The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-02-21

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east is an opening known as Hell's
Gate, through which the Missoula
river, the railroads and the Yellow
stone National Highway all enter
Missoula.
We thought during the last few
hours of our journey coming here,
the name might have bcen given be-
cause of the intense heat. But the
natives told us to wait until the wind
blew through Hell's Gate canyon in
the winter and we'd find plenty of
cold. We had one fairly good eX-
hibition of it about New Years time
with the thermometer at 10 below.
Laurel went out of his way a
quarter of a mile or so to cross the
bridge which spans the Missoula
river and divides the city north and
south, just to see if it was something
like back home. We do not often
have such wind though and except
for a couple of weeks have not had
very cold weather. The mildness of
weather the last few weeks has caus-
ed roller skating to take the place
of ice skating, over which everyone
was enthusiastic a month or so ago.
Then, for a while, as we drove
along the streets, we were reminded
of the song where the bull frog sings
'tdeep, deep, better go round" but
the streets are pretty we'll dried now
and it looks as though spring was
here.
During the late fall and early win
ter we had such heavy fogs, especial
ly at night, that the lights from a car
made little impression. 1t seemed
that some of the numerous white
clouds that we had seen resting on
the mountains had slid down and we
were driving through them.
There are a half dozen or more
graded schools here and about 800
students at the high school.
Since being away from there for
a while we are better able to appre-
the advantages and the excell-
ence of the w. P. high school. Es-
pecially did the boys miss the music
and the band until they were in
down to the U. to play in the
band there. Marian was told she
could claim the distinction of being
the first girl in the U. S. to play in
a military band.
One family here even talks of NOV
ing to Wolf Point another year, so
hat the children can learn music in
We were glad to read of the union s
church work being carried on there /
and noted that the campaign song /
Love Lifted Me" was the same we {
lad used here during a revival early !
the winter. {
We somehow became affiliated $
With the M. E. cvhurch on coming j
1ere. They told us it was a direct
to their prayers for more {
workers, and we were Don quite at
among them. t
The girls enjoy their college work 7
out feel that they would not like the <
ife so much if they could not be at G
lor1e outside of school hours. !
We felt we were quite a way from !
lome at first, but often run across :
omeone from w. P. An ex-W. P. '
and member has a store a couple 2
# blocks from us and we see Eliza f
eth Brown and G~enevieve Montgom- :
ry or some Of the Quackenbushes /
OCCASIONALLY. 4
Smallpox has made its appearance t
n several places here recently and
general vaccination going the =
ounds of the schools makes Wanda .
lad she has had it. She always I
eads with interest grades of her :,
ormer classmates.
The boys have learned to sing /
oh Let Us Sing Of Missoula High" I
nd at the U. they sing or play cup \
With Montana, Boys, Down with the
'oe"-yet we still feel that Wolf
'oint furnishes the best all around
dvantages of most any high school
re know.-Mrs. M. L. Walter.