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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-16

over to the state for its highway
work these collections that laave
been made.
1.-The figures run close, now to
the half million mark and this
would mean turning over close
to a quarter of a million dollars
to the counties of Montana i'm
mediately to use on their high
ways. 1t would mean between
$4,000 and $4,000 additional
for the state highway fund and it
would mean over $4,000 turn
ed into the general fund of the
state for needs there in reducing
indebtedness and meeting current
expenses.
81 can hardly see under what
preteXt the refiners on that por-
ton of them that has refused to
pay TINS tax can hold these funds
after having collected them from
their customers. It would be a.
practical impossibility for them to
this money to the original
gasoline purchasers who paid the
lax when they bought the gaso-
line.
"The state of Montana realizes
what an important factor the oil
industry is to the commonwealth,
md / feel certain it stands ready
10 give the oil industry a square
leal in the matter of legislation
,ut it wants a square deal in re-
urn"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-16
BONDSMEN LOSE
COURT APPEAL
Continued from first page)

The surety company appealed
from the Judgment upon the
ground that the complaint does
not state a cause of action, in
that the complaint does not allege
that Anderson committed the act
IN his official capacity, and THAI
Iby pleading that Anderson acted
without authority of law or just
provocation and without reason
or probable cause, and by failing
to plead that the minor was in
fact guilty of a breach of the
peace in presence of the officer,
the plaintiff has rendered his
complaint insufficient to state a
cause of action against the surety,
as such surety is only liable for
acts committed while an officer
is performing a lawful duty. In
disposing- of these contentious
and opinion of the supreme court
reads:
Had the officer merely as
saulted the minor plaintiff, the
fact that he was such officer at
the time he committed the as
sault would not render the sure
ty liable, for it would have been
but the act of an individual; but
it is alleged in the complaint
the officer made an arrest,
the minor in the city Jail,
and thereafter, in violation of
placed an adult prisoner in
he cell with the minor, all of
acts could be- committed
only under color of his authority
as such officer and within the
5erm of his bond, and that such
acts were committed without law
'ul authority and without pro
7ocation, with the attendant dam
lges, the complaint stated a cause
# action against the surety for
it is liable in actual dam
The opinion was delivered
" Associate Justice John A, Mat
news.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-16
These
People
Want
Candy
For
Christmas

Your mother
Your wife
Your sister
Your sweetheart
Your cousin
Your aunt
The cook
The nurse
The teacher
Your ~stenographer
The Hello" girls
The secretary
The maid
The waitress
The clerks
Your sons best girl
The preachers wife
The Sunday School
teacher
We have a large as
sortment of Christmas
greetings cards, Chill
dren's books, stationery,
cameras, cigars and
cigarettes, homemade
candies. old fashioned
Christmas candy for 15c
per pound, nuts, pea
nuts.
We have a gorgeous
assortment of plain and
fancy boxes to select
from.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-16
Corn Interest Strong

Prospects for the corn show
are bright, says Mr.. DePue, in
spite of the unfavorable growing
conditions in many parts of the
state during the past season.
Earlier reports from the eastern
counties of the state where much
of the seed corn is grown indi-
Gated a very serious shortage but
a later check-up on the situation
shows that, while conditions are
decidedly unfavorable, the seed
shortage will not be as acute
as at first expected The very
fact that there is a scarcity is
making corn growers more inter
ested in exhibiting the corn that
have, says Mr.. DePue.
Seed Show To Excel
The Utility seed show is an in
dex to the progress of the crop
standardization in the state and
1926 has marked the great
est advance in the use of pure
seed since the work started five
years ago, the utility seed show
will be the greatest pure seed
ever held in Montana,
md probably the greatest in the
States, advised Mr. DePue.
w. Warden, Co. Agent.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-16
Nearly Half Million

at is my own opinion, howev-
en-, that the law will be found to
be a good law and that the re
ineries will be compelled to turn
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-16
Stopl Look! Listen!

"Stop and let the train go by,
1t only takes a minute;
Your car will start again, intact,
And, better still, you're in it,
Typo Graphic.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-16
EMPOWERS

What has become Of the old fash.
Toned doctor who used 10 find there
was nothing wrong with your
We hear that several bargains are
being offered in New York now You
can get a glass OF water in q night
club for 80 cents.
A spiritualist informs us now that
there are movies in heaven. People
probably will go to sleep in them
there. too
Gene Tunney Cancelled his appear
ance at a benefit show He must he
a true champion.
A girl landed a 116-pound fish at a
seaside resort We wonder II he has
preached the subject to father yet.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-16
When Freaks Meet

It nearly scares a nervous
horse to death, nowadays, when it
meets another one.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-16
In Legion Auditorium

Nh. DePue reports a wide in
terest in all parts of the state in
both the corn and pure seed
show, with everything pointing to
one of the largest and highest
quality exhibitions of this kind
ever held in the state. Sidney is
making elaborate plans for N
PERTAINING the shows. The local
post of the American Legion is
now constructing a large audi
torium which will be ready in
time TO house the corn and pure
seed exhibits. The Sidney Cham
Der of Commerce is taking care
of the necessary financial ar
engagements and reports that this
phase of the exhibit will be amp
ly provided for.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-16

Climax Brough Joy
Did the play have a happy end
Oh, very. Everybody was glad
it was over.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-16
N
OIL
Continued from first page)
Road Percentage

"Of this amount 70 per CEN
goes into the road funds and oil
that 70 per cent SIS per cent re
verts TO the counties and Is pei
cent goes into the state highway
fund. The other 80 per cent goes
into the general fund.
81 had intended to give this
message in my talk at the banquet
eff the oil men last night and urge
upon them the propriety, to say
the least, of their turning over
10 the state the money they have
collected from gasoline users un-
der the two cent tax and pending
further court action.
"This is a most important sub
ject. The people of Montana by
an enormous majority adopted
measure No. 81 which calls for an
increase from two cents to three
cents per gallon tax on gasoline
sold in Montana and instead of
70 per cent, all of this goes TO the
road and highway improvement
work.
eff the law of 1925 is declared
invalid, it seems to me the law
passed by the people at the recent
election and which goes into eff
feet January / will also be de-
invalid as it is based on
he same propositions.
Nearly Half Million
at is my own opinion, howev-
N, that the law will be found to
le a good law and that the re
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20
Valley Lettuce Crop Expected To Be Larger Than Eve
CAUTION IS URGED
FOR DRIVERS ON
HOLTVILLE' ROAD
Contractor Declares No
Accident Can Be Laid
to Neglect.

Calling attention to the death
here Of Edward Elmer Edwards. de
putty sheriff of Gi:a county. Ari-
zona, as result Of injuries received
Saturday when Il ear in which he
was riding SWerved from the road at
the end of the newly constructed
pavement east Of FL Centre !. GlOr-
ney, foreman on the construction
job, ISSUED n warning today urging
drivers to exercise caution in. ap-
preaching the barrier which has
been erected near where the new
bridge is to be 5uilt over the Alamo
river.
Giorucy declared that the barrier
is in plain view of approaching :
motorists and states that warning
lights are placed ON it II might. He
believes that the car in which Ed
wards was riding approached thc
barrier at too high rate Of speed
and that iamming Of the brakes
cau.rJ ,hc car 10 skid from tile
road.
The barrier, Glorncy states, is Of
light matcriai and is posted at such
distance from the bridge that even
il cars DO plunge through there is
ample distance in which to stop ON
the other side. He declares that the
barrier has been struck and knocked
over at least once every night since
It was erected. In view Of the cX-
cellput vision afforded motorists at
the spot he believes carelessncss ON
the part of drivers is Responsible.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20
lions PRESIDENT
SAYS PREJUDICE
CURSE OF AGES
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SAN FRANCISCO, July % OF
all the folies of the human mind,
religious aud political prejudice is
the most absurd, - Jack Riley, Hol-
!yWood, president of the fourth dis
trict of Lions International, told
delegates assembled here today III
their seventh annual convention.
Lions from California, Nevada
and Hawaii, numbering about 1000,
registered for the fourth district
convention, which is a preliminary
gathering to the tenth annual CON
voutiou of Lions International open
ING tomorrow.
Religious and political prejudice
hos been the curse of the ages, -
Riley told the delegates. Yet
there are still people who attempt
to stir mp racial and religious hat
red, pitting human and human in
this short life with a commercial
back ground Of bigotry.'
Election of Il district governor
and selection of a 1927 convention
city will be the principal events on
today 3 program.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20
SALVATION ARMY
makes PLEA FOR
SUMMER G 4 VI P

A4utmt and Mrs. Peterson
ef he Sal.u'ion Army lave ISSUED
an appeal asking TOR contributions TO
tc ell mpv mail card or phone
Tie fsr>h ar oamp fund in order to
perub continuance Of the caap at
Htake Spiu-.. where wdrrnourish-
.I children are b,iug given the
repcfits Of outdoor living
Adm'a; Peterson sad today that
th,ro is " possibility thr ra"n may
h' closed owing - lark of funds.
Since opouju9 Of t0n cawp almost
500 has hccn expended, hc declares,
and lac points ont the work should
continue as it is important from
ite afauduoai OF health. lie states
'le army latl VII be open tonight
fr1r o to ~ % clock and that some
one vii, hc present to receive con-
t-.hutious Persons who wish to con
tflbutr, bat who find If impossible
10 call may mail card or prone
the haIj and someone will call for
ra,;gidUtipu he stated.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20

Urging that the voters of In
perial Valley take a more ac-
tive interest i'll the reapportion-
ment of the state assembly,
which will provide more
equitable representation i'll that
body for the rural district, B.
Irvine, secretary of the Impe
rial County farm bureau, has
addressed the following letter
to the Press:
Dear sir:
The people of the state of
California are not vet awake to
the realization of the fact that
under our present system of
electing representatives to the
state legislature Los Angeles,
San Francisco and Alameda
counties will have 50 per cent
Or better, as time goes on, of
both the state senate and as
sembly.
This means that the political
boss of Los Angeles and the po
litical boss of San Francisco
will be able to dictate the state
government and the rest of us
scattered over 81 per cent of
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20
PRESEN n I
A(;REA
Is HEA Wy
Record Breaking Crop
Is Expected in Valley
For This Season.
NEW SEED PLANTED
Harrigan Says Crop Is
Large Enough to Sup
ply the World.

Preparations are being made for
the higgset lettuce season Imperial
Valley has ever had. 1t is now
estimated that the acreage will ex-
ceed $4,000 acres, as compared with
last years 2+,700. according to Il.
\. Harrigan, county horticultural
commissioner. He says if the sea
son proves normal, Imperial Valley
will produce sufficient lettuce to
supply the world, aud that the pre-
sent prospects are bright for good
returns.
Blight resistant seed in consider
able quantity will be pro-rated
among all the seedmen of the valley,
who in turn will see that it is prop
erly distributed among all the grow
ers. Harrigan SAYS there will prob
ably be enough to seed 10000 acres.
This seed will yield approximate
ly 100 crates more to the acre than
the ordinary seed.
With the brown blight, which has
caused noticeable injury to Imper-
ial Valley lettuce crops heretofore,
partially under control, growers are
enthusiastic over this years pros
poets.
Growers with large acreage in
clude Sawdey and Hunt who will
have $500 acres, S. A. Gerard and
Company with 1000, American Fruit
Growers with 1900, y. Arena and
Company with 1000, the Farmers
Produce company with 1900, Jack
Brothers and McBurnev with 1000,
and the Miller Cummings company
with 1910. Independent acreage is
estimated at $500.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20
IRVINE SOLECITS SUPPORT FOR
STATE PEAPPORTIONMENT Bill

the state can howl all we please
about taxation without repro
sentation and only get the ha
ha from the three per cent of
the state area covered By the
three counties named. The
directors Of the California Farm
bureau are determined to cor
rect this condition by putting
the initiative measure on the
ballot Cor the November eloc
tion which if carried will limit
the counties to not more than
one senator to the county. This
will put the rural districts in
control of the state senate and
leave the assembly controlled
by the centers of population.
We earnestly solicit the CO.
operation of your paper in Wg-
ing the people to sign the petit
tions which will reappear as
supplemental petitions as we
did not secure enough sigla-
lures on the ORIGINAL petitions.
Yours truly,
(SiGned) r. d. IRVINE.
Secretary Imperial County
Farm Bureau
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20
R'TD0LPH HURLS
BRAVE DEFY At
CHICAGO SCRIBE
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CHICAGO, JGlv 20 -RGdoleh Val
crtiuo, film sheik, has challenged -
Chicago editorial writer 20 " duet
or at least Il boxing match,
The editorial writer charged i'm Il
Chicago newspaper that RudN's in
frcnco was the cause Of de2cucra
tiuu of Chicago $ manhood as cNcm-
ptifpd by tha installation of pink
powder ruff machine, for men in
Il new dance hall
Nal Budulph, who sp"nt NoStcr-
day I'm Chicago msprccssfully hunt
ing the editorial writer lett the
following challcugc before he start
ed for New York;
"Vhry can say IN terrible ac-
tor. hui its coWardly and low to
hold me up as - laughing stock and
make fun of me- as ~ spaghetti garE-
lng gardener : helper This is not
"a challenge to n duel in the accept
ed scusr that would he Illegal here,
So / challenge you to meet me IN
the boxing or wrestling arena to
prove which Of us is more the man.
/ win rctun TO Chicago in ten days.
(Signcd) Rudolph Valentino.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20
MID WEST
HEAT WAVE:
CONTINUES
High Temperatures Rule
Throughout Mississippi
River Country.
CROPS ARE DAMAGED
Yuma Accorded DistinC-
ton Of Being Hottest
Place in United States.

I'm unrc'cotmq SUN beat down up.
On thp mul5l" Hc,, ~ n today
,epta.d.. thc record maas'u% heat
save g ,gterlaE when almost q
eeofe Of dratbs attlibutrd 10 The
aia9ual'r liah temperatures were
1rPeftDa.
Tho bot.rvf place IN the United
STATE. yesterday was Yuma. Ariz.
s85 where the thermometer regis
tared li2 degrees. Lisbon. y. -.
H4ta lus degrees. ud Mitchell, :.
-. with fr5 followed close hchind.
/ WAS lvl 1T Omaha, Ncb,, aud in
.te hundreds throughout tie Min
.e~GH. %ebtasha NIs,aari and
eeulhrn llGbe.s. Chicago : record
Ha..rwa-- ia thc suum,t va,
rye..I vl.n The moryry touched
g5
liat soarr1 Studs accompanied
file toat vare. huuiug MP ,0nI
teou. arl r4-'uros. Planners cN
rt,.,cI f,aa fea the corn crop. dc.
.Iay'uy that rain has been suhrormaI
f.r weeks orr the central plains.
The hcat deaths were distributed
tHouohouf the yutir. area nine at
H,m occurring i'm Chicago "nr,c
moro than l2oGon citizens took tine
dl4 Off 90 swim iu Lake Michigan.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20
CREWS BATTLING
FOREST FLAMES
TO SAVE TOWNS
Residents Fleeing Homes
10 Avoid Blaze Which
Continues Unabated.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July %
h,ic half exhausted fine crews es-
'im3f,d total more than 1000 men
t"daY continued their efforts to
stem the spread Of forest flames.
district weather bureau hradquart-
rr3 forcsaW no relief from haz-
arlous weather conditions.
In It's daily fire weather forecast
the bureau predicted:
Confined fair weather. High
temperature and low humidity in the
interior. Continued grave danger of
Grass, brush ANA forest fire in IN
tcrior.
Norfherly winds, reported TO havg
checked the progress Of fire crews in
q score Of instances yesterday and
last night, will continue.
Raging through a dozen northern
California counties, ravaging timber
lands in or near five national for
osts and leaving a smoking wake
through hundreds of acres of pri-
Va'e lands, forest and brush fires
which were famed into activity by
The hot dry winds Of last week and
had up 10 today exactcd Il stagger-
ng toll.
Quartz, historical mining town in
TuOlumne county, was virtually de-
Stroyed.
@tent, u neighboring town, has
been partly destroyed.
Residents Of Standard City, in
the path cf tn" same flames, were
reported fleeing with their posses
sions and the town was not yet out
of danger.
More than 100000 acres have been
bdrncd over, according to estimates
SACRAMENTO. Calf. July 20
Nn emergency fund of $4,000 to-
day was authorized by Governor
Richardson. the state controller and
the board of control, to be used bv
the division of forestry in fighting
forest fires now raging through
northern California.
Tie money was transferred from
the states emergency fund, which
requires the vote of the three of,
ficcrs mentioned for an appropria.
tion.
Governor Richardson, now in the
south, gave his approval to George
j. Radcliffe, board member, and
Ray l.. Riley, controller, over long
distance telephone.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20
TO
TAKE HAND IN
DAYTON PROBE
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WASHINGTON, July 20.-Fcde-
raj narcotic agents have been order
cd to Canton. Ohio, to investigate
dope peddlmg rs an AFTERMATH Of
the assassination Of Don Il. Mellott,
publisher Of the Canton Daily News.
James L. Jones, commissioner of
prohibition and narcotic supervisior
said the best detectives of the mar
cotic division of the treasury have
been assigned to the Canton district
to break up dope running
"Thc federal agents cannot and
viii not investigate the murder,
Jones said, "Thev will, however,
turn over to state officials any evi-
dence or information they obtain in
the narcotic Investigation that
would tend to lead to solution of the
murder.
Jones said Prohibition Admins
TRAITOR Porterfield had been instruct
ed to send dry agents into Canton to
check up ON the liquor situation
there.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20
TONG WAR TAKES
ANOTHER VICTIM
At Los ANGELES

los ANGELES, July 90. ~ The
Pacific coast tong war flarcl anew
here TODAY when several unknown
>laycre shot and Killed Lcong Sock,
.G, apparently while he was sleep
ing in his room at the ChcStcr hotel
Snok : body was NOT foaid until
four hours after the killing. other
reomors told police they hcarcd u
shot AND that several strange Chi
ucsc were known ia have visited
the ho,cl during the night.
Five Chinese have been killed in
other California cities during the
PAST mooth siaec the outbreak Of
'bc fopi between the Hop Sing and
Bug Kong Tong~,
Ah Sing, alleged Hop Sing gun
man shot and Killed Krc"l; lee, of
the Eing Kuug~, here last Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20
Parents Denied
Custody of Child
By United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, lmy 2O.-Nancv
lakcnan, four year old movie star,
WAS without n mother or father to-
day.
\ referee : court has decided af-
ter II long hearing that Lcota Crider
Lakcnan, actress mother, and Robert
l.akcnan Jr., wealthy Kansas City
father, are both unfit to care for
the baby.
The referee recommended to Su-
pcrior Judge Walter Gates that
Nancy be turned over to the care
Of a third party.
The LakcnanS have been involved
in litigation for a long time, start
ing with a complaint for divorce.
Both claim custody Of the babe
Nancy, and charge each other with
being morally unfit to rear the child.
Mrs. Mary Maxwell, the referee,
held that both proved their conten-
tionS.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20
BY United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, July 20.-Thrcc
persons here have been arrested in
suspicion Of insanity as a direct rc-
suit of the mysterious and msolved
kidnapping of Aimee Semple Mother
son, according 10 police reports to-
day.
Antonio Cordcro, 10, former in
mate Of Pattcn asylum, was taken
iato custody after h" told a strange
story of attack and abduction by
" Rose and "Stcyr', self lesrlib-
ed kidnapers Of the pastor of Angc-
lus temple.
Tom Wilson, negro, who cntcroS
the district attorneys office and
demanded q $1,000 reward for 10.
eating" the untound shack in which
Mrs. Mcpherson said she was held
prisoner was under observation in
the pSychopathic ward. When an
effort was made to eject Wilson
from the office, he bit the ear of
Investigator Burgess.
Clyde DcNillers, well known Pa
cifir coast aviator, who claims he
knows the "inside story of the
Mcpherson ease and can produce
the man who took the evangelist
away from Venice on Nav Is in an
airplauc, is still under observation
rs a pSYchopatAit ease.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20
Raiding Officers
TerrOrize Town
And Shoot Five
BY United Press Leased Wire

MUSKOGEE, Okla, July 20-Five
persons were shot and four others
dubbed into uneonsciousness early
today when two officers, said to be
drunk, tcrrori2ed inmates of three
rooming houses while making raids.
The two officers, Paul Davis, a
deputy sheriff, and Yes Carmack, a
city detective, were oyerpowered af
ter they had fired more than so
shots and had resorted to clubbing
and other violence. Davis was
wounded.
-Four of those shot are in serious
condition and physicians say that
Davis win not live. One woman
was shot but her injuries are not
serious.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20
GRAND JURY WILL
QUIZ MINISTER In
TEXAS SHOOTING
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FORT WORTH, Teyas. July o.
Investigation by the grand jury to-
day Of the Staying Of D. L. Chipps,
wholesale lumlcrman in Fort Worth
by Dr. J. Frank Norris in the study
of the First Baptist church Satur-
day afternoon, was expected to re-
veal who the "mystery man. and
eye witness to the shooting might
be.
This man, according to Or. Nor
ris, came to the church with Chipps
and fled when the shooting started.
Fourteen witnesses, many of them
members and employees of the
church, were to go before the grand
jury this morning, according to As
sistant District Attorney r. b.
Young Jr., who is handling the in
vestigation.
Meanwhile Norris and members
of his church are getting ready for
u protracted revival in Fort Worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-20
ADMINISTRATION
IS ATTACKED FOR
ITS DEBT POLICY
BY Uuited Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, July 20. -- The
administration has burglel It's for
tign debt settlements and lesSencd
the possibility of senate ratifica-
ton of the French agreement, Sen
ator Pat Harrison, Democrat, Miss
issippi, charged here today.
Referring to recent announcement
by Secretary of the Treasury Mel
Ion that the terms granted foreign
debtors were more than lcnicnt, Har
rison said:
Il am glad to know that at last
Mr.. Mellon as spokesman of the al
minStration admits that terms of
the agreement made with France