The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-06-13

friends, mot only
Arthur Brisbane have | put 1t to-
gether. but | have quite number
of pieces left over that do not
need
The Weyerhaeuser kldnapers, how
ever "hard-boiled" they may be, must
feel nervous when they hand out one
of the 100000 ransom bills, knowing
that the number and series Of every
bill are in the possession of COVERT
ment detectives.
1t will not make spending the money
more agreeable to learn that thirty
"G-menr from the attorney generals
office will devote their entire time to
hunting for those biIls and tracing the
spenders of them-s200,0O worth OF
Damocles swords.
The giant French ship Nnrmandle Is
here and pleasing to Americans who
like superlatives. She Is the biggest
liner ever launched, the longest, broad
est, heaviest, costliest And. crossing
In 4 days II hours ~ minutes, she Is
the fastest. She Is built, not for profit.
but for glory and to advertise French
supremacy.
England will soon send her Queen
Mary after the Normandies record
and. doubtless Mussolini will soon
enter the race.
Uncle Sam? Well, he Is busy with
other things, very busy, just now.
In the line Of vicIonsness, modern
gangsters show ingenuity. Police give
these details Of the death Of Danny
Walsh, head Of hootleg-ru syndl-
cate who was kidnapped ransomed for
$4,000 Inter murdered. Enemies took
him to sen In boat, made him SIT
| nith his feet In tub of wet cement
| and watch while Ii hardened. He was
| then thrown overheard with the tut
| of cement hard around his feet. Sew
eral times. while he watched the
| cement harden. 1t must have occurred
| to Danny Walsh that criminal ca
reer is not profitable.
To say. MAN Is half tiger and hall
monkey Is sometimes unjust to The
monkey. AT High Point, N. c., ]. II
Riggs, mlddle-aged, operating films
station. was found. with tenpenny nails
driven through each hand and eacl
| foot. fastened to rough wooder
| cross. The man, having been naffet
to the cross only for a short time, vii
probably live. Riggs admitted he hat
engineered the crucltixion to regail
his wlfe's affection.
Sometimes gangsters show signs 0
intelligence. yolney Davis, arreste
In Chicago In connection with tn
Bremen kidnapping. was "ilown" to 81
Paul, and. arriving there, confesse
completely In the kidnapping, saying t
4 the judges: II knew could not &c
away from the Omen
Land ownership is the best founds
tIon OF prosperity and security. unde
just government.
Those seeking to establish refugee
from Germany In Palestine decid
wisely, to begin with land ownership
A fund expected to exceed S5,0O0OO
Is being raised for that purpose.
The ground under your feet cannt
run away, cannot be stolen.
King George, seventy years old. ce
ebrated his birthday reviewing troop
wearing the uniform Of colonel-in-chl,
Of the Irish Guards. He rode to Bncl
ingham palace on horseback, oil fol
of his sons riding with him, while tho
sands cheered. Recently the auet
, celebrated her sixty-eighth brthda
1t Is, desirable that the husband
little older than the wife. TIL
. gives him an excuse for compalnln
! He can always say. "Wait until "
! are ms old as | am and you will Il
derstand."
A Brooklyn girl. ten years old, pa
81 for a sweepstakes ticket, won S3
| 600. II will cost other little girls al
. big men and women many dollars I
every dollar accidentally won.
Uncle Sam is presumed to get
share of the winnings In income ts
He and his country would be rich
II he could find a way to prevent t
!. gambling Invasion.
!. The United Stntes has lmporta
: work to do outside of MIRA and
revision, work with which the s
preme court would not interfere, a
that Is the control of floods, protect
of population against them. Two HI
dred and fifty are reported killed
southwestern Nebraska, following flC