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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04
LIFE INSURANCE
FOR SERVICE MEN

The director of the United
States Veterans Bureau calls at.
tention Of all ex-service men tc
the fact that one of the most val
liable of their rights acquired by
reason of their service-viz: the
opportunity to carry government
insurance, will expire on July 2,
1926, if not exercised.
The opportunity to carry a $780,
900 government life insurance pol
icy is limited to ~ex-service men,
and with the government handling
the administrative costs, it per-
mits the e~x-service men to OBJ
tain insurance at the minimum
premium cost and absolute pro
lection.
The proof of the value Of this
insurance is shown when it is real
lied that some $3.50 policies,
I(term and government life) are
now in force, and the total insur-
dIlCG LOW III IOICG ID PA,COO,OAO5-
729.00. There are several forms
of government insurance policies,
including ordinary life policy,
twenty payment life policy, thirty
payment life policy, twenty year
endowment policy, thirty year en-
policy, and endowment
at the age of sixty-two policy.
In order that every e~x-service
nan will have complete knowledge
If his rights relative to govern
insurance, the Regional
Manager Of the Helena Regional
'ffce, United States Veterans Blu
eau, c. T. Busha, Jr., urges that
hey make inquiry Immediately as
special service will be set up for
hat purpose.
u. S. VETERANS BUREAU.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04
DECISION ON
DISTRICT WARRANTS

Helena, Jan. 29.-As a holder
of special Improvement district
warrants issued in 1910 by the
city of Butte in payment for the
construction of concrete side
walks and upon which the interest
and principal remain unpaid,
George L. Gagnon cannot hold the
city of Butte liable for payment.
thereof, says the supreme court
in affirming the judgment Of the
district court Of Silver Bow coun-
ty in favor of the defendant I'M
action against the city.
1t appears that the taxes upon
the property within the district
where the walks were construct
ed have gone delinquent and there
is practically no money in the
fund created for the pay
ment of interest and principal of
these warrants.
The supreme court, after re-
the facts and the statutes,
decided that:
primarily the city of Butte
incurred no personal liability to
he contractor who did the work.
t was merely constituted an in
trumentality of the law in mi
and carry out the improve
nents, and in collecting the money
pom assessments made by it ]
gainst the property benefited in t
rider to pay the obligations in
urred in execution of the work"
The supreme court takes the
lew that the courts were at all
open to plaintiff for the
ringing of an action to compel
ne officers of the city to collect
he taxes assessed for the purpose
f meeting the obligations of his |
-arrants. The opinion was de-
vered by Associate Justice A. j.
allen.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04
IN TOWN

A party of north country resi-
dents including Jacob Schultes
and Jacob Heinrich from Volt,
Mr.. Veins and two sons from
Lustre, Rudolph Smith, the Misses
Fleenor and Funk and Mrs. Earl
Maltby from Pioneer and Wide
were snow bound in town
last Saturday evening. When
they left together Sunday morn
ing they found that considerable
digging through the drifts was
necessary. They say that they
were only able to make a travel
ing speed of about four miles an
hour as there were deep drifts
about every twenty of forty rods.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04
DIR. SPILLMAN AT
LANARK HALL FEB. Is

DR.. w. J. Spillman, Bureau Of
Agricultural Economics, Washing
ton, D. c., will furnish an after
noon program at the Lanark com
munity hall at 200 o'clock Mon
day, February 18th. DR.. Spill
man is recognized and is one Of
the leading authorities on the ag-
ricultural outlook and will discuss
the general outlook situation and
show where he gets his informa-
ton and why he draws such con-
clusions. He will discuss prin-
cipally the stable crops affecting
Roosevelt county farmers, includ-
ing wheat, flax, hogs, beef cattle
and sheep as well as potatoes and
dairy products and anybody in
terested in the production of these
commodities will undoubtedly be
well repaid in hearing DR.. Spill
man.
1t was thought best to hold the
liecLlHS dL LdLidlh do IL 10 NCh
trally located in the eastern part
of the county and will be accessi-
Bile to the farmers in the eastern
part Of the county. 1t will be a
mistake not to have a good turn
out at this meeting as the speak
er is one of national reputation
and his discussion will undoubted-
be as valuable for businessmen
as for farmers Of Lanark and sur
'ounding communities and a spec
al invitation is sent to everyone
be present at this meeting.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04
RURAL CORRESPONDENCE
From Our Rural Patrons

A. Huber and family visited one
day last week in the Gust Goe-
decke home.
C. S. Mason was up from Axtel
and spent Sunday here with his
family.
Boyd Nefzger and E. w. Dye
were in Wolf Point Friday on bus
mess.
F. H. Witmus and G. Geer were
Vida shoppers Friday.
G. E. Nefzger and family spent
Sunday in the Dye home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Flo Verstegen and
Virginia Remly who have been
in Medford, Oregon, in
he J. G. Cameron home have re-
.urned home. Friends and neigh
are glad to have them back
Homer Nefzger is having a siege
f tonsilitis.
Tracy Scott was in Wolf Point
business Monday.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04

see them leave but wish them
prosperity.
Bruce Mcmahon and Elvera
Anderson motored to Wolf Point
Friday and attended a dance
there Friday night. On account
of snow banks their car refused
to go up one hill and they were
obliged to walk about two miles.
There is plenty of snow for
sleighing.
We were grieved to hear of the
death of Grandma" Hansen. We
extend our sympathy to the be-
reaved relatives.
Mary Sickels has been on The
sick list the past week, but is
much improved at present.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04
Why, Eduardo

1t was the third day of hubhv,s
vacation and ne was becoming -
trife bored with existence. AS thav
sat together on the hotel porch he
suddenly demanded of his wife
How IN the world did we happen
to pick out this dump as a resort p,
His wife gazed at him in pained
surprise for a moment before che
could reply, why, Edward, Won
know you always enjoyed the scan.
dals here immensely l"-Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegram.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04
IN BETWEEN NEWS

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A large crowd attended the dance
at William Browns Friday night
All report a splendid time.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McNees and
little daughter returned last week
from a visit in Iowa.
Mrs. Theodore Tritschler and
daughter, Miss Teresa went to Sid
ney Thursday to have dental
work done. They returned Fri
day.
Homer Knauts visited friends in
Sidney and Fairview Thursday and
Friday.
A doctor was called from Wolf
Point Tuesday for Mrs. Clarence
C~asterline who has been very i'll.
She is improving now.
The dance in the Add Gering-
er house Saturday night drew a
arge crowd. Everyone enjoyed
It although it was crowded.
Louie Vangsness and Ernest
Schultz attended to business mat
.ers in Poplar Tuesday.
William Gillespie is home again
.fter an extended visit in the
asst.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04
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A new radio has been installed
at the Sand Greek store.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Fletcher
called Friday afternoon on Mr..
and Mrs. Guy Sickels and also at
the Baldwin home.
Elmer Hansen arrived Wednes-
day from Creston, Wash, to at
tend the funeral of his mother,
Mrs. S. A. Hansen.
A radio has recently been in
stalled at the Fleenor home.
The Fred Sackett family are
planning to leave soon for Mich
gan where they expect to make
heir future home. We regret to
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04

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Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Low
dog a baby boy, January 20.
The Catholic Ladies Aid met
last week with Mrs. Joshua Wet
sit for a quilting party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duck went to Pop
lar Friday. Mr.. Duck returned
home Saturday but Mrs. Duck re-
manned until Monday.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid
met with Mrs. Ryon last Friday.
Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Fighter
spent Wednesday afternoon and
evening with Mrs. Day and Mrs.
Mr.. Kurtz and DR.. Veldhuis
visited school Thursday. Mr.. Kurtz
seemed pleased with the work
the children were doing and re-
marked that one could not ask
for a more pleasant school room.
There was a farmers meeting
1t Chicken Hill Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Day spent
Sunday evening atthe Ryon home.
The children who were neither
ardy nor absent during the month
# January were as follows: Edith
3earskin, Lucille Day, Geraldine
nd Wayne Gorton, and Laura ]
nd Levi Wetsit.
Katherine Redstone spent Sun {
ay with Lucille Day. G
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04
For Safety'S Sake

Buick surrounds you with every
ordinary protection, and then adds
Buick protection: Buick depend
ability, which takes you and brings
you back, on time, all the time.
Buick mechanical 4-wheel brakes,
with no liquid in them to expand,
contract or leak away. And Buick
Comfortable Beam Headlights, with
steering wheel control, which make
night driving a pleasure.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04

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D. M. Olfert accompanied b,
H. G. Baerg made a trip to Vol
Point on Monday to get some med
ical help for some of their chill
dren. The son of Mr.. Olfert ha.
been through a very severe siege
of scarlet fever which he has no.
fully recovered from yet.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Beier were
callers at the j. G. Schmidt home
on Monday.
On Tuesday several people gath
cred at the A. A. Dick home
where the ladies Of the M. B.
church held a session of the Mis-
sion Help society.
Joe Schmidt, mail carrier from
Lustre to Ossette, reported hav-
ing quite a time on his route Tues
day. On his way back he missed
his old tracks and ran into a
washout. Joe was not strong
enough to lift the Ford out so he
had to walk to a nearby house to
ecure the help Of a team.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. K. Fast and
Mrs. J. C.. Wall were visitors at
The David Olfert home on Thurs
lay. Mrs. j. C. Wall stayed there
% help with the sick folks until
Saturday.
Peter Bergman accompanied by
,. P. Dyck and J. C. Wall made a
business trip to Wolf Point Thurs
travelling by car.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. E. Fenton left
heir homestead Friday to make a
Zip to Lustre and back.
Arnold Sonsteng lost a horse
lis week from collie and other
implications,
H. C. Wiens made a trip by
uck to Wolf Point, leaving home $
aturday and returning Sunday l
'ternoon. t
Saturday the weather changed t
it'll a heavy snowstorm. 1t IS
.5her deep for cars and trucks s
that "Old Dobbin" will have to C
the means of transportation IN r
spring. t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04
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G-fO-2S-NP
LUCK
For Comforts Sake
G-1O-2S-NP

The Better Buick offers every
ordinary motoring comfort, and
many that are exclusively Buick:
Easier starting-a nesV. high speed
starting motor does it. Smooth run
ming from the go-Automatic Heat
Control is an exclusive Buick feature.
Easier steering-Buick's 5-control-
surface steering gear is the most ex-
pensive and most efficient type today.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04
For Economy's Sake

IEoo& rear has the "SeaIed Chassis''
Rmd e triple Sealed Engine" The
'gea Chassis" lowers operating
costs by enclosing every operating
part inside a dirt-proof, oil tight
housing, while Triple Seals" close
c~c engine point of entry to dirt
wear dirt causes.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04

and accepted. Fred Turner is now
the justice of the peace there.
The purchase of a secondhand
caterpillar tractor for use in
county road work was ordered.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04
GRAIN Smut MENACE SERIOUS
LEADERS CITE HUGE LOSSES

Chicago & Northwestern, Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul, Great
Northern. Northern Pacific and
Midland Continental railroads.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04

Alfce-What foolish things a
young man will do when he's In
Lowell ~
Ethel-Oh, Alicel I'll bet Jacks
Stories.
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Krebsbach and Paul Fay
ere n Wolf Point several days
last week on business.
Iva Nefzger was out from Wolf
Point to spend Saturday and Sun
day in the parental Nefzger home.
. Mr.. and Mrs. I. 0. J%orgenson
drove in from Wolf Point Friday.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04
aIue's Sake

prices, Buick with all of
d comfort, safety, and
y, is easily the Creates
,omobile value in the world.
If you want finer transportation at
lower cost, come in and see the
Better BuickI
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-04

Better Buick Six Cylinder
A VaIVe-in-H cad motor cars X
tx range in price from $II25 TO 9k
II $I995, +. Q. b. Buick factories.
Among the Buick open and
closed models there is one that
s0ill meet your desires exactly.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

Funeral service of Donald r.
Mellett, slain editor of the Can
ton. Ohio, Daily News. Mellett's
newspaper carried on vigorous
campaign against crime in the
city, and it is supposed that he
was killed by underworld char
acterS.
NV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

Photo by Acme.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-03

per, railroads, traction, telephones,
radio, power, tobacco, rubber, sugar,
-four, ornaments and shipping hand
full of men rule the destinies of tens
of millions
The average wage of the factory
workers is less than S25 week. The
cost of living for a family of five is a
minimum, for health, of $4,000. A
great percentage of farmers are ten
ants, another great percentage are
mortgaged. The majority barely make
ends meet-and sometimes they don't
meet. New combines of already great
corporations are of daily occurrence.
Tho machinery constantly improves,
the conditions of the ones who make
it and use it grow steadily worse.
There's an awful swag being made
away with by the capitalist class as
whole. Like spider in the center of
web of modern industry, the finan-
cial imperialists, the credit MONOPOLY,
rules over all, units all, lives upon all.
Wall Street has taken the place of
Cortes in Mexico and Pizarro in Peru.
1t bosses with cruel fist the little re-
publics Of Central America. II is
steadily driving British imperialism,
which had built up its power in Latin
America for a hundred years, into a
subordinate position. 1t has but re-
Gently, in Brazil's withdrawal from the
(British) league of nations, shown its
probably final hegemony in that coun-
try Of marvellous wealth. 1t has made
Canada dependent upon New York in.
stead of London, and is reaching over
the whole world to claim the prize OF
financial overlordship.
One hundred and fifty years is not
long time, yet it is long enough to
have shown how ephemeral are the
powers of ruling class. In that short
space the mercantile imperialism OF
Spain has vanished utterly. That OF
the British has changed to financial
Imperialism and IL, too. is being
crushed. United States financial i'm
perialism, which is giving its British
rival the coup de grace, is fourishing
over a volcano, a volcano now dormant
and inactive 1t is true. but filed with
explosive millions of wage workers
who must sooner or later. overthrow
II or perish.
It will not need another $50 years.
either; nor fifty.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-03

was the twilight of Spain in the New
World.
But England, too, had her "mercan-
tile imperialism" Her governors
sent to the American colonies in the
North different only in degree from
those Of Spain, and were-be it said
almost as bad as the fathers of our
country. These latter gentry were the
rising capitalist element whose inter
ests we're conflicting with those of
British business. The mercantile
theory of England was that the colo
MES should not produce finished com
modities, but should buy these from
England, and send over raw materials
and receive all goods, in British bot
toms.
The ship-building class of New Eng
land, the manufacturing and tradins
class in the northern and middle colo
MES, and the big plantation owners in
the south were the real owners and
bosses of the colonies and, summoning
the small landlords, wage slaves, bond
slaves and chattel slaves behind them,
proclaimed liberty thruout the land
and unto all the inhabitants thereof
just $50 years ago.
1t needs no specially discerning eye
to discover that we in 1926 have not
yet caught up with that proclamation
of $50 years ago. Liberty" to the
rising capitalist class meant free
trade; equality" their right to share
the robbery of the toilers with the no
bility; and fraternity" was to be de.
fined as the great brotherhood of
stockholders.
THE United States today is, 30 far
Il as wealth is concerned, in the
hands OF a few. Nobody but some in
durable liberals and sections OF the
middle class really believe in democ-
racy, for the good reason that there
is none. More than forty families
have IN excess of S100,000,OOO each.
More than one hundred other families
have over $50, 900, 900 each. More than
three hundred families have in excess
OF $40 1000, 900 each. Even the "B. &
o. plan" and the Watson-P law
can't advance democracy a hairs
breadth In the face of this sort of
thing, this real oligarchy.
There are men richer than Solomon
ever dreamed In every industry OF this
country. In oil, steel, coal, beef, cop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-03

The thirteen colonies on the Allan
tic seaboard were, of course, British
in 1776. England had ousted France
from Canada, claimed by France on
the ground of Carriers voyage. The
great Mississippi valley, then called
Louisiana, had changed hands, as
usual. by exchange between the Euro
pean monarchs, but was at the time
claimed by France. Mexico stretched
clear up to Oregon and still belonged
to Spain, as did Florida.
Spain held her empire under the
same iron hand with which she seized
it. The territory was divided in four
vice-royalties, Mexico, Peru, La Plata
and New Granada. Besides these
Spain had five so-called captain gen
eralships," something like modern
Wall Streets hold on Porto Rico and
Haiti. These five were Yucatan, Qua
temala, Chile, Venezuela and Cuba.
Brazil was still colony of Portugal.
The most CHASTITY massacres and tor
lures were visited upon the Indians by
Spaniards to make them efficient
slaves. Spain demanded gold and raw
materials, and that everything manu-
featured be for Spain. Colonial gov
ernorships were well paid absolutions,
stained with the blood of countless In
dian slaves. Colonists were not even
allowed to grow vines or olive trees,
and everything cost six times its price
in Spain. No books but religious ones
were allowed in the New World. The
Indians who were not slaves in mines
were serfs, bound to the soil. Over
this spectacle of blood and empire the
same church which only last month
produced the Eucharistic Congress in
Chicago spread the halo of divine APP
proval.
LNNGLAND had the monopoly by
II agreement with Spain for furnish
ing still more slaves, Negroes, hunted
down like animals in Africa, to New
Spain. But England, moved by
Frances alliance with Spain. aided
New Spain when it began its fight for
independence. which continued from
1910 to 1926.
"If France has SPAIN" cried Can
ming in parliament. "at least it shall be
Spain without the Indies. We have
called a New World into existence to
redress the balance OF the old" 1t
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-03
The American Continent --- By Harrso

WHOLE libraries have been written
w on the events of the last $50
years, years which have changed the
face of the world, let alone the aspects
of American life, in way that would
unquestionably strike dumb with
amazement those who a century and
half ago believed their own puny
power and their own social arrange
ments to be the last word in civiliza-
ton.
Nothing can give us the sense of
the transitory nature of social systems
and governments better than peek
at the past. Our space allows only
little peek, however. But, projecting
ourselves back to 1875, our first gasp
of establishment comes at the realiza-
ton of the dissolution of the old Span
ish empire.
Spain claimed the great bulk of the
western hemisphere. though it must
be said that Spain, France and Eng
land, all claimed, some at the same
time, that immense territory laying
west of the Mississippi River in the
North American section of the Ameri-
can continent. Land grants from the
British crown aften provided that the
grantees" could begin to claim land
on the Atlantic seaboard and go as far
as they liked, the grants reading from
ocean to ocean," there being the gen.
eral idea that the land stopped some
where and ran up against an ocean.
But it didn't make much difference
then, because Teapot Dome had not
yet been discovered and the Indians,
the 100 per centers of those days, had
the idea they owned it, too.
The Indians OF both North and South
were generally hospitable and kindly
people, but when the white man began
to enslave them, to drive them to work
in mines with whips and hot irons, as
did the Spanish conquerors, or to steal
their lands on claim that some Euro
pean monarch had given the white
men a piece OF paper, and to massacre
them without mercy for trespassing.
the Indians fought with marvellous
heroism The year of 1776 falls only
in tho third quarter OF the four hun
dred years OF time that the Indian
forced the heralds OF capitalism to
walk abroad with rifles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-25
THOUGHTSTURN
TO F|REPLACES

The advance of winter has brought
thoughts of the comforts of a fire.
place with it's glowing hearth; COM
Portable chairs and a circle Of friends,
according to B. F. Everroad, of the
Vonnegut Hardware Company.
1T is true that much Of the charm
of the fireplace is due to the APP
pointments, which should be care
fully selected in order to bring out
the best fireplace effect" he said.
advice is being eagerly sought
by many persons of this generation
Of furnaces and stoves regarding fire.
place appointments. Now, there are
many things that can be bought to
mt up a fireplce, but the customary
selection includes andirons, basket
for coal or wood, a screen to keep
the sparks from flying into the
room and to protect children from
the fire, and a fire-set which ip'
cludes poker or log-roller, a broom,
a shovel and a pair of tongs.
Demands for fireplace sets as
Christmas presents are growing each
year. They do make ideal Christmas
gifts, lasting for a lifetime, many of
the sets being handed on down to
coming generations"
The Vonnegut Hardware Company
handles a gas-burn basket filled with
what appears to be anthracite coal,
which gives a realistic coal fire eff
feet. Other basket types are cleo
trically heated, he said