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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-01
Thief Had Much More
Optimism Than Finesse

The night prowler who broke
into The Herald last weekend and
stole part of next weeks payroll
which was tucked away to insure
meal tickets for the boys" who
sweat to get out the paper, was
either a dumbfooler who knew
nothing of the means of a news
paper or a great optimist.
Pilfering of newspaper offices is
as rare as rain in northeastern
Montana. We know of few
newspapers in northeastern Mon
tana that can boast of enough cash
to buy an ice cream soda after the
payroll has been met at the end or
the week.
But last Saturday afternoon the
cash box, old yet shiny from lack
of use, carried a few honest-to-
goodness clinkers. They zane to
us as subscription payments from
a few dried out Sheridan county
farmers who presumably felt we
were drying out as much as they
were. For the subscription pay
ments we received that afternoon
we were grateful.
We chuckie to ourselves when
we think how fooled the optimist
would have been had he come at
any other time. For instance had
he performed his little game a
week or so earlier he may have
gotten all of 38 cents for his eff
forts. At that time we paid the
postmaster latter repeated howls)
and replenished a depleted depos-
tory, necessary to insure prompt
and efficient delivery of The Her
aid to subscribers.
We paid the power company for
giving us Juice" to compose and
print the Herald. VIE even paid
the man who had given us 80
days.of credit to pay for the pa
per we print 1t On.
We paid the boys their salaries
and scraped up enough to make a
past-due interest payment on an
overdue note. We doled out to
creditors a dollar here and a dol
lar there, until the bottom Of
that cash box was bare-but we
were happy.
Had he come them we chuck
lie, he'd v waste his time
trying it again.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-01
RELIEF SOON, is
LATE STATEMENT
MURRAY TELLS COMMISSIONERS
PLANS NOW FORMULATING
FOR THIS AREA

Announcements will shortly be
made explaining the government
plans for handling the drouth prob
lem is the statement made by Sen,
James E. Murray when the situation
here was revealed to him by the
Sheridan county commissioners.
"a federal representative will
have charge of the situation in east
ern Montana and we expect to get
results" Is the Senator's statement.
He said, 81 have been having con
f~erences with heads of the WPA. De-
partment of Agriculture, and Reset
Element Administration. These ag-
encies are working out plans for the
coordination of relief work in Mon
tana drouth areas in order to give
effective relief to citizens Frustrated
by drouth conditions"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-01
OIL COMPANY ROBBED
OF FRIDAY

Theft Of more than $50 gallons of
gasoline from the Home Oil COM
pany at Antelope was reported Fri
day morning.
The gas vas taken from the COM
pany's bulk plant. and it is believed
the fuel was tapped from the tanks
early Friday morning and carted
away in trucks.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-01
UNION ASKS FOR
IMMEDIATE AID IN
DR0UTH SECTION
In Convention at Dagmar,
County Farmers Appeal
for Help

Stressing that Sheridan county is
in the grip OF the worst drouth ever
known in the history of the county, y
the county Farmers Union. In con-
vention at Dagmar Friday petitioned
Montana congressman, senators and
national agencies to bring about i'm
mediate drouth relief to this parched
area.
At the mass meeting. which was
attended by several hundred far
mers. they went on record asking
for immediate relief. 1t was urged
that grants be sent to all farmers in
Sheridan county Immediately until
other relief agencies are set up.
To Farmers Union headquarters
was penned this message for aid:
"Cattle and horses Of which there
is only foundation stock left within
the county, are getting thinner and
weaker every day with farmers re-
sources gone and no way of provid-
ing the necessary feed to keep them
alive for only a little longer. The
dust storms and drought with no
rain has covered what little feed
there is left with a film Of dust and
grit, making everything unfit for an
imals to eat.
within the county some loss is
reported of horses and cattle directly
responsible to dust and grit. No rain
has fallen in parts of this county for
over a year. We therefore want TO
impress on our senators and con-
gressmen the urgent action required
to save these milk cows, so neces-
sary at this time to the living OF
farm families and In many cases al
most the only sohrce from drying
up and deprrving THESE families oil
this great life giving food"
The convention, the county chap
ter's annual get-together, was held
at the Brotherhood hall at Dagmar.
Andrew Dahl, president of the or
ganization, presided.
Speakers at the convention inrlud-
ed NYA Director Ormsby, Andrew
Dahl, and Mrs. Andrew Dahl. who
is county junior leader. Organiza-
ton and cooperation was the con
vention's theme.
The past members of the county
board were reinstated. Besides the
president Mr.. Dahl, the board is
composed of Thos. Sundsted, Dag
mar, vice-president; Ole Doe, Coal
ridge; Genius Laursen, Dagmar; Fl
r. Smith, Plentywood. and Chri:
Johansen, Plentywood, who is sec.
rotary.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-01

Increasing interest has been Sc
cured In a new form of farm relief
for the drouth AREA suggestion
that may be placed among the ad-
ministration's alphabeticals, the f.
w. P. or Farmers Work Projects. In
the past the relief work has been
allowed only on public uses or In
towns. such as roads, buildings and
improvements. Now it is suggested
that farmers who are in need may
work out their monthly quotas right
out on their own farms, like they do
up in Canada, we're told.
There's considerable merit to this
idea as we'll as good common sense.
Why should the farmers be COM
PEELED to travel far from home In
many instances, in order to earn
subsistence, We have witnessed this
in the past, and including outside
work in mid-winter at 80 to 40 be-
low, or cast adrift entirely. Town
workers have been especially favor
ed, even to building those modern
toilets out On the farms.
Sheridan county, and In fact in
Guiding a dozen counties of this
drouth area, is now facing a most
serious crisis. Coupled with the need
for relief aid is the need for control
measures for that increasing menace
Of soil drift and duststorms. Eros
ion spots are daily increasing and
widening, an insidious growing cal
amity. not only for our farmers but
also for town residents in this area.
Grim forebodings of eventual evac-
uation of our territory appear on
every hand. our eight years expert
ence Of drouth has not entirely
dulled our senses to it. w can no
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-01
WESLEY ROAD IS
LET WEDNESDAY
SIOUX FALLS, S. d., COMPANY is
SUCCESSFUL BIDDER ON
ROAD PROJECT

The state highway commission
In session yesterday awarded to
the c. A. Wagner Construction
Co. of Sioux Falls, S. d., the
contract to construct apprOxim-
ately IL miles of highway on the
Plcntywood-Westby route, accord
ing to a special dispatch to The
Herald last night.
The bid pl1ce was approxim-
ately $4,000.
Nine bids were entered and varied
from the figure submitted by the
Wagner Construction Ci.. to SILL
900. The states estimate on the
project was approximately s1O3,
900.
The successful bidder left Helena
Immediately for Wolf Point where
he will contact highway officials o
this area. He said 1t was the com
pany's plan to start work immedi
ately in view of existing conditions
in Sheridan county.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-01
Carnival Spends Part of
Profits for Licenses Here

A carnival which played at Med
icine Lake last week end left some
cash at the county treasury.
On tour to other Montana points,
the shows bought licenses for their
automobiles and trucks.
Highway Patrolman N. V. Cum
mings Monday brought $184.5O to
the treasury which was collected
from them. This amount represent
ed $170 in truck and automobile IL
censes and $11 for drivers licenses.
Twenty-Five employees of the carni-
val laid down so cents each for per-
mits to operate cars on the states
highways.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-01

Senators James Murray and B. X.
Wheeler and related to them the
crisis facing Sheridan county. A tel
egram from them Tuesday revealed
that they were to be granted a con-
ference with M. l.. Wilson, depart
ment of agriculture secretary that
day and would stress the need of
employment through dam construc-
ton.
The two Plentywood men volun-
tered to make the trip to Washing
ton following word from Sen. Vince
Ter that action would possibly be
speeded with the appearance of rep
resentatives directly from the af-
flicted area.
Heat Wave Continues
Searching heat this week with
thermometers registering 104 de-
grees added misery to the already
dark outlook.
A few Sheridan county wheat
fields that still showed signs of life
burned under the scorching u
Grasshoppers are working thick and
fast on garden plots and in fields.
Ranges are completely barren. A
check of records today revealed that
it has been more than a year since
rain in sufficient quantities has
come to this section to be of benefit.
Sen. Burton X. Wheeler said last
night 1--WE are doing everything pos
sible to have red tape eliminated
and satisfactory program co-ordin-
ating government agencies set up to
take care of the situation" Wheeler
assured Sheridan county residents
that he would keep on the job and
work to the best of his ability to Sc
cure immediate relief for drouth
tricken areas"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-01
Delegation at Helena
Seeks County Projects

A delegation composed of Sen.
Lars Angvick and Carl Holje, Re-
serve, and Harry E. Polk are in Hell
ena this week comforting with Off
Gals in an effort to further projects
for this county.
The men will confer with the state
highway commission relatives to
road building and they will also
meet with the state water conserva-
ton board regarding the Big Muddy
irrigation project.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-01
Pleads Guilty to Charge
of Drunkenness and Fined

Emmett Davis, Plentywood, was
fined $500 before Justice George
Mnuson Monday following his arrest
the day previous for drunkenness.
The arrest was made by Police G. L.
Johnson.
Davis pleaded guilty and asked
for an opportunity to work out the
assessment. He went to work for the
city Tuesday.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-01
q

Henry R. Smith, Sec,
Sheridan County Farmers Union
Plentywood, Montana
Have taken drouth situation up
with Resettlement officials and
am advised that funds will be
available soon and farmers in
need may apply now to Resettle-
ment administration for resettle-
ment grants for human subsist-
ence and also for feed loans for
Am keeping in close touch with
necessary subsistence animals.
the situation and will do what |
can. Please advise me of any cas-
es where farmers feel injustice is
being done or fair treatment not
accorded them.
B. X. WHEELER.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-01
ROLLS

M%ontana's WPA quota was in
creased by 1000 Wednesday and
within a few days the additional la
borers will be at work.
Wednesday the WPA offices were
moved from Helena to Butte in a CO.
ordination movement.
Evening star., 1937-11-28

smart cotton print. it can be worn
with dash about the house or studio.
If you want something very distinctive,
use one Of the new block plaid ging-
hams with yoke Of homespun linen to
contrast. Shades of green and yellow
under a dark green yoke would be
very lovely.
Barbara Bell pattern 1254-B is de-
signed for sizes IA. Is. 18, 20; 40 and
AZ. Corresponding bust measurements,
80, "a, 36 SO, 40 and AZ. Size is x34)
requires SIS yards of 39-inch material
with long sleeves, SIS yards with short
sleeves.
Barbara Bell pattern No. ls0O-B is
designed for sizes, small ,34-36):
medium t38-40D; large (42-44). Medi-
um size requires AZ yards Of 35-inch
material. For contrasting yoke, COL
lar, cuffs and pocket, a yard of 25-
inch material required.
Evening star., 1937-11-28
White elephant
PARTY SET AT A. U.
Junior Guild Affair Is Decem.
Der 9-Fraternity Pledges
Are Announced.

When the Junior Guild Of the
American University meets on Decem-
ber 9 the main feature Of the evening
will be an exchange Of white elephants
gifts among the members.
The members will have a series Of
Christmas carols throughout the eve
ming and Miss Elizabeth Gray will
conclude the program with some sea-
sonal readings
DR.. George B. Woods, dean of the
College Of Liberal Arts. has just re-
turned from a conference of the
Eastern Association of Deans and Ad-
visers of Men in Atlantic City Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday.
At the close of the formal rushing
season on the campus last week there
were % men pledged to the four fra
ternities including IL District resi-
dents. Phi Sigma Kappa pledged
George Rifenbary. John Bowers, Will
liam Fausold, Robert Hall, William
Mcclure, Latimer Evans, Wesley
Dodge and Eugene Hoover. Alpha
Theta Phi pledged Hamilton Gewehr,
John Jablonsky. Bruce Etchison,
Charles Corddry, Irving Spalding,
Gordon Haines and Pierce Raynor.
Phi Epsilon Alpha pledged Burke
Hertz. Edward Fowler. Richard Brown,
Daniel Wentz and Charles Andrews.
lambda Tau Sigma pledged William
L. Thompson. Marvin Towne and
Charles Mayer.
Evening star., 1937-11-28
BANQUETS PLANNED
BY WILSON CLUBS
Father.and-Son and Mother-and.
Daughter Affairs Set for
December |.

Plans have been completed for thc
annual father and son and mother and
daughter banquets on December !.
sponsored by the Mems Club and the
Women's Club of Wilson Teachers
College.
Donald Cav, chairman of the fathcr
and son banquet. has announced the
affair will be held at Childs' Restau-
rant, Fifteenth street and PENNSYLVANIA
avenue NV. Music will be furnished
bv the Mems Glee Club of the college
The speaker of the evening has not
yet been announced.
The mother and daughter banquet.
under the chairmanship of Miss
Margaret Barringer, will be held at
Barker Hall.
A trip to Philadelphia to visit the
planetarium museum of the Franklin
Institute is being arranged as a part
Of the course in descriptive astronomy,
under the leadership of the instructor.
Mrs. M. S. Cookson. The group will
leave Washington at am. on Satur-
day and will spend the afternoon visit
ing the various exhibits at the
museum.
Evening star., 1937-11-28

every special RllLS LIldL you ike
to give to your near and dear
4 at Christmas. The woman who
sews enjoys advantages all through
the year, but none are more evident
than those which fall her way at this
season. With few hours of time and
few yards Of fine fabric she can cre-
ate a gift that will bring JOY through
many months.
Twenty-three days. not including
Sundays, until Christmas: time
enough, if you start at once. to make
a half dozen special gifts. The pat
terms I have selected are lovely to
look at and easy to make-each in
cludes a complete sewing guide, with
diagram instructions.
A dormitory pet-and the choice of
every young modern-is a comfortable
ajama that can be worn for lounging
about ones room. Pattern No. 1254-B
presents a design for this purpose
Pajama with very wide trouser leg
and pajama coat made to fit long
over the hip. 1t is tailored on soft
lines and is extremely flattering in
satin or rayon taffeta. The same pat
tern can be used for sleeping pajamas.
For these choose fabric like silk
pongee. rayon crepe, silk shirting or
cotton broadcloth.
Smocks are perennial at Christmas,
but the style shown in Pattern No.
l8OO-B gains unusual attention for
the interesting yoke treatment and
the full shirring used on the sleeve
and body of the smock Made up in a
soft fabric like silk pongee or in a
Evening star., 1937-11-28
Jewish Council
Plans Dance.

A gala benefit dance and Revue of
the Gay Nineties" is being planned by
the Council of Jewish Women, to take
place at the Mayflower Hotel tomor-
row night at 9 o'clock.
The committee in charge Of arrange
ments are Mrs. Benjamin Brill, Mrs.
]. Kann. Mrs. Alexander Wolf Mrs.
Albert jacobson and Mrs. Leonard
Schloss.
The Entertainment Committee in
cludes Mrs. Edward Sonneborn, Mrs.
Maurice Gewirz and Mrs. Julius Gold
stein, who have arranged some novel
acts, including a "can can" chorus,
"cake walk revue" a Flora Dora
Sextette" and several solos.
The proceeds of this affair are to be
used for the many philanthopies and
causes sponsored by this group OF
women.
Mr.. George OConnor, well-known
Washington singer, will entertain.
Evening star., 1937-11-28
WASHINGTON COLLEGE
CLASS SPONSORS DANCE
Event December II to Be for
Benefit Of Year Book
Fund

The senior classes at the Washing
ton College of Law are sponsoring an
all-school dance at the Kennedy
Warren Hotel December II for the
benefit of the year book fund. The
music is to be furnished by the trans
Atlantic Normandie Orchestra.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements is composed of the follow
ing: Henry NJ Goundie, chairman: 1.
Lee Bunch, Raymond A. Mcmillan,
Lloyd H. Volkart, Bernadine c. Hunt
and Virginia E. Wood
The college will reopen tomorrow
for classes in all divisions after the
Thanksgiving recess, which began after
the last class session on Wednesday.
With the opening of school tomor-
row, students in the postgraduate de-
partment will start the subject of
conflict of laws, which is to be given
by DR.. James E. Waddell of the
faculty. This subject follows the
course in Federal procedure. which
has just been completed, under the
direction of Harold T. Stowell.
Evening star., 1937-11-28
u. S. Letter Writers Studying
Ho,u to Improve Their Style

Uncle Sam is trying to improve
some of his letter writer's through
special letter writing training con-
ference sponsored by the School Of
Public Affairs at American University.
Already members of the Farm
Credit Administration are taking the
course, according to Arthur S. Flem-
ing, director of the school, and are
carrying the torch to the other de-
partments.
The conference, held in connection
with the schools "in-service" training
program for Federal employees, Is
designed primarily for those who are
called upon to supervise persons who
do letter writing. Ways and means
are discussed for making an entire
bureau or department letter con-
scious," and the angles Of telling
story in the most effective manner
are considered q we'll - the training
devices which viii help ~ supervisor
Evening star., 1937-11-28
AUSTRALIAN TEAM
WILL DEBATE c. v.
University of Melbourne Duo
Will Appear Here To-
morrow.

The first appearance in this city Of
an Australian debate team will take
place tomorrow night when a team
from the University Of Melbourne will
meet George Washington University
John Dootson of Seattle. Wash, and
George Pughe Of Craig. Colo, repre-
senting George Washington, will up
hold the Affirmative of the question,
Resolved, that the Federal Supreme
Courts power to declare statutes un-
constitutional should be restricted"
r. w. W. Wilmot and Alan L. Ben
jamin of the University of Melbourne
will argue against restriction OF the
Supreme Court.
Senator Bennett Champ Clark of
Missouri will act as chairman Of the
debate. Senator Clark is q graduate
of the George Washington Univer-
sity and a member of its Board Of
Trustees He is the son of the late
Champ Clark. Speaker Of the House
Of Representatives.
Large Crowd Expected.
The debate will be held before the
membership OF the George Washing
ton Union. student model congress
Students, alumni and many Washing
tonians who are taking keen inter-
est in the debate will also attend.
At the close of the rebuttal speeches
the union delegates will vote on the
issue presented in the debate. Their
vote will be simply an expression on
the issue. however, and not decision
as to which team won the debate.
The Australian debaters will arrive
in Washington tomorrow afternoon.
Since their arrival in this country
they have debated at the University
of California, Stanford University,
the University Of Washington, the
University of Alberta in Canada, the
University of Minnesota and the Col
lege of st. Thomas. Following their
meeting with George Washington the
team will debate at Johns Hopkins
University, Harvard University, Bates
College and McGill University. They
will then sail for England. where they
will visit the leading Scottish and
English universities.
Debated in Philippines.
Before coming to North America
the Australians debated at the Uni
versity Of the Philippines and the
Philippine Law College. In Japan
they were the guests of the Society
for International Cultural Relations
and the Japanese foreign ONCE, and
took part in the first international de-
bate ever held at a Japanese univer-
sity.
The team was to have visited the
University of Shanghai, but fighting
started three days before their sched-
uled arrival and the ship on which
they were travelling was commandeered
in Hongkong to carry troops to Shang-
hal and bring back British refugees.
Both OF the Melbourne representa-
tives are experienced debaters and
have been outstanding members of the
student body Mr.. Wilmot is a grad
uate in arts and in law of the Uni
versity of Melbourne. In 1896 he was
president of the student body. For
three years he was member of the
inter-varsity debate team and in 1884
and again in 1886 led teams in inter-
national debates.
Mr.. Benjamin is a graduate of the
law school of the University OF Mel
bourne and in 1885 was a member of
the winning inter varsity debate team.