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150 Fathers and Sons Gather Togeth-i
er at Kollman Building and Have
Splendid Time.
HIH
ihe first Father and Son banquet
of Plentywood has become history
and to those who attended it, it lin
gers in their minds with pleasant
recollections.
Thursday evening there gathered at
the Kollman Building over one hund
red fifty fathers an d sons of the
community, regardless of church and
creed and all were as one. Rev. A.
R. Boone who was previously chosen
as toastmaster performed his part
well. Programs were handed out to
all who were present containing songs.
for the occasion, the menu and an
nouncing the speakers. After the
meal the toastmaster, in his peculiar
manner, introduced the speakers who
were as follow's:
f or S°t T. W. Greer.
"What a b ather Expects of a Son
—William Erickson.
"What a Son Expects of a Father"
—Roy Parkhurst.
"Our Sons, What We Owe to Them"
—L. G. Zeidler.
"Our Fathers—WTiat We Ow r e to
Them"—Oliver Ziebarth.
"When Have Our Sons Succeeded"—
E. T. Mitchell.
Fathers' Failures"—Marion Mitch
FATHER AND SON
BANQUET WAS A
GREAT SUCCESS
ell.
"What Plentywood Can Do For Her
Sons."— H. M. Lewis.
"Our Fathers"—Gibson Zeidler.
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Right Foundations —Prof. Hauge
story, Harvey
McC° wan ' read by A. R. Boone.
The prograrn came to a close by
smging US BOYS, Air: Tramp.
iramp, Iramp.
Lveryone present went home feel
ing that it was worth while.
The boys will long remember the
First Father and Son banquet at
Plentywood and with great anticipa
tion will be looking ahead to the next
year.
Thursday night at the Kollman
building was "stunt night" which was
in the hands of C. B. Peterson. The
fathers and sons gathered in large
numbers. Various games and stunts
were played. Special intei-est was no
ticed in that the fathers took in play
ing volley ball. One of the most im
portant features wa s the awarding of
the Second Class Scout badge to a
number of the Scouts who had passed
their test.
We hope that the day may soon
come when Plentywood will have
gymnasium for youths for
amusement and sport.
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PROPAGAN DA AGAÏNST
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Charges tnat f resident Coolidge
i i being deluged with organized, in
spued propaganda from the star.Jpat,
corporation gang, who aro using t he
plight of the Western farmers tc in
ci ease the tanft profits for Lastern
manufacturers and banke« sj
By Tom Everritt,
(Cosmopolitan News Service.1
,, were
m?( ê in a statement today by Lmted
Stetes Senator Burton K. Whee'er of|
"at D. Campbell, who has been
here lately urging President Coolidge
not to reduce freight rates, is not the
successful wheat farmer that he has
been advertised to be, Wheeler said.
Senator Wheeler said that Campbell,
backed by J. P. Morgan, obtained
large tracts of land in Montana from
the Indians for practically nothing,
and that if he has been successful in
selling wheat, the people of Montana
will be plad to hear it.
He said the interests which have
ballyhooed Campbell into prorni than
for the -PMUnrO .-.Udiawetaoisrdltea
OPPOSE FARM RELIEF
"That the milling trust and the
grain gamblers are leaving no stone
unturned to prevent any legislation
for the relief of the farmers of the
wheat growing regions is manifest
by the constant activity of these al
lied interests in broadcasting propa
ganda assuring the public that fann
ers were never in better shape than
now. and that all that is necessary
to bring about an agricultural millen
ium is to raise the tariff on wheat,
reduce production and maintain the
pi'esent exorbitant freight rates."
"It was, I think, in 1918, that
Campbell, in connection with J. P.
-Morgan, Charles H. Sabin, James A.
Stillman and F. H. Sisson, bankers of
New York, and others, orginized the
A universal custom
After
Every
that benefits every*
body.
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Pleal cleanses the teeth,
✓ soothes the throat.
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-FLAVOR LASTS
! Montana Farming Corporation w r ith
$2,000,000 capital.
grain growing concern for the patri
otic purose of producing food to win
the war. Accordingly, leases were
secured from the United States Inter
ior Department on the best lands in
the Crow and Fort Peck Indian res
ervations to '.he extent of some 200.
000 acres.
u. S. Hope in Small Farmer.
"As a large scale farmer, his ex
perience was no different from that
0 f h e ordinary farmer. The hope
0 f this country is in the small
farmer who is building a home,
raising a family but w T ho is not
backed by the big bankers of special
privelege.
"Campbell's visit to
Coolidge, following closelv upon the
report of Eugene Meyer and Frank
Mondel of United States War Fi
nance Corporation, and others inter
este d in the anti-stabililatiwi cam
paign, points to the conclusion that
it i s but a part of a cut-and-dried
program to sidetrack any definite
measure that may be proposed by
the progressives in the coming ses
s i on 0 f Congress for relief of the
farmers. By talking about higher
tarriff on w'heat, they expect to be
cloud the demand for a reduction of
freight rates
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wm AIso i nves ti ga te Affair«
Cascade County . Offices,
Ewald.
This was to be
P resident
GRAND JURY TO
CHECK UP BANKS
of
says
î Great Falls, Nov. 21.—Affairs of
j the defunct American Bank and Trust
company and of the Stanton Trust and
Savings bank, as well as county o.f
i cers , will be investigated by the dis
trict court grand jury which will be
gin its sessions here November 24, ac
cording to F. A. Ewald, county at
:torney.
Public Demand« Probe.
Both banks have suspended busi
ness, the American having been closed
for two years and the Stanton since
last July, and numerous requests for
a grand jury investigation have been
received by the county attorney and
the court, Mr Ewald said. The in
vestigation of the county offices will
be made as a follow-up on the report
issued last week by State Examiner
L. Q. Skelton on the annual audit c.f
the county books.
"The grand jury's investigation in
to the American and Stanton banks
doe« not necessarily mean that there
is a well defined suspicion that the
affairs of those concerns have been
irregularly handled," said Mr. Ewald,
"b u t Judge Leslie's order for a grand
jury makes possible an examination
into all matters which preceded their
closing.
Rankin to Assist
"In all matters coming before the
grand jury. Attorney General W. D.
Rankin will be invited to have a part
and it is likelv that he will personally
?f. ist in developing certain evidence.
It is my intention to make all mvesti
g at ions as thoroqgh as possible and
su b m it to the jury everything that
can consistently be placed before it.
Sheriff Bob Gordon's men Monday
served summons on 15 Cascade county
taxpayers of varied occupations call
j n g them to the grand jury session
which will begin at 10 o'clock next
Saturday morning,
, Meanwhile, the board of county
commissioner« began conferring with
y y
various county officers on matters re
ferred to in the Skelton report.
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HINT WOMAN CAN REVEAL
MOTIVE IN KLAN KILLING
IN WHICH ONE MEMBER
SHOOTS ANOTHER.
Atlanta, Ga.. Nov. 20.—Possible dis
closure of the motive for the shoot
ing to death of W. S, Coburn, attor
ney for the faction of Ku Klux Klan
headed by Emperor William Joseph
Simmons, by P. E. Fox, former pub
licity agent of the organization, early
today depended upon whether the
Mrs. W. A. Weaver, apprehended yes
terday at Nashville, Tenn.. and later
released, is the woman sought as hav
ing been in the company of Fox for
a few hours before the shooting in
Coburn's office nearly two weeks ago.
While Solicitor John A. Boykin,
heading the prosecution, had made no
statement today regarding the pos
sible angles of the investigation, it
was considered probable that officers
from Atlanta would go to Nashville
to question Mrs. Weaver awaiting
their arrival in the Tennessee city.
TWO RURAL MAIL
ROUTES AUTHORIZED
OUT OF PLENTYWOOD
Warhington,v Nov. 21.—Tw'o rural
mail routes out of Plentywood have
I been authorized, effective January 2,
1924. Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General H. H. Billany has advised
routes will serve territory south,
1 southwest and east of Plentywood,
and will provide improved mail facili
ties to 187 families. They will be
served tri-weekly on alternate days
with one carrier. At present there
is no rural route service out of
Plentyw'ood.
STORY IMPROVES;
LEAVES SOON FOR
HOME IN BOZEMAN
Pocatella. Ida., Nov. 13.—Removal
of Lieutenant Governor Nelson Story,
Jr., of Montana, from the local
gen
eral hospital to his home in Bozeman,
perhaps tomorrow, is planned if he
continues to improve as he has dur
ing the past four days, according to
his attending physicians. Mr. Story
was injured near McCammon, Ida.,
and his wife w-as fatally hurt.
BANK BONDSMEN
SUED BY COUNTY
GET BUSY TO SAVE COUNTY'S
MONEY AT ROUNDUP, MON
TANA — BONDSMEN MAKING
TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.
Roundup, Nov. 21.—Attaching all
property in the county of record in
their names and alleging fraud in re
cent transfers of title with the pur-1
pose of avoiding an obligation, suit
filed by County Attorney C. F. Huppe
against bondsmen of the Citizens
State bank who guaranteed county
depositg in that institution.
With the proceedings were filed long
lists of property held by the bonds
men, or transferred by them since
the closing of the bank, including
property attached last week by the
county for recove, v on us deposit.
To Press Surety Firms
Surety companies whose bonds are |
held by the county for deposits up to |
$25,000 also are to be brought into
court unless payment on the bonds is
made, and it is understood that Mr.
Huppe will also ask that county de
posits in both the Citizens State and
the First National Bank be declared a
preference claim under a supreme
court decision which recently held
state deposits m a failed bank were.
rightly entitled to this classification.
The total amount of the. county de
posit at the time the Citizens State
bank closed is given in the complaint
as $70,074.81, and recovery of this
amount is sought together witn inter
est at the rate of X per cent pei an
num. In addition to the two surety
company bonds held by the county, j
covering deposits up to $25,000, there
are three personal bonds, guarantee
ine- denosits from $25 000 to $250 000
mg deposits from »Wto S.hU,UJO.
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Records in the offices of the county
clerk and recorder show that several
of the bondsmen have made numer
ous transfers of prop.3rty since the
closing of the bank and that other
property held by them ha« been mort
gaged. In other instances declara
tions of homesteads have been filed,
supposedly to avert possible loss
through attachment proceedings, and
these are the transactions alleged to
be fraudulent in the complaint filed
by the county attorney.
It is said that a hearing of the
case is not expected at the forthcom
ing jury term of district court, the
calendar for* which has already been
set. but that institution of the suits
will prevent further transfer« or the
sale of property mortgaged, until
such time as the matter may
brought before the court for adjudi
cation.
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N. D. AGRICULTURAL
TRAINEES OF THE U.S.
VETERANS BUREAU
More than 40 disabled ex-service
men have been placed on small farms
in North Dakota under the direction
of the U. S. Veterans Bureau and
they have come through the past sea
son with more than fair success ac
cording to reports.
The disabled men who are given vo
cational training on small farms which
they have bought on their individual
responsibility are assisted by instruc
tors from the North Dakota Agricul
tural college under contract with the
Veterans Bureau. They visit each
trainee every two weeks to give him
instruction and advice concerning all
his farming operations. The Veter
ans Bureau plan provides a
for operating each farm as to crop
ping, improvements, and similar mat
ters, and the instructors assist the
men in carrying this through. Each
farm and family is managed on a
budget plan worked out, in each case,
by the Bureau and the trainee to
gether. This reduces all operations
to a systematic basis, and insures
regular and steady progress.
An agricultural expert declares that
"successful land development where
the settler has only a small working
capital depends upon four things:
good land, reasonable price, long time
payments at a low rate of interest,
good farming methods,
add good health and unceasing dili
gence on the part of the farmer.
These trainees in vocational agri
culture receive from $80 to $100 per
month, with additional allowances for
wives and children, as training pay.
for a period of 30 months at the end
They will, as a rule, be in training
of which time they will be well estab
lished on their own farms, and can
safely be declared rehabilitated.
We would
Carl Hovdey of the Outlook com
munity wa s a visitor in the county
seat last Wednesday and returned to
his home with 500 pounds of flour
which he bought at the Plentywood
Flour Mill.
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A business man usually advertises
sooner or later," sez I.
them after they go in the hands of
the receiver; they advertise or are ad
vertised."
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America's Marvels
NATURAL and otherwise
By T. T. Maxey
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THE AMERICAN SPHINX
Set high above the shimmering
waters of the picturesque Rock river
on the shoulder of a huge bluff near
Oregon Illinois ninety-nine miles (by
raI1) from ' and Poking out :
f . .ndp^d «mod to
u ° tr T that t «tne of thp
look upon, is the «olossal statue of the
Indian Chief, Blackhawb the largest j
concrete monument in America, if not
In all the world—the American Sphinx. |
This statue is the endearing tribute
of the sculptor, Lorado Taft, to the
American Indian It depicts the fa- !
mous chlef stand J ng greet, with folded
arms garbed Jn a , ong flowiBg robe or
blanket ^rnrefnilv about
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|»zmg «»ently in fare * I
well attitude o er the fertile valley
which the members of his tribe were
wont to roam.
The attention-inviting location and ,
pleasing proportions of this mate fig- i
ure j end t0 bigness a nobleness of
poiae th&t ig in complete accord with
the couraire d i su i aV ed In the counte
f h l nd j d warr i or
or inis spienum v .
American aphlnx ■
huge concrete pedestal which rests
upon the solid rock of the river bluff
and weighs something like 300 tons.
in its construction approximately 400
barrels of cement and 4,000 pounds of |
twisted reinforcing steel rods were
uged
- iect uas
construction so unusual that peculiar
necessity called into Î
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play. These methods and their appll- |
cations excited extraordinary atten- ;
tlon.
everlasting memorial to the passing of
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In order to insure the preservation j
of correct proportions a working |
model six feet in height was made. ;
This model was then enlarged seven i
times. Then a mold was built over it. :
Afterward the model inside of the ;
mold was dismantled and removed. !
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Then the mold was filled with con-1
Crete. Pink granite dust or screenings !
was mixed with the concrete. This
process gave to the finished figure a
granite-like appearance. This mass was '
next allowed to set. After th« setting )
process had terminated, the mold was
razed and carried away and lo there !
emerged and stood in all Its glory an
the Red Man—the American Sphinx.
(®. 3923. Western Newspaper Union.)
During the past few years thous
ands of black-tailed prairie dogs have
been exterminated in the Colorado
district through the systematic efforts
of the Biological Survey of the United
States Department of Agriculture
and the Colorado Agricultural College.
On the many sloping hillsides in
Douglas County the old chimneys of
the vacated burrows of these prairie
dogs are still visible. Swarms of bees
have been discovered going in and out
of these chimneys, and the buzzing in
the enlarged cavities below indicates
that honey is being stored there.
What is aTeaspoonfiil?
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must use a heaping spoonful
of many brands because they _
don't contain as much leav
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CALUMET
The Economy BAKING POWDER
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Level spoonfuls are all that are nec
essary when you use CALUMET—it
makes more bakings which means a real
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saving on bake day.
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as much as that
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REMEMBER—ANY VANILLA EXTRACT IS
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UNDER ARREST
GOVERNMENT MOVES AGAINST
GREAT FALLS INSTUTION.
Butte, Nov. 19.—Offficials of the
defunct Commercial National bank of
Great Falls w'cre arrested by the
United States marshil la r o Saturday
on indictments returned in Butte Mon
day by the federal grand jury
alleges misapplication of moneys,
fun ds and credits and the making of
f a i se entries in the books. Those un
( j er arres t f a u 0 f w hom gave bond be
f ore jj. s. Commissioner W. S. Frary
0 f Great Falls , it is reported here by
federal officcials, are Edward R.
Funk, former cashier of the bank; D.
A. Davidson, former assistent cashier;
Robert S. Noble, former director and
now president of the Noble Mercantile
company; Julien C. Peters, former di
rector and atorney at law. Another
man , w h 0 has not yet been arrested,
rag a j R0 been indicted in connection
vv ^h the failure of the bank which
closed its doors on October 4, 1922
am i f or which a receiver. T. E. Mc
Clintock, has been appointed,
THE ALLEGATIONS
The indictments enumerate wrens*
ful entries in the books of a national
hank monpon? rcnnrts to the comn
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cation of funds and c f e dit s as allega
tions upon wb i c h the w arrants were
i ssuet |. Different of the allegations
apply jointly to three of those named
and two are named singly,
Bond« applying to the groups and
individuals specify amounts ranging
from $1.000 to $5,000.
which
tVip indirtment ae-ainrt Peters al
i ne indictment against cetera ai
le *» *** " , err0 "°" s fZ
made m the note register of the bank
and misapp i ica tion of funds made to
^b e extent of $10,000.
Another in
dictment, jointly naming Noble, Pet
ers and Davidson, alleges erroneous
entries on the books charging a Ta
coma, Wash., bank with $75,000 and
a Portland bank with the same'
a . m <>unt. The government claims that
n .°s ucl \. charge was authorized by
eit t er ^ f the ,f b ^ ks *.
Another allegation is that errone
0UP entries were made in the books
C redii mg Noble with $75,000 to eff
set the charge against one of the
coast banks, and that another entry
was made crediting the account of
Peters with $75,000 to offset the
charge against the other bank.
Erroneous Entries
Peters, Noble and Funk are jointly j
named in another indictment enum- i
crating 27 counts, in which it is j
claimed erroneous entries were made j
in the books whereby the Portland |
and Tacoma banks were charged on ,
the Commercial bank's books with i
sum« running up to $100,000. Anoth-1
er allegation is that they made er
roneous entries in their reports to the |
comptroller, the purpose, the govern- j
ment says being to show a healthy
reserve.
Accounts set out in the indictn%nt
as coming under this head ranged at
different times from $100,000 to
$200,000 and were shown in the pub
lished reports of the bank. The in
dictment against Davidson alleges
misapplication and abstraction of
money« and credits to the amount of
$1,836.49. The first indictment nam
ing Funk alleges misapplication of
funds to the extent of $780.01.
Several Great Falls men were call
ed before the Butte grand jury when
the investigation was in progress. Ac
cording to accounts reaching Great
Falls, one of the witnesses before the
jury was O. A. Carlson, who was vice
president in charge of the bank at
the time it suspended business. Carl
son, it is understood, will be a wit
for the government if the cases
brought on for trial.
It is understood the cases will be
set down for trial during the Decem
ber trial term of the feedral court
in Great Falls.
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4,000 TROUT FRY TO STOCK
STREAMS IN DANIELS COUNTY
At the request of local citizes the
State Fish and Game Department last
week shipped to Scobey four cans of
trout fry, each can containing 1000,
for the purpose of experimenting in
the stocking of the local streams with
game fish.
J. R. McCurdy took the deputy hut
to the Martin Erickson place where
the fish were released in the clear
water of the creek,
were apparently only a few days old
the deputy thought that they would
have litle trouble in getting through
the winter.
If the experiment meets with qny
success thousands more trout will be
brought to this district and all the
streams will be stocked."
The trout was shipped here from
one of the state hatcheries.—Scobey
Sentinel.
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The Man Who Knows
TWO PROMINENT MEN were talking
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some time ago about "Why men fail.
"What is the one most important thing-nee
said one of them, bse
"Unless a nw n
mething useful for the public he does
not deserve success.
Of course that's so," said the other, b' dt
I think success depends upon knowing exact
ly what it costs you to give that service.^ A
man must not try to guess at his costs and pro
fits.
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It is certainly true that success comes us
ually to the man who knows. Reliable recor
And a big help in making
are very important,
these records is the checking system.
Do you use it carefully?
THE
First National Ban«
Member Federal Reserve System
PLENTYWOOD, MONT.
DANIELS COtSiY?'
HAS COlfNiy r ™
Scobey Sentinel: „
the county nurse, has* Sk
duties m Daniels
2.00 to o;00 in her
die court house. ° ffice HpstaiC 1
Miss Shoop was k
cZ* S apter of »ft's"»
Board of Health Divi ^ 0nt4!, aV'
Welfare and Hwiene «f cS
and Infancy. - " e *
The work of the C0Un n ^
Sists of school inspcSV" 1 *
pose of putting the cn?M 0rti *
in all schools of the S® * otj
with tubercular patients ^
and place literature of tLÏ *èS
partment of Public
hamls of each mother Ä 11 Î
Miss bhoop ig asking ?
the assistance of her e i?S
for the assistance and , ploy Ws 9 »
each family i„ tho^
everyone can assist b v Ï J°N
office as well a« your >
headquarters. ^ hon * 4
In the matter of tuW.,i .
an established fact that 0815 *
its early stages, it can been«,.'
rested case the patient £
full span of life.
Miss Shoup's office can be
by the front stairway 0 f W
house.
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