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The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-09-18
How Flip of A Coin
Lost Place ON Ticket
For Sid j. Coffee

Montana people were more or
less interested in an incident oc-
curing in Missoula recently, in
which Lady Luck took a hand
in deciding a candidacy for the leg
islature in Missoula county.
When the county board came to
canvass the returns on the legisla-
tive ticket, it was discovered that
Frank Nelson and Sid J. Coffee were
tied in the race for fourth place on
the delegation, representing the de-
mocratic ticket, each of them having
1,085 votes.
Then, in accordance with the stat
utes provided and made, Candidates
and Coffee met in the office of
the county clerk and recorded and
proceeded to settle the momentous
question by the flip of a coin. Mr..
Nelson ''called the turn" and will
take his place on the official ballot.
1t is said to have been the first in
stance in which it has been necessary
to use a coin in choosing ia candidate.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-09-18
Foot OF Road Agent
SsClubfoot'' George is
ON Exhibition I'm A
Virginia City Cafe

The foot of an ordinary human
being is not an object of much at
tention. But, when that foot is
the pedal extremity Of a road agent
who died swinging at the end of a
rope in 1854, and is in addition a
club foot, it becomes a real Curl
osity.
In a glass case, at Walkers soft
drink parlor, down at Virginia City,
there is on exhibition just such a
foot, and, as an exhibit, it is proving
more than the usual attraction.
This particular foot once formed a
part of the body of "Clubfoot"
George Lane, who with four of his
fellows was hanged by the Vigilantes
at Virginia City in 1864. 1t is we'll
preserved as is the bit of wooden
sock which clings to it. The story of
how this foot found its way into a
glass case when it properly belonged
with the rest of the body in the quiet
grave, dates back 20 years to the
time when Jim Walker was mayor of
Virginia City.
Mayor Walker decided that the
graves of the five road agents repos-
ing on the brow of a hill overlooking
the city, should be properly marked.
When the time arrived for this mark
ing, there arose a heated dispute as
to the identity of the bones resting in
each grave; and to settle the contro-
versy, A. B. Davis, at one time cap
tain of the Junction Vigilantes was
called in. Mr.. Davis had braved the
power of the road agents, and had
placed the rope around the neck Of
George Ives, the first outlaw, to be-
come subject to the quick and sure
Vigilante justice in Montana. The
captain had also participated in the
execution of C1ubfoot George and his
companions.
Pointin gto n of the graves, Mr..
Davis declared that Clubfoot ;"
George rested there. Other members
Of the marking party disagreed with
the captain. The body was disin-
and the club foot of Lane was
found. the word of Davis was taken
as authentic for the rest of the mark
of the graves.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-09-18
|PL0WMAN MAKE A MOST
IMPORTANT FIND WHEN
SHARE UNCOVERS TOMB

A peasant blowing a field near the
village of Karagatch, Bulgaria, re-
Gently, turned up n of the most in
teresting archaeological finds made in
recent years. When the pillow struck
an obstruction the peasant found it
was a slab of marble. Lifting this
a marble tomb was disclosed and
within lay a suit of bronze of
a roman knight. together with shield,
sword, spear and several utensils, in
Guiding an exquisite vase.
Director Velkoff, of the National
Museum, and Mr.. Popoff, an expert
on Greek antiquities, estimate hat
the find dates back to the pre-Alex-
andrine period. They surmise that
he may have been a dweller of the
Hellenic colony on the Black Sea
coast.
On the helmet, well preserved and
of high order of workmanship. were
the figures of Apollo, Palas Athene,
Poseidon, Minerva and Mars. One
ear-piece found bore the figure of
with the trident. The other ear
piece was lacking.
The helmet was silvered and some
of the white metal still adhered. The
human figure that once bore the he'll
met and carried the weapons was en-
tirely absent, except in the form of
ashes in small amount.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-09-18
CHAMP cow AVERAGES
POUNDS MILK IN
FOUR YEAR HERD TEST

The fourth consecutive year of
over $1,000 pounds of milk and
1000 pounds of butter fat makes
Adirondack Wietske Dairy Maid,
the production queen among $685.
900 pure bred HoIstein Freisian
cattle in the United States, the Hol-
stein Freisian society announced
from its Chicago offices recently.
She is the only cow in the world to
produce over $1,000 pounds of
milk and 1000 pounds of butter
fat in four successive yearly tests,
according to Edward G. Horst of
the extension service of the assO-
citation. All records by this COW
were produced in the herd Of the
BridgefOrd-Holstein company of
Paterson, California, where at II
years of age she produced 31,517
pounds of milk and 1,OO5.S2 h.,
of butter fat. The tests did not
start until the COW was nearly 8
years old. Her average for four
successive yearly test periods is
32,-34.9 pounds of milk and
1,O48.13 pounds of butter fat.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-09-18
OFF HOURS ON THE PLAlMS~-H0w PIONEERS
TRAVELLING DIM THEIR SLOW MOVING OK TRAINS
BROKE THE M0M0T0MY OF THEIR JOURNEY

I did, with all the fervor of the
very young.
One of my songs was a funeral
affair, not remembered today, en-
titled Brave Boys Are They" The
last verse held the shaft with which
| intended to transfix the enemy
but I had lost it. My memory
proved faithless. Should | ac-
knowledge defeat? Not with the
blood Of Revolutionary grandsires
in my veins. In my extremity I
sought my cousin, Colonel Sanders,
and told him what [ wanted. With
his facility for rhyming he soon
supplied the missing line, and I
one morning, suddenly preached
sang it that night, to a crowd of
Missourians. who received it with
indulgent smiles.
In fair weather and in foul we
sang. One night a terrible storm
was raging. The rain fell in tor
rents, and on every side lightning
illurained the heavens, followed BY
loud claps of thunder. 1t was i'm
possible to sleep, as the rain beat
through the canvas covers of the
wagons and deluged us. We all
gathered in a tent, and sang to for
get II misery. They were mainly
patriotic songs, and we gave them
with a will.
When the storm ceased, we look
ed around to find Our guide, Mr..
Booth was missing. Then some
one said, ooh, Booth. Why when
you began singing John Browns
Body Lies Wondering in the
Grave, he took his blankets and
went out into the sage brush, and
hasn't come back"
Booth had been a neighbor of
John Brown in Ohio, and hated him
with a deadly hatred. He pre-
ferred to be drenched by the rain,
than hear his enemy praised.
In Lander's Cutoff, a train
from Missouri joined us and kept
with us to the Snake river. We
we're then in the mountains, where
there was plenty of dead timber.
At night logs were drawn down the
mountain side, and huge camp
fires built. Then we sang as we
never sang before. Patriotic songs,
old English, Scotch and Irish bal
lads, were rendered with enthus-
iasm; our Missouri friends contrib
lted the Confederate airs, and all
Of us helped out on the choruses.
[ think it was right there in those
mountain Businesses, through our
amusement, singing, that we
earned the A B C of tolerance.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-09-18
TOO MUCH BOOSTING is.
CALIFORNIA; UND0ING,
SAYS Los ANGELES MAN

Southern California is continuing
to experience a slump in all lines of
industry, and hundreds of people who
a year or two ago were hurrying from
all parts of the country down to Los
Angeles and other cities in that part
of the state are now equally anxious
to get back to some place where they
can secure employment, said G. Daw-
son, of Los Angeles, who was in Liv-
ingston recently en- route to Leth-
bridge, Alta, where he has ranching
interests.
Mr.. Dawson believes that the big
factor in bringing about the predica-
ment in which that part of Califor.
mia now finds itself can be traced di-
rectly to the publicity campaign
which was carried on in all parts of
the United States to induce people to
locate in California.
Thousands of people from all sec
tions flocked there, cities and towns
rapidly grew in population, new
stores and other places of business
were opened up to take care of the
needs of the people, and for a time
with the oil fields going full blast
"hu q UlS uuiluluS u0luS
carried on the large majority of the
people found at least partial employ
ment. Then, when slack times came
on, thousands were left without jobs
and with little or no money to tide
them over the dull period. And, since
last spring, Mr.. Dawson said, the
roads leading out of southern Cali
fornia have carried thousands Of
people who are leaving the state.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-09-18


snake gives a chivalrous warning
that proves to be its death knelll
Straight forward plod the faithful
oxen as the drivers crack their
whips, and shout, "Haw there, you
Bright"
Under the hood of the forward
wagon, a man is reading aloud to
the eager-faced group about him,
and all have forgotten, under the
spell of the great novelist, the tire
some day and their dreary sur
roundings. And then comes to me
the sudden realization that today,
there remain of that group, but my
sister and myself; the others have
long ago followed Little Nell and
her grandfather, into the Great
Beyond.
After the evening meal there was
almost always a little time for re-
taxation before sleep claimed us
This we gave to music. A Mr.. Ev-
erhart had joined our train when
we were not far from Omaha. He
played the fiddle very well, and
also sang. The rest of us sang,
but without accompaniment. Mr..
Everhart had quite a repertoire OF
popular songs of the day, which he
rendered with a weak voice and a
slight lisp. One of his favorites
which was invariably encored was
FAIRY Bell" which he always pro-
nounced "Fahry Bell" another,
the Tombigbee River, told of his
meeting his Julia SO true, and row
ing her around in his gum tree
canoe; Singing row, ye row, etc."
but the third was always my favor
tie because of the mystery attached
to it. 1t was about the Ohio river,
and Ohio was my native state. |
understood the chorus with its
down the river, down the river,
Down the Ohio"
This was plain enough, but what
puzzled me was the last of one
verse. 1t went like this:
'sThere's plenty on board for the
darkies to eat;
'sThere's something to drink and
to smoke;
There's the banjo, the bones, and
the tamborine,
''The song, and the comical jo-o-o,"
or, so | interpreted it, as the last
word arpeggioed upward and lost
Itself i'll the atmosphere. I thought
IF it by day, and I thought of it
by night, but I hesitated long be-
fore taking anyone into my conf
1ence. | was morbidly averse to
admitting that I was ignorant of
anything. Finally I mustered up
requisite amount of courage,
md when walking with my father
he subject: Papa, what is a conf
al joe?"
with a subdued chuck1e, that
convinced me I had made a fool of
myself, Father replied: 81 think,
ny Daughter, it is a comical joke"
which it certainly was, and on me.
was in the depths of humiliation
or several days thereafter.
Often other trains camped with
IS for a night or So. Frequently
hese were made up of Southern
nen. They all sang, of course,
or everyone sang on the Plains /
ut these sang Confederate songs, ]
nd it fell to me properly to re- t
pond with ultra Union airs, for I
'~enerally acted as soloist on such :
ccasions. Most of the Union
were rather ~dolorous, and ,
one had the lit and swing of J
Dixie" and "The Bonnie Blue t
Nothing was left for me ]
ut to emphasize the Northern SEN
ment toward the South and this t
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-09-18
Cuticura for PimpIy Faces.

To remove pimples and blackheads
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off in five minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water. Once clear
keep your skin clear by using them for
daily toilet purposes. Don't fail to in
eluje Cuticura Talcum.-Adv.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-09-18
CORN AND LATE
GRAINS BENEFITED
BY WARM PERIOD
DRY WEATHER HAS IMPROVED
GROWTH IN MANY SECTIONS
OF EASTERN MONTANA.

Report of Office OF Division OF Pub
Lefty for August 80, Shows Much
Improvement in Crop Conditions
In Agricultural Regions.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-09-18

falfa completed in Carbon. Livestock
conditions generally good, but range
grass short. Some early shipments
of stock made. Labor supply ample
except in Galatin where a few men
are needed for harvest.
Southeastern District - Weather
generally hot and dry, with a few To-
cal showers in Rosebud. Harvest of
small grains practically completed.
Threshing started and yields fairly
good. Corn coming on rapidly and
large per centage will mature if frost
holds off for two weeks. Stock is in
good condition with a surplus Of feed
in Rosebud. Labor situation balanced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16

courts and the law operate in the in- terests of criminals or for the protec- tion of society, The theory and pur- poseNof the law is in no sense a visi- tation of revenge upon those who violate it, but as g means to protect organized society sfrom those who would disorganize it. It is apparent that the law has drifted further and further from its proper purpose. It is often complicated and confused with uncertain phraseology, and trials of cases frequently become contests of wits and tests of mental maneuvering, regardless of evidence or justice.
 That the law needs enforcement all admit; but long step towards so de: sirable an end is elimination of those trial features that tend to defeat the law. Dominant in legal proceedings must be justice, not shrewdness in in- depreciation and application, else the law may be used more and more to protect it's violators rather than so- ciety. -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16

should be doubt that this amendment would be sufficient, then there should be early proceedings to bring about special amendment to the constitution. Meanwhile the provision in the revised law would make the tax collectable for 1924, unless the provision should be declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. A decision by the court doubtless could be had in time either to deny or affirm the constitu- tionaljty of the law as applied to taxes for 1924. If denied, ,fthen the new constitutional amendment would at least be on the way. And even if the law were sustained, the new amend ment still would be desirable, as addi- tional protection against a subsequent adverse decision by the supreme court"
 Such plan would prevent unneces- sary delay, as is clearly needed, be- cause real revival and expansion of business is to no little extent depend ent on stopping the further practice of seeking shelter behind tax-free se- curities. Every month witnesses a larger recourse to that practice. The longer it continues the heavier the burden upon the nations business in- terests and upon the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16
i OUR TRADE ABROAD
tBoston Transcript)

During the. fiscal year ended on June 30 last, American business men made more than 8 million re- quests for advice and assistance from the governments bureau Of foreign and domestic commerce.. Here is pretty convincing evi- dence of growing appreciation Of the opportunities awaiting Ameri-. can business in distant markets and the advantages to flow from foreign trade. Julius Klein, direc- tor of. the bureau, in common with other students of the subject, reaches the conclusion. as ex- pressed in his annual report, that an expanded foreign com merce offers available means of offsetting "the possible depressive influence of surplus farm prod ucts and manufacturers" ..
 It appears from the report of the director that requests have been made of the bureau of for- eign and domestic commerce for added service in it's district offices. Exporters have asked, with ref- erence to the Boston office, that specialists in the export trade. in shoes and leather and in maclltn- kry Dc. afpointed. The report says that such requests will be consid- sred during the coming sysar 2 if funds are available. It would seem that hereaswas chance for business to make itself heard in demanding that the funds be forthcoming. Es
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16

At any rate, the Indians of North AmericaEhaves apparently. reached the. limit of their decadence, and from tiifs time on they. are. going to demand better Of us than we have been giving them in the past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16
WHIP JUSTICE TO A sTANDsILL

Commenting on an apparent ln- crease of crime, a Kansas City con- temporary, seeking an explanation, says: Legal technicalities, zealously observed when the welfare of the ac- cused is involved; shyster lawyers; legal talent turned to the protection of the criminal rather than society; professional bondsmen, continuation of cases till witnesses are tired out; indifferent or incompetent juries- what an array of chances there are that the criminal will escape and be let to prey upon society. What won der that crime should be on the in- crease! What surprise should there be at the statement of Judge Burney, county prosecutor, that criminals roam the streets of Kansas City because they can whip justice to a standstill?"
 Well may it be asked whether the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16
VALUE OF LUNCH Ky Thomas l.. Mason

Fannie Hurst told me the other day that she was guided largely by intuition in her writing. She seemed to feel that most of the best work was done that way. l agree. with her. HAeodore Roose- welt was like that I can men tion a number of prominent men I know who go by their lunches. A hunch is legitimate. It is no pine dream. In the moment of getting a hunch, you suddenly free yourself From every stiffening and limiting effect. At first peo-, pie who try, the hunch method founder a good deal. and often make asses of themselves. That accounts for the terrible things, that young geniuses have done, They get their experience that way, and later on the manner in which they sense things seems uncanny. It is only because they have gaine da large experience, and this makes them free to ex- press themselves.
 When Teddy called anybody 8 liar, you wondef how he got away with it. Usually because he was sincere, and often because he was right. It is not courage that counts most, but lack of fear, There is fine distinction between these two attitudes. When we have to summon our courage we are always at Q disadvantage. When we are such idiots that we don't even know what couraee is, then we become courageous in the true sense. 5s
 Charles R. Flint, who is known as the father of the trusts, tells a story which illustrates the qual- ity of unconscious, courage. In getting up a war fleet known as the dynamite fleet, for Brazln, they had to consider what make of explosive they would use. Writes Flint: "I called a meeting on board-the Nicteroy of the prin- cipal dynamite manufacturers. They all came. :! .,. Hudson Maxim developed into the worse menace. He is very likeable man, but also a very nervous one, and he kept twisting and wriggling around exhibiting his sample while he discoursed on it's power. He di- verted my mind from a considera- tion' of his product to whether any of us would be alive to report it.. Finally I got hold of and seques- tered the stick that he was flaunting; but then he pulled a
 bottle of dynamite out off his pocket and went right on with the argument .. he was equipped as a walking magazine"
 If he had been conscious of the dynamite. it would probably have destroyed fffm. A hunch is very much like that. It is concentrated power, but we don't want to know too much about it. Flint felt otherwise, however.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16
MORE vIADUCT TALK

More than two hundred thousand patient and long suffering people of this community are again advised from the city hall that during the week there will be the beginning of final series of conferences between the city commission and. railroad officials on construction of viaducts and under passes at grade crossings in the con- agested district. It is stated that the commission expects to get some defi- nite action shortly. It appears that constant and increasing pressure of public sentiment for relief from the intolerable situation has at last come to be felt by the official body.
 Such a condition is at least earnestly hoped by the hosts of people who continue year after year to su11er serious inconvenience, increasingly heavy financial burdens and constant menaces to life and limb because of failure by the railroads to provide needful protection. The people have SO long watched the multitudinous con- ferences and delays, and have so long listened to provisional promises with out noting any definite action, that the situation is getting also on their own nerves. These conferences and delays have been going on for years. At least two of the railroads directly concerned in the proposed relief have expressed themselves as ready to CO., operate in the program. One railroad continues to obstruct the project by various expedients. Meantime nothing is done, and the situation becomes steadily and increasingly worse.
 There has been ample time to pre- pare and decide upon plans for much larger undertaking; but the quibbiing continues and the public welfare is ignored from year to year. While the railroads are censurable for failure to remove a public menace of their own making, direct responsibility for pro- tection of the public interests rests upon the city. commission which is admonished both by law and public sentiment to protect the public safety and welfare. The people are weary of excuses for failure of fulfilment. Energetic official action can give us an early start on abolition of grade crossings. Every day that goes by without such beginning is the measure of official ineptitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16
PROOF THAT INDIAN
 IS COMING BACK
2 tfchattanooea Tiines)

Those of us who think pf the In, dians.-the aborigines of America -asF all, think of them as fast dying. out, their names shortly to become mere historical memories to be romantically revived by the restoratioil to our library shelves of the .Laatherstocking3 novels that used to grip the older ones among us insSour youthful days But the Indian does not seem to be passing as rapidly as we, per- Fhaps, have been thinking.
 fThe report of the Indian com missioner recently submitted shows that the present total of all the, tribes of the race is 344,- 3o3, an increase within 10 years of 13,664.s. Instead. therefore, of vanishing" the Indian seems to be coming back. In this he ap- pears to have manifested 2 final resolution to survive the shock of the white mans civilization and. culture, although he came very near exhausting himself, before he reached the extremity necessitat- ing such resolution as an alter-' native to total racial disappea ar. ance. He seems to be coming back. fairly strong, gaining ins edu. cation.$ enlightenment and self reliance. t 5
 The same report shows that In- dian property has increased in. value more than a third of B bil- lion dollars during the 10 years just gone by, and that, having learned somewhat the ways@of his white neighbor and how to protect himself against the avarice. greed and overbearirg encroachments of the civilized" white man. he is going to become an important fig ure In our social and political life. If, in the meantime. the leaders of the Iyarious tribes shall have im- bibed the spirit of progress, of self-respect and pride of race, and shall set themselves to sthe ad- vantement of their people in moral and spiritual training.ewe may see so rapid an increase in the num- Der of these people that at last we may be confronted with another race problem. The Indian doesn't seem to. be any more assimilabie tfian the, people of other colored faces, brown andsred pigments not makingF'a a very desirable coloring with the white, g zsal sg & I'
 At any rate, the Indians of North America have. apparently. reached the. limit of their decadence. and from tfffs time on they. are. going to demand better Of us than we have been giving them in the past.