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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-03-18
MEN
HERE AN. SESSION
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Anna Olson. After the mea.
vas concluded a number of Olds-
Mobile songs were sung by the
,uests. Ed Camrud as toastmas-
err called on DR.. DeWane, who is
he first man in Wolf Point to own
n Oldsmobile, for the first
peech. The next man called on
vas C. L. Marshall. He respond
"a with appropriate remarks OF
Welcome to the visitors and ex-
pressed the satisfaction of the To-
al business people because the
district agency for Oldsmobile is
located here. R. O. Hervey OF
he Minneapolis office was the
asst speaker. In expressing his
pleasure at the success of the day
be complimented Nj. Camrud by
aging that as a rule q man from
he Minneapolis office was sent out
o assist the local man in plan
hing the program for Oldsmobile
hay but that in this case it had
been impossible to send one out
Ind Mr.. Camrud had made all the
Llans for the day, unassisted. He
concluded his remarks by saying
that Mr.. Camrud had travelled fur
her to an Oldsmobile convention
han any other dealer in the
United States. In attending the
conventions in Minneapolis he Gov
srs a distance of practically a
thousand miles.
Inspirational Talks
After the luncheon the dealers
Ind factory men met in the Palm
loom of the Sherman hotel for a
session of inspirational and sales
promotion talks. R. B. Hulick was
h charge of this meeting. At the
conclusion Of the talks the film
Blowing the history and c%onstruc-
bon of the Oldsmobile was brought
the Liberty and shown.
Free Show
At $3.50 the Oldsmobile film was
Exhibited at a free show at the
Liberty theatre. The public
schools were dismissed for the oc-
Easion and a packed house greet
I'D the picture, which told in fas-
Einating details the origin and pro-
of the Oldsmobile, its alb
|orption into the General Motors
concern and then showed each
progress in the manufacture of the
Ear until it was completed and
Eent on its way to the various
parts of the United States and to
foreign countries.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-03-18
Composes Songs

In speaking of the planning of
Ehe program for the day and more
Especially for the luncheon special
should be made of the
cooperation of Supt. Livingston Of
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-03-18
FEELING
OVER FARM CASE

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life which they deserve; that these
farmers who persist in following
these practices arc less prosper
ous. that their homes are less de-
ve7oned and that they are a big
factor in retarding the develop
ment of the community and coun-
~ as a whole; all of which are
deemed very serious charges and
the plaintiffs are very anxious to
have them punished to the extent
Of the full penalty Of the laws Oh
progress.
Legal Talent
Tho fact that both the plain
tiff and defense have attorneys
that have gained great regulations
as criminal lawyers will undoubt-
eJlv add to the interest in TINS
case and many important points
concerning the welfare OF the
conntv. as viewed by both pro-
oressive and unprogressNe lar
mers. will be brought out as Vhe
nlaintif is using such men as
Seth Summer Fallow, a successful
farmer, and Reg. Marquis Wheat'
another well-to-do farmer Who
have been great factors n con
sentative development to get EVIL
dence that viii convict the de-
PENDANTS together with the de-
fendant's testimony, while the
defense attorney, Tumbllng MUS
tard. will base his plea IT Is un-
derstood, mostly on the philosophy
If humanity. This case will 9n-
doubtedly be one Of the most IN
teresting cases ever tried n Jhe
county as a decision will undouo1e
sdIv establish a precedence OF
impressive practices based on eN-
parience or the following OF the
do as your father did" rut, a toX-
in to progress.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-03-18
NATIONAL AUTO
LAW GRABS TWO
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Huffman. who was represented
bv S. C. Ford. confessed that he
had believed that the al he pur-
chased was stolen but that he had
taken it to a garage mechanic,
who reported that the engine aum-
bers had not been altered, before
deal was completed. The bill
of sale given Huffman was dated
five days before the machine was
stolen. The defendant showed
that he was actually engaged in
farming near Dooley and that the
cost of the machine, including the
original purchase price and sub
sequent litigation, had already eX-
ceeded $4,000. Wellington D.
Rankin district attorney, in pros
ecuting the governments case
charged that farmers acted as
"fences" for the ring of auto
thieves.
Huffman's plea of guilty was en-
tered on a count charging that
he received a stolen a with
knowledge that it had been stolen
The government dismissed the IN
dictment charging that he trans.
ported the car from North Da.
kota to Montana.
Convicted On Three Counts
Blair Streepy, whose trial oc'
cupied all of Thursday and Friday
and ended early Saturday morn
ing when the jury returned a seal
ed verdict Of guilty, was sentenc.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-03-18

If our memory serves us cor
rectly, we promised you another
letter after we had completed our
journey through the Holy Land
and Egypt. Since our last com
munication, interesting expert
ences and events have pyramided
so that it becomes necessary for
us to hit only the high spots, so
to speak, else our letter would be-
come too lengthy and the type
setter would refuse to perform.
Evening star., 1926-09-12
Water in Deserts.

nNE region of the Colorado Desert.
where the escape of the Colorado
River has more than once caused seri.
Gus trouble. has been made fertile. tho
underground water being utilized for
irrigsting several thousand acres.
Among the products that are max.
Ing this reclaimed land rich are
melons. barley. potatoes. alfalfa
oranges. grapes. sugar beets and
dates. On the agricultural experi.
ment farm ut Mecca. In this region.
are to be found rare varieties Of
dates. which for a long time were pro.
duced only In Arabia. but which are
now successfully grown in Colorado.
II has been found by Government
experts that the fertility of soils de.
pends largely on their capacity for
retaining moisture. In many West
ern localities crops grow Iuxuris ntlv
with scarcely any Summer RAIN. II
is even thought that II is possible
that the permanent water supply ex
istinE at depth Of from 40 to 1oo
feet may he responsible for the ever
present moisture.
Evening star., 1926-09-12
Curious Lenses.

A F"rER many years of experimental
tion French scientist succeeded.
by using glass shells filled with liquid.
i'm producing optical lenses said to he
as good as the best massive glass
lenses in present use, and of much
greater size.
The Importance Of such an inven-
ton in the field OF astronomy Is oh
viouSly great. The average large
lens manufactured out OF massive
glass for astronomical purposes has
a diameter of about one and a half
meters and il requires period of sew
eral years to make H. while the price
Is much I'm excess Of 500 600. Such
a lens. it is claimed. may he manu-
factured by the French process
in q few weeks, at a cost "f from $500
to $3.50 Lenses OF smaller diam
for photOgra phic purposes. for opera
glasses. reading glasses. etc. can I've
produced At Correspondingly smaller
cost.
The lens consists Of fuid sub
stance inCloSed between two unusua ~
hard glass Surfa similar to watch
CRYSTALS, in which the refraCti
powers and other characteristic prop
critics are so chosen that the glass
surfaces not only serve tn hold tho
fluid. but also combine with the hud
TO overcome such defects as are
scarcely TO he avoided In ordinary
lenses 1t is for this reason also thai
the lens is achrOmatiC.
Evening star., 1926-09-12

and show--that is, for second and
third positions. Bets made for place
and show are handled in the same
way as bets to win.
The significant point about the
whole system is that the actual odds
paid. these being determined by the
money bet. generally do not agree
with the proba bilities as stated by
the handicap ppers. The handicappers
are not always right. but they are
generally more nearly right than the
green betting public who actually de-
termine the odds. You would think
that the public's bets would more or
less follow the lists given by the
ha andica ppers, that the greenhOrns
would bet mostly on the horses that
were listed as probable winners.
Well, sometimes they do and some
times they don't. Therein lies the
wise betters chance.
One day down at Bowie I was
watching the board at the betting
booths. On the board are registered
by mechanical attachment the
amounts that have been bet on the
various horses. As the betting gOes
on the numbers are changed. You
can compare the money on each horse
and by simple arithmetic determine
the odds on an individual horse ac-
cording TO the money already up. II
YOU wait till minute or 80 before
the bets are closed for a certain race
Evening star., 1926-09-12

After considerably more than fort
; night of preliminary exploration
around the reported site we were
gratified by the discovery of objects
which dispelled any doubt whatever.
Our number man brought mp a
piece Of pottery totally unlike any
thing that had been seen in that
neighborhood within the memory Of
the present inhabitants. and we
thought we recognized in j. Il dis
tinctlv Phoenician influence.
!! Work was naturally doubled, and,
despite the currents. our own. enthu-
siasm was seconded by the divers
themselves. who were, if anything.
more eager than we for the relentless
prosecution Of the work. Our pumps
were never idle. and objects came to
the surface pidly to our delight and
that of the governor of the island,
ana The picturesuuecaid who sat
staring at the trophies with eyes
wide open in wonder
With our trophies We're tales that
seemed like fables. The divers re-
ported that they had actually discov-
cred the walls Of the city. in regular
masonry. That was almost too good
to he true, but finally worked brick
was brought up. and thereafter We
could doubt no more.
Looking back on 1t, one still recalls
the excitement. though the memory is
not without a chill along the spine, for
the currents were high and powerful,
and our men We're sometimes swept
along and gave us terrible anxiety. |
remember on one occasion when one of
the men went over the depth recorder
simply raced to an Impossible register.
1t meant only one thing. that the
! diver had been carried along by the
current and was pOwerlesS to fight
against it. We tried to haul him up,
in response to the feveriSh signals on
the life line but we could not move
him.
The man in charge of the life line
told us that the diver was fouled
somewhere down below. so the work
! on the pumps was doubled and air was
! forced down to him. so that he could
| initiate his suit and perhaps float to the
surface If he succeeded in freeing him
self. But still the signals came and
| the-life line stayed taut.
| There was no possibility. it seemed,
| of his freeing himself. so we up-an-
chored and followed him. to get as
nearly over him rs possible and so to
maneuver the ship that we could help
! him. For agonizing hours we worked,
and finally we found that the life line
gave.
1t was then question for an inter
minabl second or two of life or death,
whether the life line was broken or
the man was free. We did not know
until we saw him plop mp to the sur.
face like a hippopotamus whose corpse
had lain long in the sea. his suit
stretched with the air we had forced
down to him.
Never did men work so efficiently or
rapidly as his compa Mons that day.
They had him aboard and out OF his
suit far faster than usual. and we saw
our man as pale "a death. unconscious.
and a thin trickle of blood flowing
from the corners of his nostrils
The fight was not over then. for it
was long before we got him round. and
when he did recover he had tale to
tell, a simple tale OF a seemingly hope
less struggle with death. The current
had carried him under an overhang
Evening star., 1926-09-12

me the winning on q SIS hot II !
picked him winner that would pay
at least to l. If II paid less than
J tO would get nothing.
Luck seemed to favor me. There
was horse listed ri better than %
to I for probable odds got really
sound bit Of informal ton that he
was going to win. II was very much
on the quiet. and II was certain that
no FOOD of money at the last minute
at the track would heat the adds
down.
I took the horse to my man. he
was still doubtful. I gave him line
of talk to convince him. NV enthu-
siasm and conviction prevailed. They
prevailed too well. I'nfortunatelv |
was not with him at The track Wha,
] had told him kept working so hard
In his heed that he. like y fool. went
to window and houCbt 81 600 worth
" the slips on the horse That ~
course heat the odds down for him
1t heat the odds down hollow : ~
so that II the horse won still would
get nothing.
The horse won. and | rode freight
hack North.
Evening star., 1926-09-12

Count Byron Kuhn de Proroh
has won worldwide fame for his
discoveries at the site of ancient
Carthage. Rome's great rival. COW
cred by centuries OF african sands.
The Roman curse. Carthage must
be destroyed has been changed
by him to Carthage must be re-
stored" and in the excavation of
the city's site he has unearthed
many. secrets and found countless
treasures.
Born in Mexico City on October
6, 1856, of Polish n Hungarian par
entage. Count de Prorok, before
reaching the age of IS. had been a
wanderer among the castles OF the
Rhine and the Carpathian Noun
tains. the ruins of ancient Mexican
civilization and the dark mysteries
of the Florida Everglades. The
prehistoric cave dwellers of Swift
zerland claimed his attention for a
time. and he also conducted arch
Biological researches in li"ms and
Pompeii.
His greatest adventures. how
ever. have been along the northern
fringe of Africa. not only at Car
thage, but in the nearby Medi-
terranean Sea, and In the Sahara
and Libyen Deserts. 1t is with soul
stirring and rve-wrackinE crisis
in these localities that this article
and two succeeding ones deal.
In 1929 Count de Prorok married
Miss Alice Kenny of New York
CitV
Evening star., 1926-09-12
Diver Search of Lost City Is Swept Into Cavern Under

was an unwise move, for once I was
on hands and knees could neither
walk forward nor could | rise again.
| was simply fixed where | dropped
and 10 add TO my discontinue felt
a cold trickle Of water down my neck,
Actually 1t was perspiration from
the heat Of the suit before I dropped
over, but / did not know that imag.
ined that the suit was leaking. per-
haps a pardonable thought considering
all things, and time seemed to drag
halting feet through ages. | know
that reviewed the history of Tunisia
and my own life during the time l
was on the seabed trying to regain my
feet.
Ultimately I gave that up az i'm
possible. and. since the trickle con
tinued. considered it wisest to sigma.
for the ascent, which l did. but re
ceived no response. | laid hold Of the
cord nearest to my hand and pulled.
definitely. imperatively, So that there
should he no doubt in the mind of the
man on the side of the ship as to my
desires. hut either he was asleep or
ignoring my signals. for there was no
response. and / thought for while of
Initiating the suit so that i should float
upwards but the warnings Of Dr.
RhOSsetos. who manages the divers.
came to- my mind.
He had specially cautioned me
against a too sudden rise to the sur
face. The changing pressure can plav
serious tricks With the heart. or even
result in the breaking Of blood vessels.
I had seen divers who had suffered
because they came up by the short
route.
Yet my case was not without Its
urgency. I pulled again on the cord.
and-shifted the weight on my shoul-
dor | had been hauling on the wrong
cord When found the real lifeline
I gave it such jerk that they told
me later I nearly pulled the watch
man overheard.
was hauled up at such a rate
that my helmet crashed against the
boat. and I waited for the sea to
pour in and write f1nis to the adven-
ture. II did not. however, and i was
towed to the ladder and helped
aboard.
Then there was slight dialogue.
While hands helped me- tongues ques-
toned me. They thought / had been
attacked by a fish or something. ana
when they discovered that / had not.
they asked me why had come back.
l told them that I had been down
there two hours. and that there were
uncomfortable trickles down my back.
that I could move neither forwards
nor backwards. 1t was only the usual
Evening star., 1926-09-12

ing more than lunches and had lined
| up a lot of bets on the two horses
that hadn't chance to win 1t was
their clients who had put the heavy
money on the two. My cue was oh.
vious. / put good bets on both Of the
! proba BILE horses. I was certain to lose
one, but | was almost certain to win
the other. With the odds "a long as
they we're. 1t was an excellent sure
thing. / won.
! have noticed that the behs vior OF
the horses in the paddock will affect
| the odds In a ridiculous way. One
horse looks lazy and languid. Another
prances around and seems full of fire
| Those Indications don't mean any
thing. But the green public doesn't
know that. People look over the
horses before betting and think the
| lazy looking horse IL out of condition
for the day. The mettlesome he
havior of the other horse impresses
them. They bet that way.
Other factors: Greenhorns may he
affected by the fine sounding name OF
horse. by good looking colors Of Q
stable. and, above all things, by
| lunches.
With such irrational proceedings 1t
is possible for the cool. sensible bettOr
|
The mutuelS do curious things.
know of case where a prominent
owner had a sad experience.
He knew his horse was going to
win. He wanted TO bet heavily. But
J II he put big money into the mutuels
! on his horse that would drive the
odds down so far that he would get
scarcely more than his money back.
In this circumstance the owners re-
sort to the bookmakers. They will
/ have agents In New York place big
bets with the bookmakers there.
| These bets are paid off at mutuel
odds, and since the big money does
| not get into the mutuels on the
! horse in question. he pays in accord.
ance with the odds dictated by the
sucker money" At the track. The
nnlucky owner followed this sensible
plan. But he bet too much with the
| New York bookmakers. His agents
went around distributing 81 900 bets
! The bookmakars found themselves
with too much money on that psrtic-
ular horse.
| As Ia their system. one went to an.
other to distribute excess bets and
even or. But the bookies found that
| they were all loaded up on that one
particular horse Their policy in that
1 CdSS IL w WIZ tne money Lney uCn Y
want to carry down to the track
where their agents put II into the
mutuel. Thus our owners money by
roundabout way. found it's way into
/ the mutuel 1t beat the odds down to
! to 5. or something like that. The
| horse won. but the owner collected
mighty small profit.
| made money on the mutuels a.
long a. played them carefully and
did not plunge. But ] grew careless
| and plunged. I got tired of the small,
steady pickines I was making by get
ting the best of the odds. I got
! lunches and became inspired by the
brilliance OF my own doping them
out ] fell for my own hunk. This
happened in New Orleans. and In a
couple Of months I was broke.
The season was nearly over. and
made one Anal attempt to avoid hav-
ing TO take freight train back to
|! New York. I tried touting. found
= fellow who would put down a good
bet for me II convinced him. But
he was hard 10 convince. finally
got him to accept a proposition that
! q tout often mAkeA He agreed to pay
Evening star., 1926-09-12
Movies in China.
TT appears that the Chinese m,

1T appears that the Chinese motion
picture enthusiast wants Aims
| dealing with native Chinese theme.
and scenes in preference to those de.
picting foreign life. There As said To
/ he big field In China for tn. devotion.
ment OF native films. and II Is along
this line that the greatest opportunity
exists for American producers. few
foreign films will always find a place
In the Chinese motion picture shows.
but 1t Ia not believed that the Chinese
public will continually patronize these
shows when native Aims become avail.
able.
Motion pictures are especially
adapted to Chinese audiences, a.
many OF the native Chinese plays to
which they are accUst omed are ia nto-
mines The Chinese also have a crude
motion picture Introduced centuries
ago. and might he called n Transparent.
cy. Chinese pictures are painted on
an oiled transparent silk and ma nlpu.
lated behind Q screen in such a wav
' a. to produce . motion-picture effect.
Evening star., 1926-09-12

location, but either my signaling or
something else took the men back to
work. and felt a welcome draught Of
air coming into my prison. Then there
were three rapid slaps on the hack
and | was sent plunging downward.
covered in perspiration from the heat
of the uniform and the lack of air.
remembered that there was a
valve on the helmet to release the
spent air. operated by pressing ones
head on small button. nd in few
moments I had acquired that neces-
sary trick. and all went we'll until |
reached the sea floor. But there my
inexpertness took its toll. | simply
could not move. though for what
seemed ages I tried to put one leg
Evening star., 1926-09-12
INMNAnlMp.

changed her position. or that by the
grea test OF good fortune we had an
chored again at the only spot where
we could get a clear pull on the life
line. and so eXtricate him.
BEFORE that happened had made
arrangements to go down myself,
but | confess that it was with GER
tain apprehension that | carried out
my plans. In all, went down sew
eral times. and each time was easier.
hut the first descent will stay with
me for many years as a memory
of sheer helplessness and difficulty.
though / we'll knew. and now know
still better. that I was only doing
once or twice what other men are
doing day by day, year in and year
out.
But there are times in ones expe-
rience when reason seems a very in
effectual ally and the emotions over.
ride the mental processes. 1t was ad-
Visable, however, to try to check the
divers reports concerning the walls OF
| the city and the site where we ha d
recovered the amphorae. so | sub
mitted
There are preliminary discOmforts
to the life OF a diver: for example, the
men who go down are strictly dieted,
and for "a hours before the descent
food is prohibited. They are permitted
to take cup Of coffee and ciga
rette. IL they wish for one. just before
the descent. and it is welcome
respite.
My wrists were grea sed. and the
tight fitting cuffs Of the s,iit were also
| fabricated. so that there should he no
| leakage: the cumbersome suit was
dOnned. and l felt the clumsy leaden
shoes fixed to my feet. utterly inhibit-
| ing any leg motion. | was told that
once | reached the sea-foor the weight
would not worry me. but that seemed
impossible.
1t seemed too closely similar to a
burial at sea for comfort when the
great suit was finally drawn up over
my body, and the helmet was screwed
on and the weights affixed to my
shoulders. The airline was tucked un-
der my arm and fastened, and the
lifeline put into my reach.
Everything went according to pro-
gram. except one thing. The crew
were so excited at the idea Of my 60
ing over that they all watched me.
even to the men who should have been
working at the pumps, and the heat in
the suit grew intolerahle, and my
breath was hard to get ! feared for
the moment that ] should die Of suf-
Evening star., 1926-09-12

and had held him there. He had been
driven under into cavern, perhaps
part of the city, which had been hol-
lowed out by the ceaseless drift of the
deep current.
Finding il impossible to work back
ward. he had built little ridges Of
sand on which he might get leverage
sufficient to force himself to the clear
floor of the ocean. but as soon as he
had built his fulcrum and tried to
lever himself on il. II had crumbled
and he was washed farther in. He
gave himself up for lost. and. so far
as his emotions were concerned, he
died.
Consciousness went from him. He
did not even know that the ship had