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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23
Holly Sugar Factor
CampaignI IS
Completed Friday

Slicing operations at the local
factory of the Holly Sugar cor
poration came to an end for
this campaign last Friday, Dec.
II, cleanup work has been
completed and inter-campa1gn
work has begun, Ira Croghan,
superintendent, said today
~(Thursdayl.
A record. tonnage of 4 1919
tons of beetS was sliced this
year during the 80.33-day cam
paign, the superintendent said.
The highest previous tonnage
sliced was 141,146 in f941. The
crews also established a new
record for daily slicing, aver
aging 1900 tons per day. The
previous record was 1,784 tons
per day in 1941.
The average sugar content OF
the 143,319 tons sliced was be-
low average this year, Croghan
said. An average of l4.73 per
cent sugar content was record
ed, compared with 1888 per
cent last year. Tonnage pur-
chased by the corporation was
157,146.
The excellent fall weather
was a contributing factor to the
rapid rate the beetS were re-
ceived this year and the clean
condition of the crop. All in
all, the campaign was very
successful, Croghan said, the
maio- disappointment being the
low average sugar content:
The superintendent said the
corporation greatly appreciated
the fine work of the campaign
crews this season. He said the
workers stayed on the job better
and did better work than dur
ing the past few years since the
war.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23
Borgess. Is Elected
Worshipful Mdster
OF SITS. John Lodge

Eugene II. Borgess. was elected
worshipful master of SITS. John
lodge No. 90, A. F. & A. M. at
the annual election of officers
held December 9.
Others elected to serve during
the current term included the
following:
Austin G.. slattery, Junior
warden; Merrill B. Evenson, re-
elected treasurer: Robert A.
Vickers, reelected secretary;
Melvin S. Cook. chaplain; Eddie
E. Jackson, senior deacon: Sam
E. Denny, junior deacon: Fran
els Curry. senior steward: Mel
win d. Holmes, junior steward;
LEROY Cool. rnarshal: Albert J..
Sheets, organist; Garold s. Fish,
tiler.
Mac Stark Bair was elected
for a three-vear term as trustee.
Holdover trustees are Russell
L, Danielson and Bert W. Kron-
miller.
The officers were installed by
Most WorShipful Grand Master
Henry O. Morgan of Glendive,
who holds the highest Mason
office in tire state.
Grand Swordbearer Mvron
Bean of Forsyth accompanied
Mr.. Morgan to Hardin.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23
Boosters to Sponsor
I~nNfational
Tourney Dec. 1880

Four top basketball teams will
compete in an inVitational tour
nament here next Wednesday
and Thursday, Dec. 20 and 80,
sponsored by the Hardin Boost
ers, independent hoopsters.
Besides the Boosters, teams
participating will include the
Stockman and Lake Emo clubs
of Billings and the Crow All
Americans Of Crow Agency.
Two games will be played each
evening, the first round on
Wednesday and the winners
playing for the championship
on Thursday night. The two
first-round losers will also play
on the final evening.
On wednesday night the
Boosters will meet Lake Elmo at
7::30 and the Stockman and
Grow All Americans will play
at $3.50.
The Stockman club is rated
as one of the highest If not the
highest team in the Midland
Empire league and is favored
to win the tourney. although
the other teams have good re-
cords this season. Fans win.
have an opportunity to see
some top-notch basketball.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23
Rides Pretty Dies in
- g.
Flaming Truck
Thursday Morning

Philip Rides Pretty, about As,
was burned to death in the cab
of a 1941 Chevrolet pickup
truck at about 8 a. m. today
(Thursday) when fire of un-
known origin started in the cab
of the truck in which he and
two companions were passeng-
erS.
According to sheriffs officers
and County Coroner John w.
Bulls, who investigated the
fire, Rides Pretty, his wife,
Nancy, and Robin Iron were
sitting in the truck which was
parked on second street just
east of the st. Xavier highway,
when the fire started. >,
Iron related. to sheriff's Of
ficers that when the fire start
ed he and Nancy Rides Pretty
got out of the truck on the left
hand side, but Rides Pretty fail
ed to get out. When they went
around to the other door of. the
truck the flames had gained
such headwav that they were
unable to remove Rides PRETTY.
Officers said the trio had been
drinking.
The fire was discovered by a
city polire. offiner who went to
the scene to find Pides Pr"ttv.
burned to death. The officer
called the Hardin Volunteer
fire DEPARTMENT to eXtinguish
the blaze.
Iron, owner and diver of the
pickup is BEING held in the
Bio Horn county Jail pending
instructions from FRI officials.
PhiliD Rides Pretty Is surv1v--r
ed by his wife, Nancy Whsteman
Rides Pretty.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23
Local Health Council
Hears Report on
Seul Sdles to Date

The regular meeting of the
Hardin Health Council was held
last Monday evening at the
court house in Hardin.
It was reported at the meet
ing that a total of $1,124 had
been collected to date in the
Christmas seal sale, sponsored
by the American Legion auxil-
larry. It was also stated that the
federal government has allot-
ted $750,0O0 for an Indian tu-
berculosis hospital at Galen,
Mont. The council favors some
action by the state legislature
in the matter. The group also
went on record as faVoring bet
ter health laws in regard to
tuberculosis.
At the January II meeting of
the council officials of the state
tuberculosis association will be
featured sneakers. it was an
nounced. The T-B mobile x-ray
unit will be in Big Horn county
during the month of March,
194a. = =
The Rev. A. Clair King sroke
on infantile paralysis. The
council is sponsoring the March
of Dimes in the county this
wear. 1T was suggested by menu
bers that since 10c no longer
buys as much as it once did
That the drive be dubbed the
March of Quarters" Bic Horn
county will be one of the first
to urge larger contributions in
the current drive, members said.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23
VIII Organize Gloss
In Sponish

A group of Hardin people are
making arrangements for a class
in conversational Spanish, to
be directed by Miss Amy Wade,
Spanish teacher in the local
high school, who lived for three
years with a Mexican family in
Saltillo, Mexico.
Organization of the class is
slated for January 8 at 7 p. m.
in Room 202 of the junior high
school building. According to
present plans classes will be
held one evening a week for
perhaps three or four months.
Any one interested in Joining
is asked to call Mrs. J. j. Ping
phone 1877, or come directly to
the meeting on January 8, at
which time details will be work
ed out.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23
School Operating
Expenses in
County Are Listed

Big Horn county spent $189
per pupil in educating its pub
lie elementary and secondary
school children last year, &C
cording to figures released by
the Montana Taxpayers asso"-
iation. The AVERAGE per pupil
operating expenditure for the
entire state was $206. The total
operating expenditure in Big
Horn county was $339,281.
In addition to these operating
expenditures, this county spent
$4,000 for new grounds. build
ines and operations, $50.398 for
transportation, and $13,791 for
debt service.
Pointing out that the aver
age size of classes was the most
significant factor in determin-
inc puipl costs, the association
said that the average teacher
in the state had 10 pupils per
class. In Big Horn county the
corresponding pupil-teacher ra-
tia last year was 22.1.
The operating cost of Mon
tana's public elementary and
secondary schools, exclusive of
OUTLAWS for the construction of
new buildings, TRANSFORMATION
and debt service, amounted to
$18, TOE, 900 for the 1947-48
school year. This represents an.
increase of $4.300,000. or 1870,
above the corresponding figure
for the preceding year. and is
bv far the sharpest jump IN
Montana school finance history.
Total expenditures for all
purposes, including debt service.
TRANSFORMATION and new con-
strrntion, was $22. 7 .000. COM
pared to only $17,068,O00 in
1946-47.
Outstanding in the tabulation
is the record increase in in
structional costs, a category
composed mainly of payments
for teachers salaries. These
costs have risen more than So
100000 or 80 per cent. in a
! years time. InStr1lctiona1 costs
now account for 70 per cent of
all school operating expendi-
lures.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23
Bulldogs Win Over
HYshdm Pirates
By 50-to-l8 Score

Hardin high schools Bulldogs
travelled to Hysham last Satur-
day night for their only game
of the weekend and encounter
ed no difficulty in sWamping
the Treasure county five by a
score of so to Is.
Scoring was divided among
the Bulldogs making the trip,
all of whom saw action during
the game, Coach Dyche said.
Ragland held a slight edge in
scoring with IL.
The Hardin clubs next game
is scheduled for January 2,
when they will meet Roundup
on the PantherS' floor. Central
Catholic high of Billings will
play the Bulldogs here on jan
uary S.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23

Trophies Arrive for
Decorating Contest

The trophies for the first
three places in Hardin's Christ
mas home decoration contest
sponsored by the Hardin Lions
club arrived recently and are
on display at Elder Hardware.
Due to the rush of Christmas
work it was not possible to
have the trophies engraved at
this time, John Bryant, Lions
president said, but the engrav-
ing work will be done before
the trophies are presented to
the winners at a Lions meeting
in January. -" ~= ","~.
JUDGING in the contest will
be conducted Sunday, Dec. 26
between the hours Of z and 8
n M . 4*$F III A u.
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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23

Resuscitdtor Is Used
AT Hospital Here

G # y
The automatic ~resuscitator
which this community hopes to
purchase was credited with saw
ing a life for the second time
in two weeks when it was used
by a local physician at the Big
Horn County Community hos
pital last Monday.
According to the physician,
an elderly patient went into
shock during a surgical opera
ton and the resuscitator was
used to revive the patient. The
doctor said the patient is doing
well at the present time and al
though the resuscitator cannot
be credited with her recovery
1t certainly did give the patient
the chance to recover.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23
INDIAN CHILD DIES

Funeral services were held
Monday, Dec. 20 at the Baptist
Mission in LODGE Grass for Gar
land Louis Wallace, 2k-year-
old son of Florence Wallace of
Lodge Grass. Miss Clara Olds
officiated. Burial was in Lodge
Grass cemetery with Bulls
Crilly of Hardin. in charge of
arrangements.
The Indian youth died at the
home OF his grandmother,
Birdie Wallace, on Friday, Dec.
II.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23
GLIB HAS PARTY

The Sarpy Pone Demonstra-
ton club held its annual
Christmas partv recertlv at the
home Of Mrs. Coil Redding.
Games were PLAYED and gifts.
were EXCHANGED. Eight members
and two guests we're present. a
lunch was served at the close OF
the afternoon The next meet
ing of the club will be at the
home of Mrs. Mildred Howard
on January 26.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23
BUYS BUILDING

Eric Walker, owner and OPP
orator of the Big Horn Dairy,
recently purchased the build
ings adjoining his present Local
ton from j. w. Bryant.
The business location has
been occupied by the Lora Del
beauty shop, operated by Vera
KettleSon, and will continue
under the same name and man
agement.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23
RippZing
of the Rivers

what Christmas Means to
Me-" from the pen Of a ~
year-old: i
"At Christmas time, I have
no worrys, no problems and no
home work to do. I walk into
a house full Of Christmas spirit
with fir bows and red candles
and a beautiful Christmas tree
that my family and I cut down
in the country and decorated
together. =
"From the kitchen comes the
smell Of turkey and Christmas
food and Mother, always with
an apron on. y
aThen one Of the most i'm
portant parts of Christmas is
Grandma, who comes to spend
the holidays with us.
There is always a very mys-
FERROUS air too, with people run
ming about hiding presents and
much guessing flips back and
forth. On Christmas eve we all
90 to the special services at the
church and then that night /
sleep with Grandma and we
listen to the Christmas carols
over the radio.
"The next morning is the only
mornine Of the year that I need
no urging to get out of bed
and I never can see why grown
ups insist on eating breakfast
before opening presents. :
Christmas is Just SO exciting
and it comes once a year
We wish Christmas could
mean the same to every child
in the world. ~ !
We knew Hardin. was growing,
but we didn't realize how much
until Mayor A. M. Crilly report
ed on the children's Christmas
party held at the Harriet
theatre last Saturday afternoon.
According to the mayor 1000
sacks of treats were prepared
for distribution by Santa Claus
this year and there were none
left over. In former years about
TOO had been prepared and a
few were left each year.
According to the last official
census the population of the
county seat is a little over 1890.
We'd venture to say it is near
ly double that now. We wish
authorities would get around to
counting noses again so we
could have some accurate fig
ures on the subject.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23
Stdte Historical Librory

The multi -colored lights which adorn your Christ
mas tree win be reflected, we hope, in the radiance
of your joy through all the years to follow. And
may the happy surprises which await you mark the
beginning of a future which will be filled with
good will, good luck and a pack of happiness to
last a lifetime over.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-12-23
Lodge Cross Women
Leaves Hospital

Mrs. Andrew Calvetti of Lodge
Grass was released from the
Big Horn County Community
hospital last wv "
night, where she had been
taken for treatment of a bullet
wound in the shoulder.
According to Sheriff Roy
Riley. who investigated, Mrs.
Calvetti was accidently shot in
the shoulder at her home in
Lodge Grass last Sunday even
ing. when a revolver hanging
on a bedpost was discharged.
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NOTICE
The service of the Church of
God will be held Sunday morn
ing at IL o'clock in the Com
munity room of the court house
in Hardin. Following the SER
mon, Kenneth Pomeroy will be
united in marriage with Miss
Sylvia Elhard.
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BACKSTAGE WITH THE RAILROAD STRIKE

When Presidential Assistant John Steelman first sat down with railroad brotherhood chiefs, he suspected they had played their cards so as to get White House intervention, hoping President Tru- man would wangle further wage concessions.
 He warned, therefore. that Tru- man was getting fled up' with unions and employers running to the White House to settle disputes.
 "The President is as anxious as am to protect the interests of the railroad employees, but we can't go beyond the Leiserson fact finding report Steelman said.
 He added that he would not at tempt to negotiate for pay in- crease above the 151a cents an hour approved by the Lieserson report and accepted by 90 percent of organized railroad employees. This left working rules-pay com putation, operating methods, and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
GOVERNMENT GOULD DELAY BOOST

If we fail, there's only one ans wer-government seizure" Steelman warned. Then looking squarely at Alvanley Johnston, a principal in the 1o46 strike, when the roads were seized, he added:
 You've been through this before and none of you has anything to gain by that step"
 One disadvantage to striking un- ions would be the holdup of the retroactive pay increase of 15h cents an hour, that the other trotherhcods which accepted the increase have been receiving since last November l.
 The government will operate on existing pay scales if the roads are seized" said Steelman, just as it did during the seizure in late 1943. We can't do otherwise. Therefore, your members would have to wait until the roads are turned back to private carriers for back pay-and no one can tell how long that would be-"
 However, David Robertson, of the Bremen and Enginemen, and his colleagues evidenced no desire to talk about working rules" They wanted an increase above the 1512 cents an hour. This, they said, was warranted by higher living costs.
 When Steelman first talked to w. T. Farley, President of the Association of American Railroads and chief spokesman for the car riers, Farley explained:
 We have tried to cooperate, even though we didn't like the pay increase of 151a cents. But we won't go any higher. We can't af- ford, to upset the settlement on that basis with 90 percent of rail- road employees who want to con- tinue working, for the sake of 10 percent who want to strike. 4t
 If that means strike and government seizure-well, 1t won't be our fault"
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ado, and other Republicans.

orado, and other Republicans.
 However, here is the pay-off. Af- ter voting down the statehood bill the same Senators decided on an- other Congressional junket to Hawaii-the 14th in the last five years-this time to investigate all legged Communism in the islands.
 Butler and COP colleagues ap- parently were more interested in getting vacation on the sands of Waikiki at the expense of tax payers than in granting Hawaii's rightful claim to statehood.
 Note-One unfortunate aftermath of the Senate action is that Hawaiis able delegate to Congress, Joseph Harrington, who was chief ly responsible for piloting the statehood measure through the House, faces defeat in the next election because his own political party knifed the bill in the Sen ate Harrington is a Republican.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
WELCOME TO NAVY

The Navy has arrived and taken over Juneau welcomes the officers and of the cruiser Astoria ship hours and become further acquainted with one City of Alaska the residents are pleased with their visit.
 During the stay Of the cruiser, visitors will be welcomed aboard and the hours are from to o'clock in the afternoon Boat service is given in a news item in todays Empire and it is hoped that as many as possible visit the Astoria during the open and trust they will be well pleased with the Capital of the Nations defenders
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
20 YEARS AGO TIT fME EMPIRE
MAY l2, 1928


 Tennis Club was under constructor and to club by the following week
 Repairs pankng at the lower end of Main Street and was entire Wioughby Ito replied
 Hentzman was and threatened pneumonia Foreman of the Juneau Fire Depart Juneau Lumber Mil and Conno Motor Co., to familarze with the localities The steamer arrived outound from the triangle from the westward due in port rom the souh Wlth 70 tons of days mail for Juneau
 Capt A Metcal and M H. Sides of this discussed at meeting possibilities of forming Alaska 
 Welman Simpson, H. Redingshafer and O. D. Ferguson study repairs the that
 The old sandsrom shop Dock opened Michael Vagge.
 J. G. Morrison several days inspecting his aboard the Admiral Rogers 52; cloudy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
REAL ESTATE FRIEND

Washingtons real-estate spokes- man, Sen. Harry Can, who tried to scuttle public housing in the Senate the other day, blew up a verbal hailstorm on the Senate floor
 In the thick of it were two fel- low Republicans, Charles Tobey of New Hampshire and Ralph Flan- ders of Vermont. Last Friday" thundered Tobey 'he (Cain) stated that if we adopt ed his amendment, it would lessen the chances of the House adopting the General Housing bill which the Senate passed unanimously"
 Then, lifting his eyes to the raft CTS. Tohey appeaied: Are wt going to commit hara-kiri? I ask you, sirl"
 Is it hara-kiri," cut in Flanders dryly, Tor Harry Cain?"
 Note Republican leaders il Washington state say that Cair has already committed politica ra-kiri.
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adjourns is another strong indication of the willing ness of all factions to labor for the nations welfare at this time.
 The danger of such legislation begging down in an election year too obvious to bear detailing.
 However many Congressmen who may be jittery over enactment of a peacetime draft can take comfort from the fact that the 1940 bill, which came as Europe tottered before the Nazi machine, was sponsored by Republicans. And the COP made i'm portant gains in the House and Senate in that year national elections.
 It is perhaps unfortunate that the President ut tered his first demands for increased defense forces on St Patricks Day without warning to his military chieftains Consequently program was ready and confusion was bound to result.
 Defense heads vied for headlines with sensational disclosures regarding Russian submarine activity plane strength and numbers of men presumed to be in the Red Army.
 type of material when they might better have used the time and space to explain the defense plans and the manner in which the program is designed to protect the United States.
 Congress contributed its bit to the general uproar by assailng the heads of the military branches for failure to cooperate on one hand and then using the testimony of one leader to offset the word of another The Forrestal-Symngton controversy was prime cx- ample of this unhappy procedure .
 It is to the credit of all concerned that concrete developments are now coming through the early dis order.
 The question heard most frequently these days is How far will the defense program go-how Strong must the United States be?"
 On this the New York Times excellent answer
 "The United States" said the Times recently, "must be strong enough to make unprofitabe for anyone else
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Daily Lessons in English " ". L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MIsUsED: your favor of April 25" have LETTER" is much better
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Rheumatism. Pronounce the RHEU as ROO in BOOST,
 OFTEN Jardniere; observe the five vowes
 SYNONYMS: Tedious tresome dull boring uninter
 
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