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Evening star., 1938-03-06
BY William 4. MilIen.
|DRESIDENT GEORGE WASH
INGTON'S dream Of having
l his National Capital an I'M

L his National Capital an I'M
portant port on the waterways
Of the world approaches nearer real
ity now. with the completion of the
dredging job at Washington Harbor,
giving an added navigational depth
of feet.
1t is dubious if Washington will ever
achieve the stature of Baltimore, Md,
as busy port, in the opinion of COM
petent observers, because the uniform
depth up the Potomac River is now
but "a feet. This will care for heavy
cruisers of the American Navy, the
latest of which draw around % feet
of water, but it will be a long time
before the navigational channel here
is dredged to IS feet, to permit Wash
ington q first-hand view Of battle
ships.
With the modernization of the
Washington Channel waterfront about
to be launched, as soon as Congress
appropriates the necessary funds and
the construction of yacht basins an
integral part of that program, Wash
ington will assume added Importance
in the martins world. With project
depth of "a feet in the Potomac River
all the way up to Washington now,
vessels of worthwhile size will now be
able to come here. But full facilities
for their accommodation will not be
at hand until the Army engineers CONF
plete the building of the new piers
here on the Washington ChannelCa
program that will see fulfillment about
1916.
President Washington and his asso-
ciates placed the National Capital
adjoining historic Georgetown, at the
headwaters Of navigation on the Po-
tomac River, envisioning the water
borne commerce that would accrue,
because of the First City Of the Infant
Republic For Georgetown was re-
epectable port in those times and COM
merce to and from England and else
where came here as well as to points
on the Rappahannock River and other
ports tributary to the Potomac River.
That was in the days before the rail-
road. Launching of the iron horse
took some Of the glamour out of
water-borne commerce here, but there
is still an opportunity for Washing
ton to become q port of major i'm
portance-in . way different from
that Washington envisioned.
Evening star., 1938-03-06
By Arch A. Mercev.

TINE world is turning to the docu-
mentary film as a new tool for
L popular education. This film
form, gift from film maker
In the America of the 1920s, has found
Its greatest development abroad, es.
pecially in Russia and Great Britain
That leadership is being challenged
by the Federal Government in its two
dramatiza tions of problems of the land
THE Plow That Broke the Plains
of last year and its new production
1.-THE River"
In 1920 Robert Flaherty made Ma
nook of the North" which became one
of that years best TO-" Since that
time the film of everyday things has
become increasingly popular in Rus
sia, Germany, France and Great Brit
ain.
Many ponderous volumes have been
put into type about the phrase "docu-
mentary film," yet few people, for all
the perceptive illusions of the critics,
feel that they understand the meaning
OF the term. Here in brief is what a
documentary film is-and is not.
First of all, it decidedly is not story
film produced by the boy-meets- girl
pattern. The documentary takes as
its subject matter the world of reality
and dramatizes that material in terms
Of social objectives. In this type of
production the creative possibilities of
the cinema are an important factor.
Neither is the documentary merely
an educational or instructional film.
These types of motion pictures do not
dramatic, do not persuade, do not
preach or crusade, but merely impart
Information or describe fact. The
films inform; the documentary in
forms and persuades.
For example, Contact" a British
documentary, dramatizes the impor-
tance of air communication to the en-
pire. How to Fly" is straight instruc-
tion lessons in motion picture terms.
1t does not dramatic the implications
Of flying or persuade the spectator that
aviation is matter of tremendous So
cial import.
THE River" dramatizes what has
happened in the Mississippi Valley
through deforestation, unchecked ero-
sion. generalization ana floods. 1t
documents the valley, and IN this it
does more rnan impart information: It
dramatizes in national, regional and
human terms the tragedies of the VAL
leys history and shows what measures
should be taken to prevent similar dis
Asters.
A travelogue Of the Mississippi, on
the other hand, would merely regale
the spectator with cinematography
without dramatic intent, implication,
action or portrayal of persuasive OBJ
jective.
GONE story Aims have documentary
Importance. Broadly speaking,
they document q period, places, To-
Gales or manners or use material as
part of the plot. For example, Dead
End" dramatizes a situation in which
poor housing is an important factor
Fury" and They Won't Forget" re-
create with considerably fidelity GER
tain manners and certain customs of
the contemporary world for dramatic
purposes.
Newsreels, likewise, have documen-
tary importance in the broad record
sense. They are, however. strictly pic
.ture reporting in terms of the cinema
instead Of in terms of the front page.
Such events as the assassination of
Evening star., 1938-03-06

and significant to be ignored. It's pos
sibilities supervene indifference. 1t is
easily one of the most important tools
of popular education of this genera
ton. What the Federal Government
will do remains to be seen. Many hope
Evening star., 1938-03-06

it will add to its brief but brilliant
record as producer. The question re-
mains, What will industry do? What
will endowed foundations do? And.
indeed, what, if anything, will Holly
wood do?
Evening star., 1938-03-06

value was naval ordnance, made at
the Naval Gun Factory at the Wash
ington Navy Yard. Sand and gravel
account for 100000 tons and gaso-
line ana oil account for goodly share
Of Washington's water-borne COM
merce. oysters and fish, watermelon,
lumber and bricks, cement, auto
mobiles and trucks swell the total
tonnage.
Gasoline in tank cars is shipped
from the Navy Yard over to Ana
costa for the use of the Naval Air
Station China and glassware and
groceries and 1900 tons Of coffee are
included in the statistics that the
Army engineers compile to give a pic
ture of the value of Washington as
PORT.
MATERIAL shipped in comes in
large measure from Norfolk and
Baltimore or ports tributary to the
Rappahannock or York Rivers George
D. Rittenhouse, inspector in Maj. Lup-
lows Office, is in charge of compiling
statistics to gage the importance Of
the Port of Washington, and he Is
now busy getting together the figures
for the year just closed.
From Maryland and Virginia Tide
water ports come $50 tons Of peanuts
and 1900 tons Of fresh vegetables by
water.
Excursion passengers to and from
Washington totaled 708,442. But .
grand total, including those who use
the larger steamers on regularly sched-
uled trafiic, Is 1884
Statistics show that there were
47,466 trips in and out for all ves-
sels-including visiting yachts, naval
ships, Norfolk & Washington craft.
This represented q total registered
tonnage of 100000.
The securing of sufficient funds to
modernize the port of Washington has
been long, uphill fight. It has meant
extensive public hearings before the
district engineer for the War De-
partment for the Washington area.
Successive witnesses told Of the ne
eessity for . greater navisahonal
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28
Walsh Made History

When Sen. Robert M. La Toilette
of Wisconsin, father Of the present
senator of the same name, finally
got his resolution for investigation
of the lease of Teapot Dome passed,
Sen. Thomas j. Walsh, who agreed
with La Toilette about II and was
known as a relentless prosecutor,
was named chairman.
Walsh made history, digging in for
the carefully hidden trails long after
nearly everyone but Walsh and La
Toilette was persuaded that actu-
ally the whole thing was all right.
This has always been the rule in
both houses, though frequently COM
mittee chairmen, especially in the
house of representatives, have sto-
len the thunder of the special prose
cutors simply because they out
prosecuted them. House members
have little harder time getting
publicity than senators, and hence
are less loath to do battle when they
get chance for the front pages.
If the normal course Of procedure
had been followed in the IVA in
vestigation, Sen. II. Styles Bridges
Of New Hampshire would have been
named as one of the Republican
members. He would not have been
put at the head of the senate list,
because he is a Republican, but
certainly he would have been mt on
the committee, because he is the
one senator who has been ex-
haustively investigating the situa-
tion and studying the subject for
more than a year-knows more
about il than anyone else in either
house in all probability.
J % Bell Syndicate --WNu Service
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28
Star DuSt
II The Practical Pig
4 She'd Fly TO Mars
II Back TO the Land
- nyyirainiaX ale
Esy Virginia ale

WALT DISNEY has learned
w that THE Three Little
Pigs" have never lost their pop
ularity; that picture is the most
popular short that he's ever
made. So he very sensibly has
decided to make a sequel. It
will be THE Practical Pig" and
not only will the three original
pigs appear in it, but there will
be three new characters, the
three little wolves.
The success of "snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs" has encouraged
him in his plan TO continue with a
fairy tale series. before long We'll
be seeing 1.-The Brave Little Tailor,
or Seven at One Blow" in which he
will star Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
It begins to look as if Disney IS
superstitieHs about the numbers
three and seven, doesn't it?
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28

Washington.-A breakdown of the
state delegations in congress on the
vote on the government reorganlza-
ton bill is of unusual interest if con-
sidered in connection with the much
talked-ahout s.purge"-the proposal
TO defeat in Democratic primaries
such members of the house and sem
ate as have opposed the President
on important issues.
Almost of paramount importance
politically is New York. No purge
has been proposed there, but one of
the most loyal of the II Democratic
senators, Robert F Wagner, bucked
the President ON this issue, TO every
ones surprise. OF course Sen. Roy
al S. Copeland also voted against the
President on this bill, but il is Wag-
ner, who is up for reelection this
year, not Copeland, whom the Pfesi-
dent would very much like TO see
retired to private life.
In the house, Rep. John j. O'Con-
nor, chairman Of the powerful rules
committee, has been troublesome to
the New Deal for some time. AS
chairman of that committee he has
had much to do with blocking the
wages and hours regulation bill. He
issued blast against the reorgani-
zation bill as soon as it had passed
the senate, and then voted against
II.
But-se did nine other New York
Democrats, of whom all but one,
Alfred F. Better, come from the
Greater City. And an additional
New York city Democrat, Martin
]. Kennedy, was paired against the
bill So it is rather difficult TO fig
ure the organization leaders help
ing to organize a move tp eliminate
the insurgents when pnary day
comes. Especially when it is re-
membered that several important
functio>aries in this group of lead
ers, particularly Ed Flynn Of the
Bronx, bucked the Presidents
wishes rather forcefully when he at
tempted to get approval for Robert
II. Jackson's gubernatorial ambi-
tons
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28
ALIAS SUMMONS.

In the District Court of the Elev-
enth Judicial District of the State
of Montana, in and for the County
of Lincoln.
Jessie l.. Mcpherson, plaintiff, VS..
Ralph c. Mcpherson, defendant.
The State of Montana sends greet
ings to the above named defendants
and to each of them:
You are hereby summoned to
answer the complaint in this action,
which is filed in the office of the
Clerk of this Court, copy of which
is herewith served upon one of you
in each county wherein any of you
reside, and to file your answer and
serve a copy thereof upon the
plaintiffs attorney within 20 days
after the service Of this summons,
exclusive of the day of service, and
in case of your failure to appear or
answer, judgment will be taken
against you, by default, for the re-
lief demanded in the complaint.
This action is brought for the
purpose of obtaining divorce from
defendant Ralph c. Mcpherson, up
on the. ground that said defendant
did, on or about the 1st day of De
cember, 1885, wilfully, voluntarily
and without cause, desert and aban-
don plaintiff, and ever since has
and still continues so to do, by rea-
son of the selection by said de-
PENDANT of an unreasonable anc
grossly unfit place and mode Of
living.
Witness my hand and the Seal o.
said Court this 9Th day of April
1888.
(SEAL) FRED f. CLARK,
Clerk of said Court.
THOMAS d. LONG,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Libby, Montana.
Date first published, April 7, 1898
apt -28-4t
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Wellington Heath, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the I'M
dersigned, the administrator of the
estate of Wellington Heath, de-
ceased, to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication Of
this notice to the said administrator
at Libby, Montana, in the County
of Lincoln, State of Montana, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said estate.
GEORGE HEATH, s-
Administrators of the Estate Of said
Deceased.
Dated at Libby, Montana this 9th
day of April, 1898.
M ID. ROWLAND,
Attorney for Petitioner. apl4-m5-4t,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28
EXPENSES ARE HIGH.

State expenses exceeded income
during the first quarter Of 1888
by sl,258000, State Treasurer Ray
N Shannon announces. However.
the states cash balance remains
at S6,955,857, Auditor John j.
Holmes reports, with only S1,052, 1876
in outstanding warrants Treasurer
Shannon reports receipts for the
quarter of S6.223, 500 and expendi-
lures Of S7,481, SOB.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28
A Chuckle Here

Just few days befors the house
so surprisingly scuttled the Presi-
dents pet government reorganiza-
ton bill, MIR. Roosevelt was talking
with a group of visitors. AS they
told the story afterward they had
the impression that the President
was not greatly concerned about
what congress might do about any
thing, but he grew rather forceful
when decrying any real danger of
dictatorship in this country.
Toward the conclusion of the in
terview, the visitors reported, the
President asked them dramatically
if they could name any power he
possessed that the two preceding
Presidents, Coolidge and Hoover,
had not had.
Ihe visitors were not politically
minded. AS matter of fact, they
were\chuckling as they came out of
the White House about the retort
one OF their number had made. This
gentleman had said to the Presi-
dent, when asked what powers he
had that his two predecessors had
lacked: 1.-THE power of expression. !"
But it did not occur to them until
several hours later that after all the
power to allocate couple Of billion
dollars year to projects all over
the country, with the power to say to
Senator Blank that he would either
vote for administration measures or
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28
LIQUOR PROFITS HIT.

the profits Montana is making on its
state liquor monopoly, Administrator
L. NJ. A Wass points out. Liquor
sales were off S317 900 for the March
quarter compared to last year, but
percentage of net profits remains
the same The state made S282,97e
during the period on liquor sales
Income from beer licenses, fees and
excise taxes boosted the total state
profit to S946,702.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28
Irritating TIlorns

In Maryland, where the President
would love to see Sen. Willard E.
Tydings replaced by New Dealer,
Tydings having sided against the
President on every controversial
issue of any importance, four Of the
six Democrats voted against the
President
In Ohio, where there are all sorts
of anti-New Deal rumblings, and
whose senator, Vic Donahey, was the
first named of the iva investigat-
ing senators, II of the Il Demo
Gratis voted against the President.
In Texas, where Sen. Tom Connal-
1y was among the first to insurge
on the Supreme court enlargement
proposal, eight Democrats refused
to follow their own Sam Rayburn,
majority leader.
Virginia, whose senators, Carter
Glass and Harry f. Byrd, have been
the most irritating thorns on Capitol
Hill so far as the White House is
concerned, was even worse. Sew
en- of her nine Democratic repre-
sentatives voted against the Presi-
dent.
Even in South Carolina, whose
senator, James f, Byrnes, led the
fight for the reorganization bill in the
senate, did not do so we'll Three
of her six Democrats voted wrong
from the White House standpoint.
Which may not be SO displeasing to
Sen. Ellison D. Cotton Ed) Smith,
whom the White House would like
to see beaten this fall
The one senator who comes up
this year that the President is most
anxious to save is Dear Alben"
Barley Of Kentucky, who defeated
Pat Harrison for senate leader by
one vote due entirely to White House
pressure. He is now seriously
threatened in the primary. But four
OF the eight Kentucky Democratic
representative voted against the
President on the reorganization bill.
And SO it goes through most Of
the delegations.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28

refreshments we're served d. Hliu-
might.
Miss Harriet Thorston Of White
fish was a Sunday guest here.
S Nelson representative of
the Montana Children's Home Of
Helena. was a business caller Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Fleming have
moved into the Gordon Lyons home.
Mrs. A. J. Baumiester of Havre
was a caller here Wednesday and
Thursday
Miss Mildred Fewkes returned 10
Spokane the first of the week.
John Gaertner was visitor in
Whitefish Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Ross Of Gate
way were calling on friends here
SUNDAY afternoon
Francis Mcclure made trip to
Kalispell tie last of the week.
Miss Jessie Staudacher of Libby
visited the Rexford school Thurs
day
Oscar Gibbler, propeetor from
Big Creek. was calling on aequaint-
tiilts III lAiio NiSiiiitN iiidA asta y
Keith Powell of Libby was a
week END guest OF Gene Gaertner,
Jr.
Ray Smith. who spent the win
ter with relatives in Michigan. re-
turned TO his home here the last
of the week.
Miss Helen Ross of Kalispell Wis
I tied her parents Mr-and Mrs. Geo.
Ross. over the weekend
Mr. and Mrs VIM Griffitks are
now residing in the A. j. Baumies-
Ter house
L. B. Martin and son Brock took
Mrs. l. B. Martin to Spokane Mon
day where she will receive medical
attention Mrs. Martin has been
quite i'll for the past four weeks
and her many friends hope she will
soon recover.
Mrs. Oak Knapp was on the sick
list the first of the week
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28

Merle Oberon was awfully glad to
get homeland home, to her, means
the United States. After spending
more than year in England, max
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28

Columbia university undergradu-
ates have acquired the habit of vot-
ing for Madeleine Carroll in poll
that is held Each spring. The stu
dents vote for the girl who would
be 1.-THE most desirable companion
on a desert island" and she is the
winner for 79933 77 and laaaa==-Iheir
reasons - her ability to speak
French, her blue eyes, blonde hair,
classic profile and attractive figure.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28

If you owe a debt, pay it; if you
owe a grudge, forget it.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28

Wrestling with washable doll Anthony Capp Of the faherso
be who recently graduated from
baby gets pointer the technique
The the school
look wondering
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28

Whoever does a thing best ought
to be the one to do it,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28
Probe to Be Unique


The IVA investigation will be
unique among the outstanding con-
gressional inquiries of the last quar-
ter of a century in one particular
it will not have prosecutor
Some senator or member Of the
house among the ten who compose
the committee may decide, after the
thing gets started, to take a real in
terest and try to get somewhere with
it. There is no such promise 10
those who know the men from look
ing over their names, but surprises
do happen
But III the past it has been the
custom, when committee was APP
pointed to delve into something, to
pick out the particular man who
had been doing most Of the crusad-
ing on that subject, and put him on
the investigating body, if not as
chairman, then at least as a mem
Der.
For example, after Sen. Burton
K. Wheeler had been attacking Har-
ry M. Daugherty, then attorney
general under President Harding,
bitterly for weeks, and virtually
forced the appointment of an in
vestigating committee, he was ap-
pointed on it. He was not made
chairman, for the simple reason that
he was a Democratic senator, and
the Republicans were in control of
the senate, SO that all chairman
ships were given to Republicans.
But everybody knew when
Wheeler was appointed that he
would really run the committee, and
he did
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28
SEEN and HEARQ>
around tie aSN
NATIONAL CAPITALA Z /
BY Carter Field ~
FAMOUS WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT -

get no spending for his state, was
rather tremendous. Nor that the
power Of patronage, Which of course
both Coolidge and Hoover had, had
been enormously increased through
the tremendous multiplication of the
number of good jobs on the federal
pay roll.
All of which is very significant now
because of the new insurrection on
Capitol Hill-that against voting the
President huge sums for relief,
WHICH he can then allocate as he
pleases.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28

III Joan Crawford decided that she
wanted to fly to Mars she'd prob
ably succeed. Time after time she
has set her heart ON doing a thing,
and then worked determinedly until
she accomplished it, Now it's sing
ing that keeps her busy when she
is not acting before the screen; she
wants to sing in opera, so probably
she will. Never has anyone had
more determination than that girl
possesses! She went to New York
recently, and her admirers prompt
ly gathered about the carriage en-
trance of her hotel. They proved,
when she last visited New York,
that they were as determined as
she. Morning, noon and night some
OF them were there, and she, unlike
some movie stars, admitted that she
was delighted. Furthermore, she let
them know II.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28

ing pictures, she went to the Rivi-
era for a vacation, and the sunshine
and swimming made her homesick
for Malibu beach; that's how she
found out that neither Tasmania,
where she was born. nor England,
where she grew up, any longer
mean home to her. You'll see her
next in "Graustark, with Gary
Cooper and Sigurd Gurie.
She's awfully glad that Samuel
Goldwyn did something about
changing her from an exotic looking
siren to a normal girl; seems she
didn't care for the type of beauty
that was wished on her when she
first came to this country to make
pictures, any more than Myrna 10y
cared about playing Oriental vamps
just because her eyes were set on
the bias.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-28

Paul Whiteman and his wife, Mar
garet Livingston, have been looking
for country home for what seems
to them an endless time. They final
ly found what they wanted--I47
acres in New Jersey, on the Della
ware river, not far from the farm
that Sylvia Sidney recently bought.
Somehow they escaped the screen
and radio stars invasion of Bucks
County, Pa, which has reached such
proportions that most people think
Bucks is the only county in Penn
sylvania.