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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19
.BOURQ UIN RULES
ON PRESCRIPTIONS
IN EMERGENCIES REQUIRING
WHISKY 1T is UP TO THE
PHYSICIAN
Sweeping Decision of Montana Fed
eral Judge Modifies VoIstead Law;
Charge Against Offending Doctor
Dismissed.

Valid ways of checking abuses
of alcohol ia the guise of remedies
were painted out by Federal Judge
George NJ. Bourquin in his liquor
decision, it developed when news
papers were supplied with type
written copies.
Judge Bourquin writes his deci-
sions in long hand, disdaining the
use of a stenographer with the result
that until clerks have typed the de-
cisions the full contents are not al
ways available Immediately.
Judge Bourquin declared there are
methods of coping with the abuse Of
alcohol without interference with the
rights of physicians. In this connec-
ton he said:
mo doubt congress was inspired
by consciousness of the well-known
abuse of alcohol in the guise of rem
edies. In that is justification for
reasonable regulations and the stat
utes contain them, viz, that no ply
stefan can prescribe alcohol unless
he has secured a permit from the
commissioner of the internal revenue
and has given bond; that he shall
prescribe alcohol only in good faith
as necessary medicine, and only upon
official forms supplied by the COM
missioner, except in emergency; that
he shall keep a record thereof.
I'm addition for violation not only
is the physician subject to criminal
penalties, but the commissioner may
revoke the permit and thus deprive
him of right to further prescribe al
cohol.
"These regulations are appropriate
to the prohibition of alcohol as a
beverage, are adopted to that end,
and are valid. OF them can be no
just complaint. They and their like
ought to suffice to restrain therapeu-
teal uses of alcohol within legitimate
bounds.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19
UNCOVER HUGE BONES
OF ANCIENT MAMMAL.

Massive remains of prehistoric
animals are found in the Paragon
sand pits near Miles City from which
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad is securing it's gravel for
roadbed work and ballasting, the
latest being the ~uncovering by steam
shovel at a depth of rs feet of the
front jawbones and tusk of a NAM
moth animal which has not been pre-
cisely classified as yet. The tusk is
% inches in circumference and more
than a foot long
The animal has but two teeth, each
more than six inches long and three
inches wide, with slight corruga-
tons. There are 10 rows of cutting
edges running crosswise on each
tooth. The roots of the teeth are
several inches long and are imbedded
in the solid jawbone. 1t is evident
that the animal TO which the jaw be-
longed was both a tree and grass
eater and not of the ca%rnivorous
class. 1t is believed that the animal
was caught in the later period of the
glacial age and found his last rest
ing place in the gravel bed of the
Paragon hills.
Supt. A. G. Bowen of the Mussel-
shell division of the railroad system
points out the possibility that the
gravel banks at one time in the past
might have been the edge of the yell
iowstone river.
Further north Mr.. Bowen has
found the shells of mussels which are
fully a foot and a half long, some
of which contained numerous shells
of the lesser mussels and snails.
1t is believed that the teeth con-
tanned in the jawbone of the latest
find are different from anything yet
found in the hills of the west, parti-
cularly in the bad lands district, and
it is felt that new fields of scientific
research have been uncovered by the
discovery of the present exhibits.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19

Finally, as night drew on, the
crowd adjourned to the big circular
dance hall, which the Indians have
built near the day school. Four men
gathered about the immense Indian
drum, and suddenly its rhythmic
throbs smote the air in a th%underous
boom-boom, and the men lifted up
their voices in a shrill minor chant.
One by one the older Indians, res
plendent now in feather head-dress-
es, bells, rattles and all the para
phernalia of the dance, arose and be-
gan the fantastic movements of their
dance, the squaws hitching solemnly
about them in an unbroken circle,
and seeming to slide sidewise, so lit
tie movement of the feet was visible.
A few of the younger people danced
in couples, a modified and modest
version of the later dances so that
wen here the passing of the old order
may be cen
Gifts we're presented to various In
dams, gifts of money, shawls, blan-
kets, food, or whatever the giver
wished; one Indian presented these
gifts, with a moro speech of some
kind for each one, and the recipient,
after arising and going forward to
receive his gift, went to shake the
donors hand.
When the gifts were distributed
and the dancing had begun again we
left them. 1t was surely the end of
a perfect day for them, and certainly
for US the end of a very interesting
one.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19
INDIANS NOT so ST0DGAL wHEM
POSSESSED OF CARNIVAL SPIRIT

in the army" he murmured "Nepo
wanitch" (He didn't die), in satisfied
tones, and shook my hand solemnly
before he turned away. And l may
say, in passing, that the patriotism
displayed by the Indians of the Fort
Peck reservation was of the very
highest order, many of the young
men volunteering for service, and
the donations to the Red Cross and
similar organizations were remark
ably large.
The Indian Dance
But to return to our picnic. There
were more races, and a bucking con-
test, in which a boy with one leg
off at the knee actually rode a buck
ing horse to a finish, a pie eating
contest, and some original Indian
games, of which, lacking an inter
prefer, I could make nothing.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19
CRASHING OF GATE
AT SHELBY FIGHT
r. r. KHROY TELLS OF CHARGE
OF FIGHT FANS AT SHELBY
WHO WOULD NOT PAY
Iikens Most Dramatic Incident of
Battle of Shelby to Charge Of In
fantry; How Thousands Swept the
Guards and Gatemen Aside.
By Richard r. Kilroy

1t matters not who financed the
fight; nobody should car about gate
receipts, about terms Mr.. Dempsey
exacts for the privilege of disfigur-
ing Mr.. Gibbons. Where else on this
round globe, outside of Montana, can
there be found a village which could
do what Shelby has done.
AS I said in my Shelby story, it
was impossible to cover many of the
most thrilling scenes in and around
the COW town under the circumstan-
oes there presented. 1t wasn't SO
much the battle itself that held and
fascinated those who spent a few
days in the picturesque Montana vii
lage, temporarily center of the atten-
ton of the world. To me it was a
moving spectacle of life, of action,
and of human interest such as one
realized he never again was likely
to see.
One of the most thrilling episodes
of the entire two days at Shelby was
one that up to now went unchroni-
cled and, as far as the newspaper
men were concerned, unseen. When
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19

the Indians join the whites in the ma
tional holidays, fairs and celebra-
lions of that sort, and affairs such
as this one, planned and managed
solely by and for the Indians, will
soon be merely a matter of history.
Young Thomas Buckles, a half
breed, who is secretary of the Indian
Y. M. C. A., had come to the news
paper office several days before, with
a carefully prepared program of the
picnic and an order for $50 posters.
Before leaving, he gave me a cor
daily polite invitation to the festi-
vities, SO On the appointed day a
number of us drove out from Brock
ton.
The addresses, given by Captain
as was also the ball game, played be-
tween the Big Horn team and the
Poplar Indian team, and lunch was
just being served when we arrived.
I wish 1 could present adequately
to your imagination a true picture OF
that picnic ground. There was every
kind of a conveyance there, / verify
believe, except the travels. Old rick
ETY. buckboards, with skinny pinto
ponies attached, o1d-fashioned car
riages, wagons drawn by big hand
some horses, and every variety OF
car, were lined up on either side OF
the ground laid out for the races and
stunts of the afternoon.
And there was as great a variety
of dress as of equipages. Greasy
rags rubbed elbows with beaded
buckskin, and these in turn with as
modish summer costumes as you
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19
Sunburst Refining Company Books
Are Now Open To Public
Subscription

At a special meeting of the
Stockholders of Sunburst Re-
filming Company, July I'd, 1928,
an increase of the Capitalize
ton from 100000 to $1,000
000-as recommended by the
Board of Directors-was duly
authorized.
The Board of Directors at a
meeting following voted to of
fer for public subscription, at
this time, s350,000 of addi-
tional shares, and the %subscrip-
ton books have been opened
accordingly.
Refinery shares in the first
issue were sold by allotment,
and many were disappointed in
not getting the number of
shares desired. This issue will
be quickly subscribed, and we
invite you to send in your sub
scriptions promptly; otherwise
you may be disappointed.
At the meeting of the Board
of Directors, Mr.. f. G. Elder,
Vice President and Treasurer
of Day-Elder Motors Corpora
ton, Newark, N. j., large man
u~facturers of motor trucks,
widely distributed all over the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19

the ~Shelbyites and the automobile
tourists, 10000 strong, crashed the
gates it was by the merest chance
witnessed the thrilling scene At
$40 a seat, and hat was the lowest
price, they represented a potential
value of 100000. Out of this there
was a salvage of possibly $4,000 or
$4,000, for those who got in first
were paying $40 down to So at a re-
duced rate. The rest was dead loss
to the promoters.
To those of us enjoying the spec
tacle of life, action bubbling and
throbbing in that vast pine bowl, the
presence of the crowd was neither a
handicap nor a loss. 1t made no diff
ference whether they got in for a
dollar or for sixty. They filled the
gap. They supplied the complement
that was necessary to the picture peo-
pie.
The incident occurred after the
second preliminary and while the row
was on between Dougherty and the
promoters for his $4,000 fee as ref
cree. The Great Falls Elk band was
playing on the east corner of the
arena at the time l heard the UNI
mistakab1e ratta-tat-tat of what
sounded like pistol firing. To the
eastern newspaper men around me it
sounded no doubt like Fourth of
July fire crackers, and so they paid
no attention. 1 hurried up n of
the broad aisles and the sight from
the lip of the bowl 1 shall never for
get.
At least 10000 people, roaring and
pressing and gesticulating, had gath
cred in front of the main entrance.
Inside were perhaps 200 men, spe-
cial deputies, federal guards and aids
from the fight headquarters. At
least SO of them held guns in their
hands, some of them shooting in the
air. Between them was the eight
foot barb wire fence. From a hun
dred Threats there arose the cries,
Come on, fellows, let's goi" and
as they pressed against the fence it
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19

as unreservedly to a rollicking good
time as the merriest of his white bro
theirs. The Indians usually impas-
sive demeanor is the shield of a spirit
almost abnormally sensitive to ridi-
cule.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19
(By LUCY A.

40 much has been said about the
- stoical calm and impassivity OF
~ the Indian that the average per-
son unfamiliar with Indian ways pic
lures him going about with folded
arms and a stern brow, the way he
always looks in the movies. / have
had the privilege of seeing u red
brother unbend, and I can tell you
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19

Indian cookery, that he could get
bakery stuff any time! This, he re-
peated to a group of the older Ind
ian women, busy with their pemmi-
can and stew, brought forth appre-
ciative cack1es and shrill, mirthful
retorts in their own language. The
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19

world, and who has been prom
inently identified with our
Companies since their organiza-
ton, was elected president of
Sunburst Refining Company.
Mr.. Elder will bring to this
Company a broad experience in
manufacturing and marketing
that will be very valuable. Mr..
L. C. Stevenson's interest will
remain the same, except that as
chairman of the board of dir
ectors, he will devote his ener-
gies to the production of oil,
and to field work in connection
with the same, to provide at all
times a capacity volume of
crude oil for SUNBURS
REFINING COMPANY.
The money received from the
sale of this additional stock will
be used primarily for the pur-
chase of additional storage
tanks, and for crude oil for
storage in those tanks. Our
5000 barrel refinery is now in
operation. Your investment
will be in a going and profit
able business institution. We
invite your subscription. Mail
it today.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19

might see at a picnic anywhere, and
over them all was apparent a spirit
OF hllarity and good fellowship.
heard Major Mossman, who was
then superintendent of the Fort Peck
reservation, complaining humorously
to the two handsome breed women
who were offering him sandwiches
and cake brought from the bakery in
Poplar, that they never offered him
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19
/. To Have a Clear Sweet skin.

To Have a Clear Sweet Skin.
Touch pimples, redness, %roughness
or itching, if any, with Cuticura Oint-
ment, then battle with Cuticura Soap
and hot water. Rinse, dry gently and
dust on a little Cuticura Talcum to
leave a fascinating fragrance on skin.
Everywhere Csc each.-Adv.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19

Richard r.. Kilroy, editor of the
Anaconda Standard, who has writ
ten for this newspaper the best
story Of the sidelights of the Shell
by classic. He graphically des-
cribes the Shelby revolt against
p~Iutocratic pugilism, made start
lingly manifest when thousands of
fight fans, refusing to pay an ex-
orbitant price for admission tick
cts, overpowered the guards,
crashed through the gates, and
took possession, by force, of the
best ringside seats in the great
pine bowl.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19

Casstown, Ohio-Tom G. Har-
bough, famous author of the Beadle
dime stories, went to the poorhouse
penniless a few days ago.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19

I am going to tell you about al
Indian picnic I attended at Riverside
day school, near Brockton, Mont, on
the Fort Peck Indian reservation, in
August, 1918. These gatherings of
the Indians are growing scarcer, as
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19

majors ability to talk to the Indians
in their own language must have
helped greatly to make him popular
with his charges, and popular he GER
tainly seemed to be. He Joined heart
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-06
Thirty Million Dollar
Output of Pineapples
Fruit Is Source of Golden Wealth for
Inhabitants of Hawaii.

OF the approximately 5,I50-Oo0
acres Of land that comprise the total!
area OF the eight inhabited islands OF
the Hawaiian group only about 800
600 acres are in cultivation. OF this
cultivated area 10000 acres are devot-
ed TO growing pineapples. 1t is only
within comparatively recent years that
the growing, canning and marketing
OF pineapples in the Hawaiian islands
has attracted world wide attention TO
the industry, and as is usual, IN the
development OF all big enterprises. the
success may be traced to the faith and
perseverance of one or two men dur
ing the trying period which most
projects must pass through before
they are placed upon an established
basis.
When James D. Dole now the pine
apple king OF the Hawaiian islands
Went to Honolulu in 1900 his atten-
ton was attracted TO the possibilities
OF growing pineapples upon these IS
lands on commercial scale.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-06
OPPOSES A BILLION
DOLLAR GERMAN LOAN
SECRETARY MELLON SAYS 1T
WOULD INCREASE TAXES.
IS NOT u. S. POLICY.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Opposl-
ton to the Bursum bill to establish a
billion dollar credit for the German
government 10 buy foodstuffs in the
United States was expressed today by
Secretary Mellon in a letter to Chair
man McCumber Of the senate finance
committee. He declared that If was in
contravention Of the treasury depart
ment's policy that foreign govern
ments desiring to find finance in the
United States should appeal to the in
vesting public and not seek govern
ment aid
Mr.. Mellon said he knew OF no
reason for taking any more favorable
position with respect to the German
government than toward foreign gov
ernments associated with US in the
late war"
The United States treasury, more
over. has no funds available for loans
TO foreign governments. the treasury
secretary added, and if such bill as
this were passed would have TO ind
the funds by new borrowings or addi-
tional taxation OF the American peo-
pie. either OF which would be out OF
the question for such purpose as
this. for the governments borrowings
are already too heavy and existing
taxes are too high for the good OF
agriculture. business and industry.
The purpose OF the present bill IS
apparently to assist producers OF agrl-
cultural products or other raw ma
.a-;ofe 70 find 4 market for their OrOd-
ucts, Mr. Mellon wrote, and to do
this by lending money TO prospective
buyers without adequate security or
sufficient assurance OF ability to repay
principal and interest when due. do
not believe that such an extraordinary
measure is justified by conditions"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-06
A Peanut Stand in Fashionable
Millionaire Row For Many Years

= candy and soda booth for q years
at Eighty-second street Is q distinc-
ton which Beggi shared with no one
else.
In the many years that he has been
on Fifth avenue Frank, The peanut
man. as some OF his oldest friends call
him. has been acquiring the title Of
upper Fifth avenues oldest inhabitant-
Many wealthy families have followed
Frank to the avenue In 1896 An
drew Carnegie took over the land on
which his mansion now stands al Mn
tv-frst street. while the next year
Frank W. Woolworth, whose name
was then becoming so well known IN
the United States. moved into the next
block TO Frank Beggi's stand. Henry
c. Prick erected his palatial home on
the entire block between Seventeen
and Seventy-hrst streets II 1921. The
part OF this residence bordering on
Seventv-7rst street was known as the
largest and finest private art palace IN
the world. Archer NJ Huntington
moved to Fifth avenue in 1902. Mortl-
mer L. Schiff in 1906, Payne Whitney
in 1905. George ]. Gould in 1911, Jas
Spever in 1911, Frederick Vanderbilt
in 1917. Herbert Pratt in 1919, and
Everett Macy in 1920. These are only
a few OF the many millionaires who
have come TO Fifth avenue since Frank
Beggi started his tiny peanut stand IN
1894
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-06

For twenty-eight years Frank Beggi
has been the only occupant o. the
northeast corner OF Fifth avenue and
Eightv-second street, in New York
CITY. but now he must find another
location for his reireshment booth.
The building Of big apartment house
is forcing him TO give up his business
which IS directly across the street from
the Metropolitan Museum OF Fne
Arts. When Frank Beggi first opened
tiny peanut stand there Firth avenue
was nothing ike what il i today.
Since then the stand has grown INTO
small house with q soda fountain
where candy, cigars, sandwiches and
other refreshments are sold.
Thousands OF visitors 10 the Metro
Dolitan Museum and Central Park
have come 10 know Frank, man who
has spent most Of his life within 3OO
feet OF the greatest collection Of art
in this country. But Frank Beggi IS
not the only one who Is sad because
OF the new l2-story apartment house
that IS soon 10 occupy the location Of
his stand. During his q years bust
ness lie Oh the avenue" he has made
thousands OF friends who regret 10 see
him 90. The museum people respect
Frank and patronize him. 1t Is now
many miles 10 a candy place, so they
buy their candy supplies from Frank.
There are no shops on Fifth avenue
above Fifty-ninth street, and to have
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-06
THE ECU CLUX CLAN
LADIES" BEGIN DRIVE
TO OPEN A CLEAN DRIVE
WITH A GREAT PARADE IN
FULL REGALIA-

OKLAHOMA CITY.-"Ladies OF
the Gu Clux Clan, who became &C
tive during the week against bootleg
ging. will extend their scope to other
evils. leaders declared Saturday night.
Working as a detective organiza-
ton, the Ladies" cooperating with
local officials, are ready TO campaign
against dope rings, white slavery, au-
tonobile thieves and other underworld
characters. F. c. Bareneld, grand
nliser OF the order, declared.
Activities in behalf Of prohibition
already have resulted in Jour arrests
and seizure OF large quantities OF liq-
nor and a still. Additional raids on
bootleggers' dens are planned Tor next
week.
A parade OF the Ladies OF the Gu
Clux Clan" in full regalia will be held
on the streets here Monday night, OF
flcially opening a cleanup drive.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-06
KING OF ICON" MEN
COULDN'T BEAT DEATH
SWINDLED MILLIONS WHILE
HE LIVED. DIED ALMOST
PENNILESS VAGABOND.

John Strosnider, one of the most
famous figures in American criminal
history. Is dead. He was the king OF
the confidence men and was known to
police in New York city, Chicago and
several other large cities IN America
Big Jack" Strosnider, in his prime,
swindled the credulous out OF $1,000
600 to S2,O00.000-and died almost
pennies.
Il never rob all honest man be-
cause no honest man will 1all Tor my
proposition. he used TO say. I've
taken q million from men who were
a lot more crooked than l. The sharp
er they are the better | like them.
There's a sucker born every minute,
except in New York city. There one
lis born every 80 seconds
Joined 'Mayberry Gang"
Strosnider first associated with the
famous "Mayberry gang" promoters
OF the fake prize fights. loot race and
horse race swindles. but in few years
launched out for himself. With head
quarters in New York city he confn-
ed his activities TO wire tapping and
pav-off games. Easy money" flowed
from him as rapidly as it came. lie
bought magnificent home in Brook
lyn and gave parties for friends that
cost him thousands OF dollars. In all
this time he had been in prison only
once. He was pardoned in 1893.
Luck having turned against him in
New York city Big Jack" went to
Chicago and got busy. There he ap-
preached William T. Kirby, owner OF
a private bank, and swindled him OF
$40. 900 on a fake horse race bet. Kir-
bv's loss threw his bank into ruins,
and the victim sued. His story was
doubted for a long time, but finally
Big Jack" was arrested and sent 10
prison for four years. He spent all
his money fighting the case.
Tried Once Again.
When he emerged Strosnider took
$40 900 from two other men and was
caught again He spent every penny
defending himself, and finally escaped
conviction. Police drove him back to
New York city.
A month ago he became ILL., He
went to his home, in Salem. o.. and
Dec. 81. died OF cerebral hemorrhage.
Big Jack" operated so quietly that
even his closest friends did not know
OF his death until few days ago.