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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-10-25
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE


Mrs. John Littlethon of Vida spent
Monday with Mrs. Frank Steele.
Ted Artz returned home from Chi,
cago Tuesday morning.
Everybody is boosting for Bargain
Week.
Try Hill Bros. Coffee. Northside
Grocery. 7-tf
Walter Miller of the S~outhside
moved into the Carr home Saturday.
Occident Flour costs more, worth
it. At all grocers. 22-tf
Miss Maude Kellogg visited in Pop
lar a few days this week.
Occident Flour makes better bread.
At all grocers. 22-tf
Miss Anna Robin came in from
Benrud Wednesday.
Sherlock Holmes in the great de-
tective drama next Wednesday only.
Liberty.
Chef Grace, the well known and
popular G. N. conductor, greeted To-
cal friends today.
Mrs. Chas. Gordon and daughters
went to Great Falls Wednesday for
a short stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Seglias were in
today from their home on Wolf
Creek.
If you are not thoroughly inform
ed on the offers for Bargain Carnival
Week you had better read the SPLEEN
did offers made by Wolf Point con-
Germs and advertised in this issue.
Mrs. Heath of Lewistown, state
supervisor for the Royal Neighbors,
was here on Saturday and Sunday
in the interests of that order. While
here she was the guest of Mrs. l..
Thompson and Mrs. A. D. Mcneil.
John McAleer, who has been
spending the past several months
with his son at Olympia, Washing
ton, arrived last evening for a stay
with his daughters, the Misses Nc
Aleer and Mrs. Tom Kelly.
Rev. R. Alexander and H. T.
Smith. representing the Presbyterian
church, left for Helena Monday to
attend an adjourned meeting of the
Synod if Montana which convened
Tuesday.
Mrs. T. H. Murphy left the latter
part of last week for Havre where
she will spend the winter with her
daughter, Miss Winnifred Murphy.
Mrs. Murphy recently returned from
Scobey where she visited her son,
P. B. Murphy.
The basement walls are up for a
large residence for F. L. Schafer on
Dawson street east of Third. Mr..
Schafer expects to finish the base
story and use it as a residence
this winter and complete the build
ing next Charlie Howe is
the contractor.
The high school e%leven's first big
at home will be with Glasgow
Saturday, the 9th. Wolf Point de-
feated Glasgow on their W gridiron
two weeks ago but since then Glas-
row has defeated Culbertson, which
shows great improvement and as
sures a high class game here Satur-
day.
Douglas Smith, Walter May, Syl-
yester Smith and Robert Moore ac-
companied r. j. Moore to Culbert-
son last Saturday where they wit
messed a good game of football be-
Sidney and Culbertson high
teams. Sidney won the game
IA to g.. They have a game schedul-
ed with the local high school team
next month.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
ROAD COMMISSION
TO OPEN BIDS ON
BRIDGES SEPT: Il
Marion County to Get Three
Structures of 100000
Program,

Bids on a 100000 bridge building
program, largest in the history OF the
State, will be opened by the State
highway commission Sept. IL. VIII
liam ]. Titus, State bridge engineer,
announced today. The bridges will
be in eleven counties. Three will be
in Marion County, over Bush Creek
Big Eagle Creek and Little Eagle
Creek. all on the Indianapolis-Leba
mon road.
The largest structures include a
four-span bridge over White River In
Lawrence County, with 1913 feet to the
span; thirteen-span bridge over the
Muscatatuck River in Jackson Coun'
ty, with a 124foot channel span and
the others thirty-eight feet each; an
other thirteen-span bridge over the
same river at the Jackson Scott
county line. of the same size. Speci-
fications may be obtained through
Titus
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
BONDS STOLEN
CINCINNATI ARE
Recovered HERE
Police Hold Man Who At
tempted TO Sell $4,000
in Securities,

Carl RatlifT. "a. cigar clerk. 229 e.
Pratt St, was held under $1,000 bond
today when two $1,000 bonds he was
trying to turn into cash at the Peo-
pies State Bank were found to have
been stolen at Cincinnati. o., Feb. 2,
police say. A messenger OF the Pearl
Market Bank of Cincinnati was
robbed of $4,000 in bonds.
A few days ago. according TO officials
Of the Peoples State Bank. Ratlif pre-
sented two 81, 900 bonds OF the Laclede
Gas and Light Company OF St. Louis
for collection.
A telegram from the st. Louis Union
Trust Company said the bonds were
stolen. When Ratliff went to the bank
to inquire as to collection, he was ar
rested
Ratliff told police he worked at the
cigar counter in a drug store until
about two months ago.
Ratliff told officials Of the bank he
had purchased the bonds and then
changed his story. saying he had
found them near the drug store, ac-
cording to bank officials. The bonds
were sent to st. Louis for collection,
but payment had been stopped.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
CABINET HEAD
SAYS COUNTRY
ISDETERMINED
SteSemann Declares Present Government Must Succeed or
Chaos viii FoIIow-StandS on Last Reparaons
Offer to AlieS-InSiStS ION Keeping RhineIand

By United Press
BERLIN, Aug. -"The
present government of Ger
many stands firmly on the last
government S reparations offer
to the allies, Chancellor
Stresemann said today in his
speech at the industrialists' ban
quet.
Referring to former Chancellor,
Cunos offer Of 10000. 100000 geld
marks plus an international commits
sion OF experts to determine Ger
manys capacitv to pay, the chance1-
lor reiterated this is the maximum
Germany can do.
IF France is ready and wants posi-
tive guarantees, she can find a way
thereto after expiration Of the mora
torium, but the Rhine and the Ruhr
are inseparable from the Reich and
their railroads and mines are not
transferable" Stresemann declared.
The chancellor said Germany will
not agree to any settlement looking
to using guarantees solely from the
Ruhr and Rhineland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
INVESTOR TO ASK
RETURNO MONEY
Holder of DoIIingS Security
Seeks Aid~of Court,

Suit to recover money invested
with the r. L. Dollings Company
now in receivership, will be brought
in Marion Superior Court today or to-
morrow by a Clinton County inves-
tor, William Hall, If the judge will
grant a petition to sue Receiver Bert
Mcbride.
Efforts were made by S. L. Ruick,
local attorney, and Thomas NJ. Ryan,
Frankfort attorney, to find Superior
Court judge this morning so the case
could be filed. The courts are in va
cation.
Hall wants replevir of a $1,000 de-
posit certificate issued by the Null
berry State Bank, which he claims he
traded the Dollings concern for ten
shares in the International Note and
Mortgage Company. The Dollings
salesman. H. w. Currey, fraudulently
represented that the International
had $12,000,O00 with which to pay
dividends and redeem stock as 1t
came due, he says.
The petition to sue the receiver is
the first to be presented the local Su.
perior Court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
TWO BADLY HURT
IN TRAFFIC CRASH
Street Car DemoIiSheS Au-
tomobiIe.

Garrison Taylor, 81, and Ed Dun
bar, 80, both of 430 n. Alabama ST.,
are in the City Hospital suffering
from serious injuries as a result of
an accident at Alabama and Michi-
gan SITS. today. A street car struck
the auto in which they were riding
and hurled it to the sidewalk, demol-
ishing IL.
According to police, Dunbar was
driving north on Alabama st. and
turned to go west on Michigan when
an inbound Central Ave. car struck
the automobile.
Conley Stanley, so. of Mooreville
Ind, was badly cut about the head
when he was struck by a Greenwood
motor bus at Georgia and Meridian
SITS. this afternoon. He was taken
to the city hospital. Police said he
walked in front of the bus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
EXPERT REPORTS
TRAFFIC CROWDED
AT BUSY CORNERS
0ne-Way Streets Discussed
to Relieve Cross-Town
Congestion.

COngested traffic in the downtown
district today was under particular
survey Of J. Rollin Bibbins of Wash
ington, d. c., expert traffic engineer
employed by the city plan commission.
Traffic at downtown corners shows
unusual congestion for a city the size
of Indianapolis, Bibbins said
Almost 1,400 automobiles pass Me-
ridian and Washington SITS. in an hour
during evening rush from to p. M,
figures showed today after a traffic
count Thursday night. A total of 261
street cars passed the corner.
Detailed report showed TAI auto
mobiles went south in Meridian ST.:
SOS west in Washington ST.; 705 north
IN Meridian St, and 624 east in Wash
ington st. No right or left turns are
permitted at this corner during these
hours.
For the same period. eighty three
street cars turned south In Meridian
from Washington ST.. ia turned east
in Washington st. from Meridian st.
and ,sixty-four went west in Wash
ington across Meridian.
A similar count is planned at Wash
ington and Pennsylvania st. tonight.
Bibbins has completed his inspec-
ton Of the city and Will follow traf-
1lc congestion study with suggestions
On cross-town high speed thorough
fares on the north side.
The city plan commission has for
some time considered making Thrift
eth and Twenty-Ninth SITS. one way
streets to relieve congestion. 1t also
is possible that Meridian and Capitol
Ave. will be--alternated as one-way
streets.
Bibbins also is working on even dis
tribution of street cars. He pointed
out that some corners were congested
with cars, while others could share
the traffic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
S, Keystone Ave. Paving
ArouSeS Dangerous In
stinCtS, Say Residents,
PROTEST TO OFFICIALS
Children Not Safe on Streets
and There Are No
Sidewalks.

Smooth pavement on Key
stone Ave-, at Minnesota st.
and Bethel Ave-, arouses the
speed mania in some automobile
drivers to such an extent that
even a hearse chauffeur is not
exempt, residents said today.
Twenty eight property owners signed
complaint against speeding in the
neighborhood. 1t was presented to the
board-of safety.
'Speeders? Say there sure are some
gay drivers tearing along these roads, "
said Charles Mclaughlin, clerk in a
grocery at 1902 S. Keystone Ave,
where the three streets cross.
Hearse Goes In Pasture
why once there was a hearse COM
ing from a funeral speeding about
fifty miles an hour. See the big pas
ture? That's where it had to go to
keep from killing some folks right at
this corner"
Little children walking on the pave
UlCub-l1CIc III e IO aims Ax EAAAANAA-
view addition-are in constant danger
of death, the signers of the petition
said. The Smithview Community Club
sponsored the protest.
Police Conspicuously Absent
Mrs. Elmer E. Hacker, 171S s. Key
stone Ave, who has children OF and
s, said police protection is conspicuous
by it's absence.
MY son. he's 3. gets out In the road
every so often in spite OF all l can
do. Several times have seized him
right away from sudden death In front
Of speeders. And grown people are
not safe either. My husband, who
signed the petition. was missed by
about two inches the other evening. "
Before white mule got so thick out
here we used to see a policeman now
and then, but not since them" Mrs.
Hacker said.
Mrs. Mary Edwards, at the corner
grocery. said it was not safe to sit
out In front Of the store for little air
of evenings, as speeders turning the
corner ran off the pavement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
Public Service Commissioner
Resigns to Go to Wash
ington Oct, I,
SUCCESSOR CONSIDERED
New Title Solicitor Of PoStof-
flee Department. Salary,
$1,000 a Year.

Edgar NJ. Blessing, Republi-
IN, of Danville, member of the
dblic service commission, today
made formal announcement to
Governor McCray of his resigna-
lion, effective not later than Sept.
Is, and his acceptance of the ap-
pointment as solicitor for the
Postofice Department at Wash
ington.
Blessing is in Colorado on a vaca-
ton. The information was communi-
Gated to McCray by letter.
Blessings new job. which he said
IN the letter begins Oct. 1, carries a
$1,000 annual salary. AS a member of
the public service commission he
draws $4,000. The additional prestige
OF the new position, coupled with dis
satisfaction over notoriety in connec.
ton with the Indianapolis Water Com
pany rate case, are believed to have
impelled him to leave the commission.
Mayor Shank charged that Blessing
had been the guest Of Clarence H.
Geist, water company president, at
Geist's home in the East, and Blessing
withdrew from the water rate hearing.
Shortly following Blessings retire
nlent from the water case rumors
were current that Postmaster General
New had offered Blessing the solici-
tors job.
Anticipating Blessings resignation
several Republicans have made appli-
cation to Governor McCray for the
appointment. George r. Eberhart,
former Huntington County Circuit
mkpdge. who resigned during-his term.
hs brought considerable influence In
his favor for the Job through local
friends. It is said that Eberhart is
not eligible, because of the law which
prohibits appointment to lucrative
public position OF any person who has
resigned from a judicial post during
the period for which he was elected
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
BUILDING BIDS TO
Be ADVERTISED IN
THREE DIVISIONS
School and Tax Boards Work
Out Program in Friendly
Conference,

Final arrangements for carrying
out the building program Of the In
dianapolis school board were COM
tax board and representatives Of the
school board today.
Bids on new buildings and additions
at eight schools will be received by
the board in groups OF three, three
and two, ten days apart, instead OF all
at one time as was planned originally.
This will result in a delay Of about
three weeks in awarding contracts,
but 1t was decided that more favor
able prices would be received II the
bids were not received at one time.
President jean ]. Brown, president
Of the STATE tax board, reiterated the
statement made at the bond issue hear
ing Wednesday that the issue of ST.
$50, 900 would be approved II the bids
were not excessive.
Bert S. Gadd, school commissioner;
Richard o. Johnson, business director,
and Reginald II. Sullivan, acting attor-
ney for the board, represented the
school board. Commissioners Brown
and VIII A. Hough and Harry V.
Wenger, engineer, represented the tax
board.
Under the present plan contracts
for the eight buildings will be let
about Oct 20 and construction started
before winter.
The conference today marked re-
sumption Of Friendly relations be-
tuoou fha fxro hoa rda after hraa x
OF two years. There has been no
school construction in Indianapolis
since 1921, when the tax board re-
fused TO approve bond issue for
four buildings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
DIRECT TAX FOR
SCHOOL SUGGESTED
Board May Not Rely on Bond
Issue at Manual.

Direct taxation instead Of bond
issue may be relied upon by the board
OF school commissioners 10 raise funds
to complete Emmerich Manual Train.
ing High School, it became known
today.
The budget committee of the school
board, which will submit the budget
At the board meeting Tuesday night,
has this plan under consideration. it
was said.
: zRemodeling of the old building at
he high school and erection of a
Dnew addition were planned by the
board several year sago, but after a
gymnasium and lunch room were
built no further work was done
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24

the answer to Meredith's statement
issued when the former cabinet Off
Ger announced his suit.
Brookhart asserted he welcomed
Meredith's determination to put him
on record under oath
II will only be too glad to tell the
farmers of Iowa and of the United
States under oath what I have
learned about the financial schemes
ito drive them back to peasantry,"
the Senator said. Incidentally,
Meredith will be under oath whether
he wants to or not. And we will
find out from his own mouth wheth.
er he made fight against the de-
fiation of the farmers or whether he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
Record Price of
$1.36 Is Paid
for Corn

What is believed TO be a record
price for corn sold this spring, s1.se
a bushel, was received today by
County Commissioner John Kitley. a
farmer near Juiietta.
The commissioner exhibited check
for 1881 he received for ninety.flve
porkers sold at cents pound. Their
weight averaged 2s5 pounds. he said.
Kitley also figured into his assets
$3.50, the value OF three others he
kept for meat this winter.
After deducting ss3T4s. cost OF the
animals when they weighed ninety
pounds each in May and $40 for haul
ing TO market, Kitley said he had
s1.15s.37 left to pay him for $50
bushels of corn they ate under his
care.
Kitley said the reason so many
farmers say they cannot break even
now is because they sell their grain
as harvested.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
WATER BOOTLEGGER HELD

Man Accused of Selling Liquid In
Dry Omaha.
BIZ United Netcs
OMAHA, Neb., Aug, 24-The first
water bootlegger" was arrested here
Thursday.
Taking advantage of the suspension
of city water service following cave.
in the Missouri River Tuesday which
made the water supply unfit to drink
Louis Margolin began hauling water
from an artesian well and selling 1t at
"exorbitant prices" in the residential
district. police claim.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
ROBBERS IMPRISON VICTIM
Man "Rides Rods" Home After Forced
Journey to Hammond.

Fred Payne. 1898 Haynes ST.. re-
ported missing "a few days ago and
then discovered in Hammond, Ind,
after riding three days locked in a
freight car, told police today he was
held up and forced into the car. He
said he was at East and Maryland
Sas. when robbers took 81 from him
and locked him in an empty freight
car. After travelling three days he
said brakeman heard his calls for
help at Hammond, Ind, and released
him. Being without funds, he made
his way home via the brake rods, "
he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
SEARCH IS RESISTED
Madison Man Severely Wounded by
Hanover Student

By United Press
MADISON, Ind, Aug. 24.-William
Darlington. so, is in critical condi-
ton from bullet wound received
when shot at Hanover landing on the
Ohio River. by James Hall, Vevay, a
Hanover College student.
1t is alleged Hail shot Darlington
after the latter refused to be searched
by Hall after he had landed in a skift
after rowing across the river.
Hall claims he is a deputy sheriff.
He is said to have accused Darlington
of selling liquor to Hanover College
students.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24

want to settle. He wants to get
me on record under oath. This 1
welcome"
The Senator declared, however,
he was glad the former Cabinet
Official had been so considerate in
appraising the damage caused by
the Radcliffe speech at 80 cents.
For if he beats me-" Brookhart
said, that is about all l can save
out of my salary after paying this
years deficit on my farm"
Bcookhart quoted the Manufac-
turers' Record as stating the de-
hation policy cost the farmers Of the
Nation $4,000, 900, 600 In reduc-
tion Of land value and $4,000. 900, 900
In 1920 and 1921 crops.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY
Husband Discovers Body Lying Across
Bed in Home

Mrs. Rachael Hall, 40, was found
dead at her home, 452 w. Eighteenth
St., today by her husband, Haywood
Hall, according to police. Hall told
cfficers Mrs. Hall got out OF bed and
went to another room, where he found
her lying across bed. Heart trouble
caused death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24

sat mum in the Wall Street game"
Brookhart remarked that he would
like to offer Meredith the profits
on his 240-acre farm with an ex-
cellent crop of wheat, corn and ev-
erything" as settlement of the
libel suit.
This farm carries a $4,000 joint
stock land bank mortgage" the
Senator added, land if he will
agree to pay the expenses OF OPP
Grating it, the interest and the
taxes. | will offer him the whole
job in settlement of his 80 cents.
"Conf1dentially. will be several
hundred dollars ahead on such
settlement. But Meredith does not
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
K|DNAPERS ASK
RANSOM FOR BABY
Letters Demand $1,000 for
Return of Child,

By United Press
NEW YORK, Aug. .24.-Two letters
threatening the death of kidnapped
Lillian Mckenzie, the 3-months-old
crying baby" missing since Saturday,
unless $1,000 was paid, have been re-
ceived by the moneyless parents.
One signed x. K. X" was auto
graphed with the thumb prints OF the
writer In ink.
Although police believe the letters
were sent to hoax the grieving par
ents by demented persons. efforts are
being made to locate the senders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
FUND WANTED TO
TEST GAS PUMPS
City Council viii Be Asked to
Appropriate S125.

N An ordinance appropriating 1925
br immediate use of the city weights
and measures department for inspec-
ton Of gasoline pumps at filing sta
tions. will be introduced m city coun-
Gil at the regular meeting, Sept. 8. it
was sal dtoday
The money viii be used 10 equip an
automobile with a special tank and to
buy gasoline.
With cool weather Mrs. Mary Rid
ole, city sealor OF weights and meas,
ures. has ordered inspection of coal
deliveries. No arrests were made In
Inspection of three dealers weights
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
Police Chief Commits Suicide

By Times Special
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Aug. Pa
George Wesley McCulloch, "a, chief
CT police for nine years and for twen-
ty years a member of the police force,
shot himself through the head in a
cell at the police station. Death was
instantaneous, He had been i'll.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24

JEWELL, Iowa, Aug. 24.-Sena-
tor Smith w. Brookhart today ac.
cepted the challenge of E. II. Mere
dith, former secretary of agriculture,
who announced he will sue the Iowa
Senator for thirty cents libel for de-
claring Meredith sat in the Wall
Street game" and helped produce the
greatest panic in farm prices in the
history of agriculture.
Brookhart, in speech here, said
he would force Meredith to tell on
the witness stand whether he made
fight against defiation Of the farm
ers or whether he sat mum in Nthe
Wall Street game" The speech was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
Three. Autolsts Hurt.

Bp Times Special
BRAZIL, Ind. Aug. 24.-C. H. Win.
kfer of Morgantown, w. Va, and his
two sons suffered cuts and bruises
late Thursday when their car was In
collision with a coal truck. Winkler
is a teacher of agriculture in the Uni
versity of West Virginia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
THEY WILL WEAR WIGS!
That Is the Latest in Styles for
Women
BIZ United Netos

LONDON, Aug. 24.-The tide OF
fashion is turning backward. Crino-
lines have been revived, period
gowns are stepping forth from the
pages Of history and now, according
to London style experts, women are
to wear wigs again.
Early autumn dress shows, both in
London and Paris, have been notable
for the number of period frocks dis
p]ayed-something from one OF the
Louis reigns, or perhaps something
Elizabethan or Georgian. And with
period dress, the wig Is said to har-
monize more effectively than milsdy's
own natural hair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-24
.FL|ER IS AHEAD
OF HIS SCHEDULE
Mail Plane Passed Cleveland
on Long Trip,
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
CLEVELAND, Aug. 24.-The third
transcontinental air fight plane
passed through Cleveland today at 7:46
a. m.. more than two hours ahead Of
schedule.
Ruben. Wagner brought the plane
from Chicago. Two minutes were
used in transferring the pouches. C.
Eugene Johnson taking it over for the
trip from Cleveland to New York