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The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-12
PAT RICK MONAHAN.
PIONEER, PASSES
SUNDAY EVENING

Funeral services were held for
Patrick Monahan, 81, at Saint
Agnes Catholic church this morning
at 10 o'clock. Solemn High Mass
was celebrated by the Rev. Father
O. Molyneaux. The body was pla-
ced in the Communal Mausoleum.
Pallbearers were close friends, j.
H. Barry, Mike Hogan, Mike Nor
mile, Mike LarSin, Henry Allen
and Thomas Hunter.
Patrick Monahan died Sunday
evening at a local hospital. He
was a well known and highly res
pected citizen of this community
and had been a resident of Carbon
County for more than 80 years.
Mr.. Monanan was born near Tor
onto, Ontario, Canada March 3,
1919 and at the time of his death
was more than 50 years of age.
His early life was spent in the COM
munity where he was born and
after leaving school he became en-
gagged in farming, a pursuit he
followed practically all his mature
life until the infirmaties of age
forced him into retirement.
He was united in marriage &c
Miss Bridget Keenan, at Belleville
Canada, November 2, 1872. Te
the union Il children were born
seven of whom are still living. IN
1890, with his wife and family
he moved to Saginaw, Michiga,
! where he lived until 1900 when ht
| bought ranch near Roberts, oil
which he lived until a few year!
ago.
The large number of friends al
tending the last rites testified X
the high esteem which he ant
his family are held by the peopl,
who know them.
Mr. Monahan is survived by hi
widow and two daughters, fivt
sons and three sisters. The dad
ghters are Mrs. Harry Carpentel
of Spokane, Washington, Mrs. Kat,
German of Los Angeles; the sons
Thomas Monahan of Red Lodge
James, John and Harry Monahal
of Roberts, Patrick Monahan o
Joliet; the sisters, Mrs. Margare
Flannery and Mrs. Alice jackson
of Chicago and Mrs. P. J. Byrne
of Billings.
Human success is a relativ
term and when considering tn
life of Patrick Monahan, while h,
succeeded we'll in material way
after all his highest success wa
attained in the rearing of the ex
emplary family of sons and dau
ghters of which he and his wifi,
have been justly proud.
His daughters were unable t.
attend the funeral.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-12

To determine whether the tradi-
tional boys pocket or the modern
woman's handbag hold the great
est and widest variety Of things
was the subject OF a unique sur
vey in England recently. The
handbag won, for one woman's re-
ceptacle contained a powder case,
a diary, handkerchief, cigarette
case, lighter, mirror, bundle Of let
tiers, purse, comb, notebook, lip
stick, stocking-mending outfit, pat
terms of cloth, keys and a shoe
lace.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-12
Old British Watchword

The origin of the famous British
reclamation God Save the King"
seems to be traceable to the state
Papers" Volume |, Page 1874, where,
under the heading, "Flete taken by
the Lord ADMIRAL the 10th day Of
August, 1915" is the following
1.-THE watch words in the night shall
be thus, God save King Henrye' ;
thother shall aunswer, And long TO
raign over u.s.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-12
CAST SELECTED
FOR AUTOMATIC
BUTLER" Farce

Selection of the cast for 1.-THE
Automatic Butler, to be present
ed by the Senior class of the local
high school April II, at Workers
Hall, was completed last night.
The play is a three-act farce,
with cast of six men and six
women.
The cast follows:
Mrs. Violet Maekle, -. Irma Puutio
COMFY Bryant, Betty O'Connor
Mrs. Kitty Preston, Grace Dagget
Lily Preston, ........ Elma Mann
John Preston, =. Aarne Marsyla
Elliot Bailey, -. Marshall Foltz
Abdon Beenyworth,
Nathan Provinse
Jenny Sandkitchen, Arvilla Rock
Maize Dowell, =. Ella Eastman
Slick Rabbit, :. Rafael Puumala
Big jim" Mitchell, Verne Sehwin
Adrian Bryant, -. Peter Dimieh
Dorothy Enrieo has been chosen
business manager and Bill Tharp,
advertising manager, for the pro
duetion.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-12

The Characteristic Of heroism is
It's persistency. All men have
wandering impulses, fits and starts
of generosity. But when you have
chosen your part, abide by it, and
do not weakly try to reconcile
yourself with the world. The heroic
cannot be the common, nor the
common the heroic.-Ralph Waldo
Emerson.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-12
Aurora Borealis

The frequency of the aurora
horealis varies with the latitude of
the place. It is comparatively rare
within As degrees of the equator.
INT more frequent toward the north,
nm TO the latitude of about sixty
degrees. where 1t sometimes be-
comes almost n NJ ghtly occurrence.
The aurora is less frequent near
the poles.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-12
RODEO ASSOCIATION GETS
ADVERTISING TIRE COVERS

One hundred red and black tire
covers, with appropriate decora-
ton and wording, have been re-
ceiyed by the Red Lodge Ro ; 70
Association to advertise the local
1881 Rodeo.
The new covers are of the drum
type, and SO constructed as to fit
nearly any size tires used by mo-
florists. They may be had from
men bors of the committee for one
dollar.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-12

Lions and tigers can run Just as
fast as the swiftest horses, but
only for short distances. After a
kilometer or so they lose their
strength, rather, proper respiration,
so they can continue no longer at
high speed Unlike the lungs of
horses or dogs, the lungs of lions
and tigers cannot maintain a high
degree Of oxygenation for long dis
tances, but function badly after
the beast has been running a short
time.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-12
Orange Pekoe

The word "pekoe" is an Angli-
cized form of a Chinese phrase
meaning white hair" or down.
There is such a down on parts of
the tea plant in the early spring.
Pekoe tea is composed of young
leaves, picked while the down is
still on them, and roasted at low
temperature.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-12

In Iceland and northern Siberia,
the extreme length of life is only
about seventy years. Temperate
climates are best fitted for long
life. Ireland and Bulgaria are
noted for their number Of inhablt-
ants who have reached the age Of
hundred.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-12
Unromantic

Most couples get married with
out the girl knowing how the man
looks with three days growth of
whiskers and the man doesn't have
the faintest idea of how she'll look
in hair curlers.-0hio State Jour-
nal.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-12
Odd Rainmakiag Device

A Dutch natural scientist. expert
menting in rainmaking. succeeded
IN causing a general precipitation
over an area of three square miles
by dropping Clipped ice on clouds
from an airnlane.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-12
Way of the World

Buy provisions from n man for a
year, or ten years, and he remains
an impersonal institution known as
grocer; ask him for an empty
packing box and he becomes your
personal friend.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-12
Naughty Old Master

Among world-famed men who
were not modest boys was Haydn,
celebrated Austrian composer. He
played so many pranks in school
that he was finally expelled.-Amer-
lean Magazine.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-12
Proofs of Greatness

A really great man is known by
three signs-generosity in the de-
sign, humanity in the execution and
moderation in uccess.-Prince Bis
marck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-22
Revitalizing the Nation

There was a unanimity of opinion in the recent remarks of two prominent New York men. The one was Charles Fl. Futile. former U. s. district attorney and repubi- can candidate for governor in 1850: the other was Representative William F. brun- ner, democrat. of Queens. New York Speak ing to the Kiwanis Club of Glens Falls Wednesday Mir Futile stated that legalzed sale of beer would restore prosperity in a short time. Repeal of the 18th amend ment stated Representative Brunner in radio address would relieve unemployment, aid agriculture. and enable the government to wipe out the S65O.000.000 deficit it faces this year.
 "Almost endless is the chain of benefits which would be accomplished by the repeal of the amendment" said MT Brunner. It would undeniably serve to combat the evils of crime. menace which has stretched the length and breadth of the land.. directly traeeable to prohibition. It would end nal feasance by public officials in Federal. mu- nieipal. state and county capacities and It would provide market for the grain which now is rotting in SO many storage mills. It WOuIQ RlVe eHlpIOTHsHl to AcuhtNo' '' lions and it would restore 10 the people of the United States the rights of free people which were snatehed from them by the passage of this insidious legislation.
 Mir Futile dwelt on the increase in crime due principally to the creation of the speak easy. direct product of the dry law. Never in its palmest days did the saloon approach the depths of degradation to which some of our speakeases and so-ealled clubs go. While the saloon may have been a menace to the moral well-being of this nation it IS hard to figure out just what the speakeasy s Suffice it to say those people who have forced the speakeasy upon us cannot have easy consciences. Says Mir Futile. The government defeats its own purpose when 1t attempts to enforce one law and in so doing creates a situation from which crime can spring. A million men could be returned to work by the lsgalizing of beer and the surplus grain supply would quickly be used. :"
 We sincerely hope that the end of pro- hibition is in sight. It has been costly experiment. both in actual money and in human lives not to mention the undermin- ing of tI,e moral character of many of our worthy citizens. It has tainted the soul of many man with gold. It has drawn strong men down into the sloughs of despair har- dened them to sense of right-doing. A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-22
EderIe Ueber Allies

Gertrude Ederle is planning to swim the English Channel five years after she mastered the treaeherous crossing in the remarkable time of l4 1-2 hours. It was just five years ago that 'Trudy" ploughed through the waves and cross currents from Cape Gris Nez, France. to Kingsdown. England. What fan fare of plaudits followed this great feat of endurance and courage. At the age of nineteen most girls are concerned with college or home careers. Not so Gertrude Ederle. Her aquatic feats had to have high light. And they certainly received one when the popular American mermaid conquered the Channel.
 Her feat was none the less acclaimed be- cause Miss Ederle had several years before become a professional swimmer. It was a real test of skill and this robust girl proved herself quite equal to the task. In l93Z she is preparing to reverse her l9Z6 feat by attempting to swim from England to France, which is more hazardous of the crossings. Oddly enough, interviewed re- gently, Miss Ederle set at rest all the rumors about her deafness. Her hearing IS normal, she claims, and was in no way affected by the buffeting she received from the Channel waves.
 There have been frequent crossings of the Channel of recent years. but none will ever approach that of the modest swimming in- struetress at the Bronxdale Pool. Certainly if she aceomplishes second crossing in l932 her name will be inscribed among the athlete immortals of the world. not merely this na- ton. She can well serve as model to the young women of the United States and certainly she and the hundreds of women swimmers who have proved themselves the equal of their male brothers in this field of sport are doing more than their share of education. Here's to more Ederles!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-22
Laws Without Thought

Legislation without foresight is eharse- teristeally American method of messing things up. Take. for instance. the Illinois law requiring that all governments in that state is awarding contracts provide that the wages paid by the contractor be those cur rent in the community in which the con- struetion is done Union labor fathered this law. hoping to provide against con- tractors bring in outside labor at lower rates when home labor was idle. It sounded like good law.
 But what happened is that 5000 or more men who might have been employed on state paving jobs this year will be idle. Bids received before the law went into force must be returned and new bids advertised for. The summer will pass and winter with its snows will be upon the state before the nee essary formalties can be taken care of There was to have been some $l7.OOO.- 900 spent on roads this year. Most of these jobs will have to await another spring. Meantime the men are idle. and the roads are not what they ought to,be. .. n.
 The Chicago Tribune remarks about this situation Tt is well to maintain wage scales if possible. but to attempt to do so at such cost is little short of criminal at time of general unemployment. There have been few clearer instances of ill-eonsidered legislation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-22
SATURDAY, AUGUST P, 1s;
Inquiry Widens

Judging from the trend the Hartford county grand jury probe of the air fatality at Newington is taking the state department of aeronautes had better open itself to in- yestigation. It seems the better part of discretion for the youthful commissioner and his deputy to place themselves and their personnel at the beck and call of the grand jury when it meets again on Wednesday. That Benedict M. Holden. foreman of the jury, is evidently planning on some such move is clear judging from the fact that he was in telephonic communication with Captain Harry w. Generous. former deputy eommis- sioner, last week.
 Captain Generous. it may be recalled. was grounded at Bridgeport some weeks ago for a technical violation of the rules of the ar and it was freely rumored then and in the interim that the present deputy Jack Lenox' was responsible for his suspension. Deputy Commissioner Lenox denies this as well as the rumor of i'll feeling between him and his predecessor. However. rumors are pilng up so thick and fast that it will be an actual service to the state and the state department of aeronautes to run them to | Lenox's case with the recent removal of a state-owned plane from the National Guard hangar at Brainard Field. Hartford. to privately owned one.
 When the removal became known 1t was published that Mir Lenox feared sabotage on the part of National Guardsmen who pro- fessed no liking for the new deputy com missioner and who had been heard to hope that he would take out the plane and crack up''. That in itself was serious charge for any person to make. It plainly indi- cates that feelings between the air unit Of the National Guard and the state aviation department are not the friendliest. They should be. of course, and there IS no earthly reason why they shouldn't. While this IS a departure from the investigation of the deaths of the two army flyers at Newing- ton on July 20 it is linked with flying con- ditions in general in Connecticut which evi- dently need some probing.
 We feel sure that if there is any connec- ton between the cases or if the one throws any light on the fatalities it will be brought to light by Mir Holden and his grand jury men. It is up to the State of Connecticut to carry this investigation through. not merely to establish the blame for the fatality. but perhaps to protect it's duly-appointed offi- cials from the finger of suspicion. Until proof of guilt has been established there IS no reason why any individual should be blamed. It may have been one of those unavoidable occurrences with weather con- ditions constituting factor. At any rate a good investigation will place the depart ment of aeronautics on its feet and give 1t the backing it should have.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-22
The London Crime Wavelet

The bead of London's famous police force is worried about crime wave There was an increase of 100 per cent in murders in l930 over the preceding year. That eer- tainly sounds alarming. This city would be worried. too. if such state of affairs existed here. But listen
 The number of murders for the great city of London. about the same size as New York. was 10 in 1929 and 2 in l930. While London slayers were doing away with 10 persons, killers in New York murdered 425. Many American communities with 50.O00 inhabitants have as many murders year as London. Unless Londons hom- icide rate continues to double each year until it catches up with ours we should think they needn worry too much. But perhaps it is because everybody. public as well as police department takes the matter so much to heart that their record is so much better than that of most American cities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-22
THE NUTMEG MARK TAPLEY.
(New York Times)

When the Hon. John Quillin Til son began his vacation. he took Q vow. He would totally abstain from politics. He wouldn't touch, taste, handle, "give a single thought to politics" Now he has come out of the woods. He has released himself from his vow. He reap pears in Minnesota at a dinner of republican politicians, including half the Minnesota representatives in congress. They sat down blue. When they got up they must have been as rosy as the chain of young loce. MT Tilson exuded and radiat- ed confidence. Everything is go- in gto turn out all right" for the best of parties. Why? Because of CD MT Hoover's part in bringing about the moratorium and (2) the achievements of the farm board.
 He dries up his first fount of joy by saying alliteratively what every body knows, that the moratorium is beyond the pale of party opli- ties" And just what has the farm board done? It has aided In maintaining the stability of our country" It hasn't stabilized prices. It hasn't stabilized agriculture. In some mysterious way unintelligiblc to less illuminate souls 1t has steadied the country, kept 1t in equilibrium. Whatever Mir Tilson meant to express or cloud in vague ness by his Orphic phrase, 1t Is n happiness to understand him when he tells us that the farm board has spent the better part of and soon will spend all of $500. co, 900. That is a great contribution.
 The farm board is but the agent in spending the sums authorized by congress and the president. The taxpayers are the forced contri- butors to this enormous fund. VIII they be persuaded any more than the farmers seem to be that any thing like adequate return has come from its expenditure? Aside money and consideration. who will not envy MT Tilson's buoyant dis position? For him Egyptian dark ness blazes iwth arc lights. If he had been living at the time of the Great Plague, he would have con- graduated the. Londoners on the unusual healthfulness of hteir city. In congress and in Connecticut such & consoler and brighter Is in- valuable. Let who can be speaker. He holds a nobler office upon earth who is the republican Little Sun beam. rt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-22

The increasing number of motor truck accidents has caused Motor Vehicle Commis- sioner Stoeekel to discuss the advisability of barring sleepy and fatigued drivers from the roads. Tn recent years, said the com missioner, "there have been number of serious accidents caused by motor truck oper- ators going to. sleep at the wheels of their vehicles. This has been a common cause of nighttime accidents. - Just how the motor vehicle department will go about cur ing this situation is somewhat of a puzzle.
 but it has taken a step in the right direction in enlisting the aid of the Connecticut Man ufacturers Association. Obviously the em- ployes of these tired drivers will have to be enlisted before any remedy can be applied.
 If men are to engage in night work then it
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-22
NEA Service Writer

Washington - Senator J q m e s Couzens, the multi millionaire who used to be general manager of the Ford automobile company, Is going to introduce legislation for unem- ployment insurance in the next congress.
 Couzens is chairman of the sem ate com mittee on interstate com merce. For years he has held that unemployment insurance to any great extent and Couzens believes that 1t is now up to the federal gov- ernment. He has been in corre- spondence with many experts and students who have applied them selves to the unemployment prob- lem.
 A while ago one Mir Eugene W. Lewis, who, as president of the Morris Plan banks of Michigan had observed many persons in unfortu- nate straits come to the senator. MT Lewis, like the original MT Morris whoever he may have been-had a plan. The Lewis plan was an un- employment insurance plan and 1t sounded at least good enough to Couzena to accept in principle as he called in other Michigan busi- ness men and queried them in an effort to arrive at some generally acceptable program.
 Lewis began with the theory that this country's banking system was largely built for industry and that 1t was possible to build publicly owned system designed to stabilize consumption.
 The Lewis plan would be volun- tary but attractive. It proposes to raise 0 fund in each state which would equal 1.75 per cent of the Thirty per cent of this fund would Thirty per cent would be tossed in by the federal government after being picked up from income taxes in the higher packets. Twenty five per cent would be contributed by the employers and 15 per cont by the employees.
 The employers would be kicking in with an amount equal to two- fifths of one per cent of their pay rolls and the employees one-fourth of one per cent. Lewis estimated that in 10 years the fund would amount to 70 per cent of the dSf- ference between the total of 1929 ard 1880 payrolls. He suggested q sliding scale of collections on con- tributions for the fund which would pick up most of the money during peak years of employment.
 The plan involves a presid ential- ly appointed commission which would operate 6 central or general 'sta abillzing bank" in Washington. Each state would also have such commission with its own state bank. The funds would go into the banks as collected and there would be no disbursements until emcrgen- cies were declared. Emergefcie would be declared when employ ment sank below 8b per cent of tho previous three-year average and would be discontinued when em- ployment went back above 90 per cent.
 LeAyis suggested that 70 per cent of their monthly wage be distrib- uted to the unemployed in such a period. If the plan is made volun- tary. he believes, 1t will be attrac- tive both to employers and employ es because of the size of the fed eral and state contributions.
 The Couzens proposal next De-