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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-02-18

While concerted attempts are be-
ing made to amend Montana's mod
ell liquor law, we'd wager that
you've got all the changes that will
come-extending opening hours Of
liquor stores to midnight-which
Continued on page 81
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
URGE ACTION ON BAY BRIDGE
Congressman From Maryland and
Delaware Seen Cooperating

Congressman From Maryland and
Delaware Seen Cooperating
The congressman from Maryland
and Delaware should cooperate to
convince Federal officials of the ad-
vantage of appropriating funds for
the long sought Chesapeake Bay
bridge, Theodore r. McAeldin, sec
retary to the Mayor in the last
Broening administration and po-
tential candidate for Congress
from the Second district, told the
Pikesville Rotary Club Wednesday
night of last week. ''It is incon-
ceivable that our representatives
in Congress, both in the Senate and
in the House, do not command suf-
fcient attention and respect from
the White House in order to ac-
complish the construction of this
bridge" he asserted. If Baltimore
wanted this great improvement it
could be obtained by them. The
reason the bridge is not built is
lack of interest in Baltimore.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02

against diphtheria and smallpox.
The increase in deaths from dis
eases of old age is partially a re-
suit of the obvious fact that more
persons are now attaining the ad-
vanced years, and partially due to
changed living conditions. In 1893.
the average age of death was a
mere thirty-two and one-half
years, but by the year 1886 this
average had been boosted to fifty
five and three-quarters years, or an
increase of over II per cent.
The median age of death the
point on each side of which one
half of the deaths occurred
set at twenty-five years in 1898,
which was seven and one-half
years below the average age of
death for that year; this indicated,
according to DR.. A. c. Jost, Execu-
tive Secretary of the State Board
of Health, that a very large num-
Der of infants died, to have pulled
the median age below the average.
BY 1886, however, the median
age had risen to sixty-two years,
or six and one-quarter years higher
than the average, indicating that
the infant death rate had decreas-
ed sharply and the numbers of per
sons attaining ripe old ages had in
creased considerably.
During 1886 one person died at
an age exceeding one hundred
years, and sixty-one at ages be-
tween ninety and ninety-nine
years.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
TO DECIDE SOON
ON BRIDGE SITE
Ocean City Mayor to Set Date
For Balloting on Proposed
Span Over Bay
PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL

A special election will settle the
question Of where Ocean City's new
bridge to the mainland will be
built. The site of the new bridge
has been in dispute for five months.
The inability of the citizens to de-
eide where they wanted it has held
up the start of construction. Pres
ident Roosevelt approved the mea-
payers advised Mayor w. Thomas
Elliott to let the property owners
vote on the question. He said that
he would now that the bill adopted
by Congress has received the Pres
ident's approval. This bill author
lied the State Roads Commission
to buid the bridge over the navib-
able Sinepuxent Bay. Under the
Ocean City charter, any person
who owns property in the resort
town may vote in municipal elec-
tions. Among the property holders
are persons with permanent resi-
dences in Wilmington, Del; Balti-
more, Philadelphia, Washington,
Salisbury, Md, and Berlin, Md.
One group of citizens wants the
new bridge built on the site of the
present one. They say it will be
cheaper because the bay is very
narrow at this point. The state
has $3.50, 900 available for the con-
struction, and any Of this left over
could be used for approaches and
perhaps for a section of new road.
The other main group wants the
new bridge five blocks north of the
present location. Mayor Elliott be-
longs to this group. They say that
the bridge at this point would lead
to North Division Street, which is
twice as wide as any other Ocean
City street. The wide street, they
claim, would make the problem of
handling the bridge traffic simpler.
They also say there would be less
danger to the bridge from tides be-
cause it would be farther from the
Ocean City inlet to the ocean and
that its draw would not have to
be opened so much because it
would be above most of the fishing
docks in the harbor.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02

on full time because of the de-
ficiency of the tomatoes caused by
the early blossoms being washed
off by the heavy rains. The new
cannery at Clayton established on
the Bayard tract wrich also start
ed up last week has a pretty good
supply of fruit. 1t is run by Smith
& Corsons, who came from Har-
ford County, Md.
J. B. Mifflin who bought lot of
John Anthony some two weeks ago
on South street between Union and
Pearl has commenced the erection
thereon of a dwelling somewhat
similar to the Johnson building in
which he resides, that is, wider in
the middle than at the ends. 1t
will be 43 1-2 feet deep, the front
being 25 and the middle 81 feet.
1t will have four rooms on the first
floor and five on the second includ-
ing a bath room. The hall will be
IL by IL feet, from which will as
send Queen Ann stairway. The
wrk is being done by Weldon &
Humphreys.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
STAGGERS BREAKS OUT
AMONG HORSES

Considerable alarm was caused
among the farmers last week by
the appearance of that dreaded
disease, the staggers, among the
horses, especially as the first at
tacks, as is usually the case, were
fatal, James Robinson, John P.
Jones, ]. P. Stats and George
Wright each losing an animal. Of
course unusual caution was at once
prompted by keeping the horses in
the stables and away from the wet
grass and chilling night air, and
this week. we are glad 20 say, we
have heard of no losses. In addi-
ton to care in feeding, remedies
as preventative have been freely
administered, especially the med
icine as per a formula in the pos
session of James P. Hoffecker.
There is not now the expectation
that the disease will assume the
form of an epedemic.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
TOMATO sPECULATOR

SAOGf11 b1 hAflhh1 bflOH
One of our citizens who has
heretofore contented himself with
daily toll and thus secured himself
a comfortable home and surround
ings, concluded last week to take
a little spurt-a test trial at spec
ulating. He learned that tomatoes
were selling for $1.25 a basket in
Philadelphia. They We're bringing
only 20 cents in Smyrna, our mar
ket not fiuctuating like that of the
city. The difference between the
two was so wide he did not see
how he could lose, but did see very
plainly how he could double his
money. So he gathered up what
tomatoes he could at 20 cents, hur-
ried them off on the Tygert and
when his returns came he found
they brought him only IL 1-2 cents
per basket. He has concluded to
let tomatoes alone this season and
though he is fond of them, it is
questionable whether he will not be
afraid to buy another one even to
eat.
Continued or Page Sikh
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
OF
AVERAGE MAN
Is IL Per Cent Greater Than
Those Who Lived i'm Del
aware 43 years Ago
DUE TO CARE OF HEALTH

The average Delawarean is now
attaining a II per cent greater age
than those who lived and died
forty-three years ago, according to
the death statistics of the State
Board of Health for the years 1893
and 1886. During that period, in
fant deaths have been reduced ma
terially, while deaths from causes
common to the aged had increased
substantially. The decreased in
fant death rate is considered at
tributabe to improved sanitation,
widespread education of mothers
in proper care of infants as well as
protective immunization campaigns
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
NEW DIRECTOR OF REVENUE
May be Named by President Roose-
welt to Succeed Willard #. Deputy

There is speculation among Dem
ocrats of the state as to the future
of the Office Of u. S. Internal Rev
enue Collector Willard F. Deputy
Reports Indicate that a complete
change may take place in the Of
fee, despite efforts being made to
avert it. 1t is said some party
leaders believe one term is suf-
ficient for the party faithfuls.
Townsend Rust, of Greenwood, is
said to be an active candidate for
appointment as u. S. Internal Rev
enue Collector. Mr.. Rust is active
in Democratic and civic affairs of
Greenwood and its vicinity. Other
reports were current this week
that Mr.. Deputy may be continued
in the Office, but that other chang
es may be made. He had been un-
der treatment at Delaware Hos
pital, Wilmington, but when home
recently.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
start Work on Inlet \

Plans will be drawn INN.
for the Indian River H,
near Rehoboth Beach. tbe \
Col. John H. c. Lee. US
engineer, announced lat
Specifications for jetty Roi.
ably will be begun this well
tual work will be under \
about two months, after n
been advertised and ava.
was estimated. The engng
fee waits upon word fran
ington that S16O,OO0 set sz
Congress from the rivers Z
bors appropriations, has as
available. After constr
jetties, engineers will drsiE
let permitting tides to fE
out of the bay. Completa
inlet is expected to reStu-;I
game hunting, rebuild p
commercial fishing, and vi
tages on the bay more iszs
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02

Boat days find wagon loads of
peaches from beyond the railroad
on their way to the steam Tygert
at Smyrna Landing.
Misses Beck and FAIRIES have
sold out their millinery store on
Commerce street, to Miss Rebecca
Lee, formerly of Maryland.
James G.. Farson, of Brenford,
has been at Milford during the
peach season, taking share in the
shipment of the luscious fruit.
The Gamers of peaches and to-
matoes have no doubt about the
high prices of these commodities
when the short crops are all in.
Mrs. Stokesbury is remodelling
the front of her residence on Fraz-
der street, making the third house
in the course of erection on that
street.
Fred j. Carter moved his family
ON Monday to Chestertown, Md,
where he has established himself in
hhe paper hanging and painting
business.
L. H. Peeky, the builder, is pro-
crossing well with the new dwell
ing of Mrs. H. G. Budd on South
street, and has the frame nearly
completed.
Enoch Turner has commenced
this week the erection of a new
home on Frazier street between
Delaware and Union. 1t will be a
six-room house, the front 20 by 18
feet and the back building 16 by
18 feet.
G. A. Wick's comfortable new
dwelling, corner Frazier and Della
ware streets, is approaching COM
pletion. 1t has been enclosed and
painted and is now in the hands of
the plasterers.
Owing to want of room at Roth
wells landing caused by increased
business the Philadelphia & Smyr-
ma Transportation Company have
opened a branch coal yard at
Smyrna Landing.
A swimming contest is to come
off this afternoon at Woodland
Beach, the parties entered being
John Pierson, of Wilmington, j. |
Darling, Champion amateur of Del |
aware, and Edward Bouldin, ex-
champion amateur Of Delaware.
Mrs. E. A. Mallalieu has bought
of John Anthony opposite his
dwelling on South street a corner
lot of go feet front and 200 feet |
deep. 1t is understood that Mrs.
Mallalieu will build for herself a
home thereon next year that will !
be an ornament to that part of the
town.
BY advertisement in another col |
umn it will be seen that Edward G.. /
Walls has succeeded Beck and De
Ford in the clothing and gentle |
mans furnishings business. Mr.
Walls has won the confidence of
the community both as a citizen |
and business man, and enters upon
business for himself with the gen
eral good wish Of every one.
John H. Hoffecker's canning fac
tory got to work last week but not !
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02

The mysterious angle is that the
Miss Ward" neither signed nor Of
fered adoption papers. This leads
to the belief by officials that who
ever wanted the baby might not
have desired it for adoption at all,
but might have wanted a child for
an illegal purpose. The Stayton
girl lives with her widowed mother
in Milford.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
ROADCONTs'
BIDS RECEDI
New Castle H.,
FlrH Isle
p,a = pr eteh to 4.
lahl Near Pigeon }.
MIDDLETOWN pDr

Three bids for ro.s
New Castle and Ken Isal : S'as'
being tabulated A.. Oo.',
week for presentatior y oss''
at the State Higbwsr I5g' y
meeting. The WiIso. = ~
Company Of New o.. 0's
bidder at $I7.O1O for :
road from River Ros5
Castle into the new A. % !,
company plant near pjps,,
Other bids were. Georgss 81, !.
Dover, 17,927.5O; D. = u I
and Sons, Wilmington M
Waller Paving CompapyS;,,11 N
Md, S19,69O; P. J. o. !.
mington, SI9.813 and .-' =.
ing Company. Pbilsd.Is'- ~
o64 20. The Wilson finn !, !,
mitted the lowest bid. n.
resurfacing bridges On ~ II
bird to Middletown ro,5 !
bidders were. P. ]. o..
831.5O; E. F. Hammo,s ~; !.
$2,792.10;; Spear. Jons, y. !.
pany, Dover, S2.7398O :.
Spear, Farnhurst, S2a7 !.
bid for construction Of 4
timber bridges in Kent co-i
over Sewell Branch and \
Fischer Branch, was tb,. !
hammond Delmar, S23as.
er bidders were: Walter hi
Son, Georgetown, S245IgI
en- and Clark, Dover, s23sl
Spear, Jones and COmparv
81, ,366.60.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
Harrington Street Signs Ready

City Manager Charles Hopkins,
of Harrington, has announced that
the new street signs have arrived
and will be placed as soon as pos
sible. He is seeking permission
from property owners to place the
signs on the property in order to
save the cost of erecting poles for
this purpose.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
EZRA FOoTE DIES, AGED 90

EZRA FOOTE DIES, AGED 90
Ezra Foote died at the residence
of Rev. DR.. Tullidge near this
town, whose wife is his daughter,
on Sunday last in the SO year of
his age. Infirmities have confined
him to his home since his resi-
dence in this vicinity and he was
consequently very little known by
the jeople. His wife who has also
reached an honored old age, sur
wives him. The remains were in
TERED in st. Peters Cemetery this
morning.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths,
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF AUGUST 81, 1887

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
GRIEF
FOR HER BABY
Girl, IL, Relents Too Late Af-
ter Giving Away Her Month
old Daughter For $50
UNABLE TO FIND CHILD
Mrs. Charlotte Artley: Please
bring my baby back or send
.rn,r- lIror IT,

Mrs. Charlotte Artley: Please
bring my baby back or send
your address Ethel S.
This is the advertisement that
Ethel Stayton, IT, of Milford, plac-
ed in a Philadelphia newspaper
August Is when she found that $50
was not enough.
Not enough for the long hours
of remembering those blue eyes
and little hands and feet.
Not enough to let someone else
be mother to her baby.
Months ago, even before the
child was born, the girl had ap-
pealed to the Children's Bureau to
find it foster home. She was
told that would be done.
But she forgot the Children's
Bureau and sold the month-old
daughter after she read the follow
ing advertisement in Philadelphia
paper late in June:
WANTED Baby for adoption.
Kind, motherly care assured
for baby; also $50 present
will be given. No questions
asked and everything will be
kept responsibly confidential
Please write Mrs. Charlotte
Artley.
She answered the advertisement
and received a letter from a Miss
Alice Ward, who said she was Mrs
Artley's secretary.
Then on July 90 she took the
baby to Philadelphia hotel With
only a slight twinge she handed it
over to Miss Ward" and received
the $50.
Fails to See New Mother
She did not even see the new
mother. She only was told that
the address was 9O5 Clifton Ave-
nue., Ardmore. Back to Milford
went the young mother still not
realizing what she had to face. It
proved too much. She tried tele-
phoning Mrs. Artley." But there
was no such name listed. She tried
writing. The letters came back,
mo such address" Then she print
ed the advertisement. And still no
answer. As a last hope she ap-
pealed to the Children's Bureau
again. Miss Alice Rue, executive
secretary notified Philadelphia po-
lice. Tears filled the girls eyes as
she stood in the Philadelphia De-
tective Bureau with relatives and
heard the results of an investiga-
tion. There was no trace of the
woman who had taken the baby
and paid the $50. There hadn't
even been an "Artley" or Ward"
registered at the hotel. Through
her tears the mother told detec-
tives she had signed no adoption
papers-no papers Of any kind.
Later reports on the case say it
may become the innocent tool of a
racket, probably in some blackmail
nllCilPLs AnLo was Lie OpullOl
ventured Friday as Philadelphia
police continued to search for a
mysterious Mrs. Charlotte Artley
presumably of Ardmore who had
bought the baby for $50. The
mother wearily returned home
from Philadelphia Friday night af-
ter a futile attempt to locate the
Madame x in the case. Since
turningthe baby-a girl-over to
a Miss Alice Ward who said sfre
was secretary to Mrs. Artley,"
and received the $50, Philadel-
phia police have found that the
name and address are fictitious. |
Officials of the Children's Bureau
of Philadelphia declined to discuss
the matter. They said such cases
are always in confidence with
clients and cannot be made public.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
DEATHS

Foote- Near Smyrna, August %,
Ezra Foote, aged 90 years, z
months and three weeks.
Seward Near Cowgill's Corner,
August 23rd, Ella W., wife of Will
liam P. Seward, aged Al years, g
months and l day.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-02
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Continued or PAGE Sikh
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-27
YAKUTAT COM.
 ARRIVES HERE
 ON TALLAp0OSA
Hardy Trefzger and Deputy Marshal Marks Bring
 Prisoners

Hardy Trefzger, U. s. Commits sioner at Yakutat, accompanied by Mrs. Trefzger and their daughter Janice, arrived in Juneau this morning on the Coast Guard cut ter Tallapoosa.
 MT. Trefzger was also accompan- jed by Special Deputy Marshal George Marks, who had in custody for Juneau MT. and Mrs, Joseph Mallott MT. and Mrs. Mallott have been bound over to the Federal Grand Jury, charged with alleged violations of the liquor laws, and are being held here in the Federal jail. MT. and Mrs. Mallott's two children also were brought to Ju- neau on the Tallapoosa.
 MT. Tefzger and his family will remain in Juneau until the next southbound voyage of the Princess Norah. While here he will confer with Federal and Territorial offic- ials and members of the Territorial Legislature.
 Sailing south on the Norah, MT. Trefzger and his family will go to Seattle, then to San Francisco, where he will contact principals in a transaction that is pending for his mining property, located on White River in the Cape Yaka- taga section, His property has been thoroughly prospected and he is quite sure that the pending deal will be closed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-27
''LIQUORLESS"
 NORTH STAR IN
 PORT HERE NOW
Vessel Carrying Almost En- tire Cargo of Food
 stufs Out Tonight

Carrying no liquor for any port the motorship North Star, Indian Bureau vessel serving as an emer- gency ship to Southeast Alaska warped into the Cold Storage Dock here this morning at 8:30 o'clock and commenced loading thirty tons of frozen salmon for shipment south to market
 Capt. s. T L. Whitlam this morn- ing posted his sailing time as pro- bably ten or eleven o'clock tonight when the North Star will head toward Haines and Skagway. From Lynn Canal ports, the vessel will call at Hoonah. then circle around the outside by Sitka and Rake, miss ing Juneau, then will call again at Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ket- chikan on her way south.
 230 Tons for Channel
 After loading fish at the cold Storage, the North Star moved to the Juneau City Dock and began discharging her 230 tons of cargo for Juneau and Douglas The ''beloN decks of the North Star was filled almost exclusively with foodstuffS when the vessel left Seattle on her present voyage, about the only in- dustrial cargo being her deck load which includes piling and lumber for Sitka, lubricating oil for vari- ous ports, and forty horsepower diesel crawler tractor for the AL aska Road Commission in Juneau
 Fresh Meats
 The cold storage facilities of the North Star are devoted to fresh meats: the vessel brings no perish able vegetables or fruits. However she is carrying harder fruits and vegetables for all ports.
 The vessels voyage has so fa1 been accompanied by rigorous win- ter weather; she having encoun- tered snow from Seattle north tc Seymour Narrows, rain from there into Ketchikan, bit of clear wea ther from Ketchikan to Wrangell
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-27
Banking in jerusalem;
 Just One Long Holiday

JERUSALEM, Jan. 26.-Bank de- positors in Jerusalem must have an
 accurate watch and an intimate knowledge. of three calendars. Otherwise they hasten to the bank, confident of arriving between the hours of and 12, only to find the
 doors locked and sign reading:
 closed for Mauled el Nebi." If the holiday is not Mauled el
 Nebi, which is the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed, it is likely to be Whit Monday, Curban Bairam lMohammed feast of sacrifice), the
 First Day of Pessach Jewish Pass over), or the birthday of King George VI.
 In fact the clerks are given 31 public holidays in addition to Sun- days. Six of the holidays, however, fall on Sunday anyhow, so the net gain in days off is only 26.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-27

and clear skies but strong winds and rough seas from Petersburg into Ju- neau. She bears a fair coating of ice as a token her crossing of Taku Inlet.
 "A regular winter passage" de- clared Capt Whitlam.
 All Union Crew
 For her present voyage, the North Star is manned by an all union crew. Besides her regular officers, she carries two freight clerks, Purser Jack Dawson, who was among the crew of the Arctic, and Chief En- gineer H. Sanwick.
 Passengers coming to Juneau ol the North Star included: James Kepler, from Seattle; Mrs Inez Lar sen, from Ketchikan; Ben Mazer, from Petersburg; O. R. Keeney, from Wrangell.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-27
SUPPLIES COME
 ABOARD HAID

Ploughing her way north to her regular summer base or Cordova, the U.S,C.G. Haida is expected to arrive at Juneau during tonight with mail. She is bringing some sup plies for the cutter Tallapoosa.
 The Haida left Seattle January 2l, and followed the outside pas sage to Dixon Entrance, where she cut in to Ketchikan. This mornin9 the Haida was reported as having anchored last night at the southern end of Wrangell Narrows and al neon was at Petersburg.
 The Haida has been completely overhauled while in Puget Sound this winter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-27
JEKILL FUNERAL
 SERVICES THURSDAY

Funeral services for Stanley Je- kill, six-months-old son of MT. and Mrs. S. w. Jekill, will be held tomor- row afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the chapel of the Charles w. Car ter Morluary.
 The Rev. c. F. Rice will officiate and interment will be in the Odd Fellows plot of the Evergreen Gene tery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-27

The Corpus Christi, Texas, oil field, year old in October, 1886, had 179 producing wells with an estimated total production of l. $50 GOO barrels.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-01-27
EstGbcth Sails
 Thursday highI

The Estebeth's sailing to Sitka and wayports has been postponed from tonight to tomorrow night at o'clock. This is on account of freight arriving aboard the North Star and which will not be discharged in time to permit loading aboard the Este beth.