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Montana labor news., 1938-03-24
County Welfare Board
Faces Difficult Task
Operations Carried On Through
Cooperation of State, Counties
and Federal Government.

Since the mines in Butte began
to be shut down in October of last
year, the Silver Bow County welfare
office has met with a tremendous
increase of applications for various
kinds of assistance. The number of
cases now receiving relief of diff
ferent kinds is Approximately equal
to the number receiving relief in
1884, causing the problem of relief
in the county to again assume seri-
GUS proportions after a gradual de-
cline here over a period of more
than three years.
Because it is felt by all concerned
that the only solution to the prob
lem is providing work, efforts have
been concentrated in securing more
WPA jobs. This has been difficult
because Congress at its last session
provided only a limited number of
WPA jobs, and further decreed, at
that time, that no deficiency appro-
priation should be made to increase
the number of jobs. The various
labor organizations in Butte have
repeatedly made efforts to increase
the WPA quota in Butte through
Montana's representatives in Wash
ington, and are to be highly compli-
mented for their work in this be-
half. Even with the increases in
quota granted for Butte, there are
still one-third fewer WPA jobs at
present than there were FERA jobs
three and four years ago. This de-
plorable situation may be remedied
to a great extent in the very near
future through passage of a def
cheney appropriation by Congress,
thus making available more WPA
jobs here.
When the Montana Relief Com
mission became the Montana De-
partment of Public Welfare through
an act of the last legislature, so
many changes in procedure were
made that it will be of interest to
the public to be informed of the
workings of the Welfare Depart
ment.
The County Welfare Departments
are set up in each county in the state
as the units of the State Department,
and + each headed by the County
Welfare Boards. Under the board
is a County Supervisor and such
case workers as 7 necessary. The
Welfare Department investigates and
determines eligibility of applications
for old age assistance, aid to needy
dependent children, aid to needy
blind and general relief. All appli-
Continued on Page 81
Montana labor news., 1938-03-24
Stamps Lead
in WiIdife
Week Plans
Sixteen Species Portrayed by
Ding" Darling in Series of
Poster Seals.

National Wildlife Restoration
Week, March 20 to 26, will be i'm
pressed upon Americas vision by a
series of sixteen poster stamps, ere
ated by Jay N. Ding Darling, ia
nous %cartoonist, former chief of the
Bureau of Biological Survey and
president of the National Wildlife
Federation.
The stamps, in sheets of one hun
bred, are distinguished by their
striking celebration, the blues, green's,
reds and yellows of sky, water,
earth and plumage, Eight of the
subjects are birds and eight NAM
mails; Canada goose, ruffed grouse,
bob-white quail, Wilson'S snipe,
ring-neck pheasant, mallard, canvas
back and broadbill duck, bison,
moose, elk, prong-horn antelope,
grizzly bear, cottontail rabbit, beav-
er and big-horn sheep.
There is included in the stamp
sheet a single reproduction in mini
allure of the prize-winning Wildlife
Week poster, where to Now" by
Ralph C. Barker, Jr., 2~2-year-old
art student in Pratt Institute. This
depicts a lone wild goose winging
above a man-made desert symbol
izing the dust bowl and burned for
est. Each stamp bears the line,
Help Restore Our Wildlife' and
the sheet carries the National Wild
life Federation's declaration of pur-
pose: For uniting the efforts of all
friends of Outdoor America to the
end that future generations shall
have their rightful heritage of Wild
life"
The stamps will sell at a cent
apiece, $1.00 for the sheet of 100,
and receipts will be divided be-
tween local organizations in the
various states and the National
Wildlife Federation.
Distribution of the stamps is be-
ing made from the offices of the
National Wildlife Federation, Invest
ment Building. Washington, D. c.
Montana labor news., 1938-03-24
Fish COMES into ITS
OWN DURING LENT
Many Are the Flavorsome Ways
of Serving 1t.

Fish is brain food" mother used
to tell us children. AS l remember,
we had fish frequently since we
lived in a coast town and early
learned to like all the succulent
varieties of sea food.
However, in spite of all the fish
we eat, none of us has so far
startled the world with our brilli-
ance. So maybe that fish-is-brain-
food story was just another example
of the duplicity practiced by grown
ups on the gullible young. 1t prob
ably belongs with the salt-on-the-
bird's-tail legend which kept us
happily chasing robins round the
backyard, salt shaker in hand, there
by insuring mother a little peace in
the house.
However, be all that as it may,
fish is its own best reason for serv-
ing. In all its varieties, it is good
eating and, of course, during Lent
fish is more popular than ever.
There's our old favorite, salmon
loaf, for instance. It acquires sur
prising new flavor when dished up
with this clam chowder sauce:
Salmon Loaf With Clam Chowder
Sauce
l can salmon (drained)
IL cups soft bread crumbs, or
"a cup dry fine breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons melted butter
l can condensed tomato soup
2 eggs
Drain the salmon, then pick out
the bones and dark skin. Mix the
salmon well and combine with the
buttered bread crumbs, tomato soup
and eggs, slightly beaten. Mix thor
oughly. Put into a buttered loaf
pan or mold and bake for 1880
minutes in a moderate oven-350 de-
grees. Serves 6.
Montana labor news., 1938-03-24
MEETING

Labor's Non : Partisan
League will meet at Judge
Downeys courtroom Fri
day, March 25th, at 1880
p. m.
A special invitation is ex-
tended to all members of
organized labor.
Montana labor news., 1938-03-24

A Nazi bears the same relation to
a democratic government as a stool
pigeon to a bona fide trade union.
Montana labor news., 1938-03-24
CASE PROMISES TO
OUTRIVAL FAMOUS
FIGHT OVER SMOKE
Prominent Ranchers Of Gallatin
County Bring Suit to Prevent
Company Taking Their Water.

The old question of priority of
water rights is in the limelight. The
opening guns have been fired in a
case that promises to equal and per-
haps eclipse the famous Smoke
cases. between the farmers living in
the Deer Lodge valley and the Ana
conda company.
This time it is between the farm
ers of the Gallatin against the Mon
tana Power Company and the ques-
ton involved is whether the guar
anteed rights obtained by those
farmers from the government when
they established and settled on their
farms back in the eighties and nine
ties can be arbitrarily taken away
from them by the big power corpor-
alton.
AS Attorney Wellington Rankin
said in the argument before Judge
Horskey in the presence of the Pub
lie Service Commission:
IF a private individual were do
ing what the Power company is
doing in stealing their water, he
would be shot down by the farmers
or put in prison by the authorities
as a common water thief"
The 26 farmers who have filed
this suit are as follows:
John J. Crowley who started
ranching in Gallatin County back
in 1884 near Three Forks.
Harriet L. Tice, whose late hus-
band, Thomas H. Tice, was one of
the largest purebred stock raisers
in Montana and was born there over
so years ago.
S. F. Mcdonnell who has lived in
Gallatin County on the Lower Madi-
son for over half a century.
Homer Dunbar, one Of Montana's
most prominent ranchers.
Darlinnton Brothers, prominent in
both farming and legislative circles.
w. B. finder, Don McKinnon, E.
L. Roadarmel, Robert Windle,
brother-in-law of George Sinton of
Manhattan, Ed Scanlon, Asa Hutch
inson, Olin Durham, Richard A. Muir,
M. N. Preston, Earl Bates, Bert Bah
cock, Jesse Bryson, George H. Will
cox, George Burnell, D. R. Sherman,
w. E. Crowley, John Trembath,
Fred Seeman, H. P. Wilmot and j..
M. Malin.
More than 20 years ago the editor
of the News, then managing editor
of the Bozeman Chronicle, knew
most of these men personally and
it is a matter of record in his mem
DRY that no finer bunch of farmers
could be found in Montana.
On February Is the suit of John
j. Crowley against the Montana
Power Company was filed in the
district court at Bozeman. Previously
the attorneys for the Power Com
pany applied to Judge Horsky in
the District Court at Helena for a
writ of prohibition in which the jur-
isdiction of the Montana State Pub
lie Service Commission was involved
and agreements were made by At
torneys M. S. Gum and John v.
Dryer for the company, John Bon
ner for the Public Service Commits
sion and Wellington Rankin for the
farmers. The writ asked for, would
deny the right of the Public Serv-
ice Commission to pass upon the
petition of the farmers for relief.
This case is now under advisement
and will determine the powers of
the commission.
In brief the points involved in
these suits are as follows:
The ranchers when they settled
on their properties obtained water
guaranteeing their owner
ship to the water they needed to
irrigate their farms. This water
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Montana labor news., 1938-03-24
send IN ORDERS FOR
LEGISLATIVE EDITION

Send in your orders for the box
score Of the members of the last
legislature, both legislators and
senators. Last year when we COM
piled a box score the demand was
so extensive that we did not have
enough papers to comply. People
in the different counties of Mon
tana who are interested in pro-
gressive legislation should submit
their orders now.
Montana labor news., 1938-03-24
Urge
United Front Tor
H. Resolution 4f90

Butte Townsend Club No. l met
Friday evening at the Y. M. c. A.
Routine business including the cleo
ton of W. st. Clair as vice presi-
dent to succeed M. Barth who re-
signed; the passing of a resolution
thanking the Montana Labor News
for its broad stand, and many cour-
tesies to the Townsend Clubs; and
the announcement that w. B. Frame,
M. Shallenberger, Mrs. Kerr Bea-
die and other members would rep
resent the club at a Bozeman meet
ing on the 10Th was quickly tran
sacted as members were eager to
get to the main feature of all Town
send meetings, the open forum.
Mr.. Park Lea introduced the
forum discussion with a review of
the pension work being done in Con-
gress, showing the need for con-
centrated effort to get H. R. 4199
out of the Ways and Means Com
mittee. Other speakers were David
Hooking, A. E. Anderson, VIM. Bail
ey, and Leo Dougherty of Club No.
2; Henry Pissot, Mrs. Kerr Beadle,
M. Shallenberger, Albert st. George
and E. Gill.
A brief summary Of all the talks
follows: The big problem now facing
the General Welfare Act III. R.
4199) forces is the achievement of
a united front, which is absolutely
indispensable to get the act before
the House for a vote; the principle
of the proposal should be stressed,
leaving the details to be attended
to later; no progress can be made
with divided forces.
Many Republican members of the
House are sniping at New Deal poll
cies and programs-with little effect
but organizers and supporters of
the Townsend idea are determined
that members of Congress must take
a definite stand before election.
More than ever Democrats are find
ing it good politics to discuss the re-
covery features of the bill, along
with its pension benefits. This lifts
H. R. 4199 entirely out of the field
covered by the Social Security Act,
making it a separate issue, and re-
moves any possibility of conflict
with the program now being admin
istered by the New Deal.
M. J.. Mulholland, president of
Club No. l, invites anyone interested
for or against the Townsend Plan
to attend the Townsend Club meet
ings every Friday evening at the
Y. M. c. A. at 8 o'clock.
Townsend Club No. 2
Townsend Club No. 2 met at Low
ell Ave. Church with Thomas Cox
in the chair and David E. Hooking
as secretary. The speakers of the
evening rel The president, G. w.
Swift, a former president, E. E.
Cretors, Chas. Killian and VIM. B.
Frame.
Mrs. Leo Dougherty gave an ac-
count of the social given by the
Bozeman Townsend Club No. l.
After an interesting program of
speaking and a varied entertain
ment in which some of the Butte
delegation took part, refreshments
were served at the K. P. hall, ter
minating with a dance.
The meeting was held in the
Emerson auditorium, presided over
by Mr.. Dunbar of Bozeman and the
following visitors from Butte made
the trip by automobile: Mrs. Jilbert,
Mckay, Mrs. Dick, Mrs. Lar
sen, Mr.. and Mrs. Swift, MI. and
Mrs. Dougherty, Mr.. and Mrs.
Schroeder, Mrs. Schellenburger,
Miss Catherine Berry, Mr.. VIM. B.
Frame and D. E. Hooking. The So
cial was given last Saturday and
Fridays snowstorm prevented many
Butte attending.
Montana labor news., 1938-03-24

The American standard Of
living must be maintained
in order that American in
situations may not be sub
ject to perils of discomfort.
Montana labor news., 1938-03-24

There can be no prosperity
without justly high wages.
Earnings of working people
are the basis and index of
progress in any community.
Montana labor news., 1938-03-24
FARMERS FORCED OUT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UNS)-
Proceedings of the fourth annual
convention of the Southern Tenant
Union were forced to halt
when the delegates were forced to
leave the community hall in this
city.
"The entire nation must be made
aware of the injustice and inhospi-
tality shown in the capital city of
the state of Arkansas" declared H.
L, Mitchell, S. T. F. U. secretary.
A Japanese war lords word isn't
worth its weight in apologies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-08
Become q Movie Critic, Win
Cash, Books, or Tickets

will appear on these pages to-
morrow. Then write your own
review in not more than $50
words.
Our sincere thought is that
you're going to enjoy The Cita-
del" very much. 1t is a tense,
dramatic, sometimes startling
motion picture which tells
grand story in a superlative
manner.
Say exactly what you think
of this picture. Try to reflect
the reactions of those seated
about you
Mail your review to THE Cita-
del' editor of The Washington
Times not later than next
Wednesday, December IA. First
prize is $40 in cash. second to
fifth prizes are copies of DR..
Cronin's novel and sixth to fiji
tenth are a pair of guest
tickets each to Loew's Palace
Theater.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-08

THE CITADEL" review con-
test is on!
For today the Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer version OF DR.. j. A. Gro.
nin's best-seller opens at LoeW's
Palace Theater, and today you
have your first chance to see
this picture and write your re-
view to be eligible for the prizes
offered in this contest.
You won't have any trouble
writing a review of THE Cita-
DEL" because it is one of the
most moving stories of the cen
tury, and, in the estimation of
your picture editor, the No. l
motion picture on any list Of
this years best 10. The picture
sets precedent i'll that it comes
to the screen while the book is
still nationwide best seller.
To enter the contest you may
either see The Citadel" at the
Palace during its current run. or
follow the review of it, which
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-08
'BUC' JAMBOREE
LURES HOT-CHA
SWING ADD|CTS

Well-the bug jamboree is all
set for Sat'dayt
A whole truckful Of floy-doy and
hot-cha-cha!
A magnificent stage and screen
spectacle with the additional fea-
ture of the six leaping jitterbug
coupleS-all set to try for the SIS,
$40 and IS prizes in the second
swing session staged by the Wash
ington Times and Loews Capitol
Theater a. the midnight show
starting at 1870 p. m.
FOUR MORE CHANCES
Virginia johnson, of Wilson
Boulevard, Arlington, Va, and her
partner, Hoover Kemp, got in too
late for this weeks slip-and-slide-
but they'll be in there punching
NEXT week, you betcha! And so
will Virginia Smith, of Congress
Heights, with Dave Merkle, of
Fourth Street Northeast. What?
ANOTHER Fourth Street ALI
gator? What a truckin' avenue
THAT'S turned out to be! And
the Bettys and the Virginias seem
to come in pairs-alligator pairs
at that! Well. you're all welcome
as a slip-horn in a jam session.!
Don't forget the big finale
will va? Four more semifinals-
Saturday, December 17-24-Christ-
mas Eve-Santa's SURE to visit
three dipsy-dancing couples!-31
New Year Eve-SOMEBODY'LL
start off with an incipient bank
ROLAND, of course, NEXT Satur-
day night-December 10.
S1OO PRIZE PACKAGE
Then. you Slap-diggity devotees
of swingtime rhythm, comes the
BIG MOMENT! The 500 prize
package to the WINNER OF THE
UTTER BUG JAMBOREE! Is
that dough green? Yes, yes, yes.
Is it YOURS? Yes, yes. ye-e-e-s!
All you have to do is fill out
the entry blank printed in another
column-youl find the rules there,
too! Then sign it-Seal it-and
mail it to JITTERBUGS-The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-08
Hunch Wins Screen
Job for Canadian

The "hunch" of a friend
caused James Harrell to drive
1000 miles to try to get a job
acting in Hollywood. and the
bunch proved correct, for an
hour after he arrived, Harrell
was cast for the fat man in "A
Christmas CAROL at Metro-G Gold
win-Mayer. He is a radio per-
former, but has never been on
screen or stage before.
Harrell, who lives at Hastings,
Canada, has been acting for a
Canadian broadcast station fer
some years. He is a friend of
Wilson Benge, British actor who
is in Hollywood. Benge, after
hearing one of Harrell's broad
casts, wrote him, suggesting
that there should be a place for
his type of comedy in Hollywood.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-08

night performance of John
Drinkwater's "a bra h m Lin
coin" They include Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, Hon. Lady
Elizabeth Lindsay. Mrs. Jacob
Leander Loose, Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss, Mrs. George D.
Hamilton. Mrs. Leo B. Norris,
Mrs. John G.. Carter, Mrs. Rob
ert Whitney Imbrie. Mrs. Joseph
Letter. and Mrs. Benjamin H.
Dorsey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-08
Around the Show Shops With KeIIeyQr0ns

Continued from Page 22)
York after a continuous run of
857 performances, which crossed
$l,230,000 in 1903 weeks. The
various road companies crossed
about $2,5O0,oOO more, and the
movie rights we're sold for
100000.
You Can't Take it With You"
is now available for amateur
groups. Royalty fee is $50 for
the first performance and SIS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-08

for each succeeding curtain. On
this end of the business the
play expects to gross at least
100000.
l still call it a piece of first
class hokum, both as a play and
a picture.
GEORGETOWN'S PLAY
Georgetown's Mask and Bau-
BILE Club has a distinguished list
of patroneSSeS for the Friday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-08
LUCK
LICE Sc
| olsTaicT OF coIUe<sse

If this is your automobile
license number bring your
registration card of identifi-
cation to the Washington
Herald Times building, 1877
n Street N. w., and receive
two tickets for Loe W s
Palace Theater to see The
Citadel" with Robert Donat
and Rosalind Russell.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-08

Washington Times!
Mr.. Capitol Theater will tell
you when to show up-its usually
Fridays at 5-and the prelimi-
nary will tell you whether you ad-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-07
10 Get Large
Sum FotLo(d
Highways
WPA Allots $74,O20 to
County in Response to
Request.
WORKED HARD TO
SECURE BIG GRANT

A telegram to this newspaper
from Congressman Jerry J. O'Con-
nell, under date of April 2, said that
the Works Progress Administration
approved on that date an allotment
of $42,60300 for the construction
and reconstruction of county owned
roads throughout Lincoln county.
and also approved an allotment
of $3I ,4I7.UU for the Improvement
construction and reconstruction of
bridges on county owned roads In
Lincoln county.
This means that the sum of STA
$4,000 will be added for work on
the highways and bridges of Lin
coin county. This money will be
doubly welcome as it will help in
maintaining the roads and bridges
in good condition and will provide
just that much additional labor at
a time when it is badly needed.
Persistent Work by Commissioners.
1t was only by the persistent eff
forts of the county commissioners
that this large sum was obtained.
They made application for it last
fall and since that time have fol-
lowed up with numerous kilograms
and letters. Their unceasing efforts
finally resulted in success.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-07
Secured
For Joint Meeting

The committee that has in charge
the program for the annual Joint
meeting of the Libby civic clubs
feel that they have been especially
fortunate in the speaker they have
secured for this year. Dean Nc
Alister, of st. Johns Cathedral.
Spokane, has consented to eoxne ax1n
address the meeting. Dean Nc
Allister is known as one of the more
outstanding divines of the North
west and always has a great deal of
value to impart to his audiences.
Libby is fortunate in being able to
secure such an eminent speaker for
the annual meeting of the civic
club.
The meeting will be held this year
on Tuesday night, April 10. It will
be sponsored by the five civic clubs
of the city-The Libby Commercial
club, the Libby Lions club, the Lib
by Woman's club, the Junior
Woman's club and the PIT. A. 9th
er features of the program will be
announced later.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-07
Libby City Council Passes Rodio
Ordinance Thot Has Teeth In 1t

provides penalty for its non-cor-
rection.
Since the canvass of the city by the
two radio engineers, quite q number
OF citizens have voluntarily had their
appliances corrected.
A large delegation of citizens was
present at the council meeting this
week to protest some of the features
of street oiling. They were citizens
living on streets running into High
way No. 2 in the east part of town
west of the lumber yard. The COM
plant was that they are receiving
no benefit from the oiling. Some
of the conditions were explained to
them and they left the meeting bet
ter satisfied. 1t is probable some.
at least of those streets will be inn
proved this summer
The city is gathering information
as to specifications to be required
in repairing the cement side
walks that are now in such bad
condition. Specifications will fin
ally be decided on and then prop
erty owners will be required to re-
pair their defective walks to COM
ply with those specifications. It
seems quite a problem to build
cement walk in Libby that will
Withstand the winter heaving but
TIL council Ia working to that end
Two additional street lights are to
be installed, one at the corner of
the Bud Boyle residence in south
west Libby and one near the Office
Maize place
Because of increasing the candle
power Of the street lights in the bus
mess district, it has become neces-
sary to raise slightly the lighting
tax, the increase being only cents
per lot-from 75c to Soc per tot.
An ordinance was also passed pro-
hibiting the use of trailers in the
city as living quarters except in
trailer camps or other specified
places. This ordinance was passed
in order to comply with the state
sanitary law covering trailers.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-07
Gront Secured;
Work To Stort
On Swimming Pool

Word was received in Libby this
week that the city's application for
WPA assistance in the building of a
municipal swimming pool had been
granted. This means that work will
start at once on the project, said
Paul Church, in charge of public
welfare work in the county.
I'VE expect to start work on Mon
day, the 18TH" said Church. 1.-THE
first work will be the excavating
and / expect we will have from 20
to Is men on the project The new
pool will be located west of the
ball park.
Sixteen men are at work ON an
other WPA project" continued
Church. ''They are working at the
state fish hatchery south of town,
in the building of three additional
rearing ponds. They started on that
work last Friday, the LIST.
I'VE are also working. out two
projects for employing I2SWomen,
said Church. One will be a sew
ing project at Eureka employing
eight women and the other will be a
library project at Libby giving work
to four women"