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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-11-24
PRENDERGAST BETTER
FOLLOW FOG'S EXAMPL E

While coming from the lakes after
dusk last Sunday evening Attorney
Prendergast had the bad luck to
run his car over-or partly over
COW belonging to Mat Krenik, on
the road just south of town. Legally
speaking, "the COW, defendant, or
party of the first part, hereinbefore
mentioned" was struck square amid
ships and bowled over. The car
passed halfway over the animal and
held her firmly down. In fact so
much so that she was completely
dead when gotten out after the ma
chine had been lacked up enough to
release her. A heavy fog, which
settled early in the evening, was
a chief contributing factor to the
accident, and another local autoist
also came near hitting a COW there
about the same time, while the ami
mails were being driven in from the
pasture. -Leader-Democrat (LeSue-
ur Center, Mimi
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-11-24
roads operating through Montana be
cause of increased traffic.
A. o. U. w. Getting Busy

The A. 0. U. w. lodge meeting
Tuesday night was very poorly at
tended, probably on account of the
weather. State Manager Byron Yates
and district manager A. j. Kiefer
were present and assisted in mapping
out plan of activity for the winter
that will make the brothers sit up
and take notice. Messrs. Yates and
Keifer left for Fairfax Tuesday even
ing, but Mr.. Keifer will return soon
and remain some time to help boost
the local work. The coming year is
sure to be big one for the grand
old order in Montana.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-11-24
ONLY 1875 BRANDS
RE-RECORDED so FAR

OF approximately 10000 brands
on record in the office of the state
livestock commission, only 1875
have been re-recorded in compliance
with the recent Montana law, it is
announced.
Secretary E. S. Phillips, of the
livestock board, said that Of the
10000 recorded brands at least one
half are live" These must be re-
recorded by January l, or the own
ers will lose their rights to them.
There are still quite a number of
people in this community who have
not attended to the matter of hav-
ing their brand re-recorded. If it is
desired to keep the brand, the owner
should notify the livestock board
at once, sending along 25 cents as
recording fees.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-11-24
BOY ACTOR SCORES BIG
In NEILAN'S PICTURE
Wesley Barry Proves One of Its Big
Hits. Is Comedian of Ability

Marshall Neilan produces the master
piece of his career. $50 and Get
1t" is the biggest smashing hit pic
turedom has offered in recent years.
1t is thrilling tale of the mysterious
iner workings of great daily news
paper, hinging on the friendly rivalry
of two star reporters working on one
of the most amazing and fascinating
stories ever chronicled 1t will be
the positive sensation of the picture
world. There are as many thrills in
it as there are in an aeroplane ride.
So many "child wonders" of the
pretty boy type have been shown in
motion pictures of recent years that
the average patron of the cinema has
begun to associate the various Little
Willies" and "Baby Harolds" pro-
grammed, as angelic faced cherubs
with halos of golden locks surmount-
ing their innocent heads.
What then will be their relief in
watching little Wesley Barry in the
precocious copy-boy in Marshall Nei-
lan's forceful newspaper photoplay
"Go and Get It." By no stretch of
imagination could one classify Wesley
among the beauty prize winners of
juvenile fildom. But this handicap
is not worrying this youngster-not a
bit. Down in his inermost subcons-
cious self, young Barry knows that
he has what a lot of others haven't
brains and the ability to use them
The writer is predicting great things
for this lad of twelve if he sticks to
the picture game and continues to
as he has in the past. Barry
in the character of "Dinty" the
freckled-faced wonder of the Harbor
City Gazette, is one of the highest
spots in this Neilan masterpiece of
bright spots. Whenever Dinty is in
the picture it is either laugh or a
thrill for the, audience.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-11-24
STRUCK GAS IN SHELBY WELL

Havre, Oct. 31.-The Troy-Sweet
Grass Syndicate test well being drill
ed about 15 miles northeast of Shell
by, encountered a large flow of gas
Sunday at a depth of 1115 feet,
according to information received
here yesterday.
Pressure on the four-inch pipe was
measured by the crew yesterday,
and was found to be approximately
185 pounds per square inch.
Another test well is being drilled
about~18 miles northeast of Shelby
by the Kalispell-Kevin Syndicate,
which spudded in last week.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-11-24
West Benefited

Between points in the western
group as defined in its decision where
40 per cent increases were allowed in
1920 the commission Monday order
ed them made effective as 20 per
cent; between other western group
points, the commission held rates shall
not exceed 17.5 above the old sche-
dulles and between points in the noun
tain-Pacific group and points in the
western group the increase above the
Did 1920 schedule shall be held to
16 2-3 per cent. The effect of the
orfef bus is to make specific the per-
centage of reduction in the territory
concerned. The commission also re-
iterated its decision requiring the
roads to fix rates for coarse grain
such as corn at 10 per cent less than
the rates on wheat. The western
group mentioned in the order includ-
es territory between the Mississippi
and Illinois rivers and the north and
south boundary fine on which the
state of North Dakota, Montana,
South Dakota, Wyoming and Nebras-
ka join, and extenpding south to Ell
Paso, Texas. The mountain-Pa Pacific
group lies between the western group
and the Pacific coast.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-11-24
4 gas q aaG q q q Hgg gal
4 TWO MINUTE TALK
{ LIBERTY THEATRE
By Charles Gordon

q The Liberty was opened to
q the public in 1919 and ever
q since has continued to be the
q amusement center of the city.
z The class of entertainment fur
q nished is appreciated by both
q residents and transients.
q The building is so 140 and
q has a seating capacity for $50
q persons. The theatre proper
q has a saucer-shaped floor, the
z only one of its kind in eastern
q Montana, so that every patron
q has an unimpeded view of the
4 stage, is electrically lighted,
q has the CRANKY system of vent
q ilation, steamheated with hot
Z and cold water throughout the
4 building. The screen on which
Z the films are projected are paint
Z ed specially for The Liberty
4 and is a splendid work of art.
Z The projection system is as good
Z as any in the United States
{ the Booth machines alone being
Z valued at S3,000.00. The house
{ possesses a full set of scenery
Z for any ordinary road show and
provides dressing rooms capable
Z of taking care of any ordinary
Z stage production.
q The excellence of the plays
and films shown at The Liberty
has been remarked upon by ev-
{ cry visitor to the city and it is
conceded that the quality of the
films produced is second to none
{ in the state. The Liberty has
won a secure place in the hearts
{ of Wolf Pointers because of the
public-spirited attitude manifest
{ ed by its manager, Clarence J.
{ Severson, who has invariably
freely donated the use of the
i theatre whenever in his opinion 8
a service to humanity was rem
dered thereby. When men make
a notable thing or conduct a bus
mess with marked success it :
easily wins its place in the J
world. The Liberty has won its :
high place in the life of Wolf 3
Point because its manager has ;
mixed ability and public-spirit-
edness with his projection rays. ,
< gRs8 84R8G Gg sssa Z
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-11-24
SECRETARY WATCHES
FOR GOOD CIVIC IDEAS

Secretary Gordon believes in keep
ing in touch with progressive COM
mercial clubs in other cities and not
ing the high compliments paid to
the beauty of St. Cloud, Mimi, he
wrote the club secretary of that city
for literature descriptive of their
plan Of work, and as showing the
civic spirit at work in that city, the
following reply addressed to our
Commercial club will be of interest.
Commercial club of Wolf Point,
Wolf Point, Mont.
Gentlemen:
We are in receipt of your very
kind letter of November 8th, and
will say that letters of this kind make
us feel very good in deed.
We are making a sepcial effort
through the Paint-up and Cleanup
campaign which is held every spring,
to keep ST. Cloud in a very neat
condition. We have very efficient
chairman on our committee who
makes from 200 to 500 personal calls
every spring on property owners
urging them to clean up their back
yards as well as their front yards
and to Keep their buildings painted
and in as neat an appearance as
possible. He also takes care of the
uncut weed situation and urges the
people to cut the weeds on their
vacant lots.
| showed your letter to the local
agent of the Great Northern and he
was certainly more than pleased, as
the Great Northern, at his very
urgent request, spends about $4,000
per year for maintaining the park
at their station and it is a sort of
hobby with him.
Again thanking you very kindly
for your letter and hoping to have
the pleasure of meeting you per-
sonally should you ever come this
way, | am,
Respectfully yours,
st. Cloud Commercial Club,
Frank E. Lee, Secretary. |
P S.-Am sending under separate
cover special edition Of our daily
paper which describes St. Cloud in
1etail.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-11-24
REWARD OFFERED

Unless prices dropped" the last
few days, a bushel of Durum wheat
is worth one meal and one postage
stamp. The laws of Nature call for
three meals day for every healthy
individual or 1895 meals a year. The
average farmer produces 1000
bushels so there would be 95 meals,
taxes, interest, threshing and a pair
of new overalls to be paid by said
stamp.
A liberal reward will be paid to
any one that can figure correctly
how said stamp win pay balance in
full. Bring your figures to the Farm
Bureau Meeting in Circle, Novem-
ber 16th.-Circle Banner.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-11-24

The October decision instructed
the railroads to make the reduction
by November 20 which was not done
because the railroads opened negotia-
tions with the commission suggesting
that 10 per cent decrease in freight
rates on all agricultural products be
substituted for the larger decreases
on hay and grain products and hay
alone.
Disregard Compromise
The commission, however, by the
order issued Monday disregarded the
roads and makes the larger decreases
on hay and grain mandatory upon the
roads
The order issued made specific and
definite the hay and grain reductions.
The original decision said railroads
should reduce the rates on the pro-
ducts concerned by onehalf of the in
creases given in 1920. The commits
sion ordered hay and grain rates be-
tween points in mountain-Pacific ter
ritory at not more than 1926 per cent
above the rates in effect before the
1920 increases.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-11-24
Respectfully yours,

oI ClOuu OOHlHeFcIdl OluD,
Frank E. Lee, Secretary.
P. P.S.-Am sending under separate
cover special edition of our daily
paper which describes st. Cloud in
detail
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-11-24
Grain Freight Rates
Go Down December Il

Washington, Nov 21-A positive order was issued by
the Interstate Commerce commission Monday requiring
the railroads to put the approximately 6 per cent decrease
hay and grain rates into effect before next Decem
Der 27.
The order follows up the decision given October 20 by
the commission which declared grain and hay rates from
the Mississippi Valley to the Pacific coast ureasonaby
high, but which did not carry compulsory orders
, 1921-09-07
HANDING US THE BUNK.

Ho. humi Here We go again. Just when we had
begun to impress the rising generation with the evils
Of the fast life and the jazz in everything, along comes
a fraternal organization and tears down the whole
works. Spills the beans, gums up the game, inserts
an armful of monkey-wrenches into the cogs, and 9th
erwise destroys the good work we have been doing
ever since everybody weat wild about the shimmy.
What's the use? Why attempt to drag the boys
and girls from the toboggzn that shoots them straight
into the middle kettle, when no one lends crcour-
agement?
And what is to be done when people rise up and
present figures to, prove that the swift life does not
affect the longevity, and people who go the pace reach
the same happy and green old age that made our an
cestors famous.
It is discouraging.
They tell US that modern dancing is an excellent
substitute for the liquor affected by the generation
that is passing. Mildly intoxicating and can be taken
in large doses without danger of injury. The result
of prohibition
A substitute for liquor
Did anyone ever hear of such tomnyrot7
Racing over a ballroom floor in what looks like an
attempt to strange a lady, or wreck her clothes7 Is
that anybody's idea of a quart Of bourbon liquor!
Surely a poor substitute.
Yet the doctor for the fraternal organization looks
solemn and declares all Of it to be true. Favors jazz
music, the shimmy, the toddle and all the rest, and
finds nothing to criticise; and claims it makes for long
life.
But what gets our goat is an old school doctor set
ting up the claim that the wild life is a substitute for
liquor.
That may go with the very young and the I'M
sophisticated; but it will not go with the old timer.
They are not being kdded by such stuff.
, 1921-09-07
BRITAIN's OPPORTUNITY.

Every believer on both sides of the Atlantic in
friendship" declares the Boston
vincingly clear to the government and the people of
the British empire the following fact:
"To the plain people of the United States, who
make up the great American army of the unhyphen-
ated and unafraid, the AngloJapanese alliance is far
from being agreeable. 1t is in fact intensely disagree
able. As long as it is maintained Britain must be re-
garded as the potential enemy of America. As long
as it is maintained the only peace in the Pacific for
America will be an armed peace. As long as it is
maintained no arrangement can be entered into by
the United States to limit ornaments on land or sea
or in the air. As long as it is maintained it is GER
tain to menace ut many points that close accord in
aspiration and action between the greatest of the en-
pires and the greatest of the republics which consti-
tutes one of the foundation stones of the peace Of the
world.
"The AngloJapanese alliance was formed against
Russia. The fall Of that great power makes the al
lance no longer necessary. The AngloJapanese al
lance was employed in war against Germany. The
fall of that great power makes the alliance no longer
necessary. The AngloJapanese alliance, if it is con-
tinued, can only be continued against the United
States. 1t is not a question of any particular article
of that arrangement The whole treaty, IN letter and
in spirit, in purpose and in possibility, is looked upon
by the plain people Of America as completely at vari-
ance with all of the assurances Of friendship which
come in such abundance from British statesmen, Brit
ish bishops, British bankers and business men, British
editors, authors and educators, British diplomats and
British visitors. If these good friends Ct ours mean
what they say they will lose no time in raIlying to the
support of the London Spectators whole-hearted eff
fort to induce the Lloyd George ministry to look facts
In the face and shape its diplomatic course accord
mgly.
whether the conference on the limitation of arma-
ments is to succeed will depend upon whether the
powers in attendance can come to an understanding
upon certain outstanding questions concerning the Pa
cifc in general and the Far East in particular. Wheth-
er such an understanding can be arrived at will de-
pend upon the ending of the AngloJapanese alliance
Both Great Britain and Japan are committed to the
policy of the Open Door in the Far East; both de-
clare their common desire for peace in the Pacific;
both profess to be friends of the United States But
a q limo a g thau rnn1afn in fha 4 alliance their
assurances will fail to carry conviction to the heart
and mind of the American people.
1.-THE end of the Anglo-Japanese alliance is the be-
ginning of a new md better and friendlier relation
ship between the United States and Great Britain.
Now is the time for Great Britain to end that alliance.
II is indeed Britain's golden opportunity
, 1921-09-07
Was 1t Christianity That Failed

During recent months tho charge
has been made that Christianity has
failed Persons making this charge
have been thinking OF h world war
and OF the peace" which. far from
solving old problems. has created sew
ersl new lei Il IL evident that
something did fan US both in 1914 and
1913. But III charge that Christian
lily failed Is far too sweeping and is.
besides. lacking IN discrimination.
What needs to be said Is that a GER
tain type OF Christianity has failed
A type OF Christianity that Is most
ly onethicai. hat emphasizes creed
and ritual rather than character and
conduct. has failed
a type Of Christianity that is more
concerned about loyalty to tradition
than about loyalty to truth. has
failed
A type Of Christianity whose ideal
and aim Is to uphold the existing or
der, to permit. IL possible. no change
in church or state, has failed.
A type Of Christianity which is
narrowly national in its outlook and
, 1921-09-07

sympathy tcvery so-caiied state re-
iigion') has failed
What is needed today is n revival
OF the prophetic type Of Christian
ity.
We need q Christianity that shall
make serious and insistent ethical de-
mAnds: which shall rohuke seln<h
hess. a. Jesus rebuked it In every re-
~lat1onship OF Life: which shan say. as
uEninchingiy as Jesus said. such
things as these: Blessed are the
meek. BLESSED are the mercifui.
Blessed are the ~peaoemakers; Blessed
are they who are prosecuted for
righteousness sake: Love your en-
emies; Whatsoever ye would that men
should do TO you. do ye ever 90 TO
them"
We need n Christianity which shah
respect the past and preserve all that
In good in the past. but which shall
recognize the presence Of a living God
who may have something to say to Us
which preceding generations were IN
able to hear.
We need a Christianity which shall
, 1921-09-07
1T CANNOT BE TRUE.

Never will the republic believe in the retirement
of Uncle Joe Cannon, member of congress from the
Eighteenth district of Illinois, until the people of that
district and Uncle Joe mutually agree He has been
serving the people so long that his reelection has be-
come a confirmed habit and will be difficult to break
In the absence of any positive statement from Uncle
Joe or the people, we shall decline to accept the an
nouncement of one William A. Rodenburg a congress
man from the Twenty-second district of the same
state, who assumes to speak in the matter.
Uncle Joe is a national institution, equally as much
as the constitution, the White House, the yolstead act
aid all the other things appertaining. May as well
talk ABOUT putting short skirts and rolled hosiery on
the Goddess of Liberty, or repeating the Declaration
of Independence as to attempt to run a congress with
out the presence Of Uncle Joe. In the first place it
without force and effect Nobody can run a congress
like the man who invented it, and Uncle Joe is exact
ly that man.
Guess, maybe, n fellow ought 30 have some rights
around congress and back in Danville, when he has
been . member since 1872, with only a couple of en-
forced vacations when the crops needed attention.
That's a whole lot OF years. Uncle Joe is serving
his twenty-third term, which means ~forty-six year,.
A longer term of service than any other man in the
history of congress. And during all that time, and
previously for that matter, he has been q Republican
from whose faith all could draw inspiration and COM
fort He has not only been o Rock of Ages, but a
Gibraltar of strength to his party. And when any of
the young fry wandered away upon any new slant,
they ultimately returned to Uncle Joe's faith and were
glad to hear the old familiar doctrine and be saved
Uncle Joe was speaker of the house for four terms,
from the ffty-eighth to the sixty-frst and created
"Cannonism." That is, he ruled the house under an
autocracy that would have made Tom Reed jealous
with envy and it was in that day when congress de-
stroyed Cannon;sm that it took from the lower house
a prestige it has never regained-
Before the admirers of Uncle Joe viii swallow any
story of retirement, we shall ask for further infor-
, 1921-09-07
A PROPER PROTEST.

The protest of the American Bar association against
Judge Lands accepting an extremely large salary
from organized baseball, larger in fact than is iusti-
fed by any service he renders, while holding the po-
sition of federal judge at a reasonable salary, is a
warning of how the general public as well as those d.
rectly engaged in the practice of law, view the posi-
ton in which the jurist has placed himself.
Organized baseball would pay no such salary as
$4,000 a year, but for the fact that Judge lands
already holds the high judicial office. It is to use the
prestige of the court to place crooked baseball in bet
ter favor in public esteem.
Without his judicial position Judge Lands would
not be considered for the baseball position and the
salary paid him.
The department of justice should insist on a COM
plete separation Of the federal court from all outside
interests.
The bar association is perfectly right in its action
of condemnation and in its desire to keep the courts
of the people free from al other matters than the
determining of justice.
, 1921-09-07
WILL NOT STAY PUT.

If Samuel Gompers and his fellow members of the
American Federation of Labor would only practice
what he breaches, there would be no labor troubles.
Mr.. Gompers puts up a platform to which we can
all subscribe when he says: "'What we ask and upon
which we insist, is the right of voluntary association
to counsel with each other in man fashion, American
fashion, if you please, deciding that which we believe
to be a conservative, constructive and progressive
platform; to deal with employers SO that we may have
some consideration around the table; to try to agree
upon terms and conditions of employment consistent
with the best interests of both industry and the
country"
Now if Samuel will simply stand by such utter
ances, all will be well. The trouble will be over.
, 1921-09-07
ENLIGHTENMENT
CHARGE FILED
IN BANK THEFT
Teller of International
Trust Faces Trial in Con-
nection With Detection
of Confederate.

DENVER, Coio- Sept IA formal
charge Of embezziement was to be
filed today against Rirsds H Conner.
former teller Of ths International
Trust company here. by Philip s. Van
else. district attorney Mr.. Van else
said this morning that the information
had been drawn up and would be
filed today. probably by Don Con-
ner is charged In the information
with embedding r.5s1-1s from the
trust company. Mr.. Van Cisc said. He
was arrested last Friday on suspicion
and has been held in jail hare since.
7. S. Nance. n member of the state
transportation committee, was ar
rested here yesterday ION suspicion"
md Is being held in jail for ~investiga-
lot in connection with the traneac
tons OF which Conner is accused Dis
trict Attorney Van else aid TO-DAY
hAt formal charges would be filed
against Nance probably today or to-
morrow and that they were likely to
be anything from passing checks to
conspiracy to defraud tho bank"
Leonard De Lue. head Of a Denver
detective agency who arrested Nance
yesterday. said he had arrested him
''on a charge of larceny"
The amount which the information
charges Conner with the theft. ac-
cording to Mr.. Van Csc. was the
sum deposited by a Denver firm and
for which the former teller Is alleged
to have withheld the deposit slip. A
total of 1890 OF the banks funds
was Incorporated, Mr.. Van else
said. but that more than 5000 OF the
money had been replaced from money
--4L-l tv CA--a r.ntAnr TFhA
district attorney said today hat Con
ner and Nance had made statements to
him admitting misuse OF the banks
fundx"