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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-19
GRADE SCHOOL.

Pupils of Miss Jessie Staudacher's
third grade class are busy this week
studying the new geography maps they
received Monday
Miss Blanche Fousek treated the pu-
pills of her first grade class to a. val
entine party at the school house Friday
afternoon
Miss Hazel Carpenters second grade
pupils visited Miss Gwendolyn Bow
mans first grade on Lincoln's birth
day and read them stories about Lin
coin.
Many of the pupils who have been
absent with whooping cough since
Christmas are returning to school
again.
Mrs. Glen Nolop visited Miss Jessie
Staudachers and Miss Mabel Dunbar's
rooms Friday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Clark visited Miss
Mabel Dunbar's fourth grade class Fri
day
Miss Ruth Hostetter received heart
cake from Robert and Alice Larson for
valentines day
Pupils Of Miss Mabel Dunbar's fourth
grade made up poems for Lincoln's
birthday
Gladys Maiden treated the members
If her fourth grade class to heart cook
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-19
The Tamara0
Continued from page l

Most of the plays were around the
basket Of Libbys.
When the starting whistle sounded
two oil Libbys regulars were on the
bench but during the second halt poth
men saw action
For while during the third quarter
the party got real rough McAdam, tor
ward for Libby, went out of the game
with sprained wrist as result OF a
collision with Clark and Ross OF Eu-
rekA' ),
One thing noticeable was the small
crowd that attended the game. Fans OF
Libby realize that the Terriers are
GOOD team and many of the loyal sup,
norters are always on hand, but good
gate is big boost for the boys
4 summary of the game is rs follows.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-19
State Ranks Second
In Spring Wheat
In Spite of Unfavorable Year, State
Makes Good Record in Farm
Products i'm 1880.

HELENA, Feb. a6-While the year
1880 was one of the poorest expert
enced by Montana agriculture In long
period the states production ranked
very well with those of many of the
older and more fully developed agri-
cultural states of the union, according
TO compilations made by the state d.
vision of publicity from the 1880 an
nual production report of the United
States department of agriculture.
These indicate that in production
volume Montana ranked second III
spring wheat, other than Durum, being
led only by North Dakota. In Durum
wheat, while the states production was
very small, the state ranked fourth
with North Dakota South Dakota and
Minnesota leading. In production Of
! winter wheat Montana ranked 18th
and in all wheat the state took the
rank of seventh being led in order b,
Kansas, North Dakota, Nebraska, ILL
nois. South Dakota and Washington.
In the production of flaxseed Mon
tana took fourth place following Nortl
Dakota, Minnesota and South Dako
ia. The state likewise took fourth plac
in its output Of alfalfa seed in the pro
: duction of which Idaho led with Kan
; sas and Arizona following in order.
Montana ranked eighth in the pro
duction OF dry, edible beans In TIL
class California led, followed in orde
by Michigan, Colorado, Idaho, Ne'
York, New Mexico, Wyoming and Mon
lana.
With an increased production (
sugar beets Montana finished 1880
the fifth place, Colorado being credite
:. with the largest output, and being 10
lowed by Nebraska, California ar
Wyoming.
In the production Of green peas Il
manufacture Montana took eigh'
place, being led by the great pea cal
: ming states Of Wisconsin and New Yor
! as we'll as by Utah, Minnesota, lllino
1 Michigan and Indiana
4 Montana's production ranking
: other lines Of agriculture follow:
4 Corn, 33rd; barley, 14th; rye, lOt
! oats, goth, tame hay, 18th; wild ma
3rd. all hay. 18th; sweet clover see
| 18th; potatoes, 4oth; apples, 36th' che
ries, 10th.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-19
Il" CLUB INITIATES
ASPIRING CANDIDATES

New L men come forward and
they did
Tuesday and Wednesday the II. :,
club initiated the. new members INTO
he club.
Tuesday morning the fledgings got
their assignment (most Of it was I'M
pcssible) and thSn they we're SET.
lace to fulfill their duty.
Wednesday evening. party was
Given for the L club as d whole. and
he cid members together with the new
are planning to have a good time tor
the rest Of the semester.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-19
ENTINES DAY OBSERVED
BY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Four plays, written, directed and
acted by the members of seventh grade,
were given Friday in the junior high.
The plays were Training, Child
dren of Grumberlei.' The Leading
Lady and Disease.
After this dozens of Valentines were
distributed from an enormous VAL
entine box.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-19

Substitutions. Eureka-None Llbby
Rowland (6) for Katarzy, katarzy Tor
Rowland, Williams (4 for McAdam'
Peterson for Brown (out-fouls), Row
land for Rusher Cautiously, Martin
for Woodwork.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-19
JUNIOR HIGH NEWS.

The history and English classes OF
Junior high had special work to OBJ
serve Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-19

les on Valentines day. Gladys made
and baked the cookies herself.
Eddie Sawina was promoted from
Miss Ruth Hostetter's fourth grade
class to Miss Mabel Dunbars fourth
grade Monday morning.
Mrs. ]. Rubard and Mrs. Glen O'Neal
visited Miss Ruth Madden's second
Grade class Monday afternoon.
Victor Grant entered Miss Ruth Hos
letters fourth grade class from Miss
Mabel Dunbar's room.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-19

We have just received Il
notable selection OF the fin
est woolcns from our tailors
NJ. Born & Co., and same are
now Oh display at our store.
We are ambitious to give
our customers the very ut
most in value-quahty and
style. We invite you to i'll
spect these new arrivals OF
woolens at your conven-
fence.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-19

pine Lumber for Sale-at my ranch;
+ W MiIlegan, Eureka. Mont. att
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-19

Miss Ruth Hostetter received heart
cake from Robert and Alice Larson for
valentines day
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-19

Gladys Maiden treated the members
If her fourth grade class to heart cook
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-19

Pupils Of Miss Mabel Dunbar's fourth
grade made up poems for Lincolns
birthday.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-19

Weld 30O,OOO,UU0 buShels.
The State farms Of all kinds already
planned and in part actually organized
cover d total area of about 750O0,OOO
acres. About 2,500,000 acres were in
grain under the grain trust in 1880
The largest the Giant" contains 427,-
900 acres and had 100000 acres in
grain in 1890 The crop was about ia
bushels to the acre. In 1929 the acreage
was less and the crop was injured by
drought, the average yield being IL
bushels. The cost per bushel on the
Giant in 1929 was estimated at 30
cents per bushel, but with the larger
Weld in 1890 the official estimate is
SO cents per bushel These figures are
about what are reported from the big
wheat farms in the Southwest of the
United States.
The economy Of production on the
State farms is largely in the fact that
labor used is not charged against the
crop for the entire year. but Is shifted
from other employment for the few
months required to make the crop.
This Is true also ofNmuch Of the labor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
ASK COUNTY TO PAY UP
City Demands Promised Aid for
New Radio Station.

Demand for $4,000 as part of the
county's payment for construction
Of the new police radio station at
Willard park will be made by the
city.
This amount is so per cent of the
county's appropriation for the work.
Request will be filed with the county
by the safety board.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
Four Houses Are Fired in
Storm; Youth Is Cut
Severely.

A youth was cut severely and
three houses were fired Monday aft
ernoon when a wind and rain storm
broke over Indianapolis, ajority Of
the property damage occurring on
the north side.
Samuel Morris, 10, at 2109 South
State avenue, was taken to the city
hospital where nine stitches were
taken in his wrist which was cut
when the wind crashed the glass in
a door Of the Rink apartment, 38
West Vermont street.
Fires occurred a. the residences
Of William o. Dunlavy, former
judge, 1859 Sutherland avenue; Al
bert A. Mcleod, 1858 North Talbot
street, and double house at 2838-40
North New Jersey street, occupied
by Hubert w. Gregory and Mrs.
Anna Murphy
Damage at the Mcleod residence
was estimated at $3.50 and that
at the Dunlavy home, $50. The
other structure sustained only slight
damage.
Trees, awnings and light wires
were blown down in several Sec
tions of the north side. For sew
eral hours, crews of the Indianap-
oils Power and Light Company were
busy servicing light and power lines,
and police guarded fallen live wires
in several sections.
Street car service was interrupted
when several north side streets had
as much as four feet of water in
them, The storm occurred at
$3.50 p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
BANDITS KIDNAP
MAN IN HIS CAR
Gunmen Get 81 and Watch
in HoIdup.

Two gunner who kidnapped Rich
ard Cosgrove, of Ft. Wayne, in his
own car Monday night forced him
to drive five miles north Of Indian
apolis, where they robbed him Of 81
and a wrist watch, he told police
early today.
Cosgrove, who is residing tenn
porarily at the Columbia Club, said
he had taken a young woman to
her home at Thirty-fourth and Me-
ridian streets and the bandits leaped
on the running board Of his auto
as he drove from the curD.
Surprising a Negro burglar in her
home Monday night, Mrs. H. B.
Null, 1882 Central avenue, prevented
the thief from ransacking her
residence, she told police. Mrs. Null
said the Negro was attempting tc
pry open a chest and fled through
the basement.
Theft Of $75 that was concealed in
bed was reported to police today
by Mrs. Ethel Waldren, 215415 Col
| lege avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
LETTER PENNED
BY SLAIN MAN
BARES RACKET
Chief of Union Is Hailed Be-
fore Cops; Victim Knew
Too Much

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, June ga letter
written three years ago and filed
away ito be opened in case any
things happens" today loomed as
one of the levers with which prose-
cutors intend to pry apart the af-
fairs Of the gigantic racket which
ruled the motion picture opera
tors union and which resulted in
the murder of Jacob kaufman.
While police hunted the dapper
gunman, dressed in white flannels,
who murdered kaufman, they had
his letter, written years ago. as the
most important evidence both in
the grand jury investigation of
union affairs and in the search
for his slayer.
In the letter, kaufman accused
Thomas Maloy. business agent of
the union, of threatening to take
him for ride" and told of a severe
beating in Maloy's Office.
immunity Is demanded
Maloy and two of his assistants
in the union surrendered late Mon
day, but refused to testify before
the grand jury unless granted i'm.
munity. The union chief told news
paper reporters, however, that ht
knew nothing Of Kaufman's death
"Thoe reports that 1 got S80,00t
a year for running the union art
all wrong" said Maloy. Why, my
salary is only $500 a week.
Prosecutors based their charge
that the union was a racketeering
enterprise, and in some way con-
nected with Kaufman's death, or
alleged evidence that:
/, kaufman was to have beer
called before the jury today. HI
had given information that thu
union was racket, giving severa
hundred thousand dollars a yea
profit to those in control.
2. Maloy received a 40 per cen
cut from the salaries Of apprentice
operators, many Of whom were in
competent.
3. His brother, Joe Maloy, heat
of the city electrical department il
granting licenses, was part of
system under which a nonuniol
operator could not obtain license.
4. Union members gave Maloy ;
fund of $248.OO0 out of their sala
ries to oppose the grand jury in
vestigation.
Arrested on Suspicion
Leo Del Mango, 80, is under ar
rest on suspicion. Police also hel,
Crawford Johnson, a Negro motion
picture operator, who accompanied
kaufman to a garage where he wa
shot. Police asserted that johnson
unwillingly put kaufman on tn
spot"
The Chicago Tribune today chal
lenged the new Scotland Yard
bureau of the police department t,
prove its merit by capturing Kauf
mans killer and investigate tn,
union.
ITO all outward appearances,
the Tribune said, "the motive TO
Kaufman's murder will be fount
somewhere in the inner politics O
the Motion Picture Operators
Union If the new bureau
solves this crime, notice will hav,
been served upon racketeers gen
orally that their day of immunit.
is over"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
TRACTION Line
PROPERTIES ARE
SOLD TO insult
7. H., |. & {. Brings Price
of S2,50O,000 at Auc-
ton Sale.

Properties of the Terre Haute,
indianapolis & Eastern Traction
Company today we're sold to the
Insull-owned Midland United Com
pany for s2,5OOO0o.
Climaxing years of diminishing
profits, then increasing losses, the
auction sale was on direction Of Su-
perior Judge Russell Ryan and car
ried out by Elmer w, Stout, COM
pany receiver.
The sale, made specifically to
B. P. Shearon, secretary of the Mid
land company, Is to be approved
Monday by Ryan.
Midland Only Bidder
That the property would go to
insult due to the utility organiza-
TONS heavy interest in the defunct
firm, was a foregone conclusion.
The sale price is the minimum set
by Ryan. Shearon was the only
bidder
1t was learned Immediately after
the property went to the insult COM
bine that several million dollars
probably will be spent by insult on
rolling stock and equipment in i'm
proving the properties within the
next few years.
Several hundred thousand dollars
worth of preferred claims already
have been set aside by Ryan and
liquidation of these probably will
be the first steps under the new
ownership. This probably will de-
lay any improvement projects for
some time, 1t was indicated.
Leased Lines Abandoned
Stout, president Of the Fletcher
American National bank, was named
receiver for the utility April 81,
1880. Since that time service on
leased lines which have been op-
Grated by the traction company has
been abandoned.
During the last year the Midland
United Company purchased major
1ty of the company's bonds on APP
prevail of the bond holders protec-
tive committee.
Ownership Of these bonds gave
the Midland firm control of the
common stock of the Terre Haute
Traction and Light Company, which
is pledged as collateral security for
the bonds.
The traction and light company
property is the most valuable Of
the holdings. The Indianapolis to
Terre Haute traction line will be
continued in operation without i'm
pairment, officials of the company
announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
WHIPS
OVER NORTH SIDE
Fright Death

ID y CHtttU 1908
HAMMOND, Ind, June 90
A snake which swan toward
him while he was playing in
pond frightened Elwood Free
land, Is, to death, physicians
declared today after an exami-
nation Of his body. The boy
was playing on a log in a deep
pool when he saw the snake.
He screamed, rolled into the
water, and did not come up.
His body was recovered two
hours later. Physicians said
there was no water in the
youths lungs and that ap-
parently the shock Of seeing
the snake swimming toward
him paralyzed his heart, which
was weak.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
TRAM HEARING DELAYED
Employees Petition for Pay Hike to
Be Considered July 81.

Hearing on the petition OF IN
dianapolis Street Railway Company
employees for improved working con-
ditions and a 20-cent an hour wage
increase will be heard by the pub
lie service commission July q,
Frank Singleton, commissioner, said
today
Hearing on the proposal first was
set for Monday, but by agreement
of attorneys the delay was granted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN
4-MILE LONG PARADE
10000 Plumed Marchers Take Part
in Huge Ceremonial.

BIZ United Press
MINNEAPOLIS, June 23.-Be-
meath red canopies. such as be-
decked London's thoroughfares when
the Crusaders departed, 10000
paraded before their leaders today
plumed, modern Knights Templar
as part of the thirty eighth trien-
NAL conclave of the order.
Fifty bands and 100 comman-
deries from forty-seven states took
part in the four-mile procession 70
the parade grounds. The capture
of the ancient city of Antioch by
the Moslem hordes and formation
of the order Of knights Templar
were depicted at the grounds.
Leading the parade was the most
eminent grand master, William L.
Sharp, and his personal escort, in
Guiding the seventy-two-piece En-
glewood commandery band of Chi
cago
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
Stricken in Auto: Dies

Stricken with heart disease, Mrs
Eva Brothers, 50, of 1926 West
Washington street, died Monday
while riding in an auto with her
physician, DR.. James M. Hilmer
1923 East Washington street. DR.
Hilmer told police Mrs. Brothers
had been suffering from the heart
ailment for several months.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
Promise Maybe

BIZ United Press
RUENOS AIRES, June 23.-
Radio announcers went on
strike for five minutes Monday
night. Broadcasting was cut
off without warning from all
Buenos Aires stations.
Announcers then continued
the program by announcing
that they had struck in protest
against a local campaign for
suppression, or limitation, OF
radio advertising.
Listeners were warned that
unless the public supported the
announcers they might make
the silence perpetual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
WIND DAMAGES WHEAT
Grain Almost Ready for Harvest
Leveled in Southwestern Area.

BIZ United Press
TERRE HAUTE, June 23.-Thou-
sands of acres Of wheat in south
western Indiana, which was almost
ready to cut, was damaged heavily
by the high wind late yesterday,
farmers reported today.
The grain was nearly matured,
and was not expected to rise again
to allow cutting without heavy loss.
Tree limbs Uttered streets here
after the storm, and numerous win
dows in homes were broken.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-07
FISHER JOBLESS
WILL STICK WITH
THOSE WORKING
More Wage Cuts In
All Departments
of Body Plant
(By a Worker Correspondent

CLEVELAND, Ohio.--Former wage
slaves of the Fisher Body Co. who are
organized into the Fisher Unemployed
Council has declared through spark
Plug" Fisher Body shop paper, that
they will stick by the employed work
ers in case of strike and will refuse
to scab. 1.-THE bosses tell you that if
you don't like the wage cuts, you can
get the hell out and they'll get the
unemployed in your place" the state
ment reads. But the bosses will get
stung! We unemployed workers Or
ganized into the Fisher Body Unem-
ployed Council will not be used as
scabs. If you strike, we'll help you.
Well come out on the picket lines.
We will fight against the bosses"
Fisher Body continues It's policy Of
wage cuts and speed-up. Recently
more time study experts were brought
into the factory and almost every de-
partment has received cut in conse-
quence. In the B-6 press quarter pa
nelS, for instance, the helpers were
fired and the operators have to do
two mems work with one mans pay.
Welders in the metal finishers who
used to get $1.0o for 20 pieces on
shrouts, now have to make 80 pieces
for only 80 cents; as a result five more
men have been fired from this depart
ment. The bailer gang in the salvage
department has been cut from $l.15
ton to 95 cents, while in the quarter
panels the day and night shifts have
been cut on small panels from cents
to 5 cents and on large from IS cents
to 10 cents. In addition, Sunday over
time is now paid straight and not at
time and a third as formerly. mp.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-07

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)
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them" and urged the state police TO
most vicious attack, In which it is
only an accident that some Of the
jobless swere not clubbed to death
on the spot.
The hunger marchers, represent
ing the hundreds of thousands OF
jobless in New York State, appeared
with their spokesman at the seat OF
government, at the lower house of the
state legislature, supposedly. under
capitalist democratic" theories, these
jobless appeared before their own
representatives, to ask them to pass
law to save thousands from liter
ally starving to death.
And the lower house. the histori-
cally "most representative" and most
responsible part of the government,
called on the police, howled for blood
as the police swung their heavy
clubs on the heads OF. the jobless
anu IltlA dIt IklQGCCllOa. UISJ u ga
ultation over their own brutality aft
erwards. This is certainly some
thing that ought to convince every
unemployed and employed worker
that the government at Albany is not
his government. 1t is a government
over him by the capitalist class,
which wishes rather that the unern-
ployed die Like flies from starvation
than that one cent of profits shall
be touched to give them relief.
The fight must 90 oni Form more
Councils Of the Unemployed! Or
ganize the jobless workers around
the factories! Organize these who
still have Jobs into unions Of the
Trade Union Unity Leaugei The
fight to force the capitalists and
their government to give unemploy-
nent relief, to compel them 10 stop
the wage cutting campaign has 3ust
teg,mf
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-07
Lumber Industry
PlungeS Down AS
Workers Suffer
More Wage Cuts In
Carlsburgh, Wash.
Great Misery
(By a Worker Correspondent)

CARLSBURG, Wash.-The Carls-
burg Mill and Timber Company has
announced another wage cut to its
some 70 workers. Propaganda to the
effect that the mill is losing 5000, a
day, is circulated by their agents,
which however is not accepted by the
workers. They realizing that. Supt.
Sodisberg is mainly interested in the
making of profits for the owners, and
is busy qualifying as a 100 per cent
American by forcing the workers
through wage cuts. and terroristic
methods into a condition of starva-
ton, of peonage.
The mill runs on a average Of
days a week, the cut makes the
wages S2.40 per day, thus the weekly
wage. Is $500. The Company runs
boarding house and also a store,
to accommodate the workers, and
how they do accommodate him by
issuing tin money, thus forcing the
worker and his family TO purchase
the necessities Of life, at the store,
where two prices are charged, the
boarding house charges SI.20 per
day, $S.40 per week, SO in order for
them to pay board they are given
some extra work in the yard, thus
all wages go back into the pockets
of the company.
These conditions comrades are
characteristic of the lumber industry
of the northwest, the workers are
being forced into a condition of peon-
age. The lumber workers are con-
trasting these conditions with the
conditions of the workers in the So
Wet Union. and give the lie to the
capitalist propaganda, knowing full
well that g. Workers and Peasants
Government, functions at all times in
the interests of it's workers, and
against the interests of the capitalists.
The slogan of the peninsula is now
Lumber workers and poor farmers"
ORGANIZED Don't starve! Fight