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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-07-09

ie ERNEST Gamble Concert Party comes to Chautauaua this eas
aIueu press and public alike a 8 a musical treat par excellence
A"e ven balanced personnel of the company is one of the fea-
- - WHICH makes TOT It's universal popularity. Each member IL a
aIS+ 81 "ere is n o waiting for the star. Every number is a finished
PI 80, mhhee M organization stands for the highest Legitimate stand
o"S Ia muslcal art and never cheapens its established repuhhon nv
"uH !" qnestlonhb novelties or specialues OF doubtful caliber. It's
PveIm Se'fehons entertain every type Of audience, vel give utmoet
10 10 mose who demand the ultra in musical art
WI "hmme Is a bassOc Ontante who stands high with the America,
SoHeHI pubic HIS rich and resonant voice Is described Is veNe,v ana
an vi exceptional volume and range. it is perfectly placed and
~"u WIKI me artistry which only EurOpes maesros can impart He
mas however ore than a wonderful voice. His Is that msgneti. no.
sOnaliy that makes every Individual in an audience feel that the s,nOar
delivers 4 personal message
ex,o mrS Martha Reed, soprano Of the party. has a lyric coIoratura Of
- r"HS mo uehcacy. It's prma donna canber is INSTANTLY
"o"s"~a N addition TO being gifted with an unusual voice notr-s
mar endowed with that innate musical sense which f. SO ecessor
III placing and handling her yocaaems.
~ modesty especially when backed up by sterling woub
49, epuohai attainment, appeals strongly to the sensible wen-bal.
Amerlcan audience. In verna Leone Page, vioIinIsf OF TN F-aa,
~sns Oe 1oneer Party, Chautapsua patrons win find thorough enjov.
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Natures Salt Works.
THE salt supply for a large pa

THE salt supply for a large part
= of the country in New Mexico
and Texas is obtained from Skaters
Lake, body Of water that covers
about 1000 acres of land. 1t is situ-
ated in Andrews County, Tex, so
miles from a railway. The source of
this salt supply is a mystery which
the few scientists who have visited
the spot have been unable to solve.
The lake has no outlet and Is fed
entirely by the water which is drain
ed into it from adjacent territory
when it rains. The soil is free of
alkali and the water enters the lake
in a pure state. The salt Is pro-
duced in enormous quantities by the
process of evaporation by the suns
rays. During the heat Of Summer
this evaporation is very rapid. and
thick layers of salt are quickly form
ed in the shallow parts of the lake.
Within a few days after a heavy
rain when the reservoir receives an
increase of water supply new layers
Of pure, white crystal salt covers
the shallow places. The salt is uti-
lized chiefly by stockmen, and It Is
extracted from the bed of the lake
by means of Shovels and is hauled
by wire cable in boxes to the shore
The surface Of this remark Bile lake
is so feet below the level country
which surrounds it. 1t is situated at
an altitude Of 2.227 feet. In the same
locality are other small lakes, but
they arc all of fresh water, although
the supply Of salt from Skaters
Lake appears to be inexhaustible.
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That was the Washington Summer
home of Cleveland first. which we
called Red Top" The deed to C1eve-
land was recorded May &c, 1856.
x = X
7 EFT me now hand you a bit of real
- estate news written by the Ram
bler's old friend. and no doubt your
old friend. w. B. Bryan, in The Star
Saturday, April IL, 1890:
The lawns and grounds about Oak
View, the former country residence
of ex-President Cleveland are being
divided up into city squares. The
graceful slope of green grass extend
ing from the roadway to the house
is to be scared with broad bands of
clay marking the lines of the streets
and the Irregularities which, from
another point of view are called pic
turesque, will be leveIed off to make
building sites. The house itself will
remain untouched, as it is so located
that the proposed streets will not in
terfere with it. There will be a good
deal of ground left about the house.
The new streets will conform to
those already laid out on Cleveland
Heights, which adjoinS it on the east.
The latter subdivision has been very
much improved. All the streets are
bordered with grass, there are gut
tiers, some brick sidewalks and trees
planted with boxes shining in all the
glory of fresh coat of paint.
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be erected by the Washington Loan
and Trust Company at the southwest
corner of Ninth and r streets entirely
of stone.
AN important addition tot he apar =
ment-house facilities of the city will
be made by erecting at the northwest
corner of Seventeenth and II streets
a large apartment house. The new
building will be known as the Albany,
and Will be designed especially for
the use of bachelors. No married
man will be allowed to make his
home there permanently-that is, if
he desires his wife to live with him.
1.-The Builders Exchange has had
plans prepared for the Improvement
of the old church property on Thir-
teenth between G and II streets. 1t
is proposed to build an addition to
the front which will bring it out to
the building line. The new front
will be five stories in height and will
be of brick and stone. There will
be an elevator in the building" You
notice that in 1890 when building
had an elevator the fact was worth
noting.
TN The Saturday Star of April 26,
1890, was this item which may
interest you: Some six years ago SIS
per square foot was paid for the
southeast corner of the Corocran
Square. The purchasers acquired the
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of papers, some Of them heavily seal
ed. AS the lady-in- waiting stood
frozen to the spot, the figure fitted
past her. and, with no apparent effort
opened door in the side of the cor
ridor-a door. the terrified woman
knew, that was always kept firmly
locked. Through this door the figure
vanished.
Recovering from the fright, the
lady-in waiting hurried to notify
some one of what she had seen; but
when help arrived the door was found
as firmly locked as ever. The room
the specter had entered, however, fur
nished a clue to the mystery, for in
that room poor, patient Queen Mary
Of England spent the whole night
prior to her fatal illness burning let
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Testing Dynamite.
WHEN one approaches r facto

WHEN one approaches z factory
" where dynamite is made every
thing seems half asleep. Here and
there among the scattered buildings
a man may be seen slowly wheeling
a rubber-tired vehicle that looks not
unlike a baby carriage. He exercises
the greatest care, for his load is
nitroglycerfn, which does not allow
mistakes to happen twice. The work
men and these strange carts are used
to take the nitroglycerin from the
mixing room to the refinery for the
alternate straining and testing it must
undergo until it's decorating quail
ties are perfected. When the dyna-
mite has been strained and the sui
phuric acid removed from it the fore
man takes half teaspoonful Of the
liquid. spreads it thin on metal sur
face and then strikes it with a ham
mer. When he is satisfied the product
is shipped along to the dynamite
building, where the nitroglycerin is
soaked up by porous clay and cut
IN convenient sticks for mine use.
The dynamite when pressed into
shape is tested out by the explosion
of small amount on a ballistic
pendulum. This device has a heavy
lead ball mounted on the end of a
swinging arm. which is set in mo-
ton by the force of the small explo-
sion. Tho gage tells the amount Of
motion and from this the power Of
the dynamite is calculated.
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Paper as Floor Covering.

A PERMANENT covering for the
"A pine-wood floor may be had by
the use of paper. covering that will
last indefinitely and that may be
treated like ordinary hardwood
floors. The process is as follows:
First, the floor is planned smooth, so
that there is not even the suspicion
of splinter or rough spot any
where. Next there is laid down
builders paper OF medium weight.
This is stuck to the floor with a mix
ture of -four paste and glue. Mouldy
-four serves very we'll for the pur-
pose. In case the various width of
paper do not At perfectly it IL neces-
sary to cut down the length OF a
section. 1t Is OF great Importance
that the various strips fit to a nicely.
When the paste has dred-a matter
of probably two or three days-the
paper must be saturated with linseed
oil, When the Oh IS been absorbed
paint. The whole process requires
care. as the purpose is to make the
paper waterproof.
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Now that the grass is growing
green Cleveland Heights, in it's new
dress, presents a very attractive APP
pearance and if the Oak View grounds
are to be made to look as well, the
locality Will not lose much in pic
turesque ness because of the change.
The street continued through Oak
View will give a continuous drive
from the Tenleytown road to Gardiner
Hubbard's, with its fine villa resi-
dence built in colonial style. Mr.. r.
q. Ncwlands, who is one of the new
owners OF Oak View, will probably
occuply Oak View as 4 residence this
Summer.
Tho pillow and shovel are doing
what they can TO transform the old
kengla place, further south on the
road. into a suburban town. Every
Pheasant evening the road is thronged
with carriages and people on horse
back"
In the Saturday Star of April 10.
1890, were the following real estate
notes:
1t has been decided to construct
the largo office building which is to
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tiers and papers which she wished no
other eye to see.
Smallpox was prevalent at that
time and the queen felt that she
had succumbed to the disease. She
dismissed all her attendants and re-
tired to that room alone, there to
destroy every scrap of paper which
she could imagine might bring her
husband pain. And in a few days
she lay dead, with the secrets she had
so carefully guarded buried forever
in pile of charred fragments in the
next room.
Queen Caroline of Brunswick has
also been seen in Kensington. She
was never happy here, had few.
friend. and these only came to be
entertained. The queen used to say
Unless I show dem de knives and
de forks no person will koom to
Kensingten.'
The princess stopped speaking and
for a while we were silent. / let
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ground at the corner Of Sixteenth and
H streets and built the fine residences
of Col. John Hay and Mr.. Henry
Adams. At that time and for some
time afterward the price was regard
| as very high In fact, it was the high
est price ever known to have been
paid for residence property in this
city. a few days ago the northwest
corner of the same square q street
and Connecticut avenue) was sold for
$40 per square foot, which is the high
est price ever paid for residence prop
perty in this city"
In the same issue Of The Star Is an
item that demolition Of the st. Cloud
Building at the corner Of F and Ninth
streets was under way to clear the
site for the Loan and Trust build
ing. In the same issue is q picture
of The proposed suspension bridge
to Arlington" which was planned by
Col. Hams and would cost $4,000
The Rambler has few more lines
of space. OF course, you do not re-
member that several years ago he
wrote the story OF Analostan Island
and gave the history Of the Columbia
Athletic Club and the building of it's
clubhouse on G street between Seven
tenth and Eighteenth streets, now
the central building Of the Young
Mems Christian Association. In GO
ing through The Star OF 1890 for some
thing relating to the Bliss. Havemeyer
syndicate the Rambler came upon the
report of the opening OF the Columbia
Athletic Clubhouse with pictures of
the building and the clubs president,
James f. (Jimmie) Hood 1t was
called the Clubs house warming e."
and the Rambler takes the liberty Of
using the names of the following
ladies who were the receiving party:
Mrs. James F.. Hood, Mrs. John II.
Tilton. Mrs. william 8. Thompson,
Mrs. Dean, Mrs. Haswell, Mrs. En-
mons, Mrs. j. c. Kondrup, Mrs. Onley,
Mrs. W. =. Hibbs, Mrs. u. S. Barry
Mrs. J. West Wagner and Mrs Will
liam + keyworth
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Mr.. Bliss became convinced after the
building of the bridge that the ridge
beyond would become the most
sought for suburban property in the
District. The building Of the bridge
began August l, 1887. it was opened
to traffic March 30. 1890 and the first
of the Bliss deeds was recorded April
Q, 1890.
Thinking it would be a bright idea
to look at real estate news in The
Star OF the Spring and Summer of
1S90-the period covered by the syn
dictate deeds-the Rambler found only
4 reference here and there to the
activity in suburban lands beyond the
Eastern Branch due to the construc-
ton of the new Pennsylvania Avenue
Bridge" But in that old file the
Rambler read some real estate "jot
tings' and gossip" written by W. Il
Bryan, which may interest you. For
your entertainment the Rambler in an
earlier story gave you a copy of the
deed of Albert a. Wilson and his
wife. NJ. 4. Virginia Wilson, 10 Grover
Cleveland TO a 2S-acre tract named
"Rosedale" for the price CT s2l,50O.
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the spirit Of the Duke of Cumber-
land-"Butcher Cumberland OF
bloody history.
J thought of the two rooms in st.
James that are never opened-the
rooms where the Duke of Cumber-
lands valet was found in his bed
with his throat cut from ear to ear,
while the duke himself covered, with
a wounded hand, in a state of utter
collapse.
Following my thoughts. I found
that the princess was recalling that
identical mystery.
Il myself have heard strange
noises" she said. But nothing
would induce me to go up the dark
passage where the rooms are stu
ated."
The fire was burning low. We
shivered in the half light. The prin-
cess suddenly rose and, taking a little
silver candlestick in her hand, babe
us follow her.
81 want to show you the room
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my mind run on the other ghosts
Of English royalty. especially George
III. who & restless spirit hauntS
Buck ngham Palace, and / recalled
the balcony from which Queen Vic
toria in her lifetime was accustomed
to review her troops. and where ever
: nee. on her birthday. May -. she
can be seen. little figure in widow
weeds dark against the great front
Of the palace; Whitehall. where at
midnight. January 81. the door Of
the great hanqueting hail of
Charles l is said TO swing open and
the ghost Of tire Earl of Stafford to
appear, uttering in sepulchral voice
the single word "Christ"-the pass
word used on the night of the un-
fortunate earl's execution. ! recalled
that st. James Palace, the residence
of the Prince of Wales. is haunted by
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my tension through
i the medium of the L. S. mails
The first one is the PROPOSE
ton to change the months of the
year from II months to IS months
and have every month begin on a
Sunday vile Saturdays will end up
the week. The Saturdays will fall
on the 7th, 14th, 21st and 2Sth.
Every month will be composed of 2s
days. but that will make a extra day
at the end of the year which will
be called a floating day known as
New Years Eve.
This alteration is proposed by Mr..
Henry Cox, who is the head Of the
Weather Bureau in Chicago, and ]
never seen such weather, and further
more Mr.. Cox used to say it will be
fair and cloudy tomorrow and the
next morning when you woke up it
would be rainy and beautiful. So
much for Mr.. Cox.
But what about this floating New
Years Eve and who is going to de-
eide it and In the second place sup
pose every individual picks on a diff
ferent day to be their New Years
Eve and you just have a continual
round OF New Years Ewes, why i'll
the next place you are going to have
-.
Suppose everybody in the old L. S.
as 1 have came to think of it would
choose a different New Years Eve,
why that would be 100000 New
Years Ewes in one year and they
wouldn't nobody be able to 90 their
work.
Further and moro it would spoil a
whole lot Of light conversation. Like
for inst. suppose you was to a dinner
party and setting next to a gal and
you wanted to say something to her.
why the first thing that would pop
into your head would be what day
Of the month is this and If all days
was the same she would think you
must be dumb or you would know
what day of the month is this.
All and all I am opposed to every
such innovation, but have been OPP
posed to a whole lot more innova-
tions, but they seem to introduce
them and get by with them. Like
the telephone which I never wanted
1t to work and never thought 1t
could work, but 1t finally did work
and even works at our house IL we
pay our bill every month.
Now the next proposition Is a let
ter from Dan Longsdorf OF Pitts
burgh and his idea is that flies is
d w mole LOT Oh disease germs
including bacilli and he wants law
passed making 1t obligatory for all
house wifes, as soon as they see a
fly, to swat same.
He adds that you don't half to
worry about horse flies no more as
they amt no horses Just tend to
the common house flies is his siocum.
Well. this seems to me like it amt
quite fair to the flies. Years ago in
Niles, Mich. give somebody a dol
lar which made me a member of the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Animals, and when took that
oath I thought 1t included flies and
still think SO yet.
Well, suppose a ny comes into your
house as they sometimes do and you
don't know il he is carrying bacilli
or not and you hit him over the head
and knock him for a cool and the
next day you find out that all as he
was trying to do was tickle some
body and did not have no more
bacilli on him than Jack Dempsey.
So my fdear il to be fair to Mes
and IL one shows up in your house,
why the first thing to. ask him is
what do you want to do. just tickle
somebody. and II Pie says yes, let him
go, but if he .doft answer. you ask
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nc wlteF, VINO, TOT obvious TSd.
sons, does not wish to sign her ac-
tuaI name, has for some time been
an Intimate at the royal court Of
England. She gives her weird ex-
periences in the gloomy hall Of Ken
sin0ton Palace for what they are
worth, neither affirming nor deny
ing anything connected with the
question Of life after death.
Ut was late one Autumn evening.
on such a night as tradition
tells US the spirits Of the
august dead walk abroad. With
another guest and lady-in-
waiting I sat at the dinner table of
one of the British royal princesses
who have apartments in gloomy old
Kensington Palace-a princess who
is the aunt of George V and one Of
the cleverest Of Queen Victoria s
daughters. 1t is inexpedient and un-
necessary that 1 should give her
royal highness' name.
Slim and elegant of figure, with
tiny hands. and feet which trip over
the ground as lightly and swiftly
as those OF 4 young girl, she has
delicately cut features and a COM
plexion practically flawless and as
pink and white as a seashell. AS
for her eyes-they are the famous
royal blue eyes which characterize
all members of the reigning family
of Britain. Blue as harebells,
slightly prominent and Oblong In
shape, they recall the portraits of
Queen Victoria taken as she stood
arrayed in her royal robes with her
hand on the state Bible before the
high altar of Westminster Abbey on
the morning Of her coronation.
The cppvarSafiop fnrpad
natural in such storied surroundings
to the traditional ghosts of the Eng
lish castles.
What a lot of ghosts there must
be in this old place" remarked one
Of the members of the party.
"Oh. there are rather few ghosts in
Kensington Palace" replied the
princess. Certainly few considering
its long history. l personally know
of Brunswick and of Queen Mary,
wife of William III
We would have asked more partic-
ularS, but the entrance of the Serv
ants checked the conversation, and
it was not until the coffee cups had
been cleared away that we returned
to the subject.
Her royal highness beckoned US to
her boudoir. The fire had burned low,
anu 1 " d. dDtul u TING d
when the daughter of Queen Victoria
said, "Oh, don't trouble" and in an
other minute she had brought in some
logs with her own hands. The FIRE
blaZed cheerfully. We settled down,
and soon the conversation was back
upon ghosts and the occult in gen.
eI<l.
IL was raining hard. The wind
moaned f1tfully in the old chimney.
In the Pickering light of the fire a
feeling not remote from fear stole
over US. Mystery hung in the very
atmosphere.
The ghost OF Queen Mary, wife of
William of Orange" repeated the
princess, has often been seen In these
rooms. Only last year a Iady-in- wait
ing TO my sister was passing down
the corridor of the suite in which she
lives when she suddenly became con-
scious of a presence which she could
not see. There was nothing tangible
to be noticed, yet she was certain that
something was there.
=
NCCDDENLY tall, stately lady, at
~ tired in a black gown and lace
veil, took form in the waning light
She seemed to be carrying a bundle
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Pneumonia for Moths.

IRON England comes a new way of
getting rid Of moths. Give them
pneumonia. When IT is found that
moths are in ones best coat. that ar
ticle should at once be placed in a re-
frigerator and left there several days,
then suddenly exposed for a short
time in a temperature Of about so de-
grees and then again refrigerated.
After this treatment it is said that
the clothes will be entirely free Of
moths
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New Calendar Has No Appeal

him If he has got any bacilli If he
says. Yes. l have no bacilii, have
no bacilli today, why then you
leave him go with just a scoldinG.
Don't never pick on innocent fly
as they may turn out to be your
best friend.
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Temperainental Geese.

WHEN q dock Of rare geese became
w temper amentaI and refused to
eat the grass on the lawn of a Lon
don Zoo. the keepers sprayed various
liquids on the grass until they found
something the geese liked, AID now
The craSS is Suor "a IL
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BY RING LARDNER.

TO the Editor: These is just a
few matters that has been
called to my tension through
i the medium of the L. S. mails.
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Rambler Reviews 1890 Realty Deals


Which Ar eof nteresto Stucen LocalH
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/ = AMES of several members of
Y old Southeast families were
VI given in last Sundays
ramblc III connection with
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BY A LADY OF THE COURT.

BY A LADY OF THE COURT.
The writer, who, for obvious rea.
sons, does not wish to sign her ac-
tuaI name, has for some time been
an Intimate at the royal court Of
England. She gives her weird ex-
perences in the gloomy hall Of Ken
sin0ton Palace for what they are
worth, neither affirming nor deny
ing anything connected with the
question Of life after death.