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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-02

Wilderness whether that wilderness was the wood
ed lands east Of the Mississippi or the great
plains and mountains of the trans-Msslssippi west
For the pioneer mother Of America was one of
the most heroic types of motherhood the world
has ever known and as Mothers Day approaches
this year 1t Is interesting to note that America In
recent years has shown Its appreciation of that
fact and has been busy In many places perpetual
Ing her memory.
One OF the leaders In this movement have been
the Daughters of the American Revolution who
began some two years ago to mark the National
Old Trails route from the Atlantic to the Pacific
with heroic statues of the women who followed
that trail across the country The design of St
Louis sculptor, A. Lembach. known as tile MA
donna Of the Trail" was accepted and twelve OF
these statues each eighteen Feet tall. are today
standing along the trail In the states Of Mary
land, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio. Indiana.
Illinois. Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona and California In nearly every case these
statues were unveiled on Mothers day and special
interest was attached to the ceremonies In Call
fornia because of the women who participated
I'm them was Mrs. Caroline Cook (who Is shown
In the picture above) an eightythree-y earold
pioneer mother who crossed the plains In COW
cred wagon.
Two years ago an Oklahoma oil millionaire e.
~. Marland. announced his intention Of honor
ing the pioneer women who settled on the famous
Cherokee strip, the last American frontier, by
erecting monument TO them. He asked the lead
ing American scupors to submit models for such
monument and twelve of them responded The
design submitted by Bryant Baker was chosen
and II Is from this model lshown ahnve) that the
] statue more than forty feet In height will be
east and stand on knoll near punea Civ Okla
1t viii be of tire must rriiussu ri7at Inns hepn
made Ia recent years and Will be second only to
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-02

the statue Of Liberty in New'Y ork harbor in size
and majesty.
%The state OF Kansas is also planning to honor
Its pioneer woman and has accepted another de-
sign by the same sculptor for that purpose In
January Of this year Of the features OF the
celebration of the sixty-eighth birthday Of Kansas
was the~dedlcaton of the site the state house
grounds in Topeka where this statue Is to stand
The Pioneer Women's Memorial Association OF
Kansas, which Is sponsoring the movement Is
raising fund of S2lOn for this memorial In
both the Kansas and Oklahoma pioneer mother
statues the sculptor has emphasized the qualities
Of teacher and worker as well as mother In the
women who first came TO those states and helped
make them the abode of civilization
When the town Of Elmwood Ill., commissioned
Its most famous son. dorado Taft. to model
statue which would typify the pioneer spirit, the
sculptor did portray that idea with the figure
OF pioneer man. To-day the statue which stands
In the park square OF Elmwood and which
unveiled last year shows stawart frontiersman
standing, gun In hand defanty Drawing the dam
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-02
Saving Oil Tanks

The high mortality among the crude
oil storage tanks of the country, SO
great that 1t Is estimated that in some
sections one out OF five must be- re-
placed annually. may be allevlated
through series OF tests being con-
Quoted In Texas by the United States
bureau Of mines. The corrosion OF
the tanks Is due to the high sulphur
content of the crude oils, and to over
come this. the bureau experts are try
Ing out aluminium as a Substitute for
the iron and steel. which are unable
to stand the action OF the hydrogen
sulphIdes In the crude OIL
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-02
When y0N
Children Cry
for tt

Baby has little upsets at times. AL
your care cannot prevent them. But you
can be prepared. Then you can do what
any experienced nurse would do-what
most physicians would tell you to do
give few drops Of plain Castoria. No
sooner done than Baby Is soothed; re-
lief Is just a matter OF moments. Yet
you have eased your child without use
OF single doubtful drug; Castoria is
vegetable. So It's safe to use as often
as an infant has any little pain you
cannot pat away. And it's always
ready for the crueler pangs OF collie, or
constipation or diarrhea; effective, too,
for older children. Twenty-Five million
bottles toere bought last, year.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-02
Hy ELMO SCOTT WATSON

She canb to rock the cradle empire.
Adventure calls to men, but duty summons
And so, when the time was ripe to breed new stars
for the flag. she set forth from Main and Ohio
and Kiarneys loyeness and her Swedish village
and her ford home mother the wilderness.
Only God and she knows the fullness Of her CIV
fng to the young Northwest
She lived In sod houses and hay-roofed huts.
with the newest neighbor often days trudge
away.
She had decences. She did not even know the
luxury of floor fireplace. Her meal ground
In a hand mill and her baking range was d make
shift In the yard.
She helped In the helds--at the blowing and the
sowing, and she helped to scythe the crop and bind
the sheaves
She wa-ATed stock and spun and knitted and
tailored She made a garden and preserved the
winter food. MIXED her and nursed her chill
dren. The sleepy eyed found her already at
her tasks. and the midmoon heard her Groom tho
baby to rest
Her beauty sleep" began,1at gn and ended at
four. Year and year she. had an or
anse. box OF sweets gift of remembrance.
She fought drought and dearth and savages and
savage loneliness. her sunday bests' calico
and linsey woolsey. She grew old at the rate of
twenty-four months a year the grubbing noe
and the washtub and the churn.
She bore her BARNS alone and buried them the
frozen prairies
But she asked pity for her broken arches.
her aching back, her poor, gnarled hands. Or for
the wstful memories Of fairer youth in sweeter
lands
She gave America the great Northwest. and was
TOO proud to bubble at the cost Of the stalwart
sons to whom She willed It.
She mothered MEN!
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-02
Three Emphatic Ones

$50 when you asked papa for his
consent he simply glared at you aud
said nothing"
mo words were needed. His de-
cision was as plain as the Nos in
his face"
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-02

UGH was the tribute which noted
writer, Herbert Kaufman, once
paid to 1.-THE Prairie Mother" the
women pioneers Of THAT great re-
gion comprising Minnesota and the
Dnkotas, the empire known as the
new Northwest. But what he said
OF the prairie mother was true of
all pioneer women who were moth
nrs Of ihn frnntiarsmnn mhn won a
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-02

To insure glistening- table lin
ems, use Red Cross Ball Blue In your
laundry. It never dlsappolnts. At all
good grocers.-Adv.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-02
A Woman Homesfeader

walked with quick steps up the coulee trail;
had TO hurry lest the creeping dark
Would catch me and hands would fail
To find the wire gate that closed the park I
Against stray cattle Here my cabin stood
In small wilderness Of auaking asp;
Here 'honesteaded." No thought could
Two years ago. bu, now calmly pass
A bristlina poreupine, rattlesnake.
The washing eyes Of wild. hidden thing
coyote sneakins the dredup lake.
81 stunted pines where fnches sing,
The mule, cared deer that often to sup, I
And nuxzle another my spring
(Which, after cleaning. il but just cup),
And yet. tonight. how glad to bring
My hands In contact with the wire blight
That held my gate. | thought. Real homesseadingi
hate the dark only love the iixhtg'
Quickly ] shut the door and slid the draw
Across the iron latch. and dropped the clamp.
Firmly In place, but not before
Near Tiger Butte the xirnmer Of lamp.
I stood moment puzzled by the light
Startled, perhaps and curious deer
That lifts Its head catch the rushing flight
OF young grouse And then my silly fear
Vanished like mountain mist. My iampi A match
To cheer that other soul knew had
To plough and fence: to have garden patch;
To live with God ss | and build home
Lillian 7. Leonard in Scribner's Mag sxinc.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-05-02

gers which beset a. wilderness breaker. Close be-
sidA him stands a woman, a typical pIonee. moth
err shielding In her strong young arms her baby,
and facing with her husband the dangers Of the
land
How worthy the pioneer mother Is OF having her
memory perpetuated In enduring stone or bronze
Is forcIbly impressed upon anyone who reads the
history Of the American frontier. Volumes could
be written about the peneer woman alone how
she did her share n making home for mate,
how when II necessary she could handle the
rifle and the ax to defend TINT home. how she
brnved all the errors OF flooded rivers, prairie
fires snow-hed mountains, hunger, thirst and
sickness she marched by his side In carrying
the stnl of empire westward. One instance Of the
WESTWARD rHrinp pioneer Is ryplra II IS The Story
IF the settling of Nashville Tenn. Of which q re-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-30
The Once Over

By =. Z PHILLIPS

HEAT REGISTRATIONS" A NEWSPAPER STORY
"How's that heat-wave story coming?" barked the
city editor.
I'm getting it together" said the weather re-
porter.
How many heat victims?" demanded the city ed.
"None SO far" returned the reporter, timidly.
"What?" reared the editor. Weather like this
and no first page heat prostrations?"
Not even a second page prostration," mumbled
the reporter.
what kind Of a newspaper do you think we're
getting out?" roared the city editor. ON a warm day
when there is lots Of news there SHOULD be plenty
Of heat prostrations. On a warm day when there Is
little news there MUST be heat prostrations. Gail
the hospitals and police stations"
I've called them all. sir. and they have no heat
victims so far"
els that so? Well, you dig up some heat victims
or get through. 1t serves me right for letting Willetts
60. Wiletts was a real newspaper man. I never had
to ask him for heat prostrations. He always got
more than I could use"
I'm sorry, sir"
Haven't the hospitals or police stations had any
cases today?"
General Hospital reports Dennis J. Hatey. 43.
white. married. picked up in Main street with a
broken leg"
We'll. that's probably a heat case. A man doesn't
break his leg in weather like this from falling or a
slippery sidewalk, does he7'
mo. but"
Make Hafey a heat victim. Say he was hurrying
70 catch a train. TO Join the exodus to the country
when he suffered a sunstroke and fell. Any other
hospital stuff"
"At st. Luke's there is a Bernard F. Schlossheimer
36. white, single, a paperhanger, hit by a falling
girder."
Heat victim. obviously. Feeling a slight s~unstroke,
he sat down on the curb directly under a derrick and.
though he heard the warning shouts OF workers and
pedestrians. was unable 70 move from the path Of the
falling girder. That's two victims. Any other re-
ports?"
Prentice G. Hassenpfeffer. 4s. white. widower, re-
tired. was received at Central Hospital during the
night"
What happened TO him?"
He was run over by a taxicab. The driver says he
was lying in the street after having been thrown out
Of a s~peakeasy. The case is complicated by the fact
he had q bullet wound in his neck"
We'll, indirectly the heat was to blame insisted
the city editor. Unable to get relief from the hui
nudity, he probably went 10 the speakeasy for a glass
Of beer. BY the time he had climbed the three flights
Of stairs he had become crazy from the heat and be-
gan making eyes at the hostess. The hostess. always
extremely irritable in hot weather. resented il. She
lost her head and shot him. He staggered downstairs
into the street %clutching q green scarf he had torn
from the hostess. The taxicab driver. his senses
dulled by a strenuous day OF driving citizens to public
baths mstook him for a 90 signal and smacked him
oow-legged- Where's your imagination?"
I dunno confessed the reported. 4 must have
left it in my other suit"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-30
A Texan Who Mounted
the Ladder

]. Dabney Day was born in Texas on a little farm
IS wears ago. He died at Los Angeles Just the other
day. AS a youngster he began life in Texas as q gro
cerv clerk at a very small wage. He operated a little
bank on the fringe of Dallas.
Success came to him He was called 70 the work
inc force OF a large Dallas bank. Success hit him q
second time.
In 1920 he moved from Texas to Los Angeles. He
became president az the Citizens National Trust and
Savings bank and in time IL grew into one OF the pow
erful institutions Of the coast country. He was a born
leader OF men. His active and aggressive work for
development. including the Boulder Canyon dam,
made him one Of the outstanding civic and financial
leaders on the Pacific coast He was widely known
IN civic and financial circles and was nearing the top
of the laader when death called him away without
warning.
y. Dabney Day never lost interest in his native
state.
He was one OF the prime movers in Imperial valley
aavelopment and he believed that long staple cotton
could be grown more p~rofitably in California and Arr
vcna than IN the Mississippi delta or the coast coun-
trv Of South Carolina. He was a product OF a little
Farm and Main street and Sinclair Lewis and H 1
Arsrrten should have known him for he was a manly
man a broad man. a man Of vision who loved 70 be
~ service to his fellow men rather than 70 devote al
~ hts time to the ~fattening Of his own pocketoook-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-30

Age has its penalties. Everybody
admits that; but who would think
OF II IN connection with shaving?
or course every boy reaches an
age when he "borrows" his fathers
razor and takes a sly shave. He
may cut his face III a place OF two,
but the joy OF scraping off the fuzzy
beard is an experience never to be
forgotten. 1t is really the initiation
into manhood.
But that isn't what 7 have in
mind. I am thinking o. the in
creasing irritation OF the man past
fifty. gFlWling over the inferior
quality Of the modern razor
"A few days ago / went TO the fac
tory OF a progressive razor manu-
facturer in New York City. Having
used this shaving outfit for about
twenty-five years, I became i'm
pressed with the idea that my old
razor was out Of order. or else that
the blades were not made SO well as
formerly.
The president OF the concern in
vited me to his office for a talk
about shaving. I told him OF my
troubles. In as kindly and polite
a way as possible he suggested that
as men grow older their boards get
heavier and harder.
i saw the point at once The good
man is right. These hairs that are
cut off every day r getting tough
er with every passing wear. AT the
same time the skin. especially of an
indoor man. Il growing more flabby
and tender.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-30
Holbrook of the Pirate Isle

Ser. I. J. Holbrook. known as the seahawk q the
esrste Isle. threw a bomb when he declared that the
nouss prison location measure was a subterfuEe o.
-~aors,ts ~ prison legislation who were certain the
cov.rnor would veto the house bill. A compromise OIL
r. sent 10 the house. II was said % be fair TO All
concerned. Then the house ditehed the senate oil
.nd returned 10 the senate 8 bill all is own. Now the
r,aasure 4 in free conference again
Ser. Holbrook will not Be q candidate for cover
ccr n 1880. This is his prophecy: "Penitentiaries
Si1 Be a prime issue In the next Eubernatorial cam
go, and YOU fellows will have 70 meet t." Three
nossyhle ar prominent a~sprants for the shoes Of
aFoodv cave listening ears TO the prophecy. All men
80 road and think know that the prison system viii
Be q prime issue In politics until the people have been
sivsn . model system and the shame Of an imperial
Itate has been effaced.
former warden of the Minnesota penitentiary
rho has visited the prisons Of 4s states reports the
Toxas penitentiary the most Anticipated Of all, with a
a,.~Inlinary code absolutely worthless and methods
which have been discarded in the long ago by the
penologists Of the age.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-30

excuse to hurry home. and LETT
Vivian staring after her.
Silly. schoolgirl jealousy. Almost
a strained relationship between her
and the best friend she had ever
had. Vivian thought, a little ashamed
later. But stu the feeling was there.
Maybe Pat had been going out with
Bark!
The Times Democrat that evening
came out with q front page picture
or Vivian again. and the announce
ment that the local ratron's pic
ture had WOE the great honor at the
art exhibit.
Kent might have been very much
enthused If Mamma Jansen hadn't
reached him first with II.
you poor boy had been her
sympathetic comment. II don't
know what people will think when
they hear your wife has turned out
10 be an artists model
And Kent decided he didn't think
so much OF it, himself.
Vivian was waiting for Barlow in
the evening. when the telephone
rang. II was old Or. Willard
Martha Matthews had suffered a
heart attack and was very III. Could
she come Immediately? The old lady
was asking for her.
She told Celeste 10 wait and tell
Bark that she could not BE- home
ana hurried away To her old guart-
ian. II hardly seemed possible that
she was dangerously i'll. For 80
many years she had seen her faded
and bed ridden that she had felt she
would always be that way. II was a
great shock.
CTO BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-30
CROSS OFFERS
ANTI-GAR REWARDS

GENEVA. June 29-F-ThC Red
Cross ~ out with los big guns to ban
gas warfare.
one of its big guns is propaganda.
education Of the public 10 the dan
gers OF chemical warfare
Prize competitions viii be opened
amongst industries and specialists
of all countries. with the goal 1i Ee-
curing increased protection for
civilian populations one will call
for the invention Of the best Eaa-
mask Another liz for the best means
Of recognizing the presence of that
specially dangerous element kIr
as mu~stard-Eas.
The mustard competition viii F
opened I'M JULY with m prize ln
Swiss francs equivalent t1 sl cas-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-30
More About Tourists

The Brownsville Herald in recent weeks has had
considerable to say concerning the value Of q heavy
tourist crop to any section.
Rumblings reaching the writer indicate there are
other people in the Valley who have the same opinion
as to the value Of this crop.
One man has a visitor who came BY way Of Cor
pus Christi intending to remain several days at that
resort. Tried several tourist camps and found them
ell filled to capacity. Some Of the proprietors at
Corpus Christi gave him "snooty" answers when he
asked for a vacant cottage, this visitor declares. This
was taken BY the inquirer to indicate a growing spirit
OF independence. Business may be too good in that
seaside resort to be conducive Of politeness.
The man who is entertaining this visitor wonders
why 50 many more people are stopping in Corpus
Christi than are coming 70 Brownsville or other VAL
ley towns.
That is rumbling No. l.
Here's another:
A farmer appeared before the equalization board
of the El Jardin district. He appeared to seek a re-
duction in the valuation which had been placed on
his land. Naturally-that IS the only reason for ap-
peartng before an equalization board.
HI declared taxes are too igh-tha something
must be done to reduce them-demanded a lower val
uation and suggested that the limit must not be as
eessed now as there are sure TO be other calls.
Ard then he threw a bomb into the meeting.
The thing this Valley needs most right now is a
paved road to Boca Chica beach" he told members
OF the board and all and sundry gathered there.
The tourist crop is the most profitable one we can
raise in this Valley" he continued. "and an all
weather road 10 the beach will do more to encourage
this crop than any one thing"
He was a -farmer-making his living raising things,
and farmers are popularity supposed to doubt the
value OF tourists.
When everybody IN the Valley begins 70 think as
this man thinks. something viii be done about culti-
waiting the tourist crop.
Note-The number Of tourists in Corpus Christi Is
explained by an effective newspaper advertising cam
paign that city has carried on and BY preparations TO
entertain the visitors when they arrive.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-30
Star Lore
HOW ASTRONOMERS REGARD
ASTROLOGY
Arthur DIV. Carnenter

BY Arthur DeV. Carpenter
Astrology. or the study ~ the In
fluenCe az the stars and planets on
human destinieS. constituted the
chief interest OF mankind in the
stellar universe for countless CEN
turtles previous to the birth OF as
trOnOmy. 10 was believed that the
destiny of nations and the life E.-
tory Of individuals was determined
by the motions of the heavenly bod
les. AStronomic science today gives
no place Of recognition 10 the claims
of astrolcEy. The attitude Of astrOn-
Omers is expressed by Russell. Du-
gan and Stewart. III their distin-
guished recent work on astronomy
thus. 1T Il remarkable how per-
sistent a hold this baseleSs delusiOn
still retains upon the ignorant
More tomorrow
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-30
SNOBS ARE CAUTIONED
BY CHEMICAL OFFICIAL

NEW YORK. June 29.-tP-Ad-
vice to young technical men not TO
strut or be prigs or SnobS is issued
in a monograph ~ the American
Chemical society written by it's
treasurer. DR.. John e. Teeple of
New York.
Don't strut" he says. The fact
that you now have a certain posi-
ton Is extremely unimportant 70
everyone but yourself. II doesn't
prove anything. Maybe i'm selecting
YOU someone made a mistake which
will be rectified later"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-30
An Ideal Appointment

Former District Judge James r. Hamilton has
been appointed a member Of the state pardon board
BY Gov. Moody. An ideal appointment from every
standpoint. Gov. Moody could have combed the state
from the Gulf to the mountains and not discovered
better material for the place