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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-27
CORN HOLDS KEY
FEED SITUATION ON
FARMS IN DISTRICT
Shortage of Adequate Corn For
Winter Feeding Feared As
Drought Continues
Oats Stored In Farm Bins As
Hedge; Corn Critically In
Need of Rainfall
What will the corn do?

What will the corn do?
That is the question that farmers
thruout the Bluffton district are ask
ing and the answer to that will de-
termine the type and extent of farm
operations during the coming fall and
next winter.
Not in recent years has so much
hinged on one crop and seldom has
the outlook been so uncertain. Gener-
ally speaking, the stand thus far is
satisfactory. However, drought condi-
tions have cast serious doubts as to
what may be expected in the way of
yields next fall.
With soil moisture depleted by five
weeks of drought and the stalks ready
to "shoot ears" rainfall in relatively
large amount must come shortly if an
average crop is to be harvested this
year.
Farmers Anxious
Farmers anxiously eyeing the ma
turing stand of corn and appraising
weather prospects thus far none toe
promising for rain, freely admit that
the corn crop holds the key to the
livestock and feed situation and farm
operations for the next year will be
determined by the showing made by
the crop within the coming week.
Indications that many farmers are
anticipating reduced corn yields is
seen in the fact that practically all
oats now being harvested is going in
to farm bins as a hedge for next win
ter's feeding.
Very little oats is being offered to
elevators, and farmers who wish to
sell have no difficulty in disposing of
their crop to neighbors who want it
for feeding purposes. Altho the acre
age of oats is below pre-war years
and the yield is not up to normal, the
1914 crop is of good quality, weighing
from 80 to 81 pounds and testing
from 13 to 16 per cent moisture con-
tent.
In the meantime the answer to
whether the farm feed situation will
be critical next fall depends entirely
on the possibilities of soaking rains
in the near future for parched stands
of corn.
In Critical Stage
Farm observers point out that corn
in fields of the area now are in the
critical stage and rain must come soon
if anything near normal harvest is to
be expected.
Should the corn turn out good there
will be plenty of feed, and there is
the possibility that much of the oats
now being stored then will be market
ed. This weeks oats quotations were
around 80 cents per bushel, more than
twice the normal price, but the price
is not expected to drop even though
heavy marketing should result later.
! Present feeding also is showing the
effect of the drought, for pastures are
short and cattle marketing is much
heavier than usual. Light scattered
thundershowers the first of the week
did not materially change prospects
and brought very little relief.
Heavy rains soon can provide the
only answer to the feed shortage sit
uation, for a good corn crop must be
harvested to alleviate farmers pres.
ent worries.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-27
No1That Whistle
Blast At Noon Was
Not A Fire Alarm

A n unusually long blast of the
waterworks plant whistle at
noon Wednesday brought inquir-
les from BIuffton residents, be-
lieving it to be a fire alarm.
An explanation forthcoming
from the plant was to the effect
that a valve stuck and resulted
in the blast being considerably
longer than the short note al
ways sounded to mark the IL
o'clock noon period.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-27

Ohio poult-Vmen had their best year
out of the past 20 in 1943; but, even
then cost records show the average
margin between expense and receipts
was only $2.71 per hen on a group OF
we'll managed poultry farms. Feed
costs were S3.37 per hen.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-27
BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Grain (bushel prices) Wheat
s1.43; corn Slip; oats soc; soys
s1.86.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14
IS ELECTED
VICE PRESIDENT Of
COMMISSIONERS ASSN.

Lee Williams, Powell county COM
missioner at Deer Lodge, was elect
ed president of the Montana State
Association of County Commission
ers at that body's convention this
week in Lewistown. He had served
the past year as vice president.
G. w. Fenton of Laurel, Yellow
stone county commissioner, was
elected vice president of the asso-
citation, and B. H. McCarty of Har-
din, Big Horn county, was re-
elected secretary-treasurer. William
A. Brown, Helena attorney, was re-
elected counsellor.
The commissioners met in con-
vention Monday and the sessions
continued through Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14

Three Laurel people were honor
ed with election to district offices
at conventions here Sunday, June
4, of 10 American Legion posts and
Auxiliaries. They are Hilmar
Wage, who became commander of
Legion district No. II; R. B. Pack
ard, district adjutant, and Mrs.
Frances Tutwiler, district president
of the AuXiliaries.
The conventions were at River
side park and occupied the after
noon and evening. The closing event
for the more than $50 delegates
was a dinner that was served in
the evening at the park. The two
bodies held separate meetings in
the afternoon and joined for the
evening program. Laurel post No.
1913 and the Laurel Auxiliary were
hosts.
Posts composing the district are
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BAIRD IS ELECTED
LEGION COMMANDER
Other Officers Are Chosen BY
Laurel Post No. 1913 Al SEES
sion On June 8

Frank Baird was elected COM
mander of Laurel post 1913 of the
American Legion at the posts reg
ular meeting of June 8. He will
serve as head of the Laurel body
during the coming year.
Other officers elected were n. II.
Shay, first vice commander; d. j.
Phelan, Jr., second vice commander;
Helmar Wage, finance officer;
Craig Rothwell, adjutant; Lester
Lesher, sergeant at arms; DIR. D.
H. McCauley, service officer; j. ID.
Fellows, chaplain; S. S. Bliss, his
torian, and F. w. Graft, j. ID. Eel
lows and George Paisley, members
of the executive committee.
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MRS.. BURDETT PRESIDES
At STATE ENCAMPMENT
OF Y. F. ". AUXILIARY

Mrs. Gertrude NJ. Burdett, Mon
tana department president of the
Ladies' Auxiliary of Veterans OF
Foreign Wars, left here Wednes-
day morning for Anaconda where
she will preside at the seventeenth
annual encampment. The encamp-
ment will be in session three days,
June 16, II and IS.
During the past year as state
president, Mrs. Burdett has visited
80 of the Auxiliaries and has cov-
cred the entire state. Her travels
for that purpose have consumed
1890 miles. One of the last
points visited was Lima, where Mrs.
Burdett made an official visit last
week. Lima had not been cut off
by floods.
Mrs. Grace H. Davis of Kansas
City, Mo-, national secretary-treas-
urer, will attend the Montana en-
campment, as will Carl j. Schosen-
niger of Detroit, national command
er-in-chief of the V. F. w.
Mr.. Burdett is accompanying
Mrs. Burdett to Anaconda, and
after the Anaconda meeting they
will attend the Spanish War Vet
erans' encampment June 1921 at
Butte. Mrs. Burdett is president of
Col. Bruce Wallace Auxiliary No.
7 at Billings. She will also attend
the Rebekah assembly of l. o. o. F.
at Butte June 81 and %. She is
assistant inside guardian and will
act as inside guardian at the in
stallation of officers of the Re-
bekah assembly.
Returning home, Mr.. and Mrs.
Burdett will visit Virginia City and
Ennis.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14
RETURNS SHOW liz
OF LOAN QUOTA PAID HERE
Perry First To Sign
Name On Bomb Case,
Lobby OfLaurel Bank

C. E. Perry was the first to sign
the bomb case now on display in
the lobby of the Yellowstone bank,
a bond issuing agency of the fifth
war loan. Those who buy bonds
have the privilege of signing their
name on the empty and therefore
harmless bomb case. When the
drive is over the ease will be re-
turned to a factory for loading and
%lacquering. After that it will go
to the front.
Since Perry placed his signature
on the case, near the nose, many
others have written their names.
The entire case could be covered
with signatures of Laurel people
before the end of the drive.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14
GOAL BEYOND
TOTAL PAID IN
FOURTH DRIVE
Workers Take SOlicita-
ton To All Sources
Of Local Income

Laurel bond buyers, backing with
their money the invasion in Europe
and the war in the Pacific, opened
the fifth war loan Monday with a
showing equaling past initial per-
formances. Reported Wednesday
afternoon, sales were placed at that
time at $14,17O or about II per
cent of the quota grand total of
$128,820, the amount Laurel is to
raise in cash before the end of the
drive on Saturday, July 8.
The first three days were con-
sidered a good showing, and B. l..
Price, general chairman, said We'd
nesday: "The present showing is
equal to those of past sales and is
running along about the same"
Laurel people are reminded that
the quota here for the fifth loan
is $4,000 more than the total sales
in the fourth war loan drive, which
means that a large excess of bonds
must be sold. The present is the
stiffest assignment ever handed
Laurel and is comparable to the in
crease over the nation, which is
16 billion dollars. The money for
the individual share Of the quota
is to come from individuals, with
the corporation investments handled
as another item. The IaureI m1ota
of $128,S20 is in the individual
class.
Soliciting and selling committees
began work promptly Monday morn
ing, the first day of the drive, and
are carrying the work to all
sources of income.
No reports were available We'd
nesday on progress of the drive in
the rural districts surrounding
Laurel, which also have a larger
assignment to meet.
The Laurel figures do not include
pledges to buy before the drive
but represent money actual
ly paid in.
In the state, Cascade county led
with rs per cent of its quota,
Bow with as per cent, and
Yellowstone with 40 per cent. The
was 81 per cent Tuesday. The
Montana quota is SAL 100000. The
and state figures are fer
individuals. Reports on sales to
corporations will be made July 1.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14
LAUREL TEACHER
IS COUNTY AGENT
MauritsOn, Ag Instructor At
High School, Goes To Kalis-
pell, Flathead County

Walter Mauritson, the instructor
in the vocational agriculture depart
ment of Laurel high school during
the past two years, is nov county
agent of Flathead county. His of
flee is at Kalispell, the county seat.
The appointment was made some
time ago, and Mauritson left here
Immediately after the close oc
school to assume the duties of the
office.
He is a graduate of Montana
State College at Bozeman. Before
coming to Laurel he was with the
state fish and game commission in
a technical capacity.
He is married and has n child.
The family resided here two years.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14
1881 VOTERS ON
LISTS IN COUNTY
FOR NEXT PRIMARY

Yellowstone county has 1881
registered voters entitled to vote at
this years primary election, a check
of the recently printed lists reveals.
Delivery of the lists was made this
week by the Laurel Outlook to
George G.. Osten, county clerk and
recorder.
Laurel's three precincts, 5, 9 and
20, have 1,130 voters. In precinct
5, East Laurel, there r 373;
in No. 9, West Laurel, there are SOP,
and in No. 20, Independent, there
are 254.
The smallest precinct, No. 6 az
Pineview, has 10, while the largest,
No. A, Broadwater, Billings, has
1,190.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14
District Legion Bodies Honor Three
Laurel Members At Convention Here

Columbus, Red Lodge, Belfry, From
berg-Bridger, Broadview, Billings
Huntley Project, Hardin, Hyshan
and Laurel.
In addition to Wage of Laurel
as commander, other district Off
GERS elected by the Legion posts
were Otto Madsen of Fromberg,
vice commander; Leo Spogen of
Red Lodge, sergeant at arms, and
Vern Schwartz of Pompeys Pillar,
chaplain.
After naming Mrs. Tutwiler dis
trict president, the Auxiliaries elect
ed Mrs. Emile Bateman of Hunt
ley Project, vice president; Mrs.
Ruth Nelson of Billings, treasurer;
Mrs. Sarah Martin of Hardin, his
t%orian; Mrs. Dorothy Ragsdale Of
Columbus, chaplain, and Mrs. Dor
othy Parker of Fromberg, sergeant
at arms.
Chauncey Biffle of Helena, de-
partment commander; Herbert Kib-
Ter of Helena, department adjutant;
Gene Callahan of Helena, service
officer, and Darby MCGOWAN Of
Bozeman, vice commander, were
speakers addressing the Legion
naires.
A resolution adopted by the Leg
ion members requested the veterans
administration to consider Mont
aqua as the site of a veterans hos
pital.
The program for the Auxiliary
members consisted of the formal
opening, with Mrs. Neuman of Red
and Mrs. Kimball of Hysham
as color bearers. Mrs. Martin of
Red Lodge sang "The Star Span
gled Banner" as a solo, and the
preamble was led by Mrs. j.. T.
Amin of Columbus. A welcome
was extended by the Laurel unit
and the Broadview unit responded.
Introduction of distinguished guests
included the department president,
department committee members,
past department president, and past
district presidents. Auxiliary songs
rendered by a group compOs-
I'd of Laurel, Hardin, Huntley and
Red Lodge members. Presidents OF
he various units were introduced.
After the business meeting, spe-
,ial entertainment provided by the
laurel unit consisted of two vocal
numbers by the Laurel choral group.
There was a roll call of delegates
md addresses by the distinguished
Mrs. NJ. j. Wilcox gave two
'eadings. Committees made re-
,orts, followed by election of Of
Installation occurred immediate
Y after election, with Mrs. Ruth
7ouse as installing officer and Mrs.
Helen Jacobs as sergean- at arms.
At the $50 dinner several of the
'fficers and visitors were speakers.
S~cheidecker played two
'iano solos and Mrs. Albertus gave
wo vocal solos.
AS the concluding feature the
1aurel Auxiliary presented a re-
Iuest performance Of "The Shoot
ng of Dan McGrew," with Is in
he cast. Mrs. Edra Hilgert was
he narrator. !
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14
BOURNE D|SP0SES
Of LAUREL CAFE
Had Operated Business For p
Years Before Selling To
Brewer This Week

Ownership of the Laurel cafe
passed this week from Joe Bourne.
who has had to do with the oper-
alton of the business the past 22
years, to a Mr.. Brewer of Glendive
who recently has been operating the
Yellowstone cafe.
Bourne says he expects to remain
here for the present, but that he
has no definite "plans." Before
coming to Laurel % years ago he
was in the restaurant business at
Lewistown. He was associated for
16 years with his brother Ed in
the Laurel business.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14
TELLS OILS PART
IN US. WAREFF0R1
Wilkie Of Ohio Company, Ro-
tary Speaker, Says Industry
Breaks Production Records

John Wilkie of Powell, Wyo.
western sales manager of the Ohio
Oil company, addressed the Laurel
Rotary club Tuesday or the extern
sive subject of "Oil." Though now
in the sales division of the bust
ness, Wilkes experience has been
in all departments. Into his ad-
dress he condensed many facts and
much history, comparable to reduc-
ing the Encyclopedia Britannica to
a vestpocket edition. The highlight
was the staggering production of
the industry to meet the ever
mounting demands of the war.
Even the leaders in production
and refining, together with auxili-
airy departments that merge in
finding crude oil, getting it out of
the ground, through refineries and
to the places where the finished
items will do the Allies the most
good and the Axis powers the great
est damage, were astonishing when
they met and were told by author
itative sources that the industry
was expected to exceed all previous
records and to deliver heretofore
unheard of quantities. The indus
try responded. How we'll is in
Dictated by the enormous quantities
of petroleum products at the front
and in behind-the-lines reserves.
To do the job, it was necessary
to re-gear the whole industry ove
night. The stepping-up involved
wild-catters, producers, transport
ers, refiners and staffs of scientists
and engineers. A lot of new stuff
had to be built, plants expanded
and new sources found. Wilkie
talked about them all.
In the short time at his disposal
he gave thumbnail sketches of var
ious processes, from the old top
ping way of separating fractions
from crude petroleum to the mod
ern and more intricate methods.
Transportation came in for atten-
tion-railroad tank cars, trucks and
pipe lines. In passing, he mention
ed the "big inch" and "little inch"
pipe lines, familiar in the industry.
Wilkie learned the business from
the bottom up, from churning tool
outfits to swivel chairs, and towards
the close of his address he uncon-
sciously revealed that he still loves
the adventuring of the wild-catters,
and of the biologists who so fire.
quently figure from dips and
strikes.
The speaker was introduced By
President Paul Wilson, serving as
a program committeeman for June.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14
PEOPLE ASKED TO
GIVE MORE PAPER
Next Collection Coming Satur-
day-SOrting Urged; Put
On Nearest Corner

More paper is wanted from Lau-
1el, and the next collection will be
made here Saturday. The salvage
committee urges residents to place
their sorted and securely tied pack
ages on the nearest block corner.
Sorting is important. Magazines
should be kept separate and tied
in bundles or packages; newspapers
and loose paper should be in other
packages. People living in the
country should place their packages
on the sidewalk in front of the
Laurel city hall.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14
MRS. LAIRD HEADS
STATE Pc. 0. BODY
Laurel Woman Is Elected Sat
urday At Twenty-SecOnd
Convention At Butte

Mrs. Olive Laird of Laurel was
elected president of the Montana
state chapter of p. f. o. at closing
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14
BERTHA zE|R ELECTED
DISTRICT PRESIDENT At
WALTHER LEAGUE RALLY

Miss Bertha Tier, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Tier, was
elected president of the Midland
Empire zone of the Walther League
at a camp rally held by the organi-
zation Sunday in Bridger.
Miss LaMerne Mcintyre was
named secretary-treasurer; Fred
Mai of Bridger, vice president and
Rev. August Bachanz of Park City
a member of the executive board.
There were % members in at
tendance from Laurel and others
were present from Belfry, Billings
and Bridger. The next meeting
date of the league will be set by
the executive board.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14
Rho Girls To
Install Officers At
Meeting This Week

A formal installation of officers
will be a feature of the special
meeting of the Theta Rho Girls
club Friday evening at the L. L..
club. Mothers of the girls are to
be special guests and the meeting
is to be open to all Rebekahs and
Odd Fellows. Also invited to at
tend is the Shining Jewel Theta
Rho club of Joliet.
Virginia Durham is to be install
ing officer and Armelda Phillips,
installing marshal. The event will
also celebrate the sixth birthday of
the Mistletoe club.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14

sessions of the groups twenty-sec-
ond annual convention Saturday at
Butte.
Other officers are Mrs. Lillian
Hanson of Glasgow, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Mabel Kyle of Butte,
second vice president; Mrs. Eva
Brandt, Anaconda, organizer; Nora
Chalkley, Butte, recording secre-
tary; Mary Miller, Kalispell, corre-
spending secretary; Ola Maddox,
Hardin, treasurer.
Mrs. Bertha H. Dodds of Helena
was the outgoing president.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14
BROWNS AT LOS ANGELES

Mrs. James Shelter telephoned
Wednesday night from Los Angeles
to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. r.
Heebner, that her father-in-law, F.
r. Shelter, about so, was drowned
that day while fishing. According
Shelter was dragged from a boat
and beneath the surface when the
boats anchor was lowered. His son,
Lieut.. James Shelter, is overseas
with the army air force at some in
vasion point.
Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14
SEASONS WORK ENDS

To close their seasons activities
the Methodist Young Peoples Sun
day school class held a picnic sup
per Tuesday evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Richardson.
The supper was cooked on an out
door grill and entertainment was
outdoor games. The class will re-
sumo regular meetings in the fall.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-07-22
HARRY McALPN

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(NNPA)
Much interest among Negroes is
centering on the Democratic plat
form and the preliminary moves
being made in that connection as
the Democratic convention in Chi
cago approaches. Outstanding de-
velopment during the past week has
been the appointment of a sub
committee on resolutions and plat
form by the Democratic National
Committee.
Heading the subcommittee will
be Rep. John w. Mccormack,
House majority leader, who is from
Massachusetts,. Serving with him
as co-chairman will be Rep. Mary
T. Norton Of New Jersey, chairman
of the House Labor Committee, who
has just concluded partial hearings
on house bills for the establishment
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-07-22
BY cliff Maekay

pose Mr.. Wallace has dared make
the charge that he lacks the sta
ture of a world statesman needed
for the job. 1t was Mr.. Wallace
who lifted the job of being vice
president from the joke-book sta
tus to which it had fallen.
No other man who has held
this position has brought to it
so much real dignity, unselfish
service and brilliant world
craftsmanship. He more than
any other man i'm the admins
tration has won the admira-
ton and respect of peoples all
over the world for America
and the things she stands for,
and often fails to practice.
He, too, has been good soldier
who has fought the good fight
against selfish economic interests
who, while conceding it to the rest
of the world would withhold from
Americans, freedom from want.
GAVE PURPOSE TO WAR
In the early days of Americas
entry into the war, it was Mr.. Wal
lace who gave purpose and mean
ing to our conflict, when he said
"This is a fight between a slave
world and free world. We shall
fight for a complete peace as wen
as complete victory. The peoples
revolution is on the march, and
the devil and all his angels can
not prevail against it. They can
not prevail, for on the side of the
people is the Lord"
1t is this peoples revolution
that the anti-Roosevelts, who
are also the Wallaces,
would halt. 1t is against the
writing of a just, charitable
and enduring peace that they
do battle. Mr.. Roosevelt and
Mr.. Wallace represent that
kind of a peace-a peace that
would mean economic security,
not just for the few. but for
the many.
That Is the direction toward
which we have been moving ever
forward for the past decade. That
is the job they started. Tt is the
job they should be allowed to
finish-together,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-07-22
The Globe Trotter
The Case Of Mr.. Wallace

but big-moneyed selfish men who
have fought with everything they
had at their command the ex-
tension of the social program in
augurated under the New Deal.
They we're against the WPA, the
CCC, NYA, NLRB, FDIC, AAA,
FSA, WLB, FEPC, OPA and the
scores of other alphabetical agen-
cies which have sprung to life
under the administrations deter
mination to chart America behind
the Christian principle of evaluat-
ing humanity above property.
THEIR GREAT FEAR
And that is their great fear of
Mr.. Wallace. They know their Bit
ter fight to prevent Mr.. Roosevelts
nomination to a fourth term has
been lost. So they hope to win by
default through concentrated at
tack on liberal vice president
who should Mr.. Roosevelt be un-
able to serve his full term, be GER
tain to carry out the broad pro-
gram of social reform he has be-
gun
They want to team up lib
eral president with reaction
airy running mate, someone
whom they feel, in the event
something happens to Mr..
Roosevelt, will be certain to
move the pendulum backward
to the "free enterprise" hey
day of Calvin Coolidge and
Herbert Hoover. They full well
know that is the only possible
way they can get man into
the White House.
The reactionarjes really want
another evil, old, cigar-smoking
John Nance Garner seated on
liberal, forward thinking Mr.. Roose-
velt's right. But the reactionarjes
who went down to defeat in their
drive against fourth term bid,
must be made to see that here
too, they are in for a sound drub-
bling.
HAS WORLD STATURE
None Of those who bitterly OPP