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Montana labor news., 1944-08-03

to cooperate, so far as such cooperation
was possible.
The difficulty with fabricating copper
in Montana is in no small part due to
the lack of a supply of scrap copper
and of a certain type Of skilled labor
The manufacture of steel from ores in
the Little Belt mountains is not pos
sible because the deposit Of ore does not
Justify the installation of furnaces and
steel mills of sufficient size to make it
possible for them to compete with larger
steel units. Similar conditions surround
ed the marketing of products from the
kaolin CLAWS. The matter Of freight
rates was taken up with the railroads
and in every case we were told that if
we could work out practical plans to
develop any of these industries, all CO.
operation possible would be given by the
railroads in making freight rates that
would move the tonnage. 1t is obvious
that the establishing of a steel industry
and the resulting tonnage would be very
helpful to the earnings Of the railroads.
This long letter may tire you and you
may wonder why I have written it.
would like to present this side of the
case for Montana in the hope that by
bringing it to your attention you may
be inclined to feel as 1 do, that it is
in the interests Of all concerned, man
agement and labor, to do constructive
thinking ana writing rather than to
present aspects of our economy in Mon
tana which may embitter any class Of
citizens. In other words, to try to build
rather than to tear down.
With kind regards, remain
Yours very truly,
@. r. AIcCLAVE, President.
Montana labor news., 1944-08-03

CHICAGO - FP) - Expressing "emi-
nent satisfaction" over the choice OF
Sen. Harry s. Truman as President
Roosevelts running mate CIO President
Philip Murray and Chairman sidney
Hillman of the QUO Political Action
Committee declared that labor is deeply
conscious of the fact that liberal ele-
ments within the Democratic party have
made splendid progress in the Demo-
cre tic national convention
Montana labor news., 1944-08-03
Baseball

The baseball season now is here, the
time that is so very dear.
We whoop er up and raise the deuce, we
could not do much less of course,
When Shorty makes a nice home run
and Lefty walks EN- just for fun
And Skinny steals a base or two-the
tally shows up four to two
In favor of our own home bunch, tell
you it's a mortal cinch
For our big husky boys in gray; 1t looks
Just like a walk-away
one more inning, just one to go, two
good men on bases and so
NOW shortys at the bat and that viii
leave the other birds quite flat
Shorty knocks a real hum-dlnger, anc
our husky boys are winner
Minnie R. Smith.
INVEST IN VICTORY-lO PERCENT
OF PAY IN WAR BONDS TODAY
Montana labor news., 1944-08-03
Let's Have a Compensation
Law That's Compensate

Repeal Sections 1888 and 1852.
The procuring Of hospital ticket, re-
porting at hospital or to doctor, should
be sufficient knowledge and notification
of injury, and tantamount to that OF
filing a claim for compensation.
In cases of death or permanent total
disability the statute of limitations, Sec
ton 2899, should not apply. Where
statute of limitation is in effect time
confined to or in hospital, to or in
home or under doctors care not to
apply.
ART WILLIAMS.
Montana labor news., 1944-08-03
OPEN F0RU M
Flour Mills President
Takes Issue With
Montana Labor News
MONTANA FLOUR MILLS COMPANY
General Offices
Great Falls, Montana
Auonet 1QA4


General Offices
Great Falls, Montana
August l, 1914
Montana Labor News
note your editorial in issue of July
9th referring to Dr.. Renne's article
recently appearing in the Montana
Standard. have not seen the article
and so cannot intelhgently comment
upon it, but am sorry to see you ex-
press yourself as indicated by the tenor
of the editorial for the reason that I
think you reason from a false premise.
have lived in Montana for period
of as years, 40 years of which I have
been in business. We have come
through the vicissitudes of that period
successfully as have many other ranch
ers and businessmen. think the rea-
son the population Of Montana has dim
inished is due to influence other than
exploitation. Primarily the uncertainty
of crop conditions has been important.
During the years when the dry land
farming first gained momentum, men
inexperienced in farming and stock
raising came into the state to homestead
They endeavored to derive a living
from too small an acreage and the cost
of establishing themselves involved
them in debt. and when the dry period
Of 19l7-l8-l9 came on they naturally
became discouraged and left the state
Those conditions so impressed the di-
rectors Of this company that we pur-
chased a flour mill in Cleveland, Ohio
to have one location where We would be
sure Of a wheat supply in any year.
This year precipitation in Lewistowr
was u inches during the month Of June
During the crop year 1918-19 precipita-
ton in general in central Montana was
between and Z inches during the
whole year. Montana has raised 81
million bushels Of wheat in a singl'
year In the drouth year in question
production dropped to million bushels
Of wheat of inferior quality. The reasor
that Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Colo
RADIO have experienced a more steady
growth in population than Montana il
due to the larger acreage of irrigated
land. The Bureau Of Reclamation ha
recently issued a map showing the lrri
gated and non-irrigated crop acreage
which is shown as follows
Montana labor news., 1944-08-03
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pArRoNIzE OUR ADVERTISERS,
Montana labor news., 1944-08-03

Concerning the electric power rates,
may 1 say that this company pays the
published tariff rates to drive our flour
mills in Montana, and our power costs
in Montana are lower than correspond
ing power costs at our mill in Cleveland
Ohio, where we also use electric power
Montana is a long way from all con-
suming markets for agricultural prod
ucts and for all manufactured products.
1t takes from 10 days to weeks longer
for our products to reach consuming
bakers in eastern states or on the Pa
cific Coast than from mills located at
terminals. This disadvantage has al
ways been difficult to overcome. 1 was
president Of Montanans, Inc, for two
years during which period 1 made a
conscientious effort to develop manufac-
turing in Montana. I explored the pos
sibility of fabricating copper here, OF
trying to develop possibilities of iron
deposits near Stanford, of the kaolin de-
posits in the Moccasin mountains near
dewistown. In every case there were
obstacles TO such development which
were impossible to overcome and these
we're in no part due TO unwillingness oil
the power company or Of the railroads
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-21
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Christmas 1914

The traditional greeting is Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year"
But this year there are few people who feel merry
and no one is really happy There are few homes
throughout this nation where chair at the Christ
mas dinner table will be filled Almost every home is
broken by away in service or in war work
Our men are fighting and dying in Europe and the
Pacific Good strong red American blood is being split
throughout the world fighting the German and the Jap
when Allied troops victorious the fighting does
not always stop. Witness Europe torn by bloody civil
strife the plight of Greece fight America can
find heart in for we have always been friends to the
Greeks.
In Allied political councils there is mutual conf
dence Stain, Churchill and Roosevelt ttular heads
of their respective nations and virtual dictators with u
limited powers yet there is present strong bind
ing trust identical detectives and ideals. Our fight
ing cannot help but suffer from the differences in
political leadership.
We find that contrary to prediction campaign
propaganda not well prepared in the way OF
munitions have been led to believe. We cannot in
our hearts trust fully administration which has play
ed politics with the lives of our fighting men.
The future is indeed dark and we can find no reason
to be this Christmas to look forward to happy
New Year.
The only ray of hope we see in these dark days
is contained in the story of the birth of the Christ Child
Perhaps five could go back to that lowly stable in
spirit we can find the true meaning OF Christmas we
need to be humble little children 1t seems that in this
strfe-torn world God has forgotten and cannot
truthfuly blame him.
We have become too arrogant and independent too
greedy for money and power. We have forgotten the
Godfearng virtues of honest hard toll and thrift and
innate honesty and become seekers the easy way we
have become too smart trying to make Gods world
to selfish pattern We have in fact forgotten
God in efforts to make over the pattern OF our peo
pies lives from the cradle to the grave according TO
the New Deal pattern.
What need this Christmas is more of the oldest
deal in the world the and genuine happiness
that comes from being unselfish and helping others
for only in that way we become humble enough to
commune with God. And need God more desperately
now than we have needed him since the world be-
gan.
Hazel BrannOn
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-21

A town ought to be big enough so
that a man can say good morning or
Merry Christmas to those he meets on
the streets. and big enough so that he
can stop to talk with a friend if he
chooses, without being jostled on the
sidewalk. A town ought to be big enough
so that everyone will rejoice when a
new baby is born, or when good fortune
or victory comes to anyone who lives
there. and big enough so that when a
funeral procession goes by there will
be people who ask who has passed on.
A town ought to be big enough so that
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-21

Are there in your community some
who feel that Christmas is just another
day or that it has lost its meaning or
that there must be no observance be-
cause of sadness? If so, won't you and
your club members try to help them
feel that the real meaning of Christmas
still lives-that it is time of good
will, fellowship, and reverence in mem
DRY of the birth of Christ. 1t is a time
Of sharing-not of burdensome giving
and unnecessary work and entertaining
Just simple sharing of the joys, yes
and sorrows, sharing of homes and
simple hospitality. These things are the
real Christmas Spirit.
Plan Your Work
Even the simplest Christmas dinner
must come up to the best nthe family's
tradition of cooking and serving. And
all this goes back to the planning be-
hind the meal.
A written menu as safety-first
measure assures the right balance of
food values, harmony in the color
scheme, contrast in texture of the vege-
tables, and one of those last minute
scurries because something was forgot
ten. A detailed work schedule helps to
dovetal all the different preparations
for meal. Clock-work at the last min
ute gets everything on the table at the
same time.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-21
Planning Hints

If you have a hard time getting din
ner ready with so much else to do on
Christmas morning, you can prepare
some of the food the day before, and
have others all ready to mix together.
For example, there's time saved if you
have your turkey or chicken all ready
to stuff-cleaned and drawn with the
pin feathers out. And you can make the
stuffing in jiffy if you have the bread
crumbs ready and the celery chopped
Put the stuffing in hot so the bird will
cook more quickly. Of course, you can
have the bird completely stuffed the
day before, but then you must put the
stuffing in cold and keep the bird cold
overnight.
Salau materials washed and crisping
also save time. If the bird fills the
oven, choose vegetables that can be
cooked on top of the stove. Irish pota-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-21

toes mashed with rich milk and butter
some green vegetables all washed and
ready to cook, carrots, snap beans.
onions, cauliflower, cabbage. turnip,
are all easy to prepare If you're having
creamed vegetable, remember that
you'll have to use one burner to make
the sauce. Mince pie or plum pudding
are good desserts because you can make
them ahead of time, and simply reheat
them while the first part of the meal
is being served. Or you might want to
try something bit different and serve
Mincemeat Upside Down Cake this
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CONTINUED on page five)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-21
Hazel Brannon.

When a place gets so small that the
trees have to be cut down and only
stone and brick and concrete and steel
are allowed, little beauty remains ex-
cept that which is artificial and i'm
prisoned.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-21

Christmas in New York City this
year is apparently brighter than the
last one. This is not brightness OF
optimism but because more lights are
burning along the streets of the town.
Where last season shop windows we're
dark or camouflaged. this year they
CLEAN with electric brilliance fit for
peacetime. Dazzling designs have APP
peared in Tire big store windows of 9Th
Avenue, portraying the Yuletide in
artistic and expensive motif. Radio City
has the usual huge Christmas tree and
Mays advertise their annual toy carni-
val which is children's Broadway
show in itself. Although the mayor is
having trouble with the butcher shops
everyone predicts ample dinners for
Christmas, especially for the service
men. Newspapers and radio stations are
planning their holiday obsesvances a
long the lines of tribute to our fighting
forces, but Santa Claus is still the lead
ing man in the metropolitan presenta-
tion of Noel.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-21

person can have as many friends as
he deserves to have, big enough for
laughter to be heard and for a smile to
be seen. hope that all the towns of
the people who read this column are
big enough in these ways. New York is
big-but in another and more material
way.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-21
So This Is New York
BY North Callahan

Merry Christmas to lot Of us means
snowy fields around familiar house
tucked in by sheltering trees, with
smoke waiting upward from a honey
chimney above cheerful, lighted win
dows. It means the whole family gather
cd near a cracking fireplace, and the
merriment springing from coy feel
ing of happy security. This is an old
fashioned Christmas. Even in peace
times it exists mostly in our minds or
memories or on Christmas cards. But
how different is this years Christmas
The family circle will be broken and
many of those absent will observe the
Holy Day in a fox hole. Therefore 1t
is well to keep in mind that the reason
they are over there is to keep our
Christmas like we want it; and the
least we can do is to make things as
cheerful for taem as possible.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-21

A big battleship gun Is pointing
ominously at New Workers who pass a.
long 9Th Avenue. 1t was taken from the
ship and placed in front of a war bond
booth at 4Sth Street to bring sharply to
the attention of passers-by the urgency
of purchasing bonds. Although the am
munition of the 16-inch giant is now
psychological, from the reports of those
in charge, the big fellow is getting re-
suits nevertheless in shocking many
recalcitrant persons into buying more
bonds on the spot. A kind of gigantic
holdup, one might say. The other day
saw an example of the proverbial
busman's holiday when my eyes met a
bunch of visiting sailors clustered a
round the gun, examining it as if it
were something they had never seen
the likes Of before.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-21

A town ought to be big enough, it
says, for friendly dog to run with
out leash. When every dog must be
place is too small. A town ought to be
tied to the end of a string and none
but his owner knows his name, then the
big enough so that green yard can
be around every house. When there are
no yards where children can play, where
a man and woman cannot plant rose
bush and set their feet upon the natural
earth, too little room is available for
people to live as normal human beings
should. A town ought to be big enough
SO that rows of trees can line the streets
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-21

According to the magazine. Pathfind-
That is, just big enough to be ideal.
The examples of this are interesting
and begin by stating that town ought
to be big enough so that a farmer can
find a plate to park his car on Christ
mas or any other time. Unless farmers
and their wives can bring in the new
wealth out of the soil and take home
the goods the new wealth earns, there
can't be many towns.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-21

Florenz Ziegfeld would be pleased if
he could see his old theater today. Billy
Rose, who won't deny that he likes to
think of himself sometimes as success
sor to the great, colorful figure of
Broadway, has taken over the Ziegfeld
Theater at 9th Avenue and Saith Street
and done it up like a Christmas tree.
Not being satisfied at merely remodel
ing the house, Rose has produced a big
show in it. the dramatic vehicle being
named the "Seven Lively Arts. Not to
have any smalltime stuff, he has pro-
cured the services of the one and only
Beatrice Lille from England to star in
it. Needless to say, the whole procedure
is holiday hit.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-12-21

Continued on page five)
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-09
THE NOME NUGGET

dollars worth of government owned factory buildings.
 There is a common-senSe way to solve all these problems and still not gum-up the workings of open competition. After the war the government should not CD hold back money due on war contracts until the last rivet is checked, @ leave government owned tools and equipment in the plants to hinder immediate reconversion, (3 glut markets with cast-off goods nor start projects" to plague legitimate business,
 Simple and vital as all these matters sound, they still can get begged down in the marshes of bureaucracy. There should be a fixed policy to prevent it. Only Congress can make certain that the first necessary steps are ta- ken to give America victory in peace.
 Will American workers be job less when peace comes? Must American farmers expct their selling to cease when firing ceas- es? Neither is necessary. think Congress ought to take action now, before a crisis arises, so that an unmistakable policy may exist to be enforced.
 Most of us will be glad when we don't have to hear so much about billions but I, for one, hope to remain on handshaking terms with an occasional $10 bill. Ii the right things are done now we all may.
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-09
LOOKING AHEAD
" GEORGE $. BENSON
ReSiaeHfsKahalxg EoHeye N SearcE 4rkaHsas

In these days when money is talked about in astronomical fi- gures, a $10 bill still looks pretty good to most of us. It means something at once in terms of food or clothing or other things we want to buy But billions are beyond most people; just some thing super-big that the govern ment deals in.
 Did you ever wonder how much larger billion dollars is than a million? It takes just as many millions to make a billion as 1t does pennies to make $10 bill. Or figure it this way:
 When our government debt be- comes 359 billion dollars, as Sen ator Byrd says it will, we can di- vide the amount by Americas 135 million population and find that the debt exceeds $2,500 for every person living in the United States; $10,O00 per family of four. Then we begin to see what this war means in money; why we should work as well as pray to bring it to an end.
 IT IS NOT
 IMPOSSIBLE
 But, big as this debt will be,
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-09
AIkLiNES PLANE WRECKS ON
 WAY TO NOME

Last Wednesday, an Alaska Airlines plane, Lockheed Vega, piloted by Gordon Mackenzie, enroute from Anchorage to Nome, was forced down by engine fail ure on the Rhon river near Fair well. where the pilot and his four passengers barely escaped with their lives. At 5000 feet the motor "conked out'' and Mac" looked for a soft spot to let his plane down
 A small island in the river, covered with low brush, was the spot. In landing, the landing gear was torn off and the plane skid ded on its belly, finally swerv- ing on it's side and cracking open.
 The pilot crawled out of his flaming hatch and ran to the riv- CT to put out the fire which was burning his clothing.
 The four passengers, Alvin Po- let, Nome manager for the com- pany; Miss Beverly Morgan, daughter of It. Stanley R. Mor- gan, officer in charge of ACS at Nome; John Berry, new Chief of Police of Nome, and an army officer, all got out of the burning plane with minor injuries, but lost all of their personal belong ings and freight.
 The five persons on the little island were spotted by Jim Hearst, passing pilot, who mo- tified the Anchorage radio, and an army rescue squad was sent to the location.
 A rubber pontoon was used to take the survivors across the ri- yer, from where they had to walk five miles to the point where a plane was waiting to take them to Anchorage.
 Manager Alvin Polet said, q have nothing but praise and ad- miration for the way Mackenzie handled the situation, and the spirit and endurance of my fellow 
 MT. Polet and Miss Beberly
The Nome nugget., 1944-08-09
PAGE FIVE

of Nome, paid us visit yesterday having flown in from Anchorage with Jack Jefford, in the CAA transport. Bob is now living in Anchorage, where he is employed as a chief dispatcher at the air port.