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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04


his minister as the pumper was
at work on his lease on Sunday
The minister asked why he was
breaking the Sabbath command
ment.
wen. sir" said the pumper,
you know I'm q little behind in
my church subscription and 4
have been worried shout how
could pay Il. So I referred to my
Bible. and / found the answer tn
II Kings Al"
The minister went to lo0k Il up
and found the scriptural injunc-
tion: go. sell thy oil, and pay
thy debt"
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Lawyer: II wish you had an
allbi."
Ganester: so do /. Then
wouldn't need youl"
uuu an |
$50 you have a new job. Is
there any chance Of prOmOtiOn7"
PLENTY. I've got the smallest
job in the office"
q q q q
Teacher: What tense is II
am beautiful"
Pupils: Gin chOrus); Past
Tensel"
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VOW
A couple OF third-rate politi-
clans we're having dinner in thal
booth Just ahead OF the one
was occupying. Both seemed
little the worse for whiskey, and
their voices were broadcasting all
over the restaurant the argument
as to who was the better speech
maker.
why, the last time made a
speech the audience could be :
heard applauding half a mile +:
away" Dragged one.
Naturally" reported the 9TH
or. Il was speaking there!"
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LIKE ssPINK EELEPHANTS''
The following verse was sent
to the Chicago Daily News by
@. A. Haywood:
Each day you may see me out :
working on the farm.
have q little forty, a chicken :
coop and barn.
1 love to work upon the farm :
and keep it neat and clean. :
But when I'm in my bed at :
night, I have such awful :
dream. E
see taxes no the ceiling, ] :
see taxes on the wall, $
see taxes in the kitchen. I 8
see taxes in the hall.
see taxes In the dining room, 3
see taxes on my plate,
/ believe can taste taxes in :
everything eat.
T hoa,e.,o q unov4rs, &.Sa. i -
believe in being sane,
believe these unjust taxes are 8
TAXATION Of the brain.
1 see taxes on my children, s
see taxes on my wife.
I see taxes on my income, S
see taxes on my life. g
The next bum rap that we pre- >:
dict with no other can =:
compare; -
It's meter on our windpipe, s.
then tax us for the air.
q q y q
Which reminds as about the 50
wife Of the new member OF the $
legislature who tried to awaken -
her sleeping husband:
John. John" she said. 8
There's a burglar in the house, =
John reused slightly. mo. .
lear" he said. Impossible. 8:
There may be sOme burglars in =
he Senate. but not in the G:
House."
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REVERSE ENGLISH
/ mere stenographer she was
Who loved her occupation -
md also aoved the guy from
Whom she deity took dictation. =:
fost expertly she played her hand =
And nursed his ev'ry whim. -
he battered him from eight 10 s.:
five. -
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
Members of Faculty
Approve School Tax
Discussion of Supplement after Ad-
journment of Regular Meeting

After the adjournment of
the University faculty meeting
Monday morning, the members
resolved themselves into a cit
liens meeting for the purpose
of discussing the proposed sup
Elementary school tax.
r. j. M. Hobbs, member Of
the towns school board, present
ed statement about the situa-
ton Of the school. He explain
ed the provisions Of the new
state law relating to the length
of the term and the salaries of
teachers, and he gave illustra-
tions to show what effect the
supplement would have upon the
tax bills of property owners. In
Guiding the supplement, the to-
tai school tax will be much less
than it was last year.
A few Of the citizens, among
them w. w. Pierson and ID. d.
Carroll, arose to say that they
had been informed that rumors
had somehow got af1oat that
they were opposed to the supple
ment, and they wanted to deny
these rumors and to record
themselves as hearty advocates
of it..
It was evident that the facul-
ty members were strongly in
favor Of supplementing the state
fund. When the subject had been
thoroughly discussed H. H. Will
liams introduced resolution
that the meeting go on record as
advocating the tax. The resolu-
tion was passed without a dis
senting vote.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
H. M. Wagstaff's Letter about the School Tax

and costing a reduced sum as
compared with what the public
school system has been costing
the people under the old form of
control and maintenance.
There were a number of ideas
behind this change that were ex-
pected to make it advantageous.
The most fundamental of these,
| think, was the idea of ec0n0-
my. The old local school units,
under the old system of local
control and maintenance, had
involved themselves in bonded
debt and grinding tax rates that
were heading them practically
all into bankruptcy. These local
units, through the legislature,
gave up the liberty Of going to
hell in their own way because
they found themselves in diff
culties too formidable for their
own solution. SO the state as a
unit was called upon to effect
a solution, to find a way out of
the morass. The way out to the
legislature seemed economy and
self-discipline, the fortitude to
do without those things that
(Gontinued on next page)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
Kiwanis Scholarship
Loan Fund for University Student; !;
No Endorsement Is Required

The Kiwanis Club of Chapel
Hill has established an Honor
Scholarship in the form Of loan
fund of $75.
The money will be lent TO
some young man or woman, Sc
lected by a committee from the
club, to cover tuition in the Uni
versity. The beneficiary must
live in Chapel Hill or Carrboro or
the nearby country.
Whoever receives the award
will make note upon which no
endorsement will be required.
Character will be security. That
is why the term Honor Schol-
arship is used.
The money is available for
this year because a previous loan
to a student has been repaid.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
Football Prices Cut
Purchaser of a Season Ticket Gets
a AZ Per Cent Reduction

A AZ per cent cut in the price
of admission to the football
games in Chapel Hill this fall is
offered to anybody who buys a
season ticket.
Taken singly, the eight home
games, five varsity and three
freshman, will cost $11.45. The
season ticket is sold for $3.50.
Of this, SO cents is the federal
tax. The states sale tax is in
cluded in the Sc.
eve would rather play to
capacity audience at half price
than to a half-filled stadium at
regular prices" said r. A. Fetz-
er, director of athletics, in an
nouncing the reduction.
The season tickets are already
on sale at the office of the Uni
versity athletic association.
The varsity home games will
be with Davidson, Georgia,
Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, and
Virginia.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
Mrs. KluttZ' Vote
Resident Who Pays Heaviest Taxes
to Cast Ballot for Supplement

Mrs. A. A. Kluttz, who pays
heavier taxes than any other res
ident Of Chapel Hill, wrote to
the editor yesterday to say that
she was going to vote for the
special supplementary school
tax. This is her letter:
"In time like this we must
show our colors. Our Chapel
Hill school needs the help Of all
of us. ! have no children, but
my mother and father taught
me to believe in schools when
times were even harder than
these.
81 now pay taxes on $45, 900
IAN assessment reduced from
100000 since last year,. | owe
$24,0 900 and can scarcely pay the
interest. The merchants to
whom ! have let my stores have
had such a hard time that some
of them have been unable to pay
the rent, and some Of the form
er occupants quit and left their
rent unpaid.
II will gladly vote for the
school supplement as a matter of
pride and faith in our town and
our University, and for the sake
of decent treatment of our
teachers and the children OF
Chapel Hill. In the spirit of the
N. r. A., let us join in and dc
our part"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
The Repealists' Meeting
Tomorrow Afternoon They Will Make
Selection of Delegate

Advocates of the repeal of the
Eighteenth Amendment who live
in Orange county will meet at
3 o'clock in the afternoon to-
morrow, Saturday, September
23, in the court house in Hills
bOro. The purpose of the meet
ing is to select a candidate for
delegate to the repeal convention
in December.
All citizens who favor repeal
men and women, are asked to at
tend.
There has been very little dis.
cussion of the repeal question
in Chapel Hill recently. AS far
as public affairs are concerned
the interest of the community
has been centered on the school
tax election.
Nobody has declared himself
an aspirant to the post of dele.
gate from this county. Among
the repealists in the village
such as have thought about the
matter at all-the idea seems tC
be that anybody chosen at to-
morrow's meeting will be salts.
factory.
The person chosen must file
notice of his candidacy with the
county board Of elections, con-
tanning a declaration that he is
for repeal. In order for his
name to go on the ballot, Pc
tition supporting his candidacy
must be signed by qualified vOt'
ers equal to 2 per cent of the
number who voted in this coun-
ty in the gubernatorial election
of 1882.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
To the Editor

To the Editor:
! wonder if you would well
come in your columns a word
for the point Of view of those
who may reasonably question
the policy involved in voting the
proposed 18l2-cent supplement
for the Chapel Hill school in the
special election to be held Oc-
tober 12? do not propose to
argue the point that it is a wise
thing to have the best school
that can be paid for, any more
than I would argue the point
that it is a wise thing to have
the best University that the
state can afford, with the right
of all interests justly considered.
The state has decided, through
it's elected representatives and,
| am convinced, on the basis Of
cold revenue facts, that it can
have University costing, for
the next biennium, up to 68ao Of
what it has been paying for that
advantage. Also it has decided,
by the same process, that it can
have an eight-months public
school term, financed by new
form of tax levy--the sales tax
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
PRINTERS RETURN
FROM THEIR TOUR
OF 13,45O MILES
They Went to Canada, Then to
Mexico and over the Noun
tains to Pacific Ocean
EXPENSES LESS THAN $500

Bob Moore and Spec Nc
Clure of the staff Of the Orange
Printshop came in last Satur-
day in their travel-stained but
unWearied Ford sedan. Thus
they ended 9-weeks tour that
took them to New York, Boston,
Vermont, through Maine and
New Brunswick to Nova Scotia,
up the st. Lawrence to Quebec,
Montreal, and Niagara Falls, to
Chicago and North Dakota,
down through the Middle West
to Mexico, to Mexico City, and
over the mountains to the Pacific
Ocean. Leaving Mexico, they
returned to Chapel Hill by the
Gulf and South Atlantic states.
They rode 3,450 miles. The
expenses Of the entire trip, in
Guiding gasoline and oil, food,
visit to the Worlds Fair, oc-
casional moving picture tickets
-eVerything-came to a little
under $500.
They did not shave from the
time they left Chapel Hill until
they were nearly here again. 1t
had been their intention to come
into the village with their
boards, but their vanity was
stirred by two attractive girls
whom they met in Georgia. The
girls chaffed them about their
savage aspect, and off came the
boards.
The photograph here shows
them in Mexican costumes,
Moore on a donkey and Mcclure
standing before a cactus bush.
On their second visit to Mexi-
co City, after they had gone
over the mountains to the Pacific
coast and back, Ambassador
Josephus Daniels had them into
dinner. For few minutes they
Continued on page four)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
WHEN AND WHERE
TO REGISTER

R. D. Herndon, registrar
for the special school tax
election, will be at the Lyon
hardware store from 10 to
| o'clock and from $3.50 to
5, every day except Satur-
days, for the enrolment of
voters. He will be at the
school athletic building all
day on the two remaining
Saturdays tomorrow. the
23rd, and the 3Oth).
Registration ends at sun
set Saturday, the 30th.
In order to vote you must
register.
Anybody is qualified to
register and vote who has
lived in the state a year and
in Chapel Hill 4 months and
who intends to make Chap
Ell Hill, from now on, his Tor
herr chief place of resi-
dence.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
Professors Vacation
Ended by Mosquitoes
Mangum and Pierson Flee Home after
One Night at Ocracoke

When DR.. Charles S. Mangum
and William Whatley Pierson set
out on their vacation they were
fairly bubbling with enthusiasm
Their fancy conjured up one de-
llghtful vision after another
fishing from a motor boat, sail
ing, surf bathing, strolling on
the beach and looking out over
the moonlit ocean, lolling on a
veranda, sleeping long and late,
and consuming vast quantities OF
seafood. They were going to
stay on the coast week.
They drove to Beaufort, passed
peaceful night there, and the
next day proceeded to their par
adise-Ocracoke Island.
AS they debarked upon the
pier that runs from the island
shore out into the sound, just
before supper time, they were
welcomed by an army of mos
quitoes. The physician had on
knickers, and he estimates at 25
the number of mosquitoes on
each stocking by the time he
reached the land end of the pier
The historian wore long trous-
ers, but these gave him no pro
lection: the eager throng crawl
ed up under them. and, more
over, bit him upon the hands and
face.
The natives explained that the
recent storm was responsible for
the plague. When it had died
down pools of water had been
left here and there, as breeding
places; and the wind had shift
(Contfnue6 on inst page)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
Chapel Hill Chaf

When | entered H. A. Burch's S
workshop at the inner end of
Wilson court Monday afternoon
he was shaping a piece of wood
in his lathe. 1t was a baseball
bat, and | saw dozens of bats in
racks along the wall.
"Oh, l sell 'em all around" he
said in reply to my question.
You see those two I've just
put the oil on? Pm mailing
them to a young man in Gibson
vile who wrote me for samples.
A day or SO ago | got an order
for two dozen from the high
school over in Durham.
One of these bats looks no
whit inferior to one of Spald-
ing's. At least, it doesn't to me,
and | doubt if an expert finds it
any less serviceable.
The revival of the interest in
baseball has made a good market
for Mr.. Burch's product. The
game is played not only in the
towns; teams have been organ
lied at many crossrOad settle
ments in the country. Mr..
Burch's fame as a bat-maker
spread through Orange and the
nearby counties.
Ash, the wood from which
bats are made, grows in the
creek valleys around Chapel Hill
Not long ago a lumberman re-
ceived an order from Spalding's
for car load of ash logs. Some
that he had left over was bought
for the workshop in Wilson
court.
Mr.. Burch worked for the Uni
versity for eleven years. During
the building period in the 1920's
he was the man who kept the
tools in order for the contractors,
T. c. Thompson & Co. He work
ed sometimes as a carpenter. He
inspected and weighed all the
crushed stone that went into the
Kenan Stadium, 1000 tons of it.
When building ceased he was
thrown out of employment. He
bought the garage that was for
Continued on last pag.)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
McCOrkle Heads Music Dept.

r. Smith McCorkle has been
appointed acting head of the
University music department
He has been a member Of the
faculty here for eight years. A
native Of Texas, he was in Kan.
sas City University before com
ing to Chapel Hill. He has wor
distinction as a concert violin
ist and as director Of the Uni.
versity band.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
Herndon Chosen Registrar for
Special School Tax Election
He Is Assigned to Post Result Complaints
First Incumbent, Paul Robertson Asked Persons Who
Came to Register How They Intended to Vote and
Expressed to Them His Own Opinion Issue

r. d. Herndon, former post
master here, has been chosen by
the board of aldermen as regis
trar for the special school tax
election to succeed Paul Robert
son.
Mr.. Robertson resigned at
meeting of the board last Satur-
day evening as a result of COM
plants that he had> addressed
questions to persons who came
to register, as to how they were
going to vote, and had express
ed to some Of them his own
opinion in opposition to the
special tax.
Bonner Sawyer, town attor-
ney, conducted the inquiry for
the board. Charles Craig and
Walter Hackney, Negroes, told
what Mr.. Robertson had said to
them. Marvin Utley said that
Mr. Robertson had asked him
how he was going to vote and
that he had declined to answer.
Alf Pickard told of a conversa-
ton in which r. M. Squires had
said'that he had heard Mr.. Rob
ertson express an opinion on the
tax question to a person who had
come to register.
Mr.. Robertson, who was pres
ent at the inquiry, said that he
might have asked some persons
in a casual manner as to how
they thought the election would
go, but that he had not sought
to influence anybody's vote.
The aldermen went into exec
utive session to consider what
action they should take. They
decided that Mr.. Robertson had
not maintained the impartial
ity that is required Of a regis
trar. Later Mr.. Robertson ap-
peared before them and present
ed his resignation. They elect
ed Rev. B. J. Howard to take his
place; but Mr.. Howard declined
to serve, and at special meet
ing Monday they elected Mr..
HerndOn.
The registrar will enroll vot-
ers at the Lyon hardware store
from 10 to | o'clock and from
$3.50 to 5 o'clock every day ex-
cept Saturdays through Septem-
Der, and at his home at other
hours. On the two remaining
Saturdays in the month, tomor-
row and the 30th, he will be at
the school athletic building all
day. Registration will end at
sunset on Saturday, the 30th.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
The Jewish New Year

The Jewish New Year is being
celebrated this week, and Ber-
mans and some other stores
were closed yesterday and will
be closed today (Friday).
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22

There will be a reception for
Methodist freshmen and new
comers to Chapel Hill at 8
o'clock this friday evening at
the Methodist church. All
church members are urged to at
tend.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
Storm Victims Need Clothing

Storm Victims Need Clothing
The victims of the storm that
rava9ed eastern North Carolina
last week are in urgent need Of
clothing. Whoever in Chapel
Hill can contribute clothing is
asked to send it to Mrs. w. S.
Bernard. She will send it
promptly to relief headquarters
in New Bern.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22
Legion Auxiliary Meeting

The American Legion Auxili-
ary will meet at $3.50 Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Charles Shields on Vance street.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-09-22

Miss Wilson Operated On
Miss Alice Wilson underwent
an operation for appendicitis
this week in Watts hospital.
Evening star., 1933-03-14
Washington Produce
WHOLESALE PRICES.

Butter-One-pound prints (93 score)
%; tub. %; one-pound prints (e2
score), %; tub. 20; one-pound prints
(91 score), 81; tub, 20; one-pound
prints go score), 20; tub. 10.
Eggs-Hennery white. IL; current re-
ceipts, II; Government graded, extras,
1879; standards, IT; mediums, 1612.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, hens, young,
16a20; old, 12al4 toms. 13al4; old.
hens, 9a1l; Winter chickens, bale;
stays, 8al0: roosters, Cat; Plymouth
Rocks, broilers. 20a22: fryers. 17a19;
roasters, 17a19; mixed colored chick
ems, l4a16; keats, young, 25a40: old,
15a20: capons, TO 9 pounds, 18; to
pounds, Is.
Poultry, dressed Turkeys. hens,
young, 19a23; old, 15a17; toms, young,
16a17; old, 11a13; chickens, hens, 16al8;
Leghorn hens, 12a13; Winter chickens,
l8al9 stays. 11al3: roasters. 9al0;
Plymouth Rocks, broilers, 23a25; fryers,
20a21; roasters. 20a22; mixed colored
chickens. 17a1e; keats, young, 28a43:
old, 18a23; capons, Z to pounds, 81 +;
5 to pounds, l8.
Meats-Beef, 10: veal, 70; lamb, IA;
pork loins, l2l2; fresh hams, II;
smoked hams, 13; strip bacon, l3; lard.
Il2, compound, I.
Live stock-Hogs, light. 3.75a430;
medium, 375a4 80; heavy, 3.40a4 10;
pigs, 375a4 90; roughs. 1.50a3.0 90; calves,
40Oa6.50 lambs, 300a6.00.
Fruits-Apples, fancy box stock, lisa
225; bushel baskets, LOCAL rs; peaches,
3.25; pears, .50a2.75; plums, $50; april
cots, 3.25; nectarines, $50; mandarines,
4Oa5O; oranges, 2.50a350; lemons, 4.00a
45O; tangerines, 2.00a2.25: grapefruit,
200a2 so; lines, per 100, 200; bananas,
100a2.5O; alligator pears, 3.50a4.00;
honeydews, 200; pineapples, 4.00a5 90;
Spanish melons. 6OOa7O kumquats,
quarts, 90 rhubarb, 4oa5o; cram
berries. 3.25; grapes. Almeira's, Argen-
tina, $50; Emperors, kegs, 5.50a6.00;
strawberries, 70Oa7.5O.
Vegetables Potatoes. Maine, 1.25;
New York, 100a1.15; Florida, new,
It's; Idaho bakers, Its; sweets, 65a75 !;
tomatoes. repacks, Span crates, lbs;
lugs, 1.00a200; broccoli, 800; turnips.
40a50 parsnips, 85a100; string beans,
zoo; peas. 2.75a3.00; lima beans,
300a350; peppers. 1.50a2.25: kale,
3Oa40; spinach, 9Oa100; mushrooms,
50a75; satisfy, per dozen. 60; lettuce,
iceberg. 3.00a325: squash, 100a225;
eggplant, 1.5Oa2.0O; beets, crates, 125;
carrots, crates, 1.25; cucumbers, 40Oa
450; celery. Its; cabbage. new, hamp-
ers, 1.25a1.50: old, sacks, 90a1.00:
asparagus, 250a6.0O: caulihower, LISA
200; corn. Florida, 800.
Evening star., 1933-03-14
PLAN TOY FACTORY
FOR ALEXANDRIA
Plant Similar to Those of
hurenburg, Germany, to
Be Opened Soon.
BY a Stat, correspondent of The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va March IA
toy factory similar to the plants at
Nurenburg, Germany, will be opened
here In building formerly used by
the Virginia Shipbuilding Co. in the
near future, according to announcement
made by Dan S. Hollenga, business
manager, at meeting Of the Alex
anorla Chamber Of Commerce last
night.
In addition to the manufacture of
toys, the factory is also to print child
ren'S books. Formal announcement of
its opening is to be made by Mrs. v.
Mcmahon of Washington, president,
next week, 1t was said.
InstaIlment Tax Payments Urged.
Members Of the trade body unani-
mously adopted resolution which re-
quests City Council to make city taxes
payable on an installment basis, pre-
ferably under a weekly or monthly ar
rangment to be worked similar to
Christmas Savings plans The plan is to
be retroactive in respect to payment
OF delinquent taxes.
Banks of this city will get class A
certificates from the Treasury Depart
ment, denoting them to be 100 per cent
solvent, for their reopening tomorrow
morning. Mr.. Hollenga said he had been
informed by bank officials here The
fact that banks here are in such ex-
cellent condition was praised by the
business manager as another advantage
offered by Alexandria over other cities
of its size.
Hope that the Merchants Air BILL the
passage of which Is necessary before
the International Zepplin Transport
Corporation will divulge the location
for its Atlantic seaboard zepplin port,
will be passed at this special session of
Congress. was expressed by Mr.. Hol-
lenga. The Hybla Valley port. miles
south of here, Is one of the three loca-
tions picked for the Atlantic Seaboard
port by the zeppelin corporation.
Volunteers Second Pay Cut.
The report of the board Of directors,
which was accepted by the body, in
cluded the announcement of q second
voluntary reduction in salary by Dan
S. Hollenga, business manager. The
managers first voluntary reduction in
salary was for $1,000 and this second
is for an additional S840.32.
April 20 was set as the date for the
annual meeting of the chamber. Seven
new directors to fill vacancies caused
by the expiration of terms of members
of the present board are to be chosen
by mail ballot in April. Their election
will be announced at the annual meet
ing. The membership drive which has
been postponed will be continued with
the opening Of banks here.