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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-15
PEOPLE GET
EXTENSION OF Time

Washington, Feb. 11.-Extension
of time until June Is, 1929, for the
filing of claims for refunds on lots
at Bowdoin is provided by a Lea
witt bill which has just been en-
acted into law.
Explaining his measure, Con
gresham Scott Leavitt pointed
out that a few years ago he secur-
ed passage of a bill providing for
a reappraisement of the lots at
Bowdoin, since their value had
greatly decreased subsequent to
the removal of the Great Northern
shops. The bill provided for the
issuance of patents in all cases
where payments made equalled or
were in excess of the r~eappraised
value of the tracts involved.
Subsequent legislation was Sc
cured allowing reimbursements in
cases where payments made ex-
ceeded the re%appraised value. To
take advantage of this law it was
necessary for claims to be filed in
the land Office at Great Falls on or
before June Is, 1928. Some lot
owners did not learn of the exist
ance of the law before that time,
with the result that Mr.. Leavitt
presented his bill for an extension
of time. 1t is his understanding
that about Is per cent of those
eligible to make applications for
refunds have not done so, and he
urges that they make sure the
necessary papers are submitted to
the land Office at Great Falls be-
fore June Is, 1929, the date the
act expires.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-15

a little selfish. And Tad's such a
good boy-it seems like I couldn't
bear anything. )"
There were tears in her eyes,
and she raised her napkin un-
steadily to her trembling lips.
"Oh, Mums!" Sybil slipped from
her chair to put a c%onsoling arm
about her mothers slended Shout
ders. You're looking for an an
gel for your wonderful Tad.
There isn't a girl on earth really
good enough for him-and we're
the ladies who know it-aren't we,
darling?"
Privately Sybil had her own
forebodings, and they made her
somehow tender Of Tad.
Poor little Taddy," she said with
in her heart. "Poor little devil"
and kissed his suits when they
came home from the t%ailors, and
smoothed them lovingly as she
hung they away.
In bed that night she swore
softly, and made a fierce small
prayer IF she hurts Tad, I'll pay
her back. I swear l will"
The wedding was three weeks
away.
Anything" decided Sybil, cross
ing her arms beneath her head,
and specializing grimly, "can hap
pen in three weeks. Maybe Val
will elope with a count"
ITO be continued)
Valerie didn't elope with a
count. But, on the eve of her
marriage, accepts a diamond ring
a certain Lord Montford.
And Tad, furious with rage-but
it's all in the next chapter.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-15
THIS HAS

SYBlL THORNE, spoiled and
petted, tells CRAIG NEWHALL,
when he asks her to marry him,
of her romance with JOHN LAW
RENEE, who went to France
with the A. G. F. and never re-
turned.
"Do you" she asks Craig,
want to marry me now?"
And Newhall, refusing to be
Jealous of a dead man, takes
her in his arms and kisses her
devoutIy, little dreaming that
Sybil will marry him to please
her dying father, whose happi-
ness she desires more than any
thing in the world. They drive
Thorne. The house is lighted
from top to bottom and two
home to tell the news to Mr..
solemn men, with black bags,
are leaving by the front door.
"Daddy's read!" shrieked Sy-
bill, and crumpIes in Craig's
arms.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-15
Half Section For Sale

The following parcels of land,
situated near Hamblin, McCone
county, + offered for sale by the
owner at a low price and reason
able terms. Very good land for a
grain and stock farm. Description:
EB of SWA Of Section 10.
SWA of NEA and NWA OF
SEX, and NWA of Section "a,
Township %, west of Range 46,
east of M. P. M. For further parti-
culars see or write The Wolf
Point Herald, Wolf Point, Mon
40tf
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-15
The Public Forum
WATCH YOUR A

There is great need of someone
to coin and popularize a compre-
hensive word with the combined
meaning of a standard of ethics,
convention, morals, etiquette and
conduct, both physical and mental.
This word should signify both the
theoretical and the practical.
That is a pretty big order and
this is not a prize contest. We
need the word right now, so we
shall use the word, standard"
with that significance, trusting our
readers to so consider it. This is
important as this article is not to
be construed as favoring any
laxity of the old "Ten Command
ment" morals and, at the same
time, it is a protest against Puri-
tanical "prudishness' and prig-
gishness.
The standards of life are like
the brakes of an automobile. If
the brakes of your car are too
tight, they drag, and you seem
to lack power. If they are too
loose, there is constant danger to
yourself and those you encounter
on the road. 1t is so with the
standards" of your life.
Many a driver of a human
machine has stalled in some
spiritual mudhole or begged
down in some moral swampy
place, because his. or her, stand
ards were too tight. Some people
are laboring under the very com
mon Misrepresentation that the
standards of life cannot be too
tight. They hold that the tighter
the standards are, the safer we
are. This is just as true, and true
in the same proportion, as it would
be of the brakes of a car. Such
people have a poor conception of
the purpose of life. God did not
put us here amid the vicissitudes
of the changing world merely to
play safe. He put us here to build
character, to attain certain goals,
Just as you have bought your car
to attain certain goals.
You can no more attain the
goals God expects of you, if your
standards are too tight, than your
car can attain the goals which you
expect of it with the brakes too
tight.
On the other hand, many a
driver of the human machine has
gone into the ditch at one or an
other of the dangerous curves"
Of life, because his, or her, stand
were too loose. I once knew
Of the driver of a car, who, with
wife, went " a cliff and
made a sheer drop of more than
eight hundred feet because his
brakes were too loose, but | have
drivers of the human
machine to drop farther than that
because their Standards" were
100 loose.
If you stall in a mud-hole, some
one will probably pull you out; if
you go into the ditch, and live,
he doctor and the mechanic may
De able to fix you up, although
may not be the same again
Tor will your car, but anyway,
Who wants to be continually pull
ID out of a hole or have a car al
Ways in the garage? Consider the
oily of these things when they
nay easily be prevented by a lit
lie careful adjustment of your
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-15
CLERGY, TAXIMEN,
MARRIAGE MARTS
FEE SPLITTING, SOLICITING
WEDDINGS, ETC. CHARGED
IN 81 TOWNS

New York, Feb. 1O.-The Rus
sell Sage foundation reported to-
day that a study of marriage law
administration in 80 states has re-
vealed the ~existance of 81 "marri-
age market towns" in 20 states.
The report states that these
towns constitute the most con-
spicuous, though not the most
serious, result of "the general neg
lect of marriage laws in this
country"
Names Suppressed
The communities styled mar
riage market towns are those that
have more than twice as large a
marriage rate as that of their
state, or which draw nor than
half their marriage candidates
from outside license districts.
1--WE are so little inclined to
advertise these places" says the
foundation, that we are suppress
ing their names throughout this
report.
In one marriage market town,
the report says that social work
T yer told by the justice of the
peace that his regular fee was So,
but if the principals wanted their
marriage kept out of the papers,
he charged SO extra.
In this town for the
justices were found who went so
far in soliciting business as to
board moving automobiles if they
thought the occupants looked as
though they might get married, if
properly approached.
Street Car Ads
In another town two justices of
the peace advertised in street cars
running from a nearby city, dis
playing cards reading Sweet
heart: Be ready at A o'clock
ride and Justices - and -
will tie the knot"
In a third town ministers rather
than justices were found to be
profiting by the business, splitting
of fees with taxi drivers who
brought them couples to marry
having been charged against sew
eral.
In one marriage market town
the chamber of commerce spoke
in its printed circulars of the
advantages for weddings
and expressed its desire for a
Legitimate resort marriage bust
ness"
The report includes a study OF
exploitation of marriage, which it
is by no means limited to
marriage market towns. In one
city where license applications
may be received by any notary
public a jeweler had himself ap-
pointed a notary and then adver-
tised free marriages for all who
bought rings in his store.
Old Stuff
Other means of exploiting mar
were listed as weddings at
expositions, on floats in
street %parades, in ferris wheels, in
iirplanes, theaters, swimming
anks and at midnight on June /
o win prizes offered by merchants
or the first June bride.
The foundation says that ex-
,loitation of marriage is rarely il
egal and suggests that only pub
ic opinion can stop the unseen
measures" which the report
avs destroys the solemnity of the
marriage vows and tend to elm
a conscientious attitude
.fficiating justices.
The study was made for the
oundation by Fred S. Hall of the
russell Sage staff and the late
larry E. Richmond.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-15
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VI

Craig lifted Sybil to the ground.
Pull yourself together, darling"
he counseled. DIR. Parker hasn't
come out yet. Perhaps it was
only another consultation. Here,
let me carry you"
He took her in his arms and
she chung to him sobbing, like a
child.
And l wasn't home, Craig! /
left him-and he died. And I
wasn't there. Oh-oh, Craig!"
He felt her tears on his cheek,
and the convulsive sobs that
racked her body.
There, there, baby" He cradl-
ed her tenderly. 1--WE won't go in,
honey, until you're feeling better.
Just try to stop that crying. You'll
make yourself sick baby"
He leaned against the garden
wall, still holding her to him, so
that she seemed to get comfort
from his quiet, strong body. In a
few minutes she grew still, and
only her limbs trembled, and her
breath came in sobbing tremors.
"I1l call to him." she said. IF
Daddy were alive, l wouldn't call.
1t might startle him. But you
can't wake the dead, Craig"
Her voice rang shrill and sweet.
"Oh, Daddy! Daddy"
His name was on her lips, when
she tainted. Craig carried her in,
and they laid her on the broad
window seat in the hall, and call
ed DR.. Parker.
He came from the death cham
Der with his little bag and his
stethoscope.
ITS her heart" he said, and
prepared a hypodermic, while Tad
rushed for brandy, and Mrs.
Thorne wrung her hands wretch
eddy, and called on God to witness
her grief.
rHSt my HuSpdHu-dHu now my
daughter. Oh, God.God.
1t a Craig who took her away,
and coaxed her. presently, to take
a drink of brandy herself. Tad
was sobbing like a baby.
Then Sybil opened her eyes.
And, lucidly, she spoke strange
words, clear as tinkling bells.
you thought 1 tainted" she
said, but l died instead, and talk
ed with Daddy. He said :"
"Oh, merciful Cod"
Mrs. Thorne shrieked her ter
ror.
"Sybil! Sybil! Edward! COME
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-15

She crumpled at their feet
such a piteous little gray thing.
Her gray hair in loosened wisps
about her face, and all old and
gray. And her dress of drab, gray
stuff clinging in unlovely fashion
to her poor thin body.
Irrelevantly Craig thought of
ashes. Ashes of desire, of youth,
and beauty. Nothing left of them,
but a little old woman, anguish
ing.
VALERIE was coming home for
the wedding.
Il suppose" she wrote, that it
wouldn't be the thing to have a
big wedding now. I'm absolutely
heartbroken about it-about your
father l mean. Did he suffer
much? l suppose l can wear my
wedding dress just the same.
You e I've everything all bought,
Tad. Mother thinks it would be
quite unnecessary to change Il
plans completely. Though, of
course, We sympathize so much
with your poor mother.
was it an awful shock? He's
been failing for SO long, l suppose
you sort of knew. But, then, it's
dreadfully hard to realize. l re-
member when my Aunt Emma
died it was like that. Such a
shock, though we really ought to
have been prepared. Did your
poor father know? It's so com
plicated afterward if they don't
have time to make a will. When
Uncle Robert died, there was such
a lot of trouble. Aunt Mary
brought suit, and the lawyers got
it all. Every cent. But, my
goodness, of course there won't
be any trouble in your family.
81 suppose you'll get a third.
I always thought it was awfully
unfair for the widow to have two
thirds. And then, if there's a
daughter, she seems to get all
that's left. But Sybil wouldn't be
like that, of course. She would
want 0 to have your share, l
know. She's so broadminded, and
then she works, too. Business
women love to be self-supporting,
I've noticed. l wonder if you'd
love me any more, Tad, if knew
more about business. I'm awfully
dumb about figures and things.
Mother says l never did realize
the value of money, and Daddy
says you'd think it grew on bushes
the way | spend it. But then
that's the way they brought me
up. | tell Daddy he has only
himself TO blame.
I'm just crazy to see you, Tad.
There are millions of men over
here-lots of rich Americans
but I've never seen anyone half
handsome as my Tad. .
How is Sybil? l hope she's bet
ter now. Brain fever sounds so
horrible. But perhaps that was
only a false alarm. And don't
forget to tell me how your mother
is. You don't suppose she'd feel
badly do you, Tad, if I wore a
veil?
Probably Sybil won't want to
be a bridesmaid, but l thought |
have a maid of honor, any
how. A wedding without ANY
attendants is so mournful, some
how. And I think we ought to
try to keep smiling, yer If IL
hearts ARE broken, don't you,
Tad? :" ,
TAD did not intend that his
mother and Sybil should see
Valerie's letter. 1t was on his
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-15
IS '' Z:H :; ! ]! l. ;, L ( ><[.I IMP I'D
"They haue SCUM the lUind, and they shall reap the ,Dhinvind'
Hosea VII T.

plate at dinner time.
"a letter from VAL" Sybil told
him. Were dying for the news"
She and her mother made a
great pretense of cheerfulness be-
fore each other. Sometimes Sybil
thought the effort was more wear
ing than natural grief would have
been. Emotions repressed during
the day have a way, she discover
ed, of bursting forth at night.
She used to lie on her back,
after she had gone to bed, with
her arms crossed over her face, to
smother the sobs. During the day
she preserved an assumed gaiety,
so successful that sometimes her
mother, looking at her ~mournfully,
would declare: "Sakes alive, Sy-
bill, no one would ever guess your
poor father hasn't been in his
grave a month. The way you go
on, child! Talking and laughing
my goodness. It doesn't seem
right"
Her little Trades annoyed Sybil,
who had grown to treat her
mother like an irritable child.
The unfortunate woman took very
little interest in life.
THE least l can do" thought
Sybil, 'fs to be patient with her"
Letters from Valerie were al
ways an epoch. Lucky Valerie,
coming home to their wonderful
Tad. Sybil, when the letters
came, reused herself to artificial
eagerness.
She wished that Valerie would
find something to write about be-
sides clothes, and Tots of rich
Americans" and the thrills of
Paris. Girlish enthusiasms were
beginning to nauseate Sybil. She
knew that she actively disliked
Valerie.
She wondered if her dislike was
tinged with jealousy. Valerie was
so young and so happy. Valerie
had not been beaten by life. Life,
indeed, had smiled on her in pass
ing, and scarcely touched her at
all. Sybil felt, Enthusiastically, that
Valerie lived in a sort of aura of
lovely colors-rosy, golden shades,
touched with dawns and sunsets.
While she-Sybil-lived in clouds
of heavy black and sullen grays,
through which she plodded tragi-
cally, while, Valerie danced.
Read it,, Tad" begged his
mother, "out loud to Sybil and
me-"
Just a minute-let me glance
through it first myself"
ooh, you sweethearts!" admon-
ished his mother, playfully, with
your lovey-dovey letters"
He read it through, and stuffed
it in his pocket.
Lord" he exclaimed. 81 just
to think. Tom Hender.
sons waiting for a phone call
me. Excuse me a minute,
will your"
The telephone was upstairs. In
a moment he was down again.
lawfully sorry, Mother, but I
must run down to see Tom. He's
waiting for me. I'll have a bite
downtown somewhere, and I'll be
home early. Sorry l have to leave
you"
The women began their meal in
silence. Dallying with her salad,
Mrs. Thorne looked up hesitantly.
Don't you think" she asked
TREMENDOUSLY, that Tad acted sort
of funny about that letter? You
don't suppose there's anything
wrong, do you, Sybil? Sometimes
I've wondered if Valerie isn't just
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-15
TRIPLETS ARE BORN
TO PORTLAND MOTHER

Portland, Ore, Feb. Sits a
girl" a nurse told w. D. Miller
He smiled.
TITS two girls" she announced
shortly ~afterward.
And they have a little brother
the nurse reported later.
Mrs. Miller and the triplets were
reported to be doing nicely.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-15
NUEE SAID

A young fellow wrote TO his
father from college: mo, mon,
no fun, your SON"
Promptly his father answered;
How sad, too bad, your dad"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-15

AS n editor remarks, a new.
baby is a greater event than a
new automobile. And there is no
depreciation-Toledo Blade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
z|HLMAN DOOMED
FOR GOvERNORSH|P
Maryland Representative Is
Prominently Mentioned as
Nominee in 1880.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE, Md, September H.
The name of Frederick N. zihlman,
chairman of the House of Representa-
tiveS' District committee, Is being
widely mentioned In Republican ranks
in the political discussion relative 10
the naming Of gubernatorial nominees
in November, 1890. according to the
Baltimore Sun.
As a result the gossip over the DEM
ocratic nominee, aroused last monCn
nv the Endorsement of David G. Mcln-
tosh. IT., president of the State SEN
ate. by the Baltimore County organl-
zation, has quieted considerably ana
attention is now being directed upon
the Republicans temporarily.
Zihlman has admitted that "a num-
Der Of persons have spoken to me ABOUT
running" but he has asserted that there
is no organized movement In MS DenalI
to obtain the nomination.
1T is too early to decide whether I
will 20 after the nomination" Zihlman
asserted. 1t is contended by political
observers that his political backing in
Western Maryland will not allow his
name to be put aside lightly. :.
The Representative from the sixth
congressional district has long been a
prominent figure in Stat politics. He
| became State Senator in 1910 and
continued in that Office until 1917. when
he took his seat in the Sixty-fifth Con-
greSS. He has been reelected every
two years since that time.
Republican leaders in Maryland say
that Zihlman is popular in the party
and that there has been talk OF his
being gubernatorial possibility. Others
mentioned for the nomination are
Mayor Broening Of Baltimore and
Albert G. Towers.
I'VE are all together and working for
the good of the party" one Republic
can leader insisted however.
Mention of Zihlman'S name Is taken
in some sections Of the State to mean
that the informal candidacy Of Mayor
Broening is not particularly satisfactory
to a number of Western Maryland
counties. While the mayor has taken
steps to make himself known outside Of
Baltimore City, it is held that the Re-
publican organization leaders are open
minded and that the nomination Of an
influential and prominent Republican
thus far inactive was possibility.
It is being said that in Democratic
circles the informal candidacy of Sem
ator Mcintosh has lost considerable In
terest. Gov. Richie has indicated he
will not be hurried in making any de-
cision for the fourth term, and other
Democratic leaders have been content
to sit by and await developments.
While it is generally conceded that
Gov. Ritchie desires another term. he
does not intend to commit himself 13
months before the election, 1t is under
stood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
FOES OF OIL STORAGE
PLANT ARE GROWING
Signatures to Opposing Petition in
Arlington County Being Added
Daily, Say Circulators.
snecial DISPATCH to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
CLARENDON, Va, September IL
Many signatures are being added daily
to the petition protesting against the
proposed esta blishment of a. storage
plant on the Lee Highway at the en-
trance to MackeyS Hill by the Sun OIL
Co. according to opponents of the prof.
ect. and if the wishes of the people al
fected are to receive first consideration
by the Arlington Zoning Commission
the application for a permit. which is
now before the commission and sched-
uled for public hearing Friday night, Is
expected to have rough shedding"
According to Charles Garrels, a resi-
dent close to the proposed plant, who,
with Capt. Crandall Mackey and DR..
j. M. Roberts, other large property own
ers nearby, are leading the opposition,
practically every resident OF Mackey's
Hill will be present at the hearing to
fight granting of the permit.
The opponents point out that in ad-
dition to adding another fire hazard to
the county, and offering an obstruction
to the proposed park development of
the Virginia shore of the Potomac as
indicated by the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, the proposed
plant will destroy residential property
values for miles around. Many thou
sands of dollars have been invested in
home sites within close proximity to the
proposed establishment, they said and
these investors should be fully protect
ed by those in authority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
CARNIVAL POSTPONED.

VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS. Va, Sep
TENDER 1.-THE jefferson District Fire
Departments carnival. which was TO
have opened here last night. has been
postponed until September 26 because
of the conflict in dates with the Poto-
mac Fire Department carnival, which
opened a weeks run in Alexandria last
night.
r. r. Beckwith, chairman Of the
carnival committee, is arranging an at
tractive program for the local event,
which will run for four nights. AS q
special feature, dancing will be held
nightly in the auditorium above the
fire engine house, which adjoins the lot
on which the carnival will take place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-17
MEETING TONIGHT
TO A|RF|RE CHARGES
Accusations Growing Out of
Fairfax Blaze to Come Up at
Associations Session.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


FAIRFAX, Va, September 1.-THE
monthly meeting of the Arlington Fair
fax Firemen's Association will be held
tonight on the Fairfax County Fair
Grounds, the meeting being changed
from Clarendon on account Of the road
repairs now under way in Arlington
County.
Most important subject to be discussed
tonight will be the charge that three
members of the Ballston Fire DEPART
ment early Sunday morning. when leav-
ing the scene of the Fairfax Garage
Co. fire, attempted to carry away So
gallon drum of oil and quantity OF
automobile tires and supplies. Deputy
Sheriff Wilson Darr states that when he
objected and made them unload the oil,
the men grew ugly and attacked him
with hose nozzle and equipment. and
that one of them drew his gun on him.
This was after the Fairfax Fire DEPART
ment Is alleged to have filled with gas
and \oil the tanks of all the fire depart
ment trucks and the private cars OF all
members who had come to help.
Charges of discord between the Fair
fax and Falls Church Departments are
declared absurd, and the officers Of the
Fairfax Department can not say enough
in praise of the assistance rendered by
Falls Church, according to members.