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Plentywood herald., 1934-09-13

Undoubtedly many of the public schools OF the
country, just opened for the Fall term open be-
cause the federal government has come the rescue
OF districts which have been unable to collect sufficient
taxes to carry out a normal school program
The emergency educational work OF the govern
men has not merely saved types of existing educa-
tiona endeayor but has instituted activities OF
much significance.
Largely because Of these activities the year 1893
34 has been termed year OF sensational progress
by the editor Of widely circulated educational maga-
zine, School Life.
1T is the year set up classes that attracted
than million adults" says the Junesissue OF
the magazine; the year nursery schools increased
practical camp schools for 100000 boys In the CCC
the year that workers education and parent educa-
ton has leaped forward the year that the federal gov
eminent has done more for schools than any year
since 1887; the that ohid labor has been ruled
out OF industry"
Federal Emergency Relief expenditures for solely
educational purposes increased from $4,000 In Oct
ober, 1888, to $2,755,O00 In June 1894 Sums spent
on such purposes until the middle of August has
ed $27823,OOO. The plan for 934-35 was then inaug
urated with the provision for the emergency educa-
tional program included definite part OF the relief
allotment to each state
1t Is hoped during the year to employ 10000 needy
teachers In nationwide campaign against nliteacy
The program OF lteracy classes, vocational training
and rehabilitation general adult education and nurs-
schools Is expected to reach two million persons
What program
Plentywood herald., 1934-09-13
Looking Through the Glass Darkly

Governor Floyd Olson, of Minnesota chooses to
view the present national situation as open to two
courses-permanent breadlines or governmental con.
troll and operation.
We do not view the situation eye to eye with the
Minnesota governor. We viii admit the situation is
desperate in at least of the Northwest brought
by the drouth that has existed the past few years
and endures, but couple of years of adequate rain
fall could change the situation II by magic. Let
nature be kind to us, and the Northwest will not only
become altogether selfreliant but will agree to ex-
tend helping hand to the rest OF the nation
The Northwest has breadines due to natural and
not manmade. causes. It can only stage comeback
when nature takes hand In restoring a degree OF
normal weather conditions otherwise the whole
try could be prosperous and 1t remain PROSTATE AS
respects governmental operation Of business while
true we have greater extent of governmental inter
ference with business than at any time In history
II is altogether due to the depresson-he government
Is In business despite its best efforts to extrcae itself
from the ENHANCEMENT through financial assistance
extended.
Other than natural resources developed to bene-
fit the public President Roosevelt has indicated no In
tenton to invade the domain of private business very
much to the contrary Should labor seek to improve
It's own and general conditions through cooperative
enterprises, we believe it would find him sympathetic
shown practical In achievement Above all else the
New Deal contempates bettemnent for the working
class.
Plentywood herald., 1934-09-13

Political forecasters awaited with intense interest
the result Of the state and Congressional election In
Maine Monday. The adage, "as Maine goes so goes
the Nation, has not been borne out In recent years
except as to percentage votes cast for candidates
OF the two major parties.
For instance, in 1882 Maine gave Hoover to 3
vote Roosevelt but only five other states in the
Union went for Hoover. In 1916, when Democratic
president was elected, Maine went Republican. Tho
state did go Democratic in 1872 but the Republican
vote was split between Theodore Roosevelt Taft
and Wilson got only 40 per cent OF Maine' popular
vote
Under these circumstances 1t is the size OF the
Republican majority IN Maine which is significant
rather than Republican victories. In 1892 Maine ell
ected two Democratic representatives and only one
Republican, and a Democratic Governor. Based ON
the as Maine goes" theory, Democratic national
landslide could have been predicted. In $780, how
ever the state elected Republicans to all four Of It's
seats In the House. Republican Senator elected
and yet that year the Democrats control Of both
houses in Congress.
In 1928 Maine gave its four Republican candidates
for the House than 10 per cent the total vote
cast The Republican candidate for the Senate got
most an equal popular vote.
In 1926, when the Democratic party gained slightly
In the House of Representatives. the Republican car
didate for Senator In Maine got II per cent OF the
votes cast and the four Republicans running for the
House obtained about so per cent In the mdterm
elections of 1882, the Democrats made great gains
the House. In that year the Republican candf
date for Senator in Maine received 81 per the
popular vote; and the Republican candidates for the
House 54 to 81 per cent.
II these records anything, 1t Is most con-
clusivey that the Republican candidates In Maine
erage at least 65 per cent of the states popular vote In
years when the country is firmly Republican.
Plentywood herald., 1934-09-13

THAT the greatest weakness OF
some cities is apathy and lack of
cooperation.
Apathy Is deadly and so Is lack of
cooperation.
A city that allows these conditions
to exist has a hopeless future.
To be asleep at the post is a crime
against yourself as we'll as meaning
slow, lingering death for the home
city
Cities in this condition should
come to life: the people should unite
and fight aggressively for the better
ment of the home city.
II a city needs attention at all, the
sooner 1t get it the better.
Nothing can possibly be gained by
putting it off, and II they do their
present condition probably will be
aggravated.
THE WISEST COURSE TO PUR-
SUE IN BUILDING A CITY is TO
UNITE, GET BUSY AND STAY
BUSY.
Plentywood herald., 1934-09-13

Zach of the boys is permitted 10
write a letter home every two weeks
ana he may hear from his parents OF
other close relatives as often as he
chooses. Boys are given merits each
DAY. and after reasonable length of
time, they are given an opportunity
OF being paroled Touching indeed
was the scene when this splendid
group of boys were invited to sit In
semi-circle with newspaper men
and listen to talk by the Governor
Tears coursed down their cheeks as
ne appealed to them to lead lives
which would give them an honorable
place in the ranks OF society. and as
groups filed by shaking the hands of
the youngsters, there was hardly a
dry face in the entire group of men
ana women. Ii was scene that
could not help touching the heart
strings of the most calloused. and
prompting the thought that perhaps
after all some of these boys at least
may not be so much to blame for
their misfortune as parents who had
failed to provide the right direction
All in all, we came away with the
feeling that here was a corrective
institution of real merit
As one travels the splendid high
way from Miles City to Glendive. now
oiled all the way. he marvels at the
great road building program being |
carried on In the state. Oiling Is also |
in progress on the new highway from
Glendive north to Crane, the first |
station south of Sidney. Il there is |
any sight that bears the marks of |
Paradise in this year OF desolation |
and drouth it is the fertile valley of
the Yellowstone which is under the |
ditch Here for few miles at |
least one can look upon green crops,
abundant forage. with corn already
standing six feet high. and splendid
yield OF sugar beets almost ready to
harvest. Water-what magic
Hordi On one side OF the road
looking towards the unirrigated plat
aau, nothing but parched prairie,
while just across the road, fed by a
steady flow Of water from the Yel-
owstone through huge bitches, Is a
Feritable Garden of Eden. We like
% think OF future when, under a
lefinite program OF water conserva-
ion, and perhaps more scientific use
II the land, all Of eastern Montana
nay present such a picture again
That abiding faith in the future is
lbout all our people have left, but
hey cling to it with undying hope
ind undaunted courage.
Plentywood herald., 1934-09-13

were due to the utter disregard by
officials and directors OF the basic
obligations arising out of a fiduciary
relationship, and many bankers had
woeful lack Of regard for the public
interest.
Described by Secretary OF State
COrdell Hull as a step back to econ
Omic sanity, the Government Is MAX
ing an effort to point the world back
to the good old days when interna-
tional trade was $33, 900, ,OOO, 900 a
year instead Of $4,000 900 900 az 1t
was last year. Mr.. Hull believes that
2,5OO,0OO American families can be
taken off the relief rolls and put to
gainful employment Ii the United
States can sell five billion dollars
worth of goods abroad as 1t did In
1929.
Moreover, he thought protection
could be abolished whenever protect
ed Industries failed to achieve q pro-
duction equal to Is per cent OF dom
estic consumption within reasonable
time. 1t is suggested that the appli-
cation OF these principles would not
cripple any major industrial enter
prise and that the small marginal
commerce which might be hurt
would not count for very much. The
suggestion has also been made by
Thomas w. Page, OF the Tariff Com
mission, that a few hundred people
who might be affected could be pen
stoned or compensated, Ii necessary
Facing continued and increasing
relief expenditures, Treasury offic-
ials and members OF Congress are
considering the possibility OF new
taxes In January or the extension of
existing taxes, such as that on bank
checks, which expires on January
1st. and the one cent gallon on
gasoline. which ends next July.
That another effort will be made
to levy a general sales tax to re-
place all existing nuisance" leyies Ia
certain but unless urged by the Ad-
its opponents feel sure
1t can be defeated. One thing seems
certain, however, and that Is that
further Tightening up OF the income
tax provisions will be made In order
to eliminate loopholes which were
not plugged by the law passed last
Spring.
Plentywood herald., 1934-09-13
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and
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90 $ Q AiA y VA SD -
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE FEET

The American women nearly all
have deformed feet. which Is due to
many causes. the chief of which is
the wearing or shoes not fit to be
worn by human being.
A prize was recently offered in a
large western city for the most per-
feet pair of feminine feet.
Two thousand applicants present
ed themselves. The judges were all
chiropodists. They told the contest
manager that they doubted if a per-
feet pair of feminine feet existed in
America. A perfect foot must have
the toes lying in parallel lines like
the fingers OF the hand There are
no corns or bunions on perfect feet.
Did you ever examine a baIby's
foot? The feet OF young children are
beautifully shaped. The skin Is
smooth and free from blemishes.
You can put the feet together and
you have symmetry. The toes form
almost complete half circle with
the great toes fitting closely against
each other.
Nature has beautifully arched the
feet of the Caucasian races at the in
step. There are many bones entering
into their structure, also muscles,
nerves and blood vessels. The muscl-
es that support the arch are attach
ed like string on bow, reaching
from the heels to the toes. The most
important are very long and slender
Our shoes are not shaped like the
feet that go inside them. Consider a
foot such as | have described, and
look at the shoes that you see every
where Each shoe, especially those
Of the woman, Is symmetrical, most
OF them run to a point at the toes
or are perfectly round, though 1t
takes the two feet together to des-
cribe half circle and produce syun-
metry.
No wonder that half the people
suffer from enlargements OF the
joints OF the great toe, or from corns
and bunions and callouses on the
bottoms OF the feet. In order to get
a foot into shoe such as ! have des
cribed, the great toe Is pushed out OF
line and crowded towards the other
toes before it can accommodate itself
to the shape of the shoe. The feet
are SO very pliable and easily mould
ed, especially in the young child.
High heels are vicious. They not
only deform the feet but the figure.
Plentywood herald., 1934-09-13
WILL HOOVER RUN AGAIN?
RELIEF NEEDS MOUNT
REVENUES PROMISING
MORE BLAME FOR BANKERS
SOME TARIFF SUGGESTIONS
RELIEF MEANS NEW TAXES

Already the politicians are Wond-
ering If Herbert Hoover is begin
ming a campaign to reassert his
leadership of the Republican Party,
with an eye on the presidential nom
ination OF 1886 The former Presi-
dent, In recent magazine article.
paid his respects to the New Deal,
saying our people face "the issue OF
human liberty" and decried econom-
ic regimentation. Political observers
are closely watching to see If the
article in question followed by other
activities, which would inevitably
mean the entry OF the former Presi-
dent into the present political pic
ture.
Because of the drouth and the us.
ual seasonal increase, next winter Is
expected to record new high In the
number OF families on Federal relief
rolls. Donald r. Richherg expects
five million families on the rolls next
February At present, relief costs
are about $125, ,0O0, 900 month, with
twenty-three states in the drouth
area requiring special relief Funds
ON hand will last into January, it is
believed
Some interest attaches to the
Treasury statement showing that the
deficit for the first two months of
the fiscal year is about $450000. 900.
While these figures cannot be used
to estimate the trend of the year,
several interesting points are seen.
A sharp increase in revenues,
amounting to forty per cent more
than last year, Is explained In part
by processing taxes, but there are
substantial gains recorded from in
come and internal revenue taxation.
In addition. the RFC, which has
been one OF the largest spending ag-
encies OF the government, appears on
the credit side, with balance OF
more than 500, ,OOO, 900 due to repay.
ments exceeding new loans. Two
items explain the entire deficit for
the first two months-the PWA and
the FERA. which together spent
more than $470, ,OOO, 900 in June and
August.
The third section of its report on
Wall Street and banking In general
has been made public by the Senate
Banking and Currency Committee.
Abuses arising out OF the relation
ship between commercial banks and
their investment affiliates are dealt
with by the report, although these
were severed by the new banking
act of 1888.
The report finds that the invest
ment affiliates were organized by
banking institutions to enable them
to engage In business practices pro-
hibited by law, and that commercial
banks found a fertile field among
their depositors for purchases OF Sc |
curity issues which their investment
affiliates sponsored. That these
banks violated their fiduciary duty to |
iepositors is the conclusion OF the |
committee, which gives detailed re-
ports concerning the operations OF
several banks, one OF which "sold on |
he average Of 81. 500 ,000. 900 OF Sc
surities a year to the general public"
Many Of the evils, says the report,
Plentywood herald., 1934-09-13
AS Maine Goes

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-25
PRESIDENT ORDERS
new STUDY OF Id.
WATER SITUATION
Eaton Receives Word That Co.
0rdinated Survey Will Be
Launched at Once
RESOURCES BOARD TO ACT
Move d Seen 40 Result Of
Roosevelt's Promise Made
At Devils Lake

Fargo, N. D., Oct. 25.-(R)-Presi-
dent Franklin p. Roosevelt has or
dered new survey Of Ill proposed
and contemplated flood control and
water conservation work In North
Dakota, according to information re-
ceived In Fargo Thursday by ]. @.
Eaton, chairman Of the North Da-
kota Democratic committee.
The survey will coordinate al In
vestigations previously undertaken Of
not only the Missouri river diversion
project but also the Mouse, James,
sheyenne and Red River Valley basin
flood control and water conserva-
ton projects.
After conference between the
president and Harold L. Ickes, secre-
tary Of the interior, the national re-
sources board was directed to begin
preparations for the new survey with
emphasis being placed on the north
west demand for the Missouri river
diversion project, according to the
information Eaton received from
Maurice Cooke. director Of the na-
tional resources board.
Cooke declared the president had
made specific recommendations OF
what he wanted In the new survey
and also requested that previous sur
vey reports be made In the near fu-
ture.
Mr.. Eaton declared the president's
action was . fulfillment Of the presi-
dents promise 1T Devils Lake last
summer tiat, what could be done by
the federal government toward alle-
Waiting drouth conditions and pro-
noting water conservation projects
In North Dakota would be done.
There Is = definite hope in this
latest action Of the president" said
Mr.. Eaton, that the long dreamed
Missouri river diversion project will
be fulfilled. This Is the first time. 50
far as know. that coordinated sur
vey Of separately suggested projects
In North Dakota has been ordered.
It means that the federal govern
ment is still vitality interested in
North Dakota's water problem and
that 1t will do what 1t Is humanity
possible to do"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-25
MUST PAY
$4,000 IN TAXES
Judgment Diminishing Suit by
Great Northern Signed
by Judge Miller

Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 25.-(Re
A judgment dismissing the suit Of the
Great Northern railway for . per-
manent injunction restraining the
state tax department from collect
ing 100000 in 1888 taxes was signed
by q. s. District Judge Andrew MIL
Ter here late Wednesday
p. @. Satire, Bismarck, state at
torney general, and Harold p. Shaft,
Grand Forks. special assistant attor-
ney general who represented the
state In the tax suit, were present
when Judge Miller affixed his sigma
ture to the judgment.
As Q result Of the Judgment. the
railway company must pay the $780,
600 which it claimed was % per cent
over-assessment Of taxes. The COM
peny previously had paid more than
$o00.000 Of its taxes.
The case was started ct Fargo last
April before Judge Miller and the
railway company was granted Q tenn.
porary injunction restraining the tax
department from collecting the $780,
900.
Final arguments In the case were
heard by Judge Miller ct Fargo about
10 days ago.
F. q. Dorety. st. Paul, and g. ].
Murphy, Grand Forks, were counsel
tor the railway company In tho case.
Announcement that the railroad
would appea. the case to the federal
circuit WAS made later By 6. J. Muir.
ply. member Of counse. He said Z
motion for . stay Of execution Of
Judge Miller's judgment would b
argued In about two weeks.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-25
Lifts Ban to Save
Doomed Lake Fish

Because fish face death BY
freezing or suffocation this win
ter, Thoralf 6wenson. state game
and fish commissioner, Thursday
ordered open fishing In Painted
Woods lake and MurrayS creek
in Mclean county.
Only f.sh!ng by explosives Is
barred In the order. All other
forms Of taking fish, for personal
use only. viii be allowed.
The order does not suspend the
necessity for obtaining fishing IL
censes, swenson said. The lake
Is near Washburn.
due to drouth conditions that
exist In that vicinity" Swenson's
order said, and that the water
level having become 20 low that
the fish life In these waters y
endangered from freezing or SUI
location / declare these va
tiers open to al kinds Of fishing.
with exception q explosives"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-25
REVENGE sought BY
FRIENDS OF FLOYD
can9ster's Pals Intent on Eve
ming Score With Police
Chief Fultz

Lisbon, o., Oct. 25.-(P)-To the
hectic, staccato-like series OF events
tangent to the killing Of Charles
Pretty Boy Floyd and the capture
Of Adam Richetti, was added Thurs
day q search for large sedan report
ed to be carrying four men intent up
on evening the score with Police
Chief J. H. Fultz of Wellsyille.
Wednesday Chief Fultz received q
letter threatening death to "the one
that got" Floyd and his henchman
Richetti, who is in jail here. Fultz
captured Richetti last Saturday, but
was not q member Of the party OF
peace officers who killed Floyd.
Wednesday night the sedan was re-
ported to be cruising this district, q
machine gun plainly visible through
its windows. A search for 1t by Chief
Fultz was unsuccessful. The strange
car was last seen at Calcutta, O., near
Lisbon.
The search for the machine pune
tuated a day in which Prosecutor
George Lafferty said the argument
over custody OF Richetti would be
closed by delivering him to Missouri
to stand trial on charges Of Staying
Ben Booth of the state highway patrol
and Sheriff Roger Wilson Of Colum-
bia, Mo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-25
Ne,u Cross Country Record Set by
StreQmlir1ed Union Pacific Train
New Mark for Los Angeles to
New York Trip Is 56 Hours,
SIS Minutes

New York, Oct. 25.-(F-Her Diesel
engines rumbling symphony OF
power, the M-l000l. streamlined train
Of the Union Pacific railroad, rolled
into the dark caverns Of Grand Cen
trail terminal at 9:55 a. m. Thursday
and marked new chapter In Ameri-
can railroad history.
When her blunt, canary yellow nose
clicked over the bumper joints at the
concourse platform, she had set new
rail speed record from Los Angeles
to New York City Of 56 hours, IS
minutes.
Two decades OF railroad history
were thrown in sharp relief when
w. A. Hartman, chairman Of the
board of the Union Pacific, stepped
from the train to the platform.
Eighteen years before, his father,
the late E. H. Hartman, the vests
greatest builder of a railroad system,
had set the coast-to-coas record when
he travelled from San Francisco to
New York In Il hours, n minutes.
His son, slender, youthful, chairman
Of the board at A, had ridden the
route In IA hours. 80 minutes less time
in the new modern streamlined flyer.
The M-10OO1 negotiated the 1894
miles on schedule, and between Chey-
enne. Wyo, and Omaha, Neb., speeded
to q new worlds railroad record of
100 miles an hour over two consecutive
miles. On the record dash, she cover
ed 18 miles at an average speed of
HOS miles an hour.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-25
DR.. CONDOR REVEALS
ALIEN AS man Who
GOT RANSOM. MONEY
Revelation Made After Inter.
mediary's Visit in n. J.
Cell Of Suspect
CONVERSATION GIVE. AWAY
4 Details Of Talk Still Held Secret
as Wilentz Prepares Muir.
der Case
CONVERSATION GIVE. AWAY

Trenton, N. J., Oct. 25.-(R-Dr.
John r. Condor Wednesday identified
Bruno Richard Hauptmann as the
man John" to whom he paid $4,000
ransom money for the promised return
I OF the Lindhergh baby, it was learned
Thursday from an authoritative
source.
Dr.. Condor, known as "Jafsie," made
the positive Identification after IN
hour and q halls conversation with
the German alien, Immediately after
Hauptmann had pleaded mot guilty"
to the charge Of murder In the court
house at Pennington.
Details OF the conversation between
the two were not revealed but 1t was
understood that "Jafsie" talked about
many Of the things that he and the
intermediary discussed on that dark
night Is they sat on . bench In q
Bronx cemetery.
DR.. Condor talk | with Hauptmann
in the Bronx county jail soon after
the carpenters arrest but ct that time
I said he was not certain Of the identi.
tication.
He went to Pennington Wednesday
and after his talk With Hauptmann,
pledged Attorney General David T..
Wilentz to secrecy as to the outcome
OF the conversation.
Wilentx continued to decline. to dis
cuss the results, saying II cannot talk
until DR.. Condor releases me from
the promIS3 Of secrecy.
In New York, DR.. Condor cut his
interuewers short by declining to
comment. He was questioned Is he
entered his home on Decatur avenue.
The Bronx. ct noon. He remained
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