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Evening star., 1939-09-04
SAlESkEk.
HELP MEN AND WOMEN.

INTERIOR DECORATOR male or fe-
male: excellent, permanent position to
right party; must be experienced and ca
pable of producing attractive window and
interior dIsp avs, as we'll as lecture on fur
nlture and design to small groups Write
Statlng ouallf1catlons and salary expected
Box 44-H, Star
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CORSET SALESWOMAN,

NOIIOE OhLEO WOIWHN.
One who has had fitting
experience and is open for a
permanent connection in a
local department store. Good
character is essential. Box
163-K, Star.
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CHlCkS--Blood-t B. and w Rocks
line OF JAMESWAY BROODERS NESTS
FOUNTAINS. FEEDERS. ETC Open Sun
days l.. Beach Hatchery. Norbeck, Md
Ashton 4l33
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BABY CHICKS.

WELL-ROTTED COW MANURE quality
ana quantity guaranteed: direct from farm.
Phone Wis. 4195. Waters
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1917 IRVING NV. 641 KENYON OR ;
lge. rms and porch, nicely furn; refg. sas
eec.. sink. range; SIS so to Sl1 wk. Ad
O35Q
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NORTHUMBERLAND, 2O39 N HAMP- AVE
Beautifully furnished 3 or persons; )
rms, k, b.; grand piano, switchboard
THE SANTA ROSA - ATTRACTIVELY
furn. housekeeping apt. . rooms kitchen
and bath; every convenience. III. 18th
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113a CONN AVE NV
Enjoy excellent accommodations at very
reasonable prices. Large rooms with run
ning water Single. SS.,5 week up: double,
$40 80 week up
With bath. single. $3.50 week I'D. dou-
pie Sl5 80 week up. Each room equipped
WIN simmons inner-spring mattresses
-4-hour elevator and switchboard service
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1900 18th ST NV, MAJESTIC DE $500
Ex. 21O-Newly married couple leaving
city. One r. k. and b.. completely fur
nished. Modern, beautiful apt rent or
sell immediat tely. Reasonable A.
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I3bU FAIRMONT ST. N.W.-TWO NICE
clean basement apts, 1 room and Kitchen
cite: also sleeping room. End and 3rd fs.
1892 EYE ST. NV RMS, KIT BATH
with shower; one room bath with shower.
> rms, bath with shower
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1919 MASS AVE NW-New detached
private home. front room. Semi-private
bath. garage: good transp. teentleman>.
! 1347 HARVARD ST W-Cozy. clean,
| front studio room. modern Nrn,: in nice
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900 18th ST. NV.
DAVENPORT TERRACE.

4226 7th ST, COR. VARNUM
rooms. bath, shower, . exposures
front: nr. Grant Circle. Also 3 rooms,
ground A.: $40, INQUIRE janitor.
1919 18th ST. NV ROOMS. KTTCH-
en-; bath; refrigeration on house current:
only $3.50.
BRoDIE COLBERT. INC.
Natl SSS5 11OT Eve CT
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WILTSHIRE MANOR
GRAFTON HOTEL

h3s 18th st. n.w.-Laree unusually at
IAcsiVe oouole room. private bath large
,loset. fireplace; also single
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CATHEDRAL AVE C2114. off Conn
Attractive furnished room. single or double.
1924 UPTON ST NW-Delightful rooms;
gentlemen. semi-pvt bath. shower: private
family: breakfast opt Wood 2924
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CUT FLOWERS

CUT FLOWERS
THREE DOZEN MIXED GLADIOLUs, 81,
delivered; baskets of sprays. 81 up: com
plete wedding decorations S25 up HELENE
AFFLECK, Vienna, Va Vienna NV 10.
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211O 10Th ST. NW.-DESIGNED FOR >
business girls. new studio apt, unlike any
istic with gray paneled walls chrome
trimming, built-in matching furniture.
silver Venetian blinds. large set-iu mirrors
janitor.
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1900 18th ST. NV, MAJESTIC. DE. 5000.
E 21O-Newly married couple leaving
city. One r. k. and b.. completely fur
nished Modern, beautiful apt, rent or
sell Immediately. Reasonable. ~
5529 2nd ST. N.W.--LIV RIM. BED RIM.
phone: adults; $3.50. Georsia 7s5is 5fs' es'''
CHEVY Cahiv d.salat CHASE p C:.TWo OR THREE
2116 1st ST. NV OR 3 ROOM APT:
blk. to car line: nicely fur; uice neigh
borhood: reas.
211O 10Th ST NW.-pEsIGNED FOR
tSnn nusneis IS sSs studio apt unlike
THINNING. built in matching 's' furniture. nntue
os Of eEy eR0a devees se ss3s mTEHGs Fs
janitor.
DUPONT CIRCLE VICINITY = LARGE
front, front ,ooIn room kitehenstte: private bath;
n,eely iarnlshed; ms Frleidaire: 15lo 2lst
private bath. Kitchen. iS FrisdsiTe, NoUM studio
apt: near Capitol: also bedroom.
500 WEEKLY. WEEK ! ROOM, BATH: GAS
raoms sse nen East dsaef sae,o syer
I743. A ST sE-s RMS. KITCHEN.
Freidalre and sink. southern exposure;
adults. Atlantic 500
1743 COLUMBIA RID NV, APT g
d.s shen smpoysd ss sSaps So rf monS
ATTRACTIVE: coNVEHIENT STUDIO
Eye Eye: st. M NV. Dist. 5s4s. '"'0AA' i''0
1115 9th ST. NW:-HEAT. LIGHT. GAS,
Metropolitan 97s3
SOME FREE RENT-3 ROOMS, KITCHEN,
bath, S16 weekly, incl. linens. dishes. silver,
cleo, gas. Phone Met. S731 to 6 pm. TO-
wooDRIDGE, End FL. DET HOME OPP.
are; S45 North 5256.
174a COLUMBIA RID, NV. APT. IL
rooms, Kitchen, bath, porches; Complete
ly furnished; S65
I64e FULLER ST; NV. MT. PLEASANT
and bath. beautifully furn: Frigidaire, gas,
cleo: private entrance S32.5 so mo.
512 c, ST. NE, OPPOSITE STANTON
semi-private bath.
7109 GEORGIA AvE.---sMAI.L STUDIO
bedroom, kitchen; semi-pvt bath: quiet
adults: So 80 month.
2-BEDRM CORNER APT, COMPLETELY
Conn. ave, near stores. Emerson S913
739 QUEBEC PL. NV LOVELY FUR
nished rooms. kitchen: private bath; Frigid
aire. gas, light. heat furnished; adults.
5.,s! SsTuDENTs.l gOaa Isc RI RM KIT DINETIT;
@ Hes 0s Box hiH ss4s 5ne stsr snle' will sell
1885 18th ST, NV ROOMS. KITcH-
en-. bath newly decorated; walking dis
tance downtown; cross ventilation; front;
$50 up.
TWO APTs. OF 2 ROOMS. KITCHENS,
gaTages. l1sI Euclid st. NV. 5.
GEoRGETowN-sUBLET COMPLETELY
! furnished 2-rm. apt. 312O r st. NV, Apt.
| &: references. Col. O5O6-W a
TAKoMA PIX. 246 MAPLE AvE.-LIvING
newly fur: adults: $3.50 shep. 1856 a'A'
e17 goth ST. NV" DOWNTOWN SEC
| tiop-Living room. bedrooms dining
room. kitchen. bath. $3.50
LNKINS CO.,
1922 II NV. Dist 1922.
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CATHEDRAL near Conn.-Large front
corner Sc. exp, windows, bath det.,
quiet home: S3O gentleman. Adams 1854
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THE VIVIAN, 1928 G st. NV. offers lovely
rms. all with running water: newly deco
| rated ana furn.. lnner-Spring mattresses,
Venetian blinds. showers switched. elev..
single Sc 80 wkly up; dbes. $3.50 up
| l73a 10Th ST N.w.-Newly dec. 2nd floor
front: twir beds, maple furniture; next to
SemipriVate bath: phone
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-01-19

First TO ottroct our ottension at
the Gulf COSTS loroest city IS the
splendid new S425. 900 small croft
horbov. offordino o perfect setting for
every imaginable voter recreotson.
Neorbv is the ship conol, b~,sti.no
with activities thot hove mode Gulf
port one of the notions most MOOR
tont shipping centers. In the distonce
is Ship Island. q fovorite fishing
grounds.
At 6uIfport we find some of the
COSTS shortest hotels and cottooes
which onnuolly becken thousands of
northerners and ~eosterners. The
ports advantages are BY no moons
limited to recreation. II is olive with
industry and trade and serves as on
outlet for greet quantities OF Missis-
sipOi products.
From Gulfport we continue cost
word toword Biloxi. stopping enroute
OF Mississippi City, once Hornson
~county's most important settlement.
Nearby is the fomous Haunted
House. which. in addition to IFS so-
monce is an outstanding exompie Of
onte- bellum architecture particularly
odopted to the quilt coost.
Biloxi. first permanent whise SET
Element in the Mississippi voiiey. cor
ries US book through the centuries.
Its pieosure-loden otmosohers quck-
" reveo's the reoson thousands OF
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-01-19
Business Better Because 80.

From the Monthly Digest of the United Bond Cor
poration, edited by our good friend, Marshall Hurt.
Jackson, we find ten salient reasons why 1889 bust
ness will be better. The explanation is made by one
the the nations leading business analysts and is worthy
of note.
The ten reasons are:
l. The huge long term armament program of all
nations is going forward at a rapid pace with no prdC-
pect of diminishing.
2. The rise in security prices is aiding business.
Values have increased over $4,000, 600, 900 since June l.
8. Building is 10 percent ahead of a year ago
business cycle for the first time in 20 years.
A. The potential demand for goods caused by huge
shortages of homes, railroad equipment, machinery and
thousands of other products is the largest in our his
tory.
s. Carloadings and steel operations are up, and
textile activity exceeds the levels of a year ago.
6. The greatest money supply in our history is
available for the purchase of securities.
z. Credit reserves in our banking system can fl
nance a business expansion of $250,000, 000, 600 COM
pared with an actual expansion of 55,0O0,0 100000 at
the 1929 boom peak.
8. With, 1910 in mind, the Administration is lay
ing the groundwork for a bull market in political CO.
operation.
8. The u. S. Treasury will pour o-er 2 billion
dollars into the stream of industry during the next four
months.
10. Business is pushing upward vigorously.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-01-19

Noliey. A few miles west on y S.
90 IS Woveiond. where monv New
Orleonions mointoin hoaresl ard en-
Joy excellent swimming, fishing and
Grabbing with theis Mississippi neigh
bors. A visit TO- the Old Pirote's
House ond a brief, dio into its legend
gives US q touch Of the gulf COSTS
romontic background.
Heading east beck through Boy St.
Louis we cross the $825. 10000 bay
bridge thot stretches its length two
miles and provides O monument to
the progress Of hiohwoy engineering.
jogging south to the beech we
reoch Poss Christion, one OF the
COSTS most popular spots. The
Middleeote japanese Gorden. Ooro-
thy Dix's summer home, huge shrimp
ond oyster conneries, splendid fish
ing and bathing focilities ore includ-
ed omone the Poss' ottroctions.
leoving the Poss we push on to
Gulfport olono O ten-mile stretch Of
beech highway lined with stotely
homes and beautifully londscoped
Towns. shaded BY moonolios. ooIms,
crepe myrtles ond Spanish boyonets
thot give the region O yeor-round
oreenness.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-01-19
Seed Laboratory At
STATE CoIlegeR Ready
1887 Legislature Made
Possible Unit Which
Is Ready For Work

As the result Of considerable new
and modern equipment which was
made possible by an appropriation by
the 1888 session of the legislature,
the seed laboratory of the State De-
partment of Agriculture operated at
Miss. State College, now stands ready
to give immediate and rapid tess
on all seeds.
OF especial interest is the fact thai
4sshere heretofore certain seeds had
to be sent to Washington because
of inadequate equipment at the labor
atory and subsequently causing re-
grettable delays ! n returning test re-
ports, these tests can now be made
and the reports returned within a
very short time. Along this line,
grass seeds such rs paspaium, carpet
grass. and the like. which are gen,
orally important to the cultivation
OF good pastures can now be tested
at the laboratory. whereas hereto
fore they were vent to Washington
for the test.
To add incentive to this revelation,
Mr.. H. L. Weir. Assistant Seed Anal
yst for the department, has just re-
turned from Washington where he
made a, close study Of the most up
to-date methods of testing grass
seeds. In addition to this, Mr.. Weir
spent q few days at the Alabama
Seed laboratory at Montgomery, to
make observation studies.
Although WI had considerable diff
ficulty in meeting emergencies dur.
ing 1885, the first year of the pure
seed law, and also 1887, we are now
extremely happy about present new
facilities and the ability to cope with
all rush requirements" declared j.
C. Holton, Commissioner of Agricul
ture.
Under present circumstances every
sample a be tested in the state.
and farmers all over Mississippi will
know directly that their various seeds
are up to standard or unfit for use
or must be planted in increased GUAM |
titles" he explained.
1t is anticipated with an expected
increase in grain production and live
stock, which calls for larger and bet
ter pastures, that the tests for the
first few months of 1899 will by far
exceed those figures Of the same
months OF 1888.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-01-19

of a man who earned his success, who climbed the
ladder from the bottom rung to the top.
Jack Beven's type of men stay at the top.
warmer and the chemical analysis shows solidity of the
water at 1,024.00 degrees whereas the Warm Springs
shows 124.40.
Temperature at Percy Park is 97.4 and Warm
Springs 1877.
The Mississippi spring flows at the rate of $50
Percy Park contains enough mineral content to enable
1t to hold its heat eight to ten times longer than Warm
Springs.
The American Legion in Washington county is at
tempting to bring the Mississippi spring to the attention
investigation with the possible result of establishing an
other Warm Springs in Mississippi.
It is certainly possible that at some time in the not
too distant future we can send our children afflicted
with infantle paralysis not so far away from home for
treatment.
Mississippions Proud
Mississippians are more than pleased at the eleva-
ton of Jack Bowen, Mississippian, to the presidency of
the Illinois Central Railway System. They are proud.
There's a note in every success story we like to
sound.
Particularly is that true of Mr.. Bowen, native of
McComb.
Starting at the age of IL as a messenger in the
New Orleans freight office of the System, he followed
in the steps of his father who was an /. c. locomotive
engineer. That was 80 years ago.
Today. he is head of the entire Illinois Central Sys-
tenn, a tribute to the character, ability and hard work
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-01-19
P OIL AL
Announcements

HFarffs na HMs#Eh.
The Durant News Is authorized to
announce the following candidates
for the below named offices, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri-
maries to be held this year.
FOR PRESENTATIV
Ellis E. Wynn
James T. Buck
William A. Bacon
Edwin White
FOR SuPT. OF EDUCATION
Miss Dorothy McBee
w. c. Thornton
FOR DIST 2
j. r. (Bob) Brown
FOR TAX ASSESSOR
Denton RoSamond
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-01-19
,he Mississippi; Gut coost beckons

he Mississippi Gut Coost beckons
eis month.
The worm oulf brsexes, sunshine.
excellent hotels. resorts, cottages.
golf courses. fishing grounds ord run
fociiities ouiore thot onnuolk lure
thousands from the frozen stretches
Of the North ore being shared with
equol joy BY Mississippions.
Splendid poved highways that rib
bon the seote in every direction hove
put Dixie's winter play spot within O
few hours drive Of Mognolio Stote
motorists in every section.
These smooth troffic ZONES ore
pouring tourists crossword BY wov Of
Hottiesburo. hub city Of South Mis-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-01-19
I~nfontiIe Paralysis

On Friday evening, January q, in the Armory at
Lexington, a dance will be held by the countrywide
group organized to raise funds with which to fight in
fantile paralysis in this county, in the state and nation
ally. The dance will celebrate the Presidents birth
pay. .5t ssaA
Every dance lover in Holmes County will probably
attend. So If you want to have q good time be sure
and be in Lexington on Friday night from ten untilY
Joe Berman, chairman of the orgaization, announ-
ces that all the community chairmen have cooperated
at all times since the campaign started and that Holmes
county is expected to go over the top.
In case you don't enjoy dancing there are the little
banks which have been placed in practically every bus
mess house over the county together with a bowl con-
tanning buttons. Drop a dime in the bank and wear
one OF the buttons to show that you are interested in
fighting infantie paralysis.
Birthday cards will be mailed to the President fill
ed with dimes. On each card will appear the names
OF the donors and the county they reside in. One-half
OF this money will be returned to the county giving
it to fight the disease in that county.
One-half of all the monies obtained in the campaign
Will be given to the county organization and the rest
will go to the national foundation. Money obtained by
the local organization will be used exclusively in Holmes
county as the need arises.
All of US should join in this great battle against dis
ease.
Let's dance so that others can walk.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-01-19

Gssippi ord potswoy 10 the coostoi
ploirs % wei piek W NJ Tour OF
ne Month" theve ord hsod south.
From Hottiesbusp On Y. S. ~ We
MOVE toward Ire Gut coosf through
countless ocres Of lone loot pine from
which Mississippi lona hos supplied
domestic ard foreign lumber rorketsi
Enroute We puss rapidly expondsnD
,hsnp ogovss. which promise 10 provide
Ire stote with on exclusive INDUSTRY
that oireody hos ottfocted the often
tion OF eostesn 0rd middle western
investors.
W. strike the Cult region proper
~ Bay St. Louis where hiohwoy "
intersects V. S. 30. Here we begin
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-01-19

4 SACK BAY DasoaE 70 oegAn ss~sssss
thon 500 croft. four COLT courses
within ten minutes. drive. IRE Y s
Vstsrons Focitv ord eeovvois. tosf
home OF Jefferson Davis.
Reluctontly We leove BiIosd ord
heod oeross Book Boy Bridge ~
Oceon Springs. on interesting settle.
ment Z in o Background o. huoe
ocks ond pecon proves. Some his~
tosions believe old Fort Mourepos
wos Loeoted here.
Seventeen miles forther on Is Pos
coooulo, our tours eostern Terminus.
Here We see the "sinonp" Posee-
1ouio river ord heor the legend -
the Poscopoulo .lnd'ons ord ihei@
trooedy OF the streom. Not Tor de-
font is Moss Point. site Of one Of ths
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-01-19

tourists include it on their vocation
mops. Majestic hotels, amusement
grounds, directive cottooes and
swimming ord fishing piers line the
smooth white sond beech. on which
is locoted the towering Biloxi light
house.
Close by ore the Biloxi Air Stotion
ond U. S. coost guord bose, greet
seofood coming plants which ore
supplied by q fishing fleet Of o
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-01-19
Warm Springs. Mississippi

Misslssippians are profoundly interested in the an
nouncement that the warm springs we'll at Leroy Percy
Park compares extremely favorably with the Warm
Springs, Georgia waters. ~
In fact the water at Percy Park is 81 degrees
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-01-19

South's first poper mills and once on
'mportont shipbuiIdine bose.
Swinging book to Guifport we bid
goodbye to the Mississippi Gutf
Cost. lond of O thousand pleasures.
ond heed north toword rIothesburo
over hiQhwoy 4o. then home. put re-
member-next month we'll visit Mis-
sissippi Sfote College. Ole Mss and
M,ssissippi Stote College TO, Women
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-01-19

4 SMALL cRArr HARsoR-cuLFpoHr
to see the things that have mode the
Mississippi Suit Coost one Of the no.
tons most popolor v~eor-round ptoy-
grounds.
Boy St. Louis, situoted on the west
side OF the boy discovered ond noroed
~ 3'enville 240 yeors 600, is one Of
the most picturesque ond Oldest white
settlements in the lower Aississcpi
Glacier County chief., 1939-10-27
Death Ends Pete LaGue's
Quest for Erich Strike"

the last time he attempted to find
the lost gold ledge about two years
ago.
Pete was the first person in Silver
Bow county to receive benefits from
the old age pension.
Was Always Cheerful
CheerfulneSs was the keynote OF
Pete's life. Whenever he was asked ::
"Hows everything going, Pete?" his
answer always was: She's going fine.
It's no use kicking"
knowledge that the end was in
sight came last summer when J. P.
LoSSi. IS, of Wisdom, an old friend of
Pete's visited him before moving to
Seattle. Both believed the meeting
would be their last.
At the end of his last visit to the
Quartz street fire station, Pete shook
hands with each of the men in turn
and said: I'm going to bid you fell
lows goodby, because I'll never be here
Glacier County chief., 1939-10-27

Death has ended Pete LaGue's
50-year search for a rich gold
strike in the Big Hole basin coun-
try. The we'll known prospector
died in a Butte hospital at the age
of SO, confident to the last that a
rich vein of gold exists in the re-
mote region of the upper Big Hole
area. Christened Florent Stout 90
years ago when he was born in
Belgium, the aged, well known
prospector, won the name Pete La
Grue' in logging camp at Crystal
springs in Montana'S younger days.
At the age of 7, Pete started work
in the mills in Belgium. Most of his
childhood was spent in Belgium and
France. where he fought in the Franco
Prussian war, 1871. Later he fought in
the armies of Napoleon Sd. Pete often
told friends that he had seen Bismarck
during his soldering.
He left France for America in 1877
and landed at Halifax. To speed his
would be best to begin his assimilation
of America in locality where the
French predominated. But he soon left
Canada and went to Calumet, Mich,
and later to Wisconsin, where he
worked in the lumber camps.
Pete soon put in his appearance at
Helena. at that time still known as
Last Chance gulch. The placer mines
I in which he had hoped to find work
were played out so he went to Butte
and worked around the placer mines
near Silver Bow.
Discovers Gold Ledge
Later, while prospecting in the Big
Hole basin, he said he discovered q
| The strike" became depleted but Pete
never gave up his search for the rich
vein. Each fall when his stake was
gone. he would come back to work
winters in the St. Lawrence mine to
refinance himself for the coming sum-
mer.
1t was while prospecting in the Big
Hole country that rancher gave Pete
half shepherd, half collie dog. He
named the dog Cadet" reminiscent of
his days on the battlefields of France.
The dog is now about 16 years old and
was Pete's inseparable companion be-
fore the aged prospector became in
capacitated.
His love for Cadet was shared by
many of Butte's oldtimers, especially
Arizona street fire station one day
with Cadet. The dog had been struck
by an automobile, suffering a broken
leg. I. S. Stoyer, now fire captain
set the dogs leg and won PeteS I'M
dying qualification as well as the nick
name, DOC"
The old Belgians trips to the Big
Hole basin often were made possible
by Stoyer. who took Pete to his diggin's
Glacier County chief., 1939-10-27
Son of Pioneer Conducts
Unique Scientific Study

Norman j. Hotter, son of Norman
B. Hotter of Helena, one of the cap
ital city'S best known pioneers, re-
Gently conducted a unique series Of
experiments in a makeshift laboratory
atop a private garage in Beverly Hills,
Collaborating and measuring cosmic
rays.
With Piazza S. Gill, research assistant
to Prof. A. H. Compton of the Univer-
sity of Chicago, conducted one Of two
simultaneous experiments. Beverly
Hills was chosen for this research be-
cause that area lies in what Hotter
termed "a desirable geomagnetic lati-
tude."
One experiment was to measure the
barrage of all cosmic rays that come
from various directions, and the other
was to make measurements on the di-
rectional variations of the meson, new
fundamental particle of nature recent
ly discovered in cosmic rays by Har-
ward university and California Institute
of Technology scientists.
Glacier County chief., 1939-10-27
Artist Who Began
Painting At IS
Exhibits at Butte

That one never is too old to learn
or begin an avocation is illustrated in
an exhibit of watercolors now being
displayed at the Butte art center
for the artist whose works are being
exhibited began his paintings when he
was 68 years Of age.
He is William Sommers, who was
born in Detroit, Mich, in 1867 and
who now lives and paints in Mace
donia, o. In his words, "the federal
art project gave me my first oppor-
tunity to see what I could do on a
wall, continue my studies and delve
into new Slants of nature"
He began to draw at an early age
while attending public school and o
Sunday morning class conducted by
julius Melchers, father of the well
known American artist, Carl Melchers
Through his teacher, Sommers was
apprenticed in TYPOGRAPHY, working in
photographic firms in Detroit, Boston
London. New York and Cleveland until
1895.
The exhibition in Butte was sent out
from the exhibition section of the
WPA federal art project in Washing
ton, D. c., by Holger Cahill, national
director, as one of a number of travel
ing exhibits regularly sent to WPA
are projects throughout the country