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The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

1t is reported that p. w Hamilton
and wife, who are visiting in Texas
and Oklahoma, are enjoying their
visit very much, however, they have
had some hot weathe: to contend
with while there.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

Mrs. A. Karam, son and dauSh-
ter. left Tuesday for their home in
FL Paso after visiting for several
days at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs
Wade Dow.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

Mrs. H. Murry and nephew l"ft
for Los Angeles to visit with friends
recently. where Mr. Murry jo.ne'l
them later. They will go to Spo-
kane, Wash, to visit with a dauSht-
er and also spend some time in
Montana before returning lone.
Mr.. Murry is employed with the In
dian Service in Coolidge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

Mr.. j Assaf, prominent attorhoy
of FL Paso, Texas spent seyera
days in Coolidge last week, visiting
friends and transacting business.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

All lawn furniture 25 percent re-
ductions at Davis.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

Mr.. Hugh NJ. Miller, assistant
superintendent, Charlie r. Steen,
Jr. park archeologist, and j. H.
resident engineer, all South
western Monuments employees
stationed at Casa Grande National
Monument, returned from a l2-day
inspection trip of the monuments IN
Northern Arizona, Southern UEl
and Colorado, on Monday, July 19.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

See our new 1895 five tube
radios.-Davis
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
COM MUNITY CHURCH
E. M. Ward, Pastor
CHURCH OF CHRIST

The church of Christ meets every
Sunday at 1915 a. n. at Legion
Hall. You are cordially invited.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

letter from Mrs. Daisy Palmer
of Erie, H., to friends in Coolidge.
states that her mother suffered a
stroke and was in a serious coLdi-
ton The many friends ofMrs.
Palmer sympathi g with her in her
sorrow.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

Mr.. and Mrs Joe irwin of the
Indian Service, left last Friday eve
ming for Poison. Montana for
several months vacation. Miss Mar
garet Moody accompanied them
and will visit in Montana with
friends during her summer vacation
Miss Moody is a student at the Uni
versity of Arizona
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
CHURCH NOTICES
BAPTIST CHURCH
c. r. Frazier, Pastor

Sunday school 1000 a. m.
Message 11:00 a. m. by pastor.
B. T. U. 700 p. m.
Message 500 p. m. by pastor
Teachers meeting, and .: aver
meeting Wednesday, 7:30 p. nj.
w. MS. Thursday, 2:30 p. m.
G. A. Thursday 4:30 p. m.
Sunbeams, Thursday, 4:30 9. m.
We try to make all who come
feel welcome in these services
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

Mr.. and Mrs. C. r. Kurrle and
son are spending their vacation
near Greer in the White Mountains
Miss Eleanor Tremayne of FlJt-
ence, Col, is summer visitor Il,
the J. M. Stubblefield home in Coo
hdge
Mrs. w c. Pew left for Mesa to-
day, to be with her mother who is
reported seriously i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Sheriff. are va
cationing on the coast of California
expecting to stay about two weeks.
The Coolidge Lions Club enjoyed
a steak fry on Tuesday evening at
the Casa Grande National Morn-
ment picnic grounds
Wintex aerial at Davis 50 95.
Exclusive agents.
A. L. NOVEL; of the Pioneer
Motor Co. left Tuesday evening for
a business trip to the Coast. end
plans to return Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Fisher
spent Sunday in Coolidge. and en-
ioyed a family reunion dinner at
the Hooper ranch. They returned
to Tucson Sunday night
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Butterf;eld
spent Saturday and Sunday visit
ing with relations and friends in
Coolidge. Mr.. Butterfield is employ
ed in Phoenix
Mr. and Mrs. F. d. Herold left
Friday, Mr. Harold enter the South
ern Pacific General Hospital in San
Francisco, to take treatments for
a heart ailment Mrs. Herold viii
visit a niece at Seattle, Wash.
See our new $1995 five td5e
radios.-Davis'
letter from Mrs, Daisy Palmer
of Erie, H., to friends in Coolidge.
states that her mother suffered a
stroke and was in a serious coLdi-
ton. The many friends ofMrs.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

All lawn furniture 25 percent re-
duction, at Davis.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

Mr. and Mrs d. S. Davis are
leaving Saturday for the summer
Furniture Market at Los Angeles.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
w. L. Dicus, Pastor

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
w. /. Dicus, Pastor
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Morning Worship II a. m.
Evangelistic Service 7:45 p. N.
n. Y. P. S. Service Friday 7:45
p. m.
COOLIDGE METHODIST CHURCH
Glenn E. Smiley. Pastor
0:00-Church School.
11:00-Morning Worship.
7:0O-Epworth League.
8:00-Evening Worship.
COMMUNITY CHURCH
E. M. Ward, Pastor
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship, 11:00 o'clock.
Junior Endeavor, intermediate
Endeavor, 700 p. m.
Evening worship, 500 o'clock.
Woman's Auxiliary, 1st and 3rG
Thursdays of each month
Teachers study hour, Wednes-
day. rs p. m.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

Mr.! and Mrs. C. r. Kurrle and
son are spending their vacation
near Greer in the White Mountains
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

FOR SALE-Reconditioned stand
ard or portable typewriter. In
quire Examiner office.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

Miss Eleanor Tremayne Of FlJi-
ence, Col, is a summer visitor 4.
the J. M Stubblefield home in Coo
hdge
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

See our new 1895 five td5e
radios.-Davis'
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

Mr. and Mrs Howard r. Fisher
spent Sunday in Coolidge, and en-
joyed a family reunion dinner at
the Hooper ranch They returned
to Tucson Sunday night
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

Mrs. w. c. Pew left for Mesa to-
day, TO be with her mother who is
seriously i'll.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

A. L. NOVEL; of the Pioneer
Motor Co. left Tuesday evening for
a business trip to the Coast. end
plans to return Saturday
Evening star., 1937-10-10

allusively by metaphors mutually understood
but not so readily understood by listening ears
If listening ears there WERE
Alas, it was true as the saying went that the
Chinese were "a tray of loose sands. Too many
Chinese were willing to serve the Japanese
for place or money. to betray other Chinese.
Too many in their terror. eagerly waved little
Japanese flags. Since the old Empire - the
once-eternal Empire of the Ruler all below
the-Sky," of the Lord of Ten Thousand
Years" = had been destroyed by fine-spoken
revoutionares when he was already man of
over forty winters, there had been no loyalty
in China. nothing to which man might dedi-
cate his obedience and his life.
He looked back to that ancient mandarin
governed Empire across the vast anarchy of
greedy unprincipled war lords and greedy I'M
principled politicians by which the japanese
chow he hated themD had profited cunningly
and ruthlessly They were formidable those
little Nipponese, for all the insufcency of their
shallow culture. They acted together as one. 1t
was not for nothing that one spoke of their
nation in the singular, whereas one spoke
always of the Chinese people in the plural
Yet the Chinese we're many, and the Japanese
few = absurdly few in this great swarming
city that they had seized. 1t was that of which
he and his friends had spoken, cautiously,
allusively. perhaps in an hour - in half an
hour - at any moment - they would come to
tell him that the travail was over. If it might
be son! If it might be sonD
In this solitude, this seclusion, he could
let his thoughts go freely to her, precisely as
he could let them go to an exquisite piece of
carved jade. to remembered poem. T'ien Ian
- Blue of Heaven = had not been one of these
emancipated modern girls attending schools
and universities, immodestly practicing the
Evening star., 1937-10-10

This is the first of a series Of distin-
guished and extraordinary stories by
F. Britten Austin world Traveller and one
Of Engl0nds most Popular and eminent
Writers. Each story WiH tell the tale of half
an hour tn the life of a man tn some SPOT
tn the ,0orld where things are HAPPENING
Where the ecents Of history are exploding
like bombshells in the iises of individuals.
Each of these little stories is a masterpiece
of color and drama, a behind the headlines
picture Of the exciting times tn which we
are all living today.-The Editor.
uE SAT in an inner room of his great
curved-roof house built around the
courtyard planted. hundreds of years
back, with crab-apple trees now anciently
gnarled and twisted. It was very quiet since
his friends had gone, all of them old men like
himself He felt himself excessively old, man
so old and YEARLY experienced that there was
nothing left to live for save son to perform
the filial rites. He had had three sons. All we're
dead. ALI had left mere girls as progeny. But
now in the secluded women's quarters, his
young new wife - what bamboo-wisp she
on the wedding day year agone! i was at
her hour. If it might be a son!
He had, of course, not committed the un-
pardonable solecism of mentioning the fact
to his friends. They had discussed other mat
ters, warily, mostly by periphrasis for they
we're all wise men and rich merchants like him.
self. There was indeed matter for discussion.
The japanese had seized Peiping. Northward,
their armies we're sweeping over the land like
food. Southwark, at distant Shanghai (much
of his wealth had for years been for safety at
Shanghai), there was furious battle. He and his
friends had talked gravey and carefully,
Evening star., 1937-10-10


of the grave wise precepts of Confucius. abomls
naby confusing the yin and yang which are the
fundamentals of all creation, short-haired
females aping the male. T'ien Ian was the
daughter of rich honorable family carefully
brought up in the immemorial ways of feminin-
ity, thoroughly taught in the Classic for Girls.
unaware of the hoydens of Young China" in
the outer world
She incarnated, he thought, the beloved in
the ancient love song of more than two thou
sand years ago: "Cicada forehead, butterfly
brows, smile of mischief and glance of trust"
She had been only a child year ago, child as
bride should be. Uavishly had he rewarded
the go-between.) And now she was woman
about to have her first child. 1t would have
been unthinkably improper had he abased
himself so far as to inquire after her. He could
only wait, in dignity, here in this inner sanctum.
Presently they would come to tell him. If it
might be a son! If it might be son!
The Japanese! Few though they were, their
sentry groups were at all key points in the
vast city, truculent little men in ugly steel
helmets, with ever-ready rifles, who harshly
closed now this street and now that, who beat
even the most honorably respected Chinese as
though they were coolies. To the north, their
armies were marching and fighting. At Shanghai,
they were locked in desperate battle. They were
here arrogantly as masters, in Peiping Com
paratively few, they yet were everywhere, or
ganized and deadly. What could oppose them?
The noisy students quarreled whether Chang
Kai-Shek, at Marking, or the new system of the
barbarian Russians would bring salvation.
He meditated shrewdly, effectively, without
sentiment, as an old merchant should The
Russian system meant the end of trade, of
wealth, of culture, of flial duties of all that
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-01-28
g. . ~ III;
~OHN JOSEPH GAINESM Nd

Of so degrees (Often higher, and
then walking uptown facing a north
west wind in a temperature below
freezing! Imagine sleeping in a room
at rs, and going out before break
fast in a zero temperature to brush
snow from the front door!
The object in writing this Is to
urge on my readers the great danger
Of subjecting the body to extremes
of temperature in winter. 1t Is
equally bad for adults and children.
The germ" is a very poor second or
even third in causing colds, when
compared with overheated living
rooms; and this doesn't mean
Chilly" or damp sitting-rooms eth
er. Living rooms should be COM
PORTABLE, and maintained so by
careful attention. A good thermo-
meter Is indispensable in the home.
And the matter of proper, healthful
ventilation is not so simple as one
might suspect. 1t will pay you to
study it closely.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-01-28
Hating the Bootlegger

Montanas senate without a dissenting vote last
week passed a measure reducing the cost of liouor
permits from two dollars TO fifty cents and its pas
sage served notice of a fight to cope with the bootleg
ger, a stalactite coming with prohibition. and despite
appeal has not been removed.
Fundamentally the liquor control law of this
state is one of the finest but as is the case with many
of our laws. %loop-holes exist for the habitual violator.
state control OF liquor has been a financial success
Huge dividends have been apportioned to state funds
from its sale. Operators of the state stores have ad-
hered strictly to regulations and have aided much in
making the system a success within its governing
powers.
But since repeal of prohibition in this state. in
stead OF a decline in bootlegging establishments, it is
generally agreed there has been a decided increase.
We say that joints can be found in practically every
Montana town and city-many within a stones throw
of state-controlled stores-peddling drinks by the
glass, the bottle or 'as you like it," Call it the open
saloon if you like.
If an accurate record could be kept we wager
that nearly as much liquor is sold from state stores
to bootleggers for resale as is purchased by individ-
uals for personal consumption. In that case state IL
quor stores are not a retail establishment but a job
bling house to peddlers of alcohol who pay nothing
but possibly hush money in some instances for the
privilege of operating.
Montana has, as we say. a good system providing
it can plug up the holes" Dabbling into the present
system with drastic revisions would not be wise. Fun
damentally the control system is workable. Montana's
legislature will experiment. By adopting a statute
reducing the cost of permits, which has been a pain
to the system from the start. the legislature will try
to ascertain whether patronage to the logger will de-
cline. The two dollar fee discouraged the buying Of
permits, resulting in purchases from the illegal SELL
er. Under the new ruling the fee is so small that buy
ers of liquor need not patronize the pigger for that
reason.
If the house of representatives concurs with the
senate and adopts the statute, it will be interesting
to watch developments as to whether it will help to
bring about curtailment of the bootlegger or whether
he will continue to thrive in Montana towns and cit
les as he has the past two years.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-01-28
WITH H EDITORS
Speed Being Shown Around Helena

An attentive political ear held close to the
ground around Helena since the election would have
heard sounds far more interesting than quake rum
bles. 1t would have detected a mass movement in the
direction of the Governor Ayers b%andwagon a move
ment so pronounced as to be best described as some
thing like a mad scramble. And easily discernible in
fealty to the new Chief. would have been found in
dividuals and groups whose prediction enthusiasm
for Governor Roy's cause was a little less than ar
dent.
The situation reminds US of the retort of the ru-
raj republican postmaster who was being twitted by
his democratic friends over the closeness of the polit-
ical xe to the postmasters neck. The postmaster was
s%tubbornly refusing to see the danger, so one of the
teasers got frank about it. Don't you know, Hank,
that you are gonna be fired because you are a repub-
lican, and that a good democrat will get your job?"
What? Me fired for being a republican,? Say
boys, if them fellers back there in Washington can
change any quicker than l can, they gotta be plumb
fast on their feet!"
The Helena situation by no means disturbs us.
Governor Ayers was elected and he is entitled TO tbe
full support of all Montana as long as he conducts
his high office for the states welfare. The stampede
to the colors, however, should be amusing to innocent
bystanders in view of Montana political history be-
fore and after the recent primaries. And doubtless
Governor Ayers is having as much fun out of it as
anyone else-Phillips County News.
xxx
Get drunk and drive like He'll over the week
end. The next issue of the Herald will print your
obituary.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-01-28
AVOID EXTREME
TEMPERATURES IN WINTER

| have a neighgor who keeps a
three-story apartment house. This
building is strictly modern in the
western sense, having hot and cold
water, refrigeration, and the most
sanitary of k%itchenette equipment;
and it has the most efficient of heat
ing plants to be found anywhere.
My neighbor is thoroughly
equipped with the idea of keeping
his house WARM. | have attended
patients there when the thermomet-
er stood at zero, and have been COM
PEELED to remove my coat to avoid
breaking into an uncomfortable
p~erspiration. | have warned the
owner of the danger of extremes in
temperature in living apartments.
He uses more medicine for "colds'
any three of my other patrons
who live In less scientific homes.
Imagine sitting in a temperature
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-01-28
LET'S HAVE HUMOR, PLEASE

| once had some CORRESPONDENCE
with the alumnae secretary of a wo-
mans college, an estimable lady
seeking to raise more money for her
institution. which ii we'll deserves
our letters developed quite an in
teresting exchange of ideas on edu-
cation, until l made the mistake of
sending this comment:
IL am a believer in women's col
leges. and | think they receive much
less than their rightful share of leg
acies and gifts. But | sometimes
think they have pushed their schol-
astic standards too high, and are
applying them too vigorously. Two
OF the most successful and attract
i've middle aged women of my ac-
quaintance are college graduates.
Yet, ii the present standards had
been in force in their day, both of
them would have been thrown out of
college at the end of their first SEM
ester. They were poor students. but
they are great women"
| added rather facetiously: "Af-
ter all. a majority of college girls
are going to enter the profession of
matrimony. My idea of a college
program would be to teach them to
look after their health, cultivate
their sense of humor, and then add
whatever amount of book learning
they could absorb without spelling
their good looks"
This stopped the correspondence.
The lady regarded me as lacking in
seriousness. and wrote to me no
more.
Yet | have the temerity to pub
lish the comment. and to add this
firm conviction: that the world does
not need more knowledge as much
as 1t needs more humor.
Do you remember the famous SEES
sion of the Cabinet at which Abra-
ham Lincoln presented the Enamel
patton Proclamation? He preceded
1t by reading one of the humorous
essays Of Artemus Ward. He laughed
until the tears came and then, look
ing raound at his associates and
finding them all solemn, he ex-
planned:
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-01-28
"Hoss" Thievery Comes High

1t costs money to convict "hoss thieves these
days. If we've figured right, it cost Roosevelt county
s~5,510.50 to get verdicts of guilty against a couple Of
cayuse snatchers running loose in those parts, and a
verdict of guilty against a Sheridan county horse buy
er who went skidding down the road in quick order
with the rest.
One well-known Roosevelt county attorney got a
nice fat fee out of it anyway-"s750 for assisting the
county attorney'-the records show. A winters grub
stake.
Jurymen didn't work long either, from what we
read in Roosevelt county newspapers. They said
guilty in quick order and a stretch "up the river"
was melted to the "hoss' snatchers. Appeals have
been made for those who their attorneys believe may
stand another chance of not being declared guilty
quite so quickly.
Justice ran pretty high in Roosevelt county. You
can buy a lot of prairie cayuses for that much mo-
ney these days.
There are a lot of dead-broke farmers and bus
inessmen in Roosevelt county. same as in Sheridan.
They'll pay the bill. 1t will be charged up to them.
They're used to it.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-01-28
DO YOU REMEM
News Items Taken from Files of
The Plentywood Herald Of
30 YEARS AGO

This coming year reservation farmers will have
under cultivation twice as much land as last year.
Most of them are contemplating breaking up as much
sod as possible when the weather permits.
Senator F. G. Fishbeck will shortly introduce
bills on behalf of the county auditors association
providing for the establishment of that office in each
comfy in the state.
Mrs. Nellie Buckley of the Womans Shop accom-
panied by her daughters Mrs. f. N. Huff and Mrs.
Pete Noonan left for New York City Saturday after
noon.
A big baby girl was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Nelson Thursday morning. Mother and child doing
finely and Martin is the happiest man in town.
Mrs. j. w. Mckee entertained Wednesday eve
ming complimentary to Miss Ida Berry, who leaves for
Chicago the last of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Kelly left Monday for Hot
Springs, Ark, and other southern points where they
will spend several weeks.
The Harris Confectionery was moved yesterday
from the Gunther building to the first floor of the ].
A. Johnson store.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-01-28
BUSINESS HAS NO GRUMBLE

| was lunching with a group of
high executives, and the discussion
turned to economic problems. Pres
emily out came the usual line.
Congress is a bunch of idiots.
How can We hope for any sensible
program when our laws are made
by such mem"
was annoyed. All my business
life | have listtned to that sort of
talk. / have known a good many
Senators and Congressman. My judg-
ment is hal they are fairly repre-
sentative Of the nation. neither bet
ter nor worst than the rest of us.
They do not originate very much in
the matter of national policy and
legislation. They merely record In
laws the sentiment that grows up
around them. They respond to pub
lie opinion.
And what does Big Business do to
create and guide an intelligent pub
lie opinion? Practically nothing.
Big bankers and corporation Off
Gals regard this a policy of "digni-
fed silence" AS a matter of fact, 1t
is laziness and cowardice.
My father was a distinguished
clergyman. He never hesitated to
have views or to give them vigorous
expression. Sometimes parishioners
criticized him. He said to me once:
"If | do not know better than the
members of my congregation what
sort of preaching my people should
have, then | am not entitled to be
their pastor"
Ours is a democracy. For a gener-
alton or more we have been Turing
our best brains into business.
The time is coming when those
best brains most render some more
positive service in the formation of
a sound public opinion. 1t is not
enough just to sit back and grumble
about Congress.