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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-03-31
COVE, cEDARHURST AND
CoLVOS ITEMS

Mr.. and Mrs. olc 3ygjordct and
Anton Dygjordet Visited Sunday In
Arlington at tho homo OF Mrs, pyg-
jordcts parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. j..
Ronning
MI and Mrs Hudspcth entertained
Ill OF their children over Easter
Mr.. Scland came home from the
hospital on Sunday,
Mr., and Mrs, John Tronas enter
tanned the Knute swenson family at
Easter dinner,
Norma Petersen, who has been very
III with pneumonia following the flu,
Is a little better at this writing,
Myrtle and orin Madison spent the
weekend ut the home Of their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Madison.
Rev. Peterson and Axel Bjorkland
were In Seattle Wednesday attending
to business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Karnes spent the
weekend at the Geo. Walls home,
Miss Marcella Mari was n Seattle
visitor on Friday.
The Misses Norma and Stella johann
sen visited their parents, Mr., and Mrs
August Johansen over the weekend.
The Easter program given by the
young people Of the community at the
Mission Hall was a real treat to all
the music lovers who attended These
young people sing beautifully and their
programs are always well attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. v. Crosier spent
Easter Sunday in Tacoma with Mr.
and Mrs. Odion and Mr. and Mrs
Johnny Hansen.
We are glad to learn that both Miss
Norma Petersen and Myrtle sundbcre
who have been quite i'll for the past
week with flu are getting better.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

fishing Of the American cowboy as a
hard riding pistol shooting bum In the
mind of the outside world and this at
titude has not changed to any great
extent. The easterner pictured the
western c~oWpuncher as a shootin'
drlnkln roughneck who never had any
work 60 do except raise cain. The fact
of the matter vas that the riders sell
der went on a real spree because
they were kept pretty busy looking after
the stock. Although they did OCCASION
ally get into town to a saloon it could
not DC truthfuily said that the@eoW-
Eunchfrs spent their time looking for
trouble any more than any other class
OF people. The old time cattleman and
Ct Nfland was on the contrary very
careful about mlnding his own business.
Fort Benton was the head of naviga-
ton on the Missouri and consequently
q ccnVerglng and emharking point for
the eastern and southern states as well
as the gateway to northwestern Mon
tana and Idaho. After many months of
men who came overland with
covered wagons and household goods
from the east we're united with their
who came up by steamboat
from st. 10. Thus. it might be said of
time all reads lead to Fort Ben
as far Is northwestern Montana
w7S concerned.
The Indian agency having been
moved northwaTd the settlement grad
Lially became known as Choteau about
The year 1885 From then on its growth
steady though not spectacular.
Though the railroads and air mail bring
communication to the community eff
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14
MONTANAN SETS
A NEW RECORD
JOHN n, EDY. FORMER MONTANA
HIGHWAY ENGINEER, SAVES
DALLAS, TEXAS, MONEY

JOHN Edy, well known engineer.
who was chief engineer of the Mon
tana state highway commission in
1921 and 1922 under George Ian
strum of Kalispell, who was chairman
OF the highway commission at that
time, has branched out as a city man
ager, according TO a dispatch from
Dallas. Texas.
George Lanstrum SAYS Edy was rec
ognlzed as one of the best Q
IN the state when he served as chief
engineer Of the highway commission
He made a study Of city government
n always was inclined to try that
line of work. When he left Montana he
went to Oakland. Calf, and shortly
after that became city Of
Berkeley. Calf, which position ne held
Tor several years. He later took a sim
liar position at Flint, Mich.
He IS now at Dallas and is SAID TO be
saving that city 5000 a day BY nitro
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14
SIGNAL BUTTE
USED IN WARS
MILES CITY HILL AND OTHER
HIGH POINTS VALUABLE FOR
EARLY DAY SIGNALLING

Signal Butte, five miles from Miles
City, IS one Of the most historic land
marks Of that section, says ]. s.
I~rusc0tt Of the General Miles Hisfor-
icaI society. who gives the following
account Of the hills naming:
1T was used by the United States
signal corps In the old days before the
advent of the railroad, telegraph and
other modern co~nveniences into Mon
tana, and was used in sending mes
sages to another signal station. The
Photograph system OF signaling was gen
orally used. With this method, a moving
mirror Is flashed into the sun n it
can be seen for miles. The Morse teIe-
graphic code was used and a short
flash symbolized a dot and a long one
Z dash Thus the latter A, which in code
Is dot-dash, would be made by q short
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14
HELENA 1881 BUILDING
PROGRAM OVER S26O.OOO

Figures compiled by City Engineer IT.
VI Bogy show that 208 building permits
we're issued by the city during 1881. in
voiylng an expenditure of S26O, 878. 81, as
compared with $4,000. the total OF
building permits for 1880. In addition
20 the authorized construction, two
large projects not requiring permits
we're begun in 1881. These are the addi-
ION to the Helena federal building.
which will cost $314.694 and the new
units OF the veterans hospital at Fort
which will cost $415 900 when
me largest building projects in the
city In 1881 were the Conrad Kohrs
Memorial addition to St. Peters hos
pltal. costing $I00, 900, and the new St.
Peters church. which when completed
VIII cost about SIPS, 900.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

Hash followed after a brief interval b.
a long n
IL was also possible By this method
10 give rider to troops in the field. a.
the signals could be clearly q on i
good day for nearly 100 miles. With the.
aid OF field glasses, and by means nf
a number Of relay stations. could b.
sent for hundreds OF miles. Other sig
MAJ points. to which messages were sent
and received from Signal Butte irrlud-
Ed q butte on RedWater creek near
Circle and n neal Glasgow. which Was
used In the Sitting Bull expedition in
1873. when Cen Nelson A. Miles was
IN command The disadvantage OF this
method of sending messages vas thar
10 could be used only when the sun Ma
shining and even a cloud over one OF
the stations caused a temporary inter
ruptiOn IN communication.
Another system used here was The
Wlg-wag- A ma would stand atop the
butte with a flag on a long pole and
the only signals were a wave to the left
side, one to right, and down in front.
A wave to one side syn1bolized the num-
eral and to the other 2, while In front
was :. The entire set Of letters of r1F
alphabet was made from combinations
these numbers For instance, ii the
letter III consisted of 2123. it could b.
made by a val TO the raght. followed
BY n to the left. another the right
and down in 'front.'
This means of signaling also had lis
drawback, as 1T could only be seen for
. few miles and not more than Is or no
With a high powered field glass
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14
SIX HUNTERS ARE
KILLED In 1881
sENERAE-NJERED. TWO DEATHS
NOT DIRECTLY CHARGED TO
HUNTING TRIPS
by Our Helena Correspondentl

by Our Helena Correspondent
HELENA-Six fatalities and several
serious accidents marred Montznzss
1891 hunting season. Two OF the
deaths perhaps we're not directly
c~hargeable to the sport. There WEIR
three deaths from this cause In 1850
ana 10 IN 1873 Victims this wear IN
Guided.
John B Holland Of Bozerraz. found
dying In his car, a discharged shotgun
near by.
Hollis B. Wiggin OF F-rencnto@n. was
Killed BY q hunting partner. whose gun
caught in the branches of & tree
Adolph A. Coyerdell Of KaLspu. shot
BY a hunting companion. VITO Ensstook
him for a deer.
Floyd Marble of B0zen1an- f0lszd deau
IN a deserted cabin with q g11ashot
wound in his abdomen after ae had
been lost from a hunting parry
w. B Burkhart of Orchard Home.
killed when his rifle DISCHARGED as hf
stepped over a log.
Wallace Stones of Miles Cir. klIed
while cleaning a rifle.
Among the more seriolsi~ ,nfurer
were Thomas McCa-VeI Of Anaconda
struck BY a bullet from his rife as he
used II to club a rabbit, TED Lux af
Billings. whose foot was Desired by
charge Of shot: Nj G. Hoover e< KaIls-
Eel, wounded in the leg. Floyd Rite
of Marion WAase gaa exsaae<asel III tsr-
ing an eye: ]. M Hlndle of Fort Ben
ton. VINO lost an arm By a z.uashc-
while hunting rabbits.
M@TZ
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14
Buys HinsdaIe Ranch

Ak Richter. HinSdale dairyman, has
purchased the I00-acre Baalke farm
from r. r. Black. Valley county COM
missioner 1t is on Milk river and is
partly IN alfalfa and sweet clover, irri-
gaole from the river by a pumping
piant The reported consideration is in
excess Of $2,05O. Mr. Richter has a milk
business IN Hinsdale. He will take pos
sslon March /. at that time yacating
ne ranch nearby belonging to the L. A.
Turner estate.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

approved an sS5,OO0 bond issue to help
nance the bridge. the state and fed
eraI governments to contribute the re
HiaInder on a cooperative plan The
vote was 1882 to SIS. Senator Kemmis
cHns a farm across the river from Sid
ne and lack of a bridge often pre-
vented him and his farm neighbOrs
iFuuT visiting Sidney.
Senator r. j. Walsh and Scott Leav-
III, representative, sponsored bills COW
.r1ng navigation permits for the bridge.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

dttcing into the city government ms
modern methods. He is city manager
and here is the story of his career.
John Edy, once quarterback Of q
University Of Missouri eleven. is saw
ing Dallas $1,000 daily as its first city
manager.
The city is living within it's income
for the first time III many years and
reductions III tax and water rates are
forecast.
Edy inherited an overdraft of 81 200
Q from the administration of pictures
que Mayor Hot Dog" Waddy Tate
when the manager council system went
into effect May /. City Manager Edy
has whitfield this down BY q saving OF
S440,0 900 In the water department and
economies in other departments.
He has reorganized fire, police,
health and engineering departments.
He consolidated several In a depart
ment OF public works and established
the official of city purchasing agent.
His economies and improvements a.
reused opposition from men displaced.
a number OF recall meetings have
been held and many have dubbed the
manager "Carpet-bagger'' Edy. but he
TO enjoy the backing Of his
council and the support of the news
Edy wa born in Descto, AIo.. 48 Years
He studied engineering at the I'm
iverslty Of Missouri. His first Job was
n The city engineering department of
st Louis Later he was state highway
engineer OF Montana. From there he
went to Berkeley to be city
he served seven years at Berkeley and
emf 10 Flint as city manager.
he mad been there only a year when
ne was selected for the post at Dali
las.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14
-EarSyfh I-anndry Damaged

FIRE IN the boiler o of the Fer
syth Steam laundry damaged the walls
and roof about $500. says C. Il. Bur
Icy. owner. who says about a week VIII
DC required To repair the damage. The
blaze was of unknown origin.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

rtopfe OF Colombia are complaining
- nslng costs have not dropped
Tlth wages.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

Inlnese -shoemakers In Siam are
making = specially Of cheap limitations
ri imported footwear.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-14

fic1ently enough, it is true that the
picturesque quality will never be SO
vavldiy present as when the Teton stage
numbered into Old Agency behind a
gaiiOrng team OF broncos.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-17
A Hollywood First Night Here's Closeup of One of Those Dazzling Social Events
 When Film Entertainers Step Out

|. that trip to Europe seems to have done Joan a lot of good .. she's lost some of her tan but still is plenty dark .. Ran. dolph Scott with some girl not Martha Sleeper ;. wonder what she thinks of that .... Walter Huston on deck and looking much different than he does in the picture.
 Bob Montgomery keeping his wife waiting while he signs. a few autograph books Connie and Joan~Bennett doing the same for h isr respective husbands {. Tom Brown and Anita Louise arS irving in a luxurious limousine instead of the Ford Tom us- ually drives Lupe Velez and her sister braving the affair alone with Charlie Ruggles and Al Hall sitting right behind them |. also braving it alone Bebe Daniels blossoming forth in furs.
 Eddie Cantor acting as master of ceremonies to introduce the cast. . and getting off some swell cracks .. particularly at Sid Grauman for staging an opening at which picture, didn't even start until nearly midnight .. what chance for having fun after such @ late show .. plenty did just that though.
 Everyone who could get into the place running across the street to the Roosevelt to dance ... and hear Virginia Haig sing she has made such 8 hit that she is going to leave soon to fulfill con- tract in New York that's a loss Tom Coak1ey will feel Billie Dove dancing with David Manners .+they still seem to be doing all right |. also Leila Hyams with her husband =. Ri- cardo Cortez dancing with an un- known blond wearing a broad tiger skin belt .. wonder if she could be the Tiger Woman we have been hearing about so much.
 It didn't take long to fill the room and not much longer to empty it '. some of the people going home :. most Of them to the Brown Derby to eat noth- ing like splitting your patronage :. dancing one place and eating another too bad they aren't closer together Wally Ford looking as though he would like to sing but being rather suc- cessfully suppressed how I love those four o'clock breakfasts |. oh yeah!
 And as if that isn't enough the marathan dance at Santa Monica seemed to offer more excitement so what |. . so we're off.
 Switzerland has a lower-rent drive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-17
Little Pasadena Theater Proving
 Training School For Movie Stars

of the Duke of Buckingham in 'The Three Musketeers" in the Pasadena house.
 Gloria Stuart got her start by playing in Twelfth Night Fol- lowing that came other successes, after which she grabbed a long term contract with Universal and stepped into pictures as leading lady right off the bat. To date she has played the feminine lead in "The Old Dark House," Air Mail" and "All-America."
 Irving Pichel is another graduate of this same training school and is perfect sample of the type of players turned out by this theater. Pichel, without doubt, is one of the best character actors in the cinema racket today. It was in the title role of Lazarus Laughed" that he really caught the attention of the moviemakers.
 Quite 8 number of others also have come out of this same theater to embark upon screen careers and some still do an occasional show for their alma mater. Among them are Randolph Scott, Kent Doug- lass, Jeane Wood, Mary Mason. Leonie Pray. Virginia Brooks and Charles Levison. All of this latter group. are beginners in the film game, but they'll get along.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-17
Fast Action in
 Garden Features
''The Blonde Captive" and Speak Easily" Top
 Program

Hilarious antics high-speed action and a bevy of beautiful chorus girls provide excellent en. tertainment in Speak Easily" Buster Keaton and Jimmy "Schnozzel" Durante's new Metro Goldwyn- Mayer comedy which opens Sunday at the New Garden theater for two days.
 The two comedians are assisted in their antics by Ruth Selwyn, sparkling in the feminine lead as Pansy Peets, small-time chorus girl, and Thelma Todd, who exer- cises her alluring blonde wiles on Buster and "Schnozzle" with dew astating effects. Hedda Hopper scores in a mama" role as Mrs Peets, jealous guardian of Pansy.
 Edward Sedgwick demonstrated his years of experience with screen comedy in such productions as "Doughboys" and "The Passionate Plumber" by deftly blending all of the situations to obtain the fun niest farce he has ever directed.
 What promises to be a truly startling motion picture will be the companion feature. The film is "The Blonde Captive," presented by Columbia, and from advance re- ports 1t shapes up as one, of the most sensational and interesting photoplays of the year.
 The story concerns white woman lost in the wilds of Austra- lia among tribe of primitive peo- pie descended from the Neander- thai: Man of the Old Stone Age of -50, ,000 years ago. A white woman living naked in a cave with the oldest living race in existence! i Lowell Thomas, radio voice of Literary Digest, wrote the dialogue and did the talking for "The Blonde Captive and he introduces you, with a mixture of fact and humor, to many strange animals, scientific discoveries, peoples and customs-and to the amazing story of the blonde captive.
 There will be the usual number of supporting featurettes.
 Ladies attending on Tuesday can secure Pyroloid dresser ware and on Thursday different article of the decorative linen ensemble.
 Every Saturday night grand Country Store is presented at which thirty baskets containing 8 splendid Sunday dinner is given to those present.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-17
Notes, From MOvieland

Hollywood, California = (UP) - With third generations of stage and screen families beginning to establish footholds in Hollywood, the mythical title of the "Royal Family" causes no end of banter on the film lots.
 The title usually went to the Barrymores without question, but the situation is becoming more and more complicated.
 For instance, while, the veteran Richard Bennett was working Tn a picture at RKO-Radfo, he was visited on the set by his daughters. Constance, Joan and Barbara, ana a granddaughter.
 "The Royal Family" said some one, indicating the group. Then another person on the set brought up the subject of Barrymores - John, Lionel, Ethel, and another generation coming on.
 Director Victor Schertzinger recognized the strength of the Barrymore packers but held that the Bennett family possessed an excellent claim. .,
 The Maurice Costello family. with the father and Helene and Dolores, also has a bid for con- sideration. The Costello clan joined the Barrymore Royal Family" by the marriage of De- lores and John and now there are two small Barrymores = a two- year-old girl and an infant boy.
 Francis x. Bushman, leading star of the early movies, saw Francis x. Bushman, dr., follow him, Now Junior has three daugh- ters, one of whom recently played in the "Last Frontier"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-17
BY DAN THOMAS NEA Service Writer

Hollywood-Theyr'e claimed as chuldren of the screen now-but there was a time when quite a number of filmland's well known players were known only to patrons of small theater in Pasadena, about 20 miles from here.
 Officially this theater is known as the Pasadena Community play house-unofficialy it is the movie training school.
 From this theater, where shows are staged with players just step- ping out of the amateur ranks, has come more film talent than from any other single place-except,o of course, Broadway.
 For nearly five years before she ever was given chance to step before camera, Karen Morley worked in the little Pasadena thea ter, doing practically everything from ushering to playing leading roles. It was this training more than anything else which enabled her to forge ahead at a fast pace once she started emoting for the comivemakers. Aa screen actress Karen has done some stepping, too, DclIlS IcSdIucu dc IllC lSaoSI tbhiohO our younger actresses today.
 Until the last year or 50 Holly wood paid very little attention to the shows staged by the hard-work- iny Pasarena group. They were classified more or less as amateur theatricals by the movie moguls. Then one by one the actors and actresses commenced drifting into Hollywood and making good.
 keep an eye on the Pasadena Community playhouse-it's a great training school" was the word which passed around town.
 Robert Young, who sprang into the limelight for his performance in "Wet Parade" is best remem- bered by the Pasadena audinecs as l the young man in Enchanted April" who dashed aout the stage clad only in a bath towel. Of course, he played leads in a number of other shoys, too. but none have had quite as lasting an effect. AS result of "Wet Parade" Bob was given long term contract by M-GM andnow is forging ahead as one of their best young leading men. t'ia
 Onslow Stevens, whose most re- cent hit is in the screen version of "Once In a Lifetime" first attract cd the film bosses by his portrayal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-17
At the New Garden Theater, Sunday and Monday
Lowe Supreme
 as "Chandu''
Palace Offers Star in One
 of Greatest Roles

. Lover. soldier, gentleman, thief Lowe has portrayed them all on the screen. But in "Chandu" Fox mystery drama based n-the famous radio broad cast. he returns to mystifying mag 1c and astounding wonder work ings such as characterized his per- formance In "The Spider"
 In this latest role, which will be seen at the Poli Palace theater be- ginning Sunday, Lowe Is said to be more suave aid debonair of man. ner, more nimble of mind and body, more dexterous with feats of skill and magic, softer spoken in love than ever before. As "Chandu" he creates for the first time a visual likeness of charac- ter whose exploits have captured the imaginations of a radio adui- ence of nearly fifteen millions who have hitherto known only the voice of this famous magician. /.
 In addition to Lowe's masterful creation of "Chandu," each of the we'll known characters in the radio cast will be portrayed on the screen with Irene Ware as Princess Mad ji; Bella Lugosi as Roxor; Herbert Mundin as Miggles; Weldon Hey burn as Abdullah: Henry B. Walt hall as Regent; Virginia Hammond assDorothy; June Vlasek at Betty Lou and Metro Aber as Bobby.
 "Chandu The Magacian" was adapted from the Harry Earnshaw, Vera Oldham and R. R. Morgan radio series by Phillip Klein and Barry Corners, with additional dia- logue by Guy Bolton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-17
Blessed Event"
 State Feature
Lee Tracy Stars in Role of
 Gossip COlunlnist

Amusing as Mcintyre, worldly wise as Winchell, salient as Sobel, the sky-rocking comedy and stac- cato melodrama entwining the private life of your favorite Broad way columnist flashes across the screen of Warmers State today when Blessed Event" begins four day engagement.
 It is based on the last seasons Broadway stage success of the same name, fast-moving, thor oughly entertaining mixture of farce, romance, satire and melo- and keeps whiZZing until the last happy closeup.
 Here everybody's favorite, Lee Tracy, |. is Alvin Roberts, whose life is centered around his gossip column and whose desire to get a punch" paragraph makes him forget at times every scruple he has ever had.
 { It is to MT Tracy's credit as an actor that he makes a character who is not always as admirable a person as he might be thoroughly ScHuiHc anu SyIHpdtHetlC lHQlVlQ- ual, and the manner in which he wins over the audience after delib- erately betraying a night club per- former, for the sake of line for his column, is nothing short of marvellous.
 The role of Alvin Roberts is practically a monologue and calls for MT Tracy's presence on the screen almost every moment of the time. Both in conception and exe- cution the stars work is admir- able. He plays with bounce and vitality that are joy to behold and which should definitely stamp him as one of the screens out standing artists.
 Blessed Event" is a blessed de- parture in screen entertainment that should delight every Water- bury theatergoer who sees it. The supporting cast includes Mary Brian, Allen Jenkins. Ned Sparks, Frank McHugh and a newcomer Dick Powell who registers a pow erful impression as a night-club and radio crooner. A special sur- rounding program accompanies the feature presentation.