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Lodges

l. o. o. F. Cabinet chapter No
90, meets every Wednesday even
ing. F. w. Warner, N. G.; Clar
ence Karnes, rec. -sec'y.
Royal Arch Masons Libby lodge
No. 33 meets LIST and 3rd Wed
nesdays at Masonic Temple. A
2. Brunette, high priest; E. M
| Davidson, secretary.
A. F. & A. M. Libby Lodge No.
IS meets End and 4th Thursdays
at Masonic Temple. Gale Weld
ner, w. NJ, L. w. Leigh, Sec
rotary.
Order of tie Eastern Star, Lib
by Chapter No. SO meets lst and
3rd Tuesdays at Masonic Temple.
Mrs. John Bagg, worthy ma
iron, Mrs. E. E. Jaqueth, sec'y.
Libby Moose Lodge No. 1899
meets End and 4th Mondays at
Moose Hall. Oscar L. Wells,
Governor; Melvin P. Paulson,
secretary.
Royal Neighbors, Mountain
View Camp No. 1858 meets End !
and 4th Wednesdays, Moose Hall. |
Mrs. Sylvia McGrew, oracle;
Mrs. Bessie Clowers, recorder.
. Medora Rebekah Lodge No. SO
meets LIST and 3rd Mondays at I.
o. o. F. Hall. Mrs. James Glow
ers, Noble Grand; Mrs. Charles
Oertel, secretary.
A. o. U. w. meets End Friday
If each month at Legion Hall.
Harry Hartle, M. W.; S. A. Ras-
nussen, secretary.
A. o. U. w. JUNIOR Club meets
.th Friday at Legion Hall. Janet
'ohnston, M. w; Rosetta Barr,
ecretary; Delina Carlson, super
'isor.
Rainbow Girls meet End and
tn Mondays at Masonic Temple.
liberia Watt, Troy, worthy ad-
lsor; Lyla Brennan, recorder;
lrs. E. M. Davidson, Mother ad-
isor.
Women Of the Moose, Libby
HAPPIER No. sos meets LIST and 3rd
thursdays at Moose Hall. Mrs.
lien Cole, Senior Regent; Billie
urray, recorder.
Theta Rho Club No. q meets
t and Bird Thursdays in IOOF
III at 7:15 p. m. Donna Adam
n, president; Carrie Williams.
e. sec'Y; Mrs. Katherine Will
ms, Advisory officer.
Libby Rod and Gun Club meets
! Tuesday at 500 .. m. Ray I
ljawa. president; G. c. Earle,
'retary.
Granite Encampment No. z, I.
0. r. meets End and 4th Fri
Us. F. D. Warner, ST., c. Pr;
ford Hayden, scribe.
Junior Odd Fellows meet End
4th Mondays. "Corky" ia
eth, Chief Ruler; "Ed' Ed
pm, Recorder; Pete Wander
I'd, Ad. Officer.
libby Ski Club, Miss Inez Rate
, pres, Mrs. Max Sturnl. sec'y-
IS. Meeting when called.
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT
To the Stockholders of The Glacier
Silver Lead Mining Co.

To the Stockholders of The Glacier
Silver Lead Mining Co.
Notice is hereby given that at
the regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Directors of The Glacier
Silver Lead Mining Company held
on Monday, the 9th day of March.
l948, at 200 p. m. at the office of
the company, 514 Columbia Build
ing m Spokane, Washington. an as
sessment of five (5) mills, or one
half (l2) cent a share, was levied
upon the outstanding capital stock
of the corporation effective March
20, 1913, and payable on or before
April 20, 1913 to F. w. Kiesling
Treasurer of the company, at the
office of the company, 514 Column
bia Building, Spokane, Washington.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment shall remain unpaid on April
20, l948 will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction
and unless payment is made before. |
will be sold on the goth day of |
May, l948, at the Lincoln County |
courthouse at Libby, Montana at !
the hour of 200 p. m to pay the
delinquent assessment together with
costs of advertising and expenses
IF sale
The Glacier Silver Lead
Mining Company
By F. w. KIESLING
Secretary Treasurer
March 18th, 1948.
At March 25th April l-8-15th) /
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CERTIFICATE OF DOING
BUSINESS UNDER A FICTITIOUS
NAhIE ~ ~.

We, A. L. Kensler and James. E.
Johnston, hereby certify that we are
now engaged in and conducting a
general garage and automobile
agency in Troy, Lincoln County,
Montana, under the name and style
of KOOTENAI VALLEY GARAGE;
that we are the sole owners of said
business; that we, and each of us,
reside in the said town of Troy; and
that the location of the said bust
ness is at the corner of Kootenai
Avenue and Third Street in said
town.
Dated this 18th day of March,
1913
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A. L. KENSLER
NAMES - IhHNST

JAMES E. JOHNSTON
STATE OF MONTANA, County
of Lincoln, SIS.
On this 18th day of March, 1g48,
before me, Smith McNeill, a No
tary Public in and for the State
aforesaid, personally appeared A. L.
Kensler and James E. Johnston.
known to me to be the persons
whose names are subscribed to the
foregoing instrument, and acknow-
lodged to me that they executed
the same
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my Notarial Seal the day and year
first above written.
SMITH McNEIIL
Notary Public for the State of
Montana, Residing at Troy,
Montana.
(NOTARIAL SEAL)
My commission expires August
II, 1949.
at March 18-25-April 1-8)
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS


Estate of LAURA RICHARD, De
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, the administrator OF
the estate of Laura Richard, de-
ceased, to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication of
this notice to the said administrator
at the office of J. F. Fennessy, Jr..
Libby, in the County of Lincoln
State of Montana, the same being
the place for the transaction of the
business of said estate.
A. N. RICHARD
Administrator of the
Estate of said Deceased.
Dated at Libby, Montana, this 9Th
day of March, 1913.
J. F. FENNESSY, JR.
Attorney for Petitioner.
(4t March 11-18-25-April y
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ALIAS SUMMONS
No. 1920

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Ot THE STATE OF MONTANA.
IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF LINCOLN
ROSE A. CHRISTIANSON, Plain
tiff
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NOTICE OF PROBATE OF Will
No. L041
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
OF THE STATE OF MONTANA.
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF LINCOLN.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF OLIVER CORYELL. De
ceased.
Pursuant to an Order of said
Court, made on the 18th day of
March, 1913, notice is hereby given
that Friday the second day of April,
l948' at 1870 o'clock a. m. of said
day, at the Court Room of said
court, at the Court House in the
County of Lincoln, has been ap-
pointed as the time and place for
proving the Will of said Oliver Cor
yell deceased, and for hearing the
application of Gerald D. Buell. for
the issuance to him of Letters Tes-
tamentary when and where anv
person interested may appear and
contest the same.
Dated March 10th, 1948.
FRED F. CLARK
Clerk
J. F. FENNESSY, JR.
Attorney for Applicant
Libby. Montana
(3t March 18-25-April y
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VS..
DARWIN A. CHRISTIANSON, De-

l. vs.
PENDANT.
THE STATE OF MONTANA
sends greetings to the above named
defendants and to each of them.
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMON
ED to answer the Complaint in this
action, which is filed in the office
OF the. Clerk of this Court, a copv
OF which is herewith served upon
one OF you in each County where
IN any OF you reside, and to file
your answer and serve a copv
thereof upon the plaintiffs attornev
within twenty days after the SER
wee of this Summons, exclusive of
the day of service; and in case of
your failure to appear or answer.
judgment will be taken against you
by default, for the relief demanded
IN the complaint This action is
brought. for the purpose of obtain
ing a divorce upon the grounds of |
deSertlon of the plaintiff bv the
defendant, and nonsupport and
wilful neglect
Witness my hand and the Seal
ot said Court this 18th day of Il
March, 1948.
FRED F. CLARK
Clerk of said Court.
!. F. FENNESSY, Jr.
Attorney for Plaintiff
libby, Montana
Cat = March 18-25-April 1-s)
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John Roth Succumbs
Tuesday At Age, sc

Park City, July 2S.-John Roth,
Sc, died in the Columbus hospital
Tuesday, July 20. He had been
admitted a few days before.
He was born Aug. g., 1861, in
Russia, the son of Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Roth. In 1889 he was mar
ried to Susanna Wagner in Russia.
and lived there until 1906 when
they moved to the United States
and came to Park City in 1912.
Mrs. Roth passed away in 1920. Mr..
Roth retired from farming a num-
Der of years ago and for the past
five years has made his home with
his son Henry Roth.
He is survived by three sons,
Henry, John Jr., and David of Park
City; four daughters, Mrs. Fred
Miller of Laurel, Mrs. Dora Wagner
of Frannie, Wyo., Mrs. John Wag-
ner and Mrs. Robert Wagner of
Columbus; 40 grandchildren and 10
great grand children.
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon July %, at St. PauPs
Lutheran church in Park City, Rev.
A. M. Bachanz, pastor, officiating.
The church's young peoples choir
accompanied by Miss Donna Sitz-
man, sang "Asleep in Jesus" and
a German hymn.
Pallbearers were his ~grandsons
Paul Wagner, Robert Wagner of
Frannie, Wyo., William Miller, Emil
Marcus of Laurel, Bob Wagner of
Columbus and Jack Roth of Park
City.
Relatives from out of town pre-
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. John Wag-
ner, Mrs. Dora Wagner and families
from Frannie, Wyo.; Mrs. Robert
Fink, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Fink, Miss
Betty Fink, Mrs. Sophie Fink, Mrs.
Katherine Korrell of Lowell, Wyo.,
Mrs. Howard Wilkerson of Living
ston, Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Wagner,
Columbus, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Mil
Ter of Laurel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Alfred and
son Bob of Billings spent the week
end with Mrs. May Miller.
Guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. w. Davis Tuesday evening
were Mrs. Josephine Curzon of Los
Angeles, Mr.. and Mrs. M. Franze1
of Laurel and Mrs. H. D. Tompkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fry returned
home Wednesday from Sand Point,
Idaho, where they spent a weeks
vacation.
Don Fox left recently for Hills ,
bora. N. D., where he was married
to Miss June Lowe, Saturday, July
"a. Both are teachers in the
Browning high school.
Juanita Alice returned to her
work in Helena Sunday after taking
a months vacation at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John AL
ice.
St. Paul's Luntheran church and
Sunday school enjoyed a picnic at
he Park City park, following their
services Sunday, July %.
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FARM SAFETY WEEK
To Eliminate 80 Million
Hazards ON i. S. Farms

Inasmuch as there are about 80
million farm residents in America
today, the Presidents proclamation
actually calls for the elimination of
80 million farm hazards.
"This Is not an impossible goal
by any means" emphasized Ned
H. Dearborn, president Of Nation
al Safety council. at is, perhaps,
ono Of the most positive
approaches to the farm safety
problem that has ever been made.
National Safety council certainly
seconds the Presidents suggestion
that all organizations and persons
interested in farm life and welfare
join In a concerted attack upon
the hazards that kill $4,000 farm
residents each year."
What is the toll? What will it be
the next II months unless
extra precautions are taken?
One out of every IS farm residents
will suffer a disabling injury.
One out of every four farms will
be the scene of an accident result
ing in a disabling injury.
Accidental death will occur in one
out of every 800 farm families.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Cross of Hell
ena were in town Tuesday calling
on former friends. Mrs. Cross was
formerly Miss Louise Jarussi, and
both taught in the Park City school
several years ago.
Mrs. w. F. Adams was hostess
Thursday to the Garden club at
Harmony hall. The program on
"Lillies" under the direction of Mrs.
Conrad Mehling was followed by d
round table.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley kellogg and
two sons of Laurel moved into the
Hansford house on east Main street
the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Corwin re-
turned home Saturday from Helena
where they spent several days dur
ing the week.
Jack Hansford underwent an
operation in a Billings hospital
Monday and returned to his home
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Tiggis of Colo
RADIO and formerly of Park City,
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TIME SAVING OR LOSING? -.
The farmer who won't take time
to stop machinery to make adj
justments or repairs often spends
weeks or months in a hospital
bed. Accidents involving ma
chinery rank as the second lead
ing cause of deaths and injuries
among farm workers.
Accidents, on the average, will
kill 81 farm residents every day in
the year.
Total costs of accidents affecting
farm people will be LOS billion dol
lars, or $35 for every farm resident.
Four farm buildings will be de-
stroyed by fire every hour of the
day, every day of the year.
The farmer who thinks he can
afford to ignore facts like these
can't afford to be a farmer.
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were in town Sunday calling on
friends.
Mrs. Raymond Brown of Valley
creek has been quite ill in a Bill
lings hospital with a throat ailment.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Nelson were
guests at a community dinner Sum-
day in Fromberg complimenting DR..
Benson.
Curtis Hansford left for his home
in Bozeman Saturday after spend
ing two weeks with his grand
mother, Mrs. w. A. Hansford.
Guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Matthias are Mrs. Mat
theis' sister Mrs. M. C.. Gordon and
niece Nadine Marsden of Manchest-
Ell Center, VT. Other recent guests
were Mrs. Helen Heck and Mrs.
Grace A. Trefney of Bozeman and
Joel Matthias of Lincoln, Neb.
Mrs. Mary Badavinaus of Billings
has been a guest of her daughter.
Mrs. John Gesick and family.
Visitor Eisenman was honored on
his birthday Wednesday, July IA,
at a lawn party. Out of town
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Max
Mueller of Hysham, Mr.. and Mrs.
Phil Wagner of Billings. Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Eisenman and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Eisenman, ST.,
and MI. and Mrs. John Eisenman,
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first pheasant - it wouldn't take
much to transform this bright morn
ing into a day of tragedy.
This was all that had to happen:
One wheel of the tractor slumped
into a rut. The gun slipped from
Johns lap and the stock struck
forcibly on a steel bar. The shock
fired the shell in the chamber and
a charge of buckshot tore into the
boys face and head.
Johns younger sister found his
body lying in the field a few min
utes later.
It was an unusual accident only
in the sense that it is unusual for
a farmer to be shot while working
in the field.
Otherwise, the story (and it is a
true one) follows the same grim pat
tern that recurs in the accounts of
thousands of other fatal farm &C
cidents every year. An initial dis
regard of safety rules, a shading of
carelessness and finally the little ac-
. cidental occurrence that explodes
TIE WlOle SlLudLlOll uuLO ldSeuJ.
This year National Farm Safe
ty week, which is being observed
July 1881, has for its goal the eli
mination of 80 million farm haz-
ards.
In setting the dates for the fifth
annual observance of the week,
President Truman explained the
goal in these words:
81 urgently request each member
of every American farm family to
accept personal responsibility for
eliminating at least one possible
source of accidents during National
Farm Safety week."
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PARK ITYSECTION

Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. Brown en-
tertained recently at a stag party
for a few old-timers, complimentine
Bud Sackett of California, a guest
at the Brown home. Many OLE
stories and events were recalled by
those present who were Charles
Storney, Ralph Storey, Burt Nit
chell, DIR. Matthew Calvert of Lau-
rel and John Clausen of Billings
The dinner table was centered with
a cake and old time pictures.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Carol Holman and
son Larry of Dodson spent Thurs
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Hoff.
l.. Jacobson and family of N. D.
came during the week and are re-
siding in the lower apartment on
Main street belonging to Mrs: Ag-
mes Smith. Mr.. Jacobson will be
science teacher the coming school
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. V. Mosier and
Mrs. H. D.. Tompkins drove to
Lowell, Sunday, to visit the rose
gardens.
Mrs. Martha Spry of Helena, who
has been visiting at the home of
her daughter at Lodge Grass, came
Thursday and remained until Sun
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
S: T. Flood.
Miss Sylvia Weber of Santa Ana,
Calf. and her sister Mrs. Roy
Denham and son of Livingston were
in town Thursday calling on form
er friends.
Mrs. R. B. Chinouth of Polo, ILL.,,
came Monday to visit at the home
of her sister, Mrs. j. H. Dove. On
Wednesday they left on a three
days trip through the park.
Week end guests at the Dove
home We're Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
.Streedbeck and son., Mr.. and Mrs.
T. j. Dove and daughter of Bill
lings and Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Dove and two sons of Laurel.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Petersen and
son Ronald of Stockton, Calf, and
her sister Mrs. Luther Branting Of
Little Rock, Ark, were guests of
Mrs. Charles Eastlick and family
from Tuesday until Thursday. All
we're college priends at Bethany
College, Kans.
Mrs. S. M. Cain and her daughter
Mrs. Virgil Zimmerman, went to
Great Falls Thursday to visit at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. R. Dog
get, a daughter of Mrs. Cain, and
tc get acquainted with a new grand
daughter.
Mrs. Annabel Riddle returned
home from Humeston, Iowa, the
first of the week where she ac-
companied her mother, the late
Mrs. Mary King, for burial last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Altice spent
Thursday near Boyd at the home
IF Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. Leggett.
Bertram Philips of Antioch, Calf,
S visiting at the home of his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Wolf.
Judges at the primary election
Tuesday, july 20, which was held
It Harmony hall were Charles East
lex, c.. V. Mosier, John Eisenman,
Sr., Ralph Story and w. D. Whit
anack. :
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Churches
OUR SAVIOR'S LUTHERAN
CHURCH
and
JOLIET LUTHERAN CHURCH

c.. o. Anderson, Pastor
At Laurel:
Services at II a. m. Theme,
"Lukewarm-The Laodicean Church
men," Rev. 3:15-16.
The Bible class will meet Tues
day and Friday evenings at 1890
p. m.
The Boys Group meets Friday at
$50 p. m.
Confirmation class at 1 p. NJ. Sat
urday.
The Mission society will meet
Aug. 5 at 2 p. M, Thursday.
The Lutheran Brotherhood will
meet Thursday, Aug. 5 at 7:45
p. m.
AT Joliet:
The annual church picnic dinner
will be held at the Joliet Communi-
ty park at 1 p. m. Sunday. The
services will be held after the
picnic at the church.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-28

1t was a brisk morning in the au-
tumn of 1916 when John Boer head
ed his tractor out into a field on
his fathers prosperous northwest
Iowa farm.
Pheasant season was in mid
career and John, who had been dis
charged from the army not long
before, was anticipating eagerly the
.zestful experience Of seeing a cock
pheasant whirring safely above
.the corn rows, and then the lift,
swing and bang Of his II gauge.
That was why he was carrying
his loaded shotgun with him on
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CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Fifth at Penn.
James H. Haueter, Paste

James H. Haueter, Pastor.
Friday, July 80.
Choir practice, 6:3O p. m.
Personal workers band, 1880 p. m
Sunday, Aug. L:
Sunday school, GAS a. m.
Morning worship, II a. m.
N. Y. P. S., 7:15 p. m.
Evangelistic service, 8 p. m.
Monday, Aug. 2:
Choir practice, $3.50 p. m.
Musical program by mixed trio
representing Northwest Nazarene
college of Nampa, Idaho.
Wednesday, Aug. a:
Bible study and prayer service,
8 pm.
Monthly church board meeting,
9 n. m.
The Friendly Church With a Vital
Message.
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For Sleepy People

Experiments are being conducted
looking toward development of an
electronic awakener. The goal is a
pocket-borne apparatus that could be
connected with the body of a truck
driver, airplane pilot, railroad en-
gineer or night Waterman to give
warning when he approached the dam
ger point Of doing.
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ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCI

"The Church of the Lutheran Hour"
Park City, Mont.
A. M. Bachanz, Pastor.
The Lutheran Hour owe KGHL
Sunday, 9 a. m.
Sunday school at GAS a. m.
Divine services at 9:45 and IL
a. m.
The Mission Society meets Aug.
a., 6 p. m. with Mrs. J. Mohr, hos
tess.
The pastor is attending the Syn
odical Conference convention in Mil
waukee, Aug. SO.
Summer time is a busy time, but
it ought not be so busy for us that
We find not time to worship the
Lord in spirit and in truth. A cor
dial invitation is awaiting you at
our services.
Laurel outlook., 1948-07-28

the tractor. And
with those circum-
stances a boy
~jouncing through a
field on a tractor,
a loaded gun on
his lap, his mind
p~reoccupied t h
watching for the
49,
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Removing Chewing Gum

To remove chewing gum, hold a
piece of ice directly under the gum.
This will freeze it, making it easy to
pick off. If the gum leaves a stain,
sponge with carbon te~trachloride.
Arizona sun., 1948-07-23
HeudIiners
IN NEW ORLEANS

IN NEW ORLEANS Mrs. Nor
ris Champagne gave birth to a son
in Baptist. hospital, "a hours later
Mrs. Joseph Liquor had daughter,
18 minutes after that Mrs. S. r.
Staggers was delivered of a daugh-
ter.
IN BUTTE Deputy Sheriff Rob-
ert Russell was treated for burns on
his right forefnger suffered when
he was demonstrating the safe way
to handle firecrackers to a group of
youngsters.
IN KANSAS CITY Clyde E.
Paine, a roundhouse worker, unable
to sleep since he was transferred
from the day to night shift, invented
an electric fan that makes a clack-
ing noise like the wheels of freight
train, lulling him into peaceful slum-
ber.
IN MILWAUKEE, James Beard
put a handful of nickels into a pay
telephone. got wrong number ev-
cry time, was arrested when he was
found walking down the street in a
mist of rage with the telephone re-
ceiver dangling by the cord wrapped
around his neck.
Arizona sun., 1948-07-23
CYCLES:
Freezing

People who are addicted to the
theory that human existence is de-
fined by cycles have made a hor-
rendous prediction: This will be
world of dictators for the next $50
years.
That prognostication was made in
''law of growth of nations" pub
ished by the Foundation for the
Study of Cycles. This law indicates
further that after the period of dio-
tators will come static or frozen
civilization.
This frozen" civilization prob
ably will be happy one, but it is,
nevertheless, doomed to deteri-
crate. The end is foreseen when
younger peoples, eager for the loot
of the world, rise to give the coup
de grace to the emasculated west
ern powers.
Who these younger peoples are
is not revealed. They may be
fresh group of barbarians or near
barbarians who will come sweep
ing down from the north or up from
the south.
Arizona sun., 1948-07-23
FARM BILL:
Price Support

To the accompaniment of his now
customary blast at the 80th con-
gress President Truman signed in
to law farm bill that extends pres
ent price support policies for IS
months and establishes long-range,
flexible support program to begin
January 1, 1850.
Signing the bill, the President
said: 81 wish to make it plain once
again that legislation for price sup
ports is only part of the action this
congress should have taken to meet
the problems of American agricul-
ture."
Thus, he was not criticizing the
farm price support bill in itself but
rather giving another re-run to the
familiar theme whereby he has
been castigating congress for do
ing little when a lot more was
needed.
Congress, he said. failed to en-
act legislation to strengthen the
soil conservation program; it did
not provide the necessary funds for
marketing research; it did not act
on the international wheat agree
ment. It failed, he specified, to
meet ''the serious problems of
rural housing. health and educa-
ton"
''In the field of agriculture, as in
80 many others, most of the busi-
ness of the 8Oth congress was left
unfinished" Mr.. Truman observed.
Under the extension bill farm
prices generally will be supported
at their present levels. However,
the support price for cotton will
drop from 92k to 80 per cent of
parity.
The idea behind parity farm
prices is to insure the farmer the
same buying power. compared with
the rest of the community, that he
had during a favorable crop period
Usually the standard interval upon
which parity prices are based are
the five years from 1909 to 1914
Five other basic crops will con-
tinue to be supported at 80 per cent
of parity They are wheat. corn.
rice, peanuts and tobacco.