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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31
AT THE END OF THIRTY YEARS

The Big Horn river has carried considerable water un-
der the two bridges Just east OF Hardin since the first issue of
sary, %lsos15ast .1 thirty - years ago. % Lost IN IN the blue salt al saa
isotias thas carry re ee.naerse. the pleasure craft. the dn
far-o1 port in such interviewer ways and byways that all our
earthly universe Is but little more than a circle of neighbor-
hoods with hands joined in p merry dance around the god
dess whom men know as Ambition.
The Big Horn river. faithful to its part in Natures CO.
lossal drama, stu tunbles It's sometimes turgid stream adown
the old-ttme way, but not al Of its waters pass the bridges
that mark our highways. ambition and the home building in
stinct Of man has diverted .nom the rivers store sufficient
water to rouse adjacent SOIL from wastrel tdleness. out Of
fertile valleys in all the nagnincent west. A valley with thir-
ty years Of history 50 rich in statistics of industrial progress
that none may question US right to the faith and pride that
which even the fu1lness Of its brief history cannot give one
preScience to envision. f.
Thirty years aback in the history of Big Horn valley
lies the infancy Of the city Of Hardin. And to that infancy
came tan ambition CARRIED and guised as the patron saint OF m
as a mere toy to play with, to be broken and cast away; but
as a helpmeet to work, to worry, to sorrow and to rejoice with
those to whom 1t had come, and with those who were to come
after it.
For twenty five of those thirty years one consciousness
has abided with Hardtns original newspaper, a CONSCIOUSNESS
those who would build pe1man sntly upon the solid founda-
tons of reason, right and justice.
For the past fourteen yer this newspaper has enjoyed
under the banner of the Hard1 T~ribune-Herald the assocda-
tons and helpfulness that came to it with consolidation with
the Hardin Herald, a later comsr in the local field. In the
faithful In Its efforts as 1t has been in those years that have
gone with the waters Of the n,wing stream.
Reference to the date lima at the top of this page will
disclose the unique experience we enjoy this year of 1887 in
publishing ~fiftyjthree issues of a weekly newspaper in a year
Of only faty-two weeks.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31
HARDIN RANKER
REWARDED FOR BRAVERY

According to a dispatch from
Tacoma, Wash, c. w. Greening,
one time Hardin banker and a
former state senator from Big Horn
county was recently rewarded for
his bravery in running down ans
shooting a bandit after a thrilling
chase. MI. Greening who Is now
manager of the Lincoln branch of
the Puget Sound National bank of
Tacoma, Wash, was presented
with a watch by Reno Odlin, presi-
dent OF the institution. &,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31
Reserve Wufer Users
Form An Organization

ent that the only way that the
many problems could be solved
and the only way adjustments
could be obtained would be through
forming an association and attack
ing the problems with a united
body through which it IS almost
certain that results can be OBJ
tanned either through proper legis-
latton or. II necessary, through
court procedure.
The senators and congressman
from Montana have previously in
formed members Of the association
that If such an association were
formed that they were confident
that legislation could be obtained
to correct the many discrepancies
concerning construction charges,
operation and maintenance charg-
es and acreage assessments.
Matt II. Tschtrgi of Wyola was
elected chairman with E. C. Wood
ley, also Of Wyola, being elected as
vice-chairman. ARTHUR G. West
wood, Jr., was elected to serve as
secretary and treasurer of the as
ISOLATION.
The directors elected are as fol-
lows: Porter Kennedy and Simon
Therney OF Lodge Grass, Fred Kock
Of Crow Agency and James OBrien
Of st. Xavier. The chairman and
vice-chatrman previously named
also are directors of the associa-
ton.
A small membership fee Of one
dollar is charged and practically
all present Joined the association
and it is hoped that every water
user under the Crow projects will
join in the near future.
The success Of this association
depends entirely upon the support
THAT can be obtained from the
water users under the various prof.
ects. If the water users can be or
ganized 1907 the directors feel
chat there is no limit to the bene-
fits that might be obtained for the
members.
The next meeting of the ASST
citation is called for Tuesday, jan
mary 4, 1898, at 100 p. m. It will
be held In the court room OF the
Big Horn county court house. Ev-
cry water user, both Indian and
white IS urged to attend and It
IS hoped by the members of the as
ISOLATION that all the water users
will join this association and If
they cannot attend the meeting
next Tuesday that they will sub
NIT their problems by mail to the
secretary.
The directors are of the opinion
that proper legislation can be OBJ
tanned at the next session of con-
gress, providing all the water users
cooperate and join the associa-
ton,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31
Married at
Gillette. Wyo.
Lawrence L. Labbitt- Verna Smith
Joined in Home Wedding
Last Tuesday.

In the presence OF members Of
the family, : Tuesday afternoon,
Miss Verna Smith, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E Smith of Gil
lette, Wyo., became the bride of
Laurence L. Labbftt, son of DR..
and Mrs. L. H. Labbitt, of Hardin.
at ar impressive candlelight SER
vice at three O'Clock. Vows were
exchanged in front of a lighted
Christmas tree at the Smith home,
with the Rev. S. c. Ryland, pastor
of the Presbyterian church, ofici-
ating at a double ring ceremony.
The couple. were unattended.
The bride was given away ny
her father, E. 3. Smith. The bride
was attired in q floor-length gown
OF midnight blue velvet and carried
a colonial bouquet OF roses and
sweet peas, tied with white satin.
The brides mother and the mother
and grandmother Of the groom
each wore gardenias.
AFTER the ceremony, a buffet
luncheon was served. Lighted Ia
pers, red roses and Christmas holly
provided attractive appointments
for the luncheon, with the brides
and groom's cakes serving as an
effective centerpiece.
After the dinner, MI. and Mrs.
Labbitt left on a wedding trip to
the Pacific northwest. The bride
wore a black crepe suit, with a
white satin blouse, and her &C
c%essories were black.
Mrs. Labbitt attended the Uni
verstty of Montana and Is a men,
Der of Alpha Chi Omega sorority.
Mr.. Labbitt is a graduate of the
chemistry department of the same
University, where he became a
member of Sigma Chi fraternity.
Those present at the wedding
were MI. and Mrs. E. E. Smith,
parents of the bride: Miss Barbara
Smith, sister of the bride; DR.. and
Mrs. L. H. Labbitt. parents of the
BRIDEGROOM, their daughters, Betty
and Constance. of Hardin; Mrs.
H. F. Labbitt. grandmother of the
groom. of Detroit Lakes, Mimi:
the Rev. and Mrs. S. c. Ryland
and MI. and Mrs. A. A. SchEaht Of
Gillette.
The E. E. Smith family, prior to:
a couple of years ago, were for
some years residents of Hardin
Mr.. Smith being associated here
with E. L. jacobson in the Big
Horn Implement Co.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31
Farmers Under All the Crow Indian
Irrigation Projects Meet
And Pool Issues.

Over fifty farmers and ranchers,
who are water users under various
Grow Indian irrigation projects.
met in the court room Of the Big
Horn County, court house in Ha1-
din, Tuesday afternoon, and form
ed themselves into an association
which will, henceforth, be known
as the Crow Reservation Water
Users association.
r The meeting was opened with a
general discussion Of problems con-
fronting farmers and ranchers I'M
der the various Grow projects.
Frank Yarlott, a prominent mem
her of the Crow tribe, was among
those engaging in the discussion.
After this discussion it was the
concensus o fsopinion Of those pres
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31
Knowles Heinrich Weddinq

worth, mother Of the bride, and
Miss Alice Knowles. daughter Of
the bridegroom witnessed the cere-
mony. A wedding breakfast was
served at the Hotel Northern, and
at noon MI. and Mrs. Knowles left
for a short honeymoon trip. They
will be at home at Anaconda after
February first. Mr.. Knowles, who
is manager of the Montana Power
company at Anaconda, for eleven
years prior to a few months ago
was manager of the Hardin office
of the Montana Power Co.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31
HOLLY SUGAR COMPANY
DECLARES So DIVIDEND

Holly Sugar company directors
Monday declared a dividend of 81
a share on common stock, payable
Feb. 1898, to stock Of record Jan.
IS, 1898. The regular preferred
dividend also will be paid at the
same time. The company's fiscal
year ends March 81, 1898, and It
was announced that the entire
amount normally paid on common
in 1888 had been consolidated and
would be paid in the fiscal year
ended March 31.-Denver Post.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31
A NEW YEARS WATCH PARTY
AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH

On New Years eve there will he
a watch party at the Baptist
church. There will be fun and
frolic, inspiration and devotion.
EVERYONE IS welcome and a special
invitation Is given to strangers.
Part OF the program viii be q
play given by the Young People
entitled, The Lost Church,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31
Married Tuesday at Episcopal
Church in Billings-Will
Live in Anaconda.

A wedding Of interest to this
community Is that of Mr.. Aubrey
Knowles of Anaconda, and Mrs.
Gladys E. Heinrich, of Hardin.
which took place Tuesday at ST.
Luke's Episcopal church in Bill
ings at $3.50 o'clock in the fore
noon, with the Rev. Charles A.
Wilson officiating. Mrs. Ida ELS
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31
NEW YEAR RECEPTION AT
HARDIN M. e. PARSONAGE

The first New Years reception
at the Hardin M. E. parsonage will
be held at 8 p. m. All friends,
their families and their guests are
invited, Just to say "Hello!" and
Happy New Year," We will be
looking for you.
A glad New Year to you!
Rev. & Mrs. ALBERT HILL.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31
Southeastern Montana Counties
Assn Passes Resolution at
Miles City Meeting.

At the annual meeting at Miles
City "wednesday, of the South
eastern Montana Counties associa-
ton, an organization composed If
fourteen counties, which was at
tended by a delegation from Big
Horn county, that association
unanimously went OF record, thru
a resolution presented to the as
ISOLATION, in favor OF the immedi-
ate construction of the Big Horn
canyon dam.
This meeting was largely at
tended by representatives from tine
fourteen counties included in the
association. It was an all-day
meeting, beginning at 10 a N. and
ending about $50 p. m. Many in
teresting subjects were discussed
at the meeting, but the efforts Of
the association appeared to be di-
rected principally towards better
highways for southeastern Mon
tana and the construction of
dams sufficient to impound water
in this area for beneficial pur-
poses within the area.
The representatives from Big
Horn county presented the matter
of the Big Horn dam, from the
standpoint of immediate need Of
impounding Of water for use in
Big Horn county and in the lower
Yellowstone valley and, by Stats
tics furnished through the state
of Wyoming, showed that in the
event of the completion of the Big
Horn dam, approximately one-haH
of the run off of the Big Horn
river, which one-half is about l.
100000 acre feet, would be available
to maintain and control the flow
of the lower Yellowstone. ~ This
water is particularly needed in the
lower Yellowstone valley for irri-
cation purposes and tee people of
the lower Yellowstone valley fully
realize the Importance of this dam
in connection with the maintain
ing Of the flow Of the lower Vel
1owstof1e: \
d was further explained at the
meeting that all of the water in
the late irrigation season south Of
the Big Horn mountains will be
utilized for irrigation purposes in
Wyoming and that. unless prompt
action is taken, we on the Big
Horn and lower Yellowstone will
have to face an acute water
shortage, which will make the
farming Of the present irrigated
land uncertain and Improbable.
The representatives who attend
ed the meeting from Big Horn
county were Harry e. Cox, county
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31
Favor Construction of
Big Horn Canyon Dam

clerk; Geo. w. GustafSon, county
agent; ". H.. Kelley, cashier of the
Big Horn County Bank; O. E. An
derson, cashier Of the First Nation
al Bank; B. II. mccarthy, county
commissioner, and H. W. Bunston,
attorney and farmer, all of the
city Of Hardin.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31

There were some higher averages
on the smaller acreages.
The initial payment by the Har-
din factory was S. per ton. It Is
estimated that with the soil con-
servation payment to be made by
the federal government and the
balance to be paid by the Holly
Sugar Corporation after the sugar
produced this campaign has been
sold, the farmer will receive in the
tional, making a total payment of
about So per ton for the sugar
beets grown the year just closed.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31
Some Sugar
Beet Yields
Below Is Given q List Of the Sugar
Beet Growers With Above
Average Yields.

That the Big Horn and Little
Horn valleys are good sugar beet
producing areas Is evidenced by
the following average yields fur
nished the Hardin Tribune-Herald
by the field men Of the Holly Sugar
Corporation, the beets from which
were treated at the Holly sugar
factory in Hardin: y"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31
BIG HORN COUNTY
FEEDERS DAY, FRIDAY, JAN. IL

The annual Big Horn county
feeders day program and tour has
been set for Friday, Jan. IA.
Arrangements are being made
for a dinner, speakers and schedule
of tour which will be announced:
in detail in next weeks Tribune
Herald, according to the committee
in charge.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31

Miss Annabelle Van Cleve and
Kenneth Ingrsm. students at the
University Of Montana, spent the
holidays with their parents.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-31

MI. and Mrs. Frank !. Kopriva
were dinner hosts Christmas day
to Mr.. and MrS. G. C.. Quinn.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-04-01
This Is a Great Nation

There is something to stir the pride of every
patriotic American in just looking at the map of the
United states, provided he views it understandingly
For it is the panorama of the largest unbroken area
on the face of the globe in which all the people speak
the same language. read the same books and maya
zines, see the same movies. listen TO the same radio
programs, wear practically the same styles of clothes,
drive the same sorts of automobiles. eat the same
food, and, in short, are more like each other in man
ners. customs, point of view and speech. from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, than are the inhabitants of
different counties in England, or of neighboring de-
partments in France.
Nearly 1870 million people occupying the largest
free-trade area in the world! We seldom stop to think
that one of the things which has made this country
of uors the w%eathiest nation in all history, with
wealth distributed so widely that everybody who
wishes TO can share it. is the fact that there has new
er been any artificial restraint upon the movement of
commodities and of merchandise from one end TO the
other of this vast territory. Nor has there been any
restriction upon the free movement of people. from
one state to another. The worker in any trade, art or
profession has always been as free to practice his
craft in one state as in another.
A tendency has begun to manifest itself in re-
cent years to set UP barriers OF various kinds at state
lines. Some states are attempting to prevent certain
classes of commercial motor trucks from entering
them from other states. Local efforts are being made
to check the advent of the motor-trailer. some states
have tried to limit opportunities for work to their
own citizens. Others have passed laws to turn back
at the state line anyone who is suspected of being
economically or otherwise undesirable.
These provisions and those of state unemploy-
ment compensation and old age pension laws. limiting
their benefits to those who have lived in the state a
fixed number of years. tend naturally, in varying de-
grees, 10 check the free movement of citizens from
one part of the nation to other parts. Without at
tempting TO pass upon the merits of any of such reg
ulations. it is submitted that great caution should be
used in the adoption and enforcement of such restric-
tive measures. If carried too far America might cas-
lily sacrifice the very thing which has made us great.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-04-01
DO O REMEM E
News Items Taken from File Il
The Plentywood Herald Il
20 YEARS q

Olaf Nordby was over from Raymond Wednes-
day doing some advertising for a Farmers Elevator
meeting to be held there. Mr.. Nordby said that far
mers on the 500 are getting their seed and making
other preparations for spring work.
From information given out by officials Of the
Great Northern Railway 1t appears there will be no
change in the right-of-way surveyed for the Brock
ton-Opheim branch line. 1t is expected that active
construction will begin next year.
iature flood which is dashing down the streets of Hell
ena, was discovered by George w. Walker, president
Of an insurance company. The nugget found was
worth 81.
A newspaper partially printed in the Sioux Ian
guage has been started at Poplar. 1t is called the
Fort Peck Sioux Pioneer and is printed partly in Eng
lish and partly in the Indian language.
Eddie Kjelstrup, assistant manager of Jacks
Dray line, is ~hobbling around with a cane, having had
his left foot severely injured while moving a shack
last week.
Wednesday evening another caucus was held In
Gunther received the nomination for mayor.
the city and a very strong ticket was chosen. ]. ].
1t is reported that the Great Northern railway
will build a new line direct from Butte to San Fran
cisco.
1t is said that Raymond will have a bank within
a short time.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-04-01
The National Lawlessness

1t is one thing to enact a law, and quite another
thing TO enforce it. Passing a law doesn't cost the tax
payers anything to speak of, but enforcing it calls for
policing, and that may cost more than the evil which
the law was intended to remedy. Prohibition is an ex-
ample.
1t is also an example of the inability of Govern
ment to enforce any law against a strong public SEN
timent in opposition to it; certainly of the inability
OF the Federal Government to enforce a statute which
reaches into every corner of the nation, regardless of
whether the people of any given state or community
want it enforced. The increase of lawlessness in
America is directly traceable to our willin gness or in
ability to enforce the laws on the statute books, We
have too many laws and not enough policemen.
Sometimes the failure to enforce laws is due to
the timidity of public officials whose duty is to see
that laws are obeyed. 1t is difficult to see any other
reason for the non-enforcement of the laws in the nu-
merous "sit-down' strikes which seem to be becoming
epidemic all over the country. Nobody seriously con-
tends that such unauthorized occupation of other
peoples property is legal, yet there have been few
instances in which the laws have been enforced.
Every American child grows up with examples
all around him of law violators going unpublished,
either because there are not enough aw-enforcement
agencies or because those are lax in the performance
of their duties. Probably the most widespread form
of lawbreaking against which the laws are least en-
forced, is in the matter of violations of laws govern
ing motor-trahic. This is a far more serious offense
than many of the statutory m~isdemeanors for which
penalties are more often exacted. Motor vehicle laws
have as their main objective the protection Of human
lives. The terrific toll Of deaths in motor accidents,
nearly 10000 last year, is evidence of the need for
such laws and especially for their strict enforcement.
But when a young motorist discovers that he can
break almost any highway law without getting caught
or with a mild reprimand or a suspension of sentence
if he is caught, his respect for laval law-tends to
vanish.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-04-01
BRu (E
[ S&f&
IN SIMPLE, EASY WORDS

An earnest gentleman with a
CLEAN In his eye got In the other
day. He asked me TO read a book
in which a new prophet sets forth a
new religion. The gentleman assured
me that if only all men and women
could be led to think the thoughts
of this prophet every difficulty
would fold up.
While we talked | turned the
pages of the book. and after about
a minute assured him that | should
not need to read ii in order TO know
that it would have no influence.
He was aggrieved. You have a
closed mind" he charged.
Not at ALL" | said. 81 happen to
know what kind of words move the
world. I'll give you an example:
1.-The Lord is my shepherd. etc.
-Four score and seven years ago
our fathers founded this continent,
etc.
Contrast these simple words with
a couple of phrases from your
book" | said:
1.-The definitely 'anticipatory''
value of the self-protecting mechan-
ism of covenant obligations
Expanding consciousness obt-
ainable through the direct applica-
ton of the method of cyclic evol-
ton 80.
Nobody is going to oyerturn the
world" | concluded. "unless he is
able TO make his ideas understan-
dable even to a child. Secondraters
are always obscure. But the head
man in any department of life. |
care not whether it be medicine,
theology. science or what, he can
make a talk that will fascinate a
kindergarten
John Bunyan explained to his
readers that he might have adopted
a ''stile' much more fancy but he
wanted his book TO be read by COM
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-04-01
WITH H EDITORS
An Interesting Experiment

Hundreds of taxing bodies in North Dakota will
watch with interest an experiment which is being
tried out in Williston under the terms of an agree
ment entered into between Williams county, the city
of Williston and the school board of that city.
The three bodies have joined together and have
hired a special tax collector who will devote his en-
tire time and attention to the job of inducing delin-
Quent taxpayers to pay up. He will confne his work
entirely to the collection of personal property taxes
of which there are $40, 900 delinquent in the city of
Williston. He will not bother the farmers or taxpay-
ers In the smaller communities. Collection OF delin-
quent real estate taxes will not be attempted under
the plan at present but 1t is limited that it may be
tried out later il the present experiment proves sue
cessful.
The Williston experiment will be watched with
interest in many another community in North Dako-
ta. II the plan works, 1t will undoubtedly be tried by
many other counties. cities and school districts
Walsh County Record.