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Evening star., 1926-05-02
LONG AND SHORT TRIPS
CALL SPRING TOURIST
Hard Roads Extending in Every Direction
From Washington Lead to Many
Enjoyable and Scenic Journeys.
BY w, J. VOSS.

No less true than otused quotation about young mans
becoming heightened in the Sprngte is the
assertion that the has become the for
begin his plans for program of touring
Automobiles of the District of Columbia and surrounding
regions different from those farther west south All
belong the increasing fraternity OF and who
their for greater personal enjoyment.
The number Of who satisfied with of
their ride week end
growing rapidly that many Washington motorists dur
ing the approaching touring wilt seek the delight which
exploring the country around this city
Although touring include the short trips that
than those of longer which take
the Pacific Coast that motorists
Evening star., 1926-05-02

that the tenth one is rewarded with
nothing but trouble, even though he
appears to take the best of care of
his car. The result Is that they de-
eide against wasting effort in the
work Of preventing what IS SEEM
ingly inevitable.
There is no simple way in which
they can come to discover that the
conscientious owner really isn't con-
scientious at all, for he never admits
that he might be lavishing his car
with abuse under the label of care.
This is the sort of car owner who
will spend his good money and time
TO have the crankcase flushed out
with kerosene every time the OIL is
changed, when today's practice and
wisdom demand that the flushing
should be done with a quart or so of
fresh oil, which will not dilute the
new oil that is added nor impair its
efficiency.
lie is the motorist who always
shifts down to second on a hill be-
cause he does not believe in punish
ing the engine, never realizing that
constant gear shifting Furnishes the
transmission. the clutch and the uni.
versals. or that there may actually
be far less wear on the engine in
high gear. other things being nor
mai.
It Is interesting 70 reflect a mo.
ment over the matter OF hill climbing
in order TO see how the excessively
conscientious car owner often comes
a cropper. Since the power of ar
automobile engine Is, to very large
extent, dependent upon It's speed, i,
follows that the engine is being
strained when it is being made tc
pull the car while its shaft is turn
ing slowly.
Climbing Hills an Art.
Knowing this, the wise driver at
tempts TO get up a little speed wheI
approaching hill and aims to main
tain that speed all the way UP
rather than make the engine pull
hard at a lower engine and car speed
A car with a high gear ratio of AZ
travelling 20 miles an hour, with al
actual rear wheel and tire diameter
of S3H inches, will require the en-
gine to rotate $40 times per minute
Now, II the driver makes the usual
shift TO second gear, he will, in al
probability, allow the car to SLOW
down 10 HNe mics an hour before
letting IN the clutch and allowing the
engine 10 take 1t easy"
What happens? The engine speed
falls down below 900 revolutions pei
minute, which is too low speed for
power. The engine begins to hammer
and, while 1t soon picks up TO a safe
speed. the damage done during the
shifting process and directly after Is
actually greater than had tho driver
kept the car In ''high." even X the
car speed had fallen TO 10 miles ar
hour, for then the engine would have
been rotating 900 revolutions per min
ute.
Through ignorance OF the real facts
In each case. the excessively careful
car owner often infiicts the most dire
punishment on his car.
Somewhere the car owner has
learned that II IS wrong to drive with
a retarded spark. but his schooling
failed to warn him against the equal
ly injurious habit Of driving with the
spark too far advanced.
There still Is another brand OF driver
who seems to think that the spark
Evening star., 1926-05-02
Kentucky Erecting Signs.

Kentucky Is starting a good roads
program and is accomplishing a great
deal of highway sign work to make
it's road SO much more easy to fol-
low. This will have the effect OF ex-
panding the touring area westward
and southwestWard from Washing
nrarti1aliad I-isrl,tLa Do
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03
REPORT STORMS TO WEST

Travellers and trainmen passing
through Nashua and Frazer We'd
nesday afternoon reported severe
storms there.
A hail storm of half an hours
duration, with the fall Of hail very
heavy was reported at Frazer. 1t
occurred about 3 o'clock and at
the same time a heavy rain storm
to the north was reported. This
was just before a light shower
passed over Wolf Point.
A trainman who passed through
those towns about 8 o'clock re-
ports seeing a small twister or
cyclone cloud passing slowly
through the country but says that
he saw no signs of damage it had
done and that there seemed to be
no destructible property in its
direct path.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03

Scott Hart met with the board,
and discussed road work and
maintenance.
Motion made by Lesson, sec
onded by Young that the County
Attorney make arrangements with
Lewis & Clark county in regard
to the care Of Louise Johnson.
Motion made and seconded to
recess until 700 p. m. in order
to let the board drive over the
proposed new road to Benrud.
At 1880 p. m. the board re
sumed.
Motion made by Lesson, sec
.onded by Young that the County
Surveyor order n new mold
board and two blades for n of
the graders
Motion made by Lesson, sec
onded by Young that the County
Surveyor stake out the grading
to be done on the road from Pop
lar to the ferry.
Motion made by Lesson, sec
onded by Young that the county
grading outfit be turned over to
w. L. Young for road work until
July 1st.
Motion made by Lesson that
the State Highway commission
have the use of the Cat and Grad
er to use a few days on the road
east of Wolf Point.
Motion made by Lesson, sec
onded by Young that the County
Surveyor order new blades for
one Eagle drag.
Motion made by Lesson, sec
onded by Young to adjourn.
w. L. YOUNG, Chairman.
Attest:
w. J. HARDIE Clerk.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03
SPEED CLASSIC
WON BY BOY e
DRIVES 400 MILES ON BRICK
SPEEDWAY IN 1887
10000 WITNESS
Speedway, indianapolis, Ind,

Speedway, Indianapolis, Ind,
Frank Lockhart, 23-year-old Los
Angeles youth. won the Indianapo-
lis automobile race today. The
race. originally scheduled to go
500 miles, was cut to 400 miles
because Of rain. Harry Hartz,
also of Los Angeles, was second
and Cliff Woodbury., of Chicago,
was third. Fred Conner, Of Los
Angeles. was fourth and Peter
De Paolo, winner Of the 1925 race,
was fifth. Lockhart's time for
the 400 miles was Alb :37.78, an
average Of 94.63 miles an hour.
The speedway is 21A miles to a
lap. ,
The race, temporarily halted
because of sudden showers, after
drivers had covered IT'S miles,
was resumed after a delay of an
hour and 10 minutes.
When the race resumed, Is OF
the original starters remained in
the grind, risking their lives in
their quest of speed and prizes
totalling 100000.
Lockbart, driving his first big
race. was given the lead, with
Harry Hartz in second position,
Earl Copper third and Dave Lewis,
fourth.
The cars were started from a
standing start. Each driver was
given the same relative position
he held when tagged from the
course. The timing device was
turned back so that it registered
exactly as it did when the race
was stopped.
Lockhart chung to the lead al
200 miles, stepping it off in 2:10.-
1872. He was a lap ahead of Har-
nv Hartz. Dave Lewis was third
Hartz was setting a furious pace
in an attempt to catch his Cali
fornia rival.
A record breaking crowd, esti-
mated at 10000 was drenchec
half a dozen times by the sudden
showers.
Lockhart won about $4,000
He rode the entire distance with.
out relief, stopping only once fol
attention to his car and fuel.
Lockhart won by five miles. He
went into the lead on the 152nc
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03
LEAVE FOR MIssoULA

Mrs. w. V. D. Chapman, Keron,
Halle and Walter will leave Mon
day morning by car for Missoula
where they will make their future
home. Mr.. Chapman had plan
ned to go with them but was I'M
able to leave for business rea-
sons. Keron will register in the
forestry service course at the
University of Montana and will
be in training at Fort Missoula
during part of the summer. Mr..
Chapman plans on remaining in
Wolf Point for the present.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03

Commissioner Weinrich and Lee
son look after the road work east
Of the Muddy river seconded by
Young.
All members voting "Aye."
Motion made by Lesson, sec
onded by Weinrich that the board
meet in Special Session April 13,
1926, at 1920 a. m.
Resolution
Resolved that inasmueh as the
records pertaining to Section J.
2|-6-7-11-12 and Is Twp. 81,
Range 40 f. VI. NJ. have never
been transcribed from McCone
county, to Roosevelt county, and
as it appears to be necessary to
have this done. a motion was made
bv Lesson. seconded by Weinrica
that the clerk and recorder have
the McCone County Abstract Co.
do the work, he having offered to
10 same for the sum OF SlO0.OO.
And the clerk and recorder is fur
Their authorized to ask the Board
Of County Commissioners Of Nc
Cone county. Mont, to transfer
or deliver to Roosevelt county, all
.hattel mortgages, liens and other
papers on file there affecting the
residents of the above described
land.
Motion made and seconded to
ajourn.
W. L. YOUNG Chairman
Attest:
w. j. HARDIE, Clerk.
Special Board Meeting
The board met in their office
at Wolf Point, Montana, April
18th, 1925, at 1920 a. m. with
Young and Lesson present.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03
HOME TALENT PLAY
IS WELL RECEIVED
The home talent play Its Al

The home talent play Its All
a Mistake" given in the Vida
Community hall last Saturday
night was declared by those who
saw it to be very we'll presented.
More than $50 people saw the
performance, which was repeated
in Richey Monday night and will
play in Lambert Saturday night,
June 5. After the play a dance
was given by the Vida Syncopa
tors.
The cast Of characters:
Captain Obediah Skinner
Milo Gorley
Lit. George Richmond
Bruce Randall
Richard Hamilton
Boyd Nefzger
Fred Lighthead
NJ. Constance
Nellie Richmond
Tressa Tritcheler
Nellie Huntington
Marie Tritcheler
Cornelia Skinner
Mrs. F. W. Callison
Plain Nell
Grace Sullivan
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03
Nucleus For Library
Purchased By Club

At a special meeting the Wolf
Point Womans Club held Friday
evening it was voted to purchase
800 volumes from the library of
Mrs. w. S. Carson to be used as
the nucleus for a public library
here. A committee composed of
Thomas R. Forbes, Mrs. w.
c. Johnson and Mrs. I. L. Jensen
was appointed to select a suitable
place for the location of the Ii
brary. Mrs. Neil McFarlan pre-
sided at the meeting.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03
sIMONs LEAVING

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Simon
and family left today for a visit
with relatives in Jordan, Mime
sofa. Mrs. Simon will remain
there for several weeks and Mr..
Simon will return to Culbertson
where he will join the National
Guard company which will go to
camp at Helena. During
Mr.. Simon's absence A. G. Nc
Cartney will take his place at the
local depot.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03
Man Sleeps Like Log,
Eats Anything

"After taking Adlerika l can
eat anything and sleep like a log.
l had gas on the stomach and
couldn't keep food down nor
sleep" (signed) R. c. Miller.
ONE spoonful Adlerika removes
GAS and often brings surprising
relief to the stomach. Stops that
full, bloated feeling. Often
brings out old waste-matter you
never thought was in your sys-
tenn. Excellent for chronic CON
stipation. HUXSOL DRUG co.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03
Notice To VandaIs

Frequent reports come in of
damage to windows in vacant
houses and other acts Of vandal-
ism committed by boys, and warn
ing is hereby given to all commit
ting such ncts to desist at once.
Officers are keeping vigilant
watch and offenders Of this sort
will be taken into justice court
and when proven guilty will be
required to make good the dam
age.
JOHN APPELGREN, Mayor,
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB, ITS
PURPOSE AND ITS SUPPORT
Charles Gordon, Secretary

The Commercial club idea has grown up
with advancing civilization and is one OF the
best evidences that we are, as a people, grow
ing better and bigger. The object OF a CONNER
cial club is to make our city a better, cleaner,
safer place in which to live and do the work of
life.
Civic problems are manifold and a city
without civic problems has stopped growing.
Community leadership aids in their solution. It
never has controlled public opinion nor does it
try; its great JOHN any city is to point out
needs and remedies, to point ahead and plan
ahead. Any member or resident may suggest
any line Of activity to the secretarys office and
the suggestion will be carefully considered. 1t
anyone sees defect anywhere, whether in our
business, our municipal, our educational, or our
charitable equipment, it is the one organization
that will consider that defect, and if anything
can be done to remedy it will set in motion the
machinery to meet that need. An organization
which does this, performs a service, the value
of which can never be computed in dollars and
it deserves the hearty support of every citizen.
The list of members who have subscribed
for 1926 is as follows:
Liberty Theatre, $4,000; L.. M. Clayton,
S24.OO; Stennes-McConnon Co., $4,000; Valley
Market, $4,000; F. H. Livingston, $1,000; First
State Bank, $4,000; Davey Tailors, $24.OO; Mo
tor Sales Co., $4,000; Security Co., g. B. Swift
zer), $1,000; b. A. Brakeman, Ct. & T. Co..,
$500; WestIand Oil Co.. $4,000; F. ]. Jones
Co., Golden Rule), $4,000; F. J. Neutgens,
(Cash Grocery, $500; Wolf Point Herald,
$500; The Fad, $4,000; j. r. Burgess, $1,000;
j. C. DeWane, $1,000; First National Bank,
$4,000; Farmers Lumber Co., $1,000; Wilbur
White Cafe, $1,000; E. B. Styer, $1,000; Ablin
Oil Co., $1,000; The Globe, $1,000; Ed Camrud,
$1,000; Bert Norby, $1,000; A. w. Huxsol,
$4,000.
This list is not complete as many subscrib-
ers have not yet turned in their cards and some
who have already contributed have notified the
secretary of their intention to add to their
amounts for 1926. When finally completed the
list will be published in full in The Herald.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03
Proceedings of April 6 Meeting

recess until 1880 p. m.
At 1880 p. m. the board re
sumed.
Motion made BY Lesson, second
ed by Weinrich that the hearing
on the Culbertson ferry franchise
be postponed until April 9TH
1926.
Motion made by Weinrich, sec
onded by Lesson to recess until
10 o'clock a. m., April z, 1926.
At 10 O'Clock a.. IN. the board
resumed.
Motion made by Lesson, second
ed by Weinrich to cancel the 1919
assessment Of taxes against the
of Sec. 1-29-58 Tax Sale
Cert. No. 527 Patent not being
issued until April IA, 1919.
Motion made and seconded to
recess until 100 p. m.
At 1 o'clock p. m. the board
resumed.
J. E. Rucker Of Culbertson ap-
peared before the board in behalf
Of Behelen Bros, ferry men at
Culbertson asking that a fran
chise be granted to the said Be
helen Bros. to operate a ferry
across the Missouri river at Cul-
bertson; the said Behelen Bros.
agreeing to forward q good and
sufficient bond.
Motion made by Lesson, sec
onded by Weinrich that a fran
chise be granted to Behelen Bros,
at Culbertson upon their fling a
bond according to law.
Motion made by Lesson that
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03

and except for a few seconds,
when he relinquished it to Hartz,
held it until the finish. He lost
tie lead when he stopped at the
252nd mile but quickly regained
it. in a marvellous burst of speed
that reached $50 miles an hour
on the straightaways.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03

First State Bank
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03
AMERICAN BEATS
BRITS AT GOLF
JESS SWEETSER WINS IN
BIG FIELD OF BEST
AMATEURS

Muirfield, Scotland.-The Brit
ish amateur golf title was carried
loft Saturday for the first time by
a native born Amsrican-Jess
lSweetser, of New York. Only
once before-22 years ago-have
Americas frequent c~hallengers
for the British amateur crown
been successful. Walter J. Trav-
is, a native of Australia, having
won the title in 1904.
Sweetser, a star in his inter
collegiate days at Yale and later
American amateur champion, ac-
complished the feat on the historic
IMuirfeld course Saturday after
noon by defeating Alexander Fred
erick Simpson, Scottish civil en-
gineer. a golfer too new in cham
pionship tests to bear up under
the gruelling SO hole test of the
final round. The score was 6 up
and 5 to play.
Easy Victory
The triumphs of the American
star. last hope of the visiting.
Walker cup team, after the un-
expected defeat of Bobby Jones
Friday was comparatively easy.
He had Simpsons measure by the
time the 10 hole morning round
was completed. Four down at the
start of the afternoon, Simpson
finally cracked at the ninth, and
Sweetser pressed forward to
clinch his triumph at the thir-
teenth green.
The defeat of Simpson, while
not unexpected, was a blow to
hopes of golf loving Britishers,
who felt that their representative
lin the final round had come
through the event by too easy
a route. Britons were the first to
concede Sweetser's deserved tri-
nmph. however-the result of con-
sistent play which became bril-
liant at frequent periods and
which stood the test of several
hard fought battles in the early
rounds, including a sensational
struggle with his own teammate,
Francis Ouimet.
The only feature about winning
the championship that Sweetser
Ibid not seem to enjoy was living
up to the British custom of being
hoisted on the shoulders of friends
and admirers after his victory ov-
er Alexander Simpson Of Edin-
burgh.
Wild Enthusiasm
The crowd Of enthusiastic
Scots, who shouldered Sweetser
on the last green, put him down
after a few minutes, but a group
of Americans, led by DR.. W. w.
Rixey, of Princeton, w. Va,
hoisted him up again. They car
ried him through the crowds to
the club house a quarter Of a mile
away.
"This is worse than riding on a
camel" the champion said,
"PIease let me down. Remember
I've got to play all next week at
st. Andrews"
But the Americans carrying
him would not listen to his plea
and Sweetser rode triumphantly,
if uncomfortably, to the very door
of the club house.
For an hour the palatial build
ing rang with cheering and for the
first time in the long history of
the ancient golf club here, the
rooms r~esounded with real "barber
shop harmony"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-06-03

"Sweetser Sweet Home and
'sThe Sidewalks of New York"
were the two f~avorites Of the
c~elebrants Of Sweetser's victory.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-06-10
NO LACK OF WORDS

How often do we find difficulty in thinking
of just the right word to express certain idea?
Even the greatest writers must often stop to weigh
pirate one, while few speakers observe all the
niceties of expression without writing out their
speeches and memorizing them beforehand
These difficulties are not due to any lack of
words in the English language, however. Possibly
it may be result of our having too many to choose
from. The latest unabridged dictionaries contain
more than 400, 900 words and the list is increasing
constantly.
Noah Websters first dictionary, published
in 1928. contained only about 10000 words; the
edition of 1864 included 114.O0o; that of 1890
about $4,000 as compared with the 10000 rec
ogniled words of today.
Yet President Wilson, who was one of the most
gifted masters of English the world has ever
known. in as different public addresses used total
of only e.22i different words. In three of his
published books. however. he used about 10000
different words This shows that vastly more
words are used in writing than in speaking.
A leading photographer estimates that the
educated person of fair ability understands an
average about $4,000 words, but uses only small
part of that number in either speaking or writing
The mass Of the pc ople know and use less than
5000 words out Of the 100000 available.
An interesting experiment is to inspect few
pages Of an unabridged dictionary and count how
many words of a hundred you are really fami-
liar with both as to spelling and meaning. Try it
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-06-10
ONE PLANT CITY DAILY NEWSPAPER
SUSPENDS

The Plant City Dolly News has suspended and
commenting their invasion of field already
well covered the Tarpon Springs Leader says:
"That is exactly what expected in news
City already had good paper in the Courier,
when the News entered the field. Plant City,
double the size of Tarpon Springs, will have all it
can do to support daily in a that will
allow that one daily to be credit to the city.
"As result of the News starting up, with
the hard competition it made, Plant City found
itself in short time with two mediocre papers,
in place of one paper that rated as one of the
best small papers in the state. The merchants
found that they had to advertise in two papers in
stead of onesto reach all the people, and the read
obliged to subscribe for two papers in
stead of one to be sure they did not miss
thing in the news line. Everybody lost, the town,
the advertisers, the readers and finally-the News
"The Courier is rapidly reganing the high
position it held once before, and with the second
paper out of the way, Plant City will soon have
paper that will do the town a great deal of good.
chambers of Commerce should investigate
conditions thoroughly before they give their o.
X. to new papers starting in small cities. One
paper failing will give town more adverse pub
licty than it ever gave good constructive pub
licity while it was running
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-06-10
i RADIO TIMEPIECES

In a recent interview, Olof Gibson, chief
gineer of the Waltham watch factory, made the
interesting prediction that watches of the future
may be run by radio impulses sent out by broad
casting station.
Mr.. Gibson is quoted as saying that "the time
may not be very remote when we shall be able to
transmit energy by this means to operate watches
without the aid either of handspring within them,
or of local battery.
Should this prediction prove true, it will mark
another epochal advance in Theological science,
which had its beginning in the ancient sundial.
The sundal was perhaps the only instrument M
ployed for timekeeping from the dawn of civiliza-
ton until the invention of the water clock, ascribed
to Plato, about 400 B. C.
Clocks were not invented until many centuries
later While a primitive instrument, called the
horologium, is said to have been devised in the
9th century, A. d. the earliest clock of which any
description has been preserved is one made in
Egypt about the year 1882. A beginning in clock
making made in Germany about 1864, the
clocks being regulated by balances. The invention
of the handspring in 1900 and the pendulum in
1888 gave great impetus to cloci,making and it is
believed that the first watches were made shortly
afterward. But the minute hand was not added
until after the invention of the balance spring,
about 1860.
Since that time many improvements have been
made, both in watches and clocks, until we have
the almost perfect chronometers and other time
pieces of the present.
While Mr.. ohsons idea of radio watch
which may be carried in the pocket while kept go
ing through impulses from distant station, may
appear fantastic, the wonderful achievements al
ready witnessed must inspire belief in its posi-
bility.