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The Washington times., 1929-04-08
z PERISH IN VA.
FOREST FIRE

DAMASCUS. Va, April 8 u.N.s.).
After battling forest fire for hours
a crew of SO men early today came
upon the charred bodies of Robert
cornett,. A, and Roberty Keys, 90.
both Of Dana SOUS.
The men were part Of another
squad that was fighting the blaze
In the Government forest reserve
near here. They were cut off from
their comrades and trapped In the
flames.
The fire was brought under CON
troll after causing considerable
damage.
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
Philippine Mahogany
Not Real, Boards Ruling

Philippine mahogany became ex
tinct yesterday but II wasn't be.
cause of any blight or tornado,
Il was because Philippine mahogany
isn't mahogany at ALL The Fed
eral Trade Commission forced a
tpmpany handling Philippine word
TO cease advertising its prnduct as
mahogany
The only mahogany in the Phil
lppine Islands is artificiaIIy plant,
ed for decorative purposes. and the
lumber sold under that name ii
cut from a tree ot an entirely diff,
ferent family the commission as,
serted.
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
Funeral Rites Are Set
For Cherrydale Woman

CHEtkKYpALE Va. April S.--
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice M.
Hammond. %. whe died yesterday
at the home OF her daughter. Mrs
Harry 3, Nelson. after an illness oe
several months, viii be conduct Ad
tomorrow afternoon at the home bN
4ne Rev. Charles b, Sparks. Burial
VIII be in Rock Greek Cemetery,
Washington.
Mrs. Hammond is survived 5y q
daughter. Mrs. Harry B. Mason: 4
son. Andrew J. Hammond, and four
grandchild Harry s. Hammond.
Andrew @. Hammond, jr.; Mrs. C,
S. Balm. and Mrs z. B. Rynex.
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
Canal Pictures Donated
In Memory of GOethaIs

As a memorial to Gen. George
Washington Gothals, a pictorial
record Of the gigantic labor which
went into the building OF the Pana-
ma Canal has been presented to the
nation by an anonymous donor.
The gift presented specifically 10
the U. s. Military Academy, con,
sists Of series Of paintings made
Is years ag0 hy John Lie. So sue
.cessful has the donor been in pre-
serving his anonymity that even
Lie does not know his name,
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
ASKS ROADS REPAIRED

LAUREL. April g. Representative
Stephen W. Gambrill has written
to Governor Ritchle and Clinton G.
Uhl, chairman OF the State roads.
commission. requesting that con-
struction of the road from the
Baltimore. .Philadelphia road to Edge
wood be included in the States
s.. .000. 600 road-building program.
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
POLICE D
KEEP EYE
ON THEIR
HOMES \
lcontlnned srom TIrst Pagel

lCOHL4HHsu 1kuku 2 q y q 2 et8sy 90
have saved the 20 men at work In
the sorting room frorn certain in
jury and possibly death.
The ftrt in the Dali home, located
near that Of John y. Rockefeller
at Briarcliff was first believed to
have been caused by defective wir-
ing but investigation revealed that
the electricity was cut off. Since
there was no heating appara tus
working in the house at the time It
was believed by the fire heads thar
the blaze was .of incendiary origin.
Governor Roosevelt has received
threats recently, friends said here
today, but he had not paid a great
deal OF attention to them.
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
PULLED ARM,
JUST ESCAPES
JAIL.

Judge Isaac r.. Hit, In Police
Court today. convicted Mario
Juiiana, Of the 210e block Of Morse
st. N. r.. Of pulling i false fire
alarm and took the youths personal
bond after giving him 4 lecture.
Juiiana was with five companions
Saturday night near the Film Elk
change Building in New Jersey
Avenue Northwest when someone
dared him to pull the flre.alarm
box.
OF the inflammable nature OF the
buildings 3 contents.
Youths Look On
Changing gOngs soon announced
the arrival of four engine .coTn-
panies. two trucks. Fire Rescue
Squad No. I. and two battalion
chiefs. who searched in vain for the
fire. while the youths looked on.
chuckling over the Joke.
The fire-aiarm episode was the
second chapter In a wild night for
JuHana and his friends. according
to Policeman X. o. Spiess. who
made the arrest. A wrecked auto.
mobile down the street. which led
to two arrests later was Exhibit
A In the first chapter.
The car came to grief in an i'm.
promptu race with another auto
mobile. Francis Weinag. or the
$500 block North Capitol ST.. the
driver and owner, Juliana and the
other youths. the occupants, tried
to beat another automobile down
the length Of X Street Northwest,
Spiess said.
-Four Are Released.
Weiner's car hit the curb and
rear wheel broke off. Spiess took
the tag numbers and the arrest of
the two boys followed last night.
Weiner forfeited IS today for dis,
orderly conduct
A minister of Juliana's church
was in court as a character witness
for him.
Be your own leader and don't
be sheep any longer" Judge Hit
admonished the youth who took
the dare. The four other boys,
who figured in the case. were ar
rested but released without charges.
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
ON FARM
AID PLANS
SEEN
BY wM. X. HUTCHINSON
international News service !,

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The first open sign Of q disagees,
ment between the Hoover Admins.
tratlon and Congress over agricul.
tural relief appeared today as farm
leaders on Capitol Hill began the
actual drafting Of bin for intro.
duction at the special session e
Armed only with Presidential
generalitles and d few suggestions
frUm secretary OF Agriculture
Arthur Nc. Hyde, the House and
senate Agriculture Committees
planned to write their own bill. An
effort may be made during the
week to secure some further word
from the President, but if this falls,
Congress will assume full responsi
hIlity for the new agricultural
measure.
Hyde,s Plan Opposed
The one new suggestion offered
by Secretary Hyde during his ap.
pearances before the two commit
tees-that the proposed Federal
farm board be placed within the
Agriculture Department-met with.
considerable opposition IN ConRres.
sional circles.
Members Of both Senate and
House committees declared they
felt tile board should be an inde.
pendent body. named by the PresI.
dent, but subject to no other
Authority. II was indicated botn
committees would reject Hyde's
suggestion.
I'm theory" observed Senator
Frazier (R.l of North Dakota, "ths
board ought TO be IN the Depart.
ment OF Agriculture. but Judging on
past experience ii must be outside.
1 think the farmers would be more
satisfied to have their affairs ron.
tlolled by an Independent board.
Il think the whole success of
our relief plan depends on this
board, said Senator Capper tT1,l of
Kansas. THE board should not
be hampered In any way. prefer
TO have 1T independent and outside
the Agriculture Department. /"
Must Stand Alone
''It ought. to be absolutely indie
pendent" said Senator Caraway D.l
of Arkansas. ''We shouldn't turn
1t over to Hyde. It's Il big enough
proposition to stand alone
II prefer the provision in my
new BILL Senator McNary (R.) of
Oregon. chairman, said creating
an independent federal farm hoard
by appointment of the President.
think the farmers viii be better
pleased with such beard"
Pending some definite word from
the President. both House and Sen.
ate committees will write bills this
week for the creating. Of a farm
board, $500 1000 900 Federal re-
volving fund. advisory councils OF
farmers for each crop and stabilixa.
ton corporations to handle surplus
crops during emergencies
Both committees will provide
Government aid for cooperative
marketing associations. including
Federal loans 30 the co.operatives
can increase their membership.
Plan Quick Action
Senator McNary, as the Senate
c h g irm an, and Representative
Itaugen (RJ as the House chair
man. probably will confer with the
President within the next few days,
They will discuss the tentative pro,
visions of their bills and II the
President has no serious objections,
nor counter proposals, the bills will
be introduced at each end OF the
Capitol next Monday as Adminlstra-
tive measures.
Administration chieftains plan TO
secure quick action on the hill,
Their present goal Is 70 have a
new farm relief bill enacted by
June l.
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
MEET IN GLEBEWOOD

GLEBEW0OD Va. April S.-The
Glebewood Citizens Association will
meet tonight At the horne OF Mr.,
and Mrs. o. Robert Howell Fob
art "A. For,man, member Of the
coming commission. VIII speak.
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
roc X TO HEAR BISHOP

An address by the Right ReV.
James r. Freeman, bishop of
Washington. will feature the an
nual rededication exercises OF the
Tor y Society. TO re held al Sis
p. M. Wednesday in the Washing
ton Cathedral
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
FIRM PROTESTS
POWER TRUST
METHODS

Commercial interests entered the
lists against the big electric power
companies yesterday. with a sweep
Ing attack on their alleged methods
OF appliance merchandise as Unfair.
unlawful and tending to monopoly.
The Merchant and Evans Com.
pany. manufacturers OF electrlcal
refrigerat0rs and other articles. made
public complaint Il has filed with
the Federal Trade Commission and
laid before national business orgarii-
zations.
Ruin Threatened
This charged that the utility IN.
terests are selling 0.000, goo worth
Of appliances yearly with the aid
Of special advantages and allegedly
improper practices that threaten
financial ruin" to most Of the inde-
pendents.
Two hundred appliance statesmen
were sent by q utility company
into Philadelphia consumers homes
in the gnise OF wiring Inspectors,
the complaint charged. In other
places meter readers were alleged
to be selling goods. after their
badges had gained them admfttance
to homes.
Claim Selling at Less
Chicago utility statesmen, 1t was
charged, offer appliances, saying
their firms recommend them. As
to competing appliance the buyer
would have to take It on his own
responsibility.
Utilities sell some appliances at
no profit, or even at a Joss. In
order to Increase their sales Of
current. It was alleged. Losses
and overhead are charged up to the
current consumers, according to
the complaint. In the rates paid
for service. Sales methods were
characterized as ''extravagantly ex.
pensive."
The Washington times., 1929-04-08
SEY ENTH RACE
BOW IE
ENTRIES

FIRST RAcE--Two-year-o -olds: eolts
and geldlngsi purse. 3I.seo; four fur
The Washington times., 1929-04-08

aE. B. Mclean entry.
bNevada Stock entry.
CHI, u. whitney Entry.
SECOND RACE-Three-ye -oId,
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-06-20
REDSTONE TO
HAVE ONE OF
FIRST 3 WELLS
Drilling In First Well Ex-
pected To Begin
Soon

In the news item of last week s
issue of this paper covering the loca-
ton of the first oil we'll to be drilled
on the acreage blocked up by the
plentywood Redstone Holding Com
pany in the vicinity Of Archer, Out
look, and Redstone; announcement
was made that second test well
would be located near the town of
Archer This is purely clerical
error and was not noticed until it
appeared in the press. A representa-
tive of the company having the con-
tract for the three wells to be drilled,
called upon the editor of the Herald
and asked to have the statement
corrected. The first location, which
was announced in last weeks paper
Is located on the Martin Olson land
East Of Archer, the other two To-
cations are near Redstone and Out
Icok. The first site selected by the
drilling company was near the town
of Redstone, but on account of the
conditions of certain leases, the ope-
rating company, upon the recommen
dation Of their geologist, chose the
location near Archer, which is upon a
structure from that at Redstone, and
carries the same geology.
The work of building the derrick
has been delayed somewhat on ac-
count Of the heavy winds during the
past few days, making it too DANCE
rous for the rig-builders to work at
placing the heavy timbers in position
50 far above the ground. The camp
houses are completed and the COM
plcte night and day drilling crew are
on the ground ready to start drilling
just as soon as the machinery is set
N place and the derrick completed.
This will require another week if the
weather is favorable, and the well
will be spudded in before the last of
this month.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-06-20
County School News

AS a result of the April state
eighth grade examinations the fol-
lowing pupils received diplomas:
Stephen Anderson, Edward And
rilenas, Sarah Angvick Rachel Ang-
wick, Roy Berneau, Ejnar Christensen
Harry Clementson, Adaline Evenson,
Eleanore Holland, Ragnild Jensen,
Harold Johnson, Franklin Jones,
Iceland Jones, Carl Laursen, Agus-
ia Laursen, Ellen Lodahl, Ida Mar
tell, Orville Mathiason, Anna Often
brett, Olaf Overland, Ella Peterson,
Isabelle Porter, Myrtle Rasmussen,
Gordon Richardson, Jerald Richard
son, Eugene Richardson, Katie Schi-
kurski, Marie Sorensen, Sam Sven
son, Alice Syme, Robert Thompson,
Marvin Torgerson, Amelia Walikonis.
The following teachers report 100
per cent attendance for the past
month Of school: Thorwald Brekke,
district No. 38; Helen Miller, district
No. II; Elsine Johansen, district No.
81; Agnes Johnson, district No. 23;
Olga Waller, district No. 81; Annie
Ator, district No. 35.
The school board of district No. 46
is perfecting plans for the erection
Of new school building to replace
the Whitney school which was burn
ed this spring.
District No. II expects to hold a
special bond election soon for the
purpose of voting bonds to erect a
badly needed school building.
June Z, Mrs. Olga Holmquist closed
a successful term of school in the
Balm school, district No. 43, near
Comertown. An excellent exhibition
of work and materials was on dis
play. Visiting patrons and friends
were lavish in their expression of ap-
probation of the work done by the
teacher and pupils. Mrs. Holmquist
expects to spend her vacation visit
ing in Minnesota.
ETHEL f. SINGLETON
County Superintendent.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-06-20
Canadian M0S,;O,inS m
Visit L0cdI.LOdge

Plentywood Masons were hosts to
members of theSquare and Compass
fraternity of towns lying just ac-
ross the border in Canada, at a COM
munication of the local lodge last
Wednesday evening in which work in
the third degree was exemplfied
About ten auto loads of Masons
from Radville, Ceylon and neighbor-
ing towns were present to attend the
ceremony, partake of the hospitality
and fraternize with the Plentywood
lodge members, accompanying them
were two wives Of the visiting breth-
ern who were entertained by ladies
of the Eastern Star entertainment
committee.
The session afforded an especially
happy opportunity for numerous
talks for the good of the order which
emphasized the fact that though
boundary lines may cause a national
ulSllDCllOH lHe OfOlHeIHOOu Vi man d.
exemplified by the Masonic order
recognizes no such demarkations.
Lunch was served between the two
final lecture periods.
Those present from the Canadian
lodges were: Ceylon Lodge-W. j.
Oliver, ]. T. Meredith, Wm Brennan,
A. S. Wilks, f. R. Davis, S. w. West
lake, G.. NJ P Erickson G. McPhee,
A. T. Kelly. A. C. Miller, r. w.
Wilkes, j. S. Bullock, J. S. McPhee
and A. O. Undbakke.
Radville LODGE. I. Hargraves,
C. S. Lovett, Jas. Davidson, P. S.
Stitt, Henry Anderson, W. A. Nc
llrath, U. J. G. Schumann, Geo. Boil
us, M. M. Olson, B. Leabo, Thos.
Toppery, Henry Watson, A. E. Duff
field.
Other Canadian visitors Lars G..
Bratvold, Gascon; S. NJ. Tansley, Re-
gina; E. l.. Isaac, ]. S. Campbell,
Ogema; B. Harrison, Weyburn.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-06-20
Attends Ddgmdr
Church Festival

Our esteemed friend Jens Christ;
ensen returned the first of the week
from Dagmar, where he spent sever
al days Of the past week visiting
friends and incidentally attending
the annual mission fest of the Luth-
eran church Of that place. Mr..
Christensen states that the visit was
most pleasant one, especially the
church gatherings which drew a
crowd of over 600 people for the
Sunday services. Three pastors had
charge of these meetings, Rev. +.
Rosenkior Of Denmark, Rev. Koch Of
Luck, Wis, and the regular pastor.
Another function which Mr.. Christcn-
sen was privileged to attend while
visiting in Dagmar was the silver
wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
Claus Jensen, which was observed on
Thursday, June 13 with elaborate
ceremony at the basement of the
church. More than three hundred
people we're present to congratulate
the honored couple and celebrate the
happy occasion with them.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-06-20
u. S. Statistics Show Favor
able Ratio In Sheridan
County

Sheridan county marriages stay
put great deal better than do those
of the state as a whole, according to
a report on marriage and divorce is
sued by the United States Depart
ment of Commerce.
Marriages in this county showed
an increase of about 80 per cent for
the year 1923 over the previous year
according to statistics, there being
1O3 marriages during 1928 while dur
ing the year 1927 the number who
took the fatal step were only 73.
While there was also a correspond
ing ratio in the number of divorces
for that period, the ratio shown b.
tween the marriages and divorces in
the county and state is decidedly in
the county's favor. There were Ia
divorces granted in Sheridan county
in 1923 and 10 in 1927.
There were 5,794 marriages per-
formed in Montana during the year
1928, as compared with 1886 in 1927,
representing an increase of 43S or
8.2 per cent. In 1916, there were
8,lO8 marriages performed.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-06-20
McCormick- Deering Day
Was a Splendid Success

foot combine were also made, sever
al loads of bundles having been
strewn about the field where the
demonstration took place. The inn
rressive feature of this demonstra-
tion was the way in which the COM
bne picked up every spear of straw
in the course it covered and the way
in which it threshed and separated
wild oats and other foul seed from
the grain.
An International truck was pressed
into service as a taxi plying to and
from the demonstration field with
about twenty passengers to the load.
The affair had its social as well
as practical features by terminating
the big day with an Old Tyne Dance
staged at the Farmer-Labor Temple.
Donadson's Orchestra furnished
music for the occasion.
The force Of men conducting the
demonstration were under the direc-
ton of C. +. Rush, special repre-
sentative from Chicago Those as
sisting were Boyd Casey, Orville
Larson, John Helmer, C. II. Metz,
Albert Neiss and II. Sorenson from
Williston and Dan Cosley and Ed
Arnold from Minot.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-06-20
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MEETING THURSDAY
TO Be BEST YET
Community Expert viii Lee
ture And Present Free
Picture Show
Lunceon To Take Place At
Noon At West
Cafe

The regular monthly meeting Of
the Plentywood Commercial Club
will deviate somewhat from its re-
gular nature this month in that in
stead of banquet followed by a
series of talks by local speakers,
this meeting, to be held at West
Cafe next Thursday noon, will be in
the nature of luncheon followed by
lecture by a man who has made
community building his profession
The lecturer, DR.. Frank Weber. is
4 man who has made community
building his profession.
The lecturer, DR. Frank Weber. is
a man who spent the greater por-
tion of his life in the Northwest
and has made an intensive study Of
the problems affecting the towns
and cities of this region and the com
munities surrounding them.
He understands their problems
and their besetting sins and has
practical solutions for practically all
of them. His talk is interesting and
inspiring and decidedly worthwhile
for wherever he has been the news
papers of those communities are
strong in their praise.
Following the lecture there will
be free movies at the Orpheum
Theatre, further illustrating the
ideas he is sponsoring and a further
lecture later in the evening.
The MONDAY luncheon will be more
in the nature of a businessman's
lunch instead of banquet and priced
accordingly.
Everybody is cordially invited
more than -urged-to attend
DR.. Webber's lecture and picture
show. There is no charge made as
the expenses incidental to his visit
here are met by the Commercial
Club.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-06-20
Most Sheridan County
Marriages Stay Put

During the year 1928, there were
1916 divorces granted in the state,
as compared with 1876 in 1927, rep
r,senting an increase of 60 or as
FER cent. In 1916, there were 1,484
divorces granted. There were %
marriages annulled in 1928, as COM
pared with 80 in 1927
On the basis Of the 1920 census fig
ure for population, the number of
marriages in Montana per 1000 of
the population was 10.6 in 1928, as
against 9.8 in 1927; and the number
of divorces per 1000 Of the popula-
ton was 251 in 1928, as against 2.40
in 1927.
Golden Valley seemed to be the
most free from family squabbles,
there being no divorces recorded from
that county either in 1923 or 1927.
Daniels County was a close second
with but one separation granted by
the courts.
Musselshell and Silver Bow showed
the largest ratio of divorces to the
marriages the former county showing
trifle in excess Of three marriages
to one divorce while Silver Bow tab
ulations listed 629 marriages during
1923 and 289 divorces for the same
period.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-06-20
FEAXVILLEsCHlLD.'..... .'......
! WAS KIDNAPPED
LAST SATURDAY
Stranger Abducts 8-Year-Old
Child From Ed Bucher
Home

Ronald Bucher, 8 years, was kid
mapped from the home of his father.
farmer 3 miles east of Scobey,
Saturday evening about o'clock by
two men who called at the Bucher
home and asked for gasoline.
Ed Bucher, the father got out of
bed to accommodate the stranger
who said he was on his way to a
dance in Scobey He offered him a
gallon Of gas in can, but the
stranger asked for more and said he
would pay well for it. Bucher went
out to drain more from his car and
when he got out from under the car
another stranger came up, nodded
to the first and walked away The
one who had asked for the gas gave
Bucher dollar and left.
On returning to the house Bucher
noticed that the door had been left
open. Going into the bedroom he
found the bed in a disheveled condi-
tion and his boy missing. He searched
the house and then noticed the can
of gasoline he had sold near where
he had given it to the stranger. Bu-
cher drove to Flaxville and called
Sheriff Nelson of Scobey on the tele-
phone to inform him of the kid
mapping.
Bucher was divorced from his
wife in May, 1923, and the Daniels
county court, awarded custody of the
child to the woman who went to
Wisconsin and later married a man
named, Cummins. In 1925, Bucher
went to Wisconsin and petitioned
the court for custody of the child.
His former wife appeared by attor-
ney while she left with the child
for Minnesota. The court, holding
that Mrs. Bucher was not fit and
proper person to raise the boy,
awarded him to Bucher, who then
began search for the boy which
lasted almost two years.
Locating the boy at school in
Minnesota where he was registered
as Ronald Cummings, Bucher and
his brother took him by force from
the school. A warrant for his arrest
was sworn out but after Bucher
explained the circumstances to the
count~ ,ttorney the case Fas dropped
and he returned TO his farm near
Scobey with the boy. Before return
ing here, however, Bucher and his
brother, armed with gun stood off
three men who went to their home
to take the boy by force.
The evening of the kidnapping
the former Mrs. Bucher and a woman
who had until few weeks ago been
engaged as Bucher's housekeeper,
were in Scobey and consulted an
attorney regarding court action to
recover the boy. They have not been
seen here since and the officers are
searching for her and her suspected
accompllces in the kidnapping Sco-
hey Leader.