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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-01-05
PROPOSE FRANCHISE TAx

PROPOSE FRANCHISE TAX
A proposal to tax Montana Power
Gas company $4,000 per month for
the use of the city thoroughfares
and Alleys of Cut Bank for It's
natural gas distribution system has
been introduced IN the council OF
that town.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-01-05
REF4NERY REPoRT

NEW YORK-Refinerses repre-
sentiug ss.7 percent Of estimated
total capacity, operated st 40. 8
percent Of capacity. reported daily
average runs Of crude oil to stills
as z,3TI, goo barrels. Daily aver
age the previous week FOR refiner-
les representing Ss.7 percent OF
total operated ct $50 percent Of
capacity, was 2,326,O00 barrels, the
American Petroleum institute said
today.
The Washington times., 1935-11-08
The Human Side of the News

own General Washington at Val
ley Forge, or Of Oliver Cromwell
before the Battle Of NaSeby, or Of
Robert E. Lee in many of the most
trying hours Of the Civil War.
But he tells us that the great
British generals. selected men who
believed in prayer to lead their
greatest enterprises. Their reason
was that such men possessed more
selt-control and courage than
other men.
It has been told Of Lord Kitch-
ener that frequently, on his way
to the war office in the grim
days when the German army was
smashing its way toward Paris,
he would turn aside to enter a
church to pray before facing the
trials of the day. Without faith,
prayer, of course, is meaningless
as the Bishop tells us.
"It is no good to pray" he
says, with doubt in our hearts
as to the actual existence Of a
divine God. We have got to be
convinced that there is a Mind
behind the world. Is it conceiv-
The Washington times., 1935-11-08

high and the ideal Of permanent
world peace would be assured.
Who, with any faith in a Su-
preme Being, could actually doubt
it? After all, man gets about
what he asks for. One is almost
driven to the conclusion that he
doesn't want peace ardently
enough to plead for it en- masse.
Some such idea Is in the mind Of
the bishop.
In a recent communication to
the Sunday Chronicle Of London
he says that the history Of man
kind reveals that man has always
prayed. Some Of the oldest dis
coverieS in the world are broken
down altars which were created to
unknown gods, some being whom
man considered superior to him
self. The bishop finds, after a
lifetime Of observation. that in
every human heart is an instinct
for prayer. He finds from a study
of history and human nature that
men Of prayers have a special
power about them.
He makes no mention OF our
The Washington times., 1935-11-08
''In View of the Facts"
BH James T. Williams. Jr.

English system Of an omnipotent
Parliament unrestricted by any
court; it was a rejection Of the
British plan"
There is a full statement Of the
origins Of the courts power to
disregard an act of Congress when
in conflict with the Constitution.
The book presents for the first
time a detailed account Of the
views Of the early Congresses on
this subject. 1T was the men
who composed the National legis-
lature in the early days." writes
Mr.. Warren, "who were primarily
interested to see that the court
did not 'usurp' any power"
All Americans who are in doubt
about the wisdom of adopting any
of the pending proposals to cut the
heart out of the Constitution, put
ball and chain on the Supreme
Court and establish in Congress
despotism or a dictator in the
White House, will find Mr.. War.
ren'S book a welcome guide.
COMPLETE LISTS
1t will guide them to the facts
that are Of record. It will enable
them to refute with recorded facts
the allegations Of the Sappers who
are attempting Ito undermine
what cannot be directly over.
thrown" in the American system
upon the Specious pretext Of
undermining" the Constitution.
In an entirely new chapter will
be found complete lists of all facts
OF congress held unconstitutional,
and OF labor cases and 5-to-4 de-
cisions involving acts of Congress
from 1889 to June, 1895.
From the day it was eStab-
lished until the present there
have been only fifty-three de.
cisions Of the Court which have
held acts of Congress uneonsti.
tutional, only twenty decisions
which Labor might term averse
to its supposed interests and
only six of the twenty involved
the unconStitutionality Of a Con.
greSS enactment.
The Court has upheld every
single State employers liability
law which has been brought be-
fore it.
1t has upheld every statute
abrogating or modifying the So
called fellow-Servant doctrine.
every state workmen's compensa.
ton law upon which it has
ruled.
1t has upheld the validity of
every State law regulating the
employment of women which has
been heard and dozens of other
laws championed by Labor and
providing for the protection of
Labor.
The Washington times., 1935-11-08
Show Your Spirit!

The plans which are being made by the American
Legion for the observance of Armstice Day Monday
deserve the whoehearted support and participation of
Washingtonians.
The outstanding ceremony of the day will be at Ar
ngton National Cemetery with President Roosevelt and
other high Government officials taking part
EVERY RESIDENT OF THE CITY WHO CAN POS
s1BLY FIND THE TIME TO VISIT THE LAST REST
ING PLACE OF so MANY AMERICAN HEROES
SHOULD DO so ON MONDAY.
It is to be hoped that the request OF the Legion that
veterans employed by the Government be given time off
TO commemorate the day will meet with the approval Of
executive officers
Private employers who can spare the veterans among
their workers would be performing patriotic service
If they too would grant them time to attend the cere
monies.
The American Legion which is sponsoring this cere-
mony is awake to the necessity Of preserving the spirit
which its members fought to maintain.
Here in Washington the Legion stands as bulwark
against those who would destroy the Nation from within
and those who would make it helpless from attacks from
without.
SUCH CEREMONIES AS THE LEGION PLANS
FOR MONDAY WILL DO MUCH TO KEEP ALIVE
THE TRADITION OF AMERICANISM AND IT WILL
BE WELL FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TO TURN
OUT IN FORCE.
The Washington times., 1935-11-08
Learning to Shoot

Few things are dangerous than man with gun
he doesn know how to the weapon
It is therefore good thing that superintendent OF romeo
Brown has ordered the members of the force to
sumo target practice with the object Of becoming proficient
shots
couple Of years have been arming our pohcemen
with pstoIs but because of of the many qurks Of
we denying them ammunition with which
to practice shooting.
As Major Brown has stated, many Of the the
force 70 through their entire Without hdOng to
use their firearms. >,
But those hO do haze to resort to their use should
erto;riv knoU that uuhen they shoot they haUe
able chance of knowing where the bullet is going.
It is probable that it becomes generally known that
every member of the force is qualified marksman there
will be even less necessity for their using their guns
Even the bad boys Washington who like to feel that they
compare with the thugs gangers Of other cities will be
reluctant to engage in pistol duels with the local police
the police crack shots.
The target practice if kept up will have good effect
the morale of the police force and will also have noticeable
effect on the morals of our wouldbe thugs.
The Washington times., 1935-11-08

Every American citizen has the
right to think for himself" about
the American system Of govern
ment of which the Constitution
is the cornerstone and the Su-
preme Court "the keystone OF the
arch"
If his thinking is to be straight,
however-the sort Of thinking
that leads to a sound conclusion
it must be done in the light
Of all the salient facts.
To supply the facts that will
contribute to q better under
standing Of the Constitution and
the method of its enforcement
by the Supreme Court is the pa
triotic purpose served by Mr..
Charles Warren, Of Massachu-
sets, in bringing up to date in
revised and enlarged edition
his authoritative book on Con
gress, the Constitution and the
Supreme Court"
This is indeed an opportune
time for the books appearance
because. as Mr.. Warren truly
says, there has never been such
national interest in the Supreme
Court and the vital part which
it plays in the working OF the
Government as there is today.
Fortunately for his fellow-cit-
izens in all walks of life Mr.. War
rem has written about the Const1-
tuition in language that every lay
man can understand and that
every lawyer will accept as exact.
SUBTLE ATTACKS
Recent attacks on the Court
which have come from the
political Reds, Pinks and Yellows
are patiently and Interestingly
discussed in this book. Its read
ing will truly serve "as a check
on those who Gas Caesar A. Rod
ney long ago said in CongreSs)
"hop and skip over truth and
perch upon assertion and call it
truth"
In view of the fact that some Of
the most subtle attacks on the
American system have been insti.
gated by English Radicals and
their American dupeS there is
special pertinence to what Mr.
Warre:l says in the Preface to his
new book about the origin Of our
fundamental law:
"JuSt as a written Constitution
amendable only by the people was
wholly an American idea, so the
proposal of a Court with authority
to determine when Congress had
overStepped the bounds set by the
Constitution and to curb attempts
by Congress to amend or alter the
Constitution was purely Ameri-
can; it was the result Of a de-
termination to escape from the
The Washington times., 1935-11-08
The Red Hot Foot

The "hot foot" wenown pastime in this country has
reached Russia where has been developed into more than
a mere indoor sport
Here the trick consists merely putting cardboard match
into the sole of the victims SHOE lighting it, and awaiting
results.
But over in sovietland it means literally burning the feet
Of the Subject
Even interesting however the fact that the latest
Russian victim of the ot foot had his feet burned by fellow
ormen he had obeyd the commands Of his Soviet
superiors to SPEED UP WORK in the factory where he
employed
American workers have frequently registered their obec
tons when efficiency experts" held opwatch them
to cut down waste motion.
And now apparently Russia going in for the system
strange find the bosses of the proearian para
disc adopting the methods which their agents denounc from
every soapbox capitasc devices for exploiting labor
But this is not the first contradiction that has out Of
Moscow.
What Communism breaches to be thing and
what it practices is something else again.
The Washington times., 1935-11-08

Have ALI Human Beings the Right
to Work?
This business Of women taking
jobs "who don't need 'em"-so-
ciety girls, for example, serving as
fashion models. Or deciding to
see "the seamy side Of life" by
working behind the notions coun'
ter for a week or two. What's
YOUR notion about it all?
AS an advertising scheme it's
doubtless a honey. But does it
come within the sporting rules of
1885? Thousands Of professional
girl models and clerks are sure it
doesn't.
why" snap they, plenty bis
tered, should a lot Of idle females
who've never earned a dollar nor
felt the lack Of one be allowed to
rob us of our job. just to get
themselves a thrill? How would
a man feel if it happened to him
"a plumber, f'rinstance, or a
union carpenter? And what would
he do? Then why shouldn't we
do the same?"
Which they thereupon proceed
to do with considerable dynamite.
NEEDS VARY
Would or wouldn't YOU do the
sameP Suppose YOU were de-
pending for your three squares
and maybe your old mothers and
little tad's - upon selling bobby
pins or swiShing gorgeous gobs Of
gowns across somebody's Swank
Saruk-and suddenly the be-yoo-
ti-ful Miss Dishface Doll, or the
enhancing Miss Nina Nitwit, be-
ing all atwit with a desire to make
the society page in a big way,
should come busting in and strut
the bread out of YOUR mouth,
gratis. How'd YOU feel?
Mighty sore, probably. And
fully justified in turning picket
and telling the world what you
thought of such piratical prac-
tices, the James who engage in
them and the stores which per-
NIT them.
All of which Is part Of our re-
The Washington times., 1935-11-08
FAITH AND PRAYER

I doubt If there could be a
more arreSting juxtapoSition of
personalities than that Of Mr..
Joe Humphries and His Lordship,
the Bishop Of London. Mr.. Hum
phries has spent nearly half a
century announcing prize fights.
Millions Of persons have heard
his tremendous voice calling the
weights Of heavyweight contend
ers. He has seen much Of the
seedy side Of life and kept him.
self withal q decent and honor
able fellow.
The Bishop Of London has
spent his half century Of labor
in interpreting to humanity the
goodness of God. A tranquil.
gentle, elderly eccleSiastic, far
removed, indeed, from the turbu-
lence of the mob.
Yet. HumphrieS, the pfiZe-fight
announcer, and the benign Bishop
have this in common: They both
believe in the all-powerful efficacy
of prayer. A little more than
eight years ago there was a cham
pionShip prize fight in one Of the
vast New York baseball stadiumS.
The preliminarieS were over and
done with. There was the usual
huddle in the cen.er OF the ring.
The conference of referee, seconds
and principals. The bell was due
to clang for the beginning OF
round one.
Suddenly Joe Humphries threw
UP a hand and blared out a far
carrying demand for silence. He
got it. In a voice shaking with
emotion, reminded that vast as
semblage that young man
named Charles A. Lindbergh was
somewhere in the darkness Of the
night far out over the Atlantic
Ocean, flying his plane, the Spirit
Of st. Louis, toward Paris.
II ask you,". shouted Joe Hum
phrieS, "to pause one minute in
silent prayer for the safety and
success of Charles Lindbergh."
THRILLING EPISODE
For one minute-and a very full
and pregnant minute-utter
silence succeeded the bedlam Of a
New York open-air fight group. I
don't know how many in that co..
900 or so actually murmured or
thought a prayer, but there is
no question but that the spirit Of
prayer fell like a mantle over this
prizefight group. And we were to
learn in succeeding days that this
remarkable episode was typical
of 10000 public gath rings
throughout the United States. Ten
thousand public gatherings, and
I dare say a million private ones.
I have heard some very hard
boiled gentlemen assert that it
was not so much the wings Of
his stout, little plane, or the fortu-
nate chances Of weather, or his
own skill which set Charles Lind
bergh down safely at the flying
field in France, as it was the
prayers of all America. I recall
this decidedly thrilling episode be-
cause I read that the Bishop Of
London has just said that there is
only one way to assure the peace
of the world, and that is by the
sincere prayers of all humanity.
If the Christian will pray to his
Christ, the Jew to his Hebraic
Jehovah, the Mohammedan to his
Moslemic Allah, then, in the faith
of the bishop, nations will cease
their pickering; ancient antago-
nisms will be eased; a finer
sweeter spirit will descend from on
The Washington times., 1935-11-08
Listen, World!
Bu Elsie Robinson

Icent history-and may yet add
even more colorful chapters there
to. For the regular woman worker
is determined to drive out the
society Scabs"-or else. Having
been a working gal myself, more
power to her, sez I. And yet
there IS another side to the story.
There's more than one need be-
hind a woman's job. The funda-
mental need to eat, sleep and wear
a shirt on her back plainly comes
first.
ANOTHER ANGLE
But how about the need to find
what life is all about and feel
that you're a regular part of the
show and not just a spot on the
wall?
And how about the worlds
need Of regular, two-fisted citi-
zens to serve as wives, mothers
and accredited voters, instead of
the brainless what-have-you'S
who are now filling the ranks?
Do we refuse to let a man
hold a job on the ground that
he can support himself without
it? Do we accuse him of "tak.
ing the bread out of someone's
mouth?" To the contrary-we
despiSe the rich man who won't
work and honor the millionaire S
son who does.
We realize that a man needs
common experience, common
contact with his fellow men,
fully as much as he needs food.
drink, air, sleep. And we have
little trust in a man who lacks
such experience-little use for
him either as worker, husband
or father.
Then-if that goes for the
gander, why not for the goose?
Isn't a wife's position as i'm
portant as a father's-a mothers
as a hushand's-a female voters
as a males?
Now it's YOUR turn-so what?
Copyright 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Ile.l
The Washington times., 1935-11-08
By T. E. Powers
By Edwin C. Hill

liable to think that the glorious
stars made themselves; that this
little planet whirls around one Of
the great SunS-noE too far away
to be too cold, not too close to
be too hot-and all by mere
chance?"
Like a previous thinker, the
Bishop assumed that the very ex'
istence Of q table preSupposes the
existence Of q carpenter. This
column is seldom devoted to com.
ment on topics Of religion. 1t
lacks the temerity to simulate a
pulpit. Nevertheless, there Is
something so sound and appealing
in the Bishops philosophy that I
can not refrain from dwelling
on it.
UNITED THANKS
THE peace of the world can be
assured by the prayers Of the
people. Each night when you
pray, give thanks for another day
of peace, another day without
war. No one can tell how far in
itself such a united thanksgiving
each night may eradicate those
feelings Of international unrest
which are so dangerous. If we all
gave such thanks at the end OF
each day Of peace, it would
strengthen the peace thought
throughout the world and help to
place the picture Of wars posi-
bility farther and farther into the
background"
He recalls the delightful story
Of a small boy who had great
fai. The child had never learned
to read and could write only the
first few letters Of the alphabet.
His parents had died and the
little chap was fated to be dragged
up to life the best way possible.
One day he heard a minister say
that if people would pray to God,
no matter what for, God would
senE them help.
In the course Of time, the boy
was sent to the house of a farmer.
One day he was sent out into a
field to care for q flock Of sheep.
He had been having a hard time.
He had been cuffed and beaten
and was often hungry. But out
there in the field with the sheep,
he remembered what the minister
had said. He thought that he,
too, would try to get some help
from this wonderful person called
God.
Someone going past the field
heard a small, thin voice on the
other side of the hedge. Ap-
preaching softly, he peered over
the hedge and saw the little fel-
low on his knees. The voice was
saying: "a, B. c, D, e." over
and over again.
my boy" inquired the on.
locker, what are you doing?"
The youngster looked up and
said II am praying"
Said the man: THAT Is not
praying. 1t is only repeating the
alphabet"
The boy said: IT don't know
how to pray The minister told
me that If I called upon God he
would answer me All I know is
the alphabet and I thought that
if I spoke the letters Of the alpha
bet to God, He would be kind
enough to take them and put
them together into the kind Of
prayer He wanted, and maybe
give me what I wanted"
Copyright. 1898, BY King Features
Syndicate, 1ne.)
The Washington times., 1935-11-08

He that has daughters to,
marry, let him give them silk to
spin.
Jealousy spreads the bed with
singing nettles and then lies
down to sleep.
Justice tempered with too much
mercy becomes injustice.
When rogues fall out, honest
men come by their own.
The Washington times., 1935-11-08
HAMNTERING AWAY

The Republican National Com.
mittee continues to hammer away
at the AAA despite the fact that
the Democrats contend the
farmers have vindicated it's
policies by their votes to continue
the agency.
The committee recently stated:
THAT AAA has not brought the
farmer parity nor restored his
buying power is evidenced by the
letter from a farmer who says,
Three years ago the Scott County
Milling Company was paying 50
a cord for wood. You could take
the cash or purchase their prod
uct. I would haul cord of wood
and get a 98-pound sack Of home.
spun flour and 81 cents in cash,
and they took all the wood we
could haul them. Now If you are
lucky and haul a cord of wood,
the price is still 81, but in return
you get only 60 cents of homespun
flour and no cash.
Despite the contention Of this
farmer and the Republican under.
writing of his statement, there is
definite indication that there is
strong rural support for the
agency that pays farmers not to
raise pigs and then reverses itself
and puts a bounty on their birth.
The Washington times., 1935-11-08
NEW MOVE?

In the current issue Of "The
Consumer" issued by the Consum-
ers' Division of the supposedly de-
funct NRA, S. A. Epstein an
nounceS:
1.-THE problem of medical costs
and the means for providing less
expensive medical care and hos
utilization for the public is en-
gaging the interest of the con-
SumerS' division. This may be
one Of the first items studied
by the directors council on the
one hand and the county coun-
cils on the other"
Mr.. Epstein's prognostication
arouses as much interest as he
contends the problem of medical
costs, ETC., arouses the interest
of the consumers division, judg-
ing by reports.
Although President Herbert
The Washington times., 1935-11-08
Words From Wise Men

Double ignorance is where a
man is ignorant Of his ignorance.
He who hath lost confidence
hath little else to lose.
Better to live rich than to die
rich.
The most dangerous OF wild
beasts is a slanderer; of tame ones
a flatterer.
The Washington times., 1935-11-08
VOLUME GROWS

Since Stewart Mcdonald took
over the high command of the
Federal Housing Administration,
he has made two major moves.
One has been to increase the
business Of the FILA and guaran-
tee more loans for home conStruc-
ton and renovation.
The second move was to wipe
out the discomfort in his own or.
ganization.
Under Housing Administrator
James A. Moffet, internal friction
had developed to such a point
that there was a constant disturb
ance brewing in the Government
agency.
Under Mcdonald it has sim
mered down to a quiet point.
Although there continues that
dissenSion that always is to be
found in a large organization, in
ternal politics do not seethe in
the manner Of the Moffett re-
gime.
Moffett took over the job Of
director when he came to wash
ington fresh from big business
interests.
Mcdonald had a term Of office
in the FILA before he became it's
director and consequently had his
finger on much of the internal
pickering.
He has Systematically moved to
quiet disturbing influences and
clip the wings Of those persons
who were stirring up trouble.
In the business of conducting
the affairs of the FHA according
to its design, he has made decisive
moves to increase the volume OF
business of the agency and has
accomplished much more than did
his predecessor in the way of put
ting it across to the public al
though in a quieter way.
The Washington times., 1935-11-08
OLD FAVORITES
1-,~ YoL-. H~vv
The Stirrup Cup

UE OTWTWp Cup -VU7EW AWB
My short and happy day is done,
The long and dreary night on;
And at my door the Pale Horse stands,
To carry to unknown lands.
His whnny shrill, his paving hoof,
Sound dreadful as gathering storm;
And must leave this sheltering roof
And joys of life so soft and warm
Tender and warm the joys of life
Good friends, the faithful and the true;
Ny rosy children and my wife,
So sweet to kiss, so fair to view.
So sweet to kiss, fair to view
The night comes down, the lights burn blue;
And at my door the Pale Horse stands,
To bear forth to unknown lands.
(Redders inved to send to the editor their suggeS
tonS of old favortes among the poems for reprting
this space.l