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Montana labor news., 1936-07-23
Curious Features At
United Shows
On Harrison Ave

The strangest Of all exhibitions is
Dozens Freak Animal Exhibit" and
is an authentic Worlds Fair" attrac-
ton appearing on the midway there in
1888 and '35 and now one Of the fea-
ture attractions with the United Shows
of America who will appear at Butte
Harrison Ave Circus Grounds, July p
to August |, Inc.
A weird and strange exhibition with
thirty-five living freaks animals with
the most startling OF all beasts as the
feature in "Adonis" a bull that has the
skin OF a human. This attraction which
is the only one like it in the amuse-
ment world has enjoyed a remarkable
life and has been a remarkable success
since it's %origination some years ago
with one OF the larger n day %circuses.
The cow with the bulldog face
horse with eight feet, who can do ever
ything but talk; chicken with a face
that closely resembles a small girl;
eight legged sheep and six-legged COWS
with a score of more freaks of the ami
NAL kingdom in an educational and en-
pertaining exhibition that appeals to
patrons in every walk of life.
Just one Of the many strange and en-
pertaining attractions that will be found
on the mile-long pleasure o n OF the
United Shows of America.
Montana labor news., 1936-07-23
RIQUA, OHIO MUNICIPAL POWER PLANT
~Co-operatives Selling
Power

Indicative OF the tremendous sweep
OF the electrification program is the an
.nouncement OF the Ohio Farm Bureau
Rural Electrification Cooperative that
five projects have been approved, IS
cooperative corporations already reg
istered and fifty thousand members
signed up to take part in the develop
ment of the program.
Sensing the Importance OF non-profit
production Of power in addition to dis
tribution on a cooperative basis, local
co-ops in many sections OF the country
are purchasing power directly from
publicly owned plants. 5l4 miles OF
lines just completed in Miami, Shelby
and Champaign countries, Ohio are
securing power from the Municipal
plant in Piqua, Ohio.
The activities Of the co~operatives in
Ohio have already forced down the
power rates to no~n-members, spread
ing the benefits OF cooperative organ
ization to entire communities.
Montana labor news., 1936-07-23
Coop Business Booms
As Farmers Turn From
Profit Motive Business
BY Federated Press

Observation-Disclosures driven
by lower purchasing power and strug-
Cling to survive, are turning more and
more to the use Of cooperatives in the
search for a way out.
This is the conclusion reached by
Farm Research, Inc, in its July bull
letln, Facts for Farmers. sLowered
incomes have forced American farm
ers and workers TO turn towards CO.
operatives in their efforts to survive,
the bulletin says. Farmers whose
purchasing power was cut in half were
forced to make every dollar count as
never before. From their very be-
ginnings over a century ago, rural
people have been pioneers in all the
various kinds of cooperatives. The
heart Of the cooperative movement to-
day lies in the great farming areas
of the middle and northwest"
Figures are used to illustrate the
point. In the 1934-l935 season 1874
cooperatives marketing associations
sold 81, 330,000,000 worth of products
for their 100000 members, share
holders, shippers, consignors, and pat
rons. They have gone into such crops
as cotton. wool, livestock, grain, fruits
and vegetables on a national scale.
Cooperative purchasing associations
did a $~250,0O0,000 business in 1884, &C
cording to the Farm Credit Admins
tration. That was double, the business
done by the purchasing associations
in 1929. At present there are approx
mately 1000 purchasing coops with a
membership of over 100000 farmers.
Most successful in this field, accord
ing to the bulletin have been the oil
coops. The Farmers Union Central
Exchange did a 100000 business in
1934-35 and bought, besides oil pro-
ducts, farm machinery, feed, seed, fer
t%ilizer, coal binder Irvine, tires and
batteries.
Consumer coops also took a squirt
during the depression. At present
they are doing about l per cent Of the
nations retail business. Between 1929
and 1888 membership jumped 40 per
cent and 5000 consumer coops with
], 100000 members did business of ST.
100000 a day in 1888. In 1885 value
of goods sold mounted to $400, 900.
The bulletin warns, however, Of the
attacks being made on the coopera-
tives in an effort to corrupt their prin-
ciples. 1t criticizes the practice of
some marketing coops in substituting
the principle Of a vote per share in
place of a vote per member. Another
practice, it declares, is that OF allowing
local coop groups democratic proceed
ure but retaining final authority in the
board OF directors. Land O'Lakes
Creameries, Inc, is pointed to as an
example.
"The main danger to any coopera-
tives ZONES when control passes into
the hands Of a small group, says the
bulletin. I'm such cases the member
ship no longer has the assurance that
its interests are considered and the
whole thing becomes a purely business
affair. If, however, the coop is dem
~ocraticlly controlled, it becomes an inn
portant instrument for organizing the
farmers"
Montana labor news., 1936-07-23
La Toilette Civil Liberties Viola
ton Probe Committee AL
ready At Work

Observation-Disclosures describ-
ed as laying the background has be-
gun on the senatorial investigation of
violations Of civil liberties.
Heber Blankenhorn, research work
er for the National Labor Relations
Board has been placed in charge Of
the investigation, it was learned, though
no announcement OF the appointment
has yet been made.
A partial staff has been assembled,
including some Of the Investigators
who worked on the Nye committee
probing the munitions industry, and
known facts and documents are being
studied and filed for reference. Hear
ings will not be started until the fall.
Montana labor news., 1936-07-23
Prevention Of siIieosia

Although s%ilicosis is incurable it's the
easiest thing in the world to prevent ~
merely by not breathing silica dust.
There's a lot Of publicity about prevent
ing diseases and making the human
race healthy, etc, but very little or
nothing is said about preventing sill
COSTS, the most deadly of all and the
easiest to prevent. 1t gets the strong,
healthy person along with the weak,
where some diseases only attack the
weak.
There has been a little done, or a
bluff made towards preventing, but not
enough to prevent it. The simple rul-
es to follow are:
l.. Wear a dust-proof mask if work
ing where there's silica dust, even if
only one-fourth OF the work can be
done with one on as can be done with
it off.
Ventilate first and extract the ore
second. In using booster fans under
ground they should be placed where
they will pick up fresh air and not
dust. Wet down every working place
and never drill dry. Good ventilation
may cost the mining company some
money but all the wealth ever mined
is not worth one man becoming help
less from silicosis.
Here is proof of those few words /:
Suppose you would take a healthy nan
and teach him what s%ilicosis is; then
if you could have all the wealth that
has ever been mined and offer it to
him to get helpless from breathing silica
dust he would say, mo sale" Think
that over then see if you think a few
thousand dollars is pay enough to get
s%ilicosis and do all the work you have
to do in the process besides. If a mine
can't pay working it safe from silicosis
~ DON'T WORK 1T.
Always bear in mind: all slie wealth
ever mined is not worth one man be-
coming disabled from silicosis.
If | could know before | die that this
little article prevents only one man
from getting silicosis, I'd feel | had
done a great deed. And it can pre-
vent all that read it if they will only
heed it.
Montana labor news., 1936-07-23
First.Hand Information
On SiiCOsis
Continued from Page y

But there's no escape for any one OF
them = don't kid yourself. Most men
think they have to do it for their fam
lily then they are made helpless when
they are needed the most.
When Has a Man Siicosis?
A nan with Silicosis compares with
a mar being shot. If the bullet hicks
him, he's shot; if the bullet goes throu-
gh his heart, he's shot. It's the same
as s%ilicosis II if a man breathes silica
dust one day he has silicosis; if he
breathes silica dust until he's disabled
he has silicosis. But in either case
the man that is shot is the better off,
because the man that was nicked will
heal over and be none the worse while
the mar with a little silica dust in his
lungs has it forever. The man shot
through the heart is over his troubles
the nan disabled from silica dust may
lay around and suffer for years before
his death 49, and such a death I've
seen non worse - sometimes they are
dying for daysl
When they say a mar has silcosis
now they usually mean some one that's
disabled from it IL there's no telling
how long he had it before it downed
him. Sometimes a man will lbe short
winded and have no pep and be only
about SO per cent normal for years be-
fore he becomes helpless. No matter
what amount Of silica dust a man has
in his lungs, he is more apt to get tub
erculosis after 2 case Of flue or pneu-
monia than he is if he had no silica in
his lungs.
Montana labor news., 1936-07-23

The Courts may halt US ION our way"
but Union Label buying is the way
outl"
Montana labor news., 1936-07-23

PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS
THEY PATRONIZE USl
Montana labor news., 1936-07-23

Union Members Patronize Labor
News Advertisers
Montana labor news., 1936-07-23
STRIKE THREAT IN WOOL
EN- INDUSTRY GROWS

New York-FP)-Possibility OF a
ong-threatened strike OF 100000 work
ers in the wooden and worsted in
dustry, members OF the United Tex
tile Workers of America, doomed larg-
er as bosses announced their refusal
to negotiate issues with the union.
The q. T. w. A. had asked a 20 per
cent wage increase, the 35-hour week
and limitation Of the speedup prevail
emit in the industry. Speaking for the
employees, Pres. Arthur Besse Of the
Natl. Assn. OF Wool Manufacturers
scoffed at the unions wage demands
and declared the shorter workweek
would mot add to employment" The
union had previously warned that fail
ure to discuss its demands would end
in complications and strikes
Union Members Patronize Labor
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1936-04-03
$4,000 DAMAGES ASKED
FROM WESTERN UNION

A suit asking $4,000 damages for
an alleged practical joke was on file
in Circuit Court in Salisbury Friday
last against the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, New York Cor
poration.
The action, brought Thursday by
w. Edgar Porter, attorney for Rich
ard H. Bailey, plaintiff, alleges that
on November II, 1885, while Bailey
was recovering from an operation in
Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore
he received a telegram ostensibly
notifying him that he was being con-
sidered for managership of Wicomico
Hotel, position that was soon to be-
come vacant by the resignation of
Otis G. Clements.
The declaration adds that when
Bailey discovered the telegram was a
hoax, he suffered a serious relapse.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1936-04-03
POLITICIANS AGREE TO
BURY THE HATCHET

Political leaders of the different
factions of the Democratic party in
Somerset county at a meeting recent
ly, in spirit of compromise and good
feeling decided to bury the hatchet in
the interest of harmony in the nation
al campaign this year and name dele
gates to the State Convention which
will eliminate the necessity for a
county primary.
The delegates named, representing
both the Organization and Progress
i've factions, were:
DR.. R. r. Norris, Crisfield; VIM. A.
Brown, Princess Anne; DR.. Thomas
B. Whaley, Princess Anne; James E.
Byrd, Princess Anne.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1936-04-03

Long & Robins appeared as counsel
for the men. The fourth man has not
been apprehended.
The date for the trial of Charles
Garis, Buford Huffman and Charles
Pruitt, named in the true bill, has
not been fixed by the Court.
The first two named are charged
with malicious injury to property and
wilful and malicious destruction of
property. Pruitt is charged with be-
ing an accessory before the fact.
Mrs. Luffman's automobile was
blown up, window lights of her house
Jared out, and she and three children
hurled into the floor by one of the
blasts.
Authorities have worked on the
theory that it was the upshot of a
"bootlegger feud." Huffman is the
stepson of Mrs. Myrtis Luffman
whose husband is in the penitentiary
for liquor law violation, and Garis
married her stepdaughter.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1936-04-03
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
WATERMEN FINED FOR
CATCHING SMALL OYSTERS

Caught with small oysters in their
possession ranging from 32f6 to 500
of their total catch five Queen Anne's
watermen from Grasonville and Ches-
ter were fined $25 and costs for vio-
lation of the Gull law by Magistrate
j. West Thompson in Police Court
Monday evening of last week. All ap-
pealed.
The men were Ira Thomas, of Ches-
ter, Willard Burns, Earl Thomas and
Edward G. Pentz, of Grasonville and
Warren Butler, Negro, also of Gra-
sonville. They were arrested in the
Chester River on Wednesday by Cap
tain G. Frank Akers and Captain Nor
ris P. Edwards of Rock Hall, inspec-
tors of the State Conservation De-
partment.
According to Captain Akers, orders
were sent out from Baltimore last
week to investigate activities of the
Chester River oystermen. About II
o'clock Wednesday morning he and
Captain Edwards trapped the oyster
fleet, Captain Akers going upstream
from the mouth of the river in the
police boat Murray and Captain Ed
wards coming down stream.
Each of the men arrested had oys-
ters far in excess of the limit. Not
more than per cent of the bivalves
under three inches are permitted in a
catch. Examination showed that But
Ter had 80 per cent of the understood
variety; Pentz so per cent Smith 35
per cent; Burns 40 per cent and Thom-
as 35 per cent.
Another pair of watermen halted by
the officers evaded examination by
pulling away from the police boat
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1936-04-03
TRUE BILLS FOUND
AGAINST WANGO BOMBERS

The March Term of the Wicomco
Grand Jury, recalled last Saturday,
found true bills against four persons
in connection with bombing of the
automobile and home of Mrs. Myrtis
l.. Huffman, in the Wango neighbor-
hood, on the evening of March 23rd.
Each of the three who had been
previously apprehended, arraigned the
same day before Chief Judge Benja
min A. Johnson, pleaded not guilty
and were held under $4,000 bond each.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1936-04-03

while they were searching another
mans catch and shoveling their entire
catch overheard before the officers
could catch up with them second
time.
1t was reported that the watermen
we've engaged in longing oysters from
natural rock open to all watermen and
dumping them as seen upon leased
grounds. AS Captain Edwards ex-
pressed it they "were robbing every
one"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1936-04-03

in the county roads virtually bottom
less pits were found. In one place
below Trappe over 300 bushels of oys-
ter shells were dumped into a hole
about the size of two lengths, and
when this was done a car could not
pass over the spot without getting
stuck. The oyster shells could hard
Iy be seen. They sunk out of sight,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1936-04-03

The hoax was participated in by en-
ployees of the Western Union office
in Salisbury, the plaintiff alleges.
The text of the telegram, according
to the declaration, was: Richard H.
Bailey, Maryland General Hospital,
BALTIC. Your name placed before us
as prospective manager succeeding
Clements Wicomico Hotel resigned
deferring decision pending your re-
turn wire probate date via Western
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1936-04-03

according to the people working on
the road. Another bad spot on the
northern approach to Easton saw a
similar hole where 800 bushels of
shells were dumped and these disap-
peared. The water seeping under the
roadbeds seems to have undermined
such places as the above.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1936-04-03
Union. (signed) Committee" !"

Union. (signed) Committee"
After claiming that, as a result of
the discovery the telegram was hoax
Bailey suffered relapse, the declara-
tion alleges that tx the defendant
Xxx participated in the actual send
ing of this hoax telegram X x".
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1936-04-03

COUNTY REVEALS
DEEP PITS IN ROADS
In repairing some of the bad spots
The Washington times., 1936-03-26
Shoe Styles
Change

PARIS-There is a tendency
this Spring to return to more
elaborate shoes, even for street
wear. Doeskin or suede are still
very strong, but the plain pump
is less in evidence. New models
in antelope, brown, navy blue, or
black, show ingenious WORK IN mar
row bands or pipings, of kid or
patent leather in the same color.
These bands or pipings are dis
posed all over the shoe, joining at
the top of the instep where they
develop into a large band which
is knotted into a small bow. Con-
trastlng vamps and insteps com.
bining two different 1eathers-
such as lizard and kid, kid and
patent leather, patent leather
and doeskin-are also very much
in favor but always in the same
color. Instep trimmings such as
fancy lacings are coming back in
style, and it can be foreseen that
plastic buckles and ornaments will
be more used in the near future.
The Washington times., 1936-03-26

would be filled and the price Of
the economy dish would exceed
by far what they wished to
spend.
She did admit that one Of their
difficulties was a small refrigera-
tor. That limited the quantity Of
left-overS they could store. Fresh
vegetables, unless they were kept
in the vegetable bin in the refrig.
orator, wilted and dried out in their
apartment.
When I asked her about her
choice for tonight, she admitted
that they would have some Sauer-
kraut left for tomorrow night to
use in salad.
For her market order, she had
purchased four frankfurterS (sell'
ing % cents pound for II cents,
one can sauerkraut (No. 2I2) for
8 cents, one package Of finger rolls
(part would be used for breakfast)
for 10 cents, and a pint Of milk for
Z cents.
The recipe for chocolate pud.
ding:
~ cups Of milk
2 tablespoons Of cornstarch
2 tablespoons Of sugar
/ egg
/ square Of melted chocolate OF
2 tablespoons Of cocoa
Salt
Vanilla
Mix cornstarch, salt, 2 table.
spoons Of cocoa or / square Of
chocolate, sugar in " cup Of cold
milk. Scald the rest in top Of
double boiler. Mix with cornStarch
mixture and cook until 1t coats
the spoon, stirring constantly.
Then cover and let cook slowly
in top Of double boiler for 20
minutes. Beat egg. pour hot mix.
ture into egg, add vanilla, beat
well and chill.
Finely chopped nuts, stoned
The Washington times., 1936-03-26

gray costume, but also as a con-
trast to q pastel or brightly
colored outfit. Walking shoes of
gray reversed calf are very smart.
Shoes Of Dubonnet, ox-blood
and the wine reds will be high
fashion and smart with navy
blue, gray or black clothes and
Dubonnet sandals will be worn
with prints and with pink outfits.
Nothing can replace the white
shoe for summer. White trimmed
with ruSset is much liked, so is
navy blue and white, and Dubon-
net and white. For evening, the
multi-colored shoe is important
in suede, and kid in Tyrolean
colorS.
Gabardine Good
Fabric shoes feature gabardine
in black, brown and navy usually
trimmed with patent or smooth
leather. Linen and novelty fabrics
will be introduced for summer.
The strap pump Of this season
has a broad strap with openings in
the vamp or open ShankS. There
are many variations of the ghillie
and the three eyelet type Of oxford.
Pumps are increasingly fashion
able. The square-toed last is seen
in sports types with low heels.
Spring hosiery also has q color
appeal. The newest colorS are
bright warm shades with q rust or
copper cast that may be worn with
any costume. Gray stockings have
come back in very sheer weights 20
wear with gray shoes or brightly
colored costumes. And the navy
blue stocking Is suggested with
navy blue costumes when q con-
trasting shoe is worn, or as a con-
trast to a gay costume with navy
blue accessories.
The Washington times., 1936-03-26
FAMILY FEUD
Dear Miss Fairfax:

UCdE WkASS 0AA0As
"I've known this girl for several
years, 20 out with her about once
or twice a week. We're good chumS,
but not engaged.
"Here's the problem: She has a
brother, and not one member OF
her family will speak to him. l
spoke to him the other day. and
she saw me and said: Anyone who
speaks to him is no friend Of
mine asked her what it was all
about, but she declines to tell me.
81 don't like to cut this fellow
dead, as I've spoken to him a few
times. What would you suggest?
"TN-THE-DARK."
If the undesirable brother did
anything positively unforglvable,
the probabilities are he'd be in jail.
And, as you've spoken to him once,
I think it would be pretty cruel to
start giving him the cut direct
under the circumstances.
I think if the girl feels the way
she does about him, it's up to her
to tell you what it's all about.
The Washington times., 1936-03-26

your Easter S0OeS are aS Iul'
portant this year as your Easter
hat, advises Harper'S Bazaar, and
they are as gay and as original.
While there are still the conser-
vative blacks and browns, the
real news in shoes is color.
This is not a season of match
ing accessories, and three color
contrasts are better than two, but
your shoes should match at least
one other accessory.
For instance, with q navy blue
suit and white blouse, ruSSet
shoes and a ruSset bag are smart.
With a black tailleur wear gray
shoes and gray gloves, . black
bag and hat, purple blouse and
purple violetS on your lapel.
You can make a gray suit in
finitely smart If you wear shoes
of Dubonnet red and carry q bag
of the same glorious shade and
wear a pink blouse, pink gloves
and a gray hat.
Or if you wear q black print
dress with touches Of red on q
black background, wear red
shoes, carry a bag with red
lining and piping, and wear a
black hat and gloves. Or white
hat and gloves later on.
Russet with Black
That gives you the fashion pic
ture, now to get back to shoes.
Harper's Bazaar says rl1Sset shoes
may be worn with gray and even
with black. RuSset Is the color
called London tan, locally. Brown
shoes will, Of course, be worn
with brown and tan. Black pat
ent leather pumps and sandals in
tailored types to wear with suits
are an important highlight.
Gray shoes will be very impor.
tant this year not only with the