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THE GLASGOW COURIER Continuing The Glasgow Messenger and The Glasgow Times Official Newspaper, County of Valley Official Newspaper, City of Glasgow GLASGOW. MONTANA SAM GILLULY. Editor T. J. HOCKING. Publisher NATIONAL ÉDITORIAL ASSOC IATIO N Id— at mm rortnfflrff at Glasgow. Montana, as second matter October 9th, 1911. PuMlafaed Thursday of Each W eek _ TELEPHONE 44 Astrarttatng Rates Upon Application. I : I -s "AVENGE THE HELENA" Because of its heroic part in the Kula bay naval battle in July and because it is named for Montana's capital city, we will frequently hear of the Cruiser Helena during the Third War Loan campaign opening next week. The Helena played a major part in one of the most decisive defeats given the Japanese navy since the Battle of Midway. The Helena's story is simply told. Completed only five years ago, she was one of the ships damaged in the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7, 1941. After that "day of infamy," she was repaired, recommissioned and went down with colors flying in the battle of Kula bay. As the ships turned to flee early in the battle, her guns sank two large cruisers. Then she turned A » A Phone 14 COLD STORAGE LOCKERS D1TZCRACKERS ** Large Package SCOURING CLEANSER Crystal White. FOUR for PEANUT BUTTER * Delicious brand. Large 1'^-pound jar PAPER TOWELS Lincnized. each 23 c 25' w 1® C CANNING FRUITS AND SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS r *5 MJ W FINE GRANULATED QUICK DISSOLVING... A PRODUCT OF LOCAL FARMS... ASK FOR IT BY NAME! MONTAN* tjT ■ I* SUGfl K PURE J |flHE CR\rUlATIN S nuoTiiEir 9 A Tiro Fistvil Work Mote i r *• & i Built for Long Service A \ r ! 1 4. i .■% Blue Denim Overalls \ & ; r* u $]49 It ■*' ' Big Brother overalls are tough — made of sanforized 8 - blue denim. Styled with comfortable high back and plenty of pockets. Waist 28 to 50. I ounce r ÊtPf 7 r sizes j [ I j • - 9 i: w . kW - N is: 1 VU Vj, J p; "■ Built for Tough Jobs Leather Insoles 120-Needle Work Socks Sewed-onTops J pr ' A-sorted brown, blue, black mixtures. S!zes 10 to 12. 3-98 Goodyear welt rubber heels and leather counters. 6 to 11. # FEDERATED, STORES New Press Association Head Ü s n • Frank Whetstone, manager of the Cut Bank Pioneer - Press, who was elected pres ident of the Montana State Press association at its annual conven tion in Havre. He ceeds W. F. Flinn, gen eral manager of the Miles City Star. : %: sue v ' ■. ■ (;»* k : Ï..S...ÏS to attack a Jap destroyer which also went down before the deadly gunnery of the Helena's fighting crew. Then an torpedo tore olf her bow. Her crews stuck to their guns as she : san k an d. before she slipped beneath the waters of the Pacific, enemy they had accounted for another destroyer — four ships of the enemy totally destroyed in an action that took six minutes. Many of Montana's sons were in her crew of more than 800. , lr j . ,. . « . , , , We do not think that much more need be said. We, in . . it is very little, compared with their achievements. We can do no less to help "Avenge the Helena. buying war bonds, actually in making investments, are asked to sacrifice a little for men like those on the Helena. Actually, Some military experts believe the next month will tell the story—the story of the success of our ever-mounting air attack over Europe. BATTLE OF THE TITANS Things are approaching, or have reached, a showdown. The Germans, hit by greater and greater forces day and night, must now put up the strongest resistance available. They cannot af *" ford to hold back strong reserves while key factories and trans That is the story behind such headlines as those announc portation facilities are bombed out of existence. ing the downing of more than 300 German fighters and, sadly, also large numbers of United Nations heavy bombers. As we read the stories of these raids, which seemingly are haphazard, we must remember that every one is planned as carefully as a major ground battle and that each has an objec J i , tive of ultimate strategic value works here, i , tive of ultimate strategic value — a magneto works here, an t . , .. r . jr .1 a • j -*-> ... - j airplane tire tactory there. It the Americans and British and Canadians can keep up the huge scale and terrible tempo of air combat, these attacks are bound to cause shortages that will thousands of lives when invasion of the continent is like the snowball that rolls downhill and will truly increase save launched. It is still too early to draw conclusions. Many key objectives in Nazi-land have become inoperative. The American Fortresses ■ -I- i i are proving a double-edged sword by whittling down the enemy fighter strength while on missions. But the Germans are still ,, . . r strong. We may, as Winston Churchill says, see the invasion ot ! Europe before the leaves fall. And by that time, too, we may have word of the unqualified success of our air armada over I , Italy, France and Germany. -, J : Hews of 41 Years Ago Told 111 C13ST9W of 1902 **£'*'* ' ! A copy of the North Montana Re view oi August, 1902. belonging to R M Lewis was loaned to the j Courier office this week and con j ta ns a number of items of interest to Glasgow residents of 41 years! 1 later Advertisements include those of Mfliv RtzMtrick's The Elitä res- 1 '■tnt-'tTi, n Uv Merket Reede Rms 1 d7omrd Lta Tlif Coi™an i hmise° R C H Friedl merchant tailor Wm RiimnhiDv-s Thp Srnatp sa J InrSn mo® Fxrhnnse sa iS 1 m St ciair Är .„L | ' watchmaker. Coleman's Meat and j Provision Co., L. C. Burrington's dray line, and Princess flour, j Other advertisements are those j of the Lewis-Wedum company de partment stoie. the J. L. Truscott I store, which advertises it has the sole agency for the Winona Wagon. ! the Hinsdale Mercantile Co., which I had the agency for Studebakor and ! Schütter wagons and Harry cosner I who drilled wells. Professional cards I are these of Lewis Bros, bankers; j Geo E. Hurd, attorney; U. A. Am j iott. tonsorial artist; Mahon and i Patton, civil engineers and surveyors and M. D Hoyt, physician and sur geon. Cattle brands are advertised by I S. P. Mitchell. J. P, Smith Jr., Mills j Bros., C, W. Hunter. Elmer Cain, i Wad Ballard, John Panent, Otto n ar ison. Mary Fitzpatrick, W. H j Johnson, Fred Groves. Frank J. ! Stiehl and Hurd Brothers. Two city ordinances are publish I ed: No. 28 prohibits persons from i allowing animals to run at large and provides for impounding ani ! mais such as horses, cattle, sheep swine or goats from roaming at 'arge inside the city limits. No. 30 I provides for .the building of new I «idewalks throughout the business ! section of the city. Animals reported as having been arpounded the first week were a I yearling steer belonging to Tom Mooney, a cow belonging to Sheriff W. S. Griffith. Rev. Luther's horse, j and Beaufrafs pony. "The highest figure in the range market last week -erf market last week was $6.90, an j -dvance of $!.85 compared with one j vear ago. and $2 !—tier than in the ; orresronding week of 1899, when the top was S4.90." ; "AI Shaw, the livery man. is soak ng his immense barn in red paint. Jack Fuller is doing the dipping." "A jure was secured in the Hay f clri case Thursday evening. There ! r-p about 30 witnesses to be exam I ined. . . " "Sheriff Griffith went to Havre : yesterday to subpoena Dr. Almas who will give expert testimony in •he Hnyf-eld murder case on the ! part of the defense." "A stranger in the citv called at I the Review office the other morn ! ing and wanted to know how to go j i bouf if to recover a bank roll he had lost in a poker game the pre vious night He was told to get a lob on the cectinn and save his monev. Moral—trust everybody, but j cut the cards." "The ed'to r has been asked to referee a pingpong game between T. W. Enright and E. D. Coleman, which is being arranged for the fu ture. We have no desire to realize on our -ruritual assets and must de cline wi'h thanks. When the Dooleys and H essy.s get together there is going to be some wool flying around , . a "d a fe ' v aa sels added to the list of those who have gone before. Run n * n f a " aw ®P"P er „ 15 a hazardous enou P n J 0,J 101 ■ "The Ladies Aid gave a 'sage hen supper' Thursday evening in Mrs. Montgomery's yard under a big I tent The s P reaci was well patronized and the coffers of the society were , ' e P lenisl - fd l ° overflowing; " There ' vin be a raft of Valley j county beef on the Chicago market ! this week and the Review predicts j that it will tote the banner for the j season - Amo "g the shipments are FUR SALE at ♦ TESSMANN'S , F O " GLASGOW Friday and li Jr / 0 fh, . r only! Sept 3 and 4 HSU SB A •••-f m. WM Showing by a firm which has done business for many years in Montana, (he ... . UNITED KARAKUL & FUR COMPANY V of GREAT FALLS ,L III, III,: To the People of this Community: HURRY-UP JOB! The Third War Loan is a hurry-up job for the home front. The government must rush bil lions of dollars to the fighting fronts in the form of extra mu nitions. It's actual ly a matter of life death for __Americans in B dI \ \ uniform. 1— Once the in Ituy an Extra vasion got $100 Hand ★ under way — ' we commit ted ourselves to the use of large numbers of troops and great stores of supplies. Any let down or crack-up in the supply trains could prove fatal. Your job is to see to it that there is no shortage of anvthing 3rd o r W A 11 needed to make the invasion swift and sure. We do not want another Bataan or Corregidor. Get that extra War Bond to day. Show that you are with our boys in this critical hour of invasion. THE EDITOR - DROPS BOMBS; GETS CORN When the Liberator bomber, Lemon Drop" of the Ninth air force came back from bombing Ru manian oil refineries at Ploesti. corn stalks were clinging to bomb bay doors. The bombardier, Capt, Her bert Light, Ames, Iowa, observed: 'Why, back in Iowa you'd have to fly 25 feet off the ground to get above the coni tops. No risk in volved there. But when you head for a target in the Rumanian oil country, you've got to tear along sk^th^corr^tops " the gr0und t0 ENGINES TO FARMERS Distribution of about 37.000 air and liquid - coBled internal combustion engines of 20 horsepower and under will be controlled by county farm Preference rationing committees t'llf itlfi PPT'f 1 f ICO tPQ will nP j cell pH fn farmers or operators of farm ma chinery for hire, based on the need for the engine in essential produc tion of crops, livestock and livestock products, poultry and eggs. AT K1WANIS MEETING President E. J. Kjelstrup and Sam Gilluly of the Glasgow Kiwanis club attended the annual wartime conference of the Montana Kiwanis district in Bozeman Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Kjelstrup was chairman of the credentials committee at the of the credentials committee at the conference and Mr. Gilluly was re elected secretary - treasurer of the Montana district. _ Conserve your tires, have them recapped in time, get every possible mile out of them. That is the only way we can help the situation, said Mr. Moore. * 95 cars from, Malta and 22 from Hinsdale." - Conductor J. c. Ulrich returned t* ,e pf the week from a trip to New York City and other import am seaport towns including Wash coney island^nd^h^dfzzy^"haunts of the fashionable debutante who with her natty and close-fitting bathing costume of gaudy colors turns the heads of bald-headed 'vets' at Atlantic City." ''Christ Jesus" was the subject oi the lesson-sermon which was read in all churches of Christ, Scientist, Sunday, The Golden Text was; "Thou. Bethlehem Ephratah. though thou be little among the thousands Judah, yet out of these shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings foith have been from of old. from ever lasting " .Micah 5:2). Among the citations which com prised the lesson-sermon was the following from the Bible: "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lU\ed up: That whoso ever bel eveth in him should not Christian Science ; of perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:14. 15). The lesson-sermon also included the following passage from the Christian Science textbook, "Science 1 RULERS PAINTS COMPASS «4 8 71 s 10 s c LOOSE LEAF NOTEBOOKS Leather, Cloth and Cardboard Covers I9 C 29 c 35' PENCIL 1 ll SOFT LEAD PENCILS 2 1 " 5« |' or 10 c ERASERS 5 C 10« 'à°f - UO 8 II WAX CRAYONS 5« is c S5 C BAX VITAMINS FOR SCHOOL JS Birdg Cc 9 Cliff Combs. Mgr. Bosy Heads Merit the Best! Mew Fall Mats Stetson - Malrov Cl Lee Water-Bloc # ^7 m STILL IN THE SAME HIGH GRADE FUR FELTS ALL PRICES TO: 'm $ l®°® \, MALROV deluxe quality felt with wide brim, bound edge, sweat pro tected inband. Designed to fit comfortably and make you look your best. Good colors ... M: X y w i > $ 5.00 Knowing that business leaves you little lime to shop, we made our fall selections to meet your needs . . . Our hats are right — they'll Wear! Simply choose your favorite style. Still the Best! FriedS's Quality • • I Almost 1.000 hats to select from, in dress, large-brim westerns and work hats ... a hat for every purse. OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS V SINCE 1894 MEN'S WEAR I and Health with Key to the Scrip tures" by Mary Baker Eddy: "Jesus is the name of the man who. more than all other men. has presented MR. FARMER! "BE SURE" TO INSURE YOUR WHEAT, FLAX AND BARLEY... THEY ALL ARE WORTH REAL MONEY! $7.50 per $1,000.00 of Fire Insurance for a full year, when stored in any gran ary on your farm. YOUR IN HAY IN FIELD (STACKS) AND BARNS CAN ALSO BE INSURED REMEMBER — Insurance premiums can be deducted from your income taxes. SEE OTTO M. CHRISTINSON LAND COMPANY NSURE N SURE NSURANCË Insurance and Real Estate Since 1908 Telephone 57 — First National Bank Bldg., Glasgow I P ' >/ v Mill Æ 1 1 . Kki I I J 49= ■ 'V i s '•f || % .4P* ■' y . IgÉ I m ■ * & aa fL cw"'*. . A o o* v a9 G S> 6 {tV V) eatrte c\a^ c - case, ^edeoft puVcVv c** wi®* 0 ® 4 adot able eat 98 ç ft a» 5® •/ Æ 'r step . i *■ m * Christ, the true idea of God, heal ing the sick and the sinning and de stroying the power of death." (page 473).