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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16
Kirby Kernels

Don Davis has moved from
the Sitter ranch, where he has
been helping Billy Anderson
for some time, to help John
Henriksen feed cattle on the
old x 4 ranch.
Jack Murray, whose hand was
crushed at the Tongue River
dam early in December, says
it is almost well again.
1t was a week of very cold
weather; Tuesday it was "a de-
grees below zero in the morn
ing and 10 below at noon, snow
ing lightly that evening:
Wednesday morning it was "a
below and IL below at noon;
Thursday registered "a below at
700 am, zero at noon, and 40
below at 1890 that evening.
Friday it was only 20 below,
moderating to IL degrees above.
Saturday was only 2 below, and
snow melted off our roofs, and
Sunday, we ate dinner with our
outside door wide open, the
thermometer having climbed
to So above, and it seemed like
summer after the week just
passed.
Earl Adsit, who drives the
school bus, managed to get the
children to school on time ev-
cry day this past week, although
he had to stop at John Hen
riksen's ranch and clean his
fuel pipe on Friday. Mrs. Hen
riksen entertained the children
while the repairs were being
made.
Some of the ranchers on the
Rosebud have had to sit up
nights to take care of the little
calves that chose to arrive this
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis B. Spear,
Jr.. spent a few days in Sheri-
dan and Hardin this past week.
A flock of Bohemian Wax
wings has been visiting the
Rosebud lately. They are a
reddish brown with white and
yellow markings on wing feath-
ers and a broad band of yellow
on the end of their tail, are
about the size of a robin and
have a fine topknot on their
heads. We have a bunch of
chickadees that feed regularly
at our kitchen door.
Jack Moody came out from
Sheridan Friday, bringing Will
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16
EDITORIAL

Shep is gone. Wandering
printer, sheep = herder, philoso-
pher-he was a combination of
all of them. He died Saturday
night in the hospital, after a
rather short, but severe illness.
He had really been i'll for a
long time, but it never inter-
fered with his courage, his
smile, or his ability to see things
clearly. He wasn't the kind who
complained, or who wanted
someone to wait on him hand
and foot. He had been alone for
a long time, and that is the way
he went.
Shep was Fred Wilmarth.
His column, "Shep Bays at the
Moon" appeared regularly for
many years in the columns OF
this paper, and it was read
and enjoyed by many who never
had a chance to know him per-
Sonally. The last few months, it
appeared seldom, but always
there we're the sharp and we'll
thought-out comments on people
and things.
Many years ago, it was his
fate to lose all those he loved
within a short space of time,
but Shep was never embittered.
He never saw himself as one es-
pecialIy singled out by fate or
hard luck, though he had to
face plenty of it. His views of
human foibles and foolishneSs
were always tolerant and kind
ly. He never passed the buck,
never placed the blame for any
misfortune on another'S Shoul-
ders. He was ready, always, to
give the other fellow a boost
over the hard places.
There are few who could re-
main so brave in the face of
adversely as he, and when a
man has that spiritual courage,
it gives him a nobility of char
acter that is seldom found in
those whom life has not tested.
We will miss Shep. It will
seem strange not to have him
drop in now and again and tell
us his views on the happenings
in the world. It will be lon
lier town without his grave and
pleasant friendliness.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16
SAME FUNDS ASKED
FOR MAIN OFFICES

Appropriations asked for ell
ective state offices excluding
the state railroad and public
service commission are approx
imately the same as the
amounts allocated two years
ago. The measure specifies the
following amounts to be taken
from the general fund for the
first and second years of the
next biennium, respectively:
Governors office, $28, 900 -
$28, 1000; secretary Of state, $685.
$50 = $37, 900; attorney gener-
al, $4,000 - $28,500; treasur-
er, $21, 900 - SIG, 500; auditor,
$4,000 - &c., 900; superintend-
ent of public instruction, $22,-
300 $22,300, and supreme
court, $56,100 - $50 100. The
auditors office also was allocat-
ed $4,000 for each year from the
highway fund.
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can goods in foreign lands.

Sometimes when Washington
officials want to meet secretly
for a confab they go outside
of Washington. Such was the
case last week when a group Of
officials opposed to the Dies I'M
American activities probe, jour-
neyed to Alexandria, Va, to
meet with Dies to try to reach
an agreement. Here is what
happened:
when the pressure was put
on the Congressman to end
his investigation, he offered to
resign from Congress and con-
tinue his investigation indie
pendently. There would be no
problem of funds, he pointed
out, for the Dies Committee
received thousands of dollars in
contributions from citizens ar
oused by disclosures by the
committee of Communist and
Fascist activities in the U. S
All of the money, of course,
was returned, but an appeal
would bring more.
The offer of resignation
frightened the opponents. The
outcome was agreement to ap-
propriate 100000 more for
continuing the investigation by
the Dies Committee. Those op-
posed to Dies were afraid to
let him take the issue to the
country.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16
LITTLE WAGNER" ACT
DEFEATED BY SENATE

Senate bill 48, the little Wag-
ner" act that would have set
up a Montana labor relations
board, came to an early death
after it was reported out on the
floor of the senate. A majority
of the senate labor committee
recommended that the measure
be killed, and their report was
adopted by a vote of '34 to 16.
Opponents of the bill con-
tended that it would cost the
state 5000 annually to admin
lister the proposed law, and that
it actually was just a compan-
ion measure for the wage and
hour bill the senate had already
killed.
There was still a labor rela-
tons board bill in the house of
representatives, but there was
little doubt but that it would
be killed as the house already
had defeated its wage and hour
bill by a wide margin.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16
Upper Rotten Grass

Mrs. Frank Gregory and son,
Jack, were Billings visitors over
the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Wiley and
children spent Monday evening
at Manchester.
Jack Gregory left WedneS-
day for California, where he
will attend school.
Mrs. C. Anderson and sons
and Mrs. A. Bergquist and
daughters were in Billings
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Chatham
and children and Joe Cooper,
Jr., were Hardin callers Thurs
day.
Mrs. Chester Wiley and son,
Jack, visited at the John Cha
than home Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Denver Sher-
man were guests at the John
Chatham home Thursday eve
ming.
Henry and Harold Anderson
and Mrs. A. Bergquist were
Sheridan callers Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emery Pease
made a trip to Lodge Grass
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Chatham
and children and Joe Cooper,
Jr., spent Sunday and Monday
in Billings.
Miss Rosalie Sherman re-
turned to her home from Hell
ena Tuesday.
Joyce Sherman has been i'll
the past week.
The John Chatham children
have been sick.
John Chatham, Joe Cooper,
Jr., and Jack Chatham visited
at the Henry Schenderline
home on Lodge Grass creek
Friday evening.
MI and Mrs. Luther Chatham
and children and C. L. Erick-
son were Lodge Grass callers
Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. Jack Wiley and
children spent the week end
in Manchester.
Mrs. C. Anderson and sons
were in Hardin Monday.
Mrs. Jack Wiley visited at
the John Chatham home Mon
day afternoon.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16
TIME BILL DEFEATED

A measure That would have
defined a legislative day as a
period of "a hours and which
would have required the legis-
lature to adjourn at midnight
of the 60thh legislative day was
killed by the house. Opponents
said the measure could prove
harmful to the state in that it
would open the way for posi-
BILE fillibusters near the end
OF the session, preventing the
enactment of needed legislation.
At present, the legislature stops
the clock at midnight of the
60th day and goes on lawmak-
ing.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16

High school debaterS from 10
Montana towns participated,
February IL, in Montana State
university's debate institute. The
high schools sent % teams who
participated in practiced de-
bates. The students from Kali
spell, Butte, Plains, Lewistown,
Arlee, Great Falls, Conrad, Dill
Ion, Roman and Missoula also
heard lectures given by the
university faculty on foreign
and American affairs.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16
SPUR MEASURE DOWN

A bill several legislators
termed a spur measure, that
would make it a felony for Of
ficers to neglect enforcing laws
against gambling, was killed
by the house this week. OPP
ponents said penalties provided
in the present law are severe
enough, and that convictions
would be imuossible under a
more strict law.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16

Clarice Koebbe, Hardin stu
dent at Montana State univer-
sity, has a part in the winter
quarter major production of the
Masquers, university dramatic
organization. Elmer Rice's 1.-The
Adding Machine" is the name
of the play which was produced
last week.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16
NOTES FROM THE UNIVERSITY
By Edward Chouinurd. Special Correspondent.

Committee governing the Stu
dent Union building at Mon
tana State university. Profess
sor Bischoff has studied con-
siderably at the university of
Mexico at Mexico City but did
his Bachelors work at Mon
tana and his Masters work at
Oberlin.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16

liam ". Johnson back to his
wife, who had been alone on the
ranch since Torrey left last
Sunday. Jack returned to Bud
Alderson's to finish his building.
Mr.. and Mrs. HenrikSen and
Joyce were dinner guests at
the w. v. Johnson home Sun
day.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16

fat classes at the Ogden live
stock show at Ogden, Utah. The
team competed with teams
from Colorado, Wyoming, Ore
gOn and Utah.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16
STATE TEAM WINS

The state college livestock
Judging team won fourth place
In all classes and second in the
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16
Q@&AhmMm
oy JAMES Preston

old Congress for legislative eX-
perimentlng, regulation and
planning by neW-fangled theor-
les have been at a minimum. A
lot of talk is heard, therefore,
that the "it-probably won't
Workout -Well-try-it-anyWay'
era is past.
But there is talk to the con-
trary, too. Those who say other
wise are interpreting the APP
parent lull as just that-a
Breathing spell between expert
ments. And the next expert
ment. it is predicted, will hit
hard at States rights.
In support of this prediction,
the Projectors point to several
recent activities and events that
got little publicity, apparently
because usually cautious OBJ
servers take the lull too ser
iously. Two lines in a recent
speech by one administration
spokesman are pointed out as
examples of significant doingS.
The speech concerned States
rights, and the speaker, after
saying the Federal government
is better equipped to Influence
our social order" made this
declaration: above all else, we
want to go forward as one AM
erican people. NOT AS FORTY
EIGHT TRIBES"
This. then. indicates the urge
still exists in some potent cir
cles to try to get Congress to
do away with State lines and
set up a single unit of govern
ment - in Washington - to
run the whole Nation.
Another example is a bill re-
Gently dropped in the legislative
hopper very quietly) to create
a Government corporation that
would be directed to take ov-
er the ownership and opera
ton of all oil, gas and mining
industries and power plants;
also the products of these in
dustries. The corporation would
enjoy AL of the privileges
and immunities of the United
States" meaning that it would
be tax free and have the free
use of the mails, etc.
To States, cities and coun-
ties, this would mean the loss
of millions of dollars annually
in tax collections.
Still another example is a bill
to do away with State charters
and controls of businesses. This
measure would centraliZe the
charter and license authority
in Washington.
The meaning to States would
be the same, again: loss of fees,
A confidential report on for
eign trade has been placed on
the desk of a top-rung Federal
official. And it is giving the
top-runger and his aides a lot
of mental exercise. The report
says. in effect, that Americas
foreign trade is falling off, but
not because of the circus antics
of dictators.
Inc report was written by a
delegate to the recent Lima
conference. He points out that
although foreign buyers prefer
American-made goods because
they are better made, increasing
prices, due to economic plan
ming, labor unrest and higher
taxes, Ire putting U. S. products
out of reach. AS long as Am
erican prices are continually
forced higher and higher, the
delegate points out in his re-
port, We can expect a continued
decline in the sale of Ameri-
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16
DAY IN PARK

February 10 will be Montana
Day in Yellowstone park. Wis
itorS will see the parks wild
life at close range, and ski
runs will be in shape, accord
ing to park officials.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16

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Here is the modern way
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Use Fir.Tex plaster lath
directly on the studding
no other lath. Then
plaster on the Fir-Tex.
Result: q marvelously.
smooth. crack-proof job.
Plaster sticks tightly to
the Fir-Tex lath!
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16

"Ivrykote", the Beautiful
Fir-Tex Finish Material
Fir.Tex "Ivrykote" with
its notified ivory. smooth
washable surface is an
exceedingly attractive in
terror finish. Already sur
faced, yet ready for any
further decorating or COL
oring. without sizing.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-02-16

Fir-Tex Building Board
For insulating walls,
floors or roof Fir Tex has
no equal. Only Fir-Tex
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fibres, sterilizes and
"felts" them into . solid
blanket board" of super
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fire rstSndss6
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
WATERSHED OF kETCHIkAN TO
 BE PROTECTED
Congress Measure Would
 Close Area 10 Loea-
 lion and Entry

A bill to prohibit location and en- try of lands in the Ketchikan wat ershed has been introduced in Con- gress by Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond.
 The area affected by the measure is the watershed of Ketchikan creek, comprising some $500 acres. and which is used by the municipality as a source of electric power and dom- estic water.
 Delegate Dimond's bill provides that no permanent rights can be acquired within the watershed by private individuals and that any use made of land or resources there shall be under supervision of the Forest Service. Under terms of the bill the Forest Service shall allow no use of the land which would jeapordize the city's interests.
 The watershed is now a part of Tongass National Forest. The bill was drafted with the help and ap- proval of the local office of the For est Service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
STEAMER DOCKS
 HERE WITH LIST
 FOR LOCAL PORT

Thirty yeight passengers disem- parked from the Baranof which ar rived at 6:30 o'clock this morning from Seattle and way ports. The ship which is carrying heavy passenger list sailed Northbound at o'clock this afternoon from the A. J. dock
 Passengers arriving from Seattle for Juneau were Dick Acheson E. Allen, E. L. Bartlett, R. A. Cook, Carl A. Danielson, Harry Isef John w Isef, H. o. Erickson, E. c. Jacobs, G. B. Landrum, s. c. Malcomson, N. Nussbamer, Quincy Padget, Delbert Raines.
 Mrs. Mildred Raines, Mrs. D. l.. Reynolds, David Reynolds, May Rhodes, Dan Russell, James Wini- free, Russell Carlisle, Ray Evans, John Minkoff, Martin Olson, Thom- as Taylor.
 From Ketchikan-R. E. Hardcastle John Kayser, Billie Blandor, T. A. Thatcher, Lyle E. Kelsey D. L. Felt, A. c. Black, E. J Reiland, A. w. Douglas, L. F. Hebert.
 From Petersburg Evelyn Braten. A. J. Coin, George Hagen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
STAR AIRLINES MANAGER COMES
 ON MT. MCKINLEY

Manager of the Star Airways of Anchorage, D. H. Goodman, arrived in Juneau from Anchorage aboard the Mount Mckinley. He will re- main here for short period.
 According to Goodman, final de- cision on the proposed extension of the Star Airline route to include Juneau will probably be forthcoming in the near future Upon receipt of definite authority to proceed with the scheme Star Airlines will in- crease their flying equipment by the addition of two bi-motored Electras.
 The company at present operates Is planes out of Anchorage includ- ing nine place Bellancas. There are g pilots and 20 mechanics on the payroll of the company
 The airline, which covers terri tory out of Anchorage ranging over the Bristol Bay, Kuskokwim, and other remote sections, flew total of 1,500,000 passenger miles the past year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
MfKINLEY COMES
 AND GOES WITH
 EARLY MORNING

Steamer Mount Mckinley tied up at the Alaska Line dock at o'clock this morning and left one hour later with thirty passengers from Juneau for Seattle and way ports
 The ship was covered with white coat of frozen spray from its cold trip across the Gulf of Alaska.
 Passengers leaving from Juneau for Seattle were John Sellwold M. Storm, T. B. Wallace, M. w Jacobs, Mrs. Thomas Marcum, Mrs. E.. Young, Mrs. w. Tregor L. Morris, E. L. Shermer, E. w. Porkepyle, M. Ereig, c. H Stone.
 Miss M. Dickey, Frank Dufresne, Mrs. w. L. Bills John Halse, w. Fos- ter, Mrs. w. Foster, H. Fielder, A. Lenger, Thomas Colt.
 For Ketchikan-Mrs. M. Hellan, Mrs. George Shaw, R. P Bginhert, L. Soholt, C. E. Goudie, Philip Lydick.
 For Wrangell-Mary Hakey.
 Passengers aboard the Mount Me Kinley for Juneau from Westward ports were:
 From Seward-Dan H. Goodman, H. R. Shepard, M J. Walsh, George Lingo, Mrs George Lingo, Charles E. Bunnell, N Lester Troast.
 From Valdez-Margaret Harrais.
 From Cordova-John Mclaughlin
 From Yakutat-HaTy Bremner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31

Stevens, Treasurer; Philip Joseph Corresponding Secretary; Georg Stevens, Recording Secretary,s La. fay Weaver, Financial Secretary Paul Joseph, argeant-at-arms.
 The Douglas Camp ANB went on record, opposing the measure before the legislature. in the Senate, first because such bill would bar the selling of liquor to Natives and sec ond, on the grounds that such a bill if passed, would be an encroach- ment on the rights of the Natives as Citizens of the United States of America.
 s. A. Stevens, Stanley Sutton, La- fay Weaver, were appointed as committee of three to be known as the Legislative Committee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
5TUYAH0K MINE OPERATOR HERE
 ON BRIEF STOP

V R. Hit, president of the Hit Mining Company of Anchorage, travelled through Juneau today en- route to the Cook Inlet metropo- lis on the last lap of a short busi- ness trip Outside.
 Mir Hit, whose company has for the past three years operated some 30 mining claims and two draglines on the lower Yukon, near Stuya- hok. about 800 miles from Fair banks, states that the recent sea- son produced successful returns for his firm.
 When the claims are being worked during the open season be- tween June and October, Hit en- ploys 30 men. Common wage scale is Sl0 per day less $3 for board and room. Dragline operators net $l3 per day. The men work seven days week. Lump sum payments Of over $1,000 at the end of the season, to an unskilled laborer, is not unusual, according to MT. Hit.
 Lack of water and absence of mosquitoes on the river during the past year was notable the past sea- son.
 Referring to the prospective gold tax, Mir Hit stated that an 8 per- cent assessment would cause him to curtail operations to one-fourth it's usual capacity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
ENTERTAINMENT FOR
 LEGISLATORS SET FOR
 WEEK END AT DOUGLAS

Further arrangements for enter taining the members of the Alaska Legislature now in session. were made at a meeting of the Douglas Chamber of Commerce last night at a special meeting held for that purpose.
 Next Saturday night February is the date set for the affair which is to be a stag. according 10 the an- nouncement made by Chamber of ficials. It will be held in the City Hall, and a special bus is to be ar ranged for, to leave Juneau at S,30 o'clock
 Details of entertainment planned for the visitors is in the hands Of q committee headed by Mike Pusich and E. E. Engstrom.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
MRS. 5H0CkLEY
 IN WISCONSIN

RIPON, Wisconsin, Jan. 31.-Mrs. Levert Shockley, who is spending several weeks in the States, visited her old home, Ripon, Wis, over the weekend where she was a guest at the home of her cousin, Stuart B. Nash, prominent Insurance execu- tive.
 Mrs. Shockley, who is a graduate of Ripon College, left here for Fond du Lac to visit her sister, Ruth Nash, an instructor in English in the high school there She will then go to Madison, capital city of Wisconsin, where she will spend some time with her sister, Esther, and will leave Wisconsin for her home in Juneau about February IS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
MRS. KIRBY ARRIVES

On her way to Seattle to undergo a major operation Mrs. William P. Kirby came in on the Mount Mc- kinley this morning from SeIdovia The ship is the first one she said which had stopped at that port since the latter part of December
 Accompanying her are two young boys, Ted Halvorsen and Tom Fox. who are on their way from Seldovia to the orthopedic hospital in Seat tie. Mrs. Kirby's son, Frank Petty grove, will accompany her south taking his first vacation in several years. They expect to return in about two months. depending on the results of the operation
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
P. T. \. TO MEET

January meeting of the Douglas Parent-Teacher Association is slat- ed for tomorrow evening in the school assembly room. The usual business session will be held first and for entertainment A. B. Cain of Juneau will show a series of nov ing pictures of Alaska scenes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
M. ]. NORTHlAND HAS CONTINGENT
 FOR THIS PORT

Motorship Northland. Capt. c. Williams and Purser B. R. Gillespie, rounded the rock fill at 945 o'clock this morning and docked at the City Wharf at 10.15 o'clock.
 There was general cargo aboard and 20 passengers, II for disem- barkation in Juneau.
 The motorship sails for Sitka at midnight from the Union Oil Dock.
 Passengers arriving were: Sylvia Ann Swenson, Mrs. Olaf Swenson, Sid Hooper, Wayne c. Johnson. Mrs. w c. Johnson, L. A. Dauphiny, Art Perainen. Mike Osnonovich, Oden Jensen, w. ohnson, Margaret Morris.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-31
MARINE NEWS
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
NORTHBOUND

. NORTHBOUND
 c Northland in port and sched-
 Q uled to sail for Sitka at mid-
 . night tonight from the Union . Oil dock.
 . SCHEDULED SAILfNGS . North Coast scheduled to sail . from Seattle February 3 at . 10 am. . Mount Mckinley scheduled to . all from Seattle February 4 . at 9 am. , Tongass scheduled to sail from . , Seattle February 6 at 9 pm. . D Princess Norah scheduled to sail . . from Vancouver February 2 . . at pm. , SOUTHBOJIND SAILINGS . . Baranof scheduled southbound . . next Monday, . , LOCAL SAILINGS . . Estebeth scheduled to sail every . : Wednesday at 6 pm. for Sit q . ka and wayports. . Dart leaves every Wednesday ( . at am. for Petersburg, Port ( . Alexander. Kake and way ( . ports { . e [