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The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-06-04
AUCTIONEERS LEAVE
TO ADVERTISE LOCAL
REAL ESTATE SALE

]. R. Sartain and G. A. Kemp,
real estate auctioneers of Los
Angeles, are now touring Mon
tana, North Dakota, Wyoming,
South Dakota, and Southern Idaho,
advertising the sale of lots in Red
Lodge at the public auction to be
held here June 13. The lots are the
property of the Red Lodge Town
site company.
Mr.. Sartain left Thursday for
Eastern Montana, North Dakota,
and Northern Montana to advertise
the sale, and Mr. Kemp left early
this week for the purpose of ad-
vertising the auction in Wyoming.
Southern Idaho and Western Mon
tana. Another agent of the Sar-
tain-Kemp firm is doing advertis-
ing work in Wyoming and South
Dakota.
The lots to be sold have all baen
placarded, according to Mr.. Kemp.
Every lot included in the sale has
been given number, and marked
with a large printed placard, des-
ignating the number of the block
and the number of the lot.
''Those who intend to purchase
these lots will facilitate matters
considerably" Mr.. Kemp suggest
ed, "by selecting the lot or lots Of
their choice now, and keeping the
numbers in mind when the lots are
auctioned."
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-06-04
Unregistered Cars
Will Be Picked Up
By Sheriff's Force

Sheriff John Albert this week
issued a warning to drivers of all
cars bearing foreign licenses and
cars carrying only one license.
Foreign cars must be register
ed in this state" Sheriff Albert
stated, "and failure to register
them will subject the owners to
severe penalties. There are many
of these outside vehicles in Red
Lodge at the present time, and
the drivers of these will save
themselves trouble by dropping in
and registering them at my Of
flee"
Cars bearing but one license, or
those carrying 1880 licenses will
be picked up by the Sheriff's force
from now on, Mr.. Albert warned,
and their owners dealt with ac-
cording to law.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-06-04
APPROPRIATE PROGRAM
SPONSORED BY LEGION
FOR DECORATION DAY

Memorial Day was celebrated in
Red Lodge with appropriate pro-
grams and parades under the
sponsorship of Carbon Post No.
II, American Legion.
A program held in the Roman
Theatre Saturdi y morning was
we'll attended. The program be-
gan with the "Star Spangled Ban
ner", sung by the assembly. In
vocation was pronounced by Rev.
H. Miller Scott. G. M. Downs,
commander of the local post of
the legion, read the Memorial day
orders, and presented brief his
tory of Memorial Day since its
conception in 1868. Gayle Draper
presented a reading, "In Flanders
Fields" Kenneth Monahan, a tai
ented musician of the city, played
violin solo "Humoresque". Mrs.
A. F. Christiani accompanied him.
County Attorney E. P. Conwell
delivered the address Of the day,
in which he honored two veterans
of the Civil War who were seated
upon the speakers platform.
Benediction was said by Rev.
H. w. Woods.
Buglers 0. j. Salo and Fred
Schmidt blew "Taps', and Mrs.
Christiani closed the program
with a piano march.
Following the program at the
theatre, a parade led by the Am
erican Legion drum corps and the
local Boy Scouts, marched down
Broadway to the Northern Pacii-
ic station, and thence west to the
cemetery, where a short Memorial
Day service was held.
At the close of the service at
the cemetery here the Red Lodge
Legion drum corps, sc strong
journeyed to Columbus where they
participated in the exercises held
in that city and from there went
on to Absarokee, where they also
assisted the Legionairres in the
observance of Memorial Day. In
both cities they received a royal
welcome and returned with the
assurance that the Red Lodge
drum corps would be strong con-
tender for first honors when the
State Legion meeting is held ir
Miles City next month.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-06-04
PRESENT
THREE ACT FARCE
HERE monday Mite

"Sophronia's Wedding, a three
act farce presented b. the local
Rebekah lodge at the Congrega-
tional church Monday evening, was
well received by capacity crowd.
The play dealt with the efforts
of the TattletoWn Uplift Society
to perform missionary services in
ejecting the modern Sophronia
Piper and her mother from the So
ciety as a result of the scandal
Gus modern ways" affected by
Miss Piper since her education at
a city boarding school.
Efforts of the group to learn
what sort of work was done by a.
tonsorial artist kept the audience
in constant uproar.
Mrs. Fidelia Page Morrow, as
Mrs. Peace Peabody, easily "stole.
the show. Helen KamDinen, as
the president of the society, and
Edna Moore as the modern girl.
also exhibited a creditable stage
sense
Costumes, resurrected from for
gotten attics, also afforded more
amusement that the ordinary
comedy.
The cast for the play was as
follows:
Sophronia Piper ........ Edna Moore
Selma Ann Piper :. Grace Stumpft
Maria Snodgrass Helen Kampiren
Mrs. Peace Peabody
............ Fidelia Page Morrow
Mrs. Doddridge Elizabeth RenlunF
Mrs. Killemquick Lucille Weast
Miss Flossie Spriggs
...........-......... Margaret Newma
Mrs. Perkins ............ Emma Ruslr
PAMELA Witherspoon
............-.. Jessie Mae Simps on
Lobenia Witherspoon
............................ Glady7 Bowman
Miss Snippen ...... Mary MADDOX
Mrs. Savensouls - Matte Halpin
Tommy Savensouls
.......-................ Johnnie Renlund
Lottie Anne Sykes Belle McFate
Seraphina Snodgrass
.............5.... Florence Spichtig
Genevieve Van Houten
........-..................... Aliee Bailey
Title ..--............-.. Jeane Fredericks
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-06-04
HAZELBAKER TAKES OVER
GOVERNORSHIP OF STATE

observation-disclosures Frank A..
Hazelbaker, of Dillon, took over
the office of Montana's chief ex-
ecutive Monday, in the absence of
Governor J. E. Erickson who is at
tending the annual Governors
conference, held at French Lick,
Indiana.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-06-04

Earned runs: Red Lodge, 3;
Fromberg, 2. Errors: Red Lodge,
2; Fromberg, A. Struck out; By
Pokarney, Z; by Wadsworth, a.
Three base hits: O'Connor, Orler
Two base hits: Haworth, Pokar-
ney, Toffer. Bases on balls: off
Pokarney, 2; off Wadsworth, 3
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-06-04
This Week
BY ARTHUR BRIsBANR
Up in the Air-Ocean
Rome Sends Bad News
A Great U. S. Flyer
Cash for Three Things

Men deal with two oceans, one
above the other, of water and of
air. In one we die if submerged
too long, in the other fishes die.
For centuries men have been IA
miliar with the ocean of water, in
venting legends about it, diving
into it for pearls, sailing over it
for commerce and recently men
have explored it in diving bells.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-06-04

Ward Randall, twelve years old,
OF Whitehall, ILL.,, wins the Amer
lean spelling championship. The
word 'foulard" was too much for
the boy next to him.
Blanche Krell Of Detroit almost
won the girls championship, but
'impugn" was too hard for her,
Mary Schneider, age fourteen, won.
Correct spelling, easy for some,
impossible for others, is an Unborn
talent, as is music. One Of the best
spoilers in the world was Leo Ash
ley Grace, formerly Of Plainfield,
N. ]. He could spell "phthisic"
when barely three years of age,
and never made a mistake.
-, 1881, by King Features Syndicate. Ine)
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-06-04

An English lady who had devoted
her life to horse racing orders her
relatives to cremate her body and
scatter the ashes on the racetrack.
She liked to think of the thunder
ing hoofs" coming down the stretch
to victory over her dust. She might
no longer see or hear them, but
perhaps she could feel them.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-06-04

Captain Hawks, champion Amer
ican flyer, had his breakfast in
London, luncheon in Berlin, and
dinner in Paris.
The crowd welcoming him at LIE
Bourget, the Paris flying field,
called him Americas meteor
man." He flew from London to Ber-
lin in 8 hours and Is minutes, spent
an hour and twenty-seven minutes
in Berlin, plenty of time for lunch
con, and flew from Berlin to Paris
for his dinner in hours and 8
minutes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30
MASONS ADOPT
70 CHILDREN

Adoption ceremonies were held
in the Escuela Modelo auditorium
IN Matamoros Sunday morning by
the Matamoros Lodge Aurora Be-
real No. IA" Of MaSons.
The ceremonies, held every three
years. provide educational facilities
for all the children OF Master Ma
sons adopted by the Lodge. These
ceremonies differ from the prac-
tice followed in the United States
in that here the Masons provide
educational institutions and or
phanages where children of depart
cd brethren r sent in case they
cannot care for themselves.
Seventy children Of both sexes
were adopted Sunday morning by
the MatamoroS Lodge. The audi
forum of the Escuela Modelo was
packed with people from both
Brownsville and MatamoroS.
A special program consisting OF
overtures by the band Of the Ma
tar >-os Lodge. a speech on Free
m, ary by Master Mason Mariana
p. Marin. the ceremony Of adop-
ton. another speech BY Master
Mason Ladislao Cano. and a con-
gratulatory message 10 the Mata-
moros lodge from the one in Rey-
nosa, Tamaulipas. we're features OF
the program.
After the program refreshments.
sandwiches and cake were served
to those present.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30
CROSBY ASKS
DISMISS CASE
Hearing on Application OF
Oklahoma Deputy Set
For July 20

ARDMORE. June 20. P-Dis-
trict Judge John q. Ogden. today
set July 20 70 hear application Of
Cecil Crosby. former Carter county
deputy sheriff. TO dismiss the case
In which Crosby is charged with
staying Emilio Cortes Rubio. cousin
OF the president OF Mexico.
w. Z. Guess. charged jointly with
Crosby and granted a severance,
was acquitted by a jury In Judge
Ogden's court Saturday. Both dep
uties still face charges OF killing
Manuel Garcia Gomez. Rubio's
companion. The two we're slain by
the officers on the highway here
June 8. Guess said he fired the
fatal shots.
Judge Ogden declined to rule on
Crosby's motion TO dismiss today
because Of the absence OF repre-
sentatives Of the attorney general.
governor and the Mexican govern
ment. who assisted the county at
torney, Marvin Shilling, in the
Guess trial.
Crosby's attorneys first demand
ed immediate trial. and when ad-
vised the district court funds vir-
tually were depleted. offered to
waive a jury and go 10 trial before
the judge. Judge Ogden. however,
said he would prefer 10 have the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30
POST, CATTY,

Continued from Page One
York I'm going to sleep IS hours
straight"
Their rest here was one OF the
longest the airmen have had since
they left New York.a week ago.
Gatty's arm wa paining him
some when he arrived al the field
but he insisted 1t was all right and
would be completely heated within
a dayor two"
With its crossing OF the northern
Pacific, the Winnie Mae takes a
place alongside the famous mono-
plane Southern Gross for the dis
tinction OF having flown across
both oceans IN long hops.
The Southern Cross flew from
Oakland, Calf, to Australia in
three long jumps-Honolulu and
Suva being intermediate stopS-in
1928 and later flew from Ireland to
Newfoundland with its same pilot,
Wing Commander Charles Kings
ford Smith.
The Winnie Mae made no ocean
4tlEtl IOli4RdA aD4G " kAAC ilANAAAC- -
dash OF the Southern Cross from
Hawaii to Suva. 3,l38 miles. but
Il hoped over some 1000 miles OF
the north Pacific yesterday. Num-
erous planes have flown from
Alaska to Siberia and back in the
vicinity Of Boring straits and the
army round the world filters nego-
tIated the northern ocean IN sev
eral jumps by way OF the Kurile
and Aleutian islands. but the feat
or the Winnie Mae was the first
OF its particular kind.
From Khabarovsk the filters pass
ed over about 200 miles OF the
Siberian coast region and then
across the straits to Tartary. Sag
halien island. the sea or Okhotsk
and the Kamchatga peninsula be-
fore heading v c the wide stretch
Of the Boring sea to Nome.
Post and Gatty thus far have
greatly exceeded the speed or the
Graf Zeppelin. which went around
the world in 81 days z hours "a
minutes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30
PREFERRED
DEATH TO
LOSING ship
Wiley Post Relates
Details Of Trip
Across Pacific

NOME. Alaska, June 80. -tR--
wiley Post and Harold Gatty pre-
ferred death in the Boring sea 10
cracking up their ship later on tneiE
dash 10 New York, they AID yes"
terday when they arrived at oolo"
mon, near here, from knaparo'sk'
Siberia. 49,,
sWe experienced every kind OF
weather imaginable coming 10 SOL
ONION from K~habarovsk,' Post SAID
as he climbed from the plane.
Il flew for three hours and a
half Sunday night with the weather
80 thick that ! didn't see more
than the glass on the cockpit win
dows at n time Post declared
between mouthfuls Of fried chicken
as he watched mechanics refueling
the ship. Il thought then, well, i
would a damn sight rather croak
flying across the Boring sea than
crack the ship down south aftel
we're almost home. We managed
finally TO see enough light 10 guide
the ship safely here but all the way
across the Boring sea we saw miles
and miles OF ice floes moving
steadily northward into the straits.
The cold and haze prevented us
from going to a high altitude. We
tried It once and almost fro1e 10
death.
For two hundred miles into
Solomon we flew above clouds and
did not drop beneath them until
within about ten miles Of Solomon"
Although the fliers were under a
nervous strain when they landed
at Solomon, both we're in excellent
spirits and seemed certain they
would have very little difficulty Tor
the remainder OF the trip.
We are glad to put our feet on
good old American ground again,
said Post. Sixteen hours in that
bloody plane over water and no
mans land Is enough for us, but
it's colder than q son-of-gun UP
here"
The fliers said the Russians were
wonderful 10 them and did every
thing possible under the sun for US.
They tried TO speed us along as
fast as we could 90. hoping we
would break all records all TO
smithereens."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30
POLICE Nab
BANDIT PAIR
Two Escape After Daylight
Holdup of New Orleans
Bank Monday

NEW ORLEANS. June 29.-Pl-
A policeman was shot and wound
cd this morning when bandits held
up the Ewing Street branch of the
Canal Bank and Trust company,
only recently victimized by day
light robbers.
Two OF the bandits were cap
tured.
Two others escaped. Several
thousand dollars seized by the
quartet in the bank was recover
ed when the bandits deserted their
automobile, leaving the cash on
the back seat. after a chase Of a
dozen blocks across the city.
The chase started when the four
came out OF the bank and started
away in their car, just as a police
automobile rounded an adjacent
corner on a quick summons from
tellers in the bank.
The bandits oDened fire as the
police started in pursuit. Gle or
their bullets hitting James Jenne-
wine. 29-year-old police chauffeur
in the shoulder.
After a half dozen blocks. the
bandits stopped their car suddenly
leaving 1t at the curb as they
dashed into a house. Here. police
lest track OF two of them and the
other emerged quickly from the
rear and hoped into a parked car.
again speeding away. Additional
police cars which had been -ollow-
ing the chase took up the pursuit
and crowded the fleeing a to the
curb within n few blocks, capturing
the two occupants.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30

or the shooting.
Masquat was visiting his mother
here With his SON. They said the
three we're driving and had park
ed about two miles east OF here
They noticed m truck pass and
repass them several times before
three boys. handkerchiefs over
their faces. approached them. When
MaSquat rose 20 get out on the car.
one OF the boys fired a shotgun
full into his face.
Payne county officers were noti-
fled anC blOodhounds from the
state prison nc McAlester were eK-
pected 10 aid I'm the hunt today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30

lCOnLllutu lIONl past ~
are among the detectives Of the dis
trict.
=. G. Couch Of Weslaco is chair
man Of the temporary board CT
directors.
one hearing in each county was
considered at one time but II was
thought best by the board TO adhere
To the letter OF the law creating
the district which provided for only
one. One hearing in each county
had been considered for the con-
yenience OF property owners who
may appear and endeavor to show,
n they desire, why the district should
not be formed.
II has been brought out that pro-
nertv owners may withdraw at any
time during the first four Years II
they can show that they have not
benefited from the formation OF
the district. Taxes paid on sucn
land which is permitted to withdraw
Will be refunded with interest. the
district will set aside five per cent
Of the taxes 1t collects for this pur-
nose. II has only nominal taxing
powers. however OF five cents on the
hundred dollars valuation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30

evidence placed before a jury.
Shilling also said he desired a jury
trial.
Attorneys for both Crosby and
Guess said they would appear be-
fore District Judge Asa II. Walden
in another division Of the district
court here tomorrow 70 ask that
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30
FUEL FOR THE FIRE

Dear Mr.. Editor vrote a
WOuid-be contributor. viii YOU
please read the enclosed poem
carefully and return it 10 me with
your candid criticism as soon as
possible. as I have other irons in
the fire"
My dear Sir was the reply.
Remove the irons and insert the
poem The Humorist
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30

some immediate disposition be
made OF the case there IN which
the two deputies IN jointly charg-
ed with killing Gomez. Judge
Walden was out OF the city today.
but was expected here tomorrow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30
Train Sche les
Missouri Pacific Tineg

Missouri Pacific Lines
No. l2-To Houston. San Antonio.
ESQ a. m.
70. 1910 Houston. San Antonio.
300 p. m.
No. 15-From St. Louis. a Antonio.
Houston. 7.30 a. m.
No. ii-From San Antonio and
Houston. SIS p. m.
Southern Pacific Lines
No. 3io-From Houston. San An
ONTO. BIS n. m.
No. SOTO Houston. San Antonio.
els D. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30
City Briefs

Offices Moved-The offices OF u.
. marshal and u. S. district clerk
we're moved from the old federal
building to the Pacheco building
Monday.
Special-Model A Ford owners:
VIII refine and adjust your service
brakes, $685.. Harry's Auto Repair
Shop, 628 Twelfth St. phone los.
Adv. n.
Eat at the Coed Coffee Inn.
wherea sandwich Is a meal. In the
Bowling Alley. Adv.
Red auto tubes. 75c each: garden
hose. &c per foot: screen doors.
s2.25: bath tubs, $500 up; sinks.
lavatories. water pipe. cans for can
ming, sealers and glass jars. Salvage
Company, Fronton Street. Adv. go
Returns-R. G. Graham, Sani-
tary inspector. has returned fol-
lowing a two week vacation spent
IN an automobile tour OF Texas and
New Mexico. He was accompanied
by his family.
Sacked feed corn, 75c per bushel.
busting sulphur: cans for canning.
Mason jars: Ford $500: new
wagon. $500: furniture: pipe:
lumber: at Valleys clearing house.
the Auction Sales Co, Harlingen,
TEX Adv. so
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30
Three Holdup Men
Shoot Oklahoman

CUSHING, Okla. June %. Rl-
George Masquat, IS. or Shawnee,
Okla, was shot and killed rear
here last night by three youthful
holdup men. who fled on foot aft
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30

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workers In the Valley. and most OF
these will be at this meeting.
A similar training school meeting
will be held at Weslaco at 2 p. m.
THURSDAY. just before the main or
SANITATION meeting In the evening.
A. Miller of Dallas. organizer
FOR the Texas Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton, is in the Valley now help
ing TO form the vegetable cooper
alive In this section. He will be
here a month.
Pesent plans call for marketing
OF the vegetable cooperatives pro-
duce through the National Fruit
and Vegetable Exchange, Inc. an
organization set up by the Federal
Farm Bureau. :.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30
"Reoch for q
LUCKY instead"

Consider fhe Garden OF Eden.
When fhof old serpent put Eve vp 20
che ideo Of handing Adam ar apple.
he may have been doing them both q
good turn - for where would we be
foduy, ladies' and gentlemen, without
oUrAdom'sAPpIe. five didn'f hove our
Adom's Apple, we couldn't sing, we
couldn't we speak. For your Adom's
Apple Is your Lorynx your voice box
- II contains your vocal chords. So
Consider your Adams Apple. Be eore-
full In your choice of cigarettes. Re-
member = the serpent In fhe smokers
Garden OF Eden - harsh irrifonfs are
present in oII row toboeeos. Don't
resp your fhroaf with harsh irrifonfs.
Reoehfor LUCKY instead. Remember,
LUCKY STRIKE Is the only cigarette In
America fhof through IFS exclusive
"~ToAsTINc" Process exPeIs eerfoin
harsh irrifanfs presenfin all rowfobae-
eos. These expelled irrifonfs are sold
20 manufacturers Of chemical COM
pounds. They are not present I'm your
LUCKY STRIKE. And so we soy. Con
slider your Adams Apple"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30
HIST WAIT

.Uncle Peter. Is a bottle OF whis-
kv lust as good after it's been in
a cupboard for a year?"
II don't know. It's an expert
ment I've never been able to Com
plete."-Passiug Show
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-30
First Bale Brings
$3.50 at Corpus
Monday

CORPUS CHRISTI. June %
-Fl-The first bale or 1891
cotton grown in the United
States, brought here last week
by w. NJ. Thorne or La Sara,
Willacy county. today was
bought at auction by the Texas
Cotton Cooperative Association
for $3.50. The bale will be sent
70 the American Cotton CO.
operative Association az New
Orleans.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-20

which circulate rotnd-robin letters
among the members.
Hundreds Of letters from our menu
bers tell us Of the. encouragement
brought to them through the leagues
correspondence" said Mrs. Stovell. 1T
only others could see some Of the let
tiers we received
There is little Patsy" she continued.
Patsy, through her deafness. was shut
off from all friendly intercourse with
companions of her own age. She was
only in her early teens, hut she knew
all the bitterness and hardness COW
cred by that phase Of which people
speak so casually-'hard OF hearing
f.She assumed brave little air of
indm erence and smoked cigarettes. Just
trying to be like other girls. One day
she heard of the Everywhere League
and wrote letter to me. Into that
letter she poured the pent-up emotions
of her vehement little nature. She
didn't realize 1t. but into that letter
she put something else-the logic Of a
mind which had been thinking things
out for itself. The letter ended on a
dismal note-she would never go back
to school.
"The end of that story" smiled Mrs.
Stovell. "is that Patsy learned Of lip
reading. She enthusiastically took It
up. and Is now one of the happiest girls
I know. studying to be . teacher OF
sewing in vocational school Tor the
"There are ten million hard 10. hear
ing persons in the United States" "
concluded the league director. 1T Is
our aim. to reach the isolated ones and
to introduce them into q friendly or
ganization which has broken through
dull silence" ~