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Evening star., 1927-12-31

out the first half
of 1928. r n j s
means 2 confinua-
tioE of easy"
money. or "chea p
money. and AZ
sures funds sum-
cient for a n v
legitimate 2 n d
warra nte1 c o m :
mercial enterprise
or expa nsion.
The total income
Of the l. nited
States in the last
year is conserva-
lively estimated at
more than $S1.500,.
900, 900. AS a re-
suit Of the produc-
tion of this huge
Evening star., 1927-12-31

Specula tive mar.
kets always out.
distance happen.
ings in the com.
mercial and in
dustrial W orl d,
with prices for
stocks diScountinS
the Improvement
in trade at one
time and a reac.
tion in il at an
other. This hey
have done TO a less
extent during 1927
than ordinarily. as
the influence of a
great abundance
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TRADE VOLUME DECLINES
ALONG WITH LIVING COSTS
Wages Keep at Steady or Slightly Higher
Level-Position of Farmer
Best i'm Years.
BY CHARLES F. SPEARE

N YEW YORK, December S1.-The
u months Just closing mark
" the climax of one of the most
a remarkable periods in finan-
cial history. The momentum
that gathered headway in 1925 and
was strong in 1926 carried business
along through the first half of 1927
and is still having its effect.
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she WAS year ago. In the early
months OF 1928 she will stabilize her
currency. She is not, however, so
well or as she was industrialIy. for
the effect Of an unstable currency has
led TO diminished production and
smaller commercial profits.
Italy in the closing days of the year
suddenly decided TO stabilize her cur
rency in the interest Of her internal
trade. Irdustrially and politically
Italy seems IN be stronger than she
was u months ago. There IN not,
however, nVermuch confidence in this
country In tile permanent success Of
ItAlyg present form of government
and frequent Chilis are caused By her
abrupt and arbitrary foreign policies
The countries of southeastern Eu.
rope have made some progress. po
land has been able TO borrow exten.
siyciy in the United States and to
establish her finances on sound
basis.
In South America there has been
general movement among republican
countries 10 balance budgets, estab.
lish proper system 0f taxation
and To develop ii stronger national
conscience toward external obliga
tions In these developments the
I0hns made by American bankers TO
Argentina. Brazil. Chile and Peru
have played an important part. The
credit of Central American countries
has likewise moved up 10 a higher
station. and the loans Of this group
have been more and more familiar In
the market for dollar securities
Japan has passed through another
commercial and banking crisis. from
which size is slowly emerging with
national credit unhafmed
Evening star., 1927-12-31
BY J. e. ROYLE.

n YEW YORK. December 3i.-Like
nj other good citizens. American
NJ dollars cannot afford TO be
4 Y long idle. They have been
kept busiIy at work in 1927
and this fact accounts in no small
part for the activity Of commerce and
industry Throughout the year. They
are likely 10 be well employed through
Evening star., 1927-12-31
By EDWARD c. STONE.

w ASiINGTON today is round.
ing out one of the best bus.
wv mess and financial years IN
the Capitals history. The
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were full of money throughout the
wear, despite the remarkable volume OF
cash which went into investments. The
volume of cash held in savings sc-
counts throughout the country did
not decline. but increased appreciably.
although bank debts. an accurate
barometer OF business buying, rose
4.3 per cent according 20 the National
Cifv Rank
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The Foreign Loan Problem.

THIS knitting together OF nations
through the process OF international
loans has It's compeDsaiions and It's
Disadvantages There Is basis for the
argument that, having made foreign
loans IN the past aiN years Of over
$40, 900 900 900 ee should continue
lending IN order 10 open and stimulate
the markets for our own products, on
the other hand the logic of those who
maintain that by 81 doing We are only
hs nding our foreign competitors The
weapons with which io combat us In,
dlstriaiiy is, In ii degree. sound.
u ts possible 10 trace henefits from
some loans made during the paAt year
IN ths larger exports 0f our msnutac.
tnred goods 10 the countries that have
borrowed II In just as obvious that
Tie l0anE made Ia dollar form To iron
and steel and allied trades on the con
lineDt 0f Europe have assisted These
trades 10 an expansion that has dis
turbed the price iiat Ut iron aud steel
products In the United States
1t should not be forgotten that the
peace ~ the world has been made
more prpbable this year through the
quiet nuaA persistent efforts of the
League ~ Nations and the tulnllmsni
" ihs lrekties that we're the great
political vhk oties Of 1925. This means
more 10 bAsiness thaA business ha q
sst been ~liiing to sdnlts
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tlrctrr Current t~asumnttaa

The roweT curve, SheMsug paNN,,t,,
tsan ami sAss et elsctglS current.
moved upward IN esVh menth in c>,se-
ratisah With the VeTreSpNllaS tSgtNd
W 1929 fNV the AVSAr tgSNlQ<tjt,n
teavhvd \ ,lAtN average Af go. eae 900
k,sewau heprS, 4 gain vi aeeut 10 per
cent over the previous Nvar tTNnts
fer the light and power vNmpanses
ranged AZ htgh az is Rsr cent above
those af lase
CONSULTATIONS aasl she absorption ~
the Smaller celntSeatss eV larger sNs
teus continued unahAtea kNtamssAss
as cspSlguN Mas MstutAInea ss a s~e
erd Pave eN the SeAstIuetlaA vd both
Evening star., 1927-12-31
Two Views II 1927 Results.

~ answering the question whether
1877 las been . year of prospeTity, IL
fuo angles. ON The one SIDE. Ne must
aesl with ths results Of cofpofsti9n
Evening star., 1927-12-31

= HICAGO. December 31.-~After
six years OF hard times. the
cattle industry came back into
= Its own during the past -
x13nHshH
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-22

Mrs. T. w .Payne's Sunday
schol class met at her home last
night and filled the Christmas bags
for Santa Claus to use at the ex-
ercises given by the M. E. Sum
day school Saturday night. They
had tureen supper before start
ing work.
The regular Christmas party for
the children of the Episcopal Sun
day school will be held in the cha
! pei parlor tomorrow. Owing to the
illness of Mrs. Pennell, Mrs. r.
@. Macmahon will have charge and
she will be assisted by the teachers
and Rev. Pennell.
Joyce Mulkey was five years old
Sunday and her mother invited II
of her little friends to come and
help celebrate. The children en-
joyed the usual good time and had
a birthday cake, decorated with
candles which was the most i'm
portant item of the refreshments
The Arts and Crafts department
had their annual Christmas party
Monday at the home of Mrs. Cora
McKain. An elaborate dinner was
served at one o'clock, covers being
laid for sixteen, the full club mem
bership. Afterwards they exchang-
ed gifts which hung on the Christ
mas tree in the living room and
spent a social afternoon.
Secretary C. A. Carpenter of the
Commercial club today reported
that he had had letter from q
former Kennewick resident now
staying in California in which the
statement was made that "He'd
rather be in Kennewick with his
back broken than in California in
the best of health and with sack
of gold on his shoulder"
The public schools will close for
the holidays tomorrow and most
of the teachers will go to their
homes out of town for their vaca-
ton. Miss Bonner and Miss Caul-
kins go to Seattle; Evelyn Hutton
to Wallace, Idaho; Leila Chambers
to Bickleton; Blanche and Anne
Easton to Cheney; Gladys Gooch
and Mr.. Zimmerman to Spokane;
Virginia Idol to Portland; Lucille
Badgley to Yakima, Miss Faulk-
ner to Dayton; Myrtle Spinning
to Davenport and Mr.. Smith to
Sprague. The teachers living in
town expect to spend the holidays
at home.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-22

Miss Alta Willsey of Butte,
Mont. will spend Christmas with
her mother Mrs. Lucy Willsey.
Mrs. B. Slaugenhaupt is enter
tanning the members of the Rinky-
drinks at Christmas luncheon to-
day.
Miss Esther Moulton who is at
tending the U. of I. at Moscow,
came home last night for the hol;-
days.
Miss Norma Holcomb who is
employed in Seattle is coming TO-
morrow night to spend Christmas
at home.
Miss Dorothy Carlen who is
teaching school at Rockford, will
come home tomorrow night for
Christmas.
Mrs. C. Longmire entertained her
dancing class Saturday afternoon
with Christmas party in the
Woodman hall.
B. j. Campbell is carrying the
mail on route one on account of
the illness of the regular carrier
Herman Campbell.
Mrs. R. E. Reed and Mrs. Leslie
White gave a farewell party for
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Mann, at the
Reed home last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Winkenwer-
der are going to Ritzvilie tomor-
row to spend Christmas with their
daughter Mrs. Setterland.
Mrs. E. R. Smith left Monday
morning for her home in st. Paul
after short visit at the home of
her brother K. C. Clifford.
Mrs. r. E. Reed entertained a
group of. little folks yesterday af-
ternoon for her daughter, Mar
Igaret who was seven years old.
The Bridge club met yesterday
with Mrs. R. @. Masmahon. Lunch
con proceeded cards. Honors for
high score went to Mrs. E. C.
Smith.
The boys choir of st. PauIs
Episcopal church were given a din
ner party last night at the home
of Mrs. C. D. Frat, the choir lead
er, and Rev. j. B. Pennell also
being present. Following the dinner
the boys played games. Members
of the choir are Sheridan Fyfe,
Bobby Johnson. David Pennell,
John and David Tweet, John Prich-
ard and Robert Watts.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-22
LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK

Mrs. W. S. Walters was in spo-
Kane a part of the week.
Kenneth Serier made trim TO
Portland the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Siegfried
were in Walla Walla Thursday.
Donald Peters will be home from
whitman Saturday for Christmas.
Mrs. I. w. Payne will spend
Walla. t1
Miss Lydia and Norman Byrd
visited their brother in Yakima
Friday.
Tom and John Soth came from
Seattle yesterday for the holidays
at home.
c. D. Frat and family will
spend Christmas in Yakima with
Mrs. Harry DeMuth of Pasco
was calling on Kennewick friends
Tuesday.
Robert -Farnsworth, coach at the
Roslyn high school, spent the week
end in town.
Miss Nita Miller will spend the
Christmas season with her parents
at Puyallup.
p. H. Sherk will come from
Olympia Saturday to spend Christ.
mas with his family.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kampf and Miss
Ardice Sheppard arrived Monday
night from Seattle.
Miss Ethel McReynolds came
home from Cheney normal last
night for the holidays.
Ralph Lincoln has been appoint
ed clerk in the railway mail SER
VICE running out of Spokane.
Mrs. George Byrd, Misses Leota
and Lydia and Miss Hutton were
Walla Walla visitors Saturday.
Nat Witt was home from Gle
Elum Sunday. He is working with
construction crew as rodman.
Rev. and Mrs. Aldrich were
pleasantly surprised Wednesday
evening with the visit of Prof. Geo.
M. Boyer of Elton, Calf, who is
an old college friend.
Mrs. Irwin Liston and children
went to Dayton Tuesday to visi.
her parents. Mr.. Liston will go
over Sunday and they will return
home the first of the week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-22
Miss Louise Kaufman came home

Miss Louise Kathman came home
for the winter, Friday. She has
been with her sister Mrs. Ralph
Lincoln, in Spokane and brought
the Lincoln children down with her
for Christmas.
The members of the Girl Scouts
held their Christmas party Tues
day evening at the home of Glee
Miller. They exchanged gifts and
presented their leader, Miss Hunt
ington, a gift as an appreciation
of her work for them. Games and
refreshments finished up an enjoy
able evening.
The annual meeting of the Con-
gregational church will be held in
the church parlors Thursday. Dec.
20. Supper will be served at $50
and those attending are asked to
bring sandwiches for their fami-
lies and dish to pass. All men,
bers and friends of the church are
cordially invited to be present.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Larson and
children came from Waverly Sun
day to spend the holidays at the
John Backman and Mrs. c. Larson
homes. ~ a..
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03
DRIfTWOOD

of high order. He is an earnest and
faithful student and he will go far
in the years to come. 1t takes more
topic after but three hours notice-it
takes brains. That word "extempo-
raneous' is a misnomer. There is i'll
fact no such thing as a purely ex-
temporaneous address. One must have
than mere effort to speak we'll on any
studied diligently read widely and
thought earnestly before being able to,
step before an audience and in the
face of formidable opposition win first
place in such contest
He went to Billings last week mere
ly as the representative of our county
high school. He will go to the State
meet at Bozeman representing not
only this county and its high school,
but every county and school in the yell
lowstone district.
With pride born of confidence and
achievement his teachers, his school
mates, his friends and the people Of
carbon county, confidently predict that
he will give good account of himself
at Bozeman.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03
MEN HELP SAVE
DOG FROM GRAVE

ring" little dog held fast by
rocks in a narrow underground pas
sageway for ITO hours, walked from
his prison just before dawn and bound
ed into the arms of his master with
tail wagging furiously.
Twenty men who through the night
had worked with pick and shovel
paused expectantly while Willie Mel
son, 10, crawled into the passageway
at 3:45 o'clock. They did not ee Will
lie as he made his way 80 feet to
where the dog was lodged nor could
thty watch him as he pulled the lit
tie animal free with an iron hook.
They saw him a moment later,
though, for the dog bounded past Will
lie and out into the open. Twenty
hats went up and shouts split the
countryside as F. V. Kelly bachelor
farmer, gathered ring" in his arms
and wrapped his oyercoat about him.
1t was happy cavalcade that quit
the scene. Kelly, careful that ,"Ring
was comfortable in his arms, carried
his pet home for some hot milk, the
first meal for the dog since last
Thursday when he chased a fox into
the passageway and became imprison
ed. The fox was removed yesterday
dead. ring had killed it.
News of the rescue preceded thu
band into tn dark, quiet little town
Shafts of gil rfthemaETAO 40 Az
Shafts of light framed neighbors whC
opened doors to hear the tidings
j "Ring" friend of the community
had become a popular concern in hi
predicament.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03
ROBERTS PERSONALS

Mr.. Clyde Fry spent tournament
week in Billings at the home OF Ed
Dinsdale.
Mr.. John Hakalla Alex Bell, Waino
Kotka and Ano Lamp returned from
Butte Saturday.
Arthur Long and family have moved
on to the John Mckenzie ranch above
town.
Mr.. Oscar Pentila was Red Lodge
visitor on Monday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Hiekilla and Mrs.
Emil Stein and Mrs. John Abrahamson
attended the X. R. banquet IN Red
Lodge Sunday evening. IL
Miss Ellen Abrahamson spent the
weekend in Billings with friends.
The girls sewing club met at the
CASTOR home Tuesday evening" The
evening was spent in sewing and a
lovely lunch was served by Miss Flor
ena GaSJOn.
Mr.. Jalmar Maxi has returned from
Duluth, MINI. where he has spent sew
eral months.
Toiva Kansala and Matt Kainle are
home from Washington.
Mrs. Nestor Maxi and Miss Ma t
Koski were shopping in Red Lodge
Tuesday.
Julia Warilla is visiting at the Mat
tia home.
Roberts was we'll represented at
the Roberts Hardin basketball game
at the Yellowstone district tournament
Friday evening. Among those witness
ing the game were Mr.. and Mrs. AS
cor Bergan, Miss Mary Hudson, Ray
mond Allen, Misses Isel Holley, Mar
gle Clark, Ethyle Crawmer, Marion
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
GIRL POSES AS
RUSS COUNTESS.

Kearney, N. j., Feb 27.-Irene Han
ska, IS, who for eight days masquerad-
ed as the Countess Irene Marie Lad
jeff" Russian exile and intimate &C
quaintance of Prince Carol of Rouma-
MIA, was in her usual seat in the
eighth grade of the Lincoln school to-
day.
For the eight days she lived at the
the st. Francis hotel, Newark, and
amazed guests with vivid descriptions
of her escape" from Russia, her
knowledge of political intrigue and her
ability to converse in various langua-
ges.
For more than an hour she convers-
ed is French with woman of French.
extraction, AMI displayed an accurate
knowledge of the French royalty and
of the events leading up to French rev.
olution. During the conversation she
mentioned that she was somewhat de-
spondent at hotel life and it lacked
the glamour and splendor of castles
and palaces.
The woman told the manager, who
summoned Newark detectives. Irene
persuaded them that she was coun
tess.
The girls money ran low and she
wrote her mother, informing her of
her whereabouts and saying she was
ready to go home. She was taken home
after her mother had paid $50 due on
the "royal suite"
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03

Charles Olbrich, owner of the Bird
ger Golden Rule store, was looking
after business matters here last week.
Mr. Olbrich has just returned from an
eastern buying trip that took him to
st. Louis, st. Paul, Chicago and New
York. Mr.. 0lbrich informs the writer
that he met a number of manufac-
tuners in New York who still retained
the old idea that Montana was a wild
and woody state, and that every man
carried a gun and was looking for
victims, and that it wasn't safe any
where on account of wild Indians and
cowboys. They seemed incredulous
when Mr. 0lbrich informed them that
he felt safer anywhere in Montana or
Wyoming than he did on any of the
streets of New York City.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03

Bates, Ellen Abrahamson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Matin, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
L. Duncan, Buster Stetson, Mrs. Gas
ton and son Miles, Mrs. Korpela and
Miss Vienna Korpela, Mrs. John G.
Abrahamson and Mr.. and Mrs. M. NJ.
Stanley.
Mrs. Albert NORM spent the past
week in Billings with her daughter,
Ernerd.
Mr.. Bert Shorey of Billings was a
caller in Roberts between trains Sun-
day.
Mrs. Tobias Korpela, accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Vienna knrpela,
went to Billings Friday returning Sun
day.
Mrs. George Hunt returned Satur-
day from Helena where she was call
ed few weeks ago on account of the
illness of her daughter Edith who is
attending school there. Miss Hunt has
been able to resume her studies.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03
RED LODGE PEAS
WILL BE SHIPPED
ACROSS ATLANTIC

Several hundred cases Of Red
Lodge peas will be shipped Tuesday
to Liverpool, England, according to M.
H. Mann, manager of the Red Lodge
Canning company. Each label will
carry the name Of the cannery and the
name of our city. The order was re-
ceived this week and will include the
No. and sizes.
Mr.. Mann also stated that he receiv-
ed an inquiry from Australia today
relative to the Red Lodge product and
he anticipates some business from
that part of the globe.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03

Wednesday morning the citizens of
Bridger, were awakened in the wee
small hours by the fire alarm, fire
having been discovered in the seed pea
warehouse by night Waterman Calvin
Smith, who Immediately gave the
alarm in the immediate neighborhood
and about the same time George En-
glert and Cliff Helt also sounded an
4 arm up town. Volunteers rushed the
hose carts to the fire and the same
was distinguished after some little eff
ort. The building was slightly danl-
aged and something like one car of
peas were water-soaked and damaged
quite badly. Quite number of people
were up and around town on account
of returning from the dance held in
the opera house and responded quickly
to the call for aid.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03

Word was received in Bridger Sat
urday evening that Mrs. Lille Nutting
had died at her home in Laurel that
morning at the age of 70 years. Mrs.
Nutting was we'll and favorably known
in this vicinity, having visited here
a great many times. The funeral was
held Sunday afternoon at the Masonic
Temple in Laurel. She had been suf-
ferer for a number of years from a
paralytic stroke and had the double
misfortune last fall of having a bad
fall, breaking her hip, and her health
from then on continued to get worse.
She was married to Mr.. Nutting on
October 10, 1891 and has since made
her home in Laurel. The Rev. |. l..
Cory, pastor of the Laurel Congre-
gational church, preached the funeral
sermon. Their many friends here ex-
tend their sympathy to the bereaved
family.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03
J 0 HIN M. OIL E TX
Physician and Surgeon
Residence and Office:
One-half square west and one square
north of Town Hall.
Telephone No. NV
Bridger, Montana

Martin Rogi of Bridger and Ben
Thatcher of Fromberg have purchased
the interests of J. NJ. Holden in the
Pioneer Coal mine, two miles south of
town, and are now busily engaged in
getting out coal to supply the farmer
trade.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03

Walter C. Crawford, banker: "Judg-
ed by the standards Of 200 years ago,
ordinary people are rich now"
Senator VIM. E. Borah: 1--WE are
building up condition under which
every conceivable human activity is
being given over to. regulation by
bureaus administered from Washing
ton" -
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03

Jess Sullivan of Kane and Floyd
Hansen of Lowell, Wyoming Were in
Bridger Monday on their way nome
from trip to the Pass Greek coun-
try near Sheridan. where they pur-
chased eleven head of thoroughbred
Hereford bulls to be delivered at Low
ell in a few days when they will
be turned loose on the Pryor Reserve.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03

Patents have been issued for new
German process for photographing in
natural colors on paper.
Experiments in the production of a
smokeless fuel from soft coal are be-
ing made in Virginia.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03

The weather bureau says that a
rainbow at night Is an unusual phe-
nomenon, but not what should be call.
ed rare phenomenon. 1t only re.
quires shower with bright moonlight
on 1t, when the moon 10 not too high
In the heavens.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03
happenings in tlr
GIarks eEurk naIlrp


The Masonic and Eastern Star dance
given in the Bridger Opera House last
Tuesday evening was attended by a
large crowd, a good many visitors
from Fromberg and Belfry being pres
ent. The lunch served by the ladies
was way above par and the music was
acclaimed as being good.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-03-03

Willard Newell, field superintend
ent for the Great Western Sugar COM
pany in this vicinity, departed for Den
yer Tuesday morning and will be a
member of the exhibition train being
fitted out for the tour of the sugar
beet states, He was accompanied by
his small son Jackie.