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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22
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the wind hustled around the clothes
line. And off jumped Pearly Button
and rolled down the hill.
But it wasn't such fun as it thought,
resting against a cold stone with the
dust blowing owe it, and Pearly But
ton was beginning to wish itself back
on the white garment when something
happened.
"Pick, pick went Madam Hen. She
thought she had found a nice bite to
eat. "Too hard" she clucked and Mr..
Fat Rooster, thinking she had some
thing good to eat, ran up and grabbed
Pearly Button and before it could slip
back on the ground Mr.. Fat Rooster
had swallowed it.
Oh, how dark it was for a long
timel The next thing Pearly Button
knew it dropped on the floor in the
kitchen.
"Well, WE'LL" laughed the cook. eff
the fat rooster didn't swallow that
pearl button that came off your
apron she said to a little girl. 81
looked everywhere in the yard for 1t
because your mother did not have an
other like it."
Then she let the water run over
Pearly Button and the little girl took
it to her mother who sewed it on the
apron.
Il hope she sews me fast this
time" thought Pearly Button. Il
can't see anything jolly about running
away. And come to think of 1t 1 can
see a great deal of the world fastened
where 1 am; and besides 1 must be a
very fine button when they could not
find another to take my place"
Pearly Button never pulled or
strained again at the threads that held
1t. 1t was always right In its place
and glad to stay there.
20. 1923. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22
MONTANA SUGAR BEET
CROP FOR 1928 GOOD

Washington, Nov. 79.-(Speciial)
The Huntley reclamation project has
the best sugar beet crop in the his
tory of the project, according to in
formation received from the field by
reclamation service. Many fields
produced 20 tons to the acre, and
some growers report a greater
yield. tSome damage was sustained
by the crop due to wet weather in
September, but this was less than at
first thought.
1t was reported that all crops ON
the lower Yellowstone project ex-
cept sugar beets were harvested by
the first of the present month, and
this was well under way. The yield
is about II tons to the acre. A final
bonus of $1.08 a ton for the 1922
crop was received by the growers,
making a total of $9.08 a ton.
The sugar beet yield on the Sun
River project is considered fairly
good. Practically all crops on the
Milk River project had been harvest
ed at the end of October except the
sugar beets. The beet harvest was
half over.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22
HUGE ROAD EXHIBIT TO
BE HELD In JANUARY

The American Road Builders AS
ISOLATION will hold the greatest expo
sition and convention in Chicago, on
January IA to 18, ever put before
the public. More than a billion dol
lars is being spent yearly on roads.
All the financial interests concerned
in this great expenditure are inter-
ested in this great exposition and in
the Coliseum at Chicago, will be
every manufacturer of any promi-
hence, making anything to do with
roads; materials, machinery or meth
DDS.
The Bureau Of Public Roads, De-
partment of Agriculture, will have a
wonderful collection of models and
machinery illustrating their methods
in building the 7 per cent of the to-
tai road mileage Of the nation, which
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Mrs. L. Aldrich transacted bust
ness in our berg Saturday.
A number of Wolf Pointers were
/ coyote hunting in u vicinity Sum
day. /.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. McConnon of
of Wolf Point and little daughter,
were Sunday visitors at the Chas.
Schwan home.
Lydia Schultes started to school
Monday after being confined to her
home the past week.
An epidemic seems to visit this
community real often leaving traces
of sick headache and high fever. No
one has found out just what to give
to check this sickness.
julius and Winnie Cess left for a
brief visit among friends and rela-
tives in Canada.
Ruth Moschelle, Norma, Peggy and
Irene Hanson accompanied Russell
Barnes to the county seat Saturday.
Several VOTERS and Lustre peo-
PIE dLI6uucO tH6 bUlhCy ooJ a WIN
Point last week.
The Volt Sunday school had a very
small attendance last Sunday and
hopes are that all the members will
be present at the next meeting. The
opening hour is 2:30 p. m.
Joe Robin spent Sunday evening
at the Slimtana ranch.
G.. J. Robin and Anna Robin
were guests at Volt Monday and
Tuesday.
Emma Smith and Anna Robin
autoed to Benrud Monday.
Good music and plenty of wax,
they say, 'let's go" Saturday
night, Nov. "a, at the Liberty school
house.
Come on and get your dancing
kicks. Volt store has 'em.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans and children
of West Fork, buggied to Wolf Point
Sunday, returning the following
week. Mr.. Hans and two of his
children underwent operations for
tonsils.
Ray DER and Mrs. Frank Dyer
attended the big bargain show at
the Liberty Monday night.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22

is the limit of federal aid to States
in road building.
The National Highways assocla-
ton will have a very large and beau
tiful exhibit go spaces), and prom
ises to show matters of intense IN
terest to all road makers and road
users.
All the State Highway Commits
sions will have representatives in at
tendance and a very large number
Of county highway officials will doubt
less be present. The gathering, like
the exhibit, will thus be truly nation
al in scope.
The largest attendance ever at such
an affair is expected by the manage
ment. Special railroad rates will be
arranged for those desiring to at
tend.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22
RURAL CORRESPONDENCE
From Our Rural Patrons

20 in the forenoon, given by the
Bethel Sunday school. Everybody is
welcome.
MI. and Mrs. J. Deck were Sunday
callers at the Jacob Neufield home.
Miss Opal Wright spent over Sun
day at her home in Wolf Point.
The Bethel Sunday school will be
at the Pioneer school every Sunday
forenoon and won't change from
from Wide Awake to Pioneer.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. A.. Georz and
children and Herman Ortman were
Sunday callers at the j.. B. and Rud
Schmidt homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Funk and
sons and Henry Jantz spent Sunday
evening at the Zach Bartel home.
j. B. Schmidt made a trip to Won
Point Saturday to market his turk
eys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Fast hauled
wheat to Wolf Point Wednesday.
They reported the road in bad condl-
ton after the rain we had last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Maltby and
Miss Jacobson spent Monday even
ing at the Schmidt home.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22
BUTTON is

D EARLY BUTTON was a plump
l round little fellow and he was
very sober and quiet, too, while he re-
NAMED securely fastened on the white
apron which he helped to keep in its
place with the aid of Buttonhole.
One day, however, he found himself
gaily swinging by a thread as the
clothes on the line in the yard danced
and tapped in the wind.
"Ohor' thought Pearly Button.
what fun it would be to be free for
once to roll where I like and see a
bit of the world. Now l remember
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22
LARGEST CORN CROP
in STATES HISTORY

The largest crop of corn in the
states history, the best flax crop
since 1918, and a smaller potato crop
than last year, are shown in the No
vember crop report issued Nov. 10
by the Montana Cooperative Crap
Reporting Service.
Corn
With ar average of 26 bushels per
acre for the state, the preliminary
production estimate for the state is
9.700, 600 bushels, as against 5,475,-
600 bushels for 1922. The yield last
year was % bushels per acre. 1t is
estimated that II per cent of the to-
tai crop matured we'll this year, as
compared to- 80 per cent last year.
Much corr was planted late last
spring, and while nearly all matured
we'll in the important eastern and
southeastern counties, some in the
north and north-central counties was
caught by frost. From a feed stand
point the crop has been very salts
factory. Corn estimates for this
state are based upon the assumption
that all is harvested for grain, and
should be interpreted accordingly
Flax
The flax crop is estimated at L.
246,000 bushels, based upon an aver
age yield of 80 bushels per acre,
compared to $4,000 bushels for last
year. The average yield last year
was 7 bushels. The quality of the
crop is below that Of last year.
Potatoes
Based upon an average yield Of
40 bushels per acre, a production
of 4,070,000 bushels of potatoes is
estimated for this year, compared to
5,796,000 bushels for last year. The
yield in 1922 was 126 bushels per
acre.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22
CHARITABLE HOMES
DO MUCH GOOD WORK

Seven children's homes in Montana
are caring for GIT people, according
to a report compiled by the depart
ment Of commerce. In addition there
are $50 children under the super
vision in free family homes. Three
homes for adults are caring for 1872
people. Two homes for hayward
women or girls and unmarried or des-
titute mothers with their children
are caring for 80 adults and 26 child
rem. The sole child placing agency
in the state of record now has "a
children in receiving or temporary
homes.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22
A LETTER TO The
PEOPLE OF MONTANA
Missoula Chamber of Commerce
Missoula, Montana
Nov. 5, 1928.
Dear Montanan:

Dear Montanan:
What's the matter with Montana?
We think Montana is all right, but,
are we boosting it as we should? It
has as many resources as many other
states that are much farther advanc-
ed.
Who are boosting Montana's ma
tural resources? Are you or your
neighbor. or is it left entirely UP to
the railroads which penetrate your
state? Are you boosting for Mon
tana or California? Which? If a
man comes in asking you to purchase
his property which at this time you
do not believe in purchasing for bust
ness reasons, although you have sufi-
Gent capital to do so, you tell him
you are not in a position to buy his
property at this time, or do you say
to him, 'I'm looking for someone to
buy my property; I'm going to Cali
fornia." What is it that builds up a
state, county or city? 1t isn't the
exchange of property or cash be-
tween you and your neighbor, it is
the investment from outside sources.
What did San Francisco, Oakland,
Sacramento, Stockton and Fresno,
California, say about Los Angeles
when it determined to invest $751;
coo, 900 in public Improvements
when only a town of 100000? They
said, like a great many other pessi-
mists. that this investment would
kill the town, but did it? No! The
bonds for the project were sold in
the eastern states. In other words,
SIS, 0OO,0 900 was transferred from
New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois
into California and there expended.
Of course, the city of Los Angeles
must stand back of these bonds but
what was the result? The .expendi-
ture of this vast sum of money by a
city the size of Los Angeles at once
created the confidence of eastern in
vestors. These investors not only
purchased business property in the
center of Los Angeles but surround
ed the business center by the pur-
chase of property, extended the city
into what was then the suburbs, in
creasing the value of the then little
city of 100000 to at least five times
what is was when the bond issue
was created, thus enabling the debt
ors of the bond issue to pay off their
indebtedness and still have a hand
some deposit in the bank. Why? Be-
cause every resident of Los Angeles
is a booster for his state and city
and backs his boosting by encourag-
ing improvements of all kinds. If
the fog is so thick they cannot see
two blocks, at the time an outsider
is in town, he is told that this is an
unusual condition. If it is SMOKING
this hasn't happened in twenty years
before. If you meet a Californian
or a man from Los Angeles on the
in your state or if he is stop
ping at your auto park he is still
boosting California and Los Angeles.
Are you boosting Montana in the
convincing manner?
If the farmers are hard hit in Cal
fornia, either from drouth Oh I'M
'aleable products the newspapers of
California do not have a headline in
Heating this failure. If a bank fails
n California it does not appear in
he headlines of the newspapers,
while in Montana it is just the con-
,rary. 1t is advertised to the world
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22
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Guy Sickels was quite i'll for a few
days last week but is able to be up
and around again.
Mrs. Seminars, Hazel and Helen,
visited at home the week end.
The friends of MI. and Mrsk R. H.
Weirs will perhaps be interested to
know they arrived safely in Missouri.
They completed the trip by auto in
IA days, stopping over two days in
St. Paul to have a new generator
put in their car. They report find
ing fine roads in the east and that
they are having a fine visit with rel
atives and meals fit for a king to eat.
Mr.. Weirs writes that he expects to
visit the State Agricultural COLLECT
at Ames, Iowa, and may perhaps de-
eide to take up creamery work in
stead of a mechanic.
Styers and Bruce Mcmahon were
callers at the Seminars home Friday.
evening.
Roy Liddle helped Seminars butch
er a hog last Thursday.
Russell Hansen and family spent
Sunday at James Sims.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Hubbard and
sons visited Sunday evening at the
Guy Sickels home.
George Beck went to Wolf Point
Saturday.
Sam Baldwin is mining coal on the
Skare place; Robert Steffensen and
Ward Fletcher on the Steffensen
place, and Elmer and Russell Hansen
on the Weirs farm.
Mrs. s. A. Hansen is spending a
few days this week at the home of
her son, Russell Hansen.
George Schafer called at A. B.
Hubbard's Sunday.
Fred Foster bought corn of Elmer
Hansen Monday.
Henry Fredricksons are moving to
Wolf Point and R. Hembd is moving
onto the Frederickson farm.
A large crowd attended the dance
Saturday night at the Sim school
house. All report a fine time.
AICIle MdeICllS VI WOll L VIII
spent Monday with his brother Frank
Dave Williamson has moved onto
the Mccartney farm on Cow Creek.
James Sim took supper Friday at
Russell Hansen's.
School Notes
Mrs. Guy Sickels visited the Mus
school Wednesday afternoon.
Max Seminars returned to school
after a weeks absence.
Ruth Sickels, Gracemae Hansen,
Bertran Carman and Vernal Carman,
Ruth Hveem, Irene Steffensen, Helen
~Steffensen, Hans Hveem, Howard
Hveem, Arthur Hubbard, Donald
Hubbard, Kenneth S%teffensen and
Clarence Steffensen were neither alb
sem nor tardy last month. This list
includes pupils of the Sand Creek
and Mus schools.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22

by the Montana newspapers in large
headlines that the farmers are hard
hit; if a bank fails, it comes out as
a headliner. If some progressive
chap says, "Let's start an irrigation
project" or some other improve
ment, his neighbor says, Impossible
at this time, we have no money, the
banks are unable to back u.s." and
the whole community jumps on the
fellow who is trying to develop his
state. You do not need the banks
for this. Sell the bonds in New York
and bring eastern money west. Get
the eastern people interested. That
is what California residents did. Sup
pose you do start an irrigation pro-
iect that will cost millions, and it is
hacked by an ample acreage of fer-
file soil such as may be found III
many parts of the state of Montana.
What is the result? 1t is carried on
bv the sale Of bonds to eastern capt.
tai and the money brought into your
state and there expended. The ex-
nenditure Of this money requires
large numbers of men, horses
mechanical equipment and ATTRACTS
attention Of all we'll informed peo-
n1e of the United States. The land
irrigated triples in value, since what
three acres originally produced can
ba grown on one acre after lrrlga-
tion is developed. After irrigation
the land becomes particularly deslr-
able and will attract settlers from
other states, thus increasing the pop
,lation Of your state and lessen1ng
the tax burden. Besides, each settler
will bring with him the necessary
cash from the state whence he came
to make the purchase.
Very limited areas in California
will produce the wonderful small
fr1its such as Strawberries, raspber-
ries. ~blackberries, etc. Also apples
pears, plums or cherries which are
most successfully grown in Montana.
The farming season in Montana may
be shorter that that of Callfor-
MIA. but how about the quality OF
nroducts raised? Nowhere IN the
state of California can be found or
raised the wonderful hard wheat for
the manufacture of Hour, or peas
for seed or canning that are grown
in the state of Montana. California
has no more natural tnan
so why are you boosting
for California while living in Mon
Believe in your w state.
Boost for it, don't be afraid to I'm.
it, don't be afraid to talk OF
It. Tell your neighbors what you
think of your own state. If you
haven't the money to improve at this
time sell the bonds to eastern invest
ors. Bring the money to Montana.
Start the improvements yourselves.
Your neighbor or sister state will not
10 it for YOU, but when you get the
oall ~a-rolling, residents of other
,tates will be attracted by your pro-
yressiveness and will come in and
settle beside you and boost with you
Rrt if you wait for the booster OF
California to develop the state OF
Montana, it will be a long wait.
Start the ball ~a-rolling and watch
The results.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22

once when l was fastened on q card
and rested In a box that a jolly,
bright, black button who was not
fastened at all told of the merry times
1t had had, out in the world, and all
because 1t got loose from the garment
to which It had been fastened.
"This Is my chance. 1t may never
happen again, and l am going to take
1t. One thread will be easy for the
wind to snap and then away I CO."
Then, snap went the garment as
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22

A nine-room house, estimated to
weigh seventy-fve tons, was recent
iy towed four city blocks in Los An
geles by a fve-ton truck carrying
eight TONS of pig iron to give trac-
ton.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22
PIONEER

q sRsmHN M8RR R W 1t
Mr.. and Mrs. Zach Bartel and
daughter Alice were Sunday dinner
callers at the home of Cor. Bartel.
There will be a Thanksgiving pro-
gram at the Pioneer school on Nov.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22

Alaska, with an area one-third
greater than the Atlantic states, has
no more white residents han there
are office workers in any one of sew
eral, sk%yscraper buildings in New
York City.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22

Jack Dempsey and his manager
are planning a trip to Europe. It's
fairly safe now, Jack, the war has
been over for five years.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22

A total of 1882 persons visited
Yellowstone National Park during
the 1923 season. OF this number
1924 came by automobile.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22

Wilhelm Hohenzollern has ordered
an eight-foot fence built to keep n
newspaper reporters from looking
into his back yard at Doom.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22

To check the exodus Of Mexicans
to the United States, President Obre-
gon has offered $50 to 500 acres of
land to those who will settle on the
land.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22

Time cures everything, but often
it takes a Lot of it.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-22
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The Snowflake herald., 1923-06-01
CHAPTER XVI
East and West.

When Miranda Bailey heard the
news she announced her determine
ton of coming over to the Three
Star to prepare for the visitors.
Il reckon my reputation'n stand
it," she said, "seein' I'm older than
two OF you an the third is still a
married man. PedrO's cookin' is
enough to give any fastener dys
pepsy. The whole house wants red
din up; it amt been swept proper
TO year."
Abashed, the partners gave her full
sway. The ranch-house was secured
from top to bottom. Miranda's car
brought over curtains for the win
dows, flowers for the window-sills.
odds and ends that made the place
look homely, cheerful, inviting. Pedro
was given lessons at the stove that
he at first took sulkily, but. being
praised and his wages raised, tool;
pride in.
The Snowflake herald., 1923-06-01

community, for without him
there would be NO cities or
towns, nothing to eat or
wear, nothing to do but do
nothing. He needs better
roads, better school facilities
for his children; he needs to
be more in contact with his
neighbors. Boosting our
town is commendable, but
let's boost the rural districts,
too, and make our act doub-
ly commendable. The col
ums of this paper are open
to any citizen who has a
plan or suggestion to offer
the good of this town and
countryside. Many people
have splendid ideas in their
heads, but are timid about
letting them out. They
should not be backward
about letting them out.
They should not be back
ward in this respect. The
people need those ideas for
development, for it is an
established fact that devel-
opment seldom results from
idle or Indifferent street
talk or home dreams. The
people will listen if you will
make a noise through the
columns of this paper any
time you want to put your
thoughts in writing.
The Snowflake herald., 1923-06-01

Nicholson. and that the two latter
would get off at Hereford for a visit
to the Three Star, Sandy went about
with whistle, Sam breathed san
guine melodies through the harmonica
and Mormon beamed all over. The
illumination was apparent Sam told
him he looked "all lit up, like Chi
nee lantern and Mormon beamed the
more
MOlly's letter was primed with de
light. Mrs. Keith's contained regrets
that her physicians did not think the
journey would be best for her to I'M
dertake in the present state OF her
health, which meant that she feared
possible discomforts en- route and
imagined the ranch as place where
one was fed only on beans, sour.
dough bread, bull meat and inditrer
ent coffee.
The Snowflake herald., 1923-06-01

across the line. It was terse, characs
teristic of the man.
my Dear Bourke:
1--WE are still losing three and four
year-olds, and the evidence points TO
their drifting over toward Plimsoll.
We have traced up some of the links
leading from this end To be quite
frank, the authorities of your own
county do not seem over-disposed to
bother In the matter, and we are TAX
ing things in our own hands. We
have set a trap for Jim Plimsoll and
have hopes he will walk into 1t if he
is the guilty party.
"The favor / want of you Is tc
tip me off if Plimsoll appears about
to leave the country. We have a tip
that he expects to do so before long.
If you get wind of this a wire would
be much appreciated by me-
Sincerely yours,
"W. J. BRANDON"
With the founding of the Three
Star ranch the lives of the partners
responsibilities, they owned home
and they lived there. None of them,
since they were children, had ever
known the close companionship of q
young girl. Mormons matrimonial
adventures had been foredoomed ship
wrecks on the sands of time, his
wives marital pirates preying on his
good nature and earnings. Molly had
leavened their existences in way
that two of them hardly suspected.
and the yeast of affection was still
working. Each hung to the hope that
she might return to the ranch again
to stay and each felt that hope was
faint one.
When. at last, there came the news.
from Molly herself and from Mrs.
Keith, that Keith was coming ont to
make inspection of his Casey Town
properties, that he was travelling in a
private car with his son, with Molly
and her governess- companion, Miss