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The Washington times., 1932-10-12
Spending Is
Now Home
Need

Two considerations con-
front the householder who
proposes to furnish the
home. These are utility and
beauty, and the best cItoice
is the furniture which for
h1s purposes combine t h e
two assets TO a satisfactory
degree.
Other factors in the com
position of a buying plan
which will determine the
field of choice include:
Whether the rooms are to
be furnished by the "all-
at-once" method. or gradu-
The Washington times., 1932-10-12

was followed by the Mis-
sion style, knotty woods and
heavy leather in severe rec
tangular designs predomi-
mating.
In upholstery and drap-
cries the early part of the
century saw commonplace,
cOlorleSs, drab and depress-
ing monotones, WINS,
taupeS and grays.
Then came the war, and
with it new interests for
women. America got over
its fear of color.
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ally by the addition of a
few good pieces at a time,
whether the furniture is to
be chosen for a lifetime or
for temporary needs; the
best suited of the local fur
nIture distributing agencies,
the appropriateness of t h C
furnishings to the archl'tec-
tural background of II e
house or apartment; the
color scheme; and, highly
important. the suitability Of
the furnishings to the per-
Sonalitics Of the persons who
will live in the home.
Much swill depend upon
the funds available for the
purpose. Government author
tiles recommend that homes
which are furnished for per-
manency be equipped with
Il few good pieces at Il time,
rather than spreading avail
able funds too thinly over
a large amount of space.
1nstallment credit may be
used wisely and unwiSely;
if choices are carefully made
and payments spread over
a number of months, it is
often possible to secure finer
Furnishings than when a small
cash outlay is made. I'm
wise installment credit pur-
cha ses mean that the con-
sumner is induced to pur-
chase in excess of income,
and without due conSidera-
ton for value.
This is just as unfortu-
nate for the furniture store,
which must repoSsess the
furniture, as it is for the
consumer.
One factor which should
be considered foremost is
the avoidance of furniture at
retail prices which preclude
the possibility of good ma
tcrials and construction. IN
der prevailing conditions the
consumer will receive more
for the money now than at
any time during the present
century, and with lowered
prices comes need for care
ful consideration Of each
item to be chosen.
The Washington times., 1932-10-12

sold by retail stores through
out the country has, its
origin in the Colonial styles
of long ago. The new crea-
tions, however, are made in
scale and pattern to con-
form to the size of modern
living quarters. Produced
in volume, it costs far less
than did the older pieces Of
the type. Made with mod
ern machinery set to the
accuracy of 1-10O0 of an
inch, it is well built.
The Washington times., 1932-10-12
Comfortable Lighting

Table and floor lamps give
a room comfortable illumina-
tiom. The table lamps give
light at a sitting level and
the wall lamps add a back
ground of illumination at
standing level.
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preston on furniture. I'm
der the Little Corporal,
France became a military
power and in furniture and
decoration this is reflected.
The Washington times., 1932-10-12
Style in
Furniture Has
Returned

Are we entering an age
which may be we'll COM
pared with the golden days
of the Eighteenth Century,
when Colonial America re
Elected the grace of Georgian
England, and the fanciful
France under Marie An
toinette, and Louis XVI?
DR.. Lowell j. Ragatz, pro-
fessor of history at George
Washington University, and
nationally known authority
on his subject, has said that
the furniture used by peo-
pie of any country reveals
far more about them than
do the battles they. fought.
1t is significant that the
thinIy populated country
which produced such out
standing leaders as Wash
ington, Franklin, jefferson,
Hamilton, Madison and John
Adams also produced furnl-
ture of rarer distinction
than any age before or since.
Beauty in Fashion.
But today, in the words
of Mrs. Elsie Cobb Wilson,
of Washington and New
York, an authority on deco
ration: "Present styles are
not only fashionable but
beautiful. For the first
time in many decades fur
niture is available which is
adapted to the living quar-
ters of the typical family.
1t is pleasant to reflect that
the designs which are high
in public favor are likewise
graceful in line"
Between Colonial days and
the present, the attention
of the new nation was TO-
cussed on development Of
the material needs rather
than artistic design in ar
chitecture or decoration.
Invention was the order
Of the day. Duncan Phyfe,
in his earliest manner, pro-
duced furniture Of beauty
equal to, and sometimes ex-
ceeding that. Of Chippen-
dale, Sheraton and Hepple-
white, but in later phases
reflected the meaningless
pomposity of Victorian and
NapoEeonic furniture styles
WaInuts and Oaks
There followed an era in
which black walnut - the
same wood used today, but
the beauty of grain obscured
by muddy stains-stOOd out.
The General Grant, and
early Mckinley" periods
show how far good taste
had receded. The steps lead
ing up to the present high
level were begun just be-
fore the beginning of the
Twentieth Century.
Glossy, glaring golden oak
came into yopue-and this
The Washington times., 1932-10-12
Shelves Decorative

Wall shelves hung over
flat. desk or radio are con-
venient and decorative for
the apartment.
The Washington times., 1932-10-12
Even the Dawn Man Had
To Have urniture

preston on furniture. I'm
der the Little Corporal,
France became a military
power and in furniture and
decoration this is reflected.
The Beginning
The familiar picture of
the Puritan, gun-On-shOulder,
prayer book and -hymnal-in-
hand, trudging through the
New England snow to wOr-
ship at the Westinghouse,
does not suggest furniture
Of grace or even comfort.
Ruddiness, sturdineSS, fru-
gality and strong character
are characteristics of early
American furniture and of
the popular reproductions Of
it. Some of it has beauty
the beauty Of strength and
simplicity. Some of it is
ugly and altogether uncOm-
Portable. Colonial furni-
ture, Of designs inspired by
pieces. brought from Eng
land, took on a grace and
Ornamentation just as the
life on the new continent
became less primitive and
rigorous.
Duncan Phyfe, American
designer of furniture, is re-
ported to have studied
wwods "as an artist studies
colors. " His furniture pat
terms reflect the refinement
which had entered Ameri-
can life and manners as the
struggles of early pioneer
days came to an end.
Boston set the style for
practically everything and
many first families of Bos-
ton sent to England for
their furniture.
Famous Doors
Salem doorways have
long been famous and be
hind them were the Salem
chests and other pieces of
New England furniture ex-
pressive of the prim life.
The Jenny Lind bed, with
its delicate turningS, ex-
empllfies the Virginia belle
with her fluffy skirt and
pantalettes and her life of
gay coquetry.
The spirit of motion and
speed, the life of hurry and
rush Of present-day America
is reflected in both furni-
ture and architecture.
Furniture makers today
combine the experience Of
the ages in the furniture
they design and make, just
as did ChippendaIe when he
borrowed from the ancient
Chinese and Louis VI. Dun
can Phyfe, when asked if
one of his creations was not
somewhat similar to the
current French designs, re-
piled:
Just as does every other
piece of furniture; it goes
back to Eden"
The Washington times., 1932-10-12
Progress Of Ages

Between that beginning
and his present stage OF
ultra comfort lies tale OF
wonderful progress.
Mr.. CroMagnon Mann, one
of the first house dWeIlers,
left on the walls of his cave
home evidences Of his high
stage of development IN PIC
torial art.
TIE home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Neanderthal c Cav eman IN
their cavern on Wildwood
Road had for its furnishings
the latest thing in balsam
beds, bearskin couches and
rock lounging chairs.
Even before men made fur
niture for their own use they
made it for their gods. The
oldest chair Of which there is
any knowledge is one cut
into a rock in the French Py-
rennes mountains for the pur-
purpose of providing place
for some deity to sit.
The Washington times., 1932-10-12
First Catalogue

The first furniture cata-
Iogue was issued during
this time. It was brought
about by a man whose name
has become a by-word with
furniture people - Thomas
Chippendale.
George Hepplewhite was
a young man, just develop
ing his genius for furni-
ture, when George II, who
"mixed his virtues and his
voice as he did a toddy"
was King of England.
The names of Chlppen-
dale, Hepplewhite, Thomas
Sheraton and the Adams
brothers signify fine furni-
ture in the minds of all.
They are the designers
around whom the glories of
that epoch are gathered.
n Icons personality,
which at one time domi-
mated practically the whole
of the continent, left its i'm
The Washington times., 1932-10-12
CoIoniaIs Styles Back

The jazz age, with its
collegiate automobiles, night
clubs and movies took peo-
pie away from their homes.
Radio and depression brought
them back home.
Today, the furniture most
The Washington times., 1932-10-12

From the dawn of civill-
cation until the present
day, furniture used by man
reveals his mode of living,
thinking, and his social
progress.
Miss 1882, with all her
freedom and advancement,
probably does not realize
how much of her present
advanced condition she
owes to the chair. 1t prob
ably did more than any
other one thing to elevate
the European woman, not
only in posture but in her
place in the social and eco
nomic scale. Even up to
the fifteenth century IN the
courts of lance, Spain and
Italy, women sat on the
floor or on little stools.
When primitive man, a
prey to a few elemental IN
stincts. fears and superstl-
tions, CROPPED around, some
times on all-fours in his
cavern in the rocks, his con-
ception of furniture was
pile of poorly-tanned SKINS
on which he passed the
hours of darkness.
The Washington times., 1932-10-12
Deities Came First

After he had made furni-
ture for his gods, man began
to make it for his kings and
princes. Cleopatra symbol
ICES in the popular mind all
the glory and wonder of
Egypt and so in her surround
ings she brought together the
finest Of everything in Egyp-
tian civilization to contribute
to her comfort and that of
those lucky enough to be
favored by the tickle queen.
The expert workmanship of
thousands Of Egyptian slaves
is seen in the carved benches
and chairs and tables. The
furniture tells Of the years
Of labor that went into its
making.
During no period is fur
niture's influence more
marked than in the early
Christian era. Furniture
for practical uses first ap-
pears at this time.
With the rise of Chris
tianity, people began liter
ally to sit up. They got
off the floor onto little
stools and benches and
finally they developed these
benches into beautiful pews.
Furniture's golden day,
and the golden day came
with the Georgian period.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04
YEARS AGO
From The Herald of March 5, 1915

From The Herald of March 5, 1915
This issue was volume iii, No.
l.. Previous issues were destroyed
in the fire which burned a number
of the business buildings. G. M.
Hanson was owner and editor.
Mrs. Margaret Hanrahan was
announcing that she would soon
have a supply of millinery on sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Styer were
parents of a baby girl (Helen
Louise born in Minnesota.
about twenty farmers assembl-
ed last Tuesday and commenced
clearing away trees, brush and
stumps along the surveyed road
from the proposed bridge landing
on the Southside."
Wheat was S1.18 a bushel.
B. G. Nye was in charge of the
Cogswell implement store.
Final proof notices were running
Or Kirby Hudson, Mrs. Emily F.
May and John C. Mckay.
Albert Berner had just arrived
from jamestown, N. Oak, with a
carload of household goods.
Krogstad, the drayman, was
offering to sell IL quarts of milk
for a dollar.
John H. Coffey was advertising
Peter Schuttler wagons, Emerson
plows, Monarch ranges, Way Sag
less springs, Minnesota paints and
many other articles.
The Union Ladies aid held their
meeting at Mrs. John Herman's
and the affair was also a surprise
party on Mrs. Bowen who was
leaving for Rugby, N. Oak.
The new farm loan law, and the
free seed law were explained and
set forth in detail.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04
Local Marine Views
Hawaiian Maneuvers

A brief visit to the Hawaiian
Islands is being made by James
Lee of Wolf Point, Mont, who is
with the Marine Corps expedition
airy force which landed there re-
Gently after participating in the
annual military and naval maneuv-
ers. He will probably remain
there until March s, when the
battle fleet is scheduled to steam
toward California for further exer-
cises along the West coast.
Lee is one of a detachment OF
Marines which left here to join
the battle fleet just prior to the
maneuvers in which all branches
Of the service took part. The
Marines were called upon to per-
form their various duties as sold
iers of the sea while engaged in
the mimic warfare. AS the tactl-
cal exercises will continue for
several weeks, it is not known
definitely just when Lee will re
turn to San Diego.
Lee is % ears old and before
Joining the Marine Corps, made
his home with his mother, Mrs.
Mary Decoteau, at Wolf Point.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04

child were discussed. The project
taken for the spring will be the
skin test for tuberculosis to all
school children.
This test was explained to the
group and they were urged to
assist as far as possible in making
it known and understood through
out the county. DR.. Crouch from
the State Board of Health will be
here to give the test. More will
be said later about this tuberculin
testing.
Every one present seemed most
interested about the organization
and we believe it will function
effectively.
The next meeting of the Nc
Cone County Child Welfare Coun-
Gil will be held on Saturday, Mar.
26, in the school house in Circle.
We hope all those who were un-
able to attend last Saturday will
be with Us on March 26th.-Grace
M. Pike, County Nurse.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04
ON
LOANS IS MCACRE

Bozeman.-The ms and outs of
wool include so many terms like
half blood, spinning count, comb
ing, staple and others that the
subject is almost unintelligible ex-
cept to a specialist, yet the aver
age sheepman can do a good job
Of producing only high quality
wool by only a meager understand
ing of the confusing terms, accord
ing to D. E. Richards, field man
for the Montana extension service.
Culling of feeces is one of the
means of assuring only the best
quality wool reaching the market,
according to Richards. By putting
off the culling until just before
shearing it is relatively an easy
matter to sell only the good fieeces
by searching for the poor and
keeping them off the market.
In culling feeces, Richards sug-
gests that the sheepman keep in
mind four of the undesirable
types of wool. A very short staple
fleece is worth very little money
and the clean content will be
small. Gull this type. Another
undesirable type is a frowsy
fleece. Such a fleece generally has
brittle fibers and is underweight.
1t can be spotted easily because
the fbers will appear to be longer
than others and the fleece will
look fuzzy.
Britchy ~fleeces, or those which
are very coarse on the britch,
should be culled because they will
be low in quality and light in
weight. They may be detected by
the wool being three OF four
grades coarser on the britch than
on the shoulder Of the fleece. Gull
also those feeces showing kenny
hair, black fbers or an excess
amount of yolk.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04
income CO.. CHILD
WELFARE COUNCIL

An enthusiastic group of repre-
sentatives from various organic
atoms in the county met Saturday,
February 9th, in Circle, to or
ganize the McCone County Child
Welfare Council. No doubt the
bad roads prevented some of the
delegates from being present.
Members present were: DR..
Craig, county health officer; Ethel
Starner, county superintendent;
Grace M. Pike, county nurse; Mr..
Orr, Brockway schools; Otto King,
Masonic lodge; Mildred Vejtasa,
McCone county local M. E. A.;
Mrs. Delbert Rhoads, Sunnyside
Farmers Union; Mrs. Kudena,
Circle Farmers Union; Mrs. Earl
Smith, Circle Federated Woman's
club; Mrs. Joe Breitbach, Horse
Creek Homemaker's club; Miss
Frances Bellamy, State extension
department; Mrs. Stewart, Better
Homes club; Mrs. H. Reinemer,
Circle Rural Homemaker's club;
Mr.. Vejtasa, Woodman lodge; Bill
Krupke, Woodman lodge; Mr.. Nc
Crea, American Legion; Ben Lar
son, County Red Cross chapter;
Mrs. T. Wangen, N. w. Brockway
Homemaker's club; Mrs. Roy La
Rowe, Royal Neighbors.
Other interested individuals not
representing an organization were:
Mr.. Kudena, Mrs. Edith Knauts,
Mrs. T. Stevens, H. A. Jensen.
DR.. Craig took charge of the
meeting and led discussion of the
need for such a council. The work
was considered under three head
ings: education, physical, handi-
capped. The Children's Charter
was read as some did not fully
understand what it meant.
Officers elected we're: DR.. Craig,
chairman; Grace Pike, vice chair
man; John Vejtasa, secretary.
The executive committee in
Guided the ocicers and Ben Lar
son, Miss Starner, Mrs. Smith.
This committee will draw up the
constitution and bylaws to present
to the next meeting of the council.
Ways in which the Council
could improve the status of the
child and uphold the rights of the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04
Twelve Years Ago

From The Herald of March 4, 1920

From The Herald of March q, 1920
w. L. Young and e. G. Brownlee
had just sold the Arcade Cafe to
Frank Yamamoto.
Scobey was all excited over a
purported gold strike near there,
and many businessmen and others
had staked out claims.
Poplar won first place and Glas-
Cow second in the basketball tour
nament held here. That year two
teams went to the state tourna-
ment. The scores of nearly all
the games were close.
A. D. Mcneil and Mrs. Sig Lund
were called to Little Fork, Mimi,
by the death of their sister, Mrs.
DesLac.
A conference of school superin-
tendents was held here during the
basketball tournament. Most of
the discussion was relative to
teachers wages.
Railroads, which had been oper-
ated as one great utility since De-
cember %, 1917, went back into
the hands of private owners on
March 1, 1920.
Potatoes were &C a pound by the
sack, navy beans 2 pounds for 25c,
comb honey 45c a comb.
E. c. Nelson had arrived from
Sidney to take charge of the Home
Meat Market.
"The ice on the Missouri again
affords a good crossing after being
covered by water during the re-
cent thaw. The ice is said to be
the thickest known for years."
DR.. II. M. Morrow was i'll with
diphtheria.
Deaths of the week included Jo-
seph Olson, 4, Mary Orpha Adams,
rs, Wayne Schottman, 6 months,
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04
A G.
> NEWSLETS

Supt. G. E. Kidder of Glendive
schools has been reelected for a
year at a salary of $4,000.
Not more than five per cent OF a
county's poor tax can be expended
on collection of the tax, according
to an opinion of Attorney General
Foot. Only the county treasurer
is empowered to collect the tax.
Struck by an ice float three
miles long, two spans of the 400
foot North Folk bridge at Pole
bridge, near Kalispell, were car
ried away Monday. Damage is
estimated between $4,000 and
$4,000.
The Gary Cooper guest ranch,
incorporated in 1929. located near
Sunnyside, Montana, is to be sold
to satisfy a judgment for $28,500
against it.
The new Plentywood school
building was occupied this week
by pupils of all grades except the
fourth, fifth and sixth.
When Mark ISetimus Oliver,
Canadian, was arrested for not
registering at the port of entry
when he came into the United
States, he presented a novel ex-
cuse. He said he was strolling
along the border, and some dogs
gave chase and he ran into the
United States to get away from
them. He will have to go to
Great Falls and tell his story to
the federal court. Bonds are $500.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04
Highland

John Schauer was in town Sat
urday. Well, we all have the
spring fever these nice Sundays.
Sunday guests at the M. G. Sen
eek home were Mr.. and Mrs. o. T.
Stennes and son Leo of Wolf Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Senzek were
helping Ben Gunderson butchering
Thursday.
Steve Dorgan is visiting old
friends at Benrud. He is busy
looking for his horses.
Christ Alderman had very bad
luck Saturday. While working on
his Ford he got hit in the eye and
lost his eye.
Well, this is Monday. We sure
have a snow blizzard. Our Spring
is gone.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04
Flashes of News
From Exchanges

A senate bill to release 40, 900, 900
bushels of government wheat to the
Red Cross for relief distribution
has been approved by the house ag-
riculture committee by a Is to 6
vote.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04

ternal rel collectors. They
don't like what happened to al
Capone and Terry Druggan and
others, who were sent to federal
prison and whose property was
c~onfiscated to meet the amount Of
delinquent taxes.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04

Eggs are 60 cents at Silverton.
Colo. and butter SO cents, and peo-
pie are glad to pay these prices,
Silverton was marooned three
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04

Mrs. Jesse Gardner and Alvina
Rose Staalson, 6 months. All we're
caused by pneumonia.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04

The government of China has
decided to launch a punitive ex-
petition against the new Man
churian-Mongolian state establish
ed under Japanese auspices. 1t
would be a counter-irritant to dis
tract some of Japan's attention
from the Shanghai front. 1t is
China's purpose to resume diplo-
matte reations with the soviet
government. In the meantime the
soviet government, believing that
war with Japan is imminent, is
massing troups in the vicinity of
Vladivostok.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04

Fritz Crisler, who has been coach
at the University of Minnesota for
the last year, has accepted an offer
from Princeton and will go there at
$4,000 a year under a three year
contract.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04

Clarence Darrow, veteran Grim
inal lawyer, will sail March Is for
Hawaii to participate in the de-
Tense of Mrs. Grant Fortescue and
Lieutenant Thomas Massie, &C
cussed of second degree murder.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04

Gangsters are paying their in
come taxes now according to in
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04

Now that Andy Mellon has been
made ambassador to Great Brin-
al, there is talk of a r~emarriage
between him and Mrs. Nora Mel
Ion from whom he has been divorc-
ed for 20 years. Mrs. Mellon prob
ably has her eye On the social pres
tige of an ambassadors wife.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04

Copper this week dropped to a
all-time low price when it hit 81
cents a pound. Little hope is held
out for any immediate improve
ment. Now's the time to toe kids
boots with the unsuitable red met
al. It's cheaper than leather.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04

Cook county, Illinois, was a legal
pauper Mar. 1, because it's commits
sioners had failed to adopt a bud
get for 1892 by midnight, Feb. 20,
the legal deadline.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04

The town of Mansala, Finland,
35 miles from Helsingfors was de-
clared in a state of siege when
1000 armed men demanded the
resignation Of the Finnish minis
ter Of the INTERIOR, Baron E Won
Born.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-03-04

Railroads have applied to the
Reconstruction Finance corporation
for loans aggregating $221,579,190.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has approved immediate loans
of 4 ,871,375 to IL railroads.