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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-11-01

1.-THE Fort Peck is the keystone OF
the arch Of the development Of the
whole Missouri river valley. To Sen
ator B. K. Wheeler belongs the credit
for having brought the matter to Pres
ident Roosevelt's attention In such a
way that the president ordered the
project"
This was the assertion OF Arthur j.
Weaver. republican, former governor
Of Nebraska, when he took the stump
in the interests of the campaign OF
Senator Wheeler. Former Governor
Weaver came to Montana when he
learned that the republican candidate,
George Nj. Bourquin, had declared the
gigantic project of nc permanent value
to Montana.
"The advantages of the Fort Peck
project are many" Mr.. Weaver said in
an interview. He spoke with the
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-11-01

The issue OF the private charity"
policy. supported by the Hoover con-
gressman, Scott Leavitt, versus Presi-
dent Rooseyelt's policy OF direct gov
eminent aid to the needy who must be
helped or meet with disaster, 10 being
raised in the campaign by James E.
Murray, democratic nominee for the
two year senatorial term. In his
speeches Mr.. Murray is asking his
opponents to state frankly their atti-
tUde Oh the public relief question.
In view Of t. fact that Judge George
Nj. BourQuin, republican standard
bearer In Montana, has during the
campaign ridiculed the value OF many
OF the public works activities Of the
federal government, especially the
Fort Peck project, MI. Murray wants
to know whether Mr.. Leavitt agrees
with Judge B%ourQuin. From the rec
ord Mr.. Murray is able to show that
Mr.. Leavitl while in congress and
while following meekly bell sheep,
voted against q lei SIS, 900, 900 ap-
preparation for direct relief OF dis
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-11-01
Don't Go On Promises

Not on promises. Not what they MAY DO, but
what they HAVE DONE, the candidates on the Democra-
tic ticket seek your support.
Other candidates may predict that they will save
money for the taxpayers" The candidates on the Demo-
cratic ticket HAVE SAVED MONEY for the taxpayers
during the past year. The official report of the State
Examiner says they have "GOTTEN DOWN TO BED
ROCK"
You don't have to take these candidates word for
their economy in office. RECORDS SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES.
Don't be mislead by mere promises. Insist on having
facts, and with the facts before you, VOTE FOR YOUR
w INTERESTS as a taxpayer next Tuesday.
The candidates who, BY H RECORD, which SO
far stands UNCHALLENGED by the opposition, have
conducted an economical, efficient administration of your
county's business, have reduced the c~ounty's expenses
and Indebtedness without impairing the efficiency are on
the
Democratic Ticket
OTE FOR ALL OF THEM!
Evening star., 1934-04-10
Wrongly Placed Blame.

While many will agree with Rep
resentative weideman of Michigan in
his rather generalized appraisal OF
the local schools-and his interest in
the situation Is certainly welcome
he will discover as he pursues his in
quiries that he has been hasty in
putting the blame foc such condi-
tons on the superintendent of schools
or the Commissioners, and suggesting
as the remedy q concerted local effort
to persuade the Board Of Education
and the Commissioners to demand
funds from Congress"
The Board of Education, Mr.. Weide.
man will learn. has not been unre-
sponsive to local sentiment In its de-
mand for adequate school facilities
and there is a long record-available
to Mr.. Weideman-of its efforts. The
Commissioners have not been idle
But the authority to demand fund,
from Congress does not lie with the
Board of Education, which must work
through the Commissioners. 1t doe.
not lie with the Commissioners. who
are able to ask only what the Bureau
of the Budget Is willing for them tc
ask. And the Bureau of the Budget
will disclaim responsibility for the
local schools. It's chief function Is
to keep the national budget In order.
The responsibility, Mr.. Weidemar
will learn, rests mainly with his col.
leagues in the House. Their dis
charge OF responsibility in relation tc
the local schools and other local needs
should be subject for interesting in
quiry for Mr. weideman, with some
rather amazing revelations in store
for him.
Evening star., 1934-04-10

wearer. It Is "Cercoleptes caudivol-
vuius," which broadly means . crea-
ture that Is capable Of hanging by tts
caudal appendage. The sight Of one
Of them suspended from q limb might
arouse deep emotions In the breast Of
one not acquainted with 1t. Rabbits
do not climb trees, and their tails are
not adapted to suspension. Likewise
even cats and dogs. Monkeys can
perform this trick. But who would
shoot q monkey in big city?
In case Of doubt, where humans are
involved in some vagary, perhaps the
pistol is indicated as means Of pub
lie protection. Even then only rarely,
and on extreme proyocation. But
surely a kinkajou Is entitled to climb
a tree, to hang from it tailwise If 1t
wishes, without invoking shot. Hence
1t Is that the suggestion Is offered, in
perfect good faith, that inasmuch as
Washington Is the home Of many
strange pets. the members of the
force be taken. by squads, to the Zoo.
logical Park and there instructed In
the appearance. habits and the tricks
OF these and other creatures, 50 that
there may be no more such near
tragedies as that which was yester-
day recorded.
Evening star., 1934-04-10
Taxicab Liability Insurance.

Representative Patman does not
want compulsory liability insurance
for taxicabs If the chief purpose Of
legislation requiring 1t Is to drive
taxicabs from the streets because their
drivers cannot afford the expense. OF
course, that should not be the chief
purpose of the proposed legislation.
The chief purpose should be protec-
ton of the public, and the assur-
ance that the man who operates a
common carrier is financially able to
assume the responsibilities Of such a
business. But If this chief purpose
cannot be accomplished without driv-
ing taxicabs from the streets because
Of the inability Of their owners to
assume financial responsibility, that
fact should certainly not stand In
the way of the legislation.
Mr.. Patman has suggested the prin-
ciples of taxicab liability insurance
legisla ton that he will support. It Is
probable, and it is certainly highly
desirable, that there can be agreement
on such principles and that legislation
will be enacted making taxicab oper-
ators assume financial responsibility
for judgments rendered against them
1t is nothing short Of disgraceful
that present conditions exist. Inno-
cen. r. =. l,e- ,..a-c .,rlticl.. Z
Evening star., 1934-04-10
Commercialized Sport.

From the Santa Monica Evening Outlook.
The attack on commercialized col
lege foot by Henry S. Pritchett, former
head of the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement Of Teaching. will
meet with divided opinions from the
public.
He charges that raw commerclalism
in our colleges has taken the place
of intellectual training. and has set
the current of American life away
from intellectual ideals by making
professional sport more prominent
than scholarly life. Mr.. Pritchett even
goes so far as to declare that col
lege foot ball is more dangerous than
the old student dueling Of Germany.
where "a fatal encounter is practically
unknown"
He indorses foot ball for college
boys when played as a game and
condemns it when developed into q
commercial show for the public.
There Is undoubtedly q sound basis
for his feeling that Ito make 100000
by exploiting students before the pub
lie Is no part Of the work of q COL
lege which stands for intellectual
ideals" But he seems not to realize
how dinlcult It Is for modern college
and university to draw the line be-
tween foot ball as splendid college
game and as commercialized insti-
tuition.
We believe It will be generally ad-
mitted that there has probably been
too great tendency to commercialize
a game that all active Americans
love.
Evening star., 1934-04-10
Policemen and Zoology.

Washington's policemen, recently
highly praised for deed of valor and
effective action in the pursuit and
capture of a band of dangerous GRIM
inals, are evidently in need of some
geological training. While they can
be relied upon to identify a law
breaker they are lamentably shy on
biology in the subhuman brackets.
The episode of a member of the force
shooting a harmless kinkajou, out for
An errant evening romp. suggests that
pains should be taken to instruct the
guardians of the law at the Capital
in the identities and character Of
some of the less familiar specimens
that are adopted as pets.
The kinkajou is one of the gentlest
Of the wild creatures. It belongs to
the same family as the raccoon, which
itself is often adopted as household
familiar. For the guidance of those
who are not acquainted with 1t and
who may at some later time be
shocked by the spectacle Of one Of
these little beasts up a tree, perhaps
hanging by its tail from limb, it
should be stated that it has a keen
eense of play. 1t is native of Gen.
trail America, and while a carnivore
it is also vegetarian In its diet, being
especially fond of bananas. Which
should endear 1t to the lovers of that
fruit.
The technical name of the kinkajo
might startle the bravest uniform
Evening star., 1934-04-10
Sea-Water Gold Suggests
Treasure Hunters Stories

Gus compounds of lead might be
blown out in the exhaust gases. AS
one way to lessen this hazard. bro
mine was added so that any lead dis
charge would come out as dust of
lead bromide, insoluble in water and
believed to be harmless. The quantity
of bromine needed to treat large vol
umes of gasoline was many times
greater than all previous bromine pro-
duction in the world A few brine wells
in Michigan and elsewhere were the
only operating sources of bromine and
clearly were insufficient. The chemi-
cal industries not only were urged to
tap the bromine in the sea: they liter
ally were forced to do So"
Various schemes have been devised
for extracting gold from sea water.
but all of them have failed" declares
the Yakima Morning Herald, while the
Adrian (Mich.) Telegram calls 1t "a
scientific romance" and the Pontiac
(Mich.) Press sees it more as a fancy
than a threat to the gold markets of
the world"
The Yakima Herald finds little en-
couragement in the history Of such
enterprises, the Toledo Blade calls on
Prof. Einstein for an estimate Of the
value. hearing an echo Of the alchem-
Ets. and the Dayton Herald suggests
"a new yardstick for values"
Evening star., 1934-04-10
National Recovery Will
Be Credited to Roosevelt

To the Editor Of The Star:
There are, it appears, unmtstakable
signs that the country Is fast return
ing to normalcy. One Of the surest
signs, I think, Is the criticism, both
constructive and destructive, Of the
acts of the incumbent administra-
tioa. II this criticism is as fail In
its purpose as President Roosevelt has
been in his acts. It viii serve q good
end. II the people as whole VIII
weigh the criticism impartially, which
Is dificult because 1t Is apt not 70 De
presented in an impartial spirit, the
administration and the country Will
benefit from 1t.
The desire on the part Of the people.
as a whole, to see fair play Is the
surest guarantee that in the long run
the wreat will be separated from the
chan and the harvest will be boun-
tiful.
Personally, I have not forgotten,
nor can I forget, that . little over q
year ago things looked pretty gloomy
to the average citizen, like myself.
People generally at that time thought
conditions were rapidly becoming des-
perate. don't recall any particularly
cheerful prophets Of the days Just
prior to March 4, 1888. I do recall
plenty of dismal ones.
I think 1t Is fair to say that eight
out Of ten men In those days looked
to Franklin D. Roosevelt as the only
hone. the last line Of defense. What
do those eight out Of ten think today?
They will probably agree with Mr..
Alfred p. Sloan, who recently stated
publicly that the country was now
out of the depression, that business
was once more surging confidently
ahead, and that we were facing one
Of the most prosperous periods we
have ever known. Mr.. Sloan does
not say that Mr.. Roosevelt is due the
credit for the improvement. But ]
think the eight out Of ten give him
the credit. I know I do.
Call Mr.. Roosevelt Kerensky If you
wish, or Mussolini. or Mahatma
Gandhi. I doubt If Mr.. Roosevelt
cares what you call him. But let's
be fair about it. On the face Of his
record and performance I call him
the Moses who led America out Of
the wilderness of its worst depression
almost out of chaos itself
Mr.. Roosevelt is a real American
with high courage and great ability
am willing to leave my fate in his
hands, and I do so with perfect con-
fidence. He has demonstrated that
he is the greatest champion the people
have ever had. H. r. LEE.
Evening star., 1934-04-10
'Hopetimist' Is Proposed
AS New Recovery Word

To the Editor Of The Star:
The writer IS a new Washing
tonian-a previous New Yorker-hav-
ing lust connected with the N. r. A.
newspaper. magazine and graphic
arts division at the Department of
Commerce Building.
added a word to my own vo-
cabulary, which has received favora-
BILE comment from many advertising
agencies, one suggesting that pass
it on to Columbia University to be
included among the new words. In
communicating with the director OF
Language Research Bureau OF New
York University, which Is compiling
q new dictionary, I was advised that
the word was most favorable. but
could only be accepted after being
passed on by q publication or we'll
known writer, such as Haywood
Broun. or others.
1t was further suggested that I
communicate with DR.. Vizatelly OF
the Literary Digest and Funk &
Wagnalls. I received reply from
Mr.. Charles E. Funk, vice president
of Funk & Wagnalls, who advised
that the word would he held aside
until received by some prominent
speaker or accepted by some peri
odical
I communicated with DR.. Daniel A.
Polling, president Of the National
Youth Radio Conference, broadcasting
each Sunday, who has already chosen
the word "hopetimist" as topic for
two Sunday talks in his radio hour.
The word is "hopetimist." I am
passing it on to you. as 1t may pos
sibly be of some value to many
others. as 1t was a big boost for me
In attempting to locate a position,
keeping up my hope and courage.
However, it took Washington to
realize my 'hopetimism" in securing
q position.
I shall be interested If it has any
merit for The Washington Evening
Star. RAE ROBINS.
Evening star., 1934-04-10
Women of America Are Outside
OF Protection of the Constitution

unwilling to write the equal rights
amendment into the Constitution they
should admit that the Constitution
does not mean what 1t says, and they
should amend it by saying that the
fourteenth amendment applies only to
men.
Equality of opportunity and the
equal protection Of the law will never
exist for woman citizens until the
equal rights amendment" is a part
Of the Federal Constitution.
This is no new principle. 1t will
merely write into the Constitution
that the privileges and immunities OF
citizens. and the liberty and equal
protection Of the law, guaranteed to
all persons within the Jurisdiction OF
the United States, belong to women as
well as to men. They are citizens
and persons" within the meaning of
the law, and the sooner the Constitu-
tion is amended to recognize that fact
the better it will be for the welfare
Of the country.
Patriotic pride in the American
ideals Of government will be strength
ened when those ideals are translated
into realities.
HELENA HILL WEED.
Evening star., 1934-04-10
Asks Revolving Fund
For Taxicab Insurance
To the Editor Of The Star;

To the Editor Of The Star:
I wonder If many people realize
Just what is going to be the result II
pending legislation requiring COM
pulsory liability insurance for taxi
cabs is passed by the House. The
stronger organized groups will be able
to carry the necessary insurance. All
of the little independent fellows who
own their own cabs and many of
whom are supporting their families
upon earnings of around $3.50 to So
per day with these cabs will be put
out Of business.
There is absolutely no question
about it. The legislation is designed
primarily to put these little fellows
out of business and to create . mo-
nopoly in favor of certain stronger
organized groups. The reason that
the little fellow is going to be put
out of business Is because the in
surance companies demand approxi-
mately $3.50 year per cab for lia-
bility insurance. This means that the
independent driver must pay nearly
81 per day for insurance.
4AAC PAOfOoC0 4C8AoAdS4OAA PAdSCo AIo
restriction upon the greed of the In
surance companies who can say to
the driver pay us or get out Of bust
ness" realize that there Is much
to be said In favor of protecting the
public, but it ought to be done in
such fashion that it would be possible
for these men to comply with the
law.
My suggestion is that the proposed
legislation make an appropriation OF
$50, 900 for q revolving fund; to be
placed in the hands Of the Public
Utilities Commission, to pay any sums
awarded by a court, after due hear
ing, with a proviso requiring each
taxicab to pay IS per month to the
commission to keep the revolving
fund up to the $4,000 mark, and
with a further proviso that the COM
mission may raise or lower this rate
from time to time, to the extent nee
essary to maintain the fund at moi
less than $4,000 and not more than
$4,000. FRANK G. CAMPBELL.
Evening star., 1934-04-10

While no great excitement stirred
by a chemists report of the vast
quantities of gold that may be de-
rived from sea water. the subject
furnishes much material for the
imagination, and the press finds pub
lie interest in the thought that with
quantity production the now precious
metal would lose its high value. The
tale was told at a meeting OF the
American Chemical Society, and the
speaker referring to reports from
brouine plant at tide water.
scientists long have known" ex-
plains the San Antonio Evening
News, "that sea water held gold In
solution. Through many million
years the rivers have been carrying
the metal down to the ocean. CAL
culations based upon numerous tests
indicate that the Seven Seas hold
three quadrillion dollars worth OF
gold. During the past 500 years all
the worlds mines have produced ap-
proximately $40, 900, 100000 worth. In
other words, the sea contains 7,00O,-
900 times as much gold as has been
mined in five centuries. Were 1t all
extracted, gold would be about as
common as steel, and, of course,
worth no more. No practical metnod
of getting the gold has been devised
as yet, but the chemists have prom
ising clue in the 5romine process"
There is nothing delusive or CHM
erical." according to the Manchester
IN. H.) Union, about the statement
before the American Chemical So
ciety. Scientists are sober men; prob
ably they miss the irony of the situa-
ton. Just when gold IS withdrawn
from mems pockets and vaults. they
prove the existence Of so much OF 1t
that never can they hope to get to
the bottom of tine storehouse." SIM
ilarly, the st. Louis Post-Dispatch re-
marks: with enough gold in the sea
to pave North America. the value Of
the Nations Golfers may be reduced to
their avoirdupois equivalent in bricks
or cobblestones. The currencies Of
the gold-bloc nations would shrink to
waste paper, and the gold-clause
battle would die from sheer ennui.
Perhaps Mr.. Roosevelt was casting
scientific look into the future when
he took us of the gold standard"
The Miami F1a) Herald adds its
contribution to this phase of the sub
ject with the statement: IF there
were a sudden flood of gold on the
market, its chief purpose, that of
money. would be destroyed. 1t would
become like wheat or cotton or little
pigs. There would be surplus and
the gold farmers would 60 to WASH
ington and demand relief. Hence, the
announcement Of chemists as to the
gold in the sea is interesting. but its
economic possibilities decrease in pro-
portion to the ability of extracting
the metal"
The New York Herald Tribune points
out that industry was driven to the
ocean for a bromide supply and that
extracting other chemicals is far re-
moved from the probability or possi-
bility of successful operation. 1t OBJ
serves: mot only is the quantity of
bromine In sea water at least a
hundred thousand times greater
than the quantity Of gold. but need
for it was much more urgent. The
method Of adding lead compounds
to gasoline to improve combus-
ton In automobile engines suffered
from the disadvantage that poison
Evening star., 1934-04-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES z. TRAcEWELL.

q very happy creatur.. We are not
sure that any human being at the
wheel ever gets half the sport out OF
it the dog does. Most OF them have
q sixth sense when 1t comes time to
take an automobile ride. Often they
stand up and look expectantly towards
the door, on Sunday afternoons, and
especially when the sun is shining
nicely. They know.
- 4
There Is Spot, for instance.
From puppyhood his name was Ger
tain.
If you had asked q thousand per-
sons to guess his name, each and
every one of them, without fail. and
unhesitatingly, would have cried at
once:
"Spotl"
That big black spot over the eye
does It, of course.
After that, he could not have been
named anything else. Spot was his
name, Spot is his name, Spot will be
his name.
Nobody can get away from 1t. even
Spot himself.
+ +
Spots bravado decreases in ratio
to the distance he gets from his own
headquarters.
sitting at his own door, he barks
furiously at paSSersby.
Down the street a bit, however, he
utters but half-feeble barks. and at
the end Of the block he has nothing
to say at all.
Perhaps this is due to the good IN
fiuence Of Blackie, a nondescript but
perfectly capable dog with but one
thought In life.
Spot and Blackie have struck up
such a friendship that when one is
seen the other Is pretty sure to be
close.
These two rogues-the white and
black of it-roam the neighborhood to
see what they can get into. Round
and round they 60, one after the
the ground these sports found 1t great
to run In circles, throwing the white
stuff high into the air.
There Is another dog, white, with
some very light bun coloration, which
goes simply by the name of "the dog
| with the tail"
Here comes the dog with the tail. /"
is said in all good faith, because this
fellows appendage is very striking,
being very long, very nufiy and held
hieh in q great buff curl over his
| otherwise white back.
The dog with the tail Is the essence
Of seriousness. He will give you a
| look of mild surprise. If you attract
his attention, but otherwise minds his
own business perfectly. And this
business seems to consist mostly of
following his orbit. He knows it, to
the foot, and never misses the track.
There is another dog. called Be
ware the dog" from the legend which
hangs over his masters gate. There
seems to be no reason for it. for he
is a perfect gentleman in every re-
spect, going along his morning route
| as sedately as any old country doc
| tor Of the long ago.
Beware the dog" is somewhat
slandered, We fear. II there is any
thing about him to beware of he has
never demonstrated 1t on his morn
ing rounds, conducted with surpass-
ing gravity and an air of omniscience
| all his own. Above all, no cat has
to beware Of him, even in the slight
est degree. for Beware the dog pre-
tends he never sees cats at all. We
feel sure he does, but he makes out
| he doesn't