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Smyrna times., 1923-07-18
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger PENN
sula Towns and Communities
Smyrna times., 1923-07-18

At a referendum vote taken by
Lewes taxpayers, a large majority
was polled in favor of bonding the
town for $4,000 for cementing the
street leading from the State High
way to the wharves on the Delaware
Bay.
Smyrna times., 1923-07-18

Wesley Webb, secretary, and other
officers of the State Board of Agrcul-
ture are keeping strict watch for the
Japanese beetle, but so far none of
the pests have been reported.
Smyrna times., 1923-07-18

Plans now prepared for laying the
cornerstone of the new St. Francis
Hospital, Wilmington on July 21, call
for street parade of Catholic So
cieties in the diocese. Rev. Aloysius
Darrell, Franciscan monk, will make
the principal address.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-08-10
TAKING INTEREST IN
STOCK IMPROvEME emit
West Virginia Active in Campaign
for Better Sires.
Ono Day 100 Enrolment Blanks We're
Filed by Owners Who Had Placed
Operations on Strictly Pure
bred Basis.

prepared by tho United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Unusual interest In live stock i'm
provement In West Virginia is evil
denced by records Of the Better sires
better stock" campaign conducted
by the various states and the United
States Department of Agriculture In
one day recently West Virginia filed
with the department 100 enrolment
blanks, each filed out by live stock
owner who had placed his breeding
operations on a strictly purebred sire
basis for all kinds of stock kept. The
enrollments were from II counties.
This voluntary activity Is Of addi-
tional interest In view of purebred
sire legislation which became effective
in West Virginia January 1. 1928. The
state law requires that all sires, In
Guiding stations, jacks, bulls, rams,
and boars kept for public service be
purebred and registered. Violations
are punishable by fine or imprlson-
ment Participation by West Virginia
live stock owners in the "better sires
better stock" movement, according
to specialists in the bureau of animal
industry, United States Department of
Agriculture, Is an excellent Indication
of favorable sentiment In support of
purebred sire legislation.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-08-10
100 R. R. CARS WILL
BRING GIANT CIRCUS

Arriving aboard 100 double-length
railroad cars forming trains more
than one and one-third miles long,
and made even greater than 10 1922
by the addition OF many biz, new
foreign acts, Ringling Brothers and
Barnum & Bailey Comb will
exhibit at Spokane, Saturday, Aug.
18th.
Those who read the daily papers or
who keep in touch with the movie
news-reels need not be reminded OF
the shipload OF acts aud animals
recently imported by the Greatest
Show on Earth. The remarkable
cargo included two companies OF baby
elephants are now joined with the
forty adults Of the mammoth herd
There were also 100 more performing
horses accompanied by Europe's
greatest trainer, and many Wild
animals, some OF which have been
added TO the scores Of trained jungle
beasts, while others have become part
of the marvellous menagerie.
More than a million persons saw
the mammoth new circus OF 1923
during the weeks that it exhibited ia
Madison Square Garden, New York
Now this marvellous exhibition Is
touring the country aboard five great
trains. 1t is a third bigger than the
Ringlng Brothers and Barnum &
Bailey show Of last season. 1t is ten
times larger than any other circus
now on tour.
Big as is this wonder circus of 1923
with its more than thirty trained |
wild animal displays In ST ell arenas,
July 200 wonderfully schooled horses, |
100 men and women performers, 100 !
clowns, and scores OF features-the |
price Of admission Is 70 more than
before. And though the trained .
lnimal mum bers and the immense
lorse show were clrcuses 10 them
elves while touring Europe, they are
lot offered as separate attractions by
he Ringing Brothers and Barnum & |
Bailey combiped shows. Instead all
re on one gigantic program. Every
hing is in one mammoth tent. One
icket admits TO all these and to the
tremendous double menagerie There
re more than Thousand animals in
he zoo OF this circus and these
include entire families OF hippopo-
ami and CRATES. Another remarka-
lie geological feature is an armored
hinoceros, the only one known to
xist and alone worth $50. 0O0.-adv
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-08-10
Order TO Show Cause Against Sale Of
Real Estate.

In the Probate Court Of Kootenai County,
State of Idaho.
In the Matter OF the Estate of Amanda l..
Sylvester. Deceased.
Order to Show Cause Against Sale of Real
Estate
1t appearing to this Court by the verified
petition this day presented and filed by
Miles f. Egbers,. the administrator OF the
estate OF Amanda L. Sylvester, deceased.
that 1t would be for the advantage, benefit
and best interests OF the estate. and those
interested therein to sell at private sale q
portion of the real estate belonging to tha
deceased and said estate, and described In
said petition
1t Is Ordered. That all persons interested
In the said estate appear before this Court
on Friday, the 3Ist day of August, A. D..
1923, at the hour OF ten O'Clock A. NJ. of that
day at the Court Room OF said Court
in the Court House in the
City OF Occur d'Alene. KootenaI County.
State OF Idaho. to show cause why an order
should not be granted to the said admins
TRAITOR for the sale of "a portion OF the real
estate belonging to the deceased. and said
estate. and described IN said petition, at
private sale.
And 1t Is Further Ordered. That copy OF
this order be published four successive
weeks next preceding said day in the bath
drum Tribune" weekly Newspaper printed
and published In said County, and having
general circulation therein.
Done in open Court this 25th day OF July.
A. D.. 1928
NJ. G. WHITNEY.
fSEAL) Probate Judge.
Pub. July %, Aug 8. 10, l724.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-08-10
Real Democracy.

The purchases made by large,
heavy-set woman apparently of some
property and social position, In a small
Gratiot avenue shop the other day, go
to prove that you never can tell. She
asked firmly for a package of we'll
known brand of chewing tobacco
When the shop dealer was unable to
supply 1t, she unhesitatingly called for
another brand. threw 1t into her shop
ping basket and started to leave. Then
she spled a pile of magazines and
asked for a certain radio publication.
This, too was unavailable, so she took
a substitute. The tobacco may have
been for her husband and the radio
magazine for her son, but spectators
watched her purchases with interest
and surprise.-Detroit News.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-08-10
Seven Scrub Chasers

i. Sell that scrub bull for
beef.
2. Make an exchange for a
registered bull calf
3. Exchange scrub bull In
part payment toward purebred
bull of serviceable age.
4. Hold registered bull sale,
encouraging scrub owners to buy
a bull at their own price.
8. Form a bull club or a bull
association.
g. Ask your county breed Sec
rotary and county agent to as
sist in replacing that scrub with
a good purebred bull.
7. Encourage scrub bull own
er to borrow a good purebred
bull from his neighbor for him
to keep to be used for two years
service, then return him to origi-
nal breeder.-A. J. Cramer, Wis
consin College of Agriculture
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-08-10
PAPER MONEY
PIPE DREAMS
BY JOHN LAKEWOOD

Hitting the pipe seems like the
greatest way In the world to get
something for nothing.-a whole para
disc full Of JOY for few whiffs OF
opium smoke. But
BY the way. the big lure about nat
money Is that 1t seems to promise
about as much for nothing as Whit
on the pipe. They are just coming
out of such dream now in Germany.
Here II the way that German soft
money dream goes. Say in 1918
man put a ten year mortgage for 20
900 marks on his farm. Marks were
then worth. in gold. about four
70 the dollar. The debt, therefore,
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-08-10
90 Read THE RATHDRUM
TRIBUNE. ST. 80 per year. II
Hot WEATHER DISEASES

Disorders of the bowels are extreme
ly dangerous. particularly during the
hot weather of the summer months,
and In order to protect yourself and
family against sudden attack. get a
bottle Of Cham berlain's Collie and
Diarrhoea Remedy. 1t can be de-
pended upon. Many have testified to
Its excellence.-adv. Aug.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-08-10
Safer Then.

She didn't really want divorce, but
she did want to air her troubles, and
the old family lawyer listened patient
ly. SO she told him about her grad
uation, her marriage, and poured
forth torrent of details about hus-
band engrossed In clubs and business.
HE never remembers my birthday.
He never remembers our wedding an
niversary Sometimes 1 feel like
shooting him. Once was young and
beautiful"
THAT was when you should have
done the shooting" interposed the law
yer=Houston Post.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-08-10
SAME OLD STORY BUT A GOOD ONE.


Mrs Mahala Burns. Savanna, Mo,
relates an experience, the like OF
which has happened In almost every
neigh borhood IN this country. and has
been told and related by thousands Of
others, as follows: II used u bottle Of
Chamberlain's Collie and Dlarrhoea
Remedy about nine years ago and II
cured me OF flux (dysentery) l had
another attack of the same complaint
three or four years ago and few
doses Of this remedy cured me.
have recommended II to dozens OF
people since / first used it and shall
continue TO do so for l know it Is
quick aod positive cure for bowel
troubles. adv. Aug.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-08-10
DIRECTORY
STATE OFFICERS

0lAlE OFFlCEH6
Governor G. G. Moore
Lieutenant Governor II. c. Baldridge
Secretary OF State f. A. Jeter
Attorney General A. H. Conner
State Auditor E.. Gallet
Supt, of Public Instruct, Elizabeth Russum
State Treasurer d. F. Banks
State Mine Inspector Stewart Campbell
Supreme Court
W. E. Lee, ALI Bulge. Robt. N. Dunn,
VIM. A. Lee. Chas. P. Mccarthy.
Congressional
Congressmen-Burton L. French, Addison
T. Smith.
U. 8. Senators-William E. Borah, Frank R.
Cooling.
Judge Of District Court w. F. McNaughton
State Senator E V. Boughton
Members of House of Representatives
NJ A. Kiger, E. 7. Taylor.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-08-10
was equivalent to about s. 600.

was equivalent to about s. 900.
In the ten years since that debt was
contracted, the German Government
has published. so to speak, trillions OF
paper marks. What happened? What
would happen to the price OF eggs II
they had hen at Washington laying
a billion eggs day,-evea If they put
government stamp on them saying
eggs were worth a quarter a piece
German marks have gone down from
four to the dollar to 10000 to the
dollar
Here is where the ppe dream gets
particularly good. The 1918 mort
gage Is now due,-20.000 marks are
to be paid. Marks are quoted 100. 900
to the dollar. Twenty-thousand
marks, one-sixth OF that, therefore
equal one-sixth of a dollar,-16 2-3
cents. On the theory that "a mark
Is a mark" the debtor could wipe OF
his $4,000 mortgage for Is 23 cents
less than the value of dozen eggs.
That Is. he can unless the pipe
dream comes to a sudden end. For
one thing the German courts are rul-
Ing that the theory "a mark ia mark"
doesn't go.-that debtor has to give
back fair equivalent for what he re-
ceived and that present paper marks
worth 10000 to the dollar are not
the fair equivalent Of former gold
marks at four to the dollar
Furthermore all pipe dreams are
too good to be true. They are not
what they seem. The smoke is wear
ing OF in Germany and they are COM
Ing down to earth with dull thud.
1t is beginning to be realized that the
net result OF paper money night
mare is that producers are robbed
and spectators enriched. Farmers
are unable to raise prices for their
products fast enough to keep up with
the falling purchasing power OF un-
money slips away from them like
handful of dry sand. 1t brings back
to them less in purchases than they
gave Of their products to get It.
The farmer as a result can't make
ends meet and when he gets into diff
f1culties the uusound money specu-
lator steps In and buys up mortgaged
farm lands cheap-an1 thus 1t Is
mostly the Spectator who profits by !
paying OF the mortgages with cur
rency worth less than dozen EGGS
unless the courts stop him.
More than that, II farm mortgage |
debt can be paid OF with almost |
currency. so can corpora
ions pay of their bonded debt,-the |
ponds In which many a farmers saw
ngs, and many widows and or |
ohan's Inheritance, are invested.
Before the war, with marks worth
a cents gold, the deposits Of the
thrifty in German savings banks were
worth over five billion dollars. Today
although these deposits have multi
Piled many fold in terms of marks.
heir real value is only about half
million dollars gold. That Is what a
loose money" plan does for common
olks.
Pipe dreams are wonderful while
hey last-but shattered health. mis-
ry and despair are the final penalty
he ones who profit are the dope
ellers. Unsound money is a pipe
ream-and the penalty is economic
uin, misery and despair for the ma
ority. The ones who profit are the
peculators.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-08-10

Butter wrappers printed at The
Tribune Office, 500 for SO. 90; 1000 for
S. co. Smaller quantities at reasona-
BILE prices. -adv.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26
MONTANA RATES AP-
PEAR TO BE HIGHEST
State Rate Claim Agent Testifies That
Rates In Two States Are
Lower on Milwaukee

Helena, Mont. - Consideration OF
| greater density of population and larg-
| er volume of traffic as factors In rate
making occupied all OF the April
twentieth session Of the hearing before
the state railroad board on complaint
of Atty. Gen. Wellington ID. Rankin
that rates on. hauls within Montana
are at a higher level than those for
similar hauls in other states.
That the rate on first-class freight
for a 10O-mile haul on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad In Mon
tana is pa per rent Of the charge for
n similar haul In Iowa and 1856 per
cen of that in Minnesota, or the same
railroad. was testified by II. l.. Yarney,
of Helena. freight rate claim agent
put on the stand by the attorney gen
eral.
objection TO the testimony by F. nj.
Dudley, Of Seattle, attorney for the
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul rail-
road, on the grounds that rate compao-
are not competent unless traffic
conditions have been shown to be sim
liar was overruled by the railroad COM
m~ission.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26

BillingS-Entrance into Montana OF
another large independent OIL grour
with heavy financial hacking is as
sured by the announcement OF Jack
Danciger, vice president OF the Dan.
clger oil & Refining company oi
Kansas City. that his company,
through fhe operations Of fhe Rio
Grande Gulf OH & Gas company. has
appropriated S1.GOO.OOn for the pur-
pose OF prospecting for oil In Montana
and Wyoming. The company already
has leases on 10000 acres II the neigh
horhood OF Baker.
Mr.. Danciger hns spent the last few
days In Montana, comforting with oil
men and looking over the prospects Of
different fields. He came into Bill
lings from Miles City. where he helped
in driving ono Of the first spikes on
the Montana and Wyoming railway.
He then went on 70 Denver. where he
will confer with G. r. Tnpton. n geolo-
gist who is identified with the be-
ginnings OF Cat Greek drilling opera
tons.
w are strictly drlllers and our in
terest Is only In the producing end Of
the game" Mr.. Lupton stated. "Our
reason for coming into Montana is that
we feel that only the surface has been
scratched here. For that reason II mp
peals TO us more than Wyoming and
we are looking around for good loca-
tions. Montana is undoubtedly the
biggest undeveloped field in the coun-
try and we are coming in TO 60. Wild
eating has no terrors for us either"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26
CASPER MAYOR KILLED;
TRAIN STRIKES AUTO

Casper, Wyo.-Mayor w. A. Black
more, age 65, pioneer of Casper and
wealthy oil and real estate man. died
of injuries received when an automo-
bile, in which he and his son, Bob
Blackmore, age 81. were riding, was
struck by the Northwestern, west
bound, passenger train near lllco sta
tlon. II miles west OF here. The may
or's son was badly injured but Is ex-
pected to live.
Apparently the automobile in which
the two were riding back to Casper
from Buckum and Cndoma became
stalled on the railroad tracks just as
the passenger hove in sight. II Is the
only train west. daily, on this line, but
Mayor Blackmore happened on the
truck just about the time the train was
due.
Mayor Blackmore never r%egained
consciousness after being injured. His
son was badly cut up, but apparently
has a good chance for recovery.
Blackmore was elected mayor Of Cas-
per in the fall OF 1927 after a bitter
election. He came 10 Casper about 80
years ago.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26

- Neutrality-suspicious. of an under
standing between the United States
and Mexico again has been revived as
a result OF recent exchanges centerine
about the protection of American lives
and property on Mexican soil.
A restatement of the whole Mexican
attitude. including an explanation OF
legislative proposals to clarity the
much debated article q of the Mexi-
can constitution has been laid before
the Washington government by the
Mexican embassy. and apparently has
been received az an important step
toward agreement. Further discus
sions are in progress at Mexico City
and a public announcement is expected
within a few days.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26
NEAR EAST PEACE
!. FARLEY RENEWED
TT is THOUGHT U. s. WILL PLAY
LEADING PART BEFORE
CONFERENCE ENDS
NEW OIL GROUP IN STATE
Think That Only Surfaces Has Been
Scratched In Montana So Far, and
Decide Biggest Field In coun-
try Can Be Developed

Lausanne.-The near eastern peace
conference, which was so dramatically
ended last February, has been recSi-
vened, and conference circles antici-
pate that the United States may play
the leading role before the curtain
falls on the last act, with the final
scene either the signing of a peace
compact or the renewal Of war.
The prospective Importance of the
United States In the present confer
ence is ascribed to the Turkish parlia-
ment's recent ratification of the Ches-
ter concession, granting extensive
rights for the construction of railroads
ton of mineral properties In a one
within 20 kilometers on either side of
the projected railway line. France and
Great Britain both are looking at this
concession with questioning eyes and,
as economic subjects will form one of
the chief issues In the dispute between
the Turks and the allies. both these
countries may oppose 1t here.
France contends that the Chester
grant conflicts with the railroad con
cesslons received from the old Otto
man government in 1914. on which
France already has advanced 1900
600 Turkish pounds. Great Britain
says If the Chesser concession affects
the inundated territory OF Mosul, as
the newspaper accounts say II does.
then Great Britain Will regard this
concession as nonexistent, so far as II
affects MosuI or any other part of the
Irak territory, which Is under the
British mandate.
The American official attitude, MS
IT is understood here. Will be 10 con
tinue to back the traditional policy Of
the open door and equal opportunity
for all nations.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26
GOVERNMENT STARTS ACTION

Washington. - Injunction proceed
ings TO shut off trading in sugar flu
lures, unless backed by actual owner
ship or control of sugar, have been
instituted In New York by the federal
government. Criminal prosecutions
may follow, to protect the public
against exhorbitant sugar prices.
The first phase of the governments
action against the alleged sugar on
spiracy was completed with institution
of the civil injunction proceedings to
prevent speculative trading on the New
York sugar exchange. The criminal
phase was held in allegiance, but Acting
Attorney General Seymour announced
that 1t was under serious considera-
ton.
Another development in the sugar
situation was a report to President
Harding by the tariff commission.
which found that duties of the new
Fordney-McC lumber tariff act were not
q factor in the recent increase In
sugar prices.
The commission declared the In.
crease was due to other causes and
that IL the tariff was reduced or re
moved the tendency would be to de-
crease production Of American beet
and increase imports Of the for.
eign product.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26
Parade

Tulsa, Okla.-White-robed Kamelias,
".lady klansmen," paraded here recent
ly. The parade was the outstanding
public feature of the two-day conven-
ton of Kamelia delegations from Okla
homa, Kansas and Missouri.
Between 10000 and 10000 people
viewed the procession Of snowy
CARRIED women. Ripples of hand clap
ping played up and down the line Of
march occasionally and now and then
a shout was heard, but in the main,
silence reigned.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26

Cheyenne, Wyo.-An unusual situa
ton may develop in the Salt Greek OF
field as a result of the action taken b,
the Wyoming land board, In awarding
the lease on section 80 of that field ts
the Midwest Refining company on a 6s
per cen royalty basis and then selling
the states royalty to the Mutual Oh
comany, rival of the Midwest.
Section SO has been said by experts
to be the richest tract of petroleum
land In the world. The award has an
estimated value of from S25,000.000 to
s100.000.0O0. Several million barrels of
oil are produced from the section an
nually, according to oil men.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26
MOUNTAINEERING RAILWAY
GOLDEN SPIKE DRIVEN

Miles City Mont.-The golden spike
of the Mountaineering Railway
company was driven on April IS. by G
e. Brown, chairman of the railway
committee of the Miles City chamber
of IN in the presence ofNa large
%concourse OF people. Former Governor
Haskell of Oklahoma who is financing
the project, was represented byf Con.
gresham James McClintoc while Scott
Leavitt, congressman from Montana
represented the Treasure stateA A
number of other addresses were made.
Work will be pushed on the road of
full speed. 1t is expected that the road
will be completed by late fall.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-04-26
MONTANA FREIGHT RATE HEAR.
ING OPENS WITH a SNAP
IN HELENA
INJUNCTION FIRST U. S. STEP
To Shut off Trading In Futures Unless
Backed by Actual Ownership
Or Control OF Sugar.
Conspiracy Charged

Helena.-Attorney General Rankin's
rate hearing, designed TO show that
Montana is not being treated squarely
by the railroads, opened rather snap
PLY here on April 10, and Is expected
to last several weeks. The day was
spent by the attorney general in intro
ducing into evidence figures on operat-
ing earnings and expenses Of railroads.
pHrporting to show that on a mileage
basis Montana trackage of the trans.
state railroads yielded more and cost
less TO operate than trackage of the
rest of the rail systems.
The attorney general was not salts.
fled with the information furnished al
his demand by the roads and demanded
more detailed data. The attorneys for
the roads said IL would require the ser
vices of their auditing staffs six
months and entail a cost of $4,000 a
road to furnish what he wanted. "You
will e. get the information you
want from the Milwaukee" he was
told.
The complaint, filed 10 months ago,
alleges that charges on freight and
passenger traffic entirely within Mon.
tana is out of line, with the charges
on similar traffic for interstate hauls
and that from commerce EN-.
tirely within the state are proportion
ately higher than for the general in
terstate commerce of the railroads.
A score of attorneys and nearly as
many more employees of the rate de
partments OF the transcontinental rail.
roads were in attendance at the open
ing session.