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New Britain herald., 1928-11-21

pal tire-proof devices as ve know
 them today.
 Colts ideas as regards his ar
 mory were never fully carried out as he intended eventually to erect buildings similar to the armory fer the manufacture of leather goods,
 harnesses, saddles. and so forth and in the other buildings he planned to
 make uniforms and, in fact, all mili- tary equipment was to be turned out at Colts, in much the same manner as the famous Krupps can- non works in Germany which later developed.
 Planned Engineering School "In 1859 Sam Colt was ready to found a school of engineering in Hartford. This school was to be opened for young men. first with preference to the sons of employees at Colts armory. next to inhabitants of Hartford, then inhabitants 0. Connecticut and lastly to such peO- pie as the trustees might see fit to admit. A most desirable site for the location of the buildings was selected by Colt and at that time he was not only willing to erect the buildings but offered to endow the school with a half million dollars and stated so in his last testament. Owing to controversy about the highways which had arisen between him and the city of Hartford. his offer was withdrawn and abandon ed. Thus Hartford lost an oppor- tunity for the founding of school that might have been today one of the largest scientific institutions in the country.
 Tn Colts armory many inven- tions in addition to the revolver have been produced. The automatic screw machine. printing presses, the first lawn mower and also the nrst machine for setting up type. which piece of machinery took all of Mark Twain's money after he was long past middle age and which disas- trous experience spurred the great humorist on to better work, are some examples.
 "As an advertiser Colt was far in advance of his time. He did no, believe in having signs on his arm ory. In place of this he had d mosque or dome on his roof. This was painted blue with gold stars. There being no railroads in the Vi cinity of his armory, travel then was up and down the river by boas and naturally this mosque occasion ed considerable interest which led people to inquire what purpose the building was used for.
 Another unique method Colt used when abroad calling on noble men, was to have several revolvers finely engraved and at the top Q the barrel delicately engraved j. hammered gold the name of Sar Colt. Thus in place of the card sent in one of the revolvers ar had no difficulty in gaining a. audience"
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New Britain herald., 1928-11-21

lowed toward the harbor. The nanss and nationality of tho rescue ship was not known here.
 Throughout yesterday when ths Alexandra lost her rudder, local launches were dispatched to the north of Fayal and made numerous attempts to reach the helpleaa steamer but in every case the fury Of the waves drove them ont. The Alexandra drifted dangerously until last night when she succeeded in hailing a passing steamship which took her under tow.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-21
STATE OF MASS.
 FOR CHEAP INSURANCE
Cummings Urges ia Letter to Gov erlsOr for ReluctiOa 0f Rates
 fnE AaaAna

Boston, Nov. 21 (UP)-If the in- surance companies are unable to lower their rates for compulsory au- tomobile insurance, the state should provide cheaper insurance, John J. Cummings said in letter to Gov ernor Alvan T. Fuller yesterday.
 Cummings. candidate for the dem- ocratic nomination for governor at the primaries last summer. outlined
 the plans offered by George A. Parker. registrar of motor vehicles. and former Registrar Frank A. Goodwin, and proposed that some plan along the lines suggested be followed.
 .If it appears from a study of the limited experience at hand that it would be unfase to attempt any saving by reduction Of the loss cost or pure premium as computed ,>by Commissioner Linell from the information given him by the com. panies and their rating bureaus. it does not follow that saving could net be made on the other element which goes to make the gross pre- mium charge. namely the expense factor" the letter read.
 Goodwin estimated that the private insurance companies up to Sunday September 2, 1928 paid out to injured persons some $l1,o0o,' 900 and that the expense of doin so was about s9,O00.000.
 -'The basic idea of all these pro positions is that when the sta compels a man to insure his aut' mobile it owes him duty to proN1t some agency which will administ' the indemnity fund with as lit expense as possible or. as Captai Parker and Mir. Goodwin express jl give him service at coast"
New Britain herald., 1928-11-21

which was practically all done with . jack knife. 1t was found that Sam had no means of getting the round holes in tho cylinder of his model with the result. that he took hot irons and burned these holes's
 Upon his return from the sea in 1881 he drew $50 which was coming to him as wages and returned to Hartford and engaged Anson Chase of Hartford, gunsmith. with, an order for revolver. After the pistol was completed Colt naturally wanted to try it out so he went to the door of the little shop and took a shot at the water barrel with the result that the pistol was blown to pieces in his hand.
 Thus without employment. money or particular Knowledge of any form of work, he gave up his in- terest in firearms for the time being and for the next three years he travelled under the name of Dr. Samuel Coult, giving public lectures on laughing gas which was then i being exploited. He travelled extensively through out the United States and Canada and again returned to Hartford full grown man. standing over six feet in height and of fine appear ance. He had Chase, the gunmaker, make up a sample pistol and rife embodying his ideas of the cylinder carrying the different charges and with these models and the experi- ence he had gained on the lecture platform. he organized a company known as the Patent Arms Manufac- turing company of Paterson, New Jersey They received a few orders for pistols.
 Competition in Europe
 Shortly after this he made his first trip abroad and was surprised to find out that he was not the first man to produce pistol that would fire more than a single shot without re-loading as other inven- tors in foreign countries had worked along lines of this same nature.
 "lt was, however. proven that he was the first to make pistol where by the cooking of the hammer would automatically revolve the cylinders thus bringing into position the un- exploded charge to be fired. After that the name of the revolver and Colt were always linked together. Upon his return from abroad Colt found the company in Paterson dis couraged as few orders had been re- ceived. Colt. with the little means he had bought out the interest of his partners and again returned 10 Hartford.
 He first started as pistol maker under his own name at the corn ,r of Trumbull and Pearl streets where the old Hartford Fire Insurance company building now stands. He later moved to Commerce street where other manufacturers were To- cated and while doing quite a good business there encountered his first experience with the spring floods It was then that he got the idea of purchasing all the low land while
New Britain herald., 1928-11-21

drenched with hot water and washed clean and new before your eyes. It will be crumpled and creased but you will not see d sign of a crack or pinhole. Prove to yourself that your shades can be kept as clean
New Britain herald., 1928-11-21
Announcement Made
 Of Hoover's Itinerary

Washington, Nov. 31.-<N-Her- bert Hoover's itinerary down the west coast of Central and South America includes . stop at Amapala. HonduraA November sS. te vtsit AmApala and La Union. Salvador. which is nearby. The remainder of hiS route as contained in . measags from the battleship Maryland, to tho navy department follows:
 Corinto. Nicaragua, November %
New Britain herald., 1928-11-21
Makes Girls
 More Attractive

Wouldn't you, to., like face DOW der that will keep shine away-stay on longer-spread smoothly-not clog the pores-and always be 50 pure and fine. It is made by a ne,. French Process and is called MEL LO-GlO. It is surely wonderrm Face Powder. Just try MELLO- CLIO.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-21
Come in and pnoue to yourself that your shades can be kept
 as clean as your windows

Of course you've heard of du Pont Ton tlne-the washable window shade that can be kept clean and bright through years of service.
 All this week Miss Natalie Shaver, window shade specialist of the du Pont Company, is holding demonstrations of Tontine in our store. Come in and see these dramatic and sensational demon- stratlOns. See a sOiled Tontine shade
New Britain herald., 1928-11-21

as your windows.
 Tontine is made by special du Pont process. It is waterproof, just like the famous du Pont Duco finish used on fine motor cars and furniture, be- cause it is impregnated with the same basic substance. Both are enduringly beautiful-and keep their good looks year after year. It cannot crack or
New Britain herald., 1928-11-21

bs archbsshss ef Canterbury cd psimat6 CT all EaEiano.
 The new archbisheD. Who was the archbiahop of York. succeeds the mast Rev. Randall Thomas Davidson whe recently reagnsd.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-21

Punta ArsnaA Cesta Rica. November 37: Guayaauil Eeaador. November %; CaNas, Peru. December !; Val paratso Chile. December [.
 Under this plan Panama will not he visited.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-21
Drifting Steamer
 Safely Under TOy

Horta Island of Fayal Azores. No> 21 R)-The Greek steamship Alex andra which was in distress off tho Azodes yesterday was taken und'' tow last night by a second steam ship and taken out of danger.
 At noon today the Alexandra was in sight of Horta and was being
New Britain herald., 1928-11-21
CANTERBURY MEETS

Canterbury. Eng. Nov. Fl N-- The dean and chapter Of Canterbury, confirming their previous selection. met today and with due formality elected Dr. Cosmos Gordon Lang to
New Britain herald., 1928-11-21

Cxecho-Slovakia exported nearly 3lS, 100000 worth of linens in the past year. breaking its postwar rec 0rtlR.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-11-22
INDEPENDENT TEAM
HAS GOOD SCHEDULE
BASKETBALL GAMES

The Red Lodge Independent Bas-
ketball team has secured fine sched-
ule of games for the opening of the
season. The boys have their new suits
and expect to have scrimmage with
The i nign scs,..oool squad tonight in the
school gym.
The independent squad Is composed
Of Edward Fleming, Elmer Toffer,
Dominic Guintoni. Walter Timonen,
Eli Tuuri, Harold Graves and All De-
Voice. They have been practicing for
the past week and now issue a chal-
lenge to any team for game and bar
none,
The boys promise snappy, short,
fast game, the same as they have al
ways produced. They will give as good
a floor game as can be expected of
any team.
The schedule as now slated is as
follows: Dec. /, Laurel in Red Lodge;
Dec. 5, Absarokee at Absarokee; Dec
II, Edgar at Edgar; Dec. IA or Is
Laurel at Laurel Dec. 81, Joliet al
Joliet; and if possible Bridger will
play here about Dec. "a
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-11-22
GREENOUGH, SINGLE
HANDED, BRINGS IN
FINE BUNCH GAME

Ben Greenough arrived home Tues
day evening, after a fine hunting trip
in the mountains. He has been gone
for several weeks, having taken
party Of two men from North Dakota
out on a hunt. Going over into the
Slough creek country, he found plenty
of game tracks, but the two visitors
were not sporty and after one day
they decided to pull out for home,
Ben stayed, however, and while he
had nine horses to take care of, still
he decided to bring home his meat and
ON his arrival Tuesday evening he had
bear, an elk and fine deer with
him to tide him over with game meat
for the winter.
He did his hunting on Slough creek,
just north of the Yellowstone Ma
tional park, and when ready to start
for home he came down the Saltwater
as far as Nye, and from there cut
across to home. He said there was
but little snow on the Slough creek di-
vide, but that he had a pretty hard
trail to make coming down the Still
water.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-11-22
THE STATE LEGION
OFFICERS MAKING
ANNUAL TOUR

A contingent of state Legion off
GERS, composed of State Commander
Dan Noble, State Adjutant o. c. Lam
port and State Service Officer l.. j.
Callaghan will arrive in Billings at
11:4S Saturday, Nov. "a
They are coming to Billings from
Miles City. The state commander
and the other state officers are max
ing the annual tour of the state and
their itinerary includes Havre, Pop
II, Baker, Malta, Glasgow, Sidney,
Glendive, Forsyth and Miles City.
From Billings they will go to Helena.
Representatives from the counties
of Big Horn, Carbon, Sweetgrass,
Yellowstone and other counties will
meet the state officers and confer re-
garding measures to stimulate post
activities and to include membership
and claims of veterans against the bu-
reau.
Headquarters of the organization
while in Billings will be at the Grand
hotel It is hoped that a large num-
Der of ex-service men will be in Bill
lings to greet the state officers and
learn of the work that the Legion IS
doing throughout the state.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-11-22
BRIDGER CLUB
HOSTESS WEDNESDAY
TO WOMEN'S CLUB

The twenty-eighth convention of
the Carbon County Federation of
Women's clubs met in Bridger We'd
nesday, Nov. q. Delegates and visit
ors from all the county organizations
were in attendance,
Sessions of the convention were
held in the Methodist church and the
serving of the midday luncheon was
in the basement parlors. The, morning
session was opened with assembly
singing and flag salute. Mrs. A. l..
Reese, president of the hostess club,
gave the address of welcome.
Two very interesting addresses fea-
tured the afternoon session. Dr. Ced-
ric II. Nelson of Billings chose as his
subject "Child Health which proved
to be very interesting and instructive
Dr.. L. B. McMullen, president of the
Eastern Montana Normal college a
Billings, discussed in a most interest
ing manner different phases of educa
ton.
Newly elected officers are Mrs.
/ E. Chr stiani of Red Lodge, president
Mrs. Reene Wagner, Fromberg, vic
president; Mrs. Frank Durant, Re
Lodge, secretary, and Mrs. A. [
Reese, Bridger, treasurer.
The next meeting of the clubs vii
be held in Fromberg in the earl,
spring months.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-11-22
CANDIDATES FILE
EXPENSE ACCOUNTS
FOR LAST CAMPAIGN

The expense accounts Of the various
candidates for office during the cleo
ton have been filed with County
Clerk C. E. Thompson. The democrats
spent the most money as the county
central committee used $S76.59 during
the campaign, while the republican
county central committee expended
only $542.70.
AS a rule the various candidates on
the democratic party spent more than
the republicans. The accounts as rem
dered are as follows:
j. c. F. Siegfriedt, for senator, re-
publican, $37
Frank McCleary, for senator, dem
ocrat, $127.65.
j. j. Gerondale, for representative,
democrat, $127.50,
A. G. Anderson, for representative,
republican, $30.40.
Albert Budas, for representative,
republican, $4925.
M. F. Emmett, for representative,
democrat, SS4.
John G. Abrahamson, for represent
ative, democrat, 5000.
Alex Fairgrieve, for representative,
republican, $3.50.
John Albert, for sheriff, republi
can, SIS.
M. P. Norn1ile, for sheriff, dem
ocrat, $8740.
John NJ. Anderson, for county COM
missioner, republican, $50.25.
John T. Kelly, for county commits
sioner, democrat, $85.
Mrs. Mary E. Lindquist, for county
clerk, democrat, $780,
C. E. Thompson, for county clerk,
republican, S50.75.
E. P. Conwell, for county attor-
ney, republican, $3.50.
Abigail Dorany for county superin-
tendent, republican, $50.
G. L. Finley, for clerk of court, dem
ocrat, $62.5O.
C. P. Larkin, for clerk OF court, re-
publican, 1882.
A. B. Cooley, for surveyor, repub-
lican, $72.40.
Frank H. Bowman, for surveyor,
democrat, $45.25.
L. c. Jensen, for assessor, DEM
ocrat, $1,000.
w. H. Gebo, for assessor, republi-
can, $3.50.
C. A. Nordstrom, for treasurer,
democrat, $50.
William S. Goo for public admin
istrator, democrat, ) S.
D. NJ. Marine, for public admins
traitor, republican, SO.
Byron B. Downward, for coroner, re-
publican, $3.50.
G. A. Marcus, for coroner, democrat
none.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-11-22

as giving him deserved commentator
fer the fine manner in which he has
worked in the interests of the people
Of Carbon county.
At the meeting last Wednesday
Chairman Kelly cheeke1a! figures on
the three different bids submitted
These bids were from the Carbon
County News, the Picket-Joulnal and
the Bridger Times. He did not at any
time dissent as to any Of them, but
did go into the matter of seeing what
each one was. At the time the matter
came up for vote. he called for same
and then instructed the clerk Of the
board to record him as mot voting
This was Mr.. Kelly's right and we adj
mire him for the stand.
There was no partisan stand taken
in the matter by any one of the three
commissioners present. 1t was merely
matter of making business trans
action for the coming two years that
would be one of saving and economy
to the taxpayers of the county.
The bids were gone over carefully
and checking was Of such satisfactory
nature as to cause the awarding as
was done. Mr.. Diapers bid was
checked as carefully as the other two,
notwithstanding the county of Carbon
now has case in the state supreme
court asking for an accounting OF
S6,147.37 for overcharges made by Mr..
Draper during the last six years he
held an alleged contract for this work.
Draper has so far never denied receiv-
ing this money. He collected it and
used it and then, when asked to rec
tify his overcharges, he has consist
emily abused the county commission
ers.
When it came time to file bill
with the county at the time Mr.
Draper had the contract, the matter
of written agreement with the coun
ty was not considered. 1t was a mere
scrap of paper" in Diapers hands
He admits so, as under date of jun
16, 1927, he has the following to say
All claims disputed were
based upon regular contract,
filed in the regular manner,
passed upon by the duly consti-
tuted authorities of Carbon coun-
ty, ordered paid, and paid by
county warrants duly certified
This is true, but Draper had t
swear these bills were Just and ha
been unpaid. He did this under oat
and now he does not attempt to den
that many Of the items disputed wer
not overcharges. He contents himsel
upon saying that he got the money
so what will the authorities do abou
it,"
Draper did some more Of his III
iudicious writings at the time tn
Carbon County News broke into hi
, money chest the first time, Nov. l
. 1926, he says:
Carbon countys printing will
5 cost the taxpayers from $4,000 to
$4,000 extra during the coming
{ two-year period as a result of
/ the arbitrary action of two of the
) three members Of the board of
! county commissioners Thursday
| in voting to award the printing
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-11-22
ROYAL NEIGHBORS
HAVE SPLENDID
DISTRICT MEETING

The attendance at the district con-
vention of the Royal Neighbors, held
in Red Lodge last Thursday, was eX-
ceptionally large, and delegates were
present from Billings, Laurel and
Bridger. The district includes Round
up, Hardin and Custer but delegates
from the latter places were unable to
attend, although reports were read
from these lodges.
At the afternoon sessions, part Of
which were open to the public, Mrs.
Maude Albert of Red Lodge presided.
Other ladies on the program were Mrs.
Hopper and Mrs. Goddard of Billings.
The invocation was given by the Rev.
Frank Durant and the address Of well
come was given by County Attorney
Z. p. Conwell.
In the evening a banquet was given
at the Elks' home, which was served
by the ladies Of the Episcopal church.
About 80 people sat at the banquet,
which was presided over by Mrs. Katie
Becklen of Red Lodge, and the address
Of the evening was made by the Rev.
Frank Durant.
Officers selected to represent Kellar
district No. 1 were Reta Hopper of
Billings, district oracle; Sadie God
dard Of Billings, district recorder;
Mary Pearce of Billings.
District visitors in Red Lodge We're
Alberta Mendenhall of Billings, vice
oracle; Laura Kellar of Great Falls,
district deputy; Reta Hopper OF Bill
lings, district oracle; Sadie Goddard
Of Billings, district recorder; Mary
Pearce of Billings, Rosalia Mart OF
Bridger, Ida Lewis of Laurel, district
delegates.
The new officers for Kellar district
No. |, elected at the meeting to pre-
side for the coming year are Rosaia
Mart of Bridger, oracle; Mrs. Maude
Albert of Red Lodge, chancellor, and
Ida Lewis of Laurel, recorder. In the
past two meetings of the district have
been held yearly, but hereafter only
one year will be held.
The Royal Neighbors have a very
unique history. 1t was started In 1888
with a membership of ~ women. In
1895 charter was granted then in
Illinois and at the present time there
is a membership of 100000, the larg-
est womans organization in the world.
1t is an insurance organization and
there is not a single man connected
with it in any manner.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-11-22

AS reported in last weeks issue of
The Carbon County News, the county
printing contract was awarded last
week to this publication for the next
Two years. TIL: The was business con-
tract entered into by the county COM
missioners, and was as routine as any
transaction they attend to from month
to month,
There is really no cause for any
extra connection about it, and while
this paper was the successful bidder,
still we made only casual mention Of
it. We told in a plain manner who
were competitive bidders and in so
doing did not make editorial COM
ment of any kind with regard to it.
Not so with the paper who "got
the grapes" for many years. Mis-
statements are not beyond Charles II
Draper, and he attempted to warp the
matter around so as to make the let
ting of the contract look at least 9
felony on the part of the county com.
missioners. Last week he says:
Award of the county printing
contract for the ensuing two years
was made Wednesday afternoon
by two members of the board
of county commissioners, Chair
/ man j. T. Kelly dissenting. The
/ News, published by 0. H. P. Shell
ley, was awarded the contract on
a partisan and factional political
division Of the board, just as had
been anticipated for the past two
years.
But little effort was made by
the majority of the board to ana
lyze the bids presented on the
printing contract. The Bridger
Times and The Picket-Journal
each had in offers which appeared
to be lower than that of the
| News, but neither one was given
more than casual consideration.
Lee Gard made the motion to ac-
cept the bid of Shelley and J. B.
Convery dutifully seconded the
motion. Mr.. Kelly instructed the
clerk to record mot voting for
him.
Mr.. Kelly goes off the board
the first of the year, but the other
two members do not. They have
been placed by Carbon county
voters in positions of trust and
responsibility, and barring acct
dents to their political machine,
will continue indefinitely to carry
the heavy duties of acting as rub
Der stamps for the Sk.nner-Shel-
ley faction of the grand cd party.
Of course, the printing contraC
means the lifeblood of the Picke
Journal. For many years that pape
existed in a material and monetar
: way upon the fat fees it was able
! extort from the taxpayers. 1t is
5 hard blow to have this fine incon
! taken away-and the howl should /
) great.
! Draper brought his own troubll
upon himself and we are not blamin
him. Chairman Kelly is a member {
4 the democratic party-but he has bee
1 a good, clean, conscientious offit
: holder and now that he is retirin
from office we wish to go on recon