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Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-08-15

tons have experienced is in having
members finish their projects each
year. have always tried to give the
members the idea that Anything worth
starting is worth finishing" AS a result
the clubs record of IL years of 100
per cent completion without a break
is the reward. Several years ago they
were a banner club for straight years.
Looking around me here at home
and in other states as well, at the
good life my former All members are
making for themselves, l am honored
to have had the privilege of being
their All leader.
have also had the privilege of Spon-
soring and working with the Hill county
All Builders since they were organized
in 1916. At present they are not too
active, but plans are in the making to
revive the club again. For several years
the Builders have had concession at
our county fair known as the "Chuck
Wagon" They purchased tree planter
two years ago and with the help of
our county agent have paid for it,
planting thousands of trees in Hill
county and adjoining counties. They
have also bought many conveniences
for Camp KiwaniS in the Bear Paw
mountains and helped pay expenses
of club members to All Congress,
camps, etc. They contribute to the
IFYE when they have funds to do so.
AS member of the executive COM
mittee of the Montana local All leaders
association, want all All members
to know that I'm still in there pitching
to better All club work in our state,
also nationally and internationally.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-08-15
n 44 Leader for n fears
By NANCY E. DOLPH, Hill County

IT WAS BY ACCIDENT, so to speak,
that l became a All leader in the sum-
mer of 1910. had always been inter-
eSted in All work, but had been too
busy, so thought, with my duties as
a homemaker and mother to become
involved. I was not too busy, actually,
but had never felt capable of resum-
ing the responsibility of leading a All
club.
At that time the bingham Happy
Workers All Club of bingham were
desperately in need of leader They
had had the misfortune of losing two
sets of leaders earlier in the year. My
youngest daughter was member of
the club at that time and the other
members in the club asked her to per-
Suade me to finish out the year as
their club leader. Thinking that it would
only be a few months until the All
club year ended, very humbly be-
came their leader. And after IA years
I am still leader of the same club.
And let me say that without the as
Sistance and cooperation of many peo-
pie in this community, it would not
have been possible to carry on.
Every year 1 think I'll let someone
younger and more capable take over
and have always met with opposition
on that subject. And now in my 14th
year I am still reaping so much price
less experience as leader, that if
anything should make it necessary for
me to give up All leadership, there
would be a place in my life nothing
else could fill
Having homesteaded here in Montana
in 1910 and weathered the good and the
bad years on stock and wheat ranch,
learning many, many things the hard
way and never giving up, I would now
find it very hard to give up something
as essential to our youth today as All
club work.
At this time the club 1 am leading
has a membership of Is, both girls
and boys. In the club are members
with a 10-year club member record,
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-08-15

vocative Contest opportunities in
trigue many people.
Books, Magazines
Comments on a new book or maya
zine article can be pleasant digres-
sion when you are hearing how many
times Eileen's baby wakes during the
night or what difficulties Kate had
baking her cake for the church supper.
A book on child care or an article on
baking may be the way out in these
instances.
Worthwhile movies make good dis
cussion material and sharpen our ar
tistic sensibilities. The same recon-
mendation can be made for art and for
music. The strange titles of today's
western songs make humorous CONVEX
Sation.
Visits, Trips
Scenic or historic sites near your
locale may not be equally familiar to
all in group. Perhaps there are some
vacation SpOtS you haven't heard OF,
and you, in turn, may tell others of a
pleasant Sunday or weekend trip. AL
though vacations are fun to talk about,
don't bore group with a detailed
travelogue. Remember that folks are
often most interested in places they
have already visited. They don't want
to hear, at any factual length at least,
about vacations to which they can't
contribute some Identification.
Weather
The weather may be weak CONVEX
sational escape, but even some details
and comparisons about natures whims
are possible subjects - for some ice
breaking at least.
There are taboos. Politics, to a GER
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-08-15
An Editorial
Music in Heart
and Home

THE OTHER DAY / visited a young
woman who will celebrate her 32nd
wedding anniversary this year. She
has weathered that many winters on
a Montana ranch, without losing her
appealing Irish charm and vitality.
This may be attributed mainly to the
ever cheering presence of music in
her heart and home.
Since the time when she played all
night for country dances, this little
lady has faithfully kept up her music.
In the past year she has composed
over Is pieces of her own and written
the lyrics as well. AS she smilingly
remarked, no one expects to get any
of the first hundred compositions pub
1iShed. Some of her works are rOllick-
ing and gay, while others have a sad
story to tell. Surely, when the time
comes to retire, and leave the scene
of 80 years accomplishment, music
will help this woman to fill in the
period Of slowed activity.
If more families would get together
and sing, as we used to, some of the
tensions of the day could be measur-
ably eased Someone who has been
hurt or angered can go to the piano
and play until the crescendo of frus-
tratiOn diminishes to normally. Music
which our forefathers enjoyed is with
us today to help keep the tie between
their days and ours intact and alive.
Even though the urge to play the
piano may coincide with dishwashing
time, perhaps we owe our family mem
bers that chance at a fine outlet for
pent up emotion or natural ability.
ANY family group which enjoys music
in the home on week days, and sings
together in church, is bound to have
a oneness of direction which is unique
in these days of interests conferred out
side the home.
AS the little Irish ranch woman
shows, we all have much to give and
to gain through music, in our daily
family living MARTIN.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-08-15

also a number of junior leaders with
S to 7-year records. So if I'm showed
or mudded in, as often happens, they
carry on. have always been very
proud of the junior leaders in the club.
I think one of the greatest satisfac-
Evening star., 1954-04-24

smoking please) and then pro-
ceed to repair the accumulated
damage. A simpler method is
to call in a professional exter-
minator who has equipment for
blowing poison gas into the walls.
Evening star., 1954-04-24

Some builders prefer to paint
the walls with a hot bitumastic
waterproofing material before
attaching the Turing strips. If
the exterior walls are to be
painted with cement base water
proof paint. this interior treat
ment is not essential, although
it is good insurance.
Carpenter Ants.
my house is only one year
old. yet I see numbers of very
big brown ants in it. I sprayed
these areas with DDT, but it
doesn't seem to help. What can
you suggest?"-Mrs. A. F. N.
Answer-They call these in
sects carpenter ants" I don't
know why they have this name
unless it is a sort of an honorary
title bestowed by the carpen-
ter's union in recognition of the
work they create for the craft.
They are just one more of the
numerous varieties of bugs that
will literally eat you out of
Evening star., 1954-04-24
BY Hermon Baum

II am planning to build a con-
crete block house and would ap-
preciate your opinion on whether
a coating of cement waterproof
ing paint inside and out will be
satisfactory in this climate, or
will it be necessary to use fur
ring strips and plaster inside to
combat dampneSs." - A. w.,
Clearwater, Fla.
AnSwer.-I have seen numer-
Gus instances of the type con-
struction which you describe
where inside mortar joints were
finished flush and the wall
painted. and none of these was
satisfactory.
Plaster placed directly on the
concrete blocks is equally i'm
practical and this column re-
ceives numerous inquiries from
people who make this mistake
and seek means to correct it..
A concrete block has the insulat-
ing value of less than an inch Of
wood and. therefore. the inte-
rior walls become quite cold even
in climates such as yours. This
results in q condensation con-
dition where water can actually
be mopped from the floors. This
dampness also promotes the
growth of mildew.
Furring Strips.
The proper method Of con-
struction in a house of this type
is to install Turing strips as il
lustrated. It is recommended
that these strips be placed on
16-inch. centers. They are at
tached to the walls with hard
ened cut nails. Plaster lath or
gypsum board is then nailed to
the Turing strips.
Evening star., 1954-04-24
Furring Needed if You Want to Avoid Dompness

house and home. This specie
can be particularly obnoxious
because the only way to destroy
them is to kill them in their nest
which usually is somewhere in
side the walls of the house. You
find the crevice through which
they pass and rip off a part of
the wall in that area. If you
do not find the nest there, you
can play a version of "hide
and SEEK" and rip off another
hunk of wall and so on until
it becomes toss-up as to who
is doing the most damage to the
house. you or the ants.
Once you find the nest, you
douse it with kerosene (no
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-03-26

ests and. in 1906. was merged with another Rockefeller company, stan dard Oil Company (Iowa), to form Standard Oil Company (Cali2- forniaD.
 lie latter firm became a eom- pletely independent company, with is own directors and stockholders. 3aen the vast Standard Oil Com pauy holdings were broken up by the Supreme Court dissolution de cree of 1911
 Continuing To operate entirely independent Of other mhjor Stand ard Oil companies to this day, Standard Oil Company of California acquired it's present name in 1926, evolving out of a corporate re- organization of Standard (Galif- ornia).
 An acknowledged leader in the petroleum economy of the West. and of the world, Standard of Cal ifornia has some significant sfirsts to it's credit:
 1. Drilling of Pico No. 1, Calif- ornias first commercially success full oil well in 1876 and erection of one of the earliest refineries in the state al Newhall, few months later.
 ?. Standard laid the first major pipe line up the San Joaquin Yal- ley to it's Richmond Refinery in 1908, and established the first au- tomobile service station in America al Seattle in 1907.
 3. Probably the most interesting of all the companys "firsts' was the discovery of oil on Bahrain Is land. in the Persian Gulf, in 1882, and in Saudi Arabia in 1888.
 Irrespective of it's past accom- plishments, however. Standard of California continues to maintain a policy of planned expansion. In the budget for the current year. ap- proximately $275,0O0,O00 has been earmarked for capital and eXplora- tory purposes.
 Nearly two-thirds of the total, CT about $175.OO0,000 will be spent to find new oil reserves and for the development of production in eX- isting fields The balance will be spread throughout other opera tiOnS
 The 1854 spending program, an all-time record high for the com pany will exceed 1853 eXpendi- lures by about $5O,o0O,O00. It will be financed by funds on hand and those generated by operations.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-03-26
FIVE MORE RELIEF PROJECTS APPROVED FOR CONSTRUCTION

JUNEAU - Five force account construction projects have been full ly approved and are ready to be started under the fishermeH's relief program. acting governor Waino E. Hendrickson announced yesterday.
 These are in addition to projects previously approved, Hendrickson ,aid. and will be constructed with Alaska Public Work agency partici- patton.
 The five projects and the local agency participating with the APW
 are: Float repairs al sitka with the city of Sitka, $25O0; seaplane float at Angoon with the Territor- ial Department of Aviation, $13,975; seaplane float al Point Baker with the Department of Aviation, $4,300; Schools al Ghignik. Lagoon and El- lamer with the Territorial Depart ment of Education. $25.O00; Schools at Pedro Bay and Pile Bay with De partment of Education. $25000.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-03-26
Standard Oil Marks 18th
 Anniversary

Standard Oil Company of Calitor- mia has a significant birthday com ing up in 1854 This leader of the petroleum industry observes the 75th anniversary of it's corporate history on September 9. the date on which a small group of vision ary oilmen organized the original predecessor company of the present finn
 President T. s. Petersen, who has been with Sthndard since 1922. des- cribed the anniversary to be cele- brated this year as "a milestone in the growth and maturity that has been achieved by the company and de Jared:
 In the ydars that this firm and it's predecessors have been in opera ton, we have been privileged to be a part of one of the most amazing industrial developments of all time
 From modest beginnings. western oil companies such as ours have flourished, expanded, and have gone on to additional successes in many other parts of America and the world
 To-day. our operations are in ternational in scope; we can no longer be considered a purely reg ional concern. But we continue 10 take great pride in our western origins.
 T sincerely believe the healthy economic climate of the West has been a key factor in all of our pro- gress and l would not hesitate to predict our long-range pattern of growth will be continued to the benefit of all the companies and customers concerned"
 Standard of California. which traces its lineage to both the orig inal Standard Oil Company and the first native California oil industry, dates it's corporate history from the founding of Pacific Coast Oil Com pany in 1879
 Pacific Coast Oil was later pur- chased by the Standard Oil inter-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-03-26
BOYS, GIRLS. TIE IN
 PIE-BAKING CONTEST

Who are the better cooks = the boys or the girls? This question has been asked often since the boys cooking class began. To settle the issue an apple pie-baking contest was held.
 Two teachers, Mrs. Fisher and Mr. Gibbons. and School Superintendent C. L. Anderson were called upon to judge the pfeliminaries. selecting the best pies. Contestants then bak- ed a second pie for the finals held on Wednesday. Judges for the finals were Mrs. Tom Xoorhies. Lloyd Goodrich and Lee Stella who after due deliberation and sampling, sel- ected tying winners Mercedes Pres colt and Eddie Ness in first place Elsie Rooney and Nancy Mickelson in second place, and Taro Ogawa and Johnny MaXand in third place. Scores were all very close
 So, say the savants, the question is answered: The boys and girls are equally good cooks
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-03-26
ESKIMO BOY WINS SECOND PRIZE FOR WATER COLOR
 By !. Iesfar Minnar

Gabriel Monignok, a sixth grade boy from Wrangell Institute, won second prize in the art contest sponsored by the Fur Rendezvous Committee at Anchorage in Febru- ary.
 Gabriel is an Eskimo boy from Nuniyak Island. Both his parents are dead When he was eight. he was sent to the Mt. Edgecumbe Or thopedie Hospital, where after four years he was discharged and trans ferred to Wrangell Institute.
 Although he has always enjoyed drawing and eolering, it was not until his work last year with Her sehel Beane, local teacher and art ist, that Gabriel developed real in- terest in art. Now he works with oils and with water colors. It was with a Wrangell scene done in water eolors that Gabriel recently placed al Anchorage Although very modest Gabriel is proud to have his picture in competition with all of the school children of Alaska.
 As soon as Gabriel finishes school at Wrangell and Mt Edgecumbe be hopes to study art in the United States He hasn't yet decided which art school to attend.
 Gabriel has already sold five pie lures, one of which brought him $500 He says the picture with which he won second prize at the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous is for sale. It is on display in the window af the Wrangell Sentinel
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-03-26
PULP MILL AT KETCHIKAN
 WILL START SOON

SEATTLE -AP- Production of pulp at the new plant of the Keteh- ikan Pulp Co. "is expected to com mence within a few weeks to mark the start of the pulp industry in AL aska, Lawson p. Turcotte. president of the Puget Sound Pulp and Tim Der Co.,, announced in the Puget Pubs annual report this week.
 Construction of the mill started in June, 1852
 The Ketchikan project is a joint venture of Puget Pulp and Ameri- can Viscose Corp. The undertaking, when completed, will represent an investment of about $52.600,O00. including $3 million of working capital, Turcotte said.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-03-26
COMMUNICATION

* # &# + In response to assistance giv- en him by residents of Wrangell following a letter to Campebll Brothers of his plight in Greece. Harry Mates, former Wrangell resident. has sent the following letter to Harry Coulter, thank ing his friends here Dear Mr Coulter:
 I received your letter and the $20 too
 l thank you very much. it was very kind of you 10 remember me l wish you every happiness, and pray God to give you health, to you and all the family. I wish God to repay you the goodness you showed to me.
 Regards to all good friends,
 Respectfully your,
 HARRY MATOS
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-03-26
425 AN HOUR NOT ENOUGH

ANCHORAGE AZ Plumbing work in this area was all stopped this week after contractors laid off all except emergency service crews.
 The action followed failure of the AFL Plumbers and Steamfitters un- ion to accept 15-cent-an-hour wage increase. The current scale is $40 an hour.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-03-26
WHAT? NO PROBE?

WASHINGTON -AP- Sen. Me Carthy (R-Wis.) announced this week he had postponed plans for two new investigations involving alleged fraud in Alaska and Communists in defense plants.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-03-26

New power for transportation and industry was born in 1885 when Standards first compounded diesel lubricating oil made high-speed diesel engines a practical real ity. Now our scientists are working on lubricants for the first atomic submarine
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-03-26

On Lindbergh's Atlantic flight in 1927, we fueled ''The Spirit of St. Louis." Now, safer airliners, faster military planes mark aviationprogressw which hStandardresearch has served. Today we're making jet and rocket fuels for tomorrows aircraft
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-02-26
FORTY YEARS AGO
BY Roscoe Dungee

With this edition Of the Black
Dispatch, the states oldest Negro
weekly enters It's fortieth year Of
publication still going strong des-
pite the fact many predicted the
early day venture we launched In
1914 would not last forty months.
It il q peculiar thing, but most
new ventures among Negroes
start off in the midst OF dis
couragements rather than In an
atmosphere Of inspiration and en-
enlargement, and thus Il was
most Of our intimate friends, back
in the days that are gone. who
wished US well. thought we were
doing precisely the wrong thing to
launch our journalistic craft on an
uncharted sea.
And we can see some justifica-
ton for the belief that the Black
Dispatch would be q failure for the
reason the folk who trembled for
the effort knew the editor only a.
a turnip peddler. and did not know
that for a decade we had been CIV
ing Of our spare moment 20 every
one who ran a Negro weekly IN
Oklahoma city, trying to master
the mechanics Of writing. What
we had actually been doing for ten
years prior to 1914 was using the
other fellows investment for our
kindergarten. We'd start out first
Of all writing newsnotes, and a.
soon as we had gotten the conf
dence OF the fellow for whom we
worked gratis, we would extract
from him his viewpoint on public
questions and then prepare COM
ment rejecting his opinion on
such subjects. II was not long be-
fore we were writing his editorials.
and II was then we learned the
other fellow would always use you
II you stayed in the background
and let him do the fronting.
We recall on one occasion. when
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-02-26

the fight was On between IN early
day group Of politicians and the
late DR.. mman r. Page at Lang
ston university, we. wrote all OF
the copy In the Gazette at that
time published by the late C. N.
Moran, and In screeching headlines
we denounced Melvin Chism. who
had been brought here from Balti-
more 10 head the fight to GUST DIR.
Page. We have In our safe at the
present moment one OF those pink
extras gotten out by the Gazette
editor. and which startled the peo-
pie Of the state and Angered Edi-
tor ChiSm, who had just started
the publication Of the Tribune.
which was denouncing DR.. Page.
on the Saturday afternoon OF
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-02-26

to beat the boss out Of the time he
pays for. We gave our time but
tried to use Il TO the best advant.
age.
A lot Of water has gone under
the bridge In the past forty years.
When we started q newspaper. Ne
groes were disfrHnohised IN Okla
homa. city government legally
passed segregation ordinances,
and although the ratio Of the
black population to the white was
Just about AZ Il h today, the state
was rife with the talk Of black
domination" Poor whites an over
Oklahoma were fed propaganda
that taught unless you keep the
black man down he win like John
son grass, overflow the entire no.
eial picture. Perhaps the only time
In our forty years ~ q publisher
We actually felt we had sold our
people out was the day I'D Sea-
mans, who was then the Demo-
cratic state chairman. sent an
other man to the Black Dispatch
20 purchase $4,000 folio copies OF
the Black Dispatch. We received
$500 for that sale Of papers. but
did not know we were selling them
10 the Democratic party until
time came for delivery and We had
our last money tied up In Il.
Some idea Of how vicioualy pre-
judice worked during that period
can be gotten out Of the fact the
Democrats wanted that particular
issue In order to scatter an editor
iaI down In Little Dixie, In which
this writer had very vitrulically
expressed views about Jim crow
cars. This was the type Of inflam-
atory stuff fed poor whites dur
ing the early days OF statehood,
We have in our office safe at the
present time one OF those folders
gotten out by the Democratic
state Central COMMITTEES, caption.
ed. shall This State BE Black
or whiteY" which included the
editorial In the $4,000 copies pur-
chased by Ed Seamana together
with a lot OF slush calculated 10
incense every white person who
lived South OF Purcell, on 10 Red
River.
And then there were the days
when Governor Bob williams call.
ed the special session Of the leg
iAlature TO write the states regis
tration act. The governor was a.
shamed TO actually tell the people
he was calling the legislature 10
pass legislation TO take the place
Of the grandfather law. 10 he was
intellectually dishonest and said
he was calling the legislature TO
amend the gambling and usury
laws. II was then we wrote two
editorials and had the pages place
them on the desks Of every mem
Der OF the legislature. One Of those
editorials was captioned ''usury''
and the other Gambling" In the
first editorial we sought 10 show
the legislature II was costing the
Negro citizens too much TO live IN
Oklahoma and under the other
caption we told Of the constant
gamble In constitutional rights 10