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BRASS TACKS
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average load-and a 2ood-sized load
at that. From this would have to be
deducted six or seven dollars for
expense of the truck, and perhaps
another three OF four dollars for as
sistance in loading. That leaves in
the n~eighborhood of $40 for having
gathered up the iron (providing il
cost him nothing) and the long haul
to market. You try getting rich at it.
4 fellow meets some interesting
characters now and then among
hitchhikers-that is, if you are TO
hitch some of them. The other
day we gave a young fellow a lift
who was trudging along the high
way, with all his worldly belongings
probably contained in the dilapid-
ated satchel he was carrying, on his
way 10 the "relief office in Plenty
wood to. find out where I'm goin'
t'work." He had never been in the
county seat before, but odder than
that by far was the information ga
thered that, although 80 years old
and having worked on a farm most
of his life, he had never driven al
automobile. tractor or truck. And
we think horse power has entirely
disappeared.
Speaking of farms, tragic evil
dence of the toll of lean years in
this section is no more forcefully
told than to see the steadily increas-
ing rural homes which are being
abandoned. Between Bainville and
Froid three more homes along the
highway have been added to the list
of vacated property within the last
two months. Some of these have
groups of substantial and w~ell-kept
buildings. 1t may be the story OF
some expelled tenant who could not
weather the storm. 1t may have been
a debt-burdened owner who, after
trying to save his home, finally gave
up in despair and moved out-God
knows where, or it might be a SIM
pie demonstration of exhausted pa
thence with an undeserving credit
or. Whatever the case. farms are be-
ing vacated. Does it mean that, con-
trary to efforts of a few years ago,
to reduce the size of farms, with
more diversified attention to smaller
units, the trend once more shifts
back towards the larger units? Even
in the marginal Red river valley
country we were told recently the
average size of farms had expanded
more than 800 acres per farmer
during the past five years.
II y i
No better method has ever been
invented of testing the sort of stuff
a mar is made of than the after
math of an election. 1t doesn't take
long to determine the real caliber OF
a candidate after the ballots are
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To the Citizens of
PLENTYWOOD:

| wish to take this means of
thanking the people of P~lentywood
for the splendid support given me As
candidate for reelection as Mayor.
It shall be my utmost endeavOr to
continue to work in cooperation
with the city council and Plenty
wood citizens for the best interest
of the city.
P. c.. NEVILLE
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DAGMAR HIGH
Wins CONTEST

DAGMAR /. The meeting house
was the scene of another gathering
Monday evening. In the last basket
ball game of the season the Dagmar
high school garnered a well-earned
victory over the Independents with
a score of 20 to 10. In a preliminary
the high school girls fought desper-
ately to gain a 10 to II victory over
the eighth grade boys.
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For Sale
FOR SALE-Cleaned Bison lax
seed. Gust Waener. ~ miles
west OF Reserve. 33-2tp.
FOR SALE-640 acres state lease.
BUILDINGS and fence. Open Sprins
water. Robert Larson, Dagmar.
S3-2tp.
FOR SALE IT. tandem tractor
disc for sale or trade for stock.
j. II. Golterman, Plentywood.
3S-2tp.
FOR SALE Van Brunt drill, 10
fl. double discs. $4,000. A. H.
Hensler, Comertown. 33-2t.
FOR SALE ton Green wheat hay.
50 per ton. ! y miles north Wolf
Creek hall. 5. =. Cornelius 33-2tp
FOR SALE-One Bowsher feed mill,
has c~one-shaped grinders. Mill is
in Al shape. Occident elevator,
Comertown, Mont. 33-2tp.
FOR SALE-A limited amoun Of
Ceres and Marquis. S1.50. Also
some good spuds. j. Ct. Wagner,
Plentywood, TT. 3. 33-2tp.
FOR SALE-Re-cleaned early For
tune millet seed. Andrew Chris
Hansen. Antelope. 33-2tp.
FOR SALE-House, 32x36. 2 stor-
les. viii trade for stock, tractor,
combine or car. Chris Lodahl,
Dagmar. 33-2tp.
FOR SALE-Cash credit on pur-
chase of VS.. Write Box H car of
the Herald. 32-2tc.
FOR QUICK SALE and a big bar
sain. 157-inch long wheel-base
Chevrolet truck. Dual equipped,
new tires. Peterson company.
32-2tc.
FOR SALE-1935 VS. Ford Pickup
in Al condition. Peterson Co.
32-2tc.
FOR SALE-Fordson tractor. SIS.
Good shape. Richard Larsen. Re-
serve. 32-2tp.
FOR SALE-Full blooded buff or
pinston eggs. Setting of Is eggs.
40 cents at my place Z miles Sc
of Archer. H. Z. Ross. 32-2t.
FOR SALE Purebred registered
milking shorthorn bull calf from
stock with lots of beef and plenty
of milk. H. A. Huffman, Raymond.
32-40tp.
FOR SALE-one poll-Hereford bull,
"a years old. Bill Ator, Plenty
wood. 32-2tp.
FOR SALE-3 four-wheel trailers.
Good shape and good tires. Elmer
johnson, Antelope, Mont. 32-2t
FOR SALE acres land in town
limits, house, barn, well and shed.
Good location for roadhouse. VIII
sell reasonably. Inquire The Her.
aid. 32-3tp.
FOR SALE-Quality Early Bliss
Triumph seed potatoes. Points
Seed Farms, growers, care Albert
Hotel, Fairview, Mont. 32-5tp.
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LOST-Carpenter's hand-ax. Return
to P~aulbeck's Store. 32-2tp.
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LOST-All-state tire and rim, 28x5.
25x18 on Comertown road. Paul
Steinke, Plentywood. 32-2tp.
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INTERIOR DECORATING Kalso-
mining, painting, enamel work.
See. r. H. (Pat) Fitzgerald, Plen-
tywood. 30-tfc.
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NOTICE-Any bulls caught On my
place or on land leased by me will
be castrated without further no.
tice. Chris Petersen, Comertown.
33-2t
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LOST-F1oor mat for Chevrolet
truck west of P~lentywood. Return
to Herald. 32-2tp.
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limits, house, barn, well and shed.
Good location for r%oadhouse. VIII
sell reasonably. Inquire The Her
aid. 32-3tp.
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FOR SALE-Fordson tractor. $55.
Good shape. Richard Larsen. Re-
serve. 32-2tp.
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in Al condition. Peterson Co.
32-2tc.
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FOR SALE-Cash credit on pur-
chase of VS.. Write Box H cart of
the Herald. 32-2tc.
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FOR SALE-Full blooded buff or
pinston eggs. Setting of Is eggs.
40 cents at my place Z miles Sc
of Archer. II. Z. Ross. 32-2t.
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FOR SALE-one poll-Hereford bull,
"a years old. Bill Ator, Plenty
wood. 32-2tp.
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FOR SALE-3 four-wheel trailers.
Good shape and good tires. Elmer
johnson, Antelope, Mont. 32-2t
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FOR SALE-64O acres state lease.
BUILDINGS and fence. Open Sprins
water. Robert Larson, Dagmar.
33-2tp.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-31
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
THE "NUMBERS" RACKET

During the last session of the South Carolina
General Assembly the numbers" racket came IN
for some discussion. This activity came to South
Carolina from other states Conditions in New
York, for example, are attracting the attention OF
public prosecutors Recently the New York Times
said: .-
"The policy racket or numbers game is sim
pie but highly organized lottery conducted among
the poor. Like the Irish Sweepstakes, it is based
on horse races; its winning number consists Of
three dgits in vertical row taken from the list
OF parimutuel race track odds published in some
newspapers. Unlike the Irish Sweepstakes, it op-
crates every day-and many Harlem housewife
and wall Street elevator operator pays a dime
every day to a collector on regular rounds.
The player may pick any number from zero to
999, and if the number hits he gets $50 for a
dime-a pay-of of 600 to l, although the theo-
retical odds against him are 1000 to 1. Thus, out
of every $1,000 bet the operators of the lottery
may figure on an average profit of $400. That is
not an extraordinary profit from a lottery, except
that it goes to racketeers instead of to charity.
1.-THE numbers racketeers of New York are APP
parently not satisfied with 40 per cent profit Ac-
cording to an indictment handed UP in New York
Supreme Court last week by the extraordinary
racketS grand jury, the racketeers employed men
at the race tracks to bet money and change the
Odds so that the winning nu,aber would be one
against which few policy tickets had been taken
Members Of Special Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey's
office, who obtained the indictments felt that the
revelation that the numbers were fixed would help
destroy a racket that has Melted $100, 100000 a
year to its operators, supporting what one of the
prosecutors called the largest criminal enterprise
in the ountry'"-orangeburg Times Democrat
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Gigantic anti Spots n
Sun Are VisiB|l|
Only Affect "Radio Roo,,
Scientists Saw

WASHINGTON, July 81 IT,,
The Carnegie institution l,.. 'lI .
announced that its Noun, vr
observatory in Cal.forri, , .,
tanned photographs OF N. '''a 4
group of sunspotS yis,hI. ss's7
cent years. " !
The spots are Ig.5.ooo
across and cover app,oy;.. ny
3,S0Q,000,O00 square mi Gi,"' Y
are visible to the naked ~. 10
Astronomers said lna, ,S, h.
crossed the suns central "sy2 u
on Wednesday and Viii di,. Hwy
around the suns western q
about August !. "a
Experts said that probabr,
two previously photograpEa3 !
spots appeared TO hc Iargs ,1 !. :.
the present group. Thr,e ,.'
occurred in January lg2f e'
February 1917. Astoromr. =
that even the Iarccs, ny =
have no known ofrpc, 40 4
weather although the olar a.,;.s
may affect the carth> m,ry
field by distmbing the 49,,
radio roof which reflect, i,
waves to permit long die~,
transmission.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-31
BUREAUcRATs EVERYWHERE

Notwithstanding assurances by Democratic
spokesman in the year 1882, the United States
swarms with bureaucrats, of high degree of low
degree, of all degrees. Herbert Clarke Hoovers
boards and commissions, his beginning of the
abecdaria so greatly ampliied by the Roosevelt ad-
ministration were to be abolished. They cost
ing the American people too much And so they
were. But they were not costing the American
people anything like the cost of the Roosevelt
bureaucracy.
1t is pretty political phrase to say that in these
abecedarian and other boards and commissions is
no politics. They are honeycombed with politics.
Not all their performances are known to the pub
lie, for there have been secrecy and suppression.
Public records of public spending are hidden from
the public Why? Politics. Bureaucratic politics.
In the latest appropriation for what the politicians
call "relief" is provision whereby none may in
quire into the names and salaries of abecdarians.
And the American people accept this condition.
Their funds are being discussed with free hands
and they are content to let their government sup
press the records
The federal government insists on the right to
pry into private affairs and to list the horrible
examples" but government itself tells its citizens
that they cannot see their own records. 1t is bu-
reaucracy. II is the sort of thing bureaucracy
does, for 1t is fattening for politicians, who are
enabled to maintain their political fences at the
expenses of the people Bureaucrats said that there
would be no new taxes but it is now said that the
national debt will be paid with the social security
taxes, which new, new that few persons
know anything about them. These records, it has
been said, are none of the public's business
Would Grover Cleveland have sanctioned all this
bureaucratic secrecy? Would that great Democrat
not have ruled that the public had every right to
inspect every public record? But Mr.. Cleveland
would never have given his approval to raids on
the public. Cleveland's were Democratic admins
tratons they had no relation to "isms." Mr. Cleve-
land knew Republican or a Populist for what he
was, not for the service he could render Stephen
Grover Cleveland Cleveland never would have pre-
tended bureaucratic government was Democratic.
He called spade spade. He INDUCED in no po-
litical euphemisms.- Charleston News and Courier.
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WORLDS BOY SCOUT =
JAMBOREE OPENING

VOGELENZANG, the Neither
lands, July 81. (UP).-More
than 10000 Boy Scouts from 81
nations waited eXcitedly last night
for the opening of the worlds
greatest international Boy Scout
jamboree.
The picturesque camp, which is
bordered by the North sea, tulip
fields and a forest, was ready for
q mass parade today before Queen
Wilhelmina and Lord Baden
Powell. Fifty thousand spectators
will watch the Scouts pass in re-
view.
American badges were ex-
changed for Hungarian hat
plumcs and Norwegian miniature
flags for Australian ties in the
market place. Assyrian Scouts
wearing dark-blue spiked helmets
in the German pickelhaube style
refused, however, to barter them
even for American lumberjackets
which arc in great demand.
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THE NEW DEAL
IN WASHIN
by RODNEY DuTcHER--
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Staff CorreSpondcnt

W1ASHINGTON.-Now that the
D." court plan is no longer a Bit
ter partisan issue, the native
Washingtonian may be permitted
to speak his piece about "thc per-
lis of the summer heat to mem
bers OF Congress. The weather
has been used as large argument
in favor of prompt adjournment.
There arc CPS, 1000 residents here
in addition to the 53l members of
Congress. The natives have no
vote and all they do is beef. Most
OF them regard the Capitol Hill
gentry as members of the elect
who are paid $4,000 year to sit
in air-cooled chambers and listen
to other members talk, while the
natives, poor simple creatures,
bear the brunt of the, heat. But
it is cool Congress that does the
moaning.
Old Doc Copeland, the senator
and former sTammany health COM
missioner from New York, gave
grave public warnings about the
danger Of staying on the job lust,
as the 625,000 must do, at a time
after Joe Robinson's death when
such talk was good propaganda for
the anti-court plan groups.
The Doc went around in the
cloakrooms, buttonholing senator's
and beginning his dire warnings
invariably with: 81 told Joe Rob-
inson three days before his.
death"
All this helped encompass the
merciless death of the court plan,
but 1t soured the District of CO.
lumbians, who dwell in a constant
state OF sourness at Congress any
way. =
ATELY Congress has been try
ing to decide between an in
come tax on the District citizenry
Which would be additional to
the federal income tax paid by all
federal employees and others ex-
cept Supreme Court and other JUS
hces-and real estate tax which
past experience indicates would be |
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Stamp News

GENERAL new United States
- stamps are in prospect. De-
signerS have begun work on a
new commemorative to be intro
duced Sept. II in recognition of
the sesqui-centennial anniversary
of the adoption Of the Constitu-
ton. Philadelphia may have the
honor of exclusive first-day sale.
Likewise scheduled for the fall is
the new Territorial series, to be
dedicated to Alaska, Hawaii, Pu-
erto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Meanwhile, Postmaster General
Farley has announced that the
lO-cent Smoky Mountain postage
stamp of the National Park Sc
rieS has been selected as the GEN.
trail design for souvenir sheet
which is to be issued in connection
with the 43rd annual convention
of the Society Of Philatelic Amer
leans in Asheville, N. c., Aug.
1928. The size of this souvenir
sheet will be 27/l0 inches by
81 10 inches, arranged vertically.
-
The Postoffice Department has
indicated the Inauguration of
regular transatlantic air mail
as "a very likely probability" be-
fore the end Of the year. It is
practically certain that air mail
postage will be 90 cents half
ounce. . ~ 81,
Air mail service will be estab,,
iished on or about Aug. II be-,
tween The Pas, Manitoba, and
Herb Lake, Manitoba. Covers
should be sent to the District SUI
perintendent of Postal Service,
Saskatoon, Sask., to reach him
not later than Aug. IL. Rate is 6
cents cover. payable by cash or
international money order.
Stamp series eagerly awaited
IS that which will be issued by
India in connection with the Dur
bar, the date yet undecided. In.
dia intends to make its coronation
philatelic contribution when
George vi actually sets footNfnr
the first time ip India.
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RUGBY

RUGBY, July 81. = Mr.. and
Mrs. J. +. Kratzer and daughter,
Virginia, made a business trip to
South Carolina Saturday.
Mrs. Eta Cutshaw and three
brothers of Asheville, visited their
their sister, Mrs. Annie Cutshaw
Tuesday. -,
Jimmie Calder of Asheville,
who has been visiting his aunt.
Mrs. A. NJ. Wardlow, has return
ed to his home.
Mrs. Ella Taylor and daughter,
Evelyn, of Mills River, spent Sat
urday night with the formers
sister, Mrs. S. M. Stuart.
Mrs. Annie Kratzer and Mrs.
Mary Vigor attended the teachers
monthly meeting in Henderson.
vile Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everette Israel
and children visited the formers
mother, Mrs. Israel, in Hender-
sonvillc Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Smith and
daughter, Beulah, and Mr.. and
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used by landlords 10 pyramid
rents.
The House refused to accept the
! income tax because it couldn't dc
so without taxing itself. The city
is resigned to being taxed, but
meanwhile complains at the dila-
tory, indifferent way in which
Congress legiSlateS the city's mu-
nicipal problems, since the local
government is about TO 90 broke.
A few years ago the government
paid half the city'S expenses. This
year Congress voted to contribute
only five millions to S46,000,000
budget.
GO natives hate those many con-
- greSSmen who argue that all
employees here Except their own
appointeeS) are parasites on tax
payers back home.
Citizens dislike the familiar con-
gresham who is forever making
derogatory comparison between
Washington and his own fair
bailiwick, the Southcrncr who de-
ploreS the lack of jim Crow con-
troll, the Yankees who criticize the
"lazy southern atmosphere" of the
capital. .......
RestaurateurS dctest the con-
gresSional breed because Yankee
congressman complain the beans
here are inferior to BoSton's-
which they are; southern, con-
gressmen say they can't get pot
likker as good as in Tuscumbia,
Ala.-which they can't; western
congressman squawlS because por-
tons aren't as large as at Joe's
place in Painted Leg, Mont
which they aren't, and far west
ern congressman deplore the fact
that the grapefruit are smaller
than in San Diego-wnich they
are.
But in spite of all this. WASH
ington would rather have Congress
stay around. The Capitol Hill
payroll runs around million dol
lars a month.
Copyright 1887. NEA Service. Incj
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If he should drink too much ice
water and pass out, why not
charge that against the heat?
When folks are out to get cool
air, why not charge against the
heat automobile accidents, snake
bites, insect bites and other out
ing casualties? Just why is so
much stretching done to build up
a bad case against the heat wave?
especially when nothing can be
done about it. Now if it were po-
lirical deviltry that was being
shown up
Be fair to the heat wave.
Enough blame can be charged up
to it legitimately without Judging
on it.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-31
WITNESSES AND The COURT

Judge PleS was emphatic this week when he
ordered that absent witnesses be brought to jail
and held there until the cases in which they were
Interested were ready for trial.
Among the superior court judges it is common
tlak that court witnesses are negligent in their du
ties and Judge Pless hopes to correct this indifer
ence by few drastic measures Without doubt,
the courts business is important. 1t is costly to
the county to operate a court and no time should
be lost through the Indifference and negligence of
witnesses
Yet, on the other hand, is it not true that there
are two sides to this situation? Have not the
courts, both the lower and higher branches of the
judiciary, been too lenient in postponing cases?
The disposition of courts to postpone on the slight
est provocation in somewhat responsible for the
attitude of witnesses. A busy man feels that 1t is
useless for him to report as witness, ana at inc
appointed hour for trial, find that the case mas
been carried over to another term four months
hence. .t- -.
This matter of administering justice is serious
business and when witness or Juror is sum-
moned, he should be punctual and ready Tor serv-
ice. At the same time, the officials OF the court
should have due regard for the time OF witnesses
and jurors and not aall them unnecessarily
Judge Pless believes that a court should work.
It cannot work without witnesses and his drastic
action this week should serve to impress upon both
court officials and others that cooperation will
save the countys money, the witnesses time and
avoid congested court dockets,-Shelby Star .
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-31
COLLIE ESCORTS PoSrv,

MINNEAPOLIS. O'D-S-
ing under his own appoiB,r.,
and acting without compcrQ,c
Laddie, a young COLI, dog. hi
personal charge of mail doIT'..
in the district in which hi, oT'
lives. For years the dog Ia. !.
the district postman twice DALI,
the point where the mail can.
gets off the street cor and eco.
him around the entire route.
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WHY?
Why is it that when the deaths
attributed to hot spells are be-
ing calculated, drownings are in
cluded? The answer is, of course,
that the drowned persons went
into the water because of the
heat. Perhaps so. Perhaps not.
Perhaps they went into the wa
ter because the heat had made it
comfortable to battle in.
Persons sit out on their front
porches because the weather is
warm. If an electric light globe
should fall on somebody's head
from the porch ceiling and put
him out, why not charge that &C
cident against the heat. If fell
low should catch cold and die
from sleeping with nothing over
him because of hot weather, why
not charge that against the heat?
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A LOOK AROUND
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

press or in any manner control
the destiny of governments in
this hemisphere whose independ-
ence has been recognized by the
United States.
And doesn't the Monroe Doc
trine require our government to
halt any attempt of Soviet Rus
STA to extend its system of Com
munism into the United States or
any other part of the western
hemisphere?
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h l S admlnlstra-
ton, that it was
a nom e n t o u S
q u G stion which
like a fire bell
ringing in the
night filled him
with alarm.
President Mon
roe realized what
Benjamin Frank
lin and George
Washington had
seen and feared
that the party
spirit, famed by
prejudice, h q [ e
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LABOR AND CAPITAL

If you have a grievance and a
claim against someone who has
been guilty of misconduct, your
strongest position is to keep the
blame on his side. The moment
you permit yourself to be led in
to misconduct, you lose your adj
vantage and perhaps your oppOr-
tunity.