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The Stanford World (Stanford, Mont.), 26 Dec. 1918, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053199/1918-12-26/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
STANFORD, FERGUS COUNT Y, , MONTANA THURSDAY, , the god of peace and love on his Emil rcauhut, H. S. Web- right, and below Confueious were •• two large dogs with lions heads ber and Guy Wad eit with balis in their mouths. They were the god's guards: the ball Write of Their Varied 'represented the earth. Then they Experierices Trip • to have th e paper god or kitchen r( gad: lie is kept over the stove Frisco's Chinatown. in every family's kitchen and is Camp Fremont, 12-16, 1918. Dear Wayne: Received your letter today and was very. glad to hear front you. 1 was in Frisco Saturday and Sunday, went through China- town; say, it's the largest part of yrisco. Thry say that the un- •derground town was destroyed by the earthquake, but - there is certainly a lot left.. We traveled tor blocks in inokrground dwell- ings; it was like being in a mine, their lights were (similes and it Stulik like a skunk's den. These peojile, or most of them. believe in Confusius. ;nor are heathens. Now to -tell you how 1 got to go through there. Myself and Char- lie Kopline and Swift started to walk through it by ourselves, not thinking that -these was any partieulaisdanger hi it, especially for men in uniform.. W•e got through the tipper part near Fris- co all right, but the farther in we went thit'worse it got, until finally The people talked no En- glish and the signs were all print - in Chinese; this Irks up in the street before we went under- ground. The buildings had those funny reefs 'you see in the geog, enee... 'We never would have sa ph 2 , s Th e peop l e were „„, seen it aliv e if it hadn't been fm. friendly and we was Watched; tli'e the offieer, but he was their big kids. run into the buildings mid were seen no morrinst like goph- ers do in Montana. Well, we were juSt. going to statt back when a big fleshy (+Martian stop- ped us and in good English said what in b-- are you boys doing down here. We told him We were sight seeiti.g, and he told Its to wait until he came back before w e went, farther and Showed us a star; he Wits a jdaiu clothes man Then we showed him our M. P. badges. and Swift had his Provo. 'badge on: lie then told us he would get a white man to show its the interesting things, and he sore did. The man he turned us over to was the head man of the plain clothes squad which looks after the under world of this dark 1 also got a little bone Jad; it place. is to year on the neck and is a He took us through under- little god 1010 will keep me from ground passages into private all harm and sorrow, and also years MO • last March. Last ch,,u. pract i s e ss families who talked no English bring me wealth and good luck. Mat -ell her mother took her to j ng ofhis wee k at t h e „,„ ss ,„ and believed in idols.. Will send him to you. Chicago for noslioal treatment.' Children's exervist;S were hell • In a large building which had From here we went through no entranee from, above ground the old Barbara Coast ; God. how but was iod red from Underneath low people get ! When you hear the building had a large church it 's closed tell them it's not so. in the underground part, an al- I saw the place they raided some jar in on e end on which sat three six months ago. It was like a Confucions in the mi(ldle. the god of wealth oil / his left and • 'of titited on Last Page) -- DECEMBER '26. 1918, 5 Cents Per Copy burned and replaced once a year. Then 'there is the house god; it is a large dog, lion's head, with a house . i»- its mouth and is sup- posed to protect .and look after the homes and' families individ- ually. Iii the top story Was the meet- ing place of the high binders so -1 viety, something similar to the Mason's lodge.; it simply con- trols all China town; the officer said, that all the murders com- mitted were practieally onlered by this society: it .never inter- feres otitside, of China town. The l'urniture in it is several hun- dred years Old an t,1 collies from China. If is hand coveted and inlayed - with mother of pearl and . must have taken years to make; it i , solid mahogany and is Will'111 11011 . 1 kiiov Ito' much:it is siin- ply prieeless. ' But I can't dm'sem'ii it all, there were opium dent; and. ;t- hose all. iii one house. a funeral the deceased . being a heathen. They danced around him and burnt paper and howled like Coyotes. That was 114 ktH) the devil out and they didn't NValltos around as an 11111.041eVer always strengthens the devil by his tires - boss and talked their language, amid they fear hint WI/1'Se than !lades. so they let its in when he said we weree his friends,,. lv said it something like this. \Sni-; Yii-(liow-tlioo\—and made mo- tions. But we *bad to back in and could nor Ma' 41t, the etrrpsa. but then I Saw eVerYillillg in the room. This paper You find- in the letter represents two things. the yellow part his life, the silver his svealth, they had all kinds of it:; the officer stole three little pieces.. They born it in the grave before burial to drive out the devils as they think the spirit stays around the body trying to get in for so ninny days, then failing. goes God knows where. 0000000000000000000000000000000000 000 000000.000•0 There was due 20 per cent of your FourtIrLib- erty Loan subscription. Yoor government gives you the opportunity to become a holder Of the saf- est • bond in the world on an \easy payment plan\ and it itt your duty to meet the payments promptly when dor. Basin State Bank Stanford, Montana Capital $20,000,00 Surplus $10,000.00 0000000 0000000000000 0000000000 000000000 000 • 000000 Billions For Reconsi ruction ' .5i;.1.1:Viii 41 i . ' --- \ V • -1 i., 1 • -', :-*'i, - .A.• N .---.` A:? 't 1 i /11'4:' •• ti..* *4 ' ..t...'-'` A 44r .4... /C -...9....“ '1. 1 --, 1 • . 1 . a9 tne v_nristtnaf ,fecuon ming I l hjoys of Peace toY) - u n . n e) coming war may there be no mbarqo on y91ir happiness; may 1 4 your opportunineJ not be En- 40 1_ IN trenched; may the Bat eii or the 14 1 past be forgotten,an4 the Bugle • ;tatt ea T. :.: call lead - you on to loved oneJ. *44 • who love you, ana watch over you. t i ll 4 1 14feltrP\. Cafriellifs.74AWC1411%, - AL%. 41 . Gladys Pay Lewis was born N('N1 Snfiday serviees will he' 11S 1 . 0110111i: $11111111Y school at 10 May 20. 191)5. Hear (I rand Ridge, In_ and moved to staicon , a. tn.; preaching at 11 a. in. slid I I three - ; p. tn. Everyone who knew her lov• ed her, and she les es to mourn his. loss her father and mother, thri••: brothers, thris , sisters, many ri•I- ativcs' ;111(1 a host of friend'..', Having kiloWn Gladys and being associated with her will makeits all want to live so we will nteyt her in heaven. • Gladys lots passed tb her re- 1). Ills mit the manse. ward. Iler spirit has taken its • R. ALEXANDER. flight to the (;oil who gave it. and, we all shall miss her as Ills A NERVY THIEF. days go by. We will not say she • Last 'Phursday night, between , is dead. No, indeed! Only gone - Mild 10 o'clock, someone stole a Away. saddle and blanket. from a horse And since she has - gone to that belonging to J. S. Webber which unknown land, was tied to the rack beside the Has crossed the trackless, misty Stanford Mereantile eompany'R sea, store. 'IMP. Webber was forced W e long for her presence again; to ride home . bareback. and lie just gone abroad to spend the was sore about it in more ways years, than one. Later the saddle was Will never come back from that found in the yard back of. the golden clime. Stanford hotel where it, hadisbeen She. has passed the border' be. thrown by the thief after finding yond all team, that it was of little value. Mr. And expects onr arrival at most Webber has a pretty good idea any thne, of the identity of the eulPrit, who and she made her home with her aunt. Mrs. S. E. Jones. A week ago, last Thursday she was taken with influenza /which developed hit() pueumonia. and she went to her heayl'Illy 110111e Wednesday morning. December 18. 1918, at • the Swedi-ih Covenant hospital., Slit'.' wmis 1/1Ie Of God's jewels, good natured. happy, never (son- plainings and Was so anxious to regain her health. She gave her heart to her Sa•,- ior last svinter. and was a regu- lar attendant at Sunday school and church. th e on last Tuesda . ‘ nigtit, and were largely alle;o11, (1 There were about 400 persons present This, perhaps. breaks' all - past ii ml mm the way of at- tendance. i . ,26.3. - ) were raiSed for the Armenians. The teacher training (lass will, probably illeel January :1: place anc) hour vihl he announeed iii itext paper. rifte...11 - 1111Vt. (-11rOlied. trust, many more will tam , advantage of this ivonderftil opportunijy brought 10 our door. \Viitch night services will. be held in th e manse, aml all arc \vitt h as , a sociatl lime, eommencing about s::10 p. m., and short service just served, liefore 12. Refreshments will be will be. a joint meeting ihi' tnisteos 01,,! , 1;ty evening, 1)eseinber st.7. is probably the sam e party who stole gloves arid 11 sweater from another Strinfordite, and a de- Istription has been sent the pollee of Great Falls, to which 111W11 Ile Was heill/e(r. The meet hug of the Cot/liner- vial Club last Saturday \VIP( fair- ly vi -ell attended. quite a few from the surrounding ;smith'v being present. A. I). Strout' was in- structed to get toblitional infor- mation on the cost. etc., of a eoln- nitwits- hospital such as it is hoped may be built here, ant! ;w- isher meeting will be vatted in I lit' !war flit lire. Vast Sums to Be Spent to Make France Once Mope Productive.--Fig- tires hy French Writer AVe have beeanie accus'oined to large numbers in contemplating reports of war supplies and more pstlieularly national debts \chid' Mist. assumed proportions not es en emisidered material for former fairy tides. Rut it is de- cidedly rorreshing to vonsider Iwnre requirements into billions. \Ve learn with more or less ap- preliensimi of the caneellation of hugh war eontracts; of abandon- ed imiuiuijtjttim tOIVIIM being ditillian - lied Until ii is a relief to note the mlitiins of Lieutenant !toyer, itt charge of reconstruction for the. 'Vrench Commission iii 1\';ishinglon. in matter of the peace requirements of 1•'1'111114', HSI giVell 6: the ()maim News: The restoration ()I' northern France will he aceoMPIished• hanks It , II\' e ll\ s gY fit. ()i l r 1 )0 1 )11- )111 km and to Hie aid that Aineri- •.a has given and is ready to give. Freneli losses in men amount It 2,)00,000; part part maimed; some returned' sick and incapacitated from German prison vamps. Fifteen 1)1 , 1. cent of our people are missing 111. 010 Very fillle 11'1. Heed all our mater- ial :Ind moral forees to rebuild our life. Freneli war expenses, more I han $30,000.000,000, are weigh- ing heavily oil our shoulders. To pay olr this debt. there are lit (Continue(l on Last Page) 0 A. Z. 8 U1P'S BROTHER , 81LLED IN ACTION w ord /vas ms ,i ve d ! l ie ( l ay h o _ tOr e that Heory Strout' svas killed ill Ileli011 ill what svill probabls' be known ;is the hardest fought battle or history, Ar- ;tootle Forest, on September 29. IL. was tu member of Co. A, 36211(1 loft., and his regiment was in the fatuous ltlst MASON'S ELECT OFFICERS. Palestin e lodge, No. 88, A. F. and A. M., held its annual elect - Holt of officers Monday night, 1)e - (strobes 16, and exemplified the \vatic in the third degree. The following ()Meet's , were eleeted and appointed: W. M., A. E. Moore; S .W.. •1. 14'. Hager- man ; .1. (hi() W. Vokel; See., T.1. Tryas , C. R. Tsy- lor, S. 1)., W..1. Beek: .1. D., Witl- i d es Layhoorne; S. S., II. II. Cole; A M. :14 , Chire; Tyler, J. II, AA'cingart Alnrshal, Yleredith. Members and visit i itg masons Irma; Geyser and Coffee Creel( were present, and the lodge 1111(1 one or I he most eojoyable Meet- ings in months. 000I0000000000.p00.0000 00000 NEMIWIt I F:1)1:flAI, IM SERVE SYS ri:rq 00 00000000000000000 Here is to ou and Yours: . May the New Year be a Happy and Prosperous One, First National Bank of Stanford Copital and Surplus $50,000.00 SAVE FOR NEXT LOAN (
