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The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-04-20
Who Is Responsible?

Responsible For Construction of Three Miles of Concrete
Highway Forty Thousand Dollar Bridge in Lieut.
Gov. amar Peterson Home Village? Let An Investigating
Dig Up The Records in THIS easel What Debt Of
Does The State Owe The Akov Scvener That
Should Spend Ninety Thousand Dollars Within Sound of His
Flat Bed Press?
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-04-20

/ should like to ask the senate
investigating committee why it
has made no effort to discover
the reason for. the expenditure OF
more than ninety thousand dol
lars of highway money for three
miles and a small fraction of
highway in the vicinity of the
home village of lieutenant gov
,,ernor, Hjalmar Peterson? Can
it be that the committee ''investi-
gates" only such projects and in
vestments as it feels will result
in no i'll reaction to the political
future of its members?
1t isn't necessary for me to call
the committees attention to the
faet that there WAS in excess
of the above named sum spent
for a bridge over the lieutenant
governors favorite creek-Ket-
tie River-and a fraction over
three miles of concrete highway
adjacent to said bridge and vii
lage.
And I'd love to ask that COM
mittee-even at the risk of cool
ing its passionate love for me
just what, in its opinion Mon
-sieur Peterson ever did in the in
terests of Minnesota taxPAY-
ERS to justify the expenditure
of almost one hundred thousand
dollars for a streak of concrete
that doesn't even connect aVlth a
concrete trunk highaVdy9
The committee, if it wasn't so
dreadfully busy applying white
wash, might make an effort to
find out why that bit of road cost
more than fifteen thousand dol
lars per mile-and who got the
rake off
Naturally, / understand, that
Senior Hjalmar expects to be a
candidate for governor next sea-
son if Sir Floyd Bee Olson
doesn't care to make a race with
Huey Long or against Schall.
But even the Askov statesman's
political aspirations hardly JUS
tify the expenditure of that sum
Of highway money in his native
vicinity.
The Kettle River bridge "cost"
is another item the committee
might have de1ved into-except
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-04-20

In Texas, the dust storms were
so bad that some legislators were
gagged that is, they covered
their mouths and noses with
cloth masks. Naturally, most
of the words you'd hear through
such contraption d be rather a
confused tumble. Yes-some-
thing like the explanations that
the senate investigating commit
tee II be handing out when their
affair" winds up.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-04-20

for the fact that it was apparent
ly afflicted with political hook
worm. The cost of that bridge
was sufficient to have built a few
rods of road or a few bridges in
other vicinities far removed from
a lieutenant governors back
yard.
The committee might also To-
cate the names of the parties own
ing real estate through which this
three mile streak of road was
constructed. l submit that such
effort might call for a search of
certain records, but the same
search would doubtless disclose
the name of an "attorney-in-fact'
who could cause considerable en-
barrassment in political circles.
No man with the intelligence
that God gave goose, but knows
that these exorbitant prices paid
for highway rights of way and
construction are political sales.
They are more than that-they
are colossal betrayals of public
trust.
1t is true that Mr.. Hjalmar
Peterson is an editor of a nation
ally known (but locally ready
newspaper, but even that hardly
justifes the expenditure of al
most one hundred thousand dol
lars in the vicinity of his type
cases and flat-bed press. 1t may
be news" to the party of that
gentleman's choice to learn that
if the Askov american should
cease publication this week, the
world would manage to survive
the catastrophe even though the
planet wabbled on it's axis.
It is matter OF common
knowledge and statewide gossip,
that Mr.. Peterson has a deep and
lasting admiration for the high
way department and it is sus-
pected that this admiration de-
veloped with the rapidity of an
egg plant since he became some
thing more than a hick-town
editor.
I'm busy this week, but the first
time ! feel that can afford a va
cation, instead of setting out to
encircle the earth, I'm going to
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-04-20

Be grateful for small favors.
Instead of forty State Bureau of
Criminal Apprehension agents
shopping around through the
state, there will quite likely be
only (which is II too many.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-04-20
The legislature could save

The legislature could save
the taxpayers about one hun
dred thousand dollars per year
by doing away with the Car
michael department and plac-
ing it where it belongs-un-
der the efficient management
of Mike Holm. But that move
would be an invasion of the
sacred right of the farmer-la-l
Dor party-the right to ride
the taxpayers.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-04-20

stimulation of competition with
regard thereto;
"(2) The purchase of sup
plies and other property without
advertisement or the receipt of
bids, yheye the amount t,tvolved
ScM NOT exceed fve hundred
dollars, when, in the judgment OF
the commissioner of purchases, it
is expedient.'
There is certainly nothing in
those provisions supporting the
contention that the commissioner
may use his discretion about the
matter of submitting for competi-
tive bids purchases involving over
five hundred dollars. 1t is clear
enough, to we of lesser intellect,
that the purchasing agents dis
cretion is allowed exercise only
in reference to purchases involv-
ing less than five hundred dol
lars.
And incidently, that 1925 leg
islature had in mind something
concerning the stimulation of
competition regarding state pur-
chases. They said nothing about
being in favor of stimulating the
interests of the farmer-labor par
ty thru allowing the discretion
of the party purchasing agent to
give large and profitable orders to
the party's friends who could be
! expected to return large chunks
of those profits into the party cof-
fers for campaign purposes.
That legislature was not so
foolish, and neither are we in be-
lieving there is sincerely in the
alibi that the purchasing agents
office has such wide discretion
airy powers.
There is a little matter about
shirts and the state purchasing
agent. Whoever thought that our
great state was interested very
much in shirts? The sovereign
state must display affluence. and
must dress its servants in costly
attire like the society matron
must have costly regalia for. her
footmen.
You will think that those shirts
are costly when you learn what
prices were paid for, them. We
, =.
know we poor taxpayers shell
out for Our own so we should
have a good idea what is costly.
We are the employers and pay
about dollar and a quarter per.
Our employees tho
Well, the purchasing depart
ment paid eight dollars and sixty
five cents per shirt for seventy
eight shirts sold by the Golden
Rule of St. Paul. One of those
shirts cost about what seven of
our own cost and that makes our
servants sure putting on the dog
for us.
Seventy-eight times eight dol
lars and sixty-fve cents amounts
to about six-hundred and seventy
five dollars. That is more than
five hundred dollars and yet that
purchase was made without bids.
in violation of laws made and
provided.
The shirts were furnished to
the highway patrolmen at the in.
stigation of Jack Arnoldy, in
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-04-20
By Nonnad

y
are not presumed to know the
law. The rest of us may not have
any acquaintance with Black
stone or the statutes, but woe
unto we ordinary mortals if we,
even unwittingly, fail to keep in
the course mapped out for us by
law-especially if our conduct
displeases those in whose laps
rests the matter of law enforce
ment.
Which is verbosity, or the use
of many words for ignorance of
the law is no excuse.
The first plea of purchasing
commissioner, Carl Erickson,
when confronted with the fact
that the state had spent big
money for luxurious office trink-
cts, such as artistic cuspidors,
was a buck-passing one. That
was done while was away on
my vacation" He could not pass
the blame for all reckless pur-
chases onto his subordinates with
that alibi because he could not very
well admit that his vacation last
ed twelve months of the year. So
the alibis have of necessity been
varied, and all of them slim ones.
The most recent alibi emanated
from the purchasing agents Of
flee. has its inspiration in the ex-
posture of its common practice. in
purchasing items of property,
supplies, equipment, ETC., involv-
ing expenditure exceeding five
hundred dollars without submis-
sion to competitive bidding. That
alibi is that the 1925 session laws
made the matter of such submis-
sion to competitive bidding one
solely for the discretion of the
purchasing agent.
He has read those laws, no
doubt, and as he is supposed to
have sufficient intelligence to
make purchases for the state rum
ming into millions of dollars he
should have intelligence enough
to put exactly the reverse con-
struction on those provisions.
We can best settle whether or
not this alibi is sham or we'll
founded"by setting out the provi-
sion referred to. Here it is:
"Section So, subsection 10.
Powers as to purchase, ETC., of
supplies, etc.
"The commission (administra-
ton and fnance) subject to the
of the governor, may
make rules, regulations, and or
ders regulating and governing
the manner and method of pur-
chasing, delivering, and handling
of, and the contracting for sup
plies, equipment, and other prop
erty for the various officials. de-
partments, and agencies of the
state government and institutions
under their control. Such rules.
regulations, and orders shall be
so far as practicable,
shall be of general or limited ap-
plication,, and shall include pro-
visions for the following:
"(1) The advertisement for
and the receipts of bids for sup
plies and other property and the
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-04-20
PASSING the BUCK

Purchasing Agent Erickson, Postmaster in the Army
Came His Favorite Aibi Runs Like This: When Was
Away on My Vacation But His Song of the Shirts Ism
Even Muscal-The Price Ranges Too High for Harmony
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-05-24

" Here is frock to make those
numerous home chores pleasurable.
Its nice simplicity applies not only
to its making-which is easy in the
extreme, as denoted by the sketch
Of the garment spread. open-but
also to the laundering problem. A
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fresh and immaculate. doing Its bit
graciously to keep you in trim. Its
lovely, freedom-giving design lends
itself well to the new cottons in
stripes, plaids, checks or floral
prints-so well, in fact, that you'n
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SEND FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in
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BE SURE TO STATE SIZE.
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teenth street, New York City.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-05-24
A COUGH AND A MASSACRE

CHARLES LOUIS NAPOLEON 30
~ NAPARTE wanted to be emperor OF
France, a. his uncle, Napoleon Bona
parte, had been.
The revolution Of 1s4s gave him his
varst chance, for X resulted In his being
elected to q seat In the national as
.sembly. HIS popularity grew and be
secured the Office Of president
But Louis Napoleon wasn't satisfied
Win this He wanted his term Of Of
nee extended to ten years and . resi-
.dence In the Tuilleries. Then on De-
.cember 2. 1851. he staged his famous
,covp d'etat. The assembly was dis
solved and $50 Of. it members were
placed under arrest. At once there
Was an uprising In the French capital.
An excited young aide dashed into
the palace with news that q mob was
a the way to storm the gates. he
xave the information to Count de It
Irnaud who happened to have . very
~ cold. Between his dts Of cough
ins. 10 heard the aides news and. IN
apclosy. said ma sacre tOuxf" my
id couehil The aide misunderstood
1Him ma thinking ne said -Massacrez
fGs1c r. (1aasmere them anD ran ont.
Glaa d glvo the order 10 the troopaL
several hundred people : killed
a. beepgs he day was over the light
y ~ streets u Paris was bloody
6SI1htor-ills becauss Of : bad cough
Wsssssa issusuesss unisA
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-05-24
MOST HISTORIC THREE RS

CPEAK of the Three RS and you
" naturally think of those you
learned In the little red sc~hoolhouse-
readin', 'ritiA' and 'rithmetic. But
more historic are those which kept
James G. Blaine out Of the White
House. They were Rum, Romanism
and Rebellion.
Blaine. twice denied the Republican
nomination for the Presidency, had
won It in 1884. Despite the attacks
made upon his character. he seemed
q certain winner over Grover Cleve-
land, the Democrat. Republican lead.
ers, to counteract those attacks. staged
q reception for their candidate by q
group of Protestant clergymen.
Rev. Samuel d. Burchard. a Presby-
terian minister. acting as spokesman
for the group. said to Blaine: 1--WE are
Republicans and don't propose to leave
our party and identify ourselves with
the party whose antecedents have been
rum, Romanism and rebellion" Blaine.
tired out from q long speaking trip.
was paying little attention to the
speaker and did not catch those three
fatal words. II he had. there is no
doubt that he would have repudlated
them.
But he didn't and the news leaked
out. Immediately the Democratic
press took them up. Soon Dame Rumor
whispered that Blaine himself had Ut
tered the Three RS. They wer a d.
rect slap In the face, not only for the
people Of the South but more particu-
larly for the large body Of patriotic
~Roman Catholic voters.
In vain the Republican candidate re
pudiated this Islander. It was too late.
As the campaign drew to q close 1t be-
came apparent that the state of New
York would decide the issue. Cleve-
hand carried New York by only LAO
votes.
Had Il not been for Doctor Bur
chard's 'three little words" It Ii prob
able. that Blaine would have had that
narrow margin and with it. the cleo
tion.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-05-24
A BOX OF PILLS

rUST before sunrise. ON June p. 1918,
u a train en- route to Hammond, Ind,
stopped just east Of the little town Of
Ivanhoe. because the conductor had
noticed q hot box on n Of the cars.
It was the second section Of the Hagen.
beck-Wallace circus train.
The trainmaster, DOING in the Ca
boose. awoke suddenly to see the head
light Of . speeding locomotive boring
through the dim morning light. It was
an empty troop train-N steel pull
mans drawn BY q powerful locomotive.
It had not allowed down for q caution
signal two miles back It had passed
the next a set on the red; 1t had
ignored . fiagman from the circus
train, frantically waving his red Ian
tern. and AZ q last resort-he had
tossed a lighted fusee at the engine cab
window a. It roared past
In another moment. the big engine
had piowed INTO the rear Of the circus
train. Wooden coaches crumpled like
cardboard boxes and almost Immediate
" burst into flames from the shattered
oil lamps.
Hours later when they cleared away
the wreckage and counted the toll. It
was 6S dead and l27 injured-clowns.
bareback riders, trapeze performers,
acrobats, animal trainers, veterans and
internationally known stars Of the big
top"
An investigation followed The engi-
neer Of the troop train admitted he
had been dozing at his post and hadn't
seen any Of the warning signals Was
his health goodi Yes. It was all right
except-well. just before starting on
his run, he had taken some pfllsI
The pills left In the box were sent
to chemists who found in them drugs
which produced unavoidable drowsi.
ness. Because of them, there had &C.
Cured the worst disaster In circus his
toryI
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-05-24
SWEET

An explorer was speaking at .
dinner given on his behalf before he
left on a long journey into the heart
Of Africa.
In concluding his remarks he said:
II thank you for your kind wishes
regarding my welfare on my danger
BUS journey, and want you to know
that when ! am far away, surround.
ed by savages, I shall certainly think
of you!"-Ashore and Afioat.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-05-24

that country q
great man and an
able patriot. Re
manning In the
background, exer.
cising power with
out display. Mar.
shal Pilsudski was
an absolute dlcta-
tor, and his death
Is first among the
dictators developed
by the great war.
The world may
learn from his 60
ing what to expect
when other dicta-
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-05-24
A Long Pie

It was her first attempt at cooking,
and when her husband came home
he saw q very long pie on the table.
"Whatever Is that?" he asked.
n. couldn't get any shorter rhu-
barb" she replied.-London Tit-Bits.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-05-24
Rent Deferred

Rent Deferred
Mrs. Smhth-What rent do you
pay7
Mrs. Jones-I don't pay It.
: Mrs. Smith-What. would It be II
you did pay It?
Mrs. Jones-A miracle.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-05-24

THIS WEEK
The First One Coca
Looks Like War
Don't Stumble
400 Men, 400 Mice

FOO N1eHs
The death Of Marshal rllsudskl
ruling power of Poland, takes from
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-05-24
His Night OF

"Just look at CD Farmer over
there enjoying himself! And I've
always understood he was q woman
hater."
$50 he Is; but she's not with him
tonight"-Stray Stories Magazine.
The Washington times., 1935-05-08
NICE To MAKE
REL|EFPLEA

To present before Federal relief
officials the plea Of Maryland for
additional relief allotments, dele
CATION of State officials, headed by
Governor Nice, will come to Wash
ington, probably tomorrow, and
will point out that the present al.
lotment of 100000 for May is en-
tirely inadequate.
The conference with the Fed
eral officials is being arranged by
Senator George L. Radcliffe, who
was appealed to yesterday by
Governor Nice to bring the mat
ter to the attention of Harry L..
Hopkins, the Federal Relief Ad-
ministrator.
Those who will attend the con-
ference, in addition to Governor
Nice and Senator Radcliffe, will
be Senator Willard E. Tydings and
Harry Greenstein, Maryland re-
lief administrator If the 100000
allotment is not increased, the
State officials said, the only al
tentative will be a drastic curtail'
ment of relief expenditures within
the State. Funds now in hand will
carry the Maryland relief program
little beyond the middle Of the
month, the governor was told.
The Washington times., 1935-05-08

by Handel
The Washington times., 1935-05-08
SLOGANS
MUST Be IN
TOMORROW

When is a slogan not a slogan?
When it's not written, of course.
And unless your 10-word slogan in
this contest is written Immediately
you'll find it's too late to compete
for the 20 prizes. The contest Of
ficially closes at midnight tomor-
row. So while there's time why
not write that 10-word slogan now
describing the advantages OF
travel over the Central Airlines,
and maybe you'll be one Of the
winners.
The best slogan will win its
writer an all-expense vacation trip
by air to Detroit, for two persons.
A SIS cash prize will reward the
writer Of the second best slogan,
and $40 in cash for the third best.
Then there will come a dis
tinct treat to the writer's of the
IS next best slogans. Each of
these will earn pair of guest
tickets to Loew's Fox Theater
where starting Friday they will
see Americas greatest stage revue
in THE Earl Carroll Vanities,"
and a bowling movie in Baby
Face Harrington" co7Starring
Charles Butterworth and Una
Merkel. Broadway paid $40 to
see the Vanities alone. You'll
see this entertaining and excit'
ingly colorful production merely
for writing a 10-Word slogan.
The "Vanities" will feature, in
person, Mitchell and Durant,
those uproarious screen come
dians, Helen Charleston, 10 other
known stars and a chorus Of the
most beautiful girls in the world.
There they are. A grand trip
to Detroit, two cash prizes, and
IS guest tickets to LoeW'S Fox.
Sit down now and write that
slogan. The only rule to observe
is not to send in more than five
slogans. Write your slogan on
either a card or in a letter and
submit your entries to the slogan
contest editor at either Loew's
Fox Theater or The washington
Times. Hurry, and remember the
deadline is midnight Thursday.
The Washington times., 1935-05-08

Music is one of the largest of
American industries, according to
DR.. John Finley Williamson, who
gave the principal address at the
banquet held last night at the
Press Club under the auspices of
the District of Columbia Fedora
ton of Music Clubs.
DR.. Williamson quoted a recent
book of statistics when he said:
-Four times as much Is spent for
music as for our high schools. Yet
an eminent psychologist stated
that music is now a plaything for
the idle rich, which means the
gradual elimination Of music from
our modern life. Modern life is
geared to crafty the senses of
taste, touch and smell as is evil
denced by most advertising and
sales campaigns. Music enters
through sight and hearing as does
intelligence; and even when sight
is absent, music may be enjoyed.
"Music must be made by the
common, average people II 1t Is
not to be carried to oblivion as
plaything Of the idle rich"
The program after the banquet
was interspersed with vocal seIec.
tions by the Lovette Club and the
Madrigal Club. Gertrude Lyons,
president of the District Fedora
ton, presided and introduced a
number of local musicians and Of
ficialS of various music clubs. C..
M. Tremaine, director of the Asso-
citation for the Advancement of
Music of New York was intro
duced, but did not speak. Mrs.
John Alexander Jardine, national
president, was unable to be pres
ent, as the plane on which she
had planned to come was ground
ed at Pittsburgh on account Of
the weather.
DR.. John Finley Williamson will
conduct the maSSed choral concert
tonight at 8 o'clock in the audi.
The Washington times., 1935-05-08
Mt. Alto Hospital
To Show Its Work

Mount Alto Hospital will be
open to ne public from p. m.
to 5 p. m. next Sunday in observ
ance of National Hospital Fay.
The observance has been planned
by the American Hospital Associ'
alton to give the public an insight
into the hospital services being
given ex-service men and women
of the United States. At Mount
Alto, the wards, X-rays and dental
laboratories and other depart
ments will be open for inspection.
The Washington times., 1935-05-08
Life Insurance
Week Announced

Life Insurance Week will be OBJ
served by II leading companies in
Washington, beginning Monday,
Winthrop G. Batchelder, chairman
OF the committee, announced.
The theme for the week will be
The sooner you plan your future.
the better your future will be-"
The Washington times., 1935-05-08
SCHOOL HEAD ENDS LIFE

a charge of criminal libel lodged
against him by a widow who said
he had written her annoying let.
tiers proposing marriage.
The 78-year-old head Of the
school had displayed many eccen,
tricities since the death Of his
wife last July, friends said. Only
yesterday the last of the pupils of
his school were withdrawn.
The Washington times., 1935-05-08
r. 0. TIC. HOnOrs
Chevy Chase Boy

John Ludlum, Of Chevy Chase,
Mr., and a graduate of Central
High School here, yesterday was
awarded the scabbard and blade
saber for character, knowledge
and ability" in the Reserve Off
GERS Training Corps at Lafayette
College, Easton, Pa, where he IS
a major in command of the r. o.
T. C. unit.
The Washington times., 1935-05-08
Physicians Elect
DR.. Morgan Again

DR.. William Gerry Morgan, dean
of the Georgetown University
School of Medicine, has been
elected secretary-general Of the
American College of Physicians
for the fourth successive term. He
is former president of the Ameri'
can Medical Association.