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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-03
Faithful Clock Is Voted
Pension by Town Board

WISCONSIN RAPIDS.-The old
town clock here has outlasted an
economy move and now ticks into
its declining years with assistance
of a $40 a month pension.
The common council voted the $40
a month over protests OF aldermen
who would have abandoned the
clock after as years of service in
the tower of the city library, for
merly the city hall.
The old timepiece is a weight
wind clock and for the last IL years
kept the time without repair service
OF any sort. Recently an expert re-
paired the clock and charged $42. So
The service charge reused advo-
Gates of economy, who said that
$l20 a year for clock repair was
too much compared to $3.50 in Is
years, and, besides, the clock was
pretty old.
The objections were beatep down
by aldermen who asserted that a
clock which gave good service for
4e years shouldn't be abandoned for
q few dollars.
They voted the $40 monthly as a
special pension" with which'to hire
q special attendant to oil, repair
and wind the clock every month.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-03
Bull Terrier From England

The bull terrier breed originated
in England, emerging as distinc-
tive type of terrier about 1920. The
forerunners of the breed are not
definitely known, but there is melt
ing pot theory that they included the
bulldog, greyhound, pointer, Dalma-
tan and mastiff. In 1862 the vogue
was started for the all-white bull
terrier whereas the earlier speci-
mems were colored. For years the
colored ones were banned by the
breed standard but in recent years
the colored ones have experienced
a slight return to favor, mostly in
England. Dogs usually stand about
20 inches at the shoulder and weigh
between 40 and go pounds, although
the standard permits wide range
in both weight and height. The
breed is hardy and stands both heat
and cold well. His resistance to ex-
treme heat is indicated by the fact
that the breed is popular with MEM
bers of the British Civil service in
India and the tropics.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-03
Makes a Living
Out of Plaster
lJobless Family Finds Mold
/ ing of Figurines Is
Profitable Work.

OLMSTEAD FALLS, OHIO.-Fa-
TIERS unemployment was fortunate
instead Of tragic for the William
Crowley family-they now have a
thriving home industry which is
profitable for all.
Crowley, temporarily without .
Job, decided TO spend his time to
some advantage and began expert
menting with creating plaster fig
ures. His studio was the family ga
rage and his chief assistant, daugh-
ter Evelyn, who was convalescing
from pneumonia. Eighteen-year-old
Evelyn sketched the Crowley dog
and other animals and her father
followed the sketches in making his
hgurines.
Labor Is Divided.
Then the rest Of the family joined
forces.
Here is the division of labor"
Crowley explained.
Evelyn makes the preliminary
sketch, do the plaster carving and
melding, I5-year-old William Jr. is
responsible for the casting, aided by
Charles, who is IL, and Mrs. Crow
ley paints the figures. Eight-year-
cid Bob takes care Of the jars and
brushes. Our three dogs and three
Cats pose as models"
He said the family has perfected
q durable composition for statues
and a washable finish, but the for
mulas for both processes are Sc
cret.
I'm less than year in business
we have sold more than 1000 novel
ty art objects to shops in Cleveland
and other cities, including 3erea,
Fairview, Ashtabula and Elyr(a. We
have also sold some objects to Buff
falo stores" Crowley said.
Comic Figures Made.
''The objects range from statues
of Washington and Lincoln to comic
cowboy figures.
''As for our factory, it has ex-
banded until it includes the garage,
furnace room and the summer
kitchen"
He added that he is employed
again, but he spends all mis- spare
time working at home
'Give up the business because ]
have a job again? No, wouldn't
think of doing that" he said.
There are too many interesting
things to find out about this line to
give it up"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-03
Color OF Topaz

There has long been tendency to
call all yellow stones "topaz"-es-
pecially the transparent yellow
quartz. Contrary to the general
opinion, topaz is often colorless or
very pale in tint. Yellow hues from
pale to bright sherry are common.
but the pale blue and the pale
green stones are often taken for
aquamarine. The brownish-yellow
stones from Brazil are often heated
and changed to a lovely rose-pink.
Colorless topaz is often confused
with the diamond and is made still
more confusing by the fact that the
specific gravity of these stones is
almost identical. The "Braganza"
once owned by the kings of Portugal
and listed as one of the largest of
the famous diamonds in the world,
is known to be white topaz. Such
colorless stones are known as
slaves diamonds"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-03
By CHERIE NICHOLAS

Grecian goddess. This full length
coat in mirage blue silk sheer with
knotted short sleeves and Grecian
lace bust treatment is worn over a
trianon rose gown with net bra top
appliqued with matching lace.
Again, speaking of lingerie fash
ions that take on the styling of a
dress, wouldn't you think, if we
were not telling you otherwise, that
the lovely lady seated in the fore
ground Of the group was gowned in
a party frock? Fact is this is a
boudoir fantasy designed especially
for women who like to breakfast in
bed or sit pilloWed In cushions in
luxurious ease. The bolero is Of
silk sheer lastex quilted and bound
with plain satin and makes an in
triguing bedjacket to wear with an
other gown as well as the one here
shown. Off with this fanciful bolero
and gown of exquisite pure silk
satin is revealed that has a silk
sheer top of lastex in quilted effect
and plain satin binding matched to
the jacket.
A Victorian-inspired boudoir en-
semble graces the queenly figure
standing TO the left In the picture,
consisting of a satin gown with a
lace yoke and over it a coat of
matching chiffon, with lace appli-
cations and ruffies that cascade
all the way down the front, also
edging the sleeves. The ensemble
comes in such lovely shades as shell
pink, palest blue, champagne, also
white. The lace is dyed in each
case to match the color of the satin
and chiffon.
g Western Newspaper Union
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-03
Roman Dog Lovers Gave
Groups Only Two Names

The Romans divided their dogs
into six groups, although the two
sets of groups do not correspond
exactly. In Rome there were Canes
villatici (house dogs); Canes pas
torales pecuarii shepherd dogs);
Canes venatici sporting dogs);
Pugnaces or bellicosi (pugnacious or
war dogs); Mares sagaces (dogs
which ran by SCENT; and Pedipus
celeres (swift dogs which ran by
sight.
In the United States, observes
Margaret Kidder in the Los An
geles Times, we have a sport
ing dog group in which are the bird
dogs; hound group, including both
the scent and the sight hounds; a
working dog group, which takes in
the shepherd dogs and the dogs that
the Romans termed war dogs; a ter
rier group, which had no counter
part in Roman times; toy group.
which unaccountably was missing in
Rome since tiny pets were very pop
ular among the ruling classes. and
a transporting group, which no
doubt includes some of the breeds
that the Romans listed as house
dogs.
These two groupings are as near
ly as possible the natural divisions
of dogs according to their roles in
the general scheme of things. Ger.
tain breeds have shifted groups dur
ing the past 1900 years, but this
usually has been due to structural
changes that came about after many
generations of selective breeding.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-03
French National Anthem
Composed by an Engineer

The famous song "Marseillaise."
the French national anthem, was
written on the night of April "a, 1874.
Ehy Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
French captain of engineers who
was q musical amateur.
The mayor of Strasbourg, where
de Lisle was then quartered. had
expressed the need for a good
marching song and this was de
Lisle's patriotic response. The name
was given to il later because of the
enthusiasm with which it was sung
by troops setting out from Mar
settles for Paris De Isle had sim
ply named it "War-song of the Army
of the Rhine" notes a writer in the
Detroit News. A royalist rather
than a revolutonist himself, he was
later prescribed and had to leave
France for Switzerland. Some time
before his death in 1896 he was
decorated with the Legion of Honor
and awarded pension.
According TO, Immortal Songs Of
Camp and Field" under the mon
archical governments in France.
the song was always held seditious.
because Of its extraordinary infiu-
ence upon the French people. "The
first time since the Revolution that
il was not regarded as reasonable
by those in authority was at the
opening of the Worlds fair in 1879. I"
In 1914 the body of de Isle was
exhumed and taken to the Invalides
In Paris, to await interment in the
Pantheon.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-03
Dual Controls Used in
School Driving Classes

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.-Dri0ing III
structors at IA downstat high
schools employ dual-contro auto
mobiles to teach students irving
technique and rules. the div ion Of
highways announced today.
The division said that man. of the
other $50 high schools offering driv-
er and highway instruction courses
were providing actual driving prac-
tice for students in machines fur
nished by instructors END schools.
High schools employing dual-con-
troll automobiles were at Elgin, Bel
videre, Moline, Carbonate and
Charleston Teachers College high
school and Charleston high.
The division said preliminary ar
rangements are under way for the
use of dual contTol-cars in high
schools at Peoria, Spring Valley,
Macomb and other dOwnstate cities.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-03
Professor Thinks Love
Great Student Handicap

PIRMINGHAM.-Love is a great
handicap to the accumulation of
knowledge, according to DR.. Ray S.
Muserave. professor of psychology
at Birmingham-Southern college,
Doctor Musgrave placed student
romances at the top of the list of
reasons for failures to pass courses.
Next came parties and extra cur
ricular activities.
The well-known "grudge against
the professor" and financial worries
also were listed as chief factors
making for bad marks.
But love tops them all, Doctor
MusgI ave said.
'When q student is in love, be is
unable to concentrate on his stud
ies," he said.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-03
Originated the Metric System

The metric system was an inven-
ton Of the French in the latter half
of the Eighteenth century. The
French government appointed
committee of the Academy of Sci
ences under the authority of the ma
tional assembly sanctioned by Louis
XVI to devise system of weights
and measures. The committee con-
sisted of Borda, Lagrange, Laplace,
Monge, and Condorcet. On June %,
1899. the standard units, the meter
and the hlogram, made by expert
scientists and instrument makers,
were deposited in the archives at
Paris.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-03
I""O
said MRS. MOLLA PROPP.


ISN'T it a wonderful feeling, my
dear, to be able to do some
thing for your sick friends and
relatives?
There's Uncle Peter-the bach
elor with the money. He always
says I'm his favorite niece by
marriage. He has been suffering
from nervous Illustrations for
goodness knows how long, and
yesterday was such a beautiful
day, 90 I took the Car and called
for him.
He didn't want to 60 at first
because he said II made him
more nervous, but I promised
that I'd drive slowly and ever so
carefully, so that he wouldn't get
another case of shudders or
whatever it is he gets.
Well. we drove and every time
the thermometer showed more
than fifteen Uncle Peter yelped
about his nerves.
All at once an officer came
running and said he wanted to
catch the car ahead for tipping
over a rag pickers cart and
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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-03

breaking his bottles. ] was too
thrilled, my dear. II was the
first time I'd ever had a chance
to let the car out.
The officer crowded IN along
side of Uncle Peter, stepped on
the commutator and away We
went. Uncle moaned that he
was dying and the officer said,
Let's go!
We went. But instead Of dy-
ing, Uncle popped right up and
when we slowed down for
crossing he got all excited. Once,
when we'd lost the car we were
chasing, he offered me ten dol
lars If I'd step il up to seventy
and I did.
Soon we got near enough to
get the engine number and we
took the officer back. I wanted
to take Uncle TO his room SO he
could at least die in peace, but
instead he insisted on calling
Henry and we all went to din
ner and a show and Uncle Peter
was mad because we wouldn't
let him dance all night.
- ohv TensSu
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-03
Bill to Help Blind
Supported by Lions

Montana Lions clubs will sup
port a bill in the legislature to per-
NIT adult blind persons to receive
rehabilitation training at state
institutions, it has been announc.
ed. Under present laws. it was
pointed out. only persons between
the ages of 6 and II years are
eligible for training in the state
school.
Thomas NJ. Robinson of Hell
ena. former governor of this Lii
ons district. said there are be.
tween 400 and 500 adult persons
in the state who have not been
able to obtain training through
the state system because of the
age limits. The law the Lions
clubs are sponsoring will ask for
establishment of a five-member
commission. comprised mostly of
state officers. to supervise the ed.
ucation of blind persons at sum
mer sessions at the state school
for blind.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-03
Browning News

Robert Barlow, of Browning,
who is attending Montana u.
is a member of the general COM
mittee planning and carrying out
details for the Forestry Ball,
annual dance by the Forestry
school. This dance has gained
reknown throughout the north
west for the originality of its en-
tertainment.
G. w. Eubank, who has been
in charge of the Cut Bank Board
ing school since its opening last
year, left recently for Iomah,
Wisconsin. where he has been
transferred. Gayle Anderson is
the new principal now in charge
of the school.
Nanny Barnes returned to
Browning last week from Cali
fornia and Alaska where he had
been working the past nine
months.
The Browning Junior high
basketball team played the Cut
Bank boarding school Wednes-
day evening of this week on their
opponents floor. The Mckinley
youngsters winning by a score of
II to Is. The agency and the
Starr school played the second
game. the agency winning by the
small margin Of 80 to % IN a very
exciting game.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-03
Drunken Driving To
Be Expensive Habit

Two bills now before the legis.
lature would make drunken driv.
ing not only extremely expensive
but also sadly painful.
Early in the session Senator
Pauline introduced his bill to give
drunken drivers five lashes of a
CATO nine-tails for the first Of
tense. 10 lashes for the second
and Is for the third.
Now. Pauline's colleague in
the house. Representative Borne
by. also of Flathead, has intro
duced a bill to make drunken
driving costly. First offenders
could be fined from $50 to $500.
and would be forced to spend 80
days in Jail.
If a person were convicted
twice, his car would be taken
away and sold by sheriff at pub
lie auction. Any person or firm
holding title to the car would be
paid off ous of proceeds of the
sale (if possible) and the state
would take the drivers equity
(if any).
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-03
Senior Mormon Apostle Will
Arrive in State February IL

Rudger Clawson of Salt Lake
City. senior member of the Quo
rum of the Twelve Apostles of
the Latter Day Saints. Mormon
church, will pay an official visit
to the northern Montana district
on FEB. IL. On that day plans
will be discussed for the erection
of new church and It is expect
ed now that a part of the North
Central States mission will be
taken into the Northwestern
States mission. If the plan ma
terializes Chinook. Havre and
Harlem would be included. CIV
ing about 400 more members
to this area.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-03
Shiiey's New Leading Man

Shirley Temples new leading
man is Martin Goodrider, age 13,
of Browning. a full blood Mon
tana BIeckfeet Indian. The
young American redskin, fresh
from his tribes reservation. 40
miles from Glacier Park Station,
plays the male hero with Shirley
in "Susannah of the Mountains. /"
Martin is a protegee of Father
Egan MelIman, a Jesuit priest
Besides acting. the young Indian
MARBLES Irish ditties with a Cork
accent. and does Scotch dances.
Shirley met her new leading
man for the first time last week.
They exchanged condolences,
Shirley putting Martin wise to
film technique. and Martin tell
ing Shirley a lot about scouting
and mountain lore.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-03
News of Az. Class

The Vocational Agriculture boys
of tire Browning school are tax.
ing two weeks of cooking in the
Home Economics department. We
believe this is a very worth while
project in which the beys will
get a little practical experience
that every boy should have wheth-
er he plans to become a farmer
or not. Last week the boys
planned and cooked one break
fast and two lunches This week
they are making cakes, cooking
meat and vegetables.
During this time the Home Ec-
onomic girls are taking two " e. KS
of shop. which we also believe is
proving practical. Last week the
girls sharpened knives and scis.
sors. and repaired extension
cords. This week they will re-
finish furniture and learn some
of the uses of the square, drill
bits. screws and plane, and how
to shape wood to given dimen-
sions.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-03
Townsend Plan for
Montana Introduced

Every person over IS who had
lived in Montana five years and
whose income was below federal
or state income tax brackets
would receive $50 a month. under
terms of the Montana Townsend
plan measure introduced in the
house by Representative Stevens
of Cascade.
Money to pay the pensions.
which would be allowed with no
red tape at all 3" would come frem
a 2 per cent sales tax, according
to the bill. The tax would not ap-
ply to articles deemed necessi-
ties, Stevens said. as such a tax
would place the heaviest load on
low salaried people.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-03
Chinese New Year

Butte, Feb. g. WP) - The
Dragon will keep hidden in his
lair. and the bright red and yell
low lanterns will not be lighted
this Chinese New Year coming
Feb. Is for BuLte's little Chinese
colony.
The reason the traditional Gel
ebration will not be held is that
the remaining 300 sons and
daughters of Cathay have sent
all of their holiday funds back to
the motherland to help wavering
Chinese armies stem the tide of
Japanese invasion.
mo catchem fun this year.
Hellup the poor. Hellup the SOL
der wallop Jap,' a venerable old
Chinaman explained.
About $500 has recently been
contributed to the Chinese ma
tionalist cause by Butte orientals.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-03
Hollywood Technical Man Is
Here to Obtain Indian Talent

G.. Bland Jamison, technical
adviser, Duke Goux, business
manager and Mr.. Campbell, pub
liclty man for the Goth Century
Fox arrived in Browning Tues
day, to choose a score of Black
feet Indians for Shirley Temples
next picture. "SusannGh of the
MOunties.
The tribesmen will be taken to
Hollywood where they will be
quartered on the 10th Century
Fox lot. 10 insure that they will
not be asked to appear IN any,
thing detrimental to the dignity
of their tribe, race or themselves.
personally, the studio posted a
$25, 900 bond with the bureau of
Indian affairs.
They will be chosen on the
basis of distinct facial character
istics and knowledge of their
ceremonial dances which they
will teach to Shirley. Curiously
the actor chosen to portray their
chief is Maurice Moskovitz. ma
tive of Russia.
Already in Hollywood is 13-
year cid Martin Goodrider, Black
feet, who will provide serio-
comic heart interest for the
child star. Shirley will be seen
as an orphaned pioneer youngster
adopted by Constable Randolph
Scott OF the ROYAL Canadian
mounted police. the story re-
wolves around construction of the
Canadian Pacific railroad.
Mr.. Jamison has been in Holly
wood over a decade, acting as
technical adviser in most Indian
films since The Covered Wag-
On. He started collecting in
formation about the tribesmen
as a hobby and finally converted
it into his job. He has private
collection of "a Charles Russell
paintings. inpired by those grac-
ing the walls of Sid Willis esta.
in Great Falls.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-03
Welfare Act Changes
Proposed to Session

Members of the house and sen.
ate social security committees
met last week with Robert W..
Beasley of Denver. regional rep
reseDtative of the federal social
security board. to discuss % pro.
posed amendments to the public
welfare act passed by the last
legislature,
The amendments would give
the welfare board power to pro
hibit political activity by the de
partme 1t, and would make alb
solutely private the names of
persons receiving relief. He said
there never has been a complaint
that the Montana department is
politically active.
County commissioner would
receive pay and expenses from
the state for the time spent as
county welfare boards. Persons
known tn have "dissipated" re.
lief checks could be paid in dis
bursement order at the discretion
of the board.
Counties could not spend poor
fund money for buildings if the
money were needed for direct
relief use. When q county could
not reimburse the state depart
ment for it's share Of payments
made to welfare enrOllees, the
welfare board could audit the
county's books and determine
just how much Of its share the
county should pay.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-03
Dancers Hear Radio
Message by President

Washington Jan. 30 - Presi-
dent Roosevelt told nationwide
radio audience tonight that in
fanti!e paralysis was a national
peril and the campaign against
it should have the cooperation of
every crossroads community.
"Only by such cooperation. "
he said, has tuberculosis been
brought under control il our life
time. Only by the same concert
ed action will the scourge of in
fantile paralysis be stamped
out.
The president spoke from the
White House to guests at thou
sands of balls throughout the
country at which money was be-
ing raised. on his 51th birthday,
for the PARALYSIS drive.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-02-03
Browning r. & p. Club

The Browning R. & P. club held
it's first shoot on the new range
in the basement of the old mill
at the agency on Monday night
January Both.
The following men we're pre-
sent and scored in the order
named: White. Graves, Noel
Sandridge. Cross. Lund, Plummer,
Hanneman. F. Sherburne, Par
sons and Beck.
Much enthusiasm was shown
by members for the new quarters.
1t will now be possible for four
men to shoot at once. greatly de-
creasing time necessary to con-
duct shoot and giving members
an opportunity to do more prac.
ticing.
The club wishes at this time
to extend an invitation to many
of last years members who so
far this year have not put in
their appearance. Why not all
attend this Friday night and see
the new range? Don't take our
word for it. Regular shoots will
be held Monday and Friday
nights and Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock.