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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
STANDARD OWNERS
in HUNTING THRILLER

FROID, Nov. 15.-After a chase
of a mile and a half, Carpenter
and Delger, editors of the Poplar
Standard, killed three man-eating
bobcats near Poplar. The chase,
however was unique in that in
stead of the hunters hunting the
game, the game pursued the hunt
ers.
The two were after the gorgeous
and elusive pheasant and partridge,
coming upon some dense under
growth they spied not a flock of
flighty p~heasants but three snarl-
ing and ferocious bobcats. Where
upon the two took their heels, do
ing a mile and a half in practically
"nothin' flat" Out of breath they
finally stopped and filled the cats
with enough buckshot to cause
death.
And two proud hunters return
ed to Poplar with their tale-and,
three bobcats tails.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
LaC0UNT GIVEN
LIFE FOR MURDER
PLEADS GUILTY TO CAUSING
DEATH OF PAUL
BOYER, OCT. I

SIDNEY.-Joseph LaCount, 81,
of Culbertson, pleaded guilty in
district court to first degree muir
der of Paul Boyer, who died Oct.
1 from poison liquor. He was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment by
Judge Frank P. Leiper, who highly
commended the county officials
for their action in the case.
Boyer, half-blood Indian. and two
companions, Joe Decatau and
Frank Davis, started out on the
morning of Oct. 1 from C~ulbertson
to Sidney, where they planned to
gather wood on the Yellowstone.
At noon they stopped and ate
lunch, then drank from Boyer's
bottle. Within an hour, Boyer was
dead and his two companions very
i'll. They we're found by a farmer
and brought here where they re-
covered to testify at an inquest
that caused LaCount to be held
for murder and Mrs. Boyer as a
witness.
They testified that the bottle
from which they drank was given
Boyer by LaCount and Mrs. Boyer
with the advice: Don't drink
this until you get half way to Sid
ney'. They said LaCount thought
Boyer was making the trip alone.
LaCount lived with the Boyers
at Culbertson.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
GENERAL MEET
COMMC'L CLUB

President Camrud announces a
general get together of the Com
mercial club at the high school as
sembly, Friday evening, Decem-
Der 4. 1t will be chiefly an evening
of entertainment and fun with a
short session of business and com
munity welfare discussion by the
club. A plate lunch will be served
by the school. All members with
their wives and other lady friends
r cordially urged to attend. The
outline of the program of the ev-
ening is as follows:
Friday Evening, Dec. 4
High school assembly and gym
S:00-S:30-Program by school
S:30-10: 00-CIub program
10: 00-Lunch, 20 cents per plate
10: 81 30-Games in the gym
See next weeks Herald for
further details.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
WOLF POINT
STILL GROWS
AND IMPROVES
NEW STRUCTURES ADDED
TO EAST AND WEST
SIDES OF TOWN

A group of Wolf Point citizens
were overheard in discussion this
week. The topic was the strange
ness of how business and growth
continued active in this town while
a condition of serious depression
is supposed to exist and does ex-
list in many places due to two
years of extremely low prices for
farm products and one year of
scanty crops due to drouth. While
business has been below normal it
has been far above what was ex-
pected.
Construction of various kinds
has supplied considerable employ
ment. The State. Highway commits
sion district headquarters build
ing, 63 x 100 feet, and to cost SIS,
600, is nearing completion. The
concrete floors are now being
poured and Contractor John Holm
expects have the building ready
to turn over about December LIST.
A very noticeable addition has
been made to the west side OF
town by the moving of four or five
buildings belonging to the Fort
Peck sub agency from Oldtown to
a new site just west of the city
limits and south of the Stampede
grounds. A new, siX-room modern
residence is being added to the
group at a cost of over $1,000 for
DR.. J. G.. Veldhuis, Indian depart
ment physician to the Indians of
this part of the reservation. Base
ments have been constructed and
W and water connections put
in to modernize these agency
buildings.
Several houses have been moved
from other towns and some have
been remodelel and improved. Pros
poets are reasonably good for an
active year in 1882.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
school BOYS"
MEET AFTER
FIFTY YEARS
H.. T.. SMITH FINDS BOYHOOD
CHUM NEAR AVONDALE,
PAYS VISIT

To discover a boyhood pal and
more than half a century was the
happy experience that recently
came to H. T. Smith, pioneer citi-
zen of the community and for many
years industrial instructor at the
Indian Mission at Oldtown. No
doubt the thrill was quite as pleas
ant to the discovered friend,
Thomas Elliott of Avondale, Val
ley county.
Quite by chance, less than a year
ago, the men learned of each 9TH
er's location, and only a few days
ago did an actual meeting take
place. o. C. Johnson, local mer-
chant, took Mr.. Smith to visit Mr..
Elliot and the two, now each in
their eightieth year, had a wonder
full day recountingg boyhood school
days spent together in Adams
county Wisconsin.
Tom Elliott, as he was known
to his friends, lived many years
at Bemidji, Minnesota, where he
became very wealthy in the lum-
Der business. He was largely re-
sponsible for the growth of that
city. Powerful rival lumber com
panies worked his downfall and
the loss of most of his wealth.
He came to his present location
in 1905. He owns a fine $40 acre
farm and has both made and lost
money as a wheat farmer. He and
his second wife each have mar
ried daughters living near them.
The meeting and visit took place
at the home of Mr.. Elliott's daugh-
ter, Mrs. Roy Brown. MI. Smith is
anticipating a return visit from
Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott some time
next summer. 1t had been nearly
go years since they last met and
more than so since they lost track
of each other. Mr.. Smith is the
elder by only two months. Both
boys of about 10 when the
Civil war began.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
HENRY LOWE ASSISTS
TO ROUNDUP RUSTLERS

FLEETWOOD, Nov. 16.-Six-
teen hours after stealing four cat
tie from the Pete Kissler estate
20 miles southwest of Plentywood,
Hershal "Slim" Lee, George Sat
ter and Frank Barge pleaded guilty
and were sentenced to two years
in the Deer Lodge penitentiary. !,
Sheriff Hans Madsen and Depu-
ty Smith cooperating with Phil
Buckley, state livestock detective,
and Sheriff Henry Lowe of Wolf
Point, have spent considerable
time obtaining evidence linking
these men with stock rustling in
this territory. The last week they
have spent each night in the open
resulting in the capture.
Wednesday night Lee and Sat
ter attempted to round up six cat
tie on the Mike Palubicki farm
and Thursday night they failed to
get six head from w. w. Clark
ranch. Sunday night they obtained
4, which were to be trucked to
Sidney and the driver was to hide
them and come back for more. All
were to be trucked to Fargo, N. D.,
and sold.
Frank Barge has farmed south
west of Plentywood for about Is
years and is separated from his
wife. Satter is a widower with
four children. He came here two
years ago and is a machinist. Lee
has lived here for about Is years
and has conducted a barber shop
in Plentywood for two years. He
formerly had a shop at Malta. The
men are all about 35 years old.
Cattle rustling has been going
on for a long time here and it is
believed the leaders have been
captured.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
More Contributions
Swell Relief Fund

Ed Krebsbach, local Red Cross
relief fund chairman, and o. C.
Johnson, county drouth relief
chairman, finished the job of local
soliciting for the roll call and state
relief quota this week. Addition
al memberships and contributions
secured that total $4,000. The
list came in too late for publica-
ton this issue and will be publish
ed next week. The total of the
list already published is s531.00,
making the new total $627.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
SENATOR Blk. WHEELER
BACK IN WASHINGTON

Senator B. K. Wheeler, arriv-
ed home from Europe recently af-
ter attending the interparliament-
airy union at Bucharest.
While in New York he called on
Governor Roosevelt and spoke of
the coming elections.
Wheeler endorsed President
Hoover's stand on reduction of
naval appropriations, saying, 1T
is outrageous that we, the most
powerful nation in the world, with
less likelihood of being attacked,
spent s375, O0O, 900 last year on the
navy
Another passenger on the same
ship with Wheeler was Congress-
man French of Idaho, member OF
the House naval affairs committee.
French said the chief propaganda
lists of the Navy League attacking
President Hoover's stand were
personally interested officers with
promotion in view and private and
and public shipbuilders and air
craft manufacturers"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
THANKSGIVING
RECLAMATION
By President Herbert Hoover

BY President Herbert Hoover
1--WE approach the season
when according to custom dat
ing back from the gathering OF
the first harvest by our fore
fathers in the New World a day
is set apart to give thanks ev-
en- amid hardships, to Almighty
God for our temporal and spirit
ual blessings. 1t has become a
hallowed tradition for the chief
magistrate to proclaim annually
a national day of thanksgiving.
'Our country has cause for
gratitude to the Almighty. We
have been widely blessed with
abundant harvests. We have
been spared from pestilence and
calamities. Our institutions
have served the people. Know
ledge has multiplied and our
lives are enriched with it's ap-
plication. Education has adj
vanced, the health of u peo-
pie has increased. We have
dwelt in peace with all men.
The measure of passing adver-
sity which has come upon us
should deepen the spiritual life
of the people, quicken their
sympathies and spirit of sacri-
flee for others, and strengthen
their courage.
"Many of our neighbors are
in need from causes beyond
their control and the compass
sion of the people throughout
the nation should so assure
their security over this winter
that they too may have full
cause to participate in this day
Of gratitude of the Almighty.
"Now, therefore, I. Herbert
Hoover, President Of the United
States of America, do hereby
designate Thursday, November
26, 1881, as a national day Of
thanksgiving, and do recon-
mend that our people rest from
their daily labors and in their
homes and accustomed places of
worship give devout thanks for
the blessings which a merciful
Father has bestowed upon us.
"In witness whereof, / have
hereunto set my hand and caus-
ed the seal of the United States
to be alfred.
Done at the city OF Wash
ington this third day of Novem-
Der, in the year Of our Lord,
1881, and Of the independence
Of the United States OF Amer
lea the 156th.
tsigned) HERBERT HOOVER"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
WOLF PT-SCOBEY
CONTRACT DONE

Tomlinson and Arkwright and
their sub-contractors have complet-
ed the contract for construction
of % miles of state-federal high
way extending from a point on
No. 2 z miles east of Wolf Point,
% miles northward, toward Scobey
to the Roosevelt-Daniels county
line.
They also graded a road from
No. q, at its junction with the SEQ
hey highway, to the Wolf Point
bridge across the Missouri. This
makes the bridge accessible with
out extra travel from east, west,
north and south, and nor than
ever appreciated as the greatest
improvement, in point of traffic
economy and safety, yet achieved
in this part of the state; result
ing largely from the vision and
energy of Commissioner w. L.
Young.
1t is expected that the new high
ways will be surfaced with gravel
next Spring or Summer. 1t is also
expected that the Daniels county
end of the highway will be con-
structed sometime during 1882. A
piece of state-federal highway be-
tween Circle and Glendive will be
let within a few weeks, according
to news reports.
The hundreds of miles of new
highway in eastern and northern
Montana will make it seem like a
different country and be a strong
influence in it's more rapid and
permanent development, and in the
enhancement of property values.
Thanks to an efficient and forward
looking State Highway commits
sion.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION
BY Governor j. E. Erickson

"Perplexed by problems that
are engrossing the attention OF
our profoundest students of pro
gress and welfare, the Ameri-
ear people approach again the
season that was long ago set
apart for universal observance
as a time of thanksgiving for
the blessings that have come to
the nation. In the great indust-
rial centers the problem of un-
employment has been upper
most, while in other sections
untoward seasons have brought
many to the point where they
must be aided by those more
fortunately situated. The hearts
of those who Ire touched by the
condition of those who have
not. and the response to ap-
peals for their fellow men gives
evidence that the call of broth
erhood will be needed and that
M shall suffer because of a
trying situation over which they
exercised no control.
Faith and hope are Ingram
ed characteristics of the Amer
lean people, and they r strong
n the belief that out of the
present season of uncertainty
and distress they will come to a
higher and safer position than
ever. They r grateful as they
contemplate the preservation of
their health and strength, and
in a season such as this they
have courage to look up in con-
fidence to a brighter day.
Therefore, /, ]. E. Erickson,
governor of the state of Mon
tana, do hereby join the presi-
dent of the United States in des-
lgnating ana setting apart Thurs
day, the twenty-sixth day OF
November, as Thanksgiving day.
Let each in his own way take
stock of the blessings that
have come during the year
that has passed and. gathering
in our houses of worship or 9TH
or places of assembly. offer
wholehearted thanks to Almigh-
ty God for these favors and i'm
plore a continuation OF His
in bringing u coun-
try nearer the goal of her high
est ideals.
(Signed) J.. z. ERICKSON"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
FEMININE TORNADO
H~ITSBARGAIN COUNTER
AT COOKS BIG SALE

The early bird gets the worm
and the early shopper gets the
bargain silk dresses. So reasoned
John Cook, and anyone who doubt
ed the correctness of his psycholo
gical deductions had but to glance
into Cooks store last Saturday be.
tween eleven and one o'clock
There was no depression, but The
Herald reporter sent to cover the
affair felt the need of compression,
reduction, s~lendedizing, or what
have you?
One looked in, saw that the store
was full of a seething maelstrom
of humanity-mostly women, but
a few men here and there to pass
judgment on the purchases of re-
spective wives, or to hang onto the
acquired bargains so that Friend
Wife could have both hands free
to reach for more bargains. They
were brave men and true but they
took their lives in their hands
when they met the charge of the
bargain brigade.
A late conner, seeing a six-inch
space in the milling mass, wedged
her way in intent on getting hose
of a certain style and size, but
as she edged her way into the store
the hosiery piles melted away be-
fore her like magic. 1t was the
same way with lingerie, blouses,
house dresses. Wolf Point women
know their bargains and were
claiming them last Saturday. 1t
was the greatest touch of metro
politianism that the city has ex-
perienced in it's history. But there
were no casualties, although some
emerged from the store with their
empress eugenies more than fash
ionably awry.
An acquaintance meeting the
Herald reporter after she emerged
from the store greeted her thus:
at seems to me your not so -er-
stout as yau used to be. Have you
been reducing?" Well, if an hour
in that milling crowd could make
one look like she had been abb
staining from sugars and starches
for a month, what would eight or
ten hours of the treatment do?
Perhaps it might make a not too
stout fit the size sixteen
dance dresses displayed on the
bargain rack. But why dream.
For a time 1t looked as If the
sale we're going to be a one day
affair with the shelves cleaned by
night. but John Cook says that
although the first day was bigger
than he had anticipated by a whole
lot, there are still a lot of bargains
Tor thrifty shoppers.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
Shorty Fromdahl
Selling Off Goods

H. B. Shorty Fromdahl this
week got out bills announcing a
sale of his grocery stock and
household effects on Saturday af-
ternoon. Col. Sunny is the auc-
tioneer.
The Fromdahls plan to leave
soon for Oregon to make their
home.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
Math EIiason Will
Establish Home Here

Math Eliason, who for a number
of years a resident of Frazer, is
moving his family to Wolf Point
to make their home. He bought a
large house at Oswego and had the
Hustad brothers move it from
there and put in on a basement on
lots east of the Lutheran church.
When completed it will make a
fine improvement in that part of
town.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
WADDELL MAKES ARREST

Otto Waddell and his dry squad
arrested Bill KEEPER, 81, a resi-
dent of the Nickwall community,
on a liquor charge last Friday. A
quantity of mash vas seized at
the KEEPER home and he was
brought before Commissioner Stem
mes and placed under a bond Of
5000 to appear at federal court.
The bond was furnished and keip-
er is again at liberty.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
CAR SHIPMENTS RECEIVED

Several carload shipments of one
sort and another were received
this week. They include two car
loads of corn and oats shipped to
n of the elevators for feed and
two cars of potatoes and mixed
vegetables. A car for McCone
county distribution was unloaded
Tuesday and there is another car
on track for Roosevelt county dis
tributiOn.
There have also been received
a quantity of clothing for the Red
Cross.
The E & A shipped a carload
of cattle this week.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
Another Dance At
Roosevelt School

Another social lance will be held
at the Roosevelt school house,
Saturday evening, November %.
The ladies are requested to bring
eats. There will be good music
and the usual good time. The last
dance was well attended and a fine
success. The bachelor population
of the community, it is said, al
ways turns out for these parties
evidently believing that the de-
preston in the marriage market
can be lifted.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
RATES TO roc SHOW

The Great Northern is announc-
ing half fare rate to the Internal
ional Livestock show in Chicago.
Tickets will be on sale Nov. %
with return limit in Montana De-
cember 3. This means that one can
go to Chicago and return for the
price of a ticket to Chicago.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
DEER HUNTERS RETURN

Ed Camrud and Wilmar Burnt
son returned from their deer hunt
at Libby with reports Of a good
time and successful hunt-each
got a deer. Game was plentiful and
a light snow made stalking easier.
They made the trip each way in a
DAYS time. Roads were excellent
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
BIRTHS

A baby girl was born on Mon
day, Nov. 16, to Mr.. and Mrs. Oil
yer Montgomery. She has been
named Helen Winifred.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Minor of
Ossette have a baby born at Young
kins on November II. /.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Mcneil of the
Southside have a baby daughter
born November 18. Mrs. Mcneil
is staying at the Funk home.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
AN N

An enclosed inside entryway at
the door OF the postoffice is an
Improvement that will shut off the
winter breezes from the lobby and
make it easier to keep the building
comfortable. Paul Johnson did the
work.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
NATURALIZATION

Naturalization papers were grant
ed on Nov. IS to Mrs. Cora Adj
laid Campbell of Benrud, Joan
Marie Olson and Christian Olson,
both of Froid, Adolph Schultz of
Volt and Peder cotton of Snowdens
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
LAWY HERE

Out of town lawyers in Wolf
Point Thursday for law and notion
day session Of court included Grant
Blackwell OF Plentywood, R. N. Nor
ford and Eric Noun OF Poplar.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20
WOLF POINT MARKETS

Mrs. Monte Snedecor recently
was drawn as a juror at Chinook.
She offered to serve if Judge FL
well SO directed, but he informed
her that women are not presum-
ed to be competent to act as jur-
ors in this state" and her name
was stricken from the list.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-11-20

OF sunshine, a sample of Winter
is with us today-slush in the riv-
er, chill in the air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
WOMAN SCIENTIST
TAKES FATAL DOSE
Brilliant Hungarian, &c, Kills
Herself in Laboratory After
Quarrel With Husband.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 9.-The sui
eide of a brilliant and attractive young
Hungarian woman who come to this
country to do research work at the re-
quest of New York University over
Whelmed her scientist husband today.
The body. of DR.. Helen Reiner, IS,
was found in the Littauer Research
Laboratory yesterday by DR.. Leszo
Reiner. A beaker of poison was in her
hand. A note listing unpaid household
bills and ending in the words this is
best for you and for me, too" was on a
nearby desk.
The couple had a minor quarrel
before the tragedy, he told police, and
she rushed from their apartment cry
ing Il will kill myselfr' Discounting her
threat at first, he said, he later became
alarmed because of her high-strung
temperament and followed her. He was
about 80 minutes too late.
DR.. william H. Park, head of the
laboratory, said she had overworked re-
Gently on experiments dealing with in
fictitious diseases. DR.. Reiner and his
wife had been fellow students at the
Royal Hungarian Elisabeth University
in PEGS, Hungary. A year ago they
came here as guest scientists of New
York University.
He will take the body back to Hun
gary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
TO ENLIST
WOMAN WORKERS
$4,000 Girls to Be Trained
and 10000 Children
Cared for Daily.
NV the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, February 9.-Hundreds of
thousands of Russian women who dur
ing W30 played an increased role in
specialization of Soviet Russia are to be
enlisted as workers in a further effort
to solve the unions serious labor short
age.
With thousands of jobs open and no
takers, the government is completing
plans to fill vacancies with women,
providing nursery facilities for children,
who will be brought up under the care
Of the state.
An official announcement states:
THE problem of attracting hundreds
of thousands of women to industrial
labor is acute. Consequently, in order
to solve this problem as painleSSly as
possible the government, together with
the trade unions and other social or
CARNATIONS, has elaborated a number
of measures directed toward freeing
women from domestic work and Sc
curing their children with necessary
care while the mothers are at work"
Measures listed include opening of a
great number of new industries, extern
sion of the network of social dining
rooms, construction of laundries and
other enterprises which will free women
from domestic work.
An estimate is made of 10000 chill
dren to be cared for during 1881, as
against 10000 in 1890 The budget for
the purpose has been increased from
27,000,000 rubles (about $780, 00O) last
year to 100000 rubles (about SAL
000000) this year.
An official report says that 100000
women are members of trade unions
and that conditions make them eco
nomically equal to men," Under the
governments plan $4,000 women this
year will be given opportunity to raise
their qualifications and $4,000 girls
will be trained in factory apprentice
schools.