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INDEPENDENT
NJ 50, : SHE
SAYS
Mrs. Mary Fastnaught Gets
Pension for Husbands serv-
ices in Mexican War.

The Mexican war of the late
forties Is still very vital matter
t0 Mrs. Mary Fastnaught. 23as w
street northwest.
Because herr husband: then Il
Young German boy just arrived in
the United States, went out under
the AmeEIcsins flag to fiaist in this
war. Mrs EasfIlaught. WHO recently
celebrated her llinety.fif th birthday.
receives Al pension cheek for $40
every month, - y
These snecks are sufficient Tor
an old laaE like me, who has never
been out Of the District az g0lull.
bia, to live on, Mrs. FaetnaafBla1
says.
And although she lives with one
OF her sons and one Of her daugEl.
ters; the $50 every Government pay
day makes her, as she calls it, ian
Independent woman"
Mrs. Fastnauglit was born in the
District between Woodiey lane and
Tennalytown. which was gat the
time Of her birth, considerable
ways out IN the country
She met her 5husbanda George
Fastnaught. shortly after he re.
turned from two years service IN
the Southwest ana married him
after a brief courtship.
A. few years later she was forced
to give him up for q few years
while he served in the Union army
In the civil war.
Her husband then settled, down.
she says, and went about his bust
ness as q payer to provide for his
wife and nine children. He died in
1890 and was buried In Prospect
Hill. ~, I, \. .ss.,.-s-.--=
Five Of Mrs. Fastnaught's chil.
dren ara stu living,
There are. in addition, seven
grandchildren and six great grand
children. all Of whom live In the
District.
Mrs. Fastnaught passes most Of
her time just sitting around and
thinking. and every now and then
doing a little sewing, She didn't
learn bow TO read very well when
she was gtrl, she says. :
For the past two years she has
not been we'll enough to leave her
home.
But I'm getting. better now, .
she said yesterday
Mrs. Fastnaught's children are
Edward and Mrs. Jane Hill. vino
live with her: Mrs. Emma Mutl1.
Mrs. Mary Heimsen. and George
Fastnaught, veteran of the Spanish.
American war. who lives at the
Soldiers Home. s+
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SCRATCH.
MARS COINS
BEAUTY
The ccnnoisseur Says Age Is
But One incentive in Col
Getting Rare Medals.

q 3 Z ~ tS.slH8AL &
The. Senate bill aiithorIzing coili-
age Of 1000. 900 fifty cont pieces in
conlp1emOrati0n Of the BEGINNING Of
the work of the Stone Mountain
Memorial to, the Confederate heroes
which lis being carried out by Gut
zon HOrgluna, the famous sculptor,
and 4tIle issuing by Il he United
States mint of the new Huguenot
halE dollar in cOmfnOfation of the
Itetesntenaf.y of the founding Of
thes, New Netherlands, makes q
short outline Of the medaNic art
appropriate; at this time. X
gthtng could be q greater mis-
take than to think that any elm
or medal a hundred years old must
necessarily command an almost
prohibitive price,, As. matter of
E4acts interesting coins and medals
are within the reach of almost any
one for a remarkably small outlay.
OF course tremendous prices are
given for raritiss, but coin ard
medal. electors in this country sem
more interested I'M early comet
United States cents which exhibit
this slight variation or that, than
in collecting for purely the beauty
and the historic charm meddaIic
art exhibits.
There are various medals init.
mateiy connected with American
history. though many Of them have
been executed by alien artists
However, with the example set by
augustus Saint Gaudens, Frederick
Mac onnies. Victor d. Bremen,
Paul Manship, James Earle Fraser,
John Flanagan and others, it Is
to be hoped that more of our art
lists, will turn to this, field, and
that more encouragement, public
and private, win be given in 1t. B
Fine medals and coins should se
tenderly treated. Every scratch
mars their beauty. Each should Sc
kept protected from abrasion. IN
is vandalism to- subject medal
or coin to an unskilleds securing
Tor scraping.
At the end of the fifteenth cen
tury the making of dies, as it was
then practired permitted only de-
signs for very. low. relief to be
struck and of small circumference.
Coins like the United States double
eagle designed by Saint Gaudeas
could not then have been attemrlt-
ed. It repnained for the begin
ming Of the sixteenth century Ia
witness the Inauguration of tie
art OF striking. medals from engras-
ed dies. The modern process Of
reducing models by means Of aa
clever mechanical instrument an
ables the medalist to work out the
relief without size restrictions, from
which the reduced size for the
medal is finally obtained with alb
solute fidelity. The change frosn
casting to striking medals greatly
affected the art of the medaiist
which Yasari observed, is "a work
most difficult by artists as II ho.dS
the mean 9Jetween painting auE
sculpture" 80
The Washington times., 1924-04-01
NEBRASKA TO REDUCE
RETAIL GASOLINE COST

LINCOLN, Nab, April 1..-GoX
erner Charles Bryan announces he
Is prepared to go extensively into
the gasoline business and, with the
cooperation of cities, clubs. and
committees in dispensing to the
consumer, uTlderseH the market ;
to A cenfssa gallon.
=. The governor displayed a tele,
gram from producer offering
6.O00p00 gallons Of highest gasO.
line at the rate of 500, 900 gallons
a month and indicated he had other
supplies available. i
. Governor Bryan declared the
country isl flooded with gasoline,
and predicted a lower price soon.
: He asserts he has reduced coal
Dealers profits by his municipal
coal yard while mayor Of Lincoln
and his State coakdistributing or
ganization since becoming governor.
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HISTORIC WITCH HOUSE"
OF Z. WILLIAMS BURNS

h. SALEM, Mass, April 1.-The
Witch House, saieni's Oldest build,
ing. in which. in 1892. Jonathan Cor
win, one of the witch judges" con.
Quoted his Investigations and trials,
was damaged by fire. The blaze,
originating in a laundry in an an.
mex, broke through the garnet of ,ahe
witch house., seriously damaging
many relics and resulting in smoke
end water damage to the rest Of the
building. Aportlon Of the roof was
burned away.
The wooden structure, built Iii
1858, was the home of Roger viii.
Hams when, in January, 1886, he fisd
INTO Rhode Island after incurring
the displeasure Of the Puritans.
The Washington times., 1924-04-01
RHODE ISLAND SOCIETY
ELECTS w. J.. CRANE HEAD

William j. Crane was elected
temporary president Of the Rhode
Island State Society of the District
at the second meeting held last
night. Other temporary officers
chosen are Edward NJ. Flanagan.
vice president; Miss Irene ID. Glad
ding, recording secretary; Miss. LII
liam Mcmahon. corresponding sec-
rotary; William J., Mahoney, treas.
urer; Daniel Heffernan, historian:
Henry s. Wheeler. chairman: Mrs.
Thomas r. Finan, George e. Nc
Alear, DIR. Earl B. Frank, Miss
Mullen and Thomas o. Gardner,
executive committee.
Decision has been reached TO hold
the membership list open until
June. Congressman. Clark Burdick,
at whose suggestion the society
was started some weeks ago, pre-
sided last night until temporary
officers were elected.
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the Arcade last night, voted to ask
the notables to be the committees
guests.
DR.. y. W Mackenzie, chairman
of the parade committee. announced
that he had received applications for
more than $50 automobiles and other
vehicles. including floats, for entry
in the line of march.
DIR. Mackenzie will be marshal OF
the parade. assisted by Vice Marshal
Norman w. Oyster and twelve Co.
slumbia Heights business men as
aides.
Entrants are to assemble at $50,
the parade beginning an hour later.
In case of rain. the parade viii be
postponed until Monday Fioati
promised are from Peoples Drug
Stores, the Park Savings Bank, the
Arcade Company, and the Four.
teenth. street dog hospitals.
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Statistics Fail TO Tell
Just Why Men Leave.
Their Homes

NEW YORK, April 1.-Why.
men leave home lis an open.
question, according to Leonard
MCGEE, chief counsel for the
Legal Aid Society, whose annual
report for 1928 today Indicated
q decrease Of domestic difficulty
cases of $40 IS compared with
the preceding year,
In some cases married men
leave home because Of incom-
patibility; j in others. other
women lured them, MCGEE ex-
planned. In the majority Of
eases he attributed the desertion
to Just plain cOwardice--a man
with . guilty conscience, who
couldn't overcome the COM
plaints Of q neglected wife,
The society, which acts as first
aid to deserted families, last
year issued b pamphlet eonS.
piled by McGee esi.
Commanders for iEeS and
Ten Commandments for HIS
bands" These. were followed bv,
= declaration that niothefssilis
law and other tsin-laws" were
mostly responsible for domestic
friction. -
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HISTORIC BEARD LOST ]
IN BIG FOREST FIRE

HARRISBURG, April 1.-other
things besides trees fall a victim to
forest fires, according to the bulle-
tin OF the State forestry depart.
ment for last week. Under the cap
ton, "An Unusual Fire." the, bulle-
tin says:
Zone of the most picturesque
foremen on the Pennsylvania sys-
tenn is Joseph Cola, who lives at
Penfield and has charge OF the low
grade branch of the Allegheny di-
vision, 1t is reported that from the
time he first entered the service in
1881 he has never shaved. His long
gray beard attracts no end OF atten.
ton and has served In making him
a well-known man. While fighting
a forest fire the beard caught fire
and part of 1t was consumed before
he got the blaze extinguished."
The Washington times., 1924-04-01
EMIoRANTs TO AMERICA
CROWD HAMBURG DOCKS

HAMBURG, April /. Hamburg
has become the gateway to North
and South America for the travellers
of eastern European states. Accord
ing to emigration statistics, 81, 400
persons passed through Hamburg
last year bound for the United
States and $1,000 for South Amefi.
can countries.
All told, 1918 persons EN-
barked from here last year.. Or
about 81 per cent more than during
1922. OF these, 73,00G were Ger
mans, the others being from the
various countries OF eastern Europe.
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PARADE To.
MARK TIVOL|
OPENING
Commissioners, chairmen of
D. G. Committees and Harry
crandaIl May Head Line.

The District Commissioners, the
chafrmen Of the Senate and House
District committees and Harry Cram
dali are to be asked to ride at the
head of the community automobile
parade Friday night, to celebrate
the opening Of the !Tivoli, new Gran.
dali Fheater. at Fourteenth, street
and Park road. &
The communities Tivolf opening
celebration committee, meeting IN
The Washington times., 1924-04-01
War on Japanese Beetle.

YARDLEY, Pa. April 1.-Anthor-
tiles are going after the Japanese
beetle early this year, and Bucks
county commissioners have appro-
priated $1,000 toward the fund be-
ing raised in the State to fight it.
all the interstate bridges to prevent
the ingress Of merchandise that
might lead to the propagation Of
the beetle
The Washington times., 1924-04-01
Aged Hermit Slain.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j.; April 1.
John T. Haines. a negro hermit
years old, living in the
woods mile back Of Elwood. was
found dying on tie floor of his
shack. He had been struck on the
head, apparently, with an AK. ard
there was n bullet wound in his
The Washington times., 1924-04-01

MRS. MARX FASTNAUGHT.
Ninety-five years old, who il one
Of the few remaining women who
receive pensions from the Mexi-
can War. Her husband, George
FastnaugIIt, veteran Of that war
and the Civil War, died i'm 1880.
Mrs. Fastnaught's pension has
been Increased from 50 q month
at that time to $50 month";. She
has never been out Of the Dis
trfct Of Columbia.
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Why Few Escape
Tooth trouble caused by film
Why 50 many teeth are cloudy

You know how teeth discolor
and decay, despite the daily brush
ing. Dingy teeth and injured teeth
became almost universal.
Now millions of people use a
new method of teeth cleaning. They
combat the hlm-the great enemy
OF teeth. This is to show you by
. free test how much that new
way means.
How film clouds and
ruins teeth
Film Is the great tooth enemy
that viscous film you feel No Of
binary tooth paste effectively COM
bats it, 90 much of il clings and
stays.
FILM becomes discolored, FORM
ing dingy. coats, which mar the
beauty OF the teeth. Il makes them
unclean and unsightly.
Film also holds food substance
which ferments and forms acid. II
holds the acid in contact with the
teeth to cause decay. Germs breed
BY millions in it. They, with tar
tar, are the chief cause Of pyorrhea.
EEat is how teeth are ruined.
E w ri
Modern eciAvrAs ha. Il:..A......s
The Washington times., 1924-04-01

Send the coupon for q To-Day
Tube. Note how clean the teeth
feel after using. Marx the absence
Q, the viscous film. See how teeth
become whittier as the flm-coats
disappear.
In one week you win realize that
you and yours should always use
this method. Cut out coupon now.
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How film clouds and
ruins teeth

Modern science. has discovered
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two effective Aim combatants. One
disintegrateS the film at all stages
Of formation. One removes il with
out harmful securing.
Dental authorities, after careful
tests, have given these methods
their endorsement. A new-ty6e
tooth paste has been created to ap-
ply them daily. The name is Pep
sodent.
Leading dentists everywhere be-
gan to advise it. Now careful peo-
pie Of some 50 nations use this
method every day.
Unique results, and
delightful
Pepsodent brings unique results,
amazing and delightful.
It does more than fight hIm. Il
mliltiplies the alkalinity of the
saliva, which is there to neutralize
mouth acids. II multipliea the ply
ain in saliva. which 10 there 10
digest starch deposits on teeth.
These combined results bring
one at once a new conception Of
what clean teeth mean. Anew era
in teeth cleaning.
The Washington times., 1924-04-01

THE CONNOTssEUR
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WOOL CLIPS BRING
At TO s. CENTS
STRONG MARKET THIS SPRING is
PREDICTED BY MONTANA
GROWERS
Department of Agriculture Statistics
Show Last Years Wool Production
Lowest Since 1899, With Exception
of Years of 1921 and 1922.

Arrival of spring and the close ap-
proach of the shearing season have
brought frequent predictions of a
strong wool market this year that
are apparently verified by several
sales of 1928 clips during the last
few weeks. Half dozen or more
sales of stored Montana wool have
been closed during the last week
with prices ranging from AZ to So
cents, which means, with the hand
ling and storage charges deducted,
a net value of from 43 to At cents to
the grower.
Two outstanding sales have been
made in the last few days that com
manded the price of So cents, net
of at least At cents These figures
apply to the top grades, with the
lower quality ranging downward
three and four cents. Reports of the
sales were received in Great Falls.
The low production figures apply
ing to the 1923 wool crop are cred
tied with the upward trend of the
wool market this spring. According
to statistics gathered by the depart
ment of agriculture, the United
States last year raised but one-half
the wool normally consumed at home
each year. Domestic wool produc-
lion for 1928 is estimated by the de-
Dartment to have totaled 273,000, 900 |
pounds, the lowest since 1899 with |
he exception of the years 1921 and |
1922.
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SELECTING PURE BRED SNRES
FOR THE DAIRY HERD


ally during this time that seven-day
tests are made. The following rec
ords of Lady Perfection Korndyke
show the variations in percentage of
butter fat in the yearly and the seven
dau factc
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as incorporators. The townsite was
described in the charter, it containing
800 acres.
1t appears, however, that the name
of Prickly Pear did not stick to the
new Town and that it was always
known as Montana City
The first territorial legislature
created the county of Jefferson, in
which Montana City, in spite of the
many subsequent changes in county
lines throughout the territory and
the state, is still located, and it was
made the county seat of that new
county. At that time the settlement
consisted of Is or 20 log cabins, the
most prominent of which was Char
ley Hollenbeck's store, a building
constructed of logs. with a square
front of boards. Bill Whitstone had
a small saloon little further down
the gu1ch, where he sold whisky at
rs cents per drink.
Montana City did not long retain
the seat of county government as at
the next election the county seat was
moved to Radersburg, more popul-
BUS and more promising mining camp
across the range on the eastern slope
IF the Elkhorn range.
Today Montana City is not even
ghost town-it is nothing more than
| memory.
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A T this time there is large num-
IA Der of farmers who are inter-
Il "a ested in obtaining pure bred
sires for building up their dairy
herds Since many bulls will be
bought upon results made by female
ancestors in seven-day tests, it is
we'll worth while considering the
merits of the seven-day test as basis
for Judging an animal. l may may
that those who are about to buy their
first pure-bred bulls are to be con-
graduated as their future success
as dairymen will depend largely up
on the kind of sires they are using.
Since the chief consideration in
selecting a bull is that he will have
high producing daughters, and since
the performance of the offspring
must often be judged by the perform
ance of the ancestors, the test rec
ords made are of considerable inn
portance. In the matter of the seven
day test period, however, it is well
to remember that the percentage of
butter fat in the milk during the |
seven-day test period usually runs
from one-half to one per cent higher
than will be shown in yearly aver
age. Cows calving in excellent physi-
,al condition produce milk during the
lew weeks Immediately following of
high butter fat content and it is usu
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tined areas is prohibited The same
restriction applies to manure. The
manufacture of cheese in the closed
Guaranteed areas is prohibited, and
the sale of milk and cream is sur
rounded with effective restrictions,
dealing especially with pasteurization
of products and sterilization of cans
and equipment. Owners cannot leave
infected premises without changing
their clothes and disinfecting their
Shoes"
Live stock authorities state that
there is no reason for alarm in Mon
tana but that there is reason for
every cattle man in this and every
other state to know of the disease
and it's seriousness and if need for
quarantine should come there must
be the most careful observation of
restrictions laid down and closest
possible cooperation between all in
dividuals and state and federal au-
thorities.
While foot-and-mouth disease is
primarily a disease of cattle, other
farm animals are susceptible in vary
ing degrees. There are other dis
eases that are more malignant, but
none causes greater losses because of
its extreme contagiousness. The
very rapid spread of the disease
threatens the entire livestock indus
try of the country, once an outbreak
starts, and for that reason rapid and
drastic action is necessary for its con-
troll. There have been seven pre-
vious outbreaks in the history of the
United States but in all cases they
have been controlled before great |
Roadway had been made. The out
break in 1914, which was probably |
the most serious of all, required a |
year and a half of strenuous effort |
before it was cleaned up.
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otherwise between buyer and seller
There must be not more than trace
of scab, marks must be small and
only small percentage of the tubers
can be affected. Only very slight in
fections of rhizoctonia are permissa-
Bile. There must be practically no
blackleg or soft rots. Only one-half
of one per cent of variety mixtures
are allowed, off-type tubers are elm
mated and there must be very few
potatoes showing second growth or
growth cracks.
Rogueing is one of the important
operations in producing high class
seed and must be done promptly and
efficiently throughout the season.
Weak and backward plants should
be eliminated early in the season as
their condition is often due to disease,
and their removal prevents the
spread of such disease to other
plants.
Complete instructions for the pro-
duction of certified seed potatoes may
be had from F. M. Harrington, Mon
tana State College, Bozeman.
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MONTANA CITY
Continued from Feature page.)

kNOutiHuSu rum redture rage
be commenced shortly. Thus YOU
see, from the rapid progress we are
making, there soon will be a city
here, which, for business, wealth and
population, may ere long rival Vir-
ginia and other of its older sister
towns.
"The city is being built upon a
large level and beautiful piece of
ground, some two miles below the
toll gate and where the Benton road
leaves the creek (Prickly Pearl. 1t
will possess many advantages over
the little towns started further up
the creek-in fact, this is the only
location where town of any size
could successfully be located. Being
in central part of the country, the
county seat will probably be moved
hither, as Gallatin, the former one,
is totally depopulated.
"Prickly Pear gulch extends from
Is to 20 miles from the head, down
a creek of the same name. All the
bars seem to pay we'll The bed of
the stream has not yet been properly
tested. Some have gone down almost
to the bed rock and got good pros
poets. The water impeded further
progress. Several companies are
preparations to feel for the
rock and if the bed of the stream
can be properly opened, we do not
see why there will not be good dig
gings found.
''Mr Merritt brought from Iowa |
With him, saw mill, which is only
hree miles above Montana. The |
mill will be in operation shortly and
rom the splendid timber growing
lere lumber can be furnished at COM
,aratiyely cheap rates. Thus build
ng as well as mining will be much
facilitated by Mr.. Merrill's enter
rise"
Under an act of the first territorial
legislature Montana Town was in
orporated, this name being changed
0 Prickly Pear under authority of
n act approved February 6, 1865.
which chartered the Prickly Pear
own company, with James Curly,
l. M. Hill, A. H. Moulton, C. G. Hall
ack, T. G. Merrill and A. Alderman