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The Sidney herald., 1957-06-27
Remember -?
Early Day Sidney News Briefs
Compiled By
Mrs. Arthur Nelson
Helena, Montana

A birthday surprise party was
given for Paul Patch of Rich
Ian dcounty near Brockton at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. David
McGregor, Friday night, Deem
Der 3rd. About thirty friends were
present, the strom having kept a
few friends at home. Mrs. VIII
liam Ralston recited very nicely,
Clusters Last Stand" Songs were
sung by Mrs. Rice Jenkins, Mrs.
Paul Patch, Mrs. Ole Smith, Err
nest Lewis and Ed Lynd.
Games and a radio furnished
other amusements. Lunch was
served and a birthday cake bear
ing 81 candles was placed before
Mr.. Patch. 1t was then announced
by Mrs. McGregor that the party
was given in his honor which
came as a complete surprise to
him. All guests expressed them
selves as having had a fine time
and departed for home in the
early morning hours.
December 10, 1895
Holbrook Lynch celebrated his
18th birthday with a dinner and
theatre party. Seven OF his
friends were present to enjoy the
occasion and a real good time
was enjoyed by all.
December 7, 1926
The lamp posts for Sidney's
"New White Way" have been in
stalled and other work toward
the completion of this big asset
to Sidney will progress as rap
idly as the weather conditions
will permit.
December IL, 1926
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|pandens; CD a Chinese holly,
Hex cornuta: Cd Ligustrum luci-
dunn Suwanee: "a Hex cornuta
rotundifolia: t5) Pieris japonica.
If this had been q southern
exposure the paintings might
well be: Cd Dwarf globe arbor-
vitae (Thuja globosa nana); az
dwarf Hinoki false-cypress
(Chamaecyparis obtusa nana) !;
cd Hill Japanese juniper tJuni-
perus procumbens riana): "a
dwarf Pfitzer juniper (Juniperus
chinensis pfitzeriana nana); Isl
spiny Greek juniper (Juniperus
excelSa Stricta).
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G A RDEN
GUID DANCE
Exposure Limits Foundation Plan
BY W. H. YoUNcMAN

lditions the yews will thrive OF
1.-THE sunny side Of the house.
i The same may be said for tn,
larborviate.
/ The broadleaved evergreen,
are similarly affected by thu
heat and. need more care wher
planted on the south side Of {
building.
The evergreen barberry, eu.
onymus. and the cotoneastel
which will lose its leaves in the
winter are among the best fol
such a situation.
For Western Side Is
The list Of foundation plants
for the western side Of the house
is about the same as for the
south with this exception, some
lof the broadleaved evergreens
that would suffer winter injury
on the south or east often escape
foliage damage when planted on
the west. The foliage frozen al
night may have time to thaw
before the sun strikes it and thus
suffers less.
In selecting an evergreen for
the foundation planting it is i'm
Iportant to find out the height II
may be expected to reach at ma
turity. The baby evergreen on
display at the nursery is no indi-
cation Of its ultimate height or
spread. If it is a medium grower
Is to 10 feet 1t can be restricted
through pruning. Some, such as
the arborviate. can be kept
fairly low for several years by an
annual pruning. This is espe-
cially true for some Of the broad
leaved evergreens.
The modern style Of homes has
put a premium on dwarf and low
growing plants. and the nursery
man who has kept up with this
trend will be glad to show them
70 you. 1t is surprising to see
the many dwarf forms Of ever
greens that are now available
compared to only a few years
ago. The nurserymen are doing
a fine job.
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Key to Paintings
In De Long House
Photo
BY w. H. YOUNGMAN

In the. foundation planting
illustrated Just above. the ar
arrangement to the right and left
Of the entrance is the same. The
actual plants are: ID A Jap
|anese holly. Hex crenata Helleri,
in front Of the steps: 90 a globe
or oval yew, Taxus ovata, adjoin-
ing the landing: go two
japanese hollies, Hex crenata
rotundifolia: "a q japanese
holly. Hex crenata conyexa; (5)
at the corners. an evergreen Pho
TINA, Photima serrulata: and go
near the white gate, Ligustrum
lucindum. an evergreen privet.
Also good in this same north
ern exposure would have been
these: IL Taxus baccata re-
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Trees Are on Move:
|SuppIiers Pressed

Not since Shakespeare's Mac.
beth saw an entire forest APP
preaching his castle have SC
many trees been on the move
The home building boom is re-
sponsible for part Of the plant
ing. and most Of them realize
that there's nothing like adult
greenery to make a house q
home. The new look for industry
requires trees, too.
The demand for trees is SC
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We might say that the direc
ton the house faces is the mos
important point in selecting
material for the foundation
planting in front of the home
OF course. the height of thu
building, its size. the shade ans
moisture available. are also in
portant factors.
The choice of evergreens thai
may be used is much more linn.
tied for the house that faces tbs
south or west than it is for thu
north and east sides.
In this area we prefer to land
scape with evergreens. both the
conifers and the broadleaved.
The modern home with little
or no foundation wall to be
covered-a house that needs low
growing shrubs-is much more
restricted in plant material thar
the home Of the types commonly
built Is or 20 years ago. This
is not because we do not have
suitable plants, but rather be-
cause it takes longer to grow
o dwarf plant to merchantable
size than it does one Of the
forest types so commonly used
heretofore.
For North Exposures
Only two conifers are adapted
to shade, the yews and the hem
locks. The latter is a tall grower
and not suited to the modern
type Of home. Consequently, the
house facing the north will use
a combination Of yews and
broadleaved evergreens. Azaleas.
rhododendrons, camellias, ligus-
trum (privet). hollies. and SIM
liar plants will furnish the basic
materials for the foundation
planting.
Eastern Exposures
For that eastern exposure we
have q wide range of plant ma
terial to choose from because
the morning sun is beneficial to
plants. whereas the midday and
afternoon sun is too strong for
many plants.
Among the conifers we may
consider the aborvitae, juni-
pers, yews. chamaecyparis (false
cypress, Mugo pine, etc.
There are no suitable dwarf
forms Of the spruce.
The list of broadleaved ever
greens for the eastern side Of
the house is even longer than
that mentioned for the north
side. We might well add bar
berry. abelia. cotoneaster and
euonymus.
South Exposures
The southern exposure with
It's reflected heat is net as ia
vorable to plant growth and
30 the choice is necessarily
more limited. The jumpers are
noted for their ability to with
stand hot dry situations, but
with the exception of the
Pfitzer. most Of them are seri-
ously troubled by the red spider
mite and the juniper webworm.
With favorable moisture con-
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Spray Helps Mowers

A spray coating that prevents
grass from sticking and accumu.
lating on lawn mower blades and
housings is announced by q
Cleveland firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-28

great tree movers and nurseries
have been unable to keep up
with 1t. despite their best EFFORTS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-16

TO visit the two prisoners, separately,
and made the report that they were
well and accomplishing.
Reuters, the British news agency,
subsequently quoted one Of the visitors
as saying that Fecteau had acknowl-
edged he was working for CHA. There
is some question whether, or when, the
truth Of this matter ever will be known
publicly. The student visitors were re-
Stricted in their questioning Of the pris-
oners and Fecteau's reported admission
did not appear in the initial stories of
the interview. The two Americans said
they had been taken on one six-week
tour of Red China. Downey was quoted
as saying he was deeply impressed and
convinced that "some sort Of planned
economy Is the answer for China and
perhaps the rest of the world. There
was no complaint of "brain-washing,"
however, and Downey also was reported
as saying he is not q Communist.
Premier Chou En-lai is said to have told
the students that the two prisoners
could expect time on their sentences for
good behavior. Until such time as they
may be freed and back home, there
appears no likelihood Of clearing up the
question Of whether they were In fact
engaged In the alleged mission.
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Fish Story

Broadly speaking, there are two
kinds Of fishermen. One is the kind
who fishes for fun. The other Is the
kind who fishes commercially. Within
these categorieS there may be numerous
variations. A sort of one-man variation,
bureaucratic style, has been reported in
London-where 1t seems that govern
ment lines can get Just as tangled as
in our own Washington.
It all began, the Associated Press
reports, when the Ministry of Works
stocked the moat around Westminster
Palace with goldflSh-among water
lilies. The effect, somebody decided,
was not sufficiently colorful-where-
upon the Ministry of Agriculture and
Fisheries was asked to contribute rs
rainbow trout. All was fine, until some
body discovered the rainbow trout were
eating the goldfish. The M. Of A. and F.
was asked to remove its trout-without
further harm to the M. Of w. goldfish.
Electrical stunning devices and nets
were considered too dangerous to the
goldfish, so a clerk Of the M. Of A. and
F. was provided rod and line and in
structed to practice his trout fishing.
At last reports, he had landed IS of the
offending fish.
There may, Of course, be some
knotty governmental questions involved
In this precedent. The fisherman-clerk
in this instance was allowed to use liver
as bait-which the trout repeatedly like
and the goldfish do not. Dedicated
trout fishermen, or even conservation
lists in Parliament, may not be quite
approving. There may be a question
raised, too, about changing personnel
requirements in government bureaus.
Should there be a classification where
skill with rod and line is essential for
Job placement Are licenses required
and, If so, at whose expense2 When
does the season begin and end? And
who has Westminster trout on the table
after they are extracted from the royal
moat3
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Healthy and Well Fed

It Is reassuring, If reports are cor
rect, that two Americans serving long
prison sentences in Communist China
are healthy and well fed" The two in
question are John Downey and Richard
Fecteau, listed as civilian employees Of
the United States Army, who disap-
peared in 1852 while on an airplane fight
from Korea to Japan. Subsequently, the
Peiping government announced that
their plane had been shot down over
Manchuria while dropping supplies to
american agents. The two were charged
with working for the Central Intelli-
gence Agency-which the CHA denied
and later were sentenced to imprison-
ment for espionage. Ten American
student tourists recently we're allowed
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No Peace Yet

This is not by any means
a criticism Of our fine Presi-
dent. He is my President,
right or wrong. But I notice
that the President has set up
a commission to plan for a
mock revival Of the Civil War
during 1861. The way things
are shaping up. and unless
something is done to prevent
1t. In 1861 we will be engaged
in another real civil war. I
quote from the famous ora
ton Of the great Patrick
Henry: Gentlemen may cry
peace, but there is no peace.
The war has actually begunl
Our brethren are already in
the field"
BENJAMIN F. Hall.
4 T.
After World War I, I UNI
derstand we paid for the
trenches our boys occupied
while helping defend France.
After World War II, we aided
all our enemies. I still have
to read what the North did
for the South after the Civil
War. Could 1t be that we are
still being punished2
Yours for justice-North,
South, East, West.
Mrs. Frank BOrner,
Memphis, Tenn.
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Good Start

The District Budget Once has made
. good start on the three-way admins
trative task of trimming the District
budget for the next f1scal year to man
ageable size. Under the new budgeting
system inaugurated with considerable
success last year, local budget oficials
get the f1rst whack at the always inflated
estimates from the various departments
ana agencies. The trimmed-down esti-
mates then go to the Commissioners for
further cutting, If necessary. Finally.
The Federal Budget Bureau has a 90
81 II. And Congress, Of course, reviews
the whole and has the last say as to size.
Even as chopped down by the Dis
trict Budget ONCE, the proposed esti-
mates are far above past totals. They
exceed the current budget of $l98
million by per cent. The department
heads, although admonished to keen
the figures down to reasonable levels.
had asked for approximately s240
million in operating and capital inn
provement expenditures. Budget Of
f1cer Fowler and his staff cut this total
to about $212 million-a tough under
taking when 1t is considered that the
estimates were supposed to be only for
essential needs. The reduced estimates
are subject to action by the Commission
ers as a result Of public hearings and
consideration Of direct appeals from the
departments affected. And, in the end.
the local budget is subject to congress
sional reviSions and, most important of
AL, to congressional action with respect
TO the authorized but not fully granted
1923 million Federal payment. Not to be
overlooked, either, is the possibility that
next year Congress will vote Federal and
District pay raises which the President
will approve. Nothing is more disruptive
Of carefully laid budget programming
than pay raise that did not figure in
the calculations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-16

They do not like them, and
they want the world to know
1t.
Part of this dislike Is for
the odor. The fact that
they at times cause tears to
flow has little to do with 1t.
The onion smell comes
from an oil secreted by the
edible.
1t is peculiarly distasteful
to flnicky people, we believe,
and have told Jones 50, but
he doesn't agree.
Finicky people, so called,
included Mahomet. the
prophet, who particularly
disliked loud noises.
He, too, had an aversion
to many odors, but we are
not sure onions were among
them.
Spinach was crossed OF
the list, as many persons
have done over the years. 1t
was that famous cartoon in
one of the weeklies that I'M
ished it.
Now people only laugh,
when you mention spinach.
II you 90.
The redoubtable onion is
an edible of q different sort.
It crops up in the most odd
places, and the trouble is, as
Jones and others see it, that
the person who introduces it
into q dish never seems to be
satisfied with just a little.
The onion is the bulb Of an
Asiatic. plant, album. It is
another Of the gifts Of great
Mother Asia to the world.
People who have to get up
parties for large groups al
most saturate what they cook
with onion flavors. Why?
They haven't got around
to onion ice cream, yet, but
Temp Jones says they will.
just give 'em time.
Peppermint ice cream. as
far as our friend Is con-
cerned, is almost as bad.
His favorite?
Vanilla, as one might sus-
pect, because of its bland
ness, and the way it COM
bineS with chocolate, in any
of its forms.
Jones said the other day
that he hadn't eaten an ice
cream soda in IS years, but
that the last one he had con-
sumed was the same as the
first one he ever ate
"chawklat." with vanilla ice
cream.
Not onion?" we asked,
brightly.
Templeton Jones didn't
even smile.
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WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Nv THOMAS r HENPY
c ontoIoupe-Sized Ounces Grown

Ounces almost as big as
cantaloupes are being grown
in the Department Of Agri-
cultures national arboretum
in Washington.
The fruits are from six to
seven inches in diameter.
They make excellent jellies
since their pectin content is
quite high. Preserves can be
made from their pulp which
tastes like apple sauce.
The trees, introduced some
years ago from western China
by department plant explor-
ers, probably are the only
specimens now in the West
ern Hemisphere and, al
though certainly members of
the same family. are quite
distinct from the ounce
common in American or
chards from colonial days.
This ounce probably is a
native Of Persia and has
grown wild for centuries in
parts Of Southern Europe.
No effort Is being made to
introduce the gigantic Chi
nese variety as q cultivated
fruit or to cross 1t with the
ordinary ounce, although
this may be undertaken later.
1t is looked upon, however,
as a possible quite valuable
a dition to ornamental
shrubs.
Have Pineapple OdOr
The big fruits grow on a
tree from Is to 20 feet high
whose bark peels, giving the
trunk q variegated grey
brown pattern like that Of a
sycamore. The trunk has a
twisted appearance with
bulges which look like mus
cles. There is an abundance
Of pinkish-white blossoms in
Spring.
The most unusual char
acteristic Of the giant ounces.
however, is that when one of
them is placed in a room it
gives of a distinct pine
apple odor which will perme-
ate the premises and may
last for months. There is
some difference Of opinion
about the edibility Of the raw
fruit. When fully ripe 1t can
be eaten with a spoon like a
melon. Some Agriculture
Department botanists say it
is excellent, others that it is
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The Bio Lie Unlimited

The Turks, who do not brighten
easily, have responded with calm effec-
tiveness to Soviet Premier Bulganin's
recent friendly" letter threatfully &C
cusing them Of plotting with the United
States to attack Syria. In effect, the
response brands the accusation as lie
fabricated for provocative and inSin-
cere aims" which Is undoubtedly the
truth Of the matter.
Thus, as the Defense Ministry in
Ankara has declared, Turkey is very
definitely not massing troops for ag-
erosion against the Syrians, the Bull
ganin charge notwithstanding. Actu-
ally, in the ministry's words, that charge
has been knowingly based on false
rumors deliberately twisting facts to
create the impression that the Turkish
army'S normal fall maneuvers-regular
seasonal exercises Of the sort conducted
by every nation with military forces
precurse an assault and menace the
peace of the Middle East and the world
as a whole.
In answering this recklessly prepos-
ferrous canard, Turkey has sent formal
assurances to the Syrian government,
whose foreign minister has indicated
that the Bulganin letter may have ex-
aggerated the situation more than
little, to put it mildly. Similarly, an Of
fetal spokesman in Damascus has made
a point of declaring that I'VE don't ex-
pect attack" and are mot taking very
seriously" all sorts Of reports about Tur-
kish troop concentrations or such abb
surdities as the rumor that American
armored units have secretly arrived in
Israel and are masSing there.
Even the Syrians, in short, seem
to have been less than impressed by
the Soviet Premier's self-righteous and
growing message to Turkey. And pre-
Sumably, along with other peoples and
governments in the Middle East, they
are sufnciently well informed not to
have been wholly hoodwinked by For
eign Minister Gromyko's earlier TRADE
against the United States-a totally
mendacious piece of propaganda about
how American "imperialists" and "kings
Of oil" are conSpiring to unleash agrees
sion upon the entire area and enslave it.
The question remains as to Just why
Moscow has found it useful to resort so
palpably to the technique Of the big lie.
Outsiders can only guess at the answer,
but fair assumption would seem to be
that Khrushchev and company feel that
such propaganda can stir up enough
trouble and fool enough people to make
the Middle East acutely vulnerable to
further Soviet penetration. This is
threat against which the forces Of truth
should be modified as quickly and as
effectively as possible.
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much too astringent. Jelly
made from 1t Is slightly more
acid than ordinary ounce
Jelly.
The trees may be used for
grating stock for related
species. it Is pointed out, but
the chief use seen at present
is for specialized horticulture
al paintings. The arboretum
botanists believe they will be
hardy about as far north as
Philadelphia.
The general appearance Of
the fruit, the botanists ex-
plain, is somewhat closer to
that Of q banana than to
that Of the familiar ounce.
Asian Pear Ornamental
Meanwhile an Asian pear,
introduced from China about
40 years ago. is being devel-
oped as q roadside ornamen-
tai that eventually may make
the Southern countryside
rival that Of New England
when the sugar naples are
in their full autumn glory.
AS q fruit, per Sc, it is worth
less. The pears are no bigger
than peas and are hardly
edible.
But in autumn, without
the help Of frost. the leaves
turn a deep crimson and re-
main on the tree into early
winter. In the spring the
tree is a white foam Of tiny
blossoms. The species is i'm
mune to the ordinary pear
disease, fire blight, which
prevents any large scale cul-
tivation Of the fruit In the
East. The Chinese variety
first was introduced because
Of this immunity in the hope
that the quality could be
bred into the domestic var
ieties. By and large this
attempt proved q failure and
little value was attached to
the Introduction until the
present ornamental variation
appeared. 1t eclipses any
thing reported Of the origi-
nal Chinese stock and, the
arboretum botanists believe,
eventually will fill q long,
felt need In this country.
The tree grows very rapid
ly for 10 to Is years and
levels Of at q height Of
about IS feet. Arrangement
of the branches is quite sym.
metrical.
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Dead End in ARLINGTON

The Arlington School Board. trapped
between Judge Bryan's irtegration order
and an unavoidable tumble of State laws.
Is playing for time. There probably is
nothing else that the board can do.
The boards attorneys have an
nounced that they win appeal the order
commanding admission Of seven Negro
children to formerly all-white schools
ana ask for stay Of the orders execu-
ton pending the outcome Of the appeal.
The stay may Or may not be granted. II
1t Is not, then, we suppose, the weapons.
such as they are, in the Stanley pack
age" arsenal win come into play. Under
this series of laws passed by the Leeisla-
ture at Governor Stanley's urging, any
tntegrated school may be taken over in
the name Of the State, it may be closed
while the Governor attempts to mediate.
and State school funds, amounting to
more than 81 million q year In Arling-
tons case, may be cut on.
Some or all Of these devices may be
tried. Then, again, with an election
coming up in November, they may not.
In either event the end result surely win
~ S~@S SeNAAASs A4AC 4AO-AAAbCSk06lOu IOICGa
in Arlington are travelling down q dead
end street. Sooner or later, there will
have to be some Indignation in the
cOunty's schools. The court viii require
1t, and public sentiment viii not tolerate
the consequences Of noncompliance.
1t Is shame that Arlington and its
helpless school board have been brought
to this pass. With little wisdom, the
State authorities could have cleared the
way for an orderly indignation on what
would have been q very limited scale.
But the wisdom was lacking. Even now.
with the eleventh hour approaching, an
enlightened and courageous State adj
ministration would be moving toward
compliance instead Of pursuing q
strategy Of futile delay. But II such en-
lightenment and courage were to assert
themselves In Richmond, 1t would be the
greatest surprise Of the year.