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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-04-22

alternative seemed to be giving the animals
to persons or parks or zoos who would
keep them. 1t was not long before the
~oyersupply of deer became known through
out the east, and letters began to pour
into the district headquarters.
A little girl In New York asked the for
esters to 'please write and tell her whether
she can have them and why not" A gen.
tleman from Illinois requested 'reindeers
for pets" stating that I'VE like the light
colored ones best" A man from Maine
wanted to know whether they were sent
live or dead weight. Another man, In
stating his qualifications for keeping the
deer, said that he was a farmer living on
a farm" And II never heard about this
make Of deer" He evidently was puzzled
by the term. mule deer.
Cow trees have caught the fancy OF the
people of Nancy, France. During the World
war an American officer told the natives Of
the COW tree, which he found in Honduras.
BY tapping the trees, he explained, one
could obtain a fluid which resembled milk
and actually tasted like the extract Of the
COW Now the Frenchmen who are attend
Ing the Forest School Of Nancy are asking
Prof. Samuel Record of Yale about the tree
that has milk like a COW and a bark like a
dog. "What shall l tell emf" asks the
professor in appealing for help in answer
ing the questions.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-04-22
RAISE IN SALARY
IS DENIED STAFF
STATE LIVESTOCK COMMISSION
NOT ALLOWED BOOST FA-
NORED BY CONVENTION
Board of Examiners Approve, How
ever, Increases in Other Depart
ments; Bitter Root People Protest
Against Erection of Laboratory

by unanimous vote the state board of
examiners declined to approve of salary
increases for employees of the state live
stock commission by the
commission at It's recent meeting at Miles
City. The commission had asked that the
salary of Il. A. Phillips. secretary, be in
creased from 81. 600 to $4,000; that of Paul
Raftery, chief clerk. be increased from
So 400 TO SO. 700; that of LEILA j.. Bryant
photographer. be increased from 81 $50 to
81, 800; that of :. j. Scott. inspector at
Chicago, be increased from $500 to
s., 900. and the salaries of j. X. Marsh,
inspector at Miles City, aud Phil Buckley,
inspector at Harlem, be increased from
So. 100 to 81, ESQ each.
The board. however, approved the appli-
cation of State Auditor George p. Porter
for an increase from s., 100 to 2,400 in the
salary of his chief clerk, Hugh NJ. Cav
and upon the request OF William Hosking,
state accountant, tile board approved of an
increase from $500 to $4,000 in the salary
of his bookkeeper, V. G. Warren.
Upon the request of the state highway
commission the board approved readJust-
ments of the salaries of q number OF en-
ployes of that department, consisting of
raises in monthly pay ranging from $40 to
s25.
The appointment by J. E. Murphy, state
purchasing agent, of Garnet L. Bryant at
$3.50 per month as clerk and stenographer
to fill a vacancy, was approved by the
board.
f. X. Bowman, chairman of the state
hail insurance board, advised that for the
season 1927 all local appraisers had been
re-appointed under the old conditions,
namely. that they shall receive rs cents
per hour for all time spent in adjusting
losses, together with their necessary ex-
penses including 10 cents per mile for use
of their own cars, or hired cars at the GUS
tomary livery rates: that he had re-em-
ployed the two full-tlme adjusters used
last season, A. F.. Ziebarth at Plentywood
and w. A. Britzius at Harlowton at $3.50
per month and expenses, they to be en-
ployed for from two to three months. The
action of the hail insurance board was
approved.
The board authorized the delivery by the
Bank of Miles City of state warrants which
had been placed In the bank In escrow in
payment for lands purchased for the state
industrial school at Miles City, one for
S1,406.31 to the county treasurer, and one
for 81, 1893. so to John B.. McLean.
The board received a communication
from officers of the Bitter Root irrigation
district protesting against the erection of
the proposed spotted fever laboratory on
the east side of the Bitter Root valley. The
board instructed the clerk to advise the
protestants that the legislature had given
the state board Of entomology the authority
to select the site for this structure.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-04-22
pu- Hart Coming to state

William S. "Bill' Hart, motion picture
actor and producer, who has donated the
monumental statue. "The Rider on the Nel-
north Of Billings. is looking forward 10 a
visit In Billings this summer with eage~
ness to renew acquaintance in Montana.
according to C. NJ. Bair. Billings stockman.
who recently returned from California,
where he visited Mr.. Hart. AT present, Mr..
Bair said. the movie producer Is busily
engaged with details OF his new country
home. which he is building at a cost OF
$4,000 on his ranch 80 miles from Holly
wood. While in Hollywood Mr.. Batr was
a guest Of Bill Hart at a dinner party at
which DR.. and Mrs. Frank Crane. promin-
ent writer, and other members of the writ
ing profession were present.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-04-22
OIL AND MINING
MEN PLAN MEET
DIRECTORS OF OIL AND GAS AS
ISOLATION DISCUSS PROPOSAL
FOR CONFERENCE
Sentiment Favors Merging Of Two
Conventions For the Joint Discus
sion of Topics Common to Both
Industries at This Time

-
Plans for holding a joint convention of
the Northwest Mining association and the
Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas association
in Spokane next November are being
seriously considered by officials Of tho
Montana chapter of the oil mems Organi-
ration, 1t has been announced by Walter
+. Britain, secretary Of the Montana
chapter.
A meeting Of the board of directors Of
the chapter was called to make a final de-
cision on the matter.
The invitation to hold the convention in
Spokane came from the mining association,
which has already designated Spokane as
its 1927 convention city. The dates for the
meeting have not been definitely determined
but communications received by Mr.. Brit
tan set the time for early In November.
Informal discussion of the invitation by
members Of the board of directors revealed
a pronounced sentiment in favor Of the
Joint convention. The Northwest Mining
association includes mining experts in Mon
tana, Idaho, Washington, British Column
bia, Alaska and Yukon territory and the
meeting is expected to draw a large dele
cation of mining men from Montana.
1t was the belief of a number of direc-
tors that If the oil men join with the min
ing experts at Spokane 1t would be pos
sible to charter one or two special trains
from Montana points and obtain low rail
road rates which would make the cost little
more than If the oil convention were held
in a Montana city.
Ralph Arnold. consulting geologlst of
Los Angeles, who was present at the In
formal session, approved the idea, as did
w. S. Hawley of Spokane. who is a mem
Der Of both the mining and oil associations.
The two conventions held by the Montana
chapter of the Rocky Mountain Oil and
Gas association since its organization have
been held in Great Falls and while the as
ISOLATION regards that city as the natural
center OF oil activity in the state, a feeling
exists that it would be we'll to hold the
third annual convention in some other city
and thus carry a message to persons who
have not yet had an opportunity to learn
Of the opportunities In Montana.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-04-22
Campbell Enters Mining

Thomas d.. Campbell of Hardin, Mont,
internationally known az the operator Of
the largest grain farms In the WORLD, VIII
the Helena region, II became known when
Robert p. Blewett Of Scranton. Pa, who
~ associated with Mr.. Campbell, came to
Helena to. confer with Hugh Thomas Car
ter, son of the late Thomas Carter, on final
details In connection with the bonding and
Leasing of the Gold King Mining property
In the Hassel district, about 30 miles south
east OF Helena, owned by the Carter estate.
The mine was operated years ago by q com
panv headed by Mr.. Blewett's father. Ed
ward y. Blewett. former state senator Of
Pennsylvania.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-04-22
Buy 0 0 Wefhers

was made at Lennep a few days ago. The
lambs were bought by Ed O'Connell Of
Helena and included the crop of Lucas and
Higgins. Ringing, and Of Lennep growers
with the exception OF those from the Berg
and Grande ranches. On the same day,
Lester Works was Offering IL cents for
mixed lambs with no sales made. The Bair
company lambs were sold earlier at 10
cents.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-04-22
Makes Genuine Travels

Four genuine old time travois made en-
tirely of rawhide, buckskin and stripped
poles have been completed by Reuben
Blackhorse, a 75-year-old Indian living at
Lame Deer. The travels were ordered
through A. c. Stohr, Indian trader, by a
man living in Independence, Kans., where
they are to be used in a pageant depicting
the old Indian days next Halloween. Black
horse and his wife have been practically
all winter making the travois &c The order
specified that they be exactly as they were
made in the olden times.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-04-22

Minnesota capital has incorporated the
Musselshell Valley Farming and Livestock
company of Musselshell, Mont, for $4,000.
The sponsors are Walter r. Ringru, c. e.
rhayer and j. H. Stadon, all Of Mime
apolis.
The Hinsdale Traders, Inc, of Hinsdale,
has been incorporated for $4,000 by o. A.
Raasch, #. l.. Westrum and George Hansen.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-04-22
SEEK
OUR DEER AS PETS
LAUGHABLE INQUIRIES REACH
OFFICES OF FOREST DEPART
MENT IN THE WEST
Little Girl Wants to Knew Whether
She Can Have Them or Not; Man
Says He Never Heard of This
MAKE of Deer

Fasteners have ~laughable ideas con-
corning the dcnixens of the western wilds,
and their vague ideas cause them to nave
strange tastes and dislikes In tho matter
of animals that roam the Rocky Mountain
regions.
Last fall the deer In the Kaibab national
forest In Arizona. In the southern part OF
II. II. Rutledge's forest district No. 4, be-
came so numerous that the authorities de-
cided that something must be done. Whole
sale slaughter of the deer was not per-
for a number Of reasons. The only
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-04-22
To Have a Clear, Sweet Skin

Touch pimples, redness, roughness
OF itching, if any, with Cuticura ONT
ment, then battle with Cuticura Soap
and hot water. Rinse, dry gently and
dust ON a little Cuticura Talcum to
leave a fascinating fragrance on skin.
EVERYWHERE 25c observation-disclosures.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-04-22
GA. R. Veteran Well at Sc
Dad" Bagley Takes Tanlac
Minot, N. D., is Justly proud of this hale old veteran.
One OF tee G. A. r. veterans in city. Band leader for
IS years. Troubled with stomach disorders and con-
stibation, took Tanlac and Is hale and hearty at SO

Mr. R. d. Bagley toured 80 states
with his band and made a host Of
friends everywhere. He retired from
active life many years ago.
"For more than three years." hs
said recently, ~ had to be very care
full about my diet. l was troubled
continuously with constipation.
"At times l had severe pains in my
stomach and would tire very eaMly.
at is really remarkable what Tan
lac didfor me. / took about IL bottles
at that time. Since then / feel all of
10 years younger. The stomach pains
have not troubled me. / have plenty
Of pep and q good appetite-never
miss a meal, In fact.
CONSTIPATION doesn't bother mo
any more, / keep q bottle Of Tanlao
at home tn case Of need, and have
never known anything that helped me
so much 1t does all hat Is claimed
for 1t, and more. / have tho greatest
confidence in recommending IT,"
Tanlao Is natures own remedy.
made from herbs, roots and barkA
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16
0oG&
CHRISTMAS TRADE

Propaganda for early holiday buy
ing has been carried on now for
quite a number of years, and the
people generally realize the reason
ableness of it. 1t would generally
be admitted that everyone who can
possibly do so, should buy this stuff
at least early in December and get
the business out of the way. But
the majority of people still neglect
to do so.
This is not usually because they
lack ready money. The great ma
jority could easily do so. 1t is due
mostly to thoughtlessness, and to
the habit of postponing needed ac-
ton. Never do tolay what you can
put off until tomorrow" is the motto
of many people.
Christmas buying is put off until
about the last moment. Then when
the holiday comes near and the
crowds thicken up in the stores, all
at once people wake up to the fact
that they are going to want to buy
some things. Then they jam into
the stores, and create the annual
crowd that makes trouble. A little
foresight would avoid all that.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16

ments to government positions, or
more desirable the erection of post
offices and other Federal buildings
in their towns.
The conversation as social affairs
here now turns to the possible eff
feet of the quarrel over the selection
of convention city for the Republi-
can Party. 1t is generally believed
that William M. Butler, Chairman
of the G. o. P. National Committee
will be dropped overheard as lead
er after June convention. Resent
ment against the man and his me-
thods which has been smoldering
since the Cleveland gathering in
1924 has been brought to head by
contests for the convention city. It
is said that every effort has been
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16
WHY FLOODS COME

The tragic experiences of Yer
mont, New Hampshire and Massa-
chusetts, following soon after the
terrible devastation of the Missis-
sippi valley, raise the question as to
why these floods keep coming in
more destructive force than for
merly. The Mississippi flood was
apparently worse than any recorded
in history, and similarly nothing
like the New England floods has
happened in that section for a
great many years, and probably
never before.
Why is it that these floods grew
worse and worse? Does it mean
that new conditions have been
brought about that make such oc-
currences more frequent and likely?
Man is a destructive animal and
he interferes with the regular order
and process of nature. He seems
to have had hand in the New Eng
land floods, as the result of some, of
his acts in cutting off forests that
formerly clothed the slopes of this
section.
The waters that have overlooked
their banks in this instance rise in
hilly and mountainous regions.
There is sufficient slope to the land
so that heavy rainfall will run off
quickly. If good forest growth
covers those hills, it produces a bed
of moss and leaves underneath the
trees that should help hold back the
storm waters. If the forests had
been removed more gradually and
carefully and young trees planted
where needed, in accordance with
scientific forestry, it would seem
probable that many of these streams
would not have risen so suddenly
with such a destructive sweep.
While forest removal may be only
one of several causes of destructive
foods, it must tend to make these
floods worse. The American people
should hurry up their plans for en-
couraging reforestation and scien-
tific handling of forest lands, so that |
it can be demonstrated to land |
owners that such treatment of their
will be profitable to them.
Se@
IF he has begun to think he looks
distinguished, he is a little past 40.
Se@
ENTIRELY too many try to be
rowling success by just bowling. ]
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16

made to prevent the spread of dis
sention because of it's influence on
the party's welfare.
The Democrats, who have been
greatly discouraged over the lack of
harmony within their own ranks,
feel that things are evening up, and
that they will go into the Presidneti-
al elections on a more level footing.
Both parties are openly concerned
at the Indifference of the electorate.
Previous efforts to "bring out the
vote" have fallen short of the mark.
Non-partisiasn organizations are
launching a program to bring out a
heavy vote next November.
During last week over six thous-
and bills were introduced in the
Senate and House of Representa-
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16
&5eG&
THE UPLIFTED THINE

One of the most marked traits of
the American people at this time, is
their attempt to get something for
nothing. 1t is a somewhat univer-
sal habit, but to many of us it never
seems to occur that it is a rather
hopeless kind of effort. Sometimes
it can be done, but when people get
that idea in their heads, they waste
a great deal of time.
Some such remarks could be made
to that great army of young men
and boys who have lined the roads
the past season, trying to beg rides
from automobile drivers. With
their uplifted thumbs they stand far
out in the roadways, often creating
some peril of accident in their anx-
iety to attract attention.
They seem to have a great fear of
exerting their own leg muscle or
wearing out their own shoe leather.
Boys will spend Is or 20 minutes
looking for a chance to beg a ride
for half a mile. The old-timers
who used to walk three or four miles
to school twice day, would have
scorned their lack of energy and
self-reliance.
1t may seem hard and unsympa-
thetic to many automobile drivers
not to slow up and give them ride.
There of course are cases where
struggling fellows want to get to
the locations of their jobs, where it
is a kindness to take them in. But
as a rule, it must tend to give these
fellows the idea that it is possible
to get things without making any
effort. 1t is a question if any good
is done the majority of them, when
the practice is encouraged of trying
to get something for nothing.
The boys who wait around for
half an hour in order to get free
ride, instead of spending few
cents for transportation in some
public vehicle, do not seem to place
much of a valuation on their own
time. People have more self-respect
if they make it their habit to de-
pend on their own efforts, and to
pay for what they get.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16

these assignments made it a point TO
sound out candidates for committee
posts as to how they would vote on
proposed legislative measures which
will undoubtedly come before their
committee for consideration. The
Importance of this move may be
realized when it is understood that
congressional committees are fire.
quently designed to bottle up legis-
lative measures which would ordin-
arily pass by overwhelming majorit-
les if brought to a vote by the entire
House. The committees usually find
it to their political advantage to pig
eon-hole measures of this sort. In
politics the best reward for service
of this sort by the party in power is
patronage in the form of appoint
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16
''XMAS."

Now that Christmas is just around
the corner again one expects to en-
counter the abbreviated Xmas" in
many places, and hear many COM
plants and protests from those who
object to this shortening of the
word Christmas.
One objection to shortening
Christmas to Xmas is the pitfall of
pronunciation. With the use of the
brief form has grown tendency to
read it "EXmas", an objectionable
barbarism. So pronounced, the word
is quite open to the criticisms of
it which clergymen and others have
expressed.
X, however, as an abbreviation of
Christ, has a history as old almost
as Christianity. In catacomb in
scriptions it stands for Christos, the
first letter being chi. The letter X,
the English equivalent of chi, mean
ing Christ, has the sanction of an
cient usage unquestionably.
Dictionaries and encyclopedias in
clude Xmas among the abbrevia-
lions of recognized standing, also
Xn for Christian. They do not
stigmatize it as colloquial or vul-
gar. Still, there is a feeling for
words that impels most persons
with a verbal conscience to spell
Christmas out in full. To many
Christmas is beautiful word, while
Xmas is not
On the score of good taste the ap-
peal for the disuse of Xmas is
persuasive. However circumstances
can alter cases. Certainly not even
the ministry object to use of the
contracted form in the newspaper
headline, where space is as pre-
cious as it was on the tablets of the
catacombs.
Xmas is a respectful term to those
who look upon the X as symbolical
of the Christian cross, and it is
unlikely any would object to its use
of this symbolism were universally
recognized.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
from National Editorial AsJOciatiOTl
ESPECIAL TO CHRONICLE

Washington, December 14-With
the hubbub incidental to organizing
the Senate and House subsiding, Of
fetal Washington is specializing on
the effect of President Coolidge's de-
finite withdrawal from the 1928
campaign on the Administrations
legislative program. The prediction
is made that proposals Of the adj
ministration will be subjected to
more opposition than would have
been the case if Mr.. Coolidge was a
potential candidate for reelection.
A retiring President usually finds
that his influence diminishes as his
term draws to an end. Another i'm
portant factor which will influence
legislative affairs is the number of
Congressional leaders who are bid
ding for the nomination and need
public support for their ambitions.
It is obvious that majority leaders
anticipated such reaction because
they endeavored to take precautions
in the appointment of major COM
The group in control OF
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16
FRUIT CAKE

Mas maxim fruit cake! Don't
dare to get under her feet now, for
her mind is on candied citron peel
and spice and how many cups of
flour and just the right proportion
of brown sugar.
Fruit cake has the delightful
quality that the older it is, the bet
ter it tastes. They bake it with a
paper wrapper on--womenfolk are
laughing at this description, but
never mind-and the whole house
smells of fruit cake all the evening.
Just the top of fruit cake, with
its little hills that hide nuts in
them and little upsticking bits of
cherry or raisin, it's mysterious val
leys that are full of sweet CONCEAL
ment, it's Drowned crustiness-oh,
gee, Ma, can't we have just one
piece apiece tonight, and make the
rest do for Christmas.
Ma is firm. She has had these
supplications before, and
she knows how to be firm when
firmness is required. The fruit cake
is the first thing she prepares for
dinner, just as it is the
last thing to be consumed.
And the best part of it is, that
usually when you come to the fruit
cake part of the main Yuletide meal, |
you're so full that there's no room
or as much fruit cake as you'd like
o eat, and so there's always enough
If that, at least, to bring the New
FEARS dinner to a fitting and fine
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-16

tives. Among these are included
bills for pensions and other indivi-
dual remedial measures, but vast
number of these bills are broad
enough in their scope to affect the
entire country.
Mr.. Mellon, Secretary of the
Treasury, has undoubtedly submitted
one of the most complete and COM
prehensive reports for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1927. The re-
port seems to embrace every con-
ceivable angle concerning our ma
tional and international financial
affairs. However, this message was
distinct disappointment to many
classes throughout the country thu
have been advocating drastic tax
auctions.