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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22
DA VINCI PAINTED,
FORETOLD PLANES
DRIVING RIGS, AUTOS. PARA.
CHUTES, MACHINE GUNS MADE
BY ARTIST

About the only modern" invention
| that Leonardo da Vinci didn't invent
was relatively. Probability is he just
didn't get around to It'll AS 1t was, he
spent a fairly busy lifetime tossing
off his masterpieces, the Mona Lisa, -
and THE Last Supper" and dreaming
up the automobile the air-conditioning
plant, the driving rig, the helicopter
and the parachute, not to mention
nearly 200 other devices" which pre-
date by four centuries the scientific
achievements considered so painfully
up-to-date today.
Hundreds of years before the auto
mobile, da Vinci had his "self-driven"
car. He equipped it with differential
roller bearings, and other devices eS-
sentially similar to those now used.
From a study of the flight of birds
he conceived Of the time when men
would fly and designed flying ma
chine. Also a parachute.
Invented Machine Gun
He built waterways utilizing canal
lock systems which are fundamentally
unchanged today. He devised machine
guns and breech-loading cannon. The
first rolling mill was Leonardo's ma
chine for drawing metal out into sheets
between two heavy rollers. One Of his
machines made it possible to sharpen
dozens of needles for textile work, au-
tomatically and simultaneously. Does
that have a familiar sound, Previously
a single needle had to be laboriouSly
sharpened by hand.
Another colorful invention was an
hydraulic ventilator, fashioned for hot
weather comfort in the home Of
Beatrice d'Este, wife of Ludovico II
Moro, who was Leonardo's patron In
Milan. Forerunner of the modern air.
conditioning machine was a large
wooden cylinder, the interior Of which
was divided into four sections, two for
water and two for air. The flow was
regulated by a series of valves. The
trod the steps on the outside of the
shell and thus caused the water in
the two compartments to drive the air
before it, cooling 1t and forcing it out
through an opening into the room. At
the end of the 18th century da Vinci
devised an hydraulic pump for use
in the building Of canal from Flor
ence to the sea.
Traffic on Two Levels
Today's wistful dream Of settles Of
the future" in which traffic is regu-
lated on a series Of levels was prac-
tical reality to Leonardo. His note
books contained plans for such a city
in which streets were designed on two
levels, the upper for pedestrians. the
lower for vehicles.
His interest in marine engineering
led to the designing of apparatus for
a diver, a doublehulled ship and
wheeled vessel In addition to
three models pertaining to warfare at
sea-an armored ship an apparatus
for tearing ships keel, and a device
for piercing the keel.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22
BY JOHN MUNROE

Virginia City, Nevada, Dodge
City, Kan, DeadwOOd, Oak. and
Creede, Colo, shone as meccas Of
OutIawry and terror.
The streets of these primitive Dor
der towns in the salad days ran a
crimson tide of sin. Outlaws, rough
necks, and bad men" composed the
In these towns mob violence was sub
stituted for courts and under such
reign Of terror lynch law was the single
agency that could curb the spirit Of
unbridled outlawry.
Since Creole, Colo, no town has
sprung into existence that could
eclipse them except one. and that one
for superlative venality and downright
cuSsedneSs, had them all skinned. Dur
ing its fleeing regime, it was a mod
ern Sodom and Gomorrah. In fact, as
a spot which showed the decadence OF
public morals, this one had Sodom and
Gomorrah stopped four ways from the
Jack, That town was the early-day
Taft.
BIOOmed With Railroad
Taft came to life during the con-
.struction of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railway, and it flourished from
1906 to 1903, furnishing labor to crazy
quilt of cosmopolites in the construc-
along its tortuous and devious geo.
graphy. The town consisted Of but a
single street stretching the length Of
a half mile facing the right-of-way
There were beautiful mountains rts-
ing sentinel-like at Taft's back door
dwarfing in colossal grandeur the in
significant crazy galvanized shacks
The whole town was motley
collection of warped frame buildings.
.F M
was transacted in an abandoned box
car set alongside the Northern Pacific
tracks.
sported 50 Saloons
In the very zenith of its glory as
the toughest town on the map, it sport !
ed no less than so saloons, as many
gambling halls and number OF houses !
OF prostitution. There were many proofs |
here of the devils cloven hoof. The
town was the jumping-off place OF
stranded hulks. cut-throats, rough
necks, bull necks, swift fingered tin |
horns, men who lived without work, |
women who lived without shame, ex-
convictS and criminals Of varied CLASH !
fications. Gunner had waiting lists.
Dead Left Unburied
The commission of the capital crime I
was rife The criminal records Of the |
county were Uttered with prosecutions
entailing homicide provoked by rob-
berry, but the major number of these
crimes never reached the courts. This !
was principally due to the fact that
the town was not incorporated and /
hence no public revenue provided for |
the protection Of life and property. 1t /
would dizzy the arithmetic Of memory |
to speculate upon the number of lives
sacrificed with boots on in the indis-
III cI
man cadavers upon which it would be
utterly futile to predicate a corpus de-
iicti: but it Is known as an incontro-
vertible fact that after the winters
snow had melted in the early spring
of the final year of Taft's carnival Of /
crime and lawlessness, no less than II |
bodies were discovered in the buttes In
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22

picturesque and lovely nook as there
Is IN the mountains"
At one time a canyon, river and
town all bore the same name. The
town was the only one which attempt
ed to equal the canyons fame but It
died almost In its infancy. However.
while 1t lived it lived up to its name,
earning a reputation Of toughest town
in the territory and that was some
thing when you consider that it was
competing with some Of the toughest
gold camps under full road agent rule
It Is difficult to say Just how the
canyon got its name, for the others
were named after it, but Captain Mills
gives the Indians credit for it while
some history books, written during the
eighties, lay the blame on the Cana
dian trappers who were mostly Hud-
sons Bay Co. men.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22

eral Pershing's brilliant work in the
Philippines which attracted President
Roosevelt's attention to him, in con-
sequence of which Pershing was pro-
NOTED from captaincy to be briga-
der general, being passed over the
heads of many officers who ranked
him. Mr.. Montgomery also saw service
under General wood, the new COVER
nor general of the Philippine Islands.
When his term of service expired Mr..
Montgomery received an honorable dis
charge and came to the United States,
going Immediately to Lewistown. There
he became. prominent In business and
political life, served as chairman OF the
Republican central committee during
the last general election and was re-
Gently appointed register of the Lew
istown land office by President Hard
ing.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22
IL Dead Men With Boots
On Found as Snow Melts

the immediate rear Of the dens of in
iouity and sin. In these instances the
process of decomposition had advanced
TO such a degree that Identification was
impossible
The fagot was applied and the town
went I'D in smoke no less than three
different times, twice through the or
ders of the railroad company and once
by accident.
Like feline lowered with nine lives
Taft rose, phoenix-like each time from
its ashes, and its final overthrow was
not accomplished until the forest fires
Of 1910
Taft today is a pleasant and beauti-
full stopping place between MisSoula
and Wallace, Idaho. Only the ghostly
remembrance of its early day slayerS
and courtesans linger on.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22
Garden of Eden Just
off He'll Gate Canyon
BY 4. J. KERTTULA

Early day Missoula residents were
not always proud of the name Hell
Gate given to the canyon east of town
but should a stranger comment on it
they promptly put him back in his
place by reminding him that if it was
Hell Gate one way it opened into Eden
on the other. Captain Mills, writing in
the Glover Leaf in the early eighties,
called it q most horrid name for as
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22
CCC ENROLMENT PERIODS
CHANGED TO s EACH YEAR

According TO INSTRUCTIONS received by
the state CCC selecting agency there
will be eight enrolment periods dur
ing the coming year for CCC junior
enrollees instead of four. The four
quarterly periods will continue to be
held during April, July and october.
The new enrollments will be held Feb.
1928, May 20-31, Aug. 20-31 and
Nov. 20-30.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22
Draft May Take Men
Who Haze Had Service

-Four years service in the marine
corps will not exempt a man from the
draft, If called This ruling, made by
G. A. Dykstra, director of the selective
service act, grew out Of the applica-
ton Of Judson B. Eldridge of Bremen
ton. Wash, son Of Mrs. Edith Eldridge
Of Havre, for exemption from the draft
on the ground that he had completed
four years of service with the marines.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22
PAINTS HIDE AIRPLANEs

Special aircraft paints include dull
black hard to find with searchlights,
bright aluminium paint for sunny
days and a paint for hiding planes on
haZy days.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22

Hope the Wright boys do not know
what the airplane is doing.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22
Served With Pershing

Joe Montgomery, the new register
of the United States land office at
LeWistown, is probably the only Mon
tana man who saw service under Cen
eral Pershing, when Uncle Sans dis
tinguished soldier was a captain in
the Philippine Islands. 1t was Cen
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22
MONTANA Nan KTLLED

Ira Kennedy SIS, OF Monida, Mont.
was killed at San Francisco when he
was struck by a motorcycle. Kennedy
was enroute to Honolulu on a vacation
trip.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22

Storks, when otherwise unable to
fasten their nests to a sloping roof,
attach it with a sort Of glue.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22

Estonians condemned to death may
choose an exit by the hanging on
poison route, according to new Law.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22
Looking Back
Twenty Years

The following news items was taken
from the old files Of the Roosevelt
County Independent, Oct. 81, 1921.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22

Read the Classified Advertisements!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
OUR BUSY PRESIDENT
Decorate

President Roosevelt told the world
over the radio in his Florida broadcast to
Jackson Day diners that he had to go fish
ing about twice a year to rest up from his
White House job which requires about
fifteen hours day of his time. In the same
speech he spoke of the emergency necessity
of working overtime and this has caused
speculation as to whether he meant to i'm
ply that the 4o-hour week in defense in
fustries should be abrogated at this time.
Everyone knows that most business
executives work more than 40 hours week
either at their homes or offices. The week
~ hours were shortened and wage standards
were raised for the definite purpose of Civ
ing employment TO more workers and II was
calculated that by cutting an average of
about eight hours out Of the working week
without reducing the pay received for those
iorty-eight hours that there would be room
in the United States for one eighth more
workers than under the old system. Ae-
cording To statistics that meant an increase
of employment of between seven and eight
million persons. theoretically that should
have wiped out relief and unemployment
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
CITY SHOULD BE DECORATED

The way to sell Key West as a con-
vention city to other Florida folks, as we'll
as northern folks, is to put our best foot for
ward II should look like convention city
dressed up in gay, bright colors.
For some months past the Key West
Convention corporation and Arthur Saw
yer Post No. % of the American Legion
have been working diligently to arrange
events for the annual state convention of
the American Legion. They have been
generally successful Finances are as
sured; rooms for all the $50 guests have
been reserved; the entertainment all that
could be expected.
Now the official convention decorators
are in the city. Representatives of the firm
report some resistance to placing decora-
tions. 1t seems that some firms that have
given the convention corporation So or $40
believe that is sufficient They do not
think any expenditure for decorations is es-
sental.
Decorations are essential. Key West
does not want to present drab or bedrag-
gled appearance to the visiting Legion
naires. These Legionnaires are all men
over 40. They are in business. They are
ss5rofessional men. In their businesses or in
their professions they win have voice in
the coming of other conventions to Key
West Do not disappoint them. This is
Key Vests greatest opportunity to do
something for itself.
Decorate!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
PROGRAM AIDS WILDLIFE

Of the many weeks set aside for spe-
cial attention during the year, the current
National Wildlife Restoration week is one
of the most deserving of notice.
The steady work Of conservation
agents, both federal and state, mark trend
in the United States which has been in
creasiny in proportions and Importance for
a long time. The week and its attendant
publicity are valuable for the chance they
give The public to learn what is going onain
conservation. .-ssl
'n A few years ago one of the standbys
of the Sunday supplements, along with the
story about the bomber that would wipe out
New York and win a war with one blow,
was the story describing how the United
States would look after all the animals had
disappeared, the oil was gone and the last
piece of timber had been gobbled up by the
sawmill.
For time, the people of the United
States were making a highly cooperative
effort to prove the truth of the feature
story. The whole trend of the population
at that time was in the direction of destroy
ing as many natural resources and assets as
possible.
The local wildlife refuge, operated by
Earle R. Greene, has done important work
Iinz the restoration of vanishing birds and IT'S
aetivitiesigiy to local people an idea of how
the whole great system works
Cooperating with CCC boys, WPA and
NYA, the conservation experts have made
spectacular progress in their struggle to
bring back vanishing birds and animals and
to save others from being added to the
vanishing list.
Reading now of the organized and
senseless slaughter that wiped out the but-
falo and the "whooper" crane, among
many others, it is gratifying to think that
future generations will inherit at least one
asset from this one.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
Classified Column

Advertisements under this head
will be inserted m The Citizen at
the rate of one-cent (lc) a word
for each insertion. but the mini
mum for the first insertion in
every instance is twenty five
cents t25c).
Advertisers should give their
street address as we'll as their
telephone number if they desire
results.
Payment for CLASSIFIED adver-
tiSements is invariably in ad-
vance, but regular advertisers
with ledger accounts may have
their advertisements charged.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
APPLICATIONS FOR
POSITIONS CLOSED

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that IN
asu3uch as y sufficient number 81
applications for the Positions d
Weider. Electric Especially Skill
cd and Carpenter. Ship, For
filing position Of joiner, Shap1.
has been received. the receipt OF
applications Eil close on April
p No Applications faT the tao
trades listed above viii be az
oepteGi unless filed with the Re
ccr5cr. L-asrv Beard, e s Naval
Stasmxa. Kev Wess- Flcwsia, grsoF
IN the hnGr of eleasang business on
April -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

Undoubtedly Harry Bridges and other
alieue who have been regarded as undeSir
may gain comfort from statements by At
t,rnVv General Jackson that while war
rants have been issued against more than
5000 aliens that more than 600 of them
cennot re deported because ''oE conditions
begged Qlr control" which means, that
there is d place for them 10 go---no place
to s4Hd hem. Jackson indieateSlthat the
wclf aliS n foes might ,pekept IN prisonl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
KEY WEST In
DAYS GONE BY
happenings On This Date Ten
Years Ago As Taken From
Files Of The Citizen

Reports that the county ferry
system has bought supplies out
side Monroe county are unbound
ed, County Commissioner Full
ford said this morning. Supplies
not purchased in Key West have
come from Marathon, Fulford ex-
planned.
The commissioner told other
board members it was possible to
get quicker delivery on some ma
terials by buying in Marathon,
and that in view of the fact that
Marathon residents pay county
taxes, it was only fair to give
them some of the business.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
To BE sensinnsd

able q attending 70 is own bust
ness ard very dessxouS 81 50 do
ing l. is better 20 les such peo-
v.ge alone, ss opposition breeds .
ten1Cacy 10 - uEN4st Il these
natures are turned In TIE proper
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

YESTERDAY. Polly and d.
Did had set the day for their
marriage. because David Uos at
last rid OF the last OF has depend
emf relatives. and poIly'S Aunt
Susan lDGS not really much OF
problem But David lcent home
the day he proposed. and sitting
on his front step tDaS little Peter
Wiley, his g. year old cousin
from Pennsylvania And noD
Polly feels she and DdUid had
better postpone the reddino
once more.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
IOther effects WF1,rGri}fa's law divol,

Other effects BFsFl6rida's lax divohce
system, We believe are such i'll considered
marriages rs were reported in a Miami
paper the other day. AT least two couples
recently have appeared before one Miami
Judge asking for annulmert of their mar
riage on the grounds that they were drunk
"a fev days before when married by another
judge One would think that the latter
nudge failed in his futy when he permitted
them TO get married while in an alcoholic
haze" in the first place.-Sanford Herald
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

THE United States and Mexico have
reached ar agreement for the reciprocal
use airflslds.apd bases. subject 70 ,Isgis-
lativb apPrevaI.The arrangement strength
ems the ability of the United States to de-
fend the Panama Canal, making it possible
for military and naval planes to fly over
Mo,dco and use her air fields for repairs
and Fe-fleling
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
Today's Birthdays

Judge Armistead NJ. Dobie of
the Fourth Circuit, Virginia, born
in Norfolk, Va, so years ago.
William M. Leiserson, member
of the National Labor Relations
Board, born in Esthonia, SO years
ago.
William P. Witherow of Pitts
burgh, steel manufacturer, born
there, SO yesrS ago.
DR. Fred EngeIiaardt. president
CT the UniveI sity of New Hamp-
shire, horn in Nat gatuck, Conn.
Sc years ago.
DIR Arlo A Brown. president of
Drew University. New Jersey.
born in Mercer Co, H.. So years
ago.
Ex-Gov. Luren D. Dickinson of
Michigan. born in NIAGARA Co. n.
Y, 80 wears ago
Lita Grey Chaplin, actress.
born 80 years ago,
James j Jeffries Of California.
rancher. one;irne c n m p o n
heavyweight. born in Ohio. IS
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

The President has proclaimed May 1st
~ Child Health Day" In proclamation
asking all citizens ito review the extent to
which they are providing for children
nutritious food, healthful recreation, health
supervision and adequate medical care
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

Federal agents are taking action
against a "heatless' permanent waving
preparation which Federal Food and Drug
AdmipiEtrators declare contains dan
Gerous poison In test, the preparation
was applied to the skin of a rabbit and the
animal died within an hour ,s9sssgsg 'vssgy
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

Whenever labor, industry, finance, or
any. other economic group, becomes more
power ui Than government, the people of
the United States will need more govern
ment OF the dictator kind.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

sAmerican Picture Bold business man,
Representing private initiative, seeking gov
ernpent favors and belly-aching about GOV
eTrmental expenses.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

The nations that want free world,
and expect to enjoy it, should emulate the
examplesof the free-booters and work to-
gether sis HAIL
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
LOST

.OST-Gold Watch, Chain and
Knife. Between Ramonin's Res
taurant and GARDENERS Rexall
Store. Lost Saturday night. SIS
reward and no questions asked
if returned TO MIR, c. d, Bar
low, Lands End Inn, Caroline
and Simonton streets. opposite
Post Office. aprl5-4tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
PICTURE FRAMING
HELP WANTED
HOTELS

BRING YOUR VISITING friends
in need of a good nights rest
to THE OVERSEAS HOTEL.
Clean rooms, ersjog tthecheiney
atmosphere. Satisfactory rates.
And, try THE COFFEE SHOP.
z it's economical aapd has oYthat'
tasty food and atmosphere. 9l7
Fleming street. eY8 efsaprlstf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

The city has collected 100 per-
cCat of its estimated $l8,500 in
occupational license fees and soon
Will have collected a motor We
hicle license fee from every mo-
torist in Key West, it was an
nounced today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

Key Note: Rural electrification will
be the key to unlock prosperity for the
keys.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
Today's Horoscope

Toby end4Hs @Jth a strong
and independent chsracleg. cap
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

WILL WHOEVER TOOK my red
Elgin Bicycle from the High
School Gym on Friday night
please Phone The Citizen Of
flee and leave word where 1t
can be found. Tommy Dion,
612 Simonton street. aprl5-2tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

LOST - Yesterday somewhere
between sunrise and sunset.
two golden hours. each set with
sixty diamond minutes. No re-
ward Ii offered for they are
gone forever-Horace Mann.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

LOST--Right rear Fender Skirt,
for grey Buick. Reward If re-
turned. CaIl 506-M or The
Citizen Office. aprl5-2t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

PERSONAL CARDS, Sl.25 per
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