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Glacier County chief., 1939-12-22

down into wide, comfortable chair,
squeezing in beside him.
You're a perfectly grand guy"
she smiled, but this Christmas, my
man, Pm going to be superbly self
ish, as an experiment. Will you
try it too, Toby?"
"All right" he agreed, "I'll take
you on"
The next morning Kay tilted
pert gray hat on her curls, and
walked imperiously to the shopping
district. 'I'm fed up with being
poor, and scrimping and saving so
l can be generous in mean, little
ways. Today l spend on my
self"
She felt guilty and ridiculous, and
she turned her eyes away from
haberdasher's window where gentle
mems furnishings were invitingly
displayed. Toby needed masses and
masses of things. No, just this once
she would spend with bang all she
had on something frivolous for her
self. Toby had promised to do the
same.
At noon she happened to notice
tall person standing by the next
store window. He was absorbed in
thought. Kay hardly breathed while
the man suddenly plunged into the
store door. She crept close to
sheltering pillar while she watched
what happened inside.
She saw the man point to wom-
ans rich, quilted housecoat. She
saw him pay for it, and leave, but
without package under his arm.
Just the sort of housecoat for which
she had yearned hopelessly
She gasped in dlsmay For one
hot second she was possessed with
anger. Toby wasn't playing fair.
He had no right to make her feel
ashamed and abject on Christmas
morning!
When Toby's Tapping overcoat
was out of sight Kay slipped into
the same shop, going straight to the
counter her husband had left. May
! inquire" she asked crisply, If
that quilted housecoat just pur-
chased, is to be delivered to Mrs.
3oDy DdilleS. one gave the mouse
address. The clerk was startled into
admitting the fact.
Kay threw up her chin. Il asked
my husband, Mr.. Barnes, to step
in here today to buy that for me.
I've changed my mind. May l ex-
change it for something prefer"
The clerk weakly nodded.
Christmas eve found Kay a bit
cryptic. Toby carelessly inquired
if a package had been delivered
that afternoon. Kay said yes; it
was waiting in the closet AS it
was, though not quite what Toby
supposed.
Kay was excited as a child on
Christmas morning. There were
waffles for breakfast and especially
good coffee. Afterwards Mrs. Toby
Barnes showed her tall husband into
his big chair. 'Sit there" she COM
manded him, and left the room.
when is this fine exhibition of
selfshness going TO Begin" he
shouted after her. Il want to see it
in action!"
Kay returned with large pack
age deliberately wrapped. Toby
looked pleased. There you are"
he said. I'm sorry, Kay, to fall
Glacier County chief., 1939-12-22
WHEELER WILL RUN IF
ROOSEVELT SAYS NO

Senator B. K. Wheeler has an
nounced that he will give serious
consideration to any offer the De-
mocratic national committee makes
to me" if President Roosevelt decid-
es not to run for third term, ac-
cording to dispatches from St. Paul,
where the Montana senator and Sc
cretary of Agriculture Henry Wal
Glacier County chief., 1939-12-22
Carols on Fields of Bethlehem

On the hillsides Of Bethlehem,
"where shepherds watched their
focks by night" on Christmas eve
and Christmas morning, tourists
from many lands gather annually to
sing carols and remember the life
and words of Jesus of Nazareth.
Glacier County chief., 1939-12-22
In Bethlehem for Christmas

Due to modern transportation one
can leave America as late as the
middle of December and be in Beth.
lehem in Palestine for Christmas,
5000 miles away.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
THE BOYS FISHING HOLE

The state game commission of
Idaho would like to have streams
and ponds near cities and towns
stocked with fish. so the boys who
can't afford to go to the choice fish
ing grounds will get a fair chance
at the sport A fine idea.
When the pioneers settled our
country, the rivers teemed with fish.
Then civilization came. and the num-
ber of fishermen vastly increased.
and many of them paid no attention
to the game laws. Many streams
were polluted with refuse and sew
age. What chance has a poor little
fish to grow up in such hostile cir
cumstances? If the kid from the citv
street could get out Saturdays and
vacation days into some shady
stream near home. he wouldn't be so
likely to be plotting mischief that
may get him into trouble.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
WAR BY PROPAGANDA

Propaganda is going to play a
great part in the war in Europe.
During recent nights, British planes
have dropped millions of leaflets
over German towns. expressing the
British point of view of the war
issues.
The allied powers in the World
War did not fully realize what they
could do by this means until late in
that conflict Then they began drop
ping leaflets written in German
which stated the war aims of these
powers. They said they were not
fighting the German people. but were
merely contending against the Ger
man government
The Germans claim their. people
were tricked by this propaganda,
that the allied powers promised a
just peace. but when the Germans
had laid down their arms the allies
insisted on extremely harsh condi-
tions of peace. There seems some
basis of truth in this claim. That
does not justify Germany in start
ing new war When the Germans
show desire for peace, and a resolve
to quit making wars. they will pros
per and get along peaceably with the
rest of the world.
The allied powers do well to
start on this propaganda game very
early in the fighting. The German
people at present do not know what
is going on in the outside world.
Their newspapers and radio broad
casting are strictly controlled, and /
do not give a fair picture of events. !
If they knew all that the people out
side Germany know, they would not
support the war. Ideas have
overturned many tyrannical govern
nents where guns failed to do so.
What the allies need is to give the
Germans a regular supply of correct
Information which they cannot OBJ
lain at home. When the truth really
penetrates into Germany, the war
will not last long.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
Milford, Friday, September Is, 1888

A PROJECT which will likely re-
ceive the support of the community
and one that has the coordinated sup
port of the Shawnee Home Demon
stration Club and the Kiwanis Club
of Milford is that of proposed rest
rooms for Milford and the commun-
ity. Almost simultaneously. the chair
man of health for the former organ
ization and committee from the lat
ter began work on the project, and on
Tuesday a recommendation for such
rooms was made to City Council at its
monthly meeting. The need for ade-
quate rest rooms for those shopping
down town, and particularly for who
come from the rural districts has
been almost urgent for a long time.
True, there have been such comforts
of sorts, but they were of the type
OF which Milford would not boast.
After a very general survey by a
committee from the Kiwanis Club Of |
comfort stations of other town Of Lie
sizes of Milford a very fine plan has
been made for local needs. Several !
sites were considered for the pro-
posed project, but the one best fitted,
as to location and size is the east side
of the Walnut street bridge plaza. |
The depth will accommodate the pro-
posed rooms, and there will still be |
space for benches in front for those
who enjoy sitting in the open. The /
Home Demonstration Club whose |
health committee comprises Mrs. Au
gustus Swanson. Mrs. Milo Farber,
Mrs Jerry Temin, Mrs. William Wat |
son and Mrs. Willis Hammond, have |
worked diligently to see the various 4
organizations and the several clubs !
in and out of town, and the support |
Is general and generous for COM
fort station for Milford. The recon-
mendation to City Council, by the XII
wants Club, with the intensive work
done by the Shawnee Home Demon
stration Club, and the work it is |
still doing, must bring about salts
flying result.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
SALES POLICIES

Salesmanship is considered one
of the essentials of business sue
cess. To attain success in trade. the
people who do the selling have to
learn how to do it we'll. and in a
way to please the public. They are
told to cultivate good manners, to
deal very courteously with custom
ers. try hard to satisfy their wants.
and make themselves intelligent
about goods so they can give useful
information.
These methods, while. very neces-
sary and useful. do not constitute
the whole of the sales policies
which a concern needs to maintain.
1t also needs some plan to attract
people to its place of business. and
INDUCE them to look at the goods
displayed The very best of efforts
and manners of the salespeople may
fail of their success. if the people
have not been induced by advertis-
ing to visit the store.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
SCHOOL SHOES

Very many children are now
proudly strutting around in new
shoes which Father has generously
provided for them to wear to school.
The shoes are wonderful specimens
of modern craftsmanship. 1t looks as
if they should wear a very long time.
but Father knows from sad expert
ence that children give shoes very
hard wear.
If there is rain storm. the kid
will probably play in the wet grass
or jump into the mudpuddle, which
doesn't help toward prolonging the
life of shoe. That hard wear sug-
gests that the children are strong
and healthy. Parents wouldn't like
it if the children protected their
shoes and the rest of their clothing
by staying in the house all the time.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD

The American people are pro-
foundly grateful that while many
of the boys of Europe are soon fated
to die upon the field of battle, our
young men face nothing worse than
the minor injuries of the football
field. While Europe agonizes over
the possible fate of its sons, our
boys are merely worrying whether
they can get on the team, and whe-
ther they can beat the rival school.
Many parents have worried be-
cause of possible injuries on the
football field. Perhaps this hazard
will not seem so serious. in year
when so many young men have to
go into the deadly trenches.
Too many students, it is claimed,
think more about carrying the ball
over the goal line than about carry
ing their marks above the passing
point There are very many schools
and colleges where that attitude is
not viewed tolerantly. Some of these
negligent students may be invited
to retire from the pursuit of schol-
astic knowledge in that institution.
and devote themselves wholly to
things that interest them more.
Educational institutions would
not be likely to allow the prominence
of this game in student life, if on
the whole it did not give the boys
many advantages. 1t occupies the
of young men during many
spare hours. and without that oc-
cupation some of those spare hours
would go into activities that do
youth no good. When the boy is fig
lring how he can run around the
line with the ball. he is not getting
INTO trouble in the many ways
known to youth. If he gets a broken
bone at football. the doctors will fix
lim up. Some of the moral fractures
by unoccupied boys are
lot so easily cured.
These football boys with their
ousIed hair and earth stained clothes
ook as if they would run the ball of
success over many of the goals of
ater life.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
PARENTS AND SCHOOLS

With the schools beginning a new
year of work, parents should do
some thinking about their own part
in the job. They can't pass the buck
over to the schools and ask them to
do the whole thing. Pa and Ma at
home have part to play. The tea
chers give the pupils the benefit
of their trained experience. The tax
payers pour out the money.
1t may seem that a child has the
best advantages that modern kDowl-
edge can give. But if the parents at
home do not back up that school and
persuade the child to do his best,
the fine teachers and the admirable
equipment are badly handicapped.
The child has to say whether he
wants the education or not. If he
says it is too hard work to study, and
if he idles over his lessons and won't
try, how are you going to educate
him?
If he does these things. he gets low
marks, and may not get the promo
tion his parents expect 1t is up to
the parents to persuade him that if
he wants to amount to something in
the world, he has to get busy and
learn the things which the school
IS meant to teach. If they justify
him in laziness and idleness, he will
be a school failure. and
1rOp out at an early age. If he failed
n school. his chances of succeeding
n the great school of life are not
90 good.
If child falls behind in his stu
lies. parents would better visit the !
chool. see the teacher, and try to
discover what the trouble is. Prob
bly, all he needs is a kindly but Wig
rous push from the home folks. If
e is little older. maybe he or she
; taking in too many sports or par
les. Any way any parents who have
cen turning over children to the
chools to be educated without any
fort on their part. should realize
nat you can't pump education into
kid as you fill pail with water.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
AMERICA AND THE WAR

Americans wish to keep out of the
terrible war in Europe, which shocks
mankind by its brutality and ruth
lessness. They agree with Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who says he believes
we can keep out of it. Our people
once sent a great army to Europe.
in hopes to help establish perma-
nent peace.
Our intervention accomplished
little. Europe is in far worse shape
today than it was in 1914. Our coun-
try can't be expected to do that job
a second time.
That does not mean that our peo-
pie are going to be Indifferent to the
terrible happenings across the wa
ter. They denounce war with the
severest condemnation. They do not
expect in their private lives to settle
their disputes by fighting with their
neighbors. If they have a difference
with somebody, they do not lie in
wait for him and beat him up. or
draw their guns and shoot him.
Our people ask the warning ma
tions of Europe to apply peaceful
principles to their differences. They
should be referred to impartial au-
thorities for adjustment. If in Eu-
rope nations can't get along with
their neighbors, they will suffer
some terrible consequences.
Our people will not be Indifferent
to the awful events across the At
lantic. They have clear idea which
party is mostly in the wrong. and
they will find means to express that
sympathy without departing from
neutrality. When nation marches
its armies over into a neighbor ma
ton and ruthlessly bombs it's cities
and blots out the lives of non-com-
batants, it deserves the severest con-
demnation of mankind.
The American people are also
keen to hear the full story of the
of the British ship Athena,
on which some hundreds of Ameri-
cans were fleeing to their homes. If
such ships with Americans on board |
are sunk through the deliberate in
tent of the German government, no
Dne can tell what our country will
DO.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
THE ,JOTNFRS

People who used to join all the
organizations of their home town
have sometimes been called "join-
ers." Some of them used to belong
to so many that it seemed as if they
could have no nights at home.
People should not join SO many
things that they neglect their home
life. Yet it would seem as if every
one should belong to several good
organizations, and take hold to pro-
mote the success of these associa-
tions. The organizations of a town
produce more business and social
and many advantages that
push town ahead. Let us all take
hold here in Milford, to promote
these extremely useful societies, and
help them accomplish everything
possible for the community.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
Things One Remembers
By r. M. Hofer

Dy H.
l recently talked to a man who
twenty-five years ago walked from
house to house taking grocery orders
in a Western town. He took the or
ders Hck to his store where they
were gotten out and delivered to the
customers. On the first of the month,
bills were rendered and sometime
during the next 80 to 80 days the
majority of the bills would be paid.
The distribution costs involved be-
tween the wholesaler and final re-
ceipt of payment from the customer,
caused this man to study ways to
eliminate part of this overhead and
pass the savings on to the consum-
er, who was willing to trade on a
cash and carry basis.
That his idea was sound and that
il was efficiently carried out with
savings as we'll as service to custom
ers, is best evidenced by the fact
that the annual sales for the busi-
ness he started are now nearing four
hundred million dollars a year. The
business grew from one store in one
state to thousands of stores in over
score of states.
This man spent his life trying to
sell good products at minimum cost
to consumers. He said he thought
that was primarily what the people
wanted and that he couldn't under
stand political attacks which tried
TO destroy such savings for consum-
ers.
He is typical of the energetic Am
erican citizen who started with moth
ing but an idea, to give service and
save money. Do we want to encour-
age or discourage this trait in the
United States?
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
FORMER LEGISLATOR
SUFFERS BROKEN BACK

Edward T. Paradee. former mem
ber of the legislature. is patient in
the Kent General Hospital. Dover,
with broken back. Mr.. Paradee was
working with a tractor on his farm
near CowgilI's Corner, when in some
manner the machine ran over him.
His wife is receiving treatment in a
Philadelphia hospital for heart dis
ease.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15

WHEN YOU SAY "It can't be
done" about any good home town
project, you are about like the
housewife who throws heap of
dead ashes over the fire in her cook
stove on which she depends to get
dinner
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15

IF YOU WANT the world to give
you a job or more business. better
tell the world what you are prepared
to do for 1t. That means advertising.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15

Approximately 1900 cubic feet Of
helium, 95 to SO per cent pure, is
required to support 200 pounds.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15

communities get hearty support
from their people.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15
@s4hs;I,sgzo,s
ASn9e@oh
H~ JAs4ES PeEsross

The stunning sense of disbelief that
invaded the mind of the average
American when the headlines scream
ed war was probably, in the long run.
the best possible reaction. The Eu-
ropean war of nerves had been going
on for so long that many people in
this country were beginning to con-
clude that it was going to be per-
petual. Then, when the shocking
blowoff finally came, all Americans
found themselves suddenly faced
with the painful necessity of adjust
ing themselves to a whole new world
OF values. And, from the point of
view of the welfare of the United
States, which ought to be the first
consideration of all real Americans,
it is a good idea TO suspend judg-
ments and decisions till a very care
full and very general inventory is
taken.
Observers and the general public
are agreed on one thing. at least: If
we have the well-being of the Ameri-
can system at heart. we ought to
make haste slowly" in deciding
where we stand and what problems
we are 6OlHB u lace III Tue COuTSe
of the next year or so.
AS far as the European war is con-
cerned. no one but a crystal gazer |
would try to hazard any predictions /
at the present moment. The free |
press of this country and its broad
casting facilities. one of the finest ex- |
amples of the benefits arising from |
the system of private enterprise. can
naturally be depended upon to give
us the most truthful possible account
of the news. as far as the truth can
be sifted from the welter of distortion
and downright lying that is usually
of foreign government
sources of information.
Beyond that, the best advice for
Americans at the present juncture is
not to believe too much. not to emo
tionalize too much. and not to lose
sight of domestic problems in the
of what is happening
abroad.
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15

THE NATION expects hearty sup
port from its people In times OF
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15

trouble. and only thus can It SUI
vive. Also our home towns can
Milford chronicle., 1939-09-15

expect to hold their own in modern
life, unless the interests OF these
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Citizens to Hear Randolph

Representative Jennings Ran
dolph, chairman of the House Dis
trict Committee, will be guest
speaker at a meeting of the Colum-
bia Heights Citizens Association to-
morrow at 8 pm. Col. Luther r.
Maddox, president, said the meeting
would be held in the Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church, 1410 Colum-
bta road NV.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Dr.. Polling to Speak

DR.. Daniel A. Polling, president OF
the Worlds Christian Endeavor
Union and pastor of the Baptist
Temple in Philadelphia, will address
the local union tonight in the East
ern Presbyterian Church as part Of
the unions 58th anniversary cele-
bration,
Evening star., 1939-03-23
What Price Economy?

Congress allotted public school off,
GERS of the District 100000 for heat
ing and lighting school buildings
this year-a sum $25,O0O less than
the Board of Education requested.
If the second deficiency bill is ap-
proved, the officers will get $4,000 of
that $25, 900 back, making a net saw
ing in this item of $4,000.
The above simple arithmetic how
ever assumes that the schools will be
able to get through the full school
year on the allotment-a question
which is still in doubt, according to
Superintendent Frank w. Ballou,
and depends entirely on how warm
and bright the weather is.
To save this 1000, school officials
were forced to curtail considerably
the community use of buildings.
Weekend meetings were prohibited
and activities were concentrated in
AZ few buildings as possible. Even
during the school hours, lights were
used at a minimum and in some in
stances children were said to have
used flashlights and matches to see
Evening star., 1939-03-23
Appeals for Regulation
OF Street Noises.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Now that the pedestrian control law
has been thoroughly discussed and ex-
pounded and an attempt is being made
to enforce it, timely suggestion is sub
mitted, in view of approaching summer
when windows must be kept open, that
residents Of Washington urge the en-
forcement Of laws or ordinances which
prohibit unnecessarily loud radio noises;
also the enforcement Of ordinances pro-
hibiting the senseless blowing of automo-
bile horns and the noise emanating from
the unlawful operation of muffler cut
outs.
We suffer enough from the terrible
heat in Washington without the added
torment by the aforementioned nerve
racking and health-impairing noises.
This appeal is intended as well, or
especially, for our law enforcement on
cials. T. COLEMAN LARABEE.
March 81.
Evening star., 1939-03-23

wherefores" Of this act, we see that it
surely finds way" to get foe the
laborer more money, ostensibly from cap
ital, but In reality from the consumer
That may be conceded as fair, but it lust
won't work in the long run, because the
consumer has the option of withholding
his creative dollar. He does it sooner or
later, and when he does unemployment
is the result and the laborer suffers more
than any one else.
In other words, there Is no struggle
between labor of all sorts and capital of
all sorts. The struggle is only between
hired labor and that capital that does
the hiring. That capital that does the
hiring is entirely out of reach of the
hired labor and the only way to get it is
for labor to attract it by what labor
offers in return.
When the power of the Government is
employed to try to make the thing cre-
ated greater than its creator, it really
seems to be little worse than the lack
OF common sense.
whenever the average laborer shall see
the truth, that no matter what his
claims may be on humanitarian grounds,
social grounds or any other grounds, the
only grounds he has for being employed
is the flow Of the public's free dollars in
exchange for what he produces, we will
begin to get along better with our eco
nomic problems; and the laborer will
profit more than any one else
w. STANLEY FREEMAN.
March 20,