Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1931-12-17

seasons.
OKLAHOMA CITY, (AP)-At
a special shoot given in their hon
or, Mr.. and Mrs. pepper" Martin
were made honorary members of
the Capitol City Gun club.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., (AP)-
Boxing has been added to the list
of intramural sports at the Univer-
sity of North Dakota this year.
About 40 amateur pugilists are in
training.
PITTSBURGH = They thought
it funny when John Phoman, life
term convict, said he would be out
of prison by Christmas. Well, he's
out. He committed suicide yester-
day.
MEDFORD, Mass.-It takes a
lot to unnerve the A. M. Moultons.
Their automobile stalled ON a rail
road crossing. They leaped and saw
slow moving train turn the car
over. The Moultons righted it and
went on their way.
FRANKLIN, Pa.-Mayor Harry
Ferringer intends to encourage
the courageous. He will marry free
of charge "anyone who has the
courage to marry these days."
OSSINING, N. Y. = Warden
Lawes wants Sing Sings minstrel
shows to be successful. He doesn't
want the convict performers dis
tracted. He has asked patrons not
to display costly jewels.
NEW YORK-Anybody who be-
lieves pleated top trousers are ex-
clusively the garb of the effete
east, doesn't know his Main street.
Sinclair Lewis wears 'em.
OAKLAND, Calf. Mrs. Ethel
Harrington Rescorla did not wait
for CuIbertson and LEM to settle
the issue. Testifying in her di-
vorce action, she said one phase of
her husbands cruelty was demand
ing she change her system of
bridge bidding. She was granted
a decree-for desertion.
CHICAGO-It is going to be
worth somebody's while to write a
new song for Sigma Chi. Charles
Alling, lawyer and politician, be-
queathed half of his $325,000 estate
to the grand council of the fra
ternity to be used as prizes for a
new song.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Sir Woll-
mott Lewis, Washington cores
pondent for the London Times, be-
liepes in getting his news where
he finds it. IA foreign correspond
ent," he said, "lnust make contacts
among every class of men, not
merely among statesmen and dip
lomats. Frequently taxi driver
can impart more wisdom than a
diplomat"
HARTFORD, Wis.-Santa Claus
dropped right down on a Christmas
tree, but it wasn't the right tree,
and he didn't intend to drop there
anyway. 1t was a parachute jump,
and the old fellow, whiskers and
all, got tangled in the limbs, and
it was all very embarrassing. He
was disentangled and proceeded to
the Lions Christmas party afoot,
with whiskers awry, but limbs, for
tunately, intact.
LOS ANGELES Willard
remember Thinks he has another
worlds championship. He has just
begun his 727th lawsuit, which he
believes to be a record. He says
he's won them all. The new suit
involves $1O680 settlement.
CINCINNATI - Mistletoe isn't
what it used to be in the Christmas
business. Bashful young ladies who
stood blushing under the mystic
mistletoe, thereby making them
selves eligible for kiss, must have
decided it was an old fashioned
and unnecessary subterfuge. Farm.
ers are trucking it to market in
large quantities, but no one is
buying.
MIAMI, Fla.-Chief of Detec.
tives L. 0. Scarboro has coined 9
word to designate girls who trave
in sidedoor Pulmans and on the
blind baggage. He called Eva
Kochs, who arrived in a freight
car, a 'shebo," explaining that il
was a feminine form for hobo.
MINNEAPOLIS-Dr. J. Arthur