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Another Slant on Home Rule

In their new approach to the question
OF home rule the Commissioners have
reverted to the concept of the District Of
Columbia as territory. Its local gov
eminent discharges functions associated
with those of State or territory, as well
as those of municipality. And the pre-
dominant interest of the Nation in its
seat Of government requires extraordi-
nary measures for its protection-a situa-
ton existing neither in sovereign State
nor in an ordinary CITY,
The Commissioners believe the result
Ing bill recognizes the degree of difficulty
and responsibility inherent in govern
ing the complex affairs of the Nations
Capital" Perhaps SO, although we do
not happen to think so. At any rate, the
Commissioners have made an honest and
intelligent effort to draft such bill, and
II we had to choose between various forms
OF home rule, this is the sort of bill we
would choose, despite the ironic fact that
the territorial form of government at
tempted in 1871 represented the dramatic
failure which spelled the end of home
rule three years later.
The Commissioners bill changes the
local legislative body from a council of
nine members at $4,000 a year to an
assembly Of fifteen at ,000-presum-
ably on the theory that in numbers there
Is strength, and $4,000 salary COM
mands more respect than So, 900 salary.
The $4,000 elected Mayor is discarded
for $2l 900 appointed Governor, and a
$17,500 appointed Lieutenant Governor,
In line NIT
siStence on protecting the Federal Gov
ernments interest in its own CITY,
Other devices for such protection are
included. The Governor can veto the acts
OF the assembly, and if the Governor is
overridden the President can rescue him
with his own veto. Congress- of course, can
continue to do anything it chooses, and
undoubtedly would. It could abolish both
Governor and Assembly, or nullify their
acts. Local courts and variety of other
quasi-judicial or partly Federal agencies
are removed from assembly control. The
National Capitol Planning Commission is
amply protected from local influence, and
Its hand in coming control is strengthened;
In fact 1t holds the reins. The nonvoting,
elected delegate in the House of Repre-
sentatives is retained. The bill sensibly
leaves to the assembly the decision on
what form of school supervision 1t might
prefer, and dual voting and dual office
holding are recognized as necessary be-
cause Of the nature of the city'S popu-
lation.
The weakness Of the bill includes
defects Of the 1871 territorial experiment
as well as other theoretical patterns for
home rule. That weakness has nothing
to do with any incapability OF Washing
tonians to govern themselves, or the de-
STABILITY of self-government. Wash
ingtonians are capable in every respect of
self-government and most of them want
to vote. But the bill does not really con-
fer the effective powers of self-govern-
ment The people here would still lack
voting representation in their real Gov
eminent. The bill is another form of
delegated financial responsibility, with
limited powers and means to discharge 1t.
We fear that in practice it would blow up.
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camellia japonica grows at
higher elevations. This is ca
mellia rusticana which grows
on the western coastal noun
tains Of Japan. Here there is
very heavy snowfall every win
ter. The bushes are completely
buried. There have been re-
ports-probably quite apoch-
ryphal, DR.. Creech says-that
it actually has been seen
blooming in profusion on top
of the snow in early spring.
Breeding material of this
species has been available in
the United States for several
years. 1t has, on the whole,
been a decided disappointment
and not as hardy as some of
the locally evolved varieties.
This last winter. for example,
it was winter-killed on the
eastern shore of Virginia des-
pite professional efforts to keep
it alive.
The reason. DR.. Creech ex-
plains. is that the bush in its
native habitat really is not ex-
posed at all. The deep snow
which buries it in the noun
tain valleys actually acts as a
warm blanket. In spring the
sunshine reflected from the
rocky walls of these valleys
quickly meltS the snow and
revives the bush. 1t is a hi
bernating. rather than a hardy,
species. It sleeps snugly all
winter under the snow, like a
holed-up bear or ground hog.
Orphan of Nature
Compared to it the Komina-
to form Is one of natures or
phans. forced through count
less generations to take care
OF itself. The hardest speci-
mems have survived the win
tiers and lived to reproduce.
DR.. Creech was able to coll
lect both seeds and seedlings
which are now being held, as
regulations require, in Depart
ment of Agriculture green
houses. The bush in its native
country flowers in May. 1t is
not conspicuous for it's bios
som, which is perhaps the
reason why 1t has been ne
elected by Japanese breeders.
But. it is hoped, the hardness
and late blooming somehow can
be Incorporated genetically into
one or more of the more con-
spicuously Towering varieties
developed in the United States.
There is little likelihood. it
is claimed. that the camellia.
however hardy. ever will be
more than a cultivated plant
IN this country. 1t will never
become a part of the native
flora. Plans have been pro-
posed. however. to line some
Southern highways with
paintings Of species which will
require little attention.
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telling what will excite some
one.
The lover of books finds
the new paper book industry
exciting in very real sense.
The feel of these books in the
hand is fine, If ones fingers are
attuned to paper goodness.
Some Of the aristocrats are
books which he would never
know existed in any other way.
They were on subjects which
Gid not make them best sellers"
in any sense.
Once printed. they may have
sold 1000 to 5000 copies at the
most.
Now, here they are, at a nom
inal price. and ready to have a
new life of the spirit.
The future of these books?
1t looks good.
MANY readers, and the best,
think IS cents is enough to pay
for novel, any novel. certainly
for a detective story.
That one is able to get more
mature works for a nominal
price, nicely printed. with sewed
bindings. means that real readers
will have more to read.
A book is book. as Gertrude
Stein might have said.
Prices of hard-cover books
have steadily risen, until now
they are advertised as "only So"
etc.; we now have sets of four
volumes at S45 a set, and so on.
How many booklovers have
that kind of money, even today?
But most of them can easily
afford 95 cents to two dollars.
1t is a question of economies,
after all, and it would seem as
II the book publishing business
has finally hit upon the common
sense plan of giving its patrons
what they want. not what it
thinks they ought to have.
A couple of years ago. this
reader purchased a new transla-
ton of Dante's Inferno" for
81; a nice volume.
A month later, he saw the
same book in paper at so cents.
1t. too. was a nice job, with good
print. and wholly adequate.
One cost eight times the other,
and the difference simply wasn't
there.
No wonder the paper books
are SWeepinp the field
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-12
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS r. HENRY
BHqht Outlook for ComelIio Growers

Northern gardens in May in
a few years may be afiame
with red and pink camellias.
Finding of hillsides in
Northern Japan covered with
thriving camellia bushes at
temperatures close to zero has
just been reported by a De-
partment of Agriculture plant
explorer, DR.. John r. Creech.
Inter-breeding of this stock
with varieties already estab-
lished in the United States
offers plant geneticists one of
their most exciting prospects
In years.
Survives Zero Weather
In this country this resplend-
ent flower Of tea bush family,
first introduced in the South
in colonial days, long was con-
sidered an essentially south
ern plant which was certain
to be killed by even a moderate
Northern winter. 1t was the
glory of pre-bellum plantation
homes. Now for a generation
it has been moving slowly
northward. sometimes only a
few miles a year. through the
slow processes of breeding and
conditioning. Still in this per-
iod 1t has been possible to ad-
vance its northern limit from
North Carolina until now hardy
species are fairly well estab-
lished in the District of Co
lumbia and there are random
successful paintings even as
far north as Philadelphia.
The material collected by
DR.. Creech promises to change
the whole picture. He found
this camellia japonica at Kom-
inato, isolated Honshu island
which, climatic tables show,
has annual temperatures about
analogous to Kingston, r. /. In
winter the thermometer fire.
quently goes a few degrees be-
low zero.
1t is not rated as a discovery.
There is a botanical record of
its existence and a single dried
botanical specimen dating back
to 1849. But, SO far as can be
ascertained. 1t never has been
cultivated. japanese horti-
culturalists, long recognized as
the worlds foremost camellia
breeders. have neglected it.
The habitat is a rugged, iso-
lated, thinly populated area.
DR.. Creech reached it after an
extremely rough trip by jeep
in company with a Japanese
forest botanist who was ia
miliar with the area.
Despite low winter tempera-
lures there is little snow in
this part of northern Honshu.
This is all to the good so far
as the significance for camellia
breeding is concerned. DR..
Creech points out. A form of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

The full tide Of the Ameri-
can paper book business has
hi the book stores at last.
Scores. hundreds of books.
some thin, some thick. offer
the reading public a veritable
Geluge of words.
Many of these books are re-
prints Of things long out of
print, so that this. alone. is a
bonanza for the reader.
European countries have
long published and read books
bound in paper covers, and
the United States. at various
periods. has had its own
splurges in this medium.
Today various universities
have joined the parade. so
that the wealth Of books has
been augmented both spirit
ually and mentally as well as
physically.
+ i ~
Now we have Shakespeare
In handy little volumes. a
play to a book, and great
tones on the bard and his
worth.
We have religious books of
all sorts in neat paper bind
ings. poets and travellers and
explorers.
The great philosophers
come to us neatly sewed at
the back.
These are the book store
paper books. and commonly
retail from IS cents to $1.95.
or Whereabouts.
All these, the aristocrats of
the movement: in addition.
many worthy lines of paper
books sold as magazines are
sold at newsstands and in
drugstores and other places.
The difficulty with the lat
ter is that the reader must
be on hand the moment they
are brought in from the wag-
on. If he is not. a ready read
er will be there before him. and
buy them all up before he
sees them, or even knows that
they have been published.
For the true booklover, all
this is very exciting.
Exciting" is a favorite adj
vertising word. nowadays.
1t is applied to ladies dress
es, or even lipsticks, and prop
erly, since there really is no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-12

ander Fleming. the Scottish
physician and bacteriologist
who later discovered penicillin.
Lysozyme has the effect Of
dissolving many bacteria by
breaking up certain carbohy-
drates in them.
@. Is there a fly which lives
only one day?-G. A.
A. There is a lacy-winged in
sect called the dayfy or May
fly which usually lives for one
day Of adult life, but it is not
a true fly. Since they have no
need for food. many Of these
flies are born without mouths
and without stomachs. True
flies are Of the order Diptera:
May flies, the Ephemerida.
Q. Who said there is no
beauty without a touch OF
strangeness?-C. L.
A. Francis Bacon in his Essay
of Beauty" (l6l2) wrote,
There Is no excellent beauty
that hath not some strange
ness In the proportion" !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-12
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry ,Driters' correct
names and addresses. An
letters are subject to conden-
sGtton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-12

@. What was the ancestry
Of Andrew Hamilton. the Phil
adelphia lawyer who defended
John Peter zenger in his trial
for libel?--A. F.
A. Andrew Hamilton was a
man of mystery and not even
after his death Tin 174D could
his ancestry or even his right
to the surname Hamilton be
determined. AS Hamilton. he
became one of Pennsylvania S
most distinguished lawyers and
public men--but upon his ar
rival in America as a young
man he used the surname
Trent for some years. Research
in Scotland indicated he had
been born about 1876 but gave
no satisfactory clue to his real
identity.
@. What is the name Of the
antiseptic substance which is
contained in tears?--M. A.
A. LysoZy me. Found In
human tears, saliva and most
animal fluids. this engine was
discovered In 1922 by Sir Alex
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Hard A-stern!

The power OF suggestion
May moUe the childish mind,
II the child In question
Is powered from behindi
June Rodo
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKTN SERVI(,F

~ reader can ss answer mai BY vr,ins
DC 10, =" "nnkton >
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10

and from Minneapolis by plane
Geo. Jambor is leaving Friday
for st. Paul, Mimi, for a short
visit with his two brothers and
a sister, Mrs. P. Wiench all OF
st. Paul. From there with his
brother Stan Jambor, they will
go to California to visit another
brother, Frank Jambor and fami-
ly in Elsinore, Calf, and also
a sister. in Los Angeles and a
cousin, Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony
Bienek in Riverside, California.
Miss Barbara M. Rickett of
Miles City, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dave Rickett, was home over
the holidays visiting her parents
and friends. She returned to Miles
City January End to start her
Navy Reserve Cruise. From Miles
City she will go to San Diego,
California, for two weeks of Yeo-
mems School.
Kathy Crippen, daughter of MI.
and Mrs. Clifford Crippen, re-
turned home from Seattle last
week after spending a week Wis
iting relatives and friends.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10
Family Reunion HOnOrs
Henry Haffner on Birthday

A family gathering and dinner
was held at the home of Mr.. ano
Mrs. Henry Haffner at 500 p. m
January 9th.
Honoring Mr.. Haffner on his
74th birthday were all his chill
dren and their families except
Mr.. and Mrs. David Miller of An
chorage, Alaska. Mr.. Haffner re-
ceived very nice gifts and the
evening was spent visiting.
Those attending the gathering
we're: Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Bux-
baum, Mrs. Kenneth Crabill, all
of Miles City; Mr.. and Mrs. Adam
Hass and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Rein and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dick Hanson and daughter,
and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Haas all
of Glendive; Mr.. and Mrs. John
Gable and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Haffner and son, and MI.
and Mrs. Elmer Frank and family
all of Sidney.
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PERSONALS

Dinner guests at the Ben Hub
ley home last Friday night were
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Witt and Mrs.
Wits father.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hall were
guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roger Hanson at Minot over
the New Years holiday. Mr..
Hanson is the nephew of Mr..
Hall.
Miss Carolyn Jablonski visited
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
c. Hall last week end. Carolyn
is the sister of Mrs. Hall and is
a junior at the Nurses School in
Miles City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Harmon
and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
Darl Harmon and family arrived
from Liscomb, Iowa to visit at
the home of their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Jim Harmon and also
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10
Circle Meetings of WSCS
Slated for January

Circle meetings for the Wo-
mems Society of Christian Ser
vice of the Lonsdale Methodist
church will meet on the fol-
lowing dates. Please note changes:
January 16 - Lois Circle will
meet at 200 p. m. at the home
of Mrs. Jess Baxter with Mrs.
Bertha O'Brien as co-hostess. Jo-
anna circle will meet at 7:3O
at the home of Mrs. Ray Whiting
with Mrs. Otto Williams as CO.
hostess.
January % - Priscilla Circle
will meet with Mrs. H. Kincald
at 2:30 p. m. Eunice circle at 1870
p. m. at the home of Mrs. Dan
Price with Mrs. R. Hulings CO.
hostess.
Lydia Circle will meet at 200
p. m. with Mrs. Marvin Berry
as hostess and Mrs. Al johnson,
co-hostess.
Miriam Circle will meet at
7:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs.
John Burns with Mrs. D. Choate
as co-hostess.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10
Music Club Entertained
At Cumming Home

The Sidney Music Club was
entertained at the home of Mrs.
Wayne Cumming for its January
meeting. Mrs. John Walburn was
assisting hostess. Roll call was
answered by giving musical cur
rent events. Mrs. Walburh, pres
ident, conducted the short bust
ness meeting. The program of
the evening was personal choice
selections of the members. Mrs.
Cumming, acting program chair
man, introduced the numbers as
follows:
Claire De Lune - Debussy -
A piano solo played by Mrs.
Earl Nelson.
A Spirit Flower - Campbell
Upton - Sung by Mrs. Cum
ming, accompanied by Mrs. Har-
old Rounce.
The Greatest Miracle of ALL
David Guion = Sung by Mrs.
Walburn with Mrs. Cumming as
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10
Royal Neighbors
Hold Meeting

The Royal Neighbors met Wed
nesday evening, January 2 for
the regular meeting and installa-
ton of officers for the coming
year. Ethel Smith was the install
ling officer and Harriet Hender-
son ceremonial marshal with
Marie Kappel as assistant.
Dorothy Balls was appointed
special auditor. Alma Murphy
and Dorothy Bahls served lunch.
The next meeting on January
10 will be a covered dish supper
at $50 to which the husbands
and families are invited. The
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10

their brother and family, Mr.,
and Mrs. billiard Harmon. Mr..
and Mrs. Jim Harmon returned
to Iowa with them on New Years
day.
Darrell Beecher will leave Janu-
airy 18th for Great Falls where
he has been employed by the
Paris Store as buyer for the
Mems Department. Mr.. Beecher
has been employed at the yell
lowstone Mercantile Company
since August of 1854 as manager
of the Mems Wear Department.
Mrs. Beecher will remain in Sid
ney for a short time and then
join her husband in Great Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Book and
family returned to Sidney Janu-
airy End from Powell, Wyoming,
where they had been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Karl
Muecke. Mr.. Books mother, Ruth
Book, who has been staying with
the Book family, went to Powell
to stay with her daughter, Helen
Muecke.
MI. and Mrs. Ed Book, former
residents of Sidney, have a baby
girl, Pamela Jean, born on De-
cember 18th at Great Falls. Ed
was employed by the Soil Con-
servation Service when they liv-
ed here.
Mrs. Hattie Pominville return
ed to Fairview after spending the
Christmas and New Years holi-
days at the Seth Holland home.
Mrs. Pominville is the mother of
Mrs. Holland. The Holland family
and Mrs. Pominville spent a very
enjoyable Christmas Day with the
Tony Pominville family at Fair
view.
Evelyn Fink, daughter of MI.
and Mrs. Emil Fink, left Satur-
day with Mrs. Fink's sister, Mrs.
Michael Hoffman and family for
Minneapolis. Evelyn is attending
the Humboldt Air Line school
and is taking up teletyping and
general office work. Later when
she is 81, she plans to be a
Stewardess. Her schooling Will
be completed February %, at
which time she will accept a per-
manent position of her choice.
Herman Thompson, Altman &c
of the Sioux City ALB at Sioux
City, Iowa, who was home on
two weeks furlough, visited
at the home of his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey Fisher. He
IS also visiting other relatives
and friends in the Charley Greek
Community. Herman has been in
he service for three years and
eft for Sioux City on January
9th.
The annual dinner party for
Conlin's Furniture employees was
given at the Lone Tree Inn Satur-
lay night following the ball
Jane. Gifts were exchanged and
very delicious dinner was en-
Dyed by all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Sandholm
pent Christmas week with her
,arents, Mr.. and Mrs. Slower
md brother at Shelby, Mont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Mutt, Jr.,
md daughter Barbara, and Mr..
md Mrs. Friday Peterson and
laughter Kay visited with DR..
nd Mrs. Carroll Lund last Sun
lay and also at the E. B. Merritt
lome, at Williston.
MI. and Mrs. Dale Powell and
hree children arrived December
7 at W~illiston and were met
here by Mr.. and Mrs. Orven
Friday Peterson. Mr.. Powell is
brother to Mrs. Peterson, and
ney spent a week at the Peder-
on home.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10
Treasure State Homemakers
Held Meeting

The Treasure State Homemak-
ers club met at the home of Mrs
John Walburn Monday evening,
January z. The new officers of
the club are: President, Malvola
Walburn; vice president, Pearl
Hamburg; secretary : treasurer,
Mary Voss. Other officers APP
pointed were. Sunshine commit
tee: Alice Sorenson and Cleone
Williams.
Publicity committee: Pearl
Hamburg and Verna Neckels.
Names for Secret Sisters were
drawn. The door prize was won
by Constance Brehm.
A very delicious lunch was
served by Malvola Walburn, Mary
Voss and Pearl Hamburg.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10
Notice :

The public are hereby given
due notice that the lake Known
as Holly Lake, south of the plant
of Holly Sugar Corporation, is
private property owned by the
undersigned corporation, and that
public notice has been posted
about this lake. No trespass
whatever can be permitted on
the part of the public and the
undersigned assumes no liabilities
for anything that may happen 10
persons trespassing on the Holly
Lake property.
Holly Sugar Corporation.
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accompanist.
Sous Bots = Victor Strub -
A piano solo played by Mrs.
Ralph Criger.
The Man | Love - Gershwin;
and Will You Remember -
Stromber - Sung by Mrs. Phyl-
lis Ellington, accompanied by Mrs.
Criger.
At the close of the program the
h~ostesses served a delicious lunch
which was followed by a social
hour.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10
SOCIETY
NO-HOstess Luncheon
HOnOrS Mrs. Ed Witt

H. E. o. Homemakers' club
had a no-hostess luncheon for
Mrs. Ed Witt, a member who is
leaving to make her home in
Wisconsin. The afternoon was
spent playing various types of
games and visiting and Mrs. Witt
vas presented with handkerchief
from the members of the club.
She has been a faithful member
of the club and will be missed
by the members.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10

Get winter long protection
from dry skin. Tussy's Wind
and Weather Hand Cream. Spe-
ciaI $500 size for only S1.00.
SIDNEY DRUG STORE. 5I-1tc
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10

evening entertainment will be
the second round of the whist
tournament. Members are asked
to come and enjoy an evening
of fun and sociability.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10
st. Bridget's Circle
Meets Tuesday Night

st. Bridget's Circle of the La
dies Altar Society met at the
home of Miss 10 Rogers Tuesday
night. Miss Rogers was hostess
and Mrs. Axel Nelson was CO.
hostess.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10
Victory Local
Sponsors Card Party

The public is invited to attend
a card party at the NYA hall
Saturday, January 10th at 7:30
p. m. A charge of soc will be
made for lunch. A door prize as
we'll as high and low prizes for
whist and canasta will be given.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10

HALF PRICE SALE - Tus-
sy Wind and Weather Lotion.
Regular $500 Size for S1.00.
SIDNEY DRUG STORE. 51-1tc
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10

BUY NOW AND SAVE -
January Vitamin Sale. Look bet
ter and feel better. Super Ay-
final Vitamins -- I50-day sup
ply for only $5.98. SIDNEY
DRUG. B1-1tc
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10
NOTICE

VFW Auxiliary meeting Mon
day night at 800. Regular bust
ness meeting.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10

BIG DISCOUNT ON vitamins
for all the family. Check the
January Vitamin Sale at the
SIDNEY DRUG STORE. 51-1tc
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10

JANUARY VITAMIN SALE
- Walgreen Multiple Vitamins.
S2.79 Bottle of 100 Capsules for
S1.98. SIDNEY DRUG STORE.
51-1tc