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Evening star., 1937-03-21
March 21. 1887

l. 10 casual observer in WhiteheldS'
n Gothic railroad station would have
picked out Mr.. Waters as a man of
mystery In fact he would have had
difficulty in picking Mr. Waters out at all. Mr..
Waters had, unconsCiously, developed the art
of being inConspiCuous to its ultimate degree.
That he was the center of a veritable vortex Of
conjecture discussion and debate was mat
ter of which he was wholly and blissfully un-
aware.
The reason for Mr.. Waters being this focal
point of interest was due to a chance remark
made by one Jerry. Jerry offiCiated at the
Depot Newsstand and dispensed local news
as we'll as metropolitan newspapers.
Now, Jerry was observant. He was also
curious. He was especially curious as to
small gentleman quiet neat and unobtrusive
who every morning appeared at his stand at
the exact same time and after buying all the
daily financial papers, instead of taking the
train to the city walked back up the Hill with
them to his home.
Jerrv knew that Mr. Waters did not COM
mute. He also knew that Mr. Waters was not
engaged in any business in Whitefelds. There
fore he must be retired. And if he was retired
and so keenly interested in the money mar
kets, the only conclusion Jerry could draw was
that he must be possessed of great wealth.
Evening star., 1937-03-21

This information, as well as his own opinion
in the case, Jerry confded to Mr. Starbuck as
he made change for him one morning. Mr.
Starbuck, for want of something else to say
while he was dummy during the matutinal
bridge game, passed these facts on to MIR.
Furness, who in turn told MIR. Mccoy and
Mr. Mccoy felt it his bounden duty to en-
Tighten Mr.. Jackson, ad nfnitun1. BY the next
morning Mrs. Starbuck and Mrs. Furness and
Mrs. Mccoy and Mrs. Jackson were discuss
ing this matter
And so Mr. Waters, as he sedately walked
up the Hill, his papers under his arm, became
the cynosure of all eyes and the topic of much
conversation.
Mr. Waters himself was totally oblvious of
all of this. But then again Mr.. Waters was
oblivious of all things except his one great
hobby - his grand passion. And the link be-
tween his hobby and the financial papers,
while practical, was fantastic He bought
these financial papers not for their content,
but for their texture.
Now, it has been mentioned that Mr. Waters
Evening star., 1937-03-21
by HARVEY KENT

than the regular dailies, they supplied an
ideal and inexpensive medium for him.
Now, for some reason, this display of artis-
tic ability on the part of Mr.. Waters caused
Mrs Waters intense annoyance. In fact it
caused almost an uncomfortable burst of rage
This annoyance over what she termed an
idiot habit, became more intense and the out
bursts more frequent when Mrs. Waters sud-
denly realized that she and her husband were
persons of unusual interest to the good ladies
of Whteflelds She had become the recipient
of so many invitations to teas and bridges and
her husbands health seemed such a matter of
public concern that she wondered long and
deeply as to the reason therefor. Along with
this soicitude as to his health were covert
inquiries, as to what he thought of the inan-
cial conditions and the situation in Wall Street.
Mrs. Waters, though mystifed, was dis
Greet. She was we'll aware that her husbands
knowledge of Wall Street was on par with
his familiarity with Babylonian ceramics. so
she invariably and truthfully, replied that
Mr.. Waters never discussed these matters.
One lady however, was not to be denied.
Surely" she declared, "a man who brings
home all the Wall Street papers every day
must say what he thinks about it sometime
This remark gave Mrs Waters, who was
quite discerning, her clue and it also intensi-
fed her annoyance with Mr.. Waters. If,
heaven forfend, it ever came to light why Mr..
Waters bought all these papers, they would
never live it down. Also, her new found promi-
nence pleased and fattered her She must
maintain it at all hazards.
From this point on, Mrs. Waters life was
consecrated to the covering up of all traces of
Evening star., 1937-03-21

- Mr.. Homer L. Waters,
to be exact had a hobby.
This hobby consisted of
folding sheets of paper
together and then with
the aid of a pair of scissors
converting them into lace
patterns, strings of dane
ing girls or whatever sub
jeCt matter he felt the urge
to create. Hence his daily
purchasing of the financial
papers; for, being of spe-
cial size and better stock
Evening star., 1937-03-21

Mr.. Waters artistic orgies.
Every scrap of newspaper
found in the house was care
fully cremated in the furnace
and whenever she found any
of her husband S masterpieces
she first tore them up into
countless bits and then con-
signed them to the waste
paper basket.
That this vandalism caused
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-22
DO YOU
News Items Taksn from Flo
The Plentywcod HmxA
20 A q

Editor W. E. Johnson of the Scobey Sentinel was
down from Scobey Wednesday with a party of friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Beiseker left the latter part of
the week for Fessenden N. D., for a visit with rela-
tives. They went overland in their touring car.
Mrs. Lennard Rue and children left Wednesday
morning for Minot and Balfour to visit relatives and
friends. They expect to be gone three weeks.
Cansten Eckmann, cashier of one of the Grenora
banks. was married Tuesday morning to Miss Lillian
Rooster of Outlook at the home of her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Reuter- and Buck Munson
came back Tuesday evening from Havre and other
Montana points. where they have been on a two
weeks fishing trip. They report a splendid time and
good fishing.
Mrs. Gus Sederberg and little son Orval of st.
Paul arrived here this morning for a visit with her
mother and sister. Mrs. Sederberg is a daughter of
Mrs. Christianson. proprietress OF the Leland hotel.
and a sister Of Mrs. D. e. Mclaughlin.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-22
BED WIETTING

VIE may have forgotten our diaper
days yet we have all been through
the stage of learning to control GER
tain muscles which We could not
control in our infancy. Some chill
dren learn slowly. When they have
difficulty in learning. the problem
is usually n of mental hygiene.
Some specialists would say it is al
ways a question of mental hygiene
and perhaps they are right. 1t must
be admitted, however. that in a few
cases the habit Of bed wetting can
be much more quickly broken after
some physical source of irritation,
like threadworms for instance, has
been removed.
In these days when toddlers are
taken regularly to the doctor, or at
least visit the preschool clinic, we
may suppose that such physical
troubles have all been properly
treated and we are faced only with
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-22
The Average Man

We have heard a great deal about the avera ge
man, but we have never met him. All the men we
know are above or below the average in some partic-
amt no such animile" as the average man. He exists.
If he exists anywhere, between the pages of the vast
volume of statistical computations and reports which
we pay the great army of government clerks to Ag-
ue up every year.
me average man, we are told, pays 1916, SO a
year in taxes. We never happened to meet one whose
taxes came to that precise figure. The average man is
hat. We know one or two like that. but they are not
average men, because the average man has s473 in
the savings bank and la children, and none of our
friends has either. The average man, according TO
statistics, is As years old. goes to church eleven Sun
days a year, smokes 5000 cigarettes and 200 cigars
annually, and eats eggs for breakfast. But as soon as
We md a man who is average in those respects we
discover that he has a taste for sugar in his beer or
else has been divorced three times, or has some other
characteristic which takes him out of the average
class.
OF course, what has Just been set down is large
ly nonsense but is it any more nonsensical than the
idea that any individual group or government can Law
down rules for human conduct and expect to enforce
them or have them obeyed For all such rules must
be based upon an average man, and there Is no such
thing as an average man. If there were. the mythical
prescribe his life for him; but even that is doubtful,
Tor some statisticians have it figured out that the
average man breaks at least one law efeIy day!
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-22
Lessons of the Spanish War

Military experts who have been studying the civ
II war in Spain report that several lessons have been
learned from it, which tend to dispel some of the
iears winch many Americans have had about the cat
astrovqhic effects of the next great war.
The failure of the rebel General Franco. with
superior resources and outside help from other ma
lions, to win a sweeping victory quickly, is pointed
10 as proof that the defenders have all the best of it.
even IN the face of modern scientific weapons of Of
Iense. The picture of a whole nation. or its great cit
les oelng wiped out In a sudden raid, which those
VINO revel In depicting the horrors of war have been
croaklng about for so long, seems to be a product of
the imagination. 1t is no secret that both Italv and
germany have been helping Gen. Franco. with tbe
latest types of military aircraft. bombs. uoison passes
ana all the rest They have been using Spain as a sort
OF experiment station or practice field. But they have
run up against almost unbreakable defenses every
where.
Modern aircraft, it would seem. is NOT safe
against modern anti-aircraft artillery The deadly
new" gases, IL they exist, have not made their o.
fects manifest. There has been horrible slaughter in
which civilians have persisted as well as combatants
but nothing to suggest that it would be possible for
IN enemy to fly across either ocean and CAPTURE u
coast cities. Indeed, the whole suggestion is that anv
nation which tried that would be crazy.
And since the United States Ii not likely evsr IN
- the attackers. but always the defender. in a,v
", of the parish conflict.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-22
ESQ.,
~ by R-x Chs ~1es F.. Dunn.

God Encourages a Leader
Exodus 3:18-16.
Golden Text: Psalm 29:11.
Universal History" wrote Car
lyle, "the history Of what man has
accomplished in this world, is at
bottom the History Of the Great
Men who have worked here" And
this sturdy Scot goes on to say that
the great man "is the living light
fountain. which it is good and pleas
ant to be near"
Goods Fool" that striking novel
by J. Van der Porten Swartz, who
wrote under the nom de plume
Maarten Martens, Is the study of a
boy who. because of a tragic ac-
cident in childhood, lost his power
to think. But this loss of his reas-
oning faculties did not interfere
with the lads intensity of affection.
He still possessed the power to love
unselhshly. The other members of
his family were clever. shrewd, and
capable. But II was Gods Fool who
really kept the soul of the family
alive. And at last the hour came
when he only possessed the KEY to
the solution Of the domestic prob
lem in that home.
Every truly great man is Gods
Fool. Consider Augustine. When
the timbers of the mighty house Of
Rome were crumbling in the fifth
century this heroic spirit had the
audacity to paint. in his "De Civil
tate Del" a flaming picture of Gods
eternal City. When the Middle Ages
were under the spell OF the imperial
energy of Innocent the Third and
the subtle logic Of Saint Thomas |
1t was that tender lover of
Tod and man and nature, Saint
Francis Of Assist. who by his sub
lime madness. preserved the soul of
the thirteenth century.
And what shall we say of Moses,
He too was Gods Fool. Why did
ne not follow the dictates of COM
nor sense. and so remain In INDIAN
here to end his days in idyiHe
,eace? Because the Lord called him
o a great opportunity, and encour-
ICED him with that golden promise.
Certainly Il will be with thee"
With such assurance Moses went
orth to conquer.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-22

wages and hours bill. Southern
members are especially opposed to
Federal laws and regulations con-
trolling Negro labor. They are par
ticularly fearful of what might hap
pen in the South II John Lewis and
his CLIO. should organize Negro la
Dor. The Clio has already opened or
ganization headquarters in Pensaco-
la, Florida.
G. 1. o. Campaign Fund
In the Labor situation another d.
vergence between the Administra-
ton and Congress is beginning to
appear. The sympathy of the Ad-
ADMINISTRATION is more or les openly
with the CIO.l Congressional senti-
ment is turning the other way. and
the term irresponsible labor un-
ions is frequently used by members
who have been known as labor SYM
pathizers.
There is still much criticism OF
employers who are held to have been
unfair to employees and unwilling
to negotiate for union recognition,
but the feeling is growing. especial
ly among old-time Democrats, that
Mr.. Lewis is a politician as well as a
labor leader, and that in his CLIO he
is building a powerful political ma
chine which could swing a Presiden-
tial election in whatever direction
seemed most advantageous to Mr..
Lewis.
So strongly is the feeling grow
ing that this is a dangerous situa- !.
ton, that a serious movement has
been started to raise a special fund
pay off the Lewis mortgage" on
Democratic party, the reference
being to nearly half a million dol
lars contributed to the 1886 Presi-
iential campaign fund out of the
.reasury of Mr.. Lewis's United Mine
Workers.
Nothing may come Of that, but it
s quite possible that when the Court
s is settled or shelved and Con-
'ress gets down to serious consider
Ition OF Labor legislation, a law
nay be enacted making 1t illegal for
abor unions to contribute to politi-
campaign funds, as 1t is now for
operations. 4
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-22
Our Nations Yesterdays


For a number of years our novelists hardly
seemed to know that we had a past. When they did
know it. they seemed to look on it as a dreary and
confning period from which. by grace of the passage
of time, we had luckily managed to make an escape.
In the 192O's especially, the big idea of the novel was
to present a "slice of life" and the life that was thus
sliced had TO be contemporary.
But things are different now. The two most fab
ulous successes of recent years have been Anthony
Adverse and Gone With the Wind" which go back
to themes our novelists have been ignoring almost
unanimously. Sandwiched in between these fantastic
bestsellers have been less spectacular books dealing
with the past-novels of the Civil war, of the Revo-
luton, of the clipper ship era, of the winning of the
west, Of the reconstruction period and of heaven
alone knows what else.
Now the point is that very few of these books
have been written uncritically. Most Of them have
sought to show either that some tabled and glamor-
Gus era was really less romantic than distance makes
IT seem, or that in the process of coming of age we
have somehow put aside ways of living that were of
genuine value. They have called our attention to our
past. both in order to point out its faults and to re-
mind us that change is not necessarily change for the
better.
1t is a good thing that this has happened; for
the simple truth of the matter is that as a nation we
have grown up a little too rapidly. Social develop
ments that took centruies in other lands have occu-
pied decades in America. Our history has been tele-
scoped. We are like a man who has stepped from
childhood to manhood in a month.
All of this has made for a great deal of con-
fusion. We need a breathing spell, so that we can
examine this past Of our dispassionately and see
just how we became what we are today. The adjust
ments that should have been made along the way
were not made because there was not time; we need
to make some of them now, and we can't do it un-
less we study our history and see just what hap
pened and how it happened.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-22

a problem of education.
Do not try ridicule; it will prob
ably make the child worse. The
youngster needs encouragement, he
needs self-confdence. Punishment
will do no good; rewards are un-
necessary.
Give the child a calendar to keep
beside his bed and let him mark
with a red pencil every date that eel
ebrates a dry night. If he is too
young to read the figures give him
just as much help as he needs to
keep the record but no more. When
he shows you the red mark natural
ly you will be pleased. Remember
it Is his battle and he Is winning it
himself.
In a few weeks it should be plain
for all to see that he Is winning it.
II not, you had better ask help from
the doctor. 1t is not improbable that
he will want to treat father or mo-
the before he a treat the child.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-22

Dwarfng all other news, the bat
tie in the Senate over the proposal
to give the President power to ap-
point additional Supreme Court
Justices precipitated a debate which
for bitterness and intensity has not
been matched since President Will
sons day.
Not since the question whether
the United States should join the
League of Nations was the issue.
has there been such vigorous Ian
guage INDUCED in on the floor of
the Senate. directed at the President
of the United States. This time,
moreover, the attacks upon the
President have come mainly from
Senators of his own party.
Naturally. therefore, the talk OF a
split in the Democratic party ranks
has become intensified. Many OF the
on the Court bill more than limited
Senators taking part in the debate
at an irrevocable breach between
the Conservative wing Of the party,
represented largely by the South,
and the New Deal wing.
This first public revelation Of the
intensity and bitterness of the oppo-
sition to the President within his
own party's ranks has come as a
surprise and a shock to many who
had not realized how deep and wide
the cleavage had become.
compromise Bill Unsatisfactory
The Logan-Hatch bill, offered by
Senator Robinson, Administration
leader, as a compromise for the
Presidents original Supreme Court
plan, was not so accepted by the Op-
position.
1t would still give the President
power to appoint additional justices
in case a justice reached the age of
IS and did not retire. though only
one such extra justice could be
named in any N year. An eventual
increase of the number of justices
TO / would be possible, however,
under the new bill as under the
original plan.
The decisive vote, if the Court
bill comes to a vote, lies with a
group Of a dozen or so Democratic
Senators who have not expressed
themselves publicly on the Court
issue. 1t is regarded as certain that
many of these earnestly desire to
going IN record, and while
none of them will take open part in
the battle on the major issue, the
Opposition is counting on their CO.
If and when a parliament
tary situation is created in which it
will seem possible to refer the Court
bill back to committee, or to lay il
the table, without compelling the
Senators to declare for or
against the measure on its merits.
The avowed purpose of the Ad-
Illustration forces is to enforce rig
d parliamentary rules to compel
senator's to vote for or against the
court plan, and the be~st-informed
,osisp here is that the reason why
'ice-President Garner chose this
for a long vacation is that he +
vas unwilling, as presiding officer of I
he Senate. to undertake to force \
he measure to a vote.
The whole situation ia full NJ nos {;
fble surprises. Anything may hap |
as regards the measure which 9
ia IsuosIed qonm os On psIIus spu a
and hard feeling. q
There is a strong opposition de- |,
as yet largely under cover, c.
both Houses of Congress, to the c,
Evening star., 1937-10-31
BEST YULE TRADE
SINCE 1929 SEEN
$780, 100000 Store Or
ders Expected to Be Placed
in Four Months.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3o.-The largest
dollar volume of holiday retail trade
since 1929 was forecast today by the
National Dry Goods Association.
T. l.. Blanke, manager of the asso-
ciation's merchandising division, esti-
mated orders totaling $4,000, 900, 900
would be placed for the last four
months of the year by department, dry
goods, variety, hardware. gift and other
stores directly affected by the Christ
mas shopping.
That, he said, was $500, ,000, 900, or
8 per cent more, than last years busi-
ness.
Despite the fact that retail sales.
because of the current recession in
business. are not likely to attain the
optimistic percentages of gain over
1886. looked for earlier In the year.
Blanke held the outlook was "far from
discouraging.
Wages, he asserted, were consider
ably higher in many industries than
b year ago, Willie tiic lIlCOillS lIOiii
agriculture had shown a marked in
crease. Because of the latter fact, he
held, retail holiday buying in the
rural areas would be stimulated con-
siderably.
In the metropolitan areas stores are
anticipating benefits from distribution
of expanded Christmas funds, he
added.
Blanke's survey estimated increase
in retail trade for the four months
of September, october, November and
December at between 8 and 9 per
cent, closely approximating the per
cent gain of the first eight months of
the year.
Because of the present business re-
cession, Blanke said he expected de-
partment store sales in October would
show q countrywide increase over
October, 1896, of only to per cent.
Blanke estimated the stores would
finish the year with larger stocks on
hand than in 1886, although they
would be somewhat lower than at
present.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
WHEAT IS BOOSTED
by ADVANCES At
FOREIGN CENTERS
December and May Con-
tracts Higher-JuIy Steady
to IA Lower.
BY FRANKLIN MULLIN,
Associated Press Market Writer.

CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-Advancing
prices of wheat at Buenos Aires and
Winnipeg, stimulated apparently by
reports of frost in Argentina, pulled
Chicago wheat values out of a rut of
nervous fluctuations today. December
and May wheat here closed fraction
ally higher, but July wheat WAS un-
changed to 4 lower.
The Winnipeg market led the upturn
which was held in check here by fall
ure of buying power to expand and by
scattered weekend selling. Winnipeg
closed IA to u higher and Buenos
Aires was rs to rs up. Liverpool
deferred contracts rallied to an I'M
changed close after starting at frac-
tional decline.
Stimulating to buyers here and at
Winnipeg were reports of overnight
North American export sales of
around 100000 bushels. including 160,-
600 bushels of soft white Pacific Coast
wheat to the United Kingdom, to-
gether with gossip that some domes-
tic No. mixed wheat had been sold
to Japan.
Chicago wheat closed Il off to 7s
higher. compared with yesterdays fin
ish; December, 96%-34; May, 96-961s; !;
July, 9034-7s; corn was A-1A down,
December, 571a-as; May. 59A-ss;
July, so: oats Is of to Il up, Deem
Der. 301a; rye Nv up, December,
1875; provisions unchanged to 2 cents
higher.
Grain range at principal markets
today.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
BUILDING ACTIVITY
CONTINUES TO LAG
Construction Industry Attains
Only 40 Per Cent of Capacity
Despite Upturn.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the hSSOcfatSC fIcSS.
CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-The construc-
tion industry, although benefited
from increased building activity SO far
this year, has attained only 40 per
cent of capacity and is on its seventh
year of subnormal activity, E. M.
Craig, executive secretary of the Ma
tional Association of Building Traders
Employers, said today.
Indications were that 1887 building
volume would show 20 per cent in
crease over 1886, Craig said.
Craig said the construction indus
try had not been a stimulus in
strengthening the industrial upswing.
Whether 1888 and future years would
equal or exceed 1887 business volume
depended upon the building public, he
said.
Growing consumer resistance against
high building costs was apparent, said
Craig, adding it was the viewpoint Of
observers that building costs would
have to recede to figure consistent
with mass earning power II 1888
volume is to measure up to or forge
ahead of 1887.