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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-01-09
HERO OF MARINE
DIES IN PARIS
JOFFRE, COMMANDER-lN-CHIEF
OF FRENCH ARMIES IN
WORLD WAR, PASSES

Marshall Joseph Jacques Jofre
head of the French armies during
the World War, died Saturday af
tor a critical illness of two weeks.
He would have been 70 on Jan. 4,
BY French soldiers he was affect
ionately known as Papa Joffre".
His strategic retreat, early in
the war, until his soldiers were
advantageously located, culminat-
ed in the famous battle of the
Marine when two and a half mil
lion German soldiers were forced
to retreat after an eight day bat
tie. This was one of the decisive
battles of the world, and success
fully checked the German march
toward Paris. In 1917 Joffre made
a trip to the United States, and
the result of this visit was Ameri-
cas- sending a mighty army TO
France.
Joffre's death removes from
the world state all save three of
the great military leaders of the
World War, Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg, and General Eric
L~udendorff of Germany and Gen
eral John j. Pershing of the Unit
ed States. OF the French leaders
of note only Marshal Petain, de-
fender of Verdun, still lives, but
unlike Foch or Joffre, he never
was in supreme command Of the
French armies. One by one, Haig,
Cadorna, Foch and others have
passed from the scene.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-01-09

So much has been written on
the more spectacular phases of
George Washington's life that it Is
sometimes difficult to appreciate
the really human qualities OF the
man. One Of the finest stories
ever told Of Washington is that of
his courtship Of Martha GUSTS and
their subsequent marriage. In the
story are revealed some Of the
best and most attractive qualities
of Americas greatest hero. The
firm. strong-willed leader of men
who unf1inchingly would face
death on the battlefield found that
he needed the companionship and
helpful counsel OF a woman For
tunately. he met the sort OF wo-
man he wanted to preside In his
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-01-09
GENEVIEVE MONTGOM cry
HURT

Genevievo Montgomery had IN
unfortunate and painful accident
at the courthouse about ten days
ago. While in the clerk of courts
office, the chair in which she was
sitting tipped over. In falling she
struck her head against a desk.
She has been confined to her
home since then. An X-ray picture
failed to show any fracture, but
her head has panied her since the
accident.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-01-09
Lucy Curran's Mother
Dies in Oregon

Helena, Jan. 6.-Mrs. E. R. John
son, Sc, mother of Mrs. Lucy Cur
ran of Poplar, representative from
Roosevelt county, died suddenly
Monday at La Grange, Ore, her
home. Mrs. Curran will leave on
Tuesday morning for La Grange.
Mrs. johnson was born in Indiana.
She had lived in Oregon for the
last 20 years. Mrs. Johnson is
survived by her husband and
another daughter, Mrs. Charles
Sterling of Brockton. Mrs. John
son visited her daughters last
summer.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-01-09
People Late for Train
Overtake it 3 Miles Out

The Honrud boys enjoyed a Wis
it from their father for the past
week. Mr.. Honrud, ST., lives at
Rothsay, Mimi, Monday Melvin
brought him to town to take the
outbound train for home, but, ow-
ing to the badly drifted roads they
arrived here just too late.
The train being only a half mile
out, they continued on with their
car and caught the train at the
water tank, three miles out.
That's the kind of a train to have
you're late and you aren't late
Opheim Observer.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-01-09
]. D. CORRIE'S FATHER
dies IN OKLAHOMA

Funeral services for John Bur
ton Corrie, aged father of G. w.
| Corrie who died Sunday morning
1T the home of his son, PIP East
Bluff St., we're conducted Monday
afternoon by the Rev. M. Hearn
Smith, pastor of the First Meth2-
dist church.
Burial was in Pleasant Hill GEM
etery, at High, Texas.
Mr.. Corrie was a native of Mt.
Carmel, Illinois, but had been a
resident of this section of Okla
homa for a number of years. He
was a member Of the First Metho-
dist church of this city. A long
period of Ill health preceded his
death Sunday.
He is survived by three sons,
G. w. Corrie of Hugo, Harvey R.
Corrie of Towner, N. Oak, and ].
D. Corrie of Wolf Point, Mont,
who was at the bedside of his
father when he died. One brother,
w. M. Corrie of Mt. Carmel, Ill,
three sisters, Mrs. VIII Steners Of
Lawrenceville, ILL.,, Mrs. VIM.
Ginsewite of Mt. Carmel, ILL.,, and
Mrs. Jeff Shaw of st. Louis, Mo.
also survive.
Active pallbearers at the funer-
al were E. H. Bailey, j. l.. Grove,
A. G. Moore, R. E. Woodson, f.
NJ. Heard and w. R. Combs.
Funeral arrangements were un-
der the direction of the Senner
Funeral Home-Taken from the
Hugo Daily News of Hugo, Okla
homa.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-01-09
POPLAR TO PLAY BIB.
HERE JANUARY 18TH

The Poplar high school has con-
scented to change basketball dates.
AS a result the Poplar team will
play in Wolf Point on January Is.
This will be one of the big games
of the season and will be an added
attraction for the American Legion
visitors who will be in town that
day. Poplar always brings along
a live bunch of r~ooters, and the
game should prove a poppy spirit
ed affair. The Wolf Point school
is appreciative of Poplar's court
esy in changing the date.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-01-09
HURT WHILE SKIING

w. v. D. Chapman had the mis-
fortune while skiing behind a car
last Sunday to get his skis tang
led up so that he fell face down
ward into the crusty snow. His
face was quite badly skinned as a
result.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-01-09
Bainville Lawyer
May Not Practice

Application of r. o. Lunke OF
Bainville, in Roosevelt county, for
reinstatement to the Montana bar
has been denied by the state SUI
preme court.
Lunke was disbarred in 1913.
An earlier application for rein
statement also was denied, in Oct
ober, 1929.-Helena Record Her
aid.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-01-09
WIERS E DEER

Mrs. R. H. Wiers and Walter
Wiers were in town from the Sand
Creek country Monday. On the
way in they saw two deer in the
bush near the river. Deer used to
be common in this country, but
now it is only occasionally that
one is sighted.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-01-09
College Crowd
Back to School

The college young people who
have been spending their vacation
at home have returned to their
various schools after two weeks
in Wolf Point. While home they
enjoyed a number of informal get
togethers at various homes, and
had a jolly time together.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-01-09

Charles Council left the first
of the week for his home at Cul
bertson and John Anderson has
gone to Froid.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-01-09
Commercial Club Program
FRIDAY, JAN. is, 7:30 p. M.
HIGH SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

1880 High School Band Music-dhected by Chas. Simon.
500 Playlet by School-directed by Miss Randall.
$50 Secretarys Report Charles Gordon
$40 Presidents Report w. L. Young
$3.50 Treasurers Report v. A. Lowell
900 Membership Report One of Committee
$40 Talk -~-..-.-------Supt H. D. Mccullough, Fort Peck Agency
925 Series of 5-Minute Talks on the following subjects or others
viaduct, Radio, City Library, National Guard, Music in Wolf
Point, Stampede
1000 Round Table Discussion on other subjects that club members
may be interested in.
1890 Election of Officers in H. S. Assembly
Nonmembers will go to the gym where they will be enter
tanned until the members have completed their business.
1920 Social Hour. Games and Stunts
11:3O Lunch-Dutch treat-cofee, ice rean and cake.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-21

contest sponsored by Outdoor
America, the Leagues monthly
More than 40 prizes
will be awarded to the lucky young
sters who connect with prize win
ming specimens Of bass, crappies,
trout, pickeral, pike and other
fresh water game fish.
ANY youngster under II years Of
age can snap a lure on his or her
line or bait up a hook and sally
forth to do battle with the big fish
thus automatically becoming elig-
ible to compete for the prizes in
this contest which is designed to
get more youngsters interested in
the outdoors.
The contest opened May LIST and
closes in October. To make sure
that black bass doesn't grow six
inches between the time it is
caught and it's measurements are
taken a common but natural phen-
omenon among many fishermen,
the youngsters who wish to COM
pete for a prize are required to give
full details on the length, weight
girth, etc. of their prize catch and
then forward statistics to the con-
test editor of Outdoor America.
Among the prizes the young Wal.
tonians may win are bait casting
and fly casting reels, bamboo rods
fishing tackle boxes, gold medals
silver medals and lures.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-21
Prince of Wales Urges Use
of United States Methods
CONTINUED from rage OnAH

toward the great southern mar
kets, he gave report on his re-
cent intensive study of commercial
conditions in South America.
II am sorry to say that as a ma
ton we are behind in regard to adj
vertising," the prince told about
1000 listeners. THAT is one of our
national characteristics.
1--WE do great things and we in
vent great things which are of
great value to the world, but we
never let the world know what we
have done.
"Our foreign competitors advr-
tise great deal and the foremost
among them are our friends in
North America. ~
'T have heard great many Eng
lishmen say the American way of
boosting goods, the American form
of publicity, is very vulgar. That
is entirely a matter of opinion, but
the fact remains that our friends
in the United States get away with
it.
eff we wish to push our goods
better, we must take a leaf out of
their book"
The evening papers devoted much
attention to the address, referring
to it as the princes" awake up Eng
land" speech.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-21
WILLIAM OTTO INJURED

William Otto was injured in an
auto accident Monday morning at
about 2:30 o'clock, while driving
home from Minneapolis. He had
reached a place about sixty rods
this side of the Sank River bridge,
about three miles out of Melrose,
when he crashed into a car which
was parked on the highway. It
was very foggy and Bill was driv-
ing along at a very moderate
speed. Five people from Evans
vile were the occupants Of the
parked car. They had run out of
gas and two of them had walked
back to Melrose to get gas, while
three of them remained in the car.
The impact damaged Mr.. Otto's
car considerably and besides a bad
cash over the left eye, he received
other minor bruises. One of the
lady occupants of the other car
was quite badly injured and was
taken to the <Melrose hospital. Ac-
cording to reports she had not
gained consciousness up until
late Tuesday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-21
Hubby Does Some Back
Seat Driving in Kitchen

What's the trouble, anyhow,
aren't you going to get any dinner
tonight? You sure are getting a
late start. Watch out there, can't
you see you have the gas turned
too high? Why don't you put some
water in that teakettle or else take
1t off the fire? Hey, you, don't
shake that sitter so hard, you are
getting flour all over the floor.
My goodness alive, that bread
won't be fit to eat If you put all
that salt In it. Look out, you
came very near cutting your hand
severely with that can opener.
What's the special attraction out
side; don't you realize that you
can't look out the window and
scramble eggs at the same time?
For PHYS sake. are you blind?
Look at that oven thermometer,
over so degrees too high. Why
don't you turn off those jets when
you have nothing cooking over
them? No wonder the gas bill runs
over $40 every month. Holy
smoke, turn that meat over before
It burns to crisp. I don't believe
you would ever get a meal ready
If ! didn't come out here and help
you.-Kansas City Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-21
Cement Mixers In Tandem
Are Speeding Up Paving
Two machines Hitched Together by
Contractors to Increase Out
put of Concrete

Tandem concrete mixers have
made their first appearance in
Minnesota this year, and are now
in use on several trunk highway
paving projects, according to a
bulletin. Their use is ex-
pected to speed up paving CO struc-
ton about so per cent.
The standard highway paving
80 cubic feet of concrete in one
batch. The Highway department
specifications require so seconds
mixing time, and with the time re-
quird to get the material into the
drum and mixed concrete out, rs
seconds are Inquired per batch
when the mixer is working full
speed. This makes AZ patches per
hour. Each batch makes 2.44 linear
feet of pavement, 20 feet wide, or
It'll linear feet per hour.
In the tandem plan two standard
mixers are used together. The ce-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-21

ment, sand gravel and water, are
mixed 30 seconds in the first mixer
then transferred to the second ma
chine and worked 80 seconds more.
In the meatime a second batch is
started in the first mixer With the
tandem plan it is possible to turn
out u patches per hour, increasing
the speed of laying pavement to 176
linear feet per hour The plan re
quires proportionate increase in
the number of men and trucks en-
ployed.
The maxium capacity of the
standard single mixer is $500 feet
Of pavement in a 48 hour week, or
little more than one mile. With a
tandem mixer this can be increased
to 1.6 miles, and with double shift
it might be possible to build 80
miles in the six day period. In prac-
tice, however, bad weather, break
downs and other dealys usually cut
the actual output considerably be-
low the theoretical capacity.
The tandem mixer was first tried
in some other states in 1880. It is
still considered an experiment.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-21
First Congregational Church

AAoO SAuA
Caradoc James Morgan, Minister.
$50 Sunday School with graded
classes for all ages. One of the
greatest needs of the hour is in
struction in religion and morals
both for children and adults.
10:45 Morning Worship. Mrs. C..
]. Morgan will occupy the pulpit in
the absence of Mr.. Morgan and
will take for her subject Tolstoy's
story 1.-THE Two Old Men,"
$50 Junior League for discus
cussion period.
7:3O Senior League for discussion
period.
Wednesday evening will be. the
concluding Brotherhood Supper
before the summer vacation. The
speaker for this meeting will be
DR.. Gilmore of st. Paul who talks
on Impressions of Egypt, Turkey
and Palestine" The lecture will be
illustrated with movies of these
countries.
Friday afternoon the monthly
meeting of the Mississionary So
ciety. Reports of the recent State
Conference will be made at this
meeting.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-21
Weeds Cost Farmers at
Least 50 Millions a Year
Estimated Annual Loss in the Ma.
ton Placed at Three Billion
Dollars

Unless Minnesota farmers re-
double their efforts at controlling
weeds this year, they will again
suffer losses which by comparison
would make their taxes seem small.
Just how much loss weeds cause
cannot be accurately determined,
but one authority has recently es-
timated that Minnesota's loss is so
million dollars annually. A recent
estimate of weed loss for the Unit
ed States is 3 billion dollars, or an
amount about equal to the cost of
operating the Federal government,
says A. H. Larson, agricultural bot
anist, University Farm.
Mr.. Larson advocates the clean
ing of all seed grain with the fam
ming mill to remove weed seeds, and
the greater use of certified seed,
which not only is free from weed
seed, but is also pure as to variety.
However, not all weed loss is due
to the weed seed sown each year
with the crops, says Mr.. Larson,
Much of this loss is due to peren-
NAL weeds. Therefore the farmer
should plan his cropping system so
as to limit the chances for weeds to
reseed in the field and to provide
for graduating those already there.
Mr.. Larson calls attention to the
fact that weed losses are not ade-
quately represented by the amount
of dockage received on grain sold,
as this does not take into account
the loss that comes through reduc-
ton of yields. That this reduced
yield may often be a large item is
shown by an experiment conducted
at the Illinois Experiment Station
covering period of 9 years. On
land where no attempt was made
to control weeds, corn yielded only
IA bushels per acre, while on SINH
lar plots where weeds were hoed
out the yield was 49.7 bushels. The
differences caused by weeds in
these trials. 42.3 bushels per acre,
indicates the extent of loss which
weeds may cause, entirely outside
any consideration Of dockage.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Oldham and
son, from Round Prairie, visited in
Sank Centre Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Sax, of
Minneapolis, were Sunday guests
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J..
D. Butler, of this city.
Mrs. Jane Wesley left Friday of
last week for a visit with her son
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. oLu
Vessey, st. Paul. The special rea-
son for her trip at this time was to
be present at the marriage of her
grandson, Alan Ormus Vessey to
Miss Marsh, Saturday.
Arthur Lloyd, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Dickson and Mrs. Harold
Dickson drove to Truman, Mimi,
Friday evening to attend the fun
eral of an aunt, Mrs. Andrew
Lloyd, which was held from the
Nashville church Saturday after
noon. They returned Sunday even
ing. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Lloyd were well know here.
John Pesheck, student in the
Sank Centre schools, accompanied
by Miss Millie VanVleck went to
Minneapolis May to be present at
the graduation exercises of the
Nurses training class of Abbott
hospital which were held at West
minister PRESBYTERIAN church. Miss
Fern Pesheck, sister of John and
a niece of Miss VanVleck, was
the honor student of the class of
IS. The young lady graduated
from the Sank Centre High School
with the Glass of 1926.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-21
Auto Tax Law Evasions
Uncovered by Department
Owners Try Various Schemes to
Keep Cars Running Without
Buying License

The so called business depression
has brought with it an unusual
crop of violations of the motor We
hicle registration act, according to
Highway bulletin. These take the
form of using plates on vehicle
other than the one they are issued
for, buying one pair and using one
on each of two vehicles, and some
times altering old plates or making
limitations of 1881 plates.
Driving without plates or with
last years plates is comparatively
rare, although this also happens.
But those who try to drive without
buying the required license plates
usually try some ingenious method
If they own two cars, they will buy
one pair of plates, and use them
alternately on either machine, or
they will use one plate on each, pre-
tending that one plate has been lost
Several attempted forgeries have
also been discovered by the Mime
sofa Highway patrol.
The law requires that the tax be
paid on every car in the state, but
hue to the fact that many people are
out of work or short funds, we have
been very lenient with delinquentsI
who are not operating their cars"
Earle Brown, chief of the State
Highway patrol says. "But where
the machines are being oparted, we
cannot condone evasion of the tax.
Where the attempted evasion takes
the form of using plates on car
where they do not belong, or forg-
ing plates, we feel that the penalty
should be especially severe.
Some of these violations are diff
ficult to discover, unless public
spirited citizens will report cases
which come to their attention. The
man who is evading his motor We
,hicle tax is not paying his just
share of the upkeep of the roads
which he uses, and is doing an in
Justice to the man who is paying
his share of the tax"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-21
Slow Driving Is Urged On
Highways Freshly Oiled
Careless Driving Where Work Is
In Progress May Cause Serious
Accidents

Use caution when driving where
road oil or tar is being applied, is
the warning sounded by a state
highway bulletin. The warning is
timely, since Commissioner C. M
Babcock has announced that the
department will undertake 678
miles of new bituminous treatment
on graveled routes, besides retreat
rEent of 1876 miles of highways pre-
viously treated. The work is dis.
tributed in every section of the
state, and almost every driver will
come in contact with some Of the
work during the summer.
Additional precautions will lie
taken this year to protect traffic.
the department announces. Ths As
hours per week rule will be chang
ed to a strict eight hours per day
in the case of oil and tar distribu-
tiers, so as to give time to cover all
fresh Oil or tar with gravel the
same day. The machinery spread
ing gravel will follow the distriput-
er as closely as possible.
Nevertheless there will be some
uncovered sections part of the day
and even after the material is
covered with gravel, there will be
some tendency to spatter. But the
danger of slipping in the fresh Oil,
or scattering the car, will DE elm
mated If all drivers will slow down
to about Is miles per hour. Serious
often occur when motor
lists drive too fast or reck,essly
where bituminous work is in pro-
gress.
Road oil or tar spattered on cars
may be removed by applying a
mixture of one part lubricatins oil
to four parts of gasoline. This
should be allowed to remain on the
spattered surface about five min
utes, then washed off with mild
soap and water. It should he done
before the oil or tar is hardened.
Bituminous work will start in
several places this month, and con-
tinue through the months of June,
July and August. "Slow' signs will
be posted where work is in pro-
gress. Failure to heed the warn
ing may be disastrous.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-21
Interests Fought Over
Northern Mimi. Furs
Interesting Bit, of States Early Day
History Furnished by HistOr-
ical Society

Northern Minnesota in 1916 was
the scene Of a fur-trade war be-
tween groups representing Lord
Selkrik of the Hudson's Bay COM
pany and John Jacob Astor, the
head of the American Fur COM
pany.
Astor had combined with certain
Canadians in a concern known as
the Southwest company, with
view to exploiting the fur trade of
northern Minnesota centering in
the old posts of the Northwest
company. This merger was by
agreement with the latter concern,
which in fact was represented in
it. 1t so happened however, that
at this time there was sharp hos
tility between the Hudson's Bay
company and the Northwest COM
pany. Lord Selkirk had captured
Fort William, an important center
for the Northwest company, and
in 1916 his agents arrested on
American soil, near Leech Lake, a
trader named James Grant, and
confiscated his supplies which were
the property of the Southwest
company. Later William Morrison
at Sandy Lake was also arrested.
Selkirk then sent forty Hudson's
Bay company men into northern
Minnesota.
AS soon as Astor learned of
these events he appealed to James
Monroe, secretary of state, to send
a government expedition into the
area to seize Selkirk's agents and
goods and to re-establish the South
west company. This request was
not met, but time gradually healed
the difficulties. An American act of
1916 made it illegal for foreigners
to engage in the fur trade on Amer
lean territory; and the Canadian
American merger was dissolved
The building of Fort Smelling
strengthened the American hold on
the Northwest; and Astor's Ameri-
can company soon became very
powerful in Minnesota
The Minnesota Historical Society
has secured photostatic copy OF
Astor's letter to Monroe, the origin
Ial Of which is in the federal ar
chives.