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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-01-16
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
Incompetent

has been nine days since ex-Co Lindbergh re-vour
teered his services to the u S. Army What depresses
not his efrontery but the obvious difficulty
has had in deciding what do about it. Who is it in tn
army who finds difficult give him honest answer? VIII
should have taken than nine minutes to write him
straightforward note rejecting his servicesuch note
Dear Mr. Lindbergh:
The offer of your the U. Army Air Corps
is noted. We have considered it carefully. We realize
that in this crisis afford to overlook single
asset in the wage against enemies 1t is,
therefore, with real regret that reject application
The reasons for this rejection
We first considered whether could make of
you combat pilot but the show you are over
We next considered you technical adviser But
the records show that technical adviser military
aviation you are incompetent
In 1888 you reported that the British couldn't handle
the Luftwaffe You rendered this report after spending
time in Germany studying the Luftwaffe and its
equipment and later visiting the Royal Air Force and
familarizng yourself with the Hurricane the Sptfre
Subsequent events proved judgment wholly
During the year you visited the Soviet Union
reported that the Russian Air Force less pre-
pared to cope with the Luftwaffe than the British. Sub
sequent events have proved judgment grossly
curate.
Please believe us when say not joining
with political opponents in questioning your loyalty
your motives-in re-volunteering Your patriotism
would have been pertinent subject for discuss only
had considered you otherwise qualified Our reec-
ton of application is based solely your ncom-
petence for the only role you qualified to fill that
of adviser on military aeronautics.
Respectfully,
What is the with our War Department that it is
afraid to clean with the political exColonel? If thew
thinking the public reaction to stating the obvious
oerghs incompetence afrad that they will endanger
ona unitythey grievousy mistaken The encourage
nent which their ndecon gives the Bundsts who backed
indbergh is greater threat is not to let these men
hnk that for fear of them their dare
spade spade
After Lindberghs record observer in Germany in
Russia and in England competent military airman would
ask his opinion whether Mark Sptfre could shoot
Town undefended balloon.
Why not and end this about Charieboys
eenistment for once and for alRaph Ingersoll in PM
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No Happy New

in the distribution of the national in
come During the closing months OF
1871 about one-fifth was going for war
purposes. The goal for 1912 is one.
half. This goal will be reached as a
result of government decisions limit
| ing production in some directions and
increasing it In others. Auto produc-
ton, for example, will be decreased;
plane production increased
6. Half of the national income goes
for war in 1912, and if the total ma
tional income rises to 100 billions,
with increased production and higher
prices, the consuming public will have
a third less commodities than it had
in 1910 when the national income was
around 70 billions. This will amount
to 1870 cut in the national standard
of living. The cut will of course be
very unequally distributed as between
rich and poor.
All of these guesses are based on
the continuance of the war in both
Europe and Asia. Should the war
end, there is general agreement that
the government controlled, war-sup-
ported economies of all warning ma
lions will suffer disastrously during
the transition to a peace basis.
Economic royalists are thus faced
by two alternatives-both highly I'M
palatable. If the war continues, gov
eminent control over private business
war ends, private business will flop.
In neither case will business find 1912
a happy New Year.
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trict court of Lewis and Clark county,
Helena. On rehearing opinion there
tofore rendered amended in an opin-
ion by Judge Albert Anderson and
concurred in by Judges Howard A.
Johnson and Left Erickson.
Held: Where a tenant purchases
the land of his land lord at tax sale.
and his tax deed declared void, and
the district court allowed a certain
sum to the tenant for improvements
made on the premises, cit was held
that the landlords contention on ap-
peal (that the sum allowed did not
take into consideration the rental
value of the premises), was not tena-
BILE because the landlord did not re-
quest the district court for specific
findings showing the items taken into
account The facts not being before
the supreme court, the district court
must be presumed to be correct.
Judge A. H. Augstman filed dissent
ing opinion concurred in by Judge
G. f. Morris, agreeing with the amend
ment but disagreeing with the origi-
nal opinion on another point.
January 5th: State ex rel. Arthur B.
Strunk v District Court. An original
proceeding in this court involving
facts arising in Cascade county, Great
Falls. Unanimous opinion prepared
by Judge Albert H. Angstman.
Held: On an appeal from the justice
court, where the sureties are required
to justify, they may do so upon oral
notice of three days to the prevail |
ing party. Further, where an appeal |
has been perfected it is held that un-
der section 1851, Revised Codes, a |
new or amended undertaking may be |
filed at any time before the hearing
Of a motion to dismiss the appeal
made upon the ground of insuffi-
cheney, defect or irregularily in the
original undertaking.
January 10th: State ex rel. Ray
Barnhart V. Board of County Commits
'ioners of Fergus county. Appeal
rom the district court of Fergus
county, Lewisotwn. Unanimous opin-
on prepared by Judge Albert H.
Angstman.
Held: Board of county commission
RS may reinstate contract of pur-
'hase of tax deed land with the orig /
nal owner of the land after he has
lefaulted under the contract and even {
hough it had officially declared for I
eiture and readvertised the land for !
ale; this holding being consistent t
With the policy of the law to allow t
he original owner to redeem his prop
rty. II
Prepared and Released by: r
PETER MELOY, Marshal e
Supreme Court of Montana v
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Editor, Peoples Voice:
When / saw In The Voice that the
governor and the attorney general
said there was no lien on our homes,
was I glad. But when l went up to
pay my taxes, the county commission
ers said they would not give 1t up,
and was l set back, but l did not
pay the taxes. They say it is the
government wonder If the govern
ment takes lien on the property of
our senators or our judges when they
are pensioned Off
Why do we need a governor or an
attorney general if the farmers that
hold the office know so much OF
course it is nice to pass the buck as
election is not so far away. l am
still fighting for my rights and with
the help of the governor and attor-
ney general and Mr.. Convery l hope
to win and be able to say that what
I paid for by hard work is my own.
JOHN C. MAY.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-01-16

Union in the provide leadership organized
effort get of the interests of the people and
not of the greedy special interests the session of the
Montana assembly.
The first step to be taken by the people of each county
to inform themselves concerning the performance of their
representatives in the last session they represented the
eres of their particular counys people with due regard for
the interests of the public in other counties the state
they should be returned If they should be defeated
reelection And great should be exercised by the voters
scrunzng the background and affiliations and interests
of all candidates.
And the time to do it is NOW
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-01-16
Time to Act

Within the next months, the people of Montana will
candidates the highly important offices of represent
legislative session which will be in full swing
from today 1t timely to ask serious consideration
has been given by the people of the state to this important
duty they will again this they often have done
the the corporations of the state to select
the candidates.
Unless the people of the state awaken to their citizenship
responsibilities it probable that the next session of the Mon
legislature will be of field day for the
corporations than the last which clearly dom
by the special interests More than unless cond
lions change in unforeseen will need steady
independent and with social understanding in the
next session.
should be the labor organizations and the Farm
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OF our seed corn. Let's go farther
and find out why it is that the young
laborers and farmers run into the
handiwork of their own hands when
they save Democracy. Some statis-
tics are dull, but not these.
Japanese imports since 1895:
9129o of autos and parts from the
U. S. A.
60.5% gasoline from the U. s. A.
59.79o scrap iron from the q. S. A.
1850 iron from the u S. A.
1880 machinery and engines from
the U. S. A.
1000 aviation gasoline from the U.
S. A.
Further statistics show that 544%
of Japan's total imports came from
her benevolent enemy, the United
States of America. while $3.50 of her
imports came from her ally, Germany
One can come to agree that the i'm
portant thing is not the war, but the
why for all these goods being in the
hands of our enemies. Or would that
be questioning the ethics of civilized
warfare.
Sincerely,
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Advertising

commodities. Moreover, In a war Pc
Rod we will thunder loudly about
their waste of essential resources.
1--WE feel that advertising has by its
abuse stressed inconequential values
and brought false perspective as
to the merit Of products. 1t has low
cred ethical standards, corrupted and
distorted the press, wasted much good
timber, blocked the speedy use of cor
rect medication, and has fostered
through its large scale use
by a few financially favored COM
panies.
To-day, bigger and expanding con-
sumner organizations have been chal-
longing the distortion of advertising
and emphasizing the needs for tech
meal information in buying"
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REPORT OF WORK
I'm SUPREME
COURT FOR week
DEcISIONS:

DEClSiONS.
December goth: Anna Aronow v
Nine E. Bishop ct al and M. B. Gagel
Appeal from district court of Toole
county, Shelby Unanimous opinion
written by Associate Justice Albert
H. Angstman.
Held: In suit to set aside and
vacate a judgment in a case where
the defendant was served by publica-
ton, it was held that the affidavit,
required to be filed as a basis of the
service, was insufficient in that it did
not allege facts upon which it could
be concluded that the defendant was
absent from the state with no inten-
ton of immediate return-recital of
such facts being required to show
that defendant had departed from
the state.
December, Goth: Western Holding
Company " Northwestern Land and
Loan Company. Appeal from the dis
trict court of Pondera county, Conrad.
On rehearing opinion Heretofore
rendered was amended by the court
in an opinion prepared by Associate
Justice Left Erickson and concurred
in by Associate Justices c. F. Morris
and Albert H. Angstman.' Dissenting
opinion by Associate Justice Albert
Anderson and concurred in by Chief
Justice Howard A. Johnson.
Held: That although the judgment
Of the trial court was stated as a
Judgment against the plaintiff, it con-
under the facts of the case,
4 judgment only in favor of the an
5wering defendant and not in favor
Of a defaulting defendant, and that it
was unnecessary for the plaintiff,
Upon appealing to the supreme court,
% give notice of appeal to the de-
'aulting defendant.
January 2nd: Robert H. Nathan "
.. o. Jenkins and Otto Jenkins APP |
peal from district court of Cascade |
county, Great Falls. Unanimous |
opinion prepared by Associate Justice
Albert H. Angstman.
Held: In suit to recover on
note where the payee of
he note was deceased and payment
f $25 had been endorsed upon the
ack of the note at stated time, it
vas held that this evidence standing
lone without evidence that payment
ctually came from the maker of the
ote, was not sufficient to stop the
unning of the statute of limitations.
January 3rd: Bruce W. Sanborn v.
,ewis and Clark County, Alexander B.
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Helena, Mont, Jan. 10, 1912
Editor, Peoples Voice:
The COMMON people of America
are apparently becoming unified in
an all out effort to win this war. We
have tolerated increased costs of Iiv-
ing, have suspended all labor and
farmer agitation for higher standard
of living, have poured millions of dol
lars into defense bonds and have also
sat back on our launches and given
the green light to the power that be.
That's fine, all Of the COMMON peo-
pie anticipate such activities Cor the
lack of them) when we enter into a
war time period However, let's not
stop with the destruction of all Amer
ican-made munitions in the hands of
the Japanese paid for by the sacrifice
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Sincerely,

KNUTE D. ROCKFORD.
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Rudyard, Mont, Jan. IL, 1912
Dooy,1o,o yToioo.

Rudyard, Mont, Jan. IL, 1874.
Editor, Peoples Voice:
The first article in your January 7
1912 issue interests me as a farmer
the heading Of which is: UNITED
Dairy Farmers of Michigan affiliate
with CLIO Organization" To clarity
the subject this should be studied ant
discussed by both sides. The labor
| ing man as well as the farmers must
and should receive adequate wages
and income for their services; the two
groups produce and distribute the
wealth, and yet every government in
the world, both democratic and totali
tartan has to include capital in their
economic system. The economic sys-
tenn must be just to all groups, Ia
borers, producers and capital protect
each to keep the minority from being
crushed by the other two.
I helped to organize the Farmers
Union Oil Station and Elevator at
my station: paid cash for share
of stock in each. I believe the COM
petition we have in our district is
beneficial as it keeps profit margins
in line with operating costs. But as a
farm organization we only ask that
we receive fair price for our labor:
If we receive price higher than
parity, or exchange value; labor, who
is the largest consuming group would
be paying more than a fair price for
what they eat and wear; if the prices
for farm products are below parity
the farmers then cannot buy and pay
for the products of labor.
The question want to ask is: How
can labor help the "Small Farmers"
unless they are willing to pay high
er price for what they eat and wear,
that is produced by the farmers?
read a great deal about the consumers
group opposing higher prices for farm
and yet farm prices has
been below parity for many years.
it up it appears to be, the
farmers want parity and no more, but
some consumer groups want food and
as cheap as they can get it.
We farmers get up at 5 o'clock or
earlier and work till 7 o'clock or later
and then do some chores after that.
The cash income from some of these
units is so small that it
is impossible to hire any help except
at harvest time, if we keep our home
we must do every bit of the work
sol woe III hor - L
% do the work around the farm, we
cannot afford to hire union laborers
every time we want to sell load of
wheat or stock, to get money to buy
needed repairs. If we are forced to
10 that, the Small farmers are
loomed" All farming will be com
nercialized and become corporation |
arms.
quote the last paragraph of the
Irticle:
"a novel scale of initiation fees and
tues has been agreed upon. The
fee is Toe COW, and dues
re &c hundredweight. Thus the
wner of herd of 80 cows would pay
8 for initiation and estimating the
yerage COW at 900 lbs.) $50 in
ues."
That adds up to a total of S11.1O
Or the privilege of milking your own
ow Then to gain anything the
armer must receive more for his
lilk..
| am farmer. Let's thresh this
ut.
Sincerely yours,
FRED AFTER.
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Change In Publication Date

labor conditions The Voice is compelled
change its publication day from Wednesday to Friday of
each week The Voice will hereafter be mailed Friday
morning.
We regret making this change it will probably delay
delivery Voice distant parts of the state until Mon
day possible do The Voice will again be pub
lshed earlier in the week.
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You cannot control what you do
not own!
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cline in a choking cloud of dust
and rubble. Allan Jared best
of them all, in the center Of the
revolving mass, his protective
covering Of enemy bodies shield
ed his own from thorn and CaC-
tus.
In the end, il was the PENN
sula itself that beat him. At the
foot Of the hill something akin
to a display Of fireworks dazzled
his brain, but before he could
really appreciate the rockets,
shooting stars and Roman can
dies, a curtain Of blackncss fell
on the show.
Quite simply, his head had INT
q rock with a force that nearly
split them BOTH.
He was stunned only momen-
tarily, but that was enough for
the pack of wolves who had
pulled him down. He opened
his eyes to find himself helpless,
his arms dashed behind him at
wrist and elbow. Two Japan
csc, breathing heavily were
sitting like leadcn weights on
each of his legs. The EurasIan
stood above him, staring down
vindIctIyely.
SO you've come BAG 10 life,
he commented, and drove a
booted toe deep into Allan S
side. Believe me, II will be a
pleasure TO watch you go out Of
1T again-prcSently.'
He added something TO his
men The four who were hold
ing Allan to the ground got up,
raising him with them. He
caught his balance uncertainty,
still dizzy from the crack on his
head. but he was able TO control
his limbs when his Captors
marched him around the base
of the hill and down TO the
shore They passed several
squads of workmen, all Japan
csc, who merely stared at the
party iucurIOusly and went ON
about their business.
There seemed 60 be a whole
fleet Of small launches i'm the
COmpany'S service. Allan and
his seven keepers tumbled into
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chung like leechcs. The last
man dove hcadlong TO grasp his
knees in football tackle, but a
Well-aimed kick in the face dl-
verted his aim He SpraWlcd,
his arms still cropping blindly
for their objective.
BY now the Eurasian was on
his feet again, but standing pru-
IDENTIFY 10 one side. His hideous
face even more repulsive from
hate, he snapped orders in words
that cracked As if prodded by
imaginary elephant gods, the
temporarily disabled J a p 5
sprang erect and tore IN again
like men possessed of flends;
they descended upon Allan with
the impact Of six living batter
lng-ramS.
He fought them tooth and
nail, also with elbows and
knees and fists and feet The
knot Of struggling mer sWayed
this way and that, spinning
around in a series Of crazy cir
Cles. No sound came from the
Straining bodies except Allan S
gasping breath and an occasional
grunt, with a japanese accent, as
one of his desperate lunges con
nected with some vital spot i'm an
enemy.S anatomy.
His aim was 90 break loose
for just the one instant he need
ed TO get out his automatic. He
could not do il. He was fight
ing EARNED octopus, and
every time he broke the cling
ing grip OF A single tentacle,
two others replaced il.
BY sheer weight and brute
force, he rushed the sextet
through the clump of pines and
to the edge Of the steep decliv-
ity. A moment the twisting
group teetered on the brink; an
other saw them over il and pin
wheeling down the sharp in
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Elected, must have its own dy-
namOs. He was noticing such
details - noticing everything
and storing it in his memory
against a time such data might
be useful. He was down but not
yet out; his mind was active
and fighting even if his body
was helpless.
He was standing in front Of
flat-top mahogany desk, the
EuraSian on one side Of him, a
guard on the other. The rest
OF the capture party, he sup
posed, must have dropped out
somewhere en- route. Two mid
dle-aged Japanese were seated
IN chairs behind the Gesk, one
of them in a ,Well-Cut uniform.
It was he who came briskly to
the matter in hand, speaking
good Spanish in a high pitched
voice.
You are Senior Allan Steele?
American? Here to photograph
the Peninsula for magazine?
Allan inclined his head TO each
query, though they ere more
statements of fact than ques-
tons. Il am Colonel Watanabc,
Of the japanese Army. This Is
my colleague, DR.. lshIzuka, of
the Tokyo Academy of Sci
enCe
Allan bowed The pair rose
as one. man and bowed back,
Il regret, Senior Steele, went
on Watanabe, that your en-
thuSiaSm for tograph by
should have led you to a hill
top from which you were OBJ
serving our little settlement
through a pair of field glasses. ~
The Offending glasses we're on
the desk before him, together
with Allan.s autom attic / fur
ther regret, senior, that you
thereby intruded on privacy
we deem essential % our safe
ty.' Watanabe paused as If to
give m p h { s 5 to his next
words. The penalty for your
iransgrcsSIon, senior, is--death,
(To BE Continued
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SENTENCED.

CHAPTER X

No side-Winder ever struck
faster than Allan Steele. He
pivoted in his own length on the
ground and came TO his feet in
the same swift movement. His
forward leap and an upward
thrust of his powerful left arm
knocked aside the barrel of the
menacing rifle. 1t exploded
harmlessly He swung a hay
maker with his right which
would have torn the East In
dams head from his shoulders
if it had found the mark.
Probably the fellow was un-
prepared for any resistance at
all, let alone counter attack so
dynamic. Perhaps his orders
were not to shoot unless neces-
sary. He gave ground almost
automatically, and gave It bare
ly in time TO escape the looping
fist which buzzed by his nose.
He shouted something in Japan
csc, then went spinning into
patch of cactus as Allan's left
reached his jaw i'm an uppercut
full of authority.
II the japanese words were
command to close in, his six yell
low henchmen had not waited
for it. They rushed forward
at Allan's first movement. One
of them trlpped over the Eura-
slams rifle, another was knock
ed sprawling by the Eurasian
himself in flight, a third folded
up with grunt and went 10
earth as Allan's knee drove his
stomach against his spine and
plastered il there.
But still there were three of
the formidable Orientals left
They bored in, grim, silent, pur-
poseful. Two ieaped for AL
lan's arms, caught them and