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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16
IMMIGRANT LAD
WINS TO WEALTH
PETER LAhIBROs OF BgTSSOULA
HAS WHIPPED HANDTCAPS
AND AnSFORTUNES

Peter Lambr0s Of NIssouIa ran
away from Greece and came 90
4 Montana when be WIS seven years
/ ola, landing In Butte . penmilcss
! immigrant. Recently he was in
Great Falls TO a1kemd the c0nven-
tien Of the Order Of Alfepa, Of
which he ts B proud member.
Pete, the little immigrant, started
his business life In this nation shortly
after his arrival In Butte by becom-
ing a peanut vender when he was Just
old enough to start school With that
background he built up q $4,000 bllsi-
ness that vanished in q fire, began ali
over again and saw a $780, 900 stake 20
gIimmering and today Is once more on
the way up.
Lambros ran away from home In 1897.
crossing the Atlantic on vessel that
took At days for the journey. In Butte
he began selling peanuts for his uncle.
Tom Davis, now a prominent Butte at
t0rney, was a Dswsboy on q nearby
corner. he taught Pete his first English.
Peanuts and Popcorn
The immigrant branched out from
the peanut business. BE added popcorn
and later candy. In 1911 his business
in Butte was worth $42, 900 one day
and few days later-after q fire had
RACED his building-it was worth moth
ing.
w. A. Clark, Montana copper king
who had bought peanuts from Pete and
who had watched his rise in business,
decided the immigrant was a good risk
and lent him $45, 600 to start anew. In
the years from 1918 to 1919 Iambros
built up a business that included a
candy store, pool hall, bakery, barber
shop two hotels and two restaurants.
All together he had ITO persons en-
pIOyed on property valued at $500, 900.
But Dame Fortune chose to turn her
back for time on the immigrant. A
silver mine venture accounted for q loss
of $4,000. A bank failure took another
$4,000 and the worst blow was the loss
Of $l25,OO0 through a trusted friend
who could not Withstand temptation.
Has MissOuIa Hotels
Lambros went to Missoula in 1919
with $1,000 in debts to clear away.
Now he operates two hotels and within
the last year has invested $65, 900 in
improvements on one of them.
1.-THE only schooling I ever had was
four months at business college in
Butte" he told friend recently. IF
I had had some schooling I probably
would have known enough to escape
some of the losses I suffered"
Stored in trunk are cancelled checks
showing that the immigrant boy has
done more than 100000 worth of
business since coming to Montana.
Among these checks Is one for $125, 900, |
others for $4,000, $4,000 and cancelled |
notes for like amounts
When the immigrant boy came to |
Montana there were six or eight Greek |
'esidents IN the state, but today these
are dead and Peter Lambros is the old /
st Greek resident of Montana in point |
If number of years lived in the Treas
ire state.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16
WORKS AZ YEARS
FOR GREAT FALLS
AUGUST BERGSTROM RLY
HALF CENTURY WITH CITY
WATER DEPARTMENT

Well known to the 5000 or more
customers of the Great Falls nu-
nicipaI water department, August
Bergstr0m, who for many years
was street foreman OF the depart
ment and is nov attached 20 the
city engineers office in q special
capacity, has Just completed his
47th consecutive year Of service
with the department. Bergstr0m
has shattered all records for COM
tinuous employment with a muni-
cipality or town.
Bergstrom was born In Delarne
Sweden, Jan. 2, 1868, and he came TX
the United States In 1888. He first 10.
Gated at Amherst, Mass, where he wa
q stonemason. On Feb. g. 1891, hG
came to Great Falls.
The municipal water plant had itl
inception In January, 1888, when Ire
Myers made plans for such an tnsti-
tuition. In November of the same year
Myers, E. @. Maclay and r. z. Col
Inns were granted a FRANCHISE by the
city council and the company floate6
a $150,O00 bond issue with the N. w
Harris Co. The first water service was
to the home of A. w. Kingsbury july
3, 1889. In 1893 the water company was
acquired by A. @. Phelps and among
the employees was Bergstrofn, who COM
menced his service with the plant on
June 16, 1891. On Nov. 3, 1898, the city
acquired the water plant.
Bergstrom was retained by each sue
ceeding city administration. In 1898
when he commenced his service with
the city there were but $40 services, to-
day there are more than $500. When
he was appointed foreman, Bergstrom
first used a wheelbarrow to convey
tools. Later he was given bicycle and
still later a horse and buggy.
For the last year Bergstrom has been
assigned to the city engineers office
to prepare detailed data concerning
shutoff valves and other units Of the
water system.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16
Is WAR VETERANS NEXT
CCC ENROLMENT QUOTA

Montana VIII be limited to quota
Of IS veterans during the next enroll
ment period of the civilian conServa-
ton corps, TO be conducted July to 20,
DR.. 81. @. Watts, manager of the Fort
Harrison veterans facility, was In
formed.
Or. Watts warned veterans desiring
to enroll that CCC enrolment must
be made on form P-130, which has been
revised. The revised form must be sub
nnitted for enrolment instead Of the
old forms. The revised forms may be
obtained from the United States vet
Grams administration at Fort Harrison.
Applications for enrolment In the
Geo should be submitted to DR. watts
at Fort Harrison, he said, as soon as
possible as certification must be made
by his office and the veterans notified
to report to the various enrolling zones.
The order Of preference for certifi
cation of veterans is Cd veterans with
legal dependents, % veterans with de-
pendants by obligations, and Cd vet
Grams without dependents
Veterans viii be enrolled at the same
place and on the same dates as junior
enrollees, although they win not be as
signed to junior camps. The enroll
ing zones are located as follows:
Zone /, Glasgow; zone 2, Miles City;
zone 3, Great Falls; zone 4, Billings;
zone 5. Bozeman; zone 8, Butte, and
zone z, Missoula.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16

CECaScM Au&EfGS& III AGGChs C@A1
Richland County Wins First Honors
M0ntanams In the eastern and
central sections Of the state, es-
pecialIy on the irrigated projects,
are counting more on corn as a
feed crop this year, according 30
The Northwest monthly pubnca-
ton Of the Northern Pacific
railway.
Farmers IN those parts Of the state
are growing varieties more adapted TO
the area than those available five TO
10 years ago and there is some interest
In hybrid corn development that may
turn out suited to the conditions.
The interest in corn has held the
acreage in the state at about the same
level, In spite Of dry seasons in the
eastern counties, as 1t was q few years
back and there is an increase shown
for 1887 and 1888 over 1885. This In
terest was obvious at the Montana
state corn, seed and potato show held
at Billings.
There were approximately $50 differ
ent exhibits Of 10-ear samples of corn
from various parts of the state and in
addition the classes for bushel entries
with the miscellaneous corn exhibits
added there several thousand ears Of
corn on display.
The honors for corn went to the
eastern part Of the state, with Richland
county, which has the fertile irrigated
section Of the lower Yellowstone prof.
ect, taking top honors for county col
lectiVe exhibits in the corn division.
Carbon county was second and Fallon
county placed third. Some Of the vest
ern part of the state was represented,
however, and q Sanders county grower,
Anton Kenney, won the high honor
for the best sample in the bushel COM
petition.
Interest In the eastern sections of
the state in corn is further shown by
the fact that few skilled farmers are
producing corn to sell as seed, accord
ing to The Northwest. Dwight L. How
ard, in Richland county, Is one Of these.
He has for sale five different kinds Of
corn each spring, specially selected,
dried and tested.
In the show as q whole at Billings
there were 500 entries from more than
30 counties in the state. All Of the small
grains were included, along with grass
and legume seeds. Crested wheatgrass,
5he new forage that Is in great demand,
brought out large class In which COM
petition was keen. Potatoes and some
were on display.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16

A thorough study of present ex-
perience In administering unem-
plOymenf insurance viii be
launched TO simplify the existing
system, according to information
received from the federal social Sc
curity board regional office in
Denver by Barclay Craighead Of
Helena, chairman of the Montana
unemployment compensation COM
mission.
This study will be a joint undertake
ing of the bureau of unemployment
compensation Of the federal social Sc
curtty board, the individual state agen-
cies, and the interstate conference OF
unemployment compensation agencies
Mr.. Craighead said. Together they will
analyze information on the present
operation of state unemployment in
Surance laws, and will undertake special
studies to determine the relative eff
fecttVeneSS OF procedures now IN OPP
Grafton and various proposed substi-
tutes.
To Get Opinions
In connection with these studies, the
federal board viii get the current opin-
ions of Montana officials and Of in
formed representatives Of employers,
labor, and the general public OF this
state who were instrumental in develop
ing the present legislation.
Specific recommendations for re-
vision of state administrative methods
and, insofar as it appears essential, OF
state legislation, are expected to be in
shape by this coming September.
Commenting on the purpose of the
study, Mr.. Craighead said: %We have
now had for the first time in this
country, actual experience in the OPP
Grafton of an unemployment insurance
system. With this as yardsttck, we
can measure our assumptions and
theories about unemployment insurance
against the reality of performance and
make necessary revisions based on
facts"
The principal aims Of the study and
proposed reVisionS as outlined to the
Montana unemployment compensation
commission are as follows:
Development of methods for calcu
lating and paying benefits which will
be fore easily understood by workers
and employers and will result in more
prompt payment of benefits.
Reduction, insofar as possible, of the
volume of detail required Of employers
in complying with the legislation.
Data Acquired
Recent months have yielded con-
siderable data on the operation of
SO.AbA AD1eASAA2s SShSAAeS 0xAo claims PAS
cedureS in state unemployment insur- i
ance systems which, critically exam |
med and tested, will point the way for |
developments in unemployment 1nSur-
ance during the next few years." Mr..
CTaighead declared.
1T is important to remember that /
the state administrative agencies and
the federal social security board had
at the outset very little experience to /
guide them in matters of detail. /
Furthermore, the American system Of /
unemployment insurance is funda-
mentally different from those of most /
other countries.
1--WE provide benefits in proportion
to a mans past wages, rather than a
flat amount regardless of former
wages-a method which is considerably
more difficult to administer"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16
Community Listing Program
Checks Sol Blowing Damage

metnoo o. conIoA as an emergency
the government owned listers have
been left In the area for emergency
use.
Jarrett believes that with favorable
growing season and constant vigilance
on the part Of the farmers IN the area,
1t is possible that crop win be pro-
duced this year.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16

Registration of voters for the Mon
tana primary July 10 totals 248. 443, the
office of Sec. of State Sam w. Mitchell
registration books ordered by the 1887
legislative assembly, was 283, 6D5.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16
STATE COLLEGE
FARM MEETINGS
TEACHERS OF VOCATIONAL AGRI-
CULTURE HOLD SUMMER CON-
FERENCE THERE

Western Farm Economies Association
Convention Draws Delegates From
Nearly All States In Western Section
of Nation TO Discuss Problems.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16
MEAGHER EXPERIMENT

State COMMISSIONER Of Agriculture
James T. Sparkling has been informed
that planning and development work
on nine experimental county programs
designed to test new methods Of ad-
ministering farm legislation has been
completed, and that one of the ex-
periments viii be carried out In
Meagher county.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16
STUDY PLANNED
OF UNEMPLOYMENT
FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORT-
TIES TO SURVEY ADMINISTRA-
TION OF INSURANCE

Recommendations for Revision of
Methods Insofar AS 1t Appears KS
sential win Be Made; Completion
Expected by September.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16

Rehabilitation Of soldiers wounded In
China is being started in Japan.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16

The Dominican republics shortage
of sugar workers is becoming serious.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16

Practically everybody understands
the need for cooperation, but the
trouble Is that there are too many
people who want to be director of the
activities Of those who cooperate.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16
CORN Is GROWN
AS FEED CROP
MANY VARIETIES BETTER ADAPT
ED TO AREAS ARE BEING
DEVELOPED

Exhibits at Corn, Seed and Potato
Show Held &C Billings Indicates IN
creased Interest I'm Recent Years.
Richland County Wins First HonOrs.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16
We Like to Get to the
BOTTOM OF THINGS

GEVENTY YEARS AGO, the founders of what is
~ now the SOcony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc, first
exhibited the Unsuitable curiosity which character
ICES every Socony-V Vacuum fabrication engineer TO-
day. They not, NOR is he, content with super
things.
That attitude is reflected in every CargOyIe In
dustriaI Lubricant I'm mining, i'm rairoading, i'm
shipping, i'm manufacturing i'm every industrial
enterprise CargoyIe Lubricants earning Lubri-
cation Profit for their employers because they
doing thorough job.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-06-24
George B. Murphy, Jr.,
On NAACP Staff

NEW YORK-George B. Murphy,
Jr., of Baltimore, nephew OF Carl
Murphy, president Of the Afro
American newsI apers, will join the
staff of the National Association for
the Advancement Of Colored People
July / to handle publicity and pro-
motion work. Mr. Murphy IS ~
years of age and was graduated from
Dickinson college in 1927. He spent
a year at Columbia University. For
five years he was connected with the
Washington, DC, Office of the Afro
and for brief time with the New
York office Of the same newspa aer.
Mr.. Murphy was one Of the pickets
arrested in Washington, DC. in
December, 1884, when the NAACP
iiaketed the National Crime Confer
snoe because tha subject Of lynch
/. p was not included on the program.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-06-24
White Georgia Daily
Buys Subscription
o Calvin Service

NEW YORK (C)-G. r.. Boswell,
general manager of the Augusta
Herald, daily newspaper Of Augusta.
Ga, with $4,000 circulation, sent the
papers check last week for S25 for
subscription to Calvin's Newspa,. er
Service news releases for one year.
on behalf Of Walter S. Harris, cdito
OF the colored news department Of
the Herald. The Service was recon-
mended to Mr.. Harris by DR.. Chan
ming H. Tobias, New York Y execu-
tive, who is native Of Augusta.
On receipt Of the check, Floyd j.
Calvin, editor, announced that this
y the second daily newspaper to take
he service by the year and nv casa,
he first being the Atlanta Daily
World only Negro daily in the
country.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-06-24
Training Young Americans

Our Navy is one of the best agea
cies for the proper development o.
young men because of its combina-
ton Of manual and physical training
and the opportunities for self edu-
cation and advancement. The broad
effect Of travel and the association
with men from all parts OF the
United States are additional Dement'S
from service in the Navy that help
i man to hit his stride. Thousand
of men in civil life owe their presert {
guccess to the training they receiver
ii the Navy.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-06-24
Our Naval Forces

"The United States Navy stands
as the first line of Americas defense,
and it is the duty Of the American
people through their Congress to see
that the provision for national de-
fense is adequate to the needs Of the
nation. Every citizen Is entitled 70
his own opinion, bat there is one
common ground, enc meeting place
for agreement iii this definition: An
adequate national defense is one
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-06-24

Pm. My husband tells me he
has some money loaned out and if
he can collect it, he will give it to
me. Is this true2 Why did he stop
running around all at once? Does
he really mean to act the way he
is doing now or will he go back to
his old stuff?
Ans.-His goose has been cook |
ed" he has enough running around |
TO last him for long time. Yes,
he means to conduct himself like
man and = YOU will do your part,
your home will be happy. | don't
believe he will collect the money,
forget It,
L.M.s.-Will my auntie be sue
cessful in the business that she has
set up?
Ans:-Quite successful. But she
won't make very much profit from
her business this year next year
will prove an unusually good year
for her. ,aw@T
JH.S. Was my husband the
father Of the girl that came to our
house few Sundays ago?
Ans: Worrying about this is only
piiing troubles on your shoulders
You are allowing your Jealous dis
position as well as imagination" to
run away with you. Try not to let
such thoughts enter your head again.
X.XS.-Does this man who has
been asking me TO marry him really
love me2 What must do?
Certainly he loves you
no man is going TO chase a woman
for months and insist that she marry
him unless he loves her. Until you
are able ~ dsterine whether YOU
return his love s. remain sing.e.
He will in all probability make very
6GStE6RSG Hi&bG.
O.AS.-Tell me if what | believe
is true and is it my husbands?
Ans:-See your doctor and he can
confirm the statement but it is very
likely so. There shouldn's be a
doubt in your mind is. of course
you must believe 1t 10 be your hus-
bands
L.S.-I am working terribly hard
trying to be the lucky person to
receive a scholarship this next year.
How are my chances?
Excellent. Anyone who has
been on the honor roll for the past
four years will in all probability be
the one chosen. Keep up the good
work this is your chance of
getting the college training that you
wish for.
S.P.-Is it wise to continue to
pursue her Or should / find someone
else?
Ans:-Find someone else YOU
well realize that you aren't getting
anywhere TO continue as YOU haye
been doing. A charming lady will
enter your life this summer.
TINE. MY boy friend is leaving
town in two or more weeks. Should
take another friend or wait until
he comes back?
Ans:-Why should you sit quietly
and wait for his return when you
aren't engaged, and you have no way
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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-06-24

1887. 110,7s4 Training Courses were
issued to enlisted men serving on
board Navy ships.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-06-24
seEsT MeArAllsT O. ne AhEaseAN YyAal
III N ~ @

of telling when he will come back
Yes, make some other friends bui
you don's have to take them too
seriously il you don tIike.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-06-24
NAVY NEWS AND ODDITIES
United States Navy Recruiting Service
Main Station Cincinnati, Ohio
Sub-Stations - Lima, Dayton, Portsmouth,
Columbus, Athens, Marion, Springfield,
and Chillicothe, Ohio


sufficient to protect our shores, our
citizens, our possessions, our ship
ping and our national interests gen
orally, at all times against any ene-
my or combination Of enemies that
might arise Admiral William D..
Leahy, U.s. Navy, chief Of Naval
9perations.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-06-24
Quota Tncreass

The quota for enlisting colored
boys into the us. Navy has been
increased and Is expected to be raj
ed even higher in the near future.
Full information may be had at any
Navy Recruiting Station.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-06-24
Navy Schools

5,605 Graduated from Technical
schools maintained for enlisted men
By the US. Navy, during the yea'
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18
FIFTH MURDER
CHARGE MADE
Deputy Sheriff Is Alleged
Accessory in Tennessee
Dynamite Murders

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn, Jan.
10. (UP)-A fifth first degree
murder charge was made by Car
ter county police last night in con-
nection with the dynamite Staying
of the three children of Harmon
Gouge.
Crave Toilet, deputy sheriff in
nieghboring Bledsoe county, was
held on a murder charge last night
after being released earlier in the
dav under $4,000 bond. The dep
uty had been charged with being
an accessory" in the case.
He was re-arrested by Sheriff
j. NJ. Moreland after he made
bond on the accessory charge.
Crave Tollett's brother, White
Toilet, was arrested last week
and charged with murder in con-
nection with the case. Three other
men also are being held without
bond on first degree murder war
rants.
The men were accused of ex-
ploding a large quantity Of dyna-
mite under the home of Harmon
Gouge, killing Gouge's three chill
dren and critically injuring his
wife,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18
6Dead--20 Are Missing In Canadian Blaze
u. S. MANUFACTURERS FORM
GROUP ON POLICY TO WORK
WITH F. D. R. FOR UPTURN
Roosevelt Invites Auto Ex'
ecutives to Conference
on Friday

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. (UP)
The National Association Of Man
ufacturcrs last night notified Pres,
ident Roosevelt Of the formation
Of a committee on national policy
coordination and cooperation To
assist the government in its efforts
to combat the recession.
A telegram to the president said
that the committee would be head
ed by Charles R. Hook, president
of the American Rolling Mill COM
pany of Middletown, Ohio, and
was pledged to lend it's "sincere
and best efforts" to the proper
governmental agencies in finding
Sound solution" to business re-
covery and unemployment.
The message was signed by
President William B. Warner of
the association and stated that the
plan for the policy committee was
evolved as result of the coopera-
ton pledge to government made
bv the congress of American in
dustrv held in New York last
month. ,."
Hook is a member of the bust
ness advisory council and a for
mer vice-president Of the manu-
facturers' group. He also is a
of the board of directors
and the executive committee of
the American Iron and Steel In
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-18
CREDIT, PRESSURE.
SALES TO BE TOPIC

WASHINGTON, Jan. IL. (UP)
President Roosevelt has invited a
group of powerful automobile ex-
ecutives to confer with him on
Friday, repeatedly on easy credit
and high-pressure sales practices
in the industry which he feels
helped to bring on the trade re-
cession, the White House has an
nounced.
1t will be the first of the con-
fcrenccs looking toward increased
cooperation between business and
government, which Mr.. Roosevelt
has initiated since the recession,
in which a meeting Of minds will
be sought on problems affecting
an individual industry. Earlier dis
cussions he has had with labor,
financial and industrial leaders
have explored the economic Ills
on a national basis.
Whether the chief executive
will apply the same treatment to
steel. textiles, cement and other
mass production industries could
not be learned last night. He IS TO
meet with so industrial executives
associated with the department OF
commences business a sorry
council at the White house Wed
nesday.