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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-11

eight months Of their marriage Al
first the comfortable TraSk home was
little more than cabin and frame
addition, but as they worked together
in the early years Of their marriage
they built the present house. Mrs
Trask has many OF her wedding pres
ents, including lovely old vases Of rare
design and coloring unattainable In
shops these days and silver and glass
ware which would be a delight TO q
collector Of lovely things. Mrs. Trask
has used the articles throughout the
years and their condition speaks well
Of her excellent housekeeping.
Another distinction which the couple
enjoys is the fact that last year Mr.
Trask celebrated the 10th year Of be-
ing the owner and operator of the
nized as the oldest hardware dealer in
the United States in point of active
service. The store is still one Of Deer
Lodges largest business houses and is
operated by Mr.. Trask and his two
sons, Warren and Frank, both of whom
have been with their father for the
past 30 years and more.
MIR. and Mrs. Trask have taken an
have called the trail over which the
race was run the Course deS Femmes. .
Medicine Tree Hill
An interesting legend that Judge
Irvine was fond of telling related to
Medicine Tree Hill. the first large hill
above the old McCarty bridge on Hell
Gate river, and a well known land
mark Of the old days.
According to this legend, many years
ago a young Indian, while slowly as
cending the hill, saw that he was be-
ing pursued by enemies. Being tired,
he approached the tree and hung his
medicine talisnan on the limb of the
tree He at once fell into a soothing
sleep, from which he was suddenly
awakened by the yells Of his enemies,
who had discovered him and began
shooting at him. To the young war
rior's surprise not an arrow touched
his body, all seeming to veer off and
fly into space before reaching him.
AS he was entirely surrounded by
enemies, this surprised him greatly,
but believing he was being protected
by the power of his medicine" he
quickly replied to the arrows Of his
enemies with those from his own bow,
and he was delighted to see that every
arrow he shot found its mark and
entirely empty, but, as though BY
magic, more arrows came to his hand,
enabling him to continue the battle
against great odds in numbers.
Young Warrior Killed
one Indian, seeing that the "medi-
cine" of the young man was too strong
and that he could not be killed while
possessing it, grew desperate. He rode
at top speed toward the tree, and as
he passed it, snatched the young mans
medicine bundle and carried it off,
it away. The very next arrow
aimed at the Single-handed warrior
reached a vital spot, and he sank to
the earth to rise no more.
This legend until comparatively re-
cent times was current among the IN
dams of the western slope; who sell
dom passed the tree without hanging
some article upon one of its limbs AS
a token of religious awe from their
natures and to keep green
the memory Of the medicine-wrought
tragedy enacted beneath its shade.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-11
RECORD WHEAT
CROP FORESEEN
FALL PLANTING Indicate
LARGE ACREAGE SEEDED
IN STATE

Fall planting of winter wheat, ex-
ceeding 100000 acres, indicates a
record Montana harvest in l94l, ac-
cording to the federal agricultural
marketing service.
Seedlings of winter rye will be small
er than average.
j. G. Diamond, senior statistician,
continued in his report:
Increased winter wheat acreages in
recent years have been accompanied
by a downward trend in spring seed
ings. During the 10-year period, 1928
to 1887. winter wheat seeded acreage
represented but 26.3 percent of the
spring wheat acreage, in 1910 1t rep
resented 44.3 percent and in l94l VIII
likely exceed so percent.
Reasons for the shift include the
better average yields per acre for win
ter wheat as compared with spring
wheat and changes in tillage practices
and machinery which have resulted in
an extension Of winter wheat territory.
Winter wheat acreage this fall shows
an exceptionally good stand Of grain
with the crop condition at 81 percent
of normal.
This figure has been exceeded only
three times since 1915.
Severe drouth conditions in the
spring for unusual winter damage
could upset the present favorable pros
poets, Diamond said.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-11

AS he put on his hat and left the
doctors office, Barnes went down the
han. his wife beside him. She offered
her arm as was her habit for nearly
20 years.
Barnes courteously lifted her hand
from his elbow. He could see the way
now. There were the stairs a little TO
the left. Outside he saw a blue car
go by.
Then he got in the front seat Of
their truck in which they made so
many trips. His wife took the drivers
seat. -.
swell, goodby," he said, waving his
hand. "It's going to be nice Christ
mas now"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-11

WHTTEFISH-W. G. Locker, retired
Great Northern locomotive engineer
who was enroute here from Seattle to
spend Christmas with his son and
daughter-in-law, was taken Ill and
was removed from the train at Spo-
kane, where he died. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Locker.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-11

A true friends love is to be estimated
not so much by what he gives but
rather by what he gives up for an
other.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-11

zinc mines in Mexico have been hit
hard by the war in Europe.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-01-11

Sixty years Of being happily
married win be the remarkable
goal reached by MIR. and Mrs.
Marvin w. Trask, well known and
beloved pioneer residents Of Mon
tana and Deer Lodge, Monday,
Dec. %. Mr.. and Mrs. Trask were
married I'm Deer Lodge at st.
James Episcopal church Dec. %,
1880. They were the second couple
TO be married in the church. Rev.
II. c. Hutching Officiated.
Attendants were Miss Annie Lawson
md William Hawley, both Of whom
rave since passed away.
Mrs. Trask came to Montana IN 1870
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-05-09
II Am An American

On MAY 18th, by virtue OF a pfoclaIia-
ton of the President of the United States,
We celebrate Il Am An American Day.
To those young men and women VINO
for the first time take on the full obllga-
tions of citizenship IN a democracy IT IS
d day of solemn implication. For those
mature men and women who have fore
sworn their allegiance to the old, TO give
their full measure Of loyalty to our own
democracy it is day Of prayerful
thanksgiving. And for those Of US who
have long been able to proudly proclaim
II am an American it is an opportunity
for rededication to the ideals and prln-
ciples upon which this country was
founded and which through travail and
trouble ii has tried to learn to express
There are many scoffers who say that
our democracy is mockery-because Y
is not compete-because III spite OF It's
high boasts Of life and liberty for all, It
as Disseminated in many instances
against groups of its cltlzenry-and be-
cause it has not given equal opportunity
to all Certainly our democracy IS not
perfect, but a democracy, being compos-
ed of individuals, is a living growing
thing, and it has progressed and IS still
progressing steadily. Despite any defects
the American form Of democracy still
offers to everyone greater measure of
freedom and opportunity than any other
country on earth.
But II Am An American Day is not
a day on which to discuss what democra-
CIV has or has not done for its citizens
Democracy is composed Of its citizens
and it is up to them as individuals to live
UP to the ideals of their country and SO
to raise the standard Of the country as
whole
When we say, Il am an American we
make it an individual matter 1t becomes
an individual right and an individual OBJ
legation And for the duties involved in
such a proclamation we can do no bet
ter thing than to turn back for our in
structions to the epistle of Paul to the
Romans, when he counselled them:
'sAbhor that which is evil cleave to
that which is good Be kindly affectioned
one to another with brotherly love; in
honour preferring on another; re-
joicing in hope; patient in tribulation:
continuing instant in prayer; Be Of
the same mind one toward another. Mind
not high things, but condescend to men
of low estate. Be not wise in your own
conceits Recompense to no man evil
for evil Provide things honest in the
sight of all men, Be not overcome
Of evil, but overcome evil with good
BY Ruth Taylor
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-05-09
wo Lincoln Hospital
Graduate Nurses
Volunteer For
Army Service

NEW YORK (ANP) Among
the first Negro nurses to volun-.
teer for selective service are Nur-.
ses Enmie w. Perkins and Ruth,
Il. Briggs, both graduates Of Lin.
coin hospital, who have gone to-
Fort Bragg, NC, where they will
serve as war nurses.
Miss Perkins came from Chica-
go five years ago to enter nurse
training at Lincoln, where she
met Miss Briggs who came from
Buffalo for the same purpose.
After their graduation two years
ago both young women received
appointments as registered nurses
at the Neurological hospital, We'll
fare island.
The nurses will serve in the
first reserve with the rank Of
second lieutenants in the u. 8.
. Army Medical Sorps and are sam
TO BE the fra two Negro nurses
/ to volunteer, ron1k New York
stase They assam# their duties
at Fort Bragg on April 25.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-05-09
The Hope OF The World

We are all we'll aware of the talk con-
cerning a United States of Man, as a So
luton to all world problems. And there
is also the bitter verbal fight being wag
ed against such philosophy, by means
Of editorials and articles published in
many Of our leading magazines and
newspapers throughout tt United
States. Each side offers most convincing
arguments in their untiring efforts to
move us into their channel of thinking
However it is entirely up to us to care
fully weigh and ponder every conclusion
before accepting it as truth.
A Brotherhood of Man Are they
not impressive and inspiring words?
Brotherhood is Christian, therefore why
must we feel SO wrought-up at the men
ton of it?
The one argument in favor of World
Union that has brought down the wrath
of many superficial thinkers, is: ''boun-
daries are abnormal, and all Nations must
one day weld into one great Federal I'm
ion before wars and desolation will pass
from the face of the earth" The irate
commentors retort, usually in these
words, For all these blessings of Fed
eral Union that you enumerate, are you
willing to surrender American Tndepend-
ence? Should we build crypt in place
of shrine for piece Of paper called
the Declaration of Independence? And
what should We do with such thing as
the Bunker Hill Monument? Are we to
reeant our own history
should Like to inquire of these biased
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-05-09
Ed 70 RAILS
STATE CAPITAL NEWS

tered objectors who will be call
ed May 10. Holmes County,
scene Of rebellion against Civil
War CONSUMPTION, leads Ohio
counties in objeetors with II.
Twenty-eight CCC Camps are
now in operation in Ohio and 81
400 of tie states enrollees have
been assigned to soil erosion work.
Another 1000 have been station
ed on state forest areas, 500 IN
metropolitan park developments
and 400 in the Wayne unit in
Hooking and Lawrence counties.
Columbus is still Ohio's most
popular convention city as is evil
.s.cnced by the bookings recently
cf ortcd by the Convention and
Tourist Bureau. More than 12,-
delegates and visitors are expect
ed to attend the conventions sche-
duled for the month Of May, four
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-05-09
FEATUR ES

commentors what hidden meaning they
intend for us to infer from the word,
independence If chain is as strong
as its weakest link, is nor nation inde-
pendence? Was Ohio's lndiana's or
Kentucky's independence sacrificed by
the formation Of our own Great United
States of America Ii Christ wefe here
today would He say, Restrict brother
hood within the bounds Of this Nation,
or within this Hemisphere No! He
would proclaim as He did centuries ago,
GO We into all the world.
Standing firm and mighty in world
Of storm and strife, amid the shifting
sands OF human sentiment, in world
where countless lives have become empty
and always ready to accept bright prom
ises, is that Great Rock--The Heart OF
Christ Upon this rock ! build my
Church. and the gates OF He'll shall not
prevail against it.
When we read words upon words that
fill our modern publications; when we
meet those upon the streets who would
laden our souls with prejudice and malice
towards men, those in both high and low
places who pour forth vain repetitions
and false prophecies, let us remember
that if we want to know what IS right,
we must ask ourselves, What would the
Master say
BY Verlin d. Gordon.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-05-09

Cong. Brown convoy purposes.
President Roosevelt issued wide
quoted statement that con
.oys would mean shooting, and
shooting would mean war Then
early last week it was learned
hat the Neutrality Patrol, estab-
ishcd under the Panama Agree
ment. was ranging the seas much
farther from American shores
than the three hundred mile limit,
as set up in the agreement. La
ter it also developed that the pa
troll was operating as far as two
thousand miles out in the Allan
tic. The President, in an inter-
view, said the patrols would re-
port to him anything they might
find. Everyone was given to un-
derstand that the newly extend
ed operations Of the Neutrality
Patrol would be Of great benefit
to England in keeping the ships
Of that country advised as to the
location of German planes and
submarines. Later, when there
was some criticism Of the far
flung patrol activities, the Presi-
dent rather testify stated that the
patrol could and might be ex-
tended to the Seven Seas. Both
friends and foes Of the convoy
idea here are frankly admitting
that the President is using the ex-
tension Of the Neutrality Patrol
plan to get away from meeting
directly the convoy issue. Many
are charging that the patrol plan
is a subterfuge, and that the
President is engaging in sharp
practice. Last week q Senate
Committee voted down the Tobey
Anti-Convoy Resolution, after
Secretary Hull personally appear
ed and insisted that the measure
not be given a public hearing or
be sent to the Floor of the Sen
ate for debate. However, the
convoy issue still remains one Of
the chief topics Of conversation
in official Washington,
The President is coming in for
further criticism, by both oppon-
ents and supporters, for his bit
ter personal attack on Colonel
Lindberg last week, which re-
suited in Lindberg resigning his
commission as q Colonel in the
Air Corps Reserve, and for his
refusal to recommission General
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-05-09
War And Progress
Continued from last weekly


large universities became the center of
European culture. Medicine advanced to
stage that has only been duplicated by
our present era. Women were encourag-
ed to study medicine and lady doctors
were plentiful in Cordova Scientific
methods Of farming and irrigation, the
arts Of fortiication and shipbuilding
We're mastered in Spain at this time Of
no little interest is the fact that mathe-
matics, astronomy and botany, history,
philosophy and Jurisprudence gained
ground during this time also.
The secret behind the progress of the
Moorish regime is that they concentrate
ed only upon building a great nation
They became powerful by developing an
industrious people--so powerful, in fact,
that all aggressors feared them.
In his book, Protection or Free
Trade written in 1880 or thereabouts.
Henry George says THE Dangers to the
Republic come not from without but from
within. What menaces her safety is no
armada launched from European shores,
but the gathering clouds of aramps in her
own highways. That Krupp is casting
monstrous cannon, and that in Cherbourg
and Woolwich projectiles qf unheard of
destructiveness are being stored, need not
alarm her. but there is black omen in the
tact that Pennsylvania miners are work
ing for 65 cents day No triumphant
invader can tread our soil I'LL the blight
OF great states has brought failure OF
the crop Of men; If there be danger that
our cities blaze, it is from aorehes lit in
faction light not from foreign shslls"
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-05-09
PRAYER And Brotherhood

The Lords Prayer is familiar to
nearly every man, woman and child in
this country. 1t is used on public occa-
sions when prayer suitable to all clas
ses, and people Of all religious beliefs, is
desired But there probably isn't one
person in d thousand who realizes what
he is asking for when he presents its pc
titions.
No man can pray this prayer for him
self alone. 1t is a social prayer. There
isn't single 81 or m" in it.
Notice the way it begins: Our Father
not my Father.
And here are its principal petitions:
Give us this day our daily bread"
Forgive our trespasses
Leaf us not into temptation
Deliver us from evil
If the spirit Of this prayer were accept
ed we would have the solution of most
of our social problems; wars would
cease; unemployment would be largely
taken care of; human hatred would dis
appear.
Suppose, for example, that the man
who prayed for daily bread was deeply
concerned about his neighbor also getting
his daily bread? Nobody would go
hungry
Suppose that the man who asked for
forgiveness was anxious that others
should also be forgiven? 1t would elm
mate hatred. As matter Of fact, the
only comment Jesus made upon the
prayer which He taught His disciples
was this: If we forgive not men their
trespasses, how can your Heavenly Faith
er forgive you your trespasses?'
The man who prays for "deliverance
from evil must take care that he does
not lead others into temptation.
The next time you offer this prayer to
the Almighty, stop and ask yourself
Am ! including my neighbor in this
prayer" If not, you might better quit,
because your voice will reach no higher
than your own lips.
BY Dr. Charles Stelzle
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-05-09
BY WILLIAM PIcKENS
(for ANP)


Just let us forget that it is
Lindbergh. Just let us discuss
the case Of a subordinate army
officer and his commander-in-
chief. There was subordinate
army officer in the armed forces
Of the United States. He criti-
cized the course, the wisdom, the
policies and the decisions of the
commander-in-chief all over the
country, ,in big meetings, in
magazines, in newspaper state
ments, in public and private.
Then, finally, the commander
in-chief turned and criticized
this subordinate officer,-telling
the junior Just what millions of
.sAmericans think of the juniors
course and attitudes and wisdom,
or lack of wisdom. Then, inn
mediRtely, this subordinate Off
Ger, who had never realized that
there was anything improper in
his long standing and publicly
stated disagreements with lii.
comanander-in-chief, became Of
Tended by the one publicly stated
disagreement Of his commander
in-chief with the subordinate,
and resigned
What is queer about this, is
that the subordinate officer did
not have sense enough to resign
BEFORE he himself started pub
ne disagreements with his COM
mander-fn-chief. He would have
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-05-09
BY WILLIAM PlckENS
{for ANPl

He has certainly represented
his race well in the courts: he has
stuck by this railway segregation
case, or rather this DISCRIMIN-
ALTON case, for three years, and
now he has won it in the Supreme
Court of the. United States. His
victory is q victory for all Of us,
even for the white Americans. He
makes civilization better for black
and whit2 There was really no
way for the Supreme Court to
decide otherwise, if the case were
properly presented to them.
Mitchell say that it was properly
presented. So many Negroes
have been faint-hearted in SINH
lar cases. and have not even dar-
ed to try, to try to the last ditch.
The court, consistent with its
precedents, has decided that all
Americans are entitled to EQUAL
ACCOMMODATIONS, in public
services that are subject to fed
eral laws. Interstate commerce
Tin cattle) and interstate travel,
of humans, subject to national
law. If Negro buys Pullman
ticket in Chicago, for New Or
leans, there is only one way in
which he can be excluded from
the Pullman in which whites also
ride, and that is the furnishing Of
a separate Pullman car for him.
The excuse cannot be made that
he is only ONE passenger: Ameri-
can citizens do not have to come
IN multiples to have their rights.
Each citizen has his own rights,
as perfectly as if he were 20 or
10000. That is democratic civil
lization, and that is why Hitler
thinks we are crazy.
This puts the South up against
IT again: this time they did their
best to beat Mitchell. They filed
briefs against his case from all
Of the deep-south iinl-crow states.
But the Supreme Court has long
ago sustained the right sc q state
TO SEGREGATE, but denied the
state the right 70 DISCRIMIN-
ATE. People can be separated,
but muss bs trsated with sub
stanhs1 equality. Tia zniEways
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-05-09

Of which viii be Of national inn
portance.
The State Division Of Traffic
and Safety reports 2,075 persons
killed in Ohio traffic accidents in
1910. OF the 23,2O1 accidents
reported, 1878 involved drivers
who were in violation of traffic
laws.
Ohio may soon have new us.
Army cantonment. Two surveys,
one including the old site OF
Camp Sherman near Chiiicothe
and the other near Portsmouth,
are now being made by govern
ment officials.
Some $1,000 Ohio workers
% 900 coal miners and 1000 fur
loughed railroad workers--are ex-
Eected to return to their jobs
within few days, as reseut of
the settlement Of the national
coal strike. Experts figure that
the increased wages granted the
miners will add twenty cents
ton to the retail price Of soft
coal