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The Fort Peck press., 1937-05-27
Treasure State
News in Brief

KALISPELIr-Mrs. Elizabeth Wiliscroft, 86,
was taken to the Sisters of Mercy hospital
suffering from a broken hip received when
she tripped and fell.
Observation-Disclosures reported burglars en-
tered the Libby Creamery company office here
and stole $40 from a cash drawer. Entrance
was gained by forcing open a door.
BOZEMAN-Three new Bozeman grade school
buildings, to be financed by a S295, 900 muni-
cipal bond issue, are proposed by school trus-
tees here.
KALISPELL-C. E. Beebe biological survey
hunter, reported he destroyed 70 coyotes in
the south fork Of the F1athead drainage below
Spotted Bear ranger station during the last
winter.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS-Joan Berg of
White Sulphur Springs and Marjorie Hogg,
Ringing, have won the Meagher county schol-
arships issued by the University of Montana
this year.
KALISPELL-After IA years, Peter Anderson
has left for his native Sweden for a four
month visit with his mother, three sisters and
two brothers. He sailed on the Drottingholm,
Swedish american line.
BOZEMAN-The Bozeman city council has
The Fort Peck press., 1937-05-27
HARDIN TO HAVE
NEW COURTHOUSE
BIG HORN COUNTY HAS WAITED
"a YEARS FOR FIRST
GLIMPSE AT HOME

After a 24-year wait, Big Horn
county is now looking forward to
occupying its first cOurthouse-an
attractive S95,000 native stone struc-
ture constructed here under the
works progress administration.
When PWA ends its fiscal year on
June 80 it is expected that this
substantial twO-stOry limestone
public building, which represents
one of its most ambitious projects,
will be virtually completed.
Since 1918, when Big Horn was seq
regated from Yellowstone, it has rented
office space in various buildings here.
Not only has this been inconvenient
for the public and for officials, but
expensive. Hereafter, approximately
$4,000 annually for rent may be saved
by the taxpayers, once the Indebted
ness on the new courthouse is liqui-
dated.
The structure has been planned for
usefulness. Two floor dimensions of
approximately 80 by 100 feet and
full-sized concrete reinforced basement
provide more than ample space. In
addition to regular offices, part of
the second floor includes the county
Jail and sheriff's office.
Of interest is the unusual structural
strength of the building. This has
been achieved by an 18-inch wall thick
ness and by unique use of steel BEAMS
salvaged from dismantled county
bridges. Also unusual is the limestone,
which is being quarried about As miles
south of Hardin. Not only does the
fine-grained stone approximate granite
in texture, but it has an attractive
pinkish color.
The stone is transported in large
blocks to the building site. Here, under
the tutelage of few skilled masons,
relief laborers have acquired the knack /
of shaping to such an extent that the |
stone placed on the courthouse has an
almost machine-like appearance. Point |
ing the limestone with pinkish NOR
tar and use of ornamental members
cast of white cement artificial stone"
set off the building.
Despite a scarcity of skilled relief
labor, WPA former and engineers have
effectively trained and guided un-
skilled workers in doing first class
work on all phases of construction.
Since work began in August of last
year, WPA has expended $49,254 and
Big Horn $29,728. To complete the
building proper and to install a ma
tural gas heating plant and modern
lighting and ventilating systems, the
The Fort Peck press., 1937-05-27
Murder Trial Recalls Early-Dny
Chase for White Mans Sluuer

The case of Peter Paul Pierre, Flat
head Indian, alleged slayer of Law
renee Finley at MiSsoula, recalls to
William Mooring, veteran old-timer OF
Kalispell, many interesting tales OF
early days.
living in Kalispell of the posse which
hunted down the Kootenai Indians,
LaLa See and Pierre Paul, and a third
man, who were convicted of murder
ing a white man and hanged in 1890
He received $166.66 of the $1,000
cash reward paid by the state of Mon
tana in March, 1897. Others who
shared in the reward were Ralph Rams
dell, James Corley, P. Cattullayeuh,
E. H. Grant and John Wise.
Of these other participants all have
died except Ralph Ramsdell who now
resides in San Diego, Cal.
Of more than passing interest was
the finding recently by old-timers
here of Howard Sprague at New Mea-
dow, Idaho, who also was one OF the
party instrumental in the capture OF
LaLa See and Pierre Paul.
MIR. Sprague left the Flathead in
1891 and his whereabouts were un-
known at the time the reward was
paid. He did not share the money
with the others of the party.
Friends lately have corresponded
with John j. Holmes, state auditor, in
an effort to obtain Mr.. Sprague's share
Of the reward.
Inasmuch as he did not present his |
claim at the time the others did, the |
amount was divided equally among the |
six others.
The Fort Peck press., 1937-05-27

| the county superintendent appointed % trus-
tees. Bad weather, bad roads and lack of in
tercst were blamed for the election skipping
| by Superintendent Patton.
MISSOULA-First place in Glass and B
| divisions of the state interscholastic Little
! Theater tournament here were awarded Mis-
soula county high school and Libby high, re-
spectively. Willis Blanchette OF Missoula, re-
ceived the best actors award, for the second
consecutive year. Marion Janke of Billings,
was selected as the best actress.
BOzEMAN-An upset in traditional pro-
cedure, tuXedos will be banned definitely as
male attire at the Montana State college
junior prom this year. In their stead white
flannel and dark coat combinations will be
worn, but some leniency will be shown those
who are not equipped with perfectly white
trousers, the junior committee decided.
MIssoULA-CCC enrolees in Montana will
raise pheasants on limited scale in addition
to fighting forest fires and cutting timber,
district headquarters officers announced. The
pheasant raising will be conducted on lin
tied scale through ARRANGEMENTS with the
state fish and game commission and Superin-
tendent Hendricks of the state game farm
at Warm Springs.
RED LODGE-All Fromberg teachers have
been offered new contracts, it is announced by
the school board. They include Ross I. Duff.
superintendent; Miss Marjorie Dove, Charles
Lindquist, Miss Lucille Crist, and Glenn Red
dick, high school; H. w. Eggerbrecht, Miss
Alice Helen Patterson Miss Olga Bryn Miss
FRANCES NeWklrh, MISS VlfBlHld COlllIS MISS
Henrietta Hoefert and Miss Clara Wascherle.
grade school.
BOZEMAN-Staging sit-down strike on the
horn button of his car when a girl friend
would not see him recently landed F. E. Flagg
in the county jail on a charge of disturbing
the peace Flagg had annoyed the neighbor-
hood of Seventh and Main with the blare of
his autos horn for many minutes before res
identS summoned Sheriff Lovitt I. Westlake.
The sheriff listened briefly and took the man
into custody
BOZEMAN-A nonchalant hobo was riding
the rods a few days while the Bozeman
fire department alternately chuckled and
cursed. Just a freight train ready to
pull away from the Northern Pacific railroad
yards here he pulled a fire alarm box waited
unti1 the department arrived, thumbed his
nose at the fire laddies and hoped aboard
the train. which was gathering speed by that
time
The Fort Peck press., 1937-05-27

county is now raising $4,000 more.
Continued grants for labor up to June
80 will be provided by PWA, at which
time, except for a few miscellaneous
tasks, all will be in readiness for
home
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-03
The Peoples Declaration

We celebrate the Fourth of July be- cause on that date, in 1776, bold, cour- ageous and thoughtful colonial Congress took the momentous step of declaring "That these United Colonies are and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved"
 Today, with dictators ruling nations over which they have seized power by force or coup, we would do well to con- sider and honor the processes by which the Declaration of Independence was created. David Ramsay, writing of the American Revolution In 1777, said: "The revolution was not forced on the people by ambitious leaders grasping at supreme power, but every measure of 1t was forced on Congress, by the necessity of the case, and the voice of the people. The change of the public mind of America respecting connection with Great Britain, Is without parallel"
 That is the heritage of the Fourth of July. Greater than the independence then declared was the example Of q peo' nle controlling it's own destiny
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-03
Conquest

In 1907 the British destroyed the Dan- ish fleet and captured Copenhagen. By 1887 the Danes had captured the British bacon market. Of the two conquests the latter is the more important.
 Denmark, without military conquest and without joining the costly European armament race, holds the worlds respect and increases the prosperity of her own people. Working together, Denmarks Socialist premier and it's King, who has just observed the silver jubilee of his reign, have helped the country to earlier recovery from depression than any other land has enjoyed. Their principal achievement is the cooperative market ing system for Danish agricultural pro- ducts. All farmers, big or little, turn their eggs, bacon and dairy output over to a national organization which pools and sells them in foreign markets to the best advantage.
 The Danes are not troubled with the urge to dominate their neighbors or to secure any more of the worlds wealth than they can win in selling good prod ucts in fair and orderly way. They have made place for themselves in the world which many other nations might envy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-03
Saved for Destruction

There was time when disease killed more soldiers in any war than the enemy's guns. Now medical science has cut down that toll. Great credit is given the Italian medical service for the small loss of life from disease in the Ethiopian campaign. More than 10000 men who should" have died from disease, accord ing to experience of previous wars in tropical countries, were saved. Malaria and dysentery, formerly the worst scourges of white troops in the tropics, were held down to an incredible minimum by rigid preventive measures.
 During the World War doctors learned new and marvelously effective ways to treat wounds, saving limbs and even lives that would have been lost without the treatment.
 The miracle of saving a soldier - or a woman or child - blown to pieces by a bomb or killed with machine gun has not yet been worked. It is interesting that, at this stage of civilizations devel- opment, we are so greatly concerned at the ravages of disease and so greatly cheered at conquests of it, while we con- tinue to accept war itself. Saving man from malaria to wreck him with poison gas is a cruel and uncivilized jest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-03
For Unicameral System

The arguments that have been pre- sented for and against the borough system" of representation maintained by Connecticut since it first began to make something of itself are many and diverse. But after examining all of them and even having our own say on the matter we are almost compelled to admit that they point to but one solution - the unica- imerial system of legislation If we are to accept the best arguments of both sides of the question there should be but one branch in our legislative body in thls state.
 Representative Noah H. swayne of Darien, who was the republican House leader at the 1887 session, put the thought into our head when he quoted from the Fundamental Orders of 1859, long regarded as the first attempt at planned government, written down on paper, in all history. The fundamentals of these Fundamental Orders were home government and equal representation in state matters. We haven't got that to- day, no matter what MT. SWayne or any other proponent of the present system claims.
 It may be true that membership in the House should be as 1t was first instituted by towns, regardless of size, wealth, or population. If that's the case, there IS no need for representation by senatorial districts If we eliminate this need, then we eliminate the need of two branches in our Legislature. After all, if the towns are the federation comprising the state, why 20 to the bother and trouble of cut ting out thirty-five senatorial districts and electing a member from each oneP Tn addition to protecting the interests of the town In which he resides he must care for other towns in the same district. And sad to relate they are badly-dis- jointed and out-of-agreement group Of districts.
 In such a state of affairs as this the solution would seem to be one-house Legislature. Whether 1t Is complete solution depends entirely on the man. ner In which 1t is put into effect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-03
- Fourth of July Editorial By Bruce Cation THE PASSING OF TYRANTS IS LIBERTY'S GAIN

They listened in while the new George spoke to his empire, and got just about as big an emotional kick out of it as if the things that happened in 1776 had all been bad dream.
 Verify, old George III might be pardoned for wondering if he had not blundered back into the wrong world entirely.
 WHAT has all this to do with our Inde- W pendence Day? Just this: the contrast between our attitude toward George III and our attitude toward George VI is no greater than the contrast between the kind of king George III was and the kind George VI is.
 George III was tyrant, just as the sign CTS of the Declaration of Independence said; {; not because he was bad or unprincipled, but simply because every king was tyrant in those days. That was part of the picture Every nation had to have boss; no one except for the American colonists-supposed you could get along without one.
 George VI is not tyrant; not only be- cause he doesn't want to be one, but because his nation has no use for one. For the boss idea has gone out of style-gone out, despite it's temporary revival in some of the war shocked nations on the continent. Injustice, oppression and enthroned greed have been on the defensive ever since 1776-in Eng land, and elsewhere, as well as in America
 That is one reason why our Independence Day is so much worth celebrating.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-03
Intelligent Readers

Perhaps public librarians are biased In their opinions. Yet 1t Is pleasant to have them say, as they have just been doing at the convention of the American Library Association, that Americans to- day comprise history's most numerous and most discerning reading public. If newspapers were printed only once cen tury, said one speaker, the intellectual advances of the last twenty years would far exceed the news importance of the World War report
 The librarians are not so enthusiastic about fiction in general as some of the library patrons. And they are inclined to believe that many books, if they had not been printed, would never have been missed. Plenty of rubbish gets printed and finds readers, but the fact which makes librarians compliment the public is that best seller lists are not confined to thrillers. To-day" they say, your best seller list offers such inscrutable sub- jects as religion, history, geography and --of all ngs-mathematics.
 Let us not be vain about this. Humility is a much safer emotion, particularly since 1t Is not yet proved that we do much with all the knowledge we acquire through reading. When we digest and assimilate what we read grow in under standing and wisdom, and apply these gifts in our lives, there will be matter for f1ride
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-03

IF the ghost of old King George III could come back to earth right now he might wonder what in the world had got into the descendants of the American colonists of 1776.
 Those colonists gave George III an ever lastingly rough ride of it, before they finally dumped him off their backs for good.
 They blasted him before all the world as a cruel and conscienceless tyrant. They led his relocated, white-gaitered troops into swamps and wildernesses and took pot-shots at them until the proudest troops in all Flu rope had to admit that they had been licked by ragged bunch of backwoodsmen. They stirred up trouble abroad for him, sent row dy sailors like John Paul Jones over to burn English ships in the English channel, got the French on his neck and wound up by de- privng him of the farest jewel in all his empire.
 A ND yet, this year, when another George A took the throne of England, and was crowned in Westminster Abbey with all the medieval pomp and circumstance that great empire could provide, it was these same Americans who provided the most en- thusiastic audience.
 They Tapped up every detail about the cor onaton as if the British king still ruled in Boston and New York. They sent some thousands of people over to have look at it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-03

It Is good news to know that Governor Wilbur l.. Cross has signed the bill passed by the recent Legislature calling for con- struction of a Connecticut Building at the Eastern States Exposition grounds in West Springfield. This probably means that the state won't have structure for the crowds who will attend this years event, but there will be one for the 1888 fair The structure is to cost $60,000 Of this sum the state is to appropriate $35,000. The remaining $25,000 will be raised by private subscription. Construc- ton of Connecticut Building will leave Rhode Island the only New England state unrepresented in this fashion. It was good many years ago that pressure was first brought to bear to have Connecticut follow the example of Maine, New Hamp- shire, Vermont, and Massachusetts. With the increase in popularity of the fair we are glad to see our state cooperating.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-03

e. What is Q "JelmeterP"
 A. A device that measures the amount of pectin In fruit juice.
 e. What are the functions of the Pan American Union and how is 1t maintained2
 A. It is the official international organization Of the 2l republics Of the Western Hemisphere and was established with Q view to develop ing closer cooperation between the nations of America, the fostering of inter- American commerce, the strengthening of intellectual and cultural ties, and the interchange of information on all problems af- fecting the welfare of the nations of this continent, It is supported through their joint contributions, each nation annually paying that part of the budget of expenses which It's population bears to the total population of the republics. Its general control is vested in Q gov- erning board made up of diplomatic representatives in Washington, D. O., of all the Latin American gov- ernments and the secretary of state of the United States.
 c. What kinds of United States paper money are legal tender7
 A. Under the law now in effect all United States paper money Is legal tender
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-03
Selected Poem
SMALL RAIN

SMALL RAIN
 (Alice Lawry Gould In the Christian Science
 Monitor) No lullaby is older than the rain The small rain on the tender grass. The Hebrew shepherd lad, the Lesban lass, Flushed by It's tranquil murmurng have lain And dreamed their dreams. The nations rise and Wane The destnies ol men and empires pass; But still tonight upon my window glass Thin chimes tap out their slumber song again hear it falling, falling through the night The ancient rain that makes the worn earth new Knowing that when both rain and night are gone, Most gently will the fingers of first light Wake birds to melody, and glisten through The luminous and golden mist of dawn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-03

A Memphis, Tennessee, farmer bought a brand new automobile. It had one of those sloping backs which the new cars effect. He left 1t outside the farmhouse recently much to his sorrow when he aWoke. No, the car wasn't stolen. The farmer owns goats. The goats, always playful, had climbed to the roof of the car, via the running board, fender, and hood, then slid down the sloping rear. Judging by the scratches this game had lasted all night. This might sound like a fairy story, but out in Newtown there voucR for 1t. HIS prize herd of goats coop, using the sloping roof for the slide.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-03
By ]. P. D.

result that higher values were surcharged with lower values.
 Did you know-H. J. Brown, . member of the Torquay Philatelic society was the designer of the Edward VIII stamps of Great Bri- tain--and-a plate number block of 12 of the five-cent Jamestown sold for $47 in n recent New York auction?
 John W. Longnecker, president of the Stamp Collectors club of Hartford has proposed the ear- marking of money paid to the Post Office Department by stamp collectors for the production of more attractive and better print, ed postage stamps"
 Mir. Longnecker made the sug- gestion while reading a paper on the subject at the National Stamp Conference in Washington last week. He was one of Q group of outstanding .philatelists invited to submit papers to the conference which was called by the Wash- ington Philatelic society to pro- mote interest in more attractive and better printed U. S, stamps. MT. Lonnecker discussed the post. ae stamp from the standpoint Of the advertising agent, and ad- vanced the proposition that the government as an agency inter- ested in this phase of more ct" tractive and better printer ad- hesives.
 Again on the subject of the convention of the Society of Philatelic Americans at Ashevilie' N. 0. A souvenir sheet will be issued, bearing the 10 cent stamp of the national parks series as the subject. This stamp shows Mount LeConte, In Smoky Mountain Nae tional park, nera Asheviiie.
 The postal administration at Washington has announced that A new three-cent stamp in coln- rnemoration of the adoption Of the Ordinance of l787 and the ore Ranization of the Northwest ter. ritory will be issued and offered for sale July 13. First sales will be made in New York, where the ordinance was enacted, and at Marietta, Ohio. first permanent settlement of the Northwest Ter ritory. The new stamp will De of the customary purple and VIII carry an outline map of the original states and the Northwest Territory. along with ncrtretts Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-03

A New Britain doctor who emigrated to New York some years ago has just completed what 1t believed to be the longest epic poem in the literary world. It is over 100000 words long and contains 11,000 lines. It Is entitled, Heaven and Earth an Epic of the 20th Century,. Much of 1t was written when the doctor first started practicing and had plenty of spare time on his hands, as he himself expressed it. The original script was scrubbed on prescription blanks.