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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-26

Ladies First
They were playing in mixed
foursorne and Percy was very much
off color. 1t annoyed him because
he wanted to put up "show" be-
fore the girl of his heart.
After &. particularly bad miss, he
felt compelled to indulge in a mild
cxpletive.
Sorry, SUSIE" he apologize6 TO
the girl "I didn't mean to say
that. Forgive me for swearing like
that before you"
That's all right" returned the
maiden sweetly, you didn't" Pitts
burgh Chronicle Telegraph.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-21
One Divorce Given
To Three eddings.
Silver Bow County

For every three marriage licenses is
sued In Silver o county during the
month of September there was one di-
vorce granted. A ratio of three to one
almost holds good in the matter Of IL
censes granted and divorce actions start
ed. During the month there were SO IL
censes obtained. Twenty-one divorces
were granted during the month.
Women predominated as plaintiffs /
the divorce cases and extreme cruelty iS
the principal ground for separation. OF
the n divorce actions instituted, 20 were
started by women while only seven were
brought by men. Each Of the seven male
plaintiffs charged their spouses with de-
sertiOn.
Sixteen of 81 divorces granted during
the month were obtained by women
while five were granted to men.
Although they desire their freedom
most OF the women plaintiffs also de-
sire alimony. In 16 of the September
actions the plaintiffs requested alimony,
ranging from $40 a week to 800 a month.
The alimony requests, however, are sell
dom made in cases where there are no
children. involved.
In each Of the 16 actions where ALI
mony was requested. there are children.
The requests for alimony cover mainte-
nance Of the children.
During the month there was only one
case recorded where custory of q child
was awarded exclusively to the father.
Uusally the courts award the children,
to the mothers, but extend to the ia
theirs the privilege Of visiting the young
sters.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-21
Look at Tongue

No matter what ails your child, a
gentle, thorough laxative should al
ways be the first treatment given.
If your little one is out-of-sorts. hail.
sick. isn't resting, eating and acting
naturally-look, Motherl see If tongue
is coated. This is a sure sign that the
little stomach, liver and bowels are
clogged with waste. When cross, irri-
table, feverish. stomach sour, breath
bad or has stomach-ache, diarrhoea,
sore throat, full OF cold, give a tea
spoonful of California Fig Syrup" and
in a few hours all the constipated poi
son. undigested food and sour bile
gently moves out OF the little bowels
without gripping, and you have a well,
playful child again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless, 'fruity laxative" because
1t never fails to cleanse the little ones
liver and bowels and sweeten the stom-
ach and they dearly love its pleasant
taste. Full directions for babies, chill
dren Of all ages and for grown-ups
printed on each bottle.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-21
MRS. MARY SLOAN,
PIONEER, DIES
LONG TIME RESIDENT OF LINCOLN
REGION PASSES AWAY AT
HOSPITAL IN HELENA
Had Resided i'm Montana for Sc Years,
Coming to This state in 1871 by Stage
From Utah and Settling in BlackfoOt
Country of Lewis and Clark County.

Mrs. Mary Sloan, for Sc years a resi-
dent of Montana, whose span of 81
years has watched the state develop
from the wilds of the mining camps
to its present prosperous condition,
passed away at Helena recently after a
life of usefulness. FOr more than half
a century the name of the Sloan family
has been intimately associated with
the development of the Lincoln terri
tory where Thomas ID. Sloan, hardy
Scotch pioneer. located on a homestead
in Lincoln gulch during the formative
period. MIR. Sloan died in 1913 at the
age of 70.
Mrs. Sloan was born at Lindwood, Scot
land. Three years after her marriage
to Mr.. Sloan they sailed for the United
States and located at North Orange, N. j
In 1870 they answered the call of the
west. Mr.. Sloan left his wife in the esat
and came westward to seek fortune in
the gold fields. Mrs. Sloan followed him
when he told her Of possibilities and she
came by train as far as Corinne, Utah
From that outpost she ook the overland
stage to Helena and was four days and
nights on the way to Helena. She was
then taken over the hills to Lincoln
gulch where her husband was interested
in mining properties.
For years Mr.. and Mrs. Sloan were ac-
tive in the Lincoln country. When the
mines were worked out they settled or
the homestead one mile east of Lincoln
After the death OF Mr.. Sloan, the home
stead was sold by Mrs. Sloan. She re-
served her home there, however, and
spent the summers in the Blackfoot val
ley where the major portion of her life
activities had aided in development.
At n time Mrs. Sloan watched sc
years slip by without leaving the home
at Lincoln She was SO devoted to heI
husband and his work that she spent
those 80 years in Lincoln gulch without
riding over the hill to Helena or else
where.
Her rugged constitution stood her In
good stead and during late years she
has been spry and active despite hel
age.
Mrs. Sloan is survived by her two chil.
dren, Robert and Mrs. Anna Loffler, AND
by two grandchildren, Norman Ralph anc
Laura Louise. Several nieces and neph-
W at Lincoln and Big Timber also sur
vive.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-21

Within a week after the Montana
Idaho Mines corporation acquired pos
session of the Spring Hill mine in Griz-
ely gulch, about -four miles southwest
of Helena, dirt began to fly to make
way for the erection of a mill of suffi-
cient capacity to handle the ores Of
this noted property on a commercial
scale.
Extensively developed 20 years ago, the
Spring Hill has been recognized as q
low-grade property of large proportions,
with ore bodies valued at upward Of
81 SOC, 900 actually blocked out, accord
ing to competent engineers and proved
by numerous test shipments and mill
That the computed tonnage and de-
termined values were available in the
property are matters On which all au-
have agreed for years. The I'M
solved problem has been the question Of
providing milling facilities, and. while
modern metallurgy had evolved methods
of treatment. the disposition of tailings
was an obstacle by reason Of the fact
that portions OF the city water supply
and the storm sewer underlying the city
were tributary to the drainage of Grizzly
gulch, where the mine is situated.
Early this year an option on the prop
erty was acquired by c. L. Hewitt, a mill
man and metallurgist of experience, who
worked out a plan not only for the pro-
cess Of profitably handling the ores but
selected a location contiguous to the
mine where ample space for the tailings
will be provided for many years to come,
without endangering the city systems.
The mill will be located on top of the
hill on the opposite side Of Grizzly gulch
from the mine. The main drift will be IN
the gulch by extending the lower level
Of the mine to connect with a tunnel
which will be run from the outside. The
ores will be carried from the tunnel
portal to the mill by a belt conveyor n
after extraction of the gold and silver
content from the ground mass the tall
ings, from which practically all moisture
will be filtered, will be carried on on
veyors to a gulch beyond, where they will
be stored.
BY a deal recently consummated with
MIR. Hewitt, the Spring Hill has been
turned over to the Montana-Idaho COM
pany, which also operates the East Pa
cific and Kleinschmidt mines in the
Winston district and is developing the
January group in the same section.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-21

cused Of taking a steer after Billy Smith,
the detective, had turned over a hide to
the authorities, Roberts offered to bet
that the detective had made a mistake.
The detective was equally insistent that
he had made no mistake. Finally Allen
r. Joy, who was county attorney at Liv-
ingston where the case had been started
and who had heard the conversation, in
sisted that an examination be made as
he wanted to be sure OF the evidence.
Smith led the way to the jail yard where
the hide had been left but when he came
to examine it there was an entirely diff
ferent brand and the detective claimed
also a different hide from the one he
left. The case was dismissed.
AT one time, according to Judge God
dard, Roberts and Smith were in a Bill
lings saloon together and Roberts, ac-
cusing Smith of constantly shadowing
him, suggested that they shoot 1t out"
Smith disclaimed any intention of hav-
ing any grudge against Roberts, who was
finally persuaded that his actions were
ill-advised.
Roberts Jibe at Fratt
Years afterward when roberts had
moved to the Jordan country, David
Fratt, one of the foremost stockmen of
Billings, n about 20 other of the best
known stockmen Of Montana, were ar
rested under a Rooseveltian ukase fo1
strict enforcement of the laws against
fencing the public domain. Fratt and
the Others finally appeared / n the feder-
al district court at Helena before Judge
Hunt and pleaded guilty. They provided
for fine n imprisonment and the Judge
sentenced them each to pay a relatively
small fine and to IL hours in the county
jail.
Some time afterward while attending
a stockman's convention in Miles City
Fratt who had been stock commissions
and one of the guiding spirits of the
stock association in the days when Rob-
erts had been under suspicion, was con-
fronted by Roberts on the street. Rob-
erts placed his hands with fingers spread
apart in imitation of a man looking out
from behind prison bars jibed at Fratt
well, Dave, I see that they caught "
first"
Roberts finally late in the ninetie'
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-21

abandoned the Sweet Grass territory, n
moved to near Jordan and finally to
Rosebud county. There he continued to
ranch in q small way for a time but In
later years his financial means were
limited. He found occasional work as a
special deputy or as a property guard
and his last appointment was as a dep
uty federal marshal to take charge of
property in controversy in the courts.
At Forsyth, he was a crony OF Jim
Swisher, who had q reputation won in
Wyoming cattle troubles as a man with
notches on his bun. Swisher killed a
man of disreputable character at For
syth but Roberts declining days we're
peaceful. The two men were marked
apart, however, as men Of a no longer
understood era which they could not
themselves outgrow. Swisher died several
years ago and now Roberts is also in the
Valhalla OF the frontiersmen.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-21

of Roberts, 1t was understood, and for q
number of years there was a feud and
both parties we're constantly armed. AT
one OF the trials of Roberts, he repre-
sented to the judge that his life was IN
danger and obtained permission to go
armed. He came into the courtroom and
sat through the trial with a rifle thrown
across his knees, according to Judge o.
F. Goddard.
Only one direct attempt at Roberts
life which was definitely linked up with
the Young trouble was made. however.
One day as he was going along the road
with a team Inc wagon without the
wagon-bed at a point where there was a
schoolhouse on one side of the road and
other buildings on another, men con-
cealed behind the buildings opened fire
upon him from both sides OF the road.
Bullet Grazes Arm
Roberts yelled at his horses and threw
himself forward over the whiffle trees.
The horses ran at a lope but n bullet
grazed along Roberts left arm and took
the skin off his trigger finger while an
other went through the seat Of his trous-
ers as he lay prone across the wagon
hounds. 1t was generally known that
the Johnsons and Others were In the
ambuscade.
Roberts is known to have killed two
men. During the days Of the Young
feud and the cattle troubles there were
rumors Of still others. One man who
had made q gun play earlier n then
left the camp was followed by Roberts
on horseback. A couple of days later
Roberts rode back but no one in that
section ever saw the other man again
according to one of these stories.
Among those who became convinced
that Roberts was taking cattle that die
not belong to him were JohnfD. Murphy
and Others of the American Cattle com
! pany. Among other efforts to secure evi-
dence, silver quarters were inserted ir
the briskets of a number of cattle rang.
ing in that territory. One day Murphy
got a letter from Roberts inclosing one
Of the quarters which he said he hac
found In the neck Oh one of the Seventy
Nine steers, and advising him not to bt
SO careless with his money.
At another time when Roberts was &C
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-21
Pythians Equip Hall

Kalispell lodge No. %, Knights OF
Pythias has leased a hall and is equip
ping 1T with new lodge furniture. "A
kitchen n dining room are also being
equipped. The membership a year and
a half ago was 25, the lodge expects to
reach the 100 mark by the first of the
year.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-21
Grows Giant DahIla

Mrs. d. A. Sommerield Of Winnett has
a dahlia in her garden that measures
tour feet eight inches in height, and one
OF the blooms measures 20 inches in cir
conference. The blossom is crimson.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-21
Rabbit Hotel Head

Ralph Babbitt. for many years manager
Of the Park hotel, has been chosen man
ager Of the new proposed Community
hotel at Bozeman. Mr.. Babbitt subscribed
for $4,000 worth of stock in the en-
terDrise.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-21

Several Butte motorists have been
nearly decapitated by swaying wires of
arclights lowered into the street by mis-
chievous lads. The boys are in danger
Of being electrocuted while lowering the
lamps, officers say.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-21

Senator Charles H.. Williams OF Deer
Lodge recently enjoyed his seventy-frst
birthday. Rotarians discovered the date,
and at their weekly luncheon made the
senator's natal day an opportunity OF
holding q celebration.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-21
Treasurer BUYS Theafer

G. G. Moore, treasurer of Wheatland
county, with Mrs. Moore, has taken over
the management Of the American theater
at Harlowton. The former proprietor,
F.. P. Maris. has retired and leased the
building.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-21
OLD GOLD MINE
WILL WORKED
NEW MILL BEING BUILT AT SPRING
HILL PROPERTY IN GRIZZLY
GULCH NEAR HELENA

Ore Bodies Worth 81 500. 900 Already
Blocked out in Big Low Grade Propo-
siti0n, output of Which VIII BE Treat
ed by Latest Scientific Methods.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-10-21
Sfrickep Woman Dies

Stricken with paralysis while working
in her kitchen several days ago. death
Mrs. M. X Sargent, IA, from
her suferings, at her ranch home near
Corvallis.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-27

"That's just It, Doc; there's no psy-
chology in it. These girls leave their
souls out of the deal entirely; proba-
bly, never read psychology.
"These young women we are speak
ing of have what l call spider web
brain-full of vacant spaces where
there should be gray matter with
deep convolutions. A woman's over
towering vanity, love of display, fiat
tering attentions and her desire for
life's luxuries will lead her into
strange company and to do strange
things.
'They are natural born social
climbers, long for the lime light,
want to be it, and they fool them
selves by thinking that the old skates
gold dust will do the trick, whereas
they lack true merit and the real ac-
complishments which alone carry one
to the room at the top. Now when
they fail of reaching the top chagrin,
humiliation and unhappiness is their
| lot"
"Well, Sam, I've hardly ever been
in sight of the top, but l know the
one right way-the rules of the game
as applied to boys and young men
particularly. l got them straight
from dad when first left home to go
| it alone.
"'Now, my boy he said, there are
few little things that are we'll for
you to know if you want to get on in
this world and be a success. Don't
waste your employers time; work for
his interests and you work best for
your own. Whatever you are given to
do, do it the best you know how with
head. heart and hand. Strive to make
the thing little better, quicker or at
lower cost than the other fellow and
don't be afraid to work overtime.
Your employer has an all-seeing eye,
remember. Above all, be honorable,
honest, truthful and just with all
men. Make money, save some, but
never take dollar that you cannot
get honestly
$50 l have struggled along down
here below with the common herd
kept clear, clean conscience and been
happy, thought l have never breathed
the thin air of the high attitudes
where the social and financial aristoc-
racy live at the top.
"The young lawyer thought he
could step into high fees from the
footstool of his low legal abilities-a
thought characteristic of US all when
young-and Mr.. Webster, in phrase,
showed him that only great learning
and achieved distinction as an advo-
cate eliminated competition and re-
suited in great profits"
Il quite agree with you, Doc. Some
may dispute and disagree with your
logic, but they can't disqualify it. l
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-27

have always contended that the main
thing we are here for is to make a
life, not merely a living, and that
wisdom and experience are life's OBJ
jective. They have a cumulative, eter-
nal value, become the only asset that
we can store up in our subconscious
minds and carry over into new and
higher existence. Life in that room
at the top is what we all aspire for.
Some work for it consciously and with
wisdom aforethought, others blunder
along thoughtlesslly, blindly believ-
ing that some one will carry life's
burdens for them and thus help them
to the top.
"In this world of tangible and WISH
BILE things there are not two of US who
see things quite alike. On the minds
recording disc are registered different
effects. So it is not strange that we
differ as to the nature and meaning
of that greater life at the top, which
is always invisible to the child, the
novice and the mind unframed to rea-
son, and to prject its power, to search
and see.
AS man enlarges his physical
strength, his power to lift and to
work, by the use Of mechanical levers,
by use of steam and electricity, so he
gains knowledge of the life invisible
and extends his mental vision.
Mature is rich in life, profuse in
living things that the normal man,
unaided, can not see, hear or handle.
But the scientific mind, aided by the
telescope, electroscope, microscope,
spectrum, x-ray and radiant energy
and other devices, has opened to mans
view and understanding at the top of
life's ladder wondrous world of life
fraught with wisdom and design, that
the man at the bottom of the ladder
SCOTS at and calls visionary, because
his capacity to comprehend is unde-
veloped."
"I'll tell you what l believe, Sam,
and there is plenty of evidence in ma
ture and the anatomy of man to sus-
tain me. 1t is this: We have all been
born, gifted with the same infinite
and eternal life and with the same
potential possibilities for reaching the
top. But one lifetime of seventy
years is insufficient for so great an
accomplishment. There is no other
way to account for our great mental
prodigies and for the vast difference
between the illiterate man of low de-
sires and the wise and benevolent man
at the top.
Cline and the way we have i'm
proved our use Of it and the number
of embodiments we have outworn in
gathering life's experience give the
answer"
Il hope you are right, Doc, as l
hate to think of leaving this beautiful
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-27

table enterprise of enlisting men to
follow the way of their desire and
exploit them for His own advantage.
1t is not unheard of thing in this
year Of our Lord, 1927. But selfish
ness could not rule the Kingdom and
such alluring proposals were cast
aside. He could try the political road
to power that would be beneficial to
all it controlled. All that would be
necessary was to swing in with the
stirring spirit of rebellion abroad in
many provinces beside Judea and Gal
lice and the resultant larger good
would make men forget all the injus-
tice of the method. Senate seats may
be secured in more than one way.
Patriotism covers multitude of oils.
But the Kingdom would vanish by the
method of its attainment. Or there
could be the swift, spectacular enlist
ing of the masses in the enterprise.
This advertising age knows fully how
a Hall-Mills case ensures notoriety
for the participants and headlines
across continent that never could be
purchased by decent living. Many a
broken home owes it's ruin to the
head-liner of lust instead of fidelity.
There is an itch for the bruited name
and the fact that Jesus had to fight
to keep it out of His program makes
Him conrad with every modern. For
these battles are being staged on
every street in America this hour.
How did He win through? There
was the keeping of the spirit of con-
secration that had been His at the
Jordan. He was led of the Spirit
through these fighting days and He
emerged in the power of the Spirit"
after they were over. He sought the
counsel of the living Word wrought
out from the life of yesterday. He
who keeps close to the spirit of the
Bible has sure quickening of his per-
ceptions of the way. There is no
mention made of prayer, but knowing
the habit of Jesus it could not have
been omitted in this hour and He who
would find his road in the midst of
modern perplexities and will make his
decisions in the light of his hour of
highest spiritual reach, of the illum-
ined pages Of Gods working in the
past, and in the full sense of the
Fathers presence need not fear the
result