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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14
FIRST TIMBER BUILDING
ERECTED IN MILES, 1887

The first timber to be fashioned into
a building where Miles City now stands
reached Miles City in the same manner
as most of the early settlers, on one
OF the old flat bottomed river steamers,
and the building, a saloon, was erected
May 1, 1877, near the present corner
of Main andaFifth street.
At that date there were naturally no
streets, and nothing to indicate to the
settler that Miles City would eventually
become the progressive trade and rail-
road city it is today. There were no
bridges across the Tongue river, but
there was a ford located 100 yards north
OF the present Tongue river bridge, and
the trail led from there to the old town.
With the passage of time, the city was
Laid out and the streets and alleys
planned.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

wyoming, third. These eomnarison
mean Tor example. that consumers n
NATURAL gas In Montana receive q ne
cent more gas for the same amount n
money than do New Mexico and Ari
KANSAS 40 per cent more than Indiana
and B per cent more than California
The fact that Montana. with its i'm
naeilse area It's typographical irregular.
,saes, mat contribute SO heavily to pIpx
nIie construction costs and its snars,
ING scattered population. should bf
ape 10 enjoy a lower rate than many 81
1ie east Is regarded as q matter of CON
graduation by the public service com
mission. which continues.
distance and density of ponula tior
~ Tue territory served contribute large
~ 70 une ultimate cost to the consumer.
aiiu yet. Montana. third In area hut
oiuy tnirty-ninth in population on iovs
second place in the natural pas fieI5s
OF the United States.
Inc comparison of rates shows that
eile West Virginia average rate for :
uo CUBIC feet of natural gas is 80 10
Inc montana average rate for an equal
auahtity- $2.49. The AVERAGE Wast
virginia rate for LOG, 900 cubic feet ir
$4l.42 or 8 cents lower %
lie y rate in the list is that
u Niicfdgan, where the average rate is
si.oo lor 1000 feet. California is newt
Win q rate of $6.I4. The mineis rats
IS $ol5, Nebraska has a rate ~ az sn
washington $50 and Tennassaa - ~
Ill ohiailoma and Texas, where ma
.urai gas IS abundant. the rate is much
liiener tina In Montana. The Texas
.aH Is 1897 and the Oklahoma rate
@o.'o Ior 1000 feet. Montana. a stata
OF magnificent distances and snarse
popuiatlon, has an average rate that
IS o. per CEN lower than Oklahoma and
Sl-48 below Texas. A1ia
The table shows that, tha oarou.,
average throughout the IJnited SEA-
= o'uu Ieet OF gas is $4.I9 or ST M
above the Montana rate.
me average rate for 100. O feet is
soo'ua Ior the n states, or 1882 above
Montana rate.
me average cost of 100. 900 feet of
natural gas on the step rate hasis
',uOU. 10000, 10000, $4,000 and i'm noo
Is $@5-54 as compared with q Monfara
average rate of 1888.
NC STATES G atedLin4heeata
,r ussions table are as follows. West
sHglnia, Montana. Wyoming, North
,akoIa, Kentucky. Colorado. Utah
IhiaIioma, New Mexico, Arkansas
raslnngton South Dakota. Kansas
slnlsyivanla, Nebraska, Missouri. Ion
s.aiia, tennessee, Maryland. Mississ-
~ Texas. Indiana, New YnrL
saiilornia and Michigan. The names
~ given IN the order of 3 ratas
liarged-the lowest at the ton and tha
'eafest at the bottom Of the list.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14
TREASURE STATE
GAS RATES Low
MONTANA SMALL USERS Enjoy
SECOND CHEAPEST COST IN
UNITED STATES

The average natural gas rat in
Montana is the second lowest in the
United States, for small users. For
the larger consumers-those using as
much as 0O.O09 fcet-the ayeraer
Montana rate is lower than the low
est--2.6 pei cent below West Virginia.
which holds the record for cheapness
to small users.
me statements are made ON the
aubnorlly OF Inc Montana public service
commission, which has compiled a table
showing the average rate for IN states
number that is using natural pas
TIT public service commission. fol-
lowing a digest of the table of natural
gas rates says:
The per cent column shows. as viii
oe noted, that West Virginia-at the
OF the list--fnrnishes the CHEAPEST
gas, Montana q close SECOND.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14
COOLEY RETURNS TO
HIS POST AT HAMILTON

DR.. r. A. Cooley, entomologist for
n United States public health serv-
ice, on assignment to tick parasite
work, IS resuming his activities after
his recent illness. DR.. Cooley passed
through Missoula on his return to the
government laboratory at Hamilton, af-
Ter undergoing treatment at Great
Falls and Rochester, Mimi.
Or. Cooley, who had been head of
Ine entomology department at the State
conege Tor 81 years. retired in July to
take up his present work. His head
quarters are at the Hamilton labora-
tory.
Soon after going into his new position
Cooley went TO Colorado where ticks
exist and where there are numerous
cases OF spotted fever. For several
months he continued preliminary in
sect parasite work.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

said the little boy, on the
defensive at once, are necessary,
The little boy mother looked a. n;a.
and the bewilderment in her ewes haa
ton AAoeiiCl eiIlo-
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14
STOP THAT COLD

DISTRESSING cold in chest or throat-
- that SO often leads to something serious
generally responds to good old MusteroIr
with the hrsr application. Should be more eHec-
tive II used once every hour for five hours.
his famous blend of oil Of mustard, cam
phor, menthol and other helpful ingredients
brings relief naturally. Musterole gets action
becauseiti rs a scientific .tcounfer-irrifouf"-
not JUST a salve-ir penetrates and stimulates
blood circulation, helps to draw out infection
and pain. Used by millions for 20 wears.
Recommended by doctors and nurses.
10 M0fhers-MusferOie Is also made
m milder form for babies and sn10H
Ask for CHiLdren's MusferoIe.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

III
ASTOUNDING. Astrological reading,
character analysts. Only l0c. Birth date.
Darrell Sanarior4 Nebraska
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

nuliulng permits in LeWistown in 1871
. :. @l4l 800, says Building inspector
at BAKER Most of this Was acrn1,ntaa
lol 10 the $4,000 permit for the nen,
poseo1Iice. Permits In 1880 were geo GOO
and In 1928, 500. $50. we eos' =
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

Powder puffs are being made of duck
feathers at Ahuachapan, Salvador.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

Brussels, Belgium. has a building
boom.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

This turmoil in the Orient is all
Chinese to the American reader.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14
Broken Things
By Margaret E.. Sangster

by Special. Arrangement with the
chicago Tribune Syndicate
Copyright. 1881. BY Margaret E sanester
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

Ancient Egyptians w~orshipped the
u but In this modern age we have
got next TO II.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

Inc house, since Nora, the cook. and
Annie, the chambermaid, had left, was
very empty. There were e cans thaf
stood for Nora) rattling Ii the kitchen
iiiefe were no songs sounding (Annie
had loved singing from above Mother
q lei Nora and Annie 90 the second
week that father had been away.
5nure,' Nora had said. crying. II
ulIk It's a mistake yer making. Mjz
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20
Parrot Goes Shopping

Manchester, England.-A woman
here takes her Gagged parrot with
her on all shopping expeditions.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20
Islands Come and Go
When Earth Is Shaken

Two unchartered islands appear
off the coast of Brazil, the product
of a sub-oceanic volcano and the
property of whoever claims them
first They are hailed as possible
landing places for transatlantic air
planes. Two nations see in them
valuable refueling bases, and dis
patch fast navy ships in a race for
priority. And when one of these
ships comes, it sails over the place
where the islands were reported, for
they have disappeared.
The same story is repeated sew
eral times a year. The earth, usu-
ally thought of as solidity itself,
rises and dives again like a por-
pOise; no one can predict where it
will bob up next. though some IA
vorite Fairgrounds are familiar.
Japan is rocked by an earthquake
and the island of Sankan disap-
pears. The British photographic de
partment issues a statement that
1.-THE existence of Dougherty island
has been disproved," and orders all
references to the vagrant to be
expunged from official publications.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20
San Franciscan VIII
Hunt Rare Rhinoceros

San Francisco.-Some people hunt
ducks, some hunt tigers, but George
Bistany, San Francisco zoo mama
ger, is going out for a white rhi-
nocerOs.
Bistany promised DR.. William
Hornaday, Bronx park curator In
New York. that he would get him
one Of the rare animals. That was
5 years ago.
Now Bistany will go to British
Sudan, in Central Africa, to keep
his promise. White rhinos are
found near the headquarters Of
the Blue Nile, deep in the Sudan,
and are exceedingly rare. Their
near extinction by hunters has led
the British government to place a
ban on hunting them, but Bistany is
reported to have bargained with the
British authorities and to have OBJ
tanned permission to seek one Of the
animals.
An American sportsman was the
last permitted to shoot one Of the
rhinos. after paying $4,000 for the
privilege.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20
Old Tag Puts Civil War
Vets Name in Records

Springdale, PA half century
after his death the name of a Penn
sylvania Civil war veteran, who
served as a messenger and drummer
boy during the four-year struggle,
is to be written in the official war
records.
a rusty Identification tag found
in Fredericksburg. Va, led to the
Identification. The tag bore the
name, Jos. Johnson, Co. Fl. esd Reg
iment, Penn. Vol. War 1861"
When the War department checked
its records the name was missing.
The real identity Of the soldier re-
manned hidden until Burgess J. W.
Johnson, Springdale, learned of the
tag and recognized the name as that
of his father.
Johnson served as a messenger
boy for Gen. Alex B. Hayes after
he slowed away on a troop train
carrying soldiers from Pittsburgh
to Washington. The boy was twelve
then and had been turned down at
recruiting posts.
When General Hayes was wound
ed and not expected to live, he or
dered Johnson to return TO Pitts
burgh with the body in case he died.
and remain there. General Hayes
died and johnson returned to Pitts
burgh with the body, but immedi-
ately returned to the front, where
he served as a drummer boy.
Johnson died in 1880 without hav-
ing his name officially enrolled in
the war records. His family will
seek to have that honor accorded
him now.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20
500 MEN STARTED ON JOB
Road Extended From Washington
Street to Top of Penny Hill

About 300 Wilmington men, list
ed at the Federal employment of
fee, Sixth and King Streets, were
put to work Monday on the Wash
ington st. extension from the new
Fortythird St. cutoff to the State
police station at the top of Penny
Hill. The work will last until
about April 1. 1t is being done
under the direction of the State
Highway Department, which has
awarded the contract for the work.
The contract was awarded late last
week by the State Highway De-
partment at Dover, for approx
mately $4,000. It includes grad
ing and removal of trees and rocks
in preparation for the laying of a
dual highway from Washington
st. and the Forty-third st. cutoff
to the State police station A 100
foot right of way will be used for
this project. Officials of the State
Highway Department have been
busy securing title for the new ex-
tension and have practically COM
pleted that work. The extension
will be mile and one-half long.
The concrete surfacing will not be
done until late Spring or Summer,
but all preparations for the lay
ing of the concrete will be made
this Winter. Provisions, in the
grading will be made for laying
two 20-foot wide dual highways of
concrete with a 20-foot grass park
way in the center This project,
together with the extension of the
highway from Farnhurst to Hare's
Corner, by hand grading, for the
dual highway below Wilmington,
will furnish much additional work
for Wilmington men. Yesterday
Tuesday bids were opened for the
extension of the highway from the
Augustine bridge over the Bran
dywine to McKee's Hill and Por-
ter's Reservoir, a distance of one
mile. Included in the jobs for
which bids We're opened Tuesday
are the Gum Cross Roads to Mid
dleford contract, nine foot concrete
a distance Of 3.74 miles; the Stock
ley-Zoar Camp, graveling, for 2.75
miles: and sidewalks in several
places in the State.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20
BOYS FRANKS PAVES THE
WAY FOR A NEW INVENTION
JACQUES ARTHUYS CONCEIV-
ES SUN-LIGHTING SYSTEM
Invention Was Brought About
Through His Own Misde1nean-
Ors-NeW Kind of Ray

Paris.-A bad boys prank has
proved a key to a worthy inven-
ton, according to Jacques Arthuys,
who conceived a new sun-lfghting
system from his own youthful mis-
demeanors.
Flashing pieces of mirror about
in sunshiny window to land a glar-
ing light in teachers eye or in
Sally's slate gave young Jacques an
idea that may make him a million
aire.
If a tiny piece of broken mer-
CURED glass could make such
bright spot in a dark room, then
why couldn't a large piece of mir
rOr in the same sun light up a large
surface of a dark room? That was
the theory upon which the young in
ventor went to work.
The finished product, as it has
been installed in the newspaper
plant of LIntransigeant" by the
author and inaugurated recently by
Louis Rollin, minister of commerce,
is called the Arthel It is a simple
combination of mirrors and lenses
and lights the interior of the build
ing with a phosphorescent glow.
From a skylisht ON the roof of
the central stairway solar rays are
projected down the six flights and
reflected back from a mirror bowl
on the ground floor, acting as a
fountain. Smaller, angled mirrors
on each floor catch the strong de-
scending rays and flash them back
along the ceilings or corridors or
rooms.
after the original installation of
the two huge mirrors in the roof
there is no upkeep except washing
them" said Mr.. Arthuys.
paris has an average of 100
days of sunshine, which is a third
Of the year, and during that time
this system will save a great deal
of money. There is also an attach
ment which switches on the electric
light when the sun goes under a
cloud" he concluded in explaining
his apparatus.
Installed in private homes, the
ray could be filtered through a cool
ing process in summer In the win
ter the unfiltered rays would pro-
vide heat for the home as well as
illumination in otherwise dark rooms
on bright days.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20
Airplane Birth Raises
New and Knotfy Problems

Winnipeg. Man. - Aviation has
given rise ID many new problems,
and tile latest one Is not the least.
This is It'll: If 4 child is born in an
airplane flying between two points,
where should the birth be regis
tered? Or supposing the airpiane
is flying over an international
boundary. how can it be said which
country it was born in?
The attorney general OF Mani
toba. ". J. Major. was confronted
with this problem III a most unex-
pected way, for it appears Mani
toba is a pioneer in airplane births.
Some time ago a child was born in
a plane while tile mother was be-
ing rushed to a hospital at the Pas.
News Of the event reached Bel
GUM through the newspapers. Legal
authorities there were designing
laws TO deal with just this situa-
ton. They decided to consult Mani
toba, and Mr.. Major has a letter
from the advocate Of the general
court Of appeals at Brussels ask
ing what locality was given as the
birthplace. He thought the moth
er's home would be the logical place,
but wanted to make sure.
The letter calls attention to the
difficulty Of determining the exact
political division IN airplane may
be in at the time Of birth in the
air.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20
Sees Time Well Spent
in Study Of the Stars

Napoleon consulted the stars, and
he was no fool, as everybody should
be willing to admit. Milton believed
in astroIogy, and so did emperors
and popes. There are millions of
people who today believe in it and
guide all their actions by it, despite
the whitening scorn Of astronomers
and other scientists.
Anyhow, how much are the sci
entists sure of, asks John Steven
McGroarty, in the Los Angeles sun
day Times. Sir James Jeans and
DR.. Robert Nillikan almost called
each other liars at a convention
where there was an argument about
the collapse of the earth. Are they
not all guessing?
Il astrology does nothing else, it
puts you on guard. It admonishes
caution. At times it tells you to
be bold and to dare. In short, it
warns one to look before one leaps.
And that's not bad advice.
A thing that has lasted and that
is still going as strong as it is
going, must have something back
of it.
And, when all is said and done, it
is interesting, which is more than
can be said of some other things.
The stars are full of wonder and
beauty. To know them and to study
them is to be upon the quest of
beauty.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20
ENGINEER FINDS DELAWARE
HIGHWAYS RANK WITH BEST
LARGE DELEGATION RETURN
FROM DETROIT CONVENTION
Learn Most of Modern Phases in
Use Here as Well as Advanced
Methods of Surfacing Grading

That Delaware does not have to
take a back seat to any other state
in the Union when it comes to
modern road progress and methods
OF construction, particularly road
surfacing and dual highways, was
the opinion of members of the Del
aware delegation of 10 persons
who returned to Wilmington on
Sunday afternoon from Detroit
where they had spent the week at
tending the 29th annual convention
and exposition of the American
Road Builders Association. County
Engineer Alban P. Shaw, who as
president of the County Highway
Officials Association of Delaawre,
headed the local group, which in
cluded members of the county levy
courts in New Castle, Kent and
Sussex, said that the Delawareans
were happy to learn that ma
jority of the most modern phases
of road building, included in the ex-
position, are being employed here,
as well as the most advanced meth
DDS of surfacing, grading, curling,
Sefering.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20

Corinthian column surmounted by
a spread eagle, bearing the dates
1917-1918. Last summer the mer-
chants Of Middletown sponsored
street dances in the square, which
proved very popular with the
Younger crowds of the town and
vicinity. The Witherspoon-Knight
affair was hardly an ordinary kill
inc. The tavern's escutcheon was
not besmirched because its pro
prietor shot in self-defense at a
drinking and unreasonable guest
who f1ourished a pistol with too
much freedom and agility. The
tavern passed from the Wither-
spoon ownership to one Jesse Hig-
Gins. in 1910, and was purchased
in 1885 by William H. Crawford,
who sold it in 1874 to Robert A.
Cochran, in whose possession the
house was several times remodeled
and enlarged. Other owners came
between that time and more recent
wears. Three years ago it was
purchased from Roland w. Bates
bv Wells and Stevens. The pres
ent manager is w. Lee Stevens,
whose ancestry has helped to make
Middletown history His 26-room
hosiery is operated to meet pres
ent day demands even though
twentieth century travellers may
feel doubly compensated at being
housed in a steam-heated eighteen
tn century tavern.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20
81. Jacobs Wen Unchanged

Perhaps no spot in the Holy land
Is cherished more reverently than
Jacobs well at the entrance Of
tile valley Of Shechem. Times have
little changed tile appearance OF
this hallowed spot since Jesus is
said To have revealed himself to an
inquirer here as the Compromised
Messiah. The landscape on which
lis eyes rested 10 centuries ago
stretches out before ones eyes to-
day as unmindful Of the lapse Of
centuries as though it were only
yesterday he journeyed amid its
scenes, healing the sick. This is
the vision many will cherish through
tile years as one Of the unique ex-
npriences of life.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20
FIRE DESTROYS CANNERY
Loss at Bridgeville Partially Gov
cred by Insurance; Stock Burned

The canning plant of the Bridge
vile Packing Association, opposite
the railroad station, was burned on
Tuesday morning, January u, and
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20
Transparent Model of
Body to Be Seen at Fair

Milwaukee, transparent model
of the human body, said to be the
only one of its kind in the world,
will be a part of the medical ex-
hibit at the Chicago Worlds fair In
1888, DR.. Eben ]. Carey of Mar
quette university has revealed. Doc
tor Carey, who is in charge of the
medical exhibit, found the model in
Dresden, Germany.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20

a loss of $4,000 is estimated,
which is partly covered by insur-
ance. Cause of fire is not known.
There were about $500 bushels Of
soy beans stored in the plant, all
of which were a total loss. The fire
was discovered at S:15 o'clock by
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20

employees in the P. r. r. freight
office. The Packing Association is
a stock company and the stock is
held almost entirely by farmers in
the vicinity Of Bridgeville. S. z.
Staples is manager Of the com
pany and w. ]. Swain, treasurer.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20

Education is presumed to equip
nv student so he can 60 out in the
world and make more money than
M educator who educated him.
Richmond Register.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-20
Delaware Highways Well known

It is well known that the Della
ware State Highway system has
gained national recognition for its
progress during the past Is years.
The work being done during the
past three or four years on the
county roads, particularly in New
Castle, is also in keeping with the
plan Of many interested in roads
here, to have a network in Della
ware some day, unsurpassed in the
United States. Other members of
the party, including members of
the Levy Court, Assistant County
Engineer Edwin w. Phillips, Jr.,
and County Engineer r. G. Hill,
from Sussex county, were also di-
lighted to learn that Delaware is
keeping abreast Of the times in the
matter Of roads. Particularly is
this true of its highway system
which is now spending millions Of
dollars for improvements, especial
ly the construction Of dual high
ways. 1t was comforting to the
Levy Court members to realize
that in their efforts in this county
to build the most improved roads
and bridges, they were using the
most acceptable materials and en-
gineering methods. Included in
the Delaware party was County
Engineer w. Clark, Of Wicomico
county, Md.