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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-20
MISSOURI'S FLOW
STUDY IS MADE

w. NJ. Littlefield OF Rolla. Mo, an
agent from the Missouri district head
quarters Of the United States geolog-
ical survey there, recently studied in
formation concerning the reach of the
Missouri river from Fort Benton to
Williston.
The main purpose of Littlefield'S
study. made at the reclamation office
at Helena, was to determine, as near as
possible, the stream flow Of the Mis-
souri, river for the coming months so
that the future water storage in the
Fort Peck reservoir can be estimated
Other uses Of stream flow records
are TO determine the runoff from diff
ferent areas: designing of flood control
work; irrigation projects and sewage
disposal plant statistics. Highway de-
partments also use the information
to determine the size Of bridge open
ings and the height of highway fills,
the agent said.
The reserve water storage Of the
disable storage capacity of about 19.-
100000 acre-feet, is used during the
dry season to augment the flow Of
the Missouri river, navigable as far
up as Kansas City, Mo, Littlefield said.
The river is used by the United
States army to move materials and
supplies and by private enterprise. The
latter employs large steam and diesel
barges to transport products up and
downstream.
Six stations, including Fort Benton
and Willston, along the northern
stretch of the Missouri, supply local
offices with stream flow records by
finding periodical discharge past each
station.
A special current meter is used to
determine the speed of the water. Us
, ing this factor, along with the depth
and width of the stream, the flow of
the river in cubic feet per second can
be estimated closely, Littlefield said.
He added that the Fort Peck reserve
was depleted by September of last year
and that the navigable season should
extend into November. From what in
/ formation has been gathered up to the
present time it appears that the sit
uation this year will be a replica of
/ last seasons. There Is a possibility
/ that the navigable season will be even
shorter, due to lack of water reserve
he said.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-20

give a girl with more heart and less
ambition. Evelyn, a chance to try to
do for Chuck what Flora had refused
to do for Husk.
I don't know. I've given you the
past which has made the present.
About their future, as said before,
CTHE END
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-20

a,o.o.. - la;,.- L.. Ltd ;,,zt -. r1,,,.
SoS 10 Ceig nei XII, lus. aS st asS
iidu toIi me c.uses. W penls iteI ausTaino
:. pIG stie was sonis " &c. Iiiili iiass
IL. Ahat WIS obvious M ner Hiaitiie e.
q ~ i.e I,S h,, as h ste stoo hefore har
eyes Gown IN shame, iighthg Years, as
ne raced tne Juage VINO NAG! mao oeen siie
oli'y moniail ever " ac' like d iiio'iiei
W .H W. , E,or, r,,. so,,,,o ..1 n,;s,,
"Char!es, flora was saying, =! WISH
ro euu,a p iouh upon v ii T c J saw tn
young pam Mei Souio soy "
myseit Wnat l once saio 10 ahotleI
Juuse auouS sou, ou. SoI .s.t o' n n.s
Yo,,r trouble Charles. is YOU have the
wrong attitude inst as other people
have had n We,ve all tried 10 change
that attitude for-for you-but YOU
wouldn't LET lis. I'VE got to think Of
the community-and Of that fine little
pirl who has stood nv Won SO bravelv,
knnu, voII're not really had. 7 know
Won have fine beautiful Streak in
yM1r nature-biit Won haven't given it
a chance Charles Won haven't given
it a chance I don't want to send YOU
to nrison-I know what that would
do r. a how like vol Rut what else
have Won left for me to do? Answer
me. Charles. can YOU give me one
good reason ="
Die lleSlIdteO, eyes St1 d11lSu, fO1CC
heavy with an emotion she made no
effort to hide. Chuck stood there turn
ing his toes in, looking at his toes,
shaking his head slowly in a way to
twist your heart like corkScreW.
This was the dilemma Of justice
what to do about the kid who isn't
bad but won't be good.
Flora was saying: If there were one
SinD1a thing of r0l1lG Hn
Charles-you could be such fine man,
q good citizen
Your honor -" Evelyn Chartered
was on her feet.
EVELYN dark niulant girl whose
fie7,re was not vet mature stood by
Chuck now. as little women with brave
souls have long stood BY big men with
with intense ewes. hands working ner-
~oms,v and a little sob in her voice
The room was sibilant. then still
Eveivn,s parents were watching her
ChI,ct was twisting his necs as If he
We're irvine TO LOOK at the Girl with
ont RAISING his head
yes, EVELYN"
Your honor, there's one thing"
Evelyn,s mother was on her feet, mo.
The pir1 turned unhapnilv toward
room. cried in a half-sob. But I did,
mother. this morning" She turned to
Judge Hardness, said simply: Il mar
ried Chuck this morning"
Her mother sat down, as II stricken.
ly, put his arm around his wife. Eve
Ign ran to them, sobblng:
Chuck stood, gulping. The murmur
in the room was against him. Marry
;,,r tho oir1 his IN 10 il
The thought was In F'lora's face, as
she looked at the boy. Charles. why
did you do that, Charles
Evelyn was on her feet before the
judge. Il made him DO 1t. He didn't
want to, judge, but l made him do
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-20

SIDNEY-Otto Voss, about 60, was
found hanging in his barn near Fair
view. Voss, who was i'll for some time,
was found by a son who was feeding
some stock. Apparently he crawled up
on stall post, fixed a moose with
harness line and jumped.
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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-06-20

when Chuck came up Tor trial,
+hene vas a solid section Of opinion
that the Husk Horton mistake should
not be repeated; that Judge Hardness
MIGHT as well send Chuck up now, and
thereby save the town, and certainly
the Chartered family, a lot Of trouble.
It was Increasingly obvious, as the
rase vent on, that Flora Hardness was
cominG to this opinion, also. She was
M a snot. Chuck had asked for it. Any
ordinary boy, in any ordinary circum-
stances. facing this charge with such
q background, would get It. Flora had
s,ways proved herself a Judge, not a
1omsn. She had let Husk Horton have
it With both barrels. She would prop
~ about it, sometime, for 1t was still
oSv,os,s that she had . soft spot In her
hesrt for this kid. who had come
Evening star., 1941-01-26

10 many books. He had good Eng
lish education and a little knowl-
edge of French.
Burns began writing verses when
he was about II years old Not
until 1885 was his book Poems.
Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" :"
published. 1t included "Hallow-
cen" The Twa Dogs" The Briggs
of Ayr and many others of his
finest works. He published this
book to raise enough money to take
trip to the West Indies. He later
gave up this trip In 1887 another
volume of his poe~| was pub
lished.
1t has been stated often that
Burns wrote his best poetry when
in love. After trip through Scot
land and England. he married Jean
Armour in 1888 and settled as
farmer near the city of Dumfries
While there he wrote most of his
songs. including Flow Gently.
Sweet Alton" Aud Lang Syne"
and Comm Through the Rye" In
1870 he wrote the poem. Tam O.
Shanter," which is one Of his best
known.
Burns last years were unhappy
ones. People looked down on him
coldly, and many times he was in
trouble with his superiors for un-
concealed sympathies with the early
progress of the French Revolution.
He died in 1896 and was buried at
DumfrieS.
Evening star., 1941-01-26

came across a notice telling OF some.
explorations and field work. being
done by Dr. T D. Stewart of the
Smithsonian Institution on the Po-
tomac River bank in Virginia This
work was the excavation of the site
of an Indian village known as Pa
taWOmeke,' OF Potomac, the name
by which it was marked on the map
uy Capt. John Smith in 1903 The
site had been discovered again just
a short time before that.
The next day We drove down to
the place, where We met DR.. Stewart
and his two assistants. We were
lucky to have arrived at that time,
for one of the graves had Just been
uncovered. In the grave. which was
about feet deep were about six
or eight almost complete skeletons.
1t wasn't long before | had found
a few small bones and beads. DR..
Stewart said the bones could be
identified as those of Indians. be-
cause of beads in some of the skulls
DR.. Stewart also showed us some
almost complete pieces OF pottery
which had been uncovered. The
Smithsonian Institution later pub
lished a pamphlet telling of this
excavation work
Last September We again went to
this historic spot, hoping TO find Dr..
Stewart again. Instead, the field
where the excavation had been made
was covered with corn stalks. This,
however. didn't stop us from making
a search Of our own. Soon We were
picking up pieces of stray Indian
bones and pottery. and We also dis
covered a creek that probably was
used by the Indians in their day.
Since then I have collected more
Indian relics on exploration trips.
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Recollections of a Singing
Telegraph Messenger

doing because everyone received me
20 courteously and often joined me
in song. l usually received about
so cents in tips and plenty to eat.
Then came my big chance" One
night after l had finished my work.
the manager came over and asked
me if l would sing Happy Birth
day to a young girl in a downtown
restaurant and night club. Of
course. 1 wanted very much to do
it. and said, yes" before I had
given it any consideration. When I
realized what was in for. my nerve
left me. l wanted to back out, but
just to prove to myself and my
friends that 1 could, l went r.. odgn
with it.
Two o. my friends accompanied
me and We agreed to split the tips. y
Arriving at the night club, we were
given a microphone and to the &C
compartment. we sang our greet
ing. We were applauded and urged
to swing" something. which we did
to the tune of Dinah." After this we
Immediately bet retreat with a
quarter tip apl~ ..
Encouraged by The outcome of the
latter incident. I began to sing these
kilograms alone One of them was
singing Happy Voyage" to a young
lady at the Washington airport. My
last "singogram" was to Curly Fox,
well known theater orchestra drum
mer. who was appearing at right
club on his birthday.
Evening star., 1941-01-26

best hoe and rake tna' ! could find,
and tnen ran down TWO ~.S:.;s =!
concrete steps and across the play
ground to the school garden.
The first thing was 10 tell the
teacher that I had come to the
garden. Then I went 10 work on
one OF my SIX plots. The plots are
arranged IN regular rows with vege-
tables clear across the garden
We raised green string and lima
beans beets carrots radlsheS TO-
matoes and Swiss chard IN ne
vegetable garden Across one end
and Gown the entire front of me
garden IS flower bed where We
grow harmony marigoldS. Cut-and-
come-agaln and Tom Thumb zn-
Mas. These bl0omed gloriouslv from
midsummer until cut down by tne
frost
The DISTINCT of Columbia has 3
school gardens where children are
puyiegeG 10 ledm scientific GARDEN
ing, from the PREPARATION OF seed
beds % the harvesting Of The various
crops After -he plots aye worked.
such vegetables a. are ready 10
harvest are gathered ana the teacher
weighs or counts them. depending
on what they happen TO be and
then makes record of ,he yle,u.
Then each child takes his or her
own vegetables and proudly goes
home with them.
We also may cut the flowers IN
The section OF the bed opposite our
plots. II gives d fellow a fine feeling
10 sit down 70 dinner table made
pretty by bowl OF flowers ne
helped grow, and eat A big pla,e Of
yegetableS that ne has tended ana
grown from tiny seeds OF small
plants.
The only new thing that leaIneL
about the cultivation OF vegetables
last summer was a new method OF
tying up tomato vines to the stakes
We lOOped and tied with care but
when the September rains came the
plants were already heavy with
fruit. and when they became good
and wet. they Just piled up IN
heap. Mother and I had 10 90 over
and tie them up again and they
were really muddy. We oid some
fancy looping that time.
Last spring Supt. of Schools Bal
lou secured 1000 fine rosebushcs
from famous rose garden They
were sold 10 the schools AT the rate
Of 8 cents per bush My favorlre
among them is the Radio" variety
because every bloom that opens is
different from the last and from
what the next one Will be. The
basic color is pure yellow marked
with Carmine. but the markings NAV
vary from few dots or stripes 10
almost as much Carmine as yellow
just after that snow in October I
saw gorgeous bloom almost 4
inches across that was completely
overcast with thin veil of carmine.
The effect was very pretty.
We have rock garden and a lilv
pool, too. but winter has shut down
and only the four tall American
arbOrvltae that stand two at each
end Of the central walks are left To
prove That God made all things
beautiful in their season" But x,
are already busy with plans for next
springs garden. which will include
glowing poppy beds for early spring
and cOlorful rows of azaleas and
chrySanthemums for late autumn.
Evening star., 1941-01-26

perfumes. or try on daring hats. the
kind YOU never have quite enough
nerve to buy.
The notions counter ALWAYS is full
OF surpriSes-new ribbons. belts.
hairbows and laces and trick head
gear. OF course. no girl can resist
looking at the new evening dresses
the kind with wards and yards of
skirt made from soft material that
makes you seem to float as it pillows
around YOU You can picture YOUR
self gliding across a ballroom floor
in the arms of your beau. the object
Of envy from all the other girls.
After looking at all these things.
you are now hungry. and being an
economist. too. you decide to have a
hot dog and soda at the 5-and-l0.
Nothing can equal the taste of hot
dog on a steamed roll in the dime
store
Browsing on up the avenue. the
latest song sheets are being sold.
Blind Joe sits on the corner with his
cup extended. asking for help Far
ther on, the delectable odor of the
nut shop draws YOU in to buy
When it is time to go home YOU
have spent an entertaining after
noon The fact you have bought
nothing is of no consequence Think
of the fun you had and how much
money you could save if you could
shop like that more often.
Evening star., 1941-01-26

prOvlSed drum. For their first muSi-
cal numbers. Ned had beaten on
the hearth of his living room with
knives.
Cowboy hats and overallS were
their regular costumes for musical
appearances until last summer when
the three boys formed an orchestra
known as the Swing Kings. There
are y boys in the orchestra. and
they keep their amateur status.
They have not yet accepted pay for
engagements.
In the Swing Kings. Jim plays
the guitar as usual and Ned the
crumS, Bill, who feels slightly out
OF place as harmonica PLAYER.
acts as manager of the musicians
anad is taking piano lessons. hoping
10 get into the orchestra as a PLAYER
in the near future.
The orchestra nov has its own
girl vocalist. Jean Scott. IA. who
also goes TO Paul Junior High. Since
the new Calvin Coolidge High
School was built. the Swing Kings
have become even more popular.
because they have played for several
dances at Coolidge.
Jim Lartz and the Wallop brothers
have not forgotten their overall and
cowboy hat days On special
occasions. they still play as a trio
in the old costumes. They deserve
lot OF credit for their accom-
pliShments thus for.
The Wallop boys live at 2Q7
Quackenbos street NV. and Jim at
6136 North Dakota avenue NV.
Evening star., 1941-01-26

to attending the inauguration for
the first time. AS I wanted to see
the President take The oath of office
and deliver his inaugural address. I
arrived at the Capitol shortly after
II m About Il o'clock. Mr. RoOSe-
welt took the oath of Office, which
was administered by Chief Justice
Hughes. This was truly significant
occasion. the first person to become
President of the United States for
a third time The President then
performed his first presidential act
of the term by delivering a short
speech
For the parade l had a seat di-
rectly opposite the Presidents re-
viewing stand. had not been seated
long when the President entered the
small stand where he was to witness
the parade The stand was built on
Pennsylvania avenue in front of the
White House
BY the time the parade started
there seemed to be millions of people
in the stands, looking out of VIM
dows. and peering from every van-
tage point they could find
The parade was the most colorful
I had ever seen. 1t lasted for about
two hours.
was overcome by the inaugura-
ton and felt that it was worthy of
the great President to whom it paid
tribute.
Teacher-TOmmy. what's the diff
ference, between a battle and mas
sacre?
Tommy-A battle is where a
whole lot of settlers kill few
Indians, and a massacre is where
a whole lot of Indians kill few
settlers.
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Summer Snapshot Brings
Award to Girl Scout

: American Girl the official Girl
Scout periodical. Jean. until re-
Gently. was an active member OF
the local Scouts. To her amaze
ment. toward the end of November
she received a letter and check
informing her that she had won
first prize
Jeans mother arrived home in
the evening to find her dancing
around the floor waving her check.
L was so thrilled" Jean said. 1T
was the first prize I'd ever won. I
kept my check for two weeks to
show it to friends. then I caShed
it TO buy pair of figure skates
Sugar and Spice. Jeans two cocker
puppies. have an album containing
snapshots taken by her of their
growth and actions from the age of
6 weeks.
Jean plays the bells in the or
chestra and band of Alice Deal
Junior High She has several scrap
books containing match books, which
she collects in her spare time.
The Redskin football team. in
spite of its losses. is still the object
of her admiration. She attended
every one of its games last season
and will be on hand next fall to
root for vlctor&.
Evening star., 1941-01-26
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| offered for Best
| Contributions

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and including high school age are
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2. Name. age. address. telephone
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tributiOn and on the back of every
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). Stories. articles. poems. etc,
must be written on one side of
paper; if typewriter, they must be
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In black and white and must be
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reserves the right to publish any
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gardless of whether it is awarded a
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publication of their contributions.
S. Contributions will not be re-
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Boys and girls who wish to act as
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Evening star., 1941-01-26
Birthday Time
BY MARY THERESA
SCHWARZ. 10.

Calvert School. Takoma Park. Nd
Five years old. or four or three. or
maybe two or one.
Celebrating every time and having
lots of fun.
Sometimes one big birthday cake.
the candles show the years.
And lots of games with little friends.
all laughter. and no tears.
And if you want to know why
made this little rhyme.
It's just to show what happens dur
ing the childrens BIRTHDAY
time"
Evening star., 1941-01-26

leisure time for just week. Her
prizes totaled $50 and a silver medal.
$40 being awarded as the national
prize and $40 in the State COM
petition. Kaye travelled to Balti-
more. where she read her essay to
the Maryland State Grange Conven-
ton at the Lord Baltimore Hotel.
She always has been interested
in writing and says. 1T runs in
the family. I guess Her father
is poet. She is president of the
Lyme and Rhyme Club, a poetic
organization of Tech. Kaye is news
editor of the school paper, Tech Life.
Her other important conquest was
the winning of first prize. a medal
and S. in an essay contest spon-
sored by the Women's Auxiliary of
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Evening star., 1941-01-26

mountalneer scene entitled She'll
Be Coming Round the Mountain. "
Hansel and Gretel' and finally a
scene showing the good deeds of a
Red Cross doctor.
The show ended with an appeal
Tor donations to the Red Cross tu-
berculosis fund and was followed by
free refreshments.
Edith spoke the words for the
feminine puppet parts. while Anna
handled cleverly the singing and
speaking roles for men characters.
Both girls are skilled in the han
ding of puppets. They are neigh
bors and live in the 1900 block Of
jackson street NE. ,
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Riddles

/. Enough for one. too much for
two and nothing for three: takes
one to make and two to keep
2. What is the keynote of good
manners?
3. Why is the letter K like flour?
4. When is a doctor most an
moved?
5. Why is a fish dealer never
generous?
Evening star., 1941-01-26

mony. The first
presidential IN
aueuration was
held in New
York City The
second and third
j n a u G Il ratlonS
we're IN Phlla DEL
phia. Not until
the year 1901,
when ThonaS s
jefferson be-
came President,
was the inaugu-
alton held in
va silington.
This year. !
looked forward
Evening star., 1941-01-26

ast Mothers S
Day. The sender
sent his regards
to his mother to
the tune of
"Auld Lam G
Syne." l W a S
quite shaky at
first, but after
readjusting my
heart and get
ting control of
my knees, l exc
cuted an honor
able ending and
q hasty retreat.
I vowed that
Evening star., 1941-01-26

w h lie Jean
who lives at 1904
R u n n v m e d G
place NV. was
vacationing last
summer at Point
L ook ou t. Md,
she took a snap
shot of herself
reclining among
the sand dunes,
looking into the
nearby bay.
To combat the
glare of the sun
on the water.
the pol ar o i d
on SOS which
Evening star., 1941-01-26

would end my singing career. How
ever, finally came to the conclu-
sion that this was an excellent op-
portunity to overcome some of my
shyness and help develop person.
alitv, so the next time there was
q "singogram. I took it.
After singing a few Of these, I
became less nervous and later had
the opportunity to sing before a
crowd at parties. This I enjoyed
Evening star., 1941-01-26

ltlSUlt civ IOOk =
ing at and ad-
miring various
wares is fun TO
me.
Jamned in an
elevator or rid
ing slowly up a
modern escala-
tor is all part of
a trip down.
town. There's
no hurry. no
rush to get any
where. You can
sniff the fra
GRANGE of the
nDnSt oSna,,ci,-1
Evening star., 1941-01-26

snapped onto her fathers eyeglasses
were strapped onto the camera S
lenses. This resulted in soft,
glare-proof photograph.
Jean entered the snapshot in q
photograph contest sponsored by the
Evening star., 1941-01-26

for the benefit
Of t h e R e d
Cross.
The show con-
sisted of sew
eral plays, two
of which were
presented in ra-
dio progr a m
style. First was
a n am z t e ur
show, complete
with gong and
a yer tiSementS.
then "R ON e o
a n d j Ii e t. ="
which was my
q vnrit n
Evening star., 1941-01-26

III JOui lidilSii n
few weeks ago.
Kaye won third
prize in a ma :
tional contest
and first in that
of Maryland for
writing an essay
on the subject,
"Organizing the
Grange c m =
m u ty for
Safety
The m a n u =
script contained
about 300 words
and was written
d u r ing Hayes
Evening star., 1941-01-26

as a trio. known
as the Capitol
Cowboys. a n d
soon b e c a m e
popular as radio
artists and en-
tertainerS for
private affairs
around Wa Sh-
ington.
The Capitol
c ow boy COM
binatiOn " a 6
only the begin
ming jim PLAYED
the guitar Bill
I n e harnonica
and Ned an I'M