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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27
Don't Ask This Farmer FLOWS Crops?"
But, "How Are Your Armadillos?'

MAKING silk purses from ears
Of pigs has nothing on the
new industry started by Charles
Apelt. German farmer of Comfort
Texas. who quit his plow for a
basket shop.
But the way he makes baskets
Is not by weaving willow branches
He makes them from armadilios'
and they rival in beauty anything
vet seen in the basket line.
Apelt happened upon his unique
industry a few years ago while he
was working on a farm near here.
He killed an armadillo and won
dered if it couldn't possibly have
some value.
Its back much like a turtle, was
a beautifully striped shell.
Shell is Polished
Apelt experimental until he
found that the backs. when highly
polished. made beautiful baskets
He quit his pillow and went to
catching armadillos with which to
make baskets. An armadillo is a
strange little animal. Deer hunt
ers in southwest Texas call them
a nuisance A person can be stalk
ing a wild buck and he will hear
a rustling of the brush. Patiently
he waits for the buck TO emerge.
and instead it is an armadillo.
T. They are practically blind in the
day time. and extremely tame
They move along quickly. with
their noses roofing around IN sott
earth and among leaves for in
sects, acorns. berries, etc. Hunt
ers frequently catch them with
bareeeands. 1t is possible to slip
up closely behind the animals.
since they can't e you and their
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27
H PLEA
(Frnid Trihnnel

The attorney for a woman con
demned to death in New York
for a brutal murder committed a
year ago advanced in her behalf
the plea of probable insanity be-
cause when she was a child she
suffered a sunstroke and on anoth-
er occasion fell and bumped her
head. She lived through it, and
was able to grow up, mingle with
her associates, marry and become
a mother, attend parties and con
tract an unlawful intimacy with a
man other than her husband, all
without anyone s%uspecting that
she was not perfectly rational
Even her attorney, he admits
knew nothing of the alleged sun
stroke and bump until since the
woman's trial and conviction.
The murderer of a child in Cali
fornia enters a plea Of not guilty
on the grounds of insanity, and al
though the young fellow has gone
through school, worked when the
notion took him, and planned
and committed numerous crimes
everyone who knew him supposed
him to be quite normal mentally
Now the records of all his forme
haunts are being searched for eyi
dences of mental deficiency, an
these will be found in abundance
of course.
There is probably no person il
all the world who could not b.
adiudged insane if there were ar
piled in his case the tests that ar
given weight in Investigating tn
mental status of criminals. Every
body has suffered something tina
might pass for sunstroke. Every
one has fallen and been bumped
Everyone has at times felt queel
depressed or unduly elated, an
has given some evidence Of it.
there is anyone who has not a
some time been mad as a horne
and given evidence of a DISPOSE
ion to wreck things, that fat
might reasonably be admitted a
evidence of imbecility, but thu
kind of emotionalism experience
occasionally, if admitted as il
dicating insanity, would land mos
Of us in the asylum.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27

rapidly as possible the great road
mileages that are necessary to
connect up our rural districts.
This will necessitate doing away
with much road following section
lines, and substituting roads of
shorter distances and better sur
faces between important points.
He pointed out the tremendous
mileage of roads initially improv-
ed with rock and gravel which can
be surfaced with a waterproof
covering of asphaltic character,
thereby salvaging old road invest
ments and providing thousands OF
of new hard-surfaced high
ways suitable for modern automo-
bile traffic, at minimum cost to
taxpayers.
The United States has hundreds
of thousands of miles of road to
build. 1t must save money by
utilizing to the fullest extent road
Investments already made.
Exchange
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27
Ten Years Ago

From The Wolf Point Herald of
Jan. "a, 1918
The following was taken from
the Hamblin Enterprise: &c. W.
Hamblin was found alone in his
bed Thursday morning in a criti-
cal condition, being in an advanc-
ed stage of coal gas suffocation. *
**The accident appears to have
been caused by a pipe becoming
disconnected from the stove"
Miss Jessie Lohnge and G. H.
Newton were married at the Meth
odist parsonage by the Rev. R. H.
Stone.
J.. B. Randall had received
notice to the effect that home
steaders who we're serving in the
army or nevy would have their
payments suspended pending legis-
lation by Congress extending the
time for payment.
At a regular meeting of the
Civic League the following were
voted into membership: Mrs. Will
Johnson, Mrs. F. w. Bleck, Miss
McAleer, Miss Lydden and Miss
Ryen. Plans were made to hold
a baby conference June 6-7-S.
sReport of the progress of the
Campfire girls who we're selling
Thrift stamps showed that they
had sold nearly 5000 worth.
Captain E. Senechal, veteran
riverman, came here from Willis
ton to confer with the bridge COM
pany relative to the matter OF
building a ferry-boat.
Gordon Montgomery, brother of
Lloyd and Winfield, had taken a
position in the Huxsol Drug store.
Johnson & Isachsen's store notes
said: "Grace Montgomery is expect
ed here about Feb'y 1st and will
assist in the ready-to-wear and
ladies' shoe sections" Also: Car
penters are at work building the
shelves at the Fad Clothing and
Shoe store, and as soon as the
show cases and wardrobes arrive,
the place will be ready for bust
ness.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27
eN

Then he listened 20 an address
by DR.. E. A. Steiner, of Grinneii
College. and received the inspira-
ton which led him into the min
istry and later into Red Cross
work.
DR.. Steiner, himself an lnsr1l-
grant. and Baker met here re-
Gently at the state meeting OF tl.r
Red Cross chapter in Iowa.
100000 Help Chase Sorrow
Baker, who calls himself =
calamity chaser" declared S00.-
600 persons participated in disas-
ter service last year. He said one
house was rebuilt anew evers
hour and fifteen minutes las
year.
Baker, flashing and dark-eyed
radiates efficiency. He vas bor.
in Australia and came to thc
United States in his youth.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27
Red Cross Relief Chief
Was Boy Disguised
With e. S. II Years Ago
TJENRY M. BAKER is n Of
IL the most nictnrHsque figures

HENRY M. BAKER is one Of
IL the most picturesque figures
in the United States today
Any man who. as an immi-
grant lad, can hop off from the
classroom of a small midwestern
university and land at the top Of
the executive heap ten years later
must have more than a prayer
and Coolidge luck.
This is the Henry Nj. Baker
who has spent $27,0OO,OOO in
eight years. The same Henry NJ.
Baker who attended Drake II
versity at Des Moines, Ia, in
1914 and washed dishes III a
restaurant for his board.
Now he is called into confer
ence with the president of the
United States; sits in on meetings
of cabinet members and works
hand in hand with Herbert Hoover
and James Fieser. vice chairman
of the American Red Cross.
Baker is now director OF dlsas-
ter relleI LOT Tie iNSN 49,
ing the World War, he did ms
first work in St. Louis and did
this work well. Soon he was
made head of disaster rellel Work
for the national association.
Hurricane and Flood
When the Florida hurricane
swept across the state, he was
placed in direct charge But II
remained for HIM TO really as
tinguish himself as dictator II
the Mississippi food reiiei work.
In this work OF reliel anu ie,
h]abilitation he spent $15,Ooo,Ool
in moneys given by people OIL 9nS
country and handled by the Rec
Cross.
Baker recalls sitting IN chape.
at Drake as an immigrant lad, dls.
gusted with the United states anc
nursing two black7eyes sNen M
BY American boys. lie was READY
to leave the country.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27

The shells are then scraped
clean and the tail pulled over so
as to form a handle for the basket
and put in the sun to dry. Apelt
pays the Mexicans rs cents each
for good specimens. Many Mexi-
cans will make S25 or $50 in a
night and then will catch no more
armadilIos until their last cent is
gone.
Apelt, who now has a real bas-
ket factory on his farm, takes the
dry basket, polishes and finishes
It ready for the market.
Besides buying the shells from
the Mexican hunters he also prop
agates armadillos on the farm.
Young armadillos come four at a
time, and there are always either
four males or four females. In
rare instances filters Of six have
been born. and these are evenly
divided, three males and three
females.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27
WORLDS GREATEST ROAD
BUILDING PROGRAM ON

Themes H. Macdonald, Chief OF
United States Bureau of Public
Roads. addressing the Sixth An
nuaI Asphalt Paving Conference
eu1uhzsfzed need for good roads
and said. "The program of this
nation IN building highways has
had no parallel in all past history
The cumulative loss to a nation
now from Inadequate highways Is
prohibiCfve
He then vent on TO show that
mere are over 100000 motor
cars travelling On our roads ana
mat they viii consume some To-
10000 600 gallons Of gasoline IN
vaar At 90 cents . gallon, the
e,e, would cost s2.f4A000,0oO. !,
rising these figures. he showed
The necessity for Improving as
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27
Twelve Years Ago
From the Files of The Herald of
H. OF 1nnc

Jan 27, 1925
Announcement was made of the
wedding of James M. Hoflund OF
Vida and Miss Josie Jacobson,
which occurred at Austin. MINI.
IN Dec. 20.
Miss Belle lone Geer and Will
liam H. Johnson of the Sand
Creek country were married on
Jan. 20. Rev. w. H. Evans per-
formed the ceremony at the Cogs-
we'll residence.
Richard Lockhart of Prairie Elk
was married to Miss Hannah Jorg-
enson on Jan. 26. The wedding
took place at Glasgow. Mr.. Lock
hart had been buyer at the I'M
perial elevator here.
o. T. Stennes had received a
letter advising that work on stock
yards at Wolf Point would be be-
gun in the spring. Lack of load
ing facilities here had previously
made it necessary to ship stock
from Oswego.
The Northumberland Lumber
Co. which had a branch yard here
had just undergone a re-organiza-
tion and the name had been
changed to Grogan-Robinson. The
headquarters were changed from
Minneapolis to Great Falls.
Tbo fh;,I onn,1 IoJ nf tho
firemen was announced for Feb.
IL. On the various committees
we're: advertising, ]. F. Cook, O.
c.. Johnson, o. T. Stennes; pro-
gram, Amandus Johnson, w. ]. H.
Montgomery, A. Hauge; floor,
RUDE Shodall, Clyde Patton, P. j.
McKone; decorating, Ben B~ritton,
J. d. Stone, n. S. Grant; music,
L. Montgomery, F. E. Rathert, j.
H. Klinkhammer; supper. R. Sho-
dali, j. F. Cook, A. P. Larson.
The volunteer fire department
had formally organized with an
enrolment of % members. Off
GERS, with the exception of chief
who was to be appointed by the
council, were as follows: F. E.
Rathert, assistant chief; R. Sho-
dali, captain, o. c. Johnson, lieut.
enant; w. J.. H. Montgomery, sec
treas; Ole Erickson, time-keeper.
Herald comment was "The organi-
zation of the department will cut
the insurance rate quite a little
besides giving the town valued
protection"
Montana is now paying the toll
of the severest winter in years"
Followed a story of branch line
trains being tied up, a near fam
inc of coal and provisions along
the 500 in northern Sheridan
county, stock suffering and per-
ishing from excessive cold and a
lack of feed. "Old timers say
this is the severest winter they
have experienced in many years.
In the Vida correspondence, a
basket social and dance vas adj
vertised for Fed. 5 for the benefit
of the Vida baseball team.
Also from the Vida correspon-
dence: "The latest report in re-
CARDS to the railroad is that the
G. N. will be to Paxton by Aug
ust 1, 1916"
VIM. Gray of Vida had just sold
80 head Of hogs.
Work on Vida hall was at a
stand-still on account of cold
weather.
The Glasgow Oil and Gas com
pany had organized with a capital
ization of $50, 900. The advertise
ment of the company read: Only
enough stock will be sold to drill
a hole and the affairs of the com
pany will he handled entirely by
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27

basket is sketched i'll m inset.
nose is buried in leaves seeking
bugs.
Wonderful Toe-Hold
When close the hunter grabs the
armadillo's tail. If he picks the
animal clear of the ground at the
first jerk he has caught an arma'
dillo. If the front feet are given
a claw-hold, though, no man is
stroag enough to hold the animal
Armadillo hunters do most oil
their hunting at night. The ami
mails come forth at night In huge
droves. They are herded up by
trained dogs. When these dogs
find an armadillo they slap at him
with their paws and the armadillo
turns on his back, draws his head
into his shell and starts fighting
with all four feet. The armadillo
hunter, usually Mexican, then raps
the animal into insensibility with
a stick.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27
The Land of 1T Might Have Been

Those gravestones of hopes that are dead and gone,
Deserted homesteads on hill and plain,
Built when the fires of ambition were strong,
Abandoned in seasons of trouble and strain,
In every country where men have tried,
Are those empty houses whence men have lied,
When faith was exhausted their courage had died.
And these stand, mute emblems of hope that is dead.
Sometimes it's a mansion in Eastern land,
Built sturdy from pillar to post,
It's story is whispered on every hand,
Its tenant is only a ghost,
A great oak stands by the weather-stained door,
Like a sentinel guarding a trust,
Some windows are broken, and on the floor
There's a carpetlike layer of dust.
And oft it's a cabin far back in the woods,
With a clearing that's grown up to brush,
For Fortune, that jade of the transient moods,
Has taken it's folks in the rush"
The wind, like a hound, goes by with a swish,
While the owl sounds his far-away "Who-o-o?
That question, the owl asks, you can't help put WISH
The old cabin could answer for you.
And again it's a "tarpaper shack" on the plain,
Twas built by a homesteader, strong,
But year after year without any rain
Drove him back to the city's great throng.
Perhaps it's a dug out" half hidden away
L In the side of a little mound,
And then if the top part has gone astray,
1t is only a scar in the ground.
MY heart just aches, as l wander through
This land of forgotten dreams,
And | wish they could talk, just as people do,
For I'd like to know just how it seems,
And I'd Just like to hear them go wandering back
To the days they would tell about then,
That mansion, and cabin, and dug-out, and shack,
In the land of ut might have been"
REV. H. E. PRALL. Vida
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27
DIET

A diet that supplies sufficient
yitamins includes plenty of milk,
eggs, butter, fruits, tomatoes ana
green leafy vegetables. In winter
il is sometimes difficult to get
enough fruits and vegetables 10
be on the safe side. Some OF the
canned vegetables, especially can,
ned tomatoes, T good sources Oh
vitamins, but it is very necessary
TO serve the family with plenty OF
other vitamin-rich foods. The cit
rus fruits-oranges, lemons, and
grapefruits-are excellent sources
of vitamins, and are available al
most everywhere the year round.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27
PARAG
Those English Falls

Those English Falls
Prince George fell out of al
automobile the other day. The
king of England had better never
let those boys take up aviation
Burlington Gazette.
Apparently one good way to
convince a jury of your innocence
is to admit your guilt and act as
if murder just came natural to
you.-Cleveland News.
A German artist has written TO-
052 words on an ordinary size
postcard. Isn't that defrauding the
mails ?-Omaha World Herald.
Probably not, but it is taking a
mean advantage of the women
post masters.
Rancher Fall of New Mexico
says he has nothing to conceal. OF
course he means nothing more.
Experts searching for the cause
of the increase in heart failures
seem to have overlooked basket
ball games.
If the United States senate is
not more careful it will give
Frank L. Smith of Illinois the i'm
preston that he is not wanted in
that body of dignitaries. Frank
apparently does not suspect any
thing yet, but he is liable to.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27

local men.
The Maude Henderson stock
company was advertising that
they would play For Her Sisters
Sake" at the Glacier.
Wheat was selling at S1.1S, and
Gus Goedecke of the Southside
had told the Herald editor that
he dreamed it would touch s1.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. T. Stennes had
gone to Minnesota for a visit.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27

Stanford Toxin antitoxin i'm
munization work has been begun
in the Stanford schools, and also
at Wyndham and Benchland. Four
NEGOTIATIONS will be necessary to
complete the treatment. 400 per-
o n were innoculated a year ago.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27

Congressman reported progress,
the applicant at once wanted to
know what his salary would be.
ooh" said the Congressman,
about whatever you earn"
"But Mr.. Blank" said the man
from Michigan, 81 can't afford to
work. for that"
Red tape at its reddestt Last
summer a group of Army afrmen
we're brought to Washington to
participate in the ovation to Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh. Suddenly
they discovered they were up
against an army regulation that
would force them to pay their W
expenses if they remained longer
than ~ hours in n city.
They made a special flight to a
Virginia flying field, landed, took
off again, and flew back to the
Capital, and thus gained by that
simple eXpedient another " hours
stay for their visit in Washington.
An officer estimated that this
bit of evasion cost the govern
ment about $1,000 as against the
5000 which would have been re-
CURED to prolong their visit if
the regulation had not interviewed.
The private who sent his comp
liments to the general and told
him to 90 To-, still lives, es-
conced comfortably in a room at
Soldiers Home in Washington.
Not only does he still live, but he
finds the recollection a choice bit
Of morsel which he likes to re-
count to any who will listen. His
ninety-first birthday has not dim
med the memory Of that glamor-
Gus moment.
It happened like this. J.. G. Oil
yer. back in 81, was a youth at
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He
Joined the union army, and some
what against his will found him
self later on at the siege of Vicks-
burg handling a six-pounder-"a
brass piece like you see on the
ground outside" says Oliver. Let
him tell the rest of the story:
"WeIl, there I was, ordered to
fire that gun into Vicksburg all
night long as fast as I could. That
was to keep the Confederates
awake, you see.
"That was fun, just loading and
firing all by myself. But just a
few yards away was General Lo'
gan's tent. The General himself
was inside of it, ! guess. Well,
was a firm away, when here
fellow comes running up to me
and he says, Say, General Logan
says not to fire that blank CUR
so often; he can't sleep
"Me, l kept right on LOADING
and I says to him, My compll
ments. sir to General Logan, sir
and | have orders from Genera
Grant to fire this gun as Offer
as I can. and the General a e
to blank
"The fellow looked at me funny
like for a minute and then turn
ed away. and that is all / eve
heard about it from that day o.
night to this"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27
CLOSE-UPS in The
NATIONS CAPITAL
(By Stephen James,

Two figures emerge from the
Jackson Day love feast of the
Democratic party to be reckoned
with in future affairs of the party
! and of the nation.
One is Jesse Holman Jones,
publisher, banker, philanthropist,
who. single-handed and alone, Sc
cured for Houston, Texas, the
next Democratic national cOnven-
ton. Republicans in a fit of spite
will tell you that the biggest re-
cipient of Jones, philanthropy is
the Democratic party.
The other is Claude G. Bowers,
shy, reticent, who left his editorial
desk in a New York newspaper
office to deliver a brilliant key
note address that overshadowed
all the slavos of oratory for the
rest of the evening that lasted
until after two o'clock the next
morning. There are those who
claim that Bowers speech rivalled
Bryan's famous Gross of Cold
at Chicago, when the young Com
moner rode into fame and glory
on the floods of eloquence he un
loosed before the nominating con
vention. Bowers, then, if his ad
mirers are correct, was unfortun
ate in his selection of an audience
AS it is a slight boomlet for the
New York editorial writer, who
originally halls from Indiana, has
been launched, without any very
appreciable effect so far. If, how
ever, in some capacity he is invit
ed to take the platform at Houst
on. he may be able to duplicate
his feat and make himself felt a
a power in the party, if not it,
nominee. Bowers is best known
as a political historian, being thu
author of two books, one on And
rev Jackson and another on JET
ferson and Hamilton.
Jones, of Houston, who admit
: that the idea Of taking the con
I vention to Houston was something
of an Impulse, nevertheless is wei
and ~favorably known in Democrat
ic councils. He now become
! more of a power than ever. HI
l is chairman of the finance CON
: mittee of the Democratic nationa
: committee, and in that capacit,
has indorsed notes running some
: thing more than 100000. Tn
convention for his home town vii
!, cost just about that.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27

For many weeks a Michigan
Congressman had been importuned
by a constituent for a job in the
government service. When the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27

According to DR.. Mordecai w.
Johnson, negro president of How
ard University, only 10000 colored
men and women have obtained
degrees since the days of slavery.
This year, however, in the various
universities and colleges devoted
to the negro, finds an enrolment
of approximately 1000.
If all of these should be gradu-
ated however, Johnson says, there
would still be less than two col
lege trained men and women tc
every 1000 of negro population
There would be n physician tc
every 1900 and one dentist tc
every 10000 negroes.
OF 1000 and more registered al
Howard, approximately one-fourth
are women. Howard University is
under government supervision.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-01-27

Congressman reported progress,
the applicant at once wanted to
know what his salary would be.
ooh" said the Congressman,
"about whatever you earn"
"But Mr.. Blank" said the man
from Michigan, 81 can't afford to
work. for that"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-12
Meeting of Pythian Sisters.

At the regular meeting Of the Py-
THAN Sisters held on Monday night
there was an extra large attendance,
all officers being in attendance.
The entertainment committee is
getting quite busy and promises some
thing good in the near future. All
who are members of the staff are re-
quested to be present on next Monday
night for rehearsal.
We were entertained Monday with
the following program: Piano solo,
Martha Townshend; reading, Virginia
Giessman, and last but not least, Mrs.
Ardith Frantz as the blind musician,
after which refreshments were served
consisting of sandwiches and coffee.
If you are one of the non-attending
members, come and see what we are
doing, and if you can bring an appli-
cation for membership with you, do
so. We need your presence and we
hope to have a good class for initia-
ton very soon.
Watch Garrett Temple grow.
PRESS COMMITTEE.