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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-31
Homemakers' Column
Edited by Miss Mildred Barton, Home
Demonstration Agent, Oakland.
Kitchen Insect Pests

Cockroaches- Cockroaches hide dur
ing the day-come out to forage at
night. Finding their hiding places is
otter the key to controlling them. To
locate them, go into the room suddenly
at night, watch to see where the
reaches scurry.
The best all-round remedy is sodium
fuoride powder, the same poisonous
powder useful in destroying ants. Put
this around in the evening with dus-
ter or small bellows-back of shelving,
drainboards, into the hiding places.
Leave it there for two or three days.
Repeat the application after week or
two. Usually two or three thorough
dustings will be enough.
Pyrethrum powder used in the same
way is an alternative remedy. But If
the cockroach doesn't get a good dose
of this, he's likely to revive after a
couple of hours. Then, unless he's
swept up and destroyed, he'll crawl
back to his hiding place to recuperate.
However, pyrethrum powder is not
poisonous to man. If used it should be
fresh and finely ground. 1t loses its
strength rather soon. Sodium fuoride
remains effective as long as it doesn't
cake over.
Kerosene-pyrethrum sprays are eff
fective if they hit the roach. But since
cockroaches are notably fast on their
feet, these must be sprayed into the
hiding places to do much good.
Phosphorus pastes that may be
bought at drug stores are useful
especially in damp places. A con-
venient way to put this around is to
spead some on a piece of flexible card
board. Roll this up with the paste on
the inside and fasten with string or
rubber band. These may be put
about at stragetic points without soil
ing anything.
After the cockroaches have been
overpowered, watch closely to see that
others don't follow them into the
house. Examine all food supplies and
laundry that comes in. If any reaches
are hiding about the clothing, or in
the packages of food, kill them, then
patronize roach-free establishments.
Another effective aid, especially if
reaches are coming into the room
from an adjoining apartment, is to
fill cracks with putty, plastic wood or
plaster of paris. Fill all the cracks
about water and steam pipes that pass
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-31

through floors, cracks leading to open
ings behind baseboards, door and win
dow trim, and any others that the
cockroaches may use as avenues of es-
cape.
Pests OF The Pantry
In the pantry or food cupboard vari-
Gus beetles and moths may do damage.
The saw-tooth grain beetle, numerous
flour beetles, the Indian meal moth, the
drug store beetle, and the cigaret bee
tie are only few of the offenders
They infest cereals and. cereal pro-
ducts, dried fruits, nut meats and
spices, especially when these have
been kept on the shelves for several
months, and untouched during the
summer months.
When any stray beetles are found
about, examine all stores of food.
Some place there is an infested sup
ply. Take this outdoors and destroy it.
Then examine other supplies carefully.
Those that are only slightly infested
may be salvaged by sitting them or
spreading them in a thin layer in a
baking pan, heating them thoroughly
in the oven at a temperature of from
125 degrees to $50 degrees. Put them
into tin cans tightly covered, or in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-31
ACCIDENT
Sunday Church Services

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Rev. C. F. Dauphin, Pastor-Sunday
school, $3.50; German service, 1920;
English service, 1870; Y. P. NJ, Fri
day evening, 500 o'clock.
Church of the Brethren, Rev. A. D..
Scrogum, Pastor-Sunday school $50;
worship service, 1920.
st. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran
church, Rev. Wagner, Pastor-Wor-
ship service, $50; Sunday school,
1920; Luther League, 500 o'clock.
Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Englehart, Of
Richmond, Va, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. J. L. Englehart on Saturday.
Miss Rosie Smith visited in Confu-
ence with friends over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Schlossnagle
attended the Dodge reunion at Black
water Falls on Sunday.
Glenn Alexander, who is employed
at Bakersville, Pa, spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
Alexander
Mrs. Grace Bowman and son Bobby.
Mrs. V. 0. Bowman, Ray Glotfelty and
Mr.. and Mrs. Orus King and family
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Keller Sunday evening.
E. H. Ault, Rev. Wagner, Mrs. Will
mer Margroff and Beulah Reichen-
becker left here Sunday afternoon to
attend the Synod of the United Luth-
eran church, which is being held at
Jackson's Mill, West Va, this week.
Rodger Ault is visiting Mrs. Floyd
Zehner at Grantsville this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer DERRICK and
children, of West Leisenring, Pa, were
recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Newton
Giles.
John Spoerlein is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Elwood Schlossnagle this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Turney and fam
lily attended the Country Life Jubi-
lee at Mountain Lake Park on Satur-
day.
z. Wagman, Alma Wagman, of To-
ledo, O.; Lena Miller, Harold Duck
worth, James Browning, Mr. and Mrs.
Clark Schlossnagle and son were din
ner guests on Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Schlossnagle.
Robert Alexander and family were
guests of Rev. and Mrs. George Kun
kle at Scottdale, Pa, over the week
end.
The social to be held by the Acct
dent Band on Saturday, September
2, promises to be a great success.
Numerous games and contests have
been worked out, but the chief attrac-
ton will be Mickey's Boys Band of
Mountain Lake Park, which will drill
and parade at 1880 in the evening:
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Bittinger, of
Akron, visited at the homes of Mrs.
w. A. Speicher and Mrs. E. H. Ault
on Tuesday of last week.
Mrs. Will Rogers and son Eugene
Rogers, of Uniontown, were Sunday
visitors at the home of Mrs. W. A.
Speicher.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-31
SELBYSPORT

The social held on Saturday evening
at Mill Run for the benefit of the Meth
odist church, was a success, both finan-
cially and socially.
Mrs. Paul Fisher and daughter Joan
are spending this week at Kingwood
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Yutzy.
Mrs. A. j. Thomas underwent ton
silectomy at Confluence hospital last
Thursday.
DR.. and Mrs. H. ]. Schmitt and fam
lily, of Donora, Pa, were guests on
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. James Fike.
Mrs. Rhoda Lowdermilk and son
Bruce and Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Griffith
visited Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Thomas
one day recently.
Mrs. Ella Frazee is spending sew
eral weeks at Bittinger with Mrs.
Eliza Broadwater.
Mrs. John Hansumaker and family,
Pittsburgh, who spent two weeks here,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-31
Short Run

Thomas Wilson, Jr,, who has been
employed in Baltimore, is home on a
brief visit.
Miss Dixie Harvey, Huntington, W.
Va, is visiting in this community.
Miss Cassie Wilson is spending a
few days with her sister, Mrs. z. H.
Moon, at Bayard, W. Va.
Robert aand Galen Harvey spent
the weekend in Baltimore and Wash
ington, D. c.
John c. Thompson, after months
visit with his parents in Lindside, w.
Va, returned last week.
Esta Wilson, Paul Ewing and James
Wilson spent a part of last week Wis
iting friends in Monroe county, West
Va.
Among those from this community
who attended the homecoming cele-
bration at Bayard last Sunday were
Mrs. NJ. L. Sharpless, Mr.. and Mrs.
Milo Wilson and two children and
Clifton Sherman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow Sharpless
and family, Kitzmilier, visited at the
home of M. L. Sharpless on Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Melvin White and Mrs. Reatha
Beach, of Westernport, were visiting
at the home of Thomas Wilson on Fri
day and Saturday.
Sara Jane Beach, of Westernport, is
visiting Anna Jane Wilson.
Misses Esta Wilson, Gladys Sharp
less and Helen Parando, John Thomp-
son and James Wilson attended the
homecoming services at Nethkin Hill
church on Sunday.
Miss Isabelle Myers is spending
some time in Cumberland.
Mrs. Nellie B. Harvey was a bust
ness caller in Oakland on Monday ev-
ening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-31

unbroken paper sacks with the tops
folded back. While this supply inven-
tory is going on and everything is off
the shelves, wash the shelves thor
oughly, giving special attention to
cracks. If there are many beetles out
free-lancing, use a little kerosene or
boiling water to kill those that may be
in the cracks back of the shelves.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-31
Faith

Of all the forces at the disposal
of humanity, faith has always been
one of the most tremendous, and the
gospel rightly attributes to it the
power of moving mountains.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-31
Lesson for September 3

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-31
ISAIAH: A LIFE DEDICATED
TO GOD

LESSON TEXT-Isaiah Glib.
GOLDEN TEXT-Here am I; send me-
Isaiah 6:8.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-02
Two Leggin News

Mrs. w. c. Peck and Lena
Mae Peck were visitors of the
Halfway Home Demonstration
club last Thursday.
MIR. and Mrs. L. M. Sorenson
called at the Roy Peterson
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Plummer
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
Ferguson Wednesday evening.
The Pinochle card club met
with Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Ran
dali, Saturday evening. Guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Plum
mer, MIR. and Mrs. L. M. Soren-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Curry,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Peck, Mrs.
Ida Macdonald, Archie MacDon-
aid and Clarence Astrope. c. w.
Peck was winner of high score.
Refreshments were served at
the close of the evening by the
hostess.
Mrs. Lee Curry spent Friday
with Mrs. Ivan Clark.
Mrs. Ida Macdonald called on
Mrs. Harry Clawson last Tues
day.
The next meeting of the
Demonstration club will be at
the home of Mrs. A. s. Randall
instead of Mrs. Fred Dewald.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-02
SarpY Creek News

Since the recent cold snap
Charlie Holmes has had to
close down his saw mill until
warmer weather, as it is i'm
possible to saw the frozen logs.
Mrs. Tom Macleod is recov-
ing for quite a serious attack
OF measles. Several other adults
in the community are on the
dodge" to avoid contracting
the disease.
The days are growing notice.
ably longer now, and more
daylight hours make us feel
that springtime is not far away:
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Cass
were making a business call
down Sarpy creek last week.
There was a George WASH
ington" dance at the Wolf
school Saturday night. Wealth
er and roads being good, there
was a large attendance.
Miss Mary Beth Shreve Wis
tied with her parents in Hardin
over the week end.
lawrence johnson has been
hauling saw dust from the saw
mill to replenish his ice house.
Mrs. Edell Donges of Hardin
has been caring for her mother,
Mrs. Macleod, during her ILL
ness.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-02
Owl Creek News

l.: ME. and Mrs. Ed Miles, Mrs
J. Brown Mrs. H. Suit, Frank
Peterson and Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Romine attended funreal serv-
ices in Hardin for Ruby Ann
Rasmussen, daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. George Rasmussen of Big
Owl, last Monday.
Miss Ethel Brown was an Ov-
ernight visitor of Miss Hiddy
Suit.
MIR. and Mrs. Bert Romine
and MI. and Mrs. D. L. EgneW
left Wednesday for a visit in
California. Mr.. and Mrs. Romine
are visiting their daughter, Mrs
e. B. Laylleld, and family of
Los Angeles, and EgneWs are
visiting MI. Egnew'S relatives
in other parts of the state.
Miss Hiddy Suit, Wilma Sher-
cd, Albert Miles, John Sherod,
Carol Sherod and Ruby and
John Miles were in Lodge Grass
Thursday evening.
Miss Jean Romine was a week
end visitor of Miss Dorothy
KnutSon.
Those who attended the tour
nament Saturday evening from
this neighborhood were: Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Miles and son.
Albert, Miss Ethel Brown, Cal
win Walgren, Betty Suit and
Miss Jean Romine.
Frank Peterson was an over
night visitor at the Knutson
some Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Romine
and daughter, Karen, were
business callers in Hardin Tues
day.
Donald Peterson visited Mr..
and Mrs. Knutson and family
Thursday evening.
Little Buddy Fisher is just re-
covering from the measles.
MIR. and Mrs. D. L. Egnew
were visitors at the Bert RO-
mine ranch Tuesday evening.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-02
To Discuss Future
For Youth Today

What is the vocational future
of youth of Hardin?
This question is the spring.
,, board from which Ernest Ern.
est w. Denning, pastor of thu
! Methodist church, will spring
into a series of discussions or
Creative Pioneers" at meetings
of the Epworth League of that
church for several weeks. The
sessions of the group begin al
$50 on Sunday evenings in the
church parlors and continue TO,
an hour.
It is the intention of MI
Denning to present to young
people Of high school and posi-
high school age some of the
challenging features of today's
America in such a manner tina,
youth may better fit itself fol
its vocational future.
There are ample opportun-
tiles for pioneering, today" said
Mr.. Denning in a recent inter-
view. even though the days
of Transforming virgin forest
into fertile fields of ripening
grain, or spinning continental
ribbons of steel across plain and
desert and mountain, or trans
hitting raw ore into skyscrap-
ing cathedrals of industry-ev-
en- though these days are losing
some of the advertisements
the most thrilling and danger
Gus stage Of pioneering on this
continent lies ahead.
I'VE seem to be accomplishing
wonders in the material sphere
he continued, "but in human
relations because OF greed,
crime, oppression, strife, and
war, we have not advanced
much beyond the stone age"
Pioneering in various phases
of life will be the topics for
consideration. These subjects
generally classify themselves as
follows: pioneering in Industrial
relations, in political action, in
production and consumption Of
economic materials and services.
in race relations, in religion.
Each Sunday evenings pro-
gram will be somewhat as fol-
lows: $50, song service; Gas
7:O5, presentation of material by
the pastor, 7:05-7:25, discussion
and questions by the group;
7:25-7:30, brief closing worship
service.
All young people whose ages
are between IA and 20 are urged
to come to these meetings pro-
viding they are not now regular
attendants at the evening meet
ing of some other church's
youth group.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-02
OronYxC Club Gives
Drills At Tourney

Members of the Oronyx club
of Hardin high school complet-
ed a season Of activity in ath-
letic events with drills three
nights of the District S basket
ball tournament here last week
end.
A different drill was present.
ed each evening. The girls
march without music or any
other method of setting a pace,
and keep time perfectly throug-
out the performance.
The climax of the Oronyx
season was the championship
drill on Saturday night, given
Just before the championship
game between Lodge Grass and
After the formation of an
Il" and an IF" at opposite
ends of the floor, the girls
met in the center in an "H",
the lights were turned off, and
with flashlights focused on the
ceiling, the Hardin high school
alma mater song was sung.
Girls who drilled in the 1899
tournament included Roberta
Fitzpatrick, Betty Labbitt, Max
inc Livengood, Betty Hite, Mary
Roush, Eleanore Ingram, Gret-
chen VanC1eve, Joy Clawson,
Irma Werner, Norma williams,
Marian Smell, Connie Labbitt,
Mary Bennett, Eileen Plumb,
Esther Wo1cott, Lorraine Rob-
ertson, Katherine Lind, Selma
Frazer, Phyllis Durham, Mary
Lou Frailey, Lois Wolcott, Max
inc Clawson, Wilma Mehling,
Jean Barnett and Virginia Bar
nett. Wanda Newkirk, who grad
uated last year, also marched
with the group in the absence
of Jean and Bonnie Warren.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-02
PLANS SERIES
OF ARTICLES

The Hardin Tribune Herald
announces a weekly series of
articles by the Rev. Mr.. Ern-
est w. Denning, minister of
the Methodist church, for the
the issues of the paper from
now until April 6, on Lent and
the Easter season.
These articles, each short in
length, will be packed with facts
regarding the scholars explana-
tons of the background of his
torical and Biblical events and
seasons in the church calendar
of this time of the year.
Mr.. Denning will attempt to
answer certain popular ques-
lions about the Easter season,
such as the origin of the church
and social customs in relation
to Easter, why Judas Iscariot
acted as he did, the historic
reasons why Jesus was killed
with a short discussion of the
illogical reasons for the EVENT.
did the Jews or the Romans
kill Jesus, and other questions.
Instead of arguing from one
point of view, Mr.. Denning will
try to make a fair presentation
of as manv points of view as
possible - letting the reader
make his own decisions in light
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-02

The Northern Lights" are
still on display. Some evenings
the Heavens are brilliantly
lighted up and some very dark
nights we can see a beacon
light that flashes constantly to
guide the Northwest planes on
their long lonesome flight from
st. Paul to Seattle.
Clarence ellis spent a few
days at the George Secrest
ranch.
For the past three years the
mice and gophers had about
all disappeared from this part
of the country until this winter.
The mice have come back and
quite a few new gopher hills
are noticed on the meadow
lands.
Tom Macleod and Ira Haynie
made a hurried trip to Hardin
through the snow storm last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Shepherd
we're Hardin visitors last Sat-
urday.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-02
Gives Facts On
Cancer Problem

Forty-three counties in Mon
tana have been organized as
field units of the American
Society for the Control of Can
Ger, it has been announced. OF
these units, Big Horn county
is one.
Facts revealed in connection
with cancer in Montana and
the United States at a recent
regional conference of the Wo-
mans Field Army of the society
are as follows
A total of 548 persons in Mon
tana died from cancer in 1888
as compared to 573 in 1887. APP
proximately 100000 men, wo-
men and children. in the United
States died from cancer in 1898.
There are $4,000 men and
women in the United States en-
listed for service in the third
annual educational campaign
of the national organization.
among the principal speakers
at the regional meeting were
Mrs: Marjorie B. nlig Of New
York, national commander; DR..
j. M. F1ude of Los Angeles, lee
turer for the national Organiza-
ton, and DR.. B. K. Kilbourne,
epidemiologist of the state board
of health at Helena.
There are four weapons in
fighting cancer" Mrs. Illig said.
"They are surgery, X-rayS, rad
ium and education. OF these
four, the first three are curative
weapons, useful only in early
stages of cancer cases. These
are the tools of the surgeon
and the physician, trained for
long years in the medical fight
against cancer.
valuable as these weapons
are, they can perform their
life-giving task only when the
patient comes to the clinic of
physician in the early stages
of the disease. In other words,
the three curative weapons de-
pend for their success on ed
ucation, which must bridge the
gap between the person who
has or fears cancer and treat
ment facilities. Education is
the job of the Women's Field
Army. It is our privilege and
responsibility to use the weapon
that may save many thousands
of lives.
by adopting a calm watch
fulnesS toward cancer the indi-
vidual can protect himself
against many of the most SER
lous types of this disease. If
this atiudte were generally ad-
opted, cancer mortality would
be reduced one-third to one
half, between $4,000 and $4,000
lives would be saved annually.
The speaker said that one
out of seven deaths of women
over 40 years of age comes from
cancer. She added that between
the ages of 40 and IS cancer
leads all diseases as a cause
of death.
DR.. Flude stressed the neces-
sity of instructing women that
the only way that cancer ever
can be controlled sis to get it
into the hands of doctors early"
DR.. Kilbourne gave figures on
the number of deaths in Mon
tana in recent years from can
GER. The year 1888 showed a
decrease of Is deaths as COM
pared with 1887, he said. He
stated that from 1920 to 1887,
there was a gradual increase in
the number of deaths each year
in the state, from cancer.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-02
SLUMP II III CENT

The U. S. bureau: OF commerce
has announced that reports
from 342 Independents Montana
retailers show business in the
state last year was IA per cent
below the 1887 mark. MisSoula
was reported as having the lar
gest decline, SO per cent, while
Havre and Lewistown topped
the list with decreases Of only
l per cent each. =.
Filling t 10 n reporting
showed business gains of 2 per
cent over last year, shoe stores
dropped 2 points and hardware
stores were off 3 per cent. Auto
mobile dealers reported a 20 per
cent business slump.