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Evening star., 1939-06-23
Federal Worker Takes Issue
With Small Businessman"
To the Editor OF 7

TO the Editor OF The Star:
Your publication today of the letter
signed Small Businessman" was unfor-
tunate.
It has been determined, and I believe
recently published in your newspaper,
that the average salary of a Federal
Government employe is s1,8o0-not even
enough for the married ones to pay
any taxes on. To draw an income of
s2,400 as does Small Businessman
would be about the height of our ambi-
tions. And to have on hand $4,000 to
invest in business would be impossible
even with lifetime of saving
Who is Small Businessman? Why
doesn't he let us all know who he is?
He probably knows that without the
favor of the average Federal employee s
patronage. he and his partner would
never have to worry about paying income
tax again. He might be driven to seek
ing one of our S1,440 jobs, and then
would never again be bothered by the
nightmare of the business privilege tax.
I firmly maintain that the only fair
means of raising revenue in the District
OF Columbia are the business privilege
levy and the real estate tax To pay
for the privilege of being able to main
tain business in city where almost
every one who works has steady income
and therefore an unvarying purchasing
power, should not work such hardship
on Small Businessman
have long thought that the business
people of this city did not know how
well off they really are. Where else
can they find such ideal conditions for
steady trade and high profits? And
there is talk of taxation without repre-
sentation, unfair business taxes and all
the rest of these ingratitudes. What
do these people want? They should be
compelled to try their business. out
somewhere else for few months. They
would come crawling back to this CITY of
'pampered' Federal employees, and never
again mention the ballot or taxes.
HAROLD N. BURSTEIN.
Evening star., 1939-06-23

show courage enough and leadership
enough not to yield to the threats of
union labor and not to take bribes from
them. Any man running on such plat
form will be an easy victor in a presi-
Dental campaign.
June IA. EUGENE LA TOUR.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
Takes Issue With
Anti-Moseley A Letter.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The STAR
wish to take issue with the letter to
The Star by r. Montgomery, who admits
his or her affiliation with the Communist
party concerning the publicity given the
recent testimony of George Van Horn
Moseley before the Dies Committee.
Montgomery's attitude toward the press
for the publishing of the testimony only
reflects the policies Of the reds and red
governments. They would suppress free
press, free speech and free thought.
DONALD SHEA,
Director National Gentle League.
June a,
Evening star., 1939-06-23
June 16.
Blames Union Labor
For Unemployment.

Az siie 6oItol VI Inc 0lar.
John L. Lewis, posturing and insincere
as usual, delivered himself of some
characteristic solemnities Yesterday
when he said the people were getting
tired of being idle and of Government
eHortS to put them to work, ETC., etc.
One reason that people are not at work
Is because Lewis union activities have
put labor so high that the common citi-
zen cannot afford to hire labor. There
are, at the most, 100000 union laborers
and skilled workers. Even with their
families they are in the great minority
and the great majority of citizens are
bled white to pay their wages.
II good carpenter or mechanic would
work for reasonable wages great many
more jobs would be filled do not earn
enough to pay carpenters $13 a day for
their work, so either I do my own car
pentering, such as it is, or I look around
for nOn-union man.
Lewis is interested in power and
doesn't hesitate to use it. He talks about
the thugs in the employ of industrialists.
and yet in raid on c. I. o. head
quarters yesterday in Michigan shot
guns and lead pipe were found.
The trouble with the country is that
the unionists are organized and the
millions OF ordinary consumers, white
collar workers, etc, are being held up
to make dues easy for the unions. If
some leader will organize the rest of us
we Will sweep the unions out of the
country without impairing in any way
the right of workers to get their lust
rights and good wages.
! voted twice for Roosevelt, but will
vote for any man In any party who viii
Evening star., 1939-06-23

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WASHING TON. D. C..
FRIDAY AY--Ju June %, 1899
Evening star., 1939-06-23

@. How many shirts are manufactured
in the United States?-A. P. D.
A. In 1887 there were l2,027243 dozen
shirts manufactured in the United
States, the value of which was S128,-
533 699. This does not include workmen's
shirts.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19
TO ORGANIZE
DRAMA GROUP
Young People OF Three
Churches To Study
And Present Plays

AS the first step of a series
of act sponsored by the chur-
ches of Hardin in the direction
of a well-planned community
recreation and culture program,
the local Baptist, Congregational
and Methodist churches are
jointly sponsoring a drama club
for church young people of the
city.
The first meeting of the club
will be in the Methodist church
tonight at 7:30 o'clock, accord
ing to an announcement made
this week by Ernest w. Den
ming, pastor of the Methodist
church, who is spokesman for
the three pastors and who will
be the first counsellor and Or
ganizer.
Young people whose ages are
10 to 80 are invited to join the
group. Present qualifications for
membership are limited to
these: that prospective members
shall expect to take a consistent,
active part in the activities of
the club, and that they shall be
active members of some church
group in Hardin. This includes
young people who are members
either of one of the Hardin
churches, or are active in Sun
Continued on Page 81
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19
LODGE GRASS
DOWNS LOCALS
Hurdin Is Victor Over
Custer High In Come
Saturday Night

Lodge Grass took the measure
of the Hardin quintet Friday
night or the Lodge Grass ma
Piles 10 to IL in a fast and eX-
citing game.
Although Lodge Grass led
throughout the entire game, the
local five's offense was clicking
fairly we'll. Hardin missed many
shots at the hoop and made
only two free throws out of ten
attempts.
Kerrick was high scorer for
Hardin with five tallies while
Bird, LaForge and Not Afraid
each made six for Lodge Grass.
In a preliminary game the
Hardin junior high school team
defeated the Lodge Grass grades
81 to II. The play of Big Man
for Hardin and Suns Go Slow
for Lodge Grass was outstand-
ing.
SATURDAY. night the Bulldogs
defeated the Custer five at Gus
ter by a score of 10 to Is.
Edgar Big Man and Real Bird
were new spots in the Hardin
lineup. They became eligible
with the start of the second Sc
mester.
The next game on the Har-
din schedule is at Laurel Friday
night.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19
THREE DANCES
Will BE HELD
Presidents Birthday Ball
Will Be Held Saturday
Night. JonudrY 20.

Plans for the Presidents
birthday ball to be held in Har-
din and Lodge Grass are being
completed. The dances will be
held Saturday night January %.
Funds raised by the dances are
to be used to combat infantile
paralysis.
Two dances will be held in
Hardin, one old time dance and
one for modern dancing. The
ball at Lodge Grass will be held
at the school building. Tickets
purchased will be good for any
dance held in the county.
An intensive drive to sell tick
cts and receive donations will
get under way early next week
The button campaign will be
conducted over schools in the
county by C. r. Stobaugh. Dime
banks are put up over the coun-
ty to receive small donations to
help the worthy cause.
Fifty per cent of the funds
raised in the county will be sent
to the national foundation
headquarters and the other fiji
ty per cent will be used local
ly, it was stated.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19
SERVICES FOR
R. ". BLEvANS
HELD MONDAY
Passes Away Here
FriduY From Hedrt
Ailment

Funeral services for Robert
w. Blevans, so, were held Mon
day at the Smith funeral chapel
Monday afternoon.
The Rev. R. N. England OF
Hardin was in charge, and bur
ial took place at MountVleW
cemetery.
.A woman's sextet composed OF
Mrs. Gus Simmons, Mrs. Omar
Harlan. Mrs. C. c.. Tooker, Mrs.
Sam Reed, Mrs. Roscoe Ward,
Miss Josephine Newton sang
mo Night There" and 1T Is
Well with My Soul" Howard g:
Smith sang Prayer Perfect"
Mrs. A. Williams was accompan-
ist.
Pallbearers were Carl Bow
man, D. l.. Egnew, j. A. Perry,
R. B. Saunders, Bert Kronmlller
and Francis Curry.
Mr.. Blevans was born near
Moundville, Mo-, on March 3,
1878. He died of a heart all
ment at the home of his sister,
Mrs. j. J. Ping, January Is,
1889.
He is survived by his widow
and two sons. Robert E: and
Charles Blevans of st. Louis;
one brother, Charles O. Blevans
of Topeka, Kans., five sisters,
Mrs. M. R. Calderwood and Mrs.
J. j. Ping of Hardin, Mrs: M. l.:
Wright, Mrs. T. E. Rats and
Miss Minnie Blevans OF Tulare,
CAL; and three nieces, Miss
Margaret Ping of Pittsburg, Pa,
Miss Rosalie Blevans of Hardin
and Mrs. Arthur Crawford OF
Tulare. ~,
Mr.. Blevans, who had been i'll
for two years came to Hardin
from st. Louis last June, hoping
to retain his health.
Out of town relatives who
were here for the funeral were
Mrs. R. w. Blevans and sons,
Robert E. and Charles o. Blew
ans. Mrs. NJ. L. Wright, Mrs: c,
D. Terrett of Miles City and Mr.:
and Mrs. William Nuckols OF
Broadus, Mont.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19
"A. M. Chilly Will
Attend Conference
Fourth Montana Wildlife
Conference To Be Held
January % At Butte

A. M. Chilly of Hardin will at
tend the fourth Montana Wild
life Conference to be held in
Butte january %, % and "a, it
was announced at the directors
meeting of the Big Horn Rod
and Gun Club held last week.
The principal project of the
meeting will be to complete the
unification of sportsme ms
groups and promote a better
UNDERSTANDING of the problems
confronting the organization, it
was learned.
The group will also discuss
wildlife projects to be financed
from funds made possible by
the Pittman = Robertson act.
Those that will come under the
act are purchase of. or lease of,
winter range for big game, es-
Establishment Of preserves for up-
land game birds. particularly
sagehens and prairie chickens
and establishment of research
department by the state game
and fish commission.
Mr.. Chilly will leave Hardin
Saturday to be on hand for the
opening sessions.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19
OFFICER RAID
HILL TAVERN
N. L. Fisher Charged
With Selling Liquor
To A Minor

A temporary restraining order
was served "Wednesday morn
ing, closing the Hill Tavern. a
mile and a half west of Hardin.
This action was the outgrowth
of a raid, conducted Sunday at
2:3O am. by County Attorney
Bert w. Kronmiller, Sheriff
Henry Ulrich and Deputy Sher-
if Roy Riley.
The officers c~onfiscated a
Gran table and two slot mach
ines and took into custody N.
L. Fisher and John Fisher.
N. L. Fisher was charged
Monday morning in the justice
court of C. A. Corkins with al
legedly having sold liquor to
a minor at the Hill Tavern. He
was also charged with possess
ion of gambling implements.
John Fisher was charged in the
same court with conducting and
operating a game of craps.
On Tuesday an action was be-
gun, entitled 1.-The State OF
Montana eN rel, Bert w. Kron-
miller, county attorney Oh Big
| Horn county, State of Montana,
| plaintiff, VS.. N. L. Fisher, John
Fisher and Jack Kogolshak, de-
PENDANTS.
The complaint charges the de-
PENDANTS, N. L. Fisher and John
Fisher, with having maintained
a common nuisance at the Hill
Tavern. The county attorney
asks in the action that the
temporary injunction restrain
ing the defendants from COM
hitting or maintaining a public
common nuisance at the tavern
be made permanent, and furth-
err that the court order that the
nuisance alleged to have beer
committed in the complaint be
abated and the premises be MOI
occupied or used for one year
Kogolshak is owner of thu
! building.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19
INDICATE BAD
HOPPER YEAR
Estimated Thut 1921
Tons Of Poison Bdit To
Be Used This Summer

With spotted areas of heavy
i~nfestation in the state, indi-
cations are that the grasshop-
per menace may be worse this
year than it was in 1888, says
DR.. H. B. Mills, state entOmOlO-
gist at Montana State college,
who bases his statements on an
egg survey made last fall.
There are three major areas
of heavy infestation and in ad-
dition there are a number OF
small "hot spots" One big area
includes Valley and Daniels
counties down through parts of
Garfield, Rosebud and Custer
counties. Another includes nor
thern Park and Gallatin coun-
ties, eastern jefferson county
and extends northward through
Broadwater, Lewis and Clark,
and into Pondera and Teton
counties. The third big area is
in Lake and Sanders counties.
Small "hot spots" are found
in Big Horn, saltwater, Carbon,
Sweet Grass, Meagher, Lincoln
and Flathead counties.
On the basis Of the survey
it is estimated that 2,103 ,463
acres of crop land and 3,489, 688
acres of range land are in
volved and that 1924 tons of
poison bait will be needed.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19
Speakers On Program
Included Bornum. Kuskd.
Felhuuer, Hublus.

Nearly 200 stockmen, farmers,
businessmen and visitors atten-
ded the seventh annual Feeders
Day program held last Friday,
January 10.
The tour and program were
under the direction of George
w. Gustafson, county extension
agent, and L. R. Cool, fieldman
for the Holly Sugar corporation.
The group gathered for the
tour at the court house at 9:45
am. The first stop was made
at the feed lots of Conrad Rob,
ST., three miles north of Hardin
Mr.. Rob is f%attening 1000 lambs
in cooperation with the Holly
Sugar corporation.
The onlOOkerS continued to
the feed lots of John Schaak,
who is fattening two carloads
of cattle which he purchased
through the Livestock Commits
sion company at Billings in Oc-
tober. He is feeding mostly
home grown feed with the adj
dition of cotton seed meal and
wet beet pulp.
NICK FellerS lalnD feedlng lOCS
were visited next, followed by
a stop at the w. L. Cooley cat
tie feeding yards, where 86 head
of yearlings and two-year-oldS
are being fattened. T..
The feed lots of Henry Zier,
Henry Dorm, Victor Stricken and
Henry Frickle. Jr., were observed
in passing the feed yards Of
L. R. Cool, where Louis Hablus
of the Armour Packing comp
any of Fargo, N. D., conducted
demonstration in sorting
lambs according to market clas-
sifications.
The tour continued to the feed
yards of the Holly Sugar cor
poration, ending at 12:45, when
the ladies of the Congregational
church served a lamb dinner to
all who participated in the trip.
The dinner was sponsored by
the Big Horn County Chamber
of Commerce. and the lamb was
provided by the Holly Sugar cor
Continued on back page)
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19

william White, 88, Montana
pioneer, and one of the COM
mand which buried the dead on
the Custer battlefield in June,
1876, died in a Crow Agency
hospital Sunday noon following
a lingering illness.
Funeral services were held at
the Community Baptist church
in Grow Agency Tuesday morn
ing. The Rev. C. A. Bentley was
in charge. Earl Sibley and Will
lard Scott represented the Har-
din American Legion post at the
service. They also furnished
music in the form of duets.
Interment was in the family
plot in Columbus, Mont. Mill
tary services were held by the
Columbus American Legion Post
with Rev. Bentley acting as
chaplain. Several early Ameri-
can settlers attended the serv-
ice.
Mr.. White WAS a veteran of
the Indian wards. He enlisted
as a private in the u. s. Cavalry,
troop F.. second regiment in
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19
ASSOCIATION
HAS MEETING
IN BILLINGS
More Than ESQ Attend
Annual Meeting And
Luncheon Last Thursday

At the annual meeting of
Midland Production Credit As
ISOLATION held in Billings last
Thursday, l.. H. Habein of Col
umbus was reelected a director
and Ora F. Kemp of Shepard
was elected to serve as a new
director. These two directors to-
gether with Charles A. Rupert
of Melville. C. B. Provinse of
Bridger and H. w. BunSton Of
Hardin, constitute the board.
Big Horn county has a men,
berShip of SO stockholders and
a large number of these atten-
ded the meeting Thursday.
Leonard J. Esp Of Grey Cliff
was appointed Acting secretary
at the meeting. C. c.. Ickes of
Big Horn, Wilbur A. Dow of
Hardin and w. L. Cooke of Bill
lings we're on the nominating
committee. H. w: Funston OF
Hardin, presented a report Of
the directors work through the
past year. MIR. Charles A. Rupert
of Melville, made a report on
the business carried on by the
association the past year and
MI. Soderlind presented the
treasurer's report which showed
total loans outstanding at the
end of the year of $641 900, ear
nings of $11 ,958 through the
year and total earnings in re-
serve since organization of $42,-
SITS.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19
DeMoldYs Plan
Series OF Dances

At their regular meeting at
the Masonic temple Wednesday
evening, the DeMolays planned
a series of student dances.
The first of the series is to
be held Friday. All DeMolays
and RainbowS and members Of
Masonic families are eligible to
attend.
The dances are being held for
the purpose of securing funds
to send representatives of. the
Big Horn chapter to the state
Conclave to be held at
Missoula early in April.
Plans were also discussed to
send a basketball team and var,
ious other athletic teams to the
conclave.
A total of SO DeMolays were
present at the meeting. Several
MasonS also attended.
The chaper is expecting to
initiate a number of new men,
berS soon.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19
CROW ccc TEAM
IN THREE WINS
Old Crow Averages
20 Points Per Come
For Season

The Crow CCC basketball
team last week vanquished three
opponents, all by top-heavy
scores.
On Friday evening the Lau-
rel N.Y.A. bowed to the Indians,
the score standing at AZ to "a.
Hickel of Laurel was outsand-
ing for the visitors, scoring 20
points.
Saturday the Sheridan Bob
cats lost a tuSsle on the Sheri-
dan NAPLES by 48 points to SO.
Hunt of Sheridan showed sharp
shooting ability by tallying %.
The Crows clipped the San
itary BARRIERS of Livingston 54
to q Saturday evening, chalk
ing up their seventh straight
win. The only game lost was to
the Harlem GlobetrotterS early
in the season.
The CCC boys have rolled up
an average of Sc points per
game in the eight tussles in
which they have engaged.
Old Crow has been an out
standing player in every con-
test, making phenomenally high
Scores with the assistance of
his teammates. He has tailed
1853 so far in the season for an
average of better than 20 points
per game.
He was high scorer in the
three victories this week, chalk
ing up 80 against Laurel, IS
against the Bobcats and %
against the BARRIERS.
On Sunday the Indian hoop
sters will face the Harlowtown
Independents, a team which
has held the state champion
ship for independent teams for
the past two years. At present
the HarlowtoWn tossers are tied
for first place in the Mussel-
shell Valley Independent league,
which consists of 10 teams.
Wednesday the Crow lads will
meet the Forsyth independents.
Both games will be in the Crow
gym. The game Sunday will be-
gin at 800 pm, and the tip
off will be at 1880 pm. Wednes-
day.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19

1872. He was discharged in 1877,
having served five years.
He was born in Indiana on
November 6, 1851, and came
west as a young man. He en-
listed in Nebraska, and was
serving under the command of
General Terry at the time of
the Custer battle. He arrived at
the scene of the massacre two
days after it occurred.
Mr.. White was married in
1886 and he and his wife made
their residence in Columbus,
Mont. Six children we're born
to them, two of whom, Mrs.
Dick Watt and Frank White of
Crow Agency, survive.
For many years he served as
a guide at the Custer battlefield,
the only man permitted to do
so, in recognition of his serv-
ices following the famous bat
tie. During those years he met
thousands of tourists, telling
them details of the massacre
and selling historical books. He
retired several years ago.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19
Approved

In a telegram received by the
Tribune Herald from Senator
Burton K. Wheeler it was an
nounced that funds had been
allotted for a sewing room pro-
ject in Big Horn county. The
wire read as follows:
The Works Progress Admins
tration has just approved an
allotment of $2,867 to main
tain and operate sewing rooms
throughout the Crow reserva-
ton. Project now is eligible for
operation at discretion of Jo-
seph E. Parker, state WPA ad-
ministrator. Signed, B. K. Vince
Ter.
A wire to the same effect was
also received from Senator
James E. Murray.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19
APPOINTED TO
CHAIRMANSEuPS

Word was received here from
Helena that Representative John
E. Rice of Big Horn county has
been appointed chairman Of
the house livestock and public
lands committee and the en-
crossing committee.
He is also a member of the
judiciary committee, and other
minor committees.
MIR. Rice drove to Hardin from
Helena Monday in order to at
tend the water conservation
meeting here Monday.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19
NEARLY 200 ATTEND FEEDERS DAY
TOUR AND DINNER FRIDAY. GROUP
VISITS FEEDING LOTS IN REGION.
NOTICE TO ALL MOVERS
OF LIVESTOCK

Through the Cooperation
of the State Livestock Com
mission, The Big Horn Coun-
ty Livestock Growers ASSocia-
ton, and Big Horn County,
Montana, the attention is
, called to the fact that Ber-
ny Roberts, has been appoin-
ted Livestock Inspector and
assigned to his work here in
Big Horn County.
Special attention is called
to all persons moving live
stock out of the County that
there will be a rigid enforce
ment of the State Law con-
corning the Inspection of
brands and the moving of
livestock from Big Horn
County, Montana.
It is urged that all parties
participating in this activity
cooperate to the fullest ex-
tent, thereby lessening the
expense to all concerned.