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4 The BRIDGE Forum

which promises one rebid II partner is able %
respond with anything but pass. If opened
that way, with two clubs. partner should bAM
minimum, two hearts dealer three clubs.
Partner now values his hand In support Oe
clubs, finding It worth a strong four supporting
trickS-five according - some methods o.
counting Added TO the seven shewn by dealer.
there Is ample strength to go to i've, which 10
the proper bid, but not enough slam material"
10 bid six.
Those who use the artificial two club bid 90
a forcer or who employ all two bids that way
would open with one club. So would plenty OF
users of the intermediate two bid who consider
the hand too bare a minimum for that call:
With one club opencr. partner would bid
one heart, dealer three clubs to show hi9
strongly rebiddabie suit and upward OfesAk
probable tricks. Partner, revaluing his hand in
support Of clubs can see four-odd practically
sure, ive-odd very probable The latter is the
preferred response but if four should be bid
the dealer should go the rest Of the way
promptly on his strong plus value In spades
and hearts. SO sound bidders under any good
system should reach a club game bid.
Norbert Lyons was dec!arer recently when
West led spade against his club contract.
East took 1t with the ace returning trump to
the queen. The heart king was led, a spade
ruffed in dummy, the heart ace furnished a
diamond discard. heart was ruled ten OF
spades with the jack, another heart ruled.
then the trumps run, b diamond being lost AZ
the end, fvc-odd being gathered.
HoD Uoald Eoa bid the folIcl s7g hand, both
sides being vulnerable and North the dealer?
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4 Real Champion

There have been cases In the past Of players
claiming to be the champion OF all contract
bridge players because they held at one time
about three championship trophies from
among the large number at play, even though
right at the time some other player held n
larger number. Such cannot be said. though,
Of David Burnstine the 31-year-old expert fruR1
the sidewalks Of New York" who participated
IN the winning OF two pair events and two
teams Of four events in the recent tourna-
ment of the American Bridge League, playing
with four different partners and during the
various events using three different bidding
systems. In each instance he used the method
best known TO his partner
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4LaqC a U1eek

what occurs if players BID has pIoiRIV been
made fDithouf his having heard some previously
family spoken bid, obviously in the belief that
the opponent had passed.
Alertness is part Of the game. Failure 20
hear a bid Is a players own fault, due, as a
rule, TO fnattentton. At all times q player be-
fore declaring may ask what his opponent bid,
II doing so for his own information and not TO
call his partners attention TO IT, II player
believes hts partner did not hear certain bid
and had made q declaration under those cir
cunlstances, he has not the right 70 ask the
partner whether he heard the bid or not: the
answer TO that question would give information
about the partners bid over and beyond that
which was conveyed by the bid itself
What occurs II. after dealer says family, II
bid one hetTt," one OF his opponents asks. What
did you biz? and ne ANSWERS II bid one spade?
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When You learn that q lions blow can eMSzIN
crush the skull Of an OK it will be easy for yuw
to realize the infinitesimal chances q prizerin&
gladiator would have with the king Of beasts
IL he should attempt to conquer him with M
fists
My first contact with lions was in Liverpool
nearly 26 years ago. My father, Paris jeweleEs
had sent me to England to study English. "a
was an old French custom to guide the son IN
the footsteps Of the father. He was insistenk
about making jeweler of me. I was TO leax1
English 50 that could speak with intelligence
to the tourists. Friends sent me to a wild4
animal exporters. where I went to work as Z
clerk without salary / became interested I'd
the animals immediately. ] lost all interest I'd
jewelry. I thought it would be wonderfu1S u
wear a trainers uniform and be seen among lie
animals. Later accompanied shipment oE
wild animals to Hollywood. :
eCopyrisht, Is3l) ma
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PentyofLandBut dreamed

a FAIRLY large quantity of cut-over land
Is available for farming in the Great Lake1
region. but according to recent survey h1
economists from the Department of Agricultur6
and from Harvard, the area m question 10 No
gold mine waiting to be worked. Much of the
land has been sold for unpaid taxes. much ID
land at present untitled for farming and mueat
more y In need Of much working before II can
be put into Mt condition for farming.
The condition Of the land itself coupled with
the low prices and uver-prodnction in farming
land generally offer little likelihood Of anV
proftable farming for 10 years or more 81
The economists conclusions were drawn frnazl
surveys OF p cnt-over sections believed fypaca1
of the whole area. z
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DUMMY
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DECLARER
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Suppose the adversaries started with three
heart tricks, then led trump. Declarer can
count straight run of those three hearts, plus
seven spades, plus one more heart, total IL
tricks. This would cut each hand down To two
cards. Declarer would discard from dummy so
as TO leave the diamond king and the club
ace-ten there prior TO his last discard. He
should play this way in the hope that the king
queen-jack Of clubs and the ace of diamonds
all with West; If this happened TO be so,
West prior to his last discard would hold on TO
The club king-queen and the diamond ace.
Which would he discard? II the diamond ace,
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The dealer could not help making seyen-odd.
The first trick went to the spade king second
10 the diamond ace, third to the f1nessed trump
queen, fourth to tina trump ace, fifth TO the
diamond king sixth a ruled club seventh a
ruined diamond eighth ruffed club, ninth the
diamond eight Tor q club discard, tenth the
spade ace for another club discard, and all the
rest we're trump tricks
To take all the tricks when q raise 10 i've
was based the thought that partner had
made an original two bid instead OF merely q
defensive bid is surely one for the book.
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Problems Of Play

Hon can player rccogRize the possibility Of
making squeeze pley" in hand2 When ne
does recognize IT, bozU sJoaId ne 90 about de-
pcIopi1g IL?
The most readily recognized situation for q
squeeze play comes when declarer and dummy
possess . long string Of sct-up tricks b some
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dummy would throw away the club ten; II
club he would toss the dismond king and get
the last two tricks with his clubs.
II II happened that the diamond king were
in declarers hand instead of dummy he would
not have TO worry about his own discard from
dummy, but would stfll be guided by the OPP
ponent's discards; IN that event the squeeze
would work II either adversary held both the
club and diamond strength. II one held the
club and the other the diamond defense, no
squeeze would be possible but it would be
worth making the run Of consecutive tricks TO
ind OUT Sometimes squeeze is plainly
marked by the bidding, by q double or by some
development OF play that marks the location Of
the missing strength, but as q rule declarer can
only hope it Is possible through the missing
strength OF two suits being punched in the
same hand.
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By SHEPARD BARCLAY

ore suit, or In two suits. which win compel the
opponents 70 discard until they have very
few cards left in their hands. In such cases.
it Is always well to count the number OF such
tricks and see how many cards each adversary
will have left when the last Of those tricks
have been run. If that number Of cards Is
small enough, 1t win be impossible for an adj
versary to hold his prospective winning cards
Of ether suits and at the same time the neces-
sary guards to them in the form Of small cards;
he must discard some indispensable card from
his hand, IN one suit or the other: declarers
ensuing play depends upon which discard is
made
A simple example Of such squeeze is the
following:
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King Of Jungle Yields to Domestic CAT

thorns with which 1t comes in contact When
he travels to the high platsaus OF Mashonaland,
5000 feet above sea level, his name comes In
handy when he wishes to protect himself from
the cold.
The layman viii also note that Lions cap
tured or killed in the jungles are not blessed
with an abundance Of name, such as you see ON
those that have been raised or brought up under
the care of human beings The reason Is ap-
parent. Lions do not battle They apply the
same system of yielding to the Saturday might
habit that is followed by all members Of the
cat family by applying their paws to their
bodies. But the lions have much more work
to be done. They must rid themselves Of the
thorns that have attached themselves to their
of hair comes with it. Hence the growth OF
the beautiful taffy- colored name Is thwarted.
On the farm the names OF my cats" have
reached the full measure OF growth and lux
uriance that nature probably intended they
should enjoy, because there are no thorns to
retard their normal growth.
T IONS belong to the cat family. There are
- about 20 species In this group--all ranging
from the ox-devouring tiger or lion to the small
wild cat you see in the wild sections of almost
any continent. They are all fieSh-eaters and
destroyers of living animals. You win note that
their heads are all wen rounded and that they
have an extraordinary equipment Of teeth
claws and muscles.
II promoters OF pugilistic events are looking
for some beast that can match blows with the
most powerful heavyweight OF the present day,
they need not look farther than the lion cages.
For there they viii find some Of the greatest
animal hitters of AL time. A forearm blow Of
q lion could not only knock out Camera or
Dempsey but It would crush their brains out.
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Contract Systems

How would you bid the following hands, both
sides being vulnerable and opponents con-
stantly passing?
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Continued from Thirteenth Page

plies the motive power, not the thinking power.
They are not intelligent beasts. Some are more
susceptible to instruction than others but on
the average they are slow to grasp things.
Some hunters say that they have killed lions
weighing nearly 1000 pounds This is q gross
inaccuracy. Lions never weigh more than 500
or 500 pounds Cyclone, one Of the largest
lions in the country, weighs only 600 pounds.
Looks are deceiving. Their names give them
the appearance Of immensely
Lions would be wonderful watchdogs as long
they remain young and harmless. They
would scare any burglar away, but it would be
difhcult TO keep them from smashing up the
furniture think there is lot Of imagination
attached to the stories that ancients domesti-
Gated lions and trained them 70 act as house.
hold pets. The lions that i have known would
many in my life
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Ak VAlos5a AKlO64 AJs3

Dealers hand would be about on the border
line for the new intermediate two bid, which
guarantees at least seven probable tricks IL the
hand be played at the declaration named, and
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@HERE Is no limit to the kinds Of sur
prises that can be furnished by
pack of cards Soznt times the things
they do are surprising that It
seems they must be endowed with
special talents to be used for that
purpose. Every once in a while something so
startling occurs that nobody would ever foresee
it, something so different frEsa any previous
development that it is not comparable to any
thing else.
One Of the most peculiar happenings in the
recent national tournament OF the American
Bridge League q hand ON which the bid
ding started with an innocuous one no trump
by East South bid two hearts. West passed
and, North jumped 1t to five hearts. Easts
original bid had been spoken 50 family that
South feared his partner had not heard 1t and
had made the big jump with the idea that
South had made an original bid Of two hearts,
The ethicS of this situation and S0uths lack Of
any right to ask whether his partner heard the
original bid are discussed under "A LAW =
Week" on this page So he Rad 10 guess, and
guessed that his partner had not heard the no
trump bid. Therefore he passed. After the
original lead of the deuce of spades, the partner
was asked and admitted not having heard the
bid.
Now for the freaky surprise. Here were the
hands:
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The Ne7e, Problem

II YOU had made a psychic third hand bid a
one no trump IN the South West doubled, Ease
left It In and West led the sheart SIX, how
would you play the following hand?
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"HoW often do you cut his mane?" is
another question frequently asked by
people who come TO the farm. We don't shear
the lions hair and leave him name Nature
has endowed him this characteristic This we
know because the lions Of the jungles have
nlaalcs--and surely there are no BARRIERS waiting
behind the thickets or in the vicinity OF the
water holes ready to pounce upon them and
TX their hobs
Why lions were given names nobody can
answer. Human beings can only. speculate on
the reason, and there are many that have been
advanced from time 10 time, but 1t Is apparent
that their names serve for useful as well as
ornamental purposes. The king Of beasts must
hunt for his food. He must travel through the
thDrny u1ickets to stalk his prey. ais name
protects his BODY from the. needle pointed
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The Real Thing

Just a bit of mathematics
And some mental acrobaticS-
That's not bridge.
IF you. find three rivals vying
And the fourth is not half trying
That's not bridge.
But when all those at the table
Do the best OF which they're able
And maintain a happy spirit
And let no occurrence queer it
That is bridge.
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Aolos4 VK ~7s &AKQ 1854
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-10-01
STATE EXAMINERS REPORT


No. $3.50, Burroughs Adding Machine Company, $1O2s5, Maintenance
contract from December %, 1890 to June %. 1881: claim allowed and paid
January l 1881. This is payment of services before they have been rendered
and IS prohibited ~ law. This has been called to your attention repeatedly In
reports.
No 557a3. Frank French, Commissioner, sl4043, expenses and per diem
attending Commissioners Convention at Missoula-item of $676 for railroad
fare. There is n voucher to support this item. All money expended for travel
pended. In this a claim there are items of $500 for meals and $3.50 for
hotel. Chapter 48 of the 1927 Session Laws provides that n Commissioner
may attend 3 general meetinng of the County Commissioners not onener than
once a year and that he may be allowed ACTUAL TRANSPORTATION
CHARGES and per diem. Actual transportation expenses do lot include meals
and lodging.
No. 5592G, H. P. Larsen Implement Company, $421. 80, is not fully item
lied. All claims should be fully itemized. If they are not fully and
plainly temized IN the claim blank furnished by the County the claims
should not be allowed by the Commissioners.
kind of work and by whom authorized. At the present time the claims only
show the date, the number of the district and kind of work. As there are sew
eral hundred miles of roads in each road district a claim showing work done
in a district lacks very much the required termination and it is impossible for
anyone to audit same.
If the County Commissioners would refuse to allow any claim unless it had
been filed with the County Clerk at least three days before the first Monday
in the month, it would give the clerk time enough to audit the claim and
made out and accompanied by proper vouchers they should be returned to the
claimant. The law provides that certain requirements must be me- before a
claim may be paid and anyone not willing to meet the necessary requirements
should lot do business with the County.
We note that refunds were not made O Claims No. $3.50 and No. 53151
which were called to your attention in our 1880 report.
1891 examination fee paid.
Respectfully submitted,
G. M. Robertson,
State Examiner
A. f. Williams,
Second Asst. State Examiner.
b. A. Risley,
Deputy State Examiner.
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her home Friday from Minot to at
tend school here.
Jake Zeilner motored to Redstone
and Plentywood Wednesday.
Henry Valdez was a business call
er in Plentywood Wednesday.
Alex Thompson has been visiting
his daughter in Redstone. He returned
home Monday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Ben
son, a baby boy on Wednesday.
Mrs. May Boyd came Wednesday
from Minton, Canada to visit at the
Herbert Benson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur LELAND and
Gail and Mrs. Andrew LELAND were
Plentywood visitos Friday.
Professor and Mrs. Alexander mo-
tored to Plentywood Wednesday.
Inor Move, wife and child from N.
OAK, were callers at the Herbert Ben
son and Nels Olson homes.
James Johnson left for Dooley on
Wednesday.
Mrs. MAIDS Billet entertained the
Country Club Thursday afternoon.
Louie Ripley was a business visit
or in Scobey Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur LELAND and
daughters, Barbara and Gail and pro-
fessor and Mrs. Alexander and Grand
ma West snent Sunday at the home
of Jack Keogh in Canada. Noel Keogh
accompanied them home to resume
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood House and
son Harry returned Friday from the
reservation where they have beer
working for Charles Grant through
harvest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heck Morrison ant
family from Paisley Brook, Sask.
visited relatives in town Sunday.
Sven Ryberg is hauling wheat t.
Plentywood for Mr.. Thomson.
Elmer Cole and Joe Wagner from
Daleview were business callers her.
Saturday.
Mrs. VIM. Tobin entertained the La
dies Aid Sunday. A fine dinner wa
provided and was literally patroniz
ed.
Mrs. Alexander, Miss Hawbake
Miss Tronnes, and the Misses Buckne
berg and Folsom took a lunch an
"hiked' to the coulee's Saturday at
ternoon.
Mrs. Roy Udy returned 'Monda,
from the Plentywood hospital wher
she had a minor operation.
Frederick Mills returned home fror
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-10-01
Legal Notices
NOTICE


At a meeting of the recently APP
pointed Relief Committees and the
Board of County Commissioners it
was decided that Sheridan County
furnish not to exceed 6 tons of Coal
to each family who are unable to
obtain their own Coal.
The Relief Committees have been
| supplied with the necessary blanks
for making applications for such
Coal. If you are in need of Coal go
to your nearest Committee and make
your application fer such Coal. If
your application is approved by the
Committee an Order will be issued
on some Mine in your locality. A
of your Order.
1t is expected that all Coal Mine
Operators will cooperate with the
County in furnishing Coal to the
needy by accepting such Orders and
present a Claim for payment to the
Board of County Commissioners. All
such claims must have orders at
tached and must be filed with the
Clerk not later than three days be-
fore the first Monday cf each month.
If claims are properly presented,
payment will be made promptly.
The Relief Committees and their
territories are as follows:
G. A. Anderson, j. Lace and E. +.
Cosper for School Districts No. 40,
rs, Ga, CT, 90, "a.
Jens Ibsen, A. N. Wankel and w.
d. Dooley for Districts No. IS, q, 33.
Jacob Twet, Peter Helm and Tom
Kelly for Districts No. 43, SO, ~.
P. M. Miller, Walter Olson and r.
Lininger for Districts No. 70. O., 3, sc
F. Herman, ]. A. Glen and Andrew
Dahl for Districts No. So, %, 81, n
81, 81, 81.
Christ Jonasen, Christ Jorgensen
and H. F. Bridgman for Districts No
%, 40, so, 4, 6, H., "a, GO.
R. G. Tyler, II. Lettering and Nels
Miller for Districts No. 7, II, Al, 5
H. C. Riley, Geo. Andersen and A
r. Rice for Districts No. 8, &c, 73, 60,
R. R. LELAND, G.. A. Foster and E
0. Teigen for Districts No. 10, 10, SO
SO.
A. F. Ziebarth, Geo. Munson ant
A. c. Erickson for Districts No. 20
80, rs, 35, 81, 81.
j. w. Bucklin, H. H. Knudson anC
J.. S. Albers for Districts No. 2, 72
2S, 46.
Board of County Commissioners,
Sheridan County, Mont. AIT,
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OUTLOOK

Outlook-Mrs. Andrew LELAND and
Mrs. Keith Gaxrick took Ralph LELAND
to Plentywood Monday where he took
the train for Missoula where he will
resume his studies.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ladd ST., we're
Sunday visitors at the Ole Garrick
home.
Ray Morris, Bert Wagnild and VIM.
Jennings accompanied the cattle cars
to the city. Mr.. Jenning intends to re-
main there.
Miss Elizabeth Juve spent the week
end at her home.
Mrs. Richard Haas took her daugh-
ter to Plentywood Monday to have
the cast removed from her arm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anhalt's little daugh-
ter susie returned from the hospital
at Plentywood Wednesday.
Mrs. Andrew Iceland and son Ralph
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Keith
Garrick.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ladd ST., and
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Cosper were Plen-
tywood visitors Monday
Miss Alice Grove is assisting Mrs
N. J. Nelson.
Miss nellie Donaldson was a Sco-
hey visitor Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wise and Mrs,
Hazel Ladd, spent Tuesday afternoon
at Tom Clawson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aslakson and Mrs
and Mrs. James Flemming of Red
stone and Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Wagner
of Daleview were Sunday visitors al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Cicero Dry.
den.
Walter Newdeck of Beach, N. ID.
came up on Tuesday evening to visi'
his daughter Mrs. Lloyd Deck and ia.
mily. Mr.. Newdeck is the Occiden
scale inspector and is working thr,
this territory.
Charles Roderick was assisting a
the Mills Hardware Store Wednesda,
Miss Kathryn Marion of Plenty
wood was in town Thursday givint
music lessons.
Martin Homme returned home OF
Wednesday from a trip to various
points in Minnesota and North Dako
ia.
Miss Estella Cookery returned t.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-10-01
NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to a resolution passed by
the Board Of County Commissioners
Of Sheridan County, Montana, on
September 10, 1881, notice is hereby
given that the following described
property will be sold at public sale to
he highest bidder on October 10, 49,
81 at 200 O'clock p. NJ, at the coun-
ty Court House.
NEASEA Sec. "a, SWA Sec.
35 Twp. "a Rye. So. WhNEA,
NEANWA Sec. 2 Twp. 33 Rye.
20. Appraised value $4,000.
The value stated for this descrip-
len is the minimum value at which
al property car be sold.
At least 90 per cent of purchas ng
zee mist be paid at time of sale and
balance in five years.
4 Quit Claim Deed will be issued
0 the purchaser.
Niels Madsen,
County Clerk in and for Sheridan
1ounty. Montana.
Isl Publication September IL, 81.
at : lbl.caticn Oct. 10, 1881
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-10-01
CALL FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that the
Board Of County Commissioners will
receive Bids for Ignite Coal for the
use of Sheridan County Court House
and County Library for one year.
Bids will also be received for furn-
ish ng Coal to County Poor Charges
for n year.
Bids will be received until October
7th, 1881 at 200 o'clock, p. m. The
successful bidder will be required to
furnish a Bond in the amount of
$4,000
The Ronrd r-sorvce tAs right to
eject any and al! bids. Mark vour
envelope "Bid on Lign'to Coal"
~ Order Of the Board Of County
Commissioners.
Niels Madsen, Clerk.
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