The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-13
Capitol Corridor
Chatter
BY JAKE
By JAKE

ing around the warm corridors of the
capitol these coolish winter days. And
no boss to watch me to see that |
! earn my salary. The only fly in my
particular ointment is that l have to
turn in something; otherwise The
Voice editor might make the mistake
of stopping my salary. That would
MT be so good It's cold outdoors,
! today.
In spite of the goldfish weather the
hardy highway patrol, staged a hand
some show today-Tuesday 1t was
a sort of dress parade, I guess.
Some fellow in the capitol was all
excited and thought it was a general
mobilization. There was Boedecker
in all his glory and size (and don't
tell me he isn't impressive) and full
uniform, with the patrol all lined up
in military formation He was get
ting saluted all over the place, and
the piece de resistance was when he
was posted in the doorway and the
guard (the patrol, | mean passed in
review and paid his glory proper hon.
age with salutes and obesiance.
I'm not just exactly clear in my
mind what this demonstration was for
but it must have been In honor of
Chief Boedecker's election as vice
president or something of some ma
tional safe driving organization Then
too, they probably wanted to demon
strate to the people of the state how |
they were trained in guard |
ing the peoples lives on the high |
ways, by the show of discipline in |
saluting.
know the editor has some pictures |
Of a demonstration made by Boe-
decker of the proper method of park
Quoting a school and all of these pa
-rolmen happened to be in here for
hat. When that picture is shown, it
Will give you all some ideas of the
of proper parking, but /
guess the editor is saving that for
lis story on the patrolmen's school [
when a regular session is held, so he II
AN illustrate the efficiency of the /
:hief's instruction and example. It
| have heard that when some state
'fficer or employee wants to leave :
he state, he is supposed to get the :
ermission and blessing or something | {
f the state board of examiners. But | 9
pparently there are some who don't !
other about it.
Burke Clements, chairman of the v
tate Industrial Board made a trip q
asst some time ago and came back q
D Helena and announced to pal
itating world that there was very +
possibility that we might +
ave a Montanan for candidate for q
resident next year. Well, that might q
e oke, but the board of examiners
idn't know anything officially about il
lis trip of discovery. And now he 8,
on another junket of the same kind, m
nd again he has omitted asking the II
oard of examiners to excuse him n
ON his official duties in the state. r
list who is looking after his job while v,
; is gone, or if it's being looked al
ter, 1--WE wouldn't know" It's nice So
be your own boss and still draw II
nice salary from the state. Why
mt we all get into that racket :.
4 -
The unemployment compensation
vision wants to do some advertising Il
their services and the board of ex- !.
miners have refused to cooperate by '"
proving the plan. Barclay Craig
ad put in a requisition for 10000 tn
otters telling the unemployed about |
e fine service that the unemploy- al
snt division renders to them. He pc
Int go into details just how the di
employed were going to be reached We
til these blotters, since 1t is the ba
neral opinion that the fellows out of do
,rk don't as a general rule have We
SKIS and other accessories that go tel
tn blotters, but he must have VIZ
own just how to do it. pc
One dirty-minded fellow l run into stl
the capitol had theory that Craig I'll
ad didn't exactly intend these blot his
8 for the use of the unemployed ca
cause in designing the blotter,. Mr.. me
aighead had indicated a cut in one so
'ner and this low-minded fellow had do
idea that Mr.. Craighead intended hu
put his own picture in that space his
4 use the blotters as a sort of hil
ening gun in the campaign for con- so
,ss that it is rumored he is going
make Now, the board of examin- an
are certainly smarter than the sci
low who was pouring this in my de-
s, and they didn't know what cut Ro
lighead intended to use or why we
at all. raj
here you see how filthy rumors MOI
be spread. hol