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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-25
WOLF POINT STORES
CLOSE ALL DAY 4TE

Wolf Point merchants wish to an
nounce that their stores will be closed
all day on Saturday July 4th, but that
the evening Of Friday the 3rd, their
places will be kept open the same
as in usually done on Saturday ev-
enings. This notice is published
in advance for the information of
country traders.
On account of the Stampede be-
ing set for July 8, 10 and IL there
will be no celebration in this city
on the 4th. Wolf Pointers will at
tend celebrations at surrounding
places or spend the holiday at pri-
vate gatherings. Closing the stores
will give the employees day off to
spend as they like.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-25
COURT CALENDAR WAS
RESET FOR THIS WEEK

Resetting of the court calendar and
calling of 40 additional veniremen
were the first things accomplished
by the court session when it recon-
vened Monday morning.
The final case last week to occu-
py the attention of the court was
the suit of William Crandall VS. J.
NJ Mickey, both of Bainville, Gran
dali won judgement.
At Mondays session Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvin Arthur DeTinne of Bainville
adopted baby boy. The case Of
L. D. Powell VS. H. Mcconnell was
transferred from Roosevelt county
to Valley county The case of J.
B. Switzer VS. Paul Arndt was con-
tinued until next term.
The main case heard and decided
this week was that of the State of
Montana VS. R. E. Lang. Mr.. Lang
a Plentywood automobile dealer,
was acquitted of criminal charge.
The case now being heard by the
court is that of the State of Mon
tana VS. John O'Grady on an en-
bezzlement charge. The case had
not been finished when the court ad-
journed Thursday evening.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-25
WHERE THERE Is THRILL
THERE IS LAUGHTER

That is what you will experience
when you see "Secrets of the Night
the feature for next Thursday and
Friday. 1t is loaded with mystery,
and has laugh in every scene. The
william skitters up and down your
spine, clanking spooks wander a.
round like heir looms, and then you
will be turned loose with hearty
laugh. A whale of a picture, is
what they all say, that have seen it.
There are five exceptional pictures
lined up next week that you should
see, as they are all very good.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-25
SEN. LAFOLLETTE
DIES AT CAPITAL
HEART TROUBLE FOLLOWING
ASTHMA BRING END FOR
WIS. STATESMAN

Washington, June Ex-senator
Robert NJ LaFollette, for many
years a stormy petrol of American
politics, died here Thursday. Death
resulted at l :21 p. m. from heart
failure following general break
down and an attack of bronchial
asthma.
The Wisconsin senator and later
independent presidential candidate,
began failing in health during the
last half of the 1924 campaign. Sew
eral weeks ago he contracted Sc
we're cold which developed into as
thma. His heart, which had been un-
able to stand the strain, gave way
during the night and he sank rapid
ly after daylight Thursday. Altho
they realized the seriousness of SEN
ator LaFollette's condition, members
of his family had hoped until Thurs
day that he would recover. Wednes-
day night his physicians said he was
resting, but nevertheless he took
quick and decided turn for the wor-
Sc in the night hours and hope was
abandoned.
Heart Victim
Senator LaFollett long was vic
tim of angina pectoris. heart all
ment and this, with his asthmatic
attack, caused him to suffer greatly
from shortness of breath. Violent
coughing spells accompanied his i'll
ness.
Almost to the last, however, he
insisted on cheerful reports being
given out as to his condition. and it
was not until Wednesday that it was
admitted that his condition was Sc
rious.
After all the storms of his long
career he passed away very quietly
surrounded by members of his fam
lily. He was conscious almost until
death, but for several hours had been
unable to talk only in whispers to
those about him.
Shortly before the end he muster
ed all his waning strength in vain
effort to murmur a last word to
those at the bedside. Then he lap
sed into Inconsistencies and, with
out any evidence of pain, passed al
most Immediately from life.
Mrs. LaFollette and their two sons
and daughters were close to him in
the sick room thruout the morning
and until death.
CONTINUED on page 81
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-25
Every Blessed Growing
Thing is Showing Off

Kitchen and flower gardens are
becoming the pride of householders
since the rains and wonderfully ia
vorable season have made plants of
all kinds flourish in phenominal sty-
lie. Some are boasting of sweet
corn over two feet high, some say
they have had green peas to eat, and
at least one gardner has a rose bush
that has grown 27 inches this spring.
Another reports tiny bed of pan
sizes, less than three feet square,
with the plants standing Is inches
and over and showing nearly 100
beautiful, big blossoms at one time.
Things surely grow in Montana if
you just help nature little.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-25
OLD TIMERS Who HAVE
STUCK TO MONTANA

Who knows some old timers who
came to Montana 20 years ago or
more and who are still in this part
of the state? The Herald wishes to
compile list of these early settlers,
as complete as possible, and asks the
assistance of its readers. A list was
started last year at Stampede time
but it was far from complete. Next
week we will publish the list made
up last year, then let's see how many
names we can add to it. We would
like the correct name and address
and if possible where they original
ly came from and where in Mon
tana they first settled If you are
20-year pioneer, or know one, kind
ly drop in at the Herald office dur
ing the Stampede and tell US.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-25
STENNES RETURN

Mr. and Mrs. 0. T. Stennes accom-
panied by Mrs. H. G. Ditmarson re-
turned Friday afternoon from Min
neapolis where they have been at
tending the Morse Centennial. They
saw the main exhibition at the fair
and heard President Coolidge's
speech. They report that among the
most interesting features of their
visit in Minneapolis were the spe-
cial exhibitions put on by the COM
mercial firms and the dishes of Nor
wegian food which were served in
all the first class hotels and restau-
rants, prepared by Norwegian chefs.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-25
SERVICES AT PLEASANT VIEW

The Rev. c. E. Haynes of the
Methodist church conducted services
at the Pleasant View school house
last Sunday afternoon. In spite of
the impending storm the room was
well filled with people from the
neighborhood. A number of people
from Wolf Point including Mrs.
Haynes, Mrs. Robert Jelley, Mrs.
Jelley's mother, Mrs. Yost, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. D. Mcneil, Harold Mcneil,
Mrs. c. E. Howe and small daughter
and Miss Virginia Nesbit accompani-
ed him.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-25
Small Hail Storm
In McCone County

Ray Hagestad, whose farm is be-
tween Sand Greek and Vida, was in
town this week and says that his
neighborhood was hit by hail storm
Sunday and more or less damage
was done. The hail stones were small
but there was considerable quantity
and the wheat and other grain was
damaged to an extent which is hard
to estimate until later. Much of the
wheat is heading out in that vicini-
ty. The territory hit by the hail ap-
peared to be small but included at
least four or five farms.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-25
CROP CONDITIONS
NEVER WERE BETTER

Montana is surely justifying the
confidence placed in her by those
who have stuck faithfully to the
work of developing her resources.
Speaking of the state in general and
of this section of the country in
particular it is safe to say that ne
yer, at this date, was there stronger
assurance of full yield of wheat and
other small grains. The month of
May brought scant moisture but
June, the month that makes or un-
makes the small grain crop, has
brought rain in abundance from its
very first day. In many places six
or eight inches have fallen to date.
Only one locality, that around Circle,
is reported in need of rain.
Up to the present time, accord
ing to reports, there is remarkable
freedom from pests such as cut
worms and potato bugs.
The season has heen unusually
favorable to wheat. Some of the
$4,000 or more acres of corn in this
county is still quite small because of
the cool wet weather but warm days
and mildly warm warm nights are
now bringing it up with a rush. |
Corn can be found all the way form
three inches to two feet in high ac-
cording to the time it was planted !
and conditions of the soil. Nobody
IS worrying about corn, it always
makes at least fair crop in Mon
ana. The growth of wild and tame
grasses of all kinds, has been mar
,elous. All indications point to a
'umper crop in 1925, making five
'ig crops in a row for this region.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-25
Com. Thos Horsford
Acquitted by Court

Thomas Horsford, thru the deci-
sion of Judge G. D. Borton, was ac-
Quilted of the charge of collecting
illegal fees for services rendered
McCone County as county Commits
sioner. The trial was held at Cir
Gle last spring and the courts de-
cision, recently rendered, holds that
there is no dispute that defendant
performed the services as set forth
in claims presented, and that in the
claims there is outlined what he did.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-25
|LADD OF NORTH OAK.
CLAIMED BY DEATH
INSURGENT SENATOR FOLLOWS
LAFOLLETTE = KIDNEY
TROUBLE CAUSE

Baltimore, Md, June 22.-Sena-
tor Edwin Fremont Ladd of North
Dakota died here at 1920 a. m.
Monday Senator Ladd passed
AWAY quietly, retaining conscious
ness almost to the last.
Mrs. Ladd arrived from Washing
ton an hour before the end came
and was at the bedside with Milton,
one of the sons. who is studying law
at George Washington university,
and his daughter. Virginia, who at
tends high school in Washington
Realized End Near
Senator Ladd, while apparently
realizing the end was near, aroused
to greet them when they entered
his room. The end came rapidly af-
ter their arrival. Douglas H. Nc
Arthur, the senator's secretary.
who entered the room a few min
utes after Mrs. Ladd and the chill
dren, the senator failed to recog-
nize.
Senator Ladd had been under
treatment at the Church home in
firmary here for two weeks for kid
ney trouble, a complication which
developed as an aftermath of neu-
ritis contracted year ago in North
Dokota.
His condition suddenly became
critical three days ago. His physi-
clans gave up hope of his recovery
early Monday. He suffered a SER
ious sinking spell during the night,
and his death was known to be i'm
minent when the small portion of
his family which could reach Balti-
more Monday arrived at his bed
side. The remainder of the family,
two sons and four daughters, Gull
yer of Fargo, N. D.. Vernon of
Cleveland, Ohio, Katherine, Rizpah
and Rosilla of Wisconsin and Eliza
beth, who had been visiting Vernon
in Cleveland, were on the way 10
Baltimore Monday.
Temporary Interment
Mrs. Ladd was seriously affected
by the senator's death and due to
his it was planned to arrange fun
eral services in Washington where
he body will be inferred temporar-
ly in vault until Mrs. Ladd is able
% make the trip to North Dakota.
It was expected that the body would
'e taken to Washington Tuesday.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-25
THE RETURN TO BASE

Kings Bay, Spitzenbergen, June
19.-Amundsen and his companions
are back. Even Friday, "a hours af-
ter their arrival here, the effect of
their return seems still the one big
Continued on Last Page)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-25
CATHOLIC CHURCH PAINTED

The local Catholic church has been
repainted and finished, the work be-
ing completed this week. Plans are
being made for improving the lawn.
, 1925-02-25
JUDGE METZ CLEANS
HOUSE. CAREY GOES
TO JAIL AT BASIN
Discharges Five Held on Liquor
Charges-Also Sends Lambert
to Basin Jail.

Today was house cleaning day in
Judge Metz's court, five men charged
with violating the liquor statute find
ing their way to unexpected freedom
through the courts direction.
r. G. Landreth, arrested last April
on a charge of giving liquor to John
Golf, was one of the five men who
was favored by the courts order. Lam
dreth had not been brought to trial,
and the court opined that even though
he had not been tried, ten months in
jail was sufficient in his case, and af-
ter admonishing him to beware of
pitfalls in the future, granted him
his liberty.
Remedio Chaves and his son, Luis,
two Mexicans from the Powell district
charged with bootlegging, were told
to go and sin nc more. They went,
wondering and rejoicing.
John Gourley and Lester CANNED,
arrested at the A. C. Smith farm at
the mouth of Wood river, by Sheriff
LOOMS and Deputy Sheriff Milstead.
with a quantity of wheat and fruit
nash in their possession, entered a
plea of guilty and were then dis
charged. Morrison Baldwin, arrested
with Gourley and CANNED, said he
was not guilty and he was sent back
to Jail and will be given an oppor-
tunity to prove his contention.
Henry Lambert, who has been IN
Jail on a bootlegging charge, was or
dered transferred to the county jail
in Basin,' and A. E. Carey, convicted
on a liquor charge and who, if he
serves out his time, will be in Jail
about eight more years, was also sum
marily sent to Basin.
The sheriff from Basin arrived here
this noon and returned to Basin with
Lambert and Carey.
, 1925-02-25
WORK WAS NOT
PUT OMIT WAS
GENUINE IN DETAIL

Twelve trusting and unsuspecting
male citizens of Cody, a whole dozen
of them, were put through the Order
of the o. NJ. A. in the Odd Fellows
hall Thursday night, a team of orig
inal, unsympathetic and hard boiled
Knights of Pythias putting on the
work. 1t is customary to say that the
work was put on" but in this in
stance each of the trustful twelve
will ardently testify that it was any
thing but put on" and that it was
the pure and unadulterated substance
in detail.
The O. M. A is one of those secret
orders which has no secrets two min
utes after it gets into action. and Doc
Moody, one of the twelve, is author.
itv for the statement that wben the
secrets were Unmarried To him. thew
came to him without RELAYS and u7,aI-
" reached him in that part of his an
atomv where If wouId he most effect
i've. Sometimes the work was mt on
while the candidates were standing
UP, and sometimes when they were in
recumbent po~sitions. bp+ as a usuaI
thing. when if was applied while the
candidates were sitting down they n
rose AGAR with aIacritv. The work
TO saw the least was unpspaIIv i'm
pressive. and in some instances was
given so adroitlv hat many of the
submerged chapters in the lives Of the
candidates were u~nexnectedIv resnr-
rected and revealed. and in the inter
est of family peace and harmony II
was n good thing that the feminine
mambers of tho Families Of tho COW
, 1925-02-25
Cody Fire Department
Saves O'Mara Home

Fire at the ]. O'Mara farm about
a mile east of town destroyed q barn
and a hay stack about three o'clock
yesterday afternoon, and if it had not
been for the prompt response of the
Cody Fire Department, to a still a.
larm, the house and other buildings
doubtless would have been destroyed
also. The fire was seen by a sales
man coming into town, and the a.
larm was turned in directly to the
fire station by him.
The OMAR farm is outside of the
limits of the town. but the fire boys
made the run nevertheless, and with
the aid of the chemical succeeded in
combining the flames to the barn and
the hay stack. 1t was gradually max
ing way through scattered straw to
the house, and had already made dan
gerous Roadway. There was no one
at home at the time of the fire, and
the origin is unknown.
, 1925-02-25
". GAIL WILL
ENTERTAIN AT The
CODY DAY BANQUET

w. W. Gail, entertainer extraord-
mary, who was here with the Billings
Boosters last fall, has been procured
as one of the luminaries who will fea-
ture the banquet to be given in the
lrma hotel Friday evening in COM
memoration of Buffalo Bills birth
day anniversary. Mr.. Gail is a cap
able of supplying a whole evenings
entertainment himself, but Reyn Lee
dom, Of Lowell, will add TO the sue
cess of the observance through the
medium Of the principal talk of the
evening. There will be other speak
ers from Cody and vicinity.
A musical program has also been
arranged. Mrs. Lloyd Buchanan, Mrs.
r. b. Harding, Miss Twila Berringer,
and Miss Jane Carlow are expected
TO appear upon the program. Miss
Carlow will sing one Of her grand
fathers favoritc songs,
The banquet will be one of rare pro-
portions, the committee states, and
everyone interested is invited to be
present.
, 1925-02-25
WINS LAST
GAME OF SEASON

The cage quintette representing the
Powell high school, looked upon by
other teams in the conference rs the
team that liable to upset the dope at
Lowell this week, went down to de-
feat before the high school team from
Cody Friday night, a one-point mar
gin deciding the game. The Cody
boys led at the end of every quarter,
the first half ending Ia to 5. Powell
overlook the Cody contingent in the
last quater, but the visitors stiffened
after that, and managed to make the
final 2S, to % for Powell.
This was not as fast as many earl
ier-season games, but the victors re-
fused to be o~ut-played, and earned
their victory fairly.
Oleand, Hall, Brown, Wilson and
Larson were the five men.who cor
rallied the victory, Brown and Larson
Going most Of the scoring.
, 1925-02-25
Bill For Relief Greybull
Ranchers Voted Down

Senate file No. 90, designed to per-
nit ranchers along the Greybull to
withdraw from the Greybull Valley
Irrigation District, was killed by an
almost unanimous vote in the state
legislature hst Wednesday. F. N.
Pearson, president of the commission
having in charge the Greybull Valley
Irrigation project, personally led the
fight to kill the bill.
According to reports, all members
of the district except the ranchers in
this county are jubilant over the de-
mise of the bill, believing that it will
mean the intensive settling of the
Greybull valley. The dissatisfied
ranchers state that they are not farm
ing within the districts where irriga-
ton is needed, such as the beet grow
ing districts, and do not believe they
should be compelled to contribute fl
nancially to a project from which they
do not expect to derive a benefit. 1t
is current opinion that legal proceed
ure may bring the relief demanded,
but nothing definite in this respect
has been decided upon.
, 1925-02-25
JOHN F. FILES ANSWERS DEATHS CALL

John +. Files, popularity known
as Jack" died suddenly at his home
here Monday, February 23rd, follow
ing n long illnesss. Mr.. Files return
ed from Billings, where he had been
in a hospital for a couple of months,
two weeks ago, and while medical adj
visers did not believe that he had per-
manently conquered the malady from
which he suffered, it was believed that
he was holding his own, and that Il
might have been possible for him 10
ward off the grim reaper for years.
The end cYpe without warning, rs he
was walk.is about in his home.
The remains were shipped 10 For
svLh, Montana, yesterday, for burial,
following Il funeral service in the
Episcopal church here, ut which the
Reverend A, II. Beatty otficiated. The
church was crowded with acquaint-
ances Of the decedent. who had learn
ed TO regard him as a trustworthy
friend and good citizen since he came
20 this community 10 reside about
five years ago.
The pail bearers were j. NJ.
Schwoob, s. c. Parks, A. J. Melvin,
A. c. Newton, George Brlton, and
Tex Kennedy Mr.. Melvin with tho
, 1925-02-25
SEASON TO
OPEN AS USUAL ON
FIRST DAY OF APRIL
Northern Wyoming Game Code
Lobbyists Obtained all Amend
ments Asked For-Opening of
I Fish Season Was in Doubt.
"Fishy, fishy, in the brook
Otto catch 'em on a hook

There is no doubt that Otto,
ing Otto koenig, and other confirmed
fishermen hereabouts, can catch 'em
on a hook when given an opportunity,
and this year again the opportunity
will will come to them on April LIST,
as in former years. So decreed the
state legislature which concluded its
labors in Cheyenne a few days ago,
Senator John Cook bringing this good
news home with him. Postponement of
the fishing season was one of the pro-
visions in the new game and fish code
which Dick Rousseau and other rep
resentatives of sports clubs in North
ern Wyoming went to Cheyenne es-
pecially to combat, and now MI.
Rousseau and the other members of
the Park County Rod and Gun Club
feel that their efforts were not ex-
pended in vain.
In this county, and in Teton and
Lincoln counties, the deer, elk, and
sheep season will remain open from
September 18th to November 18th,
and this will be good news to hunters
here who know that game abounds in
this district, and that last year fully
n third of the nonresident licenses
in the state of Wyoming were issued
in this county.
Only fifty antelope permits will be
issued in this county, and that ruling
is in conformity with the recommend
ations of the local gun club.
A total of $1,000 was appropriated
by the legislature for the propagation
of game and fish in this county, this
figure being $1,000 greater than was
appsrtioned to the county two years
ago. 1t is estimated that the amount
procured will be ample to meet all re-
quirements for the next two years.
, 1925-02-25
STRAND CONVICTED
SENTENCE HAS NOT
Been PRONOUNCED

A. Strand, the Garland mine opera
tor, was convicted of the charges of n
crime against his ten-years old daugh-
ter, after the jury had deliberated
less than two hours Thursday after
noon. 1t was understood that the
question Of his guilt was not debated
by the jury, but that the hour and a
half consumed was given over to a
thorough discussion in order to avoid
undue haste in returning a decision
that may u the defendant TO be
confined in the penitentiary for the
remainder of his life.
Judge Metz has not yet pronounced
snetence.
, 1925-02-25
Williford Says Sheriff LOOMS Took
Money as Pay for Protection
Alleged Bootleggers' Word
Only Evidence Produced
LOOMS SAYS CHARGE IS FALSE
Jury Fails to Agree in Williford Case
RumOred 9 to 3 for Conviction

he had paid LOOMS $3.50 for whatey-
er protection he could get from him,
and that the sheriff said the city
could take care Of itself. Forrest
stated that he told Williford that he
did not want to be taken care Of"
but that he did want to know how far
the matter had progressed with the
county officers.
Other testimony relative to poker
games and near-poker games in this
city was also given by Mr.. Forrest,
but it had no direct bearing upon the
present case. He said that he was
informed that the mayor had been ap-
preached with a proposal to have him
overlook poker games, but that the
mayor refused to be bribed or bluffed,
or words to that effect.
Character witnesses were called
who stated that Mr.. Isham's reputa-
ton for truth and veracity here was
good.
Summed up, the testimony of Mr..
lsham apparently was not considered
sufficient evidence of Williford's
guilt, and the accusations against the
sheriff doubtless had its effect upon
the jury, even though they were in
structed to disregard them. Sheriff
LOOMS positively denies the accept
ance of hush money, and claims that
he is being framed" Williford de-
MES t~rafficking in liquor, and yet he
claims that he gave the sheriff money
for protection.
The whole affair seems to be an off
color muddle, with the ability of
Judge Metz as a magistrate standing
out in relief over the mess. E. j. Cop
pert and Meyer Rankin, attorneys for
Williford, made a strong defense, and
County Attorney McElvain, handi-
capped in various ways, has handled
the situation in a mastery way for
the state.