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The Carbon County news., 1931-01-22

One of several measures ap-
proved in committee of the whole
by the Legislative house in Helena
this week included bill to permit
cities of less than 500 population
to disincorporate on petition cf
two thirds of the residents. The
population figure was raised from
300 to 500 by an amendment Of
fered by Alex Fairgrieve of Car
bon county, who said Bearcreek,
with little more than 400 popu-
lation, would like to abandon its
charter.
One of the most interesting bills
so far presented at the legislative
session this year is the proposal
Of Senators Larson Of Teton, and
Survant of Phillips to remove real
estate and Improvements from
class 4 in the classification law
and place them in class 2. If this
measure is enacted it will mean
that real estate and improvements
will be taxed on basis of 20 per-
cent of the value instead of the
present 80 percent. If the Larson
Survant plan prevails real estate
and improvements will be in the
same class as household goods
and automobiles. The purpose is
to take some of the burden off the
greatest single item in the prop
erty classification list.
For the first time this session
the calm of legislative sessions was
disturbed by debate Tuesday, on
the bill presented by Senator Gar
Der of Sanders county to abolish
the office of the chancellor Of the
greater university and substitute
business manager. CARRIER said,
"the chancellorship system results
in duplication of positions The
presidents of the units are we'll
qualified and do not need the guid-
ance of chancellor. A business
manager in place of chancellor
would cut down the costs of OPP
eration.' He asserted that 3S
counties at the last election ex-
pressed displeasure at the finan-
The Carbon County news., 1931-01-22
BODY OF OSCAR
Johnson BROUGHT
HOME FOR BURIAL

The body of Oscar Johnson, 6S.
was entombed in the communal
mausoleum Wednesday afternoon
near the bodies of his wife and
son, following two o'clock services
at the Finnish Lutheran church
with the Rev Matt Erkkila Off
ciating R. G Martin had charge
Of funeral arrangements. "a eaaaA
I Pail bearers We're members of
the Knights Of Kaleya,, lodge,
Charles ] Mattila, Thomas. Irving,
Otto Herronen, August Kallio, Vic
tor Aho and Nestor Makela.
Mr.. Johnson's remains were
brought to Red Lodge from San
Francisco Wednesday by four sons
who have been living in lower Cal
ifornia Mr.. Johnson was strick-
en- while at sleep sometime Tues
day night or early Wednesday
morning of last week. On the pre-
ceding Sunday and Monday he had
been in the company of his sons,
having spent much of Sunday me
torlng around the country. His
boys did not see him Tuesday but
on passing his hotel observed that
their father was in his rooms from
the lights shining through the
windows. One of his sons went
to the hotel Wednesday afternoon
and found his dead body in bed.
Physicians stated death was due
to heart ailment and complica-
tions.
Oscar johnson was born in Iso-
joki, Finland in March 1867. He
came to the United States about
40 years ago, first making his
home in Negaunee, Michigan where
he married Miss Ida Luoma. They
came to Red Lodge in 1894. For
time Mr.. johnson worked in the
mines but later became engaged
in work in the old Red Lodge Lum.
ber & Hardware company, with
the Talmage Lumber company and
until about two and half years
ago was associated with the Jeff
cry Hardware firm. His retire
ment followed soon after the death
of his wife on Christmas eve of
1927. A son, William, died in Red
Lodge about 1924.
Mr.. Johnson had been in poor
health for several years. He spent
his winters in California but found
the Beartooth mountain summer
climate more healthful, and late
last Fall expressed a reluctancy
about returning to California.
He had been an active member
of the local lodge of Knights of
Kaleva since its inception here
many years ago. Mr.. Johnson is
survived by six sons, Leonard and
Waino of Red Lodge, Charles, Ed
! ward, Fred of SanFrancisco and
Benhardt of Los Angeles. A sis
ter and brother live in Portland
and Astoria, Oregon.
The Carbon County news., 1931-01-22
CARBON HOOpSTERS
BREAK PARK CITY
RECORD OF WINS
AND ENDS PARK cITYiS
STRING OF TEN VIC
TORIES
CAPTURE 27-22 TALLY; VISITORS
HAVE HARD LUCK IN THREE
PERIODS; BLASCOVlCH
is SURPRISE

A seasons string of ten straight
victories for Park City, reputed to
be the strongest contender for the
Yellowstone district basketball
championship, was broken in Red
Lodge Friday night by the aggre-
CATION of Carbon county high
school, which resulted in the big
lgest upset of the current dis
triet cage race. The tangle closed
with a 27 to % score for Carbon.
Park City holds a 1922 decision
over Carbon from a previous game
this season.
Carbon held short lead thro-
ughout the first half, lost it in the
third quarter but everhauled it
during the fourth with a point
margin.
Blascovich, who numbers among
new material, contributed the out.
standing plays of the evening,
caging five field goals and a con
version, II total points. Pollock,
forward, also played with better
form than he has shown during
the season, amassing points.
Eudaily and Walton, Park City
forward and guard kept the Still
water crowd in the running. Each
tailed points. Witcanack, who
led the onslaught on the Carbon
defense in the previous Carbon
Park City game at Park City, was
closely guarded by Doran with the
result that he found no place in
the scoring column.
Marsyla replaced Blascovich a
few minutes before the close of
the game, with scoring continuing
Continued on page 81
The Carbon County news., 1931-01-22
VOTERS TO ELECT
!. MUNICIPAL HEADS
i s8
MONDAY, APRIL. 6

The five incorporated towns of
Carbon county; Red Lodge, Bear
creek, Joliet, Bridger and From
berg, will hold municipal elections
on Monday April 6.
Red Lodge electors will be call
ed to the polls to elect three alder
men The two-y year aldermanic
terms of w. w. Flashman in the
first ward, 7. F, Pollard in the
second and John Corey in the third
expire this coming spring. Hold
over alderman will be Ed. Cunning
ham in the first ward, Ray Houton
in the second and Anton Salono
| in the third.
The terms of Mayor Edgar Al
len, city treasurer Joe Bailey, pol
ice judge E. B. Provinse do not
expire until the spring of 1882.
In Bearcreek Roy Wadsworth as
mayor will continue in office for
another year. Outgoing aldermen
will be Frank Robel first ward;
Mrs. Robert Irvine second and
Thomas Irvine third. Holdover
aldermen are Dominic Favero, first
ward; Frank Kastelitz, second
and Jules Besinque, third. The
police judge, treasurer and clerk
are named by appointment.
Notice of close of registration is
published in this issue of the Car
bon County News, to the effect
that registration books will close
on Thursday, February 10, accord
ing to the office of the county
clerk and recorder, and will re-
main closed for a full forty five
day period Immediately preceding
the day of city elections.
Those who were registered for
and who voted at the general ell
ection last November are not re-
| quired to register as their names
| will be carried to the city election
| lists. If change of precinct has
been made by moving, it will be
necessary to be transferred to the
present address
Electors may register for the
ensuing elections by appearing be-
s fore thescounty clerk and record
er in the courthouse at Red Lodge
or before a deputy registrar, JUS
tice of the peace or a notary pub
lie.
The Carbon County news., 1931-01-22
WILLIAM LARKIN
PRESIDENT BEAR
TOOTH OIL FIRM

William Larkin, Sr. of Red
Lodge was elected president Of the
Beartooth Oil company at an an
nual stockholders meeting held in
the company's offices in Billings
last Thursday. Mrs. Beulah Riff
fill of Greybull, Wyoming was ell
Iected vice president; George E.
Smell of Billings, secretary and
John Shupak Of Bridger, treas
urer. Mr.. Larkin succeeds J. w.
Bales of Billings as president.
More than DO persons attended
the stockholders meeting. A re-
port was made covering the ac-
tivities of the company during the
last year, and the status of the
company's holdings which con-
sists of leases in the Dry Greek
field, Garland, Oregon basin and
the Golden dome structure.
The Carbon County news., 1931-01-22
TAXPAYERS ASSN
ORGANIZE; ADOPT
SIX RESOLUTIONS
AIM TO RETARD GROWING TAXES
FAVOR CUT IN SALARIES FOR
COUNTY AND STATE
OFFICIALS
ENDORSE FAlRGRlEVE PROPOSAL
FOR ToBAcco-c -ciGARET TAX;
FAVOR ONLY FREE4OLDERS
VOTE ON BOND ISSUES

The newly organized Carbon
County Taxpayers Association has
adopted resolutions, principally
touching the rights of freeholders
of the county, with lower taxes as
a goal. The association was or
ganized in Roberts last week, when
members elected ]. E. Carroll OF
Roberts, president; Frank Krook
of Boyd, vice president; E. w.
Snyder of Joliet, secretary treas
urer. The committee to draw up
association bylaws met at Joliet
Thursday. 1t is composed of j.
F. Pithoud, Fromberg; 7 c.
Schrumpf of Roberts and E. W.
Snyder Of Joliet
Resolutions adopted by the as
sociation place the members as
favoring a law that allows only
,freeholders to vote on bond issues
or an increase in tax levies; op'
posing repeal of the law relative
to redistricting judicial districts
asking that county and state Of
ficials be paid actual travelling
expenses rather than payment or
mileage basis, endorsing the ac'
tion of Representative Alex Fair
grieve in proposing a tax on tobac
CO and snuff at 1919 and A c pei
package for cigarettes; favorine
reduction of state and county of
ficial's salaries commensurate tx
the income of state farmers ant
CONTINUED on page 81
The Carbon County news., 1931-01-22
This Week
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE
Nathan Straus
A Farmers Charter
SO Much Russian Money
See Your Country

The death of Nathan Straus in
New York, three weeks before the
completion of his elghty-third year,
is a great loss to this country.
Mr.. Straus set an example or
wise philanthropy, devoting more
than a quarter of a century of his
active working years, and a sub
stantial fortune, to his fight for
pure milk throughout the United
States. AS an example to others he
distributed pasteurized milk, in
cluding milk properly modified for
young infants, in the poor districts
of New York.
His influence is felt In foreign
countries as we'll as here. Because
of his work pasteurization of milk
and careful handling and bottling
are now enforced by law, and,
thanks to Mr.. Straus, the death
rate among infants in New York
has been cut down 80 per cent.
The Carbon County news., 1931-01-22

In this land of marvellous roads a
little automobile will take you
everywhere, cost you little, less
than staying at home, for you don't
''go out nights" when travelling.
Buy your railroad ticket, or get
your car and start.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
So, 900 AWAITS OWNER
AS LEGAL HEIR is. SOUGHT
Cousins Filed Claim in Talbot
County When Brother Cannot
BE Found.
ay ! gtsfY corre.pondens q The SEE.

ny stan Correspondent Of The Star
EASTON, Nd, September l7-With
D cash estate of SIS 500 awaiting some
authentic claimant, the Orphans Court
of Talbot County Is endeavoring to
learn whether Grant Hail. brother of
Miss Sarah Hall, who left the estate,
Is living or dead.
Miss Hall, former local resident,
died in New York in 1929, without an
executor The public administrator of
New York took charge and asked that
the Talbot County estate be turned
over TO him.
This was not done. however, and
the court appointed William Mason
Shehan as special attorney to make
distribution of the estate
Advertisements have failed to locate
Grant Hall. but two of his cousins,
living In New Jersey, have filed claims
against the estate Other relatives of
the Hail family have also been located
and all have been requested to appear
before the court for a conference
November 6. when the tangle may be
settled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
TWO APPEAL FINES
!. AFTER rum CHASE
Constable Tells HyattsylIIe
Court He Had to Shoot
Tires off Auto. !.
By a stan Correspondent Of The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
EVANSVILLE, Md, September IT,
Two men, arrested only after a con-
stable had shot the tires off the auto
mobile in which they were riding, APP
pealed heavy fines for violation OF. the
liquor laws Imposed by Judge j. Chew
Sheriff in Police Court yesterday.
The men, Fred Martini, who said he
worked at a washington hospital, and
Robert Wills, who told the court his
father was Commonwealth attorney OF
Woodstock, Va, were accused OF pos
session of seven cases of liquor found
in a car owned by Martini. but driven
by wills. Martini was fined 5000 and
Wills 500, with S. additional for
speeding.
Shot at Car Six Times.
Constable Howard Slater, who made
the arrest on the Defense Highway
September 2. told the court he shot six
times at the car before succeeding in
stopping It,. Through Attorney Rob-
ert w Mccullough, the two. noted an
appeal.
Robert E. Mahoney, president of the
Prince Georges County Volunteer Fire
mems Association in 1928, was ordered
TO nav his wife SIS a week, following a
hearing on warrant charging nom
support.
John White, colored. the man who
reported the jail break at BladensDurg
Yesterday. was fined SIS ON charges OF
being drunk and disorderly preferred
by Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad Detec-
tive Nichols.
Laura Hurd, colored, of River road
was fined SIS or 80 days on diSorderly
conduct charges brought by Mrs. Ell
mer Tucker, a neighbor The eolored
woman's husband, Frederick Huro, told
Judge Sheriff he once made him do
80 days for nothing" The judge
held this remark in contempt Of court
and fined the man $40.
Woman Is Cleared.
Testifying that she had rented her
house all Summer and had not been
back in 1t long enough to make the
mash which was offered in evidence
against her, Mary Enig of Ardmore
was acquitted on charges Of manufac-
turing and possession of liquor. Police
who raided her home found still and
quantity Of mash in the basement, they
told the court.
Although he at first pleaded guilty
to charges of being drunk and d1sor-
derby, Thomas Redmond OF Colmar
Manor was acquitted when he told the
court he had not been drunk since
April when he was last arrested. In
view of this good conduct record Judge
Sheriff agreed to give him an oppor-
tunity to keep sober four months
longer.
d 50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
Strikers Take Over Town.

vALLADoLID, Spain, September II
C4p).-Two hundred striking workmen
in Alcazaren have taken over control of
the town and are preventing employers
from leaving by besieging them in their
homes.
The men have threatened their en-
ployers that they will invade their
homes II work is not provided for them.
Civil guards have been sent from here
to restore order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
FEW PENNIES SAVE
TWO FROM PRISON
Men Convicted at Winchester Of
Misdemeanors in Thefts
of Workers Pay.
special pispa.eh to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va. September IT.
The dividing line between nisdemea-
nor and a felony was appreciated today
by Roy Golladay and Boyd Queen, for
mer State Road Department foreman,
near here, when they escaped convic-
ton on multiplicity Of charges involv-
ing the theft of money from workmen
engaged in erecting stone fences on the
Shenandoah Valley pike.
Some of the amounts were $49.60
and $500. If the sums had been $50
or over the men would have been sent
on to the grand jury on felony charges,
with the penitentiary staring them III
the face. As it happened, the amounts
were Just under the legal limit of q
felony, and they, were convicted on
miSdemeanor charges. each man getting
IL months on the State roads without
pay, along with costs. They were said
to have volunteered to take pay checks
to bank and have them cashed for
fellow-'yorkmen and then left the
State They were found last week In
North Carolina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
Will Study Foreign Missions.

NEW YORK. September II Up. -
The lavmen's foreign missions inquiry
as1!Ndnced yesterday the appointment
Of Mrs. William Ernest Hooking of
Cambridge, Mass. and Miss Ruth F.
Woodsmall Of Indianapolis, Ind, as
commissioners to assist in an intensive
study Of foreign missions in India,
China and Japan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
Boys $I.95 and $2.45
Wool Knockers
$l.65

FABRICS of real quality, tai
A Iored TO stand hard wear.
Plus4 style. Fall shades of
Brown, Tan and Gray. All seams
and belt loops bar-tacked. Four
pockets. Full lined. Small sizes
have Wristbands. Sizes 6 TO Is.
SdIcs-.SecOnd Floor
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-23
Hats Off to West Texas

We doff our hat to West Texas and the sturdy breed
of farmers and farmers wives populating that section Of
the great Lone Star state.
Workers live in that section.
In fact to live in that section, one must be a worker.
No tender race of men and women can stand the high
winds, the burning sun, the cold of the winter that char
acterizes parts of West Texas, notably the Panhandle
Plains area.
Farming under difficulties, in many instances separ-
ated from their market by long distances, real pioneers
are settling the once desolate plains country and are
carving an empire out of an empire.
Back to fundamentals, with their feet on the ground
and their heads in the clouds, this new race of pioneers
works hard and dreams hard. Dreams of the future of
their vast country, and works hard to make that dream
come true.
Right now, in the Lubbock territory, farmers and
farmers wives are preparing for the next winter, pre-
pairing to live during the next few months off the products
of their farms and gardens which are today a drug on the
market.
In every home in that section the housewife is busy
with a home canning outfit. Tomatoes and other vegeta-
bles are going into the can, meat is being laid away for
the winter, and the housewife of the plains country will
do her Saturday shopping from her own pantry shelves
next winter.
Getting back to fundamentals are these farmers and
their wives. Most of us can remember the day Wien the
farm which was not self supporting was the glaring ex-
ception, when flour and sugar were practically the only
items of the larder purchased.
We would not advocate a return to those days. We
believe that the average farm family enjoys the advanced
standards of living which have come in these days Of i'm
proved distribution.
However, we would advocate for the Valley at least
a partial return to the days when the farm family derived
its sustenance from the farm. A step in this direction is
being taken in the canning school classes which have been
conducted with notable success in some parts Of the Val
ley.
Home economic teachers in our public schools are
helping the good work along and county home demonstra-
ton agents are showing our Valley housewives how to can
farm products satisfactorily in what are to most Of them
new climatic conditions.
The day is probably past when the farmer who set
Ties in the Valley believed that he had found a section
where farming was play and not work. No section Of the
country will yield greater returns from the land, but no
section demands more work to get those returns.
General principles of farming as practiced in other
sections of the United States are applicable to the Valley,
and the sooner we apply those principles, the better off
will we all be.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-23
Quotations

Too much attention II being given
to the student and not enough TO
the teacher.
II. l.. Wandel. professor OF educa-
ton, Columbia University.
The dethronement or man as the
undisputed head Of the family isN
n ~ the factors III the break
down NJ the familiar old-style home.
Rev. Harold Holt. Oak Park, Ill
We must not forget that flnan-
cially and economically. there are
two divisions in the world. Part
one. the United States; Part Two,
the Rest Of the World
William q. Shepherd.
~
In human affairs there is always
somehow "A slight majority ON the
side OF reason.
DIR. Henry Van Dyke.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-23
TO-DAY Is THE
Anniversary
SHARP ACTION on FRONTS

SHARP ACTION On FRONTS
On August p. 1917, the British
captured statesic positions for n
mile along the Ypres-Menin road,
repulsed counter attacks OF the
German crown prince, and pene-
trated the German trenches 90 the
north.
sharp actions on several other
fronts took place ON this date also.
The Germans began an often
sive between the Tirul marshes and
the River Aa. and penetrated the
Russian positions. The Italians adj
vanced on the northern and south
ern wings Of the ISonZo front I'm
the eIkat drive on Trieste.
Zepf~linS raided Yorkshire, Eng
land. killing man. and Gotha
airplanes ralded Dover. Margate
and RamSEate. killing lI persons
and iniuring l3. Eight German
planes were shot down.
Germans attacked VandeAin-
court hospital. killing 10 wounded
men. one woman nurse. and 10
men nurses.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-23
you nil do Ibis for ne. mont you. Beautifully" he said.

As Norma hesitated she caught
his gaze directly. The girl flushed.
In a voice that was not quite nat.
ural she said suddenly. "Ill show
him 70 you. Wen have 70 90 down
10 the basement
His steady tread followed her
light footsteps NH the rirkety stairs
Norma snapped the switch and pale
electricity Illuminated the base
mpnt.
Its back here" she said over
her shoulder. They went through
an open doorway into the rear Of
the basement. This was the store
room and here, on his folded blan.
kot, the pup sat erect. blinked AZ
them.
Evidently Tho sound WI their
footsteps had awakened him. For
an instant the puppy stared. then
bounded forward with a yelp.
"Mrr-ph, Mrr-ph," he barked
ioyously. "NRR-PHi"
Norma stopped and picked him
IN. She held him III her arms,
rubbing tho vclrety head.
"Why. nv looks n lot hetteri"
TravCrs exclaimed. forgetting bis
pose. Been feeding him, haven't
your
Bread and milk" Norma in
formed him. The night ! brought
him here he really was nearly
starved. You should have seen him
70 after a bowl of milkl" She
gave her attention 10 the pup.
Listen" Mark Travers spoke
earnestly, "y0u know 7 think it's
swell ~ you 10 take care of this
little NUT the way you have. Feed
him and look out for him. actually
spend money 20 try 10 find the peo-
pie he belongs to-"
why. Mr.. Traversi" The girl
touched the puppy's warm fur 10
her cheek. She was smiling. III
thought you came here NJ inquire
about the dog you've LOST You
haven't said a word about whether
or not this puppy Il yours. Aren't
you-er-foTgetting yourself?"
TRAvERs grinned. Suppose I
am" he admitted. 1T wasn't
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-23
SOME

BONDON-While Robert Cousins
hasn't been beyond London and
Glasgow. he's probably travelled
more in "a years than any man OF
average income in England. He has
charge Of the dining a on the
London to Glasgow train. and has
travelled more than 100000 miles
since he went TO work on the road
"a years ago.