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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
OUR
CHILDREN
e
A BROKEN DAY
By ANGELO PATRI

MISS MARIA made out her daily
lvl plan. After morning exercises
arithmetic drill, special emphasis on
minus seven. Written arithmetic
special emphasis on. man had and a
man gave away-with special atten.
tion to Peter and Katherine.
Miss Maria felt the first setback OF
what was to be broken day when
the principal escorted two Indians In
full regalia to the platform. Dear.
dear, suppose they will talk half an
hour. There goes my arithmetic drill. :"
They did talk a half hour and the
children leaning far over the edge of
their seats took in every word. war
whoops and all
well" said Miss Maria, as the class
filed into their seats with rather more
noise than usual, I'VE are little bit
behind this morning but we will work
hard to make up. Row one, stand.
Seven take two"
The door opened and in walked the
superintendent, note book in hand,
spectacles adjusted to the seeingest
angle. Good morning, Miss Maria.
I've just come in to see how well these
children are getting along. Perhaps
they would like to read for me-"
Miss Maria groaned in secret. This
meant getting out the readers.
Somehow they got through the
morning. The afternoon session opened
in comparative calm. Il may as well
try to get in the drawing lesson. The
supervisor will be along and those
spring pictures aren't ready for her, "
thought Miss Maria. Monitors, give
out drawing material" The monitors
did. Bang. bang. bang, bang, BANG,
went the rapid dismissal gongs. All
out on record time. lined up In the
yard for inspection.
When the class trooped back the
classroom was a sight. A stray breeze
had wandered in and the clean white
drawing sheets were Uttered about the
floor. monitors, pick up the papers.
Martha. fill the pans. Peter, bring a
fresh package of paper. We will paint
spring pictures"
It'll let them paint as long as they
like. There's no sense In trying to
stick to schedule on day like this, "
said Miss Maria to her astOnished and
bewildered self. That afternoon as
Martha put the blackboard rubbers
away and Peter counted the readers,
and the class sat ready for the bell,
Clarabelle looked up at her teacher
and said, Didn't we have good time
today? Just like a party" A broken
day comes as a welcome break in the
childs routine He doesn't feel as bad
about it as you do. perhaps. Anyway
it is not wise to allow routine to
become so firmly set that it cannot be
broken without catastrophe. When it
comes make the best of II.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
A BIT THICK

The manager of the big business
firm stormed into his head clerks
Office and banged fist angrily on
his desk.
"Smithers," he cried ominously,
"this is outrageous. l distinctly told
you you could only take seven clear
days. holiday, and here you have at
last put in an appearance on the
eleventh day. What is the meaning
of it?"
"Oh, yes, sir" said Smithers, cool
ly enough. II have an explanation.
Three of them were foggy."-London
Answers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
Les. VIII Do

Kind Lady-Why are you crying,
little boy?
Boy-pve lost a dime.
Kind Lady-When did you lose it?
Boy-This afternoon and mother
has sent me out again to look for
it. She says II / can't find it, a
nickel would do.-Gazette Mont
reaD.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25

Horizontal.
1-Marsh
4-Young goat
6-Deeply engrOssed
0-Organs OF head
12-DuIl, spiritIess person
12-Furchasable
10-Exclamation Of regret
1S-Pastimes
2O-A quick pull
22-Having been victorious
28-SmaM room
94-Fish eggs
25-Turf
27--Girpg nickname
29-Long period Of time
80-One who follows mp
32-Boys first name
Sold horse
3E-To pull with force
SG-Hit
30-University oniciaI
42-Prevaricate
43-BecOmes fatfgued
45-Boy's name
48-Distress signal
47-Mixture Of earth and water
4s-Unclosed (poetic)
6O-shoemaker's tool (pl.)
62-Yellow
challenging to q person
N5-T0 rum on
B7-Acquires by labor
b0-Impressed
0O-FIesh
01-Nickname of martyred President
GA weight
Vertical.
GOOD Of love
3-Short sleep
ITO know (Scotch)
E-Englishman's SANITATION (two
wOrds)
y-Projecting piece OF wood
S-Dealer
o-Happening
1O-Amrmative
11-Face bone
12-Mnnsion
14-Big
1b-T0 earn
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
Making 1t Even

"A girl who is engaged should
never go out with another man." said
the maiden aunt.
"Oh, it's all right! Bob's engaged,
too" replied the modern maid
Stray Stories.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
Seeking Relief

"What makes our friend Mr.. Dunn
ley keep talking about the weather."
maybe to keep his mind off it,"
said Miss Cayenne. HE is one of
those people who never think about
what they are saying"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
Slight Mistake

Visitor to a Hotel-This wall is so
thin that you can almost see through
1t.
Hotel Manager-That's the window
you're looking at.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
Can Hear a Pin Drop

Can Hear a Pin Drop
May--Yes, Dick tells me all he
knows.
Candid Friend-How really awful
the silence must be!-Answers Mag
azine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
REALLY NOT HER FAULT

How out of style she looks"
"Why not? Her whole allowance
for clothes is only three-fourths Of
her husbands salary"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-25
Wifev's Objection

Wifey's Objection
Bones-Have you noticed that Will
liam Jackson has stopped wearing
glasses?
Banks-Yes. His wife won't let
him. They show up her wrinkles
and gray hair too plainly.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-03-30

Japan continues to renew Its popu-
Iatio8 ut the rate of four babies a
minufe-.1 61 births d day. or $40
an hoar. with one baby left over
according TO the figures for 1881
made public by the cabinet bureau
of statistics
According TO the bureau OF statis-
tics the total number of marriages
during the year was 496,54. Pre-
ssmabsy the figure Is that OF mar
rlages registered. but as many I'M
Ions are sill made I'm the old-fash-
ioned way by the bride and bride
groom exchanging cups of wine In
presence of their relatives. the Of
fetal statistics cannot be regarded
ax complete The marriage rate.
Though Sill higher than In most
countries where records are kept. ia
decreasing yearly. Divorces num-
bered 51.fst1. q ratio of OFT per 1000
marriages. but again 1T must be
Pointed out that this figure does no
include the d~isSclHti0ns of unregis-
tered nnissfas which are quite In
formally made
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-03-30
Salt nleum Formed
Water BliSterS
On Baby
Healed by Cuticura

My sixteen months old baby was
bothered with SALT rfleura. IT started
with a rash and then formed n wafer
blister. md the more he scratched
the more 1T ifched until the blister
was broken Then 1T would break
cut in another place As soon as I mt
his night clothes on he kept mn a
steady whine and could not sleen. II
affected his whole body and he was
i sight
Ny druggist told nae about Cult
cuK1 Soap and Ointment purchased
sDane and after using them 4 month
or two my baby WIS heakd~ (Signed,
Nh Doris Hardy, Is High St. Bos-
cz~en. M H. August III. 1889.
cuticurx Soap &c. Ointment 25r
and Soc Txlrum &c. Sold every-
where One sample each free Adj
dress ~Cuficurz Laboratories Dent.
II Maiden. MaM-Adv.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-03-30
Life In the Oceans

As In the world above the surface
OF the water there are many varieties
OF parasites. no. too. there are tzxv
creatures In the oceans which ref !
free ride through life Rock perchex
are frequently encrusted with hun-
dreds OF polyps. which hang TO Ifs
skin and which the poor fish In I'm
! to shake loose The hermit
crab thrusts itself into a colony OF sea
aneInones, which are armed with .
formidable battery OF singing cells
and hence are given a wide berth bv
hungry fish AS the crab has a shell
which is not irritated by the sting
cells. ii lives In peaceful security from
the attacks of fish which know better
than to mix mp with the a~ner,orsx
Bnf how the regard the In
trnder In not known
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-03-30

NTH q 1~ferfeFtscr WYo.r saws.
1as-- -sxssAs I'D 4 wzs En vwry unnr hraFth
q ~&x zazEss s=ExazziE~ for ne To be on NV
frrf kTE ] sHx u ~szsEerer os woman trou-
hk- i xEazsfza taking Pr Psrrr~'s Fxyorftr Pre-
ETEaA1 zzf H<@ IE- Tiezrrss Lotion Tab
rs aa< nr~ ! 4z ahAs 80 do my wurk with
Gel Esa@4 Exn EaKS ksEg walks without In
jury % - r. en- frzaahfHEEfv say 1 feel Ike
= nw ~EzzxA-% ~ 11=9zis1s.
Nfsss - M- FSrTxxTs GIz.Ssr f54zH zIsr
= T. f~w frr< .se4seaI .dxks.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-03-30

AND so she went, a light pack-xars
n snowshoes slowed behind he-
eager to be afoot and trudgine the
dozen miles that lay between The end
OF his road and the trapper's camn
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-03-30

mans hand. 50 closely was Ii held ia
me sheriTs breast The report filled
me room. and then, as Gorbel felt
those stout fingers loosen on his arm
me sherin drew a long. retchinr
breath.
shofs" he muttered- shot and
and
He threw u a hand awkwara,v fax
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-03-30
A Solution

A Solution
Lets try q bungalow, my dear
Ifeaa yoa wonsr always be hearing
Burglars moving about downsfafrs.u
Passing Show fLondon1.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
BIG LAND OWNERS
HAVE PROFIT PLAN

Bankers, insurance companies
and other rich farm mortgage hold
ers in Iowa and Nebraska have or
ganized the Iowa-Nebraska Farm
Real Estate Association to find
ways and means to get more pro-
fits out of their holdings.
The association proposes to get
owners" to run the farms, ac-
cording to Howard G. Harrison.
manager of the Omaha branch.
mortgage loan department, of the
Prudential Insurance Company.
The Prudential is one of the big
insurance companies that declared
recently that it would stop fore
closure proceedings temporarily.
The association is really formed
TO see If these big owners can't
get the workers from the cities
and farmres, with few dollars
left, to invest in farms which have
been taken from their original
owners by the bankers. 1t would
only be a matter Of time when the
banks and insurance companies
again owned the land-but thew
would have the farmers and the
workers investment to distribute
as dividends.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
LEGAL" MEANS

: A. Mr.. Attorney General is ton
generous with his advice. The
farmers have had a good taste of
illegal means" Now they are US
ing really effective means and the
bankers and their attorney general
are yelping.
5. The last point of the attor-
ney general contradicts his pre-
.vious statement. He tells farm
ers to look to legal means for
solving their debt problems and
then tells them that they can ex-
pect no relief from the legislature,
except as far as future mort
cages are concerned.
The farmers are not worrying
about future debts, but about the
present debts and the attempts of
the bankers to collect them. Mr..
Attorney General to the contrary
notwithstanding, they can force
Legislative action in their behalf
if they concentrate sufficient mass
pressure on the legislature and get
results OUTSIDE of the legisla-
ture by united mass action. Ac-
ton talks-to bankers ard their
Legislators alike.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
GOV. PARK OF MO.
REFUSES FARMERS
DEBT MORATORIUM

The "sacredness" Of contract is
the reason why Governor Guy B.
Park of Missouri has refused 10
hear requests for a moratorium
that farmers all over the state
have demanded.
Il am wholly in sympathy with
the farmers and their troubles
during this depression" he said
'fbut there is no power IN our
Government that can impair the
validity of contracts"
If the farmers of Missouri will
save their homes they can do it
only by the means that the farm
ers of Iowa and Nebraska have
used-determined action of all the
farmers. The governor and the
legislatures will soon learn that
they can establish q moratorium
on debts.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
GET SCHOOL HOUSE
FOR Ind. MEETING
Committee of Action of Is
Organized in Two
Meetings
(BY ]. HI


Syracuse Ind, Jan. 2O.-About
40 attended a mass meeting
which was called Jan. 16 at North
Webster, Indiana. Nine members
joined the committee of action
since they realize that only by
united action can we get relief
during this crisis. The speakers
were John Marshall of Leetonia,
Ohio, and B. A. Faulkner of Ada,
Mich. l was chairman.
On Jan. Is we asked the trus-
tee for the Syracuse school build
ing and he refused 10 let us have
the building. On the morning Of
the 18th we went to the trustee
with a small committee Of action.
The trustee was just ready to do
his morning delivery of meat in
Syracuse.
WHO PAYS SCHOOL TAXES
We went to the car and stopped
him. Mr.. Faulkner demanded we
have the use of the school house.
He told us that he had to deliver
his morning meat. We demanded
chat he leave his car set right
there until he gave us an answer
We asked him who paid the taxes
on the school house.
He told us again that we could
not have the school house and
started over to his nearby grocery
store. We followed him right to
the store demanding the use of
the school house. He said that
we were trying to hold him up
in broad daylight. We answered
that we were doing nothing of the
sort but that we wanted the use
of the school house.
GET SCHOOL HOUSE FREE
We then went 10 the dentist,
who is on the school advisory
board and told him to get up the
trustee. When the trustee showed
up there some more remarks were
passed but we got the use of the
school house without cost, just as
the Farm Bureau does.
This is our first demand in In
diana and we have won so we
found that one way to get what
we want is by united action.
On Jan. 10 we had SOTO people
at our meeting in the school
house. Six signed up making a
total of Is on the committee of
action. John Marshall spoke here
also.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17

THE FARMERS OPINION
Concerning tn csc Individual
points the farmers know that:
1. The courts have not declared
these sales void, because they
have not dared to. The farmers
will go on struggling despite the
courts decision or the opinion of
the attorney general.
2. The farmers have rallied to
save the farms, stock, and homes
of their neighbors who could not
pay and would have been left des-
titute thru the action of the banks
and other mortgage holders.
8. Foreclosures have been stop
ped, not thru the goodwill of the
bankers and their agents, but thru
the might of the farmers. The
farmers will not have their neigh
bors evicted even if "there is no
chance for the farmer to get out
from under his debt load, even un-
der favorable conditions. These
are the most destitute and i'm :
poverished farmers and must be
kept on their land, even if the
bankers and the rich don't get in
terest out of them.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17

some parts of the country as 1
am living in a locality, in one of
the darkest spots in the Union,
Anoka City. When the fake non
partisan league started out with
an automobile parade 10 or IL
years ago it was met with a mob
from Anoka.
My partner was trying last sum
mer to get the farmers together
an listen to a good speaker, but
they, were afraid. What can be
done to overcome this / would like
to know.
Editors Note: Those of us who
have been militants for years are
likely to get the wrong idea that
the particular spot where we are
living is just barren as far as or
ganization possibilities are con-
cerned. Pennsylvania is supposed
to be reactionary spot as far as
the farmers are concerned. But
the farmers there are hit by the
crisis and they are getting orga-
nized and are struggling. What
can be done in Pennsylvania can
surely be done in Anoka City,
MINI.
We would suggest going around
with a bundle Of of Producers
News, not holding a mass meet
ing as a beginning, but Just 20
around, visiting say half a dozen
farmers several times a month.
Talk about the contents Of the
paper to them. Ask them If they
wouldn't write as a story about
their conditions for the paper.
Learn their conditions from their
own lips. Ask them what they are
going to do. Tel them what the
farmers In Iowa, Nebraska. in
other parts Of Minnesota are do
ing.
To be perfectly frank, we think
that some of the ''black spots" our
militants see are just black spots
before their eyes. II you ret q
new slant on things the black spot
win disappear and you'll have
real organization.
Let's hear from yen SION again.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
BANK TOTTERS AND
r. F. G. MAKES LOAN
TO TT OF $4,000, 900

All banks in New Orleans were
closed on Feb. in commemora-
ton of the sixteenth anniversary
of the severance of diplomatic re-
lations between the United States
and Germany in 1917. This new
holiday was invented by Governor
Allen in order to give the Hibernia
Bank and Trust Company time 70
get a loan from the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation.
The r. F. C. agreed to make a
loan of 100000 to the bank
if it could raise 100000 from
other sources and freeze so per
cent of all deposits over $4,000.
Some time ago the R. F. C. made
loans to the Union Indemnify Cd.
and the Union Title and Guaranty
Company of New Orleans. Last
month both companies went bank
rupt.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
DOings of the
Advance Guard

The list we present this week is not as long as it
sometimes is on account of the cold spell and storms
almost everywhere. Between and spring we will
have some nice weather, We hope so anyway, and
lot of work should be done before the farmers start their
spring work. This is a good time to mobilize all oun
forces and go to it.
Our organization is getting results and farmers are
ting to point where they going have some say
about how the country They have left that part
for somebody else long enough Now they creating
their leaders, picked from their rank and file
By getting the Producers News them help them
along the proper lines 1t is their paper and the only one
standing squarey by them in their struggle for estance
Get a lot of new subscribers and renewals
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
BANKERS AGENTS
TALK TO JOBLESS
400 Attend Mass Meeting
of Idaho Jobless at
Boise
(RY H. FL

81 II. r.
Boise, Idaho, Jan. 30.-Last Fri
day night over 400 attended mass
meeting of the unemployed. A
small percentage consisted of wo-
men.
Since it was mass meeting the
bankers agents asked permission
to do some talking. Among them
were one preacher, the Superin-
tendent of Schools, lawyer with
an axe to grind, a progressive
fascist politician, who was once
candidate for governor here on the
nonpartisan league ticket, and one
woman, a former member of the
Socialist party.
These speakers got a lot of
wind off their stomachs; dema-
gogy, flag waving, and soldering
of sympathy for the unemployed.
PREACHER ATTACKS
WORKER
The preacher made a personal
attack on one of the workers for
criticizing the Boise wood pile.
This wood pile is Hoover's unem-
ployment relief for this winter and
is promoted by Hoover's federal
employment agent here.
He concluded his remarks by
quoting the Communist Manifesto
''You have nothing to lose but
your chains, you have world to
gain" Silence on the part of the
audience greeted this remark. The
unemployed were suspicious and
only booked at each other.
MUST ORGANIZE
The necessity of organization
and making demands were well
stressed at the meeting. The inn
potency Of the capitalists to solve
the crisis was also well stressed.
Charity came in for a whitening
criticism. All of our speakers EN-
phasized inadequacy of charity.
I took slam at education"
showed that all of the efforts at
education" wind up in starvation
in the midst of plenty and that all
Of the propaganda Of the capitalist
was designed to keep us in this
condition.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
Third Bank Closed,
Atlantic City, N. J.

Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. A.
The Pleasantville National Bank,
having about $500 depositors,
failed to open for business today.
It was the third financial institu-
ton in this vicinity to close within
the last week. Pleasantville is
about six miles distant from this
city.
In the last statement issued at
the close of business Dec. 81, 1882
the bank listed resources totaling
$655,518 and deposits Of $S25,571.-
IN
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17

was made up a couple Of months
ago and is playing quite well for
such a short time. The horns and
drum were given free for our use
by the Red Corner in our district.
The celebrations lasted for three
days in which most Of the peonIe
Of the Soviet Union took part. II
sure looks great to see such a
demonstration with so manv TAX
ing part and the officers of the
law doing everything they can to
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17
MORATORIUM IS
PASSED in IOWA
Governor Signs Bill; VIII
Make Courts Agents of
Mortgage Holders

The farmers of Iowa have won
partial victory in the bill pro-
viding that district courts may de-
clare a moratorium on farm mort
cages until March 1, 1886. The
bill was passed by the House and
Senate on Feb. 7 and on the fol
lowing day was signed by Gov
ernor Herring.
The bill provides that the farm
er or other real estate owner may
apply to the district court for q
continuance of foreclosure until
1885. If the district court sees fiji
if may direct such action.
COURT AS COLLECTING
AGENCY
If the application of the farmer
is granted the court assumes Gus.
tOdy of the property and directs
the disposal of the rent, or in
come from the property. In this
way the court becomes the agent
for the bankers, other mortgage
holders, and the landlords.
The law is direct result of the
vigorous struggle which the low;
farmers have put up against fore
closures and evictions. 1t is a vic
tory-or rather a partial victory
The Iowa farmers must organic,
to continue their struggles to keel
the returns from their farm op
erations which the courts will tr.
to rob them of for the mortgag'
holders.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-17

DOINGS OF LAST WEEK
Dave Hammer, Bagley, Mimi,
subscribes.
John G. Wall, Fessenden, N. D..
sends a dollar for a bundle and
sample copies.
Unemployment Council No. 20,
Chicago, H., renews its subscrip-
ton and orders receipt book.
Roy Miller, Frederick, S. OAK,
is mere again with two more subs.
H. Stolpe, Chicago, ILL.,, sub
scribes.
Albert G. Vreim, Wilmot, S. D.