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The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-06-04
N. P. PAYS S93,419.44
into CARBON COUNTY
TREASURY FOR TAXES

Completing payment of its 1890
taxes amounting to $93,419.44, the
Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany last week placed in the hands
of George Mcdonald, county treas
urar at Red Lodge, a check for
SIG, 709.72. This represents the
last half of the 1880 state taxes
payable to Carbon county. The
first half was paid in November
last year.
The money paid to Carbon coan-
ty is part of the Northern Paeif-
les 1880 Montana property tax
bill of S2,106,191.99.
A significant fact of the tax
payments by this railway COM
pany is that out of the total amount
paid for 1880, more than $1,000,000
goes for educational purposes, and
about a quarter million dollars for
road and bridge purposes.
Railway money is an outstand-
ing item III the building and main
tenance of Montana's schools and
roads E. A. McCrary, tax com
missioner of the Northern Pacific,
SAID.
In Carbon county alone the tax
es paid on the railway company's
operating property in 1890 was
$68,178.60, on lands $2,203.84, and
on properties Of the Northwestern
Improvement Company, which is
owned entirely by the Northern
Pacific, $23,097, making a total
IF $93,419.44. The distribution Of
the tax money shows that $5,7S4.-
48 goes for state purposes; $27,-
1851 for county purposes; ST.
834.48 for the city of Red Lodge ;
$5S8.48 for Joliet; $203.24 for
Fromberg; $498.68 for Bridger;
$6,023.88 for roads; $2,671.82 for
bridges; and $48, 428.27 for schools.
The Northern Pacific's operat-
ing property in Montana was taxed
on the State Board of Equaliza-
tons assessed value of $78,928
$40 and the taxes amounted tc
$1,661, 564.09. Under the Montana
law, all of the operating property
Of railroads, except Improvements
and some personal property, is tax
ed on 40 per cent basis, although
the basis of taxation of all other
property averages about so pel
cent.
Various county assessors, with
their own classifications and APP
praisals, assessed lands of the Nor
thern Pacific just the same as
other land. Mr.. McCrardy said
that the railroad land holdings
were assessed at $20,513,215 and
taxed on 30 per cent basis for a
total amount of $358,454.24.
Taxes levied against the North
western Improvement Company
owned by the Northern Pacific
amounted to $86,173.66. This COM
pany is assessed for lands, town
lots and coal properties at Col.
strip and Red Lodge. In addition,
the company paid license tax to
the state on coal mined amounting
to $62, 533.70.
"Altogether, the property tax
payments by the Northern Pacif-
ic in Montana for 1880 amounted
| to $2,106,191.99", Mr.. McCrarv
continued. "An analysis of the
taxes paid shows that 46 per cent
or $973,685.98 goes to the public
schools. But, since the state taxes
included $91, S11.46 for the state
university and other state insti.
buttons, we have paid in this state
S1,065, 497.44 for educational pur-
| poses.
"Taxes levied directly for road
and bridge purposes is considerably
more because many counties have
road and bridge bonds which have
been grouped with other county
| bonds for tay n,lrnoses. Tho re.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-06-04
LOCATION

The lots to be sold are in the
district bounded on the North
by 10th street, on the South
by 23rd ST., on the East by
Word ave., on the West by
Green ave. Drive out today and
select your lots before the sale
A sign on every lot to be sold.
Every lot sold by number. At
a recent sale we sold III lots in
106 minutes. WE SELL FAST
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14

given her were employed to the full.
And in almost every instance where
the stern crOss-examination Of a mill
tary court would have been resisted,
the skill Of this modern Delilah was
successful, for men stammered out to
her their secrets against the prompt
ings of their training and their judg-
ment.
Her daring, too, was, as great as
her personal fascination. Time and
again she penetrated to points behind
the French line.
1t was after the war that Nemesis
overlook this woman with the smile
of a Gioconda and a heart of the
hardest rock" as she has been called
Haunted by the ghosts Of dead men
men betrayed by her hand and brain
she sought temporary forgetfulness
in drugs. But the phantoms remained.
and before long the "Blond Indy"
now hopeless drug addict, had lost
everything, beauty, charm, reason
itself-everything in fact except the
Unsuitable craving for cocaine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14
Worthless" Land Left by Fa--
Their Brings Fortune.

San Francisco.-Old Dame Fortune
has her sentimental moments.
She bestowed 100000 dowry on
bride of less than two months. it
has developed here-and just to keep
things even. poured another half mil
lion into the lap of a married sister.
The two lucky women are Mrs.
Louise w. Dessauer, who became the
wife of local stock broker recently.
and Mrs. Cora Nathan Michaels, both
of this city.
Ten years ago upon the death Of
their father, Louis d. Nathan, pro-
moter, they inherited an estate con-
sidered virtually worthless. 1t was
a quarter interest in 1850 acres of bleak
land in a corner of Kings county, ap-
praised at $500.
The same legacy is now valued at
100000.
The estimate was made in the court
of Superior Judge Thomas F. Graham
when w. D. Kelley, trust officer for
the Wells Fargo Bank and Union
Trust company, presented an account
ing of the Nathan estate.
The property is located in the Ket-
tleman Hills oil district, develop
ment barely dreamed of in Nathan's
day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14
Can Read S Miles Away
by Novel Searchlight

London.--There is news of the in
vention of an entirely novel search
light which throws a beam of light
so intense that newspaper can be
read by it at night at distance of
five miles.
The searchlight is the invention of
W. H. Pennow, and one of it's most
astonishing features is that it is able
to keep the lamps rays in narrow
pencil Of light. The beam of ordinary
searchlights diverge so much that even
when lamps of enormous candle DOW
err are used their-ranges are compara-
lively short. The Pennow beam is
focused much more sharply; at
mile it produces spot of light only
twelve feet in diameter. The search
light has been designed chiefly to help
aviators in night, flying, but 1t has
many other uses.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14
Beautiful Spy Dying in Madhouse

pale oval face Of delicate mold were
set two big blue eyes, luminous and
appealing. Few there were who could
say "No" to her. and yet, behind all
fascination there worked brain mas
terly in its perception and intuition.
Little more than girl when she
first entered Germany's spy service,
she soon revealed such brilliant quail
tiles that 1t was not long before she
was left with free hand. She made
Antwerp her headquarters. and it was
there that she brought off some of her
greatest coups.
Used at" on Captives.
When a Belgian or French secret
service agent was taken by the Ger
mans, he was, in nine cases out of
ten, left to the mercies of the Blond
Lady" Her Interrogation" followed
none of the orthodox lines; all the
witchery and fascination nature had
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14

H. e'ee ing interviewed, Mr..
Fletcher said tersely: my plans are
indefinite. but certainly don't intend
to go into a convent" There were ru-
mors that he would seek the Republi-
can nomination for the Pennsylvania
senatorship as successor to Senator
Davis. but this he denied. Also 1t
was thought he might be appointed
governor-gen Of the Philippines.
In view of the long experience of
Mr.. Fletcher in the diplomatic service
and the fact he served as ambassador
to both Italy and Belgium, there is
talk that, If any change should be
made in the Office of secretary of
state. he would be logical man for
the post. Following the election of
Hoover in 1923. he was mentioned
freely for secretary of state and for
ambassador to Great Britain and am
bassador to France. Long friend of
President Hoover. he accompanied
him ON the goodwill trip to Latin
America soon after the Presidential
election.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14
News Review Of Current
Events the World Over
United States Steel Cuts Dividend Rate and Will
Reduce Salaries-Germany Now Is
Helping Herself.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD

Mr.. Stimson. before leaving Berlin
for London. issued a statement in
which he said:
THE American people have faith
in the. German people and believe in
their future. My faith in Germany
has been strengthened by my visit
here. believe the present difficulties
are due mostly to temporary lack of
confidence and that through courage
and renewed confidence Germany's
welfare will be restored"
The German government announced
the formation of the Acceptance and
Guarantee" bank with a capital Of
S4S,000,O00 to facilitate the immediate
financial transactions of the country
and to make possible the re-opening
of all German banks. The Reichsbank
and eleven other leading German
banks guaranteed the credits to the
new bank.
In addition to removing the restric-
lions oil banking activities throughout
the country. DR.. Hans Luther. presi-
dent of the Reichsbank and Chancel-
lor Bruening said they hoped the new
bank would also help re-establish the
closed Darmstaedter und National
bank. and save other small banks now
tottering.
One important step taken by the
government was the appointment of
Herman Schmitz to assume control of
all German banks during the crisis.
He was made controller Of the coun-
try's financial structure with power to
draft plans to stop the flow of funds
from the various banking houses.
Herr Scnmitz has been closely identi-
fled with the great chemical industries
of Germany.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14
Blond Lady Of Antwerp"
Prisoner in Asylum.

Berlin.-Formerly one of the clev-
crest and most beautiful spies the
world has ever seen, haggard, wild
eyed woman, whose name is given as
Bertha Heinrich, lies in the great asy-
lum for the insane at Wittenau, near
here, awaiting her rapidly approach
ing end.
An entry in the books Of the in
stitution indicates that she was a
hopeless drug addict, when, more than
two years ago, she was first admitted.
But behind that simple entry lies the
story of one of the most amazing per-
sonalities of the war years.
Known as the "Blond Lady of Ant
werp," she was one of Germany's
most successful spies, and betrayed
countless allied secret service men.
Caused Many Deaths.
Her victims, however, were by no
means confined to that field, for one
of her duties was the. appointment of
hundreds of German agents, and these,
without being in the least aware Of
the fact, were in turn spied on by
members of special corps which she
had organized.
1t has been averred that in this way
she was responsible for the shooting
of q number of spies in the pay of
Germany who were suspected of play
ing their paymasters false.
At the height of her power she was
tall. slim, graceful creature, pos
sessing an irresistible allure. In
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14

His first business there will be to at
tend conference on European cred
its which will open August 20. He
will then take part in a meeting of
the finance committee early in Sep.
TENDER. He will return home in Oc-
tober, and will not be obliged to re-
linquish any of his business interests
in this country, as the finance COM
mittee of the league is called togeth-
er only three times year, each meet
ing as rule, continuing for only a
few days.
Mr.. Davis is entirely familiar with
European finances for during his dis
tinguished career he has been a men,
Der of numerous International commits
sions and conferences. In 1920-21 he
was undersecretary of state.
ONE more report has come from
~ the Wickersham commission. It
deals with the American prison sys-
tenn, which it condemns as inefficient,
antiquated, failing to reform the Grim
inal or protect society. and as using
brutal and unjustified disciplinary
measures. Much of the report is a
denunciation of prison conditions,
characterized as almost Incredible -
under which men are imprisoned in
overcrowded cells without sufficient
light or fresh air or benefit of modern
plumbing.
1t attacks also the system of prison
discipline described as traditional,
Anticipated. unintelligent and not in
frequently cruel and inhuman." AS
sorting these methods contribute to
the increase of crime by hardening
the prisoner" the commission urges
they be changed by law.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14
Nail Swallowed by Man
% Years Ago Removed

Elmer. N. J.-Severe pains in his
chest recently startled Edward Snyder,
Pennsylvania railroad track foreman
living here. Mr.. Snyder recalled that
twenty-eight ago, when making toma-
to crates, he had swallowed a nail and
so told his doctor.
The nail, now quite rusty, was To-
Gated by surgeons and removed in
delicate operation at the Episcopal
hospital, Philadelphia. They said it
must have penetrated the intestinal
wall at some point and gradually
worked is way upward through Sny-
der's body until 1t lodged between his
lungs and ribs.
Snyder is recuperating at his home
here.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14
Oil Turns $500 Into Million for Girls

Kelley told the court a half inter
est in the 100 acres was recently
leased to a large oil company for
$S,000,000, and should bring the two
sisters royalty rights approximating
$1,000,OO0.
Mrs. Dessauer, in their summer
home at Belvidere following the honey
moon, laughingly intimated that the
wedding present was highly appre-
ciated.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14
Loss of Collar Button
Causes Mans Breakdown

Council Bluffs, Iowa.-Mislaid, bor-
rowed or stolen were just words in
the life of Edwin T. Waterman. He.
was a careful man.
He is the proud proprietor OF an
umbrella purchased 81 years ago. And
he has prize antique in shoe
brush which has done daily duty for
62 years.
But he is suffering nervous break4
down because he couldn't find col
lar button he purchased recently.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14


time set for a general strike. The
congress promptly accepted the resig-
nation but apparently withheld the safe
conduct out of the country which
Ibanez asked. Therefore, in the early
morning hours the overthrow dicta-
tor, accompanied by his wife and three
army officers, fled from the palace in
a motor car. At Los Andes they
boarded special train for Argentina,
and it is considered unlikely that any
attempt will be made to bring him
back to Santiago for trial.
When Ibanez fled. Pedro Opazo,
president of the senate and vice presi-
dent of Chile. became acting president,
but he lasted only few hours. for the
people were convinced he had aided
Ibanez to escape. He. therefore,
stepped out in favor Of Juan Esteben
Montero. who presumably will be chief
executive until president is elected.
Montero is one of the country's lead
ing lawyers.
Chile hailed with appreciation the
announcement that Pedro Blanquier,
one of the most popular men in Chile,
had agreed to accept the post of
finance minister. His bread and wa
ter" policy during his eight-day term
as premier has been accepted by most
Chileans as a great step to rid the ma
ton of it's economic distress.
FRIDAY saw the belated dedication
l. of the marble column at Putin
Bay, Ohio. memorializing the victory
Of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
over the British in the battle Of Lake
Erie in 1912. The 330-foot shaft has
been completed for Is years. but the
ceremonies were put off from time to
time until the present.
Dedication addresses were made by
Senator James Hamilton Lewis of IL
linois and Gov. George White Of Ohio.
Among others on the program were
Webster p Huntington of Columbus,
president of the Perry's victory me
mortal commission; John FL. Clarke.
Cleveland. former associate justice OF
the United States Supreme court. and
Edwin A. Scott, president, and A. w.
]. Flack. secretary of the Canadian
club of New York.
GAM G. MAJOR. representative In
- congress from the Seventh Mis-
souri, district, died in Fayette. Mo-. and
the Republican majority in the nexi
house was thus restored to two, for
Mr.. Major was Democrat, one Of the
twelve in the present Missouri dele
cation of sixteen. He was sixty-two
years old and was elected to his fifth
term last autumn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14
Is Only a Citizen
When He Quits Car

AIbany.-A trolley conductor
ceases to be conductor when
he leaves the trolley. the Court
of Appeals has ruled.
The case was that of John
Mack, who had sued the Brook
Ign City Railroad company be-
cause one of the concerns con-
ductors had hit him. The COM
pany maintained that the con-
ductor had left the car when
he smote John and that, ergo.
he was no longer their agent
but a private citizen. And the
company won.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14

cUIIdpse, Tie ulStIn- -"
gulshed visitors were received in Ber-
lin with uproarious demonstrations
and were the chief figures at banquets
and conferences. "Britain's confidence
in Germany is undiminished." declared
MIR. Macdonald. I'VE are filled with
admiration for Germany and we are
firmly convinced that if she continues
her efforts, If she eXerts all her intel
iectual, moral, and economic powers
To get on her feet again. without Civ
Ing way to despair. other nations will
help her and not suffer her to go un-
der. A free, selfrespeeting Germany
is Indispensable"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14

CARLOS IBANEZ,
~ president and die
tator Of Chile. who
held his own through
out all the Latin
American revolutions
of last year, has fall
en- at last. The imam
Of destiny" as he
styled himself. faced
with a popular upris-
ing that was all ar
ranged. resigned YER
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14

NORMAN Fl. DA-
~ Wis, one of Amer
ica's most eminent
fnanciers and at pres
ent trustee of the
Bank of New York
and Trust company.
announced that he
had accepted a post
on the finance COM
mittee of the League
Of Nations and would
sail for Europe al
m O ST Immediately
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14


~ interest is evil
denced in Washing
ton in the political
future and plans of
Henry P. Fletcher,
veteran diplomat, who
has just rendered to
President Hoover his
resignation as chair
man of the tariff
commission, effective
on November Is. Be-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14
Girl of IL Married

Corryton. Tenn. = Bertha Mae
Brooks. twelve, married Samuel Boo
her, twenty-five, here Rev. Gus Boo
her, father of the bridegroom Off
ciated.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14

CHEERED up by
~ tn e encouraging
promises and predic-
lions of Prime Minis
ter Macdonald Of
Great Britain. Secre-
tary of State Stimson
Of the United States
a n d other eminent
statesmen. Germany
worked hard during
the week to rescue
herself from financial
AAlu---- nm zsls
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14

r United STATES
~ Steel, generally
regarded as the ba-
rometer Of American
business conditions,
went on record when
the directors at their
meeting in New York
reduced the quarterly
dividend on common
stock sharply from
'$1.75 to 81. The new
dividend rate amounts
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14

THERE is lot of labor trouble In
l. the East. In New York 10000
workers in the mems and children's
clothing industry went on strike on
orders from the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers of America. The objects
of the strike. according to union Of
ficials. are to prevent a return OF
sweat shop conditions and to put an
end to gangster's intimidation of union
workers and officers.
The two unions in the textile indus
try at Paterson, New Jersey. which
are affiliated with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, had scheduled
strike for August 8. but their hand
was forced by a premature strike en-
gineered by the radicals. and the more
conservative ones were compelled to
quit work earlier than intended.
Thousands of workers walked out and
the mills were stopped.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14

Outlining what is considered the
ideal, the commission asserts segrega-
ton Of the diseased, insane, drug-ad-
dicted and hardened criminal is one
of the first requisites. 1t holds fort
resslike prisons Of the Auburn type
are unnecessary save for the worst
types.
Under the proposed system all pris-
oners would be paid wages. their
treatment would be more humanized,
the choosing of prison officials would
be removed from politics and guards
would be trained specifically for their
task.
It is advocated that mo man should
be sent to a penal institution until 1t
is definitely determined that he is not
a fit subject for probation" Extension
of the parole system also is urged as
the ''best means yet devised for re-
leasing prisoners from confinement"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-14

TN ONE of the most strongly worded
opinions ever handed down in
prohibition case, the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago
severely attacked the tactics OF dry
agents in entrapping offenders. de-
claring their methods to be "a shock
to the courts sense Of justice" and
observing that there is IAN ever in
creasing frequency Of similar cases."
The opinion reversed the conviction
of five policemen of indianapolis who
last year were found guilty of con-
spiracy to protect speakeasy.
"That there was conspiracy to
violate the prohibition law, there can
be no doubt" said the Appellate
courts opinion. 1.-THE conspiracy was
conceived by the three prohibition
agents, who enlisted the services of
decoy. Lyle. to more effectually ac-
complish their object" Horace Lyle,
who managed the government oper-
ated speakeasy, is a notorious colored
dry spy who has been indicted for
bribery and arrested several times for
drunkenness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-07
CHURCH BOARD TO MEET

A meeting of the Board of the Congregational Community church will be held this evening at o'clock in the church parsonage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-07

Aileen's rise to stardO m arouees the bitter jealousy of another actress, in tomOrrow's chapter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-07

SYNOPSIS: A downpour of rain ruins an expensive, bor- rowed evening gown which Vii vicnne Gray, beautiful young model, is wearing to impress Dwight Charming, New York artist. Charming promises to make it right and later induces Vivienne to consent to pose for a series of decorations he is painting fer a theatre. AiIeen, Viyienre's elder sister, an ac- trcss, fears that Vivienne's ven- lures in society with Charming will make her discontented with her lot as a mcd1l. Ailecn is in lovc with Jimmy Crane, thaatri- cal press agent, but knows she must not give way to this emo- tion until it is no longer me- ccseary to care fer Vivienne. Jimmy persuades Max Klein, producer to give Aileen a part in his new show, "Sara's Christ mas Stocking" and outlines his plan fer her to appear in pub lie in costume as an advertising stunt.