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JEHovAH's WITNESSES

$40 White Street
Watchtower Study, 7:30 2. m,
Sunday.
Salvation Study, 800 p. m,
Wednesday.
Field service, 9 a. m, daily and
Sunday.
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THE CHURCH OF GOD
HOS Olivia Street

1ttc ttIINla SESeI
l. B. Thomas, Pastor
Sunday morning worship, II
o'clock
Sunday School, $50 p. m
SUNDAY evening preaching
service. 7:30 o'clock
PRAYER meetings. Tuesday and
Thursday nights, 7:30 o'clock
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B'NA1 ZION CONGREGATION

Rabbi L. Lehrer
Joe Pearlman, President
of Congregation
Hebrew Sunday School, II a.
m, and every day in week. ex-
cept Friday, at 4 o. m.
Regular services every Friday
evening. 8 o'clock, and Saturday
morning, z o'clock.
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FIVE ROOM FURNIs HE'D
APARTMENT al modern con-
veniences; 100 Eaton stree1
near Naval Station ApplE J.
G Kant0r, Inc ST DGTzl
street. 6-@-1
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Horace Mann. who is almost

Horace Mann, who is almost daily re-
minding folks in The Citizen about the loss
If few precious minutes, has written
Ter line things among which the follow
e IS wise observation on human nature:
''knsiave a man and you destroy his ambi-
ton. his enterprise, his capacity. In the
constitution Of human nature. the desire
of lettering ones condition is the main
spring of effort. The first touch of slavery
snaps this spring"
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pies meeting and Prayer service
Wednesday, $50 p. n Boy
Scouts meeting
Friday. 7:30 p. m. choir IL
hearsal.
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The business Of life is 70 know
how TO get along with Our fellow
men,.
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loneliness and apparent intelli-
gence. Gayle backed the girls up
into a quiet corner and almost
growled at them.
"For Pete's sake, kids, be bright
and cheerful tonight!"- she COM
manded. Understand? No solemn
faces"
But what are we to do? What
is our work, and Who"
"Sh-h-h-h! You'll learn. Just be
glad"
Graham had no chance to an
nounce formally to everybody that
dinner was served. He had to
round up Mr.. Merrifield from the
third floor, Mr.. Weems from the
second, Bill Bailey from a far
wing, and finally Jeremy from the
deep recesses of the library. When
he reported to Gayle, that fustered
miss decided this meal perhaps
should progress Informally.
1t was a happy decision. MIR
Merrifeld came in beaming. He
hadn't eaten in the big dining room
since a group of mining men dined
there with him last winter, and the
assembly of young people brought
an invisible spark of something to
it now. They and the flowers, and
the somehow brighter lights in the
great crystal chandelier, and the
brilliantly busted furniture, a d
the floor that shone, and the con-
tagious giggling of little Tempe
Hyde. Even the quietest of the six
girls, a Latin beauty named Lola
Montesa, was visibly elated.
The old millionaire paused at the
big double door to look on for a
moment, beaming.
GLORY, what a sight" he ex-
claimed, and meant it. Every
thing but music!"
"Oh!" Gayle spoke quickly. 81
can play the piano. Jeremy hasn't
come down yet. Shall we sing one
song before dinner?"
The grand piano was in a con-
servatory off the dining room. Only
old-time tune Gayle could remem-
Der at the moment was one that
Continued on Page .Nine)
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SYNOPSIS

THE CHARACTERS:
BENJAMIN MERRIF1ELD, aged
capitalist, hires
GAYLE DIXON to make love to
his grandson.
JEREMY TUCKER, a shy student
of archaeology, while
BILL BAILEY and six pretty girls
are employed to help bring life
and youth to the Mortified man
YESTERDAY: During a phone
call MI. Mortified explains to
Gayle's mother what he is try
ing to do for his grandson.
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SIX


First and most important point
@ remember is-our. being here
must be made entirely logical to
Jeremy Tucker" Bill said that for
the fourth time. He was in a hud-
die again with Gayle.
"All right, Bill. But we've adj
mitted that. We've talked for
hours. It's nearly dinner time. The
girls will be coming back. And we
are ali bound to meet Jeremy again
tonight. We must have a good
story and stick to it. We ought to
tell it to Mr.. Merrifeld in adj
vance,"
"Lordy!" said Bill, stumped for
once.
You played football in college.
What else did you do?"
"Dramatics. Besides studies, l
mean Bill spoke as if his college
career had, therefore, been
wasted. He gazed glumly at moth
'ng.
Amateur dramatics? Little the
ater work, Bill?"
yep. Great fun, but-Well,
Gayle, 1 had a lot of ideals about
being a stage director, or maybe
a movie director some day. So
far l haven't found or made even
a crack where I could crawl into
that profession"
But you aren't licked?"
mo. Certainly not. Nobody ever
licked a Bailey. Coach used to say
that l."
II understand. You were a grand
halfback, I've heard. Now listen to
me-Mr. Merrifeld ordered you to
take charge of the six girls you
and he hired. You are to be their
boss. You have to think up some
thing constructive for them to do.
Naturally you must draw on your
best talents and experiences, and
since football seems to be beyond
our consideration, I suggest dra-
mates"
Gayle was talking ever so seri-
ously.
"You mean
Il mean, Bill, don't girls some
times act in plays? Or work
around amateur productions?
Wouldn't it be entirely logical for
a crowd of young people to"
"SA-A-AY!"
Bill suddenly jabbed a finger at
aer. An idea had struck him.
Gayle's idea.
Gayle, you're wonderful! Sure!
We can pretend that Mr.. Merri-
field, already given to philan-
throphy, is sponsoring a new Little
Theater. I've been wracking my
Drains for a way to use this big
mansion and its grounds. Those
two huge rooms downstairs that
open together will make a swell
:h%eater! Put a stage at that east
end. Ballyhoo it all. Well have
Jeremy surrounded by fun and ex-
element before he knows it,"
There was another 10 minutes OF
hurried talk mostly exhultant
monologue by Bill Bailey, who
could be morose and worried one
moment and in the figurative
clouds the next. Gayle was happy
for having solved his problem for
him. Or at least having given him
a start.
Graham, the butler, had been
told to expect the six young ladies
back for dinner and, surprisingly
enough, Mr.. Weems came to Gayle
at $40 pm. with a written menu.
I'VE have had no feminine
,ueStS here in so many Years Miss
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Dixon" he apologized, that L
that we are not at all sure you will
approve of the selections. When
we ventured to ask MIR. Merrifield,
he said that you were now in COM
plete charge of the household,
and"
He did,"
"Oh, of course, miss. The news
has quite upset the staff. I mean,
in a decidedly pleasant way. The
cook-and Graham-you see, we
have had noah, life, and galety,
here in so long, and this morning
you ventured to say that happiness
could"
"Oh, Mr.. Weems, certainly! We
must all be very, very happy.
Please tell the servants to go right
ahead, using their own discretion.
IL am to act as hostess then?'
Eyes, my dear. Mr.. Mortified
wishes it,"
"Oh, gee!"
The menu was complete. Wal
ace, the Merrifeld cook, knew his
business. Even the gardener had
been told and had responded, so
that the dining table was already
lovely with flowers when Gayle in
spected it. She had but few sug-
gestions to make and she found
two kitchen helpers, besides Wal
lace and Graham and the garden
er, anxious to carry them out at
once. Graham begged a moment
to introduce a new maid-servant,
Celeste, who had been thoughtfully
added to the staff that afternoon.
IF you approve of her," Ora
ham said, "she is to be your per-
sonal maid, miss"
Gayle took a deep breath, and
nodded. She was afraid to speak
for a long moment, lest she ex-
plode.
She stayed in a sort of cloud
like daze for the ensuing hour.
The six girls came back, as or
dered. Gayle asked Tempe to help
her think" Together they
planned seats at the table. There
would be four men-Mr. Merri-
field, Jeremy, Mr.. Weems a n d
Bill. And seven girls, picked for
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-09

diately to remove their coats % settle
the question enmaSse. Old Abe, dis
playing tudicious diplomacy, prevented
the free-for-an by saying. Boys, boys,
don't fight If he didn't throw me fair,
he kin"
Other Lincolnania which Mrs.
FoulkeS and q sister share Is a col
lection Of newspaper clippings ana
documents saved by Major Mobley,
and concerning affairs around Spring.
field during Lincoln's time. A COM
plete newspaper clipping file of the
death and funeral of the martyred
president is included IN the collection.
The letter viii be kept and Mrs.
Foulkes viii pass it on to her two
sons, an heirloom more valuable than
a Cellini golden salt cellar, in truth
For even though thousands Of families
possessed such letters, their source
would lend them immeasurable value.
The simple little note Of appreci-
alton came from the hand Of q man
whose name now stands, throughout
the world, as a synonym for freedom
from oppression and the right Of the
people to conduct a government Of,
for and by themselves.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-09
Rv GEORGE MARsH

Half of the population Of Castle,
Mont, died in 1886. When Mayor
Joseph Hooker Kidd died In the deep
SHOWS of that year after struggling to
within 100 yards of his cabin, only the
other half of the population, Con
stable" Joseph Martina was left of the
1000 people who once called the min
ing camp their home.
Among the ghost towns Of Montana
Diamond City, Copperopolis. Ban
mack, HaSsel and Highland City are a
few Of them-CaStle, in Meagher coun-
ty, is one of the most interesting. In
its heyday in the eighties the town was
crude in its architecture and Just as
crude in its administration of frontier
law. The town echoed with the same
wild night life that had been heard
In Last Chance or Virginia City, 20
years earlier. Men were killed In the
mines, or died with their boots on in
saloon and street brawls, and were
carted up the little hill to the cemetery
on its top Few of the inhabitants died
of natural causes-they didn't stay
long enough.
The decline of the town was as rapid
as its rise. In the early 1905 the exc
dus of the people was almost complete.
Most of them left by the covered
wagon route, never to return and
claim the homes and household goods
many of them left behind The log
structures fell rapidly into decay, and
of all the residents of Castles palmy
days, only two believed that the town
would some day come back"-that
mining operations would once again
be undertaken on as large a scale as
in the early days. The two were JOS
eph Hooker Kidd and Joseph MARITIME.
MARITIME, now well over 10, said the
winter Of 1886 was the snoWieSt and
most severe he had ever seen. On the
level, the snow was four feet deep and
in drifts, it sometimes reached 20 feet.
For weeks no one had entered or left
the ghost town. Finally Kidd decided
to go to Lennep, eight miles distant,
to stock up on groceries and to get
the mail. The supplies in the cabins of
the two men we're almost exhausted
After battling the drifts for an en-
tire day, Kidd had driven his team
and cutter only three miles. He stayed
for the night at the Moore sheep camp.
The next day he reached the A. c.
Grande ranch with some difficulty
but from there to Lennep. the roads |
we're in fair condition. Kidd purchased |!
the necessary food and returned as far
as the Grande ranch where he spent |
the night.
He shoveleG snow and fought the |
drifts the next day and got within a |
mile of Castle when his tired team /
refused to go any farther. He turned |
the horses loose and pressed on afoot. I
At 8 p. m, he reached Martino's cabin |
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-09

father, j. H. Lenahan, was for many
years an insurance claim agent ia
Illinois and Travelled through the ter
ritory that knew Abe Lincoln as a
young man, and as a rising figure on
the American scene. Lenahan once
wrote Of meeting with one ''Willun17
Green Of Illinois, farmer who was a
good friend Of the Great EInancipator
and once visited him at the White
House
During a long chat, Lenahan heard
many tales from the then old mans
lips about Lincoln. One Of the features
OF Lenahan's manuscript, now owned
BY Mrs. Foulkes, is a story that Green
told him concerning IdncoIn's short
service as a captain in the Black Hawk
war
Green told Of wrestling match be-
tween "Old Abe Linkern" and the
Scotch captain of another company
in the same camp. While the men of
both companies watched, the Scotch
man won the first fall. The second
fall was a dog fall" considered a draw
but the Scotchman claimed the fight
by winning two of three falls. The
men Of both companies began imme-
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Ghost Towns Population
Cut in Half on Single Day

and drank some hot coffee. Ki6d's
cabin was only 500 yards down the
road and he soon attempted to reach
MARITIME lighted lantern to direct
Kidd on his way. In a few minutes
he heard Kidd calling, Joe. joel"
Rushing into the street, MARITIME saw
Kidd staggering, then his knees
buckled under him and ne COLLAPSED
into the snow. When MARITIME reached
him, Joseph Hooker Kidd was dead.
MARITIME, too weak to carry the BODY.
covered 1t with q blanket.
Travelling on skis, MARITIME notified
the herder at the Moore sheep camp
of what had happened. Three DAYS
later the sheriff and coroner from
White Sulphur Springs, themselves on
skis, pulled Kids body away on a
toboggan.
Only one old man was left to dream
of the days of Castles greatness
when the mines poured an "unending'
so they thought then-stream of gold
into the pockets of the people. when
the streets rang with the sounds of
revelry at night. Only one old man
lived to hope that a great strike might
again be made and that Castle might
relive the days Of its youth.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-09
CHOUTEAU LEADS
IN STRIP FARMS
POTENTIAL DUST BOWL CHECKED
BY ADOPTION OF THIS
PRACTICE
System of Alternate Strip of Crop and
FaIIow Also Has Made Production
More Dependable In Dry Land Areas,
Says Conservation Specialist.

Widespread adoption of the
practice Of strip farming by Mon
tana farmers has not only checked
the development of many q pOten-
tiaI dust bowl in the state, but
has also brought about more de-
pendable system Of farming In the
dryiand areas, according to NJ. p.
Hansmeier, extension conservation
specialist at Montana State college.
The practice has been growing
steadily during the last decade and In
1899 there was total Of 1,415,521 acres
In strips compared with only 2,520
acres IN 1880, Hansmeier said. Straight
strip farming consists of alternate
strips of crop and fallow TO control
soil blowing. However, there are some
variations to the system such as alter
nate strips Of corn or other row crop
and wheat.
Another system that has been adopt
ed more generally In the last few years
Is contour stripping to check water
erosion. Last year there was a total Of
$3.50 acres in contour strips compared
with 5.831 acres the year before.
The strip farming practice has un-
dergone a number Of improvements
and refmementS since few farmers
began experimenting with 1t in the
1905. One of these is the reduction
In the width Of the strips. Today most
farmers find the strip 10 rods wide
to be the best width because 1t results
in less sitting Of winter wheat, re-
duced cost of maintenance and less
soil washing. Another refinement Is
the use Of round-end strips. BY leav-
ing the end of the strip round there
is less pulverizing of the soil when
machinery is turned around.
Leading all counties In the state in
strip farming Is Chouteau with total
OF $50 900 acres on ESQ farms. Running
a close second is Hin county with
go, 900 acres, and Roosevelt third with
zoe, 900 acres. However, nearly all
counties where dryland farming Is ex-
tensive have considerable acreage In
strips and indications are that the
practice will become even more extern
sive during the coming year.
Although the practice has been
spreading steadily since the early
1905, 1t has been speeded up In recent
years by the AAA program which In
ciudes strip farming as soil-building
practice.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-09

The play in which Miss 10y didn't
star, she recalled a few days ago, was
Sleeping Beauty" which she and Bin
Crum, Ruth Mae, Helen Nash and
John @. Brown Jr-an about 5 years
old at the time-staged in the base
ment of Miss Logs home at 5O7 Fifth
avenue
They wouldn't let me play the lead
because / wasn't pretty enough" she
said. II didn't have long curis.''
Miss Loy-in private life Mrs. Ar
thur Hornblow Jr.-is visiting her
uncles, Elmer Williams and Fred
johnson, and her aunt, Mrs. q. l.
Qualls. She is staying at the Placer
hotel during her Montana visit.
Miss 10y said that while In Mon
tana she wishes to visit a gold mine,
the Mount Helena ski club course on
Macdonald pass, and above all, she
said, she wishes to see a good old
fashioned Snowstorm. On the day Of
her arrival, however, the water was
coursing down Helena streets from the
melting SHOWS on the hillSideS.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-09
State Board Sets
Assessment Rates
On All livestock

The state board of equalization has
sent all county assessors schedules OF
recommended minimum cash values to
be used In making 1910 assessments on
livestock. The board also has sent the
assessors schedules of recommended
minimums covering other classes of
property. This years livestock Sched-
ules included horses and mules, for
merly left to the discretion of the as
SCISSORS.
The livestock schedules are as fol-
lows:
Cattle-Beef, market price; pure
breds. SIS; coming yearlings, $40: COM
ing 2-year-olds sos; coming 3-year-
old steers and stock bulls, $45; stock
and range cows, 3-year-olds and over.
Sheep-Purebreds, $12; stock rams,
So; coming yearlings, $3.50; coming
2, 3 and 4-year -olds, So; Swear -olds,
$3.50; all others, 50.
Horses and muleS-PurebredS and
jacks, 500; range and unbroken, $40;
work horses and mules, $45.
Swine-Market price on March 4,
1910.
The figure set for purebred cattle
was for mature animals, the schedule
said, while high grade animals should
be valued In excess Of the mark.
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LINCOLN LETTER
HIGHLY PRICED
MRS. F. w. FOULKES, BILLINGS,
HAS MISSIvE PENNED BY
GREAT EMANCTPATOR
1t Was Honest Abe'S Hand-Written
Acknowledgement Of Congratulations
Upon His Nomination for Presidency
In 1860.

Eighty years ago this spring,
Abraham Lincoln sat down In a
room of the hotel in Springfield,
Iu.-a room he had rented TO serve
as reception room and office
during the campaign-and penned
a letter on white note paper,
thanking Maj. MOrdecia MObley,
clerk of the court of SangamOn
county, Illinois, an acquaintance
Of long standing, for his c0ngratu-
latiOns upon MIR. LincOAn's recent
nomination for the presidency.
That letter, now a choice collector s
Foulkes of 403 Clark avenue, Billings.
a great-granddau Of Major Mob
ley. Naturally, the letter is one OF Mrs.
FoulkeS' most priced possessions.
Even in those days, before dicta-
phones and Monograph machines,
when typewriterS were scarce, a presi-
Dental nominee could afford a Secre-
tary or two to write routine letters.
Yet "Old Abe" sat down and took care
Of his routine correspondence himself
To Major Mobley, he wrote simply:
Springfield, Ill, June 4, 1850
Maj. M Mobley,
MY dear sir:
your kind letter Of May 3Oth is
received. I cannot answer all am re-
ceiving; but I can do no less than
the receipt of one from
an old friend like yourself. Present my
to Mrs Mobley, g. believe me,
Sincerely your friend,
"A. LINCOLN"
Kept among Major Mobley's effects
until his death, the letter was handed
down through the family until Mrs.
Foulkes, a great-g an did aughter
through her mother, now has it. It
has faded but slightly. It has, how
ever, been glued to another piece of
1aper for reinforcement as the creases
had begun to break and it had become
yery brittle.
From both sides of her family Mrs.
Toulkes has received Lincolnania. Her
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-03-09
COWBOY EXHIBIT
SHOWN IN FALLS
INTERESTING RELICS DISPLAYED
DURING ANNUAL REUNION
OF RANGE RIDERS
They Include Calamity James Pistol,
Buffalo BiIls Buckslxin Gloves, Knife
Once Owned by big Nose" George,
Many Other Articles.

Buckskin gloves worn by Buff
falO Bill, a pistol carried by Ca
laTnity Jane, a pair of chaps and a
big holster knife which we're once
the property of "Big Nose" George,
who among other notorious char
acters of the VigiIante days Of
Montana In the rough finally
dangIed at the end of rope
these and many other relics Of the
pioneer era Of the west were in
cluded In an exhibit displayed In
Great Falls In connection with the
third annual reunion of Old-time
cowboys and cattIemen.
The exhibit represented the contri-
buttons OF many persons. Some Of the
relics will remain in the hands of the
Montana Cowboys association, to go
into its permanent museum to be es-
tabliShed on the North Montana State
fairgrounds Others were loaned by
the owners for the day.
Most intriguing was the collection
offered by 81 Gray of Helena, who
came to the territory in 1880. It con-
tanned the relics mentioned above and
in addition a buckskin vest worn by
Wild Bill Hickok, a buckskin shirt
which was the property of Swift Boy,
an Indian horse thief, and an 1860
model pinfire pistol which was the
notorious Calamity James.
Gray tells how all the articles fell
into his possession, In one way or an
other, most OF them in 1880 and 1881,
when he was occupied variouSly as
range rider, stage driver and camp
cook in the Judith country.
He relates how big Nose" George
came to his cabin one day with his
gang and they all had their dinner
For some sugar, coffee and other sup
plies, big Nose" gave Gray the chaps
and knife.
"Then they returned that night and
stole a team of horses" Gray wryly
added.
Referring to the shirt which had
been worn by the Indian, Swift Boy,
Gray told Of a chase he had after
the latter, following his getting away
with some horses. HE had shot me-"
said Gray. 'but I afterward got him"
Other interesting things seen in the
displays, from various contributors, in
Guided a saddle used by the late
boy, a bull harness, OK yoke, SOM
oreroS, boots, spurs, chaps, etc., all of
which had been in use so or go years
ago. There also was an exhibit Of
photographs taken in 1902 during a
state roundup of horses, In which
many outfits took part.
In the lobby of the Rainbow hotel
vas huge wooden plaque containing
vt the top the picture of mounted
cowboy on herd and along the sides
md beneath the names of the officers
md directors of the Montana Cow
,oys association and its present men,
,ers, space being left at the bottom
or additional names. The Illustration
md the names are all burned In the
vood The plaque was made by work
rs Of the national youth administra-
ion.