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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-13
Weather and
CROP REPORTS
FOR week

| Very good growing and farm opera
ton weather prevailed all week. Con
siderable sunshine with near normal
temperatures was recorded in all sec
lions, the report of the Bureau of
Agricultural Economics and Weather
Bureau states
No rain fell in the western coun-
ties and light amounts on one or two
days early in the week over most of
the central and east, except in Roose-
welt, Richland, and Carter counties
where weekly totals ranged from a
half inch to nearly an inch After
noon temperatures between so and
go were common, and practically all
the night readings were above 40.
The first real hail damage of the
season occurred this week Exten-
sion crop loss was reported from a
storm that swept across Teton and
Cascade counties on uly 4th, some
fields being damaged 1907. Severe
hail loss also resulted in Richland
Custer, and Powder River counties on
the 4th. Rosebud and Saltwater
counties reported light hail.
Crop Progress Ending Saturday
Much of the delay in development
of Montana crops has been overcome
by rapid growth from warm, open
weather during the week ending Sat
urday. ~Inter-tilled crops, held back
by cool, stormy weather in June,
showed significant response and
grains also improved Supplies of
soil moisture, Slapped by heavy vegeta-
tive growth and higher temperatures,
declined in central and eastern por-
tons and more rainfall is needed.
Some crop damage from heat and in
sufficient moisture has occurred in
counties. Winter wheat
Is now all headed out and in late
stages of development while many of
the early seedlings of spring wheat
are now heading. Stands of oats and
barley are generally heavy and these
crops are progressing favorably. Ger
nination of flaxseed in some north
central localities has been irregular |
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-13
JULY l. 1916
CROP REPORT

Although later unfaVorable condi
lions could still reduce the present
crop outlook in Montana, the pros
pect as of July 1 was that Montana
was experiencing her eighth consecu.
tive year when crop yields per acre
will exceed average. June 1915 was
not as favorable either as to rainfall
or temperatures compared with June
of 1914; however, moisture conditions
and moisture reserves on July were
generally satisfactory. Progress of
crops in June was slow and the delay
in growth of such crops as corn, sugar
beets and potatoes was quite marked
but on the other hand, grain crops
stooled out heavily under these same
conditions, and growth of grass and
nay crops was good. Except where
reduced acreage of such crops as
corn, rye, beans and peas will be the
deciding factor, the production of
most other crops in 1916 will exceed
the corresponding figures of last year
and average, unless damage to yields
between now and harvest is unusually
large.
Wheat: A wheat crop of 70,9S3, 900
bushels as indicated on July | COM
pares with 73,SS4,000 finally harvested
in 1914 and the 10-year (1934-43) aver
age production of 47,572,000 bushels.
Winter wheat production in 1916 (31,-
671,OOO bushels) is estimated at near
ly six million bushels over that of
1914, while spring wheat production
(39,312,000 bushels) is estimated at
nearly nine million bushels less be-
cause of the late condition of the
crop on July 1 in some of the import
ant northern and northeastern coun-
ties. July rainfall and temperatures,
however, will determine whether the
heavy stands of winter wheat can fill
properly and whether the spring
wheat can fill properly and whether
the spring wheat crop in northeastern
Montana can overcome its late start
and escape too much damage from
sawflies.
Feed Crops: The cold late spring
discouraged corn paintings but en-
couraged farmers to make substantial
increases in paintings of barley. An
other reason for the estimated $4,000
acres increase in barley paintings is
the substitution of barley acreage for
spring wheat in saw-fly infested areas.
The 1945 barley crop, indicated at
l7,313,0OO is about three times its
l934-43 average production of 5,537 900
bushels. Although considerable of the
increased production in recent years
has occurred in mailing types of bar
eys, the bulk has been in food types.
The 1945 oats crop estimated at 49,
'44,OO0 bushels is materially larger
man the average production of TO-
$4,000 bushels, but the estimated
corn crop of 100000 bushels is
slightly below its average production
If 2,265,000 bushels. The rye crop is /;
estimated at 218,000 bushels which is
we'll below its average production of
i55,O00 bushels. In planning their
-945 production of feed crops, farm
rs apparently not only had in mind
increased livestock feed needs, but
llso intend to continue to carry large
arm reserves of such feeds, since
heir July | farm stocks of corn and
'ats like their June l rye and barley
tocks, We're much larger than aver
ge.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-13
maternity CARE FOR
SERVICEMEN'S WIVES

Eight hundred fifty thousand wives
and infants of servicemen have re-
ceived care or are receiving care UNI
der the Emergency Maternity and In
fant-care Program, the Children's Blu
reau of the U. S. Department of Labor
announced In May alone, $4,000 new
cases were authorized for care
Through this program, which is adj
ministered by State Health depart
ments, under plans approved by the
Children's Bureau, complete mater
nifty care, including medical and hos
pital service. is provided for wives of
servicemen, and medical and hospital
service. is provided for wives of serv-
icemen, and medical and hospital care
is available for their infants until
they are one year of age.
This care is provided for the wives
and infants of enlisted men without
cost to the men or their families and
without regard to their financial stat
us. Those eligible are wives and in
fants of men in the four lowest pay
grades of the Army, Navy, Coast
Guard and Marine Corps and of Army
and Navy Aviation Cadets. Care is
without regard to race or
place of residence. Applications for
this care can be made through the
physician accepting the case or
through state or local health offices.
Inquiries should be addressed to State
of Health.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-13
SOUTHEASTERN
STATES LEAD I'm
HIGH farm PRICES

Prices of farm land continued to
advance during the first quarter of
1915 and speculation increased slight
ly w f. Rhea, Land Bank Commits
sioner of the Farm Credit Admins
tration, reported RECENTLY, as a result
of a survey made among national
farm loan associations throughout the
country No evidence of any wide
spread speculative activity was re-
ported, Rhea said, but the sales of
farms are fairly frequent and the
sellers receive offers which are too
attractive to turn down"
"Cne healthy sign in the present
situation, said Mr.. Rhea, lis that
most buyers are farmers and urban
buyers are still minor factor in the
mortgage field although an important
one in some sections Some associa-
tions reported no slackening in the
demand for farms by city buyers and
defense workers, and they indicated
that many of these purchases are for
part-time farming use or place to
go TO after the war
Reports from sections of the Corn
Belt indicate that some large city in
vesters are disposing of their farm
and seeking investment
probably as result of la
Dor shortages" Mr.. Rhea said that
the lack of labor and farm machin-
cry are two of the restraining influ-
ences in the current land market most
frequently mentioned by the associa-
ions.
In some regions, the associations re-
port that buyers are becoming more
cautious, waiting to see what effect
he end of the war may have on farm
prices. But reports from other areas
Indicate that the long and consistent
causing some investors to wonder If
he high prices of farm land might
lot be justified
Mr. Rhea pointed out that the larg-
st percentage increases in farm land
,rices since 1912 have occurred in
he southeastern states, in the Great
Plains area, in California, and in the
northwestern states. 1.-THE average
Use in price since 1912 in these re-
,ions," he said, has exceeded so
Ter cent With the exception of the
states, where data on
ales prices at present are not avail
bile, the increase in most of the re-
naming sections of the country
anged between 80 per cent and 40
,er cent The largest price advances
n the Corn Belt were in southeastern
Nebraska (67 per cent? and east cen
raj Illinois AS per cent?"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-13

School began in the Ostermal
schoolhouse, and for days Andrew wa
sick with longing for the familia
building He could see Miss Seaver
son sitting at her desk up in front
with the eighth grade grammar class
before her He could feel the warmth
of her smile and hear the kindly
tones of her voice:
81 believe we shall have to ash
Andrew to tell u.s."
And then the joy of knowing that
he could tell them Those had been
the only moments of true glory in
his starved life. He had not failed
her once.
But then a letter came from Rich
ard
Dear bro Andrew:
Well how are you coming these
days. am getting along Mighty
Well. How is Everything and Every
body over there now. Say Andrew
! wish you was going to School
again this year. School started here
and ! have to go pretty soon you
always like school so awful Well.
They got a new Teacher they was
going to get Miss Seaverson but
she Died at hospital in June she
Died from a operation for Gastrick
UIser. Say Andrew | worked for
Old Amundson cuppIe days he
paid me 81 and II. spose you
ben making money to beat Sixty.
There is some Preachers here again
their having Revival Meetings in
the Evening. They claim the End
of the World will be next Spring in
1917 Gee. that's tough
Well this amt much of a letter
but ! have nothing More to say so
guess | will stop Greet all the rest.
Your Bro
Please Write RICHARD
1t was not much of letter; but to
Andrew it was the end, if not of the
world, at least of something priceless,
he could not bear to have
lost. He had a sense of existing in
an emptiness beyond existence, vast
autumnal dimness, frozen, bitter, and
painless. His love for his teacher
was like the grateful, reverent emo
ton which some people are said to
feel for God, but with this difference:
it had never contained any dangerous |
submerged element of fear He, had |
really trusted her, really known that |
The Teacher could never capriciously !
turn against him In the years he
had known her she had done more to
lift his spirit, more to give him
strength and courage than even his
mob of pious relatives could ever
undo. No one else had ever been
such a friend to him; no one else
would ever be such friend again.
But now she was deadl Unreal as
t seemed, he did not doubt it; it had
he stunning incredibility that only
errible fact can have. She had been
buried months ago under the heavy
sumbo soil of her prairie town. AL
'eady the mound of earth would have
settled under the summer rains; soon
t would be hidden by great drifts of ]
now By and by there would be only
IN indistinct hollow where the mound s
lad been. And down underneath,
lothing would remain of her eyes that {
lad been so wise, of her smile that
lad been so good {
He had counted so on seeing her l
gain He had built such hopes on {
Ter returnl He had believed that
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-13
Future Depends
CONTINUED from Page One)

other points of the CLIO program ex-
planned
In order to successfully accomplish
this reconversion program, the PAC
pamphlet says, workers purchasing
power must be maintained at present
levels. Some people talk of recon
version as the probable cause of I'M
employment They are wrong Re-
conversion might be the excuse, but
not the cause. More than 609o of all
war industries do not have to be re-
converted at all. They can start pro-
ducing for peace within "a hours.
What these industries want to know
is this; When Uncle Sam stops buy
ing shoes, food, clothing, and thous-
ands of other items needed by the
armed forces, will the civilians have
the money to buy all the things they
want and need? If the industries can
be assured of customers, and if they
can be made to produce badly needed
goods at low costs, instead of luxu-
ries at high prices, few will run up
any reconversion fever"
In foreword, Sidney Hillman, PAC
chairman, warned that while the final
rounds of the war were being won
in Japan, I'VE must not lose the first
rounds of the peace in Detroit, Pitts
burg, and San Francisco For victory
on the battlefield and victory at home
are one and inseparable. We shall
consider ourselves victorious only
when we win the war and when we
are assured victory over poverty and
fear of depression"
To attain its reconversion program,
the PAC pamphlet urges all workers
to utilize political action. Speaking
of the reconversion measures before
the congress and state legislatures,
the pamphlet advises to follow those
bills Study them with other work
ers and other members of your com
munity. Support the good bills. De-
nounce the bad bills"
Next to voting the right way, the
booklet states, make sure that your
governor, congressman, mayor and
local newspaper know how you feel
and what you want to make your
job secure"
The pamphlet was written by Jo- |
seph Gaer, director of PAC publica- |
tions, and illustrated by the noted |
cartoonist, Mischa Richter. Mr.. Hill |
man announced that two new pamph-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-13

ficers and clerks of all state legis-
latures in the Missouri valley.
RESOLUTION NO. q
Whereas, There are widespread
rumors that the power holding com
panies may be violating the provi-
sions Of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act as well as the Anti
Trust Act;
Therefore, Be 1t Resolved, That the
Attorney General of the United States
be requested to commence an early
and complete investigation of the
activities of the power holding COM
panies relative to these acts.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-13

let's, based on the Murray-Patman Full
bill and the 65-cent hour
ly minimum wage, were in production
and would be published shortly
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-13

Patronize the Cooperative in your
is there to serve you'll
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-19
WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL Secretary 10 E. L. (Bob) Bartlett. Delegate 10 Congress from Alaska
DEPENDENTS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL MAY NOW ENTER TERRITORY

Following representations made by Governor Gruening and Dele gate Bartlett to Secretary of War Patterson, instructions have been issued allowing entrance into the Territory of dependents to join military personnel serving in Alaska.
 The permission granted will af- feet the personnel of both the Army and Navy serving through out the Territory with the excep- tion of the Aleutians and Kodiak.
 While expressing themselves pleased with the order, the Gov ernor and the Delegate have urged its extension to Kodiak. IMPROVED MAIL SERVICE FOR BRISTOL BAY REQUESTED
 Upon the request of several residents of the Bristol Bay area, Delegate Bartlett has urged upon the Post Office Department that winter restriction be lifted on all mail to Koggiung, Naknek, Ege- gik, Pilot Point, Ugashik, Clarks Point, Dillingham; and EkWak.
 The Post Office Department has informed Delegate Bartlett that as the result of his request an investigation into the feasibil- ity of improving the mail service to the points mentioned has been ordered.
 It is hoped the investigation will reveal that it will be possible to lift the winter restrictions, thus allowing parcel post to be sent and delivered throughout the year.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-19
APPOINTMENT OF FOURTH CLASS POSTMASTERS

The Senate has passed Delegate Bartlett's bill which provides that persons already in Federal Gov ernment service may be appoint ed as postmasters of fourth-class postoffices in Alaska.
 Many post offices in the Terri tory have been closed because the only persons willing or able to undertake the duties of postmas- ters have been teachers or special assistants of the Alaska Native Service. The Comptroller General ruled sometime ago that a person receiving payment from the Fed eral Government for performing services for one agency could not receive compensation for perform ing duties of another agency. Del egate Bartlett's bill thus rescinds the ruling of the Comptroller Gen eral, so far as appointment of postmasters of fourth class offices in Alaska is concerned.
 The bill which passed the House some weeks ago is now be- fore the President for his sigma ture.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-19
Alaska Day---October Is

Alaska Day---OCtODCI AO SPEAKING OF FOLLY
 When it was purchased from Russia we called It "Sewards Fov"-"Seven million dollars for that Ice boxr'
 -But if we don't spend millions on developing Alaska now we may learn what folly really ls- O-i if is onethird as big as the United Staes- is poen- tialv rich and vitally important to the na,lonai u fense-and Siberia IS pretty close lsn It! The Future of Alaska
 c,o+o Ndom,uson has wisely proposed that the United ct.tes Government institute development program Ill Alaska in proportion to Soviet Russlas unoertaKils behind the northern coast ot Olperla.
 The Soviet enterprise as MT. Magnuson pointed out, includes trunk highways already constructeo Ill .e Siberian maritime provinces with projected extenslVe nter-connecting road sysem and agricultural experl rnent stations and farms which are producg types f cereals and breeds of cattle adapted to the rego
 The Senator could have said more | The same Siberian area has been thoroughy ciiai bv Soviet scientific mission to record loi eAp0 the water power and mineral and tmoer resources
 U,+bernoore Russia-in possession of Sakhalln and +be Kurile Isands-has been laying out ar1leoS anu presumably seaport facilities Tn the oloerlah ,ioi ' above Vladivostok making vast strategc nlill.ai and naval base which, if unmatched would give nus sia unchallenged command oVel a Vo'' ' N Northwest Pacific.
 There is reason for Russian activities.
 Russia has regained the use ot Port Arthu1 as owarm" harbor and has announced Iha' t,ie i DSs; government intends to make it's weight felt m Facllc affairs. 1T, 11:4s
 That alone is sufficient reason why the oh'eo c+ec should give at least similar attention to AlasKa as an inte gral part of own Pacific defenses'
 But there is still another M zed hv ns ond Alaska can support population adequate for the purpose.
 We need Alaskan minerals.
 Alaskan forestry can furnish enormous quanttles oi ,Aio f h;cb o,,r own resources are becoming de- reted and wood pulp for chancal and paper ln- dustries, now mainly import from foreign countries
 A1.skan fisheries are of tremendous importance m ,,, fre food supply while the rich furseal grounos sre in the Pribilof Islands off the shore o Alaska III the Bering Sea.
 Alaska also lies under the great circle which makes +b shortest air route between our cities ana the arg est centers of Northern Asia
 We need commercial arfieds in Alaska ana the late
 W 1aS1a is to and aVa-
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-19
THE NOME NUGGET

NOME NUGGET FRIDAY, OC' States on our mainland requires to be developed by the federal government and can be so developed without infringing upon state soveregnties.
 Alaska has ne-third the area of the United States proper.
 It can add inestimably to national income and equally to national security, but not if we let it lie neglected while Soviet Russia turns neighboring S bera into productive stronghold
 Seattle Post-Inteligencer Alaska Tied By Ickes
 The truest yet attributed to Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes the subject of Alaska his statement that the nations attitude toward its northern Territory 's nothing short of benighted."
 "As long treat Alaska like stepchld it will re- spond a stepchid,' MT. Ickes asserts
 The whole history of Alaska from the purchase in 1867 bears the truth of Mr. ckes theSs though the lament strangely enough from the lips of the whose late intention (only partially reracted) was to give good part of the Territory back to the aborg ines
 Mr. Ickes however, has become champion of state hood for Alaska proposition that is still hoy debated among Alaskans themselves and others interested in the future of the Territory.
 During hearings before Congressional committees last summer Alaskans repeatedly declared that state hood would be hollow shell unless the stranglehod of Washington bureaus is removed from the Terrorys resources.
 Rep Jed Johnson, chairman of the committee of the House which holds the purse strings of the Department of the Interior contends that Alaska is not ready for statehood because it is not willing to pay the fiddler and tax itself sufficiently to carry state business
 Another member of the same committee has advo- cated vote by Alaska citizens the desrability of statehood after widespread discussion of what the step would cost.
 After too, it should be added that state hood would remove the Strangehood of the bureaucrats in Washington
 Thus Alaska standing at the threshold of what might be of progress and usefulness to the naton still is blown by the bleak winds of controversy.
 It has been and remains Alaskas misfortune to be treated like stepchd One of her greatest msfortunes beell when she became the stepchld of Mr. Ickes and his ilk.-Seattle Times
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-19
ALASKA MAYORS APPOINTED TO NATIONAL RIVERS AND HARBORS CONGRESS

Delegate Bartlett has been in- formed that upon his recommen- dation mayors of twelve Alaska communities have been appointed to the advisory committee of the National Rivers and Harbors Con- gress.
 The Congress functions in the interest of conservation and de- velopment of the land and water resources of the United States in connection with flood control. navigation and irrigation.
The Valley settler., 1945-11-09

CRIPPLED CHILDREN DEFINED Cont. Erun 3 congonitol doforrnit ties, including c1ubfoot and dislocatton ,of the hip, hnro lip and cleft palato, congenita1 cataract, and st1o oi srmus; birth injuries, as cerebral pa7foy, spasticity, etc.; defotmitios and paralysis dllc to pol iomyo litis, rickcts, "WrJ-nock", and deformi t ios duo to hor "onditions, as old fractures, nerve, bone, Joint ond tendon injuries.
The Valley settler., 1945-11-09
NEWS lTeMS- PALMER

Charles Elton, carpenter for tho Coop,
 slipped on tho ice this Wcok end sprotned his anklo. To is cont ntinuing his work,
 however, even though he must limp around It it. Tho Palmer Public Library Associn tion hold it's first rogallar moot ing on Tuc sday event int November tho 6ths Tho Constitution which had boon draftod by committee wns
 accertod as amended at this moot ing. According to the now onst tut ion, thoso who hold Library cards and arc bonafidc rdalt roridonts or the Matanuskn Valley arc ologib1a for membership. voluntary committee will act in the capacity of Librarians .'or the pro aclt. However, the Conetitutioa dcos provide for the hiring of part-tlaa or ful1-t inc librarian should the library bocoEo largo enough to warrant it, It al so provi dc s for 5hroo 1ru rocs to haldl2 all propertics of tho ASSOC iation and to superviso building and improvements.
 ccordiaB to Territorial Low regarding tho ostabli shnont Of Libraries and in order to qualify Tor Torritor ial cid, it is noco ss2ry: to havo on file at Juneau copy of tho local library const itut ion. When this is corqpl jed with, it is possible to obtain up to $l5o.oo per year when this amount has boon spent locally.
The Valley settler., 1945-11-09
FROM OUR HEIGIBORING TOWN
MSIILA

FROM OUR EG1GlIB0RING TOWN MSIILA Wa asi1la has hnd Q public Library for sov- oral yoars. It has been located in small log building on main street and has boon open ono day per wook. Members of tho ASSOC int ion do volunteer work to koop tho library opnn. To havo learned recently that Wasilla is gott ing ready to build new Public Library building and that they havo raised 5000. % for that purpose nov. When Hitler said tho Gornnns would run the world he probably only meant they would run (poriodJ.
 Some people confuse VI Want--I won't-- I'm right--end I'll got" with tho Four
 rcodoms.