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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-22
VIDA TELEPHONE
line COMPLETED
FIRST CONVERSATION LAST
FRIDAY NIGHT-SERVES
LARGE DISTRICT

The first phone call over the
new Vida-Wolf Point telephone
line was made last Friday evening
between Z and 8 o'clock. Jacob
Kluth of Vida talked with his
wife who is visiting in this city.
When that call was finished P.
NJ. Krebsbach of Vida talked with
al Appelgren in this city. These
calls marked the completion Of
261a miles of telephone between
the two towns. Later the same
evening calls were put through to
Beach, N. D., home town of
J. P. Smith, the contractor for the
job, and to town east of Minot.
All the conversations came
through the lire clearly and dis
tinctly.
Feeder Lines
The Vida-W Point line en-
braces two branches. One of
them goes straight from Wolf
Point to Vida with no taps for in
dividual phones. This line fol-
lows the graded road to Vida. 1t
is expected that about z or 8
feeder lines into Vida will be con
structed this fall. The switch
board at the Vida end of the,
line is in Paul Fay's store and a
public phone booth will also be
constructed there.
The Sheep Greek line extends
southeast Of Wolf Point for Is
niles, supplying about a dozen
homes for that distance. Calls on
t are made through the Wolf
Point office.
Continued on page seven)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-22
SLAPS TRIAL FOR CEILR MURDER NEARS END WITH 18th DAY
DEFENSE PUTS DEFENDANT
ON STAND AS LAST WITNESS

At the close of the fifteenth day since the open
ing of the trial of Ferdinand Schlaps charged with
the crime of murder in the first degree, and the end
of the eighth day following the securing of jury,
eighteenyear-oId German-Russian boy, on trial for
the murder on May first last of Ludmilla Geisler,
wife of his employer, was placed on the stand in an
effort by the defense to aid his own case. Attorney
Noun completed the lengthy direct examination
animation which will be completed Friday. 1t is
probable that Schlaps will be the last witness by the
defense
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-22
FAIRBANKS PICTURE
FULL OF ADVENTURE

With the news that Douglas
Fairbanks in his latest screen sue
cess, Don @, Son Of Zorro" viii
be the feature attraction next
Thursday-Friday at the Liberty
theatre, comes the added an
nouncement that this famous star
has, for the time being, stepped
out of his role of the historic
character-such as Robin Hood,
or the fantastic-such as The
Thief Of Bagdad,' and will be seen
in his new photoplay as the ro-
mantle adventurer, winning hearts
and plaudits with his inimitable
athletic prowess.
This new film, Don @, Son Of
Zorro" is by no means a screen
version Of the Cervantes classic,
"Don Quixote," as some have
thought, but has been adapted
from the novel Don Q's Love
story" by X. and Hesketh Prich
ard.
Never in all Fairbanks career,
it is said by critics everywhere,
did he have a photoplay vehicle
that gave him such splendid OPP
portunities for athletic stunts
the type Of film portrayal which
brought him his earlier successes,
and in Don @, Son of Zorro"
there are feats Of nimbleness and
daring that are said TO be far in
excess anything that the redoubt-
able Doug" has ever presented.
(Continue7 on Page Three
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-22
LOCATES HERE

Melford L. Dahl of Helena, U.
is. internal revenue deputy, will
make his headquarters in Wolf
Point. Mr.. Dahl has secured Of
fee room in the Security bank
building. He is succeeding Paul
Stevens who formerly covered this
territory. Mr.. Dahl is well known
throughout Roosevelt county as
he was deputy treasurer under
Mr.. Tidland's administration and
his parents reside in Froid.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-22
GAME WARDEN HERE

E. ". Krost, deputy state game
warden for the territory east of
Glasgow was in town Thursday.
Mr.. Krost says that he heard they
were fishing trout out of Wolf
Creek and came here to investi-
gate, as it is illegal. Trout can
not be taken from Wolf Creek
until the state game commission
gives permission and they have
not yet given permission. Wolf
Creek was planted with trout
about three or four years ago.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-22
JUDGE GALEN HERE

Associate Justice Albert J.
Galen of the Montana Supreme
court spent short time in Wolf
Point Wednesday evening and
Thursday morning in the interest
Of his candidacy for reelection
for his present office. The terms
of both Judge Galen and Associ-
ate Justice w. L. Holloway expire
this year and both are candidates
to succeed themselves. The 9TH
er candidates on the Republican
ballot are William E. Carroll and
Frank P. Leiper. On the Demo-
cratic ballot are former U. S..
Senator Henry L. Myers Of Bill
lings and C. E. Conner, formerly
district judge of the twentieth dis
trict.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-22
EXTRA -SCHLAPs GUILTY, DEATH THE
PENALTY

The SchIaps murder case was placed in
the hands of the jury at II Is Friday evening
July %, and the court ad journed until ten Sat
urday morning. Before that hour arrived word
came from the jury room that verdict had been
reached. AS soon as all necessary parties had
been brought to the court room, court convened.
Judge Paul inquired if a verdict had been
reached. Andrew Harbo, as foreman, replied
that they had. The paper was handed to
bailif who carried it to the court who read it and
passed it to Clerk of Court Thos. r. Forbes. Sub
stantially the verdict read:
OWE, THE JURY, DULY EAPANELLED
AND SWORN, DO HEREBY FIND THE
DEFENDANT GUILTY OF MURDER IN
THE FIRST DEGREE AND FIX HIS PUN
ISHMENT AT DEATH"
Judge Paul announced that judgment would
be pronounced on August 11th He then thank
ed the jury for the service they had rendered
their state and county and for the fact that they
had not shirked their duty
Prosecuting Attorney Marion also thanked
the jury for its patience in following the case,
and expressed his appreciation of their having
performed their duty and performed it we'll
The jury was dismissed and recess of ff-
teen minutes announced. AS the throng Of peo-
pie passed from the court room onto the street
expressions Of sentiment were heard except
those of approval. There appeared to be
feeling of thankfuIness that Roosevelt county
has prosecuting attorney with the courage to
perform his duty, unpleasant it may be, and
that from the citizens of the county jury could
be empanelled that did not fail in its most es-
sential part in bringing about law enforcement
1t is understood that the jury was unani
NOUS from the beginning of its deliberations in
finding guilt and fixing the penalty.
(The Herald was delayed by large amount
of extra work, and since the end of the SchIaps
trial was evidently close at hand it was decided
to hold the last forms until the verdict could be
given)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-22
May Conclude Friday

Indications point to getting tn,
case into the hands of the jury b!
Friday evening. The tedium anC
heat of the long days have no
lessened public interest in the
case. Many people are remaining
here to follow the case in its con
cluding phases. The unusua,
length and great expense of the
case has been unavoidable so fa1
as the states counsel were con-
cerned, and were brought about
by the peculiar circumstances sur
rounding the early history of the
tragic affair following the discov-
cry of the bodies, and by the per-
sistent fight made by counsel for
the defense. Before many of the
essential premises set forth in the
charge against Schlaps could be
proven under the rules of evidence
foundations had to be laid before
the necessary evidence could be
introduced.
Last Fridays Testimony
Olaf Larson, Homestead, a sec
ton hand, was the first witness
put on the stand Friday by the
state in the trial of Ferdinand
Schlaps, charged with the murder
Of Ludmilla Geisler at Beim, May
1. Larson said that on the morn
ing of May 2, shortly after 81
o'clock, he started to walk to the
irrigation dam south Of Home
stead. Just south of the steel
bridge across the Big Muddy, onI
the east side of the river, he no
ticed bunch of cattle looking at
something in the river. He in
vestigated and found it was the
body of woman, or girl, lying
in the water about three feet from
the shore and about 100 feet
south of the bridge. According to
his testimony, Larson returned to
Homestead and told Of finding
the body and he and several men
returned to the place where the
body was found. He also told of
the discovery of the body of Tony
Geisler about 700 feet down
stream from the bridge, at the sec
ond visit to the river. After
this, the party returned to Home
stead and called the Sheridan
county sheriff at Plentywood.
Sheridan County Attorney
Erickson and an undertaken ar t
rived from Plentywood about II '
o'clock the same morning and the {
bodies were taken to Homestead
n a truck. The Sheridan sheriff {
arrived later. (
Larson described the appearance I
If the bodies when taken from the r
liver, stating that of the woman v
vas only partly clothed, that she t
lad only one stocking on and no n
jhoes. The body of the man was
lressed in working clothes. Help
described large hole torn in the a
leck of the woman and, also, a
lole in the shoulder of the man.
Larson identified a picture of
he steel bridge across the Big P
Iuddy and told Of blood stains he p
aw on the planks and railing of n
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-22
SPEAK WELL OF OUR CROPS

j. J. Wall returned Thursday
from tour of parts of Saskatche-
wan and Manitoba, also Minnesota
and North Dakota and says that
Roosevelt county crops rank we'll
ahead Of most Of those he saw,
particularly in North Dakota and
Minnesota. His opinion is cor
roborated by E. T. Stennes who is
visiting here. After a tour of
the country north and northwest
Mr.. Stennes is enthusiastic about
Montana's crops. He says that
prospects for a good crop are fair
at Halstead, Mimi, his home but
at many other places are poor.
Don't neglect to vote at the
Primary election, August 8. The
polls will be open only from 1900
noon until ZOO p. m.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-07
Lillian Urges Madge to Exploit Her Talents

To my relief, Katie made no fur ther comment upon Mary Harrison's 5 presence in the apartment, and l pretonded not 10 hear her little dia- lrihe, for l wished no session of dis ciplino with my little maid while she was helping me 10 get settled in my new home, After showing her where she would find the meagcr Kitchen equipment oG the new apart mcnt. Lillian and l slipped into the front room, finding Mary just walk rnins from the sleep into which she bad fallen after her eXhausting paroNysmS of sobbng.
 The rrsilienCy of youth, however, had left no trace upon her face of her storms Of fears. With rose-tinted cheeks a. 1 starry eyes. she sat up among her pillows and smiled al us, lillians assurance evidently had cleared the last doubt in her mind hat she was 10 realize the ambition she had cherished SO fren2iedly, and she was radiantly happy. I shivered involuntarily at tho remembrance of tu" test a vague thing 10 me as yet, which Lillian meant 10 give her, but [ was careful 10 let no hint of my gloom reach her.
 eye had such q wonderful sleep" ahn said getting 10 her feet and looking around for tho dress she had taken off when she gave the exhibi- ton dance for Lillian, [ crossed the room, took it from a chair and gave :r 10 her, forcing q checry smile in rcturn for the grateful one she gave me.
 "T hope you arc hungry" I said, for Katie is broiling an immense steak in tha kitchen"
 Lead me 10 it.' she said and her laughter hubblod forth joyously. Nnrvously I glanced at Lillian, won dorinr if the girls light-heartedness vould displease her. but she also vas smiling. although l saw that her narrowed eyes were watching Mary's every movement.
 The Problem Mary Presents
 We dined sumptuously and paid ycou1an tribute 10 katie's carefully prepared dishes Then instructing Katie concerning the cleaning work in tho apartment. We went back in the front room, where Lillian spoke leciSivcly:
 Your aunt and I are going out for a few minutes Mary" she said. "Just read or rest, or do anything you choose until we come back"
 "rll curl right up in this window seat and watch the river" the young girl answered. and Lillian gave satisfied little nod.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-07
THI, REASON WHY

Madame Serie pulled me still closer toward her as she said:
 "'Don't you worry, Mamie. Lola Lawrence wil not have so much money 10 spend in the future. In q very short time she will find that she has not open sesame to Mir. Ire maiucs bank account or even pocketboOk'
 why not" Have they quarreled" | asked in surprise.
 Madame looked at me very strangely.
 "Is it possible Ahat you don't know, Mamtc"' she questioned.
 "'No, don't know was my pug 2lcd answer, and I'm sure there's no reason why should know. I only have seen Miss Lawrence and MT. rremainc here and while she has al- ways high-hattod me, you know, yet Mr. Trcmaiue seemed to think she was all right
 For q moment Madame seemed to gay something. Then she turned my taoe toward hers.
 "I wish my daughter had been like you shr sgil.
 "I had ucr,r known that Madam" had had q doUehtcr and even then l ,liI not dare a8l. about her.
 "That afternoon Madame was hind ,uorgh 10 l't Inc off early and [ v.,Fr to Tor'.a'.o.
 "Hr saV io' immediately and h. ,..rtatuly pat mr through my pacca. Ns | rrs sj3!iar, scales mostly, hl ."llI look .o2yrI 9 screen every ,n.a i0 '.htI" that stood in a cor or ot 'la. ,ou. with a triumphant ., F5 ~. o. had Ir"linE
New Britain herald., 1926-04-07

1 shot for market, but now that they cannot be lawfully sold there is no excuse whatever for killing so many. 1 I don't know how anybody can call it sport. Sport lies in giving the other party a fair chance. I'd like to know what chance a Duck has when a i hunter can fire six shots at him without rcloading his gun. The more I see Of hunting the less l see of sport. It's a wonder 10 me that MT. and Mrs. Quack have lived to get back here from the Sunny South. I think I'll go back to the barn and get some corn"
 | So Farmer Browns Boy trudged back to the barn and got some corn. This h took over to the Smiling Pool and put in the water where the year before NIT. and Mrs. Quack used to feed.
 Probably they'll think I'm trying ! to bait them the way some of those hunters do," said Farmer Browns Boy. "I really don't see how we have any ducks. No. sir, I don't. Men talk about being fair-mindcd, and then will put out food for ducks day after day until the ducks get into the habit of coming to that par ticular place. That is batting them. ! Then some day, when the ducks think that they are perfectly safe and come flying in 10 get their usual meal, they are met by those terrible guns in the hands of the hunters. That isn't my idea of hunting, at all. don't know how any one can call it sport. And it's just as bad when the hunters use live ducks to call the wild ones in. That is trcaChery."
 He carefully hid, and then possess cd himself in patience. Now. pa tience brings its own reward. After q while he saw Mir. and Mrs. Quack coming in from the Big River. They flew high, and they circled round and round, still flying high. It was some time before they Ventured to drop lower. Farmer Browns Roy knew that if he lifted so much as a finger they "OIllu ne away again. That was because they were so suspicious. It meant that they had learned that it is never safe fer a duck to feel sure that things are as they look. It meant that they had been shot at so much that they trusted nothing, not even the dear old Smiling Pool where they so often had been fed.
 And when at last they did droI down and alight in tho Smiling Poo they were still suspicious, They had discovered the corn, but it was long time before they venturcd neal enough 10 pick up any of it. Farmer Browns Boy knew exactly how they felt. and he didn't blame thcm ir the least. "Its unfnir-- it's dread fully unfair" muttercd Farmer Browns Boy.
 Copyright. 1926. by T, W. Burgess)
 The next story: "Peepcr Stops
New Britain herald., 1926-04-07
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY


 HARRY MORTON. rich, hand some and unmarried, has an adopt ed daughter, AUDREY, with whom | he lives in New Britain, but whom he takes with him on frequent trips to New York where he has an apart ment. The town gossips never have learned his real business.
 A man whom Morton calls SMITH and who claims 10 be Audrey's stepfather, appears after s years absence and Morton ships him hurriedly to south America. MONA New York girl, madly in love with Morton falls into jealous rage and seeks 10 humiliate him with the aid of man and another girl. l He laughs al the plot and leaves. She comes 10 his apartment 10 plead ! for forgiveness and Is overheard by Audrey, who declares her own love | for Morton and asks him to marry | her. He refuses. He hires JOHN | PARRISH as his secretary and tells the young man he must undertake to be q companion to Audrey. He takes him to his apartment to din- ner. Audrey whispers 10 Morton, asking him point blank is he has in- troduced Parrish as a candidate for her hand.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 tThc names and situations In this story are fictitiOus.)
 CHAPTER TX
 Morton touched the girl lightly on the arm.
 "Tll tell you everything you want to know after Mir. Parrish has gone, but child-don't emharrass the poor boy by holding whispered confer ences in corners"
 He turned away and Audrey fol- lowed him. Her manner was sub dued and she took little part in the conversation until after dinner. When they left the dining room she took a chair by a window and looked Iabsently into the dark street outside. The two men chatted at the other end of the room, MOrtons eyes seek ling from time to time to catch those of the girl. Then. at length, she looked up. She caught the slight trown upon his brow. In quick un- derstanding she arose and walked slowly toward the organ console.
 Do you care for music, Mr. Par rish?" she asked.
 Parrsh's face lighted with pleas ure. Morton watched him in an ef- fort 10 determine whether the pleas- ure arose from the girls question or from his receiving any notice from her at all
 "I do like music" Parrish said. | The girl sat on the organ stool and arranged the stops on the in strument.
 This organ can do double duty" she said. Tt plays by electricity when I'm lazy; when I'm feeling energetic I do the playing myself. | There's a Wagner roll in here now"
 She thrust the starting lever and i the organ ,throbbed into the Wed ding March,"
 1 The music stopped abruptly
 T thought that was another roll" the girl said. busying herself with the mechanism. Her face had col ored.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-07

Meadows. Farmer Browns Boy saw, them jump into the air and watched them fly swiftly over the Rig River.
 My, but q ey are scary!" exclaim- ed Farmer Browns Boy. Tt means that they have been shot at so much that they are afraid 10 allow a man anywhere near. l suppose I've got 10 tah- them all over again. Ii is a shame. Yes, sir, il is a shame. l sup
 pose it is all right 10 have a shooting season, but when Ducks have been so hunted that weeks and weeks .attcr the clos,' ot the season they arc las wild as ever, something is all wrong. I understand that in some places the law allows a man to kill ducks. and do if day .after day for nor than three months. That sort of thing may have been all very we'll when Ducks were
New Britain herald., 1926-04-07
Quicksands of Love
 Adele Garrison's New Phase of
 da Wife

There's no better occupation for a beauty loyer," she commended, and when we had put on our hats and coats, Lillian led the way down. stairs and across the drive 10 the park again,
 We shan't be distracted by the gifted Mir. Neritzen this time" she said, as we walked down the wind- ing path Of the park 10 a secluded seat. Lillian looked sharply around her as we sat down and gave q satis- fled little nod.
 No one can sec us here" she said and we can See anyone coming from any direction. Now l want to know Just what you are planning to do with Mary provided you win your argument with her Aunt Harriet"
 Why" I stammered, nonplussed by the sudden question, which had, I knew, some purpose back Of it. "I haven't thought much about it. I'll keep her here with us, suppose, while she goes into whatever train ing you advise"
 Lillian drowned.
 "In other words" she said, "you're going 10 add another to your dom estic burdens. This apartment will mean that you'll be a cook, a house. keeper. q seamstress, nurse, a wife, a mother, and q guardian for q most temperamental and cratic modern Forgive me for being in- quisitive, but are you going to have a maid ?'
 q don't think we can afford one" I said flushing, unless ] get some- thing to do."
 She looked at me sharply.
 "So you have been thinking of that she said.
 "Yes, I have" I answered, and if my reply was unusually stressed, 1t vas because Of the remembrance of Dicky's comparison of my valuelcss time with the valuable minutes of Edith Fairfax.
 Lilian's reply startled me.
 "1 wondered when you'd come to your senses" she said.
 What do you mean?" l queried.
 "That you're wasting a mighty good brain on mcnding rompers and socks and catering to Dicky's va earies," she said. That was all right when Junior was baby. But he ought to be in school now, and you ought 10 reorganize your life so that -well--to speak plainly, Madge, so that Dicky will realize that you have q place in the economic world, per haps not as good as his own, but certainly as good or better than that of Edith Fairfax"
 Copyright. 1926, by Newspaper
 Feature Service. Inc.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-07
HER!QWN B! ,! ! \ WAY
 oYaGirl of Today

that st.Ieonc was behind it, but I asked no questions, for l was too taken up with the realization that at last my dream was going 10 come true. l was going 10 sing.
 "I didn't know then, Julie, that dreams never come true. Never never"
 Again Mamie's black head went down upon her arms and she began sobbing anew.
 "Oh, Mamie, dear, don't cry like that" I pleaded. What has hap pened tonight since left you? Sure ly you did not feel like this earlier in the evening.'
 "I know it, Julie, know it, but after you left. I saw him-saw him with his wife and Oh, Julie, he looks unhappy. He seemed 10 have grown much older"
 put my hand on Mamie's shoul- der Whom are you talking about" I asked. Copyright, 1925, NEA Service,
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 TOMORROW: The story in Her Heart.