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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-30

Over Placing
of CO. Agent
Protest Committee To See
County Commission
ers Nov. 4

A large number Of farmers all
over the county have already
voiced their anger and indignation
over the fact that another county
agent is going to be forced upon
them. Hans Hardersen, State Sec
rotary of the United Farmers
League, states that he has been
approached by members of the
Taxpayers Association, the Holt
day, the U.F.L. and unorganized
farmers who were unable to dis
cover any sound reason for the
placing of another county agent
in Sheridan County.
These men were opposed to it
and decided to strongly voice their
opposition before the Board Of
County Commissioners when it
meets again.
Hans Hardersen writes:
"About two years ago, the ma
iority of farmers in the county
found that a county agent was
not only unnecessary but that the
nature of such an office. was abso-
utely against the interest Of the
farmers. We explained that he
was hese ~ a stOOlpageOn bOR Wal
Street interests, put in here by the
Chamber of Commerce. The org
anized wrath of the farmers
swept him away and we have mo-
been bothered with another one
ever since.
Farmers Union Opposed
"Now again, they are trying
to put such fellow over on US
But today, even members Of tn
Farmers Union come out in oppQ
sition to such move. What d.
we want with him anyway? w
certainly don't need such a persol
just to handle the feed and see
loans. There is enough help stand
ing around in the Courthouse VIII
can handle that job well enough
as there any reason that TO
every little job that comes aroun
we have to have somebody shippe
, in here? Are there no people i
tho county who can handle such
joO.
eve surely don't need count
agent to tell us what to grow an
how to grow it. In old times h
told us how to grow two blades c
grass where we grew one befor'
Now, as the representative
the US. Department Of Agricu
ture in matters pertaining t
: agricultural adjustment" is tt
: county agent going to tell us no
to grow half a blade of gras
half a pig or calf where we raise
5 one before?
l "Well, we certainly object
against having money spent #
such criminal nonsense. From e.
perience we know that county as
| ents represent the enemies of tt
farmers and their interest; the
job is to stool on farmers.
On Tuesday, Dec. A, a commi
tee is going to see the commits
toner's about this. We want to fir
out what reasons those men WI
are allotting the finances for SUE
: an office have for employing SUI
a man. Those farmers who wal
! to be ON this committee better I
t in town on Tuesday"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-30
More Than $4,000 Is Being Spent for Salaries Mileage
ETC.. to Distribute $4,000 Relief In Sheridan
County, 1t Is Estimated
Relief Office Employs 81
E. r. Penderast New Relief Administrator Refuses to
Disclose Figures, Fearing "Nlisinterpretation;"
Get Them From Helena, He Says

While on the hand the FERA is making desperate
for another and mostly for no reason at
the ther hand record figures being in spending
money for administrative purposes by the relief admnis
ton in Sheridan county.
record high to have been reached at the present
moment when it costs than 80 cents to distribute
dollar Of Ieet money More than $4,000 being spent
the county dish out $4,000 worth of relief to about
cases In other words it costs than 80 per cent
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-30

county, and farmers and workers
may justifiedly wonder what new
racket has been set up under the
pssta1t of helping the needy"
Refuses to State Figures
The Producers News has made
an attempt to get the exact fig
ures on the cost of relief admin
istration IN Sheridan county. On
Tuesday morning Producers
News reporter interviewed the
county relief administrator, E. r.
Pendergast, on this question.
1--WE would like to know the
figures showing how much it costs
to administrate relief in this coun-
~" tbs reporter said.
u cannot give them to you,"
was the answer of the administrat-
e.
DO you mean to say you don't
know these figures, or don't you
want to give them to me?"
Eyes, know the figures but l
have my instructions and you will
have to write to the Helena office
for them" Pendergast replied.
"Do your instructions say that
you may not reveal these fig
ures ?"
me, hut my instructions do not
state that I should disclose them"
said the administrator.
VERY we'll. In other words you
. refuse" was the answer of the re-
porter.
Pendergast argued that ne was
atr-'d that the figures might be
misHterpreted. He was told that
there was less chance for misin-
depreciation if he would give the
figures Straight" than giving none
at 81 and let the paper draw its
own conclusions. He still refused.
A Scandal
At the first glance it may seem
rather high to figure 80 per cent
as the cost of administering relief,
esnerlally when some senators find
reason enough to complain all over
the country wher they find admin
Rtrative costs amounting to Is, 20
VI - ner cent, as for instance in
Arkansas. And certainly the fig
uTe IS scandalous enough but the
estimates are rather too low than
100 ITCH. The real figures may
reveal a picture much worse thar
.he one shown here. and that per-
maps is the reason for not making
= them public.
There are 80 people employed by
me courty relief administration
Il of whom are case workers, the
= rest office workers and executives
Inc salary for case workers, we
: nave been informed, is $3.50 pei
month, or for IL of them, $1,000
twenty office workers and a few
executives receive at least $4,000
OF an average of 500 per month
An important item is mileage fol
case workers and we have been in
turned that it is nothing extra
ordinary for a case worker Il
travel 200 miles a day and see bu
TWO or three cases. Figured OF
an average of 100 miles per da!
lVr each case worker and mileag
az cents per mile-most likel,
hev receive more than that-w
arrive at the monthly expenditur
.or mileage, renting cars, etc., o
l'S6o. There are many iYfcidenta
Sxpenses in an office of that size
20 of'ioo Material. POSTAGE, tele
grams, coal, printing and wha
nor ord eAo0 NAV be considere,
not too high. Compiled, thes
sums amount to more than $4,000
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-30

Inc IlrSC Administration gun IN
the big business-government cam
paign to drive down wages was
fired by Harold L. Ickes, public
works administrator.
Ickes, under VIII Sc "public
works" direction hundreds of mil.
lions of dollars have been given
to war preparations, made the
wage-cutting declaration during a
7diserssion with re8spap$r men
concerning the public works hous-
ing program. In response to
questioning, he declared that "some
arrangements" will have to be
made with the building trades un-
ions relative to cutting the present
wage rates.
Asked whether this new wage
cutting plan wasn't merely another
variation of the spread the work"
or spread the misery" Ickes re-
piled, eyes," would you pay
union wages in your housing pro-
gram?" reporter asked him.
I'VE haven't worked that. out
yet" he replied.
The new wage-cutting drive is
part of the recently announced
bankers and manufacturers pro-
gram to let natural forces" op-
crate towards recovery"
Evening star., 1934-09-23
WEAVER IS MADE
NAVIGATION HEAD
Tyrer and Hoover Will Re-
main as Aides Under Re-
organized Set-Up.

Joseph B. Weaver of Cambridge,
Nd, yesterday was appointed director
of the Bureau of Navigation and
Steamboat Inspection by Secretary of
Commerce Roper.
Weaver. a marine engineer and ar
Chitect, thus becomes the first director
of this bureau, which was created out
of the old Bureau of Navigation and
Division of Steamboat Inspection, I'M
der the Governments reorganization
plan effective August l, 1882.
He replaces Arthur j. Tyrer. for
merly head of the navigation service,
and Dickinson N. Hoover of the in
Spection service. who is now in New
York conducting the departments in
vestigation Of the MORO Castle dis
aSter
Tyrer and Hoover however will re-
main in their present positions as as
sistants to Weaver.
Since February l, Weaver has been
serving as deputy administrator for
shipbuilding and shipping in the Ma
tlonal Recovery Administration. Sec
retary Roper said he was selected for
his new post several weeks ago, but
the announcement was withheld I'M
til arrangements could be made for
him to leave his work with N. r. A.
Weaver has been marine architect
and engineer since his graduation
from Cornell in 1902. He has had
international experience as a consult
ant and administrator.
Evening star., 1934-09-23

dition, the "open house" will be con-
Quoted along the lines Of Hollywood
premiere, with spotlights in front of
the building to pick out the notables
and an amplifying system throughout
the store to announce the arrivals.
The band will be located on the
fourth floor and the amplifying sys-
tenn will carry its music to all parts
of the building. Employees of the
store will serve as guides and hosts to
the public. Doors of the store will
be thrown open at 7:45 o'clock and
at o'clock the program will be
broadcast over Station WRC.
Announcement of the "open house"
was made by James Rotto, director
of sales and publicity.
Evening star., 1934-09-23

new project, which will utilize 200
young men here.
The Agriculture Department will
supervise the program Of development
in the National Arboretum, having
prepared detailed plans for the ex-
pansion. Supervision Of the civil op-
erations of the young men will be
given by the National Capital Parks,
the superintendent, C. Marshall Fin
nan, declared. In the National Ar
boretum the young men will build
roads. small bridges. trails and be en-
gagged in general forest cleanup. Bar
racks are being built there to house
the contingent. The Army, through
Sd Corps Area headquarters at Balti-
more, Md, is enrolling the 200 who
will come here.
Civilian Conservation Corps camps
at Fort du Pont which Is not far from
the National Arboretum, and at Fort
Evening star., 1934-09-23
SIX STATES HUNT MAN

HARRISBURG, Pa, September %
R).-Police of six States joined today
in a search for Leon P. Compton, 81,
messenger, who failed to return to
the Central Trust Co. with collections
amounting to about $4,000.
He disappeared yesterday afternoon
Bank officials said the loss is covered
by insurance.
Chief of Police George J. Shoe
maker advanced the theory Compton
may have been attacked. He had
served as messenger and teller five
years.
Evening star., 1934-09-23
THIEF TAKES TWO LIONS
Salt Lake City Zoo Visitor Said
to Be Former Employe.

SALT LAKE CITY, September %
R).-The fellow who stole the bass
drum was a rank amateur.
R. McCollin. director of the 200.
reported that a man drove up in a
truck, opened the mountain lion cage.
coaxed two of the beasts into his
vehicle and drove away.
Police said the animals were taken
by former employe. who claimed he
had written contract for their pur-
chase
Evening star., 1934-09-23
.HECHT co. TO HOLD
PUBLIC RECEPTION
Plan "0pen House" to Celebrate
Completion of Moderniza-
tion Program.

The Hecht Co. has invited the
public to an elaborate "open house"
program Saturday night in celebration
of the completion of modernizatiop
Improvements. including the installa-
tion of escalators.
A musical program will be provided
by Sidney's Mayflowef Band. In ad-
Evening star., 1934-09-23
new c. c. c. CAMP.
TO BE OPENED HERE
National Arboretum Will Be
Site for Activities of
200 Men.

A new Civilian Conservation Corps
camp for Washington will be located
in the National Arboretum beginning
October /.
This became known yesterday after
Robert Fechner, director of emergency
conservation work, had approved the
Evening star., 1934-09-23
TEXAS GIRL PAR0LED
Extortion Threat Against Bank
er's Daughter Had Been Charged.

OKLAHOMA CITY, September %
P). - Mamie Crouch, IT. year old
Childress, Tex, girl, pleaded guilty
today to Federal charge of extortion
and was sentenced to a year and a
day in prison, but paroled by Judge
Edgar S. Vaught.
The girl had threatened Jane Anne
Slaughter, invalid daughter of E. M.
Slaughter, Hollis banker, in a letter
demanding $500.
Il needed the money for an opera
tion for mother" the girl told Judge
Vaught.
Evening star., 1934-09-23

Hunt, Va, on the Mount Vernon
Memorial Highway, will be continued,
officials asserted.
Evening star., 1934-09-23

Higher prices are expected to spur
coffee growers of Costa Rica to raise
a bumper crop next season.
Evening star., 1934-09-23

Water Consumption Large.
Average daily consumption Of water
in London now is 401a gallons for
every person.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
Bar of Baltimore
To Aid Candidate

BALTIMORE, July Forty
members of the Baltimore bar
have formed a league to support
Herbert r. O'Conor. States Attor-
ney Of Baltimore, in his candi-
dacy for election as Attorney
General of Maryland. Former At
torney General Edgar Allen Poe
heads the group.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
FIRE SQUAD NEEDS MONEY

SILVER SPRING, Nd, July 5
(speciaD Declaring the depart
ment went into the red more than
$500 last year on operating ex-
penses and that q similar deficit
was inevitable during the coming
year, officials Of the Silver Spring
Volunteer Fire Department an.
nounced today that they had ap-
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
Boys Club to Hold
JGnnbOree TOniQht

Charles pye will be a big fig
ure in the Times-Herald Boys
Club outing at Suburban Gardens
tonight, when 800 members Of
the organization begin their an
nual frolic.
The pleasure park has been
turned over to the club members.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
COUNTY LIONS MAP PLANS

Meetings Of the Silver Spring
Lions Club will be held during the
summer months this year. E.
Francis McDevitt, secretary of the
club announced today. Mr.. Nc.
Dewitt said the club members felt
that by hating their meetings and
activities for two or three months
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
.LGying With Gun,
p. Girl, 3. Kills Self

CULPEPER, Va, July 5.-A
playthtng proved fatal to s.
year-old Florence Augusta Jen-
3ins. While playing in . bedroom
IN the home Of her uncle here
Florence rummaged in q bureau
drawer. She found q pistol and
anot herself through the chest.
She died q few minutes later.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05

during the summer they would
lose another six weeks this fall
getting things under way again.
The club is arranging O card
party to obtain funds to help de-
fray the expenses of sending two
delegates to the Lions Information
al convention in Grand Rapids,
Mich, the last Of this month.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05

pealed to the county commission
ers to increase their tax appro-
priation to $7,297.
The fire heads stated that the
amount was $1,497 more than the
present appropriation Of $500
and that It represented q mini
mum budget for the coming year.
with little or no allowance for
emerRencieS.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
Exceptional Values in
Mems and WOEmen'S Shoes

$50 prs. Mems 2.95 Sports
OxfOrdS, all white, brown and
black. black and white and
brown and beige. Fri. 3 NJ
day only ...........
BIS prs. WOmen's 1.99 Sport
Shoes, white elk and steer
buck; oxford style with or with
ont kiltie tongues. Fri 60
day only.
PaIaiS Row
The Washington times., 1934-07-05

175 prs. Mems 81 White Cloth
OxfOrdS with rn b er Coz
soles. Friday only. .......
100 prs. WOmen's 81 White
CIOth Utility Oxfords. 60c
Friday only ............. WV
200 prs. WOmen'S and Misses
SEC Tennis Shoes. Fri SOo
day only ..............
Downstairs
The Washington times., 1934-07-05

Very fine broadcloth, pastel shades
with white and applique trims. At
this price you can easily afford a
seasons supply of these cool COM
Portable garments.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05

Knit to fit construction, which
means they will not "creep"--
Isle toe and heel for extra serv-
ice. All new shades for wear
with Summer dresses. Sizes S13
to 10. Defects will not affect
wearing qualities.
PalaiS ROyal-DOwnStairS
Evening star., 1934-01-07
Choosing a Play

TOR a year prior TO the beginning
- Of her engagement in the The
ater Guilds production Of
Biography" Ina Claire-com-
ing to the National Theater the
week of Monday, January Is, as the
lead in that famous comedy-had read
most every play written in the English
language.
Il knew Biography would have a
good run" said Miss Claire, the other
day, but I had no idea it would hold
the dramatic record of the New York
season. That feat surprised me-
Since Miss Claire has never appeared
in an unsuccessful play, she was asked
how she managed to choose the non
fops."
Her glance was quizzical.
Il wouldn't dare talk about picking
plays if Biography hadn't run so well. "
she replied. no matter what the others
had done in the past"
Then she really answered the queS-
ton.
When I choose a play" she began,
L look first at the piece as a whole
If the play doesn't stand up. it dOesn' I
matter how good the part for me is
there no use going further with it,
Il look at the script. not just as a
play detached from other things, but
according to the way the public is feel
ing about life in general at the moment.
We've all gone through a good many
things in the last few years that have
stripped people of superfcialitieS and
OF any interest in superficial people
Il never liked the brittle cats they
Evening star., 1934-01-07

Wlen ana II tTe gOOQ g0dS give her the
only thing she needs-the gift of i'm
she is now, one of the dramas most
ineligible interpreters.
IT IS the season for drama critics to
look back on a years adventures
and TO select from the myriad programs
of iOpS and victories the 10 plays that
have most edited and amused them
The habit seems to me to have become
stilted and monotonous. since all Of
us are tempted to boost the bad dramas
we like and to knock the good ones that
do not meet with our approval l have
decided therefore. to leave my new
year decisions to the young layman who
goes with me to the theater every
opening night. despite his efforts to
squirm out Of it. He is a business boy,
an eXMarire. a Harvard man. and so
he looks on life and the drama with
q CLASSY though a penetrating eye
When I suggested to him he might
make a better selection that I from
among the current masterpieces he re-
piled as follows:
Men in White" She Loves Me Not"
Her Masters Voice" Mary of Scot
land" Sailor. Beware! The Dark
Tower" "As Thousands Cheer" and
Mr Cohan's quiet consumption Of the
tOothsCme lollipop "Ah, Wilderness"
Meantime. l must not forget to say
again that Mr.. Nugent, as Big Hearted
Herbert. gives so good a show that he,
too, should have blue ribbon.
Evening star., 1934-01-07

pun 1lllll OIl Tie map.
right on through the 'Footlight Pa
rade" and the Dancing Lady" and
the Going Hollywood" they have, bit
by bit, worked themselves up to some
thing which even the lavish Mr.. Zieg
field might not have dreamed possible.
Witness the current Flying Down
to Rio" While the story is a limp lit
tie affair, built merely to bolster along
the musical score, it has an eXtraor-
dinary amount of vital musical life and
when that "Carioca" is played it is
worth your while to look around and
see what kind of a reaction the au-
dience is having.
No musical number done by the
screen has been offered with such per-
feet timing. The music, being a cross
between what we have learned is a
rumba or a bolero. the producers have
wisely started with a small shutting
sound. a single note. and increased 1t
subsequently IN volume, in depth and
width and breadth. the finale being a
Wild unrestralned affair III which people
do wild and unrestrained dancing. Al
though the dance is not a ConneCti-
cut avenue parlor affair, or recon-
mended to sober Chevy Chase matrons,
it StirS the senses and the blood
pleasantly and is as roWdy, fiashy and
exaggerated a business as the films and
even the censorS have ever allowed.
4 x IS
A T THIS rate there Will be little left
"A for musicals to model themselves
on-since they have currently explored
the land and the sea and the sky.
'FOotlight Parade" did for the water
what Plying Down to Rio does for
the sky In the former. graceful War
ner Bros. chorus ladies were slipped
into bathing suits and made to paddle
around a giant tank III clever forma-
ton. In the latter, R-K-O girls are
strapped to the wings of aeroplanes and
hurled relentlesSly through space
while they perform their Setting-up
exercises. In both the impossible has
been made possible and the girls are
trained quite as we'll as the one-time
Tiller ballerinas. who skipped across the
stage in mass formation as one
Now that these dancing sirens have
gone through their PAGES up in the
clouds on land, and even with salt and
water betW cen their teeth. where can
they perform these htheSOme gyrations?
What is there left but for them either
to burst themselves wide open on some
barge, or on a Venetian bridge. or all
over the Versatile gardens Try as
they will producers from now on will
have hard time trying to find some
grassy glade which hasn't been
trampled upon already. Dancing
choruses will either have to take to the
Eifel Tower. or to the Nile. where
Hollywood trippers have SO far not
trlpped the light fantastic.
It's all rather appalling when you
think what has been done-and what.
We suppose will still be done In the
meantime, however. don't overlook such
things as the "CariOca," which will both
shock you and delight you.
And don't overlook John BarrymOre's
performance at the RialtO in ''Couu-
sellOr at Law His work is smooth and
llkeable and he doesn't grow a beard
or jiggle his left eye even once.
Evening star., 1934-01-07

It IS fierce light that beats on
Broadway's thrones. exposing their oc-
cupants to examination by the most
eagle-eyed of the SO-Called drama ju-
rlsts. Possibly Miss Hepburn, young, re-
Gently graduated from Bryn MaWr and
blinded by HollyWoCds magic lanterns.
old not know this when she selected
The Lake as a springbOard for her
talents and ambitions. It came from
London, covered with the medals OF
success. and eXcusably she embraced it
as a medium whereby she could leap
out of the Iilms and scar into the higher
and better attitudes. The Lake un-
fortunately, is a pretentious weakling.
not strong enough to bear the weight of
Miss Hepburn's thoughtful and seri-
Gus impersonation. This vas that of a
smart. neurotic English girl. who
though infamed BY a cold. sane and
physically hypnotic bounder gave him
up and married a stiff and pious noble
man Of good character. but with little if
any 1t. She discovered, too late. that
the man she welded was the man she
loved; and the bliss Of their honey
moon was interrupted by an automobile
catastrophe that caused The Lake" to
arrive at a tragic terminal.
The principal fault in Miss Hepburn s
ascent was not so much her ineffl-
cheney as an artist as it was her in
ability to know a feeble ritual from a
strong one. An inexperienced genius.
ignorant of the devices of a successful
Times Square drama, she selected The
Lake" a London hit. in which to per-
form the ceremonies Of her L0neaCre
sanCtihcatiOn. Unfortunately the play
proved. under New YOrk's acids and
microscopes. to be little else than a
liteTate sham. earnestl~ striving in its
theatrical way to be- valid 1t seemed
to me to be composed of a jigger of
L,0nsdaie. q dash Of Vaughan q squirt
Or two Of Hauptmann. Strindberg and
Sidney Howard, al mixed up in an Or
nate though notwithstanding cocktail
Miss Hepburn. being a brilliant. am
bilious and profound super -irgenuc. un-
covered in a recent way the confused
and mysterious heartbea5s Of a lovely
British demi-vierge in the throes Of
gender. It was my impression, as I put
Miss Hepburn on my scales last Tuesday
night. that she was taking an ordi-
nary job tCo seriously. Her every little
movement. as the old song said had
meaning Of its own. calculated. delibcr-
ate and rehearsed. Her acting vas
dutiful and intelligent; seeming to be
the result Of a determination to he both
obvious and cryptic. l am sure that