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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

WHAT ELSE DID PEOPLE EXPECT?

They ia hard times and business depression LII sweeping over
the country-over the world, in fact. In anxious, petulent and often
ance at somebody or something they ask, what is to come or 1t
all? What are W e going to do? They are surprised, hurt sarcastic,
criticaI-looking for a goat on which to hang the blame.
Where have they lived all their lives that they should be either
astonhhed o alarmed at hard times? After going at top speed for
a long time they are nonplussed to find themselves out of breath
The ace gets hotter and hotter and the contestants string nut along
the road. A few get through hut many fall by the way, give out,
or drop out. They all started in fine shape at a steady trot. But
the leaders continually increased the pace and nearly all the runners
thought they must keep up for fear some would suspect they couldn't
By and by they will all get their breath again and will be just as
anxious a $ ever to try again.
The elements, pestience, and disaster in various forms may
cause hard times in restricted areas but general hard times come
and go like the tides, and the storm periods. And they always find
plenty of aIarmids ready to get excited, talk about and magnify
dustry is a fast game. The wise heads and the natural money getters
make it fast by design. They put out attractive wares and use
highpressure methods to get the public to buy and contract and
overreach themselves. Then comes pay day and the time for re-
adjustment-and then hard times.
The government, the president, the congress, and political par
ties dc not make hard times, nor a they prevent them, but they
exert great influence. 1t is shrewd, greedy, relentless capitalists
and business steerer5 at the great commercial centers, readily aided
by an unthinking, gulible public, who bring about hard times
Beautiful cars at $1,000 for men earning less than $1,000 a year
cent bacon, wheat at a cent a pound and bread at 10, SO hides and
SO shoes, top price implements for producing bottom price farm
products-such things bring about wide disparity and hard times.
With some people the lack of opportunity to make big money
through soft snaps constitutes hard times. On the other hand there
are people o wise and frugal they scarcely notice periods of de-
preston. There are certain parts of the country, this part for
instance, that ae less affected by commercial storms than other
parts. Usually they do not appreciate their good fortune.
There are always those who are speeding up the pace in every
thing beyond the power of ordinary mortaIs to follow. Millions of
the innocent and helpless become victims. Other millions fooHshly
fall for the speed lure. Speed, too much speed-thats the secret
of our hating progress.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15
ABOUT REFERENDUM MEASURES 80 AND 3
(To Be Voted On At Noveml

L Sc NOWu On "A NOV6mD El6CCOnD
Hundreds of prominent citizens of Montana who realize the serf
BUSINESS of the situation which confronts the State have enlisted in
the work of getting the facts regarding referendum measures 80 and
"a to the people, according to John Dexter, manager of the state cam
paign of information for these measures.
Following his visit to nearly every county in the state, he re-
ports a very favorable attitude toward the measures O the part of
that the special levy voted in 1920 for the support of educational
institutions expires this year, and that referendum "a will renew that
support, he explains.
At the same time, few know of the conditions of overcrowding
that exist at such institutions Is the state prison, state hospital
state tuberculosis saniarium, state orphans home, state industrial
school and other institutions in Montana.
Referendum SO is for a So 0000 900 bond issue for buildings and
equipment to remedy the overcrowding at state institutions, and
referendum "a is for a special levy for the support of educational
institutions to replace the levy which expires, the manager explains
The cost will be comparatively little, even if the legislature
should appropriate the full amounts authorized by the measures,
he states. To the average taxpayer it would be little more than the
cost of a tank Of gasoline.
He reports that, in every county visited. prominent citizens have
volunteered their services in getting the information about the meas
ues to the people. These citizens, he says, realize that the meas
ues will assure the continued operation of the states educational
institutions and the remedying Of unsatisfactory conditions at other
institutions. He points out that those who have volunteered their
services believe that it is a n important civic duty to see that the
people r informed regarding such important matters Of state
From Milage Tax and Bond Issue Committee.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

to submit copies to the contest judges, have endeavored to put
little more effort into their product, knowing as they did sc that
they were keeping step to some extent with those who were out
after a prize.
once upon a time-10 and 20 years ago-Nontana was known
throughout the newspaper fraternity as the state of final proof"
publishers; that is, many of its weekly newspapers were published
by men attracted to the business by the easy money to be had
through printing notices of the completion of demonstrating require
ments for the United States land office.
Many of these printers, though public spirited and colorful char
acters, were not editors and publishers who knew how to produce
newspapers of the kind that adequately served the communities in
which they were located. Their printing equipment often was in
sufficient to print a paper of any size; their knowledge of the art
of printing a S well as of the technique of gathering and writing news
was, in many cases, quite limited.
In the last two decades a large number of these publishers have
gone from the field. They could not survive the economic pressure
after the easy money from final proofs" had been cut off by the
end of homesteading days. In some instances their papers were
discontinued; in others, they were consolidated with their competit-
ors. Not a few of these publishers have developed into successful
business men and capable editors. They are issuing publications
of which any community can be proud and they are playing a worthy
part IS molders of local sentiment.
Taken Is a whole, Montana today has better weekly newspapers
are to be found in any other state where publishers arr to be
than ae to be found in any other state where publishers are confronted
by conditions such IS prevail in Montana. 1t is Tom Rucker' ambition,
however, to put the Treasure state newspaper fraternity 81 far ahead
of any other that it will be the envy of all. He knows there are
editors nowhere who are more loyal to their state IT more DESTROYS
of advancing the interests of their communities than those in Mon
cana, and It is his conviction that if these editors will apply them
selves to the task they can produce newspapers that will be typo.
and editorially superior to any published in the nation
Scores of Montana publishers have caught Tom Fuckers vision
and we may reasonably expect to % greater progress in newspaper
during the coming year than as made during the last
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15
VACATiONS-1730 TO 203O
christian Science Monitor)

In 1870 Ebenezer Colonizer
yoked his team of oxen, primed
his flint-lock and, piling his fam.
lily aboard a two-wheeIed convey
ance, Jared forth on a vacation
trip to his sister, Priscilla, who
lived forty miles away over the
hills. 1t was a long and adventur-
Gus trip and furnished a fund of
Renaissance for years to come.
In 1880 Ebenezer H~omesteader
spent his vacation by taking the
family to Boston On the stage
coach. 1t was an epochal journey;
100 miles were jolted over the
ruts, and Grandmother Homestead
err, years after, entertained the
children by recounting it's Incl
dents.
In 1880 Ebenezer F1atdweqler
stepped on the self-starter of his
automobile and, with a tent on the
running board and his family in
the rear seat, started on his an
nual vacation tour. He covered
1000 miles easily, and returned
home entirely unconscious of hav-
ing done anything extraordinary.
That the Ebenezer of 2030 may
look back on today's vacationist
as a romantic and primitive folk
may seem a conjecture too ludic-
for consideration. Neverthe-
less, predictions of aeronautical
experts indicate that within ten
years the circle of vacation tour
of even the man of modest means
may be expanded far beyond it's
present horizon.
Who, then shall declare the
Ebenezer of a century hence may
not embark in a device not yet
and soar forth to spend
his recreationa1 period disporting
in the canals of Mars? Surely the
from OK cart to airplane
furnishes grounds for supposing
that even such a feat may yet be
made easily practicable.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15
COST OF BANDITRY

Said a man the other day in
discussing the many bank hold
ups, "the banks do not lose any
thing no matter how much money
the robbers take as they are all
protected by insurance. 1t is true
the banks carry insurance against
theft but the more frequent the
robberies the higher the rate that
has to be paid for this insurance.
1t is o several dollars for each
thousand dollars of insurance so
it is not correct to say the rob-
berries do not result in any loss
to the banks. They are paying
for them in the high in
surance rates they have to pay
for protection, to say nothing of
the losses that are not fully COW
cred by insurance.-Le Sueur
Center (Minn.) Leader.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15
ONE CIRCUS A YEAR
(Williston Herald)

Very small audiences witnessed
the performances given by the
Observation-Disclosures circus SO
small that IL it we're not neces-
sary for such a circus to make
a stop in Williston between more
important points, it would dis.
courage the management from
staging future performances here.
There may be many reasons for
this, but The Herald believes
that the principal one is that 9TH
or shows had been here earlier
in the season and thousands had
flocked to see them, although they
we're very inferior, not knowing
that a worthwhile circus would
come later.
AS we recall 1t, the same thing
happened last year when Ring
ling's circus, while drawing a
much larger attendance than did
the Observation-Disclosures circus,
failed to get a "pay crowd, partly
because Of inferior shows that had
preceded it.
Shows such as Ringling's and
Hagenbeck's are worth seeing.
They present performances Of high
grade and fine collections of AMI
mails, and their occasional visits
to Williston should, The Herald.
believes, be encouraged by refus-
ing to license the smaller ones,
many Of which are very close to
the fake order and none Of which
gives the patron the thrill that
is given by a high grade circus
such Is the two mentioned-at
least in years when one of the
latter is scheduled for this city.
It may be difficult for the local
authorities to know far enough in
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15
ISTRATION BOOKS FOR THE
GENERAL ELECTION.


State of Montana, County of
Roosevelt. IS.
Notice is hereby given, accord
ing to law, that I, the undersigned
A. s. Hier, County Clerk and
Recorder, and as such, County
Registrar, within and for Roose-
welt County, Montana, will close
the Registration Books for the
County of Roosevelt, on Friday,
the 10 day Of September, A. D.
1880 at the hour Of 5 o'clock pm.
The registration books will be
closed as aforesaid on account of
the General Election to be held in
said County Of Roosevelt on Tues
day. November 4th, 1880.
Electors may register for said
election by appearing before any
Notary Public or Justice of The
Peace, within the County of
Roosevelt, or any Deputy Regis
trar within the precinct in which
the elector resides, but preferably
before the County Clerk at his of
flee in Wolf Point, Montana.
Electors voting at the last Gen
eral Election do not need to regis
ter for this election. Electors who
have moved from one precinct to
another must have the change not
ed on the Registration Books.
IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTER
YOU CANNOT VOTE, REG
ISTER NOW.
Dated at Wolf Point, this 18th
day of August, A. D. 1880.
A. S. HER,
County Clerk and Recorder and
Ex-Omcio County Registrar.
z'-ot
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15
STEADY LABOR
FOR PRISONERS

Steady and productive labor in
our state prisons would do much
to better the conditions Of semi.
idleness which prevail in the pen
itentiariss at San Quentin and
Folsom.
When an individual is convict
ed of committing a crime against
society, he is incarcerated in one
of II prisons and the cost of his
upkeep and support is borne by
society. In California it costs
nearly $3.50 a year to keep a man
in our state prisons. A sentence
of ten years imposes automatic
ally a charge of $3.50 on the tax
payers.
This condition should not ex-
list. 1t is burdensome to the tax
payers. 1t creates a bad psyche
logical attitude in the minds of
the state prisoners. Why cannot
convicts pay for their punishment
instead of raiding the taxpayers
pocketbooks?
Prisoners should be compelled
to work hard for their keep. One
of the basic causes for the series
of prison riots that have occurred
in the United States can be traced
o~ver-crowded prison conditions.
to the fruits of idleness and
Prisoners should not be allowed
to spend their time in semi
idleness. Society has the RESPONSE
bility of providing useful employ
ment which will not be in com
with free labor or with
private industry.-San Leandro
(CaIif.) News.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

advance the itinerary Iof these
circuses; but if such precautions
should cause us to miss a show
in some year it would be just as
well to go without some of the
many small shows that have come
into this territory in the past
few years.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15
BETTER NEWSPAPERS
(From The Great Falls Tribune

weekly newspapers during the past year. Much of this properly
may be attributed to the stimulus of the better newspaper contest
inauguratad by Tom Rucker, publisher of the Fergus County Argus
at Lewistown, who for the last II months has been president of the
Montana State Press association.
While not as many newspapers entered the three different classes
of this contest as had been hoped for. anyone who has the privilege
of looking over the weekly papers as their successive issues appear
during the year cannot but notice the marked improvement that has
been made. It is apparent that many publishers, though neglectng
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15
THESE AcoLLEoEr GIRLS

Dassel had the pleasure" Of "being made" this week by a gang
of girls soliciting magazine subscriptions for a college education.
When questioned as to the college they expected to attend and it's
location, some interesting information was given. In fact, these col
leges would be greatly surprised to know that their campuses had
been relocated over night in different states. Still they find enough
suckers to make the game highly proftabe-Dasse1 fMnn) Dispatch.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15
GAS WAR COMING
The Standard Oil COMPANY Of Indiana is

The Standard Oil company of Indiana is making plans for a
plant in Opheim, which promises to lead to a gasoline war. Every
one has been pounding away at nNontanas excessive gasoline prices
and relief may soon be obtained. It is rumored that the opening
gun of the war in this territory will come next spring, with a general
reduction of around three cents; and if the freight rates r ham
mered down, we may Zee % DIT 23cent gasoline yet-Opheim Observer
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

President Hoover has given up his western trip and vacation
IN Glacier park in order to remain near the capital and direct the
efforts of the departments to relieve the dire effects threatened
by the widespread, unprecedented drought. Nothing could better
reflect the sincerity of this great man and his devotion to his re-
sponsibilty. But just watch the critics discount his motives.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

little from the present fashions, that only a n expert a tell the
difference. So, If you undergo any kidding for your old clothes next
year, you'll know that you're being kidded by experts-Carondelet
est LOUISE News.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15
A BAD MIDDLE

Excavation work on a big sewer
had reached a low mucky place
and Italian 1aborers were having
their troubles with the soft mud
caving in. Suddenly there
a shout "Kum earl kweeki bringa
de shuvl bringa de peek! Pete's
stuck'n de mud up tbs nees!"
yelled his excited co-worker.
"B'gad, tell him to wade out"
growled the foreman. "He canno'
no wadei he's wronga end up"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

Wearing of massive steel armor was advocated by King James 1
or England, on the theory that it not only protected the knights
from INJURY but that it also prevented them from injuring anyone
else. If disarmament fails we might try heavier -armor-Wethers
field Comm News.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

In Nebraska they found another George w. Norris, a clerk il
a store, and tried to run him against the real Senator George w
Norris. II they could only find a Tom Walsh in Montana, carrying
water to a construction gang, he might be small enough" to serve
as senator.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

Men, real men, statesmen Of brains and conscience and courage
are needed in America to keep the ship on the safest course. We
have some in high positions-in congress, in the senate, and one
in the presidents chair. The rub is that there ar not enough of
them to balance and check the ether side, the other school of states
men. The Job of the voters is to place and keep more Of the right
brand in power.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15
DEPRESSION A

DEPRESSION AWAITS UNDERTAKERS
Americans ire quick to adopt stunts. There soon be
widespread effort to live 156 years-Toed Blade.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15
FOOD FOR lem EN-
PORK CHOPS

Cut from Small Lean Lions
Knoxville (Tenn.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

He: "In the spring a young
mans fancy turns to thoughts of
love"
She: Eyes, but you think spring
is here every time you get into
a warm room"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

A boy tree-sftter, trying to sit and set a record of 500 hours, fell
out four hours before the time was up, dropped 40 feet to the ground
and was killed. Well anyway that is a record nobody will care
to duplicate.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

Weather scientists have been digging into the problem of tn
cause OF the drought, and strange to say they hang it onto the vets
Anyway they say it is the moon.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

Look here, waiter, is this peach
or apple pie?"
Cant you tell from the taste?'
mo, I can't"
well, then, what difference
does it make?"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

More than s1,0OO,O0O worth Of
American books have been sent
abroad each month of this year.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

Another farm problem is whether to turn the southwest 40
golf course or a landing field.-Arizona Producer.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

Men will be able to wear their old suits next spring. Accord
ing to observers At the new style shows, mems wear will difer SO
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-15

The air is still free but each year it costs more to breathe
Louisville Times.
The Lndbergh baby doesn't talk. Like father, like son.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-12-05
Historic Monument to
French Hero in Danger

News from Paris states that there
is possibility that the citadel of the
little town of Blaye in southwestern
France may be taken off the official
list of historic monuments, and that
the destruction of its ruins will fol-
low. Here Charlemagne buried Ro-
land, who had died in defense of the
great Kings rearguard at ROnces-
wales. Roland's great ivory horn,
which he sounded-too late-to bring
Charlemagne to the support of his
rearguard, is a famous legend. RO-
lands own sword is shown at Nurem-
burg; the warrior himself was in
tered at Blaye In the famous
"Song of Roland" the ancient poem
that tells the heroic tale. Roland Is
depicted as national hero, who re
sisted the attacks of the Saracens.
The true Roland was a warden of
the Breton marches, who died fight
ing against the Basques, when in IT'S
they attacked and defeated Charlie
magne's rearguard at Roncesvalles
in the Pyrenees. The citadel at
Blaye was built in the Seventeenth
century by Sebastien Vauban, the
great French military engineer. who
was responsible for most of the forti-
fications of France that were con-
structed during his lifetime.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-12-05
Hope for Restoration
of Isle to Fertility

A representative of the United
States Department of Agriculture has
spent the past summer at Laysan is
land, a lonely spot in the Pacific
ocean, about 1000 miles northwest of
Honolulu. Laysan island formerly
had extensive guano beds. but these
we're worked out more than a decade
ago. Commercial fertilizers from
South America and the cost of han
ding the lower grade guano made
the Laysan islands no longer profit,
able. So the guano station on the
lonely islet was abandoned and the
regular trips of supply schooners to
Honolulu were discontinued. Left at
Laysan were only a fast-growing fam
lily of rabbits that soon virtually de-
nuded the island of its scant vegeta
tion, while the wild Pacific winds
heaped sand dunes over the roots. of
the heritage. Doctor Wilder hopes,
however, that Laysan can be trans,
formed into a well-vegetated island.
Plants and grass suitable to its coral
soil were taken in boxes on the Pho
neer. Two officers, two men, a cook
and Doctor Wilder landed at Laysan
and started work.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-12-05
Record Telephone Call
Sent Over the Oceans

The longest commercial telephone
call on record, from Sedalia, Mo-, to
Sydney, Australia, was announced by
the American Telephone & Telegraph
company as having been made
through its new overseas telephone
service. The connection covered a
distance of more than $4,000 miles.
Due to the time difference between
the two points the speaker in Aus
tralia talked at about > 100 a. m, on
recent Tuesday morning, while his
words reached the listener at Soda
liza, fraction of a second later, at
eco a. m. Monday, there.
The call went by wire from sgd
ney to the local radio station. There
it was amplified and sent to London.
switched to one of the regular trans
atlantic circuits and forwarded to
New York through the Bell receiv-
ing station at Moulton, Maine, and
was thence sent by land lines to Sc
dalia.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-12-05
Cycle of Hard Luck

Over a period of about year here
is what has happened to ten-year-ol,l
Leland Luenberger, of Gouverneur,
N. Y: Severe cut on his knee play
ing football, forced to remain in hos.
pital for two weeks; injured in auto
mobile accident and returned to bed !;
was forced back to bed with measles;
while suffering from this disease he
contracted the humps and scarlet
fever; recovered and incurred bad
cut on his foot while on vacation.
Now he is confined to an easy chair
until that wound heals.