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4 H13ronicAL socirtel OF hilJNTANALL THE INDEPENDENT A Continuation, Of the Moccasin Dispatch Old Series Vol. IX, No. 13 MOCCASIN, JUDITH 0 MONTANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1923 New Series Vol. III, No. 50 imsesumnsmassmentionummutommommusummintunitimmitiummimin Famous Ozark Country Deserves to Be Known\ for Its Glorious Scenery • By JOHN T. FARIS, in \Seeing the Middle West.\ But the Ozark country, famous u it is for its lead and iron and sine, deserves to be even better known for its glorious scenery; its remarkably uniform summit levels; its curious sink holes, due to collaps- ing cavern roqta in the limestone country of the east; its caves further south and west, where onyx deposits are plentiful; its great game pre- serve in Taney county; it. .disappearing streams; its springs down in Ozark and Shannon counties, some of them the largest in the world; its unusual water power on rapid, rock -walled streams, the possibilities of which are revealed by the dam and plant of the Ozark Power and Water company. on White River, near Forsythe. . . . The beautiful Ozarks are the most centrally located highlands in the United Skates. They cover a region larger than England in Ave states, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Illinois, though the greater jortion is in Missouri. There they comprise practically half the state. Fortunately, the name of this highland district is as pleasing as the country—though some of the people who live there do not think so. It sounds like an Indian name, but it isn't; in vain philologists will seek its derivation, until they have the simple key; it is a contraction of the French \Aux Ares.\ In early days, when travelers spoke of going to the French port on the Arkansas, they said, briefly, they were bound \Aux Arcs.\ With ease - this expression was contracted to Ozarks. At first the new words meant the River Arkansas, then its basin, next the highlands north of it IHNIIIIIIIMIIIIIIM111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I1111111111111111111MIIIIIIII Alaska Has Disclosed to an Astonished World Its Wealth and Possibilities 111 J. J. UNDERWOOD, in \Alaska an Empire in the Making.\ The years that have 'passed since Alaska came into the possession of the United States have disclosed to an astonished world its great wealth and worsderful possibilfiles. Its auriferous gravels have yielded untold treasure; its colonies of seal and other mammals have loaded the markets with valuable and beautiful furs; its Sete have given up their wealth of food fishes; its barren tundras have presented us the nucleus of the rein- deer industry and taught a•lemon in the civilization of savage tribes; its sg-rieultural possibilities promise returns in excess of all expectations; its 11111D easured timber areas will furnish wood pulp and lumber long after other forest, have been exhausted; and its undelved coal -mines suggest a usuonal opulence beyond the dreams of avarice. It may sound like a wild dream to say that within a few years, European immigrants, instead of landing at New 11 , 4n1t; win leadvairthe - Pacific coast, to make produetive„tkie unoccupied areas of land in the West and in Alaska. But it is a dream that likely will come true, for Alaska is capable of raising every pound of beef, every sort of vegetable, and every pound of butter or other dairy product that her people will need till the white population increases to two hundred times its present number. Supreme Court Cannot Help Becoming Stormy Petrel of Politics By CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT, Chase Memorial Dedication Address. During the incumbency of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase popular feeling was strongly aroused against the court. From time to time, by reason of its jurisdiction, and its proper exercise, the court cannot help becoming the stormy petrel of politics. It is the head of the system of federal courts established avowedly to avoid the local prejudice which nonresidenta may encounter in state conrts,•a function often likely to ruffle the sensibilities of the communitiea, the possibility of whose prejudice is thus recognized and avoided. More tln;n this, the court's duty to ignore the acts of congress or of the state legislatures, if out of line with the fundamental law of the nation, inevitably throws it as an obstruction scroce the path of the then majority who have enacted the invalid legislation. The stronger the majority, and the more intense its partisan feeling, the less likely is' it'to regard constitutional limitations upon its powers and the more likely is it to egad laws of questionable validity. It is convincing evidence of the sound sense of the American people in the long run and their love of civil liberty and its constieutional guaranties, that, in spite of hostility thus 'frequently engendered, the court has lived with its powers unimpaired until the present day. Where the Once Limpid Water Broke Into Jeweled Riffles on Rocky Ledges By DR. JAMES ALEXANDER HENSHALL, in Outlook. Last summer, in the leafy month of June, I visited a stream in southwestern Ohio that was once a famous black -bass stream and one of my favorite fishing resorts. I hid not fretted its surface with feathered lures for nearly forty years. I put on my wading boots and started down the stream, casting a brown hackle across and down stream, and oc- casionally up stream, but all to no purpose, as my fly was unnoticed, or mayhap the fish were not there. Floating with the lazy current were patches of greasy scum, and the water was far from clear, though not turbid. Instead of the old -tithe woodsy smell of the dream and its banks, there was a decidedly unpleasant odor from the stream and its banks. I was shocked at the great change in the stream and its surroundings. Where the once limpid water broke into jeweled riffles on the rocky ledges and went singing on its merry way, all was dull and listleet; the glory of the living stream was gone, may - hap forever. , Casting my Ay never so gently and carefully over likely places, -my efforts seemed useless, for the fish were either not there or had lost their old-time eagerness and failed to respond to the most seductive meta I was thoroughly discouraged and disheartened. Delay Closing of Tillage Contest Billings, Nov. 10.—Extension of the date of closing of the ORD- mer tillage campaign being con- ducted by the Montana Develop- ment association, which was to have been November 15, has just been announced. On account of delays caused by inclement weath- er and the consequent delays in the remitting of contest affidaviti, the association has decided that December 15 shall be the last datg on which affidavits will be admit - ted for entry to the contest. The association wishes to make' every effort to allow all the farm- ers in the state to send in their affidavits, says W. A. Selvidge. president of the association. Re- ports are coming in rapidly from certain sections of the state while In other Darts, the stoppage of threshing on occount of the heavy rains has made it impossible to re- ceive returns from those sections. It is expected that November will be much more productive of returns than any of the other months, the president says. Prizes in the contest will be awarded as soon as the data Can be collected after December 16. The information gathered through this contest is to be used for pub- licity purposes and the section of Montana sending in the greatest number of good reports will ac- cordingly receive the greatest amount of publicity. Of the three districts the northern thus far has sent in the most reports. The cash prizes will be awarded directly from the offices of the Montana Dovelopoient assoeietioe here while the machinery awards will be given by the doors them selves, who will be notified of the standing of the various contestants as soon as the data is compiled. A number of letters have been received at the office here in re- gard to the campaign from various farmers all over the state. The greater number of these letters indicate that early farming opera- tions and plowing in particular is giving the best results. All say that if the field is kept free of weeds, and cultivated in time, the increase will average about lo bushels per acre over former yields. One farmer has suggested that the name of the campaign and the clubs be changed to the - spilug tillage\ campaign rather than sum- mer tillage, thus inducing the 'farmers to do their work at the right time. Another farmer de. dares that if proper methods are followed, there need be no more complete failures in this state. A visitor at one farm remarked to the farmer that it was apparent that be had lost faith in Montana, to which the farmer replied: \No I have not, and I believe I have restored faith in this state in number of other farmers by fol- lowing scientific methods since yield was 10 bushels per acre bet- ter this season than the yield of any of my neighbors who did not follow the summer tillage methods and principles. Battery rebuilding and recharg- ing; car repairing also. —G. L. Johnson, at Moccasin Garage. .11M. see 4M. .1•1••••• I Local and Otherwise I I Items of Passing Interest from I Here, There and Everywhere. Cs Ce •••=1.. •••■10. J. L. Springer spent a few days the past week in Great Falls. Mesdames King and Ball were Lewistown visitors Saturday. Dora Faris was ill the first of the week with a touch 4tonailitis. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Clikernan were county seat visitors Tuesday. 4 Annual Girls's Vocational Con- gress at Bozemen November 22- 23 M. Wayne Graybeal has gone to Los Angeles, Calif., to spend the winter. E. E. Owen and wife of near Benchland were Moccasin visitors Monday. Several of our citizens made an- other pilgrimage to Lewistown last evening. R. W. May is building a new room onto his residence at the Experiment station. Mrs. George Ball and Catheline went to Lewistown Monday after- noon to visit friends. Mrs. G. L. Nicholson returned Tuesday from a short visit with relatives in Lewistown. William Brownlee and family and Mrs. J. C. Messner motored to Lewistown last Friday. L. A. George and Miss Anna were up from Kolin yesterday and visited at the Thomas home. Born: Monday morning, -No- vember 12, to Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Lyons on the Strawman ranch, a son. ikirs. L. V. Jackson enjoyed a visit during the week from her mother, Mrs. R. B. Thompson, of Lewistown. Rev. Frank Nathan announces that there will be a Thanksgiving service at the church next Thurs- day evening. Ruth Graybeal, who is teaching the Deegan school, passed through town Friday evening to her home near Brchland. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Burdick motored to Stanford Friday and spent the day visiting friends and teuding to - matters of bustness. For meals, lunches, home bak- ing, groceries, candy and tobac- cos, don't forget the Tourist Cafe. —Mrs. A. Olmstead, Proprietress. R. D. Lyons and family near Benchland are residing for the winter , on the Strawman ranch near Moccasin, in order to have school advantages. The Ladies Aid met last Thurs- day afternoon with Mrs. C. W. Hutchison, with an attendance of 14. Next meeting with Mrs. G. W. Ball next Thursday afternoon. A. H. Von Bergen, who has been at the home of his son, J. H. Von Bergen, since last April, left Tuesday noon for Miranda, S. D., to remain through the winter with a daughter. Oscar Sackett, who has been employed at the Experiment sta- tion the past season, left Tuesday for his old borne at Blue Mound, Ill., for a few months. He order- ed The Independent sent to his new address. The social affair, presumably sponsored by the officers and act- ing committee of the newly or- ganized Community Club, last Saturday night was, we under- stand, an invitation affair with a view of securing members. A big turkey feed was the outstand- ing feature of the evening. We are informed that a syndi- cate of Benchland and Moccasin farmers have taken over the build- ing of the Willow Creek Country Club, north of Benchland. The new organization will hold their first dance on the night of Novem- ber 17. It was also intimated that the building may be moved to a more central point. Mr. and Mrs. H. U. Brownlee and George came down from Stan- ford Saturday. M r. Brownlee and George went on to Lewistown to witness the Big Sand.v-Harlow- ton football game, Mrs. B. visit- ing her daughters. Monday noon, Mrs. Brownlee left enroute to Valley City, N. D., for a few weeks visit with her mother. Mrs. C. M. Strawman and little daughter, who have been living on the ranch here for the summer were joined Saturday by Mr. Strawman of Lewistown and on Sunday lef‘ for Valley City, N. D., where Mrs. Strawman will make an extended visit with rela- tives. Mr. ,Strawman will go on to Minneapolis to attend to affairs pertaining to the business of the Montana Wheat Growers' associa- tion. Rev. Sumicai, raised in Japan and educated in coltege in the United States, graduate from Mc- Cormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, and ordained by the Chicago Presbytery, now making a tour from Chicago to the coast afterwards he will engage in mis- sionery work among his own peo- ple, will give a lecture in the church at Moccasin on Monday evening, November 19 at 8 o'clock. Admission free. Offering taken to defray his expenses. Every- body invited. Seven cars of cattle were loaded here Tuesday and shipped to the Chicago market. Those accom- paning the shipment were: Geo. F. Brown, J. H. Von Bergen and Oscar Sackett. This was the first shipment of stock since the stock- yards here were built, the several shippers making up the consign- ment being: Geo. F. Brown, R. W. Brading, Jos. Eveland, W. C. Clikeman, J. H. Von Bergen, F C. Rector, Jack Nelson, B. Blackman, M. K. Ferry, G. Kirk and George Holler. After an extended visit with her father at Staples, Minn., Mrs. Ed. Gestring and baby returned to Moccasin last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Gestring, who completed a Iiikagiellettli wawa of threshing and trucking in the Windham -Stanford country last week, is now fitting a house -body to his big truck and left today enroute to California but may decide to stop for the winter at American Falls, Idaho. He will be accompanied on the trip by Asa F. Ferris. Mrs. Gest- ring will remain here until she re- ceives word that the men are over the mountains on the chosen route. Mrs. C. H. Smith and son, Walter, of Wihdam, were Mocca- sin visitors a few minutes Tuesday afternoon. BROTHERS ACROSS THE AGES Mrs. North — Nebuchadnezzar lived on grass. Golf Widow—Well, my husband lives on the green.—New York Sun and -Globe. Looking Backward Ten Years Ago; this Weck Moccasin has the promise of a fine large opera house, with store room below and hall above; the plans, however, not being decided upon. The Grover Roe sale last Fri- day was exceptionally good. Two cows brought $90 and $102 re- spectively and the horses sold at $165 and $25 . 6 each. The Country Bankers' Club,, organized three years ago, h e ld one of its occasional meetings at Hotel Moccasin Saturday evening, winding up with a banquet. A plan was submitted the first of this week for the installation of four two -cluster light standards to be located on the two corners of the central intersection of Main street and also one block east. The plan was accepted and the in- stallation will be made as soon au possible, the expense to be met by popular subscription. Petitions have been generally signed by about 50 per cent of the voters of the county (Fergus) ask- ing the board of county commis- sioners to appropriate $100 per month toward the employment of Carl H. Peterson as county agent, and has been favorably acted up- on by the board. Until now Mr. Peterson has been paid by the Lewistown chamber of commerce, which will continue to make up the difference in salary. The J. C. Rice sale' last .Satur- day was a record breaker as far as attendance is concerned and all the stuff listed sold well, bidders being here from all the surround- ing towns. In the evening Mr. Rice gave a dance in Prestos hall. The hall was packed beyond safety to the crowd and, as it wis in the nature of a farewell party for the host, proved that \Jerry\ has a host of friends who appreci- ate his generous 'hospitality. Mr. Rice and family' will leaver next week for Kansas City wbere he will work at the machinist trade this winter. Dr. Lhamon Coming:— Dr. Geo. A. Lhamon, exclusive eyesight specialist, will be at Hotel Moeeasin November 29.— one day ()nip- Have .vour eyes examined. Oct t Ii e FACTS about your eyes. Thirty-three years' experience assures you of right glasses. 49-3w Quality Merchandise at Reasonable Prices Elstad Mercantile Company 0 4.6 IMF IMP ANL Moccasin, Montana Specials for One Week Spitzenberg Apples, box - - $ 1.85 5 -Lb. Carton of Dry, Peeled Peaches • - - - • .85 5 -Lb. Carton Dried Apricots /./ 0 6 -oz. Glass Crab Apple Jelly - • - Two for .25 No. 21-2 Cans Sunkist and Glass Jar Fruits, 3 cans 1.00 Assorted case of same 7.75 We have all the requisites for that Fruit Cake for Thanksgiving Full Line of 2 and 4 -Buckle Over - shoes for Men, Women, Children _A 10 pt \NW AM, Nam, am.
