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TWENTY-NINTH YEAR
BEET GROWERS’
CHECKS OUE
NEXT WEEK
INITIAL PAYMENT OF $4.35 PER
TON BEING MADE BY UTAH-
IDAHO COMPANY. SEASON’S
RUN ESTIMATED AT OVER 80,000
TONS.
Sugar beet growers of northern Mon
tana will receive $348,000 from the
Utah-Idaho Sugar company, Nov. 20,
representing the initial payment of
$4.35 a ton on their 1932 crop, R. L.
Howard, manager of operations of the
Chinook factory, has announced. The
payment is based on a sugar content of
17.2 percent.
The Utah-Idaho company already had
loaned $112,000 to growers in northern
Montana for planting, labor and har
vest on the 1932 crop, w’hich leaves
them $236,000 net.
Subsequent payments will be made
during the year as sugar is sold, ac
cording to the terms of the contract
with growers. The initial payment was
around 90 per cent. During the period
from March 1 to October 1 sugar sold
at the lowest price in the history of
the beet sugar industry. The New
York base price on beet sugar went as
low as $3.50 a hundredweight and at
the present time is $4.05.
The total season’s run at the Chinook
sugar beet factory will total 81,500
tons, company officials have an
nounced. The average yield per acre
for the district covered by the factory
will be 12.5 tons, according to com
parative reports. Officials added that
operations will probably be continued
until mid-December, when all beets arc
expected to have been dug and shipped.
Schick Test Given Pupils
With Parents’ Consent
Pupils of the Harlem schools are be
ing given the Schick test this week to
determine their susceptibility to diph
theria, a light epidemic of which has
broken out in the city. This test re
quires two or three days to run, after
which if it does not show immunity to
the disease, it is advisable to give
toxin-anti-toxin. This program is being
carried out in the schools, only with
the consent of the parents, and at a
cost of 25 cents per person. Pre
school age children are especially sus
ceptible to diphtheria and for that rea
son the school authorities have consent
ed to treat any young children whose
parents arrange for the innoculation.
The Harlem and Agency doctors and
nurses are assisting in the work.
In several cases it has been brought
to the attention of the school authori
ties, families find it impossible to pay
the fee required, and to accomodate
such, arrangements have been made to
carry on the innoculation, regardless of
the fee. Those needing this help should
confer with those in charge of the
work, so that their children may re
ceive the benefit free.
Two Months After
Discovers Self Shot
Helena, Nov. 16—(UP)—It took H. A.
McDonald, salesman, nearly two months
to determine he had been shot.
McDonald was repairing a punctured
tire Sept. 29 in the southeastern part
of the state. He felt a sudden sharp
pain in his chest. At Hardin a physi
cian relieved the pain, but by the time
he arrived in Billings a black and blue
spot surrounded the center of the
twinge he had experienced. Ho entered
a hospital and had the spot lanced.
Later he came to Helena, and again
was forced to have the injury treated.
Then he took a suit of clothing to a
tailor, and discovered that there was
a small hole through a lapel of his
vest, coinciding with two small holes in
his shirt and underwear. He declared
he was certain the holes had been
caused by bits of shot, and remembered
having seen a hunter in the vicinity
when he first experienced the pain.
Rural Mail Service Now
Established on Fridays
The rural mail service now in force
through the Harlem Valley will be
maintained on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays instead of on the schedule
originally announced. This change was
made to better serve the patrons, The
News making application for the change
so that its subscribers could receive
their home newspaper more promptly.
Quentin Ekegren is acting as mail
carrier over the route.
FOR THE RED CROSS
There are many needy families apply
ing for warm clothing, such as over
coats, mittens, sox, shoes and overshoes
and all donations of such will be
gratefully accepted if brought to The
N off:?''. tr von nnf cere to
bother bringing it yourself, call at this
office or 'phone us, so that someone
may call for same. Wo are being asked
for help daily and are entirely out of
everything at the present time.
Th« byht of a woman's life is often
a dim fool.
The old prohibition surely is getting
the “breaks" these days.
THE HARLEM NEWS
Cloudy, Unsettled Days
Frequent Snow Flurries
The weather for the week ending
Saturday, Nov. 12, 1932, according to
the weekly report of Frank A. Math,
Meteorologist of the weather bureau at
Havre, was mostly cloudy, unsettled,
and cool with frequent snows. Heavy
snow and decidedly colder temperatures
set in Sunday, Nov. 13; the snowfall
averaged six to seven inches in the
north central districts.
There was an average deficiency in
temperature of 1.3 degrees as compared
with normal. The highest temperature
for the week was 53 degrees on Sun
day, the 6th, and the lowest was 18 de
grees on Nov. 8, making the absolute
weekly range 34 degrees.
The highest temperature for the cor
responding period taken from 52 years
of record was 72 on Nov. 11, 1894, and
the lowest for the same period was 20
degrees below on Nov. 12, 1916.
The total precipitation for the week
was .33.
There were five cloudy days and two
partly cloudy days. The duration of
registered sunshine was 22.2 out of the
66.3 hours the sun was above the hori
zon, making 33 per cent of possible sun
shine.
The sun rose at the end of the week
at 7:12 a. m. and set at 4:42 p. m.
making the length of day nine hours
and 18 minutes.
The wind force was gentle to strong
with the prevailing direction from the
northwest. The highest velocity was 25
miles per hour from the west on the
6th.
WHAT THE REST OF
THE WORLD IS DOING
Clarence Goldcsberry, 22, Houston,
Missouri, farmer, was awaded the title
of 4 * star farmer of America” and given
SI,OOO in prize money this week in com
petition with vocational agricultural
students of Missouri, Kansas, lowa,
Arkansas, Oklahoma. Nebraska and
Colorado. Starting on a capital of
$279 borrowed from his father, the
young man, whose school training has
been prolonged by illness, has during
the past five years accumulated eight
registered jersey cattle, eleven regis
tered Hampshire hogs, 952 chickens,
interest in a “block” bull, rents 125
acres of land on a crop sharing basis,
has a partnership interest in the home
farm, and has a working capital of
$2,156.
The state of North Carolina has dis
missed murder charges against Libby
Holman Reynolds, torch singer wife of
Smith Reynolds, young millionaire, who
was found shot last July. Albert Walker
chum and secretary of the dead man,
was also released, sufficient evidence
being lacking in the case.
The Prince of Wales with a guard of
12,000 men, 4,000 of whom are armed
policemen and soldiers, attended dedi
cation ceremonies of Northern Ireland’s
new parliament buildings at Belfast,
Wednesday. Long sections of railroad
were ripped up along the route to Bel
fast in efforts to keep sightseers going
to Belfast to see and hear the English
prince.
President-elect Frankling D. Roose
velt accepted the invitation of Presi
dent Herbert Hoover to come to Wash
ington to confer on war debt policies
in the near future. This is the first
time in history that leaders of the two
opposing parties, one about to step out
of office which the other will soon
step into, have held a joint conference.
RICH GOLD ORE FOUND
Superior, Nov. 17 —(U.P)—Samples of
rich gold ore have been found by Alf
Anderson, of Coeur d'Alene on the new
forestry road nine miles southwest of
Fourth of July Summit. Rich gold ore
was found in Fourth of July canyon
some 23 years ago, according to reports.
The resulting activity failed to locate
the ore’s origin, however, and Ander
son may have located the long sought
source, it was said.
Although snow was four inches deep,
prospectors have -staked claims and
started preliminary operations.
• THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY *
* As next Thursday, our regular •
* press day, is Thanksgiving Day, •
• The News will go to press Wednes- •
* day afternoon, in order that the *
* day may be observed as a holiday. *
Another Morrow Bride
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Miss Elizabeth Reeve Morrow, sis
ter of Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, is
to be the brid** of Anbr^v Neil
) Morgan of London, young business
man.
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF THE FAMOUS MILK RIVER VALLEY
RARLFAL BLAINE COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1932
Wins with Pen
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Scott E. Leslie, 2S, Cleveland, self
taught in fine pen lettering, won the
nation-wide civil service competition
as embosser in the federal printing
department at Washington.
Democrats Carry Control
State Legislature
By WENDEL BURCH
United Press Staff Correspondent
Helena, Nov. 16—(UP) —When the
Montana state legislature convenes in
January, its party lines will be drawn
in much the same fashion as those of
the national congress, with Republicans
holding a slim majority in the senate,
and Democrats in complete control of
the assembly.
The Democratic sweep of the elec
tions completely reversed the standing
of the two parlies with respect to the
assembly, and cut the Republican ma
jority in the senate in half.
A final check up od the returns by
the United Press snowed that 70 Demo
cratic representatives had been re
turned from 35 counties, and 32 Repub
lican representatives from 28 counties.
Seven counties split their delegations —
Custer, Gallatin, Missoula, Roosevelt,
Ravalli, Dawson and Yellowstone, with
Democrats controlling the representa
tion from Yellowstone, and Gallatin
counties, and the others evenly bal
anced.
Contributing to this great gain in
the lower house—in 1930 Republicans
held 60 seats, Democrats 42 —was the
fact that the larger counties favored
the Democrats. Silver Bow’s 10 dele
gates, Cascade’s five, Fergus, four, and
three each from Carbon, Lewis and
Clark and Yellowstone, as well as four
more from Flathead county were nil
Democrats.
In the senate Democrats elected 15,
Republicans, 14. There were 19 hold
over Republicans, and six holdover
Democrats, giving the Republicans 33
places and the Democrats 22. One
Independent, Henry Thien of Golden
Valley county, was returned. Thus,
the Republicans have a bare majority
of three over the necessary senate
majority of 29, compared to the last
session, in which there were 41 Repub
lican senators —12 more than the nec
essary majority of the senate, and 36
seats more than the Democrats..
Only 32 members of the assembly
were reelected, although many of the
members of the 22nd session dropped
out of the race before the elections. In
the state senate nine members were
returned to office.
It was a noticeable fact that most of
the election races were comparatively
close, with only a few hundred votes
separating the winners at most. The
closeness of the battle of votes in most
localities was demonstrated in Cascade
county, where Fritz Roll, Rep., was the
only one of his party elected as a
member of the county’s delegation of
six representatives. Roll defeated his
closest Democratic opponent by six
votes. John Acher, Dem., was elected
in Blaine county by a four vote ma
jority over W. H. Reed, Rep.
The two women members of the 1930
session were defeated, but Roosevelt
county elected Mrs. Dolly Cusker,
Dem., to replace the defeated Mrs. Lucy
Curran.
Veterans were displaced by the
wholesale in both houses, Alex Fair
vieve, Carbon county, and Walter Flas
chensar, former speaker of the house,
were among those defeated.
Hill county returned a completely
Democratic delegation of one senator
and two representatives for the first
time in its history.
With this astounding success in the
legislature went the Democratic tri
umph on the state ticket, with every
candidate elected except for the office
of superintendent of public instruction,
retained by Miss Elizabeth Ireland,
Rep. The only remaining Republican
state officers are Dan J. Boyle and
Leonard Young, holdover members of
the railroad commission; J. Ward
Crosby, clerk of the supreme court; and
Chief Justice Callaway and Justice
Angstman of the state supreme court.
Governor Erickson’s victory com
pleted the party's triumph. Demo
cratic leaders throughout the state were
openly jubilant at the prospects for a
harmonious legislative session, with
the governor assured complete party
allegiance among all members of the
appointive boards, an overwhelming
majority in the assembly, and a strong
minority in the senate.
Following is a list of counties elect
ing Democratic senators:
Beaverhead, Big Horn, Custer. Dan
iels, Deer Lodge, Fergus. Hill, Liberty,
Lewis and Clark, Park. Pondera, Prair
ie, Phillips, Roosevelt and Treasure.
Republican senators were elected in
I the following counties:
Blaine, Carbon. Gallatin, Lake. Gla
cier, Monghor, McCone. Mussellshell,
। Powell, Rosebud. Dawson, Garfield,
Powder River, and Sweet Grass.
To Fight Wet Vote
K. xjc-> : "
Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, chairman,
announces that the Women’s Commit
tee for Education Against Alcohol
will convene at the capital to fight
the wet vote when Congress meets in
December.
Counties electing Democratic assem
blymen were:
Blaine, Carbon, Cascade, Choteau,
Custer, Deer Lodge, Fergus, Flathead,
Fallon, Gallatin, Granite, Glacier, Hill,
Judith Basin, Lake, Liberty, Lewis and
Clark, McCone, Missoula, Park, Min
eral, Petroleum, Prairie, Roosevelt,
Ravalli, Handers, Silver Bow, Rosebud.
Toole, Treasure, Teton, Yellowstone,
Wibaux, Daniels and Dawson.
Counties electing Republican assem
blymen were;
Carter, Broadwater, Beaverhead, Big
Horn, Custer, Cascade, Garfield, Golden
Valley, Dawson, Gallatin, Jefferson,
Lincoln, Meagher, Missoula, Mussel
shell. Pondera, Powder River, Powell,
Phillips, Roosevelt Sheridan, Ravalli,
Richland, Sweet Grass, Stillwater, Yel
lowstone. Madison and Wheat land.
Sale Blaine Farm
Lands Set For Nov. 28
With a few sales and several pending
deals reported from the Conrad sale
already this week, the Federal Laud
Bank of Spokane will continue its
Northern Montana land sale at Havre
the week of Nov. 21 at the office of
Thos. Connolly, Court House, and at
Chinook, week of Nov. 28, Ht the office
of L. V. Bogy, according to Connolly,
field supervisor.
Acquired farms in the counties of
Liberty, Hill, Chouteau, Blaine and
Phillips will be offered the public dur
ing both sales. Prices are lowest in
the Bank’s history, it was cited. A
wide variety of dry farming and graz
ing lands along with a number of irri
gated places are listed.
H. L. DeLaney, assistant to Ward K.
Newcomb, head of the land depart
ment, states that the Bank is interest
ed mostly in getting a high type of new
owner on its land, whose conditions are
such that he will have a good chance of
gradually acquiring title to a farm
home, aided by the lenient terms of the
Spokane Bank. 44 One should have
equipment available and enough cash to
tide the family over until the farm is
on a producing basis,” he continued.
DeLaney, having worked in this re
gion for some time as fieldman and
appraiser, is familiar with the listed
property and local conditions. He ar
rived at Conrad last Sunday and will
work with Connolly, in handling de
tails. Following the session at Havre
he expects to drive back to Spokane.
In Blaine county, in the Milk River
Valley, are several desirable irrigated
places that may be broken up into
smaller units upon request. Also sev
eral excellent wheat farms on the Big
Flat in the Turner territory.
Fred W. Kelso, fieldman in the Chi
nook territory, gives the following de
tails—
Gilroy Place, 480 acres, all irrigated
and cultivated, three miles west of Har
lem on No. 2 gravel highway, poor
buildings needing repairs, adapted to
beets and diversification, beet dump on
place.
Ronne Place, 160 acres with 112 acres
irrigated and cultivated, seven miles
east of Chinook, six miles to sugar beet
factory, two cabins, adapted to diver
sification.
Friede place, 360 acres, 77 acres irri
gated, seven miles east of Chinook, one
mile south of North Fork siding, extra
large set of buildings, plenty firewood,
school and No. 2 gravel highway 1 mile,
adapted well to beets, good for diversi
fied farming.
In addition to these four places, a
wide variety of other excellent units
may be had, including the Roberts,
Johnson, Walters, Ross and McCauley
places. Details will also be given on
dry land farm, including Shuler, Stev
en, Mathis, Buller, Stassen, Goossens,
Peters and Corregan places. Farms
with good improvements and excellent
water are found in five dry farms in
te heart of the Big Flat country,
mostly running in 320 acre units.
Connolly reports a drift back to the
farms in this state, citing seven recent
inquiries for land, some in California,
by people taking options on land in the
Joplin territory.
At the Havre sale all next week, be
sides Connolly, DeLaney, and Kelso,
there will be Thomas Moody, local
fieldman, and A. Glenn Smith, public
ity manager. At the Chinook sale the
following week, where Blaine County
tracts will be featured, the same terri
tory will be covered. The two sales
points will bo maintained for the con
venience of the public.
Following the sales at Baker and
Wibaux the same week as the Chinook
session, the Montana schedule will end.
Oh, what a mistake! Told the hoy
friend last niuht I had never been
kissed before, and later discovered I
had been engaged to him last summer.
Montana Girl Wins Chicago
Trip on 4 H Home Projects
Chicago, Nov. 16—The drcam of a 4 H
Club girl came true when Miss Grace
Hurni, of Helena. Lewis and Clark
county, was awarded a prize education
al trip with ail expenses paid to the
National Club Congress in Chicago.
Nov. 25-Dec. 3, which will be attended
by 1200 4 H delegates and leaders.
Her selection by Charles E. Potter, state
club leader of the state extension ser
vice, Montana State College of A. A. M.
Arts, Bozeman, is just received here by
the National Committee on Boys and
Girls Club Work.
The award was made on the record of
the club girl in home economics pro
jects the past year and her standing as
a club member. The trip is given to
encourage girls to become proficient in
home making through 4 H projects, and
has been made in every state for a num
ber of years. Contestants are required
to submit full records of their work as
a basis for awards.
Miss Hurni plans to make the trip
to Chicago with the state delegation,
where they will enjoy a great round of
sightseeing besides attending the regu
lar contests and other events at which
national champions in various 4 H pro
jects will be chosen. One of the thrills
will be the parade of state delegations
with 4 H bands and led by a nine horse
hitch of ton draft horses in the great
ampitheatre of the International Live
Stock Exposition. Other events arc
visits to the Coliseum Poultry Show,
Lincoln Park Zoo, museums, institutes,
great mercantile and manufacturing es
tablishments. meat packing houses,
banquets and tours of the city.
NEWS OF INTERESTING
STATE HAPPENINGS
Mrs. W. W. Hamilton of Dodson, who
lost re-election to the state legislature
by 20 votes, may ask for a recount, ac
cording to a report from Phillips
county. Mrs. Hamilton has served
several terms as representative. She
was defeated by Erie Anderson, Repub
lican.
Ernest Clark, 31 year old negro from
Georgia, was picked tin by sheriff’s
deputies 19 miles from Butte, Friday,
suffering with badly frost bitten feet.
Amputation of the toes on both feet
may be necessary. The weather had
not yet reached the zero mark when
the man was frozen.
Bjackfeet Indians will benefit under
a new plan which is being inaugurated.
The Indian Service provides for the
cutting of timber from the forests
which the Indians may use in building
homes and developing their property,
and it is believed a sawmill will bo
provided for their use in turning the
timber into lumber. Sections of tim
berlands to be cut are now being
blocked out by a supervisor of the
Lew’is and Clark forest.
Billings high school won the right
to enter the Class A football champion
ship game against Helena to be played
at Butte Thanksgiving Day when it de
feated Havre in a 32-0 game Wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. J. 11. Morrow of Moore, depart
ment president of the Legion Auxiliary,
and Mrs. Emily Corbin, Poplar, na
tional regional vice president, left this
week for Indianapolis to attend the
national conference of department
heads.
The Belgrade State bank which
closed Rept. 23 opened its doors this
week, carrying a reserve of 100 per
cent against its deposits. This is the
first time in banking history of the
state that a bank has been required to
carry such a reserve.
BLACK LOCUST TREE VALUABLE
Helena, Nov. 17—(UJ?)—The black lo
cust tree has several uses of interest
to farmers and game specialists. The
seeds are fine food for game birds such
as the Hungarian partridge, pheasant,
Bobwhite, Ruffed grouse, California
quail, mourning doves in the West and
some game birds in the East.
The black locust is also a legume and
replenishes the soil with nitrogen, be
sides providing a good timber yield
of sizes varying from pole to timber.
It is popular for groves and wood
lands.
If you want to keep the party on the
Q.T. don’t get more than one qt..
Hornsby In Again
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Roger Hornsby affixes his name
to a "player” contract with the
St. Louis Cardinals, thereby jolting
baseball dopsters who thought he
"was out of baseball.” Cards ■ • .
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JOHN ACHFR
TWO MORE DEMOCRATS WIN IN
BLAINE ELECTION WHEN OFFI
CIAL COUNT IS MADE. TIE BE
TWEEN REED AND A CHER NOW
BROKEN; ERROR IN TOTALS
Blaine county totals, as announced
immediately following election, were
upset Saturday when the official count
was made. The tie for the legislative
post, between W. H. Reed, prominent
Big Flat farmer, and John Achor, Zur
ich banker and Valley farmer, aus
checked off, errors being found in two
precinct returns giving Acher, Demo
crat, a lead of four votes over Reed,
Republican. Instead of 145*’ votes each,
the official count gives Acher 1457,
Reed 1453. Harry Harlen remained
leader in the four contestants for leg
islative positions, having 1477 votes
with Thomas Koss slightly behind the
rest with 1407 in the close four cor
nered race.
Mrs. Alberta Ronnc Flynn was found
to have a ten vote lead over Miss Daisy
I. Blackstone, present county superin
tendent of schools, who was seeking re
election an<l had been announced win
ner 'by 15 votes. In one of the rural
precincts a mistake in tabulation had
omitted 25 votes for Flynn.
A few other discrepancies were
found, but none to change the status of
the candidates effected. The official
tabu hit ion will be found on I‘age Two
of The News.
Chas. A. Smith, Hr., was elected jus
tice of the peace for the Harlem judi
cial township by his name being writ
ten in on the ballots, and Mike Buckley
anti J. 8. Phillips were named con
stables.
Tn the state returns, now all com
pleted with the exception of 12 pre
cincts, Gov. J. E. Erickson took a lead
of nearly 4.000 votes over Frank Hazel
baker. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s had in
the state mounted to over 46,000. Thru
out the state 4,579 votes were cast for
thho Socialist electors, 820 for the
Communist and 454 for the Liberty
Party. In the lower house of the state
legislature there will be 72 democratic
representatives nn<l 30 republicans,
according to returns now completed.
There were I<>B Socialist votes cast
in Blaine county, 6 Communist and •>
Liberty for presidential electors, with
192 Socialist votes cast for the candi
date for governor, Christian Yegan.
In Blaine County the Amendment to
the Constitution relating to the filling
of vacancies occuring in either house
of the Legislative Assembly, received
804 votes in favor and 306 against;
amendment as to qualifications of vot
ers received 1437 for and 547 against.
For the retention of the County Agent
949 votes were cast and against his
retention, 1356.
Local Christmas Seal
Sale Chairman Named
The Christmas Heal Halo in Harlem
will be conducted under the leadership
of T. A. Bruner, who has been appoint
ed chairman by the Montana Tubercu
losis Asosciation, Helena, and every ef
fort will be made to reach every one in
the community in this campaign against
tuberculosis, which will begin Thaaks
giving day and continue until Christ
mas.
“The contributions to the Seal Sale
this year will come from the heart and
will mean more than ever before," said
Mr. Bruner, in speaking of the cam
paign. “In the first place people do
not have so much to give as formerly,
and secondly the need is greater in a
Ifigpsjl
period of dull times. Since the seals
sell for only a penny each, those in
charge of the selling feel that every one
will want to buy some and have a part
in the humanitarian work of fighting
tuberculosis.
“11l health goes on at a greater rate
during times like these and some pro
vision must be made for health protec
tion. Who can measure the full effect
of the work for health which our ef
forts in this campaign will make pos
sible! A single visit from a public
health nurse—the inculcation of health
habits into the mind of one boy or girl
—the advice to even one young mother
on the proper care of her baby—the
saving of the life of oven one wago
earner for added years of usefulness to
his home and to his community—these
arc only a few of the things which your
purchase of seals will help make pos
sible."
LESS TB AMONG CATTLE
Helena, Nov. 17—(U.P)—Less than
one-third as many cattle wore slaugh
tered under Federal meat inspection in
the past fiscal year which were affect
ied with tuberculosis as in the same
Z period ten years ago, U. 8. Department
' of Agriculture records show.