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and teacher of philosophy and the
second wife of Pericles.
How profound a thinker Aspasia
was we cannot know; courtesy and
cynicism conflict in assigning rea-
sons for the frequency with which
Socrates and other thinkers sat
humbly at her feet. But we may
take it as reasonable assumption
that any woman for whom PericleS
would brave. the sings and arrows
of popular hostility must have had
charms for the mind as well as lures
for the flesh. Story has it that
when Pericles confessed to his wife
that he loved Aspasia she consented
readily to a separation, having had
her eye upon a new romance her.
self.> So the dance of life changed
partners, and writer's told how the
enamored statesman, despite his i'm
perial dignity, never left or returned
to his home without kissing his
philosophical wife. M
Here was an admirable opening
for political revenge. The opponents
of Pericles discovered that ASpasia
was not as pious as she was beau
tfiul, and brought against her the
charge that she denied the gods.
Pericles himself conducted the case
for Aspasia; and though he was
known as never showing strong
emotion publicly, ne broke into pas
sion and tears as he pleaded for
the life of his mate. Cor accord
ing to Athenian law-seldom used
except for political purposeS-re-
fusal to accept the traditional re-
ligion was punishable with death)
The trial was one of the great af-
fairs of Athenian history; it stirred
and stimulated the minds of thou
sands; and it made clearer than
ever before the bitter division that
had arisen between the emancipated
intelligence of Athens and the OBJ
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and more the custom arose of chan
nelling love into passionate friend
ship within each sex; half the
poetry of love among the Greeks
circled about the heretical attach
ment of man to man, and Gas in the
Lesbiara Sappho) of woman to
woman.
The hetairai were a protest
against this development They
were courtesans; but neither such
common women as walked the
streets at the Piraeus (Athens' port)
nor such exalted ladies as in the
temples Of Corinth upheld the
ancient trade in service and honor
to the gods; they were women who
had refused to accept the restricted
life of the Greek housewife, and
had combined with their promis-
Guilty a certain redeeming devotion
to. letters and the arts. Some of
them were women of great beauty,
who lent their loneliness to Greek
sculptors for the INSTALLATION of
Aphrodite's grace; others attached
themselves to supreme writers like
Sophocles and DemoSthenes, who
spent their modest fortunes on
them; one Of them became a student
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ST !ssSSy(7I'Il I-!ZzzlT ION
2---W DR.. WILL DURAN F

TNHE spots on the sun of Greek
\ civilization were the slavery of
the workers and the seclusion of
women. From the time of Homer
the status of women had risen no
higher, and had perhaps sunk a
little lower; in every rank the wives
were domestic servants, or at best
the superintendent of servants, and
confined in every case to the mar
row circle of their prosaic homes.
When Xanthippe reproached her
husband, philosopher and guide, but
not her friend, because he left her
in dreary solitude every day and
many nights, and led his life in lofty
independence of her, she rep
resented, however, humbly, the els
satisfaction which Greek women
felt in their domestic incarceration.
The other aspects of this national
divorce were the hetairai and
Greek love-" A greek could fall
Economically in love with a woman,
as half the world had done with
Helen. But in the normal routine
Of Athenian life such enthusiasm
was exceptional; it was difficult to
see a goddess in a cook; and the
characteristic attitude of the aver
age citizen to women was one of
secret diStaste and scorn. More
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Lord, and the Greeks took over the
title as the name of their imported
god. Shakespeare speaks Of Venus
and Adonis; Bacon would have spo-
ken of Aphrodite; it is one of a
thousand ninutiae that diSprove
the identity of the playwright and
the philosopher. Adonis, like Perse-
phone, was supposed to spend part
of each year exiled in HadeS-that
dark underworld in the bowels Of
the earth to which good and bad
alike departed after death. Annu-
ally the Greeks celebrated the death
of AdoniS, his descent into Hell, and
his resurrection-the last again a
symbol of the renaissance of spring.
Throughout the development of re-
ligion we find an impersonal proc
esS or force transformed POLITICALLY
into a person, and phrased imagi-
natiyely in legend.
e
GO again the growth of the vine
~ seemed to the simpler Greeks
to be the work of the god Dionysus;
and they loved him not only be-
cause he served as patron deity Of
an industry vital to the life of
Greece, but because his ritual frol-
licked with license and sanctioned
the alcoholic recreations of the
people. Dionysus, too, like the other
gods of vegetation, was believed to
have died a violent death, and then
to have risen again to life; and his
feast was celebrated by enacting the
pageant of his SufferingS and his
resurrection. Out of this ceremony
rose the drama of the Greeks, and
all those somber tragedies with
which Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euri-
pides and others filled the great
Theatre of Dionysus.
Phallic worship was the essence of
the Dionysian cult, and the phallic
emblem was carried at the head of
the PROCESSION that honored him.
Such a festival was called Comus;
out of its Rabelaisian humor and
song (oidos) came Greek comedy in
form and name. Hence the indie
cency of the comic stage in Athens
and the absence of respectable wom-
en- from the theater; it was stag
drama, in honor Of the goat god.
For Dionysus, like so many gods,
had taken the place of sacred goat
in the gradual TRANSPORTATION of to-
! tenism-the worship of animals
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THE GODS OF GREECE

MOD.
THE GODS OF GREECE
TXTHAT was this religion that
wv challenged Anaxagoras, exiled
Protagoras and Aristotle, threatened
AspaSia and poisoned Socrates?
1t had begun, like most religions
of the ancient world, in the worship
of spirits in trees and stars and
beasts and the plants of the field.
Strange magic rites and charming
myths had grown out of this simple
animism. So the earth made fertile
by spring showers was pictured for
the Greek Imagination as the Prin-
cess Danae, shut up in a tower and
visited by zeus in the form of a
golden rain. And the bounty of the
soil was visioned as the return from
Hades of the fair PerSephone, stolen
after every harvest from her mourn
ing mother, Demeter Ceres, the
goddess of the corn.
In like manner the reproductive
energies of nature were pesonifled
in Aphrodite, goddess of beauty and
love. We can trace her splendid
worship back to the Babylonian
goddess IShtar, or AStarte, spirit Of
fertility, whom we still unconsciouSly
commemorate at EaSter-once the
feast of the reawakening spring. So
definitely were Astarte and Aphro-
dite worShiped as embodying the
mystic power of reproduction that it
became solemn religious duty for
every woman, in many parts of the
ancient world, to submit to the en-
braces of stranger, and Ito dedi-
cate to the goddess the wages earned
by this sacrif1cial harlotry. The Sa-
cred precinct" says Sir James
Frazer, was crowded with women
waiting to observe the custom.
Some of them had to wait there for
years. The Middle Ages were to
worship chastity; bot antiquity sus-
pected it, and valued better a plen-
tiful fertility. The Greeks feared
and reverenced the power of Eros
and Aphrodite, and predicted evil
Gas in Euripides' Hippolytus) for
those who Stunned the fine frenzy
of love.
Adonis was also stolen from Baby
lon. Among the Semites he had
been Tammuz. the youthful lover of
Ishtar; they called him Adon or
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year, has been set for April 1919,
1928, at the Bon Air-Vanderbilt Ho-
tel. Augusta, Ga, F. N. Shepherd,
executive manager Of the organ
ization has announced.
The executive council meeting,
next to the annual convention Of the
association, is one Of the largest
and most important national gath-
erings of the year among bankers.
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Council to Gather at Augusta, Ga,
April 1919.
BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-The next
executive council meeting of the
American Bankers Association,
which is held in the spring each
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Fine rayon, reinforced
for long wear, very ex-
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All shades.
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Large full fashioned
sheer and service weights
in new shades. Very
wonderful values.
The producers news., 1927-06-24

now in effect, are unreasonably high
Mr.. Bliss added in the report that
more exhaustive study with detail
ed statements of power consumed
would be necessary to come to the
point of whether or not the individual
plant, proposed, would be practl-
cal.
Also included in Mr.. Bliss report
was the following-"However, ire
spectlve of what any operator may
propose to do, the final fixing of the
rates is almost wholly within the dis
cretlon of the railroad comission, and
their disposition is to fix the rate
so as to yield fair rate on the in
Vestment made" With the board
rests the final outcome of the Ken
mare problem.
A request has been made by the
city officials for hearing before the
railroad commissioners, and a CORE
spondence from them which grants
this request refers to conditions here.
Inc letter states: "We would not
look with favor upon the establish
ment OF another plant in Kenmare
until a full and complete investigation
has been made"
After going over the facts and re-
ports, the proposition of granting Mr..
Erickson a franchise was put to a
vote and was carried as having pass
ed It's first reading. This action is
OF Importance only insofar that it
shortens the time until definite ac-
ton must be taken. It will speed
dp the investigation and the second
reading will be the one which decides.
The second reading will be given the
proposition at the next regular ses-
sion Of the council or at a special
meeting called by the mayor.
Proposed Schedule of Rates
Following is the schedule of rates
for the city of Kenmare proposed at
Monday evenings meeting of the City
Council by Mr.. Erickson:
Residential lighting First XVIII
per room per month, 10-10hc; ex-
cess, &c; minimum room, 5; discount.
5@o; minimum charge per motor, 81.
Commercial lighting First so XVIII
per month, 13c; next 100 XVIII per
month, 111ac; all over $50 XVIII, 1Oc;
Discount, SO; minimum charge per
meter per month, 81.
Power-First 35 XVIII per h. p. per
month, 8.6c per h. p; all over, 6.6c
per XVIII. Minimum charge of 81 per
h. p. connected load.
Cooking rate net-4c per XVIII;
of So per month.
Refrigeration Service can
be connected on the regular power
rates with minimum of SO per met
er per month.
City Lighting and City Power-6c
per XVIII less SO.
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LIGHT AND POWER QUESTION
NEARING FINAL SETTLEMENT

henmare.-The city council met IN
regular session Monday evening with
the light and power proposition as the
topic of discussion and action taken
by the council points to a settlement
OF the question which has been hang
ing IN air for some months, within
| the next few weeks.
M. A. Erickson, of Rugby. who
has made the city proposition of
installing local plant and COMPLETE
ly rebuilding the city's distribution
system, was present at the meeting
and requested that some definite ac1
ton be taken on the matter. He al
SO submitted a new rate schedule
which shows further reduction over
the one previously submitted by him.
The new schedule submitted NAV
be found at the conclusion of this ar
ticle.
A letter was also read to the coun-
Gil written in behalf of Mr.. Erick-
son, by Fairbanks-Morse & Co. in
which that company, with view to
dlspelllng any question as to Mr..
Erlckson's ability to handle an under
taking of such financial magnitude.
expressed that the company not only
would complete the installation of
the power plant itself, but will also
underwrite and finance the construc-
tlon OF a suitable and adequate dis
Cfloutlon system + < such as would
be credit to the city of Kenmare."
should Mr.. Erickson eventually be
granted franchise, he intends to in
stall separate engine generating
units, totalling 42O horsepower, to in
sure uninterrupted service.
Ihe Fairbanks-Morse Company al
SO stated that the Individual lighting
plant would be practical here at the
rates suggested and referred to other
cues IN the state as illustrations of |
Chls point. Some of these references
nave been looked into by local Off
clals but due to local conditions few
OF these places have offered fair COM |
parsons. Others will, however, be in
vestigated.
The report of J. w. Bliss of the
Dakota Engineering and Construction
company of Valley City, who was re-
Gently called to this city to make a
survey of light conditions, was also
received and gone over by the council.
Ihls report, which is a lengthy one,
and covers conditions which exist here
IN Kenmare pretty well, is summar-
lied as follows:
Referring to our estimates, we do
not feel that the city would be par
tlcularly warranted in making a
change in their franchise at this time
altho it is within their province to
utilize to the fullest extent possible
the offer (Mr. Erickson's) made, to
secure the best arrangement possible
from the high line company. We do
not believe the recent hi-line rate, as
flled March 1, 1927, and which are
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NOOAl1uueQ from page Onel
tame and native pastures are furnish
ing abundant feed for livestock. Cat
tie are fattening rapidly. Sheen
SShearlng is in full swing with the
Ileeces SAID to be slightly heavier in
western Montana. Many sheen are
oelng driven to the mountains for fine
summer. WY
The labor situation continues hal
anced. '''i
Reports by Counties
Inc Inc reports by counties follows:
Big HORN-Generally clear and
warm. All vegetation made good
progress. Excellent prospect for ali
crops-condition much better than in
The average year. Pastures the very
DeSI, all stock in good condition.
BLAINE-Growing conditions ware
very good the latter part of the week:
small grains showing an excellent
growth. PotatOe planting being rush
ed TO completion; thinning and block
ing OF beets general; rye fields fair
some are rather spotted. Livestoolr
IN 1alr condition with excellent ranoa
prospects for an abundance of gooJ
grass throughout the summer.
CARBON-Warm ideal growino,
conditions; crops making very rand
growth. Practically all winter wheat
IN; some barley being sown. Work
progressing in beet fields-manv in
good shape. Shearing started Live
stock doing well
CASCADE Growing conditions ex-
eellent. Winter wheat 20 to 80 inches
imgh. Several hundred acres IN the
lower valleys smothered bv floods
CHOUTEAU-Warm and clear
Iine growing weather.
DANiIlELS-Heavy hail storms re-
ported but no damage to spring grain
weather warming up. All small
grams making good growth-manv
Lieios show uneven termination. Most
al crops, including corn and potatoes
are IN ground; a few farmers stiII
sowing flax. Cut worms reported in
proving. ' LII
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ers and aggregate sum -
victim under the provisioD. N Onlg
bankruptcy law. OiS Of /
The astonishing part 90
plant is the allegation 49, II 'ne O,
sons object in swearino ~ tl,a. Da
such a petition was to I'd. - ana iii
cree Siebert into navino, ItCe 5;, and
SOM a cash consideration l'isl ~ lDN
holding the petition and u;tI AT MI
1T from the United States o .ill'aV,
ords, and that Davidson If dia 'Oaf =
gotiations for that purpose se s,a5' asl Z
ceeded by such pressure 1e snd ana Y
to extract from Seibert r tba C0eia-
one thousand dollars. ' Sun
Mr.. Seiberg asserts that !.
time of paying Davidson tbo ..
and dollars he was ienorar4l ,l' !. a',
falsity of the contents of t5a ,l' ~ y
and being afraid that DavidSopp p'~.9 I.
succeed in having him adnJn.l Di, Y.
bankrupt, and acting thus Sa pnJo' 4,
ress, he alleges that he coneorss, raart. :
pay over the thousand doIIars II''5 \
bert further alleges that ~ h \
threatened that if the money ". w.a y !
paid he would proceed at onca "a, |. /.
filing the petition, and that i, Y \
Ject In doing so was for the nrn. m,
of extortion. w pui@
Mr.. Seibert claims that his ram.
ton and financial standing has ,Ia- N.
seriously injured by Davidson'c =, !
tion and asks for recovery of 4.
ages in the sum of $4,000.
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PHILLIPS: Fair weather most of
week Crops made fair growth the
past week. Seeding practically COM
pleted. Livestock in good condition.
RICHLAND: Temperature moder-
ate-plenty of moisture in ground.
Planting of corn and feed crops pro-
crossing rapidly. Crops of all kinds
making fair growth but need warmer
weather. Range in excellent .condi-
ton. Livestock doing well.
ROOSEVELT: General growing
conditions good. All. crops, except
corn, making excellent growth. Sum-
mer following well under way. All
livestock good with ranges best in
years. Hay crop will be heavy. Tur-
key crop poor due to early storms.
ROSEBUD: Hail in several sections
damage confined to limited areas.
First growing week this season. Win
ter wheat in boot-looks good. Corn
coming good. Beet thinning we'll
along; crop starting to make growth.
Shearing in progress-fleeces report
ed lighter, due to lack of grease and
dirt. Range excellent.
SHERIDAN: Heavy rains in near
ly all parts Of county-some hail, no
damage except to gardens. Crop con-
ditions very good. Rye heading out.
Flax and oats being seeded. Ranges
very good.
VALLEY: Showers over county.
Good growing conditions. Crops in
good shape. Some seeding of feed
crops during week. Seeding practic-
ally completed. Livestock good. Ev-
erything is frightening up in good
shape.
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vi Ine 1Cn Gay OF January. Mr.
Seibert decided some propertv to the
International Oil company to give il
protection on the credit he had with
that concern, but this action on his
part did not mean that he was insol-
vent, as the subsequent action taken
by Mr.. Davidson would tend to show.
Mr.. Seibert alleges that on January
20, 1926, Mr.. Davidson filed in United
States court at Fargo a petition to
throw Mr.. Seibert into involuntary
bankruptcy, alleging that he, David
son, had claims against Seibert
amounting to $4,000, which he claim
ed was due and unsecured.
Mr.. Seibert claims that at the time
Davidson set up this petition in
United States district court, ne had
IN fact no claims whatever against
the plaintiff in this case but to make
a sufficient showing in court listed
certain notes, all of which, it is now
alleged, were paid and satisfied at the
time OF. filing the bankruptcy peti-
tion, and that Davidson never at anv
time had title to the paper, swell
knowing that he had no legal title to
the same, and well knowing that the
notes had been settled, with the word
paid" written across the face of
each note"
1t is alleged in the complaint that
Davidson, in order to bring his bank
ruptcy petition within the provisions
of the federal court, procured other
small accounts and signers in order
to have sufficient number of sign
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est Wi5ton a tbe eon NJ D. jun june Il f9hA & civil suit Of
brought by j. c. Seibert against W. S. Davidson n e aa
9oooO The suit is said to be merely mild skrmieb nc S@
that will center the attention of the whole state on ~ BAT
WilliSton. vi Ihe ctr
IN complaint filed within the last few davs IN II.
ourts offlce against Mr. Davidson, Mr. Seber sets f @
early last year ne was conducting oil station at
large line of credit with the international Oil nay and
The producers news., 1927-06-24
Plenty Workers for Jobs

Plenty Workers for Jobs
Helena: Reports from labor anC
Industrial unions in Montana received
at the office of the state department
of agriculture, labor and industry in
dictate little change in the industrial
condition of the state. While there
is comparatively little unemployment
there are no openings for new work
ers from outside the state and each
community seems to have an adequate
supply of labor for immediate needs.
The conditions reported are normal
pre-harvest conditions for Montana.
Some ranch hands are needed where
shearing is in progress.
The unions reporting from Anacon-
ola indicate balanced condition with
no need for outside help. The carpen-
ters local union of Bozeman gives its
membership as 40 with all but five
employed. A community building
costing about $4,000 and five new
residences are under headway in that
city, the report states.
At Big Timber the employment
agency reports surplus of labor but
says that a few shearers can be used
within the next twenty days.
Of the 660 members of the station
ary engineers union of Butte 60 are
unemployed. 1t is expected that conn
ty road work will-ta up some of
this surplus. The free employment
agency maintained by the Milwaukee
at Butte has placed 6683 men at diff
ferent locations over the state in the
past month.
Painters and carpenters in Great
Falls have all the work thew can do
reports say, but here again the sunnIv
OF workers is adequate to meet ali
present demands. The Great Falls
general employment agency reports >
surplus In all lines of labor for which
tnaC offlce registers; they report 248
transient unemployed who have made
application at the office but were NOT
placed and have moved to other Ioca-
iitles, according to the secretary of
that office. y
Building Activity Continues.
Spring building projects which were
noted In last months reports as moro
numerous than for a number of sea-
sons, are progressing and several new
permits have been granted since the
beginning of June.
BUILDINGS valued at S34,12O were
authorized in one days permits at
Great Falls. During May new build
Ings and alterations authorized in tbe
Power City tOtaled S2O4,7O5 and the
total for the year up to June / was
Se4o9,145, nearly equal to the program
Tor the entire year of 1926.
Anaconda and Whitehall will have
new school buildings and Great Fails
Will vote on a bond issue toward a
new high school building which will
accomodate 1000 pupils.
Poison is to have a modern new
MOTEL on the site of the old Grandview
winch was destroyed by fire two years I
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CONTINUED from page One)
talk Immediately after the parade.
PIentywood is to play Radville at the
Baseball Park at two in the afternoon.
noon. This will be free to all OBJ
servers: The contests and races will
be held at the Pail Park after the
game. Scheduled so far in this list
OF contests are, foot races for boys
and girls, bicycle races for boys and
girls, tug of war for men only, egg
race, auto barrel golf race and a pie
eating contest. First, second and third
prizes will be offered to winners.
There is also talk of dance at the
Temple in the afternoon.
Evening will bring a beautiful dis
play of fireworks to be shot off from
the ball park, five hundred dollars
worth Of them Then there will be a
show at the Orpheum and a dance at
the Temple to finish this grand and
glorious event.