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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-11-25

The Adviser on Negro Affairs,
Eugene Kinckle Jones, of the De-
partment of Commerce. has ready
for distribution a study on Negro
Trade Associations prepared by
Joseph R. Houchins, Assistant Blu
siness Specialist, Negro Affairs
Division, Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce.
This report, which indicates the
nature and scope of activities of
Negro trade asso eiations, is based
on material made available to the
Division of Negro Affairs by of
ficials of some of the larger and
more important national groups Of
Negro business men. Some trade
associations may profit from the
experiences of other groups relat-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-11-25
Negro Workers Council

WHEREAS: The vast majority
of the seven Pacific coast unions
now on strike do not directly or
indirectly discriminate against Ne
groes, and
WHEREAS: The Labor Rela-
tons Act" gives labor the right to
act without coercion from employ
ers, ant
WHEkEAS: The ship subsidies
given to the ship owners by the
Federal Government would offset
any benefits that the Water Front
Workers can receive from the La
Dor Relations Act" at this time,
and
WHEREAS: The promise of sub
sides will encourage certain ship
owners to not agree to negotiate
an agreement, thereby harming
hundreds of Negro members that
are in these unions, and the COM
munity in general, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the Negro
Workers Council request President
Roosevelt to cancel all Federal
Ship Subsidies until the ship own
ers agree to negotiate with the
unions on strike. And, be it fur
Their
RESOLVED: That we send a
copy of this resolution to Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the press.
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MONTANA SECTION

body in town. When the Rev. Hay
ward announced that he would UNI
dertake THE Impossible Task" to
finish the Church last May, nobody
believed him and some called him
crazy. But to the contrary, less
than 30 days after, he began his
task. The pastor, pulling almost
single-handed, finished the build
ing at cost of 500, all paid ex-
cept 500: and 80 days later the
final balance was paid The build
ing is a beautiful tan stucco trim
med in ivory. Although seeing it
with their own eyes, but because
they didn't understand how it was
done, there are still some who are
not able to believe that THE Inn
possible Task" is done. The din
ner was a sell-out, twenty-five
were too late. The graceful thing
about this dinner is that the cash
receipts We're donated to the Rev.
Hayward for his personal use. Ma
ny expressions were made in his
favor. Rev. and Mrs. E. w. Hen
derson, of the Pentecostal Church,
were present. The last guest left
at 1 a. m.
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spokane. wash.

M. John Henry Black died OF
pneumonia last Thursday, Nov. 10,
in s local hospital. He has lived
IN Spokane for the past IS yssirs,
He was an active member of the
Bethel A.M.E. Church He was
also a member Of the Hunting
club. He IS survived By his wife
Jennie at the home. a daughter
zfrs. Vienna Jones'. q son. John H
Black. Jr. both OF Spokane; two
sisters. ms. Jennie James Of Boul-
der. colo. and Mrs. Jennie Ander-
son Of Denver. Colo; one niece,
Mrs. Georgia Emmanuel Of Boul-
der, Colo: three nephews, Major
James Of Portland, Ore, Leroy
Morrison, Of Boulder, Colo. and
Leon Black Of Berkeley. ctgiifor-
nia. Funeral services were Nom
day. November 2s, from the smith
Funeral Home with the Rev. J. c.
white officiating Interment was
81 Riverside Park.
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-11-25
FACT AND FANCY
BY Peggy Govern

The word "reformer," in every
day conversation, has acquired a
significance which is not fair or
just, and which does harm to the
general idea of reform itself. A
reforIlcr is sometimes thought of
as a busybody, mingling in every
other persons affairs and endeav-
oring to create a general disturb
ance for his own advantage. This
has been brought about largely by
the heat of political controversy,
and largely by the fact that some
men who devote themselves hon
estly to the public welfare and be-
come intensely interested in one
particular line of thought do not
understand why others with less
information 20 not instantly fol-
low their lead. This is due not to
a lack of knowledge of the condi-
tions sought to be reformed but of
the elements of human nature in
cdient to the controversy. It does
not aid reform for reformer to
assert that the man who opposes
him is an obstructionist inlmical
to the morals of reform and OF I'M.
clean motive. This is as improper
as it is for others in their oontro-
versy with the refoTmer to 5odge
the real issues and oppose the pro-
posed reform because they do not
happen to like the proposed re-
FORMS advocate. On account of
the multitude of human activities
and the variety of interests in a
community reforms as rule come
singly and are the natural evolY-
ton of experience.
Many an alleged reform that
later proves to be insufficient has
been put upon the books through
the honest but unwise advocacy
Of men whose characters stood the
test of sincerity.
Copyright 1886
International Negro Press
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-11-25

King. Mrs. Margaret Malone. Mr..
Cook. Mr and Mrs. Geo. chatters.
Mrs Viola Nichols, ana Mr.. G. ST.
mon and friend.
To round out fun days pleas
ures two dances are scheduled for
Thanksgiving night. The Self I'M
proyement Club dance at Faurot's
Han. 18th and r. Pike, win be the
mecca for a large majority Of the
couples who delight in the best Of
high class entertainment. Merle
Williams and his Embassy club
orchestra viii furnish the entranc-
ing music for which he has become
famous. No pains have been spar
ed to make this an affair long to
be remembered.
Those who like to dsnce until
the wee hours OF the morning win
go from Faurots to Finnish Han.
where the Owl Club is offering an
other Of their popular dances. A
big floor show ard trucking con-
test are the features Of the even
ing. Music win be furnished by
the Owl Swing Band. All in all,
the day promises to be very hap
py Thanksgiving.
Miss Irene Graves and her aunt.
Miss Adele Wright, Of Tacoma,
have taken an apartment at the
Medlyn Arms.
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WaIIa WaIIa. Wn.

Church services were well at
tended Sunday at the Mt. Carmel
Baptist Church with the Rev. D.
D. Banks in charge.
Mrs. Edna Smith has united
with the Baptist Church. The Sun
day School Rally for November
ended Sunday with a total collec-
ton of S52.65. This rally was UNI
der the leadership Of the superin-
tendent, Mrs. d. d. Banks.
Miss Ethel Davis presented the
Church with two beautiful chairs.
A large congregation attended
the Howard's,A.M.E. Zion Church
Sunday. The Rev. D. 3. Pershall
preached an inspiring sermon.
The weekend guests Of Mrs. D.
d. Banks were the Mesdames L.
P. Robertson, Jacobs. Edna Smith,
Sarah Marshall and the Misses
Ethel Davis. Dorothy Marshall,
Jimmie Seigler. and Louise Dun.
can.
Sunday dinner guests of Mrs.
w. Ray were Rev. and Mrs. D. D.
Banks and son Arthur. Mr. c. H.
Maley and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Smith.
Mrs. j. Seigler entertained Mrs.
ID. d. Banks Monday With a lun-
cheon.
Mrs. L. P. Robertson received
from her daughter, Mrs. Christa-
belle Anderson souvenir paper
of the dedication of the Golden
Gate Bridge.
Master Pau Spearnan is doing
good work placing the Northwest
Enterprise into different homes,
and hopes that he can sell more
in the future. Good work, Paul.
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OREGON NEWS SECTION
Bonnie Boyle Correspondent, 1920 Vancouver Avenue
Phone MUrdocE 1865

ed in this study. which contains
suggestions and recommendations
for the Improvement OF these bod
les. Manufacturers, distributors,
and other business groups inter-
ested in the Negro maTket should
find the pamphlet helpful.
A list of government publica-
lions dealing with marketing and
other commercial subjects is also
given.
The publication is available upon
request from the Division of Ne
gro Affairs, Bureau of Foreign &
Domestic Commerce, Department
of Commerce, Washington, D. c.
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a WONIAN,s OPINION

CONTINUED from Page Three)
feet were normal. In a recent is
sue of the Saturday Evening Post
Larry Snyder said, "Jesse's legs
ate no different from any other
athletes legs, except that they are
better formed than any legs I have
seen in my eight years Of running
and ten of coaching"
But it is different category of
writers from the reporter that
Doctor Victor Heiser belongs. This
author Of the currently popular,
"An American Doctors Odyssey"
says among other things concern
ing the various tribes on the island
Of Luzon: THE most primitive of
the wild tribes were Negritos !.
That they were true Negroes was
shown by the one piece cartilage
in their spreading noses =. Even
octoroons show this Negroid char
acteristic which is regarded as a
reliable test for Negro blood" The
good doctor is not prejudiced, far
from it. He has travelled too wide
" among people of varied customs
and physical differences to have,
shall we say, provincial attitude
All through his interesting book
one gets unmistalxable evidence of
his appreciation of various cultur-
al developments. Yet his state
ments, scientific man though he
is, is entirely refuted by modern
anthropologists.
While the exterior physical char
acteristics of the Negro are in
some respects contrasted to those
of other racial types and such evil
dence is often advanced to prove
that the Negro is a more primitive
form in the evolutionary scale than
the white man and therefore in
ferior.F This was an accepted fact
by the physical anthropologists of
the older school and among noil-
scientific men 1t is commonly held
today. But according to Ernest
Albert Hooton, professor of an
thropology at Harvard University,
it is impossible to state precisely
the inheritance of physical char
acteristics In cross breeding There
fore the good doctors observation
as to the one-piece cartilage being
found in people with even a small
amount of Negro blood is another
myth in American folklore.
*The theory expounded by many
so-called scientists of the Negroes
similarity to the anthropoid, can
not be founded on truth since in
such physical characteristics as
woody texture of hair, thickness OF
the lips. ETC., the Negro is the
least ape-like Of humans.
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Lewis Can't Get
Poke at BFaddOck

NEW YORK (CNA) = Mike
Jacobs Of the goth Century Sport
ing Club and the New York State
Athletic Commission this week
turned thumbs down on a chal-
lenge by John Henry Lewis. world
light lightweight champion, to bat
tie jim Braddock heavyweight
champion, for the heavyweight
crown.
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CHARLESTON, S. c. (Aboard
Cruiser U.s.s. indianapolis Hello
Everybody: I am seeing the real
things. Left New York headed
for South America. VIII sail this
week with the President Of the U.
S. fer Buenos Aires. VIII learn
some great things before l cross
the Equator. Hope everybody is
well. I just ask praying people
for prayers for smooth sailing.
Hope to be on the Pacific Coast
for Christmas.
Yours. Theodore (chink) Winslow
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VANCOUVER. =. q

Victor Rogers is sponsoring a
gala banquet and dance ThanIsa-
giving night, November Is. Pro-
ceeds will be donated to the Sun
Santa Claus Benefit fund. Assist
ing Mr. Rogers are J. W. Gibson.
R. Taylor, VIM. Knighten, C. Mr.
ply, Eugene Davis. and Mrs. Har-
~ Ramsey.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-11-25

WASHINGTON tc) oklahO-
ma has 846 and California GIT col
ored members of CCc, and four
educational arvisers each, accord
ing to announcement of the Emer-
gency Conservation Work.
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Is visiting with her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. f. A..
Stokes.
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THE EDITORS
MAIL BOX
1a23 Remington Court
Seattle. Washington
nr....onl.or - 1nan

1923 Remington Court
Seattle. Washington
November -. 1886
Mr.. George M. Francis
Managing Editor
Northwest Enterprise
1891 Bird Ave. Bldg.
Seattle, Wash.
Dear Mr.. Francis:
On behalf Of the members Of the
Citizens Emergency Committee. .
we want to thank you for the very
fine cooperation given up by your
paper. also allow US TO commend
you for younr splendid editorial as
well as a wonderful news story re-
latlve to our visit with chief Of
Police VIM. Sears, on Police Bru-
tallty"
We feel that there is a vital
need for militant action.
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Managing Editor
Northwest Enterprise

Managing Editor
Northwest Enterprise
Dear Sir:
It was pleasing to the Rev. F. A.
Hughes to attack Negro business
IN one Of his recent sermons which
4 believe was uncalled for end
without foundation. Speaking as
church member, I firmly believe
that Rev. Mr.. Hughes went be-
yond his priestly office in making
such an attack. I speak for the
church alone and not business.
May I ask Rev. Hughes where and
what book he gathered those So
called facts? Is not the church
damned enough? or, shall we con-
tinue turning 1t over to common
meeting places and dragging 1t in
to any dog fight that comes al
ong? No wonder Christ wept in
the days of old.
Let's call a spade a spade and
give back to the church that price
less virtue we are continually
stealing. Churches viii continue,
and business win do business.
Thanking you for this space in
your paper, l am
Respectfully,
J. w. Chatters
1913 q. John st.
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international Negro Press
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-24

Who Took the Picture of Calamity
Jane at Gilt Edge, Referred to in
This Story.
meal. Hey, come on boys, we'll drink
it up!" And promptly a long line of
willing men followed her into the sa-
loon where she set up the drinks. That
was about the time Calamity Jane
had returned from a trip east. Some
months earlier we1l-meaning friends
had taken up a collection and sent her
back into the land Of culture where
she might acquire a bit of polish and
learn to be a lady. Teddy asked her
that day, while they all were drinking
her liquor:
Calamity, why don't you reform and
She turned to him and, after all
these years, he still remembers the ex-
preston in her eyes. "All I want" she
said, quietly, lis to be left alone to go
to hell my own way. I just want to
out my days with you boys. It's the
only life I know"
There was one memorable occasion,
Teddy Blue recalls, when, with her
quick feminine wit, she rescued a for
lorn group of fun-hungry cowboys from
q difficult situation. Their herd boss,
Teddy says, was that oldest OF phe-
nomena in the early west-a deeply
religious man, a fanatic who not only
walked the straight and narrow path
but also imposed his own rigorous code
OF morals upon the men under him.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-24
MONTANA LANDS
ARE TO BE SOLD
MEAGHER AUCTION IS SET FOR
FEB. 3 AND HIGHLAND COUN-
TY FEB. 10

Thirty-five thousand acres of Mon
tana Hand will be disposed of by the
state land department at sales in
Meagher county Feb. 3 and in Rich
land county Feb. 10.
The Meagher county sale will be held
at White Sulphur Springs and the
Rtchland sale at Sidney.
In Richland county 10000 acres will
be offered, about equally divided be-
tween school lands and lands obtained
by the state through foreclosure of
loans.
The amount in Meagher county is
5000 acres, $4,000 Of school lands and
5000 Of mortgaged lands.
The state reserves mineral rights in
the school lands, but lacks title to the
minerals in the foreclosed property.
Six anu q quarter percent of all oils
and gas found in the mortgaged lands
viii go to the buyers, and the state
VIII sell the lands on amortization con-
tracts running for IS years.
On the day Of the sales the pur-
chaser must pay 10 percent in cash and
q certificate fee Of S.. The balance
VIII be paid owe the amortization
period in annual payments.
The balance on town and city lots
must be paid within five years, and
deferred payments will carry S percent
interest.
The sales have been requested by
prospective buyers, including the state
water conservation board and the fed
era1 bureau of reclamation.
1eSSeeS On state lands have q pref
erentiaa right to buy the lands leased
to them at the highest bidders price.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-24

Friend of Doc" Allen of Billings and
Teddy Blue of Fergus, Who Answered
Blues question why Don't You Re-
form and Get Civilized?" With "All I
Want Is to Be Left Alone to Go to
He'll My Own Way"
find a woman WHO doesn't do much the
same thing? Then, because standards
were different, poor Calamity attracted
unsavory attention, while today she'd
probably be thought of merely as mod
of her time"
It would seem that Calamity Jane
proves the truth of the old adage-
The evil that men do lives after them"
for. n the tales told of her so much
less life and so little upon the gem
erous, warm, maternal heart of the
woman. She was invariably flat broke,
Doctor Allen says, and yet, somehow,
when a friend was in need she always
managed to find a Way-her own
unique, Calamity Jane way-of COM
ing effectively to the rescue. It is a
much-written story, familiar to most
Of us, of how, during the smallpox cpl
demic in the Black Hills, Calamity Jane
turned nurse. She was all woman then,
nursing and mothering the sick men.
With unflinching courage and a fine
indifference toward the horrors of the
disease, she went from cabin to cabin,
rough voice softened, sharp eyes kind,
doing the little that she could, keeping
the sufferers supplied with fresh water
and food. Many men owe their lives to
the heroism Of the Lady Devil Of the
West" But perhaps all of us haven't
CHANGED to hear how she procured the
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-24
HOPKINS K
TO VISIT
RELIEF ADMINISTRATOR URGED
TO RETURN TO CITY WHERE
HE PLAYED BASEBALL

TIC Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief
administrator at Washington, a letter
Of invitation to visit Laurel-scene Of
hopkins baseball PLAYING more than
McCauley, personal messenger for
Mayor Roscoe Broughton. Into Hop
kins' hand the messenger delivered the
mayors request.
It was May 4, 1910, that the Laurel
Outlook described a baseball game in
which the name of Infielder Harry L.
Hopkins, a crack shortstop from Ever
was in the days when Laurel took its
baseball seriously, as any old-timer win
testify. Some stellar games were played
with the best teams in Montana, in
Guiding those from Butte and Living
ston. And in most of those encounters,
Laurel won. To land a berth on the
'hot."
The opening game in 1910 was with
Fromberg: Some of the players were
pr. A. E. Strip, Bob Titus, Pat Moran.
Smlthson and Hopkins. w. j.. Haw-
klns, now a resident of Billings, was
manager. The score for the first game
game of the season was II to 8. Also
for Laurel. "
Buffalo, wyo., tried its luck and was
tered IA to !.
The Outlook's files reveal that after
n OF the games a celebration was
staged at the Strip home, attended
by Manager Hawkins and the team.
The edition Of June 8 tersely stated
that Hopkins was succeeded by Peter
son at shortstop. Old timers say HOO
klns went east to New York, which. In
Inc light Of subsequent DEVELOPMENTS.
appears t have been fortunate for him'
IN his letter addressed to Hon. Harrv
1. Hopkins, Mayor Broughton-who a.
tended some Of the early baseball genes
This letter will introduce Won to DR..
D. H. McCauley Of Laurel, Mont. and
may recall to you days of long gao
when this city was the baseball cenfer
OF eastern Montana and you were one
OF leading players, ~
with this letter DR.. McCauley car
RES to you an invitation to again visit
our city. and be Jul guest for q dav'
II this invitation is accented Fee
city officials win declare that dav 4
Hopkins day
With best wishes to you, and CON.
graduating, you on your achievements
since you left our city, I remain, b.
broughton, mayor"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-24

Who Knew Calamity Jane Personally.
One Time He Asked Her Why She Did
Not Reform and Get Civilized.
Enthusiastically shaking off respon-
sibflities, as quick to break ties as she
was to make them, ready with her
response to genuine need, promptly
turned her back on her temporary
home. and horse-thief friends and went
with the wounded, all the way, giving
the sick boys the tenderness that was
buried deep down beneath the rough
ness Of that wild, motherly heart Of
hers.
There may be truth in the assertion
that Bill Hitchcock meant for Calam-
tty Jane the one vital, enduring and
beautiful love of her life, or It may
be that writer's, drawing from the wells
Of imagination, have chosen to inter-
pref a sincere admiration and friend
ship as romance. We know that her
last request of a fate that had never
been too lavish in its gifts to her was
that, when she died, she should be
laid to rest near Hitchcock. But death,
following the example of life, dealt
out its dole frugally. A strong iron
fence surrounds the monument erected
in memory of one of the brave men Of
the west and Just outside that fence b
the grave Of Calamity Jane.
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To1~~.4~- 1o~oo LADY, ~oa the YES" Was SuemnngS hoodng Drinking
u IHIHl11II " .I1l0A famed and DETAINED Child of the Palms. YnS heP0smsmd7
w. Warm and Generous Heart AhunsC Came 10 Rescue Whg
Friends neIn N@d; Would haNFm4Fron Merchants and MbueA mmaC ahmahf Unfu1unme
By GLENDOLN DAMON WAGNER

By GLENDOLN DAMON WAGNER
# WOULD seem-so much has already
been written about our Lady Devil
= Of the West" Calamity Jane-that
nothing new remains to be said con-
corning that swearing, shooting drink
ing, famed and DETAINED child of the
plains. Ruthless hands have painted
her with black smears as a rough, ig-
norant wholly bad woman. She has
been made the butt of ridicule in
poetry and songs. They have even pic
tured her as one of the outlaws of early
days. But such pictures, all in black,
are not true portrayals. The passing
years, teaching tolerance, have tenn
pered, somewhat, the hard criticisms
that were her part simply because she
dared to be what she was and had the
courage to live her own unconventional
Hfe-a colorful life in which we find
much that is uncouth, perhaps unwom-
anly, but with no hint of little mean
nesses anywhere. And the few remain
ing old men who were young when
Calamity Jane and the west were also
young have nothing but kindly men,
cries Of her.
"Yes," DR.. Allen of Billings admits.
"she was all that she's accused of be-
ing. She wore mems clothes. She sWore.
She drank. Today. though, nothing
would be thought Of those much crit
icized peculiarities, for where can you