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it Will DISTRIBUTE MAJESTIC RADIO c ttlp W ash April 23 — Formation • ï oîtlé of the largest radio distri-j in Seattle otineuh Northwest, and b " „f Clarke î iS the world, wa«| of the iaig officers of the announced ^ b « who Majestic Distnbuing P .. have taken " the 5,aJCS '\V™ ^ can talfe/d for Ä)0«r and will handle out of Seat and distribution in Washing le sa o e r ; eon Idaho, Montana and ton, Oiigon, maintain Ala=1a. Branch offices• " J P, ' r " ani1 ' Sp0l< He e adtag the new concern are two of Sea tttl e ' s mos prominent business men, Wm. O. Mc-| Kav well known automobile dealer,! president, and A. F. Linden, presi dent of the Amer-| ican Broadcasting Company and own-1 er of other highly __ Ä ^ ISuBHU-SSS Vraru.h nomao-prs are Don H * Load of for North Million Dollar Train Electric Sets Arrive Dealers. Half Ali western one of ft it a m s, ger Portland- H J McKitterick Slocum, Poland, H. J McKitte ck, Spokane, and John W O Neil Butte. Following receipts of a half million dollar tram-load of Majestic electric radio receivers by the Majestic Dis tributing Company, for distribution throughout the Northwest, word has been released by Abner R. v> illson, general manager, with headquarters in Seattle, that practically the entire shipment has been taken over by deal ers with indications pointing to a rec-, ord month. Ihe shipment was the largest of complete console radio re ceivers ever shipped by any manufac turer into this territory. As a result of the quick turn-over since receipt of this train-load it is expected that another solid trainload will soon he on its way to the North we«t according to Willson. "Never in my experience with radio« " said Willson, "have I wit-i Ät Ä full V expect our sales in this terri tory to represent the largest increase of anv district in the Northwest. "Conditions throughout the North nppinllv !>nnd and with the west are ■Pecjallygood a V ■ ; mode! effected b> . that th f're Grunow Company we find that t ception is as near P 6 "®" 1 ®"® .J ent day science has been able t a complish. Information was released yesterday by the Grigsby-Grunow factory that _ solid trainload of receivers is now on its way to Boston in an effort meet the tremendous public demand there. Thirty carloads are included new ■i in that shipment. A similar shipment was made Atlanta, Georgia, and other trainload shipments will go to various key cities in the United States this month. Although February net sales were largest in the company's history, to taling approximately $12,000,000 at retail prices, the Grigsby-Grunow 1 Company, manufacturers of the set, is ' more over-sold today than it has been at any previous time. It is expected | that March sales will again set a new record, according to Abner R. Will son, general manager of the Majestic Distributing Company. The recent release of the Majestic Combination Radio-Phonograph with the new type pick-up has met with great favor, said Willson, and plans are now increasing the production on this model to 1000 daily. The Mu jestic factories with more than TOGO employees are working at top speed ami some departments are working day and night—in their endeavor to meet the demand. Other train-loads will be shipped to the Northwest in the near lulure. Distributor -orders at hand, totaling approximately $120,000,000 have caus ed Grigby-Grunow Company to erect additional factories and take over oth A new factory is now being erected which will be capable of hous ing 3000 more employees and still an other factory is under erection, which will employ 1000 more. In addition to this, Grigsby-Grunow Company, have recently acquired a large veneer factory in New Albany, Indiana, the purchase of which involved more than $1,000,000.00. Maje.dic will also announce in the near future Majestic radio tubes for the Majestic receiving set. Plans are ers. WALTER P. CHRYSLER'S TRAFFIC TALKS SPRING HOUSECLEANING After a winter of chains, anti freeze mixture, and snow with its accompanying hardships to engine, batteries, tires, body-bolts and steer a g gear, not to mention the fan belt, and ignition system generally, the car needs overhauling. Most •ervice stations offer a spring over hauling at a nominal lumped cost, but if not it behooves the careful Orivcr t° check up on the general conditions of his car. Here are a lew items which need attention at this time. J he wheels should all be taken ' . C< j tCr - ^ ns re Pl ace d, valves in spected, tires switched to gain unf lorm wear and alignment cared for. , 'n 1 ? ( ^ at0r should be drained and flushed several times and fillwl r h ,A Csh water. The fan belt should be tightened and the water pump oded and watched for loose STT!? 08 - f Rotten or Darily at ched hose often causes leaks. es , should be inspected and additional mixture put in hydraulic and^t ,f - n T eSS f. y - Goose necks SrÔÏÏI? d b ' ° il ' d 1 progressing rapidly and production is anticipated on Majestic tube early in ! April. The local dealers representing the Majestic Radio are Plentywood Im plement Company. TR1B SPINS NEW ANTI-SOVIET YARN * Washington — (FP)_ Nation- * * wide advertising of a startling, * * melodramatic serial story describ- * * ing the near conquest of the world * * by a future Red Army is the bit * j * of anti-Soviet-reaogniticfli pi'opa- * ; * ««»da offered to the new secre- * , ' ary of * tate ' Hear .y L - Stimson, * !» the ch, cago Tribune thruogh * : "Liberty." • 1 lie luil advertisement ap- * | I P° aria « April 1 in paper through- * * out tbe natilJn glowed "The Red * * Napaleon-Kar.akhan Kazaji/' • * -""«lei- at these future red army « : <" «*• r'S>tlar service bel- • * sov,et army with * , th . e star 'he front. He * planned, of course, to invade * America tu '-kill the white men • ; and capture the white women." - * If Stimson were inclined to fa- * 1 s ? v,et recognition, publication * H yarn ''fnni'J tend to make * * aim ««Ijtwu»; if he were opposed, * lt wou ld enable him to count on a * * regular weekly frightening of a * 1 „ nam Dar of people by this * 1 * stupendously conceived story of * tae next war >" more plausible ♦ than mere forgeries. * ♦ ♦ ♦ ~ HOOVER DRIVES - NEGROES FROM PARTY COUNCILS 1 luu 1 wUilVIUJ 7T1 !• w u Washington — (FP) — President Hoover, as leader of the Republican party, has announced his program for consolidating the gains made last No , vember in the South. It is, in brief, the rejection of Negro leadership, state or local, and the acceptance of the Klan demand for an all-white Re publican organization. Mississippi, Georgia and South C^r olina are pointed out as states in which Republican leadership does not command public confidence, and hence has forefeited the respect of the ad ministration. Patronage jobs in these i states will be distributed through some new agency." In South Carolina the Republican boss for many years has-been Joe Talbott, a white politi clan, but the bulk of the party ma chine has been colored. In Georgia and Mississippi it has been Negro, Now the white mill wners, bankers, ™ ÄÄ ÄÄ jj^ed up as a Republican patronage tribunal, unless they individually are committed to Democratic politics. Q Sei J- Brook ^ art ' cka ^ rr £ an the ^ ena ^ e committee which has been ex posing the sale of federal-appomt 1 ment endorsements in the South by Republican national committeemen and state chairmen, is pleased at the Hoover "reform" move. The fact that the party machine in these three plates was corrupt was evident; that ^ be new program will strengthen the : Re p ub ii can party in the South seems to be likewise evident. But the Hoov er declaration that the Republican or j ganization in Alabama, Louisiana, Ar kansas, Texas and Florida is on the right track already, and that North Carolina and Virginia have strong and respectable Republican organiza tions, is not so easily accepted. The records of House and Senate to debates and of investigations by the Department of Justice over the past eight years show that there has been complaint from every state in the South, as to corrupt handling of pat r0 nage jobs. Postoffices, collector sb i ps> district attorneyships and oth er sa l a ried positions have been the object of bidding in cold cash, ac cording to the testimony of indignant Democratic congressmen. At last the wb ite business men have begun to take control of Republican machinery, Efficiency has begun to replace the haphazard methods by which South ern delegates were delivered to can didates in national conventions. Klan headquarters, newspapers will be given support, and enough Negro leaders will be persuaded that the Repu cans are still their friends, to con fuse the movement for sal1 ar ' ty. So the administration feels that its decision to exclude Negroes rom party leadership in the South is pe fectly safe. sentiment has been capitalized to es tablish a "lily white" Republican par ty throughout the South. The pick ing out of three states for punishment of the old leaders means that only in these states was the local white ele ment unable to clean house without help from Hoover. That the Nergo voters in the Nortn will take this action as a discrimina tion against their race, and will try to get together to oppose Hoover, is expected in the Republican party But enough Negro financial Loose body bolts should be tight ened and a thorough oiling given to all parts of the can See that gw end and transmission are tno rear roughly oiled. Inspection l spark plugs and the engine unusual carbon deposit, possible installation of new rings or dirty ignition units. Have the mechanic blow the gas line clear and see that the gas tank and line to the vacuum tank are free from dirt. Cars w oil cleaning system should have cartridge installed m the oil should be made of tested for an a new filter. The inside of the car should b« gone over with a good cleaner, new slip covers bought, if wanted, an all buttons on top and side curtains replaced if missing. windshield Don't forget your wiper. See that the little rubber connections are in good condition. Danger with a capital "D" comes to the man whose wiper goes back on him during a spring thunderstorm on a dark night. When Royalty Goes A' Hunting e-f VSS*4 s i When the Duke of Gloacester'cttnupoftadon in the «hnoct tncklen game-hunting party, which include« the Prince of Wales, enters the jangles of Africa shortly in quest of wild beasts in their native haunts, they will A yeiMl chiefly on the above c on v e y an ce for sections through Tanganyika, Abercom, Lake Rnkwa and on to the ra ilhe ad at Ndrib. The car selected by his royal highness is a WiDys-Knight Six with a spcdaBy constructed body as shown above. County Agent's Notes v trolit Jssrsusp^a cident and Mr. Wolfer was surprised, pleased and amazed at results secured by using it. There are eight points to b * follo ^ e d. Use a good simp plow with a good sharp colter and cut and turn every bit of the land including the ground under back furrow. Turning the back furrows should be done by japping ths plow on the return trip so as tc cut and turn all of the land You don't dare to omit this precaution. Many farmers have failed on this one point, Between May 1 and May 10 plow the land just deep cnougn to get un der the quack grass roots, which will be three to four inches in depth, In two weeks' time after this plow ing double disc tne land in good shape, If a single disc is used, lap it half so as to leave the land smooth and double disked. i Four weeks after the first plowing APP 1 ] RANIT ÄND MI l\ILi IlMilULl Mill/ nTTIIffRIT A T\\1 V | 111 K I|l/llVS A R V |J 1 UvIV uUllllTl/\l\ I f - . . Helena.—Mild weather in March permitted livestock to make consider able recovery from the effects of the severe weather of January and Febru ary and with seasonable spring weath er stock is expected to come to green f_ed in relatively good cor.dlt'n ne cording to uie April reports ol stock nitn to the state-federal crop .«j'ert i.ig office. CONTROLLING QUACK GRASS All farmers in the northwest are pretty well acquainted with quack grass. It needs no introduction or de scription. The big problem is to con The large carryover of L'T hay and the favorable 1928 crop which en abled stockmen to feed heavily during the sub-zero weather explain« the rel atively high condition of livestock with that resulting from similar hard winters in the past. j March weather was comparatively open although precipitation was heav ler than normal and a heavy wet snow hit the central counties during the third week. March weather, how- j ever, offered but little interference 1 with movements of livestock to feed supplies and water and pernrtted con- ' siderable use of winter pasturage that. generally inaccessible during Jan uary and February. Ranges, it is now reported, are generally carrying suf ficient dry feed to supplement present hay supplies until new feed starts. Lambing, which started among the small flocks the latter part of March has encountered too much snow and damp for best results but with the peak of the lambing to come in April and May a change to warmer weath could easitly offset the unfavor able start. To date very little con tracting of 1929 wool has been re ported although considerable of the 1929 lambs are being contracted at a price range from 10% to 12 c^nts. was er ss •j:ii 'Ey tl SCOFIELD HOWE. PRESIDENT.^ t 7he Metropolit CasualtyMsur&iceCompany of, POINTS OF VIEW Show nit a man who can see the other man's point of view and 1 will show you a philosopher. eryone scans to himself to stand at the exact center of the universe. In the nature of things ho can never see the world from the identical angle of his neighbor. Only by using his highest faculty, Imagination, can a man understand some what of the other man's outlook. It is the sign of a broad and flexible mentality to be able to step outside the circle of our own experience and to admit that other points of view have merit. In trying to understand other viewpoints of life, we often encounter ideas and ideals which we can adopt, to our own great advantage. To visualise another's point of view and to concede willingly his right to think as he pleases is to exemplify that sublime precept, 'The greatest of these is charity." By means of this Intellectual charity, harder far to practice than the kind that merely makes demands on our purses, individuals and nations enabled to live in harmony with their neighbors. Narrow and un reflective minds are always sure that thdr ideas of right and wrong are the only sensible standards; yet many parts of the world enjoy customs exactly the reverse of what to us are proper. "Even • morals are largely a matter of geography,"—again the point of view. Bv are The successful negotiator, whether he be salesman, buyer or adjuster, knows that by first getting the other man's point of view he can lead up to favorable agreements that could never be reached by main force of argument. To garner the best from other viewpoints, to enlarge the range of our opinions by acquaintance with wide differences of outlook, is to develop that most noble attribute of man's character—tolerance. A tolerant point of tfew is a reconciler of differences, a healer of wounds, a peacemaker among enemies, a spreader of education, a wldencr of horizons and a teacher of brotherhood. (Copyright M.C.I.C.) | RANGES Prospects for spring ranges, excel lent with the exception of the nerth eastern section of the state where sur face moisture conditions until recent ly have been unfavorable. Subsoil moisture, however, is considerably ( less than a year ag0> Conditions of -1 ranges on AprU 1 was placed at 102 i ■ and two weeks after the double disk ing plow again and deep enough to turn well, which is usually to the bot tom of the deepest previous plowing, Disk soduy spots *o make a good seed bed over the whole 'held as soon as possible after the second plowing. Pack the land to make a good seed bed as soon as possible. If a packer is not available use a disk get straight. Between the 15th and 20th of June seed flax, buckwheat or any other desired crop that may be seed ed that late. Mr. Wolfer uses flax .but most farmers are having best suc cess with buckwheat. Buckwheat is a better smother crop. After the crop has been cleared from the land and not earlier than the 15th of October plow the land with a good job of plowing, which will mean to plow it as deep as it has ever been plowed before, leaving the plowing rough for winter freezing. This makes three plowings within the one farm ing season and this last plowing Is of great importance. This treatment gets the quack grass, and if corn and barley are growm the two succeeding years, they will finish the wild oats. This has been Fred Wolfer's experience on Sunshine Farm in Stutsman county, North Dakota. Comments of stockment are sum marized as follows: per cent of normal compared with 96 last month and 107 a year ago. CATTLE Reporters' comments reflect a gen eral shrinkage as a result of the pro longed cold weather of January and February. Cattle are gaining weight ! slowly due to their rather weakened 1 condition. Losses, however, for the m ost part have been negligible. Condi ti on 0 f cattle on April 1 was placed -1 a t 9g% of normal compared with 97% a month ago and 99% a year ago. j SHEEP Sheep apparently did not stand up under the severe winter conditions as well as cattle, the cold weather hit ting the old ewes especially hard, most of reported losses occurring in old ewes. Considerable improvement, however, took place during March and the April 1 condition of 98% of nor mal compares with 94 a month ago and 96 a year ago. HAY AND FEED SUPPLIES Feed supplies generally are re ported as running low with the ex ception o fthe northwestern counties j where a large carryover from the 1927 crop provided a surplus with some . hay being shipped out. The southwest ern counties also report a slight sur plus, j tana lambing generally has not corn menced as yet. Most lambing opera j tions will undoubtedly get well under LAMBS and WOOL With the exception of the north western counties where lambing is now well underway, and a few locali ties in central and south central Mon way between April 15 and the first "^andres count, woo.growers association has contracted for its, members 4,000 head of lambs for Sep tember delivery at a price of 11 cents for whiteface weathers and mixed blackface lambs and 13 cents for white faced ewe lambs. Reporters generally place the contract price of lambs at 10% to 12 cents with the bulk of con tracts at 11 cents. To date very little if any wool has been reported con tracted and buyers are said to be hold ing off until shearing time. MILLS DRAW PEAS ANTS FROM FARMS By Esther Lowell, Fed. Press. Evergreen, Alabama.—(FP) mingham's great steel stocks give way to tattered homes of share crop pers as the motorist heads for the Gulf. That 300 mile drive from the Magic City to the water through the old south—the old south that retreats before the new as here and there a factory town appears. A tiny cabin shows on a naked field, the shingles working out; a shaggy mule by a wretched stable nearby, or sometimes a shaggier Ford. Black or white children play barefoot in the sun and grownups wait in the shade, waiting for the cotton or corn growing season to open. This often Bir repeated picture falls on the driver's eyes like a stereotyped pattern as he passes through the farm lands of cen tral and southern Alabama. "The only tennants of mine that make any money, make it selling whis key. They don't' make it farming," said a landlord to us as we lunched by the road. A plump old man, he crossed his broad lawn and came thru the gate in the green hedge to talk to the travelers. "I got 6,000 acres of fine land," he said. "Some of it is bottom land that will grow two big crops of corn year. But I want to sell it or lease it because I can't get the tenants. Mos of my best 'niggers' went north during the war to Pittsburgh, Akron and Cleveland. They wont come back They get $3 and $4 a day up north. I can't pay any money like that." Many Alabama colored men are Michigan, working for Henry Ford, General Motors or other auto mann facturers, A colored youth in Green ville who tried to peddle us a flash light said four acquaintances had jobs | n Detroit. "I could have gone too,' ae ••»aid, "but I have a steady job here driving a truck at $3 a day. And lt>s <> nl y eight hours." Most negroes work longer than that for much less. This village was in its first historic change as we passed through. Ala bama Power Co. opened one of its new cotton mills in the quiet trading center last month and country people from southern Alabama were flocking in for jobs. These ex-farmers are not yet broken to factory rules. They stop to talk with visitors who enter the mill. "Keep out of Florida. There's nine men for every nail," advised a friend ly Pennsylvania carpenter who was halting at a tourist lodging house Evergreen, Ala., on his way north from the resort state. "I've put years in Florida and I'm through. a rich man's playground; no place a workingman." "But I'd go to Florida if another boom comes," ventured a young Ala bama mechanic wistfully. "I'd that $10 a day stuff." "Nothing in it," retorted the Penn sylvanian. "I got $14 during the boom but had to spend it. My room $6 the first night in Miami."_ V> r '3 Plenty of room Wiiffet in ike NEW SUPERIOR « ! T L % I A »1 a: w s "m fed _V. I WHIPPET SIX COACH T HE larger bodies of the new Superior Whippet Four and Six afford more spacious interiors, with WITH 7-BEARING CRANKSHAFT >695 extra head room, leg room and elbow room. The beautiful and ultra-modern design of the new Superior Whippet makes it the style authority in both the Four and light Six classes. Many tasteful refinements ' include longer lines, higher radiator and hood, chromium -plate, and sweeping one-piece full-crown fenders. The faster speed and pick-up of the new Superior Whip pet result from a higher compression engine, giving more than 20 % added horsepower. Low consumption of gasoline and oil, and dependable performance insure ex ceptional operating econoçiy and minimum service costs. W1LLYS-OVERLAND, INC.. TOLEDO, OHIO Ctuft $MSt Ctuf (with rumblt uat) $725{ Stdtm tJbOs De Luxe Sedan $850 1 Sfert De Luxe Read*» $850 {including rumble uat and extrat) > WHIPPET FOUR COACH, >550 Crnife $550! 4-pasânget Ceufe $580 ; ïdam $6tSt De Luxe Sedan $b95; Readaer $500 1 4- t arungtt Read lier $530; Cellegiate Read sur $STSt T suring $495: Commercial Choisit $380. AU If'il'rs-Ojrrland frises /. «. h. Teleete. OA», and sfecifisetieeu suiiett le change luit h e ul netten Maro Danielson Plentywood Dealer OPHE1M LAMB SHIPMENT 1 BRINGS 11c PER POUND - j Opheim, April 22.—On behalf of the sheep growers ,A. T. Olson, cashier! of the First State Bank ,has con- < tracted with eastern feeders for the i sale of the entire north country 1929 j crop of approximately 6,000 weather lambs at 11 cents ,which is considered a good price being equaled in the last 10 years only on two occasions. Mr. Olson has 17,000 fleeces listed in a pool, which will be offered to woolbuyers in one block. So far this spring there has been little movement of wool and buyers have not made any offers. According to Mr. Olson, there will not be any biddings until shear ing time. j The number of sheep in the terri- ; tory tributary to Opheim has increas ed 2,500 in the last year and now numbers about 17,500. The wool and lamb crops of this territory should bring at conservative figures, about $100 000 this year " Of the 41 members of the pool, only ' six have flocks of more than 1,000 fH A» "Vs lV A • »] i c 'm 0 ' y ■ il y )*76' Wi v uw No Beauty, But It runs, so it's worth good oil. In fact, you go ta' humor it. Dura motor oil is coaxing a lot of good miles out of heaps tike this ,5» i in 11 P i DUR OILS £55 West'and Oil Company sheep, while the others have farm %% Ä ITs £Z tSt itable to many farmers in this terri tory, BUILDINGS OF OPHEIM Opheim, April 22.—A contract in some *^,000 worth of farm buildings was let recently by Ilah ™* son to . Dunstad, contractor, he contract includes a residence of bungalow type ,32 by 30 with a full basement, a concrete cistern and. a S°tnic round roof bam 34 by 56 with concrete floor- Mr. Larson also in tends to install an electric light plant an ^ water system. . j e Darson farm is on the mam oad tw ° mi l es east of Opheim. Mr. Larson has been sussessful in his practices coming here from Canada where he also homesteaded A noteworthy fact about the construc ti ° n 1 is that cas 5 h is being paid for the whole proposition, it is understood. FARMER COST $8,000 • I,