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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-24
AGED RECLUSE
DIES In CABIN
WILLIAM SLATER, 20, WHO LIVED
HERMIT LIFE IN MOUNTAINS,
ONCE PERFECT DUDE"

FOrty-five years of exile from
his native New York came 60 an
end recently for William NJ Slater,
20, when he died in his little cabin
seven miles above Winston.
The aged man, who has been a re-
cluse for number of years, had been
Ill for several weeks. Sheriff Norman
@. Bruce Of Broadwater county went
TO the cabin in an attempt to persuade
him to 90 to the hospital in Town
send, but he refused, telling the sheriff
that he had lived in his cabin alone
for so many years he would be happier
TO die there than any other place.
Slater came to Montana As years ago
and staked a claim in the Elkhorn
mountains. AS time went on, he added
TO the claim and did take some gold
from the hills, but most of his money
came from property in New York state
and he received a check from that
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-24

Richard Sanderville has started an
evening class at Browning to teach
white folks the Blackfeet Indian tongue
and the universal Indian sign Lam
guage. He has a number of students.
Sanderville is an expert in the sign
of years ago to help complete a card
record of the sign language, which
had been started by Gen. Hugh L.
Scott.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-24
Hay Production Figures
RuRAL PoWER PROJECTS

With seven rural electrification
projects financed by the REA already
functioning in Montana and three
under construction, high line power win
soon be brought to nearly 5000 rural
customers over approximately 1870
miles of line, according to Armin j.
Hill, rural identification specialist for
the Montana extension service.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-24

Industrial arbitration first was en-
ployed in the settlement of labor dis
putes before the French revolution at
Lyons, when controversies arose in the
silk industry of France.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-24
HELENA SKI CLUB
ONE OF LARGEST
NOT TWO YEARS OLD BUT AMONG
BIGGEST ORGANIZATIONS OF
KIND IN THE COUNTRY

During Past Year Has Built New and
Improved Run On Mcdonald Pass
and Plans Program for This Win
ter Outstripplng ANY in Past.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-24

A recently discovered species OF
marine worm is capable Of eating
through the lead covering Of cable
an inch thick.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-24

Interest In stock water reservoir
construction reached q new high
during 1888 I'm Custer and Powder
! River counties with IS such dams
! being surveyed, nearly half as
many as were surveyed I'm all Of
/ the previous years put together,
says n. A. Jacobsen, extension
agent for the two counties.
The extension agents records show
that Of the 48 dams surveyed, 80 were
completed and serve a range area Of
s3a sections. Eleven other dams Of
the number surveyed have been start
ed and construction will probably be
completed in time for use next spring
and summer. he adds.
From 1881 through 1888 the extern
sion office has given assistance on 96
storage dams for stock water in the
two counties and of this number n
have been completed and make stock
water available on a total of EOS sec
tons Of range land.
Most Of Them Small
Included in the dams surveyed this
year were 43 for 20 stockmen In
Powder River county and five dams
for four operators in Custer county.
Most Of these dams, Jacobsen said, are
small, the maximum height being from
10 to IL feet and requiring at the
most 1000 cubic yards of fill He points
out that several such moderately sized
dams can be built at no greater ex-
pense than one large dam. BY hav-
ing several reservoirs situated at stra-
tegic places over the range area, live
stock can be distributed better and
grass utilized more efficiently.
Besides the stock water reservoirs,
much work has been done with flood
irrigation projects in the two counties.
This type of work has been under way
for number of years and is now be-
ginning to show visible results, Jacob
sen continued.
Hay Production Figures
Compiling information on 81 flood
irrigation projects constructed since
1881 and involving 2,439 acres, the ex-
tension agent points out that they pro-
duced an average Of a ton Of hay per
acre. With hay valued at SIS a ton ON
the ranch, these projects have a total
annual value of around $4,000 In cash.
Actually, he said the feed has much
higher value because it insures these
ranchers against probable livestock
losses and it will enable them to avoid
winters.
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
1-Mon Class
Prince Georges Cop
In Special Course

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Feb
26.-Edwin Thompson, Ardmore,
Md, newest member of the Prince
Georges county police force, will
be given a police training course
all by himself, it has been an.
nounced by the board Of police
commissioners.
Thompson, who was appointed
in December to succeed Andrew
Carrigan, went on duty too late to
receive the regular training course
The commissioners have completed
a plan whereby Thompson will
attend three classes a week, with
instructors in the various phases
of police work. The curriculum
will include first aid under H. L.
Leonard, president of the county
rescue squad; evidence and court
procedure by States Attorney
Alan Bowie and H. Winship
Wheatley, sr.; investigation of
crime with Capt. Joseph Itzel, of
the Baltimore police department,
and the use of firearms with Off.
Ger Jack Dent, of the county force.
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
PIus-UItra
Romance
Fades

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Feb. 26
An ultra-social romance, that got
off to a stormy start when the
former Mary Ellis Briggs irate
parents plucked her away from
her groom-to-be at the altar, was
definitely shipwrecked today.
The lovely daughter of a wealthy
Connecticut industrialist has filed
suit for divorce, charging cruelty
against Prescott Morris-Smith
scion of a Detroit banking family
who recently inherited $1,000, ,00C
from an uncle.
Miss Briggs, then a debutante
educated at fashionable Nine. Fon
taine's School at Cannes, France
met Morris-Smith at a society
function. A Whirlwind courtshir
followed. and they decided to elope
But H. Ellis Briggs, Mary'S
father, read about it and headed
post-haste for, the Little Church
Around the Corner, to head of
the marriage.
Get a job and prove that you
can support my daughter on
your own salary or there'll be
no marriage" snapped Papa
Briggs.
Prescott found a job and Mrs
Briggs formally announced theil
engagement a week later. They
tripped to the altar on November
%, 1888.
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
SYMPHONY FUND
NETS $47.764

Drive for a sustaining fund for
the National Symphony Orchestra
Association which opened wednes-
day, has already netted $47,764.5O,
L. Corrin Strong, general chair.
man Of the campaign committee,
announced today. The sum needed
if the orchestra is to continue its
concerts through the 1938-39 sea.
son, is $103,000 Mr.. Strong said
The drive will continue until
March 6.
Volunteer workers h a We been
making a canvass of music lovers
and the results so far have beer
very satisfactory, the chairman
said. +.--..
The National Symphony repre-
sents the only available organiza
ton that can provide actual sym
phonic concerts in n d arounc
Washington. It has been supported
by gifts from various guilds, asso
Citations and educational institu
tions heretofore.
The Washington times., 1938-02-26

NEW York, Feb. 26 Q.NSD,
Little Howard Frankel stopped
being a problem child today, for
he was with his father and it
was legal quarantine from his dad
that had made him a problem
child.
The 12-year-old lad, who ran
away from his mother four times
in two weeks after his custody
was awarded to her by New
Jersey court, got a new deal in
Brooklyn children's court.
Judge Herbert A. O'Brien did
some Observation-Disclosures
talking in his chambers and as
result, Mrs. Frankel agreed it was
useless to fight further fol
Howard's custody because che is
not happy with me and I want
him to be happy"
For his part, Frankel agreed u
allow Howard to see every weel
the mother for whom five years
separation has wiped out every
trace Of affection.
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
FRENCH ENVOY
HERE FOR DUTY

Count Rene de st. Quentin, new
French Ambassador to the United
States, today was. in Washington,
preparing to take over the duties
Of his office.
Count de st. Quentin Is ex'
pected to present his credentials
to President Roosevelt some time
next week.
A member Of the French foreign
office since 1907, he has seen
service in London and Berlin, and
for the past - years has been
director Of the African division.
Jules Henry, counselor Of the
embassy for a score Of years, who
has been acting as charge dat.
faires since the retirement Of Am
bassador Georges Bonnet, is ex-
pected to leave shortly for Paris,
where he has been assigned to
the foreign office.
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
ASK
FEDERAL AGENCY
TO GUARD RIGHTS

U.N.SO The American con-
sumer raised his voice today here
in an appeal to President Roose-
velt for more definite representa-
ton in the Federal administrative
group.
Creation of a central consumer
agency in the Washington govern
ment was urged by a delegation
sponsored by the Consumers Ma
tional Federation.
ASK PRODUCTION SURVEY
The group which called at the
White House also proposed an in
vestigation into the possible ways
that current production practices
led to lack of consumption, made
quate returns to farm and factory
workers, and to business bank
ruptcy. 1t was suggested that q
Joint committee, one-third each
appointed by the President, the
Senate and the House, make the
survey.
Miss Hsien Hall, New York City,
chairman of the Consumers Fed
Grafton, said President Roosevelt
accorded the delegation a most
friendly reception" They left the
White House to confer with mem
bers of Congress, Government
leaders. and organized labor
leaders.
PORTERS REPRESENTED
With Miss Hall were DR.. Robert
S. Lynd, vice chairman of the fed
Grafton; Michael Quill, president
of Transport Workers Union, Mrs.
Felice Louria, executive secretary
of the New York Consumers
League and B. F. McLauren, rep
resenting the Sleeping Car PorterS
of America.
"a vital factor in the present
lack Of balance in our economic
life is t:ae relative incompetence
of consumers as theoretical
equals in the market place"
declared the consumers pro-
posal. "The wage earner'S or
farmers bargain for his income
is of little or no avail if his
wife's bargain over the counter
is Intellectual" ...
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
Sucker List
Little FeLLOW' Still
In Hot Water

G.N.S.) It looks like the little
fellow" started something when
he came here recently with 1000
of his colleagues to confer on ways
and means to end the recession.
And it's something he can't stop
and wishes he could.
Representative Hoffman (R) OF
Michigan revealed today a con
stituent of his who attended the
conference has been shelled ever
since with requests to join this
and that national little business
mems council" Each membership
offer, of course, entails payment
of dues, Hoffman added.
Everyone who attended the
conference now is on all the
sucker lists" Hoffman said.
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
Girl Gets $4,000
For Truck Injuries

ALBANY, Feb. 26 G.NS0.-A
verdict of $4,000, one of the
largest in the history of Albany
County, has been returned by a
jury in favor of Miss Kathleen
Doughty, former oyster Bay High
School teacher, for injuries suf-
fered in an automobile accident
near Clermont, three years ago.
Miss Doughty, claiming she may
never be able to teach again, won
the verdict from Arthur PallisSard
and the Monark Motor Freight
System, Inc, of Kansas City, Mo.
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
Ire Princess
of tFaker' Irks
BGbn of Sar0U0k
LETTER EXCHANGED

BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. 26.
Princess Baba Of Sarawak saw
her husband, Bob Gregory, Eng.
lish mailman win last night in the
wrestle rink. It was her first dose
Of the stuff.
Someone yelled "Faker!" and
the princess was ready to stage an
exhibition of her hubby's trade
at a drop Of the hat.
No one dropped a hat and the
heckler was borne out Of the au-
ditorium by police, as Gregory won
his match from Fred Bruno, of
Boston, in 6 minutes and so Sec
onds.
The Washington times., 1938-02-26

Surrendering to authorities, the
two boys. Robert Trans. is, and
Jack Kroske, II, were reported to
have confesse accompanying
young Schmidt. son of business
partner of the slain printing ex-
ecutive, to the ambush that re-
suited in the death.
FATHER, SON HUNTED
Police meanwhile were seeking
the Schmidt boy and his father,
Charles j. Schmidt, sr., both of
whom disappeared shortly after
Richards body was found sprawled
on the sidewalk in front Of his
home
AS the police investigation
broadened. detectives e p o rt d
they had interviewed friends of the
two business partners and learned
of long-standing feud between
the two men. Richard served as
the vice president of Schmidt
Bros. Inc, publishing concern
headed by the elder Schmidt.
WITNESS SLUGGING
The two boys said they accom-.
panied young Schmidt to his
fathers business partners home
on the youths invitation. After
Richard came up the walk of
his home, Trans said Schmidt,
jr., approached him, and then hit
him. All three then ran away,
Trans said.
Both boys said they did not
know why their companion hit
Richard. They did not know he
was dead until they read it in the
papers the following day, they de-
clared.
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
Broker Kills Self
To Give Wife Cash

CHICAGO, Feb. 26 Q.N,So.
To provide a life income for his
wife and 15-year.old son, Horace
C. Towner, AZ, widely known Chi
|cago investment broker, shot and
killed himself, police reported to-
day.
Towner, who is said to have
premiums worth $4,000, left a
mote to his wife, Mollie, declaring
that the insurance would give her
tie comfort and decency" that
IT cannot give you in any other
way"
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
Test Announced
For Architects

Applications for the positions of
landscape architect and associate,
assistant and junior landscape
architect will be accepted by the
United States Civil Service Com
mission. The commission also has
announced that it is receiving ap-
plications for the positions Of
medical pathologist and associate
medical pathologist in the United
States Public Health Service.
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
REP. O'CONNELL,.
ICKES QUARREL.
ON HELIUM SALE.
House Member Fights
Purchase by Reich

UN.S0 0-Charging an "appar.
ent violation of law" Representa-
tive John M. O'Connell CD,
Rhode Island, today urged Secre-
tary of Interior Ickes to suspend
an authorized shipment of 17,900.-
900 cubic feet of helium to Ger
man interests.
O'Connell asserted the ship
ment is far in excess Of needs for
commercial use and thus violates
the law which forbids expectation
Of helium in military quantities.
LETTER EXCHANGED
An exchange of correspondence,
in which Secretary Ickes and
O'Connell hurled verbal spears at
each other, was made public by
IO'Connell.
The 17,9O0,O00 cubic feet, o'Con-
nell set out, was allotted to an
agent of the German Zeppelin
Corporation, which plans to re-
sumo transatlantic nghter-than.
air transportation.
I'm order to safeguard the
public interest, uphold the law
and prevent the possible in
volVement of the United States
with other nations which might
result from furnishing the Nazi
government with vast quaint
ity of helium in excess Of any
legitimate commercial use, may
suggest that you suspend this
shipment pending an inveStiga-
tlon," O'Connell wrote Ickes.
ICKES REPLY TART
Asserting that O'Connell had
failed to seek real information,
Ickes tartly replied: -.
May I express the doubt that
you want to know the facts. AS
I have watched you perform in
connection with the helium act,
I am convinced that knowledge
of the facts would cramp your
fluent STYLE"
O'Connell, in turn, denied that
AAO AAeSN AAVCAAACo W 4C41NCb O1x OLA
government officials in charging
that former Navy officers made
huge profits by organizing q pri.
vate helium company, said to
Ickes:
'It is absurd, of course, for
anyone to draw a general IN.
dictment of government EN-.
ployes because Of an isolated
case of negligence Of wrong.
doing. but no more absurd than
the attitude sometimes taken
that employees Of the executive
branch of our government are
infallible, omniscfcnt and any
criticism Of any official act Of
omission or commission is lese
majestic"
Ickes declared that 'There is
not a single act in connection
with this whole helium matter
that will not bear the closest pos
sible scrutiny"
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
Proves His Magic
By Gargling Nail

TAYLORVILLE, ILL.,, Feb. 26
G.N.S0.-Six-year-o old Donnie Dev-
lin wanted to be a magician. To
demonstrate his art to other boys
he swallowed a nail. Today, the
would-be performer was under the
care of a physician,
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
National Program
For Helen. Keller

with radio programs and
church services, the fiftieth ami
versary of the meeting of Miss
Helen Keller, blind deaf mute,
with her teacher, Anne Sullivan
Macy, will be celebrated nationally
March 8, according to an an
Inouncement by Adelia M. Hoyt,
member of the Helen Keller tTib-
ute committee
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
Boys Accuse Pal
In Ambush Staying
Of Fathers Partner
TwO Tell Police of Witnessing Youths
Assault on Chicago Publisher

CHICAGO Feb. 26 (IN.S).-Two teen-aged high school
students today charged 19yearod Charles j. Schmidt jr
with the ambush Staying of Edward c. Richard So printing
firm executive who was found beaten death in front of his
North Side home Thursday night.
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
BAR BILL DUE UP

Despite the fact that the budget
bill and relief measures have been
completed by the house, this
body convened at 10 a. m. today
in an effort to clean up a much.
congested calendar.
One Of the most important
measures expected to be reached
by the house today is the bar
integration bill.
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
PROYISIONs or BfLL

Provisions of the bill expected to
be reported out by the conference
committee will allow a maximum
of $40 month for the indigent
aged, $18 month for dependent
children, and $50 a month for the
blind. Administration of the bene-
fits is expected to be handled by
the welfare. boards of the local.
ties of the state. Payments to the
blind would be made by the Com
mission for the Blind. Costs of
this act will be divided among
local, State and Federal Govern
mentS.
Localities assuming this respon-
sibilty are not expected to be
taxed for additional funds, in as
much as the increased profits
from the. States liquor stores are
expected to exceed the costs of the
relief bill
The Washington times., 1938-02-26
VIRGINIA RELIEF
BILL IS PASSED
BY BOTH HOUSES
BY GEORGE M. GREEN

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 26.
Only one major bill-the appro-
priation bill-remains to be set
tied by the Virginia General As
sembly. The house and senate
approved a statewide relief bill
here yesterday. 49,.
Following passage of the relief
bill, the senate adjourned until
Monday. The Senate had spent
about two hours on the bill. while
the house argued. its merits for
nearly four hours. The senate
and house bill on old age relief
are very similar and will be
quickly srnoothed out in confer
ence for final adoption,
Evening star., 1938-04-22

ried to Mr. John Francis-Depenbrock
OF this city at 4 o'clock Tuesday after
noon in the family home at Utica.
The bride had for her only attend
ants her niece. little Jean Dickerman
Hurd. 3-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Hurd. and her nephew.
Peter Max. 5-year-old son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore L. Max Of Utica.
The best man was Mr.. Robert r.
Smith OF this city. The Rev. John r.
O'Brien. rector of the Church of St.
John the Evangelist, New Hartford,
officiated.
The reception was in the home Of
the brides mother also. and afterward
the couple left for motor trip through
Canada and the New England States
They will live at 2lS North Piedmont
street in Arlington. Va.
Mrs. Depenbrock was educated ut
the Abbot Academy, Wellesley, Mass. =.
and the Cambridge School of Archi-
lecture and Landscape Architecture.
Mr.. Depenbrock. who is a statistician.
was educated in De Witt Preparato
School. Columbus University and
Georgetown University.
Evening star., 1938-04-22
Miss Harriette Harrison
Wed TO Mr.. Armentrout,

A SIMPLY arranged wedding took
place yesterday afternoon at 4
o'clock in Front Royal. Va. when Miss
Harriette Mays Harrison. daughter of
Elder and Mrs. Alden Lytton Harrison,
became the bride Of Mr.. James Will
liam Armentrout of Flint Hall, Rap
pahannock County, Va. The ceremony
was performed by Elder Harrison,
father Of the bride, and took place
before an improvised altar banked
with a profusion of spring flowers.
On each side were lighted tapers in
candelabras.
The bride. who was unattended,
wore a bolero jacket dress OF navy
blue sheer crepe with collar and cuffs
Of white Irish linen. Her accessories
were navy blue and she wore a shoul-
der corsage of Talisman roses and
lilies of the valley.
Following the ceremony a small
reception was held for the wedding
guests, after which the bride and
bridegroom left for q weeks motor
trip through the South. Upon their
return they will be at home in Flint
Hill. where the bridegroom Is engaged
In business.
Mrs. Armentrout is we'll known in
Washington and throughout nearby
Maryland and Virginia. She is q
graduate of the Warren County High
School and the Georgia Carolina
School of Commerce. Her father is
pastor of the Front Royal o. S. Bap-
tist Church and moderator Of the
ketocton O. S. Baptist Association
Of Virginia.
Mr.. Armentrout is the son OF Mrs.
Fannie Walker Armentput and the
late Mr.. Charles H. Armentrout Of
Goshen, Va.
Evening star., 1938-04-22
Musicale
Continued From Pare B-3)

announcing himself what he would
sing.
The spirit Of spring prevailed from
the flowers. consisting Of masses Of
vases Of blooms Of brilliant hue, to
the dresses Of the ladies in the gather
Ing. The Belgian Ambassador, ac-
companied by Countess van der
Straten-Ponthoz. was among the
guests, also the Peruvian Ambassador.
Senor Don Manuel de Freyre San
tander: the Minister OF Finland and
Nine. Jarnefelt, the Netherlands Min
lister and Nine de With, the latter As
always fashion plate, wearing last
evening black gown with brilliant red
flowers on the bodice and 4 silver fox
bolero: the German Minister and Nine
Prochnik, the Yugoslav Minister and
Nine. Fotitch. Nine. HurbAn. wife OF
the Minister OF Czechoslovakia, and
the German Ambassador and Frau
Dieckhof1.
Senator and Mrs. ]. Hamilton Lewis
arrived just in time for the program.
and the gathering would not have been
complete without the well ll-known
music lover. Mrs. Robert Low Bacon.
who accompanied her husband, the