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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-26
Brilliant Productisn Was
Staged At Navy Field;
Main Event OF Ia Sc
mana Allegro

The Pirates Of Pezzanes rstsrn-
ed to Key West Ia1s niEht. 4ad
presented. ag4ia- N @asiS aad
prose. the story Of FreS@riSk aaz
the misfoEt1nes ~hiGh b<fen hla
because Of his birsh On Leap Year
Day The somi- op--a was a
brilIi-na PrOduetioa. staged ~ sh=
Navy Ball Field as probably the
most Important event an Key
West's IA Senaaa Al=Er-."
which comes 20 a close Saturday
night
The setting fer the opera froz
the pens Of Ci.5ert and SaIlix.a
was as nearly perfect ~ could be
hoped fer The sky ~As clear,
and during the early part Of the
performance a quarter zOon lsnt
its EIO~ 70 the vel Lighted and
well decorated stage last 49,
yond the back of the stage. the
soft tapping Of Atlantic and Cali
waters could be heard
Some 1000 perzons attended
the performance ana sat through
the last song and chorus, respond
ing TO the humorous hnss al the
comic opera, feeling with the
principals and members q the
chorus the rhythmic beauty OF TIE
variety Ct musical numbers m
Guided By Gilbert and sullivan IN
the Operetra-
Well Rendered.
They heard Janice Maloney
Lewis, = Mabel, youngest daugh-
ter Of MajOT-General Stanley, IN
duet with George Nils White. a.
Frederick. young pirate appren-
tee; and they heard the clear
delightful soprano voice Of Mabel
in solo and with the eolOrful ehor-
Us Of Stanley's daughters The
voice Of Mabel seemed clearer
even then last year. except fer
occasional defects IN the sound
simplifying equipment. and her
singing and dramatIzztion Of the
role were vel received
When one realizes that IN add
ton to playing the leading role
Of Frederick. Mr. White acted IS
general director Of the eomIc
opera. hls performance last night
Is appreciated even mere than
would be otherwise his clear.
tenor vaiee added immensely 70
tie success Of the musical presen-
tatiOn- Throughout al the diff
enlt vecaIIzations hrs voice and
that Of Mzbel we're heard WIth de-
light.
Eva B. Warner a. Ruth. the p
ratical msid-0f-all-work. gave =
the performance q great deal o.
its humor and her c0ntralto voIce
added TO the delight Of the pro
gram. The difficult first perzon
introduction Of the maj0r-eeneral.
as made BY W Curry Hairs. was
snother part which was wei r.
eeived BY the audience. Playing
the role for the first tine. NJ Hzr-
RS added no Little Co the c0mieal
side Of the opera
Avery johnson, with a strong
baritone voice. played the part q
Richard. the pirate king. and led
his crew Of pirates VITA al the
finish and gust0 which the part
deserves Edmund Curry Is SaH.-
uel, his Lieutenant. was another
among the principals Uhs added
% the enjoyment Of the program
as did Il Roger Aiton. as the So
geant Of police
The parts % the thrss dzugh-
tiers Of General Stznlry were
played wei b. Lena B~rrzidi.
Olive Day. and Lily Wiihsln-
Coed LiEhting Effe~ts
While the chorus number and
the leading parts we're the Gym
osure last night the lighting e.
fleets and costumes added & he
beauty Of this second present1-
ten Of the oDera IN Key West
The uusical accompznIDeHt -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-26
LEAP YEAR PROPOSALS
WIN PRAISE OF JUDGE


ATLANTA, Ca, Feb. rs.
IF Municipal Judge Luther
z. Resser had his way, every
year would be leap year as far
as. marriage proposals are
concerned.
Let women propose leap
year and all other years. the
judge says. He thinks there
would be fewer divorces.
"Wbmen know what they
want and are more inclined
to try to justify their judg-
ment by sticking to whatever
bargain they make" he as
serted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-26

While the chorus NUMBER and
the leading parts weTe the ryn-
osure last night the lighting e.
fects and costumes added L fhe
beauty Of this seeo1d presenta-
tier Of the oDera IN Key West
The musical accompznimeHt -
(Continred on Pare F0url
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-26

Key West, Florida. has the
most equable climate IN the
country: with an average
range Of only Il FahreEheit
The Washington times., 1936-07-29

since an abundance of sleep is
necessary in the storage of vital
ity.
We occasionally hear of some
one who gets along on five hours
a night and who believes that
more sleep makes her dull. How
ever, this person usually is the
kind who catnaps to make up for
short hours. The people who do
their best on little sleep are few
and far between.
Find the number of hours you
need to look your best and to do
your most efficient work. The
intellectual worker is all to apt
to discount the Importance of
sleep as a factor in efficiency.
Sleepiness in the morning usually
means that you are not getting
enough rest.
If you sometimes need 10
The Washington times., 1936-07-29
f. |. Cob|entz Sued
On Note for $1,000

FREDERICK, Md, July pa
suit was filed in county Circuit
Court here yesterday by the Silver
Spring National Bank of Sill
yer Spring, Montgomery county,
against former State Senator
Emory L. Coblentz, Middletown,
Md, to recover $4,000, claimed to
be due the bank on a note. The
bank alleges B. H. Warner, jr.,
and William L. Browning, on a
joint note promised to pay Cob
lentz $4,000 with interest three
months after date. Coblentz in
dorsed the note. Coblentz is
former president of the defunct
Central Trust Company of Mary
land.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29

1t takes lots of energy to fol-
low a reducing program, to exer-
else, and even to stand correctly.
Energy is, in fact, the backbone
of reducing, which is the main
reason tired or lazy people never
get slim.
Speaking of normal sleep, it is
the worlds greatest little builder
Of will-power, and reducing is also
matter of will. If you have frac-
tured your will-power by carrying
heavy burden of weight, help it
along with a regular eight-hourS'
rest.
Adequate sleep is essential to
the success of gaining, reducing
or beauty program. We know of
beauty-wise women who are mot
at home" to friends or telephone
calls while they are catching up
on sleep. They realize that fresh
compilations and sparkling eyes
do not go with continued late
hours.
The movie players understand
the Importance Of sleep to success,
and while working on pictures
they seldom make social engage
ments. They play when they play,
but sleep when they work, and we
don't mean on the job! Once,
when asked her favorite recrea-
ton, the Woodworking Miss Carlo
is said to have replied: Sleep"
You can make up for an occa-
sional loss of sleep but the habit
of going without the sleep you
need will break down your health
and Jeauty. The average person
over Is needs eight hours sleep,
many require nine. An under
weight person needs more than
the average number Of hours,
The Washington times., 1936-07-29

hours, take it. Many successful
persons in all lines Of work admit
to getting this number Of hours
once OF twice a week. They go
far because they have the energy
to go on.
If you have difficulty in sleep
ing, you may be getting INSULT
cient healthy exercise. Most in
Somnia results from too much
mental activity and a lack of ex-
erciSe. or from worry. Spend your
week-ends in the fresh air and
take mild exercise for an hour
daily to induce healthy sleep,
Sleep is essential to the re-
neWal of energy in the body, par
ticularly to the nervous system
BALANCED REDUCING MENU
Breakfast
Raspberries. 1 cup. ........, 20
W6;Ia mill. a. .I '''''.''''..'... 90
sugar, heaping teaspoon 20
COffee, teaspoon cream; 1 rounded
teaspoon sugar. ,,.,., IN
800
Luncheon
Cold Meat sandwich (mustard) go
Celery. pickles, radishes . Ok
Iced tea. ! heapinE teaspoon sugar, 30
rFesh Irult INSTRUMENTATION. so
1855
Dinner
Lamb chap. 1 brOiled. ........,, 100
Trim away fat)
PARSLEY potato. .........,.,, 125
BrOiled tomato 75
SHREDDED leaf lettuce. ............ Is
Vinegar and seaSOning)
Strawberry shOrtcake .....,, $50
$50
Total Galleries for day. .1,22O
Your Dietitian,
IDA JEAN KAHN,
The Washington times., 1936-07-29

If you are wakeful at night
try the exercises shown in the
leaflet General Exercises to
Keep You Trim, Slim and
Fit" 1t might be that your
insomnia results from inSuffi-
cient bodily activity. Send q
stamped, address envelope to
Ida Jean Kahn in care of this
paper.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29
lelp Appearance
By IDA JEAN KAHN

Burning the candle at both ends doesn't help you to burn
casoes Perhaps this upses your pet theory that lack Of
sleep makes you thin Too little sleep slows you down the
next day Inertia sets in You economic energy sit all
slump into poor posture habits and let your figure CO.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29
DAILY TIMES
TABLE
TODAY

800 P.M.-Meeting, U. S. Treas
ury Post, American Legion AuXili-
airy, Mayflower Hotel.
800 P.M.-Meeting, Washington
Philatelic Society, Carlton Hotel.
TOMORROW
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, Cosmo-
politan Club, Carlton Hotel.
1890 P.M.-Luncheon, KiwaniS
Club, Mayflower Hotel.
7:45 P.M.-Meeting, National
Memorial Park, Willard Hotel.
The Washington times., 1936-07-29

Copyright, 1886. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-11-28

Tied up with tine early development
o. Billings and southeastern Montana
are tie records Of several journalists
\ who came TO the metropolis. q few ID
whom were IN many ways counterparts
OF Bill Nye and Mark Twain. who oc-
cupied such an important niche Ia the
history and development Of other parts
Of the west.
Among them were Abel x. Yerkes,
John y. Matheson, Alexander Devine,
n. II. and Charles McFarlin, Samuel
Panton, Doc" A. Hersey. who came by
his nickname BY reason Of having for
merry been druggist; Edgar b. Camp,
r. H. Becker and Jean Decker.
Yerkes had been In Miles City, where
with q partner he had established the
Yellowstone Journal They divided their
equipment and Yerkes freighted his
share 70 Coulson where he established
the Couls0n Post. He afterwards moved
it TO Billings and sold it to John d.
Matheson. Xerkes was known as The
Poet Of Sour Dough Greek"
Matheson was connected with several
early-day newspaper ventures In Biz
lings, was the first justice Of the peace
IN the town. and later was city clerk
His brother, Walter Mathewson was
connected with him in some of bis en-
terprises.
Alexander Devine founded the Bill
hngs Herald In June, 1882, the same
month that Yerkes moved the Post
from C0ulson to Billings. On May 1,
1885, these two papers and the Rustler,
founded In 1894, were consolidated as
the Billings Gazette Matheson, Devine
and the McFarlins were all interested
in the Gazette. The night following
the consolidation the plant was practic-
ally destroyed by fire. A three column
paper printed on q job press was the
first issue Of the new Gazette.
doc" Hersey served eastern newspa-
pers as correspondent In covering" the
Grow uprising led by Swordbearer He
also served as a war correspondent
during the Spanish American war and
later occupied an important editorial
position on the London Spectator.
Jean Decker came to Montana from /
the Black Hills. He had gone to that /
country in 1877 and was employed as /
q stagecoach guard. He later learned /
the printing trade. He was at one time T
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-11-28
BY GEORGE MARSH

Ine real Alke drama OF Montana
in the seventies and eighties was
! too strong competition for the
make-beIieve drama of the stage
and, ON at least one occasion, thrust
the actors and actresses into the
background while the audience as
sumed the principal role. Picture
Fort Clusters little log theater on
an evening In 1880. The audience Is
composed of the soldiers of the
Second cavalry and the friendly
Grow Indians who camped near the
fort. A few officers, with their
wives, sit in improvised boxes. They
lean back In their seats to enjoy
the play after hard day I'm the
saddle. A semi-circIe of Oil-Iamp
footIights illuminate the unraised
curtain.
Fort Custer was established in 1877
near the union Of the Big Horn and
Little Big Horn rivers, three miles south
Of the present site Of Hardin. The de-
cision to build the post was prompted
by the humiliation Of Clusters COM
mand the year before. Army officers
deemed strong force necessary in the
Indian country. Establishment of the
fort served to halt the movements OF
hostile Indians, or the need for the
post had vanished before its construc-
ton, as few outbreaks occurred there
after.
Amateur Shows in Demand
The soldiers time was taken I'D with
drill parades, and maintenance Of the
post; their leisure with hunting, fish
ing and the usual recreationE Of gar
rison. Mess room larders were well
stocked with veniSOn, buffalo and
mountain trout. Amateur theatricals
were always popular during the winter
months.
John Mcguire, pioneer theatrical inn
pressar1o occasionally visited the post,
on his rounds of the frontier settle
ments. On this evening In March, 1880,
he and his company presented Captain
John Smith, a favortte play Of the
period. Grow Indians were used in the
cast
The curtain rises. the soldiers cheer
the success of the hero and hiss the
appearance of his enemies. The beau
tiful Pocahontas, played by q white
girl, captures their hearts. The Indians
sit stolidly on the floor and in the
aisles. They show no signs OF pleasure
but are enjoying the play none the less.
AT last the point in the play is reached
where Pocahontas pleads for the life
of John Smith. She has hardly begun
her speech when 8 Crow Indian scout
rusheS into the theater, runs down the
aisle to the box of Major General Buell.
and whispers In his ear,
Off-Stage Action
The general jumps to his feet and
snaps command TO his Dugiar. Boots
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-11-28
Fewer Coyotes TO Bay
at NovesnbeE's Moon

Five hundred and five predatory ami
mails were bagged tn Montana during
October by IS hunters engaged in CO.
operative predatory animal control
work.
Animals taken Included 489 coyotes
and is bobcats, an average Of about
is animals per hunter for the month.
Ed GuenEher 0f Terry, IN Prairie
county. took the largest number Of ami
mails with q catch Of rs coyotes, while
william Arthur o. Deer Lodge, in
Powell county, wAa 9 close second with
"A coyotes and 0zaa nokca1.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-11-28

Strange as it may seem, the I0ca-
tion Of Fort Benton as the head Of
navigation on the Missouri river
and it's importance as 3 trading
center Of the state In the eighties,
was the final influence which de-
cided the location Of the new town
Of Billings, when the kownsite was
laid out, prior 20 the survey of the
Northern Pacific railway through
southern Montana.
The second most important factor In
the selection of the location for Bill
hngs, was Alkah creek, q meanderine
stream which wanders through the
country to empty into the Yellowstone
river there. Other sites considered
were the eastern end Of the Clark S
Fork bottom at the mouth Of Canyon
creek, and the place where Laurel is
now located.
The prime movers In the Minnesota
q Montana Land Improvement Co.,
which laid out and owned the original
TOWNSHIP Of Billings, we're Herman
Clark and Frederick Billings, the city
being named after the latter. Clark and
Billings wanted their town at a spot
which offered the most convenient
route to Fort Benton by team, touch
ing Fort Maginnis and Maiden, the
latter at that time an active mining
center, ana piercing the northern coun-
try generally.
Good Freighting Prospects
With the railroad coming through
the Yellowstone valley there was good
prospect for a big freighting business,
especially during the season when the
Missouri river was closed to naviga-
ton. The Northern Pacific at that time
seriously considered a branch line
which would have followed Alkali creek
away from the Yellowstone and pene-
trated the MuSSelshell and Judith
basin countries on its way into the
Fort Benton area The route would have
followed in general way the line upon
which the Great Northern later built
between Great Falls and Billings, but
at that time it was planned to make
Fort Benton the terminus.
There were many other factors (
which entered into the selection Of the (
general locality for an extensive and (
ambitious city at that point on the
Yellowstone, but in the final analysis, /
It was Alkah creek and the freighting /
route 1t offered into a broad livestock 4
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-11-28

men back of the enterprise, and many
mistakes we're made, but In spite of that
the movement had far-reaching eff
feet upon the development Of the coun~
try and subsequent improvements
which have made Of the territory one
OF Montana's leading agricultural dis
tricts.
Coal and Gold Areas Nearby
In addition to the Fort Benton trade,
and that OF the intervening territory,
the builders Of the city had other rea-
sons to foresee rapid advancement for
the new town. Miners who had followed
the Clark's Fork to this source In the
mountains along the Montana Wyom-
ing boundary had found placer gold
There were indications of coal deposits
in the territory which later developed
into the producing properties at Red
Lodge, Colstrip and other places in that
part Of the state.
To the southeast was Fort Custer.
where a regiment Of soldiers was usu-
ally stationed, with no little potential
trade. A few settlers had gone into the
Shoshone region Of northern Wyoming
and their most convenient point Of
supply was the new town on the yell
lowstone. Negotiations were under way
between the government and the Grow
Indians with the possibility that a fur
ther tract OF Grow lands soon would
be available for white settlement. Bill
lings was Just about half way between
the already well established trading
centers of Miles City on the east and
Bozeman on the west. The signs were
propitious.
A story regarding the location Of the
new town which Is generally accepted
Is true by old-timers, is that the town |
ute. company originally tried to buy
and Immediately adjoining the already 1
town of Coulson, but was I
Unable to obtain favorable terms from /
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-11-28

P. w. McAdoo, who with j. j. Anderson
owned the land on which the parent
town stood. So the original Billings
toWnsite was plated on land a couple
Of miles west of Coalson instead OF
upon land further east and around
Coulson. Both Meadow and Anderson
later plated additions to the city Of
Billings upon their holding which laid
between Coulson and Billings, but they
had missed their chance. The trend Of
the new town was to the west instead
Of to the east.
Misguided Faith I'm Coulson
The founders Of the new town quite
evidently believed that eventually their
city would extend to and include Coul-
son, for they began numbering their
streets with Tenth street, where the
numbering Of CoulsOn's streets left off
and which for many years remained
at a point quarter Of mile east of
Billings city limits. When the townsite
company made an agreement TO build
depot for the Northern Pacific rail-
road, IL chose location near the east
ern limits Of the townsite. The build
ing proved unacceptable to the rail-
road company. In accordance with their
agreement, however, the trains whistled
for the station and stopped there, but
grass covered depression in the earlier
it actually discharged its passengers
at the railroads headquarters building
nearly mile farther west
Many present day visitors to Bill
lings have wondered why the ctty's
main north and south thoroughfares
bear such large numbers as from oath
10 Both streets. The reason dates back
10 the original location of the town.
ute and the expectation that 1t would
expand to take In the old town of |
coulson. What would have been First |
street is now In some unrecognized, |
Ind now vanished settlement.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-11-28
Drama in Boots and Saddle Call at
Early Army Fort, Over-Shadowed
Any Shown in Posts Stage Shows

and Saddles" is blown, and the audi
ence is thrown into confusion. The
cavalrymen strap on pistols and sabres;
the Crows gather around their great
chief, Plenty Coups, for a council of
war. In q few seconds the theater is
emptied and the thunder of hoofs and
shrin calls Of the bugle are heard OUT
side. The Indians hurry to join their
white allies against the murderous
Sioux, who have just raided the settle
ment and stolen part Of the horses.
The Sioux have 10 minutes start and
are out of sight but the thud of their
horses hoofs can be heard as the SOL
diers gall0p out OF the fort. Sometimes
gaining ground, sometimes losing 1t,
the outcome of the chase seems doubt
full at times but the soldiers and Crows
refuse TO give up. The pursuit lasts all
night and at daybreak, many miles from
the fort, the cavalry has nearly over
taken the Sioux. They abandon their
loot to better escape. The stolen horses
are recaptured and the slow return to
the fort is begun.
NO, drama in the formal sense could
compete with the drama of every
day life in the Montana Of the eightiesl
Nemesis was the Greek goddess of
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-11-28

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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-11-28

editor Of the Yellowstone Journal at
Miles City and later was editor Of the
Billings Gazette and widely known
throughout tgse state. Alexander De-
vine was later and for many years
business manager Of the old Butte
Miner, nov the Montana Standard
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-11-28

More than IS years ago
A. K. Yerkes was a factor in
affairs in Montana; he was
the editor of the BOzeman
Chronicle, one of the strong
est weeklies published in the
state. Mr.. Yerkes published a
newspaper at CoulsOn, the
Yellowstonev valley town
which Billings put off the
map. Mr.. Yerkes in the early
days was known as the "POet
of Sour Dough Creek" and
at the present time is a resi-
dent Of Seattle.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-11-28

Gives counts and prices on accurate guaranteed
mailing lists of oil elcsses Of business sntar-
pEinss in the u. s. Observation-Disclosures
Manufactures by classification and state. Also
hundreds Of selections OF individuals such as
professional men. auto owners, income lists, etc.
write Reday for yessE copy
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-11-28

Nemesis was the Greek goddess Of
retribution.