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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-06-26
NV MRS. M. Z. PLASSMANN)

4 MONTANAN living near the South
u Dakota line has written me a letter
regarding the boyhood days of Cen
eral Custer, which he claims have
never been dwelt upon in the various
accounts of the distinguished generals
life, and has granted me permission to
reproduce the facts herein given. 1t is
particularly appropriate at this time as
the anniversary Of the Battle OF the
Little Big Horn draws near.
NV correspondent, Mr.. S. r. Graybill,
was a neighbors of the Clusters, and
lived but one block from the house in
which the general was born, in New
Rumley, Harrison county, Ohio. The
father OF Mr. Graybill was Clusters
teacher.
After some introductry sentences, Mr..
Graybill states: II am inclOsing q pic
ture of the house where General Custer
was born Zone block from where l also
was born). This house was stripped or
its split oak weather boards by souvenir
hunters. Then the house was remodeled
and resided in, and Is still occupied as
q residence on the only four-cornered
street on the square Of the town.
This house location has been bought
by the state Of Ohio; the house will
be moved one-half block away, and
there the state will erect this summer q
suitable monument to the memory OF
the distinguished soldier.
Custer Was MischievOus
George Armstrong Custer, as he was
always called by his mother and his
school teacher, got all his schooling in
the little loo house, located back OF an al
ley, in q field adjoining the town, and
which was taught by my father, Ru-
dolph Graybil' until Custer was IA
year old. Father used to say, Arm
strong Is q very mischievous boy, al
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-06-26
monument will be known as the Custer
highway"
Loyal to His Memory

Whatever may be the truth regard
ing the motives that led Custer to
make that fatal charge on the Sioux
village, 1t is gratifying to know his
childhood friends were loyal to his
memory. Certainly no n could have
been better informed as to Clusters
character up to the time he left home
to be enrolled as a student at West
Point, than the teacher who had
watched his development from the very
beginning.
Custer made a terrible mistake that
fatal day on the Big Horn, that result
ed in the death of many brave men.
This mistake is inexplicable, the more
so that he was q veteran Indian fight
er, and had been warned by his scouts
of the strength of the enemy. Had he
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-06-26

taken the Indians by surprise, the re-
suit might have been different. A sur
prise was impossible, as he might have
anticipated. Many have testified that
the Sioux watched every movement OF
his from the very beginning, and Sit
ting Bull was ready to receive him.
1t is frequently stated that this chief
had nothing to do with the conduct OF
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-06-26

The Soviet Russian merchants flea
intended for service between the ports
of North and Baltic seas has been In
creased to more than 80 vessels.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-06-26

The dead letter Office costs the gov
eminent about 5000, 900 annually.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-06-26
INDIANS BRIEF
GIVEN LIBRARY
DAVID HILGER RECEIVES COPY
OF INSTRUMENT ON $67, 707, 1868
SUIT OF GOVERNMENT

Is Based Upon Treaty of 1855 by
Which United States Induced War
ring Tribes to vacate Central Mon
tana and Preserve Game for 80 Years.
Milford chronicle., 1930-02-28
St. Georges

The Ladies Aid will hold its regu-
lar meeting in the Sunday school
room Thursday evening. At this time
plans will be made for the oyster
supper which will take place in the
dining hall, March %.
Rev. Jas. A. Bishop, director Of re-
ligious education, will preach Sun
day morning, March 2.
For the benefit of those who may
have gotten the impression from
last weeks paper that favorable
mention had been made to the effect
that st. Georges Church become an
Independent and self-supporting
church: There is no desire, no
thought whatever among the sup
porting members of st. Georges to
that effect. It has been on circuit
charge for more than fifty years and
though its foes continue to assail it,
for that same fifty years it has been
and still is a growing church. II you
want to be convinced OF the 1acC
that it is one of the most progress
sive churches, come out next Sunday
morning, see and hear the service OF
worship that is to be presented by
the children's division at the close
of the church school hour under the
direction of the superintendent, Mrs.
Bernice West. Just come out and see
the church of the future.
Keep in mind the joint meeting OF
the Selbyville group of churches to
be held at Selbyville next sunday
evening at 1880 o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1930-02-28
PARROTS AS PETS Oh PESTS

An unfamiliar word, psittacosis,
has been appearing in headlines
since several cases of a malady di-
agnosed as parrot fever have caus-
ed illness and death among human
beings. While the United States
Public Health Service is investigat-
ing the problem, many an innocent
Poll is languishing under cloud of
suspicion. Some pet owners have
even abandoned their parrots to die
of cold and starvation. Such inhu-
man treatment is quite unnecessary,
especially as health authorities de-
clare that the disease is not an ep-
idemic and is limited to parrots re-
Gently imported into this country.
Out of the public scare has come
one piece of sound advice. 1t is the
warning of physicians and public
health officers to refrain from hand
ling pets of all kinds as much as
possible, and to wash the hands
thoroughly after touching them OF
their cage or kennels.
Doctor Shirley w. Wynne, Health
Commissioner of New York City
has issued a statement which has
epitomized this warning. I'm hand
ling parrots, one should bear IN
mind that the claws of the bird are
likely to be soiled, and that after
handling a parrot one should always
scrub the hands thoroughly"
This is a common sense measure
that all can find it practical to fol-
low, Further advice along this line
is to keep the pet animals and birds
as clean as possible, and to exer-
else the same care regarding cages
and baskets and kennels. This II
particularly pertinent since it is the
belief of some medical authorities
that insanitary conditions under
which birds are kept on the journey
up from the tropics may have some
relation to the development of psit
tacosis.
Milford chronicle., 1930-02-28
Bunting's Corner
(Near Selbyville)

Alfred c. Bunting made business
trip to Georgetown on Friday.
Miss Eta McCabe was the over
night guest of Miss Elsie Bunting Oh
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Hazel Murray called on MISS
Elsie Bunting Sunday afternoon.
Among those on the sick list are
Miss Mary Lynch and John Savage
who are improving; Betty Bunting
the little daughter OF Samuel Bunt-
ing, who has the pneumonia. we
wish her a speedy recovery.
Simpson Lynch and Gr1ce NC
~Cabe were callers of the Misses Ell
sic Bunting and Eta McCabe sun
day. Ia
Mrs. Hazel Murray is giving KIT
chen shower Saturday evening. EV-
.erybody invited-at the home OF her
parents.
Franklin and Josie Hickman call
ed on Eta McCabe and Elsie Bunt-
ing Sunday evening. =
RAYMOND Murray called on his
wife Sunday afternoon.
Preston Bunting is spending a
week in Wilmington with Raymond
Murray. -.
MRS Dortha Bunting and Eta Nc
Cahe called on Hazel Murray Mon
day.
: laura Hudson spent the weekend
with Bessie and Flossie Magee OF
Frankford.
Milford chronicle., 1930-02-28
FRANKFORT HIGH SCHOOL
WINS FROM SELBYVHLE H. S.

The Frankford High School bas-
of Division G, Southeastern Sussex,
by defeating its old rival, Selbyville
High School, with score of 46 to 25.
Now the Frankford quintet will
meet the strong experienced Lewes
team on neutral ground for the
Southern D. I. A. A. Championship.
The Frankford team has two letter
men from last season-C. KOllock
and J. Richards. The former, for
ward, held the state scoring record
for 192S-1929; Richards, also a for
ward, is one of the quickest floor
men in the state in the high school
section. Easham, center, a raw
product, has made a remarkable
showing and is a fitting part of the
combination. Evans, formerly of
Selbyville, has developed into a star
offensive player. Tingle, a rather
green product, has developed into a
snappy player with plenty of pep.
Progress has been made rather rap
idly with the following Frankford
recruits in the game this season.:
Ellis, McCabe, Dasey, Hudson, J.
Kollock. Long, Lewis.
The D. 1. A. A. season has gone as
follows:
Dec. 3-Frankford 46, George
town 16.
Jan. 1O-Frankford 46, selbyville
Jan. 17-Frankford Sc, Lord Bal
timore 21.
Jan. S1-Frankford 21, George
town 10.
Feb. 7-Frankford 55, Millsboro
Feb. 14-Frankford 46, Selbyville
25.
The Frankford team will play its
last home games Friday night with
Lord Baltimore and Saturday might
with Goldey College. These games
/ will be played at Bishopville, Md.
Frankford has gained the above
enyiable record under the most dls'
advantageous surrounding. ThE
school has no gymnasium. The only
practice possible is in the open all
amid the trees, and the weekly prac'
tice hour going to BishopVille
Frankford now seems to be the poor
est equipped with all around facili'
ties of any high school in the state
and the athletic situation there, al,
most the top of its other genera
needs, cries aloud for a new build
ing and more modern up to date
equipment.
Milford chronicle., 1930-02-28
HOW OCCUPATIONS CHANGE

Seventy years is not a relatively
long time in the life of nation
such as ours, yet so rapidly have
industrial conditions changed that
within the period since 1860 the oc-
cupatiOns of the people of the Unit
ed States have been radically al
tered.
Many trades which formerly pro-
vided employment for large num-
bers have almost disappeared, while
others, unheard of seventy years
ago, have grown to vast proportions,
as shown by census reports recently
reviewed.
Occupations which have shown a
marked reduction in the number of
persons employed in proportion to
population include those of shop
wood workers, marble and stone
cutters, wheelwrights, coopers and
blacksmiths. The village black
smith, formerly an important ad-
junct of community life, has almost
vanished from many sections.
A tremendous increase is shown
in the proportion of machinists,
while electricians, automobile me-
chanics and chauffeurs, airplane ar
tificers and moving picture opera
tives, all unknown a few decades
ago, have taken leading places in
the industrial scheme.
In proportion to population plum
bers have increased nearly rs times,
architects seven times, BARRIERS,
hairdressers and manicurists seven
times, dentists four times. Clergy
men, lawyers and physicians have
maintained a fairly steady average,
as have carpenters.
Few women were employed out
side their homes in 1860, except as
teachers, so that all engaged in
other occupations at present practi-
cally represent a net gain.
What of the future? Will new in
Milford chronicle., 1930-02-28
PUSH-BUTTON HOUSEKEEPING

One of the interesting results of
the International Heating and Ven
tilating Exposition, recently held in
Philadelphia, it is said, was a boom
in local real estate. Brides and
brides-tO-be, who hesitated about
setting up their own household es-
Establishments for fear of scorching
the biscuits or letting the furnace
go out, were reassured by the prac-
tical demonstration of what science
has done to liberate the housekeep-
er from Tanual labor.
Old King Coal and young Mrs.
Newlywed, it seems, are no longer
on speaking terms. The latter finds
her heating problems amply taken
care of by the automatically con-
trolled oil burner which operates
without demanding any attention
except an adequate supply of fuel.
When the house needs heating the
automatice burner starts up by it.
self, and when the house is suf1-
ciently warm it shuts down by it.
self. The modern furnace man" is
a thermostat.
Automatic control of cook stoves
has developed to the point where
food can be placed in the oven and
a thermostat will do the rest. Auto
matte refrigeration keeps the food
clean and pure. Automatic machines
do the washing. Automatic ironers
do the pressing. Automatic ventila-
tors keep the house supplied with
clean, fresh air and contribute
greatly toward keeping the draper
les and rugs spotless. Mechanical
cleaning and sweeping devices do
the rest without raising a dust.
In short, housekeeping is fast be-
coming fool-proof.
Milford chronicle., 1930-02-28
Adams Cross Roads

Misses Sadie Devore and Blanche
Stetler of Philadelphia spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Fountain.
Charles Fountain is spending a
week home with his parents.
Mrs. George Chafhnch has return
ed home after spending three weeks
with Mr.. and Mrs. George Terrell.
Miss Bernice Adams entertained
Miss Margaret Hastings of Bridge
vile last week.
Rev. c. H. Atkins spent two days
with C. W. Adams and family. .
Mrs. John Adams, Mrs. Fred
Fountain and son Herman and Dave
Devore spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. George Terrell in Clifton
Heights, Pa.
Mrs. John Adams spent Wednes-
day and Thursday with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Earle Robinson.
Milford chronicle., 1930-02-28
Dover Fruit
Phone $50
Established 1886

"You will know a tree by its fruit,
says DR.. r. s. Stephens, optOmetrist,
and the people that eat the fruit
ought to be the Judge of the tree.
The apple known as the eye, Is a
very delicate organ. He has fitted
forty-tw0 thousands pairs Of glasses
and he has had much experience
along this line of work.
You ask the people who wear his
glasses about the fruit Of his labor
and you will see him when you need
anything in his line. He can grind
any lense you may need and has a
new line Of frames Of all styles.
You will find him at 219 South
State street, Dover.
DR. r. s. STEPHENS,
Dover, Delaware.
12-6-tt
Milford chronicle., 1930-02-28
CELEBRATES

A prominent Milford citizen who
has been i'll can now celebrate
thanks to neighbor who recon-
mended Hera, the Tonic. 1t acted
fne-no gas after meals, no sour
ness, no heartburn, no constipation.
He says, 81 eat heartily and enjoy
meals. Hera has certainly helped
me and made me feel years young
er." Try Hera yourself for 5 days
on E. H. Bratten, the druggist, who
guarantees that if you are not helped
your money is refunded.
Milford chronicle., 1930-02-28

Those Model T Fords seem to be
as slow In dying out as a rich uncle
Milford chronicle., 1930-02-28
Doctors Use Flaxolyn
Personally T. BFiSs SEE4AISsF z%s4ISs k!.si;: @S;:

Dr.. Mary Leavitt. Of
Cleveland says: L
have used Flaxolyn
myself. and find it a
great aid to normal
functioning. Not only
is it q stomach help.
but also a valuable
stimulant to the
liver"
Milford chronicle., 1930-02-28
Eat With Appetite,
Sleep Without Drugs,
Promote Normal
Bowel Action

The Swedish people are known for
their remarkable physical power. AS
nation, the Swedes probably give
more care and attention to their
health than any other people.
Therefore it is all the more impor-
tant that DR.. Meleen, a foremost
Swedish health leader in this country,
considers DR.. Luntz's Herbal Flaxo-
lyn the greatest aid to health that he
has yet found.
More Strength and Energy
DR.. Meleen says: 81 like Flaxolyn
because it is natural in action. 1t tones
the vital organs and gives the patient
new strength and energy"
FlaxoIyn First Ever to Do Good
'Any number of men and women
come and tell me Flaxolyn is the first
thing that ever did them any good.
Many people who feel depressed be-
cause they cannot get real restful
sleep, and get no pleasure out of food
because it lays in a heavy lump in the
stomach, have taken Flaxolyn under
my direction. In every instance l
know of, they report A SPLENDID
IMPROVEMENT. Flaxolyn brings
refreshing sleep, natural bowel action
and stronger, healthier stomach"
Milford chronicle., 1930-02-28

ventions again revolutionize indus
try and employment as the automo-
bile, radio. typewriter, moving pic
lures, electrical appliances and
other epoch-making inventions have
Milford chronicle., 1930-02-28
RnsH Grandpa

We do not know a man among
iour acquaintances who actually does
,Twice as much work as his GRANDPA
Their did despite the modern time
saving facilities.-The American
Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1930-02-28
done2

done?
The question is interesting, and
we must wait for the answer, but a
safe guess would probably be an af-
firmatiye one.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-03
CALVIN COOLIDGE SAYS

Lincoln declared it the duty of
citizens to support the Constitution,
observe the Fugitive Slave Law, and
accept the decision of the Supreme
Court in dealing with property in a
slave, until by due process these
were changed. Lincoln did not rec
Ognize and abuse so great, not even
human slavery, that he was willing
to try to remedy it by a violation of
the law of the land. This may well
be pondered by those who feel ag-
grieved by prohibition.
1T is my judgment that the great
body of seriousminded people, who
think there are other subjects of SUI
periOr Importance to a drink of
liquor, may well continue to follow
the principle Lincoln so clearly
stated, realizing that we have a
constitutional method
of changing our statutes and our
law, whenever the peo-
pie desire, but that so long as the
and the laws remain,
the duty of all people to observe
them in good faith and of all duly
public officers to enforce
them in good faith can only be de-
MED by an appeal to anarchy. Cos
mOlolitan Magazine for May.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-03
HONESTY NEEDED

Through revelation of the scandals
of office buying and selling in New
York it has been once more i'm
pressed upon us that honesty is one
of the most essential, most needed
elements in our political and social
life. Not enough stress has been
placed in modern times on the high
and laudable quality of honestq. We
praise genius, ability and brilliance,
but it is far better to put an honest
man in office than the smartest in
the state, if the smart man is not
honest. The same is true about
business associates.
The dishonest, or constituencies,
men have big advantage over good,
straightforward citizens. They push
themselves forward and seek public
posts while the dependable man,
though public-spirited, waits for the
office to seek him. Public opinion is
too lenient with these political
thieves. Thieves. are towards, and
if they had to face the withering
scorn they deserve they would be
agraid to steal. 1t Requires pc
culiar degree of rascality indeed for
a man to buy udgeship whereby he
may pass judgment on others.-The
Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-03
CNCLE SAM ABLE TODAY
TO BORROW MONEY

The fact that Uncle Sam is today
able to borrow money at the very
low rate of 3-8 per cent interest
shows first the confidence of our peo-
pie in their government and second
the large accumulation of money in
the hands of the public seeking safe
investment 1t is, however, a strong
anomaly that while money is so plen-
tiful and Cheap" it is so difficult to
find business enterprises in which
the general public are willing to
trust their hard-earned money. The
banks are rolling in wealth, savings
in banks are piling up unused, the
insurance companies and other big
concerns which have to keep their
funds invested are at a loss to find
places to put them-and still busi-
ness languishes. 1t is, we repeat, a
strange situation-new to financial
history but still age-old. 1t suggests
the "tantalizing" fix of old Tantalus,
who was suspended in water, with a
bunch of bananas or something right
over his head, and still he could
neither eat nor drink.
The thing which causes this old
state of things in this country today
is that large portion of our people
have been educated to give THAR best
efforts to stock gambling and other
forms of speculation. Lotteries are
against the law - but prominent
churches are conducting lotteries to
raise funds. Some of our colleges
are teaching students how to beat
others in the stock gambling game.
When such high premiums are
placed on gambling, in its many
forms, and no voice is ever raised
against it, how can we expect that
people will ATTEND to business"
when they are led to believe that
they can put their money into gamb-
ling ventures and win as much in a
month as a farmer, a teacher, a con-
tractor or a merchant can make by
hard work in whole year?-The
Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-03
&@S&&G<
WISE OR OTHERWISE
(THE PATHFINDER

Those trained to give orders must
first be trained to obey them.
One trouble with this country is
that there are too many hip and rum
drivers today.
/ There was lots of unemployment
last year, also, but they called it. the
Yo-Yo craze then.
AS fas as our laws are concerned
the prohibition law seems to be get
ting the most breaks.
The trouble with the mean tenn
perature this summer has been that
it has been too mean.
If you feel in the pink Of condition
don't brag about it-one of those red
Investigators might overhear you.
Chairman Legge suggests that
what this country needs is miniature
wheat farms, which shows the pow
er of suggestion.
In view of the wheat crisis Ken
tucky should offer its sympathy to
Kansas, which is also suffering from
an overproduction of kernels.
The Literary Digest wants to know
who put the heat" in wheat. 1t
seems more important to us to find
out who took the "eat" out of it.
One thing sure is that the Old time
statesman who was born in a log
cabin had no fear of the possibility
of having been shuffled in a baby
miX-up.
t- .-=
The family was seated at the table
with a guest who was a business ac-
quaintance of dads, all ready to en-
joy the meal, when the five-year-Old
son blurted out, "Why, mother, this
is roast beef!"
YES" answered the mother, "what
of it?" -~ ..-
We'll, pop said this morning that /
he was going to bring that big fish
home for dinner tonight
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-03
Observation-Disclosures.


Pullets should be put in their lay
ing quarters the day after the first
pullet starts to lay. This will be
during the hot summer weather if
the pullets were Matched early.
Great care should be taken to make
these houses comfortable during
these months.
During the summer, as the hen
flock drops off in production, Gull
the flock every two months. When
enough birds have been sold to emp
ty pen, clean it and keep the hens
out. When the pullets start to lay
put them in the clean pens. Be sure
that plenty of ventilation is allowed
All windows and curtains shold be
removed. If there are no windows
in the north side or back of the
house make temporary openings un-
der the dropping boards. Do not be
afraid Of drafts during the summer.
See that these birds just off of the
range have lots of fresh air.
In housing the early pullets do
not crowd too many in a pen If
there are empty pens enough for
two hundred hens, select two hun
dred of the best developed pullets
for these pens. By reducing the
number of pullets in the colony
houses the slower developing birds
will have better chance to grow
and the pullets in the laying houses
will not be crowded. Allow four
square feet of floor space for each
pullet in summer as well as in win
ter. AS more hens are culled from
the flock, clean another pen and put
in the pullets that have developed
later. Crowded, poorly ventilated
houses often cause the early pull
lets to lose weight and then molt
soon after they start to lay.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-03
ISN'T 1T FUNNY?

We who live in cities read of the
bottom dropping out of the grain
market, of wheat prices becoming so
low that it is hardly worth while TO
reap the wheat, and still pay just The
same old six, eight or 10 cents for a
small loaf of bread. No matter how
cheap wheat and flour become the
city consumer never seems TO get
a single penny reduction. That is a
funny thing. Somebody is apparent
ly able to annul the laws of nature.
you can't get around the law of
supply and demand" breakdown
in prices of grain, and still the man
IN town pays the same price for
bread With wheat less than 80.
cents a bushel we seem to be Io
whit nearer the old five cent loaf.
There is something Over-ripe in Den
mark.-The Pathfinder.