The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-10-28


On Main street ars parked
four broad, side street curbings.
lined with motor vehicles. Crowds
were such as one sees on circus
day. Women in summer dresses
talking in groups on the sidewalk,
or visiting with their neighbors
as they wait their turn at the
counter. Money being spent with
abandon that suggests the week
before Christmas. Bargains every-
where.
Amusements, Stunts
Stunts of various sorts lent
amusement to the program on Sat
urday. Mrs. Russell Harmon, a
Southside school teacher, took
first prize in the kid-calling con-
test, winning a SO prize. Mrs. E..
B. Styer, mother OF five, placed
second, getting 81. G. S. Meyers
took first in the pig calling con-
test and Mrs. Russell Harmon sec
ond. In the balloon blowing con
test ode Cusker, Edwin Casey and
Doris Rogers placed in the order
named. In the girls foot race Ger
trude Cusker won first and Clyta
Cusker, secondt The tug-ofwar
between the Northside and the
S~outhside created considerable in
terest. In the first contest the
Northsiders won the decision and
a free dinner. After dinner the
Southside team had to pay for
the dinners. After dinner the
contest was repeated and the
Southside team won, getting a
cash prize of S12.
Friday Prize Winners
Ten dollars, Ben Peterson; five
dollars, e. w, Dye; two dollars
each, II. Loendorf, Martinson
Bros, L. Kimmel, L. M. Clayton,
p. M. Franz, p. NJ. Franz, L. Kim
mel, Melvin jacobson, H. G. Gus
ker, E. T. Casterline.
Evelyn Nahum Elected
The Carnival grand ball at the
Coliseum Saturday night was the
concluding feature, and spectators
and dancers packed the spacious
building to capacity. At ten o.
clock the announcement was made
by H. N. Marion that Evelyn Nah
lum Of the Waska vicinity, a mem
Der Of the senior class of the Wolf
Point high school had won the
popularity contest and the honor
of being Miss Wolf Point. Mayor
John Appelgren then introduced
Miss Nahum to the assemblage
and her appearance was greeted
with hearty applause. Her popu-
larity is attested by the fact that
Saturday she gained more than a
million votes. The vote of Miss
Nahum and that of the four other
candidates who stood at the top
Of the list when the final count
was made, are given below.
Evelyn Nahum ...1,688,4
Elizabeth Heser ---.1,256,40O
Agnes Appelgren , 981,100
Helen S~teffenson ~. 7O1, 900
Marie Knabe -- 424,000
Grand Prizes
The carnival grand prize of 5000
was won by Jacob Kluth, Vida;
the second of $50 by Cecil Perry,
Volt, now of Ladysmith, Wis, and
the third of S25 by Iver Ulvestad,
Volt.
Five dollar prizes ere o. by:
Martinson brothers (two), F. G.
Heinz, G.. G, Collins, Mrs. R. G.
Ferguson, B. Balbinot, Oscar
Erickson, Walter Good, A. Henze,
Mrs. Warmbrod, Art Forsness, ].
Welzenbach, Mendenhall no mi
tials on ticket H. B. Johnson,
Lustre, Abbie McClammie, Thale
Scott, William Holderman, all of
Oswego; H. Kirkpatrick and Leo
Doyle, Vida; Nate Green, Math
Fachner, P. M. Franz, John Helm
richs (two) and G. H. Peterson,
Volt; Mrs. Edith Klinkhammer,
Hamblin.
Nearly all the prizes went to
farmers. The judges we're Clyde
Flint, Frazer; Russell Harmon,
McCone county, and R. L. Steph-
ems, formerly of Wolf Point now
of Butte.