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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-07-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Beebe and
Mrs Newly spent Sunday at the
Meadows.
Mrs. James Orr, Edward and baby
Jimmie called at the M. |. Davis home
Monday evening.
DR.. James and DIR. French were Wis
itors at the James Orr home Sunday
afternoon.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-07-17

MARTINSDALE.-(U.P.) 1.-THE estate
of the late Martin T. Grande has been
appraised at $4,000, according to an
inventory account filed with the Meag-
her county clerk, Irrigable land was
valued at $50 an acre while grazing
land value was placed at s. an acre.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-07-17

BILLINGS.-(UP.)---The seth an
nual meeting Of the Society of Sons
and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
will start here August 7 and continue
through the following Saturday.
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Ural Happenings

L. G. Klenck of Libby was caller
here the first of the week. He was &C
companied by his daughter, Mrs
Dwinelle and little granddaughter
Mrs. Fred Nelson visited Mrs. Ham
monds Wednesday.
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garded as providing all the requisites
that belong to thoroughly satisfying
entertainment. It reveals q background
of colorful designs for each Of its
scenes, Of which Spain" and "Zanzi-
bar" are elaborate examples of modern
art and ingenuity. It Is described as
refreshing, speedy show, presented by
and experts in frenZied dancing, with
speed" as its trade mark.
Mike Sachs and Fred Binder are the
stars, and Mae Dix the featured SOU
brette Others are Adeline Parks,
Frances Farr, Harry Cornell, Johnny
Cook, Frank Damsel, Alice Kennedy,
with q saucy chorus, well trained ana
easy on the eyes.
BEN-AMu RECITAL, Tonight.
TONIGHT at s:15 o'clock at the Jew
L ish Community Center at the open
ing of its National Forum Jacob Ben:
Ami will be presented IN his SECOND
appearance in q series OF dramatic
recitals and readings.
Ben-Ami Is an artist Of attainments,
and has made o particular study OF
repertory work to which he Is now
devoting his time, also co-starrtng with
Eva LaGalliene in the New York Civic
Repertory Theater. He has chosen as
his subject IAN Evening in the The
ater," and will portray a number OF
the more important roles In which he
has appeared before the American
public.
An outstanding dramatist and an
unusually appealing lecturer, whose In
tenseness and sincerity have always
attracted his audiences, his reappear-
ance this evening Is due to urgent
demand Of those who heard his lecture,
which was a part Of the National Forum
last season.
PAINTERS AND THEIR WORKS.
4 SERIES Of informal talks on paint
"A ings and their makers is announced
by Ada Rainey, art editor of the Wash
ington Post, beginning next Saturday
morning at 1890 o'clock at the Freer
Gallery, to be followed succeeding Sat
urdays at the same hour at the Cor
coran Art Gallery, the Phillips Memorial
Gallery and the National Gallery Of
Art.
These talks, It is explained, viii be
simple, clear and yet intelligently ex-
planatory of the principles Of art as
illustrated by the paintings, sculptures
and other treasures in the various gall
leries, In connection with which the
group audiences will go through the
galleries noting the outstanding works.
Tickets may be obtained Of Miss
Rainey, 2101 New Hampshire avenue,
by mail, or at the door on the morning
of the talks.
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NATIONAL-Mrs. Fiske.

NATIONAL-Mrs. Fiske.
TINE present theatrical season Is
not likely to develop more in
teresting event than the ap-
Il pearance in Washington at the
National Theater this week Of
Mrs. Fiske, with her permanent roper
toire company, now entering upon its
first tour.
Faith in the publics ineradicable,
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Worlds Greatest
Unknown.

INTERNATIONALLY famous yet prac-
tically unknownl Sounds like a
paradox, but it applies to the kings Of
radio entertainment, Amos m Andy,
whose first all-talking picture, Check
and Double Check" has just premier
ed at R-K-O Keith's.
Motion picture players whose names
are not nearly so well known as Amos
N Andy scarcely can 60 anywhere
without being recognized, yet Amos m
Andy are seldom recognized in their
outdoor makeup. The reason, of course,
Is that they are radio delineators of
Negro types. When they remove their
makeup, they remove their identity.
To preserve the illusion, no one has
been permitted to see them broadcast
not even their wives or their manager.
In Chicago, where most of their
broadcasting is done, they are known
only to their most intimate friends.
Amos n Andy are known to millions
simply as voices.
Yet Freeman Gosden and Charles
Correll look pretty much like other
young business men, and in Check
and Double Check" they emerge from
their usual seclusion to, make their pre-
mier world Installation of themselves
for the public at large.
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Good at Suicidins.

GLENN ANDERS killed" himself with
with such neatness and disptach in
the Theater Guilds production Of
Hotel Universe" that he was immedi-
ately employed to die gracefully by his
own hand once more In Laughter"
Nancy CAROLS new starring picture.
"I believe can say I am the first
screen player who ever got part by
committing suicide" says the tall young
actor "Others have broken into the
films by winning beauty contests, sleep
ing on the doorsteps of prominent d.
rectors, working up from extras, or even
developing appendicitis Che winked at
Fredrlc March, another member of the
cast standing nearby, who has the lat
ter cause to thank for his motion pic
ture fame). But 1t was the bang Of
my trusty AS which shot me out from
behind the footlights into the camera
angles"
Anders has another distinction. He
Is the only actor who has had parts
in three Pulitzer prize plays. They
were Hell Bent for Heaven" "They
Knew What They Wanted" and
Strange Interlude." Laughter Is
Anders' first motion picture.
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How Mrs. Fiske Got a Play

4 PRETTY good 20 years Of the life
Of q playwright. Fred Ballard. were
stepped in the idea Of evolving O play.
Ladies Of the jury is the play and it
will be presented tomorrow evening at
the National by Mrs. Fiske.
This may or may not have been one
good way of spending 20 years, although
as matter of ruthless honesty. Mr..
Ballard was doing a few other things
the while. A couple of them were
ton with Pearl Franklin. and Believe
Me. Xantippe." But If you follow the
school Of philosophy that deems ladies
of the Jury the goal of Mr.. Billiards.
career. those plays were merely by way
of warming up.
This I'll-write- play for-Mrs. Fiske-
or-die spirit is said to have started up
In Mr.. Ballard when as lad in train
ing for the drama be attended the
University Of Nebraska. The training,
which was rigorous, consisted of jour
neys to Omaha and its old Brandeis
Theater at such times as Mrs. Fiske
came trouping over the prairie.
Mr.. Ballard, agog as he was over the
theater, had other idols, OF course. At
one time or another he addressed
friendly letters to Charles Klein, Au-
guStus Thomas and George AIDE, then
the reigning triumvirate Of American
playwrights, permitting them to show
him the way to fame and accomplish
ment. Mr.. Klein replied with friendly
advice. But Judge for yourself of the
great moment in the life Of South
western Colorado ranchman when, hav-
ing sent o play to Mrs. Fiske for her
peruSal, kindly note accompanied 1t
back to Colorado. BE brave" was the
tenor Of his heroine's message. On a
day, then, Mr.. Ballard hung up his
saddle, made q gesture Of farewell to
the cattle and departed for Harvard
and Prof. Bakers English Al.
It was on the stage Of the Hollis
Street Theater in Boston that he met
Mrs. Fiske in person after a per-
Torrance of THE High Road" Here
was inspiration indeed, and not long
afterward Mr. Ballard took the Harvard
play prize with Believe Me, Xantippe."
From that point he went on writing,
generally alone, but sometimes in COL
liberation.
H. H. Frazee produced his "Rainy
Day" in Chicago, George M. Conan per-
formed q similar service for Young
America" With Henry Beresford he
wrote "Out of Luck" There were also
plays that didn't get break, and when
that happened Mr.. Ballard hied him
back to Colorado, returning when the
wide spaces had soothed him.
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DANCING.
CATHERINE BALLE-AI STYLES Of stage
and ballroom dancing. Private or class.
Starting our regular Thursday eve. dancing
class. Orchestra. Special Halloween dance
Thursday eve., Oct. 80 (mask). 1871 Con-
necticut ave. North 72l3.
PEMBERTON STUDIO OF DANCE.
Stage. and Ball Room Dancing.
Studio, 1124 Conn. Ave. Phone North 3322.
MISS ELLEN WALLER
Member, Dancing Masters of America, Inc.
Seasons New Ball Room Dances
including
Five.Seven Fox Trot, University DraE,
Fascination waltz, Six Step, Tango, and
others.
Private Lessons Glasses
Studio, 2610 Fourteenth st. NV.
Telephone Adams $3.50
FOX DANCE srUDIos-Ball Room and STAGE
Dancing children's classes:Jclass instruction,
Wed. and Sat, 7:30 to $50. Dancing till
1880. 28I7 l4th st. NV. Col 8508.
Marjorie Schuster
DANCE STUDIO-Adults and children OF
all ages-Ballet, Inter, Tap, Clog, Soft Shoe,
Ball Room.
Institute Of Musical Art.
831 18th st. NV. Met. S511.
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But It remained for O certain recent
Spring to furnish the climax. Mr.. Ball
lard submitted q play to George Tyler.
Mr.. Tyler turned It down, but added,
speculatively, that play for Mrs. Fiske
might not fare so badly. Probably In q
voice that trembled, Mr.. Ballard de-
INJURED, suggesting that 1t would be a
little unfortunate If after the play had
been written Mrs. FiSke should turn 1t
down.
But here was opportunity wearing
out its knuckles on the door, Besides
something in Mrs. F1Ske's performance
in the then current Mrs. Bumpstead-
Leigh" suggested here as the moving
spirit of play about a mixed jury: so
II anything other than the evidence
were to decide court room question, it
was sacrilegious to imagine it should
be other than the shining light OF a
playwright's boyhood that could meet
Mrs. Fiske's desire for a new play.
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To Appear With Clara Bow.
NORMAN ROSTER. newly placed Il

NORMAN FOSTER, newly placed I'M
~ der contract by Paramount. has
been assigned to his first role before he
has set foot on American soil after his
current globe trotting trip. He has
been awarded the leading male part op-
posite Clara Bow in mo Limit"
Foster made his talking screen debut
Claudette Colbert. In mo Limit" un-
der the direction of Frank Tuttle, he
will again play distinctive Manhattan
type against a gambling background.
The story was written by Viola Brothers
Shore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

GAYETY-"Speed Girls"
"SPEED GIRLS" the attraction this
week at the Gayety theater, Is re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
Fairbanks New Feature.

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS Reaching
- for the Moon" will have the follow
ing in its cast: Bebe Daniels, Edward
Everett Horton, Claude Allister, Walter
Walker, Adrienne d'Ambricourt (the
maid in Gloria Swanson's What a
Widow!') and June McCloy, late Of the
New York stage. 1t will be directed by
Edmund Goulding; the story is by VIII
liam Anthony MCGUIRE, dialogue by
Elsie Janis, songs and production by
Irving Berlin and sets by William Cam
eron MenZieS.
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deep seated love of
the true drama
and its vital and
alluring interpre-
tation, the en-
thusiastic response
that Mrs. Fiske
and her associates
have enjoyed in
the masterpieces in
which she has ap-
peared during the
pa S t five y e a S
have brought about
the permanent es-
adjustment Of the
Mrs. Fiske COM
pany under the
management Of the
Erlanger PRODUCE
~@
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All might have gone wen at that, however
had Stockton's laws been less Draconian or II
Gillespie had used common sense in enforcing
them. Hounded by rules and regulations where
ever they turned, the Mexicans took q lesson
from the humble worm, and turning with con-
siderable spirit. recaptured Los Angeles. Capt.
Mervne. sent down by Stockton to quell the
revolt. arrived without artillery and the lone
cannon Of the Mexicans beat him back with
some loss. Hearing Of this reverse, the gallant
Commodore sailed straight on to San Diego.
and Fremont, turning back at Monterey. rushed
north in search of men and horses.
Meanwhile Kit Carson. riding east in happy
ignorance, met Gen. Stephen Kearny, who.
having conquered New Mexico without shot,
was now marching to take over California.
Upon learning that this chore had already been
done. and that the land was at peace. Kearny
sent back 200 of his men, and rode on with
scarce more than an escort.
AS they toiled through the Mojave Desert,
word reached them Of the revolt, and Kearny
bitterly regretting his absent dragons, rushed
q messenger to Stockton begging aid About
40 men reached him at a point 40 miles from
San Diego on December S, and the gray dawn
of the next morning saw quite respectable
battle. The Americans had IS killed and Is
wounded and only fresh reinforcements enabled
the battered survivors to reach San Diego. Now
overcautious, Stockton wanted to wait for news
of Fremont, but the driving Kearny urged .
march on Los Angeles, and as the CalifornianS
were tired of fighting, the town was won on
January TO-
Speculation as to Fremont'S whereabouts
were soon set at rest. After spending two
pleasant months on the Sacramento, finally COL
lecting some 400 mounted men, the Pathfinder
rode down San Joaquin Valley now his favorite
bride path, and by stopping q week at Santa
Barbara, managed to reach the vicinity Of Los
Angeles on the very day that Kearny and
Stockton took possession. This was gloomy
news for one who had been planning siege and
assault, but Fremont was never one to remain
non-plussed. On January IS he mounted his
swiftest charger and dashed to Cahuenga where
the remnants Of California's "army" sat smok-
ing cigarettes and wondering whether their
sentence would be hard labor or the more
merciful one Of death. Leapng from his steed.
the Pathfinder took upon himself the business
Of making a treaty. and soon the amazed Cali
fornians found themselves gravely consenting
to terms that gave them life, liberty property
and everv imaginable privilege.
Realizing the unwisdom of a quarrel, Stock
ton and Kearny recognized the treaty. Never
theless, UNPLEASANT consequences howcd from
the incident. Heretofore Kearny had not as
serted the authority vested in him bv the Sec
rotary Of War. but now. convinced of Fremont's
utter irresponsibilitv and Stockton's unfitness,
he stepped forward as commander In chief Of
all the American forces in California. The
commodore dissented furiously and Fremont.
choosing to defy his own superior, gayly con-
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the ice and SnotU.

night attack by Indians cost the lives of
three men, and not even Kit Carsons savage
reprisals daunted the savages, for Fremonts
return to the Sacramento was a running fight
BY now he had learned OF the failure Of Folks
peace negotiations, and the news that Pico
and Castro meant to expel all American set
tiers added to his conviction that the time
had come to strike. British war vessels were
in California waters, and any day might come
the announcement of British protectorate
On June IA, therefore, 80 Americans
rode into the plaza of Sonoma and informed
Gen. Vallejo and his drowsy garrison that
they were prisoners. young ladys petticoat,
purchased for 81, was turned over to an Ameri-
can OF artistic bent, who went to work at
once with lamp-black and pokeberry Juice
producing flag on which a somewhat sur
prised grizzly bear faced a large and very
lopSided star.
Meanwhile Commodore Sloat, In charge Of
the American squadron had been cruising OF
MaZatlan, pathetically waiting for exact news
Word Of Palo Alto came to him on June S,
and he sailed to Monterey, still undecided, for
he was under instructions to avoid anything
which could be construed as an act Of ag-
gression." Larkin, consul Of Monterey, advised
against the strong hand, conviced that the
Mexicans could be induced to make an ami
cable transfer Of their allegiance. But even
as negotiations were under way, down from
the north came tidings of Sonomas capture
and the new bear flag.
The fat was in the fire, for Castro and
Pico put differences aside, joined forces and
emitted an immense quantity Of bellicose ora
tory. Sloat, receiving the report that Adj
miral Sir George Seymour and the British
squadron were on their way, and convinced
that Fremont must have had the Governments
authorization for his actions, now threw hest
fancy to one side. and took possession Of Cali
fornia in the name Of the United States.
Fremont arrived soon after, raising q great
dust, for his Indians and frontiersmen had
been reinforced by q goodly number Of set
tiers. Poor Sloat came close to an apoplectic
seizure when he found that the Pathfinder
was without any sort Of governmental au-
thority for his warlike acts. but even as he
wrangled and reproached. Commodoe Stock
ton. cocksure and arrogant succeeded him.
A peaceful conquest disguised Stockton no
less than Fremont, and without more ado the
two birds of feather new away in search Of
the MexicanS. uttering wild cries. Pico and
Castro. alarmed by these evidences Of . violent
intention, disappeared as II by magic. And
to add to their chagrin, Larkin and q friend
took possession of Los Angeles before the war
rior pair could come up with their troops.
WITH much pomp and circumstance Stock
ton appointed Fremont military governor
Of the new territory. and Kit Carson was lhur-
ried OF to Washington with the news Of con-
quest. This DONE the war lords rode north,
leaving Lieut.. Gillespie on guard.
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Plunging Into the Teeth of Danger
John Charles Fremont Daring Pathfinder and 7mpuo Soldier Who
0g-His 7uo Deat4D Expeaihons-O Peuu

EDITORS NOTE: Today is
the fortieth anniversary of the
death of John Charles Fremont,
aolioSe daring explorations of the
West and bold participation in the
fight for California are ai0idIy re-
counted by George Creel, distin-
= gnished author and editor.
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went stark mad from suffering. Fremont him
self came near to death in an icy river, but
was saved by Carson's swift plunge. Starva-
ton was only averted by the gift of pine nuts
from stray Indians, found in snow-buried huts,
and when the ragged band staggered into SUIT
ter's Fort on March eighth they were as men
come back from the grave.
For is days they stayed with good hearted,
chuckle- headed Suffer. Then the wanderers
rode away, down the long, lovely sweep Of the
San Joaquin Valley, crossing the range through
Tehechapi Pass, and dropping swiftly into the
barren horrors of the Mojave Desert.
Northeasterly they marched, harassed by In
dams, tormented by thirst passing through
Nevada into Utah, and resting for a while
at Mountain Meadows. Then they swung
through bleak, unknown Utah and Colorado
ranges. and returned to ST. Louis after IA
months of unbroken hardship
Fremont's report, as vivid as Othello's ac-
counts Of moving accidents by field and
flood, of hairbreath Scapes + the imminent
deadly breach" thrilled the Nation, and peo-
pie rejoiced in this new hero.
Events now moved swiftly and dramatically
Mexico, accepting the annexation of Texas as
an act of war, famed into passionate belliger-
ence, and Benton and the Western Senators
were more than ever convinced that Cali
fornia hung like a ripe plum The prime
necessity was to have a bold man on the
ground, and, under pretense of another sur
vey1ng expedition, Fremont was hurried to the
Coast.
Now was life to the adventurer's TASTE With
a red handkerchief about his head, Delaware
Indians for a bodyguard and Kit Carson end
some 60 frontiersmen armed to The teeth as
his army, the Pathfinder raced across the
desert and came to Fort Suffer once again in
December, 1845.
At the time, CALIFORNIA; white population Of
10000 was confined to q 50-mile strip along
the coast. Monterey and Los Angeles, each
with less than $500 people, were the principal
no agriculture and no government. Mexican
rule was not even q shadow, and two local
chiefs, Pho Pico and Jose Castro, quarreled
hercely.
Both, however, accepted foreign interview
ton as an unacceptable fact, Pico declaring
openly in favor of British protectorate, while
Castro leaned to the French
CwAGGERING down the San Joaquin VAL
~ ley, Fremont's scientific expedition" gave
victorious battle to upward of a hundred"
Indians, whereupon Castro took quick alarm
and ordered him out of the country. The
Pathfinder's answer was to fortify Gavilan
peak, near Monterey, fling the American flag
to the breeze and issue a resounding proclama-
ton to the effect that he would resist expul-
sion to the death. Castros artillery, however.
chilled this martial spirit. and under cover
Of darkness the Americans rode north, often.
ing camp at klamath Meadows in early Nav
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phasis on precision, efficiency and
conformity. Had he lived several hundred
years earlier, when Incas and Aztecs waited
to be stripped of red gold and flaming jewels.
he would have ruffied 1t with Cortes and
Pizarro, for there was that in his soul that
made for conquest and high adventure.
Small wonder Jessie Benton loved him from
the moment she first met him, and learned
to adore him when he came to her fathers
house with wise old Jean Nicollet. bringing
thrilling stories Of that vast, unknown stretch
between the upper waters Of the Mississippi
and Missouri. AS slim and dark as his wan
dering French father, tempestuous Of eye and
hair. Fremont had sailed South American
waters and lived in the tents of the Cherokees,
and his words dripped color as he told Of prairie
fires and buffalo hunts in the far Dakotas. The
schoolgirl listened and put her heart between
his hands.
ImperiouS Thomas H. Benton, that great
Missouri Senator, stormed furiously at news
Of the attachment, and the picturesque young
lieutenant of the Typographical Engineers was
hurried off to the Des Moines River on some
pretext. But separation proved of no avail.
When Fremont returned in 1841 the 17-year-
old thrush and the hawk of 81 slipped away
to a chapel and were made man and wife, be-
ginning love story that was to last for SO
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
BY GEORGE CREEL.

vt was the tragedy of John Charles
Fremont to have been born in the
nineteenth century with all of it's
rules and restraints, its stolid en-
- nbasiS IN DreciSion of7cinpcu ond