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EARLY DAYS ARE
STUART
CHARLES STUART HAS BEEN COW.
PUNCHER Al YEARS, HE RE-
LATES AT MALTA

Charles Stuart, son of Granville
Stuart, pioneer figure in the history Of
Montana, was in Malta recently for
his first visit to his old stamping
grounds in two years and a half.
Stuart lives on the Missouri river.
He appeared as a featured speaker
at the recent rodeo at Regina and
recalled early day characters and
episodes.
Commenting on the claims of variou.
men in different parts of the state
to being the oldest cowpuncher
Stuart says he may not be the oldest
in years, but he thinks al years on the
range without a break is somewhat o.
a record.
The old coWpuncher was born al
Deer Lodge 60 years ago. In 1876 thu
family moved to the gold camp al
Helena and in 1880 to old Fort Nc.
Ginnis, on the south side of the Mis-.
souri, river. Six years later Granville
Stuart moved his cattle into northern
Montana. Previous to that time it hac
been Indian reservation. He located
the DIS, which later was owned by the
Coburns and is now the Matador ranch
Still later the DIS herds we're moved
to the present locality of the Content
community.
From the time he went to work or
the range with his fathers cattle wher
he was IL years of age, Stuart worked
continuously for Al years. He worked
for practically every cattle company If
northern and central Montana and is
an authority on that period of the
states history. For 80 years he made
Malta his headquarters.
In speaking of his famous father
Stuart said he owns the gun Granville
pecially in 1880 by the Winchester
Arms company. The gun is a 5O-95 rifle
with shells about the size of a Ale
shotgunu. It cost $3.50. The stock il
made of curly maple. With the CUR
he has 800 rounds of ammunition. It is
his intention to present the gun anc
shells to the state historical society.
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Highway Contracts
to Total 10 Millions

Montana will build $40, 00O, 900 worth
of new roads in the next even months.
Beginning with the letting at Great
Falls, the state highway commission
will award contracts for construction
Of 81 1900, 900 worth of roads every
month until April /, 1896.
The program to be distributed among
the states IL highway districts will in
clude construction of main highway
roads and bridges, feeder roads, high
ways connecting in cities and railroad
grade elimination underpasses Of over
passes.
Engineer McKinnon said the seven
month schedule will not quite complete
the building program, but other pro-
jects will follow with available funds.
The projects will be financed partially
by the Sc, 900, 900 allotment to Montana
from the four billion dollar appropria-
ton by congress. The projects must
be approved first by the bureau of pub
lie roads.
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TAX ON

Answering ar inquiry from the state
board of equalization regarding whether
it has the power to assess taxes against
airplanes, the attorney general replied
that there is no statute in Montana
authorizing the board Of equalization
to assess airplanes whether used in
interstate or interstate commerce. The
question first arose through the effort
Of the commissioners Of Cascade county
to place an assessment on one of the
airliners the company operates from
Great Falls to Salt Lake City. The
company maintained that the plane
was used in interstate commerce, was
leased from another company and &C
tually owned by the company operating
it, and appealed to the state board Of
equalization.
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PLANT Is
BEING DISMANTLED
GHOST CAMP ABOVE ZORTMAN
IS SOON DUE TO BE TAKEN
COMPLETELY AWAY

The ghost camp at the power plant
on the Missouri river where for years
men and machinery toiled to gener-
ate electricity for the cyanide mills
at Ruby gulch above Zortman and the
August at Landusky will oon be no
more. Men are tearing down the
buildings and dismantling the ma
chinery to be used in the new mill
being erected at Ruby gulch by
Charles Whitcomb, who has been TAX
ing out high grade ore and develop
ing the mine with an eye to the fut-
ure.
The power plant on the Missouri river
was built in 1914 by the late B. D. Phil
lips, then the dominating figure of the
Ruby Gulch Mining Co., at a cost Of a
quarter million dollars.
Transporting the heavy boilers and
generators over the cow trails Of that
day was a problem not easily overcome,
Joe Hartman fought snow and 40-below
temperatures all of January and Feb
ruary in 1916 with two 12-horse teams
transporting two of the five boilers
from Winifred to the power plant, a
distance of "a miles.
One boiler was brought up the river
from Bismarck by steamboat, which is
said to be the last commercial load to
be hauled that far up the Missouri riv-
er. The other two were brought in
from Malta.
The payroll Of this busy camp, where
from 80 to 40 men worked, Is said to
have been from $4,000 to IS 1000 a month.
Seventy tons of coal were consumed
daily, the plant running "a hours with
three eight-hour shifts.
At one time it was hoped the bridge
across the Missouri river on the Do
minion Yellowstone trail would be To-
Gated here, but now it is reported to
be definitely settled to go to Rocky
40 miles below.
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PAGE ELEVEN
SEES BETTER LAMB PRICES

The relatively small lamb this
year and the reduction in the 1895
wool clip and stocks Of wool on hand
as compared with those a year ago, are
factors which indicate, according to
Jay G.. Diamond, agricultural statistic
ian, that prices for those commodities
will be considerably advanced during
the coming winter. Lamb prices are
expected to advance somewhat from the
levels of July. This had occurred only
twice in the last 10 years, in 1922 and
1925. The indicated smaller supply of
fed lambs next winter will probably
likewise encourage higher lamb prices
from December until April, Mr.. Dia-
mond believes.
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Published by Special ARRANGEMENTS With The
Chicago Tribune-New York Jews Syndicate,
Incorporated
Copyright: 1885: BY IRWIN
(PART ONE
HOW MABEL BILLINGS
UNWITTINGLY GAINS AN UN-
ATTACHED MALE FOR THE
SHADOW ROCK SUMMER
COLONY.

COLONY.
When clyde H. Billings stepped off
a rattly train and breathed the pine
drenched softness of southern air he
wa appropriately gratified to know
that he'd lodged q New York blizzard
IN time to save his bronchial tubes.
But his gladness was touched with mel
ancholy, as often happens when q
highly domesticated Adam enters a
strange Eden. Clyde and Mabel, mar
ried early, had been satisfied for a
dozen years at Sleeping Willow, Long
Island, where there's just enough bridge
and golf and dancing to keep the world
moving. You'd have thought that Clyde
was an old, old man, the way he de-
pended on Mabel. He hated to travel
around. But circumstances had con-
demned him to weeks Of singleness
among the gentle hammered pines of
Shadow Rock.
As he called a station taxi Clyde
remembered Mabel's parting remarks:
you can cheat pneumonia, getting out
now. Wasn't I the wise one, sending
William and Mary ahead? They'll open
up the house for you, and I'll be down
when Benny comes home for Christ
mas"
So here "a Clyde H. Billings in a
station taxi, wondering if it had been
worth while to bring his evening
clothes. One of his trunks was full Of
books; he'd have plenty of time for
good sound historical reading. Sleeping
Willow was getting too fluffy. What a
civilized man needed nowadays was
more elbow oom for his reflections
and sound historical reading. His
thoughts were running soberly along
this line when the taxi stopped at a
pleasant little house in the woods. It
renewed his confidence to see the wide
Germanic William as he came down to
remove the baggage.
There was a phone message last eve
ming, sir" said William when Clyde
asked about the mail. Clyde went into
the library of the house he had rented
by telegraph and found the message on
a desk.
Mrs. Hawthorne Fitch says call her
up when you come"
Mrs. Hawthorne Fitch. The Pitches
had been neighbors at Sleeping Will
low. They were about three cars rich
er than the BillingseS and only ask
ed them to those enormous tea fights
where nearly everybody came. AS he
remembered her she was a vivacious,
short haired lady, quite easy to look
at; she had a way Of casting her eyes
in the manner of an experienced fish
erman casting for trout.
So Clyde got her number and heard
her rich voice rel the wire. eyes,
this is Sally Fitch. o, Clyde! I'm so
glad you've come. I understand that
you're a hermit this week. Can't I coax
you to come to us tonight? Awfully
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llInl e and Coyote Exterminator cap
sules got nine coyotes one night
that brought s12l. so. Free formulas and in
structions. GEORGE EDWARDS, Livingston,
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There was a place for crouuet in
the sand beside the little house Clyde
and Mabel had rented for the winter.
Here the Billingses spent their after
Moons, when it didn't rain. There was
a row Of detective fiction on the shelves
In the pleasant drawing room where
the Billingses killed their evenings;
when they tired Of bloody finger prints
they'd turn on the radio and try to get
some Jazz out Of San Francisco. The
trunkful Of Roman history, which
Clyde had brought all the way from
Long Island, had never been unpack-
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LIVESTOCK MARKET
LET us HANDLE YOUR LIVESTOCK

Market, Aug. II. Receipts about $500 head.
Top grass fat steers. $50 to eastern packers;
medium fat steers, $3.50 to $3.50; feeoer
decent whiteface, $500 to $3.50. Top fat cows
up OF $50: few straight loads fat cows at
S4.75. Fat heifers. $3.50 to $3.50: Feeding
heifers. 4.5o to s6.25. Best Shorthorn feed
ers, $500 to $3.50. few higher. Vealers, S. to
81. Bulls. $3.50 to $500; extreme top. $500.
Gamers and Cutters s2.75 to $500. Medium
lbs, com. 81 90, feed 35c. yardage 35c, In
Jot Down These Handling Rates
Charges for selling cattle weighing over 300
lbs, com. 81 90. feed 35c, yardake 35c, IN
surance Sc, total SITS.
II here two days add Csc per day feed. total
s2,lo, days s2.45. Cattle under 500 lbs.
soc com, feed zoe. yardage zoe. insurance &C.
total csc. Add zoe per head per day for ex-
ira days. The fill your cattle take on for the
extra days will pay for the extra feed many
times. We advise you to have them here
early. Write for further Information.
KILLINGS LIVESTOCK COMMISSION co.
Killings. Montana
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When Columbus first landed in Cuba
he was greatly impressed with its
beauty.
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Approximately 200 species of earth
are found in Australia.
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fO1. the Lamps Of China
Western Life, Love Clash With
Ancient Ways Of the
ar EAST
TThis is sterilization of the Cosmopolitan production
soon to be ShoaUn at Warner Brothers Earle Thedter)
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE

After three gears in Manchura field man for an
oil company Stephen Chase planned to marry Lucy his
American Sweetheart, during his furIough.
Lucy finds Stephen veritable stranger and refuses
TO mar1y him. He then marries Hester Wentworth,
1Chon he met Yokohama Her father had died the
trip to China.
They hve in a company hut IN ManchurG but Stephens
duties keep him from home The company adopts his
plan to sell cheap lamps
Hester loses her baby at birth and returns to the
Where Stephen has been given charge of division.
Ho venerable Chinese becomes his adviser and aids
him to understand the psychology of his countrymen.
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time, giving his own particular
call for Hester. But there was
no response. She was out some
where evidently, not knowing
he was coming.
The rooms C his home were
full of the fragrance Of her
personality. That quiet place of
her making gave him the sense
of sanctuary he craved. He
closed the door of the living
room behind him, moving about
the spaces Of the room, delight
ing in it's beauty, delighting
even in it's luxury, the world Of
poverty shut out. Sometimes
he had demurred in his heart
at the money Hester spent for
these beautiful things, feeling
secure only when he was saving.
But this dark afternoon of his
return, it was the rooms very
luxury that give him sense Of
security.
The door-knob turned, and he
held himself tense, fearing it
would be Kin, or the coolie, in
terrupting his moment Of pri-
vacy. Then he heard a cry Of
joy and he turned quickly,
holding out his arms to Hester.
In the long embrace, there slid
from his mind the pinched
features of the starving peas
ants.
CHAPTER 26
The leaves of the mustard
fell. The stems and the ripened
seed-pods turned to ash-gray.
The pods were harvested, the
oil crushed from them; the
residue and the stalks were re-
turned to the fields lest the soil
be exhausted, now in the forti.
eth century of it's use. The rice
land was flooded. The valley
became a glistening, shimmering
floor, awaiting the spring plant
ing.
The hong had grown more
crowded. Every one was a title
cramped, now that Stephens
tireless energy was increasing
the business. More men were
needed. Stephen and Hester no
longer had the top floor to them
selves. It had been divided by
the simple means of a partition
across the hall. Two bachelors
lived at the back. It made Hes
ter more DESTROYS than ever for
the separate house.
Crowded Quarters
On the floor beneath lived
the Burnhams, Fenton and a
young man named Lunt, just
out from home. The floor be.
low that was a veritable bee
hive-six white men. Chinese
clerks, shipping men, agents
and captains of oil junks, con-
stantly coming and going; and
on the ground floor, twenty
men-servants and two amahs.
Up and down the outer stair.
way at the back, from gallery
to gallery, they tramped. talk.
ing. quarreling, gossiping. At
night there were more, for Kin
had them sleep two in a bed,
renting out the vacant space.
All day through the hong the
hum of life went on, a voice
now and then dominating the
usual murmur-Stephen'S voice,
light in timbre; Hester's amah
scolding someone. Dee-dee,
little brother to all the hong,
nine months old now, com.
manded the servants of four
households. Even Kin stopped
to ride him piggy-back down
the long corridor, on his way to
answer the missiles ring.
ITO Be COntinued)
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Five days passed and no word
was received from the Lins. On
the sixth day Stephen, sitting
idly on the deck of the launch,
saw a sampan moving toward
them, and in it the elderly man,
spokesman that night of nego.
tiation.
He called Ho, and soon Hos
great shoulders rose above the
hatchway. The two stood to"
gether, waiting.
After the salutations had been
completed, the man told Ho he
had brought the major part Of
the indebtedness. But a small
sum we find difficult to raise,
and would substitute a deed to
. piece of farmland"
Fine farmland" said Ho,
looking at the deed. Drought
has been there for three years"
When the bargaining was con.
cluded, Ho and the old man
went off to the town to arrange
details with the magistrate. Ste
phen, pacing the deck of the
launch, awaited their return.
Presently, along the ridge of
dixie, he noticed line of coun-
try folk advancing. Then he
noticed they carried no KNAPP
sacks bullying with offerings,
and as they drew nearer he saw
that their full figures typified
excess, as he had never seen it
in this country of close margins.
Exaggerated to the grotesque
was the greatly desired full form
of plenty, bellies bigger than the
laughing Buddha, god of plenty.
And then, as they drew still
nearer, Stephen saw the specter
of famine in their faces
their eyes sunken, their cheeks
fallen in.
"Who are they?" he asked the
captain of the launch.
eaters of bark and grass"
the boatman replied. 1T was
rumored in the city yesterday
that farmers from 10 villages
away were coming"
Their faces pressed in upon
Stephen until each tragic mark
of suffering was written wildly
on his mind. From further
knowledge of this land of Starva-
ton he drew back. He felt a
toreboding of disaster.
Back Home
It was late on a rainy after
noon that the launch bearing
Stephen and Ho came in sight
Of the narrow white building
the hong. After weeks of pa
thence, suddenly impotence mas
tered Stephen. He put on his
Slicker and stood at the rail be.
fore the gangplank was down,
finding it difficult to fit his step
to Hos, as they walked together
across the muddy bund.
Now, at last, he was at his
own gate. Past the offices he
hurried, glad they had closed for
the day. Up the stairs, gaining
the second floor, hoping no
doors would be open, none of his
staff come out to, greet him.
Sometimes of late he had wished
he could have more privacy-es-
cape for a moment from his
business.
No one appeared and he took
the last flight two steps at a
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MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
RED BARRY

PROFESSOR sOpcIN's
MONSTER. KLA6E.
ESCAPES, CARRYING
OFF SORCIA'S WARD,
MARINA. MANDRAKE
PURSUES HIM..
MANDRAKE CATCHES
eight OF HIM FROM
THE TOP OF A CLIFF.
THEN DIVES HEAD
LONG INTO THE AIR
AFTER him..
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Not word was spoken, and in an instant the
big pirate strobe off the deck, roaring his dabocal
laughter and rafting his cutlass. when you write
to Charles B. Drscol author Of this story, enclose
stamped envelope)
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Now they were apparently again in the power Of
this Terror of the Seas, since they were prisoner
guests of Captain Stede Bonnet, who, in turn,
seemed trapped by Blackboard If the latter wished
to do harm to him or his people.
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NOW READ ON

So he had been here the during the interview
hiding behind his family shifting his responsibility to them
in flash Stephen took in the whole The agent
bare to the waist his hands pinoned before him.
The other had fallen back except the tall old man,
spokesman throughout the night.
Over the naked figure of Lin he lowered golden vel
low with rage raised in his hand the long bamboo
used for terrible punishment Power of DEATH fathers had
over their sons Stephen felt himself shaken with the sight
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BY moonlight Pedro, the mysterious, was making
a detailed map showing where the treasure lay out
in the woods (Which Is your favorite character in
Pieces of Eight? Write the author briefly, and
receive an original pirate drawing)
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Captain Teach (Blackbeard) met Prudence, De
Cana and Tom during one Of his inspections Of
the Royal James, All had once been his prisoners,
and had escaped from this very island, enduring
many hardships
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JANUARY, WEDDINGS

January weddings in Ashe> county
as recorded in the office Of the Regis
ter of Deeds are as follows: Clarence
Bare, Jefferson, and Hazel Ruth
Stringer, Wagner; T. Ward Mcclure
and Lora Ham, Chilhowie; Guy Par
ker Johnson and Mamie Gertrude
Barker, Grassy Creek; Paul Gilley
and Stella Finley, Whitetop, Va;
Lillard Wyatt and Lola Taylor,
Whitetop; Lacy Wood, Grant, Va,
and Georgia McGrady, Volney, Va.
Jones Minton, Wilkesboro, and
Nell Hartsog, Fleetwood; Edward
Jones Barker, Jefferson, and Ruby
Francis, Williams, Pearisburg, Va;
E. Earl Taylor, Riverside, and Ina
May Howell, Todd.
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will be selected so as to use the larg-
est possible amount Of labor for the
money spent. The money viii be allo-
Gated on the basis of the greatest
need-that is, a state which has 20
per cent Of its people on relief will
get more than state which has but
ten per cent on relief. It is said the
public works program will avoid COM
petition with private enterprise,
which is justifably jittery about gov
eminent activities in the industrial
field.
The list Of possible public works
has not been completed, but number
are known. Public buildings viii be
one. Bridge building will be another.
Soil conservation and sanitation will
come in for their share, as will tun-
nels, food dams and forest conserva-
ton. Road building will naturally be
near the head of the list. 49,.
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WE NEED TO KEEP OUR
EYES ON THIS

A proposal is before the legislature
that the state establish a new sana-
torium for the treatment Of tuber-
culosis. The sanatorium would be
established somewhere in the western
part of the state with an initial OUT
lay of 100000 and sufficient state
support for maintainence.
Our public spirited citizens should
keep an eye on this measure and if
it is granted the state, every effort
possible should be made to get it in
this section. Our climate and other
natural conditions are not to be ex-
celled. It is our natural habit of let
ting the other fellow do the work
that is so often excelled that we lose
much that is valuable.
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BILL Would PUT u. s. IN
GOLD MINING BUSINESS

Washington, Jan. ga move to
put the United States in the gold
mining business as a means of
spreading employment was initiated
in the senate today by Senator Pope,
Democrat of Idaho.
Pope introduced bill which would
authorize the director of the bureau
of mines to locate and operate mines
on all properties to which the United
States has title. A fund Of 500, 000,-
600 to finance the ventures would be
provided.
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NO JESUS IN RUSSIA

One day Mark Twain, one of the
worlds greatest writer's, man Of
learning, of travel, Of long life Of
observation with great big brain
and a still larger soul, picked up his
pen and wrote this:
"Here is man, who was born in
an obscure village, the child Of a
peasant woman. He grew up in
another obscure village. He worked in
a carpenter shop until He was 80, and
then for three years He was an itin-
Grant preacher. He never wrote a
book. He never held an office. He
never had a home. He never had a
family. He never went to college. He
never put his foot inside a big city.
He never travelled 200 miles from
the place where He was born. He
had nothing except the naked power
of his divine manhood. While He was
still young man, the tide of popular
opinion turned against him. His
friends ran away; one of them denied
him; He was turned over to his ene-
mics. He went through the mockery
of trial. He was nailed upon cross
between two thieves. His execution
ers gambled for the only piece OF
property He had on earth while He
was dying-and that was His coat
When He was dead He was taker
down and laid in a borrowed grave
through the pity of a friend.
Nineteen wide centuries have come
and gone and today He is the center.
piece of the human race, and thu
leader of the column Of progress.
! am far within the mark when
say that all the armies that eve
marched, and all the navies that evel
built, and all the parliaments tina
ever sat, and all the kinds that eve
reigned, put together, have not effect
the life Of man upon this cath 9
powerfully as has that one, soNtar,
life."
A few days ago an American uegr