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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-17
Scotty Sez

Some of the weaker liberals
don't favor a third party. They
prefer to vote for Truman
against the Republican candi-
date as the "1ess of two
evils"
Isn't it nice to be able to
choose between cancer and tu-
berculosis?
When the Left had influ-
ence in the French govern
ment tn ey saw to il that
prostitution was outlawed.
Now the DeGaullist officials
are moving TO bring back
legal brothels.
You can't say the Marshall
Plan isn't encouraging free
enterprise.
King Michael has abdicated
his throne in Romania Expect
Standard Oil to shed a tear
for the Royalty-yes, and all
the little royalties, too.
4 +
But even if the King gets
married in Copenhagen. he
still isn't up TO snuff.
Il \
Drew Pearson drools over
the Italian president and says
&C. he talks with such clarity
and eloquence that you feel
you understand him even
though you don't know
Italian"
Read any good books lately
in language you don't un-
derstand?
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-17

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of FASHION. So pages of the most
wearable patterns including free
gift pattern in each book.
Evening star., 1948-07-10
By Alice Eversmon

The Water Gate last night looked
like old times, with an audience
massed together in every available
seat and crowds listening from every
vantage point around the site. It
was the National Symptoms Ger
shwin program. Two days short OF
the 11th anniversary date OF the
composers death, the spirit Of COM
memoration was nevertheless pres
ent. That Gershwin's appeal is still
strong for a large public is evi-
denced by such an audience as at
tended the concert last night. It
was an ideal evening. A silver OF a
moon lowered over the barge, the
sunset faunted the richest colors
and the darkness brought pleas
ant coolness. Altogether, the Or
chestra, under Howard Mitchelfs
direction, played under the most
favorable and inspiring circum-
stances.
Three American artists were the
soloists on this strictly American
program. Agnes Davis, soprano, and
Harold Ronk, baritone, sang five
selections from "Porgy and Bess,"
and Sidney Foster, pianist, played
the Rhapsody in Blue" Coming
closer to the essence of Gershwin's
style and able to project it most ef-
fectively was the singing of Mr..
Ronk. His fine voice has been heard
here frequently but he showed an
other interpretive side in the clever
"It Amt Necessarily So" and Il
Got Plenty of Nuttin'." He put
these over with skill, his excellent
diction aiding considerably in the
effect and his whole delivery easy
and assured.
Miss Davis is also well known
from previous appearances here,
where her high, clear voice and
sound training made themselves
felt in more taxing numbers. For
the Gershwin songs, "Summertimes
and my Mans Gone Now" and
in the duet with Mr.. Ronk, "Bess
You Is My Woman Now" its quality
was too crystalline for such warmly
tinted numbers. The many high
tones, and the difficult tessitura
in general, were managed with
freedom, yet the proclivity of the
voice to take on a sharp, pointed
quality was most evident at these
times.
Evening star., 1948-07-10
All-Gershwin Program Fills
Every Seat at Watergate

Just a year ago Mr.. Foster was
the soloist on a similar program
at the Water Gate. Last night his
performance of the Rhapsody"
confirmed the impression Of his
powers as a virtuoso pianist. He
draws a full and sonorous tone
from the instrument, even in pass
ages where his mastery technique
shone. Brilliantly played as it was
it lacked, however, the scintillating
character that belongs to the piano
works of Gershwin and at times
it seemed heavy and even sombre
in color. His delivery needed a
crisper quality and more elan for
mis- sincere musicianly approach
took away some Of the sparkle. The
same was felt in the prelude" !"
given as encore after the applause
brought several recalls.
Evening star., 1948-07-10

Mr.. Mitchell. whose directing OF
the previous programs has been
outstanding, was not quite in his
element with Gershwin. The little
things that pointed up his inter-
pretations of other works were not
lsed to the special degree required
in this music. The playing Of the
Cuban Overture" and "An Ameri-
can in Paris" fell somewhat short
in lustiness of spirit, rhythmic clar-
ity and exuberance, although the
orchestral tone was polished and
there were many nuances employed.
The selections from "Of Thee I
Sing" and especially Strike Up
the Band" had a lighter touch
and came nearer to the intcxicat-
ing gayety and vitality that is their
essence. Yet not much harm can
be done to Gershwin's music at any
time and the audience enjoyed
it as always. The young con-
ductor was warmly applauded after
each number and each time he ap-
:oeared.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-01

affair with the shafts an integral
part of the frame. The top was con-
structed much the same as a home
made hay rack.
Passing Parade
These carts were quite common
as late as the early 80's-but the
writer never saw but one. About
1912 or 1913, while attending a rodeo
in Miles City, a group was standing
on the steps of the Olive hotel
among them Charlie Russell. We
heard an ear-splitting screech from
around a corner which the parade
was turning. Russell spoke up and
said that we would soon see a Red
River cart, and within a few min
utes the whining old vehicle round
ed the corner.
After the parade, we went around
to a vacant lot where the cart had
been parked, and Russell took a
pad from his pocket and sketched it.
There may be some of these carts
in existence in Canada today, but
probably the only n in the United
States is at the state capitol in Bis
marck, N. D.
The driver of a modern jeep trav-
els the trail probably used by hun
dreds of Red River breeds, with their
colorful costumes and the noisey old
carts-and perhaps the passenger
speeding through Montana on a
streamlined train-gazes out of the
window with the thought, "what a
si%ngularly uninteresting country!"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-01
Livestock Producer
in Best Position

THE LIVESTOCK farmer-sheep,
cattle, dairy, feeder and poultry-is
in a much better economic position
for the future than the cash crop
farmer, asserts A. w. Willis, eco
nomist of the Wyoming agricultural
extension service.
This indication is supported by the
general price relationship of crops
and livestock, he explains. The list
of "prices received and prices paid"
shows that the net income from
farms and ranches will be less in
1948 than in 1947. However, the net
income from livestock should be
relatively higher than that from
crops.
The 1910-1914 index of 100 for
average prices paid and received was
used in a comparison that shows
prices paid by farmers and ranchers
reached an all-time high in January,
1913, of Isl and by May-five months
later-had dropped only n point.
On the other hand, prices received
were at a peak of BOT and in the
five months period had dropped 10
points to 289, he stressed
Prices received will probably de-
cline further as the 1913 harvest and
livestock marketing gets under way,
Willis reveals. However, the index of
prices received may be up in late fall
and early winter, providing the
prices of livestock and livestock
products rise sufficiently.
August |. 1048-7
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-01

tribes, and consisted of Jerking"
drying buffalo meat in the dry air
and then pounding it up with heavy
stone mauls. The large round stones
with a groove through the center
which are frequently found In Mon
tana are not, as is often thought,
war clubs but mauls for breaking
thigh bones to get the marrow and
for pounding meat for pemmican.
The dried meat, which retained all
the nutriment, was placed in layers
in "parflesch" rawhide boxes -
with an alternate layer of melted fat
and then another layer of dissected
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-01

meat until the box was filled. This
mixture would keep indefinitely. 1t
was high in food value but tasted
like an old boot and not a very good
old boot at that. The process has
been adopted by present day meat
packers. Perry and other arctic ex-
plorers found it invaluable for their
expeditions.
Simple Tools. Materials
Whether or not the Red River
breed got his idea of a vehicle from
the white man is not known, but at
any rate, he had to have some means
to transport the immense stocks of
pemmican; so he built himself a
cart, this cart being made entirely
of willow and cottonwood, without
the use of a single piece of metal
and probably no tools excepting a
Observation-Disclosures and the big hunt
ing knife, which everyone on the
frontier carried.
The wooden parts of the vehicle
were lashed together with green
rawhide from the tough hide of buff
falo bulls, which contracted when
dried, binding the individual pieces
firmly together. The wheels were
very apparently copies from white
man designs, having felloes proper
ly shaped. The hubs were fashioned
out of cottonwood tree trunks, with
the hole for the axle evidently
burned through the center. A wood
en- Inch pin was used.
The Red River men never creased
the axles, and old timers say that
the squeak of these carts could be
heard for miles. 1t was a single horse
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-01

OUR Montana plains have been
~ criss-crossed by the trails of
many of mans devices for transport
ing his belongings.
In the days before the horse was
known to the red man, he made his
wolf-like dog pack his few posses
sions. After the Spaniard brought
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-01

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the equine beast of burden to Amer
lea, the plains Indian used the ira
vois-or traineaux-as the French
trappers and explorers called it.
This was the simplest of them all
and was said by army officers to be
the most practical of any convey
ance known to man-for it amount
ed to nothing more than crossing
two teepee poles over the horses
withers, with a half hitch around the
high horn on the elk bone saddle,
lashing a cross piece or two back
of the horse, leaving the ends of the
poles trailing on the ground.
The Indian woman piled the house
hold furniture on the poles and tied
it there with rawhide or buffalo hair
ropes. A willow basket, covered
with a hide provided a limousine
for the older and the very young
members of the family, and those
who have ridden a travois say that
it was not uncomfortable, at least
it beat walking.
Remarkable Mobility
No matter how rough the country
no roads or trails were needed to
accommodate the vehicle-an Indian
village, with all of its impedimenta
and heavy, hide teepee covers, was
a remarkable mobile proposition.
Chief Joseph, the great war chief
of the Nez Perces, together with all
of his warriors, women and children,
o~ut-traveled several bodies of Unit
ed States cavalry, under Gen. 0. o.
Howard-who believed the army
should Gravel light"-1,200 miles
from Idaho across the Bitterroot
mountains, through Lo Lo pass, the
Big Hole country, through Yellow
mountains, over the Yellowstone and
Missouri rivers-to be stopped only
40 miles from the Canadian border
the most remarkable retreat in
MISUNDERSTANDING that he brought
his living quarters along with him.
Variety of Vehicles
The white man brought to Mon
tana many varieties of wheeled
vehicles-the old, blue army quar-
termaster's wagon with its white
cover, driven by acrid tongued driv-
ers who could handle six mules with
all of the alacrity of a high school
boy with a modern roadster; the
great Conestogas, which numbered
along at the record speed of 10 to
IL miles a day-drawn by from {
to 10 oxen-freighting supplies fol
T. c. Power from Fort Benton Il
the southern Montana gold mine:
and military goods from the raj
point at Custer, Mont, to Fort Gus
ter, which was near the present sit,
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-01
transportation
on Montana Trails
By F. H. SINCLAIR

NCLAIR
of Hardin at the junction of the Big
and Little Horn rivers.
And then there was the stage
coach, with its leather springs, the
Concord, manned by a demon who
could flick a fly from the leaders
a with the silken snapper; the
jerk line driver who rode the nigh
wheeler and guided 10 horses with
the single rein; the chuckwagon,
that beloved old vehicle of the range
days; the great wool wagons; the
plain old lumber wagons-Stude-
bakers, Peter Schutlers and Vino
nas-many of which are still doing
business; sulkies, buckboards, break
ing carts and the fancy phaetons
with shiny dashboards and big
lamps with a candle for light; the
Surveys and Stanhopes, affected by
banker and gambler among the town
folks-all sorts of rigs, some plain
anu SOME very fancy.
Red River Cart
But unique among all wheeled
vehicles that cut trails through the
bunch grass - and particularly a
Montana product-was the work of
the Red River halfbreed.
The Red River breeds, called by
the Sioux, "Slota," and "Meti," by
themselves, were a remarkable peo-
plea mixture of French, Scotch
and English combined with Cree and
probably a smidgen of Santee Sioux
and Chippewayan blood. If they had
a home country, it was in the vicin-
ity of Fort Garry, now the fine city
of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
They were a restless people and
travelled incredible distances - in
credible ever in this day of motor
al and fine highways. Like all
people who lived on the plains, they
followed the buffalo. The area which
they were said to like best was that
from Fort Buford in North Dakota,
westward along the Missouri as far
as Fort Benton.
They seemed to be on fairly peace
able terms with all tribes and were
not too warlike, although they are
accredited with the only Indian
"war" which the Canadian govern
ment had with the red man. 1t was
a short affair, known now as Riel's
Rebellion, which ended with their
complete defeat and the hanging of
their leader, Louis Riel, a character
whose background will provide
some author with material for an
exciting story.
A Trading People
The Red River people made their
living by dressing buffalo, beaver,
wolf, deer and antelope hides and
by trading for them with Indian
tribes They also traded with the
whites at Fort Benton, Fort Peck
and Fort Union. One of their prin-
cipal items of trade was pemmican
which they made by the ton ano
which was in great demand by both
whites and reds.
The process was a simple one, ONE
which is still used by most plain!
Evening star., 1948-12-12

bought. The beams were 50 weakened by
termites that the dining room floor collapsed
when Aunt Ruth's heavy old sideboard was
showed into place. There was the English-style
home, with its 'fascinatingly" irregular roof
lines, that leaked like moth-eaten umbrella.
The heavenly old Colonial" was just full of
new kitchen gadgets but had worn-out fur
mace, defective sewage system. and a water
supply that ran dry in August.
"Homeseekers - stop, look, and listen!'
Evening star., 1948-12-12

Banks, savings associations and life e-insurance
companies seem agreed that the three chief
blunders of gullible homeseekers are:
O Signing contract or making deposit,
without the advice of lawyer and an archi-
tect - plus an appraisal by lending agency
or FILA.
(2) Overbuying
(3) Buying home uns,ited to the family's
needs.
The first-mentioned blunder, leaping with
out expert advice. is today bringing heartache
and financial disaster to thousands of youthful
buyers from Maine to California.
Its amazing" said George L. Bliss, Presi-
dent of the Century Federal Savings and
Loan Association, how sensible people will
let broker high-pressure them, and make
down payment on house before reading the
contract or even finding out if they can get
loan. They don't know the real condition of
the house, land or neighborhood or how
they'll finance the buy But down goes the
young husbands John Hancock or thou
sand dollars, or both!'
He mentioned a newspaper correspond
ent who, after three years in the Pacific,
impulsively selected SIS, 900 house i'm a
New York suburb, putting down 81 500.
Then he went to Century Federal for first
mortgage financing. But the appraiser re-
ported that it was of shoddy construction,
stood on hillside, and had built-in garage
Evening star., 1948-12-12
WIDE wORLD

the house from selling and would always make
it hard to dispose of. The bank regretfully
said no. The young people went out with
desperate, white faces.
Incidentally this reckless pair had COM
mitted not only the first blunder on our warn
ing list, buying without advice, but also the
second. "overbuying. Having only $500
year fixed income, this couple had bought
$4,000 house! Never, banks and savings
Continued on page Is
Evening star., 1948-12-12

plead all banks and lending societies. This
advice is probably especially good today,
when reports from Washington indicate more
Federal housing aid on the way President
Truman's Housing Expediter, Tighe E.
Woods, has followed policy of refusing to
permit local rent raises without evidence of
increased housing facilities
The government has moral obligation to
provide housing for its people, Woods said
recently. especially veterans who cannot
afford monthly payments of $780,"
q, 900 Homs Run
In SOME jerry-built prefabricated houses to-
day, due to omission of the angle iron used to
bolt the inside walls to the roof beam. any sud-
den jar makes the walls sway. In a western
city recently, a boy batted baseball right
through a house wall, thus innocently
exposing tho defective construction of a
whole row of new 5000 houses.
Single floors, remember, admit cold and
dust, as do those made of green lumber which
has shrunk. Bad wiring or fues can set house
afire. A good water supply is crucial, as are fire
and police protection. street lighting, road care
and good neighborhood. Buy too far from
schools, shops and station, and you invite defeat
Even the layout of the rooms in that ador-
able little house that 50 tempts you, must be
Evening star., 1948-12-12

carefully checked by experts.
Last month a young home
hunting couple. aglow with
happiness, rushed into a saw
ings banks loan department
to seek a first mortgage.
They'd bought the perfect"
house - and oh, yes, they'd
put S. 600 down. The banks
appraiser found the house at
uactive, well built and well
located. 1t had four bedrooms,
two baths. But each bath was
located between two bed
rooms and was inaccessible
from the hall. This had kent
Evening star., 1948-12-12

DUYrNG home is the largest investment
- the average family ever makes. 1t is a
momentous step, a thrilling adventure. Bought
wisely, in normal times, home gives feeling
of security and peace nothing else can.
Unfortunately, these are not normal times
- choices are few and prices exorbitant. In
most areas today this isn't the ideal time to
buy home. Many homeseekers realize this
and are proceeding cautiously.
On the other hand. thousands of Young
couples with small children, desperate for
shelter, are forgetting all the rules, throwing
caution to the winds and jumping recklessly
into ruinous deals. They are buying sagging
old houses or jerry-built new ones which they
can't live in comfortably, can't afford to
repair, and can't - on their income - even
carry. Foreclosure inevitably follows.
The Fees Wosth Il
HE irony of it is that these tragedies are
unnecessary. Expert preventive advice is avail
able to any homeseeker at modest fee. Sup
pose he engages a lawyer and a builder or
architect, their fees totaling $lOO. to advise him
regarding purchase of certain $4,000 house.
Suppose they find the contract tricky and the
house unlivable without costly repairs Isn't
this warning worth many times the fee? 1t
enables him to drop the deal, or else have
a correct contract drawn up, with the repair
costs deducted from the purchase price.
Evening star., 1948-12-12

at the rear. So steep was this hill he said, that
it would be impossible to construct driveway
to the garage down which any car could travel.
Century Federal refused the loan, and the
young man, forfeiting his deposit, drew out.
This must have been an embittering expert
Evening star., 1948-12-12

cIlCe. Dut II une young man
had consulted an architect, or
else come to borrow before
putting a deposit down, he'd
have been warned in time.
Traps fox the Unvvaxy
L HE records are bulging with
similar stories of gold bricks"
bought by young homeseek-.
ers without advice. Clouded
titles, crooked contracts,
structural defects daily trap
the inexperienced.
For instance, there was the
ancient house a bridal couple
Evening star., 1948-12-12

thousands of too-hasty couples winding up
with jerry-built homes or ramshackle fretraps
covered with ruinous mortgages. Here are some
rules to help you avoid their tragic mistakes
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-28
"CREATEST STORY
EVER TOLD"

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And now my heart is white
like this.
Now if you want your heart
to be made clean and white by
Jesus then you must confess
your sins and repent of your
sins just now. Not tomorrow,
not the next day, not next
week for the Bible says that to-
day is the day of salvation.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-28

The original American Navy
consisted of four warships and
four escort vessels. Their
names we're: Alfred, Column
bus, Andrew oria, Cabot, Pro-
violence, Hornet, Wasp and
Fly.