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Putnam patriot., 1930-10-02
COUPLE FOUND NOT
 GUILTY BY JURY
L Rsynsford and House keeper Viola Hubbard Ae-
 .,;,sed in Five Minutes
..l Brands State Police Testi- mony as Lies

pavnsford of East killingly i'a bousekeeper, Viola Bennett
 andl andl.ard a charged jointly with a sta haVs asFense. were found not guilty
 iu'o' ;,yv after five mintes delibera-
 .;., in the superior court, Tuesday morning .A. s.s.,a... .asv in Samuel B. Harvey branded
 lsa h.',,t; ,sst;mony of state police as Ties. ,ne ~Il,ded to the officers as those
 he hsss and at one time spoke of them
 pl's s.,hose birds in uniform with pop s,,s strapped on behind.'
 brother of the defendant Hub
 - trent to see her at the Raynsford e~.. Raynsford would not admit and he sought the aid of the , l.a,s noliee. Two officers were sent s';.h inc brother. Upon reaching the
 '.sra;ses .s~ the officers testified they saw, ltteHneb a curtained window eighteen ;nshes square. by the headlights of their automobile, Raynsford come down stairs.
 AIIere Confession other outstanding testimony was .. alleged confession of the woman 1, ,be state police barracks. She de- ,ied making such a confession but ad- rs.ted that she did make an admission
 = Attorney Bill's office in Danielson after she had been threatened with a
 return to Long Lane Farm.
 In charging the jury Judge Jen-
 -;rgs told them that any confession of inc woman could not be considered
 against the man and that in this
 ..s,e a conviction of one and the ac-
 suital of the other in such cases had never occurred.
 One of the high spots of the case
 xas ,he testimony of Attorney Irving lg Miron. counsel in the case, who told of going to Lawyer Bills office in Dan ielson as counsel for Mrs. Hubbard,
 who had been taken before MT. Bill AS prosecuting attorney. He alleged that attempts had been made to have Mrs. Hubbard make discriminating |,,atements against Raynsford. He said when he asked Attorney Bill why he was detaining Mrs. Hubbard he re plied, 'She's states witness and is going to talk
 Officers Mayo and Nolan, who had been concerned in the case, were pre- sent. Miron said he asked Mrs. Hub bard if he was her attorney. She re piled. eYes." He asked her if she
 wanted to go home and she said she |did. As she reached the door, ac- |fording to the witness. Officer Mayo
 placed his foot in front of the door |to prevent her passing. Attrney Mi- ron objected to his client being held and she was finally allowed to go. Attorney Miron said that he was threatened with arrest for tampering with a states witness. He said he in- sited execution of the threat but no action had been taken. He retained
 Attorney Harry E. Back of Danielson as his counsel in the event that the threat to arrest him should be carried out.
Putnam patriot., 1930-10-02
PEDRO DE CLARKE
 GETS LONG TERM
Trial Ends Suddenly.-Defend- ant Changes Plea to
 Il Say Guilty"
Sentence Not Less Than nor More
 Than IS Years

After denying fatherhOod of the daughter he was accused of abusing since she was eight years old. cast ing aspersions upon the woman who has been his wife for fifteen years, and is the mother of his several children, Pedro DeClarke of Putnam. changed his plea to & serious statu- tory offense involving attacks on his daughter now fourteen years old, to guilty He was sentenced to not less than eight nor more than fifteen years in states prison by Judge Newell Jennings in the superior court, Friday morning.
 Gone was the iaunty air. the as- surance and smirking smile of the colored man as the sentence of court was pronounced. The day before, during the process of the trial. he radiated egotism, talked glibly as a witness on his own behalf. and branded the accusations of his wife and daughter as absolute lies. The court said, in pronouncing sentence, that the change of plea showed that De Clarke was repentant for his testi mony given on the witness stand which l didn't believe, nor anyone else"
 The case went to trial to a jury Friday. De Clarke had testified that he met his wife once and that he then left for sea voyage in the U. S. navy and didn't see her again for year. Mrs De Clarke, in rebuttaI, denied this story and told of many meetings with DeCiarke, both in Put nam and Boston. A packet of letters was shown Mrs. Clarke and she iden- tifed them as being from her hus- band. Attorneys for DeClarke said they would like to examine the let ters so that they might conduct an intelligent examination.
 "I am not going to sit here while you examine those fifty or sixty let ters", said Judge Jennings. If you insist on examining them l will ad- journ court now and resume tomor- row"
 Te Read Letter.
 Counsel insisted that they would like to read the letters and court was adjourned about four o'clock. This was the last act in the trial un- til Clarke was arraigned the follow ing morning to change his plea and receive his sentence. The testimony of the daughter and the wife told of the fathers attacks on his child. A doctor testified that she is in a delicate state of health. The stories of the states witnesses were denied by DeClarke. He said that the whole trouble arose because he was not the parent of the girl and that his wife was jealous of him.
 During Friday morning DeClarke's counsel were in constant consulta- ton with him while short calendar matters were being disposed of. It was shortly after eleven o'clock when the defendant. his assurance having left him. wrinkles in his fore head and lines in his face denoting the strain he was under. was asked by the clerk if he wished to change his plea. When he said he did the clerk asked DeClarke: What is your plea now?7
 q say guilty" raid the defendant.
Putnam patriot., 1930-10-02
Bannoek
Fashion Notes

An innovation in head gear is the evening hat. which is an unknown quantity to the present generation. It seems a pity to bring 1t back. 1t is so convenient to sally forth for your evenings pleasure, be if the play, talkie, or night club, with bare head. but alas. Fashion has deereed the evening hat must be woTn I wond.. if it will.
 Tweeds are to De in favor. With a well cut tweed suit, woman is al ways well dressed for the street. The loud sporty looking variety is tabooed, but the more modern tweed is very chic.
 The girl who rides has no excuse for not being smartly dressed. Browns are the shades most favored, and be sure and choose your jacket and brooches separately. For warmth wear a chamois vest, which supplies the necessary bit of color. A good combination is jacket of tobacco brow whip cord and, with brooches of
Putnam patriot., 1930-10-02

States Attorney Bradford said that there was nothing he could say that had not already been heard by the court during the trial. Attorney Back for DeClarke said: The man has a family he thinks a great deal of and would like to get through as early as he can and earn money to support them"
 Not Believed
 Judge Jennings said that the seri- ousness of the crime is evidenced by the way the legislature has treated it. It is a crime that shocks the con sciousness of one of normal mind. He alluded to the difficulty of prov ing such cases and said he felt that the changed plea was the proper one in the case. He said had it not been made he was prepared to deal severe ly with the defendant. The acknow- ldgement removes any question of guilt. It also denotes that he is repentant for testifying as he did on the stand. "I didn't believe his testimony nor did anyone else who heard him. ''I sentence you to not less than eight nor more than fifteer years," said Judge Jennings.
 DeClarke stood unmoved until q deputy sheriff tapped him on the shoulder and beckoned DeClarke to follow him to the prisoners pen.
Putnam patriot., 1930-10-02

tan and a plain chamois or a plaid Tattersal vest, with boots of Russian calf and a Cheerio felt hal in black or brown.
 The new evening gowns with the bathing suit back, may be worn by the very young, but can hardly be called beautiful. Still those who seek novelty may wear them.
Putnam patriot., 1930-10-02

Mrs. l.. Goodell was called to Staf- ford Springs this week because of the illness of her mother.
 Delor Labreaue died Monday nighS after a long Illness. He was a World War veteran and during overseas service was gassed which brought on i'll health. He is survived by his wife and several brothers and sisters.
 Sunday October , will be Rally day at the Attawaugan M. F. church At the morning service. Miss ThyrA l. Walker will sing. There will also be a special part of service for the children in charge of Mrs. Charles Van Natter. There will be special features in the church school and also in the Epworth League.
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Putnam patriot., 1930-10-02
Attawaugan

Henry Yeomans is attending Put nam Trade School
 Mir. and Mrs Joseph Aubin and son spent Sunday in Northbridge, Mass.
 Miss Della Allard of Moosup visit ed Sunday at the home of Mrs. Rose Tetreault.
Putnam patriot., 1930-10-02

u.e Patriot. Want Adv. Column
Putnam patriot., 1930-10-02

Hotdog-The short story seems to be very popular these days. Ole Katz-Yeah. Nearly every man l meet stops to tell me how short he is. The Pathfinder.
Putnam patriot., 1930-10-02
PUTNAM BOY
 VICE PRESIDENT

Raymond D. valade of Putnam has been elected vice president of the senior class at Assumption col- lege, Worcester. Since entering col- iege valade has held several class offices and has starred on the varsi- ty basketball team.
Putnam patriot., 1930-10-02

Served by Our Grandmothers
 Rhode Island Johnny Cake
 Half a tea cup of White Indian meal, very small pinch of salt Pour boiling water on the meal stirring constantly till like mashed potatoes, let it cool and add cold milk till 1t is the right consistency Co cook Bake on greased griddle about twenty minutes.
 Bannoek
 Heat pint of milk to boiling point, careful it does not burn. Put half a cup of White Indian meal in pudding dish. scant half teaspoon full of salt. and half teaspoonful of sugar, on that pour boiling milk, stir ring briskly all the time, till thick as batter. Let the batter cool a little, add beaten yolks of two eggs, then beat the whites to a stiff froth and stir through the batter. Bake in a hot oven about twenty-five min utes. Serve immediately
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-01
THE ROAD LEVY IN DANIELS

The following editorial anent the road levy's failure of passage
in Daniels county is 81 typical of conditions in Roosevelt county in
many respects that we think u readers will be interested In read
ing it. The Daniels County Leader says:
A Fair Sample
That oft repeated question regarding publicity in the School
District special levy election was well answered at the polls by the
special road levy election result.
Several farmers called at the Leader Office after the election
and discussed the question. Some of them who at first boosted that
they voted against the special road levy regretted that they had
done so.
The commissioners and the Leader repeatedly stated that the
special levy was for just year. Opponents of the levy-many
of them-argued that once the special levy went on the tax books
it would become a permanent levy year after year. They knew
better but they wanted to influence voters to oppose the levy.
Another argument used against the levy was that Scobey was
getting all the roads.
Scobey has got a few better roads lately and Scobey business
men just dug down in their pockets and paid for most of them. The
state highway commission built the principal road east and it did
not cost the county a dollar. The grading of the main road south
from Scobey was paid for by the Scobey Commercial Club Gravel
ing of the road west of Scobey was paid for by the Commercial Club
Much of the gravelng o n the main road north was secured by
donations.
Be it remembered also that these four main roads bear more
heavy traffic than any other road in the county. Scobey business
men didn't build those roads for themselves; they were built for
TN neil or the farmers VINO make Scobey their market.
But the road levy was voted down by 80 votes. Yet, there is
never a commissioners meeting that is not attended by delegations
who demand better roads, cuss the commissioners because they do
not get them and then vote down all road levies.
The Observation-Disclosures Power company the railroad companies,
the telephone and telegraph companies, the outside corporations own
ing property in the county, all of whom would pay thousands Of
dollars OF the special levy and who would derive no direct benefit
from better roads, did not vote the special levy down. No, it was
the resident voters who would derive all the benefit who killed it.
All Of the voters didn't have the facts. They wouldn't believe
opposed the levy In fact, those of us who opposed the levy
want to believe it would be a good thing. We didn't want
% pay for better roads. II
That's the answer, whether we like it or not. Every business
in town doesn't help pay for better roads near Scobey But,
hank goodness, there are enough who do and they go ahead and do it.
Farmers ire just like business men. We are all human, all more
ther fellow.
We show it at special election.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-01
SMALL TOWN, BIG STORES

The size Of a store is not nee
! essary limited by the size of the
town in which it is located. A re-
cent survey disclosed some sur
prisingly big stores in very small
towns, including the following.
Carver Brothers store in Stras-
burg, Ohio. 1000 population, does
an annual business of a million
dollars. The Outlaw concern at
Winner. S. D., 5000 population,
sells S850,000 worth of goods a
year. A department store at Lyn-
den, Wash, with 1880 people,
does S750,000 yearly. The B & o
Cash Store at Temple, Okla, with
barely 1000 people, does $780,
900 annually. Fred Mann's store
at Devils Lake, N. D., $500 pop
ulation, sells 100000 worth of
merchandise a year.
How do they do it?
They do it through the same
business policies and methods that
have won ucces for retailers in
the largest cities of America.
They keep good stocks, give their
customers real service, and they
advertise consistently, persistently
and adequately in their local news
papers.-Exchange.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-01
THE TARIFF-AND TOURISTS
TO CANADA

(FTom the Philadelphia Record)
Canadian merchants are going to
make money out of the Smoot-
Hawley tariff and American mer-
chants are going to lose money,
| precisely in the same ratio.
may bring back with them 500
in merchandise duty-free. If a fam
lily of four go they are privileged
to return with $500 worth of
goods.
Many articles made in Europe,
including silks, laces, linens, cut
lery and chinaware, are sold in
Canada at less than they are sold
here. because they come into Can
ada under duties of 40 to 80 per-
cent lower than the American
imposts.
Canadian merchants have see
the opportunity.
They are advertising precisely
those articles which may be sold
cheaper in their country than in
this and are inducing tourists to
buy them.
Last year $500, 900 permits were
issued to automobiles to cross in
to Canada. They carried 5000, 900
tourists. By train and boat 1,500,-
900 more crossed.
If each of these, or half of them,
Dr. one-tenth of them, should avail
themselves of the chance to bring
back 800 worth of goods duty
free, the effect on trade here
would be substantial. 4
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-01

his state and nation
Since then he has continued his career of service to his state
and country with such distinction that there will be many repubIi
cans who ordinarily vote the ticket straight who will cast their
vote for Walsh.
Among the bills which be introduced and put through the senate
was one to reimburse Roosevelt county for $4,000 spent in build
ing the Roosevelt highway across the Fort Peck Indian reservation
in accordance with provisions of the good roads legislation enacted
after the road had been built. Another introduced by Walsh which
passed the senate three times without anything being done about
it in the House, was to restore the United States land offices at
Glasgow, Miles City, Lewistown and Helena. He introduced the
wheat protein bill which would have meant millions of dollars to
eastern Montana wheat growers. 1t passed the senate but not the
house. These few Illustrations serve to show that not only is
Senator Walsh a national figure of integrity and influence, an auth
GRITTY IN international law, but that he is also a Montanan alive to
the interests of the varied sections Of this great domain which he
represents, and willing to serve them. Montana is a great state,
whose wealth of resources has only been scratched, whose develop
ment is still in its infancy. Many, democrats and republicans alike,
believe that it is fitting that a great state be represented by a great
statesman such as Walsh.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-01

a good living and they saved
some Of their earnings. Illness
came to eat up those savings.
Then occurred the business de-
preston which cost him his job
There was no money with which
to purchase the necessities of life
The fight against an all-conquering
disbursement was quite as de-
vastating at the shortage of food.
The wife tried to turn wage earn
err but dong years of domestic
life had rather untitled her for
such work as she had formerly
been able to do acceptably. The
wife paints a h~eart-rending picture
of her husband who, after months
of ~job-seeking, finally decided
that he was a failure. We can
we'll imagine this same feeling
eating at the hearts of millions
OF people in this country today.
The line, Man out Of work COM
mits suicide" is appearing with
increasing frequency in the daily
press. The head of a business e8-
adjustment casually dismisses an
employe, or, If 1t is a large bust
ness, several hundred thousand of
them. A brief paragraph in the
paper may relate the incident IL
the number Is considerable. Whole
pages of type could never tell of
the tragedies which follow In the
wake of such an announcement.
During the coming weeks we shall
hear people seeking public offices
calmly discussing the tariff, the
naval conference ratification, the
number of bridge bills put through
congress and other matters equal
ly foreign to the real issue of the
present day-the issue Of unem-
ployment. There Is just one big
job before this country and it Is
a job to which every agency of
the government should be devot-
that of finding employment
for two or three or four million
people who want work. Only as
the tariff and any of the other
questions relate to this supreme
task r they worthy of ten min
ltes discussion in this campaign.
We see or hear of bread lines ia
our larger centers of population,
md our hearts are touched by
conditions which bring peo-
Die to that desperate plight. We
Mss there, however, the full eff
ects of the tragedy Of %unemploy-
nent. To plumb the depths Of real
Misery, we must visit the homes
II those men who have no work
md no money. There is not only
suffering but soul anguish
'eyond the power of words to des-
ribe. Social and political ills
more dangerous than any other
ountry has ever been called upon
o face must assuredly grow out
f conditions such as prevail at
he present time and which are
ertain to grow more acute as
ummer wanes and the cold blasts
T winter begin to sweep through
ne humble homes of the work
,ss. No person who chooses to
more this situation and is con-
to pirate of inconsequential
is worthy to serve in any
Ugh public capacity at this time
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-01

WOLF POINTS CHALLENGE

Edward f. Flynn of the Great Northern lightly tossed Wolf
Point a challenge to constructive action when he in substance asked
whether e we're going to sit back and bask in the radiance of the
achievement of bridging the Missouri or whether W @ were going on
to do bigger and better things At the moment it seems impossible
to visualize a goal bigger than that of building the bridge-but there
may be such ar object toward which the community can work. The
world is full of impossibiities which have materialzed because of
the logged persistence of some dreamer-elecTic lights, radio,
airplanes were once considered visionary.
Considering the many things that Wolf Point needs, and that
she might get for herself by concerted effort, there probably will
be many suggestions put forth a. to the citys most urgent need.
One will say paved streets.
Another will say a large community building which would be
a general meeting place for town and country people alike, with a
large auditorium which could be divided off into smaller rooms
1t could house the city offices and library, and have a rest room
equipped with comfortable chairs and a few cots, o that country
mothers could let tired children rest, or sit down themselves for
a few minutes rest.
Perhaps one would suggest a public playground, furnished with
plenty of playground equipment and some one to supervise games.
This might eventually be in connection with the swimming pool
which is the project upon which the American Legion is working
The tennis courts are a step in this direction, but something should
be done for the younger children.
A fine, modern hospital might be another suggestion. Patients
come to Wolf Point for care from a wide radius, and there are times
when the facilities at hand ae scarcely adequate to take care Of
the patients to be cared for.
No one of these things may seem to Measure up in Importance
with the Wolf Point bridge, yet all are things that would make Wolf
Point a better and more comfortable city in which to live. Perhaps
there is something more vital to the welfare of the town than any
of these.
long time, and we would welcome a discussion upon the subject Of
what next in the way Of achievement for Wolf Point.
We feel sure that Mr. Flynn's challenge will not pass unheeded,
and that we will not sit back and date future history from "the year
we got the bridge, but that Wolf Point will continue to go after
worth while things for the betterment of the town, for thus it is
that even small cities may attain places of prominence and influence.
Investigators find that rubber suffers from fatigue. Certainly
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-01

or have already enjoyed vacations
averaging two weeks In length
The estimated expenditure for
these trips is placed in the neigh
borhood of $4,000, 600, 900, although
a guess is about all it can be. Re.
duced railroad rates have stimu-
lated train travel to some extent
and the summer resorts, while not
up to their 1929 peak, still seem
to be we'll patronized. That motor
travel is proceeding at high speed
is well demonstrated by the pat
ronage at small town hotels and
the roadside tourist camps.
The significant thing about it
all is not that times are good and
vacation money easy to find. We
know such is not the case. 1t does
indicate, however, that as a nation
we are year by year learning that
an occasional bit of leisure is a
desirable and most
thing. Our vacation class is for
most part composed of people who
are occupied at gainful work the
remainder of the year and to have
them strike off for pleasure In
such large numbers goes far to
refute the charge that we are a
nation OF money grubbers who
think Of nothing but the accumu-
lation of dollars. On the other
we seem to have definitely
adopted the idea that a bit of play
sets US up in fine shape for the
work Of the fall and winter. 1t is
favorable sign.
This vacation business can also
be considered from another angle !
which is most important. The for
Inmates who can afford to step
off on a pleasure trip provide a
livelihood for those who care for
The hotels, the garages, the
escorts, all reap a golden harvest
which in turn stimulates business
n many obscure quarters. One
mans leisure time is another's
'eriod of great activity. Next win
the summer worker will have
lis turn and the same process
yill begin again.
The vacation idea is most GER
ainly worth all it costs. Every
ne should take the trip his means
ill permit. The result is not only
Emulation of summer trade but
he vacationer comes home re-
'eshed and ready to go back into
with an outlook a bit
igger and broader than was his !
hen he left. Vacations are the :
ling. !