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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19
Soliciting Committee To Start
Out the Coming Week-Get
Ready for Them.

The construction of a cement
lined wading pool for the use of
the children of Hardin and vi
entity now seems to be assured.
A committee composed of men,
bers of the various organizations
in Hardin will canvass the city
this coming week to solicit funds
for its construction.
Mayor M. R. Calderwood states
that just as soon as funds are
available work on the project
will be started and should be
completed before the hot weather
arrives. The Hardin city council
will head the subscription list
with a one hundred-dollar con-
tribution and the committee will
raise the balance of around eight
hundred dollars to insure con-
struction of the pool, which is to
be located in the Hardin city
park and will be of concrete.
with sewer connections so that it
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19
BILL FISHER SECRETARY
OF BILLINGS CONF, CHR
For Many Years Manager of the
Custer Battlefield Hiway-Win
Begin Duties Nav IS.

W. D. (Bill) Fisher, for the past
several years secretary and man
ager of the Custer Battlefield Hi
way association, with headquarters
at Mitchell, S. D., was on Thurs
day evening of last week elected
secretary and manager of the Bill
ings Commercial club by the
board of directors. He will as
sumo the position about Nav IS.
Mr.. Fisher succeeds Charles H.
Ruzicka, who died last winter at
Helena, after an 10 months ILL
ness which kept him from active
duty for more than a year, dur
ing which time the club affairs
were taken care of by Mrs. Isa-
bel Bouton. his assistant. Mrs,
Bouton will remain as assistant
under Secretary Fisher. Billings is
fortunate in securing the ser
vices OF so competent and exper.
fenced a secretary to manage their
progressive community organiza-
ton.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19
WADING POOL NEARING
CONSTRUCTION A

may be drained frequently, thus
insuring that it will be sanitary.
A pool 50-feet in diameter is con-
templated as a minimum and it
will be made larger if sufficient
funds r available.
The construction of a swimming
pool has long been contemplated,
but due to the large cost in
volved, around S $1,000, this much
desired civic Improvement will
have to be postponed until more
prosperous times. In the mean
time, with a contribution from
each of the citizens and business
concerns of Hardin, the wad1l.g
pool can be made a reality forth
with and the kiddies will no
longer have to swelter when the
hot weather comes and Hardin's
beautiful city park will be put
to active use.
When the committee calls upon
you, please remember they are
donating their time and energy,
as we'll as their money, and give
them a substantial lift for this
worthy project.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19
To Give Better
Housing Show
At a Meeting in the City Hall Next
Thursday Evening, April IS
At Eight O'Clock.

The local o m tie OF the
Federal Housing Administration,
of which j. J. Ping, president OF
the First National Bank of Har-
din is chairman, is rounding into
shape and it is anticipated that
within a few days it will be
functioning nicely.
Barclay Craighead of Helena,
state director, has promised the
local committee a full-time man
to take charge of the details of
the work in Hardin and Big Horn
county. A competent man has been
named for this position and as
soon as his appointment is con-
firmed. which should be within
a few days, he will go on duty.
State Director Craighead has
written Chairman Ping of the
Better Housing committee in Har-
din that he will hold a public
meeting in Hardin on next Thurs
day. April Is. The meeting will
be held at the city hall at eight
o'clock in the evening. Director
Craighead will bring with him a
V1scomatic machine and will show
some Of the films which we're de-
signed as sales talks to dealers
and contractors. Mr.. Nutter. who
Will accompany him, will be pre-
pared to take loan applications
direct and explain the procedure
to prospective borrowers. All
dealers in materials, lumber, hard
ware and electric goods, a
bankers are especially urged tc
attend this meeting.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19
Company Is incorporated Which
Offers Opportunity to All
Local People.

A group OF local men have
formed an organization to drill
the Hardin oil structure in the
center Of which Is located the city
Of Hardin. Articles of i%ncorpora-
ton have been filed with the
secretary Of state at Helena and
the charter for the Daniels Pc
troleum Company of Big Horn
County was received from the
state capital, Wednesday. The
board of directors for the first
three months are: E. l.. Kelley.
Henry Pitsch, O. M. Kelly, j. M.
Swindle, A. Knowles, r. E. War
rem, George M. Daniels, M. r. CAL
derwood and DR.. L. E. Haverfield.
Hardin is the principal place of
business and the company is
centralized at $4,000, divided into
500 units of a par value of 500
each. approximately 200 units
have been purchased to date.
It is the intention to dispose of
the units to local people for
which no certificates of stock will
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19
WILL HOLD CLINIC

The Big Horn county chapter
of the American Red Cross plans
to hold a clinic in cooperation
with the Hardin school, to-day,
Friday. April 10. The forenoon,
from 9 to IL, will be given to the
Hardin school children, and the
afternoon, from l to 4, will be
given to pre-school children and
school children from school dis
trict No. 16, and the pre-school
children of Hardin. For pre-
school children and children
from district No. 16 the charge
will be Is cents per treatment
The children may be immunized
against smallpox and diphtheria,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19
To Compete
With State
State Scholarship Contest at
BoZeman Next Week.

AS the result of a scholarship
contest held at the Hardin high
school, the past week, II students
of the high school will leave Har-
din by automobile next Wednes-
day afternoon for Bozeman to
compete with high school students
from the rest of the state in the
state scholarship contest and in
the High School Week exercises.
Superintendent Murche A. Thomp-
son of the Hardin school dis
trict will accompany the students
to Bozeman and bring them home
the following Saturday.
THE students winning first, Sec
ond and third places in the vari-
VI subjects r given below, the
first named in each subject be-
ing the one to go to Bozeman:
Algebra-Yvonne Kalberg, Al
Sibley, Lyle Dillon.
Plane Geometry-Geraldine Rem
nick, Lloyd Stockett, Betty Row.
land.
General Science-F. Alva Row.
land. Lyle Dillon and AL Sibley,
Bobby Pickard.
Chemistry-Bill Bequette. AL
fred Hammer, Frank Randall.
English Nv a Newkirk,
Esther Kopriva, Yvonne Kalberg.
Literature Ruth Egnew, Ju-
dith Wagner, Bob Kopriva.
American History-MAry beth
Shreve, Ernest Louk, Frank Ran
dali.
World History-Bettv Rowland,
Lydia Reichert, Geraldine Rem
nick.
Bookkeeping-Bob Kopriva,
Ruth Egnew, Stuart Wolcott.
Junior Shorthand-udith Wag-
ner, Evelyn Colstad, Regina Stem
ion.
Junior Typing-F1ora o. Shreve,
Dorothy Williams, Edward White
man.
Home &c. I-Wanda Newkirk,
Yvonne Kalberg, Esther Kopriva.
Home &c. 1I-Wanda Snyder.
Geraldine Rennick, Eeanore Zilke.
Edward Whiteman, who won
third place in Junior typing, is
the son of Harry Whiteman of
Hardin. prominent leader in the
Crow tribe.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19
TO TEST LAW REQUIRING
TEACHERS IN STATE A YEAR
Friendly Suit Filed to See if Law
Passed by Last Legislature
is Constitutional.

At Helena a test suit is to be
1lled within a few days based ON
a new state law barring non-resi-
dents from Montana departmental
positions and designed to fix the
laws relationship to The states
educational system, according to
announcement by Dean c. w.
Leophart of the state university
law school. The announcement
followed the authorization for the
action granted him Monday by the
state board of education.
One of the provisions of the
new law would prohibit school
boards from employing teachers
VINO have not been residents of
Montana at least a year.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19
Local Shows
In the o#ing
OrOnyx Club of Hardin Hi School
Will Sponsor Two Plays
Tuesday, April 30.

The Oronyx Club of Hardin high
school will sponsor an evening of
plays Tuesday, April 30, in the
high schol auditorium. The club
is trying to raise money to pay
for part of the uniforms bought
this year.
Miss Bernardine Miller, a men,
Der of the National Thespian
Dramatic society, will be the stu
dent-director of Station YYYY'
by Booth Harrington, a hilarious
comedy of American home life.
Clarice Koebbe, Dorine Water
man, Bud Luenning, Julia Bennett,
Vernon Thompson and Wanda New
kirk are the members of the cast.
Riders to the Sea-" by John
Wilmington synge, a gripping trag..
edy of the Irish people, will be
directed by Mrs. w. o. Higham.
Alberta Ewing. Yvonne Kalberg
Dorothy Holmes and John Lam
don will constitute the cast OF
this play.
Besides these plays, musical fea-
lures and novelty numbers will be
presented. The admission price
will be 25t for adults, students
and children.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19
Another Old
Timer Passes
George E. Herman Died Saturday
After a Weeks Illness of
Pneumonia.

After an illness of a little over
a week of pneumonia. George E.
Herman, who had engaged i'm
farming in the Big Horn valley
the past dozen years, died at a
local hospital at two o'clock
Saturday morning. He was taken
i'll at his home in the Sarpy Sec
ton, on April 8, and a couple of
days later was brought to the
hospital in Hardin when pneu-
monia developed. While a man
~obust physique, he had been
ailing most of the winter and in
his weakened condition was I'M
able to withstand the ravages of
the disease.
George Eugene Herman w S
born at Grand Rapids, Mich,
Dec. 20, 1862. He moved to Oma-
ha, Neb., in 1896 and spent the
next five years in Nebraska and
Iowa. At Cedar Rapids, Ia, on
Oct. 80, 1901, he was married to
Miss Minnie Turre and immedi-
ately after they took up their
residence at Sioux Falls, S. D.,
where they farmed until 1917,
when they came to Montana, To-
eating at Fromberg. In 1923 they
came to the Big Horn valley and
since have resided here, most OF
the time within a few miles OF
Hardin, farming various places
in the Big Horn valley and in
the Sarpy section.
Besides the widow he is sur
vived by six children, five sons
and one daughter, namely: Mrs.
Ray S. Cooley, Eugene F. Her.
man. Albert w. Herman, Waldo
G.. Herman. all of Hardin; Mar
shall K. Herman and Stanley E.
Herman, Of Sheridan. Wyo. A
daughter, Eleanor, 16, died at
Hardin IN 1928. He is also sur
vived by two sisters and three
brothers. A sister, Mrs. Emma
Stauffer of Grand Rapids. Mich,
reached his bedside Thursday ev-
ening, and with the members of
his immediate family was with
him when the end came. An
other sister. Mrs. Laura Lamor-
eaux, resides at Omaha, Neb. Two
brothers, Leroy and Raymond
Herman reside at Grand RAPIDS,
Mich, and another brother. Fred
herman, resides at Los Angeles,
The funeral was held Monday
afternoon at two O'Clock at the
Hardin Baptist church. Rev. F. c.
Fulford, pastor of the Hardin
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19

Methodist church, officiating. Two
quartettes. Peace, Be STILL" and
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
were sung by Mesdames j. J.
Ping, w. A. Ransier, Lura P.
Strand and w: J. Brekke, the
latter accompanying on the piano,
while a solo, 1.-The Old Rugged
Cross" was sung by Mrs. Lura
PRIEST Strand, Mrs. Brekke accom-
panying on the piano. The floral
offerings were numerous a d
beautiful, mute testimonials of the
esteem in which the departed
was held by his neighbors and
friends.
The pallbearers were John
Grossfield, Amund Grossfield, jeff
Dinsdale, J. Sidney Romine, Jesse
Criswell and Stark Bair. all neigh
bors and old-time friends. In
terment was in the family plot in
the Hardin cemetery, beside the
remains of his daughter, Eleanor
Mr.. Herman was a good citizen
and neighbor, a kind friend and a
loving and indulgent husband and
father and possessed those manly
attributes which made for him
warm friends wherever his lot
was cast. The bereaved widow
and children have the sympathy
OF the community.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19
POWER COMPANY
DEMONSTRATION NEXT WEEK
Mrs. Right and Mrs. Wrong Will
Make Their Second Annual
Appearance in Hardin.

A. Knowles, local manager OF
the Montana Power company, has
secured the services of Mrs. Right
and Mrs. Wrong for two after
moons next week. This troupe
promises an entirely new roper
toire this year. Every housewife
In Hardin should reserve these two
afternoons. Special gifts will be
awarded. Mrs. Right not only
mas some new methods in cookery
out also some very interesting
recipes you will want.
II you are interested in good
food, easily prepared and economi-
cal, see Mrs. Right and Mrs.
wrong at the Montana Power
company office Thursday and Fri
day afternoon of next week.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19
Lions Club Sponsors Publicity
In Calls Golden Guide-WM
Also Mark Roads.

Participation of Hardin in the
forthcoming ninth annual edition
of Calls Golden Guide. erection of
signs at strategic points for the
direction of travel and placing of
markers on the road to the Big
Horn canyon are the outstanding
features of a community publicity
plan especially aiming at incie&s-
ed tourist tlavel which is being
handled by a committee appointed
by President Frank S. Morrison of
the Hardin Lions club at Monday
evenings meeting.
This action was taken following
a talk by w. w. Gail of Billings,
publisher of the Guide, who en-
phasiized the economy and the
effectiveness of inter-community
cooperation in bringing people to
the region, pointing out that com =
munities are not in competition
with each other but that all the
communities of a region are as a
unit in competition with other
regions, and if they will all pull
together to sell the attractions of
their territory each will get its
share of the benefits.
MI. Gail was full of his subject,
having just returned from a plane
trip to Casper. where he spoke by
invitation on this theme before an
audience of $50 people, repre-
senting Is Wyoming cities and
towns, the largest chamber of
commerce meeting in the history
of Wyoming. and the soundness
OF his logic found ready response.
He brought out that the Golden
Guide is recognized as the most
important single medium of DEM
onstrated value this region has.
and that Hardin has shared in
its benefits for many years,
while the cost has been borne
by the other communicated
Lodge, Cody, Big Timber and
others which have c~o-operated
with Billings in supporting it.
Data which Mr.. Gail presented
left no room for doubt as to the
regard in which the publication
is held nationally nor as to the
extent and effectiveness of its
distribution. The speaker stated
that the Big Horn canyon would
be featured as an outstanding
attraction of the region. He also
stated that the Custer Battle
field Hiway, of which he is presi-
dent, will be rerouted over the
new Red Lodge-Cooke City road
to Yellowstone Park, and in
formed the club that Hardin now
has the advantage of being on a
highway connecting Calgary ana
Mexico, which from Canada to
Mexico will have just one num-
Der hereafter-U. S. 81.
DR.. L. H. Labbitt, Charles S
Elder and r. A. Vickers urged the
necessity for something to be
done and a motion was adopted
that a committee be appointed to
raise a fund of at least $3.50 n
possible, of which 500 is to be
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19
GROUP OF LOCAL MEN
TO DRILL O OIL HERE

De SSUSO Inc OQlLS are MOI
transferable until after the COM
pletion of the first well, this be-
ing a precaution to prevent con-
troll of the company from beink
obtained by any person or group,
the idea being to keep the COM
pany as nearly as possible a
community concern.
A meeting of citizens was held
at the city hall, Wednesday ev-
ening, when the objects of the
company were explained by Presi-
dent George M. Daniels and At
torney Chas. c. Quinn, secretary
OF the company. Mr.. Daniels is
an experienced oil driller and for
the past year has been in full
charge of operations for the Pom
gratz Petroleum Co. in the Soap
Creek oil field. Before coming to
Hardin he had been engaged in
oil development in California for
several years. He has studied the
logs of all wells drilled in this re-
glon in recent years, as well as
the reports of all biologists who
have passed on the oil domes in
this part of the country, and he
is convinced that Hardin is sit
ting on top of a well defined oil
dome and that oil should be en-
countered at a depth of about
$500 feet. In the event oil is not
encountered at that depth, there
are yet three other sands within
a depth of less than four thousand
feet, and one of which should
produce commercially.
The proposition gives the local
people the best opportunity that
has ever been offered for a square
deal and a good run for their
money. If the local people car
put up the required amount of
money to make a thorough test.
no outside capital will be allowed
to purchase units. Mr.. Daniels
already has a large quantity of
drilling equipment, including tools
OF all kinds. at his disposal. and
mas arranged for the purchase at
a bargain of an up-to-date steel
standard drilling rig and, barring
unusually bad luck feels that he
can complete the first we'll with
IN 10 days after spudding in.
while the units are set at $500
each, half of this amount to be
deposited in either of the banks
mere at time of signing up, the
other one-half within 30 DAYS
after the first we'll is spudded in
those who cannot raise the full
amount may group themselves
lnto parties of two to four or five
and thus get an interest in the
company. Each $500 unit gives
tne holder a one per cent interest
IN all the company's holdings.
Approximately 5000 acres has
been leased and the first wei
Will be drilled within a half-mile
OF Hardin.
Another meeting will be held
at the city hall this Friday ev-
enlng at 8 o'clock, and ali in
terested r invited to come and
near a complete discussion of the
proposition by Mr.. Daniels and
the other directors of the COM
pany.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19
Organized in
very State
rural Better Housing Advisory
Committees Functioning in
All County Seats.

washington, D. c., April IT.
Special advisory committees in ey-
cry state are now actively engaged
IN explaining the Better Housing
Program of the Federal Housing
administration to the farmers of
tHe country, the administration
announced Monday. North Dakota
and Montana completed the roster
held representatives of the farm
section reporting that committees
IN THESE states had just been or
ganized.
Practically every element in each
state interested in improvement of
farm conditions is represented on
these State Advisory Rural Better
Housing committees, it was stated.
Analysis OF the personnel of these
committees showed At agricul-
tural engineers, At directors or
supervisors of vocational educa-
tlon, "A extension service directors.
50 nome demonstration agents
and a large representation Of
farmers unions, oranges, COOP
eratlves. state declarations of wom-
ems clubs, state agricultural COM
MISSIONS relief commissions, edi-
torlal associations. bank associa-
IONS, chambers of commerce and
federal Housing Administration Of
ficials.
lnese statewide committees aid
~ the organization of rural Better
housing committees and in Tho
education of the people of these
eoulltles. as to the aims of the
Federal Housing administrators
program 1t was stated. Farm Build
ing Days and Farm Improvement:
Days have been held or are being
Planned for hundreds of counties
IN every section of the country
n reports of the farm field rem
resentatives show.
The urgent need for improve
ment OF farm conditions, especially
OF n farm home, is revealed in 4
rural housing survey Of 1881 IN
diana farm homes by the depart
ment of agriculture extension of
Purdue University, report of which
was made to the administration.
In this survey it vas shown that
IS per cent of the homes need a
safe method of sewage disposal,
IS per cent need paint, Al per cent
need more adequate screening, 81
per cent need major repairs or re-
placement, % per cent need foun-
datlon repairs, Is per cent need
more closet space and IA per cent
have no kitchen sinks.
Under the Better Housing Pro-
gram, the farmers of the country
can obtain modernization credit
from banks or other lending in
situations for repair, alteration or
improvement of their properties
and for home o. farm equipment
which is permanently installed
The maximum credit which can be
extended for modernization is ST.
600 for each property, at the dis
erection of the lending institution,
which is insured by the Federal
Housing Administration agains:
loss up to 20 per cent of its total
modernization credits. As losses
on this character of credit are
less than three per cent, this is
regarded as practically an abso.
lutte guarantee against loss.
Mr.. and Mrs r1ovd s7o1,1o, aor
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-04-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Taylor and
three children motored down from
Billings. Sunday. and spent the
day with the F. A. Rowland family
The Washington times., 1935-11-29
TRAINED
TO FIGHT FOR
FISHERMEN

PORTLAND, Ore. QN.S).
Trained seals will be one weapon
of offense used by commercial
fishermen on the lower Colum-
bia river this winter to wage
war on some 1000 marauding SEA-
lions which robbed gillnetters Of
about half of their late fall eaten
this year. Restoration of a
bounty on the sea lions is ex-
pected to reduce the herds and
revive the cunning methods of
killing the crafty and shy fish
thieves.
AS gillnetting is largely carried
on at night and the seal operates
deep in water, warfare against
the plundering herds is inefficient
during the fishing season. An
occasional shot by a fisherman
from a rearing and plunging boat
does not materially lower the toll
claimed by the sleek robbers as
they work along the stretch of
a gillnet, eating fish here and
there and more often biting one
chunk from a salmon, leaving
the unmarketable remains to the
disgusted fisherman.
During the next six months every
conceivable strategy will be en-
ployed to eradicate the fish
StealerS.
The problem of bringing the
seals within range of gun fire
was largely solved by William
Puustinen, of Knappa, Ore, a
young fisherman who. trained a
pet seal to go out among the
herds and attract them Shoreward
where armed fishermen cracked
down on all but the traitor who
found the job much to his liking
and rich in fishy rewards for his
treachery.