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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-16
N EXAMINER SAYS
THREAT
is SERIOUS THIS YEAR

Eastern Montana farmers are
liable to experience heavier
grasshopper damage to their
crops this summer than they
have in recent years, according
to Howard FarnsWorth, range
examiner for the Indian service
with headquarters at Fort Peck.
The range Examiner said lack
of moisture in the important
eastern wheat sections of the
state has made an ideal con-
dition for the pests. 1t is feared,
he said, that hoppers may come
again this year as they did in
1888, Wiping out field after field
OF nearly mature grain in Mon
tana,S bread basket.
Hopper poisoning pro jec IS
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-16

committee. The 90 per cent in
Guided the state department and
county departments. It did not
include the administrative cost
of child welfare service and aid
to crippled children, the admin
istrator said.
Brandjord also pointed out
that the administrative cost Of
the welfare department for the
two-year period ended March 2
was considerably less than the
amount the 1887 legislature ear
marked for administration. He
declared that not "one single
dollar, dime, nickel or penny has
been dishonesty expended"
through the welfare department..
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-16
TO SUE EMPLOYERS

It is expected that suits will
be begun in the near future
against nearly $50 Montana en-
ployers who have not paid their
1887 and 1888 unemployment
compensation taxes, according
to E. E. Lofgrens attorney for
the state commission. The pay
roll taxes paid by employers go
into a fund from which covered
workers will receive weekly ben
efits while unemployed after
July l.
The unemployment compensa-
ton commission has adopted d
policy of cooperating with en-
plOyers who show that they in
tend to pay the tax or make ar
engagements to do so, but fur
ther time extensions can not
be granted those who deliber-
ately refuse to pay, the attorney
said. Ninety-nine per cent of
the Montana employers subject
to the tax are paying promptly,
Lofgren said.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-16
BIG NEWS IN ROME

according to press dispatches,
there was great joy in Rome
when wages of 1000, 900 workers
were raised S to 10 per cent.
The same dispatches said in
dustral workers in Italy received
about II cents per hour in
1888: The daily pay was close
to 70 cents.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-16
FIVE CAN JOIN NAVY

Montana'S quota Of navy re-
cruitS has been set at five
for this month, according to
word received at the Helena
navy station. After the five
men have been selected they will
60 to the San Diego training
school for three months.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-16
WELFARE OFFICE COST
is ONLY go PER CENT

In an address prepared for
radio delivery, Administrator /.
M. Brandjord of the state well
fare department said the ad-
m~inistrative costs for relief in
the state is only go per cent,
instead of 80 per cent as charged
by the legislative investigating
were carried out throughout the
eastern part of the state last
year. but Farnsworth said the
threat of heavy hopper infesta-
ton this year was not reduced
by the poisoning.
The most effective help in the
situation would be wet spring
SHOWS and good rains before
wheat planting time. Wet. cold
weather kills off the hopper eggs
and hatch, he explained.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-16

Read the Classified Advertise
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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-03-16

Chatham and children and Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Wiley.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-05-12
KIRKLAND FAMILY TO LIVE IN
WASHINGTON FOR COMING YEAR

c. P Kirkland, who last year was
transferred from WrangelI to the
Anchorage branch of the Bank of
Alaska. as cashier and vice president
with Mrs. Kirkland, Elaine and
Charles. will pass through WrangeIl
on the Yukon early in the week.
Mr.. Kirkland has a years leave
of absence from the bank duties
and will spend the year in Washing
ton, in order to carry ON his duties
as Master of the Masonic Grand
Lodge of the state. to which office
he will be advanced at the June
meeting. The Masonic lodges in Al
aska fnction under the jurisdiction
of the Washington grand lodge
Three years ago Mr.. Kirkland was
elected Junior Grand Warden of the
grand lodge, the first Alaskan to be
accorded that honor and has been
advanced in office each succeeding
year.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-05-12
HOTEL ARRIVALS

During the past week the follow
ing persons have registered at the
Wrangell Hotel:
Bill Douglas 81: J. o. Quicker,
Martin Kildall, Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
Haby, Mrs. NJ. Deyore, C. H. E.
Stewart, Mrs. Ethel Callison, Robert
A Farrell John Farrell, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. G. Hope and child, Mrs.
Nora Cook, Miss Evelyn Smith, H.
D. Hayens, c. Cureis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Laurence Meyer and two children;
Frederick Grimble, C. F. Apland, Ar
mold Isler, Omar H Sorlie, Jane Al
exander, DR.. Rae L. Carlson, Harry
NJ Burris, Stanley zuern, A. R.
Brueger. Leonard Talbeck, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. J. Reiland. Melvin Gadd, T
E. Handy, Herbert Bradley, Karl
Horn, Ben A Bellamy, Mike Will
liams, W. T. Hale. John Alden, B
F. Kane, Golden Glow" B. Bud
rian, Ten High. V. T. Bodamer
Heinrich; A. ]. Marion.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-05-12
GUIDES STORY TOLD N ALAS.
SPORTSMAN BY HOLLYWOOD

What a guide does in the field
besides guide the hunter to the
game. and an interesting story of
one hunting trip is told in "A
Guides Story" by the late Pat Hol-
lywood in the June Number of The
Alaska Sportsman. Just issued
Pat Hollywood was one OF the
foremost guides of Southeastern Al
aska before he lost his life recently
at Ketehikau in a fall from a lad
der. The story is illustrated with
nine very attractive photographs.
Another featured article in the
magazine is Anchorage Fur Anc-
ton by Joseph Lester in which the
activities of the Fur Rendezvous are
told in a vivid manner. One can al
most see the bidding on The $4,000
worth of furs as it was carried on
at the auction. and picture the 9th
CT attractions at the event almost
as though one were present.
Teller Freeze-Up" is an unusual
story by D. L. Sanerant which des-
cribes how the Motorship Sierra
was nearly frozen-in while unload
ing at Teller, Alaska, when the ice
rose around them from the depths.
Outdoors at 0hogamute' by Inez
E. Moore describes life at this little
Yukon river village and how one
woman occupied her time in trap
ping.
other fac stories include On a
Summers Day by Mrs. Maxeine
Williams. wife of Y. F. Williams.
guide at juneau Earthquakes and
Windstormse the seventh of Ken
meth L. Cohen's Letters of a King
Cove School Teacher: Prom Keteh-
kan to Barrow. Flora of Alaska
and Forests and Trails by Well
man Holbrook. The cover is a repro
duction of a photograph of three
black bear cubs and the frontispiece
shows the entrance to the Glacier
Mine" at Hyder.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-05-12
ALASKA FIELD ATTRACTIVE
TO BIG GAME HUNTERS

SEWARD - Alaska will be more
popular with big game hunters
than usual this coming hunting sea
son because of the effect of the in
ternational situation upon Asia and
Africa, in the opinion of Fred Hen
ton, big game hunting guide who
has headquarters at Kodiak.
HentOn recently returned from
the states, where he lined up several
hunting trips. NJ Prussian, who
spent a pervious hunting season
with Henton, arrived here this week
on the Ykon. Mrs. Henton will ac-
company them on expeditions, as she
enjoys the trips as much as her
husband
In addition to guiding hunting
parties. Henton has contracted to
ship live bear to the Fleishacher
zoo at San Francisco. His reputation
as the guide and hunter credited
with bagging the biggest brown
bear trophy ever shot in Alaska may
have aided him in getting the Flei-
shacker zoo commission.
The carcass of the animal after
skinning, measured nine feet one
inch. The gigantic bruin trophy is
to be one of a family of bears, all
shot by Henton, to be on exhibition
at Los Angeles museum, Exposition
park. He was especially commission
ed for the exhibit.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-05-12
At the Churches
ST. PHILIPS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The Rev. Arnold Krone
Deacon IN Charge

The Fifth Sunday after Easter.
Bogation Sunday.
1000 a. m. Chapel Service at
Wrangell Institute.
Topic: Courage of Convictions.
1000 q. m Church School
Topic Paul Evangelizes a Pro
vince.
HOO a. m Baecalaureate Service
for the Graduating Glass of Wran-
CELL High School
Sermon: More Than Conquerors.
Lift Thine Eyes from Mendel-
sohn's Elijah. sung by the High
School Glee Club.
Offertory Anthem: Beautiful
Saviour Sung by the Male Choir.
Commemoration of Mothers Day.
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
are Rogation Days when prayers are
offered fer the land
Thursday. The Ascension Day.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-05-12
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
ByMrs. M. Johnson

When the Mckinley arrives IN
port next Thursday. the first con-
tingent OF prominent visitors, who
will visit Wrangell this summer will
arrive. More than fifty women from
the largest cities of the United
States, including Washington, D. c.
will spend some hours here and will
be shown points of interest. We
want them to like Wrangell. We
want them to say that it is a clean
town, an attractive town. We want
them to GO back to their own homes
with happy memories of their brief
stay here and with the right impress
sions of the community as a whole.
These women are a fractional
part of the largest women's organi-
cation in the world. the General
Federation of Women's Clubs, which
includes more than 100000 women
belonging to $4,000 clubs interest
ed in art. home-making, citizenship.
international relations, public well
fare and legislation a scope OF ac-
tiYities so broad that every member
can find something that has es-
pecial appeal for her.
Wrangell Civic Club will be hosts
to this distinguished group of wom-
en- next week A woman who has en-
deared herself to all who have met
her here. Mrs. saide Orr Dunbar.
now president of the General FEEDER
alton, will head the group. Mrs.
Dunbar loves Alaska and Alaska is
proud and happy to honor the Wes-
tern woman who holds the highest
office which the largest group of or
ganized women in the world can
bestow upon a fellow-member
In each of seven towns of south
eastern Alaska there is a Federated
Womens Club-Ketchikan, Wran-
CELL, juneau, Douglas, Sitka, Haines
and Skagway, and extensive plans
ment of the visitors. Mrs. R. r.
Hermann president of the Alaska
Federation, will go to Ketchikan
from Juneau early next week to
meet them and radio programs will
be given both there and at Juneau.
Definite plans for the entertain
ment of the clubwomen in Wrangell
are held in allegiance until the
hour of the arrival of the Mckinley
is known. Tentative plans include
seeing points of interest and visit
to the dugout where talks by sever
al of the Federation officers will be
made.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-05-12

She: Doesn't the bride look
stunning?"
He: eyes, and doesn't the groom
look stunned?"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-05-12
- IS +
ELKS NOTES
By the Publicity Chairman

The Seattle Ghildren's Orthopedic
Hospital Penny Drive card party at
E1ks Hall last night drew an at
tendance of approximately forty
persons. There were six tables of
court whist in play two of bridge
and Two OF pinochle.
Mrs Mickey Shain won the prize
for ladies' high court whist score.
Mrs. A. v. H. Smith received con
solations Chas. Williamson won the
cut for tied score from Walter Wa
ters-for high prize. and Brad
Bradford received consolation. Brad
also won the prize for making the
nearest guess to the number of
beans in a glass jar. In fact, he
guessed the exatt number, 1888
After refreshments of cake and
ice cream-served by committeeman.
Al Torvanger, Leo Osterman and
Chas Wagner, and assisted by Sue
Smith and other ladies', Leo acted
as money-gatherer for Penny Bingo.
While some of the card party
committee members were disappoint
ed in there not being a greater at
tendance, the party will show a
profit of approximately S12 when all
expenses are paid. IN this case, the
only expenses are the prizes and re-
freshments, the Elks donating the
use of the hall
The committee wishes to thank
all those, who in any way at all
helped to make the card party the
partial success that it was. Very
special thanks are due Miss Edna
Sinclair who so kindly made the
two lovely and attractive posters
which were used in the windows of
the bank and post office.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-05-12
FIFTEEN YEAR RECORD
OF PROFESSIONAL VISITS

DR.. Rae L. Carlson, Juneau optom-
etrist, who has spent the week in
Wrangell, is returning home on the
Baranof in the morning. Making her
first visit to Wrangell fifteen years
ago, DIR. Carlson finds deep salts
faction in the fact that a large'num-
Der of her first patients still depend
on her for eye examinations and ad-
justments of glasses. She plans to
return here for a week or ten days
the later part of August
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-05-12
HOSPITAL NOTES

A son. weighing eight pounds, who
has been named Adelbert Mitchell,
was born Tuesday evening, May 8,
to Mrs. Arlo Mills at Bishop Rowe
General Hospital. Both mother and
child are doing we'll.
Mrs Frank Johnson and infant son
were dismissed from the hospital on
May 7.
Edwin Clark entered the hospital
Wednesday as a medical patient.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-05-12
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. Russell F. Peterson. Pastor

1870 a m. Morning Worship
Mothers and Missions
L noon Bible School: Paul Ev
angelizes a Province. study Act
19;1-10; 2o:17-21, Ephesians 2s13
y.
100 p m. Evening Worship.
Mothers Day Thoughts.
The special observance of Moth.
ers' Day will be made in the even
ing hour of worship when the Choii
will lead in the singing.
Wednesday, $50 p m. Prayer
meeting in the Church Parlor.
@Chureh-Going Families Are Hap.
pier Families Link
Come and Worship God With Us
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-05-12
ASSEMBLY OF GOD MISSION
Mrs. Berta Vaughn, Pastor

Services each evening beginning
Friday May L at 7:45 will be con
Quoted by Rev. J E. Barnes and
wife. Musicians. and singers from
Canada.
Saturday. May 13. Subject, Re
yival of the Roman Empire.
Sunday, Il a. m. Sunday School.
Evening Service, 7:45 Miracles
in Europe"
Subjects for Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday are inter
esting.
Come and bring your friends.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-05-12
SALVATION ARMY
Brigadier & Mrs. Carruthers

Sunday school. 2:30 p. N.
Evening Service, 7:30 p. m.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-05-12
TRAPPERs REPORT EVIDENCE
WOLVES ARE KILLING BEAVER

Gareld Banta, wildlife agent for
the Alaska Game Commission with
headquarters at Ketchikan and Da-
yid Wood Jr,. in charge of licenses
and records called in at Wrangell
Tuesday aboard the Grizzly Bear on
their way to the west coast of
Prince of Wales island.
The deer herds have come through
the winter in excellent shape, Mr..
Banta states, the winter having
been easy ON them, but in many dis
tricts trsppers report that there is
much evidence of wolves killing
beaver
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-10
DETECTIVES FOR ALL
IMPERIAL VALLEY

Slowly as befits the magnitude of the
program, but as inevitably as the march
OF human progress, finishing touches
are being put on the Ell Centre chamber
of commerce "objectves committee. and
on the numerous subcommittee which
will be charged with carrying to COM
pletion the most all-embracing civic pro-
gram ever drawn up in Imperial county.
1t is program not for FL Centric, but
for all of Imperial Valley. AS such, it
needs and deserves the support and CO.
operation of all of the valley.
The program as outlined by the OBJ
Jectives Committee, and endorsed by
chamber of commerce directors, is:
l. Speed Reimbursement of the Impe-
rial Irrigation District debt
2. Aid in developing ways and means
of drainage.
8. Hasten solution of the valley power
problem.
a. Make available increased credit for
valley farmers.
5. Take steps to increase and improve
farmer-ownership.
6. Plan for opening and development
of mesa lands.
7. Create fundamentally sound basis
for eventual full development of Impe-
rial county as winter tourist resort.
8. Merchandise Imperial Valley.
The eight-point program is, obviously,
one of valley-wide interest. The first
four points are ones without which the
valley could not long continue a safe
economic existence They must be work
ed out in close cooperation with the I'M
perial Irrigation District, for they are
bound up in the very being of the district.
The sixth point, also, is one which can
not be accomplished without close coop
Grafton between district officials and civic
leaders. Points Five, Seven and Eight
are matters of concern not alone to the
district not alone to business or COM
munity leaders, but to everyone in the
valley. They mean greater prosperity for
everyone.
1t is obvious that such a program can
not be accomplished in month, or six
months Perhaps a major part of 1t can
be well on the way at the end of another
year, but its complete development along
all fronts will take much longer time.
1t is the biggest program ever under
taken by any chamber of commerce in
the valley As such, it will entail more
effort. and greater cooperation by all
agencies, public and private, than any
other community program has ever call
ed for
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-10
SHALL THE INITIATIVE
BE CURBED?
( alameda Times-Star)

(Alameda 1lmeS-Star)
The cost of submitting initiatives to
the people is having a decided effect in
considering the matter of what shall be
done to do away with or abridge the
rights of voters ON this Bryanistic scheme
of direct legislation SO strong has
the demand been in some quarters that
an association has been formed to COM
bat the evil.
The initiative, which is not available
in every state, was placed in California S
constitution by vote of the people in
1911, in the Progressive Republican ad-
ministration of Hiram Johnson. I'm
changed through the years, it permits
a number of signatures equivalent to s
per cent of those voting at the preceding
gubernatorial election to call a vote on a
measure for either the constitution or
statute books.
Apart from the referendum and recall
the present legislation on initiatives also
allows a number of signatures equiva-
lent to per cent of those voting at the
preceding gubernatorial election to pro-
pose a statute to the State Legislature;
if the latter does not pass it, the measure
goes directly before the people.
Present discussion ranges from COM
pIele uolellSe VI lHe present. law - Ou
grounds that it is democratically essen
tial to have the low pecentage of sigma
tures-to movement in some quarters
to have the initiative taken out of the
constitution-on grounds that it has
been abused at great expense to the state
to get on the ballot what opponents call
'crack-pot' schemes.
In the middle ground are such pro-
posals as increase the number of sigma
lures required; oblige signers of petit
tions to go to the local registration office
for signing and have their signatures
checked against the signatures on the
voters rolls; and fix a period of time
in which no proposal may be resubmitted
which has been defeated by two to one.
Earliest of the statewide groups to
come out in the open for change is the
Association Against Abuse of the Init
iative, recently incorporated as nom
profit organization. It's incorporators
are Will H. Anderson, lifelong Democrat
and former president of the Los Angeles
Bar Association; Lawrence Cobb, for
mer Republican member of the state as
sembly; and Ross Marshall, Republican,
newspaper writer on politics for 20 years
and manager of various political cam
paigns.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-10
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
WPA Becomes an Institution

shorn of some of its relief funds
and consequently, Colonel Harring-
ton forecast, the rolls would have
to be trimmed again in the spring.
Meantime the WPA is prepared to
carry needy workers over the diff
ficult winter months.
After Jan. l. part of the WPA
program will be financed by 25
per cent contributions from the
states. Up to this time, the only
local aid came from communities
sponsoring projects and was con-
tributed in the form of materials
supplies and supervision.
The problem of WPA will prob
ably be tackled in the l940 preSi-
Dental campaigns. Originated prin-
cipally as an emergency measure,
this form of employment has grown
into a national institution; the
temporary jobs have grown almost
into careers. For some time TO
come-perhaps permanently the
federal, state and local governments
must provide in some way for the
men and women now on WPA pro-
jects. 1t is bleak and diScouraging
prospect-but both political parties
recognize it and are resigned to
face it.
The present organization of our
work-relief may have to be cast
out or drastically revised; but some
substitute that will act as a shock
absorber to privation and poverty
will then have to be found.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-10

Into its fifth winter rolls the
WPA caravan. carrying nearly as
many passengers as it did when it
first started its long trek across
the American economic desert in
1885. A few have dropped off at
wayside stations during the past
four years. and new ones have
hitched on, but the load total hasn't
changed much.
Before the end of the month, the
total national WPA load is expected
to be 2.250,000. Just now it is about
100000 The first WPA quarterly
report late in December, 1885. show
ed the total load to be 2,7400,070. BY
March, 1886. it had increased about
100000 and then proceeded TO drop
off. In June, 1887, WPA was sup
porting less than 100000 and in
September it dropped to an all-time
low Of 1,451,112. From that point
it started to climb again. BY June,
1885, the WPA rolls were carrying
2,767 125 persons.
All of this has cost the United
States government a pretty penny.
The bill for 1885 was $256, ,653 900,
and in 1886 taxpayers remitted 81
068 100000 for maintenance of WPA.
BY June, 1898, after a little more
than three years, the whole bill has
come to $4,683, ,730, ,000-more than
half of what it costs to run the en-
tire government for a whole year.
Alarmed by increasing costs, au-
thorities have endeavored to per-
form a pruning job on WPA from
time to time. Inevitably, the re-
sultant burden has fallen heavily
on the states or communities where
WPA discharges were forced to
seek straight relief.
There was vague hope, shortly
after the war started that increased
industrial activity would bring a
bout a substantial trimming of the
WPA rosters. Unfortunately, pro-
duction gains have not yet beer
reflected in work-relief conditions
Col. F. C. Harrington, WPA admin
istrator, explained that failure OF
industry to absorb WPA workers
was due to the fact that most oi
the men being returned to work
were those living off their own re-
sources and were not on work-re-
lief.
The 1939-40 fiscal budget was
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-10
YEAR OF DESTINY

A program such as that outlined above.
developed by the Objectives Committee
of the Ell Centro chamber of commerce,
can make 1910 truly year of destinys
for Imperial Valley.
Already the vistas are opening up.
Refunding will be settled, we all hope,
before the year is a month old. Drain
age is in better shape than at any time
in the last ten years. With hard push
in 1910, it can be made to work for the
prosperity of valley agriculture as never
before. Complete operation of the dis
trict's power system will afford an op-
portunity to test and put into practice
the best methods there.
Refunding, coupled with federal credit
changes, will automatically improve the
farm credit picture here. This improved
credit picture will give the committee its
best chance to encourage local, tenant
ownership of farm lands.
The whole program is bound together
in just the same way. 1t will take work
"a lot of ito put it over, but the end
will be worth it.