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TRAVEL SAFE
CADETS ARE TOLD
MODERN SHIP AND GOOD PILOT
ARE ALL THAT is NEEDED
FOR GOOD TRIP

If you want to travel safely. in this
day of speed and carelessness, go by
airplane in a modern ship with q good
pilot. This is what Walter Beck told
the Flying Cadets recently at Helena
when they were guests at a banquet
given by the Helena chapter OF the
National Aeronautics association.
Of ali men, Beck ought to know what
he is talking about. For two years, as
assistant supervisor of the Montana
highway patrol, he has been studying
automobile accidents to find means of
preventing their future occurrences.
For many years Beck was q flyer,
and a good one. When aviation was
still in its swaddling clothes, and a
time he SCARED aloft, Beck was barn
storming over western Montana and
in Idaho in ships he built himself.
His first exhibition flight was made
on the Fort Missoula military reser-
walton in 1910, in a plane he built in
Missoula from Curtiss plans: The
colonel in command was SO pleased,
he told Beck if he would make another
flight he would have the soldiers at
a head and turn all the proceeds over
to Beck. Beck agreed and the colonel
kept his word.
Beck made the flight and in the
course of it involuntarily upset avia-
ton tradition of the day. Written in
structions from Glenn CurtiSs warned
him never to make a right turn bank;
a crash was inevitable or this flight
if he made a left turn bank, SO Beck
banked right and upset all the calcu-
lations of the day. His first two land
ingS, and a number Immediately fol-
lowing, however, were all made with
a dead engine" n~ecessitating much
repair work.
The Flying Cadets is an organiza-
ton of % young men, all Of whom are
members for not less than a year of
the aeronautics class of the Helena
high school. Started in the fall of 1881
under the supervision of w. L.. Fahrner,
work of the class was first confined to
the theory and practice Of aviation
mechanics. Practice was gained by
completely overhauling ships at the
work of the class been that airplanes
from all over Montana as well as
adjoining states are constantly coming
to Helena for overhauls until at present
the class is offered more work than
it can handle.
Last year the class invested in an
airplane of its own. Two of the boys
have already soloed and most of the
other members are about ready to solo
when flying lessons are resumed this
spring. With $50 flying hours t. the
credit of the class, there has not been
a single serious accident.
To install radio equipment in the
plane the class now owns and to raise
funds with which to buy another ship,
the Flying Cadets are staging a carni-
val at Helena April 8, 9 and 10. They
~ oIcN rootirv nov ~oft1~r f@,, =
big air show to be held at Helena
this spring, following which they plan
an air tour of Montana, visiting many
high schools and other places to ac-
quaint Montana folk with the fact that
this is an air-minded age.
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"Handlebars" for
James F. O'COnnOr

Congressman James F. O'Connor of
the eastern district of Montana must
raise q Dangerous Dan McGrew'' or
"handlebar" type of mustache. The
congressman wa notified that the di-
rectors of the Livingston Roundup as
ISOLATION had decided unanimously that
in honor of the 50th anniversary of
Park county's organization every mem
Der of the board will start not later
than April l to raise the hirsute adorn-
ment. Congressman O'Connor is presi-
dent of the Roundup association and,
although he was not present to vote,
the otherwise unanimous action pledges
him to the program.
Congressman O'Connor was likewise
named chairman of q special contest
committee that will decide the win
to the resident of Montana who raises
the best Dangerous Dan McGrew"
or "handlebar" mustache, and who is
present on the grounds for the contest
July 4, the third and last day of the
Livingston show. Each entrant must
furnish an affidavit from his cham
Der of commerce, Rotary, Kiwanis,
Lions or Exchange club that such
growth was not started before April
l. and that it was continuously grow
ing until the last day Of the Livings-
ton roundup.
The mustache raising program insti-
tuted by the directors of the Roundup
association is done to call attention to
the formation of Park county, it being
taken from what is now Gallatin
The Livingston Chamber of
has been asked to handle
the proper observance of this part of
the celebration, which it IS hoped can
be called to statewide attention. With
hundreds of Montanans going in for
the Dangerous Dan McGrew'' upper
easily be recalled.
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This weeks Memory Lane sports ex.
cursion takes US back to 1917, the laSt
wear Butte held a franchise in the
l~ong-erased Northwestern league. inns
tale isn't about a baseball game. It's
about a player-one h active days
in a uniform are over; whose pitch
ing arm Embossed thousands OF curves
and fast balls in an effective manner;
yea, q big, good-looking guy who owns
a personality that is valuable to a bau
club as an executive. The lads pitch
ing arm and his vocal chords are now
tossing plain and fancy words on type
writer. at dinners and meetings. He Is
a publicity man with a flair for break
ing into print or voice for his ball club
and for himself. The new duties be-
a when the old soupbone became
limp. His press agenting is for the club
he served for more han a decaoe' the
San Francisco Seals.
Many a Butte and Helena ian VIII
remember our hero, Walter Mails, sell:
christened 1.-THE Great Mails" They will
remember the big strapping kid who
appeared on Montana diamonds as q
pitcher for the Seattle club in 1917.
After his Seattle days. he moved to the
Coast league, on up to the American
league to help Cleveland win the 1920
Southern association, then back to the
Coast league, where he anchored for a
lO-year period, pitching and Glowing
for the San Francisco Seals.
When ball players are definitely
through, some of them are hired as
scouts, or a. coaches, while some be-
come managers, though most OF them
are cast adrift.
One OF Few Vets Kept in Game
Mails is cemented to the Seals pay
roll. Not only is Walter the clubs
publicity man, he also scouts and
coaches. AS a press agent, Walter con
tinually breaks into print; chatterS over
the radio: addresses meetings OF Boy
lodges and clubs. No matter where
you meet the likable Mails, on a street
corner, in a cafe or in veStibules or
churches, Walter puts on a Seal hally-
hoo. Mails three favorite words are:
SEALS! SEALS! SEALS!
The San Francisco club will win the
1887 Coast league pennant. Mails told
me 20. Walter thinks Frank Lefty"
of John McGraw, Connie Mack and
Joe Mccarthy. When p. a. Mails men
lions Charlie Graham, club president,
he goeS into ecStacieS.
Led Molo Singing Here
On Mails first visit to Butte he pulled
"all-together' act, at a local thea
ter. I think it was at the old AnSonia
I1dllS dllO d lew VI l1lS OSdGGlt
ban-playing companions, seeking enter
tainment one evening, opened an &C
count at a picture palace. It wa in
era Of Illustrated songs when most
employed ballad singers.
Following a slapstick one-reeler. the
of MY Wild Irish Rose" echoed
through the building. The ballad sing
err put on his act. Just as the last line
of the song was rendered, Mails jumped
to his feet and addressing the audi
suggested that Everybody sing"
The crowd was for the saengerfest. OBJ
1igingly, the one-man orchestra Or
canned the popular melody.
For 20 minutes Mails conducted a
mixed choir. Many times the first
verse and chorus were yodeled. An au-
dience considerably Irish in flavor, was
having a grand time.
Finally the house was darkened. The
picture was Pickering. The
house manager aisled his way from
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BARTENDER EASY
FOR AGED GAME

Like a wall street operator being
fleeced in a quiet Kansas village" DO
lice said about the rolling" reported
to them by Curley Martin, who IS a
bartender in West Yellowstone in the
summers when that park entrance
is no Sunday school teachers conven-
ton.
Martin told the officers he was in
vited to q house on North Rouse in
Bozeman by a couple of girls he met
a couple of drinks, danced a few times
to the music of a radio, and came
away.
He discovered he was minus his wal
let which contained $50 in cash, q
check for $500 and some valuable pap
ers. Police went with him but he was
unable to locate the house and police
said they didn't know where it was.
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the back of the house to the front
row, where Mails and his companions
were cushioned, and asked Mails to
step out in the lobby for a few minutes.
Offered Theatrical Job
Jaw, don't be a sorehead," said wal
ter. 1T vas all done in fun. Besides.
your customers liked it and they liked
me-"
II want to talk business with you,'
the manager whispered.
When they reached the lobby, the
flicker boss offered Mails a job.
III give you SIS a night for two
weeks said the manager, and if
the customers don't get tired Of the
act, I'll give you another weeks billing"
was his fervent appeal.
mo can do. I'm a ball player and
a good one" answered Mails:
I'll make it So" urged the man.
mo soap" replied Walter. I'VE had
a lot of fun, your pewholders and my.
self. Now I'm going back to see If
Mary Pickford marries the hero"
May Try Stunt for Seals
Mails and the writer were talking
about the incident a few weeks ago
while consuming lamb and spaghetti in
a San Francisco eating house. -.
Il certainly liked Montana" said
w 90 ~ ~ ~ AA SSS
ing for the dinner check. Some peo-
Pile up there will tell you I could sing"
why don't you pull the same stunt
down here?" I asked Mails. Nov that
you are a publicity man, you should go
to every theater, school o and gath
ering place conducting mob;sings: Make
San Franciscans sing Take Me Out
to the Ball Came" I Grated.
ITS an idea," said Mails. Maybe
I'll do it."
The waiter brought my change. We
continued u gabfest, touching all of
the bases.
IF I don't make good on this pub
licity job," said Walter. Il may take
up that Butte theater singing offer,
if the manager is alive and if illus
trated songs are not considered as a
misdemeanor in Montana" Mails ex-
pounded.
From all I hear, you have made
good as a ballyhoo artist" I told
I also mentioned that press-agent-
honest vocation, pointing out that in
time he might become Mails, the
Great Barnum of Baseball"
That's what I'm shooting for" said
Walter. land I will be, unless the vot-
ers of Marin county insist on ~electing
me sheriff in 1888"
AS I refuse to discuss politics in a
strange land. I pushed back my chair,
arose, got in to my benny, and, as we
reached the sidewalk, I said. Goodbye"
Maybe I'll run up to Butte after
he Seals win the pennant, just to say
hello to you and some of my Montana
said Walter, as he gave me a
Snuckle ball grip.
Come up and sing to me some
t;,o,o y rncNNrIn1 DC VIC hnoHnH in
different directions.
I'll SEAL you later" shouted the
press agent, as he made his way to-
Market street.
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AT G.. H. @.

Wilson "Speck" MACDONALD, To- Of
Great Falls. who spent his baby, adol-
escent and some of his matured years
in Billings, played football and bas-
ketball for Billings high school when
black athletic teams.
"Speck" was a fair athlete. He had
rhythm, probably acquiring it from his
ability as a fancy jazz artist IN the
drums and other accouterment that
a drummer must possess.
Macdonald enlisted early in April,
1917, as a member of a Montana band
unit.
The organization modified in Hell
ena. was sent to Camp Lewis and at
that camp was given a scattering pro-
cess. Macdonald. with a number of
Montanans was sent to Charlotte, N. C..
Then to France.
When General Pershing, commander
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O u CHANGE PLEA

Pedro Casaras. who pleaded guilty to muir
der in the district court Of Richland county
and was condemned to death by Judge r,
p. Leiper. has asked the supreme court for
permission to change his plea to not guilty,
That permission was refused by the lower
court after sentence had been passed. Casaras'
attorney, J. M. Lexcen Of Sidney. told the
high court that his client pleaded guilty in
the belief that the sentence would be life
Imprisonment.
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of the A, e. F., eStabl1SheQ neadQuar-
tiers at Chaumont, q band was recruited
from the various musical o~rganizattons
then in France. Macdonald was n Of
those drawn.
Drummer boy Macdonald was the
Youngest in the headquarters unit. His
position in the line OF march was In
the back row of the unit, but not for
He moved in front of the band
by an accident and stayed there be-
cause he had what 1t takes.
Performed for Royalty
A grizzled sergeant was drum major
OF the unit when the band was Or
panized at Chaumont. The sergeant
was kayoed by the flu. Macdonald vol
unteered to take over the drum major
duties. With the confidence of youth,
he strutted and batoned like a veteran.
When the sergeant got well he was out
of a job. The kid from Billings was a
fixture. occupying n front marching
Whenever presidents, emperors, am
hassadors, princes, senators or generals
visited A. E. F. general headquarters,
the band was called upon to play and
parade They couldn't miss seeing the
Montana boy who led the parading
| players.
At the time, the writer was in con-
slant correspondence with one of the
big men at general headquarters who
( wrote in glowing terms about the kid
drum major. My communications, it is
only fair to say, were not addressed to
General PerShing, or to his right or left
bowers. MY letters were sent to "Speck"
Macdonald, who was a great admirer
of drum major "Speck" Macdonald.
BUTTE MAN FACED OLD STARS
When the late John J. McGraw took
1890 49, roviol roinc nf tho Nouy
York Giants at the turn Of the cen
fury, and when Ned Hanlon was man
aging the Brooklyn team, q Bo0eman
youth. who, since his college days has
been a resident of Butte, pitched two
games each against the Giants and
Superbas. His name does not appear in
the National league records OF that
games were spring or preseason con-
tests, and the finger was an amateur.
The team the Montanan pitched for
was Columbia university.
wee Willie" Keller, Bill Dahlen, Al
Setback, Wilbert Robinson and other
stars viewed the kids slants in the ex-
hibition games. The finger told me
and fast ones knocked to all corners of
the lot by the big leaguers, than he
did gaining victories over Yale, Har-
ward. Cornell and other collegiate clubs.
Held Keller to Double
"Keeler was then considered the
hardest man to pitch to in the Ma
tional league" the pitcher reminisced.
"One time" said he, when Keller
was at bat. I got two strikes on him.
And was I keen to strike him out. I
put everything on the next ball. No,
he didn't strike out. I held him to q
two-base hit" related the pitcher,
as he told of the incident.
Names of pitchers are always at the
bottom of box scores. This fellow is on
the last line of this tale. He is chief
geologist for the Anaconda Copper
Mining Co.
His name Is Reno Sales.
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Friday, April 9, 1887.

There are $50, 900 goo spinsters in the
world; 100000 in Britain; 100000
in france; 100000 in the United
States. and 49, 900 600 in Germany. The
remainder are scattered throughout the
rest of the world,
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The Boston symphonic orchestra is
engaged upon one of the longest sea-
sons ever played by an American or
chestra. It has played every month
since September. 1885, and will con-
tinue the record until August, 1887.
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Though it has more than 5000, 900
acres of woodland, Great Britain grows
only about 6 percent of the lumber
it uses.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-14
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
JUST A BUNCH OF NUTS

When Homer Martin U. A. w. president, was
asked who called the strike in which a handful OF
disgruntled power company employees darkened the
Saginaw Valley and paralyzed industries employ
ing almost 10000 workers, he replied:
ooh, just bunch of nuts"
That seems to describe the situation. Nobody
but a bunch of nuts would have inflicted such
damage on a busy community for reasons so trivial
or under circumstances so calculated to anger the
whole state. ... ..
The international officers of the union had just
signed at Washington agreement purporting to
settle the dispute, which had been pending Tor
some weeks The local union officers in the early
hours of Wednesday morning received a fragmen-
tary telephoned report of the terms and decided
they did not like what their superiors had agreed
to- So, defiant of so-called union discipline and
downright contemptuous of the governor of the
state, who had their promise they would do no such
thing, they proceeded to pull the switches.
For sheer, wanton idiocy, this performance would
be hard to beat. But if it's perpetrators are just
a bunch of nuts, as Mr.. Martin intimates, what
shall we say of Mr. Martin himself and of the other
union heads who have permitted the "unauthor-
ized strike to flourish unchecked with this crown
ing result? .s r.# r}a ..|
The bunch of nuts pulled the switches, but it is
the u. A. w. and the C. |. o., including ultimately
John L. Lewis himself, to which the public rightly
looks in fixing the responsibility 1t is their shrink
ing from disciplinary action that has let the "un-
authorized strike riot, until the pledged word
of the international unions has been rendered all
but worthless ,.. ZEE
The public is aboW fed up. If the unions will
not control their memberships for their own good,
they can be made to do so, simply by making them
liable before the law for broken contracts. That
would place the union treasury behind its pledged
word, and the treasury is tender spot with the
salared union leaders. There is no better way OF
insurine that union agreements, once made, will be
respected.-Detroit News. Ahtsie eggs
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TOR the fifth time, in 1902, the
L territory OF Louisiana had
changed hands, 40 years ai{ef
Spain had taken the district from
France. Now Napoleon was pre-
pared TO colonize the New World
But he was screly in need OF
money due to his costly European
campaigns, and claims OF Ameri-
cans in the territory.
In paris. Robert r. Livingston!
famous lawyer who had helpec
draft the Declaration of lndepen-
dence and New York states con-
stitution, was United States minis,
ter. President Jefferson asked
him to negotiate for the purchase
of Louisiana. He sent James Mon
roe TO aid Livingston.
On April 80, 1903, Louisiana
was bought for -S1l.250.Q00 in cash
and assumption of Frances depts
10 Americans, estimated !"
$3.50, O00.3 1s."@1i 30 20 i,
+ In 1904, on the centennial OF
this vastly profitable purchase, the
United States issued four stamps
The one-cent portraying Living
ston. the two-cent Jefferson, the
three cent Monroe and the ten
cent a map of the United States
showing the new territory.
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VTASHINGTON.-Mr. Roosevelt
w tends to segregate people into
wo groups which, for purposes
If simplifcation, might be called
he goodies and the paddles.
Lately it has been obvious that
most lawyers to Mr.. RooseveltS
mind are paddles, just like bank
RS and public utilities magnates'
Nevertheless. it is a curious
hing that the lawyers almost
rom the beginning have been
jumping on the Presidents neck
n spite of the fact that his legis-
alton created harvest of law
,uit fees beyond their widest
dreams, and it is at least equally
curious that New Deal legislation
seepS right on promising pots OF
,old to the profession.
Now the lawyers are being
landed two more trays Of plumS
n the new wage and hour, and
agriculture control bills.
"Any person aggrieyed by an
order of the board under this act"
says the wage and hour bill, may
obtain a review of the orders le-
gal validity before a circuit court
If appeals. The court could also
order additional evidence to be
taken by the board "in such man
aer as and upon such terms and
conditions as TO the court may
seem proper" Since the bill is
designed to cover the bulk OF
American employers and en-
oloyes, the lawyers may well lick
heir chops.
The new AAA bill also provides
Tor final appeal to the courts by
ally farmer who is dissatisfied
With the determination Of his soil
depicting base acreage, normal
Yield and marketing quota. 1t also
provides for inspection of books
and records of food industries
commodity buyers, farmers anc
others interested in agricultural
oroducts-another probable source
If much litigation.
THE left wing Of the White
l House often doesn't know
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THE NEW DE A L
IN WASHIN GTON
.RY RODNEY BUTCHER.
DY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

what the right wing is doing and
vice versa. Separate streams OF
guests and visitors pass through
both.
A reporter inquired of a men,
Der of the staff as to whether
Mrs. RooseveltS protege, Miss
Roberta Jonay, dancer appear
ing at a hotel ballroom here, was
staying at the mansion. The aide
denied knowledge.
after all, you know" came the
explanation. this place is very
like a hotel"
THE Nebraska legislature in
l. 1888, during the closing days
of Gov. Charles w. Bryan's ad.
ministration, resolved to present
q couple of statues TO the capitofs
statuary hall, commonly known as
the hall of fame.
The NebraSkanS to be honoreo
were William Jennings Bryan ano
]. Sterling Morton, who was Sec
rotary of the interior IN lhe CleVe-
land administration. -,
Friends of Senator George W.
Norris, convinced he is ABOUT tne
finest citizen their state mas pro.
duced, have been grousing almost
ever since because no room was
left for the statue OF lhelr lo'i,
But Norris recently took a
prominent part in the ceremonle.
dedicating the statues, ana II wa,
he who introduced IN STlsaSss'
| the resolution to thank Neof'SNS
for the gift.
THERE'S stiff demand IRON
L visitors here for the Washing nl.
ton ouide book prepared by the
WPA federal writers PLY ;,or.
Many orders come by man nan, at .in,.
those who want to get informallor
on e'S What to see and do here ,;,0 uss:
ally the purchasers are u. plea S;s.
with the information ana o, us
MAYED NAV to find their three dollars lar.
have bought a l2oO-pases, sly siE.
pound volume which can ,,n l,a''
b po tucked into vest pocket -
llcopyright 1877 NEA 49, ;
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England, where neatneSS Is u Sec
tional fetish.
If one likes brusqueness, he
could go to the far west, where he
can be rough and short in man
ner and get away with it.
If one is easygoing and enjoys
soft-spoken courtesy, he should go
south.
If one is a colored man and is
willing to be strictly on his own,
with theoretical social equality, he
could 90 to Chicago, or to New
York. or to Washington,-though
he might not find the sympathetic
indulgence with which southern
ers are likely to treat negroes.
Yet there is another side to this
picture - there is usually another
side to every picture: To do what
we do not like to do, and to en-