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The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-05-29
escaped CONVICT
GLAD TO RETURN
CHARLES MICHEL WALKS BACK
TO ROAD CAMP AFTER SEVEN
DAYS OF HIKING
First Man Sent to Deer Lodge from
Lake County Says Wants to "Con-
tinue to Pay His Debt to Society;
Induced to Run Away by Another.

Completing a seven-day hike,
Charles Michel, an inmate Of the
state prison At Deer Lodge, who
with another inmate made his es-
cape from the convict road camp
at Hellgate, west of Drummond, q
few weeks ago, has returned to
the camp and gone to work again.
He said he was glad to get back
and have the "chance to continue
paying his debt to society,"" accord
ing to information sent to Warden
M. w. Potter by A. w. Mahan OF
Helena, formerly state engineer, who
is in charge of the convict road camp
since J. w. Cole was recently ap-
pointed warden of the prison.
Michel is serving a sentence of
from five to 10 years, and was the
first man to be sent to prison from
Lake county. He began serving his
term about a year ago, and was abb
sent % days. Upon his return he
said he had been induced to make the
escape by another inmate, who left
with him. Warden Potter said he
was of the belief that Michel would
return, and that he had not escaped
of his own accord, because the day
before he left he Endorsed a check of
$50 sent him from home, and turned
the money yer to the prison officials
for keeping.
After making his escape Michel
went to his home In the Flathead
country, and walked back to the road
camp. This required seven days
time, but enroute he sent word to the
that he was returning. He
walked through the hills, thus cover
ing his course to avoid being taken
by officers, so that no reward could
be claimed for his capture. Warden
said no escape charges would
be placed against Michel.
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STATE ALLOTTED
AIR SQUADRON
TWELVE PLANES WILL BE ADD
ED TO MONTANA MILITIA
AT HELENA
Annual Expenditure in State Capital
VIII be 500, 600, According to Adj
jutant General Sheridan; National
Guard Is Now Nearly Complete.

Announcement that the one hum
dred and f~orty-fourth observation
air squadron, a national guard unit
originally assigned to Oregon, will
be allotted to Montana, is contain
ed in a letter received by Major
Charles u. Sheridan, state adjutant
general, from Major General Geo.
@. Richards, chief of the militia
bureau. The squadron, IL planes,
and about 100 officers and men,
will be stationed in Helena.
The assignment of the squadron
to Montana is upon condition that the
state accepts the provisions of the Of
fer, which will be done by Major
Sheridan.
Designation of Helena as an army
flying field will give that city I'M
usual prominence in aviation circles
and will place Helena on the flyers
map. When the air mail service be-
better established, it is con-
sidered likely that Helena will be on
one of the tra~nscontinental routes.
By having the observation unit in
the capital city, Helena will have two
or three army aviators stationed
there, and mechanics who will also
be constantly employed, will be on
the payroll, meaning an annual ex-
penditure in Helena of around $780,
600. Planes of greater power than
those usually seen in Montana will
be used. The regular army filters
will train the militiamen.
The Montana national guard is
ROW a nearly complete outfit. Or
ganization of the flying squadron
will begin as soon as the militia ap-
preparation bill is enacted.
1t is largely through the efforts
of William G.. Ferguson, secretary of
the Helena Commercial club, that
Montana is obtaining the unit. Ore
gon has failed to proceed with the
organization work, and when the war
department saw that Montana was
anxious to add the air unit to it's
national guard, the assignment was
made to this state.
Mr.. Ferguson, who was in the
air service during the war and is a
reserve officer in the flying corps,
has long been working on the pro-
ject of obtaining an aviation unit for
this state.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-05-29
MONTANA MOTHER POSES
FOR MOTHER PICTURE

The San Francisco Bulletin office
was the stage and Great Falls people
were the actors in a little Mothers
day drama a few days ago.
The art editor had been frantical-
ly hunting an ideal mother to pose
for a Mothers day picture, which was
to be spread on the first page of The
Bulletin OF the day before Mothers
day. He had been at it two days,
seeking prospects in family hotels,
institutions, clubs, tea rOoms-all in
vain. He wanted a pretty mother
gray hair, bright eyes, serene smile.
He had the promise of flowers for
the picture. He had the spectacles.
But he couldn't find the woman that
looked the part. Associates on the
editorial staff volunteered to pose
one had gray hair; another acknowl-
edged a g~randchild. The artist,
knowing them as he did, only answer
ed with whitening looks.
Out in the streets he went again,
continuing his search.
1t was $3.50 o. M, the day before
the picture must be published. A
bright-eyed woman from Great Falls
went into the editorial rooms of The
Bulletin to call on the editor of
"Happyland," the vacation camp that
is maintained up in the hills by The
Bulletin.
The art editor was right behind
her. He had followed her upstairs,
listened while she asked for the
"Happyland" editor, and stood be-
hind her there, registering eagerness,
rapture, appeal-in short, making a
blooming goose Of himself, until the
asked him what he wanted.
81 want that woman to pose for my
Mother picture-gotta have her! Say
followed her on the street, fol
lowed her upstairs; say"
Well, the upshot of it was that she
lid pose for his ideal picture of
Mother.
This ideal Mother is Mrs. ]. H.
Hall of Great Falls, mother of Judge
Il. c.. Hall of Great Falls. She is
her daughter, Doris, in San
Mrs. Hall is a sister of
Hrs. F. F. Goss of Harlowton.
The editor of "Happyland" is Miss
lucille Carson, formerly of Great
Falls.
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HOW RURAL PRESS HAS
DEVELOPED ITS POWER

TIME PATH of evolution of the
country press In the future is in
the direction of forming public
opinion, says Charles Moreau Harger,
editor of the Abilene, Kan, Reflector
in an article In the April number OF
Scribner's Magazine. Mr.. Harger,
who has been editor of the Reflector
since 1888 and who was formerly a
lecturer in the department of jour
nalism at the University of Kansas,
in his article traces the development
of the country press from the old
days of the political ~fire-eaters when
phrases like "our esteemed but
loathed contemporary" we're banded
about, to the present highly develop
ed news sheets lacking in editorial
force, and predicts that the period of
readjustment will make the rural
press more powerful than ever be-
fore.
Elements in the change are the in
PRODUCTION Of the direct primary with
it's attendant political advertising,
and increased interest in the finan-
cial side Of the paper. The country
papers have ceased to be mere party
organs and are more nearly news
papers," says MI. Harger. Whereas
many editors used to be tOtter1ng on
the edge of bankruptcy, now most of
the country papers are on a sound
financial basis with well equipped
plants. But with the increased area
of distribution of the city dailies and
the incursion of the farm papers, the
peak of numbers is apparently past.
The home constituency has come
to depend on the farm journals for
discussion of immediate problems, re-
sulting in a swaytng by mass instead
of by units, by sections of the coun-
try rather than by separate commu-
mites.
From a financial point Of view, In
business efficiency and in the com
pleteness with which 1t reports the
news-from the painting of Aunt
Melissa's fence to the session OF the
Rotary club-the modern country
paper shows a notable progress over
it's predecessor. Probably there is
a subconscious feeling on the part
Of the editors that the incursion of
the city dailies on the local field, the
large circulation of the farm papers,
and the magazine reading constantly
among the rural pOpula-
ton make it less necessary to devote
effort to the opinion side of the
Rural carriers take city daily
by the hundreds from every
Of size. These issues r de-
before noon over most OF the
The readers have the gen.
sral news and its Interpretation long
before the local paper can reach the
Asked especially OF the
nome paper are the intimate happen
ngs the doings of neighbors, and the
activities of local organizations
"The country press, as 1t grows
nto a more stable economic position,
With the number of its plants finally
into a sound ratio to the pos
gib1e support, has possibilities for
,volution In its opinion-making func-
ion.
"The country editor has In his
lands a powerful lever. Perhaps he
8 too busy just now to use It; but
: there beckons q larger service
or the community and for the broad
r undertakings in social betterment
-. The period of readjustment
through which the rural press Is pass
ng will in the end make it more pow
rful than ever in its history"
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westinghouse is estimated that
3,038,283 veterans will be entitled
to the insurance policies provided
by the soldier bonus bill enacted in
to law, while 389,583 will be paid
cash of $50 or less. The bill also
provides for payment to dependents
of deceased veterans Of the amount of
adjusted service compensation to
which they should be entitled. Ad-
justed service compensation is fig
ured on the basis of 81 a day for
home service and $1.25 a day for
overseas service. The first sixty
days cannot be counted. Also a maxi
mum of 500 days would be allowed.
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Great Falls-Great Falls is be-
coming a healthier city to live in,
measured by the vital statistics col
lected by the bureau of the census
in Washington, D. G.. During 1923
the death rate dropped from IL to 9.4
a thousand, and the birth rate in
creased from 1852 to 27.6. The in
FAINT mortality rate in Great Falls
was A deaths a thousand in 1928
compared with 83 a thousand in
1922.
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WHEN DID 1T
HAPPEN?


when was the battle OF
Sanders Creek, South Carolina?
2-When did the Russian drive
on Asia Minor begin?
3-When was the ancient Ro-
man decemvirate sent to Greece?
when was Edward Campion,
celebrated English Jesuit, executed?
5-When was the British steam.
ship Falaba sunk by German
U-boat?
Answers to these queries will b.
printed tomorrow.
ANSWERS.
to Saturdays questions.
THE German plot for the
invasion of the United States
was revealed March /, 1917.
Austria began to lombard
Belgrade. July 20, 1914.
Skiing Constantine, Of Greece,
dismissed Premier venizelos. DC.
tober. 8, 1915.
flames Russell Lowell wrote
"A Fable for Critics in 1S4S.
ga papal legate was sent to
the Khan of Tatary in 1245.
Copyright. 1924. King Feature,
Syndicate. 1pc.)
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Foxy Grandpa's Story
WHY WHALES NOW HAVE AN EASY TIME.

sperm-whale yields ambergris,
which was used In making per-
fume and for other purposes.
Now, this whale, as 1 have told
you, is a right whale" explained.
Unlike his cousin. the sperm.
whale, he strains everything he
eats through a sieve in his throat.
1t was from this sieve that come
the whalebones which were so
much used in making dresses and
corsets for the woman of half a
century ago."
Then" said Bobby, cit is the
sperm-whale that gives the ivory
like teeth we saw in the museum
the last time we visited it?"
Right" 1 exclaimed.
THE sperm-whale can swallow
fish that are much larger than
those this whale can eat--is that
also right?" Bobby asked.
1t isl 1 declared.
Well said Bobby with a
chuckle, then it must have been
a sperm-whale that swallowed
JonahP'
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EVER BEEN LONESOME? ]
The Famous Writer Gives Recipe Worth Trying By All
Those Who Would Have Joyous and Happy
HOLIDAYS

In moment Florence had pi-
loted her guests to a remote cor
ner Of the restaurant. How those
boys enjoyed the table-d'hote din
ner that followed They didn't
omit a single trimming. Soup,
turkey, cranberry sauce. mashed
potatoes, squash, pumpkin pie,
ice-creamal all rapidly disappeared.
So the expense didn't worry her.
Coming out of the restaurant
with her three charges, Florence
nearly bumped into Mr.. Sherman.
an acquaintance from her office
who, although a newcomer, held
a very good position.
why, Miss King" exclaimed
the young man, what does this
mean may ask? a Sunday
school class?"
She explained that the boys
hade made her Thanksgiving dim
ner a complete success by shar-
ing it with her and that now they
were all four going to the hos
pital with flowers for Pedro's
father.
"Of course" said Mr.. Sherman,
with twinkle in his eye, Il
don't wish to intrude. But do
you think you could include me
in your party? l can qualify for
membership in your lonesome
club. My family-that means my
father and mother-live in Min
nesota. And l haven't a plan for
today.
May I go to the hospital with
your party, then take you all out.
for a ride in an open barouche
through the park?"
And SO Florences Thanksgiv-
ing wasn't the least bit lonely.
This year she'll be still happier.
For the friendship which began
so impersonally by trying TO cheer
a lonely day for three waits led.
to romance. She and Arthur Sher-.
man have just returned from their.
honeymoon.
But the real secret of Danish
ing loneliness-you can prove. IL
for yourself today-can be ex-
pressed in five words: Do some,
thing for somebody quickly. This
viii make you one with the great
host who are royalty adding to
the good cheer Of the world. And
what better way is there to at
tract and express love and graft,
tude?
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when, it started. What does a
fellow Of nineteen know about
choosing a life partner? You're
peach, and like you very
much, but, then-well, do you
think we should go through with
it?',
She endured anguish as the
young very often do in these ex-
IRENE shiftings Of her moods.
She waited, almost sickened, for
Danes answer. She poured into
her hot thoughts like frag-
rant, crystalline dew this an
swer: Nora Lee, you lear. dear
thing, I'm dying to get home,
but half afraid because Of you.
Lately I've had a notion you
don't care so much. Perhaps its
because can't get over oeiug
lonely here. but I was iRlst about
desperate when your last letter
came. I've been giddy rs a fool
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knHAR she blows!" Bobb

20" HAIR she blows Bobby
shouted.
- knew that Bobby had
sighted a whale, because he had
learned that phrase from an old
whaler. You know that is what
the whalers say when they see
whale spouting - Thar she
blows!'
looked off to sea, for we were
on the seashore in the Far North.
Sure enough, there was the UNI
mistakable spray of whale
shooting straight up out Of the
ocean.
He's pretty close to shore"
said Bunny.
II should say he isl I ex-
claimed. For the whale was now
very close inshore and was com
ing nearer every minute.
do whales ever get ship
wrecked?" asked Bobby, wide
eyed with excitement.
Hardly" / chuckled. But
they do get whale-wrecked
Sometimes they work so far in
shore that the receding tide
leaves them high and dry, but
that seldom happens"
II wish this one would, and yet
hope he doesn't" said Bobby,
as another spout of water shot
up closer inshofe than before.
We stood by the waters edge.
breathless. Into the surf came
the whale, laundering around
helplessly, caught by the tide TOO
close to the rocks IN shallow
water to swim out.
There the whale struggled for
an hour, and soon on the beach
he floundered-as fine a specimen
of right whale as you would wish
to see.
II guess that whale is worth
a lot Of money" Bunny observed
as he viewed the giant Of the
seas.
Thousands of dollars" said /.
But fifty years ago he would
nave been far more valuable. In
deed, all whales were worth more
money years ago. This is a right
whale, but before / show you the
most interesting thing about this
whale, let me tell you about the
isperm-whale.
"The sperm.whale," 1 went on,
is the whale that gives the
spermaceti from which our an-
cestors made candles. Also the
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WHO SAID TT
AND WHERE

"MEN may rise on stepping
stones Of their dead selves
to higher things"
We can make failures aids to
greater success, Tennyson says
in I'm Memoriam."
Strength of mind is exercise,
not rest"
The mind is strengthened by
exercise, Pope writes in his "Es-
say on Man."
Copyright, 1924. King Features
Syndicate. Incl
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BY Beatrice Fairfax.
Who Occupies Unique Position in
the Writing World as an Au-
thOrity on Problems OF Love
and Marriage.

and Marriage.
TTAVE you ever been thorough
~ lonesome actually home
sick with a longing for
dear familiar home surroundings
and faces which made you posi-
lively i'll?
Yes? Then you know what
Florence went through the first
months after she came to the
city. She had graduated from
the village high school, CONNER
cial course. There was little for
her to do on the small farm that
the others could not easily attend
to. So 1t was logical that she
should journey to the city 200
miles away and present her letter
Of Introduction to the head of a
big importing firm.
Soon she found herself busy at
substitute stenographic work.
From that she progressed to a Sec
retarial position. So the problem
of work was solved.
The problem Of loneliness
proved less simple. 1t was a
comfort to send mother a money
order each week that helped lift
the mortgage from the dear little
home. And days at the office
flew quickly because they were
busy.
Florence made few pleasant
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acquaintance. but she GAS quiet
and unobtrusive and dioA't easily
form friendships. The result was
that she awol1e on Thanksgiving
morning with the dreadful realiza-
lion that she was not invited
anywhere that she naust face
Thanksgiving alone.
Even the beautiful church serv-
ice she attended didn't lift the
burden from her heart. In this
frame Of mind she approached
the restaurant where she planned
to dinea little restaurant that
specialized in roasting fowls on
splits before an open grill.
Three shabby youngsters were
looking through the window fas-
cinated by the sight of the
plump roasting turkeys. The
oldest, a boy of about ten, Flor
ence recognized. He was Bill,
the wide-awale newsie from whom
she bought her evening paper.
Gee, Bill" the smallest boy
was confiding. II sure would
like some O. that there turkey.
Look how brown it is-GoshY'
Suddenly a bright idea occurred
to Florence.
Hello, Bill"-she smiled en-
couragingly. Bill returned the
smile and touched his shabby
little cap.
"Bill, will you and your two
friends be my guests for a tur-
key dinner here in the restaurant?
I'd be delighted if you would"
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MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
Helen Rowland

A LII the self-control in the
A world won't prevent a man
4 a from 'skidding" when
woman sprinkIes his path with
her tears.
X *R
The man who makes a fine art
! of lovemaking may sometimes
take himself seriously. but he IS
always surprised and hurt if
woman does.
4 \ 4
The girl who is welded to both
a job and husband faces all the
problems of a bigamist. If shs
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HELEN ROWLAND a woman Just
how the country ought to be run
can't tell her why he put the
screwdriver in the medicine chest
and left his hat in the baby's
crib.
Most men are cultivating u
Tine as a substitute for love-
making. But a good Zine" Is
just a labor-saving device1-a won
derful invention for the conserya-
ton of mental energy.
\ \ X
Somehow the switch from
sweetheart to wife seems to turn
off the current of a woman's per-
sonal magnetism.
X 4 4
Telephones are very rare in
Spain-probably because they
need no "alibi machines in a
country where a lover says IT
with his eyes and his guitar, ami
"a husband just stays out until
he is ready to come home, and
makes no apologies.
X X X
Perhaps the reason man al
ways SO hates to answer a WON
I Ems questions is because he has
a premonition that he is going
to have an awfully hard time
living up to his own answers.
X X X
It's getting so that most society
women marry serially-but not
seriously.
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w H E N IN
DOUBT
When a Letter Is Lost

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
- Several weeks ago I received
wedding gift. Through an over
sight the letter of thanks was not
mailed. did not know it until
today. Do owe the friends an
apology? Shall / write them
letter of thanks now? 1 would
appreciate very much your telling
me how to atcne for my seeming
ungratefulness.
CONSTANT READER.
WRITE a letter Of thanks at
" once and explain the circuln-
stance. am sure your friends
win understand. Or you might
send the unmailed letter with an
accompanying explanation.
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RECIPES OF
CONTESTANTS
Icing for Top Of Cake
cupful Of confectioners sugar.


l cupful of confectioners sugar.
! tablespoonful Of melter butter.
Shredded pulp of 1 orange.
Cream the butter and sugar,
add the orange pulp and heat
smooth. Then spread over the
top Of the cake. Have sections
of orange well drained and rolled
in graduated sugar and finely
crushed almonds and arrange to
form a border around the cake
before the icing is dry. These
sections must not be juicy or
they will thin the icing and make
1t run.--MARIE EULALIE
MORAN, 2416 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest.
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tries to hold
onto her jon
she loses malt
the sweetness
of home aad
maria
if she gives
up her job and
tries to hold
onto her NUS
band she loses
her identity.
= .
Many a man
who can tell
- -
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NORA LEE : By EIenore Meherin
Writer Of Great Serial Chickie Presents New Novel Of
Modern Life, Conferred on the Heart and the
Mind Of the "Flapper'

sinceyou dear, blue eyed love
of thing"
She laughed and kissed the
pages. No friendship with Max
was worth one little happy word
from Dane! She would quit fir
tation. But she didn't.
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CHAPTER LIx.
Fools All.

1t was o'clock Saturday. In
all the big office buildings, the
dressing rooms were crowded
with girls dolling for the after
noon off. They were impatient,
filled with plans. They ysore
neckpieces or fur coats and
cream-colored gloves. Grant ave-
nue., expecting these fervid week
~ shoppers and eager to welcome
them, struck a festive dressed
up, holiday note.
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow
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The Fianee As An Escort

NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Is it proper that when a
young lady receives an invita-
ton to a wedding that her fl
ance escort her or does he need
an individual invitation.
"PERPLEXED.
It is not necessarily understood
Il that her fiance escort her, but
she may ask him to do so if she
wishes.
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A Note of Thanks


DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
- When giving bride gift
to first wedding anniversary,
is it necessary to send a sepa-
rate card through the mail?
2. When girl receives a
birthday or Christmas gift from
a man should she send him a
card Of thanks, after thanking
him in person?
8. Is it proper for an unen-
gagged girl to take a gift from a
man friend,
ELIZA B..
~ 2. Don't send a card" Of
thanks. 1t is best to send a note
of thanks.
3. Nothing of any value.
Girls Who Go Unchaperoned
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
IledSe tell me II 1T is
good form for two young girls to
go alone to chop mouse in the
evening after the theater.
BETTE.
INDEED it is NOT. You would
= lay yourself open to very
severe criticism and you would,
unfortunately, deserve it,
Copyright, 1924. Premier Syndicate
1nc)
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Rernorse Comes.

She kept her face turned reso.
lutely from Margaret's teakwood
desk, where Danes picture with
the tenderness, the grin Ind the
white fire of youth all alignt
watched her.
After a moment she dashed
over and took up his picture. She
kissed it and shook with sobs:
oh, what am 1? What am II?
Why did you go away? Why did
You leave me?''
She sat down and wrote a LIT.
ter that made Dane Herrick's
ears flame and she blood pound
IN his heart; that poured sweet.
mad fire into the pit Of his really
aching want of her.
The letter posted, devastating
remorse pushed her to The brink
OF melancholy. He would think
she was gone wild. He would see
her for a blazing, 1nrestrained
creature Of emotion. He would
not want her. Suppose MS feel.
ing had changed? 'oh, well
Nora Lee, we were oaiy kids