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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14
HONOR II FLAG

No real American needs to be tolC
to reverence and respect his flag. Nc
real American ever fails in showing
respect to the Stars and Stripes.
But sometimes a real American
may fail in respectful treatment of
his flag from lack of knowledge that
what he does is not respectful. There
is occasion to decorate-Thirtieth of
May, July the Fourth, Washington's
Birthday-no matter what. Mr..
American Citizen gets out a lot of
American flags and Grapes his place
of business or his house. He Grapes
the flags in f~estoons, in rosettes, in
criss-crosses and circles. And he does
it because he thinks the American
flag the most beautiful in the world,
and wants to honor the occasion with
his flag. 1t doesn't occur to him that
he is doing wrong, or that his pretty
curlicues and intertwined streamers
are a dissertation to the flag.
1t is therefore unfair to BLACKBOARD
him as unpatriotic, or ridicule him
for lack of taste; what is to be done is
to educate him. HE is to be taught
that the flag, representing the heart
and soul and ideals of this country,
is never to be used as a decoration of
something else. 1t must be treated as
a unit in itself. 1t must hang free,
or be stretched fiat against a wall or
house; never draped in rosettes, or
circles. Tell the offender he can use
all the red, white and blue bunting
he wants in any shape his fancy die
tates; tell him he can make his ro-
settles and drapes of anything he may
but that the American Flag
The American Flag, to be honored
the first place, the finest posi-
ton, the utmost freedom and never
70 be twisted or tied or curled or
lraped SO that it becomes a mere en-
Enlistment to something else.
Nothing comes ahead of the flag.
-Exch.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14
Hospital Notes

Mrs. George Trudo, who recently
underwent an operation was reIeas.
ed last Friday and is convalescent
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Cliff
Cook.
Mrs. l.. Rybuck was sufficiently re.
covered from her operation to re
turn home Monday.
Chief of Police Ed Nichol was re-
leased from the hospital Monday.
c. L. Marshall is improving but is
still confined to his room at the hotel.
Mrs. Dewitt, whose home is south
of Poplar, is sufficiently recovered
from her operation so that she will
be allowed to go home tomorrow, and
Gene Taliferro, who underwent an
appendicitis operation last Friday,
will be released in a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood are here from
Great Falls visiting Mrs. Woods
daughters, and sister, Mrs. Costello
at the hospital.
Mrs. George Abbott was brought
here from Poplar Monday night, and
after being treated for three days
was operated on this morning for ap-
pendicitis and other ailments.
The Mike May house on Edgar
street is being fitted up to serve as a
hospital. The walls are being kali
'omined and it is being completely
lone over on the inside. 1t is ex-
'ected to be ready for occupancy by
Tune 81.
Mr.. V~erstegen, who is ill with
Uphold fever is holding his own and
trong hopes are entertained for his
ecovery.
Mrs. A. G. Boyd shows very lit
lie change. Everything possible is
eng done to make her comfortable.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14
SAFETY FIRST" SAYS
GREAT NORTHERN RY

The Great Northern Railway Com
pany, together with the other rail
roads of the country, will conduct
another Careful Crossing Campaign
this year similar to that of last sum
mer. This years campaign will cover
the months of June, July, August and
September.
The object of the campaign is to
bring to the attention of the American
people the necessity for exercising
the greatest possible ARE to avoid
being struck and killed or injured by
trains while travelling over highway
crossings, and to impress upon loco
motive enginemen, firemen, conduct
ors, brakemen, track foremen, cross
ing watchmen and all other employees
the necessity for doing everything
their power to prevent such
accidents.
Thousands of posters illustrating
a grade crossing accident have been
distributed for posting along the G.
n. railroad. Stickers with the same
Illustration will be pasted on CORES
oondence SEN out from railroad
offices. Lantern slides calling atten-
ion tn the objects of the campaign
will be furnished to motion picture
louses. Automobile windshield stick
RS will also be distributed.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14
PROMINENT SHEEPMAN,
BANKER, DIES IN OREGON

J. L. Sprinkle, president of the
Montana National Bank of Havre,
and one of the prominent stockmen
and ianciers of Northern Montana
dropped dead in Portland, Ore, from
heart failure, according to word re-
ceived in Havre, via Chinook, from
Portland.
No details as to the death were
received, except that it was from ma
tural causes.-Havre Promoter.
Mr.. Sprinkle has for the past sew
eral years grazed large focks of sheep
on reservation land in western Roose-
welt county.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14
PIONEER 9Th GRADER
EXTOLS SUNRISE, SUNSET

The varied beauties of Montana
sunrises and sunsets is a never-fail
ing source of wonder and admiration
to those who are familiar with them
and The Herald is pleased to print
the following descriptions of these
beauties of Nature as described by
a Pioneer school eighth grader.
THE SUNRISE
l think if some of the eastern
scenery seekers were to break the
laws of good society and get up some
morning long enough before break
fast to see the sunrise of our west
ern home, he would never seek the
Alps of Switzerland.
An hour or so before our jolly,
round friend appears you can hear
at intervals the twittering of birds
and the whistle of a mother prairie
chicken calling her scattered brood
together. Betraying rays of the sun
might reveal them to some unseen
foe. And the sweet, lone notes of
some meadow lark calling the sun to
ANA oO 40 ilOt W dCIdJ IilC DlIu
chorus any longer. With a few other
such warnings, it appears, shedding
light on a world of watery diamonds,
and as the first rays of light come
to open the eyes of the sleeping birds
such a chorus is heard that cannot be
rivaled by any symphony orchestra.
But as the sun goes higher the music
gradually lessons as if each bird saw
a diminuendo in its minds eye. Then
it begins to grow hot and the song
ceases entirely. The sunrise is past.
THE SUNSET
| have see many sunsets in many
places but hone | have ever seer can
Montana's sunsets in my estima-
| have seen the great red sun
set of July filling the world with a
navy, golden atmosphere that seems
as if you could have the unlimited
surroundings without the hate
Jul golden touch of King Midas. The
infant clouds that come to see the
gorgeous sight are colored a bright
crimson, fading off to a light silvery
and from there to the asure
blue of a twilight sky. Then as gray
to steal over the flame red
western sky, l turn to look at
he sullen, dark eastern sky and won !
.er why we are ever deprived of that {
Mysterious, magic light. Il
"A Pioneer 9th Grader. .
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14
THE SPECIAL ELECTION

Next Wednesday, June 20, is thu
special school election to decide
whether or not a ten mill tax levy
shall be made this year the same as
last year. Every freebooter in the
district is urged to get out and vote
on the measure.
There is no greater or better in
vestment we can make than that of
educating and equipping our young
people to become good and useful
citizens. The school that is handi-
capped and cramped by lack of funds
cannot do as well for your children
and the children of your neighbors as
the n that has sufficient funds to
supply needed equipment and enough
teachers SO that each child has as
much attention as he needs. It has
been estimated that for a teacher to
get the best results with her pupils,
she should not have more than thirty
in a room, yet in some of the rooms
it has been necessary for the teacher
to have a considerably greater num-
Der than this .
Wolf Point children and young
people compare very favorably with
the children and young people any
where. Let's do the best we can
for them and vote Yes at the special
election next Wednesday. The ten
mill tax is not an added tax but the
same amount as we voted last year
and just half as much as we voted
two years ago.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14
DOCTOR SUMMONED BY RADIO

The steamship West Cahous, lying
at. anchor in Baltimore harbor, nine
miles from the city, needed medical
help at about 300 a. M, recently
and needed it quickly. A member
of the crew had fallen into the hold
and had hurt himself seriously. So
the captain of the ship sent a wire
less broadcast asking help.
The call was picked up, not in Bal
timore, but at Cape May, N. J., about
100 miles due asst of Baltimore. AS
Cape May vas separated from the
West Cahous by parts of New Jersey
and Delaware and by the eastern
shore of Maryland, not to mention
Delaware and Chesapeake bays, no di-
rect help from it was possible.
But the operator was on the lob.
Promptly he consulted the long dis
lance list in the Baltimore telephone
directory and called the surgeon in
charge of the Marine Hospital in
Baltimore-1O0 miles to the west.
The surgeon, reused from sleep to
receive the message, asked him to
radio certain emergency treatment
to the West Cahous and to direct the
captain to send a boat to a certain
pier in Baltimore, where he would
find a surgeon waiting to go out to
the ship with him. And so, in the
of the night, in less than an
lour, a Understandable sea-going
carrying an officer reach
ID the side of the injured sailor and I
him later to the hospital {
Exchange. t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14
CHARLES CARSON

Charley Carson, who was operat-
ed on at the hospital last week Tues
day for strangulated hernia, passed
away Friday. Little hope was en-
t~ertained by the doctors from the
first for his recovery. He was taken
i'll at Shelby on Saturday and the ma
ture of his case was such that he
should have been operated on at once
but he wanted to get home and it
was not until Tuesday that he was
brought to the hospital, at which
time gangrene had set in and his
condition vas very serious.
kansas" Carson, as he was gen
orally known, was about 80 years
old, and had formerly worked as a
cowboy on the C. K. ranch south of
Oswego, but lately had been work
ing on a bridge gang.
He leaves a wife and five little
children ranging in age from three
months to not quite seven years old.
The bereaved family have the synlpa-
thy of the entire community in their
loss.
Funeral services were held Sunday
at the Catholic church, Father Ben
edict officiating, and burial was made
Greenwood cemetery. His mother
and a brother came from Morse,
Montana, for the funeral.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14
WIDE AWAKE TO HAVE PICNIC

Wide Awake gives a picnic at
Wolf Creek June 20. Will leave the
Wide Awake school at eleven o'clock.
First, second and third prizes will be
given to the ones in the community
bringing the most rabbits ears.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14
VACATION TRIP TO ALASKA

Miss Emma Leistiko, chief operator
at the telephone office, and Miss Mar
garet Sperry of %Culbertson, left last
Friday for a vacation trip to Anchor
age, Alaska. Fred Leistiko accom-
panied them west. Miss Grace Knapp
is acting as chief during Miss Leis-
tiko's absence.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14

Mrs. 7. H. Murphy and Miss Win
nifred Murphy left last evening for
a three-weeks' western trip. They
expect to visit friends and relatives at
Seattle, where Miss Elizabeth and
Miss Sylvia Murphy are located, and
at LosAngeles and Long Beach, Cal.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14
NOTICE ROYAL NEICHBORs

The next regular meeting Of the
Royal Neighbors will be on Monday
evening, June IS, at 500 o'clock.
All members are urged to be present.
Special business. All dues and assess
due should be paid at this
meeting.
Press Committee.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14

The Herald force enjoyed a pleas
ant visit Tuesday with Mr.. Knappen
of Froid who is on his way west,
travelling in a "teal bug. He has
been connected with the Froid Trib-
n since 1916.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14
To Melt the Snow

"Shelby is as pure as driven snow"
says headline. Yes, but there's like
ly to be a hot wind or a dust storm
before July a.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14
Keeping Down Expenses

Dame Nature has supplied Wolf
Point with a very efficient street
sweeper the past few days, and now
comes a good rain to do away with
the need of a sprinkler.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14

When does mans laughter become
manslaughter? When the bibulous
joy-rider runs over a pedestrian.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14
Smiles The 'ss E fFs;& a'sS"'
Unconsciously Frank

A popular rector going UP the
steps of his church to conduct serv.
ices was ~accosted by a stately old LADY,
in difficulties with her breathing.
pardon me-" she said, "but would
you do the favor of assisting me up
the steps?"
Certainly, madam" assented the
rector, giving her his arm. They
reached the door, when the old lady,
pausing, asked: Pardon me once
more, but do you know who is preach
ing this morning?"
"The rector, madam"
ooh. Then may I beg you to do
me yet another favor?"
Certainly" replied the rector.
"What else can I do for your"
would you be so good as to assist
me down the steps again?"-Judge.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14

Wolf Point Stampede, July 12-13-14.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-06-14
She Comes High!

eyes," said the old mar to his Wis
itor, 81 am proud of my girls and
would like to see them comfortably
married, and as l have made a little
money they will not go ~penniless to
their husbands. There is Mary, 25
years old, and a really good girl. I
shall give her $1,000 when she mar
ries. Then comes Bess, who won't
see 35 again. shall give her $4,000.
And the man who takes Eliza, who is
40, will have $4,000 with her."
The young mar reflected a moment
and then asked:
"You haven't one about so, have
you?"-Everybody's Magazine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-14
taQQlnQ
d1t0bdSees

Thoughtless fans razzed DOME
Bush for his failure to hold two
pop flies when they should have
cheered him for stepping into the
breach and doing his best Bluege
could not play because OF a weak
ankle and Jacobus Won Helm
Propst Is still several shades away
from being major Lacquer. So
the wee manager went out and
did his best. Yes. and with the
RACERS going full tilt. Bush went
20 bat in the ninth inning of the
second game. Courage must be
recognized and Bush has plenty
Of It.
The Griffmen have now made
ia double plays. The famous com
bination, Peck 10 Harris TO Judge
turned it in the fourth inning of
yesterdays opening combat Their
1922 record was 168 double plays
and they seem almost sure to equal
that mark this year.
Walter johnson famed Fish in
the second inning and Graham in
the seventh. running his total up
20 3,O27 for his career under the
main tent.
Bib Falk's great diving catch of
Ruere low liner in the fourth
saved the second game for the
White Sox. The fans applauded
Falk all the way to his resting
place against the left field wall.
The New Yankees enter upon
their final trip through the West
with q lead over the Cleveland In
dams of exactly twelve games. The
race in the American League is
practically in right now.
The Giants, opening another
home stay, are leading the Pitts
burgh Pirates by seven and half
games.
Runs were worth q dime a dozen
as the Indians and Athletics broke
even in a double header. the latter
giving Covelskie the ragman's rush
In winning the first game, IA Ia B.
The Indians replied by mauling
Harris in the second, to 6.
The Dodgers were mesmeriZed hy
The spell of Meadows pitching and
fInisned second to the Pirates,
5 TO {.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-14
McGRAW WILL PROTEST
SUNDAY LOSS TO CARDS

1t was announced by John Nc
Graw that the Giants would pro
test the game which they lost to
me Carnlnals in st. Louis. Sunday.
the appearance on the field during
the game Of Joe Sugden, the
veteran catcher, who now is serv.
ing as coach with the Cardinals
During heated discussion on a
decision rendered against the
Cardinals in the sixth inning
Sugden dashed from the Cardinals
dugout to argue with Umpire
Quigley' who had been drawn into
the dispute. 1t is quite nrobablc
that the protest Of the New York
clun VIII not stand, but at least
1t will serve to call attention to a
breach of the rules by the Cardinals
and will result in all but active
players being kept of the field
while game is in progress.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-14
GR|FFS Divide
TWIN BILL
WITH SOX
SheeIY's Smash Rioochets
Over LeiboId's Head and
Goes for Circuit CIout.
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

The lack of a couple Of feet in
stature on the part of Memo Lei
hold sends the Griffmen West today
higher. Had the midget ranged
as tall as Dangerous Dan" Nc
Grew, or even Babe Ruth or Harry
Heilmann, that valiant attack OF
the Griffs in the ninth inning OF the
nightcap event would have given
them the victory, their second OF
the afternoon.
The Griffs copied the first VIC
tory, to 4, by means OF a ninth
inning rally, Rice doubling up
against the right field wall, going to
third on Ruels sacrifice and scoring
when Judge rolled a single safely
past Collins into right field.
The White Sox copied the second
victory. 8 to 2. largely because
Goose Goslin failed to hold Collins
dropping fly after a long run In the
fourth, and Leibold let Sheely's
drive bounce over his head In the
eighth for a home run, scoring Mos
til ahead of him, THUS multiplying the
Griff's mad rush in the ninth.
Mostil got a cheap home run in
the first game when his single
hoped q bunker out in center and
sailed over Leibold's head. Never
theless, the little gardener made the
same mistake in the second contest
His second mistake cost the Gr1ffs
the game and fifth place,
The Sox grabbed two runs In the
first inning of the opener, but two
in the second and two more in the
third put the Griffs in front. Mos
tits freak homer tied the count in
the eighth, making the Griffs win
in the ninth.
After Mostil had walked, leading
off in the fourth frame of the Sec
ond game, Collins raised a dropping
fly close to the foul line in left.
Goslin, after a long run, got his
hands on it, but dropped it, sending
Mostil to third. AS Collins was be-
ing thrown out at second Mostil
scored. Mostils single, followed by
Sheely's freak homer, gave the Sox
two more in the eighth.
Leverette had allowed only three
hits for the first eight frames, but
the Griffs grabbed that many in
their thinning rush. Leibold
opened with a whack to center.
Bush forced him and went to third
on Goslin's single to right. Bush
tailed as Collins was throwing out
Rice. A wild pitch put Goslin on
third and he scored when Ruel sim
gled to center. That was the end of
the rally, for Judge rolled to Shelly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-14
COBB IS DONE
AS STAR IN
BIC SHOW
Detroit Tigers Great Veteran
Finds His Speed Rapidly
Disappearing.
By DAVIS j. WALSH.

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-Age, the
inevitable, finally is running dead
heat with Tyrus Raymond Cobb
It has been an eighteen-year chase,
but age always wins.
The great Cobb is all over and
done with as a major league star
and it hardly needed the sage OBJ
servations of baseball writers, traV-
cling with the Tigers, to confirm
this opinion. In the series with the
Yankees, just concluded, Ty himself
drew up the indictment, made the
charge to the jury and was star
witness for the prosecution. 1t is
probably his last season as a major
league regular.
Cobb's trouble is bad legs, the
ball and chain of baseball men. His
legs are gone beyond recall and a
ball player without legs is like a
bath without water. Take one away
and the other ceases, automatically.
For years, Cobbs arm has been
bad and base runners have made a
practice Of running just bit wild
when he Is handling the ball. But
he still had his batting eye and a
suggestion of the great speed he
once knew and the combination was
more than enough. After seventeen
years in the profession, Cobb re-
manned star at the outset of the
1928 campaign.
Now, however, the magnificent
speed has vanished and he no longer
hits with the venom and frequency
Of those other carefree years. He
Is through.
Detroit baseball writer's declare Ty
is NOT aware of this fact, that
being q failing common to victims
of age. They are always the last
to realize the grim truth, and SO
Cobb has benched Bobby Veach,
another elderly gentleman, because
he deems that Robert no longer can
summon the speed to step with the
major league pace.
Those in close touch with affairs
of the Detroit club are authority for
the statement that it's rather dis.
tressing position in the race can be
attributed, in part, to Cobb's dis
abilities. They say he has lost
many games this season by his fail.
ure to cover ground in center field.
And so 1t goes. Age never loses,
Kelly, Rusie, Arson, Matty, EVers,
Wagner, Lajoie, and the rest of the
old names are overtaken in the I'M
equal race and left behind with moth.
ing but the memory of their former
greatness. Cobb's will always re-
main green in the minds of baseball
fans. In all the years baseball has
been played, there was never a man
who could do so many things SO
well. No greater ball player ever
lived.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-14


People who look on some of us
old-timers with disdain needn't
laugh so much. While Adolfo
Luque isn't a gray beard, he is
not as young as he used to be-.
Yet he won seven games in a row
for the Reds-until the recent
Giant slaughter.
Alexander, who is good-looking,
but not a college boy now, pitched
fifty-four innings for the Cubs
this year without giving a base
on balls.
Eddie Collins is leading in
stolen bases and other old-timers
are setting up stiff records for
the spring lambs to shoot at.
For instance, the writer hasn't
lost a ball game in the last five
years. Some say it is because he
hasn't been in one for the last
six. That 10 severe criticism.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-14
WE|NERT LASTS
ALMOST TWO
ROUNDS
Firpo Cuts Loose With Couple
of SIedge Hammer Blows
and Bout Is Over.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 14.-Luis
Angel Firpo brushed another fly
from his forehead when he knocked
out Charlie Weinert, the Newark
heavyweight, in the second round Of
their scheduled eight-round bout at
the Phillies' park before 10000 ring.
worms last night. And that's just
about the way he did it.
For one round the Wild Bull Of
the Pampas resembled a tame COW.
He let Weinert stick his long left in
his face. He let Weinert land a right
or two to the body, as though wish
ing to test the weight Of the blows.
Then, with the round almost at an
end, Firpo dropped a sledge hammer
to the Newark mans body. The
bell saved Weinert from further
punishment. That one wallop Jared
him to the floor.
1t was all over in the second.
Bang, the Firpo right landed on the
back of Weinert's neck and Weinert
went to the canvas. He got up weak
ly and Firpo rushed him, swinging
both hands.
A right back of the ear tumbled
Weinert again, this time upon his
back. He staggered to his feet and
another right back Of the ear floored
him. In came the sponge and the
fly had been brushed away.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-14
WAR RED NETMEN WIN
FROM NAVY BACQUETERS

The War Department Reds won
the odd match from the Navy rae
queters in yesterdays Departmental
league matches, the final count be
ing 3 and 2.
The summaries:
No. Elliott and Robertson CIV.
R.) defeated Grain and Bates, rs,
ga.
No. 2-Stausser and Thomas CW.
R) defeated JOY and Thomas, 60.
3-6, So.
No. 3-Howard and Wilson CN)
DEBATED Adams and Whipple, SO,
7-5.
No. 4-Lewis and Raynsford CN1
defeated Clark and Walsh, As, 81
SO.
No. 5-Lahm and Snow CW. RI
defeated Latham and Stiles, ca,
Ga