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Milford chronicle., 1940-01-12
LEAP YFAR PROpOSALa

While there has been an ancient
idea that the custom OF proposing
marriage belongs only to the men,
there Is also tradition that during
Leap year women and girls are at
liberty to ask the fateful question.
The Leap year custom is now mostly
a joke. as the ladies OF today do
not probably act any differently in
Leap year.
Il was something more than a joke
In old Scotland, where a law was en-
acted in the year 1888 that any maid
en- lady could ask man IN mar
rlage in Leap year. II he failed TO
take her. a fine OF one pound or less
was imposed on him. unless he was
already betrOthed for marriage A
similar law was in force in France
for a time. also in the Italian cities
OF Genoa and Florence.
The existence of such laws seems
10 indicate a public sentiment that
the old custom restricting such pro-
posals to the men. constituted an
unfair discrimination. The idea
seemed to be that during one fourth
Of the time anyway the girls should
be given a chance to make up for
any lack Of attention on the part of
the male sex.
There seems sense In the idea, for
there does not appear TO be any es-
sential reason why proposals should
not come from either sex. Women
and men are now equal under the
law. II equal. either one should
have the right to propose marriage.
The boys will say the girls have
a way with them that amounts to
about the same thing. The girl
fiends may not say "will you marry
mcg" but she probably feels free to
aax the backward lover just what
his Intentions mean. and whether
they can expect to keep up their
present friendship unless It is to be
something closer. After hearing that
line OF talk, the reluctant suitor us
uaIly knows about where he stands,
and that he really has to come across
or seek solace somewhere else
Milford chronicle., 1940-01-12
TIE TIRFn TIIIRTIPs

Every period of 10 years has It's
own distinctive characteristics. One
often hears about the Gay Nine
ties" It is not quite clear just why
they are called so. as the country
was suffering from a depression
during about half of that period. The
Gay Nineties weren't gay around
many chimneys that remained
smokeless for months. nor in the
many workless days. The years from
1920 to 1929 are called a period of
high stepping prosperity and specu-
lation. when the American people
blew up many bubbles. that have
since exploded
The years from 1880 to 1889 might
be called the Tired Thirties. 1t has
been period when many hopes
blew up in thin air, when many
dreams vanished with the rainbow.
Some people have felt that the coun-
try was pretty well done for. that
il had reached the boundaries of its
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PREVENTING DEPREssT0ys

Back Of all the planning and fig.
uring and legislating which the gov.
ernment is doing in the hope Of
producing better times. is the hope
that steps can be taken to prevent
future depressions. Why Is II that
about once in so often the business
and industrial machine goes slow
and partly stalls? Such partial stop
pages are no new thing. but have
always come with some regularity,
usually about every 10 years.
The recent depression has prob
ably been worse than any that pre-
ceded ii. but a disaster that comes
so regularly has certain causes and
people feel it should be possible to
remove those causes.
The Communists say that If the
government owned the facilities Of
production. it could keep the mills
and factories running regularly and
there would be no depression. The
Russian Communists have had over
90 years to work out that theory in
that country. and the Russian peo-
pie are still far below us in pro-
gress and possession OF the COM
forts of life. When they have more
automobiles and labor saving de-
vices in Russian than we have, our
people will begin to examine their
ideas more seriously.
One reason why depressions come
is because of excessive speculation
and too heavy debts. People pay
more for various forms of property
than they are worth. They borrow
money on these investments and
speculations. and when asked to pay
their debts they may not be able 10
do so. Also anything that produces
fear in the business world tends to
produce depression. People won't in
vest money if they feel the financial
future is uncertain and perilous.
Two courses of action that would
help prevent depressions are to dis
courage speculation when it becomes /
and to avoid doing things
that make business people hesitate
about investing money In reason
able and legitimate enterprises.
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UNCLE SANS BIGGER INCOME

The total income of the American
people for 1899 is estimated by gov
ernment authorities as s6S 500, ,OOO.-
900, This is $4.50O.O0O more than the
national income for 1888. Uncle Sam
looks rather smiling and pleased
that that added amount of money
has been flowing through his pockets.
1t does not look quite so good.
when you figure that the national
income in 1929 was over s79.OOO,-
100000 The country may have
around 10 per cent more people than
in 1929, and If so, an income of
around $S7 900, 900, 900 is needed to
make 1t equally prosperous. 1t
would be well for your uncle to ex-
anime his pockets more carefully, to
see if he can discover any holes in
them that need mending.
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BACKLOG FOR 1910

The heavy industries. say the f.
nancial authorities. enter the new
year with large reserve of untitled
orders. The machine and equipment
makers are said to have a heavier
backlog of such orders than they
have had since 1880.
People may make their old ma
chimes and equipment go for quite
a period, but there comes a day when
it is too costly to operate this old
stuff. When the ancient car gets so
shaky that you have to spend more
in repairs than is needed TO buy a
better one, most anybody will dig
up the cash for such a purchase. The
money is coming out of hiding to
take care of the nations needs, and
when money comes out of hiding the
factory whistles sing a cheerful song
of back to work.
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RESOLVES ron WORK

In former days the New Year was
the time when people made new res
oluiions This habit has gone out to
large extent, due largely 10 the
fact that people frequently got cold
feet about keeping the resolutions
they had made. II was a good habit,
and It enabled many people to oyer-
come serious faults.
People also need new resolutions
about their work and business. They
have a direct incentive for keeping
these resolutions. in that they will
prosper more and get along more
comfortably il they form and adhere
TO these useful aims. The wage-ear-
ner Or the business man can well
resolve 10 learn more about his job,
and the housewife can well prom
iao herself that she will become more
slilful in the arts Of home
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LOOKING INTO 1910

As Jur people look through the
curtam Of mystery into the new year,
what can they see in the unknown
days aheadg DO those slill hidden
scenes contain sorrow and disaster,
|or will there be a steady climb out
og the shadows into the sunlight?
The minds Of an converge toward
the dreadful war in Europe. which
threatens the whole world like a
dark cloud Yet the cloud does not
cover The United States. Our people
do not feel that they are called upon
70 enter that scene OF folly and mis-
ery.
Europe is a kind Of volcano now
IN state Of eruption. You can't tell
whether the fires now bursting forth
win continue to burn. They might
soon run out OF fuel Something deep
in mems hearts should tell them II is
foolish to fight
In our country the past year has
seen business Improvement Some
authorities have felt that business
was stocking up excessively with
goods, because Of fear OF higher
prices to prevail later. II that is the
case. some little recession OF busi-
ness in the first half of 1910 may
occur.
Such a spirit Of extreme caution
prevails IN the business world that
such excessive stocking up of goods |
is hardly likely to have occurred. II
that is the correct idea, no business
recession is likely. The stock market
has displayed extreme caution. which
one element of danger.
Hence Il would seem as If the i'm
manifested through 1899
ought to continue.
Our country will be more or less
IOrn by political controversy during
lhe presidential year. II the people
keep it in mind that the issue OF first
Importance is to produce business
and industrial recovery. and put the
die people to work. their verdict at
he polls will be helpful to business.
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REACHING On FOR TRADE

II there are two stores in a town
side by side with no particular diff
ference in size and location. or in
exterior appearance. which will get
the more trader
The answer to that question de-
Bends largely on which one adver-
tises the most >persistently. If one
store is constantly telling the peo-
pie what it has for sale, it is sure to
get a stream of people running there
to look at and buy those goods. Mean
while if the second store rarely or
never advertses, there is little to
remind the public of its existence.
People have nothing against the
store, and its owners and managers
may be very fine and faithful people,
but they have overlooked one of the
essential elements OF business get
ting.
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RUSSIANS REDS A BIT PALE

The world has done heap OF
worrying about what Russian was
going TO do to it. The stupendous
man power of that great people. with
its population of I6s.OOO,OOO. prob
ably more than that now. has seemed
like a great dark cloud on the world
horizon. What If the enormous ar
mics to be made of that man power
should march over the world, and
paint the whole earth Red?
The way the war with Finland has
come out so far indicates that is a
kind of dream danger that does not
exist in reality. If the Russians have
made such mess of conquering less
than 100000 Firms, what could they
do against any really powerful ma
tiOn? They will as usual circulate
their propaganda which needs
watching. But If they aren't any bet
ter in organizing peace time indus
try than they are at war, few people
will see any magic in the Red lands
cape.
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MOLInAY ACCIDENTS

Christmas brought untold joy to
millions, but at least 526 people lost
their lives in some form of accidental
or violent death.
Life isn't safe anywhere If we had
no Christmas holiday, some would
lose their lives on December 25 by
getting their cars smashed up, fall
ing down stairs in their homes, and
so on. The. angel of death hOvers
around us all the time, and we know
not when we shall hear the rustling
of her wings. It is we'll to remember
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Will pRICrs RIsEt

Many authorities think there will
be a rise ia prices IN 1910 Prices are
always supposed to rise IL war time,
ana The present gradual gain IN pros
pefisy tends 70 do away with the
low prices thai prevailed W 10 q
few months ago
if Il costa more 70 produce goods,
1t Is Inevitable thai prices should
rise. llopsowives viii make quite a
hunt Tor lower priced goods II they
think they are being asked excessive
iienres II win pay more than ever
10 watch me newspaper advertising
Il Is through thia means that the
people learn where they can buy
goods for bottom prices The peo-
80 stand many things without any
great growing but when they feel
prices have gone w TOO far they
have way Of doing something
about 3
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when a holiday comes that it pro-
duces crowds and congested roads.
and conditions specially favorable to
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accident Il is wen on holidays to
keep our fingers crossed. and our
eyes a little wider open than usual.
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Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-02-02
Spotlight
BY Crar,tLar,d Rice
Yanks Conceded Fifth Straight
Pennant Win Despite Ameri.
can Leagues Recent No Trad
ing Legislation.
tNANA-wNU ServiceJ

I OS ANGELES.-No major league
- club ever has won five remnants
in row-but if the Yankees do not
hang up their fifth in a row this
year, the American league race re-
suit will be an upset. That, at least,
is the way it looks as 1910 gets under
way.
The fact that the percentage will
be running against them again holds
no terrors for the Yanks. One of
these days, Of course, the percent
age is going to catch up with the
Yankees and fatten them because
that is one foe nobody can outlast.
No club in the American league
and only one major league club in
the modern history of the game
ever had won four pennants in a
row. The Yankees ran their string
to that number in 1899. No club
ever had won four world series in
a row. The Yankees did that, too.
Having won the 1888 series from the
Cubs in four straight games, and
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of the great pitchers of all time.
Below those three clubs, the tt
gers, White Sox and Senators are
punched pretty closely. Below them,
the Browns and Athletics still are
stumbling along.
AS usual, the race in the National
league should be close. The Reds,
new to the sweat and fire and tumult
of a close tussle in 1888, failed
where, with little more experience,
they might have won. Last year,
hardened by the 1888 campaign, they
broke throughput they broke
through just ahead of the Cardinals,
whose lot was similar to that which
the Reds had drawn in '38.
This year the Cardinals may be
ready. With better pitching than
they had in 1889 and better luck,
they can win. It took them quite
a while to realize that they had a
chance last year and then, just
about as the realization came to
them, they were ruined by injuries.
Swinging along behind these two
clubs are the Dodgers. They need
more power and thought they were
going to get it from Joe Medwick
but with pennant chances cleaning
bright again in St. Louis, it doesn't
look now as though Branch Hickey
is Of mind to sell Medwick. II
Larry McPhail can come up with a
power hitter from somewhere else,
watch out for the Dodgers. From
these three teams the winner will be
decided.
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ton TO the various
territorial divisions.
None of the five or six except Mr..
jackson and Mr.. Farley is burdened
with fitness for the job. The Presi-
dent could have selected as well
from any place in the nation-in-
GLIDING Samoa and Guam.
Harry Hopkins is good egg but
he doesn't have the foggiest notion
about commerce.
Mr.. Roosevelt is his own secre-
tary of the treasury and Of the navy,
and, insofar as it is the partisan
political job of the caioAset, his own
postmaster general. Mr.. Farley has
eaten the smoke of his own inward
fires, taken his wounds, done his
job as far as he was permitted
and never released a squawk. In
that case alone it was a question
between ability and locality and Il
there had been eight other New
Workers.. Jim couldn't have been
omitted.
Then there II Muddcm Perkins.
but she u there to represent not 4
state but q sex. There II no doubt
that she i q woman.
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systematic clearance of all useful
material. This will be extended to
industrial firms which ordinarily do
not produce scrap but may have dis
carded parts of obsolete machines.
The importance of scrap metal in
Britain's peacetime industry is in
Dictated by the fact that over half
the weight of all materials charged
into British steel furnaces consists
of old metal. In 1887, which is a
representative year, about 7,500. 900
tons Of scrap were used to produce
nearly IL, 000. 900 tons Of steel ingots.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-02-02

signs his name on a one-year con-
tract, he is a chattel of that club,
whether it be a cellar-position minor
or a top-ranking major-league club.
He can be sold, paid and traded as
the owner desires. Even though
the contract expires in one year the
reserve clause makes him the prop
erty of that club for life, or until he
is traded, sold or drafted.
At the end of each season every
organized club sends to headquar-
tiers reserve list" and the law
governing it reads:
Thereafter no player on any list
shall be eligible to play for or ne
gOtiate with any other club until his
contract has been assigned or he
has been released"
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-02-02

LONDON.-The ministry of sup
ply has started big drive for the
collection of waste materials by the
establishment Of a salvage depart
ment which, in addition to collecting
waste. will find alternatives for
scarce materials.
The plan is designed to effect a
saving in labor, transport and for
eign exchange. rather than to make
. prnfit. It Is expected that II pri-
vats firms find Il does not pay to
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-02-02
No Threat in Sight

The Red Sox, who have made thu
best showing in the attempt to over
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adapt factories to reclamation the
government will intervene.
Even in peace time, old precious
metals, iron and steel, and some
base metals were regularly collect
ed as scrap and used again, but the
use of old textiles, wastepaper, tin
and spelter was often paying prop
osition.
The Iron and Steel Control has
written to every manufacturer and
industrial undertaking requesting
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-02-02
Fighting a Lost Cause

winch means tnat no player, re-
CARELESS of reason, can sever con-
nections with that club and 60 out
and sell his services to the highest
bidder. All he can do is try to
hold out for a few more dollars
when contract-signing time comes
around. In case the club owner
does not agree with him on salary
increase the player is licked before
he starts. If he refuses to play he
is suspended and therefore ineligi-
BILE to play in organized baseball. A
trip to civil court would result in
blacklisting. Baseball is tight-knit
fraternity.
If major league club owners ex.
ercise any judgment whatever they
will see the justice Of his decision
against Detroit. More than that,
they will applaud it. Rulings such
as this have restored the confidence
Of the American people in baseball.
The national pastime Is fortunate
to have Judge Lands rs its cxar.
As . helmsman he Is unequalled in
any other sport.
Baseball fans Of the nation know
that. Therefore it behooves club
owners to keep their skirts clean Of
any unethical practices which result
in the public's loss Of confidence IN
the sport.
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Speaking of Sports
Lands Ruling
Checks Illegal
Diamond Deals
By ROBERT McSHANE

Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
ON NOVEMBER IL, 1920, follow
" ing the worst scandal in base
ball history, major league club own
ers selected Judge Kenesaw Noun
tain Lands as the man to set their
house in order.
II has taken a full 20 years-since
the Black Sox scandal of 19l9-for
some club owners to realize that
they chose a man who is fearless,
honest and has the courage and de-
termination to do the job for which
he was selected.
His recent ukase directed against
"cover-up" deals cost the Detroit
Tigers 81 players whose talent was
valued at $500, 900, and SAT, 500 cash
which Lands ordered paid to IA
other players in lieu of making them
free agents.
A baseball c0ver-up deal Is one in
which a club which ostensibly holds
a players contract is merely hold
ing it for some other club. The COW
er-up is contrary to the laws gov
erning baseball. These deals usu-
ally fall into one Of two classes
"gentlemen's agreements, in which
nothing official is put into writing,
and false transfer papers.
Practice Not New
These subterfuges are not new. In
1906 three National commissioners
drew up what is believed to be the
first rule striking at such practices.
Infractions of the rule can be traced
back to the year of its inception.
Even as late as 1898 Lands struck a
strong blow by iberating more than
100 St. Louis Cardinal controlled
players.
Baseball men today are worried.
National attention has been focused
once more. on the structure of the
player contract which sends a play
er into virtual serfdom from the
time he enters organized baseball
until he retires. Once a player
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haul the Yankees
these last two years
came up with some
fine young players
last year, notably
Williams and Tabor,
but they still lack a
first-r ate catcher
and they are wear
ing out in some 9TH
er positions. Cleve-
land should be
stronger with Bob
Teller still moving
toward the peak and
lart;raI - I1 1-o
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the attorney gener-
al, all hail from the
Empire state. There
is little to be said for
the fetish of terri
torial representation
on the cabinet If
there is a question
of the best brains
and a b ility to b e
weighed against a
question of domicile.
But when there is no
such question, there
is a precedent, hoary
with age, in favor of
giving Sorr,e recoppi.
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DICKEY AND GORDON
They'll help the Yonks hang up their
fifth in q rosp.
being faced by supposedly strong
er opponent in 1889, it didn't seem
likely the Yankees-granted that
they would be victorious-would win
again in four straight. But they did.
With Red Rufing pitching, Bill
Dickey catching, Joe DiMaggio in
center field and fellows like Joe Cor
don, frankie Crosetti, Red Rolfe,
George Selkirk and Charlie Keller
spotted through the lineup, it looks
as though the Yankees can continue
for while longer.
In an effort to hobble the Yanks,
the rest of the league made
rule preventing them from trading
with the other clubs. The Yanks
didn't mind that, either. Just by
way of cooperating, Ed Barrow
voted for the rule. With Newark,
Kansas City and other clubs in the
chain sending up players faster than
the Yankees can absorb them, Bar
row and Joe Mccarthy aren't inter-
ested in the other A. L. talent.
No Threat in Sight
The Red Sox, who have made the
best showing in the attempt to over