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Milford chronicle., 1932-09-09
RILLt0N r0 RE SAWED

Bernard M. Baruch, leading finan-
cier, says in an article in "The Ma
tion's business, that $1,OOO,OOO, 900
must be cut out of the federal bud
get. The American people are today
spending $15,OOO,OOO,OOO for their
federal, state, and municipal govern
ments, he estimates. If our fathers
had foreseen a cost of government
anything like that, they would have
said their children should be put
into an institution for the feeble
minded, to keep them from throwing
away their money.
This sum is one-third the present
income of the American people, says
Mr.. Baruch. Saving a billion out of
the federal costs would be only a
small fraction of the total. But it
would be a business stroke making
it's impression in every state house
and city and town hall in the land.
Such savings, of course, would not
be made without heart rending out
cries from those whose pay was cut
or who lost their jobs. But the cred
it of our government and of all its
big and little units, is based wholly
on. sound finance. The man who
squanders his money is requested to
pay cash by every business house,
an dthe unit of government which
spends extravagantly looks like
poor debtor.
When the credit of the govern
ment, of states, cities and towns is
affected, the bottom just drops out of
everything. People refuse to do
except for cash. Business
can't operate under that threat. The
result is that factories and mills
shut down. Government officials
would better take a salary cut rath-
er than see their job disappear.
In the recent past, the way for a
politician to get votes was to prove
he had gotten money out of the pub
lie treasury for something. From
now on, the people will be looking
for those who put money back into
The treasury instead of taking it out.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-09
Milford, Friday, September 0, 1882
THE SCHOOL BELL CALLS

The schoolbOy, on the first day OF
school, was traditionally supposed
to answer the command of the bell
with tardy and reluctant feet. He
was considered to groan as he
thought of nine months servitude
under the lesson yoke, in unhappy
subsection to Teacher, whom he re-
garded as an unrelenting tyrant. He
gave up the vagrant ways of vaca-
tion with a heavy heart.
The cheerful faces of the children
of Milford on their way to school
on its opening day, give no hint of
such sentiments. On the contrary
they have had enough of idle loafing,
and they are ready to accept the
tasks of school for what they get out
of it.
The reason is that education has
been turned upside down during re-
cent years. 1t approaches children
from new point of view. 1t makes
them want to learn, by picturing the
dreary future in prospect for the
dance. 1t cuts out the tedious mem
ory lessons of the past, it shows the
close relation of school learning to
daily needs, and it makes the boy
who fails to get his lessons feel like
tail ender in the race of life.
School work becomes associated
with interesting things which chill
dren do not want to miss. Thousands
OF schools have athletic teams, bands
and Orchestras, parties, dances,
Fairgrounds. Not all schools can
provide such facilities, but most of
them somehow sugar coat the once
bitter pill of education. .-..,..4 ..,,
The teacher has ceased being the
grinding taskmaster, and has be-
come the friend whom a normal
child will want to please. If some
of these youngsters still won't try to
learn, even after all these induce
ments are offered, who or what is /
to blame? 1t may be some physical
defect which could be cured. 1t may
be some fault of a home that is ig-
norant or neglectful. If children
fall behind, their parents would
better ask if the lack of home dis
cipline is not the real cause.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-09
MONEY IN YOUR POCKET

1t used to be considered a fortu-
nate sign when people had money
in their pocket. Today it is fire.
quently a sign that some pickpocket
is going to get their roll away from
them, or that some hold-up man will
bluff it out of them.
The habit of many people of car
rying large sums in their pockets, is
one thing that has greatly encour-
aged crime. When these miserable
bandits will sometimes get any
where from $1OO to $500 by holding
up people who don't look as if they
were carrying money, it is not sur
prising that these deeds occur. When
people get into the habit of only
carrying the sums they absolutely
need, the crooks will go into some
other line of operations.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-09
HICK TOWNS

The phrase "hick towns, used to
be applied only to quite remote viii
lagos. But now any town may be a
chick town" in popular parlance.
Some of the big cities are the worst
hick places there are. What consti-
tutes thickness anyway?
A hick town might be defined as
one that is behind the times. Mod
ern standards tell us to keep clean
and finished looking communities,
to provide such public advantages
as can be afforded, to push business
and community interests. A village
of 100 people may be so pleasing and
epterprising that it has a metropol-
itan air, while city of 100000 may
tolerate such slack conditions that
1t is fairly called a 'hick town.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-09
WEAK PARENTS

The making of the modern gang
ster begins in the home. The par
ent who deplores his sad end may be
the one who fated him to that career.
At least this is the conclusion to be
drawn from a survey of 200 crimi-
nails serving life sentences at Char
lestown, Mass, state prison. Fail
ure to control the child's greed and
selfishness is the start of trouble,
say these unfortunate men.
The parent who can't rule his child
is a pitiable spectacle. His weak
policy may be fitting the boy for
prison life in Delaware. Some chill
dren of course seem incorrigible, but
there are few who won't respond to
treatment that is both firm and kind.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-09
ONE MORE THEORY aBUsTEDs

There was famous old English
philosopher who lived about 100
years ago named Thomas Malthus,
who did much figuring ON the ques-
tion of population and food. His
ideas made a sensation, and have
been discussed ever since. His the
ory was that population constantly
tended to grow much faster than the
food supply.
So he argued that no permanent
betterment of what he called the
"lower classes" could take place.
The excess of population, he thought,
could only be kept in check by star
vation. If by any chance food pro-
duction could be increased, the race
would multiply so much facter, that
it. would again be up against a short
food supply.
How ridiculous that theory looks,
as we examine the conditions of to-
day. Now the great problem in
America is how to avoid surplus
food production, so that the farmers
can get decent living. We have so
multiplied our food production by
knowledge, that it is run
ming away from us.
Also population increase tends to
iall off as education and knowledge
gain. People would rather have a
Jew children and take good care of
hem, than to have an old fashioned
Dig family. AS long as the earth re-
aims the fertility, there will be no
rouble with the food supply.
Crowded countries like China are
short of food, but if they would re-
their government so that it |
vas profitable to trade with them.
hey could exchange their products
or food produced elsewhere.
So this famous old theory, over
which many volumes have been writ
en-, is thoroughly busted. so to
peak. Thus many of the labored
ieas of philosophers and theorists
rove to have no basis in facts. The
experience of practical people is
sually better than the fine spun
rguments of people who see life
rom a distance.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-09
THIS DEMOCRAT WANTS
VINYARD NOMINATED
Editor Milford Chronicle
Milford, Delaware

Editor Milford Chronicle
Milford, Delaware
Sussex County Democrats will
soon hold their primaries to elect
delegates to the state convention.
Wilson M. Vinyard, an outstanding
Democrat, is one of the candidates
for the nomination for Governor.
Captain Vinyard is one of the most
successful business men in lower
Delaware. He has made a success
of his business and has shown by
his treatment of his employees that
he understands the needs of the
working man. His character is above
reproach in every respect, and his
opponents can bring nothing against
him should he be nominated for the
high office of Governor of our State.
Sussex Democrats will do well to
vote for Mr.. Vinyard at the primaries
and he should have the united sup
port of all Sussex Countians at the
State Convention. l would urge all
Sussex Democrats to consider well
their votes cast at the primaries.
SUSSEX DEMOCRAT.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-09
LITTERING THE STREETS

Litter in, the streets is the worst
eyesore with which many commun-
tiles have to contend. Many places
which have pleasing homes and sub
stantial business buildings, yet are
disfigured by mess of little paper
scraps and litter all through their
streets and on lawns and vacant
lots. Many people who have hanu-
some looking places will allow such
litter to remain on their lawns week
after week, which encourages peo-
pie to throw still more scraps on
those spots.
People buy more candy and small
delicacies than formerly, they eat on
the street and throw away the bags
and containers. Some brilliant in
tellects make the matter worse by
tearing such paper stuff up into lit
tie bits and then throwing them
away. Whoever cleans up after them
will have to pick up these little bits
one by one.
Parents who have any self respect
should eeach theirt children to re-
spect their town more than to treat
it as if it was a pigpen. Older peo-
pie ought to know better IN these
advanced times. How about such
folks in Milford?
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-09
MARRIAGE OF THE rNFrr

Less pains is taken, in breeding
high type human beings than iii rails
ing cattle or hogs, according t. the
irOnical remark of some authorities.
The science of improving the human
race through better marriage unions
is called eugenics, and congress of
scientists in this branch has recent
ly met in New York. We mus: apply
scientific breeding to the human
race, if civilization is to go on, said
one speaker
These authorities would say that
a breeder of horses would never
think of mating high bred and
healthy animal to diseased or mon
grel specimen. Yet that is practical
ly the way millions of human mar
riages are made, and crime, dis
ease, and pauperism result.
A number of states recognize this
principle to some extent by laws
providing for the sterilization of the
unfit. At least Is states restrict
marriage, with the idea of checking
births that promise only degeneracy.
ct you can not breed people as
y0d breed cattle. The elements of
affection and personality enter. Some
would say that it is not suitable for
a healthy person to marry a young
woman or man in whose family is a
taint of transmissible disease. Yet
many such marriages where there |
was true affection and high intelli- |
gence have come out better than |
others that were perfectly fit physi-
cally, but in which the couple was
temperamentally mismated.
When feeble minded people and
criminals marry, they create body
of people who must be restrained
and supported at public cost. 1t is
a most delicate matter to regulate
unions by law, but to some
extent it may be necessary. At least
before people bring children into the
world, their own common sense and
should tell them to con-
slider whether those new lives will
be ones of promise, or whether a
black curse will rest on them.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-09
Is the School Page Worth Retaining

Is the SchOOI Page Worth Retaining
Col. Theo. Townsend,
Editor of Milford Chronicle.
Dear Sir:
We were dismayed at that query
in last weeks issue of the Chronicle,
for it plainly implied a possibility of
the School Page being discontinued
so answer yes, indeed it is worth
retaining, and l think that is the
sentiment of over two thousand par
ents as well as many other readers
of the School Page.
1t is very evident that we parents
have been greatly remiss in not ex-
pressing to you our appreciation
and interest in this new progressive
feature of your paper or you would
not have needed to ask that ques-
tion.
Your efforts and extra work, and
those of both teachers and pupils,
surely merited some kind express
sions of commendation from parents
and readers, but we evidently took
the page and all it meant "just for
granted" as we so often do these
days, and neglected to express our
pleasure in it until occasion arouses
us from our'carelessness.
To many of us, before the advent
of the school page, our school was
just a building-aloof-a composite
thing, although encOmpassing our
precious Offspring we were not in a
great measure familiar with its work
and management. We probably knew
a few of the teachers by name, but
we knew little of their work, for one
does not gain much knowledge of
school work in just a casual call in
one or two rooms, during the term.
Our school now through your
has become living and
vital element in our midst.
We are getting information con-
cerning all departments of work;
we are becoming acquainted with
the whole teaching staff as well as
with the pupils through meeting
them weekly in the school page.
Miss Alden, the editors and the
to this page deserve
much praise for their scheme of
general classificatiOns in that all
grades and departments of school
activities were so interestingly por-
trayed
The excellent local research work
If Alice Brehme, Elva Davis, Irene |
Williams and others were outstand
ng features and seemed much like
| historical review of Milford with
facts of its events and .
and of its prominent peo-
pie brought from earliest years up
o date.
1 sincerely hope that this page,
will continue as a pleasing and use
ul feature of your paper. F
Sincerely yours,
ELSIE DIXON HUDSON,
AIT North Walnut St., City.
sept 8, 1882.
No vote if you fail to register.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-09
A REPLY TO OUR QUESTION

1t would be pleasant to have ex-
preston on this problem of contin-
uing the School Page" in the Mil
ford Chronicle. Write your opinion
of this kind of training for our boys
and girls. The cost to the individ-
ual is very small when divided for
all to share. If it is worth having
in training of our children, let us
know it.-Editor.
Milford chronicle., 1932-09-09

PROMINENT among the forgot
ten men,, are the business men
whom people do not remember ex-
eept when they are selling tickets
or soliciting contributions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-09
CH|LDREN'S BOOKS
At SEASON HEIGHT
Miss Louise P. Latimer and
Mrs. Dorothy Gaffney
Busy at Library.

These are busy days for Miss Louise
P. Latimer, director of children's work
at the Washington Public Library, and
for Miss Dorothy Gaffney, adviser to
adults in children's reading
The pref Christmas season brings IA
theirs and mothers, aunts, uncles,
friends, to say nothing of grandfathers
and grandmothers. from the four cor
ners Of the country to the exhibit
rooms In quest of suggestions for holi-
cay gifts of books to little people. Just
what books to place under the Christ
mas tree for small Junior and his di-
minutive sister is problem, and the
aid of specialist. some one who
knows about these things" Is enthuSi-
astically solicited. The library endeav-
ors to do its full and complete duty in
the circumstances.
Miss Latimer says: 1.-THE library's
function is not only to promote the
reading of the best books from its own
shelves, but also to be a source of in
formation of worthwhile additions to
the child's own bookshelf.
Particular Book Needs
Every one knows that badly written,
garishly illustrated and poorly printed
books are offered for sale everywhere,
and we try to bring to the attention of
fathers and mothers the likelihood
that much more desirable books. from
every point of view. may be bought for
the same or only slightly more money.
A good book may be had for no greater
investment than a poor one.
Never before have there been more
children's books of the truly desirable
sort. There are hundreds of beautiful
af al OF O our
really worthwhile new titles each year.
The child of today is ever so much
more fortunate in this regard than his
parents were when they were children"
Almost as many fathers come for ad-
vice as mothers, Miss Gaffney explains.
Some Recent Books.
THE latest books are not necessarily
the best. But the quality of some re-
cent issues is very high. Publishers
realize that the chiloren's market is
large and that worthwhile children's
book has long life, and so they con-
sciously try to achieve and to maintain
high standards Of writing, illustrating
and printing"
The library has an Illustrators room
at the central branch, where hundreds
of beautiful books are on display in aid
OF parents IN search Oh Titles SultdUie
for Christmas use. Miss M. Ethel Bubb,
assistant director of work with chill
dren, is helpful guide to the library's
treasures. Illustrating children's books"
she says, sis rich opportunity for ar
fists, and many of the great painters
and craftsmen have found pleasure as
we'll as profit in that field.
Miss Gladys Flanagan, in charge OF
the children's room at the central
branch, will suggest to inquirers list
of best books for children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-09
ToDAY's ADJUSTMENTS.

National-Abbey Theater Players in
THE New Gossoon," at 800 pm.
Gayety-"College Widows" burlesque,
at 2:15 and BIS pm.
etropolitan-"Goona Goona," at
1875 am, 1:18, 3:01, 4:44, 6:26, 500
and 9:52 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Secrets of the
French Police" at 1901, 1:59, 1857,
5:55, 1853 and 9:5l pm.
Earle--"The Match King" at 11:05
am, 1875, APO, 7:20 and 1905 pm.
Stage shows at 1885, 1925, $40 and
sos pm.
Palace-"Red Dust" at 11:50 am,
1:50, $50, 5:45, 7;45 and GAS pm.
Fox-"Me and My Gal" at IL am,
1:45, 4:30. 7:25 and 1910 pm. Stage
shows at 1925, $40, 6:15 and 9 pm.
CoIumbia-"Strang in Town." at
11:45 am. 1:25, .3:05, 4;50, $50, BIS
and 9:55 pm.
TivoIi-"Tiger Shark" at 2:40, AIS,
Clio, and $50 pm.
Madison Square Garden"
from II am. to II pm.
Ambassador-"Thirt Women" at
$40, sos and 10 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-09
EFFICIENCY PRIZE GIVEN
18TH COAST ARTILLERY

For the highest efficiency during
1882, the 18th Coast Artillery of the
Regular Army. stationed at Fort Kane
hameha, in Hawaii. has been awarded
the trophy CT the United States Coast
Artillery Association.
The associations trophy for the most
efficient Organized Reserve regiment
has been awarded to the 955th Coast
Artillery. at Duluth, MINI. The win
ming National Guard Coast Artillery
regiment will be selected soon, the War
Department announced yesterday.
The Regular Army regiment is COM
manded by Col. Homer B. Grant and
the Reserve unit by Lieut.. Col. j. r.
Sweitzer.
The Coast Artillery Association makes
these three awards annually for out
standing performance during the year
by a regiment of each of the three
Coast Artillery branches.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-07-14
Methodist Church.

A writer in the New Statesman says:
I'VE are probably living in the most
puzzling age in the worlds history.
We are puzzled in our politics, we arc
puzzled in our theology, and even the
arts and sciences are puzzling us as
mortals were never puzzled before. !"
Says Premier Mussolini of Italy. "Eu-
rope is drifting to disaster and revolu-
ton. Democracy is nothing. The peo-
pie are nothing. In every country they
are weary Of talk. They need men OF
action. They cannot save themselves;
they need saviors-and there are no
saviors." What sort of twentieth
century Moses is needed to lead us
out of the black Egypt of moral and
economic night into which we have
sunk? This question will be dealt with
in gripping way in the morning serv-
ice next Sunday.
NEXT SUNDAY
Bible school 1000
Morning worship, HOO.
Epworth League TOO.
Evening service 500.
NEXT WEEK
Church night Tuesday 7:30
Choir rehearsal Thursday, TOO ant
800
Triple IS" Club, Friday, 7.30.
A friendly welcome awaits you a
all the worship, prayer, and study SEES
sions of this church.
r. F. WICK, Pastor.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-07-14
MOUNTAIN STATES u POWER COMPANY
|3I3s|1i||s|[2 IS CHEAP;

John Boyd, state veterinarian, was
a Libby visitor Sunday from Kalispell,
Judge C. w. Pomeroy and Miss Vel
ma Pomeroy were here from Kalispell
Monday and Tuesday.
Les Kensler of Troy, candidate TOR
the republican nomination OF county
commissioner, was in Libby the last
of the week campaigning.
Donald Roche was at Seattle during
the past week or 10 days visiting with
his mother, Mrs. George T. Chambers,
who was visiting in Seattle from her
home in California.
N /. Newbauer, Harry White1nan,
Glen Irwin and Ray Clark, manager
Of the Cascadian hotel, Wenatchee,
were in Libby Saturday. The men were
enroute to the east entrance OF Gla-
Ter park,
Ferd and Bernard Bockman, sons OF
Mrs. Frank Camp of Boomers Ferry,
spent from the Fourth to last Tuesday
visiting with their grandparents, Nj
and Mrs. Herman Bockman, ST., at
their ransh home,
Rev. Gabrielson of the First Luther
an church reports that they closed last
week summer vacation school, which
had proved very successful Rev. Ga
brielson, who resides at Boomers Fer
ry, returned to his home yesterday.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-07-14
LOCAL STUFF

Walter Neils left Monday for Port
land on a business trip.
Bob McNair was in town from the
Golden West mine this week.
S. M. Gibbs, chief of police of Troy,
was a visitor here Tuesday afternoon.
Scion Rarnlo was a Libby visitor
yesterday from his home on Savage
lake.
Frank Sigmund returned home
Saturday from visit of two or three
weeks spent at Portland, Or, and other
coast points,
C. 0. Hoisington, Leonia, candidate
for county commissioner on the demo-
cratic ticket, was business caller in
Libby Tuesday.
G.. Nj. Blackwell was in Troy yester-
day in the interests of his campaign
for the democratic nomination for
county clerk and recorder.
MIR. and Mrs. Curt Dennis of Great
Falls were in Libby Monday Mr.. Den
rus, a brother Of Lee Dennis, member
of the Montana railroad commission,
is United States deputy marshall
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-07-14
The Presbyterian Church
R. w. Orr. Pastor.

H. w. OIIt = dStoI-
Fellowship is the peculiar privilege
of the Christians. Fellowship with one
another in all the blessings and sor-
rows of life, and even more important,
fellowship with God through his Son
Jesus Christ This privilege is enjoyed
most intimately in the Communion of
the Lords Supper. We shall celebrate
this sacrament on next Sunday morn
ing at II o'clock. The Bible school at
10 o'clock. The Young People at the
Manse at 6 o'clock.
Circle "A" OF the Aid Society meets
on Friday the 18th with Mrs. Frank
'VanderWood.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-07-14
Books That Stirred Burns

The first two books / ever read In
private and which gave me more pleas
ure than any two hooks | ever read
since were. .The Life OF Hannibal
and THE History OF Sir William Wal
lace Hannibal gave my young Ideas
such turn that | used to strut In rap
lures up and down after the recruiting
drum and bagpipe and wish myself tall
enough to be soldier; while the story
OF Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice
into my veins which will boil along
there till the floodgates Of life shut
In eternal rest--From a Letter OF Rob
ert Burns.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-07-14
Platinum Coinage

Russia experimental with platinum
as money between 1928 and 1S45 when
platinum was worth only one-third as
much as gold. The platinum COINS
were abandoned because they were not
internationally accepted, but they now
have a bullion value much greater
thnn their face value.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-07-14
Elderly Wives Of the Great

Among well-known men whose wives
were older than they were these might
be named. Josephine was older than
Napoleon; Catherine OF Aragon was
older than Henry VIII, Mary Stuart
was older than Francis Ii OF France;
Jenny Lind was older than Otto Gold
chmidt, Disraeli's wife was his elder.