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The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12
pecnrlaritlea 81 the chineee.

81
It is true that cats, dogs, rats,
snakes, cockroaches are included In
the Chinaman's menu, but they are
not staple foods. They are eaten
as little, but also as much, Mr..
Hardy remarks, rs frogs and snails
in France or high game and walk
ing cheese in England. Food fash
IONS vary, too. THE last tiuaSsywas
at Canton I saw only one bundle of
kippered rats hanging outside a shop
that used to deal largely In them. 1
remarked to my companion that the
supply Of rats fell Off apparently at
that season. Hearing this, the shop
keeper, who knew some English, in.
his kind desire that / should not be
disappointed, went to the back of the
shop, produced two dried cats and,
throwing them upon the counter be-
fore me, said: ''They are eating
those now"
Another person, travelling in the
East, says Before the Chinese were
prohibited from emigrating to the
Philippine islands the fare from
Annoy to Manila was for them SIS
first class, SIS second. Those in the
latter class had to take a bath before
landing, SO, in order to escape this
terror, many used to travel first
class who would otherwise have gone
second. A whole family OF Chinese
win make their additions one after
another in about q pint of UNI
changed water in the same basin"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12

Interestlng @ pickens, Horera.

Many Of Charles Dickens famous
characters have been traced by n
Of his biographers to their originals.
Paul Dombey was Dickens nephew,
Harry Barnett. a pathetic little Grip
pie, who died in his tenth year. Dora
Copperfeld is supposed to have been
q Miss Beadwell, with whom Dickens
was in love at the early age Of eigh-
teen. The belief that he drew the
character of Micawber from his
father is not upheld by the biogra-
pher, who has discovered in one
Richard Chicken of York, a more
probable model. This Chicken had
a subordinate place in the Office of
an engineer wherein Alfred Dickens,
the novelist's brother, was employed
for several years. William Shaw, who
who uneonsciously sat for the por-
trait of the abominable Squeers, is
said to have been in actual life, "a
man Of kind and humane DISPOSE
tom" after his death his neighbors
placed a stained glass window in the
village church to his memory. Mrs.
Skewton, we are told, was a Mrs.
Campbell. "a lady well known At
bennington who INDUCED in such
tight lacing that the slightest exer-
ton caused her to pant for breath"
Captain Cutie, that fine old boy,
made his first appearance in Pepy's
Diar. that gentleman recording that
"he met a Captain Cutie, a sea COM
mander, at the Royal Exchange"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12
London,s River Postmen.

It is probable that London has the
distinction Of being the only port
where the ships lying at anchor r
privileged to have their letters de-
livered to them by river postmen, 1t
being customary at other ports for
sailors to apply personally for their
letters unless the ship is in dock.
The Thames is divided into two pos
tai districts, each under the control
of a river postman, who delivers let
tiers and parcels every morning, In g
craft which resembles a fisher boat
more than anything else. OF these
districts the first extends from the
custom house to Lmehouse, and the
second from Limehouse to Black
well. The river postmen start on
their rounds punctually at eight
o'clock every morning, and, needless
to say, there Is only n delivery a
day. The mail bag may include as
many as five hundred letters, but
this number is largely increased
about Christmas time. AS he glides
from ship to ship the postman calls
out, "Ahoy there!" and hands up
the letters attached to a boathook to
the waiting crew. 1t only takes from
four to Eve hours to deliver the mail,
SO that the postman does not waste
much time. In foggy weather, how
ever, 1t takes considerably longer,
owing to the difficulties of finding
the various ships, and Of steering be-
tween the large vessels as they lie at
anchor.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12

The fight on KANSAS entrance In
to the Union was a prelude to the
Civil War, which 1t hastened. The
Kansas conflict may be said to have
been begun with the enactment Of
the territorial organisation BILL in
1854. Both North and South strove
for the possession OF the territory,
and in the fight John Brown was
evolved and got the incentive which
led him to make his Harper's Ferry
raid Of 1859, that intensified the
tension between the sections and
made the Civil War inevitable. II
there had been no Kansas conflict
there world have been no John
Brown, the Wing party would have
remained on the scene a few years
longer to make It's feeble opposition
to the Democracy; the advent OF the
Republican party would have been
delayed; there would have been no
Leeompton constitution fight to cut
off a segment from the Democratic
party; the Democratic split in the
Charleston convention of 1860
would have been postponed to 1854
r some other time, and 1t is possible
that the Civil War would not have
occurred yet, and that slavery would
still be In existence; though, Of
course, its doom was certain, soon or
late.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12
Treaenre In Russian Churches.

The treasures of the various Rus
sian churches are of fabulous value.
st. Isaac's Cathedral In st. Peters
burg is said to have cost 100000
600. Its copper roof is overlaid with
pure gold. In tie Cathedral OF Ka-
zan the name of the Almighty blazes
In diamonds from 8 cloud of beaten
gold, under which are solid silver
doors twenty feet high. There are
1,400 churches in Moscow, many of
which contain priceless treasures.
Ffom the Cathedral of che Assump-
ton Napoleon took from the church
five tons of silver and 500 weight of
gold, but it's most precious treasures
were concealed. To celebrate the de-
liverance of Moscow from the
French the Cathedral of the Holy
Saviour was built at 9 cost Of a10,-
600, 900; its five cupoias are covered
with pure gold one-eighth of an inch
In thickness.=London Tit-Bits.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12
How Accidents Occur.

Twelve per cent. Of all the acct
dents to people in cities happen on
the streets. Statistics show that the
average citizen, IL he should meet
with one hundred serious mis-
chances on his walks abroad, would
slip on the ice, and fall down under
other circumstances. ~sixty-eight
times he would get hurt ten times in
boarding or dismounting from cars;
he would be knocked down, or other
wise injured by horses and wagons
six times; he would be bitten by
dogs four times, and he would step
disastrously upon banana peels
twice. The remaining mishaps
would be miscellaneous, and might
include one or two collisions with
motor cars, which have taken the
place of bicycles as perils to the
pedestrian.-Pearson's Magazine.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12
Marriaaeahle ACES in Novels.


"You can tell by the ages OF the
heroines of the modern novel writer's
that the marriageable age Of women
is being extended" unused the wo-
man who is given to mental observa-
lions. "a woman can go pretty far
nowadays without being considered
an old maid by the novel writer's. |
remember the heroines of my girl
hood days were all between eighteen
and nineteen. 1t was a somewhat
audacious writer who made the
beautiful charmer of his novel twen-
ty-one years old. But just pick up
the modern novels. The authors and
A~uthoresses don't start the heroines
on their mad careers until they are
over thirty, and by the time they
have gotten the girl or oma out
in the center Of the stage, plunged
her off, she is close OF to thirty-two
or three. 1 have Just completed a
most interesting book in which the
heroine is forty" - Philadelphia
Record.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12
Left 1870 wills.

In 1876 William Rennie of Westfelo,
Dunbar, Scotland. died. He conveyed
his considerable estate to certain trus-
tees, with instructions to recognize all
subsequent writings left by him, no
matter how informal. When they went
over his papers they discovered that
he left 1870 documents, which would
have to be accepted as wills as all
Of them ~bequeatehed sums of various
amounts. The testator disposed Of
his estate several times over. Since
that time the trustees have been
working at an equitable settlement,
and the case has only now been taken
out of the courts.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12

a lady had invited to dinner an
old friend who had lost his nose In
n accident. Taking her young
daughter aside before his arrival,
she cautioned her to be very careful
to make no remarks about Mr.. Rob-
inson's nose, as he was very sensi-
tive about 1t. At the table every
thing went we'll for a time, until
Carrie. who had been studying the
guests face An apparent perplexity,
turned inquiringly to her MOTHER
and asked:
ma, why did you tell me to say
nothing about Mr.. Robinson's nose7
He hasn't got any" - Harper's
Weekly.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12
Long Visws.

Persons who wish to put OF the
evil day Of spectscles should accus-
tom themselves to long views. The
eye is relieved, and sees better, If.
after reading a while, we direct the
sight to someIar distant object, even
for a minute. Great travellers and
hunters are seldom near sighted.
Sailors discern objects at a great
distance with considerable distinct
ness when a common eye ees moth
ing at all. One is reported to have
such acute sight that he could tell
when he was going to see an object.
On one occasion when the ship was
in a sinking condition, and all were
exceedingly anxious for a sight Of
land, he reported from the lookout
that he could not exactly e the
shore, but could pretty nearly do SO.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12
Secret Drinking Device.


The sanitarium was for women
only-women d~ipsomaniacs. A lux
urious place. The rate was $125 a
week.
"This," said the superintendent,
sis our museum. Odd, grotesque,
eh?" The museum was a collection
Of instruments for secret drinking
that had been taken from female
dipsomaniacs. There was a carriage
clock with a false back that would
hold a half pint of whisky. There
was a muff with a round flask Of in
dia rubber in It's hollow inside. 4
bottle, was hidden under a rosette.
The owner of the muff would press it
to her face-a very natural and
common movement - and at the
same time take a stiff drink. There
were a dozen sorts Of bonbons, can
dies Of all shapes and hues, each
containing two or three fingers of
brandy. A fan-it would not open
had room for a half a pint in it. =
number of purses were nothing but
whisky TASKS covered with bead
work or leather, or silver, or gold.
There was even a prayer book with
a flask inside.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12
Rivals RockefelIer's Wealth.

Ii is believd that Sayaji Roo, the
rajah of Baroda, Is the p%ossesor OF
wealth equal If not superior to that
of j. d. Rockefeller. He was edu-
Gated in an English university and
his people are well governed. Much
of his vast riches is IN the form of
precious stones. His wife owns the
most famous diamond necklace in
the world. 1t is worth $12,000,000,
and is made up of 200 stones each
the size Of a hazelnut. She also has
a c~ollarette of 500 perfect diamonds,
none less than twenty carats. In the
treasure chamber is q carpet four
square yards In surface, made up en-
tirely of ropes of diamonds, pearls
and rubies. 1t required A 100000
worth of gems and three years of la
Dor. The long corridors of the pal
ace are lined with marble and onyx
of incalculable value. The palace is
steam heated and electric elevators
are placed at frequent intervals.
Bronzes, paintings, Efatuary, all i'm
ported and wcrsh ma.ny millions of
dollars, are scattered throughout the
royal dwelling.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12

Speaking of the Indian, Chief Por-
ter of the Creek nation recently said:
For forty years ! have been familiar
with Indian election affairs, and I
have never heard ofsa case Of repeat
ing or intimidation Of a voter. Re-
peating is impossible in the Indian
elections, and so far as intimidation
goes the Indian is too good a citizen
20 attempt any such oEims."-Kansas
City JepRnaA /,
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12

A New Mexico paper announces
the marriage of Miss 8. M. Boots to
e. Barefoot. He now has Boots but
she has become Barefoot. Thus It Is
seen that In entering Into q marriage
contract the woman is invariably the
loser. But there is no denying that
the match was one of an affinity OF
snlAs.-Los Angeles Times.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12
cromweIps Seal,

The seal Of Oliver Cromwell. now
in the possession of q prominent fam
ily in wales, is a plain gold mounted
corundrum stone fve-eighths Of an
inch in diameter. 1t dates from 1865
and was used on several Of his deeds.
The whole Of the Lora's Prayer Is en-
graysd upoA r.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12

Women have need to learn tAs
great lesson that there is a line be-
tween essentials which, If overstepped,
leads to mental and physical ship
wreck.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-12

GHERIFF'S SALE.-By virtue ola
- writ of fl. ia. to, me directed, issued out Of
the Court of CIancery of the State of New
Jersey, will be exposed to sale at public ven
due. on
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-04
GRAIN MARKETS
SHARPLY LOWER
HEAVIER MOVEMENT AND MORE
FAVORABLE CROP PROSPECTS
PRINCIPAL WEAKENING FAC
TORS.

A heavier movement of spring
wheat to United States markets and
prospects of an earlier movement of
the Canadian crop than usual togeth-
er with larger threshing returns than
were expected in some areas weak
ened the wheat market materially
during the week ending Aug. 20, ac-
cording to the Weekly Grain Market
Review of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Continued i'm
provement in the crops prospects for
corn together with a fairly liberal
movement weakened the market for
this grain and prices in the future
markets reached new low levels for
the new crop year. Other feed grains
were also lower rejecting the weak
ness in the corn market.
Very favorable conditions prevail
ed for the completion of the spring
wheat harvest in the Northwest and
for the beginning Of the Canadian
harvest. Crop reports from Canada
were generally favorable indicating
that the crop may be larger than the
official estimate August 1. Receipts
Of wheat from sections of North Da-
kota and Montana where severe dam
Continued on page A.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-04
WALL STREET TAKES NOTICE AS MINERS QUIT
Montana Power Pays Fat Income Tax
CHAUTAUQUA DRAWS
SMALL CROWD

Some of the Musical and Dramatic
Features GOOd-Seaman ImpersOn-
ates 100 Percenter and Amuses
CrOwd-Small Boys Laugh at
Mainstreeters Who Cheer When
Captain" Puts On "BOnbastis
FuriOsO' Stunt-Canadian Colonel
Puts Over League of Nations Pro-
paganda.
The Ellison-White Chautauqua tent
appeared in Plentywood this week. A
local committee helped to sell the
tickets and bring out several people
from the city. Although printed
cards telling of the coming of the
show, were distributed in nearby
towns, very few farmers attended
AS the local committee gave the Cha
tauqCa Co. a guarantee that its ex-
penses will be paid, the Ellison White
Co. will not lose anything.
Despite the fact that this is one OF
the minor companies travelling the
country some of the musical and dra.
matte features were good.
The Branughman Pifferle Duo were
very good. They gave many clC
time and modern impersonations tha-
were well received by the audiences
In the foreign and other impersona
CONTINUED on last page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-04
FEDERAL RETURNS SHOW
WEALTH OF BUTTE BARONS
W. A. Clark J Pays $51 464-Bute Corporations Lead In
come Tax List in State According to Federal Returns
John D. Rockefeller Pays Highest Tax in Nation With
Henry Ford Second
SEN. SCHNTTZLER OF FROD PAYS $S.O97 30

MOntana's largest income taxpayer
is the Montana Power company and
subsidiaries, with headquarters at
Butte, whose tax for the 1924 tax
year amounted to $326,268.54, records
of the Montana district of the Inter
nal revenue bureau, opened today ia
the public by c. A. Rasmussen, col
lectOr, show.
CLARK PAYS
BIG TAX
w. A. Clark, Jr., of Butte, declared
an income which required a tax pay
ment of $51 ,464.30, the largest indi.
vidual tax payment on record in the
district for this year, The estate
of his father, the late w. A. Clark
pioneer Montana mining man anC
banker, appears sixth on the lis
with a payment of $16,19760.
There were, however, five corpora
tion incomes including the Montana
Power company, which exceeded tn,
younger Clark's.
Following is the list of other larg
/ taxpayers:
CORPORATIONS.
Yellowstone Park Hotel Co., Hell
ena, S81 ,557.40.
Lewistown Oil & Refining Co., Lew
istown, $30,446.88.
Vernon Goodwin Co., Helena, oper
ators of the Yellowstone Park Trans
portation Co. S18,718.48
Bozefnan Canning Co., BozemaT
! S15,484.14.
4 Montana Flour Mills Co., and Mon
tana Elevator Co., Lewistown, $13
43O.86.
Montana Coal & Iron Co., of Bill,
ings, with mines at Bear Greek, S11
836.13.
Missoula Mercantile Co., Missouli
j $11,048.27.
The Polleys Lumber Co., S1O,973.O
Simons Dry Goods Co., Butte, $40
623.92.
. Montana Life Insurance Co., He
ena, $10,585.
INDIVIDUALS
Andrew J. Davis, president, Fir
National bank, Butte, S48,589.58.
William D. Thornton, owner of tl
: Thornton hotel, Butte, $20,327.96.
A. G. Carson, Butte, S19,123.67.
William Wallace, Jr., and wifi
former Helena attorney, now of Ne
: York City, $16,092.88.
! Continued on last page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-04

Senator Chas. E. Taylor was a
welcome visitor in Plentywcod yester-
day. He is making a call on old
friends and intends to stay in this
district for three or four weeks. Sen.
Taylor was busy calling on old
friends yesterday but the editor was
successful in getting the following
interview from him which indicates
that the company in which many 10
cal people are interested is a very
lively infant. In the course of an
interview Senator Taylor stated:
affairs with the Radium Remedies
company are developing far beyond
the expectations of the managers. II
was the middle of June before any
real work was started IN the way o1
development and starting from zero
at that time, with an immense am.
cunt of details to be worked cut
much of it has been completed, anC
Pyradium is for sale in over a hun
dred drug stores in Minneapolis anC
is being handled by all of the lead
ing wholesale drug houses. Order
have been received from coast t.
coast and dentists are asking fo
sample bottles from all over tn
United States. Every one of tn
dentists of Minneapolis, st. Paul, Du
luth, Superior, Rochester, st. ClOuC
Fargo and all of the larger cities Q
southwestern Minnesota, have bee
called upon and over 80 per cent {
these dentists are trying out Pyrad
UNI and many Of them are prescribin
it both fer Pyorrhea and trenc
mouth. The company have receive
in the few short weeks it has bee
working several very cOmplimentar
letters from pyOrrhea specialists, as
serting that Pyradium is the simple'
and most effective preparatio
yet discovered for the treatmer
of this dread disease of til
mouth. The mail order end of til
business is developing as rapidly &
can be expected, and if present rat
of development keeps up, the bushes
will be paying expenses by March Is
Pyradium has created a sensation
the medical circles of Minneapol
: and it will, I think, become one
the fastest successes in the histol
of this kind of business in AmeriC
and there are several very quick ar
large ones recorded here"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-04
POOLHALL LICENSE
WILL Be REVIEWED
BY DIST. COURT
Geo. Wright Alleges That Ordinance
is Unconstitutional, Invalid and
Void" and Asks That Conviction
Be Set Aside.

A petition for writ of review in
the case of Geo. Wright and E. E..
Belanski and the City of Plentywood
has been filed in the Office of the clerk
of the District Court this week.
The petition sets out that on Aug
ust 20, proceedings were had in the
Court of the Police Magistrate of the
Town of Plentywood, in which Geo.
Wright was found guilty of operat-
ing a poolhall and soft drink parlor
in violation of Ordinance No. Ill,
and fined S25 for such violation.
The petition alleges that the ordin-
ance mentioned is Unconstitutional,
invalid and void, and that said Police
Magistrate had no jurisdiction to try
said cause" and prays that "All pro-
ceedings had by said respondent as
such Police Magistrate be vacated,
annulled and set aside"
A hearing in this case has not yet
been set by the Court
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-04
GRAND OPENING BALL
AT F. |. TEMPLE
PUBLIC WILL SEE NEW STAGE
SETTINGS FOR FIRST TIME AT
FALL OPENING DANCE SEPTIC

There will be a Grand Fall Open
ing dance at the Farmer-Labor Tenn
pie Saturday evening September II
which is certain to attract a great
crowd. The weather will be cool but
not cold at that time and will be ideal
fer dancing. Another feature that
will have a tendency to bring out a
record crowd will be the fact that the
public will have its first opportunity
to view the new curtain and stage
decorations. At the back of the stage
the artists have just finished a splen-
did water color painting depicting a
lake and mountain scene.
The curtain, which carries adver-
tisements of local business houses, is
featured by an inspirational painting
of the sun rising above the horizon.
An agricultural and an industrial
scene are pictured in the foreground
showing a farm and a factory out
look. The sunburst in the rear is
emblamatic of the new dawn of in
dustrial democracy.
The music at the ball will be furn.
ished by the Fargo orchestra.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-04
DAGMAR MAN RETURNS FROM
VISIT TO COAST CITIES

Niels Christensen returned to his
home in Dagmar this week, from an
extended visit to the Pacific Coast.
While there he visited Seattle, Ia
coma and other coast cities and COM
mented favorably on the splendid
roads connecting these cities.
At Seattle he attended the annual
conveticn of the National Association
of Mutual Insurance Companies of
America. There were $50 delegates,
representing SO states at the Conven-
tion which lasted four days. Mr..
Christensen described the wonders of
the brOadeasting arrangements at
the Libby Hotel, where the conven-
ton was held.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-04

TAKES HER TO CANADA
Mrs. Kellett alleges in a complaint
that she was enticed into an auto
mobile, at Scobey, by the man she
now wants to be separated from, and
taken against her will into Canada,
where he is alleged to have forced
her to marry him. She states that
all this was done against her will
and that she only consented to the
marriage because she was afraid to
oppose the wishes of Kellett.
READS LIKE
SCREEN STORY
The case, as told in the complaint,
rivals in thrills some Of the movie
scenes of Hollywood, where coy maid
ems are sometimes overpowered and
kidnapped in fleet automobiles by
dashing SWANS. The only difference
is that the screen ladies seem to like
the caveman stuff while the plaintiff
in this case apparently resents it.
The complaint in part alleges:
"That the consent of said Plaintiff
to said marriage, was obtained By
force, duress, violence and threats tx
do the said plaintiff bodily injury un
less she would consent to said mar
riage; in that the said defendant a
the Town of Scobey, Montana, on O
about the 4th day of October, 1924
enticed the plaintiff to go for a rid
with him in an automobile and afte
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