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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16

one Of the most outspoken men in
public life, a man of action, restless,
and of strong personal convictions,
are wondering how he will enjoy the
restraint which custom, tradition
and the nature of his new duties will
impose upon him when he takes his
seat next month on the bench of the
most august judicial body in the
world, the. Supreme Court of the
United States.
He will have opportunity. natur-
ally, to express his convictions and
exercise his skill in debate in discus
sions with his colleagues of the
bench on cases which come before
the Court. But those debates are
held behind closed doors.
There is nothing dramatic about
them, and no hint of what has been
said by any Justice is ever allowed
TO leak out. Except as they express
themselves in written opinions hand
ed down from the bench, either in
agreement with the majority of the
Court or dissenting from the major
tty view of the law. Supreme Court
justices have no opportunity to ex-
press themselves publicly on public
questions.
That is one of the reasons why
justices lead what to many seem
somewhat clustered lives. They
are not mixers" They mostly avoid
attendance at dinners and parties at
which they are likely to be thrown
INTO contact with politicians and
others who might ask them indis-
questions about cases which
he Court is considering. There is
IN implied obligation to avoid
friendships with people who might
'onceivably have a personal interest
n what the Court is doing.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16
The State Line a Barrier

Maybe we are not so bad off after all. A recent issue
Mo- The Williston Herald related that North Da-
kotans view with envy Montana's varied forms of
drouth relief.
II appears, from press comment, that North Da-
kota has not been getting all that she believes she is
entitled TO in the form of work relief-especially in
western counties, just as hard hit by drouth as we
have been.
Put us in Montana" is the plea of drouth-strick-
en- farmers of western North Dakota. They would like
nothing better than to come under the benign admin
istration Of the Treasure state.
One sentiment from a Dakota farming commun-
ity was that Montana takes good care of her needy
but North Dakota has failed in that task and the
remedy suggested is that the state line be moved
eastward far enough to bring North Dakota's drouth
area within the boundaries Of Montana"
Another sentiment expressed was that sMontana
evidently has a WPA administrator who has a sym
pathetic understanding for the people that he is duty
bound to protect from want and suffering"
It is true that neighboring North Dakota coun-
ties have not been so fortunate as we in securing
work for needy. That state has a WPA administrator
opposed r farm labor on WPA rolls and he is now a
target oi caustic criticism.
There are many work projects under way in
drouth counties Of Montana and everything possible
IS being done to give work to those who need.
Quotas here are not as extensive. in many in
siances, as they should be, but Montana generally is
getting by" and the work program is being met with
gratuitous satisfaction.
Mo- ana forgot about politics when the drouth
crisis came, cast aside pet ideas and petty prejudices.
pGttin@ hoa.dcrs TO the wheel for the common good
of its people.
Montana's congressional body fought tirelessIy
to aring about immediate aid. Northeastern Montana
towns sent delegations to Washington and "camped"
thesN rntl assurances were given that their people
"baea home" would be taken care OF. Civic organiza-
tons cubs and county commissioners Joined in the
pu. Z state leaders eNerted their very best efforts.
eople in Montana are thankful for what has
beeA i ceived and regret that our good ~neighbors on
III have been less fortunate.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16
DO O REMEMRERs
News Items Taken from Files a
The Plentywood Herald Of
20 A q

Born Sunday, Sept. Is, to Mr.. and Mrs. R. FL
Holman, a son.
Mike Flaherty of Outlook is visiting his daugh-|
ter, Mrs. Joe MCGOWAN, at Raymond.
Mrs. William Davis was here for a few days this|
week visiting Mrs. r.. e. Gustafson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Mann visited friends near
Westby Wednesday and Thursday this week.
A.. A. Bake has finished the new school house
and has already started on a new building contract.
o. P. Rowland of Glasgow was a business caller
in Plentywood this week. He was a guest of friends
while here.
Several of the Pientywood people attended the
Altar society that met with Mrs. James O'Toole on
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. H. Sohlberg of Churchs Ferry,
N. D., have been spending this week visiting their
daughter, Mrs. L. S. Olsen.
frankie Fishbeck won the big auto race at Pop
lar Wednesday. He covered five miles in less than
seven minutes on a half mile circular track.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16
9$f6ool Gago'
o. by R9v Oh r1es f. Dunn. -

Iity of our domestic life. insufficient
income is likely to provoke an al
most uncomfortable strain between
husband and wife. Low wages and
unemployment. especially when ac-
companied by too many children. are
/ menace of the first order. On the
other hand extravaganza. due to
lack of training in home economics
or systematic attention to budget
limitations. can frequently unsettle
the normal equilibrium of the home.
But what the home needs most is
not money and its wise distribution
so much as high religion. True mar
riage is spiritual. for it is God who
joins together man and his mate.
Whore faith is kept glowing by fam
ily prayers. grace before meat. and
can be too religious for them. And
habitual church-going, the frequent
tension one finds in marriage is
forestalled. And children greatly
need such an atmosphere. No home
be too religious for them. And
spiritual training, as orr Golden
Text declares, will last. when he
S old, he will not depart from it"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16
BETTER HEALTH
Director, New Mexico Bureau OF Public Hea.,l
BY Dr. j. ROSSLYN carp

has an ominous sound and those
who want to brighten us with this
particular bogy spin a specious yarn.
The headache and languor that so
often result from constipation seem
TO support the theory. But the fact
that a bowel movement will relieve
these symptoms long before the sup
posed poisons have had time to be
eliminated and the further fact that
all the unpleasant symptoms of con-
stipation can be promptly induced by
stuifing the lower bowel with sterile
cotton lead scientists to the conclu-
sion that a nervous reflex from the
d%istended. colon, not the absorption
of poisons, is the cause of the symp-
toms.
The use of an enema to relieve
constipation has been condemned by
some specialists as irritating. No
doubt a soap and water enema can
be irritating and is a stupid pro-
cedure known only to the Anglo
Saxon race and due perhaps to their
mistranslation of the French word
lavement! Plain water is less irri-
tating. Saline solution made in i'm
itation of natures tears (Which new
er irritate the eyes, is not irritating
at all. 1t is made by adding a tea
spoonful of common salt to a pint OF
water.
The need for enemas can usually
be avoided by c%ultivating regular
habits of elimination. There is a
natural tendency for the bowel to be
moved after food has been taken and
therefore the most favorable time
a regular bowel movement is af-
-er one of the regular meals.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16
\ Nation Needs Religious Home
Dcut. 6:t-9.
Text: Proverbs 22:6.

Golden Text: Proverbs 22:6.
We all realize that there is some
hing wrong with the American
home. Divorces are numerous. the
relations between men and women
are lax, and the motion picture and
tabloid press have done great harm
in over-stimulatins sexual passions.
While sex is a creative function of
divine origin and purpose, it can
easily become a devastating monster
bringing ruin and disaster in its
wake. When sex union occurs out
side of marriage. as is so often the
today, family happiness suffers
.irreparable damage. There can be
no question that the ideal base upon
t-hich TO build wholesome family
life is the homogeneous relationship.
with lifelong union of the mates. 1t
is also obvious that children are of
very fundamental assistance in keep
ing parents together.
Poverty or financial mismanage-
ment is also a factor of great i'm
portance in the prevailing instabil-
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16
TO INSPECT BUTTER

Rigid inspection of butter and
dairy products offered to the con
Stunning public in Montana is being
prepared by the department of agri-
culture. j. 7. Sparkling, commission
er. announced this week. The move
is designed to insure pure whole
some butter under the present mar
and price agreements, and to
eliminate rancid, o~ff-taste and unfit
butter from store shelves.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16

With Congress out of the way as
the focus of public attention. for the
time being, Washington is relaxing
by paying more attention to the do
ings and personalities of men and
women whose functions are not pri-
marily political.
Somebody raised the question
around the table at the National
Press Club, as to who is the hardest
working member of the Presidents
Cabinet. After a very brief discus
sion there was unanimous agreement
that that honor goes to Harold w.
Ickes. Secretary of the Interior.
Certainly no other Cabinet mem
Der has so many jobs. He gets APP
pointed to committees and commits
sions because he has proved himself
such a tireless worker and a first
rate executive. He gets things done.
Duties of Mr.. Ickes
The work Of Secretary of the In
terror overs a fairly wide range of
interests, which most Of Mr.. Ickes'
predecessors have found enough to
attend to. But in addition TO the
luties involved in administering the
Public Land Office, the Reclamation
Seryiceh the Bureau OF Indian At
fairs. the Patent Office and a few
other branches of the Interior De-
partmcnt. Mr.. Ickes is the head of
the Public Works Administration, in
charge OF all grants and loans to
states and communities for public
works OF ali kinds. That is a Job
which would keep an ordinary man
busy if he did nothing else.
But besides that. Mr.. Ickes is
chairman OF National Resources
Committee, Member of National
Forests Reservation Commission.
Member Of Migratory Bird Conser-
Tation Commission, Member of Dis
tric; Of Columbia Permanent Sys-
teil of Highways Commission,
Chairman Of Special Committee on
ecsal site for Auditorium in
Washington, Chairman of Special
Committee on Space Control in
Government Buildings. Member of
National Emergency Council, Direc-
tor of the Virgin Islands Company,
Member of Council of National De-
Tense, Patron ex officio of Howard
University, Member of Planning
Committee on Mineral Policy. Mem
Der of Committee on National Land
Problems, Member of National Ad-
Council on Religion in Edu-
cation and Member of the Federal
Loan Committee.
On top of all that, the President
has just appointed Mr.. Ickes Admin
strator of the Puerto Rico Recon-
'truction Administration, which has
placed under the Department
If the Interior.
Mr.. Ickes. who was a Republican
he became actice in Theodore
t~ooseyelt's Progressive Party, and
was known as a Democrat. is
prodigious worker, and expects his
ecretaries and bureau chiefs to nav
s little attention to office hours as
e does.
with the exception of Treasury :
..ecretary Morgenthau, Secretary 3
ckes Is probably the wealthiest man a
/ the Cabinet. He made a comfort =
Die fortune in the practice of law /
! Chicago, and inherited a large q
mount from his wife. who was c
llled in an automobile accident last I
=
hugo Black to Supreme Court f
Washington people who know c.
'nator Hugo Black Of Alabama as /,
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16
WITH OTHER EDITORS
1t Is Well to Check Old Age Pensions

q everal states are alarmed at the number of an
n pllcants for old age assistance who were placed or
= the roll and have found evidence that in many
communities people not entitled to the grants on the
ground of actual need are being given allowances.
Inc idea that al a certain age a person is entitled TO
d pension regardless of his financial circumstance has
gained quite a hold in the country and officials
charged with old age relief have not ALWAYS been
careful IN their scrutiny Of the applications.
The Montana social security board announced re-
Gently mat 1t intends to check carefully the policy of
'ne various counties in granting applications for old
age assistance, not because any scandal has been nm
covered so far in this state. but as a precaution
against such a development.
II is a timely move which should be heartily SIM
ported by the taxpayers. The law providing for old
age assistance is not a general pension act for old
people. 1t Is specifically restricted to those who p
lacking in means for their support and are in actual
need of assistance.
There should be close watch on the onarationso 90
the new plan. Its principle is accepted bv evervona
and there is no dispute as to the obligation m tboso
VINO are In need, but there is no Obligation IN .
pension TO those who are able to care for Themselves
now may prevent abuses which have deveI-
oped In other states-Great Falls Tribune
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16
ONE BADLY BURNED IN sCOBEy BLAZE

A fire apparently caused by a cigarette in the GorhaI
hotel in Scobey last week resulted in serious bur1
for Earnest Camp of the south Scobey country. Col
fused by the smoke in the room, the man jumpd
through the window, falling at the bottom of I'll
basement stairs. Although the bruises as well 1
burns are severe. Camp is expected to recover.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16
FAIRvIEw THIEVES ROB ILL sTATIo

-Maskd and armed with pistols, two robbers enterd
the east Fairview filling station last week, and at tn
point of guns forced the attendant to open the yau4
where they secured about $500. After attempting |
lock the attendant in the vault, they left the pla(
and all trace of them had disappeared by the time oI
fcials could be summoned.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16
CONSTIPATION

Constipation has interested heal
both amateur and professional
from the earliest days: the COM
surely a cause for gratitude.
All kinds of dread evils have been
attributed to it. Administration
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16
DRUNKEN DRIVER CROWDS SHERIFF. :

GARDENING down the left side of the road between M
shua and Frazer, a car driven by a drunk crowdd|
the Valley county sheriff into the ditch and contiI.
ued on its way. The sheriff, whose car was not dam
aged by the incident. followed the other car an.
brought the offender to Glasgow where he was fine
SIS in justice court.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL IN AvONDALE AREA

Misunderstanding ivestock-killins hail swept Il
Avondale area last Wednesday in a storm that pill
ice three feet deep in the coulees and pushed iii
drifted snow in front of cars. The storm belt WI
about three miles wide, and beyond its limits, Il
storm took the form of torrential rain.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16

The drilling of test gas wells northwest of Popl
has reached a depth of 1000 feet. and is being stea
lily continued. in spite of difficulties caused by stra
of sand and water which have to be penetrated.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16
sCoBEY PROTESTS POWER, LIGHT RATES

Town officials and citizens of Scobey are protestin|
the power and light rates charged them by the Mon
tana-Dakota Utilities company. A conference betweej
the company manager and the mayor of Scobey rd
suited in no agreement, and the city which pays !
flat rate and has, it seems, been refused a meter baa
is. is investigating the possibilities of a municipal
plant.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16

The occurrence of a case of infantile paralysis
Watford City has caused the postponement of Il
opening of school there. Officials have taken this sl
as a precautionary measure. although there seems
be little danger of contagion in this case.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16

The last of 5 zoos carloads of glacial rock to be us|
at the Fort Peck dam project has been taken to d
site and placed on the upstream face of the dam. tn
makes a total of sos. 243 cubic yards of field bouldd
used in the construction. All the storage piles hal
been used up.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16

While at work on the power wires being strung ne|
the laundry in Fort Peck, Fred Anon, electrician !
the project. was killed by electrocution last Thursdd
He was taken at once to the Fort Peck hospital, b
ii was determined he had died simultaneously.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16
MExICANs INJURED IN PICKUP WRECK :

Three MeNicans, all laborers on farms in the Sidnel
area, were seriously injured with decorations, broke4
bones and bruises when the pickup in which they
were riding met with an accident, the particulars OF
which have not been learned because of the serioud
condition of all passengers. The car which belonged
to the employer of one of the men was completely
wrecked.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16

! lauehter on Montana highways continues and with
in a week northeastern Montana added two names
to the increasing death list.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
bethlehem
BY Choral
Union
Initial Offering
For Capital Is
To Be Made.
THE National Choral Union, con

THE National Choral Union, COM
posed of the choirs of several
leading churches Of the National Capt.
tai, will present the first production
in Washington of the new choral
drama, Bethlehem" by Rutland
Boughton, British composer, tomor-
row night at the National Theater at
$50 pm.
bethlehem" was originally sched-
uled for performance by the Metro
politan Opera Co. in New York, but
had to be Cancelled in order to make
the orchestral score available for the
Washington production. The work is
spectacular pageant consisting of
three scenes in which are pictured
the Annunciation, the Nativity and
a scene at the Court of King Herod
The composer is best known for his
short opera. THE Immortal Hour, ="
and as writer of songs.
Boughton has founded his choral
drama on several well-known carols
such as The Holly and the Ivy" The
First Noel" The Joys Of Mary" and
Il Saw Three Ships" He also has
added some songs of his own for the
shepherds, kings and the Virgin Mary.
He has adapted his libretto from the
Coventry Nativity play of the same
Bethlehem"
In addition to having Hugh Ross.
conductor Of the Schola Cantorom of
New York City, conductor for this
production, Lita Graham, also of New
York, has been engaged to do the
costuming and lighting. The orches-
trail part of the score will be played
by rs members of the National SYM
phony Orchestra. and Evelyn Davis
has charge of the dance sequences.
The important role of Mary" will
be sung by Dorothy Seegar, who has
brilliant record as star in Broad
way and touring productions of musi-
cal comedy and operetta. She also is
stage director.
Preceding the presentation Of
Bethlehem the National Choral
Union will present fantasia based
upon several traditional English carols
for Christmas. compiled by another
well-known British composer, R.
Vaughan Williams. Edwin Steffe will
sing the solo part in this number,
which also has chorus and orchestra
The carols in this collection include
''The Truth Sent From Above" (Here-
fordshire), Come All You Worthy
Gentlemen (SomerseD, "On Christ
mas Night" Sussex, and There Is a
Fountain (Herefordshire). Fragments
of other well-known carols also will be
included.
The Choral Union includes in its
membership singers chosen from the
choirs of st. Adams. Epiphany. St.
Margaret's, Trinity, the Church of
the Ascension and Lutheran Church
of the Reformation.
Reservations for this production can
be made at Kits music store, 1880
G street NV, or at the box Office,
National Theater.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Reviews of RECORDINGS

minutest corner of his personality In
order to understand every shade of his
mental and emotional planning His
discoveries have been converted into
as near a perfect recreation as 1t is
possible to find. Endowed with q
superb technique and the ability to
make that technique express ideas
to the finest degree, Mr.. Schnabel can
justly be reckoned the greatest in
terpreter of Beethoven before the pub
lie today. Besides his public recitals
OF Beethoven programs, Mr. Schnabel
has given out his own comprehensive
edition of the 80 sonatas by this mas
ter. =
This recording on six double discs
has caught the full essence Of Selma
bells study of Beethoven, presenting
the great composer in this most splen-
did outpouring of his genius Occupy
ing in the piano literature the same
place that the Ninth Symphony" does
in the orchestra library. this recording
by a profound student of the greatest
composer of them all Is a treasure to
be acquired for music lovers libraries.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Haensel und
|Gretel' at
Rialt0
Popular Production
Has New York
Opera Cast.
"HAENsEL UND GRETEL," Hum

"HAENsEL UND oRETEl," Hum
perdinck's beloved opera, which
delights children with it's fairy-tale
characters and charms the grown
ups with the rich beauty of its score,
will be performed at the Rialto The
ater on Sunday afternoon, December
26. at $3.50 o'clock.
The cast, recruited from New York
opera singers of reputation, features
Philine Falco, mezzo-soprano Of the
Metropolitan Opera; Bernice Schalker
soprano of the San Carlo and Detroit
Civic Opera; Elvira Helal, soprano OF
the New York Hippodrome Opera
and Stephan Kozakevitch, operate
baritone. Two local singers will be
heard in this performance-Ina Holtz-
scheiter soprano, who is featured as
soloist with the National Choral
Union and who won the Atwater Kent
additions few years ago, and Helene
McLachlen. popular recitalist
An orchestra Of Washington SYM
phony musicians will be used, under
the direction of DR.. Walter Bauer.
The association, in its desire tc
further interest in opera among young
people, has made available specially
priced tickets for this Christmas per.
formance for high school students
Tickets and programs are available a,
kits, 1880 G street NV.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Opera Stars
To Present
Concert
Musicales Resumed
On Monday, Dec.
q With Singers.

MRS. LAWRENCE TOWNsEND's
musicales will be resumed on
Monday morning. December q, at
l1:l5 O'Clock. introducing to the Wash
ington audience Bidu Sayao, Brazilian
soprano. and Richard Crooks, tenor,
both of the Metropolitan Opera.
Bidu Sayao made her concert debut
in 1925 at the Municipal Theater Of
Rio de Janeiro. Immediately after
ward she left for Europe, where she
was engaged for opera performances at
the Royal Theater of Rome, La Scala
of Milan. and the Regio of Turin. From
Italy she went to France, where she
sang at the Opera in Paris, then re-
turned to South America to appear at
the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, 60
ing back to Italy once more to sing at
the San Carlo Opera in Naples and the
Carlo Felice Opera of Genoa.
For several seasons she was a regu-
lar member Of the Paris Opera
Comique. where her success was so
outstanding that in 1885 the Societe