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Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05
Kalispell Musician Invents
Mechanical Violin Tuner

An idea which came to him while
he was working in Minnesota wheat
field IS years ago is now bringing fl
nancial rewards to E. W. Hoyt, Kali
ispell musician. For out of the idea
which was born while he was pitching
bundles has come a mechanical device
for tuning violinS, device Hoyt is
m n uf turing for distribution
throughout the world.
Already Hoyt's patent has been sold
to musicians in New Zealand, South
Africa, Europe, Canada. Hawaii and
many states in the union
Idea Born in Field
This all had its inception some IS
years ago while I was working in the
wheat harvest in southern Minnesota, -
related Hoyt.
MY brother and I were pitching
bundles for threshing rig. While
waiting for the return Of wagons to
the field we put in our time making
whistles out of the dry wheat stalks.
I'VE found we could change the
pitch by cutting off the end of the
stalk. We first tuned to octaves: then
fourths, fifths, thirds and sixths. We
discovered the beats, or vibrations,
which were valuable in determining
pitch.
ALSO that the beats appeared the
same, whether above or below, the
dead center. This is as far as we pro-
crossed in the wheat field.
Reed Experiments
Three years ago I obtained an old
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05
+. c. Lanapen, Who
Came to Montana
56 Years AUO, Dies

Death of F. G. Lampen, so, president
of the Great Falls Building g. Loan
association. few days ago, marked
the close of varied and active career
of more than half a century in the
Great Falls area.
Born April 16, 1859, in Devonshire,
England, Lampen came to the United
States early in 1888. He purchased a
through ticket from Liverpool to Fort
Benton. The trip from New York to
Helena was made by train, and from
Helena to Fort Benton by stagecoach.
At first, Lampen engaged in ranch
ing in the Millegan area. Later he
moved to Great Falls, where he worked
in various clerical posts in the county
courthouse.
About 1900 Lampen established a
mercantile business in partnership
with Sherman Crum. About 1907 the
two sold their interests to the Ryan
Mercantile Co. Since 1929 Lampen had
been active in directing the affairs of
the building and loan association.
Burial was at Great Falls.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05
NeD Free Booklet
Has Information on
Montana Seed Lan

Seed producers in Montana will find
much valuable information in a new
Gently released by the Montana ae-
ricultural experiment station at Boze-
man. Written by J. T. Sparkling, state
commissioner Of agriculture, and W.
Q: Whitcomb: superintendent of the
at the experiment station, the publ
cation gives the history Of the state
seed law, emphasizes special points OF
interest in the law, and gives the rules
and regulations for the enforcement
Of the law. Seed sampling for testing
and the classification of seed for test
ing Is also described in the circular
The last section quotes the Montana
seed law.
Copies Of the circular may be OBJ
tanned from county extension agents
or by writing direct to the Montana
agricultural experiment station, Boze-
man.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05

lyn in 1905 and two years later di-
Vorced him. At Monte Carlo it was re-
ported the beautiful American had
won a great fortune, and it was also
said she had settled $4,000 a year on
the earl by pre-nuptial agreement.
Robinson lost her money through the
great war, and went to New York,
where she lived with a sister until
her death.
Born Near Minneapolis
She was born in 1871 near Mime
apolis. and entered upon a stage career
after leaving Montana. Her first part
of importance was in Shenandoah. "
Her first employment in New York
was as a professional model and later
she entered a musical show chorus,
In London, England's noblemen
proved victims to her charms, as many
of New York's wealthy men had done.
The duke of Manchester made her an
offer of marriage, the beauty told her
friends. In Paris she attracted great
attention and the notice of King
Leopold of Belgium, who is said to
have showered her with Jewels.
In 1902 she returned to New York
where her gay life was at its height.
She was present at Harry K. Thaws
beauty" dinner dance at Sherry's.
Her home during her brief married
life with the earl of Rosslyn was at
Thurso castle. Scotland, the Rosslyn
ancestral home, and a magnificent
place for her social activities. After
the earl had lost his fortune at Monte
dering her own fortune. Shortly before
the war began she retired from the
stage and lived quietly for a time in
London.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05

reed organ and went to work tuning
the reeds. experimenting with the diff
ferent intervals, and scales"
Hoyt obtained patents on his violin
misunderstanding adjuster in Canada
and the United States in 1894. The
devise consists of a wooden block
which is applied at the peg box of
the instrument.
1t enables the finest adjustment of
the strings and is so simple the small
est of children can use it. With its
use the balanced interval system of
tuning can easily be accomplished by
advanced pupils.
Tone Intricacies Studied
Hoyt is manufacturing the tuner
himself and has complete mechanical
equipment for the purpose.
Not only has Hoyt invented tuner
for violins, violaS and celloS, but his
experimentation have led him to ex-
plore the intricacieS of tone and he
has come to the conclusion that the
balanced intervals in. tuning are pref
cradle to the tempered scale and en-
ableS the performer to get the very
best out Of his instrument. He has
completed data involving vibrations, or
sound waves" of technical nature,
which, while rather revolutionary to
accepted theories, is creating consider
able controversy among musicians who
have investigated his claims.
Bats possess greater flying ability
than birds
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05
BY EUGENE d. HART
Los Angeles County Public Library
Keogh, Comanche and Custer,
by Capt. Edward Smith Luce. John
S. Swift Co., st. Louis, Mo-, 1899
limited edition. 81.

Capt. Myles w. Keogh, romantic
figure and soldier of fortune, and his
faithful horse Comanche are the prin-
cipal characters in this true saga of
western American adventure. Essen
TALLY this book is a biography of a
military man and his army horse, yet
it Is much more than that. 1t is pri-
marily a portrayal Of part of the
struggles between the red men and the
white for the possession of the great
west in the period of westward eXpan-
sion that followed closely after the
Civil war.
Here is recorded faithfully, and for
the first time, the life story of Captain
Keogh whose exploits read like those
of a fictional character. Most of his
life, from early manhood until his I'M
timely death in Clusters last stand"
on the Little Big Horn river in Mon
tana, was spent in military service
under several flags. His services under
the hero of Constantine, Gen. Louis
the papal army under Pope Plus TX
in the defense of the papal states are
here wildly set forth. Soon afterward
Captain Keogh came to the United
States where he served with distinc-
ton as an officer in the Union army
during the Civil war. At the end Of
the Civil war he retained his commits
was assigned to the now famous
Seventh United States cavalry when
it was organized in 1866. His gallant
services with the Seventh cavalry were
abruptly terminated when General
Custer and his five companies of the
Seventh cavalry were annihilated in
the battle of the Little Big Horn river
on June rs, 1876, by the hostile Sioux
Indians
Captain Keogh's faithful companion
during his service with the Seventh
cavalry was his horse Comanche, the
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05

Montana miners who lived in
the mining camp of Castle in
Meagher county about 40 years ago
will remember a hotelkeeper of the
name of Robinson, who came out
from Minneapolis to try his for
some two years was the proprietor
of a miners boarding house there.
They will remember Robinson, not
because Of any personal trait or
popularity that marked him par
ticularly, but because of the fact
that he had q beautiful daughter,
Anna, who was declared to be the
prettiest girl in Montana. Anna,
who was II years old and in the
waited on table at her fathers
boarding house, and often in the
evenings she sang to the miners
who boarded there, for she was
possessed Of q remarkably sweet
voice.
Anna Robinson died at a state hos
pital for the insane in New York
shortly after the end of the World
war, after a career that would furnish
material for a novel, for she had not
only achieved fame as an actress on
footlights in England, but had been
recognized as a reigning beauty of the
great cities of Europe, and lived for
two years as the wife of a British
nobleman, the earl of Rosslyn.
The grave closed on Anna Robinson
after her fortune had gone and only
a handful of friends remained to aid
her in her last days of poverty and
want. She died charity patient at the
Manhattan state hospital for insane on
Wards island. When the simple funer-
al service was read over the frail body
wasted by poverty and disease. only
three relatives were in attendance
Eighteen years ago-three years after
she left the Montana mining camp in
the mountains Of Meagher county
she was the toast on Broadway.
Her death In poverty closed a career
In which the peerage Of England
France, Belgium and millionaires OF
South Africa and New York shared
Her fame In musical comedy, growing
from Broadway beginnings, carried hei
overseas. where her beauty won i'm
mediate recognition and made her q
figure In international gossip.
She was married to tho earl Of Ross
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05
Suit OUer $M COlu
Before Ton Tribunal

and that undoubtedly has long since
gone into steaks and hamburgers and
shoes entered the state supreme court
and sat in the laps of the justices re-
Gently. The COW didn't actually sit in
the courts lap, but the suit over own
ership Of the animal is there now
w. o. Bohart of Billings brought suit
charging he was entitled to the s44 5S
sent to the state when the animal was
sold with a carload of others at q
livestock market. He charged that the
commission gave the money to another
rancher. The commission said the other
rancher was the legal owner. Bohart
lost his COW in two lower courts, then
appealed to the supreme court.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05

Among several other important
chemical elements of the human body,
there is hydrogen. In view of the in
flationary state of conditions generally
these days. shouldn't we be looking
into the matter of substituting he
lium?-Kansas City Star
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05

Water at drinking temperature
makes an effective remover for grape
or grape Juice stains 1t should be ap-
piled as soon as possible.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05

If kitchen knives are to be kept
sharp they must be stored properly.
Fit them into a grooved box Knives
become dull by rubbing against other
articles.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05

Try making peach fritters. Add one
cup OF diced fresh or canned peaches
to the regular fritter batter. Serve as
either the main dish or for dessert.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05
MONTANA GIRL
WAS COUNTESS
WAITRESS IN OLD MINING CAMP
OF CASTLE WAS LATER THE
COUNTESS OF ROSSLYN

Anna Robinson Died in Insane Asylum
After Fortune and Friends Deserted
Her; Her Face Made Her Favorite
OF Broadway and Courts of Europe.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05

Vegetables used in salads should be
dried well before they are combined
with salad dressing. Otherwise the
salad is likely to become too watery.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05
COYOTE POISON

KILLS ON THE SPOT. Sold on money-back
guarantee Tablets lOc each. Poison can
not be sent by mail. Order by express
SLAYTON LABORATORY Iona, Mont
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05
FARM LANDS FOR SALE

FOR SALE-l,5 OO-acre improved, partly irri-
gated farm suitable for stock and poultry
near Twin Bridges. Montana. Write MRS
MIRIAM H. RAIDERS, $40 N. Davis ST.,
Helena, Mont.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05

FOR SALE: Dairy Farm. Ia miles west of
Bozeulan: equipment and milk route. Six
cows Also small place II acres 4 mile from
Bozeman, improved. r. F. BOHART, ia NO.
Black. BoZeman, Mont.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05
FARMS WANTED

Farms WANTED-WIth the completion Of
Fort Peck dam, hundreds Of farmers Will be
Obliged TO move from their Missouri bottom
lands and will be looking for new locations.
II you want to sell your land, advertise 1t in
the GLASGOw-FORT PECK COURIER, Box
2l8 GLASGOW. Montana. Rates one cent per
word per insertion. Stamps accented
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05

Bats possess greater flying ability
than birds.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05

SDNEY-Tom Spellman, "a. last
survivor of the Civil war in this part
of Montana, died here recently. Spell
man was with company E, Illinois in
fantry. at the battles Of Vicksburg and
Shiloh. He was government con-
tractor at Fort Buford in 1872. a pio-
neer of the Black Hills stampede in
1876. and operated a bus between Bill
lings and Coulson before the arrival
of the railroad.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05

10 ACRE IRRIGATED TRACT MILES WEST
OF PASCO ON highway; acres grapes,
so0 olackberrtes, IS prune. apple. pear;
cemented root cellar. wine cellar. 1000 gal.
capacity and equipment; room house sur
rounded by big shade trees; well water IN
house; good barn Reasonable. PASCo WIN
cry, Pasco, Wash.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05
MONTANA FARM FOR SALE

m BIG HORN COUNTY, about 10 nlIes cast
of Billings, near Corinth. in Sec, and in
TWP s. Rye 80. $50 acres. fenced, poor
buildings formerly owned by August Hack
man, now leased to Frank A. Smith unoer
an expiring lease. Price only $500 per acre.
No encumbrance CALVIN PHILIPS & CO., 203
Columbia ST., Seattle, Washington.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05

10 ACRES. GOOD SOIL. CLOSE TO EVER
EFT. Seattle markets. $500. Terms $40, So
monthly WILLIAMS. 26os Rockefeller. Ever
EFT, Wash.
Glacier County chief., 1940-01-05

-CANARIES FOR SALE
BEAUTIFUL CANARIES - Express prepaid
JENNY MATTESON. Box i65, Sheridan
wyo
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-23
NEGOTIATIONS ON
WAGE CONTRACTS
Clio Officials Ask for Con-
ference With ScoviIl Co.
Executives

A conference between the Scovill
Mfg. Co. and the Waterbury Brass
Workers Union on the unions pro-
posaf for a pay increase is being ar
ranged. Alan c. Curtiss, assistant
to the general superintendent of the
company, and John ]. Driscoll, execu-
tive secretary of the union, are ar
ranging the meeting by exchange Of
correspondence. The union sug-
gested, one date but this was not
agreeable, and the company is sug-
costing another.
The union seeks for all employees
wage increase of four cents an
hour. such as wasg iven recently by
the. American Brass Co. and the
Chase Brass and Copper Co. The
union also seeks a weeks vacation
with pay for employees with a year
or more of service, and vacation pay
on the basis of per cent of total
earnings for those employees less than
a year.
Negotiations with the American
Brass Co. for new contract are
continuing, with the union hoping
70 win q further wage boost beyond
the four cents an hour.
The pay raises at the American
Brass Co. and Chase Co become eff
&ective November 5,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-23
German And Jap
Trade Down Due
To War Blockade
BY WILLIS THORNTON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
Mexico, D. F., Mexico, Oct. % -
Good American dollars are helping
Hitler with his anti-American prop
uganda and general Fifth Column
work in Mexico.
Here's how:
A large part of American goods
sold in Mexico today are sold
through local distributors or job
bers. Many of the best-established
of these distributing and jobbing
firms are run by Germans.
AS the American goods filter
through them on the way to the
Mexican consumer, dollar profits
rub of. This is all very legal, and
strictly business of course
But all German firms in Mexico
are touched" regularly for their
contributions to the Naz machine.
Many of the owners are Mexican
citizens by naturalization. Some
are even anti Hitler.
Pressure is such that none es-
cape the touch. And the more
American goods they sell the more
they have to pay.
NAZI ADVERTISERS
INFLUENCE PRESS
Even heater is the scheme by
which American dollars are made to
corrupt the Mexican press for Ger
many.
The American manufacturer who
hopes to open up a market in Mex
leo needs an advertising fund, as
anywhere. Naturally, his distributor
dispenses that fund locally.
In many cases in Mexico that
distributor is German. Even If
not, the distributing firm may
hame German as advertising man
ager or in some key post. All of
them meet together and report on
the advertising at their disposal.
Then the NSDAP (Na1 Party)
representative takes the whole
Sheaf of advertising money, goes
to a paper which is not too firm
of principle, and says, Boys, this
money is yours If we get printed
the kind of news we want" No
sooner said, in too many cases,
than done.
These financial tricks, whereby
American business is forced to
kick itself in the pants, highlight
the weak spot of the American
position in Mexico. It is easier for
American producers to reach the
Mexican market through such
well-established German houses.
They are admittedly efficient and
strong.
MAJORITY OF IMPORTS
COME FROM u. S.
Those acquainted with the Mexi-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-23

1 American local trade outlets or cul-
tivate purely Mexican agencies;
rather than depend ON present Ger
man and even Japnese houses who
might elect to let q. s. exporters
donw suddenly, substituting German
and Japanese goods when they
again become available.
At this point looms up the Ban
co Germanico, which many Amer
leans in Mexico believe to be the
real center of the Quinta Columna
(Fifth Column.
Banco Germanico is more pow-
erful by far in advancing German
interests than fly-by-night propa-
ganda sheets. or covert salutes.
This old and solid banking inSti-
tuition is regarded by insiders as
the real link between Germany
and Mexico.
Active head and spark plug of
this institution is Otto Stricken,
though its president is Carlos
Schulze, a naturalized Mexican cit
izen. When any German commercial
institution which has the slightest
value to the Na1 regime needs
money, 1t is forthcoming from the
Banco Germanico.
Similar American firms must de-
pend on regular commercial credit
facilities, and can get loans only
when they are feasible on strictly
business basis. But the Banco Ger
manico seems to apply different
standards and to have ample funds
for any purpose which will bolster
German commercial institutions in
Mexico.
1t has been proposed that
through the Import-Export bank
in Washington some sort of COM
mercial credit institution be Gre
ated that would enable American
exporters to establish and nurse
through the development period
their own export outlets in Mex
leo and other southern countries.
POLICE BATTLE
"QUINTA COLUNINA.
Americans are decreasing in
numbers in Mexico as the Germans
gain. Ten years ago there were 13.-
OOO Americans permanently resi-
dent. Now there are probably not
more than 5000, of whom 5000 are
in the capital.
There are between 5000 and 1000
Germans, at least 400 having en-
tered during the past year. They are
much more free to take Mexican
citizenship than are the Americans.
for the simple reason that Berlin
still recognizes them as loyal Ger
mans even though natlralized,
whereas an american changing cit
izenship would expect to do so
without reservations. Few care to
do that.
OF these Germans, not more
than ITO are believed to be active |
Nazi party workers, though most |
pay pocketbook and lip service to |
the organization.
Police Chief j. Manuel Nunez |
recently reorganized his Fifth
Column Squad" and it is now be-
heved that all active Nazi leaders
are under close enough watch for
safety. Nunez, progressive officer |
who is now installing a radio patrol
system, co-operates effectively with
American agents.
Recent searches of German homes
IN Chiapas, Tabasco and Monterrey
failed to turn Up any startling evil
dence of conniversary, not even
single broadcasting station.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-23

General Manager Charles A. Nash OF the Eastern
States Exposition at Springfield has found the cheapest
rain insurance For several years the fair had been
plagued by rain that hurt attendance This year rain
held off until the last night whereas in other years the
show opened in rain and had it most of the week The
last morning of the exposition Manager Nash received
letter from farmer in nearby town. He wrote Fig
to plant grass seed this week. Here it is Friday and no
rain and the seed lost In view of this fact believe
the exposition should refund So for the grass seed
Nash had the letter framed for his office and sent the
farmer So check for keeping the rain away.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-23

Sim Sala BIN, the big magic show that has been
deighting audiences in New York. could continue ON
indefinitely there if the production were able TO cut
down to smaller stage The stage hand union,
however decides on the number of stage hands and it
often happens that about twice too many are assigned
to a production from what reads and hears. Too
had if Sim Bala Sim can't hang for it's good enter
tainment and do the children eat it up! They talk
back and forth with the great Dante who is the magi
He has enough tricks up his sleeve to last through
two-hour show with large cast Of assistants He
can any of the audience right in the first row. in
get (and perhaps has) few thrills from the perform
ance The intriguing title, "Sim Sala Bm' simply
means-here's to you or something like that in Danish
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-23
COUPLEAT
UNHCOCLUB DANCE

Fifty couples RA night attended
the annual installation dinner dance
Of the Waterbury Unico club and saw
the induction Of James Gioiella as
new president. Remarks were made
by Mayor Vincent A. scully, City
Treasurer Serge Belanger, Frank T..
johnson, Republican congressional
candidate, Tax Collector Humbert
Mangini, and President Gioiella.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-23

Audrey E. Smith, daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Will
liam S. Smith of Ia Gordon Street and Crosby High
grad, one of the rs Pembroke College students
cited for academic distinction at the annual HonOrs
Day COnvOcatiOn yesterday in Providence, r. l. Miss
Smith was named an Elisha Benjamin Andrews Scholar.
The Andrews scholarships are awarded annually to
those undergraduates whose work throughout the pre-
cedng academic year has been of such excellence that
they are deemed worthy of high academic distinction
The local girl senior has previously been named
an Andrews Scholar.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-23

William Homick OF 29l Oak Street is the latest mem
Der of reportoria staff Bill went to work bright and
Fourth Estater For the present he will be
assigned to city court and using his initial copy as
criterion he'll make dandy reporter. Before becom-
ing scribe Bill sold insurance policies for the John
Hancock Company. His policy now is to keep install
ments of copy pouring into the city desk to dividends
for you readers Before bidding adios to his insurance
buddies Bill was honored at farewell party at Andy
SileoS restaurant on Bishop Street Among the
speakers who wished him the best of luck in
Ernest Conte Tony Dalo Camera, Mario Curt and Irv-
ing Clark
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-23

Others Installed were: Vice presi-
dent. Alderman William v. Gerard;
secretary, Ralph Davino; treasurer.
Joseph v. Renzoni; sergeant-at-
arms, Philip Maiorani; directors
Charles w. Palombas Joseph Fava,
Amedeo Pelosi. John viIlano and
Louis Sclgliano.