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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1936)
HEARD arbtmd the national Capital Washington.—The sudden passing of Speaker Joseph W. Byrns was a great shock to his colleagues, among whom he was universally loved and respected. Back of the speaker was a full quarter-century as a member of the house from the •‘Hermitage district" of Tennessee, a tenure which saw him go through a dozen successful political campaigns and which brought him chairmanship of the house appropriations committee, leadership of the Democratic major ity and head of the Democratic con gressional campaign committee. •‘Uncle Joe" to his constituents, he was a shrewd politician, a master ful parliamentary strategist and a fair-minded chairman and presiding officer whose personal qualities won praise from political opponents. He wfcs a lawyer by profession an avid reader of history, biography and detective stories nnd n fisher man whenever a letup In his work allowed him to indulge In that pas time. He liked to travel by alrplnne. Close to 6 feet 2 inches tall, he was rangy and soft-voiced. Hugged features were accentuated by beet ling, shaggy eyebrows. Byrns' service on the pivotal ap propriations committee began early In his congressional career, which started In March, 1009. In 1031 he became chairman, resigning the po sition when be was chosen party floor leader in 1033. 1929 Campaign Head Byrns was made chairman of the national Democratic congressional campaign In 1920 and It was a mat ter of pride to him that It was un der hts leadership that his party regained control of the house. He was born on a farm near Ce dar Hill, In Itobertson county, on Tennessee’s northern bonier, July 20, 1800. After being graduated from high school. Byrns entered Vanderbilt university, earning his tuition by working In the tobacco fields of Rob ertson county during vacations. He took an academic course for two years, then switched to the law school and was graduated with the degree of LL.B., In 1800. After one more summer of farm work he hung up his shingle In Nashville. Politics opened a natural pathway to the acquaintanceship needed by a young lawyer and Byrns, four years after he began prnetlce, was elected to the utate legislature. He served three successive terms In the bouse from 1805 to 1000. Byrns was a presidential elector In 1904 and in 1008 became a candi date for congress. He had to de feat a redoubtable campaigner, John Wesley (lalnes, to win the nomination, but turned the trick, carried the November election and took his seat In the national house March 4. 1000 Warning for Women Country women who voted to con centrate their efforts for the next three years on native handicrafts were warned of certain marketing dangers. Miss Bertha Ntenhurg, assistant director of the women's bureau, told the Associated Country Women that the Labor department believes the commercialized cottage Industry a detriment to rural life. New England women knitters had been exploited, site said, receiving as low ns 25 cents a dozen for knit ted booties, and a survey of the bed quilt makers of the southern moun tains had shown an annual $3,000, 000 sale of quilts that brought hut a dollar a week wage to the work ers. She cited the Southern Highlands association, started about a year ago with a loan from the Tennessee Valley authority, ns an example of a working co-oporntlve, marketing the mountaineer handicrafts to the tourists at Norris, and to city dwell ers at Rockefeller Center, N. Y. Margaret A. Ambrose, state home demonstration agent of Tennessee, contended that commercial exploi tation could be circumvented by sim ply turning down that sort of or ders. Population Shifts A New Deal planning bureau is busy at the moment trying to dis cover whether America's great cities are moving into the country. In recent years a definite trsnd In which people have been moving from thickly populated city areas to outlying suburbs has been no ticed. The exact extent of the shifts is not known. The studies are be ing carried on in Washington, Cin cinnati, Cambridge, Mass., and Ann Arbor, Mich. Three of the chief points In the survey are: 1. The contrasting ways of life in cities and in country. 2. The influence of modernized transportation on city development. 3. Model communities such as subsistence homesteads In the Unit ed States, garden cities in England, and combined rural-industrial com munities in Holland, Germany, and France. The survey will take in what city areas should be devoted to residen tial purposes and what to business and industrial purposes. Labor Up in Arms Organized labor seized the Su preme court's 5-to-4 denial of states' rights to fix minimum wages and hours for women and children as an added weapon In demands for a constitutional amendment, giving congress powers over industry. Leaders of the American Feder ation of l^abor, headed by William Green, saw the minority opinion as basis for their demands. The ma jority opinion was the fourth se vere blow to labor from the court in a little more than a year. The court knocked out the NKA, railway retirement act, the Guffey coal control act and recently the New York minimum wage law. All were strongly supported by organ ized labor. The court In a split decision held the federal government In the Guf fe. law could not regulate working conditions of miners and in the New York case held states did not have the power either. Seventeen other states have similar laws. These, however, were not directly Involved in the New York case. The decision brought the contro versy over the Supreme court to a new high point. Whether the tight fcr a constitutional amendment would be carried into the coming political campaign remained uncer tain. President Itoosevelt has giv en no direct indication he will raise the Issue. Uses Alien Clerks Though the State department in Its foreign service employs more foreign than American clerks—919 against 714—Amerlcant fill the bulk of the better-paying clerkships. Of the 659 foreign service clerks draw ing salaries of $1,000 a year or bet ter only 28 are of foreign nation ality. The State department hires its foreign clerks at bargain prices. Some are willing to work for Oncle Sam for as little as $180 a year, but most of them ore paid something better, receiving $500 to $800 annu ally. No foreign clerks are now ap pointed to diplomatic missions. They will be found only In consular of fices abroad. Ills knowledge of for eign languages and his local con nections make the foreign clerk a valuable employee. In addition to clerks the State de partment In Its diplomatic missions and consulates employs 147 Inter preters and translators (only 15 are Americans), about half of the trans lators and Interpreters being paid less than $1,000 a year. The for eign service roster includes 15 Chi nese writers, with salaries from $529 to $1,200, Ship Inspection A complete reorganization of the bureau of navigation and steam ship Inspection, which has been un der tire for two years, was prom ised by Secretary of Commerce Dan iel C. Roper. The reorganization, It wan learned, was fought by high officials In the Commerce department, because no political Jobs were Involved and with the appropriation Increased for the Inspection bureau congress might eventually cut down on oth er agencies within the department. The reorganization was pushed through to successful legislative en actment several days ago by Joseph 11. Weaver, director of the bureau, who declared that his staff was In adequate. Finns call for addition al local and traveling Inspectors. Roper announced that the reor ganization would make the bureau "more efficient.” He was. asked whether there would be any “free rides." This was a reference to the use of the yacht Eala, which hud been chartered for steamboat In spection but was used for parties for Roper’s family and Joy rides by New Denlers. The secretary did not comment. Ills face reddened and with a forced smile he concluded the Interview. Apparently the reorganization Idea was uppermost in the Commerce secretary’s mind, for he announced several changes In personnel In the department Plans “Garden Homes” A new administration housing pro gram Involving development of "gar de!! homes" outside of large cities, wus outlined by Stewart McDonald, federal housing administrator. Saying that President Roosevelt ’is enthusiastic” over the plan, Mc Donald told newspaper men It was aimed at a gradual movement of In dustrial workers nnd similar classes from urban and suburban areas to small homes situated on one to two acre plots several miles from city limits. Emphasizing that “this is not any thing In the way of a benevolent proposition” and that no grants of federal funds were Involved, he said It would be accomplished through a broadening of FHA regulations to permit government insurance of mortgages on such property. This will enable bankers and oth er leaders to advance funds for the development of these ‘in between” areas for residential puriHises, he said. “The President believes that whenever possible people should be on an acre to two of ground with trees, gardens and shrubbery,” he said. “This plan has been made possl ble by Inventions and improvements In the lust ten years. Now we have good roads, electricity, water facil ities, and other conveniences for those areas In between the city and the country. Such a program was not possible during the last build ing boom.” WNU S*rT)oa. STORY of MAINE Making Snow Shoes In Maine. Prepared by National Geographic Society. CWashington. l>. C.—VVNU Service. '1TH warmer weather grip ping the southland, vaca tionists feel the appeal of northern climes. Each section of the country has Its cool spot. Many easterners are lured to Maine, which is noted not only for its in vigorating summer climate but also for 11s historic background. The name of Maine may or may not he French; It certainly Is not Indian, like Massachusetts, or Con necticut. Of tlie sixteen counties, five recall tlie mother country, be ing named for English shires; live others honor American personages of the colonial or revolutionary pe riods, and the remaining six retain the Indian names of the rivers with in their borders. As for the other names which have received specific legislative sanction for something over 400 cities, towns, ami townships, the lurger part are simply descriptive, or repetitions of towns in other New England states. Of the rest, so far as the origin of their names Is known, (JO bear Old world names, so that lu that delightful tale by Laura E. ltlchards, “Narelssa, or the Hoad to Home," the roadside signpost might have pointed to Vi enna, Belgrade, or even China, and kept within the Jurisdiction of the county of Kennebec. Proprietors and first settlers are known to have given their names to 58 towns; governors, generals, and Presidents to 1(J, 12, and *1 towns, respectively; while Indian names, which so plainly tell their own origin, numlier only 23. An Interesting touch of Idealism was the selection of such distinctive town names as Harmony, Amity, and Hope; Freedom, Liberty, ami Unity, these lust three being neigh bors In Wuldo county. From the beginning tlie economic life of Maine was founded on fish, fur, and forest. These three fur nished powerful Incentives for ex ploration and the chief rewards for settlement. The fisheries of the Gulf of Maine were even an Issue between king uml parliament early In the Seven teenth century, wliea the English fishermen wm tneir tight for free fishing along the Maine coast. Fisheries a Major Industry. So it came that the earliest sites of permanent settlements were chosen not for mildness of climate, hut l>y reason of proximity to the cold waters where dwelt the fish that could be converted into a profitable export, without license fee being paid to any patentees of the crown. The fisheries continue a major Industry. The value of the stute's fishing products as marketed ap proximates six million dollars, the two largest Items being the plebe ian herring and the arlstocrutlc lob ster. Along with the ancient business of fishing a place must be given to the popular sport of angling, for which Maine offers unsurpassed in ducements, in the lakes andstreums and also off-shore. The state maintains .‘US fish hatch eries and rearing stations, und from these last year went 17,000,000 trout, togue, and salmon for stock ing the brooks, streams, and lakes. Nearly half of these “planted" fish were above legal sir.e, and 10,IKK) weighed from three to six pounds each. The policy of protecting wild life Is enforced by a corps of 100 game wardens, who seek to be big broth ers to the youth of the state In training them to be good sports men. In the severe winter of 1034 airplanes were used to locate deer yards and then cedar trees were cut to feed the starving deer con lined there by the deep snow. Moose are far from being ex tinct. They can be shot only with a camera; but deer continue plenti ful, 18,933 having been killed le gally In 1933. More bears are killed In Maine thun In any three other states. Grouse, woodcock, and ducks complete the game offering. The Early Explorers. As early as 1605 Capt George Waytnouth and his companions on the Archangel—many of them world travelers for that day—were deeply stirred by their first views of a Maine river which the cap tain named St. George's (now St. George). An exploratory trip inland “to ward the grent mountains," the Camden hills, convinced them of the "beauty and goodness” of the land, ns recorded by Rosier in his True Relation of that “most pros perous voyage." And the author baldly affirmed St. George's "to be the most rich, beautiful, large and secure harboring river that the world affordeth.” A few years later (1014), Capt. John Smith was less attracted by this eastertn part of the region he named New England. Vet he saw lit to say of this coast, "Those bar ren Isles are so furnished with good woods, springs, fruit, fish and foule, that It makes me think though the coast be rocky, and tints affright* able, the valleys, plains and in terior parts may well (notwith standing) be very fertile." So moderate a statement must have been exceeded by other testi mony of thut day, since only u dozen yeurs later another explorer ou the Maine coust, Capt. Christo pher Levett, a member of the Coun cil of New England, felt it neces sary to “debunk" certain other trav elogues, not preserved for the modern reader. In reporting on Ids voyage of 1623-4, he remarks: "Nor will the Deare come when they are called, or stand still and look on a man, until he shute him, not knowing a man from a beast] nor the tish leape Into the kettle.” And he continues: “But certain ly there Is fowle, Deare and Fish enough for the taking If men be diligent," which equally well de* scribes the Maine of 1623 and 193m The discovery of this part of the North Atlantic shore Is usually credited to John Cabot of Bristol, on his second voyage in 1498. The honor of making the first de tailed contributions to accurate geo graphic knowledge of Maine must, however, be shared by a French man and an Englishman: Samuel de Champluin and the aforemen tioned Captain Waymouth. In 1605 both Champlain nnd Way nfcmth were sailing along the Maine coast. So near did they come to meeting that In midsummer Cham plain heurd from an Indian chief on the Kennebec of the presence of an English ship ten leagues to the eastward, which was undoubt edly Captain Waymouth's Arch angel. The race was on between the French and the English; and the Maine region was destined to be eventful borderland for a century and a half in the contest for con trol between New England and New France. Settled by Sieur de Monts. The lirst settlement in Maine was made by Sieur de Monts, who in 1003 hud obtained l'rom the king of France u trading concession for Acadia, then defined as extending from (Jape Breton island to the lat itude of Philadelphia. With Cham plain as his lieutenant, De Monts set sail for the New world fully equipped for his colonization ven ture. Some three months later, on June 26, 1804, a small island in a shel tered river was selected as best adapted for a fortified settlement and trading post. This island was named Snlnt Croix and was not fur above where the river now bearing the same name empties into Pnssama quoddy bay. Here, on what Is now also known as Dochet Island, was erected ■ group of dwellings in part built of timber brought from France, with a storehouse, dining hall, kitchen, and blacksmith shop. Gardens were laid out, all carefully planned by Chnmplnln. The site of this earliest but short-lived settlement in Maine, which antedates Jamestown, Que bec, and Plymouth, was not wholly obliterated. In 1606 Champlain found some plants still growing in the gurdens he had laid out; four years later another of De Monts’ associates visited the site and offered prayers for tlie dead. The next year a French trading expedition wintered there, but in 1613 an expedition from Virginia destroyed the desert ed buildings. Nearly two centuries later these ruins played their part in international affairs and helped to save the District of Maine to the United States of America. When the Pilgrims set foot on Plymouth Rock, not a few English men had already been sojourning on the Maine coast and even had win tered there. The welcome of the Indian sachem Satnoset was In the Pilgrims' own tongue, learned from the fishermen on the Maine coast. Indeed, thirteen years before, in 1007, the Popham colonists built a fort in “that northern colony” which mounted 12 pieces of ord nance. They ulso erected a church and launched a SO ton vessel—a fine record of English piety and preparedness. Shirred Sleeves, Wide Cuffs Feature This Comfortable Froek ' ■ ■ A__ No. low-II lively shirred sleeves finished oft with wide contrasting cuffs and a Jaunty bow tie neckline are enchant ing features of this dress. Carry it out in a becoming dotted swiss, batiste, or voile, and your friends will compliment your good taste. Incidentally It’s very easily made, with only two pleats and stitchings in the front skirt, and a flattering blouse trimmed with buttons. It’s accented at the waist with either a self-fabric or purchased belt. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1846-B is designed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 Corresponding bust measure ments 30, 32, 34, 30 and 38. Size 14 (32) requires 4 >4 yards of 35 lncn material plus % yard for contrast. Send fifteen cents for the pattern. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., 307 W. Adams St., Chicago, 111. © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. When making cinnamon toust cut bananas in thin slices, urrange on1 toast, sprinkle with sugar and cin namon and brown under the broiler. • * • If cherries or berries are rolled in flour before putting them into the pie crust the juice will be thickened and will not run out. ® • * * Rhubarb may be diced, put in cov ered baking pans, sprinkled with sugar and cooked in a moderate oven until done. Cooked in this way Its color is retained. • • • Before polishing mahogany furni ture wash well with warm water'and white soap and dry thoroughly. * * * Squeeze into a tumbler the juice of half a lemon and fill with grape juice. Served cold this makes a deli cious drink. Rub the electric Iron once a week with paraffin applied on a soft cloth. This will keep iron clean and smooth. • * • Fruit juices and ginger ale may be frozen into cubes in a mechanical refrigerator and used for iced drinks. * * • The ribs of an old umbrella may be used as stakes to tie plants to. They are not conspicuous in a gar den. • * • If lattices for rose bushes and vines that grow on the house are put on hinges it will be easy to lay them on the ground when painting your house. • * * To remove mildew from a leather bag, rub with petroleum ointment and allow it to remain on bag until mildew comes off easily. © Associated Newspapers.—WNU Service. 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