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22 MINERS ESCAPE
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TWO MEN EXPIRE AFTER THEY
MADE THEIR WAY TO
THE TOP
Mlnsra Fight Qas and Smoke For 18
Hours Behind Hurriedly
Mads Bulkhead
Nederland, Oolo.—Twenty-two min
entombed in the flaming subterran-1
of the Fairvlew mine
ers
can passages
near this llrrle mining town for nearly
18 hours, emerged from their under-1
iron- 1
ground tomb—alive.
Half of them—big, stalwart,
hearted and strong-armed fellows, I
staggered almost nnalded from the
smoking tunnel, while others of their |
comrades were carried out uncon
And the battle ahlfted from the tor-1
tuous flre-ewept earthen chambers to
a little frame house where a temporary
hospital bad been thrown up to re-1
reive the 22, together wUh 10 volun-1
teer rescue workers who collapsed
from the flame# that rolled through I
the mine. There the fight continued
and death came to claim two—Robert
Stevenson, a miner, and Charles Her-1
qulat, a rescue worker.
Pulmotora and oxygen were being
used by a corps of doctors who took
op the valiant battle of the rescue
worker» In the crowded four-room I
structure where the survivor» lay. I
Moat of them will recover, but a few I
I
the 1
were reported In a critical condition,
The rescued miners narrated
heroism of Robert Stevenson, who dl
reeled the building and caulking of the
bulkhead behind which the men sought
safety and cheered them frequently by
bursting Into song, Stevenson died
soon after being removed from the |
mine.
Mine Superintendent H. K. Lldstone
estimated the property damage at $10.
000, despite earlier estimates that
placed the loss at upwards of $100,000.
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Berlin. Former Emperor William Is
to receive from the Prussian state a
poodly amount of bis holdings w " " I
were sequestered when the monarchy
fell and William went into exile In
Holland.
It has been decided by the Prussian
ministry of finance that it will meet
the claims of the ex-kalser for the re
storation by giving him about $7,500,
000 In dash, 180,000 acres of forests
and agricultural lands, three palaces
In Berlin and one In Bnbelshurg and In
addition some house property In the
capital.
Prussia Will Pay Wilhelm
TM-I W.w. 1» It.iu
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Naples.—A tidal wave sweeping ln
during a storm has destroyed the town
of Baden«, near the strait of Messlana.
The greatest force of the storm was
felt in Sicily and the province of Cola
bar. Many persons are known to have
been Injured and scores of homes dam
aged. Communications were disrupt
ed. railway tracks being washed out
and telegraph and telephone lines
broken. The storm was also heavy at
sea, where disasters are feared, al
though none are reported. Three
steamers were damaged but succeeded
In reaching port safely.
San Francisco.—A conscience fund
of nearly $265 stood rounded out here
by a Portland laborer, who some time
ago began remitting money to the
Southern Pacific company for rides he
told of having stolen on the company'*
train*. The conscience-stricken man
I n f o r m ed officials that hi* calculation»
showed h* had "beaten bis way 8,809
miles on Southern Pacific trains,''
wblch he paid for at the rate of 8 cents
• mile,
Pari«.—"Legion of Honor Employ-1
ment Bureau" la a sign on the door of
the Palais de Legion de Honeur on the
Quay d' Orsay. The legion's bureau
guarantees
"workers of experience and reputa
tlon" on Its lists. Most of the work
done by the bureau has been for the
benefit of former pupils of the tech
nlcal and professional schools main
—
Washlngton.—President and Mrs.
Coolldge formally opened the annnal
Christmas seel campaign of the Ns
tional Tuberculosis association. A re
productlon of the seal, bearing two tall
candles, was placed In the window of
the south portico of the White house
and then Mr. and Mr*. Coolldge pur
chased the first seal from Adrienne
Mayer, age 11, one of.the "health cru
Denver— H. F. Denny of Denver was
talned by the legion.
sadera."
elected president of the Rocky Moun
tain Retail Furniture association
wblch held Us annnal convention here.
New York-r-The
Nye, 19, was a climax to * "children's
booze party," the district attorney's
office announced In declaring Gordon
Piero had admitted the killing of hla
friand. . .
Washington—The annual apportion
ment of federal aid funds to the var
ious «mm ft» road construction and
tentatively set for Dec.
\ bm mi »«talrsd by law until Jan
mry i* fe*t beam I by **"
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I IRRIGATORS OWE THE
"liiii BIG SUM
Pact Due Payment* la Reclamation
Problem States Report to
Interior Department
Washington.—Consideration of re
quests of farmers on federal reclama
tion project# for deferment of pay
ments due the government has con
stituted the most difficult and exact
1 ) n#; dirty of the commissioner of re
clamatlon. Klwood Mead declares In
Ms annual report to the secretary o<
the Interior.
Of the thousands of such requests
received. Dr. Mead reported, many
were «»titled to and received syrnpn
tbeflc consideration But, he said,
there were many requests from Irri
gators amply able to pay, from non
resident land owners, whose farms
«re cultivated by tenants, and from
»hose who openly opposed all pay
ments to the government, and these
applications were refused.
"Otherwise," the commissioner said,
should
"federal
would cease,
Arrears In payments of water users
In 1924 totaled $3.000,000 bringing the
five-year total to $8,ft00,000. In re
gat'd to these deficits, the report call
attention to the theory that federal
reclamation Is that It shall be self
supporting.
Irrigated lands In the federal pro
the said,
and
reclamation
J«*» !■« year. report pro
duced crops worth nearly $110.000,000,
«" Increase of $7,000,000 over the pre
vlona year.
Completion of the Tleton dam on the
Taklma project In Washington state
*nd the Black Canyon dam In Idaho
contributed, the report said, to the
great progress which was made dur
the year In conservation of the
country's water resources,
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TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS B
Cleveland.—A raid upon the show
rooms and factory of the Campen com
pany, manufacturers of ladles' gowns
and wearing apparel, by burglars net
ted the thieves $18.000 worth of silks.
Sunderland, Eng.—Muffling hells In
(he ^ for ro<linorlal wn . lcM of
Quw , n Alexandra. R. C. Hudson,
church warden and war veteran, was
rni(lhw) w deuth wheu a blg bt>n fell
over.
New York.—Additional earnings re
ports of the carriers for October, other
than the coalers, continue to show In
creases over the same month last year.
Northern Pacific gained $178,504, and
Great Northern, $00,291.
8nn Francisco.—Oil has been found
in a new California field. Reports
from Petaluma, Sft miles north of here,
said a well financed by residents of
1 Sonoma county had come in with a
flow of 100 barrel* a day at a depth of
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j *' ' . . .
, Ooltimhus, Ohio-Announcement of
fhe candidacy of Mrs. Bvnlyn 1 ranees
Snow of Mount ' pr " on - for the Ke :
P nh,lcan nomination for governor of
Ohio la expected to bring other wo
m « n lnto thp flp,d ' # She ****** wa8
" ,afe oen,,or of motion pictures,
Wisconsin Rapids, Wls. Two mys
lerious masked gunmen stalked Into a
roadhouse half a mile from this city
a n< i a* 101 two m ** n * 8 they listened to
« radio concert. Instant death was
the fate of one R. A. Davis, a farmer
'of Portage county. William Bauer, a
farmer of Wood county, Is expected to
In* «»»J *ront portion of the crop Is
| P**L and the movement of grain from
now on will be heavy and steady. Fres
dle.
New York.—Conditions generally In
Canada are Improving; danger of los
J Went Beatty of the Canadian Pacific
«tated he expected gross earnings of
the company In 1925 would show 1m
provement over 1924.
I Munich.—An Italian merchant living
In Munich recently won the equivalent
of $126,000 In a lottery. After recelv
Ing news of his winnings, he com
mltted suicide. When he bought his
lottery ticket he signed a statement
I that In case he should win, he would
give half his prize to the society of
Munich Chimney Sweeps and the rest
J of It to the breweries,
Berlin.—Thanksgiving was celehrat
ed here by services In the American
church, at which American Ambassa
dor Sohurman read President Cool
Idge's Thanksgiving proclamation.
This was followed by a luncheon at
the American Institute by 80 American
students, and a dance under the aua
ploes of the American chamber of com
merce. ,
New York.—Construction of « hotel
f 0 r native student« In South Africa at
a cost of $20,000 has been made the
subject of an appeal to 32,000 negro
members of the American Y. M. C. A.
by Max Yergan, an American negro,
who pioneered In organizing associa
tions In Bantu Land. The proposed
club house would be located at Forta
Hare college, Alice, Cape Province.
_Stockholm.—
Swedish minister at Madrid, has been
appointed minister to the United
States, replacing A. F. Wallenberg.
Old-Ttme Scout Dead
Seattle,—Funeral services for An
drew Monroe Bagley, 73, who at one
time was a scout In the United States
army and took part In several Indian
»Ids with Col. William Oody. known
a« Buffalo BUI, were held her*. He
* wa* a rider for the pony mat] be
W»«., m4 Dead*
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SETIRLD RECORD
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WIN FOUR OF THB SIX POSSIBLE
CHAMPIONSHIPS OF
• THE WORLD
SURPASS DLL OTHER EXHIBITS
Agriculture Riches of the Treasure
Stats Command 41 Per Cent
of Prize Money
Bozeman, Mont.—The Treasure
State of America, dumping her agri
cultural treasures Into the 182ft com
petition of the Chicago International
Hay and Grain Show, ha.« set a new !
International record In prize winning
with small grains. Before thla year
Montana had held the record for per
centage of money won with small
grains, so it was her own record that
was broken when the Judges placed
four of the six possible world's cham
pionships of 102ft Into Montana hand«
and when Montana was awarded
eight out of 12 possible first places
In small grains first in regional white
dent corn and first in timothy seed.
For years Montana has stood su
preme among American producers of
small groins, winning more prize mon
ey than any other atate and generally,
for the classes In which she has en
tered, more prize money than all other
states put together. Montana's 192S
winnings are the greatest In the his
tory of thla Outstanding producer of
quality grains, this state taking 41 per
cent of oil prize money offered In the
classes she entered, more than all
other American states together and
completely outclassing her great rival,
Canada, __
Washington.—Mrs. William H. Bol
ling, 82 years old, mother of Mr*.
Woodrow Wilson, died here after sev
eral months' Illness from heart dis
ease.
L C. C. Hold Up RA'.es
Washington—An alteration of north
western railroad rate schedules, which
would hare resulted In Increasing rates
on grain moving from the Dakota*,
Montana and Minnesota to Chicago
and other marketing centers, has been
held up by the Interstate commerce
commission.
The Increase changes would have
ranged from 1% to 2Li cents per 100
pounds, brought about In the granting
of transit privileges.
The railroads had planned to make
the new schedule effective November
25., but the commission ordered the
present rates continued until Decem
ber 27.
Teacher Given Medal
Washington.—"For bravery* under
Are" In protecting the 1,500 orphans
under her care, Miss Emma D. Cush
man of Boston, former head of a Near
East relief training school at Corinth,
Greece, has been announced ns the
winner of a distinguished service med
al of the Near East relief.
During a revolution In Greece last
spring. Miss Cushman with aid of the
larger hoys of her school, rolled five
rebel airplanes a half mile away from
the school campus, where they had
been parked and had drawn the fire
of the loyal forces.
Miami, Fla.—Miami, drenched and
dripping, has resumed her interrupted
labors after the most devastating rain
In her history. The downpour estab
lished a new record for a single day's
rainfall here, with a precipitation of
14.1 Inches, according to Richard W.
Gray, the United States weather ob
server here. This new mark bettered
the former record, set Oct. 24, 1924,
when 9.70 Inches of rain fell. Miami
and her satellite cities and towns were
forced to suspend business generally.
Little Rock. Ark.—Known as the un
lucklest man In Arkansas, J. W. Par
ker of Mena, representative In the Ar
kansas general assembly. Is on the
hospital list again.
Some years ago Mr. Parker lost a
leg. Tatter he lost an arm and then
an eye. During the 1925 assembly he
fell and fractured two ribs.
Now he Is laid up with a fractured
thigh, suffered In an automobile acci
dent
Dickerson,
warden of the Nevada state prison,
former governor of Nevada and direc
tor of federal prisons during the World
war, died at his home at Carson City.
Reno. Nev.—Denver S.
„ Los Angeles.—Charles Ray, motion
picture actor, featured in a long series
of financial misadventures, the roost
recent of which was a government suit
for approximately a quarter of a mil
lion dollars in back income taxes, filed
In federal court here a voluntary pe
tition In bankruptcy. He listed his
liabilities as $966,506 and his assets
$130,355.
• Fried, wealth y dl
rector of a bread factory, must serve
20 years In jail and pay $85,000 for
profiteering.
rubb er. valued at between $80,000 and
$80,000 After the driver ijad been
t*mn<1 and gagged fee was carried In
»« automobile to the Brçnx, 18 mile*
-from the scene of iIts robbery, before
Steal Lead of Rubber
New York.—Kidnaping the driver of
a motor truck, five robbers In Brook
lyn escaped with a truckload of crude
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By JOHN DEXTER
A movement la again ander way for
the organization of a cow testing as
sociation In Lewis and Clark county.
Tliin project has been in the air for
several years. Last spring a definite
effort was made to establish a testing
organization and It resulted in the for
mation of a cow testing club with a
variable membership,
were made with a local creamery to
make the tests for a small fee pro
viding farmers would bring In their
samples once a month. While Interest
soon lagged In the testing dub It was
sufficient to give Its members an Idea
of the benefit of testing. As the result
the demand for a cow testing associ
ation I* once more making Itself felt,
A survey of the number of owners and
the number of cows within a reason
able area has been taken and leaders
In the movement are hopeful that an
association will soon be formed.
Arrangements
Project leaders have been selected
and work on the clothing project as
outlined by the woman's division of
the Montana Extension Service has
started in five communities In Madi
son county. The beginning of the
clothing work deala with the making
of paper dress forms and Miss Blanch
Lee. state leader of Home Demonstra
tion Agents, gave demonstrations In
each of the Madison county communi
ties to get this work started. The wo
men have decided to have the dress
form work completed by January 1
and will then go on with the next step
of the clothing project. Mrs. Laura
K. Alsop Is the community leader In
the Waterloo community. Mrs. H. F.
Burgess is the lender at Twin Bridges,
Mrs. Willard H. Tohey at Sheridan,
Mrs. L. D. Piper at Ennis and Mrs.
Charles E. Carmin at Harrison.
The county extension office under
the direction of J. O. Membre has es
tablished a motion picture circuit
among the rural communities of Fallon
county. Last month more than 800 far
mer* and their familles attended mo
tion pictures given In the 15 different
town# and communities in the circuit.
It Is planned to make one complete
round with u new picture program of
educational and entertainment value
once a month. The communities In
cluded In the circuit are Willard.
Pleasant Valley. Lame Jones School,
John Wentz School. Webster, West
more, Ollle, Knobs. Milk Creek, Baker.
Coal Springs. Twin Bnttes, Wills
Creek. Plevna and Pine Creek. The
Visual Instruction Department at Mon
tana State College supplies the films (
for the programs.
With a larger acreage this year and
a more abundant yield |»er acre, almost
perfect weather for harvesting and
hauling, and prices at the end of Oc
tober the highest In the history of the
potato industry, potato .dealers at Knl
Ispell agree that this year is Indeed a
prosperous one for them. Shipments
from the Great Northern station up to
November 1, had totaled 50 carloads.
At present the Potato exchange esti
mates that Its warehouse contains 5ft
carloads, the shipment of which. Man
ager G. C. Wooater stated, depend# up
on market demands and prices. Men
from many places around Yakima, and
from Chicago. Minneapolis and Butte
have I teen at the exchange buying.
Big Shipment of Hogs
More than 1.200 hogs. In a single
shipment, left Forsyth recently for the
markets In Tacoma, constituting what
Is believed by C. V. Vassau. a local
buyer, to be the largest Individual
shipment ever made from
connty.
These hogs had been purchased from
the farmers of the connty by Mr. Vas
sau during the fall and which he had
placed In Ws feed Iota near the fair
grounds where they were placed on a
full ration of coni and other fattening
feed, all of which had also been pur
chased from farmers In the county.
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Organize a New
Poultry Club
The Hill County Poultry Growers'
aaaociutlon was organized at a meet
ing In the office of the county agent.
The objects of the new organization
are to market the poultry and poultry
products of the community ln such a
manner as to obtain the greatest net
returns to the individual members, and
others; to develop better market facili
ties; to study local, atate and national
poultry marketing problems which af
fect the welfare of the members of the
association ; to foster and develop the
co-operative spirit In the community ;
to Improve the types, quality and
breeding of standard birds for show
and egg production and to perform any
other work which may tend to the bet
terment of the members and the gen
eral benefit of the neighborhood.
The turkey crop lu the Laurel sec
tion this year has netted the farmers
approximately $8.000. It Is estimated
that the crop already disposed of rep
resents about half of the turkeys In
that district. One farmer received
$1196 for his Bock of turkeys and an
other rancher was paid $1141.
.
Many farmers of the Simms valley
are holding their potatoes for $3 a
hundred pounds, It was learned by R.
E. Cameron, Cascade county agricul
tural agent In a survey. Offers of
$2.85 are bringing no response, accord
ing to Mr. Cameron. There are about
100 acres of potatoes In the Immediate
vicinity of Sinnus nod some 200 acre»
in this crop in the entire valley, from
the Vaughn locality up to the Fairfield
country.
A. B. Cook, of Helena, breeder of
registered Hereford cattle at Town
send, added to his already long string
of blue ribbons and other trophies at
the Kansas City livestock show, by
winning the stockyards cup for the
best herd of 10. also the Junior cham
pion bull and the senior and grand
champion cow. Mr. Cook won In com
petition with 52 other herds from sev
eral state*.
It Is estimated by Billings dealers
that about 150 carloads of beans have
been shipped out of the Billings terri
tory. This 1» believed to be hardly
half of the entire crop. Present esti
mates of the total crop range from 300
to 400 carloads While some of the
farmers are selling, many are bolding
for better prices.