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Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-01

CULLING HI FLOCK
By HARRIETTE CUSHMAN

OIL am wondering if you would
give me a little advice and infor-
nation. Last spring l bought baby
chicks TO raise. / got the best grade
OF the Austria Whites. They have
done well and I think I have a
nice bunch of chickens. However.
dont want to keep many of the
pullets through the winter. Would
you advise me TO keep any of the
roosters of this hybrid type? Also
I var TO know how TO go about
culling my bullets. / only want to
keep a few of the best. but I do
not know how TO select them. AS
said. I nave these Austra-Whites.
/ ave noticed that all of the
pullets have blush black feet and
legs. l have been told that this de-
notes a DOR type pullet. AS these
are all dark would you think they
will be poo layers? The roosters
all have white legs / selected the
Austra-Whites because they said
they were such wonderful layers.
Mrs. L. H. S.. Rosebud county.
A.-Most certainly I would adj
wise against keeping any of the male
birds of a hybrid variety. In order
to get the next generation must
go back and cross the two original
pure breeds again.
You are wise to Gull your pullets
strictly. This is especially true with
the present cost of feed and at a
time when we want to save grain
for the starving peoples of Europe.
We + sending you the culling bull
letin. I think that the pictures will
help a great deal. I can say that you
should choose those birds with wide
backs and deep bodies, but when
you look at the illustration and see
just how you hold a bird to deter
mine her body measurements you
can understand the process much
better. Of course, first and foremost
is a good vigorous bird.
I will give you a shortcut to Gull
ing. Of course, this can't be taken
alone but with the other characters
to be considered I find it a big help
The bird which is a good layer is
one which can eat more than she
needs for mere body upkeep. There.
fore she is a deep bodied bird. Con.
sequently she takes more time to fill
up this big body than the poo
layer does. Thus she is the first of
the roost in the morning and thu
last to go to roost at night. Ere
quently you can get most of tn,
culls by merely taking the frs
birds that go on the roost and ex
anime them further for other indi
cations which are characteristic O
culls.
In regard to the different colore,
legs, this is to be expected in by
birds. The color of legs in no wa
affects production. The color merel
indicates that you do not have
purebred bird. Plumage, leg colo
comb character and all other thing
will not come true when you Gro:
L.z1
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-01

"and told him he had better stay
if he was afraid to risk his scalp
with white men,"
Stuart was, they were informed,
one day ahead of them. They wor-
ried about the safety of his party,
since the Crows were so opposed to
prospectors in their country, but
knew they could do nothing to help
the larger party and so put 40 miles
between themselves and the Crow
village a. quickly as possible.
Fairweather Finds Lode
Three weeks after they had been
released they camped on a long
ridge, Fairweather and Edgar being
left to take care of the horses while
the other four prospected and while
he was looking for a spot to stake
out the horses, Fairweather found
the lode known as Alder Gulch.
He came back to Edgar and asked
him to bring pick and pan. They
PANIED out $3.50 the first attempt
and an equal amount the second.
When their friends returned, they
had $12.30-and the horses, still I'M
cared for.
''They begin giving Bill and me
fits" said Edgar.
But the news was too good for
anyone to be cross long. Next day,
they agreed, they would all pan for
a grubstake; then they would ride
to Bannack for provisions.
Though none of them mentioned
their find, news of it preceded them
to Bannack-or perhaps their happy
faces betrayed them as soon as they
came in sight.
Everyone a Friend
Everyone wanted to be their
friend. Bob Dempsey cared for their
horses; another man offered his
cabin; they were Toasted royalty on
eggs brought from Salt Lake, on
ham, potatoes, coffee. But when,
two days later, they started for
Alder Gulch, they were surrounded
by an eager crowd, which would not
let them out of sight. By the fourth
day, the number of their hangers-on
had increased to 200. Said Bill Fair
weather gaily:
eff we'd had this crowd with us
when the medicine man made his
medicine, wouldn't we have given
them Hail Columbian"
Edgar was appointed to make a
speech to the crowd. He told them
the extent of their find, what gold
had been PANIED, what claims
staked. He said that only if the
crowd would promise to leave the
discoveries their choice of claims,
would they go on at all. A vote was
taken, and an overwhelming ma
jority agreed to his terms.
By 4 o'clock of June 6, the day
on which that mad stampede reached
Alder Gulch, the length of the creek
on both sides was staked with golc
claims.
Barney Hughes rode to Deer Lodge
to bring George Orr, who had laugh
ingly promised to grub stake then
when they returned. Four of the
six discoveries favored this action
the other two, Harry Rodgers anC
Mike Sweeney, separated from thei
friends because of it and disappearec
later.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-16

ally bound by treaties with other
countries to respect 'human rights
and fundamental freedom for all
without distinction as to race"
"When people are divided by
master-race theory" the report
concludes, "liberty and justice are
impossible. Nowhere in this plain
er than in the capital, where one
quarter of the population is seq
regated according to color. Here
we have been building ghettoos of
the mind, body and spirit. In
the nations capital, we must mean
what we say, and give people of
all races an equal change to life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happ-
mess"
Chairman of the Committee on
Segregation in the Nations Capt.
al is DR.. George N. Shuster, presi-
dent of Hunter College. Labor
members include James B. Carey,
Philip Murray, and Walter P.
Reuther.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-16
Bay State City
Wins First Prize
In Vote Contest

Washington, d. c. OLNS). -
Somerville, Massachusetts, has won
the $1,000 first prize in the ma
tional "Get- Out The Vote" contest
sponsored by Labor's Committee
for Truman & Barley, it was an
nounced in Somerville by Eli l..
Oliver, secretary-treasurer of the
committee. Winners of other
prizes were also announced.
Oliver presented the 81 900 check
to President Charles j. Murphy, of
the Somerville Central Labor I'm
ion, at meeting in Somerville of
local union officers and labor poll
tical leaders.
The contest, said to be the first
of it's kind in American political
history, was organized by the lead
ers of 60 AFL, Railroad Brother
hood and independent unions COM
prising Labor's Committee for
Truman e. Barkley. Seven cash
awards, ranging from the $1,000
first prize to 500, were made to
labor political committees whose
local or Congressional districts
showed the greatest percentage in
crease in the votes cast for Presi-
dent Truman in comparison with
the vote for President Roosevelt in
1914.
Somerville, an industrial com
which is part of metropol-
itan Boston, led labor political
groups throughout the country by
recording a Truman vote % per-
cent greater than the proportion
Of the two-party vote cast for FDR
in 1914.
Other winners and their prizes
follow:
Keokuk, Iowa = $500; Denver
County, Col. 500; End Assembly
District, Kenosha County, Wis.,
500; Lackawanna County (Scran-
toni Pa.-$100; Hibbing, Minn.,-
800; Alton Wood River, H.
800.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-16

Emmanuel w. Custer, ware
houseman, died Dec. 7 at the home
of his son, Norman E. Custer of
Wellsville.
Mr.. Custer was born in Johns
town, Pa, and lived in this district
for 25 years. He was employed
last at the former plant of the C.
C. Thompson Pottery Co. He was
a member of Local Union sc, Ma
tional Brotherhood of Operative
Potters and the United Evangelical
Church at Johnstown.
He leaves another son, Richard
C. Custer of Harrisburg, Pa; two
brothers; Albert Custer and Rich
ard Custer; a sister, Mrs. Martha
Mock, and a half-brother, James
Custer, all of Johnstown and sew
en- grandchildren and five great
grandchildren. ,..
Burial was made in Grandview
Cemetery in Johnstown.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-16

proof has thereby been provided
that 'bigotry and prejudice are
just as much out Of place in in
dustry as they are in politics ard
the social life of our community"
5. Recognizing that the "health
and welfare of the worker is a res
possibility we cannot shirk." a well
fare fund, administered jointly by
the union and the company, has
been established.
"These achievements could not
have been possible without the
wholehearted cooperation of the
executives Of the company and the
union, who are here assembled"
Laderman emphasized.
Two Front Danger Cited
Buchsbaum, in accepting the
award, called attention to the dang
er which is today threatening "our
country on two fronts"-Commun-
ism at home and abroad and the
attitude of certain business leaders
who "clutch desperately to the
power that is theirs over morgan
lied workers" Good labor relations
as a means Of offsetting that dang
er are a must, he indicated.
Senator-elect Paul H. Douglas of
Illinois, impartial union-company
arbitrator, stressed that while un-
ions are essential to the economic
welfare and interests of the work
ing people, the relationship of la
Dor to the profits of the employer
must be borne in mind, as both un-
ions and management have "a mu-
tual interest in a bigger pie to cut"
Strife Changes to Harmony
Buchsbaum was once bitterly OPP
posed to unions, and Douglas re-
called that relations between the
local union and the management
were anything but harmonious in
the beginning. To the credit of
both parties to the agreement
Douglas has not been called in to
arbitrate a single issue, although
he has been asked for advice on
occasions. That is the
way it should be, Douglas said, in
dicating it was far better from
every standpoint for unions and
to settle their own dlf-
ferences among themselves.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-16
commies Slapped
Down By Ballot

Cleveland UPA)-Elections in
locals Of United Electrical Work
ers, the union that was banned by
the Atomic Energy Commission,
last week showed that some mem
bers are getting fed up with pro-
Communist leadership in the union,
local sources claimed.
More than 1900 employees of
the General Electric Co. in Schnec-
tady, N. Y. elected Frank Kriss,
who campaigned on an anti-Com-
munist platform, as president of
their local, Local 301. 1t was a
close race, however, and Leo Jand-
reau, who ran on the opposing
slate was reelected business agent
Of the local.
At the big General Electric plant
in Cleveland, tho, the non-Com-
munist slate scored a victory right
down the line. David j. Fitz-
maurice defeated John Theil for
president by more than two to one
and all other posts, except for a
few unopposed spots on the execu-
tive board, were carried by Fitz-
maurice supporters, heralding a
new era for Local TOT.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-16
Segregation In Washington Is
Planned By Special Interests

Washington (LPA-Our capital,
the government seat of the great
est free nation in the world" is a
"blot on our nation" because of it's
treatment of minority groups, a
report on Segregation in Washing
ton made clear last week.
| A 91-page condensed summary
of the research findings of the
Natl Committee on Segregation in
the Nations Capital revealed that
there is more segregation by race
or color in Washington today than
there was 80 years ago.
Further it points out that at is
not in the field of spontaneous hu-
man relationships that trouble
(between races and persons of diff
ferent color) occurs in Washing
ton, but on high policy level
where the segregation Of the Negro
is planned as a matter of good
business, and investments are made
in the denial of his equal right to
own property"
While officially the city Of Wash
ington is managed by three COM
missioners appointed by the Presi-
dent of the United States, unoffic-
tally it is run by the dominant real
estate, commercial and financial
interests, formally organized as
the Board of Trade. "Those are the
special interests which have plan
ned the segregation of Negroes in
housing, jobs, theaters, restaur-
ants, parks and Fairgrounds"
The report paints a shocking pic
ture of housing conditions in Negro
neighborhoods. 1t also points out
that there is discrimination in
many government agencies, many
of which hire Negroes for only the
most menial jobs.
Not only are we morally obligat-
ed, by the words of the Declara-
ton of Independence and the Con-
stitution, to end this condition, the
report asserts, but we are also leg
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-16
Firm To Pay S5950
For Labor Violation

Washington, D. C. (ILNS). =
A Butte, Mont, firm must pay
$3.50 on its government contract
to ship 100000 worth of gravied
horsemeat to Europe. The assess
ment was not based on any ques-
tion as to the quality of the meat,
but on a U. S. Department of La
Dor examiners finding that the
Montana Horse Products Co., en-
ployed underage girls to fill the
order.
The public contracts law requires
payment of $40 for each day a girl
under Is is employed on govern
ment contract work. The examiner
found that the company worked %
girls 595 days.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-16
Do Not Lock Out
Santa Claus Too

Los Angeles (LPA) - Striking
west coast oil workers have reach
ed agreement with all but one
company, Union Oil, whose AFRO
CANT president Reese Taylor has
locked out 2200 workers, to prove
to them that they can't strike and
get away with it.
The workers are holding out
against Union. Their picket lines
are solid and they insist that all
employees must be returned to work
with the same seniority as when
they struck. These OWIU mem
bers are wondering, tho, whether
Santa Claus will be able to visit
their children this year.
Oil unionists say "you can help
see that he does by sending gifts
this week" to either Oil Workers
Local 326, Box 45S, Rodeo, Calf.
or Oil Workers Local 1913, 4120
Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach,
Calf. Toys, candy, or anything
else that can help bring Christmas
to these kids should be mailed i'm.
mediately to get there in time fo;
the 25th.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-16
Workers Are Held
AS Human Beings

Albany, N. Y. ULNS).-Business
management in the state of New
York, it's structure and how it
functions in the economic and civic
affairs of the state, are featured
in the December issue of the Indus
trial Bulletin, monthly newsmag-
azipe of the State Department of
Labor.
The issue is the third and last
in series devoted to a comprehen-
sive labor relations survey through
out the state. The first issue, last
April, dealt with the union con-
tract and collective bargaining pro-
cesses. The second, last month,
discussed the structure of organic
ed labor in the state.
Illustrated articles in the 40
page magazine trace the develop
ment of industrial management
from its beginning, and analyze
various phases of it's operations
such as production, personnel pro-
grams and policies, training in in
dustry programs, and cultivation
of public good will. The relation
ship between management and gov
ernment and the constructive parti-
cipation of industrial leaders in
the administration of the State
Labor Departments services are
also thoroughly reviewed in special
feature stories.
Pointing to the record which
shows that management in New
York state has not failed to recog-
nize workers as human beings
throughout its steady growth and
Commissioner Edward
Corsi in his regular editorial con-
cludes: g. it is this recognition
which has brought intelligent bus
mess management in this state
more than monetary reward. (Loss
of working time-and consequent
loss of production-because of
strikes is at a minimum.) 1t has
created an atmosphere of mutual
respect and cooperation which goes
far toward building of a better
world for all.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-16
ALFRED Il. HEATH

Alfred T. "Teddy" Heath, 78,
died Dec. 10 in his home on the
Glendale Road, near Newell, fol-
lowing a long illness.
Mr.. Heath was born in Trenton,
N. j., and came to East Liverpool
in 1880. He resided in Newell and
vicinity for 43 years. He was a
potter and retired about six years
ago while working as a warehouse
man at Plant A of the Homer
Laughlin China Co.
Mr.. Heath was a member of the
Newell Methodist Church and
taught the Cleaners Class in the
Sunday School. He was a member
of Local Union No. sc, National
Brotherhood of Operative Potters.
He leaves son, Elmer Heath,
and a daughter, Mrs. Burl Straight,
both of Newell; a brother, William
G. Heath of East Liverpool; sis
ter, Miss Elizabeth Ann Heath of
South Gate, Calf, and 16 grand
children and IL great-grandchild-
ren.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-16
Steel Industry
Facing More
Public Security

! Washington (LPA)-Reports re
lceived last week indicate that th'
giant steel industry is the moving
force behind the Capehart commit
tees attack upon the Fedora
Trade Commission and it's anti
basing point pricing orders.
In Pittsburgh, the nations lead
ling steel center, industry barons
last week came out into the oper
with new Natl Competition Com
mittee to fight for the legalizatior
of the monopolistic basing point
system.
The steel leaders called upon
manufacturers thruout the nation
to line up behind them, announcing
that subsidiary committees are al
ready in process of formation in
Houston, and Dallas, Tex, Tulsa,
Okla, Cincinnati, Dayton and
Cleveland, Ohio, and in Philadel-
phia.
Delegates from these outposts
are expected to arrive in Pitts
burgh next week for conference
with the head men.
Rep. Wright Patman Cd. Tex
charged last week that the attacks
made upon him by Senate subcom-
mittee chairman Homer Capehart
(R. Ind. were inspired by the steel
trust.
Additional attention was focus
ed on the, steel industry's habits
by Assistant Interior Secretary G.
Girard Davidson who called atten-
tion to the trusts 'basic opposi-
tion to expansion"
The steel barons, he said, are
"men of little faith who are in con-
stant dread of IA depression which
might leave them with too much
steel.'"
Belatedly drawn industry plans
for a 100000 ton capacity in
crease in the next two years are
Davidson pointed out,
since the current shortage exceeds
100000 a year.
The Interior Dept official point
ed out that the Reconstruction Fin
ance Corp. can be used to finance
capacity improvement if the steel
men can't raise the money them
selves. And, he suggested, eff the
steel men then should reject these
loans because of their basic opposi-
ton to expansion, the government
itself must build the steel plants
as it did during the war"
From conservative business
man, Fred G. Syburg, of the Chain
Belt Co., came confirmation last
week of Davidson's statement that
the steel shortage is here to stay.
Addressing the Natl Association
Of Purchasing Agents, Syburg said
hat he saw no hope for a solution
of the supply problem during the
next year.
Steel prices, "buoyant" in 1948
are still rising, the businessman
declared, despite steel users pro-
.ests over the new extras" charges
hey find on their bills.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-16
4-Yeor-OId Polio Victor Poster
Child In March of Dimes Campaign

New York City QLNS).-Littlt
Linda Iris Brown is not quite
years old, but her blonde, curly
hair and serious blue eyes will
soon be a familiar sight through
out the United States. Linda, one
of the many thousands of victims
of the 1916 infantile paralysis epid-
emics, has been chosen as the post
er child for the 1s49 March of
: Dimes campaign, Jan. IA to 81, it
was disclosed by Basil OConnor,
president Of the National Founda-
ton for Infaptile Paralysis. O'Con-
nor added that the coming drive is
the most crucial in the National
Foundations IL years because of
the unusually severe outbreaks of
the disease last summer, the worst
in more than 3 decades.
Two Years Fight Wins
Linda is the only child of Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard Brown, Jr., of
San Antonio, Tex. In little more
than 2 years time she has fought
her way back to near-normal
health. Home treatments and regu-
lar hospital check-ups continue to
improve her condition. Her cam
paign poster picture dramatizes
her first step away from wheel
chair, the step which is the dearest
hope of so many of her fellow suf-
ferers.
The fighting little Texas girl
symbolizes March of Dimes help
to all those who have been strick
en- with polio. She was stricken
with polio nearly 21@ years ago
while on visit to her grandmoth-
er, Mrs. Ira S. Fisk, in Miami,
Okla. On the 8th day of the visit,
she became i'll and ran a tempera
ture, and physicians diagnosed
poliomyelitis.
A frightened Mrs. Brown sum-
moned her husband by telephone.
Brown had just returned from 18
Army service in the Paci-
fic and was at work on rebuilding
his law practice in San Antonio.
He hurried to Linda's bedside and
together, the parents drove her to
the Robert b. Greene Hospital in
San Antonio.
There, physicians and nurses,
specially trained in polio care, took
over. Behind them stood the Bexar
County Chapter of the National
for lnfantile Paralysis
with funds derived from the March
of Dimes.
Linda was fortunate. When she
was discharged from the hospital
she was able to walk away with
out braces. Now Linda has only a
slight limp and her mother, form
Pr school teacher, declares that the
l949 poster child has not even
noticed that her right leg is slight
Iy shorter than her left.
Child Now Active
Linda will be 4 years old Jan.
l3 the day before the opening of |
he l949 March of Dimes campaign. |
It will be the first of many wonder
'ul and exciting days, as she helps |
N the work Of raising an expected
'ecord fund to aid other polio pat
ents. But Linda will not tire. She |
S very energetic and active. When |
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-12-16
OBITUARIES
MRS. PEARL SEBRiNG TAYLOR

vi No. EAhL oEDRI1NN ~ LOIN
Mrs. Pearl Sebring Taylor,
widow of Homer j. Taylor, presi-
dent of the former Knowles, Tay-
lor & Knowles pottery of East
l. ivNrpool, died Dec. 8 in Burbank,
Calf.
Mrs. Taylor resided in California
for the past Is years where the
family moved following the sus-
pension of the X. t. & X. plants.
She was the daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver H. Sebring.
She leaves two daughter, Mrs.
Edwin o. Davidson and Mrs. Lee
F. Wollard, and son, John O.,
Taylor, all in Burbank; two sis
ters, Mrs. Ray Cliff and Miss Vida
Sebring, also in California and
two grandchildren.
Mr.. Taylor, who revived the
Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Co.
in an artware plant in Burbank
after going to the coast, died April
6, 1943.