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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-09-24

He had Wanted-hOw eagerly!-tO
take a little bag of flour with him also.
But 1t vas not ready. A minutes fur
ther lingering might well cost him his
life.
His shortest way to the lake was the
toughest, the hardest; but he knew that
he must take it, through all obstacles.
1t would lead him to a narrow sandy
cove where, drawn up on the beach, lay
a light but sturdy raft which he had
built the previous summer for his fish,
ing. 1t was for this he had brought the
paddle. His canoe he had left several
miles further up the lake, around to-
ward the north, where the fire had
probably reached it by this time. The
raft, If he could win through to 1t, was
his only chance of escape. 1t was no
craft for the heavy waters Of the open
lake, in this wind, but it would carry
him to the island.
That desperate rush to the lake was
like a nightmare. At first he ran cir
cumspectly enough, holding himself
down to such a pace as he thought he
could maintain, and avoiding obstacles,
and guarding his face with an uplifted
arm as he thrust through the deep,
thorned tangles Of blackberry cane
which filled every patch Of open glade.
The thorns ripped his sleeves to rib
bons, gashed his arms, and even
pierced his breaches Of stout army cord.
But as the smoke thickened and the
pursuing roar grew louder he increased
his pace to the utmost, realizing that
his best might well prove to be not
good enough. He was strong and lean
and swift, but the acrid smoke was soon
doing uncomfortable things to his wind.
The paddle and the rifle also delayed
him, getting tangled in the branches.
At last, with an angry groan, he hurled
the rifle from him. After all, it was
something he could do without. But the
paddle-without that it would profit
nothing II he did succeed in reaching
the water.
At last, gasping and bleeding, he
burst out upon the shore Of the narrow
cove, and his heart bounded as he saw
the raft. An awful fear had swept over
him lest it should have been carried
away in the breakup of the Ice. Already
fragments Of light, burning bark we're
falling about him. A big spark had
caught on his shoulder and burned
through to his flesh. And but a few
yards to his right, close to the shore
Of the cove, he saw q burst of savage
scarlet flower upward from the top Of
a giant fir. But he knew that he had
won the dreadful race.
Instead Of instantly turning to the
raft he threw himself fiat in the water,
and rose up dripping and revived. He
drank-but parched though he was, he
drank sparingly. Then snatching up q
stick OF driftwood he pried the raft OF
into the water, thrust 1t out, and
surged furiously on the paddle, urging
his sluggish craft toward the narrow
outlet of the cove. And as he labored
heavily forth into the open lake long
tongues OF flame, golden and smoky
rose, swooped kissing after him, by q
hands breadth baked Of their prey.
Clear OF the cove mouth, he padded
straight out for q couple of hundred
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-09-24
By Charles @. d. Roberts

a moment. He would come up choking
and gasping. His mother watched him
with terrible anxiety.
While they were still between two
and three hundred yards from the
nearest point of the island she saw
that he was beginning to weaken
through the difficulty with his breath
ing. He was wasting strength in trying
to hold his head above the slapping
waves. She slackened her pace, but this
did not greatly mend matters, for he
kept on beating the water in the strug-
gle to lift his head higher.
Presently she tried to get him on
her back by thrusting her submerged
hind quarters beneath him. But this
effort was a fiat failure. 1t only con
fused him, because his long, kicking
legs we're in the way and he seemed
to think she was trying to shove them
from under him.
Then she tried another plan. She
thrust her long head under his neck
and lifted it well above the water SO
that we was able to breathe more free
ly. Finding this a relief, he tried fran
tically to climb upon her shoulders.
This was a vain effort, Of course, but
1t kept pushing the cows head under
SO that she had to struggle for her own
breathing. Being q mighty swimmer,
she fought onward desperately. But her
progress, thus handicapped, wa pitt
fully slow.
And now the island was hardly a
hundred yards ahead. AS the waves lift
ed her she gazed at 1t with strained,
staring eyes. Then the struggles Of the
calf, now fairly on her neck, would
force her head under again, SO deeply
that she would come up half strangled.
She would snatch q deep breath and
pillow onward, her corded muscles surg
ing indomitably. The young bear, which
hitherto had been swimming easily a
few yards In her wake, now, suddenly
sighted the island, dashed past in q
triumphant burst OF speed and In a few
minutes was clambering out upon the
rocky shore. He was puzzled that the
two moose should be 50 slow.
The despairing COW had not even
seen him as he forged by. Her every
faculty was absorbed In the battle for
her Calls life and her own. And 1t
was the Calls baby ignorance that was
threatening to make all her struggles
vain.
Meanwhile, from farther up the
shore, another fugitive from the con-
flagration was battling his way toward
the island. A solitary prospector, one
Jed Smith, working in a dry stream
bed some miles back from the lake,
had been SO engrossed in certain allur-
ing prospects that he had paid no heed
to the peril till 1t was close upon him.
Delaying only to wrap a chunk Of ba-
con, a package of tea, half a dozen
"hardtacks," and a handful of cart
ridges In his waterproof blanket and
strap 1t securely on his back, to thrust
his little ak into his belt and his water
proof match box, with q fg of tobacco,
into his pocket, he had snatched up his
rifle and one canoe paddle and dashed
away with long Looping strides through
the dense woods which lay between his
cabin and the lake.
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dollars. They had many dollars tied in
the corners of their blankets. They en-
ployed the same means Of keeping track
of their purchases as they do now but
the merchants methods OF counting
WAS different. A slot just large enough
for a dollar to slip through was made
in the counter. Beneath the slot was q
keg. The Indian would purchase an
article, count out the necessary dollars
and slide them into the slot. The next
article was selected and paid for until
the money was exhausted. At the end
of this special purchasing season, Mr..
Sherburne nailed tops on many little
kegs. loaded them into a spring wagon
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-09-24
Sherburme is am Old-Timer i'm
M0mtamas Came FROM Oklahoma

ETY. was assured and the surveyors were
doomed. The fact remains that he
continued to trade for some time with
never an unfriendly overture on the
part of the Indians.
After two years of trading he estab-
lished a little store, the first one be-
tween Arkansas City and the Sackin-
fox agency. He made many friends.
Among those best known were Chief
Joseph of the Nez Perez tribe, whose
famous surrender to Gen. Nelson A.
Miles took place just prior to his go
ing into the Indian territory as a pris-
oner of war. 1t vas during this friend
ship that Joseph gave Mr.. Sherburne a
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by AGNES SHERBURNE ROWELL)

IN THE streets of Browning a
tourist stopped j. l.. Sherburne
- and inquired of the road to Gla-
cier park. Mr.. %Sherburne learned the
traveller lived at Ponca, Okla. Mr.. Sher-
burne remarked that he was born there,
where his father started his first bust
ness. Before the traveller left. it was
learned that the strangers brother-in-
law bought out Mr.. Sherburne's little
Indian trading post at Ponca when the
latter came to Browning and estab-
lished his store. Many changes have
taken place in merchandising since
those days.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-09-24

A survey Of farms near Moore shows
about rs percent Of the wheat is being
kept on the farm. About so percent of
the usual acreage will be Sown this
fall. Winter wheat is averaging So
pounds a bushel and has an unusually
high protein content, being about l6
percent. Some fields average from 10
to 20 bushels an acre. Though not as
much wheat will be sown, the COWS,
pigs and sheep are seen on every farm
and more stock is being bought.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-09-24
Former Helena Mayor Gets Oil Job

Frank Edwards, former mayor Of
Helena, became head Of the business
department of Pan-American syndi-
cate, driller of a wildcat test on Laurel
structure two miles southeast of Laurel.
in a deal recently completed. Hugh
Frazier continues as head of opera
tions. B. d. "Bobbie" Burns and H. j.
Hays, vice president, have returned to
the Shelby field. Frazier and Edwards
will carry on the project at Laurel,
which contemplates a test to the Mad
ison lime if conditions warrant.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-09-24
How TO froin BABY'S
B SOW E Is

Babies, bottle-fed or breast-fed. with
any tendency to be constipated, would
thrive if they received daily. half a
teaspoonful OF this old family doctors
prescription for the bowels.
That is one sure way to train tiny
bowels to healthy regularity. To avoid
the fretfulness, vomiting, crying, failure
to gain, and other ills Of constipated
babies. +.
DR.. Caldwells' Syrup Pepsin is good
for any baby. For this. you hare the word
of a famous doctor. Forty-seven years OF
practice taught him just what babies
need to keep their little bowels active,
regular; keep little bodies plump and
healthy. For DR.. Caldwell specialized
in the treatment OF women and little
ones. He attended over $500 births with
out loss Of one mother or baby.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-09-24

Wars will be fought with nan power.
Men are cheaper than machines.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-09-24

A normal price is what a commodity
can be sold for.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-09-24


I2O LBS. finest new Honey $1,000. Del
bert Lhommedieu, Colo. Iowa. -
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-09-24

PIANO TUNING
WRITE HARRY HUNTER, Care FAIR
Drug Co. Butte, for appointment.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
NANCY CARROLL
ASKS DECREE

NEW YORK, June 3 GNS),
Nancy Carroll, petite red head
Paramount movie star, is getting
a divorce from Jack Kirkland
Both Nancy and Jack admitted
it today.
The suit, brought by Nancy,
was begun today in NOgales,
Mexico, by her attorney, Harry II,
Oshrin. 1t marked the seventh
anniversary Of their marriage.
The screen star and her hus
band are in New York, submitting
to the jurisdiction of the Sonora
court in Mexico by power OF at
torney.
Divorce in 3 Months
The divorce will go through as
a matter of routine within three
months.
Jack said:
Nancy and / have parted
the best of friends. Neither of
us wanted this to happen, but
it was unavoidable.
Somewhere along the line
romance just went out Of the
window. We both came to the
realization that to continue be-
ing happy we must respect each
others independence"
When Nancy and Jack left the
lawyers office after agreeing to
the details of the divorce last
week, they parted with kiss.
To Share Only Child
Patsy, S, their only child, be,
longs to both of them, they
agreed. Each is to have her GUS
tody for six months of the year.
No alimony was discussed and
there was no property settlement
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
.DO-X IS UNABLE
I To TAKE OFF

PORTO PRAIA, Cape Verde
Islands, June 3 UN.SD-The
German Seaplane DO-X today
made an unsuccessful attempt to
take off on it's proposed Atlantic
flight to Brazil.
Four members of the crew were
ordered to remain behind to
lessen the weight of tho big ships
load. She refused to take to the
air, however. even after that pre-
caution.
The plane arrived here from
Portuguese West Africa on Fri.
day. having remained at Bolama
during the recent insurrection
against the government. .
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
FIJI TIL GUNMAN
FOUND SLAIN

NEW YORK, June 8 G.NS.).-
The body of a bullet-riddled gang
ster found dead in a Bronx gutter
today was identified as that of
Louis De Rosa. a henchman of
"Dutch" Schultz, Bronx beer
baron.
Police say De Rosa's death is
the fifth killing within a week in
a bitter feud raging between rival
Today's murder leaves Giro Ter
beer mobS.
ranova, rival gang leader, one up
on Schultz'S ring. police say, the
score having been even with two
killings credited to each faction
prior to De Rosa'S death.
Several hours before De Rosa
was machine-gunned rival gang
sters exchanged shots as two mo-
tor cars sped by each other on
busy Bronx street,
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
BUTLER SOUGHT.
IN Staying

NEW YORK, June 3 GNS).
Revenge-the word they use in
thrillers.
Jealousy-meaning woman in
the case.
The servant problem. Secret
enemies. An insane robber.
Take your choice today in the
possible solution of the mystery
story from life, the brutal murder
of DIR. George Edward Deely,
found stabbed to death in his
bachelor apartment in Brooklyn.
His Wealth Untouched
DR.. Deely was extremely wealthy,
but his jewels, valuable cur1os,
and most of his money were lett
untouched by the slayer.
AS police groped for further
clues. the men or women who at
tended the doctors bachelor
parties" were being sought for
questioning.
Filipino Is Sought
But the main search today was
for George DamicO. Filipino but
Ter, recently discharged by the
noted physician.
Damico once was in the Navy
and a detective was sent to Wash
ington to get the fingerprlnts
from the Navy Department.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
WIDE.
MISUSE Of
FUNDS
Montgomery Petitions Ask for
Complete Investigation of
Transactions of Officials

That the March term grand
jury for Montgomery county may
be called back looms as a pos
sib;lity. with the circulation of
petitions in all parts Of Mont
gomery county asking Chief JUS
tice Hammond Urner and AS
sociate Judges Robert B. Peter
and Arthur D. Willard of the
Circuit Court for an immediate
investigation into alleged irregu-
larities in public offices of the
county, especially the board of
county commissioners.
Cites Road Fund
"Nu erouS expenditures Of
money belonging to Montgomery
county without proper author
ity' is alleged in the petitions.
Among the expenditures cited
are the settlement Of financial
transactions between the county
government and the State Roads
Commission: the use by the
county commissioners of the pro
ceeds of roads bonds for pur-
poses other than intended; bor-
rowing of large sums of money
by the commissioners from the
State Roads Commission, and the
payment of $278,623.42 to the
States Roads Commission.
Ask Thorough Audit
The court is asked to authorize
the States attorney to employ
competent and impartial account
ants who do not live in the State
to examine thoroughly all books
and records of all State and
county public offices in Mont
gomery county.
The county commissioners, ac-
cording to the petitions, would
provide funds for the payment
of the accountants out of emer-
gency funds provided by law for
Investigations to protect the well
fare of the people of the county.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
WILKINS READY'NEWTT'S BODY
FOREP|C TRIP FOUND IN RIVER

The body of Joseph hewitt,
Washington youth drowned in a
canoe upset two weeks ago in
which his girl companion saved
her life by swimming to shore,
was recovered today.
The body was found by John
Huntley, of Tidewater, Va,
washed up on the shore at the
base of Stradford Cliff, about
eight miles below Colonial Beach.
Huntley had been searching for
the body for several days, Spurred
by $500 reward offered by the
dead youths family.
hewitt and Miss Hilda Morrison,
of Cherrydale, were on a canoe
trip down the river May % when
their light craft was overturned
by q sudden storm.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03

BOSTON, June 3 UN.SO.
"My dream has come true"
The exclamation today was
from Joseph S. Kennedy, S2-year-
old West Indian negro, who won
$15O,OOO on 81 ticket on
Cameronian in the Irish Hospital
Sweepstakes.
He had come to America to
win a fortune. In the sweep
stakes he had played TO win all
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
U.S.ACT|ON HITS
WHEAT PRICE

MINNEAPOLIS, June 3 G.NS.)
The Minneapolis wheat market
was demoralized today when the
Grain Sterilization Corporation,
Federal Farm Board agency, with
drew all support from both the
cash and futures market.
The result was that June fu-
lures plummeted 1872 cents in a
little more than an hour, touch
ing a low of So cents. Trading
at noon was around IS cents.
The reason for this withdrawal
affecting all markets in the coun,
try, was that the new crop has
become a factor on the market
George S. Milnor, president of
the Sterilization Corporation, as
serted,
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
WINS
EPSON DOWNS
CLASSIC
$50, 900 See Cameronian Take
Event; Horses of US. Out of
Money; Big Fortune Won

EPSON DOWNS, England, June
3.-American hopes of winning
the English Derby were dashed
again today when J. A. Dewar's
Cameronian, the outstanding 10,
vorite. romped home the winner
in the one hundred and fifty
first running of the great classic.
Orpen was second and Sand
wich third.
Cameronian paid. 7 to 2, Or
pen, 9 to 2, and Sandwich, 8 to l.
Favored for Weeks
Cameronian, ridden by Fred
Fox, had been favored for weeks
to win the classic, but high hopes
were held out for the two Ameri-
can-oWned entries, arsha !
Fields Jacopo and William Wood
wards Sir Andrew. Neither,
however, finished in the money.
Orpen. owned by Sir John Ruth
erford. was ridden by R. A. Jones.
Sandwich. Lord Roseberry's prom,
Using thoroughbred, was ridden
by Harry Wragg.
Goyescas, the highly-touted
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1931-06-03

NEW LONDON, June 3
Q.N.SD The submarine Nautilus,
North Pole undcrScas cruiser. left
New London for Provincetown.
Mass. at noon today. The crew
expects to set out for Spitz-
bergen, Norway, within 4S hours
on it's great adventure.
Final Standardization tests will
be undergone at Provincetown.
Sir Hubert wilkins, chief of
the submarine expedition, was
aboard with Lieut.. Comdr. Sloan
Danenhower, U. S. NJ, in charge
of navigation.
Mrs. wilkins was at the pier
to say .good-by to her husband.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Mortuary to Be Scene of
Wedding Reception

Garreton C. Echols. 20, step-son
of w. w. Chambers, prominent
Washington undertaken, and the
youngest licensed embalmer in the
city, will be married in st. PaupS
Catholic Church tonight at 6
o'clock to Miss Sarah Christine
Combs, 20. of Leonardtown, Md.
Following the wedding in the
church the couple and their
parents will receive their friends
in the chapel at the undertaking
establishment of the W. W. Cham
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Morris E.. FOWLer
ArraiQned in Theft

Said to have gone to the home
of Jessie Shores, 209 Indiana Ave.
N. w., and represented himself
as Lieut.. Frank Varney, of the
First precinct, Morris E. Fowler,
alias Albert E. Wafel, 20, of $50
Pa. Ave. S. E., today was ar
raigned in Police Court before
Judge John P. Mcmahon on a
charge of stealing watch.
A charge of impersonating
an officer against Fowler was
dropped.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
8 CHILDREN DIE
IN BARNF|RE

GREENSBURG, Pa, June 3 q.
N.SO. - Three children were
burned to death near here today
when they set fire to barn
while playing with matches.
They we're: Clay Bubble, Z;
Eva Bubble, S, and George Rub
BILE. 4.
The three were playing in a
haymow with matches.
Their parents noticing smoke
issuing from the barn made a
vain attempt to rescue them.
A horse and an automobile
also were destroyed.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
N A Y F | D " { R
RECE|VERSH|P
ENDED
Appeals Court Orders Records
to Care of U. S. Marshal;
No Notice Given Defendant

The temporary receiverShip of
the Mayflower Hotel, ordered in
District Supreme Court two weeks
ago on the petition Of five persons
holding second mortgage bonds,
was set aside today by the Dis
trict Court Of Appeals. which held
that the receiverShip was i'm
properly ordered, because the de-
fendant company had not been
given due notice.
The petitioners bill, however,
is not dismissed through the
higher courts ruling, but is re-
manded to the lower court for
further proceedings, after all
parties to the suit have been
properly served with notice.
Records to Be Held
Meanwhile, all books, records
and accounts Of the hotel and its
controlling companies, which were
turned over to the receivers ap-
pointed by the court, will be
turned over by them to the
United States Marshal, who is to
hold them for the 2O-day period
in which the further action is
expected to be taken.
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt,
former Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral, represented the five petition
ing bond holders and claimed the
companies controlling the hotel
were engaged in a fraudulant
scheme of reorganization which
would "freeze out" the second
mortgage holders.
Claimed Action Illegal
Attorneys William E. Leahy,
Edmund M. Poland and William
J. Hughes, jr., representing the
hotel companies, and Edward F.
COlIaday, representing q majority
group of intervening second mort
gage bOndhOlderS, Sprang into ac-
ton when the reCeiverShip was Or
dered, claiming that the lower
court action was illegal because
there had been no notice issued
to the defendant parties.
Mr.. Leahy asserted that the
five petitioners represented but
$4,000 worth of bonds in a
$2.4OO,000 issue and Mr.. Cola
day declared that Mrs. Willie
brants position, far from operat-
ing toward the protection of the
second mortgage bond holders,
would cause them to lose heavily
on the foreclosure. as she had
placed the value of the property
far below the amount repfe-
sented by the first trust and a
foreclosure on that basis would
leave virtually nothing for the
bondholders under the second
trust.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
CHARGE.
LEVELLEDBY
METHODIST
LEADER
Action Follows Legislators
Alleged Publication of
Speech Made in House

Bishop James Cannon, ir.,
Methodist leader, today in the
District Supreme Court filed suit
against Rep. George H. T1nkharn,
of Massachusetts,, seeking $500.
900 damages for alleged libel as
the result of a signed statement
issued by Representative Tinkham
last June 19.
Suit Follows Def
The suit, filed by Attorney r.
Fl. Mcneil, is the Outgrowth of
the churchman's challenge that
Representative Tinkham diveSt
himself of Congressional immun-
ity and restate over his signature
the same accusations that had
been made against the Bishop
during Congressional debate
concerning his activities in the
recent presidential campaign.
1t is alleged that Tinkham
signed a statement and gave It
to representatives of newspapers.
The statement to which the bis
hop excerpts. and which is
credited to Mr.. Tinkham, reads:
Lest Bishop Cannon shall
deIude anyone into thinking
the charge which 1 made
against him in the House Of
Representatives were uIl-
founded, and meeting his chal-
lenge that divest myself of
my Congressional immunity, I
desire to restate over my sig.
nature the charges 1 made in
the House of Representatives
that he is a shameless viola
tor of the Federal corrupt
practices act, a criminal
statute, that he received $685.
300 from New York capitalist,
Mr.. Jameson during The 1928
elections, and illegally con-
ceaIed the receipt of all this
money until February Is, 1929,
and has not yet accounted for
S4S,3OO of this amount, refusing
to do so before the Senate
lobby investigating committee
before which he appeared vol
unfairly and where he was un-
der oath and could have been
CrOsS-examined."
Asserts Innocence
Bishop Cannon asserts in his
suit that from the innuendo of
this statement, it was conveyed
to the reading public that he was
guilty of a grave crime and cor
ruptly profited from the moneys
alleged to have been received,
while he is really innocent of the
charges and that he only partlci'
pated in the 1923 campaign be-
cause of the solemn issues in
VolVed.