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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12
OPENS NEW PARTS
DEPOT AT OAKLAND

Eastern automobile manufacturers
are coming to understand more and
more the distinct features of the
Western automobile market that make
it unlike that of any other section of
the country said Joe Sheffield, local
Oakland-Pnntiac dealer. "It is diff
cult for eastern business men to APP
preciate the great distances Of the
West Back East distances are short
and large city is never more than
a hundred or so miles away, but out
here, with our vast expanse of fields
and prairies, il is a different picture
and Eastern manufacturers are only
now beginning to realize this.
Zone of the most recent tributes
to the growing Importance of the
West was the opening Of the new
$1,250,000 part depot at Oakland, Cal.
ifol-nia. by the Oakland Motor Com.
pany. From this new depot. which
will keep complete stock Of all Oak.
land Pontiac parts, will be served the
entire Western portion Of the United
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

States extending as far east as the
eastern border of Montana. This will
mean that owners Of the Oakland ALL
American Six and of the Pontiac Big
Six will be assured of immediate
service on their cars, no matter how
unusual the part required may be. In
cases of emergency telegram will
bring delivery Of any desired part on
the following day."
Another tribute to the growing i'm
portance of the West as an automo-
bile market was given with the re-
cent announcement Of the Oakland
Motor Company that model service
shop and training school for Oakland
Pontiac mechanics would be opened in
connection with the new $1,250,000
parts depot at Oakland, California.
The opening of this shop and school
was made possible by the rapidly in
creasing sale of the Oakland ALL
American Six and the Pontiac Big
Six, both cars having increased ire
mendously in popularity throughout
the West during the past few years.
At the new school, dealers may
send members of their service per-
sonnet for special training. These men
may be enrolled free of charge for
instruction courses under the tutorage
of factory experts.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12
Building Operations
In Healthy Condition

The digest of business conditions
issued September l by the Old Ma
tional Bank Of Spokane has the fol-
lowing to say in regard to building
conditions over the nation.
Reports on building operations con-
tlnue mixed, and violent changes oc-
cur from month to month. AS indi-
Gated by permits issued, there was a
considerable gain during July in the
principal cities as compared With the
previous month, but the july total
still lags 16 per cent behind July Of
last year. Using contracts awarded as
guide it would appear that July
came very close to setting a new high
mark for any month, the total being
in excess Of 700 million dollars, a
gam OF more than 10 per cent over
July of last year, and of 20 per cent
over the preceding month. Contracts
awarded for the first seven months
OF the present year are still running
below 1928, the decrease being about
8 per cent. The outlook is for a de-
creasing in permits issued.
The real building story is found in
permits in 1928, and some even in
1927, on which construction work has
been going on, and it is these opera
tons which account for an increase
in the movement of forest products
by rail and water during 1929 as COM
pared with the corresponding portion
of last year. Although Portland ce-
ment shipments have been running
nearly per cent below last year for
period Of seven months, it should
be noted that smaller portion is 60
ing into the large engineering prof.
ects, while larger portion is going
into building construction. Because
Of the tremendous consumption Of
cement in railroad work, highway
building, and water control projects
the comparatively small amount
Of cement which is necessary to make
a big increase in building construction
is often overlooked. The decline in
common brick shipments continues
large and face brick shipments are
below last year. After allowing for
a larger proportionate increase in de-
mand for steel and cement, it will be
iu0ftd tido WIG PlSSNlil ttiofEiAiElil VI
brick into building is the largest ever
known, with two exceptions. 1t is not
to be expected that each year, as it
comes. must break all records and
with that thought in mind. we should
be ready to accept the building activ-
ity of 1929 as more than satisfactory
Huge Sum on Roads.
Hard roads completed with federal
aid during the fiscal year ending July
| exceeded seven thousand miles max
ing the completed federal aid mileage
over rs thousand miles out of total
of 1873 thousand miles in the federal
aid system. The end of the fiscal year
found 1886 additional miles under
construction; 1883 miles designated
for initial construction; and 1905
miles designated for further improve
ment.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12
Federal Power Commission

In compliance with section A (d)
of the Federal water power act t41
Stat, 1O63) notice is hereby given
that The Glacier Silver Lead Com
pany of Libby, Montana, has made
application for license for a partly
constructed power project, with a pro-
posed installed capacity of approx
mately TOO horsepower, on Granite
Creek, in Sections 5, 6, 7, and IL, I.
20 NJ, r. 81 W., M.P.M. The water
located and appropriated for the prof.
ect is so cubic feet per second from
Granite Creek. Any objection to such
application or request for hearing
thereon, together with any briefs, re
ports, or other data for which con-
sideration is desired should be sub
mitted to the Executive Secretary,
Federal Power Commission, Washing
ton. ID. C. ag8-sp26-St
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12
Donna EorctcIls Weather

In a factory In England the time
for starting and stopping Is sounded
by the gateman striking with small
hammer q steel dome suspended from
a steel rod. That dome Is regarded
as a correct foretellcr OF the wealth
er. II it will be fine and warm the
sound of the dome ceases as the time
keeper finishes striking It, II 1t Will
be wet the dome resounds long after
1t Is struck.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

Naturally and fortunately, men were
once all cannibals, all murderers, all
thieves. To meet q stranger WAS to
kill him or run so that he would not
kill you. Women had to change that
gradually. in their husbands and In
their little boys also. They have
done 1t, partly. Much work remains
for the feminine mind.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

An airplane pilot. assisted by
farmer, took OF near Bellngham.
Wash, and before returning seeded
6S acres In one hour and 40 minutes.
The farmer scattered seeds from
sack through door In the cockpit.
using about 500 pounds OF alfalfa.
timothy, clover and orchard, grass
seeds.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12
Jaqueth & Charnholrn
Is Is; |3 L 4; ~;

If you have something to sell, ad-
vertise in the Classified column of the
Western News. Little ads that bring
big results.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

The French lend money on call at
2is per cent, while complaining of
poverty caused by the war. This rich
est country In the world lends call
money at from to 20 per cent. A
French business man can borrow
money on time loans for 3h per cent.
American business men pay to s
per cent.
Today the stock gamblers and In
vestors probably will start again
cheerfully. August was great month.
Two hundred and forty representa-
tive stocks Increased In value by four
thousand, four hundred and sIxty-hve
million dollars.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

When gigantic machinery nipws,
harrows and pulverizes the Soil in
one operation. when another machine
harvests, stacks, bales and weighs the
crop In one operation, and nirplaneS
do the sowing, agriculture will join
big business"
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

Finance Is mystery, understood
least by the man who thinks he I'M
derstands 1t.
Britain lent millions to France, and
France now Is drawing gold from
London, worrying the Bank OF Eng
land.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12
'tmisNK
BY Arthur Brisbane
Another Arab War
Senate and Sugar
The Feminine Mind
Mystery of Finance

Mystery Of Finance
"A MOTHER war has broken out
following wholesale murders In
Palestine. Jews and Arabs are boy
eotting each other in business. The
fAnglo-Palestine bank refuses bills of
credit to Arabs The latter boycott the
Gutenberg Electricity company and
the Jewish bank.
with Arabs killed and wounded, their
friends convinced that Mohammed Is
not as powerful as was supposed.
Jews In the outbreak. Once religious
war starts, the Mohammedan fanatic
enjoys equally the murder OF Chris
tan or Jew. II anything, the Arabs
might favor the Jews, to whom they
are racially related. From the Jewish
religion Mohammed borrowed much for
his Koran.
1t has been said that the Koran was
written by an educated Jew for Mo-
manned, who probably could not
write, although he certainly could
nght.
The senate Is discussing tariff. One
hundred and twenty million Americans
who eat sugar, beet sugar men, Lou
isiana sugar men, sugar growers OF
the whole world, are interested In
sugar.
A high sugar tariff really means
protection, national subsidy OF many
millions, for employers OF Asatic la
Dor In Hawaii and the Philippines.
Sugar comes duty free from those
places, belonging to Uncle Sam; Ash
atics do the work. Their employers
get the profit. Not much of 1t will 20
to sugar growers on this continent.
Our friend Cuba, good customer and
1eighbor. would be ruined by high
tariff, II anything could ruin so pIucky
4 people.
! Johnny Goodman, twenty-year-old
xolfer from Omaha, put Bobby Jones,
King of golf, out of the amateur cham
DtonshIp. Verify, HE hath put down
tho mighty"
Young Mr.. Goodman represents a
part OF the country that has staying
power, and you will hear more OF him
The International Congress OF Psy-
&hology learns that married life brings
tho male mind closer to the feminine
mind.
Investigation of sex differences prI-
AarIy non-intellectual," said Doctor
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

When efficient gangsters don't want
witnesses to testify, they don't testify.
Somebody Killed three men In New
York's "Hotsy Totsy" speakeasy Two
walters and another man saw the
gunman who did the killing. Com.
missioner Whalen said the three would
see nothing more. They were killed
to shut their mouths"
II you think prosperity will continue
as 1t will unless foolishness inter-
feres-buy your little boy a seat on
some stock exchange.
He will make money as broker,
and his seat, while he "sits" In 1t,
may make him rich apart from his
own work.
You can't say that of many seats
A stockbroker has such a "clean''
business, buying and selling as or
dered, I profit on every transaction.
Wise brokers don't gamble. They let
the customers do that.
The most Important part Of civilized
mans education Is learning to resist
germs.
Measles will wipe out tribe Of
Alaskans or Eskimos In two or three
weeks. White men call 1t child's
disease.
@. 1915. by King Features Syndicate, Iney
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

Erman, shows that married life weak
ems mental masculinits."
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

Mrs. Fannie e. Pierson, dead at
nInety-two. was enrolled for several
courses OF study at Columbia univer-
sity. She had been student all her
life and died studying.
To certain human beings, Of the
ruminant type, that will seem humor-
GUS. But II, as is alleged, a human
being Is an immortal soul, should not
that human feed the mind as we'll as
the body to the very last We all
eat at ninety-two, II we reach that
age.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

1t Is amusing to see what happens
when a shoe is on the other foot, In
Italy, France Belgium, Snowden was
represented as fiend incarnate
pirate and of course .Shylock, when
he asked for only part Of the money
due him.
That must remind US Of some things
that were saIak about Uncle Sam
Uncle Shylock" was ond name
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

Sir Phillip Snowden. who manages
Great Britains finances, won his fight
for faIrer distribution of the Ger
man spells. And suddenly British
Tories blazed forth In praise of the
great Snowden.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

Jews in America and other coun-
tries. worried about co-religionists In
Palestine, may find comfort In the
fact. as regards future events, that
the British empire cannot allow Arabs
TO defy British authority.
Let Jerusalem riots get beyond con-
troll and the Moslem world become
convinced Of its ability to defy the
British. or convinced that the British
have had all the fighting they want,
and there will be trouble, serious and
widespread
The Jerusalem riots involved not
merely the safety Of Jews In Palestine
but the safety Of the British empire
wherever Mohammedans are numer-
Gus.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

MussolIni is delighted with his new
baby, Anna Maria. Well he may be
IL he wants his power handed on to
future generations. The fathers quail
tiles are Inherited by the daughter, as
shown by Cations studies In heredity.
What an interesting life that little
baby will have, and what tragic life
she may have.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

Colonel Lindbergh says flyer
must have some imagination to get
him out of trouble-not too much
imagination, which might distract him
from his flying. And the frst-class
flyer must not know what fear is.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

The Vatican was reported to be
much concerned az to the safety of
church shrines In Jerusalem. II Arabs
were allowed to get the upper hand
indefinitely, zone Of the first steps
prompted by Mohammedan enthusiasm
would be the destruction Of Christian
shrines and churches.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

Lieutenant Doolittle possess the
necessary requirements. While show
ing what an airplane could do above
the Cleveland airport, he stripped the
wings from his plane and jumped at
1900 feet with his parachute. He i'm
mediately asked for new plane and
went up to compete In ''upside-down"
stunts.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

TO suppress with strong hand, the
rioting and numbering In Jerusalem
and other parts of Palestine. Is not
merely a matter OF fulfilling obliga-
lions solemnly assumed, but Of pro-
tecting the integrity Of the British
empire.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

The senate Is discussing tariff. One
hundred and twenty million Americans
who eat sugar, beet sugar men, Lou
iEana sugar men, sugar growers OF
the whole world, are interested In
Eugar.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12

Reserved seats on application.
Reduced rates on all railways.
a.--s4.s.s~.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-08-30
NOT GENERAL
Is Nations Boasted Pros
perity, Says Senator Nye

Washington.-In a statement en-
titled" Whittier Are We Drifting 2"
Senator Nye, of North Dakota, re-
flutes the claim that we are in an
era of nationwide prosperity.
He states that GA per cent of those
employed in mining and manufactur-
ing have annual incomes of less than
$3.50 and almost one-third have in
comes of less than $500. Thirty per
cent of the families keep boarders
and lodgers ,and in one of our large
cities one person out of every II is
buried in pauper's grave or turned
over to medical fraternities for dis
section.
'The most ominous fact in agricul-
ture is the rapid growth of tenant
farming" said Senator Nye. 'In
1880 about 25 per cent of our farms
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-08-30
Skill and Modern Production

stitute bar to employing a skilled
man."
Renold points out that certain
plants which occupy the limelight like
Ford's do not give a true picture of
what is happening to skill because
part of the development is hidden in
plants that make supplies for Ford
and because Ford hasn't reached the
final stage of machine development.
A great change has been taking
place IN production and the superb
cial have imagined that machines
would replace human intelligence.
Often management has been at fault
by attempting technical changes
without considering the effect on
workers and planning to benefit by
intelligent cooperation of workers
under new methods. Such mistakes
are primarily due to failure to adj
wise regularly with those who carry
out work orders.
A change in craftsmanship is TAX
ing place but not, except in the case
of individuals, degrading of work
men to unskilled machine tenders.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-08-30

per cent of the homes are mortgaged,
and out of population of 10000, 900
only little over 100000 own homes
free from membranes
This distressing situation, said
Senator Nye, is the direct result of
granting to a favored few privileges
which involve the supreme functions
of government.
"Great corporate interests, by pa
rading the dangers of paternalism
and socialism, have secured franchises
which belong to the people" said Sen
ator Nye. Is there any good reason
why franchises which are for the sup
posed benefit Of the public should not
be exercised directly by the public :?
"a corporation differs from hu-
man being in that it has no natural
rights, and as all of its rights are
derived from statutes, it can be limit
ed or restrained according as public
welfare may require.
Can we be credited with sincerity
if we permit these artificial individu-
ais, in the form Of corporations, to
enjoy unlimited liabilities without
curtailing their unlimited possibili-
ties?
"Can we consider ourselves honest
when we enact laws creating federal
commissions to maintain control for
the United States of all channels of
interstate commerce, in the interest
of all the people, and then permit the
packing Of these commissions with
men who are over-friendly to the
trusts or under direct obligation to
them?
"Have we sold our political and
civil birthright, which involves the
power Of private taxation through the
natural resources of the country, for
a mess of pottage known as economic
development and mass production?
'If we admit that the corporations
are so solidly entrenched that it is
impossible to dislodge them, then we
admit the thing created is greater
than its creator"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-08-30

In sharp contrast to careless affir-
nations of the decline of skill in mod
ern production is an interesting rec
ord of experience of the British firm
Hans Renold, Lmtd., published in The
Economic Journal. The personnel
records of the firm over the period
1911-192S, show that just as high a
proportion of skill of one kind or
another is required under modern in
dustrial methods as previously.
The writer of the article, C. G.
Renold, uses this definition of skill;
"Any combination, useful to indus
try, of mental and physical qualities
which requires considerable training
to acquire"
This definition assumes a combina-
tion of conscious knowledge and dex-
terity. Renold finds that as fast as
one type of skill is eliminated other
types are called into being. He calls
attention to two tendencies:
"The first is that the skill which is
being eliminated from the actual
production of consumption goods is
being replaced by skill devoted to the
making of the means for producing
them. New skills are also being call
ed into being in the ancillary serv-
ices in the factory, in the way of in
spection, routing of work, control Of
more complicated organizations, ct
cetera. The increased skill of modern
selling must also not be forgotten
"The second tendency is that, as
the process of replacing the primary
workers skill by more and more au-
tomato machinery goes on, the ma
chine becomes SO complicated that
the work which can be entrusted te
the unskilled man gets to be so re-
stricted that it is included with that
of the skilled machine setter, the un
skilled man being finally eliminated
True, the machine setter does MOI
need the skill of the cunning work
man. but the qualities of judgment
observation, quick action and under
standing constitute skill of a yer.
real kind. The output of machines
that have developed to this stage is
of course, SO great that the direc
wage element of the cost of the prod
uct is insignificant and does not con
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-08-30
SELF-PRESERVATION

Everything that lives and breathes,
including mankind, is naturally self
ish; man wants more money, more
and better clothing, better homes and
better living conditions for himself
and his family. But he doesn't seem
to know just how to get these things
and he just won't do the easy, SIM
pie, right thing to satisfy his self
ishness. He has tried wishing, hoping
and day dreaming to satisfy his nat
ural desire for more and with the
exception of those who have joined
the union) he finds himself still hold
mig the empty bag. 1t is right and
proper that he should have better
wages The low-wage non-unionist is
committing a crime against himself
and family by not doing the only
thing that will get better conditions.
Economists, trade unionists, some
manufacturers say the consuming
power of the masses must be in
creased, which in plain language
means more and better wages, and
labor says the only way to get better
wages is by organization and collec-
tive bargaining through the union.
Industries can not continue to prosper
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-08-30

were operated under the tenant sys-
TEN. Today, in many of the states,
it has passed the high water mark
of so per cent.
"Over 60 per cent of those who
work in manufacturing and mining
industries live in rented houses; rs
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-08-30

unless the consuming power of the
masses is increased and the only way
this can be done is for the wage
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-08-30

earners to organize in our union, es-
tablish universal, fair bills or wage
scales. Nobody knows this better