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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14

G. A. Hummon, agricultural agent
in Huron county, reports that seed
ings of eight pecks of wheat to the
acre have been most profitable on
the average in Ohio, but rates of
six and seven pecks per acre have
produced crops but little inferior.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14
RawSOn

Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Miller of Wa
pakoneta are spending several weeks
with Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Miller and
family.
Commodore Guin of Custar spent
Tuesday with Mrs. Mae Dennis and
Mrs. Emma Guin.
The meeting of the Royal Neigh
bors lodge has been postponed until
later date.
Miss Evelyn Lather of Fostoria
was an overnight guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Miller and family, Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Oman and
son Enos of Findlay were Sunday call
ers on Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Bauman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Hanifan and
family spent Saturday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Spears of Bowl
ing Green.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Davis, Mrs.
Elizabeth Davis and daughters Mar
ian, Florence, Ileen and Dolores and
son Paul and Robert Mirandi all of
Dayton; Mrs. Thelma Markham and
son Tommie of Jackson and Mrs.
Mary Ritchie and Mrs. Emma Joy of
Wapakoneta were Sunday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Miller and family.
Mrs. Ada Brothers, Mrs. Catherine
| Harris and son and Mrs. Harold Shift
let and son of Lima were Sunday af-
ternoon callers on Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Long.
Mrs. L., B. Folk was hostess to the
members of the T. and C. club at her
home on Wednesday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14

The total consumption of federally
inspected meat and lard increased 5
per cent in the first six months of
1889 as compared with the same
period of 1888, but decreases occur
red in the consumption of beef, veal,
mutton, and lamb so all the increase
can be attributed to greater pork
consumption. 1t is expected there
will be no marked change in the
demand for meat in the next several
months. The prospective fall and
spring pig crop indicate a supply of
100000 more hogs for slaughter
next year than were available this
year,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14
{ Tremendous
[1rifes .
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
A HISTORIC CIGAR WRAPPER

"H ALT"
a b. w Mitchel ~ Muncie. ind,
d private In Company + Of the Twen.
ty-seventh Indiana Volunteer infantry
In the Army of the Potomac neard that
command with "A feeling of relief He
was tired after the long march that Gen
George b Met lellan had tdaered on
that hot September day in ISL
Then his eyes sparkled pr.he 1t
was his lucky day though il happened
10 he the 18th Three cigars. wrapped
in small pi,H'e at paper rnh tied with
Il string, lay al his feet. lie ripped off
the paper and started to throw it
away. Then he swOre softly. A
few minutes later II was in the hands
of General Mcclellan
II happened TO be Special Order No.
l91, signed by Gen. Robert +. Lee. who
was invading Maryland Ny Mary
land" II revealed how Lee had Ill.
sided the two wings Of his army. and
told of the routes over which they
were moving. Ii was addressed to Gen
II Fl HILL but some staff officer or
courier had used ii for cigar wrapper.
and then lost it.
George Brinton Mcclellan was a
champion "staller" but now he moved
with incredible speed Within two
hours he had Il division on the march
toward South mountain as the first
step toward driving a wedge between
Lees divided force
Just in the nick of time the amazed
Confederate commander learned the
reason for the Union leaders swift ac-
fion so he changed his plans The re-
suit was that the gray Army of Liner.
atinn' was forced to the defensive.
Pennsylvania spared from invasion and
there ensued the "bloodiest battle of
the whole war that of Antie.
tam. Lee lost l0uE; men and McClel
Ian l2.140 total casualty list
of 22,li0 all because Of a piece of pa
per wrapped around three cigarsl
O. Western Newspaper Union
Milan, Ohio, on the Huron River,
was the second largest wheat ex-
porting city in the world in 1850.
It's out-of-country shipments were
only exceeded by those from Odessa,
Russia.
The two principal reasons for the
decline of farm prices since the
middle of 1897 were decreases in in
dustrial activity and increases in
agricultural production.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17
Marthas' Fair to Be CIimaxed Tomorrow
 With Oriental Tea

Climaxing the Martha Society Fair which opened this morning in the Parlors of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church, will be the Or iental silver tea, being held tomor- row afternoon between 2 and 5 o. clock.
 Antique and modern tapestries and silks, prize possessions of consid- erable amount, will decorate the tea room in the church parlors, and a large attendance of callers is anti cipated during the afternoon.
 A feature of the affair will be se- lections sung at intervals throughout the tea hours by girls trio from the Juneau High School.
 Arrangements for the charming affair are under the supervision of Mrs. J. w. Leivers, Mrs. H. L. Faulk rer, Mrs. John A. Glasse and Mrs Tom Morgan.
 Main event of today was the tray luncheon held in the church parlors between 11;30 and o'clock, which was attended by a capacity crowd Throughout the day steady line of individuals called c to purchase home made candy, house plants, fan cy work and other useful articles at most reasonable cost.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17
Hollywood Sighb Aud S0""ds
By Robbin coors :

HOLLYWOOD Cal, 17.-Maybe it's just poeuc JuS.oe M Novh the Messrs Towne and Baker planned that way ~ froro the outside looking the production o 0"@ fes ohinsonp looks as wacky of the deeds oi the io writer's who turned producers
 Toune and Baker, and Graham used to De the -wies of the writing gentry Shrewd fellows even in their ses hours definitely off base when 1t came to tricks slightly loco in their disregard for such conventionaies soft speech or shrwearlhg o iterarly they have reaped l1Vese III cash as well as n notices such as this
 But let's scrutinze the workings o poec iusice in collaboration the Messs T. and B.:
 In the firstpl it's terrific colossal and gigantic
 n second it's incredible
 In the third it's jungle.
 good Robinson tribe, duly shpwecked and floating household goods animals have Jurgetown. They have found the river (which the sound and they about to do some exploring There Papa R Thomas Mitchell and Mamma R. Edna Bes youngsters including Tim Holt Terry Klbun baby Qulan of the numer- acting family of Quilans.
 this fantastic jungle with and trees and papier strange tremendous flowers like glories) there also wng-and the leg, and branch and water. Birds
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17
BASKETBALL TEAMS
 IN PLAY-OFF TONIGHT

Tonight again, the Douglas Bas- ketball League will put on a double header hoop contest at the Nata- torium and this one should be a dandy. It is the fourth one of the series nd each te a m has now played the other, so this evening it will be the first playoff, Jensens playing Warmers and the High School vs. Foundry.
 Both the school and Jensen's have lost one to their tonights opposing team and they are expected to make
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
GOETZ'S BIRTHDAY IS
 CELEBRATED BY DINNE

Mrs. Albert E. Goetz entertained a group of friends at the family home here Wednesday evening to honor MT. .Goetz's fiftieth birthday A large birthday cake with blue and pink decoratio centered the table around which were gathered the following guests, in addition to the members of the family: MT. and Mrs. Garland Boggan and two children, MT. and Mrs. Wm. R. Spain and MT. and Mrs. Gene Wes- chenfelder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17
Ski Club Hike Set
 For Next Sunday

The outdoor committee of the Juneau Ski Club has scheduled a hike for Sunday and all who plan to turn out for the event are re- quested to sign up at the Top Notch Cafe Bulletin Board.
 This is the first conditioning hike of the year and will be held rain, snow or shine. The destination will be Perseverance Mine and club members and their friends will be welcome, with special request for camera snapshot fans to be in at tendance.
 Hikers will meet at 10 o'clock Sun day morning in the Baranof Hotel lounge. with emphasis being put on promptness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17
LOST AND FOUND

LOST-Black male spaniel puppy. Phone Dr. Whitehead.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17

Douglas Firemens Annual Fall Dance Saturday, Nov. 25. Music by Stanley Cox's Orchestra. Admis- sion $I 00 adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17
D. F. D. FALL DANCE
 TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK

Preparations are nearing comple- tion for the annual Fall dance to be given November 25, at the Nat. by the Douglas Volunteer Bremen. Through courtesy of the Elk's House committee of Juneau in cancelling their regular dance for that evening the dance here will be the principal social event of the channel on that date
 Music for the occasion will be fur nished by Stanley Cox and his or chestra.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17

ERwINs CAFE for lease or sale
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17
Rainbow Girls Will
 Initiate Tomorrow

A business meeting followed by initiation of candidates will be held tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock by the Order of Rainbow Girls in the Scottish Rite Temple. Miss Mary Stewart, Worthy Advisor, will pre- side at the session.
 There will be social hour after the assembly work and arrange ments for this are to be in charge of Verna Mae Gruber Marilyn Mer- ritt and Lorraine Johnson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17
V" CHOCOLATES VAN DUNN CHOCOLATE SHOPS

their ducks and which found the flowing into the ocean The ducks geese having guides the interior still They don't to know what to do with search of Utopia honking and quacking
 a wherein Papa is asking the boys to thank safety great per The boys and Papa R. the "rves edge and leads them in prayer
 eniven the static rivers flow men in trunks stand out swish the water with wooden agtators the water to Cor latter wish neither to be hooed They hok in protest and flap their wings The whole aspect Goldbergish.
 Papa R. pays, and birds cry honk honk honk-quack quack.
 R. again and the birds splash and defutter and honk. director Edward Ludwig getting little bit flustered
 Papa again. but all that heaven the mike the honkng and quackng of the birds
 I don't 1t out Prayer probably conquered a the suspect the next Towne- Baker picture any
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17
MISCELLANEOUS

UNDER NEW management, board and room. Steam heat. 326 End.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17

Try an Empire ac
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17

DIR. STEyFS, CHIROPODIST, Makes Arch Appliances to measure ,ffice. 10 Valentine Bldg. Phone 64a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17

great effort this evening to reverse those results.
Montana labor news., 1939-09-28
Miners AUxILIARIES
OF FOUR CITIES
Enjoy PARTY

A very enjoyable evening was
spent Sept. 10, when the Ladies
Auxiliary No. Z of Butte Miners
Union entertained the Ladies Aux
iliaries of East Helena, Basin and
Anaconda. Invitations were also ex-
tended to the husbands of the aux
iliary members, and to the officers
and wives of the Miners Union and
to the members of the union who
were original sponsors of the Ladies
Auxiliary. A very good turnout
was had, as the auxiliaries from out
of town chartered special buses to
bring them to Butte. This was the
regular meeting of the Butte Aux
iliary, at which they had invited
their out-of-town guests to attend,
at which the drill team seated the
officers in due form and initiated
a large crowd of new members, and
then Immediately following the
meeting a very pleasing social ses-
sion followed:
First, fancy drill team exhibition,
by the Butte drill team directed by
Capt. Dolly Tonkin; second, address
of welcome by Mary Orlich, presi-
dent Butte Auxiliary; third, musical
selections by Butte's Hill Billy
Band; fourth, speech by Thos. Muir
Continued on Page 81
Montana labor news., 1939-09-28
ALUMNI PLAN PROTEST

The situation created by the State
Board of Education's summary dis
missal of five Montana State Uni
versity faculty members was the
topic discussed by a group of Uni
versity alumni Tuesday night at a
meeting in Silver Bow county court
house.
Meeting casually to talk over the
unfortunate state of affairs at the
University, the group decided that
aggressive action should be taken,
and so concluded to call upon all
Butte alumni and former University
students to work for the restoration
of the U~niversity's good name.
It was decided to sponsor a mass
meeting open to the general public
in the near future. The group pro-
posed to invite President George
Finlay Simmons and one or more
of the five professors requested to
resign, al well as representatives oil
labor and business and other inter
ested persons to air the whole con-
troversy as thoroughly as possible.
The five professors dismissed were
DR.. H. G. Merriam, DR.. N. ]. Lennes,
Dean Mollett, Professor Philip o.
Keeney, and Professor Ernest A.
Atkinson.
The group announced that they
would hold another meeting Monday
night, October 2, for the purpose of
organizing definitely and arranging
the mass meeting and other publicity
measures. The meeting will be held
at 7:30 in the county attorneys Of
flee in the courthouse. All Butte
alumni and former University stu
dents are urged to be present.
Montana labor news., 1939-09-28
The MissouIa Woodwork Fiqhi

taurant Employees and Transfers
Unions are asking the company to
pay wages that are compatible with
a decent standard of living, which
as a matter of fact is even less there
than the wages paid by the same
company stores in Anaconda, Butte,
Great Falls, Havre, Helena, and Liv-
ingston. According to the report of
SEC of 1888, the F. w. Woolworth
company, huge "five-and-ten" store
concern, whose tens of thousands of
salesgirls work for pitifully small
wages, paid its top bosses in the
form of bonuses and to its present,
c. w. Deyo, sums totaling 1914, 551,
in addition to large salaries. These
figures do not include all the bonuses
paid by Woolworth because the law
does not require companies to re-
port to the SEC any bonus under
100000. A person can readily see
why the company refuses to pay
better wages because it would cut
the bonuses Of the higher ups.
In all of the cities named above
the employees of the company are
organized. Their prices in those
cities are no higher, and in many
instances are lower than they are
in Missoula.
The people are increasing their
understanding of the need of work
ers to organize themselves if they
are to be able to deal effectively
with their employers. Many en-
ployers see this and are giving their
sympathy and support to the en-
ployees and their organized support
ers.-Flathead Labor Journal.
Montana labor news., 1939-09-28
PWOC REVIEWS AGREEMENT
WITH LITTLE PACKERS
By Federated Press.

CHICAGO-(FP)-The Packing
house Workers Organizing Commit
tee (CIO) has renewed its closed
shop contract with the little six"
meat packers following several
weeks of negotiations. The com
panies are the Miller & Hart Co.,
Roberts & Oake Co., P. Breenan Co.,
Illinois Meat Co, Agar Packing g.
Provision Co. and Independent Cas-
ing Co.
''The renewal of the contract at
this particular moment is highly
significant" PWOC Dist. Director
Herbert March said. "It demonstra-
ties that these employers have learn
ed to respect their employees. One
large employer of clearinghouse
workers, Armour & Co., seems a
little slow to learn this truth"
Armour & Co. has been the first
target in the PWOC's campaign to
organize the big four meat packers.
Montana labor news., 1939-09-28
COMPANY Offer MEETS TEST SATURDAY
50 THAT Business men MAY KNOW THE
TRUTH ABOUT WHAT THE MINERS WANT

The local alleged newspapers"
with their usual disregard for facts
and customary insidious p%erversion
of the truth have disseminated ex-
tensive propaganda designed to con-
vey the impression that the A. C. M.
Co. is granting their employees a
75-cent per day raise in pay. While
it is true that the minimum wages
of miners is raised from a low point
of $4.25 to SIS per day with copper
selling at below nine cents per pound
it is also true that with copper sell
ing at that price, very few, if any,
of the mines in Butte would or could
operate on innocent copper, there
fore, the five dollar minimum means
practically nothing for the reason
that nobody would be working to
get it. What the company offers is
a 50-cent raise in pay; the other Is
cents which they endeavor to have
the public believe they r giving,
is coming to the employees under
the wage scale contained in the
present agreement. However, be it
the real 50-cent or the alleged rs
cent it is not our intention to assert
that this raise in pay is entirely in
consequential to the community. We
realize that it undoubtedly will be Of
considerable benefit to the general
public. Eventually it will find its
way into the pockets of the mer-
chants and business people general
ly. We certainly have nc objection
to these groups in our community
getting their share of any increase
in wages the workers may succeed
in obtaining. We realize that they,
in common with ourselves, have been
very hard hit by the current re
cession" with its large scale unem-
ployment and consequent reduction
in volume of business. We would
like to point out to the public in
general, however, that we miners,
on whose labor this entire commu-
nifty depends for its existence, we
miners who support all the dry goods
merchants, the grocerymen, the
dairymen, the lawyers, the dentists,
the doctors, the A. c. M. Co. officials
and above all the UNDERWRITERS,
are much more concerned with gain
ing some vitality necessary improve
ments in our working conditions
than we are with the wage increase.
While we maintain that this increase
is inadequate, the miners might have
been willing to accept it if the COM
pany had agreed to compensate us
for its inadequacy by granting our
requests for A MERE ONE-HALF
HOUR SHORTENING OF OUR
WORK DAY AND THE RECOGNI-
TON OF OUR MINE GRIEVANCE
COMMITTEES.
Among the professional and bust
ness elements of our city there are
Continued on Page g.
Montana labor news., 1939-09-28
Miners Decide 10 Submit Revised
Agreement 10 Referendum Vote
Proposal Represents Definite
Gains; President Robinson
and Mr.. Chappelle Take
Part in Negotiations.

At their meeting last night WED
nesday), Butte miners decided by a
vote of 529 for, 316 against, to sub
nit the Anaconda Co.'S proposition
to a referendum vote of the member
ship.
Briefly, the agreement, as tenta-
lively revised, will include the fol-
lowing:
OF the company's three original
counter demands, they agree to drop
the demand for a two-wek pay day
and the clause providing that any
working practice in effect before
July l of this year cannot be
changed except by mutual agree
ment between the union and the
company.
They waive those two but stand
pat on retaining the shift bosses in
the Incorporating mines, so long as
they do not break rock.
Of the miners original demands,
the 5O-cent increase should be we'll
understood by this time.
The company will grant mine
committees-the exact setup has not
been decided upon but they agree
to the general idea.
8-HOur COllar-tO- Collar Out.
The company definitely inflexibly
refuses to grant the 8-hour collar
to collar today. There is no use at
this point, to review in detail the
argument for and against this de-
mand. Suffice it to say, that this
concession would mean a definite
victory for the unions and for that
reason the company stood pat.
The union will distribute a hand
bill to the members, starting tomor-
row friday, explaining the situa-
ton to the membership.
It was further agreed that there
would be a special meeting in the
Fox theater, Sunday, Oct. /.
The result of the vote should be
known early Sunday morning and
can be reported to the members at
the meeting.
The action of the miners last
night has made the following situa-
ton possible: If the miners reject
the company's proposed agreement,
the strike vote still stands, but a
short postponement would be neces-
sary until a meeting of the men,
bers could decide on a further
course.
This report and the handful will
be intended to give the members a
fair and accurate picture of the stu
alton to date.
The members of the miners ne
%gotiating committee include: Ed
Mason, Bill Mason, Denis Mccarthy,
Bob Brown, Glen Zorn, Bill Tonkin,
Wilfred Plummer, Donald Mundy
and Harry Baird.
International President Reid Rob-
inson, Board Member Tommy Muir
ray and Federal Conciliator Chap
pelle also sat in on negotiations.
Montana labor news., 1939-09-28
DO NOT PATRONIZE
HOME OIL CO.
PRODUCTS
MERRIAM RESIGNS

DR.. H. G.. Merriam, chairman of
the Department of English at Mon
tana State University, nationally
known critic and editor of Frontier
and Midland" has submitted his res
ignation effective October l, and has
accepted a position at the University
of Oregon.
The loss of DR.. Merriam and his
important magazine is the first
significant effect of the recent wave
of tyranny launched by the State
Board of Education and President
George Finlay Simmons.
Readers will recall that at its
meeting September II, the state
board demanded the designations of
DR.. Merriam, DR.. N. ]. Lennes, Dean
Mollett, Professor Atkinson and Pro-
fessor Keeney. President Simmons
had earlier virtually forced suspen-
sion of publication Of Frontier and
Midland" by lack of sympathy and
support, and he had consistently
criticized DR.. Merriam, calling him
trouble maker" and "non-coopera-
tive"
Indignant alumni throughout Mon
tana and the United States have
already started a flood of kilograms
and letters protesting the boards
action in this matter. DR.. Merriam
is esteemed and revered not only
by large numbers of former stu
dents, who remember his fairness
and impartiality and the depth and
humanity of his scholarship, but by
outstanding writers, critics, and
scholars who recognize the distinc-
ton of his educational and literary
work.
The first Rhodes scholar from
Wyoming (19O4), DR.. Merriam has
served for many years on the state
and district committees for selection
of Rhodes scholars in Montana. In
this connection he has been asso-
ciated with such outstanding leaders
as ]. R. Thomas of Butte, and others.
AS editor for 10 years of Frontier
and Midland" Merriam has won
critical acclaim from important lit
erary persons in many countries of
the world, and has by his critical
work and preservation of Northwest
history brought great prestige to the
University.
DR.. Merriam's distinguished serv-
ice to Montana State University
extends from the year 1919. Chair
man of the English department since
that time, he has been chairman of
the Division of Humanities since
1888; chairman of the Inland EN-
pire Council of Teachers of English;
member of the university Library
Board; member of the Missoula
coming commission; member of the
Community Concerts Committee; and
longtime member of Rotary. He is
also an active member of the Mod
ern Language Association, and of
the National Council of Teachers of
English.
The Frontier and Midland" will
go with DR.. Merriam to Oregon, and
will resume publication from Eugene.