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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-06-06
Athletic Field to Have Water.

Work was begun Wednesday on a
pipe line to the athletic field in order
that the baseball diamond and the foot
ball gridiron might be sprinkled This
is a much needed improvement and it
is understood that plans are being
considered to SOW the field to grass.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-06-06
WALTER WOLF MADE
ACTING POSTMASTER

WASHINGTON, June 4.-The post
office department announced today ap-
pointment of the following acting post
master: Walter WOLF, Libby, Mont
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-06-06

Daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. r.
Veldman of Libby, recently graduated
from the Kinman Business University
Of Spokane and given a position with
The Pacific Finance Corporation Of Spo-
kare.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-06-06
Congressman Comments
BY Hon. Joseph p. Monaghan
June l, 1885.

Dear Mr.. Editor:
The following may be of great in
terest to the readers of this column
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-22

q. That all needy persons, both male and female, who are over the age of 60 years, and who have, at the time of their application for a pension, been bona fide residents of the Territory of Alaska for Is years immediately preceding the date of said application for pension, and who may be found worthy and needful of the same, shall receive not less than 30 dollars per month.
 Representative In Each District
 o"2. That provision be made for the appointment of some suitable person in each recording district whose duty it shall be to assist ap- plicants for pensions in preparing their applications, to investigate their circumstances and need of the same, and to report to the proper authorities.
 B. That the Legislature make the necessary appropriation for the payment of pensions which may be granted to residents of the terri tory"
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-22
City Council Favor
 Getting Funds For
 New Nome School
Continued From Page One

Continued From Page One lotment may be forthcoming from the same source.
 And Whereas the said "Plan No. 1" contains only necessary and es- sential facilities, even as of the time it was prepared which was prior to the fire of September IT, 1884, it is now mandatory that the new school building have all of those facilities and features, especially the gyn1na- sium since the destruction of all the public and fraterna1 halls in the City.
 And Whereas the fire of Septem- Der IT, 1884, destroyed nearly all of the municipal facilities and business area of the City, and to rehabilit- ate will impose as great burden upon the City and the tax payers therein as can be undertaken.
 Now Therefore the Common Coun cil of the City of Nome, Alaska, and through it the citizens thereof, res pectfully urges and requests that the Territorial Legislature in it's 18th Regular Session now assembled, do forthwith have introduced and pass ed and act whereby will be appro- priated from the public moneys of the Territory of Alaska the sum of $25,0O0 to the City of Nome for use in constructing a Public School building of a size and kind as need ed and required
 Passed by the Common Council this 21st day of January, 1885,
 REX F. SWARTZ
 M A Y o R A t t
 M. J. WALSH
 City Clerk.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-22
S3O.OO IS URGED
 AS A PENSION
 FOR ALASKANS

An increase from $2000 to $3000 month in pensions for aged, desti- ute residents of Alaska is urged by the Fraternal Order of Eagles. A resolution to this effect is being adopted by all lodges of the Order in the Territory for presentation to the Legislature. according to a let ter and resolution received by the Nugget in yesterdays mail, request ing publication of same.
 The following resolution has been unanimously adopted by the Ketch- ikan Eagles lodge It has also been approved by the Ketchikan Igloo of Pioneers and other individuals and organizations. The Eagles lodge at Fairbanks at its last meeting also adopted the resolution, which is:
 Text of Resolution
 BE IT RESOLyED BY THE FAIR
 BANKS AERIE NO. 1037 OF THE
 FRATERNAL ORDER OF FAC
 LES
 That the members of the Legis- lature of the Territory of Alaska be, and they are hereby, respectfully petitioned to amend and liberalize the provisions of Sections 1781, 1782, I783, 1784, 1785 and 1786 of the Com piled laws of Alaska, 1883, provid- ing for the payment of pensions to aged residents of the Territory of Alaska, so that the same when amended shall provide as follows.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-22

Pilot Frank Whaley, took off this morning for Pilgrim Hot Springs and Iron Creek but returned after being in the air only about ten to twenty minutes. The trip was post poned until tomorrow, as work on the plane was necessary. Barney Rolando and son Anthony were pass engerS enroute north.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-22

Several airplane companies in Nome including the Northern Air Transport and the Pacific Alaska Airways are carrying out work to- ward the levelling and smoothing of the summer landing field, knocking down the windrows and generally placing the field in condition for planes to land and take off.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-22
RED GROSS

Election of Officers, at pr. Swartz's office, Wednesday evening, January 23rd, at 8 o'clock. A good attend ance is desired.
 Come and help us conduct the affairs of Nome Chapter as they should be conducted.
 c. w. THORNTON,
 Chairman.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-22

Pilot Chester Brown of the North. ern Air Transport took off this morr ing for Ruby to connect with anoth CT NAT plane from Fairbanks. M J. Walsh, was passenger enroute to Fairbanks and Juneau Pilot Brown is due to return to Nome today.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-22

Pilot Robbins of the Pacific Alaska Airways took off from Nome this morning on his return trip to Fair banks carrying the U. s. Mail. There were no passengers.
 As noticed from his flight yester- day from Fairbanks to Nome, pilot Robbins averaged 180 miles per hour during his flying time between the two points. He made stop at Nulato and another at Golovin. The PAA pilot took off from Fairbanks at 11:25 am. yesterday and landed at 300 pm. Fairbanks time, or a total elapsed time of three hours and thirty-five minutes.
 Todate two hours and fifty-five minutes flying time between Fair banks and Nome is the record, the previous record being held by Pilot Mirow of the Mirow Air Service of about three hours and twenty min utes.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-22
LOCAL NEWS

Plans were announced by the Nome Athletic Club for the staging of a public dance in the Nevada social hall Saturday, February End, at which time they expect to have a full dance orcnestra officiate at the dance to be given at that time.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-22

Pilot Mirow of the Mirow Air Ser vice according to word received by the local office this morning, ar rived at Fairbanks at 10:30 today. He is to take off on his return flight to Nome tomorrow morning, weather permitting.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-22

Harry Longley and Miss Frances Nicholas were married in the Cath ollie Church at 300 pm. yesterday Monday. As witnesses were Al Pang man and Mrs. Mcclure. Father La Fortune S. J., performed the mar riage ceremony.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-22

We notice by the advertisement of the Nome Motor Company, that they have embarked on a program of exclusive freighting by cater pillar. They are in the transporta- ton business and have readily seen the opportunities for the use of cat erpillars in the moving of heavy freight and other commodities, in addition to which they are promot- ing the levelling of the main streets in Nome so that motor traffic will be in a position to use the streets.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-22
NOTICE

Pioneers of Alaska, IglOo No. 1 meet in U. s. Marshal's Office, We'd nesday, 8 pm. Nomination of of ficers. Full attendance requested.
 Thos. Gaffney, Vice Pres.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-22

M J. Walsh was an outgoing pass enger this morning enroute to Fair banks and Juneau, to attend the meeting of the Territorial Board of Education, meeting in Juneau dur ing the session of the Alaska Legis- lature.
 MT. Walsh bears memorials and resolutions from civic bodies in Nome regarding many legislative matters to come before the attention of the legislature.
 One of his endeavors will be to put before the legislators a proposal to have the Territorial Legislature appropriate $25,0OO toward the con- struction of a public school building at Nome MT Walsh expects to be gone from his duties as City Clerk at Nome for about thirty or forty days.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-01-22

The Nome Daily Nugget is prepar ed to do your job printing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-05
What Opera Needs

Lawrence Tibbett may be right in say
 ing that grand opera is dying on it's
 feet" It never has got real foothold in
 this country, and is tolerated rather than supported. People of highly devel- oped musical taste like it, because there is so much fine music in operas. But they alone cannot support so expensive an art. The general American public doesn't understand it, can't pay the prices usually asked and regards it as largely highbrow pose and social function for the rich.
 The public will probably agree with Tibbett that if opera is to survive and grow popular, it must come out of the clouds and be presented as ".good enter ,tainment" with plenty of "belly laughs" There is, as he says, a great deal of humor in some of the operas frequently sung, but the public doesn't get it, because the Languages are unfamiliar. The light operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, sung in English, have always been popular The English language, though less musical than Italian, French and Spanish, will serve the purpose if sung by good Eng lish-spealxing singers. The new Charles ton opera, "Pprgy and Bess," shows what can be done when American composers iiscard old World languages, themes .iid material and Hse American. :"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-05
The Economics Of Food

There is a great similarity of principle between the agricultural cooperative as- Sociations and the modern large-Scale grocery buying and selling organizations. Both came into being at around the same time-both have brought great benefits to the public.
 The farm cooperatives study demand and supply. By the application of Sci- entific methods, they make it possible to produce more and better products on smaller tracts of lands and at a lower cost. And by group selling, they not only bring their members fairer share of the retail price of products, but assure the consumer of constant, unfailing supply of high quality food products in the freshest, most appetizing condition.
 The group grocery merchandisers- which include both chain systems, and independents who have banded together in large buying groups-do away with many of the nliddleman costs that widen the spread between the price paid the farmer and the price paid by the con- Su1ner. They likewise eliminate many wastes that used to be attendant on sell ing. By direct farm-to-buyer methods, they offer better products at lower prices without penalizing the producer. The farmer gets the market price, the con- sumner gets what he wants at the lowest possible profit margin, and the saving is made in between-by the elimination of needless overhead and handling charges.
 Both the co-ops and the selling groups have made great and lasting contribu- tions to what might be termed "the eco- monies of food" The consumer pays much less for food to-day, in relation to the cost to the distributor, than he did even few years ago. And the spread in cost between producer and consumer is constantly and surely being leSSened. The farmer, the retailer, and the consumer, all reap the benefits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-05

Twenty-three billion beers were con stunned in the United States during the last year. This gives an idea of what a thirsty nation we are. But averaging beer person, this is not so much, per haps. Even though beer is no longer nickel glass this does not seem to dis courage those who like their beer when they want it or want their beer when they like it. The twenty-three billion beers represents 45,904,213 barrels, ac- cording to the statistician on beer and this is only seventy-five per cent of what was drunk in the year 1914, B.P., before prohibition to you.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-05

erty to the state at the time of rekuest for assistance. MT. Walcott's statement concerning this matter reveals 8 totally different thought. He says ". the applicant is permitted to own real and personal property and at the same time re- ceive assistance from the state"
 It is to be hoped that such state mentS will do much in ,terpreting the intention of the legislature which passed the law. As we under stand it, criticism has sprung up, because many have felt that in or der to apply they would have to classify themselves as paupers and even then would lose any small property they have worked hard to acquire over, the years. The sugges- tion has been made that neither of those theories should ever be made afct. for it is claimed that when the applicants apply for aid they are asking merely for what they have given to the state in the special tax which covers this assistance. Hence they would be collecting sort of insurance-whose premiums had been very low, of course-a little as if they had been paying for years 8 sum of money annually to a pri- vate company. For this reason it was felt that the state had no moral right to call them paupers and de- mand any property they possessed.
 How in the light of the commits asioner's interpretations of the law there can be any more Xnistrust, we fail to see. What he had to say, he phrased carefully and clearly. Ac- cording to him, the intention of the legislators was to do the best by those who wuold require aid, not take anything away in return and apply the label "pauper." We feel that his expression will be welcomed in view of the daoubts mentioned and will allay certain fears.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-05

Once again John Fitch, who is gradu- ally coming to be acknowledged as the father of the steamboat, has failed to make the Hall of Fame. This famous in- stitution established at New York Univer- sity annually admits several outstanding men or women to representation among the immortals of our nation. A poll for this years candidates revealed William Penn to have been selected by most of the judges. No one will find fault with the selection nor probably with the other two although Penn rather outshines them so far as American history is con- cerned. That might be regarded as trea- son by good democrats for Grover Cleve- land is one of the other two chosen, the third being Simon Newcomb who was a mathematician and astronomer. We still think Penn is the top man of the trio. He boiled more votes; he founded state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-05

Following closely on the heels of our remarks on tax delinquencies last week comes the gladstone news from Tax Collector Ennis that on the 1885 tax bills only $750,000 remained to be paid on Saturday. This is perhaps the lowest figure the delinquency bill has reached at this point of the annual collections in many year now No doubt over the weekend many accounts were fixed up by last-minute taxpayers seeking to avoid the penalties imposed for failure to pay within the legal limit. And there will be many other accounts also settled up in the coming months, so that 1885 bids fair to give the lie direct to hard times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-05
Should Be Available

Last weeks story in The Waterbury Democrat to the effect that WPA tunos for the city's enclosed athletic field were about ready to be approved should have been encouraging. From the outset we have hoped that this plan to make available a site that would provide our high school athletes with really suitable spot to hold their contests was more than just a promise. It now looks as if every thing was just waiting on federal approv- al of the plans that have been prepared for the development of the site.
 There still seems to be bit of opposl- tion in some circles to the plan to make the old Driving Park the school athletic field. Its distance from the center ot the town and from all of the high schools is no doubt the main point of criticism: In this day of rapid transit we doubt II location any longer becomes serious factor in the success of sports enter prise Judging by the way crowds flock hundreds of miles to witness football games, we fail to see why one or two miles at the most would interfere with local attendance.
 It is readily accessible and if properly developed can be made the center of all amateur sport attractions in the Brass City, long famed throughout the state for the calibre of its sports teams We do not hesitate to say that the field will be developed in just such fashion as will insure the heartieSt reception from all concerned in it's use As the project un- folds itself we know that public opinion is going to be definitely behind it. If it isn't we will be sadly mistaken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-05
Question Box

0. What calendar does Ethiopia use? A. The Julian calendar, but the Egyptian names of the months ara also used. The first of Thoth, New Years day, falls on September II in our calendar. There is a devia- ton of 12 minutes and 9 scecondS per year from the true solar time, and one day is lost in each 131 days.
 o. Where is William and Mary college?
 A. Williamsburg, Va.
 o. How many children has the former Crown Prince of Germany?
 A. Four sons and two daughters.
 e. Which is the largest island in the British West Indies?
 A. Jamaica.
 Q. Who wrote Home on the Ranger"
 A. David Guyon.
 e. Who was William Fredrick Kirk?
 A. American poet born, 1877; died, 1927.
 o. Who is called the Father of the Revolution?"
 A. Samuel Adams, on account of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-05
M. A. U. To Social Security

Discontinuance of the Mutual Aid fund in Waterbury is in order now at any time even if private industry had not commenced to absorb fair proportion of those who were the benehciarieS of this fund. For with July 1, 1885, new tax was levied on employers and en- ployes that simply duplicated the con- tributionS made weekly to the Mutual Aid. The new social security laws passed by Congress this year levy a one per cent tax monthly on the employers pay roll. On employees eligible for compensa- tion similar tax is also imposed as of the same date.
 That the tax duplicates the amounts being paid in to the Mutual Aid now by business houses of Waterbury is clearly seen. Therefore it is quite evident that the fund can be ended by the first of the year with the full knowledge that little or no harm can be produced by such action If there are left on Mutual Aid by that time any individuals they should be covered sufficiently by the new social security laws as not to warrant any alarm for their we'll being.
 The social security plan should not be confused with the old age pension. Sup port for old age pensions will be provided by an annual head tax of $3. This tax replaces the old $2 personal tax. And the old age pensions will be administered by the state, while our social security laws depend on federal government for their sponsorship. Funds paid in for social security constitute unemployment insur- ance that will be used whenever the cir cumstances demand aid for the unem- ployed. It's the moral answer to threats of economic collapse
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-05
Old Age Assistance
Word, "Pauper Nowhere Used to Designate Those Who
 Would Come Under Terms of New Statute
NEW HAVEN JoURNAL-CoURIER

A recent statement by State Well fare Commissioner Walcott on old age assistance should prove effec- tive in clearing up certain misun- derstandings that have come to our attention. It mas been charged that the law has designated those who will seek this aid as paupers. But the Commissioner says, Nowhere in the act is the word 'pauper' or poor used. On the contrary the ap- plicant is called the beneficiary .. It is apparent that this act was meant to provide for a special class and it should not be confused with those statutes which apply to the care of paupers."
 Furthermore another point should now be clear, beyond misunder- standing, to all. Many have had the opinion that the applicant would. have to give over his prop
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-05
Current Comments

It will be 8 tragedy if, in Novem- Der, 1886, no other choice is offered but return to Hooverism or con- tinuation of the present mess.
 Gen. Hugh s. Johnson.
 If experience means anything tc us, it should teach us that never once in all history has government been able to devise and impose a tax directed at the few without in the end affecting the many. Representative James w. Wads- worth, New York. The bloodless war between Italy and Ethiopia shortly will resolve It. self into bloody war between Italy and Great Britain. It will be a war for spells.
 Gen. Owen O'Duffy, Irish leader
 of Blue Shirts. Before another generation, we will see the Japanese flag flying over the Philippine Islands, unless some unforeseen circumstance in- terveneS.
 l-Nicholas Roosevelt, former vice. governor of the islands.
 
 The modern automobile is a mar velous piece of mechanism, but no amount of engineering skill can make 1t any safer than its operator. John E. Long, president, National Safety Council. In Hollywood it is only necessary to be seen with 8 person of the opposite sex about twice, and the gossips are all set for a Yuma elope- ment.
 Edmund Lowe. screen actor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-05

to contest the constitutionality of the Guffey Coal-C Control act, writhed in anguish over the non. chance of Justice Jesse Adkins.
 Obviously impressed by the irn- portance of their suit, the law yerS were on hand bright and early for the opening of the court.
 Justice Adkins let them warm the benches. Throughout the morning they fidgeted and twist ed while he proceeded with a va riety of routine matters, Finally, as noon approached, the restive counsel sighed with relief. Justice Adkins finished the case before him and paused to learn the next on his calendar.
 'WelI, now gentlemen" he
 remarked casually, 'T have a
 lot of people waiting to see me
 and I haven't had lunch. I think we had better let this go
 over until tomorrow"
 NOTE-After finally hearing argument, Justice Adkins refused to grant the contesting coal con- pany the injunction 1t sought against the tax provisions of the law, but did give it a temporary order to withhold compliance with the producers code. Pending final determination of this issue. the company was required to post a $1,500-a-day bond.
 Merry-GO-R0un
 A sudden boom in American imports of Russian earthenware is puzzling Commerce officials. The amazing total of 19,000 dozen ar- tieles came in during September alone. The August figure was zero :. Secretary Wallace sounded like a sports announcer when he reported the corr-hog poll by different states. Rhode Island" he said, "has the best score of all-7 to O." Though Congresswoman Virginia Jenckes is in Terre Haute, Indiana, an- other Virginia Jenckes occupies her office in Washington. She is the Congresswomans' daughter, who keeps a staff of four busy full time