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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01
Two from Chicago

Two men died recently-one in Florida, the other in
California.
Both had their roots in Chicago Both lived and died
in lush wealth. Both spent their last years in diocy.
One was Al -Capone the gangster. The other was
Stanley Mccormick scion of the international Harvester
trust
People will want to reflect on these two deaths and
these two lives. Both were of great wealth And
What their contribution to the society from which
they extracted such handsome livelihood?
Were they great benefactors of mankind? Public
servants? Contributors to the science the thought of
their time?
No. They amassed fortunes out of the blood and
sweat of the people, One used gun The other used the
subtle and respectable medium of profit
taking and exploitation of workers
Yes people will want to think about society that
produces McCormicks and Capones.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01
SOUNDING BOARD
A new use for old street cars

the art of working and fighting
together. Through organizations
such as the National Negro Con-
gress, NAACP, and Unions, they
have learned that their. problems
are the concern of all racial
groups, and that they must. join
together, and cooperate in the
fight of all minority groups to
secure their democratic rights.
Every effort must be made
to bring forth to the public, and
especially the youth of our own
race, the knowledge of the
glorious history of our Negro
leaders.
A compaign must spring forth
from this month of activity to
induce the Board of Education to
include in its text books some of
the true history of the Negro,
and all racial minority groups.
Teachers, and instructors must
be made to realize that this is
just as important as spending
months upon small incidents re.
lating to, for instance, the War
of 1872.
LLOYD DAVIS
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01
Whof Capitalism
breeds
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
Fiction itself is powerless to
express the degeneration, the
brutality and depravity that is
bred every day under capitalism,
now that it is well along in its
stage of decay.
One can glimpse this shocking
rottenness in such news" items
as these:
A woman Can expectant moth
err, was kicked to a bloody pulp
and left to die in the snow a few
weeks ago.
An innocent man was kicked
and bludgeoned by the city au-
thorities into ~confessingp this
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
The 59th-61st Street car line is
undoubtedly the worst in the
City.
Often l stand for 20 to 80 min
utes waiting shiveringly for a
street car to come along on that
line.
l recall my visit to and the ex-
cellent street car services in Rus
sia;. especially with regard to the
practically of the Russian minds
in making use of their older
street car bodies as waiting
rooms" at transfer points or in
exposed areas. Many of these old
coaches are heated and cared for
by a newspaper dealer, shoe shin
er, cobbler, or small trader who
is allowed to occupy a corner of
it in return for its care.
If our transportation cOmpa.
mics were as much interested In
service" as they are in pro.
fits, similar use might be made
of the old street cars and buss.
es now rusting In idIeness. In
today's Radio Town Meeting
debate on Rent Control, Mr..
Nelson advocated a policy.
which expressed. in Russian is
Let them all have one room
before any have more"
This proves that the thinking
OF some of our leaders is not so
far removed from Russia's = in
spite of our backward newspa-
pers.
M. KOzOL
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01
Hands off!

Desperation has seized the Democratic machine in
Chicago.
1t was badly bruised in the November elections when
the people voiced their dissent with the anti Roosevelt
direction that the Democratic Party had taken
1t battered in the hectic weeks of seeking ma
yoray candidate when the people of Chicago made it
clear that Kelly would not do
And now in the aldermanic campaign the machine
has resorted to policy of desperation
In recent weeks the machine has tried to buy itself
aldermanic victory It has attempted to bride and
threaten independent progressive candidates to drop
of the eas~:...<
In places it has made deals with the corrupt
Republican gang to freeze the Independents out
And now comes the most disgusting spectacle of all
Sensing defeat in many wards the machine has re-
sorted to legasc connivery to Independents barred
from the ballot.
Eight of the most outstanding have been challenged
because of alleged technical shortcomings in their no.
minating petitions.
This outworn device for short-circung democracy in
the elections must be stopped.
The people of Chicago = the thousands who signed
these nominating petitions and those who want City
Council that works for the people must raise their
voices
The machine must be told Hands off"
These are the peoples candidates and they must not
be barred from the ballot
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01
More on Murro
To the Editor:

The denial of citizenship to
John Victor Murra should alarm
labor and all true progIessives.
He is summarily labeled Commu-
mist and his application for citi-
Zenship papers denied by that
paragon of honesty and demo.
cratic virtues, Judge Igoe.
The factuaI basis for the de-
NAL is this: John Victor Murra
fought in Spain against Franco,
the butcher Of Madrid and boS-
ON friend here in and out Of
fought here in and out of
various courts against the
IgOes who deny equality of OPP
pOrtunity to Negro Americans.
Therefore Murra is a Commu-
mist, says Igoe. 1 know nothing
of Murra's political faith but his
acts are consistent with highest
ideals and traditions of American
democracy. Can't the Star help In
the fight for this man."
He should be invited to be an
American citizen.
Sincerely,
WILLIAM L. PATTERSON
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01
NEGRO History Week
To the Editor.

TO the Editor:
With the coming of the month
of February, plans shall have
been COMPLETED for programs,
demonstrations, forms, reviews
and newspaper and magazine
write ups on Negro History
Week.
Our people are at last learning
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01

The icumbent alderman William H. Harvey, doesn't
fill the bill
He is member of the important council committee
housing But that committee is probably the most
productive of all the committees in "do nothing"
council In fact the housing committee hasn't met
for months Harvey tmd and ineffective spokesman
for the oppressed people whom he represents
For these reasons-dnd many more which tOe
will discuss ldteT-the Star endorses Peter Broun,
independent candidate for alderman of the End Ward
He has program which all progressive citizens can
endorse. And he's fghter-of the kind that the City
Council sorely needs
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01

The Second Word

If housing is the citys most critical problem takes
its sharpest form in the End Ward
1t was in this ward that disastrous tenement fire
recently snuffed out the lives Of four children.
1t is in this ward that you have the notorious 300
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-01

, Ellis building, eight stories of concentrat-
ed menace against the health and safety
of its 500 residents.
This ward is prison, walled in by re-
strictive covenants.
Here the housing crisis is at its worst. :
1t is logical to expect that the alderman
from the End Ward would be the most
outspoken champion of better housing in
the City Council.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01
Forbes Asks Road
Improvements
AT Lions MEETING

w. G. Forbes, president of
the Tri-State Petroleum COM
pany, which has just completed
construction of an oil refinery
at Soap creek, 40 miles up the
Big Horn valley south of Har-
din, was the principal speaker
at the semi-monthly meeting
of the Hardin Lions club Mon
day evening.
Forbes said that the refinery
now ready to begin operation,
has a capacity of 1000 barrels
of refined oil per day, 200 bar
rel of which are gasoline and
300 barrels kerosene. The main
product is black heavy asphalt
oil. There are six producing
wells, with ten more scheduled
The capacity of the field is es-
tlmated at ten and a half mill
ion barrels from the present
sand, and with deeper drilling,
other producing sands could be
developed.
According to Forbes, the
Soap Creek oil field is only one
in the state of Montana that
can produce asphalt in guam
tity. Ownership of the field is
now in the process of litigation,
but he feels that this will salts
isfactorily concluded within a
few weeks. Badly needed, how
ever, are good road facilities
which will permit the econom-
ical hauling of the oil to mar
ket. He urged that the Hardin
service clubs and the Hardin
Chamber of Commerce back a
movement for the improvement
Of the road between the Soap
Creek field and the railroad at
Hardin. AS soon as road facil-
tiles are improved, his refinery
can produce good asphalt base
road oil at a lower price than
similar oil can be purchased
in Wyoming, the present prin-
Continued on Page 1O)
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01
CAA Men Approve
Airport Site,
Make Suggestions

A. w. Griener and v. j.
Kiesling of the Helena CAA Of
flee inspected the county air
port here Saturday and made
recommendations for improve
ments to Wayne Linthacum,
county surveyor.
Both men were favoEablv
impressed. with the airporu
site, it was stated.
Recommendations includ ed
construction of an administra
ton building and installation
of a telephone. 1t was suggest
ed that grading for a parking
apron for planes in front of
the building be done while
construction is under way.
The CAA men also said an
access road is badly needed.
About $4,000 in county funds
will be available for work this
year, and slightly more in fed
eral funds will probably also oc
used. This makes a total OF
more than $4,000 which can
be spent on the airport this
year, if approval is gained from
the CAA.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01
Meeting Theme Is
Legislation.
Our Tool"

The Montana State Library
association will hold its 34th
annual meeting in Hardin May
week.
Sessions will be held in the
Masonic temple and in the
court house.
The theme of the convention
is Legislation Our Tool"
Delegates are expected to be-
gin arriving on Sunday even
ing, with registration and a
no-host supper at 7:45 that
evening scheduled for the Ma
sonic temple.
The convention will officially
open at $50 am. Monday in
the community room of the
court house. Miss Kathleen
Campbell, association presi-
dent, will be in the chair. The
Rev. c. A. Bentley will pro-
nounce the invocation and
Mayor Arthur M. Crilly will
welcome the librarians on be-
half of the city of Hardin. Mrs.
Amy Patterson, librarian at
the Cascade county library in
Great Falls, will give the re-
Spouse.
After routine business, re-
ports will be given by the fol-
lowing: Mrs. Julia McMullen
of the Butte public library;
Miss Inez Ratekin of Libby;
Miss Margie Ann Crawford of
Fl Benton; Miss Ellen Torgrim-
son, lsecretary of the State Ii
brary commission; Mrs. Sally
Whittier of Miles City; Miss
Nina Ford of Missoula; Miss
Pauline Rich, librarian at East
ern Montana Normal school;
Mrs. Mary McEwan of Livings-
ton; Mrs. Lois Payson of Boze-
Continued on page 81
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01

About 500 friends, both In :
dian and white, gathered at
the Chivers Memorial chapel in
Lodge Grass Sunday morning
to honor DR.. and Mrs. w. A.
PetZoldt on their Golden We'd
ding anniversary.
The worship service and re-
ception that followed were a
tribute to a Z climax of more
than 40 years of service among
the Crow Indians.
DR.. and Mrs. Petzoldt had
been married six years when
they decided to devote their
lives to service among the
Grow Indians. It was in 1903
that they came to Lodge Grass,
a place that seemed almost as
remote in their native Iowa as
the Asiatic and African mission
fields seem today.
The early years on the Crow
reservation called for siren
;uous efforts on the part of the
two missionaries. With the help
of the Indians, DR.. Petzoldt err
ected his first chapel of rock
from the creek bed and hills
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01

and logs from the Wolf mount
aims that he helped to cut.
He and Mrs. Petzoldt served
rot only as spiritual advisors
but as mentors in almost every
field of activity They establish
ed the first day school on any
Indian reservation in the Uni
ted States and then went on
to start four more schools and
seven mission stations.
With their camp wagon and
team of ponies they travelled
all over the reservation.
In those days of slow trans
portation, the only medical aid
available to the Indians, at
Grow Agency, seemed remote
from Lodge Grass and other
sections of the reservation, and
wherever they were, the PETE
oldts were often called on to
assist the sick Or injured. They
taught manual and household
arts to the Indian boys and
girls, and to their parents, too
Throughout their careers as
missionaries, DR.. and Mrs
Continued on pege ~
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01
Maddox Reelected
Montana Head Of
Highway 81 Group

At a meeting of the Montana
section of the International
Highway 81 association in Lew
istown Thursday, Dan w. Mad
dox was reelected president of
the Montana division an d
chosen one of three delegates
to attend the annual interna-
tional meeting in Denver June
10 and IA.
Besides Maddox, those who
made the trip to Lewistown in
Guided Clyde RAIDER, Elmer
Skeie, Russell Peterson, John
Butorac, Ira Croghan, Charles
Elder, George Daniels and Mrs.
Garold Fish.
Following a social hour,
sponsored by the Lewistown
Chamber of Commerce, those
who attended the melting had
dinner at the Burke hotel.
Edward Daubenspeck, treas
urer of the International High
way 81 association, was the
principal speaker. He has just
returned from a two months
inspection trip on the highway
and described conditions in the
United States. He also gave re-
ports on Mexican and Canad
ian highways which join 81
He pointed out that 81 is the
| most direct route from Canals
to Mexico and is 16 per cent
shorter than any other avail
able highway or combination
of highways. Daubenspeck add
led that the association needs
more financial support, espec-
tally from the northern states
Texas has contributed well, he
said.
Following Daubenspeck's add.
ress, Maddox was introduced
and spoke briefly.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01
Lions Cdr1ivol Promises Vuriety of
Entertainment This Week End

You can have your fortune
told by Madame Reveal and
your face uplifted by Madame
DoWncast
you can roll your own, use
your pitching arm, spin until
you are dizzy and test the cap
acity of your stomach.
You can't lose because YOU
will be given $1OO for a dollar
at the door.
"Anglers can try their skill
in the carnival fish pond-a
catch for every cast. =
There will be numerous am
usement games for the testing
of the aptitude of patrons. whS
VII be rewarded according to
their merit. = .5 n.
All proceeds of the carnival
will 60 to the Hardin Lions
CLUB community betterment
fund.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01
Music Festival and
Field Day for
District Schools

School District 17-H will
hold it's third annual music
festival and achievement day
at the Junior high school
building here on May 9, Sup
erintendent of Schools Elmer
Skeie announced this week.
Included on the program will
be many kinds of musical
eevnts, an exhibit of home &C.
ononics, industrial arts and
art work, and track and field
events for boys and girls in
the upper grades.
The program opens at 10 a.
m. with a group of musical
numbers by grade school child
rem. Among the performers will
be the third, fourth and fifth
grade district chorus, the Har-
din sixth grade chorus with
the sextette singing 'Descant'
the Hardin first grade chorus
and the seventh grade boys.
The noon luncheon will be
served at the grade school
cafeteria by Mrs. Ray Peter
son, Mrs. Cordy Reno and Mrs
Urban Landon.
Exhibits of work done during
the year will be on display in
the home economics, industrial
arts and art rooms. The public
is invited to view these exhib-
its at any time during the day.
Early in the afternoon, track
and field events for sixth, sew
erth, eighth and ninth grade
boys will be held. The lads
will be entered, according to
grade, in the 50-yard dash,
100-yard dash, high jump.
broad jump, shot put and the
discus.
At 2 pm. the vocal and in
strumental musical numbers of
high school students will be
Judged by Prof. J. E. Howard,
who was here last year for the
festival.
The evening program will BE-
similar to that of previous
years. Professor Howard will
direct the high school band
and chorus in several numbers
and will also present violin
solos.
The public is invited to at
tend any or all of the events
Of the day.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01
n. 4. Jacobsen VIII
Serve as Temporary
Extension Agent

N. A Jacobsen of Bozeman,
county agent at large with the
state extension service, arrived
Tuesday to assume the duties
Of county extension agent.
Jacobsen is assigned to Big
Horn county on a temporary
basis until arrangements are
made for someone to fill the
position left vacant when Matt
Heaphy resigned January /.
Jacobsen served as county
agent in Custer and Powder
River counties for a number of
years. During his stay in Big
Horn county he will be primar-
lily concerned with All club
work, rodent and insect con-
troll and conservation practices
George w. Gustafson, former
county agent here, accompan-
led jacobsen to introduce hin,
to the community and assist
him in getting under way here.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01
High School Band
Will Present
Annual Concerts

The Hardin high school band
under the direction of Carl s.
Carter, will present it's annual
spring concert in Hardin and
Crow Agency on Sunday, May
4, Carl Carter, director, an
nounced this week.
The band will play here at
3 pm. in the junior high school
building and at Grow Agency
at BIS pm. in the school
building. The public is invited
to attend and there will be no
admission charge.
Programs both places will be
Identical. Numbers are as fol-
lows:
March of the Steel Men" by
Belsterling, featuring the cor
net and trombone quartets.
Martha Overture" from the
opera Martha by Won Flotow.
"Four-leaf Glover" by E.
Leidzen, saXophone quarte
with band accompaniment,
William Snyder, Joyce Olson,
Vernon OFT and Dean Sturz-
negger.
"Bouree" (fron violin solo
with orchestral by J. S. Bach.
Selections by ninth grade
chorus and girls seXtet.
Lincoln Overture" by N.
Long.
Cyprus Silhouettes' modern
southern rhapsody by D. Ben
nett.
"Pavanne" (from American
SymphonetteO by Nor 20 n
| Gould.
Hall of Fame March" by
Olivadoti
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01
Letters Being Sent Out;
Committee Will
Coll on Businesses

On Monday, May 5, the Big
Horn County Chamber of Com
merce will launch it's annual
drive for funds, the chairman
Of the finance committee, Ken
meth Fox, announced recently.
The Chamber is asking full
cooperation of all citizens of
Big Horn county in achieving
its goals for 1947. Letters will
be sent to many prospective
members and the committee
will call on business houses in
the main towns of the county
Not only funds, but a full
and active membership is desir-
ed, it was pointed out.
The Chamber has alread,2
been at work on the airport
project and on county roads
it was pointed out, and is do
ing its best to encourage both
agricultural in industrial de-
velopment in this area.
The new Chamber office is
open, with Mrs Garold Fish
secretary, ION duty there to
answer inquiries and transact
business for the organization.
The board of directors il
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01
james MurrdY Wins
Ordtoricdl Honor
At District Meetinq

Jimmy Murray of Crow Ag-
ency won first place in the
Catholic apologize oratorical
contest held at the district
meeting of the Catholic Youth
council at st. Patrick's audi
forum in Billings Monday.
Jimmy's topic was, Thank
God I am a Catholic He will
represent the district at the
Diocesan convention to be
held in the Northern hotel in
Billings May 8
Amelia Murray, also of Crow
Agency, was awarded third for
Ter grafton, Can 1 Be a Cath
clio and a Scientist"
The district includes the
parishes from Livingston. Red
Lodge. Columbus, Laurel, From
berg. Custer, Pryor and Hardin
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01
Chamber Directors
Invite Juniors
To Attend Session

The directors of the Big
Horn County Chamber OF
Commerce held a regular meet
ing Friday evening in the
Chamber offices
The president, Clyde RAIDER,
brought up the matter of the
sponsorship of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce. The
Jaycees already have their
charter, he said. The directors
decided to invite the Junior
group to send representatives
tc directors meetings of the
Chamber.
Also discussed were the spon-
sorng of a Soil Conservation
day here sometime this summer
and the membership drive.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01
Jones Torske Has
Serious Leg
Injury From Fall

James Torske incurred a
serious injury last Friday in d
freak accident.
He was moving cattle below
Crow Agency when the horse
he was riding bucked him off
He struck a sharp rock as he
fell and broke his leg just a.
bove the ankle.
He was taken to the veteran
hospital at Sheridan, Wyo., for
treatment, and according tt
word received here, may fly tc
Denver for further attention
| by a bone specialist.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01
New Type Leveler
Working on Forms
For Conservation

Joe Lynde, contractor work
ing for the Big Horn Soil Con-
servation district, started level
ling operations Monday on the
Conrad Seader farm four miles
south of Hardin.
The work is being done with
a Pacific land plane, a leveler
60 feet long, the first of it.:
kind to be used in this region
Farmers and others interested
in seeing the machine in oper-
alton may learn it's location a:
any time by calling the Soil
Conservation service office.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01
Will Vote on School
Mill Levy in
Lodge Cross MdY g

A special election will be
held in the Lodge Grass school
district, No. 81, on sthe ques-
ton of assessing an additional
levy of ten mills to support the
schools of the district on Fri
Gay, May 9.
E. J. Albrecht, superinten-
dent, said increased mainten-
ance costs, needed improve
ments in school equipment and
the adoption of a higher sal
airy schedule for teachers make
the extra levy necessary.
The additional ten mills l.;
one of the lowest to be voted
on in the state, he pointed
out.
Only taxpayers may vote
The polling place is the Lodge
Grass community hall. The polls
will be open from IL noon to
800 pm
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-05-01

AL roads will lead to Har-
din Friday and Saturday even
ings of this week, bringing in
the loving people of Big
Horn county for the Hardin
Lions club carnival at the Har-
Gin primary school gymnasium
from 8 pm. until midnight of
both days. says Jens Kalberg,
chairman of the clubs carni-
val committee.
This will be the first enter
tainment of it's kind to- be held
by a local organization in re-
cent years.
Say the Lions, EFT promises
tc be full of chicanery and pa
irons are warned to be on the
lookout for Machiavellianism
to say nothing about the bar
rel of pickles. Bert Kronmiller
and his assistants will elucidate
on this feature of the carnival.