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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-05-17
HORSE CAUSES
$4,000 SMASH
BAD ACCIDENT NEAR WlBAUX
-CARS LEAVE TRACK,
PILE UP
Dawson County Review

NIIdW SOH 0OuHly fleNlSWJ
One of the worst smashups in
the history of the Yellowstone
Division occurred yesterday morn
ing one mile east of Wilbaux An
extra west bound freight, engine
No. 1888. engineer, Hugh Rogers,
fireman, Henry Hampshire and con-
ductor, James Love, consisting of
"a cars, most of them loaded with
automobiles, was coming down
the grade at over 35 miles per
hour when horse suddenly ap-
peared on the track. The engine
trucks at once left the track but
the rest of the big engine kept
the rails for a thousand feet until
it hit the switch which derailed
the engine entirely. 1t still plow-
ed along for $50 feet while the
cars behind it kept the rails of the
switch Finally the engine hoped
off the track entirely and turned
partly over
1t was a remarkable thing that
it didn't roll over as it left the
roadbed at a spot where there is
a twelve foot embankment along
the side However, the engine
merely turned partly over on it's
side. Nobody was injured.
The pileup of cars, presented an
scene. twenty-five
cars jammed in mass and the
top of the pile was a car of
three cars high.
The wrecking crew and extra
gangs were speedily rushed to the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-05-17
WOLF POINT And FROID
PEOPLE TALK HIGHWAY

At the request of a number o
citizens of Froid a committee Of
six, Young, Stennes, Huxsol, Rath
ert, Cook and Carey went to Froid
last Friday The Froid people
wished to talk over the road mat.
ters, particularly the roads to be
built from the Missouri River
bridge to the Roosevelt highway.
Arthur Ryder and Commission
er Andrew Harbo made the prin-
cipal talks for Froid There was
some information they wanted and
certain criticisms they wished to
express concerning the route of
the roads as they understood
them.
w. L. Young replied by going
very fully into the history of the
bridge and the federal highway
from the north end of the bridge
to Roosevelt highway. He said
that after the state and federal
highway commissions has decided
to build a bridge at the Macon
crossing as a part of the federal
highway system, it became neces-
sary to connect the bridge and
the Roosevelt highway. The sell
ection of the route of such connec-
tion within the powers and duties
of the highway engineers, and the
surveying of such route was done
by the engineers. The people of
Wolf Point had no power or in
fluence in the matter. The road
laid out, contracted for and now
partly built, was in accordance
with the fixed policies of the fed
eral bureau and is undoubtedly
the best connection that can be
made, Mr.. Young said. He told of
the county road now built from /
the Roosevelt highway to the Ma
con elevator and said that it's ex- |
tension southwark. to the bridge /
highway would be a matter of
small cost and would make the
bridge easily accessible to traffic
from the east.
All sides of the questions
brought up were thoroughly dis
cussed and the Froid people at
the meeting appeared to get a
much clearer understanding of
The situation and the reasons
back of the misunderstanding.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-05-17
MAY SNOW STORM PUTS
WHEAT ON EASY STREET

Another moderate installment of
rain and wet snow fell Tuesday
night. The ground was nearly
white Wednesday morning but the
snow was gone by eight or nine
o'clock. Farmers are heard to
say that the grain is all right for
three or four weeks, and is COM
ing fast and making a good stand.
Jimmy Boyd, the oldest Mont
ana pioneer of this community,
says that in the early seventies,
out in the country near Chinook,
where he was scouting for the u.
S. army he experienced the most
extraordinary summer time snow
fall known in the history of Mont
ana. 1t was near the middle of
June and nearly two feet of wet
snow fell. 1t melted so quickly
that the whole Milk river valley
was lake that submerged all the
streams. 1t was hard for men and
animals to find spots high enough
on which to stand until the water
went down.
incidentally this anecdote is
reminder that there are very few
living men whose lives include |
more of actual experience in early
day Montana than that of Mr.. |
Boyd who is now in his eighty
fifth year His memory holds
-ich and accurate accounts of
many early day incidents. He
says he made a trip with the first
governor of Montana, and last
year was out with the last and
present governor, j. E. Erickson.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-05-17
FR0MBY PLACE
IS PADLOCKED
FRONT STREET r o o M N G
HOUSE TAKES 6 MO.
VACATION

Great Falls, May Is. = With
more than 200 liquor actions dis
posed of, the Great Falls federal
court calendar was cleared of all
criminal actions to mark the end
of one of the heaviest dockets on
record here.
In the final session Judge
Charles N. Pray disposed of 76
abatement cases, ordering "a
padlocked Eleven of the places
were Great Falls establishments
and the remainder were located in
northern Montana cities. This
brought the total paddock orders
in two days to 81. Most of the
places were ordered closed for one
year.
Since April II, more than ITO
persons received jail terms and
fines causing the local jails to
overflow so that prisoners were
sent to other counties.
Northeastern Montana abate-
ments as taken from the list of
attachments published in the Great
Falls Tribune include the follow
ing:
The "Wolf Den" hotel of H. c.
Fromby at Wolf Point closed for
one year with permission to re-
open at end of six months for
legitimate proposes on $1,000 bond.
Jack Dwyer's home near Opheim
may be used for living quarters on
81 600 bond, but all other build
ings closed for year.
Soft drink establishment of Joe
Il
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-05-17
new BUILDING
WESTLAND OIL
TO HOUSE MODERN SERVICE
EQUIPMENT AND BROAD
CAST STATION KICK

The Westland Oil Company
started crew at work Wednes-
day, excavating for a fine modern
service building which will com
plement the Westland Filling
Station which was built here sew
eral years ago. The new building
will be constructed at the corner
of Main and Second avenues dir
ectly north of the Westland Filling
Station. The building will be
frame with stucco finish SO feet
square with full basement. Hy-
draulic equipment will be installed
for hoisting cars for washing,
crank case and greasing and any
similar service required. Com
modious rest rooms will be
fitted for the use of
patrons
Unique
A feature that will undoubtedly
mark this building as unique
among motor service stations will
be room to accommodate the
of broadcasting station
kGCX, the license for which is
held by E. E. Krebsbach the Wolf
Point manager of the Westland
Oil Company Mr. Krebsbach re-
Gently secured a renewal of his
license with permission to install
a station at Wolf Point with in
power and the latest i'm
proved equipment required by a
,50watt station.
The cost of the Westland's new
is estimated at $4,000.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-05-17
SIDNEY SCOUT TO LONDON

Sidney. May 14-Charles Varco.
16, son of C. E. varco, a Sidney
merchant, won the European trip
as a result of competition with all
Boy Scouts in Montana.
A Scout jamboree will be held at
London, England, from the middle
of July to Sept. 1. This trip will
also include France, Holland.
Montreal, Washington and New
York. The trip was won through
Scouting ability, it being neces-
sary for the contestants to have
certain tests, among which was
the major part of the camping
merit badge.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-05-17
GLASGOW PROTEIN
LABORATORY

Manager Joselowitz wishes to
call the attention of farmers de-
string protein tests of wheat to
the fact that a state protein test
ing laboratory is in operation at
Glasgow and ready to give farmers
prompt service. The laboratory
was established about six months
ago, but the fact is not generally
Known in farming communities.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-05-17
CLINIC DISASTER
TAKES 93 LIVES
D & A D L v GASES FROM EX
PLOSlON OVERCOME
SCORES

Cleveland, Ohio May 15.-At
least SO lives are known to have
been lost and scores of persons
injured in a deadly explosion and
fire at Cleveland Clinic hospital
here today. Many of the dead
were victims of poisonous gases
and suffocated in agony Others
died from burns Most of the vic
tins were patients who were
powerless to escape the death they
could see approaching them.
Identification of the bodies was
slow. Nurses and doctors in hos
pitfalls nearby were rushed to their
limit to care for the tortured suf-
ferers and generally could not
pause for the dead except to roll
up the bodies in blankets.
The hospitals where the injured
We're taken were scenes of hor.
ror Victims screamed as their
wounds were dressed. Others
cried out madly in hysteria Vic
tins of deadly gas coughed in
agony.
Seventy-eight bodies were at
the city morgue at 3:15 p. m.
Forty-five of these were men and
33 women.
Morgue Overcrowded
In view of the fact that all pos
sible space was taken at the NOR
que the central Ohio national
guard armory was opened for
more.
At the morgues where the dead
were taken, the crowds were so
thick that admittance was refus-
ed. Scores of sobbing relatives
stood at the doors, begging to
get in.
Emergency forces were recruit
ed at hospitals for the injured.
There were 20 doctors and $50
lurs s working feverishly at
Mount Sinai hospital to relieve
he suffering.
For hours after the disaster,
rantic relatives sought vainly to
earn the fate of their loved ones.
Strikes Without Warming
The holocaust struck without
warming. The explosion in the
Gray room seemed to drive poison
,as and fire into every part of
he building in simultaneous
weep of death. ]
Although doctors and nurses
ot out a few patients at the start,
ardly a minute went by before
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-05-17
COMMENCEMENT
WILL Be JUNE 3
MARGARET ALRICK is
ALEDICTORIAN

Commencement exercises will be
held at the high school audi
torium on the evening of June
3. N. C. Abbott, member of the
faculty of the state normal school
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-05-17
MONTANA HIGHWAY MAP

Secretary Gordon has received
from the Montana Automobile
Association a supply OF the 1929
Montana official highway maps.
These will be found at the COM
nercial club Office for any who
lave use for them.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-05-17
Class Roll

Glass Roll
Margaret AlricR, Valedictorian
Norman Nedrud, salutatorian.
Bernard Geisen.
Harold Shipman.
Evelyn Bannister.
Clarence Bartel.
Leslie Boyer.
Lauretta Geisen
Mildred Littlefield.
Alice Lund.
Rose Olson.
Alma Pipal
Anna Rygg.
Frank Toavs.
Mary Toavs.
John Williams.
Hubert White.
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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-05-17
NINTH ANNUAL

Wolf Point Stampede, July II,
IL. 13. A rodeo classic you
must not miss.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-10
By 0sborne
gnhMsaua fi=al.t4ftai-ag

The photograph, according to the
Standard Oil Bulletin, illustrates "a
motorist viewing California Mountail
Scenery" The Standard OIL Company
of California is now conducting -four
prize contests with a view to finding
solution of the problem of the de
Placement of the scenery of the Pacific
Coast by Objectionable advertisin'
signs. Cash prizes of $1,000, $500 anG
$3.50 are being offered for the three
best 15O0-word or less answers as to
how the evil can be corrected; OF
$500, $3.50 and s125 for the best 500
word or less statements on why II
should be corrected; of $3.50, SIPS and
SIS for the three eight-word or less
slogans which will most effectively
arouse public sentiment on the ques'
tion, and additional prizes of 5000
$500, SIS, $50 and S25 for the five bes;
amateur photographs of actual signs
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-10
Regrets Fibbing, Rides
40 Miles to Confess Ii

Tafe, Calif.-One mans conscience
caused him to drive 40 miles at an
early hour to correct trivial prevari-
cation, according to State Traffic OFF,
Ger Robert c. Dear, in charge of the
West side detail of state traffic Off
GERS. The gray-haired man with foot
long whiskers drove into the local
state traffic department Office to OBJ
tain an operators license.
He resides on homestead about
twenty miles above McKittrick, and
has been driving an automobile for
several years. He passed the exam
nation and told Officer Dear that he
had obtained an operators license in
1927.
The next day about six o'clock the
man arrived at the local Office and
waited until the department opened
ut eight o'clock, and then sided up to
Officer Dear and told him he had
something very Important to tell him.
He hadn't obtained a license in 1927,
and his conscience had bothered him
so badly during the night that he
couldn't sleep, so he just had to come
In and straighten the matter out. Of
ilcer Dear says he'll get his license.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-10
Homing Pigeons Lose
Way in Radio Waves

Boston, Radio broadcnsting on its
present large scale has been -espon-
sible for the complete loss OF homlng
pigeons and has delayed others from
returning to their base, Godfrey Tim.
mermans of Roxbury, who for the
past twenty years made n hobby of
studying and raising the birds, has
discovered.
Tlmmermans, ever since he began
his study, takes his birds, about TWEEN
ty at time. into the country where
lie releases them one by one to fly
back home MS. training for races
Their trainer says he rarely lost o
bird until the advent of radio broad
casting on large scale, which has
caused n few OF the birds to lose
their bearings and Tail TO return. he
sats. Others are delayed when they
NY into radio waves and have TO cir.
Gle for some time to get their bear.
lngs again.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-10
SOL FAILS TO MAKE
GOOD AT FORECASTS
Sunspot Phenomena Are Not
Yet Explained.

Washington. - Old Sol recently
staged his big parade of plain and
fancy sunspots, but has not vet been
able to establish himself sns relia-
BILE herald of mundane weather, in the
opinion of official forecasters here.
The period when the sun exhibits
the maximum number of spots, recur-
ring at intervals of approximately II
years, is now passing. Although the
sunspot demonstrations in recent
months have engrossed interest of
scientists and public in all parts of
the world, the United States weather
bureau sees no new and dependable
evidence that sunspots afford a reli-
able basis for weather forecasting, as
pseudo-scientists have alleged from
time immemorial.
"This bureau has given careful at
tention to studies of solar phenomena,
but does not know of any study that
has established n definite relation be-
tween weather conditions and sun
Spots" DIR. Charles f. Marvin, chief
of the weather bureau, said.
Has Not Been Proved.
at would be exceedingly difficult to
establish such relationship because
of the rotation of earth and sun, and
also because at any one time there are
many kinds of weather occurring in
different parts of the earth. How may
one determine which particular kind
of weather might theoretically be cor
related with a sunspot which might at
the time exist? We would welcome
any rational demonstration that sun
spots control the weather, but 50 far
this has not been proved and some
of the efforts to do so have been alb
surd.
"on the other hand, terrestrial mag
netic and auroral phenomena have
been closely co.otdlnated with the sun.
spots"
Doctor Marvin said that the bureau
possesses Information concerning sun
spots going back to the early Chris.
ton era, and that complete detailed
record of sunspots is available com
menclng in 1919. This record has
been graphed by bureau scientists and
shows that the number of sunspots
goes through cycles of eleven years,
this approximate period clapslng be-
tween the recurrence of the maximum
number of spots. This maximum
falls roughly In the latter part of 1928
and early in 1920.
Moteors May Cause Them.
The record shows that in some
months as many us $50 spots have
been visible, while In others there may
be none at all. The longest period
when the sun was unsnottcd was -
months from 1900 to 1911.
"Some scientists hold the view that
the elevcn.year period is the result OF
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-10


gravitational action resulting from
movements of the planets Jupiter and
Saturn, but other authorities contend
that the spots could be explained by
internal action of the sum-" Doctor
Marvin said.
Recently the bureau published, on
its merits, STUDY of the planetary
hypothesis of sunspots by Dinsmore
Alter of the University of Kansas,
which sought to show that short pc
riod fluctuations In the spottedness of
the sun could be correlated with the
movements of Venus, Mercury and the
earth. Other scientists entertain the
theory that the sunspots may be
caused by meteors which strike the
sum-"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-10

which best portray DETACHMENT.
The judges of the contest are:
Hon. Horace NJ. Albright, Director
National Park Service.
Kathleen Norris
Ex-senator James d. Phelan Of Cali
fornia.
w. L. Valentine, Former President
Automobile Club of Southern Califor
mia.
H. B. Van Duzer, Chairman. Oregon
State Highway Commission.
Mrs. H. F. Alexander, Seattle Ga,
den Club.
David Whitcomb, Chairman, Execu
tive Committee, Pacific Empire Asso
citation.
Full text of conditions may be OBJ
tanned from any Standard Oil office
or by writing to the Company at 22t
Bush Street, San Francisco.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-10
Italian. Come Back

Rome.-out of 0s,927 Italians who
reputrlnted themselves In 1O2S with
enough fortune to live here, 3l,Sl5
came from France, 1920 from the
United States, 10,ST6 from Swltzcr.
land, 1926 from Argentina and S,1lS
from Brazil.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-10-10
Renew Courtship of so
Years Ago; Will Wed

Fort Wayne, Ind.-A half century
ago Frank Wilson courted Mary q.
Christie, then went TO India as mis-
sionary. Miss Christie became a
school teacher. Wilson did not forget
her. He had lost her address, but,
through the, Post Office de. 'tment re.
gained 1t. He wrote to her, and a few
months ago returned here. Now they
are to be married. She Is seventy-six
and be is eighty-two.
Evening star., 1929-12-20
Will Rogers
Says:

BEVERLEY HILLS, Calf, De-
cember 20--There is only one form
of employment in our country that l
can think Of, but what has its bright
spots, and that's coal mining. There
is generally an overproduction and
they are out of work, if not that, it's
a strike, then when they do go to
work the mine blows up, then If
none of these three things happen
they still have the worst job in the
world. Now it's Christmas every
where but McAlester, Okla. There
go families are receiving the fathers
mangled body from the earth on
Christmas eve, to see it returned on
Christmas day. Now If you can find
somebody more deserving than that
to remember on Christmas, I am
wrong. The Red Cross handles 1t
there. That means that your dona-
ton will be well spent. Yours,
WILL ROGERS.
Evening star., 1929-12-20
FARE RAISE PLEA
DISMISSAL ASKED
Utilities Commission Files
Motion for Dropping of Trac-
ton Companies Complaint.

The Public Utilities Commission to-
dismiss the bill of complaint Of the
Capital Traction and washington Rail-
way Sc Electric Cos. which sought an
increase In carfare here to 10 cents
cash, with four tokens for 80 cents.
The motion, flied for the commission
by Assistant Corporation Counsel Ver-
non L. West, is extremely brief. Its
ground is that the plaintiff companies
have not exhausted their remedies be-
fore the Public Utilities Commission
since the commission allowed the COM
panies to present further evidence as to
their values and the companies failed
to do SO.
Argument Set for January 3.
with the motion was filed notice that
1t would be brought up for argument
January 8.
The commission last November, after
orotracted public hearings, denied pc
titions of the companies Tor the IN
creased fare named on the ground,
among others, that the companies had
what was the valuation on which they
should be allowed to earn fair return.
The order denying the petitions left the
case open and invited the companies to
submit further evidence on this point.
This the companies elected not to do.
but petitioned Equity Court to compel
the commission to raise the tare.
Merger Plan to Congress.
Shortly before the companies went to
court. the commission submitted to
Congress a form Of merger agreement
which had its approval. During the
course of the fare hearings the COM
mission members repeatedly emphasized
that the companies could make the in
crease La return sought in their petit
tions by voluntary merger, with conse-
Guent saving of expenses. The COM
panies, however. steadfastly refused to
be drawn into this line Of argument,
and since the commissions merger plan
has gone to Congress, no comment has
been Forthcoming from them as to their
attitude to it.