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wood, Clarksdale, Meridian, Hat tiesburg, Brookhaven and Culfport, Miss, have held franchises, but the westward movement began when Monroe and Alexandria, La, came in.
 Then Fl Dorado, Ark, took over the Gulfport franchise, the Hatties- burg team was shifted to Baton Rouge and the Meridian club went to Lake Charles, La. Meridian and Hattiesburg dropped out and Eaton Rouge and Lake Charles came in during the present season.
 Louisiana now holds the balance of power with four of the eight clubs, with only Vicksburg, Jack son and Laurel left in Mississippi.
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TEXAS CLUB ENTERS
 FAMOUS MINOR LOOP

ALEXANDRIA,, La, July 17.-The old Cotton States league is moving westward.
 Organized in 1902 this veteran class D baseball circuit for many years was dominated by Mississippi towns, but fans now are talking about invading Texas with Port Ar thur, Orange or Texarkana as a member next year.
 Vicksburg. Natchez and Green vile. Miss, and Baton Rouge, La. formed this loop 27 years ago-mak- ing it one of the oldest in the minors. At various times Green
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GIRL RACING SWIMMER
 HELPS RESCUE TWO MEN

REVERE, Mass, July Hone of the girl contestants in the forth coming Canadian Marathon swim this summer recently helped save lives of two young men.
 She is Miss Mae Elwell, women's long distance swimming champion, and holder of the women's record in the Boston Light swim.
 Miss Elwell recently saw two young men beyond their depth and in danger of drowning off Revere beach. Unaided, she succeeded iii holding one of the men above water until life guards arrived. Both men were revived.
 The girl swimmer was seventh in last years swim in Canada.
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LIFELESS BASEBALLS
 UNDER FIRE IN TEXAS

DALLAS, July 1I.-Baseballs used in the Texas league this year aren't lively enough to suit either the club owners or players.
 Complaints that they lack the zip of those used last year have been continuous since the season geban. The circuit contracted for the same kind as used in the Ma tional league, but the club owners believe that culls, or less perfect balls, were shipped southward.
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se Q SPORT BRIEFS
. (

Of the entire Dodger pitching staff only three have not come to Brooklyn from another major league club.
 Frank Craven, actor, claims to have played on more golf courses than any player not a professional. He has sliced and hooked over 362 layouts.
 Fielding Yost, head coach at Michigan, and Dan McGugin, head coach at Vanderbilt, are brothers in-law.
 John Goodman, trans-Mississlpp amateur champion, hitch-hiked hl- way to the national open.
 A check at the national open re vealed practically all of the pro fessionals wearing spiked shoes in stead of rubber soles.
 Maurice Mccarthy, former inter collegiate golf champion, also play football and baseball The hunting season in New Mex ico lasts 10 days and a fee of $4 is charged out-of -staters.
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GAMES TUESDAY Pacific Coast League

Oakland 5; Los Angeles l. Portland 3; Hollywood 0. San Francisco 6; Sacramento 2. Mission 9; Seattle 5.
 National League Cincinnati 5, T; Brooklyn 3, 2. Philadelphia 6; Chicago 5. St. Louis 5; New York O. Boston 4; Pittsburgh 1.
 American League Boston II; St. Louis 2. Chicago 6; Washington 5. Philadelphia T; Cleveland 5. New York II; Detroit '.
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WRITES LEAGUE HISTORY

DALLAS, Texas, July 17.-J. Doak Roberts, president of the Texas league is compiling history of the circuit. The executive found time hanging heavy during an extended illness, and decided to record the history of baseball il the Lone Star state.
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GLASGOW GANGS BUY
 CONTRACTS OF TOUGHS

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 17.-Lawless gangs in Glas- gow are so thoroughly organ
 ized that they buy and sell
 contracts for m e m b CTS of
 gangs like American baseball
 players, according to city au-
 thorities.
 "A gangster who is clever with a razor or has real abil- ity in yielding a belt is par , ticularly in demand the } public prosecutor declared in } the trial of a gang case.
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WOMEN OF

Mooseheart Legion will meet at 7:3o o'clock Thursday evening in Moose Hall. Meeting is to be fol- lowed by a picnic at Aux Bay Husbands and escorts are invited Cars donated by Legionnaires will be greatly appreciated.
 AGNES GREGG, -adv Recorder.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01
THE GAS REFUND MENACE

Is Montana to see her vision of
a system of federal, state and
county highways, such as would
attract new population and capital
to the state, fade away in the
mist?
That is what will happen if the
progressive ratio of increase
shown by 1928 gas refund claims
over those of 1927 continues for
a few years. Gasoline tax refunds
for AGRICULTURAL purposes in
1927 totaled about $179,000.00. In
1928 refund claims on gasoline for
the same purpose total about
$458, 900. 90. After allowing for the
increased number of tractors in
use and the larger acreage under
cultivation this is still an increase
of over 100 per cent.
Next year refund claims of
81, 900, 900 should not surprise any
one; and in 1881 $4,000, 900 if the
law remains on the books. 1t is
generally recognized and admitted
that the refund privilege is being
badly abused. Do not forget that
there are a lot of farmers, big
farmers, in Montana, and they do
not all live in the country.
The state highway program, laid
out on a conservative basis of ex-
pectations, has been brought to a
halt and so seriously embarrassed
by these surprising claims that
the county governments have been
appealed to for aid in keeping the
state highways open this winter.
If the counties refuse to do this
the public will suffer. If the
counties comply with the request
it will cost the county taxpayers
money. And there we are back
where we started in quick time.
The Senators and Representa-
tiyes at Helena are earnestly
searching for the solution to the
problem. 1t is to be hoped that
conflicting interests and influences
do not bring about some halfway
measure. The gas tax refund has
been tried and proven, a failure
for the purpose intended. Other
states are having their troubles,
also. A sure and just solution
would be to repeal the refund
law. Let every purchaser of gas
oline pay the same gas tax. From
actual statistics gathered in each
county determine once in two
years a basis for division of the
gas tax. Turn that percentage Of
the tax paid on gas for %agricultur-
al use back to the counties from
which it came for the county road
fund, and what ever funds may
be thought best. Let the remain
der of the tax go into the channels
to which it goes at present.
This plan appears to be both
and just. Those engaged
in agriculture could not make a
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01
SHELTER BELTS HAVE
REAL MONEY VALUE

Through the protection they af
ford cultivated lands, ~shelterbelts
have a definite money value, says
the Forest Service, United States
Department of Agriculture.
Observations on a number of
farms in the Great Plains region
lead to the estimate that a shelter
belt will add from $500 to $1,000
TO the sale value of a farm at the
end of ten years. Figured at 6
per cent this gives the shelter belt
a present value of from 5000 TO
$3.50. The cost of material for
planting a shelter belt ranges from
Sl5 to $45, the total cost of ma
terial, labor, etc. averaging less
than $50.
Since the passage of the Clarke
McNary Act providing nurseries
by the state to furnish trees at
cost, many farmers of Montana
have secured trees and have given
their farmsteads this protection
from driving winds.
In 1928 in Roosevelt county six
teen farmers secured complete
shelter belt paintings or trees to
I'LL in previous paintings and
twenty-eight others placed orders
complete shelter belts. Ap-
proximately 10000 trees will be
received by Roosevelt county resi-
dents under this plan in 1929.
Practically a full year of soil
preparation is necessary before
planting trees in the Great Plains
'eg1on, and the soil must be cul-
ivated for from three to five
ears after planting, until the
assume control of the area
AS ground preparation is neces-
airy the season before planting it
S absolutely necessary that or
4ers for trees be placed by May
st of the year previous to plant
1g, and the ground be prepared
ccording to recommended meth
Early orders also make it
ossible for the nursery to provide
in correct amounts. i
Orders for shelter belt trees are {
andled by the county agent who i
furnish application blanks on |
7quest. Trees will be sold for {
I per thousand with no restric- /
being placed on the number
I'D to one party. a
A. w. WARDEN, a
County Agent. f
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01

There are plenty of good local
citizens in the great state of
Montana who do their best to pay
their taxes and eventually do pay
them,-county, state, school, city,
improvement, personal, gas and all
others, who will balk and buck and
1t UP when they are called on to
pay the back taxes of other prop
erty owners who, in many in
stances, never made an effort to
pay.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01
MAINTAINING STATE INSTITUTIONS
FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN MONTANA

least $40, 100000 to the wealth 0
Montana in 1928 through soil sur
veys, protein tests of wheat anC
many other factors.
Dr.. Brannon quoted from the
Industrial economic and social
survey OF IL western states, ex.
Guiding California, recently com
pleted by the executive council OF
the Greater University of Mont
ana. This survey was for the
purpose Of determining the status
of education in this state as re-
CARDS state resources and taxes.
This report was recently sub
mitted to the state legislature and
was highly praised by many SEN
ators and representatives.
18th In IL States
Montana is first in the IL
states used in the survey as re-
CARDS area and in resources she
stands sixth" said Chancellor
Brannon. "Montana's resources
are valued by the state board of
equalization at $1,372,0 900, 200, but
it is my honest conviction that the
wealth of Montana is at least
S4, 600, 600, 900. The current income
of the state is $685., OOO, 900.
I'm per capita wealth, Montana
stands fourth in the list of II
Federal taxes in 1928, &C
cording to government figures,
doubled those of 1927 and
in this regard Montana stands
fifth in the list. In state taxes,
Montana is ninth.
about z percent of the state
axes are spent for governmental
activities, II percent for public
lealth, pensions and charity work;
percent for agriculture, SO per-
ent for highways, % percent for
ducation and 10 percent for sur
eys."
Possible Remedies
Coming back to the problems of
he present state legislature, the
.hancellor gave a referendum call
lg for an increased millage tax, {
new form of taxation and an
mendment to the present CLASH c
cation law, as the three ways S
which added revenue could be b
:
'The legislature has several Y
arriers to cross in making it's k
nal decision and the matter will p
be easy to decide" he said. e
There is a constitution provision
,~ecifcally stating that 2h mills Il
lall be levied for state purposes W
It'll the taxable valuation reaches G.
total of $4,000, 000,0 This will O.
a hard hurdle to get over. An p
her is the classification law e.
hich was placed on the statute o.
,oks by the legislature of 1919 a
d this also is a stumbling block" 7
The chancellor stated that he b,
lieved an amendment to the 1t
assifcation law was the best as
ny out of the financial difficulty Ell
d that action must be taken if
e schools of the state are to OF
rry on He cited the enroll e.
snt of the various units of the W
iversitv. the action of former m
ate legislatures in establishing SC
W schools and other factors that as
d naturally increased the fin lie
cial needs of education in
ontana. IN
e.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01

will begin work during the present
month.
Mr.. Young's address bristled
with pertinent facts and was re-
ceived with enthusiasm.
o. c. Johnson's talk on adver-
Using was the best ever given
before the club on this subject.
1t appears in full elsewhere in this
issue.
Treasurer's Report
". A. Lowell, club treasurer,
made his report for the year.
There was no cash on hand at the
beginning of 1928.
Receipts from dues and special
assessments during the year to-
tailed s~4,569.OO
Total disbursements for the
year, ~s4,O72,3S.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01
CHANCELLOR DISCUSSES SIT
UATiON-NEW VALUATION
UNAVOIDABLE

Financial needs of Montana's
educational institutions and the
work Of the 1929 state Legislature
in solving this problem when the
total state resources are placed at
only S1,372,0 600 1000, YER explained
to members of Great Falls civic
clubs and school officials by Chan
cellor NJ. A. Brannon of the Great
err University of Montana, in an
address at an open meeting of the
Great Falls Lions club Jan. 20.
The chancellor explained that
t he 11a-mill levy for educational
purposes would expire shortly and
some steps must be taken immedi-
ately if our schools are to continue
to- prosper in proportion to the
growth of the state in other lines.
He brought out the fact that the
enrolment of the units of the
Greater university had increased
10 percent, while the support for
those institutions had increased
but 76 percent.
Lauds Highway Board
He paid a high compliment to
The state highway commission for
it's work in improving Montana's
'oads and to the health depart
nent in placing the state second
n the list of As states in the
lnion in public health. There are
It present but rs deaths per 1000
population, bettered only by Idaho
With II per 1000 people.
Montana was called the Queen"
f the whole west and the world !
agriculture quality. This has ,
cen made possible, according to {
ne chancellor, by the work of the E
experiment. station and the county Y
gents. He estimated that these
ervice departments had added at
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01

OF these prominent AAA clubs and
first hand information given them
as to u principal highways.
The Oddie-Colton Bill
In congressional matters, our
heaviest work is trying to get the
Oddie-Colton bill passed and as a
matter Of fact our club prepared
the data, handled the publicity
and carried on an aggressive cam
paign in the eleven western states
and induced the national AAA or
ganization to tie in with us in this
respect. This measure as you
know appropriated three and a
half million dollars per year for
the next three years for highway
construction through unappropri-
ated government lands but 1t was
vetoed by the president. 1t is
again before congress in it's or
iginal form.
The club has been instrumental
in getting British Columbia inter
ested in building % miles of high
way from Elcho to the Montana
line, about s miles north of
Eureka. The highway commission
of British Columbia say that they
will connect this road providing
Montana will build a %cnnnecting
link from Eureka north. If this
comes about, it will make a splen-
did connection from Banff to
western Montana and Glacier
Park and make it possible for
western tourists to get to Spokane
through Montana, which we want
them to do.
To Mark Roads
We are behind a movement by
the State Board of Health to bring
about better sanitary conditions
in public auto camps. We are
solidly behind the oiling of Mont
ana roads and particularly in
Montana crude being used on
Montana highways. We have ia
vored the marking of the U. S.
through this state as
Montana is but one Of 6 that has
not erected these markers. How
ever, the highway commission has
stated that if sufficient funds are
available they intend to start
putting up some of these markers
this year.
Want Drivers License
We are also behind a drivers
license law" the principal pro-
vision being that each driver over
16 years must take out a license,
but they shall not be issued to
nabitual drunkards, drug addicts,
Dr. to those physically or mentally
Those who have previously
driven a car may get a license
Upon application but all new
lrivers must pass an examination.
Some of the chief advantages of
he drivers license law include
he following:
1t saves lives.
1t does away with incompetency.
1t gives the police a better
to check up in case of ac-
.ident.
1t assists in scientific study of
.ccident causes {
1t is essential to orderly state
vide control of motor transporta-
ion. '
The National Safety Council !,
AVE statistics to prove that in s
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01

The Wolf Point Commercial club
at it's annual meeting this week
unanimously endorsed the two
cent, four-year increase in the gas
tax, proposed for the purpose of
saving the state several millions
OF federal aid money.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01

Is it not remarkable that the
most successful merchants, are
not only the biggest advertisers
but the strongest advocates of adj
vertising as a business policy?
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01

ton in the world.
Second, we have a good repre-
sentation of all kinds of business
Third, Jul professional men are
men of high type and fine ideals
and are outstanding men in their
respective lines.
Fourth, roads leading into town
from all directions, that but a
short time age were known to be
about the worst in the state, are
fast getting to be the best.
Thanks to our efficient county
board.
Fifth, we have the best of hotel
accommodations and a tuorist park
that is modern and under splendid
management.
Sixth, we have a fine high school
and a school system that is second
to none This applies to our rural
schools as well as the city's.
Seventh, we have excellent train
service and a commercial club
well, it will be what we choose to
make it.
The value of advertising is
somewhat illustrated in the fol-
lowing story: Jones was about to
leave for the city and so informed
his friend Smith. Smith request
ed that Jones look up his friend
Lummach. Now, if you have any
difficulty in remembering the
name just remember that it
rhymes with stomach. Lummach
stomach. Mr.. Jones thought he
could remember this alright but
on his return sadly informed his
friend Smith that he positively
could not locate his friend Kelly.
l think this was merely a case
where Lummach was not as we'll
advertised as Kelly.
Now friends, my time is more
than up and If what has been said
will result ever in a small way
into squirting our club into an ad-
vertising program of some sort
hat the world beyond u horizon
may know mor about us and our
wheat lands, l shall feel
we'll repaid for the tremendous
l have been under since l
was informed that l was to take
part in the program.
Business is good and it is going
10 be better. Experts on the ma
TONS business say that 1929 is
going to be n of the best years
the history of the land. The
i've town should create a lot OF
plus business by going after it.
Let's all dig, and develop that out
ward expression of the inner urge
has been defined as pep.
In conclusion this is the way
see it: The town that should
lot advertise is the n that has
nothing to offer and not to adver-
Use is to be nominated for the
Down and out club. And, men
md women, remember this: /,
If you want to live in the kind of
a town
Like the kind of a town you like
You needn't slip your (Hart Schaff-
ner and Mark suit in a grip
And go on a long, long hike,
For you will only find what you
have left behind,
There is nothing that's really new
It's a boost for yourself when you
boost your town,
For it isn't your town it's you.
Real towns are not made by men
afraid
Lest someone else gets ahead.
When everyone works and nobody
shirks
You can raise a town from the
dead.
And if when you have made your
personal stake
And your neighbor has made n
too,
We can have a town just twice
this size
f we'll only get busy and
advertise. !
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01

1t is being suspected that the
reason for the continuation of the
cold wave is a misunderstanding
in orders-Mother Nature asked
for a wave" and the beauty doc
tor, Madame Frost, thought Of
course a permanent was wanted.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01

A state item brings the news
that Sheridan county is one of
three counties in Montana which
has no convicts-that is one at
Deer Lodge.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01

better or more profitable invest
ment than in good county roads,
and the plan outlined would soon
accomplish that end.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01

That fellow, Byrd, certainly
knew his geography when he de-
cided to spend the winter at the
South Pole.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01

Pittsburgh, Pa.-What's hers is
his. Harry Forsythe took three
chickens and a ham from his wife
and snapped them for liquor. She
had him arrested for theft. He
was freed on the ground that it
impossible for a husband to
steal from his wife.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-01

Gentlemen have long been sup
posed to show a preference for
blends and now it appears the
fair sex also likes them fair. At
least. Miss Margaret Denney of
conway. Ark, above. was recently
ihosen queen Of beauty at the Ar
kansas Teachers College. She is
b decided blond.
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w. L. YOUNG TELLS
OF A. A. A. WORK

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ADVERTISING
WOLF POINT

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WOLF POINT
SPIRIT PREVADES

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-01

which offers resistance to the wind.
The body itself and even the wheels
have tapered shields at the back to
prevent the creation of air suction
which would retard the car.
A downward-sloping plane at the
front will hold the machine to the
ground whereas, without it, the
Golden Arrow might actually fly.
Eighty Miles in Low!
So great will be Major Segrave's
speed that the slightest deviation
from his course probably would
mean over5urning. So he has ar
ranged front and rear sights along
the top of the Golden Arrow and
will aim his car at a distant target
just as he would point a giant gun.
The Golden Arrow weights two
and a half tons, and the wheel base
is thirteen and half feet. Power is
furnished by a twelve-cylinder
Napier engine which, at 3,400 revolu-
tons per minute, is designed to gen.
crate about 900 horsepower.
Major Segrave will be able to
make eighty miles an hour in low
gear! Second speed will be 166
miles, and l1igh--well that remains
to be seen.
Whites Car in Race
Opposed to the Golden Arrow in
its attempt to take the speed crown
back to Great Britain will be j. M.
Whites mighty thirty-six-cylinder
Triplex racing car.
The Triplex is equipped with three
Liberty airplane engines, one Of
which is in front of the drivers seat,
the other two being set side by side
behind the drivers seat,
The Triplex, which won the
worlds record, with Ray Keech driv-
ing, will presumably go into the race
with a higher potential speed than
ever before.
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|. 0. O. F. TO ELKHART

Northern Indiana Meeting Saturday
Expected to Attract 1000.
BIZ Times Special
ELKHART, Ind, Feb. This
city will be the mecca for pilgrim
age of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
from eighteen counties of northern
Indiana and three adjoining coun-
ties in Michigan, for the February
meeting of the Northern Indiana
Odd Fellows Association which will
be held Saturday in the local Odd
Fellows temple.
Invitations have been sent to
about 200 Odd Fellows and ninety
Rebekah lodges, and it is expected
that about 1000 will attend.
Officers of the association are:
John S. Martin, La Porte, president;
L. G. Wilson, Mishawaka, vice
president, and E. G. Emerson, Elk
hart, secretary.