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HEARS! OFFERS
$25,000 FOR BEST
PLAN FOR REPEAL
OF LIQUOR LAW
Says Present Statute Is Not Enforce
able—Offer Follows Closely on Du
ran't Award for Enforcement..
New York, Jan. 5.—William Ran
dolph Hearst, publisher, has offered a
prize of $25,000 for the best plan to
repeal the 18th amendment and sub
stitute in place of prohibition a "more
liberal and more American measure."
In making known his plan in a tel
egram to Edwin J. Clapp of the Du
rant Motors, Inc., Hearst said:
"It never has been possible and nev
er will be possible to prevent traffic
in compact and concentrated alcohol
ic drinks."
His offer followed closely upon a
demand from W. C. Durant, donor of
$30,000 in prizes for the best plan to
enforce the 18th amendment, for the :
appointment of a congressional com
mittee to "determine why the 18th,
amendment has not been satisfactorily
enforced.'
Sees Political Result ..
I do not believe prohibition ever
will be enforced," Hearst wrote. "And
I do believe that if a violent effort is
made to enforce it during the next
four years by republican administra
tion, the next president of the United
States will be a democrat
fore, I think that in offering a prize
on how best to enforce prohibition,
Mr. Durant really offered a prize on
how best to put the republican party
out of power,"
While these two developments were
engaging the attention of supporters
and opponents of prohibition, the
New York Telegram, in a copyrighted
article, published the results of a sur
vey showing that 24% of the liquor
sold in New York speakeasies con
tained poison in some form. Ten per
cent of New York's liquor supply con
tains wood alcohol, the Telegram said.
Procure 504 Samples
Thirty investigators worked three
weeks getting 504 samples from 400
drinking places in Manhattan. These
samples were all analyzed by regis
tered chemists, who found, the Tele
gram sadi:
That 55 contained wood alcohol.
That 70 others had poisonous im
purities resulting from improper re
naturing.
there
That 362 others, while drinkable,
either were purely synthetic or cut so
they had only 5 to 20 per cent of gen
uine liquor.
The highest percentage of wood al
(Cö^ol was one-pint of 1 per cent.
Plaoes selling wood alcohol were re
visited for new samples so that in
some cases triple proof was obtained
against them.
The list of establishments selling
woyd alcohol was turned over to Po
lice Commissioner Whalen for his
guidance and the Telegram urged him
to concentrate against them in his
drive against speakeasies.
Twenty-fopr pej cent of samples
taken in Greenwich village showed
wood alcohol; 12 per cent in the mid
town disrtict; 4 per cent in the down
town and financial section; and only
6 per cent in the whole east side
where 42 deaths were caused by poi
son liquor last October.
•(The newspaper said that 60 known
deaths occurred in New York City
from ft'ood alcohol drinking in 1928
or twice as many as in 1927 and three
■times as many as in 1926.
• DISTRICT COURT
(Continued from page One)
called to appear at this term of court:
Louis Anderson, Westby.
J. P. Anderson, Dooley.
Henry G. Bolke, Dooley.
Halvor O. Brenden, Homestead,
W. J. Bye, Dooley.
Dr. G. E. Campbell, Plentywood.
Geo. Copeland, Dooley.
Peter Dahl, Plentywood.
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Mike Fink, Outlook.
James Fleming, Redstone.
A. H. Gangstad, Grenora, N, D.
Harry C. Gray, Redstone.
Gustave Grimsrud, Antelope.
J. J. Gunther, Plentywood.
Carl Hammer, Plentywood.
A. B. Hetland, Westby.
Frank Holmquist, Medicine Lake.
Harry A. Huffman, Dooley.
Jqlius Jacobsen, Homestead.
Karl H. Jensen, Raymond.
Soren Johansen, Dagmar.
J. O. Jorgensen, Dagmar.
Nels Jorgensen, Dagmar.
Ray Kallak, Reserve.
Ray J. King, Plentywood.
Ingor T. Larsen, Dagmar.
T. J. Larson, Outlook.
Odin M. Lutnes, McElroy.
Archie Mann, Plentywood.
Niels P. Möller, Dagmar.
W. E. Moran, Reserve.
M. A. Morgan, Outlook.
Herman Nelson, Antelope
Henry Osksa, Westby.
Petersen, Svend, Dagmar.
Peterson, Edw. C., Plentywood.
Robert Robke, Plentywood.
L. E. Rue, Plentywood.
I M. L. Satteren, Comertown.
A. L, Shaw, Wanso.
Edward Spoklie, Coalridge.
Ernest Steinke, Plentywood.
W. S. Stratton, Outlook.
Edgar I. Syverud, Dagmar.
Peter G. Thuesen, Dagmar.
G. H. Tibbetts, Redstone.
C. L. Trustheim, Reserve.
John Walkowski, Plentywood.
Olaf Waller, Antelope.
Wm. Wirtz, Outlook.
WOLF POINTER TAKES
OWN LIFE AT HELENA
Wolf Point, Jan. 5.—Local people
who were acquainted with Robert J.
Myrhvold were shocked to read in last
Sunday's papers that he had taken his
own life at Helena. Mr. Myrvold suc
ceeded Mr. Dahl as local field repre
sentative of the internal revenue de
partment, was stationed here several
months during the summer and fall.
He left Wolf Point Wednesday, Dec.
n a° -d° ^ e ^ ei } a bo check up with
C. A. Rasmussen, internal revenue col
lector, having resigned his office with
the intention of entering business at
Chinook.
Poison and Fall
The newspaper account from Helena
says that Myhrvold took a large quan
tity of bichloride of mercury tablets,
some of which he ate in bonbons and
some he swallowed after soaking them
in lysol. This he did on the third
floor of the Y. M. C. A where he had
engaged a room. Soon after he went
to a window and raised it, probably
seeking fresh air in the agony he must
have been suffering. He either fell
or threw himself from the window
and landed on the pavement fatally
injured. Some of those who gathered
about him say they asked him if he
fell or jumped and that he answered
that he fell. He was rushed to a hos
pital but died soon after k reaching
there.
At Home Christmas
Mr. Myhrvold spent Christmas day
at his home in Chinook where his
wife's father, A. W. Ziebarth, resides.
Mr, Ziebarth is a prominent citizen of
the town. His friends there say
Myhrvold was cheerful and apparently
i n g0 od health. But it is their belief
that he was under the delusion that
h e was afflicted with cancer of the
stomach, and to some he said that he
had been suffering from sinus trouble,
Several people in Wolf Point, who
talked with him the day he left say
be was perfectlv normal in his man
ner and rational in his talk. A. W.
Burgess of the First National con
I versed with him and Myhrvold told of
I his reasons for changing his occupa
tion and his plans for entering busi
j neÈS , a. W. Huxsol had a lengthy
conversation concerning revenue mat
ters an q savs be noticed nothing un
usua j a bout'him.
Left Two Notes
One of them read: "Please notify
Dr. Hoon of Chinook, Mont., so he
can break the news to my wife."
A second note addressed to his wife
was as follows: "Dear Dorts: Cruel
world. I have been slipping for the
past six months—better a shock for
you than a life of uncertain agony.
May God comfort and care for you
all. I don't see why I have to do this,
but I can not hang on any longer.
Goodbye—good luck and may God
bless you. I have made by peace with
the world.
Havr
■Cooperative creamery orga
nized by farmers in this vicinity.
Dairy industry has made rapid strides
in county.
Famous Preacher Wills
Bible to Churches to
Get Some Christianity
St. Petersburg, Fla., Jan. 5.—The
Rev. G. L. "Golightly" Morrill, globe
trotter and lecturer, who died recent
ly in San Diego, Calif., made a last
will and testament in which he left
, . D .,i tt . ,, , , , ,
his Bible to the churches to get some
Christianity his hammer to freedom
to knock off the. shackles that bind
aer - h ]s best wishes and blessings
to the thief and the scarlet woman,"
and his alarm clock to the Mmneapo
1S J?° j (ie P a rtment,
the document was made pubhcihere
by a son, Lowell L. Mprrill.
It p enta ry I have emu
f he / ly , ing Dutchman and
Jenng Jew and like Candide,
would not become disgusted," it said.
T-w' e ?°u e everyw b ere > except into
r ?h tcy -. V . ... •
® > î Î globe trottin f 18
A f L h n?L^ h Ft7 d i TOm myance f tors '
Adam and Eve, who scarcely set up
lousekeeping m Eden before they
brO ke up and started for another
place. With Baudelaire's voyagers, I
would 'wander hell and heaven thru,
deep in the pnknown, seeking some
thing new.'
"Death as natural as life—one
should not fear it, but be ready when
it comes. I am prepared to see if
God improves on acquaintance."
Mr. Mprrill, the author of a number
of books on religion and travel,
preach his own funeral service, before
he died, and it was played by a talk
ing machine at his funeral, as was his
last request.
He left his books on religion to the
Minneapolis Civic and Commerce
sociation.
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JOBLESS GET
LAST SQUARE MEAL
OF THE WINTER
New York — (FP)—With the last
square meal under their belts that
they can expect until spring, 25,000
jobless migratory workers gazed
hopelessly at an unfriendly world the
day after Christmas. As many skilled
workers resumed their weary tramp
from factory gate to factory gate.!
While unemployment, according to}
Bowery estimates, is not quite so in-1
tense as in 1927, machinists and skill
ed workers generally found the job
market tighter than ever.
10,000 homeless men were fed on
Christmas by Mr. Zero at his Tub.
There they got a howl of turkey mul
ligan, bread, cake and coffee. Old
overcoats were handed out to the
shivering. 25,000 meals were sent to
poor people in Brooklyn. For Mrs.
Calgea Monteldane, aged and home
less, Christmas was providential. A
cop saw her ragged form huddled in
a doorway. Physicians said, "Starva
tion." Attendants remarked she was
lucky. Except at Christmastide, she
would not have been noticed.
As a fitting touch to Tammany's
conception of the Christmas spirit,
Police Commissioner .Whalen, newly
appointed, announced that six strong
arm squads wpuld be mobilized to
roam the city with blackjacks. While
clubs and fists are not new police
equipment, strikers and pickets expect
unexampled violence in the near fut
Former pugilists are in demand
for the strong arm squads, whose
ranks are also being replenished from
txie notorious industrial squau.
Whalen also celebrated Christmas
by having 300 New Yorkers jailed ov
er the holiday and held without bail.
Among them were many jobless men
picked up from the Bowery. Nearly
all were later released.
Whalen was manager of the New
York Wanamaker store before he con
sented to pull Tammany out of the
Roth stein underworld scandal mess
arul rehabilitate it for the coining city
election. As boss over thousands of
pris, Whalen established a flat week
ly i a * e 01 ^ith a commission.
Girls averaged but little more than
$15 a week. Commissions were regu
lated so that total wages of excep
tional girls could hardly exceed $20
a week.
ure.
RUSSIAN TRIO
WILL INSPECT
WHEAT FARMS
* Visitors Will Be Taken to O'Day, *
* Bumgarner and Other Places In *
* Montana. Will Plaee Millions of *
* Russian Acres Under Plow.
* Great Falls, Jan. 7.—To ac- *
* quire information on modern far- *
* ming methods as followed in the *
* United States and in the leading *
* wheat areas of the country, which *
* will be utilized in furthering ag- *
* ricultural pursuits in Russia, *
* three representative* men . from
* that country are visiting three or *
* four large farms in Cascade coun- *
* ty. *
* The party is headed by Leo *
* Auginski, agricultural engineer in *
* charge of the agricultural engi- *
* neering operations of the Russian *
* grain trust which is starting to *
* farm about 10,000,000 acres in *
* Russia. A Mr. Elichoff, vice *
* chairman of the grain trust, who *
* does not speak English, and a Mr. *
* Parfenekoff, architect, who want *
* to see American wheat farm *
* buildings, are other members of *
* the trio who will visit here. *
* It is planned to take the three *
* Russians to the farms of Dick *
* O'Day, Clarence Bumgarner and *
* two or three others after their *
* arrival. *
* The visit to America of these *
* men is the outgrowth of a move- *
* ment in Russia to place millions *
* of acres of that country's plains *
* under the plow. Machinery made *
* in America will be used in this *
* work exclusively. *
* A repor tfrom Los Angeles Fri- *
* day stated that Thomas D. Camp- *
* bell of Hardin, America's largest *
* wheat grower, will sail for Rus- *
* sia, Jan. 12,
* planting of 10,000,000
* wheat and flax. More than $100,- *
* 000,000 worth of American plant- *
* ing and harvesting machinery will *
* be purchased for this work. * *
to supervise the *
acres of *
BAKER EDITOR SELLS
INTEREST IN PAPER
TO MAN OF PLEVNA
Miles City, Jan, 5.—Karl R. Pleiss
editor
ner, publisher of the Plev
na Herald, has purchased controlling
interest in the Baker Sentinel and
will continue to operate the two
plants. Mrs. Lucy R. McLemore of
Baker owned 72 per cent of the Sen
tinel stock which she has disposed of
to Mr. Pleissner. Mr. Pleissner is al
S o owner of the Tribune published at j
Baker and thus comes into control i
0 f the printing business in Fallon
countv.
In her farewell to the newspaper
business Mrs. McLeMore says she has
taken over the Traveler's Inn, former
] y known as the Fallon House, in con
nec tion wtih the management of which
she will conduct a real estate office.
She "'so Pleads for the city owning
the gas output in the city contending
that the income from the franchises
and operation would, in time, reduce
the matter of taxation to a negligible
item as an obligation to the citizens
0 f Baker,
Gasoline Engine Invention
Made By Williston Man
Williston, N. D., Jan. 9.—Charles
Van Allen, employed as an automobile
mechanic by the Reep Chevrolet com
pany here, has invented a gasoline
engine, which he believes will have
marked effect on power production for
all purposes and especially for auto
mobiles and airplanes.
The engine is of the two-cycle type
and Mr. Van Allen claims it will pro
duce twice the expansion possible in
either the two or four-cycle types and
that, therefore, his machine will be
far more economical, while being at
least 35 per cent lighter in weight.
The explosion being releaèed at
much lower pressure than is possible
in any other type of internal combus
tion engine, the inventor explains, a
single cylinder of a given size will
produce more power than a two-cylin
der four-cycle, being at the same time
25 to 40 percent more economical.
Mr, Van Allen, who has been
automobile mechanic for many years,
has a small model of his engine and
has applied for a patent for his in
vention.
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BIG BUSINESS
TIGHTENS GRIP ON
SOUTH IN 1929
Birmingham—(FP)—1929 will see
hundreds of millions of dollars put in
to industrial construction in the south
by the big trustified and semi-trusti
fied corporations of the north. Small
companies sur
vice, but as tiny fiddles in the orches
tra big business directs.
Note a few of the developments
that will change the southern map in
1929: , F
While Muscle Shoals is hamstrung
by the pocket veto a $35,000,000 air
nitrates plant will be built at Hope
well, Va., by Allied Chemical & Dye
Co. Later units may bring total
struction costs to $125,000,000—all
for fertilizer, exposives, and chemic
als. The same James River port town
will witness the expansion of the Tub
ize Rayon Co., now employing thous
ands of artificial silk workers.
The rayon trust already employs
30,000 below the Dixie line, mostly
mountain folk. New plants now go
mg up in the southern highlands will
:nng another 10,000 mountaineers in
1929 0 T 1930 PU 4 by
S ^MnJ^ r T g i ,am .
structurai' beams to Asheville''fc'
under wavin' mll . ls ar !
Tennessee* highlands y TliI e0rgla ^
PM."es are in th? TOm '
cartel formed in 1926 ray °"
Big business fnro-P* nn îv,
textifes. Alabama Power Co. -vrill be
mills and villages by spring
are planned el^vlmre^DvAe imprests
factories and small
con
are said to be concerned in a propos
ed $40,000,000 merger of Carolina and
Georgia companies. The southern
cotton industry has for some time
been semi-trustified thru associations
that regulate production.
New U. S. Steel building totalling
$7,000,000 will double the corpora
tion's rolling and galvanizing capa
city in the Birmingham area. The
Pullman company is erecting a $10,
000,000 car building plant in Alabama.
Large rubber, paper, textile and oth
er factoreis bring 1929 industrial con
struction in Alabama toward the
$100,000,000 point. Railroads, power
companies and other utilities are
spending enormous sums throut the
south.
This big business evolution is along
open shop lines and is opposed to so
cial legilation. In some cases it will
mean better company housing, group
insurance, a little paternalistic re
form. But hardly higher wages or
shorter work days. Unemployment
will continue. Farmers quitting the
land outnumber new jobs to be filled.
Real improvement of labor condi
tions must depend on the workers
who are now attempting to unite their
ranks somewhat after the example set
by the employers. The Piedmont Or
ganizing Council in North Carolina
has made a promising beginning which
Virginia labor is followng. Chatta
nooga and Burnsville trade union con
ferences and the support unions
giving to the Summer School for Wo
men Workers in Industry indicate
more cooperation in the job ahead. A
difficult job, for big business is set
ting a stiff pace.
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This week a steel shed was added
to the Penney store building to take
care of the warehousing facilities of
that popular firm, whose business in
this city is growing by leaps and
bounds under the efficient manage
ment of Mr. Roser. The building now
extends nearly to the alley.
Washington (FP)—Sensational and
sordid is the story of war time in
trigue by the great military powers to
secure the support of Italy,. Bulgaria
and Roumania in the year 1915, as
related by official dispatches and cor
respondence just made public by the
state department. These papers are
published under the title, "Papers Re
lating to the Foreign Relations of the
United States;
World War.
1915 Supplement,
Incidental to the pur
chase of Italy and Rumania by the Al
lies and the buying of Bulgarian sup
port by the Central Powers, is a rev
elation of the strictly business atti
tude taken by the Wilson administra
tion toward the conflict a tthat peri
od. The Lusitania sinking and the
stopping of American cargoes by the
British fleet caused endless protest
from Washington, which was not at
all concerned with the rights of small
nationalities or the right of self de
termination.
Ambassador Walter Hines Page, in
a cable to Secretary Bryan, May 8,
1916, reports a confidential disclosure
made to him by the political editor of
the London Times, that "England,
France and Russia made a bargain
with Italy on April 30, agreeing to
cede to Italy very large parts of Aus
tria, some of which has Slavic popu
lation, if Italy comes into the war
within a month. This was done with
out consulting Servia and against her
wishes. Italy will soon come in if she
keeps her agreement, to be followed
by Roumania. I have heard unofficial
confirmation of this agreement here.
Minister Charles Vopicka, at Bu
charest, Oct. 19, 1915, reported to Sec.
Lansing that the Roumanian king was
trying to prevent Rumania from going
into the war for the Allies "against
ff
a
scheme on foot to sell to German at
fancy prices the whole of Rumania's
crop through an economic society
which was formed here a few days
ago—of course for the consideration
that the members of the society, which
would mean more or less all Rumani
an land owners, would favor Ger
many."
On Oct. 27 Vopicka reported a de
tailed plan he had made earlier for
the Allies to get Bulgaria's support
by pledging to Servia enough of Aus
tria's territory to lure Bulgaria into
a similar deal for Macedonia. But it
was Germany and Austria who bid
highest for the Bulgarian armies.
Ambassador Marye, in Petrograd,
reports by letter, Aug. 31, 1915, that
the pro-German influences which per
meated big business and the higher
nobility in Russia up to the outbreak
of the war, had been swept aside. Cor -1
ruption had robbed the armies of mu
nitions and other supplies, it was evi
dent,, but the American ambassador
was sure that Russia would never
make a separate peace. "The rank
and file of the army practically to a
man, and the people generally," he
reported, "are strong supporters of the
war. They recognize that German
success would mean complete subju
gation o* the Slav to the Teuton, and
they know how brutally heavy rests
the hands of the Teuton on subjugat
ed peoples, and they are not unmind
ful of the lot of their fellow Slavs, the
Poles, in Prussian Poland.
Marye. ignores, of course, the heavy
hand laid by the czars upon these
"fellow Slays, the Poles," in Russian
Poland. And his estimate of the Rus
sian people's view of the war was
erased, within two years, by the Rus
sian revolution.
Glasgow.— W TT Jacobs well
knowa businessman of Hinsdale', was a
Tisitor yesterday. He re
muVIfy!,™ w rt on the î art of a
"P S '? "«ting with a great deal of
°PP° s 't' on from the people residing
withi " the territory ihich they
L 0 ™t off. "Freeholders
within the territory involved
tten®/!?' tbe v fîn ^ cial C °î di *
and by far the majority of them want
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West End Residents Do Not
Favor Valley County Split,
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MONTANA SOLONS
(Continued from page One)
son county for floor leader and in
dorsed Frank Cone, republican, for
secretary of the senate.
Ray T. Nagle of Helena was named
by the house democrats for floor lead
er. The caucus nominated an honor
ary slate including an endorsement
of the Rev. Wm. Pippy of Fort Harri
son, a republican, for chaplain of the
house.
A.
R. Hetherington of Garfield
county was named sergeant-at-arms
of the senate and John Hosking of
Deer Lodge as chaplain.
Selection of other employees was
left by the senate republicans to its
committee on employment. It, how
ever, recommended to its president
elect, Frank A, Hazelbaker, the
bership of three committees:
Committee on committees—Charles
Dowling of Rosebud, Julius J. Wuerth
ner of Cascade and Robert Pauline of
Flathead.
On Employment— E. T. Eaton of
Yellowstone, W. L. Staggs of Wi
baux and George R. Cooper of Miner
mem
al.
Seating—John L. Campbell of Mis
soula, F. T. McCormick of Mussel
shell and Wm. M. Ruffcorn of Valley.
Harry Whitcomb of Phillips county
was selected as sergeant-at-arms of
the house with W. B. Garrigus of Yel
lowstone and L. D. Carver of Broad
water as his assistants. Chief Clerk
Faust will have Edmund J. Gaiser of
Roosevelt and Earl Cook of Wibaux
as his assistants.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
Helena, Jan. 9.—With members of
Montana's legislative assembly gath
ered in joint session in the house of
representatives, Governor John E.
Erickson at noon today delivered his
third biennial message to a gathering
of Montana lawmakers. Galleries
were packed. Folding chairs had
been placed between the chairs of
representatives. Senators, who march
ed t0 the house chambers in a body,
were seated with the representatives
from their home counties.
State officials from capitol offices,
business men from all parts'of the
state ' wives and relatives of the sol
onp found standing room and formed
a fringe around the spacious assem
bly room. All the pomp and cere
mony that dignifies the official ap
pearance of the state's chief executive
at the opening of the session, marked
proceedings. Dignity prevailed.
Among the highlights in the Gov
ernor's message was the following:
He stressed the prosperity and de
velopment that has been the state's
in the last few years and drew atten
tion to new problems that have result
ed from the changed conditions. "We
are justified in regarding the present
with satisfaction and the future with
optimism," was the executive's com
ment.
Attention was drawn to increased
budget requests together with the
warning that increases "are out of
the question unless you also make pro
vision for increased revenues."
Amendment of the classification
law to base the state levy upon the
full assessed value of property and
the submission to the voters of a pro
posal for an increased levy upon the
present basis are suggested as pos
sible remedies for the condition.
Recommending that sufficient reve
nue be supplied to take up an allotted,
but as yet unmatched, $4,000,000 gov
ernment highway funds, the addition
of two cents a gallon to the state
gasoline tax is suggested as "perhaps"
the proper method of obtaining the
required funds.
Attention is drawn to "sorely need
ed" legislation in relation to the taxa
tion of banks.
Correction of land laws enacted at
the last session is proposed.
Minor changes in the workmen's
compensation laws are suggested.
Establishment of more protein la
boratories is recommended.
Safeguards for special improvement
districts in cities and towns are pro
posed. '
Reduction of the number of district
judges at a saving to the taxpayers
is another suggestion.
Consideration of the proposal to
construct a historical building on the
capitol grounds is recommended.
The governor favors continuance of
the appropriation for the Veterans'
Welfare commission.
Need for a centralized accounting
system is marked and earnest atten
tion is asked for the proposal.
Senator Charles E. Taylor arrived
in Plentywood Tuesday from Minne
seta, where he has been taking care
of his lumbering interests in that
state and convalescing from an attack
of the "flu.
Helena to join the lawmakers at the
State capitol after a day's stopover,
While here he conversed with several
constituents on measures they wished
to have presented and supported in
the Upper House during this session
of the Legislature,
^pressed his regret that because of ill
ness he was unable to be present on
the first day the Legislature met, but
came soon as he was able,
SEN. TAYLOR LEAVES
FOR STATE CAPITOL
He left Wednesday for
Sen. Taylor ex
Al Kurtz, whose orchestra is well
known to dance fans of Sheridan
county, notified the Producers News
this week that he had disbanded his
organization and that he is leaving
this week for Bengough, Sask., Can
ada, where he may accept a position
with an orchestra in that town if the
proper arrangements can be made. Mr.
Kurtz also asked the Producers News
to thank the general public for the
liberal support given his organization.
Record Bank Deposits
Predicted For Montana
Compilations at the close of the
year are expected to show that Mon
tana bank deposits in 1928 exceeded
all records, Arthur L. Lochrie of Hel
ena, state bank examiner, predicted
recently. An increase of more than
$7,000,000 was shown between June
30 and October 4, he said.
The state record was. established
last year, Mr. Lochrie said, when de
posits in banks increased ten million
dollars over the previous year. The
state superintendent declared there
has been only one bank failure in the
state in the past year.
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ENROUTE TO HELENA
Wolf Point, Jan. 7.—Mrs. Lucy Cur
ran, representative in the legislature
from Roosevelt county, passed thru
Wolf Point Thursday evening on her
way to Helena. Arthur Ryder of
Froid, the other representative from
this county, will probably not be able
to leave for a few days, having been
ill with rheumatism.
Senator J. W, Schnitzler and fami
ly left for Helena several days ago.
R. M, Hagestad, representative
from McCone county, left Friday for
the capital. He has recently returned
with his family from a motor trip to
Iowa and intermediate points.
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NAVY YARD WORKERS
GET SMALL RAISE
Washington—(FP)—Wage increas
es for many classes of navy yard em
ployees throughout the country, rang
ing from one to five cents an hour
but averaging about two cents for all
but the highly skilled, were announced
Dec. 24 by the navy department. Sec.
Wilbur approved the report of the
wage board of review on the annual
adjustment of the pay scale. Certain
groups received no raise at all and the
award did not attempt to deal with!
the clerical, administrative and fiscal
service, the custodial service, the sei
entific, professional and technical ser
vice, the inspection service and certain
employees at the naval academy and
at the naval home in Philadelphia.
These workers are dealt with by the
Welch civil service pay law.
Representatives of the metal trades
unions led the argument in hearings
review/^ 6 ' W&geS bef ° re the b ° ard of
BUTTE'S RADIO
FANS ASK CITY
TO OUST STATIC
Butte, Jan. 9.—Replacing of alii
street arc lights in Butte with some
other type of lamp as a means of
eliminating radio interference from
that source was requested of the may
or and city council in a . resolution
adopteii at a meeting sponsored by
the Butte Radio club at the court
b °mf. e recentl y*.
The resolution was proposed by
Judge William E. Carroll, an ardent
radio enthusiast, and given the unan
imous support of the 70 men and
women present. A petition was drawn
up to be used in a house-to-house so
licitation for signers and to be pre
sented to Butte civic clubs.
In a talk on "man-made static,"
Judge Carroll declared the arc lights!
now used for ornamental purposes on
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The New Oakland All-American Six is win
ning the praise of all America. It is enjoying
the admiration caused by its new beauty.
And those familiar with its mechanical
quality marvel at such fine car features as an
accurately balanced "line of drive" . . .
dynamically balanced, coun 1er-weigh ted
crankshaft ... exclusive patented rubber
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Love joy Hydraulic Shock Absorber» and spring covers included
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downtown streets are "antiquated''
and should be abolished. Incandes
? e + nt J amps >. suggested, would not
interfere with radio reception and
would operate more economically than
arc lights.
Roy Hoffstatter, radio trouble
pert of the Montana Power company
reported at the meeting on efforts be-*
ing made by the company to eliminate '
interference from electrical appliances
such as vacuum cleaners, heating pads
and violet ray machines.
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Jury Term of Court At
Wolf Point In February
Wolf Point, Jan. 5.—Judge S. E.
Paul and Ed. Koser were here Wed
nesday when the Judge presided at
law and motion day session of court
Several matters concerning estates
came up.
A divorce was granted Helen Vasko
from Warren E. Vasko. It is under
stood that the mother was granted
custody of the two minor children.
Judge Paul announced that at law
and motion day of court on Jan. 23
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he wou ' d ca ^ the calendar of cases to
co . ni ® up .,, a ! ; ,, J ! u F y X erm °f court
walc 1 W1 be b^ld in February.
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FvanstnnïïLïf t0day by
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,, n F ho favored the
E^JL m ® thod at Cha + r f h ? YoUIlgS
• fu J 'i WaS i no ^ comr "rttal
}? g b f sanitary aspects of
£f a H Judge Brl ? htmire <iues
"Sure, I sprinkle shirtee alle
mouth,'' he affirmed.
"That will be $10,
Shirtees With Mouthees
concem
samee
said the Judge.
"I sprinkle shirtee allee samee like
my boss tell me to," explained Joe.
"In which case," said the court, "1
fine your boss $50."
FATHER KILLS THREE
CHILDREN AND SELF
BECAUSE OF POVERTY
Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 7.—The
bodies of Fred Breer, 30, and his three
children, Richard, 7; Mary Jane, 9,
an d Robert, 10, who died from inhal
ing illuminating gas fumes, were
| found in their home here Sunday,
Destitution and a cheerless Christ
mas coupled with the disappearance of
! the wife and mother are believed to
; have prompted the father to open 5
gas jets of the kitchen stove just be
fore he and his children went to bed
in an adjoining room.
Neighbors last saw them the day
| before Christmas.