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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17

was as it had been when she was a
child and even when her father was
a child
She picked up the album from the
marble-t topped table in the center Of
the room. took It to a repp-covered
easy chair before the fire, and sitting
down comfortably. looked over the
family photographs.
Father first. bearded and very seri-
Gus. Mother. already showing the i'll
ness that had ended her life at 3d.
The girl did not remember her very
well. hut she had idealized her mem
ory. Her father had been a silent, re-
served man.
Mollie wondered why she was not
more deeply moved She wanted to be
but she had never known them She
was utterly alone in the world. For
moment she experienced again the
desperation Of those first solitary
Anne Quirk was deliberate in her
movements It was after two before she
served Mollie's lunch Of ham and eggs,
with a piece of mince pie. freshly
heated, as the final touch. The food
was good AS the Pirl ate Anne stood
beside her. ostensibly to serve, but
really to bring her up to date on the
town news
Did Mollie remember Cy Warren?
Anne wanted to know. He was post
master now, and his Oldest girl was in
college. Hiram Phelps. Mollie's pas old
friend. was president of the savings
bank. His wife was a gadder-mostly
off In Boston or New York. Just now
she was in Europe.
Did Mollie remember Henry Bliss,
the editor and owner Of the Haynes
rNagok4o1 Wall hn had Htnd
last year and now his son, Bill. owned
the paper and was running It. Bill was
as sma't as they come. Folks said he
was sellin' four times as many papers
as his pa had done.
Mollie remembered Bill quite wildly.
He had been in her class in grammar
school and In high school-and had
kissed her at "postoffice" games. He
had been blue-eyed. curly-haired, and
always grinning.
It was O'Clock before her lunch
and Anne's flow Of local gossip had
ended. Mollie was still wearing the
green travelling gown in which she had
arrived. She added her fur coat and
a small close-fitting hat. She decided
to go directly to Main street Tor
galoshes.
On Main street Mollie Davis felt
suddenly but only briefly at home.
The street itself was unchanged. So
were the shops on 1t, and all the
windows were bright with holly and
Christmas bargains as she had known
they would be- There we're more taxi
cabs and sleighs backed up against
the curbs than she remembered, and
the sidewalk was well filled with men,
women and children, all in a hurry,
and all CARRYING packages. Well, the
day after tomorrow would be Christ
mas.
It was when Mollie Davis looked
closely at these hurrying humans that
she ceased to feel at home. There were
a few faces she recognized, but none
she knew intimately. Neither did any
one know her. The crowd seemed TO be
strangers, country people, probably In
from their farms to do Christmas
shopping.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17

Montana counties have overcome
the SGT 100000 debt peak of 1923
to emerge in 1898 with an indebt-
edness of only S8.0l8,00O.
This steady reduction in county
debts IS shown in the biennial report
Of the state board OF equalization. In
1918 Montana had 43 counties These
counties had a total net bonded debt
Of 50 SGT 900. In 1923 there were 81
counties with a total net debt, warrant
and bonded Of 27708,000.
The unprecedented increase in
county debts was an unforeseen result
Of the enactment of the classified
property tax law OF 1919. This statute
multiplied the assessed value Of the
counties, school districts and munich
palities about three times. This auto
matically increased debt limits In the
same proportion The law also en-
couraged the creation Of new counties.
Seven counties were created In 1919.
Three more were created In 1920. with
a consequent increase in expenditures
and debt.
When the legislature awoke to the
situation and enacted restrictive
measures in 1923. many counties found
themselves facing shrinking valuations
and rising levies County officials
found IL necessary to sharply curtail
many essential activities in order to
provide for the payment OF bonds on
schedule.
Out Of the total county levy Of So
SOS 900 In 1928, about s2,583,000 or 26
percent, was levied to pay interest on
and create a sinking fund for bonds.
In 1929 approximately "a percent OF
the total county levy went for the
same purpose with % percent neces-
sary in 1880 and % percent in 1881.
This heavy payment schedule resulted
in the counties cutting not only their
principal but a large amount OF their
Interest. The bonds are now being paid
at a rate Of more than 81 100000
year. Thus. on June 30, 1888, the net
warrant and bonded debt Of the coun-
ties was only $8.018000, which was
substantially less than it was in 1918.
The debts of the counties represent
obligations incurred IN conducting
general county business, caring for
the poor, building and maintaining
roads and bridges and constructing
courthouses and other county build
ings. This debt does not include any
city and town, school district or other
debts which are entirely separate from
county business.
one of the brightest spots in the
county picture In 1888 is the fact that
eight counties are virtually free Of
debt. These counties made no bond
interest or sinking fund leyies In 1888.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17

The eight counties are Custer, Glacier,
Granite, Liberty, Mineral, Petroleum,
Prairie and Valley. Three Of the eight
counties made no bond levies because
OF sufficient money on hand 70 talze
care OF the years bond payment The
three making no levy for that reason
are Custer. Petroleum and Valley.
While small levies may be necessary
In those counties in future years, the
present obligations have been reduced
so materially that this group may be
said TO be clear OF debt
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17

little to Mollie Before she had left
California she had sent gifts 70 her
friends there. She knew that in her
California home packages for her were
piling up. Most Of the men and women
who passed her seemed happy and
interested. Some of them we're wishing
one another A Merry Christmas She
thought. wish someone would say
that to me. But no one did.
She entered a shoe shop and bought
her ealoshes. The clerk who waited on
her was a stranger. but attentive and
efficient. He looked at her with in
terest. but evidently did not recognize
her That was not strange. Mollie
traipsing Main street in Haynes Center
with a fur collar high around her
neck and her hat Just above her eyes.
was a very different figure from the
glamorous Beatrice Joyce OF the screen.
Mollie returned contentedly 10 Main
street
At the shop window next 70 the shoe
store she narrowly escaped q collision
with a small figure pressed against the
window glass It was a newSboy about
l2-the towns one newsbOy rs II hap
pened taking in the attractions OF
display OF hardware He was very
small very lightly dressed He had no
overcOat. and the sweater that covered
his worn shirt was thin SO were his
shoes and the stockings between them
and his worn Knockers. Under his arm
were half dozen Gazettes-his unsold
stock.
He was Staring at sometime so in
tently that he did not see Molle Davis
when she stopped sharply 10 avoid
running him down after her quick
turn from the shop door She looked
10 see what interested him.
SkateSl Several kinds Of skates. One
poir was screwed to a thick-soled pair
Of shoes All we're sharp and shining
and beautiful TO boyish eyes. Mollie
smiled till she looked at the bows
face. Then her expression sobered. She
had never seen In n child's face a look
at once so wistful and so hopeless.
Mollie had another OF her impulses,
She would put some Of the Christmas
spirit into her day and into one bOvish
heart This would be an action that
fitted into n visit TO ones old home
They're nice skates. aren't thcy2"
she asked the boy.
He answered without looking at her.
yes"
Are skates what YOU would like for
Christmas more than anything else?"
you bet" But the boys tone was
utterly hopeless. Hopeless too. was the
gesture with which he frightened his
arm grip on his papers and turned
away from the window
IAN right" Mollie said briskly.
Come into the shop and I'll buy you
CTo Be Continued
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17
srArE,s CASE BALANCE

The state Of Montana on Dec. ! had
bond investments totaling SlS,SSs :
76O.32. an increase Of more than haI
q million dollars compared with the
Dec, /, 1897 figure, State treasurer
Ray N. Shannon reported. Puren s
bonds Of Carbon county school dis
trict No. 80 and SITS in bonds OF
the Fairview high school district OF
Richland county.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17
SEWING ROOM PROJECT

Presidential approval q q Sb85, I5I
statewide WPA sewing room project
which provides for consolidation OF
some l76 individual city and county
WPA sewing rooms now carried on
project files, into n "sreamlined" unit
expected 20 be more efficient and less
burdensome, has been announced by
state WPA Administrator Joseph <.
Parker.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17

The state railroad and public service
commission denied the application OF
Miles City residents for q reduction In
natural gas rates charged by the Mon
tana -DakOta Utilities Co. John Bon
ner. secretary counsel for the commits
sion, said
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17

FOR SALE-168O acres, equipped, 70
cattle, horses range on two slaeS, gIASs
= MOORE. Ashland Oregon. for particulars
and price.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17
A MOVIE STAR ON HOLI-
DAY VACATION FINDS
ROMANTIC INTEREST IN
HER HOME TOWN.

Ar OLLIE DAVIS, known to the
worlds screen fans as Beat
M Tiss JOYCE s i 4: OBJ ssfo DAYS
homestead at Haynes Center,
staring out at the landscape. She had
just completed the most impulsive &C
ton of her life. Mollie shaped her life
by impulse. She was now regretting
that She often regretted il.
When this particular impulse had
come it had seemed an inspiration.
She was fed up" She was tired OF
moving picture contnuities and the
talk Of directors. She was even tired
Of flattery. Most Of all she was tired
OF the California climate-tired OF
sunshine. tired OF palms tired Of roses.
In short. Beatrice Joyce was sick OF
soul. and Mollie Davis knew It.
When. incredibly she found herself
facing a weeks vacation with Christ
mas in it, the impulse that leaped TO
her brain seemed to hold her cure.
She wanted to visit the house where
she had been born. She wanted TO see
the little New England village under
whose elnls and oaks she had played
as q child.
She wanted to live again a typical
New England ChriStmaS-with snowy
landscapes around her ana Recovered
ponds to skate on. She wanted to hear
cracked old church bells and footsteps
crunching the icy sidewalks. and cart
wheels Screeching on frosty mornings.
She wanted these things, and there
seemed no reason why she should not
have them In two hours she was in
an airplane headed east. The next
morning she was back in Haynes
Center.
She had come alone One Of the
attractions of the journey had been
that she would be alone. She had kept
to her cabin and read. Now she was
alone in the old house at Haynes
Center-alone except for the care
taker, who had lived in it for five
years, keeping it in order for just such
erratic visits.
This visit was the first. NGollie Davis
assured herself now that it would be
the last. She had been q fool If she
had come back to a family it would
have been altogether different. There
had been days, even years, when the
lack of blood ties in her life had sent
Mollie Davis into a mental panic, 1t
was appalling to be without any family
ties in world filled with the fathers,
mothers, brothers and sisters Of other
people.
But Mollie had known that she was
coming back to a home with no one
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17

DAIRY RANCH, southeast Tacoma;
both uplands and bottom, raise FEED pas
ture, good buildings. lights, water VIE
OWNER, Route l, Box 2o9 EatonWAe' WASH
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ANY SIZED FARM or ranch IN Cen
trail and Northern Montana. E. W. HEOLE'
~ So srd ST.. Great Falls, Montana
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Farms Wanted

o0O~N-N~l~-~-N-~NN SNoN~~~N1re1~T~1~1~ :,
FARMS WANTED: With the compile
49,. 1,iiI he Obliged to move from their MIS-
souri, bottom lands and viii be looking Ior
new locations II you want 70 sen your r5 any,
advertise it in the GLASGoW-FOHa ,asas
one cent per word per insertion. Stamps &C
cepted.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17
Farms for Rent

FOR RENTED acre farm, produced
40 bu. wheat per acre in 1898. Renter must
have complete outfit and furnish references
R. e HASSARD, P. o. Box 1914 SIeAt A4'S'
Montana.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17

IRRIGATED FARM-Absentee owner
Iii sau sugar beet farm in Yellowstone
galley near Billings, partly seeded TO Aiislia.
sIectytcity available Timber along river front
age. Sacrifice price r. J. P. Q. Bon 4sVo'
Great Falls, Mont.
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Cnckerels
Farm Lands for Sale

FOR SALE-232-acre irrigated farm,
ore mile from LIVINGSTON Montana Free
water right on the new LIVINGSTON irritation
ditch Good buildings and excellent loeat.oIl-
Priced for quick sale. G. R AN4hON =
Sand Coulee, Montana
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y. y. 4 - y. e d.

A fur seal, returning TO its summer
home on the Pribilof Islands after the
winter migration, touches land Tor the
first time In Z to 9 months, during
which II has covered 5000 miles
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Read the Classified Advertisements
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17
Nuts

.@0o~O~~N~~SNS~ N~~~NeN-N-c-r~cSN~~~e
BI.ACK WALNUTS, without huus, l
N f5c lbs 25c: butternuts. black val
nuts with hulls. 500 bushel. OTTO sINDER,
St Peter, MINI.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17

PAY RENT TO YOURSELF. Be your
own Landlord We offer vide selection
of good productive farms for sale N !, MOI On
tana write for details. c. E. SPURGlN, rs
stonietnn BLDG Billings. Montana. or ,. n
sEVERsON, I4l6 End Ave. No, Great FaiiS'
Mont.
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A Star at Christmas ,, s"--'>" J''4-"
N TWO PARTs-PART ONE

published By Special Advancement with The
Chieago-T rieune-New York News Syn
dieate, Inc.
fcopyrlsht 1888. By Elizabeth Jordanl
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CT. ASSIFIED
.ADVKRTISEKfENTS-
"Bird Mart

XMAS SPECIAL-Imported and Amer
lean raised Canaries, $3.50 to $3.50 ca.
Finches. s375 TO s575 PIT. Parrakeets StsS
to $685. pr Love Birds. Ss.45 20 IS IS pr. Bee
bee Parrots 1885 ca Dwarf Parrots $685.
ca. Mexican yellow Head Parrots. ready 70
talk. $3.50 ca Panama Parrots, s2SlS ea.
bird cases Gold fish. aquariums, etc TIE
BIRD MART 200 So. srd St. Missoala, Mont.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17

400 ACRE FARM, 10 miles south Great
Faus Must sacrifice. Fair buildings 5000
snrtnq on property r. Z. HASSARD' r o.
Box 1922 Great Falls, Montana
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-17
COUNTIES CUT
INDEBTEDNESS
1928 PEAK OF p MILLION REDUCED
TO 8 MILLION FOR THIS
YEAR
Increase in Early 2O's Was Due to En-
actment Of Classification Law in
1919 Which Multiplied Assessed Val
nations; Eight Are Debt Free.

Montana counties have overcome
the SGT 100000 debt peak of 1923
To emerge In 1923 with an lndeht-
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Business Opportunities

Business Opportunities
NTEN-WOMFN-S25 BUYS INTER
EST in good business. Unusual opportunity,
big returns. Details free. Box n, Montana
Newspaper Assn. Great Falls, Montana.
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR from any
one wanting TO buy, sell or trade any kind
Of business, residence or lands W. a. HOD-
INSON, Red Lodge, Montana.
FOR SALE-Furniture Of apartment
House 25 Apis, newly renovated. nee nome
nsss SOIs w 6th Ave. Helena. Montana
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FINE STOCK RANCH, seven sections
GOOD buildings well watered. some fti i
ton Must be sold. FRABY g. BURllNseAeaH'
Great Falls. Montana
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Instruction
Livestock
Nursery Stock

Plan NOW TO PLANT FRUIT, Shade
and ornamental trees; evergreen, SHRUBS sno
vines These add hours OF pleasure and DOL
lars in value to your home. FREE tlnstrsteo
catalog will help you Send now AALAON
NURSERY COMPANY. Milton. OREGON
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Tractor Seat Cushion
1@@lN~.~.~~.N4N-N N.N~~S~~~N~N~NSN~N(
RIDE EN- THE NEW WAY-and be
comfortable. Do away with hard iron seats
Use the NEW WAY SEAT PAD. SOFT. durable
covered cushion adjustable 10 1T almost any
Farm Implement seat. Delivered postage pre-
paid S2l5 Money refunded II not SATISFIED
NEW WAY SEAT PAD CO., Blackstone. Mass
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Sheet Music

A NEW SONG by a Montana COM
poser. I'VE Love Our own Montana" by
Mona A. Weiser. S5c per copy AZ TONEfsS
Butte.
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he first came to Harlem to fight
Primo Camera, John d. Thomas,
owner Of Gray Shop No. 2, 2465
Seventh Avenue, is decorating his
place and eallingsit "Chicago Head
quarters of Joe Louis Fans for the
Louis-Schmeling fight on June %.
Mr.. Thomas recently celebrated
the eleventh anniversary Of his OPEN
ing the Gray Shop, and received
congratulations from many friends
and some customers who have been
regular patrons since the opening OF
the business.
Mr.. Thomas will welcome Joe's
friends personally when they come
to Harlem, and they are invited to
receive mail in care of the shop, anc
to make appointments for meeting
friends there.
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NEW NATIONAL PUBLISHING
CONCERN LAUNCHED IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK fC) The cultural
life Of the Negro was given new
opportunity for deeper development
and more extensive cultivation and
expression last week when the for
nation Of Wendell Malliet & Com
pany, Publishers, was announced.
The new company, organized by
A. M. Wendell Malliet at 209 West
125th Street, will seek to uncover
creative talent in the Negro group
for the publication Of works Of fic-
tion, poetry, biography, travel, essays
and Negro history.
Now in his youthful prime, Mr..
Malliet, with several years of ex-
perience gained as member of the
staff of the Oxford University Press.
New York, IHc., and at present
staff writer Of the New York Am
sterdam News, has long felt that
New Yark should be the center Of
the book publishing business, especi-
ally for Negroes. Mr.. Malliet has
given the last Ave years to planning
the business and editorial develop
ments Of his venture, He Is thor
oughly acquainted with American
publishing methods and the discrim-
inatory policies and practices which
bar the Negro from the field Of au-
thorship.
| He is convinced that much talent
in the Negro group still remains hid
| den because of the hack at faeili-
ties for literary expression.
The plan Of the new concern is to
provide editorial and critical service
and assistance, as well as the means
Of publishing and marketing books,
Manuscripts, which the firm solIcits.
will be read and revised, Prospeo'
tive authers will be advised on the
timeliness Of attempting certain types
| of writing; and most important on
the production end, distribution IA
cilities Of the book publishing in
dustry will be at the command of the
organization, thus assuring Negro
authors a chance to have their works
presented for sale wherever books
are sold, in America or abroad.
Coming to New York from Jamai-
ca, British West indies, twenty years
ago, Mr.. Malliet has lived In Broek.-
lyn and ManhattaR, speading most Of
his time In Harlem, where ne has
taken keen student of the socio-
logical aspects Of Negro life. NE
has had wide experience In writing
and editing, having written severa
series of articles on interracial af-
fairs for the leading national news
papers, and having edited local cul-
tural organs Of the folk life of var
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1884 attained great popularity,
These revealed facility of oral exs
preston to complement his thoFs
ough musicianshin.
Chasins is a staunch ally OF fellow
composers, defender Of the rights
In intellectual property created by
them. He Is leading spirit OF the
American Composers Alliance, and
an active member Of the American
Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers. His favorite composers
are Bach, Chopin, Brahms and Wag.
ner, Rachmaninoff and Strauss are
his most admired contemporaries.
Chasins finds time for recreation
IN the midst Of constantly iacreass
ing activities In composition, Gems
certs and radio broadeasting. He
plays chess and bridge, enjoys out
door sports, His favorite reading is
biography and philosophy, occasions
ally detective story He cenYerseg
fiuently In three languages.
Singularly devoid Of the temperas
mental instability traditionally At
tributed to composers, he insists
that hard work is his best inspira-
ton. He loves his work, bears his
honors modestly. Success In youth
has not spoiled him.
phn9n csfs. HsrnYel
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visions. There will be three brass
bands: one from Nashville, Tenn,
and two from the Twin Cities. Then
will come the local Sunday Schools;
there will be the big Congress cho-
rus, ministers, departmental heads
and workers, and marching groups,
such as Boy Cadets and several uni
formed divisions and local organi-
cations.
The line of march will be led by
motorcycle police. They will tra-
verse the principal streets of down
town Kansas City to the municipal
auditorium. The parade is to move
at 200 p. m. 1t was announced that
the leaders are predicting FIVE
thousand in the street parade, with
many thousands looking in on these
religious workers.
Mass Meeting and Awards.
In the municipal auditorium at
800 p. m. Sunday, the big sacred
concert, handing out of awards, and
mass meeting will take place. All
Of this will be featured, inspired and
helped by the singing of the chorus
under the national director.
The city in Kansas or Missouri
entitled to the state banner for work
done in local Sunday Schools will
receive their awards, while the re-
ports from the nation will determine
who is to receive the national ban
ner. A spirited contest is already
invisioned by the keen rivalry Of
Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Arkansas with the leaders Of each
of these states predicting success.
National workers, from the presi-
dent Of the Convention, to the sew
eral vice presidents and state presi-
dents, will be presented to the
audience, then will come the award
ing Of the diplomas and certificates
to those who have finished the Pc
scribed course and completed the
work outlined by the Department of
Religious Education under the Ma
tional Baptist Convention Of Ameri-
ca, through its Sunday School Con-
gress and Publishing Board.
The Congress will close Sunday
night with services at the local
.. churches. s.~ zr~ | 1 -assa.