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Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-01
Carbon Delegation
Proposes Projects

From The Helena Independ-
ent of October %, is reprinted
the following article:
DR.. l.. H. Tooley, former State
Senator Frank McCleary, G. L.
Finley and Charles H. Draper Of
Red Lodge arrived in Helena yes
terday to confer with Governor F.
H. Cooney, State Engineer James
and other officials relative to pro-
jects under consideration in Car
bon county.
The main purpose Of the trip
here was to ascertain what action
should be taken by the residents
of the various counties relative to
flood control projects and other
public works which would be made
possible after the passage of the
necessary legislation at the spec
ial session.
Seeks Feeder Road
The county has three or four
storage reservoirs for flood con-
troll which they expect to advo-
cate as soon as the proposed leg
islation is enacted, and in antici-
patton of that the delegation is
DESTROYS of securing information
as to the steps to be taken after
the state authority has been set
up.
The delegation also met with
individual members of the high
way commission to discuss pro-
jects. They advocate the con-
s~truction of a bridge across the
Clark's Fork river on the road be-
tween Bridger and the Wyoming
line. The old bridge was destroyed
by fire several months ago.
Mr.. Draper is publisher of the
Carbon County News at Red
Lodge vice president of the
State Press association and DEM
ocratic county committeeman
from Carbon county.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-01

The Montana Power COM
pany assumed control of the
distribution system in Red
Lodge today, according to
Frank ID. Coleman, district
manager for the Montana Pow
er, and John Castagne, of the
N. w. /. company, who re-
ceived notification Tuesday
that the Montana Powers
ownership is Immediately eff
fective, and that operation of
the system is now in the hands
of that company.
Decision of the aldermen, in a
special meeting Friday night, was
arrived at after previous discus
sion of the two propositions be-
fore the city, and after the ex-
preston of opinion by many of the
taxpayers and leading business
and professional men of Red
Lodge.
The consensus was that the ben
efits to the city of a municipal
plant might be outweighed by the
troubles Of construction and
maintenance, and the possible
failure of the project to liquidate
itself due to future shrinkage in
the city's population and wealth.
Most of those present at the
council meeting opined that the
city Should not plunge itself fur
Their into debt" by securing funds
from the public works administra-
ton to build the new system, al
though there were several who
believed that profits from a pub
lie owned system would not only
repay the construction cost, but
would be a valuable source of
revenue to the city.
To correct the general suppose
ton that the taxpayers and prop
erty holders of the city would be
saddled with an extra debt for
construction of the system, o. H.
P. Shelley again pointed out that
the public works administration
would build the system, then lease
it to the city until such time as
the profits of its operation would
permit the city to purchase full
rights to it.
Continued on Page 81
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-01
VALUE OF RELIEF
WORK TO COUNTY
SHOWN BY REPORT
S27,644 Is Yet Available in
Labor to the Various
Communities

The value of work performed
by beneficiaries of the emergency
relief agency in Carbon county,
from November, 1882, to Septem-
Der 80, 1888, was s48, 682.12, ac-
cording to report of the Carbon
County Emergency Relief COM
mittee. 1t is shown, however, that
relief labor for the various COM
munities is yet available, that has
been paid for through the relief
agency, to the value of $27,644.7 10.
The value of the work perform
ed by the relief forces for the
city of Red Lodge, which consisted
of man labor, truck and team OPP
Grafton, was calculated at $13,-
1858. This work performed was
miscellaneous improvement work
on the streets and allies, sewers
and parks, street cleaning, clear
ing the right-of-way for the Cooke
road south of the city, and snow
shoveling during the winter.
Work done for the county, val
ued at $21,949.39, was cutting
brush and weeds, building cul-
verts, ~shoveling snow, fencing and
other work in various parts of the
county.
Distribution of Red Cross flour
constituted another item in the
relief outlay, performed at a cost
of s160, representing unloading,
hauling, piling, storing and dis
tributing the flour.
Relief work in the remodeling
of Washington hall was valued at
$3,961.64. Work performed in the
school districts of Red Lodge, No.
/, and Bearcreek, No. 81, for
necessary repairs to buildings,
was valued at s1,231.70.
For the forest service, workers
services were worth $2,790.51, in
cutting timber such as fence posts,
telephone poles, stubs, corral
poles and saw timber.
The city of Bearcreek awaited
itself of relief work to the value
of $2,279.75. Work on the new
high school athletic field and the
Continued on Page 81
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-01
ROUNDUP DEFEATS
CARBON GNDDERS
Last Game of Season Will
Be Played Friday With
Billings Team

Roundup's high school team
pulled a sleeper play on the Car
bon eleven, to win the game Fri
day at Roundup, 6 to O., after Car
bon had missed one II two golden
chances to score.
The Carbon ~gridders will play
their last game of the season this
Friday at Billings, against the
Billings "B" team. The kickoff is
scheduled for 4:15 o'clock.
The Carbonmen played Round
up on more than wen terms for
most of the game, gaining eight
first-downs to three for their OPP
%ponents.
Roundup's touchdown was
scored in the third quarter. Doran,
Carbon quarterback, attempting to
catch a Roundup punt, fumbled
the ball, which was recovered by
Roundup on Carbon's 25-yard line.
In three line plays Roundup made
a first down. Then a wide end run
was sent around the right side,
while Evans of Roundup cut off
to the left and laid down. Round
up lined up on the ten yard line,
Ortmeyer took the ball from CEN
ter, and tossed a forward pass
over the goal line to Evans. 1t
was Just one of those things that
will happen to football teams.
Big Pete Zupan, Carbon center,
muffed what looked like a certain
chance to score in the first quar-
ter. I~ntercepting a pass, he start
ed for a touchdown with a clear
field, and good interference be-
hind, but the ball bobbled out of
Ibis hands on the Roundup 40-yard
line, where it was downed. Pete,
however, played an outstanding
game, as did Doran, whose for
ward passing was unusually ac-
%curate.
Carbon's kicking was noticeable
because of its failure half of the
time, as it seemed that so per
cent of Browns kick were blocked
by the Roundup tackles, who broke
through both the line and the sec
ondary men. Carbon's passing
game was a good yardage gamer,
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-01
DRAPER RUNNING
TRUE TO FORM

I During the entire time that
! the Red Lodge-C Cooke City road
, project was being advocated,
Charles III. Draper never over
looked an opportunity to pub
! lish any adverse criticism or
knock he could give the pro-
! ject. If he had been hired by
, those who opposed the building
! of the road, he could not have
rendered better service. eve
! often wonder?)
l In The Picket-J0urnal of Oc-
, tober 10, 1888, Mr.. Draper pub
! lished an out landish blizzard
, story which was greatly exag-
! gerated and wholly uncalled
, for, unless it was to hurt the
! road and the community eff
I fected thereby.
! And again in The Picket
, Journal of October 26, 1888,
! Mr.. Draper published another
front page story saying that a
|, man had been frozen to death
on the Beartooth plateau in a
cabin near the highway. The
! facts were that a sick and ex-
hausted man had died in that
cabin, his death having been
the result of exposure and lack
of bodily vitality. He was not
! frozen to death. These facts
, were borne out by the fact that
the body, when brought to Red
I Lodge, was so decomposed that
! the corpse could not be shaved,
I and the coffin could not be
! opened at the funeral.
| Why should these kind of
! stories be published, unless for
|, the purpose of injuring the
! community effected by them?
| Whether it was from pure ig-
! norance on the part of the pub
Usher, and his lack of civic
| pride, or whether il was DELHI
! erately done, makes little diff
I ference.
MI. Businessman, did 1T ever
I occur to you that you can stop
! this sort of publicity about
I your community? Mr.. Citizen,
! did it ever occur to you that If
I the businessmen do not see to
! it that this sort of publicity is
| stopped, you car stop 1t your
! self by Withholding your pat
I ronage from such business
men?
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-01
70, DRAPER DOES NOT
PUBLISH THIS p

We are not surprised that |
Charles III. Draper, when he !
gets away from home, claims ,
Ito be the publisher of the Car !
bon County News; in view Of
THE many wonderful achieve
ments which have been accom- |
plished and will continue to be |
accomplished, by The News I
and its Editor for Carbon
county, and for that matter, !
the whole state.
! Why wouldn't Charley try to !
horn in on the credit when he I
thinks no one is looking? (You !
can't get away with that at I
home, Charley. We have your !
number.)
By the way, who was it that !
started this flood control pro-
ject or water conservation poll
icy? If our memory serves us |
correctly, it was the relief I
committee, together with a few |
public spirited citizens as al
committee with the coopera-
ton of the county commission
ers. Charley III. Draper's|
name was among the missing, {,
as usual.) Ii is our under
standing that the same public I
spirited Citizens committee is
still functioning, and is con-
stantly in touch with the pub
| lie works board at Helena.
As to the feeder roads and
bridge projects ON the Clark's
Fork river. The records show
that the Editor of The News
and the chairman of the board
of county commissioners, and
we presume the balance of the
board, cOncurred in initiating
these projects away back in
May and June.
The Editor of The News had
practically the assurance of
the chairman of the highway,
commission that the bridges ON
the Clark's Fork would be ap-
proved, which were approved
by the highway commission, as
we understand it, but held up
! by the bureau of public roads
for a reason, which in our
Judgment, could be overcome.
Just who does MIR. Draper
represent, and for that matter,
who did the delegation repre-
sent, and by what authority?
1t was not the Beartooth
Boosters club; 1t was not the
relief committee or the Citi-
zens committee; we doubt if it
was the Red Lodge Business
and Professional club; surely
not the board of county COM
~missioners, as there has been
no record of such authority.
And we want to assure the pub
lie that it was not The Carbon
County News as stated in The
Independent, and reproduced in
this paper, as The News Is still
owned, operated and controlled
by n o. II. p. Shelley.
Then who did Mr.. Draper
and the delegation representa-
We will wager the assertion
that if these various projects
can be spoiled for Carbon coun-
|ty, Charley win do the job.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-01
POWER COMPANY TAKES OVER
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN RED LODGE

Plans for building a municipal power distribution sys-
tenn have been tabled by decision of the Red Lodge city
council, in favor of the Montana Power %company's offer
to purchase the present system of the Northwestern I'M
%provement company and to institute reliable service in
the city at standard state rates.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-01
NOTICE

y NOilNE
| 1t has just been called to our
! attention that Charles III. ORA
| per, quick to cash in on any
project no matter how much he
| helped or hindered it, is now
! trying to shake down, the Red
| Lodge businessmen for a So
! called welcome advertise
| ment for the Montana Power
company.
The Montana Power company
! has informed The News that
I the company is not sponsoring
! this welcome, and is not ask
! ing the businessmen to go to
/, the expense Of contributing to
Tit.
I 1t is The News opinion that
the idea is a little premature.
We believe the Montana Power
! knows that it is welcome, and
would appreciate such an ex-
preston after the lighting sys-
tenn has been reconstructed and
the service improved.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-01

Billings-(UP)-The Montana
Woolgrowers' association will hold
their 33rd annual convention here
January 20 to 81, Secretary Muir
ray E. Stebbins has announced.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-01

Alfred Brown was a caller in
Red Lodge from Belfry Monday.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-01

H. J. Hogenson of Silesia was a
Red Lodge visitor Tuesday.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-01

I The News has a guaranteed
! circulation largec than that of
! any other newspaper in Carbon
! county.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-01

! Red Lodge, on the new scenic |
| route TO the Yellowstone Park,
| is the gateway to the Beartooth !
, vacation land.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
Spe ed-Up Conditions Make
Die Makers Job Dangerous
Also Forced to Work with Poor Tools Because
of Company's Greed for Profits

This shop is practically 100 per
cent unionizeo. Shop stewards are
right on the job doing their stuff in
admirable shape. With the exception
of Bob Jefferies, a die leader, and
Goperton, a die maker, the boys are
practically all card men. Bob Jefferies
was out just one week during the
strike and then developed the rat in
stinct, persistently refusing to join
the union. The boys are now working
on Goperton. He will be required to
pay heavy fine to get in good
graces with the MESA. 1t is felt he
will consent to this settlement.
Henry Waldeck is the general fore
man; hard-boiled sort Of person
ality who specializes in the art Of
"sacking' or canning
Matt Smith is still general secre-
tary Of the MESA. Griffin, Harri-
son and Covert are the official organ
izers Of the outfit The quartet is
placed upon a salary of s44 per week,
plus a maximum OF $25 per week al
lowance to cover travelling and Incl
dental expenses, which must be OKed
for payments by board Of five
trustees, who function without pay.
Men of unqueStioned integrity re-
port the National Production Co. will
probably finish its work and taper
off in about two weeks, and then the
craftsmen can shift for themselves,
until the fall Of 1884.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
A MEETING OF THE SOCIALIST
LABOR PARTY
Alexandria, Va

Dear Comrades:
Although should have known bet
ter, went to meeting of the So
cialist Labor Party in Washington.
So far haven't found any Socialism
II the SIP. They met, not in the
working class district, but in a nice,
aristocratic hall on exclusive 18th ST.,
where a large percentage Of the local
fascists reside. The lecture was to
have been "The Glass Struggle To-
day." by a Socialist Laborite, who
merely gave dilettante speech about
industrial unions and was clever
enough to quote from Marx Theory
Of Surplus Value, so the audience
would think he was a friend of the
working class.
The only worker in the hall was
an I.W.W., a real, militant proletari-
an, although cannot agree with his
tactics. A Socialist asked for the
fundamental difference between the
SIP. and the S.P., and the speaker
eyaded the question by saying the
Socialists were the same as the DEM
ocrats, and the SIP. was the legiu-
mate product Of the messiah De Leon.
The I.W.W. worker exposed the fake
industrial unionism" Of the SIP
by showing the SIP. never had any
unions. asked few questions tina
certainly got the speakers goat /
said: In the advent Of fascisrn will
the SIP. support imperialist war,
or will the SIP. unite with other
radical parties against war; The
speaker became another Billy Sunday
and called all Socialists, Communists,
and Wobblies, a lot OF rats, slun pro-
learians, anarchists, etc. I thought
I had the wrong hall and was at an
American Legion or XII Klux Khan
meeting.
Incidentally, the local SIP. mem
bers thought the Communists were
| foolish to spend SO much time on the
Scottsboro case, and the SIP. also
has no use for farmers.
The road to American fascism win
be paved by the dilettante Marxisn
Of the Socialist Labor Party.
u. G. n.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
THE N.R.A. IN PROVIDENCE
Providence, r. I.

Dear Editor
De st. Aubin is the head Of the
N. r. A. in Rhode Island, and has q
controlling interest in the Vesta Knit
ting Co. on Blount and Basset st.
Ask him why he doesn't put his own
place under the Blue Eagle.
We all registered at the old Tech
High School, ten weeks ago under
De st. Aubin, thinking we we're to
get Job, but that's all blown over
now.
When Senator Metcalfe had the op-
portunity to get $4,000, 900, little
Rhody, according to Reidy didn't
need 1t. There was plenty Of food,
fuel, wearing apparel; two days work
for IS food order for family OF
nine. The fuel-'Mr. may I please
have some coal?" Reidy; IT gave you
q quarter Of ton two months ago.
Then you work another extra day for
another quarter Of ton. The wearing
apparel; Here is q card. Go to the
Share your rags"
Reidy's ONCE. one big happy family
II you are a relative Of q councilman
or alderman you get the Job. II you
belong to the clique, whether married
or single, he can pay you at the rate
Of 81 q day
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
Letters from Our Readers

arrangements with the priest; the
priest told him he would be scheduled
to speak after the program OF the
meeting had been presented.
Immediately after the closing Of the
{ ltertainment, Priest Zarwistowski
ANNOUNCED Mr. Wronski, member of a
workers organization, and he added,
Il think this is Polish Bolshevik."
He also said, This man has asked
me IL he can have the floor to speak
for few minutes and IL you people
want to hear him speak; you can, II
not, you can go home" The workers
aSSented.
Thereupon Comrade Wronski got on
i the stage, thanked the workers for
the courtesy extended him, thanked
the Priest Zarwistowski and the ad-
ditional six priests who were also
present and he began thus, Eyes, ]
am Bolsheyik. Now you have q
chance to see what I look like. ]
am proud to bear the name Boil
Shevik."
Comrade Wronski told the workers
what had taken place at the Chicago
Polish Convention and called upon
the workers to join the workers or
ganizations in Chicago, and urged
upon them the building Of workers
clubs. He asked that they join the
Polish National Organization and tt
help the worker Communists build q
workers and farmers government ir
this country. Everybody favored
Wronski's speech and showed 1t by 8
prolonged applause. All our htera-
,ture was disposed Of.
We called upon the workers to at
tend mass meeting which we vert
Icalling for the following Sunday.
should like to state in closing
Comrade Wronski spoke for one hour
and made fine speech.
lis
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
Rr ) Worker CORRESPONDENT

ELIZABETH, N. J.--Diehls, a sub
,sidiary of Singers Co, is not being
satisfied with the wage cut which
took effect due to the MIRA, but is
introducing labor saving machines to
increase the output per man.
The DiehlS company is q metal in
dustry which employed over 1000
workers during the war and in the
period of prosperity" Nov only 1000
workers remains.
All sorts~of schemes are being got
ten up togfool the workers, like the
Diehl Protective Association, which
is a company union and was organ
lied during the strike to betray and
prevent the workers from organizing
under a real workers union
The new machines end improve
mentS make it possible to produce
twice as much work, thus eliminating
many workers.
We have plenty Of work at present
and many Of the workers think that
this is due to the MIRA. But We must
not forget that We are causing 8
huge surplus of stock to pile up.
Later when we build up the stock
rooms, I wonder what the N.R.A. will
give uS,~aS we strikers know what 1t
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
~ Metal Worker Corresoondont

81 Metal Worker Correspondent
DETROIT Mich. -- The joo-shop
situation of the Tool and Die Makers
of the Detroit area represents some
Improvement. over the precarious
state OF affairs previous to the strike,
However, conditions of employment
are far from those existing during
s+sele 1924-i925 period, and at present
ara absolutely unsatisfactory.
The National Production Co. To-
Gated on St. Jean Ave, near Mack,
a prominent concern in the field Of
die, Jig, fixture and special machin-
cry building, is operating s hours per
day, sly days per week, running three
shifts (sone men were nicely" asked
to work Sunday for straight time)
ard is actually paying from 10 cents
to sizes per hour; but it is also an
ultra -rnadhouse as well.
To think that men who are the
most highly skilled and trained me-
chanics in the world, seasoned
steeled and thoroughly tried in the
craft CT fir5t-rat5 Importance, with
cut whom the auto industry could
net possibly exist, should be called
upon to run around like maniacs in
the performance Of their duty is diff
l5cult to comprehend.
Dangerous Jobs
il is dangerous to work in these
shops. On the first day I escaped hav-
ing ny toes mangled A heavy chunk
Of machine steel darge punch) fell
tom a drill press table right for my
toes, but 1 withdrew my foot in time
The operator OF the press was q
yoIngish man and when questioned
what he was getting (day rate) said
he didn't know They said they'd
pay me what I'm worth" the COM
lcent went on.
another man claimed he was sent
to the shop by the Detroit State Free
Employment Agency. He doesn't
know beans about die work So they
put him on filing. and he complained
his hands were swelled u and Bills
tered.
Tool and tIe workers are being
Canned right and left every day
upon the pretext of being too slow
OF unsatisfactory somehow or other
1here is g familiar saying among
these men, IF you can manage tc
remain here one week, you are ar
old-timer. brother"
The equipment Of this concern hac
been allowed TO wear down. Bearings
ere loose. soindles and chucks ruY
out Of true at times lie Of an inch
II you wish TO use say { 1z-incr
dill o. reamcr. you are invariably
compelled to ask all the bench mer
in the place for it if you can locatt
enc at all. And if you do locate one
maybe they will let YOU use 1t arc
then maybe they won't.
Files, scrapers, parallels, vises. mi
cronleters, verniers, etc, are scarce
No matter how good natured or well.
poised you may start the day, you
nerves receive q terrible Jolt by tn,
time you are ready TO wash Up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
Predict 5000 Will Attend 10th
Daily Anniversary in Detroit

DETROIT, Mich.--At least 5000
workers will attend the tenth ami
versary celebration of the Daily
Worker here on Sunday, Jan. ID at
the Finnish Hall, 5969- 14th St., it is
predicted by the arrangements COM
mittee.
Preparations for this gala event are
In full swing. A. w. Markoff, Director
Of the New York Workers School, will
be the main speaker. Following his
lecture special dinner will be held
in the same hail.
There will be musical numbers and
a concert by all the workers cultural
organizations of this city, including
five choruses, solo singers, mandolin
and string orchestras, groups dancers
From 10 a. m. to ] a. m, there will
be dancing. All workers organiza-
tions here are refraining from having
affairs on Jan. 18th.