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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-02-13
MONTANA MAKES
MARKED SLASH
IN JOBLESS AID
TOTAL FOR 1871 IS Sc PERCENT OF
1910, CRAIGHEAD'S RE-
PORT SHOWS

The Montana unemployment COM
pensation commission paid out 50 $780,
900 in jobless benefits during 1941, as
compared to S3147,0O in 1910, Barclay
Craighead, commission chairman, has
announced.
The total for 1s41 is thus 81 percent
of benefits paid during 1910. Com
parison by months shows lower pay
ments in every month of 1941 than
in the corresponding month Of 1910,
with distinctly lighter load begin
ming with August. For the last five
months of 194l payments amounted to
only 81 percent of those made during
the corresponding months of the pre-
ceding year.
THE first weeks of the calendar year
have always signaled resumption Of
heavier payments" said Craighead,
"but the first weeks of 1912 have so
far shown only moderate increase over
December payments. For the week end
ing Jan. 10, benefits amounted to
$37, 800, which compares favorably with
$68 500 In the same week of January,
1911.
"Layoffs resulting from material
shortages and priorities will possibly
bring about sharp increase In the
claims load in the weeks ahead, but
50 far Montana has escaped the drastic
dislocations that are now affecting
the eastern states"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-02-13
STATE HAS GOOD
H. @. L. E. RECORD
BORROWERS HAVE REPAID 1876
PERCENT OF PRINCIPAL
INDEBTEDNESS

Montana borrowers of the Home
Owners Loan Corp. have repaid So
$4,000, or 43.6 percent of their entire
principal Indebtedness, H. o. L. c. Of
ficialS reported.
Some $50 loans. amounting to ST.
0S6O42, have been repaid in full.
During its lending period from 1893
10 1886, the H. o. L. c. granted 3679
loans, amounting to S7284 e7e, to
Montana home owners. 1t since has
advanced 1887 1897 to Montana borrow
erS, chiefly for payment of delinquent
taxes and for repairs.
The average H. Q. L. c. borrower in
Montana was two years delinquent in
principal, in arrears between two and
three years on taxes, and facing fore
closure when he was refinanced by
the H. o. L. c., the agency declared.
The manner in which borrowers have
rehabilitated themselves is shown, the
II. o. L. c. reported, by the fact that
276S original Montana accounts still
are on the corporations books, in ad-
dition to the accounts paid in full.
The report added that 94.2 percent
of the accounts are current or less
than three months in arrears.
The H. o. L. c. has taken over 2e3
properties in Montana, of which 28l
already have been sold Total sales
were s676,734, a book loss Of s23O,849.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-02-13

Drive Carefully During 1919
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-02-13

in disgust when something about the
brown eyes stopped him.
Gosh, but her eyes were big for her
face! Sort Of frightened, too, and pre-
tending not to be.
A sudden fellow feeling made Club
pause and repeat his original question.
what you dom here?"
Nothing"
In spite of this lack Of encourage
ment. Club fingered on.
He could see her better now She
had pretty light hair that fluffed out
above green net dress Even in the
shadows, plentiful sprinkling Of
freckles showed on her upturned nose.
Once more. that same vague fellow
feeling kept Club from moving on.
why aren't you dancing?"
Nobody asked me-" There was the
merest CULVER to her defiant frankness.
why not?" Club peered more close
ly at her. You're not so bad. What's
wrong?"
mo rhythm" The 1aconic explana-
ton held untold depths of woe.
"Sayl Honest?" To Clubs surprise,
he found himself sliding into the chair
next to hers. Me, too" he confided
"Waltzes, fox-trots, rhumbas-they all
sound alike to me-"
The eager interest with which she
turned to him gave Club a pleasant
exciting stir somewhere in the region
of his stomach.
II didn't know there was anyone
else like me-" she sighed. Il try and
I try, and I count and I count, but
I can't tell the difference. At least.
not until it's too late! Just as I'm
catching on, the music stops" The
flood gates once open, she became as
voluble as she had been monosyllabic
before. "All the boys found it out last
week. told Nuns nonobdy would
dance with me tonight! She made me
try once more, but I'll never come
again. Never, never!'
Say, amt mothers the limit?" Club
rose jubilantly to this bait. why they
want to pay out good money to make
you have lousy time. gets me-"
IT know"
Continued Next Week.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-02-13
NO RHYTHM@4n .as dsns~si,d
Is Highway Patrol Officers
Have High Safety Record

Officers OF the Montana highway
patrol practice what they preach"
Fifteen OF them have driven the
equivalent Of around the world ID
times without becoming involved in a
serious accident in the last seven
years.
These Is men, members of the pa
troll since 1t was organized early in
1895. have each driven an average Of
65 600 miles each year. In seven years
each of them has Travelled about 455,-
900 miles on duty, on all sorts of
roads, winter and summer.
Not one Of these men has smashed
up a car or become involved in an
accident in which anybody was in
jured," said Hugh Potter, who is the
assistant supervisor in charge of pa
trolmen in the Butte district.
The Is men, who were among the
original "a members of the patrol, are !:
Potter and Bill Holdorf, stationed in
Butte; Donald Mercer. Sidney: Ralph
Everett, Kalispell; Charles Haines,
bswtstown: Joe Young, assistant super
visor at MiSsoula: Pepper" Martin,
Shelby; Bill johnson, Missoula: For
rest Currens, Billings; Robert Wright,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-02-13

Dillon; Al Fousek, Missoula: Erwin
Rickert, Hardin: w. w. Beckwith,
Missoula: Gordon MacDermid. Billings,
and John Flanagan, who was formerly
assistant supervisor at Butte but is
now on leave and in government
service.
During their long service the men
almost wore out" total of rs patrol
cars in line Of duty.
Five of the patrolmen were members
of the original flying squad which
patrolled the entire state in 1895. They
are Potter, Currens, Becl;with and
Mercer, who rode motorcycles, and
Everett, who accompanied the squad in
station wagon.
The flying squad" was pressed into
service at Helena during the earth
quakes in 1885. 1t was busy on emer-
gency duty there for two months.
The Is original members of the pa
troll have watched the patrol grow
from his humble beginning when "a
men went TO work under the SUPER
vision OF L. C. Boedecker, supervisor,
until it now is composed of 60 officers,
working under Supervisor Charles L.
Sheridan.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-02-13
Expert Urges State Farmers
To Boost Butterfat Quality

Montana farmers can enhance their
income by approximately S250,000 dur
ing the coming year from the sale
of cream alone merely by producing
butterfat of quality that will make
high grade butter, DR.. N. W. Hepburn.
nationally known dairy authority, es-
Inmates.
DR.. Hepburn states that not infre-
quently butter made from the highest
quality butterfat brings 3 cents a
pound over the price at which butter
made from ordinary butterfat is sold.
Apart from the fact that the farm
er can benefit financially by produc-
ing better cream for butter, he will
also be cooperating with the govern
ment in its about drive for the most
nourishing foodstuffs for the army,
navy and civilian population. DR.. Hep
burn said. Outdated methods Of pro-
duction no longer yield cream coming
up to the high standards Of quality set
up by the revised federal food and
drug act.
Whether butter is high grade, ordi-
nary or poor depends almost entirely
on the care given the original cream
on the farm, DR.. Hepburn states. Just
what constitutes good care is well
known and may be summarized as
follows:
l. Clean COWS, clean milking, clean
utensils.
2. Immediate cooling of the cream
and then keeping it cool as long as
it remains on the farm.
g. Delivery of the cream often
enough to insure its arrival at the
market in good condition.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-02-13
FARMERS URGED
TO BOOST STATE
FLAX ACREAGE
CROP Is URGENTLY NEEDED IN
WARTIME EFFORT, STATES
AGRONOMIST MERCER

Under the revised goals of the de-
partment of agriculture,s food for
victory" program. Montana farmers
have an opportunity to increase acre
age devoted to flax and thereby pro-
duce a crop urgently needed in this
nations wartime effort and at the
same time reduce wheat acreage, saws
Ralph D. Mercer, extension agrono-
mist at Montana State college.
To provide larger supplies OF fats
and oils, flax is one of several crops
on which a larger acreage is sought
for 1912. Mercer explained. To en-
courage flax production the govern
ment will employ price and loan sup
ports, including a loan on flaXseed
averaging at least S2.l0 per bushel
farm basis with location and grade
differentials.
Flax has been an important crop
for number of years in northeast
ern Montana. Mercer said. According
to the federal statistician's report, $780,
600 acres were planted to flax last
year in Montana. Just how much
acreage increase has been set for
Montana under the revised production
goals will not be known until national
goals are broken down on state basis.
Nevertheless, he added, it is not a
bit too early for farmers to locate
seed supplies if they plan to plant
flax this year The recommended
variety for this state is bison, wilt
resistant variety adapted for use on
Wilt-infested soil.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-02-13
His Sight Improved
By Carrot Juice,
Man Joins Marines

An Anaconda hotel clerk who drank
27 cans of carrot Juice in II days to
improve his vision has been accepted
as marine corps recruit.
my eyesight is better, but I never
want to see can of carrot juice
again." asserted 17-year-old Blair Hurd
relief clerk at the Montana hotel. aft
er the examining doctor marked an
"OK" behind his name.
The carrot juice diet" was suggested
to Hurd by Lieut. Stephen E. Flynn
marine corps examining officer. when
the hotel clerk was rejected because
of weak vision, the youth said.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-02-13
HAULING CAPACITY BOOSTED

The hauling capacity of trucks now
on American highways is estimated
to be about so times as great as the
trucks in use when the United States
entered the World war in 1917.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-09
Extensive Building
Improvement Takes
Place Of Construction

Continued from page ID
freezing restriction. When present
stocks are exhausted no lumber may
be purchased except for building
food storage facilities.
Lumber Stocks
Stocks of numerous lumber deal
ers in the area are already exhaust
ed but others have anticipated the
demand and have materials sufficient
to last several months. There are
no restrictions on the purchase of
building materials to be used in the
repair of storm damage, it was stat
ed.
Local dealers report that paint
sales are for the most part the
largest in the history of their busi-
nesses. Although some types of
paint supplies have decreased in
quantity, there are no federal re-
strictions as yet in paint, dealers
said.
Prior to 1888 only a few houses
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-09
NelU Committees At
BLuftOn Hospital

The folloming committees have
been appointed by the executive
committee of the women's auxiliary
of the Bluffton Community hospital
to serve for the coming year:
House committee-Mrs.E Edwin MIS-
wander, Mrs. Harry Bogart, Mrs.
John Fett, Mrs. Harvey Beidler,
Mrs. VIM. Edwards.
Ways and Means committee-Mrs.
Arthur Amstutz, Mrs. Paul Detwiler,
Mrs, Cal Deppler, Mrs. Quinten
Burkholder, Mrs. Armin Hauenstein,
Mrs. Ross Gottshall, Mrs. Francis
Basinger, Mrs. Albert Baumgartner.
Membership committee-Mrs. II. H.
Huser, Mrs. B. w. Travis, Mrs.
Walter Stratton, Mrs. Theodore
Schultz, Mrs. Leland Diller, Mrs.
Charles Hankish, Mrs. F. l..
Buckland, Mrs. Wilford Steiner, Mrs.
Peter Boehr, Mrs. H. A. Niswander,
Mrs. Martha Suter, Mrs. Ed Luigi
bill.
Donation committee-Mrs. Lloyd
Van Meter, Mrs. George Rauenbuh-
ler, Mrs. M. M. Kibler, Mrs. N. n.
Soldner, Mrs. Swan Stonehill, Mrs.
Glen Miller, Mrs. Ray Hilty, Mrs.
John Tosh, Mrs. Millen Geiger, Mrs.
Lewis Deerhake, Mrs. Gal Garmat-
ter, Mrs. Ed Reagan.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-09
NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
y FROM ISSUE OF OCT. Is, 1914

Edward, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Painter and Miss Elferna
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Wittkofski were quietly married ir
Lima last Saturday by Justice
Holmes of that city. The young
couple returned in the evening anc
will reside in Bluffton where the
groom is employed with the L. Z
& w. section force.
Menno Bixel is building an addi.
tion to his home on Lawn avenue.
Ed Lugibihl and wife are feeling
proud over the arrival of baby boy
born to them last Thursday.
The Richland singing class vii
meet at the home of John Winklel
Tuesday night.
Levi Hochstettlers and Eli Stet
tiers returned Monday from week;
visit in Indiana.
Vance Shrider again had the mis-
fortune OF dlSlocatlng his shoulder
While out driving his colt threw
him from the buggy dragging hin
several feet.
Lafe Owens purchased the Badert
scher property on Geiger street. The
Owens family will move to theil
new home from their farm south oi
town in the near future.
The short course in agriculture
and domestic science will begin al
the college on November and viii
continue for Is weeks. In addition
to Prof. Ridge the college has alsc
secured the services of Franci!
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-09
Farmers ResOurceful
In Labor Shortage
Continued from mage
manpower requirements.

manpower requirements.
CHANGE FARMING PRACTIsES
More acreage turned over to graz
ing and a pronounced swing to
dairying and poultry raising with
an accompanying elimination of sea-
sonal labor peaks has been evident
in this section.
Other developments in the nature
of supplanting manpower with ma
chinery include addition of such
equipment as was available on the
restricted market and supplementing
this by pooling of the mechanical
resources of the neighborhood SINH
lar to pooling of manpower in the
threshing ring.
These measures, together with en-
plowment of custom work to a great
er degree has gone far toward meet
ing the situation.
MANY SINGLE HANDED
With army requirements and de-
fense industry draining off all sur
plus manpower, farmers thruout this
section are faced with the necessity
of handling harvests with their
normal labor supply and in many in
stances single handed.
Some farmers are receiving aid
from their families with younger
children working during the day in
the fields while those older employed
in industrial establishments help in
the morning and evening.
Because of the press of farm work
the greater part of the cherry crop
was let out for picking on the shares,
or remained unpicked on the trees.
Pool RESOURCES
Adoption of farming practises re-
quiring minimum of peak labor
requirements together with pooling
of mechanical labor saving equip
ment are seen by farmers here as
the solution to the shortage of man.
power which promises to become in
creasingly severe.
With these conditions becoming
more pronounced, it is expected that
the labor factor will become the
principal governing facor in plan
ming of farm operations, with other
considerations occupying a place OF
secondary consideration.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-09

Marshall from Ohio State university
to serve as instructor. The domestic
science course will be in charge of
Miss Eta Lantz, a graduate of the
University of Illinois.
Martin Reigle, 73, the aged war
veteran SO well known here, answer
ed the final summons at his late
home in Orange township, on Tues
day.
Hon. Cyrus Locher, of Cleveland,
and well known Settlement boy, will
speak to the people at the town hall
on Friday night.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-09
Tennis Tournament
To Start Suturduu

The annual community tennis
tournament, sponsored by the Bluff
ton tennis club, will start on the
club courts on College avenue on
Sunday.
Entries for ladies' and mems sim
giles will be received until IL o'clock
noon on Saturday. All first round
matches should be completed by
Thursday night, officials stated.
Entries may be sent to either
Roger Howe, Betty Weinhold or
Woodrow Little. Prizes will be
awarded to the winners.
Winners of last years singles
titles were Genevieve Fett and
Woodrow Little who will defend
their titles in play again this year.
A doubles tournament will be held
at later date. Defending doubles
champs are Wilbur and Roger Howe
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-09
Triplett Plays Lima
Robins Here Friday

Triplett softball team will play one
home game and one on foreign dia-
mond in the next weeks schedule.
Resuming play after a two-weeks'
layoff, the team will tangle with
Lima Robins at z p. m. Friday at
Harmon field. Timer Spaeth likely
will get the starting mound call for
the locals in the tilt.
In their second out-of-town game
of the season, the Triplett team will
journey to Leipsic next Monday.
Leipsic was defeated earlier in the
season in a game here by a score
of 2 to /.
Coming home tilts include contests
with Tiffin Routh Packers, Lima
Westinghouse and Lima Loco.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-09

were built here in the previous
decade. The boom started in 1888
when eight new residences were
built. In 1889 five more were added
and in 1910 an all time high in
building was reached when Ia new
residences were constructed. Last
year there were nine new houses
added to make total of SO in the
four year period.
War conditions and restrictions on
materials have caused sudden ces-
sation of new construction with
workers in the building trades find
ing themselves as busy as previously
but with their work mainly in re-
pair and improvement rather than
new construction.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-09

The Bluffton Woman's Club en-.
tertained their husbands and few
friends at a parlor lecture at the
beautiful home of Mr.. and Mrs
Andrew Hauenstein on South Man
street Tuesday night. After
piano solo by Mrs. Lou Eaton and
vocal solo by Mrs. D. S. Flick,
DR.. c. C. Miller, president of Lima
college, presented a lecture on
Shakespeare. Following the lecture
piano and violin selection was
played by Edgar and Sidney Hauen-
stein.
The Owens school closed last
Thursday with large attendance
of friends and patrons. The regular
classes, taught by S. V. Fisher, were
heard in the forenoon and at II
O'Clock the school was dismissed for
the enjoying of the noon luncheon,
The lecture of the afternoon was de-
livered by Uncle John Charles.
CLYDE Waltz made business
trip to Delaware, Saturday. Mr..
and Mrs. Waltz expect to attend the
summer session at the OWL.
there.
Alfred Keel of Findlay was in
town Monday. Mr.. Keel recently
sold his property in Findlay and ex-
pects to move to Bluffton again.
Mrs. Keel, who has been seriously
ill, is much improved.
Miss Hazel Gable and Miss
Blanche Urban, who have been en-
ployed at Madame Gazelle's sewing
shop at Findlay are the guests of
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Gable, north of town.
S. D. Romey, of Richmond, Ind,
spent over Sunday with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Romey.
The Romey Bros. are doing an ex-
tensive furniture business at that
city.
Peter Steiner of Chicago is the
guest of his sister, Mrs. A. Hauen-
stein and family.
The Deutche Verein of the high
school was entertained at Hotel
Russell Saturday evening by Miss
Gladys Zehrbach.
Edgar Root had the misfortune OF
having the third finger of his right
hand badly mashed Tuesday fore
noon while working on the L. E. &
w. railway tracks.
Adam Bame received a box con
tanning about bushel of very fine
luscious oranges from his daugh
ter, Miss Loa at Riverside, Calf
Miss Loa is packing oranges in the
above named city.
Among the recent new arrivals
are baby boys at the homes of Enos
Steiner and Walter Gallant and {
girl baby in the home of ]. E
Steiner.
Miss Mildred Marvin was tendere'
a farewell reception at the home o
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Bender by he
Sabbath school teacher and class
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-09

Officers of the Lutheran Ladies
Aid society elected recently are:
Mrs. George Rupright, president;
Mrs. Frank Danner, vice-president;
Mrs. E. c. Stultz, secretary; Mrs.
J. E. Traucht, treasurer; and Mrs.
II. B. Adams, organist. Officers of
the Missionary society are: Mrs.
H. B. Adams, president; Mrs. Noah
Basinger, vice-president; Mrs. Emil
Garau, secretary; Mrs. M. M. Bo-
CART, correspondent secretary; Mrs.
John Fett, treasurer; and Mrs. A. L.
Baumgartner, historian.
Clyde Dorsey and family recently
moved into the A. D. Gratz property
on Mound street.
Carl and Haze Jordan of San
dusky, were Sunday guests at the
home of Lloyd Murray. Miss Hazel
will remain several days with Doro-
thy and Ruth Murray.
Among the new concrete walks
being put down on Grove street this
week, are those of Mrs. A. c. Ew-
ing, Mrs. Roethlisberger, DIR. S. K.
Mosiman and Fletch West.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilhelm Amstutz,
both instructors in the Continental
high school, spent the week end at
the John Amstutz farm.
Mrs. Augusta Steiner, president
of the Allen county W.C.T.U. left
Tuesday morning to attend the state
convention at Newark. Mrs. lila
Close will represent the local
W.C.T.U. at the same convention.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-09
Recruiting Officer
Here

A naval recruiting officer will be
at the post office Thursday during
the noon hour to interview men in
terested in enlisting in the navy
Physical requirements for naval en-
listment recently have been modi-
fed, it was stated the first of the
week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-09
News Our Grandfathers Read
From Issue Of April 70, 1908

=
mates before leaving for her home
in Meadville, Pa.
Geo. Combs, the undertaken, is
now enjoying a new Maxwell auto
mobile.
Amos Hiltys welcomed a youngs.
ter into their home recently.
After Wednesday evening Adam
Basinger will be a full fedged MD
from the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical
Institute.
Elmer Basinger will close another
successful school term in the Stagel
district Thursday night. Supt. Ar.
ganbright of Bluffton will give the
address.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-07-09
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank the neighbors and
friends who in any way assisted dur
ing the illness and burial of our hus-
band and father. We also thank Rev.
Bright for his consoling words, the
pallbearers and those sending flowers.
Mrs. Grace Ramer
Mrs. Pearl Frantz.
The Nome nugget., 1942-09-04
July and August Most Successful U-Boat Months

London, Sept. ? (P) De Iayed - July and August were the most successful months of the entire war in numbers of Axis subs destroyed, A. V. Alexan- der, First Lord of the Ad- miralty, told a war anni- Versary luncheon. T think they will find it doubIy dan gerouS now that new meth ods have developed new devices, , he said.