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Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
CHRISTMAS CLUBS
 TOTAL SlO0, ,OOO
Nj oney To Be Released By Three Banks Denotes Pros perity and Thrift.--Business Will Benefit.

Early in Deeanber the three banks in Putnam wi release their Christ mas Club funds Co depositors. The total amount of money Co be put in circulation through this avenue of accumulation is over S9s ,000, or ap- proximately si0o,o0o. This is an in crease over q year ago.
 The merchants of Putnam are eo- operating to attrGct holiday trade to Putnam. Most ol the money deposited in Christmas clubs comes from Put nams trading area. While bankers say that a substantial part of the Christmas club savings is deposited in permanent savings accounts much of it ls used for Christmas purchases.
 The amount accumulated through this systematic saving denotes that the people of Putnam are well em. ployed. receive sufficient wages to en. ah . them to put aside part of their income. and is evidence of q general prosperity and a proneness
 thrift. The merchants are warrant. ed ia anticipating good volume ot trade during the holidays.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
MOTOR DIES, PLANE CRASHES
 MONTREAL FLIGHT CANCELLED
PUTNAM CITIZENS
 FEEL EARTH TREMORS

Mrs. Mary F.. Moss. South Main sreet, heard dishes rattling and when members of the family came home asked if there had been an earthquake
 On Church street women in homes noticed the tremer and made inquiry when other members of the family returned as to what had taken place.
 No Doubt of Tremor
 With much corroborative testimony from all sections of the residential part of she city there is no doubt but that the tremor was felt here. The first authentic news of an earthquake was received over the radio.
 The heaviest shocks occurred in the north section affected. In Hali- fax. N. S. buildings rocked and people were alarmed. The shock was recorded in Ottawa, Canada In Rum ford. Me. work was stopped for sev- eral minutes in the large paper mills when the shock was experienced. Providence experienced the quake and some alarm was felt On Nan tuckot Island a number of people be- came nanseated. Portland, Me, felt two distinct shocks and buildings tremhled In Randolph. Vt, light fixtures swung ike pendulums. Ia Nashua, N H.. a safe was moved. In keeHe q bed collapsed. Light tremors were also felt in New York state.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
Old Time Fiddler
 Found Dead In Home

William 0. Smith of phoenixville. C.. famed as one of Henry Ford's old time fiddler group, was found dead in his home shortly after I o'clock Tues day night by people living upstairs in the same house.
 Mir smith lived alone in base ment tenement. Others in the house noticing that this door was ajar. en- tered and found his dead body. Death was due to natural causes. probably a shock. He was seen about the premis- es in the afternoon apparently as well as usual.
 Coroner Arthur G. Bill was called to the scene. He took Mr. Smiths vio- lin, a valuable one. for safe keeping. Surviving are a brother, Fanton Smith. of East Killingly, and other more distant relatives in this section.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
Andrew Bleau, Pilot, Was Tun mg Up Before Take-OH
 For Canada
Arthur Pepin on Field Intended Pass
 enser

With Arthur Pepin. Putnam auto mobile dealer, dressed in flying togs, waiting at Mantup field as a pros Montreal, Andrew Bieau, pilot of a Challenger airplane, which took up passengers from the field over the weekend, took off, Tuesday morning, on a test flight to determine if the engine of the plane was working well before starting on the long northern hop.
 The pilot circled from the field over the south portion of the city near the long railroad trestle. While at a height estimated at from TOO to LOO feet the engine of the ship went dead. The pilot headed his plane back toward the landing field but was un- able to make it. coming down in a wooded section nearby. Bleau escap- ed with a wrenched ankle. One wing of the plane was broken. the landing gear was bent and the fuselage was damaged.
 Flight Cancelled
 The Putnam man took off his fly ing togs and returned to the city. He said. Wednesday morning, that he would liked to have made the trip and that the accident had no effect on his nervous system; that he would fly to the Canadian metropolis if 1t were possible but that fer the time being. at least. the flight had been cancelled.
 An investigation of the accident and the plane disclosed that the rain of Monday had much to do with the engine trouble. It was found that water had trickled into the cylinders. The few people at Mantup field were alarmed when they saw the plane come down before reaching the open. They ran to the scene to give assist ance.
 It took some bit of time for the rescuers to locate the disabled plane. The pilot remained in the cockpit when the plane landed and the fact that the body of the ship was not materially damaged saved him from serious injury.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
THE PATRIOT WILL BE
 ISSUED NEXT WEDNESDAY

Next Thursday IS Thanksgiving Day The Patriot will be issued on Wednesday. The business office and the shop will be closed for the lay
 Correspondents and advertisers are requested 10 bear in mind the hort week and have their copy in wcnty-four hours earlier to in sure publication and position.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
NEW ENGLAND FUR co.
 PUTS ON BIG SALE

The New England Fur Company is putting on a huge factory stock sale of fur garments at very attractive prices. They defy price and quality competition at any large city retail stores. The garments are of their own manufacture, made for out of town stores who have sent in cancel lations because of unreasonable weather and the stock market stump. The large advertisement on page nine will give an idea of how reasonably priced these fur garments are.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
candie. And saltcd Nuts

Apricot Waters, unusual-Sl .OO. Assorted Stuffed and Glace Fruits, rich and colorful--55c to Si.25. Cream Peppermints, a fayorlte-- 50c. Seavey's Peanut Brittle, choek full of poanuts-39c. Salted Nuts, nicely roasted. salted just right S0c and xl .50.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
A Variety of Cheeses

Sage. very tasty-45e lb. Swiss Gruyere and Camembert, rich and mellow box. Roquefort, a favorite with men--25c pkg. York state. mild and richly sharp Old Coon-42c and 45c lb. Chateau, smooth and mellow 30c. We have 20 different cheeses.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
AUTO OWNERS
 WANTED TO TRANSPORT BOYS

There are stal a number of pupils in the State Trade school and the Putnam High school Go be aeeommo- lated with transportation to the Brown New Hampshire football game it Providence next Saturday. Auto mobiles are needed that these boys may not be disappointed. Owners of cars willing to make the trip for the accommodation of these pupils are requested to communicate with Super visor Ellis of the Trade school or Principal Robinson of the High school The start will be made at one o'clock.
 Beatrice TuFeott spent the week end with Dorothy Chapman.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
New Raisins And Nuts

Mammoth Nj a g a Clusters, plump tender fruit-40c and Doc pkg. Diamond Budded and Fancy Mixed Nuts. large. meaty and crisp -32e and 3Sc 10.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
Eanev Poultry

Chickens for roasting, freshly killed, plump and tender. Also na- tive Fowls. Broilers, real delicacy. Ducks. Guinea Hens and Squabs to order.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21

Plum Pudding & Fruit Cake
 Overland Branded pudding, bowl sl.OO-R&R plum pudding s5c and 55c. Rich's and Epicure Fruit Cake. just full of fruit and nuts Soc and $i.00.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
In Homes Dishes Rattle.-Fur. niture Rocks. Unnoticed In
 Business Section
Earthquake Recorded Along Atlantic
 Coast

Putnam was in the eastern coast line bet that felt earth tremors. Mon day afternoon. The earthquake was noticed by people in the residential sections of the city. As far as could be learned the tremor was not notiei- hle in the business section.
 The earthquake was reported from Rhode Island Go Nova Scotia. No one was injured and no damage was re- ported. In Hartford buildings trem- bied, dishes rattled and radiators vi- brated. At the Peabody Museum at Vale the seismograph needle jumped af the recording paper. The record in ieated the center of the tremor was 8A5 miles distant. 1t began at 5 .34 D. m. reached it's maximum at 3.39 and moved in a northeasterly direction, ending at 3 .45 o'clock.
 Feel Tremor
 Among those who felt the tremor Putnam were Mir and Mrs. Charles l.. Dean. who were seated in the of flee of the Lowell Needle Company, Lincoln street. Both felt the chairs n which they were sitting move. \ alaas tube that contained oil was on a desk. The oil was seen to move Haels and forth. Both mentioned at he time that it must be an earth quake.
 Mrs. Peter l.. Belair. Providence street. was lying on a couch She felt the eouch tremble and heard win dou sash rattle. She became bit alarmed and went down stairs to call on neighbor and to ask II the neigh. ber fe.t the shock. She said she had not noticed it.
 Miss Gertrude Perry, in house nearby. heard dishes rattle in the cupboard
 Mrs. Alice Flagg, Center street was disturbed when clock hanging on the wall rattled.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
SUDDEN DEATH
 OF MRS. K. E. ILL
In Good Health Sunday Stricken Shortly After Re
 tiring For The Night
Funeral Wednesday In Charge of the
 Eastern Star

Apparently in her usual good health during the day. Sunday, Mrs. E. F. Hi. Mechanics street, was talk en suddenly Ill during the night and died within a few minutes. Cerebral hemerrhage was the cause ot death.
 Mr and Mrs. Lii passed Sunday quietly at home. Mrs. Hi had made no complaint of illness during the
 j.. Sh and her husband retired for the night about 9.45 o'clock. Fifteen minutes later Mrs. Hi got up to get a drink of water.
 Upon Mrs. llli's return to the bed room she told her husband she felt very sick. Mir. Hi at once called Dr.
 m4ae of Thompson. The doctor reached the Hi home within ten or fifteen minutes. He al once saw that Mrs Hi was In a critical state. She was beyond human aid and died twenty minutes after the doctor ar rived.
 Born in Switzerland
 Mrs. Hi was born in Erienbach. Switzerland. July lst. 1868. Before her marriage to Mir Hi in January, sss4. she was Miss Iulda Mir2. Fol owing their marriage Mir. and Mrs. IllI went ta Barlasini, Italy, where dr Hi worked for two years in q lik mil
 h May. lss6. Nr. and Mrs. Hi zame to the United States. For six Eaeh 4eara Mir. Hi was employed in the Hoeganam mills. Rockville, leaV- ing Rockville in 1902 for Waterville, 8s.. and from there they came tu Putnam in l406 In this city Mr. Hi became superintendent of the Water man hersted Company. a position he held until his retirement a short time ago.
 Mrs. Hi WAS q homeslovinK woman. She had two affiliations, the Eastern Star and the Grange She was active in both organizations. The Eastern Star had charge O. the funeral from the home d. eleven eae aek, Mednes. day morning, Rev. James r. English of the Congregational church con ducting the service.
 Following the service at the home the body was taken to Rockville where a service was conducted in the Grove street cemetery chapel by Rev. Mir. Brooks. Burial was in the ceme- terv.
 Mrs. Hi is survived by her hus- band. three sisters in Switzerland, and a nephew, Willy Rast, employed in the office of the Hartford Light X Power Company, Hartford.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21

The Windham County Kennel club held their regular meeting in Daniel son on Monday evening with dclic ious covered dish supper. A business meeting was then held. At the close Mir Birch, in behalf of the club, pre- sented Mrs. Cora B. Adams a hand some pin.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
Fig. And Dates

Smyrna Layer Figs, large and tender 5c and 40c pkg. Prepared Figs, sprinkled with powdered sugar-60c box. Overland Fitted Dates. delicious flavor-25c pkg.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
M;ner Meat And Jellies

Mrs. Perkins old fashioned mincemeat-.3S lb. Tea Gardens delicious product ? lb. jar 90c. Overland Red Currant Jelly. de- lightful with Turkey-32e jar.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
Vege,ables for the Dinner

Vegetables for the Dinner
 Blue Hubbard Squash, Sugar Pumpkins, Boston Market Celery, Parsnips. Turnips, T m toes, Mushrooms. Parsley, l. ttuce, Sweet Potatoes and Cranberries.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21
W.J. BARTLETT STORE Putnam, Conn
IFS Main St.
HOLIDAY HAPPINESS AND HOSPITALITY

the festive table laden with the choices. % & @ around corner all n he made and we hope of assisting you m for the amportant TURKEY of us We the w1sh and It VIII oe ih fba aypryhe
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21

Mrs. Ralph Peek is visiting friends in Cheshire and New Haven this week.
Putnam patriot., 1929-11-21

Thanksgiving Day
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Wishing You Happines
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-14

1870, which was the first census in
what is now the Treasure State, and
that of Hugh McQuaid, pioneer Mon
tana newspaper man, who was in
charge Of the work of taking the sec
ond census Of Montana in 1880.
Tremendous progress mas been made
in Montana since that first enumera-
ton. 1t was a pioneer country indeed
where the MOntananS of 1870 resided.
COMPARED with this day of the tele-
phone, the automobile, the gasoline
engine, the railroad and great modern
inventions, which are deemed neces-
sites in modern life, it vas a primitive
land in which Montanans resided.
When Montana Was in Washington
When the census wa taken in 1860,
ten years before, Montana was a part
of the territory of Washington and 1t
Is doubtful if there were q couple OF
hundred white people living in the
state. It was q land of trapperS and
hunters, rowing Indian tribes and great
herds Of buffalo and other wild ami
mails, now almost extinct.
There were no trails or regular roads
leading into the territory then and
travel to and from this section prin-
cipally was by Missouri river boats and
via Fort Union, at the mouth OF the
Yellowstone. What is now Montana
was a far cry from civilization. Out
side of the trappers and hunters who
came here and a few more permanent
settlers in the far western part, where
the devoted Jesuits had carried the
message of Christianity, none there
were to enumerate. In the whole ter
ritory of Washington in 1860 there
were only 1854 people.
The first signs of the coming civiliza-
ton, which was to give the territory
sufficient people to call for an enumer-
alton at census taking time, wa seen
when the territory of Idaho" wa Gre
ated and the district now in Montana
was included.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-14

In 1920 the population had reached
548, 889, of which 376,878 was rural.
There were 57,677 farms. with a total
acreage OF SOTO, Csc, of which IL ,007, 278
were improved. The average farm was
608 acres and the value per acre aver
aged S28.11. Montana agriculture had
reached 0.89 per cent OF the farms of
The United States, and the value of
her farm buildings had increased to
$24O, $40, 778.
In the wake of the last census came
the years of drouth, grasshoppers, and
adverse farming conditions with .
great exodus from the farms of Mon
tana. State officials frequently esti-
mated that the population had fallen
to a point far below the figures set In
titled lands all over northern, eastern
and southern Montana, foreclosures
and assertions of hOmesteads gave
mute testimony to their contentious.
Conditions For Next Census
Then Montana staged her comeback.
Through the gospel of right farming
and the hard work of her extension
service, her experimental stations and
the wedding out of the units, agricul-
ture were placed on a sound basis, and
the eyes OF many turned back to the
land, while boys and girls, raised OF
Montana farms, started their Own
homes on the very land that had been
deserted and made it to bloom and
blossom as the rose.
Industry staged a great revival and
there was a demand for the product
of Montana mines and mills and
smelters and the output Of her manu-
featuring institutions, a demand that
has grown greater and greater, giving
employment to more and more men
and women. The spirit of optimism is
abroad in the land and blessings OF
prosperity have brought more people
to the state.
1t is interesting to speculate on what
the enumeration of 1880 will show.
There is reason to look for a bigger
and better Montana in every return.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-14
SPANISH FIRING SQUAD KILLED
HELENA PATRIOT Sc YEARS AGO

Fifty-six years ago Tuesday Gen.
William Albert Charles Ryan Of Hell
ena was executed by Spanish officials
! Cuba for his part In the Cuban
in~surrectiOn. His career and the story
OF his death, now almost forgotten, read
like q romance Of the middle ages and
has q peculiar interest for Montana
and Helena. He va a pioneer of
Helena.
At the close Of the Civil wal Ryan
was mustered out as a captain. He
had served rs a member of a New
York regiment. When his military
duties were ended he came to Helena,
attracted by the discovery Of gold in
Last Chance gulch and by adventure
to be found In the rugged new land.
Captain Ryan was highly educated
and was regarded as an accomplished
gentleman. Although he had sufficient
means to live at leisure, he was ener-
gelc and became a member of the
stan OF the Helena Herald, predecessor
OF n Montana Record Herald.
After ne had been at Helena for
some years, the Cuban Junta was es-
tablished IN New York and Captain
Ryan felt 1t his duty to aid the Cuban
cause Of freedom. This was Is years
before the United States officially sent
aid to Cuba and secured freedom OF
the island from Spanish dominion.
Captain Ryan was then less than
80 years old. He was tall, handsome
and OF distinguished appearance. With
his military record from the Civil war
ne was enthusiastically received by
those wno were organizing the Cuban
rebellion and was taken into their innel
circle.
Within q short time he was pro-
noted to chief Of staff and inspector
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-14
UNION LOSES ST0GKYARD
LEFT OFF OLD TIME TOWN

Once one of Montana's outstanding
cities, a military post, a county seat, a
community that numbered its people
by the thousand, center Of a thriving
stock country, Fort Union, also known
as Mondak, has slipped back another
notch toward the group of Montana's
ghost cities.
Site Of one of the earliest trading
posts on the Missouri river, a few miles
above it's confluence with the Yellow
stone, Fort Union was, during the days
of the fur trade, prominent in the
history Of Montana territory. AS civ
ilization advanced, the town, situated
on the border line between Montana
and North Dakota, became Mondak.
To its political location it owed its
next claim to fame. When North Da-
kota went dry, thirsty residents of the
Flickertail state f1ocked across the
Montana border to satisfy their appe-
titles and Modak at one time boosted
of 16 saloons. When Roosevelt county
was created, the larger towns, jealous
of each other, failed to muster suffi-
cient votes for the county seat and
Mondak won the honor.
Montana, however, had gone dry and
MOndak's income from the liquor trade
Wdo Cut On. AACE1 IWO years., I41C COu1I-
ty seat was moved to Poplar, then to
Wolf Point. When county officers
moved away, most of the population
went with them and stores and schools
closed
The Upper Missouri Historical expe-
dition, as 1t passed through the state
q few years ago, restored the name of
Fort Union to the settlement. Then
a fire swept the town, destroying most
of the buildings. The government de-
clined to ~re-establish it's postofice
The railroad discontinued it's agency
Now the StockyardS, seldom used IN re-
cent years, are to be moved and Fort
Union seems destined for oblivion, ex-
cept as an historical landmark.
The Montana railroad commission
has issued an order granting the pc
tition Of the Great Northern railway
company, which asked for permission
to take up and remove its industry
track and stock yards at Fort Union
Montana. The stock yards were In
stalled In 1925, and the petition wa.
opposed by several shippers In the ter.
ritory affected. The order of the boarc
had the following statement OF thu
case:
Fort Union, formerly Mondak, is
non-agency located on the main trans
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-14

Discovery of gold in Idaho had DIAM
the attention of prospectors ana
brought an influx of pioneers that gave
the district, until then n land Of
the Indian, sufficient white population
to warrant a place in n galaxy Of
territories.
Idaho gold discoveries were followed
in 1862 by the first discovery Oh god
on Gold creek in what is now Mon
tana by Granville Stuart and soon
thereafter by the discoveries at Ban
mack, Alder Gulch and in Last Chance
Gulch. The rush to the gold helds
brought a great influx OF people and
in a very short time Bannack became
a town Of 500 population, while estl-
mates were that at least lO,OU people
were in what is now Madison county.
Creation of the Territory
The move for territorial segregation
followed Don after the creation OF Ida
no and through the efforts OF the peo-
pie of the gold camps congress was
induced to establish the territory OF
Montana. On the 26th of May, 1864
Abraham Lincoln, president OF the
United States, signed the bill creating
the Territory of Montana.
In a country so new and with such
a changing population as was charac-
teristic of early day mining camps
it is hard to tell just how many peo-
pie were in the territory. Governor
Meagher in a message to the legisla-
ture the following winter estimated the
number at 10000. The reasonableneSS
of the estimate is seen in the fact that
in the election of 1864 the total vote
cast for delegate to congress was 1894
BY an act Of the legislature OF Idaho
while this territory was still a part OF
it, there were created the counties OF
Missoula, Deer Lodge, Dawson, Bea-
verhead, Madison, Chouteau and Big
Horn. The location of Montana coun-
ties bearing these names gives an idea
of the section of the state covered BY
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-14
DURSTON, EDITOR
AND UNIVERSITY
DESIGNER IS DEAD

John H. D~urston, 81, dean of Mon
tana newspaper men and n OF the
widely known editors of the west, who
established the Daily Anaconda STAN
dard 40 years ago, is dead, and he was
buried in the Anaconda cemetery early
this month.
First Editor
The first daily Standard came OH
the press in 1889, and Mr.. Durston
remained at its head until 1912. On
Jan. /, 1913, he assumed charge of the
Butte Inter-Mountain, changing its
name to the Butte Post, and was its
editor until his death.
Mr.. Durston was the oldest active
member of The Associated Press in
the United States in point of service.
He joined the association which be-
came The Associated Press SO years
ago last month. For many years he
was an intimate friend Of the late
Melville E.. Stone, founder Of that news
service.
Always interested in education, Mr..
Durston wrote the law which placed
all Montana's higher educational in
situations under one head. In recOgni-
ton of his editorial work and his eff
forts in behalf Of education in the
state, the University of Montana, on
June 4, 1923, conferred upon him the
degree of doctor OF laws.