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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
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er Users Association and the State
Water Conservation Board which was
filed before construction of the Toston
dam was started, asks that its right
to the use, possession and flow of said
missouri river waters be assured"
and that the water users and the
Water Conservation Board be ZEN
joined from constructing, operating
and maintaining (the) dam" and that
the defendants "be permanently en-
joined from diverting by said dam or
otherwise any or all of said Missouri
River and . from interference in
any manner with the flow of the wat
ers of the Missouri River :"
Testimony has been brought out
that the Broadwater-M Missouri Water
Users Association is using only about
100 second feet of water. The adj
mission by the chief engineer that
this amount is only "a drop as COM
pared to the river" was drawn from
him by Rankin after testimony was
brought out that the loss of water at
one of the power company dams was
about 100 second feet. The cross ex-
animation according to the transcript
was as follows:
Page 94S
BY RANKIN: Ito Cochrane)
@: But you weren't talking about
.leakages through the dam, at any of
them?
A.: No.
@: So when you make the state
ment you didn't waste a drop you
wouldn't say that there was some
amounts wasted through leakage?
A: | used a drop to represent an
insignificant small amount of water.
Q: Well, 100 second feet would only
be drop and you consider that a
drop compared to a great big river
like the Missouri.
A: Yes, sir, small fraction.
Q: If the Broadwater Users were
only using 100 second feet they would
only be using drop as compared to
the river?
A: Yes.
The hearing of testimony has been
in progress for about a week and it
is expected that nearly another two
weeks time will be required to COM
plete the taking of testimony.
Patronize the Cooperative in your
there to serve youl
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
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A most interesting wheat is this
durum because of the peculiarities to
be found in its production and mar
keting. 1t is graded, as is bread
wheat, but the grading actually has
little bearing on the price it brings.
The price is based more on its color
than on weight or freedom from dock
age. When the grain is like good am
ber-clear and what could be called
"vitreous," which means transparent
and like glass for hardness land by
the way, "durum" is just Latin word
for "hard")-it bring premium as
high, often, as 30c bushel But
when the kernels are cloudy or murky,
the premium is low or off entirely.
Certain areas produce this premium
durum. The largest single area is
around Devils Lake, North Dakota.
Whether it is soil or the climate-hot
days for ripening, and cool nights
or both, this area produces the durum
that all millers jump to get.
1t was to include that premium for
color r. an intangible asset not in
cluded in the federal or state grain
grades-that M. W. Thatcher made
his fight. This year it came, and the
northwest farmer profits-whether or
not he is a member of the Farmers
Union Every shareholder in a local
cooperative elevator, affiliated with
the Farmers Union Grain Terminal
Association, helped to make that gain.
The legislative fund and all contribu-
lions to it are returned many fold in
just that one item.
The flour from durup wheat is
called semolina That shows how old
this variety is, for that was the Latin
name for "the finest of the wheat"
way back yonder in the time of the
Caesars. Durum was imported from
Africa and the sec of that age dis
it to Roman citizens as a
form of relief. You remember the
program" of Nero's time-"panem ct
- bread and games, both
free to the populace. The Italian peo-
pie like the products of durum today
-vermicelli, spaghetti and macaroni
but war intervenes. Hence the u
S. farmer, who has grown better and
finer amber-colored durum than that
grown in Africa, can not export it to
Italy. The surplus would bog down
the price, were it not for the loan
value, now set on fairer base by
the Department of Agriculture at the
nsistence of the Farmers Union lead
ers. King David, when he wrote the
Nth Psalm, must have had a vision
Of our land when he sang: "He has
the bars of your gates;
ne has blessed the children within
you. He makes Peace in your bord-
ers; he fills you with the finest of
he wheat" Perhaps they did not
,all 1t durum, but they must have
Known their semolinas in those old
lays.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18

The preachers fat professional smile
remained fixed, bored, deadly.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18

DEMAND THE UNION LABEL !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18

Empire isolationist" who believed in
letting the Continent go and concen-
trating on the Empire. Should Bea-
verbrook come into power with such
view, he presumably could deal with
Hitler. What the Labor Party would
do about an open move for peace is
a question that remains. 1t was the
Labor Party that recognized Hitler as
menace to Britain back when the
Conservatives were being nice to
Adolf Hitler so that he would go to
war against Stain to prevent the
spread of Communism. Some observ-
ers think that the Labor Party would
attempt to prevent a peace under any
circumstances. However, Ambassador
Winant is said to have come back
completely disillusioned by the Labor
Party's incapacity to dispute the con-
troll of the Conservatives. 1t is Con-
seryative England-former appeasers
and others-who have failed to recog-
nize the true nature of the war. An
thony Eden has made that clear.
Normally Next?
Any analysis of u S. foreign policy
is incomplete unless it is realized that
the administration is thinking hard
about the future of the defense pro-
gram and that the President has an
eye on the 1912 Congressional cleo
lions. Too rapid a speeding up of the
defense program involving strict ra-
tioning and priorities would mean
Severe economic dislocations-une
ployment, bankruptcy, liquidations-
before the nation achieved effective
and smooth-running total war mobil-
ization. If Britain should fall or make
peace while this "all out" defense
effort was under way, the President
may be faced with a shaken economic
structure which he may not be able
to stabilize before the mid-term cleo
lions of November 1912 Such eco
nomic hardship without real good
war mood on the part of the people
would provoke intense reactions and
perhaps mean Republican sweep in
1912. The situation would roughly
approximate that of 1920 when the
vote went to "normalcy"-exce that
the U. S. would be. in a post war
emergency without having fought the
war.
Columnists
Columnist Joseph Alsop, more or
less official propaganda for the hot
spur war hawks, is SO impatient that
he has in conversation called the
President that isolationist from Hyde
Park" Nevertheless, last week the
Alsop and Kintner column reported
that the President and some of his |
advisers frankly hope" that one of
the U. S. naval patrol will be sunk |
On the other hand, Columnist Ernest |
who is not primarily pro-war
but essentially pro-Roosevelt and
often reflects the Presidents thinking, |
introduced an interesting note last |
week with column which said:
''The plight in which the British |
now find themselves is due chiefly to |
their own errors and omissions over |
20 years. II is their war more than |
ours. Without us they would be lost
if they win it will be because our aid /
is effective. But the President has |
not lost sight of the difference be-
tween the British stake and our own"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18

National Council of National Mari
time Union last week passed a reso-
luton calling on clio to rally the
peace forces of the nation in a huge
meeting in New York's Yankee Sta
dunn. Scores Of unions have passed
concurrent resolutions in past 10 days
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18

Members of the Merit System Coun-
Gill; under whose directions the ex-
aminations are being given, are DR..
Francis A Thomson, president Mon
tana School of Mines, Butte; DIR. E..
Martin Larson, Great Falls, and DR..
Emmett J. Riley, president Carroll
College, Helena, Montana.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
UNPRODUCTIVE FARM LAND
MAY BE PLANTED TO TREES

With more than 10000 acres of
Maryland farm land being retired
each year from active, agricultural
use, farmers of this state should
give more attention to the POSSIBLE
tiles of planting this land to forest
trees, according to G. F. Winslow,
specialist in forestry for the Univer-
sity of Maryland Extension Service.
He points out that most of this land
is unproductive and planting it to
trees at low cost will at least aid in
defraying tax expense.
In selecting trees for this purpose
it is essential to remember that they
should be of variety that will make
good growth and remain strong and
healthy for many years. Other fac
tors to be taken into consideration
are the size of the planting stock,
time of planting, arrangement and
spacing of the trees and the plant
ing method to be used.
Mr.. Winslow will be glad to aid
land owners with field examinations
or any other tree planting problems.
He urges all landowners who are in
terested in tree planting to get in
touch with him at once, as the best
time for planting is between March
Is and April is.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
Home-Loving Sex
Now Has Wanderlust

"This is a woman's world, and in
planning our trips and cruises we
first ask ourselves what the head
of the family will think" says Rob-
ert r. Mathews Of the American
Express travel service. "Over 60
per cent of all those who travel for
pleasure belong to the so-called
'home-loving sex and, in making
a choice on travel, we figure that
feminine fancy is directing-if not
the deciding-factor in the majority
Of cases."
The average woman traveller Is
very tolerant of the shortcomings
Of her fellowman-up to given
point, says Mathews. She can take
her dictators or leave them; she
doesn't mind rags or poverty as long
as it's picturesque; or lack of plumb
ing as long as it is somebody else's
plumbing.
But heaven help the unfortunate
cruise director who brings her to a
hotel that hasn't all the latest nickel
plated fixtures, and If even 50 much
as one humble cockroach should in
advertently cross her path-why, the
trip is off.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
LONG RANGE PLANNING FOR
ADEQUATE HIGHWAYS

Long-range planning for adequate
highways designed with a view to
safety will be discussed at the thirty
fifth annual meeting of the Keystone
Automobile Club in Convention Hall,
Philada., on the night of Thursday,
April II, it is announced by j. Max
we'll Smith, President of the Club.
More than $1,000 members and
their friends are expected to attend
the meeting, which will be address,
ed by Mr.. Smith and other speakers
on the highway safety topic.
Koystone's meetings in Philada's.
Convention Hall are annually
the largest gathering of motor We
hicle owners in the United States.
The Club is the only motoring or
ganiZation of comparable size which
holds meetings of the membership
every year, and since Convention
Hall has been used for this purpose,
the great auditorium has been taxed
to capacity.
Already thousands of members in
Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Maryland and the District of Column
bia have received tickets for the
meeting and from the increasing de-
mand it is predicted by Club officials
that the gathering will be the larg-
est in Keystone history. An enter
tainment program will follow the
business meeting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

"Unreality" will be the subject of
the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches
of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday,
April 6.
The Golden Text will be from
Timothy 8:17, charge them that
are rich in this world, that they be
not high-minded, nor trust in un-
certain riches, but in the living God,
who gives us richly all things to
enjoy"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, Proverbs
21:3: Every way of a man is right
in his own eyes; but the Lord pom
dereth the hearts.
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the followinfi, page 406, RESIST
evil,-error of every sort-and it will
fee from you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE
NEW JOB.

A worker who wants to claim his
old-age and survivors insurance
benefits at age of IS or any time
thereafter can get an application
form by writing or calling at his
nearest Social Security Board Office.
With the form properly filled in,
the worker will need to furnish
some proof of his age. If his wife is
past IS, she will also be entitled to
benefits, and should obtain and file
a separate application form. She,
too, will need to furnish proof Of
her age and, in addition proof of her
marriage to the worker.
There is usually little difficulty in
obtaining a wedding certificate, but
birth certificates of persons now 65
years Of age or more are compar-
atively scarce. If birth certificate
is not available, the Social Security
Board Office will advise claimants
about other types of proof of age
which will be acceptable.
Workers and their wives who are
planning to file claims for old-age
and survivors insurance benefits
should obtain their proofs of age
and marriage beforehand in order to
avoid delay in getting their claims
Frequently it takes some
time to locate such evidence as a
church record of infant baptism or
record from the family Bible.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
Colored Rain and Snow

White snow and rain water are
occasionally varied by the most un-
usual substitutes.
About IL years ago yellow snow
fell on the northwest coast of Japan,
and everyone was curious as to how
this strange phenomenon came
about. Some Japanese said it was
birthstone and sulphur as punish
ment for sins.
It was traced, however, to the yell
low dust that had been whirled up
from the Cobb desert in central Asia
and carried in snow clouds to the
Japanese districts where it fell.
Yellow rain, too, has been known
to fall. It was discovered to be
caused by flower-pollen blown by the
wind up to the rain clouds.
Black snow has been known to fall,
but this, too, was no magical mani
festation, being traced to a violent
eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily,
where dust and ashes had got mixed
UP In snow clouds.
Red rain. caused by myriads Of
tiny little red insects, has been
known to fall In France. Holland.
and elsewhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
DAIRY PRODUCTION PROGRAM
AGAIN OPENS TO al
MEMBERS

The national All club dairy pro.
duction demonstration contest
which is sponsored by the Kraft
Cheese Company and the various
state extension services, will be con-
tinued during the coming year, 1t is
announced by q. G.. Jenkins, State
Boys Club Agent for Maryland. The
prorgam, which is designated to pro-
mote a wider use Of approved dairy
practises, especially among rural
youth, emphasizes demonstrations
on breeding, growing, fitting, feed
ing and Judging dairy cattle, and the
production of high grade milk and
cream on farms.
Medals will be presented to coun-
ty winners in the contest and an all
expense trip to the National Dairy
Show at Memphis, Tennessee next
October, will be presented to state
winners. Sectional winners will be
determined at the National Dairy
Show and $3.50 scholarships will
go to the winners, and $3.50 schol-
dT5Hlp5 W bCCOA0 poSO III IuO oCC-
tional rating.
Maryland demonstration teams
won the eastern section contest in
1899 and 1910. The 1910 team was
composed of Fred Kretzer and Dav-
i'd Mckee, of Washington county,
and the team demonstrated the
feeding of dairy calves. The 1899
team was composed of Vernon
Bolte and Earl Uzzell, Baltimore
county, and the demonstration was
on equipment necessary for produc-
ing milk for the Baltimore market.
Both Bolte and Uzzell used their
scholarships at the University of
Maryland
Mylo s. Downey, assistant Boys
Club Agent for Maryland, will serve
as superintendent of all boys All
Club demonstrations at the Nation
al Dairy Show.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
Plan Census Of Salmon

One of the first steps to provide
for continuation Of the salmon in
dustry In Oregon waters Is the es-
Enlistment of an experimental sal
mon culture station at Big Eddy.
The construction and operation OF
the station is result Of co-opera-
ton between the canning industry,
the state and federal fishery agen-
cies.
The state of Oregon took the first
move in stocking the station with
fish by delivering 200, 900 young Chi
nook salmon. These fish will be held
In the pools of the station for a pc
riod Of time for study by members
Of the federal bureau Of fisheries,
the Oregon state game commission
and Willis Rich, internationally
known ichtyologist Of Stanford uni
versity.
The fish win be tagged and re-
corded for future checks as to mi
grafton and loss through activities
Of salmon fishermen and predatory
fish Of the ocean.
All fish caught later by the various
groups Of fishermen will be report
ed to the fish commission. When all
figures are compiled, at the end Of
the four-year period, the difference
between the number Of fish released
originally and those which return to
Five Mile creek will represent the
total loss of fish during the period
spent in the Pacific and caught by
fishermen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT
ADMINISTRATION

Three meetings of interest to
farmers have been held in Cecil Co.
this week. At Elkton on Tuesday,
April /, at 1880 p. m; Rising Sun,
April /, 500 p. M; Cecilton, Thurs
day, April 8, at 500 p. m.
Discussions of the. meetings per-
tanned to corn allotments, wheat al
lotments, soil building practices,
grant of aid, corn marketing quotas,
wheat quotas and the 1941 program
in general.
Should wheat and corn marketing
quotas become effective this fall all
commercial corn and wheat growers
would be affected. Farms which are
not enrolled in the Agricultural Con-
servation Program will be subject
to the marketing tax for all excess
production of corn and wheat on
acreage ahQye their sllotWents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
Correct Posture Helps
Homemaker Avoid Fatigue

Not the work but the way 1t often
Ii done gives q homemaker back
aches and makes her tired, MAIN
tains Miss Fannie Brooks, extension
specialist in health, University OF
Illinois college Of agriculture.
Every time homemaker stoops
over to put pie into the oven or
to collect dirt in the dustpan, she
uses 55 per cent more energy than
she does lying down. Sitting re-
quires per cent and standing IL
per cent more energy than lying
down. The point to remember is
to keep the back straight by kneel-
ing down rather than STOPPING over,
Miss Brooks said.
Every time homemaker can sit
to iron, to prepare food or wash
dishes, she saves her strength. Since
standing straight takes less energy
than bending, any equipment which
enables the homemaker to maintain
an erect posture will forestall IA
tigue. Thus long handle on the
broom or mop and high oven in
stead of low one are devices to
minimize energy output.
More backaches probably occur
because the kitchen table, sink and
the laundry wash tubs are too low
than for any other reason, Miss
Brooks said. These faults can cas-
lily be remedied by having the table,
sink or tubs raised on blocks Of
wood. Hanging out the clothes also
becomes less burdensome task If
the clothes basket is placed on
medium height portable cart or a
coaster wagon.
Fatigue not only affects home
makers physical well-being but in
directly affects her mental well-be-
ing, Miss Brooks pointed out. Thus
the family's happiness may be de-
pendent upon such small factors as
too short q broom handle or an un-
dersized table.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
SANITATION ESSENTIAL In
RAISING YOUNG CHICKS

One of the most important keys
to SUCCESS in raising brooding chicks
is to give close attention to good
will not become infected with di-
sease, according to DR.. Morley A.
JUL, head of the University of Md.
Poultry Department.
DIR. JUL says the chicks should be
obtained from breeding stock which
is known for high laying ability,
rapid growth and good feathering
and which has been officially tested
and found free from pullorum di-
sease.
The brooder house should be
cleaned and scrubbed thoroughly
and disinfected with a three percent
solution of high test I've before the
chicks are placed in it. Whitewash
the interior Of the brooder house
thoroughly. Keep feed troughs and
watering vessels on a wire platform,
and, if automatic watering fountains
are used, place a dry well under
each fountain to keep the litter dry.
The range should be kept clean at
all times and should not have been
used by poultry for two or three
years. Keep growing chickens sep
arate from the older stock and espe-
cially from turkeys. Houses should
not be over-crowded because crowd
ing weakens the stock and tends to
spread disease. Encourage early
roosting in order to promote rapid
growth and good feathering.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-04
RADIOTELEPHONE SYSTEM WILL CONNECT
LOST ISLANDS" OF TANCIER AND SMITH
Proposed Project Launched BY C. p. Telephone
Companies Of Maryland And Virginia Will
Cost Approximately $4,000

The 1900 inhabitants Of Tangie,
Island, Virginia and Smith Island
Maryland, are getting ready to dc
annual battle with old man winter
What he has in store for them moi
even the weather bureau can predict
but if, as happened in 1896, he goes on
q rampage, chokes the blue-green
Chesapeake with ice and cuts off the
islands from the mainland, he will find
the Tangerians and Smithmen well
prepared for him, armed with new
weapon against isolation-the tele-
phone.
Nestled in the corner Of lower
Chesapeake Bay some ten or twelve
miles off the eastern shores Of Mary
land and Virginia, the islands have for
years engaged in a never-ending
struggle with the elements. In fair
weather months the several miles Of
water separating them from Crisfield
Maryland, the nearest point on the
Bay coast, have served as valuable
ally in the islanders determination to
prevent destruction, by the march Of
progress taking place in the outside
world, of the privacy and indepen-
dence they value SO highly. But with
the advent of winter these waters
often become jammed with ice-ice
which locks in the mail boats and other
craft constituting the lifeline Of com.
munication and food between the
islands and Crisfeld. Then it is that
Tangier and Smith literally become
"lost islands," Left to their own mea-
ger resources the residents Of TangieI
and Smith have frequently been faced
with serious food shortage. Illnesses
requiring disqualification resulted in
story-book rescues and pilots flying
planes from the mainland. Milk fol-
babies and medical supplies were
transported under hazardous condi-
tions.
But in the latter part Of 1899 the
islanders appealed to the forces Of
modern science for aid. The Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Com
panies of Maryland and Virginia
responded to their appeal by installing
portable radiotelephone equipment or
the islands and at Crisfeld for the
transmission of urgent messages. A,
that time the equipment was to be
used only in case of emergencies
but the large number of calls sent out
served as irrefutable evidence Of the
pressing need for telephone service