy in her life. She sat in
the back seat with Elizabeth Winters
land listened to the most wonderful
tales Of the trip, Of the success Of the
little show, of the girls hopes and
dreams for the future with her. mari
Onette plays. 1t was as II 1t were a
.make-believe day for Jane.
AS she stood close beside Ted that
might after the curtain had gone up
and the village audience was Assem-
bled she trembled for fear she would
pull the wrong string or otherwise
spoil the performance. He ASSURED
her, as he busily operated curtain,
lights, half dozen dolls and shifted
scenery, that she was a remarkable
success as an understudy. Elizabeth
was at the piano, playing the music
to which the dolls danced.
Whatever 1t was that reached out
that night and EMBODIED Jane and Ted
in its embrace must have been a film
of romance sent from out Of the land
of wonder. They both felt It; they
both knew it. Nothing could have
made either Of them believe 1t was
not an actually tangible net that
caught them together that night.
1t was weeks afterward that Ted
sat with Jane on the big porch where
her mother had been knitting on the
fateful day. "We shall go caravaning
on our honeymoon, dear" he was say
ing. 1T seems like dream since that
day we pulled up here before your
gate and you ran to greet me-"
ut was my dream come true, Ted"
said Jane. II almost think 1t was
Cupid who gave Peggy the cold and
made her stay here so that you and
l might run away together to be shot
by his arrows
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-12-14

We beg to call your attention to few
Of our many bargains at this store. We
receive new goods every week and always
have full stock to select from. Our goods
must please.
One lot of 32-inch dress einehams to
close at 19c.
Good line of figured and dotted voiles.
29c to Csc.
10-yard pieces of nainsook for $3.50.
Ladies new sleeveless sweaters, So. so
to $3.50.
Ladies new wolfe dresses at S2.25
Ladies new Bingham street dresses. So.
$3.50 and $3.75.
jackson. College Girl and Memo corsets.
Bathing suits. soc to $3.50.
Natural color pongee. Sic. 75c and $l.50
per yard.
Collar and cuff sets at sec to $1.50.
Kayser short and long silk gloves.
Ladies' and childrens white pumps and
oxfords. Sl50 to $3.50.
Boys 3-piece suits, $3.50 up. Mems
suits, $3.50.
Ladies' plated all-wool skirts at $5.98.
Simmons good grade bed and springs
for $18.
All size mattresses, SIS and up.
Crex rugs. 9x6. 8xl0. 9x12. $3.50 up.
Matches, cheaper than wholesale prices
per gross $3.50.
Rabbits 1875 and Star Naptha wash,
ing powders, for Csc.
Sopura shredded soap. made from pure
South American oils, 15c
Remember we deliver your bulky pack
ages-rugs. beds, mattresses, oil stoves,
etc.--to out Of town points.
W. HICKS,
july 27-tf Rockville, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-12-14
LIQUID OXYGEN IS EXPLOSIVE
Blast Produced by Liquid oxyuen-Im-
pregnated charcoal-other Sub
stances Can Be Used.

Liquid oxygen is produced CONNER
cially by the fractional distillatlon of
liquid air. The latter substance, just
like the ordinary atmospheric air, con-
tains p per cent Of oxygen and 70
per cent of nitrogen. The nitrogen Is
more volatile, and evaporates more
rapidly than the oxygen. Taking ad-
vantage of this, apparatus has been
designed for evaporating all the nitro
gen out and leaving the liquid oxygen
This Is cheaper than cOndensing free
oxygen, because 1t avoids the expense
of getting the free oxygen in the gas
eOus state, free from impurity
Among the interesting possible ap-
pllcations Of liquid oxygen, one is as
en- explosive in connection with char
coal. Wood charcoal at zero cent?
grade will absorb IS times Its volume
of gaseous oxygen at the temperature
of liquid oxygen 1t will take up 230
volumes instead of this mere IS. The
charcoal thus lmpregnated burns with
such extreme speed as to give violent
defamation.
An explosion was thus produced
by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS charcoal,
using homemade methods exclusively.
The charcoal was finely powdered and
placed in linen sack 31a inches in
diameter and Is inches long, to the
end Of which was fastened dynamite
fuse without any percussion cap. A
hole was prepared under a 14-inch
stump; and after submerging the sack
of charcoal in liquid oxygen for about
two minutes, 1t was placed hastily in
the hole, tamped, and the fuse lighted.
The explosion was similar to that OF
dynamite. The stump was entirely
removed and the roots so shattered
that 1t would require very little ad-
ditiOnal work to remove them, while 1t
seems that after using dynamite the
stumps are often merely split without
removing them.
1t is suggested that liquid oxygen
can be made at price to compete with
other commercial explosives. Other
substances, such as cork, salt, saw
dust, etc, may be used in place OF
harcoal.-Scientlf American.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-12-14
ATTACKED BY A RHINoCERoS
Doctor Shelby Tells How He Killed
the Huge Beast With
Snap Shot.

On one expedition-nOtable In my
memory because was unaccompanied
by any other white men-I spied
huge rhinoceros under a fig tree not
more than a hundred yards away,
writes Doctor Shelby, the big game
hunter.
AS soon as the boys saw that rhino
they grabbed up their loads, and start
ed on down the trail.
decided not to kill the huge beast,
and was about to turn in my tracks,
when he rushed me snorting and low
ering his head.
He was upon me before / was in
position TO shoot, so there was moth
ing to do but leap nimbly to one side.
He put on the brakes and almost
stopped, then continued on down the
trail in the wake of the pOrters. They
were heavily loaded and would have
difficulty in escaping, so made up my
mind would have to kill him.
AS l raised my rife he was just
turning bend 20 yards down the trail
And, scarcely taking aim, l fired.
It was a snap shot for his body. l
fancied that he lurched forward. At
any rate, he disappeared around the
bend and could hear him rolling over
and over down the trail, while the
cries of a dozen or more terror-strick-
en- natives rent the air.
hurried forward. Around the bend
found loads scattered everywhere.
Some boys had scrambled upon large
rocks. Two had jumped into tree
Some had jumped aside. One Of
these had been bowled over by the
rhlno, which then rolled over him, but
luckily the boy had fallen between two
rocks, which received the ponderous
weight of the beast instead.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-12-14
New Hardy Dwarf Lemon.

Introduction of hardy dwarf lemon
from China may result in extending
the zone in which lemons can be COM
mercially cultivated in this country,
officials of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture here believe. The
promising oriental citrus fruit was
sent to this country in 1908 by Frank
N. Meyer, explorer for the bureau Of
plant industry. 1t was considered at
that time that 1t might prove Of value
for house culture in the United
States. The new lemon has, however,
outgrOwn the earlier expectations.
Tests in various parts of the country
have shown that this Chinese dwarf
is not only valuable as a house plant,
but that 1t is much harder than the
commercial varieties Of lemons now
grown. Its fruit is also of excellent
quallty-Science Service.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-12-14
Now Steel Temperino Process,

Through new process of tempering
steel, chopping cold crow0ar into
chunks with an AK or whiting a steel
rod into shavings with a pocketknife
are simple performances. In fact, it is
claimed by the two Investigators in the
state Of Washington that a steel AK
and pocketknives tempered by the new
process have actually been made to
perform these seemingly impossible
acts. The process consists in the use
Of certain chemicals in water or oil in
the tempering vessel.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-12-14
seasIokness Hi by Liner Tank,

The Frahm anti-rolling tanks are
claimed to have conquered seasick-
ness by removing its cause. The new
est German liner, the Albert BALM,
Is equipped with these tanks. III y
are fitted on the sides of the vessel.
just below the water line and about
midships. They fill and empty auto
matically so that all side motion, or al
most all, Is checked before 1t begins.
However, the tanks do not prevent the
ship pitching in head sea.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-12-14
Notice to Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the SUBJ
scribers have obtained from the Orphans
Court of Montgomery county. Md, letters
of administration on the personal estate of
LOUISA TAYLOR LETCHER.
late Of said county. deceased All persons
having claims against the said deceased
are hereby warned to exhibit the same,
with vouchers thereof, to the subscribers on
or before the S0th day of April. 1924 /:
otherwise they may. by law. be excluded
from all benefit of said estate. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment Given under
our hands this SOth day Of October, 1923.
ALBERT E. BRYAN,
CECILIA BRYAN,
3l9 Elm Ave-. Takoma Park, Md,
nov est Administrators,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-12-14
Notice 10 Creditors .

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub.
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court OF MONTGOMERY county. Md, letters
vi administration C. I. a. on the personal
estate of
ZOE HALEY,
late of.said county. deceased. All persons
having claims against the said deceased
are hereby warned to exhibit the same.
with the vouchers thereof. to the subscriber
on or before the 4th day Of June, 1924 |:
otherwise they may, by law. be excluded
from all benefit Of said estate. All persons
indebted TO said estate are requested to
make immediate payment. Given under
my hand this 18th day Of December, 1928.
HARDY |. HALEY,
dec 7-6t Administrator C. I. A.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-12-14

what is the name Of that hand
some prisonerY asked the impression
able young woman
mo. 2206, Miss replied the guard.
How funny But, Of course. that
Is not his real name"
"Oh, no, miss :. that's just his pan
name. BOSTON Transcript.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-12-14
AanrianIs WALL

Hadrian's wall, built by the Romans
In northern Britain, was not erected
for military defense, but to make
policing the border against unauthor-
ICED crossings easier, recent study of
the ruins suggests.