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The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
Boycotting Grocers.
(Chicago Tribune. l

The President of the w. c. T. U. has sug gested boycott of grocers who sell materials from which alcoholic drinks can be made She is probably thinking of malt and hops. but she ought not to stop there. The boycott should include grocers who sell apples pears, grapes, plums. prunes, bananas figs. raisns, currants blackberries, raspberries, cherries any of the other fruits and berries, They all used in the manufacture of homemade liquors of one sort or another We wish to direct particular attention also to the desrability of boycotting any grocer who sells sugar and yeast. When the production and distribution of these two commodities has been stopped home-brewing will be made much more difficult.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
SHOOT SEES ATTACK ON AMERICAN
 TARIFF.

Senator Reed Shoot of Utah does not agree with President Coolidge that the attack on pro- tectiye tariffs by the International Economic Con ference at Geneva last May and that by the In ternational Chamber of Commerce at Stockholm in July does not apply to the United States but is only intended to break the tarif walls of Europe. In signed editorial appearing in the Salt Lake Telegram September z. under the title. "Attacks On U. s. Tarif." Senator Shoot wrote:
 It Is perfectly clear that the Gen
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22

Prince Rupert and Vancouver highly elated because the Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners have established freight tarff on grain from the Prairie Provinces to Van couver and Prince Rupert low that pre- vailing from the points to Fort William or other ports at the head of the Great Lakes They believe that it will result in shipping more wheat and other grain west than formerly
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
DIES Leon Permanent Wave-A Natural Wave-Nn Kinks

Miss Ardene Smoke. Leon dem onstrator will be in Juneau dur ing Fair Week giving the ladies q chance to get one of the na- tionally known waves--a beauti- full natural wave or money re- funded. Miss Smoke will be glad to help you with your permanent troubles and will give demon station upon her arrival here. Watch this paper for location
 adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22

tie there is underneath it really doesn't seem possible that the hem can get ever any nearer the waistline than it is now.
 A man may love his wife more than anybody else in the world, but he knows there would be no limit to how much more he could love her if she was as blind to his faults as she is to the. good in him.
 A good many men break down because they don't take a needed vacation from their work, and good many marriages break down because the husband and wife don't take a needed vacation from each other.
 The best natured woman in the world is a cornfed who'd rather be fat than go around all the tine craving the things she's supposed to let alone
 The reason our grandfathers laughed at the jokes in the al. manac was because there were no fat girls in short skirts on the streets in their day to laugh at.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22

If would select Ambassadors to European countries who popular lover there" are accommodating szeable list of names to choose from One of these days might have, named in the order of developing popularity, Ambassa- dors Gertrude Ederle, Charles A Lindbnrgh, Helen Wills, Clarence Chamberlin Richard E. Byrd, Bobby Jones and Jimmy Walker.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22

Zero in Eats Three things that I Could do without Are spinach, kale And sauerkraut.
 Sam Hill I'd surely think It was no loss, If they'd not give Me applesauce.
 Adam Breede. And I believe That I could bear it If I should never See a carrot. Judd Mortimer Lewis. Gladly could I Endure all these; If someone'd eat My cottage cheese.
 Do ane Kieche;. hate, I hate. o. how l hatei o. How l hate The red tomato.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
The Ananias cj,,b

'It's strange" said the head of the household department of the store, i've have sold over a hundred cookbooks in the last week, but we haven't sold single can opener in the last six months
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
Even He Has a Limit

Say. what's the idea, ain't you going to work today?" demanded Mrs. Diogenes, impatiently, as she saw old Di settle himself in d comfortable chair with his pipe and a book.
 No" he growled. 'T am not They have asked me to locate an office seeking the man. and I'll be derned if I'll go off on any such fool, wild goose chase as that"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22

Alaska, New York, New Hampshire and Okla homa the only American political divisions where individuals pay more income taxes than the corporations In the State of Washington the corporations lead by about three to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
Hero Medal for Hin,

Blinks = Ever done anything heroic?"
 links" We'll, l once rescued q pair of pants my wife had given 10 a rnmmage sale
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
No Necker

NO Necker
 "Your face looks familiar" re- marked the fresh guy, who was trying to strike up an acquaint- ance.
 "There's no reason why it shouldn't look that way" snapped the athletic young lady, "it's never been lifted, painted or done over, but your face won't look familiar if you try to get that way with mine"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
 By SAM HILL
By SAM HILL

Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
 l kin remember when young folks didn't think bedtime was around three or four o'clock in the morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
Ask Us Another

DO YOU SEE ALL THAT OTHERS SEE?" asks an ad in the American Legion Councillor.
 We've filed this one with our collection Of foolish questions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
Drafted. As if Were

"I do not choose to work" Are words I often say But, heck, Though that's my
 choice,
 Work must. anyway.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22

According to "Pussyfoot' Johnson all the nations have begun banishing liquor. These are signs that they banishing 1t toward the United States Pittsburgh Post-Gaxette
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22

In seeking another loan in America, the French Government is generously willing to lei bygones be bygones-( Boston HeraId.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
Usual Reason

Judge: Why did you hit this man?"
 Motorist: Because. Your Hon. or, he wasn't agile enough to get out of the way"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
Passinu Observation

A big mouth and brains are never pals.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15
MEETING OF COUNTY BOARD
DE EQUALIZATION

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN.
That the Board Of County Com
missioners of Roosevelt County.
Montana, win meet from time Is
time between July 18th and AUG
ust sth. 1927, as the County Board
of Equalization.
The Board has power, after Civ
ing notice in such manner as it
may by rule prescribe, to increase
or lower any Assessment contained
in the Assessment book, so as 10
equalize the Assessment of the
property contained therein.
No reduction will be made in the
valuation of property, unless the
party affected thereby or his Agent
makes and files with the Board. q
written application therefor. show
ing the facts upon which it is
claimed such reduction should be
made.
w. j. HARDIE.
Clerk of Board
BY JACOB G. SEEL.
22-4t Deputy Clerk.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
6 a Q. No. 24o Az. Unit /

r. ~ r. w. II 49,
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids for the construction of the i'm
provement hereinafter described
will be received by the State High
way Commission of Montana at the
Offices of the said Commission in
the Capitol Building at Helena
until $50 A. M. on the 18th day
of July, 1927, at which time and
place they will be publicly opened
and read.
The improvement contemplated
consists of the grading and con-
struction of small drainage struct-
ures on Section "a" of the Poplar
Culbertson Road in Roosevelt
County, beginning at survey sta
ton 0--00 at Brockton and extend
ing 14.117 miles westerly to survey
station 746- IA at Poplar.
Each proposal must be submitted
on a form and in an envelope to
be provided for the purpose, ad-
dressed to the State Highway Com
mission at Helena and endorsed,
Proposal for Improvement FEEDER
al Aid Project No. 240 "a, Unit l..
No proposal will be considered
unless accompanied by an uncon-
ditional certified check, in an
amount equivalent to five per cent
(5~) of the total amount of the
bid. A corporate Surety Bond
will be required for the faithful
performance of the contract.
Plans, specifications, forms of
contract and bond, proposal blanks
and full instructions r on file for
examination and may be obtained
at the office of the State Highway
Commission in the Capitol Build
ing at Helena, Montana.
Plans and specifications are also
on file and may be examined in
the Office of the United States Bur-
eau of Public Roads at Missoula.
The Commission reserves the
right to reject any or all bids and
to waive technicalities, as may be
deemed necessary in the interest
of the State. No bids will be con-
sidered except those from con-
tractors a~scertained to be expert
enced and responsible.
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
OF MONTANA
II. W. HOLMES,
State Highway Engineer
o. s. WARDEN,
Chairman 22-2t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15

the 10th day of July, 1927, at his
Office in the First National Bank
of Wolf Point, Montana, redeem
and pay the following outstanding
special improvement bonds:
Bonds Nos. 33 and "a of Special
Improvement District No. IL.
Bonds Nos. 10 and 20 of Special
Improvement District No. 10.
Bond No. 16 of Special Improve
ment District No. Is.
That the above bonds be prompt
ly presented for payment at the
Treasurer's Office as aforesaid on
or after the 10th day of July,
1927, on which day interest shall
cease and terminate.
Dated at Wolf Point, Montana,
this 9Th day of July, 1927.
l. l.. JENSEN, City Treasurer,
City of Wolf Point, Montana.
22-1t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15
r FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Trustees of School Dis
trict Number As, Roosevelt Coun-
ty, Montana, will receive bids at
the office of the Clerk in the First
National Bank of Wolf Point, Mon
tana, for furnishing and filling the
coal bins with Ignite coal at each
of the following rural school
houses in the District:
French School.
Volt School.
Pioneer School.
Wide Awake School.
Warmbrod School.
Dryfork School.
Liberty School.
Wetsit School.
Bids to be submitted on the
basis of a fixed price per ton.
Said bids to be filed with the
Clerk not later than Thursday, July
21, 1927, on which day the same
will be opened.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
BY order of the Board of Trus-
tees of School District No. As, this
8th day of July, 1927.
|. L. JENSEN.
Clerk, School District No. 45
22-1t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15
NOTICE TO CARPENTERS

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Trustees of School Dis
trict Number 45, Roosevelt Coun-
ty, Montana, will receive bids at
the office of the Clerk in the First
National Bank of Wolf Point, Mon
tana, for the furnishing of labor
and material in the construction
of a rural school building and out
building to be built on or near the
southwest corner of Section eight,
Township thirty-one, Range forty
seven, Roosevelt County, Montana.
Complete specifications of the
work to be done can be seen at
the Office of the Clerk upon re-
quest.
Work must be completed by
September 1, 1927.
Bids will be opened by the
Board on July 81, 1927.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
By order of the board of trus-
tees of School District No. As, this
eighth day of July, 1927.
l. L. JENSEN, City Treasurer,
Clerk, School District No. As
22-2t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

r. A. p. No. 24o Az, Unit 2
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids for the construction of the i'm
provement hereinafter described
will be received by the State High
way Commission of Montana at the
offices of the said Commission in
the Capitol Building at Helena
until $50 A. NJ. on the 29th day
of July, 1927, at which time and
place they will be publicly opened
and read.
The improvement contemplated
consists of the construction of the
following timber pile trestle
bridges on Section "A" of the
Poplar ulbertson Road between
Poplar and Brockton in Roosevelt
County:
/. A 4 panel rs #. trestle at
survey station 29--SS in Section
80, T. % N, r. SO E.
2. A 2 panel 3S it. trestle at
survey station 1876 in Section
3, T. 81 n, R. 81 E.
8. A 3 panel 81 #. trestle at
survey station 349-l-OO in Section
8, T. 27 N, R. 50 f.
4. A 9 panel 81 #. trestle at
survey station 455--74 in Section
II, t. 81 n, r. 81 E.
5. A 9 panel 81 IT. trestle at
survey station 575--0O in Section
10. T. 27 n, R. 81 E.
Each proposal must be submitted
on a form and in an envelope to
be provided for the purpose, ad-
dressed to the State Highway Com
mission at Helena and endorsed,
Proposal for Improvement FEEDER
al Aid Project No. $40 "a, Unit g."
No proposal will be considered
unless accompanied by an uncon-
ditional certified check, in an
amount equivalent to five per cent
(5a) of the total amount of the
bid. A corporate Surety Bond
will be required for the faithful
performance of the contract.
Plans, specifications, forms of
contract and bond, proposal blanks
and full instructions are on file for
examination and may be obtained
at the Office of the State Highway
| Commission in the Capitol Build
ing at Helena, Montana.
Plans and specifications are also
ON file and may be examined in
the Office OF the United States Bur
eau of Public Roads at Missoula.
The Commission reserves the
right to reject any or all bids and
ia waive technicaltties, az may be
deemed necessary in the interest
! of the State. No bids Will be cor
,idered except those from con-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15

into the trenches, end drove and
drowned therein the black de-
vourers. Others beat them back
with clubs and broonls. CT burned
them in fires. Still the crickets
prevailed.
Despite all that could be done by
the settlers, their hope of a harvesti
was vanishing harvest upon
which life itself seemed to depend.
They were rescued, as they be-
lieved, by a miracle-a greater
miracle than is said to have saved
Rome, when the cackling of geese
reused the slumbering city in time
to beat back the invading Gauls. In
the midst of the work of ruin, when
it seemed as if nothing could stay
the destruction, great iocks of gulls
appeared filling the air with their
white wings and plaintive cries.
IS Though Heaven Sent
They settled down upon the half
ruined fields. At first it looked as
if they had come but to help the
crickets destroy. But their real
purpose was soon apparent. They
came to prey upon the ~destroyers.
All day long they gorged them-
selves, ~disgorged, and feasted again.
the white gulls upon the black
crickets, like hosts of heaven and
hell conteHding, until the pests
were vanquished and the people,
saved, says the Utah historian, Orr
son F. Whitney.
To commemorate the above his
toric incident a Sea Gull monument
has been erected on Temple Block.
Salt Lake City-a granite base.
weighing 20 tons, supporting a.
round column of granite Is feet
high, surmounted by a granite
globe. On three sides of the high
base, In relief sculpture, the Sea
Gull story is told. sS
The people OF Utah believe that
the Sea Gulls came as Gods answer
to their prayers. On the fourth
tablature is inscribed:
- SEA GULL MONUMENT.
ERECTED IN GRATEFUL RE-
MEMBRANCE OF THE MERCY
OF GOD TO THE MORMON
PIONEERS.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15
NOTICE

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO RE
DEEM AND PAY CERTAIN
OUTSTANDING WOLF POINT
SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DIS
TRICT BONDS ISSUED BY
THE CITY OF WOLF POINT,
MONTANA.
; Public notice is hereby given ac-
cording to law, as follows:
That the Treasurer of the City
of Wolf Point, Montana, will on
July 10th, 1927, at his Office in the
First National Bank of Wolf Point,
Montana, redeem and pay the fol
lowing outstanding special i'm
provement bonds:
Bonds Nos. % and 20 Special
Improvement District No. 5.
Bond No. IL Special Improve
ment District Ne. G..
Dated at Wolf Point, Montana,
this 9Th day of July, 1927.
/. L. JENSEN, City Treasurer,
City of Wolf Point, Montana.
22-1t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15
ALIAS SUM MONS
No. 1879!


In the District Court of the Tween
tieth Judicial District of the
State of Montana, in and for the
County Of Roosevelt.
The County of Roosevelt, a munic-
ipal corporation, Pla1ntl1
versus
w. G. Bennett,
Defendant
THE STATE OF MONTANA
Sends greetings to the above nam
ed Defendant:
The above entitled action is
brought by the Plaintiff to con-
denim a right of way for a public
highway through the following
described tracts of land situated
and being in the County of Roose-
welt. State of Montana, and bound
ed and described as follows, to-
wit:
An irregular shaped parcel OF
land sixty feet in width thirty
feet on each side of surveyed cen
terline of Federal Aid Highway
Project No. 240 A, being more
particularly described as follows
to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the
east line of the Northwest quarter
of Section 70, Township 27 North
of Range 81 E. NJ. NJ. which said
point is 1920 feet distant North
from the Southeast corner OF the
above mentioned Northwest quart
er of Section ~, thence South SO
degrees 80 minutes West for a dis
lance of 2643.S feet to a point on
the west line of the above men
toned Northwest quarter Section
- which said point is 1850 feet
distant North from the Southwest
corner of the Northwest quarter
Section ~, Township u North OF
Range 81 e. NJ. M. containing 1854
acres. more or less, according to
the survey thereof, in the County
of Roosevelt, State OF Montana,
the same to become a part of the
main highway.
You are hereby notified to ap-
pea before this Court and the
Honorable S. e. Paul, Judge there
of. OF the Path day OF August, AID.
1927, al the hour Of ten O'Clock
A. NJ. and then and there show
d Why the property described
should not be condemned for q
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15

public highway and County road,
as prayed for in the complaint
herein, and you are hereby not1f1ed
that unless you appear and answer
as above required, Judgment Will
be taken against you by default
for the relief demanded in the
complaint.
Z, Witness my hand and the seal
of this Court this 30th day of
June, A. d. 1927.
THOS. r. FORBES, Clerk
BY Hedwig Tessmann
Court SeaD Deputy
Hugh Marion, County Attorney,
Arlie M. Foor, Deputy County At
torney, Attorneys for the Plant
if.
Wolf Point Montana 21-4t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15
IN THE WORLD. OF SPORT
DEMPSEY GETS THE JUMP ON JACK SHARKEY MENTALLY WHEN
THEY SIGN FOR FIGHT-THREEF FORMER SOLDIERS RISE HIGH
BY PHILIP MARTIN

COME critics claim that Jack Shar-
key is faster than Jack Dempsey
or Gene Tunney. He may be quick
err of foot than the champion but
he's not as nimble of mind
This writer was not impressed
by the Jack Dempsey that blew
into New York and slapped the
reporters on their respective
shoulders. but there was one
thing that did impress us. Demp-
sey mentally DOMINATED Shar-
key in their meeting.
This was the same Sharkey.
mind you. who walked UP to Wills
that night at Ebbets Field and
when the colored terror" growled
at the sailor boy to take that
smear of grease off yo' haid be-
fore ah knock it off Sharkey
jammed his skull under Wills
chin and growled Wipe it off yer
self" meanwhile bringing his
head up in a vicious butt that
made his opponents chin click
1t was the same Sharkey who
walked into the ring against Jim
Maloney and eyed him so bale
fully the nervous Jim deliberately
turned his back waiting for the
bell and when he did come out
kept his gaze fearfully away from
the Loquacious Lithuanian's face.
TT was a great study in psychol-
Il ogy the way Sharkey and Demp-
sey met on the Garden roof. Shar-
key was chatting amiably with
Johnny Buckley, his manager, and
this writer.
Dempsey suddenly appeared at
his elbow. He grasped the sur
prised sailors hand, grinned
%cheerfully, pumped it up and
down and meanwhile fired a bat
terry of solicitous questions,
I1OW ) LIS WJlGs INV , NhN
kids? Saw their pictures. Gee,
they're pretty. You certainly were
great in the Maloney fight. Wish
you lotsa luck, ETC."
Sharkey, who was all set to
put the eye" on the ex-champ,
didn't know what to do. His jaw
gaped. His eyes shifted and
fell. He closed his mouth, swal-
lowed once or twice and in a
subdued and abashed voice an
swered things I'll bet he cannot
remember now.
That may mean something
and it may not.
TOMMY ARMOUR, the one-eyed
Il Scot who won the U. S. open
title, has decided not to go abroad
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to compete for the British open
title. The canny ball clouter is
wise. He has everything to lose
and very little to win by going
across the pond. He can capitalize
his crown for all it is worth over
here-where the transforming
dough lies anyway, whereas if he
went to England and made a poor
showing it would chill his box
office receipts.
The only sad angle is the fact
that the United States will not
have a chance to continue its win
ming streak OF British opens with
both Armour, Hagen and Jones
out of play.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15

Sea Gull Monument in Salt
Lake City commentaries deliver
ance from plague Of crickets.
and attacked the fields of growing
grain. The tender crops fell an
easy prey to their fercy voracity.
The ground over which they had
passed looked as If scorched by fire.
Thoroughly alarmed. the COM
munity-men. women and children
-marshaled themselves to fight
the ravenous foe. Some went
through the fields killing the
crickets. but crushing much OF the
tender grain. Some dug bitches
around the farms, turned water
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-15

GWARMING out Of the Tule lake
= district Of Modoc and Siskiyou
counties in northern California,
and spreading into adjacent grain
fields are countless armies of grass
hoppers! Marching and hopping in
almost a solid body, in spite of the
efforts of the scores of men at work
trying to exterminate them, they
are destroying acres and acres of
grain. More than 10000 acres are
threatened, according to recent dis
patches from this section of the
country.
Harking back in western history
one recalls the episode in Zion, the
Crickets and the Gulls. 1t oc-
Cured in 1S4S when Salt Lake City
the earliest settlement in the
Rocky Mountains-was less than a
year old. The so-called City was
not even a village at that time; it
was. more like a camp. 1t consisted
of a log-and-mud fort; enclosing
huts, tents and wagons, with about
1900 inhabitants.
Sow the Fields
Most of these had followed i'm
mediately after the pioneers, who,
with Brigham Young arrived on the
shores of the Great Salt Lake. in
July 1S47.
Some blowing and planting had
been done by the pioneers upon
their arrival, but the seeds then
put in, did not mature owing to the
lateness of the season. The nearest
approach to a harvest, that year,
served as seed for another planting.
1t was, therefore. the first real har-
vest In the silence and solitude of
the wilderness.
, Much depended upon the harvest,
not only for the people already
here. but. for $500. additional i'm
migrants. who were about to join
them from that far-away frontier.
Five thousand acres were under
cultivation.
Attack Crops
> Then came an event ns unlocked
for az 1t was terrible-the cricket
plague! In May and June these de-
structive pests rolled in black
legions down the mountain sides. |