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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-19

illinois house of representatives
votes, 80 to So. to repeal prohibition
enforcement law.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-19

De Pinedo nearly loses another
plane during refueling at Quebec,
when small oil heater catches fire.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-19

Maurice MQuvet, dancer, dies at
Switzerland.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-05-13
NORBY'S SWEET SHOP
ADDS new EQUIPMENT

Norby's Sweet Shop has Install
ed a new soda fountain this week
that is the very latest word in
such facilities and adds to Mr..
Norby's already fine equipment Tor
his store. 1t is a Frigidaire pro
duct and is manufactured by a
subsidiary of the General Motors
corporation.
The new fountain is II feet long
and has compartments for the pro
ner storing of six favors of cream
as well as place for bricks and
ice cream packed to gq out. Ihere
are twelve compartments TO Keep
tbe fruits and syrup fiavors in.
The outside of the fountain IS
finished in a beautiful brown mar
ble. A new feature and one when
makes the work of keeping the
fountain spick and span much
easier is the finishing of the tops
of the ice cream and syrup com
nartments in an ebony material.
Mr.. Norby has sold his old foun-
tain to F. B. Turner who will in
stall it in his pool hall. Another
new piece of equipment which
Mr.. Norby has added this week
is a new ice cream machine to
replace one which has outlived its
days of usefulness.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-05-13
OPHEIM men MARK The
ROAD LEADING SOUTH

Ed Hodap and John w. Kuller
of Opheim made a brief visit to
Wolf Point Wednesday. They had
lust completed the work of mark
ing the trail between Opheim and
Wolf Point by way OF Nashua.
This work was done as result OF
correspondence between o. T. Stem
mes of the Wolf Point Commercial
club and officials of the Opheim
club. The Opheim men drove
from Nashua to report that the
marking had been completed and
to say that Opheim was with us
strong in all our efforts for bet
ter roads and better markings.
They were able to stay but a short
time but called on Secretary Cor
don and w. L. Young.
They were urged to remain
over Wednesday night but were
unable to take the time as they
were due at home that night. Mr..
Hodap is an Opheim merchant, and
Rev. Kuller is pastor Of the
Methodist church. He will be
pleasantly remembered by many
local citizens as former pastor OF
the Methodist church in this city.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-05-13
POPPY DAYS WILL
BE ON MAY 27-28
/ ECION AUXILIARY SPONSORS
ANNUAL SALE FOR B6NE
FIT EX-SERVlCE MEN

Friday and Saturday, May u
and 2S. are the dates which have
been set for the annual Poppy
Davs this year in Wolf Point. The
poppies are sold each year to pro
vide funds for disabled ex-service
men and their families, the sales
being sponsored by the American
Legion Auxiliary. The local Aux
iliary is now making plans for car
ing for all the details of the sale
Mrs. ]. r. Burgess is in charge OF
the work for the Auxiliary. She
says that if there are any rural
organizations, schools. communi-
ties, etc. who wish poppies for
that date or for Memorial day,
they may be ordered through her
and will be delivered to the or
ganization before the dates set for
Poppy Day. In serding for the
poppies. Mrs. Burgess asks that a
remittance of ten cents for each
POPPY be enclosed.
Do You Know
That in the spring of 1919
amidst the complete devastation
the poppies bloomed in abundance
on the battefelds Of France
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-05-13
GREAT NORTHERN OFFICIALS
PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR BRIDGE

A west bound train OF special
cars bearing fifteen officials OF the
Great Northern system and this
division made a stop of about an
hour in Wolf Point Wednesday
forenoon. The Great Northern
party was making the annual in
spection of the Great Northern
system. While here they made in
duiries concerning all matters of
interest to the road and OF COM
mon interest to the community
and the Great Northern.
Ralph Budd, president; c. O..
jerks, president in charge OF
operation; w. R. Smith, general
superintendent residing at Great
Falls: and A. E. Knights OF Havre,
division superintendent called on
the county officials where they dis
cussed general conditions with
County Treasurer Neil McFarlan
and others. L. NJ. Clayton took
the party up town where they had
interviews with County Commits
sion Young, F. E. Rathert OF the
First State bank and others.
President Budd and the other
officials stated that they were es-
peciaIly interested in the Wolf
Point bridge project and wished
to know all about the campaign
that had been carried on by the
local Commercial club and the
prospects for the successful out
come of the campaign. Mr.
Young was in position to furnish
them with all this information as
well as the present status OF the
enterprise which indicates early
success. President Budd stated
in emphatic terms that the GreaI
Northern stood ready to do any
thing in it's power to aid the peo-
ple of this section in securing thls
greatly needed trafhc essehtlai'
Mr. Budd said that a free trafnc
bridge at this point would be
wonderful aid to the development
of the country and would be OF
ereat yalue to the surrounding
towns as we'll as tonnage pro-
ducer for the Great Northern he
advised Mr.. Young that W. II.
Smith an dSupt. Knights should
he called on anytime he felt they
could be of assistance.
Division officials who were with
the party assured local agent Z.
P. Swedbarg that work on the I'M
movements to be made at the
Wolf Point depot would begin
soon. They also had blue prlnts
of the plans for rebuilding and en-
larging the local stock yards.
The party included the follow
inc officials besides those men
toned: ]. r. w. Davis, chiet en-
gineer; William Kelly, superlntend-
ent of motive power; D. j. Kerr,
assistant to the vice-president; w.
l. PIoechner, purchasing agent; I.
]. Clark. general master mechanic;
r. L. Johnson, general master car
penter: Z. E. Adams, district en-
gineer; Dan O'Neil, master me-
chanic; 3. E. Burr, division en-
gineer: Nels Johnson, division
roadmaster: A. Mitguard, road
master
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-05-13
STORMS ADD TO
FLOODS HORROR
TORNADOES REND TOWNS IN
SOUTHERN STATES HUN
DREDS KILLED

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 3
Twelve persons were known to be
dead and an undetermined number
injured as a result or a tornado
which cut path through more
than a dozen towns and commun-
tiles in northeastern Arkansas Mon
day afternoon.
Unverified reports placed the
dead at a much larger figure and
the toll mounted as news trickled
through broken lines of communal
ton
With eight dead, the village OF
Egypt was the worst known suffer
er from the storm, which crossed
over into Missouri after lashing a
path of destruction through Ark
ansas.
Other towns with varying re-
ports of loss of life or property
damage were Hoxie, PauIs Switch,
Hunter, Carlisle, Omboden, Lon
oke, Winesburg, England and
Black Rock. No casualties, how
ever, were reported from Black
Rock.
Communication with the whole
district was meager.
MEMPHIS, May 10-The number
killed in a series of tornadoes
which swept Arkansas from end to
end late yesterday, passed the 70
mark today, as crippled communi-
cations brought in additional lists
of dead and injured.
Four additional deaths were re-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-05-13
RAIN And SNOW
SOAKS THE SOIL
N. E. MONTANA GETS TAIL
END OF GENERAL STORM
GREAT FOR CROPS

Winters final slap, delivered
over Springs shoulders, occurred
in the form of a driving rain and
snow storm of about SO hours du-
ration, striking this country Sat
urday afternoon and SubSiding late
Sunday night. Eastern Montana
received only the tail end of the
storm which spent its violence in
North and South Dakota and Wy
oming, and, in fact, reached clear
to the Twin Cities in the form of
rain. Snow to the depth of a
foot is reported in the western
half of North Dakota and as far
east as Bainville in this county.
The wind reached gale velocity
and was much harder east of here.
Some 140 poles were blown down
between Bainville and Williston
and telephone, telegraph and cleo
trio service was cut off for many
hours.
A Crop Starter
Coming so late in the Spring
the snow and rain were of inesti-
mable benefit to the small grain
and range grass. In many local
tiles, such as northern McCone
county and eastern Roosevelt
county, the seeding of small
grains mad been virtually COM
pIeted. The snow here was only
couple of inches deep and came
Sunday night at the conclusion
of the storm. On the higher
ground north and south of the
river valley, it was considerably
deeper and was piled by the high
wind into drifts several feet in
depthA in coulees and where there
were windbreaks.
The rain that beat down almost
ceaselessly during the earlier
periods of the storm thoroughly
saturated the soil to great depth,
and this assures the most favor
able kind of beginning for the crop
season and will easily carry crops
over as far as the June rains.
On the other side of the account
must be charged considerable
loss of livestock as result of
the storm. Considerable numbers
of both cattle and horses, which
had come through the winter in a
weakened condition, were unable
to survive the cold driving blasts,
but the extent of such damage has
not yet been learned.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-05-13
ORGANIZE FOR 9TH WOLF POINT
STAMPEDE, RODEO SPECTACLE

At a general meeting of the
Commercial club members and
American Legion representatives
held at the Sherman hotel Mon
day evening definite action was
taken with reference to the sew
enth annual Wolf Point stampede
and rodeo show Sentiment was
unanimous for repeating the stam-
pede this season. The question
of dates being the matter of most
discussion
July IA, Is and 16 were the
dates finally agreed upon as the
most advisable. Some opinion
favored dates around July but
the majority opinion was that
such dates would conflict with
celebrations in surrounding towns
and communities and would tend
to lessen the attendance at the
stampede. In general it was de-
cided to conduct the stampede
along the program followed last
year with some changes and a
few new features that will add
spice and attraction. The adj
visibility OF taking on a carnival
company at that time was debated
pro and con and was left to the
discretion of the general commit
tee. Organization was completed
and standing committees selected
and preparations will hum from
now on.
Committees
The general committee: o. T.
Stennes. o. c. Johnson, J. H. Ap-
pelgren, W. L. Young, Ed Cam
rud
Finance: A. V. Appelgren, l. L.
Jensen, II. n Marion.
Soliciting: j. L. Davey, E. B.
Styer, NJ B. Listerud, Ed Camrud,
L. M. Clayton, A. NJ. Foor
Grounds: chairman, Ole Erick-
son.
Concessions: F. B. Turner, j.
H. Coffey, A. T. Listug.
Advertising: A. w Huxsol, c.
L. Marshall, o. c. Johnson, o. T.
Stennes, C. w. Hamblin.
Advertising distribution: G. H.
Flint; W. A. Rogers, j. B. Swift
zer, Morris Listerud, H. c. Ditmar-
son, Robert Naylor.
Stunts: A. w. Burgess, Fred
Schafer, j. L. Davey, l.. NJ Clay
ton.
O. C. Johnson made report OF
the 1926 stampede and offered a
tentative expense budget for the
one to be held this year.
Just paste it in your hat that
the dates OF the biggest and best
and snappiest stampede ever are
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
July II, IS. 16.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-05-13
EXECUTION OF SCHLAPS
TO OCCUR NEXT FRIDAY

County officials have had no no
tice of any appeal to Governor
Erickson in behalf OF Ferdinand
Schlaps. The sheriff's force is
completing preparations to carry
out the orders of the court on FRI
day. May 20. The scaffold has
been built and needs only to be
set up and enclosed. The con-
victed man appears to be resigned
to his fate, and is quoted as saying
he is ready to die.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-05-13
LOWER VALLEY
LEVEES WEAKEN
BAR RRI ER S CREST AT
UPPER POINTS PAST

NEW ORLEANS, May 10
White capped billows of the Miss
issippi river cut deeply into lev
ees along a 50-mile front north of
Baton Rouge yesterday and last
night and today hundreds of la
borers were sand-bagging the
weakened spots.
Along the Bayou Glaises levee
where danger has centered sew
eral days, 900 citizens were fight
ing the flood. AS the situation
there hourly grew critical, Major
John C. Gotwals, engineer in
charge Of a rescue fleet with its
base at Natchez, Miss, announced
that all boats in his area except
those needed for transportation of
food and supplies, would be con-
centrated in that section.
Throughout the lower valley,
tension was increasing and pat
rolls were more vigilant. New Or
leans was considered out of dan
ger. Thousands of persons in the
valley between New Orleans and
Old river still were menaced, how
ever.
In addition to the waves at Bay
ou Des CLASSES, seepage was caus-
ing damage at Moreauville. Waves
were reported to be splashing over
the top Of dixie there.
The crest of the Red river pass
ed Alexandria and slight recess
ion was noted. The Ouachita crest
has passed Monroe. In the Ten
sas basin. waters pouring through
the Cabin Teele and Winter Quart
ers crevasses steadily increased in
volume. Newellton was reported
from two to three feet deep in
water and st. Joseph also had more
than two feet.
With new demands on their re-
sources caused by tornadoes III
Arkansas almost at the door of tn
flood relief operations in this stat
American Red Cross officials
Memphis awaited developments
Louisiana.
While experienced disaster work
ers were drawn for tornado relief
from refugee centers in the older
flooded area of Arkansas, concen-
tration of relief forces continued
along the levee route of the father
of waters" between Baton Rouge
and New Orleans.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-05-13
Red Cross Quota
Is Over Subscribed

Wolf Point went over the top"
for their quota asked by the
American Red Cross for relief in
the Southern flood area, sending
in SEQ to the national headquart-
ers when the quota given was $50.
ATTORNEY A. NJ. Foor was in
charge of the campaign in this
CITY and the large subscription
was due 70 his personal efforts.
The Vida bank reports that s2S
was received there and sent in to
headquarters.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-05-13
TELEPHONE USER
STOPS PROGRAM
LISTENING IN CAUSED
DISRUPTION WE'D.

The MONDAY program over sta
ton KGCX, Vida, was forced from
the air on Wednesday noon thru
interference somewhere along the
telephone line between Wolf Point
and Vida. Whatever the trouble
was it caused such a decrease in
the volume of the material being
sent out from the Wolf Point
studio that it was necessary for
the studio to sign off before the
program was more than about half
finished.
Just what the trouble was has
not been accurately determined
but the officials of the studio who
were '1istening in" at Vida to the
Wolf Point program heard sounds
of trouble that indicated very
strongly that someone with a de-
plorable lack of appreciation OF
other peoples rights was listening
to the program through tele-
phone receiver. The receiver was
heard to be taken off the hook
and the various sounds in the
room where the instrument was
were plainly heard, such as people
moving about, moving furniture
and other noises. Whoever this
person is who prefers to prevent
an otherwise enjoyable program
being listened to by hundreds of
persons, rather than get them
selves a radio set or buy news
paper in town for the news bulle-
tins is not known. However they
nersisted after they were request
ed at least half a dozen times to
get off the line.
Programs Working Good
The trouble experienced Wed
nesdav was doubly deplorable be-
cause the noon day programs have
been given out just long enough
so that they are in good working
order. people in all parts of the
surrounding country are looking
for them and the many details
necessary to sending them out in
the best proper way have been
worked out and things we're going
in a very satisfactory manner. c.
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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-05-13
ELECTRIC CHAIR
FOR SNYDER, GRAY
PENALTY OF BRUTAL MURDER
BY WIFE AND LOVER
QUICK VERDICT

NEW YORK, May 9.-Mrs. Ruth
Brown Snyder and Henry Judd
Gray. her corset salesman para
mour, are to pay with their lives
for the crime that snatched them
from obscurity and made them
internationally known.
Deliberating less than two
hours. a jury Monday convicted
them of the murder of Mrs. Sny-
der's husband, Albert Snyder,
magazine art editor. Death SEN
tence is mandatory for first de-
gree murder, but the formality OF
sentence was postponed until next
Monday morning.
Cheers greeted the verdict, when
if was flashed to the crowd out
side Long Island City's supreme
court Inside the court the YER
dict was received in silence.
Neither defendant exhibited any
great emotion, and seemed to be
either too dazed to fully compre-
hend its import, or only hearing
what they had expected
When. after the usual formall-
ties, the foreman uttered his both
guilty of murder in the first de-
gree" Mrs. Snyder's blond head,
professionally dressed for the oc-
casion by hairdresser, jerked
perceptibly. Her eyes rowing like
those of one fainting, fixed upon
the square shoulders of her erst-
while lover. Then she stiffened,
her head came back into position
and thus, erect and proud, she sat
while the jury was polled.
Gray Holds Nerve
But Gray, whose plea OF domln-
ance by the superior mind of Mrs.
SNYDER had led some to believe
him less the stole than the wo-
man who insinuated murder into
fr,,,rn To Pare 4 Col s. Ple4Se)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-05-13
CLUB CLOSES
ACTIVE YEAR
REPORTS OF OFFICERS SUM
UP WHAT WOMANS ORGANl-
ZATiON HAS DONE

Reports of the officers formed
the main feature of the last bust
ness meeting of the Wolf Point
Womans Club this year, held last
Tuesday evening at the Erickson
hotel The officers who gave
their reports were Mrs. Neil Nc
Farlan, president; Mrs. Bert Nor
by, treasurer; Miss Virginia Mes
bit, secretary; Mrs. V. A. Lowell
vice-president of the Study De
partment; and Mrs. Tom Kelly,
for the vice-president of the phil
anthropic department. Miss Belle
Donaghue, vice-president of the
dramatic department was unable
to be present and the report of
that department was read by Mrs.
H. A. Schoening. The resigna-
ton of Mrs. j. r. Burgess as head
of the dramatic department was
received and accepted and an ap-
pointment will be made by the ex-
ecutive board to fill the vacancy.
Summary of Work
A summary of all the club activ-
tiles showed that three depart
ments had been actively function
ing during the year; the study
department, the philanthropic de-
partment and the combined music
and dramatic department. The
major projects which the club has
undertaken during the year have
been the founding of the city lib
rary including the collection OF
many books from local citizens,
the purchase of the Carson collect
ion, the turning over of the books
collected to the city council and
in January a drive for books; the
sponsoring of a charity matinee at
the Liberty in December; cooper
alton with the Commercial clul
for the entertainment for the ben
eft of the tourist park; actlv'
support of the child labor amend
ment and of the radio station kG
CX at Vida.
Praises Phil. Department
Special mention should be made
of the splendid work of the phil
anthropic department under the
management of Mrs. ]. G. Dough
erty. This department received
and distributed 1891 garments, %
pairs of shoes, q pairs of rubberS
| and overshoes as well as quanti
ties of various kinds of foodstuffs
Mrs. Dougherty and her sister
Mrs. Kelly, have been faithful
workers for the department pu'
ting not Only a large amount 0
hard work into it but also sklllfu
direction, tact and diplomac
such as is so essential to tn
+ successful carrying on OF work Q
this nature. The members OF tn
club and the many people VIII
have come in contact with thel
work cannot speak too highly 0
, their efforts. The club wishes t.
thank the Wolf Point bakery, tn
Northwest Service Store, the J.H
Coffev store and w. j. Kearne.
for their kind assistance to TN
department in many ways durin'
; the last winter.
Gift from Mrs. curran
The club also acknowledges
book of poems on the child labo
question. sent through the court
esy of 'the lady from Roosevelt
Mrs. Lucy Curran, member of the
last legislature.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-05-13
YEAR-END SCHOOL FEATURES
COMMENCEMENT DATE JUNE z

The local track meet was the
best ever held. Competition was
keen. The lower grades had
part. Gate receipts were S22.S5.
This helped the athletic purse,
which was quite fiat. Harvey
Vinson will represent us at Mis-
soula.
Debates
English | and II classes held
debate in assembly last Friday.
The question was Resolved That
the State of Montana (public)
should furnish free text books TO
it's public school children" Eng
lish l had the negative and Eng
lish II the affirmative. Both sides
were good. The affirmative side
in charge of Miss Moody won the
decision. The debators We're:
English |, Lynn Olson, Dean Her
man, Leslie Boyer, coach, Mrs.
Neil McFarlan; English II. Will
mar Burnison, Lauretta Geisen
and Wilfred GIFTS, coach Miss
Moody.
Thanks
We wish to thank Rev. John
son. Mrs. Burgess and Mrs. John
Listerud for acting as judges for
the declamatory contest.
Senior Talks
Elida Smith gave an assembly
talk, her subject being "Why We
Should Go To College" She said
"Our education places us in a
class from which we have right
to expect more than we can ask
from the untutored class. HUI
manity will put us to the test be-
fore it gives us the rest. We
need clear grit"
Halle Chapman gave review
of the book, ''If America Fails {" =.
A few of her leading remarks were
when there is no vision the
people perish. Great and worthy
things do not come about by
chance. For a man and a nation
the most vital fact is the ideal
cherished. the goal sought, the
conviction of work of mission.
America is but another name for
opportunity"
Health Officers Visit
DR.. Coulter of Great Falls and
DR.. Cogswell of Helena, of the
sSace board of health were here
Monday of last week. They ex-
amined the children who had been
pronounced trachoma or conjunc-
tivitis cases. They also examined
the children who were operated on
in January. Several others who
/ had been pronounced o. K. were
also examined. DR.. Coulter has
/ Just recently returned from Vienna
/ Austria, where he studied under
the direction of the worlds tracho
ma specialists. The examination
given here was most thorough
Microscopic slides were prepared
for the laboratory. After these
have been studied a report will be
made If operations are neces
sary in the few cases plan vii
be worked out. Drs. Veldhuls
Larson and De Wane were also
there to confer with DR.. Cogswel
and DIR. Coulter.
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Cutting Roosevelt
County Indebtedness

County Treasurer McFarlan has
invested $4,000 of the county
sinking fund in the county's road
bonds. This financial term a.
mounts to the same as retiring
that amount of the county indebt-
edness and at the same time in
crease the interest earned by that
amount of the sinking fund by
21be5. Mr.. McFarlan states that
Julv l the county will retire S22,-
600 of matured county bonds.
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