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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
Another Cabinet Office Demanded

Another cabinet post has been demanded. this time
by the United States Good Roads association in an
nual convention at Oklahoma City. That IS, the asso-
citation adopted a resolution demanding the creation
Of a cabinet post to be called secretary OF highways
and another resolution calling for a further increase
In federal aid for good roads.
Oklahoma has a highway commissioner. Lew wentz,
who is a multi millionaire and a sure-enough straight
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18

she never saw Chummy now. II
was to a large extent Chummy's
fault, for the latter was ~engrossed
IL her work. She had refused one
or two invitations TO have q meal
alone with Judy.
Then. when they did meet by
accident, Chummy reported that
Alan vas thinking OF going to Per-
sin with Frank Hylton.
II think 1t will do him good" she
said in her quiet way. He doesn't
really seem TO care for painting"
"A mans rot To have some Job
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-18
Food for Thought in the Grain
Sections

This is an interesting dispatch clipped from the
daily papers Of Tuesday morning. July s: Kansas
City. July 7-wheat returned to so cents at the
crossroad today. the lowest level in Is years at this
primary market And the grain dealers Of Kansas
say II would be illogical or suicidal for Kansas wheat
farmers to reduce the acreage. Isn't self preserva-
ton the first law OF nature?
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
Durability of Leather
Shown by Recent Find

The durability OF leather was proved
by the discovery. In the course OF ex.
cavating for the foundations OF the
new Bank OF England, of soles of
Roman shoes, one of which bore clear.
~ the impress OF the official Roman
eagle.
The soles evidently were those of
the sandals worn by women and chill.
dren. Bronze rivets were used to hold
together two or three thicknesses OF
leather and no doubt accounted In
part for the life obtained from the
footwear, which must have been much
greater In weight than present-day
shoes. The old leather was In about
the same state OF preservation as
might be expected OF modern shoe
that had been on a. rubbish heap for
a couple Of months.
Although nowadays leather Is pro-
duced with more speed and less me-
chanical crudity, the processes OF pre-
serving. toughening, and softening II
are not materially different from
those practiced by the Romans In
England about 1000 years ago.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
Perfect Mother-in-Law

She has marvellous talent for tim
Ing her visits. She always arrives the
day you need her and never stays a
day too long. She always brings cheer
and helpfulness and a big basket OF
things from the old farm She gets
along beautifully with her sons and
daughters-in-laW. She knows how to
please her grandchildren without spoil
ing them and running their digestions.
She knows how and when to write a
check and when to make beaten bis
cult and fry a chicken. She has per-
feet health and young mind. She is
the perfect mother-in-law
There Is always the chance that you
will get her 1t you marry often enough.
Kansas City Star.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02

Dance to poppy music by Sims
Whoopee Makers next Saturday eve
ming, January 4. It
The fire department was called out
Monday morning by a chimney fire
at the residence of County Attorney
Herbert. No damage done.
Lost--Friday night at the foot Of
Shaughnessy Hill one red and black
checked cruiser jacket, size 16. Finder
please notify Dick Karnes. phone 95-W
or this office and receive reward. 1t
E. w. Oylear and Joe Sheffield
drove to kalispell and return Monday
bringing back one of the new 1880
For cars for their display room. They
state the road is in very good condi-
ton considering the time Of the year,
and that they made the trip in five
hours each way, and did not hurry
any.
The total number Of people included
in 1O7,956 automobile parties would
make fair sized city, vet this is the
number Of tourists to visit Spokane
and the Inland Empire during 100
days at the peak of the travelling, ac-
cording to the count Of W. G.. Owes,
secretary of the publicity-tourist
bureau of the Spokane Chamber Of
Commerce.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
MISTER ANTONIO" is TALKING
FILM OF RARE CHARM

What treat is the combination
OF Booth Harrington, dramatist, Leo
GARLIC, actor extra ordinary, and the
talking screen as synchronized by
RCA Photophone This is found in
Mister Antonio the Tiffany tahl
all-talking picture in which Virginia
Valli co-stars with GARLIC. It is
showing at the Kottenai theatre Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday and it
is real delight.
Mister Antonio" is one9 Of those
whimsical, charming things that get
under your skin and send you home
IN glow of contentment. Tony is a
hyphenated American who boasts of
six names--Antonio Giovanni Rafael
10 Garibaldi Mussolni Camaradino-
the Mussolini added by himself! In
winter he is New York business man,
but in the spring he turns vagabond and
travels where whimsy leads with his
donkey-drawn hurdy gurdy and a
half-wit boy whose chief joy is to
shoot Tony with his cap pistols.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
Human Emotion Based
on Electric Current2

Is love simply the result of cleo
trical attraction? Is the human body
an electric battery and our life, ener-
gy, and vitality dependent on how
strong a current we createf
A doctor has stirred up tremendous
discussion by declaring that chemical
activity In the cells of the human
body produces electricity, that this
electricity maintains the life process.
and that lack of 1t finally causes
death.
He believes the human current has
a great influence over all our emo
lions, including love. and thinks this
may explain why certain people are
attracted to one another, or vice
versa.
famous electrical expert says .
1--WE have never isolated this current.
and the laws OF electrophysioIogv
are not we'll known, but we have
many proofs that this current exists
The body produces electricity In a
score OF different ways. At every
muscular contraction or irritation of
nervous center there are vibra.
tons that liberate this mysterious
power.
The least movement OF 4 muscle
produces electricity. For every heart
beat there Is a corresponding osel.
lation OF the galvanometer needle"
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
Peculiar State OF Mind

1T may be Il complex, n phobia, Oh
neurosis," said the street-car rider
"bnf there's just one thing on my
mind when take an open car. | usu.
ally sit on the back seat. or on an In.
side end seat. In either place ] have
good view at the slot which pro.
tects the live wire In the street
below. I've been tossing my ciga:
rette butts at the slot, wondering
II they'd ever 20 In. It's really be-
come an obsession, since they never
seem quite to make 1t. I'm meditating
getting off and pushing one In some
time. so III be- able to get my mind
on other matters while | ride
New York Sun.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02

association activities including school
lands, legislation, and the improve
ment of the local groups. Added to
these is the work of the Society for
Study of Education which is now
dong a very constructive piece OF
: work IN the Montana schools by the
investigation of the type of school
work being done in the schools of
the state with recommendation for
Improvement wherever possible. These
groups with the State Athletic As
ISOLATION, which is also an elective
group from the school men interested.
make their reports at the Delegate
Assembly during the holidays. Each
local group of teachers is entitled to
one or more delegates to this meet
ing. Lincoln county was represented
this year by Superintendent Earle
Price of Eureka, Superintendent
White OF Troy and Miss Jessie Stau-
dacher for the Libby schools.
Theodore Roosevelt said, Every
man owes it to himself to spend part
OF his time building up the profess
sion to which he belongs. It is be-
coming easier each year to distin-
gulsh the teacher who is a real mem
Der of the profession from one who
is merely a pretender. And the pub
lie, particularly the parents, are rap
idly learning to appreciate the teach
er. or the administrator who is at
tempting to become an expert in his
profession and not one who teaches
by guess OH blind following oil
some one else.
For the next three years the chief
study Of the association will be the /
Improvement of the ordinary class |
room recitation and the careful re-
organization of the schools of the
state to bring them up to. the best
practices of modern education. Every
child of the state as well as the taxi
payer should benefit by the increased
efficiency which such a study should
bring out The days of Ichabod Crane /
are largely passed, teachers are no
longer boarded around but have
come to consider themselves a profess
sion which takes its place along with
law and medicine. Their standing,
however, will be determined to
great extent by the way in which
they improve the business and the
procedure of the schools. Can they
give every child an opportunity to
become healthy, intelligent, pub
lie spirited cog in our modern soci-
ETY.? 1t is to this question that the
Montana Education Association is
bending its energies
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
Nations Fur-Bearers

Among the states producing the
most fur-bearing animals 1t is prob.
able that Louisiana ranks highest on
account OF Its large muskrat catch
Martens appear most plentiful In
Northwestern states. Minks are plen-
tIful throughout the wooded areas OF
this country where trapping has not
foxes do not occur wild In the United
States. Red foxes are common
throughout the greater portion of this
country, most OF them being In the
Northern wooded regions. Fishers
are found almost exclusively IN the
Northern states where civilization has
not disturbed their haunts.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
Notice of Stockholders Meeting

The regular annual meeting Of the
stockholders Of the Kootenai Mercan-
tile Company of Libby, Montana, will
be held at the office of the Company
in Libby, Montana, on Monday, Jan
uary Is, 1880, at 7:30 o'clock P. M
for the purpose of electing directors
for the ensuing year and transact
ing all other business which may
legally be brought before the meet
ing.
S. n. PLUMMER,
Z9-3l Secretary
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
No Easy Task

English Is one of the most difficult
languages In the world to master, nc.
cording to young Frenchman, who
Is studying auto mechanics In De.
troit factory. american tourists
abroad protest against the 'unreasou.
ableness of the French language but
consider your own" he said Ordl.
narily you pronounce the suffix 'ough'
with a long % sound. But when you
place an r. before 1t, getting rough,
you say ruff Then when you make
1t through you say thru It's al
most too much for me-"
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
No Arsenic in Garlic

The Department of Agriculture SAYS
TINT under ordinary circumstances gar
lie does not contain arsenic. There
have been cases recorded In which an
arsenic spray was used on the bios
SONS OF fruits and vegetables which
later resulted In small quantity Of
arsenic being found In the matured
fruit or vegetable. However, this Ia
rare.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02

take laxative nearly every night for
constipation; and | became awfully
weak and rundown.
Two bottles Of Sargon regulated
my whole system! | don't know what
It is to have indigestion, my nerves
are steady and sleep just fine! NY
rheumatic pains have entirely disap-
peared, and it certainly seems grand
to be about my homework again!
Sargon Pills overcame my constipa-
ton and put an end to my DIZZY spells
and headaches. Really, / haven't been
SO strong and free from misery in
twenty long years. Mrs. w. A. Blow,
1721 B St., Butte.
Weleh's Drug Store, Agents.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
Inventor of L.inoleum

Llnoleum, which Is process Of
manufacturing floor covering from
oxidized inseed oil and powdered cork,
was introduced into England In 1850
by man named Walton. We do not
find II was on the market In the Unit
ed States during the Civil war
Washington Star.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
Given Farewell Surprise.

On Christmas Eve Mr.. and Mrs.
W M. Gregg were treated to de-
lightful surprise when the other mem
bers of the Kootenai Forest presented
them with beautiful and expensive
percolater set as remembrance
from the Kootenai force, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gregg are leaving the first of next
week for Lewiston, Idaho, where he
has position as district manager for
the Loyal Protective association, Bos-
ton, Mass.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02

The Illinois farmers are said to be
equipping their scarecrows with radio
loud speakers to brighten the birds
away-which indicates that crows
must have musical ears if not musical
voices.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
Local Briefs


Lost--1930 class ring Finder please
return to Clarence Baker. 1t
Carlton Joughin was transacting
business in Standpoint Monday.
Mrs. S. J. Jones of Whitebird, Ida,
is here spending the holidays with her
daughters, Mrs. w M. Gregg and
Mrs. Frank Boyle.
Walter WOLF, county clerk and re-
corder, left before Christmas for the
old home in Illinois to spend the holt
days visiting with his parents.
Miss Inez Ratekin, county Librarian,
left last Saturday for Seattle and
Portland expecting to be gone a week.
While in the cities she planned visit
to the public libaries.
The county snow pillow started out
Monday morning on its last job, plow-
ing out the road to the Glacier Silver
Lead mine. All the other principal
roads in the district had been opened.
DR.. J. Kaulbach of Fort Benton,
Mont, and Chas Kaulbach of Spu-
kane, father and uncle of Mrs. O. G.
Novel;, spent Christmas here VISIT
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. NOVEL; and
family.
During the past week Walter Net
Teton of Hanna, Alberta has been a
guest at the home Of Rev. and Mrs.
John Pate, arriving here Christmas.
Mr.. Netteleton is an extensive farmer
in the Hanna district.
With the purpose of working out
general marketing plan, it is pro-
posed to form regional potato or
ganization in the Pacific Northwest
early in February following the meet
ing of the National Potato institute.
Between 300 and 1000 out-of- town
persons are expected in Spokane for
the Washington State Forestry con-
ference which will be held during the
week February Is to %. r. L. Jones,
chairman Of the lumber week" COM
mittee, adds that several timber and
lumber organizations win hold their
meetings there during the same week.
The many friends of John Curtis
are extending congratulations to him
upon his good record at the state uni
versity, Mr.. Curtis having received
notification in Sundays mail that
John had attained the coveted distinc-
tion of winning place on the honor
rrf1 thu banirpIrr ~ thu school
year John was further honored byI
being elected class treasurer.
John and Harry Alley left Sunday
for their homes at Butte after hay
ing visited over Christmas with their
uncle and aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. E. N.
Alley. Friday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Alley had as dinner guests in honor
of their nephews Miss Louise Gay
and Miss Edna Mae Karnes and
Saturday evening, Miss Mary Jane
Dwinelle and Miss Phyllis Boyes.
The quarrying of Montana black and
gold marble, and the shipping of the
rock to polishing plants at Tacoma
and Los Angeles are Montana's
newest industries, DR.. Francis A.
Thomson, president of the Montana
school of mines, told the members of
the Northwest Scientific association
in session last week in Spokane. DR.. |
Thomas also said that Montana cop
per this year showed an increase Of
is per cent in volume and an enhance
ment of 40 per cent in value as against
year ago. !
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02

Money In itself means nothing. II
Is only medium OF exchange. How
much you get In your pay enyelope
each week depends on what you have
to offer and. are willing to give In
exchange for It. You are your own
p4ymaster.-~Grit-
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
NOTICE.

DR.. f. H. Keller of Kalispell, spe-
cialist in fitting glasses and treat
ing cross eyes, may be consulted on
Friday, January 3rd. Make appoint
ments at Libby hotel. 1880
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
The Future

Take care of the present and the
future will take care of itself Worry
alters nothing, accomplishes nothing.
1t does mental and physical harm.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02

Our idea of real hypocrite is the
banqueteer who, after wrestling for
two hours with the roast beef and
celery, cheers everything that the af-
ter-dinner speakers have to say.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
Civilizations Oh;~~t

The process Of civilization consists
OF the discovery OF men of the laws
OF the universe and of living ir har.
mony with fine laws Calvin Coolidge
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
Helpless
With Rheumatism

Il just want all my friends to know
about this wonderful new Sargon!
Every since | was very young
woman I'd had attacks of rheumatism
IN my shoulders and limbs that at
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
Comparative

Many q man who brags about how
far his car can 90 on gallon is silent
on how far his family can 60 on his
weeks pay.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02

No man Is made only for himself
and his own private affairs, but to
serve, profit and benefit others.-Bep-
amin cnlman
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02

times nearly made me helpless. | had
miserable sick headaches and dizzy
spells, and Indigestion disturbed my
hearts action and made me so nervous
| rarely ever slept WELL / had to
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-01-02
Libby Man Is
Elected President

Continued nom page ~
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29-31
New Britain herald., 1930-05-20
THE DIVORCED" AT STRAND

Norma Shearer's versatility reach
cs fresh fields in her new Metro
GoldNyn Mayer talking picture tri-
umph, THE Divorcee" at the strand
today and Wednesday.
Rising from the sordidncss CT
Mary Dugan' 10 tho sparkle Of
Mrs. Cheyney.' and then abruptly
turning to the youthful buoyancy Of
Their Own Desir"." the Netr0-
New Britain herald., 1930-05-20

success City Girl" The picture is
ably supported by David Terrence
and Quinn Williams.
Admission is freely made in the
film colony at Hollywood that f. W,
Nurnau more than any other dire
tor peoples his pictures with men
and women who. with the least
amount Of makeup. fit the charac-
tcrs they are called upon TO portrav
This is particularly true in the
Fox Moyietone talking picture. city
Girl" an epic Of tho wheat ranches
which Nurn1u directed for Fox
Films The production opens to-
morrow at the Embassy theatcr.
Edith NorEc, in whose face time
has put lines, and nature given
meek expression. and eyes that seem
ready to fill with tears on the least
provocation, has the role OF the
downlroddcn wife OF a surly. avari-
cicus wheat rancher.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-20
Cut In Auto Registration Fees
And Boost In Tax On Gasoline
Suggested In Good Roads Drive

the state highway commissioner has
been granted permission to hire
Yale professor to make a soil sur
vey of the state, the speaker said
this seemed significant, that a high
way commissioner should engage a
man to make such a soil survey and
seemed to think it was because the
commissioner is interested in rural
sections.
Insofar as state finances are con-
cerned, DR.. Higgins said the next
general assembly will have the fat
test state treasury any Connecticut
assembly has ever seen.
Expects Big Surplus
Unless business gets much worse
than there are any prospects of its
being, the state ought to have sew
eral million dollars surplus next
year" he added.
There are As states all of which
have state gasoline taxes, but Con-
necticut is one of the II states paw
ing only a two cent tax, while some
states pay as high as six and seven
cents. the speaker averred. He sug-
gested that a reduction in registra-
ton for Connecticut residents and
an increase in gasoline tax which
would equally distribute the cost
among all who use the highways.
the entire amount to go towards the
road construction fund, might be
worth considering.
we arc paying the highest license
on our cars. This ought to be re-
duced," he exclaimed.
"Get Connecticut Out of Mud"
Emphasizing that there is a differ
ence between rural roads and roads
in rural communities the state Off
cial said there are many rural roads
in the larger cities, and that New
Britain has its share OF rural roads
The slogan is Get Connecticut out
OF the mud, not Get the farmer out
Of the mud" he averred.
He concluded with the statement
| that 30 per cent of the roads in the
state have been improved in IS years
and predicted that at this rate it will
take $50 years to get the states road
building Job finished
A nominating committee consisting
OF Col. w. w. Bullen, David L. Nair.
Joseph Gacta, Francis McGauley and
Carl A. Johnson was appointed to
/ bring in a list Of nominees for Of
fee.
A. p. Marsh spoke briefly thank
ing the club for inviting Dr.. Higgins
to speak.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-20
HE|RESS MARR|ES
FOR fourth time
Marriage TO Mulatto ADnulIed,
Dolores Ford WEEDS Plumber

New York. May 90 (Pl-Thc New
York American says today that Do
lores Elizabeth Ford, "A year old
heiress, who married a mulatto cab
aret empIoye two years ago, has OBJ
tanned an annulmcnt and has mar
ried Louis Matthews, an unemployed
plumber of Richmond, Va.
The marriage, said the American.
was in defiance of her father, Will
liam Ford. Toledo, O., glass manu-
faCturer. but had the approval o.
her mother. Matthews, who is two
years her junior, is her fourth hus-
band.
The annulment Of her marriage to
the mulatto, Eugene Newton, was
granted by Supreme Court Justice
Lytell at Buffalo on May 7 last.
She Contended she was in a daze
at the time Of her marriage and
knew nothing of it until Newton
telephoned her two days later With
in "a hours after the decree be-
came effective she married Matthews
at Hudson Falls, \. Y, the cere-
mony being performed by the Rev.
John L. Thompson, Methodist.
Hectic Marital Career
Her first marriage was at the age
of fifteen to George T.. Kherbiel in
Covington, Ky, and was quickly an
nulled. Her second husband was
Boyd Akin, Il Cincinnati stage man
aser. They We're married in 1925 and
divorced in Reno two years later.
She said she met Matthews in
March, 1929, four months after her
marriage 10 Newton, and they went
TO Montreal under assumed names
After her marriage to Newton be
came public last year, detectives en-
ployed by her father traced her to
Montreal. She said her parents
agreed to approve her marriage to
Matthews if she still loved him after
a years separation, and she there
fore returned TO Cincinnati and he
returned 10 New York. She said her
mother later came to New York with
her and after meeting Matthews APP
proved Of him and declared their
promise not to sec each other was
ridiculous, She said her fathers law
yers sent Matthews to his home in
Richmond, but that he returned and
thereafter they met each evening
with her mother as chapcron.