The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-01-02


BELLION IN CANADA; STILL
SPEAK EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
FRENCH.
Below is an article telling in detail
the nature of the work that is TO be
done by writers for, the American
Guide. Such writers are to visit this
district The article is most interesting
by the writers as they go over the
country gathering material for the
Guide The article follows:
The American Guide.
The chief undertaking before the
Writers Division, Professional and
Service Projects Section of the Works
Progress Administration, is the prepare
ton of an encyclopedia publication en-
titled, "The American Guide This
Guide, which will be vastly more
elaborate and detailed than any guide
hitherto published by firm or city
will occupy five volumes of 600 pages
each.
No section of the United States will
be neglected by the Guide. The
writer's, covering the country under
the supervision of state directors, will
submit their collected data to central
offices, where the articles will be
checked and edited Afterwards, they
will be sent to the state headquarters
for assembly and completion. This
project will take about 4,50O writers
from the relief rolls
Accuracy Featured.
The writers will prepare their articles
as painstakingly and as accurately as
they would if they were writing their
own books over their own signatures
Through the help Of educational and
commercial leaders in each city, the
articles will be carefully checked
afterwards going to state and national
editors who will reduce them to pro-
portions allowable in the final make
up of the publication
Contents of The Guide.
Naturally some communities or Sec
tons of the country are richer than
others in scenic, historic, commercial
or other resources; but such subjects
of interest as are present in each COM
munity will be studied and discussed
in the reports and all matter which the
editors consider general interest and
value will be retained in the final
version.
Among the subjects to be investigated
by The Guide workers are:
General topography
Flora and fauna
Historical settings and backgrounds
Indian tribes and reservations
Archaeological remains
Parks, national, state and city
Army and navy posts armories, etc.
Monuments and landmarks
Literature, art, music, drama
Libraries and museums
Educational facilities
Societies and associations
Neighborhood architecture - govern
ment buildings, churches, hotels,
houses
Folk customs and folklore
Highways and by-ways for autoists
or mixers
Manufacturing and industries 4
Power available-water and electric,
nearness of coal mines
Products-exports and imports
Market proximity
observation-disclosures waterways,
bus and airlines
Natural resources, developed and un-
developed.
Material for Local Guides.
The workers will do more than pre-
pare articles for The American Guide.
Original reports, maps and illustrations
will be left with each city, county and
state for use in preparing local guides.
The local guides will supply need
that has not been adequately met by
existing compilations even in the older
communities, where much has been
done to interest outsiders in scenic
wonders and historic sights. All ma
terials, filed for the preparation of local
guides, will bear the stamp Of anthem
ITCHY placed on them by Federal ex-
perts. Their descriptions, as we'll as
the less elaborate ones in The Ameri-
can Guide, will tell not only of well
recognized matters, but will also fire.
quently revive the memory of others
which have been forgotten, or whose
outsiders is unappreciated
by those to whom they have become
commonplace. Even such cities as
New York and Washington possess no
thorough guides '''''''''''-
Lest We Forget.
In the process Of gathering informa-
ton for The American Guide many odd
facts will undoubtedly be discovered.
An example of this arose a few years
ago, when the agent of chamber of
commerce noted that the stone on the
grave of Thomas jefferson, at Month
cello, Virginia, was, not the one origi-
nally erected He was informed that
a committee of residents of Jefferson.
had purchased the original
in 1841, while attending celebration
at Monticello. Inquiries in Jefferson
showed that everybody had forgotten
system designed to restrict output and
maintain prices.
Remembering the anti-railroad agi-