The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-02-15

Hedstrom and Victor Cook, who re-
ceived second and third places re-
spectively, had lists whose length
placed eighth and ninth for total
number of words and fourth and
fifth for number of correct words.
Both boys took part in the contest
last spring, Carl Hedstrom receiving
one of the prizes and Victor Cook
honorable mention. In this contest,
both would have received consider
ably larger prizes had they qualified
in class four.
A Few of the Errors
Many of those sending in lists evil
IDENTIFY did not understand just what
was meant by "things" or "objects."
"Bare feet" bare headed" etc. were
frequently used. Now, feet and
head, which are the objects mention
ed, do not begin with "B" and the
word bare is simply used to describe
their condition. Similarly "binder
reel" "binder tongue" buggy top"
buggy harness." buggy horse" etc.
were used. None of the objects re-
ferred to begin with OBJ but are
merely qualified by the words binder
and buggy. Bundle-carrier and bull
wheel were, however, deemed per-
missable. Several of the contestants
drew upon their imagination instead
of putting down names of objects to
be seen in the picture. Baptist, Bap-
fist church, business college, board
ing house, bibliomaniac are some of
the terms used which go beyond what
is actually to be seen in the picture.
Beer, booze, burgundy and benzine
were words to be found on some of
the lists, evidently to describe the
contents of the barrel and bottle, but
there is nothing to show that he bar
rel did not contain rain water and
the bottle machine oil. There were
some perfectly good and obvious
words that none or very few found.
An example of these is B, the first
one on the master list.
A few became so interested in
writing down words that they put
down a few that did not begin with
"B". Pansy was found on one list
and on another "big nose" "little
nose"
The errors mentioned are only a
few of those found in the various
lists, but they are typical of the sort
of mistakes that were made, and we
have mentioned these examples so
that those who were disappointed
not to win a prize may understand
Just wherein the fault lay.
Lists Checked Several Times
The careful, conscientious check
ing. scoring and rechecking of the
many lengthy lists made an amount
of work that one who never tackled
the Job would never suspect. Check
ing for repeated words itself was the
work of many hours. All the lists
that held the possibility of winning
a prize were not only carefully con-
sidered by the judges but were re-
checked by other competent people.
So far as the judgment of the judges
and r~echeckers goes the lists are scor-
ed and ranked accurately and fairly.
To a large extent the work was cleri-
cal and as the master list was prac-
tically complete.
There is always a chance for hon
est difference of opinion on certain
words on account of indistinct OBJ
iects in the picture. The puzzle edi-
tor thinks these pictures can be i'm
proved in this respect. They are
enough Of a problem without MAX
ing some objects uncertain of iden-
tity. A case in point is something on
top of the cutbank by the lake. 1t
resembles a lantern so some used the
word beacon and no doubt thought
they had made a clever discovery.
But no one can be sure it is a lantern,
it might be a dog. Again it is un-