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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-10-11

Mrs. p. G. Petersen, Mr.. and Mrs
Hans Larsen, Mr.. and Mrs. ALFRED
Petersen. Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Peter
sen and family, Mr.. and Mrs. hi
Andersen of Froid and Mr.. and Mrs
Elmer Petersen of Antelope.
Mr. and Mrs. James Henderson
and Betty Jean returned Tuesday
from Billings where they have been
visiting relatives.
Mrs. Eidness entertained her
bridge club Thursday afternoon. Mrs
Carl Angyick won high score. Mrs.
Gibbons low.
Mrs .Lund and Robert returned On
Thursday from Minot, where Robert
had been a patient at Trinity hospi-
tai.
Mrs. Lyngaas, Mrs. Wien and Mrs.
Martin Larsen attended the annual
banquet of the Legion Auxiliary in
Medicine Lake Thursday night.
Mrs. Elmer Akre was the guest of
honor at a party given by Mrs.
Laura Strand Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Lund OF Crazy
Horse Gap were in town Monday.
They were on their way to Plenty.
wood.
Mrs. Gibbons attended a meeting
of the Democratic precinct commit
teewomen in P%lentywood Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Evenson enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Dave. Murk.
Melvin. Ted Murk and Mr.. Carsten. |
brook at a seven o'clock dinner Wed.
nesday.
Ora Lohse and a friend of Alamo.
N. p, were guests at the George
home Sunday
Mrs. kallak returned SATURDAY.
Hanks. N. D., where she had
been taking treatments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Rasmussen
left Monday for WOODBURY., Oregon
they expect to make their
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winzel Olsen and
Mrs. Whitney of Chicago who have
visiting relatives left Monday
their home.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-10-11
NORTH DAGMAR
Myrtle johnson

Carl Sundsted returned on Mon
day after having spent a month Wis
ting relatives in Racine, Wisconsin
X few friends visited at the home
OF Rose ~Jorgenson Monday. the oc
easion being her birthday.
Monday afternoon callers at the
Thomas Sundsted home were Mrs
Olaf Miller and her mother.
Quite a few attended the dance
held at the Danish Brotherhood hall
Wednesday evening.
The Ladies Aid will sponsor a
bazaar Saturday. October q at the
church basement.
Violet Larsen came home Thurs
day from Antelope being unable to
attend school because of sickness.
Several members of the Danish
Sisterhood cleaned the hall Thurs
day.
A large number of friends of Mar
garet Richardson gathered at the
William Johnson home to help her
celebrate her birthday Thursday ev-
ening.
Lars Larsen returned Thursday
from st. Paul. He had accompanied
a load of cattle.
A very large crowd attended the
play and dance held at the Danish
Brotherhood Hall Friday night. The
play was sponsored by the Ladies
Aid.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Dagmar church Saturday for
Peter Loft.
x large group of friends and rela-
lives called at the Emil Rasmussen
home Saturday evening, the occasion
being Mrs. Rasmussen's birthday.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-10-11
S
lone A. Foss

Ladies Aid was held Wednesda
in the Lutheran church basement.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Fellbaum wer
Saturday callers in Homestead.
Mrs. V. E, Johnson made a trip Il
Plentywood Tuesday.
]. S. Olness made a business triI
to PlentyWood Saturday.
Phillip Foss who has worked II
the CCC camp at st. Regis for Thu
past six weeks is now attending col
lege in Billings.
The Espelin family moyed into the
Mrs. o. Brenden houseGRn Home
stead.
Mrs. Ida Waller and her daughter
Anna, made a trip to Plentywood
Saturday. Anna consulted a doctor
while there and 1t was found that
she is steadily improving.
Henry Raaen, county superintend.
ent, was in Homestead Monday.
The Floyd Bradshaw family is
moving into the John Eacheron
house.
Halles Waller, Alva Casper and
Ernest Jensven are working at the
Fort Peck dam.
News has been received that Mr..
and Mrs. L. A. Stout are visiting
relatives in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest O1ness now OF
Glasgow have been visiting In Home
stead for several days.
Mrs. G. pattison, Mrs. Hans Han
son, Mrs. A j. Olson, Mrs. Holly
Skillingberg, Mrs. Vic Johnson and
Mrs. D. d. Bolyard were among
those who attended the Legion Aux
iliary dinner at Medicine Lake on
Thursday.
Della Espelen made a trip to
Plentywood Tuesday.
Mrs. Guy Patison and Mrs. Holly
S~killingberg and their children made
a trip to FairvieW Friday.
Ruth Waller, who has been work
ing In PlentyWood Is at home now.
Miss Agnes Skillingberg who is
teaching near Fairview was home
the week end.
lngwald Skillingberg and Bob Sell
spent the week end here. They are
working at Fort Peck.
The Neikirk family visited In
Trenton Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Grotte visited
the home Of Mrs. Grotte's mother,
Mrs. H. A. Knudtson Friday.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-10-11
RESERVE
J. J. Gibbons

Quite a few drove over to Dagmar
last Wednesday evening to attend a
political gathering there.
Several a loads from town took
IN the home talent play and dance In
the Brotherhood Hall at Dagmar on
Friday evening.
The Auction sale Friday afternoon
was pretty well attended and prices
were fairly high.
The David Frederiksen family left
for Oregon Monday. The commun-
lty will miss this family. They
made many friends during their stay
in town.
Mr., and Mrs. I. Christensen have
moved into the Hans Andersen
house lately vacated by the Freder-
iksen family.
Nearly everyone In town drove
out to the Dagmar church Saturday
afternoon to attend the funeral Of
Peter Loft. Peter was d member OF
the Danish Brotherhood and the Am
erican Legion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Larsen are the
parents Of a daughter born Sunday
night at the Groskurth home.
Hans Tjomsos left Monday for a
business trip to Minnesota.
Soren Rumfborg made a business
trip to towns on the main line Mon
day afternoon.
Anker Jensen secured a cook car
from Ryder Leer and will equip 1t
for a temporary dwelling until a
more suitable house in available.
Mr.. and Mrs. Viggo Strandskov en-
tertained at a Sunday dinner. The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Winzel Oh
sen and Mrs. Whitney Of Chicago,
Evening star., 1934-05-31

touching as It does the welfare Of
every individual In the District Of
Columbia, should be presented to the
Senate only after the diverse inter
ests of tenant. home owner. builder,
broker and public administrator are
given ample confederation The
housing law Of the Nations Capital
should be O model law. It should
be fair to the taxpayer. Its. terms
should be sufficiently inclusive to per-
NIT fiexibility of administration in
the interest of complete fairness. 1t
Is not enough that thus law should
merely define housing standards and
provide penalties for persons vio-
lating its provisions. The statute
should provide definite means for
taking the business Of housing out
Of the terra incognita In which at
present 1t founders, without intelh-
gent direction and beset with mis-
understanding.
If this proposed legislation is to
serve any useful purpose 1t should
be so drawn as to prevent effectively
the recurring periods Of overexpansion
and overfinancing, when usury -four
ishes, when fraud and misrepresenta-
ton pass unnoticed, when innocent
investors are induced by high pressure
methods to place their savings in the
securities of inflated real estate
schemes, and when shoddy building
accompanies high prices and exor-
bitant rents.
The stabilization Of real estate
values In the District is greatly need
ed. These values since 1929 have been
undergoing painful process OF
Conservative real estate
men believe they have touched the
bottom and that the upswing has
begun. Now. If ever, Is the time to see
to it that the upward progress of
realty in Washington Is accomplished
in an orderly manner. devoid of the
spectacular aspects of the boom,
which, like the soaring rocket, soon
spends its fire and ends. burned out,
in the fnire of depression and disillu-
sionment."
This report has presented and
unadorned factual history of specu-
lation in land values and buildings
In the District. 1t has SHOWN that
the real estate business in Washing
Evening star., 1934-05-31

levels, and in some instances land
lords have announced that increases
would be made. It Is a matter of
common report that rents viii Begin
to 60 up after July /, 1884, when the
restoration Of Government pay will
equal 10 per cent.
Raise Held Unjustifed.
"The commission believes, In the
light Of the facts brought out In this
investigation, that the landlord who
raises rents at this time Is, in the
main. unjustified in doing so.
Furthermore, he Is following q policy
which cannot be permanently profit
able to him. The Government en-
ployes, during the depression, learned
to defeat high rents by doubling up
The analysis Of 1T apartment houses
available. presented In this report.
showed that in January, 1884, rent
schedules had declined approximately
IL per cent, while vacancies had de-
creased 40 per cent. The connec-
ton between rent reductions and
diminishing vacancies cannot be
escaped.
Restoration of rents to pre-de-
preston levels would force Govern
ment workers, in the absence of q
regulatory law. to adopt one of two
unpleasant alternatives to the pay
ment Of such rents, to double up
as they recently did, or to engage
in the bitterness and injustices Of
general rent strike. No one would
gain II either course was followed.
The commission believes that the
public would express its resentment
at any general rent increases at this
time. Unquestionably the business
of renting homes should be given de-
tailed consideration in any housing
law. Landlord and tenant alike
should have fair treatment. Every
effort should be made to bring about
better understanding between these
two parties.
The commission invites attention
to that portion of the report dealing
with residential properties in receiv-
erships, and suggests the considera-
Evening star., 1934-05-31
D.. THURSDAY 81,

ton, In the course Of 10 wears, has
been subject to hysterical 'booms'
and disastrous, depressions. The tax
payers have paid heavily for the
privilege Of watching the cratic con-
duct Of the real estate market. The
investor has paid also. The specu-
lator and the take chance operator,
in the end, too, have paid. The city
has always lost.
THE conservative real estate broker
and financier asks only q fair profit
for his business activity. But he
must do business daily IN boom
times with speculative builders of
uncertain credit standing, and he
protects the money he lends by un-
usual conditions and restrictions,
which have no rightful place in bust
ness and sometimes are Of doubtful
legality. Heavy discounts are made
on such building loans, and commits
sions charged SO that the inancier
msy make careful Inspection Of ihe
plans and the progress Of construc-
ton. Management by the financing
flrm of the property when completed
40 oSAAiCSAhiSS iC4uiI anu
Is provided for in q deed of trust
securing loan on completed apart
ment house.
Situation Is Unfair.
"Such practices as these, whether
dictated by lack of confidence in
speculative builders or for whatever
reason, are undoubtedly conducive to
centralized control of rental prop
critics by a comparatively few firms.
When such control Is obtained these
firms are in a position to dictate
the policies of the rental market.
Obviously this situation Is unfair.
Whether the power of the financing
firms is or is not exercised to the
point Of conspiracy to control rents
is a question secondary to the wrong
principle underlying this condition.
Public authority over construc-
tion of homes would effectively pre-
vent the operations of the specu-
lative builder, who, after ali. is the
man behind high rents and grossly
inflated values in Washington real
Evening star., 1934-05-31

estate. He IL the man against whom
the unfortunate home purchaser has
no effective means Of redress when
when plaster parts and falls, and
when, In hundred other ways, the
house gives unmistakable evidence of
premature decay.
When this happens, sometimes the
purchaser stops his payments and
moves; and the house is, more often
then not, thrown on the rental market
and patched up for the new tenant
Needless to say, such houses rapidly
lose value. attaining only q temporary
recovery by means Of q high rent for
the f1rst Negro tenant. For the Negroes
Of Washington generally are housed
in the dwellings which white tenants
have permanently deserted.
THE study of an adequate housing
law should be Immediately initiated
The commission has collected many
valuable works of reference on this
subject. dealing not only with other
jurisdictions in the United States, but
with Great Britain and other Eu-
ropean nations which have made con-
siderable progress in housing reforms
1t cannot be too strongly emphasized
that the question of rents cannot be
divorced from complete considera-
ton of housing. The rent question Is
one of the most pressing confronting
the non-home owner in Washington
today.
Residents of other communities.
coming to washington to live, newt
ably compare rents In this city with
those in their home towns, and in
variably find Washington rents higher,
frequently considerably higher. 1t Is
true that real estate values in the
District have not experienced the
sharp decline which accompanied the
depression in other cities. Rents
dropped to some extent, but not suffi-
ciently to meet the decreased pur-
chasing power Of q tenant.
The restoration of per cent Of
the Government employees pay reduc-
tion already has had an effect Of
stifening rental charges at their 1888
Evening star., 1934-05-31

self-sustaining by license or registra-
ton fees, which would have as its
business the inspection and arbitration
of landlord and tenant complaints. the
licensing or registration of all land
lords and tenants, the keeping OF COM
plete housing records and the estab-
lishment of minimum standards for
housing in the District Of Columbia.
Until such time as appropriate
legislation on the subject may be
necessary, it is respectfully suggested
that the Commissioners Of the Dis
trict of Columbia be requested to
examine the provisions Of the license
act of 1882 for the purpose Of bring
ing about the desired result. The
power to require and revoke licenses
and to make necessary regulations
respecting any business In the Dis
trict of Columbia is unquestionably
vested in the Commissioners under
the terms of this act.
1T is respectfully suggested further
that a trained investigator In the
District service be detailed to the
Municipal Court for the purpose Of
mQulTlug 1nUO Tie circumstances Oh
such cases as may be assigned to him
by the Judge presiding in the Land
lord and Tenant Court. The neces-
sity for such assistance in many cases
coming before the court has been
the subject Of comment by members
of the Municipal Court bench, who
have been quoted heretofore in this
report.
"The enactment of the alley-clos-
ing bill is essential to the success OF
a proper housing program for Wash
ington. This report has discussed at
length the subject Of inhabited
alleys and has presented facts con-
cerning these hidden slums, hitherto
to Congress.
Housing Law Held Need.
While the immediate needs of the
District in the direction Of housing
may be met by the measures en-
braced in the foregoing paragraphs.
the commission is of the opinion that
the Importance of the subject re-
quires the formulation and enact
ment of a comprehensive housing law
for the District of Columbia
Legislation of this character,
Evening star., 1934-05-31
Pastor Is SO Years Old.

Rev. Robert Dick. Northern Ire
lands Oldest active Presbyterian min
ister, recently celebrated his 93rd
birthday anniversary In Douglas,
where he has presided for Sc years
in the church in which he was
baptized.
Evening star., 1934-05-31

ton BY the District judiciary Of an
amendment Of its equity rules so as
to provide for q uniform method and
form fer the use Of receivers in
making their reports to the court"
Evening star., 1934-05-31

Airdrie, Scotland, has petitioned the
government to restore unemployment
relief projects to the 1881 level.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-27

of brooms is the principal enter prise at the local workshop.
 Two more storm sewer projects under the EZRA were also an- nounced this morning. They are at Homer street and Dwight street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-27

Harris, EZRA administrator, said today.
 Plans are as yet in an indefi- mite stage but the project is prac- tically assured for Waterbury, Mir Harris said. The work will be conducted at the Mutual Aid workshop where facilities available may be readily adapted to the work.
 Work Suits Shop
 Because of the fact that this type of work is suited to the shop, and would require a minimum of effort to get under way here, local officials suggested Waterbury as a location for one of three plants proposed at a meeting of state ad- ministrators in Hartford early last summer. Nothing further was heard, however, until MT Harris announcement today.
 Now Making Brooms
 The EZRA commodity plan al- lotted about 36,0OO pounds of mat tress ticking to the state last month for the purpose of mattress manufacture. Factories at Bridge port and New Haven have been en- gagged in making the mattresses under the EZRA program for the past few months. All of the mat tresses, it is understod, are dis tributed to needy families, and this practice will be followed here. At the present time the manufacture
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-27
FLORIDA HEARS
 OF LAND BOOM
Residents Say Activities Have Earnlarks of Old
 Prosperity

Miami, Fla, (UP)-With Flor idians busy predicting a banner 1934-S5 winter season, the 300,000 residents of the other AZ states who own Florida property may be interested to learn there's an abundance of opinion that another real estate boom is under way.
 Few Floridians are willing to forecast any such frenzied specu- lation as seized the entire state nine years ago is in the off1ng, but astute observers are agreed that current signs bear strong resem- blance to those in the Peninsula State in the 1920's.
 Newspaper Survey
 A survey by Florida newspaper publishers in connection with the celebration honoring Col Henry L. Doherty for his leadership in re- storing Florida to prosperity, re- veals that big gains have been re- corded in virtually all fields of ac- the record breaking $300,000,000 from this have been the spectacu- duNduCSS COLCIL oS~ tion and real estate.
 Real estate, according to the Florida Realty Journal, official or- gan of the Florida Association of Real Estate Boards, is perking up. In the first six months of 1884 sales totaled $9,133,300, reports the Realty Journal. In St. Peters, burg an additional report in July added $2,575,300 to the previous aggregate.
 One of the busiest sectors is Miami Beach, where a report showed gain in sales of 2,000 per cent over 1883.
 Building Scars
 Soaring figures for building con- struction permits, meantime, mark the extent to which new homes, office buildings, garages and stores are sprouting on this active prop ,erty.
 These rumblings are sending echoes into other fields of Florida business. Newspapers are showing mounting gains in advertising lineage. Bank clearings in four cities showed an average gain of 34.5 per cent for the first quarter of 1884 over the corresponding pc. riod of 1888.
 Meantime, what Florida Crack CTS" call Northern smart money" is being sown widely by 8 few vast-scale operators, who are get ting in on the new ground floor. Among these purchasers is A. Att water Kent, Philadelphia manu- facturer. who now is investing ap- proximately $1,000,00O in proper ties in the Palm Beach West Palm Beach district.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-27
High School Notes

Organization of the Girls Glee club will be conducted at meet ing to be held tonight at the Cros- by assembly hall under the direc- tion of Miss Alice Gibson, music instructor. Notices advising all who wish to join the club to be present at tonight's meeting have been posted in the high schools. The boys glee clubs will be or ganized next Monday night at Crosby at 7:30. The first meeting of the Consolidated orchestra will also be held next Monday night at Crosby under the direction of Floyd Evans.
 A. A. Meeting
 Preparations for the Athletic as- sociation membership campaign, in which it is hoped to enroll every student at the high school in the association, will begin tomor- row at Leavenworth. Speakers will be delegated to address members of each class on the necessity for a 100 per cent membership, if the goal of the association is to be realized. It is hoped that with an expected increase in membership, and the success of athletic activ- ities planned for the coming sea- son, the school association may raise sufficient fund to equip a football team for the 1885 season. The present fund in the treasury titals about $100, and 1t is hoped to increase the balance to $500 by the end of the season. According to Coach Louis Laun it will cost at least this much to purchase first class equipment.
 Debating Club
 Debating club activities will start about the first of next month. according to James F. Moran of the Wilby faculty. No ar- engagements have been made for the Initial meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-27
Hongkong Itch! State Officials
 Discover Another "Yellow Peril"

not taken against the disease 100 per cent infection may be expected, Dr Horning declared. Students entering American universities from remote cor. ners of the globe have been found infected with ringworm, and it is unquestiOnably an international disease and prob- lem.
 How Fungi Thrives
 The disease results from in- lection with one or another of several varieties of vegetable fungi which thrive in the warm moist skin between the toes. It is communicable and may be spread by direct contact, but is usually spread by an indivi- duaPs exposing his feet to a contaminated floor or object in his own home or elsewhere. The fungus bearing material is apt to be dislodged in locker or shower rooms where it forms a ready source of in- lection. The fungi thrive on such animal substances as leather, hair, wool, silk, horn and feathers. They also grow well in dirt, rich in bacteria and algae, which collects in cracks and corners of shower rooms and swimming pools.
 Once the contact is made, warmth and moisture are es- sential to the parasites growth. Perspiring feet caused by gymnasium exercise cause mild infections to be- come severe. WoOlen socks and heavy, poorly ventilated shoes are conducive to their growth.
 Medical Advice
 Ringworm may produce only scalding of the skin with or without Assure formation. One variety is characterized by superficial blisters or vesiclcs from which thick stringy fluid may be expressed. All types of ringwOrm may be accom- panied with severe itching, burning or other changes of sensation. The frequency with which the pus-forming germs may enter the body through ringworm lesions has only re. gently been recognized, but it is now known that many infec- tions of the foot and leg not traceable to infected hairs or other wounds gain entrance to the body through lesiOns of this disease.
 Treatment of ringworm is a medical problem and a physician should be consulted. The precautions of frequent bathing, clean footwear, an- tiseptic treatment of the floors of gymnasium, shower rooms, pools, etc, should be followed everywhere, Dr Horning said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-27
City Assured of EZRA Mattress Manufacturing Project
Mulcahv Takes
 Another Permit

State Policeman Leo F. Mulcahy of the Beacon Falls barracks who of late has become "bad news, to local liquor dispensers made am other trip to the city to pick up a restaurant license which had been ordered revoked by the state liquor control commission. The instruc- tions he carried ordered him to re- move the license of William F. Deegan of 1 Vine street.
 The order stated the commission had voted to revoke the license af 8 hearing on Sept. 1t7h on the ground of unsuitability of place and because it was not a restaurant within the meaning of the state liquor laws.
 The trooper has carried out sey- eral similar assignments of recent weeks.