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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27
Ladies From Norway
Visit Here on Tour of
The United States

Guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Otto Hendrickson Of neal An
telope the past week have been AS
trd and Sigrid Weflin. Of oslo, Nor
way. Astrid and Sigrid are relatives
Of the Hendrickson's and are COM
pleting a tour of the United States
visiting relatives and acquaintance
from their native land of the mid
night sun.
They arrived Wednesday and plan
to leave tomorrow for Minneapolis
where they will visit an uncle, DR..
j. A. Aasgaard, Lutheran pastor in
Minneapolis.
Astrid and Sigrid arrived at
Brooklyn April 80 on the Norweg-
ian-American Liner Bergensfjord
and their tour has included a visit
to Washington, d. c., Chicago, west
to the Pacific coast and now east %
New York from where they will
sail for their Norway home on June
5.
They are enjoying their visit to
America imminsely. they told a
Herald reporter, and when inter
viewed replied to the reporter in
excellent English. They learned to
speak the English language while
attending school in Norway they
said. Miss Astrid Is employed in a
book making plant in Aslo and Miss
Sigrid is a bookkeeper for a build
ing concern in the same city.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27
WORK STARTED ON
LAKE PROJECT BY.
CCC UNIT OF Isl.
Restoration of Wildfowl Ref
uge Is Under Way at
Medicine Lake
Special to The Herald

NutSdot ~ litc IItThiu-
A Civilian Conservation Camp Of
157 young men has been installed
on the migratory waterfowl refuge
at Medicine Lake. The camp is I'M
der the direction of 1t. Jensen with
1t. Baker, second in command;
1t. Wall, Medical supervisor; Mr..
Showers. educational advisor; and
LIT. Smetana, construction officer.
Monday a group of workmen for
construction of the camp arrived.
The camp will be located about a
quarter of a mile south of Medicine
Lake.
The boys will be employed on the
project to build dams, roads, and is
lands, dig bitches. plant shrubs and
trees in season, general landscaping,
cleaning up old building sites and
other areas, developing three re-
irrational areas, and other work
that will aid in restoring the ref
uge. The camp is to be here for two
years.
The boys will work with equip
ment owned by the Medicine Lake
migratory waterfowl refuge, consist
Ing of nine trucks, n pickup, one
drag line, n caterpillar tractor,
and one grader, with other equip
ment expected DON
The restoration work will be car
ried on under three distinct units.
The CCC Camp No. AIS under Com
mander 1t. Jensen; ECW camp BE-
Montana under Supt. Harvey Nc
Kenzie, and the Medicine Lake Mi
gratory Waterfowl Refuge under
Paul T. Kreager.
The restoration work will be un-
der the direction of Supt. Harvey
Mckenzie. with Martin Smerke, sec
onG in command. Under them are
sour squad foremen: Joe Peterson,
Emmett Gormley. Wayne Tyler and
Ben Benson. The clerk is Daniel
Fenton.
Camp supervisor and all squad
foremen are all very favorably inn
pressed with the personnel of the
CCC Camp.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27

The new trade treaty with Can
ada which went into effect about a
year ago is a boon to business in
bordering cities and towns, mer-
chants are generally agreeing and
in Plentywood trade has been slim
ulated.
Under provisions of the treaty,
Canadian citizens, as tourists may
purchase merchandise up to 800
free of the heavy duty which was
formerly imposed. In order to COM
ply they must remain in 'The
States" for at least 48 hours.
The increased trade from Canada
has been noted here since last fall
and this spring shoppers from John
Bulls domain come to Plentywood
on Saturday and remain until Mon
day. When their 48 hours of al
lotted time is passed. they return
across the border and with them
they have Yankee" merchandise.
Dealers In wearing apparel, radios
and such items receive the bulk Of
the Canadian trade here.
Restrictions in the treaty lin {
the purchases to ones own personal
use. This restriction halts the pur-
chase of general grocery items and
as a result little stimulus has been
reported by dealers in groceries on
Many grocery items can also be
this side of the line.
purchased cheaper here. but the re-
striction places practically a ban on
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27
DEBT ADJUSTMENT
COMMITTEE URGES
FARMER CONTACT
Farmers With Debts of Ser
ious Nature Urged to
Contact Board

All farmers whose debt problems
are of a serious nature were urged
this week by Samuel Sprague,
county rural rehabilitation super
visor, to get in touch with the Sheri-
committee without delay
EMBELLISHMENTS in credit can
cause os much trouble and bring
about failure as quickly as any
problem the farmer is compelled to
face" Sprague said, land the more
quickly these Embellishments are
worked out, the more quickly farm
ers will known the real meaning of
prosperity"
Commenting the work of the loo
al debt adjustment committee, Spra-
que said that seventy-six Sheridan
county farmers have found a solut-
ion to their debt problems though
debt adjustment, either by actual
reduction in their debts, refinance
at a lower interest rate, extension
agreemets with budgeted repayment
plans on their present mortgages,
or general revision of their credit
structure. An original indebtedness
of S39S,054, borne by the seventy
six farmers, was reduced to 1896,
36l, ad the Sheridan county treas
ury received S23,733 in back taxes
as a result of the adjustments.
Throughout the state, Sprague
reprted, SIS farmers have found
relief from credit maladjustment by
taking their troubles to the farm
debt adjustment Committees. Act
ual reductions in debt totaled 1919,
400 on an Original Indebtedness Of
$2,2S1,446. Back taxes paid up in
connection with the adjusted cases
totaled $111.799.
The farm debt adjustment pro-
gram, he explained, IS carried on by
voluntary committees appoited by
the governor. The work is spons-
ored by the Resettlement Administ-
ration and receives the cooperation
OF the county eXtention service, nat
lonal farm loan association, prod
uction credit associations, farm or
CARNATIONS and many private fin
ancial institutions. The creditor in
terests, Mr. Sprague said, have also
cooperated, since they have realized
that the equitable adjustment of
debt benefits them as well as the
debtors. Since the committeeman
work without pay, there is no charge
for their services, he concluded, and
any farmer with a debt problem can
get in touch with the committee by
contracting n of the members, the
county agent or the rural rehabilit-
alton supervisor.
H. G.. Wood, district farm debt
adjustment supervisor for the Re-
Administration, will meet
with the committee about once each
month, Mr.. Sprague said, but farm
ers need not await a regular meet
sng to bring in their ploblems.
Members of the sheridan county
farm debt adjustment committee
are. Ernest Helgeson. Chairman,
Plentywood, Arthur c.. Erickson.
Secretary, P%lentywood, r G.. Tyler,
Homestead, Andrew LELAND Out
look.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27
SOIL MEETINGS
ARE SCHEDULED

Farmers of Sheridan county will
have an opportunity to make sug-
gestions for improvements and
changes in the Agricultural Con-
servation program for 1898 at a SER
les of community meetings. These
meetings are similar to those held in
1886 at which suggestions for
changes and improvements were
made. Following these meetings a
county meeting will be held. then a
state wide meeting at which all rec
concentrations will be worked into a
state program to be forwarded to
Federal officials. The plan is to
get the 1893 program before farm
ers by September /, 1887.
Meetings scheduled are as fol-
lows:
Tuesday. June l. 7.30 p. M, Out
look, Nels Olson. chairman.
Wednesday, June ., 1880 p. m,
Westby American Legion Hall, John
Shoal, chairman.
Thursday. June 8, 1880 D. m,
Medicine Lake, G. E. Fulkerson,
chairman.
Farmers r urged to attend the
nearest session and express their
views as to a 1888 program.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27
SCRAP IR0N and
BONE SHIPMENTS
LEAVING COUNTY
Embargo Placed by Railroads
With Yards Filled and
Docks Loaded

Dry, bleached prairie bones, scrap
iron and junk is daily trucked and
shipped by rail from Sheridan coun-
ty to ready eastern markets in the
biggest salvage clearance since pre-
war days.
1t is estimated that 400 tons Of
junk metal and prairie bones have
been bought and shipped from Sher-
dan county since the booming metal
and bone market came into prom
lnence and hundreds OF tons more
will be shipped.
So great have been the shipments
from all sections of the country that
railroads have declared an embargo
and many dealers have stopped buy
ing. Railroad and s%hipyards are
reported filled with junk.
Glenn Buck. Plentywood hide and
fur dealer who is handling ship
ments from here stated today that
he will continue to buy scrap iron,
metal and bones, despite the embar-
go.
Mr.. Buck said that shipments
from here are billed to Duluth and
Superior where steamers transport
the salvage to Boston. A rise in
price for iron and metals has
brought about the great demand
Shipments are also made to foreign
countries.
"Bleached prairie bones Mr..
Buck said are used in the manufac-
turing of notions, such as combs.
buttons, handles and countless 9TH
err items andthey are also used in
the refining of sugar.
Trucks are hauling big loads of
Junk from here to Grenora, N. D.,
from where shipments are made to
eastern points. By trucking to Gren-
ora dealers say savings are made in
freight rates.
Bones bring SO a ton in Plenty
wood and scrap iron Is bought at
S2.25 a ton. Freight or scrap iron
from Grenora to Duluth is approx
imately SIS a ton.
Loads of salvage come TO Plenty
wool from ? pdig d @a miles.
Tuesdays %eastbound Great North
ern hauled several carloads of cattle
skulls, bound for eastern points.
1t is said that approximately 8 car
loads of bones have been shipped
from Poplar, collected on the res
ervation country.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27
DISCUSS
81 SOIL PROGRAM
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
CHANGES AT MEETING AT
DAGMAR SATURDAY

At a meeting attended by more
than $50 farmers at Dagmar Satur-
day recommendations were made
for the new Agricultural Soil Con-
s~eryation program, recently put in
to effect and which some provisions
did not meet with general favor in
this section.
The meeting Saturday was called
by the Dagmar Farmers Union
chapter and the following recon-
mendations were made and have
been submitted to the soil conser-
vatior state offies:
/. All summerfallow classified as
neutral.
2. First payment to be earned W
directing a certain percentage of
crop land from soil depicting base
to either idle, protected strip-fallaw
or soil conserving crops.
8. In addition to qualifying for a
class l payment, protected strip
fallow shall also qualify for a class
2 payment at a rate of not less
than $1.00 per acre for the acres in
fallow only.
No distinction to be made be-
tween new and old institution of
this practice.
The group attending the Dagmar
meeting also passed a resolution
urging passage of the crop insur-
ance bill. They requested in the
resolution that it be taken out Of
committee and passed at this ses-
sion of congress.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27
SOIL BLOWING CAUSES CON-
Germ AND LACK OF RAIN
THREAT TO AREA

Rainless skies and high winds
threatened Sheridan county and
northeastern Montana this week
with another major crop disaster.
Damaging winds for days have
caused soil blowing, especially on
large fields where soil has been
pulverized and many fields are suf-
fering from lack of moisture.
Fields presenting a pitiful stand
are those which had but little snow.
So insistent is the drouth period
that ranges. customary grazing
lands are barren and grass shows
practically no growth.
In scattered localities tender
young shoots have been holding up
we'll and if rain comes should make
rapid growth.
Farmers coming to Plentywood
report that grain has been cut off
by the incessant winds.
In Daniels county light precipita-
ton was followed by a 4S-hour wind
storm which damaged growing
grain.
Early seeded grain terminated
well. Hay is being shipped into
that section from Michigan and the
cool season has slowed down the
Matching of grasshoppers.
In Sheridan county no reports of
-grasshoppers Matching have been
received.
With spring work over and a halt
called on farm work due to continu-
ed dry weather many farmers are
looking for work, which quite gen.
erals Is not available.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27
SECTIONS NEED
OF DAMS TOLD
MURRAY URGES WATER CON
STARVATION FOR THIS PART
OF MONTANA

sen. James r.. Murray of Mon
tana told drouth conferees who
met with Secretary Wallace that
eastern and northern Montana's
steadily increasing drOuth dam
age make IL imperative to COM
plete a water conservation pro-
gram to save that vast area"
Murray said he reiterated to
Secretary Wallace and the other
federal chiefs at the conference
that dams and reservoirs must b.
built If there is going to be any
permanent solution to the Mon
tana drouth problem. Without
them, the government will have
to carry out some resettlement
program besides spending mil
lions for actual relief
''We'~e getting more and more
letters from Montana indicating
the conditions in eastern and or
thern Montana counties are worse
than they have been i'm years.
Murray said, "and the federal
government will have to help
these people out"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27
SCHOOL OUT AND
PLANS REVEALED
INSTRUCTORS WILL ATTEND
SUMMER SCHOOL: NEW
TEACHERS NAMED

The Plentywood grade and high
school faculties completed their
courses of instruction in the schools
here Friday. Several instructors
have made plans to attend summer
sessions of school while others will
be at home during the vacation.
New teachers have been hired for
the fall term to fill vacancies Great
ed by designations.
Reservations were rendered to
Supt. w. f.. Stegner by grade in
structors Jean Wood, Erling Rich
ardson and Helen Laird. High
school teachers who will accept new
positions next year are Catherine
Mead, Edwin Skelly and Mrs. Will
liam Kostka.
The new teachers who have ac-
cepted positions in the Pl~entywood
schools for the coming year are
Fred Simons of Dillon, fifth and
sixth grade instructor, Dorothy Lar
son of Grenora, N. d., seventh and
eighth grade teacher; and Helen
Thorpe of Glendiye, who will have
charge of the home economics de-
partment in the high school. Other
vacancies will be filled as early as
possible.
Anna Brix, Helen Laird. Lloyd
Skor. Herman Gruhn and Edwin
Skelly will attend Montana schools
during the summer term. Mr.. Gruhn
expects to complete the required
work toward a Masters degree this
summer. Oscar Fossum will con
tinue his studies at Columbia I'm
iversity. Mrs. William Kostka will
attend summer school in Colorado
and Supt. w. E. Stegner will attend
the University of Minnesota.
Teachers who plan to remain at
home during the vacation months
are Margaret Haas of Sidney, Jean
Wood of Conrad, Agatha Varty of
Bowbells, N. D., Luella Larson of
Big Sandy, Erling Richardson of
East Helena, Catherine Mead of
Missoula, Helen Early of Billings,
and Mrs. Winifred Opgrande of
Plentywood.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27
Montanans, Inc, Officer
Meets With City Group

Otis A. Fisher, service manager
of the Montana Auto Association
and executive of Montanans, Inc,
was a Plentywood visitor Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Mr.. Fisher vas here meeting with
civic organizations and persons in
terested in Montanans, Inc, a state
chamber of commerce, actively en-
gagged in advertising this state and
instrumental in attracting humid
reds of tourists and vacationists to
Montana each year.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27
MEMORIAL D A
TO Be OBSERVED

Memorial day serves in honor of
soldier dead will be held in Plenty
wood Sunday under sponsorship of
the local Legion post and Plenty
wood churches.
The services will be held at the
high school auditorium at II O'Clock
and the Rev. w. Calhoun, of Sidney
will give the Memorial day address.
The program will also include
selections by a male octette. and
orchestral numbers.
Following the program at the
school, exercises will be held at
Plentywood cemeteries.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27
Many Canadian Visitors
In City Monday This Week

Monday was Victoria Day" in
Canada and as a is a nation
wide holiday many Canadians took
advantage of the day and came
across the line.
Monday cars with Saskatchewan
licenses dotted Plentywood streets
and many of the vacationists spent
the day here.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27
POISONER STILL ACTIVE

A poisOner OF dogs is still active.
This week John Eggen, Archer
farmer told The Herald that a priz-
ed cattle dog fell victim to strych-
nine at his farm this week and
little more than a month ago anoth-
er valued dog was found dead from
poison.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27

The Plentywood high school band
under the direction of Oscar Fossum
took part in the Upper Missouri
Band Festival at Williston Satur-
day.
Reports from the North Dakota
city were that the Plentywood or
~ganization presented a fine concert
and the baton twlrling OF the or
ganizations drum major. Miss Mabel
Thomson. received plaudits.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27
Young Democrats Plan
Second of Dance Series

The Sheridan county Young Dem
ocrats club this week laid plans for
the second of a series of dances to
be staged by them this summer.
Saturday, June 5 the club will
sponsor a dance at the Blue Moon
Tavern, east of Plentywood. Last
month the club staged an affair
there and it was a rousing success.
The Village Troubadors have been
engaged to furnish the music.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-27
A ARE MADE TO
JULY

brentwood will celebrate Inde-
pendence day it was decided at the
Wednesday luncheon meeting of
the Lions club.
Preliminary plans are being made
and committees will be appointed
this week to carry on the planning.
In view of the fact that July 4
comes on Sunday. Plentywood will
stage its celebration on July 8.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-01-14
Home MANAGEMENT

The Sank Centre unit of the
Home Management project met
with Mrs. Harry Knapp on Dec.
ID. Mrs. B. H. Otte and Mrs. Ben
Wiener were the assisting host
esses.
Dinner was served at noon, af-
ter which the meeting was called
to order by the chairman, Mrs.
Mahagin.
Nine members were present. Roll
call was answered by each member
telling of some helpful method
used in the storage of vegetables for
winter and with other helpful sug-
gestions.
Minutes Of the last meeting were
read. It was decided to meet at the
home of Mrs. Mahagin, with Mrs.
c. F. Botz and Mrs. Cook as assist
ing hostesses, on Thursday, jan
uary IA. Dinner will be served at
noon.
The play given at Brooten won
list place. It was given again at
Eden Valley where it was given
End place.
Account books can be purchased
for Is and Is cents.
Christmas suggestions were Of
fered for Christmas gifts. A couple
Of receipts were given for making
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-01-14
The Bill Of Rights

The Bill of Rights is the name
given to the first 10 amendments to
the United States Constitution,
probably because the English consti-
tuition in 1889 contained such a doc
ument. The 10 original amendments
went into effect in 1871, having been
adopted by congress at its first ses-
sion. They include provisions up
holding the free exercise of religion,
freedom of speech and Of the press,
the right to assemble peaceably and
petition the government to redress
grievances, to keep and bear arms;
prohibiting the quartering of SOL
diers in private homes in time of
peace, the illegal search and seizure
Of homes and persons, the illegal
holding of accused persons without
trial, imposing excessive bail or
fines and cruel and unusual punish
ments; giving accused persons the
right to speedy trial with defense
counsel and the right to trial by
jury; also two amendments concern
ing other rights retained by the
people and by the various states
under the Constitution.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-01-14
Iron Ore in Its Native
State Found in Meteors

The first use of iron ore by man
probably came from small deposits
of native iron ore found in meteors.
Only in meteors is iron found in it's
native state, writes Dale Cox in the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. Admiral
Peary, on some of his expeditions,
found Eskimos pounding native iron
ore out of meteoric deposits, and
fashioning tools and hunting imple-
ments out of it. The only known
stable deposit Of native iron is in
Greenland, too far away from the
industrial world to be of any value.
Lead seems to have been dis COW
cred by man as byproduct of his
search for silver, in much the same
way that copper was discovered in
his search for gold. Lead rarely
occurs in its native state, but is
often found in conjunction with sill
yer ores.
Zinc, a metal very similar to lead
and widely used in industry, was
not discovered until long afterward.
It has never been found in its native
state, and was not perfected for so
long because Of the difficulty in its
smelling. Zinc ore, in smelling, has
to be melted to a vapor or fume and
then condensed. Hence, primitive
metal workers never came close to
discovering zinc. Brass. an alloy Of
copper and zinc, naturally did not
exist in the ancient world, although
a few samples have been found in
a few historic remains. Such few
samples as have been found are be-
lieved to be pure accidents, mas
much as there was no general trace
of knowledge in the ancient world
Of how to smelt zinc or use it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-01-14
Harvard, Oldest College,
Was Established in 1886

Harvard, founded in 1886, is re-
garded as the oldest college in con-
tinental United States. william and
Mary was founded second, in 1898.
Grants Of land had already been
obtained in 1919 for the establish
ment Of collegiate institution near
Richmond, and a collegiate school
was established at Charles City in
1921, states a writer in tn Philadel-
phia Inquirer. But the plan was
frustrated by the Indian massacres
Of 1922. In 1860 the plan was re-
newed and in 1893 charter was
secured from King William and
Queen Mary by Rev. James Blair,
who became the first president of
the college. Yale, founded in 1701,
is third.
In the order of age, the other
early universities or colleges are:
University Of Pennsylvania, 1740;
Moravian Seminary and College for
Women, Bethlehem, Pa, founded
1742; Princeton University, Prince
ton, N. j., 1746; Brown University.
Providence, R. l., 1854; Dartmouth
College, Hanover, N. H., 1859. and
Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
N. j., 1776.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-01-14

not able to obtain because Of that
boycott was papyrus, states the
Pleasures of Publishing. That SEEM
ed a great loss at the time and 1t
was as much of loss to them as
being deprived entirely of paper
would be to us. But as things turned
out, it was a great blessing to hui
mainly, for necessity being the
mother of invention, the ingenious
souls of Pergamum turned to and
developed parchment.
The important thing was this: The
papyrus which they had previously
been using was probably the most
fragile and impermanent material
man has ever used as a writing
material, while the parchment
which they introduced proved to be
the best, the most permanent, the
most indestructible, and all in all
the most satisfactory writing surface