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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25
The Topographic Error

(By Walter c. HAYES, Editor Muskegon Heiqhts (Mich) Record)
When you've worked your very hardest to read your proofs with care
Till you're sure there's not an error o a bonehead anywhere,
And you really feel quite chesty and disposed to pat your bean
AS you say, "She may be empty, but I'll tell the world she's clean!"-
On it's way to the subscribers, | have never seen it fail 2
In the center of the front page, in a most conspicuous place,
Some topographic error fairly kicks you in the face
For the topographic error is a slippery thing and sly,
You can hunt till you are dizzy, but it somehow will get by;
Till the forms are of the presses it is strange how still it keeps,
1t shrinks down into the corner and it never stirs Or peeps.
Till the ink is the paper when it grows to mountain size,
And you see that blasted error, far a S you could throw a dog.
Looming up in all its splendor, like a lighthouse in a fog!
That glaring blunder jus out like an liberated tooth.
Where it lodged the eagle vision of the mapping comma seuth,
is sure to late to mend it, but it fills your soul with rage,
AS you see it swelling lordly in the middle of the page.
The boss, he stares with horror, then he grabs his hair and groans,
The copy reader drops his head upon his hands and means
The remainder of the issue may be clean a s clean can be,
But that topographic error is the only thing they see.
was down among the sixpoint till the copy all was read,
When it shifted into backface or a twoinch banner head
You never saw me, did you? This is sure a horse IN you!"
Another choice position is the date line at the top,
Which insinuates persistently the hands of time have stopped;
where none should miss it, though dumb upward from the toes
topographic error thumbs a contumeIous nose.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25
Noted Italian Filler
May Pass This Way

Malta, March 22.-Honors similar
to those paid to the flag of a war
ship OF a friendly nation are to be
paid Commander Francesca de
Plnedo, Italian transatlantic flier
when he arrives at Lake Bowdoin
near here, on March 81, according
to adyices received here by United
States Customs Officer c.. Y.
George from the state department
at Washington. Commander Pinedo
will LAND" at Lake Bowdoin while
enroute across the United States
to Chicago in an amphibian air
plane. This is his only scheduled
stop between the two points.
Senator John Survant. on be-
half of the city of Malta, will ask
Governor j. E. Erickson to come
here to participate in the reception
that is being planned in Pinedo's
honor. Invitations also have been
sent to neighboring towns asking
that representatives be sent to the
reception.
Seventeen barrels of high test
gasoline and six boxes of motor
oil for Commander Pinedo already
have been received here. The
motor oil came from c. C. Wake
field and company, London. and
was shipped directly to Malta.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25
The COST oF JUSTICE

The Government-county, state
and nation-is compelled to pay
such appalling prices every time it
functions. Consider for a moment
the cost of justice. Neighbors get
into a stubborn quarrel and go to
law. They pay a big price for a
foolish fuss, so does the county.
Men imbibe a bottle or two of poi
son that drives reason and peaceful
impulses from them and replaces
them with insane hate that ends
in vicious violence. Officials,
trusted and esteemed, yield to
graft opportunities. Then come
courts and juries and lawyers and
witnesses and lengthy trials which
up staggering bills of expense.
Efforts toward justice I uncer-
tain and mixed. A few hardheads
or soreheads on jury force a com
promise verdict; a friendly official
turns a lousy moonshiner loose on
technicalities; legal shrewdness
slips the high official through a
loophole in the law. And what
does the taxpaying citizen get for
his money? Mighty little, consid-
ering the price.
A few judges endowed with
brains, courage and integrity, and
armed with unhampered power,
could dispense justice in a tenth
of the time at a fraction of the
cost. They could spank the quar-
refers and put them under peace
bonds; sentence the bad actor to
a term of hard work for the bene-
fit on his family; hang the rep
tile that made or sold the poison
Gus liquor; confiscate the proper
ty of the CRATER or looter and
send him IL a branded crook,
bereft of his citizenship.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25
CLOSE-UPS in THE
NATIONS CAPITAL
(By Stephen James,

A rash of conscience breaks out
in the United States Senate and
the Treasury profits to the extent
OF several thousand dollars.
First it becomes known that
Senator William E. Borah, Repub-
lican, of Idaho, is steadfastly re-
fusing to accept his share of the
increase in salaries which the
Senators voted themselves at the
first session of the last Congress.
Salaries of Senators and Repre-
sentatives were boosted from
$500 to $4,000 annually.
Senator Borah, absent when the
increase was voted, takes the
quaint view that his constituents
elected him to an, office that paid
only $500 a year. To accept
more, he believes. until his people
have had an opportunity to ex-
press themselves would be unethi-
cal. So until his present term of
Office expires in 1882 he will refund
to the Treasury $500 annually,
and accept for his services to his
state and nation only the salary
of $500. Thereafter, if he is re-
elected, he will accept the full
emoluments of his Office.
Borah's action is the more re-
markable when it is remembered
that he is far from being a wealthy
man. Recently he showed great
self-restraint when he sat silent
in the Senate chamber while Sena-
tor Tom Hefin, Democrat, of Ala
bama, chided him for accepting the
increase, having opposed the action
of his colleagues. The present an
nouncement is not the act of the
Senator from Idaho. 1t becomes
known through other sources.
Henry st. George Tucker. Demo
cratic Representative from Virginia.
announced some time ago that a
similar attitude would be taken on
his part. He also refuses the in
crease, holding, as does Borah, that
until reelected he owes it 10 his
constituents to serve for $500 a
year.
In like manner Senator Frank L.
Greene. Republican, OF Vermont,
refuses $500 appropriated by the
Senate to pay his hospital ex
Denses. Three years ago Senator
Greene. with Mrs. Greene, walking
o their hotel, was struck in the
head by a stray bullet from the
gun of a prohibition enforcement
lgent, who was chasing a boot
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

Applicants for government job:
are often ignorant of the appor
tionment provisions of the law
that originally was intended to in
sure each state should have its fail
share of government workers.
Peculiar conditions, which con.
centrate more than $4,000 govern.
ment employees in Washington.
operate, however, to give the Dis
trict of Columbia and a few states,
mostly contiguous to Washington,
a far larger representation than
was intended.
The District of Columbia is en-
titled to only 1875 appointments to
the classified Federal lists, but ac-
tually it has more than 10000 per-
sons on the pay roll OF department.
al and commission service. So, too,
have Maryland and Virginia, next
door neighbors to the District,
more than their share OF represen-
ldLlOn. L Ink 3 dilhS i1O Gil
ployees, numbers to its credit more
than 1000. Against the 449 clerks
which Maryland should have, there
also are at least 1000, if not more,
from that commonwealth who
draw government salaries.
Only three other states exceed
their quotas. Thrifty Maine, en-
titled to 23S employees, has man
aged to place 243 persons on the
government pay roll, while Della
ware and Vermont also exceed
their allotted number.
Ohio, supposed to be eager for
patronage, has only about half of
its quota filled, being entitled to
1,7S7. New York is behind, rank
ing 1922 employees and having
slightly more than 1000. Oklaho-
ma residents are below the quota
at almost four to one, while New
Jersey has only half of the maxi
mum number.
Applicants from Texas, having
equal merit in other regards with
those from Delaware or Vermont,
or Virginia or Maryland, would re-
ceive appointments to the Federal
service, while Illinois could more
than double its number 1,001 Fed
eral employees if the applicants
qualified and the positions were
vacant.
Readers are not to jump to the
conclusion that the apportionment
act is the sole basis of selection.
Far from it. That condition holds
only when all other factors are
equal. Applicants for civil service
jobs must first pass rather severe
examinations for their respective
tasks, and oftentimes find other
if faculties in the way as well. In
times past qualifications for a job
have been written to fit the man,
or woman, and many applicants
have profited by the alert attention
of a Representative or Senator.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

Although two bills aggregating
21S millions of dollars failed of
passage in the final hours of Con
gress, nevertheless the last Con-
gress was quite generous in its APP
preparations. Altogether the two
sessions authorized the eXpendi-
ture for II purpose and another
of the staggering sum of S,665
millions of dollars.
OF this sum, IT'S million dollars
went toward the retirement of the
public debt. with an additional
563 million to be applied to the
sinking fund; the Veterans Bur-
eau received 473 millions; the post
al service IT'S millions; the Navy
800 millions, and the Army 282
millions of dollars.
Checking up on Congress, it is
found that out of on avalanche of
more than $4,000 bills and resolu-
tions introduced, only 99S of them
passed both legislative barriers and
were signed by the President. OF
this number only about 200 affect
the nation as a whole, the others
being bills of purely local char
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

or something of the sort. Anyway
he had a habit of going down tc
the Potomac river quite frequently
for an a. m. plunge. A certain
militant woman sought an inter
view with the President. She had
some favor to ask. Maybe a job
for her husband; maybe she wanted
the taverns in ID. C. closed up at
900 p. m. Whatever she wanted
she wanted very badly but the
President always saw her coming
and lodged.
Finally she heard of James bath
habit and got up early n morning,
hurried to the old swimming hole,
took a comfortable seat on the
Presidents clothes and waited. 1t
spring. The river was still
She got her interview. She
had caught the President of the
greatest republic on earth in the
p%roverbial predicament.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25
GAS DANG Err

Even at ordinary temperatures
gasoline gives off a very explosive
pint rendering the air in an or
dinary-siZed Dom explosive. When
I'VE it is used indoors for clean
ing, 1t is important that there be
no fire in the room and that the
doors and windows be open Sc the
vapor may escape. Often some
cleaning agent that will not take
fire can be used as satisfactorily
as gasoline.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25
CANDIDATES AND STREETS

~ ~ ~
There is no matter of greater
public concern than the condition
of the streets of this city, partic.
ularly the streets most used-the
business STREETS. In the condition
they are now and have been viz
tually all of the time, Main and
Anaconda streets are a distinct
discredit, an adverse advertise
ment, a source of health menace,
a direct expense to those who use
them and a drain on the slender
revenues of the city treasury be
cause of the cost of repairs that
do no permanent good.
Because the most favorable OBJ
portunity that is likely to offer
was passed up a year ago, it will
be difficult to handle the problem
now. But with a disposition to CO.
operate something can be done
and should be done. 1t is poor
judgment and expensive economy
longer to neglect these bog holes
and ruts that represent streets.
We believe the citizens of the
town want to know, before cleo
ton, where the candidates who
have filed for places on the city
council stand on this issue. The
Herald will be glad to give space
in next weeks issue to any state
ments offered. c. p. Swedberg of
the Second ward already has eX-
pressed himself to this paper as
emphatically in favor of street re-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25
~EMsATTLEp HUSBANDS

A Husbands Defense League"
is said to have been organized in
Chicago, with a view to starting a
Observation-Disclosures movement, re
placing the word "obey" in the
marriage ceremony and restoring
to man a few OF his lost peroga-
tiyes. The members submit the
following bill of rights for hus-
bands:
mo Homework, except in case
of sickness or at least three child
rem;
preference of the husband over
the wife's relations in all things;
"a dollar a day allowance. and
no questions asked;
''Final authority in all family af-
fairs;
'No razzing by their 'in-laws'."
Those Chicago men are certainly
optimistic.
-Minot Daily News
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

Twelve thousand veterans and
widows of former wars will die
without benefit of further pensions,
according to Commissioner of Pen
sions Winfield Scott, due to the
failure of the second deficiency
bill to pass the last session of the
Congress. The bill, killed by the
Reed flibuster, carried an item OF
more than 81 millions of dollars
to continue the regular monthly
allotments to the 100000 Deepen
dents of the government.
Checks to be received about
April 4 are now being mailed by
the Pension Bureau. When those
vouchers are cashed only about
81, 200, 900 will remain for pensions,
as against S19. 900, 900 required
monthly. The normal payments
for May and June approximate 80
millions of dollars and this money,
not available, cannot be expended.
0OlScQututi ~ PCLotoD Siittho
for May and June will be mailed.
Since the normal death is rough
ly 1000 a month, the Commission
er says that at least 10000 pension
ers will die without having re-
ceiyed their regular income, il, in
fact, the number is not actually in
creased due to privation.
On July 4 the pensioners will re-
ceive their regular monthly pay
ments, together with back checks
for the months of May and June.
Anticipating an overwhelming num-
Der of pleas and complaints, the
Commissioner is mailing with the
April checks a notice explaining
the Bureaus inability to meet the
pensions due during the next two
months.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25
SHE INTERVIEWED A PRESl
DENT

Some claim that clothes make
the man but here is an instance
in which they also made him talk.
c. F. Blaich, the S0-year old yeter-
an of the civil war, tells this one
to prove that there were Ameri-
can women of nerve and wit a
hundred years or so ago.
When James Madison was presl-
dent it seems the plumbing was
ont OF order in the White House.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

logger down the streets of Wash
ington.
While he was ill the Senate
voted the money for his relief. Now
the Vermonter expresses the be-
lief that it would be unwise to ac-
cept the money to bear the expense
of his personal misfortune"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

The Prince of Wales who falls
in the spring as well as any other
season came a nawsty cropper
again this week, dountcher know,
when his mount tripped on a hedge.
We must sure have the Prince for
a special feature at the Stampede.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

The farming seaso will open
with unusually favorable condi-
tions. plenty of moisture in the
soil to carry crops to the summer
rain period. The acreage OF win
ter wheat is reported at least 200
per cent larger than ever before,
in this county, and the condition
of the crop extra good.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

The ice in the Missouri says:
81 know it is moving time but I'll
rot before I'll bulge from here"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

Now is the season when we feel
to take the place OF the expanse
of mud, water and chuck holes
which defies control and is a
source of never-ending expense.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25
MARRIAGE

Black Crow and Good Little
Head, March Is.
Ludwig Edward Sateren and
Flossie May Sugden, March %.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

SALE-Large stock of barbed
wire and fencing. Two point
galvanized cattle wire, S4.25;
four point galvanized hog wire,
SAFE. Suggestion please com
pare our price with mail order
house prices. Farmers Lumber
Co. 2-tf
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

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, 1927-03-25

BABY CHlCkS-Northern accli-
mated, from selected eggs. Re-
duced prices. 100 per cent live
delivery. Send for price list.
Valker-Christensen Co., Minot,
N. D. SLIT
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

Don't forget sauerkraut as q
winter standby, and a source of
vitamins.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

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, 1927-03-25

FOR SALE-25 bushels early Tri-
umph seed potatoes. ]. E. Waga-
man, Box 603, Wolf Point. 5-2tp
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

SALE OR LEASE-2b sections of
good farming or grazing land. If
interested write for information
to Fred Redstone, ST., Oswego,
Mont. 5-3tp
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

FOR SALE-500 steel hand-power
stump pullers. $50 each; horse
power, SIS. Automatic gates, hand
wellborers, water wheels. Du-
crest Mfg. Co., 111-3rd, Renton,
Wash. Ait
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

acter, or dealing with individuals
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25
w A N T D
F o r S A L E

FOR SALE-One 500-chick brood
er, coal burner; also some chick
feeders. A. H. Connors, Vida.
6-2tp
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

FOR SAlE-Drill and disc, also
garden hose, dining table and
baby crib. Arthur Wilson, Box
29l, Wolf Point, Mont. 6-2tp
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

FOR SALE-Registered Hereford
bull, coming four years. Inquire
of Pat Naughter, Wolf Point,
ranch Is miles northwest. 5-2tp
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

SALE-Electric washing ma
chine, vacuum cleaner, %toaSter,
p%ercolater, fiat iron; 9 II rug.
All in excellent condition. Also
a garage. Phone 1861, r. B.
Conrad, Northside. 5-tf
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

SALE-Buick six sport model
1855, in good condition. A bar
gain. Lee Holderman, Wolf
Point. 5-4t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

the buyer. Inquire in writing
care of the Wolf Point Herald.
6-2tp
FOR SALE-Drill and disc. also
garden hose, dining table and
baby crib. Arthur Wilson, Box
29l, Wolf Point, Mont. 6-2tp
FOR SALE-1923 model Ford road
ster, demountable rims, self
starter, new battery, in good
running order. Fall payment on
bankable paper. Womans Elk
change. SIT
FOR SALE-Electric washing ma
chine, acuum cleaner, toaster,
p%ercolater, fiat iron; 9 X II rug.
All in excellent condition. Also
a garage. Phone 1861, r. B.
Conrad, Northside. 5-tf
FOR SALE-Registered Hereford
bull, coming four years. Inquire
of Pat Naughter, Wolf Point,
ranch IS miles northwest. 5-2tp
FOR SALE-Buick six sport model
1855, in good condition. A bar
gain. Lee Holderman, Wolf
Point. 5-4t
SALE OR LEASE-2R sections of
good farming or grazing land, If
interested write for information
to Fred Redstone, ST., Oswego,
Mont. 5-3tp
FOR SALE-25 bushels early Tri-
umph seed potatoes. j. E. Waga-
man, Box 603, Wolf Point. 5-2tp
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
FOR SALE-500 steel hand-power
stump pullers. $50 each; horse
power, SIS. Automatic gates, hand
wellborers, water wheels. Du-
crest Mfg. Co.. 111-3rd, Renton,
Wash. Ait
FOR SALE-Half section good
tractor land about five miles
north of Oswego, Mont, $500
pei acre. j. c. Herman. Aft
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. G. Herman, Wolf
Point, Mont. Aft
BABY CHickS-Repeat orders
prove OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, har-
dy Chicks. Ninth annual cata-
log, instruction book free. Clay
ton Rust, Dept. X, Fargo, n. d.
Sat
SALE-The E1a sec. 21, T.
81. R. AZ, Roosevelt county
cheap. Address c. r. Tang,
Williston. n. d. Sat
OR SALE-THE ELECTRIC
LUNCH. This place is enjoying
a good patronage and will bear
investigation. Good reason for
selling. S. ]. Peck. 52-tf.
CHlckS-Northern accli-
mated, from selected eggs. Re-
duced prices. 100 per cent live
delivery. Send for price list.
Valker-Christensen Co., Minot,
n. D. SLIT
OR SALE-Large stock of barbed
wire and fencing. Two point
galvanized cattle wire, S4.25;
four point galvanized hog wire,
SAFE. Suggestion please COM
pare our price with mail order
house prices. Farmers Lumber
Co. 2-tf
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

SALE-1923 model Ford road
ster, demountable rims, self
starter, new battery, in good
running order. Fall payment on
bankable paper. Womans Ex-
change. 6-2t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-25

the buyer. Inquire in writing
care of the Wolf Point Herald.
6-2tp
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-07-30

Anthony Mudinich and M. Bellonich, joint proprietors of the Pioneer Cafe in Ketchikan, recently purchased the Nelson Hotel property in that city. The purchase price is said to have been $69,5O0. Mudinich and Bellonich first went into business for themselves in Ket- chikan about two years ago, when they purchased Pete Zurich's cafe. They were con- pletely burned out in the big fire. They took another lease on the new Nelson Hotel build ing and rapidly recovered their losses.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-07-30

the Coast Guard cutter Unal- ga and reported having seen 20 large volcanoes. Both Bog 20 large volcanoes. Both Bogo- slov and Garelot volcanoes are active he said. Dr. Jaggar landed on Bogoslov Island, where he found a new steam ing inner cone of hot, rough lava, surrounded by a rough shaped lagoon of warm salt water. Outside of this was complete ring of gravel, with beaches outside and inside and no open channel. Dr. dagger believes a new spell of intens- i've activity has started on Bogoslov, closely resembling the 1906 eruption. Four hun dred sea lions were found liv- ing on the beaches close to the active volcano, and millions of sea birds nested in the cliffs and on the sand banks. There is sulphurous steam, but no noxious gases were encounter ed.
Hyder weekly herald., 1927-07-30

When the large cannery steamer arrived at Bristol Bay recently, it had on board one not listed among the passenger or crew. A young woman, Mrs. Lillian Brehens hid in the baggage hold of the vessel and was not found until the steam CT had passed Cape Flattery. It was brought out that just a week prior to the sailing of the steamer she had been married to John Brehens, and after wards he had sailed for Alas ka. The idea of having a hus- band so far did not appeal to her, so instead of anxiously waiting months for his return, she decided to join him-and she did.