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Smyrna times., 1936-03-05
REVEAL MYTH
OF HOT VALLEY
Tradition Shattered By Can
adian Exploring Party
in ArcticS
4OOO-MILE FLIGHT

Edmonton, Alta.-AnOther roman
existence of a tropical valley in the
Lizard river area of the North
west territories-has been shat
tered.
Returning from 4,0OO-mile flight
in the Far North, DR.. Charles Cam
sell, deputy minister of mines in the
Canadian government, reported the
valley was myth.
Doctor Camsen made the trip,
which started at Prince Rupert, Il.
c., and ended at Edmonton, to in
spect the work of several geological
areas of Carsair, B. c., the north
arm of the Great Slave lake, in
connection with Canada's Far
North gold hunt.
Among the important geograph-
ical discoveries made during the
flight is the settlement of the ques
tion of what becomes of the Rocky
mountains north of the Lizard river
The question has intrigued geog-
raphers for years.
Doctor Camsen said the mighty
Rockies, which ran northward from
the United States through Canada,
drop out of sight in the country
north of the Lizard and that they
do not blend with the Mackenzie
mountains, which are a separate
range springing up in the Arctic
country north of the tree line. He
said the Rocky mountain range
gradually sinks to rounded knobs
north of the river.
The story of the tropical valley
was originated by trapper named
Tom Smith, who said he had found
a valley dotted with hot springs
and palm trees. Smith was drowned
while returning to civilization with
his daughter, Jane, with boatload
of furs. Miss Smith escaped and
came to Hay river, where she died
last year, refusing to describe the
mythical valley.
Doctor Camsell found Smiths
cabin, with the roof fallen in and
decaying. 1t was situated near a
number of hot springs, with lush
vegetation springing up from the
sub-irrigated soil in the midst of a
grove of spruce and poplar trees.
The vegetation grew seven feet
high, he said, but there were no
palms.
Doctor Camsell attributed the
rank growth to the sub-irrigation of
the soil from the hot springs.
Smyrna times., 1936-03-05

Kemnitzer said that by January
next California will have pro-
duced 4,50O,OOO,O0O barrels of crude
oil including natural gasoline, or
16 per cent of the 1s,1Oo,ooo,ooo bar
rel output in the United States
since 1859. Since oil was discov-
cred in California in 1861, he said,
ahout 81 900 wells have been drilled,
proving 15S,OOO acres or PAT square
miles to be productive, out of the
10000 square miles in the state,
most of which is geologically i'm
possible or unfavorable to the oc-
currence Of oil.
Estimating that the present out
mt of 20O.000,000 barrels annually
will be sustained, the survey pre-
dicted an ultimate total production
of 11,O0O,OO0,OOO.
Smyrna times., 1936-03-05
SET DATES FOR
OLD DOVER DAY
Garden Club of Dover Vote
to Have Another Event
on May 9th
CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS

"a meeting of the Garden Club
was held in Dover Library on Mon
day afternoon, February oath, for
the purpose Of electing officers for
the coming year and to make plans
for Dover Day, which will be cele-
brated this year on May 9th. The
fifteen members present unanim-
ously elected the following officers
and chairman: Mrs. Henry Ridgely,
President; Mrs. A B. Richardson,
Vice-President; Mrs. Stanley Wor-
den, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs.
George E. Dawson, Recording Sec
retary; Mrs. w. w. Harrington,
Treasurer; Mrs. Richard Beckett,
Membership Chairman; Miss Julia
Jones, Mailing List Chairman, and
Mrs. w. w. McCosh, Publicity
Chairman. Directors for the year
are: Mrs. Josiah o. Wolcott, Mrs.
Raymond Cummins, Miss Julia
Jones, Mrs. James B. Bice, Jr., Mrs
Frank Hall, Mrs. Cahall Sipple and
Mrs Ralph Q. Wilson. Directors on
the Advisory Board are: Mayor j.
Wallace Woodford; Mr.. James B.
Bice, Jr., Mr.. Water Massey, G. E.
Dawson and Mr.. Charles Jackson.
1t was decided that a Flower Ar
rangement Tea shall be held at the
Country Club the latter part Of
March for the enjoyment of Gar
den Club Members. A Committee
in charge will notify other men,
bers of the selected date of the tea
and the requirements for the en-
tries. Mrs ]. o. Wolcott, Mrs. H.
|. Beers, Mrs. A. B. Richardson,
Mrs. w. P. Richardson and Mrs.
Arthur Edgeworth compose the
committee.
Smyrna times., 1936-03-05
State Fourth in Highway Safety

Showing a Is per cent reduction,
Delaware ranks fourth among 20
states and the District of Column
bia which showed a percentage re-
duction in automobile accidents in
1884 and 1885, according to Pub
lie Safety" issued by the National
Safety Council. North Dakota was
first with a % per cent reduction,
while Massachusetts, and Montana
each showed IS per cent reduction
Twenty-eigh states failed in re-
ducing accidents. The Delaware
Safety Council has been advised
the March Safety Council, of which
the Delaware group will receive
about 800 copies, will be, Bring
Them Rack Alive" depicting chill
dren being brought safely home in
a car.
Smyrna times., 1936-03-05
SUMMER MILK
NOW IN WINTER
Is Possible For Farmers Who
Use a MOlasses Hay
Crop Ensilage
NEW METHOD STORING

Summer or winter cows need
feed, children and adults need the
best milk they can get, and farm
ers need better methods. The new
methods of storing green hay crops
in the silo with the use of molass-
es seems to give an answer to these
questions. State Experiment Sta
tions throughout the country are
working on this type of fodder and
believe that a better feed will be
produced, making possible summer
milk in winter. 1t is known that
during the summer, milk contains
far more vitamins and other
growth promoting values than dur
ing winter. When hay crops are
put into the silo without curing,
these vitamins are saved, as are
the other common and well-knoWn
food elements. Dairymen of the
New Jersey station estimate that
one third the value of the crop is
lost when making it into dry hay.
and that this amount is saving by
ensiling. The research department
of a certain silo company Of
the East, has done much work
with this method of "Haying
Rain or Shine" Besides their own
experiments, their files contain
much information from the many
stations that are trying the pro-
cess. They have found that for
this ensilage the moisture content
must be high, a tight silo must be
used, and the fodder packed well.
A small amount of molasses is add
ed to ensure keeping, and with or
dinary precaution high vitamin
content is possible.
Smyrna times., 1936-03-05
Town Collects Money
for Idaho Scholarship

Kellogg, Idaho.-Some Kellogg
student will receive a 5000 schol-
arship to University of Idaho each
wear through the Kellogg Universe
ty Booster club.
The scholarship, raised by popu-
lar subscription, will provide the
student with $100 when he or she
enters school and $62.50 monthly
thereafter. Only requirement will
be to remain in school and not hold
a paying job in competition with
another student.
The high school faculty will
name five outstanding members of
the senior class each year. Towns
men will purchase votes for their
fayorite candidate at 81 per vote.
Smyrna times., 1936-03-05
WARN AGAINST
TAKING COLDS
By DIR. A. c. JOst, Executive
Secretary of the State
Board of Health
SOME TIMELY ADVICE

Common colds retard and cost
industry more than some of the
more dreaded ailments, according
to DR.. A. @. Jost, Executive Secre-
tary of the State Board of Health,
who is warning Delawareans
against this everyday disease,
and urging them to guard against
contracting it during the cold and
damp weather of late winter and
early spring. 1T is unfortunate, :"
he says, that people are prone to
underestimate the seriousness of
colds, for while they may not cause
many deaths, directly, if measured
in terms of discomfort or estimated
in money value of time and jobs
lost, colds would rank as the most
costly of diseases. There is actu-
ally more lost time and industrial
dislocation from colds than from
almost all of the rarer and more
severe infections totaled together :
There is every Indication, DR.. Jost
explained, that the tendency we
have to contract colds is one of the
penalties we pay for our density of
population, our striving in an un-
hygienic way for comfort, and our
conformity with conventional hab-
its, fads and fashions. Colds are
not usually the result of low tenn
peratures, but are the result of in
fection. Isolated and uninfected
localities in latitudes where the
thermometer may drop to extreme
ly low levels are free from the all
ment. THE preservation of a sat
isfactory degree of health" he
stated, depends largely on many
factors closely connected with cor
rect and hygienic living ample
amounts of exercise in the open
air, correct habits of eating, cor
rect supervision of all the bodily
functions, rational dress sufficient
to prevent chilling, but not so
heavy as to cause over-heating
and the maintenance of the tenn
perature of our rooms and houses
within regular and fairly low linn
its. These measures. within the
reach of any of us, if persistently
striven for, will do much to rid us
of dangerous and insfdious en-
emy." Since colds seriously lower
the bodily resistance and facilitate
the construction of other and more
serious ailments, particularly pneu-
monia, the State Board of Health
is cautioning everyone to pay
scrupulous heed to this warning.
Smyrna times., 1936-03-05
; California's Oil
esources Barred by 1860

Anseles.-The petroleum re-
Is Of California viii have been
etely discovered within %
at the current rate Of drill
another Is years the out
r. the state will have dwin.
70 insignlfcance, William ].
|Flzer, petroleum technologist,
bates.
statement followed a detail
o. the petroleum reserves
II lnlsd States, revising his
estimates made in 1881
allhor Of Petroleum in the
II States"
Smyrna times., 1936-03-05
PERSONALS

Presiding Elder France and Rev.
j. B. Quigg, left today for Elkton,
the seat of the annual conference.
Rev. E. E. White has a funeral to
attend to both today and tomor-
row, and is delayed on that ac-
count. Mrs. France and Mrs. White
will accompany their husbands,
and Mrs. Quigg may also go later.
The following persons from this
town attended the wedding of Miss
Carrie Roche Allen and Frank j.
White Of Wilmington on Wednes-
day last: Misses Mary, Edith and
Laura Bell, Miss Primrose, Mrs. B.
B. Allen, Miss Minnie Allen, Mrs.
T. B. Megear, H. w Jefferson,
CONTINUED or Page Six)
Smyrna times., 1936-03-05
Europe's Medicinal Springs

The medicinal springs Of central
and western Europe and the Brit
ish Isles have been renowned as
health centers since the time of the
Roman empire. The cities and
towns which have become famous
for their springs date their incep-
tion to these early times, and are
rich In historical interest.
Smyrna times., 1936-03-05
The Wooden Indian

So far as known, tobacco was ma
tive to the New World, and Its use
was adopted from the Indian. 1t
was natural, therefore, that the alb
original American should be made
the symbol or emblem OF tobacco.
and the wooden Indian was, until
recent years, used as such in front
of places where cigars and tobacco
were sold.
Smyrna times., 1936-03-05
Model Soviet Plane
Makes 7-Mile Flight

Moscow.-What is claimed to
be a world record for flights by
model airplanes was established
by Valya Kupreichuk at a re-
cent aviation show.
His miniature plane ascended
to a height of 1900 feet and
was seen for 80 minutes. After
this it was lost to view. The
fier who took off to look for it
found it two days later, un-
damaged, several miles from the
starting point.
Smyrna times., 1936-03-05
hi. I,!1ASc PLAN
|sl1G| MEETING
70 Be ,',a Held IN
Dover TO MORO"
[.rrrs ARE LISTED

..rual state Institute
81 nam sre1Ti 1Tonan's Christian N
s,. Dsae1In Union d will b.hs Be hsld IN N
1.'. l.s church, Dover, sarr,,Ug .
'p', varch 5. The m morning l1,its
4 nr, onsr at 1890 WIN WIZ
vi ..s,g vi Dover pastors ana
T f'I!B tbs local Union. Mrs. r.
at t.,.v :, = Of Milford, will LIRE re-
Ts.'i ~ Five Year Five POM ~
+ I EDUCATION will then no 3
~ ~ i Il five delegates. ssnta Mrs,
a. Waller, y Of Delmar' state tate
!, = VII J n preside and previous
,a W h,pcheon period, re-
1ep4 antirities during the year T
|. s,bnitted by chairmen enc o.
IT, committees. The after.
,.,ia, w. will open at 1:45 when
s1,I II reports will be contin-
lla- :, address given by Mrs.
Erltsy Conference and Chlld
h Dsriod will be featured n
| he Loyal Temperance Leg. s-
Esoartment. d The complete
Il u been arranged as fol
|,Iorring Y session, 1880 Sing
Irsi, Is Nv Fathers World
M. Mrs. Ella D. Cordray'
'rrton; greetings, Mrs. En-
Issssy. president Of Dover
4, ~ tha local
=. response, Mrs. Bertha
Milford. Presentation OF
n Year Five Point Program
,,cation-First point, Spirit
4, Rena Nickel; second, Al
Ms Lillian DeCourse; third,
qtpr Mrs. Mabel S. Lank;
Citizenship, Mrs. Bertha c.
fifth. Peace, Mrs. Lorene
BE-. Ten minutes will be al
each speaker, five minutes OF
no for discussion. Centenary
Mrs. Katie L. B. Dockety;
.ure. Mrs. Bertha Nc Foster;
,ship, Mrs. Bertha ]. Cours-
ion Signal, Mrs. Nora Pow
Oon-tide Prayer, Mrs. Ella
dray. Luncheon will be on
The Dover ladies for a nom
m. Afternoon session, 1:45
ing, Our Task; Prayer;
,tiOn, Mrs. NJ. Evelyn Killen,
Finances, Mrs. Lucy V.
!, Camden; National Plans,
ma Lee Waller. Youths
nee Child Welfare, Mrs.
N. Driscoll; Loyal Temper
sgiOn in the Home, Mrs.Eliz-
lakes; In the Day School,
llzabeth H. Bringhurst; In
lday School, Mrs. Name H.
Z. Youths Temperance
in charge of Mrs. Stella
gtcn.
Smyrna times., 1936-03-05
DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
CONTINUED From Page Two)

OF 50 YEARS AGO
Continued From Page Two)
when the church here became a
station.
DUCK CREEK CROSS ROADS
1804-Thomas Everard, Thomas
Stratton.
1805-James Heron, Caleb Nor
ris.
SMYRNA
Richard Lyon, w. B. Lacy.
18O7-James Ridgway, Sylvester
Hill.
1908 Thomas Walker, George
Harmon.
1909 go Henry White, Thomas
Neal.
1910 ~ Sylvester Hill. William
Williams.
1811- Thomas Smith, Samuel
Griffith.
1872 George Sheets. William
Ryder.
1913 John Walker, William Ryd-
er.
William Rider, D. Daily, S.
Sharp.
1s15-Law. McCombs, John Col
lins.
1816-Law. McCombs, S.P.Levis.
1817-Thomas Miller, Ed. Stout.
1818-James Moore, Ed. Stout.
181-William Williams, S.Grace
William Williams, William
Torbert.
William Ryder, Joseph Os-
borne.
1922 William Ryder, Joseph os-
borne.
1723-S. Grace, j. Holdich.
1S24-James Smith, Ed. Steven
son.
1825-James Smith, Walter B.
Jones.
1926 Sol. Higgins, James Long.
1827-John Smith, Joseph Tiff.
1828-John Smith, j. Thompson.
1829-Sol. Sharp, H. G. King.
1830-Sol. Sharp, William Con-
nelly.
1S31-R. M. Greenbank, w. Con-
nelly.
1882 r. M. Greenbank, ]. Mich
OILS.
1833-Sol. Sharp, S. Anderson.
1884 Sol. Sharp, B. Benson.
1835-Elip, Reed, z. Gaskell
1836-E. P. Reed, w. Allen.
1887 William Allen, Vincent
Shepherd.
183S-Joseph Humphreys, Joseph
Mann
1sss-Jos. Humphreys, w. c.
Thomas.
1s4o-James B. Ayres, W. C.
Thomas.
1841-James B. Ayres, j. L.
Houston.
1872. L. Houston, H. Sutton.
1843+John Lednum, H Sutton.
1844-John Dednum, John Bell.
SMYRNA STATION
1845-Joseph Mason.
.1846-Joseph Mason.
1847-James M. McCarter.
1848- James M. McCarter.
1849LJohn Roche.
185Q-John Roche.
1911. E. Gilroy.
1921. E. Gilroy.
1887. c. Murphey.
1854-T. c. Murphey.
1855-W. G. Robinson.
1856-W. c. Robinson.
1857-W. H. Brisbane.
1858-W. H. Brisbane.
1859-Charles Hill.
1860-Chares Hill.
1861-William Bishop.
William Bishop.
1860. Cooke.
1864-C. Cooke.
1860. Cooke.
1865. L. Gracey
1867-S. L. Gracey.
lS6S-S. l.. Gracey.
1894. Rittenhouse.
187O-A. Rittenhouse.
1871-J. F. Clymer
1872-J. F. Clymer.
1875. A. Phoebus
1874-G. A. Phoebus
1875-E. Stubbs.
1S76-E. Stubbs.
1877-E. Stubbs.
78-Thomas H. Haynes.
1879-Thomas H. Haynes
1880-Thomas H. Haynes.
1851. D. Rigg.
1882. D. Rigg.
1881. B. Quigg.
1884-J. B. Quigg.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-30
DO o RENIEM
News Items Taken from Files of
The Plentywood Herald of
20 YEARS AGO

On Tuesday of this week, j. P. Palubicki completed
the moving of his stock and fixtures from the former To-
cation into new quarters south of the old stand.
Plentywood and all northeastern Montana are in
the grip of the heaviest snowstorm in years. The tenn
perature at present is about % below.
The Republican presidential convention next June
pales before the interest already shown in deciding on
the handsomest man in Plentywood.
The p%roprietors of the City Meat Market are making
arrangements to construct a new cement building of
their own, PATIO, to be used exclusively for meat and
groceries.
A number of local ski jumpers were out practicine
Sunday Afternoon so they would feel more confident of
carrying off the laurels Feb. 6, when the big ski tourna-
ment will be held.
A huge bald-headed eagle adorns the cashiers win
dow of the Sheridan State bank. The bird was captured
a short time ago by a farmer from the north country in
a trap set for a coyote.
About April l this year a $50 barrel flour mill will
be in operation in this city. 1t is Incorporated and will
be known as the "Plentywood Flour Milling Company."
The directors are Q. A. Tscache, N. L. Nelson and Frank
Huff.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-30
Sheridan County Youths
Like CCC Camp Life

"We all like it fine in CCC camp
was the statement in a letter received
by f. j. Prendergast, relief admins
is~trator, from Oliver E. Johnson, d
Antelope who is stationed with a con-
tingent of other Sheridan county boys
at Bolton.
The youth said "the work is easy
and we put in short hours. We have
been having fine weather SO far with
the exception that we have a lot d
snow, about four feet on the level
The coolest weather we have had
since in October is 8 below and thai
was last Sunday" the youth wrote.
Johnson said that they were log1
ging and burning brush and it gavd
them an opportunity to learn a lot
about various things. He said thai
some of the boys go mountain climb
ing and skiing.
Some of the boys are going to sig,
up again, he said, and some are goind
home to farm. Many plan to join agair|
next year for the winter.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-30
The Success of Service Clubs

The amazing growth of the various service clubs,
which are rapidly spreading throughout the world, indi-
Gates that these organizations supply a need that exists
among men everywhere.
The people of Shridan county should not dismiss
Rotary, Lions, Civilian, Kiwanis or other groups from
their minds with the curt thought that they represent
only an association of eating men.
There is much more to the club idea than this. True
enough, the meal hour is taken as the time for busy men
to get together and enjoy the company of other men.
Through regular association the members widen the cir
Gle of their friends, which, standing alone, is worth what
the clubs cost.
More than formation of friendship, however, attends
such group associations. Gradually comes the conscious
ness of other duties to be performed in life, including an
appreciation of civic obligations and the contribution that
each individual must make, through personal applica-
ton, to the great problems that surround any growing
municipality.
There is a broader understanding Of human prob
lens and the growth of tolerance through mutual es-
TEEN. The clubs work, almost miraculously, to create
good feeling, and friendly cooperative effort for common
goals. This is not the labored act of directed puppets but
the genuine expression of a feeling of brotherhood that
is dormant in SO many human beings.
Here then, we believe, is an avenue for progress, a
vehicle for personal advance and the power for moving
a community along the right direction.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-30
Male Tyranny Again

Out in Oklahoma recently a young girl shot her
father. She said he had been mistreating his family for
years and she killed him to stop it.
Ever since l can remember" she said, 'he has
abused and struck mother and me and the children.
When l awoke this morning in the bedroom with two
little brothers and younger sisters l decided to stop his
abuse. l got the shotgun out of a closet and went in and
shot him."
To take life is a terrible act, but one can sympa-
thize with this daughter, since the testimony of the
neighbors was to the effect that her father had treated
his entire family hardly and cruelty. Years of such pun
ishment stirred up a desire in the girls heart to protect
her mother, brothers and sisters.
A man who mistreats his wife and children doesn't
deserve much sympathy. If he doesn't like them, he
should leave, not brutally take advantage of his physical
superiority over them. Unfortunately, the law offers in
adequate remedies and most Of the sufferers endure in
silence rather than incur the publicity which legal action
would involve.
Fortunately for the world, and complimentary to
human nature, we are happy to record the fact that these
male tyrants and DULLES are in the minority by far. Most
husbands and fathers work hard and arduously in order
to provide for their families and would 60 to any lengths
to protect them against abuse, rather than infict it upon
them.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-30
Medicine Lake Girl Is
Honor Student at Colleg<

Five students at Northern Montana
college, carrying Is hours or more,
finished the fall quarter with straight
"a" records, according to a final
check of hours and grades of honor
roll students.
They were Karin Barber, Chinook
Maxine Elliot, Havre; Oscar Miltz,
Big Sandy; Anna Reuter-, Medicine
Lake; and Gudrun Uundheim, Bow
doin. Karin Barber and Anna Reuter-,
who tied TO first honors, each carried
10 hours of regular college work.
Seventy-one students earned places
on the honor roll for the quarter.
Two special students, Ruth Turn
ouist, Great Falls, and Richard Rigg'
Havre, also received "A" in all cours7
es taken.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-30

the producers of music and songs have been affiliated
with this organization but one important musical agency
has withdrawn.
After 1895 therefore some $4,000 copyrighted tunes
passed out of the catalog of music available for radio
broadcast. The publishing houses owning the copyrights
on these compositions have withdrawn from the ASCAP
contending that the return received from the compost
tons was inadequate in view of the loss of sales of sheet
music.
1t is probable that the dispute will be adjusted but
until it is the radio audience will be denied some of
their favorite numbers. The situation calls attention
again to the difference between the operation of our
American stations and those in other countries. Here
the sale of advertising them is resorted to paw the ex-
pense of furnishing programs. In some countries adyer-
Using is barred from the air but radio receivers are
compelled to pay a tax which supports the programs Of
fered to the listeners.