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CLEVELAND PARK 3Ol3 ORDWAY ST.
nv rms. oil heat. garare. dry base
meht. Open SUNDAY. or call Shep. 124l-W.
TAKOMA PARK, MD NEW TWO-sTOPY
brick detached, corner; 6 rooms bath.
aT-condltloued- sos per month. URCIOLO
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APARTMENTS WANTED.

COLORED-4 ROOMS. BATH. IN GOOD
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RUSSELL CO. l13l K st. NV.
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modern 6-rm t3-bedrmO home in re-
fined residential neighborhood of Bethesda,
Nd. completely furnished with unusually
good taste: features include studio living
rm with fireplace, oil heat, elec refg.,
and Law: I2-acre wooded lot, close to
schools and fast bus service downtown
available Jan 18th on 1-yr. lease at rea-
sonsble Tert To inspect call
VIM NJ THROCKMORTON
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HOME IN TAKONA PARK = LARGE
rooms, open fireplace oil heat. built-ln ga
near stores and schools. rent S65 month
CAL CRANE AND EATON. SH 51ao
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ONE ROOM, KIT, DINETTE
AND BATH.
$3.50 10th NV.
Large liv. room, dressing closet,
dinette; new building; parouet
floors, Venetian blinds through
out; gas, elec. and refg.. in
cluded in rent, 24-hour eleva-
tor. Res. mgr. MRS. FOR
SYTHE. EO. 2122.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-21
TEX RODE RANGE
OF OLD MONTANA

1t Is . far cry from riding the
Montana range under blazing July
skies and fighting off death In
fierce January billiards for COW
outfit ut $40 q month to staging
an International boxing contest
before . million dollar audience
the greatest assemblage Of human
beings that has ever witnessed .
prize fight. Yet It Is trail that
the late George Lewis Richard,
known to boxing fans the world
over as Tex Richard, has Travelled.
Not many Montana people know tina,
Tex Rickard was once a Montana cow
puncher; that he made two trips be-
tween Dodge City, Kan. and the Mon
tana ranges with herds Of longhorns
and that during the cattle-killing win.
ter of 1861 he was with an outfit
on the Musselshell that lost $4,000 head
of stock out Of $4,000 between De.
cember and June.
As a Snowman Tex Richard stood ir
class with Phineas T. Barnum and
history will put those two names al
the head Of the list of all showmen
Like Barnum, Richard was super.
Snowman because he had successfully
handled such huge undertakings with
so little capital He applied the prin-
ciples of credit to business.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-21
Garden of Eden Just
Off He'll Gate Cannon

Early day MiSsoula residents were
not always proud of the name He'll
Gate given to the canyon east of town
but should stranger comment on it
they promptly put him back in his
place by reminding him that if it was
He'll Gate one way it opened into Eden
on the other. Captain Mills, writing in
the Clover Leaf in the early eighties.
called it most horrid name for as
picturesque and lovely nook as there
is in the mountains"
At one time 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 it 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.
1t 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.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-21
PIE PLATES REFLECT LIGHT

Cut, IN old auto reflectOrs or In
aluminium pie plates. holes large
enough SO light bulb will just pass
through before screwing into the
sockets, and the lights used in the
barn and outbuildings viii give much
more light where it is needed.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-21
Listen to an Expert
Tall about Money!

I'm from q field where the soil was
Phosphated. We beat unphosphated
fields BY 10 bushels per acre. Our
phosphate cost about $l.7s Der acre.
ice tests farms-showed an AVERAGE in.
creased yield Of los bushels per acre. ITS
worth looking into.'
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-21
Snakes and Gators
Safer Than Streets

John Lynch doesn't like the big
cities. He says that man takes his
life In his hands when he walks
down the street Of any metropolis.
what with taxicabs looming in and
out Of crowded traffic and cars
shooting right, left. or straight
ahead, according to the signal
lights.
"It,s too dangerous" he says, IN
take the quiet places, myself"
The quiet place" Lynch IS talk
ing about is big marsh in one Of
the southern states where he spends
most Of his time as a naturalist for
the fish and wildlife service. The
marsh Is full Of cottonmouth snakes
and alligators. They aren't bad at
ALL" Lynch maintains, If you keep
your wits about you"
His work recently required him to
spend some time near the WASH
mgton. d. G., headquarters Of the
fish and vfldlife service. He hurried
through his work there so he could
get away from the dangerous city
traffic and back to his quiet. peace
ful marsh With Its alligator3 and
poisonous snakes.
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manufacturer and 1t was this work
that gave him eventually the task of
making the tests Of the machines in
the experimental stage and putting
them into shape for service at the
front.
Passed Upon zoo Types
Prodger, during the latter part of
the war, was especially active In test
ing out not only the very large ma
chimes but the little planes that we're
to do a great achievement on the line.
From first to last he tested probably
not far from 200 types Of planes, in
Guiding both the land craft and the
flying boats. His work was TO see II
they were right and if not what thing
he could suggest as the defect. II he
found them right, they were ready to
go into prodution, so 1t was in this way
that he came to be rated as an expert
authority on aircraft for no less an
employer than the British Royal
Naval Air Service.
Experiences of man who has
flown a year in the air testing scores
of types of aircraft are varied and
thrilling and in some respects would
give him data from which to write
book that would make Jules Verne
story seem tame and commonplace.
Prodger's narrative would be true 10
fact while Verne was weaving a prod
uct Of fertile mind with vision
the thrills which Prodger experienced
was recounted in Flight, one of the
aircraft magazines Of England. the
following being an extract Of an ex-
tended article:
Falls 5000 Feet Disabled
six thousand feet with a broken
wing is not an experience that one
would wish to go through, but pilot
might safely lay off for a week or
two, after getting rid Of such night
being made to the temperature Of his
lower extremities. Yet Clifford B.
Prodger, while admitting the sensa-
lions during the IS minutes or so that
it took to get down were not such as
he would like to have repeated, was
out FLYING as we'll as ever on the fol-
lowing day Prodger was testing
machine when. at a height Of 5000
feet, he heard an awful crash and on
looking up, discovered that the lead
ing edge of his upper right hand wing
had broken, the pressure OF the air
tearing the upper covering off the top
wing. The thin lath which formed the
leading edge blew back along the
fabric and got wedged between the
rear spar and the aileron.
For about 1900 feet the machine
spun downwards rapidly. Then Prod
ger made up his mind that something
had to be done or crash was newt
able. BY standing up in his seat, and
steadying the Joy stick tprecious
he could, by reaching out, Just touch
the end of the broken leading edge.
After a few moments of pulling and
wagging the control lever he man
aged to shift the lath so that his
ailerons worked, once more. BY COM
+ ing down in a series of left hand
spirals he managed, after what must
have been some anxious moments, to
land safely near the airdrome."
Prodger had the picture Of the ma
chine thus wrecked and the wonder
seems that he ever got to earth with
out crash.
When Prodger made the worlds
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-21
HUNTERS BATTLE
WOLVES IN TEXAS

Capturing outlaws on the plains
Of Texas Is . tough job for any
man, but when the outlaws are 30
to 50 pounds Of savage, clawing
fury, then tough" Is an inadequate
word to describe the hazards fac
ing the government hunter as
signed to capture predatory bob
cats and wolves, says the fish and
wfldlife service In . report to Sec
rotary Of the Interior Harold L
Ickes.
Bob Calhoun, whose territory covers
Refugio county, Texas, doesn't think
his work Is unusual, but the report
shows otherwise. Calhoun has tracked
down about rs bobcats and $50 red
wolves during the past three years.
There's nothing to it." his report
stated. "You Just have to be a bit
careful and know your animals"
Knowing animals Is an a1l-inclusive
expression for knowledge Of the food
range, personal peculiarities
and fighting traits Of each animal the
hunter tracks. When q 30-pound bob
cat decides to argue 1t out with the
hunter at close range. the hunter must
not only know what his opponent most
likely Win do but he must be lightning
fast. physically. to grapple with the
animal
Taking bobcats and wolves b NO
pleasure for Calhoun. IT'S . Job
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-21

The tree frog can change its color
from dark hue to light one In
about 20 minutes.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-21

record by carrying 20 passengers over
London he thrilled England. The COM
bined weight of the huge bombing
plane and passengers was upward of
IA tons. A writer in one of the London
papers, describing the flight. said
about the pilot:
Praised by Handley-Page
AT 4 o'clock a black, leathern
coated figure, helmeted and begog-
gled. ambled across the flying ground
to the inert monster. This was Cliff
ford B. Prodger of Great Falls, Mon
tana, who is as much at home in the
range of space as he would be on the
plains Of his native state A chief
tester to the Handley-Page company
Prodger has accomplished a great
work during the war. His uniform has
been the leather combination suit OF
the airman, his sphere of activity the
wide spaces 'twiXt earth and sky. His
face begets confidence-the untlinch-
ing eyes, the firm mouth, and the
strongly moulded nose belong to 4
man without fear To hear Mr.. Hand
ley-Page's encomiums of this young
pilot-he has had his flying certifi-
Gates since 19l2-is to learn some
thing of his great commercial value
to the country"
And as further hint of the stand
ing of Prodger in England in the field
of aeronauticS. the following is the
statement of R. Blackburn, managing
director of the Blackburn Aeroplanc
g. Motor Company, Ltd, concerning
Prodger:
His Position Second to None
"Prodger'S experience and reputa-
ton as a pilot on experimental and
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-21

under General Wood, the new COVER
nor general of the Philippine Islands.
When his term of service expired MT
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
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-21
Lily P0,,s Has
Missed Montana
On Her Travels

A world famous singer has
missed" Montana In her travels 20
Lily Pons, famous Metropolitan
opera singer, will receive . special
invitation TO visit the state from
Montanans, Inc. w. G. Ferguson.
secretary, announced.
The well known soprano. who has
starred in radio and pictures In ad-
dition to operas. mentioned recently
that she had been in every state In
the union except Montana.
I'VE will send her special in
yitation SO that she may come and
see how much OF the United States
she has missed" Ferguson said.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-21

As Lsobsasss today hstea u.
most hsariy - H. va0lng sseD4s
n the air-E1h SIRENS AA4 tooD
and tens e high expassive aod b.
rrudiary be0hs crash mto hoDes,
Sr.ets aaA faetSeies IN what haS
.one = b knoWA - Tie seco01
World var, resi6ents Il Msotans
recall the death Of Test Pilst Cah.
ford b. Prodgef, fssmer Great
Falls resident, which occurred ~
years ago.
HIS death came when a demonstra-
on airplane crashed 800 feet at .
fedwcod City. Calf. flying field. kill
hg two passengers and himself. Prod
eT was rated as one OF the most bril-
AMI airmen in the history Of flying
nd met the fate that all flyers dread
nd expect will overtake them. There
ras probably not another pilot alive
the time OF his death who had
KIT in more time in the air than
brodger. or one who had made a more
kemarkable record in handling air.
lraft.
When he met his end Prodger was
demonstrating a British-made plane
Ear the inspector of the Vardney Avia-
ZION school at Redwood City. Another
passenger was carried who was max
[ng his first flight. Prodger had put
&c plane through its PAGES. and was
Iust maneuvering for landing when
Inc engine evidently failed him ct
a critical moment. The large ma
Shine suddenly went into nosedtve
End crashed to earth. Prodger and the
kchool inspector were dead when
b.cked from beneath the wreckage.
The other passenger never recovered
| @i0N 1pfAY
Prodger's flying time had been the
Equivalent OF more than a solid year
a the air, and the British air service
claimed that he held record IN that
respect.
It was Just after England had de-
rlared war on Germany in World war
No, that Prodger offered his services
hs a pilot to the British government,
Expecting to be sent to the front. But
20 valuable were his services to the
british government as test pilot that
he was retained In England. helping
to turn out the planes of all kinds
that made the British invincible in
the air. For three years he made ex-
|perimental flights in new machines,
DAILY risking his life as daringly and
|ns profitably to the cause Of the Allies
las any ace in the great war. In fact,
without him ana the lew Otner expert
pilots who carried out the perilous ex-
periments with the new types OF
planes. the fighting airmen at the
front would not have had the planes
with which they could win their VIC
tories.
Earned Pilots License In America
Prodger,s work in England In con-
nection with the flying service that
was finally to do so much in winning
the war started on February Is, 1915.
when he landed there to take up the
work Of an instructor in the Beatty
school opened under authority Of the
royal air service to train men for the
flying corps. He worked under the
Beatty school for nine months. He
had earned his pilots license in the
United States under Beatty at Hemp
stead field. Long Island. and when
the British admiralty called Beatty
to drill the men for flying at the bat
tie front. he called Prodger to aid
him because Of the aptitude the lat
ter had shown in his work. After
nine months, Prodger took up the
work Of testing machines for the air
service, putting them through their
official test before acceptance from the
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standard machines is second to none
ice to carry out tests on our airplane
we have always felt that the work
could not be lodged in better hands.
His reports have proved of great
technical assistance to our designing
staff. Before taking up the machine
his remarks were few. his is the air
craft world"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-21
Looking Back
Twenty Years

The following news items was taken
from the old files of the Roosevelt
County Independent, Oct. 81, 1921.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-21
FORECAST SLAVE WORLD
IF DICTATORS TRIUMPH

Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
told naval academy graduates that
control of the high seas will deter
forecast "a slave world subject to the
imperial will of ruthless dcitators" if
this control should pass ito those who
support the totalitarian theory of gov
eminent"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-21

PAINTS HIDE AIRPLANES
Special aircraft paints include dull
black hard to find with searchlights.
q bright aluminium paint for sunny
days. and paint for hiding planes on
haxy days.
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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 Gen.
eral Pershing's brilliant work in the
Philippines which attracted President
Roosevelts attention to him, in con-
sequence of which Pershing was pro-
dier general, being passed over the
heads of many officers who ranked
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-21

the last general election and was re-
Gently appointed register of the Lew
Lstown land office by President Hard
ing.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

spoon. but again ate freely OF the
cherries with the result that within
about an hour the general was seized
with cramps, which resulted in acute
cholera morbus, which, 1t Is said, from
its remittent character, took the form of
typhoid fever, from which he died on
July g."
On July II his body was placed in the
east room, from which the funeral de-
parted for the vault at Congressional
Cemetery, after religious services at the
White House were conducted by the
Rev. Mr.. Payne, an Episcopal clergyman.
President Taylor's last words breathe
thoughts of real sentiment, beauty and
patriotism. He said: II have always done
my duty; am ready to die: my only re-
gret is for the friends leave behind me"
The year 1860 was a notable year for
the east room, for here on May II, 1860,
President James Buchanan held a re-
ception in honor of the Japanese Am
bassador. who arrived in this country,
on March %. aboard the steamer Pow
hatan and landed at San Francisco. 1t
was the first delegation ever sent by
Japan to barbarian" country.
Following this, on October 3, of the
same year. the Prince of Wales, later
Edward VII, was a guest in the White
House for several days, during which
time the great room was thrown open to
distinguished guests to express the Ma
tion's good will
The Civil War brought on three i'm
Evening star., 1941-06-08

States. and little did Frank Wilson
realize that some day he would be direct
ing the operations of the men who guard
the President and who precede him and
travel with him everywhere he goes.
"Czolgolz was captured Immediately
and taken to police headquarters on the
Terrace in Buffalo" Chief Wilson re-
called Il remember very well going
there and mingling with the mob which
literally surrounded the place. The mob
was terribly excited and here and there
I heard shouts of Lynch him. lynch him.
John Martin, at that time either
police inspector or the chief of detec-
tives and later chief of police in Buffalo,
later told my father, one of his closest
friends how deeply concerned the po-
lice department was regarding that mob.
Put in Patrol.
"Czolgolz finally was dressed up in
police uniform, put in a patrol wagon
and rushed to an outlying station house
because of the fear the crowd would
storm police headquarters and get him.
Chief Martin had charge of the detail
moving him. He and my father had
lived on adjoining farms as boys and in
Buffalo they lived in the same house.
The Martins lived downstairs and the
Wilson's upstairs, and incidentally, my
sister, Mrs. Mary Wilson McEvoy, and
Chief Martins daughter, Ella, have been
bosom friends all their lives. Both of
them are now over so years old"
Evening star., 1941-06-08
By Robert a. ErtOin.

prices usually ranging from nickel to
a dime. Back he went for more papers,
again and again.
Frank selected the Ferry street docks
at which to take up his stand and shout
extra" at the top of his lungs. Excur-
sion boats returning from Niagara Falls
docked there and the people coming
back from the falls that afternoon had
had no advance word of the effort to
kill the President.
II remember that just as we'll as if it
were yesterday related Chief Wilson.
"As the people poured off the boat, they
were fighting to get copies of the extra.
Newsboys were too busy to bother to
hand back the change, and the buyers
didn't mind paying a dime copy with
out asking for change. Not only were
the people coming from Niagara Falls,
but also from the horse races at Fort
Erie, Ontario. just across the river. Back
in those days. horse racing was illegal
in New York"
1t was a big day for Frank Wilson.
He started out with nickel and ended
up with s537. The money didn't burn
a hole in his pocket. however. After
due deliberation. he did the fine thing
and took 1t home. where he turned every
bit of it over to his mother.
At that time, people were discussing
throughout the country the lack of pro-
lection for the President of the United
Evening star., 1941-06-08

portant funerals from the White House.
Almost at the beginning occurred that
OF Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth. colonel of
the New York zouaves, who was killed
in Alexandria, Va, May "a, 1861, when
just "a years Of age In him was the
making of a great military leader, and
his sudden taking away undoubtedly
took from the Union Army most valu-
able and enthusiastic officer.
still greater calamity befell the Ma
ton on April a. 1865, resulting in the
death Of President Lincoln the following
morning. His body was placed in the
east room. where religious services were
held on April l9. This was undoubtedly
the outstanding funeral to take place
from the White House and the story is
a long one. President Garfield. who
died in 1881, was not buried from the
Executive Mansion, However, the body
of President Mckinley, who was shot at
Buffalo, N. Y, on September 6. 1901
and who died on the 14th OF that month,
was returned to the White House and
placed in the east room when it arrived
Hele oH tue 1oIH. Az III o CLOCK lndL
night Mrs. Mckinley expressed a desire
10 view the body of her deceased hus-
band, and she was assisted to the east
room, where the casket was opened for
this purpose, after which she bravely
retired for the night, and the next morn
ing the remains were conveyed to the
Capitol where public services were held
after which they were conveyed to his
old nome, Canton, Ohio.