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St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-02-25

NOV science restores dull teeth
l y to dazzling whiteness.
It's been found that dingy teeth
come from a film that forms on
Teeth. A stubborn film ordinary den
tifrices do not successfully remove.
That's why brushing fails you.
! Run your tongue across your
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-02-25
| abor Union Notice

Owing to the .postponement of the meet
ing called on February 9th 1895 he mem.
bers are asked to observe the following:
The General Annual Election eff the
st. Croix Cabor Union will be held on
Monday, March 1st at p M at Estate
Grove Place for the receiving of Reports
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-02-25

and General Election of Officers for the
ensuing year.
All financial members are invited to at
tend this meeting, as any number of mem
bers present will form quorum, and will
be eligible to transact anv matter OF
business.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT,
ST. CROIX LABOR UNION
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-02-25
Advertisement

The public is hereby notified that actu.
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that road machinery, materials etc, may
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There viii be sufficient width OF road al.
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Owners Of pipe lines under highways are
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All drivers of road machinery, however,
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II. n. MCKENZIE
Superintendent Of Public Works
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-02-25
N 0 7 | c E

Coming soon in March, Professor Hen
ry the magician, with bis girl Of mystery and
his wonders from China, India, Egypt and
the spirit world to storm the island of st.
Croix.
Watch this paper for place and date.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-02-25

II. n. MCKENZIE
Superintendent Of Public Works
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-12-12

sale. Both stores had large warehouses
| filled with goods, and sold to stores
! in the smaller towns. One Of the big
| customers of Meadow 81 CoVely was
the Meeteetsee Trading Co., at Meet
eetsee, Wyo., the principal trading point
in the northern Wyoming stock coun-
try.
A couple of years after Billings start
ed, Peter and Chris Yegen, who had
come there and started in business
with q bakery shop, meeting the trains
with fresh buns and pastry branched
out into general lines and laid the
foundation of the Yegen Brothers store
which became one of the leading retail
establishments Of southern Montana.
Early-Day Merchants
Among the widely known early-day
merchants Of Billings was John D.
Losekamp, who conducted a mems fur
nishings store, including boots and
shoes, and which built up patronage
over a wide territory outside Of Biz
lings. Mr. Losekamp carried a line Of
StetSon hats, chaps and other cowboy
toggery and QUILTED cowhands, Sheep
herders and prospectors in their par
ticular clothing needs. With his father
and brothers, John D. Losekamp start
ed in the boot and shoe business in
bA4I eOWAA . AAGL JNl@48
but in 1885 he bought out the others. He
was born in Ohio but grew up in Kan
sas during the anti-slayery struggle.
The family moved to the Black Hills
in 1877 and went into business there.
They moved their stock from the Black
Hills into Billings by mule team in
1882.
Mr.. LoSekamp took a great interest
in the Billings Polytechnic institute and
his benefactions contributed much to-
ward its founding While serving as a
member of the legislature from Yellow
stone county in 1899, Losekamp secured
the passage of the county free high
school bill
He also pioneered in the move to OBJ
tain laws for the protection and con-
servation of Montana fish and game.
He was q keen fisherman and was one
of the first Of Montana's sportsmen
to make long trips into the Beartooth |
mountains for no other purpose than
angling. Most of the few others who
had preceded him there were pros
pectors. At his own expense, In 1899, |
he shipped in large quantities Of brook
and other trout fry to stock Beartooth, |
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-12-12

Little Rock and other lakes, making
! the trip to them BY pack horse. He also
brought In Chinese pheasants, and wa:
q prime mover Ia making the Bear
tooth and adjacent mountain ranges q
vacation and fishing resort
Another early-day Billings merchant
whose activities covered q wide range
was A. L. Babcock, who started ia the
hardware business, and later branched
out into various other enterprises. Bah
cock came 10 Billings from Pontiac. III
in 1882, and entered into partnership
with A. w Miles, who previously had
been associated with Edgar Camp.
Camp continued in business with his
brother.
Babcock PrOspers
After the Babcock hardware store
had become one Of the largest in Mon
tana, MIR. Babcock established the Vel
lOwstone Valley Flour mills at Bill
nngs and later became president Of the
Yellowstone National bank. The erec-
ton of the Billings opera house In
1895, was the forerunner Of the Babcock
theater which for many years was
southern Montana's most ornate play
house. Mr.. Babcock served as q MEM
Der Of the legislature several times and
was on the military staffs Of several
governors.
The grocery business of Donovan g.
Spear was one Of the largest in Bill
lings about 1890. Charles Spear, be-
fore going to Billings. had been asSo-
ciated with Paul Mccormick in the
freighting and general merchandise
business conducted at Junction City,
just across the Yellowstone river from
the present town of Custer
Banking and Real Estate
The first bank in Billings was that
of Stebbins. Post & Rdund, with II. Il.
Mund as cashier In charge. The insti-
tuition was a branch Of a Deadwood
bank in which Seth Bullock, famous
Black Hills sheriff and friend of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, was interested Mem |
bers Of the Billings family we're inter-
eSted in the Bailey 81 Billings bank
George A. Griggs was another early |
day Billings banker, and was mayor of |
the city twice.
The real estate business was an inn /
portant factor in the early-days of |
Billings. One of the first to engage In
L there was H. w. Rowley, who left /
She engineering corps of the Northern |
Pacific railroad to embark in the ven
lure. He remained one of Billings
eading citizens and financiers until I
MS death several years ago. Paul Van +
Jleve, later Of Big Timber, followed
he same vocation in Billings. j. j.
Mickey and r. r. Grove were among
he early building contractors Leslie
Bates was Billings first insurance
agent, engaging in that business there
n 1882. J. @. Bond was the first black
mith in the city and Rack brothers
we're the first harness makers.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-12-12
Old West Is Gone
But Cattlemen Still
Know Their Horses

The old west may be passing, but its
ranchers still know their own horses
much to the sorrow Of one Pal Beebe,
Powell county resident, who allegedly
tried to sell back to the owners six
horses he Is charged with stealing from
them
Pacing his jail cell later, Beebe
bro0ded the inclination, probably, which
led him to be so careless IN the Sc
lection Of prospective buyers for the
horseflesh.
Sheriff Brian d. O'Connen, who ar
rested the man at his place near Ellis
ton said Beebe admitted the theft Of
several horses. A grand larceny charge
was filed against him.
AS the sheriff tells the story, Rob-
ert O'Connell, q cousin, and Mike Sui
Ivan. both residents of the Marysville
section. had had their horses stolen
some time ago. They did q bit OF in
quIry and finally were led to q man
who had bought horses from Beebe
This man said Beebe had some answer
ing the descriptions given by the men.
OConnell, Sullivan and some friends
went to Beebe's place, ostensibIy to buy
horses. There, the sheriff said, they
found several Of those missing from
their own corralS.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-12-12
MUSICIAN NVENTS
TUNER FOR VIOLIN
IDEA CAME WHILE DLING IN THE
FIELDS, MAKING WHISTLES
FROM WHEAT STALKS

Perseverance OF S5 years Is re-
/ warding e. w. HOyt, Kalispeu mu-
! stefan, financially. For MFR. Hoyt has
invented a violin tuner, obtained
| patent on the device and now Is
manufacturing the article fer sale
to the world.
Already Hoyt's patent has been sold
TO musicians in New Zealand, South
Africa, Europe, Canada, Hawaii and
many states in the Union.
'sThis all had its inception some 80
years ago while was working in the
wheat harvest in southern Minnesota, =
relates MIR. Hoyt.
My brother and were pitching
bundles for a threshing rig. While
waiting for the return Of wagons to
whistles out OF the dry wheat stalks.
I'VE found we could change the pitch
by cutting off the end Of the stalk We
first tuned to octaves; then fourths,
fifths, thirds and sixths. We discovered
the beats, or vibrations. which were
valuable In determining pitch.
ALSO that the beats appeared the
same, whether above or below, the
dead center This is as far as we pro-
crossed In the wheat field.
Reed Experiments
Three years ago obtained an old
reed organ and went to work tuning the
reeds, experimenting with the differ
ent intervals, and scales"
MIR. Hoyt obtained patents on his
violin micrometer-gtr adjuster IN
Canada and the United States in 1884.
The device consists Of wooden block
which is applied at the peg box OF the
instrument.
1t enables the finest adjustment Of
the strings and is so simple the small
est Of children can use 1t. With its use
the balanced interval system of tuning
can easily be accomplished by ad-
vanced pupils.
Tone xntricacfes Studied
Mr.. Hoyt is manufacturing the tuner
himself and has complete mechanical
equipment for the purpose.
Not only has Adr. Hoyt invented a
tuner OF viollns. violas and 'cellos, but
his experimentation have led him to
explore the intricacies Of tone. He has
completed extensive data involving vi
brati0ns or Sound waves" Of a tech%
nical nature, which, while rather revo-
luti0nary TO accepted theories, is ere
atfng considerable controversy among
mugicians who have investigated his
claims.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-12-12

his Martinsdale ranch, but has many
and varied interests elsewhere.
Other prominent stockmen who
shipped wool and cattle from Billings
in the early days were Charles Sew
Grams Of the Lake Basin country; T. A.
Snidow. Lee Simonsen, George A. Mar
tin, Thomas Brothers, Rudolph Aolt,
Jim Elliott, George Perrie, Willard
Trask, Louis Lehfeldt, Gus Evers, Rea
Brothers, Charles McDaniels, Charles
Watkins and Dan Slayton.
Big Timber was another big wool
shipping center. In 1892 one bull team
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-12-12

Basin region, the Musselshell area. and
from northern Montana.
Wool Flooded In
One of the largest wool shipments
ever made out of Billings by a single
owner was that of Charles M. Bair in
1910. 1t consisted of AZ carloads. Mr..
Bair, one of the old-time stockmen Of
the state, still operates a large sheep
outfit near Martinsdale. He came to
Montana So years ago. He first ranged
his bands on the Grow reservation and
the Yellowstone country.
AS late as 1906, Mr. Bair was reputed
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-12-12
A. Z. BABCOCK

n LIE bABCOGA
Prominent Eastern Montana Pioneer
and Financier, Who Came to Billings
from Illinois In 1882, There 70 Start
Hardware Business, Later Branch
ing Out Into Various Enterprises
that pulled into that station from the
range country carried $4,000 pounds OF
wool in string of wagons hauled by
70 head Of oxen.
4 Among the wool concerns which
bought Montana clips in the old DAYS
were jeremiah Williams e. Co, Dewey
Gould, HolloWell, Jones g. Mcdonald
Chestness, Bateman & Co., all of Bos-
ton; SHERMAN 81 Sons of Chicago and
Charles Webb Of Philadelphia.
Business Drew From Far Fields
Billings at that time was not only
the chief wool and cattle shipping CEN
/ ter Of southern Montana, but it was
the principal wholesale distributing
center as well. The predecessors of the
modern wholesale houses and depart
ment stores were the pioneer general
/ stores. Chief among these in Billings
were those Of H. Clark & Co. and Nc
Adow & Covely. Herman Clark was one
Of a group of eastern capitalists, chiefly
stockholders in the Northern Pacific
railroad company who purchased from
the railroad its land In the Clark's
Fork bottom from west of Park City to
East Billings. They started an ambi-
tious program Of improvement and
colonization, which included the plat
ting OF the townsite Of Billings and the
building Of the Big Ditch.
Clark started bank and a general
store. Under the management Of Tom
Hanlon. the store achieved an annual
merchandise turnover which would
compare favorably with all but the
largest mercantile establishments to-
day.
A close rival of the Clark store was
the Meadow concern, which was
continuation Of the store which Perry
w. Meadow had established at Coul-
son before Billings was founded. Nc
Adow, although cripple, was a man
OF great energy and enterprise. He was
connected with the first days of Boze-
man, but moved TO Coulson in 1877,
when a stage line was established be-
tween the two points. He also operated
a Sawmill. Later he became interested
In mineral holdings at Maiden and
made small fortune from the Spotted
Horse mine there. Covely arrived in
Coulson shortly before the establish
ment Of Billings and was first man.
ager and later q partner in the store
which Meadow opened st Billings and
OF which Covely had active charge.
The region which these two stores
served extended rs far north as the
Fort Maginnis mining district and the
Judith Basin, and into the cattle coun-
try Of northern Wyoming Cattle out
fits from the MusSeIshen and the
Stinkingwater territories bought all OF
their supplies In Billings.
Huge Purchases
Many Of the big outfits made two
trips year for that purpose, one in
the spring and one again just before
winter set in. Often they would send
In 10 or I2-horse wagon outfits with
two or three trailers. Orders amounting |
to SIS 900 were not at al unusual
The two storeB carried groceries, |
clothing boots and shoes hardware,
ar.s9 :, rrt<Sa - Efxg ~ articles y,na<4net
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-12-12

ARTHUR w. MILES
Nephew Of Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
and a Pioneer Merchant of Mon
tana, Who Was a Partner Of A. l..
Babcock. A. w. Miles Died At Liv-
nigstOn May Z, 1888.
to own more sheep than any other in
dividual in the world, his holdings then
approaching 3.000,0 900 head. His early
day headquarters ranch was located
at or near Hardin. He had another
ranch at Waco. in the Yellowstone val
ley, where he maintained shearing pens
in later years, and raised much hay.
He now makes his headquarters at
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-12-12

Half cup each of vinegar and
brown sugar added to the water In
which you are boiling ham will
greatly improve its taste.
The Washington times., 1936-12-23
9 'Mickeys' At
PoIoce,D Dec. rs

Loew's Palace Manager Oran-
gelo Ratio announced today that
he has contracted for nine of the
happiest of the Mickey Mouse and
Donald Duck cartoons produced
during this year, and which are
to be featured on the special car
toon matinee at Loew's Palace
Theater this Saturday morning,
day after Christmas.
Donald and Pluto" "Mickey's
Moving Day." "Mickey's Circus"
Polo Team" one of the most
hilarious of the series; orphans
Picnic" Grand OPERA" Alpine
Climbers" "Mickey's Service Sta
tion," and Fire Brigade" are the
Walt Disney subjects that will
regale the early-bird amusement
seekers.
Doors of the Palace will open at
9 a. m. and the cartoon fun is
scheduled to begin promptly at
$50 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1936-12-23

'officialS and caused sound en-
gineers moment of concern by
an operate ending with high F
the final note. Few operate So
pranoS are said to reach this note.
This team took a trial booking
as the first Satirical dance act
to play Hollywood's nationally
known Biltmore Bowl and ended
with a 25-week stay, the longest
on record there for any attraction.
Harris and Claire, two-thirds OF
the Earle's closing act, were the
first dance team to play the Fox
here, when they opened the the
ater and stayed for the entire win
ter season. The present act OF
Harris, Claire and Shannon leave
after Thursdays last show to
catch 1920 plane and arrive in
Chicago early Christmas morn
starting work as a feature of the
Edgewater Beach Hotel, with
George Olsen'S band.
Roy and Ray st. Johns, twin
brothers of the Capitol acrobatic
act, recall Hollywood High. Holly
wood, Cal, when as freshmen,
senior George Beldam coached
their basketball team and was
later Rex Bell of films. Lon
Chaney'S son Creighton was a
claSSmate the same as blonde
Mabel Linton, who starred in
school dramatics and built the
screen personality of Karen Nor
ley.
And on this bill Lorna Lunina
of Lunina and Lattanz, studied
dancing in the Polish government
schools and at the age of 13 was
ballet principal in London's
Coliseum.
The Washington times., 1936-12-23

Dignified Justice James Clark
McReynolds, of the Supreme
Court, arms filled with Christmas
packages, waved me a holiday
greeting yesterday twilight. Al
though he is my neighbor I have
never plucked up courage to ask
him whether he remembers the
cub reporter who covered the De
partment of Justice and stopped
at his desk daily when he was U.
S. Attorney General My own
arms were filled with Yuletide
messages including greetings from:
Arthur Godfrey and his horses of
Godfrey Gates; Marjorie Mitchell;
Rev. John Keating Cartwright;
Virginia and Pete MaciaS; Ann
Gillis: George Burns and Oracle
Allen; Dolph and Grace Berger;
George Peters; Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Leo Sugrue; Mr.. and Mrs. James
B. Powell; Evelyn Tyner, who has
become a fixture at the Rainbow
Room, Rockefeller Center; Arthur
and Helen De Titta; Agnes and
Maynard Madden; Arthur and
Stefanie Reilly, Billie Hefton zim-
norman; LIE Roy CounSelman;
Kay Marlborough; Harry P. Som
erville; the Joe Flynns; Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry S. Brown; Phil Hay
den and Ann Evans: John T.
Scott; j. Harold Murray and Leon
Enrol.
Also from Hollywood from the
Benny Bakers, Irene Dunno, Mr..
and Mrs. Roscoe L. Karns, Ray
mond Milland. Marsha Hunt and
Tommy Dugan. Charlotte Osten-
dorf. Betty Vitol, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Christenberry and Ma"
Cullen are in safely under the
mistletoe bell.
Pardon me, here comes the mail
man with another bundle.
ORIGINAL G. & S. FAN
In the mail at the National
Theater boxoffice yesterday was
an order for reservations for the
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company'S
engagement there beginning Jan
uary 18. Such orders aren't
usually a matter of news to this
department, that particular one
was from Mrs. Ada Littlejohn, of
London. Mrs. Littlejohn, the Gil
bert and Sullivan fan who hasn't
missed a D'Oyly Carte opening
in 20 years, has therefore served
notice that she'll keep her unique
record intact, so the local engage
ment may now be considered Of
ficial.
A print of Camille" was rushed
from Hollywood last Saturday for
Washington showing. Delayed
somewhere in transit, or caught
in the heavy holiday mail, it
failed to arrive in time for the
regular Loew Tuesday pre-view. 1t
is expected today and the critics
will have a look Meanwhile
Warner Bros. took advantage of
the open date and screened Gold
Diggers" last night in order that
editors may stay home Friday.
WARING WAS ARMAND"
It is Katherine Pritchard who
chides the critics for not being
aware that Richard Waring of the
The Washington times., 1936-12-23
Back Stage News and Gossip
Gathered By Bill HoyIe

Ranking with the Avon Comedy
-Four and the That" quartet, class
harmony headliners of 20 years
ago, the Big City -Four introduced
to Washington via Keith'S time,
George Beatty, current Capitol
star. After bringing his baritone
through the first hard year of
trouping as soloist on Chautauqua
circuits, this change to the four
some also served as his initial nod
to big-time footlights. The same
date here brought Leonard Chick,
the teams tenor and a former
singing waiter in Shanley's on
Broadway, back to his home town.
George lost the voice year later
when he switched to professional
baseball, caught a pellet on the
Adams apple and returned to
vaudeville, sans song, in the act
of King and Beatty" as a come
dian and gag" man. Father
Beatty is noted as steel inspector
for the Panama Canal.
Josephine Huston, Earle's sing
ing headliner, is a direct deScen-
dant of General Sam Houston and
recalls the story of her grand
parents journeying from Texas
into Nebraska in a covered wagon.
The name change came four
years ago when Sigmund Romberg
and Arthur Hammerstein after
seeing her lead in the west coast
editions of THE Desert Song" and
New Moon," wrote and planned
Melody" a musical built for her
Broadway debut. Str gely
enough, Hammerstein's illness
broke the plans and later when
George White produced this same
show, Josephine watched it as a
feature of the 10th edition of
"Vanities."
One of the few students person
ally taught in the Bush Conserva-
tory, Chicago, by Mae Graves At
kins-teacher of Gladys Swart-
hout-her vocal range is excep-
tional, running three full octaves
from low F to high F, above high
C.
Whereas, Jane Moore, of the
Capitol's Moore and Revel, three
months ago in a Warner screen
test on the Coast, broke into a
comedy song that astounded studio
The Washington times., 1936-12-23

even as Ginger Rogers tap danced
at the Executive Mansion a year
ago. That means headline in
every newspaper on January 81
and would be a great start for
what Universal hopes will be a
D. D. year.
MT. VERNON MAY LOSE
Up around Radio City they are
already beginning to brag that
John D. Rockefeller'S architectural
magnificence will this year, or
very soon, surpass Mt. Vernon as
Americas greatest sightseeing at
traction.
AS one who bowls over the Mt.
Vernon highway several times a
year, generally transporting visit
ing relatives, and an editor who
has inspected the ancestral home
of George Washington not less
than a score of times, I am ap-
palled at the figures just released.
They show that the ornate head
quarters of N.B.C. on Sixth Ave
nue. in New York city have at
tracted no less than 497,399 cash
customers for a trip with guides
through the main temple of radio.
They deposited 40 cents a head
for the inspection and the gross
attendance represents visitors for
the first II months of 1886. Esti-
mating December attendance at
Is, 900 it makes years total of
$4,000. In cash the receipts
totaled $198,959.60 for II months.
Mt. Vernon last year was visited
by 512,024 tourists and this years
figures are expected to be about
the same. Hence this preliminary
prediction of N.B.C. leadership.
For the first II months of this
year the Empire State Building in
New York was inspected by 318,450
visitors. The Statue of Liberty,
once Americas Number One at
traction for Sightseers is far be-
hind with 290,874 paid tourists for
the year up to November 1.
The White House, of course, is
ahead of both Radio City and Mt.
Vernon as a mecca for tourists.
But inspecting 1900 Pennsylvania
Avenue comes under the head of
rec attractions.