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revealed that women constitut-
ed As per cent of the states
population, Al per cent of the
registered voters and that 81
per cent of the registered wo-
men voted, compared with IS
per cent of registered men yot-
ing. She believed that through
the vote women could compel
their representatives in congress
to work out a peaceful means
of settling disputes among ma
tions.
las president of the Business
and Professional Women's club
and later as international re-
lations chairman Of the group,
Sine carried further her cam
paign for greater intelligence in
international affairs.
She became a member of
several national committees for
education in world peace and 10
years ago was appointed a mem
Der of Eleanor RooSevelt'S COM
mlttee for mobilization for hu-
man needs. She was executive
secretary for the Tristate AS
ISOLATION for World Peace and
editor and publisher of The
Pathway, a monthly publica-
ton on international affairs
that circulated throughout the
! Northwest.
! Mrs. Bowman is the author
OF the Peace Primer a text
book for school children which
mas been used as a reference
book in school IN all parts OF
the world. She is also the
author of International Threads
a book on the economics Of
peace for study among the
farmers unions.
There is probobly no one il
this country today who has moi
deplored war. But few have
actually pushed toward worlc
peace with the tireless energy
and SelfleSs devotion that mark.
' ed Ruth BoWman's effort *
Dllng about peace in the world
In her passing the state mourn.
u2e loss of a soul with wisdom
and vision. For the example
and inspiration she Left us, Mon.
Jana owes a debt of gratitude
and a will to carry on Wha1
She so CALAMITY started"
Funeral services for Mrs
BoWman were held at The
chapel of the Roses in Helene
at Z pm: the Saturday folloWr.le
her death. Commitment service,
were held at the grave in Har.
oln The Rev. A. Muskett of.
1lclated. and pail bearers were
5loyd Carper, A. c.. Sweeney
r. M. Llpp, R. P. Ross, Frank
>. Morr1Son and Carl Rankin.
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RECEPTION FOR
HARDIN TEACHERS

An informal tea for the Har-
din teachers was held at the
Congregational church parlors
Saturday afternoon, Sept. 30
The tea was given by he Business
and Professional Women's club.
The parlors were decorated with
fall flowers.
Mrs. Grace Dillon and Mrs.
Mary Mcintyre presided at the
tea tables. Mrs. Hazel Christ
Jansen, Miss Anna Ray and Miss
Helen Chishalm were on the re-
ception committee. Those who
served were Mrs. Ursula Zelka,
Miss Dorothy Donegan and Miss
Neva Fly.
The following musical program
was presented by girls of the
junior and senior high school,
under the direction of Miss
Ethel Schuster:
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Kirby Kernels

Frank Markham Randall Is
home on furlough from the
Army Air corps and will help
| with the harvest at the ranch.
Miss Lillian Millspaugh is a
| first grader at the Big Bend
school. as is Linda ferguson.
Mrs. Dom Davies gave a
birthday party for ner two lit
tie daughters, Maria and Ann.
| who celebrated their second and
third birthdays Tuesday. Those
| present were Debbie HoSford.
Billy Stewart, Helen Ferguson.
Sandra and Robert Johnson.
Gwendolyn Penson. To m y
Owens. Bruce and Mary Collins
and Winthrop Sargent.
The SargentS will make their
home at the Rosebud Mountain
ranch this winter.
The Aldersons and Moodys
are shipping STOCK this week
end.
MI. and Mrs. William v. John
son were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Adam Anderson on
Spring creek Tuesday evening
and they spent the night there.
Willis B. Spear, Jr.. Torrey B..
Johnson and Richard Hosford
shipped their beef to Omaha
and were on the market last
Monday receiving fair prices.
Mr.. Spear returned home Friday.
MI. and Mrs. frank Takes the
Gun of Crow Agency were call
ing on friends on Corral creek
one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Torrey B. john
son and children visited in
Story and Sheridan, Wyo., two
days last week.
1t. Phyllis johnson reports
that she is in New Guinea and
requests two pounds of NIB.
coffee for Christmas.
T/Sgt. Charles Helvey spent
some time visiting in Sheridan
this past week with friends.
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THE HARDIN TRIBUNE HERALD

Rtports from various committees
were read.
The Federation program for
the year, Toward Victory and
Beyond, was presented by Mrs.
Grace Dillon, program coordin-
alton chairman. This is a pro-
gram for action for women who
work. During the course of the
year speakers will address the
club and members will partici-
pate in round table discussion of
timely topics.
Dorothy Donegan was appoint
ed chairman of the committee
to conduct a rummage sale.
Mary Agnes Zelka entertained
the club with several musical
selection.
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"Our CoYntry's Flag" and "A
Prayer" was sung by the eighth
grade girls chorus.
woodland Dance" by Cobb
played by a woodwind trio, Ro-
ann Preson, Lorelei Ann Lam.
mers and Joann hammers.
"Sanctus" by Franz Schubert
and Highways and Byways" by
John Vanderbilt were sung by
Mary Agnes Zelka, Mary Riebeth
Roam Preston, Mary Ann Koeb-
be, Jane Jackson, Mary Francis
Cable and Sonia Jacobson.
Tits serenade "Nocturne", a
solo by Roam Preston.
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PAYS TRIBUTE TO
MRS. E. BOWMAN

A tribute to Mrs. E. K. Bow
man. former Hardin resident.
who died at her home in Hell
ena on Sept. 81 after a linger-
illness, was published last week
in the Montana Record-Herald.
The article which was writ
ten by Mrs. Belle FHgelman
Wrnestine, wel-known Helena
matron, reads as follows:
That Mrs. Bowman's peace
efforts were not successful is
no diScredit to her. Many fam
Gus men and women have tried
to bring peace to the world and
failed. In the efforts of each,
however, peace has been brought
Gne step nearer to reality.
Marcia Ruth Scofield Bow
man was the eldest daughter of
Jessie w. Scofield and Hattie
DeWell Scofield of Lincoln. Neb.
She graduated from the Lincoln
Neb., high school and the Uni
versity of Nebraska and came
to Montana in 1907 when the
Grow reservation was opened to
white settlers. Here she and her
lluSband. E. K. Bowman. chair
man of the state board of hail
insurance, staked out a home
stead at Hardin and not only
raised their crops but built AND
taught a school for the young
folks of the community.
Ten years later the Bowman
moved to Helena where theil
five children grew up and grad
uated from Helena high Schoo
and went to college. But keep
ing a house and raising a fam
lily of children was only on
side of being a mother, Rutl
Bowman believed. She had livet
through World War I and wa;
indignant t:lat children of tn,
world would be raised and edu
Gated only to participate in
major human slaughter ever!
70 years. She began doing he
part to prevent tine next war.
She interested her famil,
and neighbors in the possibili'
ties of world peace and organic
ed study groups to promote al
intelligent understanding of in
lernatlonal relations and econo'
mics. People must not only in
form themselves on world at
fairs if they are to arrange fol
| peace, she believed. but they
, must be able to carry the mes.
sage to others.
With a small group of Hell.
ena women, Mrs. Bowman Or
ganized the round table tx
teach women to express them.
selves clearly and concisely ir
public. She became president o.
the Jefferson Parent Teaches
circle and brought before thu
group tine importance Of -theil
own responsibilities In helping
prevent the next war.
She was active in the League
of Women Voters, serving q,
state president for two term
during which sne made
county by-county survey OF thu
voting habits of Montana citt'
zens. The survey. made in 1929
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DINNER BRIDGE

Mrs. A. w. F. Koch and Mrs
Ralph Peck entertained at a
dinner bridge on Monday even
ing at the Koch home. Guests
were Mrs. Carl Rankin, Mrs. L
R. Cool, Mrs. A. Buzzetti, Mrs
R. P. Ross, Mrs. L. H. Labbitt
Mrs. C. S. Elder, Mrs. S. A. Yer
ey, Mrs. J. E. Conver, Mrs. E. L
Kelley, Mrs. w. ]. Brekke, Mrs
F. S. Morrison, Mrs. o. E. Ander-
son, Mrs. j. A. Putnam, Mrs. R
B. Saunders, Mrs. J. ]. Ping and
Mrs. L. S. McAlliSter.
Honors for the evening went
to Mrs. Cool and Mrs. Yergey.
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HONORED ON

DR.. and Mrs. J. w. Schubert
entertained on Saturday evening
honoring Hollis M. johnson, on
his birthday. The evening was
spent playing cards and honors
went to Mrs. Johnson and Err
win Schnad. Mrs. Jack Helmann
received travel.
Guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Err
win Schnad Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Helmann, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Traphagen, Mrs. Johnson and
the guest of honor.
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Mrs. David Mann was hostess
to several friends at her home
on Friday evening, and honored
Mrs. Charles Sweeney on her
birthday. Those present were
Mrs. Art Durtsche, Mrs. Ray
Buzzetti, Mrs. Gerald Shines and
Mrs. Maynard SarieS.
The guests honored Mrs. Mann
at a house warming the same
evening.
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BIRTHDAY DINNER

Chase Lawrence and RATHER
inc Lawrence were honored on
their birthdays Sunday at a din
ner at the Chase Lawrence
home. Those present were Mr..
and Mrs. John Lawrence and son
Buddy. Ed Lawrence, Nellie
Clark. Ernestine Davis and Dor
othy Lawrence.
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Survivors include her hus-
band. E. K. Bowman Of Helena;
three sons. 1t. E. H. Bowman of
the army engineers; T/Sgt.
Lawrence S. of the signal corps,
and Fred M. Bowman of Astoria,
N. Y; two daughters. Mrs. A.
w. Goers of San Carlos, Calf,
and Miss Charlotte Ruth Bow
man of San Francisco; and two
sisters. Mrs. John Bennett and
Mrs. Grace Garrison of Hardin.
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NOBLE GRAND

Members Of the Rebekah
Past Noble Grand club met at the
home of Mrs. Flora Roush on
Wednesday afternoon. Following
the regular business meeting
games were played and refresh
mentS were served.
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SPECIAL FEATURES

Several special features are
promised at a stated meeting of
Jasmine Chapter No. IS, o. E. S.
to be held Thursday, Oct. 6.
where We Got Our Colors" will
be interesting to all members of
the Order.
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RAINBOWS MEET

The Hardin Assembly No. 80
Order of Rainbow for Girls held
its regular meeting Tuesday ev-
ening.
Initiation of three candidates
was the principal business. A
ceremony, The Light of Faith"
was enjoyed by those present. A
social hour followed the meeting.
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P. A. P. CLUB MEETS

The first meeting of the P. A.
P. club was held at the home of
Mss Bonnie Bell Friday evening.
Guests were Kay Rogers, Betty
and Beverly Rhinehart, Helen
Huntington, Clara Pitsch, Lois
Cass. Dorothy Pitsch, Harriet
Scally and Donna Cochran.
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PINOCHLE CLUB

Mrs. Ira Smith was hostess to
the members of the Pinochle
club at her home Tuesday after
noon. HonorS went to Mrs. Cor
don Swaby, Mrs. Charles Miller
and Mrs. Charles Peck.
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BUSINESS WOMEN MEETa.

The Business and Professional
Women's club met at the home
of Mrs. Ursula Zelka on Tuesday
evening with Eva Gable as CO.
hostess.
Mrs. Hazel Christensen, presi-
dent, conducted the meeting.
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NEIGHBORS OF WOODCRAFT

Members of the Neighbors of
Woodcraft lodge held their reg
ular business meeting on Mon
day evening. Mrs. Hattie Larson
and Mrs. Melvin Harris were
hostesses.
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P. E. o. MEETS

Mrs. David Mann and Mrs. w.
J. Brekke were hostesses to the
first fall meeting of the PEG.
at the home Of Mrs. Mann. Miss
Sigma Dahl had charge Of the
program.
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THINMBLE CLUB

The Rebekah Thimble club
held its regular business meet
ing at the Masonic temple on
Friday. Hostesses were Mrs. Bert
Slater and Mrs. Frank Kfncaid.
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CIRCLE TO MEET

Members of the Congregation
al Ladies Circle will hold their
regular business meeting Thurs
day. Oct: II. There will be an
opportunity table at this meet
ing.
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The Hardin Tribune Herald
has rolls of two inch brown gum
med paper for sealing packages
and boxes,
The midland journal., 1944-06-02

west, and New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and New York on the east. Three
and one-haH million acres are con-
sidered desirable for shelter belts"
The soil conservation district pro-
gram, under which the farmers
themselves decide what lands are
suitable for woodlands, today offers
practical opportunity for giving
the Du Pont process q real tryout.
BY means Of the process, wood
can be made for the manufacture Of
doors, windows and drawers that
will not swell and stick, or contract
and become loose. Wood can be
made strong enough to substitute
for even steel in certain machinery
parts. In a few days woods harder
than ebony, which take century to
grow, can be made at small
expense. ~ sgss s''''s's'@,-~
Poplar becomes harder than hard
maple, which in turn can be made
The midland journal., 1944-06-02

Treated wood doesn't swell while
wet, or shrink when dry. In this
test, two dowels Of exactly the same
diameter were fitted with brass
rings that would Just slip OF. Then
the dowels were soaked for about
"a hours. IL was found that the
ring ON the treated dowel would slip
OF as easily as before, but the un-
treated dowel was so swollen that
the ring could mot be removed.
cover to the soil that will conserve
rainfall and lessen the danger of
floods.
The scientists who perfected this
process say there are in the United
States some fifty species Of tree now
used for industrial purposes, and
nearly 1000 types for which no prac-
teal use has been found, largely be-
cause Of their softness. With this new
magic applied to the very soft
woods, all can now be added to the
resources which will help to make
q victorious postwar America some
thing like the dream which the tech
nicians have envisaged.
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Chemists Strengthen Low Grade Lumber,
Promise Profitable New Field for Farmers

sary vacuum and pressure In which
the wood is placed. A steam jet
ejector Is an effective, simple means
Of producing the vacuum. The cham
ber should be equipped with pres
sure door or removable head, and
with a source of vacuum and OK
pressure. A tank for preparing the
solution, an auxiliary overflow tank,
and means for drying the wood are
also needed. Mild steel equipment
may be used. as,ssassSas ,ss sssssrsA~.
The chemicals are no more cor.
rosive than water, and are neither
fammable nor poisonous. To pre-
vent rusting, it is desirable to apply
q waterproof finish to the exposed
surfaces Of the equipment. This type
Of equipment could be set up and
operated In almost any lumber
handling concern throughout the
country. 'sAsabs.-.sD-'
A chemical change takes place In
the actual fibers Of the wood under
treatment. Methylolurea in solution
enters the wood structure. In the
course OF drying it gradually reacts
with itself and with the components
Of the wood, first to form insoluble
but fusible products. Given sufficient
time or heat, the reaction is CONF
pleted and an infusible product re-
suits. II the wood Is subjected to
sufficient heat and pressure while
the resin Is still in the fusible stage,
the resin will melt, flow and allow
the wood to compress. This treat
ment converts the resin to the final
infusible form, maintaining the wood
The midland journal., 1944-06-02

in the dimension resulting from the
press.
Thus, treated wood may be COM
pressed to produce a stable, ex.
tremely hard, dense product with o
consolidated closed surface requir-
ing no filing, sanding or polishing.
It Is possible to apply moderate
pressures sufficient to compress and
consolidate only the surface or outer
zone of the treated wood to produce
a hard finish. II polished or em-
bossed platens are used, these
finishes can be reproduced on the
surface of the wood. AS far as is
now known, the treatment does not
have any adverse effect on the
gluing and finishing characteristics
of the wood. Flame resistance is
improved, and the wood is also more
resistant to fungi, rot and pest in
festation.
But from experiments made in Du
Pont laboratories, 1t appears certain
that process has been developed
which will give new value to the
trees standing on every farm wood
lot. That should give an impetus to
reforestation of many marginal
farms, bringing back a woodland
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AAG4 ACx kA0AA tlAG AA0AA ACSS bAORASSA4
woods. The compressive strength Of
wood is SO increased, and other
properties impaired, that in fact a
new material is created, which can
be called TRANSMITTED wood. By
this pSocess, near-at-hand species
of woods that grow on your own
woodlot can be made as useful as
the costlier, scarcer varieties, many
of which are imported from distant
lands.
Won't Warp or Shrink.
Furniture made from the trans
muted wood can be shipped through
out the world to humid tropics or
dry areas with assurance that it will
not warp, swell or shrink. A built-in
finish is impaired so that scratches
may be removed by simply smooth
ing and rubbing. BY mixing dyes
with the inpregnating chemicals,
light-colored pine may be given the
color Of cherry, mahogany or
ebony; or the wood may be made
green, purple or any bright color
throughout.
Veneers sufficiently treated be-
come self-bonding, requiring no
adhesive to be formed into ply
woods, since heat and pressure fuse
the product into a hard, dense sub
stance. Even sawdust, shavings and
similar woodwastes may be moulded
into articles with dyes incorporated.
Methylolurea - pronounced meth
il-ol-urea - is compounded by add
ing urea to dimethylolurea. Both ma
terials are white and soluble in
water. They are produced from am
monia, carbon dioxide and meth
anol, which are synthesized from
coal, air and water. Urea results
from the reaction Of ammonia and
carbon dioxide. Formaldehyde,
which is derived from methanol,
condenses with urea to form
dinethylolurea.
These chemicals are being pro-
duced cheaply on a large scale, but
are under ALLEGATION by the war pro-
duction board. Small quantities for
investigation and preliminary tests,
however, can be obtained without
formal ALLEGATION. After the war
large quantities can be obtained.
The equipment required may be
quite simple. In fact, most Of the
apparatus now used in impregnating
wood with various substances, such
as creosote and fiameproofng
chemicals, can be adapted with
minor alterations.
Because Of shorter treating Pc
riods, however, smaller scale equip
ment can be used. An ingenious
mechanic who understood the prin-
ciples Of the new process could rig
up equipment from elements on
hand in most plants, the chemists
declare.
Equipment Simple.
All that is required Is chamber
capable Of withstanding the neces-
The midland journal., 1944-06-02

Top-C0mpressed treated wood
becomes very hard and dense. The
three balsa blocks i'm the picture
were all originally the same size,
but the second and third from the
left have been subjected to heavy
pressure. The thinnest, at the right,
is now harder than any known wood,
and 10 times as heavy as the origi-
nal balsa. Balsa is one Of the soft
est and lghtest woods known.
Bel0w-Remarkahle resistance Of
treated wood to warping is shown
by this test, the result Of which is
pictured. Two strips Of veneer, one
treated and one untreated, were
placed ON wet towel. The untreated
strip curled up, while the impreg-
mated remained fat.
shoes, clothes and put up buildings" !"
Mr.. Preston said, ''but also as
means Of building up wood re-
serves to create an income balance
wheel. We might call it an ever
normal woodbin. Farm forestry has
long served such purpose in Euro
pean countries.
Originally there were 913 million
acres Of forest land In this country,
but so per cent Of this was converted
into farms, and farms now occupy
fully half Of the land area of the
United States. The move now is
to reconvert much Of this cleared
land to farm woodlands.
s'On farms today, 12,500, 900 acres
mostly abandoned fields and gull
lies - are suitable only for refores-
tation. OF this large acreage, only
Is per cent is in the south. Sixty
per cent is in the central region
between Iowa and Missouri on the
The midland journal., 1944-06-02

Two pieces Of wood, one impreg-
mated with methyl0lurea and the 9TH
or untreated, were exposed to the
flame Of an alcohol burner. The
untreated wood soon took fame,
while the impregnated merely
chars.
AT right Is shown q demonstration
Of hardness. Two blocks Of wood,
one treated, the other untreated, but
otherwise exactly the same, were
squeezed with q "C'' clamp to the
same extent. Untreated wood shows
q deep depression, while treated
wood was scarcely dented.
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Treated Wood Almost
Hard as Metal.
BY BARROW LYONS
(wNU Washington Correspondent.D

The alchemy of modern chem
lstry suddenly has prepared a
new field of profit for farmers.
BY the use of relatively inexpen-
sive equipment and by the ap-
plication Of certain cheap chem
icals, ordinary soft woods can
be transformed into material OF
almost any desired hardness
and color. ~, 49,. =. u. Il; sl..-
Not only does this multiply the
uses for which wood may be used in
building and furniture manufacture,
but opens possibilities for its use
under conditions Of pressure,
humidity and moisture that formerly
only metals and plastics could
satisfy. Also, the decorative value
Of many woods can be vastly en-
hanced. And fast growing species Of
trees, use Of which was formerly
limited, can now be grown like crops
10 replace the slower growing vari-
eties.
These facts were revealed re-
Gently by DR.. J. F. T. Berliner Of
the ammonia department Of E. I. du
Pont de Nemours and company, who
recently told a group Of scientists
and writer's about the development
Of the chemical called methylolurea,
the reagent which transforms the.
inner structure of wood into new
substances.
The chemicals used in this process
cost only 3h cents to Az cents per
board foot treated, although the cost
Of equipment and labor will add to
that figure in producing the new
product. For the average veneer the
cost of chemicals used amounts to
less than two-tenths Of a cent per
square foot.
This development assumes ur-
usual significance in view Of recent
efforts Of the department. of agricul-
ture to bring about q new realiza-
ton Of the potential importance Of
the woodlot to the farmer. John r.
Preston, U. S. soil conservation
service, estimated few weeks ago
that the income to farmers from
farm woodlands could be increased
to $500, ,000, 900 a year, or more. The
discovery Of the Du Pont chemists
may considerably raise this esti-
mate.
Income from W00dlot.
Farmers are interested in wood
lands not only as sources Of income
with which to pay taxes, buy seed,
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A Cenerol Qviz



I. Which is the longest and
which the shortest coast line of the
Atlantic, the Pacific and the Gull
coast lines?
2. What prominent American
was born and died in the United
States, yet wasn't born in any
state nor did he die in any state7
8. A hexagon has six sides, an
octagon has eight sides, and q
paragon?
A. What is the difference be-
tween "fiout" and "flaunt''?
5. In what state was the Conn
stock lode, the greatest silver and
gold mine discovered? u
6. Who formulated the princi-
pies of the parachute as long ago,
as 1895? Il