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The Washington times., 1927-05-03
Maryland to Enter Upon Elini-
nation of Grade Crossings

with funds derived from an additional tax on gasoline
Maryland to naugurate definite plans for the emina
ioE Of grade crossings in that State.
Because Of the large number Of such crossings the eventual
cost taxpayers and to the railroads. which presumed to
bear part Of the expense will be considerable but the safety
Of human beings and the speeding up Of traffic demand that
the elimination program be carried through rapidly pos
sible.
Washington people, who do much travelling in Maryland
will be interested in the carrying out of the plans
Tie Hyasve grade crossing, which frequently causes
long delays in traffic between here and Baltimore Of
the first places scheduled receive the attention Of the
Maryland State authorities At present there appear to be
serious differences among Hyattsve citizens to how this
should be done and Governor Richie endeavorng to har
monte these differences
The extension Of Rhode Island Avenue from the District line
to Hyattsvle joining the present Baltimore pike at that
place, would be Of immense value Maryland and District
motorists in relieving traffic congestion but this will end
the traffic evils at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad crossing
To what extent the railroads in Maryland going to join
IN the elimination program remains be Their financial
participation will depend upon the attitude Of Maryland
authorities
The tendency Of decisions compel railway
panies to eliminate dangerous crossings at their cost
necessary The Supreme Court of New York time ago
affirmed the right Of the transit commission Of that State
compel railway company to get rid Of bad grade crossing
The railway company made the contention these
poraons always make-that its property being taken
away without due process Of law, but the New York court
threw its influence and authority the side Of human safety
rs against the interests of property.
The Supreme Court Of the United States in somewhat
similar case held that considerations Of public safety took
precedence financial considerations.
The highest court in the land in tbs referred TO- took
che position that the value q truman life Is Of i'm
portance than the dollar"
New York engaged in the big task Of making motor
travel public highways less dangerous to life and limb and
Maryland should not hesitate to put through program
placing the safety Of human life paramount to all other
eiderations
Many States actively engaged in the elimination Of grade
crossings and requiring fair cooperation by the railroads
In Minnesota not only is this being DONE but strict laws have
been passed requiring auto drivers to actually STOP at grade
crossings marked by conspicuous stop signs.
Minnesota puts upon automobile drivers the necessity Of
operating in the enforcement Of the law Penalties for viola
ton drastic and local authorities everywhere required
to aid in the enforcement Of the law.
The Washington times., 1927-05-03
REST GIRL ATHLETE IN AMERICA MISS KATHERINE
MEARLS, OF BOSTON

This charming welbuit young lady from Boston can do
almost anything in the way Of athletics You her here
wearing few Of her medals and hedng of the she
has won She victorious in swimming basketball and
many other branches Of sport Her chest deep and WIDE
hips straight neck powerful face cheerful She has everything
that good girl and good athlete should have.
But all Of that in the eyes Of old Uncle SAM compare
lively unimportant would say her. my daughter don
waste much Of your time youth energy swimming
racing"
GET MARRIED TO A GOOD MAN
Select one that is KND-HEARTED. That leads to hap
piness
Select intelligent possible That better
generation to follow this one.
Get one with good big FRONT head and good strong
BACK head, clear blue eye honest brown one you
prefer brown
Don't look for muscle championship cups medals,
You have got enough Of those things for two.
Remember that what counts young lady BRAINS AND
CHARACTER The mother gives the child only char
ecter and intelligence but physical health
You win be good mother Good luck you and to the
fortunate young man that gets you.
The Washington times., 1927-05-03

what is required Of you in your
job, down to the last detail.
You know exactly how much
you have in the bank. and how
you'll vote next election and the
make of the car you'd buy II you
could afford it.
But how about the machine
that lies behind all these pro-
grams and possesssions-th :
foundation on which it all rests
the Mind Machine-what about
that?
How about the REAL YOU
what is 1t like? How does it feel
about the world in which it lives?
What do you think about mar.
rage? About companionate mar
riage
About the relation which should
exist between parents and chill
dren? Are the parents any more
entitled to respect than the chill
dren?
About this rumpus in China?
We keep the Chinese out of orr
country-have they the right to
keep us out of theirs?
The Washington times., 1927-05-03

boa digesting mostrous dreams.
Its pictures are simply reflections
on the surface of stagnant men,
tality which throws back the
broad outward aspects Of nature,
distorted from time to time by
the ruffling of unreasoned pas.
sions and fears.
In civilized man the Imagination
is the mental element that shows
the greatest educative change.
Though in its unframed period It
was the chief slave of superstition,
when the intellectual skies bright.
ened it was the first to free itself.
Science caught 1t and tanned it and
began to. use it for a winged horse
with which to scale otherwise un-
attainable heights and to penetrate
dark CULTS of mystery in natures
profoundest deeps.
See how the astronomy Of today
floats on the cumuli Of the imag-
ination--yet these are not vain,
unresisting clouds, on which no
foot can rest. They bear firmly
the structures Of the mind, which
proves its freedom from material
limitations by its achievements.
For what is matter but a fluctuat-
ing form of pure energy2 So
nothing" is the sole basis of
something"
The cave dwellers showed by
their pictures that they possessed
a high degree of the pictorial
power. when Is based upon close
observation of the appearances of
natural objects. They were rivals
of Michael Angelo in drawing so
that their figures admirably ex-
press motion and action. But
they showed no creative imagina-
ton like his. They had no
science to enable them to depict
what they had not actually seen.
They may have felt that there
was an invisible world-arch.
biologists generally believe that
they had religious ideas, which we
would call coarse superstitions--,
but they were unable to depict
anything beyond the obvious
world around them. To go
farther than that man required
ages of cultivation and disciplin.
ing Of the imagination. the fruits
of which we are beginning to
reap abundantly.
The Washington times., 1927-05-03
elste
ROBINSON

your mind stored with a lot Of
ready-made opinions which YOU
have gathered from your parents
or your priest or pastor or the
fellows in the office or the other
ladies in the Thursday Bridge
Club2 Things you've read
things you've heard-are these
your substitutes for thought?
Have you single conviction
for which you have worked and
delved-for which you have
fought In the face of opposition?
What's your feeling about
thought. any way? Do you like
the idea? Are you proud Of
thinking2 Do you think IL is
your most sacred duty, even
when It is uncomfortable and
dangerous? Do you think it's fun
Ia thrilling adventure? Or are
you afraid to think things. for
fear you'll be laughed at or get
in wrong?
Stop and take check, nal.
IF THOUG HTS WE'RE
CLOTHES HOW MUCH WOULD
YOU HAVE ON?
The Washington times., 1927-05-03

ity by picking from the radiators
Of automobiles insects that have
been caught there during rapid
motion of the machines.
Choice Of food by bird usually
Is the most important factor in
its relation to man. One of ths
reasons 70 rimporting the sparrow
was to have it eat dropworm, a
shade tree pest which spun down
on silken threads among pedes-
TRANS. The dropworm is no
longer a pest in cities and ento.
mologists give sparrows the credit.
Not only this pest but almost
every injurious insect we have is
eaten at times by this ubiquitous
alien.
On the other hand, buds Of
trees are torn to pieces, tender
growths are nipped, and grains of
all sorts are. laid under tribute
Those who wis., to reduce their
numbers can utilize methods
which are described In bulletins
The Washington times., 1927-05-03
IMAGINATION
By Garrett P. Serviss

OCIENCE is now holding the
~ ibrush-hand of art and guild
ing 1t not only to a truer repre-
sentation Of living nature, but
also to the reproduction of scenes
of this world that ceased to be
long ages ago. In the great
museums of New York, Washing.
ton, Chicago and elsewhere mural
paintings are multiplying which
picture extinct geologic periods,
with their strange animals, trees,
vegetation and foliage, as vividIy
shown as If they still existed TO
the sight of the artists and the
spectators.
Thus the imagination sets the
past before the eyes of the pres
ent, as in a magic ''space-time"
mirror, prehistoric animals feed
In prehistoric pastures and ancient
sunshine plays with strange
shadows upon unfamiliar ground,
amid marshy borders and
swamps beloved Of mastodons and
dinosaurs that knew not man.
So perfect seem some Of these
pictures that one wonders what
impression they might make upon
the minds Of the archaeoIogists of
some future age discovering them,
as we discover the unexplained
paintings of the cavemen of the
Magdalenean period on abandoned
sites of former human life. We
argue that the cave pictures prove
that their makers lived contempt.
raneously with the strange ami
mails that they so skilfully de.
picted. Could a similar conclu.
sion be logically drawn by future
explorers from our mural paint.
tngs Of beasts that we have never
seen except with the eyes of i'm
agination. instructed and trained
by science?
But, mark you. how this edu.
Gated and disciplined imagination,
which is the foster-child of science.
Is taking the front of human ad.
vance along the whole line! The
imagination is mans greatest no.
tentiality; but many ages passed
before he managed to make It
truly kinetic. In the savage the
imagination is undirected, almost
inert, though alive like dormant
The Washington times., 1927-05-03
THE SPARROW QUESTION

HERE Is spring again, and
- again the argument about
the English sparrow. More than
any other feathered creature, the
sparrow takes advantage of the
conditions of civilization. In spread.
ing across te country 1t depended
not only on its own wings but
was not backward in Cumming
a ride in box cars, particularly
those loaded with grain. upon
which it fed en- route.
The sparrow seeks sheltered
places for roosting quarters, es.
pecially CRANES about buildings.
and takes advantage OF warm
hooks near heating pipes. saws
Nature Magazine OF Washington.
BY thus obtaining shelter from
severe weather 1t gains a decided
advantage over other birds.
Sparrows are alert to tap every
source Of food and, in recent
years, have shown their adaptable
The Washington times., 1927-05-03
ONCE-OVERS
You Can Control Yourself If You Will

You Can Control Yourself If You Will
Are you afraid of your temperG
Do you fear that you cannot control your angerf
To know your weakness in this direction is wise but TO
admit fear Of is to admit you of yourself
You control yourself you will
You remember times when you controlled your temper
because you knew great harm would to you if you
didn't.
But circumstances of less Importance have you fly in
rage especially when you felt the results would not be
so serious to yourself
The person who anger you past the point of control
has power you than you have yourself.
You don't like to admit it, but it is true
Some folks fearful of what they might do if they
allowed themselves to become angry that they do not stand
up for their rights
This is big mistake and shows cowardice.
The Washington times., 1927-05-03
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
All in the springtimel

All in the Springtime!
It's spring-and you are far awayI
And HOW can you be true?
But when you're kissing another
girl,
Remember. It's spring. HERE.
tool
Marriage will never be a bril-.
liant success SO long as most
girls continue to marry "just for
a thrill" and most men, Just for
instance"
Next to a woman on a fishing
trip, nothing is quite so painfully
superfluous and under foot as a
man around the house on cleaning.
day.
One way to test your husbands
fidelity is to serve him these
tempting little spring onions every
day, and observe carefully whether
or not he eats them.
A bachelors heart may have to
be cranked up-but these spring
days, married mans heart Is
always self.starting.
Absence may make the heart
grow fonder, but it is more apt
to make the head grow cooler
and the pulse grow steadier
= A San Francisco woman was
fined fifty dollars blow, for
beating her husband But. art that,
she may have found 1t worth the
prce. to work off her suppressed
desires all In one morning.
Woman's place may no longer
be "in the home,' but it is Ger.
tainly not down town snooping
around her husbands office, these
beautiful spring afternoons,
A woman is always relieved, In
the spring, when her husband
breaks out" with nothing worse
than rash Of red neckties and
jazzy golf hose.
One of the worst forms of
mans inhumanity to woman is to
stop kissing a flapper when she
tells him to.
The Washington times., 1927-05-03

from the United States Depart
nent of Agriculture.
Those who wish to protect spar.
rows probably feel no need of
justification of their stand, but
may take additional comfort from
knowledge that the object of their
care is the only species besides
the blue rock pigeon that will
live in treeless districts of cities
and. therefore, is the only small
bird friend Of thousands. Of city
shut-ins.
The Washington times., 1927-05-03
WHAT do you
w believe?

AAI
w believe?
How long Is
it s in ce gu
took a mental
audit?
Y gu kno W
what you eat
W h a t gre e s
with GU a n d
what doesn't.
You KIN o W
what you wear,
ex thy how
many suits or
d r e s 5 es you
have in your
wardrobe your
favorite colors
and styles.
You KIN o W
what you prefer
In the way Of
a muse m emit or
sport or exer.
else.
W - - L. - - uug
The Washington times., 1927-05-03
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

A bout mar
ried W me IN
working?
About rich
W a s t ers and
poor drudges?
4 b out COM
munity property
-is t h e wife
entitled to one
half of all prop
. RI y accumu-
lated after mar
riage?
A b out God
and future life
an d the fair
ness or unfair
ness Of the life
In W hich we
liver
What do you
think about ALI
these things?
Do you ever
{ h NIX abou {
y -
The Washington times., 1927-05-03
WISE SAYINGS

Ignorance is the dominion Of
absurdity.-F'roude.
Trust men and they will be true
to YOU: treat them greatly and
they will show themselves great.
Emerson.
The silence that accepts merit
as the most natural thing in the
world is the highest applause
Emerson.
The noblest mind the best con.
tentment has.-Spencer.
The Washington times., 1927-05-03
QUESTIONS OF
ETIQUETTE
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman-
NEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN:

NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ I WOULD appreciate it very
much If you would tell me who
should give the bride away, If
the father is dead.
II It is at all proper for the
mother to do so. I would prefer
that to any other way. G..
Indeed it Is perfectly proper
for the mother of the bride to
present her in marriage. And this
is quite often done. I think that
it is a charming solution for
this duty, If the father of the
bride Is dead. There are ::hre0
ways this may be done. The
mother may walk up the isle with
the bride, just as her father
would il he were there to pre-
sent his daughter in marriage.
Or the bride may walk up the
isle with the male relative, a
brother, uncle, cousin or even
an older friend of the family
(some old friend of her fathers,
perhaps), and then, at the appro-.
pirate time in the ceremony, the
mother may come from her seat in
the first pew on the left and
present her daughter in marriage.
The third way is for the bride to
come up the aisle alone and then
have her mother come from her
seat when the clergyman comes to
the question, who giveth this
woman in marriage?"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-14
~FIDDIERS'

c. w. Hamblin, in charge of the
old time fddlers contest to be
broadcast from KICK, Vida Mon.
tana, says that two preliminary
contests will be held before the
final one determining the best
fiddler of this section. The first
preliminary will be next Sunday,
Jan. 16. The second one will
probably be held the following
Sunday. 1t is believed that while
interest is wide spread in the con-
est a number of fiddlers want to
hear some of the rest play before
they register. In addition to a
number of registrations at Vida,
Bert Artz of Oswego and Ben
Anderson of this city have regis
tered with C. w. Hamblin. The
fiddlers may appear at either Vida
or the Wolf Point studio to present
their numbers.
Next Sunday announcement will
be made of the winner of the $3.50
prize for the tongue twister"
broadcast two weeks ago.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-14
COMMERCIAL CLUB
REVIEWS SUCCESS

Continued from first page)
built at a cost of nor than $4,000.
the money being raised By stock
sales to farmers to the extent OF
$4,000. the other 81, 500 being taken
by Wolf Point business concerns.
Committees Good Work
The work of the highway com
mittee was reviewed by R. J..
Moore and o. T. Stennes. w. l..
Young. a member of the county
board, has been the leader in the
aggressive and highly successful
campaign carried on by this com
mittee, but was not able to attend
the meeting Monday evening.
The chief objective aimed at by
the committees campaigning has
been securing the designation of a
federal highway extending either
from Circle Wolf Point or from
the Canadian line through Scobey
south across the Missouri river at
Wolf Point, which would include
the construction of a federal traf-
fic bridge across the river.
leavitt's Bill
A vast amount of work has been
done to enlist the united support
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-14
U HOUSE NOTES

Attorneys here for law and mo.
ton day Wednesday were Grant
Blackwell of Medicine Lake,
George Ericsson of Poplar. Ernest
Walton. or Bainville and w. l..
Rose of Culbertson.
1t is believed that a term of
court will be called in March.
According to the figures in the
clerk Of courts Office 1876 marriage
licenses were issued during 1926
in Roosevelt county.
The court house folks enjoyed
the cigars which Ernest Walton
passed around but they are won
dering what the occasion was.
Word has been received that
Mrs. Margaret %Inglehart. county
superintendent OF schools, who
went to Rochester last week, was
operated on Saturday morning
and she is reported by the hospi-
tai authorities to be doing nicely.
Mrs. Nellie B. Atkinson has
been appointed administrator of
the estate of the late J. l.. Atkin-
son.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-14

of the territory both north and
south and encouraging progress
has been made with the highway
authorities. Congressman Leavitt's
bill authorizing the construction OF
such a bridge has now passed
both houses of congress. Ways
and means of continuing the cam
paign and securing an appropria-
ton or action by the federal
bureau of roads, were considered
at length, as we'll as numerous
other projects which are coming
up with the new year.
C. l.. Marshall was reelected
president of the club for the en-
suing year. G. Fl. Flint was elect
ed vice-president and A. v. Appel
gren reelected treasurer. A. w.
Huxsol. r. J. Moore and f. H.
Livingston were elected directors
to serve two years. These With
the three officials mentioned and
the three follower directors, o. T.
Stennes, J.. NJ. Wigtil and o. G.
Johnson, constitute the board of
nine.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-14
BALLET OF JEWELS
IN "MIDNIGHT SUN"

Continued from first page)
the Imperial Ballet at the height
of its greatness when a gala per-
Torrance would bring together one
of the most brilliant assemblages
in the world.
Laura LaPlante. whose rise to
screen fame has been most rapid.
heads the imposing cast. Pat
O'Malley is seen in a role entirely
different from anything he has
eve attempted. AS the third
principal, Universal is represent
ing young Raymond Keane, whose
rise to stardom is the sensation
of the year.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-14
T. B. DECLINES

Coincident with the decline OF
tuberculosis among cattle and hogs
is an official report of a decreas-
ing human death rate from the
disease, says the United States
Department of Agriculture. The
low mortality of children under
four years may be attributed in
part to the aggressive campaign
for testing tuberculous cattle and
disposing of animals affected with
the disease.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-14
LONESOME FOR MONTANA

w. v. d. Chapman received a
letter from Jack McGhee who is
visiting with his parents at Cerro
Gordo, III. Jack was employed
with the highway engineering
force and made headquarters here
last summer, and says he is glad
to see that plenty of work has
been laid out in this county this
year, as he is anxious to get back
to Montana.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-14
IMPROVE SERVICE STORE

Several new improvements have
been noticed in the Northwest
Service Store this week. A handy
new table for the display Of gro
Gerry bargains has been put In the
main store. Some improvements
in the form of additional shelving
and partitions have also been
placed in the service store ware
house in the building formerly oc-
cupied by the Cash Grocery.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-14

Harold Bawden of Nickwall was
in Wolf Point shopping Wednes.
day.
S. H. Evans of Great Falls, was
calling on business friends this
week.
Mrs. ]. l.. Seglias who has been
i'll for the last week is much i'm
proved today.
Ed K~rebsbach of Vida was in
Wolf Point Thursday t%ransacting
business.
A gorgeous spectacle, marve.
lousy embellished by a Special
Russian Ballet Fantasy directed by
the famous Fanchon of Fanchon
and Marco; you will thrill at the
beautiful, exquisite cen of the
marvellous picture, THE Midnight
Sun" Thursday-Friday, Liberty. 1t
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Ed Camrud. the Olds dealer of
Wolf Point and Froid, is here this
week taking inventory and getting
things in general lined up for the
new year Mr.. Camrud reports
that his business here and at Wolf
Point a very satisfactory during
1926 but looks for a big increase
in the year just begun. Last year
his total sales of all models of
Odds sold numbered 81, which is
considered a very good record
Froid Tribune.
Santa, it seems, brought with
him as one of the presents for F.
H. S. a new faculty member-Mr.
L. w. Mcneil by name. McNeiIs
home is in Fairview, his folks
moved here last year. He
is a graduate of the Wolf Point
H. S.; also a 1926 graduate of the
Montana State Normal at Dillon.
Mr.. Mcneil is one of the i~nstruc-
tors in the 7th and 9Th grades. He
will also be basketball coach for
the boys. We believe that this
will be a prosperous and success
jul term for Mr.. McNeil.-Fairview
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-14

center; Charles Rathert, right
guard; Fred LaRoque, left guard.
Preliminary
A preliminary was furnished be-
fore the main game by teams of
younger students from the two
schools, which ended in favor of
Poplar. II to Z. The Wolf Point
team for the preliminary was
Bechtel. Shipman, Herman. Hub
bard and Burnison: for Poplar,
Brese, Morse. wainwright, Elem
ming and MCGOWAN. with Svoda
and Rounds as substitutes, Buddy
Smith was referee.