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ter's presence, but experience dictated
that it could not last: that tomorrow
there would be an end to ice and
snow.
But as the snow clung to the hill
sides and ice continued to cover the
lakes and lagoons. it became apparent
that Washington was to have a year
of Winter sports and that it was the
duty of the merchantmen to mention
his opportunity-to crafty a large
scale long pent up whim to slide and
glide
Let it be said, after a scrutiny of
Winter sports and stocks, that the
merchant has done his duty, or seized
his opportunity.
THE most unbelievable item in the
storeroom, of course, is the ski.
Washington and skiing, somehow or
other, seem an irreconcilable combi-
nation. Remembering past Winters,
out on a short field run and return
ing with his skis over his shoulder
due to the rapid melting of the snow.
Not in this Winter of 1856. Day
after day, the snow has remained, or
increased. and the city has become
sort of ski-mad.
over the formalized hills and dales
of the Rock Greek golf course, men,
women and children have slid and
slithered In a fashion heretofore un-
dreamed
Ski-trains, those festive symbols of
the railroad magnate's gratitude for
Winter weather, have puffed and
snorted their way from Washington to
the Pennsylvania hills weekly. They
have carried large groups, but groups
made up primarily of those who have
learned to keep their feet when the
hill is steep and the going fast. The
larger group, made up of the less skilled
and the more seriously bruised, has
confined its skiing to the more familiar
local terrain.
Immediately beyond the borders OF
the city, the hills of nearby Maryland
and Virginia have echoed to the
ecstatic shouts and panied groans oi
hundreds to whom skiing, heretofore
has been only memory-or a vagrani
dream.
Unlike New Yoykers, who have had
opportunity to learn the rudiments Of
the skiers' art In formal classes con-
Quoted by specialists in department
stores and smaller speciality shops
Washington has had to learn skiing
in the school of hard knocks. What
ever instruction the neophyte has re-
ceived has grown out Of the generous
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rule of bosses. And up to 1881 presi-
Dental nominations were made by
congressional caucuses.
Concerning the origin of the word
caucus" there never has been agree
ment The dictionaries pass up re-
sponsibility for tracing its ancestry
with the admission that its etymology
is uncertain" Other authorities. of
varying credibility, have advanced
theories of similarly varying persua-
siveneSs. Not the least interesting
among these is the assertion of His
torian j. H Trumbull that the word
is derived from "the North American
Indian "caucausu," meaning one who
urges or pushes on, promoter"
Other students say it came from the
Algonquin "kaw-kaw-sus, to consult,
or to speak" Still another guess has
been that caucus was corruption Of
"calkers," and muscled its way into
the language through the fact that
early caucuses in Massachusetts,, where
they seem to have started, often were
held in shipyards, where calking was
an important pursuit.
Whatever the ancestry of the term,
1t is certain that little more than q
hundred years ago the caucus, as an
instrument of selecting the heads of
the national tickets, was nearing its
doom. That is, If one is to accept the
recurrent campaign tales of candidates
! hand-picked by huddles Of bosses in
smoke-filled hotel rooms on the eve
of national conventions. In New
York State the anti-Masons already
had chosen their candidate for Gov
ernor at a convention, and in 1880 q
national convention of the strange new
party was held in Philadelphia.
Upon this occasion, virtually all Of
the time was devoted to airing the
grievances of the opponents of Ma
sonry, who had become numerous IN
half dozen States. No attempt was
made to nominate q candidate for
President. After the delegates had
been regaled with impassioned de-
scriptions of the alleged evils Of Ma
sonry and after variegated resoluting,
they adjourned, to reconvene in Bal
timore a year hence Then it was
that the first presidential nominating
convention in history was called to
order. with more than 100 delegates
attending.
TN THE archives of the Smithsonian
Institution, now on deposit In the
Library Of Congress, is an original
edition Of "The Proceedings Of the
United States Anti-Masonic Conven-
ton" held in the old Athenaeum, Bal
timore, in September, 1881. This fur
Evening star., 1936-02-15
By William S. OdHn.

~ RESIDENTIAL year is here,
- and ere it rolls into oblivion,
i the Nation will know who the
tenant of the White House
will be after January 20, 1887, inau-
guration day under the new law. First,
however, the country will have to go
through the throes of nominating
conventions and already the air is
thick with the preliminary oratory.
The national convention, distinctly
American contrivance, now has
little more than century of history
behind it and colorful it is, reflective
of the amazing circumstances under
which it came into being.
1t is one of the little ironies of
pioneering that the political party
which hit upon this then altogether
revolutionary method of picking party
standard bearers was one Of those
oddities which periodically burst upon
and vanish from the eye of man
sometimes within the span of single
campaign. But if it's short life had
no other lasting effect, it bequeathed
o legacy of incalculable value to the
American political system. For it is
universally conceded that, with all its
deficiencies, the national convention
is the fairest and most satisfactory
method yet devised for expressing the
will of the people as to who shall con-
tend for the highest honor in Amer
tcan public life.
This almost forgotten founder of our
great quadrennial spectacleS, the usu-
ally turbulent national conclaves of
the major parties that are always pre-
ceded by months of high-powered
speculation and raucous ballyhoo, was
the Anti Mosonic party, that religio-
political phenomenon which, from tiny
beginnings in a Western New York
village, ballooned itself into national
prominence if not Importance.
Whatever else the big parties of that
period thought about this disturbing
upstart, they both accorded the noisy
newcomer the flattery OF approprlatlng
its national convention idea, and with
no delay. How sound their judgment
was in adopting the systenA is at
tested by the fact that at once 1t be-
came a component of American po-
litical machinery and, enduring to this
day, manifests every appearance OF
permanence.
THE nominating convention was a
- natural development in the growth
Of popular republican government.
Helping in its birth was the enlarge
ment of the suffrage in the United
States through gradual removal of va
rious rstrictions coupled with steadily
increasing and articulate demand by
the people for real voice in the Sc
lection of candidates for high public
office.
From even before the founding Of
the Nation, political action had been
controlled by unoficial and voluntary
coteries Of men drawn together by
agreement in opinion and whose prom
inence in the affairs of their commu-
mites made them natural II perhaps
self-appointed leaders. Their gath
erings long had been known as eau
cuses and In some phases Of politics
caucuses survive to this day. The lead
ers dominating the caucuses, mainly
through limited suffrage, had welded
Q power not surpassed by modern po-
ltical machines under the autocratjc
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" " section lnUO lne living e8-
perience of Washington.
No longer is it necessary for Wash
ingtonians to cast envious eyes at
virile men and beautiful women pic
tured cutting didoes on skis, skates
and sleds all the way from Lake
Placid to the Tyrol.
The fancy figure skaters, and the
infancy ones, pictured today are
local talent. Not entirely, to be sure,
for. after all Winter sports are some
what general and cameramen do get
around.
The deux ex machina of this tran
sition, of course, is a Winter such
as none of the current generation OF
skaters, skiiers, and coasters can re-
member. AS if by some cosmic mis-
take, Nature has delivered weather
at the door of the National Capital
which must have lost the st. Moritz
address in transit. Washington sim
ply has made the most of it.
Snow! Seventeen inches of 1t in
less than 48 hours on one occasion.
Ice! More consecutive days of be-
low-freezing weather to glaze the va
rious creeks and pools than at any
other period in recorded weather
history.
Nothing more was needed to put
Washington talent in the roto Sec
tions of not only the local, but out
of-town papers. That's fact. Time
was when the only Winter picture
which got Washington national rec
ognition was that classic print. The
Capitol Mantled in White" Always it
has been a pretty picture, but some
where through the years its original
freshness was lost. There are others
now to go in the layout and it looks
new and different.
One gets ones most definite
knowledge Of just how radical has
been the change from a half-tem-
perate half-frigid type of Winter to
a full-frigid variety by listening to the
superlatives of those who deal in cold
weather sports wear-and wares. IL
is one of the few instances OF COM
parison in which one hears no re-
morseless reiteration of the phrase
best year since 1929" Merchants
dealing in the items which contribute
to an active Winter 60 all the way
back to the beginning of recorded
time and still find nothing to equal
their present volume Of business.
Nineteen twenty-nine, bah!
WASHINGTON has a real chance
to wear those good-looking gar
ments which go with ice and snow
sports and 1t has made the most OF IT,
Snow and ski suits, but to flt botn
the masculine and feminine figure,
the adult as well as the child, have
found their way into hundreds OF
wardrobes whose owners previously
despaired of ever owning such at
tractive fitments.
These items, the merchants whose
cash registers are singing so sweetiy
say, are not new in the Natlonal
Capital. They have been carried IN
stock before. Sales, however, were
made to that limited group which
had its charge accounts here ana
enough money to go elsewhere for its
skiing, coasting and skating.
The confidence of the Winter sports
lover, on occasion, has exceeded tnat
of supplers of sports clothes and
sports equipment. That fact has
found its reflection in periodic ex-
haustion of the available stocks OF
necessary garb and gear. That, OF
course, was earlier in the season, when
buyers for retail establishments could
not believe their tear-filled eyes ana
the red and singing ears. Those
physiological ph6nomena told Of Win-
Evening star., 1936-02-15
By F. Jay Carmody.

W YINTER sports have leaped
A right out of the rotogravure
wv section into the living ex-
nerience of WASHINGTON.
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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-04-03

guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Bade
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott CarpenteI
and son Marvin . were dinner
guests of MI. and Mrs. L. r. Babe
Sunday.
The dance given Friday evening
at st. Xavier was well attended
In spite Of the fact that it was
supposed to have been postponed
# q large crowd means having
q good time, why those who at
tended the dance, Saturday night,
at : the Finlayson school house,
surely enjoyed the evening.
Mrs. Lester Rice and Mrs. n. e.
Smell were project leaders from
the st. Xavier Home Demonstra-
ton club who attended the meet
ing held in the Hardin court
house Saturday. under the super
vision Of Miss Ona Stautx OF
Bozeman.
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GIRL SCOUT NEWS

Tuesday evening the Cheergiv-
er,s troop met in the scout room
of the library for the weekly
meeting. The hike scheduled was
uostnoned because of the snow
and storm. It will be held as
soon as the weather allows an
outing.
Games we're played, a knot con-
test was held. a speed laws game
was had and the girls u'ere check
ed on the sewing requirements
Alfredo Cook. Lucille Vickers and
Hazel Thompson passed the test
Of maxine one useful piece OF
sewing. The Girl Scout Hiking
song was learned.
Friday night after school the
girls will sell daffodils to benefit
the Girl Scout fund.
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The Two Leggins Home Dem
~onstration club met at the Fred
Dewald home on March II. The
demonstration was on how to use
corn shuckS for rugs and baskets.
The Two Leggins Home Demon
Stration club held q special meet
ing on March 26 at the K. w.
Sadler home. The demonstration
was on large kitchen equipment.
The day also being Mrs. Sadler's
birthday, she received many nice
gifts, among them a beautiful!
birthday cake, which was enjoyed
by all, along with icecream, at the
close Of the club meeting. ~
Two Leggins club members
please note we've changed our
next meeting date. The club will
meet Auril "a instead Of April II.
at the home of Mrs. ChaS. Fergu-
son. The demonstration will be
on small kitchen equipment. This
will be our last state demonstra-
ton until our new project is
chosen.
There will be a All Two Leg
eins clph meeting Saturday. April
4. at the home of Mr.. Sadler.
Will all old club members, and
anv new girls who wish to be-
long please come. We will de-
eide which prniect We wish to
rarrv so our books can be ordered.
o'clock.
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TRADITIONAL
BELIEF UPSET
ny Depression, That Farming Can
Always BE Depended Upon for
Food and Shelter.

49, Editnvsc ~ VI N q --Avmnnpionan IN
nrovidine hnth direct relief and
rehahilitatinn for farm families
dmrino the recent ecnnomic de.
nression tanoht rho onvernment
fhat ~ il nova nracf;caI more
economicaI and more condncive I'd
Unod citi1anshin tn helm those
Sfstrassad farmers heln themselves
hv eiiminatino some ~ the ,canses
that forced them On reIief HOW
this i he;ng Inna l. descrihed ~
Jnsenh r. BAILEY the man WIN
Is directing the rehahiiitation
program, in q series Of three artic-
lac ~ which thie is tba fret.
Tha a~cnnnrp;c denrassicn ,,,sot
and disnroyed MANY Of the tradi-
t;anoI haI;ofs - +ha ',nn,arican
maonie One of the STRONGEST If
thesa was the notion that FARMING
cnnId ALWAYS he JenenIed mon
to fnrnish sood and Shelter
This c~nnofnrtahie theory u.,s av-
nIoded when over a million farm
families annIied for raI;af Il, IosA
We cn1,Jd No LONGER nnra1iza and
COW that the families u,ara Nv re~
I;af heca,,sa h hrsadrWinrer mos
law and onoS-fnr~nothina We
ali had tn r~ecouniza the fact that
MANY famii;es wers on rsiiss
throyah - fo,,,+ "f 49, WV
We cannot MACS the h,sma for
+ha nl;gh+ " thosa ro;,i;nn t.r,n
families n, raIiaf ,n1 ~ hnn~
dreds IF Thousands If oth.rs ~,
the hordar linz nf snhs;etamae ~
any sinaia carsa r. 10 ~ va
srit Of ~eenerations NJ farra;ng IN
Iond NJ oenahia - uaa;nhis o u
iivaiihnoS of Low, nr;ces for fs-, i"
nrodncts ~ hos,v Isbt inc,rraJ
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Bill Steele was a Hardin bust
ness caller, Saturday.
Miss Faye VIM spent Tuesday
night with Florence Smell.
Mrs. L. r. Babe spent Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. Smell.
Miss Edna Mae Simpson was q
weekend guest Of Mrs. I. Bade.
MI. and. Mrs. Grant Rhinehart
visited friends in Hardin, Satur-
day.
MI. and Mrs. H. E. Probasco
were shopping in Hardin, Friday
afternoon. D.
Miss Lavenit Parry of Hardin
spent the weekend with the
Smell girls.
Henry Ruff has returned home
from Missoula with a truck load
of lovely apples:
MI. and Mrs. Clay Forney mot
ored to Billings, Wednesday, 70
attend the livestock sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Hawks and
family were Sunday evening
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lief, the Resettlement administra-
ton undertook a rehabilitation
program to furnish farmers with
aid and guidance in, order that
they might be permanently self
supnorting.
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The coolest spot in Big Horr
county, Monday morning. was st
Xavier, which reported 16 degree.
below zero. It was 8 degrees be-
low in Hardin.
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Mrs. Gene Smell was in town
Wednesday from st. Xavier. She
reports several inches of snow
and low thermometer readings
during the past. week.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES s. EsE#%EE@R~9EEI ~ kwN@@4f SE&t
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the power, the smoothness, the quiet
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After that. the Demonstrators feel" Of
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Of course any oil can promise. But only
Germ Processed oil is alleged.
50 whata
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ype or old-provide two-thousandthso Of
sn inch Of oil space. Then the usual oil
would Just gil that space. But Germ Pro-
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GHEHE gREF@L EE&NErE+aEE &EEEEErEI4
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Actually. you can have more oil protec-
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It's far from magic; it's Germ Process
ing. This patented method alloys this
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Your engine gets this complete in-.
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durabiliy Of the Germ Processed film.
Multi-proeectionl Real reasons why all
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oil. continenfal Oil Company.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-04-20
women ELKS'
PIN TOURNEY
NEARS FINISH
Mrs. Lavenik Takes Honors
in Tournament Bowling
Saturday Evening

Only one match was scheduled
for, the Women Elks' Tournament
players at the Elks' Alleys last Sat-
urday night. Bon Marche won two
out of three games from Caro-
Wholesalers.
Mrs. Martin Lavenik, of the Bon
Marche team boWled the best total
score, 555, and the best individual
game score, 22l; Mrs. Tom Petrich,
Of the Caro- Wholesale team, won
second in both classes with a total
score of 537 and a game score of
I'll; and Mrs. Harry Sporting of
The Bon Marche team, the only
ether bowler to break 500, was third
with a total score of SOP and a
game score of 1872.
Tomorrow night, the last sched-
uled playing date in the Women
Elks' Tournament, the following
games will be bowled: Sanitary
Grocery VS.. Caro- Wholesalers, 1880
o'clock; Kaufmanns Cafe VS.. Unit
ed Food, $3.50 o'clock, and PIGGY
Wiggly VS.. Bon Marche, $50 o'clock.
One game, Sanitary Meat VS.. Bon
Marche, scheduled for April 16, was
postponed due to illness of two of
the players.
The following prizes have been
donated by local merchants for
winners in the Women Elks Tour
nament:
High game total-One Pyrex Cas-
serole; donated by Thomas Hard
ware Company
High three-game total One
Spode cup and saucer; donated by
Ludwig Nelson Jewelry Store.
Greatest mprovement-One stand
lamp; donated by Alaska Electric
Light and Power Company.
Low game total-One 50 box of
candy; donated by Suckers Pool
Room
Team prizes are:
Most games won-Cash, $21.
Second team most games won
Cash, SO.
High team scores games, l PEN
ell each. These pencils valued at
SO and 81 each are donated one
each by Butler Mauro Drug Store,
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BASEBALL MEET
SCHEDULED FOR
TUESDAY NIGHT

Final plans for the coming City
Baseball League season are to be
settled tomorrow evening when the
team managers and league officials
will meet at o'clock in the City
Council Chambers. At that time it
will be decided whether Douglas and
the Alaska Juneau will be repre-
sented in this years play, in addi-
ton to the American Legion, Elks
and Moose squads of last season S
league.
Assignment of players for the OPP
ening of the season was discussed
at yesterdays meeting but definite
assignments were delayed until to-
morrow evening to give all players
further opportunity to sign up. Pres
ident William A. Holzheimer stressed
the necessity for all prospective
players to be signed up before to-
morrow evenings meeting if they
are to be assigned to teams for the
opening of the season, May 10. All
men who played last year must sign
with the managers of their respec-
tive last years teams. All new play
ers must sign with v. w. Mulvihill
before the deadline tomorrow even
ing If they expect to be assigned for
the opening of the season, Presi-
dent Holzheimer said.
A good list of new players to add
to the considerable number of hold
overs from last season was ready at
yesterdays meeting giving a bright
outlook for the seasons play.
A league of the three regular teams
is assured, but it is known that
there are many more good players
in town who wish to play ball and
if they will sign up by tomorrow
night it is likely that four or even
five teams will be lined up, ready
to go, when this years season gets
under way.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-04-20
WASHINGTON U
Wins ; EVENTS
FROM CAL. UNIV.
Huskies Make Clean Sweep
Of Rowing Regatta
Saturday

SEATTLE, April 20.-The Uni
versity of Washington made a clean
sweep of the rowing regatta last
Saturday afternoon with the Uni
versity of California on Lake Wash
ington.
Washington won the varsity race
by two and one-half lengths in
16 minutes and seconds.
The Huskies won the junior var
sity event by seven lengths in 16
minutes, IA and two-tenths sec
ondS.
The freshmen won their contest
oy five lengths in 10 minutes and
IL and two-tenths seconds.
The varsity and junior varsity
was over a three mile course and
The freshmen race was over a two
nile course.