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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-13
WILL
BE TESTED SOON

Location for a test we'll on the
Hailstone structure has been made by
the Mid-Northern Oil company and a
rig will be moved to the site at once
according to Max Bauer, chief geolo
gist for the concern. Drilling will be
begun as soon as the rig can be set
up, which will probably be in about
two weeks.
The location is in the center of the
SW IA Sc IA of section 1890
east. The test probaly will not be
so deep as those on Big Lake and
Six Shooter, as it is expected drilling
below $500 feet will not be neces-
sary, all the formations likely to
prove productive lying above that
depth. Tools will be brought from
either Ringing or Dutton, and water
will be obtained from Hailsttone
creek, 200 feet from location.
The we'll will test all formations to
the Kootenai and will include the
Colorado shale, Frontier, Dakota and
Lakota formations. A hole was
drilled several years ago about two
and a quarter miles east of the Mid
Northern location by the Amalga-
mated Oil and Gas company to a
depth of 1,485 feet and obtained
showings of oil and gas, but in very
small quantities.
Another we'll was drilled by Mr..
Mott about two miles northeast of
tho Mid-Northprn IOpafiou which
went down 5000 feet and obtained a
small showing of gas and a large
flow of water in the Ellis. The water
is still running about 1000 barrels
a day, it is said.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-13

School had been conducted in the
reclamation buildings in quite {
satisfactory manner but the com
munity with a great deal of pride
wanted their own building fol-
school purposes instead of asking
the government each year for a
school building. To raise suffi-
Gent money for this venture it was
necessary to bond the district and
this procedure was quite a novelty,
not as common as it is in the pres
ent day.
To successfully complete this
bond issue, Mr.. Sauke, one of the
pioneer members of the school
board, walked the entire distance,
81 miles, to Great Falls, wrote out
the blanks in lond hand to save ex-
pense and because printed forms
were not available at that time.
Thus at the end of several journeys
to Great Falls the bond issue was
successful and the community
school house became a reality.
Ever since that time a great COM
munity spirit has pervaded and, in
time of need, it has always crept
forth to overcome the difficulty.
Progress in school affairs was ra-
pid. The building doubled in size
and then treb1ed. At one time the
school was in charge of Mr.. Wig
gin, formerly principal of the Great
Falls high school. In 1914 the
school boosted of a three year high
school.
In 1922, the community found it
self face to face with another situa-
ton that called forth the pioneer
spirit of the people. A new build
ing was necessary to house the
high school but it was impossible
to bond the district at that time and
economy seemed necessary. The
problem was solved much as the
first one-by personal sacrifice.
The people of the community gath
cred together at a public meeting to
discuss the situation. The result
a clear conception of the need
and they pledged themselves to
give $1,000 in money and an I'M
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-13

the construction. Seventy yards of
gravel were necessary, which were
hauled from the river a mile dis
tant.
After several days this task was
completed, but in the meantime a
carpenter had been employed to put
UP the forms for the first story,
which was made of concrete. When
the forms were completed the COM
munity assembled again and con-
crete for the entire first story was
poured in one day. The women, not
to be outdone, on this day served
a b~ounteous chicken dinner to the
twenty men at work on the build
ing. Towards evening when the
toll of a hard days work was evil
dent among the workers the wom-
en- again furnished encouragement
by bringing lunch to stimulate the
weary muscles.
In order to complete this task in
one day work could not cease at 6
o'clock, but an %incessant line of
wheelbarrows was kept going I'M
til 7:30 that evening.
And so with what money the
school had in its treasury, with
what the community pledged and
with the large amount of work that
was donated the new high school
building was realized.
The dimensions of the building
are 81 by o. feet, two stories high.
The upper story erves as an au-
ditorium for community gatherings
and as high school assembly room
for the school. 1t is finished with
a paneled design of pressed steel
which has been decorated by an
artistic color scheme which is
healthful to the eye. This room is
also used as a basketball court and
the stage at NJ end permits its use
for school plays and programs. The
basement has three class rooms
used for high school purposes. All
the rooms are sanitary with health
full ventilation, light and steam
heat.
Another feature of community
spirit that is quite typical can be
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-13
Largest Irrigation District

The petition asking for the forma-
ton of the Malta irrigation district
was granted by the court at the hear
ing recently. The judge has not yet
named the commissioners for the dis
trict, taking the matter under ad-
visement. Judge John Hurley of
Glasgow acted as attorney for the
petitioners and E. E. Roddis repres-
ented the reclamation service.
This is the largest irrigation dis
trict yet organized in the United
States, comprising 70,642 acres, and
extending from the Dodson dam in
the western end of Phillips county
to Vandalia dam in Valley county.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-13
SD@MS COMMUNITY EMlARGES
ITS PUBLIC SCHOOL; LABOR
AND MONEY DONATED

limited supply of labor, to over
come the difficulty and maintain
the principles established in the
building of the first schoolhouse.
A few days later a group of peo-
pie who could spare the time as
sembled with excavating machin-
cry and excavated the basement for
the building in one day. On the
next a larger group came to haul
the sand and gravel necessary for
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-13

association; D. e. Colp, of San An
tonic, the original good roads cham
pion of the state of Texas, is mana
ger; and H. l.. Miller is secretary
treasurer.
Good roads have become a COM
merciaI asset in the United States
of first Importance through the en-
ormous saving of time, wear and
tear and the tremendous all year
tourist travel which they have
made possible and the citizens of
every city and town on a trunk
highway r capitalizing this new
resource. Figures made public by
the United States department of
the interior show that six million
dollars was spent by tourists in and
near Yellowstone National park in
1928; five million two hundred
thousand dollars in Rocky Noun
tain National park and one million
two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars in Glacier National park in
northern Montana. One million
tourists have visited Yellowstone
National park since it was estab-
Iished Mar. l., 1872, and one-third
of these in the past three years.
The Yellowstone contains 3,348
square miles with 2,142, 72O acr
and more geysers than in all the
rest of the world. Glacier Nation
al park, created in 1910, contains
1854 square miles, and Rocky
Mountain National park, in 1915,
with 1858 square miles, of wonder
full mountain scenery equal to any
thing in the world.
More Texas motoor tourists visit
I'd the Rocky mountain parks and
he progressive cities on the Glacier
Gulf Motorway in 1928 than in all
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-13

CINCE the conception of the
- irrigation project about Simms
- in 1906, the people of that com
munity have been vitality interested
in schools for their children. Many
tales of personal sacrifice and eff
fort have been told of those early
days but one more outstanding than
the rest depicts the frugality, ear-
nestness and effort of those pioneer
days.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-13

found in the hot lunch served the
pupils at noon each day during the
winter. The Woman's club, a live
organization in the community, as
sumes the responsibility of manag-
ing the hot lunch and financing the
project. Each day the domestic
science department of the school is
supplied with enough food to make
the lunch for that day. The Wom-
ans club committee ~solicits food
among the patrons of the school
and the result is a constant supply.
Each week, six to eight chickens
are brought with large quantities of
vegetables, milk and meat, which
the domestic science class made in
to soups, hash, cocoa and baked
foods. The greater number of the
children live three-fourths of a mile
or more from the school and lunch
is served to rs children each day.
Miss Borthwick, former Cascade
county home demonstration agent,
while conducting a nutrition class
in the Simms public schools, found
less children underweight in Simms
than any school in Cascade county
when computed on a percentage
basis. She attributed this to the
hot lunch which the Woman's club
so faithfully sponsors.
In the fall of 1928 the school in
corporated into its organization a
Smith-Hughes course in agricul-
ture. The basic industry of the
community is agriculture and nat
urally this industry is quite inten-
sive on a small irrigated farm. Vo-
cational education, which is both
important and essential, can be
used in agriculture only in this type
of a community and to obtain fed
eral subsidy the federal program is
being followed.
This department issues monthly
a bulletin which it scatters around
among the farmers; it conducts
community meetings for both in
struction and entertainment by
means of moving pictures and
talks. The department is equipped
with veterinary instruments to care
for milk COWS. BY this means the
department is trying to be of per-
sonal service to the community.
The school operates a motion
picture machine which is used in
showing a lyceum course of the
best motion pictures available.
About one a month is shown in the
community and this winters course
has when Knighthood Was in
Flower" and potash and Perlmut-
ter as its biggest entertainments.
This course is operated merely to
meet expenses and one feature is
the family ticket, which admits
the whole family regardless of size
to all six performances for 81. In
dividual season tickets sell for
One Large Group
To properly understand the
spirit of the Simms community it
be well to explain that there
is no such thing as town and coun-
try in the division of the commun-
ity. Everyone feels as if there were
Just one large group, the people are
all a part of the country and the
country is a part of the town.
takes an active part in
projects. Everything is dealt
with on a community basis.
The Community fair had every
one working who could afford the
line. The fair is an institution
sponsored by all alike and it rivals
n size all surrounding fairs. Prod
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-13

LITIGATION Q BEFORE COURTS INVOLVES ESTATE IF s1WWM0
The complicated viii Of the ate John BhMb@gp nne r Nonhnan Of Deer Lodge by which he attempted to
w@ Wish the viii sustained is lending Nhhons Bnbm a left and Charles Bamg rt"b brother Of
the deceased have successfully attacked the will on tn ground that their brother vas of dm mind at the
the mnvnanw was dwn Mrs Augusta Krs center widow of the late Conrad Ks of Ha and sis
document wMhdnwnn from probate If the decision Of the dMao t is uhed this large pioneer estate VIII
waa mnu Win mM nn%a TS pmn Of m Rmd u aaddmmd the E ns ne9 of Mmnas of and most
The Holly chieftain., 1923-09-20
COLORADO BEAN CROP THREE
TIMES LARGER THAN LAST YEAR

Denver.-Co Colorado's bean crop is;
three times as large as last year and
the grain sorghum crop is the largest
In the history Of the state, according
to report Of the cooperative crop
reporting service Of the United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
The bean crop Is 81 per cent of nor
NAL. according to the report, and L.
100000 bushels are expected to be har-
vested Last year the total crop was
100000 bushels. when 1t was 78 per
cent of normal.
The fruit crop is good and above
ten-year average, says the report. APP
pies to be harvested total 3,25O,OO0
bushels. compared with 4,25O,O0O
year ago; peaches $4,000 as against
1,16O000 last year, and pears, 3s5,0OO
for 1928 compared with $4,000 year
ago.
Sugar beet production this year will
approximate 100000 tons. Last year
the tonnage was 1,466 900 tons. The
hay crop also exceeds that of year
ago. The report places the production
of this year at 2,76S,OOO tons COM
pared with 2,709O 600 tons year ago.
Colorado farmers will harvest less
than 100000 acres Of potatoes this
year, compared with more than 142,-
600 acres planted for harvest in 1922,
according to reports Of county asses
sors to the State immigration Depart
ment. Complete reports from all coun.
ties but Rio Grande ana estimates
from that county show that the acre
age reported as planted this year is
about $4,000, which Is perhaps not
more than five per cent below the
acreage actually planted to the crop.
Even with this heavy decrease in acre
age present indications are that farm
ers will receive more for the 1923 out
put than for that Of last year.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-09-20
TROOPS PATROL
OKLAHOMA CITY
MILITARY CHIEFS FoRsID MEET.
ING OF GRAND
JURY
DRASTIC ACTION TAKEN
GOVERNOR DECLARES MARTIAL
Il LAW IN FIGHT AGAINST
ku kLUx KHAN

Oklahoma Martial law for tho
entire state OF Oklahoma has been pro-
claimed-by Gov. J. c. Walton.
Chilling the full force of approximate
ly 6,QOO troops In the Oklahoma Ma
tional Guard to his command, the gov
ernor climaxed his spectacular fight
against the ku Klux Klan by declar-
ing that any person who aids the or
ganization in carrying out it's "pur-
poses" are enemies of the sovereign
state of Oklahoma and shall be dealt
with by military forces.
Due to the existence of a self-styled
''invisible empire" Governor Walton
declared state Of insurrectiOn and re-
bellion is in effect against the consti-
tuition and authorities Of Oklahoma and
that general state Of public alarm
and fear and Jeopardy Of life, peace
and personal safety" has resulted.
The first disorder growing out of the
imposition of martial law here oc-
Cured when Campbell Russell, former
chairman of the State Corporation
Commission and bitter political op-
ponent was knocked down in front of
a downtown hotel by Leo Clark, son
of w. ]. Clark, former Oklahoma City
chief of police under the governors ad-
ministratlon as mayor Of the city.
Russell, who circulated petition
which resulted in the calling of d spe-
ciul grand jury to investigate alleged
misuse of state funds by the governor,
was distributing pamphlets attacking
the executives decree of statewide
martial law when he became engaged
in a controversy with Clark.
Both men were taken to the police
station by regular police and released.
Russell preferred charges of assault
against Clark. Several score persons
witnessed the clash.
The grand jury, which Russell sue
ceeded in having called, was forbidden
by military authorities.
The question Of special session Of
the Legislature has been vexing ad-
ministration leaders several months.
Several members of the Legislature
have declared their belief that the
body has authority to convene itself
provided business other than lawmak-
ing is considered.
When the agitation became more
pronounced last week, Governor Wall
ton issued warning to members of
the Legislature not to attempt to hold
an extra session and threatened legis-
lators with Jail ''for the remainder of
his term" If they ignored his orders.
Streets and highways Of Oklahoma
county, in which Oklahoma City is
located, must be cleared between mid
night and a. M, according to the
orders.
Approximately 800 troops are under
arms here.
Ray Frazier, chief Of police, and Ed
Snelseon. assistant chief, were de-
posed by order of Lieutenant Colonel
Keys, in charge of the National Guard.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-09-20


Denver.-Frank ]. Hagenbarth, pres
ident of the National Wool Growers
Association. has Issued call from
Salt Lake City for Western Tariff
Congress to convene at Denver, Colo,
on October 8 and 4. to discuss the
present tariff laws as they affect pro-
ducers in the western states. At the
congress permanent organization Of
the Western Tariff Association will be
formed. to affiliate with the Southern
Tariff Association. The organization
will be of non-partisan nature. Rep
resentattves from every western state
producing interest have signified their
intention to attend the Denver con-
gress.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-09-20
Fiume Government RESIGNS

Rome.-The government Of the inde-
pendent state of Flume has resigned.
The Italian government has received
from Signor De Poll, vice president
of the assembly Of Fiume, letter
complaining of the delay in settling
the Fiume question. He said the sit
uation had caused much discomfort.
The .populace was suffering greatly
through unemployment, and he had re-
peatedly called the attention of the
italian government to the dangerous
effect of delay in settling the ques-
ton ut issue.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-09-20
King Alfonso Dissolve. parIl.men.

Madrid.-King Alfonso has signed q
decree dissolving parliament. No dis
turbances and little excitement have
been caused by the establishment Of
the new military regime and the pub
lication Of the decree by the new gov
ernment. For the present, Gen. Primo
Rivera is the only responsible minis
ter. He has the power to publish de-
crees, which thereby become laws. The
economic life of the country has not
been disturbed by the military coup
d'etat.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-09-20
Arizona Road Lose. Court Fight.

Chicago.-Two disputes were decid-
ed against the Arizona Eastern Rail.
road Company in favor Of the Big Four
Brotherhoods by the United States
Railroad Labor Board. One decision
restored time and one-half for over
time, the other Cancelled pay cut and
ordered payment Of back pay. Stimuli
taneously. the board made public a
decision reached previously canceling
reduction on the same road protest.
ed by the Order Of Railway Telegra.
pliers.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-09-20
Toxic photograph. Bring Record Priee

Seattle, Wash.-Newspaper men Of
the Pacific coast did their share Of
relieving the financial difficulties of
some of the destitute survivors of the
Japanese earthquake on their arrival
here. Photographs Of scenes con-
nected with the disaster sold at a high
price and eyewitness stories of sur
vivors some times brought as high az
500. Photographs were in the great
est demand. 1t was said that one
transaction for less than two complete
rolls Of undeveloped films involved q
money transfer of 5000.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-09-20
EmbezzIer Give. self up.

Los Angeles, Calif.-Frank d. Hyde
Of Long Beach, Calf, surrendered to
federal officers in Los Angeles to
answer a charge of embezzling FUNDS
of the First National bank at Boise,
Idaho. He appeared before the United
States commission and gave bond Of
$1,000 for his appearance at Boise. Of
ficials here said they did not know the
amount of the alleged embezzlement.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-09-20

Berlin.-Germany Is prepared to en-
list private property in industry, COM
merce, finance and agriculture as a
pledge for the payment of her repara-
tions II she Is assured that the Ruhr
and Rhineland will be restored, said
Chancellor Stresemann in an address
to German editors last week.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-09-20
Currents Blamed for wreeklno ship.

Santa Barbara, Calif.-Strange cur
rents floating around Point Honda,
where seven naval destroyers were
stranded the night of Sept. 8, still are
talked of among the crews Of fishing
boats and small coastwise vessels
which put in and out of Santa Barbara
daily. -
The Holly chieftain., 1923-09-20
GENERAL

0GsxNGxk6A
Jack Dempsey admitted In New York
City after his victory over Luis Angel
Firpo that he never had received such
s0cklng In his life.
Governor Walton climaxed his spec
tacular fight against the Ku Klux
Klan by declaring martial law for the
entire state of Oklahoma.
While most officials Of the Indiana
National Bank in Indianapolis, Ind
were out $4,000 In United States GER
tiflcates were stolen from the desk Of
d. v. Moore, vice president.
Capt. Berec Sliepperson of London,
England, aviator, fell on the Hermitage
property, twelve miles east of Nash
vile, after he had completed flight
In the service Of sky-writing adver-
tising company. He was burned to
death. ~.
A baby girl. weighing fifteen ounces,
died at University hospital, Oklahoma
City, after the father, ]. P. Parkins,
had carried the child 100 miles in an
auto from Wetumka, hoping medical
skill and science would be able to keep
the spark of life In the tiny body.
When four bandits tried to hold up
Bert Church, revenue man, In park
in Peoria, H., Church whipped out a
revolver and killed one of the men,
and is believed to have wounded an
other. The wounded man escaped
with the other two in an automobile.
Flat rejection of Governor Waltons
ultimatum that the sheriff, jury com
mission and police commissioner must
resign before martial law Is lifted in
Tulsa county, Oklahoma, Indicated that
the city viii remain under military
rule indefinitely. The governor told
the Chamber Of Commerce he would
withdraw troops us soon as officials
he charged with being dominated by
the Ku Klux Klan quit.
U. S. Attorney General Daugherty
has decided that the navy may not be
used in battle against liquor and nar-
cotic traffic.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-09-20

A MAY be supposed, the sessions
"A Of the League Of Nations last
week were not especially pleasant.
Delegates Of the lesser nations were
impatient and dissatisfied, and repre-
The Holly chieftain., 1923-09-20
DIAMoNDs
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Houses For Sale
r. A. HUMPHREYS
: STREET n. =

C STREET N. u.
Semi-detached, 6 rms. bath, fur. heat:
cash.
NEAR nth AND COLUMBIA RID.
Bricls. rms, bath, latrobe heat. gas.
Bargain ct 1880; easy terms.
BEST NORTHEAST LOCATION
Brick. 8 rms, bath. h.-w. h., elec..
rear porch. garage. Fries right IN this
location.
NEAR, nth AND b sTs.. N. d. .
Frame. s rms, gas. water. large lot
Price 50, $50; easv terms.
NEAR nth AND POTOMAC AVE. 8. n.
Frame, s rms, water, large lot, house
In fine condition. Price $500: easy
= - ANAcosTTA.
Colonial brick. rms. bath. furn. heat.
IS, $50; easy terms.
E MT. RAINIER.
Bungalow, rms. bath: elec.. furn.
18TH AND PA. AVE. s. n.
Bungalow. s rms. bath. gas. cleo.
.S7.s60: $500 cash. $B6 month.
CoLAAR MANOR.
New bungalowa. four rooms and bath.
electricity and furnace heat. Price
/ IL You Don't See What You Want In
This Lists Call De. We Have It.
r. Al. HUMPHREYS
REAL ESTATE LOANS AND
INSuRANCE
sos North Capitol st. N. w.
Phone Main e734
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BRIARLEY HALL
nv ACAnEMV

= All that's best for the boy Education.
discipline, guidance. school where
your boy will be loved as well as taught.
Strong curriculum. Thirty-three miles
from National Capital. Up-to-date equip.
ment. All athletics. A distinctive school.
CAPTAIN SYDNEY J. LODGE. Pres,
POOLESVILLE. MD.
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Automobiles For Sale
FORDS--FORDS

LARGEST SALE
OF FORD CARS EVER PUT
ACROSS IN WASHINGTON.
We are going to dispose OF a used.
and some practically new, Ford cars ano
trucks. These cars have been repos-
sessed by the Finance Corporation Tor
default OF payments.
All cars are In good running order
and tine condition. Demonstration WlIl
be given if called for.
A small deposit will hold many OF
these cars for 10 days after sale. Easy
terms on many OF these cars may De
TON TRUCKS
Choice Of 6--Open and closed bodies.
LIGHT DELIVERIES
Choice Of 6-open and closed bodies.
TOURINGS
Choice Of 1O--Eome with ana
without starters.
SPEEDSTERS
Choice Of Real snappy looking.
SEDANS
Choice Of 6--Some buys.
RoADSTERS
Choice Of 6--Some bargains.
COUPES
Choice Of z.
ComS early on these.
They won't last long.
Remember the place.
MICFIAEL'S GARAGE,
IS New York Ave. N. n.
Sale begins at . q. M, Sat-, Sept. !. 1S25.