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The Washington times., 1931-10-02
Labyrinthian Financing In
D. C.. Gas Ownership

The resourceulness and tenacy of William A. Roberts
assistant corporation counsel and Richmond Keech people
attorney accounts for the interesting developments con-
necon with the ownership control of the Washington
Georgetown gas companies
The earnestnes of members the Public Utilities Comis
sion in seeking all possible information whether the
La Toilette anmerger law other laws being violated
in the nebulous manpuaons connected with this ownership
is also to be commended -.,.1
There utilities commissions in States that would
be duly impressed with intricate financing Of holding
panes and take for granted that these companies within
their legal and moral rights in any steps they take.
Such commissions generally composed of absolutely
In sympathy with financial kyrocketng and milking of the
public but commission stands staunchy for daylight in
the control and management of local public utilities and the
making Of reasonable returns by utilities stockholders
The complete history of this gas transaction and its
poses must eventually be had that the people of Washington
may be protected So far there is shadow than sub.
stance in the clearing up processes.
An outside holding company need not necessarily be
to Washington people in ownership control of any
Of public utilities That part be determined by their
methods of management and their policies well by the
powers of the P. U. @. to put on the brakes.
What Washington gas consumers willing to do is to
pay legally approved returns honest valuations of gas
properties They willing to have their gas plants
through series of haZy transactions that at least invite
suspicion.
Washington people have felt kindly toward George A. G.
Wood president of the local gas light companies in his e
forts to bring about public understanding and cooperation
but he seemingly placed where he not do ne thinks
best.
may be that the real gas stocks only
temporarily holding back of the facts until they know
whether they be proceeded against under the La Toilette
law. That is their privilege and right.
Time will bring the full truth if the Public Utilities
Commission and its alert specialists and attorneys continue
digging away.
The Washington times., 1931-10-02
StardOm Is Expensive

Betty compson tells readers Of this newspaper that stardom
mighty expensive and that the nations favortes of the
must get fancy salaries to maintain themselves
Everything is expensive for the favorites-houses
furnishings servants automobiles cosmetics manicure hair
dressing messages and all that with keeping polished
perfection \
The woman picture star not count on many years of
earning ability There not many Marie Dresslers As age
crees on the cosmetics the beauties
They must make their wads while the wads waiting for
them. .........,....
Betty points out that business and professional men can
grow old fat and Wrnked but their earning capacities are
not impaired Wrinkles in picture stars, though stop the
big salaries
When you come to think Of it. the high-salared picture
stars do have hard time When they make 100000 year
and must spend most of to keep up and hold their
places in public favor, it's certainly tough
St there are large number of pretty girls ready to 90
through the trials of stardom taking chances of marrying
Tch men when their earning days drawing to close
The Washington times., 1931-10-02
An Ideal Behind This Play

There the National Thear next week truly great
play Barres The Admirable Crchton be rendered by
imposing cast headed by Walter Hampden and Fay Banter
Washington people, backward in their support Of good
clean plays and outstanding stars will be interested in the fact
that this play the banner piece crusade Of the Theatrical
Press Representatives of America restore clean drama and
comedy along the theatrical road all that theatrical
outside of New York and few other large cities
This excellent play therefore, something Of test OF
America appreciation of hghcass plays and payers-an en-
deavor to reawaken throughout the nation the support that
went to excellent productions.
The plan has for its the opening Of territory that has
been barren of the spoken drama for the belief Of travel
ing representatives of legitimate theatrical productions being
that distinguished players and clean plays should want
for audience in this country The Admirable Crichon
should prove whether the remainder of the country will rally
the standard About Washington there doubt
successful itinerary for the Barrie comedy expected and
the press representatives lining other worthy producers
to stand ready to tour other attractive plays.
The Washington times., 1931-10-02
Hale Speaks Language of
National Patriotism

Good old revolutionary stock and atmosphere likewise the
language Of patriotism speak when Senator Hale of Maine
he will fight any action that naval mora
torium, cutting down hating Of national defense.
from rockribbed Republican State to put himself in oppo
cn to the distnegraon policies Of the leader of his party
President Hoover but the people he represents not Of
the namby pamby sort when it to preparation,
readiness for preservation of this nation if attacked
The Presidents plans this do not involve reduction
Of national expenditures half much they do his ideas Of
disarmament the spreading Of propaganda that the world
must have and that good old Uncle Sam should
toss aside his sxhooers example that he is peaceful
chap and ought not think of having to fight
this disarmament of Uncle Sam not curbed the bad man
who keeps his six shooters will get in his nasty work
fenseles is going invite but it will surely
that the nation that established by revolutionary patriots
not going to be shot up by other nations It is going to be
ready do tall shooting itself if put to the necessity
The Washington times., 1931-10-02
Hamstringing the Navy

The proposal to hamstrng Americas navy through
donment OF treaty rights ought entertained When
cables reached London to the effect the United would
drop ner building plans of economy Sir John
SIMON Sir William Jowett attorney general of the present
the news as of tremendous Importance direction of
international peace
Our neglect Of opportunity to bring the United Navy
up TO London treaty ratio approach TO- 102 and 66
o Great Britain and Japan respectively leaves the
and 112 for Japan oneyear naval holiday would prevent
laying OF new keels the figures would be America
10 for Great Britain and 1877 for Japan.
There guarantee of peace in the Far East situation
with Japan massing naval forces the Chinese
somewhat significant that this applause from abroad
at time when proposed cessation Of building here would per
petuate America 3 naval inferiority.
The Washington times., 1931-10-02

Sunshine O.. the long, white
convent wall. Shaggy dark
expresses looming above the
wall-with the sound of the lit
tie bells rising and falling be-
hind the big, barred gate. Dark
blue shadows of the cypress, ly.
ing in bars across the pale,
bright dust of the road. losing
themselves in the tangled, yel-
low grass. We had no summer
rains. The grass dried brittle
as blown glass and as brilliant.
Sunshine on the white, red
rooted shacks. where the pep
per trees cast wells of cobalt
shadow where the light
rippled like green water in the
dusk beneath the old fig trees
and the palms clattered
stiffly fin the brief, lazy gusts
Of wind.
And fog drifting down
from the marshes, flowing in
from the ocean, meeting and
mounting in great, pearly
banks-blurring the files of
eucalyptus. Only the ghostly
sound and sense of the eucalyp-
tus left in the fog droop-
ing, dripping, dropping, drip
ping everything else hid
den by the fog.
Set in a Rose Garden
And above it all, my fathers
house, set deep in a rose gar
den. A poor, proud mans big,
disorderly, half,furniShed white
house, filled with laughter and
squabbling, noisy young ambi-
tions-romantic young dreams.
My fathers house, my
mothers rose garden, set high
on a hill above a place whose
very name was lovely-Benicia
the blessed" So that al
ways, year in, year out, in hap
piness or trouble, there was al.
ways beauty around me. So
little money, such few and
simple adventures, but always
beauty.
OF course, I took it for
granted, being busy with my
young concerns. But always it
was there, touching me, in
sinuating itself into my growth,
influencing my desires. The
good salt wind: the fragrant,
fertile dust; the free white
gulls against the clean, bright
sky-always they were there.
I might not notice them, but
they put their mark on me.
They fixed lasting hunger in
me for freedom and cleanliness.
for the brave and the beautiful
things Of the spirit.
The Washington times., 1931-10-02
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson.

Fathers house stood on a
hill.
A yellow hill against a. hot,
blue Sky-above the warm, blue
water of the bay. White gulls
dipping, weaving, drifting
through the sun drenched air.
Cleaning white clouds rolled
across the blue sky, casting
dark shadows on the bay, dark
stains as purple as the spilled
wine on the decks of the little,
dago. fishing boats. Lateen
sails on those boats copper
bright as they came scudding
home against the sunset fire.
The sound of songs coming
over the water. strange for
eign words that flowed smooth
as oil or broke into the sharp
staccato of castanets. High,
chattering songs. Low, sleepy
songs, as the boats lay tied to
the rickety wharves in the
evening, the water clucking,
lisping, between the piles. The
nights were never quite black
a powdery violet, with
flickering points of scarlet
where the braziers burned on
the freshly scrubbed decks.
Dark. shining faces with rings
in their ears, passing through
the glow of the flames,
laughing, singing, their white
teeth flashing. The smell of
frying fish. :. garlic. the sour
smell of wine. drifting with
the smoke
The town lay scattered be-
tween the bay and the hill. One
long main street-its ramshackle
wooden pavement on stills above
the deep, black winter mud.
above the deeper, golden sum.
n1er dust that smelled of grapes
and fish and eucalyptus gum.
Roads ..andered AimlessIy
From the main street, narrow,
rutted roads wandered aimlessly
in every direction-down to the
bay-back into the hills-over
the hills to the wide tule
marshes where the tidewater ran
in secret, silvery sloughs between
the peacock darkness of the
reeds. between the great
patches of ooze and slime that
were gold and crimson and
phosphorescent blue in the turn
ing light.
And always, along the narrow
streets, there drifted in another
silent tide, the smell of salty
mud, dried purple figs, violets,
pomegranates. fruity sunshine
=. slightly bitter fog.
Sunshine and fog-they were
not climate, they were Presences.
The Washington times., 1931-10-02
TIMES TEST

Fill each blank:
/. Lincoln is buried in the
city of
2. To pasteurize milk means
to -.
8. Effervescing means the
bubbling up Of a from a
liquid.
4. To close or complete a cir
cult in electricity, a is
used.
5. wrote "The Good
Companions"
6. Raphael's "-" is in
Dresden. -.
z. Government mail travels
8. The city of Cobb is in
9. Bingen. Germany. is on the
10. New Bedford, Mass, was
once famous for its
fleet.
Do you know:
IL. what Shakespeare said
about misery?
IL. What Bryant said about
crushed truth?
Is. What Goldsmith said
about the fighter who runs
away?
IA. What Stevenson said
about his grave?
Is. What Keats said about
fancy?
(Answers on Magazine Page)
The Washington times., 1931-10-02
Coolidge Definitely
Declines to Run

Coolidge Definitely
Declines to Run
Calvin Coolidge has def
nitely announced that he will
not be a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination in 1892
and that he favors the renomi-
natic of Mr.. Hoover. This is
additional proof of his acumen
and caution. Having been so
fortunate as to have been in
the presidency in a period that
seemed like prosperity, however
spotted, he has no desire to
mar his record or to destroy
any illusions.
No one knows better than
he that his continuance in Of
flee would not have prevented
the crash of the market and
the resultingO disasters born of
the wiping out of billions in
credit.
Toward the close of his re-
glme there were premonitions
on the market that must have
caused him some uneaSiness. It
will be recalled that at one time
he issued a statement from the
White House to affect the mar
ket favorably.
1t would be possible to argue,
in behalf of Mr.. Hoover, that it
was the policy Of extravagant
initiation during the Coolidge ad-
ministration that made the
crash inevitable. But Mr..
Hoover, being of the same party
and administration cannot make
that plea.
Thus the general public will go
on thinking that it vas the
craftsmanship of Mr.. Coolidge
that maintained prosperity.
and that the crash was due en-.
tirely to the ineptitude of Mr..
Hoover.
There is another similar in
stance in American history. The
moment Cleveland entered upon
his second term in the presi-
dency he was confronted with a
crisis, and a panic followed.
For two generations most
people have been led to believe
that this was due to Cleveland
and his party. Was there a
panic when Harrison was in?
Did not a panic strike as soon
as Cleveland took office. Could
anything be palmer?
And yet historians and big
finance know perfectly well
that the crisis was hurrying on
before Cleveland entered office,
and it has been written that
Harrison and his Secretary Of
the Treasury, Mr.. Foster, were
watching the dollars in the
treasury with unconcealed
anxiety, and hoping against
hope that March 4 would come
without an actual crash" The
crash was delayed and thus
Harrison is. not associated with
hard times, and Cleveland is.
The Washington times., 1931-10-02
Wise Man of Northampton = By Claude G. Bowers

point is being raised as a re-
suit that he holds office con-
trary to the existing law which
prohibits the head of the Treas
ury to be engaged in business,
directly or indirectly.
When the point was first
raised the attorneys for the
Secretary concluded that the
law did not apply in the event
he retired from the manage
The Washington times., 1931-10-02

stock this is, and will ques-
ton the assertion that Mr..
Mellon has no influence with
the company.
The Washington times., 1931-10-02
Is Building Plant

Is Building Plant
In Canada
And it. too, like the Steel
Corporation, is building an
enormous plant across the Ca
madam border where Canadian
labor will be employed.
We are assured that Mr..
Mellon knew nothing about
the proposed cut; that he
merely is an humble stock
holder with no influence in
the management of the Alum
mum Company.
The skeptic will Immediately
inquire how much stock in the
company is owned and con-
trolled by the Mellon group"
and what proportion of the
The Washington times., 1931-10-02

Since the most powerful of
the corporations receiving the
greatest benefit from the tariff
have entered upon their pro-
gram of reducing wages and
salaries, President Hoover per-
sonally has remained mute.
Thus he has saved himself
from even greater embarrass-
ment by the action of the
Aluminium Company, dominated
by the group represented By
his Secretary of the Treasury,
in announcing a 10 per cent
cut.
The Aluminium Company is
scarcely among those that
would run at a loss without
a wage reduction. It, too, has
been among the favorite chill
dren of the high protective
tariff "for the maintenance of
the American standard of liv-
ing for the workingman."
The Washington times., 1931-10-02

ments of the many business
enterprises in which he was
concerned. Thus the attorneys
wiped out the word indirectly"
It was not wiped out by
Congress. However, the Ameri-
can people were not greatly
excited about it, and so nothing
was done,
The Washington times., 1931-10-02
Not the First Time the
Point Has Been Raised

The wage cut of the Alumi-
mum Company, however, has
nothing to do with Mr.. Melons
official actions. But the old
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-26
LIBBY BOYS SKILLFUL
IN BIRD HOUSE CONSTRUCTION

The bird house contest conducted by
the j. & c. Hardware resulted in a
number of very clever and well con-
structed houses being entered by Lib
by youths. First prize was won by
George Rusher, second by Earl Mort
enson and third by Elmer Stevenson.
1t was not easy for the judges to
decide on the three winners and a
number of the other entries were close
runners-up for the prizes. Among these
should be mentioned houses by Jim
Enders, Sidney Brown, Darrell McGill,
Kenneth Mortenson and Dick Hen
messy In deciding, the judges consid-
cred the neatness and skillfulness Of
the work and the practically of the
house In most of the entries the work
was very we'll done but some Of the
houses were not so good from the
standpoint of usuabfeness.
The judges were Miss Inez Ratekin,
DIR, c. B. Boyle and Chas. D. Rowe
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-26
Jaqueth & Charnholn

Gotha bombing plane also figure prom
inently in mile-high action above the
clouds. This is the largest air fleet ever
assembled to perform in private en-
terprisee
More than $2,O0O,OO0 was expended
on aviation scenes alone, and another
half million was invested i'll the dirig-
ihle sequence, which is spectacular
highlight Of the film. This latter cpl
sode, incidentally, is the first authentic
reproduction OF the famous wartime
Yep raid on London
The exploits Of Baron Won Rich
thofen's flying circus have been ac-
curately reproduced also, and in one
scene SO planes are shown participating
simultaneously in free-for-all dog
fight between fighting air devils of
Germany and the Allies
Equally stupendous were the oper-
atoms on the ground. More than 10000
extras were employed in the various
mob scenes. Exactly LOO ex-soldiers
took part in a single infantry battle
scene, and extras are featured in other
Notifying episodes by the thousands,
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-26

thriller is the screen sensation OF the
new era of talkies.
1t is more than three years since
'Helps Angel" was first launched-as
silent super Subsequently the cast
and story were revamped, and all of
the non-flying sequences REFINED,
with sound and dialogue.
Ben Lyon James Hall and Jean
Harlow are co-featured in the Lead
ing roles and are supported by such
well-known players as John barrow,
Lucien Prival, Jane Winton, Lena
Malena, Douglas Gilmore, Stephen
Carr, Tommy Carr, Pat Somerset,
Granville Divis, Lisa Cora, Wyndham
Hall and others.
Approximately 1877 aviators, and as
many mechanics, including nearly
every stunt flyer and ex-war ace avail
able in America, participated in the
sky action of 4HelPs Angels" which
alone required Is months to record.
Exactly 81 planes, including 40 true
war-type ships, both German and Al
lied, took part in "Hells Angels
A Zeppelin and giant German
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-26
Says New Law
Will Benefit Egg
Industry in State
Customers Will Know Just What
Grade of Eggs They Are Paying
Their Money For.

HEIE March 23.-Development
of the Montana egg industry will be
fostered under the provisions of House
Bill 308, enacted by the recent legls-
ture which will go into effect July |,
1881 This act was passed to promote
the industry in the state and to prevent
deception in the sale of eggs,
Enforcement of its provisions is
placed upon the dairy division of the
state department of agriculture, labor
and industry. Power is given the de-
partment to so regulate the activities
of dealers and wholesalers that the
customer will know just what grade of
eggs he is paying for Eggs advertised
and sold as fresh eggs must be fresh.
This, it is believed will increase the
demand for eggs as it will give the pur-
chaser more confidence in the use of
this class of food
All handlers of eggs at retail, buy
ing or selling on an average of rs cases
per month, will be required to take out
license, for which the fee will be SIS
per year. For dealers buying and SELL
ing at wholesale the license fee will
be $40 per year. Every person buying
eggs from the producer for resale, ex-
cept persons or corporations who do
not sell to exceed Is cases in any one
month shall candle all eggs and shall
refuse to buy eggs unfit for human
consumption.
Eggs imported into the state from
other states or foreign countries shall
be sold as such. Retailers Of said eggs
shall sell them from the container in
which they are received and shall in
form each purchaser that said eggs are
foreign eggs. Restaurants, hotels, cafes,
bakeries, and confectioners using or
serving foreign eggs in any form must
place a sign in letters not less than
four inches in height, in some conspic-
uous place where the customer enter
ing their place of business can see it
to read: I'VE use Foreign eggs" or the
same words with the exception that the
name of the country, or state where the
eggs are produced may be substituted
for the term foreign
Dealers in eggs must report the first
of every month to the department of
agriculture, dairy division, the number
of cases purchased from producers,
number of cases purchased from dealers
and number of cases from outside the
each year, and will be ready for issue
after April 1st
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-03-26
is GOOD NEWS TO
ALL SERVICE MEN

A number Of Libby ex-service men
have had occasion to take treatment at
the veterans hospital at Helena They
have reported that facilities there were
very inadequate and that many vet
Grams needing treatment were unable
to obtain it because the hospital was
not large enough to take care of the
demands upon it. Consequently when
the congress recently enacted bill
appropriating $3300OO for new hospi-
tai at Helena, the news was received
with pleasure by Libby ex-service men
and by all veterans and their friends
over the state.
Work will soon be started on a new
$50 bed infirmary, modernly equipped
in every way, and with central heat
ing plant.
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FOR RENT.

Free rent to some responsible per-
son as care taker. Ranch 6 miles south
of Libby by survey. modern well fur
nished room house, BATH toilet hot
and cold water up stairs and down.
full basement, telephone. Chicken
house for 200 chickens, 2 acres fenced
in with foot chicken wire, hog house,
barn and sheds, 6 acres under cultiva-
ton, can have possession first of April.
Place must be seen to appreciate its
beauty. Families with children OF de-
structive age need not apply.-Frank
Wepner, Owner, Box 14l, Libby, Mon
80 1914
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