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Evening star., 1937-08-04
HOUSING MEASURE
PROVISIONS HIT.
Austin and Vandenberg
Score Exemption of Loans
From Pre-Audit.
BACKGROUND

BACK GROUNU-
Designed to prouide decent liuing
quarters for the lo1Uest income
group, the current lo,U-cost housing
program has been sponsored BY
Senator Wagner, Democrat, of NeU
York. 1t is in line NTH an early OBJ
jectipe OF the NetD Deal. Some tenn
porury measures haue been under
taken through emergency agencies,
but the present plan commits the
Government to a long-term hous-
ing program.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
SIAM'S COUNCIL RENAMED

BANGKOK, Siam, August tP.-
The Siamese Parliament decided to-
day that boy King Ananda's Regency
Council should not have resigned over
crisis arising from the sale Of some
Of his lands.
The cabinet and Regency Council
created when the now l1-year-old boy
succeeded his abdicated uncle, King
Prajadhipok, in 1885. quit after
charges were made that the land had
been sold privately to some politicians
benefit.
Today the assembly. after four days
OF debate, reelected the Regency
Council. A new cabinet was being
formed.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
EDUCATIONAL.

WHY ;;;| !:
senting the latest ideas in Business and
Secretarial procedure Beginners and
Review Courses starting. Large Employ
Yrs. Register today. BOYD SCHOOL,
1888 st. (Opp. Capitol Theatre.)
Evening star., 1937-08-04
4 WARSH|PS NAVY
GOAL NEXT SESSION
Leahy Says Defects Block
Finishing Plane Carrier
on Scheduled Date.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Since expiration last year OF Lon
don 1nUal limitation treaty. mhich
dlloUed United States marinlurl
OF IS bdttleShips. Nary officials plan
toreplace obsolete uessels NTH mod
ern craft under aggressive con-
Struction program.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
Beef-Eaters Ancient Order.

Beef-eater is the popular designa-
ton of certain members Of the Eng
lish 4eomen of the Guard who since
the coronation of Henry VIII have
formed part Of the train Of royalty.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-12

barrel to 50, and no one knew how
much was on h road from Salt Lake
City.
Engineers were surveying for a bed
ROCK tlume for the Helena Water Ditch
and Hydraulic Co. in the bed of Last
Chance gulch.
Benefit for Widow Durgan
We have seen no movement for a
celebration of Thanksgiving" the paper
sad. everyone intends to eat a big
dinner and that is about the sum total
OF the observance the day will receive,
Quite a large party will assemble at
Planters house for dinner and the
Widow Durgan will receive a benefit
that day. There will be an extra plate
extra fare for the founding hospital
on the hill"
BY 1871 The Herald had become a
daily and no paper was published on
Thanksgiving. Mention is made the
day before of Governor Potts procla-
nation.
The Herald office had moved to Hol-
ter's Granite block from the Whitlatch
building. The paper said that wood
dealers had recently put their heads
together and got a corner on that ar
tide" but predicted the price would
come down to IS a cord.
Louis Cans had arrived from the
east and the paper said there was a
rumor he was 0 to lead to the altar
me of the faireSt daughters of New
York
The day after Thanksgiving the
paper said that a large and intelligent
audience had listened to a lecture on
Social Life in England" by the Rev.
Mr.. voolfolk at the courthouse on
Thanksgiving evening.
Small boys had paraphrased the lat
est song hit of New York, walking
Down Broadway" and were singing
"Coasting Down Broadway" as they
eXemplified the words of the song on
the ice of the street.
New presses for the The Herald were
expected to arrive that evening by the
Diamond R fast freight. These had
been delayed by heavy
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-12
Pardon Granted Man
Who Served Sentence
In Prison Years Ago

Gov. Roy E. Ayers, with the approval
Of the state board of pardons, signed a
pardon for Frederick A. Prime of
Butte, sentenced % years ago to serve
a year in the pentientiary for attempt
ed rape.
The papers presented to the pardon
board showed Prime was sent to prison
when a young man and served his
sentence.
When the United States entered the
World wal he was denied an oppor-
tunlty. to join the American army and
then joined the Canadian army.
Since then. the papers said, he be-
came a useful resident of Montana,
won high office in fraternal orders and
efforts to become a naturalized citizen
disclosed he was subject to deportation
because of the record of his younger
days.
The governor, with approval of the
board. granted a full and uncondition-
al pardon.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-12
STILL SPRY AT
81 YEARS OF AGE
MARVIN w. TRASK, DEER LODGE,
ESTABLISHED STORE IN
STATE IN 1866

Mighty spry, if not quite SO ac-
tive as he was a quarter of a CEN
tury ago, Marvin w. Trask Of the
Trask Hardware company of Deer
Lodge, with Mrs. Trask, attended
the recent Montana Hardware and
Implement association convention
at Helena.
MI. Trask is worth a story, because,
although 80 years Of age he is still
personally active in the conduct of his
store and handling of the hardware
trade-and seldom misses a day at
work. He never misses an association
convention, while Mrs. Trask, attrac-
tive, vivacious and diplomatic, enjoys
them as much or more than her nus
band.
The Trask hardware store was es-
tablished in 1866-mark that date-by
Mr., Trask's brother-in-laW. Three years
later, Mr.: Trask. who IN the meantlm ne,
had worked his way to Montana by
driving a band of horses into the state,
took over the store and in the succeed
ing 68 years has successfully conducted
it's operations. His two sons, franz
and Warren. work in the store.
Mr.. Trask can recall the time when
all hardware and implements brought
into Montana came from st. Louis by
steamboat up the Missouri and thence
bv wagon train to destination. Inc
freight charge was SIG a hundred-
Weight-something for present DAY !oiK
to ponder before complaining OF ran
traffic rates.
Mr. and Mrs. Trask are familiar fig
,,res at ASSOCIATION gatherings. They
are good mixers, enter into the spirit
If the occasion, and not only lave a
GOOD time themselves but help every
one else to do so.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-12
DAIRY COWS NEED
VACATION PERIOD
SX-WEEK'S REST BEFORE FRESH
ENING IS URGED BY SPE-
CIALIST
j. o. Tretsven Claims Animals Will
Produce Considerably More Milk
Annually, If Given Vacation; No
Additional Feed Necessary.

If they are given a six-week rest
ing period before freshening, dairy
cows will produce considerably more
milk annually, says J. o. Trets-
ven, extension dairy specialist at
Montana State college. No addi-
ti0nal feed need be furnished dry
COWS if the pasture is good during
the pasture season, Tretsven says.
He also points out that cows that
freshen in the fall usually will pro-
duce more than when they freshen
at other periods of the year. Trets-
e believes that this is q good time
to get the fall f~reShening cows into
good condition for high production
this winter.
In order for the COW to recuperate
and be in good condition for heavy
production, she should be we'll fed
while she is dry. It is especially i'm.
portant that she have plenty of good
alfalfa hay during this time because al
falfa will enable her to rebuild the
minerals which have been depleted
during the milking period if she is a
heavy producer.
If the COW is getting legume hay
alone as roughage, a mixture Of farm
grain such as one-half ground corr
or barley and one-half ground oats
will furnish sufficient nutrients. If the
roughage is low in protein, wheat bran
and linseed oil should be added to the
grain mixture.
Two to four pounds of ground feed
a day with plenty of roughage will be
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-12
STATE HIGHWAY
COSTS REDUCED
THREE ADMINISTRATIVE POSI-
TONS ELIMINATED; PAY
ROLL is CUT

The Montana highway commits
sion. after a conference with Gov.
Roy E. Ayers and d. A. McKinnon,
announced the elimination of three
administrative positions following
a special meeting the other day.
Positions eliminated were the office
of assistant director of. the planning
survey, o held by r. H. Willcomb;
one position in the right of way de-
partment, held by Joseph E. Rankin,
and a reduction in the administrative
office force, eliminating the position
held by w. E. Swogger.
Governor Ayers said the first elm
nation will result in a saving of 1925
per month; the second, 1925, and the
third, $3.50.
The governor said Sept. l he directed
McKinnon to reduce his staff so that
he would stay we'll under the eight
percent of construction costs allowed
by law for overhead in the executive
division of the highway department..
To-day McKinnon reports that by
virtue of that order he has reduced
his monthly payroll in the executive
department by $10,28O per month";" the
governor said.
He added that other economies are
expected in maintenance and other
field work of the department.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-12

proclaiming Thanksgiving day on the
last Thursday of November and had
continued this each year during his
term, the celebration in 1865 was set
in December by President johnson.
There had been two informal
Thanksgiving observations in Montana
previous to this n of 1865, and these
had both been in November.
On Thanksgiving in 1868. legends say
that Henry Plummer. then sheriff at
Virginia City, entertained a group Of
notableS at a bountiful dinner. Plum
mer was later hanged as a road agent
by the Vigilantes.
The next year Thanksgiving was on
Nov. "a. and the Montana Post. which
had been established at Virginia City.
a v there was no general observance
h"ation which the editor knew of was
his own when Adam and Dan, two
bartenders at the Montana Billiard
hall. presented him with a gallon of
'egg-nog."
Services at Church
The Montana Post for Dec. 2, 1865,
says: president Johnson has set aside
next Thursday for Thanksgiving to the
Creator of the universe for His bless
ings. The day will be appropriately
observed in private circles in Virginia
SlUN Olg In Plo43S ~ ID
planned. Later-Since writing the above
the following has been handed to the
editor: Let us respond to the call of
President Johnson and suspend all
business. We owe it to the government.
70 our brave soldiers, to ourselves and
especially to Almighty God for his de-
liverance from the horrors of a Civil
war and for his blessings to our
mountain home. He has given us vast
t-oo c11ya in si1J-or q md oN1S opI orNu-nnl
us with prosperity and plenty. There
will be union services in the church on
Idaho street at II o'clock"
Sing for Governor
In the next issue of the paper is
found the mention that last Thurs
day was Thanksgiving and there were
many culinary and festive preparations
for the day. Sleighs were gliding mer-
rily all day and many persons hob
nObbed at the bars. There was a sing
ing party in the governors Office
BY the next year. 1866. the Helena
Herald had been established and the
Thanksgiving celebration in Last
Chance gulch is mentioned. The paper
was a weekly and was established just
before Thanksgiving. The firemans
ball was held in Young America hall
on Thanksgiving eve. Mention is made
tilot lie 11Sle1id lIItdV IldlhelS Wele
well supplied with elk, deer, bear, sage
hens, grouse and pheasantS and that
the price was low. There probably was
not a turkey in Montana territory.
The editor, one of the Fisk broth
ers, remarks that there has been -four
weeks of balmy Indian summer. It is
related that a shower had been given
for the Rev. A. M. Hough of the Meth
odist church and that the presents were
valued at $500. A pack train of %
mules arrived Thanksgiving day from
Wallula, the head of navigation on the
Columbia river. The following notice
appears in local items: "They shall be
searched out and summarily dealt with
See posted notice of the Vigilance
committee"
There is a story of how the ball al
the Young America hall the week be-
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-12
Montana Observed Its Initial Thanksgiving
Day Officially i'm December " Years Ago

fore was brought to a close at 10 p. m,
when all the young ladies put on their
"prettieS' and left for their homes
when they found that two young mil
liners of the town, against who, GER
tain suspicious existed of their fair
name and respectable standing in the
community" had been Surreptitiously
introduced into the hall.
The first Thanksgiving proclamation
issued by a Montana governor was in
1867 by Governor Green Clay Smith,
in the office of the secretary of state.
The proclamation was issued on No
vember 10, 1867, and is as follows:
Whereas. the president of the United
States has by his proclamation set the
18th day of this month to be observed
by the people of the various states and
territories as one of Thanksgiving and
prayer to Almighty God for His kind
ness and protection to us as a nation,
and whereas the people Of Montana
have been very greatly blessed in health
of life, and peace and happiness per-
wade our whole territory, now, there
fore I, Green Clay Smith, governor of
the territory of Montana, do most
earnestly request the people Of this
territory to faithfully observe that day
as some slight evidence OF gratitude
to the creator of all good and ask
for a continuation of His blessings to
us as a people,"
This is the only such proclamation
on record until 1871. when a Thanks
giving proclamation was issued by Gov.
B. F.. Potts.
Fight Over Capital
But in Helena in 1867 the residents
had little cause for thanksgiving, The
Helena Herald reveals. 1t contained
many editorials and stories attacking
Gov. Green Clay Smith for vetoing
the capital bill just passed by the leg
islature at Virginia City which would
have moved the capital from that vii
lage to Helena.
Another editorial asked daily mail
service from Salt Lake City to Mon
tana and still another threatened that
The Herald would expose the graft in
the postal service if subscribers in Viz
ginia City did not get the papers adj
dressed to. them.
A news item said that the new court
house was nearly finished and that it
would have housed the state offices
had not the governor vetoed the bill.
There was said to be an abundance
of game. especially venison, in the
markets, and flour had advanced 81 a
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-12
MONTANA FARMER
WINS HIGH PRAISE
EARNS TITLE OF WHEAT GRASS
KING" BY FINE WORK WITH
THIS DRY LAND PLANT

Recognition for the fine work he
is doing with crested wheat grass
has earned the title of wheat
erass king" for John A. Wilson of
Stanford, a director Of the local
hranch Of the Production Credit
organization, in the monthly maya
zine published by the affiliated
branches of the farm credit groups.
The magazine article says:
Crested wheat grass, in the belief
of John A. Wilson of Stanford, Mont,
has an important future in dry areas
Of the northwest where other forage
has suffered from periodic drouth.
'Mr. Wilson's faith is built upon sew
eral years of planting on his own place
during which time he has subjected
the grass to every sort Of hardship.
TO confirm his position of leadership
in the production of this dry land
plant, he was crowned the crested
wheat grass king at last years inter-
national hay and grain show at
I'm addition to being an active mem
Der and president of the Central Mon
tana Production Credit association.
wilson is a member Of the district
farm credit board, elected by the 81
northwest Peas"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-12

Thanksgiving day, 1887, will o o be
here, but had we been living in 1865
in Montana territory, we would have
waited until the first week of Deem
Der to celebrate it and take on our
annual feed of turkey and cranberry
sauce.
The first official Thanksgiving cele-
bration in Montana was held Dec. 7,
1865, when residents of mining camps
in Montana territory paused in their
scramble for gold and gave thanks to
the Creator for His blessings in pro-
viding them with abundant wealth and
for the ending of the Civil war.
In spite of the fact that President
Lincoln had in 1868 set a precedent by
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-12

sufficient for a COW in fairly good con-
dition, Tretsven said. If she Is thin and
in poor condition, the amount should
be Increased to five or six pounds per
day.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-12

The 1896 rules Of the California
athletic commission accent penalties
for gouging, kicking and other rough
tactics in wrestling.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-12
ARTICLES FILED

The Sidney Water Users association has
filed articles of Incorporation in the office
Of the secretary of state. 1t plans a pumping
project in Wheatland county which will irri-
gate 4,700 acres. 1t will cost 500, 1870 of which
the PWA has granted s44.181.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-09-03

adopted last week by the Worcester
and Wicomico County Boards of Coun
ty Commissioners, and by the Ocean
City Chamber of Commers and City
Council.
The resolutions all asked that the
bridge be built at the site of the pres
ent one as we feel enough money can
be saved fromthe $75O,OOO appropria-
ton in building the bridge at the mar
row point in Sinepuxent Bay to build
dual highway from Ocean City to-
ward Salisbury"
A petition was sent to United States
Senator Willard E. Tydings signed by
$50 persons, asking the erection of the
bridge on the site of the present one
at Worcester street.
A bill is now awaiting passage in
Congress which will authorize con.
struction of the bridge and will give
the War Department necessary au.
thority to approve plans for the bridge
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-09-03

Development Co., Inc, real estate in
Ocean City. Consideration, $40. etc.
Mary H. Robinson Sockreter from
VIM. G. Kerbin, Jr., and John L.
Sanford, Jrv Trustees, real estate con-
tanning 1.64 Acres, more or less, in the
9th Elec. Dist, on the Northeast side
of the State Road leading from Berlin
to Salisbury. Consideration, $415.
Lizzie Carey, Lefty c. Jackson and
James G. Jackson from Mary H. Rob-
inson Sockreter, real estate containing
.87 Acres, more or less, in the 9th
Elec. Dist, on the Northeast side of
the State Road leading from Berlin to
Salisbury. Consideration, $40. etc.
Raymond T. Quillin from VIM. G..
Kerbin, Jr. and John L. Sanford, Jr.,
Trustees, adjoining lots in the 9th
Elec. Dist, on the Northeast side of
the State Stone Road leading from
Salisbury to Berlin. Consideration,
$1OO.
John E. Warren from Bertha H.
Wootten and husband, real estate in
the 9th Elec. Dist, lying near, but
not adjoining, the County Road lead
ing from Libertytown to Ironshire.
Consideration, $40. etc.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-09-03
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Cashar w. Hudson from Florence e.
Dale, real estate in Whaleyville, in
the 9th Elec. Dist, on the Southerly
side of the dirt road leading past the
Whaley Cemetery in a Westerly di-
rection to the Isaac Jarman land. Con-
sideration, $40. etc.
Lacy Stengle benson and Margaret
benson, his wife, from Bay Heights
Development Co., Inc, real estate in
Ocean City. Consideration, $40. etc.
Harland w. Huston and Margaret
S. Huston, his wife, from Bay Heights
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-09-03
SHUTTLE SERVICE
NOT OPERATIVE
UNTIL THE FALL
To Replace The All-Water
Service Between Claiborne
And Annapolis

The Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry
Company's new shuttle service from
Claiborne to Kent Island probably will
not be in operation until fall, accord
ing to reports reaching the Public
Service Commission this week.
The ferry dock at Romancoke has
been about three-fourths completed,
and dredging of the twelve foot chan
mel for the boat has begun. But the
State Roads Commission has only just
advertised for bids on improving the
road to the dock, and this project will
take at least until October.
The plan calls for a pier 400 feet
long just across the Eastern Bay from
Claiborne. A channel 100 feet wide
will be dredged for 700 feet out from
the dock, guaranteeing the ferry boat
IL feet at low water.
The stabilized soil road will extend
for Its miles from the ferry dock to
Matapeake, where it will join the
county road running down the length
of the island and connecting with the
road to Matapeake. A boat for the
shuttle service has been purchased by
the ferry company and now is being
reconditioned.
When the shuttle service is in oper-
alton it will replace the present all
water service between Claiborne and
Annapolis with shuttle across Eastern
Bay, short drive across Kent Island
and, second water trip from Mata-
peake to Annapolis. The new service
will cut down the time between Clai-
borne and Annapolis by twenty min
utes, ferry officials have told the Pub
lie Service Commission.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-09-03
DUAL HIGHWAY ADVOCAT-
ED SALISBURY TO o. CITY

Advocates of the dual highway from
Salisbury to Ocean City have brought
pressure to bear in an effort to have
"a major portion of legislative ap-
preparation for new bridge over the
Sinepuxent Bay diverted toward con-
struction of the dual highway.
A plan was advanced whereby the
present bridge would be raised in
height to 80 feet above high water
from it's present four-foot height and
widened to three or four lane span,
at cost of $25O,OOO or less.
This plan, they said, would leave
100000 of the legislatures $750,000
allotment for construction of the dou-
BILE road.
Resolutions to that effect were
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-09-03
Greenbackvue

Mr.. and Mrs. Colmore Byrd and
Mrs. Florence Birmingham of POGO
moke City, Nd, recently visited Mr..
and Mrs. w. D. Pilchard.
Mr. and Mrs. William Kelley and
Mrs. Robert Hudson of Philadelphia,
Pa, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Col
Inns over the weekend.
Mrs. Blanch Russell is visiting her
daughters, Mrs. Elton Ward at Holly
Oak, Del, and Mrs. Raymond Harri-
man at Wilmington this week.
Mr.. William Davis of Camden, N.
j., spent a few days last week with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Crowley and chill
dren spent part of last week with Mr..
and Mrs. Hiram Ward at Cape Char
les, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Crowley and
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Tarr and Mr..
Clayton Tull motored to Wachapreag-
ue, Va, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips Mason and
son, Corbin of Philadelphia, Pa, are
spending this week at their home here.
Quite a few of our town people
took advantage of the excursion on
Sunday to visit Atlantic City, N. j.,
Philadelphia, New York, Washington
and Wilmington.
Mrs. Harry Kelley and son, Ernest
are spending sometime at their home
in Wilmington, Del.
Mr.. John Selby spent Tuesday in
Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Brown are enter
tanning friends from New York, this
week.
Miss Helen Ward of Holly Oak, Del,
is spending this week with Miss Mil
dred Russell.
Mrs. VIM. Beebe of Chincoteague,
Va, spent the weekend with her sis
ter, Miss Anna Mae tSewart and faith
er, VIM. Stewart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Mason left Mon
day for their home in Philadelphia,
Pa, after spending the summer here.
Miss Sylvia Gordon who has been