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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OP RED LODGE
RED LODGE DAILY NEWS
VOL. 2. NO. 142.
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
VOL. XII. NO. 4.
RED LODGE, CARBON COUNTY. MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1935.
RED LODGE RODEO
FOR 1935 SLATED
DY ASSOCIATION
Appoint Committees, Select
Tentative Dates for
Local Show
sT.
The staging of Red Lodge's 1935
rodeo and Fourth of July célébra
tion was virtually assured when
directors of the Red Lodge Rodeo
association at a general meeting
of the group here Tuesday night
decided to proceed with plans for
the show, fixing tentative dates
for performances and appointing
committees to arrange and assist
in staging the western exhibition.
The association's officers were
elected and the list of directors for
1935 completed at Tuesday's night
meeting, which was held in the
courthouse.
J. J. Gerondale again heads the
group this year as president and
chairman of the board of directors.
Other officers elected include R. A.
Nutting, first vice president; H. C.
Olcott^ second vice president; L. M.
Slavens, secretary, and C. F.
Chamberlain, treasurer.
Directors for the ensuing year
are Mr. Gerondale, chairman; Mr.
Nutting, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Ol
cott, Mr. Slavens, Edward Bloom,
J. J. Gleason, Milo Schanck, Wil
liam Larkin, M. B. Pay, Henry
Albert, Ted Schmitz, Harold
Graves, John Albert and A. P.
Richardson. Those named honor
ary directors of the association in
clude J. Nino Comelio, Louis Tun
nicliff, Vern Cowger, W. E. Clark,
Chris Branger, George Wright
and John Corey.
Show dates for this year were
set for July 4, 6 and 6, but are
subject to changeait was agreed
at Tuesday night's meet. It was
also decided that business houses
of the city remain closed from 1
to 4 o'clock on the afternoons of
the three days.
In going ahead with plans for
the 1935 show directors indicated
that they were doing so only on
the presumption that sufficient
support, both financial and moral,
would be extended the move by
business and professional men of
the city as well as townspeople.
The report of the association's
financial committee Tuesday night
was again regarded as favorable,
but pledges for financial aid in
holding the 1935 show from busi
ness houses and professional of
fices, as obtained by a canvass of
the city by committee members,
are still a few hundred dollars be
low the quota set to guarantee a
financial success for the rodeo.
This situation, the directors said,
and the fact that moral support
and interest in staging a rodeo
this year still remains below that
evidenced in former years by busi
nessmen and citizens alike may
yet lead to abandonment of all
plans for a 1935 show.
They again emphasized that not
only financial aid is needed to as
sure success for the local event,
but, even more important, is whole
hearted moral cooperation from lo
cal citizens required. Civic spirit
and pride, they declared, cannot
be purchased with dollars, but
must come through the initiative
of all citizens, both as individuals
and as a group working for the
betterment of the community in
which they live.
Upon the question of whether
such initiative will come to light
in the next few weeks hinges the
failure or success of the 1935 show
and whether plans for it shall go
forward or be dropped entirely, it
was stated with emphasis.
Committees appointed Tuesday
night follow:
Finance and souvenir commit
tee— H. C. Olpott, chairman; C. M.
rt, K. W. Skeen,
Downs,-John
Dominic* Castellano, A. J. Moran,
C. Natali and Harry Moore.
Stock committee—R. A. Nutting,
chairman; Frank J. O'Connor,
Louis Tunnicliff, Vern Cowger,
Milo Schanck and W. E. Clark.
Advertising committee—J. Nino
Cornelio, chairman; M. B. Pay, W.
W. Flashman, Harley Weydt, Do
minic Columbus, Frank Secora
and Dr. J. C. F. Siegfriedt.
Prize list and program—R. A.
Nutting, chairman; Milo Schanck,
Frank J. O'Connor and Harold
Davis.
Ticket and gate—J. J. Gleason,
chairman; T. J. Kearns, Harry
Moore, Ted Schmidtz, E. B. Shel
ley, P. J. Boggio and Jess Beans.
Concessions—j;C. H. Draper,}
(Continued
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on
Wind
Cuts Capers, Causing Damages
Of Minor Nature Here
A strong wind Monday swept
Red Lodge, pushed out a plate
glass window in a local store,
shattered lamp shades on the city's
street lighting posts, kicked up
whirling dust clouds and then, as a
final gesture, brought on its wings
a folizzardy snow storm.
The snowstorm, beginning early
Monday evening and lasting into
the small hours Tuesday, left a
blanket recorded at from one and
one-half to three inches in depth
and served to widen the smiles on
faces of farmers and ranchers.
Earlier Monday, however, the
wind tantalized city housewives
with scattered dust clouds slightly
emulating those of the mid-west
ern plains.
The local unit of Sawyer Stores,
Inc., lost a large plate glass dis
play window shortly after noon
Monday when a blast of air rushed
through an open back door of the
establishment, blowing the window
completely from its frame onto
the sidewalk.
Other minor damage was report
ed at different points throughout
the city.
VETERAN ROBERTS
CONTRACTOR DIES
Paralysis Fatal to Thomas
Hatten Here Late
Saturday
A paralysis sufferer since seven
years • ago when first overcome
with a stroke, Thomas F. Hatten,
veteran roofing and building con
tractor of Carbon county and resi
dent of the Roberts community
for the past quarter century, died
at a local hospital of his malady
late Saturday at the age of 70
years.
Mr. Hatten had been partly-par
alyzed for the past seven years
from paralytic strokes occurring
intermittently. He was brought to
the local hospital more than a
week ago, succumbing at 5:20 p. m.
Saturday.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday morning at. 10 o'clock at
the St. Thomas Catholic church in
Roberts. The Rev. Fr. Thomas
Starkle of Red Lodge officiated.
Interment was in the Roberts ce
metery. Pallbearers were Paul
Warfel, Barney Parks, M. G. Ho
gan, Dominic Obert, Harry Allen
and James J. Barry.
Thomas Frances Hatten was
born in New York state, July 5,
1864, removing with his parents
to Minnesota where the early
years of his life were spent. In
later life he went to Chicago, Ill.,
where he entered and engaged in
the roofing contract business for a
number of years. He left there in
1913 to come west to Montana,
taking up homestead land in the
Roberts community. He had re
sided there since, operating his
homestead and also engaging in
his craft as a roofing and building
and bridge contractor for the last
25 years.
His widow, Mrs. Christine Hat
ten, whom he married in Minneso
ta in 1885, survives in California.
There are also three daughters and
three sons surviving. They are
Mrs. Marie Sprague of Tulsa,
Okla., Mrs. Peter Obert of From
berg, Mrs. Robert Atkinson of
Sheridan, Wyo.,' James F. Hatten
of Joliet, Robert D. Hatten of
Casper, Wyo., and John W. Hatten,
residing in California.
Phone your news items to No. 9.
COUNTY SEED LIST
SENT TO FARMERS
sale.
The extension office at Red
Lodge has just finished a county
wide distribution of the seed and
exchange list, which was promised
around April 1.
In case a farmer or stock grow
er has been missed, it is stated, a
copy of this exchange list and
news letter may be secured from
the extension office. It is also de
sired that homes receiving more
than one copy of this list, notify
the county agent in order that the
mailing list may be corrected.
Parties desiring to make use of
the seed list are requested to con
tact directly those having seed for
PNEUMONIA FATAL
TO WIDELY-KNOWN
CAFE OWNER HERE
Louis Olcott Succumbs at
Local Hospital Late
Friday Afternoon
Louis Olcott, well-known Red
Lodge restaurant operator, died at
a local hospital late Friday after
noon at the age of 68, following
little more than a week's illness
with pneumonia.
Mr. Olcott entered the hospital
for treatment March 13, a steady
and rapid decline in his condition
being noted. He succumbed at
3:15 p. m, Saturday. His death
came as a shock to hundreds of
friends and acquaintances in this
community.
Funeral services were conducted
at the local Elks' Home at 2 o'
clock Sunday afternoon. Local
Beartooth lodge of ,B. P. O, E., of
which Mr. Olcott had been a mem
ber, was in charge of services, with
the Rev. H. W. Woods of the
Methodist-Episcopal church offici
ating. The Martin Funeral home
had charge of arrangements and
interment was in the local ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were P. H. Àlden,
Prank Sicora, Clair Chamberlain,
Carl Lucas, Elmer Schroeder and
Howard E. McElvain.
Mr. Olcott was a native of Pilot
Rock, Oregon, where he was born
March 9, 1867.
eight children, four sons and four
daughters, of Roswell and Ida Ol
cott, who came of pioneer Oregon
stock.
The greater part of Mr. Olcott's
life was spent in his native state.
He grew to manhood at Pilot Rock
and received his early education in
schools of that community. For
over 20 years of his life he oper
ated restaurants in and around
He was one of
Portland, Ore, Prior to coming to
Red Lodge four years ago, he
spent a number of years in Alaska,
returning first to Oregon before
removing to this city.
At Red Lodge he founded Ol
cott's cafe, which until lately
operated under his sole proprietor
ship. Less than two months
was
ago
he merged his restaurant interests
with those of Robert Harness of
Bob's Busy Bee cafe, the
terprise being operated as Lou and
Bob's Busy Bee. In recent weeks,
Mr. Harness withdrew from the
merger to take over the propri
etorship of the Yellowstone cafe
at Laurel.
newjen
Surviving Mr. Olcott
wife, Mrs. Mary Olcott, and two
daughters, residing at Portland,
Ore.; two sisters, Mrs. Rose Har
rah, of Pendleton, Ore., and Mrs.
Emma Williams of Jackson Hole,
Wyo.; a brother, Edward Olcott,
oldtime resident of this city, and
several nieces and nephews.
are his
HOUSING LEADERS
CONFER IN CITY
Federal and State Heads
Pay Visit to Local
Administrator
For the purpose of conferring
with Dr. L. H. Tooley, chairman of
the Red Lodge Better Housing
committee, and with other mem
bers of the committee, business
men and bankers, Sydney C. John
son, of the headquarters staff,
Federal Housing administration,
Washington, D, C., and Warren W.
Moses, field representative for the
Helena office, were in Red Lodge
Wednesday.
They found that an intensive
campaign had been carried on here
including a canvass of the city un
der the auspices of the FERA,
which should result in considerable
construction work as spring opens
up, depending upop the ability of
the home owners or prospective
home builders to obtain loans from
the financial institutions to per
mit the carrying out of their plans.
It is expected that the canvass,
which was recently concluded, will
be resumed shortly upon the ap
proval of the project which has
been submitted by Chairman Tool
ey
The two visitors left here Wed
nesday afternoon for Bridger be
fore returning to Billings where
they have been in attendance at
the Better Housing show conduct
ed there during the first four days
FOUR IN FIELD FOR
ELECTION TO BOARD
OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES
Four candidates are in the field
for election as members of the
board of trustees of school dist
ritc No. 1, according to report
early today of the school district's
clerk, George DeBourg, with whom
filings are being made.
The election takes place here
Saturday, April 6, with the dead
line on filings set for five days be
fore the date of election. The one
year and three-year terms on the
board are to toe filled.
Candidates already entered in
clude C. M. Downs, who recently
completed a one-year term on the
board and who now seeks the
three-year trusteeship; R. W. De
Bourg, who opposes Mr. Downs
for the three-year term; John Sim
for the one
now holds by Appointment in the
place vacated iby C. N. Luttrell,
and J. S. Green, also seeking elec
tion to the one-year term.
term, which he
COUNTY CLERK HAS
STATE TAX DLANKS
Deadline For Filing State
Income Returns Is
April 15
In order to assist taxpayers of
the county in making out their
state income tax returns, the state
board of equalization at Helena
has forwarded a supply of blanks
to County Clerk and Recorder
George J. McDonald at Red Lodge.
The deadline for the filing of re
turns is April 15 and all returns
must be filed on or before that
date, it was stated. |
The total tax due may be paid
in full at the time the return is
filed, or it may be paid in two in
stallments, one-half to be paid at
the time of filing and the other
half within .six months from the
original due date. For those per
sons who are liable for the filing
of a return they also must include
a filing fee of $1, in addition to
any tax found due.
Returns must be filed by a sing
le person or a married person not
living with husband or wife, who
has a net income of $1,006, and
by a married person having a net
income of $2,000 or over. Persons
with a gross income of $2,500 must
file a return regardless of the net.
The regulations relative to per
sonal exemptions provide that a
single person or a married person
not living with husband or wife
may claim personal exemption of
$ 1 , 000 ,
with husband or wife may claim
an exemption of $2,000.
In addition to personal exemp
tion a credit of $300 may be claim
ed for each person (other than
husband or wife) under 18 years
of age or over 18 years of age if
incapable of self-support because
they are mentally or physically
defective, and who receives his or
her chief support from the tax
payer on the last day of the tax
able year. This credit can be
claimed only by the person who
provides the chief support and
A married person living
cannot be divided between two in
dividuals.
County Clerk George J. McDon
ald stated that the blanks are now
in his office and any taxpayer
who is desirous of receiving
may have them by calling at his
office in the courthouse here.
same
COUNTY WASTE LAND
DISCUSSED AT MEET
H. G. Bolster, economist of the
state land planning board, met
with the county planning board,
the members of the board of coun
ty commissioners and several
others of the county here last
Wednesday afternoon at the coun
ty extension office.
Mr. Bolster, who is engaged on
a statewide, survey, and who has
already visited 22 counties of Mon
tana in this w5 rk > emphasized the
fact that his meeting with this
group was purely educational at
this time.
He explained the problems of
waste land, tax title lands and
other vacant lands in Carbon coun
ty, and also stated that the solu
tion of these problems depended
largely on the action taken by the
county planning board.
of the week in furthering the ob
jects of the Better Housing pro
gram.
GOVERNMENT SEED
PROGRAM SUDJECT
AT COUNTY MEETS
State Agronomist Talks at
Roberts and Bridger
Gatherings
Two meetings of county farmers
were held during the week in vici
nities of Roberts and Bridger un
der the auspices of the extension
service and at which Sam L. Sloan
state extension agronomist, out
lined the government policy in re
gard to the government seed pro
gram.
The quality and the price of this
seed was discussed at length by
Mr. Sloan. The price for govern
ment seed wheat, it was brought
out, is $1.35 a bushel, oats, 75c a
bushel, barley, $1.10 a bushel and
flax, $2.25 a bushel. Government
seed grain, Mr. Sloan explained,
was available only in carlohd lots;
hence it is improbable that any of
this seed grain will be made use
of in Carbon county. The closing
date for taking orders is April 1.
A survey of the seed situation
in Carbon county was recently
completed Iby O. P. Roberts, emer
gency agent, which showed plenty
of seed within the county. It is the
policy to make use of local seed
first. Therefore, there will be lit
tle demand for government seed
here. The seed situation in Carbon,
will be a case of shifting of local
seed to suit the county's needs, it
was stated.
The crop standardization pro
gram was explained by Mr. Sloan
and a discussion of the varieties
adapted to Montana conditions
followed. The source of registered,
seed was explained in detail, and
the method of variety testing and
the production of registered seed
were discussed as applicable for
Carbon county conditions.
The matter of producing malt
ing barley, the varieties used and
the methods necessary for the best
production of good malting barley
were also explained by Mr. /Sloan
at these meetings. A discussion of
forage crops, inouding crested
wheat grass and the building up
reserves, were also
of feed
stressed.
The outlook for flax production
was given by the state agronomist
under which subject he discussed
a new oil crop, known as Safflour,
and its possibilities as a replace
ment crop. It was brought out that
Safflour may have some possibili
ties in the future as a substitute
for flax, particularly under irri
gation. '
The recommended method for
cereal treatment of what, oats and
barley was pointed out. A new
product under the name of Organ
ic Mercury Compound promises to
replace all methods of treatment
of grains. This is a new dust treat
ment and is easier to apply, cheap
er and equal in effect for control
of all common cereal diseases of
all classes of crops as wheat, oats
and barley.
Mr, Sloan also touched upon
weed control of the perennial
weeds of the county.
SEES MARKED GAIN
FOR 1935 TRAVEL
N. P. Official Forecasts a
30 Per Cent Gain for
Coming Season
St. Paul, Minn., Mar. 25.—Vaca
tion travel in the Northwest will
increase 30 per cent in 1935 when
compared with 1934, E. E. Nelson,
passenger traffic manager of the
Northern Pacific railway, forecast
today following receipt of reports
of bookings for Yellowstone park,
Rainier park, dude ranches, Alas
ka,circle tours and conventions.
Mr. Nelson said that these book
ings to date are 40 per cent greater
than they were at this time last
season. A 30 per cent increase in
summer vacation traffic, he said,
therefore, is conservative.
All of the indices point to the
heaviest travel through the North
West since 1930, according to these
railroad reports.
"Last year was advertised as
National Park Year. Yellowstone
National Park recorded the heav
iest season in history with 260,775
guests, which was an increase of
61 per cent as compared with the
preceding year. In my opinion, the
ATTENTION FARMERS!
At a regular meeting of the
board of county commissioners
to be held April 1, 2, and 3, the
matter of the county agent will
be up for determination. We
have had a county agent since
October 1. At first, he was call
ed emergency peurchasing a
gent; now he is called emer
gency county agent.
This county agent has cost
the taxpayers of Carbon county,
since October 1, 1934, to Febru
ary 28, 1935, $1,271.72, and he
is still owed for March. The
question is, are you farmers
getting benefits enough out of
this county agent to justify this
expenditure?
The News is not taking sides
in this issue. We are only stat
ing the facts as we know them.
We do not know whether there
is any need for a county agent
or not. However, it is hardly
consistent to hire a county a
gent to show a farmer how to
increase his production and at
the same time persuade him to
curtail production, and that is
precisely what is being done.
In going through the bill of
the county agent, it is revealed
that a great deal of traveling
expenses are being paid to show
a farmer's wife how to cut
meat, and another on how to
cull chickens and to teach boys
how to judge stock, when the
fact remains 4hSt a large part
of our population does not have
any meat to cut, any chickens to
cull, or any stock to judge. It
does seem that there are pro
bably better ways to spend this
money than in hiring a county
agent, since many farmers are
still in the mud, and our poor
list mounting by leaps and
bounds.
However, it
farntcürs and w
£ 'i up to you
urge you to 1
come to the meeting April 1
and express your views on this
very important question.
FROMDERG PIONEER
CALLED BY DEATH
Michael Kennedy, 78, Was
Resident There Since
Year of 1904.
Michael Kennedy, pioneer resi
dent of Montana and Fromberg
and brother of Thomas Kennedy,
oldtime local resident who died
here in 1912, succumbed at a Bil
lings hospital early Saturday to
pneumonia. He was 78 years of
age.
Mr. Kennedy was stricken ten
days previous to his death with an
influenza attack which led to his
f^tal illness. He had also suffered
with palsy for five years.
He was born in Canada in 1855,
removing with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Kennedy, in 1871 to
Michigan. He left there in 1876 to
come west, settling first in the
Black Hills of South Dakota, later
going to Alaska and returning to
settle in the old frontier town of
Coulson in 1882. He engaged in
livestock raising for a time near
Sheridan, Wyo., before going to
Fromberg in 1904 to make his
home continuously there since that
time, engaging in farming.
Survivors include a brother, Pat
rick Kennedy, living at Alma
Mich., and two sisters, Miss Kath
erine Kennedy and Mrs. Ellen
Fitzpatrick, both residing at De
troit, Mich. A sister-in-law, Mrs.
Margaret Kennedy, widow of the
late Thomas Kennedy, lives at Bil
lings.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday morning at the St. Pat
rick's Catholic church at Billings,
and interment was in St. An
thony's cemetery at Laurel.
impetus which was given to park
travel in 1934 will result in even a
better National Park Year in 1935.
We anticipate that more than 300,
000 people will visit Yellowstone
this season, the heaviest year in
the history of the park," Mr. Nel
son said.
CITY VOTERS GO TO
POLLS HERE MONDAY
TO ELECT ALDERMEN
Monday, April 1, the voters of
Red Lodge will go to the polls to
elect three alderman. Poling places
will open at 8 a. m. and close at 6
p. m. Voters in the first ward will
cast ballots at the courthouse,
those in the second ward at the city
ATTORNEYS RANKIN
AND SKINNER WIN
mcdaniel verdict
Supreme Court Rules for
Additional Payment
To Local Miner
Industrial workers of the state
scored an important victory in a
court fight over compensation
laws when the Montana supreme
court Friday at Helena handed
down a decision in favor of W. R.
McDaniel, disabled Red Lodge coal
miner, against the Eagle Coal com
pany and the state industrial acci
dent board.
The high court decision Friday,
granting McDaniel 300 weeks com
pensation on his claim of total
blindness from a coal mine acci
dent in the Eagle Coal company
properties, was rendered on an
appeal by the defendants of ^Car
bon district court decision hfere
Féb. 13, 1934.
McDaniel, while in the employ
of the Northwestern Improvement
company here August 22, 1921,
lost the sight of his left eye
through injuries received in a
coal mine accident. For this dis
ability he was granted on May 4,
1922, a lump sum payment of
$1,191, being 100 weeks compensa
tion at the rate of $12.50 a week.
Following his recovery from in
juries received in the N. W. I. ac
cident, he entered the employ of
the Eagle Coal company,, being
engaged as a miner for two years
prior to Nov. 13, 1930, when he
was injured in an Eagle coal mine
accident which resulted in his los
ing the sight of his right eye.
For the latter loss the. industrial
accident board awarded him the
sum of $2,000 in payments of $20
a week for 100 weeks as compen
sation for loss of sight in the right
eye. When payments were discon
;
tinued on expiration of the 100
week period, McDaniel filed pe
tition with the industrial accident
board on June 5, 1933, asking con
tinuance of compensation
grounds that he suffered total dis
ability and blindness through in
juries received in the Eagle mine
accident.
The board denied his claim, and
after it also denied his motion for
a rehearing, McDaniel appealed
his case to the Carbon district
court on August 12, 1933. On Feb.
13, 1934, District Judge Robert C.
Stong ordered that McDaniel be
granted additional compensation
for 26 weeks at $20 a week. The
industrial accident board and the
Eagle Coal company appealed the
case to the supreme court on June
30, 1934.
Attorney Wellington D. Rankin,
representing McDaniel, on appeal
of the case to the supreme court
from the district court decision,
filed cross-complaint of error for
the refusal of the court to award
compensation for full disability.
He won the appeal on that ground,
the high court Friday reversing
judgement and remanding the case
to the Carbon district court with
instructions to award McDaniel
compensation for 300 weeks, be
on
ginning with the time the indus
trial accident board payments of
$20 a week in the year 1933, the
amount due to date of judgement
to be paid in a lump sum.
The appeal brief before the su
preme court for McDaniel was
drawn up by Attorneys John G.
Skinner and Arthur P. Acker.
Attorneys Raymond T. Nagle and
C. J. Dousman represented the in
dustrial accident board.
McDaniel, a miner in the local
field for many years, lives in Red
Lodge and has a wife and four
children.
hall, and those in the third ward
in the basement of the high school
building.
This year's election finds a
friendly contest in each of the
three city wards. First ward can
didates are Gus B. Foltz and Joe
Joyce. In the second ward W. W.
Flashman and yietor Aho are
seeking the aldermanic office. In
the third ward /Steve Blazina and
Peo Maddio are candidates.
It is pointed out that a duty
rests with local citizens to go to
the polls and express their choice
for aldermen in the various wards
and vote for the candidate whom
they think will be for the best in
terests of the city of Red Lodge.
The positions are important ones
and to Mr. and Mrs. Voter goes
out the word to "Do Your