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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26
OH, GERTRUDE,
DID YOU KNOW
CALF. COW BOYS INSIST ON
WRIST WATCHES; CONTEST
ON FOR RAA HONORS

Salinas. Calif.-Oh, dear, do
cowboys wear wrist watches? A
census is being taken among the
leading cowboys of the United
States by the Rodeo Association
of America to determine what
they would like to have for tro-
plies if they should win the grand
championship. or championships
in bull riding bronze riding, calf
roping, team roping or single rop-
ing. At the Visalia, Calf, rodeo
last week the cowboys voted in
favor of wrist watches.
Eddie Woods of Emmett, Idaho,
and Earl Thode of Belvidere,
South Dakota, the 1929 Worlds
Champion Cowboy, are tied for
first place in the contest of the
1881 Champion Cowboy, each hay
ing $50 points as a result of re-
cent shows held in the western
states. Clay Carr of Visalia, Calf,
is third with 1879; then follows
Pete Knight of Calgary, Canada,
with $50; Smoky Snyder, Kim
berly, B. c., Canada. 600; Johnnie
Schneider, Livermore, Calf, 600;
Everett Bowman, Fort Thomas,
Arizona, 5621a; John Bowman,
Trent, Texas, SIS; Hugh Bennett,
Fort Thomas, Arizona, 512h;
Rube Roberts, Fort Thomas,
Texas, 300; Lloyd Saunders, Son
ora, Calf, 800.
Pete Knight is leading in the
contest for Champion Bronc Rid
err with $50 points. Smoky Snyder
is leading in the Bull Riding Con-
test with 500 points. Everett Bow
man is leading in the bulldogging
with 500 points. Clay Carr is
leading the single roping with 200
points. Homer Ward of Oakdale,
Calf, is leading in calf roping
with 800 points.
Some of these star performers
are expected at the Wolf Point
Stampede-the Fun Festival for
all the family. July 9-10-11-Plan
now to spend a part of your vaea-
ton at the Stampede.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26


silken articles, public and private,
live pets, and an even dozen
alarm clocks. Then pouring In a
quantity Of unpopped pop corn the
artist had a boy hold it over a
weak little candle fame and 10.
instantly it became an erupting,
snowy volcano of furiously popping
corn. 1t would fill a page or more
to describe half the things Birch
smilingly did, without attempting
to tell how. Why is it people
want to know how this or that
was done? If they knew all about
it the show would be spoiled.
OF course the getting out Of the
packing box was not so hard.
Anyone in the front seats could
see that the nails driven in the
lid by John Cook and John Her
mar either missed their mark or
went into a knot hole, while
Charlie Howe used rubber nails
It should be just as easy to gel
in as get out Of the box. Some
magic performer will score a hi
that's a home run by breaking
into one Of these nailed-shut box
es right out on the open stage.
Just what happened to the pom!
is stin unsettled. Possibly tn
rooster or one of the ducks stucI
their head through the crate an
swallowed It for z hairy cater
pEAer.
The dainty lady member OF tn
team did her pleasing musica
numbers with real artistry. Tha
she did no. gel cut in quarters il
the dreadful casket proves tina
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26
BUSY SESSION OF
COURT WEDNESDAY
CONTINUED from page one)

iCOnLIuueu llOhi PS5N 49,
Trinder.
Two suits against Grace and
Elmer Erickson. both suits for
foreclosure on account of me-
chanics liens, were up for hear
ing. Both were taken under ad'
visement. Plaintiffs in the two
suits were John Herman and
Charles Howe.
In the matter of ROLAND Zim'
norman against Joseph c. De-
Wane, petition was presented ask
ing that VIM. Zimmerman be ap
pointed guardian of ROLAND zim'
norman VIM. Zimmerman was
appointed guardian ad Item.
In the suit of Minnie l.. Davey
| against J. L. Davey, a demurrer
was sustained and Mr.. DaVey
given 20 days to further plead
This suit was relative to a prop
erty settlement
In the suit of ]. Gaenslen, in
corporated, against Dora Maut
Johnson. demurrer was o~yerruleo
and plaintiff given 20 days II
which to plead.
In the suit of United States
National bank of Red Lodge a
gainst ]. Hole and others
notes and mortgages were merg
ed in the judgment and decree o
foreclosure was signed in ope1
court. Judgment included s47S.
70 and interest at 8 per CEN
costs Of s1s.fo and attorney Zee
Of $4,000. .4;,,
In the suit OF Peter J. Pontiu'
against J. A. McCann' the az
murrer to the amended complain
was oyerruled and twenty Day
given to further pieau-
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26
Give Fine Concert
At First Lutheran

Ole Vettrus, Melvin Vettrus, Ell
lot Aandahl and Harms Gunhus,
termed the Gospel Male quartette.
gave a greatly enjoyed concera
program at the Lutheran church
last Monday evening. These high
ly talented singers r on the way
to the Pacific coast and are Civ
ing concerts enroute.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26

she is something of an acrobat
and has two pairs of feet.
The house was of moderate
size and Birch got most Of the
money. The balance Melted the
pool fund needs Birch's magic
touch to make it grow. We will
all be glad to see Birch again.
when he comes.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26
FILLS IMPORTANT OFFICE

Rev. o. R. A. Tollefson, pastor
of the First Lutheran church has
been elected to the office of finan-
cial secretary of the Rocky Noun
tain division of the Norwegian Lu-
theran church of America.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26
CELEBRATED CHOIR COMING

The well-known choir of the Pa
cifc Lutheran college of Park
land. Washington, a choir of as
voices, will sing at the First Lu-
theran church Monay evening,
July 10, on their return trip from
Chicago where they sang at the
International Luther League con
vention June II to 81
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26
WRECKS HIS CAR

Ole Nasty had the misfortune
to run off the highway a mile east
of town Saturday night and dam
age his car badly. According to re-
port the accident was caused by
a front wheel coming off.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26
TWO NEW PRISONERS

The county jail has two new
guests this week. Leroy Manning
OF Poplar "a sent up for 30 days
on a bad check charge and Moses
Rosette was also given 30 days
on an assault and battery charge.
Both cases were before Justice
Hanson.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26

81 do not wish to press any
member for reply as to his views
if he prefers not to give them at
this time yet if you are favorable
to the proposal in the first para
graph of the statement above men
toned it would undoubtedly aid
in the negotiations now in pro-
gress if you could inform me
thereof"
French Cabinet Accepts
Paris, June 24-The French ac-
ceptance of President Hoover's
war debts holiday, with reserva-
tions, was approved by the cabinet
today.
1t lauds Mr.. Hoover's initiative,
but as expected, insists on the
continuation of the unconditional
annuities" from Germany as pro-
vided in the Young plan.
The text of the French reply
will be communicated through
Walter E. Edge, United States am
bassador, to the state department
in Washington later today.
The reply stressed that the gov
eminent, however, must gain the
approval of parliament because
the Young plan was voted a law
last year and the cabinet can only
approve the Hoover plan "in prin-
ciple."
! The cabinets defeat in the
chamber of deputies was antici-
pated Friday, when it asks parlia.
ment's approval OF its action. Par
lament, hostile to the Hoover
plan, has insisted that it be con
suited prior to dispatch of any
reply to the American proposal.
The French reply, a summary
shows, includes the following
salient points:
1. France agrees to waive fol
one year the conditional annuities
totaling 1,634,0OO, 900 francs (S65,
$50, G00).
2. The entire unconditional an
nuity of 2,775,0 00, 900 francs ($111,
900, 000) due France must be paiC
into the bank for international
settlements at Basic.
The Basic bank is to have sole
control over how the Sill, 600, 00l
is to be distributed in credits t.
Germany and other eastern Euro
pean states requiring financia
aid.
Price Uptrend
Stock exchanges of the work
reacted f~avorably to the French
cabinet acceptance with reserva
lions of the Hoover moratorium
proposal.
New York stock exchange
stocks rose 1 to II points in re
sumption of active turnover. Do
nestle news, however, was a para
mount factor, including a rise il
cigaret prices, improved senti
ment in the steel industry and in
creased copper prices.
United States Steel common
stock today sold at S100 a share
the first time it has touched tina
figure since May %.
Copper metal rose to So cents
a pound for domestic shipment
the second quarter cent advance
in less than a week. Sales o
copper abroad this morning to
tailed 100000 pounds, bringing
the amount sold for the week t
date to 36,250,OO0 pounds, the in
creased demand traceable to thu
Hoover plan, which would elimin
ate the p%recarious situation il
Germany.
The bond market on the Ney
York stock exchange moved high
er, with German bonds up faction
to more than 2 points. Curb stock
also moved ahead.
Before the American market
opened, sharp rallies from earl
lows we're recorded in Berlin
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26
CTATE e
- NEWSLEIO

Nine men and II woman III
Fallon county killed $4,000 prairie
dogs. Strychnine poisoned oats
was the weapon used. The dogs
had been swarming over 500 acres
Of land.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26

A drunken driver at Great Falls
who rave his occupation at boot-
logger. is serving so days in the
Cascade county Jail in lieu OF pay
ing a fine. Before being arrested
his car struck several cars as IL
careened down the street.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26

class may hold but one extra
meeting each month, and at that
time may be in session only two
days.
There has been only n bank
failure in Montana, and that a
small one. since Jan. l. Only y
states. including Montana passed
through May without a 1aliure.
During the first five months BIO
banks we're closed throughout the
q. s., SO being in Illinois "A IN
Iowa and 40 in Indiana.
Glenetta Shaw of Lewistown
has brought suit against the Pro
ducers Independent Oil Company
for 5000 because of the death
of her husband, Dean Shaw, who
was killed at Brady, Feb. z, when
gas in an oil tank exploded.
Construction work on the new
federal prison to be established
at Billings will be begun within
ten weeks, federal officials say
The new prison will house ali
$50.
Grading work has been begun
on the campus of the Northern
Montana school at HaVre. AS fal
as possible the work is given to
married men.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26

Libby has been demanding bet
ter train service and as a result
Great Northern train No. l VIII
stop there in the future.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26

Ray Borst a farmer living near
Strater. was so blinded by a dust
storm recently that his a ran
off the grade and into the main
irrigation canal near StTater.
Borst was nearly drowned before
he was rescued by another motor
ist.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26

A piano and radio will be sold
at Plentywood to satisfy a judg-
ment against Charles E. Taylor.
An unpaid grocery bill of nearly
$500 was the basis of a suit a.
gainst Taylor by SOrem & Co.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26

Frank Gum, convicted of the
murder of Paul Carney near
Sweetgrass in July 1928, has been
sentenced to 81 years AZ months
in prison. He was originally Civ
en- a life sentence, but appealed
to the supreme court and was
given a new trial. The case has
been in the courts for more than
two years.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26

According to a census bulletin
Montana has $685. retail stores
that do more than S240,O05,OOO
worth of business annually. This
is S410.5S per capita. The state
has Is stores for each 1000 people.
535 were enrolled at the state
university summer school at Mis-
soula the first week.
Operations on the Poison dam
will be suspended July l. 1t is
understood that the work will be
resumed in 1892 after the high
water and will be completed by
1884. $50 men are affected by the
shutdown.
According to a recent ruling OF
the attorney general county com
missioners in counties of the sixth
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26

Published reports say it is expected that Capone will be sentenced
W and a half and ten thousand. That looks just about rIght
Make him nav the two-ffty in cash, but to be fair give him zoOO
years off for good behavior
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26
are Upset
When

DABY ills and ailments seem twice
d as serious at night. A sudden cry
may mean colo. Or q sudden attack
of diarrhea. How would you meet
this emergency-tonight? Have you a
bottle of Gastoria ready2
For the protection Of your wee
one-for your own peace of mind
keep this old, reliable preparation
always on hand. But don't keep it
Just for emergencies; let it be an
everyday aid. It's gentle influence
will ease and soothe the infant who
cannot sleep. lis mild regulation will
help an older child whose tongue Is
coated because of sluggish bowels.
All druggists have Castoria.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-06-26
MAGICIAN BIRCH
OF CLASS

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PRES. POLLS CON-
GRESS, DEBT PLAN

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The Washington times., 1931-03-03
MORRIS GEST BROKE" BUT HAPPY, BEGINS
AGAIN WITH AL JOLSON'S MUSICAL

|of art in the theater. The whole
floor of the theater is the stage
and even the orchestra are actors
in the drama of The Wonder
Bar" About Jolson he has no
doubts. To build a show around
him is as easy as building ball
team around Babe Ruth. JolSon
will knock out his home runs for
amusement seekers for he has
mastered the secret of making a
hit. Back of it all is Morris Gest's
firm belief that AL Jolson is des-
tined for even greater triumphs as
an entertainer, something colossal
in a purely artistic way.
Broke, or swimming in sea of
success, Morris Gest invariably
contrives to find the funds to keep
active. Wall Street, they say,
takes this attitude: Well, here's
Gest again. Better let him have
some money. We may not get a
dividend but we are certain to get
something that's worth seeing"
Quite often he surprises them by
bringing back the dividend also.
He expects to do it with THE
Wonder Bar"
The Washington times., 1931-03-03
FOUR DRAMAS
ARE PICKED
FOR STOCK

In New York during the past
week. S. E. Cochran, manager of
the National Theater Players,
signed contracts for the first
plays to be produced in the spring
and summer stock season. -Four
plays we're secured. They are:
Let Us Be Gay" Phillips Goes
Forth" "Coquette," and The
Royal Family"
Upon his return from New
York, Mr.. Cochran will announce
the other plays which will be
presented during the seventh
annual spring and summer sea-
son in the National.
Rachael Crothers' comedy, Let
Us Be Gay" is the first play
on the list compiled by the
Players management. It is a
comedy of love, misunderstand-
ing and reconciliation. 1t was
presented for the first time by
John Golden at the Little Thea
ter in New York City just two
years ago in February, 1929. The
play, directed by Rachael Crothers
herself. had Francine Larrimore
in the lead role, and was rated
as one of the most brilliant and
witty, sophisticated and amusing
comedies of that season.
Kelly Play Promised
1t was only two months or so
ago that the second play, George
Kelly's Phillip Goes Forth" had
its premiere in the National Thea
ter. Even now this play is
having a successful run on Broad
way and in securing the stock
rights of this play before any
other manager of a repertoire
company gets it, Mr.. Cochran
has scored quite a beat.
The Kelly play now at the Bilt-
more Theater in New York, is
rated as one of the real fine
pieces of play writing for the
year and is a serious contender
for the annual Pulitzer prize.
The third play, "Coquette,"
was the starring vehicle the sea-
son before last for Miss Helen
Hayes, the Washington girl who
is now playing in New York in
the comedy, "Petticoat Influ-
ence."
Next, George Kauffmans
comedy. "The Royal Family" will
be presented. It is, as most
people will recall, the satirical
expose of life as it is lived by a
celebrated theatrical family. This
play also has never been seen
on the Washington stage, though
it has been in the movies.
The Washington times., 1931-03-03
Tried Hollywood

Morris Gest pocketed $4,000 of
Hollywoods money in 1925 and
started work on his first picture,
Darling of the Gods" United
Artists had paid Belasco 100000
for the movie rights and $45,000
more to have film adaptation
written. Came the talkieS right
in the midst of the plans and
$500,000 was written off on the
red ledger. He knows just how
Al Jolson feels when the movie
public soured on the screen micro
phone strains of Nanny"
He says he lived a lifetime of
horror on the night of July /,
1929 when a Rock Island train in
which he was riding plunged over
a treStle bridge in Colorado tax
ing a terrible toll in drowned and
mangled. 1t was Morris Gest who
climbed out of the submerged
Pullman and directed the work
of Succor. After it was all over
he recovered his pants and his
watch, the timepiece stopped at
eight minutes to four. His rescue
work was done in his pajamas.
The memory of it still makes him
Shudder.
Broadway and the hinterlandS
know him best as the master
salesman of entertainment.
"Chauve Souris," his highly prof
liable adventure with artistic Rus
sian vaudeville and Bailieff was
foreordained to prosperity when
The Washington times., 1931-03-03
STAGE
NEWS FROM
NEW YORK

The Inside Story" the new
underworld play by George
Bryant and Francis M. Verdi, will
be produced by BENJAMIN David
instead of E. A. Blatt or Herman
Gantvoort, both of whom have re-
Gently held the rights to the play.
The cast will include 20 players.
some of whom, it is said. will
portray Chicago and New York
gangsters, dead and living.
Mr.. David who was represented
earlier this season by "An Affair
of State" expects to give "The
Inside Story" early next month.
Front Money" by George Hol-
land, is announced by Robert V.
Newman for a tryout in the
spring following Mr.. Newman's
production of the new play by
Patrick Kearney.
Hilda Haywood Howe and
George Roberts will join the cast
of "Dr. x" this evening at the
Hudson Theater, replacing Alike
Walker and Robert Toms.
The Preston Sturges comedy,
strictly Dishonorable," will have
its London premiere tomorrow
night at the new Phoenix Thea
ter, where the play will be pre-
sented by Brock Pemberton in
association with Charles B.
Cochran. Two road companies
are currently performing Strictly
Dishonorable" in this country.
Sholom Aschs play, THE God
of Vengeance" will have it's Sec
ond revival of the season tonight
at the Yiddish Art Theater. kid
dush Hashem," which was pre-
sented three years ago, will be
revived tomorrow evening.
Maurice Schwartz's latest produc-
ton, The Man With the Port
folio" will be played during the
remainder of the week.
The Washington times., 1931-03-03

show world. the supreme living
master of the art of spectacle,
the speculator in artistic genius,
the impresario who has done
more to bring the art of the
world to the American stage
than any contemporary producer.
He's been buffeted a bit in the
rough seas of adversely lately
but his spirit survives, his en-
thusiasm for the theater still
flames.
The Washington times., 1931-03-03
Corrects Mussolini

His worship of Belasco amounts
to veneration. Not only because
he married the Old Masters
daughter, Reina, in 1911, but be
cause of the Belasco achieve.
ment in the theater. He sent the
invalid David a telegram last
Saturday night telling him that
the only electric sign which Presi.
dent Hoover can see from the
White House spells out the name
Belasco in shining bulbs. 1t
tickled Morris Gest so ne passed
the smile along by wire to his
convalescent relative.
Mussolini personally thanked
him for sponsoring the farewell
tour of the great Eleanora Duse
in 1928. When it came time to
pose for the photographers II
Duce struck his Napoleonic atti-
tude, arms across the chest. mot
that way" prompted The Ameri-
can Snowman. This way" and
he suggested more at ease pos
ture. When Mussolini auto
graphed the photograph he wrote
across the picture, you are the
Dictator"
Still he refused to manage the
American tour of venerable
Italian star, unknown on the
shore of the U. S. A. You can, "
he explained, sell the American
public anything but wrinkles"
The Washington times., 1931-03-03

weeks. It was master stroke for
the screen star for it launched
his feature imposingly in key
cities.
The Gest record of achievement
is something over which to mar
vel. It includes the spectacle
days of Experience" "Chu Chin
Chow" "Aphrodite" and Mecca"
the famous Princess Theater Sc
ries of musical comedy successes
by Bolton, Wodehouse and Kern,
the importation of the worlds
foremost acting company, The
Moscow Art Theater.
To cap the climax of his spec
tacular productions and sponsor
ship of dramatic art from over
seas, Morris Gest produced "The
Miracle" the most stupendous
achievement of its kind ever
known. at the Century Theater in
New York. January Is, 1924. For
this production he engaged Max
Reinhardt, foremost central Euro
pean regisseur, to stage the huge
pantomime, and an international
cast, including Lady Dianna Man
ners as the Madonna, Rosamond
Pinchot, niece of the governor of
Pennsylvania, as the Nun, Werner
Krauss as the Piper, Rudolf
Schildkraut as the Emperor,
Schuyler Ladd as the Prince. and
Lionel Braham as the Count.
This then is the co-producer of
THE Wonder Bar" which Wash
ington will have the privilege of
seeing first in America on Thurs
day night. He loves it because it
is unusual in method, a new form
The Washington times., 1931-03-03
Myrna 10y in Rebound"
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

FOX-Ann Harding in East
Lynne" at 11:41 a. m, 2:08. +:36,
1927 and 9:54 p. m. Stage shows
at 1929. 1856, 6:48 and 9:15 p. m.
PALACE-G airy Cooper in
Fighting Caravans" At 11:55.
ait. 4:44. 1925 and 9:53. Stage
shows at 1874, 4:0l, SAB and
o:10 p. m.
EARLE-Lila Lee in Woman
Hungry" at IL noon, 2:25, 4:5O,
TAO and 1000 p. m. Stage
shows at lis, $40, 6:35 and 9
p. m.
RIALTO O-June Collyer in
Damaged Love-" at 11:50 a. M,
1850, 3:25, 5:35, TAO and 9:45
.. m.
COLUMBIA-Greta Barbo in
Inspiration" at 1920 a. M, 1:20,
3:25, 5:35, 7:4O and 9:45 p. m.
R-K.O-KEITH'S-Helen Twelve
trees in "Millie," at 1888 a. M,
1888, 3:33. 1888 and 9:33 p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-03-03
Sidney-HOImes In
"Americ1n TRAGEDY"

Definite plans for production
early next month of Theodore
Dreiser's best selling novel and
successful play, "An American
Tragedy" have been announced
by Paramount.
It will be directed by Josef Won
Sternberg and will feature Phil
lips Holmes as Clyde Griffiths
and Sylvia Sidney as Roberta
Alden. Adaptation Is being made
by Won Sternberg and Samuel H.
Hoffenstein, author of Poems in
Praise of Practically Nothing
and Year In and You're Our"
The Washington times., 1931-03-03
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Morris Gest, just turned so,
is broke" again-he owes $780,
900, but has sworn to pay every
creditor to the last penny-be-
gins his journey to financial
independence here on Thursday
night at the Belasco with the
first performance of AL Jolson's
new musical, The Wonder Bar"
Morris Gest is co-producer of
the continental novelty which
brings Americas foremost min
Strel back to the spoken stage,
after a five-year Sabbatical hol-
iday in the marts Of Holly
wood.
Gest. the super-salesman of the
The Washington times., 1931-03-03

morris Gest thought out the be-
tween the acts curtain. This por-
trait drop contained the likenesses
of most of New York eminent,
and singularly enough, all of
those who had their vanity tickled
were notables who could ballyhoo
and help "Chauve Souris." Who
but Morris Gest would have
thought of driving a flock of
sheep on to the sacred and his
toric sod of Boston Common
thereby annexing much attention
for The Wanderer."