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Laurel outlook., 1948-03-31
CHURCH At PARK CITY
OBSERVES 35TH YEAR

Park City, March 31.-The thirty
fifth anniversary of the organiza-
ton of st Paul's Lutheran church
was observed here Sunday evening
with a special service at the
church. The choir rendered special
numbers of music and the pastor,
Rev. A. M. Bachanz, based his SER
mon on Ecclesiastics 9, 10: "What-
thy hand findeth to Go, do
with all thy might" The congrega-
ton had purchased 100 new hymnals
for their worship service.
After the service the members of
the Walther League rendered a
short program in which various
events in the history of the con-
gregation were portrayed. Follow
ing the program the members en-
joyed a social hour in the church
parlors.
Laurel outlook., 1948-03-31

A two-day rodeo of professional
proportions, with riders present
from many western states, has been
announced by the Laurel Saddle club
for May 20 and 80. Pres. Stuart
Johnson of the Laurel club added
that John Tunnicliff's famous show,
presented for many years at Red
Lodge and of the same size, has
been secured for the Laurel event
Of bucking horses and superb riders.
He disclosed that it will cost the
Saddle club $4,000 to stage the af-
fair two days at the rodeo grounds
in the east end of Laurel. Prize
money totaling $1,000 has been
posted.
Johnson said Tunnicliff had ap-
proved the dates selected as like
ly to attract top cowboy riders from
as far south as Texas and as far
west as California. The club here
recently joined the Rodeo Cowboys
association of Dallas and as a re-
suit all cowboys entering the Lau-
rel show will be credited for their
Bleachers are to be erected at the
Laurel outlook., 1948-03-31
KEY CLUB GOING TO
FIRST CONVENTION

The Key club of Laurel high
school, sponsored by the Kiwanis
club, will participate in the first
state convention of Montana Key
clubs, to be held Friday and Satur-
day, April 2 and 3, at Billings.
James Phillips of Laurel is to be
presented at the convention as a
candidate for distric; governor.
Shirley Collins, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Collins, is to play
piano selections at the Saturday
noon luncheon; Phillips has been
selected to respond to the formal
welcome at the opening of the con-
vention, and James Wilson will be
a member of the roundtable on Key
club work in the state and affairs
of Key Club international.
Pres. w. A. Mccormick of the
Kiwanis club and several other XII
wanians are to attend the convention
Of juniors. Mccormick will be at
the meeting of presidents Thursday
evening.
Key club registration will be con-
Quoted Friday until noon; temporary
state officers will be named in the
afternoon, and permanent officers
to serve a year will be elected
Saturday morning.
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.ECKERT LECTURES ON
FARMING IN TROPICS

Speaking before a largely attend
ed meeting of the Laurel CONNER
cial club Wednesday night, DR.. Phil
S. Eckert of the agricultural econo-
mics department at Montana State
college, Bozeman, took his audience
on a tour of little-known Costa
RIGA, whose military establishment
consists of 200 men and whose ag-
ricultural products range from the
tropical fruits one would expect 10
degrees north of the equator to the
timberline growths of high-altitude
mountains.
Many farmers of the Laurel area
were guests of the Commercial club
and had an opportunity to compare
their farming methods with those in
general use in the Central and South
American countries. DIR. Eckert il
Illustrated his lecture with a large
number of colored slides he had
made in Costa RIGA during his six
months sojourn there last year as
a member of the cooperative agri-
cultural institutes staff. The U. s..
is one Of the countries financially
supporting the institution.
Although Costa RIGA, next
try north of Panama, is the size of
West Virginia and has only a hand
full of men for an army, it has its
relaxations in revolutions, one OF
which was going on when Eckert
and his wife and their two children
attempted an automobile trip soon
after their arrival. Stopped at a
bridge where II had been killed the
night before, Eckert's 80 words OF
Spanish and strong reliance on the
might of Uncle Sam persuaded the
revolutionists to let the little party
pass.
There are three distinct types of
agriculture-tropical on the east
and west s~ea-coasts where the rain
fall is 200 or more inches in q
year and where lush tropical growth,
vegetables, snakes and dis
eases abound; an intermediate type
the plateaus of 1000 or more
feet that includes corn and wheat;
and the m~ountain-top type where
the growth reflects the high altitude
and it's accompanying weather.
Coffee is an important crop, all
Continued on Page Severn
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MONTANA PIONEER
CROSSES DIVIDE
John Christopher Stone, ~, Sue.
cumbs Saturday-Burial In
Park City Tuesday

Park City, March 31.-John C.
Stone, 72, of Park City, and a res
ident of Montana for 55 years,
passed away at a Billings hospital
Saturday afternoon, March 81. Mr..
Stone had been in i'll health the
past four years, and a week prior
to his death was taken to the hos
pital.
John Christopher Stone was born
in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, November
II, 1875, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Stone. In this community
he resided until he came to Mon
tana at the age of II years.
Immediately upon his arrival i'll
Montana Mr.. Stone became employ
ed by the Northern Pacific railroad
with which company he was identi-
fled for the next SO years, during
which time he with his family re-
sided in Big Timber, Columbus and
Bridger.
From 1926 until the time of his
death he made his home in Park
City where he engaged in farming
until five years ago when he re-
tired.
For more than half a century
Mr.. Stone had resided in south
ern Montana where he had seen the
Yellowstone valley develop from a
sparsely settled range land to the
richly cultivated Midland Empire
where thousands of prosperous fam
lilies make their homes.
On April 25, 1900, John Stone
and Hattie Violet Overhuls were
united in marriage at Livingston,
Montana. To their union six child
rem were born, one of whom, John
Stone, the eldest, preceded
in death in October 1918. His
wife passed away in Los Angeles,
Aug. 25, 1912.
Mr.. Stone had been active in rel
.gious and community affairs
throughout his life. At one time
the early 1905 he served for
'our years as District Commissioner
on the State Highway Commission.
Surviving the deceased are one
son, Harry E. Stone, Burbank, Cali
four daughters, Mrs. A. M.
Pence, Laramie, Wyoming; Mrs. c..
4. Turner, Billings, Montana; Mrs.
Aarol Quincy, Rome, Italy; and
Mrs. Frank Omodt, Burbank, Cali
two grandsons, Christopher
Stone and Jeffrey Lee Omodt.
Funeral services were conducted
It the Park City church at 2 o'clock
afternoon. Rev. w. P.
5auer, pastor officiated.
P~allbearers were Charles Eastlick,
ester Eastlick, John Eisenman,
ohm Altice, Stanley Pearsall and
Albert Kline.
Burial was in the Park City GEM
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Rodeo On Professional Scale Is
Slated Here For May 90 and 10

rodeo grounds to seat an estimated
daily attendance of 1000. The
bleachers will extend on each side
the full length of the rodeo grounds.
Extensive additions are being made
to the livestock enclosures and catch
pens to take art of a show of this
size.
There is to be a grand parade
Saturday morning, May &c. along
principal streets of the business
district, in which floats are to be
entered by various concerns, John
son said. The high school band,
in it's new uniforms, is to play.
Laurel outlook., 1948-03-31

After a long conference Tuesday
night between officials of the Great
Western Sugar company and the
complete board of directors of the
Mountain States Beet Growers Mar
keting association of Montana, the
directors adopted a resolution re-
leasing growers to contract for
growing such acreages of beets as
they may individually determine.
The total price of company and
government is 1894 per ton.
Lyman H. Andrews, manager of
Great Westerns Billings factory,
said that "the 1913 beet contracts
containing the revised scale offered
by the company would be in the
hands of the fieldman by approx
mately April l."
He predicted "that surveys made
among beet growers in recent weeks
indicate the total acreage of beets
to be grown for the Billings fac
tory in 1913 will be the largest
since before the war"
Andrews stated THAI reports from
the company's labor recruiters in
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and
California indicate the best pros
poets in many years for securing
beet labor. The first shipments are
expected to arrive here during the
week beginning April 5.
In connection with their decision
tc release the growers to contract
his year for such acreages as they
choose, the board of directors OF
the growers marketing body issued
the following statement:
Because of the fact that during
the years 1943 to 1S47, inclusive,
sugar beet prices were in effect
fixed by the government, there has
been only a minor study of a beet
price scale since 1912. We know
since that time farmers costs
have increased substantially; we
know also that the ccmpany's costs
have increased.
AFTER the unsuccessful termina-
lion of our conference last week,
representatives of the company have
net again with officials of our as
ISOLATION. In this last negotiation
he whole subject of a proper beet
scale was again interviewed.
The company finally conceded to
some increases in the scale first of
us at a sugar net return Sc
and below. These increases were
small, but they represent some i'm
,rovement in the contract first Of
upon the information in its
possession, the association cannot
ind the contract to be satisfactory.
Ne have, however, for the first
in the long history of our
ieg~otiations with the company learn
d the company's actual extraction.
"After studying all factors in the
Iegotiations, the board of directors
f the Mountain States Beet Grow
rs Marketing association of Mon
ana has determined to release all
-rowers to contract to grow such
creages of beets as they individual
y determine. In so doing, we
hould point out that while acreage
Laurel outlook., 1948-03-31
OLIVER VOID NAMED
PRESIDENT
Club Elects At Meeting Tues
day, Entertains Basketball
Team OF Past Season

Oliver F. Void was elected presi-
dent of the Rotary club at its meet
ing Tuesday, L.. w. Hageman was
named vice president, and r. B.
Packard was reelected secretary
treasurer. The officers will be
seated at the beginning of the fiscal
year in the coming summer.
Ten members of the past sea
sons basketball team of Laurel high
school were guests. They, introduce
ed by Coach Glen Anderson, were
Gene Bice, John Smith, Bill Sorg,
Jim Phillips, Paul Void, Jim Kied-
erOwski, Leo Yeager, Harvey Bishop,
Norman Lais and Wayne Hageman.
Five will remain to form the r
of the 1949 edition of the Locomo-
tives, Anderson said as he ad-
dressed the club on the teams per
Torrance in the season just closed
and on sports prospects of the COM
ing summer.
eve had a good team and sea-
son." Anderson told the Rotarians.
The boys won the sixth district
crown last year and again this
year and were strong %contenders for
divisional honors. The coach classed
the team as one of the most success
full that Laurel has had. He for
cast another excellent team next
year.
Baseball has been added to school
sports in the state, with the play
ing season ending with a tourna-
Laurel will participate in
both baseball and track, the latter
to a limited extent. The big
schools will offer the most oppOsi-
ton in baseball, but Laurel and 35
of about the same size should
derive much pleasure from the sea-
son. The state tournament will be
in Great Falls.
DR.. d. A. Nottingham spoke or
other phases of sports in Laurel
schools and praised the past sea-
team for its brilliant per-
Torrance, noting that when players
we're forced out of the game by
they pulled" for their sue
cessors. He mentioned Leon Foote'S
teams, saying he had pIayec against
teams in his school
days elsewhere and that the coach
mad done much to instilI sportsman
in the players and develope
good feeling between towns.
Wayne Hageman, representing the
who saw and enjoyed the
spoke glowingly of the past
seasons performance and cited as
of the older peoples inter
st in the young peoples sport that
hey had frequently travelled en-
nasse to distant points TO see the
lome town boys in action. He,
ike others, predicted another good
cam next year and mentioned that
he sight of the little lads playing
basketball on lots and sidewalks in
licated the material was being pre-
jared for the future.
The program was presented by
PAUL Wilson of the months program
ommittee. He, at the close, told
he players the club had been pleas
d to have them as guests. He
aid also that prospects are good
or promoting sports by completing
he football-basebal field near North
ark this year, a facility the whole
ommunity needs.
Secretary Packard then, at re-
uest of Pres. o. X. Chapman, read
he nominations of officers for the
oming year as prepared by the
GARD of directors. The report was
by the club, which consti-
uted election.
Harry T. Smart of the Coopera-
i've associations East Main street
Continued ON Page Eighty
Laurel outlook., 1948-03-31
Program Rendered
At Easter Breakfast

The program of the annual Easter
breakfast of the Adult Bible Eel
lowship held at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. w. T. Johnson included
the following numbers; Group sing
ing CT "Christ Arose" with Mrs.
Harold Richardson, accompanist; a
reading by Rev. w. P. Gauer; short
talks on Easter by Mr.. Richardson
and Mr.. Johnson; "Chirst the Lord
is Risen Today" sung by the group
and a closing prayer by Rev. Gauer.
Laurel outlook., 1948-03-31
Beet Growers Released
To Sign '48 Contracts
Individuals To Name Their Acreages, With Total
Greater Than Since Before the War-Price
For Crop Is $13.H Per Ton

allotments were not deemed neces-
sary by the government this year,
it is althogether likely that they
may be enforced in subsequent
years.
Sugar today is selling at a net
of $6.40 per 100 pounds. On this
basis, with a II per cent sugar con-
tent, the 1913 contract will pay
$1,000, which with the 1924 benefit
payment from the government will
amount to a total of $13.44 per
ton for beets."
Laurel outlook., 1948-03-31
FETE LOCOMOTIVES At
K|WAN|S CLUB DINNER

For the second time this week the
members of Laurel high schools
basketball team that won the dis
trict B class championship for the
second consecutive year lost the di-
visional tournament to Hardin by a
single point were the guests of a
service club when they were enter
tanned at dinner by the Kiwanis
club Wednesday evening. Capt. Paul
(Sonny) Void and Coach Glenn
Anderson were the principal speak
ers, with other team members con-
tributing brief remarks.
Captain Void expressed regret
that graduation would terminate
his high school sports career. He
described some of the thrilling
moments he had experienced while
playing on football and basketball
teams and the pleasure he had in
being associated with a great team.
Teammates introduced were Bill
SOrg, Manager Bob Stickelberger,
Leo Yeager, Jim Phillips, John
Wayne Hageman, Eugene
Bice, Jack Kiedrowski and Harvey
Bishop.
Harlan Russell, club program
chairman, introduced Coach Ander-
son, who reiterated his admira-
ton for the team he had taught
and directed. For the five gradual
ing seniors whose high school ath-
are virtually ended he unroll-
ed the scroll of his memory and
read therefrom the lists of quail
ties that had made them players.
Several times he told Of Incidents
pertaining to one or another that
had stuck in his mind. He was
the opportunity to at least
them how he felt and why he
had so greatly admired them in
heir moments Of victory and per-
DDS of reverses.
He said it may have been a
,actical error during the past sea-
son when he ordered the boys to
ise the zone defense against Har-
lin and thus exposed the carefully
planned and practiced method that
lie had hoped would take the boys
G victory should they enter the
divisional. 1t had been conceded
throughout the season that Hardin
would be the opponent for the
outhern title. Regardless of wheth-
II the mid-season game was an ex-
'osure of the Laurel bid for victory,
he one-point loss of the divisional
wo stellar teams.
He stressed the worth of the new
.thletic park that sports-minded
laurel proposes to complete this
ear and told of plans that are in
he making for schooI and adult
aseball.
Pres. w. A. Mccormick at the
'eginning of the meeting said %
'oys from Yellowstone county
vculd attend Boys State at Dillon
summer and that four entries
lad been allotted to Laurel. He
recommended that the Kiwanis club
i've serious thought to sponsoring
ne of the four boys. 4
He also urged the membership to
ote at the school election Saturday.
Jack Mace of the Laurel refinery
vas a guest. !
Laurel outlook., 1948-03-31
Calls Meeting To
Organize Baseball
Club For '48 Play

Jackson Parker announced this
week that a meeting of players
and all others interested will be
held Friday evening at 1880 at
the office of Thompson Yards,
Inc, on West Main street to
elect a manager and a business
manager and to organize the
team which will be the Laurel
entry in the Midland Empire
league for this year.
Parker urged a large attend
ance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-10

country no longer insures the se- curity of ours. Each country now has the capability of ruining each other simultaneously. It will be impossible to bomb the enemy air force out of existence on the ground by a surprise attack, while it has th- capability to do this to us
 Since attack on the enemy is no longer our best means of de- fense, the importance of an effec- tive continental warning net and interceptor fighter defense is in- creased. Current developments are rapidly bringing us to the position that England was in 1888. Eng land set up a tighter command and warning net that was able to beat off the Luftwaffe and win the Battle of Britain in l941. Set ting up similar system for the United States should new be the primary objective of our Air Forces. In the next war, preventing the devastation of our own country will be a more important job than devastating the enemy's country.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-10

were great when the venture Back in those days men might lose millions but they also might make millions by providing the nation with new prod ucts new conveniences and new services
 The alchemy in the building of this great nation private enterprise expressed in risk capital Today what have we? The group whose incomes range from $5000 up now turns about one-haf it's income to local State and Federal tax collectors The pro- gressive schedule takes the lions share of all higher income and earnings graduate upward the rate becomes frankly confiscatory.
 This has been hailed very desirable social accomplishment Demagogues have tried to ingratate themselves with the in the street by braggng how they have made it impossible for any to become rich Is that good for the in the street? Hardly It was the savings of this relatively small group which in bygcne years provided our risk capital Our puni- tive tax schedule has wthered this of risk capital and has made ventures not worth the fisk The inevitable end result is fewer jobs for the in the street. fewer products and a lower standard of living.
 The tax just adopted by Congress does not remedy this state of affairs. Desote our war postwar boom of business. the harm $ being done Unless change our economic course we may some day wake up and find that system private enter prise dead at the and in it's place towering the weed cf socialism, watered only by dollars taken from pockets by the Federal Government
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-10
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Cincinnati Enouirer)


 The wizrads of electroncs, who have mastered such smaller problems television radar to the moon, and worth, at last are at grips with the problem of how to take the commercials out of radio programs
 Tn the early stages of this important field of research some gadgets were perfected which would silence radio at the push of button, that when the began droong over the creamy crunchy milk chocolate goodness of the Breaktooth candy bar the listener could press button and listen to silence for the ensuing minute This method, however, had obvious disadvantages
 In the first place. it required some effort the listeners part. And the announcer might be well into the creamy cruncny goodness before the button could be pressed Furthermore, there was no way of telling when the commercial ended. The button might released just the final creamy drool was taking place What was needed, obviously, a gadge that would cut out all of the talk automatically
 Laboratory models of such device already have been produced They are known technically as speech blockade" units They vacuum tube to ''analyze' the incoming signal instananeously Music, of course, forms complex pattern of electrical waves with talrly well sustained form Speech, on the other hand, forms different pattern. Sentences create abrupt electrical waves nterspersed with momentay silence in between words Thus the vacuum tube "analyzer has some basis to go on. When the incoming signal is of a sustained wave form like music 1t doesn't react But when the incoming energy $ chopped up like speech it reacts, closes a relay and Ule Iouo sneaker is slenced for the duration of the speech It "ouens up" again as quickly as the music type ot radio waves resume.
 The thing isn't quite perfect yet Sometimes it mistakes piano notes for words and takes some long words for music. Heaven only knows how it would react to the tobacco auctioneer's chant
 For another thing, the gadget isn't able to diff ferentiate between title announcements and com mercias so as the price of not hearing any mercias the listener would not know who playing what, unless he knew already.
 And oh, yes, the gadget can't do anything about singing commercials.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-10
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 EXECUTIVE DUE

Lcuis zawatzky, of the Bureau of Old-Age and. Survivors Insur- ance in Baltimore, Maryland, is due to arrive here Monday on board the Alaska for a two week inspection trip of Alaska. zawat zky, who is Chief of the Liaison and Survey Section, will be met in Ketchikan by Hugh J. Wade, Regional Social Security Admin istration Director, who left for there today.
 He will survey the administra- tion of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance program in Alaska. This is the first time, since the estab- lishment of the Alaska Social Se- curity Office in 1887, that any one, from national SSA headquart- CTS, has come here for such pur- pose