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Total Sales for the

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Liverpool Wheat Prices
LIVERPOOL, June % R.-Wheat fu-
lures closed very steady.
Evening star., 1936-03-15
17or moment Eliza ghimpsed Paradise;
the story Of dream that
might haze come true
by PHIL STONG
Anhor Of estate Fair,' "Ca,eer,' etc.

them the Up train was around seven IN the
morning and reaches Des Moines at two and
Id wire to have their luggage held at the
depot.
This old funny guy with the long hair
wiggles his fingers the darnedest you ever seen
never seen fingers wiggle like that - and
he says, sort of kissing and throaty - Rudolf
- you find me then banjo. 1t gives maybe
that can play banjo. Piano? Nine!"
knew he wasn't goin to get nine pianos or
even one banjo around Jacobstown. The
young fellow laughed, very little laugh. He
says Master -" you'd have thought there
was still slaves except he said it funny to kid
the fellow. like Messteroch, and then he bust
off in the darnedest stuff l ever heard i
guess it must We been French because it went
clackety- y-clack-ang ang -oosh-oosh - they tell
me that sounds like French - and then the
old guy is all right
He said right nice, IL play the piano. Night
tomorrow | must play at Des Moonwanz.
Thou know of a piano?" The way he said
Des Moines!
say. sure know piano. But it belongs
to the Beechers. The Beechers were nice as
anything while they had their money and
you couldn't ask too much of them but after
the wool mill shut down they kind of shut up
on themselves knew he couldn't borrow their
piano.
The young fellow asks me. right nice. us
there piano at the hotel?"
had to laugh. A hotel in Jacobstown!
said: There isn't any hotel in Jacobstown. If
you want to put up for the night till the next
train comes anybody'll take you and do what
they can for you. though it's justa little
town.
The other fellow started to splutter a little
but this young fellow said something like,
Tess, geronge." You make anything of thato
Evening star., 1936-03-15

Coin home, goin home. I'm goin' home"
Vorak only happened little while back -
this was quite while ago.
Oh. hell no, she amt my wife - she amt
anybody's wife and guess she won't ever be.
She's the piano teacher and church musician
here. She's the one l was tryin' to tell you
about - and this pianist and that young fel-
low he had with him - You see, he got stuck
the same way you did and that was before
cars; so he was just stuck He had on big fur
coat i noticed it while they were walkin'
up and down the platform, and then closer
afterwards when he was mad -
The young fellow seemed to be kind of his
general manager. That's why say they. if
that's what you mean. His face was little
bit thin and sharp but he was nice build
and even his face looked like it would laugh
if you said something that tickled him.
was watchin' 'em and after about half an
hour. while they went up and down the plat
form. figured they'd done the old thing again
and got Jacobstown mixed up with Mount
Zion. So l went out and said You folks
stayin here the night"
ut looks like it," says this young fellow.
When does this train get back?"
l wanted to tell him the exact truth so
Evening star., 1936-03-15

comm downstairs singing
a little bit to herself. She
stopped singin' when she
got to the hall. You could
see her slim like in her
light dress at the foot of
the stairs. She stopped
with her hand on the post
and said, What is it
about the piano, Father
it doesn't need tun-
ing?"
With that the big fellow
kind of went "Whoof!"
and the young fellow bust
out Laughing so she must
have heard him. and in a
minute the big fellow be-
gan to laugh, too. So she
came out to the door.
Personally. myself, |
like kind of rounded out
women and always have,
but you have to admit she
was a good-lookin' girl.
Elva Beecher - oh, you
never saw her. Well. she
was good-lookin' ex-
cept her little tiny waist
she'd have had a nice
form, and a sort of dreamy
face as If she was waitin'
for something she knew
about and you didn't, and
she had a lot of light
black hair - it wasn't
brown nor black - and
they wore it piled up in
those days.
So as soon as they saw
her they quit Laughing
and they both folded up
Continued on page I2)
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man said. and wiped his watery
~ eyes, in the chilly autumn wind
it's on up the line at Mt. Zion.
Don't get worried (he added cheerfully) -
if you'll wait just a minute till lock up the
station I'll run you up myself. Only fifteen
minutes or so by car and it II be forty minutes
around by train. Oh, | won't charge you
nothing Might pick up some mail from the
county seat and it wouldn't be here till to-
morrow otherwise. Darn car! got it brand
new in % and its gettin' hard to start. Why,
thanks - if you don't mind me just kind of
eatin' it. You waste so much of the good cigar
when you smoke it.
You for Des Moines or Ottumwa? Oh. Not
travelling man.
Oh! No, amt seen any of your stories l
don't get much chance to read. Seems to me
I've heard of EN-. though. Say, listen. know
darn funny story - maybe you could. make
darn funny story out of it. You remind me of
it - you missin' the train the same and bein'
a writer. But this one wasn't writer -
bout the same thing, though. He missed the
train the same as you.
No, said bout the same thing. He was a
pianist. Name was - you remember any
pianists travelin' around here in the Nneties
with kind of Jewish name? He'd come
from keokuk and he was goin' to Des Moines
sort of Russian or Polacker - big guy
with long hair -
No. no, son. I've read about Vorak in The
Register Sunday section - he lived out here
while he wrote that Lost World Rhapsody. l
know something about music Elva plays
him at the church every once in while,
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That's what | thought - the other guy
to stay out of it.
So the young fellow says where is the piano.
Well, it was up at the Beechers' and upshot of
it is took them up to the Beechers house. |
told old Abraham Beecher how they come to
be there and told him if he felt like it he
could let them use Elva's piano since this
fellow seemed so set on it.
Abe Beecher just stood there stony-like
his eye on the foreigner. And Ill have to hand
it to the foreigner. He never hickered. At last
Abe Beecher said - Maybe Elva'll let them
use her piano till dinner-time'
Why it was dinnertime then - but we
used to call it suppertime. He had the best
house in town for putting them UP, but he
wasn't going to do it. was pretty mad.
| said, Gents. all got at the house is an
old organ that nobody can play since my wife
died, so don't know how good it is. But if you
all will eat with me, I'll fix us up little feed
an if Mister - Bergenfeld - can get tune
out of the organ, he's real muscker."
The young fellow said something right
quick to this Blumberg and could see old
man Beecher was kind of impressed by the
foreign language.
He said, Nov wait a minute, Jim"
Soon as he give in bit, of course, got a lot
madder. l said, Never mind, Abe. and
thankin' you for your generous hospitality,
I'll take my guests right along"
The young fellow said another thing to
Blumenbaum very fast, then, and Blumen-
baum turned and he give me real nice look
and | knew then ! wasn't going to let Abe
make any more tough remarks depot or no
depot, even if he was District Chairman. |
could always be telegrapher. somewhere.
Just when was about to say something
like that this old guy with the long hair kind
of spoke up.
''You haff piano. Herr Beecher? Und one
plays on it3 Und who plays on it1"
Abe gave him funny look: my daughter
plays it." He had to swell little bit then.
shes Fine Arts graduate from Iowa Wes-
leyan College - in piano. " Then he got mean
$50 jun - if your friend is a pianist, I'll
ask her." He called up the stairs "Elva!
Elva! Here's another piano player"
"All right, Father" Then we heard her
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SAID, DAY after to-
morrow, goin' your
way. 1t makes the down
run tomorrow night.
But there'll be an
other train in the
morning."
But l seen then they
didn't care so much
about that special train
i thought they
might be worried about
luggage - so l Gained
them down. | told
Evening star., 1936-03-15

To. THIS amt that station (the old
man said. and wiped his watery
eyes. in the chilly autumn wind
it's m I'm ths, line at Mt Zion
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-07

the line, sufficient for maintenance of
good service; and for this guarantee, the
company will build the line without the
farmer putting up any money. Such a
liberal policy along with reduced line
construction costs should in Maryland
make many additional extensions build
able. With the liberal extension poll
cies to be put into effect in the near fu-
ture, cooperation on the part of the rural
groups, and the ability of these groups
to get together, will be deciding factor
in getting electric lines built.
Elsctrification IL Joint Problem
The Pass Key to Rural Electrical
ton must be turned by both the utility
and the consumer to open the way to-
ward increased usage. Nearly every
company in the State has reduced rates
once during the last two years. Incrcas-
ed usage will bring about lower rates
and lower rates should bring about in
creased usage if they are to remain low.
A few of the practical uses that have
proven their worth in time and labor
saved, fire hazard eliminated, accidents
prevented, health and living conditions
improved, eye sight saved, delaying or
putting off altogether the need of glasses,
are illustrated herewith. !.
There is observable evidence as well
as oral acknowledgement that Mary
land farm families are considerable hap
pier because of their electric equipment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-07
Told by
A. v. Krewatch and c. E. Wise

years prior to the nineteenth century
during all of which time there were
relatively few changes in the methods of
agricultural production. During the
past hundred years, however, there has
been a succession of inventions which
have revolutionized farming and living
or the farm. The steel pillow, the
mower, the reaper, the binder the cotton
gin, the gas tractor and the steam
threshing machine are some Of the inno-
yations which have brought about
greater saving i'll labor and changes in
method than had been accomplished in
all time previous to their discovery
Further Progress Necessary
The introduction of machinery and
power has greatly reduced the labor re-
quircments of production. No longer
is it necessary to work from daybreak
until dark to provide the food necessary
by the farm family, with only a tiny
surplus left over to exchange for manu-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-07

any agriculture in
the world, but still
further progress must
be made. While we
are much advanced
beyond other coun-
tries of the world in
our use of power and
machinery, and in our
productive capacity
per worker, agricul-
ture has not kept pace
with American indus
try. The Department
of Agriculture gives
$4,000 as the value of
products produced an
nually by the farm
worker in an average
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-07

regarded electricity as
a luxury rather than
an economical servant.
The demand for cleo
trio service was small
when it first COM
menced shortly before
the World War. 1t
was used slightly on tie
farm, and then chiefly
for lighting and other
sout of the pocket"
uses around the house.
The power companies
were so busy supplying
a rapidly charging
market in the cities that
they didn't care par
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-07

and improve the efficiency
of operations and consc-
quently help put money
into his pockets. During
the past decade rural cleo
erification has been stead
lily developing from its
pre-war state of infancy
and now is approaching
the volume of consump-
ton where power COM
panies find its encourage
ment a profitable policy.
The present coopera-
tion of utility companies
and the Public Service
Commission toward uni
form and more liberal ex-
tension in Maryland is a
big step forward in rural
identification. This pro-
posed statewide policy
provides for a uniform
monthly minimum charge
and a guarantee that the
person will use enough
current so that the
amount of their total bill
each month will be about
TX Der cent of The c0Sf Of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-07

ticularly to bother with rural develop
ment. 1t was costly enterprise and fire.
quentiy caused large losses, owing to the
heavy mileage OF transmission lines and
the small consumption per mile.
Replaces Manual Labor
Thus, until few years ago, the far
mers who sought electric power often
found the utilities reluctant or even un-
willing to make the extensions. This
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-07

tory worker produces in one hour what
the farmer must work 81 hours to pay
for.
One way for agriculture to catch up
with manufactures in efficiency, OBJ
viously, is by greater use of electricity.
Until recent years the farmer generally
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-07

featured products. Eight years ago
handy man with fail would thresh
and clean six bushels of grain per day.
Today with a small combine one man
will cut, thresh, and clean three hundred
bushels of grain per day. American agrl-
culture today is the most advanced of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-07

The electric pump pictured al the yighf
bsiOsv. has replaced the old 5ack-breaking
hand pump and brought the conVeaience Of
running soater info this modern Maryland
farm kitchen. Incidentally, the electric pump
auW deliver more sUafer for one cent than yon
can pump and carry in one hour.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-07

of 5000 hours of work, while the worker
in the factory turns out products worth
$500 in an average working time of
400 hours In other words the fac
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-07

situation, however, was not to last. The
attitude of the farmer has been changing
as he gradually discovered that electricity
can be employed to replace manual labor
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-07
FARMERS
Turn to E/ectricity

Editors Note: The joint au-
fhors of this story of the Rnraf
Elecfnfcation of MARYLAND are
n. r. Kresoafch, Specialist in Ag-
rifaltHral Engineering, University
of MARYLAND, and Mr.. C. E.
Mise, Sec. Treas, Maryland
Farm Bureau Federation. Both
of these men haze had an mfr
mate part in the Development Of
the State Ruul Elecfrifeafion
program.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-07
AROBABLY few if any problems
pertaining to farming have receiv-

"A tu IllOTt UNIVERSAL OF HlItIISIVe
study in tho past years than that of the
use of electricity.
The interest in rural electri6cation is
not confined to the United States alone.
1t is worldwide. The questions natur
ally arise: what is this problem of rural
identification, and what is the occasion
for such widespread interest at this
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-07

ttiIiCs iC piOUtCitf 10
primarily an economic
one, although it has So
Geological phases of impor-
lance. In general, it con-
sists in the finding Of a
way TO provide electric
service for the farm UNI
der conditions which will
make its use profitable as
well as pleasurable to the
farmer and be sufficiently
refnunerative to the power
company to warrant its
service and investment
costs. There are a num-
Der of reasons why this
problem is attracting spc
cial attention at this time.
The American farmer
is not a peasant. His
standards of living are
relatively high. His wants
are becoming much like
those of other persons in
other occupations. In the
past decade with the auto
mobile at his command,
he has seen more of city
life, and has commenced
to demand those things which I
life attractive including electric
haps the question might more
be why should the farmer be
one not using electricity?
To better answer this question
go back for more than two
The electric pump bicfa
belOsO. has replaced the 0
hand pump and brought til
running soater into this M
f0ru, k;tchp1 T,,>;do1foJJ.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13
Trinkets and Bleached
Bones Solve Ten Year
Riddle of Lost Hunter

Human bones recently found scat
tered and bleached in the rough He'll
Gate country near Missoula solved a
1O-year-old lost-hunter mystery and
renewed speculation on a hanging
man puzzle of eight years ago..
The investigating coroner pro-
nounced the bones and clothing rem
nants discovered to be the remains of
John Hougland, Clinton district ranch
er lost from a hunting party Nov. Is,
A belt buckle, rifle, jackknife and a
watch taken from the scattered bones
were identified as Hougland's by James
House and Guy Ask, Clinton ranchers
who were on the trip with Hougland
when he was last seen.
Hougland was OF foot, they said, and
others in the party were on horseback
the day he disappeared I'VE a ridge,
apparently lost his way in a blizzard
and died of exhaustion and exposure.
Wills said he absently wound the
watch when he came upon the remains
and it began ticking away the seconds
after a decade in the open. It had been
owned by Asks father and was carried
by Hougland.
The body of a man found hanging
from a tree near Clinton in 1928 was
identified tentatively then as that Of
Hougland: There had been no positive
identification, however.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13

dianS a more convenient trading point.
Fort Poplar cut off a gOOdly portion of
Fort Williams trade and compelled
Sublette & Campbell to send men into
the field in an effort to obtain it. How
well Mckenzie's plan succeeded is in
dicated by the fact that Sublette &
Campbell then sold u to the Ameri-
can Fur Co.
Fort Assinniboine was a temporary
post constructed some distance up the
Missouri river from Fort Union in
1884 when the steamer ASSinniboine
was caught by low water and CON-
PEELED to spend the winter there. Its
exact location is unknown. 1t probably
was intended to be a winter outpost
of Fort Union. At any rate it was
abandnoed in 1885 and its equipment
transferred to Fort Union.
First Steamer Up the Yellowstone
1t is thought that the 1884 trip of the
A~sSinniboine marked the first venture
of any steamboat above the mouth of
the Yellowstone on the Missouri river.
In 1912, a new firm, Fox, Livingston
& Co.. of New York, entered the north
west field. 1t re-established Fort Will
lam under the name of Fort MOrti-
mer. After struggling along for three
years it succumbed to the American
Fur Co.
In 1874 James Kipp, who had en-
joyed a successful trading season at
the mouth of the MariaS in 1881, re-
turned to that location and erected a
post which he called Fort Chardon.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13

Alpha Zeta, agricultural honorary So
ciety, and members of the agricultural
faculty. The award is based on schol-
arship, leadership and xtra-curricular
activities.
Peterson, now a sophomore in agri-
culture, is taking a prominent part in
campus activities and is a member of
Phi Eta Sigma, national freshman
honorary society; Fangs, sophomore
mems service organization, and Alpha
Gamma Rho, social fraternity. Last
year he was a member of the staff Of
the Exponent, student newspaper, and
participated in intramural baseball and
basketball.
When he was graduated from the
Highwood high school, Peterson was
salutatorian of his class. He is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter G. Peterson
of HighWood.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13
Forest Service Adopts
Extensive Program for
Road Building in 1888

A forest highway construction pro-
gram, calling for the expenditure for
the fiscal year of 1888 of S639, 900 for
new roads. was adopted at a recent
joint meeting of the highway commits
sion, bureau of public roads and for
estry administration at Helena; Those
in attendance included F.. E.. Theme
of Missoula, acting regional forester
for the United States forestry service;
w. H. Lynch of Portland, Ore, district
engineer for the bureau of public roads;
A. c. Clark of Missoula, senior high
way engineer for the bureau; H. G. An
drews of Portland, office engineer for
the bureau, and members of the Mon
tana highway commission.
The list of projects, which are nine
in number located in six national for
ests and seven counties, follows:
Pleasant Valley project, Kootenai ma
tional forest. Lincoln county, on United
States highway No. 2, grading of seven
miles, $128 900.
Pleasant Valley. Kootenai national
forest, Lincoln county, on United States
No. 2, construction OF the Fisher river
bridge, .0331 mile long. $4,000.
Clark Fork project, Cabinet national
forest, Sanders county, on state high
way No. 3, reconstruction, grading and
s~urfacing of four miles of road, $50, 900.
Clark Fork, Cabinet national forest,
Sanders county, on state highway No.
8, construction of guardrail for 1919
miles. SIS, 900.
Yellowstone Trail project, Cabinet
national forest, Missoula county, on
United States highway 10, Clark Fork
river bridge and overpass for Northern
Pacific tracks together with approach
grading, $4,000
Flathead lake project, Fl.athead ma
tional forest, Flathead county, on East
Shore road, grading and %surfacing of
SIS miles, $4,000.
Bitter Root-Salmon project, Bitter
Root national forest, Ravalli county, on
United States highway No. SO, grading
of 3.11 miles, SIS 900.
Acknowledgements project, Custer ma
tional forest, Custer county, grading Of
five miles, 5000.
Townsend White Sulphur Springs
project, Helena national forest, Broad
water county, on Deep Creek canyon
road, construction of 9.43 miles of
guard rail, SIC, 1000.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13
Alpha Zeta Cup to
Best Ag Freshman

The Alpha zeta cup, awarded an
nually to the most outstanding fresh
man in agriculture, goes this year to
George Peterson of Highwood who as
a freshman at Montana State college
last year made an average grade of
93.8. Selection of the recipient for the
award is made by the members of
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13

President John Adams and his son,
President John Quincy Adams, both
were born at Quincy, Mass, both lived
there when elected, and both are buried
in that city.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13

Jarbo, a dray horse which knew ITS
ice route so perfectly it taught 1t 70
new and inexperienced drivers, died IN
Emporia, Kan, recently.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13

Euuipped with the latest machinery
and CARRYING six workmen q shoe re-
pair shop on a motor chassis is touring
CzechoSlOyakia.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13

Margaret Hughes was the first woman
to appear on the English stage. she
played in Shakespeare's "Othello" IN
a London theater Dec. 8, 1860.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13

Buffaloes, when pursued, always ran
west or northwest-never east or south
according to William Emmett Rob-
erts. pioneer Texas ranchman.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13

Smith is still the commonest name
in London, according to the latest tele-
phone book, which has 174 pages Of
them, and Jones, Taylor and Brown
follow in popularity.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13

John Jacob Aston established Astoria,
Ore, as a trading post.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13

The difference in level between Lake
Superior and tidewater is about 600
feet.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13

The acreage of registered crested
wheatgrass in Montana was increased
from 391 acres last year to GLIB acres in
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13

Hamburg has played a vital IN
world commerce for seven centuries.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13

The Sanskirt alphabet has so letters.