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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16

George Glass of Billings, veter-
an railroader with the Northern
Pacific, sat in a little room at the
Butte Union depot one night re-
Gently with mixed emotions as he
waited for his train, the second
section of the North Coast Linn
tied. For many years he had worn
the brass buttons of a conductor
on the lines crack train. Now,
however, he has worked his last
shift, retiring on a pension of ap-
proximately 500 a month for the rest
Of his life.
when we get to Billings tonight,
I'll be through" he said. He had been
with the road since 1897 when he
came to Montana from his birthplace
in Detroit. He and his wife plan to
spend the rest of their days at Rose
burg, Ore, a town named from the
roses that abound in that section of
the Webfoot state
are known to each other, was all
alone, staring into space, his lantern
at his feet. From time to time some
other rail" would drop In for a hasty
handshake and to wish him luck.
Glass, although friendly enough
wasn't exactly in taxable mood. He
recited no blood-curdling exploits of
the early days nor told of any train
holdupS. II never saw one" he said.
The one great thrill of his life was
two years ago when he was in charge
of a special train that carried Presi-
dent Roosevelt from Laurel to Gardi-
ner to see Yellowstone park.
81 started in the days Of link and
pin couplings" he said. THE auto
matte coupling was just coming In
but wasn't in general use when I went
to work as a brakeman. The only
wreck I ever saw was one day when
we were coming down the Bozeman
hill A wheel broke into pieces and
several of the freight cars we're thrown
off the track"
The one thing he got enthusiastic
about was what he termed the "amaz-
ing progress and development In rail-
reading, particularly the powerful loco
motives that walk away" with heavy
trains without any apparent effort.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glass are the parents
of two children, a boy and girl. The
daughter is now Mrs. w. r. Wyatt of
Livingston. The son, George Lewis
Glass, Is in a bank at Milwaukee, Ore.
Pretty soon the train whiStled in
from the west and Glass picked up
his lantern, a faraway look In his
deep brown eyes. A few minutes later
he waved the engineer his last "high-
ball" out of Butte.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16


The most cOIOrfuI OId-timers'
get together ever held In Richland
county took place recently at
Vaux's grove west of Sidney. Over
100 met for their annual reunion.
Mrs. J. B. DAVE read q paper on
Editor Maybee's description Of his
trip from GIendive 70 Buford In
May, 1882. This account was from
the GIendive Times.
Mrs. Mary Dave Lowry Of Sidney
gave information on major creeks be-
tween Miles City and Fort Buford.
John P. Meadors of Williston gave a
short talk The first school In Sidney
was in the home Of his mother In
1884 Old-timers attending the picnic
who came to Montana before 1887 were
as follows:
w. D. Kemmis, 1894; Steve Marmon,
Wolf Point, 1882: John Hefferman
Williston, 1881; Oberfell brothers, Paul,
Albert, Gus, John, and sister, Mrs
George Williams, all of Sidney, 1882;
Henry Miller. Mona, 1884; Ira M ALI
ing Sidney, 1882; George Twible,
Glendive, 1886; G. A. Johnson, Richey,
1884: Carrie T. Davidson, Fairview,
1888; John P. Meadors, Williston, 1892
Mrs. Anna M HalverSon, 1874; Mat
tie Newton Cannon, Fairview 1879;
Ellen M. Ralston, Sidney. 1880; Mrs.
Justine S. Reece, Bridger, 1887; George
T. CTed) OBrien, 1884; Mary E. But
tier, Glendive, 1884; Mrs. j. G. Soren-
son, Glendive, 1886; Mrs. M. M. Kelly,
Sidney. 1884.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
TENANT LOANS
FOR 1876 FARMS
AID GIVEN IN Is PURCHASES OF
LAND IN MONTANA rs ALSO
REPORTED
Loans Are Made by Farm Security
Administration and Buying Is FL
nanced by Farm Credit Admins
tratiOn, 1t Is Stated.

The farm security administra-
ton has reported IL helped Is
Montana tenants to buy farms dur
ing the first two years under the
Bankhead-JoneS act. The tWO-year
period ended June 80. At the same
time the farm credit admtnistra-
tiOn reported 1t had helped finance
1875 Montana farm purchases the
first six months Of this year.
The farm security administration S
program, financed by congressional ap-
preparation, applies only to tenants,
Sharecroppers and farm laborerS wish
ing to become farm owners. The adj
ministration engages in general fl
nancing of farm purchases and 1t de-
rives its funds from public sale Of
bonds.
FSA tenant loans in Montana dur
ing the two-year period aggregated
erage size of the farm purchased was
263 acres.
During the year ended June 80, the
nine FSA farm tenant loans in Mon
tana totaled SCOTT and averaged
$1,000 The average size of the farm
purchased was 274 acres.
Loans made under the act are repaid
over 40 years at percent interest.
Montana farm purchases reported by
the administration in the first half Of
this year involved 1865 500 in ttnanc-
ing. These transactions included mort
gage or contract sales of $50 Federal
Land bank farms for 1852, 100. similar
sales of % Federal Farm Mortgage
Corp. farms for $4,000, including lien
payments, and purchases by borrowers
of % independently owned farms on
which the F'CA made loans totaling
S43 OOO
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16

Alex Remneas of Butte, district
manager of the Mountain States
Telephone & Telegraph Co., has
been promoted to the position of
assistant state manager of Ari-
IONA, with headquarters at Phoe-
nix. Announcement was made by
j. N. Whittinghill of Helena,
Montana manager of the company.
The many friends of Remneas
throughout the state were highly
pleased to learn of the advance
leaving Montana. He first started with
the telephone company In Butte in
1914 and has been manager of the
Butte district since 1927.
Montana has been RemneaS home
since 1886. He was reared in Great
Falls and first came into prominence
as a pitcher with various Independent
baseball teams in the state during the
period from 1908 to 1910.
In 1911 he was signed to the Butte
club of the Union association by
Honest John" McCloskey, the man
ager. Although he did not report to
Butte until June /, he pitched in SO
of the 80 games played In Butte dur
ing three-month period.
Sold to Detroit
The Butte team sold him to Detroit
for S. 900 cash and a player exchange.
Hughey Jennings was manager of the
Detroit team and Ty Cobb, Crawford,
Schmidt, RoSSman, Moriarty and 9TH
er greats of that day were teammates.
Late in the season Detroit sold
RemEeas to the st. Louis Browns for
$4,000. The following year he was
sent to Providence Of the Information
the Pacific coast circuit. purchased
him.
Remneas declined to report to Oak
land In 1914 as he had entered the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
September Assistance
Checks Hit S28I.AI

Public assistance checks for Sep
TENDER totaling 1921 Al were mailed
from Helena by the Montana depart
ment of public welfare.
Old age assistance checks aggregat-
ing $219 .27627 and averaging $1790
went to I2252 persons. One hundred
and fifty-two needy blind received
S31l8. an average of $20.51. and 5,096
children received $59,04673. an aver
age of s11.58
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
STUDY WEED CONTROL

A group Of Lewis and Clark county
farmers accompanied by County Agent
W. o. Zirngtein Of Helena. went TO
Pondera county TO visit demonstrations
on weed control, especially concerning
white top, btndweed and Canadian
thistle and use Of chemical sprav
Most farmers were from Augusta, who
plan a weed control district.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16

GREAT FAILS-Twelve accidents
were reported and 10 persons were in
iured. Ten were collisions between
motor vehicles and 2 were collisions
between cars and pedestrians. Fifteen
accidents were reported in August,
1888. and five persons were injured
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16

HAVRE-Axel Carlson, %, was killed
when the truck he was driving home
from Joplin left the grade three miles
from Chester, turned over and rolled
across the road. Carlson had been to
Joplin to obtain combine repairs. The
accident occurred not far from his
home. He was believed to have gone to
sleep. His family discovered the wreck.
The body was badly mangled.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
Americas No. / Job Hunter
Takes Montana I'm Stride

her success to the uniqueness Of her
tour, but all over the country ordinary
persons are finding 1t increasingly diff
ficult to find work, she says.
Her next "impermanent" job will be
In Yellowstone park-providing her
car behaves and her luck holds out.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16

GREAT FALLS-Sales of new auto
mobiles and trucks since Jan. / in
creased AZ percent over the same peri
cd in 1898, says County Treasurer e.
L. Carver. There have been 1,272 new
machines registered In Cascade county
this year as compared with 897 for
the like period last year. In August,
156 new automobiles and trucks were
licensed as compared with 118 in Au-
gust, 1893.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16

The fact that cows always stand with
their tails to the wind has been q great
help to aviators forced to land in the
country because Of engine trouble.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
100 OLD TIMERS
ATTEND PICNIC
EARLY DAY RESIDENTS OF RICH
LAND COUNTY GET To-
GETHER

Many Of Them Came TO State Prior
to 1887 and Names Comprise Notable
List; Meeting Held Near Sidney.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
IN. CONDUCTOR
HAS RETIRED
GEORGE GLASS OF BILLINGS
WAVES LAST HIGH BALL"
AFTER AZ YEARS SERVICE

He and His wife win Go to ROseberg,
Ore, to Spend Last Years; Only
Wreck He Ever Saw Was When
Freight Piled on BOzeman Hill.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
ALEX REMNEAS
SENT TO ARIZONA
DISTRICT MANAGER FOR TELE-
PHONE COMPANY AT BUTTE
is TRANSFERRED

Reared in Great Falls He Became
Prominent as Baseball Pitcher and
Played as a Professional With Big
League Clubs.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16

Read the Classified Advertisements
Evening star., 1939-05-14
Bulletin of Current Exhibitions

THE CORCORAN GALLERY street and
York NWPemannt collections special exhibition
May l6 to June IT, of the California Water Color Club
THE ARTS CLUB OF WASHINGTON NW-Exhibi-
ton Of the Washington Water Color Club
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, the Tenth street SW-
Exhibition of echngs aquants by Elizabeth through
tuition avenue NW-Eighth annual exhibition
Federal Architects, through
UNITED STATES NATIONAL Build
ing the Mall at Eighth photographs
Marjorie Barrows of Washington, through May
AIRCRAFT BUILDING adjacent to
planes in action by Olivia Bendelari, through May.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY 1900 Twenty NV
Landscapes of Nowhere coo by Ellis
aoeth Elhcott Poe to June T. Paintings
May 21. "
THE WHYTE GALLERY Naturalization of paint
ngs IN OIL and water colorS by Raoul Duty
PUBLIC LIBRARY NW-Water colors bv
Paul Arl through May Mount Pleasant Sixteenth and
Lamont streets NWWork of members mechanical
drawing club of Central High School, % May 81.
WOMENS CITY CLUB 6 Jackson place drawings
IN conte crayon by Bertha Noyes, through May
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ALLEGATIONS GALLERY w p A
BIG Independence SWAbsract Expressive Form
in Art, through May.
CH1LDRENs GALLERY P A. s6 Independence avenue sW-
work oy Belgian school children, through May.
GALLERY OF MASTERS 1867 Connecticut avenue NV
Oils water coos and
HOWARD UNIVERSITY ART CALLERY-Exhbtion Of oil noint
mgs by Negro artists lent by the w. P. A., May 81
lHE STUDIO GALLERY George Washington
street NWEXhbon paintings
dent artists, through
lo2o WISCONSIN AVE Naturalization paintings
and gardens of British peers by Blondel Malone
tuesdays thursdays and Saturdays, to through
Evening star., 1939-05-14

There are undoubtedly such pathetic,
woe-begone, degenerate country peo-
pie as he has painted in picture en-
titled Country" but the degener-
acy is that of a sturdy plant gone
to seed rather than one crushed by
the foot of an oppressor.
The School Teacher" likewise Is a
travesty on education, representing
it in the hands of one without intel
lectual equipment as well as physical
stamina. Again two paintings OF
persons listening to music show
those of the audience chiefly OF a
dissolute type, not exalted by what
they hear but sitting with sullen
visage, accepting the great gift with
glum mien. There may be such.
There doubtless are. But are not
they the exception rather than the
rule? In these faces that Mr.. Bot
kin puts before us we see discomfort
and smoldering anger. This is not
bred in this country by oppression
but it may in others light the flame
of revolution. Who can say?
Involuntarily ones mind goes to
Italy before the present regime.
boatmen singing as they passed
through the canals Of Venice, mu-
sicians on the streets of Naples,
Evening star., 1939-05-14

gaging exhibition set forth by the
Washington Water Color Club in the
Arts Club of Washington from May
Z to 19.
Tbs exhibits in the gallery are
hE1s m a single line, frame to frame,
and all, with but one exception, be-
ing water colors, evidence the f1exi-
bility of that medium as we'll as the
versatility of the artists. The one
exception is portrait in pastel,
"The Sculptor" by Edith McCart-
ney, which is rendered with the fin
ish employed by the French pas
tellists of the 18th century. 1t shows
a young woman standing beside
head that she is in process of model
Ing and is colorful and we'll studied.
, Boldly handled and vigorous in
manner of transcription are two
water colors by Gertrude G. Brown,
one of "Brooding Gulls" on a rocky
ledge overlooking the sea, and the
other study of an "Old Rocking
Chair" Both manifest extraordinary
command of technique
More poetic in feeling and re-
ticent in treatment are Drawing
In the Net" by Lesley jackson, and
Beyond the Point" by Ruth Per-
Evening star., 1939-05-14

the proportion of reflections de-
creased and of successes grows
larger. No other artist can, I am
sure, do with as little sleep as
Elisabeth Poe and paint so pro-
lif1cally between l and 3 in the
morning"
'The immediate consequences Of
this tremendous output, which
would" he continues, "be huge
work to others, but is play and rest
to her, is an astonishing mastery of
the medium of water color. From
the subtlest modulation of delicate
washes, to the deepest blacks and
browns. the transparent pigment
functions at its best in great va
riety of wet and dry textures" AL
ways, we are told, Miss Poe only uses
the best paper and brushes, because,
knowing as little as she claims she
does, she feels that she must have
the help of the best materials. From
her use of the Japanese brush she
has developed a calligraphy of black
lines which resembles closely that
used for stylization by the ancient
makers Of bronzes in China before
the Christian era. This overruns the
face of the rock formations in some
Evening star., 1939-05-14

month. collection of portrait draw
lngs of racial types by Bertha Noyes
OF this city which will be found of
exceptional interest. Miss Noyes has
Travelled far and wide and wherever
she has gone she has taken her
sketchbook. The exhibition in the
Women's City Club is, to an extent,
the fruit of this practice, but it goes
far beyond that which is casual.
Primarily, the drawings are sympa-
thetically made and with utmost
correctness: they have character and
individuality; they are spirited and
vital and they carry conviction. The
majority are less than half life-size
and are done on white paper in
colored conte crayon (crayon incased
in wood like penciD which means
that the point must be used rather
than, as in pastel, the broad side
surface-also that the color gamut is
limited and admixture practically
Evening star., 1939-05-14

others, has Mr.. Botkin brought into
his canvases a CLINT of merriment,
friendliness, good will. Here, too, is
homeliness, but of likeable sort.
But it is the business of these people
to create laughter-this is their
calling.
AS to how these pictures are
painted-one must grant the painter
gift and the power of vivid express
sion-but certainly neither grace nor
charm. His color does not sing,
his brush registers no passionate in
spiration; what is there then when
the story is told to allure the eye
or hold the attention? Obviously
it is we'll to know how the other
half lives, but this is not the part of
the artist. 1t is for him to prohibit
ugliness by putting beauty in its
place-in short to hold the torch so
high and keep it so we'll lit that dark
ness will be dispersed.
Henry Botkin was born in Boston
in 1896 and studied under Major
and Bridgman. He is a member
of the College Art Association and
the American Artists Congress, the
latter opposed to Fascism and IA
voring artists unions which will
force support from governmental
Evening star., 1939-05-14

here and there is blue sky or
on a mountain side splash of earth
color. All are done with a brush,
even when line is used, and the
forms set forth have great weight
and soidity.
For the most part the subjects
are Of mountainous country, peaks
rising in majesty against the sky,
rock formation of titanic propor-
tions. Here and there a little lake
is seen set in the lap of the hills
or a stream meanders across a
tableland Nothing is actual-but
the observer is convinced that some
where such scenes are to be seen.
Perhaps they are in Tibet, or per-
chance in those mythical Noun
tains of the Moon" which, in old
Biographies. crossed central Africa,
but in these later days have disap-
peared from the ken of man. The
paintings of Nicholas Roerick gave
intimation of such in the Himalayas,
whose remote heights and Businesses
he traversed; the mesas of our
own Southwest resemble in like
manner architecture wrought by the
hand of God.
But how amazing is the channel
which Miss Poe's creative instinct
has taken for expression! Six years
ago she was just beginning to eX-
pertinent with painting as a me-
dium. Her career had been that
of writer. When she began to
paint, as both she and her in
structor, Mr.. Law Watkins, said,
she could not draw; her paintings
were mussy and muddled-but even
so they had the spark of the crea-
tive. She continued to paint, pro-
lifically and in her own way, steadily
gaining proficiency AS foreword to
her current exhibition Mr.. Watkins
has written as follows: Probably
no other artist has painted so many
water colors in a six-year period as
She. Probably no other artist has
such large gallery of notable
failures-as she calls her substan-
tial heap of rejected efforts. Steadily
Evening star., 1939-05-14

century, "The Age of Innocence:
Villa Gathers war novel, "One of
Ours; "Arrowsmith, for which
Sinclair Lewis refused the honor in
1926, but which is still listed by
the Pulitzer Advisory Committee;
Thornton Wilder's Bridge of San
Luis Rey";; Scarlet Sister Mary"
Julia Peterkin's story of Negro life
on a Southern plantation; 1.-THE
Store" by Stribling; and, of course,
the ever-popular Gone With the
Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, and
"The Late George Apley," Mar
quand's winner of last year.
Broadway successes which have
received the honor have included
three plays by Eugene O'Neill, Be
yond the Horizon" Anna Christie"
and Strange Interlude";; two by
George S. kaufman with different
collaborators, "Of Thee Sing" and
you Can't Take 1t With You, and
one other, Idiots Delight" by this
years winner, Robert E. Sherwood.
Others have been Elmer Rice's
"Street Scene" Marc Connelly's
Green Pastures" Maxwell Ander-
sons Both Your Houses" and last
years Our Town." by Thornton
Wilder.
In looking back over the awards
in biography one notes that many
of the books have now become
American classics, among them
THE Education of Henry Adams" :"
Beveridge's Life of Marshall" Hen
bricks "The Life and Letters of
Walter H. Page" Pupin's Prom
Immigrant to Inventor" and Har-
vey Cushing's Life of Sir Will
liam Osler." Marquis James and
Allan Nevins were both twice sue
cessful. the first with his "The
Raven" and ANDREW jackson" and
the second with Grover Cleveland"
and .Hamilton Fish,"
Evening star., 1939-05-14

kins Stafford: while charmingly
toneful and at the same time lumi-
nous are The After Glow" by Ruth
Jawne Dom Allen. In the first
Windblown pine. trees are seen sill
houetted against a western sky at
evening and in the second a
schooner in full sail is similarly
placed, her canvas in deep shadow
Two of Iona Miller Keplinger's
water colors of the Spanish mis-
sions 0ately known in the Womens
City Club are here as we'll as one
of her colorful flower studies, "Zin-
Mas Marguerite C. Munn's "Old
Fashioned Bouquet" is rendered
with not only apparent ease but
pleasant bit of bravado, and great
freshness of vision as we'll as light
ness of touch is discernible in both
the large flower paintings, Mil
dred's Bouquet" and Nineteen
Thirty-nine, which Clara r. Saun-
ders contributes to this exhibition.
Over the mantel in the reception
IOoill lao OSIli llollE a pdlllp4llS VA
a New England Street" with it's elm
shaded sidewalks done in gouache
by Eleanor Parke Custis, a charm
ing composition and most excellent
portrait of place What a con-
trast this really beautiful street Of
fers TO the shabby slum sections
which SO much more frequently
seem to find their way into current
exhibitions!
Street Workers" is not exactly an
alluring theme but in his rendition
Jawne Dom Allen has given indi-
cation of certain beauty which
manifested itself to him. "Monad-
mock" by Marguerite c. Mum. a
small painting hung in the recep-
ton room. has real loveliness to-
gether with great simplicity of
treatment. Mount Rainier From
Mount Hood" by Janice Holland,
also very direct statement, has
some of these same elusive qualities
adherent to all fine art
An interesting departure from the
usual. both In subject and handling,
is "Kuan-Yin," by Seward Hume
Rathbun, a group of Chinese fig
urines and other objets dart which
he has most skillfu1ly brought to-
gether and Transcribed. Here, too,
hang two romantically imaginative
paintings by Elisabeth E. Poe, who
is simultaneously holding a one
man exhibition in the printrooms
of the Phillips Memorial Gallery.
The handful of prints are hung
in the front hall of the Arts Club,
not too good a place for seeing but
good enough in themselves to ar
rest and hold attention. Here
Minnie L. Briggs shows four of her
best, among which Pines on the
Potomac" and Orland, Maine are
especially outstanding. Here also is
an excellent etching of ducks in
flight by Benson B. Moore, who,
by the way, is represented in the
reception room by we'll composed
and pleasingly rendered landscape
| entitled Road to River-Winter.
Giving variety, here. is also a fas-
cinating print of children at play,
THE Runaway Balloons" rendered