davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1937-04-29
INCREASED u. 5.
FUND ISURGED
FOR DISTRICT
KeneiPp Protests Gas.
Auto Levy Unless
Used for Roads

An increase in the Federal con-
tribution is the only equitable SOlu-
ton for the Districts financial
problem, the House District sub
committee studying tax and ad-
ministrative reforms for the local
government was told today by a
spokesman for the Keystone Auto
mobile Club.
After protesting to the Subcom-
mittee against any increase in the
gasoline tax or in other taxes on
automobiles unless the revenues
are used for necessary highway
improvement work, George E.
Keneipp, manager of the local Of
flee of the Keystone organization,
was asked by Representative
Everett Dirksen (R) of Illinois
where he would suggest the city
turn to find additional money
needed to meet the anticipated
$6,000,O0O deficit for next year.
Keneipp replied:
1--WE feel very definitely that
the Federal contribution is too
low"
GAS, AUTO TAX VIEW
Concerning the one-cent increase
in the gasoline tax and the auto
mobile weight tax proposals of
the District Commissioners, Ke-
neipp told the subcommittee:
ut is our opinion that the
motorists of the District would
not object to an increase in the
gasoline tax or the imposition Of
q weight tax provided the rev.
enue derived from these sources
is used solely for those things
which would help expedite the
flow of traffic and promote
greater safety on the streets"
He also declared that "just the
moment the gasoline tax is in
creased to provide revenue for the
general fund needed to balance
the budget, then the gasoline tax
becomes a sales tax of approx
mately rs per cent on a special
tax"
He contended that on the basis
Of anticipated revenues and appro-
priationS for the next fiscal year
the present 2-cent gasoline tax will
raise enough money to permit a
substantial balance in the gasoline
fund at the end of next year.
Therefore, he said, the proposed
1-cent increase is entirely unneceS-
Sary, unless Congress permits the
use of any surplus in the gas fund
for street and highway improve
ment.
Estimated Receipts
Kneipp told the Subcommit-
tee that the total estimated re-
ceipts under the present gasoline
tax rate and other automobile
taxes for next year would be 81
422, 590.63, the total expenditures
will be about $3,100,000, while
therefore leaving an anticipated
surplus of over $1,300,000.
District officials who were pres
ent took exception to some of
Kneipp's estimates, however,
pointing out that he was includ-
ing in receipts $463,59O which is
an estimated balance for 1887 and
that he also was including in re-
ceipts 100000 which is antici-
pated from personal property
taxes on automobiles, the latter
being a credit to the general funds
and not to the gasoline tax funds.
Keneipp also argued:
1--WE have estimated that
mOtOr-vehicle owners will pay
$4,442,59O.63 to the District on
special autOmOtive taxes during
the next fiscal year and abOut$
$2,133,47O additional in Federal
motor taxes, a total Of approx
mately $7,5OO,OOO, or about IS
per cent of their cars valve.
This compares with q real estate
tax rate of ~ per cent.
The Washington times., 1937-04-29

Mrs. Hail is absolutely without,
affectation, and spends much of
her time at her easel. New York
critics have called her 1.-THE Ameri-
can Turner" because her paint
ingS have that mystic quality at
tributed to that great artist. Ger
tainly they are fascinating, be-
cause she brings to the canvas the
The Washington times., 1937-04-29

Lifting In the Nations Capt.
tai, Which is rapidly becoming
one of the foremost cultural
centerS of the 1Uorld, are numer-
Gus society 1Domen tDhO, rather
than contine their activities 10
social functions alone, haze gone
in for the arts in a serious U1y.
A fen haze turned profess
SionGl, but most of them haze
studied sculpture, painting and
ceramics, or 1Dritten books and
toStered musical centerS for
their DUN pleasure and that of
their families and friends.
Personality stories on these
10omen and their work 1DiU be
printed in q series By The
Washington Times.
1t isn't often that an artist sells
a picture right off the easel, be
fore the paint is dry.
But it actually happened to Mrs
Elinor Hall, painter, sculptor, and
wife of DR.. Ray Ovid Hall, former
commercial attache to the Amer
lean embassies in Athens and Con
stantinople. 1t happened like
this:
When her husband was sta
toned in Athens. Mrs. Hall visited
the ruins of Aegena with a party
of friends. A Greek maiden, carry
ing a water vessel, came to the
temple. Struck by the girls lowell.
ness, Mrs. Hall persuaded her to
pose against a Doric column. A
of the party bought the
picture on the spot.
To Exhibit Soon
The artist, who before her mar
riage was kown to Washingtonians
as Elinor HotchkiSs, Of the Hotch-
kiss School of Music and Art, will
give an individual exhibition of
paintings at the Carlton Hotel,
May is. At present she is visiting
the Baroness Ungern-Sternberg, at
1877 Connecticut Ave.
OF medium height and slender,
with titan hair and blue eyes,
The Washington times., 1937-04-29
: Essays of Emerson
Read y Saturday

unjust be clipped from The Wash
ington Times, six in number, and
No. from the Sunday Washing
ton Herald.
Carriers will make arrange
mentS to collect the coupons and
the library fee from their sub
scribers and deliver the book or
books wanted without extra
charge.
Thousands of homes will add
Emerson's Essays to their collec-
lions this weekend. There will
be seven more books released,
one each Saturday in The Wash
ington Times book-a-week plan Of
obtaining the twenty volumes of
the Worlds Greatest Literature.
Thrills, suspense. action. . q murder
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-29

take the next car at his expense. They
sat down and waited for the car in a
strained atmosphere. They waited for
an hour. Still no car Breakdowns on
the line were frequent and it was evil
dent that there was n on at that
time. Darkness was upon them, and
they finally started to walk back to
town. Then they decided to take a
shortcut.
It so happened that the route took
them over some ground that was in
litigation, and on which the Northern
Pacific railroad company, one Of the
parties to the suit, had established an
armed camp in keeping. with the old
maxim that possession is nine points.
of the law. Special railroad police
armed with riot guns held the fort, all
of which, of course, the three theatrical
men were ignorant.
Suddenly came a command for them
to halt. The jokers did not take 1t
seriously and their reply was much
like that of the old guard at Waterloo
when its surrender was demanded.
The police cut loose with the riot
guns, and with slugs whistling over
their heads. the three fell flat on their
faces, convinced they had encountered
n situation which was not a joke.
The leader of the police looked them
over and finally let them go. Eventually
they reached town and began another
inspection of the art treasures of the
city at Murray's expense.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-29
DANGER OF FIRE
IN FOREST SEEN
HUNTERS WARNED TO EXTIN
GUISH CAMP BLAZES AND
SMOKING MATERIALS

Hunters must use care with
fires built for warmth and cooking
purposes" Charles A. Joy, Deer
Lodge national forest supervisor,
warned sportsmen recently. "The
forest has been getting more dry
each day. Any abandoned campfire
or discarded smoking material may
u consequences"
The supervisor also asked co-opera-
ton of the public in reporting out
break of fire to district rangers or the
supervisors office. Lookout and patrol
men were withdrawn from the forest
the first of October.
During the past season there were
81 fires in the Deer Lodge national
forest of which 81 were man caused,
National forest land burned amounted
to 442 acres. There were SO acres of
private land inside the forest. The
total r in the forest boundary
burned was 478 acres. There were 70
acres burned outside the boundary.
Since Oct. l there were one brush
burning, n lightning and one camp
f~ire-caused blazes in the forest. The
largest one was from brush burning
north of Silver lake recently.
Fires and their causes for the
season were as follows: Lightning, SO;
railroading, 5; numbering, q; camp
fires. IT; smokers, 81; debris burning
5; miscellaneous, II.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-29
10 ROUND FIGHT WENT II

This is a story Of a 10-round fight
hat became a l7-round contest. The
first 10 rounds weren't worth looking
at. The last seven were honeyS.
The scene takes place in the old
Evans opera house in Anaconda. 1t
happened one night in the year 1897.
Boxers named Murphy and Carlson,
middleweights, were to go 10 rounds.
The house was tWo-thirds full. A
purse of 5000 was offered by the spon-
The first round was tame. The
fighters waltzed around the ring for
the three minutes. The crowd was
patient. Perhaps the boys would come
out OF their shells in the next canto.
The second round was slower than
the first. The men were instructed by
the referee to get in there and pitch
punches.
Waltz Regular Distance
Round after round they waltzed,
tented and pulled blows. The crowd
howled its disapproval. Any two other
boxers in the world couldn't have put
on a worse show. The bout smelled.
The 10th round came to an end.
P. j. Maloney, well known citizen.
wa referee. He was to give the de-
cision. An appraised hand silenced the
crowd. They expected p. j. to make
a speech. He did. Eloquently, Maloney
recited the story Of the fight that was
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-29
COLD WINTER FOR
STATE FORESEEN
CONDITIONS ARE UNUSUAL SINCE
EARTHQUAKES SHOOK
CAPITAL CITY
Last "A Months Has Put Out Coolest
Winter, Hottest Summer, Driest
Spring and Wettest Fall; What
Next.

Montanans, during the last "a
months, have experienced the cold
est winter, hottest summer, driest
spring and = wettest fall in the
states history. So, residents of the
Treasure state in whose lives the
them w. E. Vaughan, meteor0lO-
gist in charge of the United States
weather bureau in Helena-are
wondering what's in store for them
at the conclusion of the present
"Indian summer"
If the weather mans" antics of the
last two winters are to be taken as al
indication of what is to come, perhaps
another coolest winter will take its
place on the record books.
A majority OF the "all-time" seasonal
records for warmth, cold, moisture ano
drouth have been made in the Treasure
Of them during the last two years.
Residents of the state, who taxi such
things as a seasonal temperature
range of ITO degrees-from Sc degrees
below to ia degrees above-in stride
were, until 1885, of the opinion the
hard winters of the good old days
were of the past.
Then, following the earthquakes Of
1885, the whole weather machine
seemed "out of kilter."
Treasure state residents were sluggeo
with the coolest winter in history. The
mean temperature for the state as
whole for February, 1896, was 10 of q
degree below zero.
The months of June, July ano
August, 1886, proved the hottest sum-
mel ever recorded in the state, with
an average temperature of 68.6 degrees
Then came the winter of 1861 and
the cold records chalked up the pre-
vious year went by the boards.
During January, 1887, the average
temperature was 40 of a degree below
zero, and the season average Oecem-
Der, January and February was 1873
degrees, IL degrees below the previous
record.
The 1887 spring was far later, far
colder, and the driest on Montana's
record. Precipitation for the season,
2.26 inches, which was, incidentally,
just go of an inch less than the 2.86
inches which fell in one 24-hour period
in Helena during August, 1888.
And still the cratic weather man
isn't through writing new records. The
present fall may not go down Is the
Wettest in history, but in some areas
of the state it will be hard-pressed to
avoid setting a new record.
Cooperative weather station records
in eastern Montana show more rainfall
in October than during the entire two
month period for any year Of the last
10 or Is. And there remained two-thirdS
of October to go when its reports were
compiled.
And weather observers, at least those
of the amateur variety, have thrown
up their hands and said, what next?"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-29
MI ON tQnQ
Sports Tales
of other duus

stipulated that he be stationed at the
finish line on the day of the race. 1t
vas the custom. A race wasn't started
unless the stakeholder was at the
finish line with the money.
Crooks Wanted to See Purse
j and K drove out to the race track
on the selected day. On the way out
might have something up the sleeve.
So he recited the Instructions to J.
the same instructions-'light out to
your place as soon as the gun banks;
put the money in the safe; head for
Ralston; I'll get word to you in a few
days; it's in the bag; you'll keep $4,000
and I'll collect $1,000, etc."
There was a crowd out to see the
race. 1t was always so: Just before
j. Those fellows want to see the
money before we race. Give me the
bag and I'll show EN- and shut 'em
up"
J did.
In less than 40 seconds K was back
with the heavy bag. They're satisfied"
he said. Remember, get going as soon
as you hear the gun" he warned J:
luck!" he shouted.
Backer Hid as Instructed
y 1OllOWtO ulSGTuCIlO1S w Clle lcGUSl
When he headed back to town in his
buggy, no one paid any attention to
him. In jig time j was on his way to
the woods country.
Hearing nothing from K after a
weeks %sojourn, j drove back to Ana
conda. His first act was to open the
safe. Resting in the same position was
the bag. During the weeks hermitage
j had fears that his safe might be
blown up. He was content. The bag
was there.
All afternoon j waited on trade.
Customers were glad to see him. He
didn't ask about the race No one
mentioned it. j sent a messenger to
tell K to come and take his, naming
closing time as the payroll hour.
After supper ] opened the safe again.
He wanted to feel-to see the gold.
Stolen Gold in Silver Camp
With a satisfied look on his face he
snagged the heavy bag out of the safe.
The much-knotted string was cut with
a knife. The mouth of the bag Sagged
open. Us sagged. What he saw wasn't
gold. What he saw was hundreds of
cast iron washers.
K had switched bags with the stake
holder just before the race-a race
that K lost-one he planned to lose.
K. like j, left town after the race.
He kept going until he reached COL
orado. He made a splurge in Cripple
Greek. K was a curiosity in the Greek,
a silver town. He had gold to spend
Us gold,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-29

Crooked foot races were so we'll
staged In the old days that a sucker
would have to be taken several times
before the news came to lis head that
he was being rocked.
A case in point is that of a man who
saloon-keeped in the early days of
Anaconda. His grog shop was in the
foundry district and was a sort Of club
room for the neighborhood.
Before going on with the tale, the
writer wishes to bring out that the
story is a true one. Names will not be
divulged. Letters of the alphabet will
serve as a smoke screen.
Mr.. ] is the saloon man. MI. K, the
foot racer.
for plenty. K was a principal in the
two questionable races. J was through
with bets on foot racing. Or, so he said.
One fine day, K dropped in to see
j. Mr. K told j that he was washed up
with his old crowd; that they had
jobbed him in his last race, that he
wanted to get back at the gang. and,
acquaintance with some of the cash
that once belonged to him.
Crooked Runner Brazened
Whats your proposition?" asked j.
Not that I will fall for it," he added.
II want you to put up $4,000 for me
in gold" explained K. It'll challenge
this new fellow, who is being handled
by my old crowd. I'll tell them that I
have $4,000 in your safe. I'll insist that
you are to be the stakeholder"
You're wasting your time" said j..
Its a suckers game and I'm through"
mo matter how the race comes out,
you'll get your money back and 81 900
BESIDES" said K.
I'm to get my money, win or lose?'
asked j.
That's the ticket" replied K.
You'll have to make a diagram of
it for me-" said the saloon keeper.
Bad Deal to End Bad Deals
Il have a plan that will safeguard
you," answered K. You win if I beat
this fellow-and should I lose-keep the
money. Just as o as the race starts.
you get in your buggy and put the
money in the safe. Then light out for
the RalSton country. Stay there a week
if need be. I'll get word to you about
the race result. When you return, and
if the crowd tries to collect the money,
in case I lose, stand your ground and
insist that you have information that
the race was crooked, just as the others
you bet on were. Use my name.
"Tell them I said they were crooks.
Well make that crowd of Tugs like
it. We are in for a cleanup"
KS persuasive powers won J over.
j was accepted as stakeholder. 1t was
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-29

free from fighting; with rhetoric and
gestures he harpooned the boxers for
putting on their hippodrome.
Finally, Maloney closed his remarks
with several sentences.
This should be declared no contest"
said Maloney. tits a draw-a lousy
ITS no such a thing" a voice was
heard to eXclaim.
Into the ring climbed Jack White,
Anaconda police chief.
The crowd wondered what was taking
place. And waited.
Police Chief Takes Charge
The officers called the boxers to the
center of the ring. He raised his hand
to the crowd, so that the instructions
he was about to give. could be heard
in all parts of the house. White said
something like this:
You boys aren't through fighting.
You're Just about to start. And this
time you're going to fight. And I mean
fight-it's going to a finish. And if
either one of you take a nose dive,
you've got me to reckon with. If YOU
get in there and really fight. you'll get
paid. If you don't, not only will you
get no money, but I'll throw you in the
can for ,,t 80 days yTss and s yoq1l n starve On On
measure out"
Jack White paused in his declara-
lions. Then went over to P. j. Ma
loney and whispered a word or two.
Coming back to the center of the ring
he made this announcement.
X. o. in Extra Bout
my good friend P. j. has kindly
asked me to act as referee for the rest
Of the bout. I'll guarantee you'll see
action from now on. Someone ring
the bell" White ordered. Someone did.
And there was fighting-from the
time Jack White became master of
ceremonies until Murphy put Carlson
stated before. the last seven rounds
were moneys"
And that's the story Of a 1O-round
bout that grew up to be q IT. rounder.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-29
grown from the same selection

a plant grown from the same selection
of seed.
Reitz is working with nearly 200 diff
ferent grasses but is devoting most of
his attention to crested wheatgrass,
bromegrass, western wheatgrass and
blue gramma grass. How much he has
accomplished in n year is shown by
the crested wheatgrass plants in the
picture.
This is how Reitz goes about his
selection work. First he plants a sample
he goes through the seed plot and
selects plants such as the one shown
on the right, collects seeds from them
and replants the following year. The
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-29

improve. He hopes to increase the
height, the number of seeds per plant,
the spreading qualities. the number of
stems per plant and make these
changes permanent. The result will be
a far better grass than the present
crested wheatgrass and one that will
play an important role in ~regrassing
abandoned land and in giving a greater
cover to range lands on which drouth
has killed out the native grasses.
OF the nearly 200 different grasses
with which Reitz is experimenting,
some have desirable and others I'M
desirable characteristics. Later, he will
o certain grasses and hopes to COM
bine all the desirable characteristics
of both into one.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-29

shown below illustrate the work that
is being done by l.. P. Reitz, agent for
the federal division of forage crops
and agronomist for the Montana ag-
ricultural experiment station. The
plant on the right is n Reitz de-
veloped by selection and the other is
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-29
COST

State government cost for Novembe was
So, 727, 671, according to figures released at the
office of State Auditor John J. Holmes. Re-
ceipts for the month were 50. 852. 676 which
shows that expenditures exceeded revenue by
1914, es5. Investments made through the
auditors office in September were 10000.
Investments redeemed during the month
totaled S31, 055.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-29
Development of Wheatgrass
Objective of Research Work

second year he selects his plants just
as carefully, continues in the same
manner the third year and so on until
the selected seed has developed perm
anently the characteristic he desires.
Already well known as q drouth re-
sistant plant, crested wheatgrass is one
of the plants Reitz is attempting to
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-10-29

All people who suffer occasionally
from headaches ought to know
this way to quick relief.
At the first sign of such pain,
take two Bayer Aspirin tablets
with a half glass of water. Some
times if the pain is unusually
severe, one more tablet is neces-
sary later, according to directions.
If headaches keep coming back
we advise you to see your own
physician. lie will look for the
cause in order to correct it.
The Washington times., 1937-03-16
ESSAY CONTEST
T|TLECH0SEN

The District Of Columbi a
Bankers Association yesterday an
nounced through its acting presi-
dant, Thomas j. Groom, that the
subject for the annual essy contest
sponsored by the organization will
be How Can Employees Contribute
to a Better Understanding OF
Banking"
Writers of the best three COM
positions on the subject will be
awarded trip to the associations
annual convention, which this year
takes place at White Sulphur
Springs, w. Va, May 27 to 81.
Bankers believe general interest
in the subject will bring a large
number of papers from members
of Washington Chapter, American
Institute of Banking. Winners of
previous contests are not eligible
to compete.
George o. Vass, vice president
and cashier of the Riggs National
Bank, is chairman of the essay
contest committee. The other
members are Lanier P. McLachlen,
president of the McLachlen Bank
ing Corporation, and Frederick P.
H. Siddons. secretary of the Ameri.
can Security and Trust Company