Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-05-22
This Week
b. ARTHUR BRISBANE
Happy Lutte Octopus
Torturing Witnesses
Water Fine, in Spots
The Family of Five

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Not so long ago the. government
became much excited because Standard
Oil was supposed to be worth almost
q billion dollars" and chopped the big
octopus up into several small pieces.
Each went its separate way, little
octopus on its own account
Now Mr.. Teagle. head OF Standard
Oh of New Jersey, one OF several
brothers and sisters. says his company
made In 1929 $120.012.794.
That amounts to per cent on s.
100000 and Mr.. Teagle says that
II the oil industry had been wiser In
its methods he would have made
great deal more.
The Jugoslayian King Alexander Is
accused of allowing police to torture
political prisopersr- One brought TO
court In wheel chair says he was
beaten, tied with ropes. whipped with
canes, at Intervals. all night long.
Other prisoners were treated In
similar fashion.
Civilization, backward In some
places, In others makes progress Not
long ago men accused were tortured
everywhere, to make them tell what
they knew. Torture la no longer legal.
When Queen Elizabeth decided to
cut off the head OF her lover. Essex.
she was praised for her restraint In
not having him put to the torture.
His abject submission. and fear OF
things he might have said under tor
ture about the woman whom he indis-
creetly described AZ an ugly old
hunchback, may have caused the
unusual gentlenass.
II you are still Ia the stock market
or lowering on the edge. like 4 small
boy asking, "How Ia tho water?" know
that lust now ''the water Is fine," In
spots. Old Fafner. the money dragon,
In addition to his pile Of gold. has In
his interior a gigantic mass of nnhl-
gested securities.
He Is still alive. but certain groans
indicate that he Ia having trouble In
spots where tho securities were fed
to him In millions Of shares at time.
Doctor Tucker Of the United States
Naval hospital al Norfolk discovers in
fruits and vegetables five good
germs" called the family OF Ave
They give health and strength. sup
plying vltamins life elements essential
to existence.
They are missing In green fruits
and die when frnIt decays. making
1t poisonous. They are not injured
~ heat, and exist In canned fruits
and vegetables. A vitality important
discovery.
The League Of Nations appoints q
special commission OF two Swodes and
one Dutchman to stOdJ the historic
salem, cause OF SO much bitterness
between Jews aud Arabs.
The Arabs have one OF thei,
most important places OF Worship I'm
Nmediately adjoining the waiting wall
where Jews from all over the world
gather to lament the fall OF Jerusalem
Arabs have been In possession Of
Jerusalem for centuries. ever since
they beat the Crusaders. And. accord
ing to their Koran. 1t Ia their holy
city also.
There Ia no universal national feel
Ing In India. Mohammedans hat'
Hindus and vice versa. There are tent
OF millions of both. The native-borr
Indians In the Bxitlah army fight To-
Britain against their brothers "loy
ally"
Three hundred million AsiatIcs II
India are kept IN hand By only 1000
Briushers ON the spot. fewer thar
OnNtenth of per cent
Mr. Macaulay. head OF the Cana
dian Sun Life Assurance company, ex
poets our stocks to regain soon 90 pc
cent of tho Losses made In the BIZ
1929 break. He thinks that 1881 prob
ably, 1882 surely. will see "the 1872
peak once more"
The great gambling house at Mont
Carlo Is sad. Last years profit
amounted to only CTS per cent, loves
In years.
That compares well with the intel
est rate on government bond, Q
dividends on legitimate industrt
stocks. But 1t Isn't much for til
gambling house.
That 575 per cent interests thos
that are foolish enough to gamble 0
horse racing. In gambling houses Q
otherwise Bo-caIIed honest games
are arranged to yietd "the house
certain profit y abeat 20 per Ger