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New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
Mary Harrison tscs a Ku~c to Con-
 fer With Her Aunt.

Ter NItn ttCf Aunt.
 Marv's expressive face clouded so palpably as I told her that it would not be possible to arrange an inter- view with Philip Neritzen before Dicly left on Monday, that I felt i'm pelled to utter another low-toned warning.
 "Your face IS altogether too elo- ouent." said, still looking lntentiy at the prctenaed injury to her fin- ger which she had made the ex- cuse for crossing to my side, Then m an audible voice l gave my verdict upon the finger.
 T don'r think it amounts 10 any thinr." I told her, but if you'Il come to my room before you go to bed l'u nx t up until morning. Then Aunt Katherine will look at it.
 Thank you" she said docilely, and returned to her seat and the anxious inquiries of Noel Neritzcn and young Mr Jackson concerning the supposed inquiry 10 her finger. From the tone and manner of both youths, the casual onlooker would nave been led to believe that an am putation at the least threatened Mary, and I found myself smiling at the fresh illustration of the never failing appeal to a youthful gallant of the slightest discomfort attached 10 the lady holding temporary pos session Of the organ he calls his heart.
 It did not take me long to discov- er. however, that there were two people in our little circle who did not share my amusement Of course both We're. too poised to show open annoyance, but I saw Philip Nerit- zens' long and shapely fingers light ly tapping the arm of his chair, and remembered that l had observed the action 10 be indicative of strong dis pleasure upon the part of the great
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
Your Health How to Keep It.
 Causes of Illness
BY DIR. MORRIS FlSHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and Of Fly
 rcia. the Health Magazine.

The sophistlcation of food sub stances seems to be pointing toward that time so much exploited by the wagsmiths, when a whole meal will be taken in q tablet.
 More and more We are inClining toward meat, eggs, sugars and fats and less and less toward vegetables, fruits and bulkier foods.
 The ordinary time required for food 10 be digested and pass through the body is from two and one-halt to four days. If the food passes through too rapidly the body does not absorb properly the qualities that II should get from the food.
 Cereals Nearly All Absorbed.
 Physicians analysed various food substances in relation to the amount of indigestible residue that they con- tain. The grains or cereals and the fine, white Hours have had most Of the indigestiblc rcSidues removed. They are almost completely diGested and absorbed.
 Meats. including toWl, flSh HIu shell fish are almost completely di- gosted. IL is found that dogs fed almost wholly on meat may have only one secretion in five days. The animals chew bones with their meat and thus obtain indigosthle residue. Eggs. milk. sugars and fats are also almost completely digcsted and ab- Sorbed.
 The lack Of sufficient bulk in the diet and the abuse of the use of cathartics are bclicevd to be respon- sible for many of our difficulties Of digestion. A normal amount Of bulk will help the process and will not give rise 10 the irri'ative disorders that result from the abuse of cath artiCs.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
THIS HAS HAPPENED

Suspicion attaches in turn to Miss St. Clair, Pfyfe. and Leacock. Vance eliminates the girl. and when Pfyfe's $ statements strengthen the case against Leacock he intervenes to keep Markham from arresting the Miss Hoffman relates that Pfvfe and Benson had quarreled and 1t is brought out that Pfyfc had forged Benson's name 10 a check. Tracy makes an investigation into Pfyfcs affairs.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
CHARACTERS OF THE STORY

PHILO VANCE
 JOHN FIX. MARKHAM ........................
 ........... District Attorney of New York County ALVIN Il. BENSON ...:..................
 Wel-known Wall Street broker and man-about-town
 who mysteriously murdered in his home MAJOR ANTHONY BENSON ....................
 ................ Brother of the murdered man MRS. ANNA PLATZ ..... Housekeeper for Alvin Benson CAPTAIN PHILIP PEACOCK -. Miss St. Clair's fance LEANDER PFYFE ........ Intimate of Alvin Bensons MRS. PAULA BANNING ......... 4 friend of Pfyfes ElNolr f1OrF
 ....... Secretary of the firm of Benson and Benson COLONEL BIGSBY OSTRANDER retired army officer WILLIAM H. MORIARTY ............... An alderman GEORGE c. STITT ...............,.........
 . Of the firm of stitt and Mccoy public accountants MAURICE D1NWIDDIE .... Assistant District Attorney ERNEST HEATH .... Sergeant of the Homicide Bureau BURKE, SNITKIN, EMERY .....................
 ............... Detectives of the Homicide Bureau BEN HANLON EXPERIMENTATION. Commanding Officer
 of Detectives assigned to District Attorneys office PHELPS, TRACY, SPRINGER, HIGGINBOTEAM
 .... Detectives assigned to District Attorneys office CAPTAIN CARL HAGEDORN ..... Firearms expert DR. DOREMUS ..................., Medical Examiner FRANK SWACKER Secretary to District Attorney CURRIE ........................ Vance's valet o s. VAN DINE ......................T The Narrator
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
VI hen Vance spoke up.

"It was very good of you, Miss Hoffman. to take this trouble 10 tell us about the package: and now that you are here. there are one or two questions I'd like to ask. How did Mir. Alvin Benson ana the MaJor get along together?'
 She looked at Vance with curl ous little smile.
 They didn't get along very we'll she said. They were so different. Mir. Alvin Benson was not very pleasant person, and not very hon. orablc. I'm afraid. You'd never have thought they were brothers. They were constantly disputing about the business; and they were terribly suspicious of each other
 That's not unnatural" com men,ed Vance. seeing how incom- patiblc their temp ralncnts were. By the bye. how did this aus- picion show itself?"
 Well, for one thing, they some times spied on each othei 1ou see, their offices were adjoining. and they would listen to each other through the door. I did the secre- tarial work for both of them. and often saw them listening. Several times they tried 10 find out things , from me about each other Vance smiled at her appreciative- ly.
 ] Not pleasant position for 1 you
 "Oh. didn't mind it." she smiled back. 'It amused me When was the last tim" you caught either one of them listen : ing" hc asked.
 ! The girl quickly becam" serious. "Tba very last day Mr. Alvin Ben ! son was alive saw the ajor stand ing by the door. MT. Benson had 1 g caller--a lady--and the Major seemed very much interested. It was in the afternoon.
 | "Mr. Benson went home early that day-only about half an hour after the lady had gone. She called at the office again later. but he wasn't there Of course. and l told
 her he had already gone home.
 DO you know who the lady
 was?" Vance asked her.
 NO, don't" she said. she
 didn't give her name"
 Vance asked q few other 4uHs-
 tions, after which we rode up town
 in the subway with Miss Hoffman
 taking leave of her at Twenty-third
 street.
 Markham was silent and preoccu,
 pied during the trip. Nor did Vance
 make any comment until we were
 comfortably relaxed in the easy chairs of the Stuyvesant Clubs
 lounse-room. Then, lighting
 cigaret lazily, he said:
 "You grasp the subtle ln"nta
 processes leading up 10 my proph
 ecy about Miss Hoffmans secon' coming-eh, what, Markham' ! 7 see, knew friend Alvin had no
 paid that forged check without so curity. and l also knew that ih tiff must have been about the S"
 curity, for Pfyfe was not reall worrying about being jailed by hi
 alter ego.
 s Y rather suspect Pfyfo was try E ing to get the security back befor ] paying off the note. and was foI ? there was nothing doing. v Moreover, Little Goldylocks ma { be a nice girl and all that: but { isn't in the feminine temp ramen : 10 sit next door 10 an altercatlo = between two such rakes and nc { listen attentively.
 s "I shouldn't care. y know, [ o have to deciphor the typinG sh .. said she did during the episode. r was quite sure she heard more tha q she toiG, and I asked myself: Wh
 this curtailment" The only loslcf - answer was: Because the MaJc 1t had suggested it. And since th l. guadiges Frauleir was a forthrigl
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25

or chicken broth. i teaspoon salt. 1-4 teaspoon pepper paprika, tablespoons flour, ? hard cooked eggs, tablespoons minced cresS leaves.
 Melt butter in kettle and add vegetables and bacon. Cover and cook over low fire, stirring fre- quently, until the vegetables are broken and soft. Add broth. salt, pepper ana paprika and bring 10 the boiling point Rub through q
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25

Rub flour 10 a smooth paste with little cold water and stir into boiling soup. Cook and stir for five minutes. Serve garnishe1 With slices of hard cooked egg and sprinkline of cress.
 (Copyrlcht 1927. NEA Service, Incl
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25

Good evening Peter" said Danny.
 quite oflen," replied Danny.
 "Has--has Mrs. Peter had many yisitors?" inquired Peter.
 Danny chuckled. It was a squeaky little cbucklc. NOW, you are asking mo something that is no business of nine,' replied he. By the way, where is Mrs. peter?'
 "She is not To b" seon just now. |" replied Peter. And then he looked over. toward fine Green Forest and Erjt'rd his teeth.
 Copyright 1927, hy T. W, Bnrgoss)
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25

Good evening. Do you know tho Herald's Classified Ad tolephon, number?
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25

The majority Of people who reads these lines know that "25 is the Hcrald's Classified Ad telephone number.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-29

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ST. Glass and Silver
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Reduced to 70c

So nice to have-and they make de-
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
Clark Will Not Run

"But Will A. Clark will not be a
candidate for any office at the next
election. This is the latest direct
information conveyed to the writ
er of this article. Mr.. Clark has
no desire to enter the stormy arena
of Montana politics as a candidate.
As a matter of fact no definite
Clark political policy has been yet
formulated. But it is certain that
at the present time. w. A. Clark
has no intention of becoming a
candidate for U. S. Senator or any
other office. But that does not ex-
clude the possibility of him becOm-
ing an important factor in the pO-
litical and economic life of the
state in which he was born and to
which he owes his first love. And
the Clark press, the Clark millions
and the Clark spirit are factors
which every aspiring political Of
flee seeker as well as every for
eign industrial magnate having in
terests in Montana must take into
account long before the first cleo
tOral gun in the political battle is
fired
The above telegram of Mr.. Clarl
will be read with interest throughou
the state as it is the first statemen
of his political mentions which he ha
auhoritatively given to the public.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
Kidding BY Friends Drives
Scobey Man to Jail in Butte

Butte II Saying his friends at
Scobey, Mont, have made him so
nervous he can't eat or sleep because
of their joking about finding the body
of man in the Muddy river two
months ago, Peter J. Voight appear
ed at the police station here last
Sunday night and asked to be locked
up. He was booked on an investiga-
tion charge and will be held until
Scobey officials can be communicated
with. VOight told police that he was
proprietor of pool hall at Scobey,
but constant chiding by his friends
about the discovery of the mans
body made him frantic and that the
whole affair is preying on his mind.
The body found in the river was
identified as that of a man named
Kitto, VOight told the police.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
TERM OF COURT
AT WOLF POINT

Wolf Point.-The effects of the re-
peal of state prohibition laws at the
last election were plainly seen at the
law and motion day sessions Wednes-
day. Three liquor cases, the charges
being against Walter Jones, Harry
Arends and Howard Baracker were
all dismissed because of the new laws
rendering void the charges on which
the men were held.
In the case of the state VS.. Harr-
Burns, his cash bond of $1,000 was
declared forfeited because Burns fail
ed to appear in court. An official
notice Of his hearing which was sent
by registered mail wa retur- cti and
witnesses testified thai he had dis
appeared from this section OF the
country. He was charged with as
sault with deadly weapon.
Estates
Catherine Neufeld, widow of Jacob
Neufeld was appointed guardian of
the persons and estates of the minor
children of the couple. Her bond was
fixed at $1,000.
Letters of administration we're is
sued to C. S. Tango for the estate NJ
John Purvis.
Letters Of administration were is
sued to +. B. Walander for the es
tate IF Joseph Fleischman.
Hugh N. Marion was appointed
administrator for the estate of Alal
Avian. Avian was a native of Ar
menia who died in Wolf Point scvera
months ago.
After hearing testimony the cour
approved the sale of certain person
al property for the estate of Julii
: DelaHunt.
For the estate of J. F. Thomas, du
notice to creditors was authorized.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
HOSPITAL DAY
WAS BIG SUCCESS

Hospital Day at the Farmer-La-
Dor Temple, Saturday, February 18th,
proved everything it was expected
to be and then some. The crowds
began coming as early as ten in the
morning, and did not disperse until
the wee, small hours of the morning.
Reports have it that over $11OO was
made for the Sheridan County Me-
mortal Hospital from the lunches and
booths and the dance in the evening.
The main attractions were the
lunch and the dinner. Hundreds of
satisfied customers were served at
both meals. The doughnut stand was
quite a success, and the booth of
Anna Eva Fay proved a tremendous
hit to those who wanted to know of
the future. In the evening the hall
was crowded to the doors. At twelve
whatever food, pies and cakes that
were left over after the two meals
were auctioned off to the highest
bidder.
This event showed what the COM
munity in cooperation can do. Let us
hope for more days of a similar ma
ture that have the welfare of the
community at heart.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18

Confirms Producers News Story
The telegram of Mr.. Clark is a
complete confirmation of that part
of the story in the Producers News
that had reference to him. 1t reads
as follows:
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
5bw, 86Night Letter.
Los Angeles, Calf, Feb. IL, 1927.
''P. J. Wallace.
Editor, The Producers News.
PlentywOOd, Montana.
"This morning l received your
journal dated Friday, Feb. fourth.
In reply to your headline, "What
Will Clark dO?" | would say that
| have no personal political ambi-
tiOns. Let this be understood as
final. My heartfelt interests are
for the good of the State of Mon
tana regardless of Political affili-
atiOns. For the good of our COM
mOnwealth let us set aside all pO-
itical differences and cooperate
In every endeavOr to make our
state one of the greatest galaxies
of the stars in our flag.
w. A. CLARK, JR.
The concluding part of the messag,
shows Mr.. Clark, while he has n,
personal political ambitions, intend
to take a deep interest in the af
fairs of the state. The following
paragraph from the political articl
published in the issue of February
shows how closely the News had tn
political situation sized up.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
PRES. BERRY OVER
THROWN BY REBEL
LIOUS RED TOPPERS

Meeting of Company Held
At PlentywOOd-B -Berry's Portfolio
Had Interesting Experiences But
Refused to Give Up Its Secrets.
The Red Top Oil and Gas Com
pany held a lively meeting at the
PlentywOOd Hotel last week in
which one B. F. Berry of Kalispell
was the fly in the ointment. The
upshOt to the meeting was the cleo
tiOn of the following officers for
the ensuing year: President, J. w.
Mckee; Vice President, S. M. HOuk-
ON, Fargo; Secretary Treasurer,
3 Ella M. Hunt, PlentywOOd. These
officers and Frank Mckenzie and
A. c. Carlson of Fargo. n. D.,
comprise the board of directors.
A resolution was adopted cancell-
ing all stock issued by the Red Tor
Oil and Gas Company for which nc
valuable consideration had been re.
ceived.
The stockholders discussed the adj
visibility of reducing the capita
stock from $1,000,00O to 100000 anC
left the matter to the incoming boarC
to decide.
Down 1000 Feet
A statement was made showing
that the Red Top well was now a
Continued on Last Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18

leave sooner.
Farmers Talk
When the Board was called to or
der there was a large delegation of
farmers from all over the county
present, who expressed themselves in
favor Of Public Rest room for the
women of the county. They urged
that this was a public building and
should not be used for private pIir-
poses such as a land office rented
to an individual like Mckee. Frank
French thought that it should be
given to the county agent and said
he wanted to get along with the pub
lie.
Margaret Helander, speaking for
the Civic Betterment Club, said ev-
cry library she ever saw had rest
room for women and that the women
who used this one could not go to the
lavatory because the roadway to same
was blocked by Mckee and L.. S. OF
son who was continually smoking.
She stated the Civic organization
were willing to pay rent for the
room and furnish it. She further
stated that the best element favored
better treatment for the women of
the county.
Jack Bennett, who-was the sole OBJ
jector to woman's rest room pres
ent, said he was against 'mob viol-
ence."
Salisbury Asks Questions
Sheriff Rodney Salisbury stated
Continued on page Five)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
400 "CANNER" HORSES
AVERAGE SIS A HEAD

White Sulpher Springs, Feb. 1S.-
Peter Dawson, buyer for the Horse
Products company, of Butte, a branch
OF the Hanson Packing Company.
took bunch of horses from the val
ley Friday. The band numbered 400.
including 60 colts. The horses were
strays gathered from all over the
valley and purchased from ranchers.
They averaged $5 a head with un-
weaned colts thrown in. A few old
saddle horses utilized for driving the
band to Boulder brought from $40 to
$50. The horses were inspected at
the Alonzo Hanson ranch bv J. H.
Freeman and driven from there thru
Deep Greek to Boulder. From Bould-
er the Gamers" will be taken to
Butte.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
Taylor PresiC%es.

IdyIOr FreSlCcS.
Eighteen house bills were disposed
of in the Senate a few days ago
with Taylor in the Chair of the Com
mittee of the Whole AS Secretary
Frank Cone read them the Sheridan
Senator rushed them to the mill in
record time. A bill by Greenup to
limit Saturday night dancing met
with the opposition of Schnitzler and
Taylor from Northeastern Montana.
Schnitzler pointed out that if country
dances are stopped at IL o'clock that
the young people would linger along
the roads in automobiles whereas if
they got through dancing late they
would be tired and hurry home. Tay-
lor said that this bill was more
damphool legislation. "You cannot
legislate morality into the rising gen.
eration," said Taylor, and continued:
81 thought we had the church and
state divorced in this country but
still they try to impose these regula-
tions on u.s."
Sparkling and Larson Popular
Rep. Sparkling and Robert Larson
are among the most popular
members sitting in the lower house
Sparkling is preparing data to bach
the Bank Guarantee with on the flool
when it energies from Committee
Robert Larson will back the Bill fol
the control of oil refining plants anC
stations to be operated BY the state
to the limit. Larson is an old advo
cate of Public Ownership and wha
he will have to say on this matter i
being looked forward to by his broth
er members.
Board of Examiners, Secretary o
State Scored By Report
Salaries of the deputies in the of
fices of the state treasurer, state au
ditor and secretary of state were lille
gally raised, and more than S21, 90
was lost by the taxpayers in the pub
fishing of proposed constitutions
| amendments in 1924 and 1926, az
' cCirding to the report of the specis
) senate committee headed by Wuertl
: ner of Cascade, this morning.
CONTINUED on page Five)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
GOVERNORS VETO
BARS EXECUTIONS
IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Pierre, S. D.-Because it violated
one of the great commandments, "
Governor Bulow today vetoed the
capital punishment bill recently pass
ed by the South Dakota legislature.
Thou shalt not KILL" should gov
ern the authority of organized society
as well as the individual of society,
he said in his message to the house.
"Six thousand years of civilization
has reached a higher plane than the
approval of legalized murder"
The state legislature of 1915 re.
pealed the death penalty under law
IN South Dakota after it had been il
force for So years.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18

In such gatherings.
Calls Convention to Order
There was a good attendance of
delegates, all representing Councils
that are growing every week, when
P. J. Wallace, Chairman of the Ma
tional Directory, called the conven-
ton to order and spoke of the rapid
strides the organization had made
within and without the state during
the past fourteen months. He pre-
dicted that when this convention had
fashioned the apparatus and estab-
lished a system that the Progressive
Farmers would then soon be organic
ed in every county in Montana.
BOuck Speaks
William Bouck, former master Of
the Washington State Grange, anC
now National Director of the P. F. o.
A, was given an ovation when he wa!
| introduced. He told about the worl
of the recently established Nationa
office at Minneapolis and how letter
were pouring in there from ever,
farming section of the United States
requesting information about tn
movement. Organizing work wa
proceeding rapidly in Wisconsin
Iowa, Minnesota and those states i
the immediate vicinity of the Twi
Cities and the organization woul
continue to grow just as fast as tn
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