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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-06
Flaming Meteor Often
Seen But Seldom Found

) From Georgia comes the account Of
the recent finding OF q one-ton meteor.
lite. one of those strange stones tina,
occasionally come tumbling down from
the clear blue sky. A boy working ir
field that had been cultivated fol
generations struck something very hard
when his pillow dipped a little lower
than usual.
Investigation revealed a large mass
totally burned. A specimen sent to the
Smithsonian Institution at Washington
D. C., was pronounced meteoritic. As
result the entire mass has been pur-
chased for the national museum.
These objects are discovered in va
rious ways, sometimes decades after
they have fallen. In 1887 Jacob Snyder
near Gettysburg. Pa. found a S47-
pound iron meteorite while digging a
hole TO plant an apple tree He thought
he had struck an iron mine.
In the sos a Mr.. Kimberly in Kiowa
county. Kansas, was greatly plagued by
the metallic stones which often
caused his pillow handles to swat him
violently in the ribs He piled the stones
behind his barn and in 1890 sold them
for almost the original cost Of his
farm.
The Society for Research on Meteor
ties in December, 1910, listed BAT me-
teoritic finds" throughout historical
times. Sometimes a find" consists OF
only single piece; occasionally, as in
the Holbrook, Arizona, shower of 1912
thousands Of stones are involved.
Strange to say. almost half the
finds" have been seen to fall. Most
supposed falls. however. are erroneous
A flaming meteor most certainly seems
to strike the top Of nearby hill. In
reality it was likely 100 miles away
The next day an ordinary terrestrial
rock is taken from the hill top and
reported as a witnessed fall.
The structure and chemical compo-
Sition of meteorites is usually so diff
ferent from anything native to the
earth that scientists have little trouble
identifying them. Almost invariably
they contain alloys of iron and nickel
Sometimes practically the entire mass
is composed of these metals. In stony
meteorites, silvery-appearing nickel
iron grains are usually thickly sprink-
led throughout the stony body.
Lightweight objects, full of holes, are
not meteorites, but are usually lava OF
clinkers from a fire. They have eX-
perienced intense heat-but not in the
sky.
According to the writer's experience
OOO2 of all suspected finds are gen.
uine. Out OF about 1000 specimens re-
ceived the past eight years only two
were the real thing" These were from
Washougal, Wash, and Ashland, Mont
But he hopes the shower of stones
will continue, and that the next 1,OOC
will test higher in star dust
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-06
Announcing Lawn-Carden Contest
FOR LAWN, GARDEN OR PLANTING
IDEAS IS FINE PRIZES TO BE
AWARDED DURING JUNE

To acquaint the people of Montana
with Anaconda Lawn & Garden Fer
tilizer, the Anaconda Sales Co., manu-
facturers of this new Montana product,
are awarding 25 prizes each month to
the best 25 lawn and garden sugges-
lions sent to them at Box 1913, Butte,
Mont
Each prize will be rs pounds of Ana
conda Lawn & Garden Fertilizer. En-
trants may send in whatever planting
hints, lawn ideas, or gardening sug-
gestions that occur to them All entries
become the property of the Anaconda
Sales Co.
A new contest will begin the first
of each month and end the last day
of the month. AS the contest will run
through the months of June, July and
August, there will be a total of rs
prizes awarded during the summer
Winners will be notified as soon as
possible after the close of each of the
three contest months and the winning
hints will be published in this news
paper.
Mail your suggestions to Anaconda
Lawn & Garden contest, Box 1913
Butte, Mont Entries for the June con-
test must bear a postmark dated on
or before June 30. Send as many sug-
gestions as you please. You do not have
to buy thing.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-06
GASOLINE TAXES
|LEVIES ON JOBS.
OIL HEAD SAYS
TAXES ON MOTOR FUEL FALL on
EFFORTS OF FARMERS AND
WORKERS

Federal gasoline taxes are largely
levies upon Jobs and American stand
ards of living, Fayette B. Dow, repre-
senting several groups in the petrol
cum industry. testified at hearings in
Washington on the proposed tax pro-
gram under consideration by the house
ways and means committee. Taxes on
motor fuel, he said, fall chiefly upon
the efforts Of millions OF farmers, fac
tory workers and wage earners to earn
a living.
More than two-thirds OF the gasoline
consumed in the United States, he said,
is used by farmers. manufacturers and
merchants in moving goods to the con-
sumner and by millions OF wage earners
getting to and from their jobs. Excess
sive taxes on motor fuel, asserted Dow,
constitute heavy burden upon the eff
forts of millions of workers to earn a
livelihood and maintain their present
standards of living.
Principal State Revenue
Calling attention to the fact that
state gasoline taxes. collected from the
same persons who pay the federal
levies, provide more than Is percent
of the revenue of the states, Mr.. Dow
said that 1.-The states are now collecting
1868. 900, 900 year from their taxes on
gasoline. From registration fees and
other similar levies the states are now
collecting s450.OOO, 900 annually. The to-
tai annual automotive tax revenues OF
the states are, therefore, 81, 3l8 900 900. :"
From the same group of taxpayers,
a majority of whom are shown by gov
eminent studies to have incomes Of less
ment is now collecting approximately
S347, 900 900 per year under its present
tax Of II cents per gallon on gaso-
line continued Dow. THE current
yield of other federal automotive taxes
is about sl6l OPT 900. The total present
revenue yield to the federal govern
ment on an annual basis from these
taxes is, therefore, s508,O27 900.
Present annual state and federal
sales taxes on a single commodity, gas
oline, amount to the enormous total Of
81 r2l5 10000 year. Other automotive
taxes bring the aggregate amount from
this class of taxation to Sl.826 900 900
annually. This is 14.3 percent OF all
federal, state and local taxes of what
ever kind collected in the United States
in 1910.
Billions in Revenue
Since their inception only a little
more than two decades ago. gasoline
and other automotive taxes have yield
ed 1000 900 900 in revenue" continued
Dow. The present total annual gasoline
tax Of s1,2l5, 100000 is almost equal to
one dollar barrel on every barrel of
crude oil produced. The present simple
average combined state and federal tax
is SO cents per gallon.
This is more than 100 percent of
the average wholesale price of gasoline.
1t is retail sales tax of AZ percent Of
the average retail price.
"On top of this the treasury now
proposes to ask the consumers of gaso-
line to pay s225, 100000 more The total
average tax, state and federal, would
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-06
CHARLES LEPLEY
DEAD; HELPED
MAKE MONTANA
DROVE BEEF HERDS TO CANADA
IN EARLY DAYS; WAS
WELL KNOWN

Charles Lepley. 80, a resident q,
Chouteau county for 60 years, died a,
the st. Glare hospital at Fort Benton
of pneumonia. which followed an &C.
cidental fall in which he suffered q
broken arm.
Charles Lepley for many years had
been rancher in Chouteau county
and in 1917 purchased the Grand Union
hotel, which he and Mrs. Lepley have
since operated.
Burial was at Fort Benton.
Charles Lepley was a nephew OF Johr
Lepley. noted early day miner and cat.
tleman. who Joined the gold stampede
to Montana and arrived at Bannack ir
1868, then moved to Last Chance gulct
Helena and in 1872 went into the
cattle business. His brand OLD was
recorded in Helena in 1873. In 1876
John Lepley, Charles E. Conrad anc
another man made trip to Sioux City
in small rowboat. In 1879 he located
permanently on the Shonkin range in
what is known as the Big Sag of Arrow
creek. The terrible winter of 1885, 81
caused John Lepley to change his
ranching methods, and the cattle out
fit survived where others went under
Later he was director of the First
National bank of Great Falls, and OF
the Stockmen's National bank in For,
Benton. He died in January. 1900. John
Lepley was the odd Man Lepley" OF
whom Charles Russell wrote.
Charles Lepley was born in Rockford
Ill, Jan. 81, 1861. In 1881 he came to
Fort Benton on one of the T. C. Power
Block p steamboats, from Sioux City
and went to work for his uncle as a
range rider. Before the railway came
to northern Montana he helped drive
beef herds to Maple Creek, Canada, on
two occasions. In 1887 he started a
herd of his own, continuing to raise
cattle until 1906.
The Shonkin Stock association dis
solved in 1906, and Charles Lepley was
among the members who pooled stock
and sold out to the Hansen Packing
Co. of Butte He retained his brand, 6
over L.
He was married to May Tisdale in
East Middlebury. VT. in 1894. Mrs
lepley and son, John Lepley. CO.
owner OF the Central Service station
/ here, survive him, as well as a daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. John Lepley, and a
grandson, Jack Lepley.
Hotel Was Famous
In 1917 Charles Lepley bought the
Grand Union hotel in Fort Benton
This three-story brick building was
built during a river boom in the early
eighties, and at one time was one OF
the most famous in the northwest
known during steamboat days from St
Louis to the Pacific coast.
Charles Lepley was a director of the
Stockmens National bank at Fort Ben.
ton for number Of years.
Honorary pallbearers were Judge H
H. Ewing, Judge c. N. Pray, J. E. Ken
KEEL, Great Falls; J. o. Patterson, Mon
tague; A. H. Davis, w. P. Sullivan
Square Butte: A. c. johnson, N. ]
Gould. Helena; Ezra Crane, Frank Lell
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LelDis and Clark
Has 532. Ranches

Lewis and Clark county's 532 farms
and ranches cover 938, 186 acres and
the total value of land and buildings
is $6,O23 ,476, the bureau Of the census
advised the agricultural marketing
service.
The figures were obtained in the 1910
national census Of county agriculture.
The buildings alone are worth ST.
316,O68 and the average farm with its
buildings Is worth $1l 800, the report
said. The per acre value Of land and
buildings Is $500. Farm implements and
machinery represent . total invest
ment Of $466, $40. The average farm Of
- acres OF more Is worth 3l2.105. q
boost which comes nom the large
ranch properties.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-06

Save a Life-Be a Careful Driver!
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CLASH fed
LIVE S T O OK
Advertising
For Sale

AT STUD-Palomino Stallion, Lord Nelson
For sale), standing at Art Nash Rancho,
Bozeman, Mont, RID n mi. N. OF Bozeman.
u mi. NV of Story mill
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-06
Harlem, Gas System,
Soon Goes in Use

The natural gas distributing system
at Harlem is completed, according to
Frank Marion, manager for the Mon
tana-Dakota Utilities Co. Some work
remains in getting right Of way for the
pipeline from the field south of Chin
ook before construction can begin. 1t
will take three or four weeks to build
the line
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-06
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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-06
TOlrne to Spend
Time On WritinQ

Charles w. Towne. head Of the Ana
conda Copper Mining Co. department,
Of information. retired from active duty
June l. Towne, a former associate OF
Ivy L. Lee in New York. came to Butte
as head Of the information department
In 1920. He will continue to make his
residence in Butte and at his summer
home on Flathead lake. He intends 10
spend his time in research work and
writing.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-06
Help Wanted

MALI on FINALE
WANTED: OFFICE WORKERS. single person
only, male or female, good opportunity. 70
further details address p. o. Boa 1880. Wash
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John Woodcock. Dr. c. F. Bassow, How
ell Harris, DR.. E. L. Anderson, James
Hurst George Wackerlin, w. S. Town
err, H. LaBerre, Wearn Rowe. Charles
Brinkman. All are old-time friends OF
Mr.. Lepley.
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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-06

Abandonment of improbable branch
lines by railways of the United States
totaled 1929 miles in 1910 compared
with 1,783 miles in 1899, according to
figures compiled by George E. Boyd,
associate editor, Railway Age.
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then be 50 cents per galin-a IS per-
cent retail sales tax

There's hardly anything 4 ma can
lie about more enthusiastically than
all the important people who sat next
to him at a dinner.
Evening star., 1941-09-07

in a corner by the scrubwoman.
Elizabeth! Where in the world have
you been?"
Hello, Fred" He was so solid and
strong and good and practical. Fred,
this is Arturo Rojas, a guide. He's
been showing me the city"
Hello - Have you paid him?"
Isl. Senor. handsomely, Arturo
said with bow. you wish for me to-
morrow? No? Then adios."
"Goodby," Elizabeth said, and the
past slid away. "Goodby, Art -
Arturo" And she turned resoIutely
to Fred.
Thank God you're safe, Elizabeth.
Darling, didn't really know how
much you meant to me, until l
thought of you alone in foreign land.
Well drive to Morelia tomorrow, and
get married there"
Married." This was what she'd
worked for. But - what about
Papa and Mama?"
Evening star., 1941-09-07
STRANGER
THAN MAN

WHEN you sit down to enjoy a plate
of shad roe you will eat 10000 to
10000 shad eggs. This fish is one of
the most prolific of egg-producers.
IA CHIPMUNK is not fooled by bad
nuts, even if they are among good
ones. He instinctively rejects bad
nuts. Whether he senses that the
nuts weight is not normal, or whether
he smells it or whether he simply sees
it is of poor quality, is not known.
fIGS saw America first" when they
toured with DeSoto 400 years ago!
When the Spanish explorer arrived in
Tampa he had 600 soldiers and thir-
teen pigs, the latter reserved for the
colony he planned to establish in
Florida. Carl kULRERG
Evening star., 1941-09-07
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
AS IF LOVE MATTERED!
Continued from preceding pose

81 understand there's best seller
in every ten-thousand books pub
lished."
I'm sure yours will be a best
seller
Art Jones chuckled. That's just
the way Dad said it. He wants me to
come home and go to work. Now,
don't read me lecture, Liz. You were
silly once, yourself"
AS THEY returned to the hotel, Liz
sighed. Il needed this night, and
thanks, Art Jones. l was like an over
trained prizefghter. But I've broken
training for night, and now I'm
in shape for the fight"
Alta girl. Liz. And good luck"
She knew he was going to kiss her
good night, and she wanted to kiss
Art Jones and all the silly things of
life goodby.
Elizabeth
The sleepy clerk started, his head
appearing above the edge of the dimly
lighted desk. Fred Melton was COM
ing from among the furnishings showed
Evening star., 1941-09-07

nlng ike the WlnQ.
'Art! Artw she called.
The tall figure turned in the night
street. "The Senorita desires to keep
the little dog, after alp" A shrug.
'But it is bad to remember silly
things"
mo; don't want Rags i mean,
do want him, but - want more"
1t had been only short run, but she
was breathing hard, and it was diff
cult to speak. cart Jones of Los
Angeles. IL want to be silly. l
guess I'm just. the foolish type" And
she looked up at his face anxiously.
He shook his head slowly. ''No;
you don't have to be fool all your
life, Elizabeth. Remember how it
was with Bill? All fun but no silk
stockings"
But we had the fun, Art. We
did have the fun. And don't" she
said sharply, "call me Elizabeth!
"Okay, Liz" Setting the dog down.
he took her in his arms with grave
possession.
Fred had come out of the hotel.
For long moment he looked at the
couple in the night street, and then
he turned back inside.
"If that's the way you feel," Art
Jones was saying, 81 guess l can hold
out. But my dad is putting on the
heat to have me come home and go to
work.
"Well. if your family needs your
help. Art -" Liz sighed. 1--WE could
go back for a little while"
"Oh, Dads eating three meals
day and all that. You see, he's
vice-president of the oil company.
He's got a career mapped out for
me-"
"Oh. Well, now you listen to me,
Art Jones! You've got that book to
write, understand? And if we don't
have anything else, we'll have lot
of fun"
"Okay," he said with a grin.
"Okay, Liz"
IL Ed
Evening star., 1941-09-07

don't YOU think? And
we could help arrange
things for the we'd
ding"
All she had to do
was utter the word
"Yes," or merely nod
her head. Security and
wealth were to be had
with a gesture.
Then she b ard
Rags. Arturo Rojas
was coming from the
dim rear with the clerk,
carrying under his arm
the dirty mop of the
dog. Rags had seen
her, and was whining
eagerly. Arturo's teeth
flashed. "The Se,aorita
she say she no want
the dog no more" he
explained to Fred.
''She say it is the silly
thing, to bring the dog
to Mexico. And she is
not silly no more"
And with a bow he
went out.
"Odd chap" Fred
said. "Well, perhaps
you're too tired to
make the drive tonight
Elizabeth" !"he cried.
"Elizabethw
But she was run
Evening star., 1941-09-07

merrily with the audience, not under
standing a word of what went on on
the stage. They danced some more,
and then walked in a park, where
beggar gave them blessing at bar
gain rates. 1t must have been very
late when they sat on a stone bench
beneath a huge Bougainvillea. The
lights of the city were in the valley
below, and to the south in the moon
light the white sentinels of Ixtacci-
huatl and Popocatepetl.
"Art Jones of Los Angeles" she
said. 81 want to thank you for
lovely evening"
But we haven't begun to see the
city - the real city"
mo; there can't be any other
nights like this. The Meltons never
stray from the tourist path, or any
other. And I'm going to marry Fred
Melton, if haven't ruined things"
"Why?"
well, maybe I've ruined things.
/ worked two years to bring Fred to
the point, and then / went off the
handle, and - well, I've got to do
Evening star., 1941-09-07

They're getting things ready. left
them in Morelia. OF course there's a
million things to do. We want things
right"
Yes, of course" She pushed away
the memory of marrying Bill before a
justice of the peace. 1--WE want things
right"
They're arranging for one of the
old churches. l never saw Papa so
happy. He likes people with spunk
- independence and initiative. That
is" he added, smiling, latter he cools
off He says you'll make good Mel
ton"
That ought to make it official"
she said. Then she laughed. to make
it joke. She felt like laughing, any
how. Of course it was all so simple,
once you saw it. Fred had been domi-
mated until he required domination.
Her rebellion had been the one thing
to bring him to her feet.
'Or, maybe" Fred said. timid
about suggesting such drastic step.
I'VE might drive all night and get
there by morning. 1t would be fun,
Evening star., 1941-09-07

grade near Gunnison. Bill pushed me
out and hung to the wheel"
"I'm sorry, Liz"
She looked off to the two white
peaks beyond the valley. After a bit
she said, so now you see. married
once for love - for love and nothing
else. And once is enough. I've had
my love. | don't want to sound cold
blooded about this, Art Jones. I'm
really fond of Fred. I'll make him a
good wife"
f1E NODDED. Thousands of girls in
offices and factories do work they
don't particularly like, under bosses
they don't care for, because of mis-
cradle wage. At the worst, you could
consider it a job on your part, with
security and wealth as salary. And
at the best, you could be contented
and happy as we'll"
Il suppose that's right; l hadn't
thought of it that way"
you're sensible, Elizabeth"
She vaguely disliked this label. The
Meltons placed great store on being
sensible.
mot to be curious, Art Jones, but
just why are you passing for Mexi-
CAM"
He grinned. "Well, / could be a
spy, or | could be a fugitive from JUS
tice. But my motive is pretty prosaic.
l pass as a Mexican so l can hold
down my job. I'm licensed guide. No
future in it, but meet some funny
people and one day I'm going to write
book about 'em. Being Mexican
saves a lot of trouble if you try to
work down here My dad found that
out. He worked for an oil company in
Tampico, before the fuss. l don't
have any trouble passing. Rojas
was my mothers name. She was
Spanish"
Books don't make money! Liz
said, irritated. Why was it that i'm
practical men were the ones who
attracted her?
Evening star., 1941-09-07

some more work.
81 meant-why
marry Fred?''
I'm fond of Fred"
He looked sidewise
at her. "Fond?"
She raised her chin
dehantly. Look, Art
Jones of Los Angeles:
/ married once for love.
l was very young, and
very much in love with
Bill. He was an artist.
Pretty good, too. But
you know W hat 1T
means to live by art.
We roamed in the old
jaloppy while he paint
ed. Have you seen the
Nevada desert with the
sage in bloom?-a
hundred miles of it on
all sides of you? Or
the Colorado mesa
country? Bill showed
me how to see beauty.
And when we needed
a tire or some gasoline
or foOd, ne q paint a
sign"
Art Jones nodded.
"All fun but no silk
stockings. So you di-
vorced Bill"
That's unkind. The
jaloppy brakes went
out on a mountain
Evening star., 1941-09-07
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-03
Will Accelerate
Defense Spending

ASHIN TON President
Roosevelt disclosed Tuesday after
noon that he plans 10 increase the
empo federal spending for de-
Tense.
Determined TO accelerate srma-
ment production even further TO
provide the weapons Of war for
this country and all nations resist
ing the dictators, Mr.. Roosevelt
said that the immediate plans are
simply to spend more money and
turn out more products.
He indicated that one move in
this direction may come next
week. saying that he may have
something ready next Monday or
Tuesday on his new lend-lease ap-
preparation request To congress.