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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09
Will Quart Do?
Says One Mayor;
OK. Says Other

Says the mayor of Butte to the
mayor of Anaconda: "You are charg-
ed with crashing q traffic light in
eur municipality. I have brought our
police magistrate along to try the
case. Are you ready to plead?"
IT am" said the mayor of Anaconda.
II plead guilty."
Seeing that I was present when the
offense was committed" said Judge
Buckley, sitting in the Anaconda city
hall, 1T was the only sensible course.
But a plea of guilty is supposed to
mitigate the punishment. I am a little
in doubt as to what the fine should be.
Would a quart be about right?" asked
the mayor of Anaconda, softly.
"Of Val Blatz?" exclaimed the may
or Of Butte, brightly.
IT am not from Milwaukee" eXclaim-
ed the mayor of Anaconda indignant
ly. when I say a quart I mean a
quart"
And so the question vas settled in a
legal name although outside the jur-
isdiction of the Butte police court, and
the mayor Of Anaconda may again Wis
it Butte without fear of molestation.
The trouble occurred when Mayor
Provost was rushing to Helena or a
business matter. He shot through the
lights on Park street-only to find his
path blocked by Officer Emmett Sui
Ivan, who had in his auto Judge Buck
ley as a passenger.
Don't stop me-" Mayor Provost eX-
claimed, Il have only an hour to reach
Helena. I'll settle when I come back"
But Officer Sullivan steered him to the
curb and took his number. Il am
mayor OF Anaconda and" Mayor
Provost began when Officer Sullivan
interrupted him with Yeah, that's
what they all say. Are you sure you're
not the mikado of Japan?"
A checkup or his a number showed
that it was really Mayor Provost whom
the officer had stopped and tagged. So
Mayor Taggart as a mark of courtesy
to his fellow executive decided to try
the mayor in Anaconda instead of sum-
moning him to Butte. The court con-
to the arrangement and Mayor
Provost showed his appreciation of the
courtesy by entering a guilty plea.
Mayor Provost is a fine judge of traf-
fic penalties" Mayor McTaggart de-
clares.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09
L BILL HART
FILM IS A GIFT
NOTED WESTERN ACTOR SENDS
OLD SIX-REEL MOVIE FILM TO
BILLINGS FRIEND

william S. CBil) Hart has a lot of
friends around Billings. As will be
recalled, Hart wa in Billings several
years ago when the statue, the Range
Rider of the Yellowstone, was dedi-
Gated IN top Of the rimrocks. Bill had
posed for the statue.
One of Bills friends in Billings is N.
G.. Ashley. And for a Christmas pres
ent, Bill sent Mr. Ashley one of his
motion pictures-a Six-reel silent movie
filmed more than 10 years ago when
Hart was his own producer and called
"O'Malley of the Mounted"
MI. Ashley received the film with the
reservation that it be used for private
showings only. And recently the Bill
ings man showed it before the regular
meeting Of the recently organized local
of Painters and Decorators union.
Hart, of course, is O'Malley of the
mounted police. His boss tells him to
arrest a killer about whom little is
known and Hart Cor O'Malley' trails
south to get his man." He crosses in
to Montana, U. S. A. He goes into a
town where a rodeo is being held, and
finds that the killer is the rodeo's top
rider. He learns also that the killer
is a member of a bandit gang hiding
out in the mountains.
The hideout is closely guarded and,
to enter, Bill has to rob a bank and be
chased by the sheriff into the noun
tains. He's accepted by the bandits.
There's a villain, of course, who is try
ing to make love to the sister of the
killer. Bill fights him, ticks him. Then
thu 1,i11oin f;y,Je N,,t %Io% Dill Loe
turned the money he took from the
bank and squeals to the bandit chief,
who orders Bill hanged.
Well, the long and short of it is
that the killer and his sister, still
thinking Bill is a bona fide bandit,
save him and they all gallop out
through a little used pass, dynamiting
it behind them so the bandit gang can't
catch up with them. Then Bill finds
out that the killer shot whoever it "a
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09

tana Tunnel company. The ore body,
which is stated to be 147 feet wide,
was cut on the 500-foot level. It is said
to be the largest ore body that has been
opened in Jefferson county in the past
20 years. The Comet mine, owned by
the same company, is being unwatered
and an intention to build a mill, as
soon as winter breaks, has been an
nounced.
The purchase Of the Golden Mes
senger mine in the York district near
Helena is announced. The purchasers
are stated to be Duluth men.
The Beaverhead Mining company Of
ficials are authority for the statement
that Bannack is coming back. "Sizeable
activity" in the gold and silver proper
ties in the pioneer mining camp is an
nounced. The Thompson Gold Mining
company reports a payroll Of so plant
and mine workers, while 10 men are
employed on the Hendricks property.
The Ermont and the Badger mines are
shipping ore, it is stated. Other prop
critics now active are the Ingersoll, Gold
Bug, Anniversary, Senator Curns and
Lady Jane.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09
Airport Leases on
State Lands to Cost
rs Cents per Acre

Having received a number Of appli-
cations for leases on state lands to be
leased Al airplane planding fields, the
board authorized the issuance of air
port leases at a minimum annual rental
Of Is cents an acre. The demand for
such leases was attributed to the es-
tablisment of many new airports and
the improvement of others under the
civil works program.
The body also voted to bid on SIS, 900
worth Of 51-2 per cent amortization
bonds Of school district No. l Of Fergus.
county. The district includes the city
of LeWiStoWn.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09
MINING BOOMING
IN MONTANA
BANNACK IS COMING BACK, IS
RUMOR AMONG MINING CIRCLES
IN MONTANA

Considerable activity in gold mining
development is reported in various
parts of the state since the beginning
Of the year. The Little Ben Mining
company, which is operating the Au-
gust mine near Landusky in Phillips
county, has completed a coarse crush
ing and teaching cyanide plant with a
capacity of so tons a day. The prop
erty is controlled by Butte and Hell
ena men.
The Associated Gold Mines company
Of Seattle is reported to have taken
over a controlling interest in the Vos-
burg Mining company which controls
four mines in the Winston district.
The Cory Gold Mining company has
been organized by A. v. Cory and
Francis T. Morris. 1t is said to have
the hacking of New York capital and is
working a gold property near Maxville
tn Granite county.
What are declared to be massive ore
bodies carrying gold and silver ores are
reported to have been opened in the
Grey Eagle mine Of the Basin Mon
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09
TWO MILLIONS FOR
SCHOOLS ROADS
"25 PER CENT" FUND RETURNED
TO VARIOUS STATES UNDER ACT
PASSED BY CONGRESS

More than 81, 900 in national
forest receipts will have been return
ed since 1908 by the federal govern
ment for distribution to Montana
counties in which national forests are
located, according to compilations
prepared recently in the office of the
regional forester at Missoula.
Known as the "25 per cent fund" be-
cause the amount IS one-fourth of the
receipts from national forests within
the various states, the moneys return
ed under act by congress on May %,
1908, may be used by the counties for
school and road purposes, it is stated.
Among the 80 Montana counties ben
efiting from distribution of the ST.
874, 169. 06, which includes $40, I'll SO for
the fiscal year 1888, are:
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09
WATER BOARD HAS
MAPPED PROGRAM
GOV. COONEY STATES HE IS SURE
$4,000, 900 PROGRAM WILL BE
CARRIED OUT

Preliminary plans for work to be
done by the Montana water conser-
Walton board we're discussed a few
days ago at the initial meeting Of the
body. Actual surveying of proposed
sites for projects in the Musselshen
basin was started several days ago,
Governor Frank H. COoney, chair
man of the board, announced.
Members of the body attended a
meeting at Billings which was called
by Marshall N. Dana Of Portland. Ore,
regional public works director. From
there J. S. James. state engineer, and
members of the board, left for the Mus
selshell basin.
Governor Cooney said he felt certain
the SIS, 0 900 program would be carried
out, despite reports from Washington,
that no formal applications for the
many small projects contemplated had
been filed with the public works ad-
ministration.
Il have the promises Of President
Roosevelt and Secretary Ickes that the
money will be granted and that's good
enough for me-" declared the chief ex-
ecutive.
R. R. Purcell of Helena was named
vice chairman and secretary treasurer
of the board. He will be in charge Of
headquarters at Helena. The other
members of the body are I. D. ODon-
nell of Billings and D. P. Fabrick of
Choteau, experienced irrigation engi-
neerS.
Attorney General Raymond T. Nagle
has designated c. j. Dousman, one of
his assistants, as legal adviser of the
board.
THE general plan," State Engineer
James said, "is to employ local men
wherever possible on their projects.
We will localize the projects as much
as possible so that the communities will
be represented directly"
James office, he explained, will act
for the most part in a supervisory
capacity.
In creating the board at its special
session, the state legislature appropriate
ed 100000 for its activities.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09

Joseph b. Poindexter, who grew to
manhood in Dillon, and who has
served the state and nation in var
ious capacities, has just been named
by President Roosevelt as governor of
the Territory of Hawaii. After his
graduation from Washington univer-
sity at St. Louis, he began practicing
law in Dillon, Ia elected county at
torney of Beaverhead, district judge,
and finally attorney general. He was
appointed federal judge of the dis
trict of Hawaii by President Wilson
in 1917. After serving for several
years he retired to practice law. Gov
ernor POindcxter belongs to the we'll
known Beaverhead county family.
His father Thomas Poindexter, was a
pioneer of that section. A brother,
Thomas Poindexter, Jr., was secre-
tary of state. Mrs. Frank Cooney,
wife of Governor Cooney, is a cousin,
as is also former United States Sem
ator Mark Poindexter of the state of
Washington.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09
WITH
LATH TILE NEW
PHILLIPS COUNTY FIST TO Elk
PERTINENT WITH NEW METHOD;
GOOD RESULTS

A new wrinkle in ~irrigating the
garden on dry land farms is with
lath tile. While this method of ir-
rigation is classified as new, it has
been in use in the state for the last
few years. Phillips county, where H.
L Lantz is county extension agent,
introduced it there in 1880 through
All garden clubs.
Since that time the use of lath tile
has spread extensively with over SO
farms in Phillips county using it.
In describing lath thing for irriga-
ton purposes Lantz says the tile is made
by mailing four ordinary plastering
lath together, to form a tile having an
inside diameter slightly smaller than
the lath's width. They are nailed to-
gether in such a manner that there is
a slight opening every foot. This op-
ening permits the water to seep out in
to the soil.
After the tile is made, trenches IA
inches deep are dug for the tile but
parallel to the slope of the garden.
The tile is placed in this trench which
should be level. One end of each tile
is closed and the other fitted with a
standpipe. The tile should be placed in
the garden in rows about four feet
apart. BY merely pouring water down
the standpipe of each row, water is
placed beneath the surface of the soil
where it is needed and none is vast
ed.
This system was installed in a town
garden in Phillips county in time for
use during 1888. The garden responded
with a luxuriant crop but with a saving
of so per cent in the water formerly
needed.
Water for use in such a system of
garden irrigation may be from a wind
mill or any other source. With the
tile buried under the ground the
amount of waste in water is negligible.
For the dry land garden this lath tile
provides absolute insurance of a
good vegetable garden.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09
Parents of Five Are Held Insane

G.. c. Stanton and his wife of Dillon,
parents Of five children, were declared
mentally deficient by a sanity com-
mission recently and were ordered CON-
mitted to the state hospital at Warm
Springs. Authorities said the couple
came to Dillon two years ago from the
home for the feeble minded at Red
field, S. d. The children are in the
Montana state orphans home at Twin
Bridges. Records revealed the sanity
hearing was the first conducted at Dill
Ion for both husband and wife at the
same time.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09
l~ntermountain Co.
to Answer Charge
to Rail Commission

The Montana railway commission an
nounced that a hearing was held Feb.
8 at Boulder, in a citation against the
Intermountain Transportation COM
pany, which is accused of carrying on
an interstate passenger business in vio-
lation of its interstate certificate. The
company, operating in Montana, Utah
and Canada, is charged with transport
ing passengers between Butte and Great
Falls and intermediate stations.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09

he shot to protect his sister and Bill
fixes it so the brother goes free.
All in all, it's the type of picture Bill
was famous for in his heyday.
Billings is still remembered affec-
tionately by Hart, according to MI.
Ashley. In a recent letter Bill wrote
anybody up in Montana, I'd almost
break a leg for"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09
Wool Brings 30 Cents

Wool Brings 30 Cents
A purchase by Silverman g. Co. Of
Boston of an eastern Montana wool
clip at 80 cents was reported recently
at Harlowton.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09

A study of the movements Of meteors
has revealed that terrific storms rage
at a height of 60 miles in the earth's
atmosphere.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09

New York and Albany were named
after Baby Stuart, the Duke of York
and Albany, who later became James
II.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09

ine. Very fine for Dresses, Rompers, Shirts,
Aprons, Quilts, etc. Our best quality. SEND
NO MONEY, Just pay POSTWAR S1.69, plus
few cents delivery charges-O YDS, ESQ,
Postage Paid. Money with order. Limited .
Bundles to One Customer. Guaranteed salts
or money back. Do not delay. Write
todayI
NATIONAL DRESS GOODS co.
1884 N. Wells St., Dept. 264, Chicago, NJ
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09

France has built a church especially
for aViatorS.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09

Britain has become Poland's best
customer for cheap shirts.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-09

Ginghams - Percales -
Shirtings - Voiles - All
Prints, etc. yards Of
each or more. Our clean,
newest colors and latest
popular MILL assortment
nirect tn yoll at big saw.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-09-06

bot, a rough fish, is plentiful in our
northern waters, particularly the
Lake of the Woods region. 1t is
known from past tests that burbot
oil is potent in vitamin d. Unfor-
tunately, unlike the cod, there is no
market for the rest of the fish. This,
of course, would make it more expen-
sive to manufacture. Two Lake of
the Woods concerns are now market
ing burbot liver oil.
George H. Bradley, state tourist
commissioner, has arranged with the
Rock Island railroad for the staging
of a Minnesota Week. in the Travel
and Transport building at the Worlds
Fair, Chicago. The states recrea-
tional and industrial activities will
be shown to an expected 100000 WISH
tors in sound pictures, maps and
mounted specimens of birds, animals
! and fish.
National recognition of Minnesota's
/ Indian pageants at Itasca state park
came last week when newspapers
throughout the nation carried stories
in which Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow
OF the war president, praised a pag-
cant she saw at the park while vaca-
tioning near Bemidji.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-09-06

much alive today, and is perfectly
capable of handling financial matters
in his community without the aid of
the two banking chains who have at
tempted to dictate all money matters
in the northwest.
1t is to be hoped that Conservation
Commissioner e. v. Wizards effort
to obtain federal approval of estab-
lishment of migratory waterfowl res
toration area in southwestern Min
nesota will meet with success. Mr..
willard has selected the Talcot chain
of lakes as his recommendation. I'm
der the plan, the federal government
pays for the Land and the neces-
sary works for restoring the area as
waterfowl refuge. The government
already has approved of the restora-
ton of Mud lake as a waterfowl ref
uge, and actual condemnation of land
has been started.
In radio talk reviewing the events
of the recent truck drivers strike in
Minneapolis, Governor Olson placed
blame for prOlOngatiOn of the strike
where it belongs-the Citizens ALI
ance of that city. There is sufficient
evidence at hand to prove that that
organization exists for one paramount
purpose-the destruction of union
labor. Because of it's nefarious and
undetermined activities. which include
placing of stool pigeons" within the
ranks of union labor not only for
spying but also for fomenting dis
cord and strife, this organization de-
serves the name given it by the Gov
ernOr-Public Enemy Number One.
Less than $4,000 of approximately
100000 of chain store taxes levied
since the law adopted by the 1888
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-09-06
State Capitol News
By A. l. HARRIS

The creation, by executive order OF
President Roosevelt, of the Quetico-
Superior Committee is a significant
forward step in the establishment of
a wilderness sanctuary in the Rainy
Lake and Pigeon River watershed,
along the international boundary
lines. The committee consists of
Ernest C. Oberholtzer, president and
secretary of the Quetico-Superior
Council; Sewell T. Tyny of New York,
who has made studies of the region;
Charles S. Kelly of Chicago, one of
the organizers of the council; E. W..
Tinker, regional forester, and DR..
Robert Marshall, forester of the
United States Indian Bureau. The
personnel of the committee is in it
self an assurance that this worthy
project will be brought to ultimate
realization.
The local vigilante organization is
in the same class as the law and
order league. Both are shopping or
CARNATIONS of goodfor-nothing med
dlers who have the hardihood to take
the law into their own hands and
pass judgment on their neighbor-
all under cover of darkness. To one
who believes in organized society and
the protection which society thus
gives the individual under our laws,
there is something distinctly nauseat-
ing about vigilante and law and order
leagues, so-called. OF late, there has
been quite recurrence in this coun-
try of these cowardly. secret bodies.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-09-06
PROCEEDINGS OF
ASKOV COUNCIL

A special meeting of the village
council of the village of Askov was
held Aug. 80, 1884. All members were
present.
A resolution was passed that the
council recommend to the State Con-
servation Department, that they take
over the Kettle River Park project as
O. state park.
A motion was made, seconded and
carried that a concession be granted
Christian Hansen in the Kettle River
Park on the north side of the main
highway, between the highway and the
road leading under the bridge, for the
purpose of conducting refreshment
stand and gasoline pumps, in consid-
Grafton whereof he will act as care
taker of the park and as foreman Of
the project, beginning Aug. 81, as
specified in written contract.
A motion was made, seconded and
carried to discontinue K. L. Lund's
services as foreman of the park pro-
ject as of the evening of Aug. 80.
A motion was made, seconded and
carried to make application to the
ERA for an additional grant of $500
to continue the park project.
A motion was made, seconded and
| carried that the president of the coun-
Gil appoint a committee of five to
have charge of arranging a dedica-
ton for the new bridge and park.
Meeting adjourned.
| CHRIS ERIKSEN, President.
THORVALD L. SORENSEN, Clerk.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-09-06

Legislature went into effect has yet
to be collected. This is reported by
the state tax commission, which has
supervision Of the new law, as we'll
as of the income tax law, also passed
at the 1888 legislative session.
Over $11,5OO,OOO has been collected
in gasoline taxes for a period of a
year ending July %. During that
period there were only $55S.77 in tax
collection losses, as compared with
S14,5OO, the average annual loss suf-
fered by the department in other
years. This marked improvement
can be attributed to a new gasoline
tax law, fathered by George H. Crit
fifth, chief of the oil inspection de-
partment. The new law requires that
all in shipping distributors either pro-
duce a responsible financial state
ment or post bond to cover the tax.
Prior to the passage of this law,
many chiselers took advantage of the
laxity of the law as it then stood
and cheated the state out of the tax.
With a political campaign in our
midst, which will probably get ''hot-
ter" as it proceeds, conservationists
should DE on the alert against politi-
cal attacks against a department of
our state government which has made
and is still making signal progress
the Department of Conservation.
When such attacks are made, sports
mems and other conservation organi-
cations, in the interest of good gov
eminent and the public welfare,
should appoint responsible commit
tees to make investigation of their
own to determine the truth or falsity
of the charges and make their find
ings known to the public. The rec
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-09-06

News dispatches show them quite &C
tive in lynching strike leaders and
otherwise breaking up labor strikes.
When they act in that capacity, their
true purpose is revealed. There
should be law making it a criminal
offense to belong to an organization
which takes the law into its own
hands and usurpts the powers of our
courts.
Attorney General Harry H. Peterson
speaking at the Convention of the
American Bar Association in Milwau-
kee defended the New Deal after
numerous speakers assaulted it. Mr..
Peterson in comparing the decision
in the Minnesota Mortgage Morator-
ium case to that of the famous bred
Scott case of 1857, which held that
human beings were chattels, said:
THE reactionary bred Scott case
brought on a civil war and made nee
essary the adoption of a constitutional
amendment, but the liberal and pro-
gressive Minnesota decision averted
an economic catastrophe and estab-
lished the principle that in an emer-
gency human rights are superior to
property rights
T. H. Arens, conservator Of the
Rural Credit department, effected
considerable savings when he secured
purchasers for $S45,0OO in Rural
Credit certificates of Indebtedness at
the extremely low interest rate of 1.6
per cent. Previously the department
paid 4.O1 per cent on such certificates.
The Independent Bankers Associa-
ton, an organization of small Min
nesota banks, were the low bidders
and were awarded the contract. indi-
eating the Independent banker is very