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been and is being carried out" said
DR.. Moore.
1--WE are here to make an ideal
plan" said Burnham to his colleagues,
when the question was raised if Con-
gress would sanction an ambitious
undertaking. "We shall make the very
finest we can, knowing that our
children will want a bigger and a
better one"
McKim impressed upon his asso-
ciates the need for publiciZing the
1901 plan adequately. The people, said
he, will have to visualize it. He urged
tina, artists from the outstanding
magazines be invited to make pictures
the populace would understand.
Go ahead" said Senator Mcmillan.
eff Congress won't pay for it, will"
Accordingly. McKim got the best
artists in the Nation and the result.
says DR.. Moore, was simply over
powering"
In 1901 only the Corcoran Gallery
of Art was located in that section
of the city-an impressive building.
The site of the Lincoln Memorial
was beach grass and DR.. Moore re-
CALL that McKim, st. Gaudens and
himself went down to the Potomac
marshlands; got the Capitol dome and
the Washington Monument in a-line
and drove a stake into the ground,
announcing that there would be
erected the memorial to Abraham
Lincoln and his Gettysburg Address.
THE ousting of the railroad from
the Mall was the commission S
greatest task. But Mcmillan, the rail-
road builder, and President Alexander
Johnson Cassatt of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. a public-spirited citizen,
settled the question on the golf links
at Manchester, Mass. But Senator
Mcmillan always gave Burnham the
credit for it, in order to give prestige
to the commissions plans.
L'Enfant had located the statue
to George Washington on he axis
of he Mall and Houdon expected to
execute it. But Washingtonians Of a
later day located it OF axis, because
they said a good foundation could
not be found at the former spot.
One of the tasks Of the commission
Of 1901 was to create new axis for
the Mall
The L'Enfant plan had compre-
hended a central highway down the
Mall. But when the commission men,
bers In England saw the. median
thoroughfare in Windsor Great Park.
created by George III SO that he might
have q view of Cliveden, the members
envisioned the Mall in Washington
and sensed chow it took all the snap
out Of the PLAN" says DR.. Moore.
That Is why, today, four highways,
two on each side of the great CEN
trail carpet of green, from the Capitol
to the Washington Monument. are
being developed here.
DR.. Moore is frank in admitting that
the plan of 1901 gathered up various
suggestions that had been in the air
for some time" The Mount Vernon
Memorial Highway, now completed as
the first link In the George Washing
ton Memorial Parkway. had been In
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the planners of 1901 did not expect
Washington to grow as fast as it has.
In those days he was clerk to the Sem
ate District Committee. He came to
Washington as newspaper cor
respondent, after having been in poll
tics in Michigan, but soon became in
terested in civic developments here.
He recalls that George H. Harries, then
correspondent for The Star at the
Capitol, educated" him in the ways
of Washington and Washingtonians.
WHEN Senator Mcmillan was elect
w ed to the Senate, he was assigned
to the District Committee. At first
local affairs meant little to him. SEN
ator ingalls, was chairman of the COM
mittee and one day gave the Senator
from Michigan a bill designed to re-
wise the railroad terminals in South
west Washington. BY the time DR.
Moore got through delving into the
subject he knew more about Pennsyl-
vania Railroad terminals here than
did the railroad executive themselves
All the side tracks led into woods
yards and coal yards, and these had
to be legalized. DR.. Moore remembers
that the Federal Government owned
the streets and the District govern
ment, without authority, had given
permission to the railroad to occupy
this public space. There was the ques-
.tion of the legalization of the tracks
and the elimination of grade crossings
in the old city of Washington and
the working out Of the division OF
costs. For 10 years this had been held
up, as the Districts engineers said
the tracks had to be depressed and
the Pennsylvania Railroads engineers
contended they would then be below
tide level.
Col. william M. Black, afterward
chief of Army Engineers. solved the
difhculty by the simple method OF
requiring tracks that should be ele-
waited to be so treated and those
needed to be depressed should be
given that treatment.
From this beginning, Senator Nc
MILAN went into the problem Of q
filtration plant here-which now has
become q reality in the McMNlan
Reservoir and the Dalecarlia estab-
lishment. He then tackled, charities
and hospitals and reformation Of the
sewage system. In brief, the Senator
| from Michigan had to % into AL the
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& Ohio Railroad. not only to remove
the existing railroad station from
L'Enfant's projected central park, but
to junk plans for a new structure
there. The present magnificent Union
Station is memorial enough. if praise
were ever needed, of the heroic labors
of the commission of 1901.
But this is but part of the yeoman
work it did for Washington. The
reclamation of the Anacostia fats as
a park is we'll toward accomplishment,
considering the span of years. Foun-
tains it advocated play merrily now
during the hot Summer weather. The
triangle it ggested-bounded by
Pennsylvania avenue, Constitution
avenue, the former B street north and
Fifteenth street-has been constructed,
filled with public buildings of classic
design. With the construction of the
Apex Building, for which Public Works
Administrator Ickes recently allotted
$3,600,000, the group will be complete.
GRADUALLY during these latter
years the buildings squatting on
the Mall-many of them built under
the stress OF the World War-have
been eliminated, until today but few
remain. The Mall has been extended
and the Lincoln Memorial completed,
and the greater central motif Of the
plan of 1901-the building Of the
Arlington Memorial Bridges reality
now. Union Square, just west OF the
Capitol, has its Grant and Meade
memorials, and this project. too, FORE
seen three decades ago by Mcmillan
and his compeers, Is fast approaching
achievement.
Creation of legislative group fac
ing Capitol Square finds fulfillment
in the Senate and House Once Build
ings. There is, too, the new Supreme
Court Building.
DR.. Moore, who has been most
closely identified with the plan Of
1901, its creation and fulfillment, says
that fundamentally it is the L'Enfant
plan extended. The French engineer
comprehended the Federal City as
bounded by Florida avenue, Rock
Greek and the Anacostia River. The
new plan embraced the entire Dis
trict. Congress had decreed that the
L'Enfant plan should be carried out
as to streets and other features.
Substantially. the plan Of 1901 Aas
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Note-ThtS is the third OF q
series OF articles dealing ,Uith the
growth and future Development Of
Washington from its humble be-
ginning as network OF Indian
Dilldges. through the Colonial Pc
Tiod, to its present proud promise
as the finest and most modern
Uorld capital. Another article in
the series will tollow shortly.
Evening star., 1936-01-12

~ TANDING at the threshold of
the twentieth century, half a
dozen prominent men surveyed
~ the wreckage wrought by a
1,ao re of ,,arloct of tho r,rorer
The Washington times., 1936-04-07
Woman Dies, Rescue
Vessel Arrives Late

QUEBEC, April z 0N.SJe-Mrs.
]. H. Delisle, Of South Point. Anti
cost Island, today had slccumbed
to pneumonia following failure OF
rescue ship to reach q hospital
in time. On patrol in the Gull
of st. Lawrence, the icebreaker N
B. Mclean was ordered to pick UP
the woman and take her to the
nearest hospital. Mrs. Delisle was
placed aboard, but died before the
boat reached shore. A
The Washington times., 1936-04-07
Woman, 80, Files Suit
For Banker S Estate

SALEM, Mass, April z IN.SJ,
sixty-year-old Mary E. WEIGH to-
day filed a posthumous breach Of
promise suit against the estate Of
the late Edward Francis Little,
former bank president Of New
buryport. Miss WEIGH asked $21,-
900 from the estate, alleging
Little. failed to keep a promise to
marry her. The banker, who died
February 9, 1885, left his $63, 900
estate to his daughter, Agnes.
The Washington times., 1936-04-07

Pennsylvania, more than any
other State, he said. has bene
fitted indirectly from PWA ex
penditures elsewhere in the heavy
industries. Ickes said:
"And, Mr.. HOOver's cOntribu-
ton to this indisputabIe and
remarkable advance toward
economic recovery is to insist
that II men were still carry
ing out the policies he inaugu-
rated, business would be better
still"
The Washington times., 1936-04-07
ICKES LASHES CRITICS

PITTSBURGH, April Z (IN.SJ.
Tremendous and substantial
business gains have already been
made" under the Roosevelt Ad-
ministration, Secretary Of the
Interior Harold L. Ickes asserted
here last night in an address.
Ickes said Pennsylvania has
received a sum in excess of $780,.
600, 900 from the PWA. OF the
$20o, 900 900 loaned to railroads,
he said, about $4,000, 900 has
actually been expended within
the boundaries Of this State.
The Washington times., 1936-04-07

Over period of years, certain basic adj
vances have been made in the selection and
treatment of cigarette tobaccos for Lucky
Strike Cigarettes.
They include preliminary analyses of the to-
bacco selected; use of center leaves; the higher
heat treatment of tobacco ("Toasting');
The Washington times., 1936-04-07
OF RICH, RIPE-BODIED TOBACCO

consideration of acid.alkaline balance, with
consequent definite Improvement in flavor;
and controlled uniformity in the finished
product.
Allthese combine toproduce superior ciga-
rette-a modern cigarette, cigarette made
of rich, ripe-bodied tobaccos-A Light Smoke.
The Washington times., 1936-04-07

The double door tfor still greater protection)
closet is equipped with famous odorizer. Size
6Ox2Ox15 inches. The storage chest complete
with gum for tight "keepoutthemoths" sealing
--32x11x13 inches.
The Washington times., 1936-04-07
Rout the moths with these

ROlI Tar Paper, IL
sheets 40x48-in. =. $50
Package Tar Paper, 4
sheets 36x44-in. .1OC
Moth Balls, poun d
pkg. .......,.....1Oc
Moth Flakes, pound
pkg. ..s....s..3-1Oc
Garment Bags, moth
and dust proof, 3 for 81
WANyanRfDH EDe
The Washington times., 1936-04-07

Air Tight Rug Bags,
moth, dust, damp
proof. For 9x12 #. and
12x15 # rugs,
Use and CSC
Larvex to moth-proof
fabrics ...........SSc
O'Cedar Moth Spray,
! quart ..."....!75C
The Washington times., 1936-04-07
WEDNESDAY, ONLY

It's dandy value at 14.95! SO we expect
to be "sold out" before night at $11! To
begin with, there are 100 sturdy steel coils,
covered with layers and layers of elastic
felt, to give that ease and comfort you ex-
pect with an innerspring. The edges are
hand-made-there are ventilatOrs for per-
feet sanitation. And handles to make the
weekly turnover easy. Beautifully covered
in art ticking in a variety of colors. Or,
should you prefer, you may have the mar
row blue and white stripes. Single-double
and three-quarter sizes. It's sisalized.
LANSBURGHS-
BED AND COUCH SHOP-THIRD FLOOR
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-02-06
HOOP TOURNEY IS
SOON in SPOTLIGHT

Into the home stretch after many
grueling season contests, basketball
teams of district l tapered off this
week preparing for the annual bas-
ketball tournament which has been
tentatively set for Feb. 20, q, % in
Plentywood.
Those in charge Of arrangements
state that in view of uncertain wealth
er conditions it may be necessary to
advance the playing schedule so that
visiting teams will have an opportun-
ity to travel by train. In the event the
schedule is changed, the tournament
will end Friday, Feb. Il instead of
Saturday.
Eleven teams will battle for honors
at the splendid high school gymnas-
ium. The event promises to be tho
outstanding tournament In many
years.
Plans for the tourney were recently
completed at a meeting Of coaches
ard school heads held in Plentywood.
w. E. Stegner is tournament manager
and o. c. Short, Outlook, Arnold
Erickson, Comertown and Red
Axelson, Medicine Lake, comprise the
tournament committee.
Spirit of competition is running
high. Teams, as a whole, are playing
a better brand of ball than in pre-
vious years. No team in the district
has a perfect seasons record-every
team having met defeat at least once
in district competition.
Teams who will play in the classic
are Peerless, Scobey, Faxville, Plenty
wood, Antelope, Medicine Lake,
Whitehall, Outlook, Dooley, Conner
town and Westby.
Tournament officials will be Supt.
Lazenby, of Michigan, N. D., and R.
J.. Burrison, of Lakota, N. D. Both
officials come to district one highly
recommended.
A meeting will be held in Plenty
wood Feb. Is at l pm. at which time
drawing for placements will take
place. Blanks have been sent to coach
es of the eleven teams entered on
which will be compiled the seasons
record. The records will be compiled
for the purpose of determining wheth-
er or not the teams with the most
impressive records will be coded or be
placed in open drawing.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-02-06
BONUS APPLICATION
BLANKS HERE, Vets
PREPARE FOR BONDS
Expect Payment by August,
Is Belief of Veterans
in Plentywood

Blanks for making bonus applica-
tons have arrived here according to
Al Hendrickson, Post commander and
have been placed with Harry Ehr-
manntraut, post adjutant who viii be
in charge of distribution.
Blanks were also received here
Wednesday by Sheridan county Red
Cross heads. Veterans desiring them
can get them from Judge s. E. Paul
or Carl B. Peterson, clerk Of court.
1t is estimated that nearly 100000
will be paid to ex-service men of
Sheridan county following the passage
of the bonus bill. The estimate is COM
piled from recent statistics.
Payable Immediately
All adjusted service certificates are
declared paid Immediately. Payment
will not actually begin, however, until
June 10, due to the mechanics Of pre-
pairing for the p~rodigious task Of en-
craving bonds, identifying applica-
tons, determining balances due and
other matters. 1t is believed that pay
ments will not be received in Sheri-
dan county until August.
All World War veterans are urged
to send their applications Immediately.
Full Payment Assured
Payment is to be made on the basis
of the face value of certificates. less
the amount of any loan made and not
previously repaid.
All unpaid interest that has accrued
since Sept. 80, 1881, is Cancelled nd
such interest will not be deducted
from the amount due veterans. ANY
interest that has accrued prior to that
date Will be deducted. No raid inter-
est will be refunded, government ey-
perts having declared this transaction
is so involved that it would be more
than a year before any bonus could
be paid if that provision were part Of
the law.
Bonds will be dated June IS, 1885.
Any time on or after that date thev
may be redeemed for cash at convcn-
iently located government agencies. IN
Sheridan county they may be cashed
at postoffices.
Bonds may be cashed one at a time,
two at a time, or all at one time. All
bonds will be in $50 denominations,
and bear 3 percent interest from The
d. of issue.
1t is expected hat MANY Sheri5 Il
county veterans will hold their bonds
as a sound investment. The three per-
cent interest clause is an added incen-
tive. Bonds must be held at Least a
year to draw interest.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-02-06
Cold Wave Holds Sheridan
County In Grip Past Week

ton of the highway from Plentywood
to Culbertson. With the mercury
hanging at extreme low temperatures
there is little hope that roads will be
opened.
Feed Relieved Livestock
With plenty of feed on Sheridan
county ranches, sheep and cattle men
have felt no anxiety over the extreme
ly cold weather. Ranchers state that
sufficient feed is on hand to weather
herds and bands over until late in
March.
But few herds have been forced to
seek food and shelter on the open
ranges. Had feed been scarce in Sher-
dan county this winter hundreds of
horses and cattle would have persisted.
Predict Crop Prospects
With more than a foot of snow on
the level, optimists are making their
predictions on crop prospects. Many
believe that a severe winter brings
good crop prospects. An abundance of
snow, although not generally conceded
as a crop prospect sign has lent OPP
timism this year due to the fact that
in portions of the county the ground
is not frozen. Many believe that when
thawing weather comes the soil will
suck melting SHOWS rapidly.
In parts of the 500 line country
farmers state that soil is pulverized to
the depths of the blowing and did not
freeze through lack OF moisture.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-02-06

A chilling blast from the north
which resulted in a raging blizzard
Monday night climaxed a cold wave
that has held Sheridan county in its
grip for more than a month and is be-
lieved to have been the most severe
cold snap ever recorded in this sec
ton.
Sub-zero temperatures continued
over the week end. Monday night
thermometers lowered at the plunging
point and skidded downward to 35
below on the wings Of the bowling
gale. At s pm. Tuesday the bulb read
8 below zero.
Predictions are that no immediate
relief from the cold is expected. Sher-
idan county is looking forward to the
equinoctial period, soon slated, and
which should bring relief to storm
torn northeastern Montana.
Old timers compare this winter with
that of 1916 when frigid temperatures
were recorded for weeks at a time. A
coal shortage developed at that time
which necessitated closing of public
schools. The cold snap of '16 however,
did not continue for such a long per-
iod as has been experienced this year.
Roads Were Being Opened
Roads in Sheridan county were
gradually beirg opened when the
blizzard struck Monday night. Sheri-
dan county is again snowbound. Big
drifts block all roads with the excep-
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-02-06
Travellers Must Go Many
Miles in Reaching City

Travel at its worst is being ex-
perienced in Sheridan county
this winter following snow storms
which have blocked roads in the
county with the exception of the
one state highway from Plenty
wood to Culbertson.
Sheridan county's celebrated
country roads are usually blocked
each winter but this year they
have proved more aggravating.
Paul Hultgren, Wcstby stock
buyer Tuesday travelled 1870 in or
dor to cover the 30 miles from
that town to PlentywoOd. Hult-
gren was forced to go to Willis
ton, a distance of some 80 miles
then double back his route anoth-
err 80 miles in order to reach
Plentywood. BY the time he gets
back to Westby he will have
travelled nearly 275 miles in or
der to make 60 miles-the direct
route between the two towns.
The Plentyw0Od- ScObey road
presents the same problem. In or
der to get to Scobey, a distance of
so miles, il is necessary to go to
C~ulbertson, then to Wolf Point
and then back to Scobey, a dis
lance of $50 miles-I00 miles off
the beaten path!
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-02-06
Youth dies FROM
short ILLNESS HERE

Classmates and lifelong friends
this week mourn the passing of Har-
old Calvin Holland, Ia, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Holland, of Raymond
and a student of the Plentywood high
school who died here Tuesday.
Death was caused from pneumonia.
He had been i'll but for a short time.
Funeral services for the lad will be
held from the Lutheran church in
Plentywood Friday with Rev. Orval A.
Schmidt saying the last rites. The
body will be inferred in the Plenty
wood Lutheran cemetery.
Harold Calvin Holland spent all of
his life in the Raymond community. He
was born March 7, 1922. His early ed
ucation was CLEANED at the Gibson
school near Raymond. With a higher
education as his goal, the youth en-
tered Plentywood high school last
spring. He with other students made
regular trips by bus to Plentywood in
order to continue their education. The
lad was popular with his classmates
and many youthful friends regret his
passing.
His parents, one brother and five
sisters survive. The brothers and sis
tiers are Leroy, Josie, Eleanora, Ruth
Mildred and Selma.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-02-06
FORMER REDSTONE'
YOUTH GIVEN LIFE
FOR BRUTAL MURDER
Leo Cleveland Pleads Guilty
to First Degree Murder
Charge

A sentence of life Imprisonment was
swiftly meted to Leo Cleveland, %,
formerly of Redstone. who pleaded
guilty IN court at Fargo, N. D., to a
first degree murder charge. Young
Cleveland admitted to authorities that
he murdered Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Biever, OF rear Leonard, N. D., and
then set fire to their filling station and
lunch room to hide evidence of the
crime.
The youth was arrested last Satur-
day at the home of his sweetheart in
Anslem, five miles south of Sheldon,
N. d.
Following his arrest, Cleveland
talked freely of the crime, stating he
had shot the couple with a double bar
rel shotgun then threw gasoline into
the building and touched a match to
it.
He said he committed the crime to
get money SO that he could get mar
ried.
Cleveland's arrest came following
two full days of investigation. Two
men stated that they had seen Cleve-
land in the filling station the night of
the murder. He had not been seer in
that vicinity since.
Going to Aslem, officials found
Cleveland, When questioned Cleve-
land admitted that he had been at the
Biever place Thursday night but said
he had left there about $50 pm. for
Sheldon.
Borrowed Shotgun
Officials then ~subpoenaed him to
appear at the %coroner's inquest Mon
day and went to Sheldon to check his
story.
In Sheldon it was learned that
Cleveland had been at the bank
Thursday attempting to make a loan
on his automobile. 1t was also learned
that he had borrowed a shotgun.
Satisfied that Cleveland was impli-
Gated in the crime, the authorities re-
turned to Anslem. When confronted
Cleveland confessed. He said that he
killed the Bievers and burned up the
place.
Asked what he had done with the
money, Cleveland drew Biever's bill
fold containing five 81 bills from his
pocket and handed it to the sheriff
G raripg that was all the money hi
obtained. He said he took the purse
from Biever's trouser pocket after he
had shot him.
Cleveland was whisked away to the
state penitentiary at Bismarck after
being sentenced.
Cleveland left Sheridan county
about four years ago. He lived at Red
stone for many years.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-02-06
COUNTY LADY
PASSES AWAY HERE

Mrs. Kate Kanning, age 70, died
Tuesday in Plentywood. Mrs. Kanning
had been in poor health for some time
and since last October resided in
Plentywood where she had been given
medical aid.
Mrs. Kate Kanning was born Feb.
5, 1866 at Belield, N. D. Together with
her husband and family she came to
Sheridan county and settled on a
farm north of Plentywood. Her hus-
band died in 1882.
Her parents, one son and two
daughters survive. The parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Adolph Schuhrke live at
Belield. Her children are Lester, OF
Plentywood, Elsie, of Plentywood and
Mrs. L. Kratcha, of Cayuga, N. D.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-02-06
Club Directors Set Feb. 10
Annual Meeting Date Here

Directors of the Plentywood COM
mercial club at the regular Tuesday
luncheon set Wednesday, Feb. IS as
the date of the annual meeting of the
club. Arrangements are now In the
hands of a committee appointed to
complete the preparations.
At the Tuesday session the club
went on record as favoring a plan to
cooperate with the Sheridan county
board of county commissioners in Sc
curing better roads in the Plentywood
vicinity.
According to plans, the club will
back a drive to raise funds whereby
such road work would be made pos
sible. Other towns in the county have
carried on successful fund raising
campaigns which have resulted in bet
ter roads for their communities.
George Koenig and j. j. Moe have
been named as heads of the fupd rails
ing committee.