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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-14
BY ALAN ]. GOULD

Associated Press Sports EditOrl
You can't make any old timer be-
iieve that they can run any faster
today than they did back in the
mauve decade Of the COS.
Bracey, Paddock. Simpson. Borah.
wykoff. Tolan-no n can accuse
them Of wasting any time dashing
down the Straightsways. But start
talking about Bernie Wefers or Ar
thur Duffy or Maxey Long or ever
Lon Myers, who ran anything from
100 to $40 yards and won at all dis
tances on the same day. And you
have an argument. Or a speech.
Recently the old guard and the
new sat around the dinner tables
together at Philadelphia at the an
nual affair OF the Veterans asso-
citation Of the intercollegiate A. A.
A. A. wefers and Long rubbed ell
bows with comparative youngsters
such as Ted Meredith and Don
Lippincott. Earl Thompson, the
worlds high hurdle record holder,
listened TO Charley Patterson, who
has seer 40 OF the So I. @. A. A. A.
A. meets. tell how the hurdles useo
to be a series of ten high jumps
Such sages in the coaching game
as Jack Moakley Of Cornell, Keene
Fitzpatrick Of Princeton and Wal
ter Christie OF California were
there-Christie. the dean Of them
all.
"wefers was as great an all
around sprinter as ever lived de-
clared Fitzpatrick. Some Of hts
records still stand" And Fitzpat-
rick should know. He turned two
Olympic champions out at Michi-
gan-Archie Hahn and Ralph
Craig.
Wefers was discovered by Moak-
lev I'D around Boston and developed
by the late Mike Murphy, long the
= most famous Of American track and
field coaches.
Il recall sending Weiers TO Muir
ply for a trial. preparatory TO an
international meet with the Brit
ish in 1895" said Moakley. "A few
days afterward l heard from Muir
ply. In effect he said: 'Wefers
has possibilities but is green. 1
think he will come along In the
same mail I had something like
this from Bernie: I have had a
workout and can beat anybody IN
the crowd here AS a matter OF
history, Bernie was right.
Here's another debate: Was
Pennsylvania's great track team OF
1899 that scored the record total
of 81 points in the intercoIlegiaves
greater than Stanford'sf mighty
winners OF 1929, who scored As
points? Edward r. Bushnell OF
Pennsylvania thinks the 0uakers,
II reassembled and revitaliTed,
could have won this years champ
lonShips.
Yet the figures indicate Stan
Ford's great strength in the field
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BUSSEY AND
FOXHALL NEW
GOLF CHAMPS

DALLAS. Tex. June i4.-CP-
Two new champions wore golf
crowns today as the result Of
victories in west Texas yesterday.
~. G. Bussey. Lubbock. won
the annual West Texas golf
tournament at Stamford by de-
feating j. d. White. Dublin. in
an extra hole match. They we're
all square az the thirty-sixth
hole. and Bussey won the match
on the extra hole. one up.
Frank Foxhall. Memphis cap
tured the green belt title at
Vernon, defeating John Lesbus.
Electra. 3 and . in 36 holes.
They were all square at the
eighteenth hole. but Foxhall
pulled away OF the second
round.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-14
School Additions
Contracts Awarded
BY Weslaco Board

WESLACO. June 14.-Contract
was let Thursday night by the Wes-
laco Independent school district
board OF trustees 70 Merriweather
and Sauer for the construction Of
additions two two buildings here.
The bid of this firm vas S3l .054,
and was the lowest made by eight
competitors.
A four room addition will be built
at the school for Mexican children
at a cost Of 1859 and an audi
torium and two class rooms will
be added TO tthe Stephen +. Austin
grammer school at a cost Of STA
Work is to be started Immediately
and the new rooms r to be ready
for use at the opening Of the next
term.
Members Of THE board held the
meeting and opened bids in the
auditorium Of the high school.
Newell r.. Waters. local architect,
designed the additions.
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Pros to Outnunber
Amateurs Seven To
One In u. S. Open

NEW YORK. June 14-(P-The
amateurs will be outnumbered more
than seven 10 one when play in the
National open golf championship
begins at the winged foot club al
Mamaroneck. ~. Y. on June q but
there is not disposition to count
them out because Of that.
The field numbers 153. only eight
teen of them amateurs. but in that
dozen and a half are Bobby Jones.
George Won Elm and Harrison r.
(Jimmy) Johnson. That trio ought
TO give the rest Of the field a run
for Its money even with all the
country's greatest professionals
ready for the battle.
There will be the usual foreign
favor at Winged Foot but it will
be so slight as to be almost nom
existent. Canada has two entrants
in c. Ross Somerville. London, Ont.
Amateure and James Johnson. of
Toronto. Cuba Is sending John
Wyland. a pro. and Scotland Jack
White, another pro.
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BLAZING Tie
fSPORTS TRAIL

events would have counter balanced
the scoring Of such great track
performers as Alvin KraenZlein, a
team in himself, and J. W. B.
T~ewksbury. the old Penn sprint
star. In 1899 Kraenzlein won the
high hurdles in Is rs but this
year Ross Nichols Of Stanford was
second to John Collier Of Brown.
who SKINNED the barriers In
IA 3-5. McCracken won the shot
put for Old Penn with ~ feet but
Rothert and Kretz of Stanford both
exceeded so feet this spring for the
second year in succession. How
ever. Stanford accumulated 10
points in the discus and tavelin.
two events which were not on the
1899 program.
Run under the same conditions
as prevailed in 1899, PENIS fam
Gus team might win a mythical test
with Stanford but under the 1929
regulations. the far westerners
would be the favorites.
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City Briefs

Niagara Cotton Busters, easy
terms; also Calcium Arsenate, Paris
Green. and sulphur. Tin cans for
canning. Phillips Store, San Benito-
ADV. IL.
In new locatlons-Three firms
which moved early this week on
short notice were Just about set
tied in their new homes Friday.
They are the United Cigar Store,
now in the stand formerly occu-
pied by the Olympic confectionery,
the Davenport Typewriter Ex-
change. opposite Rio Grande Valley
Trust company. and r. L. Stell
realty firm. in the Miller hotel. All
formerly we're in the Thielen build
ing now being RACED for a new
structure.
New Steel Wheel wagons with
guaranteed aXles. cash or easy
terms. Phillips Store, San Benito.
ADV. II.
Tin Cans for canning tomatoes;
sealers. and retorts: fifty feet guar
anteed garden hose. S445: also gal
vanized and felt roofing shingles at
low prices. Sales Co, End and
Fronton.-Adv. IA.
Back from Trip-Judge and Mrs
F. w. Se3bury returned today from
Virginia. accompanied by their
DAUGHTER. Miss Martha. who was q
student IN Helms College.
WEI Trade sedan or roadster for
truck. w. r. McElroy, Brownsville.
Adv. Is.
Fresh Shrimp, soc h.. fish and
oysters. Csc 10. Sanitary Fish and
Meat Market. Ninth St., between
Elizabeth and Washington.-Adv.
Chamber Invited = The chamber
Of commerce has received a letter
from the Tampico Chamber Of
Commerce in which the local body Is
invited to join an excursion over
the new road between Tampico and
Mexico City. Aid Is also enlisted
IN securing a good highway be-
tween Tampico and Matamoros.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-14
COMPANY
TO OPEN STORE
Great Western to Occupy
Part OF Wells Building
On Elizabeth

The Great Western Paint Manu-
featuring Co, Of Kansas City. Mo,
is to open a store In Brownsville on
August l, 1t was announced today.
The store will be located in the
west side OF the J. x. Wells building
between Eight and Ninth on Eliza
beth street. This space now is oc-
cupied by the Gas Appliance Co.
J. r. Miller Of Tulsa. Okla. is 10
be the local manager and Is expect
ed TO arrive in Brownsville about
July IS.
The deal was handled by Foster
and Moothart, local real estate firm.
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THE STATE Or lEAHO
COUNTY OF CAMERON
Notice Is hereby given that by
virtue Of a certain execution and
order Of sale issued out Of the
Honorable District Court Of Cam
cron County. Texas. Of the lO5rd
Judicial District on the 3rd day az
June. A. ID. 1929 by Jno. p. Scan
Ian. clerk Of said Court for the
sum Of s487877 and said costs o.
silit under a judgment In favor
NJ John Gregg against II. &. Nit
chell IN a certain aus I'm said
court No. S449 and styled Jno.
Gregg VS.. H. @. Mitchell. and
placed in my hands for service. +,
John Martin. Constable in and Tor
Precinct no. Two Of Cameron
County. Texas. did on the 3rd day
Of June. "A. ID. 1922. levy upon GER
tain real estate situated in Cam
eron county. more particularly de-
ecribed rs follows. 70 wit: All o.
the north 100 feet Of the west one
half OF block Of Hunks Addition
to the city Of San Benito In Cam
eron County. Texas. out OF the
Conception de Carricitos surfey
and containing approximately one
half 90 acre OF land. levied upon
as the property Of II. G. Mitchell.
and that on the first Tuesday in
July. 1929. the same being the End
day OF July. "A. d.. 1929. nc the
Court House door Of Cameron
County. in the city Of Browns
vile. Texas, between the hours or
10 O'Clock a. m. and 4 O'Clock p. n.
by virtue Of said levy and sale
order Of sale and execution I viii
sell the above described real es-
tate at public vendue for cash to
the highest bidder as the property
Of the said III. G. Mitchell. And in
compliance with law, I give this
notice by publication, in the Eng
lish language nce a week for
three consecutive weeks immediate
" preceding the day Of sale in The
Brownsville Herald, a newspaper
published in Cameron county.
Witness my hand. this the 4th
day OF June. "A. d. 1929.
JOHN MARTIN. Constable
Precinct No. ?, Cameron
County, Texas.
6-7-14-21-3455
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Senate and House
Committee Omits
Debenture Plans

WASHINGTON. June iA-tP-
In line with the decision Of the
house and concurring In views or
President Hoover, the Joint senate
and house farm conference COM
mittee today approved a farm meas
ure minus the controversial de-
benture proposition.
The house still must ratify the
action Of the conferrees. but leaders
said they would press for immediate
disposal in both chambers and
predicted that before niEhtfall the
farm measure would be on its way
70 the White House.
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3 TROOP RETURNS
FROM TT. RINGGOLD

3 troop arrived at Fort Brown
FRIDAY al $50 a. m after a march
from. Fort Ringgold. which required
more than three DAYS. The troop
was met by the Twelfth cavalry
hand at the outskirts Of the city
and escorted to quarters, In accord
with an old custom.
The troop made an enviahle rec
ord on the rifle range. 90 plus per
cent of the organization qualifying.
HEADQUARTERS troop. which re-
Gently returned from target practice
had a record Of 100 per cent quail
fication.
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Clyde Van Dusen
Big Favorite In
Derby At Chicago

CHICAGO, June 14-tPl-An-
other battle in the mud is the al
most certain prospect for the $4,000
American derby which will be de-
c.ded among three-year-olds over
a mile and a quarter at Washington
Park tomorrow.
Three days and nights Of heavy
rain had churned the course into a
uuagmire and no amout Of sunshine
IS likely 70 make il fast by post time.
The tracks condition has made
CLYDE Van Dusen. which splashed
through the mud TO win the Ken
lucky derby, an overwhelming Ia
vorite.
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Ell PASO ARMY POST
BANS PRIZE FIGHTS

Ell PASO, June l4-tP-Declar-
ing he wished to conform with the
laws Of the state. despite the fact
that his post technically was not
a part Of Texas, Brig. Gen. George
Van Horn Mosely has decreed that
civilian boxers no longer may ap-
pear on fight cards at Fort Bliss.
The post matchmaker. Lieut.. Geo.
Birmingham, was advised Of 1t by
the general personally.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-14
TRANSFER FIRM
PLANS BUILDING
Jones Concern to Erect
$4,000 Structure At
Harlingen

HARLINGEN. June IA -C Con-
struction Of a new building for the
Jones Storage and Transfer COM
pany here is TO be started in a
short time. according to announce
ment today.
The building will cost between
$4,000 and $4,000.
Plans for the structure r being
drawn by w. "A. Warner. local tr-
chitect.
The Jones Storage and Transfer
company does a Valley-wide bust
ness.
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GEORGE
SOLD TO STEERS

CHICAGO. June l4-GP-The
White Sox have released George
Conally, veteran relief pitcher. and
Howard Mables. rookie catcher. to
reduce their squad to the required
limit og Is.
Connally was sent to the Dallas
club of the Texas league under an
optional recall agreement. while
Maple. former Oregon Aggie star,
was released outright.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-14
New Projects Raise
State Road Figures
To $5,OOO,OOO Plan

AUSTIN. June I4.-tP-Contracts
to be awarded by state highway
commissioners al their meeting June
25-26 TODAY stood at approximately
5000. 900 as a result Of announce
ment OF new projects amounting to
81 .A65 900.
The most extensive Improvement
announced in the new list is the
paving of 23.45 miles Of concrete,
with grading and drainage struc-
lures. on highway s in Grayson
county. Bids also have been asked
on a bridge across the Colorado riv-
er at Wharton on Highway II. The
cost has been estimated at S250,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-14
BOUT FOR
ON FOURTH

McALLEN, June IA heavy
weight bout between Pedro Lopez
and Oscar Kohler has been an
nounced as part Of the local Amer
lean Legion's Fourth Of July cele-
bration. The fight would be held
in Reynosa. Mexico.
The bout is being promoted by
Mai. F. H. Blake Of Fort Worth, who
also has been seeking to stage a
fourth Of July bout in Matamoros.
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FIELDER
BOUGHT BY

HOUSTON. June i4-0P-Mak-
ing a desperate effort To strengthen
the Texas League cellar occupants.
Houston Bluffs. today purchased
"Chink" Taylor. Chattanooga cut
fielder. and recalled Joel Hunt.
shortstop. from the Fort Wayne
club OF the Central league The
price paid for Taylor was not an
nounced.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-14
PACIFIC COAST STAR
WINS NINE LETTERS

PULLMAN. Wash, June 12.-P'
Winning nine varsity letters in
three years Of rlcific Coast confer
ence competition is the record hung
I'D by Teddy Rohwer. washington
state college star Of football, bas-
ketball and baseball.
He is the only Pacific coast ath-
lete in years to achieve this and
one Of the few in college sport.
Rohwer. who has worked his way
through college. will complete his
course in the usual period.
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SAN BENITO. June 14-There
will be no general increase in valua-
tons in the local water district. d.
rectors announced simultaneously
with appointment of a board Of
equalization.
The board consists Of Charles
Longbrake, George Fearnow. and
c. S. Hensley, the latter being a
new member. Valuations Of the
district total about S5,e2T DAB, con-
sidered unusually low in view Of
the actual value of the property.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-14
French Planes Bomb
Attacking Rebels
In Morocco Battle

TANGIER. Morocco, June lf-Pl
The siege OF the French post
Fait Yakoub has been raised after
a number Of attacks by the rebel
tribesmen. the correspondent Of La
Nacion Of Buenos Aires learned to-
day. Reinforcements arrived IN
time to save the post from falling
into the hands of the rebels.
"A fleet or French airplanes took
part in the engagement, hsavily
bombing the rebels. Losses on both
sides have been considerable.
The French continued to concen-
trate their forces for operations
which win insure definite order and
prevent the rupture of communica-
tons.
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PLAY SUNDAY
ON EDINBURG LINKS

Ralph Plummer. Edinburg Coun-
try club professional and Theron
Palmer. will meet Hill Cooke and
Vernon Dixon in an 18-hole match
play over the Edinburg club links
Sunday at 2 p. m. 1t has been an
nounced.
A gallery has been invited.
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TIGERS AND PALMEZ
TO PLAY SUNDAY A. NJ

The Hat Makers and the Tigers
have come 10 an agreement and will
play on the Palm Courts diamond
at $50 a. m. Sunday.
Batteries: Palmez-Martinez and
Aldape: Tigers-Salinas and Ramos.
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~ or SALE

a ADvERTIsENLENT
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-08-23
Sand Creek
8 y u Z u gagga )

, - = . - ~
Albert Berner reports yields of
II and Is bushels of wheat per
acre, we understand. George Beck
reports a yield of 10 bushels per
acre. A. B. Hubbard harvested a
nice lot of grain on some of his
fields.
F. A. Whitmus combined grain
for Kwasneys Saturday. Harry
Whitmus combined wheat for R.
H. Wiers.
Lucille Fletcher celebrated her
third birthday last Wednesday,
Aug. 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. R. Curtis, R.
H. Wiers, d. R. Geer, Bruce Nc
Mahon, George Beck and Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Sickels were in Wolf
Point Tuesday.
E. B. Styer of Wolf Point made
a hurried trip opt this way Tues
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. R. Curtis call
ed at R. M. Hagestad's and Ben
Naber's Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Fletcher
and children were callers at the
R. T. Steffensen home Sunday eve-
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Sickels invit-
ed a number Of their neighbors to
their home Wednesday evening to
listen in" for KGCX's opening
program.
Sam Baldwin was assisting c..
w. Fletcher to dig a we'll o
Monday.
The schools of district No. 80
will open Sept. 9th.
Miss Blanche Pipal will teach
the Mus school.
Miss Vesta Quitmeyer of Pop
lar will teach the Wiers school.
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Bandits Get
Justice Promptly

Minneapolis. Five days after
the First National Bank at Elk
River was held up by bandits, two
of the three young outlaws who
committed the crime walked into
the state ~penitentiary at Stillwat-
er to spend the remainder of their
lives. They are Roy Salmon, %
years old, and Donald Melvin, 23
years old.
The third member of the band,
August Becker, who was shot and
wounded by Earle Brown, head of
the state highway patrol, in the
chase that led to their capture.
probably will face arraignment
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-08-23
MAKES THE AMERICAN

If magazine readers will turn to
page $50 of the September Ameri-
can they will find Wolf Point get
ting some nice publicity. Needless
to say the "clue sentence" was
written before the farmers began
to market their 1929 wheat. Any
way the American is a magazine
of wide circulation and many
thousands of people will learn
there is a Wolf Point, Montana,
in a wheat country, who did not
know those facts before.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-08-23
BLUEHORN-OPANWIN

Judge Charles Gordon perform
ed the ceremony Thursday which
united in marriage Blue Horn,
aged rs and Opanwin, "a. Blue
Horn is the son of Holy Man and
Opanwin the daughter of Plenty
In Her House. A. Pratt and
Whiteman the witnesses.
Blue Horn has the reputation
of being able to make medicine
so that it will rain, and Judge
Gordon suggested to him that he
ought to make it rain, and Blue
Horn assented to the suggestion.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-08-23
THADEN SELLS o

Andreas Thaden who has a fine
320-acre farm five miles west of
town has sold his cattle to w. A.
Rogers and will rent his place and
take a lay off for a few months.
He expects to visit relatives in
eastern states and may make a
trip to Germany. He wants a
good renter and says he has quite
an outfit with which to start a
renter off.
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FLINTS HON

Mr.. and Mrs. G.. H. Flint re-
turned Sunday from Kalispell,
where Mrs. Flint has been visit
ing for about six weeks at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. w. Scharf.
They returned over the Can
adam route, by way of Lethbridge
and report the scenery beautiful
and the route an attractive one
to drive over.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-08-23
Fall From Cliff Kills
u. S. Jamboree Scout

Ilfracombe, Devon, En- g a n d,
Aug. 1S.-Eagle Scout James E.
Berry, 16 years old, of the Berry
Scott patrol of Gushing, Okla,
which attended the world jam
boree, was killed in a fall from a
cliff. He had climbed to within a
few feet of the top of an almost
perpendicular cliff rising 20 feet
above the beach when the surface
crumbled. Berry fell to the bot
tom and was killed instantly.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-08-23
PICNIC Al BRIDGE

Several families had a picnic
supper near the bridge Tuesday
evening. The affair was in honor
of the Rev. and Mrs. A. o. John
son who will soon leave for Boze-
man. Those in the party included
the J. M. Mus family, the Paul
Johnsons, the Nedruds, the Fred
ericksons, the Carl Noes and the
A. o. Johnsons. A very enjoyable
time is reported.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-08-23
SOCIAL EVENTS
FOR SON

Mr.. and Mrs. Len Smith of the
Southside entertained Sunday in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
V. Smith. Guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Bawden and son Charles,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Witt of Wolf
Point, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Har-
mon, Mr.. and Mrs. e. G. Talliferro
and children, Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
meth Wise and daughter Rather
inc, and Lester Smith.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-08-23
GOODS

1 will sell at public auction at
2 p. m. Saturday, August 81, on
Main street, all my household
goods. Mrs. H. M. Wright. e. S.
Sunny, auctioneer. 28-2t
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DINNER GUESTS

Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Ditmarson
had as their guests at dinner
Tuesday evening, MI. and Mrs.
Severson and Fred Rathert.
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Weddings
FRANZ-OBERFELD

HTTNL-ODE DT EEO
Otto Arthur Franz of Gerard,
Mont. and Myrtle Alice Oberfeld,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Matt
Oberfeld of Three Buttes, were
married on Thursday by Judge
Charles Gordon. The young couple
will make their home at Gerard.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-08-23

Mrs. C. }. Severson left for Viii
liston Monday morning to join Mr..
Severson where they purchased a
new Chrysler car, driving same
home Monday evening. Mr.. Sew
erson left Wednesday for Havre
and Anaconda but expects to re-
turn soon and spend a few days
1t home with his family.