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Cmgre&ionai Committee (Continued from page one) financing and settlement problems, weeded construction and agircultural possibilities. The Lower Yellowstone reclamation project will be visited July 17. and that night spent in Sidney. On reach h* the Poplar the following day the congressmen will spend until the evening of the 20th on the Fort Peck Indian reservation. After an over night stay at Glasgow the committee is to leave early the morning of July 21 for a day on the Milk River recla mation project, spending that night in Malta, The following day will be spent on the Fort Belknap Indian reserva tion and the 23rd and 24th on the Blackfeet reservation. On the way to the Flathead reserva tion Glacier park will be visited, where particular attention will be paid to the trans-mountain road. July 30, 31 and August 1 will be spent on the Flathead. After an overnight train ride the party is to leave Great Falls early August 2 for the Sun River pro ject the committee will go to Great Fells to entrain the next morning for Billings. August 5 is to be spent on the Huntley reclamation project and the next day on the Crow Indian reser- ! ration, after which the committee j leaves for Wyoming. j j Do you know that seven teen thousand twelve hundred and j eighty-two elephants were needed to make billiard balls last year." Dumb Dan: "My, oh my—and isn't Kuntt: is wonderful that such big beasts can, be taught such exacting work?" Sir vrd ! I Op ><*■ I ^ & Jh ( r„ ... I j J Tïic »V mtd h IVfttRE tjj WHATwr |j WHY dr.. .J |( WlvEr-i vv;ib Cl>cop6 bull» ;i HOW can you cisttngu'bh a n>a:artk.i tncaquito ? j WHERE is Canberra? Z:„ j WHO was the Hkîiîlbry th Are tfccsç ' i I Olvothcr. . ic lb. D -I ; I for j,,' i j,; I ■ ! j ■ : jj , j ! ■ : ol j > ; ll Dicnoferr G ! in your home, A school, office, {. /£ club, library. Thia"&uprs:i Authority" j knowledge offc rs ec taimcdiatv, c: .ctor woniiy. /,t;r lions. A ce: » ii 'VICO. il 1 la-tin > tre: - . î P-c'l ltir.de ef quo.- j ! I ■my of d.vclofinc, u | on " r 8»ng, ono perfecting under e:. : acting care and highest scholarship |j insures accuracy, completeness, compactness, authority. Wfrlte for o remple paac of tiic Mw Word. JSSJf? -ii a *'* ul ,t r °, cd »'« Btn-, aho owjSJct you are the Jarv, prices, etc To Oloeo nŒl^thupttblfeation we will mil fret G. A C. MERR1AM CO. öwWbeia, M», u. s. a. £•*. î as î tMtfif I Rugs Special Showing of DIRECT FROM the MILL SHIPMENTS î j 1 ' j I FOR ONE WEEK ONLY Featuring America's finest rugs con sisting of Karnak, Koran, Akbar, Mais land and Axminster rugs. All Rugs Especially Priced for This Showing I his is an opportunity to see an assortment of rugs not usually found in cities five times the size of Red Lodge. French Wilton 9X12 regular price French Wilton 9X12 regular price Uayaf Wilton 9X12 regular price Velvet rug 9X12 regular price .. Axminster 93^12 regular price Axminster 9X12 regular price Axmimter 9X12 regular price . Velvet rug 9X12 regular price 8145.00 Now selling $133.50 125.00 Now selling 97.00 Now selling 39.00 Now selling 09.00 Now selling 59.00 Now selling 52.00 Now selling 42.00 Now selling 115.00 86.00 49.10 59.50 j ! 51.50 ! 45.00 36.75 j All other rugs and kinds—Prices in pro portion. • ' THE BALL FURNITURE CO. Red Lodge Country Must Adjust (Continued from page 1) for reg,Stered mail WlU * cent f : at p , resent they are ,ncluded ,B the re * ular re « Istry fee on m ° ney orders are ra, * ed by 8 sl,dln * scale ' av '' ra * ln * around two f nts on orders f0r " U Up , to $20: most , , money " rder8 " re for am ° unts of le8S than thal ' u F ' ,r ,nsurance on P arcel *> the char *' es »re raised two cents for amounts up to $5; making the new rate five cents and three cents is added on in demnity up to $26, making the new rate 8 cents; return receipts for in surance will cost three cents. The C. O. D. fees are raised to twelve cents on collections up to $10, and to fifteen cents up to $60, instead of ten cents, as at P re * ent - Mail Order Houses Affected The mail order business is hit hard Mail by the sudden postal increases, order business is not limited to the few widely known houses, but is con ducted by a multitude of small mer chandisers, located in cities, in towns and even on rural routes. They sell concievable kind of articles, every from pilis, lingerie and card games .to stoves, tractors and houses. They ! elicit by mail, ship by mail, collect j by mail, even visit by mail. A 50 per j cent increase in the cost of mailing j is a serious thing. It means millions of dollars to mail order houses, with j their "fliers", or circulars, which test 'be market; and to big publishers of {books and popular magazines, which out tens of millions of circulars week. For this reason, mail users will modify their in se . unsealed Stump-« ordinary postage the same shape and size as; ( -cent stamp, and bear a r.bbon be-j The one-half cent third evei 'y Clf! mailing syf of tin and one-half cents in -many ways, raise from one cent to view ! envlopes. The New ceil' The ne 1 V stamp is j the cui rent the name "Harding' on neath the portrait. stamp is the same shape and size as the one-cent rmp, and hears the name "Nathan Hale", patriot of the I Revolution on a ribbon beneath thel' portrait. The sepia color is the as that of the 30 cent Buffalo stamp. J Several thousand of the stamps were | sold to stamp collectors and dealers when first put on sale. f , ii ( I / -' Z** / r ' ^ The Carbon County News CHERRY SPRINGS Mrs. Thus. Saysell and daughter Marjory were Red Lodj^e visitors on Wednesday. Mrs. T. C. Schrumpf went to Bil lings Monday for medical treatment. Mrs. Herman De Vries was a caller in Roberts on Thursday. Lorin Lochridge and Lee Clark motored to Red Lodge on business Tuesday evening. Mrs. Rose Wickierak was a caller at the T. C. Schrumpf home Monday. Joseph Marsh was a Roberts busi ness caller on Monday. Mrs. W. E. Lochridge has been on the sick list the past week. I Mrs. Charley Larson spent a few days of last week in Red Lodge. Mr. and Mrs. Baptist Obert and daughter Lorenn and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Obert and son Jack motored to Red Lodge Monday. Miss Emily Wickierak visited on Mrs. Clarence Bjordahl and two children, Edna and Aaron were Tues day visitors at the John Norris home. Ned Russell motored to Roberts Friday on business. J. C. Lochridge of Laurel was a caller at the Harry Clark home Sun day. Clark home. Frank McFatc and family of Red Lodge spent the week end at the J. J. Ley and Herman De Vries homes. Mrs. Ira Stinson was on the sick of list a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marsh were| | callers at the John Norris home on [ W. W. Ballard made a bnsine I to Roberts on Friday. Herman De Vries and daughter tnp . . Ruth visited Sunday afternoon with I d, ;V R - A. R"»H !, Mrs - \ etvr ( 1 )he ;' t , vis ' ted on *: day {^ week at the Wm. Halten home. and Mrs. E. ». Creed visited |sl Sunday at the \.. I. Kebschull 10 '" e ' j _ Mlsa Hazel Ballard is staying with ucy Wanlcss this week, while ! (Tuesday. • Mr. Norris is in Billings. ideJH I vo! ' J '' | W. L e who haa lier near Big Horn j Jionth-J, returned toi been „ ' , _ ; Mr. and Mrs. John Letcher were j iu; . at the Hen:, De Write home for the pa on iUoaay. ( Mrs. Harry Clark and son Harold) ers in Roberts Monday. I Mrs. Rose Wickierak and daughter Emily were Wednesday visitors at the Turunen home. Miss Beulah Hufford, Selmcs school ! teacher spent Sunday at Fox with Miss Lola Weast. Mrs. Turmbull and son Edward were Roberts visitors on Saturday. Thos Saysel! and daughter Beatrice motored to Roberts Saturday. Mrs. Dominic Obert and daughter Irma visited Thursday at the Bert and Baptist Obert homes. Miss Mildred Clark was a caller at the R. A. Russell home Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Lochridge vis ited in Red Lodge Sunday with Mrs. Nellie Hitchcock. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wayne and daughter Janita visited Tuesday with Mrs. Lucy Wanless. The Cherry Springs school children and their teacher, Mrs. Lorin Loch ridge had a little picnic at the school house on Friday. Mary and Louise Wiekierak of Red Lodge spent Saturday and Sunday with their mother on the ranch here. Emily Wiekierak were call BOYD NEWS ITEMS Enio Warila was a business caller at Red Lodge on Wednesday, î G. C. Nordman was a business caller j at Roberts on Wednesday. Mrs. John Boyd has been on the sick list for the past week. 1 A. G. Anderson and son attended ' lodge at Laurel oi#Friday evening, j Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Davis motored to the Yellowstone on Sunday where they {spent the day fishing. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hughes are the proud parents of a baby girl born on Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor and children of Fromberg were visiting 1 friends and relatives in this vicinity ; I on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Smith and ; son motored to Laurel on Thursday.! Myrtle Dullenty who has spent the past week visiting relatives at Bil Bngs arrived home on Sunday. I John Normile was a business caller! i j at Billings on Thursday. ! A large cn ;ended the Ladies j ! Aid which met at the church on Thurs d '.ay afternoon. • Dr. Morgan of Roberts made a pro j fessional call in this vicinity on Fri da ' L. L. Huddleston was a business j caller at Roberts on Wednlesday. Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Goff and Mr. and j Mrs. J. T. Rinker motored to Bil lings on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McFate and children of Red Lodge were guests at 1 the J. J. Ley home on Sunday. morning about eight o'clock and Mr. ucas Immediately notified the sher iff« offtee of hifi loss. Sheriff Albert " a< " a lc r*>rted the crime to the of ^ cers * n surrounding towns and gave them th « engine number and such other d a t« as they should have in iden f> th ® property. However the, "uick was found below Roberta Saturday " orninfr 1 ' he car was dam ^ed only to u slight degree. Thieve* alro entered the garage of ex-sheriff Tom Smith of Joliet Satur (day evening and stole his automobile, The car was found by the sheriff's force of Bilings along a ditch near Billings Sunday evening. Every effort Ls being made to apprehend the crim I ioals but as yet no trace of them has Leen found. AUTO THIEVES GET AWAY WITH CARS l*aet Friday night thieves broke the lock on the door of Carl Lucaa' garage and escaped with his new Buick Coach, The theft was discovered Saturday Juniors Entertain (Continued from first page) enjoyed the dinner and program of speeches. H. L. Hussong. j rincipal of the Car bon County High School acted as toastmaster and presided over the af fair, Walter Aho, president of the Junior class, address and Nino Lbmelio, Senior s president, gave the, Senior re-i made the welcoming c j., spouse. During the course of the evening the Seniors gave a class song and also gave a yell to the Juniors, to which! the Juniors responded. Later both the cInssM united in Bivinjr fifteen rahs for the facility. At the close of the banquet the 8hldent8> teachera and Kuests enjoyed sevcra l hours of dancing and visit-1 , ng in the Higl, School gym, which was beautifully decorated irt .he! co ] ore of the two clnS( 5GS. I sVith the exception r»f the annual : . or From, the Junior-Senior ban ft closes the high school, social 1 ■ .son for the present year and mem- ! bers of the class of 1025 are already! planning their farewells to the insti- 1 tuition which has their soda! and , ^ eenter for th(1 past foul . years. I if Fresh Meats Mi ITj JG fm m Tp'tr s f v; Appetizing—Wholesome and Satisfying Fresh Meats are Always to be Had Here— and at Lowest Prices. Poultry, Eggs, Fish and Butter too-Strictly Fresh. CALL 6—WE DELIVER RED LODGE MEAT MARKET ^3 f*" ! ; Henry Schmidt, Prop. 1 î j I {U; How Sure Are You a ■ ♦ 4 ■U ran» r ~i*. -■ "■! that the title to your real prop erty is good— |M> ■ ■ g I K 0. J. SIMMONS ABSTRACTER The next witness was F. N. Zriny, who had been in the employ of Camp bell as a geologist. He claimed to have overhead a conversation bfe tween Campbell and Wheeler to the effect that Campbell was worried ovér some of his permits and Wheeler said "don't worry. They will be taken care of but on cross examination he be came badly tangled. It developed he *, had 8old Kto «k and had kept the money and was discharged and that from the office in which the maps were made, 1 he could not have heard any conversa tion from the Campbell office. The government's star witness Clyde Glosser, was called next. He identified a number of letters and ' telegrams supposed to have been eeived or sent from Campbell's office I while he was Campbell's private I retary, to which the defense offered WHEELER TRIAL (Continued from first page) general, was plainly annoyed. re sec no objection, except one telegram s which was supposed to have been sent, j by Senator Wheeler. Walsh stated I this one had not been sent by Wheeler. 1 While it was not damaging, he did ^After EveryMeaf ^ Kl ~ ;■ $ - »kV : ; ' ■ a J»£i Kit . » \ i I ' ScAliüi« riGMT» 7 ] KEPT RIGHT J '■* -w '• s : \ VI At Pass it artnuid after every meal. Give the family the benefit of Its aid to digestion. C.szi-j t_. di too. Keep it always In the house. ftt , (* Costs little - helps mach " ■ ! . - t£f» "Y ( . I B I I I j w fe ! not want it in the record. The court I sustained the objection. i Glosser related the meeting of Sen ator Wheeler and the deal to employ him in the receivership »«it but made a very bad witness for the prosecutor. Told of meeting Blair Coan and m ik j » trip to Denver with Coan at -1 Goan's expense to see William Rhea j «nd Ket an affidavit from Rhea and that he had made a second affidavit i in Denver. He got badly mixed under the rapid fire of cross-examination by (Senator Walsh. * j The next witness called was H. J. Coleman of Billings an attorney of the California Oil Company | Coleman was asked the preliminary questions but got nowhere, as Senator i Walsh objected to the first questions 1 regarding a permit which was not 1 pending at the time Senator Wheeler was employed and was not charged in the ind : ctment. Mr. The Legal Battle Smarts The Judge excused the jury until Monday morning and the argument started. Stewart, special assistant at torney general, was plainly exercised and pleaded not to throw this out without hearing an expert witness to regulations. Baldwin was on his • feet and asked the court if he felt the j court needed an export to tell him j what the law was, to which the Court i remarked that he wanted no argument j Then Sen. Walsh proceded to present I the law as he saw it and after an hour as . I -L___ .,,, ,, , the court stated he would rule Monday ■ , , , , , I morn'ng but unless he found some I law to the contrary, he would sustain Jibe motion of the defense. >v •> j » U» i of Department of .fafetîèe non at the expense of the i , , , , , (.'»yernmeat, eves y hotel having five . , , ,, , It was asserted there was be ,. . , . ; , (.tween twenty and thirty sleuths 1 . , ■ , . watching newspaper men, friends of , , ... : \\ heeler and jurymen. It is thought ,, ■ , . , ... ... , y this is why Judge Dietrich locked upi . , . .. ,, , , * I the jury, but it was« t so baa for the , . . jury at that, as they have rooms at t , ,, ,, . , ... , „ the Park Hotel, get three one dollar ' „ I , , , , .. . meals each day, two of which are at ,, r • » tj . » Ihc Rainbow Hotel. or six. ■ Monday's Session ! Court convened pt 10 A. M. Monday land sustained the motion of the de . , , , ,. ( tento bar an; tesliinoiiy a ■ ai ding I the Lincoln permit. The first witness I called was Gladys Moore, a former I stenographer of Gordon Campbell's j who testified she had typed the list of all Campbell's holdings, which was given to her by Mr. Bishop, who was Mr. Campbell's land man. This list war to be sent to some one in the East, who was trying to assist Mr. Campbell in' raising some finances. Her testimony was not damaging to the defense. The Government next introduced a stipulation entered into with the coun-1 sei for the defense, regarding what Mr. L. V, Beaulieu of Los Angeles, California, a former attorney of Gordon Campbell, would testify to and what he had testified to before the! Senate investigating committee. Sen ator Walsh read most of the testimony given before the Senate which was very favorable to Senator Wheeler. Mr. Beaulieu staling that Senator'The Wheeler was to represent Mr. Camp bell only in the state court. The next witness was L. J. Wertheimer a Jew stock salesman. It was brought out that Wertheimer had been indicted and plead guilty to using the mails to de fraud in Texas in a stock selling cam paign. It appeared from his testi mony that he was in Great Falls at the time of Wheeler's employment by Campbell and trying to get to sell stock for Campbell and was not sue ceasful. It also developed that Wert heimer was a friend of Jack Kearnes j and Tex Richards, the fight promoters, j and was in California at the time the J Brookhart committee was investigat j ing the Department of Justice at Washington, and that he went from California to New York with Kearns and others and was entertained by Rickards and later event to the De partment of Justice and made an affi davit against Senator Wheeler. This witness was discredited before he left The next witness was E. S. former State Senator from Fallon county, and former Solicitor of the In tcrior Department, who stated he had the stand on cross examination. known Senator Wheeler for a long time and that when Wheeler came down to Washington, he, Wheeler, Willed on him and during the time there bad sa ! d that Gordon Campbell had some matters regarding permits wiiich he, Wheeler did not know any thing-about, but that Campbell could coins.down and talk to him about it. DooH' stated he bad introduced v, Commissioner Wheeler to Wm. of the land office and had suggested Spry that Wheeler was interested constitutionality regarding some to which Wheeler replied in a , ! permits only to the extent that (Campbell hv given a square deal. Booth also stated he had talked to Wheeler regarding helping or getting some one interest ed in financing Campbell's holdings; that he had talked to others about but had only talked to Wheeler time about it and that was a day I same, one or so before Wheèler went to Europe, and that he, Booth, had talked to Campbell on the subject of financing Campbell. The next witness was Wm. Spry, Commissioner of the General Und n , 0fftCe " nd f ° rmer Govcrnor of Utah - who corroborated Booth as to what Whaler had said, that he was only at interested in seeing that Campbell got a square deal He also tesnfod that -u-h l hi ^ "T P™ct.ced before ? * ' ° C< 1 at a >s name did n ° aj1pear on records * sent any one, and thfi there wasn't J. j"*Whiter" to him ' lntr0<1UC ' of ^ tar ^ or Government called, George B. Hayes of New York, who Eaid had met wheeler 8t the Wald orf-Astoria Hotel, New York Martdl 16t h. A923 hy appointment of : Booth He said he had Wheeler paged and lhat he had never seen him before as repre The mystery witness was next on : ; or heard of him and he had only { known Booth since August before, but Wheeler had asked him if he would not represent Campbell before the In terior Department on some govern ment permits and he said to Wheeler ) "I don't know' anything about the practice before the Department" and 1 Wheeler said "That doesn't matter. I You can do it as you will only be a i figure head". Said Wheeler was leav | ing for Russia the next day and that 1 therewas a matter which must have 1 I | j j ; immediate attention. He htought it {was a Lincoln Oil will or something ! , , v bout c;L He said Wheeler urged I .• . , , ., , .. a j him to take the cases stating he, j Wheeler, a U. S. Senator and he ' would split MS fee with him fifty-fifty and that it would run into millions. ( n ... ., On cross examination the witness said 1 . . , , : he next saw Senator Wneeler when he T1 , , . . .. Hayes was subpoenaed before the a ,. . ^ * ... . . , Brookhart Committee, n which .. , . , . Wnce'cr rad tried to find out why he, „ . . , . , , Hayes, had not done certain things as ' .. . . „ an attorney in Ire man Case in New , York re'cardu r a: • .:.bu-.o;i natters, rr .. ., . , . ... Ihr: witness was tne pinch hitter as , , i ■ l.e ivciiur.ent , aa eonii'letely fallen , , ,, , ucv.ii aca would have 1. -, a di , rested of a man that had bt m iersijig link. ■■diet. ■ IT 8 manner was that n fixed to snp „| v (i,.-, , 1 " , . , Fueaday g Session | j . !,l ' : lH lt ' >,,im y by i; ' 11 ,! ie poeernmont rested ' t8 :i ' c ' ' e ' ,Ui ' adjourned until t Tuscday moBlin 8- Tuesday m-rning Senator Walsh asked io recall George lamination j I Rayt ' s ^ or f u 'tber cro j vas <*; ne, { briruduevd to Senator Wheeler during td)t ' ^ mc 0: l « lc Brookhart Committee, j ' nveß ti8ating the Department of Jus i * lce and taÿiug ibc foundation 1er ihe ! impeachment. : being reran Clyde Glosser was called for further j cross examination for the purpose t of laying the ground for impeachment. ( At this time Mr. Stewart, prosecutor ! for the government, stated that in view of the fact that tha dsîcnts bud called government witnesses for fur j.ther cross examination, that the gov ! eminent desired again to offer proof I as to what Coleman would testify to. jury was excused and the court over-ruled the objection of the defense, Coleman was called and could not be found. The first witness for the de fense was Tom Stout of Lewistown, the owner and publisher of the Lewis town Democrat News and former con gressman. He went into details as to all his connections wiht the employ ment of Wheeler and Baldwin as at torney for Gordon Campbell and that he had gone to 3utte to see Wheeler and had made the proposition to Wheeler and that Wheeler had stated he could only represent Campbell in the state courts and that Baldwin would have to do most of that and that Wheeler at no time had agreed to do anything regarding government per mils. He said that he was in the room when Wertheimer was phoning to Chi cago and that Wheeler's name was not mentioned or any statement "that he would fix it up in Washington", Baldwin, Wheeler's law partner, who testified as to what the firm had done in way of court matters for Gordon Booth,'Campbell and identified check as to fess and as to what matters they were to represent Campbell in. At the conclusion of Tuesday's ses s j or)j Senator Walsh, chief counsel for de f e nse, announced that he had .summoned four witnesses from the ens t w ho would disprove the state ments made by the government's star witness, Hayes. A twe-day adjourn men t i s imminent, if Judge Dietrich ,. ran », 3 the requests. (At the time of going to press, the decision had not been announced.)) _ First Aid Ineificieuey It was nt the scene of an automo bile accident; An elderly old lady in one of the first cars to be stopped by the debris of the smashup, leaned from her car as a very much battered up man, with a hastily arranged ban* dage around his ankle, hobbled by. "Oh my," she said, "Did you hurt your ankle? both eyes. down." "No lady," replied the man, "I lost This bandage slipped