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Evening star., 1937-03-27

nure and that its cost would be pro-
hibitive.
Crab grass came up for considera-
ton, with the suggestion that control
rests primarily in maintaining the
better grasses by fertilizing literally at
the right season and by not cutting
the lawn too closely in June, July and
August. The cutter bar should be
raised in these months 50 as to pref
erably not cut shorter than u inches.
Grab grass cannot tolerate shade, even
that of other grasses.
The Woodbridge Garden Club will
meet on April S, with Prof. Du Buy Of
the University Of Maryland as guest
speaker. The subject will be the
propagation Of garden plants, with
particular stress on the new root-pro-
noting chemicals, the use of which
encourages free roofing In holly, crab
apples and other species that have
been exceedingly difficult to propagate
from cuttings. The meeting will be
held at 8 pm. in the auditorium Of
the Sherwood Presbyterian Church.
Evening star., 1937-03-27


this important task has not
already been done. Rose bushes, II
they grew vigorously last season, may
be a mass of growth, some stocky
and strong and some weak and
spindling. Naturally, in thinning out
the plants, the weak growths should
be removed, leaving four or five of
the stout canes to form the body of
the plant. These should be cut back
to is or l8 inches and the side
branches, if present, shortened some
what. Usually, in cutting back a cane
or SIDE shoot, it is well to cut just
above strong bud, but this is not
altogether important, as one is never
fully certain which Of the younger
buds will push forth and form the
new Towering shoots. This is an
unusual season, since there was very
little Winter injury in roses and
pruning can be done much more salts
factorily than has been the situation
for several years.
Wilbur H. Youngman, demonstrating
rose pruning for the Takoma Horti-
cultural Club on Washington's Birth
day, stressed the need of removing all
the dead wood at the crown of the
plant. Canker and other diseases may
be present in this old wood, ready to
spread to the new growing tissues.
Hence it is desirable to gather the
rose prunings and burn them rather
than let them lie around to serve as
a source of reinfection.
One argument against severe cutting
of the rose plant is that such heavy
pruning reduces the number of flow
ers. This is true, especially in the
early crops, but the quality of blooms
grown on well-pruned plants is so
much better that the rose grower is
compensated for reduced numbers.
Pruned plants do not occupy so much
Evening star., 1937-03-27
Warm Colors for Cottages.

The cottage or bungalow typifies the
small, comfortable house, and for that
reason exterior color schemes should
be selected which help to carry out
this feeling. Colors which are warm
in tone are always in good taste. Also
it will be found pleasing to paint the
body OF bungalow in white with
contrasting colors in the trim and
shutters.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
INSURED MORTGAGES
SHOW GAINS IN BANKS

Home mortgages insured by the
Federal Housing Administration have
apparently figured largely in the ad-
vance during the last two years in
the volume Of real estate loans held
in portfolios OF member banks OF the
Federal Reserve System.
Since the beginning Of 1885 the
Federal Housing Administration in
sured home mortgages, a new type
of Federal Reserve collateral, have
Evening star., 1937-03-27
Strong Colors for Children.

In the decoration of children's rooms
It is well to remember that only the
strong intense colors make an i'm
preston on minds not ready to receive
the subtler gradations of color. Green
trimmed with red or blue with orange,
are pleasing to a child.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
"Marbleizing" Kitchen Floors.

If you are considering change in
your kitchen floor color, one especially
practical finish that does not show
footmarks is accomplished by giving
the floor q "marbleiZed" effect with
enamel. After your ground coat has
dried thoroughly, apply q light tint.
Before this is dry take an elongated
wad Of wrapping paper, place it firmly
on the floor and roll it over and
over. In this way some Of the wet
coat is removed, allowing the ground
coat to show through. Finish the job
with a coat of wax.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
Double Swing Door.

A double swing door fitted with
hinges which allow it to open from
either side is one of the greatest
conveniences in the kitchen. 1t
should be the door which leads from
kitchen to dining room.
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
THE vAsTNEss OF CALIFORNIA

Little nations, what now2 Actually they are astonish-
ingly little nations, in area, those world powfrs that now
threaten, with their strutting, to bring the whole structure OF
civilization crashing down about the ears of man.
Or maybe it's just that California; is such a big state.
way, you could put tho whole of Italy, mighty Italy, with
her dream of world domination within the borders ofCalrfornia
still have enough room, without crowdings to throw Hun
gary i'm for good measure. ~m~-
Arrogant Japan would fit into this state with lo,ooo
square miles to spare, and the proud British Isles would take
nm less than two thirds of our room. California plus half of
Oregon would be as large as France, larger than Germany and
Belgium combined, and larger than Spain.
When you realize how small these nations are, and what
masses of people are crowded into them, you understand one
reason, why war plaques them. They need land and resources,
and they'll fight for colonies.
California has but 6,500000 people, while the much
smaller Italy has ~41,000O00. France has 100000, Germany
100000, Japan 6445O,0O0, and the British Isles ~46,OO00OO
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
TUsKEGEE RACE RELATIONS

DIR. Motion in his book ON WHAT THE NEGRO HIN
expressed the feeling that according to the Negro full statre
under the law, far from being detrimental, WAS the only way
in which the white man could Eberate his own soul. In these
two viewpoints we have expressed the Seal OF spiritual as well
as material progress. These ends which probably entail the
cultural evolution of both races must be attained by increased
education and a conscious effort on the part of those liberal
minded members of both races to destroy the fallacies regard
ing both whites and Negroes which promote antagonisms and
misunderstanding. Tuskegee Institutes final objective IS the
5ntegration of its graduates into society. We can follow no
finer course than to contribute to the promotion of interracIal
harmony, for by so doing it viii contribute to the creation or
AN atmosphere IN which people regardless of race, creed or col
or can use their talents u~nstilhSly to the good of all. For
though racial in aspect this institution has set as Its goal serv-
&c to all humanity. TO do less than this would be to violate
the sacred trust of those who, in spirit Of be9efcence toward
AN under privileged people, have made this institution possible.
No opportunity should be allowed to pass which will provide
a program of cooperation between the races for the common
good. ~~~~~~~~-~~ ~- -~~~ ~-
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
England Resumes Diplomatic Relations
with Liberia

Monrovia, Liberia, Feb. 10 (ANP)
Citizens throughout the Liberian
Republic were elated over the re-
cent announcement that Great Bri-
tain had resumed diplomatic rela-
tions with this country after being
without representation bore for a
long period. The new Consul Cen
eral and Charge HAfaaires, the
Hon A. e. Yapp, is a distinguish
ed Britain and has created a favor
able impression here. Presenting
his credentials to His Excellency,
President Barclay, he said:
81 have the honor to say that /
have received instructions from His
Majesty's Principal Secretary of
state for Foreign Affairs to pre-
sent to Your Exeellency his letter
acrediting me to the Government
Of Liberia as His Majesty's Charge
d'Affaires. In presenting these ere
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20

will not be able to hold hi
breath for a sufficient duration
of time. MI. Howard is a Ma
tional Committeeman and is
trustee Of the Republican
Party and stands on the ground
floor of party management. i
is a great advantage to the col
lored race to have represent.
atives in thai capacity, especial
Ily when and if the G. o. P. ever
regains the seat it once hello
and for which it still hopes ano
|s.ghs.
[ remember that l wrote tc
President Roosevelt, more than
three decades ago, who had
just discredited Hon. Justin w
Lyons, that the act would serve
to put the Negro effectively
out of national politics. Al
that time Mr.. Lyons was the
only member of the National
Committee. Since then q rep
resentative from Georgia has
been added and eliminated.
Howard alone survives.
Howard will probably be the
last Negro to represent the race
on the National Committee or
either great party during the
present generation. Long may
he live and prosper to repres-
ent his race in such high con-
nections as he has done in the
past twelve years, with dignity
courage and tact. Here's to
you Perry, our premier Negro
I trust you will be
saved the ultimate fate of
Halle Selaisse at the hands of
oily white" Mussolini.
KELLY MILLER
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
FOR A FEDERAL ANTI-LYNCHING BILL

THE TIMES-DISTATCH favors the enactment of the
Federal an~tilynching bill just introduced n the House of Rep
resentativcs and shortly to be introduced in the Senate. 1t
sees no hope of ever wiping out %lynching, the greatest crime
agains. Southern civilization, except through Federal action.
Ii evny State would enact an antilynch.ng law similar
to that which Virginia PASSED a decade ago, lynching could be
almost, if not wholly, oblterated. The Virginia law makes
lynehing am offense against the State as a whole, subjects all
participants in ~ynehings to charges Of murder, and authorizes
the Governor to have the attorney genehhl aid in the prosecu-
ton al9l 10 spend any sum he (he Goyerndr) deems wise in
convicting the guilty parties. There has not been a single lynn
ching in the Old Dominion since that law was placed on the
statute books ~~~~ 4~-- .~~~~~~~.a~~~ ~~~~
But it has become plain that few, if any, of the Southern
States will follow EirgnIab Legislative example. Although
the DYER antilynehng bill Of 1922 and the
NER antlynching bill Of 1885 would almost certainly have
passed, but for the f~iibusters of Southern senators, MOST Sou
thern Sta es seem to have learned nothing from these episodes
Southern senator's ON both occasions expressed profound resent
ment over the possibility that the Federal Government might be
permitted to i) erfere in the affairs of the States, but they do
not seem to make such intervention unnecessary.
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20

d%entials to Your Excellency l am
to take the opportunity to express
he satisfaction felt by His Males
tvs Government in the United
Kingdom at the recent solution Of
the Kru question and to affirm the
hope that the Government of Ii
IBERIA win contine to make good
progress in the field Of administra-
tive REFORM"
Diplomatic acknowledgement of
the new Enjoys Credentials was
made by the Hon. c. l. Simpson,
Secretary of State for Liberia. He
declared, in part: "In respect to
she administrative and social re-
forms recently undertaken, I de-
sire to assure Mis- Maiesty's Govern
ment Rat these efforts Indicate
tho determination of the Govern
ment Of the plan evolved by His
EScellency the President"
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20

their development forms one of the epochal chapters of Amer
lean history. ~~~~ ---~---- --~~---~~- -~~--
Stories of their dramatic struggles against almost insur-
Imountable odds to span the nation with steel lines of commerce
across mountains and deserts, in the face of constant attacks
by hostile Indians, thrill every red blooded American. Their
history is the very essdnce of true Amerioa.; - a. ~nbic
should not allow their future development to be halted by the
qadening embrace of politics. Progress such as the railroads
typify, could only have been made by the driving force of reas-
onably regulated private initiative. Speeding across the con-
Itinent in a matter of hours amid the streamlned comforts and
safety of a modern air conditioned train would still be an idle
dream, if the welfare of the railroad industry had depend
ed upon the uncertain whims of political management.
For many years the railroads have borne staggering bur
dens of taxation and regulation. The present Congress should
lay aside proposals for radical Raj legislation, and cooperate
with the roads by passing equitable regulatory laws that apply
without favor to all forms of transportation.
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
NYA Youths At Work

Washington {special)-More than
5000 boys and girls from the work
and student aid projects of the Ma
tional Youth Administration have
thrown their weight into the fight
against flood waters of the Ohio
river and its tributaries, helping
to e~vacuate stricken families, col
lecting and distributing food and
clothing and assisting generally
wherever they are needed, Richard
R. Brown, NYA Deputy Executive
director, has announced.
"Our state directors in the af-
fected area have been authorized
to offer help wherever their SER
vices are needed" Mr.. Brown de-
clared Approximately 10000 youth
are available for emergency work
in the counties hardest hit"
"The only stipulation we have
made is that youths, because Of
their lack of experience, be assign
ed as far as possible to the less
hazardous tasks of escue and re-
habilitation. For that reason, mos
of them are being employed in the
second line of defense-receivine
and aiding refugees after hey have
been removed from danger; assist
ing health authorities in maintain
ing water supplies, and setting "
emergency kitchens"
'FOur biggest part in the disas
ter. however, will come after tn
waters have reoaded, when oul
workers viii begin the task o.
cleaning up and rehabilitation
NYA youths in the area aroun,
Huntington, West Virginia, hav0
taken oyer several WPA nurser.
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
A REVERE
Thy Mrs. T. M. Skinner)

Come and sit at my feet, dear
little one,
Cradle your head upon my
knee.
Let the light from the setting
sun
Caress you tenderly.
Let each sunbeam weave a web
of gold
Through each yellow curl that
I hold,
Close against my knee,
As | drift back into memory.
To a little white house among
the pines,
Where the sunlight filtered
through,
Where the wind whispered lul-
labies,
Where two curly heads with
questioning eyes,
Rested their heads against my
knee,
And leased for the tale about
the gypsy,
That roamed over land and
sea
And won medals of victory.
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
UNNECESSARY LOSS

Ignorance and carelessness cause an annual waste approach
ing $500, 0O0, 900 should make every citizen stop and think.
The majority of fires are unnecessary. They could have
been prevented had someone exercised proper f%orethought and
care. They resulted from human failure.
We take useless chances with fire-all kinds of chances
and the inevitable always occursNa deadly spark, and our iy-
es or property join the endless roster Of fires toll.
Fire can be prevented. Is fire prevention-which means
prevention of roasting thousands of men, women and children
yearly and waste of property totaling hundreds of millions
worth the little time, effort and thought required to accomplish
40
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
COLD FACTS

In the dimly lit conservatory Her
bert had asked Elsie to marry hint.
She had consented with fitting moi
esty.
BERTHE, DEAR" she murmured.
IAN l the only girl"
Nov, look here, dearest" he
interrupted, don't ask me if yop
are the only girl / ever loved. You
know as well as I do that"
''Oh, that wasn't the question
at all, Bertie," she answered. Il
was just going to ask you If ! was
the only girl that would have "ou3f
London opinion.
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
Experienced

Captain-Suppose you are On
duty on a dark night. Suddenly
some n slips up from behind and
wraps two arms around you so that
you can't use your rifle. What
would you do?
Cadet-Td say, 'Let go, honey"
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
I DEVELOPMENT

The railroads are among our greatest industries, and
their development forms one of the epochal chapters OF Amer
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20

IT.
"a hours a day for the benefit OF
children of refugee families. Hun
dreds of parents have brought
their children 10 these centers to
be cared for in safety while they
have returned to retrieve what
household goods and personal be-
longings they could from homes
buried under as much as twelve
feet of water.
Glenn Callahan, NYA State d
rector in West Virginia, informed
Washington last night that about
700 young men and women were
engaged in flood work in towns
and cities along the Ohio river In
the WESTERN boundary pf that
state.
He said that he had informed
the governor that 5000 young peo-
pie in the stricken area would be
available for emergency assignment
if they were needed, and that a
similar number could also be NOV
ed in from adjoining counties If
conditions should warrant 1t.
Communications, he said, were
NEST difficult with both Hunting
ton and Parkersburg, since the dts
trict offices in those cities were
under water and had to be aban-
dcned.
Frantic calls for news of miss
ing friends or relatives, which pour
hourly throughout the day into re-
lief headquarters at Cincinnati are
answered, insofar as possible, by
NYA youths who have been organ
lied into information squads.
Casualty lists are revised hourly
and persons who have been separ-
atedby the flood fromtheir famil-
have been asked to report their
whereabouts to the information un-
it's. Thus, liasion between scattered
husbands and wives, children and
parents, has been established in
literally hundreds of cases. The in
squads r composed al
most entirely of boys and girls
NYA rolls, working under the
supervision of the Red Cross and
the WPA.
A three-way telephone converse
ton between Louisville and Lex
KY, and Washington d. C.
recently established contact for the
first time in six days between
D. Peterson, the Kentucky
NYA director, and his chief assis-
tant, Robert X. Salyers.
Salyers had just reported over
long distance from Louisville to
NYA Deputy Executive Director
Richard r. Brown that he had not
heard from Peterson, his chief, in
nearly a week and had no idea
where or how he was.
At that moment Browns secre-
tary, who had listened in on part of
his conservation, received a call
Peterson I n Lexington saying
that he had been unable for the last
several days to establish his COM
munication with his Louisville head
quarters.
By the dint of some frantic ges-
and obscure magic in the
switchboard room, the Kentuckians
less han a hundred miles apart in
reality, We're fortuitously brought
together over a thousand mile
strand of telephone wire.
Of nearly 1900 NYA Student
Aid and project workers in the
Memphis district assisting in flood
rs are medical students from
the University of Tennessee.
The services of these future ply
sicians have made available TO
local health authorities and they
are assisting in the innoculation of
the populace against typhoid and
other communicable diseases, and
otherwise helping to maintain heal
tn and sanitary conditions.
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20

preme Court holds the law inFalid, that will be unfortunate
But something must be done to end the present intolerable sit
uation, and the measure just introduced seems the best way out.
The Omaha guide., 1937-02-20
KELLY MILLER
SAYS
The Premier Negro
Politician

e ly compared the political stat.
s us of Perry Howard to that OF
r Halle Selassie. This compare
g BON was not original, it was de-
e rived from the New York Tim
es. The aptness of it seemed
so apparent that I could not
forbear applying. Mr.. How
| ard takes umbrage at the com
, parison stating that it tends to
: belittle his constituency and
minimize the pedestal on
which he stands. l do not
think it should be necessary for
! me to assure my esteemed and
much admired friend that no
such intention lay in my mind.
The reference was only casual.
What | had in mind was to
point out in as few words as
possible the rapid decline of
the southern Negro and the
rise of his northern brother to
local and federal political pow
er.
Perry Howard is the only
surviving Negro politician who
holds his own under changed
conditions in the South. I'M
mediately after the overthrow
of reconstruction the Republic
an Party turned over to Negro
leadership the machinery OF
political organization in the
various southern states. About
1890 a new species appeared
upon the political horizon
known as "lily white" which
did more to crush the political
rights of the Negro than the
bourbon southern Democrats.
The few white Republicans
scattered among the southern
states were, up to that time,
disposed to share leadership
with their Negro co-partisans.
But as soon as the lily white
bee began to buzz in their bon
nets they eliminated the Negro
or crushed out his ambition for
leadership.
In such states as North Caro-
lima, Virginia, Maryland, Della
ware. kentucky and West Vir-
ginia and Missouri, there was
"a sufficient body of whites
with normal Republican lean
ling to assume leadership with
little or no complication or
friction, but in the deep South
LIT was otherwise.
The story is an interesting
one. The head of Quincy of
Texas fell in the Lily white bas-|
ket. Lee Of Florida, Cohen of
Louisiana and Lyons and Ben
Davis Of Georgia were likewise
deeapitated. President Hoov-
err applied the guillotine to the
neck of Perry Howard of Mis-
sissippi, but it bounded back
an left his tough political neck
Intact. The spectacle Of the
President of the United States
using the prestige, prerogatlve
power and patronage of his Of
flee to crush a defenseless Ne
gro politician is without paral
lei in our political history. In
truth and in deed, Perry How
lard j sthe last of the Mohicans.
In a letter to me he points
out that in the midst of insup-
cradle difficulties he maintains
a political organization in ev-
cry county in the state, with
! the total voting constituency
of over 1000 not withstanding
the DISTINGUISHING laws and the
f persistent opposition Of the
e lily whites. Perry w. Howard
, and Arthur w. Mitchell are the
only Negroes who are on the
ground floor in federal polit.
f les One controls the political
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-22
May Obtain
Free Fuel
Needy Big Horn County Families
Offered Opportunity to
Get Wood Free.

Mrs. w. A. Sawyer has outlined
a plan whereby needy families of
Big Horn county may supply
themselves with fuel throughout
the coming winter months. In
order for the relief families TO-
avail themselves of this fuel Of
fering, we hereby give a short
resume of Mrs. Sawyer's plan:
Any person desiring wood for
the winter can 60 to the w. A.
Sawyer place, which is five miles
north of Hardin on the Custer
road, where there is an abundance
of dry and green cottonwood. Mr..
Sawyer will furnish all tools neces-
Sary to prepare the wood for saw.
ing. The person desiring the wood
will prepare it for saving and nav
the saving expenses, including
the man who runs the buzz saw,
for which he will receive two
thirds of the wood cut into stove
length blocks; or Mr.. Sawyer Will
pay the expenses of saving and
the person will receive one-half
OF the wood cut into stove length
blocks.
The Big Horn County Depart
ment OF Public welfare urges ell
families in need of public as.
sistance to avail themselves OF
this opportunity to supply their
winter fuel needs. -