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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
The Story the Week Has Told

menaced. whether north or south of
the Yangtze. Chang Tso Lin's Man
churians are or are not pushing vic
toriously forward through Honan
Province toward Hankow
Apparently the extremists who
follow closely Borodin. the Russian
adviser" have regained the political
ascendency in Nationalist China, GUST
ing from control the moderates, headed
by Gen. Chang Kai-Shek, who, report
has 1t, has been told to confine himself
strictly to soldering.
Y 4 X X
Chile.--I spoke the other day of the
threat to the Chilean nitrate industry
from the synthetic nitrates. But now
come developments which very great
ly reduce that threat. Experts in the
employ of Guggenheim Brothers have
developed new process for the ex-
traction of Chilean nitrate from the
Chilean nitrate rock, known as caliche,
and also a new system for mining
the caliche under which mechanical
methods replace hand methods.
With these two developments, .
says Daniel Guggenheim, "a new era
is opened up for the Chilean nitrate
industry. The known nitrate reserves
VI ~'''S may pN o'cAtCu W nave DCCII
trebled" Il. e., in respect of CONNER
cial nitrate recoverable).
He claims that the ammonium
sulphate, which is the common form
OF the synthetic product, does not
compare as fertilizer with the
natural Chilean nitrate of soda.
Chile has acquired six new destroy
ers, rumor has it, by purchase in
England.
u X " X
United States of America.--The
census experts forecast for continental
United States a population of 118,628,-
900 on July /, 1927, an increase of
/ ,492, 900 over the number estimat ted
for July /, 1926, and of 12,917,38O over
the census total as of date January l.,
1920.
Our gold reserve, which constitutes
about one-half of all the monetary
gold stock of the world, was increased
by STA, 900, 600 in the fiscal year 1926.
Fear is entertained of the eXhaus-
ton in the not distant future Of our
Texas sources of helium.
Let us hope for success to the
efforts a-making looking to rubber
production on the grand scale in our
Southern States. A rubber bush
resembling a currant bush) from
Madagascar has aroused great hopes.
1t is rich in latex, and can be grown,
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IkOn Painters Turn
To Toys and Sewing

The Ford system Of mass production
originated 200 years ago among the
ikon painters of Kholuy village, in
Ivanov-Vosnesensky Province, accord
ing to the diligent rural correspond
ent. BY systematiZing their work
until each ikon passed through 80 to
100 hands, the village was able to turn
out 100000 in a year. Since the
Bolshevist revolution ikon painting
in this and the nearby village of
Palekh has lost it's market The viii
lagos which had subsisted by painting
the stiff images attempted agriculture.
This was not found congenial, and
the men now are making toys while
the women are turning out an I'M
usually fine standard OF embroidery,
earning better wages than the men.
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moment or two. but should the As
SiStant Secretary of State in charge
of Queen Marie's visit brook such a
delay at the hands of a newspaper
man?
Apprehension Was Needless.
The reporter at the telephone quick.
ened his flow of speech, the while
glancing apprehensively at Mr..
Wright. who had taken position be
side him. He felt a tap on his shout.
der and halted his debating to face
the inevitable.
"Er-ah--I just wanted to sug-
gest," Mr.. Wright said, that YOU
make mention in your story of her
majesty's visit to the flower garden.s
I thought you would like to know
about it,"
The reporter gulped, nodded his
thanks and added that he would be.
through in lust minute" ..
That's all right" he was told. az
want to call the State Department
when you get through. but go ahead
and finish your story. And, say, did You,
notice the beautiful floral tributes
which the Queen laid on the tomb"
For fully five minutes more Mr..
Wright waited. actually assisting thu
reporter in relating to his paper the
various human-interest episodes OF the
journey about the grounds.
High Hat Was Disguise.
Mr.. Wright wore a high hat. but Il
didn't affect his genial personality In
the slightest.
Many other instances similar to the
foregoing could be cited In defense /,
OF high Government officers who ap. (,
preciate the importance OF the press
The cases of incivility, fortunately,
are few and far between and almost =
without exception are due to the "big. \
headedness" of certain misguided .
small fry"
Happily, these offenders have d
habit of not staying in the same DO.
sition for any length OF time. II
seems that their superiors do not ap.
prove OF a policy which disregaris the
fact that all Federal officials are, after |
all. but servants Of the people.
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What is considered to be the world s
record for freight-carrying airplanes
was made recently when the 165 miles
between Paris and Brussels was
covered In SO minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
BY HENRY w. BUM.

.HE following is brief summary
of the most important news of
the world for the seven days
ended MARCH 10:
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China.-Conflict of dispatches leaves
US quite to seek as to the military
situation in China. The communica-
tons of Chang Tsung Chang, the new
lord of Shanghai lin alliance with
Chang Tso Linz are or are not seriously
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Reporters Know Truth
-
of "High-Hat'' Charge

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Mrs. Fields type seems SO much
more sensible, so much more service
able to society--a married woman,
with a home, domestic interests, one
whose natural womanly nature has not
been altered by the toga of Office and
, 1927-11-23

THE public is hereby informed
5 that ia accordance with section
81 Of the ordinance of IA July.
1923. and section s of the olan-
aDce OF ~ February 1865, the SEMI
annual tax on automobiles, hoises,
carrIaee and boats nor J1e inst
half year 1923 will be due and pay
The Alaska fisherman., 1927-08-15

G. F. Schaefer. of Schaefer and Brown, dealers in all kinds of furs and general merchandise, at Bethel, Kuskokwim, Alaska, sends the fol- lowing:
 The Alaska Weekly,
 Seattle, Washington.
 Gentlemen:
 We are asking you if you will print this letter in The Alaska Weekly; it might help us some here in the Kuskokwim. AS you know, fishing for commercial purposes has been closed entirely on the Kusko- kwim river. Now what we here would like to have Is to let the fishermen who live here,m most of whom are married to native women and have families, catch and mild cure the king salmon and salt the silver ealmop. but let the dog sal.
The Alaska fisherman., 1927-08-15

Apparently herrings were mucb more abundant in those waters than in the preceding year. The East Anglian fishing however was disappointing for the Dutch flshcr- men, especially for those on the sailing luggers. The average catch for the whole year 1926 though not very high, ranged considerably above that of the preceding year. However, owing to the worse state of continental markets and the larger production of cured herrings in Great Britian as we'll as by the Dutch and German driftnet fisheries amounting together to amout 2, O49,OO0 barrels as compared with 1,778,OOO barrels in 1925, the pric- es of cured herrings were much low CT than in the preceding year and consequently, notwithstanding the better fishing, the season 1926 has been as bad for the Dutch industry as the season 1925.
 The total catch of the Dutch her. ring fishery in 1926 amounted to about 1O7,S00,OOO pounds. About the value no dependable figures are available.
 "The guilier is here taken to be worth forty cents.
The Alaska fisherman., 1927-08-15

FISHERMEN OF .KUSKOKWM
 SEEK RELTBW BIG RIVER IS NOW CLOSED
The Alaska fisherman., 1927-08-15

mon and the red salmon go up the river. Tn other words, don't allow the fishermen to put up dog and red salmon for the outside mar ket. The natives along the river mainly want the dog salmon for their own food and for dog feed.
 The king salmon come here about the first week in June. The red and dog salmon come about the last week in June: and as they run to- gether and are about the same size, the fishermen can't catch one with out catching the other; but as there are nine dog salmon to one red the catch does not amount to much. Then about the first week in August the silver salmon come. About that time the rains com mence and the silvers are hard to cure for dried fish. The largest part of the silvers spoil on the fisher men, if they try to catch them, and are generally total loss.
 What I am trying to get the Fish commission to understand is, that the king salmon and the silver sal mon are not as essential for Alas kan use as are the dog salmon and the few red salmon.
 If the government would allow
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07

capital, the form of the debt, the control
of the expenditures, and the relation of
the railroad to politics and the state.
1t may seem strange at first glance,
but nevertheless it is an historical fact,
that the slavery question played a very
important part in the development of
railroads. The issue between the north
and the south as to whether new states
should be permitted to allow slavery had
become a bone of contention, and south
ern congressman blocked every railroad
measure they could on the assumption
that they were keeping the anti-slave
north from expanding their ideas into
new country. Then, too, southerners
could oppose federal aid to railroads on
the consistent theory, which they always
had held, that the national government
should not finance internal improve
ments for the states.
BY 1850, however, southern opposition
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07
Northern Pncific's Early Financial Troubles
sJyCo FmmGro W1G h R1
Possible Panc and HENRY Took
K1HO

~HE CONDITIONS under which the
Northern Pacific railway is this year
building a branch line from Glen
dive in Dawson county through Cir
Gle to Brockway in McCone county diff
fer greatly from those which confronted
it when it was first projected as a trans
continental railway from Duluth to the
headwaters of the Columbia river more
than go years ago.
Except for a spirited contest with the
Great Northern railway, which sought the
interstate commerce commissions per-
Richland county to Circle-a line that
would have tapped virtually the same
territory as that of the proposed North
ern Pacific eXtension-nO governmental
barriers were confronted by the N. P. in
its present expansion. Nor was it hard
to get the million dollars necessary to
construct it for this sum was available
from the earnings of the company.
However, about rs years ago, when the
Northern Pacific was nothing more than
an idea, its promoters had all kinds OF
trouble. First, was the long and tedious
task of getting a charter from congress,
and then came the even more difficult
Job of getting capital. And even after
capital was available, it had several
financial setbacks. Added to all this
were the dangers of grading a roadbed
and laying rails through country be-
set with hostile Indians.
1t was between 80 and 90 years ago
that the railroad movement first swept
the United States. At that time, there
was very little civilization west Of the
Mississippi river and even the country
now known as the middle west was
sparcely settled, and the Ohio river val
ley was pretty much frontier. 1t was a
hundred years ago that steam locomo-
tives were demonstrated as practical.
This invention caught the imagination
Of the Americans living in the frontier
because transportation was essential to
their existence. In the fundamental
analysis Of border life, after the procur-
ing of the land itself, and the capital
with which to develop it, the marketing
Of the crop contained the keys to pros
peTity. The bulky agricultural staples
of the west constituted nearly the sole
produce that could be converted into
money with which to pay debts or buy
land.
Raising Capital Big Problem
1t was a difficult matter throughout
the United States to get the railroad
movement started, but every obstacle, eX-
Cept the intellectual adherence to older
methods because they were older, was
stronger in the west than elsewhere
throughout the Union. The specific prob
lens to be attacked before railroads could
become a fact were how to raise the
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07
Bv MRS. NJ. Il. PLASsMANN

-HERE are few men in Montana today
whose life story is better worth the
telling than that Of James GouTley,
now a resident of Bozeman. met
him for the first time in the special car
the Northern Pacific furnished for the
pioneers who were on their way to Mis-
soula where the 1927 meeting of Mon
tana pioneers was held, when he gave
me a brief summary of a few of his eX-
perienCes-What might appropriately be
denOminated a biographical outline after
stating that month would be too short
a time to tell the whole story.
A pioneer Of pioneers, having arrived
here in 1862 and now a man Of over 81
years of age, Mr.. Gourley impresses one
rs being at least 10 years younger and
is a living advertisement Of the remark
able health-giving properties OF our
mountain air and sunshine. Endowed
with strong physique, he has the keen
intellect of the Celt, and retains it in all
its vigOr.
He was a young man when he left
the Green Isle for America, having previ-
Ously served an apprenticeship in the
dry goods business, and coming to this
country under contract to enter the en-
plOy of the well-known firm Of Carson &
Pirie.
His first home in this land of his
adoption was in Illinois, where he was
living during the campaign which re-
suited in the election of Abraham Lin
cOln he taking an active part in it. He
was a Wide Awake and marched in the
tOrchlight professions that constituted E
memorable feature of that political con-
test, like the log cabins and kegs of hare
cider which played their part, and no un.
important one, in elevating William
Henry Harrison to the presidency.
''I remember those Wide Awake process
siOns, the long capes the marchers wore
and the flaring torches they carried"
interpOlated. "Such a procession marched
from Akron to Tallmadge, Ohio, to con
gratulate my father on his election Il
congress. Tt was long before the days o
electric lights and we celebrated th
occasion by Illuminating our house will
candles stuck on the window frame il
front Of every one of the small panes o
glass then used in windows. The Wild
Awakes lined up before the house. ant
there was such cheering and singing o
campaign songs. How could forge
that night"
He Knew Lincoln
James Gourley knew Lincoln, and wa
present at his nomination. What di
you think of him?" 1 queried.
HE was the most wonderful man
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07

head Of Lake Michigan, or from Prairie
du Chien on the Mississippi, to the
mouth Of the Columbia in Oregon. He
asked land grant Of go miles in width
along the whole of the proposed route
Congress gave it much consideration and
at one time his bill was within two or
three votes of passing the senate.
After the Mexican war and the annexa-
ton of California the general opinion
in congress and over the country favored
the building of the first transcontinental
line in route ending at San Francisco
Accordingly the Union and Central Pa
cific companies were chartered in 1862
with grant Of public lands and large
subsidy of government bonds. AMONG
the projectors of a line to California was
Josiah Perham Of Maine who had a char
ter for the Peoples Pacific railroad com
pany and who, in vain, endeavored tC
get congress to adopt his company anc
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07

to the general principle of congress aid
ing railroad construction through land
grants was placated. Southern states
men valued the territorial property of
the United States and they saw no harm
in using a part of the public domain to
improve the value of the rest. 49,.
The charter and organization of the
Northern Pacific dated from 1854 but
the project to build the road was much
older. In fact, it is the oldest of all
projects to open railway communication
with the Pacific coast. A railroad from
the upper Mississippi to the mouth of
the Columbia river was advocated as
long ago as 1885, soon after the intro
duction Of railway systems in the United
States.
About 10 years later Asa Whitney, a
New York merchant who had made a
fortune in China, urged upon congress
plan for building railroad from the
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07
Echo Lake Advertised

Archie Strange, custodian of Echo
lake, near Anaconda, designed for the
pleasure of aviators Of the all-American
derby the word Echo out Of pond
lilies, each letter measuring five feet
from top to bottom and stretching over
the lake fro meast to west.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07
TRIANGLE YIELDS
STREAM OF GOLD
DOZENS OF WHEAT FARMS IN THAT
TERRITORY HAVE MORE THAN PAID
FOR THEMSELVES THIS YEAR

One Minneapolis Concern That Rald
$4,000 for Half Section Last Spring
Takes $4,000 Crop from Its Land;
Other Farmers Do as Well.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07
Manv Gl1en Citizenshin

Forty-one foreign born residents OF
the United States we're admitted to citi-
zenship at Great Falls. following hear
ing In the district court.
Evening star., 1927-09-25
THE SUNDAY SEPTEMBER .127PART

gotten that, Afford was filing again,
but this time the process was merci-
fully short, and just as the clock
struck two the door swung silently
open.
The girl felt the slight draft of 1t
on her face and stepped trembling
forward. A tiny streak of light
darted for an instant across hel face
and Affords voice spoke again.
Come
hand, she reached the right out
toward him and he caught 1t and
guided her through the doorway Be-
yond It's threshold she recoiled, for his
iiashlight played for second over a
recumbent figure tied securely with
broad bands of white, and Janet saw
that the bands were stained red.
ITS nothingw Afford whispered.
II had to down him. but he's not
dead. Confound these creaking
StairS"
Shuddering, she followed and step
by step they crawled down and turned
toward the rear.
Kitchen door best" He gave her
hand a sudden grip and she squeezed
back to show that she understood.
Loud snores greeted them as they
cautiously opened the door. and by
the light from the banked stove the
old woman's figure was revealed
asleep on sort of cot beside it. They
held their breath as they crept to the
back door and Afford found and
turned the key in the lock. The next
moment they stood out under the
clear starlight, free!
Janets knees trembled, but Afford
Evening star., 1927-09-25

enemies, too. If only those horrible
rats would stop.
Then all at once she sat up in bed,
gazing toward the door as though
she would pierce the blackness be-
tween. That was not the gnawing of
rats-that steady rasping CRATE as of
metal on metal, Dared she strike a
match? Slowly she crept out of bed
and crawled cautiously nearer and
nearer the door. Within a few inches
of it loose board creaked beneath
her weight and the rasping sound
stopped.
Seven" A voice breathed almost
in her ear. Afford! Seven! Be
ready"
He had found her! He had man
aged to follow, and was freeing her!
A little sob of thankfulness welled up
in her heart and putting her lips close
to the crack under the door she Whis-
pered: Il understand" She had only
partially disrobed and now it was the
work of but a few minutes to dress,
wind her hair under her hat and
place her small shoes ready to her
hand.
She could tell by the direction from
which the sound came that the top
most bolt must have been filed
through, for the grating noise came
now from below the lock, but it
seemed to continue interminably. A
distant church clock struck one and
then 1t seemed that hours passed be-
fore, at last, the filing ceased.
Selling her shoes, Janet tiptoed to
the door. Had the moment come?
Then a squeak came from the lock
itself and she sighed. She had for
Evening star., 1927-09-25

urged her on and hand IN hand they
broke through the fr'n-ing willows.
crossed a tiny foo bridge over brook
and ran forward. making for the lane
beyond the open pasture land.
But they had not reckoned on a
possible watchdog 4 sudden uproat
of furious barking broke out behind
them and Afford muttered beneath
his breath as a man shout answered
it and lights sprang forth.
Quick. We can't make the tame
now. Duck under those bushes there
to the left and follow the brook t0
that clump of willows. It's our only
chance now"
Janet Obeyed blindly, tlinchine n
the stones and ruhble bruised
tender feet. but the bushes SO -
far away and the dogs alarm
lost in the shouting of many voice.
Just as they reached cover a broad
beam of radiance swept the meadow
and Afford groaned:
They've got q searchlight! Well
have to hide and wait! Can you keep
going?"
Eyes" Janet painted. Let go my
hand and lead; I'll follow"
Rushes and dense willow shoots
Evening star., 1927-09-25
CHAPTER vi.
Escape.

T HE thin pillow was still damp
with her tears-the first she
had shed since her amazing
troubles began--when Janet
awoke and lay staring into
the darkness. She had extinguished
her candle to save it and crept into
bed soon after her discovery of her
loss and now. although bewildered at
first, the events Of the previous day
came slowly back to her mind.
What had awakened her so sud.
denly? 1t must have been some
abrupt sound. but 1t was not repeated,
and now all she could hear was the
signing of the willows outside and
the persistent gnawing OF rats some
where near.
The desolation Of the place swept
over her and she heartily wished her.
self back in the convent where Daddy
had wanted her to stay. OF course
he wasn't connected in any way with
this mysterious thing which some one
was bringing to America, but these
criminals who were after 1t were his
Evening star., 1927-09-25
ftBTHE BLACK L..!' S::: JOKER
49, Ostrander

side until Mrs. Carlin had unbound
Janet's hands, peeped into the water
pitcher and turned down the covers
Of the old four.poster bed.
There, I think you're all right for
the night" she remarked. "Oh, got
the bag there. Bill? Good. You'll
find what else you need in the closet
here, my dear. Sweet Dreams
She closed the door and Janet heard
bolts shot home. as we'll as the rasp
OF q key in the lock. She sank down
upon the side of her bed and covered
her face with her hands. 1t was the
end! No one had seen the watch on
her wrist except. perhaps. the old
woman downstairs, and who would
come here to this desolate place to
whom It might convey message?
Then the memory of her fathers
letters came to her and she sprang
for the chair just beside the door
where Bill had placed her bag. Few
erishly she opened it and scattered its
contents on the floor in the fiickering
light Of the single candle which had
been left on the dresser, but 1t was
soon emptied and her fears realized.
The letters were gone!
Evening star., 1927-09-25

edged the brook anil. Stumbling nf'tr
Afford. her tortured I"et siIpI,s,i IN Il
loose < one and she tumbied hsHdi, rg
INTO the little stream II wnS hlluN
but the splash had evidently r'r"'i;s'i
the ears nf their uuTsInfs. tOI Y.
ncwpd shout went M AMI IN" pier
Ing light thrust ita RAYS ra ~
through the dense uRlrtg,''wth L."
tTay!nSiy,
Her mpani@n turned and dag
.rd her to her feet nut Janet was
spent,
Go on--;l ;liune" she gIsped They
won't hurt me. they've heen 80 care
full to--take care ot me. II they hnd
us together. they'll kill both. G.
n--Get help
CONTINUED In Tomorrow Star.l