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The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-16
Take American Ideas
and "Coin" to France

1t Is curious that both in the south
east and southwest of France there
have long been what the French neigh
bors call American villa towns. But
those who live in them are not OUT
Americans at all.
One of these towns-Barcelonnet
on the motor road from Nice to the
French Alps and Lake Geneva-has
been given all the privileges of q
tourist station by government decree.
1t has some 5000 inhabitants, with
streets laid out regularly and the out
skirts built up in what are known as
American houses-square and white
and with green blinds.
Those who live in them are purely
French-emigrants of full century
ago, or their children, who have come
back from Mexico and our Mexican
frontier after making a fortune. 1t is
said that the least successful returned
with $4,000, and some with 100000
and even more. They built up their
little neighborhoods to resemble what
they had for themselves in the New
world. One-from Texas-built veri-
table chateau, but society must have
been too strong for him In France,
and he took his family back to free
America. Perhaps his grandchildren
are among our own Americans who
now own 1900 villas on the Riviera.
Exchange.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-16
Diet for Sailors

The serving of proper food at sea
has always presented great difficulty.
People not familiar with naval service
often wonder what the sailorman eats
while away from port. In 1894 each
man got one pound of bread, one
pound of pork, one-half pint of beans
or peas, four ounces Of cheese and
one-half pint of distilled spirits day.
AS late as 1887 the diet was built
around bread, salt, or picked beef or
pork, peas or beans, potatoes, cheese,
sugar, coffee and tea. A typical break
fast of the up-to-date man-of-war con-
sists of chilled grapefruit, french
toast, soft-boiled eggs, bread, butter,
coffee. Dinner brings vegetable soup,
pot roast, gravy, creamed corn, combi-
nation salad, pie, bread, butter and
coffee.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-16
Federal Constitution

The states in existence at the time
of the drafting of the Constitution of
the United States had constitutions of
their own and it was upon these that
the federal one was patterned. The
states developed their documents from
Colonial charters, which in turn were
modelled upon the careers of mercan-
tile companies of the Fifteenth and
Sixteenth centuries. Massachusetts Is
the only state which retains the con-
stitution framed at that period, but it
has been revised and amended. All
the states, however, in their modern
constitutions retain many of the prin-
ciples and much of the framework of
the older documents.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-16
Telephone Efficiency

When is an inch equivalent to four
miles? The answer is when you hold
your mouth away from telephone
transmitter. When you place your
lips at an angle to the mouth-piece
or show your aloofness toward this
mechanical ear in some other way, you
thereby push your listener miles away
from you.
w. A. Jackson, superintendent of
telegraph of the Michigan Central
railroad, figured out this loss of
speaking efficiency and sent memo
randum about it to all his employees.
He advised: stalk directly into the
telephone transmitter at distance of
not more than one-half inch, using a
clear, moderate Tone"
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-16
How Great Men Died

When Napoleon felt that his last
hour was approaching he did not put
on the imperial robe and crown, but
asked to be dressed in his field mar
shals uniform, even to the boots.
Augustus Caesar arose from his
couch, carefully adjusted his toga and
met death standing. julius Caesar,
when slain, drew the folds of his toga
over his face that his enemies might
not see his death agony. Siward, earl
of Northumberland, left his bed and
put on his armor, saying: "A man
should not die like a beast" Lord
Nelson, while being carried below with
the fatal bullet In his back, took out
a silk handkerchief and covered his
face to conceal it from the crew.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-16
Playing Cards

Many nations claim the invention
of playing cards, but it is generally
believed that they came from ASIA,
probably from China. The great Chi
nese dictionary claims they were in
vented in the reign of Seun-ho, in the
year 1120 A. D. They first appeared
in Europe during the Fourteenth cen
fury, evidently having entered through
the Arabs or Saraeens, who may have
learned their use from the gypsies.
The earliest cards were painted, but
the art of printing cards was discov-
cred by the Germans about 1860, and
the modern figures on the cards are
said to have been invented in France
between 1870 and 1851. The popular
ity of card games grew rapidly during
the Fifteenth century, in spite of gov
eminent edicts against them and cru
sades to stop gaming.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-16
In Bridal Attire

The rectory of certain church is
the scene of an unusual number of
weddings due perhaps to the popular
ity of the rector and the beautiful
service he reads, which impresses the
couple being married with the solemn
nifty of the vows being taken.
On recent occasion the minister
saw an amused look on the face of the
bridesmaid, one almost bordering on
litter. He did not know the cause
of it until the service ended when, on
looking around, he saw his baby
granddaughter Ann arrayed in a hat
and other requisites of the bridal
party.-Indianapo News.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-16
Uncertainty of Life

All, fool why dost thou think to
live long, when thou art not sure of
one day? How many have been de-
ceived and have been Unexpectedly
snatched from the body? How often
hast thou heard it related such an one
was slain by the sword, another was
drowned, another falling from on high
broke his neck, this man grew stark
in chewing his food, that other came
to his end when he was at play? Some
have persisted by fire, some by steel,
some by pestilence, and some by rob-
bers. Thus death is the end of all !;
and mans life passes suddenly like a
shadow. Who will remember thee aft
err death, and who will pray for thee?
Kansas City Times.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-16
On the Road to Truth

All opinions, properly so called, are
stages on the road to truth. 1t does
not follow that a man will travel any
further; but if he has really considered
the world and drawn a conclusion, ne
has travelled as far. This does not
apply to formulate got by rote, which
are stages on the road to nowhere but
second childhood and the grave. 10
have a catchword in your mouth is
not the same thing as to hold an
opinion; still less is it the same thing
as to have made one for yourself.
There are too many of these catch
words in the world for people to rap
out upon you like an oath and by
way of argument. They have a cur
rency as intellectual counters; and
many respectable people pay their
way with nothing else.-Robert Louis
Stevenson.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-16
Water Connoisseurs

Managers of archaeological expedi-
lions into the Orient find that the wa
ter boy is one of the most important
personages about the diggings and one
who must be taken care of. Without
this institution the laborers would re-
fuse to work, says a member of re-
cent expedition into Turkey. The
Turk and the Greek and all other peo--
ples of the Levant drink four or five
times the amount of water that we oc-
cidentals drink. And, what is more,
they insist on its being pure. They
have a fine taste in water vintages.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-16

thereon, and such as already have gar
ments made with short sleeves shall
not, hereafter, wear the same, unless
they cover the arms to the wrist with
linen or otherwise. And that hereafter
no person shall make any garment
for women with sleeves more than half
an ell wide in the widest place there
of, and so proportionable for larger
or smaller persons. kansas City
Star.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-16

Turks have been known who could
distinguish between water from a
stream which had flowed through an
oak forest and that which had
flowed through a forest of frs. They
also drink from one spring and refuse
another.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-16
Health Hint

Life insurance companies find II
pays to spend millions In campaigns
of health education. 1t pays also for
the individual to educate himself In
the rules and practices of personal
hygiene.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-16
,JOT 1T DOWN

That we do the very
best line of Commercial
Printing and at reasonable
prices. Give us your next
order and let us prove our
assertion.
Bear in mind, we want
your business, and we pro-
pose making ourselves de-
serving. Are you with us?
THANK YOU
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-16

of every pound. No bulk-roasted
coffee can ever taste like Hills Bros.
All the appetizing aroma and full
bodied flavor produced by Controlled
Roasting, comes to you intact be-
cause Hills Bros. Coffee is packed in
vacuum tins.
Ask for Hills. Coffee by name and
be sure to look for the Arab the
trade-mark-on every can.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-24

on information collected each year
by the research department Of the
American Automobile association,
compares favorably with a cost Of l
cent a mile in 1915 to indicate the
advances made in the development
cf the tire industry.
Three developments the last year
are held responsible for part Of the
reduction-the British government
lifted its six-year restriction on the
expectation Of crude rubber from
the Far East rubber plantations
under British rule: the American
manufacturers succeeded in develop
ing q line OF super" tires. and the
rubber manufacturers formed the
Rubber Institute, Inc, under Gen.
Lincoln c. Andrews.
The end Of the curb placed on
British crude rubber that could be
exported from plantations to world
meant that crude rubber
prices no longer will be held to high
levels artificially. The restriction
policy resulted in keeping rubber
prices from % cents to sl.21 a
pound in the intervening period.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-24

templated procedure the inspection
personnel will consist IN a large
measure Of the regular personnel Of
the federai-gtate inspection service.
Have Large Force
Al times there have been 30 fed
ersI inspectors in the state passing
on the grade. and condition of car-
lot movements. The usual force is
in excess Of 80 experts il was said
and others will be brought into the
state for the maturity season from
other sections Of the country and
capable FioFidians will be given the
opportunity. il is understood. to at
tempt the civil service examinations
70 become members Of the inspec-
tion forces. During the inspection
season Just closed. 167 inspectors
we're used by Commissioner Mayo
in handling the situation.
IN the event the agreement Il
reached for the government taking
over the work. the administration
will begin 70 function Immediately
IN order that the inspection service
might be operative in the event of
a freeze necessitatinE the enforce
ment ~ regulations concerning the
movement TO market Of frozen fruit.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-24

Under the plan O. G. Strauss. goe-
supervisor Of the federal
state shipping point inspection serv-
ice, would head the work and would
be in the state from Sept. | through
May 81. The green fruit law is op-
erative from the firr. movement or
the season until Dec. /. The original
law required maturity tests for fruit
movements through Nov. % the ex-
tension or five days 10 Dec. ! being
found necessary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-24
FLORIDAASKS
FEDERAL AID
NfRUIT Law
Cooperation Sought
BY Florida to Secure
Inspection of Citrus
Output of State

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, AIN. "a
That federal administration Of the
state green fruit Law and the regu-
laticns prohibiting the shipment
from Florida Of frozen fruits IS i'm
minent according 10 a statement
from l.. VI. Rhodes. state commits
sioner Of markets. on his return
from Atlanta. where he and Nathan
MAYO. state commissioner OF agri-
culture, had been to confer with the
federal authorities. in an effort q
protect the states citrus reputation.
The officials or the Florida de-
partnlent Of agriculture are arrang-
ing with the government TO handle
the uaturity inspections Of the frog
en- fruit regulations 70 20 into effect
as soon as the agreement is def
nitely reached. Mr.. Rhodes an
aounced that the agreement for the
cooperative move would be placed
in the mails Immediately IN order
that government approval Of the pro-
posed plan might be officially re-
corded.
Have Agreement
Since April 4. 1924. tho state de-
pzrtmcut and the federal bureau have
had an agreement as 10 a coopcra-
tive grade and condition inspection
service for fruits and vegetables for
those shippers desiring their prod
ucts TO pass TO market under gov
ernmtnt certification.
Government cooperation in the ad-
ministration OF the green fruit law
will rot be a new system in Florida
but the proposed set-up will mark
what experts describe az an excellent
step forward and the operation will
constitute the first official govern
meEk certificstion Of Florida's fruit
from a maturity standpoint.
The past year or so there has been
30 much discussion as TO the neces-
Fity for some drastic measures being
taken 70 prohibit the movement to
market Of poor fruit. Under the CON-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-24
Wear on Tires
Said l.l7th Of
Cent Per Mile

WASHINGTON. Jan. a4.-CF9-
The average automobile owner pays
one-seventeenth Of a cent for every
tire mile.
This per mile cost Of tires, based
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-01-02
WEALTHY ARCHlTECT
OWNS MACHINE that
KILLED CHICAGO COP
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbsrt 8. Ashby
Held for Inquest; Say
Car Was Stolen

Chicago. Jan. 2.-(P)-The automo.
bile OF Major Wilbert b. Ashby Of
Lake Bluff having been identified as
the car that struck and killed q po-
liceman New Years eve, Investigation
vas under way today to ascertain who
was In 1t when the tragedy occurred.
Effort also was being made to deter
mine If the same car that killed the
policeman, John Sacht, was the one
that injured. possibly fatally, Charles
Donaldson shortly before.
Major Ashby, wealthy and socially
prominent architect, and Mrs. Ashby
appeared ct police headquarters yes
terday In full evening dress, aud said
their car had been stolen shortly be-
fore Officer Sacht was killed. It vas
found abandoned several blocks from
the place where Sacht was struck
down. One headlight was broken and
the bumper had been twisted.
The Ashby chauffeur, James Nor
ton, was ordered held. Major and
Mrs. Aslby were instructed to appear
for the inquest.
Officer Sacht was standing in the
street inspecting an abandoned car
when an automobile which his part
ner. Policeman John Barry, said was
Ashby's. struck him. He, was carried
nearly block on the bumpers before
his body fell and was crushed under
the wheels. The car did not stop.
Shortly before an automobile had
struck Donaldson as he crossed the
street. His skull was fractured. wit.
nesses said man in evening dress
got out Of the car, telephoned for an
ambulance and then was driven away.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-01-02
US. ARMY'S OLD MAN OF THE AIR
FLIES ALL TYPES OF PLANES AT S.
College Alumni Club
Names Strauss Head

Twenty alumni Of st. Johns Uni
versity, Of Collegeville. Mimi. last
week at the Patterson hotel conduct
ed the first "Stard Up for st. Johns
Day" held OH the Missouri Slope. DR..
F. B. Strauss. Bismarck. was host.
The group formed local st. Johns
organization and voted to make the
dinner meeting all annual affair. Dr.
Struass was elected president OF. the
organization. Other officers elected
Joe Spies. Bismarck. secretary:
Father Urban. o. s. B., Mandan,
treasurer: and Rev. Father Paul, O.
S. B., Mandan, chaplain.
The local group is called the Mis-
souri, Slope Salon club.
Those who attended the meeting:
DR.. F. B. Strauss, Joseph Clifford.
Fred Strauss. Nick Gustin, Howard
Pat" Murphy, Ernest Strauss, Io-
seph Sheehan. Philip Webb, Joseph
Spies, Michael Cernik, and William
Schantz, all of Bismarck; Rev. Fr.
Urman, O. 8. B.. Ed. Tavis, Joseph
Fleck. Ed. schaefer. Theodore Lauer.
and Andrew Rarsch. all Of Mandan;
Very Rev. FIR. Cuthbert. O. s. B..
Richardton: and Richard Mahrer,
Flasher.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-01-02
SCIENCE HEAD SAYS
PROF. BARNES TOOK
UNWARRANTED STEP
Henry Fairfield Osborn Says
Science Association Dis.
t cusses Science Only

New York, Jan. 2.-F,-philosophi.
cal discussions Of sin and religion
have no legitimate place in the forum
of the American Association for the
advancement OF science. In the opiu.
ion of DR.. Henry Fairfield Osborn, its
president.
His statement was aimed at q paper
read before secion meeting OF men,
bers interested in the medical sciences
and the history OF science by Prof
Harry =. Barnes Of Smith college. on
science versus religion as guide to
life"
This Is scientific meeting" DR..
Osborn declared, land science has to
do with what can be understood by
Weighing. measuring and analysis OF
the universe. and 1t covers the whole
realm Of what can be estimated and
understood. It stops there"
"Sin A Superstition"
The Barnes paper declared that
science had relegated sin into the
limbo of ancient superstitions" and
called for new order based on the
discoveries of science in place Of the
old theological dogma. and recogniz-
ing the right to be happy" He spec
ifically mentioned "fundamentalist
christian doctrine and christian
solemnity," and his statements
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-01-02
Evangeline Booth Is
Refused Permission
to See Sick Brother


London, Jan. 2.-(F-permission Il
see her sick brother, General william
Bramwell Booth. has been refused
Evangeline Booth, commander Of thu
Salvation Army in the United States
General Booths wife in refusing
her sister -in-law's request said Il
would be impossible for her to see the
commander r-in-chief ct present be-
cause 1t was feared that he could not
withstand the excitement.
An official Of Miss Booths party
said she could not obtain any definite
information respecting the real con-
dition Of General Booth at interna-
tional headquarters. The staff there
appeared to be as much in the dark
concerning the health Of their COM
mander-in-chief as was Miss Booth.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-01-02

aroused immediate response from the
clergy Of various denominations.
DR.. Osborn. presiding at the gener.
al sessions last night. described Nthe
paper as sensational and "non-
scientific and said 1t might give the
impression that the association did
not believe In providence.
The function Of the association, he
declared. was to carry the public into
new realms of knowledge gained In
the pursuit OF the different branches
OF science. and to bring scientists
working In each field into the realms
opened up BY workers in other fields.
Referring to the drizzle through
which the large audience had come
to hear Dr.. Harlow Shapley. Harvard
Astronomer, announce the discovery
that intergalectic space is transpar.
cnt and not clouded with electrons.
meteors. nebulosity and free plants.
DR.. Osborn observed:
Il am reminded Of an anecdote
about a negro preacher who on q
rainy night. after the invocation.
looked around the congregation and
seeing how slim 1t was. added:
And we thank thee, o Lord. that
despite the inclcmency of the wealth
er. thou art with us tonight"
He did not alludc further to the
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-01-02

Barnes paper during the meeting,
but afterward gave his views In more
extended form to the press.
Took Unwarranted Step
"Dr. Barnes" he declared. took
an unwarranted step In introducing q
metaphysical. philosophical and reli-
gious subject. It was an unwarranted
intrusion. He took advantage Of this
great platform OF the American As
ISOLATION for the advancement OF
science to give expression to his own
opinion on Z subject that was totally
unrelated to the subjects under dis
cussiOn.
"As president desire to have the
public understand that DR.. Barnes
statements do not reflect in any way
the program Of our meeting.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-01-02
DEAD MAN IS FOUND
ON RIVER SAND BAR

Williston, N. D., Jan. 2.-(AP)-Au-
shorlties today were attempting to
identify the body of q man found
yesterday on sand bar near the
Missouri river about two miles south
west Of Williston by Henry Kelter.
G. M. Thomas, coroner. said the
man was about five feet ten inches
tall and about SO years old. The body
was too badly decomposed to make q
good description possible. It was
dressed in underclothing and blue
overalls with shoes about size nine.
1t evidently was brought down by the
river last spring as 1t was on q bar
higher than the ter has been at
any time since and was lightly COW
cred by sand.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-01-02
Son Suicides After
Father ScOlds Him

Stanton. Neb.. jan 2.-(R -Scolded
by his father for returning late from
New Years celebration, Werner
Chaser. II, captain Of the high school
football team last fall. shot himself,
fatally. in the basement Of his home
early yesterday.
He was the orly child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred CHASER. prominent Stanton
residents. He was named on the ALL
star northeast Nebraska football
eleven last fall. He was also promi-
nent in basketball. track and other
activities.