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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-18
Active Mason Dies

By Times Special
LEBANON, Ind, April 49,
Funeral services will be held Sun
day for William L. Mckinley, 81,
active in Indiana Masonry, and a
veteran employee of the Terre Haute,
Indianapolis & Eastern Traction
Co., who died at his home here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-18
GOING BACK TO OPERA

Ernestine Schumann-H eink to Re-
vive Her Old Wagner Roles.
By United Press
NEW YORK, April 18.-Ernestine
Schuman-Heink has accepted an in
vitation to revive several of her
roles in the Wagner operas at the
Metropolitan Opera House next sea-
son, George Engles, her manager,
revealed today.
Nine. -Heink first joined
the Metropolitan in 1899. She has
been singing in public for f1fty-four
years.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
High Winds Damage
McCone Grain Fields

The high winds of the past week
did considerable damage to the
Young wheat and oats. Fields that
have never blown before added
their quota to the dust filled air.
A summer fallow field lying about
so rods west played havoc with
the yard of the Jorgensen home
and a wheat field lying between
was completely buried. The sand
was drifted to a depth of a foot
or more among the trees and
the flowers and small plants were
practically buried, while the yard
about the house is covered with
sand to a depth of several inches.
If it could rain in this country as
easily as the wind blows there
would be no dry farming necessary
in and around. Vida.
Ed Krebsbach and family visited
at Vida Sunday. They and the
Ingvald Jorgensen family visited
at the John Schillinger home Sun
day evening.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
Vida Community s. S.
Has Good Meetings

The Community Sunday School
had a very pleasant day Sunday
when the members enjoyed a
Mothers Day program in which
avery one took part. At noon a
splendid dinner was done full just
ice TO. The young people then had
their meeting, and this was follow
ed bv the church service conducted
hv Rev. MILAN. The young people
are having a mid-week meeting
this Friday night. A cordial in
yitation is extended to all the
Young people in the community to
Join the Vida young people in in
teresting devotional meetings
and in wholesome good times.
The organization is non-denomina-
tionaI. Rev. MILAN expects to be
away during the month of June
so will be unable to hold his regular
services. On the second Sunday
in June the Vida young people will
go to Sand Crefx and conduct
services there in the afternoon.
On the following Sunday the Sand
Creek folks will come to Vida
Plan to attend these meetings and
encourage the young folks in their
attempt to live the Christian way.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
POPLAR FARMER Is
DRAGGED BY TRACTOR

Poplar-George Green of the
Anderson community recently had
a p-inful experience and narrow
escape from manning or death
when he fell in front of a heavy
disk being pulled by a tractor.
MIR. Green was Just finishing a
field and was concerned with the
hauling away of some gas barrels
on a stone-boat. Thinking of this,
he absentmindedly released the
tractor clutch but neglected to
throw it out when the machine
stopped. When he jumped down
the outfit started up and he was
just able to throw an arm around
the drawbar Of the disk and hold
himself from going under.
He was dragged about half a
mile before the tractor hit a dead
furrow which cramped the wheels
and stopped it. A furrow about
eight inches deep was dug in the
soft dirt by Mr.. Green's body and
at times the dirt piled up ahead
of him so that it threatened to
choke him. He was able to keep
his face clear only with the great
est difficulty.
He suffered no serious injuries
as a result of the accident.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
DISTRICT COURT
RECORDS TO DATE

The regular bi-weekly law and
motion session of district court
was held Wednesday, Judge S. E.
Paul presiding.
The Grace E.-Elmer Erickson di-
vorce action was continued over
to the May 9th session.
The case against John Damon,
charge of rape, was dismissed by
the court on the request of Deputy
County Attorney Catlin.
John Damon held on a charge
of contributing to the delinquency
of a minor was sentenced to 100
days in the county Jail with credit
for the time spent in jail since the
date of the offence, Feb. 2. The
credit amounting to more than y
DAYS, Damon was turned loose.
The case of two boys held to the
court on a larceny charge was TAX
en- under advisement by the court
until the next term.
A couple of civil actions which
hinge on other pending actions
we're continued to the next term.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
LONG NOON HOUR MAY
HAVE SAVED VIDA BANK

(By In and Around Vida Corr
A train of curious incidents hap
pened in Vida Saturday, which put
together form a story which seems
to have been an unfinished one.
The cashier, P. M. Krebsbach,
took a somewhat longer noon hour
than he is accustomed to taking,
leaving the bank well before noon
hour and returning considerably
after. Shortly before noon a car,
carving no license and the oc-
cupants strangers, drove up to the
bank. Both men got out and went
70 the bank door which they found
locked. The car then left town.
1t was observed on the grade south
of Vida and also on a road leading
north from town. The fact that
it had no license and the fact 1t
passed several times made folks
along the roads lore observing OF
il than they might otherwise have
been. After a while the a re
turned to the bank. both men gett-
inc out and going to the door which
was still locked. After consulting
together a few moments the men
then got in the car and left.
Shortly after it was discovered
that. the telephone line to wolf
Point was out or order and Paul
Fay and H. Loendorf in looking up
the trouble found three wires cut
about three miles out of Vida. A
line leading a short distance south
of Vida had also been cut. Ed
Vida had also been cut En-.
S%chillinger reported seeing a car
stopped along the road and a man
up the telephone pole, but suppos-
ed they were repairing the line.
Putting all the circumstances TO-
gether it would seem reasonable, TO
ssum a noon hour hold-up OF the
bank had been planned and the
mel had cut the wires to In
sure an escape. There might OF
course be another explanation but
Mr.. Krebsbach is rather glad thai
the noon hour was slightly length
ened on Saturday.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
F. B. TURNER In
AUTO ACCIDENT
BADLY CUT WHILE in CAR OF
CIRCLE DRUGGIST ON
BILLINGS STREET

Riding in a car owned and driv-
en- by Bobby Burns. a druggist of
Circle. Floyd B. Turner of this
city was the victim of a crash ac-
cident on a Billings street about
9 O'Clock last Saturday evening.
While driving about the city
Burns slammed his car head on into
the rear end of a parked truck
The truck was diagonally parked
at the curb and vas extra long and
stuck out behind the other park
ed cars. The glare of passing cars
prevented Burns from seeing the
obstruction until too late TO stop
or turn. 1t was a terrific crash
and almost completely demolished
Burns ear.
Turner was catapulted through
the windshield and terribly cut
on his face and head. Eighteen
stitches were needed in sewing up
the wounds. One eye had a hair
breadth escape from destruction.
One deep cut extended just under
the eye, starting from deep in the
inside corner. Another began IN
the corner and extended just above
the eye Burns escaped with only
a slight cut. Mr.. Turner arrived
home today and is able to be a.
bout.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
mrs. D0NEH00'S WORK
IS HIGHLY COMMENDED

The Indian Mission work in
this territory is especially refer
red to in the annual report of the
Pre- s|byterian Board Of National
Missions to be presented to the
Presbyterian General Assembly at
Pittsburgh, June 8. Through the
courtesy of the publicity director
of the Presbyterian church the fol
lowing clipping from the advance
sheets of the report have been
sent The Herald. 1t says:
THE work at Wolf Point, Mon
tana, while small, has shown real
gain during the year in that the
Indians are assuming more respon-
sibility for their own development
and welfare under Mrs. DOnehoo's
tactful leadership in cooperation
with the Government Indian de-
partments of medical service and
home demonstration work. Of her
eyangelistic work she writes: Our
weekly prayer meetings are prov
ing very worth while. We sing
and pray and study some passage
Of the Scripture after which we
try to get each one present to take
some part. These meetings are
teaching our people s~elf-relience
and confidence in their own pow
ers and drawing them out of their
reserve to a broader, higher view
of life"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
QUICK JUSTICE In
CANADIAN COURT

Regina. Sask.-A Sentence of
three years at hard labor in the
Prince Albert ~penitentiary was
given Seth Thomas Anderson, Jor-
dan, Mont, sheep rancher, on his
pleading guilty Tuesday to taking
part in the robbery of the McCord
Sask.. branch of the Weyburn Sc
curity bank on Oct. 80, 1880.
Sergeant j. G. Metcalf of the
Canadian mounted police caused
the arrest of Anderson at Jordan
last Friday. He said a confession
by Anderson implicated Ray Tay-
lor of Glasgow and Cleve Wick OF
Ophiem, who are serving terms of
80 and 10 years, respectively, in
the Montana prison for robbery OF
the First National bank at Nash
ua, Mont, Nov. 5, last.
In the McCord robbery, the cash
Ter was held up by three armed
men who took S279.
Anderson a s apprehended
through the work of a special de-
tective of insurance companies.
Anderson has run a small band
of sheep in Garfield county since
1914. His wife is dead.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
FARMERS UNION
DAY, MAY 18th
EDUCATIONAL RALLY WITH
MOTION PICTURES AND
SPEECHES

Monday, May 25th, will be Farm
ers Union day in Wolf Point.
President o. B. Horsford of the
McCone County Union and Presi-
dent Julius Cess of the Roosevelt
Union have planned one of the
biggest meetings yet held in this
part of the state by the Union.
j. r. Kelly, president of the
Montana state organization, Glenn
Talbot, Jr., of North Dakota and
other noted officials and eminent
speakers will be present and de-
liver addresses.
One of the biggest attractions
will be motion picture films at the
Liberty theatre showing THE
Farmers Union at Work..
A week from next Monday will
be a day of many attractions in
Wolf Point. You will miss a lot if
you do not come.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
HANCHETT BOND
HEARING ENDED
PROBABLY SIX MONTHS. Be
FORE DECISION MAY
BE EXPECTED

The Hanchett bond hearing
came to a. close last Friday, but
it will probably be about six
months before a decision may be
expected. An exhaustive examina-
ton was made of the records and
circumstances relative to the non
payment of the bonds in question,
and the two sides will be given
time to present their briefs. The
hearing was held before George
Harris of Great Falls, special mas
ter in chancery appointed so that
the hearing might he held here.
Certain improvement bonds We're
not called when they were due,
and the Hanchett Bonding COM
pany is suing the entire city for
the amount of the said bonds plus
interest. The city contends that in
asmuch as the bonds in question
had to do with only a portion OF
the city, the entire corporation
should not be liable for their pay
ment.
The decision in the matter will
be awaited with interest, as there
are a number of cities in the state
where a situation similar to that
in Wolf Point exists.
George Harris and Attorney Hall
started by car for Great Falls Fri
day afternoon, and Robert N. Frs
kline, who represented the individ-
ual bondholders returned to Chi
cago the following day. Marion
and Foor represented the Han
chett Bonding company.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
CERTIFICATES WILL BE
ISSUED TO MEMBERS

Certificates of Membership will
be issued by the Wolf Point Be-
nevolent Society Monday, May 10.
The full number has not been Sc
cured yet but the protection Wall
become effective as soon as the
certificates have been signed ana
mailed by the Secretary.
Those intending to join should
make application Saturday II they
possibly can. Although there will
be ample opportunity after that
time.
The Wolf Point Society was first
in this field and claims the terri
tory within a radius of so miles
around Wolf Point. Those within
that territory are invited to JOIN
their home society and be assoclat-
ed with friends, ~neighbors ana ac-
ouaintances. Apply for blanks or
information at The Herald office
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
ROAD WARRANT
VOTE 3 TO One.
CARRIES IN ROOSEVELT BY
MAJORITY OF 262 OR
8 TO 2 RATIO

Complete and official state re-
turns of the special. gas tax de
benture election have not yet been
published. Official returns are still
lacking from four counties. Re-
turns, official and unofficial, are
nearly enough complete to make
t sure that the measure carried by
the decisive ratio of 3 to l.
The returns from eastern Mon
tana are spotted. Fallan county
was for it strong, Wibaux for
nearly 4 to /. Dawson against by
a big majority. Richland for"
more than 2 ta McCone was
against" about " to 7, 391 to 16S,
the strongest ratio against OF
any county in the state. Roosevelt
endorsed the referendum 785 to
523. or 3 to 2. Sheridan, which
was crammed with 80 cent gas
tax lies, early and late, voted
against 1887 to 697, the second
strongest against" vote in the
state. Daniels gave the measure
Sc majority. Valley was for" it
1925 to CTS. Phillips went for
100 to 271, one of the strongest
majorities in the state. The clos
est vote was in Bighorn, which
went "for" 431 to 430.
Garfield, an isolated county with
out railroads, almost without high
ways and with only one town, Jor-
don, was really the banner county
of the state, from the viewpoint
of the friends of the measure. It's
vote was right in step with the av-
erage ratio Of the state, 3 to |
"for'', with totals of 544 and III.
They said they wanted the fed
eral-state system finished as soon
as possible with the least possible
cost to the state so that the road
funds could be used to build their
much needed laterals or farm
roads"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
Mr.. and Mrs. Dexter To
Celebrate Golden Wed

Special services in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Maynard Dexter's golden
wedding anniversary will be held
at the Emmanuel Evangelical Luth-
eran church of Prairie Elk. The
pas or. the Rev. E. G. Kleidon. will
deliver a special serron based up
on thu biblical text: Psalm 11S
verse l, bearing the theme: 20
Give Thanks Unto the Lord For
He Is Good and His Mercy En-
duresh Forever" The ladies Of
tbs congregation are TO serve a
lunch after the service. which viii
take piaca Sunday afternoon, May
II, at 800 o'clock. All are vel
come to attend this service.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
EDDY'S GROCERY
OPENS SATURDAY

In this issue will be found the
announcement of the opening nate
of a new place of business IN WON
Point, Eddy's Grocery, an l. U. "A.
member. The date is May 1T. /,
E. S. Hendrickson, formerly OF
Medicine Lake, is the proprietor
of the new store. He will be assist
ed by Mark Olson who comes from
Williston.
The location is the Shenkenber-
ger building, recently occupied by
the postoffice. The place has been
entirely remodeled to serve as a
sails room, store room and living
rooms. The store room has been
neatly decorated in white and blue.
The initial stock was brought
in immense vans.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
Steffensen, Weeks
At Missoula Meet

Kenneth S~teffensen and George
Weeks left Tuesday evening for
Missoula to attend the state track
meet and declamatory contest.
They were put in charge of a Gull
bertson instructor. George will
compete in the shot put, high hur-
dies, discus throw and j%avelin
Throw. Kenneth is Wolf Points
Representative in the declamatory
contest.
Reports from Missoula say that
there are nearly 500 athletes rep
resenting 119 schools of the state.
This is an increase of It's owe
the number that participated last
year.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
MADDOX TO DELIVER
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
HELEN FUNK VALEDtCTORlAN.
DOROTHY TORKELSON
SECOND

Commencement plans are occu-
pying the attention of the seniors.
Baccalaureate services will be
held the evening of May "a in the
high SHOOT assembly room. The
Rev. o. r. A. Tollefson has been
invited by the class to made the
baccalaureate address.
Glass day will be Tuesday, May
26, and commencement the even
ing of May 90. Professor Maddox
of the state university at Missoula
will deliver the commencement ad-
dress.
Class honors were announced
this week. Helen Funk having the
highest average for the your years
work, and Dorothy Torkelson COM
ing second by a slight margin. They
will be valedictorian and saluta-
~torian, respectively.
The Glass Roll
Fred Anderson
Ethelyn Bllyeu
Garold Casterline
Evelyn Coffey
Mary Donehoo
Clyde Durham
Helen Funk
Alton Geringer
Orlenah Halliburton
Elizabeth Heser
Irene Inglehart
Ray ~Inglehart
Lloyd Larsen
Frances Nahum
Florence Olson
Myrtle Owings
Laura Penner
Tena Penner
Grace Phalen
Milton Severson
Kenneth S~teffenson
Norman Stille
Rosetta TOavs
Dorothy Torkelson
Harry Veldhuis.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
MRS. W. c. POTTER,
BAINVILLE, dies
DEATH is RESULT OF AUTO
CRASH NEAR WILLIS
TON MONDAY

Williston, May 11-Mrs. W. G.
Potter of Bainville, Mont, died at
a Williston hospital Monday morn
ing as the result of injuries receiv-
ed in an automobile accident nine
miles west of this city.
Mrs. Potter's chest was badly
crushed and there we're numerous
contusions. The a overturned
and burned wAen a short cireui,
set fire to the machine under the
hood.
Mrs. A. A.. White and Mrs. } "A.
Grant, also Of Bainville, and occu-
pants of the same car. We're less
seriously injured but are in the
hospital here.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
SCHOOL DIST. ELECTION

The special election Tuesday on
the matter of authorizing a special
levy of ten mills to maintain the
schools of district As brought out
only a very light vote, about 145.
Nearly all the town people forgot
it was the day of election. The
levy carried by a good majority.
At any such election only those
who hold a deed to real estate that
is within the district are eligible
to vote. Many people do not know
this or forget it.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
Ed Camrud Returns
From Seattle Trip

Ed Camrud took advantage OF
the Great Northern's special rates
to make a business trip to Seat
tie. leaving last Saturday morning
on No. / and arriving at Seattle at
eight a. m. Sunday. Passing
through the eight-mile Cascade
tunnel was one of his experiences.
A view of the city and surround
ings from a plane was another.
The coast is complaining of a lack
of rain, Ed said, and crops depend
ing on rain are little if any ahead
of those in Montana. He arrived
home Thursday.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
LOCALS LOSE FIRST HOME GAME
CULBERTSON BAGS IT 9 TO 5
NINTH INNING STICK RALLY
DECIDES TIEDUP CONTEST
WILD FINISH

Culbertson 8, Wolves ., was the
final count in the first county lea
ball game played on the local
grounds. 1t happened Sunday af-
ternoon and was a right good SEES
sion of baseball entertainment
far better than the small crowd or
fans expected to see. The first sur
prise was the big gang of locals
who showed up on the grounds for
the workout. There were II husky
tossers including two of the Leon
dorf boys from Vida. Before the
battle was oven Manager Brand
on had drafted 16 of them and
sent them to the front. A lack OF
reserve box material lost the
scrap. Joe Garfield's arm was not
vet in ginning condition and lost
it's cunning in the concluding
frames. But Joe sure set a gang
of the enemy down in the early
innings.
After the visitors had retired to
the upholstered bench one, two,
three. in their first attempt the
Wolves stepped in and had three
rockies across the plate so fast the
crowd thought it was a marathon.
.Jacobi's single and Martins two
station wallop did the damage.
And that came close to being their
Wad The eastenders managed to
slip one over by the aid of Mich
olson's 3-bagger in the second.
Nick repeated on a single and an
error in the 4th. And again in the
9th. enticing Alderman along with
him. This chap Nicholson had an
off day. Out of four times at bat
he got only one 3-sacker and a
two spot. the others were only
singles. He made only three runs
and brought in only three.
With the opposition leading . to
three the locals pulled themselves
together in the Sth and annexed
two more counts to tie the race.
Blows by Pennington, Martin and
Peterson did the job.
Then the Culbertson crowd pull
ed something rather original. and
seemed to think nothing of IL.
With Pat Kidder due at the plate
they sent in Hale, four places
down the batting order. He rack
ed out a single right off the reel.
They looked much alike in their
gray uniforms and the W. p. scor-
er did not catch on. Then they
Jumped down the line three more
places and sent in Ed Bowers.
He also hit. That was too much.
The scorer woke up and there was
a grand DOW WOW. Things were
adjusted after a fashion. Bowers
was declared out and the game
went on. But the stuff was off.
The batting bee had stung them.
When the smoke cleared away
they had four nice new runs on
the book and the Wolves could not
get started toward squaring the
game.
But the Wolves have the mat
erial and when they hit their
stride will be hard to stop.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
Lutheran Church To
Dedicate New Organ

The new organ has been receiv-
I'd by the First Lutheran church
and has been installed. 1t is a gift
to the church by a member of the
congregation, and will be formally
dedicated Sunday, although it was
used Thursday evening at the
meeting addressed by Miss Martha
Kulberg. This organ will be a fine
Improvement in the church furn-
ishings. Although a reed organ. It's
tone is said to be similar in quail
jty TO that of a pipe organ.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
BIRTHS

A baby boy was born on May
7th 10 Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hanson
Of Volt. Mrs. Hanson and baby r
being cared FOR in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray DER of Volt
have a baby girl born Sunday,
May 10.
MFR. and Mrs. John Kjelgaard of
OSw 70. have a baby girl born in
Wolf Point on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Rauch of
Volt have a baby girl born IN Wolf
Point last week Thursday.
a baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Hauge on May Sth.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
City Being Sued
On Old Warrant

Suit was started last week ag-
ainst the city of Wolf Point lot
collection OF a $3.50 warrant given
twelve years ago to c P. Wells OF
Great Falls and on which payment
was afterward ordered stopped.
This was given in payment Tor
preparing papers connected with
a $4,000 refunding bond issue.
The warrant was among the as
stes Of a closed Great Falls bank
which were purchased by a Mr..
Gray of Great Falls in whose
name the suit is being brought.
j, K Branble represents NJ.
Gray.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
MISS HERE

Miss Alma Wretling of Helena
state supervisor of public health
nursing and Miss Waro, Vafey
county nurse, were in Wolf Point
today. Miss Wretling is on her
way to Chicago where she will at
tend a conference next week. She
plans to stop a few days in Min
neapolis to visit her people.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-15
County Board Meet
And Canvass Vote

The county commissioners met
this week to make the official
canvass of the returns of the cleo
ton on Referendum No. 80. The
result is given in another story.
The commissioners say they will
make no charge to the counf'r
for time spent making this can
yaSs.