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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
PREFERRED SEA DEATH.
Post and Gatty Meet Thick Weather
From Khabarovsk.

From Khabarovsk.
NOME, Alaska. June 80 (P).-Wiley
Post and Harold Gatty preferred death
in the Boring Sea to cracking up their
ship later on their dash to New York,
they said yesterday when they arrived
at Solomon, near here, from Khaba-
rovsk. Siberia.
we experienced every kind of
weather imaginable coming to Solomon
from Khabarovsk," Post said as he
climbed from the plane.
Il few for 3 hours and half Sum
day night with the weather so thick
that 1 didn't see more than the glass
on the cockpit windows at any time
Post declared between mouthfuls of
fried chicken as he watched mechanics
refueling the ship.
Rather Die in Sea.
IT thought then, we'll, would
rather croak flying across the
the Boring Sea than crack the ship
down south after we're almost home
We managed finally to ser enough light
to guide the ship safely here, but all
the way across the Bering Sea we saw
miles and miles of Ice foes moving
steadily northward into the straits.
The cold and haze prevented us from
going to a high attitude We tried it
once and almost froze to death.
For the last 200 miles into Solomon
we flew above clouds and Gid not drop
beneath them until without about 10
miles of Solomon.
Post paid high tribute to Gatty 40 q
navigator and gave his companion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
FLYERS LEAVE TEXAS
FOR FLIGHT TO TOXIC
Robbins and Jones En- Route to
Seattle for Proposed Hop
Across Pacific.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FORT WORTH. Tex. June 3d.
Reg L. Roberts and his navigator, H. S.
Jones. took off from the municipal air.
port here at 4:50 am, today in the
monoplane Fort Worth for Seattle,
from where they will attempt nom
stop flight to Toxic.
They were followed five minutes later
by refueling plane. the crew Of which
is composed of Jimmy Mattern and
Nick Greener. The flyers hope to win
$25, 900. offered by the Japanese news
paper Asahi for the flight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30

anywhere, and Gatty. this reformed
Australian "Brumby and Wombat"
tyou boys that didn't go to oxford
are lost in another maze of intellect.
Well this Gatty just give him COM
pass and one peek at the Giant
Dipper and he can tell you where
you are even if you amt there. This
is one ship I would have loved to
been a stowaway on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
Soldier, 80, Ends Search.

Patrick Mucahey, who lost two sons
on French battlefields in the World
War and enlisted at the age of IS to
find the Germans who killed them"
has just died at wellington, N. a., a=eS
m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30

look like the
size of a water
m e ! on. This
Pilot P os t
is an old one
eyed Oklahoma
boy. He has
just got that
good eye glued
on the horizon
and he is going
to find tina t
horizon if 1T
meets the earth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
Will Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.-No news
today as big as this Post and Gatty
that are making this world of ours
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
SICK TO HEAR CONCERT

Navy Band to Entertain Patients
at tuberculosis Hospital Thursday.
Patients at the tuberculosis Hospital,
Fourteenth and Upshur streets. will be
entertained from $50 to 1880 pm.
Thursday by the Navy Band, which
will give concert under direction of
Charles Benter, leader. The program
was arranged by Steven H. Takes,
chairman of the Institutional Enter
Club
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30

Record rainfall for the first six
months was:
January, 1882. TOO inches; February,
1884, ga inches; March, 1891, 884
inches; April, 1889, 9.l3 inches: May,
1889, 1859 inches; June. 1900, 1924
inches.
Weather In YarInma CifinS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
SPECIAL NOTICES.

1rai rortn.rs "a .hs rsai sstata h,,Sinss 90
der the firm name of Schwab, Walk e. CANDY,
rity' snno1nce the dissoiItion of the part
rership of Jnne %. 1881. Outstandin ac-
counts. II any there be. should be billed not
1904 Connecticut ave, Washington. D. c..
and the same will be Immediately paid in
cash. JAMES E. SCHWAB.
LANSING Walk
BENJAMIN I CANRY.
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THE WEATHER

District of Columbia, Maryland, Vir-
GINA and West Virginia Generally fair
tonight and tomorrow, continued warm
Record for "a Hours.
Thermometers pm, So: 8 pm, 81 /;
IL midnight, 70; am, SO; 8 am, II;
noon, 88.
Barometer pm, 20.0l: 8 pm,
% 90; IL midnight, 5000: 4 am, 30.0l;
8 am, 1904; noon, 2999
Highest temperature, SO, occurred at
noon yesterday.
Lowest temperature, Sc, occurred at s
am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 80; lowest. -.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey)
Today-Low tide. 2:20 am. and 2:53
pm; high tide, 500 am. and s:3l
pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 3:l1 am. and
3:43 pm; high tide, 8:4S am. and
Ola pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 4:45 am; sun sets
1888 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 4:45 am; sun
sets 1888 pm.
Moon rises 8:45 pm: sets $50 am.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Rainfall.
Comparative figures of the monthly
rainfall in the Capital for the first six
months against the average are shown
In the following table:
Evening star., 1931-12-13

London's new lord
mayor, Sir Maurice
jerks, riding in the
traditional gold coach
as the mayors process
sion passed through
the city on the day of
his installation.
@ Associated Press Photo
Evening star., 1931-12-13

Looking down on
the worlds | on G e S t
suspension bridge. The
view is from the towers
on the New York side
Of the new Geor ge
Washington Bri d G e
across the Hud S on
River.
q Underwood & Underwood.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
Wave Of PeSSimiSm Caused
By Continued Dry Weather

st. PauLCOntinued dry wealth
er, particularly in western North
Dakota and Minnesota has caus-
ed a wave of pessimism as re-
CARDS the spring wheat outlook
in the Northwest, the Farmers
Union says in its weekly review.
Seeding of wheat is from one-half
completed in the northern part of the
territory to practically finished in the
southern Districts" the review says.
"The planting of barley and feed
crops is expected to start in a few
days.
"The spring wheat crop is now en-
fering the critical period of the grow
ing year. Moisture conditions are far
from satisfactory and grain planted
for two weeks is hardly showing above
the ground. Rain is needed in every
territory. The crop outlook can i'm
prove rapidly if rain comes within a
week, but light showers will bring
only temporary relief.
with the crop already into May,
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07

there is not a visible evidsnce of ger
mination above the surface and spring
grains will be starting under a hand
leap, a report from Sheyenne, N. b.,
says.
From Forbes and Hope, N. D.,
come reports that there is no reduc-
ton in wheat acreage in those areas,
but generally indications are that the
area seeded will be 20 per CEN below
the 1880 total. %Fessenden, Bismarck
and nearly every point in North OAK
ota and Montana report that rain is
badly needed.
"On May 8, it will be a year since
we have had any rain, an elevator
manager at Sanish, N. D., writes.
High winds are rapidly drying out the
top soil. Stanley, Plaza, Williston and
Minot report extremely dry soil.
"In the territory from Grand Forks
to Devils Lake and in southern North
Dakota the outlook is excellent. The
northern counties of South Dakota
report conditions favorable.
"The lack of moisture also has in
Jured pastures, which are making
slow growth throughout the North
west, delayed also by continued cold
weather.
"The condition of winter v is
southern North Dakota and South
Dakota is reported well above the
average and very little damaged by
winter killing.
Excessively high winds have
caused considerable soil blowing and
have damaged winter wheat in the
Great Falls, Mont, area by 80 per
cent, according to estimates. Most of
these fields will be reseeded to spring
wheat. There is the same moisture in
this territory to start the crop. Wolf
Point reports that VIVID has done con-
siderable damage in that part of Mon
tana, and that rain is needed soon.
Billings reports grains and pastures
suffering from drouth. Richland re-
ports dry soil, but states that there
has been no damage as yet that can
not be alleviated by rain"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
HOMESTEAD CLUB WILL
GIVE OLD time DANCE

The Homestead Community Club
will give an old time dance at the
Homestead Legion hall on Saturday
night, May 9th. They will also serve
a supper at about half the usual pric.
and the dance will also cost the par
Elephants only about half the usual
price.
The Homestead boys extend a gen
eral invitation to everyone who likes
an old time dance to come, and are so
confident they will please all, they
offer to give back the admission price
to anyone not satisfied.
We understand the proceeds will be
used for the purpose of furthering
their work in connection with the
community fair there next fall, after
which they plan on coming to the
county fair in Plentywood to capture
first prize for community exhibits.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
Returns from Forty
Counties Shows a
Majority Of 1883
Final Reports Indicate Only Five Counties Voted Against
Measure, Being Golden Valley, Liberty, Judith Basin,
Treasure and Sheridan. Carried over Four to One in State

uals have put out a lot of libelous and
absolutely false stories about the mea-
sufe.
Money has been spent by vast mon
eyed interests who were opposed to
the measure and cheap hirelings were
obtained who would resort to any
means or act to gain a few dollars in
pay for their services. This made it
an uphill fight for the sponsors who
had little or no money to expend in
a campaign.
However, the victory went to those
who want good roads, ana this will
mean considerable for Sheridan coun-
ty, where about 80 miles of these
roads have been allocated.
No Increase in Gas Tax
There will be no increase in the
gas tax which will remain at 5 cents
per gallon the same as in the past,
and the refund to farmers will contin-
ue as in the past, irrespective of what
has been written and told by the OPP
position during the campaign.
$23,000,0 900 to be Spent
During the next four years a total
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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07

Referendum 35 carried in the
state by a huge vote. With for
ty counties complete, the vote
was 1884 in favor of the meas
ure and 9,255 against, a vote Of
almost five to one in favor of
matching the federal govern
ment's 5000, 900.
Sheridan county is reported to have
been the only county in the state
which turned down the highway mea-
sure. The total vote here was, Yes,
697 and No 1887, giving the county a
negative vote of $40 out of a small
total of only 1884. Hundreds of voters
did not go to the polls as they were
uncertain about which way to vote
having listened to stories circulated by
the opposition until they decided that
it would be best not to vote at all.
Vote Light
The vote throughout the state was
very light. 1t was conceded long ago
that the election would carry in favor
of the referendum by a huge vote,
but it was not realized the vote would
be so overwhelmingly in it's favor, as
opposition organizations and individ-
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
AIR PORT Being PUT
into SHAPE RAPIDLY

The Plentywood air port is fast
assuming such definite shape that
an aviator passing over Plenty
wood cannot help but notice it.
In the past aviators have had a
hard time finding a suitable land
ing place here.
The Plentywood ~Leg1onaires have
done considerable work to make this
possible, but the heavy burden has
fallen on the shoulders of "Spike"
Knutson of the Kavon Garage, Tar
al Thorstenson of Donaldson's garage
and Clarence Kienast of the Kienast
Motor Company. These three men
have worked on the air field evening
after evening for the past three weeks
and it is a far different field than it
YVES this spring, when it was only a
field of stubble. Six runways have
been made, each one a hundred feet
wide, and formed like the spoke of a
wheel, coming to a common center
where a large circle has been bladed
down and leveled.
All rocks have been removed and
ruts filled in and hummocks leveled
out. so that it is as near a perfect
place to land or take off as a be
wished for. There are no wires to in
~terfere with the flyers, and best of
all, there are no treacherous air cur
~reutns or aviator graveyards" above
the field.
New Plane Here
Percy Nelson, who will arrive with
his new Curtiss Robin plane this at
ternoon or tomorrow morning, will,
soon have his new school for aviators
operating. This plane was purchased
through the Kienast Motor Company
of Plentywood. 1t will most likely bt
the first plane to land at the new
field.
Plans for a hangar is now under
way but just how soon this work will
be completed we do not know.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
new CITY COUNCIL
take OVER reign

PlentywOOd's new city council
took over the reins of municipal
government on Monday evening
this week. The outgoing officers
were Alderman P. M. Ziebarth
of the first ward and Elmer
GOoder of the second ward, and
George Wheeler, police magis-
trate. Their places were filled by
Alderman Joe Redmond for Ward
one, Alderman Henry Barner for
Ward two, and George Munson
as police magistrate.
Mayor Storkan and Treasurer Stcn
ehjem were reelected and were OF
the job as usual, and together will
hold over Alderman G.. w. Peterson
and Frank Guenther, as we'll as TIL
new aldermen, proceeded to get dow
to business at once.
Expense Reduction Key Note
Reduction Of expenses for thu
maintenance of the city government
was and is the keynote of the new ad
ministration, and as a first move pro
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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
BRUSH fire BURNS
AREA in ROOSEVELT
(Culbertson Searchlight)

\SulUCi tScu oCuiSlHlSuI
A brush fire Of large proportions
has been raging about twelve miles
southwest of Culbertson the past
week. The blaze, evidently started by
someone burning weeds or under
brush clearing some of the river bot
tom land, and before it burned itself
out covered a stretch of some four
miles long by nearly a mile wide.
Fortunately the prevailing high winds
of the week previous had abated and
the fire moved to the edge of the
Missouri river where it burned itself
out. However, some of the south sio-
ers reported that fires had started in
several, places on their side of the
river caused by the wind carrying hot
embers from across the stream. These
fires were put out before gaining any
Roadway. The present dry weather
makes a brush fire at this time ex
tremely hazardous for any of the far
mers having property in it's path.
The blaze, particularly startling af.
ter dark, attracted many s~ightseerers
from this vicinity who were able tc
drive nearly to the scene of the de.
struction.
LATER-As this is being written
on Thursday, the blaze has started
anew at a further point north anc
west, apparently starting from EN-
bers from the earlier fire, famed in
to life by the fresh wind springing w
Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
PROSPECT OF DRILLING
AT ARCHER IS BRIGHT

Prospects for resumption of drilling
for oil and gas in the Archer test we'll
at an early date is the report brought
to us on very reliable authority. A
number of parties who have held up
giving their leases has made this pos
sible by agreeing to give their leases
the same as the balance of the land
owners.
A geologist was here checking
up on the field for the Lambert peo-
pie and his report was of such a nat
ure that these large operators have
decided to expend considerable time
and money in testing out the field in
the hopes of obtaining commercial
production.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
SOUTH DAGMAR HOME DEM
ONSTRATION CLUB MEETS

The south Dagmar Home Demon
stration Club held its regular month
ly meeting Friday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Carl Jacobsen at which
time Home dying and coloring was
very ably demonstrated by the assis-
tant Home demonstration Miss Fran
ces Bellamy.
Our regular agent Miss Wort being
at this time at a hospital in Billings
where she recently underwent an OPP
Grafton.
The next meeting will be held May
22nd at the home of Hyjmdahl Med
sen.
The Friday meeting was q most
enjoyable one and every member and
two guests were present,
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
Practically All Cars Now
Equipped with New License
Plates Says Sheriff Madsen

Automobile drivers of Plentywood
have taken off the 1880 licenses and
are now equipped with the 1881 plates
and are licensed to drive over our
roads for another year.
Sheriff Madsen says that the people
of the county + generally comply
ing with the law, but there are quite
a few that have still failed to order
their 1881 license plates, and he in
tends to make an example of these
and for that purpose will shortly
make a complete check-up of the
county.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
CANADIAN HOLD UP
man IS LOCATED

According to Associated Press
dispatches from Glasgow, the
bank robbers who held up the
McCord, Sask., bank about so
miles across the line from Plen-
tywood last fall have been locat-
ed, and one of them is now in
custody of the Canadian authorit-
les, but the two others are now
serving time in the Montana PEN
itentiary.
Sgt. J. G. Metcalf of the Royal
Northwest mounted police a e d
through Glasgow on Saturday night
with Saith Thomas Anderson, a Gar
field county sheep rancher in custo-
dy,, and charged with participating in
the McCord ROBBERY on October 90,
1880.
Anderson, the officer said, confess.
ed, and implicated Ray Taylor and
Gle re Wick, now serving terms in the
Montana prison for robbery of the
Nashua, Montana State Bank last
November.
The robbers, according to Ander-
sons confession, had expected to get
at least $4,000 from the Canadian
bank, but found the vault closed with
the time lock on, but they held up the
cashier, took his watch, chain and
knife and secured $279 of the banks
cash.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
ANOTHER SHERIDAN Co,
BOY JOINS j. s. NAVY

Another one Of Sheridan county's
young men has joined the U. S. Navy.
This time it is Orville L. Larson, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hans B. Larson of
Westby. Like the rest of the Sheridan
county boys who have Joined the navy
he had fine references and passed his
examination with flying %colors.
Orville has been placed on the wait
ing list at the Main Station at Salt
Lake City, and will be called to fill
district quotas as the Navy Depart
ment may direct.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
FIFTY REWARD

The city of Plentywood will pay a
reward of not to exceed the sum of
fifty dollars for information leading
to the arrest and conviction of any
person or persons committing felon-
iOus crimes within the limits of the
City of Plentywood.
By Order of the City Council
Robt. Rookie, Chief Police.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
GIRL ON
HONOR ROLL, NORMAL

Miss Clarabel Malcolm of Plenty
wood is enjoying the distinction of be-
ing n of the honor students of the
Billings Normal school this year and
will graduate from that school in
August.
Miss Macolm is a Plentywood high
school graduate, and we are very
proud to know that she is making
such a splendid record, showing what
a be done by Pletnywood students
after their course of study is complet-
ed here.
While at Billings Miss Malcolm IS
making her home with Mr.. and Mrs.
0. S. G%ullickson, our former residents.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07

Descendants of, or former residents
Of Telemarken, Norway constitute the
membership which consist of more
than seven hundred residents of the
northwestern states and Canada.
This is the first time they have
held their annual conventions as far
west as Montana, as former meetings
have been held in Wisconsin, Mime
sota,, North Dakota and South Dako.
ia, and we are glad to know they will
come as far west as Plentywood this
year.
At former conventions as many as
1000 have been in attendance, but
owing to the present depression it is
not believed that the attendance will
reach that figure his year.
The Commercial Club will spare
no pains to make this convention a
success if hospitality and cordial
treatment will make it so. They have
obtained the use of the Farmer-La-
Dor temple for this organization, and
the city band will entertain both days
and the evenings. A large number of
rooms have been arranged for to take
care of those who do not come pre-
pared to camp in the tourist park and
plans are being made by the Lutheran
Ladies Aid to put on dinners for the
visitors for both days.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
brentwood HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATE
1HIRTY-ONE May 70
Baccalaureate Services May
"a, Commencement Tues
day Following

P~lentywood's High School grad
uating class will number thirty
one who will receive their diplom-
as on Tuesday evening, May 26
at the Orpheum theatre in Plen-
tywOod.
The thirty-one who have completed
another milestone in life's journey and
whose training has been finished in
the local school are as follows:
Rigmore T. Brinkman
Vivian Davis
Lottiebelle Domonoske
Leo J. Donaldson
Marion. G. Donaldson
Marie Louise Ertner
Margaret B. Fiske
Beatrice Jessie Goltz
Mildred Myree Goltz
Frederick w. Crave
Sylvester A. Gross
Daqny M. lessen
Edward johnson
Garnet j. johnson
Alden T. Klovstad
Dorothy M. Leibach
Palma A. Lidahl
A. Edie M. Matkin
Elvira Mensing
Evelyn Marion Miller
,Beulah I. Nelson
Howard Nelson
Norman Palubecki
Walter Rasmussen
Gladys Glenola Redden
Merle j. Risa
Stanley 0. Rue
Percy A. Smith
Palmer R. Stenehjem
Marguerite Van Hee
Lawrence w. Ertner.
The officers of the class are as fol-
lows: Freerick w. Crave president;
Lottiebelle Domonoske, vice : presi-
dent; Marion Donaldson, secretary
treasurer and Miss Arna Njaa, of the
Plentywood faculty as class advisor.
Their class motto is "Success-the
thing; the colors are green and gold
and the class flower is the yellow tea
rose.
Baccalaureate Service
The ba%ccalaureate services will be
conducted on Sunday, Nay Gath at II
a. m. at the Orpheum theatre with
Rev. O. M. Simundson of the Luther
an church giving the sermon.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
PETROLEUM RATES
HIGH SAYS REPORT

WASHINGTON, May lap
Rates on petroleum and petrol
cum products, except crude oil,
from Cody, Greybull, Casper and
Glenrock, WyO., to Montana des-
tinatiOns Thursday were held to
be too high ir a report to the in
terstate commerce commission by
Examiner Koch.
The examiner also found that Mon
interstate rates we're discrim
lnatory against interstate commerce
and recommended their revision.
The examiner suggested that tn,
be fixed on a distance scale.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-05-07
RAILROADS PROTESTED

HELENA, May 1.-(AP)-The
fight to reduce petroleum rates in
Montana vas begun by the state
railroad commission in 1928, and after
a lengthy hearing, a reduction of
about 20 percent was ordered in
freight charges on all lines within the
state.
The railroads continued their pro-
test, carrying the matter into the
state and federal courts and to the
interstate commerce commission, with
out upsetting the order.
When the rate was sustained by
the federal court, Wyoming shippers
petitioned for lower rates into Mon
tana, and the railroads at the same
time asked for upward revision of the
interstate charges.
Harry B. Schafer, the Montana COM
m%issioner's rate expert, said protests
may be filed against the examiners
report and hearings held by the state
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