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Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-08-16
COUNTY LEv|ES
FIXED BY BOARD
City of Red Lodge Calls
For Slightly Higher
Levy This Year

County, city and school district
levies were determined Monday by
the board of county commission
ers, the regular county levies tot
alling 27 mills this year. The city
|of Red Lodge levy was set at 80
mills, four mills higher than last
year, and the school district No
l levy at 30 mills.
State levies, according to fig
ures submitted by the commissions
ers, are as follows: livestock,
as general fund, 1.O5; education
al bond interest and sinking fund,
.83; funding bond sinking and In
terest fund, AS; university main
tenance fund, 2.5; university war
rant fund, 80.
The general county fund calls
for a levy of 8y5 mills. The poor
fund levy has been raised, of ne
cessity, to 6 mills this year. 9th
er levies are: sinking fund, 3; in
terest on bonds, 3.5; debt reduc-
ton fund, /; bridge fund, 2; road
fund, 8.
The general school fund calls
for a levy of 6 mills, and the high
school levy is IL mills. For the
county unit sinking fund the levy
is 2.5 mills, for the county unit IN
terest fund, 1.5 mills.
The 30-mill levy for the city OF
Red Lodge is made up of the foi-
lowing fund levies; streets and al
leys, 2; general, 10; fire depart
ment, A; library, 2; garbage i;
sinking fund and water bonds, q;
parks, Is; funding bonds and IN
@terest, 8; lighting district, %; ana
a special assessment OF 80 per lot
in lighting district No. J.
Levies for other cities IN n
county are: Joliet, ~ mills;
Fromberg, 20 mills; Bridger, 10
mills; Bearcreek, 20 mills
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-08-16
GAVE NO PREFERENCE
TO HI ON RELIEF

It has never been required of a
Job seeker in the county that he
be listed as a beneficiary Of the
Carbon County Emergency Relief
committee, was the statement OF
Alex Fairgrieve, head Of the UNI
employment committee in the
county, in answer to queries
evoked by a story in The News
last week.
That story impaired the Inn
preston that it has been the pol
icy of employers to hire only men
who were listed for relief. That
has not been true, said Mr.. Fair
grieve. For example, he said that
of the 10 men employed by the
ColIison-D olven travelling outfit
% had been "on the relief, and
the rest were taken from lists OF
the county unemployment com.
mittee. Of rs men hired by Con-
tractor j. M. Carter, il had beer
on relief lists, and the others were
listed only by the unemployment
committee.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-08-16
CONTRACTS OF
CITY TEACHERS
ARE CANCELLED
Reduced Assessments Make
Necessary Action BY
School Board

Contracts of teachers in the Red
Lodge public schools for the COM
ing school year, scheduled to open
September 5, were cancelled by
action of the board of trustees Of
school district No. /, who met
Monday night to consider the
shortage of operation funds caused
by recent reductions in the as
sessed valuation of the district
and tax delinquencies.
The action affects teachers,
janitors and supervisors, who are
being asked by the board to re-
port for duty as usual on the OPP
ening day of school, at which time
such financial arrangements as
the board al improvise will be
discussed. A teachers meeting is
called for s o'clock on the morn
ing of September 5, the opening
date (Which was previously and
inadvertently announced as Sep
TENDER 81.
The boards action was in the
form of a motion by G. c. Rowan,
seconded by John Castagne, and
adopted after thorough discussion
by the other members, J. j. Geron-
dale, c. N. Luttrell and S. C. Mer-
riman. The motion follows:
Whereas, the constitutional
limitation of Indebtedness of this
District will be reached with the
payment of the August, 1888, pay
roll, and which is due to the de-
crease in assessed valuation of the
property of this District and de-
linquent taxes, matters over
which this Board has no Control
whatever, all contracts for the
coming year for janitors, teachers,
principals and superintendent be
cancelled and they be given notice
Immediately of said cancella-
ton"
Notice of the cancellation was
mailed to teachers today, together
with an announcement of the
meeting to be held September 5,
and a request for cooperation in
the difficulty.
State school laws fix the limit
Of Indebtedness at three per cent
Of the taxable valuation of the
school district, which in district
one is $86,584. The schools debt,
including the August payroll, is
$83,644. This allows the schools
only s2,940 for maintenance until
the receipts from the fall Install
ment of taxes r apportioned.
The amount is little more than
sufficient for one months payroll,
according to the clerks figures.
In the face of the figures, the
board did not see fit to maintain
contracts with teachers.
Two more school buildings in
Red Lodge will be closed this year.
The system will be condensed to,
save operation expense on the
Lincoln and Manual Arts build
ings. The Jefferson building was
not used last year, and will remain
closed this year.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-08-16
WHEAT MEETINGS IN
COUNTY

District meetings to help for.
nation of the wheat allotment as.
ISOLATION in Carbon county are be-
ing held today at Bridger and
Fromberg. Others are scheduled
by G. w. Gustafson, county adj
m~inistration agent, as follows:
Belfry, Thursday, August II,
2 P. M.
Silesia, Thursday, August IL,
s p. M.
Bowler, Friday, August Is, 2
P. M.
Edgar, Friday, August 18, 8
P. M.
Boyd, Saturday, August 10. 2
P. M.
Luther, Monday, August 81, 2
p. M.
Roberts, Monday, August 81, 8
P. M.
Red Lodge, Tuesday, August %,
2 P. M.
Joliet, Tuesday, August %, 8
p. M.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-08-16
TWO ARRESTED ON
NARCOTIC CHARGES
Mexicans Accused of Grow
ing Marihuana, Drug
Of the Orient

Deputy John r. Clawson
brought two more Mexicans to
Red Lodge last Thursday morning,
after the pair had been arrested
at Fromberg on a charge of grow
ing and possessing marihuana
weed in violation of the state mar
cotic code. Joe Aguilar and C.
Barela were arraigned Thursday
in the justice court of <. B. Prov
inse, lodged in the county jail in
default of 500 bond each to await
trial, which was set for the 10th.
Mexicans at and near Billings
often are afoul of the law for
raising ~marihuana, but few such
cases are reported in this county.
Marihuana, by the way, (some-
times spelled marijuana) is the
Mexican name for the plant, can
nabis indica-known as "hemp",
and in the Far East as hashheesh
or bhang. 1t is a tall, weedlike
plant with angular, rough stems
and deep lobed leaves. Its dried
leaves and seeds are mixed with
tobacco and smoked to produce a
narcotic effect. Some marihRaaaa
users roll it in cigarettes, puff the
smoke into their cupped hands,
then inhale it.
The weed and its uses are anc-
lent. AS early as 1000 A.. ID. it
was used by secret religious and
military cults and societies in
Persia. The ancient Egyptians
knew its use. Crusaders to the
Holy Lands learned to enjoy Cor
suffer from, as you wish) its eff
fects, which r both stimulating
and soporific, depending on the
amount used. The sweet Ne
penthe" mentioned in Homer's
Odyssey was hasheesh or mari
huana.
1t produces an intoxication sim
liar to that of alcohol, but gives
the user dreams such as those said
to visit the opium smoker. 1t is
considered to be one of the most
dangerous and health killing drugs
known to man. Narcotic codes in
a number of states prohibit its
growth, possession or sale, and
Montana, for the past year OF
two, also has prohibited it.
L. r. Mondt, field man of the
Great Western Sugar company
discovered the marihuana plants
that Aguliar and Barela allegedly
were raising on a plot of grount
near Silesia. He reported them t.
the county attorney, who ISSUED
the warrants and complaints.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-08-16
CLIMB
GRANITE PEAK
Marshall of Vancouver To
Try Scaling Highest
In Beartooths

An attempt to climb Granite
peak, monarch of the Beartooths
whose summit is the highest point
in the state of Montana, is being
made today by A. III. Marshall OF
Vancouver, B. c., who made ar
unsuccessful attempt on the
mountain a year ago. From Red
Lodge, Monday, he went to East
Rosebud lake to start the difficult
approach to Granite.
At Rosebud lake, he was Joined
by John Neulson of Cincinnati
who has been stopping at the
Princeton expedition headquarters
near here.
! Travelling afoot, they plan ia
approach the peak by going up
Phantom creek, past Slough lake
to the northern slope of Mt. Temp
est. then down and over the chasm
between Tempest and Granite to
the southeast face of Granite.
Between Granite peak and Mt,
Tempest" said Mr.. Marshall, in
describing his proposed climb,
"there is a great cawl, north Of
which is a large glacier that feeds
into, | believe, Mystic lake. From
that cawl, the climbing is not too
difficult until one ascends to with
in 300 feet of the summit. There
the real work begins"
He planned to reach the cawl
below Granite Tuesday night, rest
there and start the ascent this
morning. The bare, wind swept
rock and ice offer no comfortable
camping places, he said, but a
climber is almost compelled to
spend the night there.
Last year, with a companion,
Mr.. Marshall camped on Phantom
creek, then attempted to gain the
summit Of Granite on a one-day
hike and climb. They were not
more than halfway up the peak,
and facing a dangerous stretch in
the ascent, when darkness forced
them back down the mountain.
MI. Marshall is a short, wiry
man. His VanDyke whiskers are
graying, but he has the fresh blue
eyes of a young man. Mountain
climbing is almost an occupation
for him, as he has scaled every
high spot Of 5000 feet in the
United States. If he succeeds In
climbing Granite, he will have
Continued on Page 81
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-08-16
PROVISIONS OF
LOANS EXPLAINED
Home Loan Seekers Must
Be Residents of Proper
ty To Get Funds

Provisions of the home loan adj
ministration, which is distributing
mortgage and tax relief to home
owners throughout the country,
were given out this week by C. G..
Rowan of Red Lodge, attorney ap-
pointed to pass ON titles of prop
erty on which loans r issued.
Government loans will be ex-
tended, he said, to home owners
for the purpose of paying off
mortgages, for paying taxes, and
for maintenance and repairs.
The first provision is that the
borrower must be a resident of the
property ON which he seeks to
borrow funds. In conjunction with
the residence there may be a
store, shop, service station or
farm, but the applicant must ac-
tually be living on the grounds.
Nc loan will be issued in excess
of $4,000.
In cases where the borrower
seeks to pay off a mortgage, and
the mortgage holder will agree to
accept government bonds as pay
ment in full, the borrower will be
allowed q loan amounting to 80
per cent of the value of his prop
erty. The mortgage holder will be
paid in government bonds, and the
remainder of the loan, if any, will
be advanced in cash to the proper
ty owner, who will pay interest at
the rate of five per cent. In these
cases, the transaction will be
through the Great Falls office of
the administration.
If the mortgage holder will not
accept bonds in payment, the loan
seeker can borrow only 40 per
cent of the property's value. He
will receive the full amount of the
loan in cash, and may then pay off
his creditor. The interest rate in
a case of this kind is six per cent,
and the transaction is handled di-
rect from Washington, ID. c.
If the applicant labors under no
mortgage, but seeks funds for inn
provements to his property or for
the purpose of paying taxes, he
can borrow to the extent of 80 per
cent of his property's value, at
five per cent interest, the trans
action being handled through
Great Falls.
Loans may be repaid to the gov
eminent in monthly, quarterly,
semi-annual or annual payments,
amortized over a period of 15
years, the payments to be regulat-
ed to suit the amount and regular
ity of the borrowers income.
Application forms, while they
last, can be obtained from Mr..
Rowan or Charles HI. Draper, ap-
praiser, in Red Lodge, otherwise
from e. c. Carruth, home loan
manager at Great Falls. The APP
plications are filled out by the
loan seeker himself and forwarded
direct to the Great Falls office.
After approval by the executive
board there, the application is re-
turned to the appraiser, who
checks the valuation of the prop
erty. The borrower then submits
an abstract to the local home loar
! Continued on Page ~
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-08-16
ADVOCATES fort
PECK RESERVOIR
Transportation BY River
Would Reduce Farm
Marketing Cost

lfNprOVemSIC Oh Ine upper Mis-
souri, river, including the construc-
ton of the Fort Peck reservoir, as
part of the public works program,
has the full support of the Mis-
sissippi Valley association. which
has for a number of years urged
a standard-gauge 9-foot channel
for the upper river, Lachlan Mac
leay, executive vice president of
the association, declared in a
statement recently issued.
Army engineers have reported
that the Fort Peck reservoir will
assure a dependable flow of 10000
second feet of water at Yankton,
S. D., $4,000 second feet at Kan
sas City and 10000 second feet at
Hermann, Mo. This is sufficient
to provide a dependable 8 or 8
foot channel from Sioux City to
the mouth of the river at low
water stage without additional
construction work, other than is
required to complete the present
6-foot project, Mccleay pointed
out.
"It is proposed to construct the
Fort Peck reservoir in Montana
above the mouth of the Milk river
and above all silt bearing water"
Macleay explained. "The reservoir
would have a pool area of 202, 900
square miles. There are two adopt
ed projects on the Missouri, both
providing for a channel depth of
6 feet and a minimum width of
200 feet. The project from Kansas
City to the mouth is practically
completed and work on the project
from Kansas City to Sioux City is
under way with the probability
that the project will be completed
as far as st. Joseph, Mo-, this
year. The navigation season on
the upper river is from March Is
to November Is, and on the lower
river from March / to November
80.
"The extension of the economies
of low-cost inland water transpor-
tation to the Missouri river basin
is essential to the establishment
of any permanent prosperity in
this section" Macleay asserted.
"The Missouri Valley states pro-
duce a large share of the grain
crops of the United States as we'll
as contributing a substantial por-
ton of the nations live stock and
other agricultural products. The
surplus must be shipped to market
and this involves a long and ex-
pensive rail haul. Transportation
costs, under the existing trans
portation facilities absorb a large
share of the market price of farm
commodities-often a larger share
than is returned to the producer.
Efficient river transportation will
reduce the cost of marketing farm
crops and will result in permanent
farm relief"
AIn addition to improving the
Missouri river for navigation the
Fort Peck reservoir will serve to
prevent disastrous floods which
the army engineers estimate have
caused $46y830,000 worth of dam
age to agricultural lands, railroads
and highways in the period from
1908 to 1929. During the past so
years the river has risen above
flood stage II times.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-08-16
BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL
GROUP FORMED
Boosters Club to Continue
Development Activity
Says Shelley

The Business & Professional
club of Red Lodge, an association
to promote a better understanding
among businessmen acting under
N. R "A. provisions, and to bring
the business and professional peo-
pie into array as a unit working
for the development of better bus
mess conditions in the city, was
organized at a meeting Friday
night at the courthouse.
John Peters is president of the
new association, and Gus B. Foltz
was elected vice president at Fri
days meeting, which a held by
resolution of a group of business
men who previously had gathered
to discuss a working agreement
with the N. r. A. and the Associ-
ated Merchants of Montana. ID.
M. Marine, Jr., was elected secre-
tary-treasurer, and two directors,
j. j. Gerondale and Ed Bloom,
were named according to provis-
ions of the clubs constitution.
Attended by about 20 of the
more active and forward-looking
men of the city, the meeting was
presided over by Gus Foltz and
John Peters, secretary, who sub
mitted for approval the constitu-
ton and bylaws drafted by him
self, M. M. Solso and H. G.. Oh
colt.
On a call by the chairman for
opinions and discussion, O. FL. P.
Shelley, as secretary of the Bear
tooth Boosters club, raised the
question rs whether the new or
ganization was intended to take
over the functions of the Boosters
club. He definitely stated that the
new organization should not, and
could not, perform the particular
service to the community and
county that in the past has been
and in the future will be per-
formed by the Boosters club,
which was formed in 1925, and
has carried through the Red
Lodge Cooke road project and
other enterprises.
"There is no reason for any as
sumption that we need another
organization of the same nature
of the Boosters club, or that the
Boosters club has outlived it's use
fulness with the accomplishment
of the Cooke road project" said
Mr.. Shelley.
During its existence, the
Boosters club, under my direction,
has accomplished more for Red
Lodge than any club in the state,
in the history of the state . and
this in spite of a certain stubborn
and poisonous opposition, right in
this community, against every
move that was made for the city's
welfare"
"At times it was necessary to
withhold public information as TO
the operations being carried on by
myself and the club" continued
Mr.. Shelley, because those oper-
ations constantly were miscon-
strued, garbled and misinterpreted
by an unfriendly press"
1t was pointed out by several in
the hall that a live and going or
ganization was needed to take
care of such matters as the OBJ
jectionable condition on the Rob-
erts-Red Lodge highway, and the
danger that Billings or Laurel
Continued on Page Al
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-08-16
The standings now:

This Sunday, August 20, Bridg-
er plays at Bearcreek, Fromberg
at Billings, Joliet at Laurel, Park
City at Red Lodge. Only two
games remain on the team sched-
ules, with two extra games, be-
tween Red Lodge and Bridger,
Bearcreek and Park City, to be
played off.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-08-16

Mrs. d. w. Sanford and son
Ward came from Freeland, Mich,
for a visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. T. +. Pollard and family.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-08-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Turk and son
Jack and Harold Luhtala arrived
Monday from San Luis Obispo,
Calf. They intend to spend the
winter in Red Lodge.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-08-16

! Red Lodge, on the new scenic
| route to the Yellowstone Park,
/, is the gateway to the Beartooth
/, vacation land.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-08-16

I The News has a guaranteed
! circulation largec than that Of
I any other newspaper in Carbon
county. I
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-03-03
ENJOYABLE DAY AT ROSE HILL
M. E. CHURCH

February 26th was an enjoyable day
at Rose Hill NJ e. Church.
We had a very ;nterestinT Sunday
School. Miss Lillian Larkin, who had
charge Of class No. won the banner
in attendance and finance.
Sunday after at 800 o'clock, DR.. A.
P. Shaw, editor of the Southwestern
Christian Advocate, preached wond-
erful sermon to q large audience. We
are proud to say that Rose Hi went
over the top in its subscriptions to the
church paper. Instead of the getting
the number that was required of it,
which was five, we were successful in
doubling the number.
The sermon delivered by DR.. Shaw
was one that left deep impression on
his hearers. The District Superintend-
ent, Rev. L. E. Johnson and our pastor
Rev. A. Nelson, were highly elated over
the way the church responded to its
call.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-03-03
Southern City Gain
Child Welfare
Workers

Birmingham, Ala, Mar, 3, (ANP)
Birmingham first Child Welfare work
ers has been appointed, in the person
Of Mrs. A. NJ Brown by Mrs. Jesse w.
Jones, executive secretary of the Child
ren's Aid Society of Jefferson county.
This is the first attempt to do anything
for dependent Negro children, other
than delinquent in Jefferson county.
The executive comittee in charge of
the Negro Welfare group is composed
CT Mr.. c. w, Hayes, chairman, DR.. H.
c. Bryant, Mr.. j. w. Pearson, Mrs.
Clara Wilson, DR.. ]. c. johnson, Mrs.
A. NJ. Brown and Mrs. M. c. Bryant.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-03-03
NEGRO NURSE PROTECTS CHILD
FROM KIDNAPPING

Tupelo, Miss, March 3, (ANP) The
courageous refusal of Mrs. Clara Nell
D. Kirk, to surrender her charge, is
Hickman, nurse in the home of DR.. R.
Beloved to have saved the 10 month old
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Kirk from
kidnapping here Tuesday.
The attempt to seize the Kirk child
was the third against the children CT
wealthy parents in three weeks. AS a
consequence, guard have been placed
around the schools and at some homes.
Mrs. Hickman was in the front yard
with the child when two white men ap-
preached her and told her to go into
the house and get check which DR.
Kirk was supposed to have telephoned
her about.
The nurse noted the strange appear
ance of the men and became SUSPECT
Gus when they told her they would
watch the baby She refused to leave
Then one of the men grabbed at the
arm Of the child Mrs. Hickman pushed
him away, althongh he struck at her
seized the baby, and fled into the house
with it.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-03-03
Birmingham
Citizens Pro-
test Against
PolicekiIli1lgs

Birmingham, Ala, Mar, 3, (ANP) A
protest against the number of killings
by the police and other brutality was
filed here last week with the City
Commissioners, by the members Of the
local branch of the N. A. A. c. P.
Portions of the document were read
at the monthly meeting of the organ
ization which was held here Sunday
afternoon. 1t pointed out that the re-
cent report of the number of killings
in the city of Birmingham showed that
Ne. -roes had been the chief victims of
the police and the City Commissioners
were urged to take step to curb the
pratice.
Reasons for the killings were simply
resisting an officer" which according
to the protest ranged from talking back
to an officer to struggling with him.
The practice is prevalent, according 10
the petitioners in Negro neighborhoods
women ana children have been accus-
ed without cause by the white police
men.
The meeting Sunday was presided
over by Dr. z. W. Ta-gart and the
principal speaker was Prof. c. S. Bull
lard of Miles Memorial college of this
city. The body rose in nasse to conga-
tulate DR.. Chas. A. J. Mcpherson, sec
retary of the organization, upon his be-
ing awarded the c. ]. Walker medal
in recognition of his courageous work
in the Peterson case.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-03-03
COUNTY COUNCIL

The County Home Demonstration
Council met February 25th in it's re-
gular meeting at the home of Mrs Es-
Their Butler, 34th Avenue 18th Street,
with Mrs. Annie L. Smith presiding.
After the devotion, minutes of the last
meeting were read by the Asst Sec'y.
and adopted After which each leader
made splendid reports from their clubs
We then listened to remarks from Mrs
Butler as she outlined club work for
the month off March. Each club is
asked to have a Quilt Bazaar and look
forward to club rally day in April.
Mrs A. L. S. Rep.