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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
use BARBED WIRE
FOR THE PHONE
FARMERS OF HODGES COUNTRY
HAVE UNIQUE SYSTEM OF
COMMUNICATION
Switchboard Connections With so
Rural Homes, Served by Phone
Using Barbed Wire of Fences; An
inexpensive Service.

With the use of approximately
800 miles of barbed wire, a COM
pIete telephone system with
switchboard connections connect
ing so telephones and an oppor-
tunity given for the enjoyment of
radio concerts, the social side of
rural community life will be de-
veloped in an interesting way in
the vicinity of Hodges, Mont, ac-
cording to I'll. e. Murphy, who lives
in Wibaux county.
The barbed wire telephone sys-
tenn was started first about 15 years
ago, says Mr.. Murphy, and has grown
steadily since The service is run
over barbed wire and the only tele-
phone poles used are erected over
railroad crossings and gateways
where the wires had to be elevated
over the tracks and the fences.
Installation of the service has been
the least expensive possible, the only
cost being the buying of telephones
at from SIS to SIS each and contri-
button of rs cents from each mem
Der for the purchase of the switch
board, about 80 families being ac-
COmmOQdI6Q. ln0 TOdQ CTOSS1HSS
and gates were constructed of native
without any expense. There
is no insulation between wires and
posts, but from Hodges where the
switchboard is installed, the lines
radiate to the various ranch and
farm houses and the system gives ex-
cellent service, according to Mr.. Muir
ply.
This system is also being used by
it's members to enjoy radio concerts
a radio receiving set which
has been installed in the home of
Hans Linen, who tunes in on concerts
and then calls the neighbors, sets the
loud speaker before the transmitter
on his own telephone and shares the
enjoyment of the occasion. Enter
in Louisville, Fort Worth,
st. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, Los
Angeles, Portland and Calgary have
been heard over the barbed wire sys-
TEN of connecting telephones and the
community spirit developed is de-
alared by Mr.. Murphy to be valu-
able asset.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07

A N EFFORT to secure federal ap-
"A preparations for the erection OF
- monument in Brooks GENE
terry in West Virginia to honor the
memory of Patrick Gass has been in
stituted by David Hilger, secretary of
the Montana Historical library. Gass
was the last to die of the members
of the Lewis and Clark expedition,
which obtained for the government
the first definite information of the
great northwest then recently added
to United States domain.
Senator Elkins of West Virginia,
to whom the matter was referred by
Senator B. K Wheeler, has written
Secretary Hilger saying he will be
more than pleased to introduce bill
to provide money for the construc-
ton of a suitable monument.
Was lizard DrinIker''
Gass was one of the hardy type of
emphatically not of the
milk and water variety. If the rec
ords of the Montana Historical So
ciety are correct, there was nothing
in his life that could be pointed out
as lesson of the unhealthful effects
of hard liquor for his ability as a
man was exceeded by few,
the historian declares, yet he lived
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07

In 1892 he saw military service in
Indian wars. In 1899 when war with
France doomed he enlisted again and
then volunteered under Captain
Lewis when this intrepid explorer
called for volunteers.
Was No Farmer
The war of 1912 found him ready
to fight still again and he partici-
pated in the dispute with England
being honorably discharged in 1915.
In 1916 Uncle Sam gave him 100
acres of land in recognition for his
valiant services but Gass had an In
dian chiefs healthy contempt for the
manual labor involved in farming
and he permitted the land to be sold
for the taxes. Then came the Civil
war and at the age of 80. Gass tried
to enlist once more but of course
was too old. The fact that he had
been given pension of So a month
did not weaken his patriotism and he
was one of the most ardent loyalists
of his time although living in a
community where southern feeling
ran high.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
T HE STATE

StevensvilIe- F. Cave, local
cabbage from here. The shipment
was billed to the coast and according
to reports it brought about $3.50 a
hundredweight, f. o. b. Stevensville.
Terry-Frank Shaw recently dis
covered the head of buffalo along
the banks of the Yellowstone just
east of Terry that was fully 20 feet
under ground and overlaid by ledge
of rock about foot in thickness.
Superior-This season will be the
record year for planting streams in
this section if the present program
is carried out by the local forestry
man and the Superior Rod and Gun
club working in unison in this re-
gard.
Chinook The employment of a
field man in the valley to assist and
supervise the increase in titled crops
in the valley as the first step towards
obtaining a sugar factory in the val
ley was the plan evolved in meetings
held at Chinook, Zurich and Harlem
Bozeman-George bad Eye Dyer
and John A. WEIGH, alias Tom Mar
tin, pleaded guilty to burglary in the
first degree in the district court and
Judge B. B. Law Immediately sem
fenced them to serve terms in the
penitentiary at Deer Lodge to the
limit of the law. Dyer's term was
fixed at from seven and half to Is
years, and WEIGH was sentenced to
six and half to Is years.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07

While Standard companies viii
possibly wait until April 1 before
resuming pumping of their wells in
Kevin-Sunburst field, independent
operators are preparing to resume
active operations, both pumping
and drilling, early this month.
Whether the Illinois Pipe Line
company will start taking oil for
purchase by the Ohio Oil company
has not yet been announced. How
ever, a market for all available in
dependent oil is assured by the Sun
burst Refining company, which has
offered to purchase oil from any
property hooked on to the pipe line.
The first new well of the year 1924
was spudded in during the past week
on the Ray Sorrel farm. The loca-
ton is the S. E. corner S.W. IA of
S. w. IA, 8-34-2 west, offsetting
the Schwartz-Kevin Hurry No. 1, ih
the same section. 1t will be known
as the McDonald-Sorrel No. 1. Dan
Mcdonald of Mcdonald & Thomas,
has the lease, this firm having taken
over the y-Kevin-DeGroat pro-
Queer which they completed in N. e.
N. E. IA of the n. w. IA 17-34-2
west, the first producer of the year.
Among the wells which have start
ed pumping are the international Oil
Syndicate; the two Macdonald
Sweetgrass producers; the two Sho-
wells; the two Bitter
Creek wells; the Waconia-LOrenson
and the observation-disclosures.
There is about 100000 barrels of
storage available in the Sunburst
tank farm and as the field produc-
lion is considerably in excess of the
capacity of the Sunburst Refinery,
The principal buyer of oil, there is
every probability that the Ohio will
store its own oil, if any is to be
stored at this time.
Mark Danford, manager of the
Oil company, was a
visitor in Great Falls recently. He
stated that his company is anxious
% delay for another month not only
% wait for settled weather but wait
ng for the market situation to clarity
itself.
There seems to be confidence in
Standard Oil circles that the north
srn crude will go to Canada. displac-
ng the Salt Greek crude now being
hauled across the state of Montana
o the new Imperial refinery at Cal
gary. Salt Creek operators say that
t will not be long until the Wyom-
ng refineries will be taking all the
available Salt Creek crude, forcing
he Imperial to look elsewhere for
is supply. 1t would follow that the
only available supply is in Kelvin
sunburst field, which sits with an
amount of oil to run the
lew Imperial refinery, and with a
,ipe line running to the information
Il border.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
BUILD MEMORIAL TO
MEM0RY OF PATRICK GASS
OF LEWIS AND CLARK FANNIE

to be nearly 100 years old and in
1881, at the age of 60, was married
and became the father of seven chill
dren. When he was 80 years old he
Joined a church and was immersed
in the cold waters of river to the
tune of "Shall We Gather at the
River"
Gass had just 19 days of schooling
of the text book kind but in the
school of experience he learned much
in his SO years. He was born of
Irish parents near Chambersburg,
Pa, in June, 1911, annd he died near
Wellsburg, w. Va, April 20, 1870.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
WORK RESUMES IN
KEVIN-SUNBURST
SEVERAL WELLS START PUMP
ING; NORTHERN CRUDE MAY
GO TO CALGARY

Standard Companies Will Not Put
Wells on Pump Until About April
1, When Drilling is Expected to
Become Active.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
CORN ACREAGE IN
DANIELS DOUBLES

Beginning a tour which Will take
him to many of the good corn sec
tions of the state, Tolley Hartwick
held four successful meetings in
Daniels county. At every meeting
intense interest in corn production
was shown by the farmers present,
and the questions asked relative to
corn production shows a very keen
interest in this branch of agriculture
in Daniels county.
The corn acreage in Daniels coun-
ty more than doubled in the last year
and a similar increase is expected in
the coming year. Farmers are
awakening to the possibility of corn
as a means of stabiliZing their farm
income and are taking great interest
in such meetings as Mr.. Hartw1ck's
as a means of becoming more famil-
lar with the successful practices in
other parts of the state.
Shows Preference for Flint
Mr.. Hartwick's explanation of the
value of sucker in production of corn
in short season localities was espe-
cially interesting and following the
meeting a number of farmers ex-
pressed themselves in favor of limit
ing their production to flint corn in
the future. The charts Mr.. Hart
wick used to illustrate the machinery
he uses in handling low growing
corn proved to be of great interest
to the majority of the farmers pres
emit and it is expected that many will
be constructing machinery along
these lines during theecoming year.
Explains Rod System
One of the outstanding features of
the program was Mr.. Hartwick's ap-
plication of the rod system of Guilt
walton to the cultivation of corn and
other inter-tilled crops. The duck
foot shovel, used on many corn Gull
tivators throughout the state, has
been supplanted by the homemade
rod cultivator on his own farm. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Hartwick, it is his
belief that this, in time, will supplant
the duck foot shovel in great ma
jority Of cases.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
FLATHEAD COUNCIL
ASK FOR THE TRUTH
WOULD HAVE THE HISTORY OF
FLATHEAD NATION PROP
ERLY WRITTEN.
Ask Aid of Writers to This End;
Have Indian Legends Which as
Part of History of America Should
Be Published.

Representatives of the confeder-
ated tribes of the Flathead Indians
at council held near Medicine
Tree, in the upper Bitter Root val
ley, adopted resolutions asking
writer's and publishers of America
to write the history of the Indian
nation. The resolutions state that
the Indians have legends which, as
American history, should be pre-
served.
The officers of the council which
passed on the resolutions are as fol
lows: Martin Charlo, chief of the
Pend d'Oreilles; Courville Dupuir OF
Poison, chairman of the council;
Thomas Burland of Poison, secre-
tary; Joseph Pierre and Oenesa
Grandeur of Arlee; Max ]. Barnaby,
Pablo, and Basil Felix of Arlee. The
interpreters were Octave Couture,
Frank Kirkpatrick and Louis Domin-
ick Finley of Arlee.
Resolved, that we in council as
sembled deem that the only means at
our command to call the attention of
the American people, especially the
congress assembled at Washington,
d. c., of the true facts as to our ma
tional history. We have been patient
and peace-loving people. 1t is our
national honor to live in peace.
Therefore, we ask and beg the writ
ers and publishers of America to
write our history and the true facts
as they were before the white man
came to live among us and to state
true facts as they exist today. We
have Indian legends which as Ameri-
can history should be preserved. We
have no funds but will gladly give
any deserving writer material for ar
ticles which we know would be gladly
read by the American public, and
would help us as a people in becom-
ing better adjusted in citizenship and
society.
Resolved, that Dean A. L. Stone
of the school of journalism of the
University of Montana be asked to aid
us in securing good writer's to pre-
sent our history and conditions to the
American people. We do not believe
that our affairs are we'll managed and
we have no law to empower any of
our own people to change conditions.
We are the real red hooded Ameri-
cans.
"Be it further resolved, that we,
the Confederated tribes of Flathead
Indians in council, ask that the SEN
ators and representatives in congress
be urged to pass the bill now pend
ing giving us the privilege to present
claims before the court of claims,
either senate bill 581 or house res
oution 4108).
GAS true Americans, we ask each
members vote.
"Be it further resolved, that copies
of this resolution be sent to the clerk
of the senate and house and that each
from Montana be sent a copy
Resolved, that we resent double
taxation, one by county and state and
the other withheld by the Indian de-
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07

While Standard companies viii
possibly wait until April 1 before
resuming pumping of their wells in
Kevin-Sunburst field, independent
operators are preparing to resume
active operations, both pumping
and drilling, early this month.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
When You Catch Cold
Rub on Musterole

Musterole is easy to apply and it
gets in its good work right away.
Often it prevents cold from turning
into sflu" or pneumonia. Just apply
Musterole with the fingers. 1t does
all the good work of grandmother's
mustard plaster without the blister.
Musterole is clean, white ONT
ment, made of oil of mustard and
other home simples. 1t is recon-
mended by many doctors and nurses.
Try Mustero1e for sore throat, cold
on the chest, rheumatism, lumbago,
pleurisy, stiff neck, bronchitis, asth-
ma, neuralgia, congestion, pains and
aches of the back and joints, sprains,
sore muscles, bruises, chilblains,
frosted feet-colds of all sorts.
To Mothers: Musterole is now
made in milder form for babies
and small children. Ask for
ChiIdren's MusteroIe.
35c and Csc, jars and tubes; hospital
size, $500
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-07
2167 S77 BARRELS 1923 CAT CREEK PRODUCTION

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-22

And this is America in the year 1924
AMI have the crust to call ourselves an enlightened
nation!"
We who allow babies Of eight to work in beet fields and
cotton mills and mines have the to criticise the
Chinese peasants who sell their daughters!
We who allow deserving fathers free provided they
escape into neghborng State presume to ORR
entails who prefer quick death by drowning for their surplus
children to the slow agony of starvation!
WE, WHO DENY. SUPPORT TO "A NEW BORN CHILD
BECAUSE ITS HEARTLESS FATHER FRAMED A PRE-
NATAL AGREEMENT AGAINST SUCH RESPONSIBLE.
ITY, DARE WAGE WAR AGAINST HUNNISH ABUSE
OF BABIESl
On, unspeakable shame and most vile hypocrsy
You need not protest that the appellate merely
passing on tecncates proceeding according to prece
dent That is No nation should permit techni
caities precedents by which little child may be mis-
treated Not all wealth SCIENCE pride or power can
outweigh for second such mshandng of our highest
duty.
Across the years there rings the final decision of that
Highest Court
''HUT WHO so SHALL OFFEND ONE OF THESE
LITTLE ONES. - : 1T WERE BETTER FOR HIM THAT
A MILESTONE WERE HANGED ABOUT HIS NECK
AND THAT HE WERE DROWNED IN THE DEPTH OF
THE SEA- "
What nave we all-yOu-I-to say in the face of judg
men such as that
anrss syndieAtS . ''f r,.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-22
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DIR. FRANK CRANE.
The Visiting Nurse

NNE OF the most valuable institutions of modern times
is the Visiting Nurse circular sent out by the
Visiting Nurse Service, Of New York, gives some
interesting facts
These nurses respond to all calls within their capacity
and care for the needysick regardless Of color
creed They all registered from accredited
schools Last year. in the great city they cared for $4,000
patients Of whom 1527 less than five years old. IL 496
patients mothers expectant mothers and $3.50 Of
them were newborn babies.
Approximately 100000 nursing visits made in the
city last and the average cost Of each of them was
$110
AS the annual average Of maintaining is
around 81 $780, these represent admirable in
which any be of service to his fellow by sup
porting them Patients asked to pay the cost OF the
visit if they do but service refused because
Of poverty.
When you one in your family gets sick, your
doctor telephones for trained She understands taking
of the SICK and before you know she is part OF
your household and you depending her for all man
of things
Only one sick person out Of every ten goes hospital
The stay home" For hirtyone years the New
York Visiting Nurse has mhstered to these sick people,
day In and day out, rain or shine.
In 1893 two nurses operating from little upstairs room
tenement house. constituted the entire staff Today 24S
go from twentythree modern, fully equipped
nursing centers.
In big New York there many people who, If they
knew intimately Of the work that even one OF these
nurses does year. would gladly help and interest others
in providing her salary.
It is to be remembered that takes only $3.50 year
to keep her going with cheer and comfort from sick
to sick
We bespeak for this admirable institution the hearest
support Of the public
Copyright Mcclure
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-22

, 1t got outside the atmosphere, the
atmosphere itself would help with
all its mass to "puIl" upon 1t,
for the reason that the atmos-
phere is gaseous outer shell
forming a part of the planet
earth, and contributing its share
to the total of gravity. The solid
earth-baIl weighs about six sex
tillions of tons; it's atmospheric
shell weighs about five-and-a-half
quadrillions of tons, or roughly a
nillionth as much as the solid
part of the planet.
All the other questions asked
in the letter are vitiated by the
fundamental error just pointed
out. Atmospheric pressure is
simply a result of gravity. Elk
cept that. owing to its gaseous
constitution the atmosphere dis
tributes its pressure in all direc
tions upon objects within 1t. its
pressure resembles that Of stone
! held in the hand. And because
Of the peculiar distribution OF its
pressure just mentioned the at
nosphere, instead of holding OBJ
jects to the EARTH really tends to
decrease their weight at the solid
surface. Therein lies the secret
of the rising OF, balloon, In ap-
parent opposition to gravity.
Effects of Removal.
The removal Of the atmosphere
would have no effect upon New
toms theory, bur. as above ex-
planned, It would diminish by
about one-inillionth the total
gravity Of the planet earth as
exerted upon body-for in
stance, the moon-outside the at
mosphere. Centrifugal force at
the solid surface Of the earth
would not be increased by the re-
moval Of the atmosphere, and
neither would such removal make
the earth fly to pieces, as II the
atmosphere resembled the shell
OF a boiler restraining an explo-
sive force within.
Undoubtedly, however, the re-
moval OF the atmosphere would
result In a slight rise Of the
waters Of the ocean and would
somewhat facilitate certain up
heavals Of the crust, since such
removal would take away a
weight of nearly fourteen pounds
from every square inch of the
surface. An indication of this Is
given when a perceptible increase
In the height OF tides is found
to result from a local decrease
of barometric, i. e., atmospheric,
pressure.
The rotary motion of the earth
is not a result of atmospheric
pressure, which acts on all sides
of the earth radially toward the
center. But the original cause
of the rotation is still a matter
for theoretical investigation, like
that Of its revolution around the
sun.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-22

where prenatal agreements made between husband and
wife abscvng the former Of all responsibility in supporting
in way contributing to the support of their off
spring. minor children in California may be given no legal
protection against indolent fathers
'uch the Interpretation placed today by Superior
Judge Charles O. Busck decision of the Third District
Court Of Appeal here reversing the trial Judgment
in the of Lloyd Swiggy, who convicted by jury
in Judge Busck court Of failing provide for his minor
child
he appellate court ruled that Judge Busck erred when
he refused to permit admission into the testimony Of az
legged prenatal agreement made between Swiggy and his
wife relieving the husband of the necessity of contributing
to the chld's support.
Do you know what that means? 1t means this: Mrs
John Jones about to have baby John Jones does not
want that baby in the family He likes his comfort does
John And gotta get out and hustle if you have kids
So John raises Cain when Mary tells him that the baby
coming He won't have it! And if the baby does arrive
he won't take Of it! What's he going to do about
tg He'll show her what he's going to do about it, He's
going to draw up paper right refusing to support that
kid in any way whatsoever And she's got sign it, Then
she can do what she peases with the kid after it arrives
but he II be in the clear. FOR HE'LL HAVE THE LAW
BEHIND HIM!
A prepOsteEOus bOastI" you sxGaim. ''No law will
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-22
The White House Cook Book
Will Be Simple

The President and Mrs. Coolidge have good example
not only In economy but in sense by having their
regular White House cooks the meals served at their
official dinners.
Heretofore has been customary for Presidents hire
outside caterers to cook meals for their parties the Pres
dent evidently Thinks and very correctly that what is good
enough for the First Lady of the Land and himself all the
time is good enough for guests.
OF course, when You and spread ourselves pay back
our social obligations have to go out and get food
architect to build us bill Of fare that is yscraper but
then you and do cooking and and then fall
back canned stuff.
would not do for the White House rely on any get
foodquc arrangement but this necessary as the White
House has chef and full force Of assistants
There's also certain genuine home like hospitality about
having the thing done by people that stay under the roof
All in ALL the Presidents household done wise thing