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The Washington times., 1931-04-23
ONCE-OVERS
Sit Still and Think!

Sit Still and Think!
How often you have wished
for an executive job!
You are tired of the physical
work you must put into your
present job.
Yet you never feel that you
are doing anything unless you
are active physically.
You have opposing sides to
your nature.
You want to be the person
who plans, but you won't sit still
and think.
You must keep your hands
and feet moving and you want
to move about.
And now you are objecting to
a position that requires action.
You cannot be good eXeCu-
tive till you have trained your
self to think.
You must master your mental
forces.
Some persons who dictate to
a stenographer walk constantly
as they talk because they can't
seem to think straight without
walking.
Little tricks like this indicate
your mentality very clearly.
Learn to control action as
we'll as thoughts.
Make one lie down when the
other is awake.
Until you can do this you will
not make your mark as an exec
utive.
If there must be physical ac-
ton to your work remain where
this is required.
Copyright. 1881. Inteona tions4
Feature Service, S1cE1
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
A Warning to AviatOrS

Postmaster General Walter Brown has demanded sweep
ing investigation into the of the airpane crash at
Bazaar KAN which recently snued out the lives of Knue
Rockne famous Dame football coach, and other
passengers.
Particularly nasty nmaons have been brued about since
the tragedy concerning the operation Of certain mail
and passenger planes.
What's the matter with mail and transport planes?
Aren't they safe? 49,
Are the pilots careful hlyrained they eff
operators and do they obey implicitly the Federal regu
lations?
There have been many unexplained tragedies like the
Rockne crash The public fed up them and demands
to know wherein the blame lies
Postmaster General Brown feel may be relied upon to
turn the searchlight upon the entire matter.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Jury Service In Washington
And Faulty System

Justice Proctor of the District Supreme Court urges the
business professional of the District not to shun
service upon ures appeals for intelligent and expert
enced jurors if proper justice is to be obtained
It is suitable and wise appeal but inferior jures
due much intelligent stunning service to
Jury commissioners paid the inadequate $3.50 per
each for their services One clerk the commission and
that clerk must attempt to for 5000 jury egbes
year, from jury box kept filled with 5000 names.
It is notorouy impossible for this meager machinery to
carefully investigate the number Of egbe necessary There
must be something of grab bag nature to it. Many unqua
fled and uninegen people called for service and make
trouble later on through their ineligbilty.
Moreover there exceptionally large exemption list in
the District starting with $4,000 employees They
should not be exempt except in which the Government
is direct party In ordinary criminal and civil cases they
would make fine jurors
Congress knows this situation the District and should
take measures to remedy it.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Federal Guards
Have Tough Time

Editor, Times:
In all future legislation for
shorter hours for Government
employees, there is one class of
workers overlooked in the past,
who must be specifically men
toned, in order to derive any
benefit from whatever laws are
enacted.
These are the Federal guards
in the various Government
buildings.
Because of an archaic ruling
that guards must work seven
days a week and 365 days a
year, especially in buildings
that are open to the public
every day, the question of one
day of rest in seven, and time
off for half holidays and full
holidays GRANTED to all other
employes), has been left up to
the heads of the different de-
partments, resulting in some de-
partments in a great deal of in
justice to men, who, while they
are considered minor employees,
have great responsibilities. They
are subject to military rules and
regulations, the work is ex-
tremely tiresome and confining,
and it is high time that the Fed
Grafton of Federal Employees
and the legislative friends of
Government workers give some
thought to the men who are re-
sponsible for the care and pro-
lection of millions of dollars in
Government property.
These men are human beings,
many have served with honor in
military and naval forces in
time of war, most of them bear
honorable wounds due to that
service, and they are entitled
to some consideration.
A man cannot be at his best
if he must work seven days a
week. This was learned long
ago in the industries. How long
will it take the Government to
learn it?
A FEDERAL ENPLOYE.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

There are certain people you
can't get along with.
You've tried for years, but it's
No Go.
Yet you won't acknowledge
that you're licked. You insist,
stubbornly, that things are
bound to come right if you try
hard enough. So you go on
trying. .fussing around. get
ting into brawls. kissing and
making up, only to start an
other battle. worrying, weep
ing, wearing yourself and every.
one else out.
You think it's their fault.
They think it's yours.
Doesn't matter whose fault it
is. If you can't get along with
anyone, there's only one course
to pursue
LEAVE THEM ALONE!
The Other Chaps Rights
Don't get mad about it. The
other fellow has as much right
to Be Himself as you have to
Be Yourself. He has commit
ted no crime against you if his
notions do not happen to jibe
with yours. He is really under
no obligation to like you and
you are under no obligation to
like him. And the world will
get along just as we'll if you
don't-provided you're both tol-
Grant and generous and fair to
each other. Indeed, the world
will get along much better if
you cut out all this bellyakin,
stop pestering each other, get
back on your respective jobs
and
LEAVE EACH OTHER
ALONE!
The Whole Way
And this doesn't mean merely
a business associate, or a pass
ing stranger. It may mean your
father or mother, your sister or
brother, your oldest neighbor.
The fact that you share the
same parents, the same home,
the same street address, is no
guarantee that you'll have a
single notion in common. You
may live with your own family
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Race Bias In JurieS
Supreme Courts Important Decision

pennless coored man. under sentence to die in the Dis
tcts electric chair gets trial through the United
States Supreme Court because his young attorney took that
highest the question possible bias jury service
In the trial in which the convicted of numbering
Washington policeman his attorney sought ascertain
whether certain jurors selected entertained preudces because
Of the color of the defendant The trial judge ruled the
tion irrelevant.
Now the Supreme Court holds that is proper question
ask under certain conditions Jurors with racial prejudce
should be allowed certain criminal trials
The Supreme Court its great wisdom easily
race prejudice may be entertained by Jurors not only the
trial of coloed but in of white Jurors
too easily permit their preudces to weigh in matters before
them.
Men unfortunately permit these preudces influence them
IN their daily lives They should not do in jury service
but they do.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23

8. President died
month after his Inauguration.
8. Our first treaty was made
with China in President
IS term.
10. President was call
ed the Napoleon of the stump"
Match correctly:
II. lorry
outline
IL. enchant
Sprout
13. Soporific
truck
IA. germinate
opiate
IS. contour
Captivat9
NAnswers on bM1gazins PassN
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Apple Blossom Festival

majority of the 100000 apple Virginia. West
Virginia and Maryland will be in bloom when the Shenandoah
apple blossom festival held at historic Winchester May
and 6.
That will make paradise of blooms for thousands who
will Winchester way the fine roads of three States
Then too the trees of the mountains will be partly foliage
small trees and shrubs in bloom and everywhere in Virginia
beautiful valley there will be exceptional attractions.
Washington people do forget this occasion at Winchester
and find happiness and pleasure in going there
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
TIMES KNOWLEDGE TEST

Fill each blank:
/. Washin gton's ancestors
came from --.
2. John Adams was born and
died in the town Of ,
Mass.
8. Jefferson liked to be called
the father Of the University Of
4. James Madison graduated
from --.
S. President is re-
Sponsible for the document
against European aggrandize-
ment in the Americas.
6. John Quincy Adams was
elected after he was
President.
z. Andrew Jackson's ances-
tors came from -.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Hearst Papers Advocate

l. friendship tth all nations endnono alliances
Nth nonc"-George Washington.
Proportional representation United States Senate
Senators. Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional redpportionnet in the House of
Representatives.
Separate departments the Army the N1Uy and OF the
Air Forces all united under Secretary of National Defense
Federal action to the limit of Federal DoDerS to abolish
illierdcy under a Secretary of Education.
Installation of the President the first OF January toot
ing the November election
SelecttUe immigration admit those suited for Anert
citizenship and American needs.
Deportation undesirable aliens extension OF citizen
ship period to 10 years.
8. Complete publicity tGTeS to preUnt big tar
dodgers from escaping taxation.
Modification of the VolSteGd act to permit light OteS and
beers under Federal regulation.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
WISE MEN

Great deeds cannot die; they,
with the sun and moon, renew
their light, forever blessing
those that look on them.
-TennySon.
The concessions of the weak
are the concessions Of fear.
Burke.
No star ever rose Or set with
out influence someV here.
Meredith.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
No Race Suicide Here

Virginia woman, near Washington is the mother Of
eleven children all born inside of six years. including five
sets of twins.
Had Theodore Roosevelt been living in the White House he
would have called the mother patriot He would have
that she wanted nothing His views suicide
widely shared these days.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Plant of a Poor,
Suffering Pupil

C~tIOI1 CHtCc"
I have a complaint to regis
ter. I have been going to school
long enough to know what I'm
talking about, believe me. It's
about the teachers. The peo-
pie of the country say who Is
to govern them. So why
shouldn't we school children,
who are the future citizens,
have something to say about
our teachers?
I know from my own expert
ence that practically every
teacher plays favorites. This
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times

isn't right, by any means. We
read Of grating politicians who
play favorites, giving jobs and
The Washington times., 1931-04-23

} things of that sort. And this
gives the newspapers plenty of
material for criticism. Yet
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
PLENTYWOOD TAX
LEVY NOW 8 MILLS
Result of Drastic Economy on the
Part of Present Administration
Over Past Few Years.

The city council at its meeting
Monday night set the tax levy ten
tatively for city purposes for the
ensuing year at 8 mills, reducing
the levy from the 1914 mills of
last year.
When DR.. Storkan took offie as
mayor the levy was So mills. This
is an example of what can be done
when the administrators of public
affairs put their minds to it, and
is repetition of what the Farm
er-Labor administration did for
Sheridan county when it had the
power, and what could be done for
the county again if those interest
ed with the administration had the
ability and the nclnatn TO do So
and the same can be said in re-
gard to the school district admin
fstration.
Besides reducing the levy the
city had paid a substantial part of
its Indebtedness. In fact it is the
paying Of the Indebtedness that
has made possible the reduction of
the taxes. In Sheridan county al
most half Of the taxes goes for IN
terest and sinking fund on the
county debt.
J The proposed city levy is: Bond
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19

The interest of Sheridan county
in recreation was evidenced last
week when four delegates-Mrs. P.
L. Collins, Raymond; Mrs. L. V.
Main, Archer; Mrs. Hazel Kallak.
Reserve! and Mrs. G. w. Fasching,
Homestead, took active part in the
recreational institute at Glendive
Junes8f toz11. These ladies are
members of Home Demonstration
Clubs and All Club Leaders and
are ready and anxious to pass on
to the people Of their and other
communities some of the informa-
ton they learned and enjoyed so
much.
1t is thru the Extension Service
that it is possible to make use of
the services of w. P. Kackson of
the National Recreational AsSocia-
ton, who is accompanied by his
wife and Mrs. Dexter. The work
at the recreational school this year
included recreation for adults,
home play, how to lead recreation
marching, rhythmic activities, folk
dancing, games for all ages, music
appreciation, community singing
| philosophy of the recreation move
ment and the psychology of age
groups as related to recreation
Two sessions of two hours each
were held daily in the auditorium
of the Glendive high school
All of the 81 members registered
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19

much harm and that other grains
have been seriously hurt. In CEN
trail and western Montana the
crop situation is considerably bet
ter than in eastern, but only fair
crop as best is indicated. Reports
from the territory in which Thorn
as Campbell's farms are located
indicates heavy damage in that
territory. Around Billings the sit
uation is fairly good.
'The rye crop promises to be one
of the smallest in years. In the
first place acreage was consider
ably curtailed. Lack of moisture
has damaged the rye prospects
even in districts where wheat is
good, according to reports from
Fessenden, Williston and Buxton
The crop outlook in northern
South Dakota is reported much i'm
prved, due to fairly heavy rains il
recent weeks.
Bismarck reports that rains
have greatly improved the croI
conditions in west central Nortl
Dakota with wheat plants in gooC
condition and early corn getting
a goo dstart, but steady rails ar,
essential. There has been NOR,
moisture south Of the main line o
the Northern Pacific railroad thai
north of it.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
SHERIDAN COUNTY WOMEN ATTENDED
RECREATION INSTITUTE AT GLENDIVE

at the institute will tell how the
women's clubs, chambers OF COM
merce and other civic organizations
got behind the movement and as
sisted with the meetings by provld-
ing tours to places of interest IN
the city, picnics and entertain
ment to those attending the school.
"The schools being held in the
state this yearSare the first year
work outlined by the association.
The complete work will cover a
period of five years, and the at
tendance this year will assure the
holding Of a similar school next
year." says Miss Blanche L. Lee,
state home demonstration leader.
Seven counties and nine differ
emit organizations were represent
ed at the institute, and great in
terest was shown. Just one fact
left a dark taste and that was the
fact that many of the ladies had
to take the places of the men who
failed to show up.
Sheridan county had one dele
gate last year and four this year
"a good increase. Mr.. Jackson
will have charge of the recreation
at the state Al club camp al
Bozeman, which means that the
All club members and leaders at
tending the camp this week viii
enjoy the things the women dele
gates heard at the recreationa
school.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
CARTOONIST LOSES
S5l,2OO In HOLDUP

Chicago, June 1.-Two bandits
in evening clothes held up Sidney
Smith, newspaper cartoonists, max
er of The Gumps, and his wife
early today and took jewelry val
ued at $4,000.
AS the Smith automobile, bear
ing the couple to their north side
apartment halter for a traffic
signal on North Michigan avenue,
two men, both armed, entered it.
One, covering the chauffeur, Chas.
Cannon, with a gun, ordered him
to drive a short distance to a cross
street. The other, hiding his face
with a handkerchief, showed his re-
volver against Mrs. Smith.
The bandits then seized a dia-
mond necklace, four diamond
bracelets, two diamond rings, and
a wrist watch with diamond stud
ded strap from Mrs. Smith.
When they demanded a white
sapphire diamond ring, Smith pro,
tested: THAT'S a good luck piece
It belongs to Andy Gump."
ooh, you're Smith," the bandit
said. "Well, we need it more thai
you do"
The pair permitted Mrs. Smitl
to retain diamond wedding ring.
After ordering the Smiths out o
their car, the robbers locked it an,
threw away the key. They thel
fled in their own car. waiting near
by.
The jewelry was insured.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19

cut of ten mills in the county
school taxes.
Attic these cuts will not likely
reduce our taxes as a whole they
will help considerably in counter
balancing the increase of other
items, such for instance as the
county high school ia (which under
the new law includes all the high
schools thereby making an estimat-
ed increase of five mills, making
it just twice the former levy. The
task of watching the high school
budgets was given to the new trus-
tees association but everyone in a
position to do so should take a
hand as here will be a place where
there will be a temptation "to lay
it on" now that the county pays
the full bill.
Since the last tax talk an ex-
ception was taken to the state
ment regarding increase Of teach
ers salaries late years. In a CHECK
up at the superintendent office
it is found that less teachers are
employed, las during the past two
years as compared to 152 IN 1926
and 157 in 1928. However, there
has been a slight increase In mum
Der of school children, about 15(
since in 1926 when the census
showed 1854. 1t is still eviden
therefore that We have less teach
ers but higher salaries and will
very little increase in work.
The final budgets will be set Of
the fourth Monday of July so Their
is still opportunity for the taxpay
er to have his say, both as to hoy
much may be spent and as to hi
ability 10 pay. It is his right t
look into these affairs, and now
the time, not when the tax notice
come along. This Is one plac
where his own personal influenc
viii count for most and here
where he win get the most direc
benefit Of his efforts.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19

sinking fund 5 mills; Fire appara-
tus fund 2 mills; and airport fund
1 mill.
Last year there were Is mills
levied for general fund, 10 mills
for bond sinking fund, 5 mills in
terest fund, 2 mills apparatus
fund and n mill for the Plenty
wood band.
Since January the city has paid
$500 of the outstanding indebted
ness, reducing the city's Obliga-
tons below the legal debt limit.
$3.50 of this debt was paid at the
recent meeting. There is suffi-
cient funds on hand to pay the
next bond installment and defray
the current expense for the en-
suing year.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19

THEREFORE, Be 1t Resolved
by this Association that we con-
denim this action of the board as
contrary to the best interests of
the taxpayers, and a wantOn dis
regard for the public welfare
that cannot be justified on any
grounds;
And Be it Further Resolved,
that this Association protests this
action and demand that the board
reconsider it's former action and
let the printing contract by bids.
Submitted and adopted at a
general meeting of the Sheridan
County Taxpayers Association al
PlentywOOd, Montana, June 18th
HANS HARDERSEN,
President
EDGAR /. SYVERUD,
Secretary Treasurer
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19

$4,000, 900 of the deposits Of t.
city Of Chicago, Cook county and
State of Illinois. That was one Of
the reasons why such strenuOw
efforts were made to prevent this
closing of the bank. But, at the
same time, some six banks, VITA
total resources of more than $685.
900, 900, affiliated with the Formaa
group, closed. Another "consoK
dation" was between the Central
Trust Company Of Illinois and the
bank of Ambassador Charles z.
Dawes, the National Bank of the
Republic. These moves VIII fur
Their strengthen the hold Of finance
capital by making the First Ma
tional nearly approach the billion
dollar mark, and the Dawes bank
will have resources of nearly $780,
OOO, 900.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19

failures will increase until the
northwest is financially paralyzed.
In fact very few business houses
can possibly survive.
Chicago Banks
The biggest failure was the
failure of the Forman bank sys-
TENS with holdings valued at over
200 million dollars, capital assets
of $50, 100000. In order to prevent
the recurrence Of what happened
in New York with the Bank OF
United States, the First National
Bank and the First Union Trust
Company of Melvin A. TraylOr de-
cided to consolidate" with the
FOrman-State National and the
Forman-State Trust and Savings
Bank. The capitalist papers are
lying about the consolidation
The Forman-S State banks had about
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COURT

Continued from Front Page)
ments without the process of law
ought to be discouraged, and the
payment of damages in a few in
stances will have a very salutary
effect upon some of these fellows.
Saturday after the Brightsman
case went to the jury, jury was
called in the case of Peter Marion
against Mrs. Dora Robb, in which
Marion sued Mrs. Robb for S1805
with interest for the alleged killing
of lis ewes and 2 rams by Mrs.
Robb's police dog in the latter part
of April 1929. Paul Babcock was
the attorney for Mr.. Marion and
Howard M. Lewis for Mrs. Robb.
Several witnesses were called for
both sides.
Marion testified that the sheep
were killed by a police dog and a
smaller dog; that they tried to fol-
low the dog, lost sight of him sew
eral times, but followed him to
town Fred Marsh testified that
after Marion came to his house,
that a police dog came out of the
brush by the creek and he follow
ed him with his car to Mrs. Robb's
house where the dog laid down be-
side the house, and Marion testi-
fled that it was the Robb dog that
killed his sheep. There were q
number of police dogs in Plenty
wood at the time.
Mrs. Robb testified that her dog
slept in the basement all night and
she let him out in the morning aft.
er she got up which was after Mr.
Marron's sheep were killed.
Oscar COLLINS testified that HI
had examined the dog that day
but found no indications that tht
dog had been killing sheep.
The case went to the jury afte,
a hard battle Wednesday evening
The Jury found for Mrs. Robb b!
reason of the fact that the proc
of the dog was very weak, ant
gave her a Judgment for cost.
i Thursday the court tried tw'
cases without jury and the jur,
was called in the evening in tn
: case Of Cloud VS.. Scott for per
sonal injuries sustained by DR.. B
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