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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-05-11
LODGES

I. O. O. F. Cabinet chapter No. SIS.
meets every Tuesday evening. Floyd
Peterson, Noble Grand and Ernest
Davidson, recording secretary.
A. F. & A. M. Libby Lodge No. IS
meets End and 4th Thursdays at
Masonic Temple. Otto Nordstrom,
w. NJ, Vim. Anderson, secretary.
Royal Arch Masons, Libby lodge
No 80 meets lst and 3rd Wednes-
days at Masonic Temple. Frank Up
ham, High Priest, J. T. McCully,
secretary.
Order of the Eastern Star. Libby
Chapter No. SO meets lst and 3rd
Tuesdays at Masonic Temple. Louise
LIE Due, W, NJ, Marie Jaqueth, Sec
rotary
Libby Moose Lodge No. 1899 meets
End and 4th Mondays at Moose hall.
Vim. underwood, Dictator, Gleason
Pitcher, secretary.
Royal Neighbors, Mountain View
Camp No. 1883 meets End and 4th
Tuesday at the Y Legion hall.
Mrs. Mae thinner, oracle; Mrs. Ag-
mes Larsen, recorder.
Medora Rebekah Lodge No. So
meets LIST and 3rd Mondays at I. @.
q. +. hall. Hester Dunn, Noble
Grand and Ruth hampton. secretary.
A. 0. U. w. meets the End Friday
of each month at the Legion hall.
Virgo Dutton, w. M. and L. J.
Brown, secretary.
Libby Chapter De Molay meets
LIST and 3rd Mondays, Masonic Tenn
pie. Gene NOVEL;, M. c.. Fred
Clark, scribe.
Rainbow Girls meet second and
fourth Mondays at Masonic Temple.
Lenore Martin, w. A; Phyllis De
Rosla, secretary, Mrs. Harold Hall,
mother advisor.
Women of the Moose, Libby
Chapter No. sos meets on the first
and third Tuesdays at the Moose
hall. Bessie Smith, Senior Regent
and Babe Warner, recorder.
Theta Rho Club No. 27 meets LIST
and 3rd Wednesdays in l. O. O. r.
Hall at tbs p. m. Dorothy Becker,
president; Celia Ann Nolop, vice
president; Eleanor Rodgers, record
ing secretary. Hester Dunn, advisor
officer.
Libby Townsend club No. meets
on the first and third Fridays of
each month in the community hall,
at 73O p. m. E. M. Bitterman, pres
ident; j. O. Baker, secretary.
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for the purpose of maintaining the
school of said district for the school
year of 1899 and 1910, being APP
proximately two and one-quarter
f2i4) mills.
The polls will be open from 1900
O'Clock noon until 500 o'clock p NJ
of said day
Dated this 9th day of May, 1899.
NJ. D. ROWLAND,
Clerk of School District No 4. Lin
coin County. Montana ml1-18-2t
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NATIONAL
AFFAIRS
Reviewed by
CARTER FIELD

Terrible stock market crash
is predicted il iuar should
break out in Europe !.
Democratic primary in His
sissippi in august sure 10
arouse national attention
Illness of Harry Hopkins
most important factor III the
political situation.
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CERTIFICATE OF DOING
BUSINESS UNDER FICTITIOUS
NAME.

|, the undersigned, hereby certify
that ! am the person who conducts
and transacts commercial business,
beer parlor, in the Town
of Troy. in the county of Lincoln.
State of Montana, in the Monio
on Yahk street under the
name and style of Martha King, and
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-05-11

CHURCHES
First Lutheran Church
Harold Olson, Student Pastor
st. Johns Lutheran
II. L. Pfotenhauer, Pastor
Methodist Episcopal
II. w. Woods, Pastor
st. Luke's Episcopal
Arthur B. Ward, Pastor
Christian Science
Presbyterian
Calvary Pentecostal
F. A. Dalton, Pastor
st. Joseph's Catholic
Edmond Taylor, Priest
Church of God
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As is natural in such cases. some
bitter things we're said. Conner at
tackled Harrison, among other
things. for playing golf, intimating
that he was wasting his time with
this effete pasiime instead of at.
tending TO the business Of his Missis-
sippi constituents.
PAT Harrison's Coli Story
" emf u ell u ifh offers
Its true that | play a few holes
Of golf every once in while, Har-
rison told Mississippi audiences.
THE truth is that do II on doc
tors orders. The doctor came TO
see me a while back and, after an
examination. said that | was obvi-
ously overworking, and that if / did
not take some relaxation | would
wind up in a hospital. or a Gene
terry.
You are killing Yourself, the
doctor declared. I told him I could
not help it; there was such press
of things that l must do for my
country and for the people of Mis-
sissippi. Finally we compromised
on my promise to play few holes
of golf every time | got a chance,
just to give me some fresh air, and
exercise, and sunshine
Harrison's golf story went well
with the Mississippi voters but it
was his fear of being beaten in that
campaign that tied him so closely
to President Roosevelt, and made
him take so many steps in that
fealty which were to embarrass him
later.
So, adding together the fact that
Bilbo. Pats bitter enemy, is sup
porting Johnson, who is defending
the administration, to the fact that
Conner is attacking the administra-
ton. maybe Pat will not be too dis
tressed to support the man he was
battling bitterly three years ago.
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Read the Western News for LINCOLN
County News
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
HOW q , SEW
- WV II ON
by Ruth Wyeth Spears osp

THERE comes a letter from a
= reader who says: Thanks for
the article telling how to make a
chair of lumber and cover it.
wish there were more things that
husbands and wives could do to-
gether. / have made all the cur
tains for our house and some slip
covers, but this chair that we both
worked on was much more inter-
esting."
Here is something that looks
ambitious but is really simple.
Anyone that can make three wood
en- boxes and then screw or bolt
them together, can make this day.
export frame. The center box is
made to fit an inner spring mat
tress of any size desired. All the
other dimensions are given here.
One way to make the cushions
is to bind fiat sheets of newspa-
pers together and then pad this
base with cotton. Covering ma
terial in a rather heavy, rough
textured cotton goods in a plain
color or a conventional design will
harmonic best with the modern
lines of this piece of furniture.
NOTICE ABOUT BOOK
PRICES: Book 1-SEWING for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29

the Home Decorator; and No. 2,
Gifts, Novelties and Embroid-
cries, are now Is cents each, or
both books for rs cents. Readers
who have not secured their copies
of these two books should send in
their orders Immediately, as no
more copies will be available,
when the present supply is ex-
hausted. Your choice of the
QUILT LEAFLET illustrating SO
authentic patchwork stitches or
the RAG RUG LEAFLET, will be
included with orders for both
books for the present, but the Of
fer may be withdrawn at any
time. Leaflets are cents each
when ordered separately.
Everyone should have copies of
these two books containing a total
of SO How to Sew articles by Mrs.
Spears, that have not appeared in
the paper. Send your order at
once to Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Des-
PLANES ST., Chicago, Ill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Betsy Ross Flag

The design of the first Ameri-
can flag was adopted by the Con-
tinental congress on June IA, 1777,
and the Betsy Ross tradition is
that she made the first flag after
this adoption, though there had
been others of similar design pre-
viously. An old cottage at 229
Arch street, Philadelphia, said to
have been Betsy's home and the
place where she made her flag, is
carefully preserved for its historic
interest, though the district around
it has long since been given over
to warehouses and loft buildings.
The cottage is maintained as a
flag museum.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Tap Treasury for Subsidy
To Pay Holders of Cotton

The tariff laws say that whenever
shipments of any commodity from
any foreign nation is sold or offered
for sale in our market at prices be-
low the selling prices in the home
land of production, our customs Off
GERS shall at once apply a counter
vailing duty. Now, the countervail-
ing duty is nothing more nor less
than retaliation and it is intended
to offset the use of such subsidies
as are paid by the government OF
the land from which the shipment
came. We have used it many times;
only lately it was used against Ger.
many. The amount of the duty that
was assessed was more than enough
to make the price of the imported
article higher than our American
market quotations on like articles.
Here in the Wallace subsidy idea,
however, it is proposed to take mon
ey out of the federal. treasury to pay
holders of cotton subsidy that will
enable sales abroad at low prices.
The self-same treasury at the very
same time must act through its GUS
toms officers to see that no other
nation does the same thing to us.
While all of these things are bad
enough, / think we ought not over
look the possibilities contained in
any subsidy programme extent to
which it undoubtedly will go. AS ]
said above, if there is an export
bounty on cotton sales, does anyone
think for moment the wheat farm
ers will not ask for similar treat.
ment? And if wheat gets that treat
ment, how about corn and hogs and
tobacco and rice and potatoes and
peanuts and dairy products?
When all of those are IN, why not
subsidy out of the treasury to be
paid to me and to others who work.
and to one storekeeper who is COM
peting with the fellow in the next
block?
released by Western Newspaper Union.I
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remove

leaves and garnish with egg yolk
(riced) and capers.
Frozen Tomato Salad.
/ tablespoon unf1avored gelatin
"a cup cold water
No. can tomatoes
/ cup celery and celery leaves
(chopped)
2 tablespoons diced onion
/ teaspoon salt
l teaspoon sugar
6 whole cloves
6 peppercorns
Sprig thyme
/ bay leaf
/ cup whipping cream (whipped)
" teaspoon paprika
Soak gelatin in cold water. Heat
tomatoes, celery, onion and all sea-
sonings in saucepan and simmer
gently for about 10 minutes. Strain
ano add at once to the softened gel
attn. Mix thoroughly and chill.
When mixture begins to thicken, fold
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Many Woman Likes to Do the Washing

The trend now toward using the
kitchen as laundry is an EXCEL.
lent one, for electrical laundry
equipment tucks itself very neatly
out of the way when not in use.
And when it is located in the kitch.
en- Tor on an adjoining porch or in
an alcove) it is SO much handler for
al-of-a-sudden jobs as well as for
the regular wash. If you're building
or remodeling, by all means con.
slider the idea of having the laundry
in or opening into the kitchen.
If the laundry has to remain in
the shed or basement, doll it up.
Paint walls white or light blue. naint
clothes line full of Topping gar.
ments sketchily around the walls
Or else splash kindergarten pictures
of the sunbonnet babies wasbino
and ironing. Or do little librarv
work on the subject, then draw =
map of the world on the walls with
diagrams of laundry customs
around the globe.
Such murals don't require a los
of artistic ability.
CONSOLIDATED Feasures-WNu servicsl
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Salads for Summer Meals

When the mercury scars skyward
and appetites are on the wane, moth
ing tastes quite so good as crisp,
cool mixture of fresh greens, or
fruits, or vegetables with a tart,
taste-teasing dressing.
Salads are summer favorites.
There's hardly a dish that's so SIM
pie yet so satisfying to make, and
there's such a pleasant way of max
ing sure that we get the minerals
and vitaminS we need!
Suggestions on Salads.
Salad ingredients must be clean
and cold and crisp. Contrast is i'm
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Bruckafs Washington Digest
Amazing Decline in American
Farm Crop Exports Is Reported
Falling Off Is Largely in Cotton Shipments Blame Is Laid
To Trick Remedies Fostered by Agriculture Depart
ment; New Program Involves More Spending.
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service National Press Bldg Washington, d. C.

WASHINGTON.-The department
of agriculture issued a report the
other day that showed an amazing
decline in exports of American farm
crops. Specifically, the report said
that export shipments of agricultur-
al crops were 81 per cent less in the
last 10 months than they were in the
same 10 months ending in May, 1888.
Or, if calculated in fractions, Amer
lean farmers were able to sell
abroad less than four-fifths as much
this year as last year.
Further examination of the fig
ures placed the falling off of ex-
ports largely in the sales of cotton.
So bad have our sales of cotton be-
come abroad that the authorities
now are expecting total exports of
cotton this fiscal year to be the low
est in the last so years of American
history.
1t is a sad state of affairs and
does no credit to Secretary Wallace
and his subordinates in the depart
ment of agriculture. They must take
the blame because they have con-
ceived and promoted and executed
all of the nostrums and trick RENE
dies that were to lead American
agriculture to the more abundant
life. So, what we have today is a
low mark of which none can be
proud, and that remarkable record
has been attained after billions of
dollars have been wasted in one
way or another from the ploughing
under of thousands of acres of crops
and the killing of 100000 pigs
through all of the stages of crop con-
troll, RECOMMENDATION of farmers and
creation of unprecedented bureauc-
racy.
But the real shock seems yet to
come. There is more money to be
spent and a new program to be
carried out. Mr.. Wallace has now
initiated an effort by which export
bounties will be paid and this will
enable the sale of cotton abroad
SO Mr.. Wallace believes. President
Roosevelt believes so. He has in
dorSed the scheme.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Knew His Peril

A Texan was defeated ignomin-
iously when he ran for the office
of sheriff. He got SIS votes out OF
a total of $500, and the next day
he walked down Main street with
two guns hanging from his belt.
"You were not elected, and you
have no right to carry guns" fell
low-citizens told him.
Listen, folks" he replied, "a
man with no more friends than
I've got in this county needs to
carry guns"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
By BETTY WELLS

MERE really very tired of hear
w ing all this signing and groan-
ing over wash-day. We women
have been feeling sorry for our
selves over washing so long that
we've forgotten that splashing
around in fresh suds is really a lot
of fun (well, try and keep the chill
dren out of water!), and for
healthy, energetic woman there's a
fine hearty gusto about washing that
she feels even if she doesn't admit.
At the worst, the rub board and
the heavy fat iron were the chief
complaints, and they're ancient his
tory. Washing today is certainly
nothing to NOPE over. In fact, if
we're honest, Wen admit that it's
one of those jobs that a lady likes
to -oll UP her sleeves and get at.
Modern laundry equipment de-
serves plenty of credit, no doubt
about that. So grand is the new
type of equipment that it's high
time the place we wash got a little
attention, whether it's a shed, a
basement or a corner of a kitchen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Wise and Otherwise
Tell the modern girl she's q

Tell the modern girl she's all
the world to you-she'll reduce.
Half of the world is keeping
secrets-and the other half is
trying to find them out.
The breadwinner's biggest
worry is a family that wants
cake.
The bashful lover is always
in hot water when trying to
break the ice.
The difference between the
moon and the honeymoon is that
the latter is fullest only when it
is new.
Some people don't care
whether they're on top of the
world or not, as long as they
can keep sitting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
President Tells Is Per Cent Speedup in Naval Program

WASHINGTON Roose-
Welt says definite speeding of the
naval building program in the last
year resulted in happier situa-
ton.
Asked about a discussion he had
held earlier with Charles Edison, as
sistant navy secretary, Mr.. Roose-
welt said they had gone into the
construction program and that it
seemed to be going along very well.
He said the speeding up process
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Doomed to Failure Like
Earlier Crackpot Ideas

Thus, we have come to a new
phase in a long string of govern
mental failures-because this one is
doomed to failure like the earlier
crackpot ideas. Since 1888, when
the administration embarked upon
its price-raising campaign, cotton
sales abroad have steadily dropped
lower. When the efforts to hold the
price up by means of a reduced
acreage failed, brilliant minds in
the administration turned to loans
to the holders of cotton so that the
price could be held above the world
level. Thereafter, and almost at
once, cotton goods of a cheaper
kind and made by the worst types
of serfdom labor, and cotton, it
self, from lands where labor works
for piece of black bread crowded
American cotton out of the world
market. ... .-.
When I say, as I did above, that
the latest scheme for artificial main
tenance of prices will fail, an ex-
PLANTATION of the reasons therefor OBJ
viously is required. In some quar-
tiers around Washington, however, it
is asserted that no explanation is
necessary because the thing is RI
diculous in the extreme. l do not
believe the situation is as clear as
that. It may seem to some that pay
ment Of subsidies to those owning
cotton will permit those holders to
sell at lower level than their COM
petitors from foreign lands. That is
to say, the cotton could be sold at
whatever price was required to get
it marketed-with the United States
government making up the differ
ence by direct payment to the
seller. When this happens, however,
other factors and forces begin to
operate, and there is where the sell
ing machinery stalls.
believe no one can safely dis
pute the statement that the drop in
our cotton exports-and other farm
products, TOBIAS resulted from the
various price control policies that
have been used. Whenever there is
an attempt to control prices artifi-
cially, there is bound to be grief
since that action represents an inter-
ference with the law of supply and
demand. A horse will not drink and
a buyer will not buy unless he wants
the drink or the product.
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(l ytfB s
CLEAN GOVERNMENT

CIT ODAY the determination Of or
\ ganized crime is gradually pro-
crossing from city to city. Its sponsors
are being exposed and driven from
power. The people have learned they
need no longer tolerate the furtive
alliance between the upper and the I'M
der world. In high places il has been
learned that clean government can also
be good politics" Thomas E. DetCey,
District Attorney Of NeiU York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29

had resulted in cutting construction
time about Is per cent.
A year ago the President asserted
there were complaints about the
length of time it took between a
congressional appropriation for ma
val vessels and the commissioning
of ships. Asked wherein the delay
conferred, the President said the
most important factor was changes
the navy made in ship plans after
building had begin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Get This New Cook Book.

Who said that Father doesn't like
salads? Of course he does! To be
sure it's a sheer waste of energy
to make fancy creation in the hope
of pleasing him, but there are plenty
of plain, substantial salads that he
likes. In her new cook book, Feed
ing Father" Eleanor Howe tells Just
how to please him with salads and
other of his favorite foods. Send 10
cents in coin to Eleanor Howe, GIG
North Michigan avenue, Chicago,
ILL.,, and get your copy.
Released by Western Newspaper union.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29
Better to Sell at LoDer
Prices Than Not at All

What is the result? It is plain to
see that prices are propped up by
various sticks, most of them fur
nished out of the federal treasury.
Now, there is no sign at all that
either President Roosevelt or con-
gress is willing to withdraw those
sticks which hold the prices up.
Since they are apparently to re-
main, then it is equally apparent
that none of our cotton will be sold
at prices competing with foreign cot
ton. Naturally, the foreign cotton
gets into the markets and stays
there just as long as our own silly
policies are maintained.
1t seems strange to me why the
government continues to harp away
on these artificial supports for prices
and crop control methods and other
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29

pOrtant, too--con-
trast in textures,
in favors, and in
colors. Combine
crisp foods with
soft; sharp, pun
gent-tasting foods
with mild = fla
unred ones. and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-29

devices which some bright young
man thinks will work. There could
be an elimination of nearly all of
them and, if there were, it is likely
that American cotton exports would
again be taken in the world market.
OF course, the price would be lower.
But it strikes me as common sense
that it is better to sell at lower
price than never to sell at all. And
unless all of natures teachings are
to 60 aWry at once, the price level
would control the amount of cotton
planted very much better than Sec
rotary Wallace or Assistant Secre-
tary Brown can do.
There is, however, another phase
to be considered. Mr.. Wallace and
the President talk about payment of
the bounties so that our producers
will get full price, even though
the foreign buyers get the stuff dirt
cheap. While this policy is being
fostered, another agency of the gov
eminent is promoting international
treaties designed to do away with
just such policies. I refer, of course,
to the reciprocal trade treaties that
are the especial pet of Secretary
Hull, of the department of state.
Hull Has Worked Hard to
Recreate FloD of Commerce
Mr.. Hull has worked long and
faithfully in his campaign to elimi-
nate the barriers to trade between
nations. He has sought to get other
nations to eliminate restrictions on
quantities of imports from the Unit
ed States; he has battled against
special tariff charges and has used
every argument available to recre-
ate free flow of commerce be-
tween the United States and as
many nations as will enter into such
trade agreements.
It fails to make sense to me,
therefore, to see Mr.. Hull struggling
along one road and Mr.. Wallace,
with the Presidents approval, car
rying out in behalf of the United
States the very policies which Mr..
Hull finds Objectionable on the part
of other nations.
What must the reaction of the
Argentines be, for example, when
we say through Mr.. Hull that we
don't want any restrictions on our
shipments to their country-and
then say through Mr.. Wallace that
we are going to pay cash subsidies
to our growers of wheat so that
they can undersell the Argentines
in the world market at Liverpool,
England Of course, wheat has not
been included in the initial proposal
for subsidies, but will all of those
please stand up who believe sub
sidy can be limited to one kind of
farm crop! 1 would feel, if were a
citizen of Argentina, that even the
kindly words of President Roosevelt
about being good neighbors were lib
orally sprinkled with hokum.
Above and beyond the contradic-
tory character of these policies as !
have attempted to point them out,
there is still another national policy
which mixes with the Wallace sub
sidy idea as oil mixes with water.
Through many, many years, one of
our fundamental laws governing
imports inflicts retaliation upon
those who attempt to gain entrance
into the American market by use
of o0varpnopt c,Ihcidv
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matoeS.
Festive Potato Salad.
(Serves 81
3 eggs (hard cooked)
4 cups cooked potatoes (cut fine)
70 cup green pepper (cut fine)
/ bunch green onions (cut fine)
Is cup celery (cut fine)
"a cup sweet pickles (cut fine)
! cup mayonnaise-type salad
dressing
Salt to taste
Cut hard cooked eggs in slices.
Combine ingredients in order given,
reserving a few of the egg slices
for garnishing. Chill. Serve in
large bowl lined with lettuce. Gar
nish with radish roses and hard
cooked egg.