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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14
AUTO DEATHS IN
STATE INCREASE
SUDDEN DEATH CLAIMS 176 VIC
TINS IN MONTANA DURING
LAST YEAR
1887 Showed 20 Deaths Below the =
Year Peak of EOS Recorded in 1884,
and the Same Number Above the
Average of 147 for the Same Period.

With 176 deaths in Montana in
1887 from automobile accidents, the
year showed 20 fatalities below the
7-year peak of 205 in 1884 and the
same number above the average OF
l41 for the same period, according
to preliminary tabulations from
newspaper records. The year just
closed was the second highest in
the death list back as far as 1881.
Rv wears the deaths were: In 1887,
176; 1886. 1853; 1885, 1852; 1884. 2O5; 1888,
lis; 1882. %; 1881, 100.
Deaths by months in 1887 were:
January, 8; February, 6; March, 8;
August, 27; September, IA; October, 26;
November, 10; December. Is.
Last year and in 1886 the heaviest
toll was in August, there being 80
deaths in that month in 1886, which
wa more in any n month than re-
corded in 1887. Last years gains in the
death list were in February, April, May,
July, October, November and December:
Fatalities we're more scattered in 1887
soula led the state in 1886, with 20.
Missoula was in second place in 1887.
The death list of 1887 gives Billings
Is, topping the state; MisSoula, IA;
Butte, 10; six each for Anaconda,
Hardin and Helena; Great Falls, 5;
fOur each Tor Big SANDY ana Pn1llpS-
burg; three each for Harlem, Glasgow,
Malta, Kalispell, Lewistown and Big
Timber, and two each for Poison, Pop
lar. Glendive, Havre. Cascade, Shelby,
Wibaux, Bozeman, Sidney, Miles City,
Whitehall and Terry.
Butte had 16 automobile fatalities in
1886; Great Falls, IL; Billings, 10;
Bozeman, 7; Helena and Lewistown,. 5
each; Conrad and Augusta, 4 each;
Belt, Red Lodge, Glendive, Hardin,
Kalispen, Livingston and Fort Peck,
3 each.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14
Treasure State
News in Brief

HAMILTON-oliver S. Heavlin. Sc. a res
ident of the Bitter Root valley since 1888,
died here recently.
BILLINGS-The Rocky Mountain association
Of fairs is to meet in Billings Jan. % to 25.
Officers will be elected. reports heard and
dates for 1888 fairs and racing meets set.
LOGAN-Louis c. Bcvier, So, retired mer-
chant and resident of Logan. railway junction,
for the last 65 years. died suddenly here from
a heart attack suffered at his home.
HAMILTON-Raustin o. Lindgreen. rs. a
former Northern Pacific railway employe. died
here after a brief illness. Lindgreen. a native
of Minneapolis, came to Hamilton in 1911 from
Missoula.
BUTTE-Louis A. Metzel, g.. died suddenly
of a heart ailment at his home in Ruby. He
was a member of the first graduating class
of Montana State college at Bozeman. and
was prominent in civic and fraternal affairs.
Observation-Disclosures of the Mountain States
Telephone and telegraph Co., here reported
telephone lines to Clark's Fork and other sec
tons west Of here. damaged by storm condi-
tons during the weekend. had been repaired.
POLSON-Roy Fitzpatrick, As, was found
dead by his small children in back of the
garage at the rear Of their home, an old
wound through the roof of his mouth.
TRANSFORMATIONS J.. Jackson, SUPER
intendent of the LIVINGSTON shops of the
Northern Pacific railway company the last
"a years. retired Dec. 81 after AZ years of
service. He was succeeded by w. Q. Gochenour,
master mechanic at Glendive.
TTE-Butt new electrical fire alarm
system will be ready for operation about Feb,
l, department officials announced. The sys-
tenn will have SO call boxes scattered over the
city to replace the older system, in disrepalr
for the past several years.
DILLON-Dillon sportsmen are making
plans to transport about 100 elk from the
Yellowstone park to the Sheep canyon district
near here within the next few weeks. The
animals are to be rounded up into corrals
near Gardiner and brought here by truck.
MISSOULA-Train service between Missoula
and Wallace. Ida, on the Occur d'Alene
branch of the Northern Pacific. has been
resumed after snowstorns forced abandon
ment for several days. During a seven-day
period. snowfall on Lookout pass, on the Mon
tana-1daho border, had measured 1O2 inches.
WIBAUX-The following planning board
members of Wibaux county were elected at
meetings held throughout the county: District
No. l. Reuben Amunrud. Roy Amunrud. J. D.
Barnaby; district No. 2. H. E. Alguire, Earl
Baker, J. W.. Meyer; district No. 3, r. H.
Anderson, J. J. Cassidy. Herman Bruneard;
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14
DRIVERS URGED TO
be MORE CAREFUL
STATE HIGHWAY PATROL CHIEF
BOEDECKER ISSUES WARN
ING AGAINST ROADS
Points Out That Montana Has a Lower
Fatality Rate Caused by Highway
Accidents Than Many States, But
Seeks Cooperation of All Drivers.

Supervisor Lou Boedecker of the
Montana highway patrol recently
iSSued an urgent warning to Treas
ure state drivers to drive cautiously
on the icy highways resulting from
thawing weather during the day
time.
Pointing out Montana at the present
has a lower fatality rate caused by
highway accidents than many states,
Supervisor Boedecker asked for CO.
operation of all drivers, especially now,
in keeping the states road death toll
down.
In a letter to the press, Supervisor
Boedecker said:
Very soon after the new year begins
we should be able to secure statistics
upon what the past year has done to
reduce the tragedies on our highways.
What will the percentage of increase
in 1887 be over 1886? We hope it will
be less than the eight percent which
16 out Of AZ states reported at the end
of the first 10 months.
How much less will the 1887 total
be than the 1886 total of 1890 deaths
on the streets and highways of this
nation.
I'VE are appealing to all drivers to
help hold the line, and have Montana
emerge with flying colors, showing the
nation that Death took a Holiday in
this state.
"The Montana highway patrol wishes
to take this opportunity of expressing
its thanks to the press and radio sta
tons of Jul state for the splendid CO.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14
BERGER NOT A sHORTsTOP

On the other hand, Wally Berger, a
Giant teammate of Bartells, was a
shortstop flop. Berger was brought to
Butte by Alex RemneaS, manager of
the A. c. M. Mines league team. Berger
was an outfielder. RemneaS needed a
shortstop and sent Wally in to fill the
role.
After a few days in the A. G. M. in
field, Remneas buttonholed the Berger
kid to a locker room. And sermonized
to the boy who was Berger.
kid. you'll make the grade as
a ball player" wa the Remneas open
ing sentence. 60 on back home or go
back to work. You can't make a base
ball living. Here's your hat and your
check. Goodby."
Berger left town, going to P~ocatello
where he pulverized baseballs. Then to
the Coast league. Boston Braves liked
his style. He went to Boston. In his
first big league season, Berger poled
"a home runs and hit the apple for
slightly better than a 300 average.
Sickness, plus dissatisfaction as a
Brave, sent Wally to the Giants during
the 1887 campaign. Berger proflted by
the deal, getting a world series cut. His
income tax assessment will be larger
this year than ever before.
: Remneas proved a poor profit. At
that, maybe Berger couldn't shortstop
for soul apples.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14
CROsETTI STARTED AT BUTTE

And Speaking Of shortstops who made
good in the Mines league, the big top
and world series, there's frankie Gro
setti. frankie was II when he played
for the Montana Power team at Butte:
pass for an altar boy. He didn't look
his age until he went out on the play
ing field. Bill McGonigle, who has man
aged many a ball club, has always in
sisted that the Crosetti boy was his
best shortfielder, Bill spotting him there
after first trying him out on third and
first bases and in the outfield.
frankie burned up the Coast league.
For a time he had his troubles making
the grade. Crosetti eventually clicked.
Marse Joe Mccarthy. Yankee manager.
needn't busy himself for another 10
years looking for a shortstop replace
ment.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14
HELENA REWARDS A WINNER

A. j. ROBERTS was elected mayor OF
Helena last spring. His campaign began
% years ago when the Roberts-coached
Helena high school basketball team
captured the state title for the first
time. Helena became Roberts-conSciouS.
At that time, in 1914, Roberts vas the
oldest high school coach in the state in
the matter of age. From physical direc-
tor and athletic coach, Roberts was oc-
cupying the principals chair at Helena
high until voters shooed him into the
mayors job.
In that championship tournament of
1914, Roberts Helenans got rid of Butte
high in the Semi-finals. Missoula.
coached by John McGough, was the
Helena opponent in the finals. It was
a nip-and-tuck contest down to the
final gun. The lead vas snapped every
few minutes. The final score was Hell
n II, Missoula 16.
AS Helena hadn't ever appropriated a
basketball title before, the man re-
sponsible for the success of the team
was limelighted. Roberts was a some
body in Helena. When the good people
of the Capital city got around to it,
% years after his first coaching tri-
umph, Roberts went to bed one election
night wearing a mayors slumber gar
ment his townspeople had voted him,
The garment has a two-year guarantee.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14
- Montana
~ Sports Tales
wv of other days

Playing football games under flood
lights had its origin in Butte. Strange
as it seems, Butte has no lighted field
never has had one. When another
season rolls around the new stadium
OF Butte high school will be candle
powered. And night games will be hog
ging the schedule.
In 1910. Newt Simmons. noted old
time abStractor and father of Kenneth
Simmons, state tennis champion a
dozen times, taught a group of kids in
the Stevens addition their football ps
Crowley and a host of others who we're
grammar schooling then, walked right
into team berths when they moved to
Butte high school. Simmons gave these
boys night time workouts under street
lights.
When the Butte Independent league
got under way a decade and a half ago,
players were working on day jobs. The
teams drilled in gymnasiums and
Sported their outdoor workouts with a
ball painted white, in mines yards
where the lights were numerous and of
ample candlepower.
Night Ball Spread From Butte
An engineer, visiting in Butte, was
interested in the arc light grid work
outs. When he arrived at his home
town, Schenectady, the engineer went
into a laboratory huddle. And a system
was built to permit night football and
baseball. A jerkwater college tried it
out n fall and the system worked
satisfactorily. A minor baseball league
gave it a trial. Night games gave forth
increased attendances. The idea went
over.
Many a minor league park had flood
lights. So have a goodly number of
college stadiums. Each year the cleo
trical engineering companies s~pecializ-
ing in outdoor lighting systems have
ironed out the wrinkles and bugs. The
lighting systems on the market now are
nearly perfect.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14

operation they gave in helping us carry
the safety message to the operators Of
automobiles.
I'VE know that without the whole
hearted support of those behind the
steering wheels, the fatality rate in
Montana would be more than 176
deaths to date"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14
STATE REDEEMS BONDS

The state redeemed more than half a million
dollars worth of bonds the first of the year,
according to State Treasurer Shannon. The
treasurer redeemed 1922, 900 in highway de-
bentures sold several years ago to finance
road construction in the state and Sl85 900 in
funding bonds. More than $4,000, 900 of the
latter we're issued several years ago to pay
off registered warrants outstanding against
the state general fund.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14

A short period, known as civil" twi-
light, different from astronomical twi-
light, is employed to designate the
period when a certain amount of day.
light still remains.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14
PIG PRODUCTION

1897 from that Of 1896 as a result Of drouth
conditions. according to figures compiled by
the federal-state AGRICULTURAL statistician.
There was a decrease of II percent in the
fall pig crop and a drop of 81 percent in the
combined fall and spring crops.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14
REER LICENSES

With the start of the new year the state
liquor board had approved 526 beer licenses
costing Sl05, 400 and 374 liquor licenses cost
ing $1l9, 200. Fourteen wholesale beer licenses
were issued for 81. 200 and nine club beer IL
censes for $3.50. Railroads we're issued 81 beer
licenses for $3.50. The total collected for all
of the licenses was 1929 ,925.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14

A system of Al radio and weather
reporting radio stations Is maintained
Tor the large air fleet in service be-
tween the United States, Central and
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14
STATES TAX COLLECTIONS

The states share of the taxes collected by
the counties for the first half of 1887 will be
more than $50. 900 less than for the same
period last year, it was announced when re-
mittances from all counties but one had been
tabulated. The collections for the period In
1896 totaled 81, 1853, ISL.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14

made a deal that brought Bartell to the
Giants. S%parkplug Richard is high
rated by fans and critics. He was al
ways cannonized by the Martin man.
Bartell was a fair second baseman when
he arrived in Butte a decade ago. When
he left for other baseball fields he was
a shortstop ticketed to go big league
places.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-01-14
BARTELL PREFERRED SECOND

Say, Bob, how about using me in
at second base. That's my position. I'd
prefer it to shortstopping."
The speaker was Dick Bartell. The
time was 1927. The place, Clark base
ball park, Butte, and the man addressed
was Bob Martin of the Clark team
of the Butte Mines league.
you stay in at Short" Martin told
the California kid. lone of these days
you'll be in the big show; maybe you'll
be the best shortstop in n of the
Observation-Disclosures get into a
world series I'll get a bang. out of the
fact that I put you in the short slot in
the infield."
Old Adviser Still Thrills
Bob Martin has had many a bang
out of the rise of Dick Bartell. When
Dick went to Pittsburgh, Martin was
there with his, II told you so" Bartell
was traded to Philadelphia. At Philly,
Dick was going great guns. Bob was
in the ~applauding section. Bill Terry
Milford chronicle., 1938-04-08

|
was introduced in Congress which,
while Il has not made the headlines
yet, is Of very great importance.
This is the anti bank-hOlding COM
pany measure, which the president
mentioned in a press conference in
January. oddly enough, the author
OF the bill is a senator who has often
been one of the Administrations
most telling critics-Carter Glass.
Senator Glass, a leader of the con-
servative wing Of the Democratic
party, has long been opposed to hold
ing companies in the banking field.
And in this field his opinions carry
great weight in Congress, inasmuch
as he was Secretary OF the Treasury
under Wilson. and father OF the Fed
eral Reserve System.
Five major provisions constitute
the Glass bill. AS summed up by
Newsweek. they would:
1) Prohibit the formation of any
more bank holding companies; (2)
forbid existing bank holding COM
panies from acquiring control OF
more banks; t3l restrain banks con-
trolled by holding companies from
opening new branches. making loans
to affiliates. or purchasing securities
from affiIiates; t4) subject bank
holding companies and their subsi-
diaries to periodic investigation by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corr
pOration. with which they would also
have to file reports; 90 authorize the
FDIC to revoke government insur-
ance on any bank violating any pro-
visions of the act.
Senator Glass states that about so
holding companies now control 500
banks possessing more than one
seventh of all the bank assets of the
nation. believes that his bill is essen
tial if banking is not to- be concen- 4
tTated in few tremendously power
ful hands. Chance OF the bills pas
sage seem fairly good. though it may
be toned down in some particulars.
Many congressional conservatives
who oppose destruction Of utility
holding companies. for instance. be-
cause i'm this industry the holding /
has made definite contribH-
tiOns to efficiency and economy Of
operation. can see no good reason
for a bank holding company. On the !
Milford chronicle., 1938-04-08
AAmcIpATI0a vs.. EEALIzAg,II0IN

According to recent reports, II Il
thought almost a certainty that Con
gress will order an Investigation ol
the Tennessee Valley Authority, iti
activities, its expenditures, and It's
out arguments between the directors
and charges Of trick bookkeeping
waste Of funds. etc. an increasing
number Of congressman are showing
revived interest in just what is be-
ing done with public funds down
there.
Senator McNary, the minority
leader. is one who is in favor OF an
investigation. He points out that the
great bulk of iva expenditures have
been charged of 20 food control and
nayigation-and but a small part to
power development. What this means
is obvious. BY writing down its
actual power investment, iva is able
TO charge a large part Of its cost Of
generating to other functions. And,
OF course, the taxpayers foot the bill,
instead Of a few privileged rate
payers.
The country was told few years
ago that the iva would introduce
new era" in the Southeast. II was
likewise told that the IVA would
demonstrate with utter finality the
blessings of public production Of
electric power. II was supposed that
there would arise a practically unan-
imous public demand for thet estab-
lishment of similar authorities in all
parts of the country.
The realization. however. has been
very different than the anticipation.
The seven little iva" bill Is ap-
parently dead. The iva has spent
tens Of millions of public money
aud IL its potential program is car
ried out it will spend hundreds Of
millions more. The Southeast seems
as far from a new era" as ever
and il isn't getting any better power
service than it did before or, IL all
costs are considered. cheaper service.
The TWAS directors are involved in
an apparently insOluble controversy.
Il looks as If an honest investigation
Of the Authority would be both inter-
esting and instructive.
Milford chronicle., 1938-04-08

iniexible opponents who are pre-
pared and eager Tor the most rough-
and-ready parliamentary battling.
Primest piece Of legislation now in
the limelight is the House tax bill,
known as the Revenue Act Of 1898.
In the form approved by the House,
this measure retains the mnch-de-
bated undistributed profits tax in a
mitigated form, and creates a new
tax, called the third basket" levy.
aimed at closely held enterprises.
There is strong sentiment in the Sem
ate for absolute repeal of the undis-
tfibuted profits tax; and practically
no sentiment, so far as anyone can
see now, i'm favor OF third basket
tax. This illustrates two OF tha
points of the bill which may be dras-
tically overhauled by the Senate.
Furthermore. the House tax hill Is
largely predicated on two assump-
tioBs: (1) That the 1899 deficit will
be under $1,000. 100000. and (2) that
there will be no loss in revenues.
Those seemed sound assumptions
while backLbut not today. The stag
geriRg drop in business has appar-
emily made it certain that the deficit
will be far in excess of 81, ,00O, 600 600.
and also certain that Treasury reve-
nues will be grayeIy under the esti-
mates made even a short time ago.
Business Week forecasts that the
Senate will get through its revision
Of the bill along In April. The pro-
posal viii go into a House-Senate
and what will happen
there is in the laps of the gods.
About two weeks ago another biil
Milford chronicle., 1938-04-08
COKESBURY

The n. Fl. d. Club meets April 10
at the home of Mrs. Thomas Cordrey.
All members are urged TO be present.
Mrs. Harvey Warrington and Mrs.
Herman Roach were in Boston, Mass.
last week. They were accompanied
home by Mrs. WarringtOn's daughter,
Ada Mae. and some of her class
mates.
Mrs. J. f.. Isaacs, Mrs. Alfred
Messiek. Mrs. Granville Lambden
and Mrs Albert King motored to
Wilmington last Thursday OH a
shopping trip.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Cokesbury Nj. e. Church meets on
April 1S with Mrs. Minos and Wood
row Wilson. A large attendance is
desired. A play will he given by Heb
ron NJ. P. Church young ladies.
Mr.. Charlie Swain and son were
dinner guests last Sunday of Mr.. Al
bert Messick and family.
Mr.. Arthur Tyndall spent the week
end at his home.
Several of the men of this COM
munity attended wood chopping for
Mr.. James Houston last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Pinkerton Of
Jenkintown, Pa, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Downey and daughters, Misses Vel
ma and Eleanor. Mr.. J. ]. Bambden
of Wilmington, Everett Lambden of
Chestertown, Md. and Miss Marian
Graham Of Nassau were visitors at
the home of ]. j. Lambden last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Andrew GiYens and
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM p Truitt, Jr.. were
Sunday afternoon guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eli Elliott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linden Isaacs were
Middleford guests last Sunday.
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Milford chronicle., 1938-04-08
apREssuRE CLIQUE.

Donald r. Richberg, former gen.
eral counsel for the NtA, holds no
brief Off the pressure groups who
constantly seek, mostly for purely
selfIah reasons, to break up all large
enterprises withr drastic ~anti-mon-
opoly'' legislation and punitive Taxa
tion. Says Mr.. Riehberg
"A shocking example OF this sort
of legislation is now found in indis-
criininate legislative attacks upon
chain stores X We are enjoying Ia
this country an inflnite variety OF
uaeful products and services made
possible only through mass produce
tion by huge enterprises .h Yet
masses OF people applaud so-called
anti-monopoly drives, which are not
attacks on monopoly at all, but sim
ply attacks on big business. Having
oreanized ourselves into che ability
TO produce the highest standard Of
living for the greatest number OF
peOple ever known In the history Of
the world, we are now urged to fol-
low the leadership of men who would
smash this system, instead Of simply
trying TO improve It's service to the
common good"
Whenever our lawmakers approve
legislation inimical to any legitimate
business, big or little, they are guilty
of destroying progress and under
mining the American standard OF liv-
ing. The chain stores were largely
responsible for bringing efficient
mass distribution into being-and
thus made a singularly important
contribution TO the general welfare.
The chains methods have been
emulated widely and successfully by
modern independent stores which do
about 20 per cent of all retail trade
in this country. What rhyme or rea-
son is there for an attack on the
chains by the pressure groups" OF
which MIR. Richberg speaks-an at
tack that can only lead TO higher
costs. poorer distribution of goods,
and a narrowing market for the
products Of farm and factOryg
Sound competition is the life OF
trade-and il is likewise the con-
only protection against le-
gaIized extortion and monopoly.