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LAUREL OUTLOOK
Published Every Wednesday at Laurel, Montana, by
JOSEPH GEHRETT & CAMPBELL CALVERT
Subscription $2.50 Per Annum in Advance
Entered as Second-class Matter July 14, 1909, at the
postoffice at Laurel, Mont., under act of March 3, 1879
NATIONAL €DITORIAL_
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WARM WEATHER FIRE HAZARDS
Fire loss in this country is naturally at its peak during
the winter, when heating plants are being used to the limit.
But the approach of the warm season brings special and very
dangerous hazards.
Many homes and businesses have been destroyed because
the grass wasn't cut on adjoining vacant property and caught
fire. Every community should have a suitable law in this
regard and enforce it strictly and impartially.
Carelessness in burning rubbish during dry days takes its
share of the toll. Such fires should never be left unattended.
And some means of controlling or quenching them if they
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threaten to ^et out ol hand, should he irnjnediatejy available.
Spring and summer will witness a tremendous increase in
tourist travel through the rural areas and timbered country.
Millions of acres of splendid timber have gone up in smoke,
leaving nothing but an ugly, scarred landscape as a memorial,
because people have thrown burning matches and cigarettes
from cars, and because campers haven't made absolutely sure|
that their fires were out before moving on. These crimes of
carelessness are covered in the law — but police and forest serv
ice officials can't be everywhere. Fire prevention, in all its
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many phases, is up to thG individual.
Clean-up time is here, do a real and thorough job of it.
Get rid of the junk and the refuse. A clean house and clean
premises mean fire prevention.
Tank Car Train
The quantity of oil that can be
hauled in a tank car train depends
upon length of the train and capac
ity of the cars making up the train.
Oil trains average about 60 tank
cars each, and the capacity of the
average tank car is about 210 bar
rels. Thus, an average oil train car
ries about 12,600 barrels, or 529,200
gallons of oil.
First Lady Champion
First national golf championship
for women was held in 1895. The
winner was Mrs. C. S. Brown.
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Ninety-seven per cent of the hos
pital beds in nervous and mental
hospitals and 85 per cent of those in
hospitals for tuberculosis are now
under government control.
Icing Up Railroads
It is estimated that 16 million tons
of ice are used annually by rail
roads of the United States. Of this
quantity 13 million tons are used in
refrigerator car service and 3 mil
lion tons are used in dining cars,
commissaries, offices, passenger
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BULBOUS NOTE OF THANKS...Dutch bulb-growers are blooming
with appreciation for the Marshall plan. This is just one of
many designs that have sprung up throughout Holland, where the
bulb-growers have designed in flowers words of appreciation fo :
the passage of the American aid to Europe program. Word of
appreciation here is 'dollars,' which speaks volumes.
MANNING, iowa —Townspeople
here who stumbled over each other
their attempts to get out of the
way of a murderous gangster car
a ° w a [ e a ^î er " p . t l î ng , to coavmce
a fake al] the time
Five high school youths from
Audubon admitted that they staged
shoig^shf ill and bioodiïk'e 11 catsup*
to relieve the monotony of a dull
Sunday afternoon.
They said that after they drove to
Manning, James McLeran, one of
the youths, began running down
Main street. Two others chased him
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4 id so. The other roared up in
McLeran's car, tossed the "body"
into the back seat, and sped out
of town.
Frightened witnesses called Sher
iff Tom Finegan, who thought he
had a crime on his hands until sev
eral youths told him they had seen
the "death car" earlier in the after
noon and that some Audubon boys
were in it.
Finegan traced the youths to the
Audubon high school, where he
found that everyone knew about the
"killing." He arrested the youths
and took them to the county jail at
Carroll. The boys promised: "We
won't do it again."
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Fewer Veterans
In College Make
Room for Others
CHICAGO.—It's going to be much
easier for non-vets to get into col
lege.
Alonzo F. Myers, president of the
National Conference on Higher Edu
cation, said at a press conference
here that colleges throughout the
country report a dropping off in the
number of vets applying for ad
mission.
As a result, he said, there will be
more room for other applicants in
most colleges.
But despite the reduction in vet
applicants, Myers emphasized, col
leges still can accommodate only a
fraction of those applying for ad
mission. And from present indica
tions, he said, the number of those
seeking to enter college will expand
in the coming years.
Myers, who is chairman of the
department of higher education at
New York university, said he was
hopeful that colleges would offer a
greater variety of courses.
"I can see nothing wrong," he de
clared, "in a college offering a
course in auto fender and body re
conditioning, as one college out west
has done."
"This business of rationing edu
cation is crazy," he added. "There
ought to be adequate provisions to
give everyone who wants education
that amount and that kind which his
potentialities warrant."
College Men Reject Jobs
As Models for Art Classes
WASHINGTON. — Despite its
record enrollment, the University
of Maryland has hung out a help
wanted sign among the students
at College Park.
Girls are clamoring for the
jobs, but there are no vacancies
for them.
All Joe College has to do to
earn about 50 or 60 cents an hour
is sit still. But there have been
few takers. Art Director Maurice
R. Seigler gave a clue to the
shortage.
He wants the men to model for
his art classes.
Maine Farmer and Wife
Refuse to Accept Charity
BOSTON.—A Maine farmer and
his wife, trying to live on $15 until
their very ill son recovers at a hos
pital, refused to accept help.
Residents of Boston deluged them
with offers of food, clothing, money
and transportation. But Lawrence
Leeman, 31, and his 30-year-old
wife, Marilyn, of Dover-Foxcroft,
Me., responded with a firm "no
thanks."
"Didn't know city people could be
so nice and neighborly," said Lee
man, whose year-old son Victor, is
being operated on for malignant
tumor at Children's hospital.
"Guess these people heard about
us spending our money to bring the
boy here for treatment. Mighty nice
of them, but we still have $15 left
and all we want is for the boy to
get well. Guess we can hitch-hike
home well enough."
"Our switchboard has been tied
up all day," a hospital official said.
"Rich people, poor people and just
every-day-people have been calling
up offering help. Two families who
were dispossessed from their homes
in Dorchester called to say they'd
like to help."
But Leeman, a slow-talking Yan
kee, insisted he wanted no help.
"Not to us," he said. "We're hard
working people. We handle our
farming by ourselves and we don't
believe in asking other folks to
share our burdens."
Mrs. Leeman nodded agreement.
"Thank you kindly," she told the
hospital officials, "but we don't be
lieve in being beholden to folks.
It's just our way of doing things
in Maine. No offense meant."
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Cause of Tides
If there were oceans, seas or
lakes on the moon, tides caused by
the earth would be high enough to
engulf the moon's mountains.
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"Any beverage your guests prefer.
You don't have to serve cider—any
more than you have to serve beer
...but it's often courteous to let
guests have a choice."
From where I sit, that simple
answer applies to more items than
Welsh Rarebit. In a world where
everyone has different tastes and
ideas—we should recognize those
differences —and never deny the
right of choice to anyone!
The missus — who writes our
Woman's Column in the Clarion
under the name of "Nancy Gale"—
gets letters about recipes, advice on
etiquette, home management, etc.
One letter she got last week was
about a recipe s'le published for
Welsh Rarebit—made with tart
cheese, Worcestershire, and a cup
of sparkling tangy beer. "Turned
out great," says her correspondent.
But you didn't mention what bev
erage to serve with it. Should I
serve beer? Cider? Iced tea?"
The missus' answer was simply:
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Mice Perish in 25 Minutes
At 35 Degrees Below Zero
WASHINGTON.—Survival time of
various warm-blooded animals kept
in cages at a temperature of 35 de
grees below zero has been de
termined by the Army Quartermas
ter corps. The series of tests were
conducted in the cold room of Har
vard's fatigue laboratory.
Mice succumbed quickest under
such an exposure, dying in less than
25 minutes. Canaries were next,
surviving for only 36 minutes. White
rats lasted between 45 minutes and
2 hours. Some rabbits died in three
and a half hours while others not
for six and a half hours.
Some white leghorn chickens per
ished in less than three and a half
hours while others managed to stay
alive for twenty-nine and a half
hours.
Army carrier pigeons put up the
greatest resistance to the frigid
temperatures. None died in less than
22 hours, and one lived for 78 hours.
This hardiness may provide clues
to the high survival of half-wild
park pigeons under tough city con
ditions.
None of the animals hopped or
fluttered about in an effort to keep
warm. Instead, they hunched them
selves up as compactly as possible,
presenting a minimum body sur
face to the cold
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It requires about 400,000 pounds
of paint to cover one battleship.
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Like you ond most other people we ore hav
ing a hard time these days stretching the dollars
to cover even the necessities to say nothing of
indulging in a few luxuries now and then.
But Bill and I discovered long ago that there
is still one thing that is a downright bargain.
I mean our electric service.
We cut down on other things but we use *
electricity as freely as ever because it is econ
omy to do so. It saves us so much time and work
ond costs so little that we are really making
money by using it. And then, of course, there is
the comfort ond convenience to consider as
well as the dollars and cents.
Bill says it is the only thing we buy now that is
cheaper than it was before the war.
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The patrons of the Trewin school
enjoyed a picnic dinner.at the school
house for the closing of the school
term. Those from out of the school
district who attended were Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Pastian and children of
Huntley, Mrs. Lola Brown and child
ren of Billings, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
White of Blue Creek, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Watson of Laurel and their
house guests, Mr. Kenneth Wilson
and Mr. Otto Miars of Ypsilanti,
Michigan, and Mrs. Charles Mogan
and sons of Laurel.
Miss Dorothy Miller of Laurel
spent Sunday at the George Sparks
home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Grubs and
children Calvin and Zella spent Sun
day in Billings visiting at the Sam
uel Flood home and the J. W. En
nis home. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Le Roy Harding
spent Saturday evening visiting at
the Herman Harding home near
Fromberg.
Frank Beslanowitch of south of
Laurel spent Sunday visiting Mr.
and Mrs. John Kappel.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Daley and
children Bobby and Ronnie of Bil
lings spent the week end at the
Charles Stonerock home.
Charles Stonerock has gone to
Molt to work for a while.
Mr. and Mrs. T. O'Shima were
visiting friends in Laurel Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Beslanowitch
and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Grubs at
tended the Baccalaureate service in
Park City at the Lutheran church
Sunday evening.
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