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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-06-24
DiCtatOrs Bite Back

Being disgruDtled because the
County Commissioners use their own
judgment and will not follow the
dictates of the self appointed dicta-
tors, who mistakenly claim to be
the farmers friends. they are follow
ing out their threats to get" the
Commissioners. The Commission
ers refused to rescind the appoint
ment of Paul Babcock as the attor.
ney for the Surety Case and this
seems to hurt terribly. Why is this?
Any reasonable man with very slight
deductive powers can answer this
and when it is so answered, the
whole reason for the activities of
these self appointed dictators is dis
closed.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-06-24
Women TO Demand
Rights From Coolidge

Denver, June 2l Miss Rebecca
IIourwich, vice chairman of the
Maine state branch of the national
woman's party, arriving in Denver
Tuesday en- route to Colorado
Springs to prepare for the meetings
Of her party there july 7 10, re-
vealed plan which she believes
will make a fitting climax TO the
convention when il is worked out
Leaders of the vOmsn's party
plan to leave Colorado Springs in an
automobile caravan for the summer
White House in the Black Hills of
South Dakota, where they will de
mand of President Coolidge his sup
port for the equal rights amend
ment to the constitution of the
United States. The caravan will
he gailv decorated with banners
and emblems of the national VIC
mans party and various stops will
be made en- route for the purpose of
disseminating propaganda and lit
erature of the woman's party.
The equal rights amendment
which the party is sponsoring would
confer on all women in the United
States and it's possession equality
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-06-24
Custer Proceedings Started
Against Co. Commissioners

Actions in the District Court were
commenced against Ed Iverson and
Frank French charging them with
collecting Illegal fees. The accusa-
ton against Commissioner Iverson
is signed by Hans Henderson and
the one against Frank French is
signed by Hans Rasmussen.
The alleged charges are based up
on the theory that a County Com
missioner cannot legally get pay for
inspecting roads aud bridges and di-
rectine the work thereon unless such
work is contract work and such in
spection had been previously direct
ed by the board.
The order to show cause is return
able on June 30th at ten O'Clock.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-06-24
Robert Kahla Resigns

Monday morning of this week,
Robert Kahle of Outlook resigned
his position as commissioner OF Sher-
idan county. 1t is current report
on the streets that custer Droceed-
inps would be started against him
in case he did not resign. And be-
ing that the going was rather tough
anyway he undoubtedly figured that
the easiest way out would be to
cease hcstilities and just quit.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-06-24

Bids will be received by the Board OF
School Trustee of School District number
twenty, Sheridan County Montana, for
two one-room portable school buildings
according to the plans and specifications
on file with the district clerk.
Above buildings to be delivered F. O.
B. Plentywood Montana. in sections
ready for erection.
All bids must be in the hands of the
clerk by noon Tuesday July 5th 1927.
The Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
Dated this 22nd day Of June 1927. BY
order of the Board.
f II. f. Helgeson
Clerk.
June24--July 1st
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-06-24
Presents Land 10 rOSr

The El Monte (Calif) post Of the
American Legion has been presented
title to half-acre Of land near the
city by Francis Marion Guess In honor
of his brother Sergt. John Guess, who
was Killed In France in 1918. The
land which is beautifully wooded,
will be used as building site for a
Legion clubhouse and for boy scout
camping ground 1t will be called
Camp John Guess.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-06-24
Thistle Raising Profitable

The teasel cactus-like thistle, pro-
vides the only entirely satisfactory
means Of cardng wool, removing the
burr and bringing up the nap. Conse.
quently In some parts of the world,
especially In England, In northern
New York and In Oregon, raising
thistes for the wool manufacturing
industry Is a regular business. Teasels
were introduced into America by VII
liam Snooks. an Englishman. In 1920
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-06-24

Viggo Peterson left TODAY for
Glaseyw to attend the Eastern Mon
tana Grain Growers convention. He
was accompanied by A. 0. Or
erande as far as Culbertson.
H. Sachow returned this week
from Glasgow where he has been
for the past two months. Toeeth r
with his other duties he is 0w
doing work rs ianitor at the Sheri-
dan Memorial hospital
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-06-24

before the law with men. 1t would
remove legal disabilities Of women
which now exist in many states,
rs to holding and disposal of proT-
e ty. custody OF children and other
matters Of like nature.
The Washington times., 1927-09-28
Consolidation of Maryland
Towns Into One Important City

Thriving hustling ambitious Maryland the north
east Of the District of Columbia line now greatly inter
eated in proposition for their consolidation into i'm.
portant city. .s.ests,.
These communities lying between Washington and Balh
and along the Baltimore and Ohm railroad and the
Washington Baltimore pike the homes Of scmethng like
10000 people.
they are ali enjoying rapid growth and that section re-
ceyg unusual attention from prospective buyers and
real estate developers.
have greater promise The accessibility these communities
to Washington and Baltimore by Of railroads and
arI highways gives them unusual advantages The emina
on Of the grade cosng At Hyatse and the extension Of
Rhode Island Avenue from the District Line to Hyave
will add to their transit advantages.
Consolidation of towns and cities into important munich
patty mquestonably cones untold benefits upon the resi-
dents brought into the consolidation
The United States Steel Corporation General Motors and
many other great industrial corporations tell story Of the
value Of consolidation The apply in bringing
towns together.
municipality can be operated with more economy than
two three half dozen GENERALIZATION Of authority and
power in the hands Of capable broadminded brings
Mesmable benefits and economies. The saving Of money
money for public improvements lower rates Of
taxation Public improvements spell citizens homes,
industries life contentment unity Of spirit for
boosting and progress.
The things that block the paths to cancellations are
souis self interest," and petty politics In the mergers Of
towns the general public welfare must be the aim the
The early history Of the District Of Columbia is one Of
nous jeaouses the part Of the different sections The
vsies and alouses extensive that Congress
psatedly threatened to move the federal District elsewhere
But the observation-disclosures Of Washington and Jefferson the
federal Capital would probably today be somewhere in Penn
syIvania New Jersey.
TIE early bickerinss 81 property owners and political
leaders long retarded the establishment and growth Of the
District Of Columbia and disgusting to Congress and the
whole nation
Our neighborng towns in Maryland have wonderful
portun The outcome will depend upon whether aeshnesa
and jeal0ugies or public welfare predomnate
If they could be consolidated and then governed BY city
mayor one city council and probably city manager their
future progress would be rapid and satisfactory capable
city manager would be against exravagant waste
Of public funds and favorim in the expenditure Of funds
Such official he lived up to the aims Of city manager
would be impartial and fair n expenditures for public i'm
proyements and would Be safety valve against political and
other cques and combinations designed to plumber the
city for their benefit.
The Washington times., 1927-09-28

But won't you finish your article
with another one? Won't you
please say that you believe that
somehow we must meet III some
after-life?
There IL certain one who
reads your editorials, and Is IN
great need OF help. You s0glld do
50 much for this person who be-
lieyes. probably with many others.
that we may be shooting stars,
but that We are also merely
ships that pass In the night. !"
HOPEFUL
viii we meet our loved ones
again.
I think that depends on what
you cali love. my dear. Much
love is no better than q richly
favored meal. It Ii Of the body
and ii serves the hunger of the.
body. Or 1T IL merely 3 possess.
sion. Some thing to audit as one
audits the figures in ones bank.
book. i can't think that eternity
Ii to be occupied with perpetual
ing meals Of checking up pos
sessions.
But liz love has once come In
AL its full wonder and agony
in All its power and beauty and
lnysteryT cannot think that It
has come til serve the small
necessities Of our little day
The Washington times., 1927-09-28
ROMANTIC OLD PANAMA

time when jewels and gold were
cheap, but human lives even
cheaperl
Today this famous old town,
five miles west OF the present CAPT
tai of Panama. with it's crooked
streets and red-rOofed houses, is
practically deserted and 4 mass
Of rllins--just an echo Oh stripped
glory. The San Bias Indians still
pitch their huts among i'm ghostly
ruins.
The bishop OF Panama, the Rt.
Rev. Father Tomas de Berlanga,
famous missionary. br sugllt the
first banana plants here--tlle first
to be cultivated on the mainland
Of the New World. He planted
these to keep his people from star
walton. This tropic fruit was 4
real blessing to those old pioneers
and their pirate foes. for food was
mighty scarce then, and the
banana quickly became known for
its nourishing qualities
The city with its many unfor.
getabIe historical associations
draws many q tourist to its de.
serted streets. where It n very
easy indeed to indulge the fancy
and people the fragmentary build.
ings with those hardy adventurous
spirits Of the middle centuries.
The Washington times., 1927-09-28
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
By ID. Q. a. u. Rod

VoUR natural attitude toward
! cancer Is terror Of getting
Il and heIplessnesa when It Ia
present. The cause OF the fear
il that, II cancer Ii not treated,
n Ii practically always fatal to
the patient. II Il extraordinarily
rare for cancer to disappear
spontaneously. Moreover, the
mortality rate Ii Increasing; at
the present time one person in
seven over so years Of age dies
OF cancer. and II we do not sue
coed In controlling It, III 20 or 80
years time the death rate win
be mora like one III every four
or five. The stealthiness with
which ii comes on. the ruthless
ness with which it develops and
the dreadful ulcers and pain thar
1t causes, all add to the general
fear Of it.
The patient work of the Liver.
pool Medical Research Organiza-
ton has turned the theory with
which these workers began into
something like q definite scheme
Of knowledge about the disease,
of which these are the chief
points,,
In spite OF the evidence that
has been brought to support the
belief, the cause Of cancer has
not vet been proved, actually
proved. to be 4 germ. Ii. there.
fore. according t0 Prof. Blair
Bell. Ii not an injection; that is
to say, according to Bells view,
based upon the Liverpool he.
searches, It has NO specific cause.
like measles, rheumatism or
smallpox.
But practically every clinical
observation ever made goes to
prove that cancer may result when
any kind of Irritant ii applied
over a long period Of time To d
body cell! When a cell is irritated
or injured, its breathing function
III impaired. Cells breathe oxygen
just like animals. and suffer II
they cannot get it. When either
the supply OF oxygen IL shut off
from them or they are unable for
Some reason to use It II Ii is there,
they seem to undergo 4 change In.
character. They take on qualities
by which they pass into pre-
cancerous condition, meaning that
they are on the way to becoming
cancer cells. They may recover
from that condition Or may die in
II. If they neither recover nor
die. they change to "a type OF cell
that can feed on sugar instead OF
oxygen. This, says Bell, II the
cancer cell.
The Washington times., 1927-09-28
RY ELSIE ROBINSON

memorable law. Al spawning sal
mon Ii drawn through the dark
tides OF the Seven Seas, safe to
its goal. Shall Love alone. thai
greatest force, have no signifi-
canoe, no place within the Plan.
no goal beyond our short, sad
struggle In the flesh2 / cannot
think 50.
So truly believe that the love
between d particular man and d
particular woman, q mother and
her child, win carry on its pur-
pose when the bodies which once
housed 1t have c1.llmbled into
dust.
Nor does such meeting seem
ally more mysterious or difficult
to me than our meeting here. II
one grants that Love Is spirit
and for me there can be no other
explanation III Love 1T should be
as easy for love to exist OUT
SIDE i body as INSIDE one. III
the spirit can survive the smother
ing Of the flesh why should It not
survive the loosening Of the fleshg
re we can find each other here
through all the murk and con.
fusion of earthly experience.
why should We doubt that We shall
find each other thereg
The Washington times., 1927-09-28

FEsHE ghost Of sir Henry Morgan.
notorious buccaneer Of the pi-
rate days Of the seventeenth CEN
tlry, still hovers over the ruined
towers of old Panama ssity With
200 stout hearted Eng lishnnen at
his back he sacked it in 1871, COM
pletely vanquishing the Spanish
garrison Of 1900 men, For three
weeks pandemoniunl rel ned daily,
the blood Of fighting men flowed
in the strests. The famous city
was burnt and robbed OF its gold,
becoming q city Of ashes and
memories.
Panama city, Oldest European
settlement on the mainland OF
America. was the strongest fort.
ress Of the Spanish with the ex-
ceptlon Of Cartagena. III was here
that the sSpaniards brought their
stolen gold from Peru and hid ii
from other greedy eyes. What
stories those ruined castles could
tell IL they would ever give up
their buried secrets--tsles that
would make our blood treeze--tales
that would thrill US with their
bold adventure and cllEning-tales
rf swashbuckling pirates that
knew not the meaning OF fear, dar-
ing their Lives for apid-tales OF q
The Washington times., 1927-09-28
Healthful Styles

feminine fashions get hearty pat the back from
German scientist addressing meeting Of the (hod fast
American Association Of obstetans Genecologsts and Alb
dominal Surgeons.
Many Of the ills that once afflicted disappearing
proclaimed Prof strassman thanks to the modern way o at
firing the female form divine
Mode rules the world he declared and the accident
that caused strangng corssts and other torung apparel
be thrown into the discard has been boon to humanity
AS you are Iades The ayes undenaby have III tho
doctors eyes--we mean ayes
The Washington times., 1927-09-28

WILL we
wv meet after
deathg How
truelly that
question tears at
our hearts A.
we see our dear
ones vanish be.
hind the veil
and we take up
the long. bitter
waftin e. Is
there no answer
Hopeful begs
for one.
Dear Elsie:
n have Just
finished reading
your Listen
World. in which
You co m D are
our spirits to
shooting stars, \
I agree with
you. i. too, feel
that we shall 70
on after W d
leave the h0flv
The Washington times., 1927-09-28
ONCE-OVER
SOnsetliila for NOttina

# YOU accept you expect to reciprocate.
Once in while find who does not expect
thing in return for fayors.
Such
In fact IT is figure that for favor extended much
should be expected in return it will be- later perhaps
Don't be unrate that think you should accept many
nndnesses without trying to reciprocate.
think just all that your with
out thogh and you carry this thought will find yourself
very unpopular.
And this is 4 natural result.
There always plenty apprecatve only
glad to follow 4 lead in the way Of courtesies.
When someone shows courtesy return the kindness
some a to that wish to but
matter of good breeding.
Ladies' and gentlemen than
wish 20 Pc under obligation to another
The Washington times., 1927-09-28
Good in the Worst

There no honor among thieves its said, despite the
adage But strangely enough there certain sort Of honor
among cOnyiCts, who be much worse than thieves
This sxemped by the escape and recapture Of Eugene
Connolly Connolly allowed TO 60 to the bedside Of his
dying mother in Brooklyn. Eudng his guard he escaped
when the period Of his freedom extended night be
might be with his mother az the last
Connolly reCapured in Pennsylvania and has beer
taken back to Sing Sing Among prisoners feeling
h against him. For he alone out Of Of convicts per
med to visit relatives close to DEATH broke his solemn
promise and fled
THAT walled community Of hard up the Hudson seehes
with anger ut such treachery.
The Washington times., 1927-09-28
JEWS AIDED
COLUMBUS

MOT Jewels, but Jews" made
an Columbus voyage possible.
according to the late Prof.
Herbert 3. Adams, of Johns Hop
kins University. Evidence would
show that negotiations between
the navigator and Ferdinand ana
Isabella had been suspended when
Luis de Santangel. Jewish favnrits
OF King Ferdinand and chancellor
OF the royal household, induced
their rnajesties to again lend ear
to the entleaties Of Columbus.
The Pathfinder.
The Washington times., 1927-09-28

Well perhaps!
But there 81 d world Of weight
and significance in the wedding
certificat that little piece Of
crearn.colored parchment with the
fancy gold lettering. which we
sign 50 tremblingly, and then tuck
away in the top of the cedar
closet but never quite forget!
There II an ocean of meaning in
that assurance or pernanency
that .till death do us part feel.
ing. that forever ana forever"
idea.
or course. modern marriage
don't last forever: but at least.
you enter them believing that
they win.
What vital interest are two
people going to take Ia making
and building and owning 3 home,
Il they know at the start that
they are only leased to each
other?
What JOY will q man have In
giving up good cigars, or 4 gil
feel In making over her old hats
IN order to pay off the install.
Tnents on the furniture, il either
Of them can pack his grip and
walk out OF the house. next week.
or next day. or the next minute2
i +
What comfort win d woman find
In embrOillering j. ID. Cts initials
all over tllae dinner napkins and
guest towels. IL there ID 4. chance
that she may have to rip them
out a season or so later and re-
place them with il, r. C.'s mono
gram?
Where win be the incentive To
do without n1atinees and bunbons
and opera tickets, III order to buy
solid silver spOonsif there Is a
chance that the marriage. may
not outlast triple-plate?
Why bother I'd get accustomed
to All i mans little pet habits, or
to learn to cook steak In his
favOrite Wayf there Is 4 posi-
bility that you may have to adj
just yourself to another set Of
idioayncrasies and learn to make =
lambsstew . few years hence?
Why trouble to study q womar's
moods and lenses, and to adjust
yourself to her ways ana tempera-
n1ent-m you are likely to be re-
adjusting yourself TO another set
OF nerves some day?
Why try to understand Milton
and Spencer and Freud to please
Highbrow Harold. when you may
have to learn to like the comic
strips and the F'ollies. In order to
please some future Lowbrow
Larry
No. mo. mot Aftnr III. ~ il
The Washington times., 1927-09-28
LISTEN, WORLD!

or that 1t win
flicker and 80
out when that
day Ii done.
Such love Is
not OF the body.
III Is not a mere
chemical reac
ton. It floods
into our poor
lives In 4 fam
ing gloryand
I do not think
] that glory ever
dies.
And TIL ere
must be q great
purpose In its
e omin &. All
other TIL h gs
work according
to purpose and
plan. The diges-
tion OF u louise
and the course
OF Il plant are
ruled alike BY
The Washington times., 1927-09-28
The knowledge Test For
Readers Of The Times
Complete these quotations:
ARe cannot wither her,

Complete these quotations:
aAge wther her her infinite
Shakespeare. f
-Swinburne.
81 have j rendezvous with --H-Seeger.
Do know:
Il what the the negro republic in West Afrcaf
5. What islands Alaska?
g.. What is bimp
<, What is another expression for einema9
8. What is the meaning of the 'ho pclloig h5#
What German general helped the American Colonies during
the Revolution?
1O what does The abbrevaton II &. C, stand fort
correctly
Ill. Heroes and Hero Worship. Jack London
Adam Bede Henry Fielding
rs. Sea Wolf George Eliot
IA. Quentin Durward John Synge
is. me Thomas CARLYLE
l6. Payboy Of the Western World Sir Walter Scott
See Magazine Page For Answers
The Washington times., 1927-09-28

that 'till-death do. us4partss feeling
which gives us the sublime cour.
age to face all the sacrifices that
living with another human being
demands!
The little marriage certificate
may give you that tired feeling"
But n also gives you that ''set.
The Washington times., 1927-09-28
Marriage Is > failure?

tied feeling" that helps and III.
7 spires you to carry on.
Marriage is failure?
Well maybe 1t is.
But, now as ever. better q
glorious failure" than an lndiG-
fersnt SUGGEST .
The Washington times., 1927-09-28
MEDITATIONS
OF "A WIFE
what Price Glorious Falluress
SSKKARRIAGE il failureg'
WA says the Modernist.
-By Helen Rowland

Marriage, AZ sociaI institution,
is losing out. he declares.
In the union De the future. the
only ties that win bind viii be the
ties of the heart, the conscience
and the spirit.
----~~--s-
The Washington times., 1927-09-28

No. no. mo- After II L /
The Washington times., 1927-09-28

Those are the real ties.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-23
TO TRADE

FOR TRADE-One ranch 21s miles
from town, gypsum block house, COW
and chickens. Will trade for town
property Inquire 937 18th st.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-23
LEGAL NOTICES.

meter connections; for all residences
using water within the corporate
limits of said city there shall be col
lected from the consumer a minimum
charge of $1.5O per month, and for
all water consumed outside the cor
porate limits of said city, and by
business houses within said limits
there shall be collected from the con-
sumer a minimum charge of $500
per month, which minimum charge
i'm either of such cases. shall entitle
the consumer to five thousand gall
Ions of water per month. Any such
consumer using water in excess OF
five thousand gallons per month
shall pay for such excess at the rate
of fifteen cents per thousand gallons;
provided that any purchaser, using
water in excess of 10000 gallons per
month, shall pay for such excess at
the rate of ten cents per thousand
gallons.
Section III.
WHEREAS, the immediate opera
tion of this ordinance is necessary Tor
the preservation of the public peace,
health and safety of the City, an
emergency is hereby declared to exist
and this ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after its
Massage by the Common Council, ap-
nroyaI by the Mayor and publication
as required by law, and is hereby ex-
empted from the operation OF the
referendum provisions Of the laws OF
Arizona.
passed and adopted by the Com
mon Council of the City of Douglas
Arizona, this 18th day Of June, 1921
A.. E. HINTON,
A++os+. Mayor.
G. w. PRATT, City Clerk.
First publication June 10, 1871.