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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
ASSA|[S PAPA BOYS.
IN FRENCH FORCES
Col. Fabry Throws a Chill
Over Deputies in Attack
on War Ministry.


PARIS. December 19.-The state
ment that the French army is badly
diSorganized, made by Col. Jean
Fabry, former minister of the col
onies and Marshal Joffre's aide dur
ing the marshals visit to the United
States in 1917, threw "a chill over the
members in the Chamber of Deputies
today while the budget of the war
ministry was being discussed.
Col. Fabry contended that profess
Sional soldiers We're not numerous
enough and that the instruction Of
recruits was thereby endangered.
IF the army cannot perfect itself in
peace time. we cannot count on II III
war time" declared the colonel. who
left a leg on the battlefield. He cited
several regiments having a theoret-
fcal strength of 500 to 500 men, but
actually only 500 or eco at roll call.
What he described as 'papa's boys"
placed in office jobs by favoritism
came in for hard knocks from all
parties in the chamber. He de-
nounced the scandal Of 10 officers of
the war minister's cabinet profitinG
by special promotion in two months"
He had warned NJ. Painleve that the
effect was deplorable when so many
officers were fighting in Morocco and
Syria.
Despite the LoCarnO agreements, he
said. we have a duty in conserving
a strong army"
NJ. BuillouX Lafont, reporter of the
war budget, pointed out that since
1919 France had reduced her effec-
tives 40 per cent.
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TRADE BOARD DINNER
Will BE HELD FEB. 81
Milton Schwab Heads Committee
Planning for Annual
Event.

Plans for the largest midwinter
dinner ever held by the Washington
Board of Trade are being made by Mil
ton Schwab, chairman Of the dinner
committee, and his assistants. The
dinner which Is the eighth annual at
fai. of its kind, will be held under the
auspices of the membership committee
al the New Willard on February s.
Yesterday approximately 600 invita-
tons were sent out by the committee.
Invitations will be sent to President
Coolidge, the members Of the cabinet,
members Of the Senate and House Dis
trict committees, various other MEM
bers of Congress. Gov. Richie of Mary
land. Gov Byrd Of Virginia and the
District Commissioners.
The subcommittee is arranging for
details of the affair. The announce
ment was made at meeting Of the
dinner committee Friday that all res
ervations would be made in the order
OF their receipt and that all requests
Tor party seating will have to be made
ir advance and cannot be changed. An
elaborate entertainment program is
planned.
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Two Girls Found
Nearly Frozen in
Refrigerator Car
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSs.
NEW ORLEANS, December 10.
Opal Kelley. "a. Peoria. ILL.,. and
Neva Defenbaugh. 10, East Peoria,
Ill. were found in a refrigerator
car here today suffering from ex-
posture. There was no ice in the
car. but it was much too cold for
comfort.
The girls said they were students
at the Bradley Polytechnic 1nsu-
tute near Peori:- and started out
June 81 with 5000. They reached
Los Angeles late in August. getting
lifts" from motorists and walking.
Returning from the Pacific coast
they toured Texas on foot. but rode
from Beaumont to Baton Rouge on
a passenger train. With their
funds low they decided to use the
refrigerator car for transportation.
The girls told IA railway station
matron they would be glad to re-
turn to Peoria.
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HOUSE DRIVE STARTS
FOR TARIFF REVISION
Oldfield. Democrat, Offers Bill to
Repeal Duty on Cana
dian Coal.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Democratic drive for revision
of the tariff got under way in the
House yesterday with the introduce
ton of the first of a series of bills to
repeal or reduce present tariff rates.
Representative Oldfield of Arkansas,
the minority whip. launched the move
ment by Introducing a bill to repeal
the 53-cents-a-ton duty on coal i'm
ported from Canada. He said it was
necessary in view of the present an
thracite suspension.
a bill proposing an investigation of
the textile industry and reduction in
textile duties has been prepared for
introduction by Mr.. Oldfield, and he
and Representative Hull of Tennessee,
former chairman of the Democratic
national committee. are planning to
offer several other measures to cut or
wipe out imports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
Incisors Part of Elephant Teeth.
From the indianapolis News.

From the indian apoils News.
The tusks of the elephant are
merely projections of the incisors of
the upper jaw and are never shed.
although they are sometimes broken
off. In other words, the tusks are part
of the elephants teeth. However, the
milk teeth, which precede the tusks,
come out at an early age. The tusks
of the elephant supply the ivory which
is so highly esteemed the world over
for ornamental purposes. Among the
Indian or Asiatic elephants only the
male has the tusks, but they are found
on both the male and female of the
African species
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
BARBER GETS 100000.
Inherits Half of Fortune That Has
Been Heirs Several Years.

QUINCY. Calf. December 10 CP).-
John l.. Cook, barber. opened an i'm
portant looking letter from New York
yesterday and found that he was
heir to one-half Of the estate of his
father. the late Frederick Cook of
Hanover. Germany, and that his
share would be something like $780,
900. The other half goes to Mrs. c.
W. Krutchfield of Huntsville, Mo-, the
BARRIERS sister.
The fortune had been knocking
around" for several years in search
of the heirs.
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Orange Growers Protest U. S. Ban

VALENCIA. Spain. December 10
P).-The measure of the American
Government against importation of
Spanish oranges and grapes has
brought forth protest to the Spanish
government by the orange growers of
this region. 1t is pointed out that
while the American market for Span
1sh oranges is not very large. the
growers would greatly regret losing it.
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Leaving Philippines.

Army officers just ordered TO duty
n the Philippines include Maj. Thomas
II. Rees. jr., Cavalry. at Fort Leaven-
worth, kans.. and First Lieut.. Everitt
f. Rea. finance department, at head
quarters, District Of Washington.
Officers now in the Philippines or
dered to the United States, include
Maj. John A. Consadine. Cavalry, and
Capt. F. II. l.. Ryder. Cavalry, assign
ed to Fort Riley. Kans.. Capt. Remi p.
Heuper. finance department. to this
city, and First Lieut.. Roy H. Speck,
Cavalry, to Fort d. A. Russell, Wyo.
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NOTED SCULPTOR DEAD.
Sir William Hamo Thornycroft
Succumbs in Hospital.

OXFORD, England, December 10
R.-Sir William Hamo Thornycroft,
one of England's best known sculp-
tors, died in hospital today following
an operation.
Sir William Hamo Thornycroft,
born in 1850 was a member Of the
Royal Academy and the creator of
some of the most famous pieces Of
sculpture in the British empire. He
made the national monument to Gen.
Gordon which stands in Trafalgar
Square. London; the national memo
rial to Gladstone in the Strand: the
Queen Victoria Memorial at Karachi.
India; the King Edward Memorial at
Karachi and the Cromwell statue at
Westminster.
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which the Prince Of Wales is the
patron.
During the ceremony of lighting the
lamps the prince spoke of the estab
lishment of branches in America, say.
ing: 1t is one of the great features
OF this evening when I light the lam
OF the New York branch. / have al
ways been the proud patron Of Toe
a., ana / am more than proud Wher
/ ma 1t going strong in America ana
Argentina"
Branch lamps for Toronto, rndA
and sydney, australia, also EYsx
lighted.
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Must Get a New Excuse
I'm the London Tid-Bits.

From the London Tid-Bits
Sailors Wife-So you'u be back in
four years, will you?"
Sabotage, but | may be bit late
on this trip.
Sailors Wife-Well, if you are, don't
let's have any of your old excuses
about the ship going down and having
to walk home"
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WALES LIGHTS LAMPS
FOR TOO H CELEBRATION
Takes Part in Huge Meeting at AL
bert Hall Honoring Tenth
Anniversary of Group.
by the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON. December 19.-The Prince
OF Wales lighted the lamps of main
tenance" for the "Toc II" branches of
New York and Argentina at the huge
celebration at Albert Hall tonight on
the occasion of the tenth anniversary
OF Toe Fl" which is an association
of British comrades in arms.
Toe III" is the telegraphic address
OF the famous war hostelry, Talbot
House at Poperinghe, at the rear of
the Ypres sector, and the adopted
name or the organization which
gathers annually to light the lamps
of memory for fallen comrades and of
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designations Accepted.

designations of two more officers
OF the Army have been accepted by
the President. They are Maj Hubert
G. Stanton, Ordnance Department,
now in this city on leave of absence,
and Capt. John J. McEwan, U. S.
Infantry, at the West Point Military
Academy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
$2,OOO,O0O Hogpens
To Triple Capacity
OF Chicago Yards
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 19.-New
concrete hogpens Of triple. decked
design, costing $2,000,O00, will be
built at the present site here by
the Union Stockyards Co The
new structure will replace the old
wooden pens and will triple the ca
pacity Of the yards. Work will
begin on the new structures in the
early Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20

Smart coats OF warm overcoatings,
we'll tailored-wool body lined-con-
vertible collars, box-back models.
Plain colors and dressy mixtures
Sizes , to 10 years.
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Mai. Jones Assigned.

Maj. Byron Q. Jones, Air Service,
attached to the office of the chief of
Air Service, War Department., has
been assigned to temporary duty in
the Army Industrial College, this CITY.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-05-15

John Albers maintains that she en-
tertained the Club Tuesday when she
had Mrs. French, Mrs. Cowan, Mrs
Metzler, Mrs. Burke and Mrs. Sheri-
dan to dinner. Maybe 1t better be
called a special meeting as Thursday
Is regular club day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. French and
family visited with Mr.. and Mrs. D.
NJ. Machines Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Penny Cromwell Wis
tied with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. CrOm-
well Sunday.
Willard French visited over night
with Maxwell Machines Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. McCallister were
transacting business in Plentywood
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. French and Mr.
and Mrs. James Cowan and children
autoed to Redstone Tuesday.
Dan Campbell bought five calves
from Mrs. McCalister recently.
j Quite a lot of rain fell Sunday in
the various showers we had.
Don't fail to visit the Weiss Casl
Store when shopping in Plentywood
i Where your dollar does its duty.
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|. NEWS CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISEMENTS

WANTED TO BUY cigar case. See
PHIL BOURASSA, Plentywood. 1t
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McELROY

Married at Plentywood on Monday,
April IL, Ingvald copeland and Mrs.
Hilda Johnson. The ceremony was
performed by Justice Of the Peace
Olson of Plentywood. O. A. Aspelund
of that city and Harold Foss Of Nc
ElrOy acted as witnesses. Immediate
ly after the ceremony the happy
couple left for the groom's farm north
of McElroy where they are now at
home to their many friends. The
newlyweds did not announce their
marriage for some time but it grad
ually leaked out. The groom is -one
of the community's well known sub
stantial farmers. He settled on his
present homestead as a squatter and
has patched and farmed on it since
then. He is considered an important
man IN his community. The bride is
well known here and other places in
the county. She is a sister Of August
Hultgren and has lived at Whitehall
Outlook and Westby. She and her
children will make a welcome addition
to the community. Their many
friends wish them a long and happy
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-05-15
HOMESTEAD

The high school is giving a little
entertainment every Friday after
noon. Elvina Grcnlie, Willard Waller
and Ernie Jensven had charge OF the
program last Friday. Tie debate was;
"Resolved that a rolling pin IS bet
ter weapon for the house wife than
the mopstick." The judges decided
in favor of the affirmative. There
were three extemp0raneous speeches,
'Why I Think Girls Should Smoke,
Virginia Horsley, The Advantage OF
Being Small" Donald Horsley; "Why
/ Wear a POmadOur," Lawrence Stout.
Sylvia Bane, Clifford Waller and
Francis Dolan have charge of next
Fridays program.
The boys and girls organized club
with Mr.. Ostby Monday afternoon.
The High School had q perfect at
tendance last week.
The SOphomOres and Freshmen
took their final examinations in Sci
ence Friday.
The General Science class took hall
of their final test last Thursday
The weiner roast which we were
going to have last Friday night wa.
postponed because of bad weather.
We all enjoyed the talk by Rev
Edwards on, Zone OF the Creates
Things-Understanding," and would
like to hear a talk on the other great
! things.
Everybody is looking forward wifi
interest to the Arbor Day program I,
be given May y. The children al
have their parts learned and COS
tunes ready.
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Wolf Creek

D. NJ. Machines was in Redstone
Friday and went to Plentywood for
repairs for the Fordson.
Eddie Bambenek of Wanso was in
Plentywood Friday and purchased a
second car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Campbell and
James Cowan were in Redstone Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. McCallister and Mrs.
VIM. Cromwell were in Flaxville Sat
urday.
Neil Pake and Glen Callahan at
tended the dance at Flaxville Satur-
day night.
Dan Campbell was a caller at the
Charles Marsh home Sunday.
The Ladies' Club met with Mrs.
Dan Campbell Thursday. The la
dies are determined to be all ready
for the next lesson when Miss La
Bossier comes again hence the meet
ings every week. The May 14th meet
ing is with Mrs. Cowan and with
Mrs. H. L. Calvert May 21st. Mrs
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from a year stay in England "ileie
she visited relatives.
Andrew Peterson and family o.
Overland, Sask., spent SUNDAY d. 'ie
Peter Degen home.
o. NJ Iutnes made a trip to Pien-
tywood Monday on business e9ILie s;e
ed with the Office of Pubic ADMINS
traitor. His small son, Bernard &c
companied him.
Sigert jacobson and Ellison Lying
of Granville. n. D., spent several days
here visiting the copeland Bros
who are friends eff boyhood days.
Another shooting accident occur
red at McElroy Friday morning. nus
sci Foss carried a 22-cahbTe gun with
him to school. He rested the gun on
the ground with his finger over the
/ barrel. Something Jared the trigger
and the gun went off, shooting the
tip Of the forefnger. The accldten'
I happened at the elevator and MI
/ Welsh rushed Russell home IN his car
Then the wounded boy was brought
back to McElroy where he took bhe
train for Outlook to see the doctor
! His uncle accompanied him. RusSeL
was able to come to school agar
1 Tuesday.
Carl Ebeling and J. G. Noon made
a trip to Scobey Monday.
When in Plentywood call at TIT
Weiss Cash Store and meet the new
management and save money by buy
ing at that place.
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home of Mr.. and Mrs. Baldur Jensen.
News has reached here of the mar
riage of Miss Hilda Marchant. She
was married on THURSDAY, May Both,
to RAYMOND Austin. The bride IS a
well known former resident Of Red
stone, her parents owning a farm
west of town. They viii make their
home at Kalispell. The Producers
News joins with their many friends
in wishing them a happy and pros
porous married life.
c. J. Knox, representative Of the +.
J. Lander Land Co., was here today
and reports some movement IN Mon
tana farm land, he having sold sou
acres for his company so far this
week.
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REDSTONE

Z. r. Hanson was a county seat
visitor Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Cornelius were
transacting business at PlentywoOd
Wednesday.
John Albers, W. A. Brown and Jack
White were busienss callers at the
county seat Thursday.
Dale Fishell and Editor Sherry
were attending to some business mat
tiers at Outlook Thursday.
Carl Smith received word of the
death of his father as Osaka, n. D.,
Monday and left for there On the
afternoon train.
H. G. and Gilmore Peterson were
tranacting business at the county
seat Monday.
BORN, to Mr.. and Mrs. H. D
LOucks, a son, Saturday morning, al
the Outlook hospital. Mother anc
son are getting along nicely.
There were quite a number from
here autoed to PlentywOod last Friday
evening to attend the High Schoo
play. Everyone taking part did cred
1t not only to themselves but to the
careful training Of their teachers. The
Orpheum was packed to overfowing
with an enthusiastic audience.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Carbone went
to PlentywoOd Monday, taking Their
little son to the hospital to consult
the doctors.
K. o. Carlson was up from the
county seat Monday attending to some
business matters.
Mr. and Mrs. c. G. Christianson
Mr.. and Mrs. K. o. Carlson, ]. G
Debing and daughter and Mr.. anC
Mrs. c. B. Bull and daughter wer,
over from Plentywood Wednesday
afternoon and attended the Ladies
Aid meeting and luncheon at tn,
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journey DER life's tempestuous sea.
After the. hearing held March %
in regard to a permanent agency for
McElroy the r. R. commissioners
wrote the 500 Line giving their de
cision and their reasons for the de-
decision. Copies Of this letter were
received by B. L. McElroy and F. G.
Welsh and others. The tone of the
letters was to the effect that the rail-
road company should look after the
convenience Of its patrons as we'll as
the money intake of the station.
During the year 1924 the railroad
company took in S56,693.62 at the Nc
Elroy station. This would have been
greater had the depot been open thru
the summer months. The closing
paragraph of the letter follows
Viewed from the standpoint of public
necessity and convenience a like re-
suit is reached. The volume Of ira c
handled through McElroy station in
carload grain forwarded, amounting
to more than a car every two DAYS
not to mention less than carload and
/ passenger traffic, is sufficient proof
4 of the need for an agent throughout
the year, and indeed, there is M
month in which less than three car
loads of grain have been FORWARDED
from that point, an appropriate ordel
viii be entered.
Lawrence Alvin left for Minnesot;
last week.
Louis Pierce and Irwin Sacho o.
! PlentywOod called on Peter Lutne
Friday.
John and Walter johnson and Mar
tin Christensen of Plentywood wer
Sunday visitors at the o. NJ. Lutne
home.
Mrs. John Turner and daughte
were business visitors in McElrov re
Gently. They drove new Ford tour
ing car lately purchased in Westby
Miss Turner returned this sprin
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-05-15

FOR SALE-Two houses. See Nc
KEE-LANGER LAND CO., Plen-
tyw0od. Office rear First Nation
al Bank. 3S-tf
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WESLEY

Claire McKone came up from Moo
nan last Saturday for short visit
John Christofferson motored 20
Grenora Friday where he Is doing
cement work.
Mrs. H. Shaber has purchased al
Buick Coach this week from Otto
Donaldson of PIenUywood.
Myrtle Engler and Joe De Jardine
who are attending school here went
home to Alkabo this evening.
Rev. j. /. Nystuen of Zahl, North
Dakota. visited with Rev. and Mrs.
Bueide on Wednesday afternoon.
Walter Olsen returned home from
Rochester, Mimi, Saturday, where he
had gone to consult doctors concern
ing his health.
Miss Marjorie Allen is Spending the
week end with Miss Cassie Turner IN
the country.
Mr.. Aney. agricultural agent for
the 500 Line, was in this city the
fore part Of the week.
Mrs. J. Lindquist of Wilhston, n.
! D.. was in Westby this week looking
after her land interests north OF this
city.
Mrs. H. Bretzke Of Dooley motOred
to Westby Friday afternoon to get
4 her son Melvin, who is attending
school here, to spend the week end at
home.
P. G. Anderson was in Plentywood
I Monday Of this week, comforting with
/ the county commissioners regarding
the fixing of roads in the Westby ter
ritory.
Jack Dingman of Crosby passed
through this city Tuesday en- route
home from Flaxville, Montana, where
| he has bought an interest in a hotel.
4 Cecil Johnston, who is now station
7 ed at PlentywoOd, came over Sunday
and played ball with the local ball
team against Alkabo.
Doctor and Mrs. Laberge left last
week for Middle River, Mimi, in
their Ford coupe. Mrs. Laberge will
I remain there for the summer months.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Bird of Gree
lev, Colorado. are rejoicing over the
arrival Of baby boy born on April
10th. Mrs. Bird was formerly Miss
Pearl Stageberg Of this city.
Mrs. Walter McGahey, a member OF
the American Legion Auxiliary, ac-
companied her husband to Westby
Thursday and after the meeting al
the Orpheum, was entertained by The
ladies of the local Auxiliary for a So
cial hour at the home OF Mrs. Otte
, Paulson.
The city dads met the first of the
, week at which time P. G. Anderson
took over the duties as mayor o.
! WeStby. There was a considerable
Z amount of important things taken VI
it being decided to ring a curfew a
. 900 o'clock and A. T. Olesen was hir
ed to attend to it. Elmer Hultgrel
was hired as a constable to enforc,
the various city ordinances, principal
/ ly the experimenting of the too fas
Z and reckless driving.
Last Tuesday morning Angus
; Hultgren received the sad news o
: the death of his sister, 55 years old
: residing at Midale, Sask. Mr.. an,
: Mrs. Hultgren, Hazel and Luther an,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Hultgren imme
diately started by car to attend tn,
, funeral which took place at two o.
clock that afternoon. It was a rs
mile trip and they arrived Just in tim
2 for the funeral, returning home OF
: Wednesday.
The ball game last Sunday between
+, AlkabO and Westby at the latte
. place, was a good exhibition of tn
I national pastime, in spite of the coll
e hard wind from the northwest, and
7 fairly large crowd came to witness il
Every inning was Westby's with tn
? exception Of the sixth, when AIkab
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run in their only two scores. Hans
Larson was in good form and held
the visitors in grand style, allowing
only an occasional swat, which was
quickly grabbed up by the good sup
port. The game ended 8 to. 2 IN
Westby's favor. These two teams
will again clash next Sunday at Al
kabo.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-05-15
MAGRAw IN BOOM COUNTRY

H. S. Magraw, former state han,
examiner in Montana, is now livi-a
at Orange Center, Florida. Mr. NJ
graw writes Montana friends thai =,
real estate boom on the Florida Co...
is rapidly extending to the intel5o~s
and that he expects it to reach L.
community soon.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-05-15
ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN
MONGOLIAN TEMPLE

Roy Chapman Andrews, the explor-
er, came upon a Mongolian temple
beyond the Cobb Desert, lighted by
Delco-Eght, an electric power. plant
built by General Motors subsidiary.