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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18
Worlds No. l Shot, Former
Butte Man, Says Trigger
Squeeze Is Success Secret

Police officer Tom Carr Of Los
Angeles, who cleaned up the World"
at the national rifle matches the other
day at Camp Perry, Ohio, and whose
picture appeared in hundreds of Sun
day papers throughout the nation, Is
q former Butte boy.
But no one knew it until Officer
Carr breezed into Butte a few days
ago, in company with Mrs. Carr, and
began calling on old friends of his
family. He left Butte at the age of 10
to make his home with his mother in
California. He and Mrs. Carr will take
in a few days fishing on the Madison
before returning home. Mr.. Carr visited
in Butte with Jack Duggan, night po-
lice chief
The now famous pistol shot is 80
years Of age. He was sent east with
the Los Angeles team to compete in the
rifle matches, and also to attend a
Today school for officers, sponsored
by the federal government Carr said
the rifle matches included shooting at
a stationary target at distances rang
ing from 20 to $50 feet and in taking
pot shots at imaginary persons that
are made to bob up out of nowhere.
It was in the latter that he made a
perfect score.
I'VE had one and one-half seconds
to fire at these dummy men," said
Carr. The dummies are concealed IN
long grass. As we walked through the
grass a dummy might pop up any
place, and many times entirely behind
us. Hitting the dummy in the left arm
counted three points. To hit him in the
right arm or gun arm, counted four.
But to drill him through the center
counted five. I was lucky enough to do
the latter"
Officer Carr said pistol shooters miss
their mark through pulling too vio-
lently on the trigger. A right-handed
person will miss a close target by as
much as two feet, he said, by pulling
the barrel to the left. A left-handed |
person will pull it to the right.
In target practice a person should I
pull gently and steadily until the gun 1
fires, said Carr. He should not be |
at all conscious of when the trigger is /
going to hit. Women make better /
target shooters than men. That is prob |
ably because of their fear, causing |
them to take a tighter grip on the I
gun"
Carr was asked whether, in view of .
his statement that the average marks
man pulls his barrel to the left, if a
person should make allowance and aim /
TO the right of the target
Not at all, he answered. THAT /
would be guess work. The only way
is to hold your sights right on the |
target all the time you are slowly but /
surely pulling the trigger You should /
pull the trigger as if you hadn't the
slightest idea of when the gun will
fire. In other words, forget the firing
entirely and pull gently until you hear
the shot"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18

kitchen stove TO read the paper Maybe
they did not notice they we're holding
the paper upside down and their hands
were shaking to make the paper rustic
like last years leaves.
Eyes Republican
The next residents to see the wander
ing bear we're MIR. and Mrs. Myles j.
Thomas. returning from the country
club where Mr.. Thomas had just shot
his usual 1893.
Here entered the police chief. Chief
Smith was returning from an evening
drive when he saw a large crowd gath
cred near the foot Of Mt. Helena.
Sensing an emergency, he returned to
his home and soon appeared on his
dapple-gray steed.
"Oh, the chief he rode right up
there" with apologies to the writer Of
The Forest Ranger) and he drew his
forty-five" (onlv in this case it was
q thirty-eight) At first the chief
pursued peaceful tactics, but when the
bear reared up and made two swipes
with his ham-like right, the chief
burned powder.
Word of the hunts end spread, and
soon lights again burned on the west
side, children appeared on the streets
and the men cleaned their guns again.
-(s>----
Felt ribbon in bright colors is one
of the latest hat trims.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18
ICE 4 FEET DEEP
FOLLOWS STORM
RECENT FALL OF MOISTURE AS
SURES PLENTY OF WATER
IN RESERVOIRS

Ice was piled four feet high in
the guIlies In the Cap Rock region,
near Miles City, reported Rufus
AshelfOrd Of that community, who
was a recent Miles City visitor.
MIR. Ashelford stated that a storm
broke over the Cap Rock region a
few days ago.
1T hailed for a period of 20 minutes
at least" said Mr.. Ashelford. 1.-The
hail was washed down the gullies piling
the ice particles one on top of the other
until against the cutbanks they reached
a height of four feet"
Mr.. Ashelford also stated that the
reservoirs were completely filled with
water, and as the ice melts the level
will be maintained for some consider
able time
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18
Some Day We Must
Go on a Five-Star
Chipmunk "Binge"

On land occupied by the T. j. Hile-
man summer home, on Flathead lake
near Ka1ispell, there are scores Of chip
hunks, which are usually hard TO
catch.
But at times, according to earetakers
in that district, they are easy meal"
for any man, cat or dog.
Mr.. Hileman has planted several
Iceland peoples around his home. The
chipmunks cal. the seeds of the peoples,
which are infested with enough opium
to put the little animals in q dream
They totter around, stumble over,
fail asleep and lose all their wits, OBJ
servers say.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18
BEAR
HUNT AT HELENA
MONTANA'S CAPITAL CITY SCENE
OF FREQUENT HUNTING
INCIDENTS

Chief OF Police Roger Smith Caused
Recent Excitement to Die Down as
Slugs From His Revolver Made An
imal Ready for Use as Floor Rug.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18
BETTER DRIVERS
CAUSE ACCIDENTS
CARELESSNESS RESPONSIBLE FOR
MAJORITY OF MISHAPS;
RULES LISTED

CareIeSsneSs, not drunkenness, is
responsible for most highway
deaths, says Lou BOedecker, state
highway patrol chief, who analysed
causes OF more than 100 deaths on
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18

A farmer Of the olden days had to
send his men several miles to begin
their work and so left orders they were
to begin work at four in the summer
time, necessitating they leave at three
in the morning. He heard them starting
to work at four, and opening his won
dow called out TO them. you better
men; you've lost the day, and may as
well make holiday Of 1t nowl" Such
was the farmers lot In the good old
DAYS.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18

Felt ribbon in bright colors is one
Of the latest hat trims.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18

He pointed out that target shooters
cock their guns before taking aim
even in the quick shooting at dummies
which bob up and disappear within one
and a half seconds.
Mr.. Carr is a son of the late Bert
Carr who operated the Speedway
stables in Butte. He is a grandson OF
a former police judge by the name OF
Boyle Mrs. Carr is a New York girl
who moved to the west coast some
years ago with her parents.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18


responsible for most highway
deaths, says Lou BOedecker, state
highway patrol chief, who analysed
causes Of more than 100 deaths on
Montana's highways this year.
Only 4 percent of the deaths were
caused by drunken driving. Statistics
prove drunken driving is being driven
off the highways. The relentless pres
sure being put on the twin evils Of
drunkenness and gasoline, through the
press, the pulpit and law enforcement
officers, is eliminating it as a major
factor in the cause of accidents.
CarelessneSs is the great hazard to
life and limb. A man may drive safely
for 10 hours q day, relax and grow
careless for few minutes and the &C
cident has occurred Here are four
simple rules, which If never violated
says Boedecker, will do more to elm
mate highway hazards than all other
things:
l. Never drive so fast that you can
not stop within the clear road visible
ahead.
O. Keep your car on the right side
Of the white strip at all times Never
cross over on curves under any cir
cumstanceS.
8. DO not stop on highways. If your
engine goes dead, coast off the paved
road.
4 Do not pick up hitch mixers. It
only encourages this type Of driving
hazard.
Illustrating the fourth rule, tran
sient was run over at night recently
near Garrison. Four cars passed over
him before one stopped. The hit-run
driver is being sought by police of half
a dozen counties. The man was penni-
less, hitch hiking from North Dakota
westward. Four persons have been
branded with the guilty knowledge of |
committing an illegal act, one felony. |
and the state has been put to large
expense in seeking their arrest
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK-Congressmau
Emmett ONeal Of Kentucky and James NJ.
Fitzpatrick OF New York, members Of the
subcommittee on appropriations Of the house
interior department committee. left here to-
day after q two-day inspection Of Glacier
park and the Blackfoot Indian reservation.
At q special ceremonial on the reservation.
the congressman we're indicted into the Black
foot Indian tribe, O'Neal as "Chief Red
Cloud" and Fitzpatrick as Mountain Chief I"
Observation-Disclosures WHO fail to land the
big ones shouldn't feel bad. according to the
Bozeman Courier, because they are no good
anyway" Equicureans win vouch that big fish
do not have the delicate flavor that small
ones have. Three to a pound trout are
best eating; anything up TO a pound is first
rate; the big fellows lose their flavor and
become tainted. Greyling Odontana speciesl
are ranked high as q plate fish, and they
seldom are longer than a foot and weigh less
than pound
MIsSoULA-Charles Newton, s0-year-oid
Anaconda man, changed q plea Of not guilty
TO manslaughter charges growing out of tbe
death OF a hitchhiker In his car July IA
when the machine upset ~ miles east ~
here, and was sentenced by Judge Albert
Besancon to serve two and a half years IA
the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge Newton
pleaded guilty Just before his trial was
scheduled to start and sentence was pro-
nounced at once. The hitchhiker was Grace
Gibbs OF Silverdale, Wash.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18
sTArE LrouoR PROFTTs

Profits to Montana from the state LIQUOR
stores from Jan. l to Sept. /, totalled ST.
O40 07e according to L. M. A. Wass, admin
istrator for the state liquor board he expects
the total for the year to be at least $4,000, 600
Last year the profits amounted to s1,300,o00.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18

Ben Egan, who caught Babe Ruth
when the Bambino broke into organ
ized baseball as a pitcher with tine
Baltimore Orioles, umpires baseball
during the summer In the vicinity az
Sheriff., N. X, where he makes his
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18

The starfish has its eyes at the tips
o. its arms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-30

ronage. Nearly all the names on the Republican ticket are those of ex- Democrats. The Chairman, who re- fers to the Democratic voters of Wa terbury as "gang" of which the Mayor, Waterbury boy born and bred, is the leader, is a Branford man who has only been here a few years and who overthrow the old and reg ular Republican organization by busting Chairman Palomba.
 We'll, how do the old-fashioned Re- publicans like it? Are they happy or satisfied? Of course they are not and we cannot blame them. To them it must seem like the, death of all the principles they have fought for dur ing many years and the development of new organization, mostly dissat- isfied former Democrats, whose only principle is "Give us the jobs." It is the ending of the Republican party they are planning to attend next Tuesday.
 A good opposition party is not a bad thing. Its tendency and inf1u- encc is to make the party in power do it's best to give efficient and honest city government. Its criticisms and suggestions, though not always fol- lowed, were welcomed in Water bury. A certain proportion of the City Boards were always Republi- cans of honesty and ability. Those were the good old days. Can the Re- publicans of Waterbury support such g ticket as it presented to them? Does it represent the Republican voters of Waterbury? Of course not. If, by any mischance, it should win, the Republican voters will get what they can well expect, the death of the party in Waterbury, It will be a fu- neral of the party, not resurrection they are attending, and all we can say is:
 PEACE TO ITS ASHES"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-30
Speaking of Republicans Poor Yorick-

While we have always consistently upheld the principles of the Demo- cratic party, we used to have the highest respect. for many of our prominent and public spirited cit- izens who voted the Republican tick ct and aided and honored us in ac- cepting public office as a part of our municipal government and served us faithfully in such capacity. We re- member when John Elton was our Republican Mayor and members of our older families served as Alder men and upon the various City Boards and did their duty well. We did not always agree with them, but we had the highest respect for them.
 But where is the Republican party of Waterbury now? Gone with the Wind. Peace to it's Ashes. Look over the Republican and Independent Democratic tickets, absolutely alike with one exception. How many real Republicans do you find on the vot- ing machine list under the Republi- can label? Just one or two. And who is running it now and planning its strategy and aspiring to hold the offices in case the combination ticket should win? It isn't necessary to spe- cify. You all know them; former Democrats who, because the Demo- cratic organization couldn't grant their unreasonable and unfair de- mands, have, for the time being, switched over under the Republican label.
 The candidate for Mayor is State Senator, nominated and elected last year by the Democratic party. The real leader, who is promising all the jobs, if the Republican ticket is elect ed, is former Democratic Repre- sentative from Waterbury in the General Assembly, who penly boasts, that, if the Culhane ticket is elected, he will controll all the pat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-30
John s. Addis

The death of State Treasurer John $. Addis further cuts into the successful Democratic ticket that was swept to victory in this state back in 1884. Only short time ago Judge Edward J. Daily left his office of Attorney General to become justice of the Superior Court. Now comes the sad announcement from New Milford that MT. Addis has Suc- cumbed to heart attack. He was fine man and well liked. Of quiet disposition he brought to his state positions both dignity and ability.
 For years he has been regarded as New Affords leading citizen. He was returned to his office of Town Clerk time and again. He gave of his time unspair- ingly whenever the public demanded it. No enterprise was too small or too unirn- portant to win his praise or his efforts in its behalf. We do not wonder that he was so highly regarded and was ultimately selected for place on the state ticket. He managed his state office with the same quiet and efficient distinction that marked him in all endeavors.
 Democrats will be hard put to find a worthy successor in the office of the State Treasurer. It is unfortunate that death occurred when MT. Addis had more than full year more to serve. He would have been continued in office unless his health prevented 1t. It has been his health on many occasions in the last year or so that kept him from fuller participation in state affairs. Had he been spared for this life he would surely have advanced higher in the political world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-30
Constitutional Democracy

How can we get our democratic prin- ciples straight in America? That is, "denn- ocratic" with small d." We find them, says Prof. Horace M. Kallen of New York, chiefly in the Declaration of Independ- ence and in the federal Constitution.
 Not so much in the body of the Consti- tuition, he adds, but in the amendments, which were adopted deliberately, over long period, as result of experience, to liberalize rather undemocratic docu- ment.
 He sounds warning, however, about the Fourteenth Amendment, which says that no one shall be deprived of life, lib- erty or property without due process of law" Devised to protect the rights of freed slaves, he explains, it has been so construed as to become an instrument for the development of trusts and ronopolies and for the subjection of free men," There has been considerable argu- ment about that lately.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-30
Freedom

The trees grow and grow, but the for ests do not cover the land nor do single trees split the sky. The forges and valleys wear down but do not split the earth. For all the mighty, free forces of nature, this changing world remains pretty much the same.
 It is about the same with a nation like ours under the play of free forces. Polit- ical parties grow great, but do not dom- mate our national life more than few years at time, and do not greatly or suddenly change our institutions Like wise individuals, coming to party leader ship, are momentarily great and import ant, but soon sink and merge in the stream of events.
 This is as true and individuals of a generation ago? The mightiest of them pass and lose their power, and new ones rise and flourish and pass and the gen. eral economic life of the country goes on.
 There are countries where this may not be true, countries where individuals or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-30

A rule of reason was urged in an ad- dress made at the opening of the school year at Princeton University by Dr. Har- old W. Dodds, President He urged that people unite to replace violence with peace in this country. Among other things he said, But millions do not think so and 1t is mark of their stupidity that, in world torn by technological inven- ton and baffled by the difficulties of post war reconstruction, such multitudes of people have united in a. revolt against reason in favor of the enthronement of instinct, particularly racial and group ir- stinct in its bellicose form. :" There is soundness in this statement. How true 1t is today that violence rather than req son guides good proportion of our peo- ples. Any appeal to their emotions rouses them; one to their reason finds them apathetic. College boys and girls have a grave responsibility ahead of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-30
Don't Overlook Them

While most eyes are centered on the coming election in Waterbury and most cars are cooked to hear all that's being said about the rival candidates and by them, don't overlook the fact that when the town elections are held on Monday there's going to be lots of excitement right here in the Naugatuck Valley. The towns within committing range of our fair city are in the throes of campaigns, the like of which have seldom been seen or heard.
 Up in Watertown democrats hammer ing away at the solid front of the repub- lican lines maintained for many years are making headway rapidly. And the best proof of that Is the activity of re- publicans in the town. Oakville is the bone of contention in this years contest. Oakville has been overlooked for so many years by Watertown town fathers that probably some of them don't even re- member that the section is part of the town. But Oakville is rearing right up on It's hind legs and promises to make 1t hot for such treatment.
 And if that isn't enough Thomaston has spirited contest on It's hands that may find the g.o.p. on the sidelines for the first time in many year. It all dates back to the night that republicans de. cided to drop a couple of their school committeeman. Democrats seized the opportunity and promptly endorsed one of the deposed members. The action is calculated to produce split tickets and with information available on ballots this year for splitting tickets, results can be anticipated
 Watch the small towns around Water bury, not for results having any bearing on our own contest the following day, but for unexpected opposition where democrats heretofore have proved push overs"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-30
The New Chairman

The republicans have selected State Senator Benjamin E. HarWood ot Ches- ter as their new State Central Committee chairman. He succeeds the late J. Henry Roraback. The position he now occu- pies is an important one. It IS douoly that right now what with republicans of Connecticut virtually at the point where they either fold up or branch out. The majority naturally desire the latter pro- cedure, but have not been able to attempt 1t for the last few years due to pressure exerted by Democrats and Independent voters
 What changes the election of MT. liar wood to his post as chairman will make in the affairs of the party might be summed up in few words. He doubt less will make few changes in present alignments, but will endeavor by word and action to bring together the several clements that have been noticeably ac- tive in the proceedings leading up to his election He may run into snag on this point as there is no doubt but that an element of the party is now distinctly anti-Harwood, although there is no req son in the world why 1t should be.
 MT. Harwood will have both the time and inclination, we presume, to devote to the party's best interests. He will be aided to considerable extent by the fact that he is not an old-line politician. His ideas will be based on more participation in party plans by the individual. His sole difficulty lies in finding sufficient support ln his own party to keep the home fires burning. And one of his early state- Ments will be there to haunt republicans. He intends to resign after year or two. Who'll be his successor? Grooming candidate to follow may overshadoW more important details of party reorgan- ization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-30

had any intention of shaking the big stick at his party foes. His brief talk dealt with public works projects.
 The President referred to the great Casper -Alcova dam-located at the other end of Wyoming near where he was to speak in the. afternoon. After the speech was over, a friend remarked to o. Mahoney:
 "Whats the matter, Joe? He didn't mention you" . '"The President must have got his speeches mixed" grinned the senator. "The one he just made is the one he should make this afternoon at Casper" Nebraska Candidate
 Governor Ray Cochran of Me- braska has his eye on the sena- torial toga of Ed Burke, the red- hot Democratic opponent of New Dealisin, but he's done nothing about 1t publicly.
 Burke and Cochran are good friends, campaigned together three years ago as ardent Roose- veltians. Burke then was . little known congressman who for two years had been 100 per cent loyal to the Adminlstra- ton. Cochran then was state engineer and reaching for the governorship.
 Both were elected on Roosevelt's coat-tails. But once in the sem ate, Burke turned complete flijp-flop and became as consist ently anti-New Deal as he had been pro. Cochran, however, had hewed to the Roosevelt band- wagon.
 Four years hence Burke and Cochran are likely to campaign again. But this time 1t will not be together. Friend Cochran will be after friend Burke's scalp.
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