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Evening star., 1935-11-17
Portugal Bolsters
Fighting Forces

LISBON P).-The European East
African situation being what it is,
Portugal has undertaken the improve
ment of its feet and air force against
the day when hostilities may break
around Its small but important sphere
of influence.
Both the Portuguese naval and air
forces recently engaged in lengthy
complicated maneuvers-the most i'm
portant held since 1920, upon a plan
envisaging the combined defense of
Madeira. Azores and the Portuguese
European coast
Strategically Portugal occupies an
enviable position among European
powers because it enjoys not alone the
protection Of its modernized navy, but
the guarantee of the strength of the
British grand feet through the provi-
sions of he Anglo-Portuguese alliance
the oldest in existence.
The Portuguese Navy today en-
braces a fleet of so units, IA of them
up-to-date vessels recently built in
England and Portugal under super
vision of the Anglo-Portuguese ex-
pertS. These include destroyers of
1000 tons, capable of 81 knots; 8 SUBJ
marines of 1000 tons each, capable
OF 18 knots; 2 small cruisers carving
their own protective aircraft, and 4
second-class sloops of 1900 tons each.
The older ships include l destroyer,
3 torpedo boats, second class sloops,
Is gunboats, 3 mine layers, l depot
ship and ii auxiliary ships. The
navy embraces 800 officers and 5000
men.
Additional airplanes, to bulwark the
present air force, have been ordered
in England and are expected shortly
to bring the force up to $50 modern
fighting, observation and bombing
craft.
Portuguese statesmen feel the coun-
trys possessions located as they are
near the Atlantic entrances of the
Mediterranean, may make the coun-
try's position Of vital importance in
case the present East African en-
broglio spreads.
Evening star., 1935-11-17

fide candidate. This money will be
returned TO him if he polls more
than one-eighth of the total votes
cast; but is forfeited if he does not.
The object of this rule Is to dis
courage frivolous candidatures. 1t
has had a great effect in keeping
down the number of Communist can
didates.
On the day Of the poll the candi-
dates and their wives spend II hours
in slowly driving round the con-
stituency in large open motor cars
decorated with Streamers, flowers.
mascots and balloons, all in their party
colors.
AS all the schools are being used
for polling booths, the children have
a holiday and spend the day in cheer
ing or booing the candidates as they
appear An experienced candidate can
generally forecast the result of the
election by about IL o'clock in the
morning by the reception that the
children have given him.
Mayor Is Presiding Ohcer.
Finally the polls are closed at 8
o'clock in the evening; the boxes are
sealed and taken under police guard
to the Town Hall The mayor, the
candidates, their wives and a few
privileged supporters are present at
the count. The mayor is the presiding
officer and the counting is done by the
clerks of the local banks.
1t is very remarkable fact that
although there may be $4,000 votes
cast. the candidate who is ahead on
the first 5000 almost invariably wins.
The law of averages very seldom bellies
its reputation. The count is absolutely
secret. and in order that no messages
should be sent, the police forbid any
one TO leave the room once it has
begun.
. The result is declared by the mayor
to the small group inside the room
and the defeated candidates are al
ways the first to congratulate the
victor. The mayor then leads the
way to a balcony to announce the
result to the thousands who are COL
lected outside.
There is an uncanny contrast be-
tween the deathly stiffness of the
counting room and the raging tur-
moil which has all the time been
seething outside Even more eerie is
the sudden stiffness which deScends
upon the vast multitude when the
spotlight is turned upon the balcony,
and they know that the man who first
emerges onto it is the victor. For
those few minutes the air is as hushed
as within cathedral. When the
victor appears the pent-up political
feelings of the last five years unite in
roar of triumph and execration.
He makes short speech of thanks.
of which not single word has ever
yet been heard, and then hands him.
self over to the crowd to be carried
through the streets until, between 3
and 4 o'clock in the morning, his
supporters escort him home.
Evening star., 1935-11-17

TORONTO. No mere figure
head of government or en-
bodied link between Cana
Il dams and King George v is
the Dominion's governor general.
Duties incumbent on Lord Tweeds-
muir during his new tenure of Office
probably will curtail greatly the lit
erary output of John Buchan. While
he will not be called on to solve such
political problems as the social credit
movement in Western Canada, as
one United States news commentator
suggested recently, Lord Tweedsmuir
will be one of the busiest men in
Canada
He and his wife set the social pace
of the capital community, lend their
presence at outstanding events In
Toronto, Montreal and other larger
Canadian centers, such as opening
the Woodbine race course and pre-
senting the famous guineas to the
winner of the historic Kings Plate or
occupying the viceregsl box at the
Royal Winter Fair in Toronto and
congratulating leading prize winners.
Close to Prime Minister.
But the governor general plays a
larger part in the countrys govern
ment than may be realized even by
Canadians. If he is not consulted in
advance on public policies, he is fully
advised OF them. The prime minister
of the day, exclusively, has his official
day Their association is usually init
mate.
Occasionally, on matters of pressing
national importance, the leader Of his
majesty's loyal opposition is called
into consultation. When w. L. Mac
kenzie King was opposition leader in
the last Parliament, he told Lord Bess-
borough that If there was anything
the opposition could do to assist the
Kings representative, he was entirely
at his disposal.
The governor general resides in
Rideau Hall, Ottawa, in the Winter
and in the citadel at Quebec during
the Summer. These properties are
maintained by the federal government
which pays the heat and light bills,
but the governor general pays his
own staff and brings out his con
troller,' who does what his name
implies. A suite of Offices Is main
tained for the governor general in
the east block of the Parliament
buildings, and a large Union Jack
is unfurled on the flagpole when he
arrives and is struck when he departs.
All government business requires
the vice regal approval. a traditional
formality. The prerogative of veto
seldom is exercised. But the gov
ernor general, before asserting to a
ministerial order. may call for ex-
plantations, and sometimes as result
the proposal is modified.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
BY GASTON NERVAL.

TO THE many problems con-
fronting them in this hour OF
crisis, the troubled European
u statesmen must now add the
stand taken by some of the leading
Latin American countries in the Italo-
Ethiopian conflict.
Some of the most important South
nounced that they will go only half
way in supporting League sanctions
against Italy. They are all for moral
sanctions, and, being by tradition and
by political necessity declared enemies
of Imperialism, they have been most
outspoken in their denunciation OF
Mussolini's aggressive methods.
Some of them have even gone so
far as to indorse the second type of
sanctions, the financial sanctions,
pledging themselves to uphold the sus-
pension of credit and the restrictions
on the exchange of the lira dictated
by the League.
When it came to applying the third
kind of sanctions, however, the eco
nomic sanctions half-heartedly ap-
proved by the Europeans themselves,
the South American statesmen dis
played more realistic judgment.
They made it known that. so long
as the economic boycott of Italy could
not be made universal or effectively
inforced except at the cost of another
World War, the responsibility for in
forcing it should be left in the hands
of the European big powers, the only
ones really interested in preserving
the status quo.
Italy Buying.
An Italian commercial mission is at
present making considerable purchases
of raw materials and foodstuffs in
Brazil, not member of the League;
Argentine, where economic sanctions
must wait the approval of the next
Congress, and Chile, where ad-
vocates of strict neutrality cling to the
theory that this would be violated by
siding with the European powers in
control of the League and closing the
doors to Italian trade.
This will illustrate only once more
the difficulty, nay the impossibility,
of carrying out complete and sue
cessful economic boycott of an indi-
vidual nation under the present or
ganization of society. Be it with the
hardly veiled intention of helping
Italy, as Austria. Hungary and AL
bania, with desire to embarrass
the League, as Germany and Japan,
or merely unwilling to pass up the
material benefits coming their way,
as some of the Latin American coun-
tries, the fact is that nearly dozen
states members of the community of
nations have refused to follow the
lead of Geneva and are STALL willing
to trade with Italy.
Take Realist View.
Aside from the purely material
considerations involved, the Latin
American governments which insist
on maintaining their freedom of action
in the present emergency ake only
revealing realistic conception Of
Evening star., 1935-11-17
Coach Lucky in Varied Ways.

CLARKSBURG, w. Va. R.-Good
fortune pursued Coach Cebe Ross of
West Virginia Wesleyan College. First
his foot ball team won 14-12 victory
over one of its greatest rivals. Salem.
Then Cebe got into bridge game at
Richard Talbotts home and picked up
hand of l3 clubs. without tumble,
he made q grand SLAM.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
BY ID. M. HALLIDAY.

HORONTO. No mere figure
head of government or en-
bodied link between Cana
Evening star., 1935-11-17

ITO THE many problems con-
| fronting them in this hour of
| crisis. the troubled European
Evening star., 1935-11-17
Cruise in Canoe.

Two men are going from France to
Singapore In a l7:-foot canoe and exc
pect tn. voyage u require four years.
Plentywood herald., 1935-02-21
MEETINGS CONTINUE
in DROU7H AREA

Emphasizing the importance Of
making full use OF local seed sup
plies, where available, officials In
charge of federally conserved seed
stocks are continuing to hold meet
ings in the drouth counties OF the
state, at which the seed program is
explained and orders for federal seed
assembled, Sam Sloan, chairman of
the state seed stocks committee,
said.
Sloan said farmers are ordering
spring wheat freely, the quality,
while not the best, being acceptable.
Some objections have been received
to the oats because of a prevalence
of wild oats. Due to the demand for
feed oats, the seed stocks chairman
said there is not much alternative
and the seed may result In some in
festation of wild oats
Indications point to a considerable
acreage of wheat hay, within wheat
adjustment limits, due to this seed
being more available The small sup
ply of barley seed may result in in
creased acreage Of oats. Montana's s
quota includes 100000 bushels Of
spring wheat, 100000 bushels of oats,
$4,000 bushels of barley and $4,000
bushels of flax.
Plentywood herald., 1935-02-21
PROCLAIM ALTON IS
ISSUED BY MAYOR.

The week of March 3 to 10 has
been designated as Better Housing
Week throughout the nation and in
keeping with the movement Mayor
Percy G. Neville has issued the fol
lowing proclamation to citizens of
PlentywOOd.
Whereas, Franklin D. Roosevelt,
President of the United States, and
Frank H. Cooney, Governor of Mon
tana, have jointly proclaimed the
week Of March 8 to 10 as Better
Housing Week and called upon offic-
ials in municipalities of Montana to
join and aid in calling attention of
our people to the program as spon-
sored by the Federal Housing Admin
istration. /, p. G.. Neville, Mayor of
Plentywood, Montana, do hereby
urge all residents of this community
to consider carefully the objectives
Of this nationwide program
Fundamentally Montanans are
home loving individuals. We take
pride In our property, but for the last
few years the home owner has bee-
only too acutely aware Of the depre-
citation of his property. Because OF
frightened credit we have been I'M
able to secure money to make nee
essary improvements.
'The Better Housing Program Is
designed specifically to stimulate a
basic industry. It's business and so
cial implications are far-reaching.
With this plan our federal govern
ment is offering to insure against
loss to the extent of 20 per cent loan
ing agencies advancing funds to resi-
dents Of this and other cities If the
funds advanced are used for the pur-
pose of improving and modernizing
homes. Under Title ii of the H0us-
ing Act insurance to 100 percent Is
Offered to loaning agencies for new
home construction and for refinanc-
ing existing home dwellings. II our
people throughout the country take
advantage of this nationwide pro-
gram 1t immensely stimulates the
construction industries, such as ce.
ment, copper, brick, and lumber, and
the increased activities will be felt
throughout the entire industrial
structure. Transportation will be af-
fected, as will the electrical industry,
machinery, contractors, and many
others.
Enlightened self interest de-
mands that the people Of Plentywood
participate in this program.
"(Signed) p. G. Neville, Mayor
Plentywood herald., 1935-02-21
DAGMAR MAN dies;
I'LL BUT SHORT time

Christian Jensen, 81, a resident OF
the Dagmar community since 1907
died at the local hospital last Thurs
day. Death was caused from septic
ina He had been Ill for about a
month and was brought to the hospi
tai last Monday.
Funeral services were held from
the Dagmar Lutheran church, with
Rev. Marius Larsen officiating. Bur
ial was made at Dagmar.
Christian Jensen was born in Den
mark, Jan. 10, 1873 and came to Am
erica in 1892 He was married tc
Ida Lundberg at Clinton, Iowa In
1899. Together they came to Mon
tana in 1907 and settled on home
stead in the Dagmar vicinity where
they continued to reside.
Among the relatives who survive
are two sons and three daughters
namely, Sigvald, Lake Benton
Mimi; Erode, Lee Center, Mimi.
Agnes, Chicago, ILL.,; Ragnild, Chi
cago, H.; and Dagna who lives a.
the parental home.
Plentywood herald., 1935-02-21
Coalridge Woman Victim
of Pneumonia Saturday

Lizzie Davis, a resident of the
Coalridge community for over 20
years, died Saturday in Plentywood.
She was brought here a few hours
before her death seriously i'll with To-
bar pneumonia and was beyond re-
covery.
Funeral services were held from
the Emil Hueth farm home Tuesday
with Levi COffman of the Mennonite
church of Surrey, N. D., officiating.
Little is known Of the deceased s
early life. No relatives survive
She was born in England and was
about SO years old. Her husband
who homesteaded in the Coalridge
community died about years ago.
The Davis homestead was later
foreclosed on and during the past
few years the dead woman had made
her home with kind and sympathetic
friends.
Plentywood herald., 1935-02-21
TOURNAMENT GETS UNDER WAY TONIGHT
Early Settler OF Country Dies Following Short Illness
Judge Tells Defendants To Go
Home and "Grow New Soul

formation had been spread by such
sheets as this (referring to the Com
munist paper) by firebrands, and
demagogues who desire to organize
farmers affiliated with their organ
izatiOns.
What l really hope and expect
out of this matter Is not SO much to
punish you or to punish you at all.
This court has tremendous powers
hardly know how much power
have but certainly could send you
to the penitentiary if l wanted to. l
ann not going to. i would like to
have it go forth to the right thinking
farmers, to the right thinking people
of this state, that they are being
tricked and duped and fooled by
demagogues, firebrands, and false
leaders into organizing themselves
into what they call mass action ag-
ainst the government OF the United
States, their own government, a gov
ernment that In this depression, In
this heretofore unknown calamity
has raised hundreds of millions OF
CONTINUED on last page)
Plentywood herald., 1935-02-21
Pair Severely Rebuked A.
Result Of Letters Written
To Court

Making a ringing denunciation OF
demagOgues, firebrands and false
leaders, and coupling with plea to
people not to be tricked and fooled
by such guides, Federal Judge An.
drew Miller at Minot in laundering
tones told two defendants before him
in contempt action that they were
merely "dupes."
Charles Joslyn, Communist leader
and agitatOr living near Glasgow
was given the brunt OF the stinging
rebuke.
At the start OF the sound lecture,
Judge Miller read from the Farmers
National Weekly, Communist pap
er published in Chicago, an appeal
issued by Hans Henderson state
secretary of the United Farmers
League" asking that "aN dimes,
quarters, half dollars, and even dol
lars would help to win the case ag-
ainst the seven defendants then
charged with conspiracy. Henderson
called upon the farmers and work
ers to rally to defeat the govern
ments efforts to railroad the seven
defendants. He said financial assist
ance was needed.
"You are dupes-that Is ALL" Judge
Miller stated. What for? For the
purpose of collecting dimes, nickels,
quarters and half dollars, from 9TH
ers who knew nothing more about
what was actually before this court
than you did; collecting money for
something that could not happen and
was not happening; because false In
Plentywood herald., 1935-02-21
MERCHANT Officer
Of NATIONAL GROUP

G. G, Christensen, Plentywood
merchant was elected vice-president
Of the National Merchants associa-
ton at the annual meeting of the or
ganization held in Minneapolis dur.
ing market week.
The National Merchants associa-
ton is an affiliated group Of mer-
chants from the states OF Iowa,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota,
South Dakota and Montana, and
have become widely known organ
izatiOn.
> A Wisconsin merchant, Mr.. Arm
Quist, was elected president of the
association and w. II. Coulter, busi-
ness manager of the Commercial
Bulletin" q merchants magazine pub
lished in the Twin Cities, was elect
ed secretary.
Mr.. Christensen returned Monday
from the Twin Cities, where he had
been on a buying trip for the local
Ingwalson company store and reports
that much buying was in evidence
during Market Week. His daughter,
Miss Gwendolyn, who is "a student at
st. Olaf college at Mortified, came
TO Minneapolis and spent several
days there during the convention,
with her father.
Plentywood herald., 1935-02-21
ORPHEUM TO AWARD
PRIZES TO STUDENTS
Will Write Essay-Letters On "Anne
of Green Gables" Famous
Book And Picture

Substantial prizes will be awarded
to two students In Sheridan county's
public school by the Orpheum thea
tire next month, announces E. NJ
jackson, manager.
The contest comprizes the writing
of letters. following a set of rules
and QUESTIONABLE, on the picture
"Anne of Green Cables" which will
be shown at the local theatre March
l and 2.
All school pupils In the county are
eligible to compete. Pamphlets con-
tanning the questions on which The
letter is to be based have been mail
ed to teachers in the county and are
being distributed to pupils.
The winning letters, which will be
judged by three competen. judges
will be published in The Herald
when the winners have been decided
upon.
The rules of the contest, and ques-
tions regarding the book and picture
Anne of Green Gables" is found on
page s of this issue of The Eerald.
Plentywood herald., 1935-02-21
NEWLYWEDS COME
TO CITY TO HIDE

Clarence "chief" Polling, veteran
WiIIiston ball club hurIer, and
bride were in PIentywood last Sat
urday guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Luehr.
The "Chief" and Miss Kathryn
Rustad, of ZahI, N. D., were mar
red at WiIIiston last Friday. The
WilIiston Daily Herald stated that
"Cupid Had Struck Out Polling;
and Couple Flee From Friends"
Shortly after 1t was learned OF the
marriage, an effort was made by
many WiIIiston friends to have
glorious celebration In honor OF
the occasion. The "ChieT and
bride were wise. Abandoning their
car, which was in front Of the
city hall, the couple escaped In the
brides brothers car and started
for PlentyWood.
They were here until Sunday.
WilIIston Is still looking for the
newlyweds.
Plentywood herald., 1935-02-21
MONTGOMERY WARD
STORE TO OPEN HERE

Announcement was made this
week of a new business enterprise
for Plentywood. H. G. Jensen, oper-
ator of the Farmers Oil company
has completed negotiations with
IMontgomery-War G. Co., to estab-
hsh a branch store here.
A glassfront building will be con
structed on the lot east of the Far.
mers Oh company's station, states
Mr.. Jensen. Construction will start
early in March as soon as the frost
is out Of the ground enough to en-
able excavation and building.
A full line of auto accessories and
parts carrying the Montgomery Ward
trade mark will be carried In STOCK.
1t Is planned to branch out in other
merchandising fields later, Mr.. Jen.
sen states.
Plentywood herald., 1935-02-21
DISTRICT HONORS
TO Be DECIDED At
HOOP GAMES HERE
Opening Gun Sounds At
High School Gym At
1880 P. M.

Tonight the annual district basket
ball tournament will officially get
under way at the high school GYM
nasium when the opening gun at
1880 p. m. sends Westby and Dooley
to tangling in the first contest.
Whitehall and Antelope will take the
court after the first game and will
be followed by Medicine Lake and
Peerless.
Eleven teams, Westby, Dooley,
Whitehall, Medicine Lake, Outlook,
Scobey, Peerless, Antelope, Conner
town, Flaxville and Plentywood will
compete in II games which are sche-
duled for the three days OF playing,
ending Saturday evening.
Coaches, athletes and fans began
to arrive in the city this morning
and are securing Accommodations for
the three day tournament session.
approximately 80 athletes and
coaches will he in the city by to-
morrow morning.
| According to the schedule three
games will Ibe played Thursday ev-
ening and two games Friday at 10
p. M at / 80 p M, Friday three
games will be played and that even
ing two contests starting at 1880
will be played. AT 10 a. m Saturday
morning two games are scheduled
and at 1:30 p. M, three games, in
cluding the semi-finals. The cham
pionship tilts will he played Satur-
day evening at and p. m.
The playing schedule which was
| Drawn up by coaches and representa-
tives of the schools competing, gives
each team an opportunity to lose two
games before being eliminated The
method of drawing was by placing
what was considered the five strong
est teams in the district in one
bracket Teams considered In the
lower bracket will play elimination
| games first. The winners will meet
teams drawn in the higher bracket.
| The winners OF the district cham
pionship will compete at the regional
tournament at Great Falls.
SENEGAL OF Grenora, N. D., and
Bolough of Savage, Mont, officials
picked by the tournament committee
and coaches, arrived this afternoon
and will officiate at all the contests.
| Schedule Of Games
Thursday, 7.30 p. m: Games /, Q
and 3, Westby vs. Dooley; Whitehall
VS.. Antelope; Medicine Lake VS..
Peerless.
Friday, TO a. m: Games and 5,
winner of game / VS.. Plentywood,
Flaxville vs. Comertown.
Friday, 80 p. m: Games 6, and
s, winner of game VS. Outlook; win
ner of game VS.. Scobey and losers
of game ! and 2.
| Friday, 1880 p. m: Games 8 and
10, losers games 3 and 4 losers of
games and 6.
Saturday, 10 p. M: Games IL and
IL, winner of game VS.. losers OF
game Z; winner of game 9 VS.. winner
of game TO-
Saturday, 1880 p. m: Games 13, IA
and Is, winner of game VS.. winner
of game (semilfinals); winner Of
game 4 VS.. winner of game Z, (semi-
finals); winner of game Ii VS.. win
ner of game 12 (for fifth and sixth
place.)
Saturday, p. M: Games 16 and
II, losers of game 13 VS.. losers of
game IA (for third and fourth place.;
winners of game 13 VS.. winners of
game IA championship