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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12
STREETS OF CITY
Being GRADED

Pfentywfod streets are receiving
considerable attention this week as
they are being hveled off and all
bumps removed. The county tractor
has been put into service by the city
IN tearing up the rough street surf
aces, and streets which have already
been graded and packed down again
considerably facilitate auto travel.
The highway through town, be-
ginning It the railroad crossing on the
east side OF town, through to the
west city limits, have been improv-
ed, and other streets are now being
worked.
Several business firms contem-
plate s~urfacing the streets with
gravel near their places of business
as soon as work is completed.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12
Delegates Named for
Republican Convention

Republican precinct committee
mel OF the county met here Tuesday
and named three deIegats to attend
the state Republican convention at
Helena. May H. Those elected were
Frank Kester of Outlook, Frank
French OF Medicine Lake and r.
Sherry OF Redktone. They viii At
tend the state convention which will
name delegates to the Republican
National convention and Republican
presidential electors.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12
Sheriffs Office Gets
ADDED ResponsibiEfiU

The county commissioners In reg
nlar session last week shifted the
burden OF some additional work to
the sheriff's office The new duties
will be the completion of the coun-
ty agent work, as well as assisting
with various duties in the assessors
office.
County agent Ed Austvold left
last week for. Glasgow, necessitatinx
the transfer OF his work to the sher-
NJ The agents office will be closed
after this week
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12
Harry Koike Returns
From Minot Hospital

Harry Koike, proprietor Of the
.Ity cafe, returned last week from
Minot where he has spent eight
months in a hospital receiving treat
ment Tor a broken leg. Mr.. and Mrs.
koike We're both seriously injured in
an automobile accident last fall, Mrs.
koike spending about a month In
the hospital for treatment for her
injuries, but Mr.. Koike was moi SO
fortunate.
All of Harry's friends are glad e.
see him back in Plentywood and
hope tina he will be able to pet
around without the aid Of clutches
in a short time.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12
CLEAN UP

In order that we may make Plentywood a clean
and attractive city. and that visitors to our town may
carry home with them favorable impressions of our
progressive citizenship, we should all strive to i'm
prove the appearances OF our premises.
THEREFORE,, by virtue of the authority in me
vested as Mayor, and with the approval of all civil
organizations Of Plentywood, hereby proclaim and
designate
TIE WEEK BEGINNING THE. 10TH OF MAY
as clean up week, and do hereby respectfully urge
all property owners and residents of property within
the Town to remove all rubbish and garbage accu-
rnulated, and to cooperate for a cleaner, healthier
and more attractive and sanitary place in which to
live.
All attractions of the law will be enforced under
the provisions Of Ordinace No. 81 Of the Town Of
Plentywood.
Given under my hand and seal this 18th day Of
May, 1882.
G. w. PETERSON,
Mayor
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12
Charity Dance Saturday
Was Successful Event

The charity dance held at the
fairgrounds Saturday night was a
decided success, and an amount in
excess of 500 realized for the aid
OF q crippled child.
The Masonic lodge sponsored the
eanee, and Captain Bexlinger is due
a lot of credit for taking the initia-
tive for this cause, and for the man.
ner IN which the dance was carried
out.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12
CORRECTION

A recent issue of the Herald con-
tanned an advertisement of the
Montana-Dakota Power Company in
which Frigidaire's were listed ut
$3.50 t. 0. b Dayton, Ohio. This
twas an error as the Frigidaire price
Is $3.50 f. o. b. Plentyxood.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12

Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Gutenberg of
Antelope are the proud parents Of
a baby born Sunday at the local hos
ptal. Mother and baby are doing
fine.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12

Up to and including May 18th.
1892 there have been received lit
seed loans for a total amount of
<516,74aOO- There are still quite a
few loans to be sent here yet that
have been held up for various cas-
oH.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12

NOTICE

The following rates will be in eff
fect at the Sheridan Memorial hos
pital during the months Of Nav
June and July.
Single rooms $500 per day, $500
per week.
Double rooms $500 per day $1,000
per week.
Mrs. Z. Fl. E. Helgeson, Sec.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12

Have on hand some fine seed
corn, fodder corn, Siberian Millet,
hog Millet. and Oats. Farmers Gle
vator Co, Antelope, Montana. 37-3t.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12

Bob Cummins, Border Patrolman,
our city is the proud owner OF a
1882 Chevrolet sedan purchased
at the Peterson Co., Saturday.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12

Continued on Page 81
Evening star., 1932-12-07
4PER CENT SALES
TAX RECOMMENDED
IN MILLS REPORT
Secretary Tosses Back
Troublesome Issue Into
Lap of Congress.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The turbulent sales tax issue was
tossed squarely back into the lap of
Congress today by Secretary Mills with
a recommendation that az per cent
general manufacturers levy be adopted
In his annual report the Secretary OF
the Treasury said the present specific
excise taxes adopted at the last session
of Congress had failed to produce the
expected revenue and he proposed their
repeal
Mills directly asked the House to re-
verse itself. Only six months ago that
body holted its leadership to vote down
ia per cent sales tax, ana the issue
was not even brought to q vote in the
Senate.
Drastic Economies Urged.
Drastic reduction in governments
expenses was insisted upon by the Sec
retary, who predicted that the present
fiscal year would end next June with q
deficit Of S1,l46, ,000, GOO and the follow
ing year, at the present pace, with q
deficit of $307, ,000, 600, exclusive of debt
retirement. He said Government spend
ing could be reduced by $479,000 900 In
the 1884 fiscal year If recommendations
made by the President in his budget
message were followed
Mr.. Mills asked Congress to retain
the 1-cent gallon tax on gasoline
which was to be effective only until
next June, saying If it was continued
for another year it would provide an
additional S137 600, 900 of revenue, re-
ducing the estimated deficit by that
amount. 1t is not feasible. he said. to
provide for resumption of the normal
reduction of the public debt in 1884,
but urged that otherwise the budget
be balanced.
His recommendation was;
THAT those excise taxes which ex-
perience has demonstrated are rela-
lively unproductiye and give rise to
serious administrative difficulties be re-
pealed, and that there be imposed a
general manufacturers excise tax SUBJ
stantially in the form appearing in the
bill originally reported by the Ways
and Means Committee of the House OF
Representatives during the last session
of Congress.
"It is estimated that such measure
with the ga per cent rate will yield
Continued on Page 2, Column -
Evening star., 1932-12-07
.ST|MSON PREPARES
NEW REPLY ON DEBT
Communications Expected to
Paraphrase Earlier Notes
to Debtor Nations.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

A reply to European nations that
have requested the United States tc
postpone the installment on war debts
due on December IS and have asked
for a thorough revision of the debts will
be sent by the State Department before
the end of the week.
1t is believed that the note will be
sent simultaneously with special mes
sage to Congress from the President
dealing with the requests received last
week from the debtor nations
Will Paraphrase Notes.
The state Department note is said to
be a paraphrase of the previous COM
munications, and informs the debtor
nations that the American Government
cannot see any valid reason why the
December installment should not be
paid when due. AS far as the revision
Of the debts Is concerned, 1t is said In
well informed quarters that the Secre-
tary of State will reiterate his previous
point of view, that they are a matter
upon which the Congress alone can
make decision.
Secretary Henry L. Stimson, assisted
by Assistant Secretary Harvey Bundy
by Special Assistant Secretary Allen
Clotz and the economic adviser of the
State Department, Herbert Feiss. was
busy last night and the whole of this
morning drafting the note to France
and Great Britain.
The note, supposedly a lengthy docu-
ment, and AN expose of the American
views on world economics, is inspired
by the irreducible views of Congress on
the question of the postponement Of the
December installment.
Macdonald in Paris.
While the State Department was pre-
pairing the American answer to the
debtor nations, Premier Ramsay Mac
Donald, accompanied by the foreign
secretary, Sir John Simon, was in Paris
to discuss with Premier Herriot and his
advisers the question of a solid common
front in regard to these payments as
well as to the entire debt question.
No decision has been reached in Paris
and the conversations are reported to
dwell with the desire of the British
premier, who wants to make last effort
to pay the December installment, noti-
flying the United States that this will
be the last payment the debtors will
make on the basis of the old debt agree
ments, and the difficulties which the
French premier is bound to encounter
in his own Parliament, which Is opposed
to any further payments.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
EXPLOSION TRAPS
MINERS IN SHAT I
Dead Estimated From 8 to
9O-FIameS Prevent
Rescue Work.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBUQUERQUE, N Mex, December
7.-An explosion in the Morgan Coal
Mine at Madrid, N. Mex, 40 miles north
of here. caused death today to a num-
Der of miners, early estimates ranging
from 8 to 90.
All available ambulance equipment
and physicians were rushed from Albu-
Querque.
The company's ofice at Albuquerque
reported "eight or nine" miners were
killed, but unofficial reports placed the
number as high as 90. Passengers on a
train at Domingo, who were in Madrid
this morning, said they understood
about 10 men were killed.
Estimated at 60.
One Of the passengers said he saw
flames leap high into the air from the
mouth of the mine after the blast.
Company officials said they were not
certain how many miners were at work
when the explosion occurred and de-
clined to make an estimate. Those
familiar with mine operations at Mad
rid reported about 100 men are en-
ployed ordinarily.
A telephone call from Domingo, about
Is miles from the mine. from one OF
Gllc JldlIl pdSSSilScIS ul0AOoUC0 CAeAs OL
nine bodies had been recovered and
that at least 60 men, many of them
believed to be dead, were trapped in
side. The fire prevented rescue work
ers from penetrating the mine immedi-
ately.
Warren Bracewell. State mine in
spector, left Albuquerque to aid in the
rescue work and to make an investiga-
ton.
Mine Had Been Closed.
Reports here said the explosion ap-
parently was caused by the ignition
Of gas.
The explosion occurred in soft coal
mine of the Albuquerque & Cerrllios
Coal Co., located / mile from Madrid.
There are no telephone facilities In the
town and this prevented reports from
being confirmed Immediately.
Company officials said the mine had
been closed and that it reopened only
this morning. They said the normal
number of miners was not on duty and
they believed that not more than 10
were killed and that none was trapped.
The mine is in hilly country studded
with pinions Access to the town from
Albuquerque Is over roundabout road
that at present is in poor condition.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SANTA ANA, Calf, December 7.-If
delicate measuring instruments are to
be believed, light, the swiftest thing
known, moves faster on some days than
others.
But DR.. Francis G. Pease of the Car
negie Institutions Mount Wilson OBJ
servatory and Fred Pearson, University
of Chicago, are not ready to accept this
apparent variation. They have begun
a new series Ct observations in which
they flash light with mirrors through
mile-long vacuum tube at the Irvine
Ranch, near here.
The late DR.. Albert A. Nicholson,
first American to win the Nobel prize
for scientific achievement, flashed light
back and forth between Mount Wilson
and another mountain nearby in 1927
and announced he found 1t travelled
1885, ,284 miles per second.
He believed, however, still more
accurate measurement could be obtained
with vacuum tube and enlisted the
aid Of the Rockefeller Foundation and
the Carnegie Institution in building It.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
SLASH OF II Per CENT
IN U. S. PAY ATTACKED
Representative Boylan Pledges Self
to Fight Against Further
Cuts.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Hoovers recommendation
for an IL per cent Federal salary cut
was attacked in the House today by
Representative Boylan, Democrat, Of
New York, who described the Govern
ment employe as "the forgotten man."
"As a member of the Appropriations
Committee. and as member of this
House I will do everything in my power
to prevent any further cut" Boylan
said. II call on you to do the same.
'I say to the President we will not
further cut salaries Of faithful Govern
ment employees. We will not reduce
these starvation wages"
Bcylan said the Government employe
had been "kicked around from pillar to
post"
How many men sitting on the floor
here have been able to discover the
Elusive 20 per cent reduction in the cost
OF living the President talks about?"
Boyian asked. ''I have tried to find 1t
during the past year and 1t has
eluded me.
In my mind 1t is myth"
Evening star., 1932-12-07
VARIATIONS IN SPEED OF LIGHT
INDICATED IN NEW EXPERIMENTS
Scientists, However, Are Unwilling to Accept Changes
Shown by Delicate Instruments

DR.. Nicholson died shortly after the new
observations were begun and Drs. Pease
and Pearson, who we're working with
him. have carried on.
When the work was suspended last
August DR.. Pease announced the rush
and pull Of ocean tides apparently were
disturbing the earths crust and caus-
ing the mirrors, which are set ON con-
crete foundations, to shift, leading to
variations in the measurement of lights
speed.
Prof. Alfred Joy Of Mount Wilson
Observatory today said further study Of
the measurements has failed definitely
to establish tides as causing the varia-
ton. and the two scientists hope to
clear up the question. They also viii
find whether the effect is given In
Winter as well as Summer
The long tube, made of corrugated
iron, requires much attention to keep 1t
alright, and a pump is in almost con-
slant operation during the observations
to insure a near vacuum. Most of the
readings are made at night when the
tube Is at more even temperature
and dancing heat waves are not present
to distort the light image in the mir
rors.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
MILLS TELLS CONGRESS HOW
SHRINK IN RICHES HIT TREASURY
Class That Produced 81 Per Cent of Income Tax
Sharply Drops in 1880 and 1881, Report Discloses.

as compared with s237, 10000 the year
previous.
The Secretary said the net income
of persons reporting $1,000 or more had
dropped from SIG, ,299, 600, 900 in 1928
to sl0.199, 900, 900 in 1880, and to
81, ,489, ,oo0, 900 in 1881. Income from
the sales of real estate stock, ETC.,
dropped from s1,843, ,0oo, 600 in 1928 to
$3.50 000, 900 in 1880, and to s166, ,000, 600
In 1881. while losses deducted increased
from s170o0o,0o0 in 1928 to s97S,-
C00000 in 1880, and to S989, 900, 900
in 1881.
Income from salaries and commits
sions dropped from S4,700, 900, 900 in
1928 to s4,l59, ,000. 900 in 1880, and to
S3,154, 100000 in 1891. Dividends de-
creased from $3,929 ,000, 900 in 1928 to
81, ,622, ,000, 600 in 1880, and s3,l54,-
0e0 900 in 1881. Business and part
nerships which reported income OF
So .291 ,000, 900 in 1928 decreased to ST.
s74, ,000. 900 in 1890, and dropped to
81 ,236, 900. 900 In 1881.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
C0NTE De SAV0IA
SPEEDS TO NEW YORK
Completes Repairs to Valve-Due
at Quarantine at
Q PM
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December THE Ital-
ian Line announced today that the
Conte de Savoia, which had trouble
yesterday with a water inlet valve, is
now proceeding at fast rate OF speed
and is expected to reach quarantine at
2 pm.
The breaking of the valve yesterday
made it necessary to heave the vessel
to for repairs. Due to the delay it was at
first said at tn line Office that the ship
would not reach quarantine before
5 pm.
1.-THE ship is now travelling at faster
speed than we anticipated and will
reach quarantine at Q o'clock" q line
Official said.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
FIRE DESTROYS SALOONS

MEXICALA, Mexico, December up.
Fire continues as an active prohibi-
ton enforcement agent In Algodones,
Mexican border town opposite Andrade
near Yuma, Ariz
For the third time in two years
flames of undetermined origin yester-
day swept saloons, this time wrecking
three and destroying a restaurant In
addition. The estimated loss was
S15,0O0
Evening star., 1932-12-07
ARRESTED IN K. K. K. RAID

LONG BEACH, Calf, December Z
P1.-Five men were arrested today
and II others sought on secret indict-
ments returned by the Los Angeles
County grand jury ss result of the
alleged Ku KluX Klan raid on what
police said was Communist gather
ing here November 16
The raid was made on the home Of
David Milder, where the raiders plant
ed burning cross on the lawn, broke
in the house and attacked four per-
sons, including Milder and his wife.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
By the Associated Press.

ey the Associated Press.
How the income Of the Nations tax
players faded away in 1880 and 1881.
swiftly wiping out the Governments
chief source of revenue and making
new taxes mandatory. was explained
to Congress today in the annual report
Of Secretary Mills.
The Secretary gave statistics show
ing that the class of taxpayers who
produced 81 per cent of the income tax
had sharply diminished. The class is
that with incomes of $4,000 or above
In 1928 there were 1870 taxpayers
who had incomes of 100000 or more.
IN 1880 there were 6,l52, and In 1881
thls had dropped to 3,l42.
The number Of taxpayers In 1881
having incomes Of 5000 or more de-
: creased 27.1 per cent from 1890. The
taxes dropped 494 per cent, with 556. :
a2o persons paying $233. .s33 900. The
greatcst drop was In the SlOO .Ooo ar
more class, which yielded $lo7, ,soe .ooo
Evening star., 1932-12-07
CONVERSATIONS PUT OFF.
Herriot and Macdonald Await Arrival
of Chamberlain in Paris.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, December Premier Her
riot said today that he will make no
decision regarding the French policy
on the money owed the United States
until after he has talked tomorrow with
Prime Minister Macdonald of Great
Britain.
Mr.. Macdonald was in town today
but the two premiers will await the
arrival of Neville Chamberlain, British
chancellor of the exchequer, who is due
tonight, before undertaking discussion
of the situation.
M. Herriot quoted Mr.. Macdonald
as having said that the purpose of this
Continued on Page 2, Column a.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
$58O,OOO,OOO REDUCTION
SOUGHT In 1884 BUDGET:
FUNDS FOR DISTRICT CUT
Drastic Measures
ToBalance Budget
Urged by Hoover
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Hoover in his budget
message today recommended that
Congress
Enact a sales tax Of IA per
cent.
Retain for another year the
1-cent gasoline tax.
Cut Government salaries IL per
cent with an exemption of the
first 5000. and in addition con-
tinue the present 8b per cent cut
under the furlough plan.
Restrict benefits to veterans by
100000.
Make appropriations of $4,21S.-
808,344.
Mr.. Hoover also predicted a
deficit of $1,146,478,307 for the
present fiscal year, and estimated
a deficit of 1907, 900, 900 next year
unless the additional tax program
and economy program is adopted.
He did not mention war debts.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
President Elect Will Call In
Experts for Series of
Conferences.
WON'T ACT ON CABINET
UNTIL MID-FEBRUARY
Passes Through Washington on
Way to New York From
Warm Springs.

Franklin D. Roosevelt plans to make
thorough study Of the whole structure
Of the Federal Government during q
series Of talks with experts he will cali
to Warm Springs late in January.
The plans of the President-elect were
disclosed today shortly before he reach
ed washington for 15-minute stopover
before speeding on to New York for a
conference on State affairs tonight.
Mr.. Roosevelt plans to leave for
Warm Springs either January 1S or 20
and Immediately after his arrival there
will begin an intensive study of the
governmental structure and the budget
airy system.
During his stay there he will see only
those experts who are called to Warm
Springs to supply him information.
The President-elect feels that he
should have broader knowledge of the
functions Of various departments and
bureaus that have been created, or
whose work has been broadened, in the
years that he has been away from the
Capital.
The plans of Mr.. Roosevelt between
the Inauguration of Herbert Lehman as
Governor OF New York on January 2
and his departure for Warm Springs
about January 18 call for him to spend
several days each week In his New York
City home and the week ends at Hyde
Park
There were indications today that the
President-elect had definitely decided
against going to Florida on a houseboat
before his own Inauguration on March
4. and that he expected to put cabinet
appointments over until about the end
OF January or mid-February.
Farley Joins Him Here.
Mr.. Roosevelt did not leave his train
here, which pulled in on the lower
level at Union Station, but came out
on the rear platform to be photographed
with James A. Farley, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee. who
joined him here.
Only a small crowd was on hand.
In addition to Chairman Farley, Mrs.
Farley and Prof. Raymond Moley, one
OF his advisers, and Joseph P. Ken
nedy, friend, were here TO await the
Governor. They left with him to 60 on
to New York.
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson. who
Is chairman of the District Of CoMmbia
Inaugural Committee, also departed
with the President elect. Among others
who greeted Gov. Roosevelt were Sena-
tor Byrnes Of South Carolina, Jesse II.
Jones Of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation. and Breckinridge Long,
who was Third Assistant Undersecretary
Of State in the Wilson administration.
When Mr.. Roosevelt's train left he
was accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Farley and Howard Bruce, national
committeeman for Maryland.
His itinerary called for his arrival in
New York in the late afternoon to begin
conference with Mayor Mckee, Con-
troller Charles w. Berry of New York
City, acting Gov. Lehman and several
bankers.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that there were
many details of the plans for the spe-
cial session Of the Legislature that he
felt he should familiarize himself with,
including the demands of the bankers
before they agree to aid IN financing
the citys activities.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
Finnish Cabinet Resigns.

HELSINGFORS, Finland, December
Y (P).-The Finnish cabinet, formed in
March, 1881, by J. E. Sunila, resigned
today after President Swinhufvud re-
fused to sign bill dealing with regu-
lation of interest rates on all loans ex-
cept those floated by commercial and
savings banks. The measure was sup
ported by the Agrarian party, which
had a majority in the cabinet.
Evening star., 1932-12-07
Brazil Buys Planes.

TROY, Ohio, December 7 R.-Ten
more airplanes valued at approximately
S75, 200, were ordered from the Waco
Aircraft Co. here yesterday by the
Brazilian government. The order, off,
cials said, brought to SO the number Of
ships purchased by Brazil from Waco
this year.