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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

Because the cost of upkeep is
too high, the United States spurns
as a gift a magnificent residence
on ar~istocratic Sixteenth street,
avenue OF the Presidents which
the Spanish government acquires
as a home for it's Ambassador TO
this country.
A few years ago Mrs. John b.
Henderson. widow of the late Sena-
tor from Missouri, rendered the
building as a gift to the govern,
ment to be used as the permanent
home of the Vice President. II was
built at a cost of $780, 600. Calvin
Coolidge. then Vice President, with
no expectations of succeeding to
the high Office he now holds, looked
the gift horse in the mouth and
showed little enthusiasm over Mrs.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

Carl Mitman, curator at the
Smithsonian Institution, is custo-
dian of the grand-daddy OF all tele-
phones. 1t is the original model
patented 81 years ago by Alexan-
er Graham Bell. the inventor. The
instrument is a cumbersome contri-
vance, although many could be con-
vinced that it transmits the sound
of the voice better than its more
modern successors. The mouth
piece is eight or ten inches in di-
ameter, while the ear-phone is a
heavy. unweildy device, into which
the listener almost can insert his
entire head.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

FOR SALE-12-20 Rumley Oil Pull
and fourteen inch three bottom
gang pillow, complete, in good
condition, $4,000. Write j. w.
Dart, Bloomfield, Nebraska, ow-
ner, or see J. c.. Herman, Wolf
Point, Mont. Aft
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

BABY CHICkS-Northern accli-
mated, from selected eggs. Re-
duced prices. 100 per cent live
delivery. Send for price list.
Valker-Christensen Co., Minot,
n. d. 51-11t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

BABY CHiCkS-Buy Montana
Matched baby chicks. Can fur
nish White Leghorns, White
Wyandottes, White and Barred
Rocks. Rhode Island Reds, An
conas. Write for prices. Wolf
Point Hatchery, Wolf Point,
Mont. 5-tf
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

1t is claimed that man is the
only animal that can be skinned
more than one
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

FOR SALE-Pure bred Guernsey
bull, II months old. Priced
right. David Fredina, Wolf Point,
Mont. 7-2tptf
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

Some folks think they + keep
ing up by paying a dollar down.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

FOR SALE-Large stock of barbed
wire and fencing. Two point
galvanized cattle wire, $4.25;
four point galvanized hog wire,
$4.75. Suggestion please COM
pare Il price with mail order
house prices. Farmers Lumber
Co. 2-tf
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

FOR SALE-Purebred. booted Mil
lie Fleur Bantam eggs, $3.50 a
setting; also white African Gui-
nea eggs, same price. James
Scheu, Oswego,. Montana s-ztp
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

FOR SALE-Seed corn. Yellow
Dent and Flint. See David Ere
dine or Sig Lund at the Imperial
Elevator, Wolf Point. 2-tf
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

A sprig from the weeping will
low tree at the original tomb OF
Napoleon at st. Helena is now
growing in Arlington Cemetery.
The cutting was presented to the
War Department by an ardent adj
mirer of the Little Corsican. The
tree from which the branch was
taken was planted in 1921 at the
foot of Napoleon's first resting
place. before the French people
brought his remains back to native
soil to be revered and adored by
Frenchmen for all time.
HERALD ADS GET RESULTS
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

Next to politics. and perhaps
bridge, the favorite game in Wash
ington is house hunting. There is
always a merry play of going in
and out OF houses in process of
construction, and the will-o-the-
wisp belief that the other apart
ment may be just a little better.
Particularly at this time of the
year many prospective tenants are
seeking new quarters for the COM
ing summer; next fall they will be
inspecting new homes for the win
ter season.
A growing number of those en-
ployed in Washington are seeking
the suburban sections OF Maryland
and Virginia as residence quarters.
Developments across the Potomac
river in Virginia and in Montgome-
nv and Prince Georges counties in
Maryland, are building up rapidly.
Street car and bus companies pro-
vide adequate service to supple
ment the private automobile, and
with the desirable home sites in
the District of Columbia rapidly
being filled. or taken for busin-
ess locations, the growth OF the
suburban sections is expected to be
more rapid in the future. Many
fine homes are being built in the
adjoining states, while on the
other hand innumerable govern
ment on moderate salaries supple
ment workers on moderate sala-
ries supplement their annual in
come with returns from flower and
vegetable gardens, and poultry
yards located in other suburban
sections.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15
F o r S A L E

FOB SALE-The NWA, Sec. II,
Twp. 20, R. At, Roosevelt coun-
ty. Will sell cheap. Cannot
farm on account of poor health.
Address o. T. Halyerson, Tolna,
N D.. 9-4tp
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

FOR SALE-A four room house
with screen porch and garage.
One block from courthouse. AL
so Ford touring Car at a bar
gain. r. j. Kelberer. 7-tf
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

BABY CHICkS-Hardy northern
chicks, standard breeds. "a per
cent orders to date from former
customers. Our success built on
your satisfaction. Feeds, supplies.
Ninth annual catalog, instruction
book free. Clayton Rust, Dept.
K, Fargo, N. D. 7-5t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

FOR Satisfaction 81, twp. 2S,
range as. S11 per acre. Inquire
at the First State Bank, Wolf
Point, Mont. TAT
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

FOR SALE-Three iron bedsteads
with spring. five bed springs n
five cots; also IS Rhode Island
Red pullets, full bloods. Mrs
Cy Johnson, the Park Hotel,
Wolf Point. 9-2tp
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

FOR SALE-Honey Bees. A. R.
Olds, Wolf Point, Mont. 7-3tp
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

Odd jobs in the government SER
vice: Testing the chewing qualities
of beef is one of the tasks OF Paul
H. Nickel, of the Bureau of Stan
dards. Nickel operates a machine
that chews a cut of beef mechani-
cally-twisting. pulling, tearing. An
automatic counter, attached to a
rotating wheel, records the num-
Der OF rotations by which the tough
ness is gagged.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-16

pillowed brotherhood of the K K K But alas for
Stephenson. When it came to making sacrifices,
the Indiana politicians not unwilling to offer
up an appeasing subject to the gods but they were
loathe to jeopardze of their votes even tho
Stephenson might stay in Jail until his khan uniform
had turned into ashes. SO Stephenson stayed and
brooded
Who is this Stephenson and how did he
acquire the power that made and unmade politicians
in the state of Indiana?
He arrived in the state while the khan boom was
the upgrade and thousands of ex-socialists, in
surance agents and eX-bartenders found lucrative
employment roping in members into the hooded
order and doing brisk business on the side selling
shirts, plowslips and other pieces of haberdashery
that went to accoutre the richly caparisoned
that peopled the X. X. X. Stephenson was a go
getter, had deep booming voice and smart APP
pearance.
This crusader for 100 per cent Americanism hoped
into the fight to the nation from Negroes,
Irish, Jews, and radicals and before long occupied
high position in the tar and feather society. He
became big mine owner and indirectly led fac
ton of the United Mine Workers of America at the
1924 convention in Indianapolis. The writer at
tended khan meeting in that city during the con-
vention and listened to local keagle read an order
from this Stephenson instructng his followers
in the union to beware of strikes and to cooperate
with the employers in increasing production. The
object of this policy to the country from
the non-Nordc elements that were poisoning its
political and social blood-stream.
Tho this group of kluXers openly avowed their
intention of capturing the U. NJ W. of A. and were
supported by the union officials of the Indiana dis
trct, John l.. Lewis, the rcd-baiter did not have a
word to say in criticism of the X. K X. policy of
boring from within. Those were the heydays of the
K. K. K in Indiana. Stephenson lived in mansion
and owned palatia yacht on board which he and
his friends revealed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-16
Dark Days for the Knights
of the Night Shirt
By T. J. O'FLAHERTY

THE political atmosphere of Indiana, the
stronghold of the Ku Klux Klan, is again livid
with the lightning of scandal, charges innuendoes
and threats of Jail for men in high places in the
state and city governments Of the Hoosier strong
hold that has contributed several leading lights to
the G. o. p, several convicted political grafters to
Atlanta penitentiary and scores of thousands to
hang nightshirts on, inside the invisible empire of
the X. K K.
The lid is now being lifted off the political cess
pool and the miasma that has been held down by
strong pressure for several years is breaking thru
the barriers in great odoriferous gusts
d. c.. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the
K K X. in the "realm of Indiana" man from god
knows where" is sojourning in prison, convicted on
the charge of causing the death Of young girl,
after mistreating her. The former dragon did not
exhibit much excitement after the deed COM
mitted. He believed that the G. O. P. politicians
who owed their election to the support of his or
ganization would soothe the rate nerves of justice
and drop enough dough IN the scales to bring down
the verdict in his favor.
But ruined raped and murdered girl is a hot
potato even in the hardboled klan-dominated state
of Indiana and before Stephenson was many days
older the powerful dictator found his erst-
while friends everywhere but where he needed them.
Still there were whisperings that a pardon would
be sneaked for him after while, as soon as things
quieted down. But Stephenson waited and sulked
and hoped, but the hoped-for deliverance did not
materalize. FITTING his faith against the indiffer-
ence shown by his former political friends he helped
to nip few budding anti-kan exposes and saw
the suds of expectation dry the greedy lips of
Senator James A. Reed, CT Missouri who hawked
his one-man slush fund committee to Indianapolis,
seeking whom he might devour. Reed, democratic
aspirant for the presidential nomination on the
donkey ticket left the Hoosier capital without any
thing hanging from his belt except a latchkey and
a corkscrew.
For saving the hides of his friends, Stephenson,
the former grand dragon, all-round patriot pro-
tector of pure womanhood and slayer of the demon
rum, expected to return speedily to his old haunts
where amid wine and wassail and the cheering com
pany of the fair sex, he could relieve the tension
of protracted excursions among the social wilds
where lived the untamed citizenry who did violence
to the Nordic conscience by remaining outside the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-16
CABARET AT DAWN

A Jazz band bared to call the yokes in
And lewd songs rose above the raucous din
Aenemic clerks and florid putocrats
Came here in noisy swarms and checked their hats
And drank bad liquor, Joined by painted drabs,
And stiffly danced with many jots and jabs
OF knees and elbows in the sweating crush
Upon the tiny floor And then rush
For takes homeward to cheap hotels
And now it is place of whiskey smells
And stale tobacco smoke. The door is shut
And gone each blear-eyed hanger-on and slut.
speepy Waterman pounds the nearby pave,
Scrub-women hurry by, each slave
Who cringes at the taxies' rush and roar
Along the startled street. And now no moro
The music and the laughter. Gone is night
And all its garish gaiety and light
And dawn creep pallid ghost to mock
The workers coming down to punch the clock.
HENRY REICH, JR.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-16
THE POET AND HIS SONG

Within my head little song
Keeps singing, singing all day long.
| cannot make it stop, you see,
1t sings and sings in spite of me.
And so the song I'll have to keep
Until it sings itself to sleep;
And then, when it is still, quite still,
I'll take my pen and quickly kill
This little song, COMPRISING it
Into a casket fine and fit
Some form of trite and pretty verse
Where it will lie, wrapped in curse.
I'll send it to a publisher
Who'll print it, paying so much perl
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-11
FIERY CROSS is
DEG, cl,4 ARE 4 I s s'ACRIL. | EGsE |: G :!
Rev. Betting, Former Salen,
Pastor, Attacks
Symbol

Rev. H. ]. Betting, supertntend-
ent of the New Brunswick district,
and former pastor of the Salem
Methodist Episcopal church, Main
and Park avenues, declared the
fiery cross" of the Ku KluX
Klan a "sacrilege" as he made his
annual report at the ninety-first
annual conference of the New
Jersey Methodist Episcopal con-
ference at Asbury Park at its
opening Wednesday,
Rev Betting declared the
persons not entitled to the name
of Protestant who attempt to die
tate to the church" were a"a men
ace". During his residence here
as pastor of the Salem church,
the building at Main and Park
avenue, one of the largest
churches in the city. was erected.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-11
XIV ANS CLUBS TO
HAVE JOINT MEETING
Local and Ocean City Or
ganizations to Gather
March %

Plans were completed for an in
ter-club meeting between the Pleas
antville Kiwanis club and the
Ocean City Kiwanis club, TO be held
in Ocean City Wednesday, March
%. when the club met at the Coun-
try Club at Atlantic City Tuesday
noon.
Amos D. Hall. president OF the
local club, and Thomas c. Tomp-
kins, chairman of the inter-club re-
lations committee. are working on
the affair.
Several members OF the Ocean
City club attended the meeting Of
the Pleasantville club Tuesday. The
attendance prize was won by Rob
ert MacLean. James Way, the
"Ace Tenor" of w. p G., entertain
ed with solos. Anthony ]. Corio,
comedian in the recent American
Legion production. entertained with
hits from that entertainment.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-11
COAST GUARD TUNES UP
TO START GREATEST
DRIVE ON Rum ROW

Lively preparations are being
made at Coast Guard Base l, at
the Inlet, Atlantic City, and
also Base 8, Cape May, for the
annual Spring offensive to wipe
Rum Row off the map.
Both Commander Boedeker
of the Inlet base and Com
mander Addison of Cape May
refused to divulge the details
of the drive. However, it was
learned that it would be the
largest since the birth Of the
dry navy" The speedy patrol
boats are being tuned up and
polished. 1t has been reported
that airplanes, three of which
are now at Cape May, will
assist the offensive, acting as
patrols.
A strict censorship has been
established about the two bases,
until orders from Washington.
What information has leaked is
to the effect that few, if any,
rum schooners are now off the
Capes.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-11
Has No License
Is Fined SIS
~
Atlantic City Man Taken Be-
fore Police Recorder
Yesterday
TWO OTHERS APPEAR

Driving without a license cost
Edward Kenney, of 247 S. Con
gress avenue, Atlantic City $50
last night as he was brought be-
fore Police Recorder William B.
Stephens in Police court here.
Kenney was at first fined $50, but
was unable to raise that sum.
He was arrested by Officer John
Mastro, after he had passed the
signal light at Main and Washing
ton avenues.
Charles Ellis, 25, colcTed, was
held under SIS fine on drunk
and disorderly charge made by
Herbert French, of 800 W. Wash
ington avenue. He boarded with
French, and had raised a disturb
ance there Up to late hour this
morning, he had not raised his
fine.
Oburlia vasquez, 35 colored, OF
225 N. Fourth street, was also
fired 4 4 rs 2 s0+ a.
~ charge when he appeared be
fore the Police Recorder Wednes-
day.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-11
Civic Club To
Give Supper
Affair Will Be Held in ST.
Marks Parish Hall,
March %
MAYOR JACKSON SPEAKS

Mayor Charles E.. Jackson was
a speaker when the Pleasantville
>Gjyie sss0esatla ion b q ii
Headquarters in the Risley biuid
ing, Main street and West Jersey
avenue, Tusday night. The
Mayors address was given on the
lines of the clug's objectives,
civic pride and the advancement
of Pleasantville.
Several short speeches were
made by other men present, and
games and meetings with other
Civic clubs on the Mainland were
endorsed. The object will be TO
promote better fellowship and
harmony. A special invitation has
been extended civic associations
to attend an oyster supper which
will be held in ST. Marks Parish
house, March p.
The committee in charge has
arranged for special talent to en-
tertain as the supper is given. 1t
will start at $50 in the evening,
a nominal price being charged for
tickets.
The secretary read the quarter
ly report which showed the club
to be in prosperous condition
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-11
FREEHOLDERS
WATCH EXPENSE
Determine That $4,000
Is Too Much For Coun-
ty Booklet

At this time it appears that
$4,000 is too much for Atlantic
County to spend for a job of
printing 100000 booklets advertis-
ing the county. The booklet has
been under preparation for some
time and bids for printing it
were received by the Freeholders
Wednesday. The low bidder was
the George Lasher Co, of Phila-
delphia, Pa, against whom object
ion was made at a previous meet
ing by representatives of the
Union trades of the city on the
claim the Lasher Company is not
a Union shop and cannot supply
the Union label.
President Hermann of the
Typographical Union of Atlantic
City has been working in the
interest of Atlantic City printers
and pressmen to keep the big
county printing job within the
confines of the county. President
Hermann called attention to the
conditions of unemployment and
declared that the men need the
work at home and are entitled to
it.
After the bids were opened
Wednesday it developed that the
only Atlantic County bidder was
the Amusement Publishing Co.,
who filed a bid of s46,97500.
1t was declared that all esti-
mates were in excess of what the
Freeholders want to spend at
this time.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-11
Austin Reports
Feb. Permits
Total $97,OS5
Exceeds January Building
Grants-L0wer Than Last
Year
BERRY CONSTRUCTING
STORES ON N. MAIN
VIM. c. Lear Erecting Three
Bungalows and Two Two
Story HOuses-Ezra Lake,
Two Bungalows

Building permits issued in the
city for the month of February
total to $97.085, according to the
report of Building Inspector War
ren Austin, made public today.
Permits issued for last February
amounted to s139.065.
However, the permits are much
more numerous than they were
last month, when only $52,730
worth or construction work was
recorded in the office OF the
Inspector With the warm weather
coming, a number of operations
are slated TO start
The largest single permit taken
out in February was for $1,000.
five stores at Main and Mulberry
avenues. P. G. Hannum is the con-
tractor. and Nathan NJ Berry the
owner of the new buildings.
William c. Lear is erecting
three bungalows and two. two
story houses, the total operation
coming to s24,50O. The bungalows
are being located on N. Fourth
street; while the two-story house,
Continued on Page 5A)
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-11
WELFARE BUREAU
SECRETARY QUITS
| Mrs. Ware Resigns Posi-
tion-Miss Cliff is Nam
ed As Successor

A meeting of the Pleasantville
Welfare bureau was held last night
in the city hall with Samuel j
Stoloff presiding in the absence OF
president, Henry Scull. The resig'
nation of Mrs. Mortimer Ware,
secretary, was accepted and Miss
Beatrice Cliff appointed to the
office.
A tag day for the benefit of the
bureau will be held in the neal
future. Permission has been
secured from the Board of Edu
cation to place the tags in the
schools to be sold by the pupils
With the cooperation of the
principals and teachers and the
public the bureau is hopeful oil
good returns.
Miss Drow, red cross nurse, il
her report for the past month
stated that twenty-one welfare
bureau cases were under care.
eleven of them new cases, There
were fifty-eight visits made dur
ing the month for welfare work.
S. ]. Stoloff was appointed a
committee of one to secure infor-
nation concerning the free dental
clinic.
Robert Race, of the Kiwanis
club, discussed the placing of all
charity work of organizations in
the care of the welfare bureau.
Plans were made for speaker TO
go before the organizations OF the
churches and schools OF the city
and urge them to place their
charity in the hands of the bureau
so there might be no overlapping.
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-11
WestlAinster
Guild Charge
Ella SzemOre Writes Inter
esting Letter From
BuckhOrn
BETTY PARKER
ELECTED PRESIDENT

A regular meeting of the West
minister Guild was held at the
home of Miss Mary Campbell or
Monday evening. There were
thirty present. Reports were made
from the various committees and
all proved 10 be active a letter
from our little Charge in Kentucky
was read and a suggestion made
that it be printed in the Pleasant
vile Press as follows:
Buckhorn, Kentucky,
Feb. S,1s27.
Dear Miss Parker:
l received your letter, and
l sure was glad to get it.
sure thank you for the money
you sent to get my shoes
with.
Continued on page 81
The Pleasantville press., 1927-03-11
Would Cost Mainland Cities
Thousands of Dollars Per Year
Reduction in Franchise Tax From to Per CentHow Eec
trie Car and Trolley Lines Would Shift Paving Cost
Burden in a ''Fifty-Fifty" Proposition

Growing communities of the
Mainland. including Absecon,
Pleasantyille, Mortified, Lin
wood, and Somers Point, have
considerable at stake in bills now
before the State Legislature
which would relieve certain cor
porations and holders of fran
chises 0 contributions which
they have been hitherto been re.
quired to make toward the up
keep of the cities boroughs and
villages in which they operate.
One of the bills which would
cut down the income of munich
palities of Absecon, PleasantvilIe,
Northfeld, Linwood, Somers Point
and other Mainland places which
receive revenues from franchiese
taxes is that of Senator Abel, No
S. 246 This measure wiuld reduce
the franchise tax from ; to 2 pei
cent.
The loss to cities Of the Main
land, if the franchise tax is re
dueed, would amount to thousands
of dollars per year. These cities
would have just the same service
lines in their streets. the same
buses, the same electric cars and
trolley situation, operating under &
tax Of per cent.
Helping the Trolley Lines
Another measure sponsored BY
Senator Abel would relieve the
trolley and electric ear companies
of some other contributions TO tht
upkeep of the cities where they
operate. Senator Abel would make
a "fifty-fifty proposition between
the electric car and trolley com
panies and the municipalities" BY
relieving these companies from Ger
tain obligations in paving the
streets.
The proposed law would require
the traction interests to pave with
in their rail area and eighteen