The Weekly Pioneer-Times from Deadwood, South Dakota • Page 4

SSSrSaSSS! GOODMAN TO PLAY IN FOURSOME tion that they have is not justified by arranged the following tentative pro-existing evidence. jgram: General assembly, 2 to 3 o'clock; sports and games, 3 to 5 o'clock; band erty is exempt from taxation under the provision of chapter 24 of the 1929 session law the property must be both owned by the society and used exclusively for charitable purposes," the opinion said. concert, 5 to picnic lunch, 5:30 to program, 7 to dance at 9 o'clock with music furnished by Finola's orchestra of Lead. W. F.

SLOAN W. F. Sloan, superintendent of the Spearfish public schools who died suddenly from a heart attack Monday afternoon, was born at Belfast, Ireland, in 1871 and came to the United States with his parents at the age of five. The family settled at Bowen, 111., where he learned the carpenter trade from his father and in 1899 entered summer school at Carthage college. From 1901 to 1908 he was principal of the high school at Nauvoo, 111.

He came to Harding county, S. in 1909, where he homesteaded and in 1910 organized the Camp Crook high school where he was an instructor for four years. He returned to Illinois in 1914 and entered the state university where he Troops Now Guarding American Concessions (Continued From Pace 1) west of Peiping threatened "another and more deadly blow" against the Chinese. Similar steps to protect their nationals were taken by the British, Italian and French authorities after reports were received that two American women had been shoved and kicked by Japanese sentries on guard before the embassy in Peiping. The "more deadly" attack against the Chinese troops was threatened by Major General Torashiro Kawabe "unless they reflect on their action." The general's statement was taken as a clear indication that Japan's war machine in north China was seeking by increasingly serious thrusts to force Chinese capitulation to demands for uninterrupted domination of the area.

Chinese have charged Japan seeks to cut off the two rich north China provinces of Hopeh and Chahar from the country and establish them either as a puppet regime or a protected state similar to Manchoukuo. received his bachelor degree in 1916. out ropes they found a live Mormon He returned to the Black Hills country cricket on its peak, shortly afterwards and organized the A rancher in northeastern South Da-Nisland high school in 1916-17. He went kota has found a way to protect his to the Custer high school in 1918 as an garden from grasshoppers and crickets instructor and remamed there lor four years. In 1924 he returned to Buffalo anri the following vear came to 'Spearfish to design and organize the Spearfish high school, where ne remained as superintendent until the time of his death.

He received his master's degree at the University of Illinois in 1926 and than a minor impression on the mil-became a member of the Phi Delta lions upon millions of crawling insects. Kappa. i The Mormon cricket seldom takes to Mr. Sloan was united in marriage In the air. 1897 to Myrtle Anna Cannon at Bow- en, 111., to which union six children! Fence Proves Effective were born.

They are Arthur, of Akron, SUNDANCE, July 19. lty Hubert, of St. Paul, a member of of Sundance, watching AT OWlf A II A MTU Will Play In Foursome With Rachetto, Bangs and Gilbert Refuting a story that he was to play in the $25,000 Medina open at Chicago next Sunday, Johnny Goodman, Omaha, stated in a wire received here that he would "positively be in Dead-wood Thursday" and would play in an exhibition match at the Tomahawk Lake Country club Sunday afternoon, July 25, at 1:30 o'clock. The announcement that Goodman, ace of all amateur golfers, would display his phenomenal shot-making at Tomahawk has created great enthusi asm among golfers and sport followers in this section. A foursome composed of Goodman, winner of the national open in 1933; John Rachetto, recently crowned South Dakota champion; Clarence Bangs, west-river champion, and Russell Gilbert, Lead Country club champion, has been arranged.

The exhibition match will be for 18 holes. Everyone who is interested in watching a real champion perform is urged to follow the match. W.F.SLOAN OF THE SPEARFISH SCHOOL PASSES Suffers Heart Attack In Physician's Office W. F. Sloan, 65, superintendent of the Spearfish public schools for the past 13 years, died from a heart attack at the office of Dr.

Lyle Hare "in that town shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He had visited the physician's office for a physical examination and while there was stricken with the fatal attack. Deceased had been head of the Spearfish schools since 1924 and was well known thruout this section of the country. He is survived by several children residing in Illinois and a daughter at Camp Crook, S. D.

Funeral arrangements will not be made until word has been received from his children. Ten Years Ago (July 22, 1927) Tuesday evening Judge and Mrs. Skinner of Watertown; Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins, also of Watertown; Mr.

and Mrs. John T. Heffron and daughter, Mary; Mr. and Mrs. Francis J.

Parker and Mr. and Mrs. Emil Steinback of I Lead, motored to Pine Crest park and enjoyed a delightful picnic supper. Joseph Kubler, who has been in Deadwood for the past few weeks vis iting relatives, left over the Burling ton yesterday for his home in Custer. Twenty Years Ago (July 22, 1917) Miss Sarah Blumenthal returned Tuesday from a three weeks visit with friends at Sioux City and Hawarden la.

She was taking her annual vaca tion and returns to he; work greatly benefitted. Dr. R. A. Vallier of Chadron, is In Deadwood looking after some mining property in which he is interested.

He is an osteopath and was located in Deadwood before going to Chadron. Forty Years Ago (July 22, 1897) Gus Keller announced to friends last evening that on the 20th of next month he will be married to the handsomest and richest young lady of the valley. As Mr. Keller is a man of good taste there can be no doubt but that the lady of his choice is handsome. Mr.

and Mrs. B. P. Dague and Mrs. W.

S. Elder returned yesterday after a few days pleasantly spent at Sylvan lake. They say it is more beautiful than ever before. Mrs. E.

J. Robinson went up to Terry yesterday to spend a couple of weeks. As soon as Mr. Robinson builds a home at that place, the family will move up there to reside. Fifty Years Ago (July 22, 1887) "No, my daughter, the men you on the streets wearing double-breasted blue flannel coats about two inches too short are riot the drum corp.

They are only members of a hose company who paid $23.50 each for a uniform, expecting to win a prize on the 4th of July, but being disappointed they took the brass buttons and stripes off, resolving that they will wear them out and next year appear only in red shirts." Both Rapid City and Lead are ex pecting to have a cracker factory built within their respective limits. Just what a cracker factory would do in Lead is hard to understand, as mill tailings are hardly calculated to make a superior article of cracker. Local Briefs Former Deadwood Woman Passes Away in California Word was received here yesterday of the death of Mrs. J. F.

Carwile, for mer well-known Deadwood woman, at Los Angeles, Calif, on July 18. Fun eral services were held from the Edwards mortuary with burial in Forest Lawn cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Carwile resided In Deadwood for a number of years prior to leaving here about 25 years ago.

After leaving Deadwood they lived for several years at Ogden, Utah, later going to Los Angeles, where they have since made their home at 1339 South Norton street. Mr. Carwile conducted a novelty store in Deadwood before going into the insurance business in which be is still engaged. Mrs. Carwile was a devoted member of the Deadwood Epis- L.

I 11 1, ,1 it LWW nut lit icuiciiiuani by the older residents of this section who will learn with regret of her pass- a fl TTD WWT CI TlWTi A ing. Garside to be Returned To Stand Trial Here Sheriff E. E. Mlnard expects to leave sometime today for Butte, to take over Thomas R. Garside, formerly of Deadwood, who is being held in jail there on a charge of wife desertion and abandonment preferred by State's Attorney Alex Rentto.

Application for extradition was granted by Governor Leslie Jensen and the papers arrived at the state's attorney's office here yesterday. They will be presented to the governor of Montana at Helena who is expected to order Garside's removal to South Dakota. Garside left Deadwood several months ago and has since been living in Butte. Positions Listed At Employment Office Here The clearance service at the state employment office in the federal building, in this city, has listed the following open positions: General stenographer, Huron; pharmacist, Scottsbluff, tailor, Two Harbors, salesman, Aberdeen; two barbers, Hot Springs; 175 die makers, Detroit; baker, Winner; 25 watch repairmen, Detroit; hairdresser, Mitchell; junior and senior draftsmen, Pierre. DEADWOOD MAN HELD ON A 1BAD CHECK CHARGE BELLE FOURCHE, July 16.

Sheriff Pat Arnold left Wednesday for Casper, to return Ernest Sarkis, Dead-wood, arrested by Casper officials there Tuesday and wanted in Butte county for issuing a bogus check. He signed necessary papers for extradition. Sarkis is alleged to have given a check for $125 to Adolph Ott, Newell, in payment for some wool. The check was returned marked "no account," and a warrant was issued for his arrest. PERSONALS Dr.

P. W. Wasner, of this city, left last night by car for Mitchell, S. called there on business and expecting to return to Deadwood the latter part of the week. Mr.

and Mrs. Fred D. Gramlich and daughter, Mrs. Robert Klockow, Rapid City, were in Deadwood yesterday to attend the funeral services for the late Sam W. Brown.

The United States civil service commission has announced open competitive examinations for the following positions: senior educational analyst and educational analyst, department of agriculture; principal safety promotion adviser and field representative, treasury department; warden and associate warden. Full information may be obtained from F. E. Perrin, secretary of the U. S.

civil service board of examiners, at the local postoffice. Dorothy Lebeck, a west-coast miss, dressed in the attractive trade-mark costume of the American Chicle company, was in Deadwood yesterday and spent a busy day popularizing Dentyne chewing gum thru the distribution of free samples on the streets. It is Miss Lebeck's first visit to the Black Hills and she expressed herself as charmed with the country and its people, and looking forward to visiting briefly the different points of interest. Everett Shockey of Lead, was noted in the city yesterday afternoon. John Howery, former resident of Deadwood who has been living in Hot Springs for some time, returned to the city yesterday and expects to make his home here in the future.

Mrs. L. M. Dougherty and son, Billy, Chicago, are houseguests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

W. R. Burchett and daughter, Ruby Elizabeth, in this city, having arrived several days ago from the east. Mrs. Ruth Bartelson, Washington, D.

was in Deadwood yesterday after noon attending to business matters and calling on friends. Mrs. Bartelson was the former Ruth Brigham of White-wood and at the present time is visiting relatives at that place. Members of the chamber of com merce engaged in a general discussion of tourist travel and routing at the weekly luncheon of the organization at the Franklin hotel yesterday noon, al-tho--no action was taken on different suggestions advanced. President C.

O. Gorder presided over the meeting which was well attended. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Roberts, Detroit, arrived in Deadwood Monday evening for a visit with the former's father, Tom Roberts, and other rela tives.

Mr. and Mrs. Roberts were recently married in Detroit and their visit here at this time is something in the nature of a honeymoon. They were met at Rapid City by Mr. and Mrs.

James Roberts and Mrs. R. J. Mahoney, of this city, who brought them the remainder of the way home by car. Thad Baggaley, of this city, member of the Black Hills delegation of Boy Scouts attending the national jamboree recently held at Washington, D.

is in receipt of a letter from Congressman Francis Case of the west river district, who met the Hills Scouts while they were in the national capital and who expressed the hope that they had an enjoyable time while at the jamboree. Among the points of interest near Washington visited by the Scouts were Washington's home at Mt. Vernon, the Smithsonian Institute, the bureau of engraving and printing, the department of justice, Arlington national cemetery, the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and others. Attorney John T. Heffron, of this city, drove to Sundance, Wyo.

yesterday to attend to some legal matters in Crook county circuit court. Passing thru the area infested by crickets on the return trip, he picked up a pair, a male and female, which he placed in a glass jar and brought home, leaving them at The Pioneer-Times office. The body of each is about 1V4 inches long, exclusive of front and rear legs which extend for considerable distance fore and aft. Mr. Heffron declared that reports coming from the infested area are not in the least exaggerated for the entire country is virtually alive with the pests who have created widespread damage to gardens and fields.

main street that rivaled the mythical endless Chinese army. The pests are burrowing nests into houses in Sundance, they found. Seeks Fonda for Fight The commissioners from the area apparently next to be invaded said they will seek state or federal funds to fight the crickets, which first became infamous and earned their name about 1850, soon after the Mormons settled in Salt Lake valley. A horde of the dark brown insects started an invasion of the valley and only the coming of thousands of sea gulls saved the crops. Since that day, Mormans have revered the sea gull and a huge golden image of the bird stands atop a high pole on the temple grounds at Salt Lake City.

Late in June this year, when three experienced mountain climbers ascended 800-foot Devils Tower in northeastern Wyoming the first to do so with- a solid galvanized iron fence, but it is too expensive for extensive use. In the vicinity of Sundance late last week a mile-long fence was constructed in an effort to stop the invasion. Crickets are exDected to follow the fence into traps, but it is doubtful if i even a mile of fence can make more swarms of Mormon crickets detour around the tiny northern Wyoming town today, 'credited 14-inch wood and tin walls with warding off the pests. 20 PERSONS ARE INJURED IN BUS CRASH AT FALLS SIOUX FALLS, July 19. -Seven out of 20 persons cut, burned or bruised in a bus collision and fire near Nep tune park early Sunday morning, remained in hospitals today, while State's Attorney E.

D. Barron pressed an investigation into the spectacular accident. Barron planned to determine if reck less driving was involved in the crash, which occurred when one bus, loaded with a throng returning from a dance, was rammed by another after inexplicably stalling on dusty, busily traveled Forty-First street. The collision apparently burst the gasoline tank on the rear of the lead bus, loosing 35 gallons of gasoline which immediately burst into flames. The rammed machine careened into a ditch and was quickly consumed.

Pas sengers fought their way out of win dows. The front of the second bus, also sprayed by gasoline, was enveloped in flames, too. Its passengers also fled thru windows, ignoring a safety door in their haste. PERRY IMES The following obituary is from the Sidney (Mont.) Herald on the death of Perry Imes, former Deadwood youth, at that place recently. Details of his death are lacking: Richard Perry Imes was born in Deadwood, S.

August 24, 1906, his father being in the United States forest service there. Perry spent most of his early years living in the Black Hills and lived seven years in Custer. S. where his father was supervisor of the Harney forest. He came to Sidney with his parents in 1917, where he has since resided and where he received his high school after which he his father in the real estate and insurance business and took over and managed irom the time of his father's death al most six years ago.

He was a past master of Lower Yel lowstone Lodge No. 90, A.F.&A.M., and a member of the Elks lodge in Glen- dive. He was a second lieutenant in the national guard at Sidney, having previously had a brief training at West rami. On September 6. 1929.

he was mar ried to Grace Spoolstra of Corinth, who was a member of the nurs ing staff at the Sidney Deaconess hos pital. Those left to mourn his passing are his wife, his three little sons, his mother, his sister, Charlotte: a brother. n.ari, in Minneapolis, and his aged grandmother at Hot Springs, S. D. Tomahawk Lake Club Members Invited To Tourney at Custer Officers of the Tomahawk Lake Country club are in receipt of the following invitation from the Custer Country club regarding a tournament to be held at that place on August "The Custer Country club sends greetings: On Sunday, August I.

the club will hold an invitation tournament and cordially invites the members of your club to come up and have an enjoy able day of golf on its scenic course, "Play will be as follows: "Twenty-seven holes medal play. Nine holes qualifying round. Three flights with prizes worth shooting for. And. of course, a fine prize for low 27 holes medal.

'The committee in charge requests members to come early so as to get the qualifying round in before noon. "We'll be seeing you!" Mystic Child Falls In Well and Drowns RAPID CITY, July 15. Lester Allan Harris, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Harris of Mystic, was drowned Tuesday night when he fell into a spring house well at the family home near there, it was reported here today.

Sheriff's officers here said they had not been notified of the accident, but that they would undertake an inves tigation. The child, one of a family of about nine children, had evidently wandered to the spring house a short distance from the home, and fell into the well. He was missed within a short time and the body was recovered from the well. APPOINTED It is worth noting that Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky white house favorite for majority leader is acting leader now be cause the late Joe Robinson appointed Barkley his assistant. The Kentuckian was not elected to that post by his senatorial colleagues.

ST ONGE NEWS Earl V. Cardinal, Chicago, arrived here Saturday to visit at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Cardinal, sr. Mr.

Cardinal, who is employed in the chemical department of the Walgreen Drug company in Chicago, is on his annual vacation. Robert Marks suffered a second paralytic stroke at his home last week. He was able to take an auto ride with the members of his family Saturday altho he is still quite ill. Mrs. Dora Linander, Spearfish, and Fred Sleep and daughter, Margaret, Crow Peak, were dinner guests at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. A. J. Jenner-john one evening last week. Dottie Mclntire, Fruitdale, is visiting with relatives here this week.

Donald Bassett was five years old last Saturday and his mother, assisted by Mrs. Gilbert Furois, gave a party for him at the Bassett home. The party was also given in honor of Edward Furois, who had his first birthday that day. There were two birthday cakes, one with five candles and the other with one candle, on the table. Delicious refreshments were served the small guests who were Doris Jenner-john.

Lorraine, Bernadine and Kather-ine Furois, Wendell Hill, Rose Marie Reddick, James and Edward Furois, Neoda Derosier and Bernice Bassett. Miss Rebecca Dorwat, Kimball, this state, who is attending summer school at the Black Hills Teachers' college in Spearfish, spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Waite. Mr.

and Mrs. R. St. Clair, who were guests at the R. H.

Shrewsbury home last week, left some days ago for their home at Wausau, Wis. Lyle Shrewsbury accompanied them to their home and will visit in Wisconsin for two weeks. Margaret Rail left Friday for Spearfish to attend the second term of summer school at the B.H.T.C. Margaret Heinz completed her first six weeks of summer school at the Teachers' college in Spearfish last Friday. Mrs.

Oscar Smith and Mrs. Alfred Smith entertained members and several guests of the Home Extension club at a 1 o'clock luncheon at the home of the former Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Pearl Colby acted as toastmlstress at the luncheon and Mrs. Gertrude Fraw-ley and Miss Edith Smith assisted the hostesses in serving.

A regular business session was held after luncheon, followed by roll call program. Mrs. Mel-vin Gifford and Mrs. Ralph Reinecke demonstrated the correct way in serving meals. Mrs.

Van Buskirk, who recently returned from a tour thru sev- ral ftates- 8 aTta'k her trip, ere: M' fhn McDaniel, Mrs. I Wilfred Tetreault. Mrs. Gertrude Fraw- I i i t-. ij, vsmc nmuiiK uuu ivuss jLUlin The "ex meeting will be held Thursday, August 19.

Roderick Austin, Lead, visited Saturday afternoon with friends here. Hazel Redmond, who has been at- lenaing primary summer school in ho Friday. Mrs. Gertrude Lang and children and Mrs. M.

W. Trembath, Lead, spent Saturday with relatives here. Mrs. Pearl Keyes and daughters Mildred and Mrs. Leo Mooney and Eugene Eli, Lead, were Sunday callers at the home of the former's mother, Mrs.

Marks. Mr. Eli is assisting with the farm work because of the illness of his uncle, Robert Marks. Mrs. Robert Mitchell was hostess for the July meeting of the Neighboring Sisters club at her home Thursday afternoon.

Twenty members responded to roll call, and Mrs. William Mitchell was the only out-of-club guest. A business meeting was followed by a book review and needlework demonstrations after which Mrs. Helen Marchant and Virginia LeSueur played two piano auets. At 5 o'clock, a delightful lunch eon was served.

The table decorations were Douquets or garden flowers. The meeting for August will be held at the home of Mrs. William Matson, near Minnesela. Axel Beckman, and brother Al bert, of California, who is visiting here, accompanied Mr. and Mrs.

George Tet reault to Gillette, Monday to visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Beck and son, Mr. and Mrs.

A. L. Corey of Chicago, 111., were recent guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B.

E. Colby. Mrs. Silas Strode and children, of Nemo, who are visiting at the home of their grandmother, Mrs. James Marks, were Saturday guests at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. J. C. Hendrickson in St. Onge.

SjDcarfisli Nw Special Correspondence Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Driskill, and little Delorene Palmer were visitors in Belle Fourche Wednesday afternoon.

Mrs. Arthur Sullivan was hostess to about 16 children Tuesday for her daughter, Darlene, honoring her fifth birthday. The party began about 9:30 und refreshments were solved at 11 clock. Miss Mildred Alexander, dauehter of Mr. and Mrs.

Eli Alexander, who underwent an appendectomy at St. Joseph's hospital in Deadwood about ten days ago, returned home last evening. Mrs. Ornelle Kelley, Deadwood, is spending the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

John Sutherland. Hugh J. Norgaard, Brookings, head of the state grasshopper control com mittee, spent Tuesday In Spearfish looking over the cricket situation. Mr. and Mrs.

John Bennett of Chicago, arrived in Spearfish Sunday eve ning for a two weeks' visit with Mr. Bennett parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L.

Bennett, and sister, Mrs. Dinone Bush, who is here on a visit at the present lime. Miss Madelon Bettelheim arrived yesterday morning from Chicago and was met in Deadwood by her parents. Dr. and Mrs.

B. F. Bettelheim. Miss Bettelheim spent the past year in Chicago studying music. Miiarea Alexander, who was oper- atea on lor appendicitis at St.

Joseph's nospitai in Deadwood, will return to her home in a day or so. Committee in charge of the Black Hills Masonic picnic, district 24, has ty I of oi on but are ed the Th. National Whirligig Continued from Page 1 perhaps years. Inspiration for the idea is Senator Borah, who is reputed to know his constitutional onions. The Idaho sage maintains that the Sumners let-'em-quit law permitted Justice Van Devan-ter to retire, but not to resign, and so he remains an active member of the court.

Therefore, the senator argues, there is no post vacant unless Mr. Van Devanter forwards his resignation to the white house. So far he hasn't, altho he has been apprised of the dispute involving his status. Even admitting that the contention is spurious, here is its practical application: If Mr. Roosevelt loses his court bill at this session, but seeks domination thru naming a Van Devanter heir the senate may refuse confirmation until the controversy is settled by the supreme court itself.

Meanwhile, the court would stand 5-to-3 against the white house, and might decide the Van Devanter issue on that numerical score. It's the most exciting denouement, perhaps, in the Hollywoodish scenario. REFUSALS Senatorial lines have been drawn so taut and tauntingly over the supreme court battle that the club's gentlemanly system of supplying "pairs' for the aged and absent has smashed to smithereens. Veteran members and reporters have never before witnessed such exhibitions of personal and political rancor, not even in the League fight. George Norris of Nebraska, for instance, is the "grand old man of the senate" beloved and respected by everybody on both sides of the aisle.

He cannot return to the present session because of illness, despite his desire to vote for Mr. Roosevelt on the court plan. Ordinarily some G.O.P.-er or democrat against the bill would "pair" with the Nebraskan, fail to vote and the score would be a tie. But on this issue, and largely because of the new dealers' tactics, nobody will afford this consolation to their Nebraska nestor. Few days ago the swellest congressional junket in years sailed for France as members of the Battle Monuments commission which John J.

Pershing heads. It promised a trip thru the wine country and a sojourn in Paris during divine weather, and there was to be no lid to exciting entertainment. Ordinarily senatorial playboys would cut each others' throats for such a pleasurable assignment, but this time everybody declined without even a grim expression of thanks. They'll do their night-clubbing in the U. S.

senate. STRATEGY A rise in prices of ter- rifle proportions has set in to worry official and unofficial economists. De spite several covert moves whit hnnca nrnnnnnuimAnte n4ivMio4- niAe. ecutions and federal trade actions-the H.C. of L.

has leaped skyward. Unfortunately for the administration, the increases have hit costs which not even the "forgotten man" can duck rents, home building materials, food and clothing. The boost has been due directly, as Washington's economists concede, to higher wages, shorter hours and government demand for durables. So far there have been no screams or squawks from the consumers, but the signs of an economic and political re volt are approaching the horizon to F.D.R.'s scouts. No concerted program or movement for checking price inflation has ever been formulated by the administration, despite statements, letters and indict ments designed to throw the fear of government into producers and retailers.

But F.D.R. is quietly concocting a remedy to hold costs in line. With con gress preparing to quit, however, it appears that his only strategy is to wring a few more denunciations and indictments out of Attorney General Cummings, a frequent though unadver-tised visitor at the white house in the last few months. NEW YORK By JAMES McMULLIN SIMPLE The Committee for Industrial Organization has no monopoly on shrewd pressure tactics in enrolling recruits. Some American Federation organizers are doing a pretty slick job themselves, as witness what is happening in the liquor industry.

The A. F. ofL. people started in on the drivers of liquor trucks, who were comparatively easy to unionize. Ware house employes logically came next.

Then began the real tough assignment the white collar workers salesmen etc. The organizers began this stage of their campaign by going after sales men for wholesale liquor houses. Their argument was simple. If you don Join, union truckers won de liver what you sell and your job won't be worth a hoot. That lined up the wholesale boys in pretty short order.

From there the unionizing spread downward to retail liquor clerks and upward To representatives of distillers and importers. The latter are being signed up now threatened with a boy cott by stores employing union clerks if they don't. The system is very effective and the industry is rapidly approaching a state of complete unionization. Very few demands have been made on employers as yet, which astutely minimizes em ployer resistance. The only real setback so far has been among employes of small neighborhood package stores, where the store is often strictly a family affair.

Brothers, cousins, uncles and aunts care naught for unions. SPECULATION Keen New York observers are becoming uneasy about indications that farmers are again be ginning to indulge in land speculation as they did in the late '20's with such disastrous consequences. It seems to be an inevitable phenomenon of periods of agricultural prosperity that a great many farmers mortgage their land in order to buy more land. The itch to get rich is by no means confined to Wall street speculators. This is the main reason the farm mortgage situation was so distressing when the depression hit.

Overoptimis-tic land buyers were out on a limb, and the limb broke. It would be highly unfortunate if this history were to repeat, yet there doesn't seem to be any way to prevent it unless agriculturalists themselves! have learned prudence. The assump-j Poison Gas Proposed In Cricket War (Continued from Page 1) Organize Fighting Unit Meanwhile, encouraged by Governor Leslie Miller's offer of $1,500 in Wyoming funds to carry on the Crook county campaign against the crickets pending a looked-for allocation from the $1,000,000 grasshopper fund recently appropriated by congress, Williams Divide farmers today organized a fighting unit to dam the flood of pests. The entire $1,500, the Wyoming chief executive stipulated, is to be spent for sheet tin, with which the farmers plan to erect movable barriers to stop the march of the "mountain grasshoppers." L. G.

Landers, Crook county agricultural agent, estimated the fund would be sufficient to provide five miles of fencing, similar to that which has protected the town of Sundance from the invading crickets. The farmers them selves will undertake to erect the bar riers, shifting them as needed to pre' vent depredations by the pests in the near-record wheat crop of Williams Divide, only a few miles from the fertile Spearfish and Belle Fourche valleys of South Dakota. Million Acres Affected John Hartney, Crook county super visor, who is directing the campaign there, estimated 1,000,000 acres in the county have been infested. He said re cent rains producing vegetation on which the crickets can feed have aid' ea tne Dame now concentrated on keeping the pests out of grain fields where they "shuck the kernels right out of the heads of wheat, oats and barley." Authorities in Crook county blamed droughts of recent years for 1937's heavy infestation of crickets, explain ing the dry timberland of the Bear Lodge mountains their hatching ground had afforded ideal conditions for the preservation of eggs until spring hatching time. Each female lays between two and three hundred eggs.

Altho only a few of the insects as yet have crossed the South Dakota line, county agricultural agents of that state expressed fear the invaders' eggs hatching next year, might bring about conditions similar to those now existing in Crook county, Wyoming. Timber-lands in the Black Hills of South Dakota, heretofore free of the pests, would constitute good hatching grounds, it was explained. Marijuana Grower Gets a Stiff Jolt in Butte County Court BELLE FOURCHE, July 21. Marl juana, notorious Mexican drug, proved to be a costly "rheumatism medicine" for John C. Garcia, 65-year-old Mexican living near Vale.

Hailed into court on a charge of growing the drug weed, he told Coun ty Judge C. P. Seward he was growing marijuana to "rub on my leg to cure my rheumatism." Judge Seward, however, handed out the stiffest sentence of the year for a narcotic charge $250 fine and costs and 60 days in jail. Officers said they found six-foot marijuana alternated with corn In Garcia's garden and brot in 25 stalks for evidence. They said Garcia at first pleaded innocence of what he was growing, but officers said the quantity indicated he was growing it for illicit traffic.

High Grain Yield in Early D. Harvest SIOUX FALLS, July 21. Threshing had started in earnest today on many farms in the southeastern part of the state and reports continued to be received of bountiful fields in what was described as the best crop since 1919. Corn in the meantime continued to show improvement from showers Sunday and was said to appear the best 'in years for this early in the season. The best crop news of the season came from Union county where a thresher turned out 33 bushels of wheat to the acre, which brought $L15 per bushel when sold at the elevators.

In the Menno district early threshing operations have found wheat going 8 to 15 bushels per acre. An average field of rye netted 20 bushels per acre, a field of barley 26 bushels. These were fields which could not be cut early and had been damaged some by grass hoppers. Rules Hospital Not Exempt from Taxes the faculty of the University of Minnesota; Madeline, of Camp Crook, and Agnes and Robert of Springfield, and Beatrice of Urbana, 111. All are graduates of the University of Illinois.

He has been a member of the Buffalo Masonic lodge since 1923. Mr. Sloan had spent a lifetime pioneering in the field of education with the view to advancing the educational facilities in all of the communities in which he had lived and had been remarkably successful. He was beloved by students and residents alike and his passing has brought sorrow to all. Services will be conducted at the Spearfish high school auditorium at 10 o'clock Friday morning with burial in the Spearfish cemetery.

MERZ ARRESTED IN PROBE INTO MAILROBBERY Former Belle Fourche Man Indicted at Omaha OMAHA, July 20. P) For three and a half years postal inspectors have been trying to find out what happened to $30,000 that disappeared from the mails between Deadwood and Whitewood, S. there was no holdup the money just dropped from sight. South Dakota underworld legend, according to postal authorities, has the missing money buried near Deadwood. That legend was the basis of a mail fraud plot for which Ihe federal grand jury here today indicted Philip B.

Merz, former Butte county. South Dakota, official, ind now a Fremont, house painter. Merz is accused of having written Harry Barnett of Belle Fourche, S. offering to sell the missing money for 3.500. Merz was arrested in Omaha last week when he allegedly met and accepted the fee from Barnett in a trap laid by postal inspectors.

Inspector Vernon Batie said he was convinced Merz knew nothing about the missing money. Merz was quite well known in this section of the Black Hills a few years ago when he served for a time as deputy treasurer of Butte county. While so engaged he was arrested and convicted of embezzlement of county funds and served a sentence in the state penitentiary at Sioux Falls. CRICKETS ARE MOVING TOWARD IflLLSJOUNTRY Now Only Three Miles from South Dakota Line BEULAH, July 19. Endless brown waves, made up of millions of the giant brown Mormon crickets, neared Beulah's record wheat crop today on what appears to be a devastating march to the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Defying all manner of efforts to stoD them, the vast army of pests literally covered the countryside. Over the week-end, traveling from a mile and one-quarter to a mile and one-half per aay, tne crop devastating legions reached Beulah hill, about three miles from the South Dakota line and only aDout iz miles from Spearfish, a fruit- iui BiacK Hills community anticiDa- ung its oest crops in years. on Williams' divide, in the vicinity Beulah, is the best wheat crop in irom 10 to 15 years. It lies in the Dath me advancing horde, and unless a new means of stopping the crickets is round, it is feared all will be lost, Army Worms Dcvelon Farmers, ranchers and others, at the high peak of a several-years' fight against tne crickets, were forced to divide their efforts and concentrate also army worms, reported as invading tne territory in large numbers. Crook county, Wyoming, with Sun dance as its county seat, has been fight ing Mormon crickets for several years.

never in such numbers. Highways paved with them and automobile tires sing a tune of between a "swish" and a "crunch" continuously. Fences and houses in some sections are cover to depths of six inches. In Belle S. Butte coun-1 commissioners took cognizance of.

invading brown sea by a personal PIERRE, July 21. yry-Real and personal property belonging; to the Batron -Hospital Association of Water-town, a charitable corporation, is not exempt from taxation Attorney General Clair Roddewig held today. In an official opinion to State's Attorney Allen L. Austin of Codington county, the attorney general said the property in question is actually owned by a private individual and not by the hospital association and "such property is not exempt from taxation." "xxx While the statutory definition a charitable society may be one which either owns or operates a hospital, nevertheless before the hospital prop-.