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Belt Valley times., 1924-06-05
cRARY WRITES FROM Los

A. /. Crary is still in Los Angeles
An extract from letter to E. r.
Sundormeier reads as follows:
conditions out here are not very
good. The slump started last fall1and
there are thousands and thousands Of
men out Of work. When we came last
fall you could hardly get room for
love or money, but now everywhere
you 60 there are signs out for rooms
and apartments for rent
There are q lot Of people coming in
and a lot going out. They say there
were ten thousand people came IN q
week ago last Sunday, but to counter
that there were nine special trains
left here one day and every avaiIable
seat taken, bound for the east. So
you can see there is a lot Of moving.
II am not much stuck on the climate
out here. It's so darn dry. We have
dark, cloudy mornings with lots Of fog
but never have any rain. There viii
be no rain here now before next fall
md maybe not before next winter. We
i0n't know just how long we viii stay,
1ut are going to stick a while longer
anyway and see II we like IL any
,effeY
Belt Valley times., 1924-06-05
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Eaek snnday-

Sunday School st 1880 q. m
Christian Endeavor TOO p. m.
Junior Endeavor lin basement) mk
7s00 p. m
Prsnehine servissu ard communson
II SEQ p. m
Prayer meefinR Wednesday 8 .. ~.
Belt Valley times., 1924-06-05

Give my regards to the boys. /
sure would like to drop in 70 Belt and
spend q few days and give tha town
the once-over again"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-12-04

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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-12-04
THE BIRDS HAvE GONE SOUTH

Daring the past few months the
great annual flights Of migratory
birds b the south has taken plaee.
The honk Of wild geese flying by nieht
mossiy was . familiar sound. SO the
gashsrsng ok great flocks Of black
biras and ether varieties preparing to
migrate wsre common sights. Soon
Jim Crew, an occasional bluebird, owl
or spnrE0w viii be The only land birds
left to spend the winter with US. The
wonaas Is how ths birds that remain
fssd feod, water and shelter. We ean
all halp preserve the birds by placing
3 lksxla Coed whers they can get IT,,
sspsaiAsly abouE the house or sheltered
pgaess and sse the house eat enjoy ses-
Ing ehesn through the windows from
ehs inaade.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-12-04
FORMER GREAT. FALLS coy
DERS nv PORTLAND. OREGON

Portland, Ore, Nov. 20. 0srald Y.
McGowan, son Of Mr. and MRS. r. n.
MCGOWAN and brother Of Robert and
Gordon. formerly Of HIghwood, nov
living in Portland, died Nov. 20, 1874,
at ST. Vincent hospital after long
illness. He was born IN Great Falls.
Nov. 2D, 1908. The family lived at
Highwood until 1922. They them
moved 10 Portland. Gerald spant =
year Ia the southwestern states, then
rsturnsd 30 Portland. Sickness over
took him in the spring, which ccnkin-
ned until bis death BE was buried
Nov. 22. from the church Of the
Blessed Sacrament. Tribune.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-12-04
SANTA GAUSAT
MERklE'S STORE

/ Last week the G. W. Markls seors
advertised that they would registar aIl
children Of the age Of la years and
|nnder on Friday and Saturday and
shat on Monday Santa Claus would
appear on ths / o'elock train, would
proceed to the A1arasla store and there
mmke = eise bo each child possessing
! registration cmHa.
ChiIdren read ths advertisement
and all looked earwara b - dav Ga
mhirh thev shnnlA nmssskar. One
ehild refused % - lneo he enmnkxy
aurang the Thankswlvlng reeeae sasA
lnR that Il mimgk snow and she snlwht
- unable 10 rakurn. On Friday and
@akurday there was : stsads stream
ii youngsters getting registered
whose number zmounsnd % three hun-
sassd and fsfks hefors ia akors waa
closed On Monday aekernoom long
before train slnaa children be@an %
uree their nnofAsra % ne 10 she akA.
Glon, school ehildsea watched Ire
ssoek slowly saove lss laeward hands.
a. s.48 by sha clock several hssnxared
.haaarsn we're waiting sxpsekantlv
wAen train no. 2ss puIlsd ln. A assp
ssasmae hashad zha lIk&ls fuahh az &hsg
Ikeuzha Il 80 posaiAllaky sAas aAnka
- s'zs ssAsxs@ waa smazs.
II - Asssy yea ~ efse ysss aasl
lma8hs zsss2 Of the re- suit are -
v1site szzz@kszw of the visitor. whsa
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-12-04

They Carried hmFning Bexes Of Psw,
der 0us ~ Biaaing umAsrxssund
Ma@mxgma.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-12-04

@&mkknkEn@ Amy kheFe are i0090 bon,
esk nsopls 10 nfts dsadbeats Ne
sasd &sNslssses saga.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-12-04

FOUR HEROIC MINERS ARE
H0N0RED BY A. c. NJ. co
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23

She had told him that perhaps-n few months
just few months more-she would yield. And
he was joyous over this hesitant avowal. At last
she definitely promised. They would be married
in three months And so It came about, The
wedding was quiet The bride tried to be happy,
but she collapsed in Mysteries. Her husband low
ingly tended her. And they started for their
honeymoon, abroad.
In London, as Jessie walked through the foyer
of the smart hotel where they lived, fy-looking
girl looked her over In palpable surprise and said
sneeringly: ''My word, Bess old thing, you're
dressed up like the Prince o. Wiles took fahncy
to you, or what?" Jessie seized the girl with
both hands, shaking. "Wh-why do you call me
Bess?" she asked. "Oh, don't try to be comical,"
answered the girl. Il guess / know you-and
you knows me blime well, too. Pm Tillie Mil
bury, and we was in the SINE dive t'gether in
johannesburg"
Jessie all but dragged the girl to her room and
made her understand that she was not Bessie, but
her twin sister. In half an hour she had the
cables sizzling and a private detective agency
buzzing. In two hours man knocked at the
door and there, beside him, stood Bessie.
81 found her a-workin' a night-club, ma'am,"
he explained, and went off.
Jessie could not rise in her agitation. Bessie
advanced -haltingly. She was not looking very
gay for a giddy cabaret butterfly. She was
dressed rather plainly and was adorned with a
superauity Of tasteless cheap jewelry. She had
fought the world for Ave years and had not won
the battle. Only the bone-bred patience and
gameness of the Thraythorps had kept her many
times from quitting and sending over the wires an
acknowledgment of her defeat.
Yes, she had knocked around in many cities and
had taken potluck with poverty and worse. But,
why not? Other poor girls had the same obstacles
to face and the same detours to tumble around
them
Jessie clutched her sister and held her on her
lap like long-lost baby. She poured forth the
fountains of her love, her years Of worry and
sorrow. She told Bessie over and over again that
she was rich. She would take her little sister
home and make up to her all that
Bessie shook her head. The tears were gushing.
"No, Jess, thanks" she sobbed. "It's too late
We're twins still, but worlds apart. You wouldn't
want about-now. Tain't only blood that'n
tell, but what you are as well as who you are.
God made alike that nobody but He could
tell US apart. But men made US all different in
spite o. that. What a difference a few dollars
make! You're a sweet, respectable young bride.
Pm hardened old-wel, let's call me an ad-
ventures to be polite. Your way Is made, and
you've got husband, too, that you owe lot to.
Mine has got to shoot another way, Jess. I'll get
by-some way, suppose Thanks again, darling.
love you, always did, always will good bye,
and God make you happy"
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and shelter, began to present a growingly EN-
bssraasing problem. It hard for their aunt
70 let Jessie haSe things such she could with her
considerable and eumulating competency, and deny
them 10 her twin sister, whose slim inheritance
was fast nearing the point of disappearance.
Somehow, too, the facts of the perplexing para
dox of fortune leaked and spread about. The
other youngsters, without premeditated intent to
hurt or favor, could not Withstand the human inn
pulse to fuss over the rich Jessie and slight the
impecuniOus Bessie. Jessie was pledged to the
smart sorority. When she asked why Bessie was
not likewise chosen, it was breathed to her that
perhaps F>ssie couldn't afford it; very few girls
in the school could Jessie withdrew at once.
When one Of the teachers organized Summer
camp both twins were eager to go. Their aunt
told them as gently as she could that Jessie's
trustee would surely allow her the needed ap-
preparation. but would certainly not make it
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noDly refused Bessie had her
hurt cry alone, down in the coal-shed. And they
spent hot holiday season at home, Bessie al
ways conscious that she was the drag of her sis
ter's pleasure and that she not only was out of
luck but was spelling Jessie's right to enjoy her
favored circumstances.
This could not go on indefinitely. Both girls
were sensitive, high strung and sentimental, and
they loved one another with an affection that was
initless. Appeals from the situation were futile.
Jessie's lawyer was bound by the will, which was
beyond amendment; the court recognized the in
justice of its operation but the law stood on the
justice of a mans right to say how his worldly
goods should be distributed, and Radburn Thray-
thorp had left no loophole for doubt, even though
it was clear he had not dreamt of the contingency
now confronting his daughters.
AS the months proceeded the demarkations
grew more irritating and pronounced. The stua-
ton was advancing to crisis. It was unnatural
to expect even devoted twin to live like a. raga-
muffin when she wealthy. And the even
more immediate call for Showdown" came when
Bessie's last dollar spent and the mothers
estate was closed-exhausted. Jessie's lawyer,
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as her sisters "compan.
iop'" and it almost broke their proud and gentle
hearts.
What came was bound to come. Jessie found a
note one day from Bessie saying that she could
no longer impose on her sisters generosity nor
could she continue in the position of a virtual
servant to her twin sister, even such fine and
beloved sister, and that she was going away-out
into the world on her own, to work, as poor re-
lation should
Followed panic and CONSERVATION, But Jessie
YVES not tracked down. She was not yet seven
teen practically penniless, unframed in any trade
or craft, pretty, ingenious and alone. The POI
lice suspected and suggested suicide. The news
papers nibbled at the first paragraphs, because
mere reports Of missing girls are so common in
big cities that they have no news value per Sc.
But when the unique collateral circumstances be-
gan to trickle in, they hoped to it. It was a
yarn to make jaded city editor smack his thin
lips All this only multiplied the grief of the be-
reft Jessie, whose position was, of course, mis-
represented and misunderstood, and who i'm
medately left school because she had become the
innocent center of an out-and-out scandal.
She waited, and hoped, and prayed, but no Bes-
sic. Her concern over her little sister was more
profound than her self-pity when she read and
heard herself pictured the wicked rich miser
and perhaps death her own sister. Her law
yer's formal statement of the law and the facts
got the end of the columns, but the human in
terest" angles of the case got the big type at the
top.
The seven-day sensation spent itself. The in
terest of others in the exceptional case of the
Thraythorp Twins died away. Only in the breas
of Jessie did it burn and burn with the same
anguish which had scared there when first 81
read Bessies letter, and which had never coolc
At twenty-one she came into her inheritanc-
and round one it was, far beyond her own ex.
pectations. Now that she was, indeed and in fact,
rich, her misery was more passionate than ever.
Now, without any hand to stay her, she could pour
into the lap of the sister she adored the full
measure of her prodigal love, and gladly would
she have given it all to Bessie.
Jessie Thraythorp was a beautiful girl, and
many men desired her.
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Jessie's money managed By q lawyer, the
trustee. Their mother had left nothing 10 speak
of, and what she did leave she bequeathed TO
Bessie, who was otherwise psupeF dependent
upon thes generosity of her sister. Jessie, too
young to be allowed by law to be generous or to
exercise Independent discretion In disbursing
moneys at al, was given what the trustee and the
court thought was wise for her-for her, alone.
The girls were still children when this unforeseen
and unfortunate situation began to grow clear TO
them. The aunt boarded and clothed them alike,
for she received equal amounts from the fat in
come of Jessie and the lean principal Of Bessie.
When vt came to costly Injuries, however, she
could not distribute them fftyffty, for the court
allowed Bessie only her bare keep.
In childhood the difference was not weighty,
but by the time they were well along in high
school it became drastic and promised to turE
tragic. The adolescent urge for trimmings and
trappings, taxis, matinee tickets and other nom
essentials dearer to the fapper heart than bread
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She went little into
Society" but wher-
ever and whenever she
appeared she was the
concentrated object of
male attention. To
the several men who
survived her disinter-
ested attitude suffi-
cisntly to propose, she
said that she could net
DO any mans wife
while she felt that she
owed so much to her
sister; while she sell
dom gave thought to
anything but her sis
ter.
She had publicly pro-
claimed at the time of
her maturity that If
Bessie would come for
xuovI skn -nrIl r~;v>
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one Of the many Jane
Does who each year
are laid away uniden-
titled. in the twisted
and interviewed rami-
fications Of modern
metropolitan relations.
Jessie, with many
signs Of painful resig-
nation, only a feeble
glimmer Of hope left,
was laying the lilies of
sorrow from her heart
upon the grave Of Bes-
sie, though she was still
nurturing a rose Of af-
lection to her memory.
She had done all that
he could do. Grieve
Is she might, she still
had her own life to live
out-there it was, and
she must live it or end
it. John Mynard, a
boyhood friend of the
twins, had b Q e n the
most persistent of her
suitors, and she had
gradually approached
a state of numb sur
render to his repeated
offers of marriage.
John understood the
whole situation, for
which she was inf
nitely grateful 70 him
and by which she was
drawn into closer SYM
pathy with him.
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.. Jessie was the older
by twenty-one and
o alt minutes:
They were the pos
thumous daughters of
Radburn Thrsythorp,
well to-do merchant,
who died SIX. months
before t h 9 y were
born. They were his
only children. Being
q prudent and order
ly man, he had left a
will, made with no
thought Of the posi-.
bility Of twins In his
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23

Family. The wording
Of che testament was
such that It provided
q ifs income to his
widow and bis entire
fortune to her "first
born child" with the
specific proyiso that
no subsequent issue
to said Sarah ThFay.
thorp should : PARTED,
pate, etc., even to d.
recting that Il the
first child died the
whole estate was 70
go to charities.
There was great TO.
do in the Thraythorp
house the day that
Jessie and Bessie
came. Even IN the
excitement, however,
it was remembered 10
tie a red ribbon on
the ankle of Jessie,
the first-born, to
mark her for identi-
fication. And it was
symbolic, for Jessie,
It seemed, was born to
go through life with
ribbons on.
Mrs. Thraythorp did
not survive the ordeal
of giving twins to the
world. The girls were
raised BY an aunt and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23
' .e Was Not Look.
ing Very Gay for a
Giddy Cabaret
Butterfly.

by an imprisoned eff.
fort, induced the court to
allow Jessie a weekly
sum for Bessie, recorded
as "salary for compan-
iop." Bessie had to sign
vouchers for her weekly
board money thereafter,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23
God Made Them Both
Alike, But Men,
@ TRANCE, isn't it, that twins have such small
standing in the drama of the nations and the

@ TRANCE, isn't it, that twins have such small
- standing in the drama of the nations and the
ages?
Human bonds have been the basis Of all great
Stories the bonds Of blood, love, guilt party, flag,
theory misfortune, society, locality, temperament,
even accident. There is no bond in all the cata-
logue of human relations that can approach the
natural tie between twins. Yet twins are almost
negligible In the category of literature.
When twins are teamed up in story, they are
always pictured as inseparable, two souls indeed,
with but single thought. Yet in fs.s it is not
80. Distance, circumstances. witnesses If fate and
destiny often separate them and ettn ALLEVIATE
them. 'The sins that we do by two and two,"
says Kipling, 1--WE must pay for one by one." He
did not mean twins. But it applies to us all, and
not only as to SINS Each Of US is o single, de-
tached individual, no matter how related, linked or
allied with another or others.
Observe the case Of the Thraythorp Twins, Jss-
sic and Bessie, -
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enough more to make up in at least q financial
way the difference In their quotas from birth.
She had kept a strict accounting ever since,
against Bessie's temperance, though she,
too. was beginning TO give up substantial hope
and share the general belief that her despond-
MT twin had ended her life and that her re-
aims lay buried in some pauper's field as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-02
BLue-BIooded Chorus
 Drowns Out Speeches
Judging And Awarding Of Prizes Will Begin Tuesday Morning At Chicken Show

after they get to where they're going. Every show one of 'em gets ticketed to, he has to act ornery for good IF hours. Then when he sees no one pays any attention to his bowling he sets down and behaves the rest of the week.
 Now, tomorrow" a White Leg horn who had just been brought in opened up with brand new effort at ear drum splitting and succeeded ill drowning out Holm completely. He took fresh breath-(H Holm, not the Leghorn, who was coasting aimlessly along r flat.)
 Tomorrow" he yelled re-enforced by the air. They will be as calm as you could ask 'em to be. You see when the judging starts they get good idea that anything they say will be used against 'em. Come bask tomorrow and you can hear pin drop up on Sixth avenue
 Holm wanted the invitation broad, casted. He feels that this years poul. try show as one of the best ever staged in the south with an entry list of champs, ex-champs, and to-be champs in a nicely arranged hall at 2215 First avenue to prove it.
 Monday not much along the show line was accomplished. but Tuesday morning under Judge Walter c. Young of Dayton the awarding of prizes will begin. As the awards run to consider able money and galaxy of feathered champs from eleven southern states are presented, the competition is expected to be keen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-02
RESERVE OFFICERS
 TO HEAR SPEAKER
Meeting Thursday Will Be Ad- dressed By Major Waite

Major Sumner Waite, an instructor at the infantry school at Fort Benning, Ga, and distinguished army official, will address the regular weekly meeting Thursday night of the Birmingham Reserve Officers association which will be held at Greenwoods cafe commenc- ing at 6 30 o'clock.
 Major Waite will speak on Combat Orders" and his address is expected to prove one of the most interesting in the series being delivered to the Reserve Officers association.
 More than 100 applications for com missions in the organized reserves were received at the Birmingham office dur ing the 30 days prior to November II, according to members of the organiza- tion. An invitation is extended to all such applicants and to all reserve off cers in the Birmingham district to at tend the meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-02
COLLEGE BOARD OPPOSES SALE Snavely Seeks Agreement On Past Due Assess
 ment

With Birmingham Southern college advertised for sale at public outcry De cember 9 to satisfy past due public i'm provement assessments of approximate ly $10,000 due to the city of Birming- ham, President Guy E. Snavely and the board of trustees Monday began de- termined fight to stop the sale.
 With Judge Hugh A. Locke as their attorney, they went to city hall and conferred with commission members, later calling at City Attorney w. J. Wynns office and informing him that they had been assured that the com mission would adopt resolution can ceiling the past due assessments. Mir. Wynn said he would confer with Presi- dent D. E. McLendon Tuesday morning before drafting the resolution.
 The college officials contend that a provision in their charter exempts Bir- mingham-Southern from the payment of municipal taxes or assessments. City Attorney Wynn has advised the com mission that the city would stand q good chance to enforce the payments. but has admitted that several fine points of law would be at issue.
 An injunction suit to halt the sale would get the case in the courts and bring quick showdown, but Judge Locke said the city and the college should not "stage q fight" He inti- mated that the commission would act Tuesday.
 The trustees pointed out to the com mission members that many cities set aside annual budget appropriations for their local colleges, in addition to ex- empting them from taxation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-02

Temperamental personages these chicken chaps. Black Jack by King O Spades out of Roanoke), who has more ribbons than a brides maid, refused to stay put Monday afternoon when they set him next to Red Spy and started to kick several new gates in his wire cage. To pacify him they had to carry him way back in the corner behind the Hotten-Tot (by Mister Mike out of Charlice) and he spent the rest of the day sulkingt like a doped canary.
 Red Shirt, a wild-eyed Irish batam from Carolina way, took a diving slash at his own sister, Mexican Mill. Wicked little nner, Red Shirt, when he gets off on a tear, and it looked last night that Mill will spend the rest of her blue blooded life back on the farm.
 Then there was Siapstick, Buff Or. pington who trotted off with the Blue at Nashville last fall. What did he do when they boxed him up pretty for display purposes. Let out one screech after another like it was Christmas to- morrow and him the only four on earth. Disconcerting action, and that silly an- coma, Belle Mead, Parsnip, 12-pound Plymouth, and bunch of those gibber- ing anadlusians took it up and kept the whole hall in hub-bub for for near two hours.
 Chickens. like opera singers and toe dancers" shouted J. F. Holm, manager of the emporium, above the ciamor. Can't get settled down for long time