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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-16
WORK ON CAPITOL
FAST
eva WORK AT HELENA SHOWING
DECIDED PROGRESS; LARGE
PART COMPLETED

Initiation Of the work Of sheating
the dome of the capitol with copper
plates provided by the Anaconda
Copper Mining company has been
made, and it is expected that the work
will make as rapid progress as pos
sible under the circumstances. The
copper sheets we're in the sub-base-
ment of the capitol for some time,
being shaped SO that they could be
laid.
other CWA work at the capitol is
showing decided progress. New sewer
pipes, cement curbing and sidewalks,
concrete pavement and other construc-
lions have been included in the I'M
provements at the rear OF n capitol
building. For awhile this work hamp-
cred the use of the sidewalks, roads
and parking space there, and the buses
could not reach the back door.
A large part of the work has been
completed. The new sewer pipes were
nearly all laid and filled in a few days
ago. and the cement curbs finished.
The paving of the streets and laying OF
cement sidewalks are still to be done.
While this work has been in process,
Workmen in large numbers have been
working on the roof and walls Of the
building making requirements and re-
pairs, in the many offices Of the build
ing, r%e-painting the walls, renewing
flooring and making other alterations,
and in the basement. where the above
ground sewer pipes are to be placed
in the earth and the many rooms,
heretofore given out to dust and rub
bish, will be remodeled, finished and
prepared for office use.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-16
Supreme Court
Hears 2 Cases

Two civil cases on appeal were before
the supreme court recently for argu-
ment. In one, Mrs. Fernie Sullivan
Of Butte sued the Metropolitan Life In
surance company for insurance on the
life of her husband, James j. Sullivan.
who died in 1882, in the sum of 1852.
on an accident policy, and got Judgment
in the district court.
The insurance company resisted the
suit on the ground that Sullivan's death
was caused by cerebal hemorrhage and
not by accident, and hence was not
covered by the policies.
In the other case, also from Butte.
Mrs. Frances Nord sued the Butte
Water company for $3.50 in damages
alleged to be due her for injuries caus-
ed by the alleged negligence of the de-
PENDANT when she stubbed her toe on
a water curb box or a Butte street, and
secured Judgment. The water company
disclaimed responsibility.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-16
Spau1ding Given
Honor by Group

T. C. Spaulding, state relief and civil
works director who is now on leave OF
absence from his post as dean OF the
forestry school of the state university,
has been elected vice president of the
American Foresters' association.
Election to the vice presidency US
ually is followed by elevation to the
presidency. The association publishes
the magazine, The American Forester.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-16

finger of the right hand extended, bal
ance of the fingers closed, raise the
hand toward the part of the head with
the thumb and finger pressed against
the upper portion of the forehead, raise
the hand quickly above the head clos
ing all the fingers and making a grasp
ing motion toward the hair of the head
and jerk the hand to the right, as In
the act of snatching or pulling.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-16

Rembrandt, the great Dutch paint
er, died a bankrupt. Franz Halls, the
great artist, continually in debt, lived
at the end on parish relief.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-02-16

Many public works projects are to
be started in Hongkong, China.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22
State Dictatorship

Americans who profess to like the he man" principle in politics, and have been dallying with the idea of an American Hitler or Mussolini, may now move to Louisiana. This state, though 1t doesn't fit the Fascist or Nazi system, certainly has a dictator. No Mark Hanna or Boss Cox or Bill Thompson or Croker ever ruled an American city or state as Huey Long today rules his commonwealth.
 The self-styled "Kingfsh" does 1t with smile, to be sure. But behind his clown ing and wisecracks there is power. Where or when in this country has man holding no state office convoked legislature, sub- mitted program of nearly half hundred measures altering the government of the state itself and every part of 1t, giving the reins of authority into his own hands, and put it through in two days?
 Senator Long may be merely political boss. But so is Stalin in Russia. Long, with all his monkey business, is human dynamo and a political genius. He even regiments the lawyers, through popular election of officers to the state bar asso- ciation. Is he regimenting the courts, too?
 It would be interesting to have char acterization of Long by Henry Watterson, the famous Kentucky editor who once warned America against Theodore Roose-- welt as man "of the breed of Caesar and Napoleon.'' Still, the serious-minded Watterson might not understand Huey. Does anybody?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22

ried, no member of Miss Bishop family was present to give he away.
 BONUS EVASION
 Frank N. Belgrano, new na- s tional commander of the Ameri- can Legion, hotly denies reports that he was personally not in agreement with the Miami con- vention vote for immediate pay ment of the bonus.
 Most significant, however, was his first public address after election. In it he declared that "Americanism" was the first objective of the Legion and carefully skirted the bonus issue. SOUL CULTIVATION
 Cultivation of the artistic tal- ents of the unemployed is be- ing seriously undertaken by the EZRA
 Because it is readily vulner- able to riiicule, this phase of re- lief has been little publicized; but it is doing 8 f1Ourishing business.
 The work is an extension c1 the CWA experiment in art re- lief last winter, and is being done by jobless painters, writers, actors, musicians, whose talents cannot profitably be employed in building roads, making mattress es, or digging sewers.
 Some of the recent cultural activities of these groups. are: a troop of actors touring CCC camps with Uncle Toms Cabin" and other plays; painter doing murals on the walls of state prison dining hall in New York; an orchestra playing for hospi- tai patients in California; a sculptor doing mosaics in a pub lie park in Texas; an architect making models of a musem in Colorado.
 The big problem of EZRA authorities is to determine what is art and what is not, and to keep "phOnies" from wOrming their way into the "artistic" ranks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22
A Thought for Today
What Will It Mean?

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt
 declared in speech the other day that the
 "cheaper electricity" experiment now go-
 ing on in the Tennessee valley will be A copied in every state of the Union before !. i've get through" he must have created 7 spirit of misgiving in the hearts of the 7 electric power magnates of the nation. : And that spirit may have even reached . into our own state We are wondering I : perhaps 1885 may not be momentous !. one for the allied public utility interests which today are so strongly entrenched III . our midst by virtue of legislative grants . of past years
 The third successive defeat for State ! Chairman J. Henry Roraback, head ot the < electric power interests monopollZlng thls ; state, may be just the entering wedge tor { Uncle Sam And in addition to that there , is the avowed intention of the democrats : to work for more liberal public utility \ statutes. The moss-backed ones now on : our books will be thoroughly revamped 1t :. the promises of democrats this fall are 7 carried out. And there is no reason why : they shouldn't be with the party control- : ing every elective office and practically ' assured of the Senate.
 Everyone must remember that the !. democrats said, "For the protection of the people it is imperative that the public utilities commission be given at once authority to institute rate proceedings on 7 it's own motion and to make inventories and appraisals of properties; authority over the issuance of securities the loaning s aud borrowing of money, and expenditures
 of other than usual business purposes and
 for major capital improvements; authority over the relations between holding com' panies and their subsidiary operating companies"
 Other than that it is time that Connec- . ticut put stop to the rather reckless transfer of riparian and other water and ' land rights without regard for future de- 1. velopment of water systems of our munich palities to public utilities, such as has oc- cured in the past. This prodigallty IS all !. right in it's place, but unfortunately the ]. state is not in position to barter such
 privileges as it has for mere political con- :. sideration All this and more IS some ' thing that the democrat party can cor {. rect and establish for itself reputation ]. for looking after the interests of the mary ]. and not the few.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22
So They Say

The challenge to today is to be doers in the field in which we think.
 Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins.
  This is difficult world, in which We have to walk warily.
 Gen Jan c. Shuts. Banks are nice places to borrow money Cyrus S. Eaton, Cleveland fnancer at Insull trial.
 The good fortune of Mssissippians is attrib- uted the fact that the mighty father af waters. the Mississippi River, separates Mississippi from Louisiana.
 Senator Theodore G. Bibo.
  saw what Medwick did and couldn't blame the crowd for what it did. referring to the mixup at third base in the last World Series game.
 Fascism has contributed more than any other factor to the feeling of insecurity that has brought the possibility of widespread war to the forefront Waiter M. Citrine. general secretary of the Brit ish Trade Union Congress. The human species sthe only one where the male doesn't do all the struttng, growing, and wearing of finery. Earl N. Kurtz, president of newly-formed He Mans Association.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22

Washington, Nov 22.-A plan to put the New Deal on the spot with a sensational publicity coup sbeing matched secretly by master minds of the Liberty League.
 The plan, is to hold a national ''non- partisan rally in Chicago about December 15-just before congress convenes. Alfred D. Smith and Senator William F. Borah are the proposed rhetori- cal Big Berthams of the oc- casion.
 With these two stellar per. formers commanding the head lines, the League would be able to get over a flood of covertly antiadministration propaganda- demands for the end of fur ther New Deal experiments, in- flation, big government spend- ing.
 Preparations for the proposed event are being pushed under the closest guarded secrecy.
 This is done for two reasons. First, to obtain all the advan- tages that may be derived from springing it as surprise. Sec ond, to keep the date of the meeting open until the last pos-. sible moment so that it can be held after the president makes his already announced fire side" radio talk.
 Guarded overtures already have been made to Borah and Smith proposing their particlpa- tion.
 NEW DEAL FORUMS
 Meanwhile, the Administration, without any knowledge of the Liberty Leagues maneuvers, is planning a forum of its own.
 Its purpose, however, is en- tirely different Behind the plan is the aim, of the President and of John w. Studebaker, now commissioner of education, to promote adult education.
 To this end they expect to establish series of ""Town Halls" or open forums through out the country. The first of |. these probably will be in Wash ington, and one of the New DeaPS chlef crltlcS anu d IiVdi candidate against Franklin Roosevelt-Norman Thomas-wili be invited to speak.
 The President personally is most enthusiastim over the idea. FAMILY POLITICS
 Not many people know it, but Mrs Adolf Berle, wife of a prom inent member of the Brain Trust, is also the niece of Henry P. Fletcher, chairman of the Republican National Committee.
 Mrs Berle, formerly Miss Beatrice Bend Bishop, was vir- tually ostracized by her family when she married Berle. Her father and mother, members Of a prominent Boston family, ob- jected strenuously when she summed Back Bay society and insisted upon going in for high brow studies and Adolf Berlc, then a Harvard prodigy.
 And when they were mar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22
Has a Familiar Ring

The announcement from Boston by
 Public Works Commissioner Frank E Lyman that Uncle Sam was going to build
 ! brand-new four-lane express highway from Boston to Washington evoked con siderable surprise in authoritative circles in the states through which the route would pass. It will bear some more publicity, this lime from officials at Washington. We <. don't doubt but what Commissioner I.ynlan may be well advised in announcing fEe plans, but at the same time one can't help wondering.
 The brief public statement contained the information that the new highway -,s..Id croas this state diagonally in a .'6T4heastorn to southwestern direction. It z4kars Connecticut near Danielson anu |1aVan near Greenwich, We presume .|1h51ell Stamford was the last city men
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22
,G BUSINESS CooPERAmNoN

yG BUSINESS COOPERATION
 Big Business is going fur lher than merely passing resoJ lutions endorsing the New DeA. Some of its leaders are scratch ing around looking for advisers who can interpret Roosevelt poli- cies for them and secure for them the greatest degree of CO., operation from the Administra- tion.
 This apparently is the aim of the mighty House of Morgan.
 Only a few days after the No- vember elections had given Roosevelt the greatest confidence vote in history, Russell Leffing- well, Morgan partner, was busy looking for new advisors to act between the bankers and the ad- ministration.
 His attitude was twofold:
 i. That the New Deal now looked with more favor upon the bankers; hence the bank CTS should respond by better cooperation. ..
 2. That the New Deal had the overwhelming support of the country, and therefore 1t was more expedient for the bankers to cooperate
 MERRY-GO-ROCND
 Doctor James Doran, famous as dictator of the Treasury's pro- hibition activities during dry days, has recently received an increase in salary. For one year he has been representative for the distilling interests in Washington :. The Govern ment Printing Office employs 400 proof readers. During publica- ton of the Congressional Rec- ord when Congress is in session, they are all needed. Congress men say that the Government Printing Office turns out better grammar than ever was heard on the floor of Congress Eight representatives from New Mexico have now tried to win promotion to the senate from their state. Representative Chavez was the ninth to try and fail. Apparently there is a iinx on this form of prom otion The first to proclaim Roose- welt as the great friend of business after the elections was Dan Roper, South Carolinian Secretary of Commerce :. .. A brief interval after Franklin D. Roosevelt had advertised his 65th street residence in New York for rent, similar sign appeared on the house of his cousin, Alice Longworth.
 Copyright, 1884, by United Fca-
 ture Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22


 We think that there's too much being said about Governor Cross not being able to replace veterans holding state positions of recent days. The argument began when somebody showed that Raymond F. Gates, state agent for some years, was an ex- serviceman and might we'll come under the terms of law guaranteeing immunity to veterans holding state jobs. MT Gates was not appointed to his present position upon the strength of being veteran. We cannot quite see why he cannot be suc- ceeded by democratic appointee, should Governor Cross see lit to replace him and the Senate concurs. It's a bit nasty, though, to put him out of his job at this time He may not even be disturbed. We don't know what Governor Cross con- templates doing with regard to appoint ments next spring. Why not wait till then to upset laws, officials, etc?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22

tioned along the Connecticut line of travel. In all 113 miles are allotted to us. For building these 113 miles of super road way we will receive approximately thirty millions. Quite a project, it would appear
 The familiar note to the story is this. Some years back private corporation attempted to secure legislative permission to build an express toll road across Con- necticut as part of link on Boston to New York deluxe highway. It was going to be an elevated road with no crossings and avoiding all centers of population. The Assembly didn't regard it very favor ably and the plan was dropped. It was brought up at the following legisla- tive session and again defeated Since then we've heard nothing.
 This scheme, conceived as public works project guaranteed to provide jobs for unemployed, would apparently be the outcome of the earlier one or simply it's further development. We are bit inter ested in contemplating just what would be done in Fairfield county with the Boston Post Road now and the Merritt Highway coming later. Perhaps we could interest the federal government in making the Merritt Highway link of this route and assuming the troublesome burden of fi- nancing it. Here's thought for the proper authorities to bear in mind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22
A Book a Day
Asserts McClennan Was Great Soldier
By BRUCE CAPTION

One of the great enigmas of the
 Civil War is the figure of General
 George B. Mcclellan.
 Here was man who had the elements of greatness.but who,
 snmehow, was never quite able to make them jell. He served his country very we'll indeed, and yet he managed to make people feel that he should have served it a great deal better. The results were | tragic.
 William Starr Myers has written an excellent biography of the man | in General George Brinton Mo- Clellan." It is both an interpreta- tion and a defense. pr Myers in-
 dicates that Mcclellan got much less than his just dues from the northern government: at the same time, he makes it clear that this
 was in large part McClellans own fault.
 Mcclellan was the man to whom Lincoln handed the beaten and disorganized Union army after the
 debacle of Bull Run. He proved one of the ablest organizers and disciplinarians the American army | has ever had. In a few months | nS buiHS0 q AOWHJ AAAS0 ~S~ - | first-rate army.
 That he failed to capture Rich
 mond in the 1882 campaign was
 not altogether his fault. He was
 deprived of needed troops at tho
 crucial moment; besides, he was
 opposed by a gentleman named
 Lee. At Antietam he un-
 uesqtionably saved the Union. But he was his own worst en-
 emy. He could not be e good sub
 ordinate. He could not understa nd the necessities of politics. He mag
 nifed the obstacles in his path. :. Tn tho end, these things helped
 wreck his career. His futile race
 against Lincoln for tho presidency
 In 1864 finished the wreckage. Dr Meyers has written an excep:: | tionally good biography. Published by Appleton. Century, it sells for sb.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22
London Letter
BY H. l., PERCY

Onltcu ffCsS Stau NOfFeSIONueHt
 London lUP).-Queen Anne has had her first bath in 90 years. She also had face lift and beauty treatment. It took seven months.
 Actually it was the effigy of Queen Anne that received the treatment. She is one of the very many statues and effigies in Westminster Abbey which will be clean for the wedding of the Duke of Kent (rince George) and Princess Marina of Greece, on Nov. 29.
 Self-Satisfied Smile
 Plump, with the suggestion of d self satisfied smile, she has just been returned to her old station in the Abbey. With the grime or 90 years washed off she looks as though she had been made up for a talkie of the private life se- ries.
 Looking at some of the other spring g-cleaned effigies gives one the impression that some of the movie stars got their fashions from them.
 Queen Elizabeth. as fresh af paint. presents the Dietrich eye brows. They are perfect ginger arches. Her little eyes are bright and the eyelids have q slightly in. fiammed look. But her thin. pursed lips have just the right amount oi iip.stick, and her finger'nails clutching orb and scepter, are | tinted a delicate pink. Gay old Lady
 Tn fact, she looks an extremely gay old lady. to soy the lease, iF the bejeweled splendor of one oi her thousand dresses. The faks pearls, ruhios and emeTalds spar kle. the lace at her bosom ii spOtlens.
 The Coleman mussache Is seeF ln prIckly precision on tho swarthS ' features of Charles II. It is th'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22

o. In which government de- partment is the administration of the Canal Zone?
 A. It is a military reservation, administered by the War Depart ment.
 o. Did Congress have Repuh- lican or Democratic majority dur ing the Hoover Administration?
 A. During the first two years of President Hoover's term both the Senate and the House had Republican majorities. During the last two years the House had a ate was still Republican.
 o. Can a boy under twenty one years of age join the U. s. Coast Guard without the consent of his parents?
 A. No, he must secure the writ ten consent of his parents or guar dian before he can enlist.
 Q. Give six synonyms for "cocky."
 A. Pert, forward, confident. conceited, snobbish. jaunty.
 Q. What is the Lucy Stone League?
 A. An organization of women formed several years ago, whose members are pledged to retain their maiden names after marriage The society is still active.  o. Have portraits of all the Presidents of the United States ap- peared on postage stamps? A. Those featured on stamps are: Washington, Jefferson, Jack son, Lincoln, Taylor, Garfield ! Grant. Madison, Benjamin Harri- son, Monroe, Mckinley, Harding Theodore Roosevelt, Hayes, Cleve. land, Wilson and Taft. The rest have not been used. Q. How many Negro U. s Senators have there been?e A. Two; both from Mississippi Hiram R. Revels, 1870-1871, and Blanche K. Bruce, 1875-1881.
 o. What is duralumin, and wht discovered it? A. An aluminium alloy, discov. cred by A. Wilm, and originally made at Duren, Germany. o. How much has the popu. lation of the United States in. creased since 1930? l A. The 1890 census enum- eration was 122,775,046, and tho estimated population July l., 1934 was 126,425,000. | o. Do Freeman F. Gosden ant | Charles Correll impersonate al the characters in the Amos and Andy radio programs? | A. Yes.
 o. When was the city of St Pierre, Martinique destroyed? l A. On May 8, 1902 by an erup' ton of the volcano, Mt. Pelee Many lives were lost. La Souffrierc the volcano on the neighborine island of St. Vincent. also broke into action.
 | o. What does ex-officio mean
 A. It means "by virtue of hi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-22
Selected Poem
CAUTIOUS DRIVING.

CAUTIOUS DRlVING. (Arthur Guiterman in The New York Times) You'll read, with much relief, Men Working. Dimining your speed, observe And never disregard the threat Of pavement slippery when wet. While coming down the mountain ridge Obey the warning Narrow Bridge. And let your haste be further slowed By Pavement Ends, and Winding Road Farewarned of nameless danger! lurking, The curly arrow-shnfts of Curve! But then you're practically sure To meet m omnous Detour
 iiaily Almanac
 Moon rises 5;25 D. m.
 Sun rises G47 a m,; sets 4i30 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after adnset