The Carbon County news. [volume], February 26, 1925, Image 4

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Tilt: CARBON COUNTY NEWS
CONTINUING THE CARBON COUNTY CHRONICLE
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Published Every Thursday, at Red Lodge, Carbon County, Montana
O. H. P. S HELLE Y, Editor and Mgr. _
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TELEPHONE NUMBER NINE
WORLD'S-END PROPAGANDA
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Gathering about her a small coterie OI au."
herents,
«Diego (and Hollywood) has ad
long list of predictions OT the end ot tne world,
and the comimr of Christ In silent submission
and tne coming oi
many peisons disposeo OI t y 1 '"
sions, and, after contributing to the* cause ,gath-,
_ J „ „ „„„„ f-1-.Q -frinHn'Il« tn await tho uvaok of
Ciedonoi nea
doom. But doom dldn t CraCK.
This same solemn forecast caused more 01';;
-, 1 , • ,1 fine «ofirm A 1 Ipooj- nrtp
less hysteria throughout the nation, ai least one
woman committed suicide, a man went into
«nucryui HfHp phildrpn ran wild in the streets in
' • • ' O .1 • A ) J t „11 report whilp
AJUlling of then eideis What it ail meant, Willie
enlightened and intelligent religionists!
bumr their heads in shame and the rest of the
nun g ineil neaus 111 biwuie, auu lie Ui uic
world wavered between suppressed humor and a)
rather uncannv doubtfulness.
"safree country, and everyone has a
1'ight tO Worship as his conscience dictates, and to
m-oclaim as his nress agent advises Everyone al-i
OCiaiJH ctb IlJh> pi Cbï> ctu\i-t. . u
SO haS a right to believe that accurate forecasts,
of divine events can be made and, if he sees fit, to'
try his own hand at the game. But no one has any
moral right to assume divine relationships in such
manner as will stir the misguided into property
losses and sacrifices, hysteria, suicide and msan
itv: and then accept contributions for no other
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apparent purpose than as retributions. inis, ac
cording to press dispatches, is exactly what was
done and what happened. _ t _
It is time to use whatever educational meas- :
m-es may be necessary to stop the kind of world's-!
end propaganda that is pretty sure to bring mone
tary reward oor undeserved publicity to its insti
gators. Every little while someone bobs up with
ins pet predictions. And many lall for it. Do they
ïorget, or do they ignore that plain Biblical state-1
a £ x .1 j. J j v « ,,
ment of that day and hour knoweth no man, no,
toot t e angels in heaven. !
As for Christ's coming, the belief is prevalent
that Christ already is here in spirit and in truth,
and that if He IS not already in your heart the
ifault it vours and not His That Christ mav come
lauil lb you . ana not nis. mat V-IUlSt may t imt
also in visible lorm is not generally ueniea. But
unwarranted predictions that shake the faith of
■nHnlt irmnnpnnp no woll no nf littln nUilrlvnri xxrill
<UIUil nnt Ltncfc as well as OI lllllt tmiaren Will
never foster a much-needed greater respect for
relivion nor brine- the unsaved million«; to a closer
millions to a Closer
auneience to Its precepts.
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THE "OTHER SIDE" OF THE FRENCH DEBT
Senator Boarh wants that $4,000,000,000
France owes to the United States. Deputy Marin,
of France, says the debt will be paid, but that
America should balance or adjust its call for gold
against the blood of France that was shed to win
the world war. Each spokesman presents solid
and substantial arguments wherein dollars are
balanced against sentiment. In a sense, both are
right. We had thought all the time that there
could be no dispute over the repayment of a plain
loan of the staggering figures of the bill presented
to France. After reading the French view, h
ever, we are reminded of the story of the defen
dant who was represented in court by an able
lawyer. Having cleared the man of the charge,
the lawyer said to him, "Did you really steal the
mule?" "Well sir, it was just like this," said the
man. "I really thought I did steal that mule, but
after hearing your argument to the jury I was
convinced that I didn't."
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BETTER BUSINESS
Reviews of business conditions throughout
the country are refreshing reading. Production
is advancing, distribution of goods is on the in
crease, and prices are gaining over the low points
of last summer. Business is on an upward trend;
and to the business man, the farmer, the miner,
and all of us, the upward trend on a business chart
is the best possible antidote for the "tired-busi
ness-man" feeling.
Bear Creek
Items.
(Special to Tha News)
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Owing to the absence of oar Bearcreek corres
pondent we ha T7 e no correspondence from Bear
creek this week.
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THE iVEATjliSlI;*82,
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The weat ^er is the most talked of, most
^^abused, most praised, most strangely deceptive,
j . «.u mncitTnf and unvarvimr fViino* in
! ancl yet ™emost constant and unvarying thing m
our every-day lives. The weather furnishes a
impansof hecinninv/l conversation an PXUIISP fni'|
... vpQcnri'fav f i __
I . ^ uling UJJ mOrningS, a leason lOl liavei, an
(alibi for poor business, a boon to the farmer, a
hptipfif tn Hip mrtcnmpr a diffipnltv fnr ntnofi/xn o
, 0, 1 LU L 1L utusuniu, rt UUllCUib.y Tüf aviation, a
1 J 0 * 3 l0r gOVemjftient employes, and a fortune for
coa| and icg ' , onnortunitv for circi^p C
, , . , ' . , „ 1-, .1 ... CUS
„ u '-•UdULdUtfUdS, a Jiaiaaise lor lovers, a cause
f'°r rheumti/m, a subject for editorials, and an
JL i fnrradina nlnonH noro anrl f,,,
r tk / d lauios, C10 .aQ Cells anu IUI coats,
I "We don't have the winters we ü&ed to have,"
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lh ammar expression. 1 he fact remains that
we d0 h^Ve'the winters we used to have; and the
summerfe, too. .The apparent diffemnee between
UOW 7 and then IS psychological. When we W r ere
ch i Idi ' e h the beautiful snow impressed us more
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<: *nu " t Vw.ueci Cleejiei into It, the ram beat down
harder because we were out in it more; the thun-|
her clapped louder because we understood it less
and it terrified us more. Beside all this, the mind
of youth takes deep impressions, mingles them
Wltn imagination—builds snow crystals in the joy
of life which age receives as a crusty reality. But
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to lacis.
An eminent authority says that there is oret
ty general agreement that within historic times
progressive changes of climate have not occurred
In parts of the United States temperature and
rainfall records have been kept for more than one
hundred years. Taking New York City-and New
Orleans as examples, he states that in a century
of time at New \ ork and in eighty-seven years at
New Orleans, the vearlv means have not varWl
une y cat ly meaub licit c HOL VdTieU
more than five or six degrees, although it is shown
that rainfalls show a much greater variation.
As in tbp nf tv»p mon mto
tensively, but "always took his climate with him "
andnPVPfnnitp pahH find a 0 ii{» 0 W fl A«A „, no iul
l? qUlt ® C ? Uld " nd a suitable one, weather
agreeableness IS largely a matter ofi acclimation
^nd mental attitudp Mnuh wp HVp tn nf
, U nnv iXV nnd oSim "ïaî ii
^ Palm-ÖeCkea a\enU6S, the Al
mighty never intended that all of US should walk
around in bsthino- «nil-o m oil ^
-P T 1 • n, ® , . .. ' . 1 our lime
frolicking after rabbits .in snow-shoes. So long
as W r e are <Sohpr inductfrimia ViQnnxr fViviffxr nr*
maustl 10US, nappy thrifty, CO
UpOI d llVe ana conscentious, we ought to take the
weather for bteter or for worse, though the doing -
Of this is a virtue mankind Vlppn clnw fr\ ddnrvf
LUC manKina nab oeen Slow to adopt.
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They've got SO many laws now-a-davs even
01-.1 0. • t , •f ° 1 --- a ua, y® even,
autotübes get pinched.
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Methuselah lived to be several hum] voarc
11 TV . L ° e Several Hundred years
Old. But they dldn t have automobiles in his time.
WOMEN MEET T\T WACniTMmnxr
JiViiiiiN 1VIBE i 1ÎS WASH IXTON TO
Headline. Well, thev OUP-bt to do
' OU t,ni; U) GO
someimng - about It. Book who Storied all this!
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A historian has just bobbed up and nailed
that George Washington hatchet story as false.
Now let's bury the hatchet!
What's become of the old-time fellow they
called a patriot? He's probably wearing a colon
ial costume in the movies.
Western states didn't mind voting dry, but
they never intended the rainfall to stop.
Climate is no longer a problem with
people. It's merely a question of where they
get the best booze.
A pedestrain has only two feet. However,
charitable motorists often make it possible for
him to have six by two.
some
can
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END WAR.
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trouble back in Eden!
HOUSE PASSES THREE
(Continued from first page)
for a maximum compensation for in
jured workmen of $15,00 per week and
that the occupational disease clause
of the Ainsworth bill is omitted.
House Bill 322, by Kelly of Silver
Bow. relating to the cancellation of
taxes delinquent prior to 1920,
killed by the committee of the whole
house.
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The Senate—Wednesday
The boundary lines of Lake county
were again the subject of controversy
in the senate today. When the
mittee on new counties and divisions
com
recommended the killing of senate bill
by Watson providing for taking
back into Missoula county, the Arlee
mS™the m swM ke Ri«î vX* y that '
ple ; the residents ot Ariee district
had agreed t0 ** inc,uded in fo»* 6
county with the understanding that,
th «y to be allowed to return
t0 lllt par ant coun ty b >' act of the leg
iislature ' Tbo followed the,
same procedure as in the other
and K ave it the axe. It is probable,
i however > that tbe bi " W 'U b e revived,
If Conser carries out his intention of
: movin K for reconsideration of the first
bin -
I Takmg note Of the urge by Hazel
baker for action, because of the ap
proac; the fi ^ tictb d «y of the »«s-.
1 sion, ... senate handled nearly 50 bills
turned in by reports of standing com
j mit . tc< s - a:! plin f. r T ort8 kiUin ? 21
and recommending for passage, 26
othe,s and agreeing to two substitute
^asures introduced to take the places
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tbat of Senator Walker, 172, provid
w K J or I amendmen , t J °, f «oscow-'
Walker law, consolidating Butte and
Silver Bow county. _The bill was
J or e fad me by the committee without
"thoÜfa dissenting vote the sen,
ate passed on third reading senate bin
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sure is designed to place the counties
and municipalities on a cash basis and
i provides drastic penalties for over
drawing the funds of the estimated
revenues > lowing, however, for the
! ÏÏlï i SS
i «pp^ved by a vote 0 f the people,
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nor Erickson, pas3ef r with «■.% five
ji ;lr i V! . '■ . : tîle it
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i eiffhth distr >ct with cascade bounty
uudhavinRtw o A> d ^. The bin dim
inates one judge.
senator s P «r of Cascade county,
vvho v;as one of the flve t0 vote
b ! 1! stat !* d ht a did !°a only
T of the judges t0 reside at
Benton, county seat of Choteau.
The House
The first night session of the assem
hly was 1161(1 this evenin g. beginning
f, 7 ' 30 •* iom P ,».,.„d
a la rge nmruer of bills were passed on
thnd readlngr and a sreater number
^_recommended favorably after consid
I ration in committee of the whole.
The house before adjournment adop
ted ° favorable committee report on
substitute for House Bill 438 which is
8 measure providing a modification ot
!„ e p I eaent p y escn f tion l8W ' by . ,ower -
The C 6 1 lf ay 1,6 *** aed -
Tbe committee on privileges and elec
I;' 1 !" 8 . re P° rt ! d favorably upon a sub
senhar which 0 !* 8 ! 1 1 2 °' F l ach '
senhar, which is known as the closed
primary, and which passed the house
previously in its original form, and
was called back from the senate. I
The bills passed on third reading
House Bill 288 by Ainsworth,
relating to county assessors ownership
books; H. B. 297, by Parkin, provid
marriage license fee of $5, and
providing for its distribution; H. B.
78, by Beadle relating to writs of at
tachment; H. B. 287, by Tinsley; relat
ing to tax on livestock entering the
state; H. B. 294, by Hedrick, relating
to school warrants; H. B. —, by banks
and banking, limiting the borrowing
power of banks: H. B. 269, by Flach
senhar, relating to candidates for of
Tice; H. B. 226, by committee on banks
and hanking, relating to status of pub
lie deposits in insolvent banks; H. B.
258, by Cusick, relating to organisa
tion of townships; H. B. 267, by Smith,
Lewis and Clark, relating to nomina
tion of school trustees; H. B. 134, by
Ruffcorn. relating to search and
seizure; H, B. 301, by Campbell, relat
mg to persons in certain relations be
uni v nmlned: substitute for House
Bill No. 184, by committee on reve
nue and taxation, relating to license
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The Sen a i«^-Thur«day
Apparently the senate it of the same
mind as the house, judging from the
result of the second attempt made to
pa8S a l an Mutuel bill. This bill.
u ! l Ch COntai " ed * ,oca ' option P™
vision, «vas killed by a roll call vote of
25 t0 23- Thc , vote on tbird reading
lde, but when roil call
was announced, Senator Cowan of Hill
peo
are;
mg a
.oiinty, changed hi« vote from aye to
no.
The bill provided that the counties
should have the power to exercise the
right of county option by election to
determine whether they should have
pari-mutuel,betting on horse races at
county and other fairs.
The senate also passed on third
reading S. J. R.. Griffin, which antbor
izes and instructs the state boar«} of
examiners to pay back to the common
school funds from the general fund
the sum of $1,906,000 illegally con
verted from the school funds to the
use of the state, and empowering the
board to issue refunding certificates
.n favor of the school fund
Four senate bills passed on third
reading.
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Scofield s bill, 106, which would bar
from voting any person i„ Montana
unable to read and write was killed
in the committee of the whole yeater
ne' h h W1 ^ T wT ,
speech by Senator Tom Walker of
Silver Bow - An attempt to kill the
wu « few minutes before by senator
stewart who moved to strike the en -
acting clause failed by a few vote:
after he made a strong talk, saying
bill,[among other things, that the bill's
purpose was to disfranchise a goodly
number of voters of old country origin,
'who were denied educational oppor
»unities in their youth, but who were
iintelligent.
Cowan defended the committee re
port for passage on the ground that
the president, having enf.ancWsed a
number of Indians in the state, it had
been found that few of them could
oad J or write> and lhey a PP ai ' entl y bad
no idea as to party principles or about
candidates, excepting, perhaps, one
or m out of a long list of them.
Sided here for a considerable time
might be embarras ed, but action
needed in order to force the Indians to
re-,take advantage of the educational fa
.emue« offered them by the govern
"'"Tcan only say for this wu that it
it simply damnable in principle and
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disfranchise some of the best of our
pioneer* who, unfortunately, were un -
able to receive
youth, but who are, nevertheless
highly intelligent and who have voted
«d ÎK
my opinion it is unconstitutional.
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measure."
By standing vote, the bin was killed
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Amended that & tax of ?i is as
sessod to each prescription and $1.00
to each sale of Ibmor the rravhiii
u B sS designed S ÏÏ!
the «umber of prescriptions to be ai
lowed " nder the law>
Holton's resolution, H. J. R. 9, which
would authorize reimbursement of the
school fund of the state similar to the
caffin resolution passed by the sen
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passage.
Distribution of the gasoline license
proceeds of this state was left "up-in
the air ' when the house of représenta
lives adjourned after a long and
heated session over the merits of
House Bill 330. which is a 3-cent gaso
line measure designed to bring enough
Trioney to the at « te wghw« y commis-;
sldn to mat *b the bulk of the federal
aid money offered this state by the
federal government.
K The republlcan memb€rs ot the
house who are working with the good
foads enthusiasts, succeeded in having
House Bill 311 automobile license
measure, considered -before House Bill
330 was taken up. The result of this
manipulation was that House Bill 331
>8 recommended for passage providing
that 60 per cent of the proceeds shall
be distributed among the 66 counties
equally, and 50 per cent be returned
t0 the counties in proportion to the
registration of automobiles from that
county. This was accomplished over
the determined opposition of almost
the entire Silver Bow delegation
which claimed the county would*suffer
to the tune of about $70,000 under the
arrangement. ,
A saving of about $78,000 in the
next two years on the salaries and ex
penses of district judge« and of county
attorneys is contemplated in H. B. 883
by the appropriations committee. The
bdl wa » recommended in committee of
the whole Thursday. Wold, chairman
°f the appropriations committee, in
reply to a question, said that the re
duction in district judges salaries and
expenses was from $180,000 a year,
thé old appropriation, to $156,000 a
yefu - a «d for county attorneys from
|7 ®'° 00 a , year t0 ?55 - (M, °- Tbia means
biennial salvage of $48,000 on the
ud » e8 . costs and $30,000 on the
coun ^ y attoroneys. j
The Senate—Friday )
The Pari-Mutuel bill, which has
lived nnd died in both houses, was
resurrected today in the senate and
passed on third reading by a vote of
29 to 26. if it can pass the house,
there is good chances of its becoming
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education in their
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BRAZILIANS ADMIRE
AMERICAN SPEAKERS
Rl0 Dt j anerio ._ A Jocal newgpaper
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haS P ubllshed »^asttc
men( * on P ubbc speaking in Brazil,
contrasting the lucidity and directness
of certain public speakers of North
America to the wandering vagueness,
under similar conditions, of well
known Brizilians.
The writer thal in BraIti , the
public orator> „ , ^ ha| no ^
qJ
^
or progress. In order to tell
i* »impie he piles up adjectvies,
brinjrs rowa of verbg JntQ Une
ates confusion by abuging the ^ of
details, metaphors and ■
And thig not W eno h> he makeg
hiS VOiCe quaver in order lhat the
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a law - This « the bin providing local
0 P l > o n elections for the use of pari
mutuel machines at fairs and exposl
tlons -
On third reading senate bill 67,
making the writer of a check liable,
until the instrument has been cleared
through all banks,—a measure which
won 30 to 20. The bill has been amend
ed to provide for notice to be given
the writer, when his check is taken
by a bank and a draft issued in lieu
of it.
without a dissenting vote, the house
biil 6 p ox Parkin and Meclrthv nro
v iding heavy penalties for the'sale
ddlintr 0I . iviutr away of narcotic ,;
fCT £
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and aUei arguments lasting more
than Cwü hours over amendments as
-a give eo per cent of the
i >roceeds to the wg-*-^ «au«i and ib
^ wh '"
At the beginning of the a .1ernoon
ÄÄÄ r "'
-.ed to u«
Bec * t ot I'mtgiu.
test, when he went forward to take the
or office, and was ««signed a «eat
;nexl t0 • Senat ° 1 ' Kane, in the front
jected, the senate, in the forenoon
Sion of the committee of the whole
yesterday, recommended for passage
S. B. 59, sponsored by nine republcans
the voters the question of repealing
the primary law, and substituting the
convention system of making nomina
nations, but having primary caucuses!.
'be vote was 26 to 19 for Muffiy's
motion for passage.
A large number of bills passed on
third reading.
The House
The 3-cent gasoline tax passed the
house of representatives late tonio-ht
by the small majority of nine votes.
The measure passed by a vote of 43 to
34, with 24 members absent
p„ti „■ ,, '
a FoUoWln * r J tlle P a8Sa » e of ^0 f ba
th"* 86 h °" Se ^ 831 Wh ' Ch * 8
m0t ° r hCe " Se T ea8ure , and a
conlpanion meaaure to bou9e bdI 3S0 -
and Representative Loble of Lewis and
CIark county ex P° sed the unfair meth
^ ° f the higbway P ro 8 ra m propon
6ntS wl '° induced him help "save the
^ eneral f und two years ago. These
members refused to listen to a plea to
* plea 10 Prutect the general fund of
the state under the P resent K»» tax
but ' ° n the C0Tltr ary, worked against
th ® Keneral fund throughout and have
le H *t with only 16 per cent of the
tax proceeds.
Two 061118 wdl be paid by cigarette
smok «rs on every package of 20 cig
mettes if the senate and governor c__
cur in the view of the house on H. B.
44, recommended favorably in com
mitt ee of the whole yesterday after
Efforts of Representative Loble to
stop the bill were unsuccessful al
though the Lewis and Clark member
pointed out that many smokers would
send out of the state for their cig
arettes. The proceeds of the tax will
fco to the general school districts of
the state. The bill was introduced by
Davis and Hanson.
A large number of measures were
considered in committee of the whole
at a late afternoon and night session.
The house worked Sunday, going into
session at 2:30 for a Washington Me
morial, and continuing in considera
tion of bills during the afternoon.
ere
phrase and the speech be lengthened.
encountered much opposition,—finally
section provides from five years to
life imprisonment for the selling or
giving of narcotics to a minor 18 years
of age and under.
Ten more house bills passed the
senate today.
The House
The 3-cent gasoline tax was consid
r0 apportionment of the proceeds, the
amendment of Republican Floor
Leaner Buffcorn prevailed by a vote
\Ulch, if it passes third
of 62 to
o5,
per cent. *
The Senate Saimduy
was
.a i.o by Senator
There
as no pro
;row.
After a number of amendments had
been adopted and one amendment re
ses
Many members explained their votes
gas
noon.