The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-05-31
MODERN LUXURIES
income co. FARM

The following description of the
modern conveniences enjoyed by one
Montana farm woman Will be o.
especial interest to McCone county
readers of this paper. The Jacob:
family, whose farm is between Vida
and Paxton, is we'll known to the resi-
dents of that section. The letter
printed below is clipped from the
Dakota Farmer, one of the big farm
publications of the Northwest:
"To Dakota Farmer: Am sending
a picture of myself which shows a
part of what our boys do for us. They
put in radio receiving set and, as the
picture shows, electric lights, so !
can iron with an electric iron and
listen to a concert from Davenport,
Iowa, at the same time.
Three years ago my husband and
! took a trip through Indiana, Mis-
souri, and Oklahoma, visiting our rel
%atives, being away about a month.
Our boys planned a great surprise
for us, wiring five rooms, cellar, coal
house, granary, barn and COW stable
and also put a search light out side
of the house, which can be turned in
any direction desired. With this in
stallation of an electric light plant
/ use an electric iron and a motor for
sewing machine, also a motor to run
washing machine.
Bring in Water BY Power
They also dug a ditch from the well
house to the house and laid pipes in
it so that the water can be pumped
into the house instead of being car
ried in. They also put wires in this
ditch which are connected with the
engine, so that when the engine is
started it first pumps into the trough
and when the trough gets full a float
forces the water up to the house and
after all the pals are full, we turn
the water into a hot water tank
which is connected with heating pipes
to the stove, and after that is full
we need only to press a button on
the wall and the wires in the ditch
carry the current to the engine and
throw a switch which stops the en-
CINE.
A Surprise in the House
The girls also had a surprise plan
ned for us in the house. Part of the
time while we were back east the
four boys who came home had to
i. e., they did when their two
Zone married and the other
not old enough to do much cooking)
yho lived a couple of miles from nome
id not come oyer and help them. So
lust before we came home the girls
vent over and cleaned up the house
md made it look as though the Dutch
Cleanser girls had been there. They
llso did some sewing, ironing and
so that 1 would not have to
tart to work just as soon as l got
Before the girls left they
out a pretty bouquet of pink and
white gladioli flowers on the stand,
which were still blooming when we
lot home.
Radio Entertainment ,
LdSC spring Tie DOyS put up Cle
.rst radio in this part of the coun-
ry and since that time have helped
With the installation of many other
machines throughout the country. At j.,
Irst we had only the head sets or =
e~ceivers, which we thought simply 7
rand. People came many miles to !
listen in" 1 greatly enjoyed listen a
ng to stations from all over the world :
s we can get nearly any station in !
he United States and Canada. Later :
7e got a loud speaker or Magnavox T
S it is called and it can be heard now :
nile eating supper or after supper 7
surely is nice to hear such fine con- :
while sitting beside the stove. Z
IN Sunday we can hear preaching :
nd hymns, which is a great privi- =
ege out here, as it is hard to travel i
lch a great distance to hear a SER
ION, and they are few and far be-
veen. We greatly thank the many |
ado b~roadcasting stations of the
Orth, east, south and west. r.
Our neighbors have a party line X
: ten and the boys connected the p
ldio onto the party line telephone II
I'd all the folks on the line can hear e
lie radio music by simply taking p
own the receiver.-Mr. and Mrs. A. y
McCone Co.. Montana. n