The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-01

ographers is required to
this enormous volume of correspon
dence. But not all letters require
a personal answer. The govern
ment issues thousands of books
and phamplets, and as often as
not the writer can find his question
answered by a perusal OF n OF
these. In such instances, a form
is merely filled out and directed
to the proper bureau, asking that
such and such a booklet be sent 10
so and o
The evening before Lindbergh
took wing for New York, after
spending two days as the Presl-
dents house guest, President Cool
idge had his personal physician,
Major James F. Coupal. make a
minute physical examination OF
the young air hero. The Presi-
dent. in this act, showed a fine
consideration for the personal
welfare of the young aviator whom
he had learned to respect highly.
Major Coupal found that Lind
bergh is a perfect physical specl-
men. in all respects ave that he
is a trife underweight for his
height. Lindbergh, the Major re-
ports, is six feet, two inches tall,
and weighs 165 pounds. "He could
carry a little additional weight"
the physician told Mrs. L~indbergh.
THAT" the mother replied, is
exactly what I have told him, but
he keeps his weight below normal
to a gasoline when flying"
The rubber tired buggy. in which
mother and father held hands in
the glorious days of their court
ship. is falling apart in the weather
out behind the barn. At least
that is the surmise that is drawn
from the report of the census bur
eau that in 1926 only 1854 buggies
were manufactured in all the coun-
try. a decrease of nearly 10000
from 1925.
Years ago. when romance rode
behind Dobbin, 5000 buggies were
hardly enough to supply the de-
mand for one corner of a fairly
prosperous state.
The horse has not gone to join
the Dodo. that mythical bird that
is supposed to have become ex-
tinct centuries ago, and probably
never will as long as there are
those of us who revel in his friend
ship. but certainly he must admit
there is strong competition for the
tasks he was wont to perform.
For instance, the same authority
announces that of the $146. 000, 900
paid last year for farm machinery
powered by the gasoline engine. at
least two-thirds came out of the
pocket of the small farmer.
The Canadian Minister, Vincent
Massey, is not obliged to cast
about for a summer home when
he wishes to leave Washington
for the hot season. He merely
returns to his residence at Toron-
to. Canada, or to his villa on the
ST. Lawrence river. historic sum-
mer playground. This year he
left early to attend a meeting of
the Toronto Hunt Club, with
which he hunts foxes in the sea
son opening about September.
Lafayette Square. opposite the
White House. is n of Washing
toms show places. Once an APP
pie orchard. it is today a forest
of magnificent trees and shrubs,
with blooms to fit the seasons.
Benches skirt the edges of the
diagonal walks, which lead in all
directions from the prancing
bronze charger in the center on
which sits the figure of General
Andrew Jackson. His most fam
Gus utterance, "Our Federal I'm
ion. it must be preserved" is IN
graved on the stone base. Tradl-
ton has it that this famous ques-
figure is cast from cannon
captured in the old S~outherners'
famous campaigns.
Heroic bronze figures of that
famous quartet, Lafayette, Roch-
ambeau. Koskiuscko. Won Steuben,
which came across the ocean to
fight for American freedom, stand
sentinel at the four corners of tie
Lafayette, in the South
east corner. stares ahead of him in
the direction of the waters,
across which lies France, his
home.
In another corner is Won Steu-
ben. the German, whose teachings,
this writer remembers correct
". is largely responsible for the
raining which our cadets receive
at West Point. His statue sur
vived the late war without a mar,
even while our feeling against his
was bitterest.
You can not pass the figure of
he famous Pole, recently claimed
as a national by the Slovenes,
without remembering that stirring
line from the old McGuffey read
9r. "And freedom shrieked when
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