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ryfe. O 1 - Historical So JUDITH BASIN COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1908 JUDITH BASIN STAR VOL. XXX HOBSON, MONTANA, DECEMBER 16, 1937 NO. 29 Obedience Of State Package Law Required Rigid obedience to the state pack- age law requiring the net weight of all foodstuffs to be stamped on the package container will be required hereafter by the State Department of Agriculture, scale division, John T. Kelly, chief of the division an- nounced this week. Merchants, brokers and all others vending package goods of all kinds are warned that violations of the law will not be tolerated. Numerous complaints have come into the department in recent weeks, Kelly says. Strangely enough, most of the complaints have come from merchants purchasing goods from wholesalers and jobbers. One in- stance—a Helena merchant purchas- ed a quantity of bacon from a pack- ing firm and found that the heavy wrapping paper. strings, etc., were included in the weight of the bacon for which he was billed. James T. Sparling. commissioner of agriculture, inquired as to where authority for enforcing the law rest- ed and was informed in an opinion by Attorney General H. J. Freebourn that the legislature in 1933 vested full authority over scales, weights and measures in the scale division of the agriculture department. Pre- vious dispute as to this authority had held up enforcement of the law and frequent violations of it brought about a condition that merchants as well as consumers complained of. The state law required that the net contents of the article, that is. the actual foodstuff itself, must be weighed and the net weight plainly stamped upon the container or pack- age. It was passed to protect the consumer from paying food prices for wrapping paper, boxes, sacks, and packages of all kinds. Prior to 1933, the Secretary of State had authority over weights and measures. The attorney general pointed out that in 1933 this author- ity was vested in the chief of the scale division of the agriculture de- partment and now rests there. Scale Chief Kelly urges merchants to be careful that they are not unin- tentionally violating the law, and also requests violations be reported to him. Inspectors will be placed in the field. Liquor Board To Enforce New Liquor Laws Helena.—Distribution of spiritu- ous liquors in Montana from licens- ed saloons and state stores will be rigidly supervised by the Liquor Control board under rules adopted for 1938, Administrator L. M. A. Waas announces. Applicants for saloon licenses will be given permits to operate pending investigation of each place. Distri- butors of free samples will be cur- tailed to one case a month. Breers who \plug\ brands not handled by the board through saloon buyers and store vendors will be discouraged. Punch boards vending liquor are ruled out. No employe of the board may be financially interested in any broker account, liquor vending company or agency. Druggists' discount of 20 per cent has been abolished. Saloon license applicants are warned there will be no refund of license fee if the state law is held unconstitutional. Vendors of barrel beer must hereaf- ter stamp weight and contents on each container. - — - Senior Clas \Be An Opt Moore Hoop Artists Give Local Team Trimming The Hobson Tigers journeyed to Moore last Friday night to play the Moore team and came home a very badly defeated team. Moore. last year's district champions, simply had too much on the bali for the Hobson boys and held them to a lone field goal while they were ringing up a count of 42. This Friday night three teams are coming down from Windham to en- gage the locals in a three game bill. The first game is between the girl's team, followed by a game between the two school's grade teams. Be- tween the grade game and the high school buys game another exhibition of boxing will be staged. The game between the two high school teams should be a slam bang affair. Wind- ham holds a decisive vietury over Buffalo, the team that barely nosed out Hobson in the Tigers first en- gagement of the year. Hobson has further strengthened their team by the addition of Bob McCullough. letterman of last year, and have also smoothed out some of the rough (Continued on page 7) o Present 'st\ Tuesday Night On Tuesday evening. a€':00 o'- clock, December 21st. at the sc auditorium, the senior class will pre- sent their class play. \Be An Optorn- ist,\ which is a fast moving three act comedy, given under the direc- tion of Miss Cyrile VanDuser. The cast is a good one, and the and put you in good spirits for the iclaY season. And the admission prices. 10e, 21/e and 30e. are bargain prices and will bring smiles to your pocket book. It's a big time for a little money. You'll enjoy it as well as your neighbors, and you certainly will want to keep up with them. comedy will give you plenty of op- The cast of characters is as fol- portunity to get some hearty laughs lows: Isaac Golditch, a Jew who runs an antique shop Sam Bradley Becky, his daughter Helen MacGregor Pietro D'Angelo Caccialine, an Italian_ Harold Stewart Mike, an Irishman Columbus Woods Jimmie Maynard. the \Poor Stiff\ John Jay Mildred Clinton, who is in love and likes it Ruth Phillips Mrs. Clinton, why mother-in-law jokes are true Eileen Brabender Ray Hudson, a friend in need but scarcely in deed Robert Senteney Miss Hull, an interior decorator Ruth Archibald Maggie. not green, for \greenness wears off: call her dumb___Jean Setter Ethel Peabody, who defies love to effect her Imogene Mosby Spencer. a paid guest Calvin Stewart Madam Gooper, a dispenser of spirits Rita Loebach State Board Opposes Rail Rate Increase Montana's Railroad tnd Public Service commission, through its at- torney, John W. Bonner. presented the most persistent opposition to the plea of the nation's railroads for a 15 per cent increase in freight rates at Washington. D. C., last week, be- fore the Interstate Commerce Com- mission. Attorney Bonner has re- turned from the hearings and_rexeals the details of the active fight advanc- ed by Montana against the increase. - Our position before the I. C. C. was simply this.\ Mr. Bonner said. - We contend that the increase in freight rates in the state will do the railroads more harm than good. We believe that it will drive more bus- iness to motor haulers and result in a net loss to the railroads. \We also contend that Montana and some of the western states that joined with us, has a proprietary in- terest in the railways because of the enormous grants of the public do- main which was given to them when they were constructed. For that reason, we wish to see the railways prosper and we believe the freight increase will be disastrous tatithern. _VWe also oppose the increase be- cause it will drive more business to motor trucks and these vehicles tear down and destroy our highways. This state is not rich enough to pro- vide concrete highways for motor haulers and experience has proved that the oiled roads of this state can- not resist the constant hammering by enormous freight trucks.\ Bonner also pointed out that Mon- tana and Idaho now pay the highest rates in the aati7n, that farmers business people cannot stand the ad- ditional freight cost burden; that the Great Northern Railway was net rep- resented at the hearing requesting increases and is now apparently snak- ing money through conservative management. Joining with Bonner in an attack upon the constitutionality of the - present proceedings are the states. of Idaho. South Dakota, N , rth Da- kota, Nebraska and Washington. These states filed a motion to \i s l e out the hearing on the ground that it had not originated with the I. C. C.. but is merely a petition from the railways and is therefore illegal. Bonner believes this petition, while temporarily overruled, may knock out the entire proceedings in the U. S. Supreme Court.
