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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-18
In
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
NORMAL GIRLS WILL GET
RAINING; ESSAYS; TALKS
AND PROGRAMS

a number of our classes have
been visiting district court this
week in order to see some of the
workings of our judicial system.
The Normal training classes
will leave for Dry Fork training
school on April 2. Miss Dorothy
Gilligan, a member Of this class,
is now teaching the Dry Fork
school. The girls who expect to
receive teachers certificates in
June are Lucille Zimmerman, Mel
lie Funk, Dorothy Gilligan, Myrtle
Torrison, Ellen Appelgren, Martha
Opheim and Anna Heinrich. We
expect to open the Waska school
on Monday, April 4.
Spelling Contests
The county spelling contest will
be held at Bainville April %. The
Big Four track meet will be held
at Culbertson April go The state
meet will be held May 1913 The
local QecldnldtOly COHISSt Will DC
held April 27. The local track
meet will be held April 90 The
yot field meet will be held May
is. The spelling contests at Liber-
ty and Wide Awake will be held
about April 1920.
Lincoln Essays
The members of the English "
class are writing Lincoln essays
his week. The author of the best
essay will receive the medal which
has been on display in the window
1f the Huxsol drug store.
Coach Ray Boe, Fred LaRoque,
Harvey Vinson and Charles Rath-
ert talked to our assembly on
They gave a detailed
account of the Bozeman tourna
nent. They agreed that it was a
tournament. We are
,roud of the record made by our
cam. Full accounts of the games
re given elsewhere in this paper.
(Continued on Page Five)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-18

The park committee will purchase
trees and shrubs to the value OF
$3.50 and plant them in the city
park.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-18
NATIONALLY ADVERTISED

The story of how soc want ad
in the Wolf Point Herald sold an
$4,000 farm has reached the front
page of the Publishers Auxiliary,
newspaper published for news
paper men and received by virtual
ly every weekly in the country, as
we'll as many of the dailies. The
whole story is reprinted in the
Auxiliary and amounts to a very
nice little advertisement of the
Wolf Point farming area and the
low priced lands to be had here.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-18
CHURCH
ANNUAL MEETING
MEMBERS GATHER AT BAN
QUIET; BUSINESS MATTERS
AND ELECTIONS LATER

! The. members of the congrega-
tion Of the Presbyterian church and
their families gathered Wednes-
day evening in the church base
ment for the annual meeting of
the year. The meeting was pre-
ceded by banquet. The serving
of the banquet was in charge of
a committee from the Presbyter-
ian Woman's club. each family
coming being requested to bring
a basket which contained one hot
dish More than so persons We're
seated at the tables.
Pastor Presides
The Rev. s. A. Walker presided
over the annual meeting. The
trustees report was given by FL
der H. T. Smith, clerk OF the
session. His report showed that
the local Presbyterian church now
has 1O1 members. Plans for broad
ening the field of the work of the
local church were discussed. o.
C. Johnson gave the report OF the
Sunday School, supplementing it
with report on the work of each
teacher in the school Mrs. Walk
er gave the report for the Presby
terian Woman's club.
Mrs. w. B. Everett. the church
treasurer, reviewed the financial
side of the church work during the
year.
Financial Plans
c. L. Rogers, chairman of the
board of trustees presented the
proposed budget for the year of
1929. After a lengthy discussion
it was decided to plan for delin-
quent items from last years budget /
separately from the budget for the
coming year. The proposed bud
get for the coming year was then
unanimously adopted Two trus-
tees, Mrs. w I. Burnison and Call
vim Mcneil completed their terms
and one, H. T. Monroe, has moved |
Continued on last page)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-18

The following extracts are clipp-
ed from Al Gaskill's complete and
vivid stories of the state tourna-
ment in the Bozenan Daily Chroni-
Gle.
Montana's sixteenth annual in
CONTINUED on last page)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-18
YOUNG COUPLE BUYS HOME

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Coulter
have purchased the Jack Roberts
house on the northside. The apart
ment which they are now occupy
ing in the Jensen home will be
taken by Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Rine-
hart
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-18
GRAIN STOCKS
EXCEED 1926
MONTANA GRAIN ON FARMS
PUT AT 18 MILLION
ON MARCH

Stocks of grain on farms in Mon
tana on March 1, this year, in
Guiding corn, wheat, oats, barley,
and rye, aggregate 1S,S0S,000 bu-
shells which is 54.4 per cent larger
than the 12,174,000 bushels on hand
on March 1, 1926 and 10.4 per cent
larger than the five year (1922-19-
26) average farm stocks on March
IL, of 17,036,000 bushels. March
1927 stocks on farms in all cases
except corn are much larger than
last year and in all cases except
corn and oats are we'll above the
5-year average. Wheat stocks ex-
ceed those of last year by about
100000 bushels and the average
by about 100000 bushels Oats
reserves, while about 100000
larger than year ago are about
100000 bushels below the average;
barley stocks at 1904, 900 bushels
are almost double both last year
and average and rye stocks at
321,000 bushels are also unusually
high This is from the report of
the State department of agriculture.
Less Over the U. S.
In contrast with the large re-
serves in Montana, grain stocks
throughout the United States on
March 1, are about II per cent
lower than year ago and about
per cent below the 1922-1926
average. Combined farm reserves
of corn, wheat, oats, barley, and
rye for the q. s. were 1,714,56S,-
600 bushels compared with 2,060,-
425,000 bushels a year ago and the
five year average of 1877, $4,000
bushels. Compared with last year,
decreases are as follows: corn,
100000 bushels; oats, lat ,000,-
600 bushels; barley, 100000
bushels and rye, 100000 bushels.
Wheat stocks are 30,000,000 bushels
larger than year ago and about
100000 bushels larger than the
five year average.
In this general comparison is
evidenced somewhat better con-
dition of grain farmers in Montana,
as a whole, than in the United
States generally, since market
prices of grain during the past
season have not been such as to
attract any larger market move
ment of grain crops than that ne
cessary to meet obligations.
Wheat
Including stocks of wheat in
country mills and elevators in Mon
tana on March 1, which were about
9, 2,243, 900 bushels larger than a year
ago, total Montana wheat reserves
on March 1, 1927. are 16, $4,000
bushels compared with 10,158,O0O
bushels a year ago. For the
United States; country mill and /
elevator stocks are 10 million |
larger than year ago, which com
bined with farm reserves of 30 |
bushels is larger than at this time |
q year ago If the U. S. visible |
supply which was Is million /
bushels larger on March l, this |
year, be included, the total wheat
supply is indicated to be about |
100000 bushels larger on March
[, 1927, than that same date year
lgo. Last year exports after March
| were 34,000,000 bushels and the
in the three positions
lamed above was 56,000,0O0 bush
lis. Total supply last year in these
positions on March 1, was 216,570,-
100 bushels. Against this figure
here is at the present time 21l,-
S6, 600 bushels, which if seed and
,ther farm disappearance March
O July should be the same this
rear as last would leave about
As, ,000,0 bushels for export and
arryover compared with 90,000,0O0
,ushels year ago.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-18
Court Term Nears Close
Civil Cases Hold Stage
Rogers Assault Case Now On-Froid Corn Field
Verdict Goes To Plaintif-Brockton Malicious Ar
Settled Out Of Court-Gross Case And Others
Carried Over.

District court which has been
in session since the Sth is still
at work on the calendar with fair
prospects of lasting the week out.
The verdict in the Lien -Ersland
corn field damage case, mentioned
last week, gave the plaintiff S19S.45
and assessed the costs against the
defendant, Ole Ersland The case
was hard fought by the opposing
council and held the close atten-
tion of the spectators. Lien and
Ersland reside in the Froid vicini-
ty and got at loggerheads over
field of corn Lien had raised on
ground rented of ErsIand He did
not get his crop off soon enough
to suit Ersland who finally turned
his stock loose in the field
Gross Case Goes over
On the criminal calendar, the
case of Lester Gross, charged with
grand larceny. has been again con-
tinued over the term because of
the continued serious illness of
Undersheriff Council who is the
States chief witness.
Rogers On Trial
The case against E. A Rogers,
charged with assault in the first
degree, was dismissed on motion
of his attorney, J. X Bramble,
who availed his client of his rights
under the Montana statute that pro-
vides that a person charged with
crime shall not be held more
than six months without trial.
Judge Paul granted the motion,
but the prosecuting attorney, H.
N. Marion, Immediately filed new
complaint charging assault with
deadly weapon and Rogers was
arrested and lodged in jail, since
his bondsmen had been released
when the first case was dismissed
and could not be reached. Trial
of the case was begun Thursday
and the following veniremen were
sworn in as jurymen:
The Rogers Jury
Don Chabot, Waska
Chas Raish, Homestead
Cyprian Fournier, Bainville
Jens Larsen, McCabe
j. NJ. Larsen, Poplar
Soren Jensen, Bainville
Jens w. Jensen, Homestead
Hobart Wheeler, Froid
John Sands, Bainville
Harry Simons, Poplar
Albert Klodt, BainviI1e
Simon Hunter, Bainville
kuehnle VS.. Craigie
Following the Lien -Ersland case
was the Kuehnle-C -Craigie case,
which marked the climax of inter-
est for this term. This was a case
in which L. w Kuehnle brought
suit against James Craigie for ma
licious prosecution and sought to
recover damages of $4,000. The
men are near neighbors and re-
side IA or Is miles north of Brock
ton and have resided there some
ten years, it is said. The testi-
mony indicated that quarrel or
feud between the neighbors had
grown to serious proportions. Hot
words, threatening letters and
blows are stated to have passed
between the men.
Craigie had a lease on a piece
of vacant land near both his place
and Kuehnle's made to expire
March 81, 1926. Kuehnle thought
he had secured a lease of the same
land. But the Kuehnle lease was
made with an erroneous descrip-
ton, it was claimed. Craigie put
Continued on page FOUR
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-18
WOLVES MAKE
FINE SHOWING
CRITICS PRAISE WORK AT
BOZEMAN AS BEST YET
". {. DISTRICT


The Wolf Point high school bas-
ketball team and Coach Ray Boe
arrived home Monday morning
from the state tournament held
at Bozeman. The team returned
with a record in which they and
their friends may feel genuine
pride because they made the best
showing of any team that has re-
presented the Northeast district at
the state tournament
Praised by Writers
The stories of their three games,
written by the sport writer's for
the state dailies, prove that the
Wolves made an excellent impress
sion and came only a tri1e short
of winning rank among the best
four or five teams Of the sixteen
at the tournament. Several in
dividual members of the team re-
ceived praise or special mention,
Charlie Rathert in particular
After a decisive 23-14 victory
over Roundup the team was thrown
into games with Gallatin county
(Bozeman) and Butte, both of
which were contenders for the
championship. Gallatin won from
our boys 20 to IS in game that
was close until the closing min
utes Butte, which finished in 4th
place, barely nosed out win over
the Wolves, % to 90 In the three
games our team made 81 points
against sc for their opponents
The two losses put them out of
the running for place.
Handicapped
This showing the Northeast
champs made with Moore, their
star center and key man, out of
the lineup, sick with an injured
and infected knee, hurt in the Balm
Vile tournament. Boob" was put
in a few minutes before the. end
of the game with Butte and did
well but was too sick and weak
to be himself. Rathert, the star
of the series, had to be shifted
from guard to center to the detri /
ment of the team work system
the boys had practiced. Moore is
a bear at getting the tip-off, which |
q lot. 1t was tough break I
in luck. One of those things that .
are bound TO happen sometimes. (
1t is not out of reason to say
that while with their regular line
up and all members in top condi-
ton, Wolf Points team classed
with or above any teams at the
meet, Billings, Helena and Butte
Central excepted
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-03-18
UNITED EFFORT
TO SAVE KICK
SPECIAL REQUEST MADE OF
LOCAL AIR PATRONS,
WRITE LETTERS

The air program which had been
prepared was successfully broad
cast over KGCX last Sunday from
the Wolf Point studio under the
direction of Mrs w. V. d. Chap
man, D. T. Staples and c. w.
Hamblin and so far as known the
reception was good
Arrangements have not been
made definitely at the time this
is written for next Sunday, March
20, but it is probable that the whole
program will be put on the air at
Vida.
Attention Listeners!
E. e. Krebsbach, manager of
KGCX, and those interested at
Wolf Point, make a special request
of all radio owners in this area
who are interested in the programs
as broadcast from that station.
Under a new act of congress Presi-
dent Coolidge has named radio
board who will have complete con-
troll of the air AS soon as this
board takes up it's work there is
liable to be a vast amount of weed
out of stations for the reason that
the air is over crowded to the de-
triment of good reception.
The best way to insure the sur
vival of our district station KGCX
is for every person interested and
every organization TO write to
members of the Montana delega
tion in Congress, particularly Hon
Scott Leavitt, house of representa-
tives and Senators T. j. Walsh and
B. K. Wheeler, United States Sen
ate, requesting that they use their
influence for the retention of this
station
Good Reasons
The best arguments in favor of
this are that there are only three
stations in the state, that there
is no other station in the area
ordinarily reached by the Vida
station and it therefore causes no
interference to which objection
can be made Further that it is of
great service to the people of this
district as a means of entertain
ment and information II is the in
tention of Mr.. Krebsbach to go on
the air daily, at an early date, to
give market reports and other use
full information. Interested people
should not neglect the matter but
should write these letters at once
Congress has adjourned but letters
addressed to the House or the
Senate will reach these men or
their secretaries.
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round they seemed sheathed with fat?
One of his shoulders was higher than
the other. he trotted With his head a
little TO one side. What chubby
shape, what a chubby face, And that
glossy red hair on top. "A red-haired
keWpie. kieran chuckled.
They were before the bath house.
kieran stopped. The other stopped.
They stood n moment, face to face.
The round one was smiling in that in
genuous, friendly way of his.
Say. I'll tell you" he said. elabo-
rately actings the manner of one to
whom a new thought suddenly has
come. what do you say? How about
a little race"
What do you mean, racer" Kie-
ran countered. Gle doesn't know who
| am" he thought. "He wants to run
me a race")
Just little sprint"
Rats can't rum" said Kieran.
Tim no sprinter. just jog slow
along the beach--that's all do
che doesn't know who am he
thought. Wants to run me a race.
I'm going to have some fun.'D
The round one was sizing him up
out of the corners Of his eyes. You
run pretty we'll he said. Come on
We'll have little race"
C'Run pretty we'll? ! guess so, :"
thought Kieran.) But he said, with
apparent reluctance, well if you
want to run that bad, | don't care.
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out of condition and had fattened. But
as the figure neared, John saw that 1t
was surmounted by young face. a
very young face. A round face it was
a chubby face. That was it--chubby
But it was not the face alone which
was chubby. The legs were smooth
and round, the arms were smooth and
round, the shoulders were smooth and
round, the trunk was round
Looks like big kewpie." thought
kieran Hes only kid, too
The big kewpie stopped running 20
feet from the oncoming kieran. His
chubby face was full Of innocent
friendliness. Fine day, hey?" he
shouted.
Sure is" said John.
The stranger was looking at him as
slowly he trotted by. I'm trying TO
run off some of this extra weight" he
volunteered.
How much weight are you trying
to get OFF," John asked, with some
show of friendliness.
About pounds" the funny one
said.
Two kieran laughed. We'll.
wouldn't bother much. If | were you.
He resumed his jog. But now the
stranger was going along with him.
Kieran watched him pounding
along at his awkward gait feet wide
apart, swaying heavily from side to
side. What a queer build he had,
Was there much fat on those limbs,
or was ii that the muscles were so
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anda YOungD DAUGHTER

fast-he had never gone SO fast. Sud.
denly. though his legs still worked, he
felt as though he was standing still
again, though still his legs worked.
he seemed TO be sliding backward
and now the chubby one was crossing
the mark an extraordinary distance
ahead OF Kieran-at least Ave yards.
Il must have stopped running half.
way" thought Kieran. What the
deuce Is the matter with me? 1 guess
L forgot to run, when got half
way"
Lets have another he proposed
brightly.
"Ali right"
This time kieran. teeth gritted, head
sunk between his shoulders, ran with
the concentration Of a maniac. But the
same thing happened. He seemed to
De going like a greyhound, for a mo.
ment-then he was standing still
then ne was running backward-and
the chubby one. his red hair crackina,
was crossing the line a good Ave
yards ahead:
kieran took his shower and dressed.
Gee--Jove," he kept saying to him.
self. desolately. "Iee-,Joye. Gee
Jove, Gee-Jove.'
so that was the way. That was the
way one grew old, You went right
along, thinking you were all right.
thinking you were good as ever: then
one day. on a beach, you met the
town grocer-boy, or something-and
there it was,
Gee, but I've slowed up" he
thought. Say, he walked away from
me-that fatty, that boob-face!
Il must have been slowing up like
that long time. / seen others do it,
all right. Darn fool-thought 1t would
never happen to me-
We'll, it's happened. all right!
Amy boob l pick up on a beach
can beat me. Ge-ee-eer'
At the hotel. when he sat down
among his mates. who, glowing with
the days work, were ferociously at
lacking their food, he found himself
without appetite.
In the middle of the night he woke
up and remembered.
What was he going to do? Sweat
poured out Of his forehead.
And what about Hazel? Would he
have to take her out Of school?
He tossed and tossed A cigar
stand? That took money to buy, and
you had to have the right corner.
Insurance? Some of the boys. off
ones-wiser than those of his time.
But to sell insurance you had to
talk. He couldn't talk. Couldn't talk
at all.
Well, what?
A picture came before his eyes of
Pop" Hardy.
Pop Hardy in his day had been q
great slugger. Now, old and stiff, he
worked about the grounds at st.
Louis.
He watered the grounds, he clipped
the lawn. During games he caught
the fouls which. hit up to the sloping
grandstand roof, ran down again.
When Pop walked stiff1y to station
himself beneath the grandstand caves
at the place he thought the ball was
coming down everybody in chorus
cried, Hep, hep, hep.
II he missed the ball, everybody
laughed. And once, when the ball had
fallen so that it hit him square on the
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All right, I'll run you. But L can't
run
Gritty yards between the big
leagues premier base thief and the
boob grocer boy of Roseville." he an
nounced privately TO himself)
~ X
THE boob grocer-boy was digging
himself two small starting holes in
the sand. I'm tell YOU" Kieran heard
him say, as he held his head averted
In precaution against a possible dis
play of joy--"I'll tell you: since you
don't run much. I'll give you a little
handicap. You can start a yard
ahead"
Kieran. without laughing. dug his
holes yard ahead. Where do you
want to run tor" asked the challenger,
evidently determined upon giving
kieran all the best of it.
ITO that bunch Of seaweed over
there said Kieran, pointing to a heap
of coiled kelp which he judged to be
about fifty yards away.
"All right" said the considerate one
You start us
kieran dug his feet into the holes,
crouched, said, "On the line-ready-
CO. and was off like streak. At
least. so he felt. just like a streak A
motor of superenergy hummed at his
solar plexus, his legs worked up and
down like pistons, the wind whistled
by his ears, he was going fast--fast--
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a blight OF the Pacific The beach
OF firm. beautiful sand. John. sud
denly tempted by the sight of a few
swimmers in the surf. took dip.
He was amazed at the result. He
had never felt. he thought. SO won
derful.
He went to McManus again with a
modification of his plans. He would
work with the others in the morning.
he explained, but he would like Ia
work alone later on the beach.
You see. Mac" he explained,
there I just have a swimming suit
on. ! get the sun on me and the
breeze in my lungs. And that dip
that's the life-giver. And | can run
just as / want to- told you ! was
going to do lots of running this year.
I can run slow as ! want, and long
as I want, and get my legs into
shape. What do you say, Mac
does it go with your"
The managers shrewd eyes were
squirting with a light which somehow
made John uneasy.
Sure Mac suddenly doomed.
That's all right with me. You're no
young rookie. Scoops: you know
what's good for you. Go ahead, bust
yourself; you're the doctor.
K IERAN'S eagerness had been al
IN most boyish Now II fell. There
was something suspicious about the
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somewhat of recluse. Up until the
Christmas holidays Col. Starting, the
head of the White House Secret Serv-
ice staff was stationed up here with
John. He was a tall. lank, smiling
Southerner from Kentucky. who soon
made friends with everybody In town.
Woodie, although he is just as genial,
is more retiring and shy, more self
contained. When you ask him what
his exact function is up here he will
smile and give you an evasive an
swer, as though he really didn't know
himself.
His real function, however, Is OBJ
vious. Whenever John goes out of
town for a week end or goes around to
visit some of the family friends In
any of the nearby towns--in fact
anywhere where there are large and
strange crowds of people-Woodie
goes along as a guard. 1t Is his job
TO be a sort of buffer between John
and people who are always interfer-
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ing with him by interviewing him, in
viting him to go to places and the
like. John Is bothered much this way
all the time and this is the one sure
manner of preventing it.
although John puts in large share
of his time on his books, he thorough
ly enjoys good time and a little d.
version occasionally. When the week
end rolls around you are sure to see
him headed over toward Smith Col
lege or Mount Holyoke with three or
four of his friends to see some girl.
Very frequently he goes over to the
latter school to see Miss Florence
Trumbull, the daughter of Connecti-
cuts Governor and a senior at that
institution. This acquaintanceship
dates back to the festivities which
ushered in the last presidential inau
guration I'm Washington. The Trum-
bull private car was hitched to the
train on WHICH John was riding to
the Capital. Some members of the
governors staff invited him. in and 1t