Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-05-25
GETTING DOWN TO
"BRASS

10y lis dHd-d 1VIUI1tEtid
Club. The Herald marks Ii as
further sign hat understanding /
coming 10 Sheridan county of /
kind that cannot but have mos
constructive results. 1t is q grea
privilege 10 have a part in the build
ing of 4 new country. Such a tasl
is fit only for giants In the earth
We have them here rs truly as the,
are depicted in Rolvaags powerful
md compelling story. describing al
epic In northwest development tina
still is being enacted today IL
many localities. The people o
Sheridan county since the first da,
Il breaking pillow turned Its ricl
prairie sod and before have beer
giants in the earth.
Ninety years ago. IL is related In
Larpenteurs "Forty-five Years q
Eur Trader on the Upper Missouri
over these prairies by the way OF
the old Woody Mountain trail came
the first of the missionaries of
trade. They came 10 set rendez-
yous with red men who wore blan-
htlS anu ttulttu fitn IAtISs IL
buffalo robes. This land then WAS
4 hunting ground for which red and
| white men fought They saw it
only as a hunting ground and a
great game pasture. for they had
only the vision of their time
In a quarter of a century here a
xr4sn Jax-aHngrt hnu hr1r nn
ront1sii shed. Yet Sheridan county
and all this seed land is still only
In its infancy. 1t has a certain des-
tiny to be fulfilled 1t will some
/, day take its place among the rich
est agricultural areas of all the
northwest. 1t will send a bettei
steer TO a packing plant than 1t
grows today. 1t will be the scene
If a planned and intelligent devel-
orment. in which all its wealth OF
~resonrce in soil. and land. men and
part.
We are beginning to live in d
| new world and q world which will
be much better than was the Did
Definite social and economic evolu-
tian has brought us to that point.
The blue prints for that world are
made and the engineers carry them
INFO the field to plan a new civili-
~zation. n better society and greater
frt~rlom of thought and natural ex-
preston for all who live uron the
eaEth.-
Richly blessed is that communA
IT that has-men nj Wis" Vision
chose the spot and built the city
that is PIeny wood today when this
was a prairie wilderness. Vision
must sustain our future develop
ment and understanding and coop
GRAFTON must precede 1T.
1T Is such gestures as the forth
coming Farmers Day that begin to
lay deep the foundation of a spIen>
did future Men OF understanding
plan and achieve. Men in the CON |
fusion OF misunderstanding wrangle
and fight. They see injustices.
They rankle under them often
quite justly. But before they 20
forward they must sit down and
plan. Often times they are unable
to do this until they find themselves
well nigh exhausted with strife
that has added nothing to the sum
total of their happiness. Perhaps
that time has come to MS here. I'm
derstanding Is the beginning OF wis
dom. Wisdom must precede any
undertaking that makes for better
conditions for humankind.
Sheridan county farmers and
brentwood business men cannot
get together too often. They have
mutual problems They must be
solved by cooperation. the exer-
else Of calm Judgment and under
standing which evaluates all the
facts in the case. 1t is for this
reason Snch occasions as this de-
serve every OF encourage
ment. A town is a service station.
made up OF separate units, all Of
which have useful functions Not
only must it have people to serve
but it must actually serve them
The business man buys goods and
pledges his credit that he may
serve. He asks a profit but it is a
profit well earned by the service
he gives and the investment he has
Throughout the trying times we
have recently experienced there has
been keen anxiety for our rural
friends and neighbors- They, it is,
who have born the brunt of 4 fin
ancial and economic storm now
happily clearing up. Brave battles
have been fought on these prairies
by brave men against tremendous
ODDS. The Herald likes to think
mat they have triumphed and In
voicing this thought it is sure 1t
voices the thought of every bust
ness man In Plentywood. From
these times and from these trials
all OF MS should emerge better, more
thoughtful. mhre charitable men
and Only those who take
thought for their neighbors can
know true happiness
In a North Dakota town a few
years ago 1t was decided to call In
a community doctor when business