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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18
TOWNS ARE BEST

where the making of good
and loyal citizens of them
becomes constantly more diff
ficult. The style no longer
runs to mammoth factories in
big cities. The growing prac-
tice is to split these huge in
dustries into units, with
smaller factories located in
the smaller centers of popu-
lation and over a wider area.
Every year sees more and
more factories springing up
in the smaller towns.
The small city, the town,
the village and the hamlet
continue to form the back
bone of America. Realiza-
ton of this fact may have
come slow, but the prophecy
of the President indicates
that it is certain. Wise are
the young people of the ma
: ton who resist the lure of
the big cities and are con-
tent to cast their lot with the
America of tomorrow.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18
WALK IN SAFETY

The idea that it is safer
TO walk with traffic than
against it still exists in the
minds of a good many citi-
zens. Despite the repeated
warnings of traffic authoi-
ties pedestrians continue to
turn their backs on vehicles
bearing down on them, in
stead of facing cars coming
toward them. In walking
against traffic one should
walk as close to the edge of
the road as possible. Then,
if he keeps his wits about
him, he won't be caught un-
awares and hit-except in
such cases as when a car for
some reason or other sud-
denly swerves from the road.
If you are walking against
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18

order merchandise after it
gets here. It's only home
town loyalty to do this, but
for your own satisfaction
and with a view to
making your own Christ
mas a happier one, it's the
sensible thing to do. It
won't be long now until local
merchants will be displaying
their holiday wares, and ad-
vertising them. So be patient,
be loyal TO your hometown,
and be economical at the
same time. Let the mail
order ads go this year and
buy all your Christmas mer-.
chandise right here at home.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18

During his recent trip to
the Pacific coast President
Roosevelt made a prediction
that should be of interest to
every citizen when he said:
1T is because I am think
ing of the nation so years
from now that / venture the
prophecy that, as time
passes, we will do everything
in our power to encourage
the building up of the smaller
communities of the United
States. Today many people
are beginning to realize that
there is inherent weakness
in cities which become too
large, and inherent strength
in a wider distribution of
population geographically"
It is a recognized fact that
our large cities have grown
too big. They make for
higher living costs, poorer
social conditions and concen-
tration of foreign elements of
our population into districts
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18

a weapon at anyone in fun.
Don't walk ahead of an in
experienced hunter-let him
go first. Don't leave a gun
where children can reach it;
all weapons are popguns to
them. Don't leave a loaded
gun in the house; bears are
not coming into the living
room this year. Never allow
your gun muzzle to clog with
mud or snow.
Hunting accidents caused
1000 deaths in 1886. If
everyone obeys the above
rules closely there won't be
any around here in 1887.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18
HUNTING DoN'TS

Here are some timely and
sensible dont's for hunters
who may be inclined to grow
careless with firearms along
about this time of year
learn them by heart or paste
them in your hat:
Don't pull a gun carelessly
through a fence or from an
auto. Remove the shells be-
fore crawling through a
fence. Don't use your gum
TO club game from the brush.
Don't carry it cocked-it's
always closer to you than it
is to the game. Never point
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18
Tational Topics Interpreted
by William Bruckart
National Press Building

Washington Supporters Of the
New Deal, as well as its opponents,
:, are watching a
NeW new experiment
Experiment by Presid e nj
Roosevelt with
more than passing interest. They
are watching this experiment be-
cause Of various circumstances, in
GLIDING obviously its political
phases, for they realize that the
President has stepped out into
hitherto untrod field, unplowed
ground. in this new experiment.
Chiefly because it is something
entirely new and not because any
one yet can tell what is going to
happen. I want to report this week
on the Presidents plan to have his
eldest son, James, his No. l sec
Rotary. serve as a clearing house
between the Chief Executive and
some eighteen or more government
agencies. Roosevelt, the younger,
has been designated by the Presi-
dent to sit down once each week
with heads of each Of the enumerat-
ed agencies and talk over their
problems, iron out those which he
can help solve, coordinate the work
between them as far as he is able
to do so, and, most important to the
men with whom he deals, decide
which questions confronting these
units Of government may be matters
for the Presidents personal consid-
Grafton.
It is q big order. But Jimmy,
as he Is known around here, is a
big man, at least physically, be-
cause he stands something like six
feet, one inch. He Is twenty-nine
years old.
The audiences at the White House
with Jimmy have already started
and the agency heads who have
sat through. the conferences seem
well pleased. At least, there
has been no criticism yet. no signs
Of jealousy or indications Of dis
sent among those who are called
upon to take up their problems
with the young secretary to the
President. In fact, ! have heard in
only q few places a revival of the
punning that went out a couple Of
years ago when the Roosevelt for
King" game was in its heyday, and
Jimmy was laughingly labeled as
the crown prince. Thus, the plan
surely seems to have started off
most auspiciously. But as I said,
what success, what trials and tribu-
lations, await it, no one can say.
Undoubtedly, President Roosevelt
has started a plan of action that has
much to be said in
Much IN its favor. It has,
Its FAVOR of course, many
possibilities Of
trouble, and there surely is argu-
ment against having the White
House secretariat determine policy
when the President has been elected
to that job. Yet, at this time,
credit must be argued along with
signs and portents of trouble. .
First, let us recognize that the Of
fee of President Of the United States
is man-killing job. There is moth
ing like it anywhere else In the
world. There are not too many men
who can stand up under the load
Of work and worry that is contin-
ually on the shoulders of the head
of the nation. There is no way
possible for him to escape it. Vaca-
tions3 Sleep7 Absence from Wash
ingtoni Not a chance. The work
and worry is with him always, ev-
cry minute out Of his twenty-four
hour day.
Thus, II there Is any way that
can be devised to lift some Of the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18

burden, it ought to be done. No
way has been found heretofore,
however, and the milestone contin-
ues around the Presidents neck.
On the other hand, this is a de
mocracy. In the opinion of many
persons, there already is too much
power lodged in the hands of in
dividuals who were not elected. hut
were appointed, to Office. The
President has vast power and he
has to unload it somewhere into the
hands Of those he appoints. Never
theless, throughout the federal gov
eminent scores Of men and wonn-
en- exercise very great authority
over your life and mine who were
personally selected by the Presi-
dent-for whom none Of us voted
when we voted for a presidential
nominee. Result: red tape. rules
and regulations, dos and don'ts ga
lore, until we hardly know whether
we can eat our food without trans
crossing or failing to comply with
some federal regulation.
All Of that is by way of saying
that by implementing the relation
ship between the President and men
and women whom he has appoint
ed to Office through the insertion Of
an added wheel Of authority, there
lie potential changes in all Of
these governmental policies. And
there lies the possibility OF changes
being made, for better or for worse,
without the President having knowl-
edge Of them.
What of the personal side-the
feelings Of the officials who have
to deal with young man who can
speak, to some extent at least, for
his father, the President? As said
earlier. thus far none Of the con-
ferees have given any indication Of
disturbed feelings. They may never
have any thoughts along this line.
Yet, I venture this observation: il
they don't resent having the Presi-
dents son tell them what to do, or
not to do, at some time or other,
the officials concerned will be unlike
most other human beings.
The Department Of Agriculture Is
quite pessimistic about the business
outlook for next
Business year. In a series
Outlook of reports, analyz-
ing general condi-
tons, which the department issued
the other day, it made no effort to
conceal its belief that there is some
thing wrong in the business situa-
ton far beyond the recent violent
decline in the quotations of the
stock markets.
These reports and conclusions
take on considerably more weight
when it is recalled that several
other agencies of the government,
notably Secretary Roper of the De-
partment of Commerce, have
sought vainly to make it appear that
business is good" At the same
time, / think attention ought to be
drawn to the fact that Secretary
Wallace of the Department of Agri-
culture is striving to have congress
pass legislation to aid the farmer.
It is just possible that he thinks
his detectives can be achieved more
easily If the congressman are made
to believe that general business and
agriculture are taking a real tail
spin. That is the politics Of the
situation, but business reports
spread on the pages of newspapers
seem to show that bad slump lies
ahead.
Recently, / wrote in these columns
how business was as spotted as a
leopard; that some firms were.
making more money than ever be-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18
Stars Shine Through Comets

Although the tails of comets have
been 200 millions miles in length and
visible, even in daylight, at incred-
ible distances from the earth, their
density is so slight that stars some
times shine through them almost
undimmed, says Golfers Weekly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18

Narrowest, Smallest, Biggest Fee.
The worlds narrowest feet are in
the United States; smallest in south
ern France, and biggest in Hol-
land, according to shoe manufac-
turer Of Czechoslovakia.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18

There are two kinds of
patriots in this country;
those who hate and fear
war and those who are too
old for service.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18
A Message Of Love

One of the last slowly nrrmured
sayings of the American poet Whit
tier, as he lay a-dying, was this:
"Give-my love-to-the-world."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18

traffic you have the advan-
tage Of seeing cars that are
coming toward you; you have
the protection of your own
eyes as well as the eyes of
the driver. If you have to
walk on a highway, walk
against traffic. Then you
will live to walk another day.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18
Worthwhile Living

Learn to do well; seek judgment,
relieve the oppressed, Judge the
fatherless, plead for the widow
Isaiah lit.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18

Every individual is doomed
to have a certain amount of
trouble, none of which ever
results from keeping his
mouth shut.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18
As Congress Meets
By RAYMOND PITCAIRN
National Chairman
SentineIs Of the Republic

AS Congress meets in its current spa--
eial session, the American people look
hopefully to Capitol Hill for relief from
the many problems which have troubled
them through recent months.
For from Washington and elsewhere.
have come many signs more or less OPP
timistic in nature.
They indicate:
That members Of Congress, fresh from
human contacts with the men and
women back home, win be guided by the.
wishes Of those constituents, rather than
ny the demands Of ofiiceholders and Do
kfically appointed bureau chiefs.
That Congress will again assert sense:
- its responsibility under the. govern
ment Of balanced powers established hB
sur Constitution.
That Congress win remember tlnmt
taxes are paid out Of the earnings oc thu
men and women who labor, and that
every dollar flung recllessiy into new
and odd experiments is q dollar emf a.
q wage-earners envelope on n house-
wife's budget.
That Congress win realize thai the
solution Of Unemployment Kes nat IN
jungles Of diagrams and figures. knk IN
encouraging the enterprise which creates
emplcyment-and with, 1t national prog
re9s.
That Congress win insist that euxs h
. government Of and for al the people.
and not for groups and classes favored
on the basis Of how many votes they
represent.
This. say commentators from Wash
ington, represents the spirit Of many
Congressman after their healthful con-
facts with the folks ut home.
America win hope It Is an accurate
picture. And Congressmen should hope
so, too. For on the Judgment of those
folks at home. depends ultimately not
only reelection to Congress, but the
progress Of our nation as well
Politicians may talk and threaten, but
it is the people who make the decisions
and cast the votes.
This Is something for Washington to
rememher-aS Congress meets.
1ore, and how some others were
getting by only because the volume
was large and faced difficulties IL
the volume declined. The Agricul-
ture department statements, based
now on facts and figures, show even
. worse picture than described
several months ago. They Indicate
strongly that 1888 IL to be consid-
erably lower in the level Of business
than 1887. and that spells trouble.
For example, the agriculture
statement predicts that there will
be "a less favorable demand for
farm products" in 1898 than In 1887.
Home domestic demands are down
and appear likely to stay down,
and the export market holds no hope
for an increase. Emphasizing the
dependence Of consumption demand
upon general business conditions,
the department statement explained
there was no certainty as to the
length of time the present slump
will continue. It added that ''pros-
poets are against sufficiently ear
ly and vigorous rise in 1898 to bring
the average of industrial activity
and Of consumer incomes up to that
Of 1887"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18

WoodcOck Fishes for Its Food
The woodcock fishes for its food in
the soft muck river bottoms. Its
long bill with flexible point is ex-
tremely sensitive.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18

Unreasonable haste Is the direct
road to error.-Moliero.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-11-18
lkAPRO OWED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
CUNDAyI
OCHOOL lesson
BY REV. HAROLD L. LUND0ursr
Dean Of the Moody Bible Institute,
OF Chicago.
Q Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for November II
CHRISTIAN WORKERS

LESSON TEXT Corinthians S:l0.lS.
Galatians 6:6-1O.
GOLDEN TExT-And let US not be weary
In well doing: for In due season we shair
reap. we faint not.-Galatians $50.
PRIMARY TOPIC-In Our Church.
JUNIOR TOPIC-What Can Do TO Heinz
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
What Can Do for Christ and the Church,
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
The Need for Christian Workers.
Evening star., 1937-01-10
Construction Work. Equipment and Governments Supplies Pro-
vide Program for Procurement Division of Treasury
in Continuous Operation.

ordinates the disposition Of surplus
property in the field"
This is much more colorful than
Government verbiage would have you
believe. For example, the United
States Army has on hand great
number Of khaki uniforms for which
it no longer can find service. After
seeing to it that these uniforms are
slit in such a manner that they can
no longer be used as military dress,
the Army notifies the Surplus Section
of its intention to discard the cloth
ing. 1t is then routed to the Indian
reservations by the Procurement Di-
vision, in conjunction with the De-
partment of the Interior, and in the
reservation schools and other COM
munity buildings Indian women set
to work upon the various articles. All
manner Of ingenious uses are found
for the material, and they are made
up into anything from snow suits to
shoes. Complete sets Of undergar-
ments are sometimes made from the
Innings of overcoats, and from dis
carded Marine uniforms similar out
f1ts are derived.
In the same way, the large copper
Evening star., 1937-01-10

First, then, there Is the branch
of supply. This branch supevises
the storage and automobile repair
section, the surplus property section,
the traffic section, the Federal busi-
ness associations, Federal specifica-
tions, Federal standard stock cata-
logue, contracts, the planning di-
vision, the purchase division and
warehousing.
In its storage and automobile repair
section it performs all activities Incl
dent to the acquisition, assignment
and disposal of all motor equipment
of the Treasury Department. 1t is
likewise responsible for the mainte-
nance, repair and garaging of such
equipment in the District, and this
function includes the operation Of q
repair shop and two garages in WASH
ington.
THE Surplus Property Section is
one Of the most interesting divi-
sions of this branch Of procurement.
Technically 1t receives, stores and
disposes Of Federal surplus property
in the District Of Columbia and CO.
Evening star., 1937-01-10
Bv Edward Reed.

n NATIONAL housekeeping on a
nj gigantic scale is the business
of the Procurement Division
4 of the United States Treasury,
Evening star., 1937-01-10

CONTINUED on Seventh PaSe2
Evening star., 1937-01-10

stills confscated by Government acts
provide the material from which lamp
shades, bowls and all kinds Of small
copper articles, including jewelry. are
made. Condemned parachute silk is
used for lamp shades or for the deco
ration Of waste baskets, glued tightly
around some basic material that
forms the sides.
These are the avenues Of disposal.
however, of materials and articles
that cannot be disposed Of in any
other way, for in many cases the dis
carded property Of one Government
department can be turned to good
advantage in another. In the Dis
Evening star., 1937-01-10
LAUDS PRESENT JOB
Search for Precious Metals Took Him Into Many
Places of Mining Activity, and He Was Prom
inent in Work of Development

thief. Horse thieving was the worst
of crimes in those days. for If your
horses were stolen, what could you do3
You would be left to die on the prairies.
They didn't show any mercy to such
thieves during the era Of pioneering.
Horses were too important.
"They didn't trouble us, however,
though none of us boys got q wink OF
sleep for watching for them. in great
excitement. The next day we started
on our way again. When we got to
Lincoln, Nebraska, we rode right
through a cornfield on up to the cor
ner where the Capitol new stands.
MY FATHER homesteaded, and
we all set about building q sod
house. We broke prairie that should
never have been broken. Why? Well.
If you were familiar with that country
you'd know that the soil Is so fine
that the motion Of the wind reduces
1t to the powdery substance Of talcum
powder. That land Is grasslands by
nature. It was never meant to be dug
up and planted. Now they are trying
to plant trees to remedy an old mis-
take, but that won't do any good. It
takes years for trees to grow to such
q size that their roots bind the earth
together. Why. many time I've seen
winds sweep that land until the dirt
would drift like snow, piling one farm
over onto another farm.
"But we got along somehow, having
our ups and downs with the rest Of
them. We went through the grass
hopper blights, too. The insects would
come down on q young field Of corn
and in two hours there would be
nothing left of that field, over q vast
expanse, but the bare stalks Of the
grain.
''There was great spirit in the people
In those days. They never needed
aid, somehoN They always managed
Evening star., 1937-01-10

designed originally for some other de-
partment and stayed, on the road to
their ultimate destruction, by alert
officials finding some use for the items
within their own building.
The traffic division takes care OF
all matters incidental to the co-ordi-
nation of Government freight, express
or other traffic activities, and OF all
problems having to do with the trans
fer or storage of freight. This divis-
ion issues to the Government each
year approximately $4,000 rate quo
tations, 5000 routings Of carload
shipments, total routings involving
approximately $4,000 cars.
Operating as field agencies for the
director of procurement are 135 Fed
eral business associations, made up
of the heads of local Federal activities.
These agencies work to bring about
economy and efficiency in the transac-
ton of Government business and have
been instrumental in effecting consoli-
dated drayage, typewriter repairs. ga
rage and laundry contracts throughout
the United States.
All supplies purchased by the Gov
eminent must fill cerain definite speci-
Evening star., 1937-01-10
Welcomes Chance to Talk After Quiet Time as Member
of Congress From Nevada, and Long Career
in Western Pioneer Days.

from Nevada in 1918. and began his
Congressional term in March. 1919.
He had q son in the Army at the time
and, as he says, he was ambitious to
see how things were run" here in the
Capital. During his tenure Of office
he was q member Of the Committee
on the Irrigation Of Arid Lands, and
he found an old friend of his on the
same committee. This was Judge j.
P. Kinkaid, then Representative from
Nebraska, whom Evans had met years
before at time when the Judge was
serving on bench in Nebraska during
trial of an Indian, and he was Juror.
EVANS knew something first-hand
about "arid lands" for he had
been born and spent his boyhood and
young manhood adventuring across
them. His life, as q matter OF fact.
would make exciting reading, for 1t
goes back to the days when the grass
lands Of Nebraska lay green and un-
broken under the Western sun, and
UU2NlU ku0uQeISQ dCIUcS bklC 1dLSC.
It includes the era Of pioneering and
the period Of the Vests building,
when cities sprang up almost over
night on the face Of the prairie.
It moves later through the gold
fields Of the Southwest and on to the
silver mines. And 1t has been full
enough Of Indians, coyotes, placer
pursuit of gold, success, defeat and
success again to provide a combina-
ton Alger-Deadwood Dick novel in
the traditionally thrilling manner.
Born in Illinois, Evans. was taken
with his family to Nebraska while
still very young. It was quite family
that made the journey westward in
three big covered wagons, for besides
the parents, there were six boys all Of
about an age, quantity of kitchen
utensils, household wares and bedding,
and to top 1t all, . large black New
foundlsud dog, by name, Bruno