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Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-02
Editorials and Comment
THURSDAY APRIL 2, 1886.
News Behind the News
More Brain TrHsters Come To Light .
Us the BrOURl0W BHHch =. admin
istrai0rS Al go.
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON = new group of hitherto
concealed brain truSlers has been pulled out OF
the bushes by the president himself Il compose
the committee which viii make survey OF the
government Tor him, With View TO reorganlza-
ton.
Nobody viii ever know exactly how much
influence Louis BroWulaW- chairman. had on the
New Deal. But members and proteses oI Jhe
BrCwaloW group have come into governmental
ranks in considerable numbers.
just rs Dr. Felix FranklUter o. harvard was
called on TO recommend lawyers and Dr.. Tug
well brought in numerous economists. BroWnlow
often has been asked to recommend men Tor the
New Deals administrative and executive Jobs.
Aloof from political policies, he and his
Eeuteuants have drafted administrative Set-upS
for various agencies
The aid he has given and now is expected
to give in the reorganization study is especially
interesting because behind BrownloW are the
Rockefellers and their millions.
Brown.ow is director Il the Public Admins
traton Clearing House O. Chicago, which heads
I'D l5 national associations of public officials
and of others interested III the science OF gov
ernment-au heavily subsidized by Rockefeller
money except the U. S. conference OF mayors
which supports itself
The purpose is to exchange information and
experiences among cities and states and to i'm
prove the technique Of government.
There's loose tie-up with the University Of
Chicago which is furnishing land Tor a building
10 house the affiliated groups. The secretaries
OF those groups and BroWnl0W are often referred
to as Brownie and his boys.
Brownie" and various OF his boys helped
organize the administrative setups OF FERA
AAA, eva WPA PWA and IVA. avoiding con-
tact with political policies and staying in the
background. Roosevelt called BroWnlow in
months ago TO discuss government reorganiza-
ton.
The Chicagoan is especially intimate with
Secretary Iekes and Harry Hopkins. Once a
newSpapeInan in Washington. he was appointed
a District of Columbia commissioner by President
Wilson and was city manager Of Petersburg, Va,
and Knoxville, Ten, before he began his pres
ent work.
The other two members of the reorganization
committee are BroWnlows close associates, Char
les E. Merrian-boss professor OF political science
at Chicago University and the man who makes
the National Resources Board, with its national
surveys and national plannings go round-and
Luther H. Gulick director OF the Institute of
Public Administration and member of Brown
lows board.
Brownlow and most other members of his
group have been offered important government
jobs Frank Bane. now executive officer of the
Social Security board and formerly directors Of the
American Public Welfare Association. is the
most onspicuous one to accept. Civil Service
Commissioner Leonard D. White was a Brown
low-MerTiam associate. Administrative Officer
William a. F. Stephenson Of PWA Housing Div
ision is one Of many New Deal appointees rec
commended by BrownloW.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-02

The Republican parry sixteen years ago had
an embarrassment Of riches in leadership and
presidential timber. And to whom did 1t ten
der the nomination?
To Warren G. Harding whose name had ap-
peared merely among the lists Of fayorite sons,
but whose claims had been taken seriously by
few.
Such are the uncertainties of pre-convention
forecasts.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-02
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
ApriI 2, 1921

The approach of the annual meet
ing of the owners of the BraWley
we'll is causing more interest and
conversation than the work on the
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-02
IS IT GOODBYE OR Al REVOTR
TO THE SLOT MACHINES?
A JCGrHiRg from Elmer HeaId. district
attorney, cleared the county of slot
machines. Let rs hope they 40 not
come back.

machines. Let rs hope they 40 not
come back.
Some time ago, Elmer Heald, district
attorney sent warnings TO establish
ments containing slot machines. that
such gambling contraptions must be
done away with BY declaring that the
county must be cleared Of such cOntrap-
tions, Mr.. Heald was carrying out his
duty and responding 10 the insistence
Of public opinion. He Is accomplishing
his purpose in a gentlemanly manner as
compared to the sudden raids often the
vogue in more populated areas, where
machines are seized and often destroy
ed, either in sincerity or as = gesture to
pacify public demand. No one can con-
scientiously argue that the machines are
other than a menace to minors. Many
times we have witnessed young lads with
limited spending money. sinking their
precious nickleS into the Turing boxes
with all the odds definitely and mech
anically against them. Such machines
are enough Of temptation to adults.
In youth, they can create serious life
long gambling habits
Good work Mr. Heald. We hope you
see to it that the slot machines take
permanent departure instead Of q tenn
porary vacation.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-02
Answers TO Foregoing Questions

/. Lady Burton quotes the pas
sage in her Life of Sir Richard
Burton. The full text is:
Men are four:
He who knows not and knows not
he knows not, he is a fool
shun him;
He who knows not and knows that
he knows not, he is simple
teach him;
He who knows and knows not that
he knows, he is asleep-Wake
him;
He who knows and knows he
knows, ne is Wise-follow him!
2. The Ohio, Allegheny and Mo
nongahela rivers.
3. Gov. Philip La Toilette OF
Wisconsin.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-02
FTREMEN DESERVE

closely dOJUHtOLcH c0RflagratiOH LCdS
GUeTted Wednesday. For this the fire
fighters deSerUe much credit.
Only a comparatively few people
realize how closely a general downtown
conflagration was ayerted Wednesday
morning as the result of the fire which
ragged in the 500 block on Main street.
Famed by wind, the blaze gained 50
rapidly at first that q matter of minutes
separated it from getting completely
out of hand Many a spectator held his
breath during the important period
when the flames seemed to gain faster
than they could be handled, and a call
for help was sent CaleXico. The man.
ner in which fire-fighters overcame the
handicap and finally subdued the blaze
was worthy Of the most eXpertly train
ed fire force in any city. Not a little
additional praise is deserved by the po-
lice and other agencies who coOperated
with the fire department and were ma
terially important in avoiding a loss of
life on the part Of building occupants.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-02
NEW YORK
DAY by DAY
By O. O. Mcintyre

and finally with sudden shift eve
ming dies in a sort of exquisite pur-
pie pang.
Scatters OF stars twinkle forth
cold and cleaning. A fairyland of
lights zig-Zag over an amusement
park to flutter petals of gold River
craft suggests darting fireflies. And
the light-strung Washington Bridge
etches its feathery tracing against
a distant solitude of blue.
90
One wonders from what melan-
choly minds seep so many sad, drab
plays this season. Every theme, to-
tai Illustration. If there were
Book of Common Sense, it should
say on Page /: Amusement de-
mands more brains than instruc-
ton" No propaganda or didactic
play ever changed the current of
human thought Not one ever had
the significance of Uncle Toms
Cabin Black Beauty or The Jungle.
Every person who has been through
the mill of play-going knows these
self evident truths; that plays
should be entertaining, provide hu-
NOR and reek with women.
%
One of the tragedies of the the
atre to many is the comparative OBJ
scruity OF Henrietta Crossman, the
most scintillating actress of her
time, expressing the true cham
pagne sparkle. She lost much of
her fortune and acquired black dis
couragement in backing Pilgrims
Progress So bruised was she by
this drop that she never seemed in
terested in climbing up again. To-
day she is playing grandmother
roles in pictures-and turning her
head from the camera most of the
time.
The double talk inanity continues
to spread its confusion. 1t consists
in interpolating meaningless words
and phrases into what is otherwise
ordinary conversation. Such made
ups as "mittenditten, abasquam,
enterio, pilaX, etc" So artfully is
it spoken that the unSuSpecting lis
tener thinks he is going goofy. Rube
Goldberg is an expert. So is Fran
els Maddux, of the torch chansons.
I have heard OF several reputedly
responsible for originating it. Among
them Ring Lardner, Noel Coward
and Cole Porter. 1t sounds thor
oughly Lardnerian.
Jim Tully, over a stretch of ten
years, has turned out more than
million words annually. First rate
stuff that has gone generally to
the better magazines. Few Ameri-
can writers can boast a greater
output and only one in England
the late Edgar Wallace. Tully,
whose prices often touch 60 cents
a word, is far removed from his
gay cat days of the hobo jungleS
He occupies an imposing house on
a ranch near Hollywood, which is
called Tall Timber" For the past
eight months he has been working
on a novel which Gene Fowler, a
crack novelist himself, says is
Tully's best and most ambitious
effort. Tully, like Lawrence Tib-
belts. is a discovery of Rupert
Hughes
Thingumabobs: Pulling down the
Ponciani in Palm Beach has al
most vanqmshed. the bicycle roller
chairs Victor Hugo was made
i'll by taste of cherries Herb
Roth swore off formal evening
dress nine years ago and has kept
| the oath Robert Edeson used
to haze playwrights by having
someone to sandpaper rough board
in the next room when play was
being read
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-02
Famous Sayings

1T is in our educational institutions that the nation
holds that link Of the past to the vision of The future
which supports all civilization. Herbert Hoover.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-02
TOday's Horoscope

Persons born on this day should
engage in the fields of law, teach
ing, finance or business, since
they possess business acumen, good
judgment, faithfulness and enthu-
siasm.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-02
GRAB BAG

Who is the author of, and what
is the full text of the following
HE who knows and knows that
he knows, he is Wise-folloW him?'
On what rivers is Pittsburgh, Pa,
situated?
90
Who is governor of the state in
which WPA workers recently re-
volted?
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-03-26
DO O
News Items Taken from Files Of
The Plentywood Herald of
20 YEARS AGO

Grant Blackwell, one of the prominent LOCALITIES Of
Bainville, was here on court matters yesterday.
During the past two weeks the farmers have been
compelled to quit hauling grain into town on account of
the lack of snow in and around here.
Petitions are being circulated to have Senator F. G.
Fishbecks name placed on the primary ballot as a can
didate for delegate to the Republican National conven-
ton to be held at Chicago.
Jack Leonard intends to run for sheriff on the DEM
ocratic ticket. He will have about as much chance to win
as Medicine Lake has at getting the permanent county
seat.
Joe Kavon, the Overland agent, received a carload
of autos this week and has already sold some of them.
Leon Forncrook was the purchaser of one Of Joe's econ
omical "buz wagons"
Forrest Goodman left for st. Paul Monday where he
and j. A. Davis will buy a carload each of good milk
cows. Goodman expects to buy most of the cows for his
place east of town.
j. A. Ford has purchased the tables and fixtures of
the Salisbury pool hall and will move them into his old
store building on main street where he expects to open
up a first class pool hall and bowling alley about the
middle of April.
Attorney Paul Babcock, NJ. l.. Nelson, A. E. Nc
Gahey, A. Rba and A. ]. LANCER left for Helena Tues
day to be present at the supreme court hearing March
% in the case of Medicine Lake VS.. Plentywood involv-
ing the permanent county seat.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-03-26

Some times the malcontents make SO much noise we
forget the people who are the thinking, frugal, work.
ing backbone Of the country. Then something happens to
wake us up, like this letter we just got from a Utah far
mer:
I'VE are living in a very interesting time. / never
seen so much unrest. Anything goes at this time just so
a certain element can get something for pp'hing. We are
ruled by a class that don't know a hoe from a shovel. All
they know is the school room AS long back as l can re-
member, l have heard the old story that the rich are get
ting richer and the poor are getting poorer.
Il have visited IL nations and was born in a foreign
country. I do know this is the best country in the world.
Any one who will work and save can climb the ladder to
success.
1T will be 70 years next April that with my mother
we sailed from Denmark for the United States. We came
from Omaha to Utah with an OK team. l walked all the
way. With no education and as poor as any one could be,
l have made my way up the ladder to the S150,0O0 mark
but it has taken hard work and some foresight. ! have
never had a dollar given me, but have given thousands
away. 1t makes me tired to hear a lot of pinheads get to-
gether and plot against the man who has the nerve to get
out and do things.
"In my early manhood, Is of us young men located
on a stream in Utah. All any of us had was our teams. !
bought some of my neighbors out through foresight. l
worked hard. Today l own more land, more water, more
horses, cattle and sheep than the IL who are left all COM
bined. Under the plan of some | should divide up. No.
This is a good country for all who are on the square.
IF | had the power, l could cure this evil that is SO
prevalent through the land. / would send all the discon-
tented to Europe, give them so dollars to start out on,
and tell them Now root, hog or die Give them three
years abroad. They would then be willing to come back
and be good Indians"-The Harlowton Times.
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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-03-26

Does mass purchasing and distributing of foods work
to the advantage of the producers of the nation? Recent
statistics indicate that the farmer reaps a rich harvest
when large-scale methods are applied to merchandising
A survey of 1880 chain grocery stores-represent-
ing Is per cent of the entire industry-shows that fruit
and vegetable sales came to 1881 per cent of total sales
in 1888. Applying this ratio to all chain grocery and COM
bination stores, it means that fruit and vegetable sales
through the chains aggregated almost S350,0OO,0O0.
And this does not take into account the sales of the
independent stores which have banded together in large
buying groups, and which operate largely on the chain
store principle. These stores, as well as the chains, have
the farm.
Big merchandising systems, chain or independent,
are extremely progressive in developing better sales and
display methods. They aren't satisfied to simply let prod
ucts sit on shelves where the customer may find them II
he looks hard enough-they bring them out where they
cannot help but meet the ranging eye of the buyer. To
keep the customer informed on what to buy, they make
wide use of newspaper advertising-the best of all me-
diums for stimulating sales.
The result is lower prices to the consumer-and a
wider, more stable and more profitable market for the
producer.
Patience and tolerance will enable the world to solve
most of its problems but people, as a rule, tackle their
difficulties without much of either.
1893
The search for easy money causes men to lose much
accept the opportunity that is before them.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-03-26
The Great Gamble

In a few weeks Sheridan county farmers will pre-
pare for the great gamble.
Conditions are favorable, in fact, the most favorable
in years. Fields for five years, dry, have been nursed by
wet SHOWS that have greatly ~quenched the thirsty soil.
Nature dealt kindly to drouth stricken and pun
meled farmers this spring. Weather conditions were such
that SHOWS melted and soaked deep into fields. But little
of the precious moisture so valuable in the great gamble,
found its way to creeks and hollows.
Farmers will enter the fields with the spirit of con-
fdence that is typical of the tiller of the soil of this sec
ton. Although hit hard by successive drouths that in
many instances resulted in complete dis aster, farmers, if
Uncle Sam will be good enough to grant them sufficient
loans, will take another charce-with the hope and
prayer that nature will be kind and bring forth succulent
rains-the life blood.
Within a few weeks soil beds will be prepared for
seed. Seeding time comes, the seed is planted and the
gamble begins. Spring rains usually come to bring life
anew to formant seeds.
Young sprouts break through the ground in their
battle with natures covering to reach sunlight. The game
has started.
Weeks follow. Each day finds grain sprouts striving
to reach maturity. Rain may come to aid their progress.
1t may not come. Anxiety is felt. Cloudless skies are
scanned for signs of rain. They are anxious days. Moist
ue would speed the young crops to the final play.
Hazards continue to mount. Maybe that needed
moisture won't come. Hot, searching winds will burn
tender shoots. Grasshoppers and festations are always a
menace. Gray, streaking clouds, laden with destructive
ice pellets can blast the most hopeful prospects in a few
minutes. Anxious days, anxious hours
The game reaches a climax. The last card is turned.
1t may be a winning end The cards may be stacked.
Sheridan county farmers are not round table plum
gers, but battling against overwhelming odds in the face
of disheartening prospects they have proved to the world
that they are not cutters.
May nature be kind to the farmer in 1886.
X X 4
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-03-26
HeazzH
HOW TO OVERCOME OBESITY

If you wish to overcome obesity you
must abstain from eating between
meals. IT Is a great temptation to
munch chocolate o + eat a dish of ice
cream or other sweets of very high
caloric value in the afternoons, espe-
cially at parties.
Sweets and fats produce heat and
put pounds on very rapidly. The OBJ
csc should partake sparingly of such
foods at all times. All fats contain
about. $50 Galleries to the ounce.
Green vegetables, salads, tomatoes
and even cucumbers can be eaten
freely. Lemon juice makes a palatable
dressing. If an oil dressing is preferred
the mineral oil is a fine substitute for
vegetable oils for it is not ABSORBED
and only serves to lubricate the mites
tines and facilitate the bowel move
ments.
The obese do not like to exercise.
but they greatly enjoy eating. Fat peo-
Pile usually fall into one of two classes,
he lethoric and anaemic. The pledh-
ORIG are full blooded, with red faces.
Their flesh is also firm. This kind OF
obese person should begin and kccL
up judicious exercise under the direc-
ton of a physician.
The anaemic type is pale, with a
pasty looking skin. He is so weak that
a little exercise fatigues him. His heart
is not strong and his blood pressure
low. He is soft and fabby. He needs
messages. His diet should be pre-
scribed with the greatest care in order
that his hemogloben (red blood may
be built up. No obese person a re-
duce and improve his health, unless he
is willing to sacrifice to a certain extent
the flesh pots of Egypt. By doing so he
will not only improve his personal APP
pearance but grow stronger and feel
better.
Most people habituaDy overeat.
They do not seem to know when they
have had enough. Fat people should
count the calories. They need v
suffer from hunger, for the watery
vegetables, especially the green's
cooked without fat, or raw, are not
only filling but wholesome. A halt
pound of spinach, celery, cabbage, to-
matoes, etc, contains only about so
Galleries. A half pound of beets, carrots
squash or onion amounts to about a
hundred calories. Raw fruits and veg
etables contain far more vitamines and
minerals than when cooked.
Some skinned milk or buttermilk
is a valuable addition to the daily reg
linen. A pint amounts to about 100 cal
cries and is rich in lime. The Irish po-
tatoe is one of the best forms of starch
as it contains potassium salts. The po-
tato tends to render the system more
alkaline, while white bread gives rise
to acidity in the system.
Carbohydrates or starches are a ne
cessary addition to the diet, also pro-
TENS, such as cheese, lean meats or
eggs. Learn to leave off sweets if you
are in earnest about reducing. They
are high in calories and with the ex-
ception of honey are not very whole
some. You can train yourself to do
without them with benefit to your
health.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-03-26

structed delegate system and his en-
trance into the primaries of severa
Eastern States has forced the battle.
The Borah contingent claims tina
Eastern leaders, representing big bus
mess, wants to use 'favorite sons
etc. TO hold the line for Governor Lam
don, but reports from Kansas indicate
a reluctance on the Governors part t.
accept this support.
The Landon vancouver seems to be
to concentrate west of the Mississippi
and by showing strength there, gair
eastern support at the Convention. The
Borah campaign. if waged to the bit
ter end, according to present indica-
tons, will cause a disturbance that
might possibly create serious party
discord. Just what the ldahoan viii do
IN the event that he fails to dominate
the Convention and TO whom he will
throw his support is unanswerable at
this time.
With $685. SS in the Party Treasury
as March began, the Republican Ma
tional Committee is organizing a drive
to secure S1,000,0O0 through the sale OF
Participation Certificates to one
million Americans. The certificates
will bear the portraits of Lincoln and
Washington, with quotations from
each. They will be printed in red and
blue ink on white paper. Chairman
Fletcher says the plan marks the be-
ginning of an effort to finance the
party through annual contributions of
the rank and file"
Other evidence of Republican activ-
ity includes a proposal in fifteen west
ern states to put on a campaign in pre-
cincts with a army Of workers, accord
ing to Harrison Spangler, western di-
rector, as IAN application of the grass
roots idea Of operating from the bottom
up instead of from the top down"
Moreover, it was recommended that
the coming campaign direct attack on
the President as responsible for the
mistakes" and "extravagances' of the
administration. From New York comes
the news that the National Committee
has purchased 100000 copies of James
P. Warburg's Anti-New Deal book,
Hell Bent for Election" for distribu-
ton over the country.
The Presidents suggestion that I'M
distributed corporate profits be SUBJ
jected to a tax so fixed as to yield
approximately the same revenue as
would be yielded" if the profits were
distributed ard taxed in the hands of
stockholders aroused heated discus
sion, which has by no means ended.
Market reaction to this tax on corpor-
atoms was an increase in the value of
stocks as buyers foresaw the forced
distribution Of some of the profits that
have heretofore been set up as re-
serves. The idea did not take so well
with holders of large blocks of stocks
or with the management of big corpor-
atoms although the 5, 10 and 20 share
group Of stockholders generally APP
plauded the plan.
The main argument advanced
against the tax was that it would dis
courage the maintenance of a 'cush-
ion" to tide companies over lean years
and much was heard of the employ
ment and dividends that lasted
through the depression because cor-
porations fell back upon the undivided
profit backlog. Moreover some pointed
out that these undistributed profits
are not held as cash but that most of
them are r~einvested in plants, real es-
tate, equipment and other assets.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-03-26
The Horrid Thing

Mrs. Junebride-How do you like
this cake I made? It's pound cake.
Her Husbend-Hm! You're wrong
with your weights. l thought it was at
least ten-pound cake.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-03-26

Doctor, can you tell me some way
that | can get insomnia"
That's a queer idea ( yours"
1T may eem so, but my husband
talks in his sleep Sc quickly that lose
it all"